Survivors include two sons, Ronald Rosenbaum of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, and Ira Rosenbaum of Chevy Chase; a sister; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
David S. DonderoFinancial Planner
David S. Dondero, 71, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and president of a financial planning firm in Alexandria, died Nov. 14 of a heart attack at Inova Alexandria Hospital. He lived in Huntingtown.
He founded Dondero & Associates in 1982 and often was quoted in articles about financial planning in The Washington Post, Fortune magazine and other publications.
He also was the co-host of a weekly cable television program, "The Washington Forum on Financial Planning," and was named one of the nation's 200 best financial planners by Money magazine.
He taught financial planning at George Washington University and American University and was president of the Washington chapter of the International Association of Financial Planners, which later merged with another group to form the Financial Planning Association. In 2003, he received the association's lifetime achievement award.
Lt. Col. Dondero was born in Vineland, N.J., and graduated from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Fla. He also attended Syracuse University.
He was a missile-site commander during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 and, later in his Air Force career, was instrumental in building a North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) center in Massachusetts.
He retired in 1975 from his final posting at the Pentagon. His decorations included the Bronze Star and Air Force Commendation Medal.
Lt. Col. Dondero worked for American Financial Consultants Inc. in Silver Spring and for DeRand Investment Corp. in Arlington before forming his own company.
His marriage to Ruth Ann Dondero ended in divorce.
Two daughters from that marriage, Anita Dondero and Ann Marie Rowe, died in 1966 and 1996, respectively.
Survivors include his wife of 17 years, Rebecca Brown Dondero of Huntingtown; three children from the first marriage, David Thomas Dondero of Moseley, Va., Andrea Dondero of Richmond and Angela Dondero Pettit of Sterling; two stepsons, Michael King of Pikeville, N.C., and William Todd King of Macon, Ga.; a brother; a half-sister; a stepbrother; a stepsister; and 11 grandchildren.
Henry Waldo DearbornCIA Cartographer
Henry Waldo Dearborn, 87, a retired cartographer with the Central Intelligence Agency, died of prostate cancer Oct. 27 at his home in Reston.
Mr. Dearborn, who was born in Chicago and raised in Seattle, began his career as a commercial photographer. In 1940, he traveled to the Aleutian Islands to photograph the civil engineering and construction of a U.S. naval air station.
He joined the Navy at the start of World War II and served as a photographer, mainly in the Pacific. He was aboard the USS Indianapolis when he photographed an artillery duel with Japanese shore batteries.
After receiving advanced photography training and a promotion to chief photographer's mate, Mr. Dearborn led aerial photographic reconnaissance of enemy-held positions throughout the Pacific. Some of his photos were published in newspapers and magazines, including Newsweek.
After the war, he received a degree in geography from Syracuse University and worked as a graduate instructor at the University of Colorado.
He was recalled to active military duty in the Korean War, during which time he studied languages and ultimately became fluent in Russian, French and German.
He began working for the CIA in 1953 and held a series of positions as geographer, training officer and cartographer. At his retirement from the agency in 1979, he received the CIA Career Intelligence Medal for Exceptional Achievement.
Active in local civic affairs, Mr. Dearborn was a member of the Northeast Citizens Association in Alexandria, the Correctional Services Advisory Board and the Alexandria Police and Jail Task Force.
Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Mona C. Dearborn of Reston; three daughters, Elizabeth Dearborn of Buffalo, Ellen Dearborn Storck of Falls Church and Nan Dearborn of Reston; and four grandchildren.
