Elliot Taubman ’66
Elliot Taubman ’66, who spent his legal career fighting for justice, passed away on December 24, 2024, in Connecticut. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Elliot excelled in math at E.O.
Obituaries Class of 1966
Search Obituaries Prior to 2010David P. Barton ’66
David P. Barton ’66, who dedicated his life to the pursuit of world peace and understanding, passed away in Arlington, Virginia, on December 11, 2024.
Paul Allan Stokstad ’66
Paul Allan Stokstad ’66, a prolific inventor and generous philanthropist, died peacefully in his sleep on July 8, 2024, in Auburn, California, after a year-long battle with Lewy body dementia.
Charles W. Spehrley Jr. ’66
Charles W. Spehrley Jr. ’66 passed away peacefully in Jamison, Pennsylvania, on September 24, 2024.
Donald Glazer ’66
Donald Glazer ’66—lawyer, author, entrepreneur, and poet—passed away on October 25, 2024, surrounded by loved ones after a long battle with lung cancer and multiple myeloma.
Charles D. Vernon ’66
Charles D. Vernon ’66, an educator and coach at Loomis Chaffee School for 40 years, died peacefully on October 18, 2024, in Hartford, Connecticut, from medical complications.
Thomas Vosteen ’66
Thomas Vosteen ’66 passed away peacefully with family by his side on May 30. A graduate of Medina (New York) High School, at Dartmouth he was in the Glee Club and Marching Band while earning his bachelor’s in French.
John Merritt Shiver ’66
John Merritt Shiver ’66 passed away at Archbold Living-Cairo, in Cairo, Georgia, on May 24. John was born in Miami and grew up in Americus, Georgia, where he lettered in football and basketball at Americus High School.
Albert Jones ’66
Albert Jones ’66, a proud and lifelong New Hampshirite, was born in Hanover and passed away in Laconia on May 13. Al graduated from Lebanon (New Hampshire) High School before majoring in English at Dartmouth.
Miles Keedy Hoffman ’66
Miles Keedy Hoffman ’66 passed away on June 23, 2023, in Black Mountain, North Carolina, from complications due to multiple myeloma, with which he was diagnosed in 2020.
Steven L. Sloca ’66
Steven L. Sloca ’66 passed away at his home in Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania, on April 1, 2023.
Stephen Ray Bryan ’66
Stephen Ray Bryan ’66 passed away with his family at his side on October 24, 2022, from an autoimmune disorder and kidney disease.
Henry Clandillon Phibbs II ’66
Henry Clandillon Phibbs II ’66—an attorney, conservationist, musician, skier, golfer, hiker, and county commissioner—died of cancer on October 4, 2023, in Jackson, Wyoming.
Robin Lang Carpenter ’66
Robin Lang Carpenter ’66 passed away at his home in Lebanon, New Hampshire, on October 4, 2023. Born in New York City, Robin graduated from Levittown Memorial High School.
George Ropes ’66
George Ropes ’66, an early pioneer in providing objective information about climate change, passed away peacefully in Wilmington, Delaware, on July 8, 2022.
Christopher Sanger ’66
Christopher Sanger ’66 passed away on February 18 from a COVID infection and underlying health issues that resulted in multi-organ failure. He decided to choose the path of comfort measures instead of highly invasive procedures.
Albert Arnold Lundwall ’66
Albert Arnold Lundwall ’66 of Holliston, Massachusetts, passed away on April 2 after a courageous battle with a debilitating illness. Arnold was raised in Coventry, Rhode Island.
Peter D. Barber ’66
Peter D. Barber ’66 died December 22, 2022, after a week of pneumonia with his family by his side.
Clement Theo Wyson ’66
Clement Theo Wyson ’66 of Colts Neck, New Jersey, passed away on December 5, 2022, at Bayshore Medical Center with his family by his side.
Allan A. Ryan ’66
Allan A. Ryan ’66 passed away from a heart attack on February 2 at his home in Norwell, Massachusetts.
Augustus K. Pratt Jr. ’66
Augustus K. Pratt Jr. ’66, better known as “Buzz,” passed away November 7, 2021, after a nine-month stay at Bay Square Senior Living Community in Yarmouth, Maine.
Douglass Paul Norwood Jr. ’66
Douglass Paul Norwood Jr. ’66 of Allentown, Pennsylvania, passed away unexpectedly on September 3, 2021, while traveling out of state.
Richard G. Naylor ’66
Richard G. Naylor ’66 passed away on September 30, 2022, in Tucson, Arizona. At Dartmouth, where he majored in economics, Dick was a member of Kappa Sigma and the ski team.
Christopher E. Coombs ’66
Christopher E. Coombs ’66 passed away on September 24, 2022. Chris had strong ties to Dartmouth—his father, uncle, and two brothers were graduates.
Edgar M. Holley Sr. ’66
Edgar M. Holley Sr. ’66 passed away peacefully on December 2, 2022, at his home in New York City. Born in Pensacola, Florida, Edgar grew up in Maywood, Illinois, near Chicago.
Daniel L. Yocom III ’66
Daniel L. Yocom III ’66 of Eagle, Wisconsin, passed away peacefully on October 24, 2022, at home with his family at his side.
Bruce C. Nisula ’66
Bruce C. Nisula ’66, M.D., passed away on August 30, 2022, in Boca Raton, Florida, after a multi-year battle with cancer, a disease he spent decades studying at the National Institute of Health (NIH).
Robert C. Nash ’66
Robert C. Nash ’66 of Evanston and Wilmette, Illinois, passed away peacefully of Alzheimer’s on September 12, 2022. Bob graduated from Evanston Township High School, Dartmouth, and Harvard Law School.
Roy Michael McClain ’66
Roy Michael McClain ’66 died September 12, 2022, at his home in Anderson, South Carolina.
Dennis Kaufman ’66
Dennis Kaufman ’66 passed away on September 22, 2022, in Norwich, Vermont, the town he and wife Sue loved and lived in for the past 51 years. His father was a ’35 and Dennis was never very far from Hanover.
George A. Vincent III ’66
George A. Vincent III ’66—Hallstar’s cofounder and former chairman, president, and CEO—died on May 4. He is survived by his wife, Andrea, their two sons, and three grandchildren.
Richard John Morrisey III ’66
Richard John Morrisey III ’66 passed away in his sleep at home in Corvallis, Montana, in the shadow of the Bitterroot Mountains, on June 9 after a battle against metastatic colon cancer.
Harry “Terry” Lowd III ’66
Harry “Terry” Lowd III ’66 of New Harbor, Maine, passed away on July 29.
Tony Moroni Hanslin ’66
Tony Moroni Hanslin ’66 died peacefully in the Jack Byrne Center, part of the Dartmouth Health System, on May 11 after a long bout with Parkinson’s disease.
Thomas E. Wilson Jr. ’66
Thomas E. Wilson Jr. ’66 died on his farm in Topsham, Vermont, on August 1, 2021. Born and raised in Detroit, at Dartmouth Tom ran track and cross country and was a member of Phi Kappa Sigma and Army ROTC.
Richard J. Kornblum ’66
Richard J. Kornblum ’66 passed away on February 23 surrounded by his wife and children at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston from complications after a lengthy cardiac surgery.
David Coughlin ’66
David Coughlin ’66, who died peacefully on August 11, 2021, was a lawyer and counselor to thousands in his nearly 50-year legal practice in Baker City on the Powder River in eastern Oregon.
Roc Ritchie Caivano ’66
Roc Ritchie Caivano ’66—architect, builder, painter, and volunteer firefighter—passed away on July 8, 2021, in Bar Harbor, Maine, after a nine-month battle with pancreatic cancer.
Arne Rovick ’66
Arne Rovick ’66 passed away on September 8, 2021, from complications of a long battle with Parkinson’s disease.
Laurence Goodrich Robbins ’66
Laurence Goodrich Robbins ’66 passed away peacefully on May 28 after a long struggle with Lewy body dementia. Born in Fairfield, Connecticut, Larry came from a Dartmouth family.
Frank Alan Opaskar ’66
Frank Alan Opaskar ’66, M.D., passed away in a boat accident on June 23. Frank was raised in University Heights, Ohio, where he was active in the Boy Scouts and acquired a lifelong love of traveling and the outdoors.
Robert Carl Lahmann ’66
Robert Carl Lahmann ’66 passed away on February 26, 2019, after a 1.5-year battle with cancer.
Michael Passero ’66
Michael Passero ’66, M.D., died peacefully at home in Pittsburg on January 6 from complications of Parkinson’s disease. Son of the late Anthony and Concetta Passero, he grew up in Newark, New Jersey.
Robert Scott Cheyne ’66
Robert Scott Cheyne ’66, a Vietnam Navy veteran and successful advertising executive, died on November 22, 2020, at the Spaulding Rehabilitation Center in Charlestown, Massachusetts.
Thomas A. Boyan Jr. ’66
Thomas A. Boyan Jr. ’66 died in Winnabow, North Carolina, on September 24, 2012, the College has recently learned.
James Hodge Beardsley Jr. ’66
James Hodge Beardsley Jr. ’66 passed away peacefully at home on January 31, surrounded by loving family and caregivers. He was born in Minneapolis on January 4, 1944, to Jim and Betty Beardsley.
Ralph E. Crump ’66
Ralph E. Crump ’66, an adopted classmate and longtime member of the Thayer School’s board (1986-2010), passed away on March 16.
Joseph P. Michalski ’66
Joseph P. Michalski ’66, M.D.—a native of Montgomery and resident of Mobile, Alabama—died on March 13.
David Goldstein ’66
David Goldstein ’66 passed away after a period of failing health on October 27, 2019, surrounded by his family at his home in Dover, New Hampshire, where he lived since 1971.
John R. Freeman ’66
John R. Freeman ’66, M.D., passed away on November 7, 2019. He was valedictorian at Fairmont High School in Dayton, Ohio, before coming to Dartmouth, where he was a member of the Dartmouth Outing Club and Sigma Phi Epsilon.
Jeremy Reitman ’66
Jeremy Reitman ’66, chairman and CEO of renowned retailer Reitmans Canada Ltd., died peacefully in Florida on December 28, 2019.
Larry Lee Simms ’66
Larry Lee Simms ’66 of Great Falls, Virginia, passed away on January 11 at home with family after a long illness. Larry was born in Dalton, Georgia, and grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
David Muchnick ’66
David Muchnick ’66 passed away September 17, 2019, after a long and successful career as a lawyer and environmental activist.
Ronald Joseph Safko ’66
Ronald Joseph Safko ’66 died peacefully at home in Columbia, South Carolina, on September 18, 2019. He was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon and a football and rugby player at Dartmouth. After receiving his A.B.
Walter Henry Stern ’66
Walter Henry Stern ’66 passed away on August 6, surrounded by his loving family, after fighting the consequences of brain surgery and a stroke he suffered in 2011.
James Skiles ’66
James Skiles ’66 passed away at his home in Washington, D.C., on August 2. Born in Chicago, Jim earned a J.D. from Georgetown University Law School after Dartmouth and was admitted to the District of Columbia Bar.
Stephen McKee Lynch ’66
Stephen McKee Lynch ’66 of Philadelphia, a jobs training coordinator and outdoorsman, died May 14 of complications from Parkinson’s disease. Steve earned an A.B. in history from Dartmouth and an M.A.
Christopher Scott ’66
Christopher Scott ’66 was born on July 22, 1945, in Chicago and passed away at Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital in Sumter, South Carolina, on June 7.
Richard Kendall Wells ’66, Th’67
Richard Kendall Wells ’66, Th’67, an early computer entrepreneur, died unexpectedly at his home in Manhattan on January 18, 2018. Dick was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and graduated from Lebanon (New Hampshire) High School.
James F. Tent ’66
James F. Tent ’66, historian and museum docent, died on June 25, 2018. He grew up in Glen Rock, New Jersey, and after Dartmouth earned his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1973.
Robert Michael Pugh ’66
Robert Michael Pugh ’66 passed away on February 3 after a brief illness. Michael was surrounded in his final days by those he loved and who loved him, and passed with his sister, Susan, at his bedside.
Arthur Winston Lewis ’66
Arthur Winston Lewis ’66 passed away peacefully on January 10 in Wilmette, Illinois. Arthur was born July 1, 1926, in New York City. He left Dartmouth early to enlist in the Navy in 1943 and served for 23 years until 1966.
Dale Anthony Heckerling ’66
Dale Anthony Heckerling ’66 passed away January 10 of lung disease at Jackson South Medical Center in Miami. Dale was an all-city track star at Miami-Palmetto Senior High School. He received his A.B.
John B. Harbaugh ’66
John B. Harbaugh ’66 died at home in Indialantic, Florida, on September 3, 2018, from pancreatic cancer, which he had fought for two years.
R. Kevin Hughes ’66
R. Kevin Hughes ’66 of Grantham, New Hampshire, died September 19, 2018, after a long battle with primary progressive aphasia.
Robin J. Williams ’66
Robin J. Williams ’66 of Wrentham, Massachusetts, passed away peacefully with his family present on April 5 in the Maples Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Wrentham.
William Jevne ’66
William Jevne ’66 died at home April 1 with his family at his side after a 22-year fight with cancer, likely caused by his exposure to Agent Orange while serving as a Marine platoon commander in Vietnam in 1968-69.
George Vannett Robertson III ’66
George Vannett Robertson III ’66, a retired financial analyst, avid fly fisherman, decorated marksman and statistician, died October 5, 2016, of postsurgical complications.
George Berry ’66
George Berry ’66 died unexpectedly of cardiac arrest on November 12, 2014. George majored in mathematics under the tutelage of John Kemeny, co-creator of BASIC. Following graduation and service in the U.S.
Kipp Crickard ’66
Kipp Crickard ’66 of East Amherst, New York, died on December 13, 2014, after a lengthy battle with cancer. While at Dartmouth Kipp was an engineering science major and a member of Phi Kappa Psi, serving a social chairman.
James William Carroll ’66
James William Carroll ’66 passed away July 31, 2013, at Cayuga Medical Center in Ithaca, New York. The son of William and Dorothy Carroll, Jim was born March 28, 1944, in Ithaca.
Philip Wade ’66
Philip Wade ’66, M.D., of Lyme, New Hampshire, passed away on June 11, 2013. Phil, a Choate graduate, was a biology major and member of Psi Upsilon at Dartmouth. In 1970 he graduated from Harvard Medical School.
William Randolph Adams ’66
William Randolph Adams ’66 died on January 14, 2009, of pancreatic cancer. Born in Cleveland and raised in Cincinnati, he came to Dartmouth from Mariemont (Ohio) High School.
Scott Bowron ’66
Scott Bowron ’66 died of cancer in September 2008. He was a graduate of Palm Beach (Florida) High School. At Dartmouth Scott was a biology major and member of Tau Epsilon Pi, where he was pledgemaster-warden, and the DOC.
Abbott Carson “Kit” Combes ’66
Abbott Carson “Kit” Combes ’66, an editor at The New York Times Magazine who helped create its “About Men” column, died from lung cancer in December 2008 in Mount Kisco, New York.
Richard A. Kaiser ’66
Richard A. Kaiser ’66, a surgeon in New Jersey for more than 30 years, died in November 2008. A native of Newburgh, New York, Rich came to Dartmouth from the Newburgh Free Academy.
James M. Pool ’66
James M. Pool ’66 died June 8, 2009, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital in South Carolina, close to his home on Pawley’s Island, north of Charleston.
Stephen G. Posniak ’66
Stephen G. Posniak ’66, an outdoorsman, retired federal employee and former advisory neighborhood commissioner, died at his home in Washington, D.C., in December 2008.
Theodore Saari Jr. ’66
Theodore Saari Jr.’66 died in 2005 in Boca Raton, Florida. Ted came to Dartmouth from his hometown of Chappaqua, New York, leaving before graduation.
John W. Uhlmann ’66
John W. Uhlmann ’66, of Prairie Village, Kansas, died August 21, 2009.
John H.A. “Herbie” Wilkinson ’66
John H.A. “Herbie” Wilkinson ’66 died peacefully at his home in Richards Landing, Ontario, on February 24, 2009. John contracted polio in his youth. He graduated from high school at Trinity College in Port Hope, Ontario.
William K. Woodard III ’66
William K. Woodard III ’66 passed away at his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on February 7, 2003, after a long illness. Bill was born in Boston and graduated from Valley High School in Albuquerque.
