Deaths
This is a list of deaths reported to us since the previous issue. Full obituaries, usually written by the class secretaries, may appear in this or a later issue.
Laurence Gillelan Leavitt '25 • Nov.30,2000 William Batchelder Laighton '27 • Nov.30,2000 Anthony Wayne Van Leer '30 • 0ct.16,2000 John Barmore Feltner'31 'Aug.2ooo David Danforth Hewes '31 • July 26,2000 Arthur Henry Spiegel '31 • June 25,2000 George Nathan Orcutt '32 • Sept 21,2000 Walter Arnold '34 • Sept. 23,2000 Perry Webster Gilbert '34 • Oct. 15,2000 Charles Alexander Gillan '35 • Aug. 19,2000 Huntington Walbridge Harrison '35 • Oct. 14,2000 Charles Macarthy Adams '37 • Aug. 30,2000 William Marcus Falion '37 • Oct. 17, 2000 Francis Albert Gray '37 • Nov. 24,2000 Arthur Allen Hislop '37 • 0ct.26,2000 Milton Linsley Marsh '37 • April24,1997 Robert Louis Manegold '38 • Oct. 18,2000 John Ryland Scotford '38 • Dec. 10,2000 L. Richard Webb '3B • Nov.4,2000 Kenneth Kimberly Atkins '40 • Nov. 18,2000 Winsor Hays Watson '41 • Oct. 25,2000 Peter Hubbard Koelsch '42 • Oct. 4,2000 John Wynne Ryan '42 • June 14,1998 Robert Edwin Waldron '42 • Oct. 25,2000 Frank McLellan Dain '43 • Nov. 11,2000 Freeman Forbes Dodge '43 • Aug. 12,2000 Charles Edmund Miller '43 • 0ct. 27,2000 Donald Hoff Heller '44 • Oct. 21,2000 Eugene McDonald Kinney'44 • Oct. 13,2000 Simon Gerberich Stein' 44 • Aug. 11,2000 Stephen Marsh Tenney '44 • 0ct. 28,2000 Stanley John Zarod '44 • Dec. 4,2000 Stanley George Quackenbush '45 • Nov.17,2000 Edward Stanton Russell '45 • Aug. 2,2000 Arthur William Diemer '47 • July 30,2000 Sydney Lishner '47 • May 30,2000,2000 Robert Spencer March '47 • Feb. 19,2000 Robert William Osterstock '47 • Nov. 4,2000 Richard P. O'Leary '48 • Sept. 22,2000 Charles Hamilton Davison '50 • Nov.2,2000 Edward James McDade '50 • July Is, 2000 Hugh Calvin Minor '50 • Oct. 8,2000 Bruce Gabriel '52 • Nov. 13,2000 Joseph D. Kenney '52 • July 16,2000 Roger D. Malkin '52 • Nov. 22,2000 Clarence Y. Palitz '52 • Nov. 23,2000 James Mark Wechsler '55 • Nov.28,2000 Frederick K. Franz '56 • Oct. 15,2000 George Bertram Burgeson '57 • July 19,2000 Dale Graham Sarles '58 • Nov. 29,2000 Howard George Munro '59 • Oct. 29,2000 James Doyle Johnson '60 • Nov.30,2000 David Ellis Lee '60 • Nov. 8,2000 Marshall Elliot Tulloch '60 • Oct. 16,2000 John Stewart McSherry '62 • Dec. 1,2000 Lyman Bernt Larson '63 • Oct. 11,2000 Blair Wilson Clark '64 • Oct.31,2000 Frederick Field Wangaard '64 • Aug. 20,2000 Frank John Jones '76 • Nov. 6,2000 John David Mosbacher '78 • Sept. 13,2000 Jason Klein Stern '94 • Nov. 13,2000
1925
Laurence Gillelan Leavitt, headmaster emeritus of Vermont Academy, died November 30,2000, at his home in Norwich, Vermont. He came to Dartmouth from Quincy (Massachusetts) High School, and went on to earn a masters in education from Columbia University and an honorary master's degree from Middlebury College. He became the headmaster at Vermont Academy in 1934, and built the modern school, doubled enrollment and retired the schools sizable debt before retiring in 1959. At Dartmouth he was a starting varsity fullback for three years, a member of Casque & Gauntlet and winner of the Barrett Medal. He served the College as coordinator for 20 years of the Sponsors Program for Dartmouth Athletics and was recipient of numerous awards, including the Alumni Award and John B. Reynolds Trophy. He was predeceased by his wife. Survivors include daughter Sally; son Richard; six grandchildren, including grandsons E. Drew Cheney '75 and Laurence H. Leavitt '81; 11 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
1930
William Frederick Sinz died August 28, 1999, in Orlando, Florida. He came to Dartmouth from Central Aguire, Puerto Rico and the Tilton School (cum laude). Bill spent his entire working period as a professor of various languages at the University of Puerto Rico. During the war he was a translator for the FCC. In 1933 he married Dorothy Wehmiller (Wells) and they had a daughter Ada (deceased) and a son Peter. He received his MA. from Columbia in 1933, and also spent time at the University of Chicago. His last four years were spent in Orlando.
George Winchester Stone Jr. died of congestive heart failure on June 11,2000, at his home in Alton, New Hampshire. Win came to Dartmouth from Central High School in Chevy Chase, Maryland, and joined Zeta Psi. He received a doctorate from Harvard and was awarded three Guggenheim Fellowships, a Fulbright Fellowship and honorary degrees from Middlebury College, Hofstra University and George Washington University. He taught at George Washington University and New York University, where he was dean of the graduate school. He was a specialist in 20th-century literature, co-authored The Biography ofDavid Merrick, was executive secretary and president of the Modern Language Association and served on the board of the American Council of Learned Societies. His wife, Ellen, died in January 2000, and they had two daughters, a son and five grandchildren.
1931
David Danforth Hewes died on July 26,2000, at his home in La Mesa, California. Dave came to Dartmouth from Lowell High School in San Francisco to major in philosophy. He obtained his masters in that discipline from the University of California in Berkeley in 1938. During WWII he worked as an electrician in shipyards, and served in the Army in the South Pacific theater. He then returned to Berkeley to complete his Ph.D. in psychology and his M.S.W. in psychiatric social work. He had been associated with the Child Guidance Clinic in Bakersfield. His psychiatric clinic training was wide and was obtained in the Berkeley school system, the Red Cross and the Mount Zion clinic in San Francisco. In the 1970s and 1980s his wife, Dorothy, and he traveled extensively. He is survived by Dorothy, daughter Rosemary, sons Christofer, John and Andrew and six grandchildren.
1932
George Nathan Orcutt died in his sleep on September 21, 2000. "Ore" came to Dartmouth from Corry, Pennsylvania, and Lawrenceville, New Jersey. He was on the golf team for four years, captained it as a senior and enjoyed the game his entire life. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta, Sphinx and Green Key. He served in the Army Signal Corps in World War II, and then became a stockbroker, ending up as manager of Paine Webbers Corry office. Ore was active in the Corry Hospital, YMCA and the local library. At his home in Windy Hill, New York, he planted thousands of evergreens and became an avid organic gardener, raising vegetables and roses. Ore retired from Paine Webber at age 87 but still went to the office three days a week. He is survived by wife Margaret, five children, including John '59, four daughters, 16 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
1935
Charles A. Gillan died August 19,2000, in Houston, Texas, where he moved in 1945 from Rochester, New York, because of rheumatoid arthritis. Chuck majored in zoology, was active in the German Club and was a member of Delta Tau Delta. Following Dartmouth Chuck studied accounting at the University of Rochester, and his career was in this field. He was employed in the optical division of Eastman Kodak Cos. for 10 years (1935-45). When his health forced his move to Texas, Chuck took a job in the raw cotton business with Gulf Atlantic Warehousing. Chuck was active in community affairs in Houston and in 1998 the Downtown YMCA honored him with its Lifetime Achievement Award. He leaves a family of sons Tom and Lex, daughter Greta and six grandchildren. Chuck was predeceased by his wife, Carol, whom he married in 1940.
1937
Bill Falion died in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on October 17,2000, leaving his wife, Maty Lou, three children and four grandchildren. Bill was born in Brooklyn, and completed his education with an M.B.A. from Tuck School. During World War II he served in the Navy in the South Pacific. He spent 35 years as a financial analyst and controller for the Johns Manville Corp. He served the class and the College in many ways. He was especially interested in interviewing Dartmouth applicants and working with young people in several community programs. He believed that "world peace should be our No. 1 goal," and supported organizations seeking social justice internationally. He was regional agent for the class of 1937 in the far west.
Arthur Allen Hislop died in Los Altos, California, on October 26,2000. He is survived by his wife, Catherine, whom he met at a Belgian Red Cross club in the closing days of World War 11, and by sons Albert, Arthur Jr. and Robert. For three decades he was a switchboard supervisor for the Pacific Telephone Cos. in San Francisco. He came to Dartmouth from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He was a member of Phi Sigma Psi and sang with the Glee Club.
Milton Linsley Marsh died April 24,1997, in Harwichport, Massachusetts, the College has re- cently learned. He was survived by his wife, Marion, and sons Philip and Lawrence '70. Milton served with the Army Engineers in World War 11, and at the Raymond Engineering Laboratory for 10 years after the war. After 1956 he owned and operated the Port-O-Call Gift House on Cape Cod. He was an active leader in the Boy Scouts of America.
1938
Roland Henry Moody, who retired as dean of libraries at Northeastern University in 1983, died on September 14,2000, in the Hammersmith Nursing Home in Saugus, Massachusetts. He entered Dartmouth from Manchester (New Hampshire) High School and was a member of the band and Delta Epsilon. His senior year was spent at Tuck. Roland worked in the Baker Library for the four years he was in college. In 1941 he earned a bachelor of library science degree from Columbia University. He worked for 12 years in various positions at the Widenerand La- mont libraries of Harvard University, moving on to Northeastern University in 1953. In WW II he served as sergeant major for two years with the 10th Division in the European theater, earning a Bronze Star. He is predeceased by his wife, Ethel, and survived by son Jonathan '69, daughter Ellen and three grandchildren.
1933
Robert C. Nuffort died on October 8,2000, after a brief illness of two months. Bob came to Dartmouth from the Pingry School. At Dartmouth he was the advertising manager of The Aegis and a member of the Corinthian Yacht Club and SAE. One week after graduation Bob was employed by the Prudential Insurance Co. in Newark, New Jersey. In 1954 he was transferred to the north central office in Minnesota. He served the company for 38 years in various management positions, retiring as associate general manager. He and wife Miriam moved to Cape Coral, Florida, for the winter months, returning to Minnesota each summer to be amongst their family. An avid sailor, Bob raced in Florida at the Cape Coral Sailing Club and the Minnetonka Yacht Club in Minnesota. He is survived by his wife, Miriam, son Robert Jr. '74 and four grandchildren.
1941
Roscoe Valentine Lewis died of heart failure at his home in Stamford, Connecticut, on August 30, 2000. "Jupe" was active at Dartmouth in gymnastics, Beta Theta Pi and Green Key. He was also assistant managing editor of The Daily Dartmouth. In 1941 he became a volunteer ambulance driver in the Middle East and from 1942 to 1945 he was an officer in the Indian Army, serving in India, the Middle East and Italy. Jupe joined the United Nations organization in 1946 and served until 1978 at the New York headquarters and around the globe as a field operations officer. He was married in 1951 to Florence Eagleton, who survives him along with their daughters Nicole '77 and Noelle.
1942
Peter Hubbard Koelsch died in California on October 4,2000, of prostate cancer. Peter was the son of Henry '14 and the father of William '66. He ran a successful catering company for many years. During WW II he attended Thayer and then spent a year in the Near East with the Foley Bros. Construction Cos. and Spencer, White & Prentis Inc. before being transferred to the Army and put in charge of the construction of a transport camp. He later became a real-property analyst and an executive vice president of Vested American Equities, where he was in pension planning. He is survived by his wife, Patricia, sons William and John, daughters Virginia and Andrea, stepdaughter Carole and 12 grandchildren. Son William called him an admirable father who launched them into life with what they needed: good health, good education, love and guidance. Robert Edwin Waldron died of cancer on October 25,2000, in an Ann Arbor, Michigan, hospice. Bob was a force in that states politics and his impact is still felt in the way the legislature operates, according to the obituary in The Detroit News. He left school in 1941, joined the U.S. Army Air Force the following year and was discharged in 1946 as a captain in the 9th Air Force. He returned to Dartmouth, received his degree and went on to graduate from law school at the University of Michigan. He was an attorney, specializing in constitutional law for 20 years, served for 16 years in the Michigan House of Representatives and was a prominent member of the states Republican Party. After leaving the legislature, Bob handled governmental affairs for major petroleum suppliers in Michigan for 19 years. He is survived by his wife, Helen, son Bill, daughters Mary and Peggy and five grandchildren.
1943
Freeman Forbes Dodge died August 12,2000, of heart failure at his home in South Wellfleet, Massachusetts. "Bob" was born in Boston and after attending Dartmouth lived most of his life in the Provincetown/Truro/Wellfleet section of Cape Cod. Bob built the Sorcerers Apprentice Handcraft Shop and the present Berta Walker Gallery, which he ran until the 1970s. Later he ran an antique business and, with son Forbes, the restaurant Yesteryears in Wellfleet. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Mary Ellen (Van Dusen), son Forbes and five grandchildren. He was predeceased by child Robin.
Charles Edmund Miller died October 27,2000, of natural causes in Prineville, Oregon. Charlie attended the Thacher School in Ojai, California, before entering Dartmouth. Charlie left after freshman year and served in the Army Air Corps during WWII in Italy and North Africa. After the war he worked in his family's logging business, Youngs Bay Lumber, in Warrenton; Stebco in Vancouver, Washington; and was a co-founder of Flightcraft. He ranched for 35 years in central Oregon as owner of several ranches. His philanthropy included gifts to The High Desert Museum, Lewis & Clark College, The Oregon Institute of Technology, Catlin Gabel School in Portland and Mitchell School in Wheeler County. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Mary; daughters Cameron, Wendy and Jessie; son, C. Edmund; two sisters; nine grandchildren and one great-grandson.
1944
Charles D.J. Regan, eminent Boston eye surgeon, died September 29,2000, of lung cancer and emphysema at Metro West Medical Center in Natick, Massachusetts. He was a graduate of Boys Latin School. At Dartmouth he was Phi Beta Kappa. Following two years at Dartmouth Medical School he transferred to Harvard Medical School, receiving his M.D. in 1946. He served as a lieutenant in the Navy Medical Corps in China, where he met his wife, Patricia, in Shanghai. He specialized in diseases of the retina. He was on the staff of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary for nearly 50 years, serving as chief of ophthalmology, chief of retina service, director of residency training and a member of the eye service executive committee. In 1967 he received acclaim for repairing the vision of the damaged eye of Boston Red Sox slugger Tony Conigliaro. He leaves Patricia; daughters Joan, Claire and Maria; son James '74 and two grandchildren.
1945
Vincent Canby, one of '45's more illustrious graduates, died of cancer on October 15,2 000, at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City. As senior film critic for The New YorkTimes and, since 1993, as the theater critic, Vincent was the übiquitous, anonymous man in the aisle seat known for his lively wit and sophisticated humor, taking it all in tonight for a million readers tomorrow. Following WW II service as the skipper of a Navy LST in the South Pacific, he returned to Dartmouth to graduate in 1947. He began his writing career in 1948 with the Chicago Journal of Commerce as assistant to the drama critic. After a brief stint in New York with the Motion Picture Herald, Vincent began his 35-year tenure with The Times in 1965. Never married, he is survived by cousin Ann Barker Trufant.
Edward Stanton Russell Jr. died on August 2, 2000. His preparatory schools for Dartmouth included Culver Military Academy and the Choate School. During World War II he served more than three years on active duty as a B-24 bomber pilot, flying more than 50 missions in the European and African theaters and being awarded the Air Medal with clusters. Remaining in the Air Force Reserve, he finally retired in 1968 with the rank of lieutenant colonel. Alumni records indicate his career had been largely concentrated in the home building and real estate development fields in the Woodbridge, Connecticut, area. He leaves a sister, Mrs. R.N. Whitlock.
1950
Charles Hamilton Davison died at his home in Vero Beach, Florida, on November 2,2000, after a long bout with cancer. Charlie majored in history, was active in Phi DeltaTheta and did his senior year at Tuck School. After graduation he earned his M.B.A. from NYU. He became a managing partner of the regional offices of Peat, Marwick and Mitchell in Providence and Chicago, followed by promotion to deputy chairman for U.S. operations in New York City. In 1983 he retired as vice chairman of Smith, Barney Harris, Upham in New York City and acquired a Providence greeting card company. For Dartmouth he served on the Alumni Council, was an overseer of Tuck School, was a club president and a member of the Alumni Funds capital gifts committee. Charlie leaves his wife, Lessie, sons Charles, Lang '83 and Andrew and three grandchildren.
1951
Ernest Egon Kramer died of kidney cancer July 26, 2000, at his home in Centreville, Maryland, where he had farmed for many years. Egon was born in Australia, but grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut, and attended the Pomfret School. At Dartmouth he majored in history, joined Theta Delta Chi and was a standout on the varsity crew, a member of the winning duo that took the first-place trophy in the paired oar race at the Henley Regatta in England. In December 1951 Egon married Anne Pamela Wahl, a graduate of Bryn Mawr. He served with the Central Intelligence Agency from 1951 until 1954. Then he became a farmer near Penn Yan in upstate New York, moving to Maryland in 1958 and continuing to farm in the Centreville vicinity on the eastern edge of the Chesapeake Bay. His wife predeceased him. He is survived by sons Matthew '78 and Zachary and daughters Amadea, Alexandra and Theodora.
1952
Bill Biggs died in St. Louis, Missouri, in August 2000, marking the end of a courageous and complicated life. He was a diabetic, which led to heart, vascular and kidney disease. He developed non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, which Pat and the six children thought he had beaten. But then, in the last year, he had a mini stroke. He received a heart transplant in September 1994, and then led a very active life for six years. Bill, with Kent Calhoun '52 and the late Jim Kolb '53, was the heart of the Dartmouth basketball team in the early 19505. Bill was the top scorer. After Navy service Bill went to work in the steel industry, first for Ryerson in Chicago and then J&L Steel in St. Louis. He was a spokesperson for the St. Louis Organ Transplant Agency. Bill will be greatly missed, but his quiet and unassuming nature will be remembered by his many friends and classmates.
Roger Malkin, who died November 22,2000, of cancer, had a life of achievement for his community, the College and his family. A Connecticut native, Roger was transplanted to Scott, Mississippi, where he led Delta and Pine Land Cos. (NYSE) to a controlling position of 60 percent of the U.S. cottonseed market, employing more than 550 people with operations here and abroad. He was honored by his community and the state for the dynamic business growth for the Delta. In 1995 he established a scholarship fund at Dartmouth to educate qualified students of D&PL employees living in Mississippi and other cotton-belt states, one of the largest single scholarships at Dartmouth. Roger graduated from the College in 1952 and from Tuck in 1953. Roger is survived by two children, brother Peter, two granddaughters and companion Barbara Jakobson.
Clarence Y. Palitz Jr. died in November 2000 following a brief illness. Avarsity swimmer, he graduated as an economics major and received a business degree from NYU business school. He was commissioned in the U.S. Navy. He made his career in heavy equipment leasing and financing and was a founder of Commercial Alliance Corp. and Financial Federal Corp., both with his brother Bernard. Cal was a patron of opera and ballet and a benefactor of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He is survived by his wife, Anka, children Michael 'BO and Suzanne, stepson Gregory and several grandchildren.
1953
John J. Bender died of cancer at home on May 25, 2000. Following graduation he attended Officer Candidate School at Newport, Rhode Island, and, after commissioning and schooling as a supply officer, served for three years aboard several naval vessels. John spent the next 36 years with the Chase Bag Cos., serving in various sales and marketing positions. In 1990 he formed his own advertising business, Bender Enterprises, specializing in embroidered and reversible tote bags. John took special pleasure in hunting and golfing and was a devoted husband and father of nine children. At Dartmouth John was active in the DOC, was a member of DU and was winter sports editor of The Aegis. He attended Tuck School during his senior year. John is survived by his wife of 46 years, Alice, five sons and four daughters.
Chase C. Colbom died of cancer at home in Kelseyville, California, on April 28,2000. Following graduation from Dartmouth Chase attended Navy Officer Candidate School at Newport, Rhode Island. His first assignment was on an admiral's staff at Treasure Island, California. Following active duty Chase remained with the Naval Reserve for 22 years, serving aboard destroyers. His civilian professions included sales of chocolate products for the Merckens Chocolate Cos. and sales activities in the aerospace electronics field for 30 years. He served as sales manager for Republic Electronics for 13 years prior to retirement in 1991. Two years later Chase and his second wife, Sue, settled near Clear Lake, California, where he enjoyed his long time avocation, sailing. At Dartmouth Chase was a sociology major and a member of Sigma Chi and Dragon. He is survived by his wife, a son, a daughter and a stepdaughter.
William L. Nolan, adopted member of the class of 1953, died on May 1,2000, in Manchester, New Hampshire. Following his graduation from Boston Latin High School in 1935, the reverend monsignor attended St. Marys College in North East, Pennsylvania, being ordained a priest in 1943. He received his master's degree in religious education from Catholic University, Washington, D.C., in 1944. Monsignor Nolan served with the Redemptionist Fathers, including attendance at the Catholic University of America and in 1950 was appointed vicar of St. Denis Parish in Hanover and named Dartmouth's Catholic chaplain. He received an honorary doctorate of divinity degree from Dartmouth in 1973. In 1969 Pope Paul VI appointed him a prelate of honor with the title of reverend monsignor. He is survived by brother Paul, a cousin, two nephews and two nieces. He was predeceased by his brother George.
1955
James Mark Wechsler, class secretary, died November 28,2000, of a heart attack doing what he loved most, coaching kids. At Dartmouth he was sports editor for The D, member of Green Key and U.G.C. and president of TEP. In 1956 he joined the Valley News as a sportswriter, becoming managing editor while coaching all sports at Lebanon's Sacred Heart Academy, "my 10 years in the convent," he said. From 1966 to 1971 he assisted Rep. J.C. Cleveland (N.H.) in Washington, returning to publish the GraniteState Gazette. In 1974 he headed the Upper Valley-Lake Sunapee planning commission, then in 1979 Lebanon's Chamber of Commerce until his retirement in 1999. He served on the school board and was president of the Lebanon College trustees. His real legacy, according to many published citations, was his 45 years of influence on the Little League and high school children he taught. He leaves brother Malcolm and four foster sons.
1957
Winchester Cooley died of melanoma August 21, 1999, at his home in Solvang, California. Pete came to Dartmouth from La Canada, California, and became involved in crew and then with Chi Phi. He majored in history, and after graduation went through Marine Officers Training at Quantico. His career as a trial attorney took him from Los Angeles to Denver and back to the Santa Ynez Valley north of Santa Barbara. Pete's friends from the top of Russell Sage remember him as "a man of character and accomplishment, cheerful and positive," and as a "wonderfully modest, intelligent, humorous guy" who like to tell stories and recite long passages from famous speeches. He leaves his wife, Jessica, and children Winchester, Alexander and Cornelia.
Peter Dyche Falcon died May 14,1999, afteralong bout with melanoma. Pete came to Dartmouth from Longmeadow, Massachusetts, and Deerfield Academy. He majored in economics and was house manager at Kappa Kappa Kappa. After receiving his M.B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1958, Pete began a long career in banking, including, at the time of our 25 th reunion, the regional presidency of Chemical Bank in Buffalo, New York. He was proud of having started a commercial bank that "helped to create jobs in a community where 10-percent unemployment has been the rule and not the exception." His father, a brother, an uncle and a cousin were Dartmouth graduates. He leaves his wife, Eileen, and sons Thomas and Andrew.
1960
James D. Johnson died on November 30,2000, in a Newport, Rhode Island, hospital of cancer. A career advertising executive, he graduated from the Tuck School after getting his undergraduate degree in Hanover. He began his career at Ogilvy Mather Advertising Agency and ran his own marketing business with his father, Johnson & Johnson Advertising, for several years before beginning a long association with the Marschalk Cos., where he served as senior vice president and CEO of its Cleveland office. Later he went to McCann Erickson Worldwide and then to Marschalk Marketing Group, where he was CEO. Since his 1996 retirement he devoted himself to marketing consulting and to his health food restaurants. He was also an avid racing sailor. He is survived by his wife, Susan, mother Mary and sons James, Christopher and Reed.
David E. Lee died on November 8,2000, in Belhaven, North Carolina, of a heart attack. In semi-retirement from his career as a general contractor, he and his wife of 41 years, Marlene, were just beginning a sail from their Maryland home to the Bahamas. Dave was a direct descendant of Light-Horse Harry Lee, the father of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. He came to Dartmouth from the Annapolis area, played football and lacrosse and was a member of DKE before leaving in his junior year. He earned his B.S. degree in civil engineering at the University of Maryland. A building contractor in and near Washington, D.C., his major projects included George Washington University Hospital, MCI WorldCom's northern Virginia operations center and the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Forest Glen, Maryland. He is survived by his wife, daughter Denise and son David Jr.
1970
Thomas W. Wood of South Portland, Maine, died April 20,2000. He came to Dartmouth from Laconia (New Hampshire) High School, and after graduation had worked most recently as an information systems analyst. His varied interests included volunteer work with Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Portland and the Cancer Community Center of South Portland and reading and watercolor painting. He was also an amateur triathlete. He is survived by daughters Kerry and Tara, brother Harry F. 11l and two grandchildren.
1975
Kevin Barry Kenny Jr. died at home on May 19, 2000. Kevin came to Dartmouth from Vermont Academy. Dartmouth relatives included father Kevin '43 and uncle John '36. At Dartmouth Kevin was a government major and a member of Theta Delta Chi. He obtained a graduate degree from The American School for International Management. At the time of his death, Kevin was regional manager for A.I.G. in Houston, Texas. Kevin is survived by his mother, Barbara, children Michael and Amanda, brother J. William and sister-in-law Katy.
