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Ruth Manter Lind ’39, ’42 AM, of Attleboro, Mass., at 102 years of age; Jan. 22. Upon graduation she began teaching Latin in Connecticut and later Massachusetts. Her last 29 years teaching were spent in the Brookline, Mass., public school system. During World War II she volunteered as a nurse’s aide. She was a member of the National Wildlife Foundation, the National Teacher’s Assoc., and on the board of trustees for the First Baptist Church of Attleboro. Phi Beta Kappa. She enjoyed learning about history, languages, and culture; watching historical programs; reading; solving Sudoku puzzles; knitting; and gardening. At the time of her death she was reading about physics. She is survived by a sister-in-law and 11 nieces and nephews.