Deaths

[A listing of deaths of which word has been received within the past month. Full notices mayappear in this issue or may appear in a laternumber.]

Shepard, Frederick D. '95, July 16, 1960 Heywood, Augustine L. '99, Jan. 14 Irvin, Arba J. '02, Jan. 17 Slayton, William H. '04, Jan. 6 Wilkins, Samuel H. '05, Feb. 2 Ellsworth, Clarence E. '07, Dec. 4, 1960 Lewis, Robert P. M. '07, Dec. 13, 1960 Hill, Harold M. '11, Dec. 29, i960 Doyle, Joseph D. '12, Jan. 24 Stanwood, Barnard L. '13, Aug. 5, i960 Willand, Charles A. '14, Oct. 18, i960 Morey, Willis B. '15, Feb. 4 Pelletier, Philip H. Jr. '15, Feb. 2 Aldrich, Donald B. '17, Jan. 18 Carter, Earle L. '17, Jan. 19 Paul, Russell J. '17, Jan. 12 Holton, Richard A. '18, Jan. 20 White, Leon E. '18, Jan. 12 Bishop, Everett C. '21, Jan. 21 Blanchard, Ralph W. '22, Jan. 25 Douglas, James G. '23, Dec. 21, 1960 Meloy, John Y. Jr. '23, May 34, 1960 Merriam, Francis N. Jr. '33, Jan. 14 Erckert, Lewis F. '34, Dec. 15, 1960 Haubrich, Frederick R. '34, Nov. 4, 1960 Williamson, Percy E. Jr. '35, Jan. 30 Davis, Charles A. '38, Jan. 23 Houston, Alfred D. '38, Jan. 31 McHose, Robert E. '33, Jan. 33 Stock, George E. Jr. '37, Feb. 3 Garduno, Gerald F. '43, Jan. 21 Fitzpatrick, William A. '48, Jan. 11 Thompson, Dorothy, Litt.D. '38, Jan. 31

1899

AUGUSTINE LEDRU HEYWOOD died in Worcester, Mass., on January 14 after two years of failing health due to a heart ailment. His home was at 146 Morningside Road.

Gus was born in Bluehill, Maine, September 7, 1875, and prepared for college at the East Maine Conference Seminary. His industry and exactitude in reading, note-taking and reference filing began there, and in Dartmouth days won him the title of "Spade," a title bestowed by his companions with as much respect as humor.

After graduation, a year, as assistant in the Dean's office; next, engineering field work on Maine railroads and with the War Department in Portland; then drafting and construction in Boston, and Igter with the Government Quartermaster at Fort Barrancas, Pensacola Harbor. In 1911 he began a 30-year engagement with American Steel and Wire Co., Worcester. He became head of the drafting room, and, as appraisal engineer, kept up-to-date lists of the plant's machines, stockpiles and buildings. These estimates determined the company's insurance policy, and their record of depreciable property in connection with federal taxation.

In 1907 Gus married Leilia May Allen of Portland, who died in 1918. In 1927 he married a distant cousin, Muriel C. Heywood of Worcester, who survives him, as does his only brother, Sewall L. Heywood of Bucksport.

In later years Spade remained true to his sobriquet. He reviewed both college textbooks and lecture notes, often grubbing in second-hand bookstores for texts he had sold in college to finance new courses. He allocated successive weekdays to study of Greek, Latin, French, German, and Mathematics. He cared less and less for social contacts. Honest as he was industrious, Gus lived without illusions or pretenses. But those who knew him best saw in his heart a genuine affection for classmates and for Dartmouth.

1902

AREA. J. IRVIN died on January 17 in the Evanston, Ill., Hospital after a long illness. He was born in Chicago, August 26, 1879 and prepared for college at Lakeview High School in that city. In college he was a member of Psi Upsilon and of Casque and Gauntlet.

After graduation he entered the advertising business in Chicago, where he remained until 1928. Then he moved to Tulsa, Okla., where he was business manager of the TulsaTribune. While there he organized the first Dartmouth Alumni Association of Oklahoma. In 1935 he returned to Chicago and settled in Evanston. He retired in 1953 as advertising executive with Cresmer and Woodworth, Inc. of Chicago.

Arba was always deeply interested in Dartmouth and prided himself on the fact that his name appeared on every list of contributors to the Alumni Fund from 1916 through 1961. He was a member of the Alumni Council, 1929-34. His wife writes, "No one can ever forget Arba's pride in his college."

His first marriage was to Letitia Kee, on September 15, 1906. She died March 9, 1952. He then married Marion Abbott, widow of his classmate, Guy Abbott, on May 23, 1953. She survives him.

Arba had two children, Joan Belle Irvin, who married Prof. Walter Gale of M.I.T. and now lives in Melvin Village, N. H. His son, James Kee Irvin '35, who had to leave college because of illness, died in 1950. Mrs. Gale has two children, Thomas, now living in Kobe, Japan, and Joan, still living at home in Melvin Village. James Irvin had two sons, James, now a sophomore at Dartmouth, and John, still in school. Arba also leaves a sister, Mrs. S. Dwight Works of Plymouth, N. H.

At the 55th reunion of his class, Arba was elected class secretary to succeed Tom Barnes, and although suffering, carried on bravely until the illness which was soon to cause his death compelled him to resign in September 1960.

Tributes to his memory, received since his death, are outstanding. Here was a man whom everyone loved. His career was a most successful one and he had a host of friends wherever he lived. He was a man of great integrity and sincerity. He was outgiving, sympathetic and friendly. He never allowed the two great sorrows of his life, the loss of his first wife and of his son, to embitter his life. It was good to be with him.

There is no variation to the theme. Dartmouth can well be proud of this worthy son.

1904

OSCAR JAMES ALDRICH was born in Stewartstown, N. H., April 29, 1882 and passed away at his home 42 Park St., Stoughton, Mass., on December 29. He graduated from Lisbon, N. H., High School and entered Dartmouth with the Class of 1904 and remained two years.

He entered Boston University where he received his B.A. degree and graduated from the School of Theology in 1907. Entering the ministry, Oscar served for 56 years in churches at Stoughton, Holbrook, Brockton, Middleboro and Mansfield, Mass. Oscar's life had been enriched by his service in the ministry to the hundreds of members of parishes who held him in deep respect and affection.

Oscar married Helen F. Chubbuck of Stonehaven, Mass., on September 26, 1904. They had one daughter who passed away in 1955. Oscar is survived by his wife, three grandchildren, one great-granddaughter, a sister and two brothers.

A great source of happiness to Oscar was that his classmates at Dartmouth always remembered him as one of them. A devoted servant to the Great Master has gone to his rest. "Blessed are they who die in the Service of the Lord."

WILLIAM HARVEY SLAYTON, born in Lebanon, N. H., March 17, 1878, died of a heart attack at his home in Contoocook, N. H., on January 6. He was a graduate of Lebanon High School, Dartmouth 1904, and received an Ed.M. from Harvard in 1933.

In 1905 Bill married Marion B. Dewey of Montpelier, Vt., who survives him with three sons and two daughters, Norman T. of Bristol, Conn., Wendell D. of Dover, N. J., William H. Jr. of Chelmsford, Mass., Mrs. Richard A. Wolff of Bristol, Conn., and Mrs. Robert H. Russell of Contoocook.

Bill's whole career was in secondary school work. He taught three years in Lebanon and Claremont and for 37 years he was superintendent of schools in Rochester, Franklin, Claremont and Portsmouth, N. H., and Waltham, Mass.

Bill was public-minded and gave time and leadership to YMCA, Boy Scouts, Red Cross, Salvation Army and social welfare agencies wherever he was located. A member of Kiwanis, a Congregationalism a Republican, he was a past president of the N. H. State Teachers Association and Middlesex County Teachers Association and vice-president of the Massachusetts Superintendents Association.

During the past ten years Bill had been employed by the State Board of Education as substitute superintendent of schools in ten supervisory unions for periods of a few weeks to several months. Like Mr. Chips, Bill was held in deep respect and affection.

The Class of 1904 has lost a faithful, loyal classmate. It is with deep sorrow we record his passing. We shall cherish his memory.

1907

CLARENCE EUGENE ELLSWORTH died suddenly of a heart attack at home in Austin, Texas, on December 4.

Clarence was born at Wentworth, N. H., on April 25, 1882. He prepared at Kimball Union Academy and attended Norwich University in 1904 and 1905 and then entered Dartmouth, graduating with a B.S. degree. In 1912 he received a C.E. degree from Thayer School.

He began his career with the U. S. Geological Survey on April 26, 1907, when he was assigned to the Oregon-Washington district. From 1908 to 1913 he was active in the Alaska district and later in the Ohio Valley district. From July 1916 to April 1952 he was district engineer, first of the Arizona district and later of the Texas district from which he retired in May 1953.

During his service, Clarence designed the "Ellsworth Cable" which is now being used in sounding deep and swift rivers and observing stream velocities that previously had resisted man's efforts to gauge their turbulence. This device is furnishing basic water information to planners and operators of all important water development projects that have been constructed in Texas in the last three decades.

On September 23, 1952 the U. S. Department of the Interior presented to Clarence the Distinguished Service Award, the highest honor given by the Department; namely, a citation, an engraved gold medal and gold lapel emblem.

Ellsworth was a member of Alpha Sigma Pi fraternity, a Mason, a Rotarian, and also a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

In Washington, D. C., on October 15, 1914 he married Edna Marilla Hazen. There is one daughter Ruth Edna, a graduate of the University of Texas, now married to Malcolm Vaughn of Orange, Texas, and there are three grandchildren, all of whom survive him.

To his widow and family the Class of 1907 extends its deepest sympathy.

MERTON CLARK KNAPP died on January 6 at Concord, N. H., Hospital, after a short illness. His home was at 47 Broadway, Concord.

He leaves his wife, Mrs. Evelyn (Amidon) Knapp, whom he married April 24, 1912, three daughters and eight grandchildren. The daughters are Mrs. Olive Gurney, of Quincy, Mass.; Mrs. Janice Sawyer of Claremont, N. H., and Mrs. Lois Annis of White Plains, N. Y.

Merton was born in Newfane, Vt., on January 26, 1884, and prepared for college at Keene, N. H., High School. After graduation he spent seven years with the U. S. Reclamation Service, mainly in the western states. From 1914 to 1916 he was self-employed. Then he was employed by the New Hampshire Department of Public Works and was a member of that organization until he retired in 1954.

He was a good citizen in his community, serving as a member of the Concord School Board. He was a member of the Wesley Methodist Church and of the Men's Club of the church. He served also on the building committee, and was a trustee of the church.

He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, a past patron of the Epiphany Chapter, O.E.S., and a member of Blazing Star Lodge, A.F. and A.M.

ROBERT PARK MORRISON LEWIS died suddenly on December 13 at his home, 91 Kirk St., West Orange, N. J. He had been in the hospital with a burst ulcer a year ago but was back home after seemingly regaining his health.

Bob was born in Derby Line, Vt., on February 27, 1885. He attended Lawrence High School and entered Dartmouth with the Class of 1907. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta and Deutscher Verein. After receiving his A.B. degree he went with the E. I. duPont de Nemours Co. and became assistant sales manager of the Pyroxylin Division in charge of sales promotion. From 1922 to 1927 he operated his own agency, the Robert P. M. Lewis Advertising Co. He was also with the sales promotion department of Dixon Crucible Co., Jersey City, N. J. For a number of years he was district manager for Puro Filter Corp. of America. During the past three years he was with the Newark Museum, Newark, N. J., retiring in March 1960.

Bob has written various economic and social research papers. Harper's published a 5,000 word socio-economic article written by him during the depression. He enjoyed writing, painting, and trout fishing on Moosehead Lake, Maine. During World War II he served in the Adjutant General's Office.

On September 16, 1912 at Johnstown, N. Y., Bob married Anna Gardiner who survives him with their daughter, Susan Gardiner Lewis.

Bob was always loyal to his College and his class. He will be missed by everyone who knew him.

1908

HAROLD SAWTELLE HOBART, an expert on marble production, passed away at his home, 127 Amherst St., Nashua, N. H„ early in the morning of January 3, after an illness of over two years. Soon after attending our 50th reunion he suffered a shock from which he never recovered. He was born September 29, 1884, in Brookline, N. H., and prepared for Dartmouth at Nashua High School. He received the degree of M.C.S. from Tuck School in 1909.

In May 1909 Hobe entered the employ of the Vermont Marble Co. of Proctor, Vt. He was soon placed in the production department where he became an expert and continued until his retirement in 1939 after thirty years' service. In 1913 he was foreman of the Rutland plant; in 1915 of the Proctor plant, and in 1916 superintendent of three quarries in Florence, all in Vermont. In 1928 he took a trip to Tokee, Alaska, to inspect a quarry for the company, and in January, 1929 was made general manager of the Colorado Yule plant at Marble, Colo. While there he personally supervised the selection, quarrying and transportation to Proctor of the base of the tomb of the "Unknown Soldier," a 56-ton block claimed to be the largest block of marble ever quarried. This quarry also produced the marble for the Lincoln Memorial. He remained in charge of this plant for a year and a half, then returned to Proctor.

After his retirement in 1939 Hobe returned to his home in Nashua. From August 1956 to August 1957 he was in Glencliff Sanatorium recovering from an attack of tuberculosis, then returned to his home. He never married. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. William Labombarde, and a brother, Clayton B. Hobart, both of Nashua.

Win Griffin and Art Wyman with their wives represented the Class at a private service at his home on January 6.

1911

HAROLD MCKENZIE - died following a brief illness on December 29, 1960.

He was born in Youngstown, Ohio, January 18, 1889. He entered college from Hyde Park, Mass., High School and graduated with the class in June 1911. On May 2, 1914 he married Bertha Boas in Dorchester, Mass., who survives him.

Mike was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa. He carried into later life his enthusiasm for the College and his close friends of undergraduate days, and was a continual supporter of the College.

He became associated with the Boston Cooking School Magazine Co., publishers of American Cookery and numerous textbooks in domestic science. He became a partner and manager of the concern. About 1940 he entered the banking field with the New England Trust Co. in Boston. His next move was into retirement at his home, 61 Laurel Drive, Needham, Mass., where he was living at the time of his death.

1917

With the death on January 18, 1961 of the RIGHT REV. DONALD BRADSHAW ALDRICH the Class oF 1917 lost a truly distinguished classmate.

Don was born at Fall River, Mass., on August 14, 1892. He entered Dartmouth from Fall River Fligh School, and was a member of the Bema board, the Musical Clubs, and Psi Upsilon fraternity.

With the outbreak of World War I he enlisted in the U. S. Navy as a Quartermaster, 2nd class, and in May 1918 he was commissioned as Ensign, the rank he held at the time of his discharge on December 16, 1919.

On May 18, 1918, at Fall River, Don married Frances Learned, by whom he is survived. He is also survived by a daughter, Mrs. Suzanne Verdery, and four grandchildren. His son, William L. Aldrich, a member of the Class of 1946, died in the service in June 1946.

At the conclusion of World War I Don entered the Episcopal Theological Seminary at Cambridge, Mass., and there received a B.D. degree in 1922. In 1920 he was appointed a deacon, and a priest the following year.

Following his graduation from the Seminary, Don served on the staff of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston. He was an immediate favorite of this large and influential congregation and it was not long before he was made Rector of the Evening Congregation, a new post created for him. In spite of his busy schedule at the church, he found time to serve as Chaplain of the Massachusetts House of Representatives during 1923-1924.

In 1935 he was called to the Church of the Ascension in New York City to succeed Dr. Percy Stickney Grant who had occupied the pulpit there for thirty years. During Don's long service at this Church it became a spiritual center for thousands, in large part due to innovations which he introduced. Soon after his installation he had all door locks removed and threw away the keys, and thereafter the Church became known as "The Church of the Open Door," open day and night for prayer and meditation. He also instituted a "healing service" intended to provide solace and healing at the altar for those in need. He was greatly interested in the subject of religious education, and preached at many colleges including Dartmouth, Amherst, Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Pennsylvania State, Vassar and Radcliffe.

After twenty years of service at the Church, Don took leave of absence from his pulpit in order that he might again enter the Naval service during World War 11. For the next 29 months, with the rank of lieutenant commander, he served as assistant to the Fleet Chaplain on the staff of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz in the Pacific. While there he was elected Bishop Coadjutor of the State of Michigan, and accepted his election in a radiogram from Pearl Harbor in December 1944.

Upon completion of his Naval service early in 1945, and before going to Michigan to assume his new duties there, he returned to his pulpit at the Church of the Ascension and in his final sermon, in April 1945, warned that the Soviet Union was as great a threat to mankind as Nazism had ever been. Don had served as Bishop Coadjutor of Michigan for less than two years when ill health compelled him to resign. However, by 1947 his health had improved to the point where he was able to accept appointment as Dean of the Chapel at Princeton University, a post he occupied until he retired to his home at Dennis on Cape Cod during 1955.

Don was a trustee of Princeton University, Barnard College and the Wooster School at Danbury, Conn. He was a former chairman of the Church Congress, an organization founded by Phillips Brooks for the free discussion of theological, liturgical and similar issues. He was the recipient of honorary degrees from Dartmouth (D.D. in 1927), Kenyon College (L.H.D. in 1935), and Rutgers University (D.D. in 1938).

He was a member of the Salmagundi, Metropolitan and Century clubs.

Don was a great church leader whose personal warmth and understanding drew young and old to him. Always a liberal, his views were on occasion at odds with the more orthodox, but in his service to his country, his Church and his college, he gave unstintingly all his life. His classmates of 1917, who had looked forward to a reunion with him in June, have suffered an irreparable loss.

EARLE LINWOOD CARTER died on January 19 at his home, 131 Benedict Terr., Long-meadow, Mass., as the result of a heart attack.

Nick, as we knew him during his one year at college, was born on July 24, 1893, at Bar Harbor, Maine, and prepared for college at Bar Harbor High School.

After leaving Dartmouth he attended Harvard Business School, and on July 14. 1917 he enlisted in the Navy. During most of his enlistment he was engaged in testing torpedoes at the Naval Torpedo Station at Newport, R. I. After his discharge from the Navy he engaged in the brokerage business and at the time of his death he was a salesman for Shearson, Hammill & Co. He was a longtime resident of the Springfield area and was a member of the South Congregational Church, a Mason and an Elk.

On Tune 11, 1917, at North Adams, Mass., Nick married Marian P. Wright, by whom he is survived. He is also survived by a son, Charles, of Clifton Forge, Va., and a daughter, Mrs. Nancy Wright LeRoy, of Des Moines, lowa.

RUSSELL JOHN PAUL died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. E. James Lund, at Hopewell Junction, N. Y., on January 12, after having been ill for about a month.

Russ was born at Newport, N. H., on June 20, 1894. He prepared for college at Richards High School in Newport. After one year at Dartmouth he left to enter business as an assistant superintendent in the plant of the Peerless Manufacturing Co. at Newport. A few years later he went to Boston to work as an adjuster for the Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. Then, in 1927, he transferred to the lumber business and remained in that field for the remainder of his business career. Most recently he was manager of the G. E. Willis Lumber Co. at Manchester, Conn., where he had lived for 23 years.

Russ was a past president and past secretary of the Manchester Kiwanis club, and had served as adviser in connection with the organization of the Hopewell Junction Kiwanis Club. Also, he was past president of the Little League of Manchester, and a member of the Newport Congregational Church.

On January 8, 1918, at New Bedford, Mass., he married Helen H. Sherman, by whom he is survived. Also surviving are his daughter, Mrs. Lund, and a son, Richard S. Paul.

1918

RICHARD ARTHUR HOLTON died on January 20 in Jamaica Hospital, Queens, N. Y. His home was at 88-30 80th St., Woodhaven. The funeral services held on January 22 at the Simonson Funeral Home in Richmond Hill were attended by a host of his friends and associates. The Class was represented by Bill Christgau, George Daniels, Ernie Earley, Dave Garratt, Bob Knowles, Syl Morey, Ned Ross, Dan Shea and Roger Howland.

Dick was born in Fitchburg, Mass., July 30, 1896, and graduated from Fitchburg High School. At Dartmouth he was a member of Kappa Sigma. He enlisted in the Naval Reserve on April 30, 1917, was commissioned Ensign in the Naval Reserve Flying Corps, and served in France from August 21, 1918 to December 21, 1918.

From February 1919 to September 1931 Dick was a salesman for Kountze Bros. In 1931 he joined the East New York Savings Bank as comptroller and in 1951 he was made vice-president, handling the bond portfolio for the bank.

Dick was a member of the North Hempstead Country Club, the West Side Tennis Club, and was a member of the board of managers of the Highland Park Y.M.C.A. An ardent skier, he frequently visited Hanover during the skiing season.

Dick's love for Dartmouth was beyond: comprehension. He was a member of the Alumni Council, 1946-49 and was chairman of the Alumni Fund in 1947 and 1948. In each of these years the fund exceeded its quota substantially. He was a vigorous money-raiser, principally because of his great love for Dartmouth. He had been class agent for 1918 for over twenty years, and several times the Class won the Green Derby. The Class and the College will never forget their great debt to Dick.

On October 27, 1923 Dick married Edith Fischer, who survives him with their daughter, Mary Louise Buchanan.

LEON EDWARD WHITE died on January 12 at his home, 21 Nina St., Ormond Beach, Fla., where he and his wife had moved recently. Leon was 66 years old. A native of West Roxbury, Mass., he graduated from the Quincy High School. After graduating from Dartmouth in 1918, he went to the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons from which he graduated in 1920.

After finishing medical school, he served on the staffs of the Children's Hospital in Boston and the old Boston Floating Hospital, when it was a hospital ship. He was on the staff of the Newton-Wellesley, Faulkner and Framingham Union Hospitals. Leon was an eye, ear, nose and throat specialist and had maintained offices in Kenmore Square in Boston for many years. He was chief of ear service at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and an instructor at Harvard Medical School.

He was a member of Beta Theta Pi, of the American Medical Association, and the Exile Club, comprised of staff members of the original Floating Hospital. He lived for fifteen years in the Chestnut Hill section of Brookline and later moved to Framingham where he lived for nine years.

He leaves his wife, Villa (Dimmock) White; a son, Dr. Leon E. White 3rd, of Groton, Mass.; and two sisters, Dr. Priscilla White, member of the staff of the Joslin Clinic in Boston, and Mrs. Louise Mowbary of Quincy.

Funeral services were held at the Waterman Funeral Chapel in Kenmore Square on January 17. Richard Cooley represented our Class.

1921

EVERETT CARLYLE BISHOP, a victim of multiple sclerosis, which forced him to discontinue his medical practice in 1943, died at the Lankenau Hospital, Philadelphia, on January 21. He lived at 5922 Master St.

Born August 15, 1899 in Bethlehem, N. H., Bish attended Littleton High School. He entered Dartmouth in 1917 and the Dartmouth Medical School in 1920, which he attended for two years before enrolling in the University of Pennsylvania Medical School from which he received his M.D. in i92 .

He was a member of Gamma Delta Epsilon, Gamma Alpha, Alpha Kappa Kappa, the Hayes Agneau Surgical Society, the medical staff of the Graduate Hospital, the Philadelphia County Medical Society, and the Medical Club of Philadelphia.

Bish married Carol McCready of Baltimore on October 10, 1928. She, two daughters, Mrs. Sara Jane Ramball and Mrs. Patricia Ann Small, and a brother Harry survive him. Another brother, Charles A. Bishop '18, died in 1956. Bish was the uncle of Dr. Edward H. Bishop '34, a Philadelphia specialist in obstetrics and gynecology, who teaches at the University of Pennsylvania, and the great-uncle of David E. Bishop '62.

1922

HARLAND ALFRED CHADBOURNE died suddenly from a heart attack on October 30, 1960, in a hospital at Jacksonville, Fla. Chad and his wife Ivema had lived in Jacksonville for more than thirty years and in recent years their home had been at 1460 Avondale Ave.

Chad was born October 8, 1899, at Hartford, Vt. He prepared for college at Windsor (Vt.) High School. Entering Dartmouth with the class in 1918, he is well remembered by many friends as a friendly classmate and a good student. He was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha.

After graduation, Chad was a teacher at Laconia (N. H.) High School. He then began a career in the insurance business with the Aetna Insurance Co. of Hartford, Conn. His association with the company continued for 36 years. He became a special agent in 1935 and later was for many years Florida state agent of the company. He was also an officer of the 7 Up Bottling Co. of Daytona Beach.

He was an elder of the Riverside Presbyterian Church of Jacksonville, a member of the Civitan Club, a 32nd degree Mason, a member of Morocco Temple and the American Legion. Funeral services were at the Riverside Church and interment was in the Oaklawn Cemetery, Jacksonville.

Chad and Iverna Putnam were married September 26, 1925 at Windsor, Vt. He is survived by her, their two sons, Harland Jr. and Bruce, and two grandchildren, all living in Jacksonville.

In the loss of an esteemed member, the Class joins the family in heartfelt sorrow and bereavement.

1923

JAMES GLASS DOUGLAS passed away on December 21 at his home, 285 Genesee St., Utica, N. Y. He had been in ill health for several months.

Jim went one year to Hamilton College, then transferred to Dartmouth. His medical degree was obtained at Columbia University, where he was president of the graduating class. He returned to Utica and practiced with his father for a brief time before going on to the Universities of Vienna and Berlin for further study.

On his return he specialized in bronchoscopy, eye, ear, nose, and throat. Jim always made himself available to treat accident cases and a wide variety of emergency situations. He was always at major fires to render medical aid. He was a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

He leaves his wife, the former Alyce Bannigan.

MERWIN WILLIAM SWENSON collapsed and died of a heart attack on December 31, at a party marking his retirement as vice-president and general manager of the General Box Company's plant in Sheboygan, Wis. He had been associated with this business for 33 years in various capacities.

Swede was widely respected in business circles throughout the state. He served an unprecedented three terms as president of the Wisconsin State Chamber of Commerce. He travelled extensively throughout the state rebuilding and revitalizing the State Chamber. For these efforts he was awarded a bronze plaque in 1956.

Swede served in the army in World War I, and worked in the coal mines of southern Illinois to earn money to enter the Uni- versity of Chicago. He played football under Amos Alonzo Stagg for two years, then transferred to Dartmouth where he played brilliantly as a left guard and center. His Dartmouth College record in the 35-pound weight throw stood for 25 years. In outdoor track events he was a 16-pound hammer thrower.

On graduation, Swede joined his father in a home contracting business, becoming an expert carpenter. He then entered the employ of a Chicago bank as a mortgage appraiser. For two seasons Swede played professional football with the old Chicago Bulls of the All-American Football League.

Swede married Virginia Forbes in 1927. His survivors include Virginia; a son, John F. '50; and two daughters, Mrs. George Hutchings of Wayne, Ill. and Karen Swenson of Berkeley, Calif.

In a tribute from the State Chamber of Commerce, Swede was described as "A loving father, a thoughtful leader, a gentle man, with a quick wit and dry humor."

FRANCIS NIXON MERRIAM passed away on January 14 in Norwalk, Conn. His home was at 3 Marvin Place, Westport, Conn.

Nix left Dartmouth in 1921 and transferred to Boston University. Upon graduation in 1923 he joined the B.U. faculty in the English department. While teaching he continued studying and received his M.C.S. from Northeastern in 1924. He taught English at C.C.N.Y. School of Business for five years and then entered advertising agency work, becoming circulation promotion manager for McCall Corp. He was a long-time member of the Hundred Million Club, a direct-mail advertising organization.

Francis is survived by his wife Mildred and a daughter, Mrs. John Foley.

HORACE FREDERICK TAYLOR JR. died on Christmas Day of a heart attack at his home in Holland, N. Y. For many years Horace was a Buffalo area business executive. He was owner of Horace F. Taylor Jr. Associates, an institutional financing firm which specialized in fund-raising for churches and country clubs having expansion projects. Previous to this firm's creation he was an officer in the Taylor and Crate Lumber Co. in Buffalo. For the past five years Horace and his wife Helen had a hobby of raising chinchillas, at their Skyline Farm Chinchilla Ranch. Their home in Holland is a 150-year-old farmhouse which the Taylors had completely rebuilt.

In past years Horace did considerable broadcasting over the radio. He was a popular master of ceremonies at banquets. One of his memorable performances was an impromptu one at the 1923 Father and Son Banquet at Thayer Hall in 1956 when Horace substituted for Al Foley, scheduled toastmaster, who fell on the ice and broke his leg as he entered Thayer. His brother Chase was the famous "Colonel Stoopnagel" of radio fame, but Horace was considered by his wide circle of friends to be just as entertaining, and on some occasions in Hanover he far surpassed him.

Horace was a former president of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Buffalo.

He is survived by his wife Helen (Chadwick) Taylor; a daughter, Mrs. Sidney Robinson of Akron, N. Y.; and a son, Horace F. III '54 of White Plains, N. Y.

1924

LEWIS FREDERICK ERCKERT died unexpectedly on December 15 in West Palm Beach. Fla , where his home was at 417 Summa St.

No one could be more missed in the Southeast Florida Alumni Association, which he organized and served as its first president (with President Hopkins attending the first meeting), than Lew. He was also a prime mover in the development, over the years, of the Palm Beach Dartmouth Club, and brought some of his classmates to this area to work and live.

Lew was born August 8, 1901, and came to Dartmouth from Buffalo where he was born. Like many of us, he was married soon after graduation: June 1925, to Edith Grupe. His widow, Ruth E. Erckert, is his second wife with three children by a former marriage. He is also survived by a sister, Mrs. Roy Schagenhauf, of Dearborn, Mich.

Lew will be remembered as being a member of Cosmos Club (later Alpha Tau Omega), and as active also in the Gun Club and in pre-teaching courses. He went to Lake Worth right after graduation, and was supervisor of adult education in Palm Beach County at his death. Between those dates he held several positions as teacher-supervisor-principal in the area. He was also a special agent for the Prudential Insurance Co., since 1937. The Class's war record book shows he had a commission as Lt. Comdr. in the U. S. Naval Reserve, and had been Director of the Veterans' Service in Palm Beach County. In civic, activities. Lew was a very active leader. He was a life member of the Masonic Lodge at Lake Worth, and served as past exalted ruler of the B. P. O. Elks of Lake Worth, as a member of American Legion Post 12, and as an active member of the Wagg Memorial Methodist Church.

Memory recalls his long, dark hair combed back; his. contrasting serious manner and easy big smile; and the un-collegiate clothes many of us, from similar home backgrounds, wore. Perhaps the best compliment would be that Lew just knew what he wanted to do, professionally - and did it. He will be missed by many, both locally and in the Class, in whose name our sympathy is recorded and sent.

Another Florida alumnus, JOHN WINTHROP PROCTOR, died on December 18, equally unexpectedly but tragically a victim of fixe and asphyxiation, caused either by defective wiring or by a cigarette. His widow, Charlotte Roy Proctor, whom John married in North Adams (Mass.) in September 1930, was taken to the Jackson Memorial Hospital, badly burned and suffering from smoke inhalation. She had just previously come home from being a patient in this same hospital. John is survived by his wife and mother in Florida, and a brother, Alexis Proctor '18 of Franklin, N. H., where his ashes will be interred in the spring. A memorial service was held in Miami on December 23.

John was born April 10, 1901, in Franklin, N. H. He came to Dartmouth from Exeter Academy and was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon. After a short - career in New England, including being assistant manager of Hathaway Oil Co. in New Bedford, Mass., he went to Florida during the depression. He became owner of the Book and Bridge Shop in Miami (1930), taught at the Coburn School, Miami Beach (1934), and was head of the English Department from 1939 on. Most of his career, however, was m the Customs Service, as an inspector. He was a member of Meridian Lodge, F. & A.M., Franklin, N. H.

1925

PERCY EUGENE WILLIAMSON JR. died on January 30 at his home, 96 Hillcrest Ave., Yonkers, N. Y. He was born December 5, 1903, in New York City. Perk prepared for college at Yonkers High School. He remained in Hanover two years and in 1926 received a law degree from the New York Law School.

He began the practice of law in New York in 1927, and in 1931 joined the law firm of Williams, Verdi & Martin, specializing in trademark and unfair-competition law. He rose to a partnership in 1941. In 1952 the firm assumed the name of Nims, Martin, Halliday, Whitman & Williamson.

Perk had been chairman of the lawyers' advisory committee of the U. S. Trade Mark Association, a member of the City Bar Association, a member of the patent, trademark and copyright law section and the anti-trust section of the American Bar Association. He was former commodore of the Huguenot Yacht Club in New Rochelle, N. Y., and the Racquet Club of Yonkers.

Surviving are his widow, Janet; a son Peter C.; two daughters, Miss Anne E. Williamson and Mrs. Reynolds J. Sutherland; and three grandchildren, to whom the sympathy of the class is extended.

1929

PHILLIP HESSE GAGE died on December 28, 1060, in Manchester, N. H., where he had made his home for the past seven years at 089 Union St, A native of Lawrence, Mass., he graduated from Lawrence High School Phil's interest at Dartmouth was in the field of economics. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity.

Since graduation, with the exception or five years in the Army from 1941 to 1946, his work had been in various aspects of the furniture business - service, merchandising, purchasing, and administration. His early experience was with Paine Furniture Co., and R. H. White Co., of Boston. From 1938 to 1942 he was in business with two partners. Recently he had been associated with the Leavitt Furniture Co., of Manchester, where he had found satisfaction in rebuilding the furniture department.

Phil leaves his wife Dorothy and a brother, Frank D. Gage Jr. of Marion, Ohio.

1932

ROBERT EDWIN MCHOSE died suddenly of a heart attack at his home, 307 Market Square, Dauphin, Pa., on January 22. He was born in Reading, Pa., June 17, 1911.

Bob came to Dartmouth from Girard College, where he had been class valedictorian and had also shown a youthful interest in music. He followed this bent at Dartmouth, becoming active in the Musical Clubs, the Band and the Barbary Coast Orchestra. He was also a member of The Players and of Theta Chi fraternity.

On graduation Bob went into the oil business, and he was with the Esso Standard Co. in Harrisburg, Pa., throughout nearly all of his business career.

In November 1938 he married Helen Irene Potteiger at West Leesport, Pa. She survives him, as do their four sons, Robert E. Jr., born in 1939, William C. in 1943, Richard A. in 1945, and Terence M. in 1950.

1938

HAROLD THOMAS ALMOND RICHMOND was one of the victims of the tragic collision of two airliners over Brooklyn on December 16. He had taken the flight to preside at a Scout Cub masters' meeting. His home was at 17 Oriole Ave., Bronxvill N.Y.

Tom was born in Yonkers, N. Y., March 18, 1916 and attended Gorton High School in Yonkers. He was one of the most popular men in his class at Dartmouth. He was a member of Gamma Delta Chi, Zeta Alpha Phi, Ledyard Canoe Club and Cabin and

After graduating, Tom joined the sales department of Potdevin Machine Co. While in college he had joined the Marine Corps Reserve in 1936. He was called into active duty with the Fifth Regiment, Ist Marine Division, on August 19, 1940, as a 2nd Lt. He was promoted to Ist Lt. in December 1941' to Captain in 1942, and to Major in 1943. From January 1942 to December 1944, Tom served in the Pacific Theatre, in New Zealand, Australia, New Guinea, Guadalcanal, Peleliu and Palau. In April 1943 he received the Silver Star for "gallantry and intrepidity in action at Cape Gloucester, New Britain." In October 1944 he received the bronze star "for heroic achievement in action against the enemy on Peleliu Island ... exposing himself to hostile machine gun fire, Major Richmond led a combat patrol with skill, aggressiveness and determination, inspiring the men under his command and contributing materially to the successful conclusion of the action."

After his discharge in January 1946, Tom became vice-president of Custom-Made Paper Baa- Co. In 1958 he was made president of this company. He was a director of Potdevin Machine Co. and president of Potdevin Export Corp.

On November 8, 1947, Tom was married to Virginia Lee, who survives him with three sons, Lee M., Thomas J. R., and Peter B. He is also survived by his brother, J. Henry Richmond '31.

Tom demonstrated his devotion to Dartmouth in many ways. He had been most active in alumni affairs in the New York area and was a most generous contributor to the Alumni Fund. His Class and his College have suffered an irreparable loss.

1940

WETHERBEE LAMSON passed away on January 2, two days after his 43rd birthday, at the New England Medical Center in Boston.

A native of Lowell, Mass., he prepared at Williston Academy for Dartmouth, where he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. Upon leaving college in 1938, he entered business. In 1942 he became associated with the Fred C. Church & Co. Insurance Agency in Lowell. With time out for war service in the mountain infantry, he continued in the employ of that company until his death. His specialty was life and group insurance.

Pete was married in 1942 to the former Lucy Hawkes. They had three children, Lucy, Betsy and Peter. He is also survived by his parents and a brother Edward, of Lowell.

He had been active in charitable and civic endeavors. He was a past president of the Lowell Day Nursery and a member o£ the board of governors of the Lowell Boys' Club. In addition he had served as president of the Vesper Country Club and was a member of the Yorick Club and the Dartmouth Club of Lowell. He was a member of the First Parish United Church of Westford, where he and his family resided.

1942

GERALD FERGUSON GARDUNO passed away on January 21, at the American British Cowdray Hospital in. Mexico City after a brief illness resulting from diabetic complications. The funeral took place in his home town of Las Cruces, N. M., on January 27. He would have been 40 years old on January 22.

Jerry hailed from Albuquerque, N. M., where he attended the local schools, graduating from Albuquerque High School. He entered Dartmouth the second half of freshman year, transferring from the University of Mexico where he had played on the tennis team. As an undergraduate Jerry was a member of Sigma Chi and Dragon and held an interfraternity boxing championship as well as playing J.V. football.

Following graduation, he served with the Army Air Corps, primarily in the China-Burma-India Theater which included duty in China and over the "Hump." By 1945 Jerry had been promoted to captain and retired to inactive duty. The following year he studied law at the University of Michigan before becoming a foreign representative for Vick Chemical Co.

In the chemical industry he advanced steadily, concentrating on foreign sales, mainly in Latin America and Europe. In 1952 he became associated with Allied Chemical Co. in New York City, where he was active in the local Dartmouth Club when not on the road for Allied. Four years ago Jerry went to Mexico City as general manager for Allied Chemical International Corp. and a few weeks before his death had been offered a transfer back to Allied's home offices in New York and promotion to a high executive position.

In Mexico he was an active member of the Club Industrial, the American Club, the American Society and the Charros Association. In the last year he was instrumental in getting the new Dartmouth Club of Mexico organized and successfully launched.

He is survived by his wife Joanne and their eight-year-old son, Mark.

1946

It is with deepest sympathy that we report the death of JOHN CALVIN DUNCKLEE on January 6, in Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston. His home was at 1 Crestview Dr., Exeter, N. H.

John was born in Bridgeport, Conn., January 9, 1924, the son of Maurice J. Duncklee '02 and Ethel Page, and came to Dartmouth from Kimball Union Academy. He left school early to serve with the Army and returned after service to get his degree. He later served in the Korean conflict.

After teaching at Lebanon High School in New Hampshire, John moved on to Exeter High School four years ago where he taught and also served as assistant principal. In addition he was a member of the legislative committee of the New Hampshire Education Association.

Our deepest sympathy goes to John's wife, Janet (Cooley), and his four daughters, Barbara, Patricia, Elizabeth and Margaret; to his mother, Mrs. Ethel (Page) Duncklee of Barrington, R. I.; and a sister, Mrs. Dorothy Wyman of Concord. Services were held in the First Congregational Church in Exeter and burial was in the Meriden Cemetery.

Arba J. Irvin '02

Donald Bradshaw Aldrich '17

Richard Arthur Hoi ton '1B

Horace Frederick Taylor Jr. '23