Harold Laird Dorwart

1902 - 1998  (95 years)

• Name	Harold Laird Dorwart
  Birth	27 Aug 1902	Greenville, Mercer, PA
  Gender	Male
  Death	28 Jul 1998	Salisbury, Hartford, CT
  Person ID	I12435	Family Tree
  Last Modified	6 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	George Dorwart,   b. 1872   d. 1959 (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Clara Laird,   b. 1870, Mercer Co, PA d. 1925 (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	14 Nov 1895	Greenville, Mercer, PA
  Notes	from "The Shenango Valley News" 15 Nov 1895 (greenville.newspaperarchive.com) Married: On Thursday, No. 14, 1895, by Rev. Dr. Fradenburgh, at the residence of John A. Laird, on Mercer street, Miss Clara Laird and Mr. George Dorwart, both well-known and well-liked in Greenville. The ceremony was attended by a few friends, enough to form a body-guard on so important an occasion. We wish the young couple all possible happiness and prosperity.
  Family ID	F2067	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  from "The Hartford Current" 31 Jul 1998 Harold Laird Dorwart, 95, a resident at Nobel Horizons in Salisbury, died Tuesday (July 28, 1998) at home. He was the husband of Carolyn Yeisley Dorwart. Mr. Dorwart was born in Greenville, PA on August 27, 1902, son of the late George W. and Clara Laird Dorwart. He graduated from Washington and Jefferson College in Washington, PA and received a Ph.D in Mathematics at Yale University in 1931. He taught at Williams College and at Washington and Jefferson until 1949, when he became Seabury Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, and Chairman of the Mathematics Department, at Trinity College. He retired from these positions in 1967, but returned for the following academic year to serve as Dean of the College during a transition of administrations. Mr. Dorwart was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, The Mathematical Association of America and The American Mathematical Society (the latter two for 70 years, during which he held several offices in the MAA). He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree by Washington and Jefferson College in 1968. His published writings include one book, ``The Geometry of Incidence'', a popular learning materials kit called ``Configurations'', and thirty some papers in Mathematics journals. He was active in scholarly work until shortly before his death, and considered a number of his best efforts to have been completed during his retirement years in Salibury. In addition to his wife of 65 years Carolyn, Mr. Dorwart is survived by his son, Roger of Burlington, VT; daughter-in-law, Elita; two grandsons, Jonathan of Portland, OR and Richard and his wife, Aya and great- grandson Rei of Tokyo, Japan. A memorial service will be at the convenience of the family at the Trinity College Chapel. The Kenny Funeral Home, 41 Main St., Sharon, has charge of arrangements.