Mark McLeod Cameron

CAMERON, MARK McLEOD, of East Greenwich, died at Rhode Island Hospital, October 18th of brain cancer. The 55 year old Cox Communications executive had been ill since May 2006.

Born in Washington, D.C., Mark was educated at St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire. He graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. After college, Mark worked for the Washington Post as an editorial researcher during the time of the Watergate investigation.

After 2 1/2 years as a stockbroker in Washington, D.C. and San Francisco, he decided to go back to school for an MBA. He attended USC, Marshall School of Business in Los Angeles. He graduated magna cum laude. Upon completion of his MBA, he was selected for a national presidential internship at Harrah's Properties.

After three years with Harrah's, he joined the Los Angeles Times' cable television division. When it was acquired by Cox Communications, Mark was one of the few that was asked to join Cox Communications Corporate Headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. He worked at corporate headquarters as a strategist in marketing for 4 1/2 years. He was then promoted and transferred to Rhode Island and became a director in marketing.

In 2005, he received the esteemed Vision Award for Competitive Excellence. He also was President of the board of CTAM New England.

Mark was an avid skier and sailor who, with his father, won major ocean races on the East Coast, and he retained from his career, in the news business, a keen interest in politics, literature, sports and travel. He also was a discerning consumer of food, wine and art whose interests in music and adventure was matched only by the love for his family, he was truly a 'man for all seasons.' He pursued all these avenues, and more, with a zest for life and joy that was infectious and inspiring.

Mark is survived by his wife, Lisa Benbow Cameron, whom he married in 1982; his son, Ian and daughter Shreve, all of East Greenwich. He is also survived by his mother Catherine Herter, his father and stepmother Juan and Nora Cameron all of Washington D.C.; five siblings, Gay Cameron of Bridgewater, CT, Libby Cameron of Larchmont, NY, Juan Cameron, Jr., Nonie Cameron and Rory Cameron, all of Washington, D.C., and seven nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, East Greenwich at 11 A.M. on Saturday, November 10th. If desired, the family requests that donations be sent to the Tisch Brain Tumor Center, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.