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.]
Hartshorn, Edward '92, Sept. 29, 1956 Salinger, Leon A. '01, Mar. 5 Cook, James N. '03, Mar. 18 Cushman, Norman L. '07, Mar. 22 Doe, Arthur F. '09, Jan. 12, 1957 Storer, Perley N. '09, Mar. 11 Sargent, Arthur F. '11, Mar. 24 Wanty, Thomas C. '11, Apr. 29, 1957 Dowst, Robert S. '12, Mar. 20 Dunning, Willis C. '12, Mar. 12 Lyons, Barrow B. '12, Apr. 5 Reed, Ralph E. '13, Feb. 16 Lewis, John P. '14, Mar. 18 MacCartee, Douglas G. '14, Mar. 31 Boyd, Ernest C. '15, Mar. 14 Parnell, Carroll A. '15, Mar. 10 Lawson, Edward H. '16, Mar. 12 Warbasse, Charles N. '20, Apr. 3 Duncan, Elbert B. '21, Mar. 16 Frost, George L. '21, Mar. 30 McCarthy, George W. '22, Mar. 21 Richardson, Wendell S. '22, Mar. 30 Bassett, J. Walden '23, Mar. 15 Larcom, Russell C. '24, Mar. 27 Blanchard, G. Russell '27, Mar. 29 Kent, Kenneth H. '28, Mar. 22 Middleton, Thomas M. '28, Mar. 27 Walker, Harold B. '29, Mar. 21 Gould, Robert S. '32, Apr. 6 Mara, Robert M. '43, Mar. 18 Long, J. Bradley '44, Apr. 9 Markman, Herbert M. '57, Mar. 10 Preis, Carl G., D.Eng. '37, Mar. 9 Morrison, Donald H., A.M. '47, Mar. 17 Smith, Sidney E., LL.D. '57, Mar. 17
Faculty
While driving from New York to Hanover March 30 with a faculty colleague, GEORGE LORING FROST '21, a member of the Dartmouth College faculty since 1922 and Professor of English since 1939, died suddenly of a heart attack incurred in Holyoke, Mass. He was pronounced dead at a Holyoke hospital. Supposedly in good health, though in later years he used one crutch to ease an arthritic hip, he had made elaborate plans for a European tour this summer. Sixty years old, George outlived his mother by only a little over three years. She died in the Hitchcock Hospital, Hanover, March 13, 1956 at the age of 87. George's father, a retired dress manufacturer, lived to be 86. He died in 1949.
The son of Frederick Bowdoin Frost and Adelaide Short Loring, George was born in Portland, Me., February 26, 1899. He attended Portland High School and Phillips Exeter Academy. At Dartmouth he was a member of Chi Phi, Round Robin, TheBema, The Arts, of which he was vice-president, the Dramatic Association, and The Players, of which he was president. He won departmental honors in French in his sophomore year.
After graduation, George attended the University of Strasbourg in France and traveled in Europe. He was appointed instructor in French in 1922; instructor in English, 1925; and assistant professor of English, 1929. At Yale University, 1927-1929, when he was on leave of absence from Dartmouth, he was a Robinson Fellow.
George specialized in Chaucer and in the drama. He taught a course in playwriting, another in representative plays and playwrights from the Greeks to 1600, and a third from 1600 to 1800 with emphasis on drama written in English but with some attention to important Continental authors. He was frequently called on to judge undergraduate play contests, and in early years he himself played leading roles in Gilbert and Sullivan in Webster Hall. His love of the theatre led him often to New York and Europe.
In World War I, George went to Coast Artillery School and was stationed at Fort Monroe, Va., October 30 to November 22, 1918. In World War II he was an air-raid warden.
He was a member of the Modern Language Association, the Medieval Academy of America, and the American Association of University Professors. He had published articles in Modern Language Notes, Speculum, and Studies in Philology.
The body was cremated. A memorial service was held in Sanborn House Library on April 1, at which one of George's former students, Fred Berthold Jr., now Dean of the Tucker Foundation and professor of Religion at Dartmouth, read from the Scriptures; Prof. James Dow McCallum of the Department of English, an appropriate poem by John Donne; and Prof. F. Cudworth Flint, also of the Department of English, a memoir, which appears in this issue.
George never married, and he leaves no close survivors.
J. H.
1901
LEON ALFRED SALINGER, always affectionately known as "Alfie," passed away on March 5, after a long illness. He retired from his work as a chemist about ten years ago and since then has been in a nursing home in Los Angeles.
He was born in Rochester, N. H., June 26, 1877, the son of Isidor and Ida (Feineman) Salinger. Graduating from the Rochester High School, he entered Dartmouth with this class. He came from a Dartmouth family; Alex Salinger '92 and Victor Salinger 'oo were brothers and two nephews, Robert and Roger, graduated in 1926 and 1927 respectively.
After graduating, Alfie studied at M.I.T. and for a number of years was an instructor in chemistry. From 1903 to 1912 he served as an analytical chemist in the government laboratory in Manila. On his return to the states he entered the employ of the U. S. Food and Drug Administration, Research Dept., at Savannah, Ga., and then was transferred to San Francisco where he remained until his retirement.
Alfie was a most likeable chap, and due to his small stature will always be remembered as the "little feller" of the class. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta. His hobby was collecting opals, and his collection was said to be one of the finest in the country.
He never married and is survived by his sister, Mrs. Sarah S. Rogers of 1055 N. Kingsley Drive, Los Angeles, who has faithfully looked after his affairs for many years.
1902
WILLIAM BISBEE THOMPSON died on February 16 in Shirley, Mass. He was born in Fort Grant, Arizona, on September 24, 1879. His father, Edmund S. Thompson, was an Army captain. Bill prepared for college at the Everett, Mass., High School.
At Dartmouth he won letters in football and track, played in the Band, was in the Dramatic Club and managed the Musical Clubs his senior year. He belonged to D.K.E. and Sphinx.
After graduating from Harvard Dental School in 1905, he practiced in Boston until 1940, when he moved to Shirley where he continued some practice. March 23, 1907 he married Gwendolynn Robinson of St. John N. B.
He was a member of the Masonic Washington Lodge and Eastern Dental Society. His hobbies were hunting, fishing, raising cocker spaniels and gardening, particularly growing raspberries and strawberries. Bill must have had an interesting life in his semiretirement days.
He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Ethel Boutwell of Shirley.
1903
JAMES NELSON COOK died suddenly on March 18 at his home in Townsend, Mass., where he had resided for the past 18 years.
He was born in Aurora, Ill., November 7,1876, the son of Charles and Abbie (Paine) Cook. He is survived by his wife, the former Bertha Stevens (Wellesley '02) and a daughter, Mrs. F. Richard Pierce of Gardner, Mass., also a Wellesley alumna, and a son Edgar S., of Cohasset, Mass.
Jim left college following his freshman year and was in the lumber business in New Hampshire for several years following which he engaged in the manufacture of wooden products in Melrose, Mass. During this latter period he was a frequent attendant at Dartmouth and class gatherings, and the class regrets that those pleasant contacts were lost many years back.
Jim was a Mason and in college was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa.
1907
NORMAN LOCKE CUSHMAN died suddenly in the Winchester (Mass.) Hospital on March 22, four days after his wife Madeline had passed away, on March 18. His home was at 7 Sheffield Road, Winchester.
Norm was born in Arlington, Mass., September 19, 1885, and prepared for college at the Arlington High School. In college he was a member of Alpha Delta Phi and Sphinx. He was always keenly enthusiastic about Dartmouth and his class and revisited Hanover often.
Norm was a former partner of Seabury & Cushman, converters of cotton goods, from 1920 to 1939 when he became senior partner of Cushman and Marden, textiles, until retirement five years ago. He was also vice-president and trustee of Winchester Savings Bank and a director of the Winchester Home for the Aged.
He was a Unitarian, a member of the Union Club of Boston, Bostonian Society, Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, and the Winchester Country Club.
Norm was married on December 4, 1911 to Madeline Porter, a graduate of Smith. He leaves two sons, Gardner '35 of Belmont and Robert '39 of Holden, and a daughter, Madeline C. Stuckney of Concord, N. H.
1909
PERLEY NELSON STORER passed away at the Portsmouth, N. H., Hospital on March 11, after several years of failing health.
Perley was born in Kennebunk, Me., on April 8, 1886, the son of Col. William E. and Alice P. (Nelson) Storer. The family soon moved to Portsmouth and for over 70 years this was home to Perley.
Perley came to Dartmouth from Portsmouth High School and in college was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa. Because of Thayer School courses, he received his B.S. with 1910.
The three years following graduation were spent in railroad construction, first with the N.Y.,N.H.&H. R.R. and then with the N.Y., Westchester and Boston R.R. In 1913 he joined the Underwriters' Bureau of New England as a fire protection engineer and continued with them for 34 years until his retirement, following a shock, on December 31, 1947.
He had a keen interest in the civic affairs of his community and was often solicited for his opinion regarding them. He contributed several pamphlets to the Thayer School library. Perl always followed Dartmouth events with great interest and was one of the 1909 regulars. Each fall usually saw him with Bob Bruce '09, Julius Dutton '08 and Waldo Pickett '08 at one of the Hanover football games.
He was a member of the Dartmouth Society of Engineers, the National Fire Protection Association, the North Congregational Church, the Portsmouth Country Club and the Warwich Club.
Perley was married to Ethel A. Childs at Waterville, Me., on September 15, 1930. She survives him, as does a daughter, Mrs. Ruth Gilker of Portsmouth, and two granddaughters. Private funeral services were held from his home, 248 Willard Ave.
1912
KENNETH HUNTINGTON GOSS died March 4 in the George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D. C. His home was at 1200 S. Courthouse Rd., Arlington, Va.
Ken was born in Vergennes, Vt., January 4, 1890, the son of Franklin and Celia (Keeler) Goss. He was a member of our class for only one year and belonged to Phi Gamma Delta.
Ken's entire business career was spent in accounting. For many years he was comptroller for Charles H. Tenney & Co., a management corporation for various utilities. From 1935 until his retirement he was auditor for Rockland Light and Power Co., Brockton Taunton Gas Co., Concord Electric Co. and many other utilities, with his offices in Boston. After a long and serious illness necessitating the amputation of both legs in 1958, Ken moved to Arlington.
On January 1, 1919 Ken was married to Minnie DeBoer, who survives him with a son, John D., and two daughters, Mrs. Robert E. Jones and Mrs. J. Elwood Clements.
A veteran of World War I, Ken was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
1913
RALPH EDWIN REED died on February 16 at his home in Beaver, Pa. He suffered a coronary attack last August and never completely recovered.
Ted was born in Beaver, October 18, 1890, son of Anna (Scott) and John F. Reed. He prepared at Mercersburg Academy and spent his freshman year at Dartmouth. He was a member of Psi Upsilon. Ted transferred to Princeton. but always expressed interest in the class of 1913 at Dartmouth.
After graduating he was associated with the Gulf Oil Corp. in Mexico. Then with the Venezuelan-Gulf Oil Co. in charge of Venezuela operations and then in Pittsburgh. He later became associated with the Standard Specialty and Tube Co., New Brighton, Pa.
Ted is survived by his wife and a son and daughter. He was planning the 50th reunion of the 1909 class at Mercersburg Academy for this spring. He served Mercersburg as a member of the Board of Regents and the Alumni Council.
STEPHEN DARWIN ROSE died at his home, 4 Orchard Circle, Clifton, Mass., of a heart attack on March 14.
Steve was born in Marblehead, Mass., on December 15. 1889, son of Mary (Ware) and Stephen C. Rose. He prepared for college at Lynn Classical High School and entered the first semester of sophomore year and graduated with the class. He was a half miler on the track team sophomore and junior years and was on the cross-country team, sophomore, junior and senior years.
He was with the New England Telephone and Telegraph Co. from 1913 to 1919 and ran for the B.A.A. during many of those years. He enlisted in the Navy and was commissioned Ensign in 1917, stationed at Commonwealth Pier in Boston. He was made Lt. (j.g.) and served with the North Atlantic Fleet, as a Commodore of Convoys. He made the Navy his career and immediately after World War I was in Europe and competed in many meets in France. During Admiral Byrd's second Antarctic expedition in 1934, Steve, then a Lt. Commander, was captain of the supply ship Jacob Ruppert. When a smaller expedition vessel, the famed Bear, was threatened with destruction, Steve stood by with the Ruppert at great peril, ready for rescue work had the Bear foundered. In April 1935 he cabled the N. Y. Dartmouth alumni dinner from Dunedin, New Zealand: "Steamship Jacob Ruppert sends greetings on return voyage from the Antarctic. Captain S. D. Rose 1913." He retired in 1949 with the rank of Captain.
Steve was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery on March 18. Unfortunately Harry Semmes was in Bermuda, George Stiles in Arizona and Edmund Freeman was in California.
On May 12, 1922 Steve was married to Dorothy Clark of Newton, Mass., who survives him with their son Rodney, now a Lt. Comdr. in the Navy. He is also survived by a brother, Robert W., and a sister, Mrs. Clarissa Schellens.
1914
JOHN PERCY LEWIS died suddenly at his farm in North Canaan, N. H., on March 18. John was standing with his brother Roy '12 when he collapsed, the victim of a heart attack.
John was born in Lebanon, N. H., April 29, 1891, the son of Charles and Sarah Lewis. After graduating from Lebanon High School he entered Dartmouth and spent one year with us.
Thereafter he was active in Lebanon affairs. He was president of Lewis Bros., Inc., a Lebanon hardware firm, and former clerk of the Split Ballbearing Corp. He also served as Water Commissioner for Lebanon, and was a World War I veteran.
John is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bessie B. Lewis; a daughter, Mrs. Barbara Sargent of Lebanon; two grandchildren; two brothers, Roy E. '12 of Lebanon and Guy '12 of San Antonio, Texas; and a half-sister, Mae Lewis of Provincetown, Mass.
DOUGLAS GRAHAM MACCARTEE died in Hudson Falls, N. Y,. on March 31 after a long illness.
Mac was born in Salem, N. Y., March 13, 1890, the son of George and Caroline (Allen) MacCartee. He came to Dartmouth from Peekskill Military Academy with Bill Breslin and they roomed together their four years in college.
Mac taught at Peekskill and Mercersburg Academies, and at Salem Central High School. He was Principal of the Hoosic Valley Central School from 1928 to 1946, and taught in that school until forced to retire in 1949 due to ill health. In 1931 Mac received an honorary A.M. degree from the New York State College for Teachers for his outstanding work in secondary education in the state.
Dartmouth has lost a strong supporter. Mac never missed a reunion and health alone kept him away last year. He was one of our few bachelors.
Funeral services were at Salem, N. Y., on April 3. The class was represented by Bill Breslin.
1915
ERNEST CLAYTON BOYD, of 87 Amherst St., Worcester, Mass., director and executive vice-president of Reed & Prince Mfg. Co., died of a heart attack on March 14 in Worcester City Hospital. He had been with the company forty years and a director since 1946.
A graduate of Dartmouth in 1915 with an A.B. degree, he was president of the Wood Screw Bureau and past president of the Machine Screw Bureau, both national trade organizations.
Ernie was born in Worcester, the son of John and Florence (Pollard) Boyd, and was a graduate of Worcester South High School. Upon leaving Dartmouth he was a teacher for a short time in private schools in Woodbury, N. J., and Worcester High Schools. He was an active member of Dartmouth clubs in Worcester, Boston and New York, and had been a regional vice-president of the Class of 1915 for a number of years. He was a member of Tatnuck Congregational Church.
Surviving are his wife, Beatrice (Simpson) Boyd, whom he married in 1918; a son, Alden Boyd '41; a daughter, Ruth B., Cornell 45, wife of Maj. James J. Wilson stationed in Triangle, Va. with the U. S. Marine Corps; three sisters, Jennie L. and Flora Boyd, and Mrs. Bessie F. Ready, all of Worcester; and three grandchildren.
CARROLL ABBOTT PARNELL, who had been seriously ill for many years, died March 10 at the U. S. Veterans Hospital in Manchester, N. H., just 24 hours after his wife, Alyss Townsend Parnell, had died from injuries sustained at their home in Manchester.
Stick, whose good humor and friendly disposition never changed throughout his long period of disability, had taken a bad turn on March 6 and was rushed to the hospital. His wife went to the hospital to visit him on Saturday and, on her return home, fell and was so seriously injured that she, too, was hospitalized. "She died on the morning of March 9, and Carroll followed her on the 10th.
Stick entered college from Manchester High School, his native city, and graduated in 1915. During four years in college he was active in many organizations, particularly the glee club, where his rich bass voice was outstanding. He was manager of tennis in his senior year. He was also active in the press club, representing a Manchester newspaper.
Upon graduation, he became affiliated with Joseph T. Ryerson Co. in Chicago and had made rapid progress when World War I broke out. Stick enlisted at once in the ordnance department and rose rapidly to commissioned rank, being discharged in 1919 as a First Lieutenant. Most of his two years in service were spent in France.
He returned to Ryerson's after the war and was in an executive capacity in both Buffalo and Cincinnati where he was located when he first became disabled. He went back to Hanover for a period, and thence to Northwood, N. H. where, on July 26, 1947, he married Alyss Townsend, R.N., who was attached to the McCosh Infirmary at Princeton. The last few years of his life were spent back in his native Manchester.
He is survived by two sisters, Arabelle Parnell of Philadelphia, and Priscilla Parnell Dabezies of Jamaica, N. Y.; by one brother, Thomas O. Parnell of Winter Harbor, Me.; and a step-mother, Mrs. Mary Parnell of Manchester.
The funerals of both Stick and his wife were held simultaneously March 13 from the Franklin Street Congregational Church in Manchester. Because of a severe blizzard, a number of classmates from Boston were unable to reach Manchester for the funeral, but present were Don Bennink '15 and his wife Fannie, Bart Shepard '13 and Mike Norton '12. A floral tribute was sent by the Class of 1915.
1916
The Class of 1916 lost the fourth of its members within a three-month period, when EDWARD HOWLAND LAWSON, familiarly known as Tom, died of a heart attack on a Boston & Maine Railroad Buddliner as it approached the Reading, Mass., depot on March 12.
Tom was born November 5, 1891 at Calais, Maine, the son of John and Jeanne (MacMillan) Lawson. After attending Calais High School and Calais Academy, he entered Dartmouth with the Class of 1916, completing work for the B.S. degree and graduating in 1921 from Thayer School. In 1918 he served with the U. S. Army, in the Infantry. For two years he was a member of the Rifle Club.
On October 17, 1916 Tom was married in Boston to Christine Mildred Woodworth and three children were born of this marriage - Christine Mildred, William John and Edward Howard. On July 11, 1942 he was married to Ann Tighe of Salem, N. H.
For four years, from 1916 to 1920, Tom worked for the Boston & Maine as a structural draftsman, and from 1922 to the time of his death, with Stone & Webster as a structural designer. He resided in North Wilmington, Mass.
Classmates will remember Tom as a quiet, unassuming man, with a pleasant demeanor towards all, and as a hard-working, studious undergraduate. He especially enjoyed the 40th reunion of the Class and was looking forward to attending the 45th.
1918
JOHN HART DESSAU died in Pittsburgh, Pa., on January 4 and was buried in Ambridge where he had lived for many years.
Johnny was born in New York, November 26, 1896, the son of Dr. S. Henry and Mary (Hart) Dessau. After graduating with our class he received his C.E. degree from Thayer School in 1919, and then became connected with McClintic Marshall Co. until 1928 when he went to Bethlehem Steel where he remained until 1941. For the next four years he was with American Bridge Co. until 1946 when he went with Green Engineering Co. In 1950 he joined Loedding Engineering Co. in Ambridge, Pa., where he remained until his death.
A brilliant engineer, but quiet and introspective, Johnny was a most loyal alumnus and always responded generously to any appeal for the College. His brother, Alvin H. Dessau '13, died in 1946. Bill never married and he leaves no close relatives.
WALTER TURNER FULLER died at his home, 71 Prospect St., Amesbury, Mass., on February 2, following a heart attack.
Walt was born in Worcester, Mass., October 13, 1894, the son of Warren and Sarah (Turner) Fuller. His family moved to Amesbury when he was two and he attended Amesbury schools and Hebron Academy.
After three years with our class Walt enlisted in the army on June 3, 1917 and served overseas in France until his discharge in June 1919. Returning to Amesbury, he joined his father in operating W. E. Fuller Co., a retail clothing store. He became sole owner in 1929 and operated the store until his retirement in 1957.
He was a past commander of the Amesbury post, American Legion, and past president of the Amesbury Rotary Club. He served the Market Street Baptist church as clerk and moderator and was a trustee of the Provident Institution for Savings.
On October 12, 1920 Walt was married to Adona Conklin, who died in 1929. Their three children were Edith, Warren C. and John C. On August 2, 1930 Walt was married to Ethel Sands, who survives him with his three children and two step-children.
1919
SAMUEL DICKEN EWART passed away suddenly on March 6 at his home, 6515 Forbes St., Pittsburgh, Pa., presumably of a coronary thrombosis.
Born in Pittsburgh on January 26, 1898, Sam attended Blair Academy before coming to Dartmouth, where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He was a descendant of a pioneer Pittsburgh family, and was the great-grandson of Hugh Henry Brackenridge, one of the original justices of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and a founder of the University of Pittsburgh. The Ewart farm was a landmark on Center Avenue in an area then known as Minersville.
Sam's business career began with S. Ewart Co., wholesale grocers. He later worked for the Union Supply Co. and Marshall Field & Co. He joined the Joseph Home Co. in 1932 and remained with them until his untimely death. Latterly he was general manager of Home's Natrona Heights store.
Surviving are his wife, Mary Ege Ewart; a son Robert Brackenridge Ewart; a sister Mrs. Lyle Linderman, and a brother, William F. Ewart. The class extends to them its most sincere sympathy in their bereavement. Representing the class at the services were Ben Wylie and Joe Eisaman. Sam was a most loyal '19er, and very active in local Dartmouth affairs and he will be missed by all his classmates.
ROLAND CHESTER FOSS died in Los Angeles on February 4. Fossy was born in Rochester, N.H., December 20, 1897, the son of James A and Mollie Margaret (Costello) Foss, and prepared for college at the Rochester High School.
After graduating he went to California where he felt the climate would help asthma from which he suffered. For some years he was associated with "Spunk" Troy '11 in the automobile business in Los Angeles, and was later connected with several other motor companies. Then for some years he was auditor for the National Shoe Co., a chain of retail shoe stores. Since 1949 he had been comptroller of Angelus Hospital in Los Angeles. He made his home at 321 South Occidental Blvd., Los Angeles.
Fossy was married on January 31, 1920 to Magdalene Farjeon of Los Angeles. This marriage was terminated by divorce in 1929. The College has no record of any survivors.
1920
JOHN ZACHARIAH JORDAN died on March 8 at the Colorado General Hospital in Denver, after suffering a heart attack. He had been ill for several months.
Zack was born in Bloomington, Ind. His family then moved to Denver, where he attended East High School. Toward the end of his freshman year at Dartmouth he volunteered in the French Field Service overseas as an ambulance driver, returning to the United States not long after this country entered the war. In the spring of 1918 he was chosen for Officers Training Camp at Plattsburg where he was commissioned Lieutenant of Field Artillery. Later he was transferred to the Field Artillery's Central Officers Training School at Camp Zachary Taylor where he finished his military career in time to return to Dartmouth for the second semester in early 1919. Because of his absence for military service Zack received his degree in 1921.
Zack was an outstanding favorite of his college generation. He was a brilliant star in football and track and was widely known in intercollegiate athletic circles. He was a member of Psi Upsilon, C & G, and Palaeopitus.
In the fall of 1921 Zack was assistant coach of football under C. W. (Fat) Spears '17, who was head coach at the University of West Virginia. Thereafter he returned to Denver where he entered the insurance business, following which he affiliated with the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation at Los Angeles. During World War II he represented that organization at Prestwick, Scotland. Upon his return from overseas he joined the advertising department of the Denver Post. Subsequently he joined the Free Press in Colorado Springs and was employed by the Russell Sand Co. in Denver when illness forced him to retire.
In 1922 Zack married Frances Brown, his sweetheart of college days. In addition to his wife he is survived by his son, Zack Jr., of Roswell, N.M., a daughter, Mrs. Joan Jordan Tucker of Baltimore, Md., and three grandchildren.
1921
ELBERT BRINCKERHOFF DUNCAN of 394 E. Palisade Ave., Englewood, N. J., a sales representative with Milton C. Johnson, bank lithographers, died in his sleep, March 16, at his home. On his vacation last August at Prouts Neck, Me., he had a severe heart attack, which confined him to the Maine Medical Center, Portland, for eight weeks.
Born in Englewood, September 29, 1897, the son of Frederick and Emily (Brinckerhoff) Duncan, El attended Phillips Exeter Academy before entering Dartmouth. He left college in May 1918 to serve with the ambulance service, American Red Cross, in France and on the Italian-Austrian Front from the mouth of the Piave River to Mount Grappa on the River Brenta. Promoted to second lieutenant in the American Red Cross, he was awarded the Italian War Cross for "conspicuous and brave work under shell fire."
Returning to the United States, El entered Harvard in 1919 and was graduated in 1921. For many years he lived in the Boston area where he was employed by the Atlantic Monthly Co.; the Albert Frank Advertising Agency; Nelson, Duncan and Harlow Advertising Agency; State Mutual Life Assurance Co.; and Kasper Gerden, radio advertising. Later he made a connection with Brown and Bigelow, producers of advertising novelties. Still later, with J. C. Hall, he sold stationery and printing job to banks and businesses in the Greater New York Area.
In 1921 El married Phyllis Curl of London, who survives him. Other survivors are a daughter, Sandra Vermilye Duncan; a son, Robert A. Duncan; two grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Edward Perry of Burbank, Calif., and Mrs. F. Samuel Grandin of Fairfield, Conn.; and a brother, Samuel A. Duncan, of New York City.
At Dartmouth, El was a member of Psi Upsilon and later the Fox Club of Harvard, the Harvard Club of New York, and the Dartmouth Club. Manager and captain of the Exeter golf team, he kept up his game.
Funeral services were held in the First Presbyterian Church of Englewood before interment in the Duncan family plot at Brookside Cemetery.
1922
GEORGE WILLIAM MCCARTHY died on March 21 at St. Mary's Hospital, Waterbury, Conn., after a short illness.
Mac, as he was popularly known and loved by classmates and many other friends, was born on September 20, 1900 in Naugatuck, Conn. He was the son of the late Henry P. and Catherine (Egan) McCarthy.
He prepared for college at Naugatuck High School where he was prominent in athletics and captained the football team. He entered Dartmouth with seven other members of his high school class in 1918. At college he was on the freshman and varsity football squads and was a member of Kappa Sigma.
After college, Mac worked for Tyer Rubber Co., Andover, Mass., Stevens Arms Co., Chicopee, Mass., and Lewis Engineering Co., Naugatuck. He became an expert in the industrial applications of plastics in which capacity he was a consultant to International Harvester Company. At the time of his death he was design analytical engineer of plastics at Sikorsky Aircraft, Stratford, Conn.
Mac and Mary Margaret Welch were married in Naugatuck on April 11, 1932. For several years they have lived at 235 Millville Ave., Naugatuck. In addition to his wife and his mother, he is survived by a son, Henry P.; a daughter, Marianne; a brother, Henry J. '31; and a sister, Mrs. Len Morrissey ('22). To them the class extends its deepest sympathy.
Funeral services were held March 24 at St. Francis Church, Naugatuck. Classmates at the services were Bill Neary and Len Morrissey. Mac will be greatly missed by the many who knew and loved him well.
1928
JOHN ELLIOTT FLANAGAN died February 28 in the Bryn Mawr Hospital as the result of a virus infection of the heart, after an illness of five weeks. He was in the hospital only two weeks. His home was at 930 Morris Ave., Bryn Mawr, Pa.
John was born in Philadelphia, February 8, 1907, the son of John Elliott and Carrie (Lehman) Flanagan and graduated from Germantown High School. At Dartmouth he was a member of Lambda Chi Alphi and played on the water polo team.
From graduation until 1940 he was a statistician in the securities business in Philadelphia. In 1940 he became assistant manager of the family business, the Freeland Felt Works, in Philadelphia, and since 1946 had managed the business.
He served in the Army Air Force from July 1943 to September 1945, in Miami and Walla Walla, Wash.
John's life-long devotion to Dartmouth was manifested in many ways. One of the staunchest supporters of the Philadelphia Alumni Association, he had served as its vice-president but declined invitations to be its president. He gave unstintingly of his time and energy whenever there was an opportunity to help Dartmouth or the Class of 1928. He was Head Class Agent in 1950-51. He was also chairman of the Alumni Interviewing Committee for his area.
His two avocations were Dartmouth and golf. He belonged to the Philadelphia Country Club, the Union League and was a Mason. He enjoyed an extraordinarily wide acquaintanceship, and his circle of friends was spread throughout the country. All held him in affection and respect.
On April 21, 1933 he married Vera Steward Shull of Philadelphia. He is survived by his widow, his mother, Mrs. J. E. Flanagan of Philadelphia, and a sister, Mrs. Walter Dietrich of Philadelphia.
At the funeral services 1928 was represented by Dick Frame, Jack Heston, George and Suzanne Pasfield, Jack and Lucena McLaughlin, and Ernie and Jean Wright. There were many other Dartmouth men present.
KENNETH HUNTOON KENT died in Bellows Falls, Vt., oil March 22 after a long fight against multiple sclerosis. His home was at 16 Atkinson St., Bellows Falls.
He was born January 12, 1907 in Bellows-Falls and entered Dartmouth from the local high school. He was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa, and was a member of the College Band and the Players' Orchestra for four years.
In 1929 he became manager of the Standard Paper Co. of Bellows Falls and in 1946 became president and owner of the company. He continued in this position until his death despite the crippling effect of his illness.
He was a leading citizen in his community. During the War he ran the rationing board and later refused the position of president of the village. He was always an active and loyal alumnus of Dartmouth.
He is survived by his widow, the former Catherine Rawson of Worcester, Mass., a daughter, Linda, and his mother, Mrs. Ralph Parkinson of Vallejo, Calif.
1931
THEODORE LORING DANFORTH died on January 3 in Stamford, Conn., after a long illness.
Ted was born in Hampton, Va., November 20, 1909, the son of N. Loring and Theodora (Clapp) Danforth. He prepared for college at the Nichols School in Buffalo. He was a member of Sigma Nu, A.K.K., The Arts and the D.C.A. Cabinet.
After receiving his M.D. from Johns Hopkins in 1936 he interned at the General Hospital in Buffalo. After a year at the Boston Dispensary and some time at Butler Hospital in Providence, he was connected with the Sheppard Pratt, Johns Hopkins and Franklin Square hospitals in Baltimore until forced by ill health to give up his practice.
Ted never married. He is survived by a brother, John Danforth, of 136 Birch Tree Drive, Westwood, Mass.
1938
LORIN CHARLES SCHNEIDER died in Manchester, N. H., on January 23 after a long illness. His home was at 16 Manning St., Manchester.
Hook was born in Manchester, May 20, 1917 the son of Gustave and Emma (Schelzel) Schneider and prepared at Manchester High West. In college he majored in history. Friendly and personable, he was a popular member of the class.
Hook served in the Marine Corps from May 1943 to February 1946, most of this time overseas in the Asiatic Pacific area. Returning to Manchester, he became associated with his father as treasurer and general manager of Gus Schneider, Inc., beer wholesalers.
Active in many civic and fraternal organizations he was a past president of the N. H. Beer Wholesalers Association, the Workmen's Relief Society, and a member of the F and AM, Shrine, the American Philatelic Society. Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Loyal Order of Moose, and the Elks.
On June 7, 1951 Hook was married to Victoria Pawlowski who survives him with their son Lorin C. Jr., aged 10. He is also survived by three brothers, Robert, Curtis and Walter.
Hook was a leader at all '38 reunions and he will be greatly missed.
SAWYER RANK, a member of the class for one year, died on May 22, 1958, in St. Paul where he made his howe at 3210 Hamline Ave., North.
Sawyer was born in St. Paul, December 11, 1914, the son of Charles and Elizabeth (Sawyer) Rank. He prepared for college at Culver Military Academy.
Sawyer was a philatelic dealer. He is survived by his wife, Jane.
1944
RUSSELL YOUNG BALDRIDGE died at his home in Kingston, N. J., on November 16, 1958 of a heart attack.
Russ was born in New York on March 30, 1921. the son of John L. and Alice (Young) Baldridge, and attended Choate School. He was with the class only freshman year and played on the freshman football team.
After serving in the Coast Guard during the war he joined Roberts & Co., stockbrokers, in New York and was with the "Wall Street firm of Dean Witter & Co. at the time of death.
On December 31, 1941, Russ was married to Sylvia Follett, who survives him with two daughters, Barclay and Wendy.
1950
MYRON HERRICK WATKINS JR. was killed instantly in an automobile accident on February 6. The crash happened on a highway outside of Sharon, Pa.
"Mike" attended Dartmouth for only a few months in the fall of 1946, leaving because of illness. He later resumed his college work at Western Reserve University and graduated with a B.A. degree. After a period as a laborer in the Youngstown, O., mills of U. S. Steel, he took a job in the industrial engineering department of Republic Steel Corp. at their Warren, O., mills. Mike was transferred into the sales training program of Republic and, following the training, was a salesman in the Warren district sales office.
Mike's major interests in the community were the YMCA and the Boy Scouts, and he had been serving on the Executive Council of the Trumbull County Area Boy Scouts. He was also an active participant in golf, hunting, fishing, and sailing.
Although he had only a brief time at Dartmouth, Mike had several good friends in the Class, one of whom said, "He was a wonderful friend and certainly a most hospitable person." We are all sorry to have lost him.
Mike is survived by his wife, the former Mary Ann Hosack, and two daughters, Elizabeth and Louise, aged four and two; his mother and father, Myron H. Watkins '24; a brother William and sister Edith. To each of them we extend our heartfelt sympathy.
1951
WILLIAM THEODORE WEIS died unexpectedly of a cerebral hemorrhage in Palo Alto, Calif., on January 14.
Ted came to Dartmouth from Toledo, Ohio, and the Webb School. A botany major, he was a member of Gamma Delta Chi and competed on the freshman track team. One of his chief interests was the Outing Club, an interest he had continued since graduation as an active member of the Dartmouth Outing Club of Northern California.
Ted had worked with a Palo Alto electronics firm, Varian Associates, for the past six years and had accepted a position with the Missile System Division of Lockheed Aircraft just before his death.
He leaves his wife, Mignon, and four small children - three sons and a daughter. The family resides at 789 Coastland Drive, Palo Alto.
1957
HERBERT MARTIN MARKMAN, of 8889 Bay 16th St., Brooklyn, N. Y., was killed in an automobile accident one block from his home on the morning of March 10, when he was driving to New Utrecht High School, where he taught.
Herb was born in Brooklyn, July 18, 1936, Tucker of Baltimore, Md., and three grand-children the son of Meyer and Rose (Tarlev) Markman. He prepared for college at New Utrecht, where he captained the basketball team which won the New York City championship.
At Dartmouth Herb was on the basketball team and was known as a long shot artist. After graduation he returned to New Utrecht as a science teacher. He is survived by his wife, Sheila, whom he married on Christmas Day, and by his parents. To them the class extends its deepest sympathy.
George Loring Frost '21
John Elliott Flanagan '28
