Death

David Dantzler-Wolfe: Penn Junior

The body of David A. Dantzler-Wolfe, was removed from the Schuylkill River on Friday morning, May 2 after being seen by a passerby who notified the Philadelphia Police, according to the Penn Police who conferred the Philadelphia Medical Examiner's Office.

Mr. Danzler-Wolfe, a 20 year-old Wharton junior, had been missing nearly five months. He was last seen on Tuesday, December 10 in Harnwell College House where he was a resident (Almanac December 17, 2002). Penn's Division of Public Safety, in conjunction with the Philadelphia Police Department, launched a missing person investigation immediately. Mr. Dantzler-Wolfe was entered into a national database of missing persons on December 12, 2002.

He was the treasurer of Chord on Blues, one of Penn's all-male a cappella singing group. He was from Fayetteville, North Carolina.

He is survived by his mother, Dr. Delores Danztler-Wolfe; his father, Dr. John Wolfe, Jr., and his brother, John Thomas.

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  Almanac, Vol. 49, No. 32, May 6, 2003