Daniel C. Roper III

Daniel C. Roper, III, a former executive with IBM and former Information Services Officer for Anne Arundel County, MD and Prince George's County, MD, died August 23 at the Medical University of SC in Charleston, SC. He was born at West Point, NY, on July 9, 1934, the son of MG and Mrs. Harry Roper and grandson of Daniel C. Roper, Secretary of Commerce under Franklin Roosevelt. He was educated at the USMA, at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY, and at the University of Southern California, from which he received a MS in Systems Management. Mr. Roper served three years as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division of the US Army and then had a long and distinguished career in Information Technology in both the public and private sectors. He contributed to his community wherever he was, serving on boards and in community associations and working in the presidential campaign of John Kennedy. During his final illness he continued promoting environmental programs and supporting our troops overseas. An avid sailor, Mr. Roper raced to Bermuda and to Ensenada, Mexico, as well as cruising to Hawaii and all along the East Coast. A man of great integrity, compassion and charisma, he inspired respect and affection in those whose lives he touched. His large extended family includes his wife Marilyn, his children Mary Kay, John, Bruce, Bonnie, Patti, and Allison, his son-in-law Courtlandt; his brother and sister-in-law BG and Mrs Harry Roper, Jr., eighteen grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services will be at 10 am on August 31 at All Saints Episcopal Church on Hilton Head Island, SC, where he is a member, and burial will be at Beaufort National Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Organ Fund at the church or to St. John's College, Annapolis, MD and Santa Fe, NM. The Island Funeral Home and Crematory is in charge of arrangements.