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Wednesday, 27 September

Robert Treat Paine Storer, Jr., 83

Professions: Cofounded the Friends of the Vision Rehabilitation Center at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, where patients who could no longer benefit from surgery or medicine could get help coping with daily life; trustee at the infirmary for 33 years; became a champion fund-raiser for the Friends, tapping friends, relatives, foundations, former Harvard classmates, and the many contacts he had made during his more than 50 years as an insurance salesman; chairman of the New England Eye Bank; trustee of Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary; associate general insurance agent for John Hancock; served in World War II.

Passions: Served as class secretary for more than 50 years; enjoyed tennis and collecting seashells.

Awards: Harvard Medal for lifelong distinguished service.

Degrees: A.B. Harvard, 1945.

Death: September 22, 2006 at his home in Beverly Farms, MA.

From the Boston Globe.

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