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January-February 2022
Barry R. Spiegel ’51
Barry R. Spiegel ’51, a prominent attorney in Philadelphia and a lifelong lover of thoroughbred racing, died in Paoli, Pennsylvania, on August 12, 2021.
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January-February 2022
Robert H. Wilbee ’51
Robert H. Wilbee ’51, M.D., a general surgeon and former chief of occupational medicine at the White Sands Missile Range in Las Cruces, New Mexico, died on September 3, 2021, in Tucson, Arizona.
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January-February 2022
Oscar C. “Chip” Blomgren Jr. ’51
Oscar C. “Chip” Blomgren Jr. ’51 died in Lake Bluff, Illinois, on August 10, 2021. He was a prolific inventor, holding several dozen patents, and a successful entrepreneur.
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January-February 2022
Phelps Dewey ’51
Phelps Dewey ’51, a newspaperman and book publisher, died on March 29, 2021, in Fort Bragg, California. He is survived by his four children, eight grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
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September-October 2021
Jerome M. Block ’51
Jerome M. Block ’51, M.D., a much-honored neurologist in New York City, died on December 18, 2020, at his home in Tenafly, New Jersey.
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September-October 2021
John Q. Marshall ’51
John Q. Marshall ’51, M.D., died at his home in Hernando, Florida, on August 28, 2019, the College has recently learned. At Dartmouth, John was a chemistry-zoology major and a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
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September-October 2021
Stuart M. Paley ’51
Stuart M. Paley ’51 died at his home in New York City on April 22. He is survived by his wife, Naomi, and their two children and four grandchildren.
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July-August 2021
Thomas K. Barnett ’51
Thomas K. Barnett ’51 died on April 25 in Austin, Texas. He is survived by his wife, Suzanne, four children, and seven grandchildren. His father, Joseph J. Barnett, was a member of Dartmouth’s class of 1913.
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July-August 2021
Robert A. Closser Jr. ’51
Robert A. Closser Jr. ’51 of Prairie Village, Kansas, died on March 17. He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Ann, as well as three children and five grandchildren.
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July-August 2021
Robert A. Fox ’51
Robert A. Fox ’51, a widely honored Philadelphian who, with wife Penny, contributed greatly to that city’s universities and cultural institutions, died on April 14 after a long illness.
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July-August 2021
Spencer Y. Grey ’51
Spencer Y. Grey ’51, for 20 years a secondary school teacher and later head of his family’s clothing store on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, died on April 24 in Chatham, Massachusetts.
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July-August 2021
David A. McDonough ’51
David A. McDonough ’51, a rare Renaissance man who pursued his many interests and passions to the fullest extent, died March 16 at his home in Randolph Center, Vermont.