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.]

Smalley, Bertrand A. '94, Dec. 22 Estabrook, Robert F. '02, Dec. 28 May, Walter M. '05, Jan. 3 Thrall, Henry D. '06, Jan. 4 Coburn, Joseph M. '07, Dec. 24 Weston, Arthur D. '08, Dec. 20 Benjamin, Harold C. '10, Dec. 10 Brooks, Frederic C. '10, Dec. 9 Butler, Aubrey B. '11, Dec. 13 Rose, G. Kellogg, Jr. '15, Dec. 25 McCarthy, Charles T. '18, Dec. 25 White, William A., Jr. '19, Dec. 28 Tracy, William E. '20, Dec. 19 Frederickson, James F. '21, Oct. 25 Coe, James L. '23, Oct. 21 Bertch, J. Widman '23, Nov. 27 Brunn, Paul A. '25, Jul. 21, 1957 Hawley, William C., Jr. '25, Dec. 15 Sleeper, Laurence L. '28, Dec. 30 Danforth, Theodore L. '31, Jan. 3 Gage, Frederic P. '32, Dec. 26 Van Riper, Howard C. '38, Jan. 4 Murphy, Francis P., A.M. '37, Dec. 19

1894

BERTRAND ADONIRAM SMALLEY - always known to us of '94 as "B. Smalley" - died after a long illness at his home, 10 Beaufort Rd., Jamaica Plain, Mass., on December 22. This reduces the number of living '94 graduates to eleven, and removes from the earthly scene one of the Class's strongest personalities. Bert was always a leader, both in college and during the 65 years of our alumni life.

B. Smalley was born in Lebanon, N. H., October 29, 1870. He graduated from Lebanon High School in 1887, and for three years worked as a telephone operator, before deciding to enter Dartmouth with his brother, Fred Lyman Smalley. During those three years he also read medicine, with the idea of following in his father's and grandfather's footsteps. Entering late in the fall of 1890, B. speedily became a leading spirit in '94. He engaged in athletics, especially football and track. He was active in the literary life of the college, writing frequently for the Literary Monthly and The Dartmouth, and in junior year won the Lockwood prize for composition.

He graduated with Phi Beta Kappa rank, and entered immediately on journalistic work in Boston, first with the old Boston Record and later with the Transcript, and twenty years later, though retired from journalism, was appointed to write the history of the Transcript on that paper's 100th birthday anniversary.

In 1906 B. left journalism to become private secretary to the president and advertising manager of the Rueter Brewery, and for 17 years served as publicity man for that concern. Leaving Rueter's when prohibition ruined the brewery business, he was signed on by the New England Telephone Co. to handle its publicity, and continued in that capacity until the rules of the company compelled his retirement for age. Even after that he continued for a time to edit the leaflet "Between Ourselves" which is enclosed with the monthly bills of the Telephone Company.

Two notable things B. Smalley did for the Class of '94. He organized the campaign in the Class for raising money for the new gymnasium, in which campaign the Class exceeded its quota of contributions. It was he who initiated the project of the 1894 Cup, presented each year to the class having the largest percentage of its living graduates at reunions. He was reunion chairman for '94 in 1914, when the Class mustered 83.3 per cent, - and yet did not win the cup. B. also served for several years as class agent.

He married in 1898 Mary E. Cobb, who predeceased him in 1943. There were no children.

P. S. M.

1898

ARCHIBALD RAY KENDALL died December 4 in St. Petersburg, Fla. His home was at 2836 5th Ave., North.

He was born in 1875 in Windsor, Vt., the son of Elton P. and Ida M. Kendall, and prepared for college at Bradford Academy. He was a member of the class during 1894-1895.

After leaving college, he was with the Boston & Maine Railroad until 1912. He then devoted himself to insurance, conducting the business in Concord and Portsmouth, N. H., and Boston.

He was vice-president and general manager of New Hampshire Mutual Liability Co., and New England Mutual Casualty Co.; secretary of Capital Fire Insurance Co.; assistant secretary of Phoenix Mutual Fire Insurance Co.; trustee of Merrimack County Savings Bank; councillor of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce; chairman of Highway Safety Committee of Concord, and chairman of Building Committee. The latter part of his activity was devoted to real estate. He retired in 1947.

Archie on June 12, 1900 married Katherine Devine, who died in 1923. His second wife, Jane Armstrong, whom he married in 1923, died in 1933. He is survived by his widow, the former Elizabeth Ayers whom he married in 1933, and their son Warren A. Kendall.

1902

In the unexpected death on December 28 at Plymouth, Mass., of ROBERT FRANCIS ESTABROOK the College and his classmates have lost an outstanding alumnus and loyal friend. Ever since graduation Esty had rendered notable service to the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. in various places and official positions: first, in its engineering department in New York, Pittsburgh, and Minneapolis; then, after 1923, as general traffic manager of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Co. of Boston. In 1928 he was appointed vice-president and general manager and in 1940 was elected to the executive committee to succeed Dartmouth's Matt Jones. He had, in fact, become widely known as an expert in telephone traffic problems and largely instrumental in extending nationwide long-distance phone service.

This distinguished career proved him an efficient and hard-headed man of affairs, but was accompanied by a deep and genial interest in people, books, and witty conversation. One of his latest interests was to have a house-party conversation concerning his classmate "Dr. Bob" Smith, founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, . tape-recorded and transferred to discs presented to the College archives and A.A.

A member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, he followed with genuine interest all that went on in college and was a member of the Mandolin Club. In study he illustrated the cultural value of President Tucker's advice: "Elect as far afield of your professional study as possible while in college, for it is your last opportunity to acquire a liberal education." Esty did so "elect" and became an ardent disciple of Professor Charles Darwin Adams, one of the greatest teachers of the Dartmouth lineage, whose strenuous requirements in the study of Greek discouraged most undergraduates, but whose brilliant and scholarly lectures on the poets, orators, dramatists, and philosophers of ancient Greece have remained an inspiring memory among the few, like our Esty and George Elderkin, archaeologist of Princeton, who became "Charlie D." electors all four years of college. In recent years Esty often mentioned this important cultural experience.

In college he became an ardent bibliophile. A few weeks before his death he presented to the Baker Library, together with other valuable material, a bound copy of the earliest translation of Theophrastus published in America, giving it, he said, "in memory of C. U. Adams."

The son of George W. Estabrook, 1861, he came to Dartmouth from Fitzwilliam, N. H., where he was born June 18, 1880. In 1921 he was married to Ethel Pedrick of Philadelphia. They resided in Brookline during most of his Boston years. After his retirement in 1945, they moved to Bay Pond Road, Powder Point, in Duxbury, Mass.

The burial service, held in the Church of Our Savior of Brookline, was attended by many of his business associates and his Dartmouth friends and classmates.

Besides his wife Ethel, he leaves an adopted daughter, Mrs. John S. Moeller of Pittsburgh, and two sisters, Miss Anne and Miss Margaret Estabrook of Brookline; also a half-sister, Mrs. Thomas T. Baldwin of Newton, Mass.

BRADLEE WATSON '02

1903

RALPH WILLIAM PILLSBURV died in Concord, N. H., on September 25. He was born in Boscawen, N. H„ March 24, 1880, and made his home in Boscawen the remainder of his life.

Until his retirement some years ago Ralph was connected with the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department in Concord.

On June 24, 1903 Ralph was married to Myrtle Ellen Willey of Norwich, Vt., who died in 1955. He is survived by a daughter Martha and three sons, Robert, Harold and Justin.

1907

JOSEPH MARSHALL COBURN was born in Boston on November 30, 1881 and died at the Veterans Hospital in Bedford, Mass., on December 24, 1958.

Cobe prepared for Dartmouth at Phillips (Andover) Academy. He initiated his literary career by being a member of the Dartmouth Literary Magazine board, and by being chosen class odist.

After graduation he taught at Westmoreland, N. H., and at Governor Dummer Academy for two years, and then entered upon a long and interesting career in the newspaper field. He served on daily papers in Lynn, Worcester and Boston, and had numerous interesting assignments among which were: breaking ground for the Cape Cod Canal, interviewing Julia Ward Howe: the election of Dr. Nichols to the Dartmouth presidency. Cobe also had a varied and interesting military career. He went to the Mexican border as a member of Troop A of the 1st Squadron Cavalry of Massachusetts National Guard. With 50 members of his troop he was an escort to Marshal Joffe when he visited Boston. In World War I his troop became Company A, 102nd Machine Gun Battalion in the Yankee Division, and was on active duty at the front. He became incapacitated later and was classified for "light, duty." On his return, he became active again in the National Guard and the Army Reserve, and was commissioned Captain, Retired Reserve. At the outbreak of World War II, he tried to enlist, but was not accepted because of his age.

On December 9, 1910, Cobe married Catherine Cahill, who died on December 18. 1910. On December 26, 1914, he married Ethel M. Hyman, who died on April 15, 1951. A cousin, W. K. Coburn, survives.

Cobe's home in recent years has been at 35 Pacific St., Lynn, Mass. Few Dartmouth graduates have been more devoted to his college and his class than Cobe.

1908

ARTHUR DANIEL WESTON, former Chief Sanitary Engineer and Deputy Commissioner of the Mass. Dept. of Health, passed away on Dec. 19, at his home in Edgartown, Mass.

Art was born in Boston on July 18, 1884, and prepared for Dartmouth at Boston English High School. He was forced by family circumstances to leave college in the middle of his sophomore year but by self-study and experience rose to hold one of the highest engineering positions in the Commonwealth. He joined the Dept. of Health soon after leaving college; in 1929 he became assistant engineer and in 1930, chief engineer and director of the division of sanitary engineering, until his retirement in 1950.

In September, 1917, Art went overseas as a 1st Lt. of the 26th Engineers and in 1919 was promoted to Capt. in the 38th Engineers with oversight of all water supply materials for the entire A.E.F. in France. During World War II he was a Lt. Col. in the Massachusetts Militia.

Art devoted his life to the development and protection of water supplies and worked closely with the Lawrence Experimental Station. He was a member and officer of numerous engineering and water supply associations, prominent in civic, fraternal and recreational activities and received many citations and awards for service. More complete details may be found in the 1908 50-year class book.

After his retirement in 1950, Art became associated with Charles A. Maguire and Associates of Boston and Providence. In 1954, former Governor Herter appointed him to the New Bedford, Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority and to a recess commission of the state legislature studying planning, zoning, and subdivision control in Bristol and Plymouth Counties.

Art is survived by his wife, the former Edna W. Vose; two children, Julian Vose of New York and Mrs. Virginia Besse; and three grandchildren.

1909

BENJAMIN PRESCOTT BURPEE passed on at the Elliot Hospital in Manchester, N. H., on November 27.

Ben was born March 20, 1889 in Manchester, the son of William Byron and Mattie Lillian (Batchelder) Burpee. He prepared for Dartmouth at Manchester High School. In college he was a member of the Chi Tau Kappa, which became the Dartmouth chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He attended Harvard Medical School and received his M.D. degree in 1914. Joining the first Harvard Medical Unit, he was a captain in the R.A.M.C., B.E.F., in 1916-17. Upon the entry of the United States into the war, he transferred to the A.E.F. In March 1918 he was captured by the Germans and was a prisoner of war for more than nine months. He was discharged as a major in 1919.

He returned to Manchester and was on the staffs of the Elliot and Balch Hospitals, specializing in obstetrics and pediatrics. More tnan 10,000 babies were delivered by him during his active practice. The Christina Parker House, maternity section of the Elliot Hospital, was built by Ben and his wife about 1931 and always had their interest. For Wore than 18 years Dr. Burpee was on the New Hampshire board of registration m medicine and for the last few years served as its president.

On October 11, 1919 Ben went to Green-held, Mass., to marry Marguerite Burke, whom he had met while interning at the Boston City Hospital and who had served as a lieutenant in the medical corps during the war. Their family was a happy one and a few years ago was chosen as the New Hampshire family of the year. Members of the family include his wife; two daughters, Mrs. William A. Walsh and Mrs. Robert N. Lord of Manchester; two sons, Benjamin P. Burpee Jr. of Manchester and William B. Burpee of Nashua; and ten grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at his home, 250 North Bay Road, on December 1, with the large attendance of state and municipal officials, college friends from Dartmouth and Harvard, delegations from medical and service organizations and friends, attesting to the esteem in which he was held and the loss each felt as another entered beyond that golden curtain to receive his reward for work well done.

WALTER HOWARD FOSTER passed away at the Brooks Hospital in Brookline, Mass., on November 21. His home was at 1679 Beacon St., Brookline.

Walt was born on September 14, 1887, at Dover, N. H., the son of Charles G. and May Belle (Clement) Foster, and came to Dartmouth from Dover High School.

At the end of sophomore year, he became associated with the editorial department of Foster's Daily Democrat, published by G. I. Foster & Co. in Dover. About 1923, he went to Brookline as city editor of the BrooklineChronicle, a position he held for over 30 years. He was also associated with the Brookline Citizen. During the period from 1941 to 1952, he was night editor of the old BostonPost. His life as an editor and moulder of public opinion covered a span of nearly half a century and made him one of the respected deans of New England newspapermen.

Walter is survived by a son, Gale P. Foster of Hingham, Mass.; a daughter, Miss Doris Foster of New York City; a brother, Philip C. Foster, editor of Foster's Daily Democrat; and several nephews and cousins of Dover.

Funeral services were held on November 24 at All Saints' Episcopal Church, Brookline, Mass.

1910

FREDERIC CARLETON BROOKS died on December 9 at his home, 750 Gaylord St., Denver, Colo.

Fred was born in Leadville, Colo., August 15, 1885, son of Frank and Amanda (Presley) Brooks. His family moved to Denver while he was young and he prepared for college at East Denver High School. He and Ralph Van Zant '10 were schoolmates and both chose Dartmouth in the days when the College was not so well and favorably known in the western states. Fred was a member of Beta Theta Pi.

He returned to Denver after graduation and entered the oil business in which he became widely known. He was associated with the Powerine Oil Co. for 35 years. When that company was purchased in 1945 by the Carter Oil Co. he became sales manager for that concern. He retired in 1950.

During World War II, Fred served with the Petroleum Administration for War. For several years he was the secretary of the Petroleum Maritime Association in Denver.

He married Hortense Elizabeth Meyers, February 20, 1912 in Denver. Survivors besides his widow are his daughter, Mrs. Louise B. Campbell; his son, Franklin M. Brooks; his sister, Mrs. Louise Brooks Cramer, and two grandchildren, all of Denver.

HAROLD CULVER BENJAMIN died suddenly on December 10 at Morton Plant Hospital, Clearwater, Fla., following a heart attack suffered while playing golf. The Class was rep resented at the funeral services by Larry and Miriam Bankart, George and May Allen, Leon and Florence Kendall, and Jesse and Gladys Wilson.

Hal was born at Medford, Mass., July 3, 1888, son of Wallace O. and Marilla H. Benjamin. He attended Medford High School and Ossipee School in preparation for college. He served as a member of the 1910 Aegis Board and was a member of Phi Gamma Delta.

He spent the first few years after graduation in the produce commission business in Boston. In 1912 he went to Fresno, Calif., to be associated with Stone & Webster. In 1917 he entered the Pipestone (Minn.) Produce Co. as manager and part owner. He retired two years ago and decided to make his per manent home in Florida. He built a house at 310 Crestwood Lane, Largo, and had lived there less than two months when he was stricken.

Hal was a member of the Masonic organizations, a member o£ the Saint Paul Athletic Club and served several years as secretary of the Kiwanis Club.

On May 30, 1919 he married Hedwig Elvera Swenson at Montevideo, Minn. She and their son, Wallace Culver Benjamin '44, are the survivors.

1911

AUBREY BICKFORD BUTLER died December 13 at the Northampton, Mass., Hospital following a short illness, although he never fully recovered from a coronary attack about a year ago. He had continued his activity, but at a reduced rate. His home was at 330 Elm St.

Aubrey was born in Paris, March 10, 1887, to Mr. and Mrs. J. Albert Butler, who were on a trip abroad,- Their home was in Chelsea, Mass., where Aubrey attended high school. After his four years at Dartmouth he did graduate work in horticulture, which was the start of his becoming an authority on roses, gardenias and camellias. He later received many awards for the culture of these flowers and no flower show in Boston was complete without an exhibit by him.

He worked a year with Thomas H. Galvin in Boston and then another year with H. W. Field in Northampton. In 1913 he became treasurer of Butler & Ullman, Inc., florists, which continued under this name after Mr. Ullman's withdrawal from the firm. Many a Dartmouth boy has bought flowers for his Smith date at Aubrey's Main Street store. He also had large greenhouses on Prospect St., where he raised his three favorite flowers to ship throughout New England.

He was a director of the Boston Flower Exchange, and vice-president in 1955; a director of the Society of American Florists; a trustee and past vice-president of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society and a former president of the Northeastern unit of the Society of American Florists.

With all his business activities, Aubrey always had time to serve his community. He was president of the board of trustees of Cooley Dickinson Hospital from 1933 to 1949. and then continued as a member of the executive committee. He was a trustee of, and highly instrumental in the development of Look Memorial Park, the city's public play area. He had been associated with the Nonotuck Savings Bank in several capacities and in recent years had headed its board of officers as president.

In 1913 Aubrey married Lulu B. Ruder of Northampton, and some years after her death he married Mary H. Sullivan who, with his son, J. Parker Butler '37, have been associated with him in his business. He also leaves two sisters, Mrs. Patricia Fuller of Mobile, Ala. and Mrs. Dorothy Kennedy of Beverly Hills, Calif.

WILLIAM EDWARD CURTIS, stricken with a heart attack on November 28, died the following day in the St. Petersburg, Fla., Hospital.

Bill was born in Saugus, Mass., June 21, 1885, and received his early education in the Worcester public schools and South High School. He entered the University of Massachusetts and transferred to Dartmouth where he got his B.S. degree in 1911. At South High in 1906 he set a shotput record of 41 feet that stood for 21 years.

Bill started his teaching career at Great Barrington High School for Boys, then served as principal of Somerset High School and David Prouty High School in Spencer, Mass. In 1918 he began teaching at the High School of Commerce in Worcester. From 193 a until his retirement in 1953 he was assistant principal at Grafton Street Junior High School, where he was largely a disciplinary officer. In 1953 he retired to St. Petersburg.

Bill was on the track squad and a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity at Dartmouth. He was a past president of the Worcester County Teachers' Association and a member of Morning Star Lodge of Masons, Worcester Dartmouth Club, and the High School Masters Club.

His wife, the former Elizabeth G. Shepardson of Worcester, and a daughter, Mrs. David M. Morley of Roanoke, Va., survive him. Betty will continue the home in St. Petersburg at 1527 5th St., North.

1912

ROYAL JOYSLIN HASKELL died on December 4 at his home on New Bedford Rd., Rochester, Mass., after a long illness.

Born in Rochester, January 27, 1890, Roy attended Tabor Academy. After receiving his B.S. degree with the Class in 1912 he did post-graduate work at N. Y. State College of Agriculture and at Cornell, where he received his Ph.D. in 1917.

From Cornell, Roy went to Washington, where he became associated first with the Bureau of Plant Industry and later with Cooperative Extension Service, where he served as specialist in plant pathology. Joining the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1929, he became extension plant pathologist and in 1941, acting extension horticulturist. From 1955 until his retirement in 1957 he was chief, plant industry branch, in the Federal Extension Service of the Department of Agriculture. In this capacity he worked closely with the state agricultural colleges. Last year he was honored with the Department's Superior Service Award and was cited for outstanding contributions to the nation's plant pathology and horticulture programs.

Roy had served as secretary, treasurer and president of the American Phytopathological Society; he was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; and was a member of the American Society for Horticultural Science, the Botanical Society of Washington and the Washington Academy of Science, and many other professional societies. He was a member of the F.A.A.M. and O.E.S.

Roy was married on May 29, 1916, to Myrta May Brown, who survives him with their son, Royal Jr., now studying at Johns Hopkins.

1915

GEORGE KELLOGG ROSE JR., retired vice-president of the Chase Manhattan Bank and former head of its Grand Central Branch in New York, died December 25 in Passaic General Hospital after an illness contracted about a year ago. He lived at 34 Stanford Place, Montclair, N. J.

Kell was born in Passaic, N. J., attended Passaic High School and graduated from Dartmouth with an A.B. degree in 1915. He had lived in Montclair for the last 22 years and retired last July after 40 years service with the bank.

In college, he was a member of Sigma Chi and an active participant in college and class affairs. Upon graduation, he attended the Graduate School of Banking at Rutgers University, a member of the first class of banking from that school. He was a Navy veteran of World War I, being Chief Yeoman in charge of Bookkeeping Division at Fleet Supply Base in Brooklyn, N. Y.

Kell was president of the Class of 1915 at the time of our 25th Reunion in 1940 and headed the production of our 25-year Class Book, an impressive record of Class accomplishments up to that time. Since then he had played a prominent part in Class administration and had been doing an outstanding job as Bequest Chairman for the Class right up to the time of his death.

He was a prominent figure in banking and business circles, being a member of the advisory committee of Chase Manhattan Bank, a panel member of the American Arbitration Association, a member of the endowment fund committee of the Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation, and divisional vice-chairman of the executive committee and chairman of the National Advisory Council of Junior Achievement, New York, and a trustee of Achievement Foundation.

He was very active in community life and had been a trustee of the First Presbyterian Church of Passaic for twenty years and a deacon there eight years. He was also a member of the Montclair Glee Club.

He leaves his wife, Mrs. Helen Pratt Rose, whom he married in 1918; two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Murphy of Montclair and Mrs. Margaret Shedrick of Wilmington, Del.; a sister, Mrs. Leonard Marks of Nobleboro, Me.; and five grandchildren.

It was requested that in lieu of flowers contributions be made to the Dartmouth 1915 Class Memorial Fund or to Sloan Kettering Institute Cancer Research of New York.

Services were held December 28 at the First Presbyterian Church in Passaic, at which the Class was represented by Mr. and Mrs. Dale Barker, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Child, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Clarke, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Griffin. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lafferty, Gus Braun and Carl Gish. Dale Barker, Fred Child and Roy Lafferty acted as honorary pallbearers.

Interment was at Bolton Landing, N. Y. Fifteeners present were Dr. and Mrs. Jack Bowler from Hanover and Mr. .and Mrs. Charles Griffin from Norwich.

The Class of 1915 paid its respects to Kell by a contribution to the 1915 Memorial Fund.

1916

JULIAN RICHARD HOVEY, son of the famous Dartmouth poet Richard Hovey '85 and grandson of Charles E. Hovey 1852, passed away at the age of 66 on November 27 at the Palomar Hospital in Escondido, Calif. He rests in the Valley Center Cemetery, and is survived only by his widow, the former Anne Shipley, to whom he was married January 31, 1924.

Julian was born in Tours, France, Febru ary 9, 1892, although the newspaper account of his death states that' he was born in New York City. His father was the author of "Men of Dartmouth" and other songs and poems "which tell of his love for the Northland. After graduating from Central High School, in Washington, D. C., where he lived with his mother, the former Henriette Knapp., and his grandmother, Julian entered Dartmouth with the Class of 1916. He was not a good student according to conventional standards, but shared his father's love for Nature and the great outdoors, and spent much of his time in solitary walks in the country around Hanover.

He left college before graduating and worked as a playground director in Washington. In 1919 he was employed by a beet sugar factory in Scotts Bluff, Nebr., and in 1918 he moved to California. In 1920 he was an assistant director of moving pictures, and in 1921-22 he was employed by the City of Los Angeles as a foreman.

In 1924, the year of his marriage, he was in the magazine department of the Rosicrucian Fellowship, and the next item of record shows him ranching at Valley Center, near Escondido, where he made his home until his death. The last communication from Julian was a letter of appreciation written at the time of the discovery of his father's grave in North Andover, Mass., and the placing of a Dartmouth marker at the grave.

His classmates remember him as a very quiet, retiring recluse, pleasant but uncommunicative, and a real naturalist. The line of Poet Richard Hovey dies out with Julian.

1919

WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE died suddenly on December 28 of a heart attack at his home, 60 Concord Ave., Milton, Mass. His sudden passing came as a great shock to all '19ers.

Born on April 29, 1896, in Boston, Bill attended Roxbury Latin School. While in college he was very active in undergraduate affairs and was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and Sphinx. Graduating in 1919, he attended Harvard Medical School from which he received his M.D. in 1921.

A surgeon and physician in Boston for 37 years, Bill was president of the Boston City Hospital staff at the time of his death and a member of the staffs of the Faulkner, New England, Maiden and Milton Hospitals. He was a member of the American College of Surgeons, New England Surgical Society, and the Boston Surgical Society.

Bill leaves his wife, Marion; a daughter, Mrs. Janet McClure of Cohasset; a son, William Allen White 3rd '49, and two sisters, to all of whom goes the heartfelt sympathy of the Class in their great sorrow.

Services were held December 30 at the Waterman Chapel in Boston. They were attended by Rock Hayes, president of the Class, and classmates Jack Clark, Henry Clay, Howie Cole, Morris Freedberg, Al Goggins, Ray Hinds, Ed Martin, Jigger Merrill, Jock Murray, Elmer Pilsbury, Bob Proctor, Maddie and Arthur Havlin and Mildred and John Chipman.

Bill was a most loyal Dartmouth man and classmate, never missing a reunion or our fall Woodstock-Hanover parties, and his passing leaves a gap in 1919 that will be hard to fill. He had a great sense of humor and with his many years of service to his fellow man, he will be sorely missed by his host of friends.

1920

ELLIOTT WARD CHENEY, since 1942 associate professor of physics at Lehigh University, died on November 24 in St. Luke's Hospital in Bethlehem, Pa. Services for EL were held in the Lehigh University Chapel on November 26. His home was at 729 Seneca St., Bethlehem.

Born February 10, 1899, in Orange, Mass., the only child of Henry W. and Eva (DeWolf) Cheney, El early formed his interest in books, music and nature. In his boyhood he was an accomplished pianist and contemplated a career in music.

El entered Dartmouth from Orange High School in 1916, where, among his other courses, he studied physics under Professor A. B. Meservey. The latter course soon became his goal, with music as an avocation. In later years he recalled with affection the inspiration he received from Professors Meservey, Gilbert, Proctor and Hull. Although an intensive worker, he still found time for handball, the Camera Club, skiing and the D.O.C. El received his A.B. with departmental honors, and later received his M.S. from Brown in 1925 and his Ph.D. from Princeton, as a Coffin Fellow, in 1929.

During his career El held teaching positions at Syracuse, Brown, Middlebury and Gettysburg. From 1934 to 1942 he was a physicist with Consumers' Research, Inc. He was a member of Theta Chi, Sigma Xi, American Physical Society, American Chemical Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was the author of Physics Laboratory Manual and Consumers' Test Manual.

El is survived by his wife, the former Carleton Pratt of New York, whom he married on June 19, 1926; a daughter, Carleton (Mrs. David L. English); a son, Dr. Ward Cheney; and seven grandchildren.

Those who knew El will remember his unassuming manner, disarmingly succinct speech, quiet wit and alert mind. His great loves were his family and a career which had its roots in Dartmouth.

WILLIAM EDWARD TRACY, president of Tracy-Driscoll & Co., Inc., the largest real estate and insurance company in Bristol, Conn., died on December 19, after a long illness. His home was at 44 Broadview St.

A native of Bristol, Bill attended Phillips (Andover) Academy and Fordham University and was graduated from Dartmouth in 1920. During World War I he was a Chief Petty Officer in the Navy.

In addition to his business activities, Bill was active in civic affairs. He was vice-president of Bristol Hospital and for more than 30 years was a director and a member of its executive committee. For a number of years he was chairman of the hospital's finance committee and was head of the building committee which erected the Barnes Memorial Wing in 1940.

Bill was a member of the city's Board of Water Commissioners from 1929 to 1952 and was the first chairman of the Mayor's Parking Commission, forerunner to the present Parking Authority. He was an original director of the North Side Bank & Trust Co. and a director of the Bristol Federal Savings and Loan Association. He also was a member of the Bristol Real Estate Board and the Bristol Association of Insurance Agents. He was a director of the Boys' Club and president of Bristol Sports Promotions, Inc., which operated the Bristol Bees, a semi-professional baseball team in 1947 and 1948.

Bill was a member of St. Joseph's Church, the Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus, the Serra Club, American Legion, Forty and Eight, Chippanee Golf Club and the Town Club.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Laura (Lynch) Tracy; two sons, William J. and George E. '56; three brothers, Francis V., Joseph L. and Paul B.; and a sister, Helen B. Tracy, all of Bristol.

1921

While attending the Scottish rites at the Masonic Lodge in Madison, Wis., apparently in the best of health, JAMES FYFF. FREDERICKSON of 22 East Gilman Street, Madison, died suddenly October 25 of a heart attack. Self-employed, he was a contractor in carpenter work and maintenance jobbing.

Born in Madison December 11, 1898. the son of Albert David and Fanny (Fyfe) Frederickson, Jim prepared at the Madison Central High School for the University of Wisconsin which he attended for three years before transferring to Dartmouth.

After graduation here with 1921 and a year at Turk School, Jim reluctantly entered the family business, the Frederickson Lumber Co., Inc., general contractors and manufacturers of building materials, and stayed in it until 1944 when overwork and strain had reduced his weight from a normal 176 to 147. He liquidated the business, and as a maintenance man and millwright went to work for the Ray-O-Vac Battery Co. with which he remained four years. He then decided to become a free-lance contractor and remained one the rest of his life. He also owned a large rental warehouse.

Jim married Irene Francis of Rochester, N. Y., August 29, 1927. They were divorced in 1950. On November 17, 1957 Jim married for the second time Margery Nale. Ill last summer, she suffered a relapse because of the shock and strain of Jim's completely unexpected death, and went to California after the funeral to recuperate.

Jim is survived also by three children: two sons, A. David Frederickson, a mining engineer, of Virginia, Minn., and Robert F. Frederickson, a law student at the University of Wisconsin; and a daughter, Caryl, now Mrs. Paul Askins of Madison. All three children attended the University of Wisconsin.

In 1951 Jim attended the Thirtieth Reunion in Hanover with his sister to whom he was particularly devoted. She died after an operation in 1954. In informing friends about her fatal illness, Jim said that the Reunion meant much to both — to her, a stranger quickly and warmly accepted by the Class, and to him, who had been so long separated from it.

1922

THOMAS HAROLD PINNEY passed away on November 28 at his Manhattan residence, 55 East 72nd Street.

Had was born May 18, 1899 in New London, Conn. He prepared for college at New York Military Academy. At Hanover he was a genuine leader and a highly esteemed member of the campus community. An accomplished musician, he was leader of the college band and conductor of the college orchestra, the Dramatic Association orchestra, and the Mandolin Club. He also effectively represented the College on the debating team. He was a member of Casque and Gauntlet, Psi Upsilon, Delta Sigma Rho, Delta Omicron Gamma, and Round Robin, the senior literary society.

Following graduation from Dartmouth, Had entered Harvard Law School where he received his LL.B. degree in 1925. He was admitted to the Connecticut Bar that year and to the New York Bar the following year. For the past ten years, he was a partner in the New York law firm of Chamberlin, Kafer, Wilds & Jube which he joined in 1929.

He was a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, New York County Lawyers Association, American Bar Association, and the Harvard Law Alumni Association.

Had and Jean MacDonald of Erie, Pa., were married on May 28, 1932. She survives him with their son, Lt. John Mac Donald Pinney, USNR, and a granddaughter. Had and his family lived for many years in Greenwich, Conn., and since moving to Manhattan they also had a country home at East Hampton, L. I.

Funeral services were held in St. James Episcopal Church, N. Y., on December 1, The Class was represented by Chick Busher, Jack Dodd, Ed Johnson, Frank and Betty Horan, Killie Kilmarx and Stan Miner.

The Class will miss Had deeply. It extends sincere sympathy to Jean and to Donald and to Had's many friends and legal colleagues.

1923

CHARLES LEGRAND BUNDY passed away on August 27 after a long and lingering illness. His home was at 1273 Glenwood Blvd., Schenectady, N. Y.

After graduating with our class, where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta, Chick received his electrical engineering degree from Cornell in 1926. He worked for Stone and Webster Engineering Corp. in Boston, the New York Telephone Co., and, from 1937, with General Electric Corp. as an electrical engineer. He was a licensed professional engineer.

Chick on August 9, 1930 married Margaret Best, who passed away in 1944. There are two children, Willard LeGrand Bundy, who attends Mt. Union College in Alliance, Ohio, and Mrs. Robert R. Bramhill (Peggy) of Mt. Vernon, N. Y., a graduate of Cornell in 1954.

Chick was very active in the Dartmouth Club and Cornell Club of Schenectady and in Y.M.C.A. activities. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church.

Chick and daughter Peg were regular attendants of the 1923 winter reunion weekends.

1925

We are sorry to report the sudden death of WILLIAM CHAUNCEY HAWLEY JR. on December 15 at Wilkinsburg, Pa. His home was at 647 Cascade Rd.

Chaunce prepared for Dartmouth at Edgewood High, Pittsburgh, Pa. While at Hanover he was a member of Alpha Chi Sigma and manifested a propensity for music by playing in the Players' Orchestra, Mandolin Club and College Orchestra.

Shortly after graduation he became associated with The Leadite Co. of Philadelphia as a salesman and chemist. Later he became self-employed as a photographer. The latest record on his activity indicates he served Electro Rust-Proofing Corp. of Belleville, N. J., as a sales engineer beginning in 1954.

Chaunce was married to Doris Blanche Linus of Ripley, N. Y. in 1930, but the relationship ended in divorce eleven years later. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Milton F. Thompson and Doris Ann ("Penny"); a son, W. C. Hawley III, and two grandchildren, to whom the Class extends its deep sympathy.

Word of the death of PAUL BRUNN on July 21, 1957 has just been received without any details. His home was on Locust Rd.( Northport, N. Y.

Paul remained in Hanover only one year and completed his education at Columbia with a B.A. in 1925, M.A. in 1927 and LL.B. in 1930. Our latest record indicates that in 1952 he became a partner in the New York City law firm of Beekman and Bogue, with whom he became associated originally in 1925.

In 1936 Paul married Dorothea Blakeslee Morrison of Northport, L. I., who survives him, together presumably with two children, Lucia and Paul Dennis, to whom the sympathy of the Class is extended.

1926

With sadness we report the passing of another loyal '26-er, FREDERICK THOMAS SULLIVAN on September 26 at his home, 2033 H St., N.W., Washington, D. C.

Ted was born in Fall River, Mass., in 1902, the son of John and Isabella (Sullivan) Sullivan. He prepared for college at Worcester Academy and Abbott School, Farmington, Me., where he starred in baseball and basketball. At Dartmouth he was active in freshman and varsity track, the Carnival Show, and as a varsity cheerleader. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and Kappa Phi Kappa.

After graduation Ted was with the Curtiss Wright Flying Service, Columbus, Ohio, until 1930, and the Hildreth Varnish Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., through 1932. In 1933 he joined the Reconstruction Finance Corp. in Washington, and served that agency as a fiscal accountant till ill health "forced his retirement in 1956.

In 1931, in Springfield, Mass., Ted married Maurita A. Paulson, who survives him. Also surviving are two sons: Timothy '54 and Gerald, a senior at lowa State; and a daughter Kathleen, 14.

Ted's Dartmouth activities in recent years were necessarily limited. But his regular Alumni Fund contributions, even when health and finances had dropped to low ebb, bespoke his unebbing loyalty to Class and College.

1932

FREDERIC PETERSEN GAGE died on December 26 at the Kingsbridge Veterans Hospital after an illness lasting almost two years, part of which was spent at New Rochelle Hospital and for the last year at the Veterans Hospital.

Fred was born January 21, 1910, in East Orange, N. J., but soon moved to New Rochelle, N. Y., which was to be his home for the rest of his life. He graduated from New Rochelle High School where he was busy in many varied activities and entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1928 with the great enthusiasm for the College that was always a part of him.

Following graduation Fred entered Harvard Law School but was forced to leave for financial reasons after completing one year. He obtained a job as a law clerk with a New York law firm and attended Brooklyn Law School at night, graduating with honors in 1936. He became affiliated with a law firm in New Rochelle and soon became a partner of the firm, which in recent years has been known as Kettner, Gage and Kettner. In 1942, Fred was anxious to join one of the services and was commissioned an ensign in the U. S. Coast Guard. He spent most of the war at sea, first on the small Coast Guard Cutter Kimball with New York as home port and later on the large cutter Mojave out of Boston on the Iceland ana Greenland patrols. He eventually became executive officer of the Mojave and at the end of the war left the service as a senior Lieutenant.

His war service was the fortunate means through which Fred met Jeanne D. Vant, who was also serving as a Coast Guard officer, a ''Spar," in Boston. A few months after their release from service, Fred and Jeanne were married and returned to New Rochelle and his law practice. They have lived in recent years at 15 Beechmont Place with their two adopted children, Dorothea Lillian, 5, and Peterson Vant, 4.

While Fred was a successful lawyer and president of the New Rochelle Bar Association, perhaps his greatest interests were outside his profession. Work for the College, service as Warden and Vestryman of Trinity Episcopal Church, directorships in the YMCA, Visiting Nurse Association and Adoption Service of Westchester, the presidency of the Lions Club and activity in the Republican Party all claimed much of his attention. He still found time for some tennis, gardening and sailing.

Fred was always ready and anxious to serve Dartmouth. Almost always he was an assistant class agent and for years had been chairman of the New Rochelle Alumni Interviewing Committee, working with applicants for admission to Dartmouth. While in the Veterans Hospital Fred said that he certainly wanted to be a part of the Capita! Funds Drive, where his interest focused on the Hopkins Center, for he'd always been one of E. M. H.'s most ardent admirers. He'll have a part in this, as it was requested that his friends contribute to Dartmouth for the Hopkins Center in lieu of flowers. And, at the funeral, a lovely organ rendition of "Dartmouth Undying" was played at Fred's own request.

His home city of New Rochelle was "a better place to live in" for all of Fred's devoted work in public causes, the New Rochelle City Council formally stated in a resolution of sorrow at his passing. His many friends knew him as a thoughtful, generous, loyal person and a devoted father and loving husband. His classmates and fellow alumni also knew him as an enthusiastic son of the college, whose interest in its affairs was unflagging. All of this host of friends will miss him greatly.

1938

ROBERT FREDERICK COFFIN, who attended the College in the. Class of 1938 for two years, died suddenly on September 11 in New Rochelle, N. Y. Bob suffered a heart attack while playing handball and death followed almost immediately.

Born May 28, 1916 in Plainfield, N. j., Bob prepared for college at New Rochelle High School. A lover of athletics, he had excelled there in baseball, football and track.

Bob summered in Newport, Vt., where he developed a deep interest in farming. He left Dartmouth to study agriculture at the Stockbridge School of Agriculture. He served in the Army in World War II and then returned to agricultural work. In 1951 Bob received a B.S. in Agriculture from the University of Vermont, and a Master's degree in Education there in 1952. He received his Ph.D. from Cornell in 1955.

Bob was a member of Psi Upsilon, Phi Kappa Phi, and Alpha Zeta fraternities. He was also a Mason and a member of the Odd Fellows.

He is survived by his wife, the former Dorothy Derick of Orleans, Vt., and four children: Myra Ann, 18, and Robert F. Jr., 17, both by a previous marriage; and John T., 6, and Laura Jane, 4. He is also survived by his brother Richard T. Coffin '36.

1941

RALPH WILLIAM CHESBROUGH died in San Diego, Calif., on January 21, 1958. He was born in Springfield, Mo., January 5, 1920 and prepared for college at Miami, Fla., Senior High School and Vermont Academy. His home was in Cairo, Egypt when he entered college. Ralph left college for several years but returned to receive his degree in 1950, as with the Class of 1941.

He was for a time connected with Narsarssuak Air Base in Greenland, as office manager for a firm of engineers. Later he was government relations officer for Arabian American Oil Co. and then administrative assistant with the War Shipping Administration in Cairo, after which he became U.S. military attache in Baghdad. The last connection which Ralph was known to have had was as export manager for Albert Albek, Inc., perfume manufacturers in Culver City, Calif.

So far as is known, Ralph never married. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Ruth Rainier of 2357 Second Ave., San Diego.

George Kellogg Rose Jr. '15