Deceased February 20, 2020
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In Memory
At Amherst he joined Phi Psi, played freshman soccer and baseball, and majored in economics. Upon graduation he joined The Southern New England Telephone Co., but with the draft coming, he applied for and obtained a spot in the Navy’s OCS program, graduating in June 1952. He married his high school sweetheart, Elaine Quavillon, the next day. In their 68 years of marriage they had two children, David ’75 and Sharon.
Archie spent the next three years aboard the USS Taconic, an amphibious flagship operating out of Norfolk, Va. He returned to SNET in 1955 and remained there until he retired in 1983, when he started his own consulting firm, specializing in communications and human resources management.
As an avocation in 1988, he started volunteering with the AARP in its older driving program, 55 Alive / Mature Driving, and soon became its coordinator for the six New England states. Thereafter, he was elected to the board of the AARP, serving a two-year term as treasurer. In 1994 he was elected to a six-year term, serving as vice chair and then chair for two years, ending in 2000.
In 1998, Archie and Elaine moved from Connecticut to Sun Lakes, Ariz., enjoying sun rather than snow, the Diamondbacks, new friends, etc., until 2015, when it seemed wise to move to Frisco, Texas, to be closer to their daughter, Sharon, and her family. In July 2019, on his 90th birthday, he and Elaine were joined by David and Sharon and both of their families. Archie and Elaine traveled as much as they could, both here and abroad.
Archie was a family man, survived by Elaine, David, Sharon, five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Everett E. Clark ’51, with input from David Tull ’75