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.]
Jacquith, Charles A. '96, Nov. 24 Dow, Eugene M. '01, Nov. 28 Schlatter, Edward B. '03, Oct. 24 Bartlett, Edwin R. '04, Dec. 10 Fassett, Charles A. '07, Sept. Foley, Ernest L. '07, Nov. 24 Reed, Fred L. '09, Nov. 20 Ferguson, Arthur C. '12, Oct. 6 Shumway, Conrad S. '14, Nov. 25 Wood, Bertram C. '14, Nov. 4 Huse, Mason W. '16, Nov. 27 Sisson, Walter C. '17, Nov. 13 Dain, Thomas A. '19, Nov. 26 Pellens, Theodore Jr., '21, Nov. 10 Kidder, Everett S. '25, Dec. 5 Weil, Maurice H. '26, Nov. 4 McGrath, John B. '28, Nov. 18 Skinner, John C. '28, Nov. 26 Mac Murray, Robert '29, Oct. 29 Hodges, John P. '30, Nov. 22 Thompson, Edward McC. '32, Aug. 22 Brindley, Audley Jr., '46, Nov. 19 Karwoski, Theodore F., A.M. '36, Dec. 10 Swope, Gerard, LL.D. '52, Nov. 20
Faculty
THEODORE FRANCIS KARWOSKI, M.A. '36, Professor of Psychology, died suddenly of a heart attack at his Hanover home on December 10. He was 61 years old.
Professor Karwoski had taught at Dartmouth since 1930. In that year he came to the College as Assistant Professor of Psychology after serving on the research staff of Technicolor Corporation in Boston. Much of his research throughout his career had been done in the field of color vision. In 1936 he was promoted to full professor at Dartmouth, and for two periods, 1936-40 and 1951-55, he was chairman of the Department of Psychology.
Professor Karwoski was born in Odessa, Russia, on September 23, 1896. He came to this country with his Polish parents in 1900 and lived in Herkimer and Watervliet, New York. He graduated from the University of Chicago in 1920 and took his Master's degree at Columbia in 1923. For the next two years he was Instructor in Psychology at the University of North Dakota, after which he was a National Research Fellow at Harvard, where he received his Ph.D. degree in 1928.
At Dartmouth, Professor Karwoski for many years gave his well-known course, Psychology 11, "Experimental Psychology," dealing with perception, memory and learning. Last year, in this same field, he began a new laboratory course in sensory and perceptual processes. Professor Karwoski had to his credit a long list of articles and monographs on the psychology of perception. As an expert on reaction to visual and auditory stimuli, he also did much work on the aesthetics of music and art. He was co-author, with Prof. H. J. Butler, of Human Psychology (1936), end also co-author, with Prof. Ross Stagner, of Psy-chology (1952). He was a member of a num- ber of psychological and scientific societies.
Professor Karwoski is survived by his wife, Eila Kinghorn Karwoski, to whom he was married in 1943; and by twin step-daughters, Sally, a freshman at Radcliffe, and Susan, a freshman at Smith. Services were held at the Church of Christ on February 12, and burial was in the local Pine Knoll Cemeterv.
Gifted as scholar and teacher, modest and friendly as a companion, Professor Karwoski was one of Hanover's best-liked citizens and will be greatly missed by College and community.
1893
EDWIN BELL WESTON died in a nursing home in Nashua, N. H., on November 9 after a long illness. His home was in Derry, N. H. He was born in Manchester, N. H., March 15. 1871, the son of former Governor James A. Weston and Zerina Gilmore. At Dartmouth he was a member of the class and varsity baseball teams and the class football team, and of Kappa Kappa Kappa and Sphinx.
After receiving his LL.B. from Boston University in 1897 he practiced for a short time in Boston and Manchester and then established in Derry the practice which he continued for 50 years. An associate judge of the municipal court, he was also a director of the First National Bank of Derry and served his town as trustee of trust funds, moderator of the school district and treasurer of the Alexander Eastman Hospital. He was a member of St. Mark's lodge F & AM.
Mr. Weston was married in Randolph, Vt., on August 8, 1907 to Lena Adele Ellison, who survives him.
1895
ROLAND EUGENE STEVENS died at a nursing home in Enfield, N. H., on November 14 after a long illness. His home was in Hartford, Vt.
He was born in Peterborough, N. H., November 24, 1868, the son of Frederick and Mary (Kimball) Stevens. He prepared for college at St. Johnsbury Academy and was a member of DKE. After attending New York Law School for one year, he read law with former Governor Samuel Pingree in Hartford and then established his law practice in White River Junction which he continued until his retirement, due to ill health.
Mr. Stevens campaigned for the Republican nomination for governor in 1924 on a platform advocating more paved roads for Vermont, but was defeated. Some years ago he represented the Iroquois Indians in their claims against the state of Vermont for payment for lands allegedly stolen from them. During World War I he was chairman for Vermont of the Near East relief drive and county chairman for the Red Cross. He was his town's legal representative in planning with the federal government for the Veterans Administration Center there. He was for some time a member of the State Board of Control which supervised the state institutions.
A devoted alumnus, Mr. Stevens had served as secretary of his class since 1934 and as president since 1952.
On November 7, 1900, Mr. Stevens was married in Hartford to Annie L. Morris, who died in 1951. He is survived by three sons, Roland E. Jr. '33, Robert M. '28'and Paul R.
1896
CHARLES ARTHUR JAQUITH died in Union Village, Vt., on November 24. He was born in North Thetford, Vt., June 4, 1872, the son of Arthur and Annie (Baxter) Jaquith. At Dartmouth he was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa and starred in the 100-yard dash.
After graduating from Dartmouth he attended Yale Theological School from which he received his B.D. in 1899. From 1899 to 1901 he was minister of the Congregational Church in North Woodstock. Conn., and from 1902 to 1908 in South Windsor, Conn. Following two years as teaching principal of Gates Academy, Neligh, Nebr., he went to the University of Chicago for graduate work and received his A.M. in 1911. Then followed three years of teaching at Maryland State Normal School at Baltimore.
Going to Talladega College in 1915 as head of the English department, he remained there until his retirement in 1927. At various times he also taught Philosophy, Education and Biblical Literature. He was greatly stimulated by his students at Talladega, and many of them, scattered throughout the South, have the warmest memories of the inspiration of his teaching.
On July 3, 1898 in Paterson, N.J., Mr. Jaquith was married to Eliza Lord, who died in 1945. He left no close relatives.
1898
CHARLES FRANCIS HARTICAN died in Joliet, Ill., on February 16, 1956. Born in Bloomington, Ill., in 1874, he came to Dartmouth from Hyde Park (Ill.) High School. With the class only two years, he was a member of DKE.
He was in the real estate business in Lockport, Ill., for some years. He never married.
1901
FRANK WADE HALLIDAY passed away suddenly on August 14, at Monmouth, Maine, while attending the Monmouth Academy Reunion.
Born March 2, 1876, in Galashiels, Scotland, at the age of 16 he came to Monmouth and was a student at the Academy. He then entered Bates College and was there two years. He transferred to Dartmouth in our junior year, and graduated with the class in 1901. He received his Master's degree at Mt. Union College, and his LL.B. from the University of Maine.
Frank became the municipal judge in Newport, Maine, and in 1918 was commissioned a major in the Judge Advocate General's Dept. of the Army. During his term of service he was stationed at various army posts, and for six years was professor of law at West Point. He retired as Colonel in 1940.
After his retirement he graduated from the Stetson University School of Law and was admitted to law practice in Florida in 1942. He was professor of law at Stetson, 1942-43. Among his other talents he was the author of many poems, including a collection entitled "The Crow's Nest."
Frank maintained his home at 1333 Mayfield Ave., Winter Park, Florida, as well as a summer home in Harpswell, Maine.
Frank soon became an active member of our class after arriving in Hanover, and a most loyal member he proved to be. A member of the debating team, and of DKE, interested in theatricals, and a public speaker, he played on the varsity football team as fullback. In spite of his light weight, his courage and stamina were remarkable. He quickly absorbed the Dartmouth Spirit and became a most active reuner and loyal contributor.
The death of his son, Malcolm '28, in 1955 was a hard blow for Frank but the fact that his grandson, Malcolm F. Jr. '59, was a Dartmouth man helped him to carry on.
Frank was a member of the First Congregational Church of Winter Park, and had served as a Trustee of Monmouth Academy for many years. In 1904 he married Helen Pierce of Monmouth who survives him. He also leaves two grandchildren and a sister. The funeral services were held in Monmouth and the interment was in Silver Spring, Md.
ROYAL BRADFORD THAYER died April 15 in a hospital in Modesto, Calif., where he had been a patient for many years.
"Rubber" was born in Holbrook, Mass., September 7, 1878. At Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Delta Theta. For many years he was a date grower in California.
He is survived by a son, Royal N. Thayer of Pasadena.
DOUGLAS VANDERHOOF, a retired Richmond, Va., physician and civic leader, died on October 31 after a brief illness.
Van was born in Brooklyn, December 31, 1879. The family moved to Chicago and in 1897 he graduated from the Hyde Park High School.
In college, Van was a well known campus figure. A member of the Dartmouth board, Theta Delta Chi, and C & G, he was also a member of the Mandolin and Banjo Club, and served as secretary of the class senior year, and continued in that capacity until 1904. He was an excellent scholar, with honors in zoology and botany, and graduated with Phi Beta Kappa rank. In 1907 he received an A.M. degree from Dartmouth.
After receiving his M.D. at Johns Hopkins in 1905, he went to Richmond and established a clinical laboratory. He continued his practice until his retirement in 1936. He became associated with the Medical College of Virginia and was on its faculty for many years. He was emeritus professor of medicine, and chairman of the board for twenty years.
Noted in Richmond as a civic leader with wide interests, he had served as trustee and president of the Community Chest, trustee and life member of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and trustee of the church schools of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia. He was chairman of the advisory committee of the Virginia Home for Incurables.
Always prominent as a church man, he was a trustee of the St. James Church Foundation and had served as its president. An active member of St. Stephens, he had been elected honorary senior warden for life. Van belonged to a number of medical societies, both local and national, and was a member of various clubs in the city. He had written numerous articles for medical journals.
A most loyal Dartmouth man, he frequently entertained Dartmouth groups at his home, and seldom missed a class gathering.
His first wife, Julie Osterloh, whom he married in 1910, died in 1924. His second marriage was to Mrs. Nancy Selden Habliston. Their home was at 5501 Cary Street Road, and has long been known for its hospitality. Mrs. VanderHoof is the only immediate survivor.
1903
EDWARD BUNKER SCHLATTER died on October 24 in Madison, Wis. He was born November 4, 1879, in Brooklyn, N. Y., and prepared for college in Brooklyn Boys High School. He was a brilliant scholar, a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa, Dragon, the Dartmouth board and the Mandolin Club.
After receiving his M.A. at Harvard in 1904, he joined the romance languages faculty of the University of Wisconsin, where he received his Ph.D. in 1909. Becoming a full professor in 1928, he was chairman of the Extension Division in the departments of French, Italian and Spanish for over twenty years, his specialty being the history of the French language. He retired in 1943.
Eddie is survived by his wife, the former Florence Barrows; a son, Edward, Jr., of 1143 Amherst Drive, Madison; and a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Sachse of Lansing, Mich.
1904
ARTHUR PINKHAM GALE, proprietor of the Eagle Mountain House at Jackson, N. H., died suddenly on October 30. He was born April 2, 1882, the son of Cyrus and Marcia (Pinkham) Gale, who established the original Eagle Mountain House in 1879 on one of the first homesites in Jackson. Following graduation from Brewster Free Academy in 1900 and Dartmouth in 1904, where he was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity and Casque and Gauntlet, Mr. Gale entered the hotel business.
When the first Eagle Mountain House was destroyed by fire in 1915, "Tinker" became sole owner of the property and built the main part of the present hotel. Since then he had enlarged the hotel and increased his property from 100 to approximately 600 acres. While he is more widely known as a hotel man, he was a lover of nature, and found great satisfaction in farming operations, in conservation and in preservation of wild life. His enthusiastic support of all matters that he deemed to be in the interest of the town and state resort and farming areas will be greatly missed.
A Republican in politics, he served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1931, '35, '43 and '53, and in the State Senate in 1933. He served his town as moderator for 21 years, selectman for 28 years and trustee of public funds for 33 years.
Tinker was a past director of the New Hampshire Farm Bureau Federation, the Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co., and the New Hampshire division of the New England Council. At the time of death he was a director of White Mountain Power Company, a member and past president of the New Hampshire Hotel Association and a member of New England and American Hotel Associations. He was also a member and past president of the board of trustees of Brewster Free Academy, and for several years a trustee of Memorial Hospital. He was a member of the Audubon Society, New Hampshire Historical Society, Appalachian Mountain Club, Society for Protection of New Hampshire Forests and the Sons of the American Revolution.
In 1947 Tinker married Isabel Bradshaw, who survives him,, as do one brother and five sisters. He leaves a host of friends and acquaintances to mourn his passing and miss his ever ready willingness to support any program which he deemed worthy.
1907
CHARLES ADAMS FASSETT died in a Boston hospital in September 1957. His home was at 37 Beacon St. Poor health had forced his retirement several years before his death.
Charles left Dartmouth after his freshman year and attended the University of California during 1904-05. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta.
In 1908 he became a bond salesman for the Chicago Bond and Trust Company. Some years later he was. employed by the Boston office of Halsey Stuart and Co. and became manager of that office in 1917. He remained in its service until his retirement.
He is survived by his widow, who was Ethel Cornell when he married her in Chicago in 1916, and a daughter.
1909
HERBERT RICHARDSON HAWES died at the Veterans Hospital in West Roxbury, Mass., on October 22 after several years of failing health.
Herb was born in Worcester, Mass., on May 30, 1887, the son of Edwin and Hattie (Richardson) Hawes. He prepared for Dartmouth at Worcester Classical High School. In college he was a member of Delta Tail Delta.
Upon graduation, he returned to Worcester to assist his father in the Edwin Hawes Coheating contractors. He became president and treasurer of the company. In 1923 he formed the Ballard Oil Co., serving as president and treasurer until his retirement in 1952.
Herb was a veteran of World War I, serving 13 months in France as a 2nd Lt. On June 5, 1917, he was married to Alice Lavinia Laugher of Worcester, who died in 1950. Their son, Robert E. Hawes, lives at Cohasset, Mass., with his wife and two children.
Herb was active in Masonic circles in the Worcester area, being a member of Quinsigamond Lodge A.F. & A.M., Eureka R.A. Chapter. Worcester County Commandery Knights Templar and the Scottish Rite Bodies. He was also a member of Aleppo Temple of Boston.
Funeral services were held in the Ellen Rogers Kennedy Memorial Chapel at Worcester with interment in Rural Cemetery.
Louis FORREST WRIGHT died at his home, 1293 Main St., Brockton, Mass., on October 20 after being bedridden several years from paralysis.
Lou was born in Brockton, January 12, 1886, the son of Ellery and Sarah (Drake) Wright. He prepared for Dartmouth at the Stone School and Phillips Exeter Academy. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi.
Upon graduation, he returned to Brockton and took his place in the family concern, the Woodard and Wright Last Company. He became president of the corporation in 1925 and remained there until his retirement in
His summer avocation was sailing in Cape Cod Bay. In World War II, he served as an ensign in the Sandwich flotilla of the Coast Guard Auxiliary Reserve.
On July 12, 1909 at Rockland, Mass., Lou was married to Janet Wright who died in 1950. Two sons were born to them. Louis Elwin who was a Lt. Commander in the Navy and was drowned in a boating mishap near Pocasset Harbor. Hobart Ansel, the second son, is now at Presque Isle, Maine.
Lou was a member of both New York and Scottish Rite Masonic bodies holding membership in Paul Revere Lodge A.F. & A.M. of Brockton; the Royal Arch Chapter, Hanover, N.H.; Bay State Commandery #3B Knights Templar, Brockton; and the Consistory of Manchester, N. H. He was a member of Aleppo Temple of Boston, and the Shrine Club of West Palm Beach, Florida.
He is survived by his son Hobart and a sister, Mrs. Mary A. Merrill of Brockton.
Private services were held on October 21 with interment in the family lot at Brockton.
Once again, we who remain from those who first gathered in Hanover in the fall of 1905 are reminded that we have been steadily growing fewer. Latest to bid farewell is FRED LEON REED, who came from Maiden High School and proceeded to make for himself a unique place among us.
Fred was born in Maiden on January 23, 1887. At Hanover he joined Tri-Kap and was a member of the Freshman Mandolin Club, the Vaudeville Club and football squad.
After graduation he taught in Reading High School, and Belmont Academy, California. Thereafter he was with the United Shoe Machinery Co. in its Chicago office, and with Houghton Mifflin Co. from 1913 to 1917. For the next five years he was sales manager of Burnett & Sherman, then one of the largest Ford dealers in the Boston area. Then for five years he was sales manager for C. H. Alden Co., shoe manufacturers.
In 1927 he founded the Reed Teachers Agency in Boston, of which he remained the owner for thirty years. Some 15,000 teachers were registered with him at one time, and even recently when the demand for teachers has limited the need for such agencies, his registrations have not been greatly reduced. Always known as a born salesman and an understanding friend, his vivid personality and energy made his agency beyond question one of the best and most respected in New England.
On August 28, 1911 he married Leslie Payson, who died in March 1925. They had one son, William P. Reed '36, who survives, as well as a grandson.
On March 26, 1926 he married Grace Hill in Cohasset, Mass., where they lived the happiest of lives until his sudden death from thrombosis on November 21. Private services were held in Bigelow Chapel, Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, on November 25.
Nothing could more deeply interest his classmates or give deeper pleasure to Fred himself than these words just received from his wife Grace: "For the past 24 or more years he had gone to the Y.M.C.A. gym near the Touraine for an hour every day where he played handball and went through many other forms of exercise. He was an enthusiastic gardener on our place, went for a swim every night before dinner from early summer until late fall, and until very recently we took long wralks whenever we had time. He never lost his sense of humor and his gay personality, and carried an air of perfect health and well-being to the day he was taken to the hospital."
1911
Death came suddenly to HUBERT SEWELI. PIERCE on November 3, at his home in Newport, Vt. Hub was born in Fairlee, Vt., December 19, 1887. He graduated from Kimball Union Academy in 1907 and Dartmouth four years later.
Although always wanting to enter the law, he had to do it the hard way. In September 1911, he went with the Royal Worcester Corset Co., where he joined forces with Art Gray. This was followed by eight years of teaching, first in the Kingswood, W. Va., high school; the next year, as principal of the Morgantown, W. Va., high school where he met and married Marjorie Patterson. Two years later he moved to Amesbury, Mass., as principal of that high school. There he began the study of law, teaching days and commuting nights to Boston University. He next was back home in Newport as principal of its high school, meanwhile coaching football, baseball, and basketball. He also continued his law studies and was admitted to the bar in Vermont in 1920. He also was admitted to practice in Massachusetts and U. S. Courts.
In college he was a member of Sigma Nu and was on both the class and varsity basketball squads. In private life he was a highly respected attorney and valued member of the community. He was a vice-president of the Vermont Bar Association, was recommended by it for the State Supreme Court, and was a member of the local Board of Education for 15 years. He served Newport as city attorney 1934-55.
In addition to his wife he leaves a son, three daughters, and thirteen grandchildren.
In his death Dartmouth has lost another loyal son.
1912
ARTHUR CALL FERGUSON died on October 6 in the Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, Mo., after three weeks' confinement for two serious operations.
He was born in Algona, lowa, July 8, 1890, the son of William K. Ferguson '86, and Etta Call Ferguson. Preparing at Algona High School, he entered and received his B.A. degree from Dartmouth with the Class of 1912. He married Edna Norton, who survives him, December 28, 1915.
After graduation, and until 1924, he was assistant cashier of the First National Bank at Algona, and then became manager of the insurance department of the Keokuk Trust Company, Keokuk, lowa. He then entered the insurance business in Keokuk, in which he achieved eminent success.
He was active in the affairs of his church, and served as a member of the board of trustees of the YMCA for thirty years, and was its secretary for many years. He was also active in business and fraternal organizations in Keokuk, and in various lowa insurance organizations. One of his principal hobbies was photography in which he was an excellent craftsman.
At Dartmouth he was a member of Psi Upsilon and of Sphinx, of which his father had been a charter member.
Surviving, in addition to his widow, are three sons, a stepmother, three halfbrothers and eight grandchildren.
1914
A letter from Louise Bentley Wood tells of the long illness of BERTRAM COGSWELL WOOD, who died in Tucson, Ariz., November 4, 1957. Their home was at 2001 N. Santa Rosa Blvd. The Woods had moved to Tucson after Bert retired from the Michigan Bell Telephone Co., with which he had been associ- ated for 31 years. In Tucson he had been active in the Community Theatre and had done income tax work, in which he was an expert.
Bert was born in Troy, N. Y., July 21, 1892, and joined our class after a year at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He was a member of Sigma Chi and maintained a membership in the Kelley Post (N. J.) Veterans of Foreign Wars, composed entirely of Red Cross officers. Many contributions were made to the Red Cross in his memory.
Besides his widow, he is survived by a sister, Mrs. William E. Murphey of Troy. Funeral services were conducted by the' Rev. George Ferguson '21, rector of St. Philip's-in-the-Hills Episcopal Church, Tucson. Burial was in the Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, N. Y.
Little information has been available, but a report has been received that WALTON PARKER died on September 28, while on a vacation trip in Switzerland. He is survived by his widow, Frances Stevenson Parker, and a sister, Mrs. Edith Parker Green of Chicago.
Walton came to Dartmouth from the Lewis Institute, Chicago, and was with our class during the academic year 1910-11. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta.
He was a native of Chicago, having been born there July 17, 1891, but had been living in Los Angeles, Calif., for some years, at 391 Carolwood Dr. Our sympathy goes to his widow and sister.
1919
EDWARD CLARKE INGRAHAM passed away on November 4 at his home 44 Dolge Ave., Dolgeville, N. Y., of a heart attack.
Clarke was born April 26, 1898, in Canastota, N. Y., the son of John }. and Nina (Clark) Ingraham. He enlisted in the U. S. Navy in April 1917, and was discharged as Lt; (jg) in 1919 after serving in the naval aviation wing. Returning to Dartmouth to secure his degree, he was a member of Theta Delta Chi and Sphinx.
After a business career with a brokerage house in Rochester, N. Y„ he published a small paper in Laguna Beach, Calif. In 1941 he returned to active duty in the Navy and remained until 1952 when he retired with the rank of Commander. He served in the Pacific theater on Espirito Island, south of Guadalcanal, as commanding officer of a shore-based naval aircraft unit and in various naval air stations in the States. Following his retirement, he returned to Dolgeville, where he was active in the brokerage business at the time of his death.
Clarke is survived by his wife, Dorothy Sutton Ingraham; a son, Edward C. Ingraham Jr. '43; his father, a brother and a sister.
Your secretary wants to express, for the class, our most sincere sympathy to the family in their great loss.
Belatedly, word has been received of the death of WILLIAM BRUCE MCCONNEL on January 15, 1957, in Fort Pierce, Fla.
Red was born in Beaver, Pa., May 5, 1895, the son of William A. and Sarah (Bruce) McConnel. While in Hanover he was a member of Beta Theta Pi.
Enlisting on May 15, 1917, in the U. S. Infantry, he was commissioned a Second Lt. in August, and discharged a Captain on January 15, 1919, when he was on the General Staff, Military Intelligence, in Washington He was with the Atlantic Refining Co. in Pittsburgh all his business life, retiring in 1954 as sales promotion manager.
Surviving are his wife Eleanor, a son William 8., two daughters, and a brother, Richard A., to whom goes the most sincere sympathy of the class. Thomas S. McConnel '23 was a brother.
1925
STUART EDGERLY died suddenly on October 9, while teaching a class of students at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was Assistant Professor of English and History.
Stu was born in Omaha, Nebraska, on November 25, 1903, the son of George Chambers and Emma Brett (Stuart) Edgerly, and prepared for Dartmouth at Omaha Central High School. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi and C and G.
After graduation he did secondary school teaching for a few years and took his Master's degree at Harvard in 1931. He was, for a time, instructor in English at Syracuse University and served, during that period, as secretary of the Dartmouth Club of Syracuse. Later he taught at Northeastern and Suffolk Universities in Boston, and went to M.I.T. in 1942.
He is survived by his wife, the former Florence Skelton, to whom he was married in 1924; two sons, Stuart Jr. and William Skelton, both graduates of M.I.T.; his father, a sister, and a brother. The funeral was from his home in Sudbury and burial was in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in that town.
Quiet in manner, asking little and giving much, an ornament to the noblest profession of them all, he loved his work and died while doing it. More than this no man achieves.
"Dartmouth Loses Loyal Alumnus" was the caption in a Boston newspaper following the sudden death from heart failure of KENNETH BRUCE HILL, 54, on November 12, at his home, 16 Hawthorne Rd., Milton, Mass.
Born in Boston, Ken was graduated from Boston Latin School in 1921. While at Hanover he was a member of the freshman football squad, the freshman track and crosscountry teams, and the varsity two-mile relay team during his sophomore and junior years. He also served as a campus correspondent for Boston newspapers. He was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa.
Ken served as class secretary from 1949 until 1952. In 1936 he married Mary Bradford Peirce, Smith '26, at Hingham, Mass., where he resided until recently. Ken was in the investment business from the time of graduation until about five years ago when he became Boston representative of W. N. Fraser Co. of St. Louis.
Surviving are his daughter Polly, a freshman at Simmons College; his mother, Mrs. Frank Ford Hill of Milton, co-founder of the Dartmouth Women's Club of Boston; and two brothers, John E. '20 of Rutland, Vt., and F. Richard '21 of Manchester, N. H.
Ken had a deep and abiding interest in everything that pertained to Dartmouth. He was, indeed, a loyal son of the College, and the headline in the Boston paper spoke truth about his passing.
1926
REGINALD EDWIN GRESLEY died of hepatitis on June 7, at Corona del Mar, Calif. His illness was a short one. Reg was born in Manchester, N. H., and came to Dartmouth byway of Holderness School and Phillips Exeter Academy. He was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha.
After he left Dartmouth, the Gresley family moved to California, where Reg became secretary-treasurer of the Reagan Tungsten Mining Corp., Los Angeles. Subsequently, he was a securities salesman for J. B. Ranson & Co., secretary-treasurer of the Pacific Neon Light Corp., and securities salesman and research analyst for Charles Jonas & Co.
Reg studied law at various times at the University of Southern California and South western University, and was about to take his bar exams when World War II broke out and he enlisted in the Navy. He served more than two years on an LST which made eleven initial landings in the Pacific theater, including Lae, Cape Gloucester, Admiralty Islands and Okinawa. His ship received a special commendation for shooting down eight Jap planes in one attack. He received three stars for the Asiatic-Pacific campaign, and was discharged as QM 1/C in November 1945, shortly after the death of his father.
Reg then helped his mother manage the family affairs, residing at Balboa Island, Cal. He never married. After his mother's death in 1954, he moved to Corona del Mar, where he helped establish the residential resort of Emerald Bay. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Oliver S. Miller of Corona del Mar, and Mrs. Pierson Forderer of Gifu, Japan. Reg's ardent hobby was fishing; his extensive collection of books on fishing has been donated to Baker Library.
In closing, we will take the liberty of quoting from the fine letter we received from his sister, Mrs. Miller: "Reg died as he had lived, never complaining about anything. He took all things in stride, and always had a good word for everyone. He will be greatly missed."
1927
THOMAS NELSON O'ROURKE died of a heart attack at his home, 533 Seabreeze Blvd., Daytona Beach, Fla., on October 12.
Nels was, at the time of his death, president of T. Nelson O'Rourke, Inc., an investment banking firm, and was one of the leading stockbrokers in Daytona Beach. Prior to setting up his own firm in 1935, he had been associated with a number of other investment firms. From 1940 to 1947 he was a trustee of Bethune-Cookman College, and was a member of the Florida Security Dealers Association, of which he was president, 1948-49, the Investment Bankers Association of America, and the National Security Dealers Association.
He was born on October 3, 1904, in Derby Line, Vt., the son of Thomas Francis and Mary Belle (Nelson) O'Rourke. He prepared for Dartmouth at St. John's Preparatory School. On November 30, 1929, he was married to Frances Brown at Savannah, Ga. They had three children, Thomas Nelson Jr. '56, Patricia Ann, and William Franklin.
In college Nels played soccer and was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon. Always keenly interested in Dartmouth and the Class of 1957, he was a member of the class executive committee from 1952 until 1957. While most of us had not seen him since our twenty fifth reunion, we will all miss his ready smile and unfailing good humor. Our sincere sympathy is extended to his wife and children.
1928
ARTHUR EDWARD LANE of 3 Wyndmere Road, Milton, Mass., died October 31 of a heart attack. He had a stroke a year ago which paralyzed one side of his body and this was followed by another shock in April which incapacitated him.
He was born March 30, 1905, in Revere, Mass., and attended Arlington High School. Art was managing editor of the Aegis in college and a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa.
After graduation he taught at Arlington High School for two years, was an editor for the Lewis Historical Publishing Co. in New York City for four years, then returned to Boston as assistant manager and later manager of the Schrafft's store at 98 Boylston Street. In 1949 he became manager of his father's business, the O. H. Lane Co. in Boston, doing paper ruling and pamphlet binding.
In 1936 he married Janet Gordon, who died March 26, 1955. He is survived by two daughters, Sarah, 17, and Ellen, 15.
WILLIAM JOHN PURCELL, vice-president of the Munson Mill Machine Co., Inc., Utica, N.Y., died of a heart attack in Utica on September 14. His home was at 1914 Oneida St.
He was born in Utica on November 8. 1904 and attended Utica Free Academy. In college he majored in Tuck School and was a member of Kappa Sigma. After graduation Bill returned to Utica and was employed by the Utica Oil Heating Co. and later by Divine Bros.
He is survived by his wife, the former Anne Duffin, a daughter, Jane, a sister, Miss Margaret Purcell, and a brother, Edmond, of Utica.
EDWARD BENNETT ZEY died of a coronary thrombosis at his home, 818 Pamela Dr., Mission, Texas, on September 19. He was born March 22, 1905, in Butler, Mo., and came to Dartmouth from Western Military Academy. In college he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
After leaving Dartmouth in 1926 he attended Missouri University. He worked in Kansas City, Mo., in the radio and appliance business and in 1930 moved to Mission in South Texas. In 1937 he became a partner in the Mission Fruit & Vegetable Co., growers and shippers, and recently changed the name to The Zeys of Texas. His wife and sons are continuing the large mail order business which Ed built up, shipping pink grapefruit all over the world. Ed was active in community affairs, serving as president of the library board, and six years on the school board.
He leaves his wife, Esther Wyatt Zey, to whom he was married in 1932; four children, Edward G., a student at Texas A & I College, George, John and Charles; and a brother, Gordon Zey '30.
1929
It is with the greatest regret that we report the sudden death of ROBERT MACMURRAY of a thrombosis at his office in New York on October 29. He was 50 years old at the time.
Since the International General Electric Company dropped the title of vice president, Bob had been advanced to the equivalent position of Manager of Machinery Sales, Operations Department, which had required extensive traveling on his part to Europe, South America, and most of the other countries of the world.
Outside of his home, Bob's spare time was devoted to work for the Boy Scouts of America. Most recently he was on the Troop Committee of Troop 143 in Great Neck and his enthusiasm for the Scouts was shared by his son, Tom, aged 14, who recently went before the Board of Review to become a Star Scout.
Since graduation Bob had been successively with the New York Telephone Co., Corbett & MacMurray as a construction superintendent, Pan American Airways, and Western Electric Co., prior to joining International GE in 1945. While in college, he was a member of Alpha Chi Rho and on the Aegis Board.
Bob is survived by his wife, Marjorie Smith Bebbington, and his son, Thomas
1932
EDWARD MCCRAY THOMPSON died on August 22 of a liver ailment at St. Luke's Hospital in St. Louis. Ted started on a vacation trip to California on August 15 with his wife and his two younger sons. He became ill after boarding the train and had to be rushed to the hospital. He succumbed to complications following an emergency operation.
Ted was born in New York City, August 19, 1910, the son of Edward Hill and Anna (Carr) McCray. Christened Edward Hill McCray Jr., Ted lost both his parents by the time he was three years old. He took the surname, Thompson, of his adoptive parents.
After graduation from Dartmouth, Ted became a reporter on the old St. Louis StarTimes and later was on the staff of the St.Louis Globe-Democrat. From 1945 to 1949 he was a reporter and rewrite man with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. In 1949 Ted founded his own successful business as a public relations counsel. His long experience in the newspaper field had developed a sense of news which was unsurpassed, and he was known to secure for his clients the best publicity for their newsworthy activities without using stunts or other artificial means of arousing interest.
During World War II Ted was physically unqualified for military service because of an injury which had cost him the sight of one eye. However, he managed to serve in North Africa and Italy with the Office of War Information and made the invasion into southern France.
He will be remembered by all those who knew him as a kind, gentle man, a true gentleman with a delightful sense of humor. The freshness and spontaneity of his humor was at its best in his book Leg Man, which was the story, or rather a series of incidents, in the life of a working newspaper man. Ted's friends miss one who got so much out of living, and who was so pleasant and stimulating to have around.
Ted is survived by his wife, Martha Rice Thompson; three sons, John, Joseph, and Robert, by a previous marriage; his mother, Mrs. Ellen D. Thompson of St. Louis; and a sister, Mrs. Saul Padover of New York City.
1935
DAVID FREDERICK PIERCE passed away on October 12 in Washington, D. C., after a long illness. He was 45. Burial was in Arlington National Cemetery.
Dave was a son of the late Prof. Frederick Erastus Pierce, of Yale, and Delma Squire Pierce. He had been graduated from the Hillhouse High School before entering Dartmouth. After he finished at Hanover, Dave was affiliated with Harper and Brothers Publishing Company, and later was with the Yale Review in New Haven.
During World War II Dave served in the Pacific theater as an army lieutenant attached to General MacArthur's headquarters. After the war, in 1949, he returned to the service as a Captain, and spent two years in counter intelligence work in Europe. After returning to this country, he taught and wrote at the Fay School, Southboro, Mass., and in Washington, D. C.
Surviving him are his widow, Nancy Cox Pierce; a sister, Mary Pierce of Stamford; three aunts, Mrs. Annete S. King of California, Mrs. Norma S. Beer and Anna H. Pierce of New Haven; and an uncle, Frederick M. Squire.
At Dartmouth, Dave was a member of Kappa Sigma, and active with the Junto, Arts, and Players.
Prof. Theodore F. Karwoski, M.A. '36
Roland Eugene Stevens '95
Douglas VanderHoof '01
