David G. Holdsworth ’54

Dave died Jan. 28, 2017, from complications of Parkinson’s disease. 

Born in Lynn, Mass., he graduated from Winchester High School. He majored in mathematics and was a member of ROTC, Terrace Club, and the Chapel Choir, and played percussion in the band. His military career was spent at Fort Sill, Okla. 

He later studied economics at New York University and joined the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, where he worked in the public-information department and later in the banking-studies department. In 1966, he married Elizabeth “Betsy” Lawson Whitesides, and they moved to Chatham, N.J., settling in New Vernon, N.J., in 1978. After retiring in 1995, they traveled the world, and he enjoyed growing a vegetable garden. 

Dave was on the board of the Morris County Historical Society and served as its president. He also served as president of the Society of Colonial Wars. 

The class is honored by his service to our country and sends condolences to Betsy, his wife of more than 50 years; daughter Kate and her husband, Ben; and granddaughters Emily and Maggie.