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.]
Bartlett, Ralph S. '89, Sept. 19 Ayer, John D. '93, Oct. 23, 1959 Holden, Charles A. '95, Oct. 12 Edwards, Charles B. '03, Sept. 6 Woodbridge, Charles K. '04, Oct. 16 Perry, Thomas D. '07, Aug. 20 Tappan, Stanford D. '08, Sept. 12 Ashworth, William '09, Sept. 19 Hoffmann, Philip '15, July 12 Perkins, Russell B. '16, Sept. 9 Thieme, Robert B. '16, Sept. 20 Dalton, Laurance M. '18, Jan. 24 Johnson, E. Earle '18, June 18 Humphreys, Philip C. '21, Sept. 25 Dodge, Nathaniel C. '22, Sept. 30 Hayes, Leo S. '22, Jan. 31, 1959 Quinn, Thomas B. J. '22, Aug. Wilson, William H. '24, Aug. 23 Bates, Harold N. '25, Sept. 27 Thompson, Ralph D. '25, Sept. 25 Donohue, Joseph A. '26, Sept. 24 Moore, Walter, 2nd '26, Sept. 23 Marsland, John W. Jr. "30, Aug. 25 Hartman, William N. '34, Sept. 17 Nuese, Robert C. '59, Sept. 25 Ryerson, Timothy '59, Sept. 22 Brice, Brooks A., A.M. '27, Sept. 21
L. H. Whittemore '48h
LAURENCE FREDERICK WHITTEMORE, longtime friend of the College, adopted member of the Classes of 1906 and 1916, and recipient of an honorary degree in 1948, died in Concord, N. H., on August 10. His home was in Pembroke, N. H.
Born in Pembroke, June 8, 1894, he was orphaned at the age of seven. He attended Pembroke Academy and on graduation went to work for the Boston & Maine Railroad for $17.00 a week. He served in the army in World War I and on his discharge held the rank of 1st Lt.
After serving as general manager, Fellows & Sons, and secretary to the Tax Commission for the State of New Hampshire, Mr. Whittemore returned to the Boston & Maine and Maine Central where he served as assistant to the president, 1932-46. In 1948-49 he was president of the New Haven Railroad. In the 1930's Mr. Whittemore was instrumental in bringing New England its first airline when he interested Amelia Earhart in backing the old Boston-Maine Airways, now a part of Northeast Airlines. In 1940 he was president of the Mystic Terminal Co. and in 1946 became president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. In 1950 he became president of the Brown Co., Berlin, N. H., in which capacity he served until his retirement last June.
His business interests were wide and varied. He was a director of New England Telephone and Telegraph Co., National Lite Insurance Co., Peerless Insurance Co., Boston Garden-Arena Corp., H. P. Hood and Sons, Inc., State Street Bank and Trust Co., and Boston and Albany Railroad. He was a trustee of the Amoskeag Co. and of the New Hampshire Savings. Bank.
Never being able to go to college himself, Mr. Whittemore took an active part in the work of educational institutions in New England and received eight honorary degrees. He was a trustee and former president of the board of the University of New Hampshire and a trustee of Brookings Institution, Kimball Union Academy, Pembroke Academy, Hitchcock Foundation and the New Hampshire Historical Society.
Deeply interested in the philanthropic institutions in his state, Mr. Whittemore was chairman of the New Hampshire Society for Crippled Children and of the Crotched Mountain Rehabilitation Foundation.
New England and his home town of Pembroke, founded by his ancestors, were close to his heart. He was a founder of the New England Research Foundation and a former president of the New England Council. He was proud to serve his town as moderator for more than 25 years.
But he was called on to share his sound judgment and wisdom in many capacities, with the International Development Advisory Board, as a special representative to NATO, special envoy to the Geneva Agreement on Tariffs and Trades and as a member of the President's Commission for Education.
Mr. Whittemore was married in 1923 to Evelyn Fulford who died in December, 1959. He is survived by three sons, Charles F. of Washington, Frederick B. '53 of New York City and Bert R. '56 of Pembroke.
1888
REVEREND JOHN LEW CLARK, third oldest living graduate and last surviving member of the Class of 1888, died on September 3 at the Exeter, N. H., Hospital. His home was at 25 Elliott St.
He was born in Manchester, N. H., October 1, 1866, the son of Lewis W. Clark, 1850, and Helen Knowlton. He attended Holderness School and at Dartmouth was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa and Sphinx. After graduation he attended Union Theological Seminary, Newton Theological Seminary, and Harvard Law School.
Ordained to the Baptist ministry in 1894, he held pastorates in Cambridge, Mass., North Stratford, N. H., Fairfield and North Berwick, Maine, Bellows Falls, Vt., and at Exeter, from 1921 to his retirement in 1936. The Exeter News Letter paid this tribute to Mr. Clark: "Throughout his long career in the ministry he was actively interested in the people and the community in which he lived. The concern for others which most characterized his life extended beyond his family and church, especially to those whose needs were greatest. In a quiet and unassuming way he left an imprint on all the communities he served."
Devoted to Dartmouth and to his class, Mr. Clark served both faithfully. In June 1958, at the age of 92, he attended the 70th anniversary of his graduation.
On November 26, 1895, Mr. Clark was married to Annie Ella Frederikson who died in 1899. On June 25, 1902 he was married to Carolena Sophie Frederikson, who died on October 7, 1953.
He is survived by three daughters, Miss Helen Clark of Exeter, Mrs. Bruce Binley of Marshfield Hills, Mass., and Mrs. J. Harold Stubbs of Needham, Mass.; and a son, Robert L. Clark '28, a member of the American Embassy staff in Paris.
1889
RALPH SYLVESTER BARTLETT, seventh oldest living alumnus and last surviving member of the Class of 1889, died at his home, 108 Mt. Vernon St., Boston, on September 19.
Ninth generation o£ his family in America, he was born on his father's farm in Eliot, Maine, April 29, 1868. He attended Berwick Academy and in the fall of 1885 left the farm to enter Dartmouth at the age of 17, "probably the greenest boy to cross the covered bridge over the Connecticut." In college he was a member of Theta Delta Chi.
Receiving his LL.B. magna cum laude from Boston University Law School in 1892, he was admitted to the Suffolk Bar of Massachusetts and became associated with the law arm of C. T. and T. H. Russell in Boston. In 1896 he began the private practice of law in which he continued until his retirement in 1933.
With a broad-gauge mind, Mr. Bartlett's interests might be divided into four categories - genealogy, travel, Russian art, and Dartmouth. On entering Dartmouth he was embarrassed by President Bartlett's asking him the name of his earliest Bartlett ancestor in America, and thereupon he made up his mind to find out the answer. He became a noted antiquarian, treasurer of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, and a member of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, Sons of the American Revolution, and the historical societies of Maine and Massachusetts. He prepared and published very complete genealogical data on the Bartlett family in America.
For many years the Boston Transcript would carry the announcement - "Mr. Ralph S. Bartlett will sail for the Mediterranean today. His first stop will be Spain"; or "Mr. Ralph S. Bartlett will leave Boston for another journey abroad. With France his first objective, he will spend the summer in outof-the-way places rarely visited by the ordinary traveler. His travels have taken him to all parts of Europe, the Orient, South America."
In 1912 Mr. Bartlett made his first trip to Russia and at that time laid the foundation for his valuable collection of Russian objects of art. On many subsequent trips he acquired collections from the palaces, museums and monasteries of the time of the Czars. In 1928 he founded OLD RUSSIA, a gallery at 16 Arlington St., Boston, devoted to his Russian collection.
Mr. Bartlett's gift of this collection to Dartmouth provides the College with one of the ranking Russian collections in the country, and includes items like the gold plated table service made in France for use in Russia; silver work made in Russia; and a porcelain collection which reflects the attempts of Russian rulers to establish the industry in their country. One of the most fantastic items is a large oriental rug woven at the order of the Persian King as a gift to the Czar. Particularly interesting is the set of painted ikons; textiles and religious objects in bronze, silver and gold; badges and medals so beloved by the Russian people.
With his many other interests, Mr. Bartlett's abiding first love was for Dartmouth. He had attended every football game between Harvard and Dartmouth since the stadium was built. He served his class as secretary and treasurer since 1942 and was always on hand for meetings of class officers in Hanover. He attended every Commencement when he was in this country and members of Green Key were proud to be his escort and many of them invited him to their graduations. He arranged gatherings of his classmates in Boston and shared with them pictures of his travels over the world.
Mr. Bartlett never married. The funeral was held with a solemn mass of requiem in the church of Our Lady of Victories, Boston, and burial was in Pine Knoll Cemetery in Hanover.
1895
BOYDEN HARLIN PILLSBURY died at his home, 267 Nesmith St., Lowell, Mass., on August 9.
He was born in Lowell, June 27, 1874 and attended the Lowell schools. After graduating from Dartmouth with Phi Beta Kappa rank he received his M.D. from Harvard in 1899. Establishing his practice in Lowell, he served on the staffs of the Lowell General and St. Joseph's hospitals.
Dr. Pillsbury's wife, the former Estelle Irish, died in 1950. He is survived by a sister, Mary B. Pillsbury of Dorset, Vt.
1903
HERBERT ANDREW MCELWAIN died on August 30 in Nashua, N. H. He was born April 24, 1877, at Enfield, N. H., and entered college from Kimball Union Academy and remained but a single year.
In 1906 he became associated with Alonzo Elliot Co., investment bankers, Manchester, N. H. On Mr. Elliot's death in 1909, McElwain purchased the company, continuing a general investment business throughout New England. In 1919 he sold the business and in 1922 became president of the Atlas Trust Co. and also a member of the firm of Taylor & McElwain, in the mortgage banking business. About 1934 his health failed and he returned to his native Enfield. For the past eight years he had lived in Nashua.
Burial was in Enfield. There are no immediate survivors.
CHARLES BERKELEY EDWARDS died on September 9 in Haverhill, Mass., where he was born January 22, 1883. He came to college from Haverhill High School and was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa. He left college at the end of junior year.
Chubby was with American Woolen Co., Winooski, Vt., for a few years but early became engaged in shoe manufacturing and made that his life's work. He was a sociable fellow and was present at most every gathering of Dartmouth men north of Boston. He had remained a bachelor and left no immediate surviving relatives. Clark H. Edwards '05 was a brother.
1905
DR. FRANK JOSEPH MCCABE died at his home, 7 Elmsgate Way, Rumford, R. I., on September 6. Because of failing strength he had been compelled to lessen his professional activities gradually in recent years.
Frank was born in Pepperell, Mass., May 3, 1880. He entered Dartmouth from Westboro (Mass.) High School. He received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 1908 and interned at both the Newton Hospital and the Carney Hospital in Boston. Thereafter he started a general practice in North Easton, Mass., but in 1915 he began internship at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in Boston, preparatory to his life career as eye, ear, nose and throat surgeon in Providence, R. I. ,
At Dartmouth "Chesty" won a wide circle of devoted friends through his friendly smile and quick wit. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta and Casque and Gauntlet. What he lacked in worldly wealth in his college days he made up for by his indomitable will and devotion to hard work. As an athlete he achieved a high degree of success; his catching to the pitching of Tom Ready gained renown not only for himself but for his college. After graduation he capitalized on this ability by playing professional baseball in various minor leagues.
Frank had been a visiting surgeon on the staffs of Rhode Island Hospital, St. Joseph's Hospital, the Charles V. Chapin Hospital and several others. At the time of his death he was a member of the American College of Surgeons, the American Medical Association, the New England Ophthalmological Society, the New England Otological Society, the Rhode Island Medical Society, and the Providence Medical Association.
He had been active for many years in the Knights of Columbus as a member of Tyler Council and Bishop Hendricksen Assembly, fourth degree, and was state deputy in 1925 and 1926.
In 1911 Frank married Elizabeth Fardy of Randolph, Mass. Two daughters and three sons were born of this union. One son, Frank Jr., was killed in a hunting accident in 1929. Elizabeth, Frank's wife, died in 1948.
Frank is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Marjorie Wust and Mrs. Elizabeth Walsh, both of Washington, D. C.; two sons, James F. McCabe of Carmel Valley, Calif., and John M. McCabe of Rumford, R. I.; three brothers, three sisters and seven grandchildren.
"Chesty" (an appellation not inappropriately assigned him in college days) was one of our most devoted class members alike to his Class and to his College. He never missed our reunions, including, happily, our recent 55th.
EMIL ALBERT SILHA died on September 1 at his home, 345 E. 48th St., Minneapolis, Minn. He was born June 10, 1883, in Chicago. A graduate of Dartmouth, Emil also received a B.S. degree from Bowdoin in 1906.
After some experience as a clerk in his father's small department store in Chicago, "Dutch" entered his career as a salesman and sales executive, traveling first as a representative of the Charles W. Shonk Co., an advertising firm in Boston. For twenty years he was salesman and sales manager of the Studebaker Sales Corp. of Chicago.
Since 1933 "Dutch" had lived in St. Paul. He represented various companies. For ten years, beginning in 1946, he visited druggists widely over the Upper Midwest, representing the Beebe Laboratories of St. Paul. In 1957 he was with the Medical Supply Corp. of America and the Northland Veterinary Supply Co., both of St. Paul.
Emil married Alice Lucile Lindstrom of St. Paul in 1913. Alice died in 1942. Emil is survived by a son, Otto A. Silha, vice-president and business manager of the Minneapolis Star and Tribune, and four grandchildren, Stephen, David, Mark and Alice Barbara Silha.
1906
CHARLES EDWARD CRANE was born in Mendon, Ill., on August 15, 1884 and died in Montpelier, Vt., on September 8, 1960. His home was at 186 Elm St.
Charles prepared at Black River Academy, Ludlow, Vt., and entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1902. He left college at the end of sophomore year to accept a position as a reporter for the Associated Press.
In 191he became the owner and publisher of the Middlebury Register and also ran his own advertising agency. Later he was an editor and columnist for the Brattleboro Reformer, associated with his brother, the late Ephraim H. Crane '98.
In 1932 Charles became publicity director of the National Life Insurance Co. of Montpelier, a position he held until his retirement in 1955.
Charles was the author of several books, mostly about Vermont life. His most popular volumes were Let Me Show You Vermont and Winter in Vermont. In 1939 he received an honorary A.M. from Norwich University.
In 1913 he married Elizabeth Wilcox, who survives him with two daughters, Mrs. J. L. Davenport and Mrs. Glen Goodall, and three grandchildren.
1907
THOMAS DANIEL PERRY died in New York City on August 20, following a short illness caused by cancer. His home was at 41 King St.
He was born on November 2, 1885 in Hinesburg, Vt. During his college years he was on the Aegis board and on the board of the DARTMOUTH MAGAZINE and a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa and Dragon.
His principal activity following his Dartmouth years was in the investment field.
His first marriage was in 1917. There were two daughters born of this marriage. He was married again in December 1950 to Janice Hatcher, who survives him.
1908
LAWRENCE ADLER, eminent musician of our class, passed away on September 1 after a heart attack incurred while swimming at Old Saybrook, Conn. He was born June 27, 1886, at Long Beach, L. 1., the son of Felix Adler, founder of the Ethical Culture Society, and Mrs. Adler, and prepared for college at Phillips Exeter.
In college he was accompanist for the glee club, sang in the college choir, and composed the music for If I Were Dean. He won the Pacific Coast Alumni Prize in 1906.
In 1916 he received an M.A. from Harvard and later studied music at the Fontainebleau School in France. For two years he taught music at Dr. Henderson's School in North Carolina and while there composed a setting to music of Richard Hovey's poem, A Health to Thee, Roberts, and presented it to the Dartmouth Glee Club. Later he headed the music department at the Westminster School in Simsbury, Conn., and at the Deane School in Santa Barbara, Calif. Following two years in Paris, where he made a debut as pianist, and travel through other European countries, he was successively professor of piano at the University of Mon- tana, and director of music at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, at Rutgers University and at Rollins College.
Previous to his retirement in 1956, he was music critic for The Nation. He travelled extensively in South America and made records of the Inca songs of Peru and gypsy songs of Spain. He was the author of a book on music appreciation and of Down theDordogne.
He is survived by two sisters, Miss Margaret Adler and Mrs. Horace Friess of 460 Riverside Drive, New York City.
STANFORD DAVIS TAPPAN of Manchester, N. H., died of a heart attack on Sept. 12, apparently a victim of hurricane Donna. Warned of the approach of the hurricane, Stan and his wife Ruth, who is in poor health, moved from their summer home near West Chatham on Cape Cod, to an apartment in the village, but in the midst of the storm Stan, who had suffered a previous heart attack in 1955, passed away.
Stan was born August 12, 1885, in Dorchester, Mass. He prepared for Dartmouth at the Hackley School in Tarrytown, N. Y. His fraternities were Phi Delta Theta and Dragon.
After graduation he started in the employ of the American Woolen Co. in Plymouth, Mass., but in 1913 was transferred to the Manton, R. I., plant where he became superintendent in 1916. In 1938 he became a director and part owner of the Danvers Shoe Co. in Manchester, from which he retired in 1947.
On June 20, 1914, he was married to Ruth Richardson Moore of Plymouth, Mass. Stan and Ruth were active members of the Unitarian Church and Stan was a life member in St. John's Lodge, A.F. & A.M. of Providence. Surviving are his wife, who is in a nursing home in Manchester; a son, William Tappan; and a grandson, Stanford Davis 2nd.
The Class was represented at the funeral on September 15 by Arthur Lewis, Peter McCarty, and Percy Gleason.
1909
WILLIAM ASHWORTH passed away on September 19 in a hospital at Santa Barbara, Calif., after suffering a heart attack at his home, 1706 Olive Ave.
"Ash" was born in Accrington, Lancastershire, England, on May 26, 1883. The family came to Lebanon, N. H., when he was ten years old. He was educated in the public schools there and at Tilton Seminary. In college, he was a charter member of Sigma Phi Epsilon.
After receiving his A.B. degree, he headed the English department at Mt. Hermon School, Northfield, Mass.; Powder Point School, Duxbury, Mass.; Allen School and Wilbraham Academy, Wilbraham, Mass. The urge to go west caused him to go to Pomona, Calif., and he became assistant superintendent of schools there. In 1919 he was asked to establish the English department at the Santa Barbara Normal School, now the University of California at Santa Barbara. He became dean of men, dean of the lower division, and chairman of the English department.
He was head of the English department and Dean of Liberal Arts at UCSB when he retired in 1949 with the title of professor emeritus. He was the oldest member of the faculty in point of service at his death. Stanford University awarded him an A.M. degree in 1921. He did postgraduate work at Stanford, University of California, and Harvard.
The Ashworths were interested in the theatre and Bill produced many of the old Greek dramas and other plays in the Quad at the college. Their home was a cultural center for discussions, rehearsals, after-performance suppers, and church groups of the Unitarian church.
Bill was instrumental in organizing a chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity at UCSB. He was active in the Rotary and Channel City Clubs. His interest in drama and music caused him to help organize the Players Club and Drama Branch of the Community Arts Association. He was also a member of the Theta Alpha Phi, dramatic society, and Tau Kappa Alpha, forensic society.
Bill was married to Beatrice Davis in Pomona, Calif., on June 20, 1917. She survives him with a son, William Ashworth Jr., sales manager for Harpers in New York City.
1910
CHARLES LUTHER CRAWFORD died February 3, 1960 at Columbia Hospital, Milwaukee, Wis. He had been ill for several months.
Chuck was born July 29, 1887 at Wickliff, K.y. He entered college from Rockland (Ill.) High School.
We do not know much about Chuck's activities after graduation as he was almost completely out of touch with his class. He was located in Canada for some time, with United Grain Growers Co., in Winnipeg. He spent some years as an accountant with Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co., in Milwaukee. He had served as an accountant with Kurth Malting Co. for about fifteen years until his retirement a few years ago.
Survivors are his wife, Sonita, and his mother, Mrs. Mattie Crawford. Their home is at 4101 N. Sherman Blvd., Milwaukee.
1915
VINCENT GERARD BYERS, veteran newspaperman and member of the staff of the World-Telegram and Sun, died on September 13 in Beekman-Downtown Hospital in New York after a long illness. His home was at 23 East 9th St.
"Pop," a term he acquired while in college, was a newspaperman all his adult life and was regarded" as a hard-driving editor. As a young reporter he covered the pursuit of Pancho Villa during the Mexican border incident of 1916. Later, as managing editor of the New York Evening Post, he launched a series of articles called "The Magistrate Racket" that was largely responsible for the Seabury probe into the city government in 1932.
"Pop" was born October 28, 1892 in London, England, of American parents. He attended Collegiate School in New York from 1904 to 1909 and Portland (Maine) High School from 1909 to 1911.
While in college, he was a member of the Dartmouth board, the Press Club, the Publicity Association, treasurer of the Brookline Club, and a member of Chi Phi.
After graduation, he was a reporter for the Boston Herald and later became that paper's New York correspondent. In 1917 he joined the Associated Press, advancing in a short time to the position of city editor. By 1924, he was city editor of the New YorkPost and in 1929 became managing editor. Four years later he became editor of the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
In 1935 "Pop" joined the staff of the NewYork Sun. During World War II he took a leave of absence to serve in the Naval Reserve, winding up as a Commander. After the war, he returned to the Sun and was transferred to the World-Telegram in 1950 when that paper bought the Sun. He had been serving in the feature department of the combined newspapers ever since.
He was married in 1927 to Ethel Mary Shoobert, who died in 1956. They had no children.
Services were held on September 15 in the chapel of Grace Episcopal Church in New York, attended by many friends and coworkers in the newspaper field. The Class of 1915 was represented by Phil Murdock.
JOHN CLIFTON KIMBALL died of a heart attack on July 17 in Hendersonville, N. C. He was a former selectman of Wolfeboro, N. H., proprietor of the Kingswood Press there, and president of Wolfeboro Investors Inc.
Johnnie was born in Haverhill, Mass., January 23, 1892, the son of Prof. George C. Kimball '85 who taught Greek and Latin at Brewster Academy. He attended the public schools of Newton, Mass., and prepared for Dartmouth at Brookline High School. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi and received his C.E. degree from Thayer School in 1916. In World War I he enlisted in the Army and was stationed at Camp Devens.
His marriage to Florence L. Kohler of New York City took place in his home town of Wolfeboro on June 1, 1917. In recent years they have maintained residence at Pass-a-Grille Beach, Florida. He is survived by his wife, an uncle, Herbert W. Kimball of Haverhill, and several cousins. Services were held in North Carolina and burial was at Pass-a-Grille.
1916
RUSSELL BROWN PERKINS died in St. Luke's Hospital, Pasadena, Calif., on September 9 of a heart attack following an operation for cancer. He was buried in Lakewood Cemetery, Wakefield, Mass. His home was on Palo Verde Dr., Cathedral City, Calif.
Russ was born in Wakefield, May 22, 1894. After two years at Dartmouth he engaged in the shoe business until he entered the Navy in 1917, serving until the end of the war. After the war he was again in the shoe business until he formed his own public relations firm. In 1930 he followed a longdelayed wish to study law and after getting his law degree, was admitted to the Massachusetts bar and practiced until 1939, when for reasons of health he moved to California.
He re-entered the Navy at the beginning of World War II, and served until 1952 when he retired for reasons of health with the rank of Commander. In California he was with the War Production Board, and later with the Departments of Labor and Commerce, prior to his naval service.
In college Russ was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and although he stayed at Hanover only two years, he maintained his interest in the College and in individual classmates with whom he corresponded regularly, and by whom he was highly regarded.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Dorothy W. Perkins; a son, Robert W.; a daughter, Mrs. Martha S. Purviance; and a brother, Walter.
LEONARD COLEMAN HATCH died March 18, in Vineland, N. J., of an acute coronary occlusion, and was buried in Silvam Cemetery in that city. He was born March 24, 1893, in Lynn, Mass. He entered Dartmouth after graduation from Peddie Institute, but stayed only freshman year. In Vineland he was a landscape architect. He is survived by his wife, Rae Ketley Hatch.
1918
LAURANCE MELVIN DALTON passed away in San Diego, Calif., on January 24, 1960, at the age of 64. His home was at 4195 Arden Way.
He was a native of Portland, Me., and had lived in San Diego for fourteen years. He had been associated with the Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. for the last 28 years.
In addition to being a member of the Class of 1918 Larry had received B.S. degrees from M.I.T. and Harvard. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta.
He is survived by his widow, Dorothy M.; a daughter, Mrs. Richard I. Bush; and a granddaughter, Dorothy.
ELTON EARLE JOHNSON passed away on June 18 in Phoenix, Ariz. His home was in Marinette, Ariz.
Earle was born in Buffalo, N. Y., on August 25, 1897, and received his early education there and in Boston.
He went to Hamilton, Ohio, in 1917 and, until December 1929 was a construction engineer for the Andrews Asphalt Paving Co., supervising many of that company's large road building and construction projects. In 1933 he became associated with the Ohio Casualty Insurance Co. of Hamilton, and was in charge of the company's contract bond underwriting department. He remained with them until 1956, when he retired.
Earle was an expert in his field, and not only supervised the contract bond underwriting at Ohio Casualty's home office, but also was frequently assigned to field work which included supervision of many construction projects bonded by his company. This work took him to all parts of the United States and at times into foreign lands.
Earle had an outstanding military record, serving in World War I, and also in World War II which he entered as a captain in the corps of engineers. He was discharged with the rank of lieutenant colonel. Most of his service was in the North Africa and Italy campaigns.
Earle leaves his wife Eleanor and two brothers, Kenneth and Arthur L. Johnson '29. Robert L. Johnson '13 was also a brother.
JOHN LAWRENCE HANLEY died in Jersey City, N. J., on March 12, i960. Cap was born in Hackensack, N. J., April 13, 1895.
A member of Sigma Nu and Sphinx, he left college in May 1917- to enter the U.S. Coast Guard, with which he served until December 1918. He then became a salesman for Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. and remained with them until 1936. He then formed his own company, Hanley & Co., kitchen equipment.
Cap was married on August 30, 1944 to Edythe Smith, who survives him.
1921
Well known in the clothing business in Pennsylvania and New York, WILBUR CRAWFORD VARIAN suffered a stroke while on his summer vacation in Canada and died August 8 in Banff, Alberta. He lived at 89 South 13th Ave., Coatesville, Pa., the city in which his work was located.
He was treasurer and general manager of Cardinal Cottons Corp., women's clothing manufacturers; vice-president of the Lucas Manufacturing Co.; president of Valley Frocks, Inc.; president of W. C. Varian, Inc.; a director of the Vashlu Corp. and of the Coatesville Hospital. Earlier he had been connected wih the Maytown Garment Co., Klever Klad Frocks, and Portrait Frocks.
Born January 22, 1899 in New York City, Sonny was brought up in Pelham Manor, N. Y., and attended Pelham Manor High School, where he was an outstanding athlete and class president for three years. At Dartmouth he was especially well known for his musical talent and activities in the Glee Club, the Banjo Club, the Mandolin Club, the College Orchestra, and The Players Orchestra. His fraternity was Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
On September 16, 1922 in Columbia, Pa., Sonny married Janet Lucas Shannon. They had two sons, Wilbur Crawford Varian Jr. and Edward Shannon Varian, who were educated at Valley Forge Military Academy and Franklin and Marshall.
In World War I, Sonny enlisted as a seaman in the U. S. Navy and served seven months overseas with a destroyer squadron around the British Isles and France. After fourteen months of active service he returned to Dartmouth to graduate in 1922.
Sonny is survived by his widow, Janet; his father, Wilbur L.; his two sons and four grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. Beresford F. Proctor.
1924
It was John Mauk's recent unhappy responsibility to inform us of the passing on June 4 of his Seattle neighbor and classmate, GEORGE MORROW STEVENS JR., of 2205 12th Ave., North.
George was born December 31, 1902. He grew up in New York City where his father was in the wholesale lumber business, but came to Dartmouth byway of Andover Academy. His first work was in the insurance business in Chicago, but by 1927 he was in the lumber business on Long Island, living in Mount Vernon, N. Y. With the depression he moved to Chicago and was Western sales manager of the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co., in the group insurance department. It was in 1931 that he went west to Seattle where he remained until his recent death.
In Seattle, George found his wife, Florence Sampson, who had graduated from the University of Idaho. They were married Novem- ber 16, 1934. In 1944 he was listed as manager of the Guardian Life Insurance Co. in Seattle, and in the past ten years he was also engaged in investment counselling.
In addition to others who informed us of the sudden passing of THOMAS RAPHAEL CARROLL, his wife, the former Helen Brady, tells us he was taken sick at his office on September 6 and died the next day at the Holy Name Hospital, Teaneck, N. J. This, unhappily, repeats the pattern of most of the recent deaths of classmates - a surprise attack on the heart. As with all others, we join in sending our sympathy to his widow and one son, John Paul Carroll, '57, currently a student at Albany Medical School. Tom's home was at 754 Anderson Ave., Cliffside Park, N. J.
Like most in our Class, Tom was born in 1902, October 24, in Grantwood, N. J. After graduation here and at the Dartmouth two-year course he won his M.D. at Yale; then he interned at Rhode Island Hospital, the Providence Lying-in and the Providence City Hospitals. He was also a resident at Butler Hospital, in Providence, before returning to his home town. He opened an office in Grantwood, as a general practitioner for thirty years. This hits only the high spots of a varied career, for it omits many lesser points of service.
The record notes him as school physician at Cliffside Park and police surgeon at Englewood Cliffs, in New Jersey, as well as Selective Service physician. His war record is indicated in the booklet prepared for the class, where he served as Lt. Commander on the USS Menard out o£ Norfolk. Returning home to Grantwood, where he lived in the "biggest house in town," he was spending his winters in Florida as far back as 1940, and adding other hospital duties, as obstetrician at Teaneck, and serving on the Medical Board in Englewood. His community interests included the Rotary Club, being past-president at the Fort Lee chapter.
While at Dartmouth, Tom was a member of Alpha Kappa Kappa.
1925
DR. RALPH DOUGLAS THOMPSON of 45 Robin Rd., Weston, Mass., died on September 25 while at his summer home in Moultonboro, N. H.
Ralph was born in Newton Upper Falls, Mass., December 30, 1903, and prepared for college at Newton High School. While at college he was a member of Zeta Psi and was active on the freshman track team. After graduation he studied at Harvard Dental School and obtained a DMD degree in 1929. In that same year he married Constance Lynde of Newtonville, who later became active in the Dartmouth Women's Club.
Prior to his retirement a year ago Ralph had been on the dental staffs of the Newton-Wellesley and Massachusetts General Hospitals. He was also a member of the Newton Highlands Congregational Church and Brae Burn Country Club.
Surviving are his wife, Constance, and daughter, Cynthia, of New York, to whom the deep sympathy of the Class is extended. Both the Class and the College have lost a loyal supporter. The family's devotion is attested to not only by Ralph's record but also by the obituary notice in the Boston papers which indicated that "in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Ralph Douglas Thompson Memorial Fund, Dartmouth College."
It was not until early this summer that word was received that LON NULTON PARRISH had died unexpectedly at his summer home at Walloon Lake, Mich., on August 14, 1959. His home was at 505 Crescent Rd., Hamilton, Ohio.
Lon was born in Hamilton, December 22, 1901, and prepared for Dartmouth at Hamilton High School and Culver Military Academy. He was in Hanover only two years and studied also at Miami University. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi.
Lon achieved notable success from the beginning of a lifetime career in the field of savings and loans. At the time of his death he was executive secretary of the Home Federal Savings and Loan Association of Hamilton, a position held since 1944. He was also a member of the board of trustees of the Ohio Savings and Loan League and had served on various committees of the United States Savings and Loan League. He served as a director on the boards of the Second National Bank of Hamilton, the Hamilton Gravel Co., Hamilton YMCA, Fort Hamilton Hospital, Hamilton Community Home Association, Hamilton Civic Music Association, of which he was a past president, Butler County Automobile Club, and Hamilton Area Chamber of Commerce. He was also a member of the Rotary Club, Scottish Rite Masons, Hamilton City Club and Hamilton Lodge 93, B.P.O.E. With so many civic affiliations he was always in the forefront of all community campaign funds. He was a member and trustee of the First Methodist Church.
On May 3, 1930, at Lexington, Ky., Lon married Nettie Mae Kinsolving, who survives him, together with two daughters, three grandsons and three sisters, to whom the sympathy of the Class is extended.
1926
DEXTER WINFIELD WILBAR passed away August 13 in San Diego, Calif., after many years of failing health. His home was at 2323 First Ave.
Until physicians advised him to move to Southern California in 1946, Deck resided in his home town, Brockton, Mass. He was born there in 1905 and attended Brockton High School. After graduating from Dartmouth, he entered Harvard Law School, attaining his LL.B. degree in 1930.
In that year he entered legal practice in Brockton with his father, a district attorney, under the firm name of Wilbar and Wilbar. In 1933, after his father's death, he became a member of the firm of Wilbar, Wilbar, Dorn and Stone. He frequently served as master and auditor in the Brockton courts. After moving west, he became associated with the district attorney's office in San Diego County, and did liaison work between that office and the California Public Welfare Department.
Deck was a well-known bibliophile, and possessor of an almost complete collection of modern literature. He was also an ardent and expert bridge player, and a winner of many laurels in that field.
In 1933, in Brockton, Deck married Eleanor Wilson, who survives him, along with his sister, Mrs. Lois Parons of New York.
1927
FRANCIS WANZER MARSH II died on August 15 at the Hartford, Conn., Hospital, following a long illness. His home was at 200-B Sigourney St.
Frank was born in Bridgeport, Conn., November 26, 1905, and entered Dartmouth from Bridgeport High School. His major was French, and he was a member of Cercle Francais, Kappa Sigma, and Phi Beta Kappa.
After graduation he joined the Phoenix Insurance Co. in the eastern underwriting department and transferred to the inland marine department in 1934. He was appointed special agent for inland marine in Philadelphia in 1937, and in 1941 became special agent for eastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey. He was promoted to state agent of that territory in 1944. In 1946 he returned to Hartford as general agent of the inland marine department, was appointed marine secretary in 1949, and secretary for all the Phoenix companies in 1957, the position he held at the time of his death.
He was married on April 29, 1933 to Esther M. Sargent in Millerton, N. Y., who survives him, as do his mother, Mrs. Clifford Jones, and a brother, Edward, to all of whom the Class extends its sincere sympathy.
1930
EBEN NORTON BLAKE died suddenly of a coronary occlusion on August 27 at his home on 37 Ball Road, Mountain Lakes, N. J.
Eb was born on July 24, 1908, in Hanover, N. H. He attended the Woburn, Mass., schools. At Dartmouth he was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon and of the cross-country team. He was graduated from the Stonier Graduate School of Banking at Rutgers University.
Following his graduation from Dartmouth, Eb worked for the Equitable Life Assurance Co. of Boston and two years later he joined the staff of the Continental Bank of New York City. Following World War II he became affiliated with the Fidelity Union Trust Co. of Newark, N. J. At the time of his death he was assistant secretary-treasurer. During the war Eb served with the U. S. Army in France and Germany. He was in the infantry and later with finance units. He was with the U. S. Army Bank in Luxembourg and was headed for Japan when the war came to a close.
Eb was a member of the Robert Morris Associates, the Bank Credit Associates, and the Credit Associates of America. He was a member of the Masonic Order, Corinthian Lodge No. 57 F & A M, Orange, N. J. Until recently he was an active member of the Parsippany Presbyterian Church, having served as trustee, elder, and deacon. He was a member of the Mountain Lakes Club and of the Dartmouth Club of Essex County.
On June 26, 1945, Eb married Greta Robinson of Lancashire, England. Besides his wife he leaves a son, Lawrence, 13; a brother, Edgar B. Blake '25; a nephew, David H. Blake '61; and two other nephews, all of Rumson, N. J.
In his quiet way Eb gave greatly of himself to his business, his community, and his country. He was a man of great integrity, and by inference among his many friends and associates the name of his beloved Dartmouth gained an added luster because Eb was an alumnus.
1932
Belatedly word has been received of the death of ROBERT WALLACE RIDDELL on February 17, 1959, in Evanston, Ill. He was born at Irvine, Ky., July 3, 1910.
Bob came to Dartmouth from Louisville High School. He was a Tuck School major and a member of Alpha Delta Phi and Green Key. During his business career he served a number of firms in various capacities, but his forte appeared to be selling and he was sales representative for a Chicago manufacturer of welding equipment at the time of his death.
In 1946 at Buffalo, N. Y., Bob was married to Elizabeth Lee White, who survives him. There were no children. His burial place is Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville.
1933
BERTRAM RUNDLETT MUDGE died at his home, 47 Ames St., Sharon, Mass., on September 4 at the age of 50. Bunny had not been really well for some years and had just previously moved from Amesbury, his birthplace, to Sharon to lighten the burden of commuting to Boston University. There he had been engaged in guidance counseling and student placement since the early forties, except for wartime service as an officer in the Army.
After leaving Hanover he entered the life insurance business and subsequently began his career in personnel work, first as director of vocational and educational guidance at the Boston Y.M.C.A., and later in a similar capacity, with the Downtown Forum and Counseling Service.
Bunny came to Hanover from Tabor Academy where he had starred in football, baseball and hockey. He played first-string tackle on the freshman football team. He left Hanover in 1931 and later continued his education at Boston University from which he was graduated with a bachelor's degree in education in 1947 and a master's degree in 1957.
He is survived by his wife Mary; a daughter, Celia O.; a son, William W., all of Sharon; his father, Otis P. '03 of Amesbury; and a brother George O. '39 of Hampton, N. H., to all of whom the sincerest sympathies of the Class are extended. Edwin B. Mudge '34 was also a brother.
1934
JOHN JOSEPH O'REILLY died on April 26, 1960 in Bridgeport, Conn. He had been ill tor some time and his death was due to cancer. Pat's home was at 1014 Stratford Ave., Bridgeport.
Pat was born in New York City on August 8, 1912 and came to Dartmouth from the Barnard School for Boys. He played freshman basketball and was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and Sphinx.
Out of touch with most of us for many years, we do know that Pat spent several years in real estate in Westchester and in recent years worked for the Stanley Works in Bridgeport as a chemist.
We perhaps best remember him as one of the several inimitable Irish seers of the '34 Deke delegation and such memories remain forever pleasant.
To his wife, Ruth, and family the Class extends its deep sympathy.
1940
With deep regret we report the untimely death of DWIGHT CRANE FLANDERS on September 7. Dwight suffered a heart attack while mowing his lawn and died in Maiden (Mass.) Hospital the following morning. His home was at 64 Woodland Rd., Maiden.
Before coming to Dartmouth, Dwight attended the local high school in Maiden, the town where he was born on October 19, 1917. While in college he was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity. From Hanover he went to the Harvard Business School, from which he graduated in 1942. During service in the Navy he married Eleanor Joan Phillips in January 1945. They had two sons: David, who will be 15 in November, and Donald, now 12.
After the war Dwight worked for the Hood Rubber Co. in production planning. Then, in 1951, he joined the First National Bank of Boston. In 1957 he was made assistant branch manager, a post he held at the time of his death.
The heartfelt condolences of his classmates go out to his wife, his two sons, his father, Howard N. Flanders of Maiden, and his brother Howard N. Jr. '30 of Darien, Conn.
1945
It is with the' heaviest heart that I must report the death of THEODORE WILLARD HUFSTADER on June 29 in Coloma, Mich. His home was at 2324 Lincolnwood Dr., Evanston, Ill. Bill had been ill with leukemia for some time and, as some of you may remember was unable to attend our fifteenth reunion. We missed him then, but now there is an unfillable gap in the ranks of the Class of 1945.
Bill came to Dartmouth from Flint Central High School where he was president of the Student Council. At College he played football, helped edit the class newsletter, and joined Kappa Kappa Kappa. He interrupted his schooling in 1943 to join the Air Force and was a First Pilot (rank of Captain) on a liberator bomber based in England.
Shortly after graduating from Dartmouth, he married Bonnie Peters of Flint, and soon opened his own Buick Agency in Evanston, "Bonnie Buick." Bill also served as a director of the Evanston YMCA.
He leaves his widow Bonnie; his parents, William F. Hufstader, retired vice-president of the General Motors Corp., and Mrs. Hufstader; two daughters, Amy and Sara; four sons, Theodore, Timothy, Paul, and John; a sister and a brother, William H. Hufstader '44,
1946
LEONARD IRVING SWETT died on September 7 in the Newington, Conn., Veterans Hospital after a long illness. His home was at 28 Bretton Rd., West Hartford.
Len grew up in New Britain, Conn., where he was born January 30, 1926. He graduated from New Britain High School and attended Trinity College before coming to Dartmouth during the war in the V-12 Unit. After the war he returned to Dartmouth to receive his degree in 1947.
In 1953 Len received his LL.B. from the University of Connecticut and was admitted to the Connecticut bar the same year. He was a member of the Hartford County and the Connecticut State Bar Associations.
Our deepest sympathy goes to Len's wife, Barbara Hendler Swett, and his daughter Susan. He is also survived by his parents and three brothers.
Laurence Frederick Whittemore, M.A. '48
Ralph Sylvester Bartlett '89
Francis Joseph McCabe '05
