My classmate, fraternity brother, and business partner for almost 50 years Maurice E. “Moe” Frye, Esq., is overdue for tribute. During his college years he was president of Delta Tau Delta, and in the Green Key Society and Marching Band. His service to his alma mater included as reunion committee chair (1975-2014), class officer (1945-97), class president (1995-2000), reunion committee associate (2000-14), and Bartlett Tower Society member. Moe saw service under MacArthur in the South Pacific in World War II. After graduation he spent three years at Harvard Law School and passed the Massachusetts Bar in 1951. Moe then joined Street and Co., a Boston real estate and insurance firm, becoming a full partner in short order. He was elected state rep for Boston’s Beacon Hill and North End districts in late 1950s and early 1960s. It’s worthy of note that Moe was the last Republican elected to any office in the City of Boston. He later was appointed New England regional director of HUD during President Ford’s tenure, and Massachusetts Gov. Sargent made him chairman of the government center commission that built a state office building. He also was the originator of boat rides every two years in the 1960s and 1970s from the foot of Beacon Hill up the Charles River to the Dartmouth-Harvard football games. The 11 or 12 couples would then disembark at the dock adjacent to the stadium. In addition, Moe was on the board of directors for the Visiting Nurse Association and the White Mountain Ski Runners. When Moe passed on November 13, 2014, he left his wife, Jane, daughter Alison and two grandchildren.

We’ve been notified that Fletcher Clark III passed away in March. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Dartmouth, earning bachelor’s and master’s in civil engineering. During World War II he saw service in the Pacific with the Navy Seabees. For about 20 years he worked for Turner Construction Co. at various locations. In 1966 he moved to Hong Kong for eight years as superintendent with Mei Foo Chuen. That outfit built an enormous complex for 80,000 people. Fletcher came from good stock, as he was of the 11th generation traced back to John and Priscilla Alden. Our condolences to his daughter, Elizabeth, and four grandchildren.

—Bud Street, 99 Locust Lane, Barnstable, MA 02630; (508) 362-3780; mlnbud@comcast.net