Karl Frederick Griffenhagen Du Puy ’64

Karl Frederick Griffenhagen Du Puy ’64, professor emeritus of architecture at the University of Maryland, passed away at his home in Washington, D.C., on August 21, 2020. “Ric” came to Dartmouth from Quincy, Illinois, on a Navy ROTC scholarship. He became senior captain of varsity wrestling, a brother of Beta Theta Pi, a member of Casque & Gauntlet, and an active participant with the DOC. A congenital back problem precluded Ric’s expected commissioning in the Marine Corps after graduation. Instead, at the suggestion of professor Hugh Morrison, he headed to the University of Pennsylvania to study architecture and earned a master’s in architecture in 1967. While at the Delft University of Technology on a Fulbright-Hays fellowship, he met fellow Fulbright-Hays scholar Peg Kepner, whom he would later marry. On returning home Ric worked for the City of New York as an urban designer and was involved in projects such as the revitalization of the emerging neighborhood of TriBeCa. In 1977 he joined the faculty of the University of Maryland School of Architecture, where for four decades he was a beloved teacher, mentor, and colleague. Throughout his life, Ric loved traveling the world with students, his family, or on his own. One highlight was spending 1983 in India with Peg and their 2-year-old son. Ever energetic, Ric was the lone ’64 to summit Moosilauke during his 55th reunion. He is survived by Peg and their sons, Frederick and Paul ’07.