March 5, 2006 Reynolds E. Moulton, Jr.

Reynolds E. (Rey) Moulton, Jr., was a hero of our class. A man who played baseball and indeed was captain of his high school baseball team after losing an arm to cancer at the age of only five, he commanded admiration by overcoming adversity. Late in life, he underwent two heart bypass operations and then had a heart transplant in 1999.

Rey was a generous man. At his memorial service, attended by many class members, someone told the story of how Rey, engaging a service station attendant in conversation and learning of his desire to get an education, presented the man with a check for $1,000 within minutes.

Rey gave also often to Dartmouth, and toward the end of his life provided a new turf field for the University of Vermont. As an undergraduate in Hanover, he had played three years of soccer.

The recipient of numerous awards, including Marblehead, Mass.'s Man of the Year in both 1991 and 2003, as well as the Rotary Foundation's Paul Harris Fellow Award, he served his private school, the Governor Dummer Academy, as trustee from 1998 on and was always a devoted alumni.

As a Dartmouth traditionalist, he was a strong believer in the school's Indian symbol, presenting a representation to friends and to a new class secretary, where it hangs in my living room today.

A professional in insurance, Rey was the largest employer in Marblehead and well known for his philanthropies on Massachusetts' North Shore. The offices of his company spanned the country.

Jim Adler remembered Rey after his death, of cancer at his home in Manchester, Mass. for his generousity and the respect in which he was held by classmates.

He is survived by his wife, Betsy Winder, a son, Ren, of Brooklyn, N.Y., a daughter, Holly Whall of Wakefield, RI. a son Jonathan of Venice, Fla, a sister, his mother, Aristeen Lambert and two grandchildren.