Richard K. Donahue ’48

Richard K. Donahue ’48 died September 15, 2015, in Lowell, Massachusetts. Dick came to Dartmouth in 1944 and spent one year in the Navy before graduating. He was a member of Alpha Delta/Alpha Delta Phi and Sphinx. He then took his law degree from Boston University and became a partner in the law firm of Donahue & Donahue Attorneys. He became the personal lawyer for Jack Kennedy and moved his office to Washington, D.C., from 1960 to 1963. He was president and chief operating officer for Nike Inc. from 1990 to 1994 and then vice chairman of the board of directors, having been a director since 1977. He was a founding member of the Kennedy Profile in Courage Award committee, which he chaired at its inception in 1989. Dick is survived by his wife, Nancy, 11 children and 20 grandchildren.