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.]

Smith, Samuel J. '99, Feb. 3 Howard, William '02, Dec. 18 Call, Frederick A. '05, Jan. 15 Wallis, Louis T. '05, Feb. 3 Agry, Warren C. '11, Jan. 17 McCarthy, Bernard F. '11, Nov. 30 Uline, Herbert M. '11, Jan. 28 Ewing, Moses C. '13, Jan. 24 Field, John H. '14, Jan. 9 Heenehan, James T. '14, Jan. 18 Edgerton, Lawrence F. '15, Jan. 16 Switzer, James M. '17, Feb. 7 Hasbrook, Robert L. '18, Jan. 15 Garrison, Lewis F. '19, Jan. 24 Ruml, David '26, Dec. 1 Piret, George A. '29, Dec. 16 Walton, William C. Jr., '32, Jan. 16 Highfield, Robert T. Jr., '42, Jan. 22 Pradilla, Jorge R. '44, Jan. 27 Ranney, Willet R. '45, Nov. 16 Hope, Gordon W. '55, Feb. 5 Goodrich, Julian O. '12th, Jan. 22 Greene, William A. '97m, Jan. 25

1899

GEORGE GALLUP CLARK died December 26 in Concord, N.H., from cancer of the bladder and various complications. For six years his health had declined, while his once alert mind had gradually lost awareness of old scenes and old friends. George never married; his only surviving relatives are cousins. Among these there was one Dartmouth man, Myron Gale Clark '36, who died in 1951.

George Clark was born in Chicago, September 10, 1877, the son of George and Katherine (Burrows) Clark. A descendant from the early Scotch settlers of Londonderry, N.H., his grandfather became a gentleman farmer in Plymouth, N.H. His father was a prosperous grain and commission merchant in Chicago who moved back to Plymouth in 1893 after the death of George's mother.

George graduated from Holderness School in 1895, then, as a sophomore at Dartmouth, found himself by the sudden death of his father in 1896, a man of means. In the early 1900's, after the deaths of his grandmother and two aunts, he became the possessor of Clarkland.

Recultivating land that had run down, maintaining the great quadrangle of barns, and improving his herd of Guernseys brought satisfaction and the continued prosperity that comes from thrift and industry. Pride in his community also and concern for its welfare, together with a generous hospitality in his mansion-like home, made of its new owner a typical country squire. He was energetic and businesslike, friendly with everybody, a man of gracious and hearty personality.

At Dartmouth he belonged to Beta Theta Pi, was on his class Aegis board and a contributor to the Literary Monthly. His four years in Hanover were permeated by comradeship with his classmates, by a love of nature fostered in long walks over the Hanover countryside, and by the lofty idealism of Dr. Tucker.

His LL.B. at Harvard in 1902 was a natural sequel to the careers of distinguished lawyers among his mother's antecedents. But city office life and the tensions of the law courts were not congenial to him, so that his legal activities became largely concerned with the management of various estates and trust funds, while his personal interests were increasingly connected with Clarkland and Plymouth. By the early 1920's he was able to conduct his business almost entirely from the farm.

His election in 1914 for a five-year term as '99 Class Secretary was a major turning point in his life. His six reports give vivid pictures of '99's class and family life. He secured at times a rare 98% of responses from his classmates.

George's life became a trilogy of devotion: to Dartmouth, to Plymouth, and to NinetyNine. He was the secretary of the committee to raise funds for the Memorial Athletic Field, a member of the Alumni Council for five years, and, in 1938, chairman of the executive committee for the General Alumni Association. No living person knows how many young men became sons of Dartmouth by his anonymous, timely help. In Plymouth he was likewise a liberal supporter and active worker for every good cause, whether to build the new hospital, or to design and build the beautiful new chancel for the Congregational Church, or by constant, unobtrusive charities, or by Christmas parties at Clarkland for the village children. He presented the bronze statue in the park of the Boy Scout, symbolizing by the flow of water through his cupped hands the "daily good deed" that the donor himself was ever exemplifying.

But over the years George Clark most deeply identified himself with his Class of '99. Having no family of his own, every man and every man's family came to be a part of One Great Family in the heart of '99's beloved George. When a class reunion broke up in Hanover it would often adjourn to Clarkland. There were birthday celebrations, wedding parties, classmates and friends colaboring in the wide hay fields, gay, wise talk by the open fire in the antique livingroom. During a single summer there might be 300 guests at Clarkland. In 1940, beside the new bowling green and in the shade of the elm tree planted on the centennial of the Declaration of Independence, Clarkland celebrated its own centennial with a hundred guests.

Thus the love of everything old characterized George Clark. For '99's tenth reunion he painstakingly prepared a Class Hymnal to preserve the old Dartmouth songs. He loved the old bridges and the old colonial churches. Pictures of class and college events accumulated, and camera glimpses of classmates' homes when he toured the country competed with those of a 40-day trip through Russia, including a thousand-mile voyage down the Volga.

There was depth, too, and versatility in this modest man, not always realized even by his best friends. When Ray Pearl took charge of the Statistical Department of the Food Administration in Washington in 1917, he was directed by Hoover: "Get the best man in the United States to delve into the whole subject of the economics of the country." The man Pearl chose was classmate George Clark.

The Ninety-Nine column in the February Magazine mentioned the farewell service to George last December 28 in the Plymouth Congregational Church before burial in the Trinity Cemetery in Holderness, and named the persons who represented '99.

1902

WILLIAM HOWARD died December 18, at Daytona Beach, Fla., after a three-day illness of pneumonia.

He was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., March 8, 1880, and entered Dartmouth from Brooklyn High School. At Dartmouth he was a member of Alpha Delta Phi and a Rollins prize speaker in 1900.

After graduation, he studied law at New York University and received his LL.B. in 1904. For several years he was a practicing attorney in Brooklyn. In 1907 he joined the Chase National Bank of N. Y. as a trust department representative and for a time did estate planning, living in Pleasantville, N. V. In 1940, he retired as trust officer of the bank and during the war he was out of the country in Antigua, B. W. I„ in Puerto Rico and on the Alcan Highway in the Yukon, as civilian liaison officer on contracts, doing work for the Army and Navy.

In 1944, he retired to his comfortable home at Keene Valley in the Adirondacks and from 1946 to 1956 was associated with the Lake Placid Club as assistant manager. He enjoyed life to the full, as a prolific reader, a gardener and ardent trout fisherman.

In 1906, he married Mercedes Rodrigo of Brooklyn, who died in 1930. They had one child, Janet, born in Brooklyn in 1914. In 1932, he married Mabel Louise Fairley who survives him.

Funeral services were held at the Keene Valley Congregational Church and the burial was there in the cemetery.

1904

CLARENCE WALLACE GORMLY passed away at his home 2783 S.W. 14th St., Miami, Fla., on October 3. "Gorm" had been in ill health for four years. The latter part of his life he spent in a wheelchair as a result of a broken hip. Born in Troy, N. Y., May 22, 1882, he was the son of Bruce W. and Mary (Roth) Gormly.

A graduate of Troy Academy, he joined the class at Dartmouth in 1900. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta, Dragon, the Aegis board, and was manager of the Dramatic Club and a member of the executive committee of the class.

After graduation Gorm attended Albany Law School. In 1905 he moved to Muskogee, Okla., continued his law study and passed the federal bar examinations. Moving to Tulsa, he became the law partner of Patrick J. Hurley, later the Secretary of War under Hoover. In 1911 Gorm moved to New York and was a partner in the law firm of Rollins and Rollins, where he had many famous clients, one of whom was Col. Cornelius Vanderbilt. Always interested in politics, he became associated with Tammany Hall politicians and was appointed by Mayor Hyland as first deputy commissioner of the Department of Public Welfare of the City of New York.

In 1922, because of the health of Mrs. Gormly, he moved to Mississippi, entered the real estate business, buying large tracts of land and selling the same to syndicates for subdivisions. In 1934 he moved to Florida and was associated with the Keyes Co., one of the largest real estate operators in the Miami area.

In 1907 Gorm married Eleanor Jane Meredith, sister of Russell Meredith '10 and Clifford Meredith '18. He is survived by his widow, two sons, a daughter, and six grandchildren. His daughter Elizabeth served as a surgical nurse in the Army in Luzon in the 2nd World War and for three years was in Korea, in a mobile surgical unit. Gorm, himself, was a Captain in the first World War, serving in the Motor Transport Service in Washington.

Adored by his wife and children, Gorm's passing is a severe blow to the family. Letters of respect and sympathy have been sent to Mrs. Gormly. Still another classmate gone to his rest. A tie of friendship of fifty years broken, but in memory, never forgotten.

1906

RAY EVAN BUTTERFIELD died suddenly in Ascutney, Vt., on December 25 at the home of a friend with whom he had been living since October.

Ray was born in Weathersfield, Vt., April 25, 1883, the fifth son of Stephen Warren and Sarah Josephine (Mudgett) Butterfield. He was graduated from Kimball Union Academy in 1902, from Dartmouth in 1906, and Hartford Theological Seminary in 1909. In college he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and while still in his junior year began preaching at Tunbridge, Vt.

Ordained to the ministry in 1909, he became pastor of the Medway (Mass.) Village Church, which he served until 1911. Other pastorates which he held were successively those of the First Congregational Church, Woodhaven, N.Y.; Thomas Memorial Congregational Church, South Chicago, Ill.; Bethany Congregational Church, Worcester, Mass.; Congregational Church, Hinsdale, N. H.; Church of Christ, Leominster, Mass.; and Congregational Church, Windsor, Mass. In 1953 he became pastor of the Community Church, Perkinsville, Vt., serving there until last October. Ray was a quiet, unassuming man, a sincere Christian, and a faithful pastor. His longest pastorate was that at Bethany Church in Worcester where he remained for ten years. He also served for a year as superintendent of the Worcester Missionary Society.

He was married June 8, 1908, to Minnie M. Saunders, who died February 25, 1941. Their only child, Minnie S., is unmarried and had made a home for Ray since the death of her mother. He is survived also by two brothers, Dr. Clarence E. Butterfield '00 of Concord, N. H., and Rev. Claude A. Butterfield '10 of Brewster, Mass. A third Dartmouth brother was the late Ernest W. Butterfield '97.

Funeral services were held in the Springfield, Vt., Congregational Church, the church of his boyhood, and he was laid to rest by the side of his wife in Worcester, Mass.

1908

JOHN ADOLPH DETLEFSEN passed away on December 20 in Staunton, Va., hospital after a long decline due to arteriosclerosis. Jack, an eminent authority on genetics, was born in Norwich, Conn., September 12, 1883, the son of George Detlef and Auguste (Nadolny) Detlefsen. He prepared for Dartmouth at Cambridge Latin School.

Following graduation, Jack became Austin teaching fellow in zoology at Harvard and earned the degree of A.M. in 1910 and S.D. in 1912. He then transferred to the University of Illinois as assistant professor of genetics, became associate professor in 1918 and full professor in 1919. From 1922 to 1925 he was professor of genetics at the Wistar Institute of Anatomy in Philadelphia and in charge of a section on mouth hygiene of the Philadelphia Health Survey. During his years in the University of Illinois he engaged in research in genetics and heredity. In 1925 he became associate editor-in-chief of Biological Abstracts, published under the auspices of the Union of American Biological Societies and financed by a Rockefeller Foundation grant. He was also a member of the White House Conference on Child Health and Protection. In 1926 he was made a Chevalier Knight of the Order of Danneborg by the King of Denmark and Iceland. From 1934 to 1938 he was director of the Police School of Eastern Pennsylvania; from 1939 to 1941 in the education division of the W.P.A. in Delaware County, Pa.; and in 1942 with the OPA.

In 1943 Jack was with the War Production Board, spending some time in Washington and part time in Swarthmore where he made his home. In 1948 he was with the Technical Division of the Research Administration as chief of three sections investigating German science. From July 1949 to January 1950 he was with the U.S.A.C.A. Education Division at university level in Vienna, Austria, and in 1951 with the N.P.A. in Commerce Dept. in Washington. In 1951 he was the recipient of the Army's highest civilian award for patriotic service with the Technical Intelligence Committee, Joint Chiefs of Staff, on which he was executive secretary for the Automotive Division.

Jack was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of American Society of Zoologists, American Society of Naturalists, American Genetic Association, International Association Dental Research, Kentucky Academy of Science, Phi Beta Kappa, and Phi Gamma Delta. He was author of "Studies on Cavy Species Cross" (1914) and co-author of "Our Present Knowledge of Heredity" (1926). He also wrote many articles on heredity, species crosses, physiological, medical, and dental biometry and etiology.

Jack was married on June 18, 1914, to Ruth Sarah Atwell of Evanston, Ill., who survives, together with two children, John, Dartmouth '37, technical project engineer with Dupont in Waynesboro, and Ruth D. Rasmussen of Kennett Square, Pa., and four grandchildren. Surviving also are two sisters, Mrs. Gage, widow of Jesse Gage '06, and Mrs. Wallburg, wife of George F. Wallburg '12. Jack and Ruth made their home at 573 South Wayne Ave., Waynesboro, Va.

1910

WILLIAM ELLSWORTH TUCKER died on January 8 at the Burke Convalescent Home in White Plains, N.Y., after a long illness. Funeral services were at the Reformed Church, Bronxville, N.Y. His home was at 16 Ridge Rd., Bronxville.

Bill was born May 30, 1884, in Chelsea, Mass., the son of E. E. Tucker and Elizabeth Sanborn. He joined his class in Dartmouth in junior year, after studying at Boston University Law School, where he received an LL.B. in 1906, and LL.M. in 1907. While in college he was a member of the varsity debating team in senior year. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi.

Upon graduation from college Bill began the practice of law in Boston as a member of the firm of Tyler, Tucker, Eames & Wright. He was for a time law partner of the late Owen D. Young in Boston. In 1926 he moved to New York where he became a partner in the firm of Mudge, Stern, Williams & Tucker. At the time of his retirement about five years ago, he was the senior member of the firm. He specialized in public utility financing and reorganization and in banking law.

Bill gave much time to community serv- ice, having been president of the Bronxville School Trustees, president of the Neighborhood Association, director of the Community Chest, and a member of the Zoning Board of Appeals.

He was married June 15, 1927 to Christine Wilson, in Bronxville, N.Y. Survivors besides his wife are two daughters, Mrs. Doris Tucker Trautman and Mrs. Wladislaw K. Treka; and two sons, William E. Jr. '39 and Gordon.

1911

WARREN CRAM AGRY died at Dick's House in Hanover on January 17 following a cerebral hemorrhage the previous day. He had suffered a slight attack at the Dartmouth-Princeton game in November. After recovering at his home in Rye, N.Y., he and Marian moved to their home in Etna, N.H., where he had anticipated spending his years of retirement.

Warren, 68 years old at the time of his death, came to Dartmouth from Newtonville, Mass., which was also the home of Marian Stutson whom he married in December 1914. Their arrival at their new home celebrated their wedding anniversary.

Warren's first job was as a salesman with People's Home Journal for eight years. Thereafter he held various executive positions in the publishing field, becoming the magazine's western manager in 1919. In 1927 he went to Cosmopolitan Magazine and two years later was its advertising manager. Beginning in 1930 he was successively advertising manager, business manager, and publisher of Good Housekeeping. From 1933 to 1944 he was also vice-president of Hearst Magazines, Inc., when he joined AmericanHome, and in 1952 he was named vice-president and assistant to the publisher.

He was in turn secretary, president and chairman of the board of The National Better Business Bureau, also a trustee of United Hospital, Port Chester, N. Y., and vice-president of the Federal Grand Jury Association. Throughout his life Warren was always working for Dartmouth. As an undergraduate he was manager of baseball, a member of Psi Upsilon and Casque and Gauntlet. As an alumnus he was president of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Westchester County, 1935-40; member of the Alumni Council, 1922-28; class agent, 1919-21; and bequest chairman, 1955 until his death.

He was a member of the Dartmouth Club of New York, the Union League Club of New York and the Apawamis and Shenorock Shore Clubs of Rye, N.Y. Besides his wife, a son, Warren Jr. '45, and two daughters, Mrs. Robert C. Berson and Mrs. James J. Darling, survive him.

Private memorial services were held in the First Presbyterian Church in Rye. Friends were asked that memorial gifts take the form of contributions to the Class of 1911 Dartmouth College Memorial Fund or to the United Hospital, Port Chester, N.Y.

1913

THEODORE HERBERT HASKELL died in Sarasota, Fla., on January 4, after a long illness. He was born in Swampscott, Mass., son of Harriet Tremere and Charles S. Haskell, on October 25, 1890.

Tede prepared for Dartmouth at the Swampscott High School, and in college played with the class Mandolin Club, the College Orchestra for four years and took part in the production of "Oedipus Tyrannus." He was a member of Chi Phi.

After graduation he became a salesman with the American Thread Co. in New York and in 1915 was assistant to the manager in St. Louis. He married Dorothy Frances Vannevar of Lynn on December 29, 1917. In 1918 he went to California covering Washington, Oregon and California for the company. Their twin daughters, Dorothy Harriet and Elizabeth Gertrude were born in Los Angeles, August 19, 1919. He was secretary of the Southern California Alumni Association in 1922-23. Their son Theodore Herbert Jr. was born on June 16, 1921.

Tede was transferred to the New York office early in 1925 and lived at Freeport on Long Island. In 1945 he went to Sarasota for his health, having retired from active duty with the American Thread Co. He was a member of Wayfarers Lodge, AF and AM, Swampscott, Mass.

Tede has always been interested in class and Dartmouth affairs and for the past twelve years cheerful and newsy letters about the family and the grandchildren had been coming North.

He is survived by his wife; his daughters, Mrs. Charles McKinley of Long Island, N.Y. and Mrs. George Caddoo of Newton, lowa, his son Theodore Jr. of Detroit, and a sister, Mrs. George Kellogg.

Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. Morris Hanley of the Trinity Methodist Church in Sarasota.

DONALD ROBINSON MASON died January 8 in Baltimore, Md., after a short illness. He had been in the hospital for most of December with a virus and after returning home Christmas Eve went back to the hospital with complications. His home was at 535 St. Paul Place, Baltimore.

Don was born in Thomaston, Me., the son of Nettie (Robinson) and Wallace E. Mason, on March 28, 1891. He prepared for Dartmouth at the Johnson High School where his father was Superintendent of Schools. He was on the freshman track team and the varsity track team for three years. He played with the Mandolin Club, the College Orchestra and the College Band for four years each. He was a member of Kappa Sigma.

Upon graduation he became associated with Library Bureau in Boston and then Philadelphia. He enlisted on May 17, 1917 as seaman second class .in the USNR. In February 1918 he was commissioned Ensign and was on the USS Kearsarge. He was made Lt. (jg) in September 1918 and released on May 9, 1919.

He returned to Library Bureau, which became Remington Rand, Inc., and was with the company at the time of his death.

Don was married to Lurline Bell on May 17, 1923. Donald Robinson Jr. '46 was born in 1925 and Richard B. '51 in 1929.

Services were held at the Harry N. Armacost Funeral Home in Baltimore and interment was in Moreland Memorial Cemetery.

MOSES COURTWRIGHT EWING died on January 24 in the hospital at Rome, Ga., after a brief illness, although he had suffered heart attacks during the past few years. He was born in Newbury, Mass., on March 21, 1888, the son of Mary J. (Smith) and William U. Ewing.

He prepared for Dartmouth at the Groveland High School. He was a member of Sigma Nu and left at the end of his junior year. He received the degree of Mus.B. at McGill University in 1920 and also from Durham University, England, in 1922. He received the Fellow's Degree from the Royal College of Church Music, London.

Mose was assistant conductor of the orchestra and arranger of music from 1913 to 193° at Keith's Imperial Theatre, St. John, N. B. He also was a teacher of piano and harmony, and was president of the St. John Musicians Protective Association. He composed a comic opera "Salvagi," two melodies for violin and piano, and songs for words of Tom Moore and some church music. He is perhaps best known for his "Touchdown Song" and the Berry Alma Mater. He arranged music for 1913 Memorial Services at various reunions and served as organist.

Mose was Professor of Music at the Berry Schools and College, Mt. Berry, Ga., from 1931 to 1938, when he returned to Boston where he was employed at Raytheon.

In 1913 he married Sarah Marion Holt «ho died in 1948. He married Bertha Hacked, formerly secretary to the Dean of Berry College, on July 24, 1949. They returned to Mt. Berry in 1951 where he served the schools as director of the choir, glee club, quartets, orchestra and bands, as well as organist in the Mount Berry Church. He was affectionately known as "Prof" by his students, colleagues and friends. Mose was prominent in Masonic circles.

He is survived by his wife; two brothers, William G. Ewing of Hampstead, N.H., and Robert B. of Bridgewater, Mass.; two sisters, Mrs. Daniel L. Murphy, Bedford, Mass., and Mrs. Harry G. Cornwell of Salem, N.H., and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held in Mount Berry Church and interment was on the Berry campus.

1914

A note from his son, Bob Field '43, and telephone calls from Buckley and Drake bring the news of the sudden death of JOHN HAROLD FIELD on January 9 at his home, 140 West Main St., Oak Harbor, Ohio. The cause of death was a cerebral hemorrhage.

Jack was born in Calais, Maine, the son of Robert M. and Cora (Hicks) Field, and came to Dartmouth from Calais High School. In college he was a member of the rifle team and a most enthusiastic member of the class.

His business life was spent in Ohio and at the time of his retirement in 1957 he was purchasing agent with the Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Co., with which he had been for several years.

His survivors are his wife, Nan Weston Field, whom he married in 1917; two sons, John Jr. '39, with B. F. Goodrich Co. in Akron, and Robert '43, with Price Waterhouse in New York; a daughter, Mrs. Nancy Ahlquist who is a neighbor of Ducky Drake in Weymouth, Mass.; and seven grandchildren. Burial was in Augusta, Maine.

After a long illness, JAMES THOMAS HEENEHAN died on January 18 in the Poughkeepsie, N.Y., hospital. His home was at 1273 North Ave., New Rochelle.

Jim was bom October 17, 1891, in Palmer, Mass., the son of James and Elizabeth (O'Keefe) Heenehan, and entered our class from Palmer High School.

After graduation from Dartmouth he attended , Boston University Law School from which he received his LL.B. cum laude in 1916. He practiced law in Springfield, Mass., from 1916 to 1923, except for the interruption of World War I when he was in France as a lieutenant of infantry. From 1923 to 1930 he was a practicing attorney in New York City and then became general counsel to the New York State Banking Department and during this period was responsible for many of the banking laws in effect in that state. From 1934 until his retirement in 1955 he was a partner in the law firm of Sullivan, Donovan, Heenehan & Hanrahan in New York City.

Jim was a member of the board of governors of the New Rochelle Hospital and the board of trustees of Iona College. He was a member of the American, New York State and New York City Bar Associations, the New York County Lawyers Association, the Bankers Club and Wykagyl Country Club.

On October 13, 1920 Jim was married to Marian O'Brien, who survives him with two sons, James T. Jr. '43 and David G., and two daughters, Mrs. Janet Kearney and Mrs. Dorothy McCulloch.

1915

LAWRENCE FULLER EDGERTON died in Woodstock, Vt., on January 16 as the result of. a broken neck sustained in a fall in the bath tub. Larry, a lawyer in Ludlow, Vt., was in Woodstock for the opening of a trial in Windsor County Court in which he was representing one of the litigants.

He was born in Rochester, Vt., May 13, 1894 and prepared for college at Phillips Exeter Academy. He was with the class only until January 1914. During World War I he served overseas with the 301st Engineers. From March to July, 1919, he attended the University of Lyons in France. He read law with his father and was admitted to the Bar of Vermont in 1919, practicing in Rochester. He was later chief office deputy, Office of the Collector of Internal Revenue, in Burlington and from 1928 to 1933 was State's Attorney. After practicing for some years in Springfield, Vt., he moved to Ludlow where he began practice in 1956.

Larry is survived by his wife, the former Rachel Marcchaux, his mother, Mrs. Edward H. Edgerton, and a son Lawrence Jr.

1917

WALTER COFFIN SISSON died at Potsdam, N. Y., hospital on November 13, following a year of poor health, including heart complications which prevented him and Ruth from attending 1917's 40th reunion last June, probably the only reunion missed by this popular couple in recent years.

A singer in the college choir his first three years in college, a member of the freshman and varsity basketball teams for four years, and varsity captain his senior year, Walt was one of the outstanding men of 1917. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and Sphinx, and graduated with an A.B. Degree. More recently, he was a member of our Class Executive Committee from 1952 to 1957.

Walter joined one of the two Dartmouth units organized at Hanover for ambulance service on the French front, sailed for France May 5, 1917, and trained at a motor transport school at Meaux. He was chief of a transport service section when the American Expeditionary Force landed in France later in 1917, and with other young Americans he then left the French service and enlisted as a private in the American Army.

He served through the entire war, winning a commission as captain in the motor transport corps, with command of a headquarters motor transport unit. He remained in France until August 1919, assisting in the evacuation of American Troops.

Walt was born in Potsdam, September 5, 1894, a son of Rufus L. and Mary (Coffin) Sisson, and graduated from the high school department of the Potsdam State Normal School, where he captained the school basketball team in his last two years.

Returning to Potsdam after World War I, Walt joined the A. Sherman Lumber Company as assistant treasurer. In 1931 he joined the Racquette River Paper Co. as assistant treasurer and became treasurer in 1936. At the time of this company's merger with the Orchard Paper Co. of St. Louis in 1955, Walter was president and under the merger became president of the Racquette River Paper division of Orchard Paper Co.

Walter married Ruth A. Griffith of Ilion, N. Y., September 4, 1924, and the couple settled in Potsdam where he became very active in community affairs. Walter is survived by his wife and four children, Carol (Mrs. William R. Freeman) of Cleveland; Joseph Emery '51 of Winter Haven, Fla., named after 1917's World War I casualty; Sylvia (Mrs. Thomas Hart) of Amarillo, Texas; and Walter C. Sisson Jr., of Potsdam. He is also survived by a brother Rufus L. Sisson '14. Lewis H. Sisson 'n was also a brother.

Services were held November 16 at the family home at 53 Elm Street and burial was at Bayside Cemetery.

1918

Word has only recently been received of the death of JOSEPH BARAK at his home, 5510 Courville Ave., Detroit, on February 4, 1957.

Joe was born in Roslindale, Mass., July 27, 1896 and prepared for college at Mechanical Arts High School. He was a member of Sigma Nu.

Joe's entire business career was spent in Detroit where he was associated with Equitable Life Insurance Co. for many years. He is survived by his wife Donna B. Barak.

Joe had many friends on the campus and we regret that the class was unable to keep in closer touch with him in recent years.

1919

The class, and New York '19ers in particular, were shocked to learn of the sudden passing on January 24 of LEWIS FERGUSON GARRISON in Englewood, N. J., as the result of a stroke. His home was at 143 Tenafly Road.

Lew was born in Boonton, N. J., on October 15, 1896, the son of Wilbert and Emily (Brightman) Garrison, and after attending Stuyvesant High School he came to Hanover with the class of 1915, becoming a member of Phi Kappa Psi.

Lew left college in 1917 and served in the Chemical Warfare Service until 1918. During his entire business career he was associated with the printing industry, latterly for many years as a partner in Frances V. Toppin Co. in New York.

Lew was a most loyal Dartmouth man and '19er, never missing a New York class dinner, and was always willing to help out in any class activity. He was especially interested in our birthday cards, and personally supervised the printing of them in his plant, and designed most of them. Lew's passing is a sad blow to the class and he will be greatly missed by all of us.

To Frances, his widow, his son James R. '48, his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Garrison, and his sister, Mrs. Arthur Fletcher, goes the most sincere sympathy of the class in their great sorrow.

HAROLD COBB HARRIS of 173 Jefferson St., Dedham, Mass., passed away on December 4 at the West Roxbury Veterans Hospital after a long illness.

Born in Somerville on December 16, 1895, the son of Samuel T. and Carrie (Cobb) Harris, Buck attended Powder Point Academy before coming to Hanover, where he became a member of Phi Sigma Kappa. In World War I he served in Naval Aviation as a Lt. (jg) and after his discharge secured a law degree at Northeastern University. For some years he was an insurance broker in Boston.

In World War II Buck rejoined the Navy in an administrative capacity and left in 1946 as a Lieutenant Commander. He served as well during the Korean War. He was a member of the Loyalty Lodge A.F. and A.M. of Jamaica Plain and the Dedham Post of the American Legion.

His only survivor is his wife, Martena (Sawyer) Harris, to whom goes the sincerest sympathy of the class.

1920

GEORGE EVERETT PAGE died on January 6 at Walpole, N.H., following his third major operation within two years.

George was born at Bellows Falls, Vt., on January 5, 1898. He came to Dartmouth from the Bellows Falls High School, and was a member of the Chi Phi fraternity.

After graduation he entered the automobile business in Worcester, Mass., where he remained for 17 years. In 1937, he moved to Bellows Falls and bought and managed a paint, wallpaper and sporting goods store. In 1940 he changed to the men's furnishings business, also in Bellows Falls, operating his own store in that line until he retired last fall.

George was very civic-minded and active in local affairs. He served as president of the Bellows Falls Village Corporation, the Rotary Club, Ski Bowl, Inc., and the Merchants Association.

In 1924 he married Helen Smith, who survives him, with a son, Dr. David A. Page.

The class suffers a great loss in George's passing. His loyalty, keen sense of humor, and his thoughtfulness made him one of our best-liked and most respected members. Classmates attending the funeral services were Rog Pope, Ken Spalding, Dick Southwick, Harry Sampson, Wade Smith and Al Frey.

1923

JOHN HILLIS ANDERSON passed away at his home, 110 East 18th St., New York, on December 12.

John was a native of Wakefield, Mass., and graduated from Wakefield High School. In college he was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa. After graduation he was employed as a buyer for the A. C. Lawrence Leather Co, with headquarters in Cape Town, South Africa, during the middle and late 20's. During one of his furlough trips home, he married Louise Garrity of Columbus, Ohio, on September 16, 1927, and the couple spent their honeymoon on a trip back to his work, via Canada and Australia.

John returned to this country in the mid-30's and resided in Wakefield for several years. For the past few years he had been engaged in the import and export business in New York.

Besides his widow he is survived by two daughters, Mary Lou Bolen and Nancy Jane Whitehead; a sister and a brother.

1924

The Class is again saddened at the death of another member, CHESTER LEWIS MCCLINTOCK who died in Tilton, N.H., on December 23.

"Sandy" came to Dartmouth from Winthrop, Mass., where he was born September 1, 1902. He was a member of Sigma Chi. After leaving college he sold bonds in Boston, and then joined, in 1930, the Edison Electric Co., later the Boston Edison Co. He moved to Tilton, N.H., about fifteen years ago where he was general production foreman for Johns-Manville Corp. Active in the Elks, he rose to become an Exalted Ruler in the Franklin, N.H. Lodge. While in Massachusetts he was rated as a state champion in squash.

On November 22, 1934 Sandy was married to Ruth Schnitzlein, who survives him with a brother, the Rev. Richard P. McClintock '26, minister of Grace Episcopal Church in Medford, Mass. To them the Class extends its sympathy.

The funeral was held in Trinity Episcopal Church, in Franklin, N.H., on December 24.

1929

GEORGE ALFRED PIRET died suddenly De" cember 16, 1957 at the age of 53. George came to Dartmouth from Richmond Hill, N.Y., having been president, General Organization; chairman, Student Council; and baseball coach in his senior year at New York Preparatory School. While at college, he was a member of Theta Delta Chi, was a member of the track and soccer teams and majored in philosophy.

George became assistant to the vice-president, Brooklyn Trust Co., in the trust department; was sales and technical adviser withthe Knapp Engraving and Color Plate Co.for 15 years; was president of his own company, the Crown Engraving and Color PlateCo. for five years; and at the time of hisdeath was production manager of Robert F.Otto Co., international advertisers.

George was a member of the Fathers' Club,Troop 9, Boy Scouts of America in Scarsdale,a member of the Westchester Dartmouth Club, and on the teaching staff of the Church of St. James the Less.

Throughout his years of business activity,he was a follower of outdoor sports and participated in them, and was also quite advanced in the field of photography.

George is survived by his wife, PaulineLoudon, whom he married July 29, 1929; hisson, Dale Loudon, 14, and his daughter,Lynne Marsh, 12.

1933

STANLEY ZEBROWSKI died December 16, 1957 in Springfield, Mass., after a short illness. Stanley, who lived at 40 Fairview Ave., Thompsonville, Conn., is survived by his wife, the former Climene Casinghino; his mother, Mrs. Mary Kandel Zebrowski; four brothers and four sisters.

In his freshman year at Dartmouth, Stanley won the William S. Churchill Prize for being the outstanding member of his class. After graduation, he became an agent for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. and worked in this field until World War II when he went into the Army in 1943. During his service he was wounded and received the Purple Heart.

After the war, Stanley resumed his position with Metropolitan until four years ago when he resigned to become a teacher at the A. D. Higgins School. His new vocation allowed him the time to indulge in his longcontained interest in writing, and he went on to sell several articles to magazines. He specialized in medical articles for publication in national health magazines.

Although Stanley's family and many friends will miss him, it is a comforting thought that he was allowed to achieve a certain measure of self-expression often not included in the common lot of mankind.

George Gallup Clark '99

Warren Cram Agry '11