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]
Jenks, John N. '72, December 1946 George, Benjamin P. '84, August 30, 1948 Slade, William '84, July 17, 1948 Ross, Winfred S. '87, July 11, 1948 White, D. Waldo '87, June to, 1948 Earle, William P. '90, August 1948 Walker, Sidney G. '91, June 13, 1948 Randall, Asa G. '92, June 25, 1948 Arnold, Arthur D. '93, August 7, 1948 Eaton, Frederic B. '96, July 13, 1948 Asakawa, Kan-Ichi '99, August 10, 1948 Fones, James R. '01. June 6, 1948 Rugg, Warren F. '01, August 3, 1948 Cilley, Laburton G. '02, May 20, 1948 McKearin, James P. '07, April 24, 1948 Richardson, Edward '07, July 15, 1948 Huselton, James S. '09, August 13, 1948 Daly, John J. '11, June 25, 1948 Palmer, Raymond E. '11, August 26, 1948 Tukey, Allen A. '14, May 22, 1948 Chadbourne, Ralph P. '17, June 1, 1948 Nelb, Alfred W. '17, December 29, 1947 Reed, Howard W. '23, May 25, 1948 Morrison, Donald A. '24, August 4, 1948 Rawson, David F. '26, July 17, 1948 Goodspeed, Theron H. '27, June 29, 1948 Harrison, John B. '27, August 31, 1948 Lovegrove, Robert E. '35, August 11, 1948 Meyers, Robert H. '40, June 10, 1948 Friedman, Charles L. '45, December 11. 1944 Grimley, Thomas P. '47, July 23, 1948 Metzger, John H. '48, August 29, 1948 Moulton, Arthur C. '75m, August 1, 1948 Brewer, Edward P. '79 m, May 10, 1948 Mowe, Frank H. '88m, April 26, 1948 McLaughlin, William H. '94 m, December 6,1947 Sondern, Paul F. '96 m, 1947 Pollak, Berthold S. '96 m, June 27, 1948 Carroll, Henry G. '07m, August 11, 1948 Robinson, Joseph H. '09h, August 21, 1948 Lambuth, E)avid '20h, August 21, 1948 Hughes, Charles E. '23h, August 27, 1948
In Memoriam
1872
JOHN NATHANIEL JENKS, a member of the Class of 1872 from September 1868 to June 1870, died in December 1946, in Magog, Quebec.
Born in Barnston, Quebec, July 18, 1848, the son of Dr. Nathaniel and Lucy (Thornton) Jenks, he attended Barnston Academy and came from there to Dartmouth. He was one of the charter members of Theta Delta Chi.
From 1870 to 1880, and 1885 to 1890, he was principal of Barnston Academy; from 1880 to 1885 he was engaged in farming; from 1890 to 1905 he served as, Collector of Customs in Barnston, and from that time to 1920 was engaged in municipal valuation; he then taught at Magog Academy until his retirement.
September 23, 190 a Mr. jenks was married to Catherine Eveleigh Cole in Coaticooke, Quebec. He is survived by two sons John D. L. and William W. T. Jenks.
1883
The life book of those who were members of the Class of 1883 is nearing the last page on which must be written "Finis."
The graduate who was the last one of the class to join the Great Majority who have gone on before died since last Commencement and I give a brief account of him for "In Memoriam" from meagre personal knowledge and such data as I have been able to obtain.
EDGAR HUGHES SINKEY was born in Middletown, Ohio, the son of John S. Sinkey, a manufacturer, on the Sinkey farm, which is now the LeSourdsville Lake parking lot, November 21, 1859
He fitted for college at Miami Valley College and matriculated at Dartmouth with the Class of 1883, graduating in regular course with the degree of B. A.
After graduation he engaged in business and finally made connections with the First National Bank of Seattle, Washington, where he settled and in which city he died Saturday, August 7, 1948. Physical disabilities forced him to retire from active business duties and during the last few years of his life he lost the normal sight of his eyes so that he was confined to a local sanitarium. His mind was active and clear to the end and his strong love for his alma mater never ceased. Because he was separated a long distance from it, he could not personally observe and fully realize the wonderful progress of the college in the educational world of today.
While in college he enjoyed a fine reputation among his classmates, although he never became conspicuously active in extra-curricular functions. He was a member of the Dartmouth Chapter of the Greek letter Fraternity of Kappa Kappa Kappa.
He never married, and his only surviving relatives are two cousins,—Mrs. Jessie Sinkey Forbes of Middletown, Ohio, and Mrs. Helen Garrison Richmond of Wyoming, Ohio.
Funeral services were held August 14, 1948 and interment of his remains was in the family lot in Middletown, Ohio.
1884
WILLIAM SLADE died at Mary Hitchcock Hospital, Hanover, on July 17, after a long illness. He was born in neighboring Thetford, Vt., on December 13, 1856, and at the time of his death was one of the ten oldest graduates of the College. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi.
He graduated from Andover Theological Seminary in 1887 and remained another year for additional study. Here he came under the guidance of the future president of Dartmouth, Rev. William Jewett Tucker. His long life covered much of the period which saw the change from the stern Calvinism of the Congregational Church to its broader social platform, which included the acceptance of modern scientific theories of evolution. He followed the changes joyously, and was progressive in his conception of church and community life.
He held pastorates in West Newbury and Williamstown, Mass., East Hampton, Conn, and in his home town. At the latter place he was also connected for many years with Thetford Academy as Trustee and Principal. For four years he was chaplain and teacher at Atlanta University, an institution for freedmen and served for six months as interim pastor at Swampscott, Mass. After a trip abroad, he retired and spent his remaining years at the homestead at Thetford Hill, reading much, supplying nearby pulpits and delving into local history.
Mr. Slade was a man of quiet tastes, a lover of books, of nature, and especially interested in the development of educational methods. In reporting to his class secretary he once said "I entered Dartmouth with three handicaps, poor health, poor preparation and poverty. But I enjoyed my classmates and got much from college. I had my purpose before College to be a preacher and that life has not been easy, but delightful and enriching. There is no life that combines the intellectual and spiritual in better proportion than that of the parson's home. I have had a good variety in my life, but my most enjoyable work has been as preacher in my native town, living in the old homestead which my father purchased in 1837. My views have changed upwards steadily and life seems to me rich and divine, with immortality ahead."
He leaves his wife, the former Mary B. Chase of West Newbury whom he married on August 4, 1891; a son William Jr., superin- tendent of schools in Shaker Heights, Ohio; a daughter, Anna, wife of Prof. Albert W. Frey of Tuck School; three grandchildren and one great grandson.
1891
EVARTS WILSON POND passed away at his home in Nantucket, Mass. on August 12. The son of Rev. J. Evarts and Jeanie Wilson (Baird) Pond, home missionaries in Wisconsin, he was born in Platteville, Wis., March 18, 1869.
He prepared for college at Phillips Andover. In Dartmouth he was a good tennis player and a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa.
After two years in Dayton, Ohio, Pond entered Yale Divinity School. Graduating in 1896, he served as pastor in Sheffield, Mass.; East Stoneham, Maine; Windsor Locks, Conn.; Dover and Raymond, N. H.; Deerfield and Nantucket, Mass., his last pastorate. From 1912 to 1916 Pond was at Straight University in New Orleans. While at Deerfield he received the degree of Doctor of Divinity, in absentia, from St. Louis Divinity College.
Writing for the class "Book of Remembrance" in 1941, Pond said "I've been happily married three times. My first wife gave me two children; my second, twenty years of hard and efficient work as a minister's wife; and the dear lady who is now Mrs. Pond seems happy and content to be homemaker and constantly congenial companion of a retired man now passing his 72nd birthday."
Mrs. Pond survives with his son Kenneth, a graduate of Bowdoin, and his daughter Elsie, a graduate of Smith and the Sorbonne.
SIDNEY GRANT WALKER died in Honolulu on June 13, following a long period of ill health caused by a severe automobile accident. His ashes repose in the Quaker Cemetery in New Bedford, Mass.
Sid was born July 11, 1869, Greenfield, Mass., the son of Dr. Augustus C. Walker '62 and Maria C. Grant.
He prepared for college at Phillips Exeter. After graduating with his class Sid returned to Thayer School to receive his C.E. degree in 1893. His fraternities were Phi Zeta Mu (now Sigma Chi) and C. & G.
For some time he did engineering in sugar plantations in the Sandwich Islands, later going to New York City to become connected with the Cooperative Fire Insurance Societies. About 1927 he moved to Honolulu where he represented the Grinnell Company, automatic sprinklers, until his retirement.
In April, 1895, Sid was married to Katherine Howland in Boston, who survives him with their sons, Dr. Hastings H. Walker '21 and Sidney Walker Jr., and three grandchildren.
Sid Walker, in college and since, was a loyal Dartmouth and Ninety-One member, much loved and respected by all who were fortunate to have his friendship.
1892
ASA GRANT RANDALL died at his home in North Berwick, Me. on June 25, after a long illness. Funeral services were held in Sanford, Me. and interment was at Highland Cemetery, Limerick, Me.
Randall was born at Waterboro, Me., April 8, 1869 the son of Daniel C. and Lavina Q. Randall. He fitted for college at the Limerick High School and entered Dartmouth in the Chandler Scientific Department with the Class of 189s. He was a member of Phi Zeta Mu (now Sigma Chi) fraternity.
After graduation he entered the service of the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey and while stationed in New York he enrolled in the Art Department of Pratt Institute. After a year's study there he decided to devote himself entirely to art work and opened a studio in Dover, N. H., acting as supervisor of drawing in a circuit of towns in the vicinity. In 1903 he was elected director of manual arts in Fitchburg, Mass. and in 1907 accepted a similar position in Providence, R. I. where he remained until his retirement in 1939.
Technical retirement didn't mean giving up work for Randall, he was far too alive for that. He returned to his birthplace Waterboro. Me. and his Sunnybrook Farm and made that his headquarters until it was destroyed in the forest fires last fall. He organized classes in Dover, and in many surrounding towns and was busy to the last.
Randall was widely known in art circles in the East. He studied at various times under such artists as Eric Pape, Walter Sargent and Arthur Dow and established the art colony at Boothbav Harbor, Me., and art clubs and groups at Providence and Dover. His especial interest was in lead pencil sketching, but he also worked in water colors and was a lecturer on art subjects.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Florence Dudley Randall whom he married in 1894.
1899
KAN-ICHI ASAKAWA, Professor Emeritus of History at Yale, died August 10 in West Wardsboro, Vt„ where he had been on a vacation. He was born in Nihonmatsu, Japan, on December 20, 1873.
After attending the Fukushima Middle School and Waseda University in Tokio, he came to this country, and in 1899 was graduated as a Bachelor of Literature from Dartmouth which made him a Doctor of Literature thirty-one years later. In 1901-2 he studied at Yale where he received a degree of Ph.D. The next year he returned to Dartmouth as a lecturer on the history and civili zation of East Asia. During 1906-7 he was Professor of English in Waseda University, and then began his long career at Yale, starting as an instructor in the history of Japanese civilization.
He was made an assistant professor of history in 1910, an associate professor in 1930, a research associate of professorial rank in 1933 and a full professor in 1937. Since 1909 he had been curator of the Japanese and Chinese collections at the university. He was instrumental in obtaining valuable gifts for this collection in Japan and several years ago donated his personal library of more than 3700 volumes of history to the university.
He was regarded as one of the foremost authorities in this country on Japanese history and culture. Among his books and writings are "The Early Institutional Life of Japan," "The Russo-Japanese Conflict—lts Causes and Issues" and "The Origin of Feudal Land Tenure in Japan." He edited "Japan" in the History of Nations series and contributed many articles to Japanese, American, English and Continental periodicals.
Dr. Asakawa retired in 1942 after thirty-six years on the Yale faculty. Articles of considerable length announcing
his death and reviewing his career were published in The New York Times and New York Herald Tribune of August 12. Both contained the following statement by Hartley Simpson, Associate Dean of the Yale Graduate School:
"Professor Asakawa has been so long a member of our faculty that it is difficult to realize his services to the university have ended. He was widely recognized here and in other countries as a distinguished scholar in the history of feudalism. We who were his colleagues can speak with deep appreciation of his friendly and modest relations through the years."
In 1907 Dr. Asakawa married Miss Miriam Dingwall of Farmington, Conn., whom he met while he was studying at Yale and she was living with her brother. She died in 1913.
Soft voiced, dapper in appearance, he was deeply intellectual, devoting most of his leisure time to study and writing. He spent several summer vacations at George Clark's farm at Plymouth, preferring seclusion and study in a small outbuilding on the premises.
In his contacts with his classmates as an undergraduate and at reunions he was friendly and congenial, a dignified gentleman who commanded deep respect of his scholarly attainments.
J. W. G.
1901
WARREN FULLER RUGG died on August 3, in the hospital at Southampton, N. Y., where he had been for a few weeks under treatment for an acute intestinal infection. Although apparently recovering from this, kidney trouble developed, which, in his weakened condition could not be overcome. He was 70 years old last March.
Funeral services were held August 5, at the Chatterton Hill Congregational Church, White Plains, N. Y., of which he and Mrs. Rugg had been very active members, until his retirement to Bridgehampton several years ago. Interment was at Thomaston, Conn, the following day. The esteem in which Warren was held was evidenced by the fact that, in spite of a torrential rainstorm, the church was crowded to the doors during the service. Joe Raphael represented the class at the funeral.
Many of us can still recall the Warren Rugg, who, as a freshman trudged up to the door of Wentworth Hall fifty-one years ago. Perhaps he picked that domicile because it was convenient to the Chapel for he always had a great love for the Church. Anyway, he took college life more seriously than some of us, as shown by the Phi Beta Kappa key he carried all these years.
After graduation from Thayer School in 1902, Warren worked for the New York Central Railroad, and in 1906 was an inspector on the East River tunnels of the Pennsylvania Railroad. From 1906 to 1914, he helped build portions of New York City's Catskill Aqueduct, back of Peekskill. After that he was with the New York State Highway Commission, and later with the Bronx Parkway Commission in Westchester County. From 1923, until his retirement, on his own initiative in the summer of 1946, he worked for the City of New York, where he became recognized as one of the zoning experts of the City Planning Commission.
He had been a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers since 1907. He joined the Masons while in Peekskill and was active in that order both there and in White Plains. In college he was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity.
Warren Rugg will be greatly missed; he was a real Dartmouth man, and a most loyal member of the class. He never missed a reunion, and for many years was a regular attendant at the New York weekly class luncheons, and he was looking forward to our Fifty Year Reunion in 1951.
He is survived by his wife, Leila Rossetter Rugg, and a son Addison F. Rugg, Dartmouth '30.
1903
HENRY WARD DELANO of Marion, Mass. died in a nursing home in Mattapoisett, Mass. of coronary occlusion on August 23, 1946.
Henry was born August 18, 1880 at Marion, Mass., the son of Charles H. and Annie M. Delano. He attended the public schools of the town and prepared for Dartmouth at Tabor Academy. At college he was an excellent student graduating with Phi Beta Kappa rank. Quiet, reserved and studious, outside of his dormitory life he made few friends, but those who knew him liked him.
After graduation he taught school in New Hartford, Conn., Mount Vernon, N. H. and at the Holderness School for Boys at Plymouth, N. H. In 1910 he was Master of Classics and German at Holderness and finally became Senior Master in 1913.
In 1923 he returned to Marion to teach in the High School and in 1924-1943 taught Latin in the Wareham, Mass. High School. In 1943 he was obliged to retire because of ill health. He had suffered for many years from severe asthmatic attacks which ultimately brought on the coronary difficulty. In all places in which he taught he was affiliated with some church as organist and at the time of his death was organist of St. Gabriel's Church in Marion.
In 1943 the graduating class at Wareham High School, with the following inscription, dedicated its class book to him: "Whose kindness and good fellowship have made him highly esteemed and loved by the student body, we, the class of 1943, affectionately dedicate this volume."
Henry was a bachelor, but leaves a sister, Miss Susan Delano, resident in Marion. Burial was in Marion.
ARTHUR RAYMOND HOLBROOK died on August 2 at his home ill Knoxville, Term, where he was an engineer for the Tennessee Valley Authority.
Born April 19, 188 a in Ashland, Mass. he graduated from the Ashland High School in 1899. Entering Dartmouth, he remained only until the end of his sophomore year when he transferred to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he graduated in 1904 with the B.S. degree. At Dartmouth he was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity.
In his engineering work he had been engaged in many important projects throughout the country: in Kansas City; in New York City with the Water Board; in Columbus, Ohio and San Diego, Cal., and for the past ten years in Knoxville, Tenn. with the Tennessee Valley Authority.
He leaves his wife, the former Edith G. Holbrook of North Grafton, Mass.; a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Allendoerfer of Bryn Mawr, Pa.; a sister, Mrs. Grace A. Phelps of Ashland, Mass. and three grandchildren.
The funeral was held at the home of his sister August 4, and burial was in the Wildwood Cemetery at Ashland.
HARRY LESLIE LINNELL of Mamaroneck, N. Y. and summer resident of Falmouth, Mass., died at the Hyannis Hospital August 1, of coronary thrombosis.
He was born August 10, 1882 in Somerville, Mass. the son of Arthur Ellsworth and Eva May (Snow) Linnell. Moving to Wollaston at an early age he graduated from the Quincy High School before entering Dartmouth. He remained in college for two years and then left to enter the marine hardware business with the A. S. Morse Cos. of Boston, of which company he became vice president. In 1919 he became salesman for Devoe Reynolds Cos. of New York, selling marine paints, and continued with this firm for 27 years, retiring in 1946.
On January 28, 1904 he married Katherine Isabel Rice and from this union two children were born, Robert Ellsworth and Harrison Rice Linnell, Dartmouth '31.
He leaves his wife and two sons, his father now 86 years old, two sisters, three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Funeral and burial services were held in Falmouth on August 3.
1907
JAMES MCKEARIN died in Springfield, Mass., on April 24. Apparently he had been in poor health for a year or more as he wrote last year that he would be unable to attend the Fortieth Reunion because of serious physical disability.
Jim entered College from Proctor, Vt. and left after two years. He went almost immediately into electrical engineering and his business career throughout his life testifies to his competence and accomplishments in that field.
After twelve years with the General Electric Company Jim went to Springfield as an electrical engineer at the United Electric Company. When that company was merged with the Western Massachusetts Electric Companies, Jim became electrical engineer and later Chief Engineer for the consolidation. He was a Fellow in the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, and a member and past president of the Engineering Society of West ern Massachusetts. An ardent sportsman, until recent years Jim had been quite active in hunting, fishing and golf.
He is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Richard Steele, of Putney, Vt., and his son, James G. McKearin, of East Longmeadow, Mass.
EDWARD RICHARDSON died suddenly on July 15 at the Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Newton, Mass., following a heart attack. He had just returned from a vacation and appeared to be in excellent health until he was stricken. Funeral services were held at Mount Auburn Cemetery, in Cambridge, on July 17.
Ted is survived by his wife, Elsie; a daughter, Ann; and his sons Franklin and Malcolm. Ann graduated from Newton High in June. Franklin is a Lieutenant-Colonel in the U. S. Air Force in Germany. Malcolm has been at Oak Ridge, Tenn. since his discharge from the Army.
Born in Cambridge, Ted entered Dartmouth from Wellesley High. After graduation he entered the lumber business and remained in it until his death. As in College, Ted was very popular in his business and social relationships. His outstanding characteristics were his genuine friendliness, his dependability, and his unfailing devotion to his family, his college and his host of frends. His loss will be deeply felt.
1909
JAMES SHAW HUSELTON died suddenly at his home in Birmingham, Ohio, on August 13. He had an attack of coronary on January 30 but was recovering nicely, apparently, and was able to attend to his wholesale coal business from his home. During the morning of August 13 he remarked that he had not felt better in twenty years. That same night he died. Funeral services were held in his old home at Butler, on August 16.
Jim was born in Butler, Pa., September 6, 1886; prepared for college at Mercersburg Academy; and was graduated with his class at Dartmouth. He played on the class basketball team and was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Immediately after graduation he entered the insurance business in Portland, Ore. where he remained for five years. He then returned to New York City, where he organized and managed the Morrison Map Company. During World War I he served as an Ordnance Sergeant in the A.E.F. and before the end of the war was transferred to the Red Cross as a First Lieutenant. He spent a year in Russia with the Expeditionary Forces and while there was cited by the Siberian Commissioner of Red Cross for meritorious services.
After the war, he returned to Butler, Pa., where he owned his own retail coal business, later entering the coal business in Cleveland, Ohio. He was engaged in this business at the time of his death.
Jim was married in Washington, D. C„ on May 7,1929 to Mary Pepper, who survives him. He is also survived by a brother, E. C. Huselton, of Butler, Pa., and a sister, Mrs. John W. Shaw, of Pittsburgh, Pa.
Jim was noted for his pleasant friendliness, always evident. One of the finest, Jim will be missed by his class and particularly by those who had the pleasure of knowing him more intimately.
1911
On June 25 the death of JOHN JOSEPH DALY occurred at his summer home in Hyannisport, Mass. He was born February 17, 1889 in Abington, Mass. which was his residence during his entire life.
Following graduation from high school he spent one year at Dartmouth, after which he entered the shoe manufacturing and retailing business. Subsequently he was engaged in the management and ownership of a number of well-known shoe firms. He went into the leather business with his father, becoming a member of the Wall, Doyle & Daly Shoe Company of Brockton. Later he acquired controlling interest in the Daly Brothers' shoe factories in Maine, New Hampshire and Virginia and held the position of president. Later he also became associated with the Spencer Shoe Company chain stores. Two years ago he acquired control of the Regal Shoe Company of which he was president, at the time of his death.
He was also director of the Republic Aviation Corporation of New York and the Piper Aircraft Corporation of Lockport, Pa. and was active in their manufacturing programs during the war.
John was a member of Theta Delta Chi, the 8.A.A., and the Woodland Golf Club. In 1943 he was named to the Order of the Knights of Malta by the Pope. He served with the Army Quartermaster Corps during the first World War.
On October 20, 1920, he was married to Marie W. Whitehead who survives him.
RAYMOND EUGENE PALMER died suddenly in Mexico City on August 26. For the past five years he had been with the United States Rubber Company as construction engineer. He had been engaged in the erection of several plants including one in Kitchener, Ontario, and at the time of his death was general manager of the Mexico City project.
Ray, one of five Dartmouth brothers (a record held by no other family), was born in Fort Wayne, Ind. November 7, 1890. He attended Morgan Park Academy in Chicago, and following graduation from Dartmouth, received the engineering degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Ray was an extremely active undergraduate being a letter man in track, a member of Phi Gamma Delta and Sphinx.
Following his graduation from Tech he was designing engineer with the H. Koppers Company in Chicago for a year; engineer in charge of ice manufacturing plants for the Consumers Company in Chicago for two years; engineer in charge of plant construction with Kalmus, Comstock & Wescott; plant superintendent for the Exolon Company in Thorold, Ontario in 1918; engineer in charge of construction for Stevens-Duryea, Inc., 1919-1920. With his father and two brothers, Don and Wayne, he founded the Palmer Steel Company of Springfield, Mass. in 1921.
In 1928 Ray established himself as consulting engineer in Holyoke, Mass. In 1941 he was an engineer for the U. S. Government in charge of the project in Chelsea, Mass. He was also principal engineer in the Office of Chief Engineers, U. S. Army, in Wilmington, Del. Later he was stationed at the Lake Ontario Ordnance Works in Lewiston, N. Y. His other projects with the United States Rubber Company consisted of the enlargement of tire plants at Chicopee, Mass., and Eau Claire, Wis.
For many years Ray was active on the Boy Scout Committee in Holyoke, Mass.
In December of 1918 he was married to Mary Heslop who survives him, together with two daughters, Nancy and Jane, now Mrs. Robin Fowler.
1912
VERNON LORENZO GREENE died suddenly of a heart attack on May 26 in Dedham, Mass. He had been to the medical clinic that morning and had been told to take it easy. After lunch he lay down for a rest and passed on.
Vernon was born in Lowell, Mass., July 5, 1890, the son of Ransom A. and Harriet M. (Clifford) Greene. He came to Dartmouth from the Lowell High School and was with us the full four years, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. He was also a member of K.K.K.
He was a quiet student, early, wisely decided to become a teacher. His first position was at Vermont Academy where he taught French and German for three years. He then went to the Medford (Mass.) High School for a year, teaching English and German.
In 1916 he joined the staff of the Noble & Greenough School, then in Boston, as a teacher of English and German. Later he also taught Latin. This position proved to be his life's work as he remained here for 32 years and was the senior member of the faculty in years of service. He was loved by all the boys and the alumni.
Vernon was president of the Noble & Greenough Cum Laude Society. In the earlier years he coached the school varsity baseball teams and in the more recent years the teams for the younger boys, all the time helping the other coaches.
When the school first moved to Dedham, Vernon lived in the town, but had charge of one of the dormitories. During the war he sold his home and moved to the school to become Dormitory Master of. the small dormitory. At this time he took over the duties of the school office. Here his meticulous attention to detail was very much appreciated in his work on the books of account, ordering supplies, and keeping records.
Vernon was first married to Miss Jessie L. Harris of Norwich, Conn., in June 1914. Her death occurred in 1925. In 1927 he had a sabbatical leave and spent the time studying and travelling in Germany. Here he met Miss Violetta Margarete Leichner and he returned in August 1928 to Berlin and married her. Returning to Dedham with him, she has been, ever since, a wonderful helpmate and wife. She has been loved and respected by the boys and all the school staff. She expects to make her home in Dedham having accepted a position as teacher at the Dedham Country Day School.
The funeral services were at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, in Dedham and the committal at the Edson Cemetery in Lowell. Classmates attending the funeral were "Ray" Cabot, "Sunny" Buell, "Pett" Pettingell and Frank Taylor Weil. We will long remember Vernon for his character, sense of humor and warm personality. A memorial book plate has been arranged with the Baker Library in his honor.
1914
ERNEST TIRRILL SAEGER died in the Veterans Hospital, Bedford, Mass. on July 12 after an illness of many years. He was born in Brookline, Mass. February 28, 1893, the son of Harry James and Jennie (Barbour) Saeger.
After graduating with our class with Phi Beta Kappa rank, Ernie took his second year in medicine at Dartmouth and then received his M.D. from Harvard in 1917. He served as a Ist Lt. in the Army Medical Corps in 1918, and then began the practice of medicine in Boston where he remained until forced to retire by ill health.
Ernie was a quiet, ambitious young man, loved by all who knew him. His loss to us as a class dates back many years, because of his illness. His only close relative was his sister, wife of our classmate Pennell Aborn. To her we express the hope that she will realize the true regard and respect in which her brother was held by the class.
ALLAN ALONZO TUKEY died in Omaha on May 22 of coronary thrombosis. He was born in Omaha, March 11, 1892 the son of Alonzo and Elizabeth Maxwell (Allan) Tukey. In college he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta.
Allan served with the A.E.F. in World War I as a 2nd Lt. with the 3rd Machine Gun Company of the Ist Division. He received a purple heart for wounds received at Soissons and was the holder of the Distinguished Service Cross.
Allan immediately became prominent in Legion affairs, beginning with the famous St. Louis caucus which resulted in the formation of the American Legion. He commanded the Omaha Post, which he helped to form, in 1919-20, and was national vice-commander the following year. Two years ago he was made honorary past department commander for his efforts in behalf of the Legion in Nebraska.
A prominent insurance broker in Omaha for many years, Allan was a director and past president of the Metropolitan Utilities District.
On September 23, 1920, Allan was married to Louise Dinning of Omaha who survives him with their daughters Mrs. Emmett Ross of Phoenix, Ariz, and Mrs. Carl Jonas of Aspen, Colo.
Allan's loss to the College and to the Class, for whom he has been an ardent supporter and worker, will be keenly felt. To his family goes the deep sympathy of the Class, in this, our mutual loss.
CHESTER LINCOLN WALCOTT died in Bastrop, La. on April 19 after an illness of six months. He was born in Providence, R. I. February 3, 1889, the son of Nelson H. and Nellie (MacRosson) Walcott.
Chet had been in the lumber business, first in Crittenden, Ark. and then in Bonita and Bastrop, La. He had been general manager and vice-president of the Bonita Lumber Cos. and later liquidating agent for all of their Louisiana holdings when their timber had been cut. His last transaction for them was selling thousands of acres of cut over timber land for development into farms. He had started his own mill just before his death. During the war Chet served on the local draft board and also was connected with the O.P.A.
Chet is survived by his widow, Annie B. Walcott and two daughters, Mrs. Jack B. Blanks and Mrs. Paullette C. Pipes and by four grandchildren. The sympathy of the class goes to his family in their bereavement.
1921
RAPHAEL NORTHEY MURRAY died suddenly in Toronto, Ontario, on June 1. He was born in Somerville, Mass., September 28, 1899, the son of Charles T. Murray '82 and Isabelle Northey.
Ray was with our class from 1917 to 1920 when 'he left college and became connected with E. H. Rollins & Sons. He was with them until 1938 when he joined the Behr-Manning Corp. and remained with them until he entered the Navy as a Lt. in the Bureau of Aeronautics on December 9, 1942. He was promoted to Lt. Comdr. and continued to serve in Washington until his discharge on September 4, 1944.
He returned to Behr-Manning until September, 1945, when he went with Durex Abrasive Cos. of New York and subsequently became director of sales for Canadian Durex Abrasives, Ltd. in Brantford, Ontario.
He is survived by a brother Woodworth N Murray of Moline, Ill.
1923
HOWARD WILLIAM REED died at the Carney Hospital in Boston on May 28 after a long illness.
Howie was born in Manchester, N. H. March 8, 1899. the son of Albert J. and Sarah (Barr) Reed. He prepared for college at Manchester High School and in September 1919 entered Norwich University, where he was a member of the S.A.T.C. He transferred to Dartmouth in September 1920 and graduated with our class. He was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha.
Almost immediately after graduation Howie became connected with the New England Telephone and Telegraph Cos. and remained with them until 1926 when he became connected with the Lincoln Stores. At the time of his death he was managing their store in Quincy, Mass.
On October 3, 1942, Howie entered the army as a Captain, and served at Army Post Exchanges at Newfoundland and Fort Devens until his discharge on December 13, 1946. The illness which caused his death was the result of a service disability.
Howie is survived by his widow, the former Capitola Clough whom he married in 1937, his mother, and two brothers, Frederick H. Reed '23 and Paul J. Reed '25.
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CHARLES WILLIAM NORTON died in Portsmouth, N. H. on March 19. He was born in Portsmouth, February 1, 1902, the son of William Mudge and Maria (Jarvis) Norton. He spent his freshman year at the University of New Hampshire and transferred to Dartmouth in the fall of 1921.
After graduating with our class he joined the Firestone Tire & Rubber Cos., as credit manager, first in Akron and later in Hartford, Conn. In 1933 he became credit manager for the Norfolk Paint Cos. in Quincy, Mass. which position he held at the time of his death.
On April 25, 1925, Charlie married Louise L. Sheppard in New York City, who survives him with their children, Charles W. Jr., Shep- pard N. and Betsy.
GEORGE HERBERT ROCKWOOD died suddenly in Champaign, Ill. on April 23. He was born in Chicago April 14, 1902, the son of George Herbert Rockwood '79 and Fanny B. Hoyt.
Rocky prepared for Dartmouth at Oak Park High School. After graduating with our class he went to M.I.T. where he received the B.S. degree in 1926 and M.S. in 1927. He then became a member of the Technical Staff of Bell Telephone Laboratories in New York, doing vacuum tube research, where he remained until January, 1947, when he became Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Illinois.
April 14, 1928 Rocky was married to Ruth Humiston of Chicago who survives him with their children, Charles, Nancy and Alice.
1926
DAVID FIELD RAWSON died suddenly on July 17, while on a vacation in Bermuda. The burial was in Craftsbury Common, Vt.
Born in Ardmore, Pa. on October 28, 1904, the son of Joseph Scott and Grace (Dustan) Rawson, Dave was graduated from Loomis Preparatory School in 1922, from Dartmouth in 1926, and in 1929 from the University of Michigan Law School, where he was an editor of the Law Review. At Dartmouth, Dave was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa, Delta Sigma Phi, The Arts, Round Robin, Players, Round Table, Forensic Union and on the staff of The Bema.
After receiving his law degree Dave practiced law for several years in California before going to New York in 1938. In New York he became a specialist in corporation law and since 1942 had been a partner in the law firm of Donovan, Leisure, Newton, Lumbard & Irvine, with offices at 2 Wall Street. He was a member of the University Club and the Dartmouth Club of New York, the American Bar Association and the Bar Association of the City of New York.
Dave is survived by his wife, the former Diane Le Clercq of Brussels, Belgium, whom he married in Pasadena, Calif, in 1934; his mother, Mrs. Scott Rawson of Craftsbury Common, Vt.; a sister and two brothers. To them all goes the heartfelt sympathy of the class.
WILLIAM FRED UEHLEIN JR. died suddenly on May 23 in Lawrence, Mass.
Born in Karlsruhe, Germany on April 26, 1898, Bill was the son of William and Catherine (Franz) Uehlein. He prepared for Dartmouth at Tilton Seminary and while in college was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa and Kappa Phi Kappa. He was a member of the freshman track team and was on the basketball squad.
After graduation, Bill was associated with Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in Manila, P. I. and in Java for a number of years until 1934 when he returned to Lawrence. At the time of his death he was in the accounting business. During the war he served as a lieutenant with the U.S.A.A.C. He was not married.
Bill is survived by a brother, Edward, of Newton Highlands, Mass. and a sister, Lena, of Winchester, N. H. His classmates extend their sincere sympathies to his surviving relatives.
1931
It was with a deep sense of loss and shock that it was learned that CHARLES HENRY FELKER had taken his own life on May 24 at Rochester, N. H.
Charlie was the youngest member of his class and probably one of the youngest men to graduate from Dartmouth. He was born in Rochester, July 25, 1912, the son of Henry W. Felker '83 and Grace A. Berry. When he was fourteen years old he was graduated from the Rochester High School as valedictorian of his class. He entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1927 and graduated in 1931 at the age of eighteen having been an outstanding student and major in history.
After graduation he took over his father's interests in the Rochester Lumber Company He was a nephew of the late Gov. Samuel D. Felker. Charlie was very active in politics and in the ranks of the Young Democrats of New Hampshire. In 1940 he was elected mayor of Rochester at the age of twenty eight, the youngest man to be named chief executive. He had served as chairman of the Democratic city committee and since retiring from politics had devoted his time to his law practice, having studied law at Harvard and Boston University. He was considered to be one of the most brilliant young lawyers in the state.
Along with being an enthusiastic Dartmouth alumnus Charlie was a member of Rochester Grange and the Masonic orders, including the Commandery. He was also a member of the Strafford County Bar Association and the New Hampshire Bar Association. He was not married.
1935
ROBERT EMERSON LOVEGROVE died on August 11 at the Bridgeport Hospital in Bridgeport, Conn, following a long illness. The funeral was held August 13, and Cramp Carrick and Fred Depinet, former roommates of Bob's, were among the honorary pallbearers. John Gilbert and Bob Naramore were also able to attend the services which were preceded and concluded with the music of "Dartmouth Undying".
Bob was born October 5, 1913, in Allentown, Pa. and prepared for Dartmouth at Tabor Academy. At college he was a member of Zeta Psi fraternity.
After graduation Bob went with the Mutual System, Inc. of Bridgeport, a holding company for a small loan chain and, at his death, was treasurer and a director of the corporation. He was also vice-president and director of Management Service, Inc., and a past president of the Connecticut Association of Small Loan Companies.
He was married to Sylvia Tyack on June 20, 1936, and made his home in Fairfield. Besides his wife, he leaves three children: Susan, 10, Sara, 8, and Robert E. Jr., 5.
Bob was modest and kindly, a devoted family man. Although not active in local Dartmouth affairs his loyalty to and interest in the college were always evident.
1942
LAWRENCE JOHN RITTER, a Captain in the Army Air Corps was killed on April 26, 1946, in Tioga County, Pa. when his plane crashed on a routine flight from Selfridge Field to New York.
Larry was born in Yonkers, N. Y. June 25, 1919, the son of John Joseph and Lilliam (Dvorak) Ritter. He prepared for college at Roosevelt High School in Yonkers.
In college Larry was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and received his "D" in track. On August 18, 1941 he was inducted into the the Army and later transferred to the Army Air Corps. He was commissioned 2nd Lt. in September 1942 and in August 1943 was made a Captain. He served in the North African campaign and received the distinguished Flying Cross with several Oak Leaf Clusters.
Larry is survived by his parents and by his widow who lives in Yonkers.
1945
JAMES CHARLES DURRANCE was killed in an automobile accident on August 13, in North Hampton, N. H. The automobile which he was driving collided with a truck.
Jim was born in Tarpon Springs, Fla., June 11, 1921, the son of John R. and America (Pillans) Durrance. When he was four years old his family moved to Germany where he lived for the next six years.
Jim was a graduate of Springfield, Vt., High School, and attended Kimball Union Academy. In 1942 he left college to enlist in the Air Corps. His war experience was gained in the European Theater piloting C-475. Jim was a participant in the Battle of the Bulge. After being discharged in 1945 he became a copilot for Eastern Airlines.
Jim leaves a wife, the former Katherine Wright of Springfield, and a young son, James, Jr. He is also survived by his parents, two sisters, and two brothers, Dick Durrance '39 and Jack Durrance '41.
Dartmouth and the Class of 1945 have lost another loyal son.
Very belated word has been received that CHARLES LEONARD FRIEDMAN was killed in action in Germany December 11, 1944.
Lenny was born in Albany, N. Y. December 12, 1923 the son of Morris and Rose (Parsowith) Friedman and prepared for college at Albany High School. In college he was a member of Pi Lambda Phi and played freshman basketball and baseball.
On January 22, 1943 Lenny was inducted into the Army. In September, 1943, he was commissioned 21.d Lt. at the Anti-Aircraft Artillery School at Camp Davis. Shortly afterward he went overseas and served with the First Army until he was killed in action on December 11, 1944.
Lenny is survived by his parents and by a sister.
WILLIAM SLADE 'B4
HOWARD WILLIAM REED '23
