David McMullin III ’30

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Dave McMullin, a former Olympic field hockey player and a retired senior v.p. of John Wanamaker, died Sept. 15, 1995, at Dunwoody Village Medical Center in Newtown Sq., Penn. As recently as three weeks before his death, he was swimming an hour a day.

He was a formidable golfer and had scored four hole-in-ones. Dave was a member of the 1932 Olympics team that won a bronze medal for men's field hockey and again in Berlin in 1936. He was also a champion squash player. In 1947 he won both the U.S. and the Canadian doubles squash rackets championship. For many years he was president of the Wanamaker Millrose Track Games held in Madison Square Garden in N.Y.C., the oldest indoor invitational track meet in the world. He served at Wanamaker's for 40 years and retired when he was 70.

Dave was a 1929 graduate of the Episcopal Academy, and after college graduation he spent seven years with the Army Reserves and then transferred to the Navy in 1942. In 1946 he transferred to inactive status as a commander, became a captain in 1952, and retired in 1968.

He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Anita, sons David B. and Hunter B., five grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. The class extends its deepest sympathy to his family.

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