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Oldest Living Graduate

DECEMBER 1967
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Oldest Living Graduate
DECEMBER 1967

Stephen Chase '96 of Ozona, Fla., who was 93 last June, is now the oldest living graduate of the College. One of this country's greatest track stars in his day, he is a member of a family long distinguished in Dartmouth history. His grandfather was Stephen Chase 1832, Professor of Mathematics, and his father was Frederick Chase 1860, Treasurer of the College. His sons are Stephen Chase Jr. '25 and Frederick Chase '30, and his grandson Frederick Chase Jr. '53 was the fifth straight generation to graduate from Dartmouth. Mr. Chase also has three Dartmouth brothers: Frederick Chase '05, Philip Chase '07 and the late Theodore Chase '99.

Next to Mr. Chase among senior grad- uates is Ernest M. Gleason '98 of Ayer, Mass., aged 92. Then come Herbert A. Warden '96 of Newburgh, N. Y., 92; Ernest P. Seelman '98 of Brooklyn, N. Y., 91; Joseph P. Carney '98 of Osterville, Mass., 91; William C. H. Moe '10 of Tolland, Conn., 91; Oscar P. Tabor '98 of Boscawen, N. H., 91; Hermon Holt '97 of Brookline, Mass., 91; James S. Clark '01 of Brattleboro, Vt., 91; and Horace W. Cristy 'OO of Worcester, Mass., 90.