Robert George Reed III ’49

Robert George Reed III ’49 died on November 9, 2016, in Boerne, Texas, where he lived. “Rocket” came to Dartmouth from Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. He spent his career in the oil business, working for Getty, Citgo, Tesoro and Clark (as CEO), among others. While at Citgo he opened the first gas station convenience store in the United States. He also was instrumental in revitalizing two secondary schools: Assets in Honolulu and Texas Military Institute in San Antonio. Rocket is survived by sons John-Paul and Jonathan and daughters Sandra and Valerie.


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Alumni Books
New titles from Dartmouth writers (March/April 2025)
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New Bishop
Diocese elevates its first female leader, Julia E. Whitworth ’93.
Reconstruction Radical

Amid the turmoil of Post-Civil War America, Amos Akerman, Class of 1842, went toe to toe with the Ku Klux Klan.

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Kirsten Gillibrand ’88
A U.S. senator on 18 years in Washington, D.C.

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