When Harold “Rip” Ripley arrived at Dartmouth as a freshman in 1925, Theodor Seuss Geisel had just graduated, John Sloan Dickey was a classmate, and Ernest Martin Hopkins was president of the College. When he died on September 24 at the age of 104, he followed them into Dartmouth history.
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Harold C. Ripley, Class of 1929 (photo by Joseph Mehling ’69)
Ripley was a generous advisor to College presidents and administrators, a Dartmouth encyclopedia, and a dapper presence in his trademark bowtie at alumni events throughout the decades. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, October 29, at 2 p.m. at the Church of Christ, 40 College Street, Hanover, N.H.
Read the full story at the Office of Alumni Relations website.