Robert Dittmar Haslach ’68

Robert Dittmar Haslach ’68 died of prostate cancer at his home in Washington, D.C., on October 27, 2015. Bob came to Dartmouth from Lake Forest, Illinois, and at Dartmouth was active in the Barbary Coast, WDCR, the Jack-O-Lantern and the Classics Club. He and wife Linda were married in St. Thomas Church in Hanover in July of 1968, right after graduation before moving to the University of Chicago, where Bob earned a master’s of arts in 1969. His career kicked off in radio in Seattle, followed by more radio in the Netherlands and 10 years working as a press person and speechwriter for the Netherlands embassy in Washington, D.C. Later he worked in international aid in the Francophone region of Africa. Later in his career he worked as a translator in French and Dutch and wrote multiple books, including the children’s book Rowley’s Very Fine Day, profiled in the November-December 2011 class column. Bob also nurtured a lifelong interest in drawing. Bob is survived by his wife of 47 years, Linda, two daughters, one son, three grandchildren, two sons-in-law and many nieces and nephews. He was the nephew of Charles Dittmar ’43.