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.]

Closs, H. Wilbert 'O1, Apr. 17 Bodwell, William M. '06, May 3 Higman, Harry W. '06, Apr. 9 McLane, John R. '07, Apr. 21 Alden, Alanson S. '08, Apr. 21 Greeley, Eliphalet A. '08, Apr. 11 Mower, Robinson H. '09, Apr. 14 Pease, Arthur D. '11, Apr. 21 Cook, King '15, Apr. 3 Rice, Russell J. '15, May 7 Hutchins, Mosher S. '17, Apr. 19 Dockstader, George H. '18, Apr. 10 Morse, Gerald S. '20, Oct. 19, 1968 Van Orden, T. Durland '20, Apr. 24 Hickman, Francis G. '21, Mar. 29 Powers, Henry T. '22, Apr. 15 Matless, Leonard I. '23, Mar. 31 Stewart, Sam T. '23, Dec. 2, 1968 Pearl, Allen S. Jr. '24, Apr. 9 McDonough, Henry G. '26, May 5 Kapitzky, George R. '27, Oct. 6, 1967 Webb, Edward G. '27, Nov. 12, 1968 Woodbridge, Paul C. '29, Apr. 30 Howard, Don A. '30, Feb. 13 Johnson, Robert P. '30, Apr. 20 Sands, Charles D. Jr. '31, Feb. 15 Dewart, Gordon MacL. '34, Nov. 27, 1968 Seidman, David A. '68, Apr. 30 Cummings, Damon E. '45h, Apr. 20

1901

HARVEY WILBERT CLOSS passed away on April 17 in Clifton Springs Hospital, New York. He was 93.

"Bert" had been a business college teacher, vice president of the Canandaigua National Bank, Mayor of the City of Canandaigua, and a director of many organizations such as the local hospital, theater, and hotel. He also held office in the Canandaigua Congregational Church. That town had been his home most of his life.

His hobbies included beautiful lettering and manuscript writing, collecting Indian relics, golf, singing in the church choir and the Rotary Club meetings. He had fond memories of his trip back to Hanover for his 40th reunion.

Mrs. Closs passed away in 1953. Survivors include a son and two daughters, a brother, seven grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

1905

CHARLES BRADFORD SYLVESTER died April 4 in Arlington, Mass. Born on May 19, 1882, he entered Dartmouth from Groveland (Mass.) High School. Charles was a studious, quiet young man and was well liked by those who knew him.

Charles became a successful teacher of mathematics and Latin in various high schools in New England. Most regrettably, Sylvester's career was interrupted in 1916 by a severe attack of polio. Completely incapacitated for some time, with courage he struggled slowly back to a partial recovery. But ill luck still pursued him; in 1962 he entered a rest home where he fell and broke his hip. While his body became of little use, once so vigorous, his mind remained clear for a considerable time.

In 1931 Charles married Eleanor Stonestreet. Two years later, Eleanor died at the birth of their daughter Nancy. Bearing the full responsibility of bringing up Nancy, Charles had the ultimate satisfaction of seeing his daughter manifest a real devotion to him through the long years.

There was a small service for Charles in Mount Auburn Cemetery, where he is buried.

1906

HARRY WENTWORTH HIGMAN died in Seattle, Wash., April 9 after a long illness. He was born in Chicago September 11, 1883 and prepared for college at Chicago Manual Training School. As an undergraduate he was a member of Phi Delta Theta and served on the board of "The Dartmouth."

His whole life after graduation was spent in the state of Washington, where he engaged in business, first in Kittikas and Beverly but after 1920 in Seattle. He was president of the Crockett Company, general merchandise, from 1915 to 1949, and treasurer of A. F. Cox and Co. from 1920 to 1949, when he retired.

Harry's lifetime avocation had been the study of biology and ecology, and in retirement he gave all his attention to it. He was widely known in the Northwest for his knowledge of nature and the out-of-doors. He was a recognized authority on ferns and Alpine flora, and had a solid reputation as a skilled nature photographer. For several years he wrote a weekly nature article for the Seattle Times. He was a prominent and active member of ten or more biological and conservation societies, including the Seattle Audubon Society, of which he was president for two years, the Seattle Mountainèrs, and the Northwest Bird and Mammal Society. In 1960 he received the Irving M. Clark'Conservation Award from the North Cascades Conservation Council He was the co-author of two highly regarded books: pilchuck, the Life of a Mountain (1949), and Union Bay, the Life of a City Marsh (1951) They have been characterized by biological scholars as furnishing "a real contribution to the field of regional ecological studies.

He " married Florence E. Jordan at St. Joseph, Mich., June 12, 1909. She survives him in Seattle with their son, Chester J. Higman, and two grandsons. The Class extends its sympathy to all of them.

1907

JOHN ROY McLANE, Life Trustee of the College, Emeritus, died at his home, 1590 Union Street, Manchester, N. H., on April 21, 1969 after a long illness.

""Judge" was born in Milford, N. H., on January 7, 1886, the son of former Governor John and Ellen (Tuck) McLane. He prepared for college at St. Paul's School, Concord, and later served as a trustee there from 1917 to 1952. At Dartmouth he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, Turtle, Sphinx, Palaeopitus, and Phi Beta Kappa. He played on the class football, baseball, and basketball teams and on the varsity tennis and hockey teams. He was manager of the varsity football team, president of the New England Intercollegiate Lawn Tennis Association, and president of the College Club. Following graduation, he went to Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and received a B.A. there in 1909.

After graduating cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1912, Judge opened a law office in Manchester. Since 1919 he had been senior partner of one of the leading law firms in the state - McLane, Carleton, Graf, Greene and Brown. He was president of the New Hampshire Bar Association in 1953 and 1954; chairman of the New Hampshire State Board of Arbitration; president of the Manchester Savings Bank; director of the National Life Insurance Company of Vermont, the Boston and Maine Railroad, and the Verney Corporation; and one of the incorporators and leaders of the Amoskeag Industries. He was also president of the New Hampshire Children's Aid Society and chairman of the Spaulding Potter Charitable Trusts.

In politics he was a Republican and a delegate to the National Convention in 1932. As a member of Grace Episcopal Church in Manchester, he served as warden and vestryman. He was a Mason and a member of the Harvard Club, Dartmouth Club of New York, and the Union Club of Boston. In World War I he was chief of industrial relations with the Army Quartermaster Corps during 1918-19. Last year he was honored by the American Bar Association for more than 50 consecutive years of membership and was presented with a gold certificate.

Judge's interest in the affairs of the College was most outstanding. For 33 years, from 1915 to 1948, he served as class agent for the Alumni Fund. From 1913 to 1918 he was a member of the Alumni Council and for eight years, secretary of the Alumni Association of Manchester. He served as a Trustee of Dartmouth for 30 years from 1926 to 1956 and in 1931 was elected a Life Trustee. Except for the first six months, he acted as Clerk of the Board for his entire term of service, and when he retired he held the important post of chairmain of the Trustès' Executive Committee. While President Dickey was in Europe in 1956, Judge was acting president of Dartmouth. As a trustee of the Outing Club and a ski enthusiast, he did much to advance the winter sports program at the College.

Dartmouth awarded Judge an honorary Master of Arts degree in 1926, and he received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Tufts University in 1959.

On June 12, 1915 at Hebron, N. H., he married Elizabeth Bancroft, a graduate of Smith College. There are five children: John E. Jr. '38, a member of his father's law firm; Charles B. '41, professor at Dartmouth; Elizabeth, wife of David J. Bradley '38 of Hanover; Malcolm '48, attorney in Concord; and Mary, of Cambridge, Mass. Other survivors include 26 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

A memorial service was held at Grace Episcopal Church, Manchester, April 23. The Class of 1907 was represented by Robert and Lura Kenyon, Allan Brown, Mrs. George Liscomb, Mrs. Harriett Ahern, and Mrs. Charles Woodworth. Committal services were held the following day at the family plot in the Dartmouth Cemetery, Hanover.

Our sincerest sympathy goes to his widow Elizabeth and to members of the McLane family.

1908

From Henry Stone comes word this his lifelong friend and roommate, ELIPHALET AUSTIN GREELEY, died in St. Petersburg, Fla., on April 11. "Life" had a malignant tumor on his spine but he did not know that there was no hope and thought he would be going home to a wheel chair.

Born in Haverhill, Mass., he prepared for college at the local high school and after graduation entered the shoe business. In World War I he was a member of the Coast Guard in New England and an active member of the Merrimack River Division of the U.S. Power Squadron.

In November 1908 "Life" and Mabel Alice Adams were married. She survives as does their son Alwyn A. We are saddened to hear the news.

ALANSON GILBERT "John" ALDEN passed away on April 21 in Summit, N. J. He had made his home at 931 Pennsylvania Ave., Union, N. J., since 1929.

Alanson was born August 17, 1886, in Orange, N. J., and prepared for Dartmouth at Orange High School. He earned an A.M. degree at Dartmouth also, and spent his whole life in the teaching profession. From 1914 to 1952 he taught in Newark, N. J., his subjects being German, French, and Spanish. In 1947 he was promoted to chairman of the Department of Modern Languages. He was president of the New Jersey Modern Language Association for two terms and served on the College Entrance Examination Board for seven years as German examiner. In 1927 he served the Modern Language Survey as a member of the German Idiom Committee.

"Al" was married in Washington, March 4, 1911 to Grace Hunt. She passed away in 1963. Survivors include two sons, Douglas and William '33, and a daughter Edith; three granddaughters and seven great-grandchildren.

1909

JOHN EDWARD HANSBURY, 3 Pooks Hill Rd., Apt. 803, Bethesda, Md. 20014, died in Doctors' Hospital on March 1, 1969 after having been ill with a heart condition. "Jack" was born in Worcester, Mass., on January 27, 1887 and entered Dartmouth from Milford (Mass.) High School. In college, he was a member of the freshman and sophomore baseball and basketball teams.

After graduation, he went to St. Louis to work for the St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad. In 1914, he began his government career with the I.C.C. in the Bureau of Valuation headquarters at Kansas City, Mo. He moved to Washington, D. C., in 1921 with the reorganization of the department and held these positions: assistant valuation engineer; head valuation engineer; Acting Director, Bureau of Accounts; and Assistant Director, Bureau of Accounts, Cost Finding and Valuation. He retired in 1954 after 40 years with the commission. He was a member of the Washington Society of Engineers and a former member of the Federal Club and Manor Golf and Country Club. He was listed in the ninth international edition of Who's Who in Commerce and Industry.

On November 3, 1913, Jack was married to Bess Quinn, who survives him as do two brothers. Funeral services were held on March 4 with interment in Woodlawn Cemetery. The sympathy of the Class goes to his widow, as 1909 records the passing of another loyal Dartmouth man.

1912

It was only 24 days before his death that ARTHUR LYMAN KINNE, M.D., wrote: "I'm planning on being in Hanover this June if all goes well. There are not too many years left." He passed away in the Baker Memorial Hospital, Boston, Mass., of cancer of the lung on March 26, 1969.

Lyman was born in Holyoke, Mass., June 1, 1892. He graduated from Holyoke High School at the age of 16 and entered Dartmouth as the youngest in his class. In college he distinguished himself as an outstanding Greek and Latin scholar, was named a Rufus Choate scholar, and elected to Phi Beta Kappa. From Dartmouth he went to Johns Hopkins Medical School where he was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha, a medical honorary society.

Then followed an internship at Boston City Hospital and a residency at Long Island Hospital in Boston Harbor. Because of a physical disability, he was rejected by the medical corps of both the Army and the Navy but enrolled in the Volunteer Service Corps during World War I.

Returning to Holyoke in 1918, he started out as a general practitioner but soon found himself sufficiently trained to do general surgery as well as carrying on a large practice in obstetrics. In 1968 one of the highlights of his life was a testimonial dinner tendered him at the end of 50 years of practice by the Board of Directors and Medical Staff of the Holyoke Hospital, of which he was president for many years.

Dr. Kinne served as medical examiner for seven years and for a number of years was president of the Holyoke Tuberculosis Association. His memberships included many medical societies, both local and national, the Pioneer Valley Dartmouth Alumni Club, the Beefers Club, the Holyoke Rotary Club, and St. Paul's Episcopal Church. He was a railroad buff, enjoying at least one excursion each year on a steam train over one of the lines long since abandoned for passenger service. The Class of 1912 will miss him sorely as he was a regular attendant at the annual reunions.

On June 2, 1920 Lyman married Lillian F. Bond of Baltimore. Lillian died in 1965. He is survived by two daughters, two sisters, four grandchildren, a niece, and a nephew, Dr. James Lyman Hall '64.

Funeral services were held in St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Holyoke, on March 31, 1969. The Class of 1912 was represented by Mr. and Mrs. Lewis C. Cooke and Dr. and Mrs. Stanley B. Weld. Burial was in Foreside Cemetery.

1913

JOE CARPENTER GROUT of 1904 Mound Ave., Jacksonville, Ill., died on May 3, 1967. Joe was born February 8, 1890 in Winchester, Ill. After leaving college he worked for Armour and Co. Mrs. Grout just recently informed the College of his death so the Class sends belated sympathy to her and the family.

1914

Word has belatedly reached us of the death of LEO AUGUSTINE HIGGINS on November 30. The place and circumstances are still not known.

Leo was born April 10, 1892 in Lawrence, Mass. He was one of that devoted group of our class who chose teaching as a lifetime career. From 191,4 until his retirement in 1954, Leo was a teacher of German and head of the German Department of Lawrenqe High School in Mass. During World War I he served as a sergeant in the U.S. Ordnance Corps. Leo never married.

He loved to travel and made many trips to Europe. He particularly enjoyed horse racing and visited tracks in Ireland as well as in this country.

1915

KING COOK, retired insurance broker of Evanston, Ill., died April 3, 1969 after an illness of seven years.

King was born August 24, 1893 in Michigan City, Ind., where he attended high school. After two years at the University of Chicago, he transferred to Dartmouth where he received his A.B. degree as a member of the Class of 1915. While in college, he became a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.

In 1922 he married Marjorie Allen who survives him, as does their daughter Betty. King had been a member of the Men's Club and saw service in the Ordnance Department in the A.E.F.

Although partially incapacitated in his late years, he. had enjoyed occasional visits from various '15ers.

LEON ARONOWITZ, a partner in the law firm of O'Connell and Aronowitz, died March 26, 1969 at his home, 29 Marion Ave., Albany, N. Y.

"Ronnie" attended Albany High School, graduated from Dartmouth in 1915 with an A.B. degree, and received his LL.B. from Albany Law School in 1919. He retired from the state in 1951 as Deputy Commissioner of the Motor Vehicles Department. Active in the life insurance field, he was a consultant in state planning and helped organize the State Tax Commission.

He was a member of the Colonial Country Club, the Dartmouth Alumni Association, B'nai B'rith, Temple Beth Emmeth, and the Albany County, New York State, and American Bar Associations.

Survivors include his widow, the former Ethel Simon; two sons, Lewis A. '48 and Lee; a stepdaughter; two brothers, Samuel E. '11 and Milton '13, all of Albany; two sisters; eight grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conducted March 28, 1969 at Temple Beth Emmeth.

1917

SUMNER BROOKS EMERSON, 74, died of a heart attack at his home, 5131 Jungle Plum Rd., Sarasota, Fla., on April 3.

"Em" was born in Milford, N. H., on January 3, 1895 and was a distant relative of Ralph Waldo Emerson. In college he belonged to Chi Phi fraternity and was a Phi Beta Kappa student. While a student in Hanover, he taught Sunday School in neighboring towns and throughout his life retained a deep interest in the church, serving as vestryman in severe communities in which he lived.

After receiving his A.B. summa cum laude he enlisted in the Signal Corps in World War I and after discharge served a short time as Secretary of the Frontier Metal Trades Association. He then became a bond salesman with the Guaranty Company of New York, and in 1936 he became a vice-president and director of the investment banking firm of Morgan Stanley & Co. Five years later he was made a general partner. In a long obituary, The New York Times referred to him as "a leader in Wall Street" and a man devoted to charitable causes and education.

His devotion to Dartmouth was demonstrated in many ways. He was secretary of the Danrtmouth Club of Central and Western Rhode Island in 1920; a member of the Alumni Council, 1935-41; president of the Dartmouth Club of Sarasota, 1963-65; chairman of the Dartmouth Alumni Fund, 1939-40; president of his class, 1953-61; Overseer of Tuck School; a member of the Executive Committee of the Third Century Fund; and the recipient of a Dartmouth Alumni Award in 1960.

Em was also a Charter Trustee of Rutgers University and a Trustee of Trudeau-Saranao Institute, as well as a member of the board and vice-president of the New York United Hospital Fund. In 1956 he was general chairman of the Hospital Fund drive. In 1964 he was elected to the board of trustees of New College in Sarasota. He was past president of the Bond Club of New York and a governor of the Investment Bankers Association of America.

His death came most unexpectedly. He had played two games of tennis that day and had dined out with his family. He retired early and passed away suddenly at 11:15 that night

Em was married in July 1918 to Charlotte Cushman, a Wellesley graduate, at East Aurora, N. Y. She survives him, with their son, Richard '43, and their daughter, Charlotte, who is Mrs. Frederick A. Blount. Survivors also include two Dartmouth brothers, Dean '14 and Mark '25, a sister, and seven grandchildren.

1918

Our classmate, FLORIMOND DUSOSSOIT DUKE, died of a heart attack on April 4, 1969, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix, Ariz. He had been living in nearby Scottsdale for the past eight years. Born in Rochester, N. Y., on October 2, 1895, he later moved with his family to Brookline, Mass., and entered Dartmouth from the high school there. He was a member of Psi Upsilon and Casque and Gauntlet and was captain-elect of the football and gym teams for the year 1917-1918.

In the spring of 1917, shortly after we declared war, he volunteered for service in the Ambulance Corps, transferred for pilot training in the Signal Corps, and finally received his wings at the war's end.

His career in business, as well as in college and the armed services, was distinguished. In 1924 he joined Time, Inc., soon after its founding by Henry R. Luce, and served as the first advertising manager of Fortune magazine from 1929 to 1935. That year he became vice president of Newsweek magazine, but he rejoined Time, Inc., two years later, serving first as associate advertising manager of the infant Life magazine, then becoming advertising manager of Time magazine.

In 1939 he again volunteered for the armed services - something of a habit with him - and was commissioned an army major. He put in for overseas assignment and was posted as assistant military attache in Capetown, South Africa, and later in Cairo, Egypt, before becoming head of the Balkan desk of the Office of Strategic Services under General William "Wild Bill" Donovan.

While serving in the O.S.S. he volunteered for a secret assignment, code named "Mission Sparrow" involving a parachute jump into Hungary. Though he was 49 and had never before parachuted, he received this assignment from Allen Dulles. Shortly after landing in Hungary, he was taken into custody by the Germans and imprisoned for 13 months in Hungary and Germany. As he put it: "I have been in all the best jails in Europe. In April 1945 he was liberated from the Colditz Prison in Germany. Later he was commissioned a colonel and awarded the bronze star.

Just before his death, he had completed a book about Mission Sparrow and his imprisonment entitled Name, Rank and Serial Number It is scheduled for release this month by Meredith Press in New York City.

After the war, he was director of Greek war relief in Athens. He retired to Hanover Id lived here from 1950 to 1961, then moved to Scottsdale with his wife Ellen, who formerly was managing editor of McCall's magazine.

He was a trustee of the Mary Hitchcock; Memorial Hospital in Hanover. After he moved to Scottsdale he was on the board of directors of St Joseph's Hospital. He was a member and past wing commander of the Silver Wings of World War I, men who earned their pilot's wings between 1913-1919.

Surviving him, in addition to his wife, are two sons, William '51 of New York City and Winslow of Pepperell, Mass.; six grandchildren; four sisters; and a brother.

Funeral services were in Scottsdale on April 7, but interment was in Hanover, in that part of the town known as Hanover Center, on April 9. He had come back home.

This is the bare outline of the man and his achievements. It is, as it seems that such accounts should be, factual and unadorned. Yet intrinsic in all that he did and became were other qualities upon which I will dwell only briefly.

Outside of his family, he had two great loves: his country and his college, and every association which belongs to them. He proved this time and again. These, as a deeper current, ran beneath the surface of all that made up this masterful, comprehending man. They added chivalry and sentiment to a world where there is never enough of either.

These thoughts were with many during thecommittal services at the Hanover Centerchurchyard on that bright April morning.When the prayers were finished, the rifle volleys of the Military Honor Guard rang out.There followed a fleeting moment of silence,and then in the distance we heard "Taps." Thenotes faded, and I thought of Churchill's lines:"But we may be sure that, as for Greatheart,all the trumpets sounded for him on the otherside."

AMOS BLANDIN '18

We record with sorrow that our classmate WILBUR FISHER KURTZ died in University Hos-pital, Cleveland, Ohio, on November 7, 1968. Services were held on November 11 in theWade Memorial Chapel at Cleveland's Lakeview Cemetery.

Born in Akron, Bill attended Akron University, 1914-15, before transferring to Dartmouth as a sophomore. Here he became a member of Sigma Nu. In May 1917 he enlisted in the Army Signal Corps and was stationed at Camp Devens until July 1918, when with the 301st F.S. Battalion he went overseas. In France his outfit saw active service in the Marbache sector from September 25 to November 9, then took part in the Moselle offensive November 10-11. Bill served in the Army of Occupation to May 1919, when he was returned to the U.S. and honorably discharged at Camp Sherman, 0., on June 7, 1919.

In civilian life again, Bill became a bond salesman, and his career thereafter was in the world of finance. By 1937 he had established his own firm, W. F. Kurtz & Co., specialists in U.S. Government and Corporation Bonds.

He was a life member of the Western Reserve Historical Society, past president of the Bond Club of Cleveland, and a member of the Union Club.

Our class extends sympathy to Bill's bereaved family: his son David, of Waite Hill Village, O.; his daughter, Mrs. Walter Bonney, of Morgantown, W. Va.; and three grandchildren.

RICHARD THOMAS SISK passed away on March 24 at Chelsea, Mass., where he had lived at the Soldiers Home since 1965.

Born in Lynn, Mass., Dick was a football star at Lynn Classical High School before coming to Dartmouth. For a time after graduation he sold bonds for H. C. Wainwright in Boston. We have not heard from him in recent years.

1920

WILLIAM ROBERT ANDERSON of 4401 Sunrise Drive, South, St. Petersburg, Fla., died suddenly on December 18, 1968 of thrombosis after having recovered from surgery.

Bill was born in Jersey City, N. J., on October 31, 1896, and attended Dickinson High School. He was at Dartmouth two years 1916- 17, then served two years in World War I overseas. He did not return to Dartmouth after his service but went into bank advertising. Then he was connected with real estate arid was with the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company for 17 years retiring in 1962, when he moved to St. Petersburg.

He was married in October 1928 and had celebrated his 40th wedding anniversary only a short time before his death. He was a member of the Bath Club at Redington Beach and enjoyed his retirement in Florida. He is survived by his widow Carolyn, two sisters, and a brother.

GERALD STUART MORSE died on October 19, 1968. He was born in Boston, Mass., September 16, 1897 and graduated from BrooklineHigh School. Gerry attended Dartmouth in 1916-17 but did not return. He was with MorseBros., Inc. for 22 years then he went to American Air Lines, Wallachs, Lord and Taylor,Delmar Shoe, and Bancroft, Ltd.

We had information that he was semi-retiredbut the last that was heard from him was inFebruary 1965 and at that time he said he "wasstill on the job" in New York City. Accordingto our records and those of the Alumni Records Office, he was never married and we knowof no survivors.

1922

HENRY THOMPSON, 69 and a native of Lynn,Mass, died suddenly April 15 at his home, 164 Trumbull Ave., Plainville, Conn.

He came to Dartmouth from Lynn EnglishHigh School. He was a member of Cosmos andmany college classmates and friends rememberhim as a friendly and popular student. In laterlife he was a loyal alumnus, and some yearsago he served a four-year term as presidentof the Dartmouth Club of Central Connecticut.

Shortly after graduation, Henry went to work with the General Electric Company in Lynn. In 1924 he transferred to the G.E. plant in Plainville, Conn., where he worked for 38 years until he retired in 1962. Prior to that time he was personnel manager, and he left with a host of tributes from Ms many friends in the company and in the community. He had served for many years as secretary-treasurer of G.E.'s Ten Year Club, as president of the Men's Club, chairman of the Emergency Aid Plan, and chairman of the Plainville General Electric Scholarship Plan. He was also a charter member and past president of the Plainville Lions Club and a member of the Connecticut Personnel Association. He belonged to the Church of Our Savior and the Masonic Lodge of Hanover.

Henry and Florence (Wood) were married 42 years ago. Classmates delighted in having them back at reunions, and they both seemed especially to enjoy the 45th two years ago. The Class sadly joins in bereavement with Florence, daughter, Mrs. Nancy Yaccarino of New York, and two grandchildren.

IVAN MERRILL YOUNG, according to reports recently received by the Alumni Records Office, has been deceased for some time. Mail to a reasonably likely address has come back marked "Deceased." Inquiry to his preparatory school, Columbia Grammar in New York City brought the reply that on the school records he has been considered as deceased for an unspecified number of years. The cause of his death and where it occurred are likewise indeterminate at this time.

Ivan was born July 21, 1901 in Brooklyn. He came to Dartmouth from Columbia Grammar. He was a popular student, a talented musician, and a member of Beta Theta Pi. Class records show him working in 1928 as a real estate salesman in New York. Five years later his address was Freeport, L. I. Beginning in 1937 he was for some years living in Boston and working as a musician. In 1949 his address appears as Griffing Ave., Riverdale, L.I., N. Y.

1923

From his son, Leonard I. Matless Jr. '50, word comes of the death of his father LEONARD INGALLS MATLESS. Leonard Jr. writes:

"I am sorry to inform you of the death of my father on March 31, 1969 as a result of congestive heart failure. He had developed some trouble with his heart in recent months but was still working part time.

"Dad retired in August 1968 from Kelmore, Inc., where he was vice-president for engineering and design. While at Kelmore he was credited with the invention of the first explosionproof refrigerator for use in hazardous locations. He also did extensive work in the specialized refrigeration field.

"Dad was a member of the Refrigeration Service Engineers Society and a member of Cedar Lodge 275 F and AM. He was also past District Lecturer and past Master for the State of lowa."

"Skinny" graduated from Stevens Institute of Technology in 1929. He was chief of subcontracting and engineering assistant to the director of purchase of U.S. Steel's Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company for nine years and for two years was Top Production Specialist for Region II of the Small Business Administration. At the time of his death he was living at 725 Cedar Ave., Haddonfield, N. J. Survivors include his widow, the former Mabel Evans, his son, and two grandchildren.

SAM TAYLOR STEWART passed away on December 2, 1968 as a result of advanced emphysema. Sam, who was with us only during the first semester of freshman year, retired in June 1965 as district manager of the Erie office of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association Insurance Company. His wife, Thelma, preceded him in death in September 1966.

1924

PRESTON BLAZO SMART died after a brief illness on March 26, 1969, in the Huggins Hospital in Wolfeboro, N. H., of which he was a trustee.

Born in Maine in 1902 Pret had resided since childhood in Ossipee, N. H. He was a graduate of Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro and of Columbia Law School in 1927, after which he returned to his home town to practice law. In 1934 he married Helen Colomy, who survives him.

In addition to his private practice, Pret also served as County Solicitor and, beginning in 1942, as Judge of Probate for the remainder of his life. He was likewise President of the N. H. Judges of Probate Association. Serving also as a Trustee of the Ossipee Public Library, he was active in Masonic organizations, Rotary, and other civic concerns. He was a close friend of the late Parker Merrow '25, Center Ossipee sage.

Associates in the Class recall Pret as participating in numerous extracurricular activities, including fencing and boxing. Since graduation he has demonstrated a sustained interest in the welfare of the College, having served frequently as assistant class agent.

In addition to his widow, Pret is survived by a brother, Edward C. Smart.

1927

JAMES ANDREW MURRAY died March 8, 1969 after a heart attack at his home, 1900 So. Eads St., Arlington, Va.

Jim, son of the late James Murray, U.S. Senator for 28 years, entered college from Butte, Mont. He was a member of S.A.E. and majored in economics. He went on to Harvard Law School where he received his law degree. After graduation, he worked for the Federal Trade Commission in San Francisco for five years. This was followed by eight years as a trial attorney for the Department of Justice in Los Angeles.

In 1951, Jim established his own law office in Washington. After a number of years in private practice, he returned to the Federal Trade Commission and for the last 10 years was an attorney in the Office of the General Council.

Among his club and association affiliations were California, Montana, and Federal Bar Associations; Dartmouth and Harvard Clubs; the Federal Lawyers Club; and Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church in Arlington.

He is survived by his widow Helen, and two brothers, Charles A. of Washington and William D. of Butte. Services and burial were in Butte.

1928

While lunching in a New Haven restaurant March 5 with a group of doctors, WILLIAM JAMES WATSON, prominent New Britain surgeon, was stricken with a heart attack and died shortly afterward at Yale-New Haven Hospital. He underwent heart surgery several years ago.

Bill was a senior attending surgeon on the staff of New Britain General Hospital for many years and relinquished his private practice last September when he was named by the hospital to be chief of the emergency room unit of five doctors. He was a director and member of the staff of New Britain Memorial Hospital.

In 1962 Bill attracted considerable attention when he graduated from the University of Connecticut Law School and passed the state bar examinations. He did not practice law but termed the hard work of preparing for the bar "a personal accomplishment." While maintaining his medical practice, he had studied law nights for five years.

He was a former member of the New Britain Housing Authority and, in association with Bill Coyle, a former New Britain mayor, was exceedingly active in the early years of the New Britain Memorial Hospital. He was an incorporator of the hospital.

Bill was born in New Britain and came to Dartmouth from the local high school. He was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha. After attending the Dartmouth Medical School he received his M.D. from New York University in 1931. He continued general practice in New Britain until 1938 when he entered the University of Pennsylvania to study surgery. Returning to New Britain, he limited his practice to surgery. He served as a lieutenant commander in the Navy from 1944 to 1946.

Besides his widow, Mrs. Marie Coburn Watson, he leaves three sons and a daughter.

George Coyle and John McGuire represented the Class at Bill's funeral.

WENDELL GLIDDEN LANE died of a heart attack March 14 in a Burlington, Vt., hospital after collapsing that day at his work as an appraiser for the Vermont Department of Taxes.

A native of Barre, Vt., Wendell attended Barre schools and was with us at Dartmouth for two years. After college he joined his father, the late A. B. Lane '01, in the building contracting business in Barre and continued the business until the early 1950's.

Since that time, in addition to his work at the Vermont Department of Taxes, he had served as a consultant in building planning and design. He was an active Rotarian and former president of the Barre Rotary Club.

In 1937 he married Mellie Dana in Barre. She died in 1959. He leaves one son, Roger '61; two brothers, Harold '31 and Gordon '32; and a sister, Mrs. John A. Bradish.

1929

It is with deep regret that we report the death of DOUGLAS MINTIE GRAY, of Fort Hill Rd., E. Sandwich, Mass. Doug was sales manager for Anaconda Brass Company, Boston, and served in Torrington, Conn.

He was a member of Delta Tau Delta; Dalhouse Masonic Lodge, Newton; the Sanctum in Litchfield, Conn.; and past trustee of the United Church of Christ in Litchfield.

Survivors include his widow Janet, two sons, and a daughter. We shall miss him.

The Class of 1929 has lost one of its outstanding members in the passing of PAUL COOK WOODBRIDGE on April 30.

"Woody" was born in Rochester, N. Y., and came to Dartmouth with an outstanding academic and athletic record. He continued his fine accomplishments at Dartmouth, where he was captain of the soccer team, a cheerleader, and a member of Green Key and Casque and Gauntlet.

Woody was married in 1931 to Janet Grace Alexander, who survives him. The two Woodbridges added a lot to the Hanover scene. Woody had a fine flair with the pen, and his trenchant and tongue-in-cheek prose delighted all of his classmates in his years as editor of "Twenty-Nine UP." For some years he lived in Bragpatch Farm, Vienna, Va., and in more recent years came back to his first love in White River Junction, only a few miles from his beloved Hanover.

The Class was dearly loved by him, and we all reciprocated the feeling. In his prophetic monograph in the Twenty-Fifth Reunion Book, Woody said, .. back in Hanover and the Connecticut Valley - no happier place to starve —as one-man advertising agency, a gay and grim and maturing time, of but not in the College, and in but not of the town, for 'tis a brittle place, New England, where I shall return to die."

1930

DON ASHER HOWARD died February 13 in Tucson, Ariz., after a long illness of emphysema. Don left Dartmouth and attended the University of Minnesota for two years. He lived for many years in Chicago where he was in the grain business. He had moved to Tucson in recent years for his health. Sympathy of the class is extended to his daughter Ashley who lives in Gainesville, Fla.

1931

JOSEPH JOHN MULLAN JR. died in Elizabeth N. J., on March 28, 1969 of cancer.

He was a bank executive and had been Assistant Cashier and Manager of the Consumer Credit Department of the Perth Amboy National Bank, according to most recently avail, able information.

Joe was a sergeant in the Army during World War II, and was active in gofing circles for many years. He had served the College on the local interviewing committee for Dartmouth candidates.

He is survived by his widow Charlotte, who resides at 128 West Jersey St., Elizabeth N. J. 07202.

CHARLES DORRANCE SANDS JR. died in St Petersburg, Fla., on February 15, 1969. No details have been learned about the cause of death. Charlie matriculated with our Class coming from Central Aguirre, Puerto Rico but he left the College in 1929. He had been employed by the United States postoffice.

He is survived by his widow Helen, who resides at 235½ 20th Avenue, St. Petersburg Fla.

1933

JAMES WILLIAM CHESNULEVICH of 23 Temple Street, Nashua, N. H., died in the hospital there on April 5, 1969. He was a life-long resident of Nashua and had prepared for Dartmouth at the local high school.

In college Jim became a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa, and he was extremely active in sports. He participated in freshman basketball and varsity baseball, basketball, as well as boxing. He was also a member of Le Cercle Francais.

His business career has included managing the family berry business, assistant to a buyer for R. H. Stearns Department Store in Boston, and working for the Nashua Trust Co., Johns- Manville Co. in Billerica, Mass., and Scott and Williams Co., Inc., in Laconia, N. H.

The Class expresses its sympathy to his widow Beatrice and his sisters, Mrs. Charles Watkins and Mrs. Robert Nartoff, as well as his brother, Peter.

Harold Hachett represented the Class and was a pall bearer.

1944

The passing of RUSSELL B. HURLBURT JR. on December 18, 1968 is noted. Russ had been sick a long time and in the hospital since the previous March.

He listed his service during WWII as Army and his highest rank as S/Sgt. We have no record of his recent years. Word of his death was sent in by his mother.

1949

Front-page headlines in the, Chicago Tribune on Saturday, March 15, carried the tragic news that HERMAN WILLIAM STEIN JR., his wife Susan, and son Peter had all died in a small plane crash the day before near Kewaunee, Wis. The Steins were en route to their vacation home near Green Bay when the crash occurred. Their second son Robert had remained at home. Cause of the accident was an electrical fire about which Stein had notified the Green Bay airport, but an apparent attempt to ditch the plane in Lake Michigan proved unsuccessful.

Herm Stein wore a label. It read Success. He inspired the best within himself through his own high standards, and he also brought out the best efforts of those with whom he was associated not only in business but also personal life. He was intense and restless. Yet, hard as he was on himself, he was at his restless core kind to others; even a child could feel this kindness behind his light, mocking facade. He was passionately devoted to his lovely wife Susan and his two sons and lived lovely wife the ski slopes of as much for their trips to the ski slopes of high business adventure at Bell and Howell Company. During his tenure of seventeen years with the company, he rose through the ranks to become vice president in charge of finance and treasurer.

Herm was one of the 49 Forty-niners who matriculated in March of 1945. He prepared for Dartmouth at New Trier Township High School Winnetka, Ill. After receiving his degree in February of 1950, he earned his Master of Business Administration certificate at the University of Michigan the following year His many interests included outside directorships with the National Security Bank of Chicago and the Casement Harware Company; Republican party work inspired in part by his previous stint as secretary-treasurer and aid to then resident of Bell and Howell Charles W. Percv; and projects of the Chicago Urban League and Civil Rights Commission. His wife, Susan (Spencer) Stein, was also active in these civil rights efforts as well as local church and school work. Air tragedy has again torn a loyal Dartmouth son and his family from us. The loss is deeply felt by all whose lives they touched.

1965

As we near the time of our first class reunion, it is particularly saddening to reportthe recent loss of one of our classmates. PAUL CHARLES SCHULER died on February 21, 1969 in New York City, where he was in his senioryear at Cornell Medical College.

Paul came to Dartmouth from Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School and Lakeview HighSchool in the Washington, D. C., area. AtDartmouth he majored in English, and was abrother in Phi Gamma Delta. After graduation Paul went on to Dartmouth MedicalSchool and at the end of his two years there,to Cornell Medical College, from where hewas to have graduated this year.

The sympathy of all his classmates goes out to his family, especially to his brother "Bud" '64, who is also well known to many of us.

1968

DAVID ANDREW SEIDMAN died April 30 while attempting to scale the southeast side of Mt. Dhaulagiri in Nepal, He, four other American mountaineers, and two Sherpa guides were killed when an avalanche hit their base camp at 16,000 feet. Five other Americans, including James J. Janey '69, were uninjured.

Dave was born November 6, 1946, and graduated from St. Luke's School in New Canaan, Conn. In college he was an art major and a member of Heorot.

A skilled and experienced climber, he served as president of the Dartmouth Mountaineering Club. Two years ago he was a member of the first team to conquer the treacherous south face of Mt. McKinley, and last summer he led the successful four-man Dartmouth assault on the previously unclimbed north ridge of Mt. Kennedy in Alaska.

Climbing was Dave's first love, and he pursued it with all his energy. He knew all too well the dangers of mountaineering, yet to him the joy that climbing brought was worth the risk.

He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Seidman '40, Split Rock Road, South Norwalk, Conn., and a brother, William H. '71. The Class shares in their loss and expresses to them its sincerest sympathy.

John Roy McLane '07

Sumner Brooks Emerson '17

Florimond DuSossoit Duke '18