Randolph A. Hearst , class of 1938

The heir of the famous Hearst newspaper empire, who served as the chair of the company for 23 years, Randolph A. Hearst, class of 1938, died Dec. 18 of a stroke. He was 85.

Randolph A. Hearst was the youngest son of William Randolph Hearst. Despite his father's reluctance to entrust his sons with control of the family business, he became the member of the family in charge of financial matters.

Randolph A. Hearst served as chair of the board of the Hearst Corporation from 1973 to 1996, a period which marked an increased level of diversification across the media industry of the company and much greater profitability. He also ran the San Francisco Examiner, the most significant newspaper owned by the Hearst Company. Forbes magazine estimate Hearst's wealth at $1.6 billion in late 1999.

Randolph A. Hearst attended Harvard for only the 1934-35 academic year.

Christopher W. McEvoy `99

A second year medical student in Ireland and a former associate sports editor of The Crimson, Christopher W. McEvoy `99 died Dec. 16 of an accidental drug overdose. He was 24.

McEvoy graduated cum laude from Harvard.

Friends and family remembered him as a quiet and thoughtful person.

"He was not the type of person that had millions of friends at Harvard, but if you were his friend you were his friend for life," said his mother Vicky McEvoy.

Willard van Orman Quine