Deaths
[A listing of deaths of which word has been receivedwithin the past month. Full noti es may appear in thisissue or may appear in a later number.]
Shimley, Ernest A. '93, Dec. 21 Goodenow, Franklin B. '97, Jan. 5, 1956 Leach, Eugene w.. '01, Feb. 6 Thorpe, J. Leroy '03, Feb. 6 Rogers, Walter M. '05, Dec. 13 Stone, James H. '05, Jan. 30 Ailing, Marshall L. '06, Feb. 8 Rutherford, A. Bruce '08, Jan. 17 Griffin, James B. '12, Feb. 1 Norris, William E. '12, Jan. 29 Knight, Walter D. '14, Jan. 25 Knight, Edward D. '16, Jan. 8 Tapley, Gilbert H. '16, Jan. 23 Dessau, John H. '18, Jan. 4 Fuller, Walter T. '18, Feb. 2 Forrest, Maulsby '19, Jan. 11 Levy, Will I '19, Jan. 29 Lord, G. Frank '20, Jan. 30 Bruning, Joseph H. '23, Jan. 25 Smith, J. Francis '23, Feb. 5 Disque, Brice Jr. '25, Dec. 31 Lanphear, Roy H. '25, Jan. 25 Bartels, George J. '26, Nov. 3 Dickinson, Charles C. Jr. '28, Jan. 15 Morris, Roger S. Jr. '35, Dec. 30 Schneider, Lorin C. '38, Jan. 23 Perri, Michael S. Jr. '39, Feb. 1 Dolan, Richard J. '54, Dec. 16
Faculty
ROY HIGINBOTHAM LANPHEAR '25, Professor of Greek and Latin, who was in his 31st year of teaching at Dartmouth, died January 25 at Dick's House after a very brief illness. He was 57 years old.
Professor Lanphear was born in Windsor, Conn., the son of Frederick M. and Grace Irene (Higinbotham) Lanphear, and attended the Windsor High School. After receiving his A.B. degree from Dartmouth in 1925, he taught Latin and history at the Menominee (Mich.) High School for two years, and then became instructor in Latin, German and Spanish at the Northwestern Military and Naval Academy, Walworth, Wis., in 1927-28. He joined the Dartmouth faculty in 1928 as Instructor in Greek and Latin, became Assistant Professor in 1935, and a full Professor in 1939. Professor Lanphear was on leave of absence in 1937-38 and during that year obtained his M.A. degree at Columbia. He also studied at the American Academy at Rome. He was chairman of the Department of the Classics at Dartmouth from 1945 to 1947.
Professor Lanphear was a member of the New England Classical Association and of the American Philological Association.
A tribute to him as person and teacher was voiced by his close associate, Royal C. Nemiah, Lawrence Professor of the Greek Language and Literature, who said:
"I first met Roy Lanphear in the fall of 1919 when he entered college as a freshman in the first post-World War I class of 1923. He was a shy and retiring boy and even then not in the best of health. He withdrew from college twice, the second time to spend a year at the University of Colorado, where the change of climate had so beneficial an effect upon his health that he was able to return to Dartmouth and receive his degree in 1925.
"While at Dartmouth he majored in Greek and Latin and in 1928 he was asked to return to the Department of the Classics as an instructor in Greek and Latin. He remained in the Department as instructor, assistant professor, and professor until his death in January 1959.
"As Roy's teacher and later as his colleague I learned to value and depend upon him for the fine qualities of loyalty, of integrity, and of sound scholarship. He was never afraid of work and always ready to take his share - or more than his share - of work to be done. As a laboratory assistant in Physics during World War II his contribution to the common task in a field quite alien to him was highly regarded by his associates.
"As a teacher, he gave generously of his time to students who found it difficult to pass their courses in Greek and Latin without extra help outside of the classroom. Students of all sorts liked him and respected him: the brilliant, the mediocre, and the slow. Many students remember with pleasure and gratitude the evenings of hospitality spent at his apartment.
"Those of us, too, who are of more ancient vintage remember the quiet charm of his hospitality, the good talk of books, ancient and modern, the evocation of a moment of beauty from some distant land, and always the feeling that to him the ultimate beauty was music.
"Sunt lacrimae rerum."
Professor Lanphear leaves a sister, Mrs. James T. Pickles of Windsor, Conn., and a brother, Marshall O. Lanphear of Amherst, Mass., registrar and dean of freshmen at the University of Massachusetts.
1893
ERNEST AUGUST SCHIMMLER of Hannover, Germany, came to Hanover, N. H., in the fall of 1892 as a transfer from Amherst College. He took his senior year with the Class of 1893 and graduated with them in June 1893.
Returning to his native Germany, he taught there and in Geneva and England for twenty years. Returning to this country in 1913, he wrote to his class secretary, "I am glad to be in America and to be away from those vaunted 'centers of culture and civilization'."
He taught languages at Conway School, Carlisle, Pa.; Thiel College, Greenville, Pa., and Northland College, Ashland, Wis. While at Northland, when anti-German feelings were running high during World War I, he was submitted to a vicious attack by overzealous patriots. After this Mr. Schimmler disappeared and for the next twenty years he was "lost" to both Amherst and Dartmouth.
In 1937 he was discovered driving a street car in Chicago, where he had changed his name to Shimley. Although members of the Dartmouth Club of Chicago had tried to befriend him, he lived alone and in poverty until his death on December 21.
1905
WALTER MILTON MAY died January 3 at Concord, N. H., Hospital after several months' illness. He was born in St. Johnsbury, Vt., June 5, 1881, the son of Harry H. and Marrietta (Cushman) May, and graduated from St. Johnsbury Academy.
At Dartmouth Walter, an earnest student, was active in class affairs. After graduation he chose education as his career and did graduate work at Harvard, Columbia, and Grenoble University. He received the degree of A.M. at Dartmouth in 1924.
Walter's teaching career included principalships in the following New Hampshire high schools: Bethlehem, Alton Bay, West Lebanon, Lisbon and Hanover. While in Hanover, he was an instructor in Advanced Education and French at Dartmouth.
In 1919 he took up his residence in Concord, N. H., where he entered state employment as director of secondary education. The next year he was advanced to deputy commissioner, a post he held until his retirement in 1951. During World War II he was in charge of. vocational education for the state, and at the time of his death he was a member of the Governor's Committee for the Aged.
Always keenly interested in the affairs of his college and his class, he served the latter as secretary and treasurer from 1940 to 1946.
In 1915 Walter married in Lisbon, N. H., Ruth L. Merrill who died in 1958. He is survived by his stepmother, Mrs. Harry H. May, and his sister, Viola S. May, both of Newtonville, Mass.; his daughter, Mrs. Judith M. Monell, of Wellesley Hills; and four grandchildren, of whom the eldest, Joel C. Monell, is Dartmouth '62.
On December 13 WALTER MULLIKEN ROGERS died at St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital in Mt. Clemens, Mich., following a stroke. His home was at 22918 Arcadia, St. Clair Shores.
Walter was born December 20, 1879, at Rumney, N. H., the son of Addie Fales and Hamilton Kent Rogers. He was a direct descendant of Thomas Rogers, a passenger on The Mayflower. He entered Dartmouth from Plymouth, N. H., High School and devoted himself diligently to taking advantage of his educational opportunities while in college.
Walter's first business position was with the Northern Indiana Gas and Electric Co. in Michigan City, where he soon became office manager. In 1917 he moved with his family to Detroit and opened a plumbing and heating business. In 1919 he moved to St. Clair Shores, where he then made his permanent home.
An ardent Mason, he had held the office of Master in Michigan City and Detroit, and later was a charter member and first Master of Jefferson Lodge of St. Clair Shores. Long an active Shriner, he was also a charter member and four times Worthy Patron of Jefferson Chapter O. E. S.
Walter was a member of the Dartmouth Club of Detroit and maintained an active interest in its program. In civic affairs he had held various positions, such as the presidency of the Lake Shore School Board and the chairmanship of the St. Clair Shores Election Board, and member of the Water Board. In Trinity Episcopal Church he served as vestryman and choir member for many years.
Throughout his whole life Walter was a keen participant in outdoor activities, especially hunting and fishing. At Dartmouth he helped organize the Outing Club.
In 1910 Walter married Florence Couden of Michigan City, who survives him with their five children: John W., of Quincy, Mich.; Mary (Mrs. Nicholas V. Olds), of Lansing; Charlotte H., William A. and Walter C. of St. Clair Shores.
1906
HENRY DUTTON THRALL died at his home, 1942 Humboldt Ave., South, Minneapolis, on January 4, after an illness of more than ten years. He suffered a paralytic shock while traveling in Italy in 1948, but upon his return home recovered sufficiently to get about in a wheel chair and to take trips by automobile. The last such trip brought him to Hanover in 1955 for the 50th reunion of 1905; it proved too great an exertion, and he was bedridden for the rest of his life.
Henry was born October 6, 1882 in Derby, Conn., the son of Rev. Joseph Brainerd and Anna Dutton (Graves) Thrall. He came to college in 1901 from Pepperell, Mass., having prepared at Worcester Academy. He was a member of both the classes of 1905 and 1906, receiving his degree with the latter, and always retained allegiance to both. Lively and enthusiastic, he made friends quickly and widely. He was on the track squad in his freshman year, and . soon distinguished himself as an outstanding athlete, winning his "D" and being elected captain of the varsity track team for 1904-5. In the meet with M.I.T. in his sophomore year he established a new college record for the half-mile run. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta.
For a year after graduation he was employed in the advertising department of Scribner's Magazine in New York City. In 1907 he entered the banking business in Minneapolis, and made that his life career. For 26 years he was with the Minnesota Loan and Trust Co., much of the time in the bond department; he served the bank as secretary 1916-21, as vice-president 1924-7, and as vicepresident and treasurer 1927-33. In 1933 he withdrew from the Trust Co. to establish an investment securities firm of his own, Thrall West and Co., which he served as president until his retirement in 1943.
Through the years he acted as director and trustee of many business corporations, among them the former BancNorthwest Co., the Northwestern National Bank, the Northwest Bancorporation, and the Minnesota Northern Power Co. In his home city he was regarded as an elder statesman because of his long activity as a leader in civic programs. He had been a trustee of Northrop Collegiate School, director of the Minneapolis Taxpayers Association, governor of the Investment Bankers Association, and vice-chairman of the Minneapolis Community Fund. He was a life member of the advisory board of Northwestern Hospital. During World War I he was Minneapolis manager for four Liberty Loan campaigns, and in World War II he was executive adviser to the Northwest Victory Funds committee in charge of large subscriptions. He was long a member of the Minneapolis Club, the Dartmouth Club of New York, and many other social organizations.
Until ill health prevented, Henry was an ardent outdoor enthusiast, for many years spending his summers in the Rocky Mountains hunting, fishing, and golfing. He had traveled extensively in America and abroad. He enjoyed an extraordinarily wide acquaintanceship, and his circle of friends was spread throughout many sections of the country. All held him in affection and respect.
Henry was a devoted alumnus, serving Dartmouth freely and energetically at all times. His help to the College both through his personal activities and his generous financial contributions was substantial. He was a member of the Alumni Council from 1922 to 1928.
On October 19, 1910 he married Corinne Carey Ball, who survives him, with two daughters, Elizabeth, wife of Wood R. Foster '33, and Corinne, wife of James D. Burns, both of St. Paul, and eight grandchildren. To them the Classes of 1905 and 1906 extend their deepest sympathy.
1908
ALVA BRUCE RUTHERFORD passed away at his home on Old Wire Road, Zephyrhills, Fla., on January 17, following several months' illness. Bruce was born November 8, 1881, in Waddington, N. Y., and prepared for Dartmouth at Waddington High School and Franklin Academy. In college he took the first-year Thayer School course.
Following graduation he became superintendent o£ construction for the Hastings Pavement Co. in New York. In 1909 he went with the Asphalt Block Co. in Toledo, Ohio, and in 1913 with Booth & Flynn, Ltd. of Pittsburgh. In 1917 he moved to Detroit as superintendent of construction for the A. J. Smith Co. From 1927 to 1941 he engaged in general contracting in Detroit with Roger F. Hill of our class. In 1941 he was resident engineer for Smith, Henchman and Grills, and from 1942 to 1946 for Hubbell, Roth, and Clark. In 1947 he became construction supervisor for Toltz, King and Day, Inc. of St. Paul, until his retirement in 1951. Bruce and Hazel attended and enjoyed the 50th reunion last June.
In Detroit he was a member and trustee of the Woodward Avenue Presbyterian Church and after his retirement a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Dade City, Fla. His fraternities were Delta Tau Delta and Alpha Delta Epsilon, and he was a member of the Ingleside Club of Detroit and the Lions Club of Zephyrhills. He was an ardent golfer and bowler and a leading member of the Zephyrhills Garden Club. A memorial fund in his name to Boy Scouts of Zephyrhills was made by friends.
Surviving are his wife, the former Hazel L. McCormick of Mansfield, Ohio, whom he married on December 27, 1911; a son, Robert Bruce of Rosedale Park, Detroit; three brothers, including Seymour S. Rutherford '14 and Ray C. Rutherford '14 a sister, and two grandchildren, Rebecca and Charles.
1912
JAMES BARTLETT GRIFFIN, of Newmarket, N. H., died February.l at the Veterans Hospital, Manchester, N. H., after a long illness.
Jim, a lifelong resident of Newmarket, was graduated from Newmarket High School and attended Phillips Exeter Academy. He was graduated from Dartmouth with the Class of 1912 and from the Harvard Law School in 1916.
He entered the N. Y. Naval Militia in 1917 as seaman 2nd class, went to the Naval Academy in the 3rd R.O. class and received a temporary commission as Ensign, serving on the U.S.S. Michigan, Alabama and Charleston.
After being mustered out in October 1919 he was associated with his father in the Griffin hardware business in Newmarket and had operated the Griffin Insurance Agency there since 1940. He was first commander of the Robert G. Durgin Post, American Legion; secretary of the Newmarket Industrial Association; and for the past twenty years was a member of the School Board and Judge of the municipal court of that city.
He was also a member of the Chateau Thierry Barracks No. 125, Newmarket Polish Club; Lamprey Aerie of Eagles, No. 1934; N. H. Association of Insurance Agents; Newmarket Service Club; Rising Star Lodge, F and AM; Newmarket and Belknap Chapter No. 8, RAM, of Dover.
He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Ralph E. Kemp of Newmarket, with whom he made his home, and Mrs. Caroline G. Colby of Mount Dora, Florida; and several nieces and nephews.
1914
WALTER DAVID KNIGHT died of a heart attack on January 25 at his home, 35 Waverly Rd., San Anselmo, Calif.
Bino was born in Marlboro, N. H., September 4, 1891 and graduated from the Keene High School. After graduating from Union Theological Seminary in 1917 he was connected with the East Side Y.M.C.A. in New York for two years. From 1920 to 1937 he was pastor of the Mount Washington Presbyterian Church in New York and under his direction a new $350,000 church was built in 1929.
In 1937 Bino moved to New England to become field director of the work of National Missions and Christian Education in the Presbyterian Synod of New England. He made his home in Newton Centre, Mass., and during this period was a member of the faculties of Yale Divinity School and AndoverNewton Theological Seminary.
Bino had been a member of the Committee on Chaplains and Service Personnel of the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A.; chairman of the National Staff of the Board of National Missions; a member of the Executive Committee of the Councils of Churches in New England; and chairman of the Department of Research and Strategy, Massachusetts Council of Churches. In 1956 he moved to San Anselmo where he was director of the student field service of San Francisco Theological Seminary.
In 1917 Bino was married to Ruth Hubbard of East Sullivan, N. H., who survives him with their daughter Paula and their son, Walter D. Knight Jr., who is Professor of Physics at the University of California. He is also survived by his brother, Charles B. Knight '13 of Marlboro, N. H.
1916
The Class of 1916 lost one of its most loved and respected members, as well as one of its most brilliant minds, when GILBERT HUTCHINSON TAPLEY passed away on January 23 in the Winchester, Mass., Hospital. His home was at 26 Glen Rd., Winchester.
Gil was born April 18, 1894, in Danvers, Mass., the son of Walter A. and Claire (Hutchinson) Tapley. From the Danvers High School he went to Dartmouth, graduating with honors and being elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He attended Tuck School and graduated there in 1917, with the degree of Master of Commercial Science.
After serving in the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps with the rank of 1st Lieutenant, he returned to Tuck School in 1919 as instructor, and later was assistant professor and secretary of the School. Wishing to test himself in the actual business world, he entered the employ of the United Fruit Company in 1929 as statistician and auditor, and then was employed by the Morton C. Tuttle Co. of Boston, the E. I. du Pont de Nemours Co., Wilmington, Del., and the Hathaway Bakeries, Inc., in Cambridge, Mass., serving as treasurer of the last concern. In all these activities he was eminently successful. Later on he returned to business life to assist the Office of Production Management in Boston, as a dollar-a-year man.
Gil was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity, the Travel Club, Masons and the American Statistical Association. In 1920 he was married to Mabel Swett Lyman, of Los Angeles, a graduate of Smith College, who survives him. Also, he is survived by four daughters, Miss Idella Tapley of Cambridge, Mrs. Sanborn Vincent of Norwell, Mrs. J. David Hopkins of Des Moines, lowa, and Mrs. J. T. Axon of Wilmington, Del., and eleven grandchildren.
Our classmate will be remembered, not only for his brilliant intellect, but for his modesty, kindliness and his unfailing courtesy and friendliness.
1918
CHARLES THOMAS MCCARTHY died on Christmas night in the Bon Secours Hospital, Lawrence, Mass., within a half hour after being admitted for treatment of a heart condition. His home was at 43 Bradstreet Rd., North Andover.
Charlie was born in North Andover, August 24, 1895 and attended Johnson High School there, where he was president of his class and captain of the football and basketball teams. At Dartmouth he was a member of Delta Tau Delta and Dragon. After serving as a 2nd Lt. in the Infantry from May 16, 1918 to January 18, 1919, he returned to North Andover to become a flour broker.
The long and impressive list of organizations represented at Charlie's funeral bears testimony to the high esteem in which he was held in his community. A charter member of the North Andover Post, American Legion, he was a past president of the Eclectic Club, a member of the Men of Merrimack and the New England Bakers' Association, and a trustee of the Community Savings Bank. Active in St. Michael's Church, he was a member of the Greater Lawrence Particular Council of the St. Vincent de Paul societies.
Charlie was married on November 21, 1923, to Dorothy Stone, who died on September 28, 1955. He is survived by two sons, Daniel J., principal of the Bradstreet School in North Andover, and Charles T. Jr. '48, in the meat packing business in Bradford, Mass.
Tolerant and understanding, with a fine sense of humor, Charlie had a host of friends in the class, by whom he will be greatly missed.
1919
MAULSBY FORREST passed away in the Evanston, Ill., Hospital on January II after a short illness.
Mose was born in Chicago on July 21, 1897, the son of William S. Forrest, 1875, and Emily Kimball. He attended Worcester Academy before coming to Hanover, where he was a member of Sigma Chi. He left in 1917 to serve in the U. S. Navy.
In World War II he was a Lt. Colonel in the Army attached to the Civil Affairs Division of the General Staff. He was formerly a partner in Field, Glore & Co., Chicago, and vice-president and treasurer of American Airlines. At the time of his death he was president of the Riverbank Laboratories in Geneva.
Mose was a well-known member of 1919, and a great wit, as evidenced by his annual letters to the secretary which have appeared in the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. He will be missed by all of us.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs. William S. Forrest; a son, Alexander F.; a daughter, Mrs. Emily Thurber; two brothers, William S., Dartmouth '26, and Nelson; one sister and several grandchildren, to all of whom the class extends its sincerest sympathy.
The class, and New York '19ers in particular, were shocked to learn of the sudden passing of COLONEL WILL I LEVY on January 29. The previous evening he had attended a class dinner at the Dartmouth Club and was in the best of spirits and all present enjoyed seeing him. The following day, at a business conference, he passed away suddenly, presumably of a heart attack. He made his home at the St. Regis Hotel in New York.
Will I was born in Paducah, Kentucky, on February 9, 1899, making him one of the younger members of the class. He attended Paducah High School, and entered with the Class in 1915. After graduation, he attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Harvard Business School, from 1919 to 1921.
During his business career, he was an executive of Lehman Brothers, N. Y., the Interstate Department Stores, Schenley Industries, Inc., Associated Textiles and R. H. Macy & Co., and was a 32nd Degree Mason.
Will I was always interested in military affairs and was an active and reserve officer all his life. He was a graduate of both the Army and the Navy War Colleges and served on General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower's staff as a Colonel in the Army Air Forces in the European Theater of Operations in World War II. He was on active status in the Air Force Reserve at the time of his death.
Surviving are his wife, Constance, and two cousins. The Class extends to them its most sincere sympathy in their great loss.
Memorial services were held February 3 and in attendance representing the class were Paul and Catherine Halloran, San and Jane Treat, Clarence and Helene Buttenweiser, Lou Stone, Lou Munro, Ray Legg and George Rand. Burial took place February 5 in Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, D. C.
1923
JOHN WIDMAN BERTCH passed away at his ranch in Rancho Sante Fe, Calif., on November 27 from a sudden heart attack.
Wid spent his life after graduation in the field of advertising, with Grand Rapids, Mich., as his headquarters. He worked his way up in the Lee-Anderson Advertising Co., becoming its executive vice-president. In 1947 he went with N. W. Ayer & Son, and soon became vice-president in charge of the agency's office in Detroit. For many years he personally supervised the advertising for the Plymouth Division of the Chrysler Corporation.
During the war Wid served as chief of the special products salvage section of the War Production Board. He later handled the recruiting advertising for the Air Force.
Wid married Mildred McKinley Storrs in 1949. Two years ago he retired and the Bertchs moved to their ranch in California. There Wid busied himself with his print collection, which included such distinguished names as Whistler and Rembrandt, his piano (he was an accomplished player), and his ranch activities.
A member of DKE in college, Wid was one of the most loyal members of the class and most faithful contributors to the Alumni Fund, and always maintained the deepest interest in the College.
JOSEPH HENRY BRUNING passed away on January 25 in the Ohio Valley General Hospital, Wheeling, W. Va., after a long illness. The cause of his death was cancer.
Joe attended Culver Military Academy before entering Dartmouth where he was a member of Chi Phi and Cabin and Trail.
He left college in June 1922 to become a newspaper man and then a stock broker. Later on he became interested in the Wheeling Coca Cola Bottling Co., where he handled sales.
An ardent fisherman and an excellent shot, Joe was a director of the Fort Henry Club and belonged to the Wheeling Country Club and the Wheeling Lodge of Elks.
He is survived by his wife, the former Muriel Slawson, and two daughters, Mrs. W. P. Holloway and Mrs. Richard W. Sheppe, and six grandchildren. His home was at 97 Bethany Pike, Wheeling.
JAMES FRANCIS SMITH passed away on February 5 at his home, 86 Cables Ave., Waterbury, Conn. He had a heart attack in December and only on February 4 was discharged from the Waterbury Hospital.
A native of Waterbury, Frankie prepared for college at Crosby High School. At Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta.
Frankie had been a major figure in Democratic politics in Connecticut since 1930 and at one time was State Chairman. His business activities were widespread, principally the J. F. Smith & Co., a lumber firm of which he was president. He was director of True Temper Corp., United Corp., Connecticut Light and Power Corp., Waterbury ReadyMixed Concrete Co., First Federal Savings and Loan Association, Waterbury Trust Co., Small Tube Products, Inc., and Waterbury Farret Foundry and Machine Co.
A prominent goiter and a former Waterbury tennis champion, he was chairman of the first U.S. Savings Bond drive, and headed the first Waterbury Community Chest drive.
He is survived by his wife, Vera, and two sons, James and Terrence; and three brothers, Steele C. '28, Edmund S. '32 and Harold W. '33.
JAMES LOW COE passed away October 21 at his home, 3300 Hibiscus Dr., Belleair Beach, Florida.
Jim went to Dartmouth for one year then transferred to Hobart College where he graduated in 1924. He was for many years a vicepresident of the Power City Trust Co. of Niagara Falls, N. Y. Retiring in 1950 due to a coronary condition, he moved to Clearwater where he enjoyed his hobbies of golf and fishing.
He is survived by his widow, Gertrude Porter Coe, and two daughters, Janet and Gertrude.
1925
BRICE PURSELL DISQUE JR. of Spuyten Duyvil-on-Hudson, New York, is reported by a friend to have died in his 55th year on New Year's evening.
Born in Montana, Brice prepared for Dartmouth at Evander Childs High School, New York City. While in college he was a member of Phi Delta Theta, Pi Delta Epsilon, The Arts, Jack o'Lantern board, Bema board, The Players and The Tower board. He entered the banking business in New York soon after graduation. Apparently this did not mesh with his more aesthetic propensities, for in 1935 he became a radio program director for Newsweek. Magazine and from then on, except for three years in war service, he was active in the radio-television field.
Brice served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, advancing from the rank of captain to lieutenant-colonel. Upon retiring from the service he held a Bronze Star, an ETO ribbon with seven combat stars, and an American Theatre ribbon.
He is survived by his parents, General and Mrs. Brice P. Disque, whom the class joins in their sorrow.
1926
We regret that difficulties in obtaining biographical information have caused this delay in reporting the passing of GEORGE JOHNBARTELS, on November 3, in Tenafly, N. J., as the result of a heart condition which had confined him to his home for almost ten years.
George was born in New York City in 1903, the son of George and Emma (Haack) Bartels. At Erasmus Hall High School (Brooklyn) and Blair Academy he starred in football and baseball) - sports in which he won his freshman numerals at Dartmouth.
Leaving college in sophomore year, he became interested in the sugar industry and spent several years in Mexico as a plant manager. From 1930 to 1934 he was with the Union Match Co. and the Schenley Products Co. In 1934 he joined the American Cyanimid Co., whom he served as a drug sales representative for fifteen years, until ill health forced his retirement.
George was married to Dorothy Miller, of Brooklyn, who survives him. Also surviving are a son, George Jr., an employee of Bauer & Black, in Englewood; and a daughter, Mrs. Wilma Spadone.
1928
CHARLES CAMERON DICKINSON JR., widely known in the coal industry of West Virginia, died January 14 in Tucson, of a lung ailment.
Charlie was born January 30, 1905, in Maiden, W. Va., and prepared for Dartmouth at Shenandoah Valley Academy. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and Dragon.
After graduation he went into his father's coal business and at his death was vicepresident of the Dickinson Fuel Co. and its affiliated interests, a director of the Kanawha Valley Bank, and longtime director of the Southern Coal Producers Association. He was a member of the Charleston Rotary Club, Charleston Press Club, Edgewood Country Club, and First Presbyterian Church.
Charlie was married on May 5, 1931 to Frances Ann Saunders in Wichita Falls, Texas. They lived at 1540 Bedford Road, Charleston, West Va., but had been staying in Tucson several months.
Surviving, with his wife, are his father, who is 81; a son, C. C. Dickinson III '58, of Charleston, stationed with the Marines in California; a brother, John, and a sister, Mrs. Turner Ratrie, both of Maiden.
LAURENCE LINDSEY SLEEPER died of a coronary thrombosis at the Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington, Vt„ on December 30. His home was at 46 Prospect St., Essex Junction, Vt.
Larry was born in Swampscott, Mass., on May 13, 1905 and entered Dartmouth from the Brookline High School. At Dartmouth he was a member of Gamma Delta Epsilon and majored in the Tuck School.
After graduation Larry entered the hotel business and remained in it until his death, except for a job in a GE plant during the war. He was with the Hotel Statler in Boston until 1933, then the East Bay Lodge, Osterville, Mass., for twelve years. He managed the Squaw Mt. Inn in Maine, later served as a field representative of the New England Council for four years. For the past seven years he has managed the Hotel Huntington in Burlington.
He is survived by his wife, Helen, a daughter, Martha, and a son, David. Funeral services were held in Lynn, Mass.
1938
HOWARD CHARLES VAN RIPER of 1809 Deveron Road, Towson, Md., died unexpectedly on January 4 at Norfolk, Virginia, while visiting relatives. He was a native of Jersey City, N. J., and a graduate of Dickinson High School there.
While at college Howie was active in debating and president of the Forensic Union. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa and Delta Sigma Rho. He was also the Class Orator.
He was associated with the Baltimore office of the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company and had served the Dartmouth Club of Baltimore as both secretary and president.
He is survived by his wife, the former Ellen Copperthite of Norfolk, and a daughter, Sue Ellen.
The funeral services were held in Norfolk and the burial was in Forrest Cemetery there.
1955
RICHARD JAMES DOLAN, a member of the Class only during the first semester, 1951-52, died of a heart attack in East Rockaway, N. Y., on December 16.
Dick was born in Scranton, Pa., on November 16, 1927, and graduated from St. Paul's High School in Scranton, As both of his parents were dead he had not seriously considered college. Entering the service he served in Korea. After his discharge he visited Hanover with his uncle, Sidney J. Flanigan '23, one of Dartmouth's most devoted alumni, and immediately decided that he wanted to attend Dartmouth above all things.
As his high school preparation had not been adequate he attended Kimball Union Academy for the two years, 1948-50 and was about to enter Dartmouth when, as a reservist, he was called back into the service and sent to Germany. On his discharge in October 1951, he entered Dartmouth but his dreams were shattered when he was forced, by illness, to leave at the end of the semester.
At the time of his death Dick was sales representative for Thomas Betts & Co., manufacturers of electrical supplies. His only relatives are his uncle and aunt.
Roy Higinbotham Lanphear '25
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