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]
Ely, Richard S. '88, Oct. 8 Dodge, George B. '93, Oct. 9 Hayes, John E. R. '95, Oct. 5 Dunnington, Herbert E. '01, Sept. 20 Dearborn, Stanley A. '02, Aug. 12 Drew, Hedley G. '04, Aug. 20 Milham, Charles G. '06, Sept. 28 Greenleaf, Fred B. '07, Sept. 13 Schwarz, Hugo I. '07, Sept. 10 Clark, Arthur H. '12, Aug. 19, 1952 Zimmerman, Ernest L. '12, June 18 Adams, David E. '13, Sept. 6 Convery, George F. '14, May 15, 1950 Spalding, Edward C. '15, July 25 Desmond, James P. '16, June 9 Haggerty, D. Roger, '17, Sept. 11 Freeman, Jean P. '20, April 1, 1948 O'Connor, William B. '21, Sept. 3 Morse, Herbert O. '29, Sept. 29 Larimer, Joseph M. Jr. '44, Sept. 19 Cook, William J. '49, Sept. 29
1890
CLIFFORD WESLEY CAMPBELL died at his home 1055 Harvard Ave., Claremont, Calif., on August 13. He was born in West Windham, N. H., April 5, 1868, the son of Charles W. and Jane (Crovvell) Campbell.
He was a member of the Scientific Department until our junior year when he was obliged to leave college because of his father's ill health. He at once entered his father's business in Westerly, R. I.— lumber, grain and feed. The firm was incorporated as the C. W. Campbell Co. and Clifford became president of what became one of the best known companies in New England. He retired in 1920.
Active in state and town affairs, Clifford served in the state Senate and House of Representatives. He was a member of the Westerly Town Council and active on the school building committees.
On September 25, 1906 Clifford was married to Effie Gavitt King who died some years ago. On November 13, 1943 he was married to Beulah Hazard who survives him and two children by his first marriage, Charles K. Campbell of Chicago and Mrs. Eleanor C. Anderson of La Canada, Calif.
1894
JULIUS IRVING READ was born in Belfast, Maine, December 6, 1871, and died July 18, 1952, in an automobile accident while on his way to his home 1818 Union St., Alameda, Calif. He fitted for college in the Omaha, Nebraska, High School and belonged to Phi Delta Theta.
Irving had an interesting and varied career. He began as principal of the Norwich (Vt.) High School, and after a year seems to have gone to the Omaha High School, where we find he was teaching in 1898. Apparently lured by the well-known "Go (farthest) west, young man," he decided to make his permanent home in California. Then ensued experience as school principal or faculty member in a number of California communities, the longest period apparently being at Sonora where he taught for nine years. In 1920 he moved to Mt. Shasta City where he was principal of the school. In 1938, he reported that he had retired from teaching and moved to Oakland where for the rest of his life he was engaged in selling real estate and insurance.
Irving Read was one of our four graduates who never found it possible to get back to a reunion. But as time went on, it became increasingly evident that this had not dampened his interest in the College and the class.
His first marriage July 5, 1899, was to Jessie Helen Brpwn who died in January, 1947. Three children came from this marriage a son, Myron Irving, and two daughters, Mrs. Clarence Fee and Mrs. Van Richardson. There are also living five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
August 6, 1951, Irving married Mrs. Fitzhugh S. Rollins, thus bringing about the only instance where one woman was the happy wife of two '94 men.
1899
DR. HENRY HALE DEARBORN died at his home in Milford, N. H., on July 20, at the age of 75, after a long illness. He was a lifelong resident of Milford, one of the four sons of Dr. Thomas B. Dearborn '65m and Kate L. Hutchinson who was one of the famous Hutchinson family of musicians.
The four sons were all born in Milford and all became physicians. Three of them attended Dartmouth. Jesse was a member of '99 for more than three years. Hale graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1903 and after practicing medicine in Becket, Mass., for a few years, returned to Milford where he continued in active practice until he retired in 1942 because of impaired health.
He was a member of Benevolent Lodge F. and A.M. of Milford, the First Congregational Church and the Hillsboro County Medical Society. He was a very loyal member of his class, a regular attendant at the annual Roundup and at class reunions. Since his retirement he and Mrs. Dearborn spent their winters in Florida.
Hale Dearborn was modest to the point of shyness and not easy to know, but the better one knew him the more one liked and admired him.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Pearl Casman Dearborn; a step-son, John C. Casman of Pelham Manor, N. Y.; and two nephews, Edmund G. Dearborn '32 of Hopkinton, Mass., and Benton N. Dearborn '33 of Medway, Mass.
Funeral services were held in the Congregational Church July 23 followed by interment in the Riverside cemetery.
There was a floral piece from his Dartmouth class and the following of '99 attended the funeral: Gannon, Hawkes, Hobbs, Kendall, Dr. and Mrs. Parker and Wiggin.
1900
NATHANIEL HAVEN BARROWS died from a heart ailment September 8, at his summer home, Old Orchard, Maine. He was born in South Berwick, Maine, July 7, 1877. Graduated from the Haverhill (Mass.) High School he entered Dartmouth along with Cate and Sprague from the same school. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi with which he maintained a lifelong interest.
After an apprenticeship in woolen manufacturing, he was made superintendent of the Burlington Woolen Mills at Winooski, Vt. In 1910 he purchased a woolen mill at Water- ville, Me., which became known as the Wyandotte Worsted Co. and this company operated other mills in Rochester, N. H., Pittsfield, Mass., and Center Village, Conn. He was first general manager of the company, president in 1932 and chairman of the Board of Directors at the time of his death. In Water- ville he lived until two years ago at the Elmwood Hotel in which he had a major financial interest and of which Nat's friend and classmate Billy Cook was manager for eighteen years.
In directing the interests of his company properties Nat acquired a reputation of unusual ability, shrewdness and far-sightedness in the woolen industry. His business was highly prosperous. In World War I his mills filled large contracts for the Canadian Government. In the depression years he showed his business acumen by keeping his mills in full and profitable production in spite of the fact that his operatives enjoyed higher wage scales than those generally in effect in the industry. In World War II his mills were awarded large contracts by the government.
Because of the heart impairment which first came upon him about fifteen years ago, Nat's physical activities were curtailed and within the last two years he became the victim of an acutely painful arthritis. He and Mrs. Barrows were in St. Petersburg, Fla., last winter at the time Bigelow, Cristy and Rankin were -there. Nat's suffering became so intense that he made an early return to the apartment in Brookline, Mass., which he had maintained for the past two years as a winter residence.
For his interest in and support o£ the Waterville Boys' Club of which he was vice president, Nat .was presented with the Golden Keystone Award of the Boys' Clubs of America. He was one of the founders of the Waterville Country Club and had been a member of the Board of Directors of the Thayer Hospital in Waterville.
Nat was married on Feb. 6, 1901 to Julia S. Rutter, who survives him as does his son, Nathaniel Jr. '29, five grandchildren and two sisters who live in Haverhill, Mass.
Jennings, Mathes, Prescott and Wallace represented 1900 at the services held at Nat Jr.'s home in Atkinson Depot, N. H. The interment was at North Parish Cemetery, Plaistow, N. H.
Nat was not one who was demonstrative in the expression of his feelings but his loyalty and affection for Dartmouth and 1900 were frequently given tangible expression. He was a man of sensitive feeling and innate kindness. His memory we shall always cherish.
1901
HERBERT EARL DUNNINGTON, for many years a well known pharmacist in Brockton, Mass., died September 20, at a local hospital after having been in poor health for some time. His home was at 53 Augusta Ave., Brockton.
Born in Weymouth, Mass., January 30, 1878, the son of George and Sarah (Gardener) Dunnington he graduated from the Manchester, N. H., High School in 1897 and entered Dartmouth with the class of 1901. After graduation he returned to Manchester and for some years was the proprietor of a drug store, and while in the city served in the state legislature. He moved to Brockton in 1921 and soon after formed the Dunnington Drug Co., operators of a chain of Massachusetts drug stores, all carrying out his ideas of maintaining modern establishments.
Dunny was a popular member of the class, of a happy and joyous nature, and the memory of his friendship and comradeship will always be cherished by his many friends. A most loyal Dartmouth man, he was a very generous contributor to the Alumni Fund. While in college he was one of the class monitors from freshman to senior year.
He was a member of St. Pauls Episcopal Church, the Commercial Club, Kiwanis Club, the Masons and the Knights of Pythias, and was a member of the Massachusetts Pharmaceutical Association. His fraternity was Beta Theta Pi.
He is survived by his wife, two sons, a daughter, and a sister. The services were held in the St. Pauls Church, Brockton, and attending the services as representatives of the class were Clarence Bryant, Gene Dow, T. Wood and Claude Butterfield.
1902
On August 12 our classmate, STANLEY ALEXDEARBORN, died at his home, 14 Parks St., Wakefield, Mass.
At the end of junior year Stanley withdraw from college and entered the School of Law at Boston University from which he graduated to become a member of the Massachusetts Bar. As a lawyer he attained important positions in the state. He served as a Master in Chancery and as a member of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. He took an active part in the local affairs of Wakefield, the town in which he was born on September 3, 1879 and where he lived all his life. He was a member of the Water and Sewerage Board and was Precinct 1 Warden.
In 1941 Stanley retired from the practice of law because of a disabling illness. His friends report that he met his unhappy condition with great fortitude and constant cheerfulness. Death came suddenly as a not unwelcome release. Funeral services held on August 14 were conducted by his lifelong friend and Dartmouth classmate, the Reverend Herman de Anguera. The survivors are his son, Stanley S. Dearborn, and a granddaughter. Interment was in the ancient Lakeside Cemetery in Wakefield. Though a non-graduate, Stanley Dearborn was ever a loyal Dartmouth man.
1904
HEDLEY GARLAND DREW died on August 20 in New York City. He had entered Presbyterian Hospital on August 16 where two days later an emergency operation for a perforated ulcer was performed from which he did not rally.
"Pitt" was born in Lanark, Ill., July 9, 1879, the son of Edward W. and Elizabeth Janes (Treseder) Drew. He prepared for college at Englewood High School in Chicago and was a member of Chi Phi.
After graduation he was connected with several banks in Chicago until 1921 when he became associated with Harris Trust and Savings Bank, with which he remained until his retirement in 1948.
In January of this year Pitt suffered a heart attack after which he and Carrie sold their home in Flossmoor, Ill., and bought a small place in Anna Maria, Florida, where he enjoyed several months of good health.
On November 8, 1924 Pitt was married to Carrie Burgan who survives him with their daughter, Mrs. Barbara D. Stuber of New York City, four sisters and a brother. Carrie is living in Anna Maria, Florida.
Cremation was in New York and on August 26 a memorial service was held in the Flossmoor Community Church which Pitt had served for many years as treasurer and member of the Board of Elders.
When the class gathers for its 50th reunion Pitt will be greatly missed for he had thought and planned on attending.
AMOS PARKER FOSTER died in Cincinnati, Ohio, on August 7. He had been in ill health a year but continued his law practice until a week before his death. He made his home at 2702 Stratford Ave., Cincinnati.
Amos was born in Keene, N. H., March 10, 1880 and prepared for college at Cashing Academy. He was an outstanding athlete at Dartmouth and a member of the varsity baseball, basketball and football teams and was considered one of the most powerful running backs of his day. President of the class freshman and sophomore years, he was a member of Theta Delta Chi.
After graduation Amos went to the University of Cincinnati as physical director and football coach. "Twenty years too soon" was the comment of one sports writer on Amos' coaching career at Cincinnati. Going to Cincinnati he took with him several of the most promising football men from Dartmouth. His idea of "imports" was not condoned by the university and in 1906 Amos moved on to coach at the University of Nebraska, and for the following two years coached at Miami University.
While coaching at Cincinnati he attended the university's law school and received his law degree in 1907, and began practice in Cincinnati.
Amos is survived by his wife, Mrs. Emma Thomas Foster, and his son Franklin Foster '34.
1906
It was very much of a shock to the 1906 colony in Hanover this fall, to learn, on our return from vacation, that CHARLES GILBERT MILHAM was seriously ill in Dick's House. He had been so closely attached to Dartmouth and the Hanover community and had been so active during the spring and summer that it did not seem possible that he could be dangerously ill. Indeed, he himself had been planning very recently to attend the Dartmouth-West Point game on Oct. 11. His death came on the morning of Saturday, Sept. 28, the cause leukemia.
Charles Milham was 68 years of age. He was born in Tivoli, N. Y„ and came to Dartmouth from Brooklyn. After college, his first work was on the staff of the New York Sun. His first job was coverage of the old police head- quarters in Mulberry where he worked with the famous Jacob Riis who was largely responsible in cleaning up the worst of the old New York slums. From 1906 to 1912 he filled various offices for The Sun and in the latter year joined the editorial staff of the BrooklynEagle. While on the Eagle, as late as 1919, he did much outside writing in the form of short stories and histories of the activities of several divisions of Infantry in World War I, among them the 27th and 77th and 106th.
Moving to California he became in 1921 the secretary of the All Year Club of Southern California, an organization he had himself sponsored and organized. During his seven years in this capacity he took an active part in Dartmouth activities on the West Coast, and gave lectures in journalism at Occidental College in 1922-23. In 1926 he received an honorary M.A. from Dartmouth. Returning to New York in the late Twenties he went into the advertising business and remained there until 1931, when, after his marriage, his second, to Miss Alma M. Haas of New York, he removed to Williamsburg, Va., where he lived for eleven years in the Coke-Garrett House, one of the famous old colonial mansions in that city.
While in Williamsburg he began his research on the life of the "Gallant Pelham" of Alabama and Virginia, a distinguished Confederate General, and continued this work for many years. The unfinished manuscript which he left at his death was one of the most readable pieces of biography the writer of this account has ever read. It lacked but a few letters which Charles had done his best to recover, even to the extent of traveling at extended periods through many portions of the South.
Dartmouth men were always hospitably entertained in Williamsburg. Charles was an active member of the Virginia Alumni Association, serving it at different times as secretary and president. Visiting professors, staff and executive officers spent many days there in the interesting old city. He had been head also of the Southern California Association, and had helped in the formation of alumni associations in Tucson, Houston, and Louisiana. On his taking up residence in Hanover he entered even more fully into the life of the College, serving on the Alumni Council from 1936 to 1942 and entertaining many visitors from his own college years.
The Milham House in Hanover where Charles and Alma lived since 1943 is one of the most attractive in the town. It lies at the end of a little lane that branches from the road to Lebanon across the road from the section we used to call Prexy's Garden. Just below it are the wooded slopes to Mink Brook where the most daring of us used to try our luck on skis. Charles' study where he worked has all the atmosphere of a professor's retreat with its pictures and wall book-cases. To members of 1906 in town this house has been a holiday hostel, and at Christmas and Thanksgiving the clan always gathered there.
He is survived by his widow, the former Alma Haas, by two children of his first marriage, Mrs. Vance Prather and Charles V. Milham, both of Altadena, California; three brothers, Floyd H. Milham of Rhinebeck, N. Y., Guy W. Milham, Brooklyn, N. Y., and Clarence L. Milham, Queens Village, N. Y. and four grandchildren, James Vance Prather, 15, Elizabeth Anne Prather, 11, Jeffrey Charles Milham, 11, and Timothy Gilbert Milham, 9.
The funeral services were held in St. Thomas Church, Hanover, where Charles had been actively engaged in many phases of church work and had held posts on important committees. Representing the class of 1906 were Harold Rugg, Francis Childs, Foster Guyer, Fred Parker, Halsey Edgerton and Eric Kelly. The burial was in Red Hook, N. Y.
E. P. K.
1907
FRED BACON GREENLEAF died suddenly at his home 72 Hillcrest St., Auburn, Maine, on September 13. Ted had been in poor health for some years. His age was 69. Born in Auburn, Ted received a degree in Civil Engineering from Thayer School in 1908. He practiced his profession for several years and returned to Auburn and the business established by his father, after the death of the latter. For many years, and at his death, Ted was treasurer of his own firm, the Greenleaf Construction Co.
Ted married Margaret Jones of Victoria, Texas, in 1914. Both have been prominent in Auburn's civic and social life. A lifelong Republican, Ted served three terms in the Maine House and two in its Senate.
The only child, Laurie, was killed over Germany in 1944 while serving as an officer of the Air Forces. Mrs. Greenleaf, two brothers and a sister survive him.
HUGO IGNATZ SCHWARZ died on September 10. His home was at 122 Summit Avenue, Mount Vernon, N. Y. He was born in Rutland, Vt., January 5, 1884, the son of Louis and Lizette (Stein) Schwarz.
Hugo had been an invalid since 1921 and unable to keep in touch with the class.
1912
ARTHUR HENRY CLARK died August 19, in the hospital at Childersburg, Ala., of a coronary thrombosis suffered three days earlier.
He was born in Denver, Colo., December 30, 1890, the son of Elihu Baker Clark and Carrie Butler Howes. Preparing at Westbrook Seminary, Portland, Maine, he entered Dartmouth and received his degree with the Class of 1912, after which he did a year's post-graduate work in chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was married to Persis Thorndyke Kidder at Denver on February 12, 1916. Three sons were born to them Hugh Kidder, Frank Eugene '41 and Robert Arthur.
For 17 years he was associated with the United States Rubber Company as industrial engineer. In 1932 he entered personnel work with the American Bemberg and North American Rayon corporations at Elizabethton, Tenn., and shortly before his death became personnel director of the Coosa Pines Division of Beaunit Mills, Childersburg, Ala.
He was past president of the Kiwanis Club of Childersburg, and for many years was engaged in Boy Scout activities, was a member of the National Council B.S.A. and, in recognition of outstanding services, he was given the Silver Beaver award by this organization. He was an elder in the First Presbyterian Church in Elizabethton, and actively participated in the boys' and men's organizations of that church.
In addition to his widow and three sons, he is survived by his mother, Mrs. E. R. Clark of Rockport, Mass., and four grandchildren. Mrs. Persis Clark is now living at Route 1, Box 470, New Market, N. J.
Services were held in the First Presbyterian Church at Elizabethton, followed by burial services at the Happy Valley Cemetery, Elizabethton.
1913
DAVID ERNEST ADAMS died on September 6 in Cooley-Dickinson Hospital, Northampton, Mass., after a long illness with angina pectoris. His home was on Jewett Lane, South Hadley.
Dave Adams was born in Wilton, N. H., on July 20, 1891, son of Julia Amanda (Stevens) and Professor Charles D. Adams '77. He prepared for Dartmouth at Hanover High School and Phillips Andover Academy. After graduating A.B. magna cum laude in 1913 he received his B.D. from Union Theological Seminary in 1916 and an honorary D.D. from Dartmouth in 1932.
His first church was the Payson Congregational Church at Easthampton, Mass. until 1918 and then pastor of the Second Congregational Church, Holyoke, Mass., for about a year. He held pastorates in Farmington, Maine, Ware, Mass., and Marietta, Ohio until he became Associate Professor in the Department of Religion at Mt. Holyoke College in 1932. He became a full professor in 1937 and for 10 years he was chairman of the Department.
He married Jeannette Ferris of Easthampton, on July 30, 1917. Ruth Jeannette was born May 19, 1918; Dorothy Frances on September 21, 1920; and David Emerson on December 26, 1924.
Dave was the author of Man of God and College Prayers and also contributed to a number of magazines.
As an undergraduate he was in the First Honor Group, on the D.C.A. Cabinet, Treasurer of the Outing Club, Wheelock Club, a Rufus Choate Scholar, took part in OedipusTyrannus, was a member of Theta Delta Chi and Phi Beta Kappa. Dave conducted our memorial service at our 25th Reunion.
A memorial service was held on September 9 in Abbey Memorial Chapel at Mt. Holyoke and burial was in the Dartmouth College Cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, two daughters and his son, his brother Robert '17, and a sister, Miss Ellen F.. Adams, assistant librarian at Dartmouth. Dave will be greatly missed by the community, the College and his class.
1916
JAMES PHILIP DESMOND died of a coronary occlusion in Los Angeles, June 9, 1952.
Given the nickname of "Desperate" after a well-known comic strip of the era, and also known as "Pinky" because of his pink complexion and very light reddish hair, Desmond was the epitome of quiet good nature, which went with an unusual physical development.
He was born in Fitchburg, Mass., November 18, 1893, the son of Daniel Cornelius and Elizabeth (Shea) Desmond. Following graduation from Fitchburg High School, he spent some time at the University of Vermont and almost four years at Dartmouth, although he did not stay to graduate. He was married in Cleburne, Texas, in August 1925, to Ada V. Mcßride, of Springfield, Mo., who survives him with two daughters, Cornelia Ann Len- hart, and Jane Desmond. Also surviving is a sister, Helen R. Gehringer, of Orange, N. J.
For a number of years he was engaged in furniture manufacturing in Texas and Colorado, but for the past ten years had been engaged in the automotive business in Los Angeles, residing at 333 West 124th St. During the first World War he served as a second lieutenant in the Army Air Corps. He was interred in the Chapel of the Pines in Inglewood, Calif., following Christian Science and Masonic services at the Little Church Around the Corner.
1917
D. ROGER HAGGERTY died at the St. James Mercy Hospital in Hornell, N. Y., on September n following a heart attack. His home was at 9 McDougall Ave., Hornell.
Rog was born in Holyoke, Mass., January 20, 1897, the son of James J. and Eva (Harrow) Haggerty. He prepared for college in the Holyoke schools. He took his two years of pre-medical work at Dartmouth and was granted his certificate in the same year, 1917, of his graduation from college. In 1919 he received his M.D. from Columbia.
After interning at St. Vincent's and Presbyterian Hospitals in New York, he was for a year in charge of the dispensary of the Clyde- Mallory Steamship Co. He then moved to Arkport, N. Y., where he practised for 26 years, specializing in eye, ear, nose and throat. In 1948 he moved his office to Hornell.
An active member of the staff of the St. James Mercy Hospital, he was also on the teaching staff of the training school. He served as president of the Steuben County Medical Society in 1936 and for the past five years he had served on the Board of Censors of the County Medical Society and had been on the board of managers of the County Laboratory.
An avid golfer, Rog had won innumerable club championships. He had just returned from a league playoff when he suffered a heart attack.
On September 1, 1920 Rog was married to Ann Gorman who survives him with a son Daniel Roger Jr. and a daughter Margaret Ann.
1921
BLODGETT WELLS MINNIS died suddenly of coronary thrombosis at Long Beach, Calif., on May 3, without any prior illness. Blodge entered Dartmouth from Lawrenceville School in September 1917. Previously he had attended University School in St. Louis, Mo., the city in which he was born April 10, 1898, the son of James Louis and Martha (Stanley) Minnis.
After freshman year in 35 Hitchcock, during which he joined Phi Delta Theta, he enlisted in the Marines for World War I. During World War II he served three years overseas in the U. S. Army. In between he was engaged in the securities and investment field at Los Altos and then at Long Beach, both in California.
He is survived by his daughter, Suzanne, who is now living in Fargo, N. D.
CHARLES CARLIN KERWIN, well remembered as an active member of the Class o£ 1921 in his undergraduate days, met a tragic death July 23, 1952, in West Suburban Hospital, Oak Park, Ill., from first, second, and third degree burns received during a fire which completely destroyed his home at 638 Fair Oaks Ave. in that city early Sunday, July 20. Funeral services were conducted July 25 at the Haggard Funeral Home by Dr. Charles M. Coulter, minister of the First Methodist Church, Oak Park, of which Chuck had been treasurer for the past three years. Roger Wilde '21 served as an honorary pallbearer. Chuck was placed at rest in Mt. Emblem Cemetery.
He was born in Stoneham, Mass., September 25, 1898, the son of Walter J. and Florence (Carlin) Kerwin. After managing baseball and hockey at Stoneham High and graduating from Worcester Academy cum laude, he entered Dartmouth in 1917, served in the S. A. T. C. in sophomore year, joined Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Pi Delta Epsilon, Footlights, Proof and Copy, was assistant business manager of The Dartmouth and assistant stage manager of the Dramatic Association in his junior year, and received his B.S. degree with his class.
Chuck soon was in the food business in Chicago and specialized in the importation oE nuts. In 1928 he resigned as vice president of Northeastern Importing Co., Inc. to become a broker with Davis and Davis until 1933 when he formed a brokerage partnership with H. S. Newsom. This continued until his death. Chuck was also a 32nd Degree Mason and Shriner.
He is survived by his wife, Lillian Ekman, whom he married in New York City November 1, 1924, and by two sons, Richard E. Kerwin '50 and Charles C. Jr., now studying at Stanford University.
WILLIAM BRYAN O'CONNOR died suddenly in Glens Falls, N. Y. on September 3.
Oky was born in West Orange, N. J., August 21, 1899, the son of Frank A. and Julia (Godwin) O'Connor, He came to Dartmouth from West Orange High School where he was active in baseball and tennis. At college he joined Theta Delta Chi, made many friends and graduated with his class.
Immediately he went to work for R. G. Dun & Co. in New York. From 1922-25 he was with the Central Hanover Bank and Trust Co., then had six years with the C.I.T. Corporation, and in 1931 became associated with Imperial Paper and Color Corp. in Glens Falls. Since 1946 he has been general sales manager of that firm.
On October 15, 1928 he married Pearl M. Macßride in South Orange, N. J. They had two girls and a boy: Madeline Jean, born February 27, 1930, and now a graduate of St. Elizabeth's; Richard Bryan, born May 28, 1931, and now a senior at Dartmouth; and Phyllis Anne, born July 1, 1932.
Oky traveled a great deal on business, played some golf, and otherwise was devoted to his family. We enjoyed having him present at our Thirtieth Reunion and shall miss him.
1927
LESLIE FREDERICK JONES died at Brockton Hospital, Brockton, Mass., on July 18, 1952, of a heart attack. Although he had been in failing health, for three years, he had continued to work as usual as purchasing agent at Jones and Vining, Inc.
Les was born in Brookville, Mass., September 23, 1904, and entered Dartmouth in September 1923 from Silver Bay Preparatory School. He was with us only during our freshman year. He was married on October 16, 1926 to Mildred J. Abercrombie. They had three children: Ronald, who is with the Coast Guard-at Groton, Conn.; Lorraine, now Mrs. Harry Spooner, residing in Warwick, R. I.; and Valerie, a senior at Brockton High School.
Les was an active member of the Central Methodist Church, and of the Commercial Club. He was very interested in bowling, and bowled with the Commercial Club League, and also with the Inter-Club Bowling League.
The class extends sincere sympathy to his wife and to his three children.
1928
DARKELL OLDS GRANGER died of a heart at- tack on June 8 at Buffalo General Hospital, Buffalo, N. Y. His home was at 349 Westmore- land Road, Snyder, N. Y.
Deo was born in Fort Wayne, Ind., February 25, 1906, the son of Walter Olds and Beatrice (Kaufman) Olds and prepared for college at Fort Wayne Central High School. In college he was a member of Sigma Nu.
After graduation Deo was with General Cable Co. in New York City until 1941 when he was transferred to Buffalo. In 1944 he became associated with Pierce Renewable Tires and in 1948 he became branch manager of the Wire and Cable Division of United States Rubber Co.
Deo was a member of the Brookfield Country Club, the Amherst Community Church and a member of the PTA. He had always taken an active part in community affairs.
On June 20, 1931 Deo was married to Leslie Thorpe of Stamford, Conn., who survives with their children, Marcia 13, Richard Olds 8, and by his parents. To them the entire class extends its deepest sympathy.
ROBERT BRUCE MACPHAIL died of a cerebral hemorrhage at his home, 40 Cedar Road, Brookline, Mass., September 20.
Few Dartmouth football players have won the fame that Bob did. As a sophomore he stepped into Dooley's shoes and was a brilliant quarterback in the backfield with Swede Oberlander, Hooker Horton and Myles Lane - a backfield that has frequently been listed by sportswriters as one of the greatest of all time. Bob captained the Dartmouth eleven in 1927 and was the late Knute Rockne's selection for Ail-American quarterback.
Bob was born January 11, 1902 in Boston and prepared for college at Somerville High School, followed by a year at Exeter. At Dartmouth he was captain of his freshman football team, and won numerals in hockey and baseball. In addition to being an outstanding member of the varsity eleven for the next three years, he also played on the hockey team. He was elected president of his class in his sophomore year and in his senior year won the Class of 1866 Oratory Prize. In the senior class balloting he was voted the most versatile member of the class and the one who had done the most for Dartmouth.
After graduating, Bob attended Harvard Law School, worked as a tutor for several years and then devoted himself to management of private business affairs.
During the war he served two years as a lieutenant commander in the Navy. He commanded the flight preparatory school at San Luis Obispo, Calif., and the naval air station at Sanford, Maine.
Bob was married to Beatrice O'Keefe on February 22, 1939, and besides his wife, leaves a son, Robert B. Jr., 12.
1930
JOSEPH W. DEAL JR. died suddenly at his home in Wichita, Kansas, on August 12, 1952. Earlier that evening he and his wife were with friends at the Wichita Country Club where he became ill while swimming. He was taken home in attendance of a physician but did not recover.
Joe was in attendance at Dartmouth during the years 1927-1929. He was born on January 27, 1908 in Kansas City, Mo., and received his early education in that city. After leaving Hanover Joe entered the lumber business and soon joined his father, J. W. Deal Sr. in that business at Laramie, Wyoming. He remained in Laramie until about five years ago when he moved to Wichita where he was Vice President and General Manager of the T. M. Deal Lumber Company.
Joe was a prominent civic and community leader in Wichita, taking an active role in the activities of the Chamber o£ Commerce and the Community Chest. He was a director of the Kansas Sales Executive and belonged to the Koran temple of the Shrine of Rawlings, Wyoming, and Laramie Lodge No. 3, A. F. and A. M.
He is survived by his wiFe, the former Dorothy Gosney, of Enid, Oklahoma, two children, Connie Lou and Betty Kate, both of his parents and two sisters and a brother.
NATHANIEL HAVEN BARROWS '00
DAVID ERNEST ADAMS '13
ROBERT BRUCE MacPHAIL '28
