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Titan Sports Hall of Fame

Jim Dewar

  • Class
    1959
  • Induction
    2004
  • Sport(s)
    Football, Service
James C. Dewar was a gridiron standout for the Titans in the 1950s, then later continued to serve Titan athletics as one of the founders and the first president of the Towering Titan Organization. Dewar was a member of the undefeated 1956 Westminster football team and also started at tight end and linebacker in 1957-58. In addition to his football laurels, Dewar also served as President of the Freshman Class in 1955-56 and was President of Block W Athletic Club in 1958-59. Following graduation, he served in the U.S. Air Force Reserve from 1959-67 before opening Dewars Car World in Johnstown in 1969, which he continues to run today. A past trustee at Westminster, Dewar received an alumni citation from the College in 1993 and was elected into the Greater Johnstown-Cambria County Chamber of Commerce Business Hall of Fame in 2001. A native of Pittsburgh and graduate of Edgewood High School, Dewar now lives in Indian Lake, with his wife, the former Patricia Trosch 59. The couple has three grown children: Dr. James C. Dewar Jr. 82, Dorinda Dewar Clark and Laura Dewar Cregan.
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