Dr. David Alan Lord

1933 - 2023

Dr. David Alan Lord

Palm City, FL - 1933 - 2023

Dr. David Alan Lord, 89, formerly of Chester, VT, died at his home in Palm City, FL on May 14, 2023 of lymphoma. He was born in Manchester, NH, a son of Frederick J. Lord, Sr. and Gladys Graves Lord who predeceased him.

Dr. Lord earned a B.A. degree in psychology at the University of New Hampshire and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in clinical psychology, University of Tennessee. He was awarded a post-doctoral fellowship at Austin Riggs Center, Stockbridge, MA and Certificate in Psychoanalysis, William Alanson White Institute, NYC.

Dr. Lord began his career as Chief Psychologist for the Bureau of Mental Health, US Virgin Islands. He later became Associate Director of the Counseling Service at Columbia College, NYC., and went on to establish a private practice of psychoanalysis, group and individual psychotherapy and marital therapy in New York City and Greenwich, Conn. He was also an Attending Psychologist at Payne Whitney Clinic, NYC and Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical College, NYC where he supervised in- and out-patient psychotherapy.

In 1998 Dr. Lord moved to Chester, VT where he established a private practice and later joined the VA Medical Center in White River Junction as a staff psychologist. He was appointed to the faculty of the Dartmouth Medical School internship program, where he helped teach the next generation of psychologists.

Dr. Lord balanced his rigorous work life with his passion for sailing and the sea. He was a licensed U. S. Coast Guard captain, a skilled navigator and a sailing instructor at the Old Greenwich Yacht Club in Conn. It was there that he met his wife of 41 years, Kathy Pellett, who survives him. He was active in Chester serving on the Boards of the First Universalist Parish, the Whiting Library and on the Ethics Committee of the Vermont Psychological Association.

Survivors also include a daughter from a previous marriage, Alison Lord of Portland, OR; a brother Gary Lord of Brookfield, VT and many other family members.

A Memorial Service will be held October 28, 2023 at 11 AM at the First Universalist Parish, Chester, VT. Memorial donations may be made to Whiting Library, Chester, VT.