Dr. Melvyn A.J. Menezes

Melvyn Allan Joseph Menezes, husband of the late Maria Menezes, died Tuesday, August 6, 2024 while on holiday in Bangalore, India. Melvyn was a resident of Chestnut Hill since 2019 (formerly of Westwood). He was 73. Melvyn was born on February 8, 1951 in Karachi, Pakistan, the middle of Archibald and Veronica (Mathias) Menezes’ five children. He obtained a degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay, India; an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management in Calcutta, India; and a PhD in marketing from the University of California Los Angeles. He worked at Gabriel Shock Absorbers before moving to the United States and starting his professorial career at Harvard Business School. Later, he worked at Gemini Consulting in Boston before launching his own consulting practice while at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business. He was the president of the Indian American Forum for Political Education; a member of the Oakley Country Club in Watertown; and a parishioner of St. Denis Church in Westwood.

Melvyn is survived by his daughter Andrea Menezes, brother Kevin Menezes and his wife Maryann, sister Rosita Aranha and her husband Jude, and sister-in-law Leila Menezes. He was the brother of the late Lolita Saldanha and her late husband Sylvy,  and the late Peter (Bobby) Menezes. He was the brother-in-law of Priya Mascarenhas and her late husband Mohan, Primus Rasquinha and his wife Therese, Titus Rasquinha and his wife Marina, Linus Rasquinha, Vitus Rasquinha and his wife Corrine, and Cletus Rasquinha.

Visiting hours will be held on Friday, August 16 from 4 to 8 PM at the Folsom Funeral Home, 649 High Street, Westwood.

Funeral mass will be held at St. Denis Church, 157 Washington Street (Route 1A), Westwood for his Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 AM. Burial will follow at New Westwood Cemetery, Westwood. Melvyn’s funeral mass may be watched on livestreaming at www.harborview.live