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CLIFFORD A. McQUILKEN

Clifford A. McQuilken, 82, of Charlottesville, VA, a former patrol officer with Campus Police, died on December 1. He retired in 1982 after working at MIT for 12 years. Survivors include his wife, Lillian T.; three sons, George of Portsmouth, NH, Douglas of Niantic, CT and Barry of Singapore; a daughter, Joyce Harty of Wakefield; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

EDWARD E. NEWMAN

Edward E. Newman, 84, of Tampa, FL, a former senior lecturer in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, died on November 2. He joined MIT in 1968 and retired in 1984. Survivors include two sons, Edward E. (Ted) Jr. of Stow and Peter of Marlborough; and two daughters, Mary Dunlavey of Needham and Kathy Minnucci of Millis.

A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on December 16, 1998.

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