William Jevne ’66

William Jevne ’66 died at home April 1 with his family at his side after a 22-year fight with cancer, likely caused by his exposure to Agent Orange while serving as a Marine platoon commander in Vietnam in 1968-69. Bill came to Dartmouth with a group of seven hockey players from Minnesota, was in the Dartmouth-Tuck 3/2 program, a member of Beta and C&G. He played on the hockey team all four years, including with the team that won the Ivy Championship in 1964. Bill enlisted in the Marines officer candidate school and reported for duty in the fall of 1967. In the summer of 1968 Bill deployed to Vietnam, where he saw a lot of action. He said the whole experience turned his life upside down. After he got out of the Marines, he spent the next 10 years traveling and playing and coaching hockey in Val d’Isere, France, before settling in Sequim, Washington, where he lived the rest of his life. In the mid-1980s he earned his K-12 teaching credentials from the University of Washington. His first teaching job was with Head Start, where he met his future wife, Juanita Ramsey. Their only child, William, was born in 1992. After teaching in the public schools for seven years, he and Juanita decided to start their own school, Five Acres. They ran the school for more than 19 years, turning over the leadership when Bill’s cancer returned in 2012 and became metastatic. Five Acres is still serving students today, following the philosophy and curriculum the Jevnes’ established.