Deaths
[A listing of deaths of which word has been received within the past month. Full notices may appear in this issue or may appear in a later number.]
Pollard, Dr. Julian A., '73, Feb. 20. Robertson, Samuel W., '83, Jan. 30. Wilcox, Samuel M., '85. French, Warren K., '95, Jan. 10. Conlon, James H., '97. Sprague, Embert H., '00, Mar. 9. Snow, Hubert M., '01, Oct., 1939. Gilman, John S., '02, Feb. 17. Post, John R., '05. Henderson, William D., '11, Feb. 27. Chapman, Charles R., '14, Feb. 27. Mac Murray, Donald, '15, Sept. 27, 1939- Ladin, Paul M., '21, Mar. 8. Lupfer, William 8., '24.
Lyne, George L., med. '96, Nov. 10, 1939. Marshall, Dr. Augustus T., med. '01, Feb. 19, Crittendon, George A., med. 'OB, Dec. 5,1939. Finley, John H., hon. '09, Mar. 7.
Necrology
1873
DR. JULIAN ADDISON POLLARD died February 20, 1940, in Springfield (Mass.) Hospital, following a major operation.
The son of James Addison and Josephine (Hall) Pollard, he was born in Plymouth, Vt., March 23, 185 a, and prepared for college at Windsor High School. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa.
After graduation he taught at various places in Georgia, Vermont, and New York until 1882, meanwhile beginning the study of medicine, which he completed at the University of Vermont, where he graduated as M. D. in 1882. He began practice at Springfield, Vt., and after a time removed to Windham, Vt.
In 1886 he went to Nebraska, and practiced at Nehawka until 1908, then at Salem until 1920, and at Omaha until 1924, when he retired from practice and made his home in Springfield, Mass.
Dr. Pollard was a constant and devoted reader of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, and during his last illness expressed a wish that in his obituary notice therein might be incorporated an editorial which appeared in the Nehawka Register when he removed from that town. It reads thus: "Dr. Pollard is the pioneer physician of Nehawka. For 20 years he has been the medical adviser of a large majority of the inhabitants of this community and might be said to be the legal adviser of all. He has ushered many of our young folks into the world and has seen children born unto them. The best educated man in the vicinity, he has been the one to decide all mooted questions and was an encyclopedia for all, and his going will leave a place that cannot be filled. In his going we lose a friend in the fullest sense of the term and his absence will be felt most keenly, but we rejoice that his prospects for advancement will be much larger there, and we wish him abundant success. Dr. Julian Addison Pollard, scholar, poet, philosopher, friend, will be missed from Nehawka as no other man would."
In early life he published a small volume of poems, and after his retirement compiled a genealogy of his own and Mrs. Pollard's family.
December 31, 1882, he was married to Lizzie M., daughter of Christopher and Mary Ellen (White) Goodrich of Cavendish, Vt., who survives him, with two children, Julian A. Pollard Jr. of New York City and Mabel Elizabeth Pollard of Springfield. There are two grandchildren.
1877
DR. EDWARD ARTHUR MURDOCH died February 8, 1940, at the home of his daughter in Spencer, Mass. In poor health for a long time, he had failed rapidly for several weeks from the weakness of age rather than from any particular disease.
The son of David C. and Adeline (King) Murdock, he was born at West Boylston. Mass., May 24, 1854, and prepared for college at Appleton Academy, New Ipswich N. H. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi.
He left college at the end of sophomore year to begin the study of medicine, and graduated as M.D. from Boston University in 1878. In April of that year he opened practice at Watertown, Mass., where he remained until March 1, 1883. Thereafter he was in successful practice at Spencer, Mass., until his retirement six years ago.
None of the non-graduate members of the class was more closely united with his classmates in mutual affection and esteem, and he was warmly welcomed at our Fiftieth Reunion.
July 24, 1879, Dr. Murdock was married to Mary Priscilla, daughter of William C. and Mary C. Turner of Groton, Mass., who died January 15, 1920. Their four children survive: Susan M., widow of Hariph M. Smith of Spencer; Arthur E. of Upper Montclair, N. J.; Leon C. of Chicago; and Philip K. (Dartmouth 1915) of Chicago.
Dr. Murdock was a deacon of the Spencer Congregational church.
1897
One of the liveliest and most likable members of 1897 was "Little Jim" Conlon, slenderer than Jim Pringle and shorter than "Jimmy" James. He came to Dartmouth from Portsmouth. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi. After college he made his home in Pittsburg where he represented the General Fiveproofing Company. He was a member of many fraternal organizations, of the Chamber of Commerce and of Rotary International.
JAMES HENRY CONLON died on February 26 of pneumonia following an operation for duodenal ulcer. The interment was in Portsmouth.
Conlon was married in 1900 to Louise M. Morrison, a high school classmate. The one child of this family, John Morrison Conlon, was graduated from Dartmouth in 1929. Unfortunately he is now in impaired health. Jim was loyal to his class and to his college, to his friends, his employers, and his associates. He took pleasure in life and he brought happiness to others. He was with us at our 45th reunion.
1902
JOHN SANBORN GILMAN died suddenly at his home in Laconia, N. H., on February 17, of a heart attack. He had been in good health and apparently had no warning of approaching illness. Funeral services were held in the Congregational church, and the regard in which he was held was well attested by the large gathering which attended.
Gilman was born in Alton, N. H., July 14, 1880, and received his early education in the Farmington High School, from which he entered Dartmouth. After graduation he spent five years as principal of the Newbury (Vt.) High School, and later was superintendent of the Connecticut-Wells River school district for three years, and of the Lisbon-Landaff district at Lisbon, N. H., for seven years. He was elected superintendent of the Laconia schools in 1917, a position which he retained until his death. In addition to his other duties he had been for many years active in school superintendents' groups, and was at one time president of the New Hampshire State Teachers Association, and vice president of the Educational Council of New Hampshire. Among his outside activities he was a past president of the Laconia Rotary Club, vice president of the Laconia Men's Club, deacon in the Congregational church, and a member of the Masonic fraternity. He was in frequent demand as a speaker before various groups and organizations. Gilman's interest in young men was evidenced by his activities in an organization known as "Y. A. C.," a clearing house designed to provide for young men recreation, opportunities for self improvement, and service in the community. Because of his interest in bringing this organization to Laconia, it is planned to organize a group to be known as the "John Gilman Fellowship." His recreations were snowshoeing and fishing. The large number of spontaneous tributes from officials and friends throughout the state was evidence of the affection and esteem in which he was held.
Surviving him are his wife, Ethelyn Maude Garland, to whom he was married July 7, 1906, and three children, John G., who conducts a farm in Farmington, Barbara C., a school and district nurse in Winchester, and Robert C., a student at Keene Teachers College.
1905
JOHN RANSOM POST died September 30, 1939, at his home in Berkeley, Calif., after a lingering illness from a tumor of the brain which followed a serious operation four years previous. He was born June 4, 1883, in Springfield, Ill., the son of Roswell Olcott aiid Janette Rogena (Morhous) Post.
He prepared for college at the Conneaut, Ohio, High School, and entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1901. After graduation he went into the U. S. Reclamation Service on the Truckee-Carson project at Fallon, Nevada, as fiscal and purchasing agent. In June 1917 he took a position in the warehouse department of the Western Union Telegraph Company, at Berkeley. In December 1925 he became purchasing agent of the East Bay Municipal Utility District at Oakland, and was associated with this company until his retirement in December 1937.
Fraternally, he was a member of Chi Phi and the Masons. He was also a member of the Purchasing Agents' Association and several social clubs.
John was one of our most popular men, and both in college and out made hosts of friends. He always retained a keen and loyal interest in his class and his college and for many years was active in the affairs of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of the Pacific Coast. He and Mrs. Post attended the twenty-fifth reunion in 1930.
The following tribute appeared in the Utility District Magazine:—
"No better tribute could be made to portray the character of the man than that of his pastor, who told the story of the old lamplighter going about his task in the early evening hours, his path indicated by the glow of the lamps he left behind. So with John it was the friendly greeting, the witty and timely J marks, the forgetting of self in the interests of others that cheered those he came in contact with and made all feel better for having known him. He was always the center of things in an impersonal way. His loss will be felt not only by employees of the District, but by a host of friends in other organizations."
On October 21, 1916, he married Marion James, of Berkeley, Calif., who survives him with their three children, Janette M., Bar bara H., and John R. Jr. He also leaves a brother, Stanley Post, of Jacksonville, Fla Another brother, Roswell O. Jr. '07, died in 1933.
I9II
WILLIAM DAVID HENDERSON was the victim of a strange accident in Portland, Maine, on February 27. His body was found on the ground just under the second story window of the hotel where he was spending the night. Apparently he had had a fainting spell and gone to the window, which was very low, to get air and fell the short distance to the ground, yet killing himself instantly. At the time of the accident he was about to return from a sales trip to his home in Boston.
Bill was born in Roslindale, Mass., October 11, 1888, the son of Annie Waters and James Henderson, graduated from the English High School in 1907, and from Dartmouth with his class in 1911. In college he was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity and a member of the Auditing Committee during his senior year. On October 6, 1917, he married Winifred A. Taylor and had three children; a stepdaughter, Naida, a son, Arthur T., who is a sophomore at Dartmouth, and a daughter, Celia T„ who is a senior at the LaSalle School.
After leaving college he went to work for Filene's in Boston, where he stayed about three years before going with H. G. Bissell 8t Company, later the Bissell Leather Company, with whom he was associated as a salesman up to the present time. He enlisted in the Navy as an ordinary seaman on May 10, 1918, was promoted to quartermaster, and was discharged with that rank on January 15. 1919. He was a member of Prospect Lodge, F. & A. M., of Roslindale, also the Chapter and Grotto.
Besides his wife and children he leaves a brother and sister of West Roxbury. The funeral was held at the Newton Chapel on February ag, where there was a large representation of classmates.
The high regard in which Bill was held by his many friends is indicated by a present undergraduate in the college who had come to know him very well and who wrote of him as follows: "He was the most kind and thoughtful man that I have ever known. He went out of his way to please so many people that his memory will live for years. He was the kind who would go miles out of his way to make someone else happy even if it should mean discomfort to himself. I shall remember him for his kindness, courage, and perseverance."
1914
CHARLEs Russell Chapman passed away suddenly from a heart attack February 27, Miami Beach, Florida. Russ had been in health for some three years, but recently he had felt well enough to make the trip to florida for further convalescence.
The son of Roscoe and Mae (Bills) Chapan he was born in Rockford, Ill., February '16 1892. He entered Dartmouth with the class of "1914. remaining for two years. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon.
He served in the World War and was overseas for eighteen months. Then he became connected with the Rockford Morning Star and served in various executive capacities up to the time of his death, being since 1928 advertising manager of Rockford Consolidated Newspapers. He was also a director of radio station WROK.
The measure of respect in which Russ was held among his business associates can be summarized by a tribute paid by the business manager of his newspapers: "Those who worked with Russell Chapman enjoyed a rare privilege. His spirit of thoughtful friend- liness was constant in moments of adversity or good fortune. His forcefulness in the councils of his associates needed no other expression than his keen but kindly intelligence. He leaves a world of friends behind him."
The large number of tributes from civic leaders in Rockford further emphasizes the civic career of our classmate. He is survived by his widow, stepmother, and two children -Sally 13, and Charles 9.
I9I5
DONALD MACMURRAY died suddenly, September 27, 1939, from a cerebral hemorrhage, the day after his return from a hunting trip in Canada.
He was born in Quincy, 111., March 6, 1891, the son of James E. and Katherine (Merrill) Mac Murray, and prepared for college at Phillips Andover Academy. He was a member of Psi Upsilon. He was with the class only in the fall of freshman year. He had been vice president of the Acme Steel Goods Co. of Chicago, of which his father is chairman of the board of directors, but five years ago resigned this position. He had not been in the best of health for the past year.
James L;.. Rubel '17 is a stepbrother.
MEDICAL SCHOOL
1896
DR. GEORGE LESLIE LYNE died at his home m Medina, Ohio, November 10, 1939, of heart disease, after a long illness.
The son of Theodric and Philena (MummeY) Lyne, he was born in Morgan County, Ohio, November 8, 1868. He entered Scio Colat Scio, Ohio, but left before graduation. He studied medicine and pharmacy at Ohio Medical College, and finished his pharmaceutical course at Ohio Northern University, here he graduated as Ph.G. in 1895. He then came to Dartmouth and completed his medi cal course.
After graduation he opened an office and a drug store at New Paris, Ohio, where he remained ten years, and then continued the practice of medicine successively at Lowell and Wahakoneta, in the same state. In 1920 he was appointed health commissioner of Auglaize County, and later was assistant health commissioner of Mahoning County and health commissioner of Geauga County. In 1926 he removed to Medina, and opened a drug store and an office. In 1931 he retired on account of failing health.
May 10, 1896, Dr. Lyne was married to Emma E., daughter of John and Eliza (Blind) Riecker of Stockport, Ohio, who survives him, with a daughter and two grandchildren. A son, Dr. Frank R. Lyne, died in 1930.
1901
DR. AUGUSTUS THOMPSON MARSHALL of Randolph, Vt., died at the Pratt Diagnostic Hospital in Boston February 19. He had gone to Boston a few days before for a check-up on his physical condition, which had not recently been favorable, and was taken with a cerebral hemorrhage, which proved fatal in a few hours.
The son of Andrew and Emily (Hentz) Marshall, he was born in Boston, December 30, 1876. His father died when he was six years old, and he obtained his education by his own efforts, going from the Boston schools to St. Johnsbury Academy, where he graduated.
After his medical graduation he served as interne in Boston City Hospital and the Taunton (Mass.) Hospital, and opened private practice at Chelsea, Vt., in 1904. In June 1923 he removed to Randolph. In both places of his residence he met with exceptional success, and won the confidence and esteem of the community. At Randolph he was closely connected with the Gifford Memorial Hospital. In both towns he served on the school board. He was a member of the Massachusetts and Vermont Medical Societies and of the American Medical Association. He was a member of the Congregational church, and had taken high rank in the Masonic order.
June 14, 1905, he was married to Ada May Stewart of Boston, who survives him, with a son and a daughter. Dr. Marshall came of a family which has a large representation at Dartmouth. Benjamin T. (1897), Andrew (1901), and Robert Eliot (1904), deceased, were his brothers, and a sister is the wife of Ralph W. Hazen (1908). Andrew (1922) is a nephew.
