Guy O. Dove Jr. ’26

Guy Dove, well-known business executive in the Washington, D.C., area, died Aug. 21, 1996, in Suburban Hospital. He was 94.

Guy will be remembered as a loyal member of the class, a member of Cap & Gown, as well as an excellent soccer player from Gilman and a member of the Triangle chorus. After graduation Guy was an investment banker until 1934, when he joined E. B. Adams & Co., a wholesale distributor of restaurant equipment and supplies, of which Guy's father was one of the founders. Guy became president of the firm in 1942. Later he became chairman, a position he held until he retired in 1990.

Guy and Elinor Louise Stringer were married in 1936. She died in 1987. In 1993 Guy married Mary Hillyer, who survives him as do his three sons, Guy III, Peter B., and Christofer C., his stepson, Sauders C. Hillyer, nine grandchildren, and a great-granddaughter. The class extends its sympathy to all.

The Class of 1926