OBITUARIES. Edward C. Andrews Russell 0. Hooker Ralph M. Marshall Nels M. Valerius Max S. Weinstein John C. Wooddy

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1 485 OBITUARIES Edward C. Andrews Russell 0. Hooker Ralph M. Marshall Nels M. Valerius Max S. Weinstein John C. Wooddy EDWARD C. ANDREWS Edward C. Andrews, an Associate of the Casualty Actuarial Society since 1955, died March 22, 1987 in West Hartford, Connecticut at the age of 83. Andy Andrews was born in Norwich, Connecticut; graduated from Norwich Frie Academy; and received his degree from Amherst College in Soon thereafter, he joined The Travelers Insurance Companies where he worked for more than 40 years and became an Associate Actuary. At Travelers, Andy worked most of his career in the Casualty Actuarial Department. He established himself as an expert in federal and state taxation of fire and casualty insurance companies and served on many industry committees in that capacity. He was also much in demand as a panelist at tax seminars. As a young man, Andy was an accomplished musician and sat in with many of the name bands of that time. He has also served in many capacities with the Boy Scouts of America. Andy is survived by his son Hugh of Orleans, Massachusetts and one grandson, Edward C. Andrews, II of Marquette, Michigan.

2 486 OBITUARIES RUSSELL 0. HOOKER Russell 0. Hooker, a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries since 1933, a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society since 1924, and a Charter Member of the American Academy of Actuaries, died on March 31, 1987 at his home in West Hartford, Connecticut at the age of 88. He was a 1920 graduate of Cornell University. Mr. Hooker, a nationally known insurance executive, was Actuary and Director of Examinations for the Connecticut Insurance Department for 28 years and was recognized throughout the insurance industry by his representation on many committees of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. In 1956, he established an actuarial consulting firm known as Russell 0. Hooker, Consulting Actuary. This expanded to Russell 0. Hooker and Associates, which in 1969 became Hooker & Holcombe, Inc. Mr. Hooker was a ninth generation descendant of the Reverend Thomas Hooker, founder of Hartford, Connecticut. Mr. Hooker is survived by his wife, Gertrude, a son, John Hooker, and two daughters, Barbara Thorpe and Elise Sirman.

3 OBITUARIES 487 RALPH M. MARSHALL Ralph M. Marshall, a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society since 1928, died August 28, 1987 in Easton, Maryland. He was 91. Born in Pennsylvania, Mr. Marshall was a United States Army veteran of World War I. He was a 1918 graduate of Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts. He spent his entire actuarial career at the National Council on Compensation Insurance in New York City. Mr. Marshall is remembered by most CAS members as the author of the basic text on workers compensation ratemaking. Although some of the procedures have been revised since 1954, the paper is still a fundamental reference work on WC ratemaking. In 1929, Mr. Marshall became a member of the CAS Education Committee, and from 1932 to 1936 served on the Examination Committee. He served as General Chairman of that committee in Mr. Marshall was a member of the Council (now the Board) from 1936 to He served on the Special Committee on Reserves for Fidelity and Surety lines in 1937 and 1938, and was a member of the Special Committee on Mortality for Disabled Lives from 1937 to 1945 and from 1955 to In addition to his paper on WC ratemaking, Mr. Marshall co-authored a paper in 1933 on remarriage tables, and authored discussions of papers in 1932, 1934, 1939, and 1941 on WC and loss reserving topics. He retired to Maryland in Mr. Marshall s wife, Maude (Wells), died in He is survived by a brother, Paul, of Avon, Connecticut, and several nieces and nephews.

4 488 OBITUARIES NELS M. VALERIUS Nels M. Valerius became a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society in He worked for Aetna Life and Casualty for 44 years before retiring in Nels died on August 4, 1986 in Cheshire, Connecticut at the age of 82. Born in Muskegan, Michigan, Nels lived in Connecticut most of his life. He graduated valedictorian of the Class of 1925, Trinity College, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. The big Aetna was the scene of Mr. Valerius s actuarial life. In 1928, when he became a Fellow, he was in the Accident and Liability Department of the Aetna Life Insurance Company. He became Assistant Actuary of the Aetna Casualty and Surety Company in In 1959, he was named Associate Actuary. By the time he retired, the company was known as Aetna Life and Casualty. Nels s contributions to the CAS were notable, both in service and in publications. He was a member of the Council (now the Board) from 1939 to 1942, from 1945 to 1947, and from 1953 to He served on the Examination Committee from 1934 to 1938 as Chairman of the Associate Part, then Chairman of the Fellowship Part, and in 1938 as General Chairman. From 1939 to 1948, he served on the Education Committee; from 1947 to 1952 on the Committee on Review of Papers; and from 1955 to 1957 on the Committee on Mortality for Disabled Lives. He was Chairman of the Committee on Review of Papers from 1949 to Nels also provided the Society a wealth of knowledge through his papers and discussions. He authored a 1933 paper on workers compensation reserves; co-authored a 1934 paper on WC ratemaking; authored another WC ratemaking paper in 1939, a retrospective rating paper in 1942, and notes on the Whittaker- Henderson Formula A in His discussions were published in 1934, two in 1935, another in 1941, and again in Nels was also very active in his community and served as a member of the Newington, Connecticut Board of Finance; as a lay leader of the Bethel Baptist Church; and as a director of the Hartford Hearing League and the Elm Park Baptist Home.

5 OBITUARIES 489 Nels Valerius is survived by his wife, Gunhild Gunnarson Valerius of Cheshire, Connecticut; and three daughters, Sunnie Bachelder of Granville, New York, Cynthia Bums of Newington, Connecticut, and Sylvia Matthews of New Britain, Connecticut. He also leaves two brothers, Eric of Newington, Connecticut, and Erling, a missionary in Brazil; a sister, Esther Smith of Cheshire, Connecticut; 12 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. MAX S. WEINSTEIN Max S. Weinstein, an Associate of the Casualty Actuarial Society since 1932, and a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, died on March 12, He was 84 years old. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Mr. Weinstein was the first Chief Actuary of the New York State Employees Retirement System, a position he held from 1945 until his retirement in After retirement, he was a consultant to Jack Bigel Associates of New York City on union pension plans. He was instrumental in organizing the Actuarial Bureau of the New York State Teachers Retirement System. Mr. Weinstein held a Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Cooper Union in New York City. Besides being a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and an Associate of the Casualty Actuarial Society, he was a member of the Conference of Actuaries in Public Practice, The Adirondack Actuaries Club, the American Statistical Association, and the Mathematical Association of America. Surviving family is located in the Albany, New York area.

6 490 OBITUARIES JOHN C. WOODDY John Culver Wooddy, an Associate of the Casualty Actuarial Society since 1950, and a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries since 1954, died on November 9, 1987 after a long illness. He was 72 years old. Born September 9, 1915 in Houston, Texas, Mr. Wooddy graduated from the University of Chicago in Before enlisting in the Army in 1941, he was employed by Lumberman s Mutual Casualty Company in Chicago and passed the first two examinations of the Casualty Actuarial Society. His Army service, with rank of lieutenant, continued until After his return to civilian life, Mr. Wooddy continued to associateship in the Casualty Actuarial Society and to fellowship in the Society of Actuaries. His first post-war employment was as staff actuary of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company in New York. In 1954, he became associated with the North American Reassurance Company, first as Assistant Actuary, and ultimately as Senior Vice-President. He retired in 1979 and entered actuarial consulting. Mr. Wooddy s service to the profession was extraordinary in both quality and scope. He participated on many of the Society of Actuaries committees including the Examination Committee, the Committee on Research, and the Risk Theory Committee. He was elected twice to the Society of Actuaries Board of Governors. Mr. Wooddy was also active in the Casualty Actuarial Society and published discussions of papers written by J. Lange and L. Simon. In 1971 he was a member of the Committee on Forms of Amalgamation.

7 OBITUARIES 491 Mr. Wooddy represented the United States in several International Actuarial Association posts, culminating as Vice-President for the United States between 1980 and John Wooddy will be remembered for his exemplary standards of integrity and responsibility, for his graciousness and patience in dealing with others, for the loyalty and affection he inspired, and for the courage with which he continued his life s work during years of debilitating illness. These exceptional qualities were fully shared by his wife Lucy who, until her death early in 1987, mastered the handicaps of her own illness so she could care for her husband. In John s honor, the John Culver Wooddy annual prize for actuarial research in reinsurance and transfer of risk is to be administered by the Actuarial Education and Research Fund and is being funded by his admirers. Mr. Wooddy is survived by his sister, Jane Wooddy Wright, of Dana Point, California.

S. BRUCE BLACK

327 OBITUARIES S. BRUCE BLACK WILLIAM BREIBY PAUL DORWEILER WILLIAM F. DOWLING S. BRUCE BLACK 1892-1968 S. Bruce Black, a charter member of the Casualty Actuarial Society, died at his home in Waban, Massachusetts,