FRANK CAMERON LUDWIG

Ludwig, Frank Cameron "Cam", 93, passed away peacefully on Sunday, June 08, 2014, at Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, NH. He was born June 27, 1920, to Frank J Ludwig and May C Ludwig of Brookline, Ma. Cam received his primary and secondary education at Eaglebrook School and Deerfield Academy. Between 1938-1942 he continued his education and graduated from Harvard College in Boston, Ma. Immediately following his graduation from Harvard, Cam enlisted into military service and graduated in June 1943 as an officer from the Calvary School. Soon thereafter Cam volunteered for the SWPA, helping in Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea . After five major actions for the control of the Philippines he served as a platoon leader in the Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, was detailed as Assistant AC Staff G-2, 24th Division, designated Divisional Historian for the Mindanao campaign, and commanded a special service unit on Leyte, for which he was decorated. Shortly before Hiroshima he was ordered to 8th Army and named Staff ADC, becoming the personal aid to Major General Clovis E. Byers. The 8th Army was responsible for the civil administration of Japan and occupational control of the Allied Occupation Forces. In spring of 1946 Cam returned to the United States. In 1947 Cam received the A.M. from Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of Tufts University. In 1959 he enrolled in the Graduate School of Education of Yeshiva University and continued to explore the psychopathological study of offenders, becoming a member of the Medical Correctional Association and the American Association of Correctional Psychologists graduating in June 1969 from Georgetown University with a Masters in Psychology, practicing in the Washington, DC area. Cam settled in Weare, NH in 1971 cultivating a vineyard, Mayhill Vineyard, to sell grape juice for wine production. In his entrepreneurial spirit, Cam enjoyed his membership in the SCCA racing club and raced throughout New England, including the Climb to the Clouds race at Mt. Washington in NH. He was a member of the Harvard Club of Boston and attended St. Lawrence Church in Goffstown, NH. Surviving is his nephew, L. Bardes Haase of Westerly, Rhode Island and his niece, Cameron Haase-Pettingell of Newton Center, Ma. Cam will be missed by all his family, friends and staff. The family will have a private graveside service for Cam's internment at the St. Joseph's Cemetery in West Roxbury, Ma. A celebration of life is planned for Cam in July. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Home for Little Wanderers in Boston, Ma.