The Lawrence community was saddened this past spring by the deaths of four distinguished and well-beloved retired members of the faculty: John Alfieri, professor emeritus of Spanish, who taught at Lawrence from 1954 to 1982; J. Bruce Brackenridge, professor emeritus of physics, 1959 to 1996; Charles Breunig, L.H.D. ’97, professor emeritus of history, 1955 to 1986; and Miriam Clapp Duncan, professor emerita of music, 1949 to 1954 and 1955 to 1985.
At the Reunion Convocation in June, four alumni, former students of the four professors, delivered the following brief eulogies.