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.]

Hunt, Arthur M. '00, Dec. 21, 1966 Hardy, Francis H. '04, Dec. 14, 1966 Tubbs, Charles M. '04, Jan. 3 Getchell, Carl F. '05, Dec. 13, 1966 Cushing, Joseph '06, Dec. 14, 1966 Walsh, Frederick W. '06, Jan. 2 Crafts, Laurence H. '08, Dec. 17, 1966 Thorpe, Burton D. '08, Dec. 25, 1966 Kerns, Edward J. '10, Dec. 9, 1966 Smith, Theodore R. '10, Dec. 8, 1966 Burns, Randall G. '12, Dec. 21, 1966 McElwain, Henry E. Jr. '12, Aug. 3, 1966 Colby, Dudley R. '14, Sept. 15, 1966 Phelps, Ralph M. '14, Aug. 17, 1966 Roberts, Daniel H. '14, Jan. 22, 1966 Wiechers, Manolo '14, Jan. 11 Belcher, Atwood L. '15, Jan. 30, 1965 Law, Donald E. '15, Jan. 7 da Costa, Frederick W. '16, Dec. 12, 1966 Powell, Sargent G. '16, Dec. 1963 Sunderland, John E. '20, Oct. 15, 1966 Worthington, Lyman '21, Dec. 20, 1966 Baker, Henry J. Jr. '23, Dec. 13, 1966 Friedeberg, Adolf '23, Dec. 4, 1966 Stickney, Samuel B. '24, Dec. 29, 1966 Clark, Warren C. '28, Dec. 22, 1966 McGrath, Alfred F. '30, Jan. 15 Roberts, Griffith W. '30. Dec. 18, 1966 Giles, Harlan F. '32, Jan. 3 Newberry, Charles T. Jr. '37, Dec. 27, 1966 Waterbury, George P. '38, Nov. 23, 1966 Denneen, Charles A. '46, Dec. 19, 1966 Andrews, Richard R. '49, Dec. 26, 1966 Gilbert, Grant S. '50, Aug. 17, 1966 Park, Jacob B. '56 Scott, Frank A., AM '13, Dec. 7, 1966 Chamberlin, Roy B. '27h, Jan. 13 Clark, Grenville '53h, Jan. 13 Herter, Christian A. '64h, Dec. 30, 1966

Faculty

CLARK WILLIS HORTON, A.M. '44, Director of the Office of Tests and Educational Research at the College died suddenly of a heart attack on December 9. He had gone to Lyme Center, near his home in Lyme, N. H., to cut a Christmas tree when he was stricken.

Professor Horton retired last June after 28 years on the Dartmouth faculty but he had agreed to direct his office for an additional year. His work at Dartmouth involved the evaluation of the effectiveness of testing and teaching methods, as well as the counseling of students and faculty on course programs.

The first ten years of Professor Horton's career in higher education were devoted to the teaching of botany. At Ohio State University in 1935 he joined the Bureau of Educational Research, and when he came to Dartmouth three years later to set up a new program it was as Assistant in Educational Research with the rank of Assistant Professor. In 1944 he was Consultant in Educational Research with the rank of Professor. In that year Dartmouth awarded him its honorary faculty Master's degree.

Professor Horton was born in Crawford County, Ohio, December 22, 1900. He was a 1926 graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University, and did graduate work at the University of Nebraska, where he received an A.M. and was research assistant in plant pathology, and at Ohio State University, where he took his Ph.D. in 1936. At Ohio State he taught botany as an assistant, 1927-29, and as an instructor, 1929-33. He also taught botany at the University of Tennessee, 1934-35, and then returned to Ohio State to begin his life work in testing research.

Professor Horton's early writings dealt with cooperative botany tests and testing service. In 1939 the Botanical Society of America published his Tests in Relation to Teaching Objectives inGeneral College Botany. He was one of the authors of the American Council on Education's volume, College Testing: A Guide to Practicesand Programs (1959). In 1939 he was a staff member for evaluation workshops at both Claremont College and Stanford University. He served on several national research boards, including the Committee on Research of the National Council of Teachers of English and the College Entrance Examination Board's Committee of Review for Examinations in English. At Dartmouth, he was a member of the Trustees Planning Subcommittee on Community Environment (1960) and the TPC Subcommittee on Admissions and Financial Aid (1961).

He was a member of the Botanical Society of America, the Ohio Academy of Science, Sigma Xi, Phi Sigma, and Gamma Alpha graduate scientific fraternity.

Professor Horton was married in June 1929 to the former Bernice Tracy. She survives him, with two sons, Dr. Edward S. Horton '54 of Durham, N. C., and Charles E. Horton '62T of North Conway, N. H.

A memorial service was held December 12 at the Lyme Congregational Church.

1905

CARL FOLSOM GETCHELL died December 13 after a long period of increasing infirmity. Carl and his wife Lillian had made their home with their daughter and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Eric Blackstead, at 86 Clinton Ave., Montclair, N. J.

Carl was born May 17, 1883, in Monmouth, Me. He entered Dartmouth from Monmouth Academy. In 1910 he was admitted to the Maine State Bar from the University of Maine Law School. He practiced law in Lewiston, Me., up to the time of his retirement in 1959. It was then that Carl and Lillian moved to Montclair.

Carl served in various important positions in Auburn, including the presidency of the Maine Loan and Building Association and the first presidency of the Lewiston-Auburn Rotary Club. He had also served as chairman of the trustees of Monmouth Academy, and had been made an honorary member of both the Rotary Club and the Academy. Carl was a 32nd degree Mason, past Commander of Lewiston Commandery, Knights Templar, a member of the American Bar Association, and past chairman of the Maine Republican Club.

In 1909 Carl married Lillian V. Bearce of Auburn, Me. He is survived by his wife, a daughter, a son, Carl F. Jr. of Westfield, N. J., and four grandsons.

1906

JOSEPH CUSHING died at his home, 63 Garfield St., Springfield, Mass., on December 14. A private funeral service was held at the home on December 16, with burial in Greenwood Cemetery, St. Albans, Vt.

Joe was born April 26, 1886 in Clinton, Mass., and was thus the'second youngest member of the Class of 1906. Together with his older brother Stephen he entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1902 from Laconia (N. H.) High School. A genial, cheery boy, he quickly made friends. At graduation he was awarded the Grimes General Improvement Prize, a tribute to his persistent hard work.

For a few years Joe engaged in teaching at Middlebury, Vt., and later at Northeastern University. Then he pursued study which led to his becoming a Certified Public Accountant. This profession he followed for the rest of his life and attained much success in it. In 1916 he settled in Springfield and opened with a partner an accounting firm under the name of Cushing and Toth. He did business in many parts of the United States and for several papermills in Canada. He was a tax consultant licensed to practice before the United States Department of the Treasury. During World War II he was the first man put in charge of the Springfield Rationing Board, and in 1943 he was appointed treasurer of the Springfield Bronze and Aluminum Company. He was a member of the American Institute of Accountants and of the National Association of Cost Accountants, serving a term as president of the latter.

Joe was an active Mason for most of his life, a member of Franklin Lodge of Masons of St. Albans, Vt.; Potter Chapter, Royal Arch Masons of Middlebury, Vt.; Lafayette Commandery, Knights Templar of St. Albans; and Melha Temple of the Shrine of Springfield. His social activities also included membership in the Longmeadow Country Club, Kiwanis Club, and Dartmouth Club of Western Massachusetts. He was a member of the First Congregational Church of Andover, Mass.

A loyal Dartmouth man, he kept up an active interest in College and Class. He had looked forward eagerly to attending our 60th reunion and was greatly disappointed when complications at home prevented it. We all missed him.

Joe married November 12, 1927 Caroline A. Flannery, who survives him and to whom the Class expresses deepest sympathy.

CHARLES ALFRED PIERCE died November 29 at Mt. San Antonio Gardens in Pomona, Calif. He had suffered a heart attack two days before. "Cap," as he was familiarly known to all of us, was born in West Townshend, Vt., May 11, 1883, and prepared for Dartmouth at Kimball Union Academy. A naturally friendly person, he quickly became popular in the class. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta. Musically gifted, he sang bass in both the College Choir and the Glee Club. He played on the tennis team for two years. A good student, he excelled in Greek and was awarded the first Atherton Prize in his junior year. He was graduated with Phi Beta Kappa rank.

Soon after graduation Cap went to California and began his career in banking. He served as assistant cashier in the First National Bank of Ontario, Calif., from 1908 to 1914. He taught music on the side and acted as choir director of Bethel Congregational Church of Ontario. In 1914 he returned to New England and was assistant cashier of the Chicopee National Bank in Springfield, Mass., for the next fifteen years. In 1929 he transferred to the Third National Bank and Trust Co. of Springfield as assistant cashier, and later assistant vice-president. He retired in 1946 and returned to California, residing for many years at Whittier.

A conscientious and devoted Christian layman, Cap was active in religious work throughout his life. In Springfield he was a prominent member of the First Congregational Church and served it as Sunday School superintendent for several years. He was a deacon for a long period and chairman for the board of deacons 1941-43. In his retirement he gave much time and energy to writing devotional booklets, copies of which he sent as Christmas greetings to his many friends. He had already prepared this year's booklet before his death: "Highways to the Heights: Forty Studies based on Bible texts, with short prayers." He also wrote much church music - responses, solos, hymns, and duets. He was respected and beloved.

Cap was married August 12, 1908 to Esther A. Goodale, who died April 5, 1942. His second marriage, on March 29, 1943, was to Abigail J. Trueblood, whose death occurred July 20, 1959. A few years later Cap moved to Mt. San Antonio Gardens, a very beautiful new development for retired people, where his life was easy and happy.

His three sons survive him: Charles of Arlington, Mass., Norman of Cheverly, Md., and Stanley of Whittier, Calif., with five grandsons, one of whom is a member of the Class of 1970. The Class extends sympathy to all of them.

1908

LAURENCE HOUGHTON CRAFTS passed away December 17. His home had been at 46 Catnerine Avenue, Reading, Mass.

He was born on March 24, 1886, in Readme and apparently lived there all of his life. He was with us only one year and was one of the silent members of our class. Our information indicates that he was in the manufacturing business and that his only survivor is a daughter to whom we express our sympathy.

DOCTOR BURTON DURRELL THORPE of New port, N. H., died December 25, 1966, at his home on the Unity Road. He was born January 99 1886, at Tilton, N. H., and prepared for Dartmouth at Lisbon (N. H.) High School. He played cornet in the college band for three years and was the leader in senior year, and he played in the college orchestra three years. His fraternity was Phi Gamma Delta.

Burt took the pre-medical course in college and a graduate year in the Dartmouth Medical School and then transferred to the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia, acquiring an M.D. in 1911. After two years as assistant physician in the Danvers, Mass., State Hospital and some postgraduate work at Harvard, Burt started practice in 1913 in Newport, N. H., where he had been established since.

In World War I he entered the Medical Officers Training Camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, in June 1918 as Ist Lieutenant, was retained as instructor of recruits and discharged January 1910. He was a captain in the Medical Reserve Corps for several years and was examiner for the County Draft Board in World War II.

He was a member of the Newport Rotary Club, a Mason, and trustee and vice-president of the Sugar River Savings Bank at Newport. In January 1924 he was elected president of the Sullivan County Medical Association, and on May 20, 1961, was one of two New Hampshire doctors to be honored by the New Hampshire Medical Society for 50 years of practice.

Burt was married on November 11, 1912 to Fannie J. Brigham of Lisbon, N. H., and they had two children: Margaret and Frederick Edward '38, who with his family lives in Birmingham, Alabama.

Burton retired November 1, 1956, and built a new home on the Unity Road in Newport where he and Fannie lived quietly in retirement.

1909

RICHARD LYMAN WING passed away unexpectedly from a heart attack on the afternoon of December 1, 1966 at his longtime home, Standish Farms, 199 Rockland Street, South Dart- mouth, Mass. He had been incapacitated with emphysema and a heart condition for some years.

Dick was born in New Bedford, Mass., on March 1, 1888. He prepared for college at St. Andrews School, West Barrington, R. I., and Concord Preparatory School, Concord, Mass. He entered Dartmouth with the Class of 1910 but graduated with 1909. In college, he was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. After graduation he continued his chemical education with a year's study at M.I.T.

He returned to New Bedford with the Holmes Mfg. Co., a company engaged in finishing cotton goods. In 1919 he went to Saylesville, R. I., in the same business. In 1924 he entered the real estate development business. He was a director in the C. F. Wing Co., a large department store founded by his father in New Bedford, became vice president in 1943 and treasurer in 1948, continuing in these offices until the company was liquidated. He was also a director and corporator in several of the local banks.

Dick was married to Alice Howland, sister of Nathaniel J. Howland on June 29, 1918 at New Bedford, Mass. She survives him as do several nieces and nephews.

Committal services were held in the South Dartmouth Cemetery on December 3, 1966. Dartmouth was represented by two fraternity brothers, Bertrand C. French and Harold W. Sprague '10.

1916

FREDERICK WILLIAM DA COSTA died December 12, 1966 at St. Luke's Hospital, Middleboro, Mass., from the illness which alone kept him from our 50th reunion. His home address was 1405 Plymouth St., RFD 2, Box 147, in that city.

Fred was born in Cambridge, Mass., on November 1, 1890. Upon graduation from Somerville Latin High School he entered Dartmouth, but left at the end of sophomore year for a career as a fire insurance underwriter. He was with the Rhode Island Insurance Company at Providence for thirty years, then with the Maurice H. Saval Insurance Company of Boston for sixteen years until he retired in 1962.

He was a former member of the Middleboro Planning Board, also secretary of the local Finance Committee, a past president of the Holy Name Society of Sacred Heart Church and a member of the Middleboro Lodge of Elks.

Fred married Susan Ballam at Boston on February 13, 1917. She survives him, as do three sons, four daughters, two brothers, and twelve grandchildren.

Funeral services at the home on December 16 were followed by a high mass of requiem at Sacred Heart Church and interment in St. Mary's Cemetery. The Class was represented by Ralph Mendall.

STANLEY MITCHELL LYMAN died October 8, 1966 after a long illness, in a nursing home at Long Lake, Minnesota. His home was at 972 East Shady Lane, in nearby Wayzata.

Stan was born September 6, 1892 at Minneapolis, and attended Lake Forest Academy before coming to Dartmouth for two years. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon.

He served throughout World War I in the USNRF at the Great Lakes Training Station, Chicago. Thereafter until illness forced his retirement in 1960, the gay and gallant Stan conducted his own real estate and property management business, in his native Minneapolis. He was long an active member of the Minneapolis Men's Club and of the Wayzata Golf and Country Club.

On June 15, 1916 he married Madeleine Howard of New York City. She survives him, as do two daughters, Mrs. John G. Harrison of St. Paul, and Mrs. Judd Ringer of Wayzata.

1917

FRANK LEO LAGAY passed away at the age of 73 on December 1, 1966, while a patient at Overlook Hospital, Summit, N. J. His home was at 3 East Cedar Lane, Maplewood, N. J.

Born in Newark, N. J., he attended Central High School where he was captain of the track team. He entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1913 and ran on the track team for three years, specializing in the quarter and half mile. He won the New Jersey AAU championship three consecutive years in the quarter mile. Frank was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon.

After graduation he competed for the New York A. C. During World War I his athletic activities were interrupted by service as a first Lieutenant in the Army.

From 1930 to 1944 Frank was Professor of Economics and Business English at St. John's University, and he also devoted some time to politics. From 1936 to 1944 he was a member of the Passaic Valley Sewage Commission.

He became affiliated with the New Jersey Testing Laboratories in 1944, and at the time of his death he was Sales Manager of the Company in Newark.

Frank leaves his wife, Mrs. Josephine Malcolm Lagay; two sons, Frank L. Jr. '46 and Robert L.; a sister, and seven grandchildren, one of whom, Frank L. III, is a member of the Class of 1967.

RAYMOND STUART MACMURRAY died suddenly on February 21, 1966, as a result of a heart attack, one of several he had suffered during the last twelve years. He was born on July 3, 1889, and first attended Lincoln College before transferring to Dartmouth in 1913.

For several years Ray was a member of the Huntington, Indiana, Police Department. Upon retiring" from the department eleven years ago, after serving as Captain of Detectives, he formed his own Detective Bureau which was known as Mac Murray & Associates. He became an expert lie detector operator and fingerprint man, and maintained a well-equipped office. While on the police force, Ray helped to form the Northern Indiana Detectives Association.

During World War I Ray was stationed in Germany and during World War II he was called back for duty and served for two years as Captain of Military Police.

Ray belonged to the Masonic Lodge, Elks Club, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Fraternal Order of Police, Military Police Association, and the Northern Indiana Association of Detectives.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. R. S. MacMurray, of 825 Hines St., Huntington, and a married daughter, Rose Ann. Mrs. Mac Murray is now visiting her daughter and family who are presently stationed in Germany.

1919

WILLIAM ARTHUR LEWIS died suddenly at his home on Pleasant Street in North Middleboro, Mass. on December 1 at the age of 70.

After leaving Hanover Bill attended Boston University Law School and passed his bar examination at the age of 23. He practiced law until ill health caused his retirement many years ago. Recently he has worked as a carpenter.

He is survived by four sisters and three brothers to whom goes the sincere sympathy of the Class.

ROWLAND PARKER POLLARD died at the Springfield (Vt.) Hospital on December 9 at the age of 68.

Polly came to Hanover from the Black River Academy in Ludlow, Vt., was a veteran of World War I, and attended Toulouse University while in France. Later he was associated with the Standard Oil Co. and was their representative in Burma from 1930 until his retirement in 1951. While in India during World War II he was the French consul there. Since his retirement he had operated the Bryant-Pollard Stamp Company in Proctorsville, Vt. and sold stamps world-wide. Polly was very active in stamp circles and was a member of the Vermont Philatelic Society, the Society of Philatelic America and a past president of the American Stamp Dealers Association. He was also a member of the American Society of the French Legion of Honor in New York and the Vermont Historical Society, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Vermont National Bank.

Surviving are his wife, the former Evelyn Daley, whom he married in December 1931 in Ceylon; one son, Rowland Jr. '57; two daughters, and one sister. 1919 extends its sincere sympathy to the family in the loss of our distinguished classmate.

WILLIAM DAY WASHBURN passed away at his home, 25 Isle of Venice, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on December 4 at the age of 70. He was afflicted with lung cancer. His death came as a shock to all of us, as Red and Trudel had been in Han- over for the Princeton game, and, while not in good health, he greatly enjoyed seeing so many of his old friends and classmates.

Red came to Hanover from Chicago and was a member of Sigma Chi. He left college in the spring of 1917 and enlisted in the Navy. In the fall of that year he joined the Army Air Corps and became an instructor in artillery observation in Arcadia, Calif., and San Antonio, Texas. After the armistice he was commissioned a lieutenant and became a pilot.

Red's business career was spent in Chicago, where he was associated first with the Wilson sporting goods store, then Paramount Films, Doubleday Doran Co., and lately as Western manager for Red Book Magazine. He retired in 1952. The Washburns divided their time between their camp in Conover, Wisconsin and Fort Lauderdale.

Surviving are Red's wife Trudel, a son Robert S., a daughter Patricia, and six grandchildren. 1919 extends to them its most sincere sympathy in their sorrow. Red was a great fellow and will be sorely missed by all of us who knew him well.

1920

RICHARD EMMERICH, of 228 West 72nd Street, New York City, was found dead in his apartment.

He was born November 10, 1898 in New York, and prepared for college at Hamilton Institute. He attended Dartmouth during the year 1916-17. According to the College records he was never married. He worked with Bachmann Emmerich & Co. from 1918 to 1924, going with the Colony Manufacturing Corp. in 1925 and with the Cictograph Products Co. in 1936.

Edwin Stern wrote that Richard Emmerich dropped into his office on rare occasions and he knew that Emmerich underwent a serious operation in the summer of 1965 and heard by chance that he was found dead in his apartment. The College records office, however, has tried without success to find a date of death. As far as is known he lived alone and it is doubtful if he had any surviving relatives.

1921

LYMAN WORTHINGTON, well known in New York when General Sales Manager of Metropolitan Sunday Newspapers, Inc., committed suicide December 20 by shooting himself at his home, Meadow Lakes Apartments, Hightstown, N. J. Neighbors told police that he had been depressed by the long illness and death eight months ago of his wife Katherine, to whom he was married in 1935. The couple had no children.

After his retirement from Metropolitan Sunday Newspapers, Lyman became President of the Kingshead Corporation, importers, and at the time of his death he was President of Meadow Lakes Residents' Forum. Just outside Princeton, Meadow Lakes is a new retirement community offering cooperative apartment facilities with full hospital services and a country club atmosphere. Lyman served as the liaison between the executive committee managing the property and the residents. He received his newspaper and public relations training on the New York Daily News where he was employed from 1923 to 1932.

Lyman and Katy used to spend winters in Bradenton, Fla., where he contributed his services to strengthen the Bradenton Art Center. A lecturer on art and a traveller in the Far East to study oriental painting, he joined art classes in New York and took lessons in oil painting under leading painters.

Born October 26, 1898, Lyman prepared for college at Oak Park High School in Illinois. He was at Dartmouth from 1917 to 1919 and was a member of Delta Tau Delta. Previous to his retirement he lived in Westfield, N. J., and Westport, Conn.

1922

FREDERIC WILBUR DYER passed away July 26, 1966, from a coronary thrombosis.

Ted was born August 8, 1899, in South Weymouth, Mass. At Thayer Academy, where he prepared for college, he was an outstanding athlete and captain of the. baseball team. In college he was on the baseball squad, a member of Phi Delta Theta, and a well-known classmate.

His business career was in the laundry business and for many years he was president of F. W. Dyer, Inc., Weymouth, Mass. He was energetic in many civic enterprises on Boston's South Shore. He was keenly interested in the Masonic order and at one time he was the youngest master of any lodge in Massachusetts.

Ted and his wife Grace (Sawyer) were married in South Weymouth almost 40 years ago. Their home for most of these years was in South Weymouth and Cohasset, but five years ago they moved to 23 Hutchinson Drive, Hampton, N. H., where they were living at the time of Ted's death. He is survived by Grace and their daughter Margda, to whom the Class offers its sympathy.

KENNETH PRAY LIBBEY died December 7, 1966.

Ken was born November 15, 1900 in Epping, N. H. His preparatory course was at Hopkinton High School, Contoocook, N. H. In college he was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa and won his letter as a pole-vaulter on the track team.

He began his business career with Dennison Manufacturing Co., Framingham, Mass. Sometime later, about 1931, he joined the Curtis Publishing Co. and was a representative and subsequently district manager of the Cambridge, Mass., office. For the past six years he was associated with the Greater Boston Distributors.

Ken and Dorris (Cragin) were married June 30, 1928, in Framingham, Mass. She and his brothers, Frederic A. '13 of Boston and Sumner A. of Watertown, Conn., survive him. The sympathy of the Class goes to them.

1923

RALPH EARLE DUNTON died November 6, 1966. Ralph was a resident of Ballston Spa, N. Y., since 1924 when he became office manager and treasurer of Ackshand Knitting Company, Inc., a position he held until 1953 when he retired because of poor health.

He was village clerk, treasurer of Benedict Memorial Hospital, a founder of the Ballston Country Club, was very active on Boy Scout and Sea Scout committees, and was an elder and trustee of the First Presbyterian Church.

Ralph is survived by his wife Alice, one daughter, Barbara Jean Gerlach, and his brother Claude M. '25T.

ADOLF FRIEDEBERG passed away December 4 after a long illness. He was in Missouri with his wife Tess at her family home, 1940 E. Turner St., Springfield, for the greater part of 1966, suffering from carcinoma.

Adolf had built up a very substantial enterprise, the Scrap Iron and Steel Co. He spent much time in Germany buying scrap and making delivery to U.S. Steel. The cover illustration of Fortune for November 1950 was a photograph of a freighter discharging part of a 200,000 ton consignment of Adolf's merchandise. The Friedebergs divided their time between New York City and their summer home, a ranch named Redstone Inn near Denver.

Adolf is survived by his wife Tess and two daughters, Alice and Sylvia.

1930

GRIFFITH WILLIAM ROBERTS died December 18 in St. Luke's Hospital, New Bedford, Mass., of natural causes. He was the president and treasurer of the New Bedford Stevedoring Corp.

Born in England, Griff came to Dartmouth from Arlington, Mass., where he had been an outstanding athlete and football captain. Following his graduation from Thayer School he joined the firm of which he later became president. Always a quiet, modest gentleman, it is doubtful if many of his classmates know that he received the Carnegie Hero Medal at age 13 for saving three persons from drowning at Lake Sunapee, N. H.

To his widow Jeanette and son Griffith M. '54 the Class extends its deepest sympathy. Mrs. Roberts lives at 32 Highland St., South Dartmouth, Mass.

1938

GEORGE PALMER WATERBURY died November 23 in New Rochelle Hospital, after a gallant fight against a long and grievous illness.

He resided at 37 Holly Place, Larchmont, N. Y., with his wife, the former Jane Thompson, and their three sons. Palmer came to Dartmouth from Elmira, N. Y., where he was born and where he attended the Elmira Free Academy. His father is Carl A. Waterbury '11, who resides in Utica.

Palmer was a pioneer and specialist in the modern applications of statistical research. For many years, he was associated with the Market Research Corporation of America in Chicago and New York. More recently, he was with Homarket, Inc. and Young and Rubicam advertising agency in New York.

He was inducted into the Air Force very early in World War II and characteristically, won his commission from the ranks. A Major by the time of his discharge, he was also the Commanding Officer, 31st Statistical Control Unit, Eighth Air Force Headquarters, Buttonwood, England. Like most of us, he remained an unreconstructed civilian throughout it all.

It will come as no surprise to his classmates who knew of Palmer's zest for life to learn how tenaciously and courageously he held on to it. His more intimate friends, brothers of Theta Chi, and associates will recall a really first-rate intelligence that held fellowship above scholarship, human relations above public relations. Palmer Waterbury chose to stand in the very midst of the Dartmouth fellowship where lies the real strength of the College.

The Class marks its loss with sorrow and extends its deep sympathy to Palmer's family.

JACK W. HULL '38

1939

WILLIAM O. PRUDDEN collapsed and died of a heart attack November 20, 1966 at his home in Lockport, N. Y.

He was born November 29, 1916 in Lockport and attended school there. He was a graduate of Culver Military Academy, Dartmouth, and the Simmons School of Mortuary Science. At Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Delta Theta and the Interfraternity' Treasurers' Council, the freshman baseball team, and the freshman and varsity swimming teams.

After graduation Bill entered the funeral business with his father in 1940 and became president and treasurer of Prudden and Kandt Funeral Home in 1953.

Bill was past president of the Lockport Rotary Club, vice president of the board of directors of the YMCA, a member of the board of the Lockport office of Marine Midland Trust Co., and an elder of the First Presbyterian Church. He was a member of the Erie-Niagara, New York State, and National Funeral Directors Associations, Niagara Lodge 375 F&AM, United Lodge 98 IOOF, the Tuscarora Club, and Lockport Town and Country Club.

Survivors include his widow, Esther, who lives at 10 Morrow Ave., in Lockport, a daughter Ann, and two sons Douglas and Gary. To them the Class extends our most sincere sympathy.

Bill was a most enthusiastic and loyal Dartmouth son. On November 12 he and Esther attended the Dartmouth-Cornell game with John Gauntlett and his wife. They all enjoyed a most Pleasant visit that day.

1950

GRANT SIMPSON GILBERT was killed in a tragic accident August 17, 1966, when he was crushed by a piece of construction equipment he was directing to back up. He was formerly a vice-president of Climax Industries in Cleveland, but had moved in 1958 to Carmichael, Calif., where he founded the Gilbert Construction Co. At the time of his death he was president.

At Dartmouth Grant was a member of Beta Theta Pi and was active in inter-fraternity sports as well as being an ardent ski enthusiast. Those who knew him will remember him as an extremely affable and congenial friend and as a man who had a compelling desire to find and develop his own capabilities. One of the interesting things which illuminated Grant's life was an incident which occurred at Dartmouth in 1947. He had begun to question, as some of us are inclined to do at one point in our college career, the value of a college education. He reached the conclusion that it was not benefiting him and without any fanfare and without telling anyone other than his roommate, he left for home. However, it wasn't more than six hours later when he returned to Hanover. He explained that he had been on the road about two hours when he decided to stop and have a couple of beers. While sitting at the bar he struck up a conversation with a man he described as a colorful "old Vermonter" who had the wisdom to point out the folly of leaving college and before he knew it, Grant was on his way back to Hanover.

Another interesting facet of his personality was evidenced in his move to California. He had always wanted to live in a climate and a geographical area which he felt best served the interest of his family. Feeling that California was the answer to that need, he resigned his position in Cleveland and headed west not knowing what his work would be or what part of California he would live in. He and his family simply combed the state of California looking for the right community to live in. Carmichael finally became their home and it wasn't long before Grant was launched on a successful career in the construction industry.

Dartmouth has sometimes been characterized as a college where "men learn to become men." Grant was certainly one of those men and Dartmouth, as well as his many friends, will miss one who was very much a Dartmouth man. He is survived by his wife, the former Janet Van Alstine; two daughters, Cathy and Sally; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gilbert; and by three brothers, one of whom, Jack F., was D'48, and a sister. His home address was 1637 Gary Way, Carmichael, Calif.

J. A. HENDRICH '50

Professor Clark Willis Horton