Deaths
[A listing of deaths of which word has been receivedwithin the past month. Full notices mayappear in this issue or may appear in a laternumber.]
Rowe, Walter W. ’90. Aug. 31 Snow, Everard W. ’98, June 29 Cheever, William W. ’01, Dec. 18, 1961 Watson, John H. ’04, Aug. 16 Ladd, P. Chandler ’05, Sept. 5 Smith, Harold E. ’06, Sept. 2 Hatch, Samuel F. ’07, June 26 Andrews, Harold L. ’09, June 29 MacNaughton, P. John ’09, Aug. 22 Rose, Philip M. ’O9, Aug. 18 Thorn, Craig ’09, July 29 Woolner, William H. ’10, June 29 Dodge, Cecil P. '12, Sept. 7 Garrison, W. Lawrence '12, June 29 Sawyer, Harry E. ’12, Aug. 15 Davis, Aaron '13, Aug. 4 Grothe, Edwin C. ’l3, July 16 Wells, Collin ’l3, May 24 Whitney, Marcus M. T3, Oct. 22 Webber, Waldo W. T5, June 28 Cole, Hugh L. T6, July 6 Clunie, Robert Jr. T6, June 18 Gordon, Douglas R. T6, Sept. 8 Teller, Alexander M. T6, Aug. 11 Marschat, Richard A. ’l7, July 25 Perrin, Porter G. T7, Sept. 9 Salmon. Dana C. T9, Aug. 11 Foster, Francis B. ’2l, Aug. 30 Barrows, Thomas N. ’22, Aug. 11 Callan, L. Francis Jr. ’23, July 22 Richmond, Stanford C. ’23, July 23 Fawcett, Willard S. ’24, Aug. 23 Lourie, George W. ’24, Aug. 7 Mauk, John S. ’24, July 19 Hadley, Leonard ’26, July 14 Cogswell, William ’2B, June 24 Crocker, Samuel W. ’3l, July 23 Allen, Richard W. ’32, Aug. 28 Brett, John D. ’32, July 20 Sullivan, James E. ’34, Aug. 7 Creigh, John D. ’36, June 9 MacPherson, Robert G. ’36, June 28 Chase, Richard V. ’37, Aug. 26 Cornelius, Richard L. ’39, Jan. 15 Taylor, Corydon F. '43, July 29 Bowler, Robert A. ’5l, Aug. 31 Mac Lean, John A. 11l ’55, Aug. 31 Brooks, Richard S. ’5B, Aug. 10 Horsburgh. Douglas A. ’6O, Aug. 13 Spurgeon, Donald R. ’6l, April 13 Derickson, Donald ’o2th, May 5 Young, Owen D., LL.D. ’24, July 4 Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, Litt.D. ’59, Aug. 26
1890
One of Dartmouth’s oldest living alumni Will Atkinson Charles passed away at his home, 25 Martin St., South Acton, Mass., on June 14. Will was born in Nor- way, Me., July 16, 1867, but resided 41 years in Acton. A Kappa Kappa Kappa and graduate with the Class of 1890, he received his master’s degree from the College in 1893. After graduation he became principal of the Bolton, Mass., High School. He then became the first principal of Acton High School and a principal of Fairhaven High School before he joined the New England Telephone and Telegraph Cos. in 1907. At the time of his retirement in 1932 he was assistant claims manager. He was the oldest living member of the Telephone Pioneers of America.
A former resident of Concord for many years, he was a founder of the Concord Co- operative Bank and a member of the school committee. Through the years he was active in the Masons, and the Congregational Church. He served the Class of 1890 as class secretary, treasurer, and class agent.
His wife, the former Mary Florence Fletcher, whom he married on March 28, 1900 in South Acton, Mass., died in 1935. He is survived by his son Robert Fletcher Charles ’23, with whom he lived.
His last visit to Hanover was on August 8, 1960, when Will was accompanied by his nurse.
1898
Reverend Everard Walker Snow of River St., Norwell, Mass., died on June 29 at a nursing home in Hingham, Mass. “Ev,” as his classmates affectionately called him, was born in New Haven, Conn., January 5, 1875. He attended schools in Washington, D. C., and also received private instruction. In college he was a member of Theta Delta Chi, Phi Beta Kappa, was active in the Y.M.C.A., editor of Aegis, and class presi- dent in our freshman year. After graduation he attended Hartford Theological Seminary, receiving the degree of B.D. in 1901. On January 10, 1906 he married Ruth Caroline Barry in Boston, Mass.
His professional career was long and var- ied. He was head of the history and eco- nomics department of Talladega (Mission- ary) College in Alabama from 1916 to 1920 and instructor in Burdette College, Boston from 1920 to 1940. His pastorates included Congregational churches in Roxbury, Mass.; Beverly, Mass.; West Bridgewater, Mass.; South Natick, Mass.; Winsted, Conn.; and the Stratham Community Church in N. H.
“Ev” was a loyal member of the Class and until a fractured hip and other infirmi- ties of himself and Mrs. Snow made travel- ing difficult, attended with her all our re- unions. He exercised a calm influence over us all, often being called upon to iron out the frictions which often arise among men strong and differing natures.
Rev. Warren A. Leonard officiated at the private funeral services at the Shepperd Fu- neral Home, Pembroke, Mass., July 1. “Ev” is survived by his widow now in failing health and two daughters and two grand- sons. His brothers were the late Dr. S. Dry- uen Snow ’97, and the late Hubert M. ’Ol, father of Dryden M. ’32.
1901
William Whittle Cheever was born in Nashua, N. H., on August 5, 1876. He en- tered Dartmouth from Nashua High School in the fall of 1897, and graduated from there with the Class of 1901 in June 1901. While in college, he was a good student, popular with his classmates, often called “The General” because of his upright pos- ture and neat appearance. He was fond of the outdoor life and spent much of his lei- sure time tramping about the countryside or canoeing on the river, in the spring or fall, and skating or snowshoeing in the win- ter. He was a member of Sigma Chi frater- nity.
Because of his fondness for outdoor life, he entered the government forestry service shortly after his graduation from college, and spent his summers working in the for- ests of New England, and his winters in those of the southern states. After several years of this work he was obliged to give it up because of poor health, and he re- turned to Nashua, where he married Annie Gillis, of Manchester, N. H., in about 1910. She died about twenty-five years later. They did not have any children.
During these years, he made several busi- ness ventures, but soon after his wife’s death he decided he was not suited for a business career, and in 1942 he took a position in the steward’s department of the Charles V. Chapin Hospital in Providence, R. 1., where he was happy and contented until 1956. when he was retired because of his age. He continued to live in Providence, at 48 Rad- cliffe Avenue and after a short illness he died there on December 18, 1961.
Bill was always of cheerful disposition: temperate and upright, a fine citizen and a good friend, much beloved by those who were close friends.
1904
John Henry Watson Jr., senior partner in the law firm of M. B. and H. H. Johnson, and lawyer and business executive in Cleve- land, Ohio, for more than 54 years, died at his home August 16 at the age of seventy- eight. Burial was at Montpelier, Vt.
Johnny was horn September 1, 1883, in Bradford, Vt. His father was formerly Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court. John was a graduate of St. Johnsbury Acad- emy, Phi Beta Kappa at Dartmouth College 1904, and the Harvard Law School. He went to Cleveland in 1907 in the employ of the law firm of Johnson and Johnson and became a partner in 1912. At his death he was a senior partner of his firm.
John was a director and member of the executive committee of the White Motor Company; Director, of the Park Drop Com- pany; The Ohio Crankshaft Company; The Austin Power Company; president and di- rector of the Corrigan McKinney Steel Company for two years, and had been a di- rector of the True Temper Corporation; The Bishop and Babcock Manufacturing Com- pany, and the Studebaker Corporation.
He was a member of the American, Ohio and Cleveland Bar Associations. His clubs included the Country Club; University Club; Union Club; Midday Club; Cleveland Ath- letic Club and the Dartmouth Club of Cleveland. He was also a member of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce and the Bankers Club of New York.
John never married and is survived by two nieces and two nephews. He was one of the founders of the Dartmouth Club of Cleveland, a former president of the Club, and in 1960 received the Dartmouth Alumni Award when the Alumni Council met in Cleveland. His associates in the law firm of Johnson and Johnson were the late David L. Johnson ’lO, and David Johnson Jr. ’35.
In a careful check of some fifteen class reports, it would be difficult to find any ref- erences to John’s activities. He never was given to mentioning the successes which he had achieved. Perhaps the most brilliant, modest, successful man in the class, and too, one of the most generous givers to the 1904 Class Alumni Fund, “Watty,” to us, of 1904 is a great loss to Class and College, as well as to the city of Cleveland where he has been held in the highest esteem.
1905
Thomas Frank Eastman died May 2 at the Moore General Hospital in Grasmere, N H after a brief illness. He was born Oct. 20, 1880, the son of Steven H. and Arulfa Plaisted Eastman. Tom left Dart- mouth in his freshman year. He was a civil engineer. .
He married Margaret L. Preston, Aug. 24, 1902. His wife died Oct. 11, 1955.
1906
George William Boynton was born in Hillsboro, N. H., on January 10, 1882 and died in the Concord, N. H. Hospital on May 20, 1962. A victim of cancer, he had been a patient there for 11 weeks.
His whole life was spent in Hillsboro in the grocery store business but he was very active in politics, and local affairs. moc town
For many years George was town moderator, served three years as a select- man, also three years on the school board, was a representative to the General Court for ten consecutive terms and was state senator in 1943 and 1944.
In 1942 Governor Blood appointed him a member of the New Hampshire Cancer Commission and he was very active in this work the rest of his life. In lieu of flowers the family requested that contributions be made to the Cancer Fund in his name.
George was an active member of the Hillsboro Methodist Church, serving as treasurer, trustee and choir member.
His first wife, the former Georgia Russell, died in 1942. In 1952 he married Mrs. Anna Farmer who died in 1960.
Members of his family include a son, Maurice W. Boynton; a granddaughter, Valerie Boynton; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Dorothy Waide, and two stepsons, Milo and Norman Farmer.
Ransom Wesley Morse was born in Belchertown, Mass., on January 20, 1880. He prepared at the Belchertown High School and entered the Massachusetts Agriculture College in 1902.
V/Ul>vj|V *** “ ' At the beginning of senior year Ranny transferred to Dartmouth College and re- ceived the B.S. degree with the class of 1906. In 1907 he received his M.C.S. degree.
After graduation Ransom became business manager of the Fall River, Mass., Herald but remained there only a short time. He left to enter the bond investment field with Harris, Forbes and Cos., New York City.
In 1935 he established his own firm of investment counseling. He retired in 1949 and went to live at Falmouth, Mass. He died in his sleep at his home, 116 Pinook Way on the night of March 20, 1962. * T-. . wt wt^*-
In 1911 Ransom married Edith W. Wat- son who survives him.
1907
Word was recently received from the widow of William Judson ’l3 that his brother Howard Monroe Judson died on May 26, 1958 at Portland, Oregon. The greater part of his life was spent on the West Coast working in the field of hotel management.
He was born on October 11, 1886 at Rochelle, 111., and prepared for Dartmouth at the West Aurora High School and entered college from Galesburg, 111.
Howard received a B.S. degree, and while in college was a member of Phi Delta Theta and Dragon.
Early in his business career he was em- ployed as a salesman for the U.S. Rubber Cos. in Butte, Mont. Little was known of Howard’s later life as he never attended any class functions and remained completely out of touch with the Class.
Howard never married.
William Ulysses Wyman died unex- pectedly on Monday, June 11 at his home 257 Main St.. Chatham, Mass. Bill was born June 14, 1883 at Somerville, Mass. He pre- pared for college at the Somerville English High School. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa, Turtle, Sphinx, and Paleopi- tus. He was on the Track Team, Glee Club, and Junior Prom Committee.
Serving food to large numbers of people has been his work in his active business career. He was the owner and manager of the Wyman Restaurant chain in Boston for more than 25 years. As a food service con- sultant he later worked as the director of dining halls at the Middletown State Hospi- tal, Middletown, Conn., where he supervised the food service for 5000 mentally sick and tried to make their lot a happier one. Bill retired in 1957 and moved to the Cape where he and Mrs. Wyman were active in community affairs. He was a member of the Chatham Chamber of Commerce; Chat- ham Historical Society; Chatham Retired Men’s Club and a member of the First Con- gregational Church of Harwich Center.
On June 23, 1909 at Paterson, N. J., he married Frances Marie Thomsen. There was one son, William T. Wyman ’36 of Concord, Mass., and two granddaughters, all of whom survive.
Services were held at the Nickerson Fu- neral Home on Wednesday afternoon, June 13 with the Rev. Edward J. Elliot officiating. Burial was in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. The Class of 1907 ex- tends its deep sympathy to Frances and the family. Dartmouth has lost a devoted and dedicated alumnus.
1908
Thomas Edwin Andrew of 27 Quincy Street, Methuen, Mass., treasurer and a di- rector of the F. M- and T. E. Andrew Cor- poration of Lawrence, Mass., died on June 8, 1962, at the Bon Secours Hospital, fol- lowing a short illness. He was bom March 25, 1885, in Lawrence and was with us freshman year only.
In 1909 he went into business with his brother in the above firm with offices in the Bay State Building in Lawrence. Until 1922, his efforts were directed to the insurance part, but since then most of his work has been with real estate in which he was active until his death. Ted had been active in com- munity affairs, especially in fund raising; in 1921 for a home for the Salvation Army, and in 1942 for an addition to the Grace Episcopal Church Parish House among oth- ers. He was a member and a former vestry- man of the latter.
He was a 32nd degree Mason, a Knight Templar, a member of Aleppo Temple in Boston and a 50-year member of John Han- cock Lodge A. F. and A. M. He served 15 years as chairman of the American Red Cross, and during World War II served as fund-raising chairman of Greater Lawrence for the A. R. C. He had also served on the school committee for the town of Methuen. He had been a director of Lawrence Co- operative Boys’ Club, Treat Hardware Cor- poration, and Massachusetts Board of Real Estate Appraisers; and treasurer of the F. M. and T. E. Andrew Corporation; the Andover Shawsheen Realty Company; the Argyle Realty Corporation and the Searles Realty Corporation. His many memberships included the Bon Secours Guild, Men of Merrimack, and the Dartmouth Association.
In 1914, Ted married Burma Keller who passed away in 1919. They had one son, T. Edwin Andrew Jr. ’36, now associated with his father’s firm in the insurance end, who has three children. He is survived also by his wife, the former Martha Dietrich, whom he married in 1923, his brother Frank M. Andrew of Methuen, and several nieces and nephews. Ted, although with us only a short time, was a loyal member of ’OB and had contributed to the 1962 Alumni Fund before his death.
1909
Harold Leslie Andrews of 6790 N.W. 22cd Court, West Hollywood, Fla., passed away in the Veterans’ Hospital, Hollywood, Fla., on June 29. He had had a quadrant of a lung removed there in July 1961 and ex- perienced a long period of hospitalization.
Harold was born in Stafford, Conn., on September 20, 1888 and prepared for Dart- mouth at Hitchcock Free Academy, Brim- field, Mass., and Nichols Academy, Dudley, Mass. He spent only a year and a half in Hanover but was one of- 1909’s regular sup- porters to the Alumni Fund and class dues. He transferred to Boston University and was admitted to the Massachusetts and Connect- icut Bars but never practiced professionally. At B.U. he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.
He was an attorney with the Fidelity and Deposit Cos. and the Zurich Accident and Liability Cos. until World War I. During the war, he served as a sergeant in the Army Medical Corps. Upon discharge from serv- ice, he returned to Stafford Springs and be- came manager and head bookkeeper for Gary Enterprises, Inc. In 1933, he was ap- pointed Town Clerk and Treasurer to fill an unexpired term and was continuously re- elected to these offices until his retirement in 1953. He was active in church affairs, Amer- ican Legion, and Boy Scout activities, filling various offices in each.
He was married to Edith Adams on Oc- tober 21, 1933 at Stafford; she died in 1949. On October 25, 1953, he was married to Minna J. Cardwell at Miami, Fla. She sur- vives as do several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held in Hollywood on July 1 and the body brought back to Stafford for memorial and military services. Interment was in Monson, Mass.
Philip Marshman Rose D.D. of 1923 Main St., Glastonbury, Conn., passed away at the Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Conn., on August 18 following a long illness. Phil, son of the late Rev. Samuel Rose ’B6, was born at Jonesboro, Tenn., on April 24, 1889. He came to Dartmouth from Reed’s Ferry, N. H., and prepared at McGraw Normal Institute. In college, he was on the track squad, a member of the Wheelock Club, and the Christian Association. He re- ceived his A.B. degree magna cum laude, receiving honors in history. He was a Rufus Choate scholar and a member of Phi Beta Kappa, He received his B.D. degree in 1912 and his S.R.M. degree in 1913 at Hartford Theological Seminary. He studied in Italy from 1913 to 1915 on a fellowship and the American International College awarded him an honorary D.D. degree in 1930.
In 1915, he became pastor of the Italian Church of Davenport Settlement, New Ha- ven, Conn. In 1919, he assumed the pastor- ship of the Italian Congregational Church of Warburton Chapel in Hartford, Conn. He became superintendent of the City Mission Society and pastor of the Village Street Mis- sion in Hartford in 1926. Eleven years later he accepted a call to the Buckingham Con- gregational Church in Glastonbury, Conn., and remained there until his retirement in 1959. He was probation officer for the Glas- tonbury Town Court for 15 years and at- tendance officer for the Board of Education.
His book, “The Italians in America,” was published in 1922. He preached in the Ital- ian language from 1915 to 1936.
_ Hit August 2, 1916 at Windsor Locks, Conn., he was married to Magdalene Marie Migliora. They both served with the Ameri- can, French, British, and Italian Red Cross during World War I ministering to prison- ers of war.
He is survived by his wife; a daughter, Kev-, Carol Chamberlain Rose of Philadel- phia; a brother. Col. Edward Chamberlain Rose of Oakland, Calif., and a sister. Miss Joy Rose of Greenfield, Mass.
Phil attended our 50th reunion accom- panied by his daughter Carol and we were privileged to listen to this gifted man at our memorial service. He will be missed by all who knew him and our sympathy goes to all his family.
Craig Thorn of 4209 Drexel Ave., Tampa, Fla., passed away on July 29 in the Bay Pines Hospital, when his long afflicted heart finally ceased functioning. For the last several years, he had been in and out of the hospital many times and had various and sundry operations.
Dutch was born in Albany, N. Y., on March 15, 1887 and came to Dartmouth from the high school in that city. In college, he played freshman football ’ and was a member of the Mandolin Club for three years. He belonged to Psi Upsilon fraternity and was bid to C & G but left college be- fore initiation.
Upon leaving college, he became associ- ated with the Delaware & Hudson Cos. in Albany, N. Y., as chief clerk to the Vice President of subsidiary companies managing hotels, traction companies, steamboat lines, extensive forestry operations, and one iron mine. His World War I service was in the infantry at Camp Wheeler, Ga. After his discharge, he entered the insurance business as a special representative for the John Hancock Mutual Insurance Cos. being lo- cated at times in Albany, N. Y., New York City, and Hudson, N. Y. His son Craig Thorn Jr. ’3l carries on the Hudson busi- ness today.
In Hudson, Dutch was active in civic af- fairs serving terms as president of the Co- lumbia Country Club, Rotary Club, Cham- ber of Commerce and Community Chest. From 1942 to 1945 he was president of the Eastern New York Dartmouth Alumni As- sociation. Upon moving to Tampa, Fla., he continued in the insurance business and also dealt in real estate.
Dutch was married three times; to Phebe E. Pitts on May 6, 1908, the mother of Craig Jr.; Mabel E. New on June 15, 1929; Gladys Alvord on July 3, 1931, the mother of Stuart V.
The Class of 1909 has lost one of its most ardent supporters and to the widow and two sons who survive we express our sympathy and say that he was an inspiration to all who were privileged to know him.
1910
Benjamin Lang, one of Dartmouth’s all- time greats on the football field and basket- ball court, died in Exeter, N. H., Hospital, June 20 after a short illness. Funeral serv- ices were held June 23. Our Class was rep- resented by Robert “Beezle” Parker who was an honorary bearer. Burial was in the Lang private cemetery in Lee.
Ben was born in Lee, N. H,, August 12, 1885. He prepared for college at Cushing Academy and Erasmus Hall High School. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi fra- ternity, Turtle, and the Sphinx Senior Soci- ety. He played on the varsity football and basketball teams all four years and was cap- tain of basketball in the ’OB-’O9 season. Ben was an outstanding “iron” man of his day.
After graduation Ben, following in the steps of his father, took up farming. Later he operated a grocery at Bryantville, Mass. After 25 years he retired from this in ’52 and returned to Lee where he again took up farming. He served as a selectman on the Lee board for nine years. He was also a member of the Seacoast Dartmouth Club.
Ben was married to Sadie B. Wiggin at Newmarket, N. H., in August 1908. Sur- vivors, besides his widow who resides at R. F. D., Newmarket, N. H., are nine daugh- ters; 26 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchil- dren; two sisters, and several nieces and nephews.
William Harold Woolner of 146 Jef- ferson Street, Dedham, Mass., passed away June 29 in New England Baptist Hospital. Boston. He had spent much time in hospitals in recent years, suffering from injuries. Art Allen represented our Class at the funeral services held July 2, in the Allin Congrega- tional Church, Dedham.
Bill Woolner was born July 17, 1887 at Chelsea, Mass., and prepared for college at Everett High School. He was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity.
Upon graduation from Dartmouth, Bill entered the employ of Thomas G. Plant & Cos., as assistant purchasing agent. From 1915 to 1919 he was purchasing agent for Lever Bros. Cos., in Cambridge and in 1921 became secretary and sales manager for the Boston Envelope Cos,, in Jamaica Plain, Mass. In 1942 he was made vice-president and from 1946 until 1957 he served as pres- ident. He assumed the chairmanship of the board in 1957 and held that office at the time of his death.
He was a member of the Board of Gov- ernors of the Dedham Institution for Sav- ings, and had served as vice-president of the New York and Eastern Envelope Manufac- turers Association, and as president of the Boston Executives Association. He was a member of the University Club of Boston.
Bill was married to Ruth G. Kraus on June 16, 1914 in Dorchester. She died in 1951. Survivors are two daughters: Mrs. Marjorie Land of Dedham, Mass., Mrs. Dorothy Hartzell of Wernersville, Pa., and a son, William R. Woolner ’5l, of Shreve- port, La.
Henry Clay Coffin passed away March 24 at his home, 3280 Central Ave., Ala- meda, Calif., after a short illness. This word came to us during the summer, in a letter from Mrs. Coffin to Dick Carpenter. She wrote that “Chet” never had a pain or ache all his life just wasted away.”
Henry Coffin was born in Everett, Mass., December 23, 1886. He prepared at the Bal- lou & Hobigand School. In college he was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa_ fraternity and Dragon Senior Society. Having played professional baseball before entering Dart- mouth, “Chet” was unable to play on varsity teams.
After graduation, he went to San Francisco where he entered the insurance business. In 1925 he was connected with the United States Shipping Board in San Francisco, but in 1927 returned to insurance from which he retired in ’5B.
He married Selma Maberg in 1906 in Rhode Island. She and two sons, one daugh- ter and two grandchildren are the survivors.
Martin Edward Hannon died May 18 at his home in Dallas, Texas. He had been ill for some time. The newspaper clipping telling of his death was the first information about Mart for many years. His name had been on our “lost” list since ’2l. He had lived in Dallas for 35 years.
Mart was born in Roxbury, Mass., June 27, 1887. He prepared for college at Dor- chester High School, and was a member of Theta Delta Chi fraternity and the Turtle Society and manager of our freshman hockey and sophomore baseball team. He did not return to college after the second year.
Mart Hannon was a retired executive sec- retary and manager of the Dallas Manufac- Turing Association and a former Chamber of Commerce executive. At the time of his death he was a member of the advisory board of the Air Force Academy in Colo- rado Springs, Colo.
Survivors are his wife and a daughter. Miss Mary Jane Hannon.
1912
Wyckoff Lawrence Garrison of 612 Embree Crescent, Westfield, N. J., secretary of his class since June, 1958, died June 29, 1962, in the Regional Memorial Hospital, Brunswick, Me.
With Bess, his wife, Garry had journeyed directly from Hanover and the 50th reunion of his classmates to visit the Brunswick home of their son, Bob, who is stationed there as R.O.T.C. instructor at Bowdoin College. Shortly thereafter but not until two days after he had written and mailed his official report of 1912’s exceptionally successful 50th Reunion published in the Alumni Magazine’s July issue Garry was hospitalized as the result of the first of a series of heart attacks. It was a brief edi- torial note appended to his reunion report that advised the Dartmouth alumni com- munity of the grievous outcome, following publication of obituary notices in the Port- land, New York City, and New Jersey news- papers.
Garry had retired in 1957 as director of purchases for Ingersoll Rand Company of New York. He had served forty years with that company and for 37 years had been a resident of Westfield.
Bom January 12, 1890, in Brooklyn, he graduated from Boys High School, Brook- lyn. A Phi Sigma Kappa, he received his B.S. degree at Dartmouth in 1912 and a master’s degree in engineering at the Colum- bia School of Engineering in 1915. After serving with the 76th Division of the 301 st MORS in France, and the World War I Army of Occupation in Coblenz, he was honorably discharged as a First Lieutenant in August, 1919, and rejoined Ingersoll Rand Cos.
Garry was a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; National Association of Purchasing Agents; Photo- graphic Society of America (past-president of the West Essex Camera Club, N. J.); Westfield Presbyterian Church; Downtown Athletic Club of NYC; Colonial Country Club of Metuchen, and the Long Island His- torical Society.
Married to his beloved Bess (the former Miss Elizabeth Morris of Dunellen, N. J.) Sept. 17, 1921, Garry’s survivors include, also, their three sons Donald Lawrence, M.E., Norwich Univ. ’5O, of Glendora, Calif.; Gapt. Robert Morris, USA, Infantry, A.B. Norwich Univ. ’52, of Brunswick, Me.; William Wyckoff, A.8., St. Lawrence Univ. ’52, of Cherry Hill, N. J. three grandchil- dren and a sister, Mrs. E. G. Thompson of Westfield, N. J.
With them, the wider family circle of Dartmouth 1912 shares a kindred sense of loss and grateful appreciation. In token thereof, among those in attendance at the funeral service, luly 2, 1962, in the West- field Presbyterian Church, the Class was represented by Richard Remsen, Randy Burns, George Geiser, Carola and lim Steen, Katharine and Cliff Sugatt.
William Wallace King died June 3 in Malone, N. Y., where he had been active as president of the King-Clark Cos., Inc., gen- eral insurance agency, since 1954. His fatal heart attack followed a stroke suffered some five weeks earlier. He lived at 27 East Main Street in Malone.
“Mucket,” as he was known during the two years when his red hair and still readier smile brightened the campus paths in Hanover, was born November 9, 1888, in Malone. He prepared for Dartmouth at Franklin Academy and was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa. Through his lifetime he was active in the Elks and the Franklin County Agricultural Society.
August 21, 1912, he married Ruth L. Brown of Johnsonburg, N. Y., who died in Rochester, N. Y., December 17, 1918. Their son, Lawrence H. King, attended Dartmouth with the class of 1938, became a U.S. Air Force pilot and was killed in Africa during 1945. Mucket’s second marriage to Ida L. Hildreth of North Bangor, N. Y., June 29, 1920—-was terminated by a Reno divorce, May 18, 1948. A daughter, Katherine Mary, now Mrs. Herbert F. Jentz, survives him, as do two grandchildren.
1913
Edwin Carl Grothe died on July 16, 1962 at the St. John’s Hospital in Huron, So. Dak., of a heart attack. He was stricken late Monday afternoon.
Edwin was born on April 12, 1889 in Wayne, Neb., where he attended Wayne High School and then Yankton College. He transferred to Dartmouth his senior year and graduated with the Class of 1913.
He was employed by the Grainger Broth- ers Wholesale Grocery Cos. at Lincoln, Neb., and then was cashier of the First State Bank at Harrold before he joined the Northwest- ern Public Service Cos., in 1926. He was pur- chasing agent at the time of his retirement in 1954.
He married Cleo Andrews in 1924, who died in 1948. On March 1, 1953 he married Jeanette Mahaffy..
Edwin was a veteran of World War I, a member of the Masonic Lodge No. 62 at Harrold; the William F. Reaves Post, Amer- ican Legion; Kiwanis Club and the Congre- gational Church, where he was also past treasurer. He was a member of the Huron School Board for ten years, serving as vice- president and president.
jr* ——~— ”—jr He is survived by his widow, Jeanette in Huron; one son John Webster; one daugh- ter Laura Jean, Mrs. Miles Michel, of Grand Rapids, Minn.; two step-children, six grand- children and four step-grandchildren.
Edward Aaron Davis died on August 4 at his home in Harwich Port, Mass;, after a long illness. Ted was born on February 11, 1890 in Detroit, Mich., son of William H. Davis 1874, a clergyman, and a former trustee of the College.
Ted attended Newton High School to prepare for Dartmouth and graduated in 1913. He was a member of Psi Upsilon; Turtle; Round Robin; Casque and Gauntlet; Jack-O-Lantern Board; Dartmouth Maga- zine Board: Manager of Freshman Track; Class Republican College Club; Dartmouth Christian Assn. Cabinet; Bema Board; Class Debating Team (1); Woodbury Law School Prize (4) and in the “Pea Green Earl.”
After graduating he was associated with A. H. Lee & Sons, importers until 1919 in New York as Chicago representative and then as American Manager. In April 1917 he enlisted in the U. S. Navy as Warrant Officer and was commissioned Ensign in September 1917, and served until 1918.
He married Dorothy Susan Merrill on September 30, 1917 and Sally Bradford was born August 25, 1918, David Meacham ’42, October 1, 1919, and Mary Ann Susan on January 14, 1933. He dropped the Edward and became known as Aaron Davis in 1917.
In 1920 he published in Good Housekeep- ing an article on printing of chintzes and cretonnes as an authority on the subject In 1922 and 1927 he had many stories in the Saturday Evening Post and poems in Adventure and other magazines. He broke all previous one-man records for publica- tions in the Saturday Evening Post.
He was with Cownan, Davis and Dengles from 1925 to 1929 and then joined Ander- son. Davis and Platt, advertising, merchan- dising and marketing counsels, as a partner. Ted and Dorothy have lived in Harwich Port since 1930.
During World War II he was civilian Di- rector of Public Safety Region 7, Cape Cod’s 15 villages and the Islands of Nan- tucket Sound. He was the first to coordinate six services for war in one office with one telephone, and received a citation from the President of the United States. Ted served the Draft Board for five years and was a deputy sheriff of Barnstable County for twenty years.
Ever sensitive to natural phenomena he invented wind and weather instruments and had several patents which he gave to his son David ’42.
He is survived by his widow, his two daughters, now Mrs. Thornton I. Bradshaw and Mrs. Charles W. Brown; his son; his sister Mrs. Mary (Davis) Lee and twelve grandchildren. His brother was the late Rob- ert M. ’O3.
A Memorial Service was held at the South Yarmouth Friends Meeting House at 11 o’clock on August 12, when about 300 friends and neighbors attended. George Knight and Helen and Babe Smith who drove up from Litchfield, Conn., represented the Class.
Marcus Melville Whitney died sud- denly at his home in Winchendon, Mass., of a severe heart attack on October 22, 1960. Marc was born on December 29, 1888 in Winchendon, Mass.
He prepared for Dartmouth at Allen School and left college at the end of his sophomore year to go into business with the Alfred H. Whitney Cos., manufacturers of chairs in So. Ashburnham, Mass.
He spent his life in Winchendon and at the time of his death he was president and general manager of the Whitney Mfg. Cos., Inc., of South Ashburnham, Mass., a sub- sidiary of Baumritter Corp., of New York. He was a member of the North Congrega- tional Church of Wincfiendon and a mem- ber of Winchendon Masonic Lodge.
He is survived by his wife, Winifred L. (Carter); a son, John W. Whitney of Ash- burnham; and two daughters, Miss Frances Whitney of Winchendon and Mrs. Carl A. Frank of Falmouth, Mass.
Frances and John worked with their fa- ther, and John is now president and general manager of the Whitney Mfg. Cos. Inc.
Marc was a great fisherman and Frances accompanied him on his salmon and trout trips to Moosehead Lake in Maine. He and Francis were planning their annual trip for the Dartmouth-Harvard game at Cambridge the day before his passing.
1914
Hadley Cole, we called him, quite natur- ally* “King” a gently humorous soul greatly respected and admired on the cam- pus.
Hadley was born in Plymouth, Mass., in 1890 and prepared for Dartmouth in the public schools. At college he was a valued member of Theta Delta Chi. He left college m the summer of 1912 to enter upon his hie work of industrial sales with outstand- ing companies in that field and on August 18, 1923 married Lorine Haas, of Philadel- phia, who survives him.
In 1954, “King” suffered a stroke from Much he never completely recovered and which forced his retirement to Orleans, Mass., and Florida. And on June 7 “King” suffered a more severe attack and died in the hospital. He lived on Main Street in Orleans.
Lorine’s note telling us of the tragedy is deeply by all of us who knew “King,” and we in 1914 unite in expressing our affection and our sympathy.
Charles Henry Faxon died April 19 in the Glens Falls Hospital. He had resided with his sister in Chestertown in the sum- mer and Glens Falls in the winter.
Fax attended Chestertown High before coming to join the Class of 1914 and on campus was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon. Charlie’s career was primarily devoted to teaching. Before his army stint in World War I, he had worked briefly for the U. S. Leather Cos. In 1927 he received his M.A. from Columbia.
Most of his activities were devoted to the American Legion, V. F. W., the Masons, Society of Colonial Wars, and sons of the American Legion.
He is survived by his sister. Miss Dorothy Faxon, and an aunt, Mrs. Alice Faxon Brown.
1915
Arthur Curtis Hatch, residing at 92 Elm Street, Camden, Me., died January 18, 1962.
Arthur was born March 11, 1893 and, after three semesters at Dartmouth, left Hanover in 1914. Most of his life was spent m Camden in building and construction work.
On September 9, 1920, he married Olive Coombs at Islesboro, Me. Four children were born of this union Patricia and Hugh, twins, and Mary and Alan. Son Hugh was killed in 1946 in an airplane accident.
The report of Arthur’s death was delayed in reaching us and further details are lack- ing. He had been a consistent contributor to the Alumni Fund, with participation in the Capital Gifts Program.
Waldo William Webber, an industrial engineer with Bethlehem Steel for many years, died June 28 in Dundalk, Md. Bunk had been employed with Bethlehem Steel Cos. at their Sparrows Point plant and re- sided at 2908 Dunmurry Rd., Dundalk. He was born June 27, 1893 in Lynn, Mass., and attended Classical High School there, and spent four years at Dartmouth.
He is survived by his second wife, the former Gertrude Wiggett, whom he married August 26, 1933 and two children. He for- merly was married to Eulalie Locke. A daughter, Joyce Locke, was born of that union.
Services were held June 30 at St. George’s Episcopal Church with Rev. B. R. Madge the officiating clergyman.
1916
Robert Clunie Jr. died June 18 at a Damariscotta, Me., hospital after a brief ill- ness. Funeral services were held June 21 at the Second Congregational Church at Newcastle.
He was born Oct. 11, 1894 at North Wil- braham, Mass. Bob’s parents moved to Rumford when he was ten years old. He graduated from Phillips-Exeter Academy. He was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa in College. After Dartmouth he attended Har- vard Law School. His first teaching post was at Strong (Me.) High School. He be- came principal of Lincoln Academy, New- castle, and remained in that post for 23 years, resigning to take a less strenuous position at Gould Academy, Bethel. He taught there five years, and during the next two years served as principal of Rockland High School, returning to Gould Academy for six additional years. He retired in_ 1955.
Bob retained a residence in Damariscotta for twenty years, where he was a member of the local Masonic lodge, a former mem- ber of the Rotary Club, and a member of the State Principals’ Association.
He is survived by his widow, Melitta Carroll Clunie; a daughter. Mrs. Barbara Clifford of Falmouth; two Dartmouth sons, Robert Carroll ’4O, of Falmouth and Fred- erick Bailey ’45, of Danvers, Mass.; a sister and a brother, and seven grandchildren.
Funeral services were held July 10 at St, Paul’s Union Church, Beverly Hills, Chi- cago, for Hugh Livingston Cole, who died in a hospital four days previously, after an illness of six weeks. He had suffered two heart attacks, the second in March, and the third attack proved fatal. i -m «• A/" lOflt Ct
Livy was born May 26, 1894 at Council Bluffs, lowa. He attended University High School, Chicago, and upon graduation en- tered Dartmouth, where he belonged to Sigma Chi. He received his degree from Thayer in May of 1917.
With the onset of the war in 1917 he enlisted in the ordnance department of the United States Army and rose to the rank of sergeant, serving in the American Expedi- tionary Force from 1917 to 1919. After the war he attended the Universite de Mont- pellier, France.
Returning to this country he entered his father’s business, the Cole Manufacturing Cos., of Chicago, in which he served as vice president until 1932. The following year he became president of the Cole Hot Blast Manufacturing Cos., of Chicago, with which company he was connected until he retired.
At the funeral services a quartet from the Men’s Class at the church sang. Livy had led the singing in the church for many years. His nephew, studying for the min- istry at-the divinity school on the North- western University campus, assisted the pas- tor at the services.
Livy is survived by his widow, Lucille Deneen Cole at 9238 Pleasant Ave., Chi- cago; three daughters, Mary Cole Ormesher, Shirley Cole, and Frances Cole Hansen; two sons, John and Hugh L. Cole Jr.; a sister and two brothers; and ten grandchildren.
1917
Richard Anthony Marschat died on July 25, 1962, following a brief illness dur- ing which he was a patient in the National Orthopedic Hospital at Arlington, Va. Dick was a native New Yorker, having been bom there on June 15, 1894. At the time of his death he resided at 204 Fairhaven Ave., Jefferson Manor in Alexandria, Va., and had lived in that area since 1941.
With the outbreak of World War I he enlisted, on May 24. 1917, as a seaman in the U.S. Navy, but later that year he trans- ferred to Naval Aviation and took flight training at the M.I.T. Naval Aviation School and later, at Pensacola. He was stationed at the U.S. Naval Air Station at Chatham, Mass., until his discharge, with the rank of Ensign, at Boston on May 19, 1919. , . , , 12 r _ TX _• I, G 4-
Upon his return to civilian life Dick first engaged in the field of foreign trade and then, in 1941, he began a long career with the Army Department. At one time he was head of the Army records branch at the Pentagon, and at the time of his death was a management analyst in the Controller’s office at Fort Belvoir.
At Dartmouth, Dick was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa. He was a past pres- ident of the Jefferson Manor Citizens As- sociation and a member of Calvary Presby- terian Church.
His first marriage to Elizabeth Newhall on October 13, 1920 terminated in divorce. On January 23, 1942, at Washington, D. C., he married the then Mona Klein by whom he is survived. He also is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Barbara Roberts of Phil- adelphia, a stepdaughter, Miss Christine Marschat of Alexandria, and two brothers, Arthur of Whitestone, N. Y., and Lawrence of Salem, Ore.
Funeral services were held in the South Post Chapel of Fort Meyer, and burial was in Arlington Cemetery.
1918
Gerald Arlington Poole died peace- fully in his sleep following a heart attack at his home, 1106 North Golder Ave., Odessa, Texas, on May 30. Gerry was born in Milton, Mass., on July 27, 1894 and at- tended Phillips Exeter before entering Dart- mouth. At Hanover he belonged to Psi Up- silon and Sphinx and was a member of the freshman football and baseball squads and the varsity football squad. Prior to the declaration of war, Gerry received his de- gree and then entered the service and served as ensign at the War College in Newport, R. I. Upon his discharge from the Navy he was employed by the Gulf Oil Corp. of Odessa, Texas. At the time of his retire- ment in 1960 he was assistant district su- perintendent of production. • 1 T-i I■, 1 ZT J A 1 J _i.
Gerry married Edith Gifford Arnold at Newport, R. 1., on August 21, 1921. She survives him together with two children, Mrs. Gloria Poole Creamer of San Rafael, Calif., and Gerald Poole Jr. of Odessa, Texas, and seven grandchildren. He was a member of St. John’s Episcopal Church, Odessa, Texas, and also active in Masonic circles in Fort Worth.
His warm, vibrant personality and gra- cious smile were things that made him a real class favorite and members of 1918 will be much saddened by this loss.
1919
Dana Chenery Salmon passed away on August 11 in the Farren Memorial Hospital in Gill, Mass., at the age of 66. Services were held in the Congregational Church in Turners Falls, where he resided.
“Fish” was a native of Montague, Mass., where he was born September 25, 1895. He came to Hanover from the Roxbury Latin School in Boston. For thirty years he served as traffic manager of the Esleeck Manufac- turing Cos. and then took over his father’s insurance business in 1949, which he was forced to relinquish in 1960 due to poor health.
He was a past commander of the Amer- ican Legion post in Turners Falls, and the Marine Corps League of Greenfield. He served with the Marine Corps in France during World War 11. “Fish” was a mem- ber of the Franklin County voiture of the 40 and 8; a prominent Mason and a mem- ber of the Mechanics Lodge in Turners Falls; a past commander of the Titus Strong Council of Royal and Select Masters, and the Connecticut Commandery of Knights Templar, of Greenfield; also the order of the White Shrine, Melba Temple of the Shrine in Springfield.
He leaves his wife, the former Helen L. Kinne, a brother, Chenery Salmon of Hing- ham, a sister and several nephews. To the family goes the most sincere of all T9ers in their sorrow.
1921
A public accountant and tax consultant Francis Budlong Foster of 19 Cedar St., East Greenwich, R. 1., died August 30 after a long illness. A graduate of Princeton ’22, Frank spent three years in Hanover and retained his affiliations with his ’2l Dart- mouth class. His wife, Natalie died Decem- ber 15, 1960. His daughter Natalie, who trained at the Hitchcock Hospital, Hanover is married to Winthrop C. Giles (“Buzz”) ’5B.
Frank was born February 22, 1900 in Utica, N. Y. He prepared for college at Westboro High School, entered Dartmouth in 1917 and left in 1919 to go to Worcester Tech, entered Princeton in 1920 and took post-graduate courses at Babson Institute from 1931-32. At Dartmouth he was a member of Sigma Nu.
From 1923-27 Frank was employed by the Maddox Table Cos., Jamestown, N. Y., as a salesman. From 1927-30 he was dis- trict manager of the Foster Brothers Manu- facturing Cos. of Grand Rapids, Mich., and for a year was a salesman for Berky and Gay Furniture Cos., also of Grand Rapids. From 1932-39 he was a salesman for var- ious paper jobbers in Boston and Prov- idence. In 1948 he assumed the ownership of Foster’s Tax-Aid Records.
Frank was a member of the National So- ciety of Public Accountants and the Rhode Island branch of that group. He was a charter member of the Greenwich Club.
Surviving are his mother, of Westboro, Mass.; two sons, B. Phillips Foster of Bar- rington, R. 1., and David P. Foster of Roch- ester, N. Y.; two daughters Mrs. Robert E. Prout of Barrington and Boca Raton, Fla., and Mrs. Winthrop E. Giles of Medway, Mass.; three brothers, two sisters and nine grandchildren.
1922
Verner Reed Shoup died suddenly from a heart attack on June 18 at Boulder, Colo. In his passing the Class loses one of its most lovable and esteemed members. Zeke, his only name to classmates, was born April 27, 1900 in Colorado Springs. He was a son of the late Oliver H. Shoup, former governor of Colorado.
Coming from Colorado Springs High School, Zeke entered Dartmouth in our memorable autumn of 1918. A highly pop- ular and active classmate, he was a member of the freshman football squad, an athletic manager, and a member of the mandolin club. His fraternity was Delta Kappa Epsi- lon. Following graduation he went to Har- vard Law School.
He started his business career in Col- orado Springs where he was interested in real estate and investments. Beginning in 1936 he was active for many years in oil and land development in the Wichita, Kan., area. In 1954 he returned to Colorado and four years later he became administrative assistant to classmate Will F. Nicholson, Mayor of Denver. More recently Zeke was in charge of the land development depart- ment of the Dakamont Exploration Corp. and was also associated with the Western Crude Marketers of Denver.
While he headquartered his business in- terests in Denver, Zeke and his family for several years have made their home at 10 South 38th St., Boulder. He is survived by his wife Adelaide, three sons: Verner Reed Jr., Francis Edward, and Merrill Edgar II; a daughter, Mrs. Anne Kamins of Denver, and his brother Merrill E. Shoup ’2l of Colorado Springs. Another brother, the late Oliver H. Jr., was a member of the Class of 1918.
The Class and Zeke’s legion of friends extend heartfelt condolence to the family and join with them in deep bereavement.
1923
Luke Francis Callan passed away on July 22, 1962 in Cape Cod Hospital, Hyan- nis, Mass. Luke was stricken with a heart attack on July 14 while on vacation at his new summer residence in Centerville. He lived at 45 Bourne St. in Middleboro, where he was born May 1, 1901.
He graduated from Boston University Law School in 1927 and was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar the next year. He then entered the law office of the late Judge D. D. Sullivan and John V. Sullivan. In 1939 Luke was appointed by the Supreme Judical Court as Assistant Clerk of the Superior and Supreme Courts of Plymouth County. In 1944 Governor Saltonstall ap- pointed him Presiding Justice of the Fourth District Court of Plymouth County.
In addition to his law practice and judi- cial duties, Luke found time to be a bank director, a bank attorney, and a member of Middleboro School Committee, a president of Kiwanis, and president of Plymouth County Bar Association. c 11 r . .’.l 3 i.l- _
The following editorial appeared in the New Bedford Standard Times: “Judge L. Francis Callan was ideally suited for the bench. He had an even temperament, an ap- preciation of the need for speedy justice and an uncommon understanding of the law.
“Judge Callan’s abilities were recognized in many ways by his superiors in the state court system. Although he had to rule on a large number of cases as presiding justice at the 4th District Court in Middleboro and Wareham; Judge Callan was tapped for service at the Southern Appellate Division of District Courts. He frequently heard cases in the Superior Court, often in appeal.
“Perhaps the greatest tribute paid to Judge Callan came from attorneys, who often waived the right to a jury in a criminal trial so the jurist could rule directly on the evidence.. .
Survivors include his wife the former Bertha M. Gibney, whom he married Oc- tober 12, 1929 in Pawtucket, R. I.; a son, Atty. Paul Callan of Middleboro; a daugh- ter, Mrs. Michael O’Connell; one sister; one brother and three grandchildren.
Word comes from Palma de Mallorca of the death of Stanford Church Richmond, formerly of Wellesley Hills, at his Spanish home on July 23. The Richmonds left Wellesley four years ago after spending all their married life in that city. Stan had suf- fered from Parkinson’s disease.
Born in Brockton, Mass., June 9, 1901, he prepared at the local high school and Phillips Andover Academy. Stan was a member of Green- Key and Phi Kappa Psi and one of our most enthusiastic skiers. He was in the woolen business from the time of graduation. In 1935 he became wool buyer for Prouvost-Lefebre Cos., worsted top makers, and then proprietor of his own woolen brokerage business in Boston.
Eleanor P. Adkins married Stan on June 22, 1928 in Cambridge, Mass. She survives him as does one daughter, Marcia Judith.
1924
Even though there had been one previous warning, John Scrafford Mauk had seemed to be in the best of health although restricted as to exercise and diet; had been on a cruise to Australia last winter; planned to attend the fall reunion, and then a South American cruise. Another heart attack, early >n the morning of July 19, was too much tor Johnnie. I can do no better than to re- Peat the words of one of his close friends m the class: “Dartmouth and the Class of 1924 were among his greatest loyalties. We have lost a very devoted classmate.” I know many may wish to express their own feel- ings in accordance with the family’s wishes: a contribution to either the John S. Mauk Memorial Fund, Dartmouth College; or to the Washington State Heart Fund.
John prepared for Dartmouth at Phillips Exeter Academy. He was born on August 11, 1901 in Toledo, Ohio. While in college, he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi and the Jack O’Lantern staff. His hobbies were and have continued to be tennis, golf, fly fishing, and more recently yachting. These active sports were reflected in membership in the University Club, the Seattle Tennis and Yacht Clubs, and the Overlake Golf Club.
He and the former Elsbeth Young main- tained a close-knit family, with three mar- ried children and eight grandchildren living nearby. He was also survived by a sister and two brothers, one, Stanley D. a member of ’l9. John also had a brother-in-law, H. L. Jones ’25; a cousin, John P. Straight ’26, and two nephews, Clinton and Robert Mor- ris Mauk both in the Class of 1950.
Lumber has been a family business, and so John started in Toledo where he stayed one year in the C. A. Mauk Lumber Cos. In 1927 he moved to Seattle to be with the Mauk Seattle Lumber Cos., with whom he served as president from 1932 to his elec- tion as Chairman of the Board in 1960. Success here brought him other honors; president of Fortson Mill Cos.; vice-pres- ident of Conifer Timber Cos,; director of Three Rivers Plywood and Lumber Cos.; also past director of National American Wholesale Lumber Assn. Other offices in- cluded treasurer of the Planned Parenthood Center; president of the Seattle Alumni Assn.; and member for two terms of the Dartmouth Alumni Council (1950-1954).
This was an active personality, and Dart- mouth benefited greatly from his energetic carrying out of his interests. He will be greatly missed by many in the Dartmouth Fellowship as well as in his business and community activities.
1926
The death of Leonard Hadley on July 14 at the Concord (N. H.) Hospital was very sudden and unexpected due to an acute coronary thrombosis. Following his gradua- tion from Dartmouth, and the Thayer School of Engineering (’2B), Len immediately started his lifetime career as an engineer in the highway department of the state of New Hampshire. For the last 25 years he was with the right-of-way division of the New Hampshire Department of Public Works and Highway.
Len was a veteran of World War II; a member of Concord Post, American Legion; the American Society of State Highway offi- cials.
Len’s quiet and unassuming ways while an undergraduate carried on through his entire lifetime. He was always a home-lov- ing man. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. lune (Orr) Hadley, a son. Peter Elkins, and a daughter, Deborah Elkins, all of Con- cord. To them we extend our sincerest sym- pathy.
A long-awaited European trip ended tragically when Stephen Hopkins Millard died suddenly in his sleep at Lucerne, Swit- zerland on lune 19. Steve and his wife Ruth had flown by jet to London on lune 4, and were scheduled to fly home from Rome on lune 30. Memorial services, held on lune 25 at the Congregational Church, Rockville Centre, Long Island, were attended by many of Steve’s personal friends and business as- sociates. The Class of ’26 was represented by F. Sanford Martyn. T . I I .1 _ « ort Tt fl ~1 r "t C
Born in North Adams, Mass., January 15, 1903, Steve graduated from Drury High School in North Adams. While at Dart- mouth he was manager of the Ski Team, member of Cabin and Trail, the Ledyard Canoe Club, and Zeta Psi Fraternity. Steve was very active in his devotion to Dart- mouth, notably as chairman of the alumni interviewing committee for the Long Island area for more than ten years. He attended most of the greater New York alumni gatherings and class reunions.
Steve spent eight years with National City Bank of New York, and in 1934 he went to Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, first as Cashier, then as Bursar, and from 1948 on as Busi- ness Manager. As the President’s Executive Officer, Steve was in charge of every busi- ness operating department at Pratt, including the Bursar’s Office, Buildings and Grounds, Student and Faculty Restaurants, Bookstore, Purchasing and Publicity. During the past several years a City Urban Renewal Pro- gram, involving an entire new campus for Pratt Institute, absorbed much of his time and energy. He loved this creative work and was very happy in it. At Pratt there was an unusual relationship between Steve, as Business Manager, and the faculty lead- ers. He was a competent financial officer who readily obtained and enjoyed easy com- munication with the several Deans and de- partment heads. A Pratt Institute colleague writes “His loss is irreparable. His in- tegrity was unquestionable and he gave so much to others. He was one of the finest and kindest men that ever lived.” What higher tribute might one receive?
In addition to active membership in nu- merous civic associations in Brooklyn, Steve was also active in his home community of Merrick, Long Island. He served his church for many years as Benevolence Chairman, Deacon, Trustee, and jointly with his wife Ruth, as presidents of a large and active Mr. and Mrs. Club.
Steve will always be remembered for the cheering warmth of his personal contacts, and the depth of his understanding of, and respect for, the other fellow’s point of view. He will indeed be missed by his many friends, his associates, and by his classmates.
Steve leaves his wife, Ruth Tracy Mil- lard, of 2069 E. Webster St., Merrick, N. Y., and a sister, Mrs. Helen M. Seale. To them the Class extends its deepest sympathy.
Chester Ambrose Scott Morton, a veteran newspaper man, died June 20 in Grand Central Hospital, New York City. Born June 19, 1903 in Delphos, Ohio, he started his long career in journalism soon after leaving Dartmouth where he was a Chi Phi. From his early days with the Bos- ton Transcript, the Toledo News Bee, and a brief hitch as editorial assistant with the Review of Reviews, he returned to his home state in 1933 as a reporter for the Toledo Times, and later became its music and drama critic. In 1945 Chester joined the staff of the New York Sun. In 1950 he be- came a member of the staff of the New York lournal-American when the Sun merged with the New York World Tele- gram. For the past twelve years he was a member of the lournal-American rewrite staff.
A bachelor, he lived at the Dartmouth Club on 38 th Street for a few years in the early 40’s, later moving to an apartment in one of the old brownstones at 34 Beekman Place, where he lived at the time of his death. He was an avid reader. Chester was a lieutenant in the Naval Reserve during World War 11.
Chester is survived only by his twin brother, Charles E. Morton, of Blandford, Mass., who is also a member of the Class of ’26. Chester’s death was, indeed, un- timely. There should have been further years for a greater contribution to the news- paper work to which he devoted more than 35 years of his lifetime. Our sincere sympa- thies to his brother. Chuck Morton.
1928
William Cogswell died suddenly June 24 of a cerebral hemorrhage at his home, 104-20 Queens Boulevard, Forest Hills, N. Y. He had not been ill and death came while he was asleep.
His family is the only one in Dartmouth history where for six consecutive generations a son of the family has gone to Dartmouth, starting with Nathaniel Cogswell, Class of 1794. Bill’s grandson is a candidate for ad- mission in the Class of 1976.
Bill, a direct descendant of Henry Clay, was born July 1, 1906 in Boston, Mass., and prepared for Dartmouth at Tabor Acad- emy. He left college after two years and worked for the Fifth Avenue Bank in New York until 1928, when he went with a stock exchange firm. He stayed in that business and at the time of his death was co-man- ager of the Radio City office of Fahnestock & Cos., with whom he had been for 21 years.
He was devoted to Dartmouth and at- tended all reunions. He started working for the Class in 1936 as an assistant Class Agent. In 1952 and 1954 he was Class Agent and in 1953 he and George Pasfield were Co- s of our 25th Reunion Memorial Fund.
Bill's third marriage took place in 1952 to Mrs. Greta Kittell of Winchester, Mass. He is survived by her, a son. Clay '52, of Birmingham, Mich,, two grandchildren, Sherry and Bradford William Cogswell, and four stepchildren. His stepson, David H. Kittell, was a member of the Class of 1957.
1930
Houston Coleman Boyles died sud- denly on May 22, 1962. He had collapsed at home, and passed away later in the day at Peekskill Hospital. Hugh was a native of Minneapolis and attended Dartmouth only in the middle two years of our course. For the following twenty years, little was heard from him, but shortly before our 25th re- union he regained an interest in Dartmouth and in the Class, which was particularly pleasing to his many classmates in the New York area. He had attended the spring din- ner of the group barely two weeks before he passed away, and had seemed in his usual good health and spirits.
Hugh had spent most of his business life in the merchandising and advertising fields, with the New York Daily News, Erwin Wasey & Company, Simplicity Pattern Com- pany, and the Magazine Advertising Bu- reau. He had a very distinguished record in World War 11, having been one of seven men who survived the annihilation of a battalion of the 3rd Infantry Division. He had earned the Purple Heart and three bat- tle stars. He also served as a combat corre- spondent and had written for Stars and Stripes under his own byline.
Hugh was a Phi Gam and a popular member of that house. He was a member of the Overseas Press Club and at one time a specialized consultant to the United Na- tions. He dabbled in art and some of his work had been exhibited locally.
Hugh is survived by his widow, Gretchen, and their son Robert, 15, both of whom ac- companied him to reunion in 1960. Their home is on Watch Hill Road, Peekskill, N. Y. We deeply regret the loss of a friendly classmate who had pleased so many by resuming his interest in Dartmouth af- fairs.
1932
Richard Woodman Allen died at age 52 in Quantico, Va., on August 28 while on a special training assignment with the Fed- eral Bureau of Investigation. A native of Brockton, Mass., Dick lived with his wife Jane and daughters Barbara and Patricia at 627 Main Street, Hingham, Mass. A third daughter, Miss Joan Allen, is living in nearby Boston.
Dick majored in French at Dartmouth and upon graduation pursued his studies at the Sorbonne in Paris and at Harvard Uni- versity where he earned a Master’s degree. Before joining the FBI he taught in high schools at Wilmington, Mass., and Farming- ton, Conn., and returned to Harvard on a teaching fellowship. It was early in this pe- riod of his life that he married Miss Jane Margaret Lawler in Brockton.
In 1942 he joined the FBI and remained with that organization up to the date of his untimely death. Assigned to the Boston of- fice, he traveled quite frequently to various cities in this country and in South America. Recently he had been assigned to the FBI field office in New York. A man of fine principles, he devoted as much time as he could to community affairs and to the in- terests of his family. He was interested in boating and was a member of the Hingham Yacht Club.
John Donald Brett, M.D., died at St. Vincent Charity Hospital in Cleveland, 0., on July 20 at age 52 of a pulmonary em- bolism following an operation for cancer of the lung. In 1950 and 1951 he was chief of staff at Cleveland Woman’s Hospital and remained on the staff until his death. He also maintained a private practice. His home was at 2683 Rochester Road, Shaker Heights.
Johnny was a native of Shaker Heights and went to high school there. At Dart- mouth he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi, Alpha Chi Sigma and Dragon. He received his M.D. from Western Reserve University School of Medicine in 1936. In World War II he was stationed at the Army Air Corps rehabilitation center in Coral Gables, Fla., and was discharged after the war with the rank of major.
He was a man of many interests and his hobbies included boating, water-skiing, golf, and photography. He loved to spend his vacations with his family on a small lake in New York State. In addition to belonging to a number of medical organizations, he was a member of the Cleveland Skating Club and five Masonic groups.
Surviving are his wife, the former Helen Watters whom he married in 1938, and two daughters, Judith and Constance. Also sur- viving is a sister, who is the wife of John Prentiss ’32 of Hudson.
1936
John Dunbar Creigh of 2117 Middle- fork Road, Nqrthfield, 111., died June 9 of arterial sclerosis, at St. Luke’s Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago. John remained active as vice president of Service Gas Products Cos. up until one month before his death. The company was founded by John and his brother right after World War 11. Head- quarters are in Tulsa, and John spent ten years in the gas fields of southwest Kansas and Oklahoma until his move six years ago to Northfield.
aE)yj - Following college John worked first for the American Airlines and then joined Pure Oil Cos., whom he left at the outbreak of World War II to enlist in the Naval Re- serve. He served five years on a destroyer in the Pacific, and on the staff of Commander North Pacific Force.
Classmate Dr. Gordon Brown, of Win- netka, a dose friend through the years, de- scribes in the following words a great fight- ing spirit no Dartmouth man will ever forget. “John’s death concludes a seven-year struggle against the ‘bad arteries’ which he reported with such optimistic good humor in the biographical sketch he submitted for the 25th Reunion Book. With similar grace and magnificent courage, John met the re- current terrors which his illness and its treatment forced relentlessly upon him. These fine attributes and the warmth of his personality were movingly memorialized in the Morthfield Community Church on June 12.”
John is survived by his mother, two brothers, a sister, his wife (Bev), two sons and a daughter, to whom the Class of 1936 extends its heartfelt sympathy.
His host of Dartmouth friends were grieved to learn of the untimely death of Robert Gay MacPherson in Boston’s Deaconess Hospital June 28. Bob, who lived at 309 Edgell Road in Framingham Center, Mass., had been-in the hospital for three weeks. Bob had received a heart-warm- ing message from most of his ’36 classmates a year ago when he was unable to attend the 25th Reunion because he was hospital- ized for a leg amputation. His Dartmouth friends will agree with the Rev. Daniel Fen- ner who spoke, at the funeral services, of Bob’s qualities of courage, service, gen- erosity, and tolerance.
Bob was a varsity hockey player at Dart- mouth, a member of Sphinx Senior Society and Sigma Chi fraternity.
A former member publisher of the Ban- gor, Me., Daily Commercial, Bob had been treasurer and general manager of the Fram- ingham, Mass., Daily News for the past sixteen years. He was a trustee of the Fram- ingham Union Hospital; a director of the rramingham Trust Cos.; a member of the board of the Framingham Savings Bank; nrst vice president of the Bay State Society, Clin hlem*)er the ®race Congregational
Bob is survived by his wife, Deborah UNeaUey) MacPherson; two daughters, Mrs. Starnes °f Marblehead, Mass., and ; *1S '-’oborah Gay MacPherson of Fram- ngham; a son, Robert G. MacPherson Jr.; r°iber, James E. Jr. ’39, and a sister. Miss Janet MacPherson, all of Framingham; oy his mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. James E. MacPherson ’10; and one grand-
~ Dartmouth classmates who were among i® r cr°wd that attended funeral serv- ant ii Bob included Ted Olsen, Joe Davis, and John McKernan.
1937
Richard Volney Chase Jr. died of a ( heart attack on August 26 while swimming I in Long Pond near Plymouth, Mass. He was 47 years old; death cut short a distinguished career as literary critic, biographer, and pro- j fessqr of English at Columbia University.
Dick Chase was born in Lakeport, N. H., October 12, 1914. Theta Delta Chi in col- lege, he received his A.B. degree from Dart- ! mouth in 1937, his M.A. from Columbia in 1939 and his Ph.D. from Columbia in 1946. | He resided at 259 Engle St. in Penally, N. J. He leaves his wife, Frances; four children, Richard, Elizabeth, Elliott and Nathaniel, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Chase T1 of Osterville, Mass.
To classmates who remembered Dick as an English major and as editor-in-chief of Jack-o-Lantern, it came as no surprise when he moved on to a distinguished literary ca- reer. He joined the Columbia faculty in 1949 as an assistant professor of English and was promoted to full professor in 1958. Dick wrote extensively about American folklore and American literary figures. His best-known books were “The American Novel and Its Tradition,” “Walt Whitman Reconsidered,” “Herman Melville A Crit- ical Study” and “The Democratic Vista,” which he described as a “dialogue on life and letters of contemporary America.”
To his wife and children the Class ex- tends its deepest sympathy. Over and above these feelings of personal regret is the sense that society, too, has suffered a severe loss in the death, at a relatively early age, of a writer and scholar whose early works gave such promise for the future.
1943
Corydon Francis Taylor died in Rum- son, N. J., on July 29 after a long illness. Death was from cancer. Born in Madison, Wis., Corky attended Phillips Exeter and came to Dartmouth with A 1 Phillips, Tom McManus, Alex Nagle, and others from thal Exeter class. A member of Zeta Psi at Dart- mouth, Corky, like so many other class- mates, had his Dartmouth career interrupted by the war. He served three years in the Air Corps as a bomb sight specialist with extensive duty in the Aleutians, being dis- charged as a sergeant.
After the war Corky worked for IBM, eventually turning to Wall Street where he fashioned his life’s work. At his death he was vice president. Financial Planning Corp., and partner in the securities underwriting firm of Godfrey, Hamilton and Taylor, Inc., both of New York. He was a member of the Rumson Country Club, Sea Bright Beach Club, and the Leash in New York.
His family surviving him are his widow, Brenda Lobdell Taylor, two sons, David S. 14, Curtis S. 10, and two daughters, Nancy L. 11 and Mimi 8.
Corky was an enthusiastic Dartmouth man and attended many reunions. His Dart- mouth classmates and friends extend their most sincere sympathy to his family in their loss.
1958
Richard Spear Brooks, of 63 Ferris St., St. Albans, Vt., was killed instantly, early Friday, August 10, when the car he was driving left the highway and crashed side- ways into a large tree.
After graduating from Bellows Free Acad- emy, he attended Dartmouth College prior to entering Tufts University and subse- quently the Tufts Dental School, where he was enrolled at the time of his death. He was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps.
He leaves his mother, Mrs. Dorothy Spear Brooks, to whom the Class extends its most sincere sympathy.
1961
A fine young man and an outstanding member of the Class of 1961 has passed away. The news reached us some time ago of the death of Donald Robert Spurgeon.
Don entered Dartmouth in September, 1957 and completed his freshman year be- fore transferring to Pomona College. He at- tended high school in Colorado Springs where he was a member of the National Honor Society, a member of the varsity baseball team and a starting halfback on the state championship football team. Don represented his high school at Boys’ State and was selected to represent Colorado at Boys’ Nation.
While at Dartmouth Don played fresh- man football and basketball. He was a well- known and respected member of our Class and a friendly and courageous man. He died after a fourteen-month struggle against can- cer. The trustees and faculty of Pomona conferred Don’s degree posthumously the first time they had so done.
Don is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Spurgeon, a brother, Allen of Menlo Park, Calif., and by his grandfather, Mr. J. Allen McEwen of Youngstown, Ohio- The Class of 1961 would like to express its deep regret.
John Scrafford Mauk ’24
