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David Edwin Kamm - Class Of 1968 VIEW PROFILE

Oct 6, 1950 - Feb 29, 2008

David Edwin Kamm, 57, passed (2008) away unexpectedly at his home on February 29, 2008.   He was a resident of Hopewell Township, NJ. 

David was born in Pomona, CA on Oct. 6, 1950, to parents Walter and Madge Kamm. He attended elementary school in the Pomona and Claremont, CA area. David attended Claremont High School graduating in 1968 and was active in cross country running, art and music. David received his bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and his master's degree in counseling from the University of California, Los Angeles. Later in life, he received his Ph.D. in counseling. 
 
He was an educational counselor and administrator for over 30 years and retired in 2005 after 15 years in the West Windsor Plainsboro Regional School District (New Jersey) as a counselor at High School South. He also maintained a private practice as a counselor and college advisor. David had a successful career with the U.S. Army Reserves and attained the rank of lieutenant colonel prior to his retirement. He served in a number of positions in the Army Medical Services Corps and Civil Affairs assignments. He was mobilized in support of Operation Desert Storm/Desert Shield. 
 
David loved music and was an accomplished singer, guitar and banjo musician. In his youth, he enjoyed hiking and exploring in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and spent one summer hiking the Pacific Crest Trial. He is survived by his sister Kathi Kamm of Claremont, CA and by cousins Richard and Joan Kuhwarth and Jack and Carol Kuhwarth of Grass Valley, CA. 
 
A private service will be held in California. A memorial service is planned for 11 a.m. April 12 at St. David's Episcopal Church in Cranbury. 
 
Contributions can be made to the West Windsor Plainsboro Regional School District, High School Scholarship Fund in care of Leslie Fisher, 346 Clarksville Road, Princeton Junction, NJ 08550.
 
Arrangements are under the direction of Joseph A. Immordino Jr. of Cremation Services of Hopewell Valley, 71 E. Prospect St., Hopewell, NJ.


 
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01/27/14 09:20 PM #1    

Brad Martin (1967)

 David was smart, talented, sometimes agressively competitive. I haven't seen him in decades, but I well remember being the target of his quirky wit. We used to sit around playing Paul Simon's cover of the Davy Graham tune "Anji" on our guitars up in the Center. I can probably still play and sing one of David's tunes: "Big River Rising" from memory, and he taught it to me about 47 years ago. Dave is one of the many people in Claremont who made welcome a senior-year transplant for no other reason than he was a good guy.

07/15/15 02:45 PM #2    

Brian Brown (1968)

Dave Kamm, Patrick Kennedy, and I were good friends in grade school at Vista Del Valle Elementary School. We all lived near the intersection of College Avenue and San Jose. (Rodewald’s Chicken Farm was nearby). We attended each other's birthday parties, swimming parties at my house, and played together. David and I were both in Cub Scouts together. My parents were friends with David’s parents.
 
After I returned from Hong Kong and entered El Roble Intermediate School, our paths did not cross much. We rarely saw each other at CHS, but when we did happen to see each other Dave was very friendly to me, even if we were in different social circles. Dave worked at Griswold’s, and when I wanted to get a job in my junior or senior year, David arranged for an interview with the owner of Griswold's.
 
The last time I saw Dave in person was when he came up to UC Davis in about 1970 to visit me and take a look at the campus. He was trying to decide between Davis and Santa Barbara, (and perhaps another campus). I remember I was studying when he found me in my room my dorm room. It was a bright, sunny day. He was quite shocked, and asked if I had a test. I told him no, I had to study quite a lot to keep up. That shocked to me even more. I gave him a copy of the course catalogue and I think we walked around the campus a little bit. Later he told me he would go to Santa Barbara.
 
The Kamms lived only a block or two away from us, and my father used to play tennis with Walter Kamm regularly through the seventies. Though I didn't see David in person after he visited me in Davis, I would hear from my father what he was doing.
 
I'm quite proud of how successful he was, and I wish he was still around since I am now a musician and I would've loved to play music with David. 
 
RIP my friend. 
 

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