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.]

Ross, Edward H. '86, Nov. 25 Bard, George P. '89, Nov. 13 O'Brien, Robert L. '91, Nov. 23 Cox, Guy W. '93, Dec. 9 Crosby, Allyn J. '95, Nov. 19 Rounds, George M. '99, Nov. 16 Newcomb, Rush F. '01, Nov. 25 French, Frank P. '02 Nov. 3 Bergengren, Roy F. '03, Nov. 11 Dillon, Walter S. '05, Nov. 23 Crowley, Ralph E. '08, Nov. Rotch, Arthur B. '08, Nov. 16 Kilroe, Edward A. '09, Nov. 8 Taylor, William '11, Nov. 30 Jahn, Edward W. '15, Nov. 2 Goodwin, Roscoe B. 'l6, June 14 Gray, Daniel C. '18, Oct. 21 Patton, Laurence 'l9, July 28 Elliot, Roscoe O. '20, Dec. 8 Harris, Donald G. '20, Nov. 16 Pick, J. Richard '23, Dec. 8 Nash, Norman C. '20, Nov. 16 Parker, John '29, Nov. 27 Marks, Alvin B. '34, Nov. 29 Spaulding, Huntley N., A.M. '27, Nov. 14 Sherwood, Robert E., Litt.D. '40, Nov. 14

1886

DR. EDWARD HARLAN ROSS died in Brightlook Hospital, St. Tohnsbury, Vt., on November 25.

Dr. Ross was born at St. Johnsbury on June 18, 1864. He was the son of Jonathan Ross, Chief Justice of Vermont and United States Senator from that state. His mother was Eliza Carpenter Ross.

He prepared for college at St. Johnsbury Academy and entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1882. After graduation in 1886, he taught for two years, first at Kimball Union Academy and then at Brewster Free Academy, Wolfe-boro, N. H. In 1888 he was enrolled in Dartmouth Medical College and received his M.D. in 1891. He served as an intern at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Boston and at Jefferson Hospital in Lowell. He then opened an office at St. Johnsbury where he practiced medicine and surgery until his retirement in 1947. He was one of the promoters and incorporators of the Brightlook Hospital and served as secretary, vice president, and president of its board. He was a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and a member of the American Medical Association, the Northeastern Medical Society, and County and State Medical Associations.

In 1894 he married Miss Nellie O. Hersey of Wolfeboro, who died a little over a year ago. Dr. Ross is survived by a son;, Ralph H. Ross, a daughter, Mrs. Stephen Chase, five grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren.

1889

GEORGE PARKER BARD died November 13 at 507 N. 22nd St., Birmingham, Ala., the home of his son Robert J. Bard '19, where he had lived since retirement.

Born August 24, 1865, in Waterford, Vt., he was a son of George Ingersoll Bard and Jerusha Gould Parker. He prepared for college in the public schools of Meredith, N. H., and at Bradford (Vt.) Academy. He entered college, Chandler Scientific Department, from Orford, N. H., and graduated with the Class of 'B9. He was a member of Phi Zeta Mu. At different Commencements during his course he was. awarded first prize in mechanical and free-hand drawing.

After graduation he began his engineering career as rodman on improvements and extensions of the Maryland Central R.R., later as transitman on the Norfolk and Western R.R. In 1891 he accepted the position of assistant engineer for the South San Francisco Land and Development Co. Somewhat later he started a career in the steel business as draftsman for the Allentown Rolling Mills at Allentown, Pa. At various periods later he was connected with the New York offices of Riter and Conley, the Petroleum Iron Works, and Tippett and Wood. In 1940 he became district representative of the Biggs Boiler Works Co. of Akron, Ohio, a position he held until retirement.

Bard rarely missed a reunion, his last attendance being a year ago last June, when, at the age of nearly 89, he came by air from Birmingham, to be present at the 65th-year reunion, which all five living graduate members attended.

He married March 25, 1896, at Walpole, N. H., Jessie F. Joslin, who died March 6, 1934- His son, Robert J. Bard, is the only survivor. Flowers were sent by his three living classmates for the funeral service held at Rid outs Valley Chapel in Birmingham.

1891

ROBERT LINCOLN O'BRIEN died at his home 4545 Conn. Ave., N.W., Washington, D. C., on November 23.

He was born in Abington, Mass., September 14, 1865, the son of Patrick and Lydia (Dunham) O'Brien. At the age of 14, on the death of his father, he left school and worked for three years in a factory. He then attended Bridgewater Normal School for two years, and for the next three years taught school, the last two at Pinkerton Academy in Derry, N. H. While teaching he did college preparatory work and entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1887. After one year at Dartmouth he transferred to Harvard where he graduated in 1891.

For the next year he was a reporter for the Boston Transcript. In June 1892, he became secretary to Glover Cleveland, and after the inauguration served as executive clerk at the White House until November 1895, when he resigned to become Washington correspondent for the Boston Transcript. In 1906 he went to Boston to become editor of the Transcript. In 1910 he became president and editor of the Boston Herald, and remained in this position until his resignation in December 1928. During this period he became active in Republican politics in Massachusetts and his influence on journalism in New England was strong. For many years he was a member of the advisory board of the Pulitzer School of Journalism at Columbia. During this period he received the honorary degree of Litt.D. from Dartmouth in 1922, Brown in 1924, Colby in 1926 and Boston University in 1928.

In 1931, over violent Democratic protest, Mr. O'Brien was appointed by President Hoover chairman of the U.S. Tariff Commission. He was reappointed by President Roosevelt, over violent Republican protest. A blunt, outspoken man, with firm convictions on tariff and world trade, he was a key personality in the controversy that raged around American tariff policy and was one of the leading endorsers of Secretary Hull's reciprocal trade program. He retired in 1937 but continued to make his home in Washington.

In 1895 Mr. O'Brien was married to Dr. Emily A. Young of Lisbon, N. H., who died in 1945. In 1950 he was married to Helen Victoria Brown who survives him. He is also survived by a son Lincoln O'Brien, publisher of newspapers in New Hampshire and New Mexico, and a daughter Mrs. Robert L. M. Underbill of Concord, Mass.

Although.Bob O'Brien was a member of the Class of 1891 for only one year, he was one of its most devoted members. Whenever possible he attended class gatherings and never tired of telling anecdotes of his days in college. A large part of every summer Bob spent at the Hanover Inn, holding court on the Inn porch. He delighted in friends, and they in him.

1899

GEORGE MONROE ROUNDS died November 16 at his home in Birmingham, Mich. His death came after a short illness from coronary thrombosis following a fall. A lifelong friend of the family read the Christian Science service at the Manley Bailey Funeral Home. Burial was in the local Greenwood Cemetery.

George was born April 29, 1876, in Calais. Maine, the son of Charles Bean and Harriet Norwood (Chase) Rounds. After preparing for college locally, he entered Bowdoin, but transferred to Dartmouth in 1896. There his warm personality made him many friends. He was on his class baseball team and on the Varsity Reserves, and was a member of Theta Nu Epsilon, Psi Upsilon, and Casque & Gauntlet.

He was the only '99er to go directly into the new automotive business upon graduation. This work took him to Colorado for eight years, where for a time he also coached the University of Colorado baseball team. The following eight years he was in Canada; silvermining in Northern Ontario, in real estate business in South Porcupine, Toronto and Alberta, until rheumatic fever drove him to California to recuperate.

Moving to Detroit, he had headquarters mostly in that city or nearby Birmingham until 1951. First he served Ford Motor; later General Motors, as social investigator or manager of the Personnel Department. Often in later years he had appreciative calls from mothers of sons whom he had steered towards college or into other worthwhile pursuits. Finally he spent two years with Smith, Hinchman & Grylls, architects and engineers.

These past two years, in retirement, he gave increasing attention to his Black Minorca chickens, with which he was very successful in public showings. This very January he was planning a trip to the National Poultry Show at Union City, Pa.

George's greatest regret was his inability for years to attend the '99 March Round-Ups in Boston, and the reunions in Hanover. "One of life's prizes," he said once, "is that a Dartmouth graduate never experiences any regrets for his college." With triple satisfaction, therefore, in 1939 he brought his wife and daughter to '99's Fortieth at the end of his son George Junior's freshman year. At the Fiftieth he had his wife and both children, together with George Junior's wife; while at the Fifty-Fifth there were also two of the latter's three children, - including George III.

Surviving are his wife, the former Virgil Mildred Crook, whom he married in Kansas City, Mo., June 2, 1917; his son George M. Jr- '42; his daughter Helen Noreen, wife of Roy Rowan '41; and four grandchildren.

1930

ROY FREDERICK BERGENGREN died on November 11 in Heaton Hospital, Montpelier, Vt., after a long illness. His home was on R. 2, Berlin Rd., Montpelier.

Roy was born in Gloucester, Mass., in 1879, and was educated in Lynn, Mass., public schools. After graduating from Dartmouth in 1903, he received his LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1906. He was awarded an honorary Doctor's degree by St. Francis Xavier University of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, for services rendered the people of that Province. Roy practiced law in Lynn from 1906 to 1918, and served as City Commissioner of Finance during part of that time.

As a young lawyer he attracted the attention of Edward A. Filene by his record as a member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention in 1917-1918 and began his long career of dedicated service to the credit union idea. In 1921 he was appointed executive secretary of the Credit Union National Extension Bureau by Mr. Filene, its founder. His efforts were aimed at the organization of credit unions, securing favorable legislation for them and building up the movement until credit union people were ready to organize their own national organization. This last goal was achieved in 1934 with the organization of the Credit Union National Association. He was elected managing director, a post he held until his retirement in 1945. He helped draft and enact credit union laws in 41 states and was instrumental in drawing up and obtaining passage of the Federal Credit Union Act of 1934.

He has written a number of books, among them Credit Union; a Cooperative BankingBook, 1931; Cuna Emerges, 1935; CreditUnion North America, 1940; and Crusade, 1952.

Following his retirement from Cuna, the Bergengrens moved to Montpelier, where Roy became managing director of Vermont Credit Union League. He represented the state as a national director of Cuna. Largely due to his efforts Cuna established its World Extension Department in 1954.

Roy was married in 1911 to Gladys Louise Burroughs who survives him with a son, Roy F. Jr. '36, and a daughter, Mrs, Dorothy B. Hartman.

1908

ARTHUR BOYLSTON ROTCH died on November 16, at his home in Milford, N. H., after an illness of several months, following a heart attack last spring. Art was Class Notes editor for this MAGAZINE for 33 years, and members of the Class will recall, with a smile, the Yankee humor with which he spiced the news. Our class has lost another of its most familiar and best-liked members.

He was born in Amherst, N. H., March 24, 1887, the son of William Boylston and Grace M. (Burrell) Rotch. The family moved to Milford in 1895 and built the present home. He prepared for Dartmouth at Milford High School and St. Paul's School in Concord. At college, he displayed his ability and love of tennis, which followed him nearly through life, as a member of the tennis team all four years and captain in his senior year. His fraternity was Phi Gamma Delta.

Following graduation, he spent two years in real estate in New York City but returned in 1910, to become a partner with his father in the Milford Cabinet Press and a country squire with a distaste for city life which was a frequent target for his whimsical humor. Art was a fifth generation editor and owner of the Press, which was purchased by his great-great-grandfather in 1802, and which his son, William Boylston 11, now carries on as the sixth generation. Art was in partnership with his father from 1910 until his father's death in 1934, and from 1938 until 1950 with his son, when he sold his interest to his son. However, Art kept an editorial column in the MilfordCabinet as "The Observer" almost until his death. He could suffer through a painful operation and describe his experience with crabgrass, to make his readers roar with laughter. He would dispose of heated local arguments with a few well-chosen words, describe the poignant beauty of a late afternoon walk in the woods with his dog or reminisce on the history of Milford. The Cabinet was his great and sustaining interest. From 1938 to 1940, he was also associated with the Dartmouth Printing Company in Hanover.

Art took over the Rotch Insurance Agency from his father at the latter's death in 1934 and conducted this together with the Cabinet Press, and, in recent years, devoted most of his time to it. He became a director of the Souhegan National Bank in 1929 and its president in 1946.

Art was interested in many civic activities, served on the Milford School Board from 1914 to 1922; Board of Trustees of State Normal Schools from 1917; as chairman of the N. H. Development Commission 1925 to 1931, and in 1932, chairman of the Committee to Investigate Interest Rates for Small Loans in New Hampshire. He was on the military staff of Governor Charles W. Tobey, with the rank of major in 1929 and 1930, and in 1932 Associate Justice of the Municipal Court.

He was a member of Benevolent Lodge, F. and A.M.; of Custos Morum Lodge of I.O.O. F.; of the Milford Congregational Church, and of the Wilton Center Tennis Club.

His interests were wide and varied but, of them all, tennis was the foremost and he played all of his life until a year ago, when failing health caused him to forego the game. His other big hobby was his woodlot where he spent many hours of relaxation from his office duties. He enjoyed history, both local and national, and his dogs.

From his brief life in the canyons of New York, he brought back a bride, Serena Elliman of Staten Island, whom he married on April 9, 1910. Besides his wife, he leaves his son and successor, William Boylston II, Dartmouth '37; a daughter, Helen Gilman (Mrs. William Ferguson), and eight grandchildren. In accordance with his wishes, the body was cremated after a private prayer service.

1909

EDWARD AUGUSTINE KILROE died in his old family home at 116 Central Ave., Waterbury, Conn., on November 8, from a heart condition which had troubled him for the past two years, but without curtailing his activities until two days before his death.

Edward was born on October 14, 1884, in Waterbury, Conn., the son of Edward and Margaret (Friery) Kilroe. He prepared for college at Crosby High School, Waterbury, and attended Holy Cross College for two years before entering the Dartmouth Medical School in our junior year. He received his A.B. degree in 1909 and continued his medical studies for another year.

Returning to his family home, he conducted a hotel business until his retirement five years ago. He made a fine family circle with his three sisters, the Misses Emmeline J., Margaret C., and Katherine Kilroe, and was ever solicitous of their welfare. To them the Class of 1909 expresses its sympathy in our mutual loss.

A solemn high Mass was held in St. Margarets Church on November 10, with burial in Calvary Cemetery.

VALENTINE ISAAC KLOPP of 213 S. Wyomissing Ave., Shillington, Pa., died in the Read ing Hospital on October 16.

"Dutch" was born on November 27, 1880, in Mount Aetna, Pa., the son of Benneville Dundore and Catherinem (Katterman) Klopp. He entered Dartmouth from Mercersberg Academy. In college, he belonged to Orpheus and was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa.

The first years after graduation were spent in teaching and insurance. He entered the banking business with the former Reading National and Union National Banks. In 1939, he was appointed an assistant treasurer of the Berks County Trust Co. and continued there until his retirement several years ago. He was a director of the Shillington Savings and Loan Association. For 39 years he served as secretary of the Keystone Fire Co. of Shillington. For 32 years, he was a teacher of Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church Bible Class.

He was active in fraternal organizations, being a member of Mount Aetna Unit, POS of A: Shillington Council, Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Rainbow Commandery, Knights of Malta.

On December 28, 1915, he was married to Mary R. Schlasman. He is survived by his widow, a son Frederick S. of Hamilton Square, N. J.; two grandchildren, a sister and three brothers, to whom the Class expresses its deep- est sympathy.

1915

EDWARD WHEELOCK JAHN of 751 Roxbury Ave., Youngstown, Ohio, died at his home on November 2, following a heart attack.

A descendant of Eleazar Wheelock, Ed was born May 24, 1892, in Chicago, a son of Adolph and Marie (Runyon) Jahn, and came to Youngstown as a boy.

Upon graduation from Dartmouth, he taught in a mission school in Mardin, Turkey, before returning to Youngstown in 1921 to join the Rayen School faculty as an instructor. He also taught mathematics, Latin and English at the Youngstown YMCA Night School before it became Youngstown College.

Employed .since 1923 as a blast furnace operator and later as head clerk of the Blast Furnace Dept. of Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp., he was a member of the family that operated the Struthers Blast Furnace in the early days of this century.

Ed served with the 15th Engineers in World War I, and was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, Nathan Hale Chapter, and of American Legion Post 15. He was also a member of First Presbyterian Church in Youngstown and a director of the credit union and relief association at U. S. Steel.

He and his wife, the former Margaret Jane Jackson, were married in 1921. Besides his wife, he leaves a daughter, Marjorie W., at home. Another daughter, Martha, Monroe school teacher, died August 21 in an automobile accident in Youngstown.

Funeral services were held at the DavisVelker Funeral Home in Youngstown. The family requested that material tributes take the form of gifts to the First Presbyterian Church building fund.

1918

HERBERT ALEXANDER MCGRATH died in St. Paul, Minn., on January 10, 1954.

Born in Stillwater, Minn., October 12, 1893, Herbert came to college from Stillwater. As he remained with the class but one year, he never kept in touch with classmates, nor with the College. He was for some years connected with the Weyerhaeuser Sales Co. in St. Paul, but nothing further is known of his career.

1925

HAROLD RICHARD BEACHAM died suddenly of coronary artery disease on October 8; he had been ill for only a day.

Bill was born in Portsmouth, N. H., on October 20, 1903, the son of Harry Luther and Blanche (Lamprey) Beacham, and went to Portsmouth High School. After graduating from Dartmouth, he went into the investment business. At the time of his death he was a member of the Boston Stock Exchange and manager of the broker-dealer department of the Boston office of Josephthall and Company. His chief hobby was hunting and he had a fine collection of old guns which he occasionally exhibited. His home was at 68 Avalon Rd., Waban, and he had a summer place in Kingston, Mass.

He is survived by his wife Maxine and two sons, Harold R. and Robert B.

MALCOLM BOWMAN RONALD died on April 3, in Mitchell, S. D„ according to information received by the Alumni Records Office. No further details are available. He was born in Sioux City on March 31, 1903, and attended Dartmouth for only one semester. In recent years he had maintained no contact with the College nor, so far as is known, with any members of the Class.

1934

ALVIN BREGER MARKS passed away November 29, at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City. His home was at 11 Birchwood Lane, Great Neck, Long Island.

Alvin was born on August 26, 1913. He prepared at Dwight School and while at Dartmouth he was a member of Sigma Alpha Mu, the Interfraternity Council, and the freshman football team. After graduation he joined the Howard Stores and became vice president and secretary and a member of the board of directors.

Alvin was active in many charities and organizations. He was chairman of the clothing division of the United Hospital Fund, a former governor and treasurer of the Knickerbocker Yacht Club, a member of the Sands Point Yacht Club and the Glen Oaks Golf Club, and a past president of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Long Island.

Our class loses one of its most devoted and respected members. Anything having to do with Dartmouth was a motivating force in his life. He laved the College and in return his classmates looked to him for guidance and inspiration. He was a loyal member of the class Executive Committee. Rarely was there a class dinner or other gathering that was not graced by his presence. The heartfelt sympathy of all of us goes to his widow Joan and his three daughters, Linda Ann, Behna Jane, and Kathy June, as well as to his mother Mrs. Eva B. Marks, and his two sisters, Behna M. Levin and Marilyn M. Goodman.

The members of our class who served as honorary pall bearers at the funeral included Orvil E. Dryfoos, J. Clarence Davies, George W. Copp, C. Raymond Hulsart, Martin J. Dwyer, Robert W. Smith, Richard H. Houck, William W. Leveen, Harry E. McCann, Harry W. Wallace, Wil Maynard, Franklyn J. Jackson, William H. Scherman and Henry Werner.

1941

LAURENCE CLYDE ANDREW JR., known to his classmates as Andy, died in Portland, Maine, on October 5, after a long illness. The Class of 1941 has lost one of its most devoted members.

Andy was born in Portland on July 23, 1919. He attended Deering High School in that city prior to coming to Dartmouth. While at Dartmouth, he was a member of Delta Tau Delta and the varsity track team. He was a familiar sight running around the track at Hanover into the late hours of every afternoon, even after most of the athletes had quit for the day.

In World War II he served with the Air Force in the Southwest Pacific Theater and was discharged with the rank of first lieutenant.

In his busy life as a salesman for the L. C. Andrew Lumber Company, Andy always found time to serve Dartmouth and his community. He was a member of the Portland Toastmasters Club and the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Maine, having served both as president. He was also a member of the Parish Club of the Presumpscot Union Parish and was a director of the Retail Lumberman's Association.

Besides his parents who live in Portland, he is survived by his widow, Mrs. Virginia Andros Andrew, of South Windham, Maine; two daughters, Jennifer and Julie, and a son Laurence C. III; two brothers and three sisters.

ROBERT LINCOLN O'BRIEN "91

ARTHUR BOYLSTON ROTCH '08