David Carleton Boyle ’68

David Carleton Boyle ’68 passed away in Bountiful, Utah, on May 30 of Covid-19. Dave had the granite of New Hampshire in his muscles and his brain. Born in New Hampshire on March 10, 1946, to George Lincoln Boyle and Kathleen Carleton Boyle, he grew up in the White Mountains in Lincoln, where his family roots traced back several generations. David’s mountain upbringing shaped the person he was. Prior to Dartmouth he excelled in track and field, winning the New England interscholastic pole vault and high jump championship after building a vault pit and teaching himself to pole vault and high jump. He was an accomplished ski racer who excelled at giant slalom and competed against Jean Claude Killy in the first North American World Cup Ski Race at Cannon Mountain in 1968. Graduating with a degree in philosophy, David embarked on a lifelong career of academic inquiry and athletic challenge. He examined and wrote scholarly articles and books about little-known nuances of Paul Cezanne’s paintings, taught and coached ski racing at Franconia Ski Club, worked for the N.H. Historical Society, and created a new political party focused on honesty, ethical choice, and compassion. David spoke and wrote with insight, humility, humor, and depth of conviction and emphasized life values of integrity, kindness, and common humanity. He is survived by his sister, Kathy; her husband, Peter; and niece Julie.