David Keith Park ’62


David Keith Park ’62 of Dallas passed away on August 27, 2010. David came to Dartmouth from Manitou Springs (Colorado) High School, where he had been active in student government, serving two years as class president. At Dartmouth David went on to major in government and—in addition to becoming enthusiastically involved in the DOC—extended his interest in undergraduate politics by serving as freshman class president, sophomore vice president and president of his fraternity, Delta Tau Delta. After Dartmouth David attended Harvard Law School, from which he received the J.D. in 1966. In addition he completed the general course at the London School of Economics and Political Science and attended the University of Calcutta in India. A practicing attorney, through the years he was employed by the firm of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy in New York, the New York Legal Aid Society, the New York City Planning Commission, the Fund for the City of New York and the Ford Foundation. Having earned his Eagle Scout award in 1954, David also spent 34 years as the national legal counsel for the Boy Scouts of America, an organization for which, like his own family, he had an abiding love. A world traveler and constant reader, David never lost his sense of wonder. He leaves behind his wife of 40 years, Lynne, children David and Emily, son-in-law Anthony and grandchildren Anna and Joseph.