OBITUARIES - Dec. 21, 1998

Clay Blair; Author of Books on Military History

Clay Blair, 73, author of books on wars and the submarine service. Blair, a former editor of The Saturday Evening Post, served aboard the submarine Guardfish during World War II. During the Korean War, when he was covering national security affairs for Time and Life magazines, he made dives with many submarines. Blair wrote 26 books, many on military history and the “silent service” of submarine warfare. Among those books were “Silent Victory: The U.S. Submarine War Against Japan” published in 1975 and “Hitler’s U-Boat War” published this year. He examined the Korean conflict in “The Forgotten War” published in 1987. Educated at Tulane and Columbia universities, the writer served as editor in chief of all Curtis magazines and then editor of The Saturday Evening Post during the 1960s. On Wednesday in Washington Island, Wis., of a heart attack.

Harry Treleaven Jr.; Coined ‘Nixon’s the One!’

Harry W. Treleaven, Jr., 76, who coined the presidential campaign slogan “Nixon’s the One!” An advertising executive, Treleaven was a key part of Richard M. Nixon’s Republican advisory team in the 1968 campaign. He helped polish Nixon’s image, dealing directly with turning Nixon’s liabilities into assets. The “Nixon’s the One!” slogan was designed to tout Nixon’s considerable governmental experience. Born in Oak Park, Ill., Treleaven attended Duke University where he edited the Duke Chronicle. He served in the Navy’s Seabees construction corps in the South Pacific during World War II. After writing radio scripts in California, he moved to New York as an advertising executive with J. Walter Thompson agency. Treleaven worked in several Republican campaigns, beginning with George Bush’s first run for Congress. On Dec. 9 in Mamaroneck, N.Y., of heart failure.

Judith Arron; Carnegie Hall Artistic Director

Judith Arron, 56, artistic director of Carnegie Hall for a dozen years. Arron revitalized programming at the New York auditorium, the premier venue for classical music in the United States. She oversaw the hall’s seven-month renovation in 1986 and its centennial celebration in May 1991. Arron was hired as general manager and artistic director in January 1986 and became executive director in 1988. During her tenure, the Vienna Philharmonic began an annual concert series at the Carnegie, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra started a yearly subscription series and programming expanded vastly. Arron also worked with Carnegie Hall President Isaac Stern and Chairman Sanford Weill in an endowment drive that has raised $87 million. On Friday in Denver of cancer.

Eunice Schmidt; Pioneering Woman Journalist

Eunice Schmidt, 93, pioneering woman journalist and teacher. Born in Pennsylvania and reared in Ohio, Schmidt earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in journalism from the University of Wisconsin. She became the first woman to work for the Chicago Tribune’s Paris bureau. “I was somewhat of a curiosity. The men were very wonderful and very protective,” she told the Beverly Hills High School “Highlights” newspaper this year. In the 1930s, Schmidt joined the Beverly Hills High School faculty to teach journalism and later served on its alumni association’s board of directors. During World War II, she did extensive work for the USO, establishing several of its clubs, including San Diego’s. On Dec. 10 in Beverly Hills.