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.]
Besse, Stanley '05, Sept. 14 Chellis, Converse A. 'O6, Sept. 23 Freeman, Edmund A. '13, Oct. 9 Sleeper, Arthur F. '17, Sept. 14 Walbridge, Maurice E. '20, Oct. 2 Chapman, Burton H. '21, Sept. 19 Berry, B. Dawson '22, June 19 Lyon, Albert T. '22, May 15 Wellman, Harold K. '22, Sept. 3 Corrigan, William B. '23, July 2 Fish, James H. '24, June 9 Smith, Charles F. '24, Dec. 2, 1967 Wilson, Alva S. '25, Sept. 8 Elliott, Charles H. Jr. '26, Sept. 21 Hobson, Julian '32, Sept. 18 Woodard, Russell G. '33, Sept. 12 Robinson, Joseph '34, Sept. 17 Livingston, Joseph A. '36, Sept. 27 Wasserman, Arthur J. '36, Sept. 6 MacCready, Harry L. Jr. '39, Sept. 1 Maroney, James H. '50 Sept. 13 Peterson, Richard S. '59, Sept. 29 Kolodny, Paul A. '64, Sept. 14 Kittle, Peter N. '68, Oct. 1
Faculty
FRANCISCO UGARTE, A.M.'54, Professor of Spanish, was killed September 5, 1969 in a 165-foot plunge from the Quechee Gorge bridge in Quechee, Vt., about ten miles from Hanover. The Vermont Regional Medical Examiner ruled it a suicide.
Professor Ugarte, a native of Spain, had just returned from that country for the beginning of the new college year. He had been a member of the Dartmouth faculty since 1946, when he was named Instructor in Spanish following service for 13 years, 1933-46, with the U.S. Embassy in Madrid. During the Spanish Civil War he was custodian of the Embassy and filled the role of unofficial representative of the United States government in Spain.
He was promoted to assistant professor at Dartmouth in 1949 and to full professor in 1953. In 1961-62 Professor Ugarte taught humanities and Spanish at the University of Chicago under a teaching program in general education sponsored by the Carnegie Foundation. He also taught at the Colby-Swarthmore Summer School of Languages and in 1957 he gave graduate courses in Spanish literature and civilization at Western Reserve University. In addition to editing a Spanish grammar and several Spanish textbooks, he was the author of Espana y su civilization (1952) and Panorama de la civilization espanola (1963).
Professor Ugarte was born in Hellin, Spain, on February 19, 1910. He came to this country as a young man to work in the Latin American department of Johnson & Johnson in New Brunswick, N. J., and in 1932-33 he was their sales representative in northern Mexico. He was a 1932 graduate of the business administration extension course offered by Rutgers University. He became assistant to the American commercial attache in Madrid in 1933 and a few years later was named official translator for the Embassy. He received a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Madrid in 1939.
After coming to Dartmouth, Professor Ugarte was generous with his time in offering free community classes in Spanish. He gave readings of Spanish poetry and was often a speaker at state and regional meetings of Spanish teachers. He was a member of the Modern Language Association and the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. Professor Ugarte is survived by his wife, Mercedes, whom he married in Madrid in September 1935, and two sons, Jorge and Miguel.
1901
FRANK WARREN NEWHALL passed away at the Laurel Rest Home in Uniontown, Pa., on June 14. After receiving his B.S. in 1901, Frank went to Thayer School where he earned his C.E. From 1908 to 1937 he was an engineer and property superintendent for Republic Steel Corp. in their Northern Coal Mines.
In 1915 he married Maude Mervine in Altoona, Pa., and she passed away in 1956. They had no children. Frank was a deacon in the First Presbyterian Church in 1954 and he was active in the Y.M.C.A. and Masons for 50 years. In recent years the nurses at the Laurel Rest Home filled out his questionnaires and always remarked about his being a true gentleman and a real tribute to Dartmouth.
1905
STANLEY BESSE died painlessly Sunday, September 14, in a Hyannis nursing home after a long illness. A private funeral was held on Tuesday in Newburyport, Mass. This was conducted by Dr. Arthur S. Wheelock '14, a direct descendant of Eleazar and retired Congregational minister. Out of a regard for Stanley's well known devotion to Dartmouth College, Dr. Wheelock read "Men of Dartmouth." At the family lot on the following Saturday there was held a committal service; in attendance were Roger and Jane Brown of the Class of 1905.
"Tubby" was born November 19, 1883, in Newburyport and entered Dartmouth from the high school of that city. After leaving Dartmouth, he entered the business world and worked chiefly in fire insurance. His various jobs took him to many places east and south, but mostly New York City.
In spite of the fact that Tubby did not stay at Dartmouth long enough to acquire his degree, his devotion to his Class and his College was strong. Independent and some times seeming a little bitter, he was actually a very kind, likeable friend. When he could, Tubby attended class reunions faithfully and was a frequent visitor at the New York Dartmouth Club.
Happily married in 1929 to Kathryn Ellis of Oregon, Stanley was shocked by her death in 1951. He was never quite the same person thereafter, for, in spite of his many activities and interests, he was a lonely man. He will be missed by a wide circle of friends.
He is survived by his nephew, Irvin K. Besse '34, who was almost like a son to him.
1906
HERBERT WILEY CUMMINGS died on July 6 of this year. He was born May 1, 1884 at Templeton, Mass., and entered college from Baldwinsville, having prepared at Murdock Academy in Winchendon. He served our class as president in sophomore year. A good student, he pursued graduate study at Valparaiso in 1908, at M.I.T. 1909-10, and at Columbia in 1920, but did not take a degree from any of them.
His whole career was spent largely in the field of medicine. From 1906-09 he was Professor of Physiology at Flint Medical College, New Orleans; assistant chemist, Bell Medical Laboratory, 1910-13; experimental chemist, Linen Flax Corporation of Chicago, at Albany, Wise., 1913-14; chemist, J. R. Watkins Co., Winona, Minn., 1914-15; and Assistant Pro- fessor of Physiology, Medical College of the University of Southern California, 1915-16. He served during World War I with the American Red Cross, Sanitary Unit No. 3, Fort Worth, Tex., 1917-18, and as 2nd Lieutenant, U.S. Army Sanitary Corps, 1918-19.
After the war he became Assistant Director, Division of Venereal Disease Control, New Jersey State Department of Health, Trenton, 1919-21; Associate Director, Wistar Institute, University of Pennsylvania, 1921-22; Assistant Director, Division of Social Hygiene, N. Y. State Department of Health, Albany, 1921-49. He retired from active work in June 1949.
11l retirement Herbert resided in Reading and Waltham, Mass., but spent six winters in Florida and one in Arizona, besides traveling widely in Mexico and Central America. He was married in Boston, February 25, 1920 to Bessie Bertha Brown of Acton, Mass., who died September 21, 1967. They had no children, but Herbert is survived by a brother, George, of Toledo, Ohio, to whom the sympathy of the Class has been extended.
1911
EDWARD HUTCHERSON CHAMBERLAIN died in the Winchester, Mass., Hospital September 4, 1969 after a brief illness. He was born in Lynn, Mass., March 3, 1889, attended public schools in Lynn, and graduated from Lynn Classical High School. At Dartmouth he was a member of Chi Phi fraternity and the varsity football and track squads.
Most of his business life was spent with the Burroughs Adding Machine Company, begin- ning as a salesman soon after graduation and retiring as a district manager forty years later. He had been a resident of Winchester for over fifty years, where he was active in church affairs and had been historian for the local Unitarian Church for many years.
On Sept. 9, 1918 Ed was married to Grace Caverly of Winchester, who died in February 1961. His second marriage to Mary J. Weber of Matapoisett took place July 14, 1961. Their home was at 16 Pine St., Winchester. He is survived by his wife Mary, a son David '41, and several grandchildren including David Jr. '66. Funeral services were held in the Unitarian Church where he had long been an active member.
1912
JOHN EDWARD BOOTH of Burlington, Vt., died on August 17, 1969 after a long illness. He was born in Burlington on May 25, 1889 and for the past 45 years had made his home in that city. Graduating from Burlington High School in 1908, he entered Dartmouth College where he remained but one year.
John followed his father in the lumber business and worked for the firm of J. R. Booth of Ottawa, Ontario, until 1925 when he bought the Burlington branch of the firm and formed the John E. Booth Lumber Corporation. He later sold this firm to his two sons who are continuing in the same business.
On June 25, 1915 he married Muriel Badger of Wollaston, Mass. Muriel died in August 1966.
John was a member of Washington Lodge, F&AM; Burlington Chapter No. 3, RAM; Burlington Council No. 5, R&SM; Burlington Commandery No. 2, Mount Sinai Temple; and the Green Mountain Shrine Club. He was a member of the First Methodist Church for 63 years, a member of its Official Board, a trustee, and in later years an honorary trustee. For many years he was a member of the Ethan Allen Club, a trustee of the Bishop DeGoesbriand Hospital, and a trustee of Green Mountain College in Poultney, Vermont.
Surviving are two sons, a daughter, nine grandchildren, and one great-grandson. Funeral services were held at his home with burial in the Booth mausoleum at Lakeside Cemetery.
After a long and illustrious career ROY JOSEPH DEFARRARI passed away on August 24, 1969 in the Carroll Manor Nursing Home, Hyattsville, Md.
Roy was born in Stoneham, Mass., on June 1, 1890. He prepared for college at Melrose (Mass.) High School and during his four years at Dartmouth was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and a Rufus Choate Scholar for three years. He won departmental honors in Latin and the highest departmental honors in Greek. He delivered the Commencement address on "The Dream of United Italy." After graduation he went to Princeton where he received his doctorate in classics and then taught for two years.
For seven months in 1918 Roy served in World War I in the Air Service assigned to the 814 th Aero Squadron as an instructor in military studies in the ground school at Princeton.
Following the war he was appointed professor of Greek and Latin at Catholic University in Washington, D. C., named head of its Latin and Greek department in 1922, and was appointed dean of the graduate school in 1930. In 1937 he became secretary general and in 1940 was named director of workshops. Beginning in 1929 he also directed the University's summer session. He innovated the workshop program, designed for the exchange of ideas among faculty and administrators from Catholic institutions across the country.
Dr. Deferrari was a member of the Linguistic Society of America, American Philological Association, National Catholic Educational Asso- ciation, Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association, and the advisory boards of twelve Catholic colleges. He was also a Fellow of the Medieval Association of America. Dr. Deferrari took great pride in accomplishing the admission of Negroes and of women to Catholic University. He held thirteen honorary degrees, was named a Knight of St. Sylvester by Pope John XXIII, and was presented with a gold medal from the Italian Charitable Society. In 1960 he was awarded the St. John Baptiste de la Salle medal by Manhattan College for "outstanding contributions to the education of American youth."
Roy Deferrari was a prolific writer. His fourteen major published works ranged from "The Latin-English Lexicon of St. Thomas Aquinas" to his "Memoirs of the Catholic University of America." From 1922 to 1931 he was editor of "Catholic University Patriotic Studies" comprising 55 volumes, and in the 1950's he produced fifty-three volumes entitled "The Fathers of the Church." He was a contributor to Commonwealth, Catholic Educational Review, Classical Weekly, and several other journals.
On December 30, 1920 Roy married Evelyn Mary Biggs of Dorchester, Mass. She survives him together with a son, a daughter, and four grandchildren.
1914
With sorrow we record the death of ARTHUR FREDERICK WOODIES, a classmate of ours in our freshman and sophomore years. Death came at age 78 at his home at 466 Beacon Street in Lowell, Mass., on August 14.
One of the most widely known newspaper men in the Merrimack Valley, his career of over 50 years with the "Lowell Sun" took him from reporter to City Editor, and in recent years, News Director and Broadcaster over Lowell Station WLLH.
Military service in World War X from 191719 began with enlistment in the Canadian Royal Air Force, in which he was an Aerial Gunner with later transfer to the U. S. Air Force as Combat Flying Instructor, First Lieutenant.
Arthur was for many years secretary of the Lowell Dartmouth Club; a Past Master of the William Sewall Gardner Lodge, A.F. and A.M.; and a past president of the Lowell Lions Club.
We offer our deepest sympathy to his surviv- ing widow, the former Lillian Lougee, and his two sons, Richard and Robert.
1916
BENJAMIN HOUSTON MOXON ' passed away at his home in Pocasset, Mass., on September 1. Most of us will perhaps remember Ben best as one of Jim Hagerty's indispensables in the Commons Grill.
Born in Dorchester on November 11, 1892, he came to Dartmouth from the local high school. He had a long career as engineer with the Public Service Company of Manchester, N. H. There he was a member of the Brookside Congregational Church and from earlier days a Blazing Star of the Masonic Lodge in Concord. On Ben's retirement in 1958, the Moxons moved their home to Pocasset.
In December 1939, Ben was married at South Weymouth to Evelyn May Grundstrom who survives him, as do their son Edwin C. of Pocasset and Ben's brother, Everett 'l9 of Falmouth. At services held in Bourne on September 3, the Class of 1916 was represented by sixteen red roses and Alec Jardine. To all the family our sympathy is extended.
1917
Word has been received belatedly of the passing of our classmate, JOHN SCHREIBER BATHRICK on February 10, 1969.
He was born on June 24, 1896 in Minneapolis, Minn. John transferred to Dartmouth from Fargo College in Fargo, N. D., and while at Dartmouth trained for football under Coach Frank Cavanaugh. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi. After graduation he served in the U.S. Navy for two years, being discharged as a lieutenant, j.g.
In 1919 John entered the automotive business in Los Angeles. He served the Ford Motor Company in various capacities and later was associated with the Pontiac division of General Motors. For many years he successfully operated his own Pontiac agency in that city.
Besides his widow, Madeleine (Keller) to whom he was married in 1919, he is survived by a son, Robert. Mrs. Bathrick lives at 395 South Los Robles, Pasadena, Calif. The Class extends it's deepest sympathy to them.
1918
TAYLOR COOK entered Eternal Rest on August 7, 1969 at Phoenix, Ariz., where he had gone in pursuit of better health.
Tay was born in San Francisco, February 24, 1895 and lived his early life in Dover, N. H., where he attended the local schools and was graduated from high school with the class of 1914. He played football as a rugged end for three years, he and his quarterback brother made a great combination for the forward pass. He also played baseball.
He came to Dartmouth in 1915 to join outclass in his sophomore year, having been at Colby College, Waterville, Me., for his freshman year. He was a member of DKE.
These last several years he has been a member of the so-called "New York Establishment" in arranging class luncheons and other activities.
He is survived by his widow Grace of 85-05 35th Ave., Jackson Heights, N. Y.; daughter Helen of Short Hills, N. J.; three grandchildren; and a sister. His son David '42 died of polio while an undergraduate.
J. C. B.
DONALD BEMIS SCULLY died peacefully the morning of July 17, 1969 at his home on Union Street, Rockport, Me. He was born August 8, 1896 at Jamaica Plain, Mass.
Don came to Hanover from Arlington (Mass.) High School, where he participated with distinction in football, baseball, and hockey. He continued his athletic competition at Dartmouth, winning his numerals in hockey and baseball, with membership on the football and hockey varsity squads. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa.
It was while an Ensign in the Navy, World War I, that Don dove off a ship, receiving injury to his head which caused his later confinement of many years.
Married to Madeleine Hartwell on October 14, 1925, he is survived by his widow and three sons: Donald B. Jr. '49, George J. '52, and John '57.
He was engaged in the coal business in Buffalo, N. Y., prior to his taking up residence in Maine. While in Buffalo, he was President of the local Dartmouth Club.
In Don's passing the class of 1918 has lost a devoted classmate.
HENRY WARREN WILSON died in the New Milford, Conn., hospital August 28. Red had moved to South Kent, Conn., when he retired from the security business in New York City in 1961. He was not in good health when he came back for his fiftieth reunion last year, and he failed steadily since then.
Red was a well known and popular figure on campus during his Dartmouth years, easy to recognize because of his bright red hair and his warm, youthful smile. In fact, he was one of the very youngest men in his class, as his birthdate, March 25, 1898, testifies.
His birthplace was Newport, R. 1., but he prepared for college at Erasmus Hall High School, in Brooklyn, N. Y. In college he was active in many phases of Dartmouth affairs. He was manager of the musical clubs and a member of Beta Theta Pi, Footlights, and Sphinx. After graduating, cum laude, he joined the Army in World War I, was sent to Officers Training School, and commissioned a second lieutenant in the Field Artillery.
Most of Red's business career was spent in Wall Street with important financial houses. Here he started out with Dillion Read and Company under James Forrestal. From there he went to Smith, Barney and Company and finally he became Vice President and Director of Union Securities Corporation, which merged with Eastman, Dillon Union Securities and Company in 1956.
Red was loaned by his firm to the World Bank to assist in marketing the first public offering of the bank's bonds. He served as chairman of the New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut district of the National Association of the Security Dealers, as treasurer of the Bond Club of New York, and chairman of the legislative committee of the Investment Banker's Association. He was a former member of the University Club, Dartmouth Club, the City Midday Club, and the Recess Club, all of New York City.
The memorial service which was held at the Congregational Church in Kent was attended by a large group of his family, friends, neighbors, and old business associates. His Class was represented by Dorothy and Steve Mahoney, and Minetta and Syl Morey.
Surviving are his widow, the former Miriam Thomson; a son; a daughter by his first marriage; and four grandchildren.
1919
ELDIN DEWITT LOUGEE died in Council Bluffs, lowa, on July 21 after an extended illness. He had spent all his business life in Council Bluffs running an insurance and real estate business, started by his great-uncle almost 100 years ago. During World War I he served in the ambulance service with the French Army.
He is survived by his widow Lucile and two sons. Eldin Jr. is an Episcopal priest serving in the Virgin Islands and Frank is treasurer of E. H. Lougee, Inc., the family business.
JOHN WELSH VLIET passed away in New London, Conn., on August 2, after an illness of some duration. He lived in North Stonington, Conn, for most of his life and only last year moved to New London.
He is survived by his widow, Helen, whose address is Apt. 5, 113 Niles Hill Road, New London; one daughter, and seven grandchildren. His nephew is Mayor John Vliet Lindsay of New York.
Jack entered Dartmouth after attending Mercersburg Academy. While he did not get to Hanover often he maintained an active interest in the Class and the College.
1920
DR. THOMAS DURLAND VAN ORDEN (Van) died after a long illness on April 24, 1969 at his home "Windrush," Pottersville, N. J. He was born June 2, 1898 in Pompton Lakes, N. J., and went to Montclair High School.
Following graduation he received his M.D. at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University in 1922, and then interned at Roosevelt Hospital and New York Nursery and Child, after which he practiced pediatrics in Pompton Lakes, N. J. From 1932-1942 in New York City he was assistant attending pediatrician at New York Hospital as well as clinical instructor in pediatrics at New York Cornell Medical Center. From 1942-1945 he served in the U.S. Navy as a Commander in the Medical Corps.
In 1946 he moved to Pottersville, N. J., where he continued to practice pediatrics and was on the Courtesy Staff of Morristown Memorial Hospital. He retired a few years ago because of poor health.
He was a member of Sigma Chi; the Lake and Game Club, Far Hills, N. J.; the University Club, New York City, and the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Memorial services were held at the Potters ville Reformed Church, Pottersville, N. J., on April 26. He is survived by his widow, Alice, two daughters, and two grandchildren. His brother Louis '23 also survives. The sincere sympathy of his many friends in the Class goes to Alice and his family.
1921
A resident of the Minneapolis area for most of his life, BURTON HICKOK CHAPMAN of Eastwood Road, Deephaven, Minn., died Septem- ber 19 at the Methodist Hospital following injuries he received shortly after noon in a collision at the junction of Highways 5 and 101 in Chanhassen. The driver of the other car received only minor injuries.
Born August 27, 1899 in Painesville, Ohio, Burton prepared for college at West High School, Minneapolis. At Dartmouth he became a member of Beta Theta Pi. After his freshman year he transferred to Princeton University. In 1919 he began his business career with Washburn Crosley Co., now General Mills. Later he was associated with the David C. Bell Investment Co., a leading Minneapolis real estate firm, and at the time of his retirement held the position of vice president.
He was a member of the Lafayette Club, the Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club of California, the Wayzata Golf Club, and the Wayzata Community Church.
In 1937 he married Dagny Lee, who survives him. Her address is Box 463, Wayzata.
Funeral services were held at the Wakefield Chapel of the Wayzata Community Church with private interment at Lakewood Cemetery.
1922
DR. PHILLIP ELIAS ROTHMAN died from a heart attack on June 4 in Honolulu while returning with his brother from a trip to the Orient. He was one of the leading pediatricians on the West Coast.
A native of Cleveland, Phil was born September 7, 1900. He came to Dartmouth from Northwestern Military and Naval Academy. After freshman year he transferred to Johns Hopkins where he received his A.B. in 1921 and his M.D. in 1925. But he never forgot Dartmouth and expressed his interest, in the College all through the years.
His professional career was almost entirely in Los Angeles where he was a prominent doctor on the staff of the Children's Hospital. He served three years in the Navy during World War II and received the rank of commander. He married in 1945 but his wife died in 1958. He is survived by his brother, Edward E. of 3665 Lakecrest Drive, Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
Excerpts from a statement issued by Phil's professional colleagues indicate their esteem: "He was a part of so much that has been accomplished at Children's Hospital that it will not be the same without him. He exemplified the highest ideals of medicine in his dedication to the art of healing and to the disciplines of science. Through his leadership in medical education, and through his concern for human needs, his name is already perpetuated in the lives of many physicians and in the children they save."
The Class joins Phil's brother in sorrow.
1923
WILLIAM BOTSFORD CORRIGAN passed away very suddenly on July 2 at his summer farm in Island Pond, Vt. Bill was 68 years old and was born in Mt. Vernon, N. Y. A member of Sigma Nu, he was one of the original members of the Ledyard Canoe Club. After graduating he fol- lowed in his father's footsteps in the book pub- lishing business, associated with the trade and sales department of Doubleday & Co. for over 35 years. His work meant extensive traveling and he visited from California to the New England states.
In 1933 he married Eleanor Elizabeth Brooks and together they built and ran an adult summer camp at Island Pond, Vt. This was a sideventure for Bill, for he also continued his sales activities for Doubleday. In 1965 his wife passed away.
Late in 1965 Bill married Mrs. Margaret L. Dunham who had been a close friend of the Corrigans for many years. Bill retired from Doubleday in 1966, and he and Peg sold their home in Pelham Manor, N. Y., and bought a new one in Heritage Village, Southbury, Conn., where she now lives. Bill and Peg traveled far and wide in their car, revisiting familiar areas for Bill and seeing old Dartmouth friends from California to Florida. They attended a Darthmout alumni dinner in the spring of 1967 in San Francisco and called it the high spot of their trip. Back home in Southbury, Bill was pleased to have his friend and classmate, Clasence Goss, ask for his help in soliciting money for the Alumni Fund. This was an activity very dear to Bill's heart, and he gave generously of his time and money. Bill was a guy who loved people. He enjoyed sports and the companion- ship and friends they gave him.
He was a life-time member of Squadron A of the National Guard in New York. At Heritage Village he was on the bowling team, played golf, rode horseback, and swam when ever weather permitted. He was thoughtful of those less fortunate than he and did much volunteer work with men and boys at the Southbury Training School for handicapped people. Peg says "Bill and I had only four short years together but they were happy ones for us, doing things together, and if it had to be, I rejoice that he passed away in his sleep, without suffering and in his beloved Vermont."
Surviving are his widow, his daughter Janet, his son Bill Jr., three grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. William A. Moncure Jr. of Richmond, Va.
C. E. G.
JOHN WALTER O'BRIEN died August 3 at the age of 73 at Jordan Hospital, Plymouth, Mass., following a long illness. He lived at 82 Oak St. in that town.
A veteran of World War I, John edited "Whiz Bang," the newspaper for and by wounded soldiers. A graduate of Cheshire Academy, he was a member of Beta Theta Pi. During the 1920's John held an interest in the Clear Oil Co. in Torrington and Waterbury, Conn., where he was born. He later became New England Regional Representative for Shell Oil Co. and served as an administrator in the Boston Office of O.P.A. during World War II. After retirement he was in real estate.
John leaves his widow, Eleanor C., two sons, three daughters, and 16 grandchildren.
JOHN MINER READ passed away at the age of 69 on July 12 at the Salem, Mass., Hospital. John had struggled with emphysema for almost five years. He was able to be with us at the Ivan Martins' post-Harvard-game party last fall however and greatly enjoyed that gathering of his classmates and their wives.
John came to Dartmouth from Phillips Andover and was a member of Chi Phi. After leaving college he became superintendent of Gregory and Read, Lynn, manufacturers of women's shoes and in 1954 was president and treasurer of F. B. Harris Corp. of Lynn, distributors of industrial supplies. He retired from that firm in 1967.
Brooks Palmer was best man at John's wedding to the former Catherine Mayo who survives him, together with a daughter Sally Read Dow and two grandchildren. Catherine lives in Swampscott at 81 Beach Bluff Ave.
1926
The Class of 1926 has lost another devoted member with the death of CHARLES HAYES ELLIOTT JR. at the Nashua (N. H.) Hospital on September 21, 1969.
Charlie was born in Lynn, Mass., on April 16, 1904 and entered Dartmouth from the Lynn Classical High School, where he had been active in athletics and debating and was president of his class. He had long been indoctrinated in the College as his grandfather and great-grandfather had preceded him. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi, Kappa Phi Kappa (the honorary educational fraternity), and El Centra Espanol.
After graduation he followed his college interest in education by teaching one year at Lake Forest Academy, but gave this up to try his hand at banking. After his father's death he took over the family interest in the Caton Stain and Blacking Company of Lynn where he spent most of his business career. During World War 11, however, he was an engineering coordinator with the Raytheon Company, government contractors in electronics supplies to the military.
Charlie was actively interested throughout his life in Masonry. A 33rd degree Mason, he was a member of the Golden Fleece Lodge of Lynn, the Massachusetts Council of Thrice Illustrious Masons, and Aleppo Temple (Shrine) of Boston. He had been a past master of the Zebulon Council, the Olivet Commandery, and the Sutton Royal Arch Chapter, all of Lynn.
After having spent most of his lifetime in Lynn, Charlie had for the past few years been living at New Boston Road, Amherst, N. H.
Charlie was married to Elsie Nevers of Lynn in October, 1929. She survives him as does his daughter, Mrs. Sally L. Tucker, his mother, and a sister. To his family, the Class of 1926 extends sincerest sympathies in a loss we all share.
1927
NELSON ROBINSON, retired president of the Henke & Pillot division of the Kroger Co., died August 24, 1969 in Houston, Texas, after a prolonged illness.
Nelson entered Dartmouth from Medford, Mass., after graduating from Phillips Exeter Academy. In college he was active with the Ledyard Canoe Club and was a member of Bait & Bullet and Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Upon graduation, he went to work for Kroger in Nashville as a clerk, later joining the Sales Department at Kroger's main office in Cincinnati. Five years after, he was appointed vice president of the Nashville division. In 1955 he went to Houston as president of Henke Pillot. During World War II Nelson served in the Army rising to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the office of the Quartermaster General, and was awarded the Legion of Merit.
He retired from business in 1966 after 38 years with his company. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Houston Symphony Society, a member of the Houston Country Club, and past director of the Houston National Bank.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Washington Robinson of 306 Blalock Rd., Houston, a daughter, a son, and two brothers.
1928
JOHN FRANCIS NEARY, co-editor for the past 20 years of the class newsletter, "The '28 Campaigner," died June 13 in a hospital in Beverly, Mass. He had a stroke around Easter but recovered sufficiently to return to his home, 799 Bay Rd., in Hamilton, Mass. A second attack May 1 sent him to the hospital where he died six weeks later.
John was born Feb. 7, 1907 in Manchester, Mass., and came to Dartmouth from Phillips Exeter. He was a member of Zeta Psi.
He attended Harvard Graduate School and taught in public and private schools and later opened a tutoring school in Hamilton. After the war he decided to go into advertising and at the time of his death was vice president of the John C. Dowd advertising agency of Boston.
He was active in civic affairs in Hamilton, serving for many years as a trustee of the Hamilton Public Library, a member of the Hamilton School Building Commission and the local Selective Service Board. His favorite sport was golf.
John had a great affection for his classmates and his newsletters were always witty and fun to read. We shall all miss him.
He is survived by his wife, Ann; three sons, John, Chris, and Mike '73; three brothers; and two grandchildren.
1932
OLIVER SAMUEL ALLEN of Foster Rd., Ashby, Mass., died after a long illness at the Burbank Hospital in Fitchburg on July 7. Sam came to Hanover from Belmont (Mass.) High School. At Dartmouth he majored in political science, played baseball, and was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa. He was graduated from Harvard Law in 1935 and, except for Navy service, practiced general law in Boston the rest of his life. At his death he was senior partner in the firm of Allen, Hemingway, Morse, and Shubow.
During World War II Sam served three years as a naval officer in Britain, France, and Belgium, leaving the service with the rank of Commander, U.S.N.R. He then joined his father, the late Asa S. Allen, in the practice of law. He was the 1946 Democratic nominee from the Sth Congressional District of Massachusetts. He became a supporter of the 1948 presidential candidacy of Henry A. Wallace and was for two years Massachusetts chairman of the Progressive Party. He served for 10 years as town counsel of Ashby.
During the early 1950's Sam became active in the civil liberties movement. At the time of the Class's 25th reunion, he wrote: "When the excesses of McCarthyism arrived, I was called upon to defend many of the victims of his persecutions. I rate the struggle against McCarthyism my best accompishment to date. As to the future, I look forward to a resumption of progress in this country and in the world at large following this period of reaction."
Sam married Melba Olds in 1935, and Doris Madden in 1954. He is survived by a son, a daughter, and a sister. The Class extends its heartfelt sympathy to them.
1933
RUSSELL GREENMAN WOODARD of 905 West Oliver, Owosso, Mich., died on September 12, 1969. In college Russ became a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, was active in the Dartmouth Christian Association Cabinet, and Round Table, and played in the Symphony Orchestra.
He was a Master at Principia Academy in St. Louis in 1935-36 and since 1939 has been a member of the family firm of Lee L. Woodard Sons, Inc., manufacturers of wrought iron products.
The Class expresses its sympathy to his widow Annabelle, and his three children Lee, Sharon, and Diane.
1936
On September 28, 1969, JOSEPH ALFRED LIVINGSTON died suddenly of a cerebral hemor- rhage in Meredith, N. H. Joe had entered the hospital with chest pains and was about to be released when he was stricken.
Joe was born in Meredith and prepared for college at Dean Academy. At Dartmouth his major was in economics and he was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa. After college his career was varied - a flying cadet at Kelly Field, Texas, foreman in the U.S. Forest Service, patrolman with the U.S. Immigration Border Patrol, and the inevitable four years in the U.S. Army. Joe was discharged in 1946 as a Captain in Military Intelligence. After 10 years in the automotive field and a wholesale distributorship, in 1956 Joe joined the Laconia Needle Manufacturing Company as an industrial engineer. He studied to increase his background and at the time of his death was supervisor of Standards and Quality. He was a member of the American Institute of Industrial Engineers.
On February 22, 1941 Joe was married to Marjorie Lynde of Melrose, Mass., who survives him. The sympathy of the Class is extended to Midge and their two children, Anthony and Joann.
In the early hours of Sept. 6 ARTHUR J. WASSERMAN was awakened by severe chest pains. Before he could be taken to the hospital he was stricken with a fatal coronary attack. Arthur was born in Mount Vernon, N. Y., and attended Mount Vernon High School. At Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Delta Theta and the Junto and spent his senior year at Tuck. Upon graduation Art entered the lace and textile business in New York City with his father. During World War II he served as an officer in the Medical Corps and saw overseas service in the British Isles. He was discharged as a Captain and returned to the lace industry. For many years Art served as President of Joseph Wasserman & Co. and Treasurer of Gotham Lace and later as Vice President of Record Lace Co. - commuting into New York from his home ip Westchester. In the past year Art had changed his business address to Fairview, N. J., where he was owner of the Airloom Lace & Embroidery Co.
In 1938 Art was married to Lenore Robinson of Mount Vernon who survives him. The sympathy of the Class is extended to Lee and their children James, Jeffrey, and Ellen; his mother; his brother; and his sister. Memorial services were held at the Riverside Chapel in Mount Vernon and the Class was represented by Pep Minte, Chuck Sims, and Monnie Greenbaum. The Wasserman family resides at 16 Stratford Road, New Rochelle, N. Y.
1938
Word has been received of the death of PAYSON EDWARD HATCH on June 24, 1969. Payson came to Dartmouth from Roxbury School and was a long-time resident of Willsboro, N. Y.
The biography he submitted in 1963 for the 25th reunion class directory indicated that he was the principal in an oil manfuacturing company in Willsboro and had interests in an abrasive company and a kaolin mine.
He served on the Lake Champlain Bridge Commission for three years and in 1961 was elected Town Supervisor of the Town of Willsboro.
As of 1963 Payson had two sons who had graduated from St. Michael's College and St. Lawrence, respectively and had four grandchildren.
EDWARD JACOB GRIFFING JR. died on August 19, 1969 after a long illness. He was an executive on the staff of the vice president and controller of Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp. with which company he had been associated for 29 years.
Ed came to Dartmouth from Phillips Exeter Academy. In college he was a member of Theta Delta Chi and The Players. He received a master's degree from Harvard Business School and served in the Navy in World War II.
He is survived by his widow Elizabeth, his mother, two daughters, and one granddaughter.
His address at the time of his death was 638 Miami Manor, Maumee, Ohio. The family requests that any tributes be in the form of contributions to the American Cancer Society.
1942
Word was received only recently that Classmate ROBERT PHIPPS GILL died on December 15, 1968 in Pleasantville, N. Y. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Sara Buecher, 4 Eline Way, San Rafael, Calif., and Mrs. Margaret Ellis, 10 Wilton Road, Pleasantville, N. Y.
Bob was a member of Phi Gamma Delta. Following graduation from Dartmouth he entered V-7 training at Columbia University, was commissioned Ensign U.S.N.R. in February 1943, and served on a Navy tanker in the Atlantic, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, and the Pacific up to the Aleutians until June 1944. He helped commission and served as communications and deck officer on an attack transport until 1946. He participated in the invasion of Iwo Jima.
Bob, prior to his discharge as a full lieutenant in March 1946, had developed a love of the sea and of travel. He worked in heavy construction in Ohio and California for several years and then struck out for himself in the investment field.
JOHN ROBERT (Bob) HIGHMARK died suddenly on July 19, 1969 when, as one of Bob's friends commented, ".. . our eyes were looking to the Moon and Martha's Vineyard. ..." Bob was a consultant in internal auditing for the Borden Company. He was 49 years old and a resident of 117 Baltimore Blvd., Sea Girt, N. J. Prior to his death he had been taken to the Jersey Shore Medical Center.
His widow is the former Olga Jensen. He is also survived by his daughter, two brothers, a sister, and a grandchild.
Having joined the Borden Company early this year, he had previously worked for the National Broadcasting Company and the Continental Can Company. Highmark earned both his bachelor's and master's degrees at Dartmouth College. His brother Lou '39 was an outstanding football player at Dartmouth.
Funeral services were held in Manasquan with interment in Washington Monumental Cemetery in South River, N. J.
JOHN SCAMMON of 8 Sagamore Road, Rye, N. H., died unexpectedly on May 16, 1969 at Portsmouth Hospital. He had been general manager of Ladd's Restaurant in Portsmouth for the past 20 years. Besides his parents he leaves his widow, Mrs. Helen (Regan) Scammon, a daughter, two sisters, two brothers, and several nieces and nephews.
Born in Exeter, December 30, 1919 he was the son of John and Harriet (Higgins) Scammon ' l9 and had resided in Rye for the past two decades. He had attended the New Hampton School before entering college.
John was a member of the North Congregational Church and the Frank E. Booma American Legion Post, having served in World War II in the 2nd Ranger Battalion.
1943
ROBERT EUGENE FIELD died suddenly of a heart attack in Miami, Fla., on October 3, 1968. News of his death recently reached the College.
A native of Chicago, Bob entered Dartmouth from Loomis. He was on the Freshman Swimming Team and Glee Club, joined Alpha Delta Phi, and roomed with Dick Sweet freshman year and Mike Diaz sophomore year. After two years at Dartmouth he briefly transferred to the University of Chicago before entering the service. He served five years with the parachute infantry and the Air Corps, including overseas duty in India.
After military service, Bob launched a successful career in advertising with Crowell Collier, Time, Inc., and finally MacManus, John, and Adams, Inc., a large Detroit advertising firm. Prior to moving to Florida around Labor Day, 1968, Bob had been vice president in charge of the Cadillac account for ten years. At the time of his death, he was negotiating for an interest in an advertising agency in Miami and had volunteered to serve on the Third Century Fund, Executive Committee.
On July 8, 1944 he married Barbara Grace Moynahan, who survives him with their two daughters, Deborah and Anne. They now reside at 2242 Fairway Drive, Birmingham, Mich.
Dartmouth classmates remember Bob Field as a warm person, full of enthusiasm and fun. Well known and popular in college, he developed a real love for Dartmouth, which he considered his college and which he supported loyally. Our most sincere sympathy goes to his widow and daughters.
1944
DR. FRANCIS G. REILLY died February 19, 1967 in Greenwich, Conn., after an extended illness.
Born in Washington, D. C., Frank prepared for Dartmouth at Woodrow Wilson High in Washington and Newton High in Newton, Mass. After Dartmouth he graduated from Yale Medical School in 1946. He served in the Navy Medical Corps from 1946 to 1947 as a Lt. (jg) and then was engaged in submarine research on decompression in New London from 1948 to 1949. He interned in surgery at Duke University and took his residency training in the combined program at Yale Medical Center and Hartford Hospital with further studies in Lund and Stockholm, Sweden, in 1953.
He served on the neurological staff of the Hartford, Conn., hospital for 12 years and was on the staff of the Greenwich Hospital and the Hospital of Joint Diseases of New York City for the last four and a half years before his death.
He was a member of the Harvey Cushing Neurosurgical Society, the New England Neurological Society, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and the Greenwich Medical Society. He was also a member of the Dartmouth Club of Greenwich and the Yale Club of New York City. His hobbies included photography, gun collecting, and book collecting in many fields other than medicine.
Frank is survived by his widow, Betty (Due) Reilly, of Stony Wylde Lane, Greenwich, Conn.; 17-year-old twins, Thomas and Suzanne; and an adopted son, Erik, 8, to whom the Class extends its deepest sympathy. Frank and Betty were planning to attend the 25th Reunion this past June and missed by only those few months.
1950
PHILIP JOHN KENT of 20 Maplecroft Road, Canton, Mass., passed away suddenly on June 21 1969 at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
Phil was born in Boston on July 22, 1926, and graduated from English High School in that city. During World War II he served in the United States Navy, from July 1944 to June 1946. At Dartmouth he was a history government major.
Following graduation he worked for a short time for the Travelers Insurance Company. In 1952 he joined the New England Telephone Company, with which he was associated for about thirteen years as a traffic engineer. He then decided to enter the teaching profession, and taught social science and English in the Hyde Park (Boston) and Holliston, Mass., high schools.
Phil married Marie E. Donovan in Lawrence, Mass., in October, 1954. The Class extends its sincere sympathies to her, their three sons, John, Philip and Brian, and to his mother, Mrs. John J. Kent.
1967
STEPHEN MARC PAILET was shot and killed on August 2, while driving a cab to earn his way through Harvard Graduate School.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Pailet '35, of 819 Harristown Rd., Glen Rock, N. J., Stephen prepared for college at Glen Rock High School and while in Hanover was active in the IDC and UGC and was also a member of the Barbary Coast, and the Sultans. He participated in the Foreign Study Program.
The Class extends its sympathy to Stephen's family.
1968
PETER NORMAN KITTLE was killed in New York City on 1 October 1969. He was a doctorate candidate in Slavic Studies at Columbia.
Peter prepared for college at the Choate School and although a member of the Class of 1968, received his degree, cum laude, in 1967. He carried two majors, Russian and History, and was cited for outstanding academic achievement in Russian. He was a.so a member of the Glee Club, the freshman track and sailing teams.
Peter is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Norman Kittle '24, Box 553, New Canaan, Conn., and his brother James '65, now a graduate student at Dartmouth.
Prof. Francisco Ugarte
Robert Eugene Field '43
