Obituaries

These are the most recent alumni obituaries. To report a death, please contact alumni records at (603) 646-2253. To view obituaries by class year, select from the drop-down menu:

May-June 2024

Blake T. Franklin ’63 died on January 2 from complications from chemotherapy after having been treated for multiple myeloma.

May-June 2024

Timothy E. Kraft ’63, who managed the Iowa caucus campaign that played a pivotal role in Jimmy Carter’s successful presidential run, passed away on January 21.

May-June 2024

David C. Morse Jr. ’63 died peacefully on January 25 at his home in Bellingham, Washington, where he was born. He attended Bellingham High School, where he played tennis.

May-June 2024

Frank Phillips Palmer Jr. ’63 passed away on August 25, 2023, surrounded by his family.

May-June 2024

Phillip Harding Taylor ’63, M.D., died December 23, 2023. He was born in Elkins, New Hampshire, on January 12, 1940, and his last address was in Eagle, Colorado.

May-June 2024

Donald E. Bradley ’65 died on January 15 in Pleasanton, California, after a brief illness. He came to Dartmouth from Van Nuys, California.

May-June 2024

Andrew C. Gundlach ’65 died on December 22, 2023, in Basking Ridge, New Jersey. He came to Dartmouth from Summit, New Jersey.

May-June 2024

Michael L. McKelvy ’65 died on December 23. 2023, in Saco, Maine. Born in Ohio, he came to Dartmouth from West Hartford, Connecticut.

May-June 2024

Steven L. Sloca ’66 passed away at his home in Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania, on April 1, 2023.

May-June 2024

William Becker Bowers ’67 passed away peacefully after a brief illness at his home in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, on October 27, 2023, with his family by his side.

Portfolio

Norman Maclean ’24, the Undergraduate Years
An excerpt from “Norman Maclean: A Life of Letters and Rivers”
One of a Kind
Author Lynn Lobban ’69 confronts painful past.
Trail Blazer

Lis Smith ’05 busts through campaign norms and glass ceilings as she goes all in to get her candidate in the White House. 

John Merrow ’63
An education journalist on the state of our schools

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