Reid Higgins ’60

Reid Higgins ’60, of Vero Beach, Fla., formerly of Cotuit, Mass.; Mar. 8. He held positions with the Atlantic Richfield Company and the United Gas Improvement Company as an assistant director of personnel, then went on to create and head the personnel department at Wellington Management Company, where he rose to vice president. He was transferred to Wellington’s Boston office in 1975, and he and his family lived in their summer home in Cotuit as year-round residents. He enjoyed wood carving, and, following his retirement from Wellington in 1989, turned his hobby into a second career selling carved birds at shops and craft fairs. He taught an annual seminar on bird carving in Cotuit. In his later years his focus shifted to watercolor paintings, mostly nautical and pastoral scenes and shorebirds. He is survived by his wife, Len; four children and their spouses; 11 grandchildren; and his former wife, Joanie Higgins.