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]

Newton, James W. '86, Oct. 4 Uniac, Thomas V. '04, Oct. 8 Bartlett, James A. '07, Oct. 1 Marsh, Everett T. 'OB, Oct. 3 Owen, Archibald '15, Dec. 28, 1953 Jenison, Austin '16, Aug. 14 Gile, Archie B. '17, Sept. 26 Perry, David A. '24, Oct. 12 Pratt, Emory L. '24, July 28 Wheeler, Wilfred '50, May 24, 1953 Jackson, Robert H. LL.D. '47, Oct. 9 Cleaveland, Dorothy A.M. '54, Sept. 23

1886

JAMES WILLIE NEWTON, president of the Class of 1886, and one of Dartmouth's most loyal and devoted sons, died on October 4 at Winter Park, Fla., where he had lived since 1933.

Billie Newton was born in Hartford, Vt., February 20, 1863. Three years later his parents moved to Hanover. In 1882 he entered the Chandler Scientific Department of Dartmouth College, from which he was graduated with a B.S. degree. He was a member of the Vitruvian Society, which in 1889 became the Alpha Omega chapter of Beta Theta Pi. He served as both local and regional president of the fraternity. .

After five years with W. B. Clark's Bookstore in Boston, he became in 1891 representative in Boston of the Yawman and Erbe Manufacturing Company, makers of office equipment. From 1898 until his retirement in 1931 he was manager of their Boston office. He was director and vice president of the Boston Rotary Club, and in 1947 attended the organiza-tion's International Convention in San Francisco. He was also a member of the University Club and of the City Club of Boston, the Woodland Golf Club of Auburndale, Mass., and a charter member of the Dartmouth Club of Boston. He was affiliated with the Congregational and Unitarian churches of Newton Centre, Mass., and later with the Unitarian Church in Orlando, Fla., and the First Congregational Church of Winter Park.

" He was one" of the founders of the Winter Park University Club, and in 1945 organized and became the first president of the Dartmouth Club in Winter Park. .

Throughout his life his association with Dartmouth was intimate and devoted. He knew personally the last six presidents of the College, and attended the inauguration of five of them. He presented to the College a stand of colors, including the first official Dartmouth flag. To the Dartmouth Outing Club he gave a tract of land in Norwich, and the Newton Cabin. As class agent for the Dartmouth Alumni Fund he kept 1886 high on the list of contributors. One of his greatest desires was to see a suitable memorial to Eleazar Wheelock erected. In recent years he worked to establish a family plan among relatives of the Class of 1886, for continuing loyalty and service to Dartmouth. In 1953, at the death of the class secretary, William P. Kelly, he appointed the son of a classmate as class secretary-treasurer He initiated the William P. Kelly Memorial Scholarship Fund, and bequeathed to Dartmouth the James Willie Newton Scholarship.

Billie was married in 1904 to Florence Annie Arnaud of Boston, who died in 1924. In 1927 he married Mary Chase Swett of Chicago. Three years after her death he married Genieve Marie Allen of Springfield, Mass., who survives him. He had no children.

1901

ELIOT BISHOP passed away on July 25, at the Portland Airport as he was about to board a plane for New York City. He had been spending the summer at his home in Waterford where it was his delight to rest and relax from his active duties. His winter home was at 355 Clinton Ave., Brooklyn.

"Bunker" was born in Brooklyn, January 18, 1880. He graduated from Brooklyn High School and entered college with the Class of 1901. Following graduation he continued his studies at Dartmouth Medical School, receiving his M.D. in 1904.

He established his practice of obstetrics and gynecology in his native city and followed that specialty throughout his life, maintaining a high standing in that profession. He was always a champion of the young physician and did more than his share in guiding and counselling them. He was a member of the Brooklyn and New York Gynecological societies, and for many years his particular interest was in a Travel Club, composed of specialists who made annual visits to the better clinics in America and Canada. Two years ago he was royally received on such a trip to England.

With his genial personality, warm friendship, and genuine interest in all his classmates, he represented the happiest example of class spirit. Bunker Bishop loved his college and was ever loyal. No class gatherings will seem the same without him and perhaps no member will be more missed than he.

In college he was on the Aegis board, was assistant manager of the Dartmouth LiteraryMonthly, and a member of Psi Upsilon. His social club was the University Club of New York and here he often served as host to his many friends.

He is survived by his widow, the former Pearl Rogers, two sons, Thomas and Warren, and a daughter Mary, wife of Robert H. Ross Jr. '38, and several grandchildren.

The interment services were held in Waterford, followed by a memorial service in Brooklyn, which was largely attended. The class was represented by Francis Marsh, Joe and Maude Raphael, Richard Ward, and Everett Stevens.

We quote from the tribute paid by Dr. Hall at the memorial service: "He was happy with the simple things of life and his demands were few. A sunrise swim in a quiet Maine lake was his answer to the problems at hand. His home was his kingdom where he could escape to relax, find solace with his wife and enjoy his family life. It was here that he imparted his philosophy of life to his children."

1907

CHARLES ALPHONSO MCKENDREE died on September 11 at the home of his son, Dr. Charles G. McKendree, in Greenwich, Conn. His age was 67.

Born in Manchester, N. H., he entered Dartmouth from Manchester High School, received the B.A. degree in 1907, and the M.D. degree from the Dartmouth Medical School in 1910.

Following further study in New York, Paris and London, he served for several years on the staff of a private hospital and then began practice in New York as a neurologist and psychiatrist. Professor of Clinical Neurology at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, he was also associated with Roosevelt, Knickerbocker and City Hospitals, and Associate Professor at New York PostGraduate Medical School and an officer of several medical organizations. Dr. Mc Ken dree served as a specialist in World War I and was a reserve medical captain in the Navy during World War II.

Surviving are his widow, the former Blanche Gillett, his son, a daughter, Mrs. Allan F. Ayres, a brother, a sister, and seven grandchildren. His home was at 215 East 79th St.

1911

MALCOLM GALE ROLLINS died suddenly of a coronary thrombosis at his home, 1 Cherry Lane, Berwyn, Pa., on September 5. This ended a period of partial disability resulting from a shock about two years ago.

Mac was born in West Newbury, Mass., on February 1, 1890. He came to Dartmouth from Newburyport High School. In College he was an active member of the class, being on the class and varsity football squads, a member of the Aegis board and of Theta Delta Chi.

Most of Mac's life was spent in the publishing and advertising business, his first position being with the American Optical Co. in the advertising department. This was followed with a year at Montague Press; then the Chas. D. Frey Co. in Chicago from 1914-16, and a position as Vanity Fair representative from 1916-18. He was a private in the Infantry of the U. S. Army from 1918-19, and returned to join the J. Walter Thompson Co. until 1922, and then was with the MacVale Co. until 1026. For the next five years he was secretary of the Dartmouth Club of New York, then became advertising promotion manager of mopolitan magazine and later vice president of C. I. Miller Advertising Agency. Since 1950 he was with H. H. DuBois, Inc., in Philadelphia.

Mac was a bachelor until October, 1926, when he married Mildren Morgan, who survives him together with their son, Harrison '42 and three grandchildren. He was a resident for many years of Greenwich, Conn., which city he always considered his real home. There he was active in the Red Cross and Community Chest and was a member of the Auxiliary Police during the second World War.

Mac's fluent style of writing was familiar to all of the Class, and it led to the publication of a number of magazine and trade pa- per articles, one of his best being in the Saturday Evening Post and written about the Chief of Police of Vergennes, Vt. It was here that Mildred and Mac had recently built a beautiful cottage on Lake Champlain where Mac had looked forward to writing and retiring. He was always one of the most active Dartmouth alumni, being instrumental in the establishment and early operation of the New York Club, and was the Class Agent for the Alumni Fund for the five-year period following our thirty-fifth reunion.

Mac was buried, in Groveland, Mass. A niemorial service was held in the Congregational Church in Greenwich at which the Ken Clarkes and the Warren Agrys represented his classmates.

1916

AUSTIN JENISON passed away in Lansing, Mich., on August 14, after an illness of several months. Austin was born in Lansing in 1893, the son of Orien A. and Mollie (Hawley) Jemson. His father was a founder of the Dyerlenison-Barry insurance agency in 1898, and his grandfather O. A. Jenison was a pioneer settler in Lansing.

He attended Lansing High School and entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1912 transferring after one year to Brown, and later to Stanford, where he graduated. He also did work at the universities of Michigan and Illinois, and in recent years had received a Master's degree in English Literature from Michigan State College.

In World War I he was a captain and pilot in the U.S. Air Corps, and in later years was interested in the activities of the 119th Field Artillery unit in Lansing. His hobbies included bridge and chess, in addition to various sports, and he had one of the outstanding collections of old and rare dictionaries, besides collections of coins and stamps.

Austin was an Episcopalian, a member of the Masonic fraternity, Elks, Lansing Press Club, U. & I, Club, Grayling Game Club and a member of local, state and national associations of insurance agents. Until recently he had maintained his own insurance firm, but in July merged his firm with the John Stratton Agency to form Jenison and Stratton.

"He is survived by his widow, the former Margaret Daniel]; a son, Capt. Daniell Jenison with U.S. Forces on Formosa; three daughters, Mrs. John Stratton, Mrs. John Bing, and Mrs. Stanley Kallis; eight grandchildren, and a sister.

1917

ARCHIE BENJAMIN GILE died suddenly as the result of a heart attack at his Hanover home on September 26.

Archie was born in Tewksbury, Mass., November 27, 1895, the son of the late Dr. John M. and Vesta Grace (Fowler) Gile.

He attended Phillips Andover Academy and, upon entering Dartmouth, the varied activities that claimed his interest were an indication of the full life that was to lie before him. He was on the varsity football team, was treasurer of his class for several years and was On the Junior Prom committee. He was a member of KKK and Sphinx.

On May 15, 1917, Archie enlisted in the American Field Service, transferring to the U.S. Army Ambulance Service in October with the rank of first lieutenant, which rank he held until February, 1919, when he was promoted to the rank of captain. During the 23 months he served in. France he saw action at Champagne, the Aisne-Marne Defensives and the Aisne-Marne and Argonne Offensives, receiving the Croix de Guerre on June 9, 1918. During World War II he served for three years in the Tank Destroyer Command with a year of overseas duty. He was a lieutenant colonel when he returned to civilians.

Following World War I Arch worked briefly with the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. in New Haven and The Boston Herald. By 1924 the lure o£ the Hanover Plain had become too great to resist so Arch settled there and established the insurance and real estate business now known so well as A. B. Gile & Co., Inc. Arch was a leader in this field and in time became presidents.

of the New Hampshire Association of Insurance Agents. Archie was a responsible public citizen, serving his state and his community as well as his college and his class. He had been elected to the New Hampshire General Court in 1940 and, at the time of his death, was serving a second term as a Selectman of the town of Hanover. He was a member of the board of directors of both the Dartmouth National Bank and the Dartmouth Savings Bank, as well as a member of the Board of Overseers of the Hanover Inn. In addition, Arch had for many years been a trustee of the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital at Hanover, in which he was tremendously interested and for which he devoted countless hours raising funds for its recent enlargement.

Flowers were one of Arch's particular hobbies and during the summer the gardens around his home were a mass of blooms. As an ardent sportsman and lover of outdoor life he has had for many years a camp at Etna to which he could retire for rest and relaxation. There he maintained a well-stocked trout pond and raised pheasants, and when Arch was at the camp his dog was always by his side. He was a devoted husband and father and a steadfast friend. Those of us who returned periodically to Hanover always looked up Arch as soon as we arrived. To his friends who loved the simplicity of his camp, his hospitality was perennial and in countless ways over the years, Arch was the anchor man in Hanover for our class. He served his family, his college and his country with a devotion and loyalty that will not be forgotten.

On July 31, 1920, at Boston, Mass., Arch was married to Mary Gray who survives him. Also surviving is their daughter, Mary Joyeuse, now Mrs. Edward M. Cavaney of Hanover: two grandchildren, Peter Gile and William Gile Cavaney; a brother, Dr. John F. Gile '16; two sisters, Mrs. John P. Bowler and Mrs. Dorothy G. Brackett, all of Hanover.

Funeral services were held in St. Thomas Church Sept. 28, conducted by Rev. Leslie W. Hodder. The little church was so filled with Archie's friends that many had to stand outside, and even the wall of the church outside was banked with flowers.

1924

EMORY LOUIS PRATT died on July 28 in Fresno, Calif., after an eight-months' illness with one of the unsolved diseases which progress to the inevitable conclusion, amotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Emory, who left College in June 1921, was a member of Beta Theta Pi. The record states that he worked and lived in Buffalo, N. Y., until 1928, and then went to the West Coast where he worked for the Consolidated Steel Corp. (1929) and the Consolidated Film Laboratory (1936). Thereafter he was associated with the Railway Mail service. Our last information is that he was supervisor for the U. S. Highway Post Office, one of the newer developments in our postal system.

He is survived by his wife, Estelle, of 2922 Arthur St., Fresno, Calif.

1927

ALFRE CARR DICK died on July 2, in Los Angeles, Calif. Born in Oak Park, Ill., the son of James Alfred and Lulu (Carr) Dick, Al entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1923 from Oak Park High School. In college he was a member of Theta Delta Chi, Beta Alpha Phi, and Bait and Bullet. After graduation from Dartmouth, Al attended the University of Chicago Medical School, where he graduated with an M.D. degree in 1931. He was married on December 19, 1929, to Jane B. Girdler, who, with their daughter, Jane, a freshman at the University of Southern California, survives him.

served as resident surgeon at the Kansas State Tuberculosis Hospital, then practiced in Kingman, Ariz., San Diego, Del Mar, and Los Angeles, Calif. During World War II, he was medical director of Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp. in San Diego, and in 1951 he became medical director of the construction project for the air base at Thule, Greenland. Later he served with a construction company doing work for the Atomic Energy Commission in the Marshall Islands.

Al's death was sudden, so far as his family and friends were concerned, though he probably had known for some time how ill he was. The cause of his death was cancer of the bone marrow, with resultant anemia, but with his characteristic reticence, he continued to care for others while disregarding his own health.

Al will be greatly missed by his many friends in the Class, and our sincere sympathy is extended to his wife and daughter.

1929

KENNETH WALTER ROBINSON died on March 4, in the Veterans Hospital, Kingsbridge, New York City.

Ken was born in New York City on June 1, 1907, the son of Walter Henry and Minnie (Hessin) Robinson. He prepared for college at Horace Mann School for boys. In college he was a member of Phi Delta Theta.

After graduation Ken did graduate work at Cornell and received his A.M. in 1931. He then did free lance writing and play producing in New York. During the war he served in the Army Signal Corps.

The Class had not been in close touch with Ken and has no information on his survivors.

1933

LESTER STANLEY LEAVENWORTH died September 4 at the Norfolk, Va., hospital after an illness of three weeks. He is survived by his wife, the former Ammie Coates of Hanover and a son Robert A. Their home was at 9304 Hickory St., Norfolk.

Les, a native of Chelsea, Mass., attended Dartmouth in 1929-1930 and later became a civil engineer. He worked for the New Hampshire State Planning and Development Board, the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, the U. S. Engineer Offices in Concord, N. H., Denison, Tex., and the Canal Zone, the Navy Department in California, and was a construction engineer in the federal Civil Service at the time of his death. Les saw four years of war service in World War II and held the rank of major in the United States Army Reserve at the time of his death.

Les was a builder for his country and will be greatly missed by his family and his many friends.

1934

WILLIAM COLBY Goss died suddenly on August 13 at his home, 22 Breezy Hill Terrace, Nahant, Mass., of a heart attack. Bill was an engineer and designer for Metcalf and Eddy, consulting engineers of Boston. For some vears prior to his employment with this firm he had worked for General Electric at Lynn, Mass., and Richland, Wash.

Bill was born in Wilder, Vt„ and was graduated from Watertown, Mass., High School where he starred in track and basketball. At Dartmouth, he was a member of the freshman cross country team and the varsity track team. He was also a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa.

Bill leaves his wife, Eleanor May Goss, and two daughters, Carol Ann and Linda. Burial was in Chelsea, Vt.

The deep sympathy of the class is extended to them in their loss.

1950

The passing of ROGER WESTON TILLSON JR. in an airplane crash August 26 in California saddened and shocked the class. The accident occurred when Rog and another Navy pilot, in AD Skyraiders, hit the fog-obscured Mt. St. Helena, about seven miles north of San Francisco.

Roger left college at the end of his freshman year to enter the Naval Academy, where he graduated in 1951 and" was commissioned as an Ensign. He entered flight training at Pensacola the following September and received his wings at Corpus Christi, Texas. Prior to being assigned to Moffatt Field, Calif., he had served aboard the USS Oriskany and in Japan and Korea.

On January 3, 1952, he married Joy Chessman of Salem, Ohio. In addition to his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Susan, one year, two married sisters, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roger W. Tillson of Middleboro, Mass., to whom the Class extends its condolences in their great loss.

WILFRID WHEELER III was listed as missing in action on May 24, 1953, when he failed to return from a mission over North Korea with the Navy Air Corps. On July 29, 1954. the Navy Department advised his family that all known resources had been utilized to obtain information concerning his survival without avail, and that they had therefore, reluctantly, to declare him deceased.

Bill was born in Belmont, Mass., May 12, 1925, the son of Wilfrid and Sybil (Leckenby) Wheeler. He attended Belmont High School and on July 1, 1943, entered the Navy V-12 unit at Dartmouth where he remained until February 1944. He later served for three years with the Navy in the Pacific. He returned to Dartmouth in September 1948 and received his degree with the Class of 1950. Bill remained at Dartmouth for the next two years as a teaching fellow in physics and received his A.M. degree in 1952.

A lieutenant in the Naval Reserve, Bill was called back to active duty and was piloting a VC-35 when he was shot down over Wonsan.

Bill is survived by his parents who make their home at 24 Rutledge Road, Belmont, Mass., and by a brother Richard. To them the class extends its sincerest sympathy.

1951

ULRICH ADAMI was born in Nordenham, Germany, January 6, 1930, the son of Eugen and Charlotte (Tappe) Adami. He entered Dartmouth as a special student in the fall of 1949, and received his degree with the Class of 1951.

After graduation Ulrich received a James K. Colby Memorial Fellowship and was doing graduate work in Germany when he was killed in an automobile accident near Gottingen on June 13.

1952

CYRIL RANDALL HOUGH died at Corpus Christi, Texas, on June 6 as the result of an automobile accident. It is believed he suffered a heart attack, which caused the accident.

Randy was born in Grand Rapids, Mich., May 6, 1930, the son of Cyril T. M. and Bernice (Randall) Hough. He prepared for college at the Lakewood, N. Y., high school, where he was a star football player and a skillful sail boat racer.

In college Randy was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Glee Club, D.0.C., the Players and the Sailing Club. He entered the Marine Corps in September after graduation and was commissioned at Quantico. He had been stationed at Corpus Christi since January, where he had been transferred from the flying school at Pensacola.

Randy was one of the most popular men in the class, with his friendly interest in people. A fine student, a gentleman, his death is a great blow to the class. Randy's body was brought home by an honor guard, one of whom was Art Morse '52.

To Randy's family who make their home at 220 West Summit St., Lakewood, N. Y., the Class extends its sincerest sympathy.

JAMES WILLIE NEWTON '86

MALCOLM GALE ROLLINS 'II

ARCHIE BENJAMIN GILE '17