Samuel Halcomb Coombs ’44


Samuel Halcomb Coombs ’44 died on May 21 at the Sedgebrook Health Center in Illinois after a lengthy battle with cancer. During the war years at Dartmouth he taught Navy and Marine enlistees and earned his M.A. in physics. He was the founder and president of Coombs Associates, an electronics manufacturers’ representative firm from 1970 to 1994. He was an avid tennis player, sailor and runner and spent summers on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, and winters in Naples, Florida. His memories of his youth spent at Camp Dudley in Westport, New York, never left him; the camp motto “Other Fellow First” guided him throughout his life. He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Ann, six children and 12 grandchildren. 



Portfolio

Book cover for Conflict Resilience with blue and orange colors
Alumni Books
New titles from Dartmouth writers (May/June 2025)
Woman wearing collard shirt and blazer
Origin Story
Physicist Sara Imari Walker, Adv’10, goes deep on the emergence of life.
Commencement and Reunions

A sketchbook

Illustration of baseball player swinging a bat
Ben Rice ’22
A New York Yankee on navigating professional baseball

Recent Issues

May-June 2025

May-June 2025

March-April 2025

March-April 2025

January-February 2025

January-February 2025

November-December 2024

November-December 2024

September-October 2024

September-October 2024

July-August 2024

July-August 2024