Margaret A. (Curley) Stanton, 82, a 1938 Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Barnard College, died in Manhasset on March 16, 1999 after losing a two-month battle with cancer.

Mrs. Stanton, a 46-year resident of Manhasset, was a retired school teacher, having taught history at St. Mary's Girls High School in Manhasset. She was the widow of Thomas J. Stanton, a retired banker, who died in 1965.

"Peggy Stanton was a born teacher who had a lifelong love affair with her students," stated Thomas J. Mason, her son-in-law, a Mineola attorney. Mason recalls speaking to two of Mrs. Stanton's former students who had recently returned from a trip to the Tower of London. "The guide spoke of King Henry the VIII's six wives, 'divorced, beheaded, died¬divorced, beheaded, survived.' The women completed the limerick before the guide did, stating, "Mrs. Stanton still lives." I believe excellent teachers still live on in the lives and memories of their present and former pupils."

Sister Ann Sealy, former principal of St. Mary's Girls High School, once remarked, "She opened her mouth and out came history."

A devoted religious and family-oriented person, Mrs. Stanton is survived by a daughter, Anne Mason of Manhasset, and a son, Richard T. Stanton of Highlands Ranch. CO, along with two grandchildren, Ryan J. Stanton and Matthew T. Mason.

She composed a prayer just three weeks prior to her death in which she describes God's "...Infinite and ever-increasing love for us all, the rich, the poor, the worthy and those somewhat less than worthy."

Mrs. Stanton graduated from the Horace Mann School in Manhattan. She received her bachelor's degree from Bernard College in 1937 and her master's degree from Columbia University in 1938. She was fluent in five languages and taught at St. Mary's for 25 years.

The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to St. Mary's High School in Manhasset.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Saturday, March 20 at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Manhasset with interment following at Holy Rood Cemetery.

Oh Immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of our Lord Jesus and our Mother, help us to draw ever closer to you and to Him so that we may experience His Infinite and ever-increasing love for us all, the rich, the poor, the worthy and those somewhat less than worthy. Let us see this love as a center of our lives so that we may be always conscious of its radiance and held close to Him and its loving warmth.

Thank you dearest Mother for all you have done for us throughout our lives. Protect and be with us all the days of our lives and at the hour of our death, Amen.

Composed by Margaret A. Stanton on February 27, 1999.

Robert M. Bowie was born in Table Rock, NE on Aug. 24, 1906. While he was still young, his family moved to Fort Morgan, CO, where his father established a practice in homeopathic medicine. After graduating from Fort Morgan High School, Robert entered Iowa State College where he received his bachelor's degree in chemistry in 1929. He then transferred to the physics department from which he received his master's in 1931 and his Ph.D. in 1933. He was the first to receive a Ph.D. in physics from what was then Iowa State College and what is now Iowa State University.

On Sept. 22, 1933, Robert married his college sweetheart, Evelyn Ione Walker. She was born and raised on "Maple Grove Farm," which was about four miles west of the college.

On Oct. 1, 1933, he joined the engineering staff of Hygrade Sylvania Corporation, Emporium, PA, to do physical research on radio tubes. In 1934, he began the establishment of a physical research laboratory and in 1935, the laboratory was expanded with principal emphasis on television tube research. In 1939, this laboratory was split into two parts and he continued as head of the research department; the other part subsequently became the picture tube division. In 1940, the research department undertook fundamental research in electronics and spectroscopy. This work was continued until 1941, when fundamental research was put aside in order that the activities of the staff might be devoted to war research. He was responsible for the establishment of the physics laboratory, Sylvania Electric Products Inc., Bayside and in 1944, became manager of that laboratory. He held several titles since that date, including that of director of engineering from 1951 to 1955, director of research from 1955 to 1958 and vice president of the Sylvania Research Laboratories from 1958 to 1959. In 1960, these laboratories became the General Telephone & Electronics Laboratories Incorporated, a subsidiary of General Telephone & Electronics Corporation. Dr. Bowie was vice president and general manager of the laboratories at corporate headquarters in New York City.

He made significant contributions to vacuum tube and television research, was chairman of Panel 19 of the National Television Systems Committee and was chairman of Panel 5 on Analysis and Theory of TASO. He was appointed by the governor of the state of New York to serve on the advisory council of the Advancement of Scientific Research and Development in New York state. He was also on the advisory committee of the Long Island Graduate Studies and Research Center of the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, Brooklyn.

Dr. Bowie was a patentee in fields of TV, thermionics and microwaves, as well as the author of numerous technical managerial articles. He was a Fellow of the American Physical Society, a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and a member of the Institute of Radio Engineers and Industrial Research Institute. He belonged to Pi Mu Epsilon, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi and Alpha Chi Sigma.

In 1964, Robert retired from GTE and went into private consulting. He traveled extensively around the world and was very active in community affairs, the Congregational Church of Manhasset, North Shore Hospital, United Fund of Manhasset, Boy Scouts of America and for five years he was treasurer of the Port Washington Yacht Club.

In 1986, Robert and Evelyn moved into the Green Hills Retirement Community in Ames, IA. Survivors include Evelyn, his wife, a son, Arthur of Carle Place, a daughter, Anne Vavrinec of Port Washington, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.