Kevin Shore ’64

Kevin Shore ’64, formerly of Gloucester, Massachusetts, passed away in his sleep on December 30, 2009. He was residing on Johns Island, South Carolina, at the time of his death. Born on April 12, 1942, in Chicago, he grew up in Gloucester, where he developed a lifelong love of and respect for the ocean and fishing. In the midst of his Dartmouth education Kevin followed his lust for adventure on a motorcycle trip to South America, a fitting prelude to being a cartographer in Iran for the U.S. Army. On his return he completed his degree with a major in philosophy, a subject he always pursued. He tried one of the “approved” professions as a systems consultant, but returned to the sea, where he spent his professional life as a pioneer of deep-water lobstering at the edge of the continental shelf, as a businessman who owned and worked both wholesale and retail fish companies, including the largest on Nantucket, and as a salvage operator in Florida and Panama. Recently he was in the process of starting a cookie company in South Carolina. Kevin loved spending time with his children and grandchildren, cooking and telling jokes so funny they caused tears. As described by his children, Kevin was altruistic, adventurous and probably too intelligent for his own good. His friends remember him for his sense of fun and adventure. Kevin is survived by his children Corey ’92, Thatcher, Zac and Megan and five grandchildren. For further details, go to www.alum.dartmouth.org/classes/64/Obits/Shore-obit.pdf.