Obituaries

After his work at Georgetown, Mr. Fockler was an adviser on a Russian cultural exchange program with the State Department and chaired foundations for technology and sustainability.

He was born in Summersville, W.Va., and was an Army Air Forces veteran of World War II.

After the war, he graduated from West Virginia University and in 1948 received a master's degree in political science and international relations from the school. In 1952, he received a master's degree in library sciences from Catholic University.

He was director of the Library of Congress's serials department from 1956 to 1958, then spent a year as assistant director of the White House Conference on Children and Youth.

Between 1961 and 1969, he worked as chairman of the grant research committee at the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Library of Medicine.

During the Nixon administration, Mr. Fockler was director of the office of voluntary action in the Executive Office of the President.

He advised a number of organizations, including the Washington Academy of Sciences and the National Council for Science and the Environment.

Survivors include his wife of 58 years, Mary Z. Fockler of Silver Spring; a son, Herbert P. Fockler of Menlo Park, Calif.; two brothers; and a granddaughter.

-- Patricia Sullivan

Lawrence J. EanetDermatologist, Jazz Pianist

Lawrence J. Eanet, 77, a Rockville dermatologist and jazz pianist, died Sept. 13 at his home in Great Falls. He had lung cancer.