Dean Pickett
Pickett Memorial Park is named for the late Dean Pickett, a
student at Purdue. He died in July 1969 in Yosemite National Park when a ledge
he was standing on gave way. His parents, Robert and Margaret Pickett,
established the park in 1971 to memorialize their son and his great love of the
outdoors. In the spring of 1998, the class of 1999 renovated the park.
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I remember Dean and his sister Jan from our high school days together at the American international School in India. Dean died just four years after Jan and I graduated in 1965. I visited the beautiful park in 1971 not knowing then that my friend had died there two years before. Rest in peace, Dean.
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