William Weetman Bonneville ’54

William Weetman Bonneville ’54 passed away on July 27, 2015, in Boston. Bill came to Dartmouth from Chevy Chase, Maryland. He was a brother of Phi Delta Theta, majored in engineering sciences and graduated Phi Beta Kappa. He also graduated from Thayer School with a master’s. Bill was in the Navy from 1955 to 1958, serving as chief engineering officer on the USS Stribling in the Atlantic Fleet. Upon discharge he worked for Esso at its Bayonne and Bayway refinery in New Jersey. He left Esso to attend Harvard Business School, graduating with a M.B.A. After graduation he moved to New Hampshire, where he was vice president and chief financial officer of the Nashua Corp. After 12 years he left Nashua and joined Gloucester (Massachusetts) Engineering Co., where he worked for 21 years, becoming vice president, chief financial officer and director. When the company was sold to a German machinery company, he opened his own business as a private investment advisor. For 20 years Bill lived on Dataw Island in South Carolina, were he was a member of the Dataw Island Club. He summered at Lake Morey in Vermont, where he served as president of the Lake Morey Protective Association board. Bill was also instrumental in establishing the Lake Morey Foundation, founded to enhance and protect the lake for future generations. He volunteered at the First Church in Wenham and Episcopal Church of Nashua. In 2014 he moved back to Massachusetts. Bill is survived by his wife, Nancy, and children William, Martha and Gordon.