Deaths
[ A listing of deaths of which word has been receivedwithin the past month. Full notices may appear in thisissue or may appear in a later number.]
O'Sullivan, William D., '99, November 18. Hutchins, Harry, 'OO, November 2. Kezer, Frank F., 'Ol, November 7. Blaisdell, Harry S-, 'O3, March 12. McCann, Joseph P., 'O7. Hatch, Arnold S.. 'lO, October 20. Adams, George H., 'll. Atkins, Leicester 8., 'll, March 24. Boulia, Harrison R., 'l4, Dec. 7, 1942. *Halloran, Roy D., 'l7, November 10. Gordon, Everett P., 'lB. Maynard, Newell G, 'lO, February 25. Hawkes, Willis E., 'll, October 29, 1942. Vail, James D. Jr., '2O, October 28. Morton, Lock D., '26, May 23. *Van Divort, Richard, '4l, October 24. *Urion, H. Kimball, Jr., '44, October 20.
In Memoriam
1876
Professor RICHARD THEODORE ELY died October 4 at Essex, Conn.
The son of Ezra Sterling and Harriet G. Ely, he was bora at Ripley, N. Y„ April 13, 1854, and prepared for college at Fredonia Normal School. He left Dartmouth at the end of freshman year, and completed his course at Columbia, where he graduated in 1876.
After graduation he spent three years (1877- 80) in study in Europe, and received the degree of Ph.D. at the University of Heidelberg in 1879. On his return to America he began his distinguished career as economist, being head of the department of political economy at Johns Hopkins University from 1881 to 1892, then professor at the University of Wisconsin from 1892 to 1925, and finally research professor of economics at Northwestern University from 1925 to 1933. He was the author of many books on his chosen subject, perhaps the best known being his "Outlines of Political Economy," which has been used as a textbook in many colleges. He received the degree of LL.D. at Hobart College in 1892, at the University of Wisconsin in 1923, and at Columbia University in 1929.
Professor Ely was married June 25, 1884, to Anna Morris Anderson of Richmond, Va., who died March 13, 1923. They had two sons and two daughters, of whom one daughter is not living.
1887
Sorrow has come to the members of the class of Eighty-seven, by the death of two of its outstanding members within a few hours of each other.
Professor FORDYCE PERKINS CLEAVES passed away at a hospital at Saco, Me., September 30. He had been a resident of San Francisco, Cal., for over forty years; but returned to his birth state last spring to live with his sister, Mrs. George Mahoney, at Saco.
Professor Cleaves was born May 11, 1859, at Kennebunkport, Me., where he was given the rites of burial. His parents were Albert Lunt and Felicia Hemans (Perkins) Cleaves. His education began at the Biddeford (Me.) High School. He then attended the normal school at Gorham, Me., and finishing his precollege training at Phillips Andover Academy, entered Dartmouth. He made further preparation for his chosen career by attending the Monroe School of Oratory.
He then entered upon his life work, in the teaching of drama and germane activities. Before the establishment of his own private school in San Francisco, he was a member of the faculty of Washburn College, Topeka, Kans., 1890-4, and of the University of Denver, 1895-1910.
During his college days he gave evidence of his histrionic gifts, and when the college, in an elaborate presentation, staged Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar," his portrayal of the character of Brutus made an impression that has never been forgotten by his classmates. In fact it won him the nickname of "Brutus." He also won several prizes in declamation in his junior and senior years. His own Institution, the Cleaves School of Expression, graduated many who attained distinction,—his outstanding student being Douglas Fairbanks.
He was a republican, a Congregationalism a member of the DKE fraternity, and one of the founders of the Casque and Gauntlet. He was never married.
1900
HARRY HUTCHINS died at the Lancaster (N. H.) Hospital- on November 2, 1943. Harry was born in Lancaster on October 18, 1879, the son of:' Francis Dorr (Dartmouth, ,872) and Annie (fearleton) Hutchins. Receiving his secondary training in the academy of his native town, 4ie entered Dartmouth in the class of 1900. He was at once recognized as possessing intellectual ability the equal of that of any of his classmates, coupled with an individuality and sense of independence which made him a marked character. He was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity and of the Dragon senior society. In his senior year he entered the Thayer School, but did not return for his professional degree.
After graduation, for a time he was employed in farming at Lancaster, and then for many years served as draughtsman largely for railroad "special work" (frogs, switches, etc.) employed by various firms in the central and southern states. Some twenty years ago, becoming incapacitated by ill health for active work, he returned to Lancaster, where he has since resided. Of late years his winters have been passed in New York, where he was cared for by his sister Margaret, a teacher in the Library School of Columbia University.
Harry was twice married: first, May 20, 190 a, at Lancaster to Emilie Thomson Hilliard, who died in 1907; second, June 17, 1916, at Birmingham, Ala., to Elizabeth Rowsell Moore, who died the same year. By his first wife he had one son, the Rev. Frank Hilliard Hutchins.
1906
FREEMAN BRACKETT HAZEN died October 12 in Brooklyn (N. Y.) Hospital, from a cerebral abscess, after an illness of four days.
The son of Norman Douglas and Mary Isadore (Merriam) Hazen, he was born in Manchester, \N. H., April 25, 1883. In college he was captain of the track team in senior year and for three years won the intercollegiate pole vault championship. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi.
In the fall of 1906 he went to work for the New York Telephone Company, and remained with them for thirty-four years. At the time of his retirement in 1941 he was supervisor of traffic methods.
Brack was a member of the County Tennis Club of Scarsdale, N. Y., the Dartmouth Club of New York, and the Telephone Pioneers of America.
April 16, 1907, he was married to Alice G. Underwood of Manchester, who died several years ago. There was a second marriage, and his widow, Mrs. Dorothy Hazen, survives him, with a son, Freeman B. Jr., Dartmouth '44. who is now a corporal in the army.
1908
WALTER AIKEN HANCOCK died suddenly at his home in Franklin, N. H., on September 15.
Mr. Hancock was born in Franklin, May 27, 1885, the son of Parker C. and Mary Jane (Burgess) Hancock. He was a lifelong resident of Franklin, graduating from Franklin High School in 1901. After attending Dartmouth College he studied music with Stephen Townsend of Boston. Mr. Hancock held positions as tenor soloist in churches in Boston and New York and for many years was a member of the choir at the Franklin Unitarian church. He assisted in many musical programs in Franklin both as tenor vocalist and as pianist. He was a member of the Franklin Lodge, B. P. O. Elks, the Unitarian Church and the Franklin Audubon Society. He was a life member of the American Red Cross.
Mr. Hancock was a man of many musical talents, was rated one of the most skilled accompanists, and was also an accomplished pianist. His generosity in the use of his talents, not only for his friends but for the enjoyment and benefit of churches and organizations, was outstanding.
He is survived by "a brother, George L. Hancock; a sister, Mrs. Arthur L. Smythe, with whom he made his home, and four nieces.
1910
ARNOLD S. HATCH, who died on Oct. so, was born in Albany in 1888, the son of Nathan and Rose Hatch. After graduating from Albany High School, he entered Dartmouth to remain a member of 1910 for three years, leaving as he explained to your secretary recently, "because I thought that I knew more than I could learn there in my last year—but it was a mistake."
He immediately became associated with his father in Fuld & Hatch, a textile concern, and remained there for the rest of his years, being principal owner and president at time of his death.
He was a director of the Albany Exchange Savings Bank, former president of Colonie Country Club, a trustee of Temple Beth Emeth and treasurer of Mohawk Hudson Indemnity Company.
Well known in Albany business and civic circles, "Albany," as he was nicknamed in College, was a very successful business man. He worked hard and he got results.
As during his undergraduate days, he was abrupt at times, independent and apparently never went out of his way to cater to anyone or build up personal goodwill.... yet there was a side to him little known to outsiders "Albany" Hatch was a very generous man, and his outward manner was nothing but thin veneer to cover a warm heart he made countless gifts to the needy that never will be recorded .... the day of his death a $6OO gift was announced.... and as Andy Scarlett well knows he was one of 1910's big Alumni Fund contributors Dartmouth meant much to him, his son graduated from there "Albany" Hatch was a strong character.
Surviving are his wife, Rose; daughter, Natalie; son, Arnold Jr.
1911
GEORGE H. ADAMS died suddenly November 4 from coronary thrombosis. Cupe was at work in the Waltham bank when he collapsed.
Cupe was born in Plymouth, N. H., April 12, 1890, the son of George Herbert Adams '73 and Sarah Katherine Smith. He attended the Plymouth High School, and spent one year at Phillips Exeter Academy, graduating in the Class of 1907, after which he entered Dartmouth and graduated with the Class after making a fine record scholastically and was generally acclaimed as one of the substantial members of our group. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi and Sphinx.
Following his graduation, he became associated with Draper-Maynard Company, athletic goods manufacturers of Plymouth, eventually becoming president and finally receiver of the company for its sale to a New York firm a few years ago. About a year ago he became associated with E. H. Griswold Company, Bendy's accounting firm, where not only Bendy but all others with whom his work brought him in contact had high words of commendation for him.
Cupe was for five years, 1927-1931, Class Agent of the Alumni Fund and the following five years \vas President of the Class. He was always an ardent Dartmouth man of whom both the College and Class were proud.
John Pearson, Bendy Griswold, Charlie Jordan, and Dick Paul represented the Class at the funeral services at the Congregational Church in Plymouth on November 7.
September 2, 1915, Cupe married Inez Margaret Perkins, who survives, with their son George Jr. '39 who is a lieutenant in the Army Air Forces and fortunately was able to fly to Plymouth in time for the services on Sunday.
The sympathy of the entire Class goes to Inez and young George.
1915
ARTHUR PHILLIPS WILLIAMS, class agent of the class since 1940 and one of the best known of the 'isers, died in Philadelphia on October 14 while on a business trip to that city. He had not been in the best of health for a period, but his death none the less was sudden, and a great shock to our classmates around New England, who heard from and saw him frequently.
Born in Hopkinton, N. H., January 15, 1893, the son of Clarence West and Lillian (Streeter) Williams, he moved with his family to Somerville, Mass., in early life and graduated from Somerville Latin School with several other 'isers, among them Eben Clough, Norvie Milmore, Dale Barker, and Jiggs Donahue.
Since 1916 he had been associated with the Dennison Manufacturing Company of Framingham, Mass., and held the responsible position of merchandise manager, but lately had been in full charge of the war work of the company. He was a director in the South Middlesex Cooperative Bank, treasurer and trustee of the Wesley Methodist Church of Framingham, and had been president of the Tag Manufacturers' Institute and president of the Dartmouth Club of Framingham, and was a Mason.
He is survived by his wife, Pauline S. (Robinson) a native of Springfield, to whom he was married December 11, 1929, and by his daughter Jean. Funeral services were held at the Wesley Methodist Church on Sunday, October 17, with burial in Edgell Grove Cemetery. Present at the funeral services were President Bill Huntress, Secretary Don Bennink, Eben Clough, Paul Vining, Duke Sullivan, Ray Russell, Bob Bigelow, Norvie Milmore, Dale Barker, and Adam Sutcliffe.
Whether he brought the nickname with him to Hanover or acquired it there is not clear, but he was "Shrimp" to all 'isers, because of his size. However, his size never prevented him from being an outstanding member of the class, and he was a grand baseball player on the varsity. He likewise was versatile in that he was a member of the Glee Club and also the College Choir and in our later year reunions at Hanover and elsewhere, his voice was always welcome in class harmony sessions.
His outstanding service to his college and his class was this past year, where as class agent, he established a new record for collections for the Alumni Fund, and set the class of 1915 into new high ground for this important alumni work. Even up to his death, he was planning for the new campaign for funds for the College, and Dartmouth was exceedingly close to his heart.
In college, he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta, and his degree from the College was A.B.
1917
DR. ROBERT COLE STICKNEY died September 7, 194.3, at the Beverly Hospital, Beverly, Mass., after a short illness.
The son of Mrs. Harriet Ware (Cole) Stickney and the late Dr. George A. Stickney, Bob was born in Beverly, April 23, 1895. He attended Beverly public schools, graduating from high school in 1913. At Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta, Alpha Kappa Kappa, and Dragon.
Upon graduation he continued his medical study at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia, receiving his M.D. degree in 1919. He enlisted at Governor's Island, November 3, 1917, in the Medical Reserve Corps, U. S. Army, and remained on inactive duty until March 24, 1919, when he was discharged.
On February 23, 1923, he married Dorothea Isabella Fuller in Brookline, Mass.
Early in 1919, Bob started the practice o£ medicine in Beverly as assistant to his father, who, in addition to his private practice, was attending physician at the United Shoe Machinery Corporation plant. When his father died in 1926, Bob took over this responsibility and maintained it until his death.
Bob's services to his community were many. He was on the staff of the North Shore Babies Hospital for more than twenty years, and an active member of the Beverly Hospital staff. In addition he was chairman of the Beverly Board of Health for many years, and attending physician of the Beverly Health Center from the time of its inception twentyfour years ago. He was known as a leading North Shore baby specialist. Of him the Salem Evening News said: "His fine spirit of helpfulness and cooperation and his friendly smile will make his loss deeply felt in the community, especially among the scores of children to whom he was affectionately known as 'Dr. Bob'."
He was a member of the American Medical Association, the Massachusetts Medical Association, and the South Essex Medical Association.
Surviving him are his wife, his son, George A. 2d, who recently enlisted in the Navy and is now stationed in Portsmouth, Va., his daughter, Fay F., his mother, and a sister, Mrs. Esther S. Alley, all of Beverly. The late G. Horton Stickney 'l4 was a brother.
1918
ROBERT FLETCHER MORRISON died October 16 at his home in Scarsdale, N. Y.
The son of Edwin John (Dartmouth 1890) and Mary (Fletcher) Morrison, he was born in Hollis, N. H., June 23, 1896. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa.
At the opening of the First World War he left college to enter the Engineer Corps. He was later transferred to the Coast Artillery and commissioned as second lieutenant. Later in the Reserve he was promoted to first lieutenant and captain.
At the close of his active service he entered M.1.T., where he graduated in mechanical engineering with the degree of B.S. in 1919. He then joined the Hastings Pavement Company, and continued with the company for the rest of his life, having become president in 1937.
As a member of the Coast Artillery Reserve he was given a leave of absence from his business in August 1941 and was ordered to active duty as major. He was assigned to the New York Ordnance District, and in March 1943 was advanced to lieutenant colonel.
He was a member of the Dartmouth Club of New York, the City Midday Club of New York, the American Legion, the New York Society of Professional Engineers, and the Westchester County Coin Club, and was a director of the Asphalt Institute of New York.
He leaves a widow, Mrs. Miriam E. Morrison, four children, Nancy Ann, Jean, Mary, and Robert Jr., and a sister, the wife of Charles F. H. Crathern '2O.
Bob had a host of friends in Dartmouth, in 1918, and in the business world. He was always pleasant, genial, and reserved—excellent company in any group. He was made of a rare fibre, meticulously honest, intellectually and otherwise. As Johnny Johnston saidwho has been so close to him in college and since—"Bob could have avoided military service, but he saw his duty and went about it, whatever the price"—and Bob was putting in long hours and heavy responsibilities in charge of artillery ordnance.
1920
JAMES DAVID VAIL JR. died suddenly of a heart attack at his residence in Chevy Chase, Md., on October aB, 1943.
The son of James David and Louie (Babcock) Vail, he was born in Evanston, 111., August 31, 1898. As an undergraduate he was manager of hockey, manager of freshman baseball, and a member of the freshman track squad. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. Since graduation he had been very active in all class activities and at the time of his death was a member o£ the Alumni Fund committee and of the executive committee of the class.
Upon graduation he became associated with the National City Bank in New York. A short time after he moved to Chicago and entered the securities business. In 1937 he was made a partner in Crane, McMahon & Cos. Early in 194 a Jim became associated with the Service Equipment Division of the W.P.B. At the time of his death he was chief of the Services branch of that division.
June 3, 1924 Jim married Mary A. Wettling, who survives him with their children, Mary Jeanne, a sophomore at Denison University in Granville, Ohio, and Jimmie 3d, a sophomore in Woodrow Wilson High School in Washington. His mother and a brother, Dr. Kenneth F. Vail of Orlando, Fla., also survive.
Funeral services were held in St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Evanston. The class was represented by Nate Whiteside, Ed Curtis, Don McKay, A 1 Steinbrecher, Hersh Chandler, Fred Hamm, and Lee Hodgkins.
The College and the Class have lost one of their most loyal and ardent supporters.
1941
Captain RICHARD VAN DIVORT, who had previously been awarded seven citations for his work as first pilot on 45 combat missions and 11 non-combat missions in the Tunisian campaign, was killed in a plane crash near Foristell, Mo., October 24, 1943.
Dick was born in Youngstown, Ohio, September 27, 1919, the son of Samuel Edgar and Olive May (Knoblock) Van Divort. Coming to Nutley, N. J., when he was one year old, he was graduated from Nutley High School in 1937. At college, he was president of his fraternity, Gamma Delta Chi, and in English.
Van Divort was engaged to be married to Miss Miriam Richmond of Mobile, Ala., daughter of Colonel and Mrs. J. L. Richmond of Montgomery, Ala.
Dick joined the Army shortly after graduation, in July 1941, completing his training at Maxwell Field, Montgomery, Ala. After receiving his wings on July a, 1942, he was sent with the third air force to the Columbia Air Base, S. C., where for a short time he served on submarine patrol duty.
In September 194 a he entered the European theatre of war, and participated in the bombings of Pantelleria, Sardinia, Sicily, and Southern Italy, and was part of the air force that drove Rommel out of Africa. He was a flight leader of six B-25 bombers, which in three days sank one Axis cruiser and twelve merchant ships. On another occasion they sank one Axis warship and two other ships.
Early this year he was awarded an air medal for his accomplishments in the North African campaign, and by the end of June had accumulated six Oak Leaf Clusters for exceptional aerial exploits during the Tunisian campaign. In spite of his daring and successful exploits, Van Divort did not like war, and he constantly reiterated the thought that he was "merely doing his job."
With the opportunity to attend the Army Air Force Command School at Orlando, Fla., Dick returned to this country and later was sent to the Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Command Staff School, where he would have graduated with high honors on November 11. Captain Van Divort was slated for further study with a view to a subsequent assignment in Washington in administrative work when he was accidentally killed.
Dick is survived by his parents and a sister.
1943
First Lieutenant WALTER THEODORE ANDERSON, U. S. Marine Air Corps, died in action in the South Pacific, on September 2, 1943.
He was born April 4, 1921, the son of Nels P. and Elsie Anderson of Cedar Grove, N. J. Prior to coming to Dartmouth he attended Montclair Academy, where he was an honor student and had earned letters in football, basketball, and track. At Dartmouth he played on the freshman and varsity football teams and was a member of D.K.E.
He left college in February of his junior year to enlist in the Naval Air Corps. He received his basic training at Camp Gordon Airport, Atlanta, Ga., and his advance training at Lee Field, Jacksonville, Fla. After receiving his wings he spent a short period at the Glenview Air Base, Glenview, 111., after which he was assigned to duty in the South Pacific.
His high ideals, extreme modesty, appreciativeness, determination, and consciousness of purpose gave him a stability one seldom finds. In October of 1941 he wrote: "It seems to me that within a few short months we will be forced to take a far more definite stand on our foreign policy—or else. I can't understand why we don't adjust ourselves mentally now; that is what we are failing in so completely."
When starting in upon his basic training, one of his letters read; "I felt very badly about leaving school, but I'm certain it was the right thing to do. This is like going back to college. I believe that this is one of my luckiest breaks; going to Dartmouth was another, and without that I couldn't have had this chance."
Leading his class, being the first to solo, and receiving his choice as fighter pilot were all termed "lucky breaks" by him. He recognized his task and loved the job of accomplishing it. To fly and fight with the thought of service to others had become the driving force in his life.
To those of us who knew him and loved him his example serves to make increased devotion to the ideals in which he believed and for which he gave his life. The sorrow and regrets of his passing are ours, but knowing him as we did, we dare say that he would have no regrets.
1944
Ensign HENRY KIMBALL URION JR., was killed on October 20, 1943, near Dandridge, Tenn., while on a flight delivering a Navy bomber to an undisclosed destination as a member of the Aircraft Delivery Unit of the Naval Aircraft Ferry Division stationed at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, N. Y.
The son of Henry K. Urion 'l2 and the late Katharine (Paul) Urion, he was a fourth Dartmouth generation. His paternal great- grandfather, whose name he bore, was Henry Martyn Kimball of the class of 1855, and his maternal grandfather was Isaac F. Paul of the class of 1878. In addition to his brother, Paul B. Urion '3B, other Dartmouth relatives were his uncles, Philip B. Paul 'O6, Richard F. Paul 'll, and Alfred R. Urion Jr. 'l3: a cousin, Richard B. Paul '4l; and second cousins, Carroll Paul 'O6 and Paul Howe 'l4.
He was born in Washington, D. C., September 26, 1921, and after graduating from Vermont Academy, Saxtons River, Vt., entered Dartmouth with the Class of 1944, leaving at the end of his sophomore year to enlist in the Naval Air Force. At Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Delta Theta.
After completion of a civilian pilot training course at Amherst College and pre-flight training at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, he received further training at Lambert Field, St. Louis, Mo., and Pensacola, Fla., where he received his commission last August.
Reports disclose that he encountered mechanical difficulties with his plane when approaching Knoxville, Tenn., and had radioed for a crash landing. Unable to maintain altitude, he was apparently attempting an emergency landing when engine failure caused him to lose control of the plane. He then jumped, but did not have sufficient height, although having succeeded in opening his parachute.
Services were held at All Saints Church, Harrison, N. Y„ on October 25, attended by a guard of honor of officers from his aircraft delivery unit.
LT. FREDERIC P. RHOADS '43 USNR, killed in seaplane crash while in training at Corpus Christie, Tex. His obituary appeared in the October issue of the Magazine.
* Died in war service.
