Any number of classmates have served on the boards of education in towns where they have lived. Only one of them, Spencer Dvorkin, is known to have married his town’s superintendent of schools.
Spencer met Nancy L. Taddiken during his 15 years on the board of education in the Edgemont community, a part of Greenburgh, N.Y., and his time as supervisor of a $10 million school-construction project. Earlier he served on Greenburgh’s zoning board, was president of several local civic organizations, and was a volunteer firefighter in the Greenville Fire Company. Even earlier he served for six years on the Board of Education of Katonah-Lewisboro and volunteered regularly at Meadow Pond Elementary School in South Salem, N.Y.
Spencer’s specific interest in the quality of education sprang from his long career in real-estate development and his broader interest in the quality of life where he lived. “Property management, engineering, and small construction” were the words he used to describe his work.
Surviving Spencer at the time of his death March 1, 2013, at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center were his wife; his daughters, Elizabeth Botwin, Julia Mastnak, Constance, and Kate; and five grandsons. To them all, ’46 sends its heartfelt condolences.