Lloyd Herbert Maurer ’60

Lloyd Herbert Maurer ’60, M.D., died on September 13, 2009, at his home in Norwich, Vermont, after battling recurrent cancer. Herb was born in New York City on October 17, 1938, to Lloyd and Natalie Maurer and spent his childhood living in Forest Hills, Pennsylvania. He came to Dartmouth from Deerfield Academy and majored in zoology. After graduation he attended Albany Medical College, graduating in 1964. There he met Sandra Elin Liljeholm and they married in 1962. They had two children, Erik and Julie. In 1964 they moved to the Upper Valley, where Lloyd did his residency at Mary Hitchcock Hospital and the Veterans Administration Hospital. Herb joined the U.S. Air Force as a medical officer, spending 1967 to 1968 at Nha Trang Air Force Base in Vietnam before receiving an honorable discharge. He returned to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, completing his residency and a fellowship in oncology. He was appointed an instructor in medicine in 1973 and worked in the Dartmouth medical system until retirement in 2000. It was here he met his second wife, Dr. Letha Elaine Mills, whom he married in 1984. Together they had three sons, Adam, Jason and Stephen. Herb is survived by Letha; children Erik, Adam, Jason, Stephen and Julie; siblings Allen and Cynthia; and five grandchildren. A memorial service was held for him September 26 at the Norwich Congregational Church with a celebration after at Pierce’s Inn in Etna, New Hampshire.