RE LOG Fall 2024

FALL 2024 Ransom Everglades LOG 89 David Anderson ’41 passed away on June 11, 2023. The youngest of three brothers from a prominent Long Island family, David Anderson was born on November 28, 1925, in New York City. He graduated from the Adirondack-Florida School and Phillips Academy Andover, then completed military service as a quartermaster in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II (1943-46). David became a Russian scholar at Yale University and continued a lifelong devotion to Russia making six trips, including several with groups of high school students and later 20 fellow Connecticut state legislators. In 1972, David wrote and published Krokodil Tears , a curated collection of satire on conditions in the Soviet Union. David worked at the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Conn. He worked with Admiral Hyman Rickover, who oversaw building the USS Nautilus, the first nuclear-powered submarine. He also organized records and photographs that became the foundation of the U.S. Navy’s Nautilus Submarine Museum. In 1958 he transferred to EB’s mother company, General Dynamics. He was assistant to a General Dynamics Executive Vice-President as a management trouble-shooter. He later moved to General Dynamics’ Convair Division in San Diego, Calif., to help solve that company’s financial problems. David’s commitment to civic life culminated in 1980 when he was 55 years old and was elected to be State Representative for the State of Connecticut’s 45th District. He served 12 years taking a leadership role on environmental and conservation issues. David was predeceased by his two brothers, James Anderson and Henry H. Anderson Jr. ’38 . He was predeceased by his previous wife, Edith Howe Anderson (1986), with whom he fathered Tatiana Anderson, David Howe Anderson, Aminda H. Savage, Nicholas Anderson, Helen J. Anderson and Katie Estabrook. He is predeceased by his previous wife, Martha H. Anderson, with whom he fathered Holley Anderson, Ross C. Anderson, and Cameron B. Anderson. He is survived by his wife, Judith (Christie) Camp Anderson. In total, he is survived by nine children and four stepchildren. He is also survived by 18 grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren, and many others whom he loved like family. Diane Adkins ’83 passed away on July 27, 2024. She loved her friends deeply. She had a big posse of friends, both from Blue Star Camps and school, but Ella had a way of making each of her friends feel special. She was loyal. She was compassionate. She always believed in speaking up for what was right and she always spoke her mind, but with warmth and grace. Ella was proud to be Jewish and was a member of the Ransom Everglades Jewish Students Association. She was the great- granddaughter of Holocaust survivors. She loved Israel and came from a long line of Jewish leaders with a strong commitment to faith and tikkun olam. She wore her identity proudly and loudly, just like her parents. Ella is survived by her mother (Amanda), father (Matthew), brother (Jaden), and sister (Adalynn). She is also survived by her grandparents (Judy and Ambassador Michael M. Adler; Susan and Michael Klaiman), aunts (Jacqueline Schimel (Andrew) and Rachel Schapiro (Alex)); and her uncles (Steven Klaiman (Alex) and David Adler (Cristina)). She was the ringleader, mentor and idol of first cousins (Samson, Mason, Sloane, Cameron, Tyler, Dylan, Sophie, Reese, Brody and Joseph).