The Reverend William Ervine Swift was born in New York City, grew up in the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and New England, then came to the College from the Kent School. Graduating Phi Beta Kappa and Cum Laude with High Distinction in Spanish, Bill attended the Episcopal Divinity School at Andover Newton Theological Seminary. An ordained Episcopal priest, Bill served parishes in Bloomfield Hills, MI, metropolitan Atlanta, GA and recently as rector of St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church in Sanbornville, NH. Bill was living in Wolfeboro, NH at the time of his death of pancreatic cancer on December 31, 1999. He is survived by wife Robin (Yaeger), children Jennifer and David, and grandchild Clara Alicia Buse. Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, June, 2000.