In Memoriam

2008 Dartmouth Flag Lowerings

• July 12-13, 2008
  The Dartmouth Flag will be lowered Saturday and Sunday, July 12 and 13, to honor Robert B. Graham, Jr. '40, Director, Dartmouth News Service, Emeritus
• June 6-7, 2008
  The Dartmouth flag will be lowered Friday and Saturday, June 6 and 7, to honor Peter D. Williamson, '58, Professor of Medicine
• May 23-24, 2008
  The Dartmouth flag will be lowered Friday and Saturday, May 23 and 24, to honor William L. Baldwin, John French Professor of Economics, Emeritus.

2007 Dartmouth Flag Lowerings

• November 26-27, 30, 2007
  The Dartmouth Flag will be lowered today, tomorrow, and Friday to honor Kathy Slattery Phillips, Director, Sports Information. (read more)
• November 8-9, 2007
  The Dartmouth Flag will be lowered to honor Vice President of Alumni Relations and Development, Emeritus, George H. Colton '35, who died in July, 2007.
• October 31- November 1, 2007
  The Dartmouth Flag will be lowered to honor Robert Burns of the Safety & Security Department.
• October 29-30, 2007
  The Dartmouth Flag will be lowered to honor Ben Lolies '09.
• October 17-18, 2007
  The Dartmouth Flag will be lowered to honor Paul Gennaro, Dartmouth Medical School Web Architect.
• October 3-4, 2007
  The Dartmouth flag will be lowered in honor of Richard Stanley Stemberger, a Research Associate Professor in Biology.
• September 11, 2007
  The US Flag will be flown at half staff in honor of Patriot Day. The Dartmouth flag will not be flown.
• July 27, 2007
  The US Flag is to be flown at half staff as mandated by the US Government in honor of Korean War Veterans Day. The Dartmouth flag will not be flown.
• July 25-26, 2007
  The Dartmouth flag will be lowered today and again tomorrow to honor Hayley Petit. Hayley was to begin this fall as a member of the Class of 2011.
• July 9-10, 2007
  The Dartmouth flag will be lowered to honor Donna M. Gaffney who passed away this past weekend. Donna was the Manager of the Copy Center.
• June 14-15, 2007
  The Dartmouth flag is lowered in memory of Lawrence W. James, the former Food Court manager in Thayer Dining Hall, who died on Tuesday, June 12.
• May 15, 2007
  The Dartmouth flag will be lowered and the US Flag flown at half staff in honor of the death of Franconia Police Cpl. Bruce McKay until further notice as ordered by the Governor of New Hampshire John Lynch.
• April 17-18, 2007
  The Dartmouth flag will be lowered and the US Flag flown at half staff to honor those who lost their lives at Virginia Tech. on Monday, April 16, 2007.
• March 23-24, 2007
  The Dartmouth Flag will be lowered to honor Valerie Clark Burke, Box Office Assistant at the Hopkins Center who passed away last weekend.
• February 23-24, 2007
  The Dartmouth flag will be lowered to honor John W. Strohbehn, a member of the Dartmouth faculty for 31 years and Provost of the College from 1987-93, who passed away on February 22.
• February 15-16, 2007
  The Dartmouth flag will be lowered to honor Jeannine G. McPherson, Executive Assistant to the Provost, who passed away Tuesday evening.

2006 Dartmouth Flag Lowerings

• December 27, 2006
  By Presidential proclamation, the American flag will be flown at half staff for 30 days, in honor of the late President Gerald R. Ford, who died December 26. As is customary, the Dartmouth flag will not be flown at this time.
• December 11-12, 2006
  The Dartmouth flag will be lowered to honor Margaret A. Otto, Librarian of the College, Emerita who recently passed away.
• December 8-9, 2006
  The Dartmouth flag will be lowered to honor Donald L. Kreider, Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, Emeritus who died on Dec. 7, 2006.
• December 7, 2006
  The Dartmouth Flag will not be flown and the US flag will be at half staff on December 7th for Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
• November 7-8, 2006
  The Dartmouth flag will be lowered to honor Henry Terrie, Jr., Professor of English, Emeritus who passed away November 1, 2006.
• October 17, 2006
  Governor John Lynch has directed that the American flag be lowered until further notice to honor Michael Briggs, a Manchester, NH police officer who was shot and died in the line of duty.
• July 7 - 8, 2006
  Robert Smith who was the Lead Storekeeper for DDS, a 44 year employee of the college.
• March 22 - 23, 2006
  James O. Freedman, the 15th President of Dartmouth College who passed away on Tuesday.
• February 7, 2006
  By Presidential proclamation, the American flag is flown at half-staff on February 7 in honor of Coretta Scott King, who died on January 30. Following flag protocol, the Dartmouth flag will not be flown at this time.
• January 20, 2006
  Matthew E. Neily, Operations Supervisor at the Dartmouth Skiway and Hanover Country Club

2005 Dartmouth Flag Lowerings

• December 2 - 3, 2005
  Sylvia A. Dickey, the daughter of the late Dartmouth President John Sloan Dickey
• November 30 - December 1, 2005
  Merelyn Lee Reeve, Senior Lecturer in Speech, Emerita
• September 4 - 20, 2005
  The U.S. flag is lowered to half staff as a mark of respect for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Per our policy, the Dartmouth flag should not be flown at all during this time.
• July 18, 2005
  Meleia W. Willis-Starbuck '07, who died on July 17
• July 6 - 7, 2005
  Tony Campbell '82, Administrative Assistant IV, Off Campus Programs
• June 19, 2005
  Richard Ghormley Eberhart, Dartmouth College Class of 1925, Professor of English, Emeritus, who died June 9, 2005 at the age of 101. [full obituary]
• May 4 - 5, 2005
  Peter R. Kuncik, who worked at the front door of the Hanover Inn.
• March 31-April 1, 2005
  Kenneth P. Bogart, Professor of Mathematics, who died on March 30, 2005.
• March 30-31, 2005
  Desmond E. Canavan, Assistant Dean for Administration, Emeritus, Thayer School, who died March 30, 2005, and Jay O. Emery '60, Associate Director, Individual & Class Giving, Dartmouth College Fund Office, who died on March 26, 2005.
• February 21, 2005
  Dudley J. Weider MD, Professor of Otolaryngology, who died on February 18, 2005.
• January 17, 2005
  Christina Porter '06 who died on January 16, 2005.
• January, 8, 2005
  Gilbert R. Tanis '38, Director of the Dartmouth Institute Emeritus, who died on Jan. 6, 2005
• January 4-8, 2005
  By order of President George W. Bush, the American flag will be flown at half-staff in honor of the victims of the South Asia tsunamis. In accordance with proper flag etiquette, the Dartmouth flag will not be flown at this time.

2004 Dartmouth Flag Lowerings

• December 29, 2004
  Terrance Y. Milam, a member of the staff of Dartmouth's Animal Resource Center, who died on December 27, 2004.
• December 28, 2004
  Steven Paul Scher, Daniel Webster Professor of German and Comparative Literature, who died on Dec. 25, 2004. [full obituary]
• December 14, 2004
  Robert C. Reynolds, Professor of Earth Sciences, Emeritus, who died on Dec. 12, 2004.
• December 3, 2004
  Lance Cpl. Jeffery S. Holmes, son of Dartmouth electrician Scott Holmes, killed in action in Fallujah, Iraq on Nov. 25, 2004; and Lindsay Della Serra '06, who died on Nov. 30, 2004.
• November 29, 2004
  William P. Davis, Professor of Physics, Emeritus and Treasurer of the College 1970-85; who died Nov. 27, 2004.
• November 22, 2004
  Noel Perrin, Professor of English, Emeritus and Adjunct Professor of Environmental Studies; who died Nov. 21, 2004. [full obituary]
• November 15-16, 2004
  Ruth Adams, Vice President Emerita; who died Nov. 10, 2004.
• September 15, 2004
  Robin M. Williams, Events Manager, Hopkins Center; who died Sept. 15, 2004.
• August 26, 2004
  David T. McLaughlin, President Emeritus of Dartmouth College; who died August 25, 2004. [full obituary]
• July 7-8, 2004
  Christine Chevalier, Associate Vice President and Director of Human Resources; who died July 6, 2004.
• July 7, 2004
  Eugene Giguere, Plumber/Steamfitter, Facilities Operations and Management; who died July 5, 2004.