Paul Van C. Dyke ’50

Paul C. Van Dyke died Dec. 31, 1998, in Groton, Conn., after a series of disabling strokes.

He prepared at Hotchkiss School, where he earned all-New England honors in football and hockey. Weighing 150 lbs., he earned letters during the two years he spent at Princeton in freshman and varsity football and in varsity hockey. He belonged to Ivy Club.

After a leave of absence, he finished his education at Hamilton College, where he met and later married Lissa Rogers, his wife of 43 years.

Finishing his Naval service during the Korean War, he and Lissa relocated to Mystic, near Electric Boat, where he worked as an administrator in the nuclear testing department until retirement. In Mystic he was elected as a member of the Democratic Town Committee and representative to the Town Meeting; he also served on other local civic boards.

His real love was sailing. As a commodore and member of numerous yacht clubs, including Ram Island, Off Soundings, Shennecossett, and Corinthian, he raced and cruised the waters off the northeast coast and participated in 15 Newport-Bermuda races.

His friends and classmates who knew Van as the unique person he was send their condolences to Lissa, their son Paul, and their daughters, Katherine Grasberger and Ellen Tateyama.

The Class of 1950