A former president of the Board of Overseers and Boston attorney died last Monday at the age of 72.

F. Stanton Deland, Jr. '36, who served as President of the Board from 1972 to 1975, was Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston at the time of his death. Deland, who died shortly after his undergraduate class' 50th reunion, graduated from the Law School in 1939.

President Derek C. Bok, who took office during Deland's term as President of the Board of Overseers, said in a University press statement that Deland was "a model trustee: tactful; helpful; insightful with any criticism, garnished with Yankee humor."

In addition, Deland served as Alumni Association Director and Chairman of the Harvard College Fund and in 1982 received the Harvard Medal for extraordinary service to the University.

Known as "Mr. Hospital" among his colleagues, Deland presided over the synthesis of four area Harvard-affiliated hospitals that created Brigham and Women's Hospital in 1980. He served on several other boards of directors, including those of the Harvard Medical Area Services Corporation and the Controlled Risk Insurance Corporation, which insures physicians at Harvard-affiliated hospitals.