John Vernon Keston Helfrich, III came to the College as a National Merit 
Scholar from the Catonsville Senior High School in Baltimore, Maryland.  
At College, he majored in Mathematics. After graduation, served in Navy,
then went on to earn a master's degree in marine biology from St. Mary's 
College.  Taught high school math and science in the early 70s.  In 
1975, moved to Cape Cod with the Ecosystems Center of the Marine 
Biological Laboratory working as a research administrator.  John 
was a founding member of the Woods Hole Morris dance group.  His 
passions included folk music, dance, acting, and cycling.  He died 
unexpectedly of a heart attack on October 15, 1998.  John is survived 
by two daughers, Mariah Helfrich and Sarah Helfrich, both of Falmouth;
his parents, Edith and John Helfrich of Maryland; a brother, Robert
Helfrich of New Jersey; and a sister, Valerie Helfrich of Maryland.  

Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, October, 1999.