In Memoriam

WAREHAM, MA - James Harriman Rogers, III, of Castine, ME. passed away peacefully

Saturday, October 5, 2019, at All American Assisted Living. He was born on May 5, 1933 in

Evanston, IL to Sarah Dorothea (Cholmeley-Jones) and James H. Rogers. He graduated from

The South Kent School in South Kent, CT. and then from Brown University in Providence, RI

before serving in the United States Army from 1956 - 1958 in Berlin, Germany. After his

service, Jim taught English at the Collegiate School in New York City for five years before

attending Harvard University to earn his Master’s in Education. Upon graduation, Jim accepted

a position in the Brown University Admissions Office, where he was later promoted to the

Director of Admissions, a post he kept until 1988.

During his tenure, Brown’s applicant pool was the highest amongst the Ivy League, as

reported by the New York Times in 1983. Jim attributed Brown’s new-found popularity to

publicity fed by the admission of more international students, creating a more diverse campus.

After leaving Brown, Jim and his wife, Margaret, moved to Italy where Jim opened an

educational consulting business called The Rogers Group International. Jim worked with

families outside of the US as a private secondary-school and college consultant. In 1993, Jim

and Margaret moved back to the US and settled in Castine, ME.

Jim is survived by his three daughters, Whitney Schofield, Elizabeth Rathborne and

Jessica Mellon, six grandchildren and his cat, Bodoe. He was predeceased by his wife,

Margaret Frost Rogers, in 2005.