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Obituary
Alvin, 82, died at Harper Woods, Indiana, on September 14, 2008. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. on July 16, 1926. At age 18, he was enrolled at Columbia University. Alvin served in the Civilian Public Service during WWII and jumped at Missoula in 1945. He returned to Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts, majoring in teacher education with minors in English, PE and History. He graduated in 1950 and was also married that year. He taught at Horace Mann School for Boys in N.Y, N.Y. and at Greenwich H.S. in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Identifier
Malthaner_Alvin-W_Missoula_1945
Publication Date
August 2020
Keywords
Smokejumping; Smokejumpers -- United States; National Smokejumper Association; Wildfire fighters; Obituaries
Disciplines
Forest Management
Recommended Citation
National Smokejumper Association, "Smokejumper Obituary: Malthaner, Alvin W. (Missoula 1945)" (2020). Smokejumper Obituaries. 408.
https://dc.ewu.edu/smokejumper_bios/408
