| John Edward Dollymore |
Thursday, May 14, 2009
John E. Dollymore, 80, a cryptologic analyst and training specialist who retired from the National Security Agency in
1989, died May 6 at Washington Hospital Center of complications from brain surgery.
Mr. Dollymore began his career in Army intelligence in 1949 and joined the NSA after its formation in 1952. He also
served on active duty in the Army from 1953 to 1955.
John Edward Dollymore was a native Washingtonian and a 1946 graduate of St. John's College High School. He was
an accounting graduate of Ben Franklin University.
He did volunteer work for FISH, a charitable organization that provides transportation and other forms of assistance, and
the Belfast Children's Summer Program, which gave Protestant and Catholic children from Ireland a respite from violence
while uniting them in the Washington area. He was a Catholic Youth Organization basketball coach and a foster father to
inner-city children from Washington.
He was a Beltsville resident before moving in 2007 to Leisure World in Silver Spring. In Silver Spring, he was a member
of Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church. For many years, he had been a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in
Beltsville.
sSurvivors include his wife of 56 years, Kathleen Nolan Dollymore of Silver Spring; three children, Maura Dollymore of
Norfolk, Kathryn Flaherty of Elkridge and John J. Dollymore of College Park; two sisters, Kathleen Dollymore of Bethany
Beach, Del., and Nora Dollymore of Washington; and three granddaughters.
-- Adam Bernstein
John E. Dollymore, 80, a cryptologic analyst and training specialist who retired from the National Security Agency in
1989, died May 6 at Washington Hospital Center of complications from brain surgery.
Mr. Dollymore began his career in Army intelligence in 1949 and joined the NSA after its formation in 1952. He also
served on active duty in the Army from 1953 to 1955.
John Edward Dollymore was a native Washingtonian and a 1946 graduate of St. John's College High School. He was
an accounting graduate of Ben Franklin University.
He did volunteer work for FISH, a charitable organization that provides transportation and other forms of assistance, and
the Belfast Children's Summer Program, which gave Protestant and Catholic children from Ireland a respite from violence
while uniting them in the Washington area. He was a Catholic Youth Organization basketball coach and a foster father to
inner-city children from Washington.
He was a Beltsville resident before moving in 2007 to Leisure World in Silver Spring. In Silver Spring, he was a member
of Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church. For many years, he had been a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in
Beltsville.
sSurvivors include his wife of 56 years, Kathleen Nolan Dollymore of Silver Spring; three children, Maura Dollymore of
Norfolk, Kathryn Flaherty of Elkridge and John J. Dollymore of College Park; two sisters, Kathleen Dollymore of Bethany
Beach, Del., and Nora Dollymore of Washington; and three granddaughters.
-- Adam Bernstein
