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.]
Moore, Frank C. '02, June 7Loder, Halsey B. '05, June 20Cowee, Howard W. '08, June 5White, Linn L. '09, May 14Kohler, F. Dudley '10, Sept. 13, 1962Underwood, George A. '10, May 21Knapp, Kenneth J. '11, May 19Mayo, Walter L. '11, May 28Hastings, Morris O. '14, Mar. 22Greenwood, Clinton W. '16, May 24Hoar, Burton H. '16, Dec. 1, 1965.Mott, William F. '16, May 13Riley, Charles A. '17, June 4Moriarty, John F. '19, May 26Warner, Reuben 3rd '20, May 31Boyd, A. Pollack '22, April 11Canty, Godfrey L. '22, June 8Delaney, William J. '22, Jan. 8Folan, James F. '22, Nov. 1, 1965Wadsworth, John B. '22, June 9Willis, Richard T. '22, June 19Carlisle, Paul E. '23, June 1Lewis, Robert K. '23, May 15Wallace, William H. '23, May 13Holliday, Joseph W. '24, May 11Kellogg, Clifton W. '24, May 31Newton, James H. Jr. '24, June 24Weeks, Kenneth W. '26, May 22Mehlhorn, Guy H. '37, April 19Worcester, John T. '42, May 22Chadbourne, Ralph G. '46, June 13Hader, Marvin Y. '48, June 7Hawkins, Barry N. '60, May 29Caley, D. Thomas '61, May 7Fisher, Harry S. '66, June 12Richmond, Harold S. '03th, May 1966
1902
FRANK COCHRANE MOORE, 88, of 327 Lincoln Avenue, Amherst, Mass., Professor of Mathematics Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts and a resident of Amherst nearly 50 years, died June 7 after a long period of failing health.
A native of Goffstown, N. H., Frank was educated at Goffstown High School and at Phillips Exeter Academy where, as a member of the class of 1898, he won the "faculty general-excellence prize" as the "most distinguished student, both in studies and character." At Dartmouth he was one of nineteen classmates elected to Phi Beta Kappa, was a member of Chi Phi fraternity, and was one of six top scholars in his class chosen by President William Jewett Tucker to deliver commencement addresses.
Frank's love affair with Dartmouth and the quest for knowledge never ended. During a long life he became thoroughly familiar with the history and traditions of the College, and his copy of the General Catalog, especially the 1902 class section, was one of the most-thumbed volumes in his library. His mind was a storehouse of New England history and folklore, of the wonders of natural phenomena and of information ranging all the way from the classics to the age of space.
During graduate study at Dartmouth, Frank taught part-time at Hanover High school (1902-03). He taught at Lancaster (N. H.) Academy (1903-04), at Concord (N. H.) High School and, from 1909 to 1917 was assistant professor of mathematics at New Hampshire State, now the University of New Hampshire. He moved to Amherst in 1917 and was on the faculty of what is now the University of Massachusetts until, as chairman of the Department of Mathematics, he retired in 1948. During the years of World War 11, in addition to teaching, he performed administrative duties in connection with the University's Fort Devens branch at Ayer, Mass.
During his tenure at Massachusetts, Professor Moore was one of a faculty group who, about 1930, petitioned the national organization of Phi Beta Kappa to charter a chapter at the university. This was a dream he lived to see come true when, in 1965, Nu chapter was installed on the Amherst campus.
Throughout his career at Massachusetts, Frank had, as a registered land surveyor, devoted much of his spare time outside the classroom to the location and mapping of a large portion of the entire land area of Amherst and nearby communities. He continued this line of work long after his retirement from the University; and until his late seventies he was often out, summer and winter, shouldering his transit through swampland and over hill and dale. In accordance with his wish, his voluminous notes and records have been placed in a depository where others may use them.
Born in Goffstown Jan. 22, 1878, Frank had been a member of the Goffstown Congregational Church; of Bible Lodge #27, A.F. and A.M. of Goffstown; a past high priest of Amherst Royal Arch Chapter and a Companion of William Parsons Council of Royal and Select Masters. Other interests included the Amherst Stamp Club, old New England church architecture and the Porter-Phelps-Huntington Foundation at the ancestral "Forty Acres" of his classmate, Dr. James L. Huntington, in Hadley, Mass.
In 1910 Frank married Helen Carr of Goffstown. She died in 1937. In 1945 he married the former Bertha Seidell, widow of Prof. Paul Serex of the Department of Chemistry at the University. In 1952 Frank and Bertha attended the 50th reunion of his class at Hanover. He had often spoken of his approaching 65th reunion but it had long been obvious that he would be unable to attend.
Besides Mrs. Moore, Frank leaves a son, three grandchildren and a stepson. Services were held in Amherst on June 9. Cremation was to be followed by burial in Westlawn Cemetery, Goffstown.
R. S. LOOMIS '21
1908
HOWARD WYMAN COWEE, 81, of 27 Somerset Street, Worcester, Mass., an attorney there for 55 years, and a past president of the Worcester Chamber of Commerce, died on June 5 in Memorial Hospital. He had been subject to heart attacks for about three years.
Howard was born in West Boylston, Mass. on November 10, 1884, and prepared for college at Worcester High School and Cushing Academy. In college he was a member of the freshman and sophomore football teams, manager of the freshman and sophomore baseball teams, assistant manager of the varsity track team in '06-'07 and manager of track in '07-'08. His fraternity was Phi Gamma Delta and in senior year he was in Sphinx and Palaeopitus.
After graduation from Dartmouth he spent three years at Harvard Law School and received an LL.B. in 1911. He was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1910.
Following graduation from Harvard Law School he began the practice of law in the office of Charles M. Thayer, a leading lawyer in Worcester. He later formed a partnership with Raymond B. Fletcher. On the death of Mr. Fletcher in 1923, he formed a partnership with William L. Macintosh. Since 1925 he had a summer home on Bass River on Cape Cod.
Howard had been a member of the Worcester City Council and Board of Aldermen, Board of Trustees of Worcester State Hospital and Board of Governors of the Bass River Yacht Club. He had also served as secretary of the Dartmouth Club of Worcester and as president of the Worcester Chamber of Commerce. At his death he was treasurer of the Trustees of Wesley Methodist Church of Worcester.
Howard married Elsie Kirschner of Worcester on January 20, 1917. Elsie died on March 15, 1952. They had one daughter, Barbara C. Wood of Sherborn, and two grandchildren.
JOHN HAZEN MCELWAIN of 57 Park Slope, Holyoke, Mass., passed away in the Holyoke Hospital on May 2, following a short illness.
Jack was born in Holyoke on May 9, 1886. He prepared for Dartmouth at Holyoke High School. In his senior year he was awarded the 1846 Latin Prize. His fraternity was Kappa Sigma.
After graduation he spent two years in Holyoke, then the call of the West took him to Denver, Colo., and the coal producing business. In 1917 he became associated with the Continental Oil Company in Denver.
In 1923 he returned to his native Holyoke with the Chemical Paper Company, and in 1945 he became secretary of the Hazen Paper Company, from which he retired about four years ago.
He held membership in the First United Church of Christ in Holyoke and the Albert Pike Masonic Lodge of Denver, Colo. His hobbies were painting and woodwork.
On September 14, 1915 he married Jewel Vivian Kiley of Denver, who survives him, together with two sons, eight grandchildren, a sister, and two brothers.
1910
RICHARD HANS DOUAL BOERKER died April 12, at his home, 1166 Peck Lane, Cheshire, Conn He had been in failing health for a long time. Burial was in Woodstock, N. Y. where a large part his latter years were spent teaching at the Kingston High School. John Finn visited the home as representative of the Class.
Dick was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., October 19, 1887 He prepared for college at Brooklyn Boys' High School. In 1911 he received his master's degree in forestry at the University of Michigan and in 1915, his Ph.D. degree at University of Nebraska. After a year as a private forestry worker he served the U. S. Forestry Service in Wyoming and Colorado and later returned to New York State to serve as a consultant in forestry service.
In 1930 Dick began a new career in teaching biology in the Kingston, N. Y., High School. He retired in 1951 and spent some years visiting the forests of the country and observing forestry work subsequently writing numerous articles on ecology and forestry which appeared in forestry journals. Two of his books were "Our National Forests" and "Behold Our Green Mansions."
Dick was a fellow of the National Geo- graphic Society, and the American Society for the Advancement of Science, and a member of Sigma Xi, the Wilderness Society, the National Wildlife Federation, and the American Forestry Association.
He was married October 23, 1913 to Irene Bostwick in Brooklyn, who survives him, alongwith his son, Allen E. '38, two daughters, abrother, eight grandchildren, and one greatgrandchild.
GEORGE ADAM UNDERWOOD died May 21 in Heywood Hospital, Gardner, Mass. Death followed a short illness. Norton Cushman represented our Class at the funeral service in the First Congregational Church.
George was born in Gardner, December 11, 1886. He was a graduate of the Gardner High School.
For several years after graduation from Dartmouth he was connected with the Boston & Maine and the New Haven Railroad companies with his headquarters in New Haven. Later after three years with Stone & Webster in Boston, he returned to his hometown, Gardner, and in 1920 became a partner in the C. F. Richardson insurance agency. He served as the agency's treasurer and vice president until he retired in 1963. He was a past president of the Association of Insurance Agents of the Worcester North Board.
In World War I, George was a sergeant in the Depot Brigade at Camp Devens. He was a charter member of World War I Barracks and a past commander of American Legion Post 129, past exalted ruler of the Gardner Lodge of Elks, a past district deputy of the Grand Lodge of Elks, and a member of the Chair City Club of Gardner, an organization he served as secretary and treasurer for many years.
George was married April 27, 1951 to Elizabeth Sault Shea at Falls Church, Va. She died in 1959. Survivors are a brother, a sister, and a step-daughter.
1912
NATHANIEL MCLELLAN WHITMORE died on April 23 in Auburn (N. Y.) Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. He had been in fairly good health until he underwent a surgical operation on April 19 which resulted in complications from which he failed to recover.
Nate was born on May 30, 1889 at Brunswick, Me. He prepared for college at Andover, Mass., and at Mercersburg Academy. While at Dartmouth Nate was an outstanding football Player, a member of both the Class and varsity teams. Playing along with Jogger Elcock resulted in a close friendship, cemented all the closer by the fact that they were both members of Kappa Kappa Kappa and Sphinx. Jogger's death less than a year ago was keenly felt by Nate.
On graduating from Dartmouth Nate became interested in the shoe business. His first company affiliation was with Appleton Counter Co. of Haverhill, Mass., and his final place of employment was the Genesee Wood Heel Co., from which he retired as manager in 1954.
Nate was a Mason, a member of the Second Presbyterian Church, Rotary Club, and Owasco Club, all in Auburn. Since his retirement he enjoyed painting in oils and woodworking.
On April 28, 1917 he married Rachel Marble of Rangeley, Me., who survives him at 32 Linn Ave., Auburn. He is also survived by a daughter,. Helen Marion, wife of Gordon W. Jenkins '26, a brother Herman '18, and two nieces. Nate and Rachel had been on hand for our 50th reunion.
Funeral services were held on April 26, the Rev. Richard R. Northrup officiating. Burial was in Riverside Cemetery, Dixfield, Me.
1916
WILLIAM FROTHINGHAM MOTT died May 13 at the Exeter Hospital, Exeter, N. H. after a brief illness. His home was at Fox Point Farms, Newington, Portsmouth, where he had maintained a dairy farm for ten years or more. T-> ■ I i i 01 ISQI in
Bill was bom September 21, 1893 in St. John, New Brunswick, and graduated from Medford (Mass.) High School before entering Dartmouth, where he was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity and Dragon, honorary senior society. He was also a member of the Glee Club and the Prom Show.
Bill entered the service in April 1917 as a coxswain on the USS Topeka, was commissioned an ensign in August 1917, and a year later was promoted to lieutenant (j.g.). He saw overseas duty for a year on the USS Lake Port, between Norfolk and Scotland, receiving his discharge in February 1919.
In 1920 he entered the employ of W. F. Mott and Company, cotton brokers, Boston, and in 1927 went with Florida Power and Light Company, Miami, for three years. He was then employed with the Darex Division of Dewey and Almy Chemical Company, Cambridge, Mass., where, in 1931, he became the Sales Manager. After taking up residence in Newington he served that community as a member of the Planning Board, Chairman of the Board of Appeals, and Chairman of Selectmen. He was also a Representative of the New Hampshire General Court.
Bill was married in 1947 to Marjorie Forbes, who survives him.
Funeral services were held on May 16 in the Congregational Meeting House, Newington. The Class was represented by Cliff Bean and Ralph George.
1919
JOHN FRANCIS MORIARTY passed away on May 27 at his home at 730 Hudson Street, Ho-boken, N. J., at the age of 69. Jack was born in Holyoke, Mass., and came to Hanover from Holyoke High.
In World War I he served in the Navy Aviation Ground School in Cambridge, Mass., and later returned to Dartmouth, graduating with 1920. He attended Jefferson Medical School, receiving his M.D. degree in 1924.
During his long medical career Jack was attending surgeon at St. Francis Hospital in Jersey City and past president of the hospital staff. He was also associate attending surgeon at the North Hudson Hospital in Weehawken, and had served for 35 years as surgeon for the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad - a truly distinguished career.
Survivors include his widow, the former Mary O'Dea, two sons, John F. '51 and James P., and a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Monahan. To the family goes the most sincere sympathy of the Class in their great loss. Jack was a most loyal classmate and Dartmouth man, and he will be greatly missed by all of us who knew him.
1922
The Rev. EVERETT LESLIE SHAW, minister for the past 23 years of the United Congregational Church, Lawrence, Mass., died April 19 at the Lawrence General Hospital. He recently had undergone heart surgery in Boston and was stricken at his home, 232 Carleton Street, Lawrence.
Before coming to Lawrence in 1943, Everett had held pastorates in Norwich, Vt.; Macon and Alexia, Ill.; and North Reading, Mass. As a captain in the U.S. Army Chaplains' Corps during World War II, he served in France and Belgium with quartermaster and hospital units.
He was a past president of the Greater Lawrence Ministerial Association, past president and executive secretary of the Lawrence Council of Churches, and Protestant Chaplain of the Lawrence Police Department. He was also former chaplain of Lawrence General Hospital, the Lawrence post of Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Grecian lodge A.F. and A.M., and the North Essex Council Boy Scouts. He was a member of the Military Chaplains Association of the United States, and the White River lodge, A.F. and A.M.
Everett was born January 17, 1895, in Tiverton, R. I. His father was also a clergyman. Before coming to Dartmouth he was a student at Bangor Theological Seminary, Maine. In college he was a serious scholar noted for his academic achievements and his friendliness. After graduation he returned to Bangor and received his degree in Sacred Theology. He did graduate work at Knox College, Galesburg, Ill., the University of Maine, and the University of Chicago.
Everett and Marjorie Monroe were married December 28, 1940 at North Reading. His immediate survivors include her, their son, and their daughter.
Funeral services were held in the United Congregational Church and interment was in Riverside Cemetery, North Reading. In bereavement, '22 loses a most highly admired classmate who devoted his entire life of service to God, to country, and to humanity. The Class offers its deepest sympathy to Marjorie and the family.
JOSEPH EDWARD TALBOT, 65, former Connecticut congressman and one of the nation's foremost authorities on trade and tariffs, died April 30 at his home 7809 14th St., N.W., Washington, D. C. Appointed by President Eisenhower to the United States Tariff Commission in 1953, he soon became its vice chairman and later chairman. He continued as an authoritative member of the Commission during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. He was a key figure in the development of the Trade Agreement Act on which present tariff negotiations are based.
Joe was born in Naugatuck, Conn., and from its high school came to Dartmouth with a group of seven other classmates. Self-reliant, he worked his way through college, achieved high academic distinction, and was a friendly, highly esteemed classmate. Following graduation he went to Yale Law School, was graduated there in 1925, and admitted to the American Bar Association.
As a young lawyer and a Republican, he first became active in politics while he was a prosecutor and then a judge of the Borough Court of Naugatuck. He initially was elected a state representative from Naugatuck and later Treasurer of the State of Connecticut. He was appointed a Workmen's Compensation Commissioner in 1941. While in that office he won a startling upset in a special election to fill the unexpired term of a congressman appointed a Federal judge. Joe then convincingly won three terms as a congressman and in the 77th session he was the only Republican from Con- necticut in the House. In 1950 he won the Republican nomination for the Senate but lost out to the Democratic candidate, Brien McMahon.
Joe and Grace Mary Cleary were married August 11, 1930 in Naugatuck. She and their three children survive him. Several classmates attended the funeral services at St. Francis Church, Naugatuck. With his passing the Class loses one of its most distinguished men and sadly joins Grace and the family in bereavement.
1923
Dr. PAUL EDWARD CARLISLE died June 3. Paul graduated from the Medical School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1926. He in- terned at the Fifth Avenue Hospital, New York City.
In 1933 he became a medical referee for Prudential Life Insurance Company. Later he became medical director of this company's western home office in Los Angeles. He retired in 1958.
Paul is survived by his widow, Lillian, at 1 Peg Place, Syosset, N. Y.
ROBERT KING LEWIS died May 15, at his home in Lyndonville, Vt.
Cocky was born January 5, 1898 in Honey Brook, Pa., and attended Blair Academy before coming to Dartmouth where he was a member of Psi Upsilon, Green Key, and Dragon.
Cocky completed 39 years at Lyndon Institute, Lyndon Center, Vt., which he had served over the period as history teacher, athletic coach, assistant headmaster, and headmaster. Two years ago the senior class dedicated a sixteen page brochure on his life. The publication included personal comments of six students ranging from the Class of 1930 to 1955. When Cocky was asked what they called him he replied, "Pop to my face and Cocky be. hind my back."
He was at one time President of the New England Headmasters Association.
He is survived by his widow Eleanor, to whom the Class extends its sympathy.
WILLIAM HEALEY WALLACE passed away 08 May 13 at Hartford Hospital. Bill joined the Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company in 1923 and spent seven years in office and field work in the bonding area. He then became superintendent of fidelity and surety in the Western department of the company. In 1945 Bill was called to the home office and elected Vice President of Hartford Accident in charge of the company's countrywide bonding operation
Bill held many responsible positions in the insurance industry. He was very well known and respected in this field. He was also active in civic affairs, serving at one time as vice president of the Greater Hartford Chamber of Commerce and a member of its board of directors.
He leaves his widow Jane Donahue Wallace, two sons, William '50 and James '55, and a daughter. Jane is a sister of Sally, wife of Ward H. Hilton '23.
1926
MORSE BRADFORD LAKE, Vice President and Comptroller of the Seattle-First National Bank in Seattle, Wash., died suddenly of a heart attack on April 16.
Brad, a native of Shenandoah, lowa, had settled in Seattle some 37 years ago after his studies at Dartmouth and the University of lowa, and had been with the Seattle-First National Bank since that time. After some years' experience in general banking and auditing he became assistant comptroller in 1942 and comptroller in 1950. He was elevated to vice president and comptroller in 1953 and only last year had taken on the additional duties of corporate planner.
Brad was an authority on tax matters and was often asked to speak on that subject. He had served as a national director of the National Association of Bank Auditors and Comtrollers, and was president of the Seattle chapter of the Finance Executive Institute and of the Western Washington Pension Conference. In his off hours Brad was a noted philatelist, as collector, trader, connoisseur. At the time of his death he was appraising a collection. He was a life member of the American Philatelic Society and a member of the Royal Canadian Philatelic Society and the Collectors Club.
Brad was married August 3, 1929 to Elizabeth Kaiser of Seattle, who survives him and resides at 3014 Mount St. Helens Place, Seattle. Also surviving are four daughters and a sister. Following funeral services in Seattle, burial was in Shenandoah, lowa.
KENNETH WELLS WEEKS, 1926 class secretary and president of The Walton Company of West Hartford, Conn., died suddenly at his home, 67 Waterside Lane, West Hartford, on May 22. His death came as a particular shock to his classmates for on the previous weekend he had attended the class officers meetings in Hanover and appeared to be in the best of health. Throughout the spring months every member of the Class had heard from him either by way of the class notes, bulletins or personal correspondence in connection with the 40th reunion.
Ken was born in Marlboro, Mass., on May 17, 1904, and entered Dartmouth from the Marlboro High School. While in college he was president of his fraternity, Alpha Chi Rho; a member of Delta Omicron Gamma and Beta Alpha Phi; secretary-treasurer of the Ledyard Canoe Club; a first bass in the Glee Club and College Choir for three years, and a member of the 1926 Winter Carnival Committee.
After graduation Ken started his business career in the Commercial Department of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Co. However after one year he decided on a legal education and entered Boston University Law School from which he received his LL.B. degree in 1930. He took up the general practice of law in Hartford with the firm of Perkins, Wells, Davis and Shaefer after being admitted to the Connecticut Bar in July 1930. In 1936 he and his wife Helen became owners, through purchase, of The Walton Company, a small tool manufacturing concern, whose law business Ken had been handling. At that point Ken turned from the active practice of law to manufacturing, and in his usual effective way he went on to greatly expand this company's facilities and production. He was also president of Reps Tool Company, a subsidiary. However, as an avocation he continued his interest in the law through probate work, drafting of wills, settlement and administration of trusts.
In addition to his very successful legal and business career, Ken found time to serve his community as a board member and chairman of the West Hartford Board of Assessors, chairman of the West District Family Service Society, and president of the Woodridge Association. He had also been president of the Hartford Civitan Club and later served as its lieutenant governor in the New England District. He was a member of the Newcomen Society in North America and just one week before his death he had been elected an Overseer of Old Sturbridge Village.
Ken met Helen C. Sparrow of Portland, Me., while studying at the Boston University Law School and they were married in June 1931. They had a son, Kenneth W. Jr., who succeeds him as head of the business, and a daughter, and four grandchildren.
Funeral services at the Immanuel Congregational Church in Hartford were attended by his many friends and the business and civic leaders of the community. Hub Harwood, class chairman, and Malcolm Merrill, his college roommate, were among the honorary pallbearers. Ken's Class was further represented by Henry and Ellen Andretta, Bob Cleary, Ed Emerson, Snipe and Kay Esquerre, Harry Fisher, Ed and Evelyn Hanlon, Det Harwood, Hal Marshall, Holt and Lillian McAloney, and Ann Merrill. The family had suggested that in lieu of flowers contributions be sent to the 1926 Memorial Book Fund.
Ken's entire life was marked by his dedication to high principles, integrity, and a deep concern for the welfare of others. Words can only be a small measure of his devotion and interest in his Class and the College. He made a tremendous contribution to the unity of the Class through his time, energy and meticulousattention to detail and correspondence as Secretary from 1962 to 1966. Even at the momentof his death, he was busy preparing a late newsbulletin to reach his classmates before their reunion along with the new Class Directory hehad personally edited and published.
Dartmouth College and the Class of 1926have lost a line and loyal friend. Our sympa-thies go out to Helen and their children in thisgreat loss.
1942
All of those who knew him will be shockedto learn of the tragic death of Dr. JOHN THOMPSON WORCESTER who died with his son William, 13, on May 22 when his twin-engine plane crashed and exploded in Edison Township, N. J. The accident happened in a wooded, swampy area, a few feet short of a golf course fairway where apparently an emergency landing was being attempted.
John was chief of the Ophthalmology Department at Englewood Hospital. His father had previously held this position. He was a member of the Flying Physicians Association and an expert on flying safety. In addition to serving on the staffs of two New York City hospitals, he conducted a successful private practice.
John was born in Haverhill, Mass., and resided in Englewood, N. J. prior to preparing for Dartmouth at Phillips Andover Academy, He studied at the Dartmouth Medical School asd earned his degree at New York University College of Medicine. He was a member of Alpha Kappa Kappa. John interned at Mary Hitch cock Hospital and had a fellowship in internal medicine there. A member of many medical as sociations and organizations, he also found time to be active in civic aifairs in and around glewood.
John is survived by his widow, Dr. Dorothea(Georgi) Worcester, of 170 Palisades AvenueEnglewood, who is chief of pathology at NyackHospital, and two children. To them the Class extends its deepest sympathy in this time of sorrow and loss.
Frank Cochrane Moore '02
Kenneth Wells Weeks '26
