Rufus C. Rudisill III | Project manager, 82

Rufus Clare Rudisill III, 82, formerly of Haverford, a retired senior project manager at National Software Testing Laboratories, died of liver disease Sunday, July 25, at Dunwoody Village in Newtown Square.

For more than 20 years, until retiring in his 70s, Mr. Rudisill was employed by National Software Testing Laboratories in Conshohocken. Previously he held management positions for 15 years with Food Fair Corp. in Newark, N.J., Miami, Baltimore, and Philadelphia.

Mr. Rudisill graduated from Abington High School and enlisted in the Navy at the end of World War II. He attended radar school in Chicago, where he and all his classmates contracted scarlet fever, his brother, Brantley, said.

After his discharge, Mr. Rudisill earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Haverford College, where he competed on the track team. He was later president of the Haverford College Alumni Association and served on its executive committee. In 2000 he received Haverford's Sheppard Award for his service.

Mr. Rudisill enjoyed dancing, quoting literature, attending study groups, playing tennis at Germantown Cricket Club, and socializing with the "Scarlet Sages," a group of Haverford alums who have celebrated their 50th reunion.

For many years he tutored youngsters. To assist his longtime companion, Patricia Gibbons, and others who had failing eyesight, he organized a macular degeneration support group. She died in 2006.

Mr. Rudisill is survived by his brother, three nephews, and two nieces.

A memorial service will take place at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 31, at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, 625 Montgomery Ave.