Samuel Boyer Davis ’36

"Bogey" died Nov. 6, 2000. He prepared at St. Mark's School. At Princeton he majored in political science and was a member of Cottage Club. He later received an MAT from Harvard. His father, S. Boyer Davis was a member of the Class of 1886.

In 1941 he joined the Navy during WWII as an ensign. He was trained to be an armed guard commander. He served on three ships in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters. He was honorably discharged in 1946 as a lieutenant.

Bogey embarked on a remarkable career reflecting his many talents. Before the war he taught at the Lenox School and spent summers running his Camp Kipawa, a boys canoeing camp on the Ottawa River in Quebec. After his military service he operated a pack station in the High Sierras, raised cattle in the foothills near Dunlop, Calif., and for two years was principal of a two-room elementary school. Next he became business manager, history teacher, and baseball coach at the Cate School in Carpinteria, Calif. In 1976 he retired to his avocado and lemon grass groves in Summerland, Calif.

He is survived by his wife, Janet Westbrook Davis, whom he married in 1938, sons S. Boyer III, Michael H. '66, and Donald W., and three grandchildren.

The Class of 1936