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1Remembering Scott O’Gorman

Remembering Scott O’Gorman

Apr 23, 2020

Scott O’Gorman, who died April 3, 2020 at the age of 87, was a beloved member of the Augmented 8. He sang with the group for over forty years from 1964 to the early 2000’s. Scott was a true bass (basso profundo) with a fierce loyalty to the group and wonderful sense of humor that […]

2Augmented 8 Co-Founder, Wilfred “Bill” Koplowitz, Dies at 94

Augmented 8 Co-Founder, Wilfred “Bill” Koplowitz, Dies at 94

Oct 9, 2019

We celebrate the life and mourn the loss of Bill Koplowitz, who died peacefully at home on September 26th. Loving husband of the late Maria Albanese Koplowitz, a cherished brother, father, grandfather and friend to many, we were graced with Bill’s intelligence, wit, humor and generosity for 94 years.

3Remembering Johnnie Hanes

Remembering Johnnie Hanes

Oct 11, 2018

On June 9, 2018, John Wesley Hanes, Jr. age 93, departed this world peacefully at his own home with his wife and son by his side. He was born March 31, 1925 in New York City, New York to John Wesley and Agnes Mitchel Hanes. He graduated from Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts in 1943 and […]

4Founding member, stalwart bass, John M. Kauffmann dies at 91

Founding member, stalwart bass, John M. Kauffmann dies at 91

Dec 3, 2014

John Michael Kauffmann, 91, died peacefully at his Yarmouth, Maine, home on November 16, 2014. Born in Champaign, Illinois, John grew up in the Washington, DC, area and spent summers at the family’s camp, Waterside, at Christine Lake in Stark, NH. He graduated from The Choate School in 1941 and went on to Princeton University […]

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Memorial Service for Wat Stewart

Feb 12, 2011

6John Small Winder, Jr. EPA Enforcement Official

John Small Winder, Jr. EPA Enforcement Official

Oct 11, 2002

John Small Winder Jr., 59, national coordinator of the Environmental Protection Agency’s office of site remediation enforcement, died of cardiac arrest Aug. 13 at his home in Potomac. Mr. Winder spent 28 years in law and management positions at the EPA, mostly working on hazardous-waste cleanup efforts such as Superfund. He was a native of […]

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