Robert Manton Dean III ’54

Robert Manton Dean III ’54 passed away on March 11 in Gladys, Virginia. Bob came to Dartmouth from Downingtown, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Haverford School. At Dartmouth he was a brother of Gamma Delta Chi and played on the squash team. In 1955 he graduated from the Tuck School and was commissioned in the U.S. Navy. Bob served 30 years in the Navy, three years of active duty that included time on the destroyer USS Rowe and 27 years in the Navy Reserve, where he attained the rank of captain. After his service on active duty in the Navy he joined Scott Paper Co., where he spent 10 years, and then Hartford Insurance Group, where he worked for 20 years in the employee relations department. In 1988 Bob retired from Hartford Insurance and moved to Shady Grove, Virginia, where he and his wife, Kit, purchased a 350-acre farm built in the early 1800s by a son of Patrick Henry. They restored the house, which was on the National Historic Register, and developed a part-time business farming and raising beef cattle. Bob was given the Class of 1954 Award. He is survived by Kit and children Robert IV, Katherine, William ’89 and Susan.