Dexter E. Sanford

Dexter had been a Vermont neighbor at our Lake Hortonia cottage for over 50 years. We also visited him in his beautiful home in Fort Charlotte, Florida where we parked our RV on the lot next door during our stay. He sure loved it down there. Our last time visiting him in Florida, Larry took Dexter to the hospital for his hip replacement surgery and then we got to visit him during his rehabilitation before we left Florida.
Dexter and Larry helped each other with big and small...

My name is denise caper i did not know dexter, and had just heard of his passing recently, i am related to him as a first cousin removed, and i wish his family and friends all the best during this hard time.

I first worked with Dexter in 1969 and will always remember him as a man of tenacity, intellect, and good character. Even in a snow blizzard in 1969, he managed his way by bus to the NU office in downtown Hartford, only to find it had been closed (rare for those days) for the storm. He was one of a small handful who made it in, and was probably on time too! He truly shined in his engineering, with work that was flawless in execution and documentation. His notes were so well written that one...

I met Dexter in 1958 when HELCo and Conn. Power Co. merged. Later when NU was formed we worked near each other until we retired. Occasionally Dexter would join us for lunch. In the summer in Berlin, we would walk outside from the West wing to the cafeteria. He loved the heat, and would say, "Isn't this beautiful?"Most of us would rather have walked through the air conditioned hallway!

When he moved to Florida we started going to the NU retirement lunches together in the Tampa and...

I had the good fortune to work with Dexter for the first 12 years of my career. During that time he served as a mentor to me and the younger engineers. What always stood out was the time he took to be thorough in all his descriptions and explanations. In the impatience of youth, it was sometimes difficult to sit through all the details, but with age I realize just how rare and important a quality he had and I frequently find myself using Dexter as inspiration whenever I find myself in the...

Not only did Dexter have a positive and lasting impact on my career in power system engineering, but also on so many younger engineers who have had the good fortune to work with him over the years. I can recall many instances after Dexter retired from NU where one of the newer protection engineers was having difficulty with a relay setting or application problem and I would refer them to one of Dexter's files as an example to follow. Not only could I be assured that the work was done...

Dexter, all who have known and worked with you will miss you dearly. You were the Electical Engineer's "Engineer". On the most difficult and complex of electrical problems, you always found the time to explain your covictions in terms that virtually everyone could understand and comphrehend. And, above all, you were the "mentor" to so many of us at the Hartford Electric Light Company HELCO and Northeast Utilities. There was never a question to simple or to embarassing to ask where you...

I do have fond memories of Dexter.
Whenever there was a disturbance on the transmission system, the next day there would be a note that he distributed explaining what happened.. It was so well explained that even a Civil Engineer like me could understand it.
  Also, after I retired and moved to Massachusetts we would eat out quite regularly  and we would often meet Dexter at the Foster House restaurant in Westfield . He liked his Manhattans and with my Marts we would have great...