Deaths
[A listing of deaths of which word has been received,within the past month. Full notices may appear in thisissue or may appear in a later number.]
Williams, Lester A. '03, June 11 Charron, Arthur I. '04, May 18 Laton, George P. '06, Feb. 10 Lee, William W. Jr. '08, Apr. 2 Rugg, Harold O. '08, May 17 Swenson, J. Arthur '09, May 9 Douglas, Walter C. '10, Apr. 5 Garcia, Alvaro M. '12, June 20 Warren, Howard P. '13, June 16 Rarstow, Burrows '14, May 26 Hanley, John L. '18, Mar. 12 Ran, Frederick L. '18, May 4. Sullivan, Denis T. J. '19, May 18 Batchelder, Kelsey C. '20, May 1 Koski, Elmer J. '20, May 13 Phillips, Hosea B. '20, May 17 Baum, Joseph G. '22, May 12 Robinson, Jere L. '22, Jan. 19 Granger, Carl V. '23, May 12 Stevens, George M. Jr. '24, June 4 Reeder, John F. '25, June 15 Lougee, Richard J. '27, May 16 McGarrett, George F. '29, May 5 Rogers, Richard '29, May 7 Merrill, Ernest M. Jr. '30, May 12 Hovey, David '31, May 24 Ferris, Raymond W. Jr. '33, June 13 O'Reilly, John J. '34, Apr. 26 Morris, Willard W. '39, June 3 Barnett. John I. Jr. '56, May 22
1886
DR. EDGAR B. PHILBROOK, the last surviving member of the Class of 1886, died in September, 1955, at West Covina, Calif.
He was born in Sandwich, Mass., January 21, iB6O. He prepared for college at Tilton Seminary and entered Dartmouth in 1882. After his first year he transferred to Boston University to study medicine. He received his M.D. in 1887 and began practice in Pasadena, Calif. In 1891 he moved to Salem, Oregon, and served for a time as physician to the Oregon State Penitentiary. In 1901 he moved to Santa Cruz, Calif, where he continued to practice until retirement in 1926. He served Santa Cruz as health officer and as a director of the Chamber of Commerce.
Dr. Philbrook was married twice. His first wife was Emily Wilson of Pasadena, by whom he had four children. His second wife, Helen E. Moore of Santa Cruz, died in 1947.
Dr. Philbrook, until his health failed, maintained contacts with 'B6. He was always proud to be classed as a Dartmouth man.
1902
WILLIAM OLIVER BAKETEL LITTLE of Hampton, N. H., died in Winter Haven, Fla., on April 22 of a heart attack. He was born in Exeter, N. H., September 24, 1878, and attended Phillips Exeter.
Bill became a registered pharmacist, later going into the manufacture of extracts and flavors. He was treasurer and owner of the G. W. Wardrop Co. of Boston for thirty years. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi and Strafford Lodge A. F. & A. M., Dover, N. H.
He married Mary G. Woods of Exeter, who survives him. He also leaves a sister, Mrs. Nathaniel Smith of Watertown, N. Y., and two sons, John P. of Hampton and William W. of El Ccrrito, Calif. Pierce J. Little '96 was a brother.
1904
ARTHUR ISAAC CHARRON died on May 18 of a coronary attack while he and his wife Ida were playing bridge across the street from their home, 30 Greenwood Rd., Wellesley Hills, Mass.
Ike was born in Leominster, Mass., October 31, 1882, where he attended the local schools. He was one of the most brilliant and best loved members of our class. A Rufus Choate scholar and member of Phi Beta Kappa and Delta Tau Delta, he was editor-in-chief of the Dartmouth Magazine his senior year. As secretary of the class, 1909-18, his wit and wisdom shone in the six reports he issued.
After graduating from Boston University Law School summa cum laude in 1907 with the degrees of J.B. and J.M. he was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar and was appointed assistant clerk of the Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Judicial Circuit. In 1916 he was appointed clerk of the court, which position he filled until ill health forced his retirement in 1947. Many distinguished judges paid tribute to his thorough knowledge of the law and his sound judgment.
In 1915, Ike married Ida F. Underhill, a graduate of Mt. Holyoke. Their daughter Lucille graduated from Smith in 1942 and received a master's degree from M.I.T. She was married in 1948 to Frank A. Record and they make their home in South Dartmouth, Mass., with their three children.
Ike had many and varied interests. He was actively interested in amateur theatricals and developed considerable skill as a painter in water colors and oils, and did some fine work in ceramics. He had served as a member of the Town Advisory Committee and Town Meeting Member.
The unaffected modesty, courageous cheerfulness in times of trouble, wide intellectual interests, the affection and sympathy for friends, made Ike the rare personality we respected and loved. His memory will enrich our lives as long as our memory lasts.
1905
GEORGE MORGAN MARCHAND died of a heart ailment April 4 in the Providence Hospital, Seattle, Washington.
George was born in Kirksville, Mo., September 26, 1880, and spent two years with our class.
He entered the Railway Mail Service as a clerk in 1911 and after a short stay in Quincy, Ill., went successively to Spokane, Seattle, and Alaska. He returned to Seattle in 1940 and retired as a chief clerk in the Mail Service in 1943.
As an amateur radio operator George had won several awards. He was a past master of Queen Anne Lodge 242, and also of Seward Lodge 219, A.F. & A.M.
George was married October 6, 1933, to Stella Guri Frisch.
He is survived by his wife; a son, Morgan C. Marchand; a daughter, Mrs. Barbara M. Jones, all of Seattle; and a sister, Mrs. Clarence L. Phelps, Ishpeming, Michigan.
1906
GEORGE PEAVEY LATON died in the Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, Calif., on February 10. His home was at 4801 Daleridge Rd., La Canada, Calif.
He was born in Nashua, N. H., August 18, 1884 and prepared for college at Nashua High School. He was a member of Chi Phi, Alpha Kappa Kappa and the Mandolin Club.
After receiving his M.D. from the Dartmouth Medical School in 1909 he was a resident at the Massachusetts State Infirmary for two years and then began private practice in South Framingham, Mass. From 1914-17 he practiced in Salem, N. H. and was at the same time visiting physician to the Boston Children's Hospital.
After serving as a First Lieutenant in the Medical Corps in 1918 he joined the staff of the Children's Hospital in Los Angeles. He was also on the staff of Los Angeles County General Hospital and the White Memorial Hospital. He was assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Southern California Medical School and was a member of the American, California and Los Angeles County Medical Associations and a past president of the Southwest Pediatrics Society.
On October 11, 1911, George was married to Helen Eames who survives him with a daughter Margaret, Mrs. G. B. Keim. Fred D. Laton '09 was a brother.
1908
WILLIAM WALLACE LEE of 60 Appion Way, West Barrington, R. I., former principal of Pawtucket High School, passed away on April 2.
Bill was born December 15, 1884, in St. Louis, Mich., but his address while in College was Maiden, Mass., and he prepared for Dartmouth at Maiden High School. In college he played on the freshman football and baseball teams and was on the varsity football squad in 1905. His fraternity was Kappa Sigma. He received a Master of Education degree from Harvard in 1925 and did graduate study at Brown University and at Rhode Island College of Education.
In 1910 he was teaching at Monson Academy in Monson, Mass., and two years later was in Boston. In September, 1914, he became sub-master at Newburyport High School and coached athletic teams. At this time he was also counselor during the summer sessions in Bayside Camp in Newmarket, N. H.
He was principal of the Henniker, N. H., High School for a short time and in 1917 was principal of schools in Bristol, R. I. In 1923 he was headmaster at Burr and Burton Academy in Manchester, Vt. In 1924 he became principal of the Pawtucket, R. I., High School where he continued until his retirement.
On September 2, 1916, he was married to Marion Hortense Bayley, a fellow teacher at Newburyport, and they had three children: Mrs. Helen Lee Tessler, of Northport, N. Y., Mrs. James H. Kennedy of Barrington, R. I., and Mrs. Lewis Jordan of New York. Bill and Marion attended the 50th reunion and enjoyed meeting old friends and renewing acquaintance.
HAROLD ORDWAY RUGG, well known in the field of education, passed away at his home in Woodstock, N. Y., on May 17 of a heart attack. He was born January 17, 1886, in Fitchburg, Mass., and prepared for Dartmouth at Fitchburg High School. In addition to a B.S. from Dartmouth he received the C.E. degree from Thayer School in 1909; Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1915; Pd.D. Dartmouth, 1935; and Ph.D. (Honorary) from the University of Tasmania in 1937.
After two years as instructor at James Milliken University and four at the University of Illinois, he began his life work as instructor in education at the University of Chicago, becoming assistant professor in 1918. In World War I he was in personnel work in Washington, D. C. In 1920 he transferred to Teachers College, Columbia, as associate professor of education and in 1923 was promoted to full professor, in which position he continued until his retirement in 1951.
Since then he has been writing a book entitled "Creative Imagination" which he had expected to send to the publishers this summer. He had also been a Fulbright lecturer at Ibrahim University in Cairo and a teacher in Puerto Rico. Last year Harold and his wife travelled around the world, stopping in Delhi, India, to deliver lectures at an educational convention.
In 1929 Harold published a series of 14 social science text books covering all grades from the third to senior high school. These text books combined the separate subjects of history, civics, geography, economics and sociology into one course which he called "Social Science," with emphasis placed on economics and social life instead of on politics and military affairs.
In addition to these text books Harold was the author of many books and pamphlets for adults. He was a member of the Philippine and Puerto Rican Educational Commissions in 1925, and of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Kappa Delta Pi, and of many educational associations and societies. In 1933, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of his graduation, Harold was elected to honorary membership in Phi Beta Kappa.
In 1935 Harold was given the honorary degree of Doctor of Pedagogy by the College with the following citation which said in part '"Graduate of Dartmouth College and of the Thayer School; engineer, scholar, teacher, and author; skilled in the utilization of the scientific method of investigation, broad in interest, original in thought, and lucid in exposition; by emphasizing the unity of knowledge and by redistribution of emphasis from isolated events to evolving cultures, you have more definitely related the studies of the class room to the realities of American life than had hitherto been attempted."
1909
JOHN ARTHUR SWENSON passed away at the Concord, N. H., hospital on May 9 following-several months of serious illness.
Art was born in Concord November 8, 1885, and was a life long resident of that city. He came to Dartmouth from Concord High School and played football and baseball on the freshman and sophomore class teams. His fine tenor voice enabled him to become a member of the College choir, glee club and Orpheus club. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi.
Upon graduation, Art returned to Concord and joined the family firm of John Swenson Granite Co., Inc. He was a partner in the corporation and held the title of vicepresident. He was a former director of the Hildreth Granite Co. of Boston, a trustee of the New Hampshire Savings Bank and a trustee of the South Congregational Church of Concord.
On October 18, 1913, Art was married to Katharine McFarland. They had two children, Kneeland Swenson '40 of Concord and Mrs. Lois Moore of Rye, N. H.
Survivors include his wife, son, daughter and five grandchildren. There are also two brothers Omar S. Swenson '03 and Guy A. Swenson '12 of Concord; a sister, Mrs. Walter B. Gifford of Wayland, Mass., and several nieces and nephews, among whom are John Swenson '32 and Guy A. Swenson, Jr. '42.
The class of 1909 extends its sympathy to Art's family and wishes them to know how his kindly spirit endeared him to all of us and made our various gatherings such happy ones over the years.
1910
DON HAROLD CURTIS died November 29, 1959 after a prolonged illness. He was living in Santa Monica, Calif.
He was born May 22, 1888 in Boston, Mass. His family moved to Brooklyn, N. Y., and Don entered college from Brooklyn Boys' High School. He was with us only dur ing freshman year.
His business career was a successful one with the American Thread Co., and the Summit Thread Co.
Survivors are his widow and son, Michael.
WALTER COOLEY DOUGLAS, a member of the class, who transferred to Yale University after spending freshman year with us, died on April 5. His home was in Greenwich, Conn.
He was born in New York City, December 19, 1887, and entered college from Cascadilla School, in Ithaca. He was a member of the Dramatic Club and Psi Upsilon during his year with the class.
After several years in a variety of positions, he became a stock broker and as a partner in the firm of Wayne, Hummer & Co., held a seat on the New York Stock Exchange.
He is survived by his wife, the former Helen Clarke.
1914
BURROWS BARSTOW of Daisy Hill Farms, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, died on May 26. He was born in Cleveland, August 18, 1892 and prepared for college at the University School in Cleveland. .He was with the class for one year and was a member of Delta Tau Delta.
After service in World War I, Burrows operated the Cedar-Lee Radio Co. in Cleveland and in 1947 he joined J. J. Skinner & Co., of which he was treasurer.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mildred Barger Barstow; a son, Burrows Barstow Jr. '43; and a daughter, Mrs. David O. Mills.
1918
FRED LOUIS RAU died on May 4 while fishing with a companion along Twin Creek, near Germantown, Ohio. Death was due to a heart attack.
Fred came to Dartmouth in the fall of 1914 after graduating from Turners Falls, Mass., High School. He played three years on the basketball team and was captain in his senior year, and a member of Phi Sigma Kappa. He graduated from Thayer School in 1919.
Following graduation he went to Middletown, Ohio, where until last February he was employed as a senior construction accountant for Armco Steel Corp. With his wife Carrie, he came back to Hanover two years ago for his 40th Reunion. He was a World War I veteran.
Besides his wife, he is survived by two sons, Fred N. '50 and Charles E., both of Middletown; a daughter, Mrs. Stanley Reinartz of Huntsville, Ala., and three brothers, Jacob, Albert and Carl, all of Turners Falls.
1919
DENIS TIMOTHY JOSEPH SULLIVAN passed away on May 18 in the Fitzgerald Mercy Hospital in Darby, Pa., after several years of failing health. His home was at 28 W. Plumstead Ave., Lansdowne, Pa.
Denny was born in Concord, N. H., on November 5, 1896, and attended Concord High School before coming to Hanover with the class in 1915. He was a member of Alpha Kappa and Gamma Alpha.
Denny attended the University of Pennsylvania Medical School where he received his degree in 1921 and, up to the time of his disability, practiced in Lansdowne, Pa. and nearby communities.
He was formerly an instructor in pediatrics at Jefferson Medical College, a charter member of the American Academy of General Practice, and a past president of the Delaware County Medical Society. In addition, he was public health officer of East Lansdowne and medical director of civilian defense there. He was a member of the Men of Malvern and the Holy Name Society.
He is survived by his wife Catherine, six children, four brothers, three sisters and ten grandchildren. Edmond A. Sullivan '52 is a son.
Denny was a fine citizen and doctor, highly respected in his home community, and a most loyal Dartmouth man and he will be greatly missed by all of 1919. The class extends its most sincere sympathy to the family in their sad loss.
FRANCIS FAULKNER of 4 Banks Rd., Swampscott, Mass., passed away on March 20. Fran was born in Lynn, Mass., on March 24, 1895, and attended Lynn Classical High School before coming to Hanover, where he was a member of Chi Phi.
Fran's business career was centered around Lynn, and, at the time of his death, he had retired from his toy manufacturing business.
Surviving are two sons, Frank of Pittsfield, Mass.; Alan, of Swampscott; a brother Frank, of Springfield; and a sister Mrs. Walter Marsh of Longmeadow. To them the class extends its most sincere sympathy.
1920
KELSEY CHASE BATCHELDER passed away on May 1, in Faribault, Minn. Kelsey was born in Faribault, December 22, 1894. He prepared for Dartmouth at Haverford High School but was in attendance at Dartmouth for only one year and did not return after World War I.
In 1920, Kelsey was married to Edith Olin at Rochester, Minn. Their marriage was blessed with seven children, two daughters and five sons.
Since 1923 Kelsey had operated the Hobby Hill Stock Farm at Faribault.
The Class of 1920 joins in sending sincere sympathy to Mrs. Batchelder and her family.
ELMER JACOB KOSKI passed away at his home, at 95 Seabright Ave., Bridgeport, Conn., on May 13.
Kos was born on September 30, 1897, at Pigeon Cove, Mass. and prepared for Dartmouth at the New London Vocational High School. He was with us at Dartmouth during his freshman year and thereafter took up his business career. From 1922 until 1954 he was associated with Warner-Swasey Company, and then joined the Stevenson, Jordan & Harrison group as a staff engineer.
Kos is survived by his wife, the former Margaret Shaw, whom he married in 1923 at Cleveland, Ohio; a daughter Barbara, and a son Robert '51.
HOSEA BALLOU PHILLIPS passed away on May 17 at Tucson, Ariz., after a long illness.
Bud was born at Somerville, Mass., August 14, 1896, and attended Linsly Military Institute before entering Dartmouth.
Bud, a member of Phi Gamma Delta, was one of the outstanding and most versatile athletes in our freshman class. He made his numerals in football, baseball and hockey and had he continued as a student after World War I would undoubtedly have been one of the outstanding athletic figures of our time.
In 1919 Bud started his business career with U. S. Rubber Co., followed by several years with United Motors Service, Inc., and the Paige Detroit Motor Co. of New England. In 1924 he became associated with General Motors Export Co., and remained with them until he retired in 1958. During that time he directed the General Motors office in Shanghai, was managing director for the Far East with headquarters in Bombay, director of the North European region, and finally regional director in the Pacific.
Bud was married to Leila S. Gerrish in 1920 at Melrose, Mass. Mrs. Phillips passed away in 1958. In 1944 their son Mark was killed in an airplane accident while in training in World War II. Their daughter Charity, now Mrs. David K. Wolfe of Tucson, Ariz., survives.
1922
JOSEPH GABRIEL BAUM died on May 12 at the Groton (Mass.) Inn which he owned and operated.
Joe was born December 27,. 1901, in Brooklyn, and prepared for college at Boys High School.
Following his years at Dartmouth, Joe attended Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Subsequently for more than 20 years he was in the textile business. He entered the hotel business in 1946 when he became proprietor of the Granliden Hotel at Lake Sunapee. He first conducted the Granliden as a summer resort but in 1949 he made it a year-round hotel. He bought the Groton Inn seven years ago.
Joe is survived by his wife Freida (Melrose), by two daughters, Mrs. James F. Clark of Groton and Mrs. William Reed of Boulder, Colo. The class offers its deep sympathy to his wife and family.
1923
CARL VICTOR GRANGER died on May 12 at his home on Manor Road, Greenlawn, L. I., N. Y., after a brief illness.
Carl was born in Newport News, Va., February 12, 1902 and prepared for college at Newark, N. J., High School. After graduating with his class in 1923 he received his certificate from Dartmouth Medical School in 1924 and his M.D. from New York University-Bellevue Medical College in 1927.
After practicing for some time in Brooklyn he became an attending physician at the Huntington, L. I., Hospital and surgeon for the Huntington Police Department.
Carl is survived by his wife Elena; his son Capt. Carl V. Granger Jr. '49; three brothers, Dr. Lester B. '18, Dr. Lloyd M. '20 and Dr. William R. '15. Dr. Leo Y. Granger '16 was also a brother.
1926
PAUL STUART ALLEN was "Uncle Paul" to children of his many friends. One little girl expressed it aptly - "He was a dear, dear man who will be greatly missed by all who knew him well."
Paul was in the New York Hospital for the last two of twenty operations. Ten odd years ago, he was struck by a taxi and suffered a broken leg that never completely healed. Paul never complained throughout the long ordeal - no matter the pain. He died at the hospital April 30.
Paul was born November 13, 1905, in Ford City, the son of Augustine Philip and Martha (Stuart) Allen. He came to Dartmouth from the Ford City High School. In College, he was a member of Epsilon Kappa Phi and active in the arts.
He returned to Hanover in 1929 to work in Baker Library where he made hosts of undergraduate friends.
Because of a bad heart he was turned down in the early forties by all branches of the service. In 1942, he joined the office of Naval Intelligence in Washington and as a civilian worked on invasion plans throughout the War. Thereafter, Paul-helped to build the library of the United Nations at Lake Success.
In 1948, Paul joined the Standard Oil Company (New Jersey), where he established and built one of the largest industrial reference libraries in the world. Paul was proud of this great library - as indeed he should have been.
As a bachelor, Paul busied himself with his library, the theatre and music, the College, the Class, but primarily his friends and their families. His was an active, rich life, from which he received full measure only because he contributed full measure.
Paul is survived by his mother, Mrs. Martha Allen, his brother, Eugene, and sister-in-law, Ruth - all of Ford City, Pa. A deep bond of affection existed among them. To them is extended the sympathy of all his friends and classmates who were privileged to know a gallant gentleman.
GEORGE LAWRENCE AVERY died March 26 at his home, 3840 Jones St., Sioux City, lowa, after an illness which began in 1955, and which he fought successfully until last fall.
George left Dartmouth at the close of our freshman year, and continued his education at the University of California. After graduating, he entered a long and highly successful career in the building materials field. At the time of his death, he was president of the Spalding-Avery Lumber Co., board chairman of the Lehigh Sewer Pipe and Tile Co., and vice-president of the Northern Lumber Co. He was also a past president of the National Clay Products Association; a past director of the Northwestern Lumberman's Association, and of Sioux City's First National Bank, Country Club, and Chamber of Commerce.
In World War II, he served four years as a It. commander on the USS Mississippi, most of this time in the Southwest Pacific. In the course of this highly active duty, he was awarded the Asiatic-Pacific Service Ribbon with 8 stars, the Philippine Liberation Ribbon with 2 stars, and the Secretary-of-the-Navy Unit Commendation.
Although he was with us in Hanover for just one year, George never lost his interest in Dartmouth. In his memory, his widow, Margaret, has made a generous contribution to the Baker Library's Memorial Book Fund.
1927
RICHARD JEWETT LOUGEE died on May 16 in the Memorial Hospital in Worcester, Mass., after a long illness. His home was at 24 Maywood St.
He was a' professor of geomorphology in the Graduate School of Geography of Clark University.
An internationally known authority on glaciers and glacial problems, he received national notice early in 1959 when he challenged the classic Ice Age theory, established by Louis Agassiz in the 1800's. Dick's contention was that one glacier and not four covered the North American continent during the Glacial Age. He developed this theory during years of observation and study, which took him back and forth across the country many times.
Dick was born in Maiden, Mass., February 12, 1905, the son of Dr. William Wheeler Lougee '88 and Winifred Berry. When he entered Dartmouth, in the fall of 1923, he represented the third generation of the Lougee family to enter the College.
While in college, he was a member of Alpha Tau Omega, Beta Alpha Phi, of which he was president during his junior and senior years, Cabin and Trail, and of the cross country, track, and winter sports teams. He acquired an interest in Connecticut Valley glacial history while in Prof. Goldthwait's geology classes, an interest which led him directly into his life's work.
Upon graduation he joined the Dartmouth faculty, as instructor in geology, did research for the American Geographical Society from 1929 to 1932, taught at the University of Vermont, and was chairman of the Geology Department at Colby College prior to joining the faculty of Clark University in 1948.
During 1938 he traveled extensively in Russia and took motion pictures of slave labor camps, which he smuggled back into the United States. While on active military duty in Alaska in 1948, he became the first Dartmouth graduate to fly over the North Pole. He traveled extensively in Europe, principally on geological missions, and during the academic year of 1953-1954 was visiting lecturer at the University of Oslo in Norway, on the Fulbright Program.
In addition to his Dartmouth degree, Dick received an M.A. from the University of Michigan in 1929, and a Ph.D. from Columbia in 1938. During World War II he was a research analyst for the Office of Strategic Services, and maintained his commission in the Army reserve intelligence until 1958, when he resigned with the rank of Colonel.
Dick was married to Clara Rom, in New York City, on August 31, 1936. They had one son, Gerard, born in 1939.
Dick will be greatly missed whenever the Class of 1927 gathers, his senior blazer having been a landmark at nearly every gathering of the Class over the past 33 years, and his presence something which we all looked forward to. Our sincere sympathy goes to Clara and Gerry, and to his brother Larry '29. It was our privilege to have known Dick - theirs to have lived with him.
1929
We deeply regret to report that RICHARDROGERS died on May 7 in Flagstaff, Ariz., of a heart attack after several weeks under a doctor's care for a respiratory ailment. Dick was born in Kennebunk, Maine, September 29, 1906.
Dick came to Dartmouth from Phillips Academy, Andover, and during his years in Hanover was a member of Psi Upsilon, Green Key, and Casque and Gauntlet. He was well known for his rugged play in hockey and was captain of the varsity team his senior year.
He started in business after graduation with the Gorham Co. From 1932 to 1934 he was with Black, Starr & Frost; with Procter & Gamble until 1940 when he moved to the C.I.T. Corp., where he remained until he went into service in the U.S. Armv Air Force in 1942. He spent three years in Special Services, mainly in New Guinea with the 5th Air Force, and left the service in 1945 with the rank of Captain.
On November 20, 1931 Dick was married to Ethelyn Ison, who died some years ago. Lynne was born in 1933 and Gordon in 1940. He married Dorothy Anderson on September 14, 1950, and they moved from Los Angeles to Phoenix, Arizona, in 1951 when he was appointed state manager for P. Ballantine & Sons. In 1955 he moved to Flagstaff when named manager of United Liquor Distributors. At the time of his death he was sales representative for this company throughout the entire Southwest. He was well known and highly regarded in Flagstaff and throughout the area as evidenced by the attendance at his funeral of many people from all walks of life and from distant as well as nearby places.
He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and the Flagstaff BPO Elks Lodge No. 499. Burial was in Porter, Indiana.
He is survived by his wife Dorothy; his daughter, Mrs. Herbert Edwards, Phoenix; his son, Gordon D., now stationed with the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton, Calif.; his mother, Mrs. Leon B. Rogers, and sister, Mrs. Francis B. Turner, both of Weston, Mass.; and another sister, Mrs. Baldwin Pearson of Fairfield, Conn.
With deep regret we report that GEORGE FRANK MCGARRETT died May 5, at New York Hospital of cancer of the bronchus. His home was at 145 South Mountain Rd., New City, N. Y.
George was born in New York, June 23, 1906, and graduated from Lafayette High School, Buffalo, before coming to Dartmouth and being with us for two years.
George first went to work as a radio announcer in Buffalo and has been connected with radio and television ever since. In 1929 he joined Columbia Broadcasting System in their New York studios as a producer-director; was director of program operations for CBS on the west coast from 1933 to 1935, when he returned to New York as a producerdirector for Young & Rubicam. In 1938 he moved to another advertising firm, Lord & Thomas, where he ran the Lucky Strike radio account, but returned to Young & Rubicam in 1940 as account executive and supervisor of radio production. During 1948-49 he was on the sales staff of American Broadcasting Co., but moved to National Broadcasting Co. with Pat Weaver '30 in 1949 as an executive television producer.
George married Elizabeth Mandeville on July 2, 1950. At that time, and until 1953, he was executive producer of the SaturdayNight Revue, including Show of Shows, TheJack Carter Show and All Star Revue. Following this, he was head of NBC Daytime Television. Subsequently, he become executive producer of the Perry Como Show, and from March 1959 until his death he was a program supervisor at Lennen and Newell.
He is survived by his wife Betty; a daughter, Maureen, who was born March 11, 1954; and another daughter by a previous marriage, Mrs. Frank Frasca.
1930
On May LA ERNEST MARTIN MERRILL passed away in St. Louis on May 12. Jack was with us for two years and was a member of Alpha Delta Phi, and in 1951 was president of the St. Louis Dartmouth Club.
Back in the 30's Jack held a variety of jobs with the Mississippi Valley Barge Line, rising to the position of office manager of the operating department. Since 1948, he had been president of Merrill Marine Services, marine brokers and surveyors.
Jack was a governor and past president of the St. Louis Propeller Club. He was also treasurer of the Suburban Youth Boosters of Webster Groves, Mo., where he lived at 311 South Elm Ave.
Surviving are his widow Mrs. Louise D. Merrill; a son Peter, and two daughters, Marea Louise and Martha Ellen; his mother Mrs. Ernest M. Merrill, of Charleston, W. Va., and a sister, Mrs. Robert Warner of Wilmington, Del.
1956
JOHN I. BARNETT JR. died suddenly on May 22. Slim, as he was known to most of us, had had a wisdom tooth extracted and through a highly unusual set of circumstances bacteria from the cavity entered his blood stream. He had been hospitalized for about a month and was about to undergo major surgery when he died at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D. C. Attending his funeral were: Jim Craig, Tom Rosenwald, Pete Rosenwald, Bob Danziger, and Dick Schramm '57
While at Dartmouth, John was president of Kappa Sigma, an officer of the Inter-fraternity Council, and a member of the basketball team. Upon graduation he joined the purchasing department of Ramo Wooldridge Electronics Corp., and soon after enlisted in the Army. He completed O.C.S. and served two years as a second lieutenant. He then joined the management group of Buster Brown Infants Wear Co., of Wilmington, Del., and had recently received a promotion to executive assistant to the vice-president of production. He was married four months ago to a charming girl named Sue Nicholson of Coral Gables, Fla.
Those of us who knew Slim well share with his family their grave loss. He had a singular ability to instill confidence and friendship in ' everyone with whom he associated. His sincerity, honesty and gentlemanliness were beyond reproach, and his potential for success and happiness was unquestionable.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Barnett of 11122 Cashmere Street, West Los Angeles, Calif.
Harold Ordway Rugg '08
Richard Jewett Lougee '27
