A well known Harvard scholar of the classics, archeology and art history, Emily D. T. Vermeule, died Feb. 6. She was 72.

Vermeule taught in both the Classics and History of Art and Architecture departments at Harvard from 1970 to 1994 as the Zemurray and Zemurray-Stone Radcliffe Professor at Harvard. She also taught courses in the Core Curriculum.

While teaching, Vermeule was also a frequent writer, as she authored six major books on ancient Greek culture. She also conducted archeological excavations in the eastern Mediterranean.

Vermeule won many prestigious awards during her lifetime, including a Fulbright scholarship and a Guggenheim fellowship. She earned a masters degree from Radcliffe in classical archaeo1ogy in 1954 and was later awarded an honorary degree from Harvard.

Robert B. Watson `37

A major administrator in Harvard College for 31 years, Robert B. Watson '37 died Aug. 12. He was 86.

After receiving his bachelors degree from Harvard and serving in the Navy during World War II, he returned to Harvard as an Associate Dean of the College. He in 1958 he became the College's first Dean of Students. In this position he attempted to slow the pace of liberalization of Harvard policies, by making efforts to strengthen enforcement of the policies limiting the hours during which men could entertain women in their rooms.

Watson was forcibly removed from University Hall during the 1969 takeover of the building. He was highly critical of the student protests over the Vietnam War.

In 1970, Watson became the College's Athletic Director. In this capacity, he began working towards the expansion of athletic facilities. He retired from Harvard in 1977.

George W. Wheelwright III `25

The co-founder of the photography giant the Polaroid Company, George W. Wheelwright III `25 died March 1. He was 97.

Though Wheelwright concentrated in Fine Arts as an undergraduate, he returned to Harvard as a physics professor. In this position Wheelwright met Edwin H. Land, class of 1930, with whom Wheelwright joined to form Land Wheelwright Laboratories, which later became Polaroid Company.

Wheelwright left Polaroid during World War II and served in various tasks during the war, including as a naval pilot.

After the war, Wheelwright moved to Texas and became a rancher, often experimenting with various innovative ranching techniques. Late in his life he sold his ranch to a Zen Buddhist group.