1963

We lost two classmates on both coasts within two weeks of each other, sending shock waves through the class as the new year began. While I have no indication if Gary Lange and David Rosenbaum knew each other, it is clear their lives exemplified the values to which we and, we hope, our children aspire. Both men were very good at their professions and took great pride in their work. Both loved their families and made it a priority to give of themselves to others. Both continued to work within their fields even after retirement.

Gary died the day after Christmas in Seattle following a difficult battle with leukemia. Originally from New Jersey, he moved to Washington State a few years after college to pursue his father's vocation, banking and real estate finance. He rose to become president and CEO of Puget Sound Savings Bank and after retirement ran his own mortgage company for eight years. Gary was devoted to Sally, his wife of 34 years, and their three children, and always considered his family vacations, especially those in the Galapagos, to be the highlights of his life. He was a board member of the Ryther Child Center in Seattle for 11 years.

Davids death drew widespread attention because of his profession and the circumstances of his death. A retired reporter and editor at The New York Times, David was on an evening walk in his Washington, D.C., neighborhood January 6 when he was beaten and robbed by two men. He died January 8 from brain injuries. The event rattled corridors of power and revealed high respect and affection for David within government and newspaper establishments. Tributes poured in from congressmen. The Alito Supreme Court hearings were interrupted so members of Congress could join more than 700 at a memorial service, movingly described in an e-mail by Peter Andre. Washington's mayor ordered an independent investigation into the emergency response to Davids attack. Colleagues including Maureen Dowd, John Tierney and Linda Greenhouse of The Times, Glenn Kessler of TheWashington Post and David Shribman '76, executive editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, published tributes. "He was the kind of person who, without fail, would stop on the way home every Friday to buy a bouquet of flowers for his wife," wrote Kessler. He was the role model of a lifetime," said Shribman, a former limes reporter whom David mentored. Like Gary Lange, David focused on his calling early on, earned his master's at Columbia and learned his craft at various publications. He joined TheTimes' Washington bureau in 1968 and became renowned for having what The Times described as "uncommon depth, clarity and a keen eye for the story." David was deeply devoted to his wife, Ginny, two children and two grandchildren. David had just retired but he too had planned to keep on working at what he loved. Two men were arrested and charged in Davids killing after one of them was videotaped trying to use David's credit card.

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