DAVID-HUME-Obituary

DAVID HUME

1. New Hanover, North Carolina

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HUME--David D. Headmaster Emeritus of Saint David's School, dies at 87. The Headmaster, Trustees, Faculty, Staff, Boys, Alumni, and Parents of Saint David's School, New York City, mourn the passing of a dear friend, Headmaster from 1953 to 1990, Headmaster Emeritus and Honorary Trustee...

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St. Davids would not be the school it is today without David Hume. He embodied everything that is right about that wonderful plave.
Niel Cannon ('59)

We at the Mystic Seaport Boathouse will miss you, David.

Mr. Hume's vision, creativity, interest, devotion, enthusiasm, and love of art and music as expressed through his headmastering of St. David's have stood by me as a rock throughout my life, a strong place inside me. I will be ever grateful to him, and my heart goes out to Catherine and family as you suffer his loss. Marek Pyka '67, East Calais,Vt.

I knew David Hume for almost six decades, from the time I attended Saint David's first seventh grade back in 1956-57 until approximately two or so weeks ago when I sat with Cathy, David's wife, at a hospital in Wilmington, North Carolina, keeping a vigil at his bedside. There was no question that David was dying: it was just a matter of when. He lasted throughout the long night and drew his last breath in the early morning hours of February 18, Ash Wednesday.
I cannot adaquately express...

Thoughts and prayers for the grieving friends and family, God's blessing

A towering figure in my life from 1960-1970 and beyond.
Kent R. Vogel 1970

I wish I had known him better. God bless and keep you. Judy Snipes.

I had the privilege of being hired by David to teach in a job that I have loved since the day I began over 28 years ago. He was a true HEAD master and you were always delighted to see him stop by your classroom because you knew you would learn something interesting and immediately applicable to your class after a short exchange with him. It was an honor to have worked with him!

David was the first, and best Head that I ever worked for. He hired me straight out of college, set me up in a fifth-grade classroom, then, gave me all the freedom and support any young teacher could want. From the get-go, he understood my theatrical temperament and need to find original ways to be a teacher.. He allowed my to find my metier, and to fall in love with a profession that is still at the core of my life.
The school was a delight, an utter extension of David's energy, humor,...