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.]
Merrill, Charles C. '94, Apr. 1 Proctor, Charles A. '00, Apr. 14 Hall, Charles T. '03, Mar. 26 Fletcher, John S. '04, Mar. 27 Sprague, Loyal T. '07, Jan. 4, 1960 Gray, Arthur H. '11, Apr. 10 Hill, Mahlon W. '11, Mar. 27 Worton, James '12, Mar. 19 Nutt, Henry H. '13, Apr. 6 Cannon, Peter H. '15, Dec. 14, 1960 Mackie, William A. Jr. '16, Mar. 15 Zabriskie, Allan J. '18, Mar. 28 Lund, James '20, Mar. 4, 1960 Pope, Roger W. '20, Mar. 23 Halsey, Edward G. Jr. '21, Apr. 9 Strauss, Jack H. '22, Mar. 10 McKenna, Harold A. '23, Mar. 31 Larson, Leonard W. '25, Mar. 13 Lowe, Robert H. '26, Mar. 18 Toohey, Darrell N. '26, Mar. 30 Dudley, Franklin E. '29, Nov. 2, 1960 Murphy, Arthur J. '29, Oct. 8, 1960 Day, Durfee L. '31, Mar. 28 Peirce, Theodore S. '31, Apr. 1 Gilbert, Norman E., A.M. '18, Mar. 21 Peckham, Clarence I. '07th, Oct. 1960 Dickinson, Edwin DeW. '11a, Mar. 26
Faculty
NORMAN EVERETT GILBERT, A.M. '18, Professor of Physics Emeritus, died March 21 in Winter Park, Fla., at the age of 86.
Professor Gilbert was a teaching member of the Dartmouth faculty for 42 years, from 1903 until his retirement in 1945, when he was elected to emeritus rank. For the next seven years he was Visiting Professor of Physics at Rollins College in Winter Park. When he relinquished that position in 1952 he was named a consultant to the college and was also elected an honorary member of the Rollins class of 1952.
Professor Gilbert's specialty at Dartmouth was the course in electricity and magnetism, but he also did some teaching in general, elementary physics. With Professor Leslie F. Murch he was the author of Elementary College Physics (1937) and also of a laboratory manual in that field. His chief work, however, was the volume Electricity and Magnetism (1932), the third edition of which was published by Macmillan in 1952, after his retirement. A special printing of 50,000 copies of the second edition was done for the U. S. Armed Forces Institute during the war.
Professor Gilbert was special consultant in electricity and magnetism for the American College Dictionary published by Random House in 1957, and he was the author of several articles for the Encyclopedia ofChemistry published by Reinhold in 1957-At the time of his death he was working on an assignment of 45,000 words for a new kind of encyclopedia tentatively entitled TheEncyclopedia of Relative Knowledge, designed to clarify the meanings of words which are used in different senses in the various fields of knowledge.
Professor Gilbert was born December 15, 1874, in Middletown, Conn. He was graduated from Wesleyan University in 1895 with Phi Beta Kappa rank and special honors in mathematics. After taking his A.M. there the next year, he taught science and math at Cayuga Lake Military Academy and the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary before going to Johns Hopkins University for graduate study. There he was a University Scholar in 1899 and a Fellow in Physics in 1900. He was assistant astronomer with the U. S. Naval Observatory Solar Eclipse Expeditions to Pinehurst, N. C., in 1900 and to Solok, Sumatra, in 1901. Four years later, while at Dartmouth, he accompanied another expedition to Guelma, Algeria.
After getting his Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins in 1901, Mr. Gilbert became professor of physics at Hobart College and then was named assistant professor at Dartmouth in 1903. He became associate professor in 1916 and a full professor in 1918, at which time the College awarded him its honorary faculty A.M. degree. During his Dartmouth career Professor Gilbert was away for three different periods to study at Cambridge University in England and at the Sorbonne in Paris.
From 1918 to 1920 Professor Gilbert was director of a telephone school for training Army recruits. During World War II he taught physics to the Navy V-12 trainees stationed at Dartmouth, from 1943 to 1945.
He was national president of Gamma Alpha, the scientific fraternity, and in 1933 was president of the New Hampshire Academy of Science, in which role he was instrumental in founding the Mt. Washington Observatory. He was a fellow and life member of the American Physical Society and similarly of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was a member of the Florida Academy of Science, Delta Tau Delta, Sigma Xi, and the Appalachian Mountain Club. Professor Gilbert was a devotee of the outdoor life and after retiring and moving to Florida in 1945 he and Mrs. Gilbert returned to New England for the next six summers to manage the Lake Mansfield Trout Club at Stowe, Vt.
Professor Gilbert was married September 15, 1908 to the former Alice E. Macmahan of New York City. He is survived by his widow; two sons, Norman E. Gilbert Jr. of San Francisco and Richard T. Gilbert of New York City; and a daughter Doris, the wife of Karl Michael '29, the Dartmouth swimming coach.
Private funeral services were held at Winter Park.
1894
CHARLES CLARKSON MERRILL, for 67 years secretary of the Class of 1894, died at his home, 74 Kirkland St., Cambridge, Mass., on April 1, after a brief illness. He was born in Marlboro, N. H., March 3, 1872, the son of Rev. John Leverett Merrill 1856 and Mary Murphy. "C.C.," as he was universally called, graduated from Cushing Academy in 1890 and from Dartmouth in 1894.
He received his B.D. in 1897 at Yale Divinity School, and shortly thereafter assumed the pastorate of a Congregational church in Steubenville, Ohio. Five years later he was called to the pastorate of the Congregational church in Winchendon, Mass., where he served until 1911, when he entered the administrative service of the Congregationalist national organization, with which he was identified until his retirement in 1956, with his headquarters varying from Chicago, to New York, and finally in Boston.
He was chiefly engaged with the duties of pastoral supply and became in later years secretary of the New England Board supervising that activity, "finding churches for ministers and ministers for churches." He became one of the recognized "elder statesmen" of the Congregational denomination and was notably active in promoting the cause of Christian unity among the evangelical sects, which came to be his major interest through many years. Despite his not having any settled pastorate for 65 years he nevertheless preached almost every Sunday during that long period - a testimony to his sustained physical activity.
He was awarded the honorary D.D. degree by Dartmouth in 1922 and an LL.D. by Middlebury in 1932. In 1956 he received an alumni award for outstanding service to Dartmouth.
Ever since his graduation in 1894 he had served as secretary of his class, and came very close to establishing an all-time record for such extended service. Through the annual round-ups, frequently published class reports, never-failing class notes in the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, annual Christmas letters, all engineered by C.C., 1894 was one of the outstanding Dartmouth classes, in its, unity, loyalty and service to the College.
C.C.'s college fraternities were D.K.E. and Phi Beta Kappa, and he was a member of the Dragon senior society. In collaboration with his classmate, B. A. Smalley, he published in his college days an anthology of Dartmouth Lyrics. He also produced many papers and magazine articles in his church work. His was a long and Very active life, and though stricken with illness, he was able to enjoy the numerous tributes which poured in on him for his 89th birthday on March 3, and to dictate to his wife the alumni notes of his class for the April issue of the magazine.
C.C. was twice married. His first wife, Bessie Louise Nichols whom he married in 1907, bore him two sons, John Leverett '32 and Vincent Nichols '33. There are also three grandchildren, one of whom, John, is enrolled in the Dartmouth class of 1964 and who is the fifth lineal generation in Dr. Merrill's family to be enrolled in the Dartmouth undergraduate body. That must be another near-record.
After the first Mrs. Merrill's death, C.C. was married on his birthday, March 3, 1957, to Lucy Whipple Bridgman who, as well as his sons and grandsons, survives him.
At the Memorial Service, held in the First Congregational Church, Cambridge, on April 4, quiet but fitting tributes were paid to C.C., a Christian gentleman, an indefatigable worker for his Church and his College, an understanding friend with a never-failing-sense of humor. In the rush of today's life, Dartmouth may not see again 67 years of such dedicated service to all its causes.
P. S. M.
1895
FREDERICK DANA SHEPARD died at the Shaw Hospital in Lowell, Mass., on July 16, 1960.
He was born in Lowell, September 2, 1873 and was educated in the Lowell schools. At Dartmouth he was a member of DKE.
Returning to Lowell he became the proprietor of a tobacco store. Quiet and reserved, he never took part in College or class activities. He never married, and so far as is known, there are no survivors.
1904
JOHN STORRS FLETCHER, one of Chattanooga's most prominent attorneys and civic leaders, died in a local hospital on March 27, after an illness of several weeks. His home was at 1009 East Brow Rd., Lookout Mountain, Tenn.
John was born January 13, 1879 in Shelby, Ala. When John was five years old the family moved to Chattanooga. He graduated from the Chattanooga High School. At Dartmouth he was one of the top scholars of the College, graduating with Phi Beta Kappa honors and as Rufus Choate Scholar and Commencement Speaker. He was a Rollins prize speaker, Class of 1866 prize speaker, debater, and a member of Chi Phi.
Coming to us from South of the Mason Dixon Line, John became for us New Engenders the typical "Southern Gentleman," modest, gracious, friendly, lovable. At graduation John's classmates knew he had caught the full meaning of Dartmouth College, its history and its traditions.
After graduation John took his law degree from the University of Chattanooga, and in 1906 was admitted to the Bar. He became a member of the law firm of Strang Fletcher Carriger and Fletcher, one of the oldest and most distinguished law firms in Chattanooga. For 40 years he was a trustee of Dillard University of New Orleans (a college for Negroes), trustee for many years of the McCallie School of Chattanooga, member of the Board of Education of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and president of the Board of Trustees of the First Methodist Church of Chattanooga. He was general counsel of the Chattanooga Manufacturers Association, director in several of the corporations in the City, a former professor in University of Chattanooga Law School, member of the American, Tennessee & Chattanooga Bar Associations, Chi Phi, Kiwanis and member of the Constitutional Convention of Tennessee.
On June 18, 1907 John married Augusta Converse, who survives him with a son, John Storrs Fletcher Jr., and two daughters, Mrs. Helen Carrigan and Mrs. Martha Brodnax, and six grandchildren.
John lived a full life, giving of his best to his family, his church, his community and his state, a man who had won the highest esteem from his fellow citizens, a devoted husband and father. His classmates of Dartmouth share with his family deep and profound sorrow. We loved him too — we are proud it was our privilege to have shared his friendship for over 60 years.
1908
HARRY KNOX ROGERS of Suncook, N. H., president of the Suncook Bank and prominent in state and local affairs, passed away on March 10, after an illness of more than a year.
He was born in Bow, N. H., May 11, 1886, and prepared for Dartmouth at Pembroke Academy and Concord High School.
Following graduation he entered his father's firm of Davis, Rogers and Co. of Suncook, lumber manufacturers, and had been a partner in Pettingill and Rogers since 1912, and in 1930 became treasurer and general manager of the Batchelder and Worcester Corp., box shooks. He was also president of the Harry K. Rogers Insurance Agency, Inc. He became a director of the Suncook Bank in 1922 and its president in 1930, and held these offices until his death.
Because of his experience in the lumber industry he was appointed in 1929 the Democratic member of the State Forestry Commission and was chairman of the State Forestry and Recreation Commission from 1952 until his resignation last summer. He was president of the New Hampshire Lumber Manufacturers Association from 1927 to 1930 and Merrimack County vice-chairman and a life member of the Society for Protection of New Hampshire Forests.
In local affairs he was a selectman of Pembroke for two years, representative to the State Legislature and to the Constitutional Convention. He was prominent in Masonic circles, having attained the 32nd degree in Bektash Temple of the N. H. Consistory and had been a 50-year man and past master of lower lodges. He was also a member of the I.O.O.F., and the Loyal Order of Moose. He was a member of the Suncook Methodist Church and a former member of the Concord Kiwanis Club.
Members of the family surviving are his wife, the former Josephine Putney whom lie married on July 28, 1908; a son, Keith 35 of Pembroke; a daughter, Mrs. Jean Enge of Pembroke; and three grandchildren.
Private funeral services were held on March 13. Ralph Sherburne and Sydney Ruggles represented the Class and were two of the bearers.
1909
JOHN JOSEPH MARRINAN passed away on March 12, 1959 in Washington, D. C. He had been in ill health for several years.
Jack was born in Boston, December 23, 1886, and came to Dartmouth from Woburn High School and remained two years. While in Hanover he was a pitcher on 1909's freshman team and a member of the .varsity squad. He transferred to Wesleyan and graduated there in 1909.
He taught at Pinkerton Academy and coached baseball for a few years following graduation. He then entered the newspaper field and was the Washington correspondent for the Boston Herald for several years.
He became an official with the U.S. Department of Commerce and served in Brazil and Yucatan. Upon returning to the States, he became a consultant to the Anaconda Copper Co. with offices in Washington. He also served as a consultant to the National Security Resources Board.
In 1927 he was secretary of the U.S. Board of Mediation. He also served as secretary to the Department of Commerce and Railroad Wage Board. In 1933 he was an economic adviser to the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency.
He was closely associated with the political life in Washington during the Wilson, Harding, Coolidge and Hoover administrations and knew the Massachusetts senators and representatives of that era well.
He is buried in George Washington Cemetery, Hyattsville, Md. He is survived by a sister, Mary Marrinan of 50 Winn St., Woburn, Mass.
1911
WALTER PERCIVAL GREENWOOD died on February 27 in Saint Vincent Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio, after a long illness resulting from a stroke.
He was born in Columbus, Ohio, November 17, 1885, graduated from Hough School and East High School where he played football and was president of his class. At Dartmouth he was on the football squad and a member of Alpha Delta Phi.
As a youth, Walter had a yearning to go into business for himself so that after graduation he spent five or six years with various real estate firms to obtain a working background. He did business under the firm name of Walter P. Greenwood and as Realty Administration, Inc., specializing in business properties, consulting and appraising. He owned several properties around East 9th Street and Euclid Avenue, and also managed downtown buildings for many years.
Walter's biggest contributions to Cleveland were in the vital city problems of mass transportation and parking, to which he devoted time and energy. For twenty years he worked to make the Chester Avenue Extension a reality. He was a respected member of the Cleveland Building Owners and Managers Association, the Cleveland Real Estate Board, the Metropolitan Cleveland Development Council and was vice-chairman of the transportation panel of the Cleveland Automobile Club. He was an effective promoter of the Memorial Shoreway and the Inner Belt Freeway. A part of his plan for the development of a rapid transit system was the proposed Medina Freeway.
In 1949 he was voted the Annual Award of Merit by the Building Owners and Managers Association for his untiring devotion to enhancement of property values, improved mass transportation and intelligent traffic and parking regulations.
He is survived by a son, Walter R., and a sister, Miss Marie Greenwood. His wife, the former Mary Armour, died in 1953.
RILEY TILTON YOUNG joined his departed classmates on February 18, 1961. Poor health unfortunately had been his lot for many years. He was forced to retire in 1931 when he was stricken with tuberculosis and spent three years in the Nassau County Sanatorium. With his health improved he returned to his old home in Littleton, N. H„ where he lived until his death, continuing to carry on his profession of civil engineering.
Riley was born in Littleton, August 1, 1889. He entered Dartmouth from Littleton High School, received the B.S. degree in 1911 and his C.E. from Thayer School in 1912.
He was associated as an engineer with H. S. Ferguson & Co. of New York City until his retirement. He held membership in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, was a deacon in the local Congregational Church, and a 32nd degree Mason.
In 1917 he married Dorothy Lincoln in Montreal. They were divorced in 1934. Two sons, Tilton F. and Robert L., and four grandchildren survive.
Masonic funeral services were held in the Congregational Church and burial was in the Glenwood Cemetery.
1916
WILLIAM ARTHUR MACKIE JR., known to his classmates in 1916 and to Dartmouth men of many classes as "Fat" Mackie, passed away peacefully as the result of a cerebral incident on March 16 at his home, 75 Sea View Ave., Pawtucket, R. I. Born in Providence October 5, 1895, he had been a resident of Pawtucket Neck, Cranston, R. I., for 35 years.
In college Mackie was a member of Theta Delta Chi, Dartmouth Dramatic Club, College Orchestra, The Lambs, The Arts, and Sphinx. After graduation he served as a private in the A.E.F. from 1917 to 1919, with battery B, 103rd Field Artillery. He was a member of Roger Williams Lodge, F. & A.M., and of the National Textile Association.
He was president of the old Mackie Worsted Mills Co. of Allendale, R. I., for thirty years before that firm's removal to Sumter, S. C., when he became treasurer of the succeeding firm, Mackie Spinning Co.
He married Alice Lanphear in 1925 and is survived by her and two sisters. Funeral services were held in Providence, with representatives of his Dartmouth class and other classes present.
HOWARD BRUCE PARKER died on February 12 of a cerebral thrombosis, at his home, 41 Linden St., Falmouth, Mass. Funeral services were held in Wellesley, Mass., on February 15. The class was represented by Rod Soule, Ed Stanley, Bert Phinney, Sam Cutler and Alec Jardine. Other Dartmouth alumni present were Spike MacIntyre, Ed Ferguson and Ed Stanley.
Howdy was born in Somerville, Mass., July 25, 1893. He prepared for college at Somerville High School and entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1912. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta and served on the committee in charge of constructing the new Delt house. After graduating with the Class of 1916 he continued his studies at Thayer School, from which he received the degree of C.E.
During World War I he served as a lieutenant with the Ordnance Department of the Army. He then joined the building construction industry and subsequently owned and operated a dairy farm for many years in the greater Boston area. After his retirement he lived in Falmouth. He was a 32nd Degree Mason and member of Massachusetts Consistory.
He is survived by his wife, the former Isabella Whitcomb; his son Bruce '50 and two grandchildren; his brother, Otis Parker; and two sisters, Helen L. Pearson and Gladys M. Parker.
Following cremation, he was interred at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
1920
ROGER WELLS POPE of 52 Bay View Dr., Swampscott, Mass., was stricken with a heart attack while on a business trip to San Francisco and passed away on March 23 at the C. H. Moffitt Hospital in that city.
Rog, son of the late James Myron and Anna Wells Pope, was born in Swampscott where he attended school prior to entering Dartmouth. In World War I he served with the rank of lieutenant, in the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps.
Rog was president of the F. W. Webb Manufacturing Co. of Boston, the F. W. Webb Co., Inc. of Nashua, N. H., and the Robbins Gamwell Webb Corp. of Pittsfield, as well as owner of Philbrick & Pope of Swampscott. At one time he was president of the J. B. Blood Co. of Lynn and president of the Plumbing and Heating Wholesalers of New England. He also was a director of the American Institute of Supply Associations.
A longtime member of the Rotary Club of Boston, Rog also was active in the affairs of the North Shore Dartmouth Club. In addition he did a great deal of work for retarded and crippled children's organizations. He was a member of the First Church, Congregational, in Swampscott and the Centre Congregational Church in Hillsboro, N. H.
Rog is survived by his wife, the former Marjorie Hart, whom he married in 1923; a son, John D. '54 of Marblehead; two daughters, Mrs. Richard H. Southwick of Beverly and Mrs. Lawrence C. Switzer of Boston; and a brother, Francis M. '31 of New Bedford.
One of the most loyal and generous members of the Class, Rog's death comes as a great blow to all '20 men and to the College. He had served as class treasurer and as an officer of the North Shore Dartmouth Club, and was always ready to contribute his time, his energy and his substance to Dartmouth enterprises.
1921
An attorney since 1925, long active in Republican politics, prominent in many civic and fraternal groups, EDWARD GOSHMAN HALSKY JR. died unexpectedly at his home, 50 Oakridge Parkway, Peekskill, N. Y., on April 9 following a heart attack. A former city supervisor, police justice, and corporation counsel, he specialized mainly in real estate and surrogate cases.
Born in Peekskill. June 25, 1899, the son of the late Edward G. and Mary Wallace Jacobus Halsey, Gos was graduated from Peekskill Military Academy in 1917 and from Dartmouth in 1921. Columbia gave him his LL.B. in 1924. Admitted to the New York state bar in 1925, he practiced law in Peekskill the rest of his life. In so doing, he followed in the footsteps of his father who practiced from 1882 until his death in 1920.
For many years on the Board of Water Commissioners, Gos also served as president. He was at one time a member of the board of trustees of the Field Library and attorney and vice-president of the Peekskill Savings Building and Loan Association. He was also vice-president of the Lockwood Motors Inc. A trustee and treasurer of the Peekskill Military Academy, he was a member of the Hudson Valley Yacht Club and a past president of the Peekskill Rotary Club and belonged to the Courtlandt Lodge, No. 34, F. and A. M.
At Dartmouth, Gos played varsity baseball and joined Sigma Chi and Sphinx.
On June 30, 1925 he married Frances Apgar of Peekskill, and their son Edward G. Halsey III was born November 5, 1933. He is survived by his wife; his son, of Mount Kisco; one brother Rensselaer Halsey '25 of Peekskill; and two sisters. Mrs. Margaret Garrison of Peekskill, and Mrs. Carl B. Day of Dobbs Ferry.
1922
JACOB HECHT STRAUSS died on March 10 at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. Jack and his wife Lillian have made their home in recent years at 107 Puritan Lane, Swampscott, Mass.
Jack was born October 12, 1899, in Boston. Following preparatory education under the guidance of private tutors he entered Dartmouth with our class. At college he was a friendly, highly regarded student with zealous interest in music and the arts.
Following graduation he became associated with Slayton Learoyd, Inc., Massachusetts Investors Trust, and Massachusetts Distributors, Inc. Subsequently he went with Leopold Morse Co., becoming a director and treasurer of the company in 1938. He continued with Leopold Morse until 1953 when the business was sold. He then became executive secretary and comptroller of the Middlesex Chapter, National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, and continued there until his retirement in 1959.
Jack took great interest in music. He led many concerts as the conductor of civic symphony orchestras. He was director of the Cambridge Symphony and the Arlington Philharmonic Society. He was actively interested in the St. Cecilia Society of Boston. The Dartmouth family in Boston happily recalls the memorable evening at Symphony Hall when Jack conducted the Boston Pops Orchestra through a repertoire of Dartmouth music.
His philanthropy evidenced his interests in education, culture and music. His beneficiaries include Dartmouth College, where his bequest is to be used for the advancement of the creative arts in the life and work of the College, including bringing visiting practitioners of the arts to the campus and the acquisition by loan or purchase of art works to be used in the college program.
Jack is survived by his wife, Lillian, with whom his classmates and his many friends join in deep bereavement.
1923
HAROLD AUGUSTUS MCKENNA passed away at the Springfield, Mass., Hospital on March 31 after a brief illness caused by a coronary thrombosis. His home was at 32 East Hooker St., Springfield.
Mac was born in Lynn, Mass., November 29, 1898. After graduating with our class he received his C.E. degree from Thayer School in 1924. He had been a resident of Springfield for forty years, where he was a civil engineer with T. A. Pearson Associates.
On June 22, 1935 Mac was married to Beatrice Rivard, who survives him, with a brother, Charles M. McKenna '26, and six sisters.
1925
It is with deep regret that we report the sudden death of LEONARD WILDMAN LARSON on March 13, as the result of a heart attack. Lenny and his wife had left their Evanston home on a vacation trip to New Orleans. On arrival in Elkhart, Ill., he complained of being ill and was taken to the St. Clara Hospital in Lincoln, where he was pronounced dead. His death was even more lamentable because of his having been married only three months.
Lenny was born in Chicago, May 9, 1902, and prepared for Dartmouth at Nicholas Senn High School. He withdrew in the spring of 1923 and later graduated from Kent College of Law. He was a member of Sigma Chi and Phi Delta Phi. In 1927 he joined the James H. Kemper Mutual Insurance organization, serving successively as manager of the Auto Club Service, New York, and in the Business Extension Department before joining the National Risks Department and becoming third vice-president of Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Insurance Co. and American Motorists Insurance Co.
During World War II he advanced from the rank of lieutenant to major in the U. S. Army Air Corps.
In spite of having withdrawn from college during his sophomore year, Lenny remained a devoted son of Dartmouth until the time of his death. Our deepest sympathy is extended to his wife, the former Barbara Young Swanson, a stepdaughter, Penny Swanson, and his aunt, Katherine K. Wildman.
1931
ROBERT EDWARD PARK was killed in an automobile accident near Dyer, Tenn., on July 7, 1960. His home was at 603 High St., Trenton, Tenn.
Bob was born in Kirksville, Mo., May 31, 1910 and attended the Peabody, Tenn., High School. He was with the class two years and later received an LL.B. degree from Southern Law University.
Besides his private practice of law, Bob had invented a new and revolutionary internal combustion engine. He served in the Navy during World War II in the communications and intelligence sections. He was a skilled bridge player and won many championships in the South.
Bob is survived by his wife, the former Martha M. Jones, a son Raymond and a daughter Roberta Anne.
1932
ELFSTROM VICTOR JOHNSON died unexpectedly at St. Joseph's Hospital in Lowell, Mass., on February 27. Born in Lawrence, Mass., February 6, 1910, he lived nearly his entire life in New England. He prepared for college at Phillips Academy, Andover, and after graduation from Dartmouth returned to make his home in North Andover. For the past twenty years he lived at 18 Jordan Rd., West Chelmsford, Mass.
At Dartmouth Johnny was active in The Players and was a member of KKK fraternity. On graduation from Tuck School he tried his hand at various jobs, finally settling down with the George C. Moore Wool Scour- ing Mill, spending twenty years of his career with that firm. For the past two years he was associated with the Nyes Jap-Enamelac Co.
Johnny is survived by his wife, the former Marie K. Driscoll; his mother, Mrs. Frank E. Johnson; and two brothers, Frank E. Jr. of Roslyn, Pa., and Waldemar '35 of Kewanee, Ill.
1937
HAROLD BROWN EVANS passed away on February 20 at the Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton, Mass. His home was at 10 College Rd., Wellesley.
Hal was born in Hudson, N. Y., January 18, 1914. He entered Dartmouth from Newton High School, Newtonville, Mass. A member of Phi Sigma Kappa, he found an outlet for his love of sailing as commodore of the Dartmouth Corinthian Yacht Club, 1936-37. Immediately after graduation he joined Commander Donald B. MacMillan on the Bowdoin for three expeditions to the Arctic during the summers of '37, '38 and '39.
During World War II, Hal served first in the Coast Guard, and then as marine master, Army Transport Service. He moved to Los Angeles after the war and was active in several enterprises there. In 1954 he moved back to Wellesley, where he occupied his time writing and lecturing on the Arctic.
Hal leaves his widow, Gail Ross Evans, and a daughter, Mrs. Ronald Balch of Lyme, N. H. The Class extends its deepest sympathy to them both.
1948
WILLIAM DENNIS TERRY passed away on December 9, 1960 after a three-month illness, in the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Bill was a native of Dorchester, Mass., and had come to Dartmouth from the Boston Latin School. He majored in English and was particularly active in the Dartmouth Players. During his college career he appeared in several productions. Bill will be remembered by his college friends for his quick wit and pleasant smile.
After college Bill found his way into the advertising business in New York. For several years he worked in the Print Media Department of McCann-Erickson. In 1959 he became ill and after an operation at the Massachusetts General Hospital he returned to New York and joined a comparable department with the Kudner Advertising Agency in the spring of 1960.
Bill was not married and the Class and his college friends extend their deepest sympathy to his father, Dr. D. L. Terry, and his sister, Mary Terry, both of 59 Kensington Rd., Weymouth, Mass.
Prof. Norman Everett Gilbert, A.M. '18
Charles Clarkson Merrill '94
Harry Knox Rogers '08
