The New York Times-20080126-Paid Notice- Deaths WESTERFIELD- HOLT BRADFORD- -Paid Death Notice-
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Paid Notice: Deaths WESTERFIELD, HOLT BRADFORD; [Paid Death Notice]
WESTERFIELD--Holt Bradford , Yale University Damon Wells Professor Emeritus of International Studies and political science, died peacefully on January 19 at the age of 79 in Watch Hill, RI. His wife and children remember a life dedicated to intellect and devoted to family. He was raised in academia, born March 7, 1928 to Mary Beatrice and Ray B. Westerfield, himself a Yale professor of economics. At Yale, his teaching career spanned more than forty years; he introduced several generations of future leaders to American foreign policy and statecraft. At home as a father, his lessons inspired wonder and skepticism, his deeds instilled humility and patience. He is survived by his wife, Carolyn, children, Leland Westerfield and Pamela Bingham, four granddaughters, Isabel, Serena, Avery, and Lindsay, his brother, Putney Westerfield, and cousin Chaplin Barnes. Memorial contributions may be made to Yale University, Carolyn & H. Bradford Westerfield Fellowship Fund and mailed c/o John Loge, Dean of Timothy Dwight College, Yale University Box 208238, New Haven, CT 06520. A memorial service for Professor H.B. Westerfield will be held at Yale in Battell Chapel on April 9 at 10:30am.
