Henry David Tyler's Obituary
Henry David Tyler died suddenly of unknown causes at home in Hawaii on December 22, 2022 shortly after routine back surgery. He was 76 years old.
A native of Coraopolis, PA, Dave received an alternate nomination from his congressional district and a Secretary of the Navy appointment to the Academy. He graduated with the class of 1968, a member of the 25th Company.
After graduation and completion of flight school he served as a flight instructor in VT-7, NAS Meridian, followed by an operational tour in VA-12 flying A-7Es aboard USS Independence. His final tour was in the Recruiting Command in Cleveland OH, finding and evaluating potential future naval officers.
Leaving active duty in 1978, Dave went to work for a financial services company, holding progressively more responsible positions. While there he developed a fascination for computer programming. He developed customer relationship management software in his spare time that his company used operationally for more than a decade. He left that company after 13 years, and became an entrepreneur, establishing and leading several companies developing, selling, and integrating his own software systems. His most significant development allowed hotel guests to use their room card to charge retail items to their room account from stores off hotel property. It was ready for proof of concept with one of Hawaii’s largest hotel chains when the financial crisis of 2008 shut the effort down, forcing Dave to find other employment. His last job was in IT with the Hawaii Medical Service Association.
An avid golfer, he regularly joined the ’68 spring golf outing in Florida, scheduled a weekly golfing afternoon for himself during his days leading his own companies, and played many of California’s best courses with his sons.
Dave generously lent his skills to the Class of 1968. He developed, maintained, and continually improved the class website, and helped plan multiple class reunions. In addition, he provided no-cost IT services to multiple nonprofit groups in Hawaii, including the Ke’ehi Memorial Organization focused on at-risk youth and disabled veterans and their families, where he served on the Board of Directors.
He is survived by his wife of nearly 33 years, Teresa Tyler, three married children, Alison, Clayton, and Marshall from a previous marriage, two stepdaughters, Alison and Sarah Love, and six grandchildren Carter, Cameron, Dash, Holt, Madison, and Dawson. Services and inurnment will be at the Naval Academy at a later date.
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