Obituaries

Joseph O. UnverferthConsultant

Joseph O. Unverferth, 57, a consultant and proposal writer, died of a heart attack Nov. 4 at Inova Fairfax Hospital. He lived in Alexandria.

He was born in Alexandria and grew up in Dayton, Ohio. After high school, he briefly returned to the Washington area to work for the FBI. He served in the Navy from 1974 to 1979, working on aircraft avionics.

He moved to St. Louis, Mo., and graduated from Tarkin College. He went to work for McDonnell Douglas and Pratt & Whitney as a proposal writer. He returned to the Washington area in 1994 and wrote for NCI and SAIC. He became manager of proposals at KBR, an engineering and construction company, in 2005.

Mr. Unverferth enjoyed golf, good food, music, politics and crossword puzzles.

His marriages to Cynthia Durkee and Janet Egan ended in divorce.

Survivors include his companion, Debbie Glass of Alexandria; a daughter from his first marriage, Brooke Campbell of Mesa, Ariz.; a son from his second marriage, Kyle Unverferth of Atlanta; and a brother.

-- Patricia Sullivan

Cornelius R. 'Neil' Alexander Jr.Chief Hearing Examiner

Cornelius R. "Neil" Alexander Jr., 55, the chief hearing examiner of the D.C. Commission on Human Rights who was expert in discrimination law, died of cancer Nov. 19 at his home in Washington.

Over the past 20 years, Mr. Alexander heard and ruled on cases involving housing discrimination toward gays and HIV-positive renters, employment discrimination based on race and hostile work environment cases based on sexual orientation.

His best-known case was a 2001 ruling, overturned on appeal, ordering the Boy Scouts of America to reinstate two gay men as leaders.