EDWARD HEARLE

EDWARD F.R. HEARLE (Age 86)  
Of Rockville, Maryland, beloved husband of Patricia for 59 years, passed away at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital on January 23, 2018. Born in Pasadena, California on April 21, 1931, he received an AB degree from Occidental College and a Masters in Public Administration from UCLA. He served in the U.S. Army from 1954 to 1956.  Ed was a retired partner of Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Inc. Over his 30-year consulting career, he directed assignments for government agencies and nonprofit groups, including most Federal cabinet agencies, three dozen states and cities, a score of church bodies, universities and nonprofit groups, and the governments of several foreign countries. Within Booz, Allen, he served on the Board of Directors and chaired its Operating Council and Audit and Professional Practices Committees. He came to Booz, Allen from a position at the U.S. Department of Commerce and previously served on the staff of the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California. Ed served on the Board of the Presbyterian Home of the District of Columbia (now known as Ingleside at Rock Creek) during the 1980s and as its Chairman from 1986-1993. Following retirement, he and Pat moved to Jacksonville, Florida. He served on the boards of the Jacksonville Symphony and the Jacksonville Community Council and led successful efforts to establish a local campus of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Ed is survived by his three sons, Kevin C. Hearle and his wife, Carol, Keith W. Hearle, and Jeffrey R. Hearle and his wife, Claire; six grandchildren, Ellen, Emily, Patrick, Timothy, Colin, and Carleigh; his sister, Joyce Rosenberg; and nieces and nephews. Ed was preceded in death by his parents, John and Kathleen Hearle, as well as his brother, Warren. A memorial service will be held on February 1, 2018 at 11 a.m. at Fourth Presbyterian Church in Bethesda, Maryland; reception to follow. Interment will take place at Arlington National Cemetery at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be given to Fourth Presbyterian Church, 5500 River Road, Bethesda, MD 20816, or to Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 2065 Half Day Road, Deerfield, IL 60015.