Deaths

[A listing of deaths of which word has teen receivedwithin the past month. Full notices may appear in thisissue or may appear in a later number.l

Munroe, John A. '75, October 6 Stevens, Henry J. '88, October 10 Wellman, James A. '89, November 3 Banning, Samuel W. '00, October 14 Blaisdell, J. Harper '07, October 25 Beckett, Bertram '08 Ward, Carroll R. '11, November 8 Spaulding, Roger W. '15, October 17 Mason, Harold W. '17, November 3 Laffey, Alfred W. 8. '21, August 14 Palmer, Ralph D. '23, October 13 •Schmidt, W. Clark '33, September 23 *Mullen, John H. '35, July 24 *Valentine, Eugene M. '41, September 19 *Kearney, John W. '43, October 5 *Mieher, Richard V./43, October 17 *Moncrie£, Charles W. Jr. '46, August 20 *Norris, Allan C. '47, November 1 Landman, Albert A. '99 m, October 18 Bryan, John S. '36 hon., October 16 Wilkie, Wendell L. '41 hon., October 16

In Memoriam

1875

JOHN ALEXANDER MUNROE died October 6, 1944, at Long Beach, Calif.

The son of Rev. Nathan and Lucelia (Yale) Munroe, he was bom in Bradford, Mass., August 18, 1853, and prepared for college at Phillips Andover Academy. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon. He left college in junior year, but was given the honorary degree of A.M. in 1916.

After leaving college he entered upon a long career in railroad service. He was first a clerk in the general freight office of the Green Bay & Minneapolis R. R. Co., and was promoted to be assistant general freight agent in April 1878. In June 1881 he resigned to become general agent of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, & Omaha R. R. at Omaha, Neb., and was soon transferred to Minneapolis as assistant traffic manager. In the latter part of 1882 he entered the service of the Union Pacific R. R. Co. as assistant general freight agent, and in 1900 became freight traffic manager, and finally became vice-president of the company. He retired in 1921, being styled by his associates at the time as "the best posted and best liked freight traffic man in the western country." After his retirement he removed from Omaha to Long Beach.

January 18, 1888, he was married to Hattie F. Baker of Kansas City, Mo., who died April 30, 19s 1. They had no children. In her memory Mr. Munroe founded the Hattie B. Munroe Memorial Home for Convalescing Children in Omaha, where they both were known for their charitable activities.

1889

JAMES ALBERT WELLMAN died in Manchester, N. H., November 3, 1944.

He was born in Cornish, N. H., May 4, 1867, the son of Albert E. and Emily Peters Dodge (Hall) Wellman. He was a descendant of Thomas Wellman of Lynn, Mass.; Governor William Bradford of the Plymouth Colony, early governor of Massachusetts; and William Brewster, the Pilgrims' first elder. He graduated at Kimball Union Academy in 1885, and graduated with the degree of B.S.

He began his active career in Burlington, Vt., as special agent for the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co., and was later appointed general agent for Vermont. In 1895 he resigned to accept the New Hampshire agency for the National Life Insurance Co. of Vermont, with headquarters in Manchester, N. H., also acting as general agent for all cities and towns in the Merrimack Valley in Massachusetts. In recent years the name of his firm was changed to the Wellman-Burroughs Insurance Agency.

The interest probably closest to his heart in later life was education. For the past sixteen years he had served as a trustee of the University of New Hampshire. Successive governors of the state had re-appointed him to that trust, and his colleagues had made him chairman of the important finance committee. When first appointed to the trusteeship, he was given the task of reorganizing the financial holdings of the institution. He spent much time in Durham, and worked in close cooperation with President Engelhardt, whom he had recommended for the presidency of the University, to improve the educational standards as well as the physical assets of the institution. In addition to serving as trustee of the University, he had been a director of the State Board of Education, a position he resigned a year ago.

He was a director and member of the investment committee of the Manchester National Bank; trustee of the Manchester Safe Deposit and Trust Co!; trustee of the Manchester Company; chairman of the Manchester Public Works Commission; a founder of the Manchester branch of Life Underwriters Association, of which he was president many years; a former trustee of the Y.M.C.A.; a past president of the Agents' Association of the National Life Insurance Co.; a member of the State Underwriters' Group, which he had served as president; a member of the National Association of Life Underwriters, in which he was a member of the executive committee and represented the state of New Hampshire for many years.

During World War I he served as director for sale of Thrift Stamps, and was a member of the Coal and Public Safety Commission. He held membership in the Dartmouth Alumni Association; Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of American Revolution; Chamber of Commerce; Manchester Country Club; Rotary Club, a charter member; University Club of Boston; St. Bernard Fish and Game Club of Canada. He was active in Masonry. In college, he belonged to the Vitruvian Society, which later was absorbed by the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He was a member of the Congregational church in Manchester, and had served as chairman of the every-member canvass committee for many years.

The survivors are his wife, the former Florence Vincent of Burlington, Vt., whom he married June 23, 1898; their daughters, Harriet Vincent Wellman of Boston, Mass., and Mrs. Robert P. Burroughs (Dorothy Hall Wellman) of Manchester, N. H.; three grandchildren; two sisters, Miss Louise Wellman and Mrs. Leslie B. Farr, both of New York City; and a cousin, Arthur H. Wellman of Topsfield, Mass.

Brief, impressive funeral services, largely attended, were held at his late home Sunday afternoon, November 5, and interment was in Pine Grove Cemetery.

1895

JOSEPH WARREN BISHOP died suddenly on October 28 as he was entering his apartment in Washington, D. C.

He was born in St. Johnsbury, Vt., June 17,1875, the son of Thomas and Sarah Ann (Carpenter) Bishop. Eliot Bishop '01 is a brother.

After graduation he entered the newspaper field in New York, and also studied law, graduating at LL.B. from New York Law School in 1900. He was a reporter on the New York Times in 1895-6, and then joined the staff of the Sun, and was night editor of that paper when he resigned in 1920. In April 1920 he went to Washington to become associate editor and magazine editor of Nation'sBusiness. He left this position in 1936 to become editor of the Newsletter for Manufacturers, where he remained for several years. In April 1943 he entered the Labor Department, and as a commissioner of conciliation served in the Detroit and Philadelphia areas. For several months he had been on leave of absence on account of ill health.

September 20, 1913, he was married to Edna Dashiell of Brooklyn, N. Y., who survives him, with their son, Joseph Warren Jr., Dartmouth 1926.

1898

EPHRAIM HITCHCOCK CRANE died September 19 at his home in Brattleboro, Vt.

The son of Rev. Edward Clarence and Mary Jane (Thomas) Crane, he was born in Hyde Park, Vt., January 29, 1876, and prepared for college at Black River Academy, Ludlow, Vt. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and Sphinx.

Immediately after graduation he entered the newspaper field, and was editor and publisher of the Vermont Tribune at Ludlow from 1898 to 1903. He then removed to Brattleboro and became president of the Vermont Printing Co. and vice-president-of the Brattleboro Publishing Co. and the Recorder Publishing Corporation, publishers of the Brattleboro Reformer and the Greenfield (Mass.) Recorder-Gazette. The Vermont Printing Co. are the printers of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE.

February 5, 1903 he was married to Mary Elizabeth Mastin of St. Johnsbury, Vt., who survives him, with a son, Edward Mastin (Dartmouth '42) and two daughters. Charles E. Crane '06 is a brother.

i goo

SAMUEL WALKER BANNING died on October 14, 1944 at the Sanitorium in Hinsdale, Ill., after an illness of only thirty-six hours.

Sam was born in Chicago on November 16, 1878, the son of Thomas A. and Sarah (Hubbard) Banning, the father being a patent attorney in that city. His preparatory work was done at South Side Academy and in 1896 he entered Dartmouth in the class of 1900. As an undergraduate he was a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. After graduation he attended the Chicago-Kent College of Law, receiving the LL.B. degree in 1903. He then entered his father's law firm, Banning and Banning, becoming in the course of time its senior partner. He thus carried on the practice of patent and corporation law in Chicago for forty-one years.

His professional activities, largely of a technical nature, were thus extensive and brought him into contact with some of the largest industries of the country. Maintaining offices at Chicago, his residence for many years has been Hinsdale, 111. He was influential among his legal associates. In 1927 he was president of the Chicago Patent Law Association, and in 1933 a member of the Committee on Federal Legislation of the Chicago Bar Association. In 1930, as chairman of a committee charged with forming a code of judicial ethics, he proposed such a code, which was adopted by his association, the first action of its kind in the country. For many years he was chairman of the Hinsdale Board of Education, and in 1933 was president of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Chicago. In many ways he was active in the civic and social organizations of his community.

He was married August 12, 1903, at Wheaton, 111., to Miss Grace May Edson, who survives him, as does their daughter Jane. At his funeral, held in Hinsdale on October 17, the class was represented by Prouty.

1902

DR. SIDNEY MORRILL MCCURDY died suddenly September 26 at his home at East St. Johnsbury, Vt.

He was born at Andover, Mass., May 21, 1881, the son of Matthew Scobey (Dartmouth 1873) and Lydia (Morrill) McCurdy, and prepared for college at Phillips Andover Academy. Allan M. McCurdy '09 is a brother.

He remained at Dartmouth only through a part of freshman year and entered upon the study of medicine, graduating from Western Reserve Medical School in Cleveland in 1903.

He began practice at Youngstown, Ohio, where he was in general practice for ten years and then chief surgeon of the Youngstown Steel and Tube Co. for 18 years. In 1936 he was appointed medical director of the Ohio State Industrial Commission. He retired in 1941 and made his home in St. Johnsbury.

In 1917-18 he served in the Medical Corps with the rank of Captain, and was 11/2 years with the A.E.F.

"May 30, 1909, he was married to Caroline Wilson, who survives him, with a daughter.

1903

CHARLES ANTHONY DONDERO died at his home in Portsmouth, N. H., February 14, 1944

He was born in Portsmouth, April 22, 1883, the son of Joseph and Anna Dondero, and prepared for college at Portsmouth High School. He left the class in sophomore year, but later returned to college and was for a time in '06.

"Count", as he was familiarly known, was for a time in the Internal Revenue service in Nashua, N. H., and then was in the wholesale fruit and confectionery business in Portsmouth.

July 4, 1913, he was married to Mary Carey of Portsmouth, who survives him, with four daughters.

1907

DR. JOHN HARPER BLAISDELL was killed on October 25 in an automobile accident while driving from his Boston office to his home in Winchester, Mass.

He was born in Providence, R. I„ May 1, 1886, the son of Dr. Albert Franklin (Dartmouth 1869) and Mary Atwood (Emery) Blaisdell. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon.

After graduation he studied medicine at Harvard, where he received the degree of M.D. in 1911. He began and continued practice in Boston, and became widely known as a dermatologist. He was assistant and instructor in dermatology at Harvard Medical School from 1917 to 1928 and assistant dermatologist at Massachusetts General Hospital from 1916 to 1928. He had been president of the New England Dermatology Society and a member of the American Dermatology As sociation.

Among other activities he had been chairman of the Winchester Board of Health and a member of the Winchester Board of Selectmen, and was president of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society.

February 15, 1912, he was married to Inez F. Kimball, who survives him, with two sons, John Harper Jr. and Elliott Kimball.

1915

ROGER WILLIAM SPAULDING, veteran of World War I, and an old-time loyal member of the class, died October 17, 1944, at the Henrotin Hospital in Chicago after an illness of six months. A resident of Mission, Texas, for many years, he was vice-president and general manager of the Fordyce Gravel Co. of Pharr, Texas.

"Musty", as he was known to all '15ers, was born in Lancaster, N. H., August 14, 1894, attended Lancaster Academy, and entered college with the class of 1915. He graduated with the degree of B. S., and followed with the Thayer School Course, attaining the degree of C- E.

Soon after graduation, he entered the Army for World War I, and was a First Lieutenant in the 168th Infantry of the famous 43d (Rainbow) Division.

On August 29, 1922, he married Ruth Wheeler of Jefferson, N. H., and he is survived by her and two children, Frederic, 12, and Martha, 9.

"Musty" was another of our classmates who formed the group in North Fayer freshman year, and from which a number of deaths have been recorded in the past few months.

1917

HAROLD WHITNEY MASON died suddenly from a heart attack at his rooms in the Savoy Plaza Hotel in New York City on the night of November 3.

The son of William L. and Margaret E. (Matthews) Mason, he was born in Worcester, Mass., April 21. 1895. He was a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity.

In World War I he served as a lieutenant in the Air Service. At the beginning of the present war he was commissioned as lieutenant colonel in the fiscal service, but was placed on the inactive list because of ill health some time ago.

In 1927 he became vice-president and treasurer of Dunham Brothers Company of Brattleboro, Vt., shoe wholesalers, and served on the directorate of several other companies, including the Connecticut River Power Co., the New England Power Association, the Bellows Falls Hydroelectric Co., the Union Mutual Fire Insurance Co., the Estey Organ Corporation, the Central Vermont Railway, the National Life Insurance Co., and the C. E. Bradley Corporation.

In 1932 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention, and was one of the presidential electors of Vermont in that year. In 1936 he became a member of the Republican National Committee, and had been its secretary since 1937. He accompanied Governor Dewey on his recent campaign tour to the Pacific Coast. In September 1943 he was secretary of the Post-War Policy Council held at Mackinac Island.

He was a member of the Society of Colonial Wars, the Sons of the American Revolution, the American Legion, the Military Order of Foreign Wars, and many clubs. He was chairman of the Executive Committee of the General Association of Alumni and as such an ex-officio member of the Alumni Council.

March 17, 1918, he was married to Evelyn Dunham of Brattleboro, who died December 13, 1930. Their only son is George D. Mason '43, now a lieutenant in the Navy.

1925

REV. WILLIAM DURLEY PARDEE died August 19 at his home in Orange, Conn.

He was born in Waterbury, Conn., June 14, 1898, the son of Joseph Merrit and Dora C. (Durley) Pardee. He entered the class at the beginning of senior year, having previously studied at the Connecticut Agricultural College.

After graduation he entered Yale Divinity School, where he graduated in 1928. He was educational secretary of the Connecticut Temperance and Anti-Saloon League until 1939, when he became superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League of New Jersey, which position he held for the rest of his life.

August 31, 1928, he was married to Catherine Eames of West Haven, Conn., who survives him, with two sons, William D. Jr., and Joseph Merritt.

1928

GORDON MACLAREN JAMISON was killed in action in Guam, July 26, 1944.

He was born in Albion, N. Y., April 12, 1906, the son of Rev. David Lee and Janet (Browse) Jamison, and prepared for college at Albany Military Academy. He was a member of Chi Phi, and president of the fraternity during his senior year.

He was with the Edward C. Budd Manufacturing Co. of Philadelphia when he volunteered for the Marine Corps January 2, 1942. He received his training at Parris Island, Quantico, and New River before being sent to the Southwest Pacific in January 1943. He saw frequent action during his 18 months overseas.

He is survived by his parents, who are living in St. Davids, Pa., and a brother, Lee B. Jamison '25 of San Diego, Calif.

1935

LT. RICHARD CHITTENDEN LINTLEMAN was wounded in action in France on June 16 and died on the 18th.

He was born in Harlan, lowa, June 1, 1913, the son of Fred Richard and Faith (Willis) Lintleman. He was a member of the class only in freshman year.

He studied medicine for a year at the University of Wisconsin, and then was with Sears, Roebuck & Co. in Chicago. He entered the Army in March 1942, was commissioned Second Lieutenant at Fort Benning in November, and went to England in September 1943. A widow survives him.

1937

EDWARD TITUS JENKINS 3RD was born August 23, 1915 in Brooklyn, N. Y„ the son of Edward Titus and Dorothy (Oliver) Jenkins. He prepared at Brooklyn Polytechnic Prepara tory Country Day School. He was a member of Sigma Nu.

He was with the National City Bank in New York until he entered the Army in January 1941. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant at Fort Benning in March 1943, and went overseas in June 1943 to North Africa. He was killed in action in France, July 11, 1944.

1941

CAPTAIN LINDOL FRENCH GRAHAM was killed in action near Ulm, Germany, on March 18, 1944.

The son of George C. and Helen E. (French) Graham, he was born in Clinton, Mass., November 15, 1918, and prepared for college at Watertown, Mass., High School and New Hampton School. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta.

He enlisted in the Army Air Corps, and received basic training at Greenville, Miss., and advanced flight training at Selma, Ala. After being stationed for a time at Hamilton Field, Calif., he went overseas in August 1943. He was on combat duty only from January to March, but had brought down six enemy planes and had received the Distinguished Flying Cross.

He is survived by his parents; an older brother, George C. Graham Jr. of Philadelphia: a younger brother, Lt. Donald R. Graham, now in a German prison camp; and a sister, Nancy, a sophomore in Smith College.

1943

LT. JOHN WILLIAM KEARNEY was killed in action on Pelilu Island October 5.

He was born in New York City, December 24, 1919, the son of Edward A. and Agnes Kearney, and prepared for college at Horace Mann School. He was a member of Zeta Psi.

He entered the Marine Corps April 1, 1942, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant.

He married Gloria Kutzlet, who survives him, as do his parents, his brother, Lt. Com. Edward A. Kearney, Surg. U.S.N., and six sisters.

HARRY CHANDLER, holder of Dartmouth's honorary degree of Master of Arts, died in Los Angeles September 23. He was publisher of The Los Angeles Times in whose circulation department he started as a clerk 60 years ago. He died at 80.

A native of Landaff, N. H., Mr. Chandler's career was a distinguished one. There is no record that he officially matriculated at Dartmouth, although he did come to Hanover in the fall of 1882 but was prevented from attending classes by a sudden illness which forced his return to Landaff. He subsequently went West and his name became synonymous with that of the great newspaper he created and directed. He promoted numerous major projects in southern California including real estate developments, ranches, steamship lines, and irrigation enterprises, and he was officer or director of more than thirty corporations.

In President Hopkins' citation in awarding Mr. Chandler the Master of Arts degree, June 20, 1922, he referred to him as a "transplanter of stern and rugged qualities of character from the New England hills to the sunny shores of the western ocean, participator in all good works for civic betterment today we have great pleasure in enrolling you within a fellowship which once you were denied seeking yourself by adverse fortune."

1890

DR. FRANK HENRY SARGENT died July 11, 1944, at his home in Pittsfield, N. H., of hypostatic pneumonia, following a cerebral hemorrhage.

He was bora in Pittsfield, October 31, 1861, the son of Charles H. and Almira (Ring) Sargent, and obtained his early education in the public schools and academy of Pittsfield. His medical studies were begun at Bowdoin, continued at Dartmouth, and concluded at the Post-Graduate Medical School in New York City.

He began practice in his native town, where he was highly successful. After some years of general practice he opened a sanitarium called Sargent Hall for the treatment of victims of liquor and narcotics.

He represented his town in the legislature of 1929, and served several terms on the school board. He was a 32d degree Mason and an Odd Fellow, and a member of the Congregational church. He had been president and a trustee of the Pittsfield Savings Bank.

July 25, 1897, he was married to Nellie Winslow, who died September 3, 1934. They had no children, and the nearest surviving relative is a nephew.

1900

DR. ELMER ULYSSES SARGENT died at Memorial Hospital, Concord, N. H., September 2, 1944, of cerebral hemorrhage.

The son of Frank S. and Annie (Collins) Sargent, he was born at Lakeport, N. H., March 29, 1871, and attended Gilmanton Academy and Tilton Seminary.

His entire professional life has been spent in Penacook, N. H.

September 3, 1902, he was married to Martha E. Rolfe, who survives him, with one son, Eben P. Sargent.

1901

DR. WALTER GRISWOLD BISBEE died of angina pectoris March 17, 1944, at his home in Bristow, Okla.

He was born August 1, 1876, in Dexter, lowa, the son of Frank Abner and Eliza Ann (Griswold) Bisbee. His parents were natives of Vermont, and his home while in college was at Springfield, Vt. His preliminary education was obtained at Dexter High School.

For a short time after graduation he was in Philadelphia, and in March 1902 he began practice in Chandler, Okla. In 1910 he removed to Oklahoma City. His health bec ame impaired, and for a more favorable climate he went to San Antonio, Texas. With returning health he went back to his former home in Chandler, Okla. May 1, 1917, he entered the Medical Corps, U.S.A., with the rank of Lieutenant, and was soon promoted to Captain. He was wounded in France. He removed in 1922 to Bristow.

December 3, 1902, he was married to Eleanor B. Carpenter of Knoxville, Tenn., who survives him, with one son, Wallace A., and three grandchildren.

HAROLD WHITNEY MASON 'l7

* Died in War Service.

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