Donald B. King, PhD in classics, long distinguished as a teacher of classics, died on Sept. 16, 1997, in Bristol, Conn., after a long terminal illness. He was 84.
Born in Forestville, Conn., he attended the local schools and received his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College.
His teaching career included his undergraduate alma mater and Pennsylvania State U., Beloit [Wisc.] College, and St. Joseph College in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1967 he succeeded to the academic deanship at St. Norbert College in DePere, Wisc. He retired in 1978.
He married Louise Dupray in 1978; she preceded him in death in 1989. He is survived by his second wife, the former Alma B. Taylor of Farmington, Conn., two daughters, four sons, nine grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, two sisters, and several nieces and nephews. We offer sincere sympathy to his widow and family in the passing of this truly distinguished scholar-teacher.
The Graduate Alumni