Fahey founded the Pforzheimer video library and contributed many books to the House's library.

He was also a wonderful friend to the tutoring staff, and a devoted mentor who "had a great impact" on the students of Pforzheimer, said Pforzheimer Senior Tutor Dirk Killen '82.

Edward S. Gorey '50

An author and illustrator whose dark drawings found bizarre humor in death, Edward S. Gorey '50 died on April 15 after suffering a heart attack. He was 75.

Gorey--who often wrote under amusing anagrams of his own name, such as Ogdred Weary, and D. Awdrey-Gore--authored more than 100 books during the course of his career and illustrated more than 60 works by other authors.

Gorey's best-selling books used rhyme, whimsy and a distinctive cross-hatched style to depict the macabre, from the 26 dying children (one for each letter of the alphabet) of The Gashlycrumb Tinies to the hook-nosed visitor of The Doubtful Guest, who never seems to leave.

The author also won a Tony Award for designing costumes for the 1978 Broadway production of Dracula.

Alan E. Heimert '49

Noted professor of early American history and literature Alan E. Heimert '49, a mainstay on Harvard's campus for more than 50 years, died Nov. 1 in New York City of a heart attack. He was 70.

The Cabot professor of American literature and former master of Eliot House had been on leave this year following a series of health problems over the past few years.

Students awarded him the Levenson award for teaching excellence in 1997. Two years before, the Modern Language Association gave him its Lifetime Achievement Award.

He served as master of Eliot House from 1968 through 1991, in addition to chairing the English department, the history and literature concentration and the graduate program in American civilization at various times during his career.

Henry Stuart Hughes

Former Gurney Professor of History Henry Stuart Hughes, a leader in the field of European intellectual history and a nuclear disarmament activist, died in San Diego of pneumonia on Oct. 21. He was 83.

Hughes taught at Harvard from 1948 to 1952 and from 1957 to 1975.