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. ]
Williams, Wendell '88, Nov. 1 Mason, Francis E. '95, Nov. 1 Cox, Isaac J. '96, Oct. 31 Brown, Edward T. '00, Oct. 13 Johnson, Robert L. '13, Sept. 27 Neumeister, Frederick R. '13, Aug. 22 Poor, Francis L. '15, Nov. 4 Warren, John D. '15, Oct. 24 Dodge, James H. '17, Oct. 28 Hood, Chauncey R. '18, Oct. 4 Howard, George E. '18, July 25 Forman, George C. '21, Sept. 23 Rubin, Herbert '27, Oct. 24 Bergin, Martin F. '28, Sept. 26 Lovejoy, Arnold W. '29, Oct. 27 Morgan, Charles C., Jr. '45, Oct. 23 Miller, Samuel O. '99 m, Oct. 16 Quint, Katharine M., A.M. '96, Oct. 12
1888
WENDELL WILLIAMS died at his home, 32 Claflin St., Milford, Mass., on November 1.
He was born in Mendon, Mass., April 3, 1866, the son of Gustavus Williams, Dartmouth 1858, and Bernette Hill. He prepared for college at Wilbraham Academy and after graduating with the Class of 1888 received his LL.B. degree from Boston University in 1891. At Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Mr. Williams then began the general practise of law in Milford, where his father and grandfather had been lawyers. He was counsel for the Draper Corporation and other companies in surrounding towns. Active in community affairs, he was a member of the finance committee for several years and a member of the committee in charge of the construction of various sewer systems and other town improvements. Interested in local philanthropies, he was a trustee of Milford hospital and was a director of the Home National Bank and the Milford Savings Bank.
Appointed a special justice in 1903, Mr. Williams was a member of the Milford, Worcester County and Massachusetts Bar Associations. He was a member of Montgomery Lodge of Masons, Royal Arch Masons, Knights Templar and of the Milford Lodge of Elks.
On January 30, 1901 Mr. Williams was marlied to Sylvia Hayward who survives him. Berton Williams '88 and Eben Williams '90 were brothers.
A loyal alumnus and' one of the most active members of his class, Mr. Williams had served the Class of 1888 as treasurer and class agent since 1945.
1896
ISAAC JOSLIN COX died in San Antonio, Texas, on October 31. His home was at 255 East Woodlawn Ave.
Ike was born in West Creek, N. J., on November 19, 1873. He prepared for college at Kimball Union Academy. At Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Delta Theta.
Following graduation he taught for six years at San Antonio Academy. He then did graduate work at the University of Pennsylvania where he received his Ph.D. in 1904. For the next 15 years he taught at the University of Cincinnati, but spent the summers as visiting professor at many colleges and universities throughout the country. History was his field and he soon became interested in Latin American history, spending much time in Mexico, Central and South America doing historical research.
In 1919 Ike was invited to join the faculty at Northwestern University where he continued until he became professor emeritus in 1941. But the word "retirement" hardly applied to him, for in the ensuing years he taught or lectured at the University of Chile, Louisiana State University, Trinity University in San Antonio and the University of New Mexico.
Over the years Ike wrote many articles for various encyclopedias and scholarly publications, and a long list of his monographs were printed. His first book, published in 1905, was The Journey of LaSalle and His Companions. In 1941 his translation of The History of Chileby Louis Galdames was published.
On July 11, 1899 Ike was married to Grace E. Yost, who died in November 1950. Their daughter Louise was born in 1901 and their son Walter in 1906, both of whom survive. In February 1952 Ike was married to Ruth Nina Conry, who also survives him.
1900
EDWARD T. BROWN died in a convalescent home in Springfield, Vt., on October 13. For several years he put up a brave but hopeless fight against a sure loss. His home was at 17 Buena Vista Park, Windsor, Vt.
He is survived by his wife, the former Anna Estella Whittelsey; three sons, Frederick, Roger and Robert; a sister, Martha; four grandchildren; and two great grandchildren.
For several years after graduating from Dartmouth with the Class of 1900, he "was a mechanical engineer with Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia. Later he started a painting and decorating business with two of his sons, under the firm name of Edward T. Brown & Sons.
He was a Mason, being a member of Vermont Lodge 18 F.A.M. Funeral service was conducted by the Rev. Alan Bragg, pastor of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Interment was in Ascutney Cemetery.
1901
DAVID PAUL BURLEIGH passed away peacefully in his sleep on September 15 at his home, 127 Prospect PI., in Rutherford, N. J.
Paul was in his 79th year and had been a resident of Rutherford since 1911. He was a native of Plymouth, N. H., the son of Alvin Burleigh of the Class of 1871, and a cousin of Don Page of this class.
After graduating from college he joined the General Electric Co. at Lynn, and later was transferred to Schenectady. He soon received an assignment to New York City and continued there with the company until his retirement in 1947. Paul was a well-known specialist in meters, and had been awarded the Charles A. Coffin Medal for outstanding service.
Of a quiet and unassuming nature, Paul was always a most loyal member of the class and until a severe physical condition arose, was a regular attendant at class affairs. He was a member of the Rutherford Congregational Church, a Mason and a Knight Templar.
Surviving besides his wife, the former Lucy Morrison, are two sons, Alvin H. '28 of Packanack Lake, N. J., and David P. '30 of Rutherford, and two daughters, Elizabeth who made her home with her parents, and Mrs. Herbert Ellis of Packanack.
1908
EDWIN WATSON SMALLMAN, a retired mechanical engineer, passed away in Barnstable County Hospital in Hyannis, Mass., on September 15, after several years' illness with a heart ailment.
Ed was born in Boston on September 23, 1885, and prepared for college at Maiden High School. After two years at Norwich University he transferred to Dartmouth.
Following graduation he returned to Boston with the Walworth Manufacturing Co. and was later with Walter B. Ross, heating and ventilating contractor, and French and Hubbard, consulting engineers, before becoming associated with Isaac Coffin Co. heating and ventilating engineers.
For two years during the first World War he served with the War Department, after which he returned to Boston with Stone and Webster. Soon after the start of the second World War he returned to Washington with the Bureau of Yards and Docks of the Navy Department, with which he remained until his retirement in 1952. He became a specialist in mechanical engineering specifications and at the time of his retirement was head of that section. He also was chairman of the Committee on Thermal Insulating Materials of the Federal Specifications Board.
On November 30, 1916, he married Eunice H. Cross in Fall River, Mass. Since his retirement they had spent the winters in Washington and summers at South Dennis on Cape Cod.
He was a member of Maiden Lodge, AF and AM, and of the American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers.
He leaves his wife, Eunice, and three daughters, Mrs. Charles G. McProud of East Williston, N. Y., and Mrs. Thomas Abellera and Mrs. William Stapler of Washington, D. C.
Notice has been received of the death of HERBERT THOMAS in an automobile collision in Rupert, Idaho, on August 25. Herbert was not well known to most of his classmates as he was with us only part of his freshman year.
He prepared for college at Williston Academy where he was a prominent athlete. In college and for some time thereafter he lived in Milford, Del., but later went West and became a successful sheep stockman at Turlock, Calif. Later he retired and resided at Palo Alto.
Last May, while moving from Sacramento to their new home in Rupert, the steering gear of the truck gave way and his wife Julia was killed.
Two sons were lost in the late World War. J. E. Thomas, a first lieutenant and pilot of a pursuit plane was last heard from in the Pearl Harbor attack on Hawaii, and the younger, H. A. Thomas, was in the parachute troops.
Burial was in the Paul, Idaho, cemetery with a masonic committal service.
1909
BERTRAM HATTON died at his home in Woodinville, Wash., on September 14, as the result of a heart attack suffered about three weeks previously.
"Hat" was born in Ashton-under-Lyme, England, on January 18, 1886. He was the son of Reuben H. and Annie (Bennet) Hatton. The family came to Lebanon, N. H., and Bert entered Dartmouth from the Lebanon High School. He was with us for three years and while in college was a member of the Glee Club and Choir. He belonged to Delta Tau Delta.
Bert went West, upon leaving college, as a salesman tor Johns-Manville Corp. and most o£ his business career was as a representative for them on the West Coast. On his retirement in 1951, having acquired some acreage of rich bottom land near Woodinville, he became interested in the development of new methods of cultivating and marketing blueberries and was active in the Grange and Northwest Blueberry Growers Association.
Cecil Ogden married Bert at Seattle in September, 1912. They are survived by one daughter, Mrs. R. C. (Joan Eve) Ridgway of 10428 N.E.113th Place, Kirkland, Wash., to whom the Class extends its sympathy.
1913
FRED RICHARD NEUMEISTER died on August 22, at the White Lake Yacht Club in Muskegon, Mich., at the weekly square dance of the club. He had just finished dancing when he collapsed and efforts failed to revive him. He had been chairman of the entertainment committee of the club for the past five years and had arranged the square dances, taking an active part in them.
He was born on May 22, 1890 at Muskegon, the son of Julia McKenzie and Frederick G. Neumeister. He entered Dartmouth the second semester of his junior year from Olivet College.
After graduation he spent a number of years in South Bend, Ind., Pittsburgh, Pa., Saint Paul, Minn., and Chicago, Ill.
Fritz had been vice president of the Daniels Co. in Muskegon since 1936 when he returned to that city.
He married Alma Chester on September 19, 1917 in Capron, Ill. His wife, two daughters, Mrs. Ted Contchie of Muskegon and Mrs. Jack Baucknecht of Greenville, three grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Winslow Randall of Mt. Lebanon, Pa., survive him.
Fritz, Alma and Ann attended reunions and always showed great interest in Dartmouth and class affairs.
ROBERT LEYBORN JOHNSON died on September 27, in Chardon, Ohio.
He was born October 13, 1891 in Altoona, Pa., the son of Anna Muench and Arthur S. Johnson. His early schooling was in Boston and he prepared for Dartmouth at Mechanics Arts High School. At Dartmouth he earned his letter in football and was a member of Beta Theta Pi and Sphinx.
He enlisted in Troop B, a cavalry unit of the New York National Guard, and during World War I Troop B became an Infantry Unit. Bob served over two years in France with it.
He started his business career in street and road construction and was connected with the Andrews Asphalt Paving Co. at Hamilton, Ohio, for two years, after which he entered the employ of the Horvitz Construction Co. of Cleveland, where he remained until his death.
He was a member of American Legion Albert E. Baesel Post No. 91, Berea, Ohio.
Bob is survived by his widow, Rhoda Sutton Johnson; his mother, Mrs. Arthur S. Johnson; and three brothers, Kenneth S., Elton Earle '18 and Arthur S. '29.
1915
JOHN DANIEL WARREN, of 9 Prospect St., Nashua, N. H., died at a local hospital on October 24, after a brief illness.
A World War I Army veteran with the grade of lieutenant when he was honorably discharged, Jack was actively associated with James E. Coffey Post, American Legion, and Nashua Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He was also a member of the Nashua and New Hampshire Bar Associations, and was a communicant of St. Patrick's church.
Jack was born in Nashua, May 29, 1893, son of the late Cornelius H. Warren and Mary (Lavin) Warren. A lifelong resident of Nashua, he was graduated from the high school there in 1910, from Dartmouth in 1915, and from Boston University School of Law in 1918.
A leading Republican, Jack attended a number of national, state and city GOP conventions. He was a delegate to several national conventions and was also a candidate for the Republican nomination for Congress on several occasions.
He is survived by several cousins.
His classmates well remember Jack's deep interest in Dartmouth affairs and only a few days before his death his main topic of conversation was Dartmouth and Ivy League Football. Appropriate flowers were sent from the Class.
It is our understanding that, after a few minor bequests, Jack left his entire estate to Dartmouth.
1918
EDWARD RAYMOND DWYER died of a heart attack at his home, 201 Grampian Blvd., Williamsport, Pa., on August 25.
Ed was born in Ayer, Mass., July 13, 1896. He left college in April 1918 to enter the Navy and served until December 30, 1918, when he was discharged as Lt. (jg).
After his discharge Ed began the study of law. He received the LL.B. degree from Fordham in 1935 and LL.M. from New York University in 1939. While studying law he had been connected with Swift & Co. He had practised law for some years in Williamsport, where he was a member of the Knights of Columbus, American Legion, the Wheel Club and Williamsport Country Club. Ed was active in Democratic politics and had served as county chairman for several years.
On October 27, 1928, Ed was married to Irma Marie Reilly, who survives him.
The Williamsport Sun said of Ed, "He was a man whose influence touched many phases of community life; he made the welfare of his adopted city a matter of deep concern to him, and he was active in the religious life of the community. He could be counted upon to be constructive in his criticisms, unselfish in his motivation, forward looking in his leadership."
CHAUNCEY RICHARDS HOOD died at the Veterans Hospital, Jamaica Plain, Mass., on October 4 after a long illness. His home was at 73 Park St., Andover, Mass.
Chaunce was born in Beverly, Mass., November 21, 1895. He played on the freshman football team and was on the varsity squad. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and Dragon. He left college to join the first Dartmouth Unit of the American Field Service and served with them from May 14 to November 14, 1917, when he transferred to the American army in which he served as 2nd Lt. in the Engineers until March 21, 1919.
After his discharge Chaunce was for some time technical manager for LaFayette Motor Corp. in Milwaukee. He later had a shop in Boston where he sold antiques and fine colonial reproductions. Since 1945 he had been sales manager for Teiner Engineering Corp. of Maiden, Mass.
On September 30, 1931 Chaunce was married to Caroline Hayden, who survives him with their son William. His many friends hope to continue to see Caroline and son Bill. Always loyal to Dartmouth, Chaunce deeply prized his friendships. His warmth and loyalty will always be missed.
1921
LOVELL HEWITT COOK died on October 2, in Springfield, Mass., Hospital after a short illness. "Hank" came to Dartmouth from Mexico, N. Y., where he was born September 24, 1898. As an undergraduate he was active in the college band and dramatics, was on the staff of Jack o' Lantern and Footlights, and was a member of Kappa Sigma.
Following graduation Lovell spent the next ten years in the insurance business in New York. In 1931 he joined Corydon K. Litchard, a classmate, in the Massachusetts Mutual Insurance Company's Springfield agency. He was a Chartered Life Underwriter, a past president of Massachusetts Mutual General Agents Association, the Massachusetts and Springfield Life Underwriters Association, the General Agents Association, and the CLU Chapter in Springfield. He was also a past president of the University Club, the Longmeadow Country Club, and the Dartmouth Alumni Club. He was a member of the Colony Club, and of the Board of Trustees of First Church of Christ, of Longmeadow.
"Hank", for the past 25 years, had made his home in Longmeadow, Mass., at 17 Oxford Road. In September of 1927 he married Margaret Jacobus in Bethel, Maine.
In addition to his widow, he is survived by a son, L. Hewitt Cook Jr. '55 who, at present, is with the Army Medical Corps in Korea, and a daughter, Mrs. Bryan McCain Smith Jr., of Naples, Italy.
The funeral was held on October 4 at the First Church of Christ, Longmeadow.
GEORGE CHRISTOPHER FORMAN died on September 22, at St. Joseph's Hospital, in his home town of Lexington, Ky. George came to Dartmouth from Detroit Central High School, in Detroit. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi, and as an undergraduate was on the managerial staff of The Dartmouth.
After graduation he entered his father's lumber business in Detroit, and in 1933 moved to Lexington. George married Katrina Schermerhorn in December 1921. His wife, two married daughters, Mrs. John Courtney of Louisville and Mrs. Arthur L. Smith of Columbus, Ohio, and five grandchildren survive him.
No member of the Class held, deservedly, any higher respect and affection than did George Forman. He was admired by, and a friend of, every one within his wide sphere of association.
George was highly successful in business. He entered a partnership with J. Cabell Breckinridge in the operation of a frozen food locker and air-conditioning business. In 1946, after his discharge from the navy as a Lieutenant Commander, with four years of active service, he became manager of the C. A. Coleman Co. In the fall of 1955 he started his own construction business, specializing in home building, and at the time of his death he had been planning a new sub-division - "the dream of his lifetime." But. as his wife quotes, "a man's reach exceeds his grasp - or what is a Heaven for?"
George was extremely active in various civic and community organizations. He was a deacon of the First Presbyterian Church of Lexington, of which he was also president of the Men's Club; vice-president of the Lexington Home Builders' Association; and a member of the Lexington Country Club.
1924
GEORGE SPITZ PRAGER died in Hollywood, Fla., on April 4, 1956. We regret that we have no further details, but no answer was received to our inquiries.
George was born in Allston, Mass., July 24, 1902. He left college in mid-term, 1922 and never kept in touch with the class or College.
The Class doubly regrets that it has lost another member, CHARLES WALKER WRIGHT, both because of his death (March 17, 1956) and because there is no record of any contact since Charlie withdrew in December of 1921. Having no details, we can only express our sympathy to his widow and the thought that the Class feels its double loss. The record shows only that he was born in Colorado Springs on September 30, 1903 and was living in that city at 644 La Salle St. at the time of his death.
1925
DR. WILLIAM CLINTON CALVERT died of heart disease in Cutchoque, L. I., on September 29, while visiting friends. His home was at 225 Gregory Ave., West Orange, N. J. He was born in New York City on June 18, 1903, the son of I. Clinton and Clara Louise (Reynolds) Calvert, and prepared for Dartmouth at Rutherford (N. J.) High School. He took his M.D. degree at New York College in 1929. He served in the Army Medical Corps from 1942 to 1946 with the rank of Major, and was awarded the Distinguished Soldiers Medal with a citation from the President and the French Croix de Guerre. Since 1946 he had been associated with T. A. Edison Co. of West Orange as an industrial physician, and served on the staff of the Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation. His hospital associations included the East Orange General, Montclair Community, and Orange Memorial Hospitals. He was a member of the Essex County Medical Society, the New Jersey Academy of Medicine, the American Medical Association, and the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States.
Bill's great interest was the rehabilitation of the disabled, and to this he devoted his energy and enthusiasm in spite of ill health during the past year.
Surviving are his wife, Emma Check Calvert; two sons, William C. Jr. and Larrie S. '57; his mother, a sister, and two granddaughters. His friends and classmates, and especially those in a position to appreciate the effectiveness of his devoted life, join with his family in mourning his untimely death.
1927
HERBERT RUBIN died of a heart attack on October 24, at the home of a relative in Sharon, Conn. He is survived by his wife Ruth, his mother, a brother and two sisters. His home was at 65 West 54th St., New York City.
Herb was born on April 1, 1906, in Brooklyn, N. Y., the son of Harry and Lena (Greenberg) Rubin. He attended Erasmus Hall High School, where he played football and lacrosse, and was. president of his senior class. While at Dartmouth, Herb continued to play football and lacrosse, playing guard on the undefeated 1925 team, and captaining the lacrosse team in his junior and senior years. He was a member of Pi Lambda Phi, Green Key and Delta Omicron Gamma.
Following graduation from Dartmouth, Herb obtained a law degree from Columbia University in 1930, and worked for R. H. Macy & Co., then for Gimbel Brothers until 1936. During this period he was chairman of the Toilet Goods Division of the National Retail Dry Goods Association. In 1936 he organized Rubicon, Inc., manufacturers of toiletries and originator of permanent wave kits for home use, and was president until the time of his death. From 1942 till 1945 he served as a 1st Sergeant in the Army Signal Corps. He was married on Jan. 21, 1942 to Ruth I. Kahn.
Herb was active in Class affairs in New York, and had a wide circle of close friends in the Class. We will all miss him whenever there is a 1927 gathering, and we extend our sincere sympathy to the members of his family.
1928
MARTIN FRANCIS BERGIN died suddenly September 26 at his home, 167 Columbia Blvd., Waterbury, Conn., of a heart attack. He was president of Martin Bergin's Sons, Inc., local funeral directors.
Marty was born in Waterbury, December 6, 1905, and prepared for college at Crosby High School. At Dartmouth he was a member of Sigma Nu. After graduation he attended the Cincinnati College of Embalming and for the past 26 years was a member of the Eergin firm.
He is survived by his wife, the former Margaret Fitzgerald; two sons, Thomas and Robert, both seniors at Harvard; and a daughter, Mary Ann, who is studying in England.
1948
PAUL HEINZ HEMMERICH was killed instantly on the morning of June 1, near Erwin, Tenn., when a reckless young driver, evading the police, crashed head on into his car.
Paul was born in Buffalo, April 30, 1925, the son of Paul and Hildegard (Rittershaus) Hemmerick. After graduating from Nichols School, he entered the Navy on November 1, 1943. He was stationed at Dartmouth with the V-12 from November 1943 to October 1944. After his discharge on June 5, 1946, he returned to Dartmouth and graduated with the Class of 1948. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Paul at once became associated with his father in the Duffy Silk Co. In January of this year the Hemmerich Corp., a yarn producing concern, succeeded the Duffy Silk Co. and Paul became secretary of the corporation. When he was killed, Paul was on his way to Murphy, N. C., where he was to take charge of the company plant.
Besides his parents, Paul is survived by his wife, Nancy Baker Hemmerich, and their sons Paul and John and a daughter Gretchen. Their home is at 66 Meadow Road, Orchard Park, N. Y.
1955
RICHARD BYRD SAWYER, of 822 Slater St., Santa Rosa, Calif., died unexpectedly on September 1 from the effects of a long illness which had forced him to leave Princeton Seminary last March.
Although Dick was quiet and spent much of his time studying, there will not be many who were at Hanover while he was who will not remember him and feel the loss which his death has caused.
On the way to his goal, Dick set a schedule for himself from which, despite its strictness, he rarely varied. Into that schedule went elements of work and recreation. Through his four years he worked for his scholarship at DDA and also found enough time for study so that he made Phi Beta Kappa in his junior year. His working hours did not prevent him from developing physically and spiritually. For three years Dick sang with the Glee Club, and he worked intermittently with the track team. He was in the DCU and became a member of the Chapel Council. During his last year, Dick was granted a Senior Fellowship.
Following graduation, Dick went to Princeton Theological Seminary to continue training for the Presbyterian ministry, the goal he had sought through four years at Dartmouth. He intended to return to his studies when his illness suddenly took his life. He is survived by his parents, a brother, and a sister, to whom the entire class extend their deepest sympathy.
Katharine M. Quint
Miss KATHARINE MORDANTT QUINT, the first woman ever to receive a degree from Dartmouth and an adopted member of both the Class of 1846 and the Class of 1896, died October 12 at her home in Manchester, Mass., at the age of 88.
Miss Quint was the daughter of the Reverend Alonzo H. Quint, Class of 1846, a distinguished member of the Congregationalist denomination and the "bravest chaplain in the Northern Army." He served as a Trustee of the College from 1870 until his death in 1896. Miss Quint's brother, Wilder Dwight Quint, Class of 1887, was an outstanding journalist in Boston and author of the book, Story of Dartmouth, a one-time requisite for all Dartmouth freshmen. A second brother, Reverend John H. Quint, Class of 1891, like his father was a noted preacher.
After graduating from Wellesley with Phi Beta Kappa standing, she came to Dartmouth to do graduate work, over the protests of her father and the College Trustees. She attended a seminar course in Latin and Greek given by Professor Adams. In 1896 she received her A.M. degree from Dartmouth.
This won her a two-year scholarship at Yale. Following this she devoted her life to teaching at Tabor Academy, Salt Lake Academy, Gaucher College and Worcester. To her tribute it may be noted that during her entire career as a teacher not one of her pupils ever failed the college boards.
Miss Quint maintained a lively interest in Dartmouth and on several occasions was honored by Dartmouth alumni groups.
WENDELL WILLIAMS '88
