Addison L. Dyer Jr. ’51

Skip was born May 18, 1927, the son of Miriam White and Addison L.   Dyer ’22.

An Army veteran of World War II, he was a graduate of Lawrenceville. At Princeton he majored in basic engineering, was a member of the Cleveland Club and WPRU engineering supervisor, and served as secretary of Key and Seal and on the editorial staff of Princeton Engineering magazine. Skip roomed with Jim Brassill, Bill Couch, and Bill Schrauff.

His marriage to Barbara Tichenor in 1953 ended in divorce. Skip’s business career began with Firestone Tire and Rubber as a tool engineer. In 1952 he joined Dana Corp., where he worked for 16 years, ending as plant manager in Detroit. Thereafter he was associated with Borg-Warner, Western Forge, Times Wire & Cable, and Marsh Instrument. In 1974 he started his own management-consulting firm in Canon City, Colo., where he also was director of economic development for Fremont County and where he remained until his retirement 17 years later to Evansville, Ind.

Skip died Oct. 20, 2011, in Noblesville, Ind. He is survived by his daughter, Jennifer Auble; his son, Timothy; five grandchildren; and his sister, Miriam Dyer-Dunning. His wife, the former Julia Howard, predeceased him in 2010.