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.]
Lovejoy, Herman S. '94, Feb. 7 Bryant, Arthur P. '00, Feb. 4 Tuttle, Leonard W. '00, Feb. 14 Gove, Dana B. '06, Feb. 19 Southgate, Richard S. '07, Feb. 28 Frame, Roscoe G. '08, Feb. 25 Newton, Jonah J. '09, Jan. 28 Scully, Bernard M. '09, Feb. 12 Shoppelry, Arthur H. '09, Mar. 7 Harvey, Frederic S. '11, Feb. 24 Young, Maurice '12, Mar. 10 Haver, Frederick W. '13, Oct. 14, 1956 Burnett, Harry '15; Jan. 29 Ekstrom, Frank C. '15, Feb. 28 Mac Andrews, Erl P. '15, Feb. 23 Drake, Robert A. '18, Mar. 6 Parker, Aurel C. '19, Feb. 10 Maynard, Leroy E. '20, Jan. 31 Chapman, Ernest H. '21, Feb. 6 Graham, Robert A. '27, Feb. 5 Cetrulo, Gerald I. '28, Mar. 10 Rackliff, Robert C. '55, Mar. 10 Wiborn, John A. '97 m, April 17, 1956 Dunham, Harry B. '12m, June 3, 1956 Russell, Henry N., Sc.D. '22, Feb. 18 Herrick, Everett C., D.D. '32, Feb. 13 Byrd, Richard E., LL.D. '37, Mar. 11
Faculty
HAROLD GODDARD RUGG '06, Associate Librarian of the College, Emeritus, died February 13 at Dick's House, at the age of 74. His passing took from Hanover a beloved figure who in his gentle, self-effacing way had devoted his life to the service of Dartmouth College and to such diverse interests as rare books, Dartmouth history, ferns and Vermont history, in all of which fields he was a widely known authority.
Professor Rugg stayed on as a library assistant when he was graduated from the College in 1906. He continued this active association with the Dartmouth library for the next 47 years, until his retirement in 1953. He was named Assistant Librarian in 1919 and Associate Librarian in 1951. Although he was involved in many phases of library work, he was primarily responsible for the rare book collections, which he developed greatly, and for the Archives Department.
For many years Professor Rugg also gave a course in the Art of the Book. He was Instructor in Art from 1920 to 1939 and Lecturer in Art with the rank of assistant professor from 1939 to 1943 In the latter year he was named Assistant Professor in the Division of the Humanities, and in 1947 the Trustees elected him a full professor. At Commencement in June 1940, President Hopkins conferred Dartmouth's honorary M.A. degree upon him.
Upon his retirement in 1953, Professor Rugg was honored at a large reception given by the Baker Library staff, the Howe Library Associates, and New Hampshire Alpha Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, for which he had served as secretary for 43 years. At the reception there was unveiled an oil portrait of Mr. Rugg, painted by Paul Sample '20 and now hanging in the Baker Library. His service to the Howe Library, in Hanover, extended over forty years, from his election to its corporation and board of trustees in 1917 until his death. From 1936 to 1952 he was president of the corporation and helped the town library to reach a new importance in the cultural life of the community. Mr. Rugg, a bachelor, had his apartment above the Howe Library on West Wheelock Street for many years. He took pleasure in having rooms in what was once Eleazar Wheelock's presidential mansion.
Like so many other parts of the College, the DARTMOUTH ALUMNI MAGAZINE was the beneficiary of long years of generous and devoted service by Harold Rugg. For 39 years, from 1914 until his retirement in 1953, he had been Literary Editor of the magazine and had been in charge of the book-review section. For the Class of 1906, he served as Class Secretary from 1909 to 1921, and in recent years he worked with many alumni classes in developing the plan whereby books are presented to the library in memory of deceased Dartmouth men. Zeta Psi fraternity, for which he was faculty adviser for so long, was another Dartmouth interest.
Professor Rugg's interest in books led him to become a collector himself. His collection of books, manuscripts and other items on Vermont was one of the finest in existence. As a sideline to this interest he also had a notable collection of some 200 pieces of original Bennington ware. He was for many years a director of the Vermont Historical Society, and also served as a trustee of the Fletcher Memorial Library, Ludlow, Vt.; an adviser to the Sheldon Museum, Middlebury, Vt.; and as historian of the Vermont chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution. With Arthur W. Peach he was editor of a miscellany of Vermont prose, published by the Stephen Daye Press in 1931.
An early friend of Robert Frost, Professor Rugg arranged the poet's first public lecture and reading by inviting him to come to Hanover to speak in the Little Theatre. His Frost collection was an exceptional one, noted especially for its wealth of early letters from the poet. This collection had gradually been given to Dartmouth and only the month before his death Mr. Rugg had presented to Baker Library an additional 100 Frost items, all either inscribed or signed by the poet. This gift was made through the Friends of the Dartmouth Library, an organization in which Mr. Rugg took an active and leading part from its beginning.
In his rich and varied life Professor Rugg also found time to become deeply immersed in horticulture. He was reputed to know more about flowers in general and ferns in particular than any person in Hanover. He collected ferns from all over the world, wrote several articles about them, and even discovered a new fern which was named after him in the proper Latin form. He was a former president of the Vermont Botanical Society and of the Hanover Garden Club. He owned an acre of land at the end of School Street in Hanover and there maintained a flourishing garden.
Professor Rugg was an inveterate traveler and in earlier years had gone to foreign lands where he could climb mountains and take long hiking trips, while carrying on his botanical studies. He was a member of the Appalachian Mountain Club and the Green Mountain Club.
Harold Rugg was born in Hartland, Vt., on January 21, 1883, the son of David Fletcher and Julia (Hager) Rugg. He was buried in the family plot in Hartland on February 16, following a Hanover service at the Church of Christ, of which he was a member. The only survivor is a cousin, William C. Rugg of Norwich, Vt.
1894
HERMAN SAMUEL LOVEJOY was born in Woodbury, Vt., May 31, 1867, and died at his home, 32 Highland St., New Haven, Conn., on February 7, after an unusually long illness. If he had lived three months and 24 days longer, he would have been 90 years old. He was the oldest member of the Class of 1894.
Herman Lovejoy ascended the educational ladder in the hard way, especially at the beginning; but he reached the top, for he became a really educated man. In his day, farmers' sons from the vicinity of Hardwick, Vt., attended the Academy there during the winter, and Herman attended enough so that he was admitted to the Chandler Scientific Department of our class. In addition to the B.S. he earned the degree of M.A. from Yale in 19°8- .
After teaching in several high schools and being principal in Windsor, Vt., 1900-02, and in Branford, Conn., 1902-03, he settled down to his life work in the educational field as superintendent of schools at Branford, where he remained for twenty years.
He retired in 1923, at the early age of 56. Then it was that he really began to complete his education. He describes it: "With regard to my 'subsequent education,' undertaken not for academic credit but to supplement my general information: one summer session each spent in the study of French at (1) L'Alliance Frangaise in Paris; (2) Harvard University; (3) McGill University. Two summer sessions at Teachers' College in Columbia University. Since I discontinued Public School work in 1923, I have devoted considerable time, with various Yale consultants, to the study of French, Historical Geology, Anthropology (Ethnology) and Botany (Cellular Structure of Plants)."
With regard to other affiliations, he calls himself "an undistinguished member" of The American Historical Association, Vermont Historical Society, New Haven Colony Historical Society, American Geographical Society, Academy of Political Science (New York), Society of Colonial Wars, and S.A.R. He was also president of " the Schoolmasters' Club and of the Vermont Association of New Haven for three years. He was a 32nd Degree Mason and Past Master of Widow's Son Lodge, Branford.
Herman was twice married, first in 1895 to Eva M. Heath, who died in 1902 leaving one child, Vivian, now Mrs. Robert Beattie of Clinton, Conn. He was married again, on June 18, 1904, to Mabel H. Workman, who survives him and by whom he had two sons, Paul W., living at.Jackson Heights, N. Y., and Samuel C., who graduated from Dartmouth in 1933 and died in 1947. There are eleven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
The funeral service was at Christ Church Chapel in New Haven, and burial was in the Branford Cemetery.
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LEONARD WASON TUTTLE, Class Secretary for the past five years, died, after a brief illness, 011 February 14 at the New Rochelle, N. Y., Hospital. The funeral service was held on February 17 at the Larchmont Avenue Presbyterian Church, Larchmont, N. Y., of which Len was a member. Burial was in the family lot in the cemetery at Milford, N. H. George Tong represented the class at the funeral.
Len was born August 30, 1877, in Milford, N. H., the son of Charles B. and Cornelia (Chase) Tuttle. He prepared for college at the Milford High School, and entered Dartmouth, along with his brother Don, in the fall of 1896.
In college he was a member of Psi Upsilon and of Casque and Gauntlet. He was a mem- ber of the class baseball team, the Vaudeville Show, and, at Commencement, was the class chronicler.
After graduation he entered the business world. From 1900 to 1905 he was employed by Houghton, Mifflin Co. of Boston. During the year 1905-1906 he was connected with Wellington, Sears Co. of Boston. For the next few years he was associated with firms in Rochester, N. Y., Columbus, Ohio, Buffalo, N. Y., and New Haven, Conn. During the years 1913 to 1915 he was superintendent of production for the Sentinel Manufacturing Co. in New Haven, and from 1915 to 1925 he was on the engineering staff of the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. In 1925 Len rejoined Wellington, Sears as manager of their Boston office. In 1928 he was transferred to New York as office manager, and in 1932 was appointed traffic manager of the firm, which position he most efficiently filled until his retirement in 1947.
On April 2, 1920 Len married Emma Engstrom of New Haven, Conn., who passed away in 1941. Since Mrs. Tuttle's death Len had lived alone in an apartment at Chattsworth Gardens, Larchmont, N. Y. For a number of years he spent his summers at the Folansbee Inn on Kezar Lake in North Sutton, N. H., where since 1935 the class of 1900 has held its annual June round-up. Len was a Mason, belonging to Hiram Lodge in New Haven.
It may seem strange to many of us who were with him in college that in his mature years his major interest was his work with the Larchmont Avenue Presbyterian Church. A person often does not carry his heart on his sleeve. And so it was with Len. Deep within him was a profound faith and a strong inner conviction of the practical importance of religion in daily living. There was never a bit of sham about him. He asked honesty of himself, and expected it from others. He was ever generous, kindly, and a reliable friend. One of his classmates who had the privilege of knowing him rather well writes of Len as: "A man of quiet dignity mellowed by a sense of humor. He knew his own mind and had a firmness of principle that was impressive. Along with a knowledge of worldly matters he had, I think, unshaken religious faith. In an age of fear and confusion his clear mind enabled him to see events in long perspective and to accept passing disasters through confidence in final victory for high purpose and justice.... To have known him both as undergraduate and as a mature man has been a high privilege."
Len is survived by a brother, Morton Tuttle '97 of Newton Center, Mass.; a niece, Mrs. Eugene (Tuttle) Klein of Wellesley Hills, Mass.; and a nephew, Morton Tuttle II '43 of Concord, N. H.
ARTHUR PARSONS BRYANT passed away on February 4 at the Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Mass. Funeral services were held on February 6 at the Newton Cemetery Chapel, and burial was in the Newton Cemetery.
Arthur was born October 7, 1877 in Newton, Mass. He entered Dartmouth from Newton in the fall of 1896. He was initiated into Psi Upsilon, was a member of the class football team, a member of the glee club, and was a violin soloist. He remained at Dartmouth only one term, and in January 1897 transferred to Cornell University. At Cornell he played on the varsity football and baseball teams.
Arthur was a sports enthusiast. During a long residence in Cambridge he was a participant in various forms of athletic activities. He was a member of the Massachusetts Rifle Team, the Union Boat Club, and a director of the Community Sailing Association of Boston. For many years he was in the retail coal business in Boston, and in this connection became interested in coal mines. For a time he was vice-president of the Spring Coal Co.
Arthur was married in 1907 to Caroline Rand who died in 1939. He is survived by a daughter, Doris R. Bryant of Milton, Mass., and by a sister, Alice M. Bryant of Cambridge.
1905
DR. ALLEN BOUTHROD GRAVES died on February 3, at his home, 202 West 137th St., New York City. He was bora January 13, 1879 in Lynchburg, Va., son of Major and Lucy (Price) Graves.
He entered Dartmouth from Howard University Preparatory School. He was well liked by all with .whom he came in contact because of his modest but pleasant personality. He devoted himself with earnestness to his studies and with faithfulness to the jobs whereby he met his need for funds.
Determined to be a medical doctor, he spent a year at Dartmouth Medical School, a semester at Harvard Medical School and finished his medical work at Howard University. He started practicing in Harlem where he continued until incapacitated by failing health.
He devoted his life to the service of his people among whom he was held in high esteem and affection. He had been active in the YMCA and the Urban League. His devotion to his college class was shown by his frequent attendance at class gatherings.
He married Goldie C. Long of Jersey City in 1912 who survives him with four daughters, Lucy Graves, Mrs. Roger Ramirez, Mrs. Leonard Burgess and Mrs. Claude Tarver, and two grandchildren, Allen Graves Tarver and Claudia Jeanne Tarver; also by a brother, Frank Graves and a sister, Mrs. Andrew Padgett.
HUGH WHITFORD MACLEAN died on February 9 in St. Petersburg, Fla. He was born July 10, 1883, in Carlinville, Ill., the son of Richard and Emma (Whitford). He entered Dartmouth from the Evanston High School.
Following graduation he entered the field of construction. After experience in several important companies, he formed his own organization in 1913, the MacLean Construction Co. of Chicago. He continued as president until he retired about a year ago.
Hugh married Marjorie Wilson of Oak Park, Ill., in 1908. They made their home at 2767 Sheridan Rd., in Evanston. They had two sons, Hush W. Jr., and Wilson, who died a year ago. Wilson's son, Mark, has lived with his grandparents of late.
Hugh is survived by his wife, son, and grandson.
1906
PAUL REVERE FELT died on February 5 at East Hampton, Conn. He was born in Hillsborough, N. H., November 18, 1882, son of Marcellus Felt '77m and Emma Wilson and entered Dartmouth after graduating from the local schools.
During his undergraduate days he was outstanding in musical and dramatic activities. Possessed of almost professional ability on several instruments, he was a member of the college band and orchestra, and served as leader of the glee club his senior year. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and Sphinx.
He was graduated from the Dartmouth Medical School in 1910 and after several years' practice in Waukesha, Wis., joined the staff of Connecticut State Hospital in 1916 where he served until his retirement in 1946. He was associated with many professional societies.
Funeral services were held at Hillsborough on February 9. George Boynton and Herbert Rainie represented the class of 1906. His only surviving relative is his widow, Flossie Kimball Felt, whom he married in 1911.
1908
Word has been received of the death on January 21 of ROBERT WHITCOMB CHEDEL in Brattleboro, Vt., from a heart attack while returning from a meeting of the Brattleboro Stamp Club. Bob had been a private patient at the Brattleboro Retreat for about thirty years. String Hale visited him a few years ago and reported that he was improving, that he had full privileges, went down town twice each day for newspapers and supplies, and kept in touch with current events. He had a delivery route for The Brattleboro Reformer for many years.
Bob was born in Pittsfield, Vt., July 6, 1886, the son of George A. and Nettie (Whitcomb) Chedel and prepared for college at Randolph, Vt., High School.
Following graduation he was employed by the International Paper Co. in woodlands in Vermont and New Hampshire for about five years. In 1914 he was in Berlin, N. H., with the Berlin Mills Co., and in 1916 with Sargent, Osgood, and Roundy Co. in Randolph, Vt. In 1917 he was in France with an American ambulance unit. After the war he returned to Randolph and again engaged in woods work, paper mills, driving operations, and camps. He attended the 15th reunion of our class but appeared depressed by the death of his father.
Funeral services were conducted in Randolph and burial was in that town. He leaves a brother, Dr. Charles B. Chedel, and a sister, Mrs. Lewis H. Flint of Baton Rouge, La.
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RALPH DAVENPORT ABERCROMBIE died suddenly on January 19 in Dearborn, Mich., at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ralph Baker. "Abbie" and his wife had been visiting at their daughter's home since November. Funeral services were held January 21 in Dearborn. A memorial service will be held in his home town, East Derry, N. H., in the spring.
Abbie was born in Manchester, Septem- ber 5, 1886, son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Abercrombie. He prepared for Dartmouth at Lawrence, Mass., High School and at Tilton Academy. He was with the class for two years and during that time was active in football and track. He was on our sophomore football team and a member of the 1910 relay team. He was on the track squad both years, and was a member of Sigma Chi.
Abbie was in the leather belting manufacturing business in Lawrence and Methuen, Mass. When he retired he took up residence in East Derry, N. H., and became active in community affairs, serving as president of the Village Improvement Society, chairman of the East Derry school committee, moderator of the East Derry fire department, and member of the Congregational Society Board of New Hampshire. While living in Methuen he was chairman of the Methuen Stadium Commission.
Survivors are his wife, the former Violet Wilson; his daughter, Mrs. Baker; a son, Ralph D. Jr. of Milford, Conn.; a sister, Bertha E. Abercrombie of St. Petersburg, Fla.; and two brothers, Rear Admiral Laurence A. Abercrombie, USN (ret.) of Poolesville, Md., and John E. Abercrombie of Andover.
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FREDERICK SABIN HARVEY died on February 24 at his home, 89 Harvard St., Lowell, Mass., following a long serious illness. Fred was born in Lowell, December 22, 1889, son of John J. and Lalia (Sabin) Harvey. He graduated from Lowell High School, entered Dartmouth with the class of 1911, and in 1914 got his law degree from Harvard Law School. He followed his father as a lawyer continuing in his father's firm, and at the time of his death was a partner in the firm of Harvey, Harvey & Walsh.
In 1926 he was married to Hazel Hanchett who survives him. Throughout his life Fred was active in many businesses, civic, and charitable organizations. He was a director of the Union National Bank of Lowell, recently having resigned as chairman of the board. He was a director of the Lowell Mutual Fire Insurance Co. and Stony Brook Railroad, vicepresident and trustee of Merrimack River Savings Bank, trustee of Lowell General Hospital, Lowell Cemetery, Hildreth Cemetery, Lowell YMCA, Lowell YWCA, Battles Home, and Lowell Masonic Association. He was past master of the Kilwinning Lodge, AF & AM, a member of other masonic bodies in Lowell and Boston, and a member of the Yorick Club and the Vesper Country Club. He also held public office as Assistant U. S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts.
In addition to his wife, he leaves a brother, Attorney John Harvey '25 of Lowell, and two sisters, Mrs. Walter B. Barrett of Freeport, N. Y., and Mrs. Morris E. Knight of Forest Hills, N. Y. Walter Reilly and Francis Qua represented the class at the funeral held at his home. Because of Fred's death, the College and class have lost a most enthusiastic and loyal alumnus.
1915
HARRY BURNETT, 64, of York Village, Maine, former personnel manager of the Parker Manufacturing Co., and during World War II, chief of staff of the 1st Brigade, Massachusetts State Guard, died of a heart attack on January 29, in Tucson, Arizona, while on his way to California.
Harry was one of the men instrumental in founding the American Legion, being one of those attending the first meeting of veterans in Paris in 1919 which led to the organization of the Legion.
Born in Southboro, Mass., Harry was graduated from St. Mark's School and spent one year at Dartmouth where he played freshman football and was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. At one time he played end with the Multonomah team based outside Seattle, Wash., one of the best known amateur teams in the country.
He served in France during World War I and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for gallantry during the Aisne-Marne offensive. During World War II, he served as a staff officer of the gist Regiment Guard. His late father, Joseph Burnett, was owner of a cooking extract firm that bore his name and also owner of Deerfoot Farms, in which Harry participated with his father for many Years- , ,
' Harry was a loyal Dartmouth man, an ardent follower of her football teams, and ever ready to contribute to her success.
His widow, the former Margaret Dunn of New York, was with him when he died. Besides his widow, he leaves a son, Maj. Peter Burnett, of Natick, Mass., executive officer of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, a daughter, Lee, wife of Frederick Peterson, principal of the junior department of Andover Academy, and four grandchildren.
Funeral services were held in St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Southboro, at which the class was represented by Bob Bigelow.
1919
AUREL COURTNEY PARKER passed away on February 10 in the Veteran's Hospital in White River Junction, Vt., after several months' illness.
Born March 24, 1898, in Plainfield, Mass., son of Eugene F. and Nellie (Packard) Parker, Courtney prepared for college at the Dalton, Mass., High School. After graduating from Dartmouth in 1919 he received his A.M. from Columbia in 1922.
He spent his entire lite teaching, first in New Hampshire and Massachusetts high schools, and at the time of his death was Superintendent of Schools at South Royalton, Vt. He was former president of the Vermont Superintendents Association, and a member of the Masons and the American Legion.
Survivors include his wife, the former Helen Roberts, two daughters and two grandchildren, to whom goes the most sincere sympathy of the class.
1920
HERBERT SMITH DUFFY died at his home, 269 Morrison Ave., Columbus, Ohio, on December 29 after a short illness.
Hub was born in New Lexington, Ohio, on February 25, 1900. His family later moved to Columbus where he attended Aquinas High School. He was a student at Ohio State University when he was inducted into the Naval Air Corps as an Ensign in 1918. After his discharge he entered Dartmouth in January 1919 and graduated with the Class of 1920. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi.
After receiving his LL.B. from Harvard in 1924, Hub began the practice of law in Columbus and at the time of his death was practicing with his brother Thomas J. Duffy at 33 North High St. A Democrat, Hub had long been active in state politics. He was Attorney General for Ohio in 1937-39 again in 1949-51. He was twice nominated for the Ohio Supreme Court but defeated. In 1952 he headed the Ohio delegation to the Democratic national convention.
He was the author o£ two books, Biographyof William Howard Taft, published in 1930, and The Treasure Chest, published in 1936. He was a member of the Franklin Post of the American Legion, Columbus Club and of the Ohio and American Bar Associations.
Besides his brother Hub is also survived by a sister, Margaret R. Duffy of Columbus. Burial was in New Lexington after a solemn requiem mass at the Holy Rosary Church in Columbus.
ROBERT VAN IDERSTINE died of coronary thrombosis at his home on Gibson Island, Maryland, on December 30.
Bob was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., July 29, 1898 and prepared for college at the Storm King School. He entered Dartmouth with the Class of 1920 and was a member of Phi Kappa Psi. On March 28, 1917 he enlisted in the Naval Reserve and served on the USSAztec and the USS Seattle until his discharge on December 6, 1918.
Bob's entire business career was in the field of insurance and reinsurance intermediaries. From 1922 to 1946 he was with the Holborn Agency of New York and was president of the company for many years. From 1949 to 1950 he was with Leonhart & Co. in Baltimore and for the next five years managed his own reinsurance business in Baltimore. In 1955 he became president of Trade Association Underwriters, Inc.
Making his home in Tenafly, N. J., for many years, Bob was councilman and mayor of Tenafly from 1933 to 1944. On the news of Bob's death the mayor of Tenafly decreed a 30-day period of official mourning and the borough hall was draped in mourning. Funeral services were held in the Church of the Atonement in Tenafly on January 2.
On August 5, 1919 Bob was married to Louise Hamilton, who survives him with their daughters Margaret (Mrs. V. I. Morris) and Ethel (Mrs. R. R. Norris).
Although with the class only one year, Bob was one of its most loyal members, and a member of the Dartmouth Clubs of New York and Baltimore.
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ERNEST HARVI.Y CHAPMAN, of 250 Union St., Springfield, Mass., died suddenly on February 6.
Ernest tame to Dartmouth from Springfield Central High School, and after graduation returned to Springfield to enter business. He took a business degree at Northeastern University, and then became associated with Crocker, McElwain Co., of Holyoke, and later took a position as manager of the Potter Knitting Co. During his entire business career he was extremely active in the Chamber of Commerce, first being in charge of the activities of the retail merchants' bureau, later becoming secretary of the industrial bureau in 1933. He resigned this post in 1934, and in 1936 look over the insurance and travel business conducted by H. W. McKenzie which he had operated since, representing several nationally known insurance agencies.
Ernest was an enthusiastic and skillful bridge player and represented the University Club in several out-of-town matches. He was also active in golfing circles, being a member of both the Longmeadow and Springfield Country Clubs.
He is survived by his widow Mrs. Grace McKenzie Chapman; two daughters, Mrs. Jean Voegeli of Valley Station, Ky., and Mrs. Caroline Hills of Perry Point, Md.; three grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. Charles O. Worthington of Somers, Conn.
1939
WILLIAM WARREN OWENS died at Fort Snelling Veterans' Hospital, St. Paul, Minn., on December 8, a victim of brain cancer.
A member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, Bill was with the class for only a little more than a year. During the war, in which he served as an officer in the Army Air Corps, he was married to the former Nancy Moulton of Winnetka, Ill. They made their home in Winnetka until January 1955, when they moved to Aurora, Ill., where Bill had bought a partnership interest in the Charles E. Day Insurance Agency.
Bill was taken ill in September and after being hospitalized in Aurora, was transferred in November to Fort Snelling Hospital.
Bill is survived by both parents, his brother and sister, and by his wife Nancy, and their three children, Susan, William Jr., and Honny, who temporarily are living at 2450 Delaware Ave., St. Paul 18, Minn.
1953
I HOMAS MCKEE FRENZEL died in University Hospital, Minneapolis, on December 17 after a 10-months battle with Blight's disease.
Tom was born in St. Paul, April 22, 1931, the son of Paul W. and Paula (Schlegel) Frenzel. He prepared for college at St. Paul Academy. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi and Dragon, and was on the freshman basketball and baseball teams, and earned his D in swimming.
After graduation Tom served for two years in the Army and was released in October 1955. On January 21, 1956 Tom was married to Ruth Sargent of St. Paul and they had been making their home at 419 Woodlawn Ave., St. Paul.
Universally referred to as "a grand guy," Tom in his short career showed unusual devotion to his College and his class, which he served as a class agent. The class mourns the loss of the first graduate to leave its ranks.
Tom is survived by his wife, his parents, and three brothers, one of whom is William E. Frenzel '50.
HAROLD GODDARD RUGC. '06
