Dinny attended Lawrenceville and Phillips Exeter Academy. At Princeton he majored in politics, played freshman baseball, ate at Quadrangle Club, and financed his education by organizing college dances. His senior-year roommates were Bill Ghriskey, Hank Page, Walker Stevenson, and Don Stuart.
After graduating with honors, he joined Procter & Gamble, first in manufacturing, and after World War II, in advertising. His wartime service included managing artillery-shell production for P&G and then serving as an artillery officer with Patton’s Third Army.
Dinny’s lifelong passions were hunting and golf. He especially enjoyed both during a two-year stint as marketing director of P&G’s U.K. and Scandinavian operations. After retiring from P&G in 1972, Dinny and his wife, Sallie, moved from Cincinnati to Philadelphia and summered in Southwest Harbor, Maine. He served as president of the Children’s Aid Society for 10 years, wrote a book on corporate management, and consulted pro bono to businesses in Costa Rica, Colombia, and Uruguay.
He is survived by Sallie; his children, Clem ’65, Leslie, and Ann; and five grandchildren.