Raymond E. Rowland Jr. ’54

Raymond E. Rowland Jr. ’54 passed away on December 7, 2015, in Michigan. Ed came to Dartmouth from Webster Grove, Missouri, and graduated from John Burroughs High School. At Dartmouth he majored in economics, was a brother of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and active in the Dartmouth Outing Club. After serving as a first lieutenant in the Air Force, he started his career with Ralston Purina, leaving there in 1971 to join Yates & Co., a St. Louis, Missouri, brokerage firm. In 1973 he acquired the firm and renamed it R. Rowland & Co. In 1987 the company merged with I.M. Simon & Co. to become Rowland, Simon & Co. After retirement Ed traveled extensively, visiting all of the continents. His wife, Pauline, predeceased him. He is survived by sons Frederick, Michael and Raymond Jr.