Deaths
This is a list of deaths reported to us since the previous issue. Full obituaries, usually written by the class secretaries, may appear in this or a later issue.
In Memoriam
1895
DR. CHARLES WHITNEY POLLARD died in his home in Peru, Nebraska, on May 19. The cause of death was cancer.
He was one of the most distinguished members of his class. The son of Cyrus Wallace and Judith (Folger) Pollard, he was born on March 6, 1871, in Albany, N. Y. Following his graduation from Dartmouth, he attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University, receiving the M.D. degree in 1899. After serving as an interne in St. Luke's Hospital, New York City, he married Fanny Gertrude Badger of Boston, and went to Omaha, Nebraska, where he specialized in the practice of gynecology and obstetrics. In 1906 his wife died, and in 1909 he married Helen Cole of Peru.
In addition to supervising his own obstetrical hospital, Dr. Pollard served on the staffs of several hospitals in Omaha. He taught on the medical faculty of Creighton University and was professor of gynecology and obstetrics at the University of Nebraska. He was cited for his 32 years of service on that faculty by Chancellor Gustafson in 1950. He also acted as president of the Douglas County Medical Society and of the Omaha Mid-West Clinical Society. Busy in community affairs, he was cited by President Wilson for his services during World War I.
Among other activities, he was president of the Douglas County Red Cross Chapter, a member of the Omaha Community Chest Council, and president of the Child Welfare Association. During his years of semi-retirement in Peru, where he went to make his home in 1937, he was the physician for the Peru Teachers College and remained active in work with state and county welfare agencies.
A tireless worker for Dartmouth, it was through his influence that many students from the Middle West chose to attend the college in Hanover. He served as a member of the Alumni Council 1913-1918; as president of the General Association, 1924-25; and as class agent from 1926 until 1935. He also was secretary, and twice president of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of the Plains.
Dr. Pollard is survived by his wife and three children o£ his first marriage: Mrs. George Blecher of New York City; Dr. Joseph G. Pollard '23, Assistant Medical Director at Dartmouth; and Wallace C. Pollard '28, who attended Dartmouth and the University of Nebraska. Other survivors are a sister, Mrs. Harriet Burroughs, five grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
1902
CHARLES ARTHUR KIRCHER died suddenly on March 8, of a heart attack while driving his car near his home in Tiburon, Calif.
He was born at Webster, N. Y., April 28, 1879, and prepared for college at Webster High School. He moved to California in September 1909 and worked there mainly as a marine engineer until 1941, when he retired. He became a "Golden West Fan" and had not returned East for many years but had hoped to come to the 50th reunion.
Charles was married in 1909 to Agnes Bradley who survives him with four sons and four daughters.
1907
CLAUDE BENTLEY MAXFIELD died in St. Raphael's Hospital, New Haven, Conn., on May 23, of a heart attack. His home was at 365 West Main St., West Haven.
Max was born in Stoneham, Mass., August 18, 1881, the son of Edwin F. and Mary (Bentley) Maxfield and prepared for college at Mount Hermon. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
After graduation he taught school for several years in Groton and Barton, Vt. He then entered Yale Law School from which he received his LL.B. in 1915. He later .studied at the University of Dejon in France.
He began his legal practice in New Haven in 1915 where he continued until his death. From 1921 to 1923 he was assistant prosecuting attorney for the Town of West Haven and judge of the town court from 1936 to 1938. He was a deacon of the First Baptist Church of West Haven. . .
On December 22, 1909, Max was married in Groton, Vt., to Irene H. Paige who survives him together with two brothers and two sisters.
1912
THOMAS WILLIAM SALMON died at the Veterans Hospital, Roxbury, Mass., on May 21.
Receiving his preparatory education at Woburn (Mass.) High School, he graduated from Dartmouth in the Class of 1912.
In World War I he served as a lieutenant in the Navy and was City Treasurer of Woburn from 1923 to 1925.
He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Bridget Salmon of 17 Ash St., Woburn. Funeral services were observed by a solemn high mass of requiem at St. Charles Church, Woburn, on May 24.
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ROBERT VALENTINE BEAN died in Brookline, Mass., on September 13, 1951. His home was at 122 Babcock St., Brookline.
He was born in Swanton, Vt., September 7, 1889, the son of William Griggs Bean '83. After spending one year with the class he became connected with the S. A. Woods Machine Co., Boston, and was later with Grueby Tile Co. He was a bond salesman for Van Voorhis Wilson & Co. when he enlisted in the Field Artillery in April 1917. He was commissioned 2nd Lt. and served overseas from July 1918 to July 1919 and received his discharge in August 1919. He was later connected with Whitmore Tirrell Shoe Corp. of Rockland, Mass., and Slayton Leroyd of Boston.
In 1917 he was married to Beryl O'Hara of Arlington, Mass. They had a son, Robert V. Jr., and a daughter Elizabeth.
CHARLES ADNA CHASE died at the Cushing Veterans Hospital in Framingham, Mass., on April a 1 following an operation.
He was born in Lyme, N. H., January 10, 1891, the son o£ Edwin S. and Emma (Churchill) Chase and prepared for college at Nashua High School. He was a member of Sigma Chi.
After spending three years with the class Charles entered the accounting department of the American Felt Co. in Boston and then spent two years with George E. Warren Co. of Boston before joining the Marine Corps in April 1918. He served overseas from August 1918 to July 1, 1919. .
After his discharge he was connected with the J. P. Burton Coal Cos. and the J. H. Field Coal Co., both of Cleveland. He was then with the American Felt Co. for some time. For the last eleven years he had been steward at the Lyman School for Boys in Westboro, Mass. He is survived by a brother Carroll Chase of Nashua, N. H.
ROBERT CLARK HASTINGS died in Jeffrey Hale's Hospital, Quebec, on March 21. His home was at 2401 St. Louis Rd., Sillery, Quebec.
Bob was born in Constable, N. Y., August 4, 1891, the son of Clarence Aldis Hastings '88 and Eva Clark. He spent two years with our class and was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa.
After receiving his M.D., C.M. from McGill in 1917 Bob served for two years as a Captain in the medical corps of the Canadian Army. In 1920 he joined the stafE of Jeffrey Hale's Hospital in Quebec as a urologist and pathologist and continued this connection until his death. He served as a Major in the medical corps of the Canadian Army from 1939 to '946.
In December 1922 Bob was married to Gladys Nelson of Montreal who died in 1928. In March 1934 he married Grace Parmalee Powell who survives him.
1915
HOWARD MARRION MILES died suddenly at his home in Los Angeles on April 25. Howie had been in ill health for several years, although he was able to be about.
He was born in Barre, Vt., May 4, 1891, the son of David M. and Etta (Marrion) Miles and prepared for Dartmouth at Spaulding High School.
In 1916 he married Mildred Cachen of Montpelier. The same year he started his business career with Burlington Grocery Co. of Burlington, Vt. In the early 1920's Howie transferred his activities to the Pacific Coast. His final work was with Stationers Corporation of Los Angeles as general manager.
He is survived by his daughter, Mrs. John P. Quinn of Glendale, Calif.; a son, Howard Jr. of Whittier, Calif.; and three sisters, Mrs. Loretta Stewart and Sister Loyola both of Barre, and Sister Assumpta of Burlington, Vt.
Funeral services were held at St. Dominic's Church, Eagle Rock, Calif., and burial was in Eagle Rock Catholic Cemetery.
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GERALD ALGERNON SHATTUCK died in St. Petersburg, Fla., on May 27 after a long illness. Jerry was born in Brookline, N. H., November 1, 1895 the son of Linville M. and Minnie (Daniels) Shattuck. After graduating with the class, and while a student at Tuck School he enlisted in the Navy in August 1917 and was commissioned Ensign. He served on destroyers in the Atlantic and in October was promoted to Lt.(j.g.) and in July, 1918 was made a Lt.
This set the pattern for Jerry's future career, for he continued in the Navy until he was retired in 1945, due to ill health, with the rank of Captain. He spent two years at Harvard Business School where he made an outstanding record and where he received the M.B.A. degree in 1926.
For some years he served as assistant supply officer at the Portsmouth Navy Yard and later in the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts in Washington. After serving as supply officer aboard the USS Louisville he became executive officer at the Navy Supply Center in Norfolk. When the Japanese struck at Pearl Harbor Jerry with his wife and daughter Nancy were in Hawaii where he was on the staff of the American cruiser battle force in the Pacific. He was transferred and spent the next two years as supply officer for Admiral Halsey's Third Fleet. After long and arduous experience in advance base work in the South Pacific he returned to the States and taught logistics at the Army-Navy Staff College until his retirement.
On May 24, 1921 Jerry married Martha Isabel Boger, a practising physician who during Jerry's absence maintained their home at 116 Middle St., Portsmouth, N. H. He is also survived by his son Boger '43, also a physician in Portsmouth, and by a daughter Nancy, now Mrs. Gustave DuPaza.
Jerry was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
1929
FRANCIS JOSEPH MUHLING JR. was killed in an automobile accident on Henry Hudson Parkway in New York City on February 28.
He was born in New York on May 12, 1906, the son of Francis J. and Cora (Yglesia) Muhling. He prepared for college at Glen Ridge (N. J.) High School and the Clark School. He was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha.
Frank's entire career was spent in the textile business. For some years he was connected with the Revonah Silk Mills in Hanover, Pa., and at the time of his death he was a manufacturer of rayon yarns and fabrics in Paterson, N. J.
On April 16, 1937 Frank was married to Catharina Dickinson Klein who survives him with a son, Francis J. 3rd, and a daughter Editfi Ann. Their home is at 251 Forest Ave., Glen Ridge, N. J.
DR. ELMER HOWARD CARLETON, who was associated with Hanover and Dartmouth College for nearly 60 years, died at Dick's House on June 1, 1952. Born in Dresden, Maine, July 11, 1868, he was graduated from Bowdoin College in 1893 and the Dartmouth Medical School in 1897, after which he spent a year in Vienna and London studying diseases of the eye, ear, nose, and throat, and then returned to Hanover to practice. He served Dartmouth as director of the gymnasium and instructor of physical culture from 1893 to 1900, clinical instructor in otolaryngology and ophthalmology at the Medical School from 1900 to 1914. and instructor in anatomy from 1929 to 1938. From 1932 until 1945 he was on the staff of the Dartmouth Eye Institute, serving as research clinician and professor of ophthalmology. He was a former president and secretary of the New Hampshire Surgical College, and from 1916 until 1923 was president of the Dartmouth Medical School Alumni. In 1939 Bowdoin conferred on him the honorary degree of Doctor of Science.
Dr. Carleton is survived by his wife, the former Louise Porter of Quechee, Vermont, to whom he was married in 1898, by one son, John P. Carleton '22, attorney of Manchester, N. H„ and by three grandchildren.
A Maine farm, a Maine country academy, and two New England country colleges, neither one at that time exactly noted for pampering the delicate and fragile there may have been better places to build character in those days, but if there were, I have never heard of them. Dr. Carleton's virtues were predominantly the rare, simple, and always wonderful ones courage and toughness of fiber and militant common sense. In addition an everlasting warmth and friendliness. And a curiously touching modesty. Courage is the bedrock virtue, however, and we shall return to that.
When Bowdoin in 1939 awarded him her honorary degree of Doctor of Science (and nothing ever pleased him more), President Sills in his citation characterized him as"one of Bowdoin's immortal athletes of the Gay Nineties." And so he was excelling in football, track, rowing, and the comparatively new activity just being developed as an organized college exercise and called "gymnastics."
Dartmouth as well as Bowdoin knew him as a formidable athlete. Under the eligibility rules of those days he was able to play fooball for Dartmouth during his first year at Medical School, and he starred at fullback for the Varsity throughout that season of 1893. For years he defeated with monotonous regularity the best undergraduate tennis players. He was a pioneer at golf in Hanover, and with a few friends laid out our first golf course. Late in jife (late, that is, for anyone else) and under a physical handicap that would have kept a less hardy soul on the sidelines, he built a squash court at his home in which he played a terrific, banging game.
As a young man he was a handsome and dashing figure, well able to have sat as a model to Charles Dana Gibson - so the photographs of Dartmouth personalities that they put up in the Library at Commencement time reveal. Good grooming was important to him. "When a man begins to get careless about his appearance, it's a sign he's getting old senile," he used to say. So his clothes looked always newly pressed; his shoes had a fine and eloquent luster.
"Better to wear out than rust out," was his favorite maxim. He applied it not only to himself but urged it as a principle of life for his patients. An elderly woman who asked him what to do in order to save her eyes was startled by his reply: "What do you want to save them for? The best way to save them is to use them." Later she realized that this was the best advice anyone had given her on any subject since she began to grow old.
Concerning his professional skills I am not qualified to speak in professional terms. I do know, however, that if you were depressed, worried, about a real or, more often, an imaginary trouble, exposure to Dr. Carleton put heart in you, and that seems to me to be an indispensable foundation for all the other skills of his profession. "I don't think you're in for an early demise," might be his verdict, accompanied by his cheerful grin.
An executive nurse of long experience in Hanover, a veteran observer of doctors at work, said recently that in therapeutic techniques Dr. Carleton was fifty years ahead of his time. And only the other day a Hanover man was recalling Dr. Carleton's services to the country people hereabouts. When Dr, Carleton was in practice, he said, no one ever had to do without glasses for want of money. If a person couldn't afford the price, Dr. Carleton reached into his own pocket for it.
In Hanover he belonged to that stalwart faculty circle of an earlier day Louis Dow, Patten, Skinner, Young, W. K. Stewart, and others— men who were persons rather than members of departments. The house where for half a century Dr. and Mrs. Carleton welcomed their friends and made them part of the family it was thus a very large family was famous for its hospitality, for the sense of the abundance of the earth that pervaded it. Even the Carleton dogs and cats seemed happier than those of other households. "My idea of Heaven," Louis Dow once said, "is to be a dog and live in the Carleton house."
Any account of Dr. Carleton should try to show him as his friends saw him, as he came to their door with a present of Maine lobsters or corn from his garden, as he entered his own living room with a pitcherful of cocktails, as he sat at cards, as he gave up a vacation trip in order to be of possible assistance to a friend's household where a death had taken place doing a thousand unobtrusive kindly things and asking little for himself.
And there should be mention of his talk. He liked to reminisce; he was a man of opinions, and his opinions were shrewd and wise ones. If his talk was sometimes vehement and it was —it was understandable vehemence, as when he might say to some person who was all bookish and nothing else: "So and so hasn't
CHARLES WHITNEY POLLARD '95
GERALD ALGERNON SHATTUCK '17
DR. ELMER HOWARD CARLETON '97m
