FIRST TRIP TO BVI
Our sailing trips to BVI were always exciting and adventurous. Nothing like being at sea with Dave and Pinkie.
We also have another sailing story when we invited Dave and Pinkie to go with us to Catalina. Had to postpone for one week as Dave had company. In meantime other friends invited us to go and we used our boat. We planned to go for a week and then return to pick up Dave and Pinkie. As we were walking down the street telling our friends we were going to bring some good friends back again my eyes suddenly saw Dave sitting on a bench. What are you doing here? Dave said "You told me you would be here at 4 o'clock, where have you been?" Just goes to show you never know where Dave will be.
Always in our Hearts,
Connie & Bud Hickman
TIDBITS OF DAVE
Back a few years Catholics were not suppose to eat meat on Fridays. Dave and I were at Linda’s home and were invited to stay for dinner. Never one to pass up a free meal, Dave gave a big yes. Hamburgers were the fare for the evening, but Dave, being a good Catholic, proceeded to fix his “burger”. He took a bun, put mayo on it, onion, tomato, and lettuce with no meat! He extolled the taste of his “burger” and downed it with a smile.
Linda’s dad was having trouble with his Xerox copier at work but couldn’t get a repairman to come out and fix it. He was about to get another copier company to replace his machine. I asked him to wait until I could talk to Dave. Dave said he’d look into it. The very next day, in the early morning, up pulls a truck with a brand new, better coping machine with a very apologetic repairman who assured Linda’s dad that he would personally take care of any problems in the future at no cost!
My favorite story about Dave shows his class. Each year when the Long Beach State basketball team came up to Santa Barbara to play the Gauchos, Dave would pick up his brother at Hillside House and meet us at the game after which we would go out for beer and pizza. Walt had Cerebral Palsy and was confined to a wheelchair. Dave’s care of Walt was something to see. When Dave went up the corporate ladder with Xerox, he still remembered his brother Walt’s love of the U.C.S.B. vs Long Beach State game. He’d hop on the Xerox jet and fly out to make the game under the pretense of needing to meet with execs on the west coast!(We were sworn to secrecy and never told this until now!)
If you watch sports at all, you’ll see players of different sports jump in the air and hit their chests together in celebration. Dave and I invented this in the 60’s. Dave was competitive in everything from who could down a beer the fastest to who danced the best. One night we were ragging on his high school when he started to charge me yelling like a crazy man. Well, I decided he wanted to chest fight so I charged him leaping into the air with our chests crashing into each other! We backed up and charged again! Dave would not quit first and neither would I. Finally after a few minutes and much pain, I gave up. From that day on, we repeated this crazy stunt at most of the fraternity functions.Rich and Linda Hollis
MEMORIES OF DAVE
It is with great fondness that Ardy and I sit here and recollect our
memories of Dave whom we have known for nearly 50 years. I met Dave when we
were freshman pledges to Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity at Long Beach State
College in 1959. An important thing which happened in 1959 was the establishment of the many friendships that have endured and nurtured since our pledge class was
instituted. The Tau Kappa Epsilon logo is "TEKE - The Fraternity for Life." Many of us from the 50's era are living proof of our logo. After college we all went our own ways and many left the area to work and raise families. We may not see each other for many years, but the bond developed during our fraternity days is still there. When we get together it's as if we were never apart.
There were many friendships during that time, but the one which stands out from the rest was "Myerscough and Freeman." Those guys were connected at the hip and Myerscough-Freeman was nearly a hyphenated word. My funniest remembrance of Dave was his "Alphonso Act" with Dave Freeman and others. It's hard to explain to anyone who has not seen it, but if they did the act today they would have been on Comedy Hour or in a loony bin somewhere.
In about 1961 a couple of new Delta-Delta-Delta pledges named Pinkie and Ardy came to Dave's and my attention and resulted in Dave marrying the first and me marrying the latter. What great fun we all had together during our Junior and Senior years double dating and hanging out together. Before the marriages both couples had a little break-up, but I can still remember when Dave and Pinkie got back together again, Dave was walking around singing "Love is better the second time around!" Dave and I were both blessed that we were given the second chance.
Dave was an all around guy. He was a good athlete, a cheerleader a natural leader and our fraternity president for two terms. One thing Dave wasn't was a slave to his studies. Dave like many of us walked the academic tightrope and occasionally fell off, but we all finally made it through. This relates to a funny story Dave told many years after college. When he was President of Xerox the LBSC newspaper, The Daily 49'er ran a story describing Dave's outstanding career and achievements. Dave said that somehow the interviewer had access to Dave's college transcripts and asked him how he achieved suchgreat things with a 2.000001 GPA. Dave's reply was to the effect ".most of the things I learned at LBSC which had an effect on my career were learned as president of my fraternity and being a cheerleader." Go Dave!!!
With all the fun stuff recalled the most important thing Ardy and I remember about Dave was his unbelievable generosity to others. This was first demonstrated in our college days when Dave, working nearly full time and barely financially making it through college himself, helped with his brother who suffered from Cerebral Palsy. I remember being impressed when Dave bought special shoes for his bothers mangled feet. Now I know it was just a sign of wonderful things to come. We all know that was just the start of his kindness and sharing of his hard won fortunes with family members and friends.
We are among many people, college friends, Xerox friends, neighbors and family members who were fortunate to have Dave in their life. Dave is one of the good guys who started with little, achieved much and shared all with those in his life. Dave will be missed, but the world is a better place because of him.
Jim and Ardy Burns
JAPAN & HONG KONG 1984
The four of us went to Tokyo first to visit FUJI Xerox hosted by David & Angela Terry. Had a memorable trip. Dave taught the Geisha's how to "Watusi" followed by dinner and more entertainment. Then to Hong Kong that Dave referred to as "grunging" and we had a ball. Great memories traveling with Dave and Pinkie.
Mary Ann Palermo
Dave was a man of greatness. While not a physically large man, Dave was a 'giant of a man'. We will always remember Dave not only for his enthusiasm and fun loving ways but as a man who genuinely cared for others. He was generous of himself; willing to help many a friend. Many years ago Dave was willing to 'get involved' and made a difference in my life and for that I will always be grateful.
Whether we were sitting in a restaurant in London, traveling to the Cotswolds, spending a few weekends in Bridgehampton or eating some of the fish Dave caught in Alaska in Greenwich or more recently visits to Laguna, we have been fortunate enough to make wonderful, lasting memories with Dave and Pinkie.Pinkie, you have our love and friendship forever.
love,
Barbara & Sandy Samson
A DAVID STORY…
We met Pinkie and Dave in London when Dave and Chuck were transferred there by their companies in the late 80’s, just before the BIG STOCK MARKET CRASH. We became fast friends and continued that friendship after we returned to the states, getting together in NYC or at each other’s homes.
After Dave and Pinkie moved to Nevada, the Worsdales, Samsons (other friends from London days) and we traveled to the Myerscoughs’ beautiful home on Lake Tahoe for a couple of days of touring this beautiful area. Dave decided to rent a small motorboat to show us the waterfront sights. We took lunch aboard and set off on a beautiful sunshiny day, beaching the boat partway around the lake, where we planned to disembark to a nearby picnic table. 
Chuck, not being familiar with the water’s clarity, took a hold of the rope and jumped into what he thought was ankle deep water. He sank quickly over his head, fully dressed with wallet, shoes, etc. Thank God he still had a hold of the rope and scrambled up it to the top where he gasped for breath.
After lunch we set off once again in the early afternoon to complete our tour of this manmade, very deep and clear as crystal body of water. When we had completed three quarters of our journey, the winds picked up, and we fought the current trying to return to our dock. We literally were perched sideways on top of the waves with the motor completely out of the water, at the mercy of the rolling, turbulent surf.

Poor Dave was in a panic, but no more so than he terrified passengers. When the guys sitting on the front cuddy cabin started tossing life preservers back to the rest of us, we started praying for our lives. 
Poor Dave, in his nervous and anxious state, had to cross his legs and pray we got back to the bathrooms quickly. His bladder was about to burst! Well, by the grace of God and Dave’s perseverance, we returned in one piece but a little the worse for wear!
Dave is a generous and dear friend who would do anything for you. His faith in God and love for his family were evident in all he said and did. He will be sorely missed by all who knew and loved him.

With love from Jan & Chuck Dorsey
SWEET DAVE
Dinner at The English House in London
Our trip to Italy among several trips....but particularly -
1) Driving with the Dorsey's, Myerscoughs and the Williams at night completely lost in the Tuscan hills of Italy all of us singing because we were scared to death. David driving (being the only totally sober person that we all were willing to trust with our lives on the winding, DARK roads) that took us back to our bed and breakfast.
2) My personal favorite memory is the single most frightening day of my life. We (the Myerscoughs and the Williams) climbed the renown Cinque Terre passage with Pinkie holding on for dear life to the cliffs and Dave trying to coax her along using all his marketing skills to convince Pinkie that it was safe to move forward. To this very day, it is still a questionable feat, along we all did make it!
3) Sharing an Easter luncheon with the Myerscoughs at a special county Inn.
4) The parent of another Heather.
5) Special memories of Lillehammer and Japan with Dave....Norway being one of our personal lifetime favorites.
We spent quite a period of time talking about Dave and the word that repeatedly came up was "sweet." And I did want to mention that to you because that is always my most primary description of Dave. Not the businessman, the organizer, the financial person, but the lovely, sweet manner he had for those he loved. My memory of how sweetly he worried about your fear of heights when we climbed the Cinco Terra terrifying paths in Italy, of how sweetly he thought of gifts for you that were so personalized and , mostly, how very sweetly he cared for you and his family. So, I did want you to know that people this past week-end bantered back and forth the sweetness of a man who lived a life very well because of that sweetness. It made him into a loving and caring human being which, to me, is the ultimate goal one should have. Dave's sweetness will last well beyond his years on this earth through people's dearest memories of him.
This has been a labor of love to remember these special events shared with a dear friend. He and his family will always be a part of our family. Blessings to all the Myerscoughs. Love and abiding friendship,
Kristin and Doug Williams
HENLEY ROYAL REGATTA 1986
My family spent one of the most exciting weeks in our lives with the Myerscoughs at their Thurloe Square Mansion in South Kensington, London!
Dave arranged to have us picked up in a Rank Xerox Bentley. Dave and Pinkie gave us their 2nd row seats to Women's Final at Wimbledon. Next day we all went up the Thames to watch the Henley Regatta. They could not do enough for us. Heather and Todd were barely teenagers then and the kids had a ball.Dave and Barbara Freeman
From Dom
I knew DRM on both sides of the Atlantic. When he was with Rank Xerox, he acquired a reputation for what you might call an unusual turn of phrase (Let's see if that dog's got a wet nose....Will that puppy hunt?). When his tour of duty was over a colleague put together a farewell speech that strung all these phrases together. Watching David during the speech was a treat - pleasure mixed with frustration At last - here was a Brit who spoke his language, but he'd discovered him just as he was leaving….
And one other memory….
David didn't take many holidays (I think he thought of a holiday as taking work somewhere else). But he once went to Kenya over Christmas. When he got back he described how they had stayed at a game lodge built round a waterhole - "and this lion came right up to us and it wasn't a bit scared"
What can you say?
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