Wendell Rhodes Curtis ’51

Wendell Rhodes Curtis ’51 died on February 22 at the Penobscot Bay Medical Center in Rockport, Maine, of pneumonia and heart failure. He was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, graduated from Deerfield Academy, majored in history and was a member of Sigma Chi and Dragon. Days before Commencement he married Joan Emanuelson and soon after joined the U.S. Army, attaining the rank of second lieutenant, and was decorated for bravery while serving in Korea. His career in the insurance business began soon after with Connecticut General for 30 years, retiring as vice president of re-insurance. He is survived by Joan, daughter Susan, son Christopher and two grandchildren.