John D. Glasheen II ’59

John D. Glasheen II ’59, of West Kingston, R.I.; Jan. 2, of liver cancer. He had a varied career that included social studies teacher and football coach at Perkiomen School in Pennsburg (Pa.) and Mt. Greylock Regional High School in Williamstown (Mass.), as well as textbook developer, Brown instructor, and administrator at two Rhode Island anti-poverty agencies before becoming executive director of Rhode Island’s South County Community Action Program in the 1990s. In retirement, he could be seen at the Rhode Island State House with his fellow Unitarian Universalists promoting social justice issues. He pursued his longtime interest in music by attending as many live performances as possible at the Met, Lupo’s, and Nick-A-Nees in Providence in the early years and more recently in Newport and at Peace Dale’s Pump House. He was active in the Unitarian Universalist Church of South County and spoke at many of the church’s Martin Luther King birthday celebrations about meeting Martin Luther King in 1967. He is survived by his wife, Susan; three children; five grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.