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.]
Warren, Charles B. '91, Mar. 24 Lucey, Patrick J. '98, Apr. 25 Woodman, Leon E. '99, Apr. 6 Bennett, Ralph C. '01, Mar. 28 Rolfe, Hayward P. '04, May 10 Cornish, Solon W. '05, Apr. 20 Carr, Daniel '06, Oct. 17, 1958 Thomas, David '07, Feb. 8, 1955 Hale, Warren F. '08, May 5 Knight, William D '08, Apr. 28 Warnock, John C. '10, Apr. 2 Ganley, Arthur J. '11, May 8 Mahlstedt, John W. '12, Apr. 20 Rodney, Earle H. '13, Feb. 17 Bell, Louis H. '16, Apr. 26 Allen, William W. '19, May 7 Cody, Louis F. '19, May 11 Fippen, Earl E. '20, May 10 Barton, Russell C. '22, Mar. 17 Miller, Ralph E. '24, Feb. 25 Rice, Winthrop H. '25, Apr. 17 Hansen, Herbert W. '27, Apr. 10 Hubbard, Melvin W., Jr. '29, June 15, 1958 O'Connor, Martin B. '31, May 7 Meyer, Richard F. '33, Apr. 7 Embry, William C. '34, May 4 McCornack, Richard B. '41, May 14 Doerr, James C. '42, Mar. 21 Kiger, Robert C. '43, Jan. 20 Barnes, Julius H., A.M. '21, Apr. 17 Quinn, Robert E. 552m, Feb. 25
Faculty
The anxious days of futile search for the downed plane of Dr. RALPH ENGLISH MILLER '24 and his companion, Dr. ROBERT EDWARD QUINN, ended on May 5 when the plane was found in a wooded gully near Lincoln, N.H. The two doctors disappeared February 21 in a sudden snow squall while flying from Berlin to West Lebanon airport, and notes found in the wrecked plane indicated that they had survived at least four days, until February 25, before succumbing to exposure in the snow and sub-zero weather. Other details about this College tragedy will be found elsewhere in this issue.
Ralph English Miller was born January 13, 1899 in Tustin, Mich., the son of Ward B. and Agnes (English) Miller, and came to Dartmouth from Lakewood (Ohio) High School. In his undergraduate days here he was a pillar of the Outing Club, and an outdoors man always. He was active in the Canoe Club, Bait and Bullet, and Cabin and Trail, and in junior year was chairman of the Carnival Outdoor Evening.' He also was captain of the rifle team and a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity.
Dr. Miller was assistant in anatomy and embryology during the year following graduation, and was married here in June 1925 to the former Elizabeth Skolfield of Brunswick, Maine. He enrolled at Harvard Medical School, where he received his M.D. degree in 1928. While interning at the Hitchcock Hospital he was Instructor in Anatomy at the Dartmouth Medical School, 1928-29. The next two years were spent at the Mayo Foundation, University of Minnesota, where he was Fellow in Pathology and received an M.S. degree in 1931.
From 1931 on Dr. Miller pursued his medical career in Hanover. In that year he was named Assistant Professor of Pathology in the Medical School and also became a staff doctor at the Hitchcock Hospital. In 1936 he was named Assistant Dean of the Medical School and was promoted to Associate Professor. These appointments were announced on the eve of his departure for Europe for one semester to study pathology under Professor Pick in Berlin and to visit European laboratories and medical schools. He became full professor at Dartmouth in 1941 and continued until 1946 to serve as Assistant Dean of the Medical School. From 1946 until his death he was senior consultant at the Veterans Hospital in White River Junction,
Dr. Miller became Medical Referee of Grafton County in 1932 and held that post for eight years. He served as chairman of the New Hampshire State Board of Health from 1942 to 1949, and during that period represented the Board on the New Hampshire Cancer Commission. As a pathologist and teacher, Dr. Miller made important contributions to the study of cancer and in 1955 he received the American Cancer Society's medal for distinguished service, recognizing his pioneer work in training medical technologists and also his being one of the original members of the Board of Schools of Medical Technology of the American Society of Clinical Pathologists.
Dr. Miller was the second pathologist to practice in the state of New Hampshire. After establishing the state's first clinical laboratory at the Hitchcock Hospital, he was called upon to set up other laboratories throughout the state. To facilitate these laboratory visits, and because he enjoyed flying, he purchased his first plane in 1942. Since then he owned a number of small planes and purchased the Comanche which crashed only last November. He became a skilled pilot and flew to medical meetings all over the country. Last June he flew his own plane to San Francisco where he represented the American Society of Clinical Pathologists at the A.M.A. meetings. Dr. Miller was a charter member of the Lebanon squadron of the Civil Air Patrol, founded in 1940, and at the time of his death was adviser to the Lebanon Regional Airport Commission.
Dr. Miller's interest in anthropology took him to the Kapingamarangi Atoll in the Pacific with Dr. Kenneth P. Emory '20 in 1950, and more recently he had flown to the Canadian Arctic on two summer expeditions, 1955 and 1956, with Prof. Elmer Harp of Dartmouth to search for Eskimo artifacts and evidence that early tribes might have migrated eastward across Canada.
Dr. Miller was prominent in many medical organizations, belonging to the American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists, American Society of Clinical Pathologists, College of American Pathologists, New England Pathological Society, American Cancer Society, New England Cancer Society, American Medical Association, New Hampshire Medical Society, New Hampshire Surgical Club, Grafton Medical Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Dr. Miller is survived by his widow; a son, Ralph E. Miller Jr. '55, a Dartmouth medical student and one of this country's best known skiers; two daughters, Mrs. William Congdon of Newtonville, N.Y., and Mrs. Theodore Randell of Cambridge, Mass.; a sister, Mrs. Wendell Phillips of Ocalla, Fla.; and three brothers, Howard Miller of South Palm Beach, Fla., Paul Miller of West Palm Beach, Fla., and Chalmers Miller of Jupiter Point, Fla.
A private service for members of Dr. Miller's family was held May 8, with burial in Pine Knoll Cemetery, Hanover. A public memorial service for Drs. Miller and Quinn was held the following afternoon in Rollins Chapel, with President Dickey delivering the eulogy.
As a memorial to Dr. Miller, his family and friends are establishing the Ralph E. Miller Memorial Fund for the Advancement of Education in Pathology. Contributions to this are being made to the Hitchcock Foundation.
ROBERT EDWARD QUINN was born March 26, 1926, in Brooklyn, N.Y., the son of Cornelius J. and Madelyn (McKenna) Quinn. He attended Iona Preparatory School in New Rochelle, N.Y., and graduated from the University of Rochester in 1946. He then attended the Yale Medical School, where he received his M.D. degree in 1950, and interned at the Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, D. C., in 1950-51. During the period 1050-52 he was serving with the Army Medical Corps Reserve and held the rank of Captain when discharged in 1952.
Dr. Qui"" came to the Mary Hitchcock Hospital in 1952 to begin a three-year residency, after which he was a Research Fellow in Medicine at the Harvard Medical School for the year 1955"56. He returned to Hanover in 1956 to join the staffs of the Hitchcock Clinic and the Mary Hitchcock Hospital and to become Instructor in Medicine at the Dartmouth Medical School. At that time he also was appointed Attending Physician at the Veterans Hospital in White River Junction.
Dr. Quinn was a specialist in cardiovascular disease, and was recognized as having a most promising career of research and practice in that specialty ahead of him. At the time of his death he was working mainly on research concerned with electrical studies of the heart of those suffering from coronary thrombosis and agina pectoris. These studies were being done under the auspices of the Hitchcock' Foundation and the Dartmouth Medical School, and were partly supported by a grant from the New Hampshire Heart Association. It is in recognition of his work in this field that his family and friends have established the Robert E. Quinn Cardiac Research Fund, under the Hitchcock Foundation.
Dr. Quinn was married Jane 8, 1950, to the former Ruth Peabody, who survives him with their two young sons, Jeffrey, 3, and Andrew, 2. Also surviving are his parents; a brother, John T. Quinn of Larchmont, N.Y., and a sister, Mrs. William Gallagher of New Providence, N.J.
A requiem high mass was sung for Dr. Quinn at St. Denis Church in Hanover on May 9, with burial in the Pine Knoll Cemetery. That afternoon a College memorial service was held, in Rollins Chapel for both Dr. Quinn and Dr. Miller.
1891
CHARLES BOWEN WARREN died at his home in Gill, Colo., on March 24. He was the second oldest living graduate of the College at the time of his death.
Dr. Warren was born in Croydon, N. H., January 21, 1866. His great-grandparents were leaders in the settlement of Croydon. He prepared for college at the Newport High School and Kimball Union Academy. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa. After attending Dartmouth Medical School for one year, he transferred to the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Baltimore, from which he received his M.D. in 1894.
In 1894 Dr. Warren married Arbella A. Johnson of Cornish, N.H., who died in 1910. There were two daughters by this marriage, Winifred and Mary. Dr. Warren practiced and operated a drug store in Green Cove Springs, Fla., until 1903 when he moved to Minturn, Colo., where he practiced until 1911 when he moved to Denver, where he operated the University Park Drug store. In 1916 Dr. Warren moved to Gill where he practiced until forced to retire, due to ill health, in 1947.
In July 1913 Dr. Warren was married to Fannie Laybourn who survives him with their daughter, Mrs. Helen Acklin, and their son, Charles L., who continues to live in Gill. He is also survived by his daughters, Mrs. Winifred Newman and Mrs. Mary Stambaugh.
1899
LEON ELMER WOODMAN died April 6 at his home in Rolla, Mo., from heart trouble of several years' duration. Services were at the First Methodist Church, where he had long been an active worker, and organist for 30 years. Burial was in the local cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mabel Van Home Woodman; two children, Eugene Harvey Woodman of Vicksburg, Miss., and Ellen (Mrs. Warwick L.) Doll of Charleston, West Va.; five grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. E. B. Harvey of New Haven, Conn.
Elmer was born in Claremont, N.H., November 14, 1877, the son of Eugene Hamlin and Caroline Frances (Davis) Woodman. He prepared for Dartmouth at the local high school. In college he showed the same quiet, orderly industry that characterized him later. He achieved Phi Beta Kappa rank.
Woody taught first in Clarendon, Vt.; then became assistant in Dartmouth's physics laboratory for two years, winning his A.M. in 1902. After teaching two years at Nashua, N.H., high school, and one year in the University of Maine, he became first an assistant and then fellow at Columbia, winning his Ph.D. in 1910. That fall he married Mabel Pauline Van Home, a former associate in Nashua, and returned to the University of Maine, becoming successively assistant, associate, and full professor. In 1919 he moved to the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy in Rolla as professor of physics and chairman of the department, remaining until compulsory retirement in 1948. But until serious illness came in 1955 he voluntarily continued teaching three-quarters of his usual classes with only slight compensation.
Dr. Woodman's teaching was painstaking, but he found time to organize new courses and to serve on numerous committees. He helped bring in the honor society of Phi Kappa Phi in 1920, and founded the society of Sigma Xi in 1926. He was a member of Sigma Pi Sigma, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Physical Society, and the Association of Physics Teachers. Some of his articles on electric waves, the alternating current theory, and thermodynamics, have appeared in national scientific magazines. In 1955 the School of Mines awarded him an honorary degree of Doctor of Science; in 1957 the Student Council honored him by a special Convocation.
Elmer Woodman was devoted to children. His own family received thorough musical training, as well as scholastic; and for 25 years, without pay, he taught Rolla youngsters organ and piano playing, and wrote Christmas and other plays for their performance. He also invented a musical slide rule by which scales may be transposed.
Regular vacation teaching interfered with his desire to attend his class reunions in Hanover, but late summer trips with the family partly compensated. Elmer's life was a practical demonstration of the teaching that a man should love his neighbor as himself. His crowded funeral service was attended alike by Negro and white, by Catholic, Protestant and Jew.
1905
SOLON WASHINGTON CORNISH died at his home, 64 Corey St., Everett, Mass., April 20, after a short illness. He was born January 31, 1882, in Carver, Mass., the son of Ellis H. and Nancy (Pratt) Cornish.
A serious student, alertly interested in his college and classmates, Solon went on after graduation to achieve his medical degree from Harvard in 1909.
After a year's internship in New Bedford and Lakeville hospitals, Solon started as a general physician in Bridgewater, Mass. In 1912 he moved to Everett, where he continued to practice until his death. He was on the staff of the Whidden Memorial Hospital and a member of the American Medical Association.
In 1911, Solon married Dr. Mary E. Beattie, a pathologist at the New Bedford Hospital, a graduate of the University of Toronto. She died two years later. In 1914 he married Beatrice M. Hosking of Chelsea, Mass. He was a Mason and a member of Grace Episcopal Church, Everett.
Solon is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Victoria B. Snowdon, who made her home with him; a son, Ellis Cornish of Prescott, Ariz.; four sisters, Mrs. Virginia H. Washburn of Carver, Mrs. Bernice Barrows of New York City, Mrs. Alice Adams of Carver, and Mrs. Irene Adams of Weymouth; and one brother, Paul Cornish of Attleboro.
1908
WARREN FREEMAN HALE died at the Concord, N.H., Hospital on May 5 a few hours after a heart attack. His home address was Hopkinton Rd., Route 1, Concord.
Warren, "String" to us, was born February 23, 1885 in Salem, Mass. After graduating from Dartmouth he received the M.F. degree from Harvard in 1910.
After two years with the U.S. Forestry Service in Helena, Mont., he returned to his home city of Salem as City Forester and Superintendent of Parks. In 1918 he became assistant to the N.H. State Forester and was later Assistant State Forester until his retirement in 1953. His first duties were development of forest fire organization, working closely with town wardens. He organized many of the state forestry programs now in existence, including planning, research, management and acquisition of state forest lands. He was considered an authority on islands and ponds in the state. The heart attack which caused String's death followed his testimony on state-owned islands and ponds, before the legislative Committee on Resources, Recreation and Development.
In 1925 String studied forestry conditions and practice in Western Europe and in 1948 in Chile. He was a member of the N.H. Academy of Science and author of several papers on forestry subjects. String and Annie were enthusiastic travellers and had returned from a trip to Puerto Rico a few days before his death.
On October 9, 1913 String was married to Annie T. Pettengill, who survives him with two sons, Winthrop F. '39 and Lawrence C., and a brother, James P. Hale
WILLIAM D KNIGHT died of a heart attack in Rockford, Ill., on April 28. His home was at 2015 Clinton St.
Bill, class news editor, 1944-1953, dean of Western Conference football officials, prominent in city, county, and state legal affairs, and "Mr. Republican" of Rockford, Ill., was born there November 13, 1886. In college he played on class and varsity football teams, was associate editor of the 'OB Aegis, and on the Junior Prom committee. His fraternities were Phi Gamma Delta and Sphinx and he was a member of Palaeopitus.
After graduation from Harvard Law School with an LL.B. in 1911 he entered the firm of Knight and Knight, founded by his father, Bradford A. Knight in 1886, and was the senior member of the firm with his son Bill at the time of his death. In World War I he enlisted as a private and rose to 1st lieutenant. He helped organize the state American Legion and was prominent in state and local Legion affairs.
He served as City Attorney in Rockford four years and State's Attorney for Winnebago County two terms. A member of the American Bar Association, he had served as president of the Illinois and Winnebago County Bar Associations. He was a member of the Dartmouth Alumni Council and of the Athletic Council for many years and a member of the Citizens Advisory Committee for the University of Illinois. Bill was an official at football games in the Western Conference for 34 years, establishing a record. He was active in Boys Club work, in Kiwanis and in the Rockford Chamber of Commerce.
On December 1, 1923, Bill was married in Madison, S.D., to Leila C. Clark who survives him together with a son, William D Jr. '49, a daughter Mary, Smith '48, now Mrs. Warren E. Craumer, and two grandchildren.
In 1930 Dartmouth conferred the honorary A.M. degree on Bill. In his citation President Hopkins said, "Upright in character, forceful in personality, industrious in habit, you have won and held the confidence of your constituency ... you have established yourself as an intellectual guardian of the principle of liberty under law."
In paying tribute to Bill the Rockford.Register said, "He exemplified vigorous and upright living; he held a genuine affection for people and knew thousands by first name; he liked athletics and the rewards of working with young people; he served his community and his neighbors with dignity, patience and understanding."
1909
ARTHUR FRANKLIN DOE, after several years of prolonged ill health, passed away at Augusta, Maine, on January 12, 1957.
Art was born "in Woonsocket,' R. I., on January 27, 1888, the son of Arthur Lincoln and Iva Ardell (Carney) Doe. He prepared for Dartmouth at Somerville (Mass.) Latin School. In college he was a member of the track squad and played forward on the hockey team. He was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity.
After graduation, he taught school for a time and then went into agriculture at Sheepscot, a village of the town of Newcastle, Maine.
Art was married August 26, 1915 to Estelle M. Leighton at Sheepscot. She died in 1951. Three children were born of this union, Arthur Jr., superintendent of schools at Limestone, Me.; Mrs. George (Iva Marjorie) Huntley of Saugus, Mass.; and Louis L., of Sheepscot. He is also survived by seven grandchildren.
Burial was in the family lot at Sheepscot.
1911
ARTHUR FORREST SARGENT died on March 24 in the Cambridge, Mass., City Hospital, at the age of 72.
Pete was born in West Lebanon, N.H., where his father was employed by the Boston and Maine Railroad before being transferred to Pittsfield, N.H. He attended the Pittsfield High School to prepare for Dartmouth.
After graduation he received his M.D. from Harvard in 1915. To equip himself for his life work as an orthopedic surgeon he interned at St. Luke's Hospital, New Bedford, and was on the staffs of Carney Hospital, Boston, and Boston City Hospital. For nearly 50 years he was engaged in private practice of orthopedic surgery. He was in the Army Medical Corps in 1918-19.
He was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and the Massachusetts and American Medical Associations. Pete never married and is survived only by an aunt living in Florida. Burial was at Union Park Cemetery, Laconia, N.H. He was always a generous supporter of the College.
1912
WILLIS CHANDLER DUNNING died suddenly on March 12 at his home, 25 Washington St., Bath, Maine.
Bill was born at sea, May 2, 1889, on the Harpswell ship Woodside, the son of Capt. Sylvester and Elizabeth (Stover) Dunning. Capt. Dunning, of an old Harpswell family, was master of the Woodside.
After receiving his A.B. degree from Dartmouth with the Class of 1912, he served as superintendent of the International Elevating Company, operators of shiploading grain elevators in New York.
He retired in 1943 and made his home in Bath, where for the past ten years he has been proprietor of a store at 58 Market St. in that city.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Edith Thurston Dunning.
BARROW BURNETT LYONS, a labor, agricultural and financial news writer and former government press chief, died of a heart attack on April 5 at his home, 130 11th St., S.E., Washington, D.C.
Currently manager of his own syndicate, Barrow wrote for a number of weekly papers and magazines. Interested in public power questions, he was active recently in the Electric Consumers Information Committee.
He was born in New York City, December 8, 1889. After graduation from Dartmouth he spent 17 years as a reporter and copy editor on papers including the New YorkTimes, New York Post, Baltimore Sun and Christian Science Monitor.
He came to Washington in 1938 with a broad news background including posts as financial news editor of the New York WorldTelegram and business editor of Newsweek. He did research on small business with the Temporary National Economic Committee, a New Deal agency, and was later an information specialist on war finance with the War Production Board.
A Washington correspondent for the Western Newspaper Union during World War II, he wrote columns for about 1000 weeklypapers across the country.
Specializing in conservation matters, he became press chief for Interior's Reclamation Bureau in 1944 and held the job until 1952. He published the Bureau's monthly Reclamation Era, and in the late 1940s made studies on proposed conservation legislation as a field representative for Interior Secretary Julius A. Krug. He was the author of Tomorrow's Birthright, a book on conservation.
Surviving are his wife, Ruth Voris Lyons and two daughters, Mrs. Robert W. Hedges and Mrs. Jean Lenauer, both of New York.'
ROBERT SAUNDERS DOWST died in the Peekskill, N. Y., hospital on March 20, of pneumonia following a serious operation.
Bob was born in Boston, April 20, 1890 and prepared for college at the Boston Latin School. He entered Dartmouth with the Class of 1912 and received his LL.B. degree in law from Northeastern University.
He served as a legal editor for the West Publishing Co. in St. Paul, Minn., and later with the American Law Book Co. of New York City. He turned to free-lance turf writing about 1934 and was a contributor to Turf Digest and Esquire Magazine. His sixth book, The Odds, the Players, theHorses will be published next month by Dodd Mead and Co. His earlier books included Straight, Place and Show, Playing theRaces and Profits on Horses.
Surviving are his wife, Constance, who is continuing at 100 Clark St., Brooklyn, N. Y.; his daughter, Mrs. Martin R. Souders, 902 Dirk Dr., Richmond, Va.; his son Somerby R. Dowst, RFD 3, Peekskill, N.Y., and his brother, Philip B. Dowst, 77 Morton St., Newton Center, Mass.
JOHN WALLACE MAHLSTEDT of 14 N. Walnut St., East Orange, N.J., died at his home on April 20.
Dutch was born in Jersey City, N.J., September 22, 1890. He lived there for thirty years before moving to Montclair and later to his present home in East Orange in 1947. He had been a sales engineer for the Ton-Tex Belting Co. of New York, a conveyor belt sales company.
He entered Dartmouth with the Class of 1912 and was a member of the Theta Delta Chi.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Edna M. Malistedt; a son, John Wallace Jr. of Aurora, N.Y.; a sister, Mrs. Elsie M. Kelly of Pompton Plains, and three grandchildren.
1916
Louis HEMENWAY BELL, born in Chicago, September 17, 1894, died in Santa Barbara, Calif., April 26, of a heart attack. His home was at 518 E. Pedregosa St.
Louie's parents moved to New England and he attended Newton (Mass.) High School. In college he was a member of the David Cross Debating Union and the Lincoln-Douglas Debating Society; he was also a member of Sigma Nu fraternity.
After graduation he was commissioned a captain in the U.S. Army, serving during World War I, and thereafter was very active in the Massachusetts National Guard. Returning to the service in World War II, he rose from the rank of Major to Lieutenant Colonel in the cavalry, and later was commanding officer of the exchange service in Germany, retiring for physical disability with the rank of colonel. In his later years he was very active in civic, and patriotic societies and a consistent fighter against subversive movements and individuals.
His business activities included association with various industrial firms in the East, his last connection being with the Bartlett Tree Expert Co. in Cambridge, Mass. Upon his retirement from the Army he moved to Santa Barbara where he led a very active life, at the time of his death being a candidate for the City Council. He was serving his third term as chairman of the Republican County Central Committee, and he had been active for a number of years as a member of the Republican State Committee. He had been a member of the City Civil Service Commission since 1954, and for more than a year served as city director of Civil Defense. He was active in the American Legion and the Santa Barbara Patriotic Council, and was commander and founding member of the VFW in Santa Barbara.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary R. Bell; two daughters, Courtenay Bell of Detroit and Marian L. Bell of Los Angeles; a son, Louis H. Bell Jr. of Berkeley, and two grandchildren.
Louis held strong opinions but was incapable of holding grudges. He was a good soldier, a loyal friend, and respected by his classmates. His years of retirement were happy and useful.
1920
CHARLES NORTHRUP WARBASSE died at his home, 436 Haverstraw Rd., Suffern, N.Y., on April 3.
Charlie attended Dartmouth during his freshman and sophomore years, following which he joined the U. S. Navy and reached the rank of Ensign. He was a Navy aircraft pilot and his service extended through a good part of 1918 and 1919- Before coming to Dartmouth he attended Worcester Academy and following his naval service he went on to Fordham Law School and was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1921. At the time of his death he was a member of the New York law firm Galli, Terhune, Gibbons & Mulvehill.
Charlie is survived by his wife, Melba Carpenter Warbasse; two brothers, Lawrence '18 and James '20; and two sisters, Mrs. Grace Butler and Mrs. Helen Blake.
1922
WENDELL SLAYTON RICHARDSON died of multiple injuries received in an automobile accident on March 30 in Fitzwilliam, N.H. He passed away at the Eliot Community Hospital in Keene, N.H., about an hour after the accident.
As traffic manager of Gay's Express Co., Bellows Falls, Vt., Wendell frequently testified at hearings before the Interstate Commerce Commission. He had attended an Interstate Commerce Committee meeting in Boston during the day and was returning home when the accident occurred. The car apparently left the road on a slight curve, jumped a ditch and landed in a clump of trees.
Wendell was born in Lebanon, N.H., on July 22, 1901, the son of Rossie and Nell (Slayton) Richardson. He prepared for college at Lebanon High School and was with the class during freshman year. For many years he and his family have lived at 39 Henry St., Bellows Falls, Vt.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Stella (Curtis) Richardson; a daughter, Mrs. Janice Williams of Bellows Falls; and two sons, Norman of Walpole, N.H. and Wendell Jr. of New York City.
Funeral services were held in Bellows Falls and were followed by a committal service at Glenwood Cemetery in Lebanon. The class extends its deepest sympathy to Wendell's family and friends.
1924
Alabama newspapers carry the news of the death of RUSSELL CARPENTER LARCOM on March 27 in Birmingham following a short illness. He was one of our many non-graduates, as was true of other war and postwar classes, who finished their education elsewhere after leaving Dartmouth. Russ left in February 1922 because of illness. He graduated from Harvard in 1925 and there received the Master's degree in Business Administration in 1928.
After graduate school at Harvard, Larcom went to Lake Forest College for a year; thence to Kenyon College; from 1931-1938 he taught at the University of Massachusetts; from 1938-1942 at Stetson University; and thereafter at the University of Alabama, where he was named a full professor of finance in 1947, in the School of Commerce and Administration. His Ph.D. degree was earned at Johns Hopkins University. Publications included two books and several professional articles. Memberships in learned societies included the Southern Economics Association and the American Finance Association among many others.
The class expresses its sympathy to his widow, daughter, and three sisters, who survive him, and will memorialize him at Dartmouth with its Memorial Book which will be in his chosen field of finance.
1927
GEORGE RUSSELL BLANCHARD died on March 29, in his home on Hazel St., Uxbridge, Mass., following a long illness.
Russ was born in Linwood, Mass., July 9, 1904, the son of Rollin and Bertha (Bullard) Blanchard. He attended Uxbridge High School, and graduated from Worcester Academy. At Dartmouth he was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon and the Glee Club.
Following graduation he worked for the Blanchard Bros. Granite Co. until 1942, when he became an agent for the Mutual' Life Insurance Co. of New York. For the past fifteen years he had been an agent for the Vermont Life Insurance Co.
On September 3, 1932, he was married to Barbara Senior, in Bridgeport, Conn. They had three sons, Senior N. (Dartmouth '56) Baruch B., and Samuel P. He is survived by his wife, three sons, his mother, two brothers and three sisters, to all of whom the Class extends sincere sympathy.
reunion, when he seemingly was in perfect health. HERBERT WINSHIP HANSEN died in Bridgeport, Conn., Hospital on April 10. His home was at 159 N. Cedar Rd., Fairfield, Conn. News of his death will come as a shock to all of us who were with him at the thirtieth
Herb was born in Boston on November 15, 1904, the son of Christian Herbert and Mildred (Learnard) Hansen. He entered Dartmouth from Newton High School. While in college he was a member of Delta Upsilon, Round Table, Mitre, the Press Club, and was managing editor of The Dartmouth. On January 26, 1934 he was married to Olive A. Read, in Needham, Mass., and they had two children, a son, Herbert W. Jr., Dartmouth 57, and Leslie Read. Olive and the two children were with Herb at the last reunion.
Following graduation, Herb went to work for the Mosler Safe Co. and in 1943 joined the Producto Machine Co. of Bridgeport, Conn., as New England sales representative, moving to the Bridgeport office in 1946 as assistant sales manager. He was later appointed sales manager of the company's main office. He was a member and past secretary of the Southern Connecticut Tool and Die Manufacturers Association, and had served as his company's representative in the national association. He was also a member of the American Society of Tool Engineers. For many years he served on the United Fund, in various capacities.
He is survived by his wife, Olive, two children, and a sister, to all of whom the Class extends sincere sympathy.
1929
We have heard, with great regret, that HAROLD BLAKE WALKER, of 87 Deerfield Road, Windsor, Conn., died March 21 in the Hartford Hospital after a long illness of cancer. He maintained a wonderful spirit throughout his entire illness.
He was born December 10, 1906, in Newton, Mass., came to Dartmouth from Newton High School, and was with us in Hanover from 1925-1927. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Hal was married to Dorothy Dodge in 1931, and Susan was born November 15, 1932. He was later divorced. He married Beatrice Lagace in 1944 and Carol and Diane were born March 29, 1945 and October 15, 1946, respectively.
Hal worked for Swift & Co. in 1936, and was working for Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Co. in East Hartford when he left to serve in the Army from July 1945 to September 1946, with part of his service in Germany. He returned to Pratt & Whitney, moved from East Hartford to Windsor in 1953, and was with this company until his illness forced him to retire.
Hal had four brothers, Theron B. Walker '16, now deceased, Kenneth Walker '24, of West Orange, N.J., Merrill B. Walker of Mattapoisett, Mass. and Sherburne Walker of Annapolis, Md., who survive him, together with his wife and daughters.
After funeral services at Christ Church Cathedral, he was interred in the Windsor Veterans Memorial Cemetery.
1932
ROBERT STONE GOULD died of a heart attack April 6 while attending a business meeting in Phoenix, Ariz. He was born in Chicago, October 31, 1909, and prepared for college at University School, St. Paul, Minn. His home was at Cat's Den Road, RFD #4, Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
At Dartmouth Bob majored in economics, and was a member of Phi Kappa Psi and Dragon. At the time of his death he was director of promotion for the Carling Brewing Co. of Cleveland. Before joining Carling in 1956, he had been successively merchandising manager of a product marketing division of General Foods Corp. and merchandising manager of the Pabst Brewing Co. of Milwaukee. While with Pabst he organized and developed National Tavern Month, now an industry-wide activity.
During the war Bob volunteered his services to the Navy, and held assignments as navigation officer of a mine sweeper and commander of a submarine chaser. He was released from active duty with the rank of lieutenant commander.
Bob married Elizabeth Adams Jackson in St. Paul, Minn., June 12, 1935. She survives him, with their son, Robert S. Gould Jr., and a daughter, Mrs. James K. Ball. Also surviving are his mother, Mrs. P. Saunders, and two sisters, Mrs. E. Olson and Mrs. A. Wachsman. The Class extends sincere sympathy to Bob's family and friends. He will be deeply missed by all who knew him.
1933
RICHARD FREDERICK MEYER passed away on April 7 at the Veterans Hospital in Chicago following a delicate heart operation. He was taken ill shortly after the first of the year and was taken to Chicago early in April for the operation.
Dick was born in St. Louis in 1910 and prepared for Dartmouth at Kirkwood High School in St. Louis, where he made his home after graduation. He majored in Sociology and was a member of Beta Theta Pi.
After graduation, Dick worked for Butler Brothers, the dry goods firm in St. Louis, where he was assistant department manager until 1937 when he became a service man for J. M. Simon, a St. Louis investment house. In 1942 he went with Curtiss-Wright and shortly thereafter served with the Army Quartermaster as a first lieutenant in the Philippines and Japan. Following the war, Dick was engaged in manufacturing with the Welch Co. and later in life insurance with Connecticut Mutual, both in St. Louis. In 1957 he became associated with the Grace Sign and Manufacturing Co., the firm of Pete Grace '33, to whom we are indebted for the following:
"Dick was a bachelor and for the past several years had lived in the country outside of St. Louis. There he kept a horse and his famous 1942 Ford 'Little Putt,' both of which were well and favorably known throughout the countryside. He was active in the Army Reserve as a captain and a member of the American Legion and the Military Order of the World Wars. Dick was also active in the local Beta Alumni Club and was an energetic and effective member of the Big Brother Organization.
"He was known as 'The Baron' by local Dartmouth men and lovingly as 'Uncle Richard' by many nieces, nephews and children of friends. He had the most charming way with youngsters, could immediately put them at ease and gain their respect and devotion."
Dick is survived by his three brothers: John Roderick and Donald, to whom the Class extends its sincere sympathies.
1934
WILLIAM COLSTON EMBRY, one of the most respected men in the class, died of a heart attack at his home in Prospect, a suburb of Louisville, Ky., on May 4.
Born in Louisville on September 21, 1912, he attended school there and then graduated from Tabor Academy. In college he was a member of Alpha Delta Phi and Casque and Gauntlet. In freshman year he was a class officer and on the football and track teams. As an upper classman he won varsity letters in both these sports.
After graduation Bill returned to Louisville and was associated with General Box Co until 1955 when he resigned as vicepresident and director to form his own company, the Embry Container Co. When this was merged with Alton Box Board Co., Bill established Embry Enterprises.
From 1948 to 1956 Bill was a member of the Louisville Board of Education and as president of the Board in 1956 won national recognition because of the peaceful, well-ordered way Louisville carried out the Supreme Court's decision on desegregation of public schools. For this and his many other community activities Bill was recently named by Sports Illustrated to their 25th Reunion Year All-American Football Team.
Bill had served as president of the Louisville Chamber of Commerce; director of the Louisville Advertising Club, Better Business Bureau, Rotary, Red Cross, YMCA, and the Health and Welfare Council; he was a delegate to the White House Conference on Education and was serving on the Kentucky State Board of Education. He was chairman of the Transylvania College Development Program.
Few alumni have served the College with greater devotion. He was secretary and treasurer of his class, 1943-46; he founded the Louisville Dartmouth Club and served for many years as its president and secretary; he was a member of the Alumni Council and this year was president of the General Association of the Alumni.
Bill was married on June 3, 1939 to Lois King, who survives him with their children, King '62, William, and Joel. To them goes the sympathy, love and affection of our Dartmouth family.
There are so few men of Bill's stature in the world that his loss seems irreparable. The Class of 1934 has lost one of its finest. A great deal of the joy in our 25th reunion will be missing, but Bill Embry will never be forgotten as long as any member of the class is alive.
1942
I am sorry to report that our friend and classmate JAMES CAMPBELL DOERR died suddenly of a coronary attack on March 21 in Minneapolis. His home was at 4105 Linden Hills Blvd.
Jim was a native Minnesotan, having been born in Minneapolis in 1921. Prior to entering Dartmouth, he attended University High in Minneapolis, where he was active in the school band. He roomed during his freshman year in Topliff and was a member of Phi Kappa Psi.
Jim was called from Dartmouth into active duty with the Marines in January 1942, serving mostly in the South Pacific until the war ended and for a short time thereafter. He was a Captain at the time of his discharge
While in San Diego during the war, he met and married Jeanne Harris, who survives him together with their three children Rexanne, Robert and Sarah.
Jim's business career was a varied one. He started and operated very successfully an automatic laundry in California immediately after the war. In 1948 he moved back to Minneapolis where he sold a mutual fund and later was with McKesson and Robbins. Recently he had returned to the laundry business and was engaged in opening a new 24-hour automatic laundry.
Jim was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church in Minneapolis as well as a member of the vestry and an active member of the local Dartmouth Club.
1943
ROBERT MARK MARA, an outstanding man in many walks of life, was well known for his unusual ability in the financial world and respected and loved by all.
Bob came to bat in his last half of the ninth on March 18, with his usual courage and determination, but those strikes that nobody can call (cancer) were against him and one of our leading batters went down swinging with an all-time record that will be hard to match.
Bob's feats first came to light in his home town of Concord, Mass., where he started to excel in most activities that came to his attention. At 16 he was a standout performer on a championship semi-pro baseball team while still finding time in the fall, winter, and spring to take honors as a tackle on the high school football team, guard on the basketball team, and outfielder on the baseball team.
Upon graduation from Concord High in 1938, Bob entered Worcester Academy in preparation for Dartmouth which he entered in the fall of 1939. Bob was not all fun and sports as we might have thought during his college years when he was an outstanding member of the baseball team for three years running, a respected brother in Phi Gamma Delta and other activities.
Bob left Dartmouth as a member of the armed services and at the end of World War II he emerged as an officer in the Marine Corps and later was made a Captain.
From the day that Bob entered H. C. Wainwright, investment bankers in Boston, he was singled out as an unusual man — capable of an insight that few were able to achieve - and when his opportunity came he was highly recommended for a very responsible position in a new and growing investment medium.
Bob took the challenge and for five years led Parker Corporation of Boston in the field of Mutual Fund investing. He was an expert in his work, leading and counseling others. He was a vice-president of his corporation and his advice was sought by many men in the financial world.
The Class of '43 is honored to have lived with and known Bob. Our deepest sympathy and regrets are extended to those he left behind: his wife, Natalie and their daughters, Robin, Pamela and Penny living at 32 Russell Ave. in Watertown, Mass.; his mother, Mrs. Mary A. Mara of Concord, Mass.; three brothers, Edward F. of Boston, Mark E. of Sandwich, and Leo J. of Concord, Mass.; and three sisters, Dorothy K. of Concord, Mass; Mrs. Mary Zorn of Hyde Park, and Mrs. Frances M. McKenna, of Concord, Mass
Ralph English Miller '24
Robert Edward Quinn
William D Knight '08
William Colston Embry '34
