In Passing

Chandler, Ariz.

Thomas Judge, Montana governor

Former Gov. Thomas Judge, who in two terms in the 1970s oversaw creation of many of Montana’s environmental laws, died Friday.

Judge, 71, suffered from pulmonary fibrosis.

Judge, a Democrat, was the 38-year-old lieutenant governor when voters in 1972 made him the youngest man ever elected governor in Montana. Voters simultaneously approved a new state constitution that included a provision that residents have a right to a “clean and healthful environment.”

With that mandate, Judge oversaw creation of laws governing such areas as strip mine reclamation, air and water pollution controls.

Westport, Conn.

Gordon Manning, TV news executive

Gordon Manning, who had a significant role in shaping television news for four decades as a news executive at CBS and NBC and arranged the first interview between Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and an American correspondent, died Wednesday at Norwalk Hospital. He was 89 and had congestive heart failure.

A former executive editor at Newsweek magazine, Manning took over the news operation at CBS in 1964. He was a leading inside player at “CBS Evening News” with anchor Walter Cronkite and helped direct coverage of the Vietnam War and the Watergate crisis.

Manning received a George Polk Award for the Gorbachev interview and reports from China before the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.

Bethesda, Md.

Wayne Fenton, psychiatrist

Wayne Fenton, 53, a National Institute of Mental Health administrator who was an expert on schizophrenia, was found dead Sept. 3 in his office in Bethesda, Md. Montgomery County, Md., police have charged a 19-year-old patient he had seen that day.

Fenton built a reputation as an accomplished clinician, researcher, administrator and practitioner who often tackled the most difficult cases. A fiercely committed and patient professional, he combined his skills to benefit a segment of the mental-health population that he felt did not always get the necessary care.