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.]
Rice, William F. '95, June 15 Paddock, Clarence E. '03, May 28 Kennedy, John H. '03, June 2 Lewers, Ralph E. '03, May 26 Hill, Albert L. '04, April 27 Perkins, Wayne A. '04, May 20 Rix, Malcolm W. '04, June 5 Billman, Howard D. '05, May 27 MacMillan, Andrew L. Jr. '05, June 8 George, Sidney H. '07, May 13 Welch, James H. '10, Nov. 15, 1958 Parmenter, Vernon E. '12, May 11 McClary, George B. '13, May 30 Baldwin, Dalton G. '14, May 27 Read, George E. '15, June 21 Macartney, Horace B. '16, March 21 Hedwall, Charles S. '17, June 7 Harrington, Frank A. '18, May 28 Balch, Frederic S. '19, June 4 Steele, Howard D. '19, March 23 Aronson, Harry '22, Dec. 25, 1958 Reid, Ralph T. '22, May 15 Skinner, William F. '27, June 5 Simons, Gordon N. '28, May 27 Durham, Roger '29, Jan. 24 Belknap, Roland W. '30, June 9 Thomas, Harry H. Jr. '31, May 23 Stern, David B. '32, June 22 Wollaeger, Thomas A. '32, May 29 Catron, Lacey Jr. '33, June 4 Scribner, Leland B. '40, May 15 Gorman, Robert L. '42, June 9 Woods, Erville B., A.M. '19, May 30
Faculty
RICHARD BLAINE MCCORNACK '41, Professor of History and a member of the Dartmouth faculty since 1947, died May 14 at the age of 39. after an illness of three months. A specialist in Latin American history and a scholar and author of stature in that field, Professor McCornack also taught the course in Modern Imperialism and had been a member of the staff in the elementary courses in European history.
Professor McCornack was born in Chicago on July 19, 1919, the son of Mary Belle (McCullock) and Walter E. McCornack '97. His father was a great Dartmouth football figure, captaining the team in 1895 and 1896 and serving as head coach in 1901 and 1902. As a Dartmouth undergraduate, Professor McCornack was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, was a Senior Fellow, and was manager of the track team and a member of Green Key and Delta Kappa Epsilon. He graduated magna cum laude and received the Fred DeMerritte Barker Fellowship for graduate study at Harvard.
Professor McCornack received his Master's degree in history at Harvard in 1942 and his Ph.D. degree in 1949. While at Harvard he was awarded a University Fellowship and a Woodbury Lowry Traveling Fellowship. From 1942 to 1946 he was in the U. S. Navy serving part of that period in Panama and attaining the rank of Lieutenant Commander.
After joining the Dartmouth faculty in 1947 and becoming assistant professor in 1951, Professor McCornack was granted special l eave to serve in the Department of State during 1951-52. He was with the Division of Historical Policy Research, the Division of Research for the American Republics, and the Office of intelligence Research. While in Washington, he was Lecturer in Hispanic American History at George Washington University.
In 1954-55 Professor McCornack received a Ford Foundation Fellowship for travel and study in Latin America. This was but one of a number of visits to Latin America which took him to nearly every country there. He made four trips to Mexico and also traveled to England, Ireland, Spain and Morocco:
Professor McCornack was promoted to the rank of full professor in 1957. He served on a number of faculty committees and was a member of the Committee on Administration at the time of his death. He also was vice-chairman of the Trustees Planning Committee on Athletics and was a member of the TPC Committee on the Auditorium Arena. For some years he had been treasurer of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Corporation.
Professor McCornack was the author of nearly twenty published articles, many of them in his special field of Latin American history, and several written in Spanish. His article "Unrest in Latin America," first published in the October 1958 issue of the DARTMOUTH ALUMNI MAGAZINE, was recently reprinted in the magazine Best Articles andStories. Professor McCornack in 1950 was associate editor of the New England SocialStudies Bulletin, and for some years he contributed regularly to Historical Abstracts. He also wrote a booklet for the United Fruit Company, and just recently he had completed several articles on Mexico for the proposed revision of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
For several years Professor McCornack was chairman of the Social Action Committee at the Church of Christ and was also a member of the state committee on social action. In 1956 he was a delegate to the Republican State Convention.
Professor McCornack was married June 14, 1948, to Barbara Ann Basye of Hanover, daughter of the late Prof. Arthur H. Basye of the Dartmouth History Department. He is survived by his wife; two daughters, Marjorie Lee, 10, and Barbara Jean, 7; his mother; and a sister, Mrs. Howard Tohnson of Haddonfield, N. J.
A memorial service was held at the Church of Christ on May 16, following a family burial service in the Pine Knoll Cemetery, Hanover. The family requested that instead of flowers gifts in Professor McCornack's memory be made to Dartmouth College for the establishment of the Richard Blaine McCornack Prize in Latin American History.
ERVILLE BARTLETT WOODS '19h, Professor of Sociology Emeritus, died at Dick's House, Hanover, on May 30. He was 81 years old, and had maintained his home in Hanover since retiring from active teaching in 1948.
Professor Woods, who had specialized in the social study of the modern city and of race and race prejudice in America, conducted investigations for the United States Immigration Commission in the early 1900's and was an administrator with the National War Labor Board in 1917-18.
Professor Woods was born in Medfield, Mass., on April 24, 1878, and attended high school in Racine, Wis. He was graduated from Beloit College in 1901, taught at Waupun (Wis.) High School the next year, and then returned to Beloit as acting librarian and instructor in the preparatory department, 1902-03. For the next three years he was Fellow in Sociology at the University of Chicago and there served as instructor in University College for the year 1905-06. He obtained his Ph.D. in Sociology at Chicago in 1906. From 1906 to 1911 he was Professor of Political and Social Science at Hamline University, leaving there in 1911 to begin, his Dartmouth career as Assistant Professor of Sociology. He became full professor in 1919 and at that time received Dartmouth's honorary faculty Master of Arts degree. Beloit College bestowed the honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters upon him in 1926.
While at Hamline, Professor Woods was granted leave in 1908-09 to take charge of investigations of immigrant labor and economic conditions in the New England textile industry and also in several coal and steel communities in Pennsylvania. These studies were conducted for the U. S. Immigration Commission, for which he later, in 1911, was joint author of a series of reports.
After coming to Dartmouth, he was a member and secretary of the New Hampshire Children's Commission, 1913-15, and was author of a report to the legislature on infant mortality in the state. During 1918-19 he was chief administrator of awards for the National War Labor Board in Washington, in which post he handled negotiations with munitions plants and directed a field force of thirty administrators involved in NWLB awards in war production centers throughout the country.
Professor Woods was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, the American Sociological Society, and the Eastern Sociological Society. Besides his federal and state government reports, he wrote numerous articles on sociological, economic and educational subjects in both learned and general publications. He was chairman of Dartmouth's Department of Sociology from 1919 to 1925 and again from 1927 to 1933. Fond of travel, he had visited most sections of this country and Canada and had traveled abroad to England, Belgium, Germany, France and Norway.
Professor Woods was married in 1907 to Lilla M. Sorrenson of Delavan, Wis.", who died April 20, 1959. They had one son, Henry S. Woods, a Dartmouth graduate in the Class of 1936, who is now a member of the faculty of Tabor Academy, Marion, Mass. Survivors include Professor Woods' son and two grandsons, William F. and Robert S. Woods. Burial was in the Old Dartmouth Cemetery in Hanover.
1898
PATRICK. JOSEPH LUCEY died April 25 at his home, 57 Westfield Rd„ Holyoke, Mass. He was born in South Hadley Falls, Mass., on December 20, 1872, the son of John and Mary (Farrell) Lucey. He attended South Hadley Falls High School and then went to work in an engineering office and in 1894 entered Dartmouth. He played left guard on the class football team.
After two years Bob withdrew and became an engineer in the Holyoke Water Department, and worked in that capacity for 17 years. In 1913 he was promoted to chief engineer, and as such, remained with the department until his retirement on June 1, 1946. The Holyoke Water System is a memorial to his ability, planning, foresight, ingenuity, and devotion.
The field of writing appealed to Bob. He compiled a history of Holyoke and vicinity, and wrote many articles dealing with his specialty, water, its collection, storage and distribution. At the time of the celebration of the Diamond Jubilee of St. Jerome's Parish, he furnished a history of the Parish. During World War II, by appointment of the Adjutant-General, he served as co-ordinator of water supplies in Holyoke and Hampden County, as a member of the executive committee of the Holyoke Committee on Public Safety, and as bomb disposal officer in the Holyoke area. He was a member of many social clubs and engineering societies.
He is survived by his wife, the former Ellen Powers; two daughters, Alice K. and Mrs. Ellen L. Devine; two sons, Robert J. and John R.; and two brothers, John R. and Frank J.
He was buried in St. Jerome Cemetery, Holyoke.
1901
RALPH CULVER BENNETT, a student at Northwestern University, transferred to Dartmouth and entered our class in the fall of 1898. He was only with us one year, and due to financial conditions was obliged to leave. After being employed several years, he entered Yale and was graduated with Phi Beta Kappa rank in 1906. He also received from Yale, his M.A., LL.B. and D.C.L. degrees.
Most of his life was spent as a lawyer and lecturer in law schools in various parts of the United States. In later years he was interested in the motion picture industry, both as an attorney and a writer. He served in World War I as a Lt., Royal Fusileers, City of London Regiment.
For many years, Bennett was lost to the class and we had no record of his life and activities. Suddenly he appeared at our 55th reunion in Hanover and made quite a hit. He expressed his pleasure at being present, and showed a remarkable memory regarding various classmates and their activities.
He was born March 14, 1878 in Evanston, Ill., and passed away March 28, 1959 in Los Angeles.
1903
RALPH EDWARD LEWERS while walking near his home, 92 Argyle Rd., Brooklyn, N. Y., on May 24 was stricken with a cerebral hemorrhage and died May 26. He is survived by two married daughters, Mrs. Thomas Dwyer, Westbury, Long Island, and Mrs. Arthur F. Holmes, Brooklyn, each the parent of five children. His wife died in 1927.
Bucky, as he was affectionately known, was born June 16, 1880. He prepared for college at Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn. He was interested in track and specialized in the middle-distance events. He was captain of his freshman and sophomore track teams and a member of the varsity, of which he was captain his senior year. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta and Casque and Gauntlet.
Following graduation he entered the wholesale coal business and made that his life's career. He was a regular attendant at class reunions and his wholesome personality will long be remembered. He was a member of the Masons and of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Flatbush.
Bucky was universally loved and brought happiness to many by his generosity and thoughtfulness.
1904
ALBERT LYON HILL passed away at his home, 295 B St. Joseph Ave., Long Beach, Calif., on April 27.
"Parson," as he was affectionately known to all of us, had been in ill health for several years. He was born March 20, 1882, in Derry, N. H., and entered Dartmouth from Pinkerton Academy. He was a member of Theta Chi. In junior year he was awarded honorable mention in zoology. He prepared for medicine at Dartmouth, spent two years at McGill University Medical School, and graduated from Denver and Gross College of Medicine, Denver, in 1908.
From 1908 to 1910 he practiced medicine in his home town of Derry, later in Evans, Colo., and from there to general practice in Los Angeles. He specialized in pediatrics and taught it in the College of Medical Evangelists, Los Angeles, from 1915 to 1952. He was a member of the Los Angeles County Medical Association, American Medical Association and the Endocrine Society.
On August 27, 1906 Parson married Helen A. Brown, a former nurse at Mary Hitchcock Hospital, Hanover. Besides his wife, he leaves a son, who is a physician and psychiatrist at South Bend, Ind.; a daughter, living in Long Beach; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
No better nickname could have been given to Albert Hill than "Parson." He carried with him those qualities of mind and heart you seek in a churchman - fineness of character, friendliness and understanding. Expressions of deep sympathy and affectionate regard have been sent to the family on behalf of all classmates.
WAYNE ARTHUR PERKINS died at his home, 1180 Perkins Way, Sacramento, Calif., on May 20. He had been in poor health for several months, but the end came suddenly.
Perk was born February 18, 1881, in New-market, N. H. He attended Exeter Academy four years, worked a year and graduated in the Class of 1904 with a degree of B.S. in civil engineering. He worked a few months in the employ of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad and then entered the Government Reclamation Service under civil service appointment and was located in Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, Montana, Texas, New Mexico and Washington. In one of his letters to the secretary he paid a great tribute to the Thayer School of Engineering, in which he stated: "While Dartmouth's Thayer School is an Eastern institution and is not a large school, it turns out as fine a group of engineers as can be found anywhere."
For 15 years Perk lived in tents and his beloved wife, Mary Chapman, whom he married in 1906, pioneered with him. They had three children, Erlon, born in Arizona; Sumner, born in North Yakima, Wash., and a daughter Barbara born in Glacier Park, Mont. He was a life member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
In college, Perk was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa and the football squad and roomed with Myron Witham. Probably in the class, no finer friendship was formed than that between Perk and Myron. It lasted a lifetime. His respect for Dr. William Jewett Tucker was an inspiration he never ceased to speak of. In the lonely camps of the Far West, Dr. Tucker's Sunday talks came back to him.
Perk came back to our thirtieth and fiftieth reunions. His life was given to making two blades of grass grow where once there was only one or none at all. His affection for Dartmouth was excelled by no one. The College and the Class have lost a great friend. God rest him.
HAYWARD PERCIVAL ROLFE died on May 10 in Newton, Mass. He was born September 21, 1881, in Bangor, Maine, the son of Charles W. and Olive (Hayward) Rolfe. In June 1916 he married Evelyn Smith of Montclair, N. J., who pre-deceased him. They had no children. He leaves a sister, Mary L. Rolfe of 49 Clyde St., Newtonville, Mass.
Hayward entered Dartmouth from Newtonville High School, and was graduated with the Class in 1904. While in college he was a member of Psi Upsilon, Casque and Gauntlet, Dramatic Club, manager of baseball in senior year, and director of Tunior Prom.
Following his graduation Hay entered the railroad, and later the banking field, but he found his life work in advertising. He was associated with Jordan Marsh of Boston, was advertising manager at A. Shuman & Co., and finally operated an advertising agency of his own. He was an ardent Re-publican. After his retirement from business he followed his hobbies of stamp collector, watercolor painting, golf, bridge and travel. It was in Montego Bay, Jamaica, where he was taken ill, and lived but a short time after his return home to Newton.
His classmates remember Hay as a true gentleman, generous, friendly, always at our roundups and reunions. His closing sentence in our 50th class report said, "My best years were the four years spent at Dartmouth." His classmates had a great affection for Hay. We shall miss him.
1905
HOWARD DWIGHT BILLMAN died May 27 at his home in Orosi, Calif. He had suffered a disabling stroke in January 1956. He was born in East Windsor, Conn., March 16, 1882, the son of Howard and Annie (Pickett) Billman.
At Dartmouth "Varsity" was a conscientious, earnest student. His warm friendship and happy disposition endeared him to a large circle of friends.
In 1908, after a brief experience in business, he entered upon his profession as a teacher and school administrator. Except for a brief experience in Alabama and Kentucky, his educational work was done chiefly in California. Among his other important positions was the principalship of Geyserville, Calif., High School from 1921 to 1929.
In 1932 the depression caused him to interrupt his teaching career for twelve years when he returned once more to high schools, still in California. He retired in 1947. Mean-while he had acquired the degree of A.M. at the University of Chicago. He did considerable further postgraduate study at the University of California.
Always interested in ranching, he spent much of the time between his teaching assignments raising fruits and chickens. For three years of this period he was educational adviser for C.C.C. camps in California, Oregon, Washington and Idaho.
In 1908 Howard married Mildren E. McDade of Montgomery, Ala., who died in 1912. He married Gladys I. King of Petaluma, Calif., in 1924. Two daughters, Geraldine K. and Anna Mae, were born to them. Following the death of Gladys, in 1936 he married Esther L. Lisle at Salem, Ore. Three sons were born of this marriage, Howard L. and Everett H. (twins) and Dwight P. Howard is survived by his wife, two daughters and two sons, Howard and Dwight. Everett was killed in a tragic automobile accident in 1957.
1906
DANIEL CARR was born in North Haverhill, N. H., April 10, 1884 and died in the same town on October 17, 1958.
Dan prepared at St. Johnsbury Academy and entered Dartmouth with the Class of 1906, but left at the end of sophomore year. He returned to North Haverhill and spent his entire life there as a farmer and lumber operator. He was a most useful citizen of his community, holding many public offices.
He was a representative in the State Legislature in 1921; member of the School Board, 1917 to 1931; treasurer of the Haverhill School District for 21 years; supervisor of the check list for 26 years; town auditor; trustee of Haverhill Academy and president of the Board; trustee of the North Haverhill Library and chairman of the Board. Dan was a Republican and an Episcopalian and a 32nd degree Mason.
In 1913 he married Sarah A. Reeves, who died in 1946. He leaves one son, Daniel E., of Boston, who served in the Air Corps and was retired as a Lt. Colonel.
1907
SIDNEY HOWARD GEORGE died at the Ports-mouth, N. H., Hospital on May 13. He had appeared to be in perfect health until he was stricken by a coronary thrombosis.
Members of his family are his wife, Mrs. Esther George, a brother Ralph, and several nieces and nephews.
Sid's business career was connected with railroads, most of his active years having been spent with the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Co. For 17 years he was employed in the Bridge and Building Departments in Montana, Idaho and Washington, as assistant engineer. From 1924 to his retirement in 1955 Sid was associated with Railway Underwriters in Chicago as assistant manager and vice-president. This company wrote fire and wind storm policies on all fixed properties and on merchandise in transit, for railroads in the U. S., Canada and Mexico.
When he retired in 1955, Sid and his wife moved into an old house built in 1729 at Rye Beach, N. H., where they lived at the time of Sid's death. Each winter they went to Tucson, Ariz.
Sid was born June 13, 1884, at Groveland, Mass. He left Dartmouth after his freshman year to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
DAVID THOMAS died in Okmulgee, Okla., on February 8, 1955. The cause of his death is not known. Born on February 29, 1880, his death took place shortly before his 74th birthday.
Born in Neath, Pa., he prepared for college at Tonawanda High School. Following graduation from Dartmouth, he attended the Union Theological Seminary. He entered the Army YMCA in 1918 and served overseas for about a year. He married Eula Sleeth at Arkansas City, Kansas, in 1922. They had two sons. His two brothers attended Dartmouth, Philip W. '03, and Walter R. '09.
In addition to his church activity, our classmate was active in town affairs in Perry, Okla., where he was a member of the Public Library Board, chairman of the County Health Association, and president of the Rotary Club. He became pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Perry in 1919, and a letter from him in 1940 stated that he held the same position at that time. It seems certain that he was a leading citizen in the communities in which he served.
1910
JOHN CHESTER WARNOCK died on April 2 in Eureka Springs, Ark. His home was at 24 Ridgeway Ave.
John was born March 13, 1888, in Meriden, Conn. He prepared at Meriden High School and remained with our class for one year. He later studied at Yale where he received the LL.B. degree in 1911. He practiced in the East for a short time and then went West, settling in Okmulgee, Okla. In the first World War, John served in the Infantry and was made a Captain in France.
Very little has been heard from John since he left College, so we have assumed that his interest had always been in the college where he spent most of the years and received his degree.
JAMES HENRY WELCH died of cancer in Jamaica Plain, Mass., November 15, 1958. This information comes from Art Lord who has been persistent in running down facts about Tenners in his area who have not been in touch with others for several years.
James Welch was born July 26, 1886, in Brighton, Mass. He prepared for college at Brighton High School. He was. with the Class for about two years. About the only information available in the early years after we left college, was to the effect that Jim was in rock excavating work. We learn that he served as a foreman for New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. Survivors are his widow and a son, James H. Jr., of Weymouth, Mass.
1911
ARTHUR JOSEPH GANLEY, born at Methuen, Mass., September 28, 1888, son of Thomas H. and Mary (Martin) Ganley, died on May 8 in the Presbyterian Hospital, Newark, N. J., where he had spent the greater part of his life in active practice and working for its improvement. His education prior to Dartmouth was in the Lawrence public schools. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi, captain of our freshman baseball team and varsity pitcher for the next three years.
After graduation, Art taught school for a year at Waltham High School where he was also athletic coach. He then entered Tufts Medical School, obtaining his degree in 1916. He served his internship in several New England hospitals, then entered the Army Medical Corps as a first lieutenant in September 1917. He trained at Camp Greenleaf, Georgia. In August 1918 he was assigned to duty as assistant to the Orthopedic Surgeon of the Department of the East at New York City. He was honorably discharged from the Army on December 10, 1918 at New York.
After his release from military service he established private practice in New York, but in 1919 moved to Newark and then East Orange where he was an active physician and surgeon till the time of his death.
He joined the staff of St. James Hospital, Newark, in 1919, and in 1925 was appointed to the Medical and Surgical Staff of the Presbyterian Hospital of Newark. He was a member of the Council of the Essex County Medical Society, and during World War II was chief medical examiner of the Selective Service System in East Orange. He was a member of the American Medical Association, the Academy of Medicine of Northern N. J., the New Jersey State Medical Society and the Essex County Medical Society.
In August 1919 Art married Cecilia Carroll, sister of Doc Carroll '11. She survives him together with a son, Captain Eugene F. Ganley, USA, two sisters and three grandsons. His son writes, "No one loved Dartmouth more than my father. His heart was broken, I think, when I elected the Army and West Point. He was an active follower of Dartmouth events and was an active member of the Dartmouth Club of New York."
Art was buried in St. Nicholas Cemetery, Lodi, N. J., where the class was represented by his brother-in-law, Doc Carroll.
Word has just been received from Mrs. Wanty of the death of THOMAS COOLEY WANTY in Grand Rapids, Mich., on April 29, 1957. No other details are available except that he had been ill and was forced to retire a few years ago.
Tom was born in Grand Rapids, September 4, 1889, the son of George Proctor and Emma (Nichols) Wanty. After spending one year at the University of Michigan he transferred to Dartmouth for one year, 1908-09, and then returned to Michigan where he obtained the A.B. degree in 1912. He was married to Marguerite Primrose of Baltimore in December 1912.
A lifelong resident of Grand Rapids, he was engaged with some of the furniture manufacturers as a salesman. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi, University Club of Chicago, Grand Rapids Country Club and the Masons.
He is survived by his wife, a daughter, two sons and six grandchildren.
1912
VERNON E. PARMENTER, former export manager of the Dennison Manufacturing Co., died May 11 at his home on John St., Fayville, Mass.
Vern was born in Weilesley, son of Ellsworth L. and Alice (Burbridge) Parmenter. He lived most of his life in Framingham until going to Fayville eight years ago. He was a member of the Class of 1912 or two years.
He first entered the Dennison employ in the summer of 1908. In January 1914 he was placed in charge of the export department. From that time, except for service in World War I and for two periods of service in the company's U.S. selling organization, Vein had been associated with Dennison's activi- ties in foreign markets. His broad first-hand knowledge and experience in Canadian, British and Latin American markets enabled him to make important contributions to Dennison's successful operations in these areas.
Previous to his retirement on December 31, 1956, he was serving as vice-president, secretary and director of Dennison Manufacturing Co. of Canada Ltd., and also as director of Dennison Co.
Vern was a member of the New York Export Managers Club and the New England Exporters Club. He formerly was a member of the Kiwanis Club of Framingham, the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Boston, and was an attendant of the Plymouth Congregational Church.
Surviving are his wife, Isabel Marcia (Hall) Parmenter; two sons, Vernon H. and Richard E., both of Framingham; a daughter, Priscilla, who is Mrs. Leo J. Madden of Wellesley; a sister, Mrs. Ruth P. Bradway of Boston, and eight grandchildren.
1913
EARLE HERMAN RODNEY of the Ritz Tower Hotel in New York City, a partner in Hayden, Stone & Co., stockbrokers, died on February 17, after a long illness.
Earle was born in New York on January 2, 1891, the son of Nora and Frank Raudnitz, and prepared for Dartmouth at DeWitt Clinton High School. He was on the freshman track squad and then transferred to the University of Pennsylvania. He graduated in 1913 from the Wharton School. After returning to get his M.A. he became Assistant Professor of Economics and Corporation Finance at the age of 22. The Guarantee Trust offered him the chance to become credit manager of its foreign exchange department, and he accepted.
In 1923 he bought and edited the Whitney Service, a financial newsletter that was also known as the Wall Street Financial Bureau. In 1927 he became a partner in Burnham, Harman & Co., after selling the newsletter service. He was then with the Merrill Lynch organization until World War II, when he went to Washington to serve as consultant to the War Production Board.
He leaves his wife, Jeanette; a son Earle H. Jr.; a daughter, Mrs. Robert E. Kintner, wife of the president of the National Broadcasting Company, and five grandchildren.
1914
DALTON GRAF BALDWIN and his wife Helen left their home in Millington, N. J., on May 27 en route to Crivitz, Wis., for a visit with Ellsworth and Constance Buck. Helen was driving through a heavy rain when the car skidded, shot across the lane divider and crashed head-on into a trailer truck. Helen was killed instantly and Dalt never regained consciousness. The accident happened twenty miles east of Pittsburgh.
Dalt was born at Newark, N. J., December 18, 1891. In college he was a member of Delta Tau Delta.
He joined Firemen's Insurance Co. in 1916 and was assistant treasurer when he retired last December. He had just been elected for a three-year term on the board of directors of the Summit area chapter of the Red Cross. He was a member of the Arlington Anglers Association and the Island Heights Yacht Club, where the Baldwins had their summer home. Dalt served as president of the school board from 1944 to 1949, and had served on the board for 12 years.
In 1912 Dalt was married to Helen Cahill. Helen was a charter member of the Passaic Township Recreation and Park Commission, a past president of the P.T.A., and a member of the town's educational society. She had also been a girl scout leader and a Red Cross car driver during World War II.
The Baldwins leave a son, Dalton G. Jr., a concert pianist on tour in Australia when the accident occurred, and two daughters, Martha and Ann, both teachers. Dalt leaves two sisters, Mrs. Fred Loizeaux, and Mrs. Helen Jealous. Helen leaves her mother, Mrs. Henrietta Cahill; a brother, James, and a sister, Mrs. Daniel A. McCabe.
1914 can ill afford to lose a couple so exemplary. Together they became honored and beloved civic leaders in their community. Dartmouth never had to prod the Baldwins for support. They gave regularly and generously through the years.
Bill and Daisy Hands, with Ellsworth and Constance Buck, represented the class at the funeral in Millington on June 1.
1919
WILLIAM WILLSEY ALLEN passed away on May 7 in the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital in Hanover, after a long illness from cancer. His home was in Brandon, Vt.
Bill was born in Carbondale, Ill., on August 1, 1898, the son of Carlos E. and Maude (Willsey) Allen and prepared for college at the University High School in Carbondale. In college Bill was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa and active in the Dramatic Association, the Arts, the Glee Club and TheDartmouth.
Bill was a most loyal '19er and Dartmouth man, and a regular attendant at reunions and our annual Woodstock-Hanover gatherings in the fall. He will be sorely missed by all of us.
Surviving are two brothers, Dr. Ned B. Allen '22 and Carlos E. Allen Jr. '26, and two sisters, Mrs. King Cook of Evanston, Ill., and Mrs. David T. Marvel of Alton, Ill., to all of whom the Class extends its most sincere sympathy.
FREDERIC SAMUEL BALCH passed away on June 4 in the Graduate Hospital in Philadelphia, of a liver ailment. His home was at 311 Quarry Lane, Haverford.
Fred was born in Philadelphia on June 5, 1898, the son of Alfred Connor and Sophie (Bloomfield) Balch. He attended William Penn Charter School before coming to Hanover in 1915, where he was a member of Chi Phi. During World War I, Fred served in the Navy.
In 1925 he founded the Schuylkill Paper Co. and was president, treasurer and director of his company at the time of his death. Fred was the first president of the Philadelphia Paper and Cordage Co. and a past president of both the Philadelphia Paper Trade Association and the Graphic Arts Golf Club, and was also past master of the Franklin Lodge No. 134 F. and A.M. He was a member of the Union League, the Downtown Club, Merion Cricket Club and the Dartmouth Clubs of Philadelphia and New York. He was also a member of the board of managers of the Episcopal Church Home for Children.
Fred was a regular attendant at reunions and our Woodstock-Hanover fall parties, was a most loyal Dartmouth man and '19er, and he will be greatly missed by all his classmates. Surviving are his wife, the former Jane Ross; a daughter, Mrs. H. Gilman Wing of Arlington, Va.; two sons, Frederic S. Jr. of Narberth, Pa., and Jonathan B. of Haverford; two brothers, Bertram S. of Longport, N. J., and Walter 8., of Los Angeles. To the family goes the sincere sympathy of the Class in their great loss.
Louis FANCHER CODY passed away in Cleveland on May 11, after he failed to rally from an operation for cancer. His home was at 2410 Derbyshire Rd.
Lou was born in Cleveland, April 20, 1896, the son of Harry B. and Elma (Canfield) Cody, and attended Shaw High School before coming to Hanover in 1915. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and Sphinx and a well-known and popular member of our class.
Chet and Emily Gale went from Buffalo to attend the services. In a letter to your secretary Chet told of talking to Lou before his operation and reported that he was in his customary cheerful state and regretted that he probably would be unable to attend our 40th but would be on hand for the next one.
Lou had been with W. S. Coit and Associates, realtors, until his retirement last year. He was a well-known amateur skater, ranking among the first ten in the country, and was a member of the Cleveland Skating Club for years. He was always interested in College and Class affairs, as was evidenced by his attendance with Jane at several reunions and our annual Woodstock-Hanover party in the fall.
Surviving are his wife, Jane; a son, William F.; a daughter, Mrs. Jane Meinke of Northfield, Ill., and five grandchildren. The Class extends to them its most sincere sympathy in their great loss. Lou was a great guy and will be greatly missed by all of 1919.
Word was received only recently of the death on March 23 of HOWARD DOUGLAS STEELE of 112 Maple St., Maiden, Mass.
Howard was born in Upper Stewiacke, Nova Scotia, the son of John and Margaret (McKenzie) Steele, on March 18, 1893. The family moved to Somerville, Mass., where Howard attended high school before coming to Hanover.
He was in college one year and later attended Suffolk Law School from which he received an LL.B. He had practiced law for many years in Boston. His wife, Marjorie Sprague Steele, survives and the Class extends to her its deepest sympathy.
1920
EARL EDWARD FIPPHEN, a physician in Worcester, Mass., for 35 years, died on May 10 in City Hospital, after an illness of three months. Memorial services were held at the First Baptist Church of Worcester the following Tuesday. His home was at 13 Willard Ave.
Fip was born in Concord, N. H., the son of Clarence F. and Lillian (Wyman) Fipphen. After graduating from Dartmouth in 1920 he entered Harvard Medical School, from which he was graduated in 1922. Shortly thereafter he began his practice in Worcester. He had been a member of the surgical staff of City Hospital since 1930 and for the past five years was on the hospital's consulting staff. He was a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society and the Worcester District Medical Society.
In addition to his private practice and hospital affiliation, Fip was company surgeon to M. J. Whittall Associates, Inc., the New York Central Railroad, the New Haven Railroad, the Boston & Maine Railroad and the Washburn Company. He also was medical examiner for the U. S. Civil Aeronautics Administration and the U. S. Civil Service Commission.
During his lifetime Fip was active in church, Masonic and civic affairs in Worcester. He is survived by his wife, the former Harriet Evelyn Small, whom he married in 1924, and to whom the Class extends its deep sympathy.
1922
HARRY ARONSON died suddenly on December 25, 1958, at his home, 36 Brackett Road, Newton, Mass. His death soon followed that of his wife, Nathalie, who had passed away only five weeks previously.
A son of the late Nathan and Frances (Silverstein) Aronson, Harry was born June 17, 1899, in Dorchester, Mass. He prepared for college at Chelsea (Mass.) High School. During his time at Dartmouth, Harry had many friends and his interest in the College continued through the years.
After college, Harry had a successful career in the shoe business. Initially he was associated for several years with the Philip Jones Corp. of Boston. Subsequently for more than twenty years he conducted his own business as a shoe manufacturer with headquarters in Boston.
Harry is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Harold Dorfman of Newton and by a son, Donald E. '55. Following graduation from Dartmouth, Donald served as a lieutenant in the Air Force. He then attended the Graduate School of Business Administration at Columbia from which he received his master's degree with high distinction on June 2, 1959. Harry is also survived by two brothers and three sisters.
Funeral services were conducted at Levine Chapel, Brookline, Mass., December 26 and memorial services were held at the Aronson residence. To Harry's family the Class offers its deep sympathy.
RUSSELL CAMPBELL BARTON died on March 17 at his home, 147 Dixon Blvd., Uniontown, Pa.
Russ was born in Uniontown, July 12, 1899, the son of William Roberts and Frances (Campbell) Barton. He prepared for college at Blair Academy. Russ was a member of Sigma Chi and an active participant in Footlights. Throughout his life he highly esteemed his Dartmouth friendships and associations.
Following college, Russ was associated with the Union Trust Co. in Uniontown and subsequently with Frederick Pierce & Co., Philadelphia. In the early thirties he was district sales manager with the Ohio Brass Co., Mansfield, Ohio. For approximately the past twenty years prior to his retirement, he was manager of the Newcomer and Union Supply Co. stores in Uniontown and vicinity.
He was prominent in church, fraternal and civic activities. He served as elder and deacon of the First Presbyterian Church and was secretary and treasurer of the Church Sunday School. He was a member of Fayette Lodge 228, F. and A.M., Uniontown Lodge of Perfection, and he also was past president of the New Salem Rotary Club.
Russ and Alice Lewellen were married in Wheeling, W. Va., June 24, 1936. He is survived by his wife and their two sons, Harry Lewellen, a senior at Penn State, and John Fulford, a high school senior. He is also survived by three brothers. To Russ' family, relatives and friends, the Class extends its sincere condolence.
RALPH THURSTON REID passed away on May 15 in New York City. His death was caused by an irremediable illness he had had for some time.
Ralph, a son of the late Armour Duncan and Lily (Thurston) Reid, was born on September 2, 1898, in Toronto, Ont. He prepared for college at Glen Ridge (N. J.) High School where he was prominent in athletics, the glee club, and class leadership.
At Dartmouth, Ralph was a member of DKE. His interest in Dartmouth and his many college friendships were sources of life-long satisfaction to him.
Ralph's business career was entirely in the field of finance. After college, he was first associated with the brokerage firm of Tobey and Kirk, New York City, and later he became financial adviser to the Manhattan Rubber Co., with headquarters in Passaic, N. J. Following these associations he was engaged for several years in financial activities with the Royal Liverpool Group of Insurance Companies in Manhattan. For about the past twenty years he carried on his own business as an investment counselor in New York City. In addition, shortly after the war, he served as coordinator of contract terminations for some important clients.
He is survived by his widow, Eleanor, of 151 Grosvenor Road, Rochester, N. Y. Friends representing the College at the funeral services in New York included Doug Storer '21 and Fred J. Robinson '33. Interment services were held in Ithaca, N. Y. The Class shares in bereavement with Mrs. Reid and with Ralph's large number of friends.
1923
J. WALDEN BASSETT passed away on March 15 in Roswell, N. M., where he had lived for many years. Wally had a coronary last May, and had been ill since.
In 1925 Wally, a C.P.A., realizing that ranchers and farmers in his state of New Mexico knew little of income taxes and bookkeeping records, started an accounting firm with Syl Johnston, catering to the needs of these farmers and ranchers. In due time the firm of Bassett, Johnston and Deason of Roswell had a crew of twelve working on these farmers' books, preparing their many agricultural and financial reports.
Wally is survived by his wife, the former Evelyn Thompson; a daughter Eleanor, Mrs. Max Scrimpshire; and two sons, John W. Jr. and Ben Andrew.
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WINTHROP HUNTINGTON RICE, professor of romance languages at Syracuse University, died from heart failure on April 17 in University Hospital, Syracuse. His home was at 16 Drumlins Terrace.
Born in Lynn, Mass., in 1903, Win moved to Boston at an early age and prepared for Dartmouth at Boston Latin School. During his undergraduate days he was a member of Epsilon Kappa Phi, Kappa Phi Kappa, Cercle Francais and the rifle team. After graduation Win taught languages at St. Alban's School in Sycamore, Ill., for a year. In 1926 he was appointed to the faculty of Syracuse University, where he taught until his death. He was awarded his Master's degree from Syracuse in 1938 and his Doctor's degree from Columbia in 1941.
From 1944 to 1946, Win served as president of the New York State Federation of Modern Language Teachers. In the same years he was managing editor of the Modern Language Journal. He was formerly secretary-treasurer of the Central New York Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French. He was also a member of Delta Upsilon, Phi Sigma lota and the American Association of University Professors.
At Syracuse he served as secretary of the faculty of the College of Liberal Arts and had been business manager of Symposium, the language journal. He was president of the Faculty Club in 1945-46. Win was co-author of two textbooks and had also written many articles for professional publications. He made two trips to France, once in 1935 and again in 1951, when he presented a paper to an international meeting at the College of France in Paris.
An active member of Park Central Presbyterian Church, Win was formerly an elder. He was also a member of its Men's Club, and was trustee of its Westminster Foundation.
He was married in 1926 to Esther Johnson at De Kalb, Ill. Surviving him, besides his wife, are a daughter, Sarah: three sons. Peter C., Dr. Richard J., and Winthrop H. Jr.; his brother, William F. Rice Jr. '23, and nine grandchildren, to all of whom the Class extends its profound sympathy. With the full life he had experienced, Win will be missed by many.
1927
WILLIAM FREDERIC SKINNER, a physician in Easton, Pa., died June 5 in the Warren Hospital there of leukemia. His home was at 426 Clinton Terrace. Four and a half years ago he discovered that he had leukemia but continued his practice until four months ago.
He was born February 18, 1904 in Phillipsburg, N. J., attended school in Easton, and was graduated from the Horace Mann School for Boys in New York City. At Dartmouth he was active in the Outing Club and was a member of Zeta Psi. At the end of his sophomore year he transferred to Lafayette in his home town because of the death of his mother and his desire to assist his father in the care of two younger brothers.
Bill was always a loyal and enthusiastic Dartmouth man and was one of the founders in 1933 of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Eastern Pennsylvania. He and Sue attended our 30th reunion in Hanover two years ago.
He was graduated from Lafayette in 1927 and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1931. After interning at the Geisinger Hospital, Danville, Pa., he practiced in the Easton area except for five years and three months when he served as an officer and regimental surgeon of the 213th CA Anti-Aircraft. He was overseas 36 months and was in the early landings in North Africa and Italy.
Bill served on the medical staff of Easton and Warren Hospitals and the Hunterdon Medical Center, and was plant physician for the Riegel Paper Co., Milford, N. J. Active in civic affairs, he had been president of the Lehigh Valley Heart Association and vice-president of the Pennsylvania Heart Association.
Surviving are his widow, the former Susan Young; six children, Celeste 9, William 7, both at home, Mrs. Richard Monte, Mrs. Donald Ruth, W. Mackey Skinner and Miss Margaret Skinner; and two brothers, Osmun Skinner '28, Troy, Pa., and Dr. James S. Skinner, Gladwyne, Pa.
1928
THOMAS MICHAEL MIDDLETON died March 27 of a heart attack while visiting friends in Brookfield, Conn. His home was at 45 Driftway Road, Danbury, Conn.
He was a native of Massena, N. Y., and prepared for college at the Horace Mann School for Boys in New York City. At Dartmouth his major department was the Thayer School and he was a member of Delta Tau Delta.
Following graduation Tom went with the Corn Products Refining Co. in Kansas City, and moved in 1933 to Keokuk, lowa, where he was chief engineer for nine years. From 1942 to 1944 he was with General Foods in New York City but then tired of commuting and bought a farm in Danbury and raised turkeys until his death. He was active in Dartmouth affairs, attending reunions and serving for many years as an assistant class agent.
He became the most widely known turkey farmer in the country in 1957 when he appeared for five days on a quiz program and by his extensive knowledge of a wide variety of subjects won several thousand dollars.
Tom married Eleanor Serat in Kansas City on June 28, 1930. Surviving besides his widow are three children, Lt. (jg) T. M. Middleton Jr., Mary A. Middleton of Chicago, and Katherine S. Middleton, a student at Vassar; and Tom's parents, now living in Danbury.
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EARL EDWARD MCEVOY died February 26 in the Norwalk, Conn., Hospital. His home was at 740 Old Post Road, Fairfield, Conn.
Earl was born in Leominster, Mass., June 12, 1913, and piepared for college at Leominster High School. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and majored in English.
Earl's entire business career was devoted to the motion picture industry, principally in Hollywood. He was a director for MGM for twelve years, and was then associated with Columbia studios for three years, when he became an independent producer-director. Earl won acclaim for many outstanding movies, including The Picture of DorianGray and Capetown Cargo. He was a member of the Screen Directors Guild.
In 1958 ill health forced Earl to retire. He moved East at that time and made his home in Connecticut. He is survived by his wife, the former Miriam Rafferty, whom he married in 1938; three daughters, Judy, Miriam and Phyllis; a son, Earl Jr.; his mother, Mrs. Grace McEvoy; a brother and three sisters.
The funeral and burial were conducted in Leominster.
1940
LELAND BATCHELDER SCRIBNER of 532 20th St., N.W., Washington, D. C. suffered a fatal heart attack while skin diving in the Bahamas on May 15. He was returning from a World Bank mission at Costa Rica and was spending a few days with friends.
Born in West Swanzey, N. H., on April 22, 1919, Bud graduated from the Keene (N. H.) High School before entering Dartmouth. He was a graduate of Tuck School. As an undergraduate he was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity, active in the Outing Club and on the staff of Jack-o-Lantern.
After graduation Bud went to work for the Chemical Bank in New York, leaving in 1942 to join the Navy from which he was discharged with the rank of lieutenant commander in 1945. He returned to the Chemical Bank after the war, but later took a position as financial analyst with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development in Washington. He was with that organization at the time of his death.
The funeral was held in West Swanzey, and among the pall bearers were classmates Ken Arwe and Charlie Tuck. Don Rainie also attended.
Bud is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Scribner of West Swanzey, and a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Skowland of Madison, Wis. The heartfelt sympathy of the Class of 1940 goes out to them.
1943
ROBERT CORNELIUS KIGER died in Los Angeles on January 20. His home was at 563 North Wilcox Ave.
Bob was born in Kansas City, Mo., October 6, 1922, the son of Cornelius and Celeste (Roberts) Kiger. He attended Southwest High School in Kansas City and New Mexico Military Institute. At Dartmouth he was on the freshman cross-country team and was a member of the Canoe Club.
Bob entered the Navy on April 29, 1943 and served as a Lt. (jg). After the war he joined the family firm, C. A. Kiger, jewelry importers, and at the time of his death was treasurer of the company on the West coast.
Bob is survived by his widow, the former Eleanor Stephens, and by his mother.
1944
The Class of 1944 suffered a great loss on April 9 when JOHN BRADLEY LONG, San Francisco internist and assistant clinical professor of medicine at the University of California, died of cancer after a six-months illness. His home was at 2252 Washington St., San Francisco.
It is difficult to recall a man in the class as well liked and respected as Brad was. And his accordion was as popular as he. By nature too kind, Brad and his music box were always on hand when the financially insolvent party givers required entertainment. And night-time skiing might be more popular today had not Brad elected to move West. While he was interning at Mary Hitchcock and working 14 hours a day he maintained his interest in skiing by selling a ski slope operator in Norwich on the wisdom of installing klieg lights, and then helped build up a substantial following of night skiing.
Brad came to Dartmouth from Portsmouth, N. H. He studied medicine at Dartmouth and received his M.D. from New York University College of Medicine in 1946. He moved to San Francisco after he and Elena Rossi were married in 1951. Socially prominent and professionally successful, Brad was vice-president of the San Francisco Heart Association; member of the San Francisco Medical Society, the California Medical Society and the American Medical Society; staff member at the Children's Hospital, Stanford Hospital, the University of California Hospital and Notre Dame Hospital. Brad and Elena were members of the Bohemian Club and the Olympic Club in San Francisco.
The loss of Brad is extremely hard to accept. We want Elena and the children, Brad Jr., Alison and Denis, to know the deep sympathy we feel for them and the pride in Brad that we share With them.
Richard Blaine McCornack '41
Erville Bartlett Woods, M.A. '19
