DAVID W. TOWLE ’62

DAVID W. TOWLE, a senior investigator at the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, died Jan. 3, 2011, at age 69. A member of EQV, he was with the first Peace Corps group to serve in Nepal. He then received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of New Hampshire, and a doctorate from Dartmouth College. Elected to Sigma Xi, he spent 18 years on the faculty at the University of Richmond, where he received the Outstanding Educator Award. He later became chair of the biology department at Lake Forest College before moving full-time to Maine, where in addition to his work at the laboratory, he pursued his interests in music and boat-building. Survivors include his wife, Betty Massie, three children, two grandsons, his mother, two brothers, and a sister.