Obituaries

These are the most recent alumni obituaries. To report a death, please contact alumni records at (603) 646-2253. To view obituaries by class year, select from the drop-down menu:

Jul - Aug 2018

Gordon R. Williamson ’62 of Hanover died on February 15. Gordy was predeceased in 2015 by his wife of 37 years, Virginia (an adopted member of our class).

Jul - Aug 2018

William Baschnagel ’62 died December 14, 2017, at home in Etna, New Hampshire, after a long struggle with cancer.

Jul - Aug 2018

Michael Beachley ’62, M.D., died of cardiac disease on January 13 at home in Bakerstown, Pennsylvania, with his wife, Barbara, and children Kenneth, Barbara and William at his side

Jul - Aug 2018

George Brannen ’62 died December 1, 2017. He was a Phi Delt who came to Dartmouth from Geneva, Illinois, and majored in economics. He went on to graduate with a J.D.

Jul - Aug 2018

Richard Norman ’62 died of myeloid leukemia November 29, 2017, at his home in Fairlee, Vermont.

Jul - Aug 2018

James C. Owings Jr. ’62, Ph.D., a lifelong resident of Riderwood, Maryland, died on January 12 of lung cancer.

Jul - Aug 2018

Gregor A. Campbell ’64 passed away on the day after Christmas 2014 in his adopted state of Colorado, where he was an avid outdoorsman.

Jul - Aug 2018

Stephen Barry Dichter ’64 passed away on February 18 in Lake Worth, Florida, from a rare form of lymphoma.

Jul - Aug 2018

John Maguire Benzian ’67 of Excelsior, Minnesota, died on January 9.

Jul - Aug 2018

Charles Bradford Langley ’67, Ph.D., of Ellicott City, Maryland, died on June 17, 2017.

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