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.]
Perkins, Moses B .'02, Sept. 18 Swenson, Omar S. '03, Oct. 1 Doonan, John F. '04, Aug. 29 Edgerly, Ferdinand B. '04, Sept. 4 Beckley, Frank E. '05, June 30 Belcher, Thomas L. '10, Sept. 9 Nichols, Thomas A. '13, Oct. 8 Giles, E. Newman '14, Sept. 30 Humphrey, Walter B. '14, Oct. 11 Kendall, Raymond H. '15, Sept. 1 Behnke, Arno M. '16, Sept. 6 Ollis, Luke S. '16, Sept. 21 MacMurray, Raymond S. '17, Feb. 21 Moore, Walter J. '19, Sept. 25 Wilkinson, H. Fielding '19, Sept. 12 Emmerich, Richard '20 Bolles, Harold A. '21, Sept. 14 Doyle, James S. '23, Sept. 30 Shane, Raymond T. '24, Sept. 15 Warner, J. Eliot '25, Sept. 29 Jones, Harvey P. '27, Oct. 5 Pierson, Paul R. B. '27, Sept. 17 Binley, Maurice T. '28, Sept. 20 Kammire, Charles A. '28, Aug. 13 O'Connell, Clarence F. '29, Sept. 14 McKenna, Daniel S. '30, July 20 Hosmer, Robert C. Jr. '32, Oct. 2 Richards, Raymond R. '37, June 18 von Tacky, Thomas F. '37, Sept. 17 Lothman, Fritz '46, Aug. 8 Holmes, David B. '47, Sept. 17 McCrea, Stanley B. '57, Sept. 17 Linder, Jon A. '62, July 25
Faculty
HERLUF VAGN OLSEN '22, Professor of Managerial Economics and Finance Emeritus and former Dean of the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, died suddenly of a heart attack in Hanover on September 12. He was 67 years old.
Professor Olsen was born in Omaha, Neb., August 2, 1899, attended public schools there, and entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1918. In college he was captain of the gym team, vice president of the Christian Association, and a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. After receiving his B.S. degree from Dartmouth in 1922 he did graduate work for one year at the University of Copenhagen on a fellowship from the Scandinavian-American Foundation. Returning to this country, he was a graduate student in economics at the University of Chicago, 1923-25, and interrupted work toward his Ph.D. to become an instructor at the University of Delaware. He taught economics there for four years, becoming assistant professor in 1926 and associate professor and acting chairman of the department of economics in 1928. In the fall of 1929 he returned to Dartmouth as Assistant Professor of Business Statistics at the Tuck School.
One year after joining the Tuck School faculty Professor Olsen was named Assistant Dean, along with his teaching duties. He was the right-hand man to Dean William R. Gray '04 for eight years, and upon Dean Gray's death in 1937 he was named to succeed him. Dean Olsen headed Dartmouth's business school for 14 years, until illness forced him to resign the deanship in 1951. He continued as a member of the Tuck School faculty and after a year's leave of absence for recuperation he returned as Professor of Business Economics. When he retired in June 1965 he held the title of Professor of Managerial Economics and Finance.
Dean Olsen was president of the American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business from 1945 to 1947. He also served as consultant to the Brookings Institution in Washington and to the Committee on Economic Development, 1947-56; and in 1946 he was awarded the King Christian X Medal of Liberation for his contribution to Denmark's cause during the years of Nazi occupation. During World War 11, Dean Olsen had served as training specialist for the Civil Service Commission, helping to organize a program aimed at recruiting and training government personnel. He also was assistant director of a study of higher education and the war for the Congressional Committee on Education, and was in charge of obtaining faculty personnel for business courses in the Army's G.I. universities abroad.
In the later years of his career Professor Olsen took a special interest in hospital administration, about which he had first written in 1943, and as a result of several published reports he became nationally known in this field. His work resulted in an expansion of educational programs to train college graduates in the administration of hospitals, one of the nation's biggest industries. He served as consultant on university graduate programs in hospital administration at Chicago, lowa, Minnesota, Emory, Montreal, and elsewhere. In 1958 Professor Olsen was elected an Honorary Fellow of the American College of Hospital Administrators.
In 1961-62 Professor Olsen took part in a study project sponsored by the National Council of Churches of Christ, designed to clarify the ethical implications of rapid economic change in this country. He served on the commission dealing with labor-management rela- tions and with technology and employment. He participated also in a great many educational and economic conferences, and was the author of a number of articles for business journals.
Professor Olsen was a trustee of Nichols College in Dudley, Mass. He was a member of the American Economic Association and of Beta Gamma Sigma, an honor accorded him at the 50th anniversary of the American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business.
Dean Olsen was married in 1926 to Elspeth Morton Duncan of Brantford, Ontario, Canada, who died in 1962. Their children were Herluf V. Olsen Jr. '50, administrator of the University of Florida Hospital and Clinics in Gainesville, Fla., and a daughter Charlotte (Middlebury '52), now Mrs. John M. Mclntyre of Towson, Md. Professor Olsen's second marriage, in May 1963, was to Mrs. Louise Pomeroy Baker, who survives him with the two children. Funeral services were held September 15 at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Hanover, with burial in the Pine Knolls Cemetery. At the family's request, memorial gifts were made to the Mary Hitchcock Hospital in Hanover.
1902
MOSES BRADSTREET PERKINS was born May 27, 1881, in Salem, Mass., where his father, John W. Perkins, was superintendent of schools. Mose died in Concord, N. H., on September 18, 1966.
In college he was member of Psi Upsilon and Casque and Gauntlet, and was known as the best long-distance runner on the varsity track team. Popular and unassuming, he was also on the 1902 Aegis board.
After graduation he was in business for a short time but soon changed to teaching, to which he devoted the rest of his long life. At various times he was connected with the De Merritt School, Boston; Exeter Academy; the Lawrence School, Lawrence, L. I.; Abbott School, Farmington, Md.; and the Country Day School, Milwaukee, Wis. Returning to Hanover, he was head of the English department at the Clark School for many years, and at the time of his death he was working at the Hampshire Country School, East Rindge, N. H. He was so enthusiastic about the wonderful work that the latter institution is doing for brilliant but mentally disturbed children that instead of flowers at his funeral he requested donations for that school. He was respected and loved by his students everywhere, and there was a large delegation of boys at the memorial service in his memory at the West Congregational Church in Concord.
He married Miss Harriet Bartlett on December 25, 1904. Some of us may remember her as one of a large family living with their parents, Prof, and Mrs. Bartlett, on West Wheelock Street in Hanover, opposite the Episcopal Church. Professor Bartlett was head of the Chemistry Department in our day. The house became the Perkins' home until Harriet's death in 1955. The Perkins had two children, Richard B. Perkins of Concord and Eleanor Perkins Mann of San Jose, Calif. Always full of energy, Mose drove back and forth across the continent during vacations, visiting his children and their families. He leaves four grandchildren and more great-grandchildren than any other member of the Class.
It is perhaps inevitable that an idealistic man who has devoted his life to instilling in younger generations a love of literature and noble language should also himself blossom out in poetry; so it is not surprising that our Mose has left us many lofty sentiments expressed in verse. Among these are two sonnets which he wrote for our records, to celebrate the Fiftieth Reunion of the Class of 1902. One of these is inscribed to William Jewett Tucker, President of Dartmouth College. It is fitting that we should quote at least a few lines of this as we honor the memory of our classmate.
"... that we, like thee, should set as our great quest, Service to God through man — Life at its best."
That quest Moses Perkins carried through to the end. We honor him for doing so.
1904
FERDINAND BOSHER EDGERLY died September 3 in Manchester, N. H., where he was born August 27, 1881. A fall in his summer home at Hampton Beach resulted in a cracked pelvis and he was taken to an Exeter, N. H. hospital where he remained for about a week, after which he was removed to a Manchester hospital. Earlier falls had resulted in successful recoveries and it was believed that he would, in due time, recover from this latest accident but a pulmonary difficulty arose and was the immediate cause of his death.
Ferdinand first attended the Manchester schools, then the Holderness School, and then enrolled with the Class of 1904 at Dartmouth after graduating from the Manchester High School. In college he made an excellent scholastic record and was a member of the varsity football squad in 1901 and 1902.
Following graduation from college Edge went to Seattle and remained there in the insurance business until 1913 when he decided that the well-being of his father and mother called for his return to Manchester. There he carried on an insurance business until his death, although he greatly reduced his activities several years ago. His success was outstanding and his capabilities and integrity were recognized throughout the state.
He was a Trustee of the Mechanics Savings Bank, a Trustee of the Franklin Street Congregational Church, Treasurer of the Family Welfare Society, Treasurer of the Manchester Dartmouth Alumni Association for forty years, the advisory council of the Merchant's Savings Bank, Kiwanis, Shrine, Manchester Country Club, Calumet Club and other civic, business and social organizations. In 1950 he and his partner won the New Hampshire State Bridge Tournament.
On October 9, 1920, Edge married Bertha C. Folsom, also a native of Manchester and a Smith graduate. Their life together was a happy one. Bertha plans to remain at the Carpenter Motor Hotel where they have made their home for the past year.
Fifty-two years ago another resident of Manchester, the distinguished Judge David Cross who had been an enthusiastic honorary member of the Class of 1904, passed away at the age of 97. The class at that time voted to inscribe upon its records a testimonial prepared by the then Secretary, Ike Charron, a part of which can with truth be applied as well to the beloved classmate who has just left us: "His sterling qualities that exemplified ideal Dartmouth manhood, will long survive in the affections of Nineteen Hundred Four. His splendid example of vigorous enthusiasm and unfailing loyalty to the College, his ready assistance to the Class, and his genuine sincerity have made a permanent impression."
1905
ALEXANDER ROCKWOOD MAYNARD died August 14 in Grace Hospital Northwest, Detroit, Mich., after a brief illness. He was born in Nashua, N. H., October 23, 1881.
"Ike" entered Dartmouth from Nashua High School. In college he became well known for comedy parts that he performed in various plays. He also founded the Dartmouth Vaudeville Club. This fine sense of humor, together with the cordial friendliness which brought him a wide circle of friends, persisted with him throughout his life, as did his New England sense of dignity and responsibility.
After a variety of business experiences, Ike in 1920 became business manager of the Graybar Electric Co., formerly the supply division of the Western Electric. He retired in 1945, but continued active in civic affairs. He was a Telephone Pioneer, a Mason, Shriner and member of the Moslem Temple of Detroit; also he held membership in the Detroit Athletic, Golf, and Rotary Clubs.
In 1910 Ike married Elizabeth F. Cooney of Chicago. He is survived by his wife, at 19609 Shrewsbury Dr., Detroit; and their daughter, Mrs. Edgar A. Guest Jr. of Birmingham, Mich.; three grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
Services were held in Bell Chapel of the William R. Hamilton Co., with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit.
1910
ALBERT GOODWIN FERGUSON passed away August 17, 1966 at East Orleans, Mass. Death came after a prolonged period of failing health. His home was at 50 Garrison Rd., Brookline, where funeral services were held.
Albert was an adopted member of 1910, having been taken into membership after the death in 1925 of his brother, John, who was graduated with us. He retired from the insurance business in July of '56. He continued as a director of two small manufacturing businesses, Anderson Products, Inc., and Kingston Industries, Inc. Albert had been active in community affairs, serving as director of Brookline Taxpayers Association; trustee of Roxbury Institute for Savings, Roxbury Charitable Society and Mechanics Charitable Association. He was a member of Joseph Warren Commandery and Washington Lodge of Masons.
He was married July 6, 1922 to Juliet S. Corlew at Brookline. Survivors are his widow; hissister, Mrs. Jacob Holmes of Belfast, Me.; and his brother, Edwin of Westwood, Mass.
1912
THOMAS JAMES CASEY was struck down by a passing auto as he stepped from a bus on Route 1 in Danvers, Mass., on August 1, 1966, one week before his 77th birthday. He was returning from a vacation in Maine.
Tom was born in Beverly, Mass., on August 8, 1889. He prepared for college at Beverly High School where he was a prominent athlete. During his two years at Dartmouth he was a member of Sigma Chi. He then attended Boston University Law School.
Following graduation from Boston University Tom practised law in Boston from 1915 to 1925 with the firm of Anderson, Wiles and Ryder, then as a partner in Twichell and Casey, and finally with Casey and Brooks. From 1948 Tom served for three years as hearing officer for appeals with the Civil Service Commission of Massachusetts and then retired to his home in Beverly. During World War I he was a corporal in the U. S. Marines for 13 months, assigned to heavy artillery.
A lifelong resident of Beverly, where he had been living at 28 Hale St., Tom was active in civic affairs in that city. For four years he was city solicitor, for six years trustee of the Beverly Public Library, and for 40 years warrant officer in Salem District Court. He was a member of both the Essex and Massachusetts Bar Associations, of Earle T. Wardell Post of the American Legion, and of the Holy Name Society of St. Mary Star of the Sea Church.
On September 7, 1921 Tom married Marguerite W. Hermson of Beverly who survives him together with one son, four daughters, two brothers, one sister, and eleven grandchildren.
Funeral services were held on August 4 with a solemn high mass of requiem in St. Mary Star of the Sea Church.
1914
DR. FLETCHER HATCH COLBY passed away on August 14 at Massachusetts General Hospital where he had served as Chief Urologist.
Born in Berlin, N. H., he prepared at Exeter Academy for Dartmouth and Harvard Medical School from which he graduated in 1918.
After service as a first lieutenant he interned at MGH and took his residency at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital. His book entitled EssentialUrology has been translated into ten languages and he was also the author of many articles in medical journals all over the world. He was a former president of the American Association of Genito-Urinary Surgeons, and a member of numerous other medical groups.
Fletch is survived by his wife Jean, at 27 Chestnut St., Brookline, Mass.; a son, and two daughters. The Class joins them in mourning an outstanding member of our group.
EDWARD NEWMAN GILES, of 5212 11th Ave. W., in Bradenton, Fla., died September 30 in Memorial Hospital, Worcester, Mass. He was en route from the family home in New Hampshire to his Florida home when stricken with heart failure while visiting his daughter, Mrs. Stanley G. Quackenbush, in Shrewsbury.
Born in Beverly, Mass., he was a member of Alpha Delta Phi and Dragon, and was captain of the golf team while at Dartmouth. His business career was spent with Gulf Oil and he was retired sales manager for that company in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Luke was a member of the Bradenton Country Club, North Conway (N. H.) Country Club, and Mt. Lebanon Country Club in Pittsburgh. He was a veteran of World War I.
Besides his daughter Carol and son-in-law, Stanley Quackenbush '45, he leaves his wife Marion; two sons, Edmund N. of Seattle, Wash, and Robert B. of Evergreen, Colo.; one sister, and seven grandchildren.
Funeral services were held October 3 in Worcester, and interment was in North Conway, N. H.
MORRIS OGDEN HASTINGS died March 22 at his home, 193 South Fairview, St. Paul, Minn., after a long illness.
Morris was a member of Theta Delta Chi and also attended the University of Minnesota. He is survived by his wife and two sons, to whom the Class extends its sympathy.
1915
RAYMOND HARRIS KENDALL, retired town treasurer of Sterling, Mass., died September 1, 1966 in Clinton Hospital at Sterling after a long illness.
Ray was born March 1, 1893 in Sterling and prepared for college at English High School in Worcester, Mass. He spent four years at Dartmouth and also attended Worcester Polytechnical Institute.
A veteran of World War I, he was the town treasurer for 33 years and town clerk for 25 years, retiring in 1959.
He was a member of the local American Legion, Trinity Lodge, of Masons in Clinton, and the Chocskett Club, and was an incorporate member of the Clinton Savings Bank.
On October 20, 1920 he married Pearl L. Kendall who died in 1958. He leaves a foster son, Sidney C. Smith of Sterling.
Funeral services were held in First Church of Sterling, followed by a ritual service conducted by the American Legion. Burial was in Oakhill Cemetery.
1916
ARNO MARTIN BEHNKE, a retired production department employee of Amerada Petroleum Corp., died at the Veterans Hospital, Muskogee, Okla., September 6. His home was at 2327 South Columbia Ave., Tulsa.
He was born at Grand Rapids, Mich., November 23, 1892 and attended Grand Rapids Central High School before entering Dartmouth, where he had an active participation in the life of the College. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, Casque and Gauntlet, The Dartmouth board, Bema board, the Dramatic Association, Lambs, Deutscher Verein, The Arts, and Round Robin.
Arno served in both World Wars. In World War I he was an ensign, USNRF, and transferred to Naval Auxiliary Reserve. In World War II he attained the rank of lieutenant commander, and from 1942 to 1945 was ships service officer and in the mine depot at Yorktown, Va.
After his first war service Arno entered the employ of H. K. McCann Co., New York, and then Triangle Toys, New York. In 1921 he went into the production department of the Amerada Petroleum Corp. and was with that concern until his retirement in 1957, being in Fort Worth for about 25 years before returning to Tulsa in 1951.
He was a member of the Masonic order at Fort Worth, and of St. John's Episcopal Church at Tulsa. In that church he was a member of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew. Funeral services were held from St. John's September 8. The College was represented by Jack Ferguson '15. Burial was at Ardmore, Okla.
On June 21, 1926 Arno married Louise Scivally, who survives him, as do two daughters and six grandchildren.
DONALD EVERETT HOSMER died August 30 at a hospital in Brunswick, Maine. Don and his wife, whose home is at 68 Fulton St., East Orange, N. J., had been spending the summer at Bustins Island, Maine. At the time of his death he was the retired head of the foreign language department of East Orange High School.
Don was born in Bristol, Conn. May 18, 1894 and attended Pawtucket High School before entering Dartmouth, where he was a member of the College Orchestra and the Dramatic Association Orchestra. He received his M.A. degree from Brown in 1921, and also studied at Middlebury College, Upsala College, and the University of Paris.
In September 1916 he began his teaching career at Powder Point School, Duxbury, Mass., and subsequently taught at Cranston (R. I.) High School, Crosby High School, Waterbury, Conn., and for 35 years at East Orange High School, where his subjects were French and Spanish. He retired eight years ago.
On July 23, 1927 Don married Beatrice Ter Bush, who survives him, as does a sister, Miss Miriam Hosmer.
Funeral services were held September 2 in Pawtucket.
ROBERT EDWIN SHERER, who lived at 836 Asilomar Boulevard, Pacific Grove, Calif., died at a Carmel Hospital on August 19. For the past four years he was night auditor at Asilomar Hotel and Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove.
Bob was born in Chicago, February 8, 1894, and attended Evanston Township High School before entering Dartmouth, where he was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity and stayed only one year. He was graduated from the University of Denver in 1916.
For 18 years he was associated with the U. S. Gypsum Co. in Alabaster, Mich., Kansas City, Mo., St. Louis and Chicago. For five years he was with the Insulite Co. of Minneapolis. During the 30 years prior to moving to Pacific Grove he represented the Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co., spending five years in Columbus, Ohio, five years in Chicago, and the last 20 years in Des Moines, lowa, where he was president of the Life Underwriters of Des Moines.
On June 27, 1917 Bob married Dorothy S. Hickey of Denver, who survives him, as do two daughters, two sons, and nine grandchildren. He was a member of the Church of the Wayfarer, Carmel, where funeral services were held August 22. Interment was in Evanston.
1918
HORTON PARMELEE KENNEDY, a leading member of the American business community in France, died after a long illness, on August 22, 1966.
Hort, who was born in Anaconda, Montana, left Dartmouth in his junior year to go to France during World War I. From 1935 to 1959 he was a vice president of the Morgan Guaranty Trust Company in Paris. Following his retirement from this post he was appointed to the bank's advisory board.
He was also a director of numerous French and American companies. From 1961 until his death he was president of Revlon (France) and president of Paris-Studios-Cinemas.
He was a former president of the American Club of Paris and president of the American Chamber of Commerce in France from 1960 to 1963. He was a Commander of the Legion of Honor.
Surviving him are his second wife, Jacqueline, and two children by a previous marriage: Mrs. Eleanor Jensen and Horton P. Kennedy Jr. His first wife, Germaine, died in 1960.
Matthew G. Jones '23 wrote to President Dickey: "Horton P. Kennedy died yesterday. He was not 'An American in Paris,' he was 'America in Paris.' He bestrode this town. I know of no man anywhere whose influence in community affairs, great and small, was or is so great as his in Paris.
"He had the bearing, the brains, and the heart of the great man that he was. The United States and Dartmouth College have lost a preeminent son. In my opinion he is worthy of the greatest posthumous honors within the gifts of the College."
The Class of 1918, while long separated from Hort Kennedy, will remember its first Class President with affection and respect. Those who had the privilege of knowing him well will mourn his memory.
1919
WALTER JOHN MOORE passed away on September 25 at his home on Woodruff St., Southington, Conn., after a long illness. He was 71 years old.
Born in Auburn, N. Y., Walter was with the Class for a short time and afterwards attended the University of Wisconsin. While in Hanover he was a member of Phi Delta Theta.
Walter was a prominent insurance executive and former industrialist in New Britain, where he was associated with the Stanley Works and Eddy Bros. In 1958 he opened the W. J. Moore Real Estate and Insurance Co. He was active in civic affairs as a member and former deacon of the South Congregational Church, a former member of the New Britain Club and Shuttle Meadow Club, and a corporator of the New Britain General Hospital.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Helen Gay Moore; two sons, David G. Moore of Southington and W. John Moore Jr. of West Hartford, and five grandchildren. 1919 extends its sincere sympathy to the family in their sorrow.
HENRY FIELDING WILKINSON passed away at the age of 70 at his home, 7956 E. Newmark Ave., South San Gabriel, Calif., on September
Doc was an ear, nose and throat specialist and practiced in Hartford, Conn., before moving to California in 1940. He attended Hartford High School and was a graduate of the Yale School of Medicine. He studied and taught at the Mayo Clinic and also at the University of Chicago.
Surviving are his wife, Sarah Newton Wilkinson, and a brother, Dr. Weldon Wilkinson of California. Private funeral services were held in San Gabriel. 1919 extends its sincere sympathy to the family.
1920
GEORGE BENJAMIN LENT GREEN died August 24, 1966 at the age of 71. He had a massive stroke about three years ago and had been confined to his bed and his wheelchair for the greater part of the time since then.
Ty was born in Boston and prepared for college at the Everett High School, where he played on the championship football team. He continued his football in college. He left Dartmouth in 1917 to enter the service in World War I. He was one of the first men trained to fly airplanes and became an officer in the Navy. While at Dartmouth he was a member of the DKE fraternity. When he returned from service he attended the University of Kentucky and University of Florida. He was married in 1919 to Ruth McKenzie.
Ty was Asst. Manager of the Metropolitan Insurance Co. for ten years in Gainesville and then manager of Proctor Motor Co., moving to Crystal River in Florida in 1951 to enter the real estate business with one of his sons.
Ty is survived by his wife, six sons, George B. L. Jr., Ronald, Gordon, Harris, Leslie and Thomas, and 13 grandchildren.
The Class was represented at the funeral service held at St. Anne's Episcopal Church by Laddie Myers from Clearwater, Fla. Interment was in Arlington National Cemetery, Va.
The Class extends deepest sympathy to Ruth, his sons, and the other surviving members of his family.
1921
Associated with Strathmore Paper Company for 40 years, HAROLD ATCHINSON BOLLES died at his home, Kaolin Rd., Blandford, Mass., September 14. Joining the firm in 1921, he worked in the manufacturing department and became superintendent of the Woronoco Mill, where he was in charge of company real estate holdings. As special assistant to the vice president in charge of production, he retired in 1962,
A native of Wilbraham, born January 1, 1898, Hal prepared for college at Worcester Academy. At Dartmouth he joined Theta Delta Chi, was representative to the College Club and captain of freshman basketball, and ran on the crosscountry team. In World War I he served as second lieutenant.
A 32nd degree Mason, Hal was also active in the local hospital, American Legion, Kiwanis, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Connecticut Watershed Council, Men's Club of the Westfield First Conregational Church, and on the forestry and nance committees of Russell.
He leaves three married daughters, two sisters, and his wife Marjorie (Lyman), whom he married in Wilbraham in 1923.
ALBERT LELAND GATES of Saddle Hill Road, Weston, Mass., died suddenly September 3. Born February 7, 1900 in Medford, Tony prepared for college at Medford High School and after a year and a half left Dartmouth, where he was a member of the Student Army Training Corps and the Chi Phi fraternity, to enter the wool business in Boston. From 1919 to 1929 " he was with the Houghton Wool Company, from 1929 to 1946 with Cudahy Packing Company where he was manager of the wool and pickled skin department, and from 1946 to his retirement in 1961 he was the principal of the A. L. Gates Company.
In 1934 Tony married Martha A. Evens by whom he had a daughter and two sons. All four survive him.
Tony's hobbies were livestock, gardens, and birds. He raised English Springers and Basset Hounds, ducks, chicken, pigs, flowers, and vegetables. As a lover of birds he kept handy an air rifle to curtail the predatory appetite of cats and a 410 shotgun to teach proper deportment to red and gray squirrels.
1922
GEORGE FRANCIS COOK died July 23. He was the founder and chairman of the board of directors of the George F. Cook Construction Co. of Minneapolis.
He was born July 1, 1901, and entered Dartmouth from the Blake School, Minneapolis. He was with '22 for the first two years and many classmates remember him favorably. He subsequently transferred to M.I.T.
After M.I.T. he returned to Minneapolis and in 1923 began his career as a civil engineer and became a construction expert. In the late twenties he became vice president of Pike and Cook Co. In 1935 he was secretary-treasurer of the Northwestern Construction Co. Seven years later he founded his own company and served as its president for many years before he became chairman of the board.
He was formerly president of the Associated General Contractors of Minneapolis. He was a member of the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce, the Athletic Club, and the Engineers Club.
George and Beatrice Currier were married September 10, 1924 in Minneapolis. Mrs. Cook's address is R-3, Box 240-H, Wayzata, Minn. He is also survived by their daughter Patricia (Mrs. Ralph C. Hitchcock Jr.) of Redding, Calif., and their son, George F. Jr. of Minneapolis. To them the Class extends its deepest sympathy.
ALBERT EDWARD COLE died without previous illness on July 18, 1966. He had retired six years ago from the New York Telephone Co.
Bert, as all classmates knew him, was born March 9, 1900, in London, Ontario. He and his twin brother Dick, who passed away some years ago, both came to Dartmouth from Vergennes (Vt.) High School. As the only twins in the Class they were well known and highly esteemed throughout their college days. They were members of Lambda Chi Alpha and both of them were loyal alumni.
A few years after graduation Bert went to work for the New York Telephone Co. His career was mainly in metropolitan New York where he held many assignments of increasing responsibility in the engineering and traffic departments.
Bert married Hazel Grosch, April 25, 1928, in Brooklyn. Only two weeks before his passing they had returned to their home, 30 Chelsea Drive, Syosset, N. Y., after a trip to Colorado, Washington, and British Columbia. He is survived by Hazel, their son Albert Jr. of Englewood, Colo., and three grandchildren. The Class sadly joins in sorrow with Hazel and her family.
RICHARD THOMAS WILLIS died June 19 at a Manchester, N. H., hospital after a long illness.
With his friendliness and his great gift of music, Dick was very popular as a student and as an alumnus. He was, without doubt, one of the best piano players ever to attend Dartmouth and he contributed indispensably to the memorable songfests of our student days and, later, our reunions.
He was born December 3, 1901 in Manchester and came to college from its Central High School. He was only 16 when he entered Dartmouth and therefore he served in Co. I of the SATC and roomed in New Hampshire Hall with others of that precocius group. He was a brother in Theta Delta Chi and an organizer of the Barbary Coast dance band that was so popular both at Hanover and many other colleges.
Graduating at age 20, Dick returned to Manchester. State law prevented him from going into the insurance business until he became 21 when he joined the New England Mutual Life Insurance Co. He represented the company for 43 years, excluding his service, 1942-45, as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. In 1946 he was listed as the national top producer for New England Mutual. He became a member of the Million Dollar Round Table in 1947 and was a life member of the Leaders Association of the company.
He was very active in community affairs. For more than 30 years he was a member of the Rotary Club and originated its awards presented annually to outstanding high school seniors. In 1942 when the Navy and Marine Corps were strenuously seeking candidates for aviation training, Dick, as chairman of a special Rotary committee, rounded up 400 Granite State applicants many of whom later served our country in the skies. He was a member of the Manchester Country Club and a parishioner of St. Catherine's Church. He was past president of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Manchester.
Dick and Mary Louise Bouker were married August 23, 1941 at Columbia, Pa. They had lived for several years at 154 Shaw St., Redcoat Lane, Manchester. She, his two brothers, Russell '17 and Emmett '26, and two sisters survive him. Dick will be lovingly remembered while the World War I generation of Dartmouth men live, and all of them join Mary Lou and Dick's relatives in deepest sorrow.
1924
Some may recall him as "Bunt" when in College, for reasons no longer clear. DAVID GLADSTONE CAMPBELL was born July 15, 1898 in Syracuse, where he graduated from high school. He came to Dartmouth as a World War I veteran and member of the American Legion. His death on June 1, 1966, was sudden while playing golf at the Owasco Country Club (of which he was the immediate past president), in Auburn, N. Y. His address in that city was 12 N. Hunter Ave.
After graduation, Dave earned his MCS degree at the Tuck School (1925); 28 years later (1953) he participated in the Harvard Advanced Management Program. Between those dates he married Monica Gaffney (1929) and had a son to bear his name (1937), in Dartmouth, Class of '59. Dave was almost 68, older than most of us. He had been secretary (1940) and treasurer (1950) of the Beacon Milling Co., of Cayuga, N. Y., until his retirement in 1961. His firm had merged with Spencer-Kellogg (1957), where he became secretary and a director in 1940-41. His assignment was credits, where he developed the Beacon pension plan and administered it. The firm manufactured feeds for farm livestock and poultry.
Dave was a member of the Auburn Rotary Club, and was active in such other civic affairs as the United Fund, the PTA, Hospital Finance Committee, Boy Scouts, and Chamber of Commerce. In addition to his wife and son, he is survived by a sister, three brothers, and a grandson.
1925
EDWARD COOPER HEWITT died August 13, 1966, of a heart attack at his summer home in Bay Head, New Jersey.
Born in Trenton, N. J., May 20, 1904, Ed prepared for college at St. Paul's School, Garden City, Long Island. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta. He began his career with the Thomas and Betts Co. of Elizabeth, N. J., in 1930 as a salesman, advancing successively to New York district manager, general sales manager and finally vice president in May 1955. He also served the firm as a director and held a similar post with the Suburban Trust Co. of Westfield. He was a member of the Dartmouth Club of New York, the Canadian Club of New York, Baltusrol Golf Club, Bay Head Yacht Club and Town and Country Club. A former member of the Union County Draft Board, Ed also served on the local alumni interviewing committee, the Alumni Fund advance gifts committee in New York, and as a vestryman in the Trinity Episcopal Church in Elizabeth. He was also a past president of the Elizabethtown Cotillion and a former trustee of the Vail Deane School of Elizabeth.
Surviving are his wife, Julia Guion George of 50 Georgian Court, Elizabeth, N. J., a son, Edward C. Jr., a daughter, Mrs. Mary Leslie Guion Bird of Hurley, New York, and three grandchildren, to whom the deep sympathy of the Class is extended. Ed's loyalty to and enthusiasm for his alma mater was boundless.
1927
PAUL RICHARD BROWN PIERSON died September 17, 1966 in Briarcliff, N. Y. Paul was bom in Ossining, N. Y., and entered Dartmouth from Scarborough School. He was a member of Chi Phi and sang in the Glee Club.
After graduation he joined his father's green-house and rose business. During World War II he was helping Eastern Aircraft turn out Navy bombers. Since 1945 Paul had been a well-known real estate broker in the Ossining, Briarcliff area. His championship tennis and good golf game ended with a heart attack in 1954, but he remained quite active otherwise. He was ill only two days and hospitalized only hours before his death.
Paul was past president of Briar Hills Country Club, very active with Ossining Chamber of Commerce, and a member of New York Darthmouth Club.
He is survived by his wife, the former Marjorie Muir, whom he married in 1936; a stepson, Dixon Farley, of Mendocino, Calif.; a sister, and his stepmother. Marjorie makes her home at Tappan Arms, Briarcliff Manor, N. Y.
1928
DARRELL GORDON GRAHAM died September 5 at the Norwalk, Conn., Hospital. He was admitted August 20 after complaining of difficulty in breathing; September 2 he developed pneumonia and died three days later.
Gordon was born in Springfield, Mass. At Dartmouth he was prominent in The Players and the Glee Club and was leader of the Glee Club in his senior year. He was a member of Sigma Nu and Round Robin.
After graduation he was an actor, singer, dramatic critic, radio announcer, and radio director before getting into public relations work. From 1937 to 1954 he was with Columbia Broadcasting System, and became director of public affairs for Station WCBS. During 1954-58 he organized campaigns for the National Conference of Christians and Jews.
At his death, Gordon was information and promotion officer of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council.
His first wife was the late Gladys Cobb, and he married Mrs. Margaret Southard in 1961. He leaves his widow, Margaret, of 555 Danbury Road, Wilton, Conn.; two sons, David '65 and Daniel; three daughters, his mother and two brothers.
CHARLES ADOLF KAMMIRE died of a heart attack August 13 at his summer home on Keuka Lake. His home was at 105 Robie St., Bath, N. Y.
He was born in Salamanca, N. Y., July 30, 1905, and attended the Salamanca High School. At Dartmouth he was advertising manager of the Pictorial, and a member of Alpha Chi Rho. He was recently retired by the Ingersoll-Rand Corp., after working in the office of their Painted Post, N. Y., plant for 25 years.
Survivors include his widow, Aline, a son, three daughters, eight grandchildren and four brothers.
RALPH RICE WILTSEY died July 30 at his home, 39 Cherry Ave., Delmar, N. Y., of a heart attack.
Ralph attended Dartmouth for two years. He started with the Delaware & Hudson Railroad in 1927 and worked in Detroit, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Chicago and Albany. At the time of his death he was Coal Traffic Manager in Albany.
He is survived by his widow, Helen, a daughter and a son.
MAURICE THURLOW BINLEY died September 20 in the Quincy, Mass., Hospital of cancer. He had been battling the disease since last winter and had been in the hospital since early summer.
Maurie prepared for college at Phillips Exeter, and got an engineering degree from the Thayer School in 1929. Since college he worked for Brooks-Skinner Co., Braintree, Mass., builders.
He is survived by his widow, Katharine, of 11 Flagstaff Hill Terrace, Canton; a daughter and two sons.
1929
CLARENCE FREDERICK O'CONNELL of 42 Prospect Street, Milford, Mass., died suddenly on September 14 while on an European tour, according to word received from the State Department.
Clarence studied dramatics while at Dartmouth, and after graduation he played under the name of Frederic Cornell. He appeared in many Broadway productions and theaters throughout the country. He was director of a Little Theatre group, Dale Theater 66, which presented a series of plays this summer in Hopedale. He was currently engaged in staging another program, the hit comedy "You Can't Take It With You," at Hopedale Town Hall, November 11-12. He was founder of the Medford Community Theatre and under his guidance it grew steadily into a noteworthy unit. Clarence at one time played with the Medway Players, the Louise Galloway Theatre in Mendon and also appeared on the stage in Boston.
He was a World War II Army veteran and served with the USO in the Philippines. He leaves two sisters, Miss Sadie O'Connell and Mrs. Julia Sunderland of Hopedale. To them the Class extends its deepest sympathy.
1937
RAYMOND REGINALD RICHARDS (RATAJCZAK) passed away June 18 at the Veterans Hospital in Buffalo, N. Y. He had suffered from Hodgkins disease for the past nine years but lobar pneumonia was the actual cause of death. His home was at 57 Stoneleigh Ave., Kenmore, N. Y., where he was probation officer for the city court.
In college Ray was a member of Green Key, DKE, and Sphinx. He played varsity basketball but will be well remembered for his outstanding ability as shortstop and captain of the baseball team. Following graduation he was picked up by the New York Yankees and spent a few years in their farm system. He worked for a while, we understand, for the Pennsylvania Railroad.
He leaves his wife Betty, a son John, a daughter Mary, and a grandson, Kevin Michael.
THOMAS FRANCIS VON TACKY died September 17 of a malignant brain tumor. His wife Janet writes that it was quick; he lost consciousness without any awareness of what was to be and passed away without regaining consciousness.
Originally from Titusville, Pa., Tom came to Dartmouth from Loomis and finished up in Tuck School. His whole business career was spent with Hope's Windows, Ltd., of Jamestown, N. Y., as New Jersey representative. He had made 14 Hillcrest Rd., Tenafly, N. J. his home since 1948.
Tom's lifelong interest was golf. He was Green Key and captain of the golf team his senior year, and maintained a love of Dartmouth all his life. For the past ten years he served as an interviewer for prospective candidates. Although they never attended a reunion, Janet writes that they did return to Hanover for a quiet weekend of relaxing and playing golf. We quote from her letter: "It was his feeling for the College that made me name Dartmouth as the recipient of any contributions. He was so proud of his nephew, Dick McClure '66, and now Tuck."
In addition to Janet, Tom is survived by a daughter, his parents, Mr. & Mrs. C. L. Von Tacky '13 of Pinehurst, a sister, and a brother, Richard '36 of Titusville.
1947
It is with deep regret that we learned of the passing of DAVID BULLARD HOLMES on September 17, in Meredith, N. H. His home was 3 Fairlane Rd., Winchester, Mass.
Dave prepared at the Winchester schools for Dartmouth, following in -the tradition established by his father, brother, three uncles and three cousins. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi, Student Council, and Prom Committee.
Following his service with the Air Force in Italy during World War I he had been in the insurance business in Boston since 1949. Since 1963 he had been with the Jordan, Read Company as supervisor of underwriting and of production of all multi-peril coverage. Active in civic affairs, Dave was a member of the Finance Committee and the Religious Education Committee of the First Congregational Church. He was a past Town Meeting member.
The sympathy of the Class goes out to Dave's wife Elizabeth and his two sons, Daniel and Bradford, as well as his mother and two sisters.
1957
STANLEY BARROWS MCCREA was killed September 17 when his single engine plane crashed near Westford, Mass. For the past year and one half Barry had been living in Framingham, Mass. After graduation from the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Barry became associated with Moral Re-Armament, for which he traveled widely, both in the United States and South America.
At Dartmouth Barry was active in the DOC, Winter Sports and Ski Patrol. He was a member of Zeta Psi fraternity and was an English major.
Barry is survived by his widow, Mary Ann, two daughters Marcia and Anne, and a son Stanley who reside in Framingham, Mass. He is also survived by his brother Tom '53. To them the Class of 1957 extends its deepest sympathies. A great friend with the highest ideals will be missed by all of us.
1960
BARRY NELSON HAWKINS died suddenly on May 29, at his home, 323 Rumstick Rd., Barrington, R. I.
Barry was born July 15, 1937, son of Mr. and Mrs. George A. Hawkins '31, and prepared for Dartmouth at Tilton School. At the time of his death he was employed at the Quonset Point Naval Air Station.
In addition to his parents he is survived by a brother, Jere '62, and his maternal grandparents. To them the Class extends its sympathy.
1962
Members of the Class will be saddened to learn of the death of JON ALBIN LINDER who was killed in an automobile accident in San Francisco on July 25.
Jon matriculated at Dartmouth from Brookfield High School in Brookfield, Mo. He majored in history and was a brother of Delta Upsilon. Jon will be remembered for his quiet cheerful ways and his friendly smile.
To his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Linder of Brookfield, Missouri, the Class extends its sympathy.
1965
A traffic accident in Pensacola, Fla., took the life of Ensign DONALD ARTHUR MACAULEY JR., U. S. Naval Air Cadet, on August 29, 1966. Don was only a few weeks shy of receiving his wings.
Mac entered Dartmouth after graduating from Wellesley (Mass.) High School in 1961. He was an active and well-known member of the Class of 1965, perhaps best remembered for his entertaining antics with the Injunaires. An avid skier, and a brother of Chi Phi, Don was the type of man who made the experience of knowing him broad and memorable. Of all his many interests and adventures, it always seemed that his very favorite pastime was involvement in a brisk and probing conversation with an acquaintance.
An anecdote testifying to the determination with which Mac applied himself toward his goals is noteworthy. Less than a week from graduation day he was confronted with the distressing news that his thesis as a geography major was improperly documented. Thus, he faced the task of reconstructing and rewriting his entire paper, since he had jubilantly returned all his research materials and discarded his original draft after submitting the thesis. The ensuing days and nights found Mac entrenched in his room while the rest of us enjoyed traditional Commencement Week festivities. He completed his new thesis, literally in the eleventh hour, and was able to take his place in the Commencement line.
Don is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Macauley of 31 Boulder Brook Rd., Wellesley; a sister, Mrs. Robert Coughlin of Holyoke, Mass.; and a young brother, Stephen. Mac will be missed and long remembered by his Dartmouth friends.
1966
On what was to have been the proudest day of his life, HARRY SHAFER FISHER, a valued member of the Class of 1966, died in Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital on June 12, just hours after his class graduated.
His passing was tragically ironic, for Harry had perhaps worked harder and sacrificed more than any other student to earn his Dartmouth degree. And it was on the eve of his commencement, with the tensions and frustrations of the past four years behind him, that Harry had rightfully celebrated his success with his family at Lake Morey, Vermont. Returning alone in his foreign compact, Harry failed to negotiate a curve in Fairlee. His father, Dr. Calvin Fisher '32, a surgeon who was following with the rest of his family, administered first aid to his son at the scene of the crash.
Harry was a quiet, interesting man, a trusted friend, respected for his fondness for and consideration of others. He loved the out-of-doors, in the summer working as a fire watcher in his native Colorado, and on campus serving as president of the Mountaineering Club. He participated in rugby and wrestling, but primarily concentrated on his studies, applying himself resolutely during his final two terms.
Harry had a more difficult road to negotiate through Dartmouth than most of us, and although the tangible symbol of his labor was, for some inexplicable reason, denied him, Harry, and his family, and his College, could take justifiable pride in the fact that he did achieve the high goals he had set for himself. No man can do more.
In addition to his parents he is survived by his brother Fred '63.
In his memory the Dartmouth Club of Denver has established the Harry S. Fisher Memorial Scholarship Fund.
Professor Herluf V. Olsen '22
