Herman Frederick Woerner ’52

Herman Frederick Woerner ’52, a longtime resident of the Boston area, passed way in Naples, Florida, on January 9. Herm was born in Newark, New Jersey, on May 9, 1930, and came to Dartmouth from his home in Maplewood, New Jersey. He was a graduate of Columbia High School in Maplewood. At Dartmouth Herm was an architecture major and a member of Gamma Delta Chi, the Dartmouth Outing Club, and the Dartmouth Players. Following Dartmouth Herm earned a master’s in architecture from the MIT School of Architecture and Planning in 1955. He then served four years in the U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps before embarking on a successful career in the field of architecture. He worked on many projects, both in the United States and Europe, and he was especially proud of his effort in designing the Murdough Center as part of the Tuck-Thayer complex in the early 1970s. Herm married Katherine (“Katy”) Murphy in 1975. Katy passed away in the 40th year of their marriage, on June 25, 2015. They had no children.