Terri Lewis, Don’s wife, reports that Don passed away on July 20, 2024.  Services will be held on July 23rd at 3:00 pm at the Jewish Funeral Chapel in Bangor, ME.

After Yale, Don went on to MIT, where he graduated with a Masters in Architecture in 1973.  As he reported in his 50th Reunion Essay: “After Yale, I got my architecture degree from MIT, married, worked in Boston for a while, then moved to Maine. We thought we’d do a lot of camping and canoeing for a year or two, then move somewhere more sensible. We’re still here 45 years later. Along with work, served on several community boards and 6 years as board member then president of the Maine Humanities Council. Was involved for over 30 years with the men’s movement and several groups that met monthly for 30 years.”

In 1983, Don co-founded Lewis+Malm Architecture with a partner, Rick Malm.  He sold his interest in the firm to an employee in 2016, after …

From his wife, Ellen: “Dr. Robert Michael Williams aka Dr. R. Michael Williams untimely passed away on July 18, 2024.  Instead of winning the Nobel Prize for his lifetime work, he died unexpectedly.

“He is one of those unsung heroes, well known in the scientific community, without whom the modern world would not exist.  To summarize a fulfilling, exciting and productive life of a gifted humanitarian who shared his profound talent and intellectual achievements unselfishly with family, friends, colleagues and patients requires a proper biographical text.  He was a rare individual with laudable accomplishments who, without being pretentious, carried himself with precise dignity and professionalism with an absolutely profound knowledge of immunology and the biology of cancer. 

“Dr. Williams was the proud and only child of Mr. Robert Arvel Williams and Mrs. Eva Mae Williams.  As a loving child of …