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.]

Doane, Ralph W. '89, Sept. 29 Burleigh, David P. '01, Sept. 15 Safford, Henry B. '04, Sept. 16 Fall, Gilbert H. '05, Sept. 11 Smallman, Edwin W. '08, Sept. 15 Thomas, Herbert '08, Aug. 25 Hatton, Bertram '09, Sept. 14 Coy, Laurence M. '11, Sept. 1 Dwyer, Edward R. '18, Aug. 25 Cook, Lovell H. '21, Oct. 2 Prager, George S. '24, April 4 Wright, Charles W. '24, March 17 Calvert, William C. '25, Sept. 29 Alexander, William '29, Sept. 15 Cannon, Sterling J. '29, May 22, 1954 Locke, Patrick R. '39, Sept. 14, 1953 Kramer, Daniel '43, Oct. 6 McCord, Malcolm C. '43, May 27 Sawyer, Richard B. '55, Sept. 1 Hull, Gordon F., A.M. '08, Oct. 7 Foster, John H., A.M. '40, Sept. 6

Faculty

GORDON FERRIE HULL, Appleton Professor of Physics, Emeritus, died October 7 at the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, on his 86th birthday.

A scientist of international reputation, whose research and writings covered a number of fields greatly developed in the modern world, Professor Hull was also a great teacher, one of Dartmouth's very finest of the past half century. From 1899, when he joined the faculty, to 1940, when he retired, he taught general physics to thousands of Dartmouth men and in their reminiscences became an almost legendary figure, partly because of his phenomenal memory. It was the experience of many an alumnus, visiting Hanover years after taking Physics 3-4, to meet Professor Hull and have him recall, correctly, the former student's name and the exact seat he occupied in 104 Wilder. Professor Hull used the seating chart for the first meeting or two of his large lecture course of 200 or more men but never needed it thereafter.

In addition to his best known course in General Physics, Professor Hull also taught courses in modern physics and in electronics and high frequencies. His textbook, An Elementary Study of Modern Physics, first appeared in 1936 and later was printed in revised editions.

Modern physics was a field to which Professor Hull made important contributions. Shortly after coming to Dartmouth, he and Ernest Fox Nichols, later President of Dartmouth College, demonstrated in 1903 that light exerts a measurable pressure wherever it strikes. This was an important forerunner of much of modern physics, notably the quantum theory, and proved that astronomers were right in their theories about radiation pressure in the universe. Experiments with light first gave Professor Hull his leading position among American physicists, but he was also intensely interested in ultra-short waves and later years did much of his research in that field. During World War I he served as a Major in the U. S. Army Bureau of Ordnance and directed work on ballistics and the physics of artillery. His experiments established the advantage of "boat-tailing" or slightly rounding off the rear end of a projectile to reduce air resistance. He also worked on the measurement of the aerodynamic characteristics of air foils at high speeds, which proved of direct value in the designing of aircraft propellers. After the war, he continued for many years to be consulting physicist for the Army's ordnance branch.

Retirement as a Dartmouth teacher in 1940 by no means slowed down Professor Hull's activity. He worked daily in the Wilder laboratories, revised his textbook, and continued to be the center of the weekly Physics Department seminar which he had instituted in order to keep everyone up to date on new developments in physics. In 1942 he delivered the second annual Richtmyer Memorial Lecture in New York and spoke on "The New Spirit in American Physics." He was interested in gardening, all sorts of reading, and in his grandchildren. As a rugged individualist, not afraid to stick his neck out by saying what he believed, he helped to enliven community life just as he had tossed a bomb into many a faculty meeting.

Dartmouth men who did not know this peppery individualist first-hand as a teacher nevertheless knew about him by singing of "Prof. Hull's physics" in the song, Where OhWhere. Others will recall how, with Fred Harris '11, he fathered the Outing Club, helping to build the first ski jump on what is now Oak Hill, laying out the snowshoe course for the first meet, and leading D.O.C. trips during the three years he was the club's adviser.

Professor Hull was born in Garnet, Ontario, October 7, 1870. He was graduated from the University of Toronto in 1892, taught English and mathematics at Hamilton Collegiate Institute, and then went to the University of Chicago for graduate study, earning his Ph.D. there in 1897 and writing his doctoral thesis on electrical waves, then a new and exciting field. After further study at the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge, research in Berlin, and a year of teaching at Colby College in Maine, he came to Dartmouth in 1899 as assistant professor of physics. He was elected Appleton Professor of Physics in 1903 and in 1908 received Dartmouth's honorary M.A. degree.

In 1911 Professor Hull married the former Wilhelmine Brandt of Brooklyn, N. Y., who died in 1952. They had one son, Gordon Ferrie Hull Jr. '33, of Concord, Mass., a member of the Dartmouth physics department from 1944 to 1955, and now on the staff of the Lincoln Laboratories of M.I.T. Professor Hull is also survived by five grandchildren. Following cremation, a memorial service was held October 21 in the Church of Christ at Dartmouth College.

1894

WILLIAM GIBBON, the second oldest member of this class, died September 8, at his home in Rolling Fork, Miss. Since his wife's death in August, 1955 "Gib" had been steadily failing and longing for the end. A bladder operation on June 24 made him more comfortable but a heart condition remained which foretold what now has happened.

Gib was born October 16, 1867, at Egremont, Miss. By an accident which occurred in his early infancy he was left with only a fraction of normal eyesight. Going to a school for the blind in Philadelphia, he was led by J. M. Hulbert '85 to go to St. Johnsbury Academy, whence he joined the delegation of 12 from that school to enter Dartmouth in the fall of 1890. His classmate Grover tells of reading to him and with other help he attained the rank of Phi Beta Kappa. He also paid his way in part by one or more successful business enterprises. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta.

After college he returned to his home town and engaged in cotton farming for the first 20 years. At the end of that period he went to Rolling Fork and engaged in hotel business, real estate, and merchandising oil products and radios. He served as city alderman from 1920 to 1922. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church.

Gib was married three times, first at Jackson, Miss., July 4, 1894 to Estelle Daniel, by whom he had three children; Quincy Daniel, who has been his father's sustaining arm in recent days; Henry Hart and William Tinker, both dying early. After his first wife died, he married Euola Stuart Montgomery. After her death he married Mary E. Dameron, with whom he lived 44 years.

Gib may well be called our "class hero." He was indeed "brave old Gib," as one of his classmates has recently said. No one of us had greater obstacles to overcome. No one of us was more loyal to Dartmouth and '94.

1899

EVERETT VINTON HARDWICK was born November 24, 1877, in Quincy, Mass., the son of Henry Everett and Minnie (Rideout) Hardwick. His college preparation was first in the Quincy schools, later at the Miss Rideant School. He died on August 18, of a cerebral hemorrhage. A private funeral service was held at his home, 1036 Brook Road, Milton, Mass. Survivors are his wife, Grace A. (Blanchard) Hardwick, whom he married November 9, 1899; two brothers, Charles H. and Robert A. Hardwick; and a sister, Mrs. Minnie R. H. Morrison, all of Quincy.

In 1900 he secured his M.D. from the Harvard Medical School. After a few months of practice in Dorchester, Mass., he was appointed surgeon in charge, and president, of the Springfield Emergency Hospital. Later he returned to practice in the familiar area of Dorchester, Quincy, Dedham and Milton, and for some years maintained also an office on Marlboro St., Boston. In the 1930's he was known as the "flying doctor," wintering in Orlando, Fla., but for the most of the past 25 winters he had been "house guest and physician" at Altamonte Springs, Fla.

From the fall of 1918 to the spring of 1919 "Doc" served as Captain in the Medical Corps of the United States Army, and was especially active in connection with the "flu" epidemic while stationed at Camp Lee, Virginia. He was a member of the American Medical Association, St. John's Lodge, A.F. & A.M., and Aleppo Temple of the Mystic Shrine.

Everett was unable to maintain as close an association with his '99 classmates as we would have wished, but he was intensely "happy to see how the class hung together."

1904

Born April 14, 1880, Fall River, Mass., CHARLES MOWRY LOCKWOOD came to Dartmouth from Hyde Park High School. In college, Mowry was a member of Phi Delta Theta, and played on the freshman and sophomore baseball team. After graduation he returned to Hyde Park and in 1909 married Alice Howland Haskell.

For some years he sold insurance in the mining area of Charleroi, Pa., and was for four years in the insurance brokerage business in New York City. In 1912 he moved to the Spokane Valley, and became a successful apple grower and shipper.

A Republican in politics, Mowry was County Commissioner for twelve years. He was secretary of the local Chamber of Commerce, bank director and president of the Kiwanis Club.

After the death of his first wife he married Genevieve May Felts, who survives him. Mrs. Lockwood is president of the Washington State Federation of Women's Clubs. He is also survived by a stepson, Buell Felts, and a brother in Massachusetts.

Mowry was for some years president o£ the Spokane Alumni Association. He was a grand classmate, friend and loyal Dartmouth son.

Born September 18, 1883, Chelsea, Mass., HENRY BARNARD SAFFORD came to the class from St. Johnsbury Academy. After graduation, Henry took his medical degree from New York Medical College in 1908 and interned at St. Mary's Hospital, Passaic, N. J., and at Hahnemann Hospital in New York, 1908-10. He then began the practice of medicine which continued until his death on September 16 at his home, 87 Huntington Ave., Garden City, N. Y.

For many years Henry was a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at New York Medical College, and was later made professor emeritus. Consultant at the Metropolitan Hospital, Mother Cabrini Memorial Hospital, Fellow of American College of Surgeons, Diplomate American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fellow New York Academy of Medicine, Chief of Staff at Flower and Fifth Avenue Hospital, Henry was the author of various medical monographs. His articles in the Ladies Home Journal entitled, "Tell Me Doctor," were read by millions of women.

His Revolutionary ancestor, Dr. Samuel Safford, a lieutenant colonel on the staff of Gen. Ethan Allen, gave Henry the inspiration to write the historical novel the "Bennington Mob," a history of Allen's Green Mountain Boys. His other historical novels included "Mr. Madison's War," a history of the war of 1812, "Tristam Bent" and "Tory Tavern." His "Contraband" was a mystery novel.

Practicing physician, professor, lecturer and author, few men in the class have led so busy and so useful a life as Henry; in all he did he was outstandingly successful, and with all his activities enjoyed life to the full.

In May, 1912, Henry was married to Lilla Agard who died in 1925. Their children who survive him were Henry B. Jr. '38 and Lilla. He later married May Hunter Pusey who also survives him.

In college Henry was secretary of the class for the year 1903, a member of the Aegis Board and class poet. He rarely got back to reunion, but we remember pleasantly his return with Mrs. Safford for our 45th and the poem written and read to the class in commemoration of our reunion by Mrs. Safford.

"Queenie" is gone, but his memory will be cherished by his classmates who held him in high esteem.

1905

GILBERT HAVEN FALL died September 11 in the Cape Cod Hospital at Hyannis, Mass. The son of John A. and Susan Lord, he was born March 27, 1883, in Somersworth, N. H., from which town he entered Dartmouth.

An earnest student, he devoted himself steadily in college to acquiring an education and yet found time to cultivate his natural friendly sociability. He was a member of the college band for four years and of the dramatic club his senior year.

Immediately upon graduation he started upon his chosen career in teaching, first for one year at Bellows Falls (Vt.) High School, next in private schools in Philadelphia, where he continued for 40 years until his retirement. The first 36 years were spent at Chestnut Hill Academy, where he advanced from a teaching position to that of business manager and later became headmaster. After resigning that position in 1936, he stayed there as head of the social science department. Meanwhile he had received the honorary degree of Master of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania in 1931. From 1942 to 1946 he taught Latin at William Penn Charter School. After his retirement, he kept active in teaching as a tutor at Chestnut Hill Academy.

In 1910 he married Ethel Bernier, by whom he had one son, Haven. Ethel died in 1936. In 1938 he married Florence H. Candor, who is well known to the class members because of her regular attendance with Gib at all reunions.

Gib assumed the duties of secretary and treasurer of the class in 1935 and, although he gave up the secretaryship in 1949, he continued as treasurer until a few days before his death. His painstaking work and cheerful friendliness in both these tasks have always been highly appreciated by his classmates.

His summer home on Cape Cod afforded Gib opportunity to enjoy his hobbies of fishing and gardening. He had been active in Masonic circles in Philadelphia and. in his church, St. Martin-in-the-Fields in Chestnut Hill, Pa., where he made his home at 8027 Seminole Ave.

Gilbert is survived by his wife and son

1906

MERTON WELLS WEBSTER was born in Berlin, Conn., on March 24, 1884. He attended school in New Britain and entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1902, graduating in 1906.

After graduation he returned to East Hartford, Conn., and went to work for Webster and Webster, highway road contractors of fences. There he organized and was president of the East Hartford Box Co., manufacturers of tobacco boxes, and a few years later, organized and was president of the M. W. Webster Co. of Hatfield, Mass., manufacturers of both fences and tobacco boxes.

Merton was a member of the New England Road Builders Association and a director of the National Bank and Trust Company of Hartford.

He died on May 28, 1956 in Abington, Pa., on his way home from a vacation in Florida. His home was at 37 Belknap Rd., West Hartford, Conn.

In 1919 he married Pauline Jarvis, who survives him, together with three daughters and seven grandchildren.

1907

RAY WILBUR BROWN died in Fall River, Mass., on August 25. A heart attack caused his death. He had suffered an earlier attack in 1954, and it influenced his retirement from his many years of service in the Engineering Division of his native city.

Ray's brother, Richard Brown '03, reports that Ray lived a quiet and happy life during the two years between the first and the fatal attack.

Ray was born in Fall River and spent most of his life in that city, heading its Engineering Division for many years. He married Ethel Coldwell of Fall River in 1939, and she, Ray's brother and a sister, survive him. His home was at 268 Locust St., Fall River.

NATHANIEL FRANCIS DAVIS died suddenly in a Concord, N. H., hospital on August 18. His home was in Contoocook, N. H. A native of Warner, N. H., Nat entered Dartmouth in 1903 following his graduation from the local high school. After receiving the B.S. degree, he completed the course in engineering at Thayer School and was awarded the C.E. degree.

Nat's principal business interests were the Davis Paper Company, West Hopkinton, N. H., of which' he was formerly owner and manager, and the Kings,bury-Davis Machine Company, Contoocook, N. H., of which he was former manager. He was also a director of the Loan and Trust Savings Bank in Concord, had served three terms in the state legislature, and was a member of several Masonic lodges. In September 1913, Nat was married to Nina M. Ball, who died in 1950. Surviving are a daughter, Alice Margaret Davis; a son, Norman F. Davis; a grandson, and a brother.

1908

The community of Scarsdale, N. Y„ and the class of 1908 suffered a heavy loss in the passing away in his sleep on September 10 of GORDON BLANCHARD. He was, perhaps, the best known citizen of his home town and a loyal member of the class.

Gordon was born May 2, 1885, in Dorchester, Mass., the son of William A. and Cornelia Blanchard, and prepared for Dartmouth at Phillips Exeter Academy.

In college he was on the Dartmouth Magazine board for three years and wrote the lyrics for the "If I Were Dean" operetta. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi and Dragon.

Following graduation he spent two years with R. L. Day and Co. in New York; a year with Phelps Publishing Co., in Springfield, Mass.; and in 1912, on becoming salesman for the Byron Weston Paper Co. of Dalton, Mass., he started his association with the paper industry which he was to follow the rest of his active life. He travelled over most of the States and met many members of the class. On September 1, 1915 he left Byron Weston to become asst. to the general manager and later sales manager of the Chemical Manufacturing Co. and of the Crocker-Williams Co. of Holyoke, Mass. In 1930 he headed the office of the Waterfall Paper Co., of New York and in 1940 went with the Riegel Paper Corp. of 260 Madison Ave., with whom he continued

until his retirement in 1950. About 25 years ago he became a resident of Scarsdale, N. Y., and soon became active in community affairs. After his retirement he became Executive Secretary of the Scarsdale Community Fund and Council and in the last six years has made an outstanding record of achievement in operation of that fund. He was active in the affairs of the Hitchcock Memorial Church which he served as a member of the pulpit committee, as elder, and as head usher. He also served on the Boy Scout Court of Honor, particularly in awarding merit badges in stamp collecting, which was his hobby. He specialized in U. S. stamps and had a most complete collection.

At the time of his death, he was president of the Rotary Club of Scarsdale and a member of the Nonotuck Lodge of Masons. He was also a member of the Town Club, the Shenorock Shore Club, vice-president of the Fox Meadow Association, and treasurer of the Scarsdale Art Association.

On October 7, 1913, he married Esther Congdon in Brooklyn, who survives him, together with four children and five grandchildren. His son, Gordon Jr. '38, of Hampton, Va., served during the war as a lieutenant in the Navy. His daughter, Carol, now Mrs. Dustin Rice, is an artist in New York. Barbara, now Mrs. Donald Adams, is a resident of Orange, Conn., and Charles Denison lives in North Arlington, N. J.

After a crowded service in his beloved church he was laid to rest in Mt. Hope Cemetery.

1911

Word has been received of the death of LAURENCE MADISON COY on September 1 following an illness of several months' duration. His home was at 220 3rd Ave., South, Clinton, lowa.

Laurence came to Dartmouth from Melrose High School along with that other group of Melrose classmates. He was born in Omaha, Neb. on Christmas Day, 1887. After two years in College he resigned to enter the University of Nebraska before going into business with his father in Valley, Neb. He became secretary of the C. Herbert Coy Seed Co., a wholesale seed company, and remained there until 1935 at which time he joined the O & M Seed Co. in Green Springs, Ohio. After 10 years with this company he became seedsman and sales manager for the W. Atlee Burpee Co. in Clinton, lowa. Because of his distance from Hanover and Dartmouth alumni we saw somewhat less of him than many classmates.

In 1915 he was married to Margaret McCoid of Logan, lowa. He is survived also by his son Laurence M. Jr. and twin grandsons.

Laurence was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity, The Blue Lodge in Waterloo, the Nebraska Consistory and the Tangier Temple in Omaha. He participated in civic affairs: he served three terms as mayor of Valley, Neb.; was president of the Chamber of Commerce; Post Commander of the Claude H,. Montgomery Post #58 and Vice-Commander of the Nebraska Department of the American Legion.

The death of BENJAMIN MIDDLETON STOUT on August 14 followed a brief illness although he had been in ill health since an attack of pneumonia three years ago. Ben was born July 6, 1889, in Oak Park, Ill., which has been his home ever since.

Following graduation from the local high school, on which occasion he was valedictorian of his class, he completed his college course in three and one-half years getting his degree with honors in June 1911. The following September he was married to Alice Brown of Elgin, Ill. Both Ben and Alice were active members of the First Baptist Church where she was once organist.

Ben got his doctor's degree in jurisprudence from the University of Chicago law school. He was admitted to the bar and practiced corporation law in Chicago up to the time of his death, being an authority on income tax law for corporations and individuals. He was a member of Phi Delta Phi fraternity; the American, Illinois, Chicago, and Wester Suburban Bar associations; he was a 32nd degree Mason with a life membership of Medinah Temple; a charter member of the Big Foot Country Club; a member of the Chicago Athletic Club; and a member of the Oak Park Chamber of Commerce. Throughout World War II he was continuously on the draft board.

Although these represent great interests, his real life time enthusiasm was Dartmouth College. He was always present at reunions, rarely failed to attend the informal reunions at Whitefield and was one of the most generous contributors to the Dartmouth Alumni Fund. At the time of his death he was a vice president of the class for which he was continuously working.

Funeral services were held in his own church in Oak Park where Ed Keeler and Gene Fuller were bearers. Ben's home was at 404 North East Ave. in Oak Park.

1912

CHARLES FREDERIC SHEPARD died at his home, 122 La Grand Blvd., Aurora, Ill., on April 4, after a long illness caused by cancer. Fred was born in Helena, Mont., May 10, 1891. After graduating with our class he attended Harvard Law School for two years. From 1914-16 he was connected with the Aluminum Cooking Utensil Co. in Boston and 1916-17 with the Security Mutual Casualty Co. On October 13, 1917 Fred entered the U.S.N.R.F. as an Ensign in the Supply Corps. He served on various ships and was discharged as Lt. (jg) on March 6, 1920.

From 1920-28 Fred was connected with the Central Hudson Gas and Electric Co. in Kingston, N. Y., and from 1928-31 was with Lyon Metal Products. In 1931 he joined A. C. Allyn & Co. as an investment securities salesman in Chicago.

In September 1919 Fred was married to Adeline Findlay. Their daughter Beverly was born in July, 1920. This marriage was terminated by divorce. In April, 1939, Fred was married to Katherine Bynum who survives him with a son. Curtis.

HOMER GEORGE WATSON died on April 24, at his home in Lyndonville, Vt. He was born at Lyndonville, September 2, 1888, the son of Mary (Pettigrew) and Henry E. Watson. Preparing at Lyndon Institute, he entered Dartmouth with the Class of 1912, graduating with a B.S. degree.

He married Theia Hardy Powers, a graduate of Smith College, at Lyndon, Vt., October 7, 1914, from which marriage a son, Irving P., was born, who graduated from M.I.T. in June 1938 and was tragically killed in a boat accident the following July 4.

For many years he conducted a dairy at Lyndon, and, during World War II, entered the service of The Tap & Die Co. in Lyndonville, as a war contractor. He was a director of the Lyndonville Creamery, the Dairy Association, a trustee of Lyndon Institute, and a member of the Masons, Elks and the Lyndonville Club.

His wife died in 1950 but he is survived by three sisters and a brother. Two nephews are graduates of the College—Robert H. Watson '33 and William W. Bonner '35.

1916

GEORGE HOLLAND PRATT died on April 21, 1956, at the Mayo Clinic.in Rochester, Minn. He had been residing in Lima, Peru, for several years.

The son of George Herbert Pratt and Olga Louise Holland, he was born in Springfield, Mass., September 18, 1894, and later moved to White Plains, N. Y., where he graduated from White Plains High School. After graduating from Dartmouth in 1916 he was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Aviation Branch of the Army, serving with the A.E.F. until 1919.

He was connected with the insurance firm of Frisbie & Co. in Hartford from 1920 to 1923, when he joined Ballard & Co., investment brokers, and later formed Pratt & Co., a brokerage firm, also located in Hartford. He retired in 1940 and lived at various times in California and Connecticut, and went to Lima to live in 1951.

He married Mary Amelia Ellsworth in 1926, and had one daughter, Mary Jane, born in 1927, later a student at Smith College.

During undergraduate days George was a member of Beta Theta Pi, and a member of class basketball teams in his freshman and sophomore years.

1923

WENDELL HASELTON BEVERIDGE of 167 Cornelio, San Clemente, Calif., died March 14 in Hoag Memorial Hospital, Newport Beach, Calif.

Bevo was born in Glidden, Iowa, October 24, 1901. He graduated from Central High School, Omaha, Neb., worked in a bank a year, then entered Dartmouth. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and business manager of The Dartmouth in 1922.

October 1, 1924 he married Mildred Ryan. There followed ten years' residence in Omaha, during which Bevo travelled for Chas. Scribner & Son's Publishing Company in the Educational Department.

After having a severe case of pneumonia in 1934, he moved to Pasadena, Calif., and was with the Internal Revenue Bureau until he retired August 1, 1954. Two months before his death he had just moved into a new home that he had built in San Clemente.

He is survived by his wife, two sons, John and Wendell, and three grandchildren.

1927

Word was received during the summer of the death of JAMES WILSON OLENDORF on December 5, 1955 in Libertyville, Ill. Ole, as he was known to us, was born in Afton, N. Y., on July 4, 1903. The son of Frank and Gertrude Olendorf, Ole entered Dartmouth from the Libertyville (Ill.) Township High School, and left Dartmouth at the end of his freshman year. He later continued his education with courses in dentristry, accounting, and industrial time study. He was always interested in music, and was adept at four different instruments trumpet, banjo, guitar, and bass violin and played one or two nights each week in dance orchestras.

Ole was married in 1930 to Gertrude Roberts of Racine, Wis., and they had one son, Kenneth, who is a senior this year at North-western University, and who follows in his father's footsteps as a musician.

Ole worked as a surveyor for the North Shore Railroad; was accountant and paymas- ter for Fould's Milling Co. in Libertyville; time study engineer at Johns Manville Co. at Waukegan; industrial engineer at the Greenbaum Tannery in Chicago; and later worked for Western Electric Co. For the last five years he was an estimating engineer at the Frank G. Hough Co. in Libertyville.

Ole will be missed by his friends in 1927, and we all extend our sincere sympathy to his wife and son.

1928

WILLIAM VERNON SREENAN died of a heart attack July 20 at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

Bill was born September 22, 1905, in North Adams, Mass., the son of John H. and Ann (Kelly) Sreenan. He entered Dartmouth from North Adams High School. He was a member of Chi Phi, president of that fraternity his senior year and manager of the gym team. In November of his senior year, he married Rebecca R. Hyde.

After graduation he managed a Schrafft store in Boston until 1932 when he was stricken with tuberculosis. The disease forced him into idleness for eight years. Recovered by 1940, he was named clerk of the North Adams draft board, and later moved to Boston to become assistant to the state director of the Selective Service System.

In 1945 Bill went to work for the Middlesex Federal Savings & Loan Association in Somerville and rose to the position of vice-president and director, positions he held at the time of his death.

For the past two years Bill fought innumerable battles against his failing health. His boundless courage, his love of his family and the people with whom he was associated carried him through all previous illnesses.

He is survived by his widow, his mother, a daughter, Mrs. Lawrence H. Rouillard of Los Angeles, Calif., and a granddaughter, Michelle Rouillard, aged eight months.

1929

Word has been received of the death of STERLING JAMES CANNON on May 22, 1954, in Wheaton, Ill. Boots came to Hanover from Cleveland Heights, Ohio, but later made his home in Wheaton. To those classmates who knew him well and will most particularly miss him, we are exceedingly regretful that we have been unable to obtain any information as to the circumstances of his death or as to those members of his family who survive him.

Many o£ us have already been terribly shocked to hear o£ the sudden death o£ WILLIAM ALEXANDER in Cincinnati, Ohio, on September 15. Bill died of a stroke while playing golf with friends at the Cincinnati Country Club. He was 49 years old. His home was at 3683 Kroeger Ave.

Bill was a native of Boston and came to Hanover from Roxbury Latin School. After graduation, he went with the Gorham Co. in Providence, R. 1., and was then associated with Young and Rubicam and later Johnson & Johnson Co. in New York. He joined Procter & Gamble Co. in Cincinnati in January 1946 and has been advertising manager of the Toilet Goods Division of Procter & Gamble since January 1949.

During World War II, Bill served with the U. S. Marine Corps in the Pacific theater, attaining the rank of Major, and was on the "Bunker Hill" when she was hit.

Bill was very active in church and civic activities: he was a member of the Cincinnati Association; a former member of the Citizens School Committee; and participated actively in fund-raising activities both for church and community.

Bill is survived by his wife, Mary Louise Moulder Alexander, whom he married November 27, 1936, and by his adopted children, Betsy and Bill, of whom he was so proud, and whom he loved so very dearly.

Bill has been buried in Arlington Cemetery.

1931

The Class suffered a tragic loss on September 5, when WILLIAM ALFRED GEICER finally succumbed to the ravages of a brain tumor. Bill never fully recovered from his second brain operation a year ago. Confined to his bed for increasing periods of time, he finally went to the hospital in early July, but his waking moments became shorter and shorter until finally, on the morning of September 5, he slept his life away. His home was at 3038 Isabella St., Evanston, Ill.

Born on December 28, 1909, in Tacoma, Wash., Bill attended Lowell Grade School, and was graduated from Stadium High School as an outstanding student, and school leader. Bill's father, William F. Geiger '92, then Superintendent of Schools in Tacoma, Wash., and Mrs. Geiger moved to Hanover in 1931 when Mr. Geiger became Professor of Education at Dartmouth College.

In college Bill majored in economics, joined Delta Kappa Epsilon, and Casque and Gauntlet and sang four years with the Glee Club.

After graduation Bill went to work for the Pulp Division of the Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. in their mill at Longview, and in 1933 was sent to Chicago with the Midwestern Sales Office of the Company. In the late '30's he took charge of the office and was responsible for the pulp sales of Weyerhaeuser in the midwest until his death. In 1936 he married Susan Nash from Wisconsin Rapids, and from that time on he made his home in Evanston.

Besides his parents and his wife, Bill is survived by two daughters, Susan, age seventeen, and Sandra, age six, and a son, William F. II, age four. Also surviving is a brother, Frederick M. Geiger of Tacoma, Wash., and two sisters, Mrs. Charles H. Shons of Watertown, Conn., and Mrs. Joseph Piazza of Brazzaville, Africa.

Memorial services were held for Bill at the Northminister Presbyterian Church in Evanston on September 8. The attendance at the services of classmates and business from all parts of the United States and Canada evidenced the love and respect he commanded from people in all walks of life.

Former treasurer of the Class of '31, and a lifelong supporter of the college, Dartmouth can well say: "(Sod bless him; he was a worthy son."

1939

Word has only recently been received of the death of PATRICK ROGER LOCKE on September 14, 1953, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, as the result of an automobile accident. Pat had been out of touch with the college and the class for some years.

Born in Carmen, Canada, May 29, 1916, Pat attended King's School in Canterbury, England, and entered Dartmouth from San Juan where his father was an Episcopal clergyman.

After graduation, except for a short service with the Canadian Air Force, Pat was continuously connected with Puerto Rico Distributors Assoc., agents for Hudson and Austin automobiles.

On June 16, 1945, Pat was married to E. Maurine Holtsclaw who survives him with their children, Patrick Charles born in 1949 and John Phillip born in 1950. They make their home at 10 Simonds Road, Melrose, Mass.

1945

JOHN THOMAS AHEARN was electrocuted on July 3, while superintending work on a drawbridge over the New River on the outskirts of Florida City, Fla. Standing a foot away from a crane helper, he and the helper were killed when the boom touched a power line carrying 7800 volts of current. The wire struck the helper and jumped to Jack, standing on ground wet by rain.

Jack was born in New Haven, Conn., June 23, 1921, the son of John Thomas and Mary (Flaherty) Ahearn. He prepared for college at New Haven High School and Cheshire Academy. He left college in December, 1942, to become a staff sergeant in the Army Air Force and was discharged in February, 1946. He had served in the China-Burma-India theatre and received numerous decorations. Returning to college, he received his degree from the College and from Thayer School in 1948. He was a member of DKE and Sphinx.

After graduation Jack went to work for Stone and Webster and later became associated with Greely and Hanson of Chicago. In 1955 he joined the Hercules Concrete Pile Co.

In March 1945 Jack was married to Rita Schroer, who survives him with five children, Patricia, John Thomas Jr., Rita, Timothy and Mary. He is also survived by his mother and a sister. He was making his home at 3304 S.W. 15th St., Fort Lauderdale, Fla., at the time of his death.

1951

We were deeply sorry to have heard at this late date of the death of JOHN SOMERSET MCQUADE JR., on August 11, 1955 in Waupaca, Wisconsin.

Jack was born in New York City on July 28, 1929, and prepared for college at Storm King School, Cornwall-on-Hudson, N. Y. He was with us at Hanover during the year 1947-48. At the time of his death he was preparing for the priesthood at Loyola School of Studies in Waupaca. He died of polio.

There were many of us who knew and liked Jack very much during his days at Dartmouth, and our deepest sympathies are extended to his father, John S. McQuade, Class of 1927, who lives at 247 Cliff Avenue, Pelham, N. Y.

GORDON FERRIE HULL

GILBERT HAVEN FALL '05

WILLIAM ALFRED GEIGER '31