Obituaries

He was born in Runcorn, Cheshire, England, and after his schooling, went to work at Imperial Chemical Industries. During World War II, he entered the Royal Air Force and served in North Africa, where he was in charge of photographic equipment for the 8th Army.

He was based in Cairo during the war and graduated long distance from London University. After the war, he graduated from Liverpool University. He worked for the Raw Cotton Commission in Liverpool until 1951, when he moved to Washington.

Mr. Santley, who spoke French and Spanish, prided himself on never forgetting the basic Arabic he learned while in Cairo. He also was a music lover, bridge player, gardener and follower of economics and financial news.

He was a founding member of the New Dominion Chorale and a small local madrigal group. He was a member of the vestry at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Cross in Dunn Loring.

Survivors include his wife of 50 years, Jennifer Santley of Falls Church; a son, David Santley of Houston; and two grandchildren.

-- Patricia Sullivan

Jesse WeinsteinArchitect

Jesse Weinstein, 88, an architect whose firm designed many apartments, offices and public buildings in the region, died of heart disease Nov. 17 at his home in Washington.

Mr. Weinstein worked his entire 48-year career with a firm that became known as Abel & Weinstein. Known as Berla & Abel when he joined it in 1946, the firm designed "dozens of important apartment houses, such as the Towers, the Canterbury House, and the Irene, in addition to the Van Ness Centre," wrote James M. Goode in "Best Addresses: A Century of Washington's Distinguished Apartment Houses."

He also designed the Crestwood, Greenleaf and Appoline apartments in the 1950s, Van Ness Centre in 1963, the Highland House and Irene Apartments in the 1960s, the Regency of McLean from 1974 to 1985 and Bethesda Place in 1987.

His commissions included the Chevy Chase Office Building in 1967, Rosslyn Center in 1977 and Silver Spring Center in 1986. He designed an addition to the Shoreham Hotel in 1958 and the 1978 Dumbarton Oaks Library renovation.

Mr. Weinstein retired in 1994.

He was born in Baltimore and moved to Washington as an infant. He graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1936 and Catholic University in 1940. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Army Air Forces in the Pacific, where he did engineering work on the long airstrip from which the Enola Gay took off to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

Mr. Weinstein designed his family home in 1950 in Somerset, where he served on the Town Council for four years during that decade.

He was a past president of the Washington chapter of the American Institute of Architects and also was active in its national organization. In retirement, he was part of a Catholic University alumni group known as the "Antiquated Architects."

He was a member and past board member of Temple Sinai. A keen amateur photographer, he had a darkroom and joined a camera club. He also enjoyed travel, tennis and classical music.

His wife of 56 years, Eleanor Price Weinstein, died in 2002.

Survivors include three children, Sarah Weinstein of Dorchester, Mass., Amy Weinstein of Washington and Alan Weinstein of Blacksburg, Va.; and four grandchildren.

-- Patricia Sullivan