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.]

Hastings, Harold R. '00, Jan. 1 Elderkin, George W. '02, Dec. 19, 1965 Porter, J. Endicott '02, Dec. 24, 1965 Studwell, Lester W. '05, Dec. 1, 1965 Chidley, Howard J. '06, Jan. 4 Plummer, Curtis '07. Dec. 19, 1965 Bartlett, Edward P. '08, Dec. 14, 1965 Libbey, Charles O. '10, Dec. 29. 1965 Burbeck, Burton K. '11, Dec. 15, 1965 English, William J. '13, Dec. 15, 1965 McClary, Horace P. '13, Dec. 29, 1965 Hamson, Thomas D. Jr. '15, Jan. 6 Montgomery, George S. Jr. '17, Jan. 6 Blunt, John E. 3rd '22, Dec. 26, 1965 Akey, Clifford J. '22, Dec. 20, 1965 Taylor, William H. '23, Jan. 6 Morse, Charles W. '24, Dec. 19, 1965 Shapiro, Allan '25, Dec. 21, 1965 Stutz, Charles F. '25, Aug. 16, 1965 Hall, Harry A. Jr. '26, Dec. 15, 1965 Willard, Raymond D. Jr. '32, Dec. 15, 1965 Hamilton, Kenneth A. '4O, Jan. 7 Sexton, George E. '4l, Dec. 30, 1965 Schlossberg, Laurence M. '58, Nov. 27, 1965 Stam, Colin F., LL.D. '58, Jan. 6

1902

GEORGE WICKER ELDERKIN was born in Chicago, October 5, 1879, and died in a nursing home in Venice, Fla., December 19, 1965, after a long illness. He prepared for college at the Lakeview High School in Chicago, and after getting his A.B. at Dartmouth, he received his Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Judging from his later career, he must have fallen early under the inspiring guidance of Prof. Charles D. Adams, one of that brilliant group of teachers in "Dr. Tucker's Dartmouth."

In college George was a member of Psi Upsilon and was known as a serious student. At the 20th Reunion of the Class of '02, he was elected secretary, a position which he held until 1932. Academically, he was best known for his long association with Princeton University, which he first joined as instructor in 1910, and from which he retired in 1948 as Professor Emeritus of Art and Archaeology.

A man of strong convictions, Elderkin was probably the most controversial figure that our class has produced. He was essentially a scholar. Never satisfied with hearsay evidence, he spent much time in study and research abroad, first in Athens at the American School of Archaeology (1906-10); later, at Grenoble, France (1913); St. Petersburg, Russia (1914); Madrid and other places in Spain as well as in Portugal (1915); Copenhagen, Denmark (1916). In eve.ry case, the purpose of his visit was to acquire first-hand information about the particular problem that interested him at the moment.

Even after retirement, he went to France to study the Basque language, since he had long been interested in the possible relationship of that ancient race in the Pyrenees to pre-Roman people in northern Italy. He made important discoveries in excavating at Ephesus in northern Syria. He had previously covered the routes from Khartoum on the Nile to Carchemish on the Euphrates, from the land of the Pharaohs to the kingdom of the Hittites. He was for a time editor-in-chief of the American Journalof Archaeology. His publications are too numerous to mention. They are mostly technical, except for a few polemics which are of little value. He must have been an inspiring teacher. Our class book gives the record of the presentation made to him at Princeton by 56 of his graduate students at the time of his final lecture there on "Hellenistic Art."

He was married in New York by Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick to Kate Denny McKnight, on May 3, 1924. She was on the faculty of Vassar College at the time. She died in Princeton in 1962. They had two sons and a daughter, who survive them with eight grandchildren.

1903

FORREST JOSLIN HALL of 45 South LincolnStreet, Keene, N. H., died December 5, 1965,in Elliott Community Hospital after a shortillness. He was 84.

Forrest was born on December 26, 1880 in Keene, and graduated from Keene High School before coming to Dartmouth. He was a member of the first college band and also active in church and musical groups.

In 1912 Forrest married Lillan E. Tandy, who died in 1960. He is survived by a sister, three grandsons, and four great-grandsons.

For some ten years after graduation Forrest was with the Boston and Maine Railroad at Boston and later Keene. He served in the New Hampshire Legislature from 1919 to 1921, serving as a member of the educational committee of the House. He started teaching at Concord High School, and in 1922 he returned to Keene where he taught and was active in educational activities and organizations. He was a charter member of the Cheshire County Dartmouth Alumni Association.

Forrest was a life-long member of First Baptist Church and was active in its work - church school, deacon, and choir. He was also one of the first Boy Scout troop leaders at the church.

Forrest was ever a loyal and interested classmate of 1903. Those who attended the class 60th reunion in 1963 will remember Forrest and his grandson David Proper. Those of us still remaining extend to the family our deep sympathy in their loss.

HERBERT LESTER KELLEY M.D. died November 14, 1965 in Monrovia, Cal., from complications resulting from a fractured hip.

Herbert was born in Franklin, N. H., on April 16, 1880. He was a descendant of John Kelley who settled in Newbury, Mass., in 1635, whose great-great-grandson fought in the Revolutionary War.

Herbert attended Tilton Academy before coming to Dartmouth, where he was a member of the football team. He received his M.D. from Johns Hopkins in 1907 and attended the Naval Medical School in 1908.

Dr. Kelley married Emily B. Simons on December 16, 1911. She died in 1938. He later married Frances S. Denk, who survives. Herbert had two sons and a daughter.

Herbert was a medical officer in U.S. Navy from 1907 to 1946 and served on all types of Navy ships in Atlantic, Pacific, and Asiatic Waters; and at naval hospitals on the East and West coasts. He was a commanding officer, a chief surgeon, executive officer, and captain. He retired in May 1944 but became medical officer for the Navy V-12 unit at California Institute of Technology until 1946. Since then he had been inactive.

Herbert was a Fellow of American College of Surgeons and of American Medical Association. In retirement his hobbies were fishing, hunting, and horticulture.

He continued his interest and support of Dartmouth and his Class of 1903 up to his death. He led a full, busy and useful life, most of it in the professional service of his country's naval forces. The Class has every reason to be proud of him and his very worthwhile record.

Our sincerest sympathy goes to his family in their loss.

1905

LESTER WELLINGTON STUDWELL died December 1, 1965, in Port Chester, N. Y., where he had resided all his life.

In college Les was quiet and somewhat retiring, but those who came to know him well found him friendly and likeable. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi and Dragon Senior Society.

Les was connected with the transportation business most of his life, first with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. In 1918 he joined the Port Chester Transportation Company, owned by his father, dealing in waterborne freight. There he became assistant manager.

He returned to the railroad in 1928 as traffic manager, and later entered the insurance and manufacturing business in Port Chester. For the past nine years he had been employed by the Y.M.C.A.

Lester never married, but lived with an unmarried sister until her death about three years ago. For a hobby he took up cello playing which he enjoyed greatly.

He is survived by his brother Chester '02 and Chester's son Edwin '31.

1907

CURTIS PLUMMER died on December 18,1965, of a cerebral hemorrhage at his home, 13 Dover Road, Natick, Mass.

"Tod" was born in Brookline, Mass., May 2, 1885 and prepared for Dartmouth at Noble and Greenough School, Dedham, Mass. While in college he was a member of Psi Upsilon, Turtle, Casque and Gauntlet, and Palaeopitus. He was in the Mandolin Club, manager of the varsity basketball team in 1906-07, and president of the New England Intercollegiate Basketball League.

After graduation he was with Marshall Son & Co., bookbinding supplies; William Filene's; J. F. Mossen, broker in hides; partner in W. S. Montgomery, hides and tanning materials, 1912-1932. For the next ten years he was a partner in Pierce and Plummer Real Estate and Insurance; and 1942 on, in the same business in Wellesley, Mass., under his own name.

"Tod" was a Republican, a member of Wellesley Country Club, and also a Civil Defense air raid warden from 1942-1946.

On September 11, 1918 at Lynn, Mass., he married Ruth Cutler Pecker, who survives, as does his son.Gordon C. '44, a sister, and three grandchildren.

LEVI MARLON TAYLOR died December 7, 1965, after a long illness. Marl was born in Haverhill, Mass., July 25, 1882, and prepared for Dartmouth at Phillips Exeter Academy. He was a member of Psi Upsilon and Turtle.

Marl left college in March of his sophomore year and was in the shoe manufacturing business from 1906-1925. He was treasurer of the Broadwaik Shoe Company until he entered the real estate business and became manager of Taylor Realty Trust.

Marl was a Republican, Congregationalism and a 50-year member of the Merrimac Lodge of Masons and the Haverhill Commandery Knights Templar.

On September 20, 1910 at Butler, Pa., he married Sara Belle McClung, who died in 1957. Besides his brother, Henry L. '01, he leaves three sons and three grandchildren.

Burial was in the Linwood Cemetery. The Rev. Dewey S. Peterson, pastor of the First Congregational Church, officiated. His classmates always looked forward to seeing Marl at reunions. Our sympathy is extended to his surviving family.

1908

EDWARD PAYSON BARTLETT of South Main Street, Belchertown, Mass., whose discovery of a new principle in chemistry became known as "Bartlett's Law," died on December 14, 1965, in Mary Lane Hospital, Ware, Mass.

Edward was born in Belchertown on" October 17, 1884 and prepared for Dartmouth at Belchertown High School. In college he was awarded honorable mention in chemistry in senior year and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Following graduation he taught science at Blees Military Academy in Macon, Mo., then two years as instructor in chemistry at Pomona College, Claremont, Cal. The next three years he spent in graduate study in chemistry at Harvard University, two years as Austen teaching fellow in chemistry and one as Emerson Scholar, receiving an M.A. degree in 1913 and a Ph.D. in chemistry in 1915.

In 1914 he had returned to Pomona College as Assistant Professor of Chemistry, meanwhile writing his Harvard doctorate thesis. In 1916 he was given added duties as Acting Dean of Pomona College. In May 1918 he entered war service as a captain in the General Staff Corps and was detailed to New York.

In 1919 he returned to Pomona as Associate Professor of Chemistry, continuing to 1924. During the summer of 1920 he worked in a government laboratory in American University in Washington, D. C., studying methods of "fixing nitrogen" from the air and in 1924 he transferred to the Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory of the Department of Agriculture as assistant chemist, rising to associate and to senior chemist.

During the same period, his work on the behavior of gases at high pressures led to discovery of the principle which became known as "Bartlett's Law." For this he was awarded the Hildebrand Award of the Washington, D. C., section of the American Chemical Society.

In 1929 Edward became research chemist and later senior research associate for the E. I. du Pont de Nemours Co. in Wilmington, Del., until his retirement in 1949. He was in charge of the process development of ammonia synthesis, acids, alkalies, and esters, polyethylene, lucite, nylon, and related products. He was chiefly responsible for the synthesis of Nylon which has been so useful in many products from ladies' hose to aircraft cables.

During his last two years with the company, he wrote the history of the first ten years of the Ammonia Department and also travelled extensively to colleges all over the country to get ideas for Du Pont. He was the author of numerous articles on the behavior of matter at high pressures published in The Journal ofthe American Chemical Society.

While in Wilmington Edward was a director of the Brandywine Building and Loan Association, member and chairman of the board of managers of Friends School, Wilmington, and trustee of the Wilmington Monthly Meeting of Friends (Quakers). He was editor for the book, "Friends in Wilmington 1638 to 1938." After his retirement from Du Pont, he spent two years in research at the Delaware Agricultural Station at Newark to remove the odor of wild garlic in milk from certain regions of the South.

Dr. Bartlett was a member of the American Chemical Society, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a member of Phi Beta Kappa and of the Belchertown Congregational Church. He was married on June 17, 1924, to Eleanor Zader Sykes of Redlands, Cal. Besides his wife, he leaves a daughter, two granddaughters, and several nieces and nephews. Cremation followed memorial services on December 16 and the ashes were buried in the family plot in Mt. Hope Cemetery.

1910

MELVIN LEO STRAUSS died November 30, 1965 in the Highland Park (111.) hospital. He was born in Chicago, July 30, 1888 and prepared for college at the Armour Science Academy.

Mel was with the Class of 1910 a short time, leaving college to work for the S. W. Strauss Company in Chicago. He soon became Secretary and then Vice President of the company. In 1935 he was made Executive Vice President of the American National Bank & Trust Co. in Chicago. He retired from that firm in 1953.

He also served as Treasurer of the Michael Reese Hospital and was national vice president and local head of the National Jewish Hospital in Denver. He also belonged to the Masonic Order. Surviving are his widow, the former Marjorie Stonehill of 37 Sheridan Road, Highland Park; two sons and a daughter.

1912

ROSCOE CONKLIN LEACH died November 6, 1965 in William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Mich., after a short illness.

Red was born on June 12, 1899 at Cleveland, Ohio. He prepared for college at Lakewood (Ohio) High School and spent a year and a half at Dartmouth where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi.

At the time of his death he was a retired, self-employed, mortgage broker. For five years he was with the Garfield Savings Bank in Cleveland, for fifteen years with the Bankers Trust Co. of Detroit, and since then with Home Builders Mortgage Co. of Detroit. He had served as president of the Mortgage Bankers Association of Detroit, was a member of the Senior Men's Club of Birmingham, Mich., the Ishawana Rod and Gun Club, and the First Presbyterian Church of Royal Oak.

Roscoe is survived by his widow, Martha Audrey (Stradley), at 16007 Elizabeth, Birmingham, one daughter, one son, a brother, a sister, and one grandchild. Funeral services were held on November 9, 1965 in the First Presbyterian Church, Royal Oak, with burial in White Chapel Cemetery.

1913

WILLIAM JOHN ENGLISH died on Wednesday, December 15, 1965, at the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital in Hanover. His many friends in 1913 will, I know, recall many memories of his Irish wit.

Bill was born in Ireland, December 3, 1888. In 1913 he became principal of Enfield High School, and was later the principal of the high schools in Stowe, Vt., and Farmington, N. H. In 1920 he became principal in Walpole, N. H., until 1925, when he came to Lebanon and served there until his retirement in 1951. Bill was the oldest superintendent in years of service to the State of New Hampshire and remained in one supervisory district longer than any other superintendent — 38 years in educational work and 31 as superintendent in the New Hampshire schools.

Since 1951 Bill was active in real estate. Among organizations in which he was active were the Masons, the Rotary Club, of which he was a past president, and the Chamber of Commerce.

Bill is survived by his widow, Ruth, whom he married on December 22, 1915; a son, Robert C. '39; a daughter; six grandchildren; and a brother James 'l2. Mrs. English may be reached at 7 Chestnut Street, Lebanon, N. H.

1916

SAMUEL ERNEST CUTLER, whose home was at 31 Sargent Park, Newton, Mass., died at a local hospital December 3, 1965.

Sam was born in Somerville on June 12, 1892 and attended Somerville High School before entering Dartmouth, where he was a member and later a captain of the rifle team, a member of the Prom Show his freshman year, and a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity.

In World War I he enlisted in June 1917 and was a chief yeoman in the Pay Corps. In February 1919 he was commissioned an ensign U.S.N.R.F. In the service he was stationed at Boston Navy Yard and other places until his discharge in June 1919. In World War II Sam was a member of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary and served for a year in patrol duty in Boston harbor.

In 1920 he went to Battle Mountain, Nev., where he worked in a mine, and four years later he worked as an estimator in Boston. In 1928 he was made treasurer of the Hancock Paint and Varnish Co., North Quincy, and continued with that company until his retirement in 1961. In that year he was co-chairman with the late Art Conley of the Reunion Committee of 1916's Fabulous Forty-Fifth.

One of the joys of Sam's life was hunting in the Maine woods, an annual affair with him, and he made many a trip there with his late classmate, Abe Lincoln. He was a member of the Charles River Dartmouth Club; Soley Lodge A F and A M; Aleppo Temple - Shriners and U.S. Power Squadrons (Boston). He held office in the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics Assn.

On October 16, 1922 Sam married Lucile B. Edwards of Kansas City, Mo., and there were three children, Samuel Jr. '45, Richard Edwards '50, and a daughter, all of whom survive him.

A memorial service was held December 6 in the Eliot Church of Newton.

JOHN WILLIAM (TEX) ROGERS JR. died November 18, 1965, at Dallas. His home was at 4600 Lakeside Drive in that city.

Tex, who lived most of his life in Dallas, was born there September 27, 1894 and attended the local Terrill School before entering Dartmouth, where he was a member of the Dramatic Association, the Jack O' Lantern Board, the Bema Board, and The Arts.

In 1917 he entered the service of his country in the Medical Corps - Chemical Warfare Service as a sergeant, stationed at General Hospital 1. Later he was transferred to the Gas and Flame Troops. In September 1918 he was commissioned Second Lieutenant C.W.S. and stationed at Camp Kendrick.

Upon his discharge in January 1919 Tex was engaged in newspaper work. In 1924 he entered the employ of the Dallas Times Herald where he was book editor and critic. In 1946 he was book editor of the Chicago Sun and organized a book section for that paper, now the Chicago Sun-Times. The following year he returned to Dallas as a columnist for the Dallas Times Herald. He had retired at the time of his death.

Tex was the author of a number of books, the best known being "The Lusty Texans of Dallas," for which he wrote a supplement this year concerning the assassination of President Kennedy. He was also the recipient of the David Belasco Award for his play "Judge Lynch," which was produced in this country and elsewhere around the world.

In 1947 he was married to Kenneth O'Donnell Horan, a graduate of Vassar and an author in her own right, who survives him.

Funeral services were held in a local funeral chapel and the interment was in Dallas.

1919

WILLIAM CHASE GRANT, 69, died suddenly November 13 at his home, 1204 Berwick Avenue, Ruxton, Md. Bill retired nine years ago from the Delane Brown gourmet food firm and had been an official of the Baltimore Engraving Company for a number of years.

While in college he was a member of Tri Kap and Phi Beta Kappa. The Grants are a remarkable Dartmouth family. Bill's great-grandfather, Judge Horace Chase, graduated from the College in 1814; his granduncle Samuel Blanchard Chase in 1844; his grandfather, William Cutting Grant, in 1851. Three Dartmouth sons survive him: W. C. Jr. '46, McLean M. '50, and George S. '56.

Over many years, Bill was solely responsible for designing our class birthday cards which elicited many expressions of thanks and appreciation from our classmates. The most recent one was completed shortly before his untimely death.

He was an active member of the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Ruxton, serving as a vestryman for over twenty years, and was also active in Dartmouth affairs in Baltimore.

Surviving also are his widow, Helen Shriver Grant, and five grandchildren. To all the family goes the most sincere sympathy of 1919 in their great loss. Helen and Bill maintained the Grant family home in Contoocook, N. H., where they spent their summers, and he is buried in nearby Hopkinton. Bill was a generous supporter of the College. He will be greatly missed by all of us who knew him so well.

1922

CLIFFORD JOSEPH AKEY died December 20, 1965, at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Brighton, Mass., where on the previous day he had been taken from Greenfield, Mass.

Clif retired as postmaster at Greenfield in 1963 after serving in that position since 1951. For ten years before that he had been internal revenue agent for Western Massachusetts. He had also served as a member of the municipal finance commission in 1940 and as a selectman in 1937-38. He was Democratic candidate for state representative in 1938.

He was president of the Clifford J. Akey, Inc., insurance firm which he started shortly after his graduation from Dartmouth. He enlarged this company considerably in 1927 through the purchase of an older insurance agency. Active, popular, and highly regarded in the community, he was also past exalted ruler of the Greenfield Lodge of Elks.

Clif, 67, was born in Williamstown, Mass. After the very early years, his boyhood was in Greenfield and in 1916 he was graduated from its high school. After World War I service in the Army he entered Dartmouth. At Hanover he was a friendly, highly esteemed student well known by all classmates and contemporaries. An outstanding athlete, he played class and varsity basketball and baseball. He was a member of Chi Phi.

Funeral services of a high requiem Mass at Blessed Sacrament Church, Greenfield, preceded interment in Calvary Cemetery there.

Clif and Marie Katherine Fisher were married April 26, 1926, in Greenfield where they have lived most recently at 14 Stanley Street. He is survived by her, three sons, two daughters and 24 grandchildren. To her and the family, Clif's class offers its deepest sympathy.

1923

Lucius SCOTT RUDER died December 2, 1965, in the Emory Hospital, Atlanta, Ga., following a heart attack suffered while visiting his son in that city.

"Loosh" was a prominent citizen and businessman in his native city of Hamilton, Ohio, and in Clearwater, Fla., where he established a home about 30 years ago and became a leading real estate developer. In college he won Phi Beta Kappa honors and was a member of Phi Delta Theta, Casque and Gauntlet, and The Arts.

With his brother, Ralph E. Ruder '21, Loosh was a principal owner and officer of the Cincinnati Sheet Metal and Roofing Co. He was a director of the First National Bank and Trust Co. of Hamilton and vice president and director of the Bank of Clearwater, Fla. He was president of Clearwater Beach Properties, Inc. from 1936 to 1951, and also president (1934-54) of Terra Ceia Island Farms, where he raised over 200 acres of gladiolus for the cut-flower market throughout the country. In the course of these operations he helped organize the Florida Gladiolus Growers Association in 1940. As one of his hobbies he also grew rare orchids, and his collections of early American and Civil War papers and documents were widely known. For many years he was an officer and director of the Florida Historical Society.

Loosh for most of the period from 1938 to 1951 was Mayor or Commissioner of Belleair, a part of Clearwater. He resigned as Chairman of the Clearwater Housing Authority in 1942 to serve as a lieutenant colonel in the Army Air Force in World War 11. Among many other activities he was founder of the YMCA in Clearwater, a director of the Morton F. Plant Hospital, chairman of the county park board, a Salvation Army advisory board member, a 32nd degree Mason, and a Rotarian.

Loosh was married in 1924 to Louise S. Murphy of Hamilton, who survives him and resides at 1102 Palmview Avenue, Clearwater. Also surviving are his son; a daughter; his brother, Ralph E. '21; and a nephew, John R. '69. The late Ernst M. Ruder '15 was his brother.

Shortly before his death Loosh had written to Kip Couch recalling Dartmouth days and associations and expressing his great personal satisfaction in being part of the Dartmouth fellowship.

PAUL STUART SUTTON passed away February 15, 1965. No other information is available.

1926

The many friends of HARRY ALFONSO HALL JR. have been saddened by his sudden death on December 15, 1965. Although he suffered a heart attack in 1948, he had made a seemingly full recovery and was considered to be in the best of health.

Harry was born in Maiden, Mass. on September 27, 1904. He came to Dartmouth from Maiden High School where he had been elected permanent class president. In college he was a very popular member of Phi Delta Theta. His warm and enthusiastic personality won him friends throughout the college community.

A year after graduation he married Dolores Spencer of Everett, Mass., whom he had met at the Dartmouth Winter Carnival his junior year. They had four children: Harry A. III '50, David S. '51, Marilyn, and Cynthia Sue; and now have ten grandchildren.

Harry became affiliated with the Boston Varnish Company, a family business, as production manager immediately upon graduation. In his earlier years in the plant he was responsible for the development of "Kwixet" (later renamed "Lustaquik") one of the newer forms of a quick-drying enamel then being introduced in the paint industry. He held patents on this formula. He was successively secretary and then treasurer of the Boston Varnish Company, and became president of Kyanize Paints, Inc. in 1955 at the time of the company's reorganization and subsequent change in name.

During World War II, Harry served his country as a lieutenant commander in the United States Coast Guard.

In addition to his very active and successful business career, Harry found time to serve his community and church. He was a trustee of the Melrose-Wakefield Hospital and the First Congregational Church in Maiden, and had recently been elected vice chairman of the board of directors of the Maiden Trust Company, having been a member of that board for over 36 years.

He was a member of the Algonquin Club in Boston, the Winchester Country Club, Stirling Lodge A.F. & A.M., Maiden, and the New England Paint and Lacquer Association.

Dartmouth College and the Class of 1926 have lost a fine and loyal friend. Our sympathies go out to Dolores and their children.

1931

WILLIAM LANGSTAFF BENGER died on November 21, 1965, after a long illness. He was associated with the International Salt Company as vice president and treasurer, a member of the executive committee, and a member of the board of directors.

Bill started his career in the salt industry in 1933 when he joined the Independent Salt Company as accountant. Later that year he was made assistant treasurer of Independent Salt when that company became a division of International Salt. He moved to International Salt's Pennsylvania headquarters in 1940 as credit manager of the company. He was appointed assistant treasurer in 1942, and contrailer and assistant treasurer in 1956. He was elected to the company's board of directors in 1958 and became a member of the executive committee in January 1961. In April 1961 he was appointed treasurer and controller and in January 1962 vice president and treasurer.

For years Bill served Dartmouth in his region as a member of the Interviewing Committee. He was head agent for the Class in 1951 and 1952 and received the Harvey P. Hood Award for his accomplishments in improving class participation in the Alumni Fund.

He lost his sight in 1959 but, with the assistance of his devoted wife Marie, he continued his activities. From 1962 to 1965 he was the Class Newsletter Editor. Bill and Marie were present at the 35th Reunion last June. Besides his widow who resides at 115 Old Orchard Road, Clark's Green, Pa., he leaves two sons and a daughter.

1942

Word has been received (as the result of a recent alumni office questionnaire) of the death of JAMES HENSON HARSH on February 7, 1963. No information is available on the cause or place of death. We have had no contact with him since he left the college in 1940. James was born in Lincoln, Neb., and entered Dartmouth from the Pembroke Country Day School in Joplin, Mo., where he resided at that time. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity.

Edward Payson Bartlett '08