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.]
Lord, John K. Jr. '95, Dec. 26 Howard, Preston W. '03, Dec. 19 Stark, Eugene M. '09, Dec. 30 Whitmore, Harold C. '09, Dec. 29 Nissen, Louis P. '10, Jan. 7 Dolan, Joseph M. '13, Mar. 25 RiJey, Edward C. '16, Jan. 7 Briggs, Harry G. '17, Nov. 9 Howland, Percy H. '17, Dec. 20 Smith, Newton L. '17, Dec. 24 Halliday, Raymond '19, Jan. 5 Hatch, Tracy W. '22, Dec. 21 Stewart, Colin C. III '23, Dec. 31 Fitzpatrick, Leo J. '24, Dec. 14 Jones, Roderick B. '25, Jan. 2 McKown, Lyle S. '25, Dec. 27 Herwig, Karl E. '27, Nov. 29 O'Neill, William Jr. '28, Oct. 25 Howland, John '29, Dec. 8 Lewis, David N. '30, Nov. 8 Whitaker, Henry C. Jr. '37, Dec. 14 Fischbach, Howard P. Jr. '39, Nov. 25 Jensen, Harold H. Jr. '39, Dec. 14 Brown, Arthur H. '40, Dec. 7 Robinson, Kenneth A., A.M. '23, Dec. 20 Woodman, Arthur B. '12m, Dec. 28
Faculty
COLIN CAMPBELL STEWART III '23, Professor of Pediatrics at the Dartmouth Medical School and staff pediatrician at the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, died December 31 at the age of 59, after an illness of several weeks.
In his thirty years of medical practice in Hanover, Dr. Stewart was the skilled, sympathetic, and trusted doctor to whom nearly every family in the community had turned at one time or another when children were ill. The Hanover Gazette in an editorial called him one of the town's most loved and valued citizens, a man who never put his own convenience above the call for a doctor's help. In addition to his pediatric service on the staffs of the Hitchcock Clinic and the hospital, Dr. Stewart was for many years the physician for both the grade school and the high school in Hanover, and this vastly enlarged the role he played in protecting the health and saving the lives of Hanover's children.
"Born in Philadelphia on February 17, 1902 Dr. Stewart came to Hanover in 1904 when his. father, Dr. Colin C. Stewart, A.M. '09, joined the Medical School faculty as Associate Professor of Physiology, later to become Brown Professor of Physiology, and Secretary and Acting Dean of the School. After getting his Dartmouth A.B. degree in 1923, magna cum laude, he attended Dartmouth Medical School for two years and received his M.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1926.
Dr. Stewart was an intern at the Philadelphia General Hospital, 1926-28, and spent the next three years- as a Fellow on the Mayo Foundation in Rochester, Minn., leading to the Master of Science degree in Pediatrics from the University of Minnesota in 1931. In that year he returned to Hanover to join the staffs of the Hitchcock Clinic and the Mary Hitchcock Hospital. He also was named Docent in Pharmacology on the Medical School faculty in 1931, becoming Instructor in Physical Diagnosis in 1934, Instructor in Physical Diagnosis and Pediatrics in 1937, Assistant Professor in 1939, and Professor of Pediatrics in 1952. Dartmouth conferred the honorary Master's degree upon him in 1955.
Dr. Stewart was a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, of which he was New Hampshire state chairman from 1945 to 1951, American Board of Pediatrics, American College of Physicians, American Medical Association, Grafton County and New Hampshire State Medical Societies, the New Hampshire Pediatric Society, and the New Hampshire Social Welfare Council of which he was trustee.
Organizations dealing with the problems of children received Dr. Stewart's interest and help. He was a board member of the New Hampshire Children's Aid Society and chairman of its Medical Advisory Committee, and served as chairman of the New Hampshire Committee for the 1950 White House Conference on Children and Youth. He was also a member of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, and served on the New Hampshire Medical Society's Committee on Maternity and Infancy.
During his undergraduate years at Dartmouth, Dr. Stewart was active in Cabin and Trail and was a member of the ski team. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Kappa Kappa, and Gamma Alpha. Actively interested in 1923 class affairs, he was class treasurer from 1947 to 1954. In 1960 he became a member of the National Committee for the Dartmouth Medical School Campaign.
Dr. Stewart was married June 5, 1926 to Catherine Marcia Porter of Langdon, N. H., who died in 1943. His second marriage, to Elaine Margaret Mock, took place April 6, 1945. Surviving are his. widow; his mother, Mrs. Zoe Smiley Stewart of Hanover; three sons, Colin C. Stewart IV '48 of Denver, and Andrew M. Stewart '52 and Robert L. Stewart '55, both of Burlington, Vt.; three daughters, Mrs. Nancy Stewart Deming of Burlington, Vt., and Misses Mary and Janet Stewart of Hanover; and a sister, Dr. Dorothy Stewart oF Rockford, Ill.
A memorial service was held at the Church of Christ in Hanover on January 2. In lieu of flowers contributions in Dr. Stewart's memory were made to the Hanover School Library Fund.
1899
THOMAS TUPPER WHITTIER died November 25 at the Eastern Long Island Hospital, Greenport, N. Y., from complications resulting from a heart attack in July 1959, and from development of lung cancer later. Tom was born in Winterport, Me. May 17, 1877. He prepared for Dartmouth at Berwick Academy, joined Sigma Chi, graduated with a B.S. degree in 1899, and received his C.ii. from Thayer School in 1900.
From rodman on topographical work for the U.S. Geological Survey, Tom became assistant engineer for Tower and Wallace, then engineer under George F. Hardy '88 and his successors m New York for fifty years. He was a specialist in planning and building paper mills. He knew all the papers, all the processes; he built mills for hydro, steam or electric power; he was standby consultant for appraising, extending or redesigning plants. Besides supervising countless minor jobs, he personally handled some sixty major undertakings in seventeen states, also in Trinidad, Mexico, and Canada. When Hardy retired and Whittier was adjusting himself to nine holes of golf a day, and leisure for long-postponed trips, a former Hardy client, the president of Gilman Paper Co., engaged him for another ten years as executive engineer.
Tom married Elisabeth Eaton Carver on October 27, 1909, eventually living at 30 Sidney Place, Brooklyn for forty years until sickness in 1959 led them to buy a home in Mattituck, Long Island. Their golden wedding was celebrated quietly in Mattituck after Tom's partial recovery from his first heart attack.
Tom was not only a master builder of paper mills, he was a perfectionist in everything. Above all he was a devoted family man. He was a Mason, and also a member of the Brooklyn Draft Board in World War II, the American Society of Civil Engineers, Thayer Society of Civil Engineers, Down Town Glee Club, and a Trustee of the Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims.
Funeral services for Tom were held at Mattituck Presbyterian Church. Interment was in the Cutchogue Cemetery nearby. Survivors are his wife, and four daughters: Virginia, Mrs. Thomas A. Warthin, Norwood, Mass.; Margaret, Mrs. John Benedict Roache II, New Suffolk, N. Y.; Katherine, Mrs. J. Cullen Kennedy, and Lois, Mrs. Wallace A. Batten, both of Grosse Pointe, Mich. There are also thirteen grandsons.
1901
Word has been received of the death on October 21 of RICHARD EDWARDS LEACH in Los Angeles, Calif.
Dick entered college with the class but left after two years due to the death of his father. He received his LL.B. degree from the University of Denver and practiced law in the city of Denver for a number of years. However, a serious automobile accident forced him to give up his practice. He then went into semi-retirement and devoted his time to writing.
He is. survived by his daughter, Mrs. Julian J. Joyce of Rockville, Md., and a son, Richard Heald of Durham, N. C.
1902
HAROLD IRVING LAMPREY was born in Somerville, Mass., June 30, 1881, and died in Melrose, Mass., November 1. He lived at 18 Boardman Ave.
He prepared for college at Newburyport High School, intending to go to Harvard, but tame to Dartmouth in the fall of 1898, largely because of the great admiration his mother had for Dr. Tucker. He was a member of Sigma Chi and at the time of his death was the last surviving member of his delegation in that fraternity. Thinking himself not a scholar, he left at the end of his sophomore year, but always maintained a great interest in the College.
For most of his active life, Harold worked for the Railway Express Co., and retired after nearly fifty years with that concern. He was an active member of the Melrose Highlands Congregational Church.
He was a loyal supporter of the Alumni Fund. In all his communications with the Class he expressed appreciation for his contact with Dartmouth and the hope for a closer association with his surviving classmates.
He married Josephine Severance, who survives him. His son Irving died only a month before his own death. Three grandchildren are still living and also an unmarried daughter, Edith.
1903
Retired MUnipical Court Judge WILLIAM LYMAN STEVENS died November 13 in Concord, N. H. He was a lifelong resident of that city where he was born April 5, 1880. He was the son of Atty. Lyman Dewey Stevens, 1843, and brother of Henry W. Stevens '75.
Billy came to Dartmouth from Phillips Academy, Andover, and after college graduated from Harvard Law School in 1906. In college he was a member of Psi Upsilon and Casque and Gauntlet. Musically inclined, he was a member of the College Orchestra and of the Mandolin Club. He was long a member of the College and Chapel choirs.
Since 1906 he had been a member of New Hampshire bar and was actively engaged in the practice of the law at the time of his death.
In 1918 he was appointed Associate Justice of the Concord Municipal Court and six years later became Justice, a post he held until his retirement in 1950.
He was senior warden emeritus of St. Paul's Episcopal Church and had been a member of the choir for 47 years. Among his many civic and political activities he was vice-president and trustee of the Merrimack County Savings Bank, vice-president of the Concord Natural Gas Corp., and Assistant Mayor of Concord.
Billy was married to Marion Barrows Adams who died January 31, 1928, and then to Edith Thompson who died in 1950. Survivors include a son, William L. Jr. of McGuire Air Base, Fort Dix, N. J.; two daughters, Mrs. Jeanette Paulsen of Savannah, Ga., and Mrs. Louise Rowley of Lexington, Mass.; two step-daughters, Mrs. Karl Greene of Keene, N. H., and Mrs. Marjorie Davis of Concord, and five grandchildren. A sister, Mrs. Frances Clark of Concord, also survives.
PRESTON WILBAR HOWARD died at St. Petersburg, Fla., December 19. He lived at 4291 Maple St., N.E., in that city. Pip, as he was affectionately and better known to the class, was born in Brockton, Mass., January 6, 1882. He lived there all his life until he moved to Florida in 1959.
He entered Dartmouth from Brockton (Mass.) High School. In college he was a member of Phi Delta Theta.
Early in his business career he entered a large contracting concern founded by his father George Howard and served for many years as treasurer and general superintendent.
He was long a member of various Masonic bodies and had recently been accorded a 50-year award for continuous membership in the Paul Revere Lodge of Masons, of Brockton.
For several years he was Highway Commissioner of Brockton, and as an active Republican served on many important committees locally and throughout the state. In 1931 he was elected a director of the Security Co-operative Bank of Brockton. This certainly was a tribute to his ability as a businessman.
In 1952 he became a member of the Executive Committee of the Dartmouth General Alumni Association. For many years he was Class Secretary, for which his memory in the mind and heart of each classmate will remain bright.
He is survived by his widow Henrietta Jane, whom he married September 28, 1910; one daughter, Mrs. Rhoda Mac Duff, and two grandchildren. He was buried in St. Petersburg where his widow plans to maintain her residence.
1904
MORTON OWEN WITHEY passed away at his home at 2906 Arbor Drive, Madison, Wise., December 11. He was born October 25, 1882, in Meriden, Conn. Fatherless at an early age, he worked his way through Woonsocket High School and came to Dartmouth with the Class of 1904 and was graduated from the Thayer School in 1905. He was. a member of Chi Phi and Phi Beta Kappa.
Mose taught one year at Dartmouth and then transferred to the University of Wisconsin where he taught and was associated as instructor, professor, Dean, and Dean Emeritus of the College of Engineering for over fifty years.
During his teaching career he served on a part-time basis as consulting engineer for the Wisconsin Highway Commission, consultant on steel column research for the American Society of Civil Engineers, and for the Forest Products Laboratories on problems involving wood and steel uses in aircraft production.
Professor Withey was best known for his methods of testing concrete for durability in long and short-time tests and published innumerable brochures covering the whole field of reinforced concrete and concrete uses under all known conditions.
He was the recipient of the Spaulding prize for excellence in drawing from Dartmouth College, the Watson Medal for research on long-time tests of concrete awarded by the American Concrete Institute, the Turner Medal for forty years of outstanding contribution to knowledge and understanding of reinforced concrete; and citations from the Wisconsin Society of Professional Engineers and the Wisconsin Utilities Association in appreciation of his services to the State of Wisconsin and to the University.
Mose was a member of innumerable societies in the field of engineering and an officer and director of the American Concrete Institute.
Up to his last days he was serving as coordinator of the University projects designed to improve engineering education in India. He arranged for engineering teachers to serve in the schools of India and to give counsel and help to Indian engineering students who studied in America.
From the President and the Dean of the University of Wisconsin come these words, of appreciation of the man:
"As a teacher and administrator Professor Withey was widely respected by his Associates and his students for his kindly manner and cheerful patience. Professional engineering societies have been greatly benefited by his long and faithful services. His death is mourned not only by his colleagues of the University of Wisconsin faculty but by members of the engineering profession in distant points of the globe".
Professor Withey married lola M. Harker of Shullsburg, Wise., on September 10, 1907. She survives him with three daughters, two sons, sixteen grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren,
It is with sincere regret that his classmates record the passing of Mose Withey. He was admired and respected for his success as engineer and teacher and even more for his character and his loyalty to his family, his classmates and his College. A salute to his memory.
1906
AUGUSTINE HAINES AYERS passed away in a Palo Alto, Calif., hospital on December 6. His home was at 501 Portola Road, Portola Valley, Calif.
Gus was born in Concord, N. H., on March 1, 1883, and prepared for Dartmouth at Concord High School. In college he was a member of the Glee Club and Sigma Chi. After graduation from Thayer School in 1907 he worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad but gave it up to teach hydraulic engineering at the University of Wisconsin. However, his real interest was in the irrigation field and in 1908 he accepted a job as assistant engineer of the Beaver Land and Irrigation Company of Penrose, Colorado. For the next 53 years Gus accumulated enormous experience as consultant and engineer on hundreds of irrigation projects in the United States and around the world.
In 1944 he was appointed chief engineer and vice-president of the Utah Construction Company where he remained until his retirement. Probably no man in our class has travelled so extensively and worked in so many countries.
Gus served the nation through two wars on key engineering works and was given the Navy's Meritorious Civilian Award for work on World War II air bases on both sides of the Pacific. He also received the Golden Beaver Award.
With four other famed engineers, he helped lay the foundation for what is now the California Water Plan, moving waters of the north to the thirsty south.
One of his great monuments was the Hoover (Boulder) Dam, on which he was chief engineer for the Six Companies from start to finish.
Gus was a member of the Dartmouth Society of Engineers and a life member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Gus was buried in Burlingame, Calif., on December 8. He is survived by his widow, Bernice, six sons and one daughter. All six of the boys have followed him in the heavy construction industry. His daughter, Kathleen, is a graduate architect and is married to an engineer.
1909
EUGENE MILLER STARK died suddenly on December 30, at his home at 251 Lower Cliff Drive, Laguna Beach, Calif.
Gene was born July 13, 1886 in Conrad, lowa, where he was educated in the public schools. After one year at Coe College, Cedar Rapids, he transferred to Dartmouth and joined the Class of 1909. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta, and the Turtle and Sphinx honorary societies.
On September 15, 1908 Gene married Hazel Carson of Mount Vernon, lowa. After serving with the" Cedar Rapids National Bank, he transferred to the Conrad (Iowa) State Bank. In 1923 he moved to Hemet, Calif., where he was affiliated with the First National Bank of Hemet, advancing to the rank of president.
In 1928 Gene became the contractor for school buses for the Riverside City schools, which served as the basis for the enlarged Stark Transportation Co. of which he was president. One of the great joys of his life was to afford financial opportunity in his. transportation company for young high school and junior college students.
He was active in a number of organizations, was assistant class agent for 1909, and was past president of the Kiwanis Club of Hemet, and a member of the Elks and the Masonic Lodge of lowa. An enthusiastic supporter of the Boy Scouts of America, he received the order of the Silver Beaver. A member of the Episcopal Church of Riverside, he served for a number of years as a vestryman.
Gene is survived by his widow, Hazel; a brother, Arthur, of Los Angeles; two sisters, Marie Killian of Santa Cruz and Blanche Conrad of Conrad, Iowa; as well as his. sons, William H., Dr. Richard B., and Robert R.
Gene was a descendent of General John Stark, Concord, N. H., who served in the Revolutionary War.
1911
WALTER BENEDICT REILLY died at St. Joseph's Hospital, Lowell, Mass., on December 3 of a heart attack and complications. Walt was born in Lowell, September 20, 1888, attended the public schools there, and spent his life there. At Dartmouth he was a member of Alpha Delta Phi and the College Choir.
All his life Walt was engaged in the printing and publishing business, which he entered as an employee of the Courier-Citizen Co. He was executive vice president and general manager of this company for many years. He was active in the industry even outside of his own firm, and was at one time president of the Printing Industry of America. He was a leader in civic affairs, and was a director of the New England Electric System, Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank and honorary chairman of the board of Union National Bank of Lowell. He was past president and campaign director of the Lowell Community Chest Organization.
Walt was an enthusiastic worker and supporter of his Church and of Dartmouth College. He was active in local alumni and class affairs and a frequent visitor to Hanover. A combination of these two interests led him into being largely responsible for the establishment of the Aquinas Catholic Student Center now in the process of final development at Dartmouth. He was a Knight of Malta, and a member of the Knights of Columbus and the Holy Name Society, Immaculate Conception Church. His social clubs were the Yorick Club and Vesper Country Club.
Walt married Florence Trask, sister of Deac Trask '11 in Kewanee, Ill., October 14, 1914. She survives him with their three children: Frances (Mrs. Walter E. Mack), Walter B. Jr. '47, and Henry T. '58. A sister, Mary, a brother, Peter W. '18, and nine grandchildren also are survivors.
Funeral services were held at the Reilly residence and Solemn High Mass at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, with burial in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Lowell. Two classmates, John Pearson and Francis Qua, were among the forty honorary pall bearers. In lieu of flowers it was suggested that contributions be made to the Lowell Heart Association.
1912
LATHROP BARTLETT LOVELL died October 3 in St. Petersburg, Fla., from a coronary attack.
Pat, son of Dr. Charles E. Lovell 1885m, was born May 31, 1890 in Whitman, Mass. He prepared for Dartmouth at Dean Academy and was a member of Phi Kappa Psi.
His career numbered many interesting and varied jobs, from the clothing and automotive fields to helping build destroyers in the war years. In his retirement in Florida he "lived quietly," as he reported, and was able to pursue his hobby of coin collecting.
Pat's first wife, the former Louise James, died some years ago. On August 28, 1951 he married Mrs. Laura Armstrong, who lives at 26 S. E. Eleventh Ave., St. Petersburg. In addition to his widow, he is survived by two married daughters, Helen and Betty.
1913
CRAWFORD HULBERT BAKER died October 3, 1961 in a nursing home in Youngstown, Ohio, where he had been a patient for four days. He had not been ill, but was in an exhausted condition from caring for his wife, Marie, who had been an invalid for the past year and a half. He died in his sleep from heart failure. He lived at 845 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Bake was born on July 4, 1890 in Youngstown, Ohio. He prepared for Dartmouth at Rayen School. Here only one year, he played on the freshman football team and was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon.
From 1911 to 1915 he was assistant manager of Tod House, Youngstown, Ohio, and then was treasurer of Overbade Drug Co. until 1919. Bake and his family then moved to Denver, Colo., because of Mrs. Baker's health, and he became manager of Schultz Mutual Drug Co. until 1921 when he took over the management of the J. C. Hancock Drug Co. Mrs. Baker and the children spent some time in Arizona. In 1929 he became associated with Bauer and Black in Chicago. In 1934 he was named manager of the ChainStore Sales Division, and remained with that department until 1945 when he organized his own company of Baker and Remley, Inc. He gave this up in 1953 to go with Forest City Products of Cleveland, and in 1960 at the time of his retirement he was again living in Youngstown.
He is survived by his wife, Marie Waldean, whom he married in Youngstown, May 5, 1912; a son George of Youngstown; a daughter Marie, Mrs. Thomas Brunjes, of Germantown, Ohio; and five grandchildren.
1915
ROBERT LYON FITTS, of Osterville, Mass., retired paper company executive and former attorney in Brattleboro, Vt., died unexpectedly December 12 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Boston.
Mr. and Mrs. Fitts had gone to Boston from their Cape Cod home and he had planned to continue on to New Hampshire on a business trip.
Bob was born in Brattleboro on August 16, 1894. He attended Brattleboro High School, graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy, and in 1915 obtained his B.S. degree from Dartmouth, where he was a member of Sigma Nu. He attended Harvard Law School until World War I, during which he served as a lieutenant in the Army Ordnance. He practiced law in Brattleboro from 1919 to 1928 with the firm of Harvey, Maurice, Whitney & Fitts. During his law career he served as chairman of the board of directors, of Memorial Hospital and as a member of the school board of District No. 2.
Upon leaving Brattleboro in 1928, he entered the paper manufacturing field. A widely known leader in this field, Mr. Fitts was a former president of the Craft Paper Institute and served as president of the Southern Advance Bag & Paper Co. for many years. In 1955 he was elected vice president of the Robert Gair Co., Inc., Boston, when the two companies merged and became general manager of the Southern Advance division. At the time of his. retirement in 1957 he was director of Continental Can Co. He was a Past Master of Columbian Lodge No. 36, a Knight Templar of Beausseant Commandery No. 7, and a cotrustee of the Agnes Lindsey Trust Fund, Boston.
His marriage to the former Mary Elizabeth Nes took place in 1920. She died in 1959 and in September of that year he was married to Dorothy (Schwenk) Barrett of Brattleboro.
Surviving besides his wife are a daughter, Mrs. John W. Wannop of Osterville; a brother, Stanley C. Fitts '19 of East Brookfield, Mass.; a half-sister, Miss Miriam Fitts of Montpelier, Vt.; a half-brother, Atty. Osmer C. Fitts '26 of Brattleboro; and two grandchildren.
Private committal services were at Forest Hills Crematorium, Boston, December 14.
1917
ALBERT WOODBURY EMMONS, one of Kennebunk's most prominent and respected citizens, died on Sunday, December 3, at a Portland hospital where he had been a patient for three weeks.
Al was born at Waltham, Mass., on May 18, 1894, but his parents moved to Kennebunk where Al attended high school. Later he attended Westbrook Seminary and the University of Maine for one year before transferring to Dartmouth where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. His education was interrupted by two years of service in the Army, but upon his return he attended the Tuck School and received his M.C.S. degree in 1920.
In 1917 he enlisted as a cadet in the Infantry. Upon his commission he went overseas and saw action at Poircq River and Soissons-Rheims. In 1918 he received the Croix de Guerre for bravery, and was cited in the orders of G.H.Q. of the French Armies of the East. He was wounded in the knee by a machine gun bullet and spent many weeks in French hospitals.
Several business ventures in New York, Boston and elsewhere made him decide to study law. This he did at night and in 1931 received an LL.B. degree from Suffolk Law School. He then went to work for the law firm of Tyler & Reynolds where he remained for five years.
The lure of Kennebunk was too much for Al and he returned there and commenced to practice law locally. Some years later, in 1954, to Al's great pleasure, he was joined by his son, David '47, now judge of the Kennebunk Municipal Court, and the two practiced together as A.W. & D.W. Emmons.
Al at one time was Recorder at Kennebunk Municipal Court, and served as Clerk of the Courts at York County Superior Court. Always interested in politics and civic affairs, he was elected to the legislature and sent to Augusta for two terms, during the last two years of which he was Assistant Floor Leader.
He was a Kennebunk Rotarian, a member of York Lodge, A.F. & A.M., a past Commander of the Webber-Lefebvre Post, American Legion, a trustee of Hope Cemetery, and a past president and director of the Kennebunk Library.
Al married Helen M. Went worth on October 9, 1920, at Kennebunk. She survives him along with their two sons, David '47 and Stephen, and four grandchildren.
Death came suddenly to Read Admiral HOWARD MANFRED SHAFFER (Retired) of 4808 Beaumont Drive, La Mesa, Calif. He suffered a heart attack and died at the Naval Hospital, San Diego, Calif., on November 15.
Howard was born in Cambridge, Mass., on July 24, 1894. He prepared for Dartmouth at Somerville (Mass.) High School. After graduating from Dartmouth he attended the Tuck School for one year. In 1924, after having joined the Navy, he received his M.B.A. degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.
Howard was a Navy man from the very beginning. On July 31, 1917 he was appointed Assistant Paymaster in the Supply Corps of the U. S. Navy with the rank of Ensign. After attending the Navy Pay Officers' School at Washington, D. C., he reported for duty aboard the USS Mt. Vernon. The ensuing years found Howard aboard numerous naval ships, including the USSRaleigh, USS Chester, and USS Arizona, and stationed at bases such as Pearl Harbor, Newport, R. I., and the Army Industrial College, Washington, D. C.
In June 1939, Howard was ordered to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations at Washington where he served until March 1941. During his career he had been advancing through several grades until, on June 15, 1942, he received the rank of Captain. About five years later, while serving as Supply Officer in Command at the Naval Supply Center, Guam, Marianas Islands, his selection to the rank of Rear Admiral was. approved by the President and confirmed by the Senate. He retired on physical disability March 1, 1949.
Howard had the Victory Medal, Transport Clasp (USS Mount Vernon); the American Defense Service Medal, Base Clasp; the American Area Campaign Medal; the Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign Medal with one bronze star; and the World War II Victory Medal.
On November 1, 1920, at Somerville, Mass., Howard married the former Florence Eyre Pierce, by whom he is survived.
1921
Cancer has claimed another victim in 1921. PAUL EDWARD MOTT died December 8 in the Veterans Hospital, Ann Arbor, Mich., to which he had been confined since early November. Paul from 1921 to 1928 was associated with his brother, Earl W. Mott, in his undertaking home in Detroit. In 1928 Paul settled in Adrian, and in 1931 as owner he operated the Mott Funeral Home for many years. He lived at 703 Front St.
As far back as 1902 the Mott family established itself in Adrian. Born June 28, 1895, Paul was taken to Adrian from his birthplace, Ashland, Ill., some seven years later. Graduating from Adrian High School in 1914, he attended Adrian College and Colgate where after a year he joined the U. S. Army as a private, rose to become second lieutenant in the artillery, and served for the duration. At Dartmouth after the war he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon.
On Sept. 4, 1926 Paul married Josephine A. Murrin of Toledo by whom he became the father of two sons, Paul Jr. and Richard, both of whom survive him. Mrs. Mott died in 1959.
For 18 years Paul served as a Lenawee county coroner. He was active in the Adrian Community Fund for which he was campaign director. In later years he joined Stubnitz-Greene, Inc., where he was personnel director until his retirement some 18 months ago. At various times he was a member of the Odd Fellows, the Adrian Club, the Lenawee Country Club, and the Exchange Club.
Two Dartmouth men were bearers at Paul's funeral Dec. 12: Richard P. Watts '20 and Gerald E. Cutler '21.
1923
WARREN HAMILTON GLADSTONE died August 2 at the Central Islip State Hospital, Central Islip, L. I., N. Y., where he had been a patient for several years. Warren was born in New York City November 30, 1898.
After leaving Dartmouth his business activities were confined solely to the field of real estate. There is no record of his having married or of any immediate survivors.
1926
WALTER CLAYTON TOMLINSON of 53 Cheever Circle, Andover, Mass., passed away December 7 in Boston's New England Baptist Hospital. Tommy's life revolved around his home town of Lawrence (Mass.), where he was born, grew up, married, and practiced law for 32 years. He was a highly respected leading citizen.
Tommy came to Dartmouth from Lawrence High School. At Hanover he was a member of the Musical Clubs and Phi Sigma Kappa. After graduation he entered Harvard Law School and attained his LL.B. degree in 1929.
From 1930 until his death he practiced law in Lawrence, first with Rowell, Clay & Tomlinson, later with Tomlinson & Hatch. In recent years he resided in nearby Andover, where he served the community as trial justice and town counsel.
He was corporation counsel for the Merrimack Mutual Fire Insurance Co., trustee and clerk of the Broadway Savings Bank of Lawrence, a former corporator of the Lawrence Savings Bank, and legal counsel for the Andover Savings Bank.
He was also past president of the Andover Service Clubs, past president of the Lawrence Tuberculosis League, a director of the Lawrence YMCA, a director of the Lawrence Boys' Club, and a director of the Nevins Home for the Aged in Methuen.
In 1929 Tommy married Alica Hatch, who survives him with their two sons, Capt. Walter C. Jr., USA, Ft. Riley, Kans., a graduate of Bowdoin, and Lt. David C., USA, Ft. Bragg, N. C., Class of 1960.
1927
KARL EDMUND HERWIG suffered a sudden and fatal heart attack at his home on November 29.
Karl was prominent in Pueblo, Colo., banking circles as vice president of the Arkansas Valley Bank, for which he was in charge of public relations and real estate loans, as chairman of the board of the Republic Industrial Bank, and a member of the board of the Pueblo Chapter, American Institute of Banking. He was also active in civic affairs, as elder of the First Presbyterian Church, a member of the Pueblo Rotary Club, Pueblo Association of Home Builders, Community Welfare Council, and the Y.M.C.A. He was also a member of the Southern Colorado Chapter of the National Association of Bank Auditors and Comptrollers, the Citizens for Good Government Committee, and the Single Fund Committee.
Karl was born January 21, 1904, at New Hampton, lowa. He entered Dartmouth from the Council Bluffs (Iowa) High School, leaving college at the end of his freshman year to work for the United States National Bank in Omaha, where he remained until 1937. He then went with Greenway and Co., investment bankers in Omaha, and in 1941 moved to Los Angeles, where he was with the Bank of America. In 1954 he moved to Pueblo, and assumed the position that he held until his death.
Karl was married November 26, 1941 to Gertrude Dorothy Ernst. They had one daughter, Barbara Lynn. In addition to his wife and daughter, Karl is survived by two sisters and his twin brother, Kenneth '27, to all of whom the Class extends its deepest sympathy.
1929
JAMES IRVING STEWART, nationally recognized San Mateo, Calif., educator and civic leader, died October 19 of cancer. He lived at 335 Castilian Way.
Jim was bora in Schenectady, N. Y., on November 27, 1907 and came to Dartmouth from New York Military Academy. A member of Zeta Psi at Dartmouth, he went on to receive his MA. at Columbia in 1931 and his doctorate at Stanford in 1948. Jim's lifetime efforts were devoted to secondary school education. At the time of his death he was principal of the San Mateo High School, a post he assumed in 1951. He had previously taught at Cranford (N. J.) High School, the Ethical Culture School in Fieldston, N. Y., and Phoenix College in Phoenix, Ariz.
While residing in Phoenix, he was secretary of the Dartmouth Club from 1950 to 1957. He was past president of the Arizona Education Association and a member of the Arizona State Board of Education. In 1955 and 1957 he served as President of the California Association of School Administrators, was a director of the Peninsula YMCA, Chairman of the San Mateo Citizens Appraisal Committee for Parks and Recreation, and president of the San Mateo Rotary Club.
Plans are underway to establish a permanent scholarship at San Mateo High School in Jim's memory. This is a befitting tribute to a devoted and respected man and educator.
He is survived by his wife, Mary, whom he married June 31, 1933 in Scarsdale, N. Y.; a daughter Nancy, a son Robert, and a brother Riggs of Plainfield, N. J.
JOHN HOWLAND of 2335 Nursery Road, Clearwater, Fla., died December 8.
Jack, born in Worcester, Mass., September 12, 1907, prepared for Dartmouth at The Choate School. An economics major, he was a member of Alpha Tau Omega.
Keeping iron foundries operating with a certain amount of efficiency absorbed a greater part of Jack's life, until his retirement to Florida in 1950. He had been superintendent of the Charles G. Allen Foundry; general manager of Contractors Foundry Inc. of Philadelphia; and superintendent with the International Heater Co. in Utica, N. Y. His career was interrupted during World War II when he served as a Lieutenant in the U. S. Navy. Retirement rekindled his keen interest in animals. In the ensuing years he established a national reputation as a professional breeder and handler of dogs. He found great happiness in this work.
Jack is survived by his widow, Frances Austin, whom he married on February 10, 1934 in New York, and a sister, Mrs. M. Gladys Allen (wife of Charles G. Jr. '27 and mother of Charles G. IV '52). To them the Class extends its sympathy.
WILLIS McCULLOUGH TORBERT of 952 Plymouth St., Pelham Manor, N. Y., died of a heart attack on September 1 in Northampton, Mass.
Will, brother of Edward N. '25 and father of Ellison Lowrie '62, was born on April 18, 1906 in Syracuse, N. Y. He prepared for Dartmouth at the Stony Brook School, Stony Brook, N. Y. In college he was a member of Zeta Psi and the Band.
Jobs as a bank clerk and chain store trainee were not for Will. As a result, in 1934 he took his M.A. at Columbia University Teachers College. Teaching at the Waterloo, N. Y., High School and then Mamaroneck High School, with summers spent touring the country with a group of prep school boys, led Will to organize and manage "The Nomads." This was better known as "unusual travel for young people." From 1942 to 1944 he was an executive officer with the O.P.A. and then became administrator of distribution, American Financial Mission to Iran. Returning to this country after a year, he spent a year in the real estate investment field. In 1948 he assumed the presidency of S. B. Leonardi & Co., drug manufacturers. He remained in this position until his death.
Will was an elder of the Hugenot Memorial Church in Pelham, and a member of the Pelham Country Club and Pelham Rotary Club. His community activities included the Community Chest, Red Cross and New Rochelle Hospital. In 1960 he was a member of the corporations committee for the Dartmouth Medical School Campaign.
Will is survived by his wife, the former Dorothy Gates, whom he married on June 28, 1932 in East Orange, N. J.; his sons, Ellison and Preston; a daughter, Isabel; and his father, Edward Torbert.
1930
A victim of cancer, our classmate DAVID NORMAN LEWIS passed away November 8 in San Diego, Calif., after a hospitalization of three months. He resided at 961 E Ave., Coronado.
Dave grew up in Indiana, Pa., and entered Dartmouth from Kiskiminetas School. He was an economics major, a member of Phi Kappa Psi and Dragon, and played in the Band during some of his years at Dartmouth.
After graduation he returned to his native city and became associated with the Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Co., holding various positions through assistant controller. In 1942 he went to the Coast and became secretary-treasurer of Rocky Mountain Drilling Co. in Los Angeles, later becoming controller of the same company and, at another time, controller of Royal Heaters, Inc., South Pasadena. He later became a Certified Public Accountant and at the time of his death was a principal in the San Diego office of the national accounting firm of Haskins & Sells.
Dave is survived by his wife, Patty; a son, Richard E. Lewis, Lt. U.S.A. of Tokyo; a son, William A. Lewis, of Monterey, Calif.; and his mother, Mrs. E. E. Lewis of Indiana, Pa.
1933
LEE WAGGONER ECKELS passed away at his home, 250 South Homewood Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa., on December 3. Funeral services were held at the Beahm Funeral Home and burial was in Brownsville.
Lee was born in Pittsburgh on August 11, 1911 and entered Dartmouth from the William Penn High School of Harrisburg where he was active in several sports and extracurricular activities. At Dartmouth his major was Tuck School. Lee was a member of Casque and Gauntlet, Phi Kappa Psi, Green Key and the Council on Student Organizations, and was manager of the Musical Clubs.
In 1934 he obtained his LL.B. degree from the University of Pennsylvania and became secretary to the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia. In 1938 he began private practice in Harrisburg and, in the same year, joined the firm of Thorp, Bostwick, Reed & Armstrong in Pittsburgh. Lee became a partner in 1943 and remained as a member of the firm until his death. He was secretary-treasurer of the Allegheny Broadcasting Co. and a director of several companies, among which were the Keystone Metal Co., Robert Campbell Co. and Television City, Inc.
As an alumnus, Lee served our Class as treasurer for twenty years from graduation and in 1952 became a member of the executive committee. From 1948 to 1949 he was president of the Western Pennsylvania Alumni Association.
He was a member of the Duquesne Club, Oakmont and Longue Vue Country Clubs, Lawyers Club of New York City, and the American, Pennsylvania and Allegheny Bar Associations.
He is survived by his wife, the former Helen McCreery; a daughter, Elinor Marie; his mother, Mrs. Carrie W. Eckels; and a sister, Mrs. Park H. Martin, to all of whom the Class extends its most sincere sympathy.
1935
Word was received in October of the death December 31, 1960, of RICHARD SIMON HIRSCHLAND as a result of a coronary occlusion. He lived at 75 Hickory Lane, Closter, N. J.
Dick was born June 4, 1913 in New York City and attended Horace Mann School for Boys. At Dartmouth he was a member of Boot and Saddle and The Players. A year or so after his graduation he went with the George V. Clark Co., manufacturers of tin cans, as assistant treasurer. At the time of his death he was president.
Dick is survived by his second wife, Dorothy, five children, and a brother, Herbert H. '39.
HALSEY BEACH LODER JR., of 5349 Locksley Ave., Oakland, Calif., died October 10.
Hals was born in Boston on March 11, 1913 and attended Tabor Academy before entering Dartmouth. In college he was a member of Theta Delta Chi and Sphinx. In 1938 he received his LL.B. from Harvard and in 1939 his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. During World War II he served in the Navy as a Lt. Commander. At the time of his death he was a revenue officer with the Internal Revenue Service.
Hals never married. He is survived by his father, Dr. Halsey B. Loder '05, who resides in Boston; and two sisters, Mrs. William P. Elwell of Wellesley, Mass., and Mrs. Louville F. Niles. of Hingham, Mass.
1936
JOSEF ALLISON MONTAGUE of 276 Riverside Drive, New York City, passed away on October 21.
Monty was born in Rochester, N. Y., May 8, 1914 and prepared for Dartmouth at Phillips Exeter Academy. While in college he was a member of Sigma Chi and Alpha Kappa Kappa. He attended Dartmouth Medical School and in 1939 received his M.D. from the New York University College of Medicine.
Monty interned at the French Hospital and held residencies in psychiatry at New York State Psychiatric Institute and Hospital and at Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital, where he continued to serve as. Assistant Alienist from 1942-1944. From 1944 to 1948 he was associated with New York University, as Research Fellow in Child Psychiatry, and also with the Pediatric Psychiatric Clinic at Babies Hospital. During that period he also held positions as Instructor in Psychiatry at Columbia U1 versity, College of Physicians and Surgeon and as a Panel Psychiatrist for the Vetera Administration.
In 1948 Dr. Montague was University Psychiatrist for the New York University Student Health Service and served in that capacity until he was appointed to a similar position at Columbia University and thereby became attached to the staff of St. Luke's Hospital.
A personal friend wrote of Monty, "Here was. a man totally without malice, self-seeking, trickery, pretense or sophistication." These were successful aids in his work, which was primarily in the prevention and treatment of emotional problems in college students. He also maintained a private practice.
He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs.. Wallace N. Montague of Rochester.
1937
HENRY CHARLES WHITAKER, 46, stricken suddenly with a severe coronary attack, died December 14 at Barre City Hospital, Barre, Vt. He lived at 287 Tremont St.
Born in Oak Park, Ill., December 18, 1915, Hank in truth was a third-generation Vermonter. His father, Henry C. Sr., 1896, was a Barre publisher and his grandfather a prominent Vermont physician. Hank prepped at University School, Madison, Wis., where he excelled at most everything. As an undergraduate at Dartmouth, studies never roadblocked him; neither did Holy Cross, Harvard, Yale or Princeton. An outstanding quarterback and linebacker on Earl Blaik's. '35 and '36 teams, Hank was also a fine extracurricular artist. Talent and ability he had in abundance, along with a sharp mind, a penetrating sense of humor and the capacity to enjoy good company more than most. Freshman class president, numeral winner in football and basketball, varsity football two years, Alpha Delta Phi and Sphinx, Hank at Dartmouth was in all things a graceful and human person.
Following graduation he spent a short time in New York with Marshall' Field Co. Then he worked for the Gisholt Machine Co. in Madison. In 1941 he married Sue Backman in Cincinnati. In 1942 he joined the Marines and three years later returned from the South Pacific a Captain. Then to Buffalo to handle layout on the Monumental News, a family property. Two years later the Whitakers moved to Barre, where, at the time of his death, Hank was advertising manager of the Rock of Ages Corp. According to the fine editorial in the Barre Times-Argus, Hank's "professional ability was recognized in the trade magazine. His art was exhibited in the Sidewalk Show at Barre. His friends were legion. . . ."
Survivors include his. wife, two daughters and one son; also a brother, Elroy H. '24 of Buffalo, N. Y., and a sister, Mrs. Lucy Whitaker Marshall of Madison.
Hank's sudden passing strikes deep - not only to his immediate family but to the College family and, in particular, the Class of '37.
1940
ARTHUR HENRY BROWN died suddenly on December 7 at his home, 34 Midchester Ave., White Plains, N. Y. Funeral services and interment were held Sunday, December 10, also in White Plains.
Art was born August 9, 1917 in Watertown, N. Y., where his parents still live. He joined our ranks after attending Water-town High School and graduating from The Peddle School. While at Dartmouth he majored in National Problems and was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa.
He was in the Navy Air Corps from October 1942 until November 1945 and was Charged a Lt. (s.g.) after serving as it instructor at many naval air stations.
Art had been employed by the St. Regis Paper Company since graduation. After the war he was appointed assistant traffic manager and advanced steadily until he reached the top of his field, being made Traffic Manager in 1952 and General Traffic Manager in 1959. He was a Founder Member of American Society of Traffic and Transportation and a member of the Columbia University Graduate School of Business, Transportation Committee. His ability and dedication to his profession won him recognition as a Director of the Traffic Club of New York where he was also Chairman of its Board in 1954-55. Art served on several other regional committees and professional croups relating to transportation, as well as being a Director of the Rutland Railway and the Norwood and St. Lawrence Railroad Company. He was also a member of the Young Men's Republican Club of White Plains and the Dartmouth Club of Westchester.
Surviving are his wife, Catherine (Quinlan), whom he married May 13, 1940; two children, Catherine and Arthur H. Jr.; his parents and a brother. To all his family we send our deep sympathy.
1947
ERNEST NEILSON BEARD JR. died following an operation on October 20 in Greensboro, N. C. He lived at 1105 Sunset Drive, Greensboro. .
Neil, also known to his classmates as "Carolina," was born in Memphis, Tenn., and attended the Greensboro High School, Greensboro, and McCallie School in Chattanooga before entering Dartmouth. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and was head cheerleader for three years.
After doing graduate work at the University of North Carolina, he went into the wholesale lumber business with his father. He then became an account executive with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, and then joined McDaniel Lewis & Co., investment bankers for a year. About three years ago he organized his own business, Cummins Piedmont Diesel, distributors of diesel equipment and engines, of which he was president at the time of his death.
Neil was very active in Boy Scout work. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church. Rotary Club, Jaycee, Society of American Engineers, the Associated Investment Club, and the Greensboro Community Council. He also was vice president of the Crescent Industrial Center. In 1956 he served as a state Young Republican National Committeeman.
Neil is survived by his. wife, the former Norma White, whom he married August 11, 1951 in Winston-Salem, N. C.; a son, Ernest Neilson IV; and two daughters, Elizabeth Lipscomb and Mary Lou.
1954
WILLIAM HARRISON FOX was killed in a plane crash near Laon, France on December 10. He was on a routine flight from Morocco to Laon, and the cause of the accident has not yet been determined. Bill was a particularly competent airman and only last month he was judged the outstanding pilot of his wing in a flying competition. He was assigned to the 66th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing at Laon AFB, and had attained the rank of Captain.
Bill was born February 4, 1933 and was graduated from Milton (Mass.) High School in 1950 where he was an end in football and a pole vaulter in track. He concentrated in physics at Dartmouth, was a member of Theta Delta Chi and won his numerals in freshman hockey. He entered the Air Force shortly after graduation.
Bill's wife, whom he married at the beginning of his senior year, is Geraldine Parker Fox, originally of Exeter, N. H. She and their five children, Jennifer, Benjamin, Victoria, Christopher and Michael, survive him. Bill also leaves his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry T. Fox of Orleans, Mass.; and two sisters, Mrs. Elaine Palko of Jacksonville, Fla., and Mrs. Marilyn L. Juckett of Schenectady, N. Y.
Bill's tragic and untimely death is a shattering shock to those of us. who knew him. He was a devoted husband and father as well as a stout friend, a man of quiet virility, fairmindedness, considerateness and generosity. In addition to family and flying, his other passion was fishing; he was fine at this, too.
1958
CHARLES HANSFORD BROWN died in the flaming crash of his A4D Skyhawk jet near Russell, Arkansas, on December 1. Stationed at the Marine Air Station in Cherry Point, N. C., he was on a cross-country flight to Wichita Falls, Texas, when his aircraft crashed and exploded with a flash seen for miles around.
Born in Cherry County, Neb., on November 4, 1936, Charlie attended Lakewood (Colo.) High School where he was a member of the National Honor Society, a member of the wrestling and baseball teams and vice-president of the student council. At Dartmouth, Charlie was a history major who attended Tuck School his fourth year. A brother of Alpha Theta, he was on the wrestling team and worked on the staff of The Dartmouth and WDBS. Following graduation, he joined the Marine Corps and began pilot training. With the Marines for more than three years, he had attained the rank of first lieutenant.
Magnifying this tragic loss was the fact that Charlie was to have been married on December 30 to Miss Carol Lonergan, also of Lakewood, Colo. Ironically, Charlie had hoped to meet his fiancee the night of the crash, but his jet never made it to Buckley Field in Denver where Miss Lonergan was waiting.
Charlie is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George N. Brown of 1698 Taft St., Lakewood, Colo., and his five brothers and six sisters.
To all who knew him the news of Charlie's death comes as a great shock. He was always interested and active in the affairs of his College, his class, and his fraternity. His friendly presence will be greatly missed. To his parents, his brothers and sisters, and to his fiancee goes the profound sympathy of the Class of 1958.
1960
ALDEN EWING VAN BUSKIRK died December 11 at the San Francisco Medical Center of the University of California, after a short illness.
Born July 3, 1938, Alden attended high school in Rutland, Vermont. At Dartmouth he was on the ski team and was an English major. He had been continuing with graduate work at Washington University in St Louis, Missouri.
Survivors include his father and stepmother, Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Van Buskirk of 178 No. Main Street, Rutland; a brother, Robert; and a sister, Lauren. Burial was in Rutland on Sunday, December 17.
Colin Campbell Stewart III '23
