Published by the MIT News Office at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.
Published by the MIT News Office at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Cambridge, Mass.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1991
Elizabeth Bianchi
Word has been received of the October 17 death of Elizabeth Bianchi, 87, of Marblehead. Ms. Bianchi worked at Lincoln Laboratory from 1953 until her retirement in 1969.
Frederick J. Callahan
Frederick J. Callahan, 83, of Auburndale, a service staff member at the Draper Laboratory, died on February 26. He worked at MIT from 1957 until his retirement in 1973.
He is survived by his wife, Mary V. (Hennessey); two sons, John M. of Lowell and Thomas J. of Auburndale, and a daughter, Mary M. Callahan of Auburndale.
Leo D. Caplice
Leo D. Caplice, 72, of North Abington, former administrative officer of the Medical Department, died on February 14. Mr. Caplice worked at MIT from 1966 until his retirement in 1977. He leaves his wife, Rose.
William L. Davis
William L. Davis, 79, of Brewster, a retired instrument maker in the Physics Department, died on March 14. Mr. Davis worked at MIT from 1951 until his retirement in 1976. Several of the instruments he made are on display at the Smithsonian Institution.
He is survived by his wife Bobbie Lee (Roberts) and three children, William of New Hampshire and Alan and Connie Davis of Colorado, and five grandchildren.
Dr. W. S. Putnam Jr.
Dr. Willard S. Putnam Jr., 69, of Islesboro, Maine, a retired physician in the Medical Department, died on February 26. A former resident of Cambridge, he practiced at MIT from 1965 until his retirement in 1987. He leaves a brother, Eliot L. Putnam of Center Harbor, N.H. Remembrances may be made to the American Cancer Society or to the Harvard College Fund.
The Medical Department will hold a reception in his memory on a date to be announced in April.
Henry J. Walsh
A funeral Mass was held February 28 for Henry J. Walsh, 76, formerly of Cambridge, who died February 23 at his retirement home in Florida. Mr. Walsh was a machine operator in Physical Plant from 1960 until his retirement in 1979.
He leaves his wife, Marjorie Webber Walsh, a sister, Catherine McCarthy, and many nieces and nephews.