Richard H. Jordan, an internationally known Arctic archaeologist and Professor of Anthropology at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks, died of a heart attack at his home in Fairbanks on January 19, 1991. Alaska was Dick's birthplace and spiritual home. He graduated from high school near Scranton, Penn., and joined us after a year as an exchange student in Holland.
Gifford Foley died Sunday, July 1, 1990, while performing an airplane stunt over the Niagara River in Buffalo.
An experienced pilot with thousands of hours in the air, Foley was also a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who served in Vietnam and received a Silver Star and two Purple Hearts.
A resident of South Salem, he was recently appointed to the position of chief financial officer at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
No obituary is available. Please contact us if you have access to one or would like to write one for the Class.
On January 4, 1990, RICHARD JAMES FELMEISTER died at home in Houston, Texas. Richard was single, and the cause of death is not known. His father, Ralph Felmeister, lives at 2311 Coles Avenue, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076.
PETER WESLEY KITSON died on November 22, 1989, in Hartford Hospital, near his home in Glastonbury, Connecticut, after a short illness. He leaves his wife, Cheryl, and children Nicole and Jeffrey (105 Stanley Drive, Glastonbury 06033, (203) 659-8859).
Anthony Serge Beliajeff passed away on May 25, 1989. Anthony majored in history at Dartmouth and received his Ph.D. from Syracuse University, in 1975. He was employed by the Library of Congress as a researcher/analyst in Soviet area studies. His previous employment was as a contract interpreter. He also wrote for the Russian émigré press and for the Modern Encyclopedia of Russian and Soviet History. He is survived by his mother.
We do not have a published obituary, but he has a Wall of Honor profile in the National Air and Space Museum in Washing, DC.
* Born 20 September 1947 in Orange, VA.
* ROTC Dartmouth College.
* Trained as navigator in Pensacola, FL.
We do not have an official obituary for Michael (Strats) stratton, but here is a link to a great story about him in the April 1986 Dartmouth Alumni Magazine (DAM).
Here is a writeup contributed by classmates:
There has been much written and said about Mike and the common denominator is: he was one helluva guy. Being larger than life, outdoors, and active was a good description of Mike but did not define him.
At this time, we do not have a published obituary. If you have memories, anecdotes, or access to an obituary you would like to share, please let us know.
At this time we have no published obituary. If you have memories, anecdotes, or access to an obituary you wish to share, please let us know.