Class Note 1956. Shortly after our last move, I met Tom, about 64, sitting in a motorized wheelchair with several labels attached to its sides that expressed the rider’s respect for the talents of those shown thereon.
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.
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.