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.]

Cross, Ernest S. '01, May 2 Huntington, James L. '02, May 4 Kenerson, Edward H. '03, Apr. 24 Kerley, James J. '10, Jan. 9 Ingersoll, Jonathan E. '11, Apr. 18 Drury, Ralph H. '13, Feb. 1968 Nolan, Walter H. '13, Apr. 12 Huntress, Frank C. '17, Apr. 28 Torrey, Bowen '17, May 1968 Belding, Hiram H. Jr. '18, Apr. 14 Bevan, Kenneth C. '19, Apr. 28 Stewart, Elmer W. '20, May 9 Holt, Walter W. '21, Apr. 23 Merrill, John L. '22, Feb. 14 Swett, Cedric W. '23, Aug. 13, 1967 Octavec, Henry J. '25, Feb. 26 Gardner, Donald W. '27, May 6 Williams, Bedford '27, Apr. 8 Bennet, Charles G. '28, Apr. 10 Shurtleff, Merrill, Jr. '28, Apr. 17. Hodson, James W. '29, May 1 Benson, Clarence B. '30, Apr. 13 Burns, Ewing I. '30, May 4 Savage, E. Linwood Jr. '30, Apr. 22 Staudt, Edward P. '33, Dec. 1966 McClean, Robert '35, Mar. 4 King, Robert H. '37, Apr. 3 Meeker, William W. '49, May 3 Watson, John F. '52, Apr. 14 Kennedy, John W. Jr. '57, Apr. 9 Herrick, Charles P. '59, May 2 Kochins, Thomas G. '65, Apr. 10 Mathews, Frank H. '10m, May 3 Bierly, Rufus M. '24m, Jan. 3

1903

EDWARD HIBBARD KENERSON died in his home in Green Valley, Arizona, on April 24, 1968 at the age of 87.

Ned was born October 31, 1880, in Nahant, Mass., where his father was superintendent of schools and principal of the high school. He entered Dartmouth from Roxbury Latin School, and became a member of Phi Gamma Delta. After graduation, Ned for 17 years traveled Vermont, New Hampshire, and parts of Massachusetts as the agent of Ginn & Company, textbook publishers of Boston. Made office manager for New England in 1917, he was admitted to partnership in the firm in 1919. He served as treasurer of Ginn from 1935 to 1939 and retired as New England sales manager and director in 1950.

In 1965, in reply to a class questionnaire, Ned answered the question of "Retired or still working?" as "Retired but still working at various things of interest—Director, Boston Financial Publishing Co.; trustee of Charlesbank Homes, established by Edwin Ginn; life member, finance committee of Winchester Hospital; trustee emeritus Winchester Savings Bank."

For the Class of 1903 he was continuously active and interested, serving as President, Class Secretary, Class Agent, and for many years Bequest and Estate Planning Chairman. At the Class Officers' Weekend in May 1966 Ned was presented with a well-deserved citation as Bequest Chairman of the Year.

Ned was the first president of the American Textbook Publishers Institute and was success- ful in representing the educational sector of publishers in Washington during World War II in obtaining adequate paper quotas for serving the wartime needs of the military and schools for instructional materials.

He maintained a home in Winchester, Mass. (where he had his summer residence) for most of his adult life. He was a charter life member of the University Club of Boston and a lifelong member of the Winchester Country Club. Through the beneficiary provisions of a family trust, he provided scholarship aid for college education to more than 60 graduates of McIndoe Academy, Peacham Academy, and Lyndon Institute, all located in Caledonia County, Vermont. He was a past director of Winchester Home for the Aged, past president of the Winchester Hospital, and one-time trustee of public funds in Winchester.

He leaves his wife, Charlotte (Ryder); sons John B. '28 of Wellesley, Mass., and David R. '37 of Snell Island, St. Petersburg, Fla.; daughters Margaret K. Rea of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Ellen K. Gelotte of Lexington, Mass. He also leaves 13 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

A memorial service was conducted by the Rev. Robert Storer at the Unitarian Church in Winchester, Mass. on Sunday, May 12.

The few of us left now of 1903 have lost a busy devoted member and a personal friend. I know of no one who has had a wider circle of Dartmouth friends and no one who has devoted his time and talents to further more zealously and effectively the worthwhile development of his Class and College.

We who must carry on will miss our Ned Kenerson. We join in deepest sympathy to his devoted widow Charlotte and to the other members of the family.

1908

RALPH PRESCOTT CURRIER died April 1, 1968 after a heart attack at the home of his son Richard in Amherst, N.H. He would have observed his 82nd birthday on April 28.

Ralph was born in Amherst, April 28, 1886, and except for about 20 years lived in that town. He prepared for Dartmouth at Milford High School. For two years after graduating cum laude from Dartmouth he taught in the Quincy (Mass.) High School, then became headmaster of high schools in Holbrook, Mass. and Milford, N.H., teaching mathematics and Latin and coaching baseball and basketball. In 1918-19 he was drafted to be director of the U.S. School Gardens Army in the states of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. From 1918 to 1923 he was Superintendent of Schools in the Wilton, N.H., district.

In 1923 he gave up teaching for poultry farming and also became a distributor for Coppers Combustion and Ryan and Baker, school supplies of Cambridge, Mass. Since 1930 he had devoted most of his time to poultry farming and dairying at his home in Amherst. During the war from 1943 to 1945 Ralph was agent for the Federal Farm Placement Bureau, supplying extra help where needed.

He was a member of the Amherst School Board, 1933-43, and a director of the Farm and Loan Association. He served on the building committee for the original part of the Clark School.

In July, 1911, he married Mary Litchfield Hunt of Quincy, Mass., to whom were born four sons and two daughters. His grandson, David is Dartmouth '66.

On August 18, 1961 the Curriers were honored at the Robert Curriers home on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary at which the whole family, including 18 grandchildren, was present.

In recent years Ralph and Mary spent their winters in Sarasota, Florida, and there Mary passed away on February 14, 1964, after a brief illness.

1909

ROBERT EDWARD PRIEST of Old Common Road, Lancaster, Mass., died at St. Vincent Hospital, Worcester, Mass., on March 17, 1968 after a short illness.

Bob was born on March 14, 1885 at Clinton, Mass., and came to Dartmouth from the Clinton High School. He remained with us only freshman year and then returned to Clinton where he remained until eight years ago when he moved to Lancaster. He was an electrician by profession and served the town of Lancaster many years as wire inspector. On July 8, 1950, he was married to Bertha Regan at Clinton, Mass. She survives, as do several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were conducted on March 20 at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Clinton, Mass. by Rev. Richard S. Knight '41, the rector. Burial was in Woodlawn Cemetery, Clinton, Mass.

1910

JAMES JOSEPH KERLEY died in his sleep January 9, 1968. He had been living in a nursing home near his son, in Cheverly, Md. He had lived with his son, James Jr., since his retirement in 1956 from service as an engineer with the Army (Civilian) Civil Service.

Jim was born in Maltaville, N.Y., July 17, 1886. He entered College from Ballston Spa (M.Y.) High School. In freshman year he was a member of the class basketball squad. He received his degree in civil engineering from Thayer School in 1915. Some time was spent in Canada and Pennsylvania and Virginia, in different mining projects.

From earliest college years we remember Jim as a quiet and reserved member of the Class and this was to be his way throughout his life. He was ever loyal to the College and Class but he was not one to tell much about himself.

Jim was married July 25, 1917 in Brooklyn, N.Y., to Margaret Lyons. She died in 1955. Survivors are a daughter and two sons, James '43, Thomas '46, and 21 grandchildren.

1911

JONATHAN EDWARDS INGERSOIX died in Hartford, Conn., April 18, 1968, after a long illness following a shock two years ago. His wife, the former Mary Childs of Cleveland, cared for him with great devotion during these years.

Jack was bom in Cleveland, Ohio, February 24, 1889, attended public schools there, including high school, where his ability as an athlete was first discovered. His outstanding career at Dartmouth began upon his matriculation in the fall of 1907, and ended as Class Marshal at Commencement in June 1911.

Jack's activities and interests in college were so diversified he was widely known and highly respected. He won the Samuel Powers Prize for combined scholarship and athletic ability. His memberships in college organizations included Delta Kappa Epsilon, Casque and Gauntlet, Turtle, class baseball and basketball teams, varsity football four years, Glee Club, Choir, Round Robin, Palaeopitus, Class President, track team, Promenaders, and Marshal.

Jack entered business immediately after graduation but his main interest was related to sports in some form. For a year he was Graduate Manager of Athletics at Dartmouth. For fifteen years he officiated at college football games. He was Head Coach at Colgate and West Virginia Polytechnic Institute. He also participated in broadcasting sports events, including some Dartmouth games as well as those of other prominent colleges. In his later years he was director of publicity at Hillyer College in Hartford, Conn., and a staff member of the New England Council. He was an ardent alumnus of the College, attending all the regular reunions except the 30th.

His marriage to Marion Roby of Concord ended in a divorce in 1940. Three children of this union - Jane, Mary and Jonathan Jr. - are all married and together with several grandchildren are survivors with his widow, Mary.

Jon Jr. and his wife live in Hanover, where he is associated with CRREL.

1913

With sadness we announce the death of WALTER HARVEY NOLAN, our beloved classmate. "Harp" was 77 years old and died at Framingham, Mass., April 17, 1968. He came to Dartmouth from Somerville, Mass. where he attended Somerville Latin School.

"Harp" will always be remembered for his witticisms and unfailing good humor. He had a wealth of stories and songs which provided much entertainment to his listeners, who were always numerous. "Harp" was a good athlete and played on his class teams in football and baseball.

At the time of his death, he was retired with the rank of Major U.S. Army Corps of Military Police. Besides his widow, Irene K. (Fitz-patrick) Nolan, he leaves his son Harvey '49, who resides in North Smithfield, R.I. All our sympathy goes to his wife and family.

1916

HARRY TUCKER FLANDERS, a wheelchair cripple, died tragically on the afternoon of April 9, 1968 when a fire gutted his home on Prospect Hill Road, Harvard, Mass. His wife was in a "Boston hospital at the time.

Among the youngest members of our Class, "Blondie" was born in Brentwood, N.H., April 26, 1896. He came to Dartmouth from Sanborn Seminary and won our respect both by working his way through college and still making Phi Beta Kappa.

He served overseas 1917-19 in the Army's Motor Transport Corps. For years thereafter he owned a stationery business in Boston and lived in Arlington. Our record of him is limited because his interest waned, perhaps because we did not know that he had long suffered from diabetes. He had lived in Harvard for the past five years.

In 1920 Harry was married to Mabelle Perkins of Medford, who survives him, as do a daughter, a brother, and three grandchildren. We share their sorrow and extend them deepest sympathy.

STUART DUDLEY HALLAGAN died in a Rochester, N.Y., hospital on March 23, 1968 after a prolonged illness. He was 73. His contact with the Class both at Hanover and subsequently was limited but the warming fact is that the spell of Dartmouth and the north country still held him. For he had his full four years at Hanover later in life through his older son Stuart Jr. who was a three-D track man in the Class of 1962. The younger son James is D '68.

Born in Utica, "Hally" came to Dartmouth from Lawrence Academy and for a year roomed beside Verge Rector and Andy McClary in North Mass with Roger Barott, then attended Syracuse for a year.

From then on he played everything he did to the hilt. Starting as an airplane assembler, he served overseas as a Navy pilot in World War I, later owned his own plane and hangar, and as a leading citizen of Newark, N.Y., in the '30s, promoted regional air shows and meets.

From 1926 to 1960 he was chairman and treasurer of Bloomer Bros. Co., a carton boxmaking firm in Newark. For 53 years he was also affiliated with the Hallagan Mfg. Co., makers of furniture, and when he died had been its president for twenty years.

For four decades he was a leader in Newark's industrial, banking, and civic affairs, hospitals, clubs, athletics and other community activities. His hobbies, pursued with equal zeal, were reading, sports, and wide travel.

He was married at Lewisburg, Pa., in 1930 to Mabel Ruhl who survives him, as do their two sons, Stuart Jr., now with IBM at Providence, and James, now at Ithaca College; two sisters, one brother, and one grandson Stuart Ill. To them all, the Class extends deep sympathy.

1917

RICHARD CABLE MORENUS, who lived at 400 East Randolph Street, Chicago, died on February 10, 1968. He was born September 5, 1894 at Walton, N.Y., and prepared for Dartmouth at Tome Institute.

Dick's first marriage was terminated by divorce. He is survived by his son Richard Jr. and his widow who reside at the Chicago address.

In September 1917, he enlisted in the U.S. Army as a private and was discharged in December 1918 at Camp Jackson, S.C., with the rank of Captain, F.A.

For several years he wrote voluminously in New York City for radio dramatic shows. Then followed an adventure in the Canadian wilds where he lived for six years. Returning to the States he remarried and with his wife, Nora, he went to Escanaba where he wrote his first book, Crazy White Man, and was employed for a time by Radio Station WDBC. Other published works included Dew Line, NorthlandAdventure, Alaskan Sourdough, and tales of action for children.

MORTON WOMERSLEY RHOADES, who lived at 156 S. Palm Drive, Beverly Hills, Calif., died in Beverly Hills on February 27, 1968. Funeral services were conducted from All Saints Episcopal Church where he had been very active.

In August 1917, at Boston, Mass., Mort, enlisted in the Quartermaster Corps after attending the Ist Plattsburg Training Camp. In December he sailed overseas in the quartermaster service of what later became the Motor Transport Corps. He saw action at Champagne-Marne and St. Mihiel, and was discharged at Camp Dix in August 1919, with the rank of Ist Sergeant.

Mort was a member of Chi Phi fraternity at Dartmouth.

On June 10, 1922, at Omaha, Neb., he married Grace Robertson, who survives him with two children, Carolyn Ann, now Mrs. Carolyn Rapp, and Robert Morton Rhoades.

For many years Mort was engaged in the insurance business, but was forced to retire seven years ago on account of poor health.

1918

HIRAM HURLBURT BELDING JR. passed away on April 14, 1968, at the age of 73. Funeri services were held on April 17 at the St. Elizabeth Episcopal Church in Glencoe, Ill.

"Hi" retired in 1961 as vice-president in charge of the midwest operations of Blyth & Co., an investment firm. He also had served as president of the New Trier High School Board.

He is survived by his widow Rose, at 574 Stonegate, Glencoe; three sons, Hiram H. Belding III '40, William and David; and two daughters, Mrs. Mary English and Mrs. Ann Ekbald.

Dartmouth has lost another valued son and 1918 another cherished classmate, in the passing of WILLIAM CURTIS GLOVER, who died in his sleep April 1, 1968, at his home on Brush Island, Darien, Conn. Curt, who was 71, suffered in recent years from a long and painful illness, but nevertheless he kept up his class duties, his class and college activities with the same keen interest he had always displayed in Dartmouth.

He was our class treasurer and a past president of the Dartmouth Class Treasurers Association. He was an enthusiastic attendant at 1918 gatherings and his gracious home on Brush Island, with Curt and Ruth the genial host and hostess, was a favorite gathering place for 1918ers after Dartmouth-Yale football games.

Curt, bom in Lawrence, Mass., prepared for college at the Lawrence High School. In college he entered into a variety of extracurricular activities. He was founder and captain of the soccer team, business manager of the Jack-o-Lantern, and a member of Sigma Chi fraternity.

During the First World War he trained under General Wood at Plattsburg and then joined the Quartermaster Corps where he was commissioned a lieutenant. After the war he returned to Dartmouth and graduated from Tuck School in 1920.

In 1923 he founded Write, Inc., manufacturers and distributors of carbon paper and ink ribbons. Due to Curt's keen sense of business, the firm was highly successful and now has headquarters in New York and Bridgeport, Conn. In recent years, his son, William C. Glover Jr., has succeeded him, as Chief Executive Officer.

Curt's son John was an outstanding member of the Class of 1955. He was an Ail-American swimming star, captain of the Dartmouth swimming team, and winner of the National Amateur Athletic Union 100-yard freestyle competition his senior year. The following year Curt and his family were dealt a tragic blow. John was stricken with acute inflammation of the pancreas while practicing for the Olympic tryouts and died in the Yale swimming pool. Curt set up a Dartmouth scholarship in memory of John.

The funeral services for Curt were conducted by our classmate, Rev. George Davis of New Rochelle, N.Y. George spoke with feeling about Curt as a friend, as an outstanding classmate, a loyal Dartmouth alumnus, and as a man with a host of Dartmouth friends. 1918 was represented at the services by Dorothy Davis, Ann and Johnny Johnston, Dorothy and Steve Mahoney, Peg and Dwight Sargent, Grace and Tay Cook, and Syl Morey, as well as representatives of other classes.

Curt will be sorely missed by his classmates who extend their heartfelt sympathy to his widow, the former Ruth Longenecker, his son William of Fairfield, Conn., and his three grandchildren.

1919

KENNETH CHARLES BEVAN passed away on April 28 in the Huggins Hospital in Wolfeboro, N. H. Casey had suffered from a ruptured aorta some months ago and had been hospitalized since.

In Hanover he joined Sigma Phi Epsilon and played varsity football for three years and was captain of the 1918 team. After graduation he was associated with various rubber companies and spent most of his business life with the Tyer Rubber Company of Andover, Mass., where he was vice president in charge of manufacturing at the time of his retirement a few years ago. He then became associated with the New York Higher Education Assistance Association with headquarters in Albany, N. Y., and was executive director of this organization until last year. He was also a 32nd degree Mason, and a member of the Shrine and the 8.P.o.E.

Casey was one of our most prominent and best-known clasmates. He was always on hand for reunions, both the regular ones and at Woodstock, and took in every football game when he was within traveling distance of where it was being played. He was a most loyal Dartmouth man and '19er and will be greatly missed by all of us who knew him so well.

Surviving are his widow Antoinette (Toni to us), Star Rt. 1, Wolfeboro, a stepson and a sister. To them goes the most sincere sympathy of 1919 in their sorrow.

1921

A science high school teacher and assistant principal until 1946 when the Massachusetts Institute of Technology employed him as a research expert on atomic energy, WALTER WILLIAM HOLT, born July 23, 1899, died April 25 at the Leonard Morse Hospital, Natick, Mass. His home was at 16 Greenwood Rd.

After leaving Dartmouth he worked as a chemist for the Massachusetts Chocolate Company (1923-24), the Fitchburg Rubber Company as a salesman (1924-27), and taught in secondary schools (1927-46). As a staff member at M.I.T., he concentrated on "Manhattan Project," which led to the development of the atomic bomb.

In 1951 Walter accepted the position of research associate at Boston University's Physical Laboratory. At Itek Corporation, from its founding in 1957 until his retirement in 1967, his activities included the physical testing of glass endurance to thermal shock, optical coating, the measurement of the refractive index of glass, lens testing, and resolutions testing. In his spare time at home he constructed a telescope, a MACSUTOV, the latest type for stellar and planetary observation.

An athlete, Walter enjoyed Softball, tennis, and bowling. He had many hobbies: camping in California and Canada and on the Bay of Fundy; travel, coin and stamp collecting, photography. and the construction and maintenance of a cottage on Lake Winnipesaukee.

A World War I veteran, Walter was a member of the American Legion, the New England Association of Chemistry Teachers, and the American Optical Society.

He is survived by his widow Marion, née Fuller, whom he married June 30, 1931 in Walpole, Mass.; his mother, two brothers, a daughter, and three grandchildren.

1922

JOHN LAMPREY MERRILL died February 14, 1968 at Portsmouth (N.H.) Hospital. Though he left Hanover after freshman year, many classmates will have favorable recollections of him. A native of Laconia, N.H., he lived there most of his life. In 1935 he began working for the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and in 1960 he was Chief of Review and Staff at the District Director's Headquarters in Portsmouth, N. H. His survivors include his widow, a son and a daughter, to whom the Class offers its sympathy.

1923

JAMES NOEL BROWN suffered a fatal heart attack in front of his Nashville, Tenn., office on March 22.

Jim, a graduate of Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn, was with us during freshman year. He lived in Thornton Hall with Al Emerson during that time and became a member of Phi Sigma Kappa. At the end of freshman year he transferred to Syracuse University where he graduated cum laude in 1924. He always retained a love for Dartmouth, however, and served as president of the Utica, N.Y., Club in 1947.

Immediately after graduation Jim was with the Syracuse Journal for a period and later with Standard Oil. In 1935 he became associated with the Moser and Cotins advertising agency in Utica and served as their executive vice-president for many years. His last connection was with Bunting and Associates in Nashville.

Jim is survived by his widow, the former Louisa Wright, Route 1, Brentwood, Tenn., and by two children, Noel Llewelyn and Nancy Nicholl Brown.

ROBERT FLETCHER CHARLES passed away March 29 after a long and disabling illness. Bob spent the last two years of his life in a nursing home in South Acton, Mass., the town in which he was born and where he lived most of his lifetime. He was a graduate of Concord (Mass.) High School and after he left Dartmouth earned an M.S. degree at M.I.T. in 1926. He was a direct descendant of Robert Fletcher who came to New England on the Mayflower's second voyage in 1630.

Bob, who never married, was a chemical research engineer for the Dennison Corporation in Framingham for 35 years prior to his retirement in the early sixties. He was a past master of Corinthian Lodge of Masons in Concord, Mass., and chairman for ten years of the Acton Finance Committee.

After he left college Bob became interested in music, learned to play the pipe organ, composed music, and for nearly 25 years acted as organist for Concord and Waltham Masonic bodies. His other interests were gardening and baseball. These, together with, his fraternal affiliations and devotion to community affairs, marked a long and quiet life of useful service.

1925

FRANCIS AUGUSTIN BRICK JR. died from an undisclosed cause in Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City, April 2, 1968.

Frank was born in Bayonne, N.J., April 23, 1902 and prepared for college at Bayonne High School. He remained in Hanover only three years and obtained his A.B. degree at Columbia in 1926. He received his law degree at Fordham in 1929. He was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon.

Frank was a member of the law firm of Donvan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine, with whom he became associated in 1929, and specialized in commercial litigation and estate law. He was lieutenant colonel in the Army during World War II and served on the Judge Advocate's staff of the 90th Infantry Division.

He was not married and is survived by a brother, James J.

DR. JAMES ROWLAND CURRY died from an undisclosed cause at New England Baptist Hospital, Boston, Mass., April 5, 1968.

F Jim was born in Wooster, Ohio, December 29 1903, and completed his secondary education at Wooster High School. He was a member of Theta Chi and on the track squad. He obtained a Ph.D. degree in chemistry at Johns Hopkins University in 1930 and continued his studies at the University of Berlin, 1930-32, and Technical University, Darmstadt, in 1933. In 1935 he abandoned business for academic life because, in his own words, "the material rewards are modest, but the atmosphere is stimulating and one has time to enjoy a great many things which life offers."

He became a chemistry professor at Williams College in 1936 and at the time of his death was Ebenezer Fitch Professor of Chemistry and Chairman of the Department of Chemistry at Williams. During World War II he was in the Radio Research Laboratory under the Office of Scientific Research and Development. In 1939 he married Leota DeVore of Wooster, Ohio. She passed away in 1965. He is survived by two sisters.

1927

BEDFORD WILLIAMS died April 8 of an apparent heart attack, at his home, 1893 Edgewood Dr., Palo Alto.

Bed came to Hanover from Chicago where he attended Northwestern Military Academy. In Hanover he managed freshman football, was a member of Green Key and Phi Gamma Delta. Going on from Hanover to Chicago, he received his law degree there. Bed joined the U.S. Marine Corps and served in World War II, not as a legal officer but as a combat officer, being awarded two combat stars—one for the Pacific Theatre and the other for the European Theatre. He served as a line officer platoon leader, winding up as a battalion commander. In the Korean War he was a staff legal officer and then an administrative contracting officer for the U.S. Air Force, 1960 to 1964. Leaving the service, he opened a law office in Los Altos.

Bed married Grace Holmstead in 1935. He was active as a Republican, a member of Lions International, American Bar Association, the AF and AM, the Elks, and the Palo Alto Chapter of the American Legion. Ben and Grace were back for 1927's 40th Reunion last June and he leaves many close friends among his classmates.

1928

JOHN JOSEPH CRONIN JR., a vice president and director of Shearson, Hammill & Co., New York stockbrokers, died April 8 in St. Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, N.J., after' a short illness. He lived at 54 Fairfield Drive, Short Hills, N.J.

John and Ann started in February for a vacation in Florida but John was taken sick in Pinehurst, N.C. After being hospitalized there he was brought to a hospital near home, and died a few weeks later.

John was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and prepared for college at South Orange (N.J.) High School. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi.

He was elected vice president of the Class at the 35th reunion and had served the College and Class in many ways: Assistant class agent, Alumni Interviewing Committee, and as reunion chairman for our 30th reunion. He was Planning on attending the 40th reunion this June.

His career was entirely on Wall Street. He was with L. F. Rothschild & Co. for the first 16 years, then with Tucker, Anthony & Co. as assistant manager of the bond department. For the past 22 years he has been with Shearson, Hammill & Co.

John served in the Navy in World War II, 1942-45, including a tour of duty as executive officer of the Naval Air Station at Key West. He reached the rank of Commander.

He leaves his wife Ann; two daughters, Ann and Cynthia, both at home; a stepson, Rev. Marshall T. Rice of Ridgewood, N.J.; a brother William; and two sisters, the Misses Frances and Regina, of East Orange.

Ann requested that in lieu of flowers contributions to the Dartmouth Alumni Fund would be appreciated, and as a result scores of contributions have been received and a fitting and lasting memorial to John's love of Dartmouth has been created.

CHARLES COURTNEY KELLER JR. died March 13 of a heart attack. Fie was an executive with Wertheim & Co., Now York, and had been in the bond business since graduation from the Tuck School.

A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Court came to Dartmouth from George Washington High School in New York. After getting his master's degree, he started with Blair & Co. and by 1942 was a vice president and general sales manager, and four years later was made a director. In 1953 he left to become an officer of Wertheim & Co.

Court was active in class and College affairs and was a regular attendant at reunions, class dinners and outings. He served for years as an assistant class agent.

Surviving are his wife Jane, at 16 Birchbrook Road, Bronxville, N.Y., and three children: Mary Jane Rundlett, Anne Torell and C. Courtney III. Also surviving are six grandchildren.

CHARLES GRAVES BENNET, who retired from the advertising business in New York last year and moved to California, died in San Jose on April 10. He had been in poor health for a year.

Chuck was bora in Evanston, Ill., in 1904 and educated at Evanston High and Exeter. He was a member of Psi U. He left Dartmouth in his sophomore year and started in the advertising business in Chicago. He served in the Navy, 1942-45, first in charge of a gun crew on a merchant vessel and later in the Canal Zone. After the war he moved to Darien, Conn., and worked in New York in the advertising department of several magazines. Since December of last year he had lived at 5519 Cribari Circle, San Jose.

Chuck is survived by his wife, Martha, whom he married in 1926; a daughter, Pat, of Palo Alto, and three grandsons.

1929

The Class of 1929 lost an outstanding member in the death of Superior Court Judge JAMES WILLIAM HODSON of Seattle, Wash., on May 1 of a heart ailment.

Jim became a Municipal Court Judge in 1942 and first sat on the Superior bench in 1944, filling in for Judge William J. Wilkins while the latter was on military leave. Judge Hodson was elected Superior Court Judge in 1948 and had served since.

A native of Waterbury, Conn., Jim graduated from Dartmouth in 1929 and attended Harvard Law School two years. He graduated in 1932 from the University of Washington Law School. In 1938 he was appointed by Mayor Arthur B. Langlie as judge pro tem of the Municipal Court. Mayor William F. Devin made the permanent appointment four years later. Judge Hodson gained national recognition for his administration of the Traffic Court.

Jim had been a director of the National Safety Council, and president of the SeattleKing County Safety Council, receiving its first annual award in 1958. He also had been vice president of the Antituberculosis League of King County and secretary of the Seattle Civic Unity Committee and had been on the Board of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, receiving its annual award last year.

Although he had been ill, Judge Hodson continued to hear cases. He had been in the hospital since March 9.

Jim was one of Dartmouth's most active alumni in the Pacific Northwest and had held every office in the Dartmouth Club of Western Washington based in Seattle. He also served two terms on the Dartmouth Alumni Council, representing that region. Jim was an avid horseman all his life and at his home, the "Diamond S Ranch" in Bellevue, he had his own stable and a small pasture.

Surviving are his widow, Grace, at the family home at the Diamond S Ranch; two daughters, Mrs. Thomas A. Pankau, Bellevue, and Mrs. John A. Dare, London, England, and a sister, Mary Hodson, Waterbury.

A Requiem Mass was said at St. James' Cathedral in Seattle on May 4, with burial in Sunset Hills Cemetery, Bellevue.

CYRUS FARLEY MORSE of 19 W. Shore Drive, Marblehead, Mass., died at the Mary A. Alley Hospital after a brief illness. Farley was treasurer of the Morse Blacking Company, Peabody, a firm founded by his grandfather in 1888.

Born in Newton, Mass., he was the son of the late James Ellison Morse and Elizabeth (Farley) Morse. A graduate of Governor Dummer Academy, Class of 1924, he completed his education at Dartmouth College, with our class.

His wife is the former Mary Clare Milner.

We regretfully report the death of STEPHEN NORDBLOM, in Philadelphia, Pa., on September 13, 1967.

Steve was a member of Beta Theta Pi and after graduation was employed by Sears Roebuck and later by Philco. His recent activities are unknown to us.

It is with deep regret that we report the death of LAURANCE AVERY PAISLEY, who died of a heart attack on February 2, 1968.

After graduation from Dartmouth Larry received his master's from Cornell in 1937. His career has been as a teacher and guidance counselor. He had been at Bellport (N.Y.) Senior High School since 1957.

He is survived by his widow Jeanne (Roset), at 36 Thornhedge Rd., Bellport, and their three children.

1930

CLARENCE BIRGER BENSON died at his home in Norwich on April 13, following a brief illness.

Ben came to college from Denver, Colo., but after graduation he elected to stay in the East and did graduate work at the University of "Vermont in 1930-31. He was the manager of The Wigwam in Hanover, and an accountant with Peisch, Angell & Co. in Norwich for several years. He also served as treasurer of the Vermont Copper Co. in South Strafford, Vt., and as comptroller of the complex of Jones, Wells, Lampson and Kelley Companies of Barre, Vt.

Ben was active in Masonry as a member of Sharon (Vt.) Lodge, of which he was past master, Killington Commandry, Rutland and Cairo Temple, Rutland. He had served as president and a director of the Windsor County YMCA, and was a member of the Norwich Lions Club as well as past president of the Hanover Lions Club.

All classmates who come to the fall reunions in Woodstock will recall that Ben and Louise were active on the committee and were most helpful in assisting in arrangements, registration and the Bema lunch.

The Class extends its sympathy to his widow Louise, son Birger '65, and daughter Martha.

ERNEST LINWOOD SAVAGE died at NewtonWellesley Hospital on April 22 after a brief illness. Lin was a vice president of New England Merchants National Bank, Boston, Mass.

Following graduation he went to Harvard Business School and received his M.B.A. in 1932. His first banking experience was with the Irving Trust Company in New York. He joined New England Merchants in 1936 and had been a vice president since 1952.

He was a member of the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts and a past president of the Boston Security Analysts Society. He also authored several articles published in the Analysts Journal. Lin had been active in Boy Scout work in his home town of Wellesley, where he lived at 25 Longfellow Rd. To his wife Helen, sons Neil and William, and daughter Linda the Class extends its deepest sympathy.

JAMES HENRY TAYLOR died accidentally in Leland, Mich., on January 31 when his home was consumed by fire.

Jim entered Dartmouth from Wooster, Ohio, and completed his college work with a B.A. and M.A. from Ohio Wesleyan in 1930 and 1931. He then received his Ph.D. at Ohio State in 1933. He was Director of Industrial Relations for Procter and Gamble from 1935 to 1958; Professor of Industrial Relations at the University of Michigan, 1958-1959; vice president of Industrial Relations Counselors in New York City, 1958-1960; corporate vice president of Federated Department Stores, Cincinnati, 1960-1961; and Dean of Western Reserve University School of Business, 1966-1967.

Jim served on the War Labor Board, was Assistant Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization, a consultant to the White House in 1958-1959. He was a member of the American Management Association, the Industrial Relations Research Association, the Personnel Round Table, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

The sympathy of the Class is extended to his son Rob and daughter Jane, who survive him.

1932

DR. ADDISON ROE died April 8 at the Veterans Administration Center, Bedford, Mass., after a long illness. He had practiced medicine in Newport, N.H.

Ad was born in Chicago on June 19, 1910. At Dartmouth, he became a member of Phi Kappa Psi, Green Key and Dragon, and was manager of the tennis team. After Dartmouth Medical School he continued his studies at New York University and interned in Brooklyn City Hospital. He began his practice in Newport in 1937.

During World War II, Ad received the Purple Heart and other decorations for devotion to duty in battle. He became a Captain during his service in 1942-1946.

He was a member of the American Legion and Mt. Vernon Masonic Lodge. He was also active in other local organizations including the Newport Golf Club and the Lions Club, which roads him an honorary member in April 1955 for his outstanding service to the club.

Ad is survived by his widow, Gladys (Densmore) Roe; two daughters, Mrs. Edward Rochford and Miss Gwendolyn Roe, both of Newport; one grandchild and a sister.

The Class of 1932 extends its deepest sympathy to Ad's family.

1935

RAND NEWMAN STOWELL, a leader in the New England lumber industry, died of a cerebral hemorrhage, April 11, 1968, at the Rumford Community Hospital in Rumford, Me. He was 55.

Randy, a native and life-long resident of Dixfield, Me., was founder and president of Timberlands, Inc. He was extremely active in industry affairs, and at the time of his death was treasurer of the Maine Hardwood Association, director of the Maine Committee of American Forest Product Industries, and a director of the Northeastern Loggers Associa- tion. He also was past president of the Northern Lumberman Manufacturers' Association, and a former director of the Maine Forest Products Council.

He graduated from Dixfield High School in 1929 and from Hebron Academy in 1931. As an undergraduate, Rand demonstrated the leadership qualities that were to distinguish him throughout his lifetime. He was secretary of both Green Key and Palaeopitus, manager of varsity track, and an undergraduate member of the Athletic Council.

He had a brief fling at big city life, as a trainee with Procter & Gamble in New York City immediately following graduation. Within a year he returned to Dixfield to found his lumber business. There he and Phoebe raised three fine sons John D. '61, Rand Jr. '64, and Richard H. '68.

Throughout his lifetime, Rand was extremely active in community affairs. He was a trustee and past president of the Rumford Community Hospital, an active member of the Dixfield budget committee, and a former member of the Dixfield School Board. He also served as a trustee of Holderness School, in Plymouth, N.H., and of Cardigan Mountain School, in Canaan, N.H.

In addition to his lumber interests, he was a director of the Central Maine Power Company and of Sugar Loaf Mountain Corporation, a popular Maine ski resort.

Funeral services were held in the Dixfield Congregational Church, on April 13, with burial in nearby Greenwood Cemetery. Representing the Class at the services were many of Rand's closest college associates, including George Colton, Ed Hinman, Don Hagerman, Sel Hannah, Bill Adams, and Bill Moran.

The Class extends its deepest sympathy to Phoebe, his sons and his mother, Mrs. Lila Rand Stowell. A brother and sister also survive.

1937

ROBERT HOWARD KING passed away April 3, 1968, after a bout with cancer. Originally from North Springfield, Vt., he came to Dartmouth from Williston Academy.

He was the owner and operator of the King Thread Grinding Company in Oxford Valley (Langhore), Pa. He leaves his wife Doris and four children: Bob Jr., running the shop; Bill, a May graduate in engineering from the University of Vermont; Penny, a high school junior; and Ricky, 10 years old.

1938

WADE GRAHAM GAYER died March 16 at his home in New York City. The funeral was in Christ Church, Canaan, Conn.

Wade prepared for Dartmouth at Fulton High School in Oswego; was a political science major at Dartmouth; and a member of ATO. After finishing law school in Albany, he was employed by the Division of Employment, Labor Department of the State of New York. He is survived by one sister, Mrs. James A. Lyles of Canaan.

Walt Dodd, who roomed with Wade for two years, says of him, "He was a bit shy, but once he got to know a person, he was a loyal and sincere friend. To his intimates, he had a ready wit and an endless supply of anecdotes. He was always ready to help with a project, be it a term paper or a case of bock beer."

Although he had somewhat withdrawn from class activities, the Class will miss him and extends its sympathy to Mrs. Lyles.

1946

The Class lost one of its outstanding mem- bers in the death of RICHARD LEIGH BOWSER on March 25, 1968. In addition to graduating from the College Dick received his master's degree from Tuck-Thayer and an LL.B. from Northeastern University. He lived at 130 Atlantic Ave., Cohasset.

At the time of his death Dick was a vice president of the State Street Investment Corporation, a partner in State Street Research Management Corporation, treasurer and trustee of the Boston Hospital for Women, and a director of several other business and charitable organizations. He was a member of the Union Club of Boston, the Downtown Club, Cohasset Yacht, and a vestryman of St. Stephen's Church in Cohasset.

Dick leaves his widow, the former Lucille Watt, and three daughters, Nancy, Susan, and Mary Leigh.

The Class extends its deepest sympathy to Lucille and her daughters.

1957

The Class of '57 has lost one of its bestliked members in the person of JOHN WALTER KENNEDY JR. "Shanty," as he was invariably called, died of a heart attack in Saudi Arabia on April 9, 1968. At the time he was Purchasing and Procurement Officer for Raytheon Company's Hawk missile project in Saudi Arabia.

John came to Dartmouth after graduating with great distinction from Lawrence (Mass.) High School. He was an outstanding football and baseball player for Lawrence. At Dartmouth, John's athletic career came to an unfortunate end after freshman year, due to illness that forced him to remain out of school for one year.

"Shanty" returned to Dartmouth, became a brother of Zeta Psi, and later was admitted to Dragon. He will be best remembered by his classmates for his ever-present smile, quick wit and noncomplaining nature. He experienced the myriad joys of life to a degree equalled by few others. It was always a pleasure to be in his company, and fortunate were those of us who shared this privilege.

The heartfelt sympathy of the Class of '57 is extended to John's widow, the former Katherine Baraw, and two children, Laura, two years old, and John W. III, two months old, who are now residing at 49 Court Street, North Andover, Mass. John is also survived by his mother, Mrs. Rose Kennedy, and three sisters.

E.C.B.

Edward Hibbard Kenerson '03

William Curtis Glover '18

Judge James William Hodson '29