Pete Bundschuh ’78

Pete Bundschuh ’78 died of ALS in Hollis, New Hampshire, on October 27, 2024. Pete came to Dartmouth from Penfield, New York, and lived freshman year in McLane, where he met Lex Bond ’78. They married three years after graduation. He was involved with the DOC, served as director of the Nordic ski school, and majored in biology. Pete then earned an M.B.A. at the University of Michigan and returned to New Hampshire. An avid hiker, he summited all the 4,000-footers in the Northeast. After working for software and finance companies for decades, he and Lex enjoyed more than a decade of retirement adventures, including annual trips around the world often accompanied by daughter Kristine. Multiday bike trips became a favorite activity, beginning with biking the entire Erie Canal Trail, which included cycling through his mother’s hometown of Medina, New York. Pete learned to downhill ski when he began volunteering with Lex at New England Healing Sports Association. He helped hundreds of others access and experience outdoor sports. In May of 2018 Pete and Lex were on the volunteer crew that put up the Class of ’78 Bunkhouse. In 2022 he started geocaching, and since then he and Lex found nearly 1,500 geocaches across the United States and in Ireland, Canada, the Bahamas, and Grenada. Pete is survived by Lex and children John and Kristine.