William Francis Kehoe ’55

William Francis Kehoe ’55 died at his home in Concord, Massachusetts, on October 22, 2012. He grew up in Medford, Massachusetts, attended Medford High School and graduated from Dartmouth, Phi Beta Kappa, with an English degree. Bill was a Rufus Choate Scholar and editor of The Quarterly his senior year. He received an M.A. in English at Yale and served as an instructor at Middlebury College 1956-57. After two years in the Army he received a Fulbright Scholarship to study literature at Trinity College in Dublin and then entered Harvard, where he obtained a law degree. Bill continued law practice, specializing in estate planning until the time of his death. Bill’s year in Ireland produced a book, Enjoying Ireland. He is survived by his second wife, Dorrie, children John and Kathleen ’93, stepson Matthew and brother Ron ’59.

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