Roger Murray Dolliver ’55
January-February 2026
Roger Murray Dolliver ’55 passed away in Lakeway, Texas, on October 20, 2025. Roger was born on September 18, 1933, in Reno, Nevada, but spent his youth in San Luis Obispo, California. Upon graduation from high school in San Luis Obispo, where he captained the championship tennis team in his senior year, Roger attended Dartmouth. After graduation in 1955, he joined the U.S. Air Force and was stationed in Formosa (now Taiwan) as an intelligence officer. He was eventually stationed at Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo, Texas, where a blind date with a local girl, Martha Kenley, determined much of his future life. Roger and Martha were married on March 18, 1961, and moved to San Mateo, California, where he taught school and earned his M.A. in Education at the University of California, Berkeley. The couple then moved back to San Angelo, where Roger joined his father-in-law in the insurance business. He and Martha raised three children there while Roger served on the Board of Directors of Texas Bank and was a board member of the Texas State Board of Insurance, the Fort Concho Museum, The Massie Foundation, and San Angelo Country Club. He was active at both Good Shepherd Episcopal Church and First United Methodist Church of San Angelo. He and Martha moved to the Austin area late in life to be closer to children and grandchildren. He is survived by his wife, Martha; a daughter and son; and seven grandchildren.