Donald Richard Pardee ’49

Donald Richard Pardee ’49 died on January 13. Donald, who lived in Palm Bay, Florida, came to Dartmouth from East New York High School in Brooklyn and was in the Navy V-5 aviator program. He spent his career in information technology with Sperry Gyroscope, Hughes Aircraft, General Dynamics, Lear Sigler, and the City of San Diego before retiring in 1991. He also taught computer programming part time at several universities. Donald is survived by his wife, Patricia, three sons, one daughter, and three stepdaughters.


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