William Willard Graulty Jr. ’73
William Willard Graulty Jr. ’73 died on October 24, 2018, at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston from cancer-related heart disease. Bill came to Dartmouth from the Loomis School in Windsor, Connecticut, and majored in geography and urban studies. He worked at WDCR/WFRD, was a member of the Dartmouth Outing Club and Sigma Nu, and officiated at intramural games. Bill’s love of radio broadcasting lead to a career in news and sports direction at WBEC Radio in Pittsfield, Massachusetts; WAMC in Albany, New York; and WBRK in Pittsfield until retirement. He then transitioned to a second career as a public relations executive at Alison Hull & Mainati in Pittsfield, and later at Mintz and Hoke in Avon, Connecticut. Residing in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, Bill was for a time a member of the board of selectman, a youth hockey coach, a Little League baseball umpire, a member of the boards of United Way and the local chamber of commerce, a vestryman of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Stockbridge, and a member of the Norfolk Curling Club in Connecticut. A largely self-taught artist, Bill captured in oils and in watercolors the New England landscapes, coastal scenes, interiors, and still lifes. He enjoyed sailing his Catalina 30 boat named Salyasa, blending letters from his three children’s names. He is survived by his wife, LeVaun, an adopted member of the class of 1973, daughter Sarah, and sons Lyon and Sam. Bill was predeceased by his parents, Marilyn Dickinson and William W. Graulty Sr. ’46.
