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.']
Ames, William M. '94, Sept. 1 Drew, Frank E. '97, July 2 Moulton, John C. '98, June 10 Smith, Fred C. '00, June 27. Bates, Herbert N. '03, June 13 Johnson, Carl C. '03, June 22 Weston, Charles J. '04, Aug. 10 Mulally, James H. '05, June 27 Jewett, John V. '07, July 14 Wallace, John C. '07, July 7 Dwenger, George H. '09, July 19 Levermore, Charles L. '10, July Wilson, Walter G. '10, Apr. 28 Wood, A. Wayland '10, Aug. 3 Rockwood, Stanley W. '11, June 18 Mensel, Ernst E. '12, Aug. 24 Richards, Joseph L. '12, Aug. 11 Proctor, Henry S. '13, July 25 VanderPyl, Chester A. '13, July 28 Noble, Robert S. '14, July 27 Jones, Heywood S. '15, Aug. 20 Tobin, Benjamin F. Jr. '15, Aug. 29 Fletcher, Vivian A. '16, July 28 McCarter, William H. '19, July 6 Strout, Frank S. '19, July 19 Foster, F. Beardsley Jr. '20, Aug. 8 Nash, J. Newton '20, July 12 Shepardson, Ross A. '21, July 27 Hatch, William S. '24, May 26 Colwell, Nathan P. '25, June 27 Jones, Ralph N. '26, Aug. 6 Pettengill, Harry B. Jr. '27, Aug. 23 Houston, Stuart S. '28, June 21 Mann, Ernest E. '30, July 3 Braillard, Howard G. '32, June 28 Woodward, Herbert E. '33, June 24 Dean, John P. '36, June 9 Ganter, William '38, July 31 F'erguson, Chester A. Jr. '40, June 23 Torborg, Gerard R. Jr. '40, July 12 Blake, Robert B. '41, Aug. 4 Arnsdorf, Donald K. '44, June 25 Mougey, Charles F. '47N, May 20 Stevens, Wayne E., A.M. '30, July 20
Faculty
WILLIAM HILL MCCARTER '19, known to thousands of Dartmouth men as English professor, director of athletics from 1937 to 1954, and author, died July 6 of a heart attack suffered at his home in Hanover. He was 61 years old, and at the time of his death was serving as Editor of Dartmouth Publications, with headquarters in Baker Library, where he had earlier been Assistant Librarian for seven years before taking over direction of Dartmouth's intercollegiate athletics.
Mr. McCarter was a contributing editor on the staff of the DARTMOUTH ALUMNI MAGAZINE and was the author of The HanoverScene, a monthly column which he began to write in 1952 and in which he best displayed the erudition, style and wit that characterized his deft handling of both academic and administrative work. A collection of these columns was published in 1957 in a small volume entitled The Hanover Scene.
"Bill" McCarter, as everyone knew him, was born in Topeka, Kansas, on December 29, 1897, the son of William A. and Margaret (Hill) McCarter. His mother was well known as a midwestern author. He entered Dartmouth from the Topeka public schools and was graduated here in 1919 as a Phi Beta Kappa student, manager of the football and baseball teams, and a member of Palaeopitus, The Arts, Sphinx, and Chi Phi fraternity. After two years with the publishing firm of Ginn and Co., Boston, he returned to Dartmouth as Instructor in English. He received his M.A. degree at Harvard in 1923 and during the following year, as holder of Dartmouth's Richard Crawford Campbell Fellowship, he studied abroad at the Sorbonne and Oxford. In 1928 he was promoted to Assistant Professor of English, and in 1930 he became, in addition, Assistant Librarian of the College. During the period from 1926 to 1931 he traveled widely while conducting summer student tours in Central Europe, the Balkans and the Aegean.
In 1935 Mr. McCarter relinquished teach- ing for full-time duties in Baker Library, but that fall he was named Acting Director of Athletics during the illness of the late Harry R. Heneage '07. His outstanding handling of this position led to his being named Director of Athletics on January 1, 1937, when Mr. Heneage resigned. As executive head of the DCAC for the next seventeen years Mr. McCarter not only directed and developed Dartmouth's sports program but in the process he earned for himself a host of friends and a prominent place in Eastern and national intercollegiate athletic organizations. He was vice president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association in 1951-53, and then came within a few votes of being the first athletic director ever to head the NCAA, which traditionally picks a dean or professor to serve as its president. This was in part a tribute to the work he had done in helping to draw up the so-called "Sanity Code" for intercollegiate athletics.
Mr. McCarter had served as chairman of the eligibility committee of the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference, which he helped to found in 1938 and in which he was a leading force in maintaining standards and drawing up the code now in operation. He was at various times president of the Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association, the Intercollegiate Ice Hockey Association, and the Eastern leagues in hockey, basketball, baseball and swimming. He had a major hand in the formalizing of the Ivy League.
On July 1, 1954, Mr. McCarter left his athletic post to return to teaching and editorial work, becoming Professor of English and Editor of Dartmouth Publications. In tribute to the distinction, learning and pungent wit that Bill McCarter brought to athletic groups, Irving Marsh of the New YorkHerald Tribune wrote: "The meetings and conventions of the Ivy Group, the ECAC and the NCAA, among others, will be much the poorer and duller for his return to inside the walls of ivy." Resolutions saluting his outstanding work were passed by the Dartmouth Athletic Council, the NCAA, and the ECAC; and his Ivy League colleagues honored him at a New York dinner.
In 1941 Mr. McCarter was appointed a Hanover Precinct Commissioner to fill out an unexpired term and he was reelected to two full terms, with the Police Department under his jurisdiction. This service was cut short in 1946 when he suffered a coronary attack.
Mr. McCarter leaves a wife, the former Ruth Whittier Johnson of Topsham, Maine, whom he married in 1931; a son, William H. McCarter Jr., a Dartmouth senior; a daughter, Joanna (Mrs. William J. Cowperthwaite) of Braintree, Mass.; and a granddaughter, Margaret Ruth Cowperthwaite.
A memorial service was held in Rollins Chapel on July 9, with the Rev. Roy B. Chamberlin officiating. A tribute was read by Prof. Edmund H. Booth '18, a colleague in the English Department. The Class of 1919 was represented by Max Norton, George Rand, John Williams, Guy and Muriel Cogswell, Clark and Madeleine Collins, James and Mary Davis, and Mrs. Adele Ives.
The family requested that, in lieu of flowers, friends send contributions to the Treasurer of Dartmouth College for a William Hill McCarter Memorial Fund for the purchase of books for Baker Library.
WAYNE EDSON STEVENS, A.M. '30, Professor of History, died of a heart attack at his home in Hanover on July 20. He had been on leave of absence during the past year because of ill health.
A member of the Dartmouth faculty since 1921, Professor Stevens had a special interest in the history of Canada and for many years had taught a course in that field. He also gave an advanced course on the First and Second World Wars, and another history course with which he was identified for some years was that dealing with Colonial and Revolutionary America.
Professor Stevens was born in Avon, Ill., on July 24, 1892. He was graduated from Knox College in 1913 and did graduate work at the University of Illinois, where he received his M.A. in 1914 and his Ph.D. in 1916. He taught English constitutional and American history at the University of Minnesota for one year before entering the U. S. Army in 1917.
Professor Stevens was a Ist lieutenant with the Adjutant General's Department, 1917-19, and for six months after the armistice was signed he served with the historical branch of the War Plans Division of the General Staff, assisting with the preparation of a General Staff history of the war. After military service, Professor Stevens was director of the war records section of the Illinois State Historical Library, 1919-20, and then returned to Washington where as historian of the U. S. Air Service, War Department, he was in charge of preparing a history of the operations of the Air Service in Europe. Upon completion of this assignment in 1921, he joined the Dartmouth faculty as Instructor in History.
Dr. Stevens was promoted to Assistant Professor in 1923 and to full Professor in 1930, in which year he received Dartmouth's honorary M.A. degree. He held a commission as Major in the Officers' Reserve Corps from 1928 to 1942, and during 1928-30 he was a member of the advisory committee of the historical section of the Army War College.
Professor Stevens was the author of a book, The Northwest Fur Trade, 1763-1800, and he also wrote articles on the Northwest and military history. He was a contributor to the Dictionary of American Biography and the Dictionary of American History, and had also written articles on New Hampshire for the Encyclopaedia Britannica and Collier's Year Book.
Professor Stevens was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, the American Historical Association, the Mississippi Valley Historical Association, and Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternty.
He was married in 1933 to Ann B. Francis of Glen Ridge, N. J. He is survived by his wife and by a brother, Charles A. Stevens of Milburn, N. J. Services were held at the Church of Christ in Hanover on July 22, with burial in Pine Knoll Cemetery, Hanover.
In a tribute read at the service, Professor Stevens' history colleague, Prof. Allen R. Foley '20, said, "Wayne lived and worked and moved among us for a long, long time, and most of the memories we share together as Hanoverians are of the Hanover of which he was a part. He came to us a young man fresh from the prairies and from service in World War I - tall and straight and dark a handsome figure of a man with a seriousness of manner and purpose, yet with a friendly smile and a quiet sense of humor. He walked with us gladly, whether along the common ways of our community life or up the river or over the Vermont hills; he shared generously with us the day's work in the classroom, the community, and around the conference table....
"In these latter days, under heavy affliction, he displayed striking persistence and unusual courage. But there is an end to all things and at the last his ending came quickly and mercifully.... Those of us who worked with him will miss him.... He had both affection for and. loyalty to Dartmouth. He loved this North Country and the Connecticut valley and the lights and shadows of its changing seasons. It is comforting to know that here he will rest from his labors as here in this larger Dartmouth fellowship his work will live after him."
1894
"One of the grand old men of Somersworth passed away early yesterday morning." Such was the announcement in the Somersworth, N. H., Free Press of the death of WILLIAM MARSTON AMES which took place September 1. To the members of his Class he was never "old," but "grand" was fittingly applied.
Billy was born in Cornish, Me., July 3, 1869, and so celebrated his 90th birthday last July, being the second oldest living member of our Class.
He came to College from Rochester, N. H., choosing Dartmouth because, as he wrote, "It was, in 1890, the only college in New Hampshire and the mecca of poor boys ambitious to work their way through." In College he joined Phi Zeta Mu, which later became Sigma Chi, and Casque and Gauntlet. He was manager of the track team in his senior year.
Billy graduated from Thayer School in 1895. From 1895 to 1922 he worked independently as engineer and contractor. In 1922 he formed a partnership as the Ames-Sheahan Inc. which subsequently became Ames Construction Co. The Free Press speaks, in part, of his widely spread and varied work as follows: "Mr. Ames was engineer for the original wells in this city; he designed and shared in construction of the water works for Milton, Reeds Ferry and Epping. He installed a good portion of Dover's sewage lines and built the dam and spillway at Hanover as well as the water works at Lebanon.
One of the Ames-Sheahan jobs of special interest was the laying of a water line under the ocean floor between Kennebunkport and Biddeford Pool."
For 26 years he spent his winters at Vero Beach, Fla., where he gave such attention to citrus growing that, beginning with a small grove, the venture grew to sizeable proportions and became very successful.
As to Billy Ames' relationship to '94, he was our class treasurer for 40 years and extracted money from us with a skill that left no scars but instead added to the joy of life. But apart from finance he was in every way a class leader.
Billy was married in 1896 to Mabel Adams Fogg who died in 1943. In 1946 he married Nettie Lord, who survives him. He is also survived by a son, John D. of Somersworth, and two daughters, Mrs. Marjory Ray of Tanneytown, Md., and Mrs. Natalie Prentice of Berwick, Me. A third daughter, Elizabeth, died within recent years.
The funeral service was held in The First Parish Church Congregational, Somersworth, where he was a deacon for nearly 50 years. Woody Parker was the only member of the Class able to attend beside the class secretary who shared in the service. Billy was prominent in Masonic circles and the local Lodge also participated.
1895
WILLIAM FOSTER RICE died in a hospital in Leesburg, Florida, on June 15, a few weeks after the death of his son, Winthrop H. Rice '25.
Sliver Rice was born in Milwaukee, December 1, 1872, the son of John A. and Elizabeth (Foster) Rice. At Dartmouth he was a member of Psi Upsilon and Phi Beta Kappa. After a year of post graduate work at Dartmouth, Sliver began a long career of teaching, first in the high schools of Fitchburg, Springfield and Lynn, Mass., and then in the Boston Latin School from 1904 to 1929. In 1929 he became head of the science department in the Jamaica. Plain High School where he remained until his retirement in 1943.
Sliver was active in the Central Congregational Church in Jamaica Plain, acting as moderator and treasurer of the Sunday School. He was also treasurer of the Central Club and a member of Kiwanis. He had served as class agent for 1895 for many years.
On August 8, 1899, Sliver was married to Florence E. May who died in 1940. On June 29, 1942, he was married to Jessie K. Hampton who died in 1953. He is survived by a son, William F. Rice, Jr. '23 of 460 4th Ave., Newark, N. J. He is also survived by seven grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren.
1897
FRANK EDWARD DREW died in the Maiden, Mass., Hospital on July 2 after a long illness. His home was at 60 Glenwood St., Maiden.
Frank was born in Boston, March 23, 1874, but came to college from Canterbury, N. H. He was a member of D.K.E. and Phi Beta Kappa. After receiving his LL.B. from Boston University in 1900 he began a long and distinguished law practice in Boston, retiring in 1954.
He was very active in political, business and church affairs in Maiden where he had served in the Common Council and on the Board of Aldermen. He was a corporator of the Maiden Hospital, a trustee of the Savings Bank, a member of the Converse Lodge of Masons and an honorary trustee of the First Parish Universalist Church.
On October 7, 1908 Frank was married to Marion Price, who died in 1925. In 1927 he was married to Grace Stewart who died in 1942. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Philip Pike of 3 South Main St., Concord, N. H.
1898
JOHN CARROLL MOULTON passed away on June 10 after a heart attack, which for six weeks required the use of an oxygen tent. His home was at 6806 Rugby Ave., Huntington Park, Calif.
He was born in Laconia, N. H., November 81, 1876, son of H. Frank and Ellen (Melcher) Moulton. He prepared for college at Proctor Academy and was a member of 1898 in 1894-95. After leaving Dartmouth, he became a mining engineer and carried on this work in Mexico and California, and later became interested in real estate business in Huntington Park.
He was a member of American Institute M. & M. Engineers, Sigma Chi, Theta Nu Epsilon, and a Mason.
He is survived by his widow, Maude E. Moulton, whom he married in June, 1915. A memorial service was held at Sylvan Chapel on June 12.
1900
CLARENCE ERWIN PADDOCK died at the Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on May 28. His home was at 23 Clifford St., Melrose, Mass.
Clarence entered Dartmouth as a sophomore from East Berlin, Conn. He joined Phi Kappa Psi, sang in the glee club, was a member of the varsity track team, winning his "D" in the mile and two mile events, and won prizes in mechanical drawing. In 1900 he received the B.S. degree, and in 1901 his C.E. from Thayer School.
After graduation, Clarence spent some years as a draftsman, but in 1910 decided that his real interest was in teaching. In 1910 he accepted a position as instructor of drawing and mathematics at the Springfield, Mass. Technical High School. A few years later he joined the staff of the Lynn English High School. In the fall of 1918 he was appointed professor of mathematics at Wentworth Institute in Boston. He served in this capacity for over thirty years, retiring in 1955 at the age of 74. Since his retirement he has engaged in tutoring mathematics to high school and college students.
Clarence was a quiet, deeply religious, genial, and public spirited man. He was popular with all members of 1900, and we shall sadly miss his kindly presence and stalwart manhood at future gatherings of the class. His hobbies were his colorful flower garden and singing with the Amphion Club, a choral group which sang together and gave concerts in the vicinity of Boston. At the time of his death he was a deacon in the Congregational church in Melrose.
Clarence's wife, the former Pearl Breck, died in January of this year. He is survived by his son, Erwin '27 of Wellesley, Mass.; three daughters, Mrs. Peter Wenk of Newaygo, Mich., Mrs. Arthur F. Wilson of Melrose, Mass., and Mrs. Robert S. Alexander of Delmar, N. Y.; a sister, Mrs. Sarah Bradley of New Britain, Conn.; and 13 grandchildren.
FRED CARROLL SMITH died at the home of his daughter, 4801 Nebraska Ave., Washington, D. C., on June 27, following a heart attack two weeks earlier. Funeral services were held on July 9 in Randolph, Vt., and burial was in the family lot in the Randolph cemetery.
Fred was born in Highgate Springs, Vt. on May 21, 1875. The family soon moved to a farm between Randolph and Bethel, and in this locality Fred received his early education. He' entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1896 from Randolph High School. On leaving college in the spring of 1898, he was employed for a short time in a drug store. Soon, however, he became associated with the Norfolk and Western Railroad working in the statistical department of the auditor's office. In 1902 he severed his connection with the railroad and went to work as a railway postal clerk. He served in this capacity for 33 years until his retirement in 1937.
On June 14, 1899 Fred was married to Rowena E. Kinsey of Roanoke, Va. In 1929 Fred commenced to lose his hearing, and in 1945 his wife was stricken with arthritis. Since 1952 she has been an almost helpless invalid in a Washington nursing home. Fred has borne his own physical difficulties, as well as the misfortune of his beloved wife, with great courage. He was well liked by all who knew him and was an efficient and conscientious public servant. Fred was always deeply interested in all things pertaining to Dartmouth. It was a great pleasure to all those who attended our reunion in 1955 to see Fred again and to renew old friendships.
Fred is survived by his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Rowena Kohloss; a son, George C. Smith of Indianapolis, Ind.; a sister, Mrs. J. Marden DeShon of Portland, Me.; two grandsons and three great-granddaughters.
1903
JOHN HENRY KENNEDY of 1723 Northampton St., Holyoke, Mass., died suddenly on June 2 of a heart attack. He was born February 3, 1880, at Holyoke, the son of Thomas F. and Bridget (O'Connor) Kennedy. He is survived by two sons, Harold J. Kennedy '35, well known in New York and Hollywood circles as actor, playwright and producer; John P. Kennedy of South Hadley Falls, Mass.; a sister, Mrs. Mary A. Goyette of Holyoke;
two grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Henry prepared for college at Holyoke High School. He first entered Holy Cross and transferred to Dartmouth sophomore year. Following graduation, he taught in Vermont schools for a short period, and in 1905 became associated with the Holyoke public school system where he remained for twenty years, the last 13 of which he served as a principal. Until his retirement three years ago he had been associated with the Milton Bradley Co. of Springfield, Mass.
HERBERT NELSON BATES of 439 Washington St., Brookline, Mass., died June 13 after a long illness.
Bucky was born November 22, 1880, at Hingham, Mass., the son of Charles and Mary (Bailey) Bates. He is survived by a daughter, Marion W. Bates, with whom he had made his home and who was a graduate of Bates College, 1921, and a son Harold Nelson Bates, Dartmouth 1925, and four grandchildren.
Bucky left college sophomore year and shortly thereafter became associated with the Assessors' Office of the town of Brookline. His entire career of over fifty years was with that office. He was a member of the Old Colony Lodge of Masons. A loyal classmate, he could usually be found at all class and college gatherings in and around Boston.
CARL CHESTER JOHNSON died suddenly on June 22 at his home in Pomfret, Vt. Carl was born April 12, 1879, at Fitchburg, Mass., the son of William Chester and Aura Maria (Morgan) Johnson. He was educated in the schools of Lunenburg and Fitchburg. He served with the Sixth Mass. Regiment during the Spanish-American War and in World War I was with the regular army, serving in the Medical Corps in this country and France, 1917-19.
Following discharge after the SpanishAmerican War he entered Dartmouth expecting to continue through to obtain a medical degree. But ill health made necessary his leaving college freshman year and for a while he was associated with his father in the lumber business.
He first married Mabel Oro Littlehale of Fitchburg, who died in 1943. On July 15, 1944, he married Persis Dana Moore of Pomfret, who was on the staff of Baker Library at Hanover, who survives Carl with his sister, Mrs. Walter Whitney, Leominster, Mass., and two brothers, William M. of Avon, N. J. and James M. of Portland, Oregon.
Carl settled in Pomfret in 1902 and for the greater part of his life was an orchardist and a cultivator of bees in which he became a recognized specialist. He had served Pomfret as town clerk, treasurer, constable and justice of the peace, and as a representative in the state legislature.
1904
MALCOLM WILLIAM RIX died at his home, 1087 Waverly PL, Schenectady, N. Y., on June 5. He was born July 19, 1880 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of William S. Rix '74. Malcolm was with the class for one year only, coming to Dartmouth from Utica, N. Y. In college he was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa.
After leaving college he represented the Utica Drop Forge and Tool Co. as their New England representative and later was associated for five years with the Travelers Insurance Co. In 1916 he entered the cost department of the General Electric Co. and later became administrative assistant to the manager of the Works Laboratory from 1925 until his retirement in 1947.
Malcolm's hobby was constructing replicas of extinct birds. He made and supplied some for Abercrombie & Fitch of New York City. He lectured on this subject at Cornell University.
He leaves his wife Marjorie Pettengill Rix and a brother J. Burton Rix '06 of Dallas, Texas.
CHARLES JOSEPH WESTON died in Brimfield, Mass., on August 10 after a long illness.
He was born March 31, 1883, in Windsor, Vt., the son of Charles J. and Elizabeth (Walker) Weston. Charlie entered with the Class of 1904 from Windsor High School. He left college for one year to become secretary to the noted sculptor, Augustus StGaudens, in Cornish, N. H. Charlie also formed an acquaintance with the painter, Maxfield Parrish, who had a home near St-Gaudens. After graduating from Dartmouth in 1905 he entered Boston University Law School.
In 1910 Charlie began the practice of law in Springfield, Mass., and throughout his entire career practiced in that city, where he built up a very large and successful business. He also gave a tremendous amount of time to public affairs, serving as counsel for the board of trustees of the Hampden County Improvement League, the Junior Achievement Society, the Oak Grove Cemetery Association and as trustee for the Hospital Cottages for Children. During World War II he served as a member of Draft Board. 141 with great fairness and was highly commended for his services. Charlie was also a member of the Hampden County and Massachusetts Bar Associations, and the Springfield Kiwanis Club.
His hobbies were two - politics and fishing. He became one of the most influential Republican leaders in the city of Springfield - one time city prosecutor, but never accepted elective office. Charlie ranked among the top fly casters of the country. He enjoyed his sport at his camp in Weston, Vt.
He married Marjorie H. Perry of Wilbraham, Mass., October 17, 1911, who passed away many years ago. He leaves a son, Perry Weston '40 of Brimfield, Mass., and a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth W. Swift of Windsor, Conn., and six grandchildren.
1905
DR. ANDREW LOUIS MACMILLAN JR. died on June 6, in the Concord, N. H., Hospital. After a pleasant stay in Florida last winter, he had been able to work part time until the onset of arteriosclerosis. His home was at 20 Auburn St.
Born in Barnard, Vt., December 11, 1882, the son of Dr. Andrew L. MacMillan '72 and Clara Wood, Andy entered Dartmouth from the Rockland, Mass., High School. He worked steadily toward his goal of medicine. From Dartmouth Medical School he went on to receive his degree in 1909 from Harvard Medical School. He practiced for a year with his father in Hanover, Mass., and then decided to specialize in ophthalmology.
Subsequent to his service as house officer and clinical assistant at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in Boston, a period of two years and a half, he began a career as an eye, ear and throat specialist in Concord. He established a noteworthy reputation, not only for his skill, but also for his kindly and personal interest in his patients. During World War I and again in World War II he served as a medical examiner.
Andy had been president and secretarytreasurer of the Merrimack County Medical Society, president of the New England Ophthalmological Society and vice-president of the New England Otology and Laryngological Society. He had been president of the staff of the Margaret Pillsbury General Hospital, where he served as staff member for 29 years. He was a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology.
In Boston in 1918 he married Ray Hancock, who died in 1948. In 1949 he married Beatrice Wood. He is survived by his widow and by two daughters of his first marriage, Mrs. Emily M. Merrill of Cohasset, Mass., and Mrs. Elizabeth M. Briggs of Concord, and four grandchildren.
JAMES HENRY MULALLY died suddenly of a heart ailment on June 27 at his summer home at Bald Eagle Lake, Minn. His home was at 535 Montrose Lane, St. Paul.
He was born June 3, 1883, in Danvers. Mass., the son of James J. and Mary (Maroney) Mulally.
At Dartmouth Jim established a reputation for earnest application to his aim of acquiring an adequate education, coupled with high integrity and sound judgment, plus a friendly, likable disposition. These qualities characterized his entire life.
While working for the degree of LL.B.. granted in 1908 at the University of Minnesota, Jim taught at the College of St. Thomas and St. Paul. His law career included a partnership with Daniel W. Lawler, the mayor of St. Paul.
In 1920 Jim became associated with the Great Northern Railway. He rose to be assistant general counsel, where he earned an outstanding reputation as a trial lawyer. Meanwhile he taught for many years at St. Paul College of Law.
After his retirement in 1953, Jim formed a law partnership with Bruce Sanborn '04. In his later years he found leisure to enjoy gardening, golf and fishing in Minnesota and Florida.
He was a member of the St. Paul Athletic Club, the White Bear Yacht Club, the Ramsey County and Minnesota Bar Associations, and was a trustee of William Mitchell College of Law. In 1940 he served as president of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of the North West.
In 1910 Jim married Helen Batson of St. Paul. Five children were born to them: Judith (Mrs. Bernard Lilien), Charles. Edward. Judd '42 and Joan (Mrs. James E. McNamara). Helen died in 1941.
In 1948 Jim married Mrs. Alpha Marie Sarchet, who survives him with his five children, two sisters, Mrs. Henry D'Entremont, of Newark, N. J„ and Mrs. Eugene Murphy, of Taunton, Mass., and one brother, Harold Mulally of Danvers, Mass.
1907
JOHN VERNON JEWETT died at Huggins Hospital, Wolfeboro, N. H., on July 14.
A native of Danvers, Mass., he attended schools of that town and graduated from Dartmouth in 1907. In 1928 he was graduated from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, with the Master of Education degree.
From 1921 to 1939, John was submaster. counselor, and teacher at Brookline High School, Brookline, Mass., and was principal of the Heath School in Brookline from 1939 to his retirement in 1953. From 1948 to 1952, he was a member of Selective Service Board No. 44, Brookline, and from 1948 to 1952 was Chairman of Selective Service Board No. 25, Brookline.
John was also steward of the Official Board and first president of the Men's Club of St. Mark Methodist Church of Brookline and was past president of the Brookline Kiwanis Club, having served as its secretary for 14 years.
Since his retirement in 1953, he had made his home in Center Harbor, N. H„ and was a deacon of Center Harbor Congregational Church and a member of the Center Harbor School Board.
Members of John's family are his wife, Mrs. Marian Lawrence Jewett; a son, Vernon L. Jewett of Wellesley, Mass.; two daughters, Mrs. Arthur Flagler Fultz, of Auburndale, Mass., and Mrs. J. Eugene Huff, of Lambert Lake, Maine; twelve grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. John remarried three years ago, his first wife having died in 1953. His widow has two married children, a son and a daughter.
Interment was in Rowley, Mass.
JOHN CARMAN WALLACE died on July 7 at his home, 13800 Fairhill Rd., Shaker Heights, Ohio. Born in Atlantic, Pa., on June 12, 1885, Jack's family moved to Cleveland when he was a boy, and he was educated in that city, graduating from East High School.
He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and Casque and Gauntlet and on the basketball squad. Jack served on the Alumni Council, 1917-23, 1925-26 and on the Athletic Council, 1922-26. He was a member of the Fairmount Presbyterian Church, the University Club and the Shaker Heights Country Club.
In 1910 Jack was married to Florence Wedow of Cleveland. She died in 1919, and their son, Jack, died in 1929.
In 192.1 Jack married Marie Sullivan, who survives him. A brother, Lew E. Wallace, of Youngstown, and two sisters, Mrs. Charles Bradford of Cleveland and Mrs. Harry Carlson, of Montclair, N. J., also survive him.
Jack was sales manager of the General Fireproofing Co., Youngstown, Ohio, in his earlier years. He then went to Perfection Stove Co., of Cleveland, in 1916, and stayed with that company until he retired in 1947. For many years he had combined the duties of vice-president and sales manager.
During the last three years of his life, Jack had suffered poor health. In spite of serious illness, including a broken hip and circulatory problems, Jack made a substantial gift to the Dartmouth capital fund just a few days before his death.
1909
GEORGE HENRY DWENGER passed away at his home, 92 Osceola Rd., Wayne, N. J., on July 19, after a long illness.
George was born July 26, 1887, in Brooklyn, N. Y. He was the son of George William and Addie (Osborn) Dwenger. He prepared for Dartmouth at Boys' High School, Brooklyn.
After receiving his A.B. degree in 1909, he taught history in various high schools in the New York and New Jersey area. Columbia University awarded him his A.M. degree in Philosophy in 1931. In 1915, George became associated with Long Island College of Medicine and served through the various grades from instructor to Director of Admissions from which position he retired in 1957.
On October 24, 1922 at Beaver, Pa., Mary Louise Alexander was married to George. Two sons were born to them: George Alexander, Dartmouth '47 and Kemper Van Voast Dwenger who attended Oberlin.
For most of the time from 1931 to 1953 the family lived in Montclair, N. J. George served on the Vestry of St. John's Episcopal Church, was a member of the Dartmouth Club of New York and the Cosmopolitan Club of Montclair.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. A. F. Chillson, rector of Christ Episcopal Church in Pompton Lakes on June 22 with interment in Mt. Hebron Cemetery in Upper Montclair.
The Class of 1909 has said good-by to another of its loyal members and expresses its sympathy to the widow and sons in their sorrow.
1910
WALTER GIBSON WILSON died on April 28 in Glendale, Calif. He had been in poor health for some time.
Walter was born July 21, 1888, in South Lancaster, Mass., son of Alexander and Agnes (Gibson) Wilson. He prepared for college at Leicester Academy. He was with our class for the freshman year, and later attended Stanford University.
Walter entered the insurance field and established the Walter G. Wilson Agency in Indianapolis. In 1927 he moved to Los Angeles and became manager for one of the stores of the Martin Music Co. He was later manager of the Los Angeles branch of the Piatt Music Co. In the late 30's he returned to the insurance business and continued in that field until his retirement.
Walter was married to Lillian Williams, February 17, 1917 in Dayton, Ohio. She died in 1947. A daughter, Mrs. Jane Primm of 334 Orange Ave., Coronado, Calif, survives.
ABIEL WAYLAND WOOD died on August 3 in Lemuel Shattuck Hospital, Jamaica Plain, Mass. He had been ill several months. Norton and Florence Cushman represented the class at the funeral in the First Baptist Church in Worcester. His home was at 16 Ardmore Rd., Worcester.
Wayland was born August 9, 1887, in Millbury, Mass., son o£ Pliny W. and Mary (Lovell) Wood. He prepared for college at Worcester Classical High School. After graduation from Dartmouth with Phi Beta Kappa honors he completed the Thayer School course and received the C.E. degree in 1911. His College and Class were very dear to him and he was a regular at reunions.
Wayland was active in many organizations. From 1936 to 1940 he served as chairman of the Republican City Committee in Worcester. He played a vital role in the successes of his party in the municipal elections of 1939 and the state and city elections of 1938.
Following his graduation from Thayer School he was associated with the Whipple Engineering Co., in New York. In 1913 he moved to Boston where he served with a sanitary engineering company. In 1914 he joined his father's lumber company in Worcester. He served as secretary of the Massachusetts Retail Lumber Dealers' Association which was founded by his father.
Wayland was a member of the Kiwanis Club which he joined in 1917. He was a director of the club. He was active in committee work in the Worcester Girls' Club and the Young Men's Christian Association. In 1921 he began service as captain of one o£ the teams in the Community Chest and continued in this spot until recently when he was named honorary captain. As a member of the First Baptist Church, he served as chairman of the Building and Grounds Committee. He was a past master of Morning Star Lodge of Masons.
He was married. to Marion Loring, October 28, 1915 at Somerville, Mass. Survivors, besides his widow, are a daughter, Mrs. David W. Bacon of Cincinnati, Ohio, and a son, Dr. Loring Wayland Wood '45 of Buffalo; two sisters, Mrs. Frances I. Willis of New Haven, Conn., and Mrs. Gladys L. Vaile of Chevy Chase, Md.; and four grandchildren.
1911
STANLEY WALKER ROCKWOOD, professor emeritus of foreign languages at Arkansas College, Batesville, Ark., died at a Little Rock hospital on June 18. His home was at 715 E. Main St., Batesville.
He was born in Orange, Vt., September 16, 1884, graduated from Kimball Union Academy and entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1907. He got his master's degree from the University of Chicago in 1920 and the doctorate from the University of Wisconsin in 1929.
Stan was engaged in high school teaching from 1911 to 1917. His college professorships were all in the field of modern and Romance languages. The list includes Wabash, Carroll, Michigan State, Wisconsin, and Belhaven prior to 1933, when he became professor of French and Spanish at Arkansas College, where he remained until his retirement in 1954.
His principal interest outside of teaching was the Kiwanis Club where he had a perfect attendance record for 15 years. He was elected secretary of the club in 1945 and served continuously in that office until he was elected president in 1958.
He is survived by his wife, the former Hannah Martha Deal, and two daughters. Funeral services were held in the Presbyterian Church where he was an elder.
Although distant from Hanover all his adult life, he was an active participant in college and class activities.
1912
ERNST EDMUND MENSEL, 68, of 12 Barrett PI., Northampton, Mass., died at his home on August 24.
Born in Carthage, Ill., he was the son of Prof. Ernst H. Mensel and Lucinda Hyde. He was a graduate of Northampton High School and a cum laude graduate of Dartmouth, where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta, Sphinx, and captain of the 1912 basketball team.
He became president and general manager of the Hampton Co. of Easthampton before his retirement. A director of this company, he also was treasurer and director of Hampton Spinning Mills, director and secretary of Albert Vandam Co., Inc., and a trustee of Nonotuck Savings Bank. He was a member of the First Congregational Church, the Masons and the Elks.
His first wife, the former Alice Wright Cooley, died in 1921. He leaves his present wife, the former Eleanor Eastman; three sons, Robert '41, of Keene, N. H.; Arthur of Easthampton, Mass.; and Ernst J. '50 of Mobile, Ala.; a daughter, Dr. Patricia Perkins of Batavia, N. Y.; four brothers, including John H. '16, a sister and 11 grandchildren.
JOSEPH LOVERING RICHARDS died at his home in Harvard, Mass., on August 11.
Born September 14, 1886, the son of Joseph D. and Elizabeth (Woodbury) Richards, he was graduated from Dartmouth with the Class of 1912, and received a degree of Master of Science in Forestry at the University of Michigan, in 1914. He was employed from 1918 to 1924 by the U. S. Bureau of Plant Industry, Research Dept.
In 1922, at the death of his father, he assumed the treasurership of Doll and Richards, art store, in Boston, which he held until 1941.
Mr. Richards was a student of the singletax system, and supported the theories of Henry George School of Social Science. Throughout his life, silvi-cultural and economic research also engaged his interest.
He leaves his wife, Eleanor Furman Richards; a son, Joseph D. Richards '39 of Baltimore, Md.; a daughter, Mrs. Nancy McKinley of Midland Park, N. J., and four grandchildren.
1913
GEORGE BREWER MCCLARY died in his sleep on May 29 at his home, 17 Putnam Park, Greenwich, Conn. He had been in poor health this past year following a bad attack of virus pneumonia, but his death was unexpected.
He was born December 21, 1890, in Oak Park, Ill., the son of Emily B. Rood and Nelson A. McClary '84, and prepared for Dartmouth at the Chicago University School.
In college he was leader of the Freshman Mandolin Club and a member o£ the Varsity Mandolin Club all four years, becoming leader his senior year. He graduated from Thayer School in 1915. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi and Sphinx.
Following graduation he became associated with the Bates Construction Co. in Chicago and then was field engineer, Chicago Union Station Co. until World "War I.
He served as ambulance driver for the French in the Dartmouth Unit of the American Field Service in 1915 and 1916. He served in the Mexican Border Campaign in 1916 with the Illinois National Guard and then was commissioned 2nd Lt., January 1, 1917 and was on active duty from May 8,1917. He was overseas as Captain, Engineers, with the Pioneer Reg. Engineers, A.E.F., until September, 1918, in the Marne to Aisne offensive.
In 1919 he was a partner of Cooper & Mc-Clary, civil engineers, in Chicago and then George B. McClary and Co. He later became associated with A. B. Leach & Co., Inc.
On August 18, 1917, George was married to Adelaide Caldwell, who survives him with their daughter Adelaide (Mrs. Eldon Stowell of Greenwich) and three sons, Nelson '43, Andrew '50 and George '50 (twins) and eight grandchildren. After his retirement George had moved to Greenwich to be near his family.
Burial was in Oak Park, Ill.
HENRY SHERMAN PROCTOR JR. died suddenly on July 27 at his home, 82 Lanning St., Trenton, N. J.
He was born on May 20, 1891, in Westerly, R. 1., and prepared for college at Westerly High School. He graduated from Dartmouth and Northeastern University School of Law. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Henry was assistant general agent of the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and a member of the Juvenile Court Committee, American Society of Social Workers and Providence Council of Social Agencies. He was secretary of the Club for Social Workers. He had been superintendent of the old State Home and School in Rhode Island.
He was an active worker in community funds of Cranston, East Providence, Warwick and South Kingston and had served as director of the Cranston Community Fund.
Henry went to Trenton in 1941 to organize his own air conditioning firm. At the time of his death he was sales director for the April Showers Co.
He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral and the Dartmouth Club of Central New Jersey.
He is survived by his wife, Claire Dimmock Proctor; two sons, Henry S. 3rd, of Providence, Donald B. of Newark, Del.; a daughter, Mrs. Girard Larson of Denville, N. J., and seven grandchildren.
Burial was in the River Bend Cemetery, Westerly, R. I.
CHESTER ADRIAN VANDER PYL died on July 28 at the hospital in Vista, Calif., after a short illness. He had suffered a mild heart attack early this year and then another in July following a motor trip to Seattle to visit his son John. His home was at 870 Alta Vista Dr., North.
He was born on July 8, 1890 in Roxbury, Mass., son of Helen De Rue and Cornelius Vander Pyl and entered Dartmouth from Boston Latin School.
After graduation Van was associated with the Frank Mossberg Co., of Attleboro, manufacturers of tools, metal stampings and mechanical devices for the textile industry. He was purchasing agent and then became treasurer of the Mossberg Pressed Steel Corp. in 1918.
In 1930 he terminated this employment and went to San Francisco with the E. H. Edwards Co., principal manufacturer on the Pacific Coast of metal cables for construction, shipping, mining, lumbering and fishing industries, as industrial manager and rose to be vice-president and general manager.
He married Florence Mildred Mossberg at Attleboro, Mass., on June 17, 1914 and Charles M. was born on June 13, 1915; John Richard on January 17, 1917; Chester Adrian Jr. in December, 1919. In 1935 he married Viola Moore in San Francisco. Her daughter, Virginia, is now Mrs. Archibald Howie of Sydney, Australia.
In 1949 Van suffered his initial severe heart attack and recovered after months of recuperation and returned to business in a restricted way. In 1952 he was "about 80% retired" and he and Viola started their tours of the Orient, Africa, Europe and around the Pacific. He lived for ten interesting and eventful years after his first warning shock, more tranquilly and appreciatively than ever before.
He is survived by his wife, three sons, and a brother, John C. '10 of Pound Ridge, N. Y.
1914
ROBERT SHEDD NOBLE died in the Mary Hitchcock Hospital in Hanover on July 27. He had suffered from diabetes for 17 years and in recent years had become almost totally blind. His home was in Bethel, Vt.
Bob was born in Bethel, October 22, 1893, the son of Robert and Ida (Brown) Noble and graduated from Whitcomb High School in Bethel. He was a member of S.A.E. at Dartmouth.
Bob was a teacher-coach and high school principal in Vermont for more than 30 years and was loved by his pupils for his high integrity, devotion to his profession, and his keen Yankee wit. He taught and coached at Goddard Seminary and at Randolph High School. In 1930 he was made principal of the South Royalton High School serving until 1952 when he became principal of Whitcomb High School, where he remained until he was forced to retire due to ill health.
Bob was a trustee of the United Church, Bethel; a member of White River Lodge F. & A.M. and 0.E.S.; Rotary Club; New England Council of Secondary School Principals Association and a former member of the Vermont Headmasters Association.
He was married on December 19, 1926 to Anne Gilbert Dell, who survives him with two sons, Gilbert '52, now a high school principal, and Austin B. II, a graduate of Harvard '50 who is now Vermont Tax Com- missioner. Bob's brother Austin B. '13 was killed in service in World War I. His brother John '13 died last October.
1915
HEYWOOD SHAW JONES, of Bangor, Me., died at a local hospital on August 20 following several years of ill health. His home was at 16 Somerset St.
Casey was born in Bangor, May 24, 1891, the son of Alonzo D. and Eva (Shaw) Jones. He was graduated from Bangor High School in 1910 and attended Peekskill Military Academy, Phillips-Andover Academy, and Dartmouth.
Throughout his life, music was his major interest. He studied on practically every instrument in the band and orchestra, including the study of piano accordion at the Harper Conservatory of Music in Salem, Mass. and with Pietro Deiro in New York City. He taught piano accordion for 12 years, studied band arranging and, in addition to doing his own arranging, wrote his own continuity and lyrics.
He started composing music while in grammar school. His compositions were many, including 25 marches, 15 descriptive numbers, suites, overtures, etc., and about 35 school and college songs including the Maine Maritime Academy songs and the "Go Dartmouth" marching song which he gave to the College. He also wrote the "Spirit of DeMolay" and the "DeMolay Marching Song." Most of his marches and descriptive numbers have been played by bands all over the United States and abroad.
He was a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, the Bangor Band, Bangor Symphony Orchestra, and honorary life member of Protective Union Local 768, a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, the Anah Temple Band which he directed for nine years, a past president of the Kiwanis Club, the American Legion, Anah Temple Order of the Mystic Shrine, a member of all the Scottish Rite bodies, a 32nd degree Mason, and he organized and directed the American Boys' Band for four years.
Until his retirement Casey was president and treasurer of Jones Seafood Market, Inc. founded in 1854, and president and treasurer of Heywood S. Jones, Inc. He served as first sergeant in the Chemical Warfare Service in World War I.
Besides his wife, Mrs. Kathleen Crowley Jones, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Carl W. Smith of Mars Hill; by a son, Robert H. Jones of Bangor; two brothers, Arthur Jones of Hope, and Philip Jones of Bangor; a sister, Mrs. Laura McCullum of Boston; and by four grandchildren.
Casey was a staunch Dartmouth man and classmate who went out of his way to do nice things for a lot of people and our sincere sympathy goes out to his family.
GEORGE EDWARD READ of Manomet, Mass., former Eastern regional sales manager for the Studebaker-Packard Corp., died June 21 at Jordan Hospital, Plymouth, Mass. after a short illness. He was 66 years old.
George spent two years at Dartmouth where he was on the track team and a member of D.K.E. In 1922, he joined the Studebaker Corp. which was merged with the Packard Motor Car Co. in 1954. Until his retirement last year his office was in New York City.
Surviving are his wife, the former Clara Rollins; two sons, Dr. George R. Read of Montclair, N. J., and Richard R. Read of Mount Kisco, N. Y.; a daughter, Mrs. Joseph P. Healy of Manomet; a brother, Fred W. Read of Sacramento, Calif., and eleven grandchildren.
1916
VIVIAN ALBERT FLETCHER, born in Jersey, England, May 27, 1891, died of a cerebral hemorrhage on July 28 at the Veterans Hospital, Jamaica Plain, Mass. He was buried in the family lot at Townsend Cemetery in Sudbury, Mass., where he had made his home for many years.
Jock was the son of Charles and Antoinette (Binet) Fletcher. After graduation from Concord (N. H.) High School, and Kimball Union Academy, Jock entered Dartmouth with the Class of 1916, and graduated with the B.S. degree. During World War I he was a corporal in the Civil Engineer Corps of the U.S. Army, after which he entered the Harvard School of Business Administration, graduating in 1921 with the degree of M.B.A. For a decade he practiced as a statistician, being employed by the U.S. Treasury Department and by various corporations. In 1931 he entered the field of investment counselling, and was employed by investment and banking firms in New York and Boston.
In 1924, Jock was married to Grace Nies, who survives him. Mrs. Fletcher is a nationally known writer. Also, he leaves a son, Richard N. Fletcher of Sudbury, and two sisters, Mrs. Ford Prince of Durham, N. H., and Misses Hilda and Fannie Fletcher, of England.
During undergraduate days, Jock was a member of Sigma Chi. He remained interested in affairs of the College and his Class throughout his life, and was a welcome figure at all Dartmouth affairs. A memorial is being prepared to honor his memory in St. Elizabeth's Chapel, Sudbury, of which he was one of the founders 13 years ago. The Class of 1916 is participating in this memorial, as a token of its regard for Jock Fletcher.
HORACE BRAMWELL MACARTNEY died of heart failure at St. Francis Cardiac Hospital, Port Washington, N. Y. on March 21. Born July 29, 1893, at Pittsburgh, Pa., he attended Pittsburgh High School, and Erasmus High in Brooklyn, N. Y. He entered Dartmouth in 1912, but remained only one year, transferring to Cornell, where he graduated with the degree of B.A. He served in World War I, with the U.S. Army.
For many years he was vice-president of Hammarlund Mfg. Co., a radio-electronics firm and at the time of his death was working at the Naval Training Device Center at Port Washington, L. I., where he maintained his home at 5 Bedford Rd.
His widow, Sheila M. Macartney and three sons survive him. Horace graduated from Dartmouth in '46; lan graduated from Dartmouth in '48; and Norman is presently a student at Colby College. A fourth son, Gordon, died in 1957.
Although Horace left Dartmouth for Cornell, he never forgot his associations with Hanover, and was one of the most faithful attendants at the 1916 dinners in New York, and a very welcome addition to the class group in that city. The men who had the privilege of knowing him at these gatherings, and who found him a most congenial companion can only regret that the Class was deprived of his presence throughout so much of his college career.
1918
FRANK A. HARRINGTON died in Toledo, Ohio, on May 28. His home was at 325 North Prospect St., Bowling Green, Ohio.
He was born July 8, 1895, in Bowling Green and attended the schools there. After two years at Dartmouth with the Class of 1918 where he was a member of D.K.E., Frank transferred to Miami University where he graduated in 1920. After receiving the J.D. degree from the University of Chicago in 1922 he entered the practice of law in Toledo, and became a well known trial and corporation lawyer.
Frank was a board member and president of Toledo Goodwill Industries and in 1951 he was awarded the Toledo Junior Bar Association's Order of the Heel, for outstanding helpfulness to young lawyers. He was a director and officer of Great Lakes Terminal Warehouse Co., Maumee Valley Transportation Co., Short Way Lines, Stellberg Hardware Co., and Theatre Leasehold Corp. He was actively interested in raising and racing standard bred horses. He was a member of the Toledo, Ohio, and American Bar Associations.
Frank is survived by his wife Lillian R. and a daughter Mrs. James Walerius of Toledo.
1919
FRANK STUART STROUT passed away at his home in Cape Elizabeth, Maine on July 19 at the age of sixty-three, after a long illness. He was born in Portland and attended Portland schools and Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., before coming to Hanover. Frank was with us during freshman year and served with the American Ambulance Service in France during World War I.
He had been president of the Tucker Printing Co. in Portland since 1919. He was a member of the State Street Congregational Church, the Portland Country Club, and the Dartmouth Club of Maine. He was also a 32nd degree Mason and a member of the Kora Temple, order of the Mystic Shrine in Lewiston, Maine and Psi Upsilon in Han over.
Surviving are his widow, the former Dorothy Williams; a son, Frank N. and three grandchildren. The class extends to them its most sincere sympathy in their sorrow.
1920
FREDERICK BEARDSLEY FOSTER JR. died after a long illness on August 8, at Stamford (Conn.) Hospital. His home was at 4 Halter Lane, Darien.
Fos was born in Brooklyn, N. Y„ on May 8, 1898, but had been a resident of Darien for the past 30 years. He had been associated in an executive capacity with the Western Electric Co. which he joined in 1923. He was an active member of the Noroton (Conn.) Presbyterian Church.
Fos was an interested and loyal member of our Class and a dedicated Dartmouth man. He leaves a host of friends who will miss his friendly association.
Fos is survived by his wife, Marian Swayze Foster, whom he married in 1926; a son, Brace B. Foster '51 of Darien, and a daughter, Mrs. Barbara Gaulocher of New York City.
J. NEWTON NASH, admiralty lawyer and senior partner in the law firm of Hill, Betts & Nash, New York City, died at his home, 314 Heathcote Rd., Scarsdale, N. Y., on July 12 after a long illness.
Following two years at Dartmouth, Newt was graduated from Columbia and took his law degree there two years later.
Newt was a director of several firms doing maritime business and also was general counsel and a director of the Belgian Chamber of Commerce in New York. He was a member of the International Association of Insurance Counsels, American and New York State Bar Associations, New York State Conference of Mayors and the National Institute of Municipal Law Officers. He was a past chairman of the Admiralty Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New Y'ork, a member of the executive committee of the Maritime Law Association, and a governor of the Lawyers Club.
A police justice in his village, Newt was formerly village attorney, a village trustee and chairman of the Zoning Board of Appeals. He also served as a justice of the peace of Scarsdale after it became a town and was a past master of the Scarsdale Lodge of Masons. He belonged to the American Yacht Club in Rye, the Town Club in Scarsdale, India House and the Union League Club in New York City.
Newt is survived by his wife, the former Estelle Pengel whom he married in 1924; a son, J. Newton of Scarsdale; two daughters - Mrs. L. Gleynn Yeaton of Miami Shore, Fla., and Mrs. Andre Pommellet of Obernai, France; a brother, William W. of Brooklyn, and five grandchildren.
Services were held at the Church of St. James The Less in Scarsdale on July 14. Jerry Stone, Carl Lenz and George Sackett represented the Class.
1921
After a long illness, Ross ALMORE SHEPARDSON of 12 Arlington Rd., Wellesley Hills, Mass., since 1935 president and treasurer of the Auburndale Lumber Co., Inc., died on July 27 at the Newton Wellesley Hospital.
He was born in Pike, N. H., May 25, 1896, the son of Adella (Manson) and Edward Emery Shepardson, a nationally known numismatist. After Somerville High School, Shep postponed his matriculation at college and on June 7, 1917 joined the U. S. Navy as a Seaman 2/c and rose to Pharmacist's Mate 2/c. He was released from active duty February 1, 1919 after assignments at the U. S. Naval Hospitals in Newport and New London; U.S.S. Zulandia; U. S. Naval Recruiting Office, Boston; and U.S.S. Utah.
At Dartmouth, which he attended for about two years, he was a member of Theta Delta Chi. After college he was a member of Soley Lodge, A. F. and A. M. and of the Who-Who Club, a lumbermen's association.
Shep leaves his wife, Ruth Baxter Shepardson, whom he married in Brighton, Mass., September 6, 1924; a son, Richard B. of Natick; two daughters, Mrs. George M. Norgeot of Orleans, Mass., and Mrs. Alan A. Switzer Jr. of Hebron, Maine; a sister, Mrs. Ruth Emerson of Stockbridge, Mass.; and four grandchildren.
A memorial service with Dr. William B. Rice of the Wellesley Hills Unitarian Church officiating was held July 30 at the Newton Cemetery Chapel, Newton Center. Friends were asked to omit flowers and to make donations in Shep's memory to the Heart Fund.
1924
During reunion we learned of the sudden death of WILLIAM SPROUL HATCH. Word from his widow, Esther, tells of tragedy following a blood clot. He had not been sick and died suddenly on May 26 at their home in Ironwood, Mich. The class sends her this delayed record of its sympathy.
Bill Hatch was born in New York City, December 14, 1901. He came to Dartmouth from Dean Academy and Philips Andover; played football for four years, and was a member of D.K.E., Sphinx, and Green Key.
After College, Bill worked with Procter & Gamble, until he joined Fownes Brothers, makers of fine gloves, in 1927, in Gloversville, N. Y. In 1939 he became vice-president of the company. Here he met Esther Burton, whom he married in 1931. Two sons were born to them: Burton, in 1932, and Raymond in 1936. While there he was very much interested in helping to coach the local high school team.
In 1942 the Hatches left for Milwaukee, where Bill joined the Hansen Glove Co., as leather buyer and producer. In 1950 this plant was moved to Ironwood, Mich. In addition to his work, Bill was interested in the Rotary Club.
The class Memorial Book will try to reflect his interests, as is our policy, and to keep his memory green.
1925
It was a shock to learn during the summer that only ten days after having enjoyed his first reunion at Hanover, NATHAN PORTER COLWELL succumbed to a heart attack on June 27, at Battle Creek, Mich. His home was at 219 Redner Dr. One of the highlights of the reunion was Nate's delight in bedecking with Dartmouth regalia his young son, Robert John, 4.½, who fitted into the occasion very nicely. We are glad that he was able to have this enjoyment before his final call.
Nate had a long background in radio broadcasting, starting as an entertainer shortly after leaving college in the spring of 1924, and was a radio director for some of the country's leading advertising agencies. In 1947 he was appointed chief of radio-TV for the U.S. Savings Bond Division of the Treasury Department. He became associated with the Office of Price Stabilization in 1951 and remained with that organization until it was discontinued in 1953. For the next two years he toured the western states, covering radio and television stations for an advertising and merchandising service. He returned to government service in 1955 and at the time of his death was director of the Radio-TV Division, Audio-Visual Office at the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization.
Nate was born March 23, 1904, in Chicago. He was married on December 26, 1953, to Frances S. Scheel, who survives him, together with his son, his mother, Mrs. Agnes Colwell, a sister, Mrs. Robert Carlson, and a niece, all of Glendale, Calif. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, the church's choir and the Moose Lodge. Interment was in Chicago.
1926
1926 has lost another loyal classmate, with the passing of RALPH NORTHRUP JONES, August 6, in the Whitefield, N. H., Morrison Memorial Hospital, where he had been admitted as a heart patient a few days before, and where he had served as Chief of Staff since 1951.
Doc was born in Concord, N. H., in 1898, the son of Edwin Emery and Maude (Northrup) Jones. He prepared for Dartmouth at Colebrook (N. H.) Academy and Phillips Exeter. At Hanover, he was a member of our freshman football team, and of Kappa Kappa Kappa.
After graduation, he attended Dartmouth Medical School for two years, and received his M.D. from McGill University in 1931. Doc followed closely in the footsteps of his father, who was also a doctor, a member of the Class of '92, Dartmouth Medical School '94. He interned at Mary Hitchcock Hospital in 1931-32, then began medical practice at Whitefield, where he resided until his death. For 19 summers he was Don Church's house physician at the Mountain View House. He was a member of the Whitefield Rotary Club, the Coos County Medical Society, the New Hampshire Medical Society and a regular participant in class gatherings. As one of the older members of the Class, he was one of our few veterans of World War I.
On June 19, 1925, in Colebrook, Ralph married Irva M. Pearlstine, who survives him. Also surviving are their daughters, Margaret (Mrs. George M. Nevers '53, of Albuquerque, N. M.) and Sally (Mrs. S. J. Bonaseva, of Avon, Mass.).
1927
HARRY BYRON PETTINGILL JR. died of a heart attack on August 23, at his home, 26 Prospect St., Essex; Conn.
Born in Weehawken, N. J., March 7, 1906, the son of Harry B. and Marion (Strickland) Pettingill, By attended Rutherford High School from which he entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1923. He left college at the end of his sophomore year, and on November 27, 1930, was married to Aletta Julia Shuttleworth in New York City. They had two sons, Harry Byron 3rd and Mallory Lee.
He moved to Essex about ten years ago, and at the time of his death was associated with the Plymouth Electric Co. of New Haven. He was active in civic affairs in both Rutherford and Essex, and was a member of the Essex Lions Club, the Lower Middlesex County Industrial Management Association, and took an active part in local civil defense.
He is survived by his wife, his two sons, his mother, and two sisters, to whom we extend sincere sympathy.
9930
The class will learn with regret of the sudden death on June 9 of ROLAND WARD BELKNAP from a heart attack, at his home in Bellows Falls, Vt.
Rollie was born in Bellows Falls, February 11, 1908, the son of Willis C. Belknap '92 and Katherine Carpenter. He prepared at Bellows Falls High School and Kimball Union Academy. In college he was a well liked member of the class and a member of Phi Sigma Kappa.
He spent his entire life in Bellows Falls. On the death of his father in 1934, Rollie and his brother Preston took over the operation of the Vermont Newspaper Corp., which publishes, the Bellows Falls Times, Springfield Reporter, Vermont Journal of Windsor and the Vermont Tribune of Ludlow.
Rollie had a wide range of community activities. He had served as a member of the Board of School Directors: an incorporator of Rockingham Memorial Hospital; treasurer of the Rockingham Meetinghouse Association; as editor of the Bellows Falls Times he supported every sound community project. He was a member of the Vermont Press Association and the New England Weekly Tress Association. In 1952 Rollie's paper was selected as the outstanding weekly newspaper in New England and his personal column was similarly chosen.
On September 23, 1935 he was married to Alma Bennett who died on December 23, 1952. He is survived by his son, John Paul, and his daughter, Martha; three sisters, Mrs. John Barbeloc, Mrs. Howard Fletcher and Mrs. A. MacKay Stoddard; and two brothers, Paul C. '21 and Preston D. '34.
1932
HOWARD GERMOND BRAILLARD died at age 49 at the Pratt Diagnostic Hospital in Boston on June 28. He was section manager of the Boston marketing service department of the Shell Oil Co., and made his home at 48 Spring Lane, Canton, Mass.
At Dartmouth Howie was a member of the Players and of Sigma Phi Epsilon. His major was Tuck School, and he received his M.C.S. from there in 1933. He joined the Shell Co. in the same year, and remained with them throughout his business career.
Howie took a lively interest in community living and was always ready to do more than his share to promote the activities and institutions which he felt contributed the most to good citizenship and social relationships. He was a member of the Masons, the Canton Town Republican Committee, and the First Congregational Parish in Canton (Unitarian). He was also active in work of the Rotary Club, Boy Scouts, Camp Fire Girls, Church and Parent Teachers Association.
He will be deeply missed by all who knew him, and the Class extends sincere sympathy to the surviving members of his family. These include his wife Eleanor, a daughter Charlotte and a son Walter, all of Canton; a brother Donald F. of Mt. Kisco, X. Y.; a sister Doris, wife of Dr. Winston Hole of Columbus, Ohio; and his mother, Mrs. Walter H. Braillard of Hastings-on-Hudson, N. Y.
DAVID BECKER STERN JR. died at his home, 60 Prospect Ave., Highland Park, Ill., on June 22. He was 49 years of age and a partner in the law firm of Schumacher, Gilmore, Van Ness and Stern.
Dave majored in history at Dartmouth and graduated with Phi Beta Kappa rank. He went on to earn his LL.B. cum laude at Harvard in 1935. His busine-s career was in the practice of law, and he had been a partner in two other firms before the one with which he was associated at the time of his death. His law practice was interrupted by a period of four and one-half years in the Army, which he left in December, 1945, with the rank of Captain.
While he was in the military service, in 1943, Dave married Sherl Kohn, but this marriage later ended in divorce. His second marriage was to Frances Thurston Puestow, who survives him. Also surviving are two sons Charles B. Puestow Jr.; a stepdaughter Frances Puestow; his parents Mr. and Mrs. David B. Stern; and a brother Carl '37.
To all who were close to Dave his classmates extend their sincere sympathy. He will be remembered as a good friend and loyal classmate.
THOMAS AUGUST WOLLAEGER died unexpectedly on May 29, following a heart attack at his home, 370 Washington Blvd., Oshkosh, Wis. He was 48 years of age, and was president of the Oshkosh Tanning Co.
As an undergraduate, Tom was popular with his fellow students, a member of Phi Gamma Delta, and active in track, swimming and canoeing. After graduating from Tuck School in 1933, he returned to his native Milwaukee and went to work for the William Steinmeyer Co., where he became superintendent of operations. He served in this capacity until the outbreak of the war, when he joined the Army Air Corps. After four years of military service, which he left with the rank of captain, Tom moved his family from Milwaukee to Oshkosh where he assumed the presidency of the Oshkosh Tanning Co., a post he held at the time of his death.
For five years Tom served as secretary of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Wisconsin, and throughout his life he was out standing in his loyalty and service to the College. With his passing, each member of the Class feels the loss of a staunch friend and loyal classmate.
To Tom's family his classmates extend their deepest sympathy. He is survived by his wife Gertrude; two daughters Cynthia and Pamela; and a son Bruce, all of Oshkosh. Also surviving are his mother Mrs. Helen Wollaeger and a brother Clarence, both of Milwaukee; and four sisters Mrs. Herbert Mueller, Mrs. John Koehler and Mrs. Frank Drew, all of Milwaukee, and Mrs. Theodore Nilsen of Andover, Mass.
1933
BAYARD LACEY CATRON JR. passed away suddenly on June 4 at his home on East Lake Drive, Springfield, Ill., as the result of an acute coronary thrombosis.
Lacey prepared for Dartmouth at Springfield High School where he was active in several sports, debating and the glee club. At Dartmouth, he majored in political science and was a member of the Glee Club for four years. In 1936, he was graduated cum laude from the University of Chicago Law School and admitted to the Illinois bar.
He first practiced with Chapman and Cutler in Chicago and subsequently joined the firm of Catron and Hoffman, headed by his father in Springfield. In 1944 he formed the partnership of Sorling and Catron, which became Sorling, Catron and Hardin in 1945, and with which firm he was actively practicing until his death.
His legal activities included service as legal adviser to the Office of Price Administration and as an instructor at the Lincoln College of Law in Springfield. He was a member of the Illinois State and American Bar Associations, attorney for the Springfield Sanitary District and had just completed a term as president of the Sangamon County Bar Association.
His church and civic activities were quite extensive. An avid student of theology, he taught adult classes at the First Presbyterian Church where he served as chairman of the Board of Trustees. He was a board member and treasurer of the Illinois Presbyterian Home; president of Child and Family Service; director of the Service Bureau for Colored Children and trustee of the Y.W.C.A. Active in the organization of the Springfield Municipal Opera Association, he had served as its president and as a director of the Springfield Art Association.
His immediate survivors are his wife, the former Connie Dycus Pierson, and four children: Louis E., Bayard Lacey III, Jennifer L. and John M. to whom the sincere sympathies of the Class are extended.
HERBERT EARLE WOODARD died of a heart attack on June 24 in Albuquerque, N. M. Burial was in San Francisco.
Herb was born in Fairlee, Vt. and entered Dartmouth from Newport, N. H. where he attended Towle High School. He attended Dartmouth for one year.
Our records of him are rather meager, but we do know that he was in the life insurance business with the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. and subsequently went into farming. More recently he was a broker in real estate and insurance in Brisbane, Calif., which he left one month prior to his death to become associated with the airport in Albuquerque.
He is survived by his wife, two children, three brothers and two sisters to whom the class extends its heartfelt sympathies.
1936
JOHN PEEBLES DEAN died on June 9 in Cranston, R. I.
John was a Phi Beta Kappa scholar in our class and developed his talents further at Columbia where he received an M.A. in 1938 and Ph.D. in 1944. He was on leave of absence from his position as Associate Professor of Sociology at Cornell at the time of his death.
John Dean's career as a college instructor began at Bucknell Junior College. Subsequently, he taught with distinction at Queens College, New York; The New School for Social Research; and at Cornell University. He wrote numerous articles on housing, urban planning, and inter-group relations, and was author or co-author of four books. His book, "Desegregation," received the Ainsworth-Wolf Award in 1955.
At Dartmouth, John was a member of Chi Phi. He was born in Cleveland, but came to college from Scarsdale (New York) High School. He was twice married and twice divorced. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Miriam Peebles Dean, of 136 South Lafayette Park Place, Los Angeles, Calif.
1942
ROBERT LAWRENCE GORMAN died suddenly at his home on Willow Rd., Riverside, Conn., on June 9.
Born in Troy, N. Y., on September 15, 1920, Bob attended the public schools in that city, graduating from Troy High prior to entering Dartmouth.
During his freshman year he continued the athletic activities of high school, taking an active part in both football and track. His undergraduate studies took him into the field of democratic institutions as a major. He was also an active member of Phi Kappa Psi.
Following graduation, Bob spent three years in the U. S. Marine Corps attaining the rank of captain by the time of his discharge in 1946. While still in the service, he married Katharine Schacht of Troy. In 1947 he received a B.S. degree from North Carolina State College and went to work with J. P. Stevens & Co. as a textile engineer.
During these years the family expanded to four sons and you may have seen them in advertisements from time to time, usually the entire family in a home scene. In 1956, Bob joined Simplified Tax Records, Inc., a small business tax service, in the capacity of tax consultant.
The entire class regrets the loss of Bob and we extend our deepest sympathies to Katharine and the children, David, John, Peter and Seth.
1944
The circumstances o£ DONALD KEITH ARNSDORF'S untimely death are tragic beyond belief. June 21, when most of us were returning from reunion, was Father's Day; it was Don and Madeleine's 12th anniversary; it was the day Don had fulfilled one of his lifelong ambitions, to attain a good teaching job in California. Within half an hour after contracting for a splendid position with a school in Ventura and phoning home the good news, the rented car Don was driving was struck by a stolen pick-up truck which was driven by a 19-year-old hoodlum who had just escaped from prison. Don died several days later of the brain injury incurred.
Don was remarkably successful in his chosen field. He was not only a good teacher, but completely dedicated to all that the word "education" means. As,you read over his accomplishments, which we haven't room here to itemize, you recognize what an untiring, zealous, and good man Don was. His principal job was teaching sciences, at White River Junction, at Bloomfield, N. J., High and Parsippany High; in addition, Don gave heavily of himself in a myriad of activities from educational committees to research work.
He was constantly working to improve himself and his stature in his field. Don was just a hair's, breadth away from a Ph.D. at the time of his death. After obtaining his B.A. at Dartmouth and M.A. at New York University, Don was granted National Science Foundation Fellowships at Stevens Institute of Technology, the University of Florida and the University of Wyoming.
One of Don's loves was athletics, particularly track. You'll recall his prowess in cross country at Dartmouth. While he taught, he always got involved with the athletic department, as coach or faculty manager of athletics or scout.
Don leaves his attractive wife, the former Madeleine Couture, and four daughters aged 10, 7, 5, and 3. To them go the heartfelt sympathy and affection of the class. Their home is at 40 Hunterdon Rd., West Orange, N. J.
1947
CHARLES FRANK MOUCEY, chief office engineer for the Bozeman, Montana, construction firm of Haggerty-Messmer Co., died on May 20, following a heart attack.
Frank was a graduate of the Bozeman school system and of Montana State College in 1948. He was a member of the Bozeman Elks lodge No. 463, of the Masonic lodge No. 18. a past president of the Bozeman Optimists Club, and of the Emerson P.T.A.
He is survived by his wife, the former Gertrude Doornbos; two sons, Ronny and Larry; his father, mother, a brother, and two sisters.
Although at Dartmouth only as a member of the Navy V-12 Unit, Frank had been affiliated with the Class of 1947 and was active and interested in Dartmouth affairs.
William Hill McCarter '19
Wayne Edson Stevens, A.M. '30
William Foster Rice '95
