John Wellington Barto Sr. ’52
John Wellington Barto Sr. ’52 of South Pittsfield, New Hampshire, died on February 2 of complications from heart failure. John practiced law in Concord, New Hampshire, for 60 years, retiring at age 85. Born in Washington, D.C., on March 1, 1930, he graduated from St. Albans School in 1948. At Dartmouth he was named a Rufus Choate scholar and Phi Beta Kappa in his junior year, was a member of Phi Delta, and graduated magna cum laude. He served on the Alumni Council and as class president for a term. He attended Yale Law School, was a member of the prestigious Yale Law Review, and completed his LL.B. in 1955. Later that same year he began practicing law at Orr & Reno in Concord. In 1978 John opened his own law firm, focusing his time in land and resource conservation, other real estate-related issues, and the general practice of law. In recognition of his extensive civic service to the community, in 2009 the Rotary Club of Pittsfield presented John with the Paul Harris Fellow Award. He did it all as a student, an attorney, a civic leader, an outdoorsman, and a family man. John leaves his wife of nearly 60 years, the former Nancy McInnis; children Susan ’87, Sarah, and John Jr.; and eight grandchildren. His father, Wellington ’29, and father-in-law, Phil McInnis ’36, predeceased him.
