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May-June 2026
Sander J. Robins ’58
Sander J. Robins ’58 , M.D., passed away on December 21, 2025. Sandy came to Dartmouth from Trenton (New Jersey) High School, majored in philosophy, and was a brother at Tau Epsilon Phi.
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May-June 2026
Richard Saez ’58
Richard Saez ’58 , Ph.D., died on November 28, 2025. He was born in New York City and graduated from high school in Brooklyn.
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May-June 2026
Edwin J. Stedem Jr ’58
Edwin J. Stedem Jr ’58 passed away on November 8, 2025. Ned was born in Columbus, Ohio, and at Dartmouth started in premed and was a member of Phi Delta Theta and the swim team.
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May-June 2026
Herbert G. Swarzman ’58
Herbert G. Swarzman ’58 passed away in Tampa on August 27, 2025. Herb was born in Brooklyn, majored in philosophy and English and was a brother at Pi Lambda Phi. He earned a law degree at Brooklyn Law School in 1967.
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May-June 2026
James D. Brackett ’58
James D. Brackett ’58 , D.M.D., died October 8, 2025, in Georges Mills, New Hampshire. Jim grew up in Waltham, Massachusetts, and graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy.
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May-June 2026
Frederick G. Coggin IV ’58
Frederick G. Coggin IV ’58 , Tu’59, died on August 29, 2025, in Evanston, Illinois. Skip will be remembered for living out his father’s advice to accentuate the positive, not the negative.
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May-June 2026
Coleman P. Colla ’58
Coleman P. Colla ’58 , Th’59, passed away in Los Angeles on September 3, 2025. He was born in Philadelphia and grew up in nearby Haverford, Pennsylvania, and Buffalo, New York, where he graduated from the Nichols School.
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May-June 2026
Charles H. Cowperthwaite ’58
Charles H. Cowperthwaite ’58 died on December 31. “Kit” was born in Denver and lived most of his life there. At Dartmouth he majored in English, was vice president of Kappa Sig, and was active with the ski patrol and DOC.
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May-June 2026
Mahdi A. El-Baghdadi ’58
Mahdi A. El-Baghdadi ’58 , Ph.D., passed away on October 28, 2025. Mahdi came to Dartmouth from Kadhimain, Iraq. He majored in international relations and was active with the Cosmopolitan Club and Arab Students Organization.
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May-June 2026
Bevan M. French ’58
Bevan M. French ’58 , Ph.D., died May 10, 2025, in Bethesda, Maryland. Bev grew up in Nutley, New Jersey, majored in geology, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa. He was active in the Geological Society, The Dartmouth, and Glee Club.
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May-June 2026
David L. Hoffman ’58
David L. Hoffman ’58 , Tu’59, died on March 11 at his home in Stamford, Connecticut. Dave grew up in Orange, New Jersey, and came to Dartmouth from Newark Academy.
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May-June 2026
Stuart A. Kornfeld ’58
Stuart A. Kornfeld ’58 , M.D., passed away August 17, 2025, from complications of Parkinson’s disease. He was a professor emeritus of medicine at Washington University in St.