W. Landon Dennison Jr. ’58

Lanny died Oct. 10, 2025, in Hinesburg, Vt. He was 89.

He came to Princeton from Deerfield Academy, where he ran track, played lacrosse, and sang in the glee club. At Princeton, Lanny was a member of Tower Club and on the varsity track and cross-country teams. He majored in biology.

After graduation, Lanny went to medical school and then went to the School of Submarine Medicine and to deep sea diving school. In 1960, he married Elizabeth Holland and then went to sea for a year on a Polaris submarine. While at sea, his first child was born.

In 1967, he left the Navy and started a residency in dermatology at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic. The young doctor opened his dermatology practice, now Four Seasons Dermatology, and never turned away a patient, taking payment in eggs, crocheted afghans, and even feed for his daughter’s horse. After his residency, they moved to an old farmhouse that they restored during the next 55 years to its original 1789 condition.

Lanny is survived by his wife; four children; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. The class extends its deepest sympathy to them all.