A classmate who describes me as his “wordsmith therapist” and wishes to remain anonymous, an unnecessary plea given the name he adopts in the description of his relationship to me, has provided the following story.
In response to my request, Jack Billhardt was kind enough to provide me with a copy of The Wall Street Journal containing the article titled “College Rankings.” I was interested in the standards used to rank Dartmouth at 57th.
John Lenhart Welborn ’56 died at home after a long illness on April 27. He had lived at Wilton Manors, Florida, for a number of years and had practiced law in the nearby Ft. Lauderdale area.
Dean Frederick Hofe ’56 died on February 11. He was born in West Orange, New Jersey, graduated from nearby Carteret School and then Dartmouth before attending Yale, from which he obtained a master’s in city planning from the school of architecture.
William D. King ’56 died of congestive heart failure on February 5 following a heart attack and ensuing pneumonia. Bill was born and raised in Northampton, Massachusetts, where he attended local schools.
Richard A. Buck ’56 died peacefully on August 23, 2010, at Community General Osteopathic Hospital in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with his wife, Patsy, at his side.