Deaths

[A listing of deaths of which word has been receivedwithin the past month: Full notices mayappear in this issue or a later one.]

Smith, Albert E. '03, Jan. 15 Talcott, Clarence C. '08, Dec. 6, 1969 Reed, Henry R. '10, Feb. 2 Barnes, Gerald C. '11, Dec. 27, 1969 Trowbridge, Parker '13, Jan. 19 Warren, W. Goulding '13, N ov. 16, 1969 Lamson, Everett C. '15, Jan. 8 Browne, Page '16, Feb. 8 Ward, Emerson C. '17, Jan. 26 Blanchard, William Jr. '18, Oct. 28, 1969 Isbell, Charles W. '18, Jan. 12 Fleming, Herbert P. '19, Feb. 8 Morse, Lester S. '19, Feb. 4 Taylor, Johann L. A. '19, Jan. 14 Farnsworth, Benjamin B. M. '20, Nov. 15, 1969 Greeley, Philip H. '20, Jan. 18 Forbes, Wilbur J. '22, Nov. 29, 1969 Eastburn, Carroll B. '24, Mar. 1968 Hill, Edgar A. '24, Dec. 24, 1969 Patterson, Shepard H. '24, Dec. 8, 1969 Synnott, Paul A. '24, Feb. 7 Voorhis, Gilbert T. '24, Oct. 31, 1969 Tobey, Newton H. '25, Jan. 28 Tompkins, G. Patchin '25, Nov. 19, 1969 Goss, Robert F. '26, Jan. 29 Norton, Tom E. '27, Jan. 22 Little, Sherman '29, Nov. 15, 1969 Maguire, T. Paul '30, Jan. 22 Wheelan, J. Kenneth '30, Feb. 2 Birney, Hilliard C. Jr. '33, Dec. 2, 1969 Blake, Sherman W. '37, Jan. 28 McLane, Peter '37, Jan. 30 Jenks, Richard A. '41, Oct. 31, 1969 Klein, Walter M. '49, Jan. 27 Weir, Edward P. '50, Feb. 1 Smith, Douglas F. '54, Jan. 22 Perry, Lewis '15h, Jan. 26 Chambers, William N. s49m, Jan. 25

1903

ALBERT EDWARD SMITH, president and secretary of the Class of 1903, died January 16, 1970 at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Binghamton, N. Y., after an extended illness. He was 87 and was one of the senior members of the Dartmouth alumni body.

"Ag" was the retired Comptroller and Secretary of the Security Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York. He had held the former position for 32 years and the latter for six years before retiring in 1952. He settled in Binghamton in 1920 after practicing law in Troy, N. Y., from 1905 to 1908 and serving for the next 12 years as examiner and assistant chief examiner of the New York State Insurance Department.

Ag was born in Troy on March 19, 1882 and was a direct descendant of Richard Warren, London merchant, who came to Plymouth on the Mayflower in 1620. He entered Dartmouth from Albany Boys Academy and became a member of Alpha Delta Phi. After graduating from Dartmouth he took his law degree at Albany Law School in 1905. He was a member of the Broome County Bar Association.

Ag was past president of the Binghamton Chamber of Commerce, charter member and past president of the Binghamton Chapter of the National Association of Cost Accountants, and a charter member and past director of the Triple Cities Chapter of the National Office Management Association." He also had served as a director of the Broome County Chapter of the American Red Cross and was past chairman of the chapter's blood recruitment services committee. A member of the First Presbyterian Church in Binghamton, he was its treasurer for 20 years and also a trustee.

Ag led a vigorous life right up to his final year and made frequent trips to Hanover, both for football games and the May meetings of Dartmouth class officers. He served 1903 as treasurer and class agent as well as president and secretary, and in 1967 he was honored as Class Officer of the Year.

Ag was married in January 1910 to Miriam F. Ames, who survives him at their home, Vermont Ave., Binghamton. Also surviving are two daughters, Mrs. John P. Colman of Binghamton and Mrs. Robert F. Sowell of Palos Verdes Estates, Calif., and five grandchildren. A son, Albert Ames Smith, died at the age of 11.

Funeral services were held January 19 at the First Presbyterian Church and burial was in the Spring Forest Cemetery.

1905

LEON BURDETT SMITH died suddenly December 15 from a heart attack in his home in Fruitland Park, Fla. Born June 20, 1883 in Deerfield, N. H., Leon entered Dartmouth from Pinkerton Academy. In college he devoted himself unpretentiously to his work, but enjoyed golf and was a debater of some ability.

After graduation he took one year at the Thayer School in preparation for his career as an electrical engineer. In 1933 Leon gave up this line of work and engaged himself in a variety of occupations and particularly insurance.

In the various communities with which Leon was connected, he belonged to the following organizations: the Leesburg Rotary Club, Elks Lodge No. 511 and Masonic Lodge No. 518 in Greensberg, Pa., the Silver Lake Golf and Country Club, and the First Baptist Church of Derry, N. H.

In 1918 Leon married Frances E. Barndollar, who died in 1962. In 1963 he married Mrs. Amelia M. Watson, by whom he is survived. Also surviving are two sisters and two step-daughters.

1908

CLARENCE CLAYES TALCOTT died on December 6, 1969 at Novata, Calif. Cal was born March 20, 1883 at Joliet, Ill. He was with us only during our junior year, when he was a member of the Glee Club. He graduated from Lake Forest College in Chicago.

Cal spent most of his life in the banking field. In 1928 he moved to California, where he lived in Marina for 36 years and in Novata for six years. He is survived by one daughter, two sons, a sister, and six grandchildren. The sympathy of the Class is extended to all the members of the family.

1910

The REVEREND FREDERIC KENYON BROWN passed away January 3, 1970 at his home in Lancaster, Mass. He was born in England on December 5, 1882. Fred joined the class in junior year. He was graduated from Bangor Theological School before entering Dartmouth.

Before retiring in 1950 he had served as pastor for 15 years of the Evangelical Congregational Church in Lancaster. Other pastorates were Bethany Congregational Church, Worcester, and Congregational churches in Brookfield, Mass., and Bucksport, Maine.

He was married January 1, 1908 to Ethelind Knight in Westbrooke, Maine. She died in March 1960. Survivors are four sons, a daughter, and five grandchildren.

Through the years Fred did a great amount of writing. His writings included several religious books and articles for the Saturdayvening Post and Collier's magazines. He also wrote and conducted civic pageants.

1911

GERALD COWENHOVEN BARNES died at Laguna Hill, Calif., on December 27, 1969. Gerry came to Dartmouth from Boys High School in Booklyn, N. Y., and graduated with our class with a B.S. degree. He was a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. In 1927 he married Hazel Marshall Beaumont, who we believe survives him.

Gerry was in the insurance business all his life and mostly with different insurance companies in California. In 1931 he cast loose from the cooperation of all associates and went out on his own as an insurance agent and broker in Los Angeles. In 1934 and for three years thereafter he lived at the foot of Palomar Mountain (home of the 200-inch telescope), but then returned and lived in the city until the middle 1960's. At that time he and his wife followed a friend to "Leisure World" at Laguna Hills, Calif. Gerry was always a loyal supporter of Dartmouth and 1911 and was active in the Los Angeles alumni group.

HUGH KENWORTHY died on December 26, 1969 in Coatesville, Pa., after suffering an attack while supervising and mildly assisting two boys shovelling after a heavy storm.

Hugh came to Dartmouth from Coatesville High School and was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa. He was born in Coatesville and served in various capacities there for 35 years with Lukens Steel Co., retiring in 1954 after many years as Chief Purchasing Agent. He had many outside activities including former president of the Coatesville Area Chamber of Commerce; board chairman of the Home Savings and Loan Association at the time of his death (he had previously served as president); past president of the Pennsylvania Association for the Blind, Chester County Branch; charter member of the Coatesville Country Club where he had also served as president; Fraternal Order of Elks in Coatesville; and life member of the Washington Hose Co. and Wagontown Fire Co. He was also a life-long member of the Presbyterian Church of Coatesville.

Survivors include his widow, Jane (Crawford), a son Hugh Jr. '41, a daughter Mary Jane, 11 grandchildren, and three sisters. His grandson Thomas is Class of 1970.

Hugh was one of the most loyal, faithful, and well-liked members of 1911 and a strong supporter of Dartmouth College.

1913

PARKER TROWBRIDGE, our esteemed classmate, died January 19 at an East Providence, R. 1., nursing home. He was 79 and had been a resident of 30 Clarke Road, Barrington, R.I., since his retirement seven years ago as manager of the Worcester, Mass., office of the brokerage firm of Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis.

Parker was an active Dartmouth alumnus throughout his life and served as a member of the Alumni Council from 1945 to 1951. He was president of the Dartmouth Club of Worcester, chairman of the interviewing committee in that area, and served as 1913's Memorial Fund chairman for ten years, 1948-58.

Parker was one of the founders of the Bay State (Easter Seal) Society for the Crippled and Handicapped and served as its president for ten years until 1954, when he was elected president emeritus and was honored at a testimonial dinner in conjunction with the Boston conference of the national society. He was a vice president and a trustee of the national organization. He also was treasurer of Hospital Cottages for Children at Baldwinsville, Mass., and of the Massachusetts Protestant Society Service, Inc.

Parker was born in Framingham, Mass., the son of Dr. Edward H. Trowbridge '81. He prepared for Dartmouth at Worcester Academy, of which he later became alumni council president and a trustee. In college he became a member of Psi Upsilon. He began his long association with Paine, Webber in 1927. Following earlier membership on the Worcester City Council, he was a member of the Republican State Committee from 1936 to 1942, the last three years as executive committee chairman. He was past president of the Worcester Economic Club, a life member of Kiwanis, and a Knight Templar and Shriner.

Parker was married April 10, 1920 to Zylpha W. Dyke of Worcester, who survives him with a son, Anthony '52, two daughters, and seven grandchildren. Funeral services were private.

1915

EVERETT CARR LAMSON, of 70 Court St., Exeter, N. H., retired agent of Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., died January 8, 1970 following an operation in Exeter Hospital.

"Ev" was born March 19, 1892 in Exeter, prepared for college at Phillips Exeter Academy, and received a B.S. degree in 1915. While in college he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, a member of the gym team for two years, class treasurer for three years, and cheer leader for two years.

In addition to membership in the Veterans' Association of Metropolitan Life, he was a member of Star-in-the-East Lodge of Masons; a 60-year member of the First Baptist Church, Exeter; and N. H. Life Underwriters association. His World War service was with Winchester Arms Co. of New Haven, Conn. He retired in 1954.

He is survived by his widow, Charlotte (Hunt); a daughter, Shirley; two sons, Everett C. Jr. and William; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and two nieces.

A pre-burial service was conducted January 10 at the Brewitt Funeral Home by officers of Star-in-the-East Lodge of Masons, and funeral services were held January 11 in the First Baptist Church with interment in Exeter Cemetery.

1916

Our rare GEORGE HARDING SMITH JR., 75, died December 23 at Tinchebray, France from emphysema. Who among us won so much distinction and respect in so many fields?

Descendant of an early seventeenth-century settler of Medfield, Mass., and son of a founder of the Norwood Press, George came to Dartmouth via Norwood High and Exeter. Throughout our campus years he was prominent in tennis, the College Orchestra, the Dramatic Association Orchestra, and "The Dartmouth" Board. He was also a member of SAE.

Leaving graduate study at Harvard when the U.S. declared war in 1917, he enlisted with the U.S. Army Ambulance Corps and spent 20 months at the front and in Germany as an ambulance driver of the famous S.S.U. 510 with the 25th French division. He received five decorations, including a Croix de guerre.

Previous experience as a correspondent and city reporter led him into New York advertising in 1919. After ten years he joined McCann-Erickson as an account manager on ESSO, subsequently became manager of the New York office of its international division, and for many years was a vice-president and director of McCann-Erickson International. He retired in 1959, dividing his time between the Normandy town of Tinchebray and his home in Greenwich Village, New York City.

In 1921 George married Germaine Massabuau of Paris whom he had met while serving in the war. His wife predeceased him in 1962. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Paul W. Douglas of 25 Charlton Street, New York and Mrs. Nathaniel Groby of France; two sisters, one brother, Henry S. Smith '11; and seven grandchildren. To them all, the heartfelt sympathy of all 1916 is extended.

1918

WILLIAM BLANCHARD JR. passed away in Sarasota, Fla., October 28, 1969. He was born in Pasadena, Calif., August 28, 1896 and lived most of his adult life in the Chicago area and in Florida, where Mrs. Blanchard resides at 1201 Center Place, Sarasota.

Bill attended Dartmouth for only his freshman year and later was associated with several building material companies in the Midwest and Florida prior to retirement. His fraternity was Phi Kappa Psi.

Records are incomplete but indicate that he is also survived by a daughter, Barbara, by his first marriage to Elizabeth Corey in 1924. Those in 1918 who had the pleasure of knowing Bill during his short attendance at Dartmouth will recall his congeniality and good humor and will join in extending sympathy to his family.

Dartmouth College lost a loyal son and the Class of 1918 a devoted classmate when CHARLES WINCHELL ISBELL died suddenly in Montreux, Switzerland on January 12, 1970. He and his wife, Margaret, had left for a vacation abroad shortly before Christmas.

Charlie, a lifelong resident of North Adams, Mass., was born May 19, 1896. He attended Drury High School from which he entered Dartmouth and was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa. In 1917 he joined the Dartmouth College Ambulance Unit, serving with the French Army before America entered World War I. Returning home after being wounded he joined the U.S. Army Signal Corps. After the war he attended the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. He was also a member of the first graduating class of the Williams College School of Banking in 1958.

He was former president of the old North Adams National Bank, founded more than 130 years ago; when it was merged with the First Agricultural National Bank of Pittsfield he became senior vice president of the latter, retiring in 1963 but continuing as a director. He also served 15 years on the investment board of the North Adams Savings Bank. In 1941 he was named reemployment committeeman for the local draft area and awarded the Selective Service Medal in 1946.

Charlie had always taken a great interest in the entertainment world and in college he wrote the first drama column to appear in the old, and beloved, Dartmouth Bema. He was responsible later for bringing many prominent concert artists to the city of North Adams.

Before the Isbells left for Switzerland Charlie offered the College a statuette called "Genie of Progress" by a famous French sculptor that had stood for many years in the main banking room of the old North Adams National Bank. The College accepted the gift to be placed in the Hopkins Center. Charlie and Margaret were invited to attend the formal acceptance ceremony but were unable to attend.

Charlie was ever considerate of others, compassionate, charitable, and modest. He was a credit to his class, his college, and his country which he served. The word seems of small value today, but I would call him a gentleman. Thanks to Dartmouth he was my friend for 56 years.

Charlie is survived by his widow, Margaret, 200 East Main Street, North Adams, Massachusetts.

P.F.T.

1919

THOMAS WILLIAM BRESNAHAN died on January 9 at LaGuardia Airport after coming from Atlanta. Until his death he was in good health and looking forward to another trip to the Orient this year. Tom was a very loyal Dartmouth man and his loss will be mourned by all.

At the outbreak of war in 1917 Tom and Bill Cunningham went to Camp Devens to enlist. He was later sent to Camp Taylor where he was commissioned in the Field Artillery. After the war he spent a short time in banking but soon entered the publishing business which he made his life career. Over the years he was with Music Trade Review, Talking MachineWorld, Rug Profits and in later years McCall's. He retired from McCall's in 1962. In recent years he has acted as counsel to the Jute Carpet Backing Council.

Active in sports all his life he became the leading crew race judge in the country. For twenty years he was the chief judge of the regattas in Syracuse, Princeton, and Poughkeepsie and the Olympic trials.

in 1922 he married Claire Foster of Waterville, Maine, who with one son, Dana, and two grandchildren survive him. Mrs. Foster lives in New York City, at 50 East 79th St.

A memorial service was held at St. Bartholomew Church in New York. Among the large attendance were many classmates. Instead of flowers it was suggested donations be sent to Hanover for the Dartmouth College Scholarship in memory of Tom Bresnahan.

ALFRED H. TAYLOR JR. died on January 14 at the Veterans Hospital in Washington, D. C. Al had been back to the Fiftieth Reunion, which was the first time he had been at a reunion in many years;

He left college in 1917 to enlist and had a brilliant war record and received the Croix de guerre. After the war he graduated from Amherst, and his entire adult life was devoted to teaching.

He had recently changed his name to Johann Louis Alfred Taylor.

1920

HAROLD FREDERICK BIDWELL (Hal) of 23 Brook Drive, Simsbury, Conn., died December 3, 1969 in Hartford Hospital after several years of Parkinson's Disease. He was born in Bloom-field, Conn., son of Frederick C. and Ethelwyn (Jenkins) Bidwell on October 22, 1897 and attended the Hartford Public High School.

He served in the Medical Corps during World War I and was a member of the American Legion Post of Bloomfield. In 1928 he was married to Harriette Case. He joined the Bidwell Hardware Co., a family business, in 1921 from which he retired as president and treasurer in 1962.

He was a director of the University of Hartford and of the local and Hartford County Y.M.C.A. He was also a trustee of the Simsbury Methodist Church, the Avon Country Club, the City Club of Hartford, and the Masonic Lodge of Bloomfield, and a member of Gamma Delta Chi. He was also a member of both the Bloomfield and Simsbury Historical Societies.

Funeral services were held at the Simsbury Methodist Church with burial in Center Cemetery, Simsbury. Memorial gifts are being sent to his favorite charity, Simsbury Visiting Nurse Association of the Simsbury Volunteer Ambulance Association. Besides his wife Harriette he leaves three daughters, a sister, a brother and seven grandchildren. To them all the sincere sympathy of the Class is extended.

1921

HILTON ROWLEY CAMPBELL died after a brief illness on December 23, 1969 in Pinehurst, N. C., where he had resided since his retirement in 1964. Memorial services were held on December 31 in the Village Chapel at Pinehurst.

Hilton was born in Sisterville, W. Va., on January 20, 1899, received his preparatory school education at Peabody High School of Pittsburgh, Pa., but entered Dartmouth from Hastings-on-Hudson, N. Y. In Hanover he became a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. He received an M.C.S. degree from the Amos Tuck School in 1922.

His business career was continuously in the field of public accounting, mostly with the firm of Lybrand, Ross Bros, and Montgomery of which he became a partner in 1943. He was a member of the American Institute of Accountants and the New York Society of Certified Public Accountants. In 1955 was elected manager of the New York Clearing House.

He was a member of the Scarborough Presbyterian Church, and was on the Board of Directors and Treasurer of the Phelps Memorial Hospital.

He is survived by his widow, Mildred (Leeper), to whom he was married in 1946, by a daughter Elizabeth Jane, and by two brothers. Mrs. Campbell lives on McDonald Rd., Pinehurst, N. C.

The Class extends its heartfelt sympathy to Hilton's family.

1922

WILBUR J. FORBES died November 29, 1969. He was 73, a successful farmer, and a World War I veteran.

He was a native of Colebrook, N. H., and came to Dartmouth from Colebrook Academy. Before his sophomore year he transferred to Cornell and received a B.S. degree there in 1922. Shortly after graduation he married Myrta Dockham. She survives, as do their five daughters. Wilbur lived in Homer, N. Y., where he owned and diligently worked his farm. He was active in farm organizations, an insurance company, a bank, town government, and the local church. He was a devoted father, noted for his good Yankee common sense, sound support, and wise counsel.

1924

SHEPARD HOLDEN PATTERSON died just two days after his 68th birthday, Dec. 8, 1969. He was born on December 6, 1901 in New York City. Shep came to Dartmouth from Trinity School; while here he was active in the Outing Club, both Cabin and Trail, and the Ledyard Canoe Club.

Classmates who have taught here at Dartmouth may recall that banker-Patterson started as instructor in the English Department in 1927. He married Louise Notman, of Sweet Briar, in 1926; they had three children: Anne Louise (1928), Jean (1932), and Janet (1940) before their mother died in 1953. There were eight grandchildren born to these three daughters.

Shep began his banking career with the National City Bank, in New York City, July 1929 in boom times that turned to the Depression. They were living in the City area until he joined the Pittsburgh National Bank in 1943. He retired in 1969, as vice-president and senior loan officer in Commercial Banking.

His activities included past-president of the Dartmouth Club of Western Pennsylvania, pasttreasurer and director of the Credit Association of Western Pennsylvania, the Robert Morris Associates of the Industrial Club, and the Duquesne Club.

GILBERT THORNTON VOORHIS died on October 31, 1969. He was a man of many loyalties, including to the John Van Voorhis Association which indicates his Dutch origin; also to the Dartmouth Club of Philadelphia. He was born April 17, 1901, in Hartford, Conn., and came to Dartmouth from Loomis. "Chinny" withdrew for financial reasons in December 1922. He was well-known as a member of Chi Phi, also of the Dartmouth Christian Assn., on the Cabinet. His sports interests are reflected in his being assistant manager of the wrestling team.

He had been working as a builder, and then as a manufacturer's representative; as sales manager for Queen City Printing Co. (Philadelphia, 1929) and Snead Co. (Jersey City, 1931). In 1939 he had his own business in Philadelphia: G. T. Voorhis Co. He was married in 1943 to Margaret Reinhart, who survives him at 2130 Grubbs Mill Rd., Berwyn, Pa. From 1944-46 he served in the Engineers Corps of the U.S. Army, earning the rank of major.

His memberships included the Racquet Club, Fourth Street Club, Merion Cricket Club, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Society of American Military Engineers.

1925

GUILEY PATCHIN TOMPKINS suffered a fatal heart attack at the age of 68 on November 19, 1969. He lived at 65 Elston Rd., Upper Montclair, N. J. His passing was reported by his son, Daniel P. '62, as follows:

"My father graduated from Blair Academy, attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and graduated from Dartmouth in 1925. He held a number of jobs following graduation, mostly in teaching. The bulk of his career was spent in marketing research, first with Schenley Industries and then with his own firm, The Kenhard Service.

"Our family moved to Upper Montclair, N. J., from New York City in 1947, and my parents remained there until this year. In 1957 my father had a serious heart attack and went into partial retirement. He devoted his last years to caring for my invalid mother. He had had considerable heart trouble during the past year.

"As well as his widow, Victoria (Fiske), and myself, my father leaves a daughter, Mrs. Victoria Byrne, of Shad Bay, Nova Scotia. My father remembered his years at Dartmouth with great affection, and was a regular contributor to the Alumni Fund."

1929

SHERMAN LITTLE died November 15, 1969 in London. He was born on October 2, 1907 in Laconia, N. H., and grew up in Thiells, N. Y. After graduating from Williston Academy in 1925, he entered Dartmouth, played freshman hockey, sang in the glee club, and was a member of the Zeta Psi Fraternity. In the fall of 1929, he entered Yale Medical School from which he was graduated in 1933. He served as an intern in pediatrics in the New Haven Hospital and later as a rotating intern at the Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia. His residencies included one in pediatrics at the New Haven Hospital and one in psychiatry at the Butler Hospital in Providence, R. I. He was a Commonwealth Fund Fellow in pediatrics and psychiatry at Pennsylvania Hospital and at the Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic.

He had many academic appointments, both in pediatrics and psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine, the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, the University of Buffalo School of Medicine, and the University of Southern California School of Medicine. He was active in many phases of children's diseases, particularly in his later years, having to do with mental problems.

He had memberships in many medical societies, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Pediatric Society, American Psychiatric Association and the Southern California Society of Child Psychiatrists. He also found time to work on many publications. At the time of his death, he was on sabbatical leave from the University of Southern California and on leave of absence from the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles where he was director of psychiatric service. While on this leave he was a student and associate staff member of the Tavistock Clinic in London.

In 1937 Sherm married Martha Carson of Philadelphia who survives him, along with five children and four grandchildren. Their son Charles was a member of the Class of 1962. Martha intends to stay in London until about mid-1970 when she will return to their house in San Marino, California.

1930

THOMAS PAUL MAGUIRE, one of a family of five Dartmouth men, died in Mercy Hospital, Miami, Fla., January 22, following a long illness.

With him at the time of his death was his sister Helen (Mrs. D. Lucius Conant). She brought his body back to Portland, Maine, for burial in the family plot in Calvary Cemetery beside his parents. Interment was Tuesday, January 27.

Paul, or "Tay Pay" as his classmates called him, was born in Berlin, N. H., May 1, 1907. His family later moved to Portland where he prepared for Dartmouth at South Portland High School.

At Dartmouth, he majored in economics and following graduation went with the Western Electric Company in New York for several years. Moving to Texas, he built a career as a representative for pharmaceutical companies, including Eaton Laboratories and Winthrop-Stearns Co. During the war, he took three years out (1942-45) to serve as economist for the U.S. government (OPA) in Houston. In the post-war years and during the 50s, he engaged in the real estate business and operated his own surgical supply and appliance business in Fort Worth until ill health forced his semi-retirement to Florida about 14 years ago. For a few years, he was active in the hotel business in Miami Beach, until illness forced his complete retirement.

He was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa and, as an undergraduate, competed in ski events and track and worked for The Dartmouth.

He was married in 1935 to Mary McConn of Minneapolis. They had one son Thorn as Gene, who died in 1963 at the age of 23 of Hodgkins disease. He is survived by his sister, a brother, Frederick W. '24, and two nephews, Robert A. '5l and E. Thomas '58.

1933

It is with regret that notice is taken of the passing of HILLIARD CORTLAND BIRNEY JR. on December 2, 1969 in Mount Vernon, N. Y., after a brief illness. This information was supplied by a cousin who furnished no address so no additional information could be obtained. Bud lived at 4782 Boston Post Road, Pelham, N. Y.

WILLIAM LESTER LEGROW of 22 North Terrace, Tiburn, Calif., died on December 12, 1969. His funeral service was held at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. The class was represented by Chan Sprague. When Les wrote his comments for our 25th reunion book he said in part: "The church seems to play an increasingly important part in the lives of the family, particularly in the Midwest and the Far West."

He was a native of Everett, Mass., where he attended high school. Les was a member of Sigma Chi in college.

His entire business career was spent with Liberty Mutual Life Insurance Company. He started in Boston and was gradually promoted west to become vice president and manager of their Pacific division.

The sympathy of the Class is extended to his widow Margaret and their twin daughters, Paris and Parthenia.

1935

CI.OISE APPLETON CRANE, whose brilliant career as a linguist embraced Army, government, and business assignments, died very suddenly of heart disease December 8, 1969 in Yonkers, N. Y. He was 55 years old.

A distinguished scholar in languages as an undergraduate, he had spent his lifetime as an interpreter, translator, and language scholar. At the time of his death, he was employed by the Demrick Associates as a technical translator and was completing the translation of a 450-page volume for Dow Chemical Company.

Cloise, or Jack as he was known to classmates, received the Pray Prize for Excellence in Modern Languages, graduated Cum Laude, and was a Rufus Choate Scholar at Hanover. He had spent his junior year at the Sorbonne, and returned to Paris on fellowship to do graduate work at both the Sorbonne and the School of Oriental Languages.

Russian soon became his specialty. During World War 11, he was chief interpreter with the Allied Control Mission in Romania, serving as a linguist in Russian, French, and Romanian. He received the Certificate of Commendation for meritorious service.

After the war, he spent several years in Washington as Russian analyst in the Central Intelligence Agency. Later, he entered the busi ness world, first with McGraw-Hill and subsequently with Demrich Technical Translators where he worked in no less than eight languages.

Cloise is survived by his mother, Mrs. Mae Eloise Crane, who resides in Tarpon Springs, Fla. Jack was buried there in Cycadia Cemetery, with full military honors performed by a detachment from the McDill Air Force Base.

Mrs. Crane, in grateful appreciation tor the role Dartmouth played in her son's life, has provided funds for two prizes in modern languages and Russian, which will be awarded to graduating seniors at the 1970 commencement. The Class is indeed grateful for this generous gesture and extends to Mrs. Crane its deepest sympathy over the loss of her husband and only son within a span of three years.

1936

EDWARD THOMAS MCGRATH, public relations director for the Connecticut State Highway Department, died suddenly December 26, 1969, in his home at 40 Marlboro St., Waterbury, Conn. Ed was born in Waterbury and had prepared for Dartmouth at Crosby High and the Clark Preparatory School in Hanover. At Dartmouth he majored in English and psychology. For two years he was a member of the varsity football squad and he won the college heavyweight boxing championship. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and the Sphinx honorary society.

After graduation Ed worked for seven years at the Scovill Manufacturing Co. in Waterbury and then seventeen years at the U.S. Rubber Co. Naugatuck Footwear Plant as Director of Public Relations and Employee Services. In 1960 he formed his own PR firm, Edward T. McGrath Associates, and in 1962 joined the State Highway Department. Ed maintained his interest in sports by actively supporting the YMCA, the Boy Scouts, the Little League, and the Waterbury Industrial Council sports league teams. At the time of his death he was a member of the Waterbury Beautification Council, the Naugatuck Lodge of Elks, the American Bridge, Tunnel and Turn-pike Association, the Association of Highway Officials of the North Atlantic States, and an accredited member of the Public Relations Society of the United States.

The sympathy of the Class is extended to his widow, Catherine and their four children, his brother, Thomas '38 of Scarsdale, N. Y., and his four grandchildren.

1937

PETER MCLANE died in Manchester, N. H., where he made his home at 37 Readey Street on January 30. He had undergone an operation on his brain last summer, but appeared to be making a good recovery until a relapse some ten days before his death.

His immediate family includes his widow Polly; a son, Peter Andrews '69, now in the Peace Corps in Africa; and three other sons, Bruce, a student at the University of Pennsylvania, Douglas at Hiram College, and Gregory at New Hampton School.

Peter graduated from Holderness School in 1933. For four undergraduate years at Dartmouth he displayed an active interest in the out-of-doors, becoming president of the Ledyard Canoe Club, Director of Cabins on the board of the DOC and a member of Bait and Bullet. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta.

In World War II he saw combat service as a Navy lieutenant in the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, and the Pacific. After the war he married Polly Smith, a Wellesley graduate then working as secretary at the Pinkham Notch Huts of the Appalachian Mountain Club. For 21 years they have lived in Manchester where Peter was an insurance broker.

Besides his wife and children, he leaves his mother, Mrs. Clinton A. McLane of Milford, N. H.; a sister, Patty, married to William B. Rotch '37; and a brother, Clinton, living in Mexico.

In recent years his hobby has been New Hampshire archaeology. Most of his work in this field was done on the banks of the Memmack River in Manchester. Working with friends, he had unearthed thousands of artifacts representing some 5,000 years of Indian culture, which he was in the process of cataloguing at the time of his death. Part of this collection served as the basis for a study by anthropology students at Dartmouth in 1968 and 1969.

1939

EBEN (Ben) SUMNER REYNOLDS died suddenlyon December 15, 1969. He was 52 years of age.He attended Milford (Mass.) High School andthe Loomis School in Windsor, Conn., aspreparation for Dartmouth. Upon graduation, he joined his father's dental supply companyprevious to an involvement in World War IIDue to a childhood affliction he was classified 4F in the draft, but was able to circumvent this problem by becoming a member of a hospital unit in the European theatre as a member of the 7th General Hospital of the U.S. Army. It was during this tour of duty that he met and married Ann Herbert of East Kilbride, Scotland, in 1944.

Following the war, Ben plunged back into the academic world earning a B.S. degree from the Cornell School of Hotel Administration, being graduated Phi Kappa Phi. He then became associated with the Sheraton Hotel chain in Boston and was manager of Thompson's Spa restaurants over a five-year period. Later he was associated with the Children's Medical Center in Boston as one of the pioneer non-medical administrators, a position he held for eight years. Teaching, however, was his first love, and he returned to the Cornell Hotel School as an associate professor and added a Master's degree to his record. We are indebted to his wife Ann for supplying us with the comments of a colleague who wrote the following at his death. "Eben was respected as a teacher, honored as a gentleman, loved as a friend. A man of complete integrity he commanded respect and admiration. A quiet and gracious person he had a good sense of humor and was always at ease with people."

Ben is survived by his widow Ann, three sons, and two daughters. He is also survived by his brother and classmate Eliot W., and a sister. His family are residing at 1009 Triphammer Lane, Ithaca, N. Y. 14850.

1954

It is with extreme sorrow that we record the death of DOUGLAS FRANKLIN SMITH in a plane crash in Aspen, Colo., on January 22, 1970. Doug was en route from Chicago to rejoin his wife and family for a few days of skiing when the unfortunate accident occurred.

Doug was one of those rare personalities who spread an atmosphere of gladness wherever he went. At Dartmouth he became a member of Theta Chi and was on the swimming team in his freshman and sophomore years. His undergraduate nickname, "Tiger," bespoke the kind of warmth and enthusiasm for life he evoked in everyone he met. In 1957 he received a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from Northwestern University and then went to work for The First National City Bank of New York. He moved on from there to join E. F. Hutton & Co., Inc., where, at the time of his death, he had risen to manager of the company's Board of Trade Building Office, Chicago, Ill.

A great tennis fan, he was joined by his wife, "Freddy," in several Chicago-area mixed doubles tournaments, while in the winter months he was a devoted skier owning a condominium in Aspen where he spent many a happy time with his family.

In his home area of Winnetka, Ill., Doug participated actively in church and civic affairs and was a member of the Indian Hill Club of Winnetka. Doug's efforts on behalf of Dartmouth were considerable. He served on enrollment activities in the Greater Chicago area, and as Regional Class Agent for the Midwestern Region. He also was a staunch worker for the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Chicago and the esteem in which he was held by that group is measured by their establishment of a "Douglas F. Smith Scholarship" in his honor. As a member of the Class of 1954 Executive Committee Doug earned the respect and affection of all its participants who found in him a happy blending of common sense, good humor, and honest purpose.

Doug is survived by his widow, Frederica, at 1066 Ash St., Winnetka, Ill., and by four children. We share their sorrow and extend to them our heartfelt sympathy.

Albert Edward Smith '03