Born on December 7, 1931, Richard “Dick” Hooker Jr. was initiated into Vermont Beta at the University of Vermont during the fall of 1952. Following his undergraduate tenure, he served as Province Alpha Archon from 1970 through 1986, Chapter Advisor for Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Massachusetts Delta) from 2002 to 2018, Alumni Advisor for the University of New Hampshire (New Hampshire Beta) from 2011 to 2018, and most notably as Honorary Eminent Supreme Archon from 2013 to 2015. For his longstanding dedication to the Fraternity, Hooker has been awarded Outstanding Chapter Advisor (2009, 2010, 2012), Order of the Lion (2002), Order of Minerva (2012), the Merit Key (1978), and the Distinguished Service Award (1994).
Hooker passed away on March 21, 2018. He is survived by his daughter, Caroline; her husband, Michael; two grandchildren, Erica and Christopher; and four great grandchildren, Eli, Jack, Mila, and Ava. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Dick’s memory may be made to a charity of the donor’s choosing.
