Deke Jackson is still living in his own home with Nadine in Mount Dora, Florida. A banker, he attended a convention in Washington, D.C., and contacted our then U.S. senator classmate Slade Gorton.
Joe Sullivan Jr. ’78 called to tell me (and then sent me) a column about his dad’s football career. We reminisced about Joe’s long back-and-forth run against Cornell—maybe 100 yards—in a game that no one who saw will ever forget.
Alfred Thomas Quirk ’49 died on October 12, 2017, at his home in Hanover. Al graduated from Meredith (New Hampshire) High School and spent three years with the Marines in the South Pacific before coming to Dartmouth.
Robert Carl Smith Jr. ’49 died on September 19, 2017. Bob, who lived in Intervale, New Hampshire, came to Dartmouth from Swampscott (Massachusetts) High School.
James Wilmer Valliant ’49 died at home in Centreville, Maryland, on February 22. James came to Dartmouth from Centreville High School, and returned home to run the family fertilizer business.
Paul Robert Bjorklund ’49 died on March 13 in Ashburn, Virginia, where he lived. Paul came to Dartmouth from Boston English High School in Dorchester, Massachusetts. He received his D.D.S.
Richard Stewart Carr Jr. ’49 died at his home in Madison, Connecticut, on March 28. Dick came to Dartmouth from St. Luke’s School in New Canaan, Connecticut.