DODDS, REGINALD HARCOURT

2009-07-17

After a long illness, Reginald Harcourt Dodds passed away at home in Mount Kisco, NY on Sunday, July 12, 2009. He was resident of New Rochelle NY for 29 years. Born on January 11, 1938 in New York City, "Harry" was the son of Beryl Archer Dodds and Reginald Dodds, both originally from Barbados, West Indies. He graduated from Stuyvesant High School, Dartmouth College and Yale University Law School. His public service career in New York City included Deputy Police Commissioner for Legal Matters; Executive Assistant Corporation Counsel and Executive Assistant District Attorney for Operations, Kings County. In philanthropy, he was a senior program officer with the Ford Foundation and later, Director of Corporate Responsibility for Champion International. As a loyal son of Dartmouth, Harry served as a trustee from 1973-1983, a Tuck School overseer and a founding member of the Black Alumni of Dartmouth Assn. He served for many years on the boards of The New York Foundation, the New School for Social Research, Sound Shore Hospital Medical Center, the New Rochelle Council for the Arts and the Andrus Children's Center. Harry leaves his family to mourn and cherish his memory: Barbara Arrington Dodds, his wife of 44 years, his children Julian, Jason and Sarah Dodds-Brown, their spouses Wendy Dodds and Brad Brown, his adored grandchildren Oliver and Eleanor, his sister, Gloria Tomlinson, and many nieces, nephews and cousins. A Memorial Service will be held in White Plains at the Community Unitarian Church on Sunday, July 19, 2009 at 1:30 pm. In lieu of flowers, the family of R. Harcourt Dodds requests donations be made in his name to the Amyloidosis Research Foundation: www.amyloidosisresearchfoundat ion.org, 7151 N. Main St., Suite 208 Clarkston, MI 48346.