Loren Karacki ’57


Loren Karacki ’57 died suddenly of complications from multiple system atrophy on April 29. “Larry” had been living in Rockville, Maryland, at the time of his death. He grew up in Kenosha, Wisconsin; his parents had emigrated from Lithuania earlier in the 1900s. In high school he was a skilled defensive lineman and scholar. While at Dartmouth he majored in sociology, played football and was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa. Following Dartmouth Larry continued his studies in a master’s of sociology program at Rutgers University. Larry pursued many different careers in sociology before settling into a long-term career as a research analyst for the Federal Bureau of Prisons until he retired in 2001. He then spent his leisure hours pursuing his passions—reading, antiquing and collecting antique beer advertisements. He is survived by his wife, Susanne, sons Peter and Timothy, brother Alvin and many loving nieces and nephews. “He was from Kenosha, Wisconsin, and a tough kid,” according to classmate John Donnelly. “Spent his summers working in the car plants there. He won a varsity letter (in football) in the fall of 1955 and we were all unhappy when he didn’t play in 1956. He was a good guy and good teammate.”