Wednesday, July 2, 2008; B08

William R. CarrollResearcher, Teacher

William Robert Carroll, 92, who was a researcher at the National Institutes of Health for 23 years before changing careers and becoming a chemistry teacher at Ballou High School in the District, died June 18 in the nursing facility at Brighton Gardens in Salt Lake City. He had Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.

Dr. Carroll, once a longtime resident of Bethesda, joined NIH in 1948 and conducted research in protein chemistry at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.

In 1971, he made the decision to teach at the Southeast Washington high school. "He rode the bus an hour-and-a-half to and from work each day in order to do something he knew would have a social impact," said Dana Carroll, his son.

His father became interested in teaching after tutoring in Kensington and having "one glorious success" with a student who later went on to college, the son said. He retired from Ballou in 1986.

Dr. Carroll was born in Logan, Utah, and grew up mostly in Urbana, Ill. He attended Swarthmore College on scholarship, where he captained the swimming team, played football and ran track before graduating with honors in zoology in 1938. He received a PhD in embryology from Harvard University in 1942.

That same year he joined the Army and served as a medical officer at the rank of captain in the Netherlands. In 1945, he resumed his research training at Cornell Medical School in New York.

Described as a man who "had no patience with pretentiousness or pomposity," Dr. Carroll enjoyed lively exchanges of ideas and would often -- maddeningly -- adopt a position simply to start an argument, his son said.

He played tennis and bridge, enjoyed square dancing, and regularly attended classical music concerts. He also taught classes at Georgetown University.

In 2003, he and his wife were recognized by Swarthmore College with a service award and a scholarship in their names.

Through his scientific endeavors, he met researchers from around the world and developed a strong connection with scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, where he spent a sabbatical year in 1962-63.

He and his wife moved to Salt Lake City in 2006.

Survivors, in addition to his son of Salt Lake City, include his wife, Harriett "Bunny" Carroll of Salt Lake City, whom he married in 1941; three other children, Bruce Carroll of Arlington, Mass., Catherine Berry of Silver Spring and Alan Carroll of Dolores, Colo.; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

-- Yvonne Shinhoster Lamb

Lucie Belle Hamby, 69, who was a bookkeeper with F.W. Woolworth Co. in Washington and California, died of metastatic melanoma June 20 at Mercy Hospice in Scranton, Pa. She lived in Clarks Summit, Pa.

Mrs. Hamby worked for Woolworth's in the District from 1958 to 1967 and in Riverside, Calif., until the five-and-dime store went out of business in 1997. She then worked as a bookkeeper for various businesses in and around Riverside until her retirement in 2001.

She moved from California to Clarks Summit about a year and a half ago.

Mrs. Hamby was born in Washington and graduated from Northwestern High School in Hyattsville in 1958.

Her husband, Donald K. Hamby, died in 2005.

Survivors include her mother, Ruby Janette Gibbon Dudley of Clarks Summit.

-- Yvonne Shinhoster Lamb

Harold Deyton, 89, a retired Air Force master sergeant who later worked as a civilian supervisor at Air Force headquarters, died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease June 17 at Virginia Hospital Center. He lived in Arlington.

Mr. Deyton was born in Robbinsville, N.C., and served two tours of duty in the Air Force overseas before retiring in 1960. He then worked as a civilian administrative supervisor assigned to Air Force headquarters in the Pentagon.

He was a member of Greenbrier Baptist Church in Arlington.

His wife, Inez Deyton, died in 1995.

Survivors include two children, Kenneth Deyton of Arlington and Sandra O'Connor of Warrenton; and a brother.

-- Yvonne Shinhoster Lamb

Barbara Adams Hayman, 81, a retired financial planner and adviser, died June 7 of pulmonary fibrosis at Capital Hospice in Arlington County. She lived in Alexandria.

Mrs. Hayman began her career in the 1970s, when she was living in Washington. She later worked for T. Rowe Price, H&R Block and Ferris Associates before forming her own financial planning firm. She retired in the late 1980s.

Mrs. Hayman was born in Des Moines and grew up in an Army family all over the world, including Washington. She was a 1944 graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School in the District and attended the University of Oklahoma for two years.

From 1961 to 1984, she lived in Washington, Baltimore and Fairfax County. She lived in Annapolis from 1984 to 1996.

She was active in the Historic Annapolis Foundation and was a docent at the William Paca House for many years. She enjoyed gardening and was an amateur authority on Civil War battlefields.

She settled in Alexandria about three years ago.

Her husband of 48 years, George R. Hayman Jr., died in 1995.

Survivors include four children, George R. "Putter" Hayman III of Madison, N.J., Richard Perry "Rip" Hayman of Pomona, N.Y., Margaret "Mimi" Hayman Demaree of Friendsville, Md., and Elizabeth "Boo" Hayman Turner of Seattle; a brother; and three grandsons.

-- Matt Schudel

Richard "Mole" Janigian, 78, who taught and coached sports at D.C. public schools and who also directed the Redskin Singers for more than a dozen years until the late 1990s, died June 16 of cardiac arrest at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore. He was a longtime District resident.

Mr. Janigian taught physical education and biology at Bell Vocational High School for 22 years and later at Dunbar and Wilson high schools. He also coached basketball, football and baseball at Bell and Wilson. He took the head baseball coaching job at Wilson in 1984 and led the team to three championships. He also coached sports at Bishop O'Connell High School in Arlington.

Early in his teaching career, Mr. Janigian testified before a congressional committee and was instrumental in getting Congress to pass legislation awarding high school teachers extra pay for coaching. At that time, coaches were limited to teachers willing to volunteer.

Mr. Janigian was born in Washington, the youngest son of Armenian immigrants who operated the Mount Vernon Hotel at Fourth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

At Wilson High School, from which he graduated, Mr. Janigian lettered in baseball, football and basketball. He was elected to the D.C. All High School Team and Jocks Hall of Fame. About 1945, he won a regional Golden Gloves Championship in Chicago.

He also earned letters in baseball and lacrosse at Washington College in Chestertown, Md., before graduating from D.C. Teachers College. He served two years in the Navy and in the mid-1950s received a master's degree in education from American University.

Mr. Janigian was a past president of D.C. Coaches Association.

He was volunteer of the year at St. Mary Armenian Apostolic Church, where he was a member and served on the board of trustees.

For more than 35 years, Mr. Janigian was involved with the Redskin Singers, also known as the Precisionists. He started at the old Griffith Stadium and continued with the ensemble group at RFK Stadium into the late 1990s, his brother said.

"His only claim to fame was that he went 26 years in a row without missing a Redskins home game," said Paul Janigian of the District.

Survivors include his brother.

-- Yvonne Shinhoster Lamb

June Gay Ruebush, 87, an artist and homemaker, died of cancer June 14 at her home in Chevy Chase.

Mrs. Ruebush, an accomplished dressmaker and designer, was an artist-in-residence in textiles at Marymount College in Arlington County during the late 1960s.

Born in Washington, she graduated from Roosevelt High School and studied at the Art Students League of New York. During World War II, Mrs. Ruebush worked in Washington for the British army, leading a team of other artists and drawing weaponry parts.

Mrs. Ruebush and her husband, a veterinarian, formerly owned Ambassador Animal Hospital in Silver Spring and the Aspin Hill Pet Cemetery, the country's second-oldest pet burial grounds. They sold the cemetery in 1988.

She was a past president of the women's board of the Montgomery County chapter of the American Heart Association and a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Survivors include her husband of 65 years, Dr. E. Edgar Ruebush of Washington; three daughters, Judith Townsend of Camp Hill, Pa., Shari Gay of Boston and Valerie Grace of Chevy Chase; six grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

-- Patricia Sullivan

C. Evans Hays, 62, a broadcast journalist and senior news editor with the Voice of America who retired in 2003, died June 20 at Baptist Hospital of Miami of a cerebral hemorrhage.

Mr. Hays worked for Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty in Munich before joining VOA in the late 1980s.

He headed VOA's Bonn, Germany, bureau for several years and covered stories including German reunification and the Balkans wars.

After his VOA retirement, he accompanied his second wife on her State Department assignments to Ghana, Iceland and Venezuela. He maintained a home in Alexandria.

Creighton Evans Hays Jr. was born in Denver and raised in Arlington, where he was a 1964 graduate of Washington-Lee High School.

He served in the Army in Germany from 1968 to 1970 and was a 1972 social and behavioral sciences graduate of Johns Hopkins University.

He began his career as a writer and editor at the United Press International wire service in Richmond.

His hobbies included gardening and mountain-climbing, and his memberships included the National Press Club.

His marriage to Ellen Hays ended in divorce.

Survivors include his wife of 14 years, Sally Hodgson of Caracas, Venezuela.

-- Adam Bernstein

Harolyn "Sue" Kaplan, 50, a former physical therapist and recreation specialist, died June 27 at her home in Takoma Park of complications from metastatic breast cancer.

Ms. Kaplan was born in Washington and graduated from Northwood High School in Silver Spring. She was a 1984 graduate of the University of Maryland, where she was an intern in a campus child psychology clinic.

In 1985, she joined the Episcopal Center for Children and later became co-director of the residential program. She was an adaptive aquatics instructor for children with emotional and physical disabilities and developed a pet therapy program, using animals donated from pet shops. She was also the center's lifeguard and pool operator for a summer swimming program.

She had to retire because of her illness in 2000.

She participated in several Susan G. Komen races for the cure, to raise money to fight breast cancer.

Survivors include her partner of 28 years, Catherine Markley of Takoma Park; two sons, Jeremy Kaplan-Markley and Justin Kaplan-Markley, both of Takoma Park; two brothers, Melvin Kaplan of Lusby and Marc Kaplan of Potomac; and a sister, Robin Kaplan of Damascus, Va.

-- Matt Schudel