Deaths
[A of deaths of which word has been receivedwithin the past month. Full notices may issue or may appear in a later number.]
Matthews, Joseph S. '84, Sept. 20 Ryan, Joseph F. '97, Sept. 13 Hartigan, Charles F. '98, Feb. 16, 19*6 McDavitt, Clarence G. '00, Sept 22 Cushmg, Stephen S. '06, Sept. 23 Fifer, C. Arthur '08, Aug. 27 Davis, Carroll C. '11, Aug. 10 Morrill, Allan D. '11, Aug. 7 Turner, Bryant R. '11, Aug. 16 Stotter, Arthur L. '15, Sept. 11 Sullivan, Alfred B. '15, Sept. 8 Barrows, Walter A. '17, Sept. 19 Barber, William H. 'si, Oct. 9 Smith, Eli C. '21, Aug. 31 Knight, Howard '22, Aug. 13, 1956 MacDermott, George V. '22, Sept. 29 Heep, Francis X. '23, Sept. 11 McConnel, Thomas S. '23, Aug. 19 Caldwell, T. Grant '24, Apr. 3 Edgerly, Stuart '25, Oct. 9 Altizer, Jackson D. '26, June 22 Purcell, William J. '28, Sept. 14 Courtright, George D. '30, Sept. 18 Gibbons, William H. Jr. '33, Sept. 12 Main, Samuel F. '38, Sept. 17 Rayton, Willis M., A.M. '47, Sept. 21
Faculty
WILLIS MCNAIR RAYTON, M.A. '47, Professor of Physics, died September 21 in Dick's House after a long illness from cancer. Forty-eight years old, he had been a member of the Dartmouth faculty since 1939.
Professor Rayton was born in Rochester, N. Y., on May 17, 1909, the son of Mrs. Wilbur B. Rayton and the late Dr. Rayton who was head of the scientific bureau of Bausch and Lomb Optical Company. He graduated from Hamilton College in 1931 and then undertook graduate study at the University of Rochester, where he was research assistant while earning his M.S. degree in 1933 and his Ph.D. in 1936. He became instructor in physics at M.I.T. in 1936 and three years later joined the Dartmouth faculty with the same rank. He became assistant professor in 1941 and full professor in 1947.
His early interest in radio and electronics and the expanding field of nuclear physics had induced Professor Rayton to switch from his undergraduate work in chemistry to graduate study in physics. While at Rochester he made "A Wilson Cloud Chamber Investigation of Alpha Particles of Uranium" and with it obtained the first measurements for the range of alpha particles from actinouranium, an old name for fissionable uranium. This work was done with modest equipment and considerably antedated the excited interest in uranium and nuclear physics after the first A-bomb explosion.
Also while at Rochester, Professor Rayton developed one of the first portable geiger counters for uranium prospecting and demonstrated it to Labine, discoverer of the Great Bear Lake deposits in northern Canada. Two years ago he was invited to the Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska as research professor. There he studied the absorption and reflection of high frequency electromagnetic waves and the effect of them on aurora, meteor trails, ionic clouds, and other disturbances in the upper atmosphere. This work resulted in his being awarded a grant as part of the International Geophysical Year program, to construct and operate two installations, one in Knob Lake, Quebec, and the other in Etna, N. H., for measuring the absorption of cosmic radio waves passing through the ionosphere. This project will be completed under the supervision of Prof. Millett G. Morgan of Thayer School, with whom Professor Rayton was associated in research work.
During World War II, Professor Rayton was an Associate Physicist in the Division of War Research at the University of California. There he worked in the field of underwater sound propagation, as part of the Navy's effort to perfect submarine detection. In 1944 he served as a civilian member of the National Defense Research Committee.
Professor Rayton was prominent in the New Hampshire Academy of Science for many years and became its president in 1956-57. He was president of the Dartmouth chapter of the American Association of University Professors in 1949-50, and from 1953 to 1957 he served as chairman of the Department of Physics. In addition he was a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the New England Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers, the American Physical Society and its Division of Electron Physics.
With all his varied activities and research work, Professor Rayton was a dedicated and effective teacher, helping with the elementary physics courses, serving as laboratory director, and specializing in his courses in radio, electricty, and electronics and ultrahigh-frequency radiation. To stimulate the interest of young people in the field of science he was instrumental in the establishment and growth of the Annual New Hampshire Science Fair, and he also urged the New Hampshire Academy of Science to give funds to encourage secondary school students to undertake, science projects.
Professor Rayton's most ardently followed hobby was short-wave radio. He had radio friends scattered far and wide, and his call letters W1OHO were heard in places as distant as Germany, South Africa, Kenya and Australia. Another great interest was the Church of Christ at Dartmouth College, of which he was senior deacon as well as Sunday School teacher and area chairman in the Layman Movement. A memorial service was held at the church on September 24.
Surviving Professor Rayton are his wife, the former Ruth Hamilton of Wellsburg, N. Y.; two sons, Paul and Peter; a daughter, Priscilla; his mother, Mrs. W. B. Rayton of Burbank, Calif.; and a sister, Mrs. Richard Halliburton, also of Burbank.
Professor Rayton's colleague in the Physics Department, Prof. Allen R. King, paid the following tribute to him:
"Willis McNair Rayton was born on Monday, May 17, 1909, in Rochester, N. Y. He died on Saturday, Sept. 21, 1957, in Hanover, N. H. From Rochester to Hanover his life was rich in selfless service, in lasting friendships, in dedicated teaching and research, in wholehearted devotion to his family, in contagious enthusiasm for skiing and skating, and in a world-wide fellowship with radio hams wherever his voice could reach.
"His was a restless mind; searching and probing beneath the surface of nature and man. He captured the essential spirit of an event and often with a witty or humorous remark placed it in proper perspective. His keen awareness of his own faults and weaknesses made him ever ready to overlook the faults and weaknesses in others and to discover their fine points and excellent qualities. As one friend remarked: 'lf I were to select a truly Christian gentleman, that man would be Will.' He was a humble man. Sometimes he questioned his ability to teach; but his students loved and respected him. He felt inadequate as a researcher; but his associates in San Diego called him back time and again. Will was an excellent example of the research and teaching-scholar."
1884
JOSEPH SWETT MATTHEWS, Dartmouth's second oldest living graduate, died in Concord, N. H., on September 20,
Born in Franklin, N. H., December 21, 1861, he prepared for college in the Franklin schools. He was the oldest member of Kappa Kappa Kappa.
After graduation he studied law with Judge Reuben Walker in Concord, N. H., and was admitted to the bar in 1891. In 1906 he entered the office of the state treasurer and there organized the Inheritance Tax Division. In 1915 he was appointed the first Assistant Attorney General of New Hampshire. In 19126 he was appointed by Governor Winant to the Superior Court and served until his retirement in 1931. He was a member of the General Court in 1907 and president of the National Tax Association, 1926-27.
A member of St. Paul's Church, Judge Matthews served for more than 50 years as treasurer of the N. H. Episcopal Diocese. He was a trustee and vice-president of Merrimack County Savings Bank and was active in the Rotary Club. A past master of Blazing Star Lodge, F. and A.M., he was a high priest of Trinity Royal Arch chapter, past master of Horace Chase Council, past commander of Mt. Horeb Commandery and a member of the Scottish rite bodies.
For many years Judge Matthews had served his college and class well, as class president, agent, secretary and treasurer. He was a faithful attendant at the meetings of class officers each spring, where for many years he was saluted as the oldest member present.
At the funeral service in St. Paul's Church, Concord, Bishop Emeritus John T. Dallas and Bishop Charles F. Hall officiated, assisted by the Rev. Clinton Morrill and Rev. Leslie T. Francis. Among the honorary pallbearers were Dr. Clarence Butterfield 'oo, Dr. Thomas Dudley '20, Judge William L. Stevens '03 and James C. Bingham '18.
Judge Matthews was married on December 10, 1890, to Clara Helen Webster who died in 1932. He is survived by two daughters, Miss Emily Matthews of Baltimore and Mrs. Edwin W. Ely of Washington, and by two grandchildren, Joseph M. Ely '50 and Rebecca A. Ely.
1897
WINFIELD TEMPLE died at the Marlboro, Mass., Hospital on August 13, from a heart attack. His home was at 201 Church Street.
The son of Theodore and Effie (Sawyer) Temple, he was born in Marlboro, November 4, 1875. After graduating from Dartmouth he received his LL.B. from Boston University in 1900, and immediately began law practice in Marlboro, which he continued until his death.
A life-long resident, Mr. Temple served Marlboro in many capacities. He served as mayor, 1926-30, city councillor, 1921-23, and for many years was a member of the Board of Aldermen. He served nine years as president of the Marlboro Chamber of Commerce and had been special justice of the District Court since 1928. He was director and attorney for the People's National Bank and the Marlboro Savings Bank. A 32nd degree Mason, he was a past master of the United Brethren Lodge; a past district deputy grand master of the Marlboro Masonic District; past senior warden of the grand lodge; chairman of the trial commission of the grand lodge and treasurer of the Marlboro Masonic Corp.
On August 29, 1901, Mr. Temple was married to Lucy Proctor of Marlboro, who survives him with their sons, W. Leroy Temple '23 and Richard S. Temple '30, both associated with their father in the practice of law in Marlboro.
1900
CLARENCE GODFREY MCDAVITT died in Newton, Mass., on September 23 after a long illness.
Born in San Francisco, November 24, 1877, he prepared for college at Peekskill Military Academy and at Wilson and Kellogg School in New York City. In college, as a member of the varsity track team, he became the first holder of the ten-seconds record at Dartmouth for the 100-yard dash. A member of DKE and Sphinx, he was a charter member of Palaeopitus and manager of the varsity football team.
After several years spent in family business interests in New York, Mac joined the New England Telephone and Telegraph Co. in 1912. In 1917 he became executive assistant; in 1924, assistant vice-president; in 1926, assistant to the president; and from 1931 to his retirement in 1938 he was vice-president of the company.
In a brief summary, it is impossible to give the real picture of Mac as the good citizen he was, in his home town, his state and his nation. In his own community he served as secretary of the Norumbega Council, Boy Scouts; secretary of the Newtonville Improvement Association; member of the budget committee of the Newton Community Chest and vice-chairman of the Community Council; trustee, member of the board of governors and vice-president, Newton-Wellesley Hospital; and director and vice-president, Boston Chamber of Commerce.
His long years as chief personnel officer of the telephone company gave Mac an international reputation as a labor expert. He served the International Labor Organization in many capacities, flying to conferences from Geneva to Montreal, from Santiago to London. He served as a member of the National War Labor Board and the New England Regional War Labor Board.
In 1940, when Dartmouth conferred the honorary degree of Master of Arts on him, President Hopkins said, "In your quiet constancy and unobtrusive persistency that Dartmouth should never represent any other thing than the strong, the beautiful and the good, you have wrought for the College in the highest tradition that attaches to alumni influence. No responsibility has ever been too great and no detail ever too small for you to undertake if it was in the College interest." Mac served as president of the Dartmouth Club of Boston, 1920-21, and as president of the Newton Club, 1922-23. He was a member of the Athletic Council! 1904-12, 1932-38, and its president twice, 1910-12 and 1934-38. He was a member of the Alumni Council, 1922-28, 1933-38; its president, 1925-27; and chairman of the Alumni Fund Committee, 1922-24. He was president of the General Alumni Association, 1929-30.
As trustee of the Class of 1900 Fund from its inception in 1903, he made this fund outstanding in the history of alumni giving. This fund provided $63,000 for the erection of the Dartmouth Outing Club House, carried the ALUMNI MAGAZINE to almost the entire class and annually turned over large sums to the Alumni Fund. For this achievement Mac was elected class treasurer of the year in 1954. In 1955 he received the Alumni Council award for outstanding service to the College. Few alumni have served Dartmouth so long and so well. Mac's passing will be mourned throughout the alumni body, but his loss will leave an unfilled gap in the ranks of 1900.
On October 15, 1902 Mac was married by President Tucker to Edith Lauterbach who died on February 7, 1938. He is survived by his son Clarence G. McDavitt Jr. '26.
At the funeral services in Newton the class was represented by Harry Sampson, Harry Jenkins and Walter Rankin.
ALVAH TENNANT FOWLER passed away at his home, 3456 Newark St., N.W., Washington, D. C., on September 3. The Veterans' Bureau planned and carried through a beautiful and impressive military service on September 5. Burial was in Arlington Cemetery.
Alvah entered Dartmouth from Pembroke Academy. He had a scientific turn of mind and devoted himself assiduously to the study of engineering. In 1901 he received from Thayer School the C.E. degree.
On his graduation Alvah received an appointment with the United States Geological Survey as a topographic engineer. This connection he maintained for 47 years until "is retirement in 1949. He proved himself a roan of high competency in his chosen field, In the Class Report of 1940 it is said of him that, "He as had a wider knowledge or the surface of the United States than any of our members, his work as a topographer with the Geological Survey taking him into practically every part of the country, oftentimes working under conditions of the utmost difficulty."
During World War I he obtained the rank of Captain in the Army's 29th Engineers. He went overseas and received from the French Government the Croix de Guerre with palms.
Alvah gained a reputation for training topographic engineers in the field while working on such projects as the mapping of the Hawaiian Islands from 1909 to 1915 resurveying the Maine-New Hampshire border, and surveying Yosemite National Park. For his contribution to the science of mapping, the Interior Department awarded him its Meritorious Service Award. Alvah was a charter member of the Washington Society of Engineers, a member of the University Club, the National Geographic Society, the Dartmouth Club of Washington, the Order of Masons, and the Men's Club of the Cleveland Park Church.
Alvah was a quiet, self-effacing individual, with a warm, kindly personality. In his professional life he was honest, dependable, and always giving the best of himself. In his home life he was the devoted, generous, considerate husband and father. Throughout his life he was ever loyal to Dartmouth and to our class.
He is survived by his wife, the former Martha Treanor whom he married in 1911; two daughters, Mrs. Terance A. Cordner of Troy, N. Y., and Mrs. Albert E. Johnson of Washington, D. C.; eight grandsons and one granddaughter.
1904
ARTHUR EDWARD WARNER, 94 Turner Avenue, Riverside, R. I., passed away on August 31. He was the son of Edward Pike and Sarah (Medbery) Warner. Born May 15, 1875, he was the oldest man in the class of 1904.
Arthur only attended Dartmouth his senior year, coming to us from Brown University. After graduating from Dartmouth he taught one year at Newport Academy, Newport, Vt. He had earned his way at Brown and Dartmouth as a newspaper reporter, a field to which he returned. He was successively city editor on several newspapers in Lawrence, Bridgeport, Hartford, New Haven, Elizabeth and Newark, N. J. Later he became president and manager of the Perth Amboy Printing Company.
In New Jersey, Arthur became interested in politics and was elected a member of the New Jersey Legislature and served on several important committees. He was prominent in social and fraternal circles, and was a member of the Baptist Church.
On September 4, 1901 he married Nellie Benning Allen, who died in January 1955. On October 12, 1956, Arthur married Jessie Abbott Manahan of Elizabeth, N. J who survives him.
Coming to us only in his senior year, Arthur did not have many close ties with the class. He was present at our fiftieth reunion in 1954.
T910
WILLIAM HALL DEERING died August 10 at Augusta, Me., General Hospital after a brief illness. The funeral services were held August 13 in the First Unitarian Church, Augusta.
Bill was born in Saco, Me., July 21, 1886. He prepared for Dartmouth at Thornton Academy and Worcester Academy. In college he took part in "The Promenaders," and was a member of Sigma Nu.
Bill left college after two years to enter the meat business with his father in Saco. He was a member of the Maine House of Representatives in 1925 and 1927. In 1930 Bill moved to Augusta and was appointed by Governor Gardiner to be State Budget Officer. In 1935 he was named business manager and treasurer of Augusta State Hospital.
Bill was a 32nd degree Mason, a member of the Owen-Davis Post, American Legion, a past president of the Saco Rotary Club, and an honorary member of the Augusta Rotary
He was married to Elsie Ham, October 8, 1912 in Saco. Survivors are his widow, two sisters, Mrs. Harold D. Fish, Evanston, Ill., and Mrs. Clyde C. Kirk, Columbus, Ohio, and four nephews.
1911
CARROLL C. DAVIS, retired chief chemist of the Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co., died suddenly on August 10 of a cerebral hemorrhage in Worcester, Mass. Carroll, a native of West Roxbury and a graduate of Boston English High School, received the degree of B.S. in chemical engineering in 1914 at M.I.T. to add to his B.S. from Dartmouth. His entire business career was with the one company, but his name was known here and abroad for his achievements in the rubber industry. The Rubber World had this to say of him:
"Known as 'C. C.' in rubber industry circles, Mr. Davis was one of the best known and respected men in this country and abroad because of his many years as editor of the Division's publication and was perhaps the person most responsible for the present widespread availability of technical information of rubber throughout the world.
"In collaboration with John M. Bierer, now company president, he established a worldwide reputation in 1924 and 1925 with the first practical oxygen aging test in the industry and the use of anti-oxidants in rubber. Further papers on reclaimed rubber and specifications, again with Mr. Bierer, followed in 1926 and 1927. In 1950 he received the Goodyear Medal from the Division of Rubber Chemistry, American Chemical Society which is its highest honor.
"Mr Davis has been an abstractor for Chemical Abstracts since 1919, and he became the editor of Rubber Chemistry andTechnology in 1925, in which latter position he was aided by Mrs. Davis until his death.
"Memorial services were held at the Arlington Street Church Chapel in Boston on August 20. Mr. Davis is survived by his wife, the former Caroline Sparrow, and two sons, Frederic C. and Alan D. His home was at 7 Ravine Rd., Winchester, Mass."
1912
ELMER HARRIS DOE died at Louisville, Ky., on December 11, 1956, from a heart attack suffered earlier in the day. He had been under treatment for a heart condition for several years.
He was born in Elizabeth, N. J., May 26, 1885. He was married to Dorothy Lamb Nones at Louisville on November 15, 1916.
For many years he was in the advertising business in Louisville. In 1928 he acquired a farm in nearby Shelbyville, and became a recognized authority on soil conservation and increased land fertility, writing a book on Chemical Fertilization, which has been used in a number of agricultural colleges. He was prominent in many community activities and, during his business career, pursued scholarly activities, studying French and German, and undertook the study of the difficult Gaelic language on trips to Ireland.
He was a loyal Dartmouth alumnus and maintained his interest in the Class. With his wife he attended a number of reunions.
1915
JOHN ROBERTS MASON, vice president of The Millville Manufacturing Co., died suddenly of a heart attack on September 12 in the executive offices of the plant at Millville, N.J.
Jack was born in Plymouth, N. H., the son of Harry Webster and Arabella (Roberts) Mason. He prepared for college at Dover (N. H.) High School and, after one year at the University of New Hampshire, transferred to Dartmouth where he graduated in 1915.
Upon graduation, he went with the Great Falls Manufacturing Co., a cotton textile mill in Somersworth, N. H., to learn the business. In August 1917 he enlisted in the Quartermaster Reserve Corps. In October 1917, by order of the Quartermaster General of the U.S.A., he was discharged "for the convenience of the government" to return to the Great Falls Manufacturing Co., a 100% war contracting firm throughout the war. Assistant superintendent of the mill in 1917, he was made superintendent in 1919, serving on the War Industries Board 1918-19. During World War I, he also taught textiles at the Harvard School of Business Administration.
In 1923 he became textile engineer and vice-president of Barnes Textile Associates of Boston and served 1936-39 as their European representative, being a consultant on cotton textile manufacturing to the governments of Norway, Sweden and Germany before World War II.
In 1941 he became vice-president of The Millville Manufacturing Co., where he remained to the time of his death. He was also vice-president and director of May's Landing Water Power Co., as well as Selma Mills of Selma, N. C., and the Howard-Arthur Manufacturing Co. of Fall River, Mass. During 1943-44, he was Industry Price Consultant for O.P.A. and in 1944-46, Industry Panel Member, Region III, of the War Labor Board.
Jack was closely associated with many Dartmouth College activities. As 1915 class agent, 1944-48, he received the Reynolds Trophy for the best class agent in 1948. He was chairman of the Alumni Fund Committee from 1948 to 1950. He was a member of the Alumni Council, 1948-52, and a member of the Dartmouth Development Council. He was president of the Class Agents Association in 1947-48; 1915 class president, 1950-55; and a member of the Board of Overseers of Hanover Inn, 1951-54.
Jack was a direct descendant of the John Roberts family of New England who were the first settlers of New Hampshire during colonial days. On his maternal side, he was a descendant of Daniel Webster. He was a Mason (Blue Lodge and Chapter), a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and an honorary member of Kappa Kappa Kappa.
He is survived by his wife, the former Katherine Keller Gillen, whom he married in 1920.
Services were held at the Rand Funeral Home in Hanover on September 15 and interment was in the new Hanover cemetery. A group of ten of Jack's associates from Millville drove to Hanover for the services. The Class of 1915 was represented by Fletch Low, Kike Richardson, Roy Porter and Chan Foster. Among the pallbearers were Fletch Low, Chan Foster, John Meek, treasurer of Dartmouth, and jack's chauffeur, Corny Horsey. A large floral piece of white chrysanthemums was displayed from the Class of 1915.
1921
ELI COLE SMITH died August 31 in Guadalajara, Mexico, where he had been living for the past few months. He had been in ill health for the last five years.
Eli came to Dartmouth from Winchester, Mass., after attending the Army and Navy Preparatory School. At Dartmouth he was a member of the hockey squad, Rake and Roll, and Alpha Delta Phi.
Eli was a food broker in Boston for many years and was later in the oil business in Georgia. In 1952, when illness forced his retirement, he moved to Daytona Beach, Fla.
In 1926 Eli was married to Katheryn Maley, Smith '23, who survives him.
1923
THOMAS STOKES MCCONNEL, formerly of Beaver, Pa., died in the Bay Pines Veterans Center, Florida, on August 19. Tom had been a patient there for some years.
Tom was a member of Beta Theta Pi in Dartmouth. He served with the U. S. Marine Corps during World War I and was a Major, U. S. Army Engineers, in World War II.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Robert Mairs of Charleston, W. Va., and a brother, Stewart P. McConnel of Beaver, Pa.
1924
THEODORE GRANT CALDWELL JR. died on April 3. Word comes from Gus's widow that death came when they were vacationing at Palm Beach, Florida. He had been sick only two days before a fatal heart attack.
Gus Caldwell was born January 16, 1903 in Brooklyn, N. Y. He prepared at St. Paul's School, in Garden City, Long Island. In college he was on the freshman and varsity football teams. He was a brother in Phi Gamma Delta. Graduate studies at Columbia University and New York University in banking and insurance preceded his connection with Brown and Bailey Condensed Milk Co., for whom he was secretary and managing director, 1925-46. He was also vice-president and treasurer of Jamaica Buses, Inc., 1935-45. He was self-employed, as a financier in real estate, stocks and bonds, since 1954. He served in the Naval Reserve and in 1943-1945 was stationed at Pensacola as a Lt. Commander in the USNR.
Gus was married three times: to Lillian Greve in 1929, to Helen Lee, and to Elsa Payson in 1952. He is survived by the latter and three children: Clara Elizabeth (1930), William Marcus Greve (1935) and Jenni Wright (1943). He was buried with military honors from St. Bartholomew's Church in New York.
1926
After many years of no news of JACKSON DUNCAN ALTIZER, it is sad and difficult to report the saddest news of all. Jack died of lobar pneumonia June 22 in Charleston, W. Va., after a series of illnesses for more than eleven years. It is extra sad, because he was a man of charm and brilliance. It is extra difficult, because he lost touch with the College and the Class in recent years (no doubt because of his health) with the result that biographical data is not complete.
Jack prepared for college at Charleston High School, and at Clark School in Hanover. At Dartmouth, he was a member and secretary of The Arts, a member of Pleiade, Alpha Delta Phi, and editor of The Tower both junior and senior years. After graduation, he entered Harvard Law School, and received his LL.B. in 1929.
He practiced law in Charleston with the firm of Price, Smith and Spilman. In 1939, for about a year, he was an attorney with the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. in New York City. He then returned to Charleston, where he practiced law (in his own office) till illness forced his retirement in the spring of 1956.
During World War II, Jack volunteered his services to the O.P.A., and to the Red Cross. He was a very active member of Charleston's Episcopal Church.
A few months after his Dartmouth graduation, Jack married Frances H. Greetham, of Bethlehem, Pa. They were divorced in 1945. Jack remarried, but our information here is incomplete.
During his long years of illness, Jack must have received deep compensation from the achievements of his three children. Thomas, now 30, attained his A.B., M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of Chicago, and is an Assistant Professor of Religion at Emory University, Atlanta. Jane, 22, is an experinced actress in summer stock companies and is now tackling the "legitimate" stage in New York. Nell, 21, graduated magna cum laude last June from St. Louis University's Writers Institute.
In addition to these three children, Jack is survived by his widow, Wilda, and his mother, Mrs. R. G. Altizer, both of Charleston, W. Va.
1927
ROBERT STEADMAN ROSE was killed instantly on August 26 when a truck crossed the center strip of Route 9 in Shrewsbury, Mass. and crashed into his car. His home was at 342 Quinobequin Rd., Waban, Mass.
Bob left Dartmouth at the end of his freshman year to enter the University of Pittsburgh, where he graduated in 1927. He then attended the Graduate School of Metallurgy at Carnegie Institute of Technology for two years. In 1936 he entered the employ of the Vanadium Alloys Steel Co. of Boston, as a salesman and metallurgist, and in 1945 began work with the Latrobe Steel Co. as Boston district manager, which position he held at the time of his death. He was a member of the American Society for Metals, and the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers. He was the holder of several patents and was the co-author of a book on tool steels published by the American Society of Metals.
Bob was born in Wilkinsburg, Pa., and was the son of Floyd and Gertrude Steadman Rose. He attended Schenley High School in Pittsburgh and entered Dartmouth from Peddie School. While at Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi.
Bob was married in Pittsburgh to Jane Tomb, who survives him with their son, Robert, and daughter, Eleanor. He is also survived by his mother. To them the class extends sincere sympathy.
1930
On July 12 EDMOND GARESCHE BENOIST was accidentally killed in a collision of his car with a freight train at a crossing two miles south of Bridgman, Mich.
Ed, who was not married, was on his way to the summer home of his parents for a weekend. The accident occurred in a heavy rainstorm, and Ed apparently did not see a flare being waived by a flagman.
Born in St. Louis, Ed prepared for Dartmouth at New Trier High School and after graduating from Dartmouth joined his father's company, Automatic Electric, becoming vice-president in 1945.
While Ed had not been particularly active in Dartmouth organizations, he had been an extremely devoted follower of class activities.
He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William F. Benoist of St. Louis; a sister, Mrs. Norman H. Ibsen; and a brother, William F. Benoist Jr. '44, of 334 Hawthorne Ave., Glencoe, Ill. To them the class extends its sympathy.
JOHN ROBERT EARLE died of leukemia in the Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, on August 13 after a long illness. His home was at 250 Westchester, Birmingham, Mich.
Jack was born in Detroit, January 20, 1908, and prepared for college at Exeter. He was with the class for two years and was a member of DKE.
After having Dartmouth Jack joined the Earle Equipment Co. in Detroit, as secretary. He became president of the company in 1953 and at the time of his death was chairman of the board. He was also president of Penmsular Engineering and Sales, Inc. and Service, Inc. and was vice-president of North Wayne Tool Co.
Jack was married in 1929 to Betty Munz who died in 1940. Their two children were Robert L. and Judith Ann. In 1942 he was married to Blanche Wetherald, who survives him with his two children and two stepchildren, Charles Arnold and Sara Joan Arnold.
Jack will be remembered as a happy smiling fellow in college and one who will be missed by all who knew him.
1931
WILLIAM ANDREW BYRNE died of a heart attack on August 10 while swimming in Tom Bayou near Valparaiso, Florida, his home town. Bill, with others, had been boat riding and went for a swim following the ride. His body was found in only four feet of water. The funeral was held in St. Mary's Church, Ft. Walton Beach, with burial in Sunset Cemetery, Valparaiso.
Born in Bismarck, N. D., on August 7, 1908, Bill attended the Bismarck schools At Dartmouth he was a member of Alpha Delta Phi and the Varsity Glee Club. He and Ramonde Ruckel were married during Bill's military service on November 19, 1942. Bill Jr. is now 13, Judith Anne 12, and Patrick 5. They are living in Valparaiso.
After graduation Bill spent six years as a real estate broker in his home town. Moving to the U. S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D. C., in 1937, he served in various capacities until his enlistment in the U. S. Army Air Force in 1942. Most of Bill's duty was in Florida and he came out in 1946 a Captain, which rank he held in the Reserves to the time of his death. After his return to civilian activities, Bill lived in Valparaiso, concentrating on real estate and serving as a director of the Bank of Valparaiso.
Bill's sudden death was a terrific shock to his family and hundreds of friends in his home community. His real strength of character blanketed his family and friends during his terrific struggle with polio, and the months of recovery he went through in 1950. Never were his spirits or hope low, and his recovery was almost complete. Faith and the devoted attention of his wife brought him through.
1935
ROBERT LEONHARDT ALTER was found dead on August 7 in a hotel in Modesto, Calif., apparently a suicide. Bob had left his family in Toledo while he had gone to California on a business trip.
A native of Toledo, he attended high school there and went to Phillips Exeter before entering Dartmouth. After two years at Hanover, he transferred to Duke, where he received his medical degree in 1937.
Bob interned at Johns Hopkins and Baltimore City Hospital, and in 1939 became resident physician and instructor in obstetr ics and gynecology at Duke. Later he went to Beirut, Lebanon, where he was professor and head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the American University. Three years later he returned to Duke, and in 1954 moved back to Toledo to take up private practice.
He is survived by his wife Ann and daughter Deborah, his mother, four brothers and three sisters.
1939
FREDERIC JOSEPH MCINTIRE JR. died at Lynn (Mass.) Hospital on June 18, after a brief illness. Funeral services were held at the Star-of-the-Sea Church in Marblehead.
Originally a member of the Class of 1937, Fred graduated from Dartmouth with the Class of 1939. He was a member of Zeta Psi and of Dragon.
Born in Lynn, he attended Lynn Classical High School and Governor Dummer Academy before coming to Dartmouth. He received his M.D. from New York University in 1943 and spent his residency at Fordham Hospital. He then served on the staff of Bellevue Hospital in New York as an eye, ear, nose and throat specialist.
During World War II, Fred served as Captain in the Medical Corps, U. S. Army, attached to the medical section of the 393 d Infantry Regiment. Taken prisoner by the Germans in the Battle of the Bulge, he was decorated for service he rendered fellow prisoners during four months in a German prison camp near Cologne.
After the war he returned to Lynn to pract ice in association with his father and was on the staff of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and of the Lynn and Union Hospitals.
At the time of his death Fred resided at 15 Elmwood Road, Marblehead, Mass. He was a member of the North Shore Dartm outh Club, Tedesco Country Club and Swampscott Beach Club. He was also a memb er of the American, New England and Lynn Medical Associations and of the American Academy of Otolaryngology and Ophthalmology.
In addition to his parents, he leaves his wife, the former Elizabeth Shiels, whom he married at New Rochelle, N. Y., in 1941, five children, Sheila, Maurie, Elizabeth, Jean and Frederic J. McIntire II.
Prof. Willi) McNair Rayion, M.A. '47
Joseph Swett Matthews '84
Clarence Godfrey McDavitt 'oo
John Roberts Mason '15
