Alvin, 82, died at Harper Woods, Indiana, on September 14, 2008. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. on July 16, 1926. At age 18, he was enrolled at Columbia University. Alvin served in the Civilian Public Service during WWII and jumped at Missoula in 1945. He returned to Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts, majoring in teacher education with minors in English, PE and History. He graduated in 1950 and was also married that year. He taught at Horace Mann School for Boys in N.Y, N.Y. and at Greenwich H.S. in Greenwich, Connecticut.