Dawes Walter ’47

Dawes died Oct. 11, 1998, of an aneurysm, at Yale-New Haven Hospital.

He was born in Evanston, Ill., and graduated from Blair. At Princeton, he majored in history, wrestled, played football with the Marines, and was in Triangle and president of Charter. He was on our 50th reunion and executive committees and cochaired the '72 yearbook.

As a Marine officer, he served in WWII and Korea. Retiring early from Conoco in 1981, where he was director of government affairs and public relations manager, he became v.p. at Bridgeport U. and earned a master's in political science and behavioral counseling, which he practiced. Dawes completed, as a dedicated volunteer, economic development projects in seven countries overseas for IESC. From 1990-91 he was director of corporate development. He was a director of the Calvin Coolidge Foundation, a trustee of Heritage Village, and a lay reader at Woodbury Congregational Church.

Dawes was a born leader and a devoted husband, father, and Princetonian who led an exemplary Christian life of warmth and joy. He leaves Berni, his wife of 32 years, his children Jann, John, Julie, Steven, and Amy, and several granddaughters, nieces, and nephews, to all of whom the class extends its heartfelt sympathy for the loss of a unique, talented classmate.

The Class of 1947