Kevin J. Dowd ’76

The class was recently informed of the death of Kevin J. Dowd on March 8, 2011, in New York City, seven months after his being diagnosed with lung cancer.

Kevin grew up in Newark and graduated from Seton Hall Prep School before matriculating at Princeton with the Class of 1975. He majored in English and earned a certificate in theater and dance, graduating in 1976. At Princeton, Kevin roomed with Jesse Baker and was active in Theatre Intime and the Fund for Student Communication.

He moved to New York City to pursue a master’s degree from New York University’s film school and began his career as a film production coordinator. He worked on such famous films as Raising Arizona, Crocodile Dundee, and Bloodhounds of Broadway.

Kevin settled in the East Village of New York and served as vice president of Tompkins Square Neighborhood Coalition for 20 years.For years, in his spare time, Kevin would leave Manhattan to photograph landmarks and rural landscapes in Pemberton Township, N.J. His art is held in a permanent collection named after him at Pemberton Community Library.

The class sends condolences to his brother, Brian.