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.]

Boston, Albert W. '99. Oct. 8 Merrill, Thaddeus J. '02, May 1 Grover, Chester A. '05, July 30 Varney, John C. '09, Sept. 27 Colwell, David M. 'lO, Sept. 5 Needham, Edgar '11, Aug. 29 Armes, H. Lyman 'l2, Sept. 20 Floyd, Walter E. '14, Sept. 13 Hall, Julian W. '15, July 17 Green, Chandler T. '16, Oct. 8 Browne, Kingsbury '17, Sept. 19 Saltmarsh, George A. Jr. '18, Oct. 6 Murphy, Samuel W. '19. July 28 Pierce, Raymond C. '19, Sept. 13 Proctor, Robert '19, Sept. 25 Sampson, Harry W. '20, Sept. 17 Carder, Earle W. '21, Sept. 24 Bernard, Nicholas '23, Sept. 28 Hancock, C. Wayne '27, Sept. 7 Fassett, James A. '28, Sept. 25 Kimbrough, James C. '28, Sept. 6 Coddington, Edwin B. '29. Oct. 11 Doll, Frederick Jr. '39, Oct. 4 Goodwin, Charles M. '4O, Sept. 29 Stratton, Clifton J. Jr. '41, Oct. 2 Hart, William A. Jr. '42, Oct. 2 Kitselman, Richard M. '46, Aug. 23 Holbrook, John S. '48, Aug. 29 Crowley, Walter H. '50, Sept. 12 Brewer, Gardner '56, Sept. 14

Faculty

HARRY WILLIAM SAMPSON '20, Assistant Professor of Physical Education Emeritus, died September 17, 1967 in the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, Hanover, after an extended illness. He was 69 years old and had made his home in Hanover ever since graduation from the College. His 43 years of service with Dartmouth College included an early period with the Dartmouth Dining Association, but from 1923 until retirement in 1964 he was with the Department of Physical Education, first as clerk, then as instructor, and as chairman of the department in 1960-61.

Harry Sampson was born May 7, 1898 in West Fairlee, Vt., and prepared for college at the Woodstock High School. In college he was a member of the choir and orchestra, and joined Gamma Delta Chi fraternity. Because of service with the Student Army Training Corps in World War I, he received his B.S. degree in 1921.

After graduation he stayed on as assistant manager of the Dartmouth Dining Association, and for some years he continued in that post while also serving as clerk in the Physical Education Department, beginning in 1923. He was named instructor in 1938 and was promoted to assistant professor in 1947. During these years in physical education he had a large role in organizing and administering the intramural program. In World War II he taught graphics as a member of the faculty for the Navy V-12 Unit stationed at the College.

Mr. Sampson was chairman of the Hanover chapter of the American Red Cross, directing regional fund campaigns and blood donation drives, and was a Deacon of the Church of Christ in Hanover. He also was a past commander of George Ryder Post 71 of the American Legion in the Hanover area. After retirement he gave more time to his interests in gardening and ceramics through the League of New Hampshire Arts and Crafts.

Mr. Sampson was married in April 1947 to Miss Dorothy Lyman of Easthampton, Mass., a Mt. Holyoke graduate who served as a Red Cross worker in the Southwest Pacific during the war. He is survived by his wife, residing at 11 Downing Road, Hanover, and a son George, a junior at Hanover High School.

A private interment service was held at Bradford, Vt., where Mr. Sampson was buried in the family plot in the Upper Plains Cemetery. A College memorial service was held September 19 in Rollins Chapel, with Dean Charles F. Dey of the Tucker Foundation officiating. A large delegation attended from the Class of 1920.

Memorial gifts, in lieu of flowers, were made by many friends to the Hanover chapter of the League of New Hampshire Arts and Crafts.

1904

We are sorry to report the death, on December 14, 1966, of CAPT. FRANCIS HATHAWAY HARDY, in Seattle, Wash.

Born in Dover, N.H., he had made his home on the West Coast for the past 28 years, since his retirement from the Coast and Geodetic Survey. He had been a member of the Survey since his graduation from Dartmouth, and after retirement in 1941 was recalled to active duty in the Second World War and was in charge of the hydrographic office in Seattle. He retired in 1945 for the second time.

Hat had been married twice, both of his wives having pre-deceased him. He is survived by a son and a daughter to whom we offer our sympathy.

1905

CHESTER ABBOTT GROVER died at the Alexandria (La.) Veterans Administration Hospital on July 30, after an illness of about six months. At the time of his death he was field agent for the Masonic Service Association of the United States and was located in Alexandria. Chester entered Dartmouth from the Lynn Classical High School. At Dartmouth he was a member of the Orpheus Club.

Of a restless disposition, a characteristic which marked his whole life, Chester left college in the spring of his sophomore year, a move that he greatly regretted later. In World War I he went to Europe with the Red Cross.

Chester's active spirit moved him to roam over much of the West. His longest stay on one job was in engineering for the A.T. & S.F. Railroad. However, he spent 23 years in Boy Scout work for which he was awarded a Silver Beaver. Chester retired from the Army Reserve Corps as Lt. Colonel, and from Civil Service as a Farm Planner for the Soil Conservation Service. In a letter two years ago he wrote, "Everything has interested me, but only up to a certain point, when I want to change. I have been a 'jiner.' " He mentioned top offices held in the American Legion and Masonry and even some teaching experience in Civil Defense. In a nostalgic vein Chester said wistfully and regretfully, "Recently I have become interested in my living classmates and in Dartmouth and in Dartmouth's progress. I wish I might bequeath to the Old School a tidy sum of money, but one cannot eat his cake and have it to give away."

Chester was married several times. He is survived by his wife, Edith Alma Voss Grover, and two daughters, Edith and Patricia. Mrs. Grover's address is 10 Gravier Road, Pineville, La. 71360.

1907

NATHANIEL HOBBS KNIGHT, 83, of 41 Stearns Rd., Ogunquit, Me., Professor (Emeritus) of Physics at Tufts University, died August 28 at York Hospital, York, Me.

He was born at North Berwick on September 24, 1883, and graduated from South Berwick Academy in 1902. He became a member of Sigma Nu at Dartmouth. "Hobbs" began his teaching career at North Yarmouth Academy where he was assistant headmaster for two years. From 1911 until 1954 he taught at Tufts University and had attained the rank of full professor when he retired.

He was owner and manager of the Ontio Hotel at Ogunquit Beach from 1910 until 1956. In civic affairs he was a member of the Village Improvement Association, the Ogunquit Publicity Bureau, the Men's Club (of which he was president), and an honorary member of the Ogunquit Firemen's Association.

Hobbs was also a charter and life member of the Samuel Crocker Lawrence Lodge A.F. and A.M. of Medford, Mass.; a member of several physics societies, including Sigma Pi Sigma; a life member of the Appalachian Mountain Club, and was listed in Who's Who in Science. He was a member of West Medford Congregational Church, and since retirement had attended the Baptist Church in Ogunquit.

On September 24, 1910 he married Maude Belle French. She and their daughter survive. A son, Richard, was in naval aviation and was reported missing on a 824 flight around Formosa in 1945. Our deepest sympathy goes to the entire family which also includes Hobbs' sister and a grandson.

Funeral services were held in Ogunquit with Dr. Washburn of Medford, and the Rev. Mr. Fitzpatrick of Ogunquit officiating. Phillip Chase and George Grebenstein represented the Class at the services.

Hobbs loved Dartmouth and will be greatly missed by his classmates.

1908

HAROLD WINSLOW JOYCE, of 2045 Commonwealth Avenue, Brighton, Mass., passed away at his home after an illness following a shock, on September 14, 1967.

Harold, known to us as "Honker," was born January 28, 1886 in Merrimack, Mass., where his father was a teacher. The family a year later moved to Dedham, Mass., where Harold prepared for Dartmouth at Dedham High School.

Following graduation from Dartmouth he was employed by the Old Colony Trust Company, the American Felt Company, and the Fairbanks Scale Company in Boston. From 1911 to 1931 he was salesman and territorial sales manager for the Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Company. After two years in business in La Grange, Ill., he returned to West Newton to create his own business as salesman for mortician supplies.

Harold was married on March 22, 1922, to Mrs. Harriet Kingsberry of Derby, Vt., who had a daughter Constance by her first marriage, but Harold fathered her from the age of 7 and loved her as his own. Constance in 1943 married George A. Hodges, of Beverly Farms, Mass., and they have two children.

1909

WILLIAM THOMPSON ATWOOD died suddenly at his home 50 Bryn Mawr Ave., Lansdowne, Pa., on May 25, 1967 from heart failure.

Bill was born in Meriden, Conn., on March 26, 1885 and entered Dartmouth from the Ware (Mass.) High School with the Class of 1908. He spent his senior year with 1909 and maintained his affiliation with us after graduation. In college he was on the '06 and '07 football squad as an end. He was one of the founders of the humor magazine Jack-o-Lanlern.

After graduation, he went to Boston and became a music critic on one of the city's newspapers. He then went into the editorial field with J.S. Cushing Co. of Norwood, Mass. and in 1931 he became managing editor of the John C. Winston Co.'s textbook department where he remained until his mandatory retirement in 1950. He then served as an associate editor for Thorndike-Barnhart school dictionaries; managing editor, New American Library pocket dictionary; editorial staff of the New American Library thesaurus, and in 1964 joined the staff of textbook editors of J. B. Lippincott, Philadelphia, where he worked full time until illness last March forced him to stop. More than 50 years of distinguished service in furnishing educational tools to young Americans was rendered by this member of 1909.

He was married to Frances M. Lowden of Dedham, Mass. on November 14, 1925. She survives as do two sons, William T. Jr. '48 and Kenneth L. (Syracuse '62), and one grandson. His burial in the family plot at West Brookfield, Mass. took place on May 29, 1967.

1910

DAVID MILLER COLWELL died September 5 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

Dave was born in Mansfield, Ohio, July 31, 1889. He attended the University of Wooster, transferring to Dartmouth and joining 1910 in junior year. He spent only part of the year with 1910.

He returned to Ohio and became associated with Goodyear in the sales department. Later he became president of several companies: American Vitrified Products, Akron, O.; American Sewer Pipe Co., Detroit; Akron Sewer Pipe Co., Cleveland; and McNutt, Inc., Brazil, Ohio.

Dave was married August 3, 1912 to Alice Cunnington in Akron. She died a few months before Dave. Survivors are three daughters and seven grandchildren.

1911

It has been reported that CHARLES FREDERIC SPRAGUE died June 29, 1967. He will be remembered as being with us during the first semester of freshman year when he left to enter Harvard Dental School from which he graduated in 1911.

Fred was born in Melrose, Mass., April 7, 1888, attended Melrose High School, and continued to live in his native city until his retirement. At the time of his death he was living in Rockport, Mass., in his beautiful home overlooking the ocean. He took great pride in his flowers and landscaping.

As a practicing dentist he was prominent in his profession. He was a member of the Academy of Dental Services and for several years a teacher in the Harvard Dental School. He was a former chairman of the Boston Community Chest for 2000 dentists. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity.

In recent years he had travelled widely, and enjoyed meeting Dartmouth men. He attended our 35th and 55th reunions and was also present at our Whitefield party a year ago. He is survived by a son, three daughters, and two grandchildren.

1912

It is almost impossible to do justice to the memory of Lyme Armes who contributed so much to Dartmouth and to his Class. He was, in fact, "Mr. 1912." As he grew in stature over the 55 years following his departure from the Hanover Plain, the College seemed at all times to be uppermost in his mind.

HENRY LYMAN ARMES was born October 7, 1890, in Londonderry, N.H., where his father was pastor of the village church. He entered Dartmouth with the Class of 1912, and in the spring of sophomore year he gave the first evidence of his rare ability as a writer and showman when he was a member of the cast in the presentation of "an uproarious farce." The next step came naturally in May 1911 as one of the writers and composers of the Junior Prom Show, "Summer Bachelors." Foreshadowing his future career as a writer, he gained renown as the author of the football song, Dartmouth's inTown Again. He was elected to the Aegis board and in his senior year was editor-in-chief of the Jack-o-Lantern.

At graduation he was selected to deliver the Sachem Oration. Hear his closing words: "Now, O my people, bear in mind that you are brothers. Forget not this homeland of your fathers, and each year when you see the signal fires, leave your lodge-poles where they're standing. Return to tell us of your wanderings." He was a member of Gamma Delta Epsilon, which ultimately became Gamma Delta Chi, of which he was for three years the national president.

After graduation, Lyme began his career as a newpaper man as a cub reporter for the Boston Post. He said, "My early work made me such a confirmed night owl that I find myself on deck in the day time because I have to be, and sitting all night because I like to." During this period he represented two other publications, and became departmental editor of The Post and The Boston Herald.

In 1917 Lyme enlisted in the Aviation Section of the Signal Reserve Corps, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in March 1918. He served as adjutant of the 253rd Aero Squadron, booked for overseas, but was finally assigned to the Ist Provisional Wing at Mineola, L. I.

After the war Lyme returned to Boston and entered upon his distinguished career in the newspaper field. For the next twelve years there followed in succession the position of feature writer for the Boston Post: advertising copywriter for Wood, Putnam & Wood Co. of Boston; vice president in charge of advertising for Hogg Brothers of Boston and New York; director of advertising for River Oaks Corp.; and vice president in charge of copy for Kenyon Co. and Dorchester-Kenyon Co. of Boston.

For the next nine years, 1932 to 1941, Lyme was a free-lance writer and advertising consultant in Boston, including a nine-month' tour with Curtis Publishing Co. of Philadelphia. Then came twelve years as general promotion manager for the Boston Post. When this paper was sold he again took up consulting work and from 1954 until his retirement in 1959 was consultant and confidential assistant to Sinclair Weeks, U.S. Secretary of Commerce. At this point he returned to his home in Northwood Center, N.H., and at the time he was stricken with his last illness he was engaged in biographical duties for Mr. Weeks.

Lyme was a founder-member of CrosscupPishon Post 281, American Legion, Newton, Mass., of which he served as commander and historian, and was a member of the Advertising Club of Boston. He was also active for many years in the Guild of Pipe Organ Pumpers which held a parade annually in Boston during its heyday.

On January 23, 1919 Lyman Armes married Fleta Millar" Trowbridge in Slaterville, R.I. She died July 8, 1928. Five years later, on July 5, 1933, he married Christine Dorothy MacDonald of Northwood, N.H. This marriage ended sadly in the death of Christine, known and loved by all in 1912, on January 9, 1960.

Shortly before he died in a nursing home in White River Junction, Vt., Lyme told a friend he wanted to get out another issue of his favorite 1912 Billboard. His passing came on September 20, 1967. Funeral services were conducted on September 22 in the Congregational Church at Northwood Center by Henry Bailey Stevens and the Class Secretary with burial in Harvey Lake Cemetery.

Lyme's crowning accomplishment was his brilliantly original editorship over a period of twenty years of the Class Newsletter, the Billboard. For this, Dartmouth alumni and the members of 1912 in particular will be ever grateful. Testifying to his popularity as a writer and as an inspiring friend was his extensive correspondence with classmates, their wives and widows. To him and to his sunny disposition is due in great measure the spirit of loyalty present among the members of 1912 for our Alma Mater, dear old Dartmouth.

It was only recently that news was received of the death of CALEB WORLEY ORR in Piqua, Ohio, on August 13, 1966. The Secretary's letter to him on his birthday in January 1967 brought no response from the family.

"Jake," as he was known in college, was born January 16, 1886 in Piqua, the place where he spent most of his life. He prepared for college at Piqua High School and at Phillips Exeter Academy. He left college in the middle of his junior year.

He started his business career as manager of the 5 and 10 cent store of C.D. Hartzell Company of Troy, Ohio. He rose to assistant general manager, then director, and finally secretary-treasurer and buyer for the company. After World War I he became manager of the Piqua branch of Brien, Greene and Company of Dayton, Ohio, selling stocks and bonds, and grain, cotton and provisions. Following this he was self employed as a merchant in Piqua until his retirement in 1960.

Jake participated in both World Wars. As a captain of infantry in the first, he commanded Company C, 314 th Motor Supply Train in the 89th Division, which went overseas and participated in the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives.

Then in World War II Jake served for five years and four months as a colonel of field artillery with the 136th Field Artillery, 37th Division, and also at Division Headquarters and in the Office of Chief Signal Officer.

Jake was a Mason and a Shriner. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church in Piqua which he served as superintendent of the Sunday School for five years.

On June 11, 1925 he married Carolyn A. Nutt of Sidney, Ohio, who survives him with four children and several grandchildren.

1914

WALTER EARLE FLOYD of Carterville, Ga., passed away on September 13.

With the exception of the years spent in the U.S. Army (1916-1919), "Rubber" had made his career with the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. He had retired in 1960.

During World War II he was a commander in the Georgia State Guard, and his three sons were in the Navy.

A member of the Cartersville Lodge, AF & AM, Lions Club, and the American Legion, he was also a trustee of United Givers Inc. In 1920 he married Blanche (Mayo) and she and three sons survive. Our thoughts are with them, and Walter's brother, Allen, '29, at this sad time.

WINTHROP PIERCE ROSS died on April 2, 1967 in Maiden, Mass., where he had made his home at 37 Cedar St.

Remembered particularly by his brothers at Sigma Nu, Win had retired several years ago from the Post Office Department where he had been a supervisor.

Our sympathy is extended to Mrs. Ross.

1916

MARTIN GATES LINIHAN died at Buffalo, N.Y., on July 23. Marty was born at Battle Creek, Mich., on February 24, 1894, but it was from Quincy (Ill.) High School that he came to Dartmouth, where he became a member of Phi Kappa Psi. He served overseas in World War I as a first lieutenant of infantry.

Soon after the war he went to Buffalo in the food business and from 1932 to retirement in 1959 he was based there as district sales manager of the International Salt Company. He was a member of the Deerhurst United Presbyterian Church, also of the Buffalo Athletic Club.

Marty was married at Buffalo in 1937 to Rosalia Hahn, who survives him, as does a son with the good name of Martin Gates Linihan, Jr. The sympathy of 1916 goes out to them both.

1917

MILBURN RAVENSHAW PAHN passed away on July 24, 1967. He was a 1913 graduate of Central High School in Grand Rapids, Mich., and then went on to Dartmouth where he stayed for two years before transferring to the University of Michigan, from which he graduated with an A.B. degree in 1917. At Dartmouth he became a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon.

With the outbreak of World War I he enlisted as a seaman, Ist class. He rose through the ranks and on September 20, 1918, was promoted to Lieut, (j.g.). He was on transport duty from October 1917 until October 1918, and was discharged on March 20, 1919.

On April 15, 1931, he married Barbara Northam. He is survived by his widow, three sons and one daughter. His son Peter is Dartmouth '61.

In his earlier years he worked for the Ford Motor Company in the Far East, and then was a district sales manager for Frankfort Distillers Corp. until he retired in 1952.

ARTHUR PATRICK SULLIVAN of 46 Chestnut Street, Salem, Mass., died on August 4, 1967. He had been an attorney in private practice with an office in Boston.

He was born on June 30, 1895, at Danvers, Mass. As a youth he attended Danvers High School and then entered Dartmouth where he remained for a short time. In 1920 he received an LL.B. degree from Boston University.

On June 6, 1926, he married Mary E. Kiely, by whom he is survived. He also is survived by a brother, and two sisters. Burial was in St. Mary's Cemetery, Salem.

1919

ROBERT PROCTOR died suddenly on September 25 while aboard the Queen Elizabeth returning from Europe. He had been on a golfing outing with Cotty Larmon, Ed Martin, and Stu Russell in Scotland and Ireland, and his passing was a great shock to all of us who knew him so well.

Bob was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Delta Phi, and Sphinx. In 1924 he was graduated from Harvard Law School where he was one of the senior members of the Harvard LawReview. He joined the well-known law firm of Choate Hall and Stewart in Boston and be- came a partner in 1927. He was associated with many major litigations in the 1920's and 1930's dealing with anti-trust suits and banking. Bob was a director of the State Street Bank and Trust Company, and a member of its executive committee; a director of Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, the O.K. Tool Company, and a trustee of the American Optical Co.

He served as an infantry lieutenant in World War I and in World War II was a colonel in the Army Air Force and special consultant to the Secretary of War. He was awarded the Legion of Merit.

Bob was a member of the Somerset and Tavern Clubs of Boston, the Myopia Hunt Club of Hamilton, Mass., the Committee of Harvard Law School graduates, and various committees of the Boston Bar Association.

Services were held September 29 at the Church of the Reedeemer in Chestnut Hill, where a large number of Bob's business associates and friends gathered to pay tribute to our most distinguished classmate. Present from 1919 were Cotty and Kitty Larmon, Ed and Bea Martin, Jim and Mary Davis, Guy and Muriel Cogswell, Rock and Alice Earle Hayes, Al Googins, Jack Clark, John Chipman, Win Batchelder, and your Secretary. Also Bill Bullen '22 and the Barney Thielschers '17.

Bob is survived by his brother, Thomas W. Jr. '18, and 1919 extends to Tom its most sincere condolences in his great loss.

1921

Well known in this country and abroad as a distributor of moving pictures to ships and oversea bases, EARLE WESTON CARDER, Vice President of Movies en Route, Inc. of 1540 Broadway, New York, died September 24, in his car on the New Jersey Turnpike while his wife Catherine was driving. He had been feeling below par, but the end came with unexpected suddenness.

Born in Lynn, Mass., October 21, 1896, "Coot" prepared for college at English High School. At Dartmouth, a Chi Phi, he interested himself in dramatics. In 1918 he enlisted as a Seaman 2/c and after training in Pensacola was commissioned Ensign in Naval Aviation. In World War II he served six years and as Captain received a citation for outstanding performance of duty from the Secretary of the Navy. At a ceremony attended by Jack Hubbell and other 1921 men, John Sullivan, then Assistant Secretary of the Navy, made the presentation.

After being graduated from Dartmouth, Coot went to work for S. W. Strauss & Co. until 1930. Then he was associated for three years with Potter, Carder & Co. From 1936 until his death he was in the moving picture business, Films Inc., Modern Films Corp., Seven Seas Film Corp. in which he was closely associated with Ort Hicks, and from 1947 on he devoted himself to Movies en Route. He travelled widely in Europe and the Middle East.

Coot married Edna Saunders in New York in 1923. Their son Frank '45 attended Dartmouth for only one year and transferred to Cornell. Earl Jr. chose Middlebury and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. By his second marriage to Catherine Cook, October 3, 1950, Coot became stepfather to Sylvia and Eugene Breaznell.

Coot was a member of the Dartmouth Club of New York, the Military Naval Club of New York, and the Milbrook Club of Greenwich, where in recent years he had made his home at Dewart Rd.

1926

The Class and all those who had the pleasure of being with SHUBEL JAY OWEN and his wife Janet at the first Alumni College were saddened by the news from Marshfield, Wis., of Shub's death there August 26, 1967 of cancer.

At the time of his death Shub was president of his own company, Owen Block and Supply Corp., a block manufacturing business he had purchased in 1946 subsequent to his discharge with the rank of Captain from the 8th Air Force. He had served as an intelligence officer overseas during World War II.

Prior to his service Shub had been in education for 15 years, having for that period taught and coached at Blake School in Minneapolis, Minn. Though born in Ossco, Minn., October 18, 1904, he was educated in Minneapolis, from whence he came to Dartmouth in the fall of '22.

His marriage to Janet (Spooner) took place June 14, 1928. She survives him, as do a daughter, Mrs. B. Bruce (Judith) Taylor, Norfolk, Va., and two sons, Charles P. Owen, Fairfield, Ill. and S. Hudson Owen, Seal Beach, Calif.

Shub early and continually was active in Republican Party affairs both in Minnesota and Wood County, Wisconsin, and at one time was Republican candidate for assemblyman from North Wood County.

To Janet and his family the Class extends its sincere sympathy.

1927

CASSIUS WAYNE HANCOCK died September 7, 1967 at Weeks Memorial Hospital in Lancaster, N.H., after a long illness.

Born in Milan, N.H., he prepared for Dartmouth at Berlin High School. An educator, he was principal of North Stratford, Henniker, Pittsfield, and Colebrook High Schools. From 1942 to 1945 he was the supervisor of education at Danbury Correctional Institution, Danbury, Conn. Until his retirement a year ago he taught English at Kennett High School, Conway, N.H.

He was a member of NHEA and the NEA and a charter member of the Rotary Club of Pittsfield. He is survived by his wife Beth (Willoughby), a brother Sidney of Claremont, and two sisters, Misses Florence and Catherine Hancock of Milan.

RICHARD BISHOP MATHER died August 28, 1967 after a lengthy illness. He entered Dartmouth from Lafayette High School, Buffalo, N. Y. In college he was active as a member of the Choir, the Glee Club, the Ledyard Canoe Club, Fencing Squad, Philosophical Club, and Gamma Delta Epsilon.

After college he joined Pratt & Lambert, Inc., where he spent his entire business career, holding the position of advertising manager since 1953. He retired in November 1966 for reasons of health.

He is survived by his wife, the former Gladys Bronson; a daughter, Mrs. Leslie H. Lewis of Waverly, N.Y.; a son, Roger W. of Cherry Hill, N.J., and five grandchildren.

1928

A former teacher and hotel man in Canandaigua, N.Y., JOHN CORWELL FRANKLAND JR. died suddenly from a coronary on August 25, in Rochester, N.Y.

John was born October 12, 1906 in Philsdelphia and prepared for college at East High School in Rochester. At Dartmouth he became a member of Delta Upsilon and Phi Beta Kappa.

He taught English in the high school in Canandaigua until 1948, when he became an officer of a hotel in that town. He retired seven Years ago and moved to Rochester to live with and care for his mother, Mrs. Edna Frankland, who is now 90 years old.

While in Canandaigua John appeared in 30 plays produced by the Little Theater, and served as chairman of the alumni interviewing committee for Dartmouth.

In addition to his mother, he is survived by a sister, Mrs. Howard A. Hitchcock, whose husband is a member of the Class of 1920.

JAMES CONKLING KIMBROUGH, former head of the electrical contracting firm of C. M. Kimbrough Co., Inc., Muncie, Ind., died September 6 after an extended illness. Jim left Dartmouth after his freshman year. The only other information available is that he is survived by his wife, Ashton M. Kimbrough, and a son, James F., a student, at Indiana University Law School.

1930

ROBERT IRWIN BOOTH died September 7 in Southold, N.Y„ after many years of poor health.

Following graduation Bob took his law degree at N.Y.U. and practiced in New York City. Overwork during World War II brought on a nervous and later a mental breakdown, and he had been in poor health ever since. In recent years, following TB, he had been suffering from emphysema. Bob was elected class treasurer in the spring of 1930 and served in that capacity until 1938. He was also a member of the Class Executive Committee for those years.

Bob lived with his brother Clem in Southold and the Class extends its sympathy to his brother and two sisters who survive him.

1931

Word has been received of the death of TRISTRAM ALLEN MACKINNON on August 15, 1967, and of his wife Anne one week later. No details are available.

Tris was an executive with the New England Telephone Company and resided in North Weymouth, Mass. He and Anne were married in 1941. During World War II he served in" the Navy as Lt. Commander. He had been active in Boston with the Red Feather campaign.

19.37

CORNELIUS FORT MCLAREN of 2600 Fannin, Midland, Texas, died on July 19, 1967. Notification came to the College from his widow with no further details.

We regret that the only information of record is that he received a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Oklahoma in 1941 and had worked in Texas for a number of years.

1941

CLIFTON JAIRUS STRATTON JR., Secretary and Assistant General Counsel of the Air Transport Association of America, succumbed to a heart attack in his office in Washington, D.C., on October 2, 1967.

After graduation, Clif served three years with 'he Army Signal Corps in Europe. After the war he worked briefly as Washington correspondent for the Topeka (Kansas) Daily Capital a position which his father had held for thirty years.

He then attended Yale Law School, from which he was graduated in 1947, at which time he joined the Washington law firm of Covington and Burling, where he remained until he joined the Air Transport Association in 1956.

Clif is survived by his wife, the former Lydia Georges, and his three children, Cynthia, Clifton Ill and Joanna; and by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clifton J. Stratton of Topeka, Kansas, to all of whom go the deepest sympathies of the Class of 1941.

1948

Word has been received of the death of JOHN STANDISH HOLBROOK in Cleveland, Ohio on August 29. "Red," an accountant and musician, was with Radomski Properties Management. He had formerly been employed by the Institute for International Living.

Red, who was unmarried, had been ill for some time and lived with his mother, Mrs. Dolores Owens Holbrook, at 4220 East 99th Street in Cleveland. He attended Larchmont, N.Y., schools and the New Hampton School, and served in the Navy in World War II.

The Class extends its deepest sympathy to his mother and family.

1956

GARDNER BREWER, a longtime resident of Melrose, Mass., was killed in action while flying an operational mission over South Vietnam on September 14. At the time, Gardner was an Air Force Captain serving in Vietnam since July 10, following duty in Weisbaden, Germany, for three and one-half years. While in Weisbaden he had received the Air Force Commendation Medal for outstanding service.

Gardner came to Dartmouth from Melrose High School and left after his freshman year, having been appointed to the Naval Academy at Annapolis. He graduated in 1957 and went on to receive a Master's degree from the University of Southern California. His promotion to major was made known following his death.

He is survived by his wife, Nancy, three children, Peter, 7, Jennifer, 8, and Suzanne, 4, as well as his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Brewer of Lynnfield, and two sisters, Mrs. John Macklin of Stoneham and Mrs. Maurice Maynard of Billerica.

Interment was in Arlington National Ceme- tery.

1966

On Thursday, September 7 - a day when fraternity row was tranquil, with still green trees forming warm shadows with the aid of a yellow Indian summer sun, a day when Davis Hockey Rink, where he loved to skate and shoot, was peaceful and deserted, a day when a guy in Bermuda shorts slept beneath the elm trees in front of Baker Library - ERIC PHILIP MULLER was mortally wounded by Viet Cong small arms fire while serving as a Special Forces Adviser to a Civilian Irregular Defense Group patrol on a search and destroy mission near Phu Xuan, Vietnam.

At Dartmouth, and in the Army in which he enlisted on August 19, 1965, with the express desire to become a "Green Beret," Eric was resolute and purposeful and dedicated. After basic training at Fort Dix he earned a Highest Academic Standing award in a radio operator's course, then volunteered for paratrooper training and finally for Special Forces, concentrating in advanced communications.

He served for six months with the Fifth Special Forces Group ABN, assigned to an "A" Team, working with local population in outpost areas. After his tour he was assigned to a "B" Team at Qui Nhon B-22, a base camp. But he was itching for action, and volunteered again for A-Team duty. That was in August 1967.

Eric's commanding officer in Vietnam perhaps best articulated our feelings. He "died as he had lived, serving his unit and his country in the best way he knew how. He will be sorely missed and long remembered by everyone who knew him."

Harry William Sampson '20

Henry Lyman Amies '12

Robert Proctor '19