Obituaries

He was the commanding officer at Barbers Point, Hawaii, in 1986 when he flew the first U.S. military aircraft to go to Beijing since 1947. At an aerospace exhibition there, Capt. Hsu and his crew provided tours of the U.S. Coast Guard HC-130 aircraft at Beijing's Capital Airport and gave a presentation on the advances in air-sea search and rescue techniques used by the Coast Guard.

His last tour was at the Pentagon as the liaison to the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Persian Gulf War. He retired from the military in 1992.

His second career as a photographer, from his home in Vienna, took him on wedding and architecture shoots. His work appeared in Home & Design magazine.

Capt. Hsu was born in the Shantung province of China and emigrated to the United States with his family when he was 11. He lived in Charlottesville and in 1962 became the first Asian cadet to graduate from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.

Survivors include his wife of 45 years, Rosemary Hsu of Potomac Falls; two children, Army Lt. Col. David Hsu, who is serving in Iraq, and Cindy Hsu of New York; a sister; and three granddaughters.

-- Patricia Sullivan

Dorothy Haynes KephartHairdresser

Dorothy Haynes "Dot" Kephart, 90, a former hairdresser at George Washington University Hospital, died Dec. 2 of congestive heart failure at Sunrise at Hunter Mill, an assisted living facility in Oakton.

Mrs. Kephart was born in Rockville and grew up in Southwest Washington. She graduated from Western High School.

For about 75 years, she lived in the Glover Park neighborhood of Northwest Washington, where she began her hairdressing career at home. She later became a hairdresser at GWU Hospital, where she worked for more than 25 years until retiring at 65.

She was a former president of the PTA at Stoddard Elementary School and was a member of St. Luke's United Methodist Church, both in the District.