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DECEASED
1939
Samuel Clarendon Myer
a kind and gentle
soul, died Decem-
ber 22, 2013, in
Madison, Wis.,
surrounded by his
family. He was 91.
Born December
28, 1921, in Ox-
nard, Calif., he
was the son of
Florence M. and Albert J. Myer of the
Form of 1906. Mr. Myer spent his forma-
tive years in Santa Barbara, Calif., and
Wiscasset, Maine. In the fall of 1936, he
joined his older brother, Albert J. Myer Jr.
of the Form of 1937, at St. Paul’s, where
he excelled in the classroom. In addition,
Mr. Myer enjoyed serving as manager to
his club and the SPS ice hockey teams, an
esteemed position among his peers. He
was an Old Hundred and a Halcyon. Mr.
Myer also participated in the Library
Association, the Acolyte Guild, the Mission-
ary Society, and the Dramatic Club.
He graduated with Princeton’s Class of
1943 before serving as a First Lieutenant
paratrooper in the 101st Division of the
U.S. Army during WWII. Shortly after his
return, Mr. Myer married the love of his
life, Josefa Whitman, whom he had met
years earlier in Maine. He went on to earn
his M.B.A. from New York University, and
spent his career as a certified financial
analyst and investment banker in New
York City, San Francisco, Philadelphia,
and Hamilton, Bermuda.
A California boy at heart, Mr. Myer
returned with Josefa upon his retirement
to his family farm in Ventura. In 2004, the
two moved to Madison, Wis., to be closer
to their family.
Mr. Myer is survived by his loving wife
of 67 years, Josefa; his daughters and
sons-in-law, Georgia Myer and Patrick
Farmer, Ginny and Greg Kester, and Jody
Myer and Tom Lynch; his four grand-
children, John Kester, Lane Kester, Sam
Lynch, and Lydia Lynch; and his nephews,
Albert Myer ’62 and Carl Myer.
1941
William Sheldon Malcom
former member of the SPS Alumni Assoc-
iation Executive Committee and great-
nephew to Bessie Augusta Benham Sheldon
and William C. Sheldon of the Form of 1878,
for whom Sheldon Library was named in
1900, died January 19, 2014. He was 91.
Born in New York City on May 2, 1922,
he was the son of Dorothy Dudley Koues
Malcom and George Ide Malcom of the
Form of 1915. He spent his early years in
Saranac Lake, N.Y. In 1935, Mr. Malcolm
entered St. Paul’s as a Second Former. He
was a member of the Library Association
and captained Halcyon’s first boat.
During his third year at Harvard, Mr.
Malcom received his commission from
the Naval ROTC and served in WWII on
an attack transport carrier in the Mediter-
ranean and Pacific. While on leave, he
met Elinor Bliss of Chestnut Hill, Mass.,
and the two married in 1946. Upon his
return from the war, he finished his studies
at Harvard and settled with Elinor in
Concord, Mass., spending summers on
Cape Cod.
Mr. Malcom went on to a successful
career in sales at Massachusetts Mohair
Plush Company, Polaroid, and PM Indus-
tries and served as president of Fallula
Paper Company. He later founded Baher
and Malcom Company as a manufacturer’s
representative specializing in consumer
packaging.
Mr. Malcom served his community in
many capacities, including as treasurer
of Trinity Episcopal Church in Concord,
Mass. He was the director of Judge Baker
Children’s Center, a Harvard Medical
School affiliate committed to children’s
mental health research, and a board
member of the Manomet Center for Con-
servation Services. He also served as
commodore of the Buzzards Yacht Club
and president of the Concord (Mass.) Art
Association. He was a devoted member of
the SPS Alumni Association, serving on
the Executive Committee and as a form
director on several different occasions.
He shepherded the Sheldon Scholarship
Fund in support of financial aid at SPS.
Mr. Malcom loved sailing, bird watch-
ing, golfing, and woodcarving. In his later
years, he discovered a passion and talent
for painting. Most of all, he loved his family.
Mr. Malcom is survived by his wife,
Elinor; four sons, William, David, Stephen,
and Richard; eight grandchildren; and
four great-grandchildren. He was pre-
deceased by his brothers, John W.
Malcom ’48 and Charles H. Malcom ’40.
1942
Henry Hoffman Dolan Jr.
an ardent hunter, golfer, and ocean fisher-
man; a knowledgeable and skilled crafts-
man; a collector of antiques and early-
American lighting; a practical joker; and
an entertainer who loved to play the
guitar, died of congestive heart failure on
September 16, 2013. He was 90 years old
and a resident of Bryn Mawr, Pa., and
Vero Beach, Fla.
“Hoff,” the son of Henry Hoffman Dolan
and Pauline Thayer Dolan, was raised
in Haverford, Pa. He attended both the
Haverford School in Pennsylvania and
the Beasley School in Cooperstown,
N.Y., before entering the Second Form at
St. Paul’s School in 1937. He remained at
the School until 1940. Mr. Dolan attended
both the University of Virginia and the
Wharton School of Finance.
Mr. Dolan served in the U.S. Marine
Corps from 1942 to 1946 in Guam, China,
and Guadalcanal, and at the Battle of
Okinawa. After the war, he founded North
American Brass and Aluminum Inc. in
West Philadelphia, serving as its presi-
dent and CEO for 34 years. From 1965 to
1999, Mr. Dolan served as a director of
the South Chester Tube Company, playing
a key role in the company’s governance
during its growth into a global supplier
to multiple industries.
Mr. Dolan married Kingsley Houghton
in 1966 and the couple had four children.
He was a member of the Merion Cricket
Club, Gulph Mills Golf Club and the Courts
in Pennsylvania; and Riomar Country Club
and Quail Valley River Club in Florida.
Mr. Dolan was preceded in death by his
parents; his son, Henry Hoffman Dolan III;
his sister, Peggy Miller; and his brother,
Thayer Dolan. He is survived by his wife
of 47 years; his four children, Andrew,
Henry, Pauline, and Christine; his step-
children, Andrew Dolan, Christine Dolan,
Pauline Dolan, Marjorie Williamson,
Kingsley Bryant, and Tracey Dolan; and
seven grandchildren.
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