Kennedy Galpin

May 11, 1923 - May 27, 1992

Former chairman of the board of international insurance brokerage Marsh & McLennan and a USC trustee, has died. He was 69. He died at Hoag Memorial Hospital in Newport Beach after a short illness. He had homes in San Marino, Laguna Niguel and Indian Wells.

A USC trustee since 1973, Galpin was also founding president of USC Associates, a fund-raising group for the university. He was chairman of the board of councilor and founding president of the Widney Fellows support group, both in the USC School of Medicine.

He graduated in 1947 from the USC School of Business and won the school's award for outstanding alumnus in 1970. He served for many years as a councilor of that school.

Galpin, a native of Indianapolis, began his career with the insurance firm Cosgrove & Company, which merged with Marsh & McLennan. He retired in 1988 after many years as head of the firm's western division.

He is survived by his wife, Barbara, son Christopher, daughter Cinda Hoeven, and three grandchildren.

Los Angeles Times, June 1, 1992