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.]
Stillings, James V. '93, May 12 Williams, Chester F. '98, June 9 Roby, Harrison G. '04, May 23 Brown, Frederick H. '05, March 14 Waring, Dwight S. '06, May 16 Peattie, Clarence G. '10, July 5, 1960 Harris, Frederick H. '11, June 7 Conners, John F. '14, May 29 Wheatley, George D. '14, May 20 Folan, Leo M. '15, May 20 Smith, Harold L. '15, May 17 Lincoln, Carl K. '16, June 11 Bomgardner, Henry I. '17, May 12 Steele, Howard L. '17, May 24 Alden, Leon V. '18, June 7 Allen, Walter L. '19, June 5 Hayes, Clifford B. '19, May 22 Powell, James C. '20, June 15 Carter, Rupert A. '21, Sept. 30, 1959 Maroney, Walter K. '23, June 20 Record, Donald L. '28, May 30 Wilkinson, Wesley A. '30, June 19 Spitler, D. Kirk '34, May 19 Atkinson, Fred M. '35, May 7 Smith, Arnold '38, Nov. 20, 1960 Kidder, Henry B. '43, May 13 Joslin, Perry E. '96m, June 3 Lewis, Frank E. '12m, June 1 Curran, Edwin R. '22m, May 31
Faculty
Louis PAUL BENEZET '99, Professor of Education, Emeritus, was born March 21, 1878 in Lynn, Mass., son of Gustave Pierre Benezet, French-born watchmaker, and Ella Walsh, Boston musician. Entering Peoria, Ill., High School in 1891, Louis resolved to teach; for seventy years he lived in unswerving dedication to that resolve.
At Dartmouth, Benny knew everybody, tried everything from whist to hammer throwing, joined Alpha Delta Phi, won Latin prizes, graduated Phi Beta Kappa, received an A.M. in 1903. From Evansville College, 1924, and Jackson, 1959, respectively came an honorary Pd.D. and Litt.D. He was 1899's class secretary, 1924-1929.
Before marrying Genevieve Tomlinson, June 29, 1907, Louis had taught in Peoria High School, Lawrence Academy, St. Paul's School, and Oakland Park, Ill. Then came notable service in La Crosse, Wis., 1907-1916, the last seven years as superintendent; likewise, 1916-1923, in Evansville, plus membership on the Indiana Board of Education; 1924-1938 superintendent, Manchester, N. H.; 1938-1948 at Dartmouth, becoming in 1942 Professor of Education and chairman of that department, while sharing with the faculty of that war period a novitiate in calculus, analytic and descriptive geometry. Compulsory retirement at 70 catapulted Benny, now professor emeritus, into new adventures at Bradley University, Evansville College and Jackson College, Honolulu. With facility and enthusiasm he served as either curriculum consultant or professor-at-large.
Increasingly, he concentrated on his unorthodox conviction that Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, actually wrote the works attributed to Shakespeare. His 1958 book, The Six Loves of Shake-Speare, offered an ingenious analysis of the Sonnets to support Oxford's claim. A second book, ready for publication, continues the provocative debate. Benezet as president of the "Shakespeare Fellowship of America" was certainly no mere figurehead.
Benny's Shakespeare work was his hobby. His life purpose was teaching - teaching "All the Children of All the People," to use his title for one major lecture. This Catholicism of interest led naturally to correspondence with persons of all ages and backgrounds. In Honolulu he instinctively joined the Church of the Crossroads because its membership proportions matched the ethnological make-up of the Islands' population. His lectures covered many subjects and varied audiences, including the League of Nations Association. His marvelous memory for persons, facts, incidents, made him a fascinating speaker, on the platform or in conversation. He served on staffs surveying the competency of university teaching, as at Wisconsin, or the methods of educational boards, as in Philadelphia and New York. Laborious editorial demands came from projects like the Sanford-Gordy Historical Maps, or the New World and Grolier Encyclopedias.
When this man lacked the right school text, he wrote one himself, whether TheStory of the Map of Europe for the grades, or The Story of Society, adapted later for adult classes. His system for delaying formal arithmetic until seventh grade, thus permitting more adequate English training, was first developed in Manchester schools and is now used in New York.
Louis Benezet's death May 2, 1961 followed a stroke in i960 and another last February. Services over the ashes occurred at the Church of the Crossroads; interment will be in Hanover later. Besides ten grandchildren, survivors are his wife Genevieve, invalided in Maunalani Hospital, and three children: Genevieve, wife of Richard D. Butterfield '30, Connecticut architect; Roger P. '32, Honolulu architect; and Louis T. '36, president of Colorado College.
Benezet, the teacher, is ineffaceably stamped upon the minds of thousands of grateful students. Benny, lifelong friend and companion, is as indelibly stamped upon the hearts of Ninety-Nine.
K. B.
1893
JAMES VINTON STILLINGS died in Elliot Community Hospital, Keene, N. H., on May 12. His home was in Surry, N. H.
He was born in Keene, April 10, 1872, was a member of the Chandler Scientific Department at Dartmouth for a year, and was a member of Phi Zeta Mu.
Returning to Surry, he engaged in farming for the remainder of his life. He served his town in many capacities - selectman, town clerk, a member of the Reed Free Library Association, chairman of the Liberty Loan Drive in World War I and of the Elliot Community Hospital Building drive for Surry.
In 1907 Mr. Stillings was married to Grace Wilcox, who died in February. He is survived by three sons, Hollis V., Frederick L. and William C. Stillings.
1896
The death of Louis SHERBURNE COX in Lawrence, Mass., on May 12 "removed a great jurist from a state that has bred so many great jurists." His home was at 7 Lowell St.
Born in Manchester, N. H., November 22, 1874, Louis Cox followed his brother, Guy Wilbur Cox '93 to Dartmouth and it is perhaps from this that lie acquired the nickname of "Twoth." They were to be followed by Channing Harris Cox '01, who rounded out the triumvirate which was to bring such great honor to Dartmouth.
A member of Phi Beta Kappa, Louis Cox "was fearful that people might get the impression that while I was in college I did nothing but study." Actually, there were few campus activities in which he did not take an active part - member of the freshman football and baseball teams, member of the Glee Club four years and its leader senior year, chorister for the Chapel Choir, member of the White Church quartet, active in dramatics, manager of the track team, frequently called in by Dr. Tucker to act as an emissary in student-faculty disputes, an editor of The Dartmouth - "there were few dull moments." His fraternity was Kappa Kappa Kappa. He spent his summers working in hotels in the White Mountains and covered the west side of the mountains for "Among the Clouds" for the Associated Press.
After a year at Harvard Medical School, Mr. Cox transferred to Boston University where he received his LL.B. degree in 1899. Boston University honored him with an LL.D. in 1936 and Suffolk University with a J.S.D. in 1950.
Entering private law practice in Lawrence, he was a member of the Massachusetts Senate in 1906 and postmaster of Lawrence, 1906-14. He served as district attorney, 1916-18, and in 1918 he was appointed by Calvin Coolidge to the Massachusetts Superior Court. He was elevated to the Supreme Judicial Court in 1937 where he served with distinction until his retirement in 1944.
An outstanding trial judge, a reformer of administrative procedures, he was the father of the pre-trial system in Massachusetts, an instrument for shortening and simplifying litigation, widely copied by other states. He had served as president of the state Bar Association and was a member of the Judicial Council. As chairman of the Judicial Survey Commission he endeavored to make the judicial system more responsive to the state's needs. Prominent in the civic and fraternal life of Lawrence, he maintained throughout his life close contact with the affairs of his community, which paid tribute to him on many occasions. For many years Judge Cox had operated a large dairy farm in Methuen and was exceedingly proud of his champion Guernseys.
On October 20, 1902 Judge Cox was married to Mary Fieles who survives him with a daughter, Dorothy Cox, a son, Randall T. Cox '26, and a brother, Channing H. Cox '01.
Flags on public buildings in Lawrence flew at half staff and the notable delegations attending the funeral gave testimony to the fact that a great citizen had died.
1897
WALTER FREDERIC KELLY, the oldest general practitioner of medicine in Indianapolis, died at his home, 6845 E. Pleasant Run Parkway on March 1.
He was born in Bradford, Mass., January 13, 1874. At Dartmouth, where he was a member of Theta Delta Chi, Dr. Kelly's football prowess led to the career he was to follow for the next few years - director of athletics (or football coach) first at Texas University, 1897-99, and then at Butler College in Indianapolis, 1899-1905. During the latter period he also studied medicine at Indiana Medical College where he received his M.D. in 1906. He immediately started practice in the Irvington section of Indianapolis where he remained until his death.
Dr. Kelly had served on the staffs of nearly all the hospitals in Indianapolis and had held the most important medical positions in the state, including the presidency of the Indiana Medical Association and of the Marion County Medical Society, and served as a member of the House of Delegates of the Indiana State Medical Association for eight years. He was a senator in the Indiana General Assembly, 1946-50. During World War I he was a Captain in the Medical Corps. For many years he was a deacon in the Irvington Presbyterian Church. Always active in Dartmouth affairs in Indianapolis, he was president of the Dartmouth Club of Indiana, 1924-27.
On September 12, 1901, Dr. Kelly was married to Mary L. Drury who died in 1938. On November 6, 1946 he was married to Ella Nevins who survives him with his daughter Frances (Mrs. Munroe S. Carrington).
Dr. Kelly had a warm and engaging personality, a quick and ready wit, and "made everyone feel better for having been with him."
1904
HARRISON GEORGE ROBY of 3647 Veazey Street, N.W., Washington, D. C., died of a heart attack at his home on May 23.
Bill was born in Portland, Oregon, January 9, 1883. The family moved to White-water, Wis., when Bill was a child and he came to Dartmouth from Whitewater High School.
In college he was a brilliant scholar and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and was a member of Theta Delta Chi and Dragon. Upon graduation from Thayer School in 1906 he was located in Wyoming, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania, building water power plants until, in 1912, he became City Manager of Alpena, Mich. It was while there he met and married Orra N. Johnson.
1916 found Bill in Washington in charge of field work on a $6,000,000 Army and Navy Office Building and he designed and built the water supply system and barracks for the Quantico Marine Base in Virginia. In 1918 he was commissioned a Lieutenant Commander in the Navy. This commission was one of seven awards out of 7800 applications.
In December 1918 Bill was transferred to Philadelphia as Assistant Chief Public Works Officer of the Fourth Naval District. After his discharge from the Navy in 1919, he joined the Nugent Construction Co. as general manager with offices in New York City and acted as consultant for the United States and Canadian Joint Board of Engineers on the development of the St. Lawrence River for water power.
From 1922 to 1939 Bill was Chief Hydro Engineer for the Byllesley Engineering Co. He designed and supervised construction of the largest propeller type water power plant in the United States at Louisville, Ky., on the Ohio River and later was consultant engineer at the Denison, Texas, power plant and on power development on the Tennessee River and Mission Valley. From 1944 to the time of his death he was Chief Engineer of the Hydro Power Branch of the U. S. Army.
He was the author of several important papers and reports of note. Bill was a life member of the U. S. Society of Engineers, a member of the Cosmos Club, and chairman of the Board of Trustees of All Souls Unitarian Church.
Bill is survived by his wife, Orra, and two sons, William J. Roby '38 and John J. Roby.
Your secretary has sent to Mrs. Roby and family the respect and sympathy of the Class. Few members of 1904 have had a full appreciation of the tremendous job Bill has done in the field of hydroelectric power or of the great responsibilities he carried for many years. As classmates we salute his memory. We held him in deep affection.
1906
DWIGHT STOWE WARING was born in Fall River, Mass., December 18, 1882 and died in the same city on May 16, 1961. His home was at 274 Lincoln Ave.
After graduating from Durfee High School he entered Dartmouth where he was active in the Vaudeville Club and manager of the track team. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi and C & G.
After graduation in 1906 he became proprietor of George H. Waring and Co., cotton merchants, and continued this association until his retirement.
Throughout his life Dwight was active in civic affairs, serving as chairman of the Fall River Fire Commission, chairman of the State Fire Commission, trustee of the Fall River General Hospital, member of the Fall River Traffic Commission, real estate agent for Fall River, and in 1953 chairman of the committee for Fall River's sesquicentennial celebration. He was also state representative from the nth district and a member of the Massachusetts Legislators Association.
In 1913 Dwight married Marion Jennings, who survives him together with their three sons, Dwight S. Jr., Andrew T. '41, and Edward S. '46.
1909
FRANK MERVIN BARTLETT passed away from congestive heart failure on April 4, at the Fitkin Hospital, Neptune, N. J. This followed a long period of illness at his home in Farmingdale, N. J.
Frank was "born on August 17, 1886 at Elmwood, N. H. He prepared for Dartmouth at Kimball Union Academy and lived in West Lebanon, N. H. In college he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta.
After graduation he was engaged in the investment securities business. In 1920 he organized his own company in the midwest. In 1924 he became treasurer of the "400" Products Co. In 1930 was in Boston with Sawyer, Fiske and Spencer, Inc. In 1935 he went back to Chicago as manager of the bond department of S. W. Straus & Co. In 1939 he became associated with the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. In 1943 he was a civilian in the personnel section of the Air Service Command of the Army. In 1946 he became an industrial specialist and continued in that line until illness forced his retirement.
Frank's outside hobby was golf and he held membership in the La Grange, Ill., Country Club, the Wellesley Country Club, and the Maugus Club.
On July 7, 1917, Frank was married to Kathleen Robb at Chicago, who survives him with a son, Robert M., and a daughter, Mrs. Betty M. Holmes. To them the Class of 1909 extends its sympathy in our mutual loss.
Burial was in the Blossom Hill Cemetery, Concord, N. H.
SIDNEY HAMMOND THOMPSON died suddenly on April 1, in Tucson, Ariz., while dining with his wife and some friends. His home was at 2934 Richards Row.
Sid was born at Irasburg, Vt„ on March 29, 1887. He entered Dartmouth from St. Johnsbury Academy. In college he was a member of Phi Delta Theta and Sphinx. After receiving his A.B. degree he attended Yale Forestry School and received his Master's degree in 1911.
He entered the U. S. Forest Service Department of Agriculture, as a forest assistant in 1911. During his advancement, he held the positions of Forest Examiner, Forest Supervisor, and District Forest Inspector. In 1923 he transferred to the Bureau of Internal Revenue as a valuation engineer in the Public Utilities Section. In 1950 he retired as a senior forest valuation engineer.
Sid was married October 3, 1912 to Hortense Peters at St. Johnsbury. She shared his interests in gardening and fishing and for years they spent the months from May to October at Highgate Springs, Vt., and the rest of the time in Washington. Recently they had bought a home in Tucson.
The Class of 1909 extends its sympathy to Sid's widow and to his brother, Phillip L. Thompson '08.
1912
ROSWELL ELIOT HALL died in New York City on October 6 after a long illness.
He was born in South Framingham, Mass January 16, 1891, the son of William C Hall '83 and Bertha Steward. He attended schools in Upton, Mass., and Worcester Acad emy.
After a few years as a stockbroker in New York he enlisted in the Army in May 1917 and was commissioned at Plattsburg served with the A.E.F. from October 3, 1917 to July 27, 1919.
After some years with the Panama Pacific Line he became a travel agent in New York with Frew Hall Travel Inc. During the war he was with the OPA in New York and Washington and returned to the travel agency after the war.
He is survived by a brother, J. William Hall '15 of Honolulu, and a sister, Mrs Charles P. Hough, 1015 W. 61st Terrace Kansas City, Mo.
1914
JOHN FRANCIS CONNERS died shortly after being admitted to Danbury, Conn., hospital on May 29. Since his retirement he had made his home at Candlewood Isle, Conn.
Jack was born in Vergennes, Vt„ March 11, 1893. As a kitchen mechanic in the caverns underneath Commons, with a night hitch shovelling coal at the heating plant, Jack earned his way through Dartmouth.
Immediately after graduation he joined The Stanley Iron Works in New Britain, Conn., to learn the cold rolled steel business. In June 1916 he enlisted in the army and was commissioned at" Plattsburg in August 1917. He served overseas with the 42nd Division from September 1917 to April 1919, and was discharged as a Captain on May 22, 1919.
Jack then returned to The Stanley Works in New Britain. When the Bridgeport plant was opened he became manager of the American Tube and Stamping Plant where he continued until his retirement several years ago.
No member of the Class has given more of his time and energy to further the cause of Dartmouth. Jack served as secretary of the Dartmouth Club of Bridgeport, 1930-31, and secretary of the Connecticut Alumni Association, 1934-37. This won him the award of best alumni club secretary of the year in 1936. He served as class treasurer, 1939-44, and as class agent, 1943-49, winning in 1947 the James B. Reynolds Trophy for all-around Alumni Fund achievement. After having served as class president, 1950-54, Jack became class secretary in June 1958 and only gave up this assignment in April 1961, to devote his time to the class Golden Book. He was a member of the Alumni Council, 1947-50.
Jack had been active in civic affairs in his community, working on community funds and hospital drives and his work for the Boy Scouts won him the state presidency of that organization. During the war he was a member of the local War Labor Board.
On December 28, 1926, Jack was married to Thyra Petersen, who survives him with a son, John A. Conners '50, and a daughter, Natalie (Mrs. Gerard Perrine).
The Class of 1914 and Dartmouth have lost a devoted and dedicated alumnus.
GEORGE DUDLEY WHEATLEY died May 20 at his home at 287 High St., Abington, Mass.
Dud was born in Abington, April 10, 1892. the son of Frank G. Wheatley '79 and Nellie Holbrook, and came to Dartmouth from Abington High School.
In World War I he distinguished himself as a lieutenant of Infantry, being wounded both at Chateau-Thierry and the Argonne.
After several years in the insurance business in Chicago he returned to Abington Mutual Fire Insurance Co. with which he was actively connected at the time of his death.
He was a member of the board of investment of the Abington Savings Bank, a charter member and first secretary of the Abington Rotary Club, and a member of John Cutler Lodge, A.F. & A.M. He also served on various town boards and committees.
Dud, a much respected member of his class and the college community and a loyal supporter of Dartmouth activities, leaves his wife, Margaret (McMillan); a son, James '51; two daughters, Mrs. Margaret Blanchard of State College, Pa., and Mrs. Barbara Whitehead of Worthington, Ohio; and a brother. Dr. Frank E. Wheatley '11 of Abington. John R. Wheatley '24 was also a brother.
Charlie Batchelder and Larry Kingman represented the Class at the funeral.
1915
LEO MICHAEL FOLAN, retired representative of the Stetson Shoe Co. of New York, died in his sleep on May 20 at his home in Nokomis, Florida. His death was quite unexpected, as he had seemingly recovered from a slight heart attack experienced some four years ago.
Red was born May 29, 1893 in Norwood, Mass., and prepared for college at Norwood High School. After graduating from Dartmouth in 1915 he took business administration courses at Columbia and Boston University. While at Dartmouth he was a member of Beta Theta Pi and Dragon.
In World War I Red spent 18 months with the A.E.F. in France as Ist Lt., Ordnance Liaison Officer, French and British Armies Service of Supply, and was awarded the Meritorious Service Certificate.
In addition to being the New York representative of Stetson Shoe Co., whose home office was in South Weymouth, Mass., he was also sales manager of Bowe Moccasin Co. of Avon, Mass.
Red was married October 10, 1925 to Frances M. Raftery of Helena, Montana. Besides his wife, he leaves a son, Leo Robert Folan, of Rowayton, Conn.;, a brother, James Folan '22; a sister, Catherine Folan, and a grandson, Michael Hamilton Folan.
Services were held at Church of The Epiphany, Venice, Florida, on May 23. Officers and past presidents of the Dartmouth Club of Sarasota comprised the honorary pallbearers, consisting of Warren Kendall '99, George Gregory '17, Gilbert Swett '17, Clark Collins '19, Robert Hardy '25 and James Bonnyman '38.
STUART MERRIAM HILL, retired budget officer of the University of Colorado, died in his sleep early in the morning of May 4 at his home, 10 Whitley Road, Exeter, N. H. Death was due to a coronary.
Stu was born in Kobe, Japan, January 30, 1894. He attended Hoi yoke (Mass.) High School and graduated from Dartmouth in 1915. In college he was a member of Kappa Sigma. In World War I he served as a balloon observer in the Air Service with the rank of 2nd Lt.
In the middle thirties he joined the administrative staff of the University at Boulder, Colorado, where he held various positions including assistant manager, assistant treasurer, secretary to the board of Regents, and budget officer.
Stu retired from the University in May 1959 and went to North Deer Isle, Maine, where he and his wife had spent many summer vacations. In the late summer they purchased the Exeter home.
He leaves his wife, the former Margaret Strong, to whom he was married May 29, 1920; a daughter, Nancy (Mrs. Carter E. Dorrell), of Owego, N. Y.; a younger brother, and three grandchildren.
1917
The passing of HOWARD LAURENCE STEELE, in the late afternoon of May 24 at the Concord (N. H.) Country Club, was a sad climax to a friendly round of golf. His home was at 297 Oak St., Manchester, N. H.
He was born in Manchester, October 29, 1894 and entered college from the high school of that city. Although golf was a virtual addiction in later life, Howard's prowess on the basketball court for the freshman and varsity teams was the significant athletic aspect of his undergraduate days. He was a member of Kappa Sigma.
After World War I service as an ensign in the Pay Corps, he was associated with his father in the retail grocery business until 1942 when he went to Grenier Air Force Base as a property clerk. In 1949 he became active in the work of the Christian Science Church and served as a practitioner. He was a former first reader at the First Church of Christ Scientist in Manchester and at the time of his passing was Christian Science minister for the armed forces in the Manchester area. He was also a member of the Mother Church at Boston, and had served on the Christian Science committee on publications in New Hampshire for five years.
Recently he had been an auditor in the office of the state comptroller in Concord and was thus in contact with many of his classmates who were visitors to the State House.
He was a member of the Dartmouth associations in Manchester and the Merrimack Valley, Washington Lodge (Manchester) F & AM, the Manchester Country Club, and the Senior Golf Association of New Hampshire.
Surviving are his wife Marie, to whom he was married in 1948; two sons of his first wife, Lillian, who passed away in 1947, Howard L. Steele Jr. of Seattle, and James F. Steele of Cleveland; and two grandchildren, Howard L. Steele 3rd and Barbara Ann Steele of Seattle.
Our genial, friendly "Bud" has been taken from us precipitously and the casual moments in his most agreeable presence will be sadly missed by those of us who have had the privilege of recent, regular contact with him.
1919
CLIFFORD BARRON HAYES passed away on May 22 in Spartanburg, S. C., after a long illness. His home was at 1 Montgomery Drive.
Cliff was born in Brookline, Mass., November 4, 1895. He had many Dartmouth forebears including his father, Frederick L. Hayes '92, his uncle, John E. R. Hayes '95, and his grandfather, Dr. John R. Hayes '65. Cliff was with the class two years, played on our freshman football team, and was a member of Theta Delta Chi. He left college to pursue a most successful career in the textile industry.
At the time of his retirement several years ago, he was vice-president of Pacific Mills, a subsidiary of Burlington Industries, of which he was a director. He was also past president of the South Carolina Textile Manufacturers Association; director of American Cotton Manufacturers Association, Jackson Mills, Piedmont & Northern Railroad, and Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.; trustee of the Sirrine Foundation; and was listed in Who's Who inAmerica.
Cliff is survived by his brother Fred L. of Atlanta, and three sons, Clifford B. Jr., Law-son, and John E. R. Hayes. 1919 extends to them our most sincere sympathy in their sorrow. All of us will miss our distinguished classmate.
1925
Dartmouth lost another devoted son on April 23 when HOWARD DIGHTON WELLMAN died following a heart attack at Jamestown, N. Y. He had been stricken with an attack in 1942 and ordered to cut down on many of the activities that claimed his busy life.
Born in Jamestown, May 3, 1902, Hod prepared for Dartmouth at Blair Academy. While at Hanover he was a member of Sigma Chi and the wrestling team.
He had been president of the Wellman Realty Corporation since it was organized by him and his brother Albert A. Wellman '27 in 1939 and was vice-president of the Jamestown Sample Furniture Co. which he operated with his brother from 1935 until eight years ago when he sold out to his brother to give his full time to the real estate business. Albert at that time also sold his interest in the realty company to Hod.
Hod was active in several civic groups until forced to resign for health reasons. He served on the board of the Jamestown General Hospital from 1953 to 1955. In 1950 he was named to serve on a committee to relieve the city from its parking problems. He was also chairman of the city's first Smoke Abatement Committee. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and was formerly active in the Moon Brook Country Club.
In 1928 Hod married Genevieve M. Fisk at Utica, N. Y. They lived in Ashville, N. Y., except during the winter when they resided at their home in Sarasota, Fla., where they frequently entertained classmates. In addition to his wife and brother, Hod is survived by a son, Howard D. Jr. '49; two daughters, Mrs. Gary Phillips of Trumansburg, N. Y., and Mrs. Marsh Bates '61 of Jamestown; his mother, Mrs. Arthur M. Wellman of Jamestown; two Dartmouth nephews, Arthur A. Wellman '55 and Barkley O. Wellman '59; and three grandchildren, to all of whom the deep sympathy of the Class is extended.
1930
ERNEST HARGREAVES LATHAM, M.D., F.A.C.S., died in Lowell General Hospital on April 21, after a long illness. He had been associated with the Hospital since 1935, had been its chief of surgery from 1952 until last year, and was past president of its medical staff.
Ernie attended Dartmouth Medical School and McGill University where he earned the degrees of M.D. and C.M., after which he entered private practice in Lowell with his twin brother, David A. Latham '30, specializing in surgery. He was a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, the International Academy of Proctology, and the New England Surgical Society, and held memberships in the American Medical Association, in several regional medical societies and organizations, and locally, in the Vesper Country Club, the Lowell Historical Society, the Masons and the Shriners.
Ernie prepared for college at Phillips Academy, Andover. At Dartmouth he and Dave were important members of the track team until their senior year, when the time requirements of medical studies forced them to discontinue athletic activities. They ran the middle-distance races, and stories still persist that many times in winning, they purposely crossed the finish line exactly together, possibly to confuse the judges or possibly so that neither should outdo the other. Ernie was a member of Theta Delta Chi and of the medical fraternity, Alpha Kappa Kappa.
Ernie is survived by his widow, the former Anne Mclvor of Baddeck, Nova Scotia; two sons, Ernest H. Latham Jr. '60 and James D. Latham '64; his mother, and his brother, David '30. Funeral services were held at Saint Anne's Episcopal Church, Lowell, and were attended by our classmates Frank Doherty and Frank Leahy.
Despite the progressive nature of his illness, Ernie was able to attend reunion in 1960, and all thought it was a splendid thing that he was present and able to enjoy that occasion as thoroughly as he seemed to. The Class of 1930 feels a great sense of loss and deeply mourns the passing of one of its most loyal members, a distinguished surgeon and a good citizen, whose medical career has been a great credit to his family and himself. We express our great sympathy to his widow and sons, to his mother, and to our classmate, his twin brother.
1931
THEODORE SAUNDERS PEIRCE died at his home at 36 Pleasant St., Grafton, Mass., on April 1.
Ted was born in Milford, N. H., November 11, 1907, and attended Milford High School and Worcester Academy. After graduation he became a claim examiner in the Pacific Coast Dept. of Massachusetts Protective Association in San Francisco. He later moved to Worcester where he was claim supervisor for Massachusetts Protective Companies.
On October 21, 1936 Ted was married to Dorothy Murphy, who survives him.
1932
EVERETT CECIL CAMPBELL died at Mary Hitchcock Hospital in Hanover on May 13. His home was at Central and Maple Streets, Woodsville, N. H., and he had been general practitioner of medicine there for the past 25 years.
Deac was born in Hudson, N. H., July 27, 1908, and prepared for college at Nashua High School and New Hampton School. He was graduated from Dartmouth Medical School and earned his M.D. at Harvard in 1935. He interned at Mary Hitchcock and at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal.
He was chairman of the board, Glencliff Sanatorium, and was a member of the Grafton County Medical Society, the New Hampshire Medical Society, the American Academy of General Practice and the New Hampshire Surgical Club. He was also active in the Woodsville Lions Club and in Masonry.
Deac was married to Salome Colby in 1933 while he was still attending medical school She survives him, as do their four children Mrs. Linda Anne Clark, of Durham; Heather, a student at Colby College; Robert C., a student at the University of New Hampshire and Everett B., Dartmouth '64.
1934
DR. DAVID KIRK SPITLER died on May 19 at Cleveland Clinic Hospital as the result of a brain tumor operation from which he never recovered.
Kirk was born in Cleveland, July 15, 1912 and came to Dartmouth from the University School in that city. He was active in the freshman and varsity glee clubs and was a member of Alpha Kappa Kappa and Zeta Alpha Phi.
In 1937 Kirk received his M.D. from Harvard Medical School, interned at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston and served his residency at University Hospitals in Cleveland. His medical practice was entirely in Cleveland where he was a leading specialist in internal medicine.
He was on the staffs of St. Luke's and University Hospitals and was senior clinical instructor of internal medicine on the faculty of Western Reserve University Medical School. He was a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine and a fellow of the American College of Allergy and the American College of Physicians. He was a trustee of Cleveland Health Museum and a member of the Pasteur Club.
Kirk was one of the best known and highly respected physicians in Cleveland. Many of his patients remember him as the man who sat all night by the side of a critically ill patient. He was not only the family doctor, but the confidant and adviser and his untimely death was a great blow to Cleveland residents.
Despite his demanding medical practice and varied other interests, Kirk always had an active concern in Dartmouth affairs. At the time of his death he was one of the Cleveland area leaders in the campaign to raise funds for Dartmouth Medical School,
Kirk leaves his wife, Eleanor, and their four children, Barbara, 17; Marilyn, 15; David, 11; and Heather, 6, residing at 2257 Woodmere Drive, Cleveland Heights. He also leaves his mother and a sister.
1935
Apparently in good health, in his fiftieth year, ROBERT LOGAN QUIMBY collapsed and passed away shortly after arriving at his office in Boston on the morning of December 12, 1960. His home was at 4 Leewood Rd., Wellesley.
Born in Newark, N. J., he graduated from the Dartmouth Medical School and with M.D. and C.M. degrees from McGill in 1939' After interning at Hartford (Conn.) Hospital he married on his next-to-last-day and proceeded to enter the U.S. Navy Medical Service, During a 4½-year stint, Bob became interested in the field of industrial medicine.
He was Director of the New England Division of Industrial Medicine of the Libert) Mutual Insurance Co., having pioneered in this field of medicine first with the State of Connecticut and then for ten years with Liberty Mutual. Bob was also active in vanous medical organizations and served on the staff of the Harvard Medical School as Visiting Lecturer on Industrial Medicine. It was characteristic of Bob that his interests led him to specialize in the organization an" management of health services for small industrial plants and the specification of employee medical examinations.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Evelyn Ogren Quimby, and daughter Marcia, as well as his brother, Warren S. Quimby '45 of Larchmont, N Y., and a sister, Margaret, of New York.
Most of us remember Bob as a gangling, modest, friendly, cheerful man with special talents for cross-country running and common sense. He was a wonderful guy.
1940
It is with great sorrow that we learned of the death of GEORGE ANDREW TREDICK JR., Commander, USN, in Naples, Italy, on March 29. 1961. George entered the Navy at the beginning of World War II and made it his career. After serving in many capacities, he was at the time of his death assigned to the Naval group, Chief of the Joint U. S. Military Mission to Turkey, at Ankara, Turkey.
George was born in Portsmouth, N. H., on September 3, 1918. He graduated from the Hackley School and attended Dartmouth until 1939. He was a member of Chi Phi fraternity.
A military funeral service was held at Fort Meyer Chapel in Washington, and he was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. George is .survived by his wife, Emma-Lee, by his children, George A. III and Joanne Ellen, as well as by his father and mother, Dr. and Mrs. George A. Tredick. The heartfelt sympathies of all his classmates go out to them.
1942
DR. CHARLES RENFREW THOMSON died April 30, 1961 of pneumonia at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Jamaica Plain, Mass., following a brief hospitalization. For fourteen years he was a practicing physician in Amesbury, Mass., where he administered to the needs of the people. His home was at 35 Hillside Ave.
Charlie was born in Portsmouth, N. H. in January 1919 and following his early schooling there attended Phillips Exeter Academy prior to entering Dartmouth. As an undergraduate he played both freshman football and hockey and was a member of Alpha Delta Phi, Sphinx and Alpha Kappa Kappa. In 1943 he graduated from Dartmouth Medical School and later received his M.D. from New York University College of Medicine.
During World War II he served as a Lt. (j.g.) in the U. S. Navy and returned to active duty as a full lieutenant for two years during the Korean conflict.
Interested in the physical welfare of the youth of Amesbury, he served as camp physician for the Lone Tree Council and Bay Shore Council, Boy Scouts of America, and was school physician and football squad doctor at Amesbury High School. In the professional field, he was a member of the Massachusetts and Essex County Medical Association and was on the staff of the Amesbury Hospital.
Charlie was married in 1941 to Lavinia J. Hume who survives him with two sons, Charles R. Jr. and Eric, and a daughter, Sally Jane, as well as his father and a brother and sister. To all, the Class of '42 extends its deepest sympathy.
1943
HENRY BORGES KIDDER died in Canton,Ohio, on May 13, 1961, in the Aultman Hospital, where he was the assistant director. Inapparent good health, he suffered a heartattack in the morning and passed away in theemergency room that afternoon.
Born on October 7, 1920, in Lima, Ohio,Hank prepared for Dartmouth at CentralHigh School and Western Reserve Academy. At Dartmouth he was a member of Sigma Chi and took his senior year at Tuck School.
From February 1943 to March 1946 Hank served in the Navy, spending three years on the same LST in the Pacific.
On June 2, 1945 he married Helen Forbes of Smith. They eventually returned to Hanover, where Hank received his M.C.S. degree at Tuck School. Hank, interested in hospital administration, became a member of the first class in this field to be graduated from Yale when he took his Master of Science there in 1949. He served one year as administrative resident of the New England Medical Center in Boston and then joined the Athol, Mass., Memorial Hospital as director. In October 1953 the Kidders moved to Canton and the Aultman Hospital.
Hank belonged to the American Hospital Association, American College of Hospital Administrators, Canton Rotary Club, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, and the Bishop s Committee of the church.
Surviving are his wife Helen; two sons, Henry F., 15, and Frederick F., 12; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. L. Kidder, of Lima; and a brother, Lawrence Kidder '46 of Birmingham, Mich.
Hank was a loyal Dartmouth man and attended our last reunion in Hanover two years ago. His particular class friends were Herb Schaffner and Dusty Lewis, both of Canton, who were also with him at Tuck after the war.
We extend our deepest sympathy to his wife and family and hope that his two fine sons will follow in the manly Dartmouth tradition of their father.
1947
JAMES VINCENT KELLEY was killed on April 17 when his plane crashed into a mountain in Iran in a heavy storm. Jim and four others were on a business trip, having left Houston about a week before the crash. The chartered plane wreckage was found about 150 miles south of Tehran.
Jim was born May 12, 1923 in Bronxville, N. Y., and attended Brookline, Mass., High School.
J. V. received his B.A. degree from Dartmouth in 1947 and for ten years was a geologist with Creole Petroleum Corp. in Venezuela. In 1958 he joined the Union Texas Natural Gas Corp. as senior geologist, Exploration Department, Foreign Operations.
On February 3, 1953 he married Frances Ann Edwards who survives him with their four children, Barbara Jean, Alyson, Bruce and David. Their home is at 5047 Cheena Dr., Houston, Texas. Jim is also survived by his mother, Mrs. James V. Kelley of Brookline, and a sister Jean.
1951
With profound regret we report the death of CHARLES WILLIAM COLLINS JR. on March 6, in the Deaconess Hospital, Boston. He was a victim of long-term diabetes, and death resulted from diabetic complications. A requiem Mass was said at St. Albert's Church in Weymouth, Mass., and burial was in the Mt. Hope Cemetery.
Chuck was born in Arlington, Mass., March 12, 1930. He prepared for Dartmouth at Everett High School where his father, Charles W. Collins '26 is now principal. He had been associated with Devon Service in Boston since graduation, and his home was at ax Tirrell Street, Weymouth.
Chuck was whole-heartedly a Dartmouth man and will be missed by his many friends Our deepest sympathy is extended to his wife Barbara, who is the daughter of George L. Cole Jr. '28, and to his three children' Stephen Allen, Catherine Dana, and Lauren Lee.
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