Herbert Ames Cahoon, Jr., social worker, community activist, mentor of students at Dwight Hall at Yale and long-time Director of Yale Volunteer Services, died August 18, 2008 at his home in Woodbridge, CT at 91 years of age.

He is survived by his wife, Jean, daughter Catherine Burnett of Canada and daughter Sarah Cahoon-Poindexter of California, and grandson Wade Poindexter, a student at the University of Arizona.

A memorial service for Herb Cahoon will be held on Friday, September 26 at 4:00pm in Dwight Chapel, 67 High Street, New Haven, CT.  For more information, please contact Dwight Hall at 203.432.2420.  His family requests that in lieu of flowers donations be sent in Herb's memory to the Herb Cahoon Campus and Community Fund at Dwight Hall.
 

For Herb's full obituary, please click here.