Class Note 1949
Issue
Jul - Aug 2016
Frank Munson checked in from his winter home in Vero Beach, Florida. His vision is limited by macular degeneration, so goodbye golf. Frank spent his career with General Reinsurance, retiring as CEO about five years before Warren Buffett bought the company. Frank lives in Rowayton, Connecticut, in the summer.
Quent Kopp continues to write informative articles for a local San Francisco paper. A quarter-century ago, as chairman of the state senate transportation committee, Quent sponsored the creation of the California High-Speed Rail Authority to cut travel time between San Francisco and L.A. to less than three hours. Subsequent legal squabbles over potential and actual bond violations, rights-of-way for dedicated track, prohibition of taxpayer subsidies, etc., have imperiled the politically bastardized project. Quent currently supports a ballot measure redirecting $8 billion in unspent bond funds to higher-priority water storage and usage projects. Kudos to Quent for fighting the good fight!
Robert Jeffrey Reed II died on January 31 in Wheeling, West Virginia, where he lived. Robert received his M.D. from University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and spent his career at the Ohio Valley Medical Center (which his grandfather founded) as a cardiovascular surgeon. A fine golfer, he is survived by two sons and three daughters.
Ralph Prestat Melville died on February 15 at his home on Snowbunny Lane in Aspen, Colorado. Originally from Boston, Ralph got the ski bug at Dartmouth, built the Mountain Chalet in Aspen in 1954 and became a local entrepreneur in real estate and fruit orchards. He leaves his wife, Marian, two sons, including Frank ’82, and four daughters.
Dean Stoddard Worth, who lived in Lititz, Pennsylvania, died on March 1. Dean earned his Ph.D. from Harvard and spent his career as a professor of Slavic languages at UCLA. He is survived by his wife, Emily.
Richard Wentworth Moulton died at home in Vero Beach on March 19. Dick spent his early career in banking, then in lumber company management and finally as co-owner of an imported tile company after he moved to Vero Beach in 1973. He is survived by his wife, Virginia, and sons David and Richard.
—John Adler, 75 Silo Circle, Riverside, CT 06878; (203) 622-9069; (203) 637-3227 (fax)
Quent Kopp continues to write informative articles for a local San Francisco paper. A quarter-century ago, as chairman of the state senate transportation committee, Quent sponsored the creation of the California High-Speed Rail Authority to cut travel time between San Francisco and L.A. to less than three hours. Subsequent legal squabbles over potential and actual bond violations, rights-of-way for dedicated track, prohibition of taxpayer subsidies, etc., have imperiled the politically bastardized project. Quent currently supports a ballot measure redirecting $8 billion in unspent bond funds to higher-priority water storage and usage projects. Kudos to Quent for fighting the good fight!
Robert Jeffrey Reed II died on January 31 in Wheeling, West Virginia, where he lived. Robert received his M.D. from University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and spent his career at the Ohio Valley Medical Center (which his grandfather founded) as a cardiovascular surgeon. A fine golfer, he is survived by two sons and three daughters.
Ralph Prestat Melville died on February 15 at his home on Snowbunny Lane in Aspen, Colorado. Originally from Boston, Ralph got the ski bug at Dartmouth, built the Mountain Chalet in Aspen in 1954 and became a local entrepreneur in real estate and fruit orchards. He leaves his wife, Marian, two sons, including Frank ’82, and four daughters.
Dean Stoddard Worth, who lived in Lititz, Pennsylvania, died on March 1. Dean earned his Ph.D. from Harvard and spent his career as a professor of Slavic languages at UCLA. He is survived by his wife, Emily.
Richard Wentworth Moulton died at home in Vero Beach on March 19. Dick spent his early career in banking, then in lumber company management and finally as co-owner of an imported tile company after he moved to Vero Beach in 1973. He is survived by his wife, Virginia, and sons David and Richard.
—John Adler, 75 Silo Circle, Riverside, CT 06878; (203) 622-9069; (203) 637-3227 (fax)