David is survived by his brothers Michael ’61 and Paul, sister Elizabeth and long-time partner Niwach Sudta. “He was one of the best writers around.” David continued to maintain close ties to Dartmouth, serving as a Dartmouth club secretary in 1994 to 1995 and class agent from 1993 through 2001. Some of his other loves include good food, spontaneous adventures, Christmas morning, and the sea. He had adopted as a life motto: 'Stuff no mattah, people mattah.' His favorite people are his wife, Jenny, and their six darling children. “I admired him greatly,” said Denis Gray, former bureau chief of the Associated Press in Bangkok. David Butler David Butler's greatest love is people. David served on the board of the Foreign Correspondent’s Club of Thailand. He continued working as a journalist and freelance writer in Bangkok and in 1989 donated seven boxes of his papers on the last days of the American presence in Vietnam to the Dartmouth College Library. In 1982 he moved to Washington, D.C., to research and write a book about his experiences in Vietnam, resulting in The Fall of Saigon, published in 1985 by Simon & Shuster. David worked for NBC radio and Newsweek in Bangkok and New York. In 1974, working for NBC News, he was an eyewitness to the last few months of the war and one of the last journalists airlifted from Saigon in April 1975. Starting in 1971, David made several trips to Vietnam. David embarked on a career in journalism and from 1966 to1974 was features editor of Playboy. Electrolytic capacitors in sets made in the 1960s and 1970s are so old now that they will need to be replaced. But for the most part they were gone by then, leaving the electrolytic capacitors. A few manufacturers continued to use some of them into the mid 1970s. He was a brother of Kappa Sigma and member of Casque & Gauntlet. But by the mid to late 1960s there were very few paper capacitors in radios and TVs. A native of Wakefield, Massachusetts, David graduated summa cum laude from Dartmouth as an English major and senior fellow. Butler ’63 died unexpectedly January 10 at Thonburi Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand. GEIBEL FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION SERVICES, 140 NEW CASTLE RD, BUTLER, PA 16001. Family and friends received on Friday, October 14, 2022, from 11am to 1pm at the Faith Fellowship Alliance Church. He was preceded in death by his brother Robert Hauserman. David was the beloved husband of Tracy Lynn (Gilbert) Jenks father of David Jonathan Jenks Jr and Evelyn Jean Jenks brother of Richard Jenks, Ethan Jenks, Edna Jones, Rose Butler, Tammy Kline, Cathy Hauserman, Dale Hauserman, and James Hauserman. He was a great advice giver and a wonderful husband and father. David had a great sense of humor and told the best stories. Forgiving, compassionate, honest, kind, and loving. Editor In Chief and SVP of News at New York Public Radio/WNYC. David was a great cook, loved to grill, and a die hard Steelers fan. View Dave Butler’s profile on LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional community. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, family vacations at the beach, and family time. David was employed as a driver at Vogel Disposal for over 20 years. He served his country honorably in the United States Army Bravo Battery 2/7 Field Artillery of Ft Drum, NY. David graduated from Portersville Christian School. He was born in Pittsburgh on February 5, 1971, his parents are Richard Jenks and the late Dorothy (Wills) Jenks. Raised to revere biblical scripture and spirituality, Butlers worldview became a. David Jonathan Jenks Sr, 51, of Butler passed away on Tuesday, October 11, 2022. David Butler was born in Good Hope, Louisiana, not far from New Orleans.
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