Deaths
[A listing of deaths of which word has been received within the past month. Full notices mayappear in this issue or a later one.]
Piatt, Theodore B. '05, May 1 Holden, Carroll C. '07, Mar. 5 Holmes, Robert J. '09, Apr. 28 Warren, Charles C. Jr. '11, Jan. 26 Cronin, John A. '12, Apr. 19 Parsons, Charles H. '16, Apr. 14 Marsh, Fred T. '19, Apr. 14 Stacey, J. Harold '19, May 5 Kelsey, Raymond W. '21, May 1 Jones, Hugh B. '23, Apr. 26 McKnight, Thomas H. '23, Apr. 22 Luitwieler, Clarence S. Jr. '24, May 8 Hager, Donald C. '27, Dec. 29, 1953 Moulton, Lloyd W. '27, Apr. 15 Risley, Howard W. '27, Dec. 26, 1962 Howe, William F. '30, Apr. 24 Stephenson, Sam Jr. '33, Mar. 19 McCarty, Milburn '35, Apr. 26 Brown, Lynn '37, Apr. 24 Rich, George F. '41, Aug. 23, 1962 Williams, V. Leonard '23m, Mar. 18 Potter, Truman S. s44m, Nov. 21, 1962
1901
Death came to GEORGE ELMER PINGREE February 16 at his Belfast, Me., home. At the time of his retirement in 1937 Ping was president of the International Standard Flectrical Company. During his early career with Western Electric he worked with the British War Office during World War I on development of anti-submarine devices. Duririe that period he was decorated with the Order of the Crown by the Belgian government In 1923 he joined the International Telephone and Telegraph Company, parent firm of the company he later headed.
"" Born June 26, 1876 in Georgetown, Mass., Pins attended local schools and later graduated from Phillips Andover Academy. An ardent athlete in college, he was a member of Alpha Delta Phi, Sphinx, and Palaeopitus He was a director of several foreign cornorations and a member of the University Club of New York and the Northport Golf Club.
On one of his many trips abroad in the earlv 1900's he married the former G. Maxine Grant in London, England. She survives him as do a nephew, Charles A. Pingree '37 'of Duxbury, Mass.; and a niece, Mrs. William Eisnor of Georgetown, Mass. To them the Class extends its deepest sympathy.
1906
RALPH CORYDON FITTS was born in Manchester, N. H., on November 25, 1881. He entered Dartmouth in the Class of 1906 but completed the course in three years and was granted a leave of absence for his senior year.
For thirteen years after graduation he taught mathematics and coached athletics in Willimantic, Conn., and Gardner, Mass. In 1918 he became publicity director of the W. H. McElwain Shoe Co. of Manchester but resigned in 1924 to accept a position with the Fellows and Son Box and Lumber Co. After holding positions in several other firms, in 1941 he went back to teaching, first in Norwich University and then in CoeBrown Academy, Northwood, N. H.
In 1950 Ralph retired and for the rest of his life devoted his time to genealogical research, in which he was always deeply interested. He was a member of the Stafford Historical Society of Vermont, the Piscataqua Pioneers, and the New England Historic-Genealogical Society. Ralph was par- ticularly interested in the life and history of Daniel Webster as they had many common ancestors.
Ralph died on March 1, 1963. His wife, Ruby, of 87 Myrtle St., Boston, survives him and also his son, Nathan, a lawyer and president of Presidental Services Inc., Washington, D. C. His brother was the late Harry W. Fitts '03.
1908
MASON AVERY LEWIS, of Denver, Colo., died on February 1, 1963, after four years of severe illness. Mason was born in Clinton, Mo., son of the late Robert E. Lewis, who was judge of the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, on March 2, 1887, and prepared for Dartmouth at Colorado Springs High School. In his senior year he was awarded the Woodbury Law Scholarship. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta and Dragon. In 1910 he was graduated from the University of Virginia with the degree of LL.B. and election to Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Delta Phi.
After graduation he returned to Denver for the study and practice of law and became the senior partner of the firm of Lewis and Grant, later Lewis, Grant and Davis, with Mason as senior partner.
He was a director and general counsel of the Potash Co. of America, American Crystal Sugar Company, and the Colorado Milling and Elevator Company. He was an Army officer in the air service and field artillery during World War I from 1917 to 1919. He was a member of the American, the Colorado State, and the Denver Bar Associations and of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. His clubs were the Denver, Mile High, Denver County, Cherry Hills and Denver Athletic. Mason's name was in "Who's Who in America."
He was married to Dorothy L. Fish on March 9, 1921, and they had two daughters, Mrs. Charles D. Byrne and Mrs. William P. Waggener II. Mason and Dorothy made their home at 575 Circle Drive in Denver, and Mason's office was in the First National Bank Building.
1910
FLETCHER ROGERS, for whom that declaration in the old song "Thy name we'll cherish all our lives, thine honor we'll uphold" was ever a guiding precept, died in his sleep at San Francisco, March 28. He lived at 1075 Sutter St. in that city. Born at Brooklyn, N. Y., November 30, 1888, his social and business associates throughout his career were in large part Dartmouth men. He never married.
He came to Hanover with the Class of 1910, having prepared at Erasmus Hall High School. A nephew of "Bobby" Fletcher, director of Thayer School, he was assigned a room in the school building and earned his room rent working for the upkeep of the building from steam-boiler to classrooms. He became one of the best informed of Dartmouth C.E.'s on the careers of Thayer alumni of the century's first quarter.
In the vacation, after earning his 8.5., he was employed as a field man by Hastings Paving Company of New York where he worked with the late Leslie B. Farr '02 and Edwin J. Morrison '90. He returned to the company as a C.E. in the fall of 1911 along with Joe Kinney '10. He joined Charles A. Luck '06 in the Asphalt Block Paving Company, a Hastings subsidiary, at Toledo, Ohio, in 1915, later becoming managing director and treasurer. He continued at Toledo until 1944 when he was recalled to Hastings' New York office. Upon liquidation of the Hastings Company about 1950, he was named industrial engineer of San Francisco's Vacuum Cooling Company, engaged in shipment in vacuum railway cars of fruit and vegetables. As in his paving pursuits, this involved direction of projects distant from the home office. In late years he had been industrial engineer for Custom Paper Products Company of San Francisco, a paper-box manufacturer.
At Toledo, Fletch was a founding member and perennial executive secretary of the Toledo Tennis Club whose teams were successful in developing the sport in an interstate area. Throughout his later years he was a well-informed student of amateur and intercollegiate sports.
Although he was most punctilious in meeting his business responsibilities, he was to be found at almost every class or alumni gathering at San Francisco and gave freely of his time for sick calls. From 1935 to 1936 he was president of the Dartmouth Toledo Club.
He is survived by three brothers, A. L. Rogers, of Teaneck, N. J.; E. D. Rogers, of Orinda, Calif., and Remington Rogers, of Tulsa.
The Class was represented at the funeral service by Mary and Rev. Harold Robinson of San Mateo, Nancy and Dick Carpenter of San Francisco, and Dr. Kenneth A. Phelps of Palo Alto. The alumni association delegation included President Arthur R. Young '46 and former president William Lawrence Eager '23.
1911
CHARLES CARLSTON WARREN JR. died January 26, 1963 in Doctor's Hospital, New York City. He was born Sept. 29, 1888 in Waterbury, Vt., the son of a tanner. He entered Dartmouth with the Class of 1911 from Burlington High School. He was a prominent member of the Class all through his four years. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi, Casque and Gauntlet, and Turtle. He played class baseball and was on the varsity football squad, and his musical talents brought him into the Choir, Glee Club, Band, Orchestra, and Prom Shows.
After leaving Hanover he took a one year course at Harvard Law School dealing principally with banking law which led to his career in the field of banking in New York City where he remained throughout his life. He is survived by his wife Margaret, who lives at 192 East 75th St., New York 21, N. Y.
1912
CARLTON RANDALL DEAN passed away on January 20, 1963. He was born May 7, 1889 at Worcester, Mass., and lived in Shrewsbury for forty years.
Carlton prepared for college at Worcester Classical High School. He entered Dartmouth as a freshman with the Class of 1912 but due to death in the family was obliged to leave after one year. In his own words: "One year of real fellowship, work and play. I would have loved to have continued." He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta.
Early in 1918 Carlton enlisted as a private in the Marine Corps. He served in the 16th Company, sth Regiment of U.S. Marines in the A.E.F. and fought at Belleau Wood, Soissons, and Mt. Blanc. While abroad he enrolled in the New England Collegiate Association.
For the past fifty years Carlton had been a member of the firm of Oliver M. Dean and Sons of Worcester, a dairy equipment firm, and at the time of his death was its president. He was a member of Shrewsbury First Congregational Church, of Matthew John Whittal Lodge of Masons, Ray Stone Post American Legion, and Worcester detachment of Marine Corps League.
On September 12, 1922 he married Kathleen Smith of St. John, New Brunswick. In addition to his wife, he is survived by two sons, Randall L. Dean of Shrewsbury and Rev. David J. Dean, minister of Foster Memorial Church, Springfield; and by a daughter, Doris Dean Henley of Wilbraham, and five grandchildren.
1914
WILLIAM EMERSON BARRETT, prominent figure in textile manufacturing in Boston and New York, died April 7 at the New England Deaconess Hospital. He lived at 295 Lee Street in Brookline.
Em was the son of the late William E. Barrett, Dartmouth 1880, who served as Congressman, Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and was founder of the Boston Daily Record. Most of Em's congressman, Speaker in the cotton mill field. In 19-2 he joined Maverick Mills, became treasurer in 1924 and in 1960 was given the added responsibility of vice president.
He prepared at the Volkmann School for college. Freshman hockey, Psi Upsilon Casque and Gauntlet, and business manager of the Aegis were among his college activities. A sporting enthusiast all through life Em was active in curling at the Country Club, Brooklme, and was a former member of the Eastern Yacht Club, Marblehead In Reno, Nev., June 30, 1915, he married the former Marjorie Lee. Sons Lee and William III are members of the Classes of '41 and 44 To his wife, sons, sisters, and grandchildren the Class of 1914 extends its svmpathy.
1916
DR. CHARLES HENRY PARSONS, who had practiced medicine in Concord, N. H., for 43 years and who resided at 33 Pleasant Street in that city, died Easter Sunday, April 14. He was fatally stricken while at a restaurant in nearby Contoocook.
Chuck was born October 12, 1892 at Whitefield, N. H. He was graduated from Concord High School and entered Dartmouth, where he was a member of Alpha Kappa Kappa and Gamma Alpha fraternities. He was also vice president of the Wheelock Club and a member of the Concord Club. From Dartmouth he entered the Harvard Medical School where he received his degree in medicine in 1918. He started practice in general medicine that same year and during World War I served as a lieutenant m the Army Medical Corps. He later practiced in Penacook before coming to Con cord. Chuck was chief of the Emergency Medical Service from New Hampshire from 1931 to 1946 with the commission of surgeon m the U.S. Public Health Service, and physician at the State Prison for 22 years.
He was one of the organizers and a former president of the New Hampshire Heart Association, and a director until his death. He held several offices in the state medical society, was past president of the medical staff at Concord Hospital, and was a life Fellow of the American College of Physicians.
Chuck was a 32nd degree Mason and active in all the Masonic bodies in the state' a former district commander of the American Legion; and a member of White Mountain Lodge, IOOF.
He is survived by his widow, Margaret Kendall Parsons, to whom the Class and the College extend their deepest sympathy. Funeral services were held at South Congregational Church, Concord, the Wednesday after Easter. Jim Shanahan represented the Class.
1918
ALLEN HARRISON WARD died suddenly on November 14, 1962 of a heart attack. Al was born in Keene, N. H., November 8, 1895. After serving overseas in World War I, he moved to Chicago, and later to Minneapolis, Minn., where he maintained a pickle business. After a few years he moved back to Chicago, where he established the Ward & Company which was also called the U. S. Music Company.
He married Florence Wray on September 8 1932. They formerly lived in Winnetka, Ill. He is survived by his widow; his daughMrs. E. R. Lebs, and three grandsons, all of Whittier, Calif.
1919
FRED THURSTON MARSH, of 71 West 12th Street, New York City, passed away at Bellevue Hospital on April 14.
Fred wrote several hundred reviews for the New York Times Book Review from 1931 to 1943, and reviewed books for other newspapers and magazines. He served overseas in World War I as a captain and after his return from service attended Brooklyn Law School and practiced law for a brief period. He then turned to writing and became a critic and editor. Fred was a former acting literary editor of Time magazine and associate editor and literary adviser of the Macmillan Company. In 1943 he joined E. P. Dutton where he became chief editor. He was among the first to hail James Farrell, author of Studs Lonigan, as a gifted writer. In his critical writings he covered a wide range of literature, including the works of Branch Cabell, Somerset Maugham, John Steinbeck, and many others.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Ellen Marsh a novelist, and a grandson, to whom goes the most sincere sympathy of 1919 in their sorrow.
EDWARD SIMPSON TOWNSEND passed away of a heart attack in his home, 1150 Union St San Francisco, on February 11. Ted had heen a resident of the city for many years and at the time of his death was a senior nartner of Townsend-Millsap Company, advertising and publishers representatives. Son of James A. Townsend '94, he was born m New York City, and came to Hanover with the Class in 1915. In World War I he served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Air Service from September 1917 to December 1918 Ted was a member of Sigma Chi and always maintained an interest in the College.
"Surviving are his wife Edna; daughters Nancy Shirley, and Mabel; and a brother, j. Richard Townsend '23 of San Francisco. Another brother, the late A. Robert Townsend '38. died in 1938. 1919 extends to them sincere sympathy in their great loss.
1921
RAYMOND WHITMAN KELSEY of 1 Ware Lane, Marblehead, Mass., state agent since 1937 of The Hanover Fire Insurance Company of New York, with offices at 60 Congress St., Boston, died May 1 in Marblehead. Despite diabetic difficulty, Ray had been in reasonably good health until a few days before his death caused by a severe heart rupture. ,
His younger son; Raymond W. Kelsey Jr flew back from Frankfurt, Germany, and his older son, Ralph Stuart Kelsey, flew up from Florida to attend funeral services in Salem and committal services in Claremont, N. H. Abe Weld represented the Class at the Mt. View Cemetery.
Ray was born in Claremont, N. H., August 22, 1896. A graduate of Stevens High School, he was prominent in track at Dartmouth where he was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa. He devoted himself to insurance his entire life: Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. from 1921 to 1923; Continental Insurance Co., 1923-1927; London Lancashire Insuance Co. 1927-1937; and the Hanover Fire Insurance Co. from 1937 on. He was a member of the St. Andrews Episcopal Church, Marblehead, and of Deering Lodge, 80. 183, A.F. and A.M.
Ray married Margaret Stuart in Massillon, Ohio, lanuary 3, 1928. She and their two sons survive him. His brother, Ralph H. Kelsey '14, was killed in the Battle of the Argonng, France, October 16, 1918.
Class Treasurer of 1921 from 1943 to 1956 and a cotton textile salesman for many years, ROBERT MURRAY MACDONALD of 2519 Ridgeway, Evanston, Ill., died suddenly April 12. He had been in good health, and his passing came as a shock to his family and friends.
Born June 27, 1899 in Boston, Mass., Bob. attended Roxbury Latin School. At Dartmouth he was Delta Tau Delta, a member of the Junior Prom Committee, and manager of the 1921 Aegis. He also attended Tuck School.
From 1921 to 1927 Bob in the sole leather business worked for the Taber Wheeler Company of Boston and switched to cotton textiles. He was associated until his death with Kendall Mills, as salesman until 1953 and afterwards as sales manager of the Chicago Office. Bob served as president of Christopher House of Chicago, a neighborhood and community center, and as deacon of the First Presbyterian Church of Evanston.
He married Helen C. McFarland on June 27, 1936 in St. Louis. She and their daughter, Elizabeth Murray, born Oct. 3, 1937, now Mrs. David O. Ellis, survive him.
At the funeral the Class of 1921 was represented by Bill and Alberta Embree, Harry Mosser, Ned and Pem Price, and Roger and Caroline Wilde.
1923
THOMAS HARLAN MCKNIGHT was killed on April 22, 1963, in a traffic accident in Oxnard, Calif., when another car made a sudden left turn in front of him. He lived at 9545 Dalegrove Drive in Beverly Hills.
Tom came to Dartmouth from Sewickley, Pa., and we best remember him for the Carnival shows he wrote, his contributions to Jack-o'-Lantern, and his piano playing at the Nugget. He married twice: actresses Edith Meisser and Marjorie Davies. His brilliant career embraced each new medium of the entertainment field as it came along. Tom's first job was with General Motors Export Corp., in charge of overseas publicity. His first move into the entertainment field was writing and staging vaudeville skits for the Keith Circuit. In 1932 he and the late Wallace Jordan '25 formed their own company, McKnight and Jordan Radio Producers. He produced such radio shows as "Blondie" and "Sherlock Holmes." His special talent for saving other producers' bad shows made him known in the industry as "the man behind the show." Tom wrote skits for Broadway shows, he was producer for Universal in motion pictures, and during World War II was a captain in the Army Special Services, producing radio programs for soldiers on foreign service. We have all enjoyed the television shows he produced, such as "The Beulah Show," "Life of Riley," and "McKeever and the Colonel."
1927
LLOYD WALDO MOULTON died suddenly April 15 from a stroke in Burlington, Vt. He was superintendent of Addison Northwest District Schools since 1947.
Lloyd was born in York, Me., and Attended York High School. A magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Dartmouth, he received his Master's degree from Columbia University Teachers College in 1935 and did advanced work for his doctorate at Yale, Harvard, and the University of New Hampshire. He had taught in Warner and Groveton, N. H., and Hyde Park before becoming superintendent of schools at Old Lyme and Bloomfield, Conn., preceding his appointment in Vermont.
His last sixteen years were spent in building a modern education plant and program in the Vergennes area of Vermont. When he went to the Addison Northwest District, it comprised thirty rural schools and an obsolete high school building. Lloyd was able to lead the consolidation into five modern new elementary buildings plus a large lunior-Senior Union High School. Only two one-room schools remain in use. Curriculum revisions, departmentalization in the elementary schools, a strengthened staff of good teachers were all elements of a forward looking, long-range plan. Lloyd was just beginning to see the completion of his educational program and the fulfillment of his hopes for the area. One of his greatest sources of accomplishment was the great increase in those students who want to go on to higher education, and the concurrence of their parents.
Among his affiliates were membership in Phi Delta Kappa, Kappa Phi Kappa, the National and Vermont Education Associations, American Association of School Administrators, and National School Public Re- lations Association. Lloyd was past president of the New England Association of School Superintendents and the Champlain Valley Teachers Association. His lodge work included membership in Bliss Lodge lOOF, Hyde Park; a founder of Noble Rebekah Lodge, Old Lyme, Conn.; a past patron of Otter Creek Chapter, OES; Dorchester Lodge 1, F & AM; a 32nd degree Mason. He was past president of Vergennes, Vt., Rotary Club and past deacon of Vergennes Congregational Church.
Lloyd is survived by his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth (Noyes) Moulton of 16 MacDonough Dr., Vergennes; two step-daughters, Mrs. Robert (Ellen) Platka of Lexington, Mass., and Mrs. Henry J. (Jeanne) Stone Jr., of East Hampton, Conn.
Lloyd's loyalties to Dartmouth were strong and deep. His interest in the College and sports took him to Hanover regularly and he attended every Dartmouth-Yale game, save three, since entering college in '23. He leaves a record of solid accomplishments and service to his community and his profession multiplied through the many boys and girls who shared a broadened educational opportunity because of his work. His classmates in '27 extend their deepest sympathy to his family.
Belated word has been received of the death of HOWARD WEST RISLEY. Ris died very suddenly from a heart attack on December 26, 1962, in Dallas, Pa., where he had been owner-publisher of The DallasPost since 1930.
Born in Springville, Pa., he attended Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pa. At Dartmouth he was a, member of Lambda Chi Alpha, The Arts, Dartmouth Christian Association, and chairman of the Freshman Advisory System.
On graduation Ris joined the staff of the Wilkes-Barre Record and became a newspaperman for life. Two years later he acquired the weekly Dallas Post and built it from a four-page paper to a powerful factor in the life of the community. As editorpublisher, he was a strong influence in the entire area known as Back Mountain. The library was a very close interest of his. He promoted it in every way. An annual auction was established by Ris and held at the Risley barn, raising substantial sums. He was president of the Library Association for many years and a permanent member of the Board.
In 1949 he was named Man of the Year, an honor repeated by the American Legion in 1959, and again by the Back Mountain Protective Association in 1962. Director of the Wyoming Valley Motor Club, advisory board of the Miners National Bank, member of F & AM, Irem Temple, and Torch Club were some of his many associations and activities. Probably his main hobby was the Civil War. He was instrumental in the formation of the Back Mountain Civil War Memorial.
He leaves his widow, the former Myra Zeiser, and a sister, Mrs. Charles Boston. His nephew Robert is a member of the Class of 1949.
The slogan of his paper was "More than a newspaper - a community institution," and in making his paper live up to its slogan, Howard himself became a community institution.
1929
1929 has learned of the death of FREDERICK UDOLPH BREITHUT on March 6 of an apparent heart attack. An illness of nineteen years had kept Fred from his usual business and family activities.
Most of his life was spent in the Newark area where he was born. Fred came to Darkmouth from Barringer High School in Newark, N. J., where he was a football and basketball star and was selected for the All-State Team in New Jersey. In college he was elected vice-president of our Class during our freshman year. An outstanding football and lacrosse player, he was a member of Casque and Gauntlet, Green Key, and Phi Gamma Delta.
His business career was in the field of insurance. His first affiliation was with the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co. in Newark and later he was manager of the Newark office of the Home Life Insurance Co. which position he held at the time illness forced his retirement in 1944.
Fred is survived by his wife, Mildred, whom he married in 1935; a daughter, Mrs. Richard A. Adie, and a grandson. Mildred is living at their home at 22 Hillside Avenue, Verona, N. J. To her and her family 1929 offers deep sympathy.
1930
WILLIAM FREDERICK HOWE died suddenly of a heart attack while addressing a group at the Chevy Chase Baptist Church on the evening of Wednesday, April 24. He was an active and devoted worker, supporter, and moderator of his church where he expended his last efforts. The funeral service was held from his church on Saturday, April 27 and the Class was represented by Ed Conklin who served as one of the bearers.
Bill was born January 25, 1909 in New York City and prepared for Dartmouth at Dewitt Clinton High School. At Dartmouth he majored in sociology and was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon. After completing his undergraduate work, he attended Columbia University Law School where he received his LL.B. degree in 1934.
Bill was a partner in the law firm of Gall, Lane & Howe in Washington, which he joined in 1943. He had formerly been associate counsel for the National Association of Manufacturers. He had a very distinguished career in the legal profession, having specialized in the field of labor relations where he represented several prominent corporations as counsel. He was an active member of the Dartmouth Club of Washing, ton and had served on its committee for interviewing candidates for admission to Dartmouth. He was a member of the National Lawyers Club, the American and District of Columbia Bar Associations, and the Kenwood Country Club.
Bill is survived by his wife Eleanor and son, William H. Howe '66, as well as a brother, Herbert A. Howe '27. The family home is at 5309 Oakland Road, Kenwood. Chevy Chase, Md. His many friends in the Class of 1930 mourn the loss of a true "son of Dartmouth."
E. M. C.
1935
MILBURN MCCARTY, chairman of the Class of 1935, died on Friday, April 26, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. A memorial service was held the following Monday at the Presbyterian Church Chapel on 55th Street in New York at which Orton Hicks '2l, Vice President of the College, and Colonel Raymond Henri, USMC (Retired), delivered eulogies. The suddenness and nature of his passing has produced overwhelming shock to everyone, and there were many, who knew him.
The outgoing nature of his friendliness was Mac's best known characteristic. It concealed the tremendous drive which made him successful in public relations work throughout the country and the professional competence which he brought to bear upon any problem. His imaginative leadership of the Class and the ebullience of his enthusiasm for the College will long be missed and long remembered.
Mac's biography, released to the press by his office, was written by himself. It reveals the story of a youth born in San Angelo, Texas, 51 years ago, son of Milburn Anna Burns McCarty. His father was a Texas lawyer and judge and, like his father and grandfather before him, Mac was named Milburn, which made him Milburn McCarty IV as we remember in college. Mac was valedictorian of his high school class in 1930, and studied for a year in Mexico before entering Dartmouth. He was interested in politics and journalism, helped to pay his way through college by representing the Herald Tribune in Hanover and was managing editor of The Dartmouth. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi, played on the squash and tennis teams and graduated cum laude.
On graduation from Dartmouth he joined the Herald Tribune staff in New York and subsequently the editorial staff of the NewYorker magazine. Becoming interested in the special field of publicity he then joined Steve Hannagan's firm and was later called to Washington by Secretary Morgenthau to organize war bond publicity. At the age of 30 he volunteered for the Marine Corps, was assigned as a Marine combat correspondent and rose from private to the rank of major in four years of active service. With a commendation ribbon and five battle stars, Mac was in the thick of the activity in the Pacific, including the first attack wave on Bougainville. Characteristically, he later sought out the families of close combat associates who were killed to offer his personal sympathies and to ease their suffering by personal account of the heroism of their sons.
Following the war, Mac joined Douglas Leigh, Inc., as vice president, and helped create the famous Leigh spectaculars, including the flights of giant ex-Navy dirigibles with their fifty-foot-high electric signs which became such a feature of aerial advertising over the East and West coasts. Then he ornized bis own firm, which was successful and international in scope, taking him into all parts of the world on behalf of clients, everywhere he went his imagination went with him to create spectacular displays and the ingenious approach to public relations which was his trademark.
At the same time Mac devoted his time Unstintingly to Dartmouth affairs as a membr and Vice president of the Dartmouth Alumni Council, as well as being secretary Chairman of his Class. Interest m Dartmouth was a consuming passion to which he devoted his personal efforts. His professional flints in public relations, so freely given, were of invaluable help to the College. TypiS of his skill was his organization, as vicehairman of the tremendous testimonial dinner for President Hopkins which was so successfully held in New York some years ago He was also a board member of the Sales Executives Club in New York, the New York Chapter of the Public Relations Societv of America, the Dartmouth Club of New York and of the Trail Blazer Camps, as wail as being active in numerous professional and social clubs.
He was married in 1948 to Eleanor White (Mrs. Eleanor Harrower Hiteshew), but later divorced. He is survived by a son, Scott de Forest McCarty of Carmel, Calif., and by his sister, Mrs. W. D. Latimer, Jr., of Mount Pleasant, Texas.
JAMES WHITTAKER SHOENFELT died December 20, 1962 of a heart attack at his West Leesport, Pa., home.
Jim born October 17, 1913 in Altoona, graduated from the local high school. A SAE and zoology major in college, he went on to pursue a medical career after receiving his M.D. in 1939 from Jefferson Medical College. Six years saw an Army hitch in the medical corps and his marriage on March 15, 1941 to Paulette Fry in Reading, Pa. J. Whittaker III was born July 15, 1946 and Dorcas Ann, March 23, 1950. Jim maintained a general practice in Leesport and was a member of the staff of Reading Hospital at the time of his death. He was quite active in Boy Scout circles in Altoona and became one of the first Eagle Scouts in that area in 1930. He will be greatly missed by his community and the College.
To his wife, children, brother and sister, we extend our sympathy.
1937
LYNN BROWN, an executive of the Eastman Kodak Co., died at his home on South Road in Scottsville, N. Y., near Rochester, on April 24. He had been manager of the professional and commercial advertising division at Kodak since 1958.
Lynn's love of newspaper work brought him distinction as city editor of The Dirtmouth in undergraduate days, and he served as reporter and sports writer for the Rochester Time-Union after graduation. During World War II he commanded a Navy PT boat in the South China Sea. He was called to military service again in 1950 and was stationed as a Navy oificer in Manila during the Korean conflict. After World War II he was with Kodak's editorial service bureau where he was responsible for industrial publicity and assisted in the newspaper national snapshots awards. In 1952 he joined the industrial division of the Kodak advertising department.
In recent years much of Lynn's spare time has been devoted to school affairs. He completed eight years on the Wheatland-Chili school board last June, and served as president in 1954. He was active in Boy Scout work, and at the time of his death was president of the Second Supervisory District of Monroe County Board of Cooperative Services. He served as secretary of the Rochester Alumni Association from 1941 to 1945.
Lynn died of monoxide poisoning. His death was ruled a suicide.
He leaves his wife, a daughter Constance, a son Lynn Franklin, a brother, Francis S. Brown of Macedon, N. Y., and his mother, Mrs. Ethel S. Brown of Rochester.
1938
After an extended illness THOMAS GILLESPIE HNTRIM, industrial relations manager for the Chicago Tribune, died December 3.1, 1962. His residence was 1136 Ashland Avenue in Wilmette, Ill.
Born in Chicago February 11, 1916, Tom attended New Trier High School and later the Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Upon graduation from college he spent a year at the University of Michigan Law School, then worked for Marsh & McLennen, insurance brokers in Chicago. He entered the Army in World War II and served three years in the infantry. Upon his discharge in 1946 he became employed by the Chicago Tribune as assistant industrial relations manager. His memberships included the Chicago Club and the University Club.
Surviving are his wife, the former Mary Barrowman, whom he married March 21, 1946 in Evanston, and four children, Stephen R., Peter E., Sarah, and Julienne.
1938 lost another classmate on February 22, 1963. RICHARD ORSON BENNETT passed away at the Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He and Margaret lived at 7 College Road in Wellesley.
A sociology major and member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Dick prepared for college at Worcester Academy. After graduation he worked as a sample boy for Forte, Dupee, Sawyer Company, wool merchants, then became a salesman in the same field for the John T. Lodge Co. He was affiliated with Buckley and Mann Company of Franklin at the time of his death.
Dick, brother of Dr. Robert E. '36, married Margaret Belknap on October 18, 1941 in Hartford, Conn. She survives him as do daughters Susan and Judith, his brother and his parents. Our Class extends belated sympathy to the family.
1941
FREDERICK CORNELIUS LYNCH died in Washington, D. C., on August 23, 1962. Up to about September 1955, Fred served in the Air Corps, attaining the rank of Colonel. After leaving the military service he settled in Washington, D. C. Initially he was in the building business there with Town House Construction Co. Then he entered the sales field. Prior to his death he was in the hotel business.
When he entered Dartmouth from New Hampton School, Fred was a resident of Cambridge, Mass. At Dartmouth he was a member of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity.
GEORGE FRANCIS RICH passed away in Colorado Springs, Colo., on August 23, 1962.
George served as a lieutenant in the Navy during World War 11. Prior to 1961 he and his family lived for sixteen years at Lake Okoboji, lowa, where he was in the construction business, both commercial and residential. In 1961 George moved to Colorado Springs where he was engaged in the steel building business as a distributor for Wonder Building Steel Buildings until the time of his death.
On February 21, 1945, he married Helen Pitkin of Memphis, Mo., in Dartmouth, England, where Helen was a Red Cross Club Director. George is survived by his wife, a son Tom, and a daughter Debra.
1947
PETER GEORGE ESTIN, noted skier and cartoonist, passed away on April 3 at the age of 35 in New York. He lived at 132 East 70th St. in New York and also in Warren, Vt. Peter was about as early a '47 as possible since he started at Dartmouth as a civilian in July of 1943, before going into the Navy.
Peter, director of the ski school at Sugarbush alley, Vt., was the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Estin, of Brookline. His father is in the investment business at 24 Federal Street, Boston. Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, June 10, 1927 he was educated in Europe, Phillips Academy, Andover, and graduated from Dartmouth in 1947. He received a Master's degree at Harvard in 1949. In college his activities were many: Psi Upsilon; Green Key; Art Editor, 1944 Aegis;The Log; Dartmouth Outing Club; chairman, Winter Carnival Dance Committee; Cheerleader; Skiing; Tennis, College Championship, 1944.
A ski enthusiast, he later became an auhority on ski techniques and was a contributor to many ski publications. He was director of ski schools at Portillo, Chile, and La Parva, Chile. Also a cartoonist, his drawings appeared in many national magazines.
Besides his parents he leaves two daughters, Lee and Heidi; two sons, Timothy G. and William, all of New York; a brother, Hans H. of Manchester; and a sister, Mrs. Henry R. Homans.
Mason Avery Lewis '08
Milburn McCarty '35
