Landon Hill Rowland ’59

Landon Hill Rowland ’59 died on December 28, 2015. He entered Dartmouth from Mount Pleasant High School in Wilmington, Delaware, majored in English and worked for The Dartmouth for four years, serving as editorial page editor during his senior year. He was a senior fellow and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Following graduation from Dartmouth he went to Harvard Law School and received his law degree in 1962. Landon and his wife, Sarah, then followed her roots to Kansas City, Missouri, where he practiced law for nearly 20 years. In 1980 Landon joined Kansas City Southern Industries, becoming CEO in 1987. Under his leadership the company thrived and, by 2003, had been reorganized into three public companies. Throughout his career Landon was an actively engaged civic leader, often in tandem with Sarah. He served in leadership roles for numerous organizations in the Kansas City area, including the Local Investment Commission, World War I Museum, Linda Hall Library, Lyric Opera, Metropolitan Performing Arts Fund and Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. As a founding director of the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City, he was instrumental in shaping the sale of a nonprofit health system and ensuring that the sale resulted in the creation of two well-funded healthcare foundations. He also chaired the board of the Swope Ridge Geriatric Center. He is survived by Sarah, children Liza, Matthew and Joshua, their spouses, seven grandchildren and numerous nephews and nieces.