JONATHAN DYER

In junior school, John told wonderful "shaggy-dog" stories in class, which annoyed the teachers, but amused me and fellow classmates.
I am impressed by all he accomplished...Farewell. Charlie Heckscher

Remarks Delivered at the Memorial Service for Jonathan Dyer, May 10, 2014

I first got to know Dyer (I always called him “Dyer”) when I started in the eighth grade at what he often referred to as “The Haverford School for Refined Young Gentlemen.”
Dyer was the guy who provided the distracting doodles in math class when things got boring, which was all the time.
He was my teammate on the swimming team.
He was the drummer in our rock-and-roll band.
He was my business partner,...

Jon's Family

We played together for many young years. Bikes around Haverford College; war in the Preston School weeds. Summer was especially fun with it's freedom and abandon. As we grew we went our separate ways. It's been 55 years since 8th grade at Haverford. The last I saw of him.

Funny, I can remember how we enjoyed life's innocence before we grew up.

My deepest sympathies to you on his passing. I only have childhood/childish memories, but they are wonderful to...

Jon was a great friend. I met him when in 1968 we were both freshman teachers at The Booth School. We scarcely knew what horrors awaited us there. If you're a Haverford graduate, you probably heard about Mrs. Booth--it was her world and we served at her pleasure. So many horror stories, so little time. Back to Dyer...we both taught math over the summer to classes of 2-5 kids. I had forgotten how to do square roots and we has just come to that section in our textbook. So I excused myself...