Donald H. Cox ’51

Donald H. Cox ’51, a true renaissance man, died in Concord, New Hampshire, on March 3, 2015. He is survived by four children, including Betsey Cox-Buteau ’77; 11 grandchildren, two of whom attended Dartmouth; and six great-grandchildren. His wife, Carol, predeceased him. Don had an especially varied career that included senior leadership roles in industry, entrepreneurial ventures, executive education and international management development, for which he returned to Dartmouth to study Russian. He was an avid sailor and cross-country skier. Along the way he was an Eagle Scout and a member of Phi Beta Kappa and honored for his contributions to Rotary and Toastmasters International. A great joy in retirement was reading to young school children. At Dartmouth Don was a member of Phi Delta Theta and on the staff of The Dartmouth. He received an M.B.A. from Tuck School. He and Carol were married during his senior year and lived in Wigwam Village. Don’s professional life began with a series of sales, marketing and general management positions, including the presidency of Geodata Systems, a Nasdaq-traded company. He later became an entrepreneur, buying A.W. Mayer Co., a small distributor of electronic components. He sold the business 15 years later, having grown it 12-fold. Again shifting gears, he worked in executive education, first as head of the Northeastern University Center for Management Development and later as an independent consultant, developing and presenting international executive education programs in Russia and the former Soviet Republics. He helped numerous newly privatized companies prosper in a market economy.