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]

Tewksbury, Edward W. '91, Oct. 22 Maloney, David J. '97, Aug. 25 Corson, Freeman '00, Oct. 6 Eckstorm, Paul F. T. '01, Nov. 24, 1952 Morris, Robert S. '12, Oct. 17 Stowell, Ernest A. '12, Aug. 15 Richardson, Arthur F. '13, Nov. 6 Mason, Carol C. '16, Oct. 5 Kuehn, Harold T. '25, Jan. 7 Wood, Robert T. '47, Sept. 28 Fischer, C. Thompson '52, Oct. 16 Verriest, Leon '36h, Nov. 5

In Memoriam

Faculty

LEON VERRIEST Professor of French, died at his home in Hanover on November 5 after a long illness. A member of the Department of Romance Languages since 1922, Professor Verriest was born in Louvain, Belgium, June 21, 1886. He was a graduate of the University of Louvain in 1908 and received the M.A. degree from the University of Indiana, where he was an instructor in French from 1919 until 1922, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in the Indiana Chapter.

Coming to Dartmouth as an assistant professor, he achieved the rank of full professor in 1936 and was also awarded an honorary M.A. from the College in that year. Professor Verriest contributed to many classical journals throughout his teaching career and was author of two books on French literature and poetry. In 1952 he was awarded the Palmes Academiques by the French Government for his work.

For four years during World War I, Professor Verriest was a civil prisoner in Germany. During World War II he was in charge of the Red Cross packing, sealing and shipping of all parcels and boxes from the Hanover Chapter. A scholar who enjoyed the outdoor recreations afforded by the Hanover environment, Professor Verriest was an ardent sportsman, and spent much of his leisure time in hiking, swimming and skating, until his illness kept him from these activities. He was a collector of old French and Flemish books, especially illustrated editions, and had one of the finest private libraries of its kind in Hanover.

Professor Verriest is survived by his wife, the former Florence Calder, whom he married on June 3, 1922; a daughter Anne Marie, now Mrs. Peter C. Badgley of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; and two grandchildren. Funeral exercises were held at St. Denis Catholic Church on the morning of November 7.

In an editorial concerning Professor Verriest's death, The Dartmouth said: "To Leon Verriest teaching meant interest, and interest meant drawing closer to students. Any man who approached Professor Verriest expressing an interest any interest at all was invited home for cookies and sherry and talk.

"That home on 31 School Street, Professor Verriest designed himself. It is in the style of Brittany with a New England touch. It is small and warm. The talk inside it dealt less with French than with France, less with France than with civilization, less with civilization than with people....

"For three decades Leon Verriest was a teacher in the personal, learning-together manner that has become so rare. He was a tender man. He is dead now, but his humanism is not."

1891

EDWARD WINGATE TEWKSBURY died on October 22 at the hospital in Randolph, Vt. He had been in failing health for some years but his death was the result of a fall in his home on October 6.

Tewky was born in Randolph, March 10, 1869, the son of Amos Bradford and Anna (Dodge) Tewksbury. He prepared for college in the Randolph schools. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi.

After graduation he went to work in the general store in Randolph which his grandfather had founded in 1855. After retiring from the store he wrote life insurance for some years. Like his father and grandfather before him Tewky took an active part in community affairs. He was treasurer of the Congregational Church for 415 years and deacon for 25. He represented Randolph in the State Legislature, 1927-28. He was town auditor for sixteen years and library trustee for thirty years. He was instrumental in founding the Randolph University Club.

On October 4, 1904, Tewky was married to Amy Dodge, who survives him.

1893

HARRY NEWELL MCLAREN died at his home, 526 Amherst St., Manchester, N. H., on October 6 of a heart condition.

Harry was born at Manchester, February 21, 1871. He attended the schools of that city and graduated from the high school with the Class of 1889. With five other members of that class, he entered Dartmouth in the Class of 1893.

At college he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Kappa Kappa, and Tiger Senior Society, and was president of the Tennis Association.

During the winters he taught school at Hanover Center, North Weare, and Raymond. After graduation he taught at Raymond, N. H., and in 1894 he began his life-time connection with the schools of Manchester, teaching chemistry and physics. In 1917 he became head of the science department at Central High and served as submaster from 1918 to his retirement in 1946.

In 1944 he was tendered a testimonial banquet at the Manchester Country Club celebrating his fifty years of service to the city. He was active in Masonic work.

Funeral services were held October 8 at the Goodwin Funeral Home conducted by Rev. Mark B. Strickland, pastor of the First Congregational Church. The body was cremated and the remains placed in the family lot in Pine Grove Cemetery.

Survivors are his wife Alice M. (Spurr) McLaren; two sons, Harry S. of Rye, N.H., and Frederick S. of Manchester; one brother, Dr. Frederick E. McLaren of Manchester; two sisters, Emma L. McLaren of Manchester and Mrs. T. J. Cumberland of Cloverdale.

1897

DR. HERMAN CHRISTOPHE died at his home 106 Blodgett St., Manchester, N. H., on October 1.

Christy was born in Manchester, September 28, 1874, the son of Sebastian and Philipena (Bruger) Christophe. He attended the Manchester schools and in college was a member of Beta Theta Pi and a varsity athlete.

After receiving his M.D. degree from Boston University in 1900, he began the practice in Manchester, which he continued until his death. Active in First Unitarian church affairs he served as president and treasurer. He was a past master of Washington Lodge A.F. and A.M.; past high priest R.A.C.; past thrice illustrious master of Adoniram Council, R. and S.M.; and a member of Knights Templar, Consistory, O.E.S., I.O.O.F. and Rebekahs. A past watchman of Shepards in the White Shrine, Dr. Christophe was presented the Grand Chapter medal for meritorious service in 1952.

On May 29, 1901, Christy was married to Edna Gray who survives him with their son Dr. Kenneth Christophe '24, and a grandson Philip A. Christophe '54.

DAVID JOSEPH MALONEY died in Taunton, Mass., on August 25 after a long illness. He was born in North Adams, Mass., December 22, 1874, the son of James F. and Catherine (Keating) Maloney. He attended the North Adams schools and in college was a member of Alpha Delta Phi and C. & G. and managing editor of The Dartmouth. Returning to be the Dartmouth Night speaker in Hanover many years ago, Dave told the simple story of coming to college as a mill boy with ambitions, but graduating with the desire not to amass wealth and fame but to live so that other men might have more success and happiness. After graduating from Boston University Law School, Dave established law offices in Boston and Nantucket. He did considerable law work in Washington and liquidated two banks for the state. He was a member of the State Legislature for several years, where, as a member of the Educational Committee he made a significant contribution. In 1918 he served on the Massachusetts Commission on Education and in 1919 on the Commission of Street Railways.

On September 16, 1903, Dave married Rebecca Clogher, who survives him with two sons, David K. and Richard C. Maloney '26 Assistant Dean, School of Liberal Arts, Penn,' State College and a daughter Katherine.

1900

FREEMAN CORSON died from peritonitis in St Luke's Hospital, New Bedford, Mass., on October 8. Interment was in Mattapoisett, Mass.

In college he was regular guard on the varsity football team his junior and senior years He was on the varsity athletic team all four years and was a repeated point winner in shot put and hammer. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi.

From graduation to 1916, he was connected with various packing houses in Providence and Boston. During this period he also coached football for several years at Clarkson In 1916 he started a grain and feed business in his native Rochester, N. H. This he sold in 1947 and retired to Mattapoisett where he lived until his death.

He is survived by his wife, the former Grace Bickford his son, Don E. B. Corson and a granddaughter, Lucinda.

1905

HARRY BINGHAM JACKSON, it was just learned, died in Philadelphia, October 26 1945- Hp had not been well for some four years. Like two brothers, Robert '00 and Andrew '03, he entered Dartmouth from Littleton, N H. He remained three years with the Class of 1905, then returned to Littleton where he was a lumber surveyor. In 1915, he was assistant superintendent of a lumber company in Brookhaven, Miss.

In New Hampshire and in Louisiana combined, he served nine years in the National Guard, becoming a sergeant in the Infantry. Although handicapped by a vision defect, he served in World War I as military policeman in France. Returning in 1919, he expected to work for the War Shipping Board. His class has no later information about him.

In 1915 he married Miss Robert Alford, a graduate of Louisiana State University.

1912

ROBERT SAUNDERS MORRIS died on October 17 in Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla Calif., after suffering a severe stroke. A great sportsman, he had just returned from a hunting trip.

Tex was born June 15, 1890, at Pittsburg, Texas, the son of Judge and Mrs. Martin Luther Morris. He prepared for Dartmouth at Dallas (Texas) High School. In college he was a member of Psi Upsilon and Casque and Gauntlet.

After spending some years in the lumber business in Arkansas and banking in Texas he moved to La Jolla in 1928 where, until his death, he was the owner of La Jolla Chevrolet Motor Company. He was a member of La Jolla Kiwanis Club and St. James By-The-Sea Episcopal Church.

He married Charlotte Louise Miller, October 19, 1913, at Belleville, Texas. She and a son, Robert S. Jr. '36, a practicing attorney in Los Angeles, survive him. His home was at 5950 Folsom Drive, La Jolla.

ERNEST ALPHONSO STOWELL died in New Haven, Conn., on August 15 after a heart attack.

Ernie was born in Charlestown, Mass., August 17, 1886, the son of Ferdinand and Josephine (Springford) Stowell. In college he was a member of Beta Theta Pi.

At graduation Ernie's wish was to take up some line of work which would give him a decent living and at the same time afford him an opportunity to help others to better positions in life. His entire business life followed this pattern, for all his experience was in labor relations or personnel work. For some years he was with the Merchants Association of New York and later with International Silver Cos., Underwood Elliott Fisher Cos., Worthington Pump and Machinery Corp., and others.

On December 26, 1915, Ernie was married to Mabelle Dennis who survives him, with a son Douglas '42 and a daughter Ernestine. His home was at 45 Elmwood Road, New Haven.

1916

NATHANIEL PUTNAM HARRIS died on May 28 in Mobile, Ala. He was born in Salem, Mass., on September 17, 1892, the son of Charles and Gertrude (Very) Harris. In college he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta.

After graduation Nat was an insurance broker for a few years and then joined W. T. Grant Cos. For 28 years, until his retirement last fall, he managed Grant stores in the South, and had managed the Mobile store since 1943.

An active Presbyterian layman he had been treasurer of the Government Street Presbyterian Church and a member of the board of deacons. He was a member of the Rotary Club and active in the affairs of the Joe Jefferson Players.

On April 3, 1926, Nat was married to Inez Raymer, who died in 1938. Their son Charles P. Harris was born in 1932. On June 23, 1940, Nat was married to Cassa Lou McDonald. Their son Nathaniel P. Jr. was born in 1941. His wife and two sons survive him at their home 135 Silverwood, Mobile.

CAROL CHASE MASON, well-known personnel expert, died on October 6 in Kansas City, Mo., after an illness which extended over three years. He was born December 25, 1892, in Concord, N.H., the son of William M. and Amy (Chase) Mason, and moved with his parents to Winchester, Mass., in 1898.

He attended the Wyman, Prince and Wadleigh Schools, and served as soprano soloist in the choir of Epiphany Church of Winchester. He prepared for college at Monson Academy and graduated from Dartmouth in 1916. For thirty years he was with Sears, Roebuck & Cos. and was serving as personnel manager at the time of his retirement in January 1951.

Making his home. for so many years in Kansas City, he was active in civic affairs, being a member of Rotary International and twice heading the city's Community Chest drives. At Dartmouth he was a member of Theta Delta Chi.

He is survived by his wife, the former Dean Ashley, whom he married in 1921, two brothers and two stepsons, Robert Haines of Kansas City and Stacey Haines of Chicago. Carol's home was at 331 East 69th Terrace, Kansas City.

Funeral services were held October 8 at the Lynwood Presbyterian Church in Kansas City.

1920

JOHN WILLIAM PRENTISS, popular and prominent member of the Class of 1920, died his home in Chesterfield, N. H., on October 10. Apparently in the best of spirits as recently as the day before, he succumbed to a heart attack.

Johnny was born January 21, 1898, in Keene, N. H., the son of William Herbert and Mary (Hurd) Prentiss. He came to Dartmouth from Phillips Exeter Academy and was active on the campus throughout his four years in Hanover. He won his track letter as a broad Jumper, was a member of the Junior Prom Committee and played in the Mandolin Club. Phi Sigma Kappa was his fraternity, Casque and Gauntlet his senior society. Midway in his college course he attended Officers Training School at Plattsburg, N.Y., and was subsequently commissioned a second lieutenant.

All of John's business life was devoted to the Keene (N.H.) Sentinel, a daily newspaper founded by his great-grandfather in 1799. Johnny entered the employ of the Sentinel Printing Company on July 1, 1920, learned the commercial printing end of the business, and became president of the company in 1927. He was a member of the Keene Rotary Club and Lodge of the Temple, F.&A.M.

Although the Class had heard too little from John in recent years, he wrote with pride and happiness about his wife and son at the time our 25th Report was issued. Both survive him. His wife was Grace Bennett, to whom he was married in 1925, and his son, William H. Prentiss, born in 1929, is currently serving as a second lieutenant with the Field Artillery in Korea.

1921

HOWARD LAWTON HEATH died at his home, 8701 Bradford Rd., Silver Spring, Md., on September 19, after a brief-illness. The news was received with sadness by many of his classmates who knew him as a vigorous and lively individual.

Howie was born on April 4, 1899, in Trenton, N. J., the son of Howard Heath and Mary Elizabeth Lawton. He attended Trenton High School and entered Dartmouth with our class in September 1917, joining Kappa Sigma fraternity. At the end of freshman year Howie joined the Navy for World War I, but returned to Dartmouth in 1919. Unable to make up the time lost from his studies, he did not graduate with 1921 but later took additional work at Temple and George Washington Universities.

Howie started out in advertising, sold securities for Dillon, Read & Cos., and then spent nearly nine years as examiner for the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. There followed a short stint as special assistant to the Collector of Delinquent Accounts for the N.J. Unemployment Compensation Commission. From 1941 to 1952 he held various positions with the Federal Government, all of them having to do with personnel work, except at the outbreak of World War II when he was Master Sergeant with the N.J. Selective Service. Most of his service was with the Army, first as efficiency rating officer, and later as placement officer, Overseas Affairs Division, where he recruited specialists. At the time of his death Howie was Personnel Officer for the United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency.

On November 20, 1925, Howie married Helen May Whitlock in Trenton, N.J., who survives him with their daughter Judith Louise.

Arthur O'Mara '09 reports that Howie was always a loyal and enthusiastic Dartmouth alumnus, active in the affairs of the Central New Jersey Club. Since Howie was a charter member and Past Commander of Trenton Post 93, American Legion, and also active in Loyal Lodge 1811 A.F. and A.M., both of these organizations held special services preceding his funeral in Trenton.

Howie's widow and daughter acknowledge gratefully the many expressions of sympathy from Dartmouth men of 1921 and other classes.

1923

NORMAN FRANCIS FERMOYLE passed away on August 28, after a long illness. Norm was born in Boston but lived in Revere, Mass., until about 1940 when he moved to 112 Tedesco St., Marblehead. At Revere High School he was an outstanding football player and swimmer, and his record as a swimmer at Dartmouth was a brilliant one.

He received his LL.B. from Boston University. During his career, he long ago established himself as a prominent and successful trial lawyer in the Boston area, where he represented several large insurance companies.

Although the liver infection which ultimately caused his death had been troublesome for a period of years, Norm always retained the fine, affable personality which endeared him to everyone. He left his wife, the former Christine O'Connor; two daughters, Sally and Brenda, all of Marblehead; and a sister, Mrs. George Pitts of Cambridge.

HAROLD SALISBURY FITZ died on August 14 after a long illness, in Washington, D. C. His home was at 5030 Allen Road, Westgate, Md.

Survivors are his widow, Mrs. Wilson Cox Fitz; a son and daughter, Barbara and William; a brother, Ernest of Richmond, Va. He had been under treatment for a nervous breakdown, when the discovery was made that a brain tumor was the cause of his illness.

At Dartmouth Hal earned a full scholarship throughout his college career, was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and majored in business administration. He joined the Dartmouth faculty right after graduation, and later worked for the Telephone Company in New York and then in Washington, his entire service with the company totalling 28 years. At the time of his passing, he was staff supervisor of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Cos., in charge of management training.

Hal was always a Dartmouth enthusiast, and was a past president of the Dartmouth Club of Washington. He was long associated with the Washington Community Chest and Red Cross campaigns. He was a member of the Alexander Graham Bell chapter of the Telephone Pioneers of America, the Washington Board of Trade, Kenwood Country Club, and Metropolitan Memorial Methodist Church.

Dartmouth has lost a staunch friend and Hal's classmates a good companion.

RICHARD SHERMAN HUFF, headmaster of Waltham High School, Waltham, Mass., was killed and his wife critically injured on August 6, when their car was struck by a train near Danville, Vt. Mrs. Huff passed away not long after the accident. They were survived by Dick's daughter, Ann, age 19.

Dick Huff had been on the faculties of Waltham schools for 24 years; nineteen years as vice-principal of North Junior High and five years as headmaster of Waltham High.

A native of Kennebunk, Me., he received his Masters degree at the University of Wisconsin in 1928 and received the degree of Master of Education at Harvard in 1936.

His many Dartmouth friends and his friends and colleagues in Waltham mourn his loss.

FERDINAND WILLIAM STEINHILBER, of 9 Boardman St., Rochester, N. Y., died of cancer on July 30.

Fred came to this country from Germany with his parents while very young. A member of Phi Delta Theta, he was a star pitcher at Dartmouth, after transferring from Holy Cross after one year there. He played semi-pro ball for several years after graduation, was a buyer for Lincoln Stores, in Boston, then was employed by W. T. Grant. At the time of his death he was connected with Smith-Gormley Rochester dry goods firm.

Fred left his wife, Edna (Nickerson) Steinhilber; brothers Adolph and Berthold and a sister, Olga. His many friends in the Class will long remember his genial friendliness.

1925

Word has been received of the death of HAROLD T. KUEHN on January 7, 1953 in Helena, Mont. Having left college at the end of freshman year to continue his education at the University of Minnesota, he had not, since then, participated in Dartmouth affairs. Unfortunately, therefore, no details are available regarding his later years other than that he was vice-president and general manager of the Elliston Line Cos. The Class, however, cannot be unmoved by his passing and extends its deepest sympathy to his widow, Gertrude, and his children, Susan and William.

1952

We of the Class of 1952 were saddened to hear of the death of CHARLES THOMPSON FISCHER as a result of an explosion on the carrier USS Leyte in Boston on October 16. Charlie was serving as an ensign in the Navy at the time of the disaster. A graduate of the NROTC Unit, he reported aboard shortly after graduation and was assigned to the Engineering Department. While at Dartmouth he was a member of Zeta Psi and was a member of the Inter-Fraternity Treasurers' Council.

Charlie's home was at 932 Boynton Ave New York 59, New York, and he leaves his wife, the former Susan Anne Rivoire. The Class extends to his family deepest sympathy in their loss. He was to all of us who knew him a fine classmate and a good friend.

LEON VERRIEST '36h

HERMAN CHRISTOPHE '97

Jo my friends andmy former players—merry Christmas EDDIE JEREMIAH