Robert B. Dishman *48

Robert Dishman, retired professor of political science at the University of New Hampshire, died peacefully Dec. 24, 2014, at the age of 96.

Dishman received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Missouri in 1939 and 1940, and joined the Navy in 1942. He served as a lieutenant commander in World War II, and then earned a Ph.D. in politics from Princeton in 1948. At Princeton, he met his wife, Ann, who worked for Professor John Sly (chair of the politics department from 1955 to 1959).

Dishman taught at Dartmouth before joining the faculty at New Hampshire, where he taught for 35 years. He edited and published several books — some were on constitutional history. His subjects included Burke and Paine and the rights of man, the Dartmouth College case, commentaries on American democracy, and early New Hampshire history. He also wrote articles for the periodical Historical New Hampshire.

Dishman’s grandchildren enjoyed listening to his recollections of such Princeton residents as John von Neumann and Albert Einstein.

Dishman was predeceased in 1995 by Ann. He is survived by three children; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

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