William S. Bivens ’56

William S. Bivens ’56, of Taos, N.Mex.; May 18. He had a varied career after Brown beginning with the U.S. Navy, where he had assignments in cryptography and secure communications, after which he worked for Traveler’s Insurance Company in New York. Next he taught Classics at the Roxbury Latin School in Boston and  was the assistant headmaster of the Wheeler School in Providence and the vice president of Hood College in Frederick, Md. At Hood, he headed a project to computerize the campus, which led to a career in the computer business when the company on the project, Digital Systems, recruited him. He eventually founded his own company, Image Data Systems, which was responsible for projects in the Washington, D.C., area and for government agencies. After moving to Taos in 2000, he started the Mountain Home Repair business and worked to support Taos community organizations. He was the vice president and on the Board of Directors of the Taos Chamber Music Group and coproduced the Art of the Book project for the Millicent Rogers Museum. He was also an amateur photographer and enjoyed hiking. He is survived by his wife, Shirley; daughter Frances Bivens ’84; a son; a daughter-in-law; a son-in-law; and five grandchildren.