1980

Dartmouth College lost nine of her sons in the attack on America on September 11; two were our brothers.

Brian Dale died on American Flight 11, the first plane flown into the World Trade Center. Brian was valedictorian at his high school, Norwin High in Westmoreland City, Pennsylvania. A high school friend remembered that "Brians intelligence was legendary, though he never flaunted it. He was a shining star who saw himself as part of a larger constellation."

Nicknamed "The Hulk," Brian came to Dartmouth to play football. Sophomore year he wrote for The Dartmouth. Brian made many friends as a member and then president of the Harold Pharmington Foundation. Inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, Brian graduated magna cum laude and then earned an M.B.A. from Tuck the following year.

After business school Brian started as a certified public accountant, serving as manager and senior consultant with Price Waterhouse. He returned to school to obtain a law degree from the University of Michigan in 1991. As a lawyer Brian worked for Kirkpatrick and Lockhart in Pittsburgh and Moore and Van Allen in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he focused on corporate, tax and labor law. In 1997 Brian was a co-founder of Blue Capital Management, an investment firm based in New York City. Brian led the company's legal and accounting-related activities and oversaw its internal accounting and investor reporting.

Brian married Louanne Baily on February 15, 1997. She anchored him, and their family quickly grew. Jacob Earl arrived May 20,1998. Twins Rachel Therese and Russell Baily were born February 10,2000. In addition to his wife and children, Brian is survived by his mother, Mary Steimer Dale, brother Kevin and sister Lauren Dale Rice.

Nothing made Brian happier than spending time with the people he loved. He most enjoyed doing anything that included Louanne and the children—walks, picnics, camping, long drives and quiet time. Brian had an enormous capacity for laughter. He had an intellectual wit, but could be silly enough to entertain a 3-year-old. He was direct and gentle in his words and actions. He had a huge and tender heart.

Kevin Crotty died in Two World Trade Center, where he worked as a managing director of the investment firm Sandler O'Neill & Partners. An all-city star in basketball and baseball at St. Ignatius Loyola High School in Manhattan, Kevin played basketball at Dartmouth. Majoring in economics, he graduated cum laude. Kevin was a catcher on a semi-pro baseball team in New York for several years. At the age of 23 he became one of the youngest traders for Lehman Brothers on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

In recent years Kevins focus was on his family. He and his wife, Lori, had three children, Megan, 7, Kyle, 5, and Sean, 2. Kevin wasn't a handyman, but he did everything else—the dishes, the laundry—and managed his schedule to avoid too many business dinners away from home. He saw son Kyle score his first goal in soccer on the Sunday before the attack. Kevin enjoyed the theater, and when he found a show he liked, he would take his family back to see it. In addition to his wife and children, Kevin is survived by his parents, Raymond and Mary Crotty, and brothers Brian and David.

We will always miss Brian and Kevin. Now we are hurting, scared and confused. But as did Faulkner, I believe Man will not merely endure, he will prevail. He is immortal because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. God bless us everyone.

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