Benjamin David Garcia ’97 died on June 11, 2007, in Point Pleasant, New Jersey.
He was a graduate of Point Pleasant Borough High School and attended Bowdoin for at least two years. In April of 1995, he was one of 26 students from New Jersey named to the Dean’s List on the basis of their scholastic achievements during the fall semester of the 1994-95 academic year. Surviving are his parents, Jeffrey and Janet Garcia of Point Pleasant; a brother, Richard Garcia of Point Pleasant; his maternal grandmother, Lillian Gunther of Toms River; his paternal grandmother, Dorothy Garcia of Lakewood; and many other family members.