William B. Harding ’47

William B. Harding ’47 died on January 13 in Westwood, Massachusetts. He was born July 7, 1925, in Braintree, attended Thayer Academy and joined the class as one of the few civilians in the summer of 1943. He majored in economics, participated in track and joined Sigma Nu. He served in the Army in Europe from 1944 to 1945 as a rifleman and medic. As of our 25th reunion in 1972, he was treasurer for Blake Porter in Boston. Later, until age 89, he worked for Callico Distributors in Taunton, Massachusetts. He is survived by a daughter and son Leslie ’72.


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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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