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.]
Pollard, John W. H. '95, May 2 Sawyer, Leroy R. '00, Mar. 14 Thayer, Royal B. '01, Apr. 15 Porter, Henry G. '03, Mar. 4 Hatch, Daniel P. '06, May 8 Rich, Walter C. '08, Apr. 17 Baxter, Chauncey B. '10, Apr. 10 Meehan, Albert G. '10, Mar. 27 Adams, Mark I. '11, Mar. 11 Mathes, James M. '11, Apr. 28 Grieb, W. Clarke '12, Apr. 3 Johnson, Russell C. '15, May 6 Weeks, Harold J. '17, May 8 Ohnemus, Russell A. '18, Apr. 27 Beach, Francis J. '23, Apr. 16 Howarth, Andrew J. '23, Mar. 31 Lyman, Elliott B. '25, May 6 Ranney, Omar S. '28, Apr. 23 Woodruff, William E. '31, May 2 Curtiss, C. Edson, 3rd, '38, Apr. 24 Goodrich, Nathaniel L., A. M. '16, Apr. 30 Rublee, George, LL.D. '31, Apr. 27
Faculty
NATHANIEL LEWIS GOODRICH, M.A. '16, Librarian Emeritus of the College, died April 30 at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, where he had undergone an operation following an illness of several weeks. He was 77 years old and had been in retirement since 1950, after 38 years of service to Dartmouth in the important position of Librarian.
Mr. Goodrich came to the College as Librarian in 1912, and took charge of the old Dartmouth library in Wilson Hall. Sixteen years later he directed the move into the new Baker Library, which is his greatest memorial, for Mr. Goodrich had a major part in planning Dartmouth's renowned library, creating the spirit of its daily operations, and starting it off to the attainment of scholarly resources that have made Baker preeminent among undergraduate college libraries and one that ranks, indeed, with the best university libraries of the country.
In a talk a few years before Baker was built, Mr. Goodrich said of libraries, "Our best buildings are very efficient, but somewhat bleak. We feel that they smack more of the office and the laboratory than of the library. For we believe that the library of a college or university must be not only efficient, but appropriate and enticing For to attract readers, to make readers, is one of the prime duties for a college library, and we believe this matter of atmosphere to help greatly in its fulfillment."
An attractive, informal, inviting atmosphere for Baker Library, along with its open-stack policy, was a special goal for Mr. Goodrich and one that he had the satisfaction of achieving. During his twelve years as head of the new library he also directed a vast increase in the total number of volumes and in the special collections housed there. One of the library assets most directly associated with him is Dartmouth's present, outstanding map collection, which had its start with Mr. Goodrich s acquisitions after World War I. During the war he served as captain with the map department of the Army's military intelligence branch.
Before coming to Dartmouth in 1912, he had served as chief of the order section of the New York State Library, 1906-07; librarian of the University of West Virginia, 1907-09; and librarian of the University of Texas, 1910-12. He was graduated from Amherst in 1901 and took his B.L.S. degree from the New York State Library School in 1904. At Dartmouth he was awarded the honorary faculty M.A. degree in 1916 and was made a full professor in 1943. Amherst awarded him the honorary Doctorate of Letters in 1941, citing him as: "Son of Amherst in the Class of 1901, skilled Alpinist by avocation, for a third of a century Librarian of Dartmouth College. Under your leadership the Dartmouth Library has attained nationwide preeminence among college libraries."
The designation "Alpinist" was a reference to Mr. Goodrich's avocation as mountain climber, skier and outdoor enthusiast. In his early years in Hanover he had been on the Council of the Dartmouth Outing Club. He climbed and skied in the Canadian Rockies, in Switzerland and in many of the mountain regions of New England and the West. He was editor of the American Ski Annual from 1934 to 1940, wrote many articles for Appalachia, and was a member of the Appalachian Mountain Club, American Alpine Club, Alpine Club of Canada, Ski Club of Great Britain, the National Ski Association and Kandahar. He was the author, in 1952, of a small volume, The Waterville Valley, expressing his lifetime familiarity with a beloved spot, the Waterville Valley in the White Mountains.
At the time of his retirement in 1950, Mr. Goodrich's associates in Baker Library commissioned the painting of his portrait by Paul Sample '20, Dartmouth's artist in residence. The portrait, showing him with his everpresent pipe and with the North Country hills in the background, now hangs in the library.
Mr. Goodrich was born in Concord, N. H., on February 9, 1880, the son of Arthur Lewis and Mary (Bachelder) Goodrich. He was married July 30, 1908, to Miss Alice Lyman of Waverly, N. Y., who survives him. There were no children.
1895
JOHN WILLIAM HOBBS POLLARD died at his home, 28 Seven Star Road, Groveland, Mass., on May 2.
Hobbs was born in Brentwood, N. H., February 22, 1872 and prepared at Haverhill (Mass.) High School where he was a member of the school's first football team. In college he played football for four years and was captain of the varsity team in his senior year. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi.
After receiving his M.D. with honors from the University of Vermont in 1901 he was physical director at Lehigh University, 1901-02, and at the University of Rochester, 1902-05. From 1906 to 1921 he was professor of physical education at the University of Alabama and university surgeon, 1915-21. In 1921 he became commissioner of health in Quincy, Ill., organizing the first unit of its kind in Illinois. He was then commissioner of health in Evanston, Ill., from 1926 until 1937 when he resigned due to ill health.
In May 1917 Hobbs entered the army as Ist Lt. in the Medical Reserve Corps and served until June 1919 when he was discharged as Lt. Colonel. He was a past commander of an American Legion post, a 32nd degree Mason, and a member of Kiwanis and many medical, scientific, health and historical societies.
On December 28, 1898 Hobbs was married to Kate M. Blunt, who survives him.
190°
LEROY ROBINSON SAWYER passed away on March 14 at the Greenlawn Convalescent Home in Rockville, Conn., to which he was admitted for care in the fall of 1953. There are no details as to the cause of his death or of the funeral and burial arrangements.
Roy was born on August 11, 1876 at New Salem, Mass., the son of Charles O. and Mary C. Sawyer. He prepared for college at the Orange'(Mass-) High School and entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1896. He was graduated in 1900 and thus became a member of that fine fellowship, almost a close-knit family relation, which has been an outstanding characteristic of the class. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi.
When Roy's interest in Spanish institutions started is not known, but we do know that on graduation he became superintendent of schools in San Juan, Puerto Rico. In 1904 he went out to the Far East and identified himself with the educational system in the Philippines. There he married Mary Lucille Ewers, and there, in 1914, his oldest son was born. He lived in the Philippines for fourteen years, and was superintendent of industrial education from 1913 to 1917. During 1918 Roy served with the division of war risk insurance in Washington. In 1919 he went back to Puerto Rico as principal of the Ponce High School, and in 1920 went to Cartagena, Colombia as United States Consul. In 1924 Roy joined the staff of the United Fruit Company and served that company, until his retirement in 1943, in Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, and in Santa Marta, Colombia. Roy spoke Spanish fluently and was an authority on Spanish institutions. His hobbies were gardening and reading French and Italian literature.
Since Roy's retirement in 1943 he lived in this country, part of the time in Florida, then in New York City and Connecticut.
Roy's wife died last October in Los Angeles. He is survived by a son Bayard who is connected with McGraw-Hill Book Company; a son, David '45, who is also with McGraw-Hill; a daughter Irene, Mrs. Vincent Potter of Lima, Peru; and by seven grandchildren.
1901
EDGAR HAYES HUNTER died on April 16 inthe Virginia State Medical College Hospitalin Richmond, to which he had been takenfollowing a cerebral hemorrhage suffered inWilliamsburg where he and his wife had beenspending a short vacation. Funeral serviceswere held in the Church of Christ in Hanoveron April 20 and burial was in the Old Dartmouth Cemetery.
Ed was born in Somerville, Mass., June 16,1876 the son of John and Frances (Tibbetts)Hunter. After graduating from the academyin Bridgton, Maine, he entered Dartmouthand was graduated in 1901, receiving the C.E.degree from Thayer School the next year. Hewas a member of Phi Delta Theta and Dragon.He served as president of his class from graduation until his death.
For the next ten years Ed served the College as Superintendent of Buildings and during this period Webster Hall was built and the Chapel enlarged. From 1912 to 1952 Ed was in business in Hanover as a private contractor and built several dormitories, the new White Church and many other buildings in the Hanover area. During World War I he served as Captain in the construction division of the Quartermaster Corps.
Few men have given so unstintingly of their time, their energy and their wisdom to the service of the community, the state and the College. Ed served as Moderator of the Town of Hanover for 16 years, was a member of the Tax Board for three years, was one of the founders and a director of the Village Improvement Society, and for many years was Moderator of the Church of Christ. His interest and association with the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital extended over many years. Elected to the hospital corporation in 1908, he was its chairman for 43 years and continued an active member until his death. He was also a member of the hospital's board of directors.
Active in public affairs in the state, Ed served in the legislature, 1931-41, and was for eight years chairman of the Appropriations Committee. From 1941 to 1952 he was chairman of the Public Service Commission and in 1944-45 was chairman of the State Postwar Planning and Rehabilitation Council. He was a director of the N. H. Crippled Children's Society and a past district governor of the Rotary Club. He was a trustee and chairman of the board of Bridgton Academy.
Ed received many awards for his distinguished service. In 1948 he received from the N. H. Federation of Taxpayers Associations its first citation to a good citizen. He was hailed as "A leader who has given of yourself, your time, your brains and your creative thought to help ensure for our children the sort of government our fathers ensured for us."
In 1955 when the president of the University of New Hampshire presented him with the Charles Holmes Pettee Memorial Medal, he said of Ed, "You have set a standard of public service and official integrity to which all public servants must aspire ... you have built into your life and personality the honest strength, the regard for the dignity and rights of others which we cherish for all our people."
At Commencement in 1955 President Dickey said to Ed, "For more than 50 years, in mind, hand and heart you have personified community unity and human qualities at their quiet best. And beyond Hanover, a man is hard pressed to find an aspect of New Hampshire that is not better because as a legislator or state official you bothered to make it better. For your mastery of the art of making the North Country a better neighborhood, Dartmouth awards you her honorary Master of Arts."
On June 8, 1904 Ed was married to Edna E. Hill who survives him with their two sons, Dr. Ralph W. Hunter '31 of Hanover, a Trustee of the College, and Edgar H. Hunter Jr. '38, architect and lecturer in architectural design at Dartmouth. He is also survived by six grandchildren.
1902
HERBERT WILFRID BRIGGS died on April 2 at the Cape Cod Hospital, Hyannis, Mass. He was born in New York City on July 23, 1881, the son of the Rev. Charles Augustus Briggs, a member of the faculty of Union Theological Seminary, and Julie Valentine Briggs.
Bert entered college in September 1898 but completed work for his degree in three years, which meant that he graduated with the Class of 1901, yet he always regarded himself as a 1902 man and gave his support to our class. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi.
He began his business career with Scribner & Sons and then entered the investment banking business with the Boston house of E. H. Rollins & Sons where he remained till he was a senior partner. Then he retired from the firm to establish his own investment banking concern.
Bert made his reputation during the hard times of the 1930's when he accomplished the unification of the American Commonwealth Power Corporation, the Community Power and Light Co. and General Public Utilities Corp. as the Southwestern Public Service Company. He was a director of Southwestern from the time of its organization.
Since his retirement, Bert divided his time between Naples, Florida, and Chatham on Cape Cod, in both of which places he was active in the Golf Club. Bert is survived by his sister, Olive M. Briggs, who made her home with him, and his son, John V. Briggs of San Diego, Calif. His wife, Helen Towne Briggs died some years ago, as did his daughter Barbara.
Bert had a loyal and unfailing interest in all phases of Dartmouth life and maintained throughout his life close contact with such friends as Frank Drake, Percy Dorr and George Dow.
Funeral services were in a beautiful Cape Cod Church, the Church of the Holy Spirit in South Orleans, and he rests in the Briggs Mausoleum which he built in Chatham many years ago.
1903
JAMES WILLIAM MCMANUS of 291 Broadway, Lawrence, Mass., died on April 2 after a long illness. He was one of the best known attorneys in that area. A practicing attorney for the past half century, he was born in Andover and lived most of his life in Lawrence.
After graduating from Dartmouth in 1903 he attended Harvard Law School. He was one of three attorneys feted by the Lawrence Bar Association in November 1956 for having reached the 50-year mark in the legal profession. Jim conducted a general law practice, which included participation in several celebrated criminal cases in years gone by.
He was a former member of the Lawrence School Committee, and served as a member of the Breen School Commission while the school was being erected. He more than once was reappointed bail commissioner for Lawrence, Methuen, Andover and North Andover by Superior Court justices.
Jim was a member of the Dartmouth Club of Lawrence and the Lawrence and Essex County Bar Associations. He was an attendant of St. Patrick's Church and was affiliated with the Holy Name Society of that parish. He was a corporator of the Community Savings Bank, and a life member of Lawrence Lodge 65, 8.P.O.E.
His wife, the former Ellen M. Reardon, died some years ago. He leaves a daughter, Mrs. Helen M. Peterson of Lawrence, and four grandchildren. Jim was loyal to the Class of 1903 and the College. He regularly attended class reunions and other gatherings. Our sympathy goes to his daughter.
1906
GEORGE NORMAN BANKART died in New York City on January 27. His home was at 61 West 9th St.
Bank was born in Bradford, England on November 22, 1883 and came to college from the high school in Rochester, N. H. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta and C & G and won his letters in basketball and football.
After graduation he joined the A. C. Law-rence Leather Co. as a salesman and remained with them until 1922. He was manager for E. C. Mills Co., 1922-26, and was with the General Leather Co. of Newark in the same capacity, 1926-29. In 1929 he formed his own business as Bankart and Samuelson, leather salesman and manufacturers' agent, and continued until forced by ill health to retire in 1955. For 42 years he had officiated at college football games.
On June 5, 1909 Bank was married to Mabel Gardner who survives him. He is also survived by his brother, Larry '10, and by several Dartmouth nephews. Henry R. Bankart '09 was a brother.
1908
ALBERT RICHARD CHANDLER, Professor Emer- itus o£ Philosophy at Ohio State University, passed away at his home in nearby Worthing- ton, Ohio, on March 22 following a heart at- tack.
Albert was born in Norwich, Conn., May 25, 1884, and prepared for Dartmouth at Norwich Free Academy. In college he was a Rufus Choate scholar and earned a Phi Beta Kappa key. At graduation he won second honors in the class. In 1909 he earned an A.M. at Dartmouth, then transferred to Harvard where he earned an A.M. in 1911 and a Ph.D. in 1913. In 1911 and 1912, on a scholarship, he attended lectures at Marburg and Goetingen and travelled all over Europe. In 1913 he returned to Harvard as instructor in Philosophy.
In September 1914 he transferred to Ohio State University as Assistant Professor of Philosophy, was appointed full Professor in 1925 and served in that capacity until his retirement in 1951.
During World War I he went to Europe for three months with an American Ambulance unit caring for French soldiers at Neuilly near Paris, then was sent by the American Red Cross to Italy, serving in Chioggia, Milan, and Venice, sometimes within sound of the guns on the Austrian front.
Albert was the author of five books: Beautyand Human Nature, 1934; Bibliography ofAesthetics, 1938; Larks, Nightingales, andPoets, 1938; The Clash of Political Ideals, 1940, a source book on Democracy, Facism, Nazism, Communism, etc.; and Rosenburgs'Nazi Myth, 1945, exposing the shallowness and perversity of his thinking.
In 1947 he began to take an interest in gerontology, the problems of retirement and old age, wrote several treatises on its problems and made thrice-weekly radio addresses on station WOSU. For source material the Chandlers spent three years among the retired in St. Petersburg, Florida, but returned to Columbus in 1954.
Albert was a member of the American Philosophical Association, a member and former vice-president of the American Psychological Association, a member of the American Society of Aesthetics, and of the Gerontological Society.
He was Columbus' outstanding leader in organizing and directing activities for senior members of the community. As part of his efforts to assist older people he founded in 1956 a Senior Citizens Recreation Center in Columbus and became its first president. With about 400 members it provides central facilities for recreation and education to fill the long days of the aged.
On August 13, 1921, Albert married Alice T. Wing, a graduate of Vassar, who died in 1935. In 1938 he married Mary M. Shields, who survives him, together with a son, Charles Wing Chandler of Los Angeles, a daughter, Mrs. John H. Cheney of Wyandotte, Mich., and five grandchildren.
1909
WILLIAM MITCHELL JACKSON died on March 31 at his home in Littleton, N. H., after several years of invalidism from a bronchial ailment.
Jack was born in Littleton on May 31, 1886, the son of James R. and Lydia (Drew) Jackson. He came to Dartmouth from Littleton High School and was with the class from 1905 to 1908.
He returned to Littleton and became a tool dresser with the Page Oil Co. In World War I he was an infantry sergeant with the A.E.F. from 1917 to 1919. He had a love of the outdoors and spent his vacations canoeing in Canada when his health allowed.
During his years of invalidism he made his home with his sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Varney. He is also survived by a son Andrew of White-field, N. H., and by two brothers, Robert 'OO and Andrew '03, and by a sister Rachel of Duluth, Minn. To them the class extends its sympathy.
Funeral services were held in All Saints Episcopal Church on April 3, with burial in Glenwood Cemetery, Littleton.
1910
CHAUNCEY BUEL BAXTER died on April 10 in Seattle, Wash. While at his 45th reunion in Hanover in 1955, he became ill, but was active in his business and continued his hobbies of travel and art collecting until last fall. When his condition became acute, he asked Dr. Simeon Cantril '29, who is in charge of the Tumor Institute of the Swedish Hospital, Seattle, to supervise his care and it was a comfort to him to know that when he finally needed skillful medical help, he had a Dartmouth man as his guide.
Funeral services were held April 12 in Tacoma. In attendance were many Dartmouth men who recognized Chan as one of the veteran enthusiasts for the College on the Pacific Coast. A prayer offered by President Ernest Martin Hopkins at Dartmouth's Christmas service in 1941 had always been a favorite of Chan's, and remembering this, his family asked that it be incorporated in the funeral service.
Chan was born November 19, 1888 at Hyde Park, Mass., elder son of Dr. Edward H. and Louise (Smith) Baxter. He prepared for college at Hyde Park High School where he was captain of the high school football team. In college he played on the freshman football team but it was during his sophomore year while on the relay team that he became interested in track. In his senior year he was captain of the varsity cross-country team, and after graduation from college continued his enthusiasm for that sport as a middle-distance runner, winning many prizes and trophies. He was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity.
Chan had jobs with various companies after graduation — South End National Bank of Boston; Thomas Maddocks Sons Co., Trenton; Chicago Pottery Co. and the Griffin Wheel Co. of Chicago. During this time his athletic hobby was still track, and he won many events for the Chicago Athletic Club. In 1915 he joined the sales staff of Standard Sanitary Mfg. Co. in Omaha and travelled the states of Nebraska, lowa and South Dakota. In April 1917 he was transferred to their San Francisco office, and in the fall of that year was drafted for Service in World War I. He was discharged in December 1918 as First Lieut., Field Artillery Reserve Corps. He rejoined Standard Sanitary Mfg. Co. in San Francisco and was later sent to Seattle for the purpose of developing and managing their interests in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Utah, Montana and Alaska. In 1927 he formed the Tacoma Plumbing Supply Co. of Tacoma, later opening branches in Yakima and Wenatehee and was its president until the time of his death.
Chan Baxter was an enthusiastic Dartmouth man and truly loyal to his class. Many times he made the trip east to be with us for reunions. He served as a member of the Alumni Council, 1933-39. He was a member of the Immanuel Presbyterian Church, the Tacoma Golf and Country Club, Union-Universitv Club and the Tacoma Club of Tacoma; also the University Club of Seattle.
Chan was married to Helen Marie Cress in Seattle, August 20, 1927. Survivors are his widow, foster son James 8., and two nephews. Nelson E. Baxter of Caldwell, Idaho and William E. Baxter of Tacoma.
ALBERT GROVER MEEHAN died on March 27, at his farm home near Stuttgart, Ark. He had suffered from heart trouble for a long period.
Al was born January 3, 1888 in Tomorro, Neb., son of Michael Meehan. His father was a newspaper publisher and at the time of Al's entering Dartmouth was connected with The Concord (N. H.) Monitor. Al prepared for college at Concord High School. After two years of college, he entered the newspaper field and worked for The New York Tribune and Boston Traveler.
Al read law and was licensed to practice in 1915. He went to Stuttgart in 1917 and began a long and successful career in the legal field. He became the leader in civic projects, serving as first chairman of the Crusade for Freedom; first president of the Arkansas Brangus Breeders' Association and a member of the national board of that organization. He was a member of the board and attorney for the Peoples National Bank and the First Federal Savings and Loan Association and was a member of the Arkansas, Grand Prairie, and American Bar Associations. He held memberships in the Grand Avenue Methodist Church and the Stuttgart Rotary Club. His law firm was Meehan and Moorhead, and he was a former City Attorney.
In his will, Al Meehan left $25,000 to the city of Stuttgart for a public library. In a statement announcing this bequest, Mrs. Meehan said, "He read everything. He always wanted a library for the city. He always said people didn't read enough, that you never stop learning."
Survivors include his widow, the formerVera Rogers, whom he married March 8, 1946in New York; and two nephews, Richard andNed Meehan of Stuttgart.
1911
JAMES MONROE MATHES died in his sleepfrom a heart attack Sunday morning, April 28
Jim was born in Dover, N. H., December23, 1888, and attended Dover High School andExeter Academy, graduating from the latterin 1907. In college he was a member of BetaTheta Pi, Sphinx, was on the Junior PromCommittee, and manager of the MusicalClubs. Following graduation, he began hisadvertising career with N. W. Ayer and Son,Philadelphia, and traveled through the South,Midwest and West, working out of the Cleveland and Chicago offices. Later he had chargeof the new-business department in Philadelphia, then became head of the New York office, which he ran as long as he was associatedwith the concern. In 1919 he was made a partner and upon the company's incorporation, hebecame senior vice-president and second largest stockholder.
Jim was a pioneer in developing radio as an advertising medium and established the company's radio department. He . was responsible for the development and operation of the 'Eveready Hour," radio program of the National Carbon Company for several years.
In 1924 he and P. D. Saylor bought and refinanced Canada Dry Ginger Ale, Inc. He became vice-president of the concern, later being a director and member of the executive committee up to the time of his death.
In 1933 Jim left the Ayer Company to establish his own agency, which has become one of the leading advertising agencies in the nation. In 1954 he moved to his fine new Quarters at 260 Madison Avenue. He served as president of this company until last year when he became chairman of the board.
Tim's outstanding success as an advertising executive was due to his many fine business attributes, including his salesmanship ability and his belief that the companies which he helped develop needed merchandising and advertising guidance rather than meddling with the management of the companies. Quoting him, he said, "I go in to help, not to interfere." He was a great believer in profit-sharing and, up to recently, had contributed solely for employee benefits over 70% of his company's net income.
Jim was one of the most active among the great body of Dartmouth alumni and a staunch supporter of its affairs. He was always participating in 1911 programs and a source of advice and strength for his chapter of Beta Theta Pi. He was a leader in Junior Achievement, Inc. and was awarded its achievement plaque, which is the highest award of the organization. Among his alumni responsibilities, he was a member of the Dartmouth Athletic Council for two terms from 1939 to 1945, being chairman of the council the last year. He was a vice-president of the class and always available for counsel and aid.
He was the author of numerous magazine, newspaper, and other articles on the subject of advertising. He was a director of Canada Dry Ginger Ale, Ltd., and Canada Dry Ginger Ale, Inc., General Plastics, Inc., Emery Air Freight Corporation, C. B. Seeley Sons Company and Otarion, Inc. He was a member of the Union League, Dartmouth and Cloud Clubs of New York, the Round Hill and The Field of Greenwich, and the York, Maine, Country Club.
Jim had his home in Greenwich, Conn., at 20 Church Street, where he died, also an apartment in New York City on Park Avenue, and his beautiful summer home at York Harbor, Maine.
He is survived by his wife, Ruth Dearborn, to whom he was married in 1916, and three daughters, Mrs. Richard S. Jackson ('39), Mrs. Harvey L. Rohde ('39), and Mrs. J. Francis Gerrity 2d, and fourteen grandchildren. His son, Jim Jr., a lieutenant in the Navy, was killed in action on August 9, 1944, while serving aboard a PT boat in the English Channel.
Funeral services attended by several Dartmouth classmates were held in the Round Hill Community Church in Greenwich, followed by services at the First Parish Congregational Church, York, Maine. In lieu of flowers, friends have been asked to send contributions to the J. M. Mathes Memorial Fund of Dartmouth College.
Word has been received of the death of MARK ADAMS in New York on March u. Mark was born in Roxbury, Mass., on November 27, 1888, and graduated from Boston English High School. He spent the first and sophomore years at Dartmouth, then transferred to Harvard where he received his bachelor degree in 1911. This was followed by one year at Northeastern University Law School.
For four years he was with William Filene's Sons Company in Boston, then with Cahn, Nickelsburg & Company, San Francisco, shoe manufacturers, until he entered the army in 1917 where he served as Second Lieutenant, Inspector of Ordnance. From 1919 to 1921 he was in the manufacturing export business and then spent the rest of his life in the investment field with concerns engaged in the sale of securities.
Although a graduate of Harvard, he continued to keep his interest in Dartmouth and 1911. In November 1929 he was married to Rita Myers who died last year. They had no children.
PATRICK JAMES HURLEY died suddenly at the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, Hanover, on March 29.
Pat was born in Lancaster, N. H., January 25, 1888. He came to Dartmouth from Lancaster Academy and shortly after graduating in 1911, he was commissioned a lieutenant in the U.S. Army. His military career was a long and honorable one. He was a distinguished graduate of the General Staff College at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, in 1923, being one of the top men in a class of 154. In 1926 he completed his work at the Army War College in Washington which he described as one of the toughest courses in his life. He served in the Panama Canal Zone and took part in the battles of Chateau Thierry, Belleau Wood, the Argonne Forest and the Meuse-Argonne campaign during World War I.
From 1925 to 1930 he was Army adviser for the Massachusetts National Guard, stationed at Worcester, Mass. He then was transferred to be an instructor at the Command and General Staff School at Ft. Leavenworth from which he had earlier graduated. In 1935 he went to Hawaii to become executive officer of the 19th Infantry regiment and later was commanding officer of special troops and provost marshal of the island. During World War II he organized and commanded the first prisoner of war camp for foreign officer personnel in the United States. Pat advanced rapidly, becoming a first lieutenant in 1916, a captain in 1917, major in 1918, lieutenant colonel in 1935, and full colonel in 1943. He retired in 1948.
His son, Captain and Combat Pilot James Hurley, graduated from West Point, was killed in an air mission at Honshu, Japan, in 1949. His other son, Colonel Paul J. Hurley, U.S. Air Force, is now stationed at the Pentagon in Washington. Paul received an Air Medal with 11 Battle Clasps and Distinguished Flying Cross during the Second World War.
In addition to this son and five grandchildren, Pat is survived by his wife, Mildred Hickey Hurley, to whom he was married in 1917. Burial was in Calvary Cemetery in Lancaster.
TIMOTHY STEPHEN VATTSF.S died December 15, 1955 at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Martha S. Santos, at Sao Luiz Gonzaga, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Tim retired on July 12, 1955 and immediately came to the U. S. with his family. He had been in the U. S. only about a week at his brother Ted's at his old family home in Melrose, Mass., when he suddenly complained of very severe headaches. He went into Leahy Clinic and was operated on August 3, and they discovered a malignant brain tumor which they were unable to remove in its entirety. He never really regained consciousness, but returned by plane with his family to Brazil where he died at his daughter's.
He was buried from the Chamber of Commerce Building in Rio Grande after lying in state for two days. All the stores and factories in this city of 100,000 population were closed in honor of Tim. Prominent business men and government officials from distant points attended his funeral. This was how Tim was revered and respected by the people who worked with him.
Tim was most active in political affairs, as well as business, in Brazil. He was confidant and adviser to President Vargas, and was given a medal from the president for a life time of meritorious service to Brazil's labor and business world.
Tim was born in Andover, Mass., July 12, 1890. He came to Dartmouth from Melrose (Mass.) High School. He left Dartmouth at the end of his sophomore year because of eye trouble and took a position with Blake, Knowles & Co., a Boston pump and valve company. They sent him to Buenos Aires, Argentina. He stayed with them a year and then became manager of Swift & Co.'s largest cold storage in Buenos Aires.
He was transferred to the Swift plant in Rosario, Brazil and later became general manager of all Swift operations in Brazil. He developed and instituted canning of meats, fish and vegetables for export from South America to foreign countries as well as for domestic use in Brazil. He was a very active member of Rotary International and started several new chapters in South America.
While in Buenos Aires, he married Angela Quirino in 1919. They had two children, Martha and Timothy William. All three survive him. He is also survived by two nephews Allan Vaitses '39 and Paul S. Vaitses Jr. '42. His brother Paul graduated in the class of 1908.
While at Dartmouth, Tim was one of the most popular and loved members of his class and although his business and private life was many miles away in South America, he was a most loyal and active alumnus and attended most class reunions. Tim's loss will be felt by all.
1914
EDWARD TAYLOR OSBORN died on December 31 in Sea Girt, N. J. He was born in Middle-town, N. J., May 7, 1891, the son of Frank and Viola Osborn. After graduating from Blair Academy he entered Dartmouth with the Class of 1914, but left after two years.
In September 1925 he married Helen Barkalow who survives him. Unfortunately we have too little information about his activities, but it is apparent that he spent most of his years as an engineer with the New Jersey state highway department, with which he was associated when he passed away.
1916
LELAND ESPENSCHEID STOWELL died at his home 9 Circle Rd., Scarsdale, N. Y., on April 14 as the result of a heart ailment. He was born in New York City, August 17, 1892, the son of Dr. W. L. and Louise (Espenscheid) Stowell. He prepared for Dartmouth at DeWitt Clinton High School, New York, and at college was a member of Phi Delta Theta.
Lee left college in his sophomore year, and served in the Motor Transport Corps of the Army in World War I, receiving his discharge in December 1919. After the war he was employed successively by Harris, Forbes and Co., National City Co., Equitable Trust Co., Young and Ottley, Inc., and the United States Trust Co. At the time of his death he was retired as president of the Arlington Chemical Co., Yonkers.
On May 5, 1917, Lee married Catherine P. Ingersoll, who survives him together with a daughter Joan, now Mrs. David Smith, two grandchildren and two brothers, Kenneth K. Stowell '16 and William C. Stowell. He was greatly saddened by the loss of his only son, Bruce K. Stowell, in World War II. Lee was very fond of sailing and was a member of the American Yacht Club of Rye.
1918
EMMETT DURANT SALISBURY died suddenly on March 30 at his home, 5216 Hollywood Rd., Minneapolis, as he was preparing to leave for a vacation.
Em was born in Minneapolis, May 23, 1895, the son of Fred R. and Nellie (Barrows) Salisbury and came to Dartmouth from East High School in Minneapolis. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi.
On August 9, 1917 he enlisted as a private in the Quartermaster Corps and was discharged on November 31, 1918 as 2nd Lt. Returning to Minneapolis he at once joined Salisbury & Satterlee Co., bedding manufacturers, which was founded by his grandfather. At his death he was president of Salisbury Co.
Em was always active in civic affairs. He helped to organize the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce and served as its president, 1945-48. He was a past president of the Rotary Club, the Sales Managers Club and the Spring Air group. He was one of the active promoters of the Salvation Army alcoholism clinic and was chairman of the board of Junior Achievement, Inc. He took an active interest in school affairs and headed citizen groups working for better schools. He was a veteran member of the St. Anthony Commercial Club.
On January 1, 1921 Em was married to Frances Worden, who survives him with their daughter Kathryn, Mrs. Edward Ring, and their son James, all of Minneapolis. To them goes the deepest sympathy from the class. Em will be greatly missed.
ROBERT AIKEN DRAKE of 6 LaGrange St., Winchester, Mass., died suddenly on March 6 in Bermuda where he was on vacation.
Ducky was born in Franklin, N. H., December 6, 1896. He spent one year at Dartmouth and then transferred to Harvard where he graduated in 1918, but he alwasy kept his interest in his Dartmouth class. During World War I he served in France with an ambulance unit and was later in the lighter-than-air service. In 1920 he came to Tuck School to work as a special student.
After a short time with the Standard Oil Co. of Nebraska he joined RCA-Victor as factory representative and remained with them until 1939 when he became sales manager for the Victor Division, Oliver Ditson Co. In 1930 he became New England advertising manager for Harper's Bazaar, which position he held at his death.
On May 25, 1918 Ducky was married to Jennette Sargent, who survives him with their three daughters: Jean, Mrs. Graham G. Alvord; Marilyn, Mrs. Robert A. White; and Betsy, Mrs. Alfred J. McClure III. Ducky took great delight in his ten grandchildren. He loved children and spent much of his time teaching them to play tennis.
1923
GEORGE WILLIAM HAMILTON passed away on March 31 at his home, 55 East End Avenue, New York City. His death, from a heart attack, was a shock to his family arid associates.
"Spike" was a native of Newport, Vt., and was graduated from Newport High School. While at Dartmouth he organized the first Dartmouth College recording dance orchestra which won national collegiate fame as the Barbary Coast Orchestra. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi.
After leaving college he conducted an orchestra at the Chicago Opera Company for four years. Moving to New York in 1929, he organized his own band and played at such leading hotels as the Waldorf Astoria, Palmer House and Chase Hotel.
Spike appeared in pictures in Hollywood, such as "George White's Scandals" and "Sunday Night at the Trocadero" and did much radio broadcasting work. For three years he recorded the Music Box Review. In 1944 Spike returned to New York, gave up active orchestra work and entered the cosmetic field with Elizabeth Arden, Lentheric, and until his death, Evyan Parfums, Inc., where he was sales manager.
Among the songs which he composed during his musical career were: "Bye, Bye, Pretty Baby," "Betty Co-Ed," "I'll Never Forget," "Somebody Nobody Loves," "Wild Honey," "Lovely While It Lasted," "Hat Check Girl," "lowa Corn Song," "Blue Skies," and others. He was a talented violinist, being a former pupil of the late Tom Burroughs of St. Johnsbury and Newport.
Surviving Spike are two sons, George and David, a daughter Sharon and a brother, Harris F.
Word has just come in of the death of EDWIN TOM CAMP of Newport, Vt. It is ironical that Mike died on March 31, the same day as his old friend, Spike Hamilton. Mike was a close chum of Spike's in their boyhood days in Newport. They were born within a week of each other, both attended and graduated from Newport High School and went to Dartmouth together.
After leaving college they were both employed by the Chicago Opera Club, Mike as manager and Spike as band leader. For the st few years Mike had been manager in Newport for the W. H. Lillicap Co., automobile dealers. He was married in 1925 to Katharine Sheldon and had three children, Hester, Edwin and Katharine.
1928
GERALD ITALO CETRULO died of a heart attack at Idlewild Airport, New York, on March 10 as he returned from a vacation in the Virgin Islands with his wife. His home was at 234 Mt. Prospect Ave., Newark, N. J.
"Terry was born in Newark, December 28, 1907 and prepared for college at Barringer High in Newark. At Dartmouth he was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha and gained fame as captain of the fencing team in his junior and senior years. He was also national intercollegiate fencing champion and a member of the U. S. Olympic team of 1932. He coached the sport at Seton Hall University from 1938 to 1942 and his teams won 87 consecutive victories and 15 Eastern Intercollegiate championships.
He was graduated cum laude from Dartmouth and after another year in the Dartmouth Medical School he went to the New York University School of Medicine, graduating in 1931. He interned at what are now the Clara Maass Hospital and the Martland Medical Center in Newark. He entered general practice in Newark in 1935, and since 1938 had confined his practice to surgery, becoming a fellow of the American College of Surgeons in 1945- He had been assistant medical director of Martland Medical Center since 1953, and a few days before his death was appointed dean of post-graduate medical education at Seton Hall College of Medicine and Dentistry.
From 1942 to 1945 he served in the Army Air Corps as a captain, and was chief of surgery at the Air Corps Base Hospital, St. Joseph, Mo.
He is survived by his widow, Alberta; four children, Valerie, 17, Gerald, 15, Curtis, 14, and Karen, 12; three sisters, four brothers and his father.
OMAR STEELE RANNEY died of a heart attack April 23 in Cleveland, Ohio. His home was at 15322 Lake Ave., Lakewood.
Bud was general manager of the Northern Ohio Opera Association and had moved into the Hotel Cleveland for a week due to the heavy work in connection with Opera Week. He had attended the opening performance of the Metropolitan Opera the night before. Associates went to his room when he failed to keep several appointments in the morning, and found he had passed away in his sleep.
Bud was born in Cleveland, October 27, 1906 and entered Dartmouth from Lakewood High School. He was a member of Kappa Sigma. After graduation he began his newspaper career in Lorain, Ohio, and shortly after that joined The Cleveland Press as a reporter.
Always a civic booster, one of his outstanding contributions to Cleveland was his six-year drive to transform the rundown Cleveland Zoo into one of the city's first attractions.
For the last 15 years of his Press service he was theater and movie critic. He became widely known in the theatrical world and his critical comments were highly respected. Last December he resigned from The Press to take the opera post.
In 1952 he was elected to the Lakewood Board of Education and had been reelected twice since.
Surviving are his wife, the former Dorothy Mae Phillips; three sons, Philip '58, David and Michael; his mother and a brother, Edward.
The Class extends its sympathy to his family. He will be missed by a multitude of friends.
NATHANIEL LEWIS GOODRICH
EDGAR HAYES HUNTER '01
JAMES MONROE MATHES '11
