Obituaries Class of 1973

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Thomas Patrick Tarazevits ’73

Thomas Patrick Tarazevits ’73 died on May 21, 2023. At the time of his death, Thomas was a resident of Costa Mesa, California.

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Mickey F. Yurkevicz ’73

Mickey F. Yurkevicz ’73 died on June 23 at his home in Brattleboro, Vermont, after a two-year battle with lung cancer.

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Charles Edward Sandifer ’73

Charles Edward Sandifer ’73 died after a long illness on August 31, 2022, in Newtown, Connecticut. Ed came to Dartmouth from West Deptford (New Jersey) High School.

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Robert Woodward Kerwin Jr. ’73

Robert Woodward Kerwin Jr. ’73 died on December 26, 2021, at home in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Bob came to Dartmouth from the John Burroughs School in St. Louis, Missouri. At the College he was a psychology major.

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Hervey F. Hauser Jr. ’73

Hervey F. Hauser Jr. ’73 died on February 2. He came to Dartmouth from Wynne (Arkansas) High School.

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Charles Warren Franz ’73

Charles Warren Franz ’73 died on January 23. At the time of his death, Charlie was a resident of Woodbridge, Virginia.

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Charles J. Dobroski ’73

Charles J. Dobroski ’73 died on December 27, 2022, in Wilmington, Delaware. Chuck came to Dartmouth from the Salesianum School in Wilmington, where he was a high school All-American football player.

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Kai Fun Yu ’73

Kai Fun Yu ’73 died on July 8, 2021, from causes related to lymphoma. Kai came to Dartmouth from St. Francis Xavier College in Kowloon, Hong Kong. He majored in mathematics.

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Robert P. Manis ’73

Robert P. Manis ’73 died on July 15, 2022, at the Community Hospice and Palliative Care in Jacksonville, Florida. Robert came to Dartmouth from Akron, Ohio, where he attended Harvey C. Firestone High School.

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William E. Fitzharris Jr. ’73

William E. Fitzharris Jr. ’73 died on October 2, 2022. Bill came to Dartmouth from Kings Park (New York) High School . He lived in South Fayerweather Hall and majored in mathematics.

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Michael E. Buerger ’73

Michael E. Buerger ’73 died on December 25, 2021, at home in Bowling Green, Ohio. Born in Oneonta, New York, Michael came to Dartmouth from Deerfield Academy.

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Chooi-Lye Ch’ng ’73

Chooi-Lye Ch’ng ’73 died on May 5 in Penang, Malaysia.

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Raymond Glenn Sansouci ’73

Raymond Glenn Sansouci ’73 died on February 4 after a four-and-a-half-year battle with pancreatic cancer. At the time of his death Ray and his family resided in West Newbury, Massachusetts.

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Ann Butterworth Feakins ’73

Ann Butterworth Feakins ’73 died on May 13, 2021, at home in Virginia Beach, Virginia. An alumna of Smith College, Ann was an exchange student in the early 1970s at Dartmouth and subsequently was adopted by the class.

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Jonathan D. Woods ’73

Jonathan D. Woods ’73 died suddenly from heart complications on September 19, 2021, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Jon came to Dartmouth from Mount Vernon High School in Alexandria, Virginia.

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Weymoth T. Crowell ’73

Weymoth T. Crowell ’73 died on July 17 after cardiac arrest following surgery at Memorial Hospital in Gulfport, Mississippi. He came to Dartmouth from Ramsay High School in Birmingham, Alabama.

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John R. Burns Jr. ’73

John R. Burns Jr. ’73 died on August 14 of natural causes in Nashua, New Hampshire. John came to Dartmouth from Nashua High School, where he was senior class president and an all-state football player.

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John Joseph Murray Jr. ’73

John Joseph Murray Jr. ’73 died on July 18, 2020, at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center (LHMC) in Burlington, Massachusetts. John was a native of Stoneham, Massachusetts, where he attended high school.

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Kenneth S. Swinski ’73

Kenneth S. Swinski ’73 died on November 20, 2020, at home in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. A native of Holyoke, Massachusetts, Ken came to Dartmouth from Holyoke High School.

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Jethόn Sharrieff ’73

Jethόn Sharrieff ’73 died unexpectedly on June 25 at St. David’s Hospital in Austin, Texas. Jed came to Dartmouth from Bennett High School in Buffalo, New York. At the College he majored in economics and graduated in 1979.

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Richard Johnson Roby ’73

Richard Johnson Roby ’73 died on May 28. A native of Indiana, Dick prepared for Dartmouth at Kimball Union Academy in Meriden, New Hampshire. At the College he majored in English and was a member of Tabard.

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Lorna Mills Hill ’73

Lorna Mills Hill ’73 died on June 30 at home in Buffalo, New York, of causes related to cancer.

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Timothy Perry Cole ’73

Timothy Perry Cole ’73 died on February 13 of an apparent heart attack at home in Washington, Connecticut. Tim came to the College from Lenox (Massachusetts) School after a year as an exchange student at Rugby School in England.

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Paul A. Frangos ’73

Paul A. Frangos ’73 died on January 24 at home in Marion, Massachusetts, after a long struggle with multiple myeloma. A native of Lynn, Massachusetts, he came to Dartmouth in 1970 after a year at Tufts University.

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Susan A. Lichtig ’73

Susan A. Lichtig ’73 died on September 18, 2019, at her home in East Windsor, New Jersey. A native of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, she attended Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts, majoring in French.

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Edward J. Cooke ’73

Edward J. Cooke ’73 died on February 24 in his sleep at home in The Villages, Florida. A native of Shoreham, Vermont, Ed came to Dartmouth from Deerfield Academy.

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Manly Ku’ualohapoina’ole Kanoa Jr. ’73

Manly Ku’ualohapoina’ole Kanoa Jr. ’73 died on November 13, 2018, in Kailua, Hawaii, from complications following surgery. He came to Dartmouth from St. Louis High School in Honolulu.

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Joan Perry Snell ’73

Joan Perry Snell ’73 died on April 3, 2017, at Kendal in Hanover. Joan was a graduate of the Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey, where she met her husband, J. Laurie Snell, who was a graduate student at Princeton.

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William Willard Graulty Jr. ’73

William Willard Graulty Jr. ’73 died on October 24, 2018, at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston from cancer-related heart disease.

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Paul Keith Jackson Jr. ’73

Paul Keith Jackson Jr. ’73 died on August 8 of a heart attack in Atlanta. Paul came to Dartmouth from Withrow High School in Cincinnati.

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Joseph Langdon Holmes ’73

Joseph Langdon Holmes ’73 died on May 26 at the Maplewood Nursing Home in Westmoreland, New Hampshire, after a yearlong battle with brain cancer.

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Carol R. Spodobalski ’73

Carol R. Spodobalski ’73 died unexpectedly on February 18, 2017, in Philadelphia of complications following surgery for cancer.

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Daniel Leslie Brenner ’73

Daniel Leslie Brenner ’73 died on February 15, 2016, in Los Angeles from injuries after having been struck by an automobile while crossing a street. Daniel came to Dartmouth from Beverly Hills High School in Los Angeles.

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Jerome B. Wade ’73

Jerome B. Wade ’73 died on December 22, 2017, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, after a brief illness. Jerome came to Dartmouth from Lindblom College Prep High School in Chicago, where he was a National Merit finalist.

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Mark Philip Harty ’73

Mark Philip Harty ’73 died on February 2 in Westport Point, Massachusetts, from complications related to a two-and-a-half-year struggle with the effects of Lyme disease.

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Richard Oliver Rutland III ’73

Richard Oliver Rutland III ’73 died on November 16, 2016, at home in Gadsden, Alabama. Richard was a native of Fayette, Alabama, and came to Dartmouth from Fayette County High School.

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Caren Lea Diefenderfer ’73

Caren Lea Diefenderfer ’73 died of breast cancer on March 30 in Roanoke, Virginia. A native of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, she graduated from Louis E.

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William Augusta Burks ’73

William Augusta Burks ’73 died on March 30 in Chicago after a long illness.

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Mark Philip Harty ’73

Mark Philip Harty ’73 died on February 2 in Westport Point, Massachusetts, from complications related to a two-and-a-half-year struggle with the effects of Lyme disease.

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Gary Anton Sporcich ’73

Gary Anton Sporcich ’73 died on June 6, 2016, in Denver. Gary was a native of Crested Butte, Colorado, and came to Dartmouth from Gunnison High School, where he was valedictorian of his class.

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Cleveland Siddha Webber Jr. ’73

Cleveland Siddha Webber Jr. ’73 died on August 15, 2016. He was a lifelong resident of Chicago. Siddha came to Dartmouth as a transfer student from Kentucky State University.

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Robert Stephen Ryan ’73

Robert Stephen Ryan ’73 died on November 19, 2016, in Los Angeles after a long struggle with prostate cancer. Bob came to Dartmouth from Wall High School in Wall Township, New Jersey.

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Randal Mel Kirk ’73

Randal Mel Kirk ’73 died on November 7, 2016. Randal came to Dartmouth from Robert E. Lee High School in Midland, Texas.

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Eric Earle Hopley Jr. ’73

Eric Earle Hopley Jr. ’73 died on May 5, 2016, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, from complications related to pancreatic and prostate cancer.

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Thomas Spiliotis ’73

Thomas Spiliotis ’73 died on October 3, 2016, in Auburndale, Florida, from complications following surgery related to cancer.

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Michael Schrom ’73

Michael Schrom ’73 died on July 25 after a short illness. At the time of his death Michael resided with his family in the town of Guilderland, New York.

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David Weld Stevens ’73

David Weld Stevens ’73 died unexpectedly on April 11 in Boston. At the time of his death David was a resident of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.

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Michael Rovine Carter ’73

Michael Rovine Carter ’73 died on April 28, 2015, at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock, Arkansas.

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David Ignatius Sullivan Sr. ’73

David Ignatius Sullivan Sr. ’73 died on November 20, 2015, in Ridgefield, Connecticut. David prepared for Dartmouth at the Belmont Hill School near Boston.

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Thomas Scott Wilson ’73

Thomas Scott Wilson ’73 died on June 14, 2015, in his sleep of a cardiac arrest at his home in Roland Park, Maryland. Tom came to Dartmouth from Manson (Iowa) Community High School.

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Randolph Adams Goodwin ’73

Randolph Adams Goodwin ’73 died on April 3, 2014, at home in Glastonbury, Connecticut, from brain cancer. Randy came to Dartmouth from Medomak Valley High School in Waldoboro, Maine.

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Daniel Sommer Clark ’73

Daniel Sommer Clark ’73 died on October 1, 2005, at Maine Medical Center in Portland from metastatic melanoma. Dan came to Dartmouth from Westfield (New Jersey) High School.

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Peter Scott Shedden ’73

Peter Scott Shedden ’73 died on March 11, 2014, in New York City.

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John Swan Weatherley Jr. ’73

John Swan Weatherley Jr. ’73 died of cancer on March 5, 2014, at home in New Canaan, Connecticut. A native of Bridgewater, Connecticut, John prepared for Dartmouth at Choate.

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Michael Lewis Kaiser ’73

Michael Lewis Kaiser ’73 died June 27 in Mesa, Arizona, after a year-long period of illness following an accident in which Mike was struck by a car while crossing a street on his mobility scooter.

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Russell E. Mack ’73

Russell E. Mack ’73 died May 30 of cancer at his vacation home on Lake Hubbard in Alpena, Michigan. Russ was a native of Freeport, New York, and graduated from Babylon (New York) High School.

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Andrew Frans Linna ’73


Andrew Frans Linna ’73 died at home in Keene, New Hampshire, on September 4, 2012, of cancer. Born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Andy came to Hanover from Monadnock Regional High School in Swanzey, New Hampshire.

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Richard Carl Cimma ’73


Richard Carl Cimma ’73 died December 16, 2012, at Albany (New York) Medical Center after a brief illness. Rich was a native of Agawam, Massachusetts, where he graduated from Agawam High School as a National Merit finalist.

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Wayne Morrett Davis ’73


Wayne Morrett Davis ’73 died on May 16 after a long illness. At the time of his death Wayne lived in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. A native of Dayton, Ohio, he came to Hanover from Butler High School.

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Alfred Kenneth Wright ’73


Alfred Kenneth Wright ’73 died on March 15, 2011, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tampa, Florida, of complications related to lung cancer. Al came to Dartmouth from Bonds-Wilson High School in North Charleston, South Carolina.

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Charles Thomas Drake ’73


Charles Thomas Drake ’73 died on November 26, 2011, at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, after a battle with cancer.

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Michael Derek Keeshan ’73

Michael Derek Keeshan ’73 died unexpectedly January 18 at home in Old Greenwich, Connecticut. Michael came to Dartmouth from Babylon, Long Island, New York, and was a graduate of the Cranwell Preparatory School in Lenox, Massachusetts.

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Harry John Misogiane ’73


Harry John Misogiane ’73 died on May 16, 2009, at home in Steubenville, Ohio. Hank came to Dartmouth from Weir (West Virginia) Senior High School. At the College he majored in history.

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Jonathan H. Winer ’73

Jonathan H. Winer ’73 died on March 17 at home in Melrose, Massachusetts of causes related to leukemia. Jonathan came to Dartmouth from Princeton High School in New Jersey.

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Eugenio Salazar Pérez Jr. ’73


Eugenio Salazar Pérez Jr. ’73 died on February 2 at home in Quezon City, Philippines, after a long illness related to a stroke suffered two years ago. Gene prepared for Dartmouth at the Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines.

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Warren Robert Hashagen Jr. ’73


Warren Robert Hashagen Jr. ’73 died on April 2, 2009. At the time of his death Warren lived in San Francisco, California. He came to Dartmouth from St. Peter’s High School in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

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Ronald W. Tigner ’73


Ronald W. Tigner ’73 died of causes related to pulmonary disease in Atlanta on October 21, 2009. Ronn graduated from Booker T. Washington High School in Atlanta.

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Author Lynn Lobban ’69 confronts painful past.
Going the Distance

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