Herbert Joseph Hopkins ’74

Herbert Joseph Hopkins ’74 of Mount Laurel, New Jersey, died in his sleep on June 2, 2020, finishing a more than 20-year fight with Parkinson’s disease. Herb came to Hanover from Southampton, Pennsylvania, and Archbishop Wood High School. At Dartmouth Herb majored in English and was a member of Theta Delta Chi, Green Key, and Sphinx. He played football and served as co-captain his senior year, earning second-team, All-Ivy honors. After graduation Herb worked in sales and traveled the country, including Alaska, where he was manager of a commercial diving company. He returned east and earned an M.B.A. at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in 1983. Herb took a position as an institutional broker with First Boston but eventually left to run his own company that sold and serviced printing presses. Later he worked as senior financial consultant with Everingham & Kerr, a merger and acquisition advisory firm. He married Toni Lee and they had three children. Herb was an active alumni volunteer, conducting admissions interviews and serving as class agent and fraternity agent. He also volunteered tirelessly in support of the Parkinson’s community, serving on the board of the Parkinson’s Council of Philadelphia. He was a leading fundraiser for the Walk to Stamp Out Parkinson’s and participated in research studies seeking a cure. Herb personified a remarkable combination of kindness, toughness, humor, and generosity. He is survived by Toni, daughters Amanda and Kate, and son Jack.