Obituaries 3/7/12
Fadlou Albert Shehadi, Rutgers Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and professional singer, died at his home in Princeton on February 29, 2012 from congestive heart failure. He was 86.
A native of Beirut, Lebanon, Shehadi graduated magna cum laude from the American University of Beirut, and in 1949 came to Princeton University for his doctorate in philosophy. Mr. Shehadi joined the Rutgers University Department of Philosophy in 1953 and taught there until his retirement in 1994. He chaired the department at Douglass College for a total of nine years, and twice directed the Rutgers Study Abroad program in France.
He is best known for his pioneering work in the study of Islamic philosophy. His first two books on Ghazali’s religious philosophy championed the use of philosophical analysis in the study of a field dominated almost exclusively by classical historical and philological scholarship. His Metaphysics in Islam Philosophy is the first book-length philosophical discussion of metaphysical issues in Islamic philosophy, and his last work, Philosophies of Music in Medieval Islam, is the only book on the subject. Although a Christian, he considered Islamic culture as part of his heritage and was gratified to do scholarship in that field.
At the height of interest in applied ethics in Western philosophy, he co-edited a set of commissioned essays from leading ethicists that discussed the relationship between applied and theoretical ethics and whether the philosopher is uniquely qualified to clarify that relationship. He authored several articles and gave papers before learned societies across the U.S.A., Europe, and Asia. He was a member of the American Philosophical Association.
A skilled baritone, Mr. Shehadi started his musical training in Beirut at the Institut de Musique, an affiliate of the École Normale de Paris, and received his diploma with distinction in 1948. He continued his musical education throughout his life, studying with Bernard Diamant while on a Rockefeller Fellowship at McGill University, with Jennie Tourel at Julliard, and in Paris with Pierre Bernac, with whom he formed a particularly close bond.
Noted for his musicality and gifted interpretation, Shehadi gave many recitals in the U.S.A., Canada, Europe, and his native Lebanon. He also sang roles in Boris Godunov with the Montreal Opera under Emil Cooper, in the Eastern premiere of The Trial of Lucullus by Roger Sessions, the U.S. premiere of Handel’s Imeneo and in Monteverdi’s Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Chlorinde at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia with the Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra. As a soloist, he appeared with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra, the Princeton Chamber Orchestra, the Interlochen Chorus and Orchestra, and the Bachman Choir with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Michael Steinberg, of The Boston Globe, wrote that Shehadi had “a baritone voice of exceptional beauty.”
Mr. Shehadi was also active in the promotion of musical performance. He chaired the Princeton University Concerts Committee, was President of the Friends of Music at Princeton, Vice President of the Robert Miller Fund for Music, President of the Board of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra, and President of the Board of Directors of Joy In Singing, in New York City. He was also a member of the Century Association.
He is survived by his wife, née Alison McDonald Shute; a daughter, Muna Shehadi Sill of Milwaukee, Wisc.; and a son, Charles Henry of Brooklyn, N.Y. His eldest son, Philip, was head of the Reuters Bureau in Algiers when he was killed in 1991.
A memorial service will be held in the Princeton University Chapel in the spring. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Joy In Singing, 260 West 72nd Street, New York, N.Y. 10023; to the Friends of Music at Princeton, c/o Concert Office, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. 08544; or to The Princeton Symphony Orchestra, P.O. Box 250, Princeton, N.J. 08542.
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Rosalie Green
Rosalie Green, 94, of Princeton, died Friday, February 24, 2012 at her residence. Rosalie was born in Yonkers, N.Y. on August 20, 1917, to her late parents, Sidney Green, businessman, and Freda Braunstein Green.
She moved to New York City at age 5 attending public schools before enrolling in the Pratt Institute. She worked briefly for textile designers and in vocational service until leaving New York for good in 1938. At the University of Chicago, Rosalie earned her BA (1939), MA (1941) and PhD (1948). From 1943-1946, she was a Junior Fellow at Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection of Harvard University. In 1946, she was a Reader at the Princeton University Index of Christian Art and served as director from 1951-1981. Miss Green was a member of the College Art Association and Mediaeval Academy of America, a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, and director for the Warburg Institute.
Rosalie published Studies in Ottonian, Romanesque and Gothic Art and with Isa Ragusa, published Meditations on the Life of Christ, an Illustrated Manuscript of the Fourteenth Century. She was involved in the translation of the Harrad of Hohenbourg Hortus Deliciarum and read and indexed The Art Bulletin: An Index of Volumes I-XXX.
Miss Green has no immediate survivors. Private services were under the direction of the Kimble Funeral Home, Princeton.
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Helen Schevill Starobin White died February 21, 2012. She was born in Lynn, Mass., and grew up in the nearby town of Walpole.She attended Radcliffe College, where she obtained her BA in music in 1942. She met her first husband, James Schevill, who attended Harvard at the same time. Subsequently, she attended Columbia University and Mills College, studying with Darius Milhaud, and completed her MA in music. After World War II, she raised two daughters, Debby and Susie, and taught daily piano lessons as well as evening adult school music classes. She was a member of the Berkeley Piano Club and played regularly with a group of Berkeley pianists.After her divorce from James Schevill in 1966, she obtained her PhD in Educational Psychology at the University of California at Berkeley and went on to be a specialist in the field of learning disabilities. A National Science Foundation grant led her to Philadelphia, where she studied learning disabilities in children, not developmentally delayed. In 1981, she married Leonard Starobin and joined him and his loving family in Elkins Park, a suburb of Philadelphia. During this time, she and her husband traveled extensively, and she pursued another MA at Temple University in Clinical Psychology and worked part-time in the public school system.In 1997, a few years after being widowed, she married Morton White, a professor of philosophy at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. In this chapter of her life, she and her husband enjoyed many events and dinners together at the Institute. She built close friendships during those years, not only with professors and their spouses at the Institute, but with members of the larger Princeton community.
A life-long pianist and forever passionate about music, she pursued her piano playing with renewed vigor when she moved to Princeton and studied with Ena Bronstein Barton at the Westminster Conservatory. She was also part of the University League piano group, who continued to give her tremendous support and love throughout her last months.
Wherever she lived, she enjoyed the friendship of many accomplished people in the arts, education, and diplomacy, and took pleasure in hosting gatherings that brought people together.
Survived by her loving husband, Morton White; her sister, Bernice Palace, of Peabody, Mass.; daughters, Debby Schevill of New York City, and Susie Schevill and son-in-law, Robert Sinai, of Berkeley; her three grandchildren, Nick Sinai and his wife, Christine, of Washington, D.C.; Jim Sinai and fiancé, Nancy Levine of San Francisco; and Vanessa Sinai of San Francisco. Her stepchildren and their spouses also survive her: David Starobin, Matthew Starobin, Naomi Starobin, Nick White, Steve White, and thirteen step-grandchildren and a step-great-grandchild. She is also survived by two nephews, Andy and Jon Palace, and their families, and two nieces, Kathie Schevill Sparling and Peggy Schevill, and their families, as well as other extended families.
Helen will be deeply missed by her loving family and friends. Special thanks to all of her dedicated friends and especially, Rebecca Matlock, who faithfully visited her each day at the rehabilitation facility. Also, special thanks to Dr. Ruth Kamen, Elizabeth Mensah, Samelia Sirleap, and neighbor, Shirley Ganges, at Merwick Care and Rehabilitation Center, for their loving care and friendship during her last months of life.
Memorial donations may be sent to Westminster Conservatory, 101 Walnut Lane, Princeton, N.J. 08540.
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George H. Hyde Jr.
George H. Hyde Jr., a retired manager with Bristol Myers Squibb, died on February 22 at Stonebridge Retirement Community in Skillman. He was 94 years old.
Mr. Hyde was a native of Pittsburgh and received his BA in English and journalism from the university there in 1946. He became associated with the Pennsylvania Railroad’s industrial department and then served with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Army Air Corps during World War II. After his military service, he returned to the University of Pittsburgh where he did graduate studies and was an English instructor.
Mr. Hyde moved to New York City in 1946 where he joined Squibb as an editor of its publications for pharmacists and sales bulletins. He was subsequently responsible for the development and coordination of in-house and agency advertising and promotional activities as well as traffic and scheduling. He continued in his supervisory role as an editor and manager until his retirement in 1984.
Mr. Hyde and his wife of 50 years, Kathleen, enjoyed many happy times at their “barn” in East Hampton, N.Y. In addition to his wife, he is survived by his cousins, Helge and Magnus Eriksson; sisters-in-law, Carol (Joseph) Ford and Margot (Laird) Davis; and 12 nieces and nephews.
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Jessica Pepin LaMarche died Sunday, March 4, 2012 at home. She was 30.
Born in New Brunswick, she resided in East Brunswick before moving to Helmetta in 2007.
Jessica was a Special Education Teacher and Reading Specialist at the Hammarskjold School, East Brunswick.
Surviving are her husband of two years, Keirnan LaMarche; her parents, Armand and Evelyn Pepin of East Brunswick; her brother, Armand Michael Pepin; her aunt, Judy Pepin; and her grandfather, Michael DeFelice.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday at 8:15 a.m. in The Brunswick Memorial Home, 454 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick, followed by a 9 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Bartholomew RC Church, East Brunswick. Interment will follow in Holy Cross Burial Park, South Brunswick.
Friends may call at the funeral home on Friday from 3 to 7 p.m. For directions, please visit www.brunswick
memorialhome.com.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memorial & Honor Program, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tenn. 38105.
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Warren M. Hulit
Warren M. Hulit “Pete”, died peacefully, surrounded by family and friends in Skillman, on Monday evening, February 27, 2012. He was 88 years old.
Born in Princeton, at 34½ Witherspoon Street on February 28, 1924, he attended local schools and graduated from Princeton High School in 1943. He was a long time resident of Princeton, Washington Township, and Allentown, N.J. Pete enlisted in the Army in July of 1943 and served in World War II as a corporal with the 5th Engineer Special Brigade, 458th Amphibian Truck Company (DUKW), supporting the landing at Omaha Beach on D-Day where they earned the arrow head for the campaign. He also participated in the Northern France, Rhineland, and Central Europe Campaigns and was awarded the French Croix de Guerre with palm for his role during the invasion. He was awarded the Bronze Star Metal for meritorious service while attached to Combat Command B—2nd Armored Division for his actions during the April 13-14, 1945 crossings of the Elbe River, Germany. He returned home from the service in November 1945 to resume working in the family business, Hulit’s Shoes in Princeton.
Pete was the youngest of five brothers and sisters who worked in the family business, along with nephews, nieces, and many other family members. Over the years, Hulit’s became an institution providing shoes to over three generations of families and a variety of special visitors, including Albert Einstein. Post retirement, Pete and his wife Emily, were the proprietors of Mill House Antiques in Allentown, N.J. for 14 years and were active in the Chamber of Commerce and community.
Mr. Hulit was a member of the Washington Township School Board from 1963-1974. During those 11 years, there was much focus on strengthening and expanding the educational programming and facilities, including the long term purchase of land which included the site for what is now the Pond Road Middle School. He was also a loyal member of AA for nearly 35 years. His association was a source of great strength, friendships, and support. The “24 Club of Princeton” was a second home in his later years, and he often spoke at the Crawford House women’s rehabilitation center in Princeton.
Son of the late Lilly and Warren M. Hulit Sr. and brother to the late Clara Simone, Ralph Hulit Sr., Nelly Myers, Lillian Hall, and Augustus Hulit of Princeton. He was married to the late Emily J. Hulit of Allentown for 49 years. He is survived by his sons and daughters-in-law Peter M. Hulit and Greg Wright of Los Angeles, Calif.; Mark G. Hulit and Sabine Hulit of Austria; and Robert F. Hulit and Margaret L. Hulit of Allentown; grandchildren Lia K. Hulit of Texas; Katharine L. Hulit and Daniel E. Hulit of Allentown; and nephews and nieces Rosemarie Christian; Charles Simone; Ralph Hulit Jr.; Kit Hulit; John Hulit; and Janet Nemes.
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. on May 19, 2012 at the Allentown Presbyterian Church, 20 High Street, Allentown, N.J. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to The Crawford House, P.O. Box 255, Skillman, N.J. 08558; or The 24 Club, 1225 State Road Rear, Princeton North Shopping Center, Princeton, N.J. 08540.
Arrangements are under the direction of Peppler Funeral Home, Allentown.