Deaths

[A lifting of deaths of which word has been receivedwithin the past month. Full not ces may appear in thisissue or may appear in a later number]

Geroulcl, Gordon H. '99, April 10 Storrs, Adna D. '99, April 20 Lyon, Hastings '01, April 26 Broun, James B. '07, May 10 Young, Herbert '10, April 23 Merrill, Henry W. '13, May 3 Jones, James L. '17, April 12 Sullivan. John H. '18, Dec. 16, 1951 Cleaveland, Harry H. Jr. '20, Nov. 10, 1952 Lynch, Edward B. '23, April 13 Perry, Albert O. '24, May 1 Torbert, Edward X. '25, May 1 Bullard, George N. '25, Feb. 26 Stafford, Wendell P. '01h, April 21 Urban, Wilbur M. '20h, Oct. 15, 1952

In Memoriam

1887

Belated word has been received of the death of FRANK PARKHURST BRACKETT on September 3, 1951. He had been making his home with his son at 11044 Kling St., North Hollywood, Calif.

Frank was born in Provincetown, Mass., June 16, 1865, the son of S. H. and Mary (Thomas) Brackett. In college he was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa and Phi Beta Kappa.

In 1888 Frank joined the faculty of Pomona College as instructor in mathematics and astronomy; from 1890 to 1924 he was professor of mathematics and from 1924 to 1933, when he became professor emeritus, he was professor of astronomy. Dartmouth conferred the honorary degree of Sc.D. on him in 1927.

In 1911 he was a member of the Smithsonian Astronomical Expedition to Africa and in 1913 was a member of the expedition to Mt. Whitney. He also served as director of several solar eclipse expeditions. In 1916 he was a member of the American delegation on the Commission for Relief in Belgium.

Frank was the author of several books. One of them Granite and Sagebrush contained reminiscences of the first fifty years of Pomona College.

On August 15, 1889, in Pomona Frank was married to Lucretia Burdick who died in 1937- He is survived by his sons Frederick S. Brackett of Washington, D. C., and Frank P. Brackett Jr. of North Hollywood.

1899

GORDON HALL GEROULD died in Asheville, N. C., April 10, after a long illness. He was born in Goffstown, N. H., October 4, 1877, and prepared for Dartmouth at Cushing Academy. He was awarded the Parker Fellowship at Dartmouth and after graduation was sent to Oxford University in England by Professor C. F. Richardson. There for two years he worked on medieval manuscripts, attended lectures on the literature of the Middle Ages and read old English poetry. During his second year there he was sent to Paris for four months' study at the Sorbonne. He received the Oxford degree, B.Litt.

When Jerry came home in 1901 joined the faculty of Bryn Mawr as associate in the English Department in charge of courses for undergraduates and graduate students. After four years in what was then a kind of intellectual hotbed for ambitious young scholars, he came to the attention of President Woodrow Wilson who invited him to become a preceptor, with the rank of associate professor, in what was then a revolutionary experiment in education at Princeton. His life since was closely associated with the life and growth of that University.

In 1938 he was appointed Holmes Professor of Belles Lettres, Princeton's oldest endowed chair, and in 1942 became chairman of the English Department where he carried 011 up to the time of his retirement in June 1946. In 1910 he married Katharine Fullerton, then a teacher at Bryn Mawr, who had a distinguished career of authorship up to the time of her death in 1944.

Jerry became a member of the Medieval Academy at its foundation and over a year ago was elected president of the Medieval Fellows. He devoted his years of retirement largely to a study of Chaucer and recently completed Chaucer's Wisdom and PoeticCraft. He was a prolific writer and editor, whose articles appeared regularly in learned journals.

Among his publications were Saint Legende,The Ballad of Tradition, How to Read Fiction and The Patterns of English and American Fiction. His fictional works included Peter Sanders, Retired, Youth in Harley and Filibuster. He edited Selected Essays of Fielding, Contemporary Short Stories, Medievaland Sixteenth Century Literature and other works.

Private funeral services were held in Asheville, April 13, and interment was in the Gerould family plot at Goffstown, N. H. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Edmund L. Loughman of Asheville; a son, Christopher Gerould of New York, magazine editor and writer; two sisters, Harriet Dupee Gerould of Wellesley, Mass., and Mrs. William F. Brophy of West Medford, Mass., and two brothers. Prof. John H. Gerould '90 of Hanover and Leonard S. Gerould '06 of Wilkinsburg, Pa.

ADNA DAVID STORRS died at Hanover, April 19. He was born in Claremont, N. H., August 7, 1876, and moved to Hanover with his family when he was about eight years old.

He entered Dartmouth with the Class of 1899 but after two years left college and went to work in the Dartmouth Book Store conducted by his father. In those days the store was located next to Cobb's grocery store on Main Street in a building fronted by tall white pillars which students of that era will remember. In 1900 the book store moved to its present location and its personnel then consisted of Dave, his father and one clerk. When his father died in 1916, Dave took oyer the entire management of the business which grew with the College and employed six clerks instead of one. He occupied a little office with an old roll top desk in the rear and there received with cheerful mien visiting alumni who called on him through the years.

In June 1950 he received an honorary Master of Arts degree from the College. In presenting the degree, President John S. Dickey said to Dave: "You are bv wide consent its (Hanover's) first citizen. Historians may well search in vain for a position of major trust in this community which you have not filled with honor, wisdom, and good humor."

On February 8, 1918, Dave married Ethel M. Haskell of Harrison, Me., who survives him together with a daughter, Mrs. John Stebbins, a brother, Dr. Harry Storrs, head of the New York State School for Feeble Minded at Thiells, N. Y„ and two sisters.

Dave was a long time member of the Hanover Improvement Society and one of its presidents. He did much for the development of Pine Tree Park and was concerned with decorative tree planting in the town. He also was largely responsible for building a dam to make a pond which bears his name. A street in Hanover is named for him.

He was fire commissioner and precinct commissioner, and was behind many of the improvements in the Hanover Fire Department which give the town one of the best fire protection standings in the state.

Dave was also a trustee of the Dartmouth Savings Bank, superintendent of the Dartmouth Cemetery, member of Christ Church, past master of the Bezaleel lodge, F & AM, a past president of the Hanover Rotary Club, member of the Chamber of Commerce, and a co-owner of the College Supply Store.

Funeral services were in the White Church in Hanover April 22, during which all the stores in Hanover were closed. Interment was in the Hanover Cemeterv. not far from the grave of his classmate and fellow townsman, Frank Musgrove. Those of "99 at lending the services were Mr. and Mrs. Hawley Chase, George Clark, Mrs. Frank Musgrove and her daughter Louise, Dr. and Mrs. David W. Parker and Dr. and Mrs. F. R. Sanborn. There was a floral offering from '99.

1900

HOWARD NKWF.LL SKII.I.IN died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Gorham, Maine, on January 18. He left college during his sophomore year, affiliating first with Union Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Chicago. He became manager for Ohio in 1910, taking up his residence in Cleveland. In 1925, he became connected with Union Central Life Insurance Co., locating in Chicago. In 1933 he became an independent agent at Portland, Maine. After a couple of years he retired to Gorham. In June 1903 he married Helen Winsor Lang of Portland, Maine, who died in 1947. His brother, Clarence Perry Skillin '08, died in March 1924. There was another brother, Harvey T. Skillin, of Seattle, Wash., of whom we have no record.

While it is not recalled that Howard attended any of the class reunions or round-ups, he appeared to enjoy his affiliation with the class and was a regular contributor to the Fund.

1901

HASTINGS LYON passed away suddenly on April 26 at his home, 435 W. 119th St., New York City. He had been in perfect health as far as is known.

Born in East Longmeadow, Mass., August 9, 1876, he graduated from the Springfield (Mass.) High School and entered Harvard University. He then transferred to Dartmouth and graduated with the class of 1901 with Phi Beta Kappa lank. He completed his law studies at Harvard, receiving his degree in 1905.

From 1905 to 1911 he was connected with the Dominion Securities Corp., Canadian investment brokers, holding positions in Boston, Toronto, London and New York. He joined the faculty of Columbia's School of Business when the school was first founded in 1916. At about that same time he founded the law firm of Haskell, Lyon and Block in New York City, which had among its clients the then newly-organized Investment Bankers Association. Besides teaching investment banking at the Tuck School where he was Professor of Finance from 1912 to 1914, he was the author of several books on investment banking problems. He was also co-author of a biography on Lord Chief Justice Coke of England, "Edward Coke, the Oracle of the Law."

Hastings Lyon was always highly regarded and respected by his college mates, and he will be greatly missed, as he was most loyal to the class and the College. In senior year he was editor of the Dartmouth Magazine, was a Rufus Choate Scholar and was class poet at Commencement. He is survived by his wife, Sarah Adams Lyon, a step-daughter, Miss Lillian Mae Henderson, and a brother, Lewis Lyon of Belchertown, Mass. The funeral was held in the Congregational Church at Ludlow Center, and Rev. Perley C. Grant of our own class conducted the services.

1910

JAMES HERBERT YOUNG died April 23 at his home, 549 E. 17th St., Brooklyn. During his two years with 1910, we knew him as "Caesar" Young. He was born in Brooklyn, July 25, 1887. His preparation for college was at Bordentown Military Institute.

Caesar gave up his college work to enter business with his father, Thomas Young, importer of linens. Upon the death of his father in 1910, he became the president of the company, Thomas Young, Inc. He had served previously as vice president and secretary.

Although he had been with us for only two years, Caesar retained his interest in Dartmouth, as a contributor to the class and the College, and as a member of the Dartmouth Club of New York. He did not have many contacts with classmates and was not one to write and tell us about himself. However, his business location was not far from John VanderPyl's office and as both belonged to the Wool Club, John says that their paths crossed from time to time. Caesar was a former president of the Linen Trade Association and a former director of the National Council of American Importers. In addition to memberships in the Wool Club and the Dartmouth Club, he held memberships in the Merchant's Club and the Crescent Athletic Club of Brooklyn.

In 1910 he married Helen L. Jones in Portland, Ore. Survivors are his widow, a son, James H. Jr. '40, a sister, Mrs. Alice O'Brien, a brother, William R. Young, and a grandson, James Herbert Young III.

1913

JOHN COT.BURN HOLMES died on March 26 at the Franklin, N. H., Hospital where he had been a patient for twelve days. He was born on July 1, 1831, in West Lebanon, N. H, the son of Frederick A. and Fannie S. (Colburn) Holmes. The family moved to Franklin when he was ten years old.

Jack graduated from the Franklin High School in 1909, from Dartmouth in 1913 and M.I.T. in 1915. Following his M.I.T. courses he was employed by the Goodyear Rubber Co., going to Singapore for them. While there he met Mr. Waterhouse, of the Fred Waterhouse Rubber Cos., and he left Goodyear to represent Waterhouse in London. He then opened a New York office for them which he managed for several years. Later, about 1925, he and W. Rea Bronk '13, took over the office and operated as independent rubber brokers under the firm name of Holmes & Bronk. He suffered a serious accident in New York, nearly losing his life. His accident and the decreased use of rubber in the fabrication of tires, plus world-wide conditions forced the firm out of business. He returned to Corning, N. Y„ to Ray McElroy, his brother-in-law's home, and then to Franklin, N. H.

On June 20, 1923 he married Marguerite McElroy in New York City, and Mrs. Holmes died on December 20, 1950.

In recent years he had been connected with the farm extension service of the University of New Hampshire. He was a director of the Franklin Savings Bank and clerk of the Franklin Hospital for the past three years. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi.

He is survived by cousins, Charles Nourse of Newington, Conn., Mrs. Atwell of Lynn., Mass., and Mrs. Helen Farrar of Peterborough, N- H.

Funeral services were held from his late residence, 62 Beech St., and burial was in the family lot in the Franklin cemetery.

1917

JAMES LAURIS JONES died suddenly on April 12 in Salem, Mass. His home was at 83 Autumn St., Maiden, Mass.

He was born in Salem May 8, 1896. After spending one year with our class he transferred to M.I.T. where he was a member of the Class of 1918, specializing in business and engineering management. His course was interrupted by service with the Ist Massachusetts Regiment, Field Artillery, during World War I.

After graduating from M.I.T. he went into partnership with his father in three dry goods department stores doing business under the name of The Jones Stores. He continued this connection until his death.

Lauris was married to Vivian Willey, who died some years ago. Their son Bradford L. Jones graduated from Dartmouth in 1946- Lauris was later married to Hazel Brackett who survives him.

I9I8

We learn only now that JOHN HART SULLIVAN died on December 16, 1951, while recovering from pneumonia, at his home 35 Hammond Pond Parkway, Chestnut Hill, Mass. John was born in Lawrence, Mass., March 22, 1896, the son of Dr. William J. and Ann (Hart) Sullivan. In college he was a member of Delta Tau Delta.

John left college on April 13, 1917, to join the Naval Reserve, and served until December 31, 1918. He then went to work as a sales engineer for Combustion Engineer Corp. and from 1923 to 1933 was New England manager for A. B. Leach & Cos., investments. From 1934 to 1940 he had his own business as investment councilor. From 1941 to 1945 he was New England regional director for the U.S. War Food Administration. Since 1945 he had been a consultant on public relations and fund raising.

On April 28, 1925, John was married to Sara Levitt who survives him. In a letter to Dick Holton, she said, "John was a grand person, who added much to the lives of many. Everyone else came first with John." A regular attendant at all football games John was delightful company and will be greatly missed by his classmates.

1926

CHARLES E. SIMMONS died on April 5 at the Harkness Pavilion, New York City. He had entered the hospital on April 1 for a check- up after intermittent illness of several months with a heart ailment.

He was born in Mount Vernon, N. V., on July 24, 1904, the only son of Charles E. and May (Stuckey) Simmons. In 1922 he graduated from Mount Vernon High School where he was noted as a star quarter miler. Entering Dartmouth he became a member of the freshman relay and track teams as a sprinter and middle distance runner. He continued on the varsity track team and was a member of Beta Theta Pi.

Upon graduation Ed joined the Bethlehem Steel Co. and spent his entire business life in the continuous service of that company; at his death he was the New York district contracting manager of the fabricated steel construction division, a post he held since 1946. He travelled widely in his work and participated in most of the major post-war construetion projects in New York, New Jersey and New England. He was a member of the University, New York Athletic, and Whitehall Clubs, and the Moles, as well as many trade organizations.

He was married in 1931 to Bettina Williams who survives him, as do their four children, Jane, Bettina, Sally and Charles E. Jr. and his mother Mrs. May Simmons. They reside in Pound Ridge, Ridgefield, Conn.

Ed was a dynamic, aggressive figure who travelled widely and never failed to be with members of the class in his frequent visits to their cities, particularly when Dartmouth men gathered in the fall at Hanover, Boston and New Haven. Among his business friends he counted the leaders of the building and contracting trades in the East. His energy in work and play was exceeded only by the warmth and sincerity of his regard for his friends. His love for his family and enthusiasm for their Connecticut country home was closely integrated with his business and Dartmouth interests.

Funeral services, attended by many of his classmates, were held in New York City on April 9. Burial was at Kensico, N. Y.

1930

CLARENCE RYLAND CHASE was found dead from shotgun wounds on March 29, in his apartment at 120 East End Ave., New York City. His death was listed as suicide. Kip had suffered a recurrence of a brain tumor for which he underwent a serious operation about six years ago.

Kip was born in Haverhill, Mass., on August 17, 1908, the son of Clarence E. and Mildred Chase. He attended Williston Academy preparatory to attending Dartmouth. In Hanover Kip was well known for his many activities. He was a member of the soccer squad, The Arts, the Vigilance Committee, and was on the staffs of The Dartmouth and the Jack-O-Lantern. His major department was Political Science and he was a member of Beta Theta Pi.

Upon leaving Dartmouth, Kip became associated with the Foreign Department of the Chase Bank and was located for several years in China. During his stay in China he was married in 1933 to Sally L. Dickinson. In 1936 Kip returned to New York and was associated for three years with the brokerage firm of Herrick Berg & Co. In 1939 he moved to Richmond, Va., where he was affiliated with Reynolds Metal Co. for a short time and thereafter engaged in the tobacco chemical business with Pied Piper Co., Inc., of which he was president. Thereafter he was also active for a period with Baughman Stationery Co. in Richmond. He served for three and one-half years during World War II with the Air Force, obtained the title of lieutenant colonel and was the recipient of the Air Medal and Bronze Star. In recent years Kip was engaged as an efficiency expert and for some time was affiliated with Booz, Allen & Hamilton in New York City.

Funeral services were held at St. James Protestant Episcopal Church in New York City on March 31. In addition to his wife, Kip was survived by three children, Ryland E., 19, Sally, 15, and Margaret, 13.

1944

WILLIAM HUNTER FERGUSON JR. died in Dallas, Texas, on December 17. Bill was born in Denver, Colo., May 12, 1921, the son of William Hunter and Janet (Goetzen) Ferguson. He prepared for college at Phillips Exeter. At Dartmouth he was a member of Beta Theta Pi.

Bill withdrew from college in February, 1942, and went with the Continental Oil Co., of which his father was an executive. For some time he was with a drilling contractor connected with the company in Colorado. In 1950 he was sent to Saudi Arabia by the Arabian American Oil Co. where he remained for two years. After his return he was with oil companies in Montana and Texas until his death. He is survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. William H. Ferguson of 222 Gaylord St., Denver.

GORDON HALL GEROULD '99

ADNA DAVID STORRS '99