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Lou Fockele
Lou Fockele (GJ40), 84, Gainesville, Ga., May 28. Mr. Fockele, willing to take unpopular stands on issues like desegregation, was general manager and publisher of the Gainesville Times for more than 30 years, watching the struggling paper rise to become one of Georgia’s strongest and most respected dailies. Mr. Fockele first worked at the DeLand (Fla.) Sun News and came to Gainesville in 1949. Under his leadership the Times was one of only two Georgia papers that supported desegregated schools and opposed racist legislation during the civil rights era. He was later named chief executive officer of Southland Publishing Co. and its affiliated publications before retiring in 1981. Mr. Fockele is survived by his wife, Jean; a son, Mark; a daughter, Katherine Elberfeld; and five grandchildren.
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James W. Holland
James W. Holland (SESP50), 77, Gary, Ind., Jan. 2. The Wildcat football team’s only African American member in the late 1940s, Mr. Holland was also a Big Ten track star and participated in the 1949 NCAA broad jump competition. In 1951 he competed in the first Pan American Games, held in Argentina. Mr. Holland fought racial discrimination at Northwestern and throughout his career in public service, helping Richard Hatcher become the first black mayor of Gary. After holding several positions in the city, Mr. Holland became Gary’s deputy mayor in 1976. Preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy, Mr. Holland is survived by four daughters, Dena Holland-Neal, Sharon Lecompte, Nana Holland and Jennifer Holland; three grandchildren; and one great-grandson.
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Helen Hart Jones
Helen Hart Jones (GL50), 80, Chicago, July 27. A lawyer for 50 years, Ms. Jones spent much of her career fighting discrimination against women. She and four other women made national headlines in 1973 when they sued 11 downtown Chicago men’s-only clubs to obtain full membership. Their 14-year fight ended in victory. A partner with Cotton, Watt, Jones and King from 1959 to 1995, Ms. Jones served as president of the Women’s Bar Association in the late 1960s and was on the board of the Chicago Council of Lawyers in the mid-1970s. She also taught a course on women and the law at Northwestern’s law school from 1974 to 1996. She is survived by her husband, Richard; two sons, Christopher and Jeffrey; two daughters, Ruth Backstrom and Alexandrea Lyon; and nine grandchildren.
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Roman C. Pucinski
Roman C. Pucinski (WCAS42), 83, Chicago, Sept. 25. A representative in the U.S. Congress and a City Council alderman who represented Chicago’s Northwest Side, Mr. Pucinski was a key player for decades on the city’s political stage. After studying at Northwestern, he served during World War II in the Army Air Corps, receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross. Mr. Pucinski was a reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times before being elected in 1958 to Congress as a Democrat. Considered a spokesperson for the city’s sizable Polish community, he was re-elected six times. After losing a U.S. Senate bid, Mr. Pucinski served as the 41st Ward’s alderman from 1973 until retiring in 1991. He is survived by a daughter, Aurelia; a son, Christopher; and three grandchildren.
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Thomas A. Stansbury
Thomas A. Stansbury (McC45, L49), 77, Chicago, Sept. 5. A U.S. Navy man through-and-through who loved to be on the water, Mr. Stansbury used his engineering training to assist in developing several missile systems for his branch of the service. After serving in World War II and the Korean War on Navy craft, Mr. Stansbury conducted research on the Talos and Polaris missile systems and developed the first terrain-following drone, which was a precursor to the Tomahawk missile. He attained the rank of two-star rear admiral with the Naval Reserve. Mr. Stansbury also is credited with discovering what is called the “Stansbury Effect.” It countered the prevailing theory that missile parts would incinerate in the atmosphere before reaching the ground. He left no immediate survivors.
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W. Clement Stone
W. Clement Stone (WCAS31), 100, Winnetka, Ill., Sept. 3. A lifelong proponent of what he termed “positive mental attitude,” Mr. Stone turned an initial investment of $100 in the insurance business into a $2 billion enterprise, Combined International Corp., which merged with Ryan Insurance Group in 1982. Both became Aon Corp. five years later. Throughout his life Mr. Stone donated an estimated $275 million to various charitable organizations. His political contributions were also enormous; twice Mr. Stone, a member of the John Evans Club and an Alumni Merit Award recipient, was the largest single contributor to Richard Nixon’s presidential campaigns. Mr. Stone is survived by his wife, Jessie; a son, Norman; 12 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
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Delores “Dee” Parmer Woodtor
Delores “Dee” Parmer Woodtor (G86), 57, Evanston, Aug. 6. A genealogist and author, Ms. Woodtor promoted African culture in the United States throughout her life. In addition to publishing two books on African and African American culture, Ms. Woodtor co-founded the African Festival of the Arts, an event held annually in Chicago’s Washington Park, in 1989. She also helped create the Africa International House in the city’s Hyde Park neighborhood, a cultural center that sponsors events uniting people of African descent. Ms. Woodtor is survived by her husband, Patrick; sons John Ore Johnson and Saingbry Khein Woodtor; a stepdaughter, Laura Karr; her mother, Adele Longmire King; and three grandchildren.
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