Charles Kenneth Dorwin ’40

Nurseryman and plant grower Ken Dorwin died at his home in Goleta, Calif., on Apr. 14, 1997. Classmate Hugh Petersen kindly visited Ken during his illness. Having prepared for Princeton at Lake Forest, Ken majored in economics and joined Cottage Club. Senior year he managed the hockey team. He roomed with Sam Dunnuck, Bobby Fox, and Wes Wright. During WWII, Ken served in the Pacific with the Marine Corps.

In Santa Barbara and Goleta Ken ran the C. K. Dorwin Nursery, supplying blooming plants to the Los Angeles area, and was highly regarded as an authority on daffodils and English primroses and a first-class plant breeder. He was a member of the American Daffodil Society, the Royal Horticultural Society, and the Delphinium Society.

The '40 hockey team will recall Ken as an efficient, humorous, and cheerful manager. Each December as we closed out our schedule for the calendar year in Montreal before the Christmas holiday, Ken would make sure that several cases of Canadian Black Horse Ale were on the train for consumption on the trip back to the USA! Ken is survived by a daughter, son, and two grandchildren. We send them our sincere condolences.

As a bona fide member of the '40 hockey team, Ken is included in the tradition that " '40 hockey players never die, they just skate away." We have lost a loyal, valued comrade.

The Class of 1940