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.]
Morrill, Albro D., '76, June 8. Cressey, John T., '83, July 19. Hale, Arthur H., '86, June 9. McDonald, John F., '90, June 5. Barton, Jesse M., '92, June 12. Perry, Clifford 0., '06, May 24. Moses, Kirke L., '07, June 14. Tate, Francis R., '07, July 31, 1941. Wehrle, Walter G., '07. Clark, John A., '08, July 13. Varney, Thomas Z., '08, May 22. Goodwin, George K., '09, May 18. Smith, Mark A., '09, June 17. Craf, Daniel D., '10, June 27. Perkins, Herbert M., '13, May 6. Mazwell, Alvin W., '14, May 26. Smith, Hawley A., '17, April 17. Seed, Raymond C. J., '18, June 17. McCleery, Fredric M., '19. Parker, W. Frederic, '27, May 13. *Fowler, Denman, '33, April 23. McKnight, George P., '35, May 23, 1941 Linden, Peter J. Jr., '40. *Parker, Benjamin D., '40, June 15. *Brister, John F., '41, April 27. *Sand, Erik, '42, May 22. *Shattuck, Jackman M., '41, May 30. Chase, Frederick A., hon. '92, June 1. Cross, Allen E., hon. '06, April 23. * Died in war service.
In Memoriam
1875
THEODORE SHOREY SI.AFTER died July 8 at his home in Walpole, Mass. The son of Rev. Carlos (Dartmouth 1849) and Rebecca (Bullard) Slafter, he was born in Dedham, Mass., April 25, 1854, and prepared for college at the local high school. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi.
Mr. Slafter has devoted his life to the study and practice of art. From 1877 to 1881 he studied at the Royal Academy of Art at Munich, and after further studies elsewhere in Europe he returned to this country and had a studio in Boston for many years. His home was in Dedham until 1901, and since it has been in Walpole. He was a member of the Boston Art Club and of the Fisher Ames Club of Dedham, and a lifelong communicant of the Episcopal church.
September 28, 1910, he was married to Gertrude E. Law of West Roxbury, Mass., who survives him. They had no children.
1876
ALBRO DAVID MORRILL died June 8 at his home in Clinton, N. Y.
He was born in Tilton, N. H., August 29, 1854, the son of Smith Sanborn and Mary Eliz- abeth (Clark) Morrill, and prepared for the Chandler Scientific Department at Tilton Seminary, entering at the beginning of sophomore year. He was a member of Phi Zeta Mu (now Sigma Chi.)
After studying chemistry and zoology at the University of Michigan for a year he taught science in Lewistown Academy, Pennsylvania, for five years; from 1883 to 1888 he was professor of chemistry and mathematics in Belmont College, Ohio, where he received the degree of A.M. in 1886; then to 1891 professor of biology and geology in Ohio University. In 1891 he became professor of biology in Hamilton College, where at the time of his decease he was professor emeritus. He received the de- gree of Ph.D. from Syracuse University in 1926 and of Sc.D. the same year from Colgate University. He was a member of many scientific societies, and was a pioneer research worker at the marine biological laboratories at Woods Hole, Mass.
December 23, 1879, he was married to Aralena Elizabeth Carver of Binghamton, N. Y. Their only child died in infancy.
1886
ARTHUR HENRY HALE died at his home in Manchester, N. H., on June 9, 1943.
He was born in Concord, N. H., March 27, 1864, the son of William H. and Mary Jane (Pillsbury) Hale, and entered Dartmouth from the Concord High School. With a good mind and a good preparation for college his scholastic record entitled him to election to Phi Beta Kappa. He was not an aspirant for campus honors, but made many friends among his college mates and in his fraternity, Tri Kappa, by his cheerful disposition and agreeable manners.
On graduation he began the study of law, and immediately after his admission to the New Hampshire bar in 1889 began to practice in Manchester. However, after three years he turned to banking, which for the next forty years became his life work. He became treasurer of the Merrimack Valley Savings Bank and president of the First National Bank, both of Manchester. Since 1932 he has had no business connections, but has lived for the most part quietly at home.
May 22, 1892 he married Miss Addie A. Smith of Manchester, who with their children survives him. His daughter Olive, Vassar '14, became a reference librarian in Buffalo, N. Y.; William, Dartmouth '16, a banking and insurance executive in Shanghai; Frederick, Dartmouth '21, and income tax agent in San Francisco; and Edward, Dartmouth '24, went with the Irving Trust Cos. in New York. His two brothers Edward and William were also Dartmouth graduates in 1887 and 1889.
1890
JOHN FRANCIS MCDONALD died June 5 at his home in Jamaica Plain, Boston.
The son of Patrick and Mary (Graham) McDonald, he was born in Boston December si, 1867, and had his early education in the Boston schools. He was a member of Sphinx.
After graduation he entered Boston University Law School, where he graduated in 1892, and had since practiced his profession in the city. He entered actively into politics from the start, and was prominent in the councils of the Democratic party. He was campaign manager for three Democratic mayors of the city, and for Senator Walsh when the latter was a candidate for lieutenant governor. He was a former chairman of the Democratic state committee. The only public office he ever accepted was as a member of the Boston Transit Commission, 1834-8, to which he was appointed by Mayor Mansfield.
He was vice-president of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Boston, and a member of the Boston City Club, the Clover Club, and the Knights of Columbus. For over twenty years he was a trustee of the House of the Good Shepherd in Boston.
November 19, 1899, he was married to Mary Elizabeth Minton of Boston, who survives him, with two daughters, Mrs. Mary M. O'Shea and Miss Elizabeth McDonald, and a son, Sergeant John F. Jr. '40, U.S.A.
The active pallbearers included his classmates Woods, Safford, and Hardy, and many other Dartmouth men were in attendance.
1892
JESSE MORTON BARTON died from a heart attack on June 12 at his home in Newport, N. H.
Barton was born in Newport January 21, 1870, the son of Levi Winter (Dartmouth 1848) and Elizabeth F. (Jewett) Barton, fitted for college at Kimball Union Academy, entered Dartmouth with our class, became a member of Psi Upsilon, was active in class affairs, and received his A.B. degree with us.
After reading law with General Eastman at Exeter and at Boston University Law School, he was admitted to the New Hampshire bar in 1899, and established a law practice at New- port which has become one of the most important in the state. He was a member of the House of Representatives in 1901 and of the Constitutional Conventions of 1903 and 1912. In 1906 he was appointed judge of probate for Sullivan County, a position which he resigned in 1917 following his election to the State Senate, of which he became president. He was acting governor during Governor Keyes' illness. He was a member of the Republican State Committee and a delegate to the Republican Convention which nominated Harding. From ig2g to 1927 he served on the Governor's Council. In Newport he was prominent in social and civic affairs, a member of Masonic and Odd Fellow bodies, trustee of the library, of the Methodist church, and the Newport Savings Bank.
September 20, 1911, he was married to Emma G. Byers, who survives him, as does his daughter, Mrs. Daniel Cotton of Greenfield, Mass., and his son, James W. Barton, associated with the Boiling Airplane Company of Seattle, Wash. His step-son, Kenneth D. Adler, was his law partner.
Barton's conscientious convictions sometimes led him to disapprove of Dartmouth College policies, but he always had a warm place in his heart for his '92 classmates and supported all class activities.
1897
MAURICE FRITCHLEY BROWN died suddenly May 21 at his home in Winchester, Mass. He had attended a birthday dinner at the home of his daughter, and upon his return home was suddenly fatally stricken. He was born in New York City May 21. 1873, the son of Richard and Thalia (Newton) Brown. After finishing his grammar school course he entered the employ of the Boston Bridge Works as office boy and rose to the position of draftsman, entering Dartmouth without a formal high school course. He graduated B.S. as salutatorian of his class and in 1898 from the Thayer School. He was a member of Sigma Chi, Casque and Gauntlet, and Phi Beta Kappa.
He returned to the Boston Bridge Works, where he was chief engineer from 1898 to 1928, and then consulting engineer to 1933. He then formed the firm of Waghorne, Brown Co., consulting engineers, and was at the time of his decease a senior member. During World War I he managed the raw materials division of the Emergency Fleet Corporation of the U. S. Shipping Board. He had been connected as engineer with the construction of many important buildings, including all the Dartmouth College buildings since the beginning of the expansion program 20 years ago.
In his home town of Winchester he was prominent in civic and social life. He was a member of the First Congregational church, had been park commissioner, member of the water and sewer board and of the finance board, and selectmen, and was active in. the Winchester Country Club. He was a member of various professional societies.
September 16, 1903, he was. married to Ethlyn B. Barber of Milford, N. H., who survives him, with two children, Dorothy, Wellesley '30, and Henry 8., Dartmouth '34. Ralph H. Brown, Thayer School '85, was a brother.
1906
CLIFFORD OMERA PERRY died May 24 at the Beverly (Mass.) Hospital. His home was at 205 Maple St., Danvers. The son of Benjamin Wellington and Sarah Louis (Woodbury) Perry, he was born in Danvers, Mass., March 14, 1884, and prepared for college at the local high school. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta.
After graduation he was connected with Stewart Howland Co. until 1911, then for a short time with the Manhattan Electrical Supply Co., from 1912 to 1927 with the Wetmore Savage Electrical Co. of Boston, and since 1938 had been purchasing agent of the George A. Wahn Co., a Boston electrical supply house.
September 25, 1918, he was married to Anne Elliott Walk of Dorchester, Mass., who survives him. Cliff and Anne were nearly always present at our reunions, and Cliff rarely missed a class dinner held in Boston before the Harvard game.
Cliff was a trustee of the Maple St. Congregational church, and a member of Ould Newbury Golf Club, the Purchasing Agents Association of Boston, the Essex County Electrical Club, the 32nd degree Masons, and the Scottish Rite.
1907
WALTER GOBLE WEHRLE died on May 27 at the Chelsea (Mass.) Naval Hospital. He was born in Cambridge, Mass., October 20, 1883, and prepared for college at Boston Latin School. He was a member o£ Kappa Sigma.
In World War I he served in the Coast Artillery from May 1918 to December 1919. At the time of his death he was a member of the Boston law firm of Rowe and Carr.
He leaves two brothers, both of Boston, and a sister, Mrs. Dunn of Attleboro, Mass.
KIRK LEWIS MOSES died suddenly June 14 in Washington, D. C., where during recent months he had been a consultant in the rubber division of the Office of Price Administration.
He was born in Lawrence, Mass., June 1, 1885, the son of K. W. Moses, and prepared for college at Lawrence High School. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi.
For some years after graduation he was in business in Boston, and in World War I served as lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps. About 20 years ago he organized the Premoid Products, Inc., of West Springfield, Mass., a rubber processing firm, making his home in Longmeadow.
In January 1941 he was married to Mrs. Elizabeth Tenney Nevins of Longmeadow, who survives him.
The death o£ FRANCIS RAYMOND TATE on July 31, 1941, at North Wolfeboro, N. H., has just been reported. He was born in Quincy, Mass., February 9, 1884, and was with the class only during freshman year. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta.
For 30 years he worked in the First National Bank of Boston, and in 1935 retired on account of poor health, and established a home at North Wolfeboro.
1908
JOHN ALEXANDER CLARK died very suddenly July 13 of a heart attack, in Wiscasset, Maine. He had gone there to visit friends and give an entertainment to shipyard workers. Funeral services, July 16, at his home in New Canaan, Conn., were attended by many friends and Dartmouth classmates.
Jack was born December 28, 1885, in Evanston, Illinois, the son of Alexander and Emma Clark. In his undergraduate years he took part in many activities, played on the freshman football team and in his senior year was manager of football. His keen interest in the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity continued through the rest of his life.
November 17, 1909, he married Miss Hazel E. McLane in Milford, N. H. She is the daughter of ex-Governor and Mrs. John McLane and sister of John R. McLane '07. Besides his widow he leaves his aged mother, a sister Helen, and two sons, John McLane Clark '32 and Alexander Clark '38, also two grandsons.
Mr. Clark engaged in the investment banking business in New York and later organized the John A. Clark Company which he conducted successfully until he entered military service in the first World War. After the war he became associated with Wood Struthers Company, investment bankers, at 20 Pine Street, New York, and soon became a partner in the firm. He was a partner in this important company until his death.
In 1929 Jack suffered a heart attack and for the past 14 years has suffered from angina. This required him to give up strenuous sports, and as an avocation he took up painting. He developed unexpected talent, especially in oils. He studied with several outstanding artists, and Jack's canvases have been exhibited in many galleries and won important prizes in competitions.
In college Jack was known as a magician and prestidigitator, performing with the old glee clubs. This unusual talent he developed and enjoyed. He was an active member o£ the American Society of Magicians, constantly enlarging his knowledge of mystic arts.
One of his contributions to the current war effort was frequent entertainments at various military camps. In Maine he had just finished one and was chatting with a group of men when his heart failed and he died.
Besides his Alpha Delt interests Jack was active in the University Club in New York, as well as the Dartmouth Club in that city. In 1933 he was president of the General Alumni Association of Dartmouth. His activities for and contributions to the Alumni Fund have been valuable.
Jack's older son, one of the first to hold a Senior Fellowship at Dartmouth, is now associated with Nelson Rockefeller in Inter-American relations work. The younger son is in the armed forces.
1909
REV. GEORGE KITTREDCE GOODWIN died May 17 at his home near Dade City, Fla., after several weeks of severe illness and a number of years of poor health.
The son of John and Celestia (Kittredge) Goodwin, he was born in Groton, Vt., April 12, 1865, and studied at the academies at New- bury, Vt., and New London, N. H. He then entered Bangor Theological Seminary, from which he graduated in 1896.
Before coming to Dartmouth he had entered the Congregational ministry, and was pastor of churches at Solon, Limington, and Standish, Me. When at Dartmouth he acted as pastor of the church at Bethel, Vt. From 1909 to 1913 he was pastor of the West church of Haverhill, Mass.; at Alma, Kans., 1913-16; at Holdrege, Neb., 1916-17; and at Wheaton, Kans., 1917. The next two years he was a Y.M.C.A. secretary in war service, and then for two years secretary of the Y.M.C.A. at Newton, Kans. In 1923-4 he was pastor of a church in Topeka, in 1924-7 at Waynoka, Okla., and in 1927-30 at Kirwin, Kans. Retiring then from the active ministry, he removed to Florida, and built the home near Dade City. For seven years (1931-8) he supplied the pulpit of a small neighboring church at Crystal Springs.
in 1892 he was married to Katherine Newton of Wilder, Vt., who died in 1927. A second marriage was to Anna McGee of Waynoka, Okla., who survives him. There are three sons of the first marriage, George Edward of Wilmington, Calif., Andrew Newton of Topeka, Kans., and John A. of Burbank, Calif., and two grandchildren.
MARK ANSON SMITH died at his home in Washington, D. C., on June 17, 1943. after several months' illness. His wife died in July 1941, and he had not been in good health since that time.
He was born in Reading, Vt., on September 10, 1886, the son of Frank Anson and Martha Alice (Warren) Smith. He attended grade and high school in Lebanon, N. H.
He received his A.B. from Dartmouth in 1910, his M.A. in Economics from the University of Wisconsin in 1913, and his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University in 1927. In College he was a member of Chi Phi and Phi Beta Kappa. He was on the class relay team, debating team, and track squad. After graduation he was an instructor o£ economics at Simmons College from 1915 to 1916. He was acting dean of Northeastern University School of Commerce and Finance in 1916-1917; assistant professor of Economics at the University of Kansas in 1917-1918.
He became a member of the staff of the U. S. Tariff Commission 25 years ago, and from 1929 to 1932 was a member of the staff of George Washington University as a lecturer on economic history.
During the consideration in Congress of the Tariff Act of 1922, Dr. Smith was detailed as a consultant to the Committee on Finance of the United States Senate. In 1922 he resigned from the Tariff Commission to join the staff of the Brookings Institution. In 1925 he returned to the Tariff Commission, and since that time has had many important assignments. For several years he was assistant director of research, and subsequently became chief economist of the Tariff Commission and chairman of the Commission's Planning and Reviewing Committee.
Dr. Smith contributed numerous articles to economic journals and was the author o£ a book entitled "The Tariff on Wool."
December 3, 1912, he was married to Alice Marion Hanson of Hartford, Vt., who died in July 1941. A sister survives, Martha Ruth Smith of Newton, Mass., and two brothers, Paul C. Smith '15 and Wade W. Smith '20.
1910
DANIEL DUSTIN CRAFT, widely known as "Dusty," died June 27 from complications following pneumonia. He has been ailing for some time from liver and kidney trouble.
"Dusty" was born on July 7, 1889, at Sycamore, Ill., the son of John Carson and Zada (Dustin) Craft. Coming east to Dartmouth with 1910's sizeable Chicago delegation, he completed his course, and returned home where he remained for the rest of his life.
Until 1914 he was with Western Actuarial Bureau, and from 1914 to 1919 he was vice president and secretary of Pelham-Craft Co., dealers in real estate mortgages and investments. From 1919 to 1932 he was a partner with Craft, McConaughy & Wolcott in the same line of business, and in 1932 he organized his own company, Daniel Craft, to carry on until 1938. In 1934-35 he was president and treasurer of Petroleum Warehousing Co. Also in 1935 he started Daniel D. Craft, real estate, insurance, and investments, which he maintained until his death.
On April 21, 1917, he married Ellen Elizabeth Sykes at Poplar Bluffs, Mo., having two daughters, Zada Dustin, now Mrs. Burdette Pond Mast Jr., and Sally Sykes. In college he was a member of Chi Phi, holding many offices in the fraternity.
"Dusty" was one of the best liked men of 1910, always having a cheery greeting for the host of friends that he made easily as an undergraduate. It is memories such as his which give a mental life—even in a war crazed world.
1913
HERBERT MARSH PERKINS died on May 6, 1943, at the Northern Pacific Hospital in St. Paul, Minn., where he had been under treatment since March 1.
"Si" Perkins was born at Windsor, Vt., January 19, 1891, the son of Marsh Olin and Clara Alice (Mclndoe) Perkins. He graduated from the Windsor High School, and entered and graduated with the class of 1913.
The first year after gradation he was with the Northern Pacific Railway Co. as a chainrodman. He then returned to Hanover, and graduated from the Thayer School in 1915. He also attended the Harvard Business School in 1929. After his graduation from the Thayer School he went with the Maine Central R. R. as rodman and instrumentman for a few months, and then returned to the Northern Pacific, remaining with them until World War I.
He was in Co. F, 25th Engineers, and went overseas, seeing service at St. Sulpice, the Argonne sector, Sangres, and Brest. After his discharge he continued his work with the Northern Pacific, being assistant engineer until March 1937, when he became assistant district engineer.
"Si" married Alice Bracke Perkins, and with their two daughters Judy and Katherine resided at 673 Sue Place, St. Paul. The late Locke M. Perkins '01 was a brother. Burial was in Rocklawn Cemetery, St. Paul.
He has not been back to reunions in Hanover, but was always interested in the Class and the College. He will be affectionately remembered by a large number.
1914
ALVIN WESLEY MAXWELL passed away on May 26, 1943, in Williamantic, Conn., after an illness of some three years, during which he had been confined in a veterans' hospital.
He was born in Lynn, Mass., March 26, 1892, the son of Henry M. and Etta Leona (Ames) Maxwell, and prepared for college at Lynn Classical High School.
Besides his widow, he is survived by two daughters, Marion and Charlotte, the latter being an apprentice seaman in the WAVES.
The class of 1914 regrets the belated receipt of this information and tenders to his family its expression of sympathy and the sad recognition of its loss, for Al's was always a cheerful disposition, and its recollection is indeed a pleasant memory.
1915
RAYMOND STARK BOCARDUS PERRY of Glen Ridge, N. J., died suddenly on May 14, 1943, at the East Orange General Hospital, where he has been a patient for several weeks.
He was born in Utica, N. Y„ November 3, 1890, the son of Ira Warren and Carrie D. (Gardinier) Perry. He was a member of Chi Phi.
Following Dartmouth days, he attended Harvard Law School for two years, but when the war came along, Ray hopped in and became a lieutenant in the Navy, with a fine record of service in World War I.
Following the war, Ray entered into the advertising field, and continued until his death, his last connection being on the national advertising staff of the New York World-Telegram, where he had been located for going on seven years.
During college days, Ray was prominent in sports and in other campus activities. He was on the football squad throughout the time he was in college, and was on the baseball team as a pitcher, and a good one. He was big and rangy and had the natural setup for a good baseball player. But he did not confine his activities to sports entirely. Possessed of a fine singing voice, he early made the Glee Club, and was a member for four years.
January i, 1918, he was married to Carolyn S. Burdett of Brookline, Mass., who survives him, with two sons, Raymond Jr., a cadet in the U. S. Merchant Marine, and Lawrence, a student in Glen Ridge High School; and two daughters, Carolyn, a senior at Vassar, and Constance in grammar school.
Funeral services were held May 17 at the Van Tassel Funeral parlors in Bloomfield, N. J., and Kell Rose and Charlie and Susan Griffith ably represented the class.
1918
DR. RAYMOND CHARLES JOSEPH SEED died of a heart attack on June 17 at Clover Hill Hospital, Lawrence, Mass., where he was senior surgeon.
He was born in Lawrence, July 29, 1897, the son of Thomas C. and Catherine A.M.C. (Cake) Seed.
After graduation he completed the medical studies which he had begun at Dartmouth at Jefferson Medical College, where he received the degree of M.D. in 1921. He served his internship at St. Agnes Hospital, Philadelphia, and then began practice in Lawrence. He had not married.
Those who knew Ray will recall him as a straw-haired, wiry freshman who worked his way through college and waited on tables at the Commons. He was a good student and a tireless worker, and we know that he must have put into his work in Lawrence the same fine qualities which he represented in the eyes of 'iBers who knew him.
Only from a brief note received by Dick Holton did we learn that our classmate "Buff," DAVID HARRY BUFFUM, passed away sometime last year. Unanswered correspondence, we regret to say, leaves us with no further information. In talking with Frank Clahane, who seems to retain an image of almost every one who was ever in the class, he said: "Buff was an awfuly nice guy, tall, lanky, and very quiet—the kind who went about his business and did his job without any noise. Those who knew him liked him very much indeed, but perhaps few in the class had made his acquaintance. I believe he stayed with us only a year."
1919
FREDRIC MACE Y MCCLEERY, purchasing agent of the Sharon Steel Corp., died at his home in Sharon, Pa., on May 20, following a heart attack. His death was unexpected and came as a shock to many friends. He had been ill with pneumonia, but was believed recovering until the heart condition developed.
Fred was a son o£ Frank Wade M. and Mary (Cattelle) McCleery, and was born June 10, 1897, at Sewickley, Pa. His parents moved to Salem, Ohio, when he was young and he was a graduate of Salem High School. He was a student at Dartmouth when he enlisted in the Army during the World War and rose to the rank of lieutenant. About 23 years ago, Fred joined the old Sharon Steel Hoop Cos., and came to Sharon to live two years later. He was a member of the First Presbyterian church.
In college he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi and Sphinx, and manager of the Musical Club.
He was married, September 28, 1921, to Rhea Tullis Dunn, who survives him, with a son and two daughters. James W. McCleerv '25, a brother, and their father are living in Los Angeles.
1922
DALTON MUNROE (Brownie) BROWN died at New City, N. Y., on May 16, 1943, after a prolonged illness, and was buried at Summit Park on May 19.
He was born in Nashua, N. H., January 13, 1900, the son of Martin L. and Bertha (Lund) Brown, and prepared for college at Milford, N. H., High School. He received his C. E. degree from Thayer School in '25 and later attended C.C.N.Y. and Pratt Institute.
Always interested in engineering, Brownie was connected with outstanding construction and engineering firms for the past 20 years. He made his home in Brooklyn, N. Y„ for many years until his last connection with Dry Dock Associates at Portsmouth, Va., where, he was taken ill last winter of a progressively serious illness.
March i, 1927, he was married to Ruth E. Hudson of Windsor, Vt., who died August 21, 1936; and second, October 27, 1939, to Alice E. Gunnerson, who survives him. There are two sons, Robert and Lawrence. He is also survived by his father and by a brother, Forest M. '29.
1933
DENMAN FOWLER was killed in action in Africa on April 23. He is the first member of the class of 1933 to give his life in this war.
Denny was born in Elmsford, N. Y., April 22, 1912, and so had reached his thirty-first birthday only the day before his death. His parents were Edmund Prince Fowler, M.D., and Mabel (Denman) Fowler. He prepared for college at the Horace Mann School in New York City.
In college he was a member of Zeta Psi, the Ledyard Canoe Club, the Arts, and Cabin and Trail. He also was a member of the freshman and varsity tennis teams. After leaving Dartmouth he entered Columbia Law School, graduating in 1937. He was admitted to the New York State Bar in that year.
Denny had been a member of the 107th Regiment for many years before the War, serving in Company K as a sergeant. In 1940 he decided to make the Army his career, and in that year entered Federal service. He was a Captain at the time of his death. He was among the first American troops to land in North Africa last November and in a recent letter had written of his desire to get home to visit his daughter whom he had never seen.
Survivors are his wife, Genevieve Scott Fowler, to whom he was married September 6, 1941, his daughter, Ann, his father; three brothers, Lieut. Commander George Bingham Fowler, Major Edmund P. Fowler Jr. '26, and Lieut. Benjamin P. Fowler, and a sister, Mrs. James H. Maroney.
He was awarded the Purple Heart, and will posthumously be awarded the Silver Star.
1940
One day last May "somewhere in England," Captain DERROL W. ROGERS and his crew climbed into their bomber, signaled an O.K. to the ground crew, gave the plane full throttle and picked up speed for the take-off on another bombing mission. The big ship rose unsteadily into the air and from the feel of the controls, Captain Rogers knew that a serious accident had occurred which would never allow the plane to be safely flown or ever again to land. Realizing his plight and the fate of his crew, Captain Rogers flew over the airdrome to let an injured member of the plane's crew bail out to safety. He then headed for the where he dumped his load of bombs and returned over land so the rest of his crew could parachute to solid ground, and then again headed out over the water where he and his co-pilot bailed out. A rescue boat picked up the co-pilot, but Captain Rogers was dead when found, ft is strange that no matter how much we try to make ourselves realize that death must inevitably come to some of our classmates who are waging this war in the combat zones, nevertheless each notice of a death brings with it pangs of memories and a fee.ing of great loss.
"Dee," as Captain Rogers was affectionately known, was born in New Britain, Conn., May 21, 1918, the son o£ George Crowell and Kathryn Elizabeth (Graulich) Rogers, and after graduating from Williston Academy entered Dartmouth, where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi and an honor student in economics. Knowing him, it can be said that he died while fighting for what he considered right and set an example of courage and unselfishness for others to follow, ft is up to us to prove that men like Captain Rogers have not died in vain.
Notice has been received o£ the death of BENJAMIN D. PARKER somewhere in the South- west Pacific area. Ben joined the Army Air Force nearly two years ago and after completing his training was commissioned a first lieutenant last October. Shortly after that he left for the Pacific area as Flight Commander and on June 15, 1943, was killed in action. Ben prepared for Dartmouth at Nashua High School, Nashua, N. H., and while at Dartmouth was an honor student in economics and a member of the Junto. It is hard to realize that some of our friends and classmates will not return from the fighting zones but the shock, nevertheless, is not diminished by this realization. Lt. Parker fought and died for a way of life he believed in and left the responsibility of carrying on the fight with us. We salute Ben, his courage, and his conviction.
1941
Lieutenant JOHN FREDERIC BRISTER 3D, of the King's Royal Rifles, was killed in action in North Africa on April 27, 1943.
The son of Frederic and Edna (Richmond) Brister, he was born February 15, 1920, in Ambler, Pa. He was an honor graduate at the Ambler High School, and graduated in 1937. While at Dartmouth he majored in English, and during his senior year won a play contest, his contribution drawing praise from Robert E. Sherwood.
Jack was one o£ three members of the class of '4l who enlisted in the King's Royal Rifles in June 1941. After being commissioned a lieutenant he was assigned to the North African sector.
Besides his father, there are five sisters and two brothers surviving. One of the brothers, Richard Brister, is serving in the U. S. Coast Guard.
Lieutenant JACKMAN MORRILL SHATTUCK of the Army Air Forces was killed in line of duty on May 30, 1943, at Curtis Field, Brady, Texas.
He was the son of Edmund J. and Gretchen (Simpson) Shattuck, and was born August 25, 1916, in Boston, Mass. He attended Menlo School before coming to Dartmouth. While at Dartmouth, Jack majored in Sociology, and was a member of Psi Upsilon and Ski Club Carcajou.
He enlisted in the Air Forces after his graduation.
He leaves his widow, the former Barsha Powers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leland Powers (Dartmouth 1910) of Chestnut Hill, Mass., whom he married November 15, 1942; his parents, and a brother, Edmund J. Shat- tuck Jr. His father is a graduate o£ Dartmouth, class of 1910.
1942
DONALD FROTHINGHAM JR. was killed on May 22, 1943, during operations at the Presque Isle, Me. Air Base where he was stationed as a trans-Atlantic navigator for the Northeast Airlines.
Since leaving school Don had overcome his physical disability with determined effort to play an active part in the war. He was rated as a topnotch navigator and was ready to play the active part he had so long desired when the tragic accident occurred.
Don will be remembered for his many activities and always cheerful personality while he was at Dartmouth. He was particularly active in the behind-the-scenes work of the skiing team and the ISU of which he was one- time Secretary. He also was a competitor for the Daily Dartmouth and served with the Corinthian Yacht Club and the Canoe Club.
The son of Donald Frothingham, Dartmouth '08, and Nell Meigher, Don was born in New York City on Oct. 5, 1919. Before coming to Dartmouth he attended Darien, Conn., High School.
LT. JACKMAN SHATTUCK '41, Army Check Pilot, died in a plane crash near Brady, Texas, on May 28, 1943.
