Personal Life
He married Joan Milton Shaw in 1942 and the couple had four children: Richard, Geoffrey, Laura, and Mark. At the time of his death in Washington, D.C., on July 26, 2003, he was also survived by a sister, Phyllis, and a brother, Gerriet, along with seven grandchildren.
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