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.]
Holt, Hermon '97, Jan. 7 Dodd, Loring H. '00, Jan. 3 Johnston, Raymond R. '01, Nov. 26, 1967 Swasey, George L. '06, Jan. 9 Wright, Russell B. '07, Dec. 17, 1967 Hopkins, Arthur S. '08, Dec. 14, 1967 Thompson, Robert F. '08, Dec. 11, 1967 Killam, Carl '09, Dec. 12, 1967 Finn, John H. '10, Dec. 18, 1967 Pierce, Roger G. '10, Jan. 7 Batchelor, James H. '11, Oct. 7, 1967 Fuller, Eugene W. '11, Nov. 29, 1967 Bennink, Donald C. '15, Jan. 4 Gale, Irving R. '15, Dec. 18, 1967 Birtwell, William M. '17, Dec. 13, 1967 Saladine, John W. '17, Jan. 1 Everett, Philip E. '18, Dec. 11, 1967 Kendall, Robert G. '21, Nov. 27, 1967 Fitts, Lloyd E. '23, Jan. 11 Barnard, Walter '24, Jan. 3 Hutton, James M. Jr. '24, Dec. 26, 1967 Allen, Joseph E. '25, Jan. 4 Huberth, Martin F. Jr. '25, Jan. 3 Reed, Frederick A. '25, Dec. 26, 1967 Grady, James H. '26, Dec. 16, 1967 Oberlander, Andrew J. '26, Jan. 1 Kelly, Joseph N. '27, Dec. 27, 1967 Blain, John B. '29, Dec. 10, 1967 Nickerson, Kingsbury S. '29, Dec. 22, 1967 Turrell, E. Wilson '29, Nov. 28, 1967 Aikin, Norman E. '34, Sept. 2, 1967 George, Albert J. '35, Jan. 8 Wilson, Philip A. '35, Dec. 22, 1967 Charlton, Thomas H. '41, June 2, 1967 Plummer, John F. '45, Dec. 28, 1967 Menaker, Michael G. '60, Dec. 10, 1967 Massey, Vincent '30h, Dec. 30, 1967 Dimitroff, George Z. '47h, Jan. 1
Faculty
GEORGE ZAKHARIEFF DIMITROFF, A.M. '47, Professor of Astronomy Emeritus, died January 1 at his Hartland, Vt., home at the age of 66. He had taught at the College from 1946 until his retirement in June 1966.
Through two decades, Dartmouth men in Astronomy I could not avoid absorbing some of Professor Dimitroff's enthusiastic dedication to science which, as he put it, "lifts your soul, fires your imagination, and makes you ask a thousand questions."
Internationally known as an astrophysicist and authority on telescopes, Professor Dimitroff was a Navy Commander in World War II and a member of the Combined Intelligence Priority Committee in London, and of Naval Technical Missions to Europe and Japan.
Locally, he gave freely of his time lecturing to community and school groups as interest in outer space and space travel grew. His openhouse evenings at the College observatory were popular with young and old of the Hanover community.
Professor Dimitroff came to Dartmouth from Harvard where for five years he had been a research associate and superintendent of the Harvard Observatory, and had helped build some of the largest Schmidt lens telescopes prior to the one on Mount Palomar. He also advised the Mexican Government on construction of its observatory at Puebla.
On a sabbatical from the College in 1956, he surveyed astronomical developments in Europe and the Middle East and was scientific liaison officer with the United States Embassy in London. He visited Russia in 1958 as a member of the International Astronomical Union and returned there in 1963 as part of a world tour of observatories. His experiences on these tours led him to predict then that the Soviet Union would be the leading scientific nation in 20 years' time.
Professor Dimitroff was born in Svistove, Bulgaria and from 1917 to 1920 was a student at Robert College in Istanbul. The following year he came to the United States, and became an American citizen in 1930. He graduated from Boston University in 1927 and received his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1937. He subsequently taught at Colorado State College and Radcliffe.
He was a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, a member of the American Astronomical Society, and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. His writings included "General Physics for the Laboratory," "Telescopes and Accessories and "Astronomy in Brief."
Professor Dimitroff is survived by his widow, the former Mary A. Sweeney, whom he married in 1928; a son, John of Derry, N. H.; a daughter, Barbara Ann of New York City, and a brother, Athanas of Denver.
Funeral services were held January 4 at the First Congregational Church in Exeter, N. H., at which the College was represented by Provost Leonard M. Rieser, Associate Dean James F. Hornig, and Professors William T. Doyle and Forrest I. Boley of the Department of Physics. Burial was at Hampton Falls, N. H.
1901
RAYMOND RANDALL JOHNSTON, who had become one of northern Maine's outstanding businessmen and bankers, died at Fort Fairfield, Maine, November 26, 1967.
Born in Fort Fairfield, August 11, 1877, he graduated from the Fort Fairfield High School in 1896, and attended Bates and Dartmouth Colleges.
He was a member of the Board of Selectmen from 1931 to 1935; president of the Aroostook Bankers Association in 1937-1938; president of the Rotary Club, 1934-1935; president of the Old Frontier Trust Co., 1933-1955; and president of Frontier Fertilizers (also of the Bank Corporation) to the time of his death. He had served on the Advisory Board of The Northern National Bank for its Fort Fairfield Branch and was the oldest living member of Eastern Frontier Lodge, F. & A.M. having joined the order in 1900.
He is survived by three sons and a daughter with whom he had made his home in recent years.
1907
ARTHUR WENDELL TAYLOR of 41 Lovett St., Beverly, Mass., died on November 30. He was born in Warren, Mass., on February 27, 1884 and prepared for college at the Warren High School.
Arthur graduated with a B.S. degree and received his M.A. at Boston University. While in college he became a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and was on The Dartmouth board. He was a teacher in Salem High School from 1908 until 1952, teaching chemistry since 1943. He was also a part-time teacher for 14 years at Endicott Junior College, Beverly, Mass.
Arthur was a deacon of Tabernacle Church, Salem, Mass., and served in the same capacity at First Baptist Church, Beverly, Mass. He enjoyed mountain climbing in the White Mountains, bird hunting, auto trips, and sea cruises.
On July 1, 1914 at Beverly, Mass., he married Elsie W. Cameron who survives. Funeral services were held in Beverly on December 2.
The Class of 1907 has lost a devoted and loyal member, and our deepest sympathy goes to his wife, Elsie.
RUSSELL BURLEIGH WRIGHT died December 17, 1967 at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. Previously he had suffered a heart attack.
'"Rusty" was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and played on the sophomore football team. After graduation he became Sales Manager of Hardwick Stove Co. of Boston, and later Boston District Manager of the Glenwood Range Co.
On January 14, 1911 he married Laura Whitehead at Chicago, Ill. She died October 11, 1951. There were four daughters: Mary, who died in 1934, Barbara, Nancy and Laura. He is also survived by four grandchildren. His grandson, Robert A. Dalrymple III is a member of the Class of 1967.
Funeral services were held at Waterman Chapel, Boston, on December 20. "Bishop" Niles attended with flowers from our Class.
The Class of 1907 has lost a devoted and loyal member. (The July 1967 issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE shows Rusty sitting in the front row of reuning members of our 60th, between Niles and Mitchell.)
Our deepest sympathy goes to all the family.
1908
ROBERT FEARS THOMPSON, secretary-treasurer and clerk of Addison Gilbert Hospital, died December 11, 1967 at the institution he had served for more than a quarter century.
Bob was born in Gloucester, Mass., on August 26, 1886, and prepared for Dartmouth at Gloucester High School where he was the first cadet-major of the Gloucester High School battalion before it was called the R.O.T.C. Following graduation at Dartmouth he went into his father's jewelry business in Gloucester. After his father's death in 1932 Bob and his brother Frederick carried it on until they sold out in 1936. Since then Bob had devoted his entire time to the Addison Gilbert Hospital at 238 Washington Street in Gloucester. On January 12, 1937 he was elected a trustee and on January 11, 1939 secretary-treasurer. He had been a trustee and a member of the investment committee of the Cape Ann Savings Bank since January 1958 and formerly was a director. He was a member of the Gloucester School Committee, 1926-32, and a member of the Gloucester Rotary Club and of the Tyrian Lodge of Masons. His great-grandfather, Robert R. Fears, was the first mayor of Gloucester.
Bob was married on June 6, 1923 to Ruth Bradley Haskell of Gloucester, widow of Phillips Haskell '14, and they had one son, Richard Bradley Thompson, Amherst '47.
Bob and Ruth made their home at 163 Washington Street in Gloucester. Ruth had the misfortune to fall in October 1967 and break a hip but is recovering in Bob's Hospital.
1909
CLIFFORD AUSTIN BLAKE died December 4, 1967 at the Cape Cod Hospital, Hyannis, Mass., having been a patient there since September 21 after he had suffered a shock at his home, 84 Pond St., South Yarmouth, Mass.
"Curly," one of the older members of the Class was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., on December 21' 1882. He came to Dartmouth by way of Phillips Exeter and Mercersburg Academies. One of the best liked men in the Class, he was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa and Sphinx, and was chairman of the Class Day Executive Committee and a partner in the College Book Store.
He started his business career with the Western Electric Company as a salesman, traveling through New England and New York. In 1915 he joined the Travelers Insurance Company and served as branch manager in Boston, New York, and Worcester until 1933. During this period he attended class reunions and Dartmouth luncheons and was active in fraternal organizations. On January 1, 1934 he set up his own real estate and insurance business which he conducted in Brockton, Mass., until his retirement. Several years ago he moved to South Yarmouth, Mass., to be near his daughter, Louise O'Connor. His winters were spent in Florida.
He was married to Ada Carter Hubbard on April 2, 1912 at Worcester, Mass. She died on July 13, 1923. On June 16, 1924 he married Sarah Boot, who survives him as do three daughters and nine grandchildren.
Funeral services were held December 6 in Holden, Mass., with interment in the family lot in Pine Grove Cemetery, Holden.
ERNEST HEMAN GOODRICH died November 17, 1967 in the Biddeford, Maine Hospital following a long illness which had required several major operations over the past five years.
"Buster" was born on July 24, 1886 at Montpelier, Vt., and entered Dartmouth from the high school in that city. After graduation, he received his M.C.S. degree from Tuck School in 1910.
He joined the staff of the Commonwealth Shoe and Leather Company and was with them for 48 years. He was merchandise manager for 45 years before retiring in 1957. During most of this time the family home was at 29 Cottage St., Whitman, Mass.
On August 6, 1912 at Portland, Maine, he was married to Alice E. Springer who predeceased him. In 1960 he went to Saco, Maine, to make his home with his widowed brother Burton, who survives him as do three children, Mrs. Alice Louise Clark, Weymouth, Mass.; Walter Power Goodrich '40 of Kirkwood, Mo.; Mrs. Mabelle Frances Robe of Pittsfleld, Mass., and two grandchildren, one of whom (Peter J. Robbie) is D'69.
Funeral services were held November 20, 1967 in Saco, Me., with interment in Colebrook Cemetery, Whitman, Mass.
1910
JOHN HALEY FINN died December 18, 1967 in a New Haven Hospital. He had been in failing health for many months. His home was in Wallingford, Conn.
John was born in Whitman, Mass., October 31, 1887. He prepared for college at Lynn (Mass.) High School. In college he was a member of the College Orchestra and the College Band. In 1911 he went to New Jersey where he began his teaching career. He taught shorthand and typing in Westwood, Nutley and Jersey City, retiring from his position at Dickinson High School in 1949.
John married Gertrude Brennan in 1915. She passed away in 1917. He married Gertrude Strohhaker in Jersey City, March 21, 1926. She survives.
Henry Hutchins represented the Class at the funeral service.
1911
TAVIFS HAROLD BATCHELOR was stricken with heart attack at his home, 6226 N. Wood, St. Mo., and was pronounced dead before reaching the hospital, October 7, 1967.
Windy, as he was known, transferred to Dartmouth from the University of Kansas at the start of his sophomore year. He was born in Valley Falls, Kansas, July 19, 1889. He was a major in the U. S. Army from 1916 to 1919 and remained active in the Army Reserve from which he retired in 1947 after 30 years' service.
He became well known as a managerial consultant and was the author of several bibliographies on operations research published by St. Louis University. He lectured at Washington University and Case Institute of Technology, and was a member of the Association Internationale, the American Society of Quality Control, the Operations Research Society, and the Econometric Society.
He was married to Catherine Bowman of Kansas City, April 24, 1918, who survives him, together with a son, grandson, brother and sister.
EUGENE WHITE FULLER succumbed to a sudden heart attack in Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angles, November 29, 1967. He was stricken at his home some hours earlier.
Gene was born in Joliet, Ill., May 1, 1888. He prepared at Joliet Township High. He was with us in college only two years as he had to so to work to pay his way. Prior to his entrance into the Air Service as a 2nd Lt., 1917-18, the list of his activities included ranching, teaching, manager of office correspondence at Sears Roebuck, and sales manager at James Levy Aircraft Co. It was with the last company that he got his interest in aerial photography, in which he became a national authority and outstanding manufacturer of military camera control systems and equipment.
In 1924 Gene formed the Chicago Aerial Survey Company and built a fine modern plant in Melrose Park, Ill., to house his 2000 employees. Gene's share in the development of aerial photography was an unusually important one and the entire story must be condensed here. His pioneering effort began when as a photographer he used a simple camera and made the adjustments necessary to make the kind of picture he desired. As the techniques of mapping and military intelligence developed, along with higher speed aircraft, faster shutters and more auxiliary equipment were needed. Also space requirements increased and this led to the development of remote controls, to be named "Camera Control Systems." This involved the training of specialists to operate these complex mechanisms. To meet this situation he established a training school attended by Navy and Marine personnel.
At the time of the sale of this business and Gene's retirement as president and active manager of the company, he was honored at a large banquet attended by his employees.
Gene and Catherine traveled extensively throughout this country and Europe. He is the author of many poems and enjoyed the privilege of participating in the work of the college campuses near him.
Gene and Catherine Rowe were married in Muskogee, Okla., January 28, 1922. She is his only survivor and their home has been at 11044 Ophir Drive, Los Angeles, Calif. 90024.
Gene was a loyal and ardent supporter of Dartmouth and always to be found among those interested in maintaining the College's welfare.
1912
After a painful illness ALVAH STORY HOLWAY died of cancer of the brain on December 2, 1967. Five months previously he had a craniotomy done by a noted brain surgeon but the tumor was not located at that time.
Alvah was born August 10, 1890 at Sandwich, Mass. Along with our classmate, Fletcher Clark, he prepared for college at Sandwich High School. At Dartmouth he distinguished himself as a member of the varsity cross-country team. He was also an excellent scholar and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Following graduation with an A.B. degree, he went to Massachusetts Institute of Technology from which he graduated in 1914 with a B.S. degree in Sanitary Engineering. While at M.I.T. he was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha of which he became national vice president, secretary and chancellor. He was also a member of A.S.C.E. and A.C.I.
His first position was that of a chemist in a sugar factory in Puerto Rico, following which he became superintendent of water filtration and sewage treatment plants in Ohio and Michigan. He then formed a partnership with his brother at Tulsa, Okla., and for two and onehalf years their activities included work on the Spavinaw Water Project for the City of Tulsa, and as consultants for Houston, Texas.
Al had a distinguished record of achievement in the building industry. In Chicago he was for eight years manager of the Krenn & Dato Construction Company on all types of construction throughout the Middle West, specializing in designing waterworks. He then founded the Holway Construction Company with particular attention to the building of highway and appurtenant structures. In 1941, recognizing the need for high quality industrial floors, he became partner and business manager of CeMasco Floors Company, specializing in the construction of heavy-duty industrial floors. In January 1946 he joined Master Builders Company, establishing its branch office in Milwaukee and becoming manager. For sixteen years he was branch manager in Chicago and more recently as district manager in charge of the company's Chicago Bulk Distribution Station.
Alvah had contributed technical papers on water supply and construction to trade journals. He was active in several engineering groups. He was an officer or director in many contractors' organizations, including the Illinois Roadbuilders Association and the Illinois Contractors Association. He also served on labor committees negotiating contracts in the paving industry.
On August 25, 1915 Alvah married Marjorie Saville of Lexington, Mass. She died about two years ago and he recently married again. He is survived by his widow Angela and by two daughters and one son, Richard Saville, Tuck '50. There are nineteen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
1913
WALTER CHRISTOPHER HURSH died at the Barnstable County Hospital on July 25, 1967. His health had been deteriorating since an operation he had in May 1961.
Walter was in the U. S. Government Postal Service for many years until his retirement in December 1957.
He married Grace Irene Durand, July 4, 1917. They were the parents of two sons but this marriage was terminated in 1948. He married Mrs. Mildred M. Rich in May 1952, and they resided in Medford until moving to Hyannis in 1957.
Walter leaves his wife, Mildred; two sons, Christopher and Frank, and several grandchildren. The Class extends sincere sympathy to the family.
1917
WILLIAM MUNGALL BIRTWELL died at Sarasota, Fla., on December 13, 1967. He had been spending the winter at Englewood, Fla., where he became ill and was taken to the hospital at Sarasota. He died following an operation for correction of a ruptured aorta.
Bill was born at Barrhead, Scotland, on October 31, 1893, but came to this country at an early age and for a time lived at Bristol, R. I. He attended Pawtucket High School before entering Dartmouth. He went on to the Thayer School of Engineering from which he received a degree in Civil Engineering in 1918.
From the time he graduated he was connected with engineering firms and in 1944 became City Engineer for the City of Asbury Park, N. J. In 1945 he formed his own husiness under the name of Birtwell and Avakian, Inc., consulting engineers at Asbury Park, N. J.
On June 24, 1922 he married Helen Howard Trotter at Bristol, R. I. He is survived by his widow and their two daughters, Helen Turner and Margaret Rodger.
Bill served in World War I, enlisting as a private on January 26, 1918. He was commissioned a 2nd Lieut, in August and discharged in December 1918.
For many years Bill and Helen had taken pictures at our reunions and fall gatherings. This avocation resulted in an amazing collection of old pictures, movies, slides and mem books that formed a most valuable record of classmates and Class gatherings for our Fabulous Fiftieth last June.
1918
PHILIP EMERSON EVERETT died after a long illness on December 11, 1967, at St. Luke's Hospital, New York City. He resided at 440 Riverside Drive in New York.
Phil was a practicing lawyer, and a specialist in research work. He was active in his profession for 43 years.
Before moving to Riverside Drive, where he lived for 30 years, he lived in Brooklyn, attended the Union Church and was treasurer of the Church School. In 1933 he became interested in the great work done in the neighborhood by the Riverside Church. He proved to be a hard worker in the Men's Class and in the Church Collection Counting Committee, from January 1933 until his death. He was also Secretary for the Church Symphony Orchestra for seven years.
As a hobby Phil liked to write music, although he had had no formal training. Once he wrote music for the Dartmouth Band which Roger Howland and several of his classmates arranged so that it could be played by the Band on 1918's Thirty-fifth Reunion. Judge Stafford's poem was also set to music by Phil for a Dartmouth Night in 1950. A few years ago he wrote a short piece which the Carillonneur of Riverside Church played on the carillon on New Year's Eve.
Phil went through life with uncommon courage, setting forth a good example to many. True courage is cool and calm, and such courage Phil always showed in the battle of life.
He is survived only by his sister, Miss Rachel Everett, who still lives at 440 Riverside Drive, New York City, 10027.
GEORGE ABBOTT SALTMARSH JR. died in East Hampstead, N. H., on October 6, 1967, after a long illness. He was 72 years of age.
George was born in Everett, Mass., on February 5, 1895. He was a graduate of Winchester High School and the Class of 1918 at Dartmouth. During World War I he served in the Navy. He served as a member of the Finance Committee and member and chairman of the Board of Selectmen for the Town of Winchester, Mass. For 25 years he was an investment broker with J. H. Goddard & Co. in Boston.
He and his wife, Margaret, lived in Danville, N. H. He is survived by his wife, a daughter, Sandra, and a son, George A. Saltmarsh III.
1921
Attending a movie in Mexico in sound health with no forewarning, ROBERT GOULDING KENDALL suffered a massive heart attack November 27 and died a few minutes after being admitted to a hospital. His home was at Av. Aurora 505, Col. Chapalita, Guadalajara, Jal, Mexico. A retired shipping executive, he was district manager of the Waterman Corporation of California in Seattle, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Waterman Steamship Corporation, Mobile, Ala.
Born in Worcester, Mass., October 15, 1898, Bob prepared for college at North High School. At Dartmouth he was a member of Chi Phi and the tennis team.
In Manila, P. I., in 1929 he began his shipping career as assistant general agent of the States Steamship Company. In 1933 he was transferred to Shanghai, China, to manage traffic and cargo operations and supervise the oriental services of the American Pioneer Line and the Oceanic and Oriental Navigation Company.
In 1938 he was manager of the Transmarine Navigation Corporation in San Francisco and in 1939 foreign freight agent for the Coastwise Line in Portland, Ore. In the following two years he was general agent for the Everett Steamship Corporation in Shanghai and Hong Kong. In 1942 he was interned for eight months in the Japanese Civilian Internment Camp in Hong Kong.
Repatriated, Bob took a position with the Housing Authority of Portland as assistant manager and later manager of U. S. Government War Housing Projects for Defense Workers in Vanport City and Portland. In 1952 he returned to the shipping business as traffic solicitor with Sudden & Christenson, Inc., vice president of the Stanley Steamship Corporation in Portland and Seattle, and district manager of the Waterman Corporation in Seattle.
In World War I Bob served his country as private in the infantry, Officers Training School, Camp Lee, Va. In World War II as lieutenant and lieutenant commander in the Naval Reserve he was awarded a bronze star.
Bob married Nancy H. Holt in Portland, on June 25, 1923. She, three married daughters, and Robert G. Kendall Jr. '53, survive him.
1922
EDWIN WELLINGTON MACLAINE died November 30, 1967, at the Osteopathic Hospital, Boston.
He was a native of Roxbury, Mass., and entered Dartmouth in 1918 from Hyde Park (Mass.) High School. His classmates and many college friends will remember him very favorably as a member of the Dartmouth Naval Reserve and of Lambda Chi Alpha.
After his graduation he worked several years for Filene's in Boston. About 1931 he moved from Hyde Park to Needham where he had since lived, his latest address being 567 Webster St. In World War II he served in the Army Air Force. After the war he worked as an accountant in Boston and more recently for the Sandler Shoe Co. in Needham.
Ed is survived by his wife Mary (Coen) and a sister, Mrs. Edith Bridgman of Sarasota, Fla. The Class joins them in sorrow.
1923
HALSEY HUXHUM MILLS passed away on December 10 at a Plainville, Conn, convalescent hospital. Halsey was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., and came to Dartmouth from the University School in Cleveland, Ohio. He was one of our most versatile classmates—freshman and varsity football, varsity track, a member of the Lambs, and president of the Dartmouth Players. His fraternity was Delta Kappa Epsilon and he was also a member of Dragon.
Although our record of Halsey's business associations is not complete, we do know that he was with Halle Brothers Department Store in Cleveland for a period following graduation. He later became a special representative of Medusa Portland Cement Co., and during World War II was a civilian employee of the procurement division of the United States Army Air Corps. After the war he directed athletics at the Kinsley Hall School.
Funeral services were held December 1 at St. James Episcopal Church, where Halsey had been a long-time communicant. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Fred Culick of Pasadena, Calif., and Mrs. Roger W. Smith of Farmington, Conn., with whom he made his home, and by six grandchildren.
Halsey gave our Class color. He gave us personality and individuality. In accomplishing the unlikely he endeared himself to us all. We are sorry to have him go.
Word comes to us of the death on November 16 at Stamford, Conn., Hospital of JOHNCHARLES ZIMMERMAN. Memorial services were held on November 19 at the First Presbyterian Church in Stamford.
John was born on August 16, 1901 in Brooklyn, N. Y., and entered Dartmouth from Marquand Preparatory School. He was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa and was with us during 1919 and 1920. After leaving Dartmouth he was first associated with the Charles G. Edwards Co. in New York. In 1933 he formed his own company, the John C. Zimmerman Co., importers, of which he was president. In 1953 this firm was liquidated and he became associated with George C. Castles, realtor in Stamford, from which firm he retired shortly before his death.
John lived in Stamford for 40 years and was a member and past commodore of the Stamford Yacht Club. He also held membership in the Stamford Midtown Club. Survivors are his wife, the former Dorothy Maxwell, of 8 Hickory Lane, Darien, a son John C. Zimmerman III '53, and three grandchildren.
1924
HERBERT CECIL MELLENEY died October 30, 1967. He was a retired Colonel (Air Force); he attended Dartmouth, and graduated from Fordham University Law School and Bentley School of Accountancy and Finance. He is survived by Ruth, his wife, one son, Herbert Jr., and a brother - to all of whom we send our sympathy and good wishes.
1925
MARTIN FRANCIS HUBERTH JR. died unexpectedly while in Hopkins Center, Hanover, N. H., on January 3, 1968.
Born in New York City, May 14, 1904, Marty prepared for college at DeWitt Clinton High School. He was on the Bema Board, serving as notorial editor his senior year. From the time he graduated until July 1, 1959, he was in the real estate business in New York City, being a member and later president and chairman of the board of the finn of Huberth & Huberth, Inc.
Marty always had a yen to grow flowers and he pursued this ambition by retiring to Lyme, N. H., in 1959 establishing the Brick Hill Nursery as a hobby. In a very short time, however it became a thriving business.
Marty was one of the most loyal of Dartmouth men. Perhaps his greatest achievement to edit the fortieth reunion history and report for the class of 1925
Survivors include his wife, Doris; two sons, Peter of Green Bay, Wis. and Jonathan C., attending the Yale School of Drama; one daughter, Mrs. Coralie Sloan of Lorton, Va.; and a sister, Mrs. Charles Keene of Scarsdale, N. Y.
A memorial service was held at the Lyme Congregational Church, of which Marty was a trustee His body was donated to Dartmouth Medical School, a final manifestation of his love for the College.
FRED ALDER REED is reported by a friend as having died December 26, 1967. A transfer from the University of Notre Dame, Fred was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon. He spent most of his business career as a newspaper advertising salesman, having been the eastern representative of the Chicago Daily News with headquarters in New York City the past 30 years.
Fred was married three times and according to our latest record is survived by his wife Janet; two daughters, Mrs. G. F. Snellenberger and Mrs. J. B. Phillips; and son, Donald P., together with four grandchildren, to all of whom the deep sympathy of the Class is extended.
1926
On New Year's Day, 1968, DR. ANDREW JAMES OBERLANDER, Medical Director of the Prudential Insurance Company and Dartmouth's all-time All-American halfback, suffered a heart attack and died within ten minutes of coming in from working about his home on Pleasantville Road in New Vernon, N. J. Jim had a fibrillation of the heart, but as a physician knew how to live with it, so his sudden death was a great shock to his many friends and professional and business associates as well as his family. A memorial service, Thursday, January 4, at the New Vernon Presbyterian Church was attended by teammates Nate Parker, Dutch Diehl, Eddie Dooley, George Champion, all '26, plus Myles Lane '28 and Bob Hall '24, as well as classmates Carl Allen, John Arenovski, Jack Bickford, Charlie Bishop, Bob Cleary, Ed Hanlon, Jake Jacobus, Chuck Webster, and Snipe Esquerré.
After graduation Jim started his pre-medical studies at Ohio State University and finished them at Yale Medical School from which he received his M.D. degree in 1933. While at Ohio State he was assistant football coach. While at Yale he was head coach at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn. Fittingly, the last Wesleyan team he coached was Little Three champion, just as the last Dartmouth team he played on was national champion. At a Wesleyan Alumni Dinner in his honor in New York at the close of his final coaching season he was acclaimed "a player's ideal of a coach."
After a period of practicing medicine in Massachusetts, he became Chief of the Infirmary of the University of New Hampshire, and then joined the National Life Insurance Company of Montpelier, Vt. as Medical Director. He joined the Prudential in 1953 as Medical Director of the Chicago office and served there until transferring to Newark in 1963, as Main Office Medical Director, the position he held at the time of his death. During World War II, he served in the Navy as a senior Medical Officer at various bases and on a ship in the Pacific.
It is hard to describe to anyone who has not seen him in action how good a football player was this Jim Oberlander, who off the field was so quiet, gentle, unassuming and self-effacing. The way he raised his knees when carrying a ball caused tacklers to bounce off him like tennis balls off a wall. When he raised his arm for his famous straight arm, tacklers usually stayed down for the long count. His blocking and line backing were perfection. "Crushing" was the usual term sports writers used to describe these departments of his play. He was no mean punter and as a passer he was in a class by himself. All he could do was throw a football, not the hand-shaped egg in use today, to any spot in the field, from any spot in the field, either set or running, with bull's-eye accuracy, including the length of the field, if necessary. A top modern pro passer on a hot day gives you a faint idea.
Here are some of the newspaper headlines of the 1925 season, game by game: Oberlander Big Noise as Dartmouth Runs Over Tricky Hobart 34-0 - Oberlander Lane McPhail Run Wild Through Vermont Line 50-0 - "Big Swede" Used Less Than One-Half the Game Scores 4 of 8 Touchdowns Against Maine - Dazzling Bewildering Football Stuns Harvard 32-9 - Oberlander Lane Tully Chief Cogs in Crushing Defeat. Oberlander Takes Rank as Wonder Back and If There is a Greater All Around Football Player This Season Than Obie, the 50,000 who Saw This "Wild Bull" in the Stadium Yesterday Would like To Look At Him. - Oberlander Unleashes Hurricane of Passes to Smear Cornell 62-13. Dive Tackle Run for Fifty Yards and Touchdown Voted Outstand- ing Top Play of Season - Oberland is Star of Stars in 33-7 Win Over Chicago.
This last one hits the nail right on the head. Neither Jim Oberlander nor Jim Thorpe, to whom Stanley Woodward, Sports Editor of the old New York Tribune, favorably compared the "Big Swede," could dive tackle for 50 yards and a touchdown against a good Cornell team and a great Cornell line, without ten other fellows out there doing their job and doing it superbly. And he had genuinely great stars for teammates, Diehl, Tully, Sage, Parker, Davis, Bjorkman in the line, Lane, Dooley, Leavitt in the backfield, to name a few. But Jim had the acknowledged extra. He was the super-star.
And here is what Grantland Rice (in Hanover covering Cornell Game, Nov. 7, 1925) said about him: "Swede Oberlander, one of the greatest of all backfield stars ... passed and ran for a total approaching 400 yards. In addition to all his endless efforts on offense, Oberlander's tackling was sure and deadly. He did all the work of a truck horse and Man O'War combined. It was the finest exhibition of brilliancy in every department of the game that any back has shown since Jim Thorpe knew his football prime."
They say you can't compare eras, but Myles Lane, not unknown as an athlete himself, said recently of Jim: "Imagine him today, with his size and strength, with his ability and gifts, with his ruggedness and punishment absorbing qualities, he would be today's perfect pro quarterback. Imagine him today!"
Track men will tell you few people realized how fast Jim was; particularly how fast off the mark. It wasn't just God's gift. Characteristically he worked hard at it with Harry Hillman. The result was the fastest sprinters were all outs and hard put to stay with him for 50 yards. And his specialty, where he was one of Dartmouth's mainstays, was the field events, of course.
Integrity, ability and courage were the hallmarks of his character. Off the field as well as on it. But off the field, the "Wild Bull," "Thunderer of the North" and similiar phrases of the sportswriters were a mockery of the gentleness, kindness, consideration, modesty and thoughtfulness of others that endeared him to his classmates and all who knew him.
To his beloved wife Madeleine, his fine sons, David and Jim, and all his loved ones, his '26 classmates and all Dartmouth Men everywhere extend their sincere sympathy and share with them the memory of a true gentleman, a sterling sportsman, and one of Dartmouth's all-time greats in every respect and by any standard.
H. P. E.
1928
Dartmouth lost one of its most courageous and determined alumni when KENNETH WILLIAM TURNER died at Tompkins Cove, N. Y., on November 21, 1967. Ken Turner, in the course of a normal productive and happy life, was suddenly stricken with polio in November 1954. He was in a critical condition for a substantial period but eventually spent eighteen months at the West Haverstraw Rehabilitation Center and survived but he was hopelessley crippled from the neck down. Then came the problem of finding a way to make a living under those circumstances, which was important not only from a financial standpoint but for the sake of Ken's morale. At the suggestion of a close friend, Alfred Bottom, of Bennington, Vt., Ken went to work on the task of developing a mail order magazine subscription business. He was helped greatly in this endeavor by classmates Don Norris and Bill Heep The ALUMNI MAGAZINE printed an article about Ken's situation and the Dartmouth fellowship rallied around with traditional loyalty and sympathy. Ken's business grew and prospered and he came to have perhaps the largest correspondence with Dartmouth people in the history of the College and its alumni body. It seemed that almost anyone who bought magazines bought them through Ken Turner. Ken, his family and his friends have been most grateful for this support.
Ken Turner was born May 2, 1907 in Claremont, N. H. He lived in Mount Vernon, N. Y., as a boy and graduated from Mount Vernon High School. He entered Dartmouth with the Class of 1928 but was forced to leave after about two years due to the death of his father. He worked for a time at Lord and Taylor, New York, along with classmates Bill Heep and Craw Pollock. He then went to James McCreery & Co. and in 1941 he entered the Army as a private, coming out in June 1945 as a first lieutenant.
On June 7, 1941 Ken married Fidelia Waite of New York City and their children are Gayle Haine, born in 1947, and Parker Waite, born in 1950. After the war in 1945 Ken moved to Bennington, Vt., where he was vice president of the Catamaran Mills. He returned to the New York area and lived in Rye until stricken with polio in 1954.
Ken is remembered with deep affection by his classmates and friends from his college days and during his normal working life. He is, likewise, remembered with the utmost admiration by all of us who knew and appreciated his courageous and fruitful life after his unfortunate illness. We offer our sympathy to Fidelia and their children, all of whom have contributed to Ken's adjustment and business success.
1929
It is with sorrow that we report the passing of EVAN WILSON TURRELL. Wils died at Alexandria Hospital after a heart attack, on November 30. His home was at 3511 South Stafford St., Arlington, Va.
Since 1947 Wils had been a Supervisory Accountant for the General Accounting Office. Prior to that time he had been affiliated with the Columbia Record Company.
His first wife, Dorris, passed away in August 1966. He is survived by his wife Mary Catherine, two daughters by his first marriage, two sisters, and five grandchildren.
We will miss his smiling face.
It is with deep regret that we report the passing of KINGSBURY SMITH NICKERSON. Nicky was chairman of the board of the First National Bank of Jersey City. He was 59 years old and lived at 121 Slope Drive, Short Hills.
Nicky joined the Jersey City bank in 1949 as a vice-president and director. He became president in 1953 and chairman of the board last June. He was a director of the Fireman's Insurance Company of Newark, the Keuffel Esser Co., the Hackensack Water Company, the Spring Valley Water Co., and the Howes Leather Company. He was a trustee of Stevens Institute of Technology and a member of the regional advisory committee to the Controller of the Currency.
He had been president of the Northern New Jersey Clearing House Association, and a director of the State and Jersey City Chambers of Commerce. He attended New York University's School of Economics and Banking after his graduation from Dartmouth.
Surviving are his widow, Clarissa, a daughter, Mrs. Samuel C. Hoagland, a son, William H. '55, and five grandchildren. A memorial service was held at the Community Congregational Church. Gus Wiedenmayer and Art Clow represented the Class.
We shall miss him.
1931
HENRY WARREN WILSON, known to his classmates as "Bevo," drowned on November 28, 1967 as the result of a boating accident. He had just purchased a cabin cruiser at Egg Harbor, N. J., and with a friend was taking it to Coral Gables, Fla. About two miles off Cobb Island, 40 miles north of Norfolk, the cabin cruiser caught fire and exploded. Seas were too rough to permit assistance. On the following day an overturned 10-fOot dinghy was found on the shore, and Henry's body lay nearby, clad in a life jacket. The body of the friend, John Stefanik, was found floating in the water.
"Bevo" was vice-president of the Jamar- Olmen Company, Elk Grove Village, Ill., a roofing and siding firm.
He had attended St. Albans Academy, where he was captain of varsity teams in football, basketball, track, and baseball.
Although he did not complete his studies at Dartmouth, he played varsity football during the time he was in Hanover.
He was Chief Warrant Officer in the Seabees in World War II, serving two years in Europe and one year in the Pacific.
He is survived by his wife, Ruth, who resides at 1340 Dartmouth Road, Flossmoor, Ill.
BASIL FRANK AUSTIN, of 121 Stoner Drive, West Hartford, Conn., died suddenly at his home on December 4, 1967. A life-long resident of the area, "Bat" was a partner in Conning & Co., and a director of Austin Organ, Inc., and Polychoke Co. He was warden of St. John's Episcopal Church in West Hartford, and a corporator of the Hartford Hospital.
He attended Tabor Academy where he excelled in track, becoming captain of the track team in his final year. He was also musically active. At Dartmouth he majored in Geology, was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa and the varsity track team.
In 1936 he went into the investment business with Conning & Co. There seemed not to be enough money in the organ business at that time. In 1949 he was made a partner in the investment firm, continuing his interest in Austin Organ, Inc.
His activities for Dartmouth have been most impressive. One classmate writes, "He was one of the most loyal and long-term Fund agents." He donated the new pipe organ for Rollins Chapel in 1963, in memory of his father, Basil G. Austin. The organ was made by his company, as was the Vail organ in Spaulding Auditorium.
He was elected to the executive committee of the General Association of Alumni in 1964. He became a member of the executive committee of the Class of 1931 at our last reunion.
He is survived by his wife, Carolyn Eberle Austin; a son, John T. Austin II of Farmington. Conn.; a daughter, Mrs. Roland Reed of Windsor, Conn.; two sisters, and five grandchildren.
To quote another classmate, "He was a very fine man, quiet and unassuming, extremely well liked."
His mien and his record for his community and for his college are his monument.
1932
WALTER DELANO BURR JR. died suddenly of a heart attack on July 7, 1967 in Evanston, Ill. He was an accountant with Ricci and Co., importers, in Chicago.
Wally was born in St. Paul, Minn., on February 2, 1908 and prepared for Dartmouth at Lake Forest Academy. He stayed in college less than a year, leaving to marry Mary Elizabeth Neal on February 2, 1928.
He was widely known for his generous hospitality to friends and neighbors in Evanston, where he welcomed large groups to his home and swimming pool through the years. He had presided at a large and festive gathering on the Fourth of July three days before his death.
Our sympathy goes to Wally's widow, Mary, his son, Walter D. III, two daughters, Mrs. Betty Scott and Mrs. Nancy Davis, seven grandchildren, and his brother, Stiles W. of the Class of 1931.
CHARLES GORDON WALKER, prominent attorney of northern Kentucky, died on October 27, 1967 at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Cincinnati. He suffered a stroke October 16 while vacationing on Sea Island, Ga., was hospitalized at Jacksonville, Fla., and on October 22 was flown to St. Elizabeth Hospital. An attorney for 32 years, Gordon was a law partner with Charles Adams and Earl King in Covington.
He was born in Cincinnati on December 26, 1911 and graduated from Covington High School. At Dartmouth, "Sonny" became a member of Sigma Nu, majored in sociology, and took part in Carnival shows. He entered law practice after taking his LL.B. at the University of Cincinnati in 1935. During the war he first did contact procurement work as a civilian for the Army Air Force (1941-43) then served as First Lieutenant in the JAGD (1943-45).
Gordon had been active in community activities, serving as director or trustee for a number of organizations. These included the Covington-Kenton County T.B. Sanatorium, the Home for Aged & Indigent Women, the Immanuel Methodist Church, St. Elizabeth Hospital, and the Kentucky Commission for Handicapped Children. He was twice president of the Kenton County Bar Association and was a director of the Citizens National Bank, Covington.
The Class of 1932 extends its sympathy to Gordon's widow, the former Marjorie Murphey, whom he married on November 28, 1936. She resides at 3025 Turkey Foot Road, South Fort Mitchell, Ky.
1940
CHARLES MARSHALL GOODWIN died September 27 in Weston, Vt., of bronchial pneumonia. He had been in poor health since shortly after 25th reunion.
Chuck entered with our Class from Mount Hermon School and while at Dartmouth exiled celled in skiing, an avocation he pursued the rest of his life. He was a member of the freshman glee club and an English major. He served in the Marines for three years during World War II and spent almost two years as a photo interpreter receiving a Divisional Commendation for his work at okinawa- He later was stationed in Peking, China.
For several years Chuck was captain of the Bromley ski patrol. He was a member of the National Ski Patrol Association and the Professional Ski Patrol of America. He also encased in construction and surveying.
He is survived by his wife, the former Dorothy Foster, four children and his mother, to all of whom go our deepest sympathies.
1942
MILTON PETER LINK JR., vice president and member of the administrative committee of the Procter and Gamble Company, died on December 11, 1967. His death resulted from injuries suffered November 20 in a plane crash which also claimed the life of his wife, the former Elizabeth Douglas Cramer. The Links resided at 2998 Annwood Street in Cincinnati.
Pete Link entered Dartmouth from Ridgewood (N. J.) High School, at which time he lived in Glen Rock. He was born in Newark, N. J. At Dartmouth he became a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
After graduation he served until 1946 as a captain in meteorological work of the Army Air Force in the European and Pacific theaters. He received his M.B.A. at Harvard Business School in 1947 and subsequently joined Procter and Gamble, where he became advertising manager, division general manager, and vice president.
Pete was a director of the Ohio Valley Capital Corporation and the Security Rug Cleaning Company. His memberships included the Board of the Contemporary Arts Center and the Dan Beard Council of the Boy Scouts; president of the Board of Deacons of the Seventh Presbyterian Church: past president of the Cincinnatus Association; active in United Appeal; past member of the Mayor's Friendly Relations Committee in Cincinnati and the White House Conference on Children and Youth, Conference on Metropolitan Problems, Family Life ation of Community Health and Welfare Council, the Citizens' Committee for Child Welfare and Hospitals, Queen City Club, Cincinnati Tennis Club, Dartmouth Club, Harvard Club, and the Advertisers Club of Cincinnati. Among Pete's hobbies were swimming, tennis, theater, reading, and travel.
Memorial services for Pete and Liz were held on December 12 at the Seventh Presbyterian Church. The family requested that in lieu of flowers memorial gifts be sent to the Burn Surgical Research Fund, University of Cincinnati.
Pete leaves two sons, Douglas Peter, 16, and Christopher Wylie, 12; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Milton P. Link of Ridgewood, N. J.; and one brother, Roderick W. of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. His children will be living with Paul C. Cramer, his brother-in-law, who lives in Cincinnati.
The Class of 1942 extends sincere sympathy to all members of the Link and Cramer families. Pete and Liz were respected by all who knew them.
"The Still North Remembers" ...
1946N
DR. RALPH IRA MOND of 8 Greenwood Dr., Millburn, N. J., died November 8, 1967.
Ralph, who was born in Brooklyn, attended Dartmouth during the war years and graduated from New York University - Bellevue Medical Center in 1949. He was associated with the Lenox Hill Hospital in New York before joining the staff of Overbrook Hospital in Summit, N. J., in 1955. His specialty was internal medicine. Ralph served in the Navy as a captain from 1950 to 1952.
He leaves his wife Sandra and two daughters, Susan and Jane, both at home. The Class of 1946 extends its deepest sympathy to Mrs. Mond and her daughters.
1951
STUART THOMPSON DANIELS died September 7, 1967 of a heart attack. He is survived by his wife Constance, son Richard, and daughter Sharon.
Stu and his family lived at 100 Wyckoff Ave., Wyckoff, N. J. He was most recently president of Fletcher, Daniels & Co., an advertising agency in Midland Park, N. J. He was previously an account executive with Union Bag & Paper Corp. in New York City.
Stu entered Dartmouth from Deerfield Academy, where he was a member of the Drama Club, yearbook staff, orchestra, and soccer and swimming teams. In College he was an English major and became a member of Delta Upsilon. He worked with the Dartmouth Players, the Experimental Theater, WDBS, and played freshman soccer. Following graduation, he served with the Army Signal Corps.
1957
From news received recently, we note that SAMUEL ALBERT ADAMS died November 16, 1967 in an apartment house fire in Tokyo, Japan, where he had been studying Japanese history as a basis for an historical novel on which he was working. The Class of 1957 extends its sympathy to Sam's family.
1964
First Lieutenant PETER WHITCOMB MORRISON was killed in Vietnam last June when the B-57 of which he was navigator crashed on an operational mission.
Pete graduated from Dartmouth in 1964 and joined the Air Force. He was selected for Officer Training School by competitive examination. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in December of 1964 and earned his navigator's wings in 1965. Pete had served in Vietnam since 1966.
The crash was reported to have taken place after the plane departed from Phan Rang Air Base.
The Class extends its sympathies to his parents and friends.
Prof. George Z. Dimitroff, A.M. '47
Andrew James Oberlander '26
