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.]

Brown, Julius A. '02, May 2 Callman, Herbert '04, May 9 Sanderson, John F. '04, April 1970 Clark, Harold C. '08, Apr. 13 Miller, Burton C. '10, Apr. 22 Remsen, Richard '12, Apr. 28 Nickerson, Lawrence C. '13, Apr. 18 Smedley, Charles W. '14, Apr. 21 Ehinger, George '15, Apr. 20 Sawyer, Howard P. '15, May 4 Cressy, Charles S. '16, Apr. 9 Dudley, Charles H. '16, Apr. 23 LeFevre, Jay '18, Apr. 26 Robinson, Donald G. '18, Apr. 5 Emerson, John O. '19, May 2 Morrill, Olney S. '20, May 3 Hill, F. Richard '21, May 4 Colpitts, Donald B. '22, Mar. 21 Ferguson, Hardy S. Jr. '22, Apr. 20 Blake, Wilson C. '23, Apr. 28 Brown, Leroy T. '23, Apr. 21 Robes, Kenneth H. '23, May 5 Mackay, Donald K. '26, Apr. 18 Clapp, Richard F. '27, Apr. 11 Harpin, Richard R. '31, Apr. 19 Bowman, William B. '32, Apr. 11 Palmer, Gerald C. '33, Mar. 8 Day, J. Cameron '34, Apr. 24 Fisher, Arthur B. '35, Mar. 26 Harvey, Robert S. '36, Mar. 17 Keating, Peter M. '67, May 5 Winters, Robert H. '67h, Oct. 10, 1969

1901

DR. HARRY SYLVESTER CLARK, a retired dentist, died at his home, 50 Park Street, Danvers, Mass., on April 9. He was 92 years old and had been ill for some time. He was born in Randolph, Vt., where he attended the local school. In college he was a member of Chi Phi. After graduation he entered Harvard Dental College and later established his dental practice in Danvers.

Dr. Clark was past president of the Harvard Odontological Association, past president of the Danvers Co-Operative Bank, and a member of the Scottish Rite Bodies of Salem, Mass., and the Massachusetts Consistory of Boston.

Funeral services were held in Maple Street Congregational Church on April 11, 1970. He leaves his widow Clara E. (Carleton), a son George W., and four grandchildren. The Class extends its deep sympathy to Mrs. Clark and to their son and his family.

1902

JULIUS ARTHUR BROWN, educator and physicist who spent 36 years in the Middle East, died May 2 in Laconia, N. H., at the age of 89. He was a former class secretary and newsletter editor, and was the great-grandson of Dartmouth's third president, Francis Brown, who led the College through the Dartmouth College Case.

"J. A.," although a native of New York City, considered himself a New Hampshire man. After graduating with Phi Beta Kappa honors he stayed on at Dartmouth as instructor in physics and received his master's degree in 1904. He was the first Rhodes Scholar from New Hampshire and received a B.S. from Oxford in 1906. He returned to Dartmouth as assistant professor of physics for two years before leaving for the Middle East in 1909.

Professor Brown taught physics and astronomy at American University in Beirut, Lebanon, from 1909 until his retirement in 1945. During World War II he was acting president. While at American University, he was also director of the observatory and dean of arts and sciences. In 1945 he joined Colgate University and retired for a second time three years later. Other teaching positions following retirement were at the American University in Cairo, Egypt; Colby College in Maine; and Jacksonville College in Florida, where he was also acting president.

Professor Brown gained international recognition for his work in the field of stellar photometry and variable stars and later was a researcher at Yerkes Observatory in Chicago and Mt. Wilson Observatory in Pasadena, Calif.

During World War I he was commissioned a major by the American Red Cross and served as Deputy Commissioner for Palestine and Egypt. At Port Said, Egypt, he set up an industry for 10,000 Armenian refugees during the war. Among his students at American University was Charles Malik, Lebanon diplomat and former president of the United Nations General Assembly.

"J. A." was a member of a notable Dartmouth family that, has sent six consecutive generations of Browns to the College. He also came from a long line of college presidents. In addition to being the great-grandson of Dartmouth's President Francis Brown, Class of 1805, he was the grandson of Samuel Oilman Brown, Class of 1831, president of Hamilton College; and the son of Francis Brown, Class of 1870, president of Union Theological Seminary. He himself was twice an acting college president.

"J. A." was married in June 1909 to Helen Conner of Cincinnati, Ohio, who died in 1950. He had four Dartmouth sons, all of whom survive him: Dr. Francis Brown '34, Prof. Sanborn C. Brown '35, Prof. Arthur M. Brown '43, and Rev. Samuel G. Brown '46. A daughter, Mrs. James S. Jessup of Laconia, and a sister also survive. One of 16 grandchildren is Alan S. Brown '68.

Funeral services were held in Laconia on May 5 and burial was in the Old Dartmouth Cemetery in Hanover.

1903

HERBERT CHAMPION FOLLETT passed away in California on March 6, 1970 at the age of 88. He had been in ill health for the past two years and had been in a rest home since suffering a stroke about a year ago.

In 1904 Herb started his mercantile training with Butler Bros, in Minneapolis, then continued with the same firm in Chicago, and finally in 1928 became manager of Butler Bros., the immense store in San Francisco. In 1938 he went into business for himself, starting a 5 & 10 Cent Store, and in 1947 bought the Brown's Variety Store of Paradise, Calif., in partnership with his son, John '37. His 1961 questionnaire indicated that he was a partner in Baron's Department Store in Sacramento. In 1931 Herb was president of the Alumni Assoc. of Northern California.

Survivors include his widow Elsie, to whom he was married in 1950, and a daughter and son by a previous marriage. Mrs. Follett lives at 940 47th St., Sacramento.

1905

GEORGE WILLIAM. PUTNAM, class secretary for the past twenty years, died suddenly on April 7. Stricken with a massive cerebral hemorrhage at his home in Upper Montclair, N. J., he died four hours later at Orange Memorial Hospital.

"Put," as he was known to our class and friends, had a most distinguished career as a teacher of Greek and Latin. Most of his teaching years were spent at Montclair High School, where he was a faculty member for 39 years, 1909-48, the last twenty years as Assistant Principal and Dean of Boys. He had a reading knowledge of a dozen languages, including Japanese and Sanskrit, and conducted a class in Japanese conversation in the early years of World War II.

Graduating from Dartmouth with Phi Beta Kappa honors, Put stayed on to get his master's degree in 1906. He taught Latin and Greek at Hanover High and was Instructor in Greek at Dartmouth in 1906-07. He then taught at Lawrence Academy for one year and at Stamford (Conn.) High School for two years before beginning his long association with Montclair High School in 1909. Retirement in 1948 did not last long, for he became Adjunct Professor of Greek and Latin at Upsala College the next year, and from 1951 until his real retirement in 1967 he taught Greek part-time at Bloomfield College and Seminary.

Put had a lifelong interest in Dartmouth affairs and was an active alumni club member. His work as 1905's class secretary for twenty years gave him special pleasure, and in 1969 his success in that role was recognized when he was named Dartmouth Class Secretary of the Year.

In addition to his educational and Dartmouth interests, Put was an enthusiastic gardener, both in Montclair and at his summer home on Bustins Island, Maine. But languages were his great love and he was a prodigious reader all his life.

He was a Republican Party worker in Montclair and was active in the local churches, first for the First Baptist Church, where he was Sunday School Superintendent and chairman of the board of trustees, and later for the First Congregational Church, where he held almost every possible office beginning in 1937. For the latter he was honorary chairman this year for the church's centennial celebration. He was a member of several educational associations, and was past president of the Montclair Teachers Association.

Put was a native of Nashua, N. H. He was married in July 1908 to Bertha M. Cole of Lebanon, N. H., who died in 1932. They had three children, all of whom survive: Dr. William F. Putnam '30 of Lyme, N. H.; Mrs. Putnam Abbott of Watertown, Conn., and Mrs. Frederick G. Butterworth of Wolfeboro. Put's second marriage, in June 1935, was to Mrs. Mildred Menhinick, a former pupil, who survives Put and resides at 358 North Fullerton Ave., Upper Montclair. Also surviving are a stepson and step-daughter, 15 grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held April 10 at the First Congregational Church, and interment was in Mount Hebron Cemetery. It was requested that in lieu of flowers contributions be made to the Dartmouth Class of 1905 Memorial Fund.

1908

HAROLD CHARLES CLARK, one of our '08ers who studied forestry, died April 13, 1970 in Elliot Community Hospital, Keene, N. H., after a brief illness.

Harold was born in Keene, May 31, 1885 and prepared for Dartmouth at Keene High School. In college he was a member of the track squad and served as assistant in biology in '07 and 'O8. His fraternities were Sigma Nu and Alpha Delta Epsilon. He was awarded the M.F. degree in 1910 at the University of Michigan, and became forest assistant in the Colorado National Forest and in the .Bighorn National Forest.

Returning east in 1914 he engaged in forestry assignments, including the pine blister rust eradication program in New Hampshire and Maine, until 1928 when he became interested in wood preservation and joined the Nashua Wood Preserving Plant. In 1931 he went with the Nashua Gummed and Coated Paper Company. In 1942 he joined the Polaroid Corporation Research Department in Cambridge, Mass., until his retirement in 1954 to his home in Chesham, N. H.

Harold was devoted to the outdoors - swimming, skating, and mountain climbing. He was a Mason and a deacon of the First Congregational Church at Nashua. He took an active part in the Boy Scouts and the Order of the DeMolay.

On September 11, 1911 he was married to Ethelyn L. Jewett who survives him in Marlboro, N. H. (R.F.D.). The Class extends its sincere sympathy to Ethelyn and their two sons and seven grandsons.

1911

The death of ARTHUR EDWARD WYMAN at the age of 80 on January 15, 1969 terminated an interesting and varied career, which began directing musical shows in 1914. Two years later he was teaching math in Honolulu. Five years later he was Field Director of A.R.C. first in Hawaii, then in the Philippines for two years, and China for four years. Back in the States he did theatrical work for three years, followed by ten years as associate professor at University of Hawaii and six years of directing entertainment for the Army. Then, moving to Florida he became a partner in a poultry farm, which was very successful until a stroke curtailed his activities, and he resorted again to coaching theatricals. When he could no longer drive his car, he had to give that up and really retire. He said his hobby was gabbing with friends, but, chiefly, listening.

His ashes were taken to the family plot in Auburn, Me. Arthur never married. He is survived by his sister, Mrs. Ethel W. Stetson, Box 378, Gainesville, Fla.

1913

LAWRENCE CLINTON NICKERSON of 452 Park Drive, Boston, died April 18, 1970. He was born in Harwich, Mass., in September 1891 and while at Dartmouth became a member of Psi Upsilon. His career was that of a real estate broker and he was connected with Henry W. Savage, Inc., for 26 years. He retired in 1956.

Nick's first wife, Florence (Taylor) to whom he was married in 1916, passed away in 1956. That same year he married Eva M. (Peltier), who survives him. He is also survived by two brothers and a sister, and several nieces and nephews.

1914

Word comes from Hanover of the death on April 21, 1970 of CHARLES WILLIAM SMEDLEY, presumably in New Britain, Conn., where he was born on August 18, 1890, where he went to high school before coming to Dartmouth for two years with our class, and where he made his lifetime career as a newspaper reporter, sports editor, and city editor on local newspapers.

He was married to Katherine C. Dawsoa on May 30, 1919, and she passed away in September 1926. In February 1929 he married Suth Schade who survives him as do his daughter Joan and three grandchildren. Mrs. Smsdley lives at 597 Arch St., New Britain.

1915

GEORGE EHINGER, former legislator and superintendent of the Elizabeth W. Murphy School of Dover, Del., died April 20, after a short illness. He lived at 12 Kings Highway in Dover. George was born in New York City June 28, 1888 and prepared for college at Mt. Hermon School.

He was a member of the faculty of Lawrence Academy, Groton, Mass., and the Portland School of Social Work at the University of Oregon and was executive director of the State Child Welfare Commission in Oregon. He then accepted the appointment as superintendent of the Murphy School in Dover.

George was a veteran of World War I, long active in the American Legion, and was a former State Commander and member of the National Committee. He was elected to the Delaware House of Representatives in 1957 where he served two terms. He was also a member of the State Board of Correction and during World War II served as director of the State Aircraft Warning Service.

He was a member and past president of the Dover Rotary Club, a past district governor of Rotary International, founder and past president of the Dover YMCA, founder of the United Community Fund, president of Dover District Public Library Commission, former chairman of the Delmarva Boy Scout Council, and a member and elder of the Dover Presbyterian Church. He was the recipient of many distinguished awards for his various community activities.

His widow, Mrs. Aline N. Ehinger, had frequently accompanied George to Alumni College. She survives as well as four sons, Paul, Robert '43, George Jr. '45, and Nelson '52; a brother; two sisters; and 17 grandchildren. The sympathy of the Class is extended to all the family.

HOWARD PIERCE SAWYER, prominent physician of Wolfeboro, N. H., died May 4, 1970 in the Huggins Memorial Hospital of Wolfeboro, after a recent return from Florida where he had spent the last few winters. He had been in failing health for some time.

"Buster," as he was known to his friends, was born August 13, 1892 in Concord, N. H., where he attended high school. Following graduation from Dartmouth, he received his M.D. from Yale Medical School. While at Yale, he volunteered for overseas duty in World War I and learned to care for the wounded in combat. The presentation of his M.D. degree came in a formal ceremony July 14, 1918 in the bloody St. Mihiel sector.

Fully qualified for his profession and for his military duties by this service, he was awarded the silver bars of a first lieutenancy in September of 1918.

After the war, he practiced in Fall River, Mass., for 24 years as a gynecologist and obstetrician and then moved to Brookfield, N. H., to retire. But he soon found his medical services were needed in his new home and turned his hand to the general practice of medicine, devoting his skills to town and state affairs as well. He became a selectman, a representative to the General Court, and the town moderator and was named to the state Board of Registration in Medicine.

He was a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, held memberships in the American Medical Association, the New Hampshire Medical Society, the American Legion, and was on the board of the Carroll County Y.M.CA.

In 1920 he married Mary Gerrish Willard, who died in 1959. In 1961 he married Marie Hodgdon, who survives him at Pleasant Street, Wolfeboro. He is also survived by a son, Dr. Howard P. Jr. '45, and a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Haines.

Funeral services were held in Wolfeboro and interment at Concord, N. H. The Class extends its sympathy to his family.

1917

GEORGE KENNETH BURGUM passed away on March 27, 1970 at Clementon, N. J. He was in his seventy-fourth year.

Immediately after graduation from Dartmouth, George took a post-graduate course at Harvard. There followed a year of service in the Army, World War I. He began his teaching career at the University of Pittsburgh. His major work was at Hackensack High School where he served as superintendent and guidance counselor for 38 years.

George was married in 1920 to Katherine Bennett of Newton, Mass. She survives him, as well as a son George B., a daughter Nancy, two grandchildren, and a brother. Expressions of sympathy from the Class have been extended to Mrs. Burgum at Apt. 1107, Silver Lake Manor, Clementon, N. J.

1918

BRAINERD COGSWELL BURNHAM suffered a heart attack while sitting in his car in a parking lot and was dead on arrival at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He lived at 88 North Avenue, Weston, Mass.

Born in South Essex on October 5, 1895, Bren attended Exeter Academy before coming to Dartmouth, and during World War I was a 2nd lieutenant in the Field Artillery. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta. Bren's business career, from 1940 until the time of his retirement was with the F. W. Derbyshire Co. of Waltham, makers of watch lathes.

Survivors include his widow Mazie (vander Wyk), to whom he was married in 1918, four grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. His daughter Barbara passed away in 1964.

1919

HENRY NELSON BROWNE, 73, died on January 31 at St. Albans, Vt., where he had made his home in recent years at 148 North Main Street. Nels was a native of Vermont and lived there practically all his life. In recent years his activity had been limited due to a heart condition.

In undergraduate days Nels played both baseball and basketball winning his letter in both sports. He was a member of KKK. After college he played professional baseball for several years and then returned to his native Vermont to enter the insurance business.

He leaves a widow and five children and fourteen grandchildren.

1920

OLNEY SMITH MORRILL ("Mugs" to his Dartmouth friends) died suddenly May 2, 1970 at his home, 127 Edmunds Road, Wellesley Hills, Mass., of a cerebral hemorrhage. He was born November 19, 1896 in Ashland, N. H., and attended Newport (Vt.) High School. He had been interested in banking all of his life, starting at the age of 13 working part time and continuing summers while attending Dartmouth. He received his master's degree from Tuck School in 1921 and was a member of Sigma Nu.

He worked for eleven years for the then Atlantic National Bank also serving as Secretary of the Hamilton Trust. In 1932 he went with the New England Merchants National Bank of Boston from which he had recently retired. A specialist in correspondent bank relationships, he was appointed in 1960 senior vice president of that field. After his retirement he continued on as a director of the bank and retained an office in the Prudential Building in Boston.

He was a member of the Boston Rotary Club, the Algonquin Club, and Braeburn Country Club and was formerly active in both the American Bankers Association and the Massachusetts Bankers Association.

He was married in Boston in 1925 to Brenda Drury, who died in 1935. In 1944 he was married to Lucia Bryant in New York City, and they had a daughter Julie Marie, born in 1950.

Funeral services were held at St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Wellesley on May 6, and classmates in attendance included Eb Wallace, Ken Spalding, Dick Southwick, Charlie Sargent, "Red" Tillson, Mel Merritt, and Bob Mulcahy, as well as Ann Hodgkins and Dorothy Harvey. "Spider" Martin and Rock Hayes also attended from the Class of 1919.

He is survived by his widow Lucia and daughter Julie. Deepest personal sympathy, in addition to the sympathy of the Class goes to Lucia and Julie and other "surviving relatives.

PHILIP HERZOG (Phil) GREELEY of Winter Park, Fla., died January 18, 1970 at the Florida Hospital and Sanitarium in Orlando. He was born December 29, 1896 in Washington, D. C., son of Arthur Philip and Helena Herzog Greeley, and went to Central High School.

He had a lung abscess in his high school days, and not having at that time the modern medicines of today, this bothered him the greater part of his life. He went to McGill but transferred to Dartmouth and in spite of being incapacitated he was in the Third and Second Honor Groups and won the Thayer Prize in Mathematics and the third and Honorable Mention in mathematics and graphics. He operated his own radio and TV business in Washington, custom work, sales and service, and he worked for a time as a radio engineer at the Bureau of Standards. But this was too confining and the air pollution of the large city forced him to make a change in climate, so he moved to Florida about 12 years ago.

There seems to be no record that he ever married, and except for a brother John R. Greeley of Warner Lake Road, East Berne, N. Y. who informed the College of Phil's death, we do know of any other survivors.

BENJAMIN BROWN MASON FARNSWORTH of 180 Main Street, Madison, N. J., died November 15, 1969. Ben was born in Portland, Me., the son of Benjamin H. and Mary Webb Farnsworth, on July 25, 1897. He was married in 1926 in Franklin, N. H., to Lillian Currier and had one daughter, Ellen, born in December 1930. Most of Ben's working years he was a salesman of text books, but in 1942-43 he was a teacher of English in the Greenfield High School. In 1943 and 1944 he also taught English in the Westboro High School, but in 1944 went back to selling for the Iroquois Publishing Company.

The College received a brief note from his widow Lillian on January 29, 1970 advising that Ben had died but with no further information.

The sympathy of the Class goes to his family.

1921

FRANK RICHARD HILL passed away on May 4, 1970 after a sustained period of chronic disability. Death occurred at Manchester, N. H., where he had spent all of his adult life. His home was at 717 Pine Street.

Born in Dorchester, Mass., on October 28, 1899 he was a graduate of Boston English High School. After a year at the University of New Hampshire he transferred to Dartmouth in the fall of 1918 and became affiliated with the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity.

His business career was exclusively in the field of investment banking as representative of Boston and New York brokerage houses. His memberships included the Brookside Congregational Church of Manchester, Stoney Brae Country Club, the Dartmouth Club of Boston, and American Legion Post #3.

In addition to his widow, the former Elizabeth Gleason, he is survived by one brother, John E. '20; also three sons, F. Richard Jr. '47, John, and Arthur E. '60; a daughter Mary Jane (Mrs. Herbert W. Faxon); and nine grandchildren.

Funeral services were held on the afternoon of May 6 in Manchester, N. H. The Class extends its deepest sympathy to Richard's widow and the other members of his family.

1922

ARTHUR JOSEPH COAKLEY, 72, died March 20 at his winter home, Sarasota, Fla. He had a 40-year career in engineering and before retirement in 1964, was manager of optical engineering, Jones and Lamson Machine Co., Springfield, Vt.

Art entered Dartmouth from high school in his native Wakefield, Mass. He was a competent student, a courageous mile and two-mile runner, and cross country captain. He belonged to Kappa Kappa Kappa and Gamma Alpha. After receiving his bachelor's degree, he won a C.E. degree in 1924 from Thayer School.

He began his engineering career with the Illinois State Highway Dept. He next did design engineering with the American Bridge Company. He joined the comparator division of Jones and Lamson in 1941, and a few years later he began developments in lens design which revolutionized previous concepts and contributed toward the high reputation of the company in the field of optical comparators.

He was a member of the National Association of Civil Engineers. He was also interested in fishing, boating, photography, and antique clocks, on which he was an authority.

Art is survived by his wife Margaret (Keir) of Whitefield, N. H., where they lived at 79 Elm Street when not in Sarasota. The Class joins her in sorrow

HARDY SMITH FERGUSON JR: died April 20 at New Milford, Conn., Hospital. He had suffered courageously wtih multiple sclerosis for more than thirty years.

Fergie's father was Dartmouth '89, and our classmate was born August 1, 1898, in Lewiston, Me. He entered Dartmouth from St. Lukes School, Wayne, Pa., and he soon became a prominent and highly esteemed member of the college community. In freshman year he was class vice president. He was active in student theatrical productions, a member of Rake and Roll, and manager of the swimming team. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta and Sphinx, and despite physical hardship, he was a continuously loyal alumnus.

His business career began with the Seaman Paper Co., Chicago. He moved to New York City in 1930 and worked with Bulkley Dunton & Co. Somewhat later he was associated for ten years with Blake, Butler Paper Co., Inc. During the war period he was with Anaconda Copper Co., Hastings-on-Hudson. In 1947 he was an officer in Hardy S. Ferguson Co., 200 Fifth Ave., New York, but five years later illness compelled the termination of his business career.

Fergie and Lucile Ward were married 42 years ago in Evanston, Ill. For the past 12 years they have lived on Wykeham Rise Read, Washington, Conn. He was an honorary member of the Washington Lions Club and a member of the First Congregational Church.

His survivors are Lucile, their daughter Ann, now Mrs. John P. Cedarholm of Katonah, N. Y., and four grandchildren. Bob Clark represented the Class at the memorial services. The Class gives Lucille its deepest gratitude for her devotion to our classmate and joins her and the family in sorrow.

1923

WILSON CUSHING BLAKE died of cancer at the Hartford (Conn.) Hospital on April 28. He was 68 years old. Born in Wollaston, Mass., Bill came to Dartmouth from Quincy High School. He was a member of Theta Chi. Bill lived in the Hartford, Conn., area for 45 years and before establishing his own business was a salesman and manufacturer's agent. He retired in 1968 as president of the power-equipment manufacturing company that he founded and which bears his name.

A member and past president of the Hartford Rotary Club, Bill was also a 32nd degree Mason, a Shriner, and a member of the Hartford Golf Club. Active in many civic undertakings, he was Connecticut chapter president of the American Arthritis Foundation and received a citation from that organization for outstanding service.

Bill was married in 1928 to the former Dorothy Hills whom he met through his good friends, Charlie and Jean Rice. He is survived by his widow (at 146 Stoner Dr., West Hartford), a daughter, a brother, Henry A. '26, a sister, and three grandchildren. Classmates attending the funeral included: Fred Clark, Jack Myers, Howard Alcorn, Jack Booth, Charlie Rice, Fred Davis, Jim Hennessy, and Bill Catlin.

On April 21, 1970, LEROY TAYLOR BROWN, died at the age of 68 in the Sharon Hospital, Sharon, Conn. He will be greatly missed by the Class of 1923. Brownie was born January 25, 1902, in New York City. He attended Stuyvesant High School in the same city, where he started his career in track. He was captain of the freshman track team and also captain of the varsity during junior and senior years. He was a member of Kappa Sigma and the musical clubs. In his senior year he was pledged to C. & G.

After graduation, Brownie entered the Colorado School of Mines, where he graduated in 1926. During this time, his prowess in the high jump had brought him the championship of the I.C. A.A.A.A. and world's indoor championship. He qualified for the Olympic team in 1924 with a jump of 6 feet 6½ inches, which broke the then existing Olympic record. In Paris at the Olympics, he took second place in spite of a pulled ligament sustained in the try outs. First place tied his previous record.

In 1932 Brownie married Madeline Carroll. They then started on a tour of South American countries where Brownie was manager of mines involved in copper, lead, asbestos and talc operations.' Two sons were born to them, Leroy Jr. •56 and Jack. In 1959 Maddy died of cancer, and in June 1960 Brownie married Mrs. Elizabeth Losch, a close friend of the family. Roy was getting close to retirement but still making consulting trips. They bought a farm in New Preston, Conn., in 1963 and two years later an old farmhouse in Sharon, on South Ellsworth Road.

In June 1969 it was found that the previous work in mines, especially asbestos, had affected Brownie's lungs. He was treated in Sharon, New York, and last winter in Florida, all without success.

Brownie had a full life and great accomplishments as a husband and a father and in his profession. He tried to give the impression of being a tough guy, with his Brooklyn accent, but underneath he was a gentle, sensitive person and a loyal friend. His banjo pepped up many a reunion, and it was always good to see his tall lanky figure and his wonderful smile.

H.D.S.

1924

Although all heart attack deaths are tragic, MEKRITT HOWELL OAKLEY SMITH ("Brick") endured a double dose in his passing on the morning of March 21, 1970, in New Bern, N. C. We are indebted to reports from his widow Betsy and Dr. Alan Davidson '39. Briefly, at 4 a.m. a hot fire was raging at the Eastern Carolina Yacht Club, "of which Merritt was Rear Commodore." Three boats were burning, and the evidence is that arson was the cause, set by thiefs and firebugs with "some resentment against the Y.C." After remaining at the fire for two hours, Merritt went home with pain in his chest, and he was soon gone. Following cremation a funeral ceremony was held at New Bern Cemetery, March 25. We have sent our sympathy to Betsy, for whom this is a terrible tragedy.

Although Merritt withdrew in June of 1922, he was all signed up for our June reunion. The only other alumnus in New Bern is mentioned above. If classmates or friends drive that way, Betsy extends an invitation to visit.

Merritt came to Dartmouth from Patchogue (N. Y.) High School, where his father was a state official. He was born July 12, 1901. His business training was at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1923-24. After that he worked in banking, real estate, and insurance, until 1949 when he became a manufacturer's representative for International Furniture Co., especially lamps. For eleven years he and Betsy cared for her parents there in Patchogue, after which they moved to 104 Country Club Circle, New Bern, three years ago. We hope to find a memorial book that will relate to his yachting interests.

1926

The Class of 1926 has suffered yet another severe loss with the death of DONALD KINCAIDE MACKAY at his home on Light House Lane (Box 457) in Pocasset, Mass., on April 18, 1970 after a short illness. He was a man of great talent.

Don will always be remembered for his ex- traordinary forensic skill on our debating teams during college years and his eloquence in presenting the Class Oration at the Bema on Class Day and the address "Dartmouth Loyalty" at Commencement.

Don entered Dartmouth from the Quincy (Mass.) High School. While in college he was a member of Delta Sigma Rho, secretary of the Forensic Union, and a leading participant in the Oxford debate of 1925. He won the Barge Medal for Oratory and the Brooks Cup for debating.

After receiving an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1929, he was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar. His lifetime practice of law in Quincy was temporarily interrupted by World War II during which he served in Liberia, Algeria, and Italy on the staff of the Judge Advocate General. Later in Washington he did service in the War Crimes office and that of the Undersecretary of War before his retirement with the rank of lieutenant colonel.

Active in civic and charitable work in his community he was a member of the Rural Masonic Lodge, Taleb Grotto, past commander of the American Legion Post 95, past chairman of the Quincy Red Cross, past president of the Quincy Bar Association, Norfolk County Bar Association, and Pickwick Club.

Don was married on December 12, 1931 to Winifred E. Burrell, who survives as does a daughter, Mrs. Howard Phillips, and two grandchildren. The Class extends sincerest sympathy to them in this great loss which we all share.

1927

RICHARD FLETCHER CLAPP died on April 11 of complications resulting from emphysema and heart problems. Literally the whole town of Gill, Mass., turned out for the funeral to honor a leading citizen and to hear a fine eulogy by a former associate of Dick's at Mount Hermon School. Also present at the funeral were classmates Larry Scammon and Reg French, who is married to Dick's sister Rachel.

We remember Dick at Dartmouth as an enthusiastic country boy direct from the farm in Gill, always smiling and shedding an atmosphere of good will and clean Christian living among his ever-widening circle of friends. After graduation Dick taught for a number of years at Mount Hermon where his great ability with young people came to the fore. Throughout his life his kindly understanding and sound advice helped many youngsters on their way.

Falling heir to the family farm with all its problems brought him back to the rural life he had never really left, and he soon poured himself into the seasonal demands of farming, including growing strawberries, acres of them, in spite of his physical handicap, a right hand badly mangled in farm machinery at an early age.

During the war Dick served in Washington as a director of the Farm Security Administration and later as a member of the Tariff Commission, but in 1945 he returned to become one of Gill's most respected citizens, prominent in town politics, and to live out his days as a dairy farmer.

Dick never married, preferring to share his farm home and responsibilities with his sister Margaret who, with his sister Rachel French, survives him and who still lives on the generations-old homestead. The Class sends its warmest sympathy to Miss Clapp and Mrs. French.

ROBERT EUGENE SCHEOEDEL of 46 Thompson St., Newington, Conn., died April 1, 1970 at New Britain General Hospital. He was born in New Britain on March 18, 1905 and lived there most of his life, moving to Newington some ten years ago. He entered Dartmouth from New Britain High School.

He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and was a construction superintendent for the Turner Construction Company of New York and Boston until his retirement in 1967.

He was a member of the South Congregational Church of New Britain, the Dartmouth Club of Hartford, the Junior OUAM, and the Daughters of America.

Besides his widow Florence (Darrow), he leaves three sisters and two brothers including Howard A. '25 of Gladwyne, Pa.

1929

HENRY HEATON BAKER died at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore on Easter Sunday, March 29, at age of 63 years. He was a native of St. Davids, Pa., where he attended Radnor High School, receiving the faculty award for scholarship. He entered Dartmouth in September 1925 and roomed in South Mass. Hall. He majored in chemistry, and following graduation he attended New York University where he earned a master's degree in 1932 and a Ph.D. in 1936. He was on the faculties of Trinity and Queens College in Hartford and New York, respectively, during this period.

He served in the U.S. Navy Reserve before World War II entering the active service as a lieutenant (j.g.) assigned to the Naval Academy faculty in 1942. He was on active duty until 1947 when he was released and became associate professor on the civilian faculty. He served as chairman of the Chemistry Department from 1950 to 1964. He continued to maintain his membership in the Naval Reserve until 1966 when he retired with rank of captain. He participated in several National Science Foundation institutes and was a consultant to Hudson Laboratories at Columbia University.

He is survived by his widow Margaret (Torgersen), whom he married on June 2, 1942, and a married daughter, Marie Margaret, who is the wife of Ned Cummings '68. The funeral service was held at the First Presbyterian Church, Annapolis, and burial at Valley Forge (Pa.) Chapel Cemetery. Mrs. Baker's address is Route 4, Box 22, Annapolis.

JOHN HEALEY LYNCH died on February 13, 1970 in San Francisco. He joined our class after graduating from Belmont High School, Belmont, Calif. Jack was a Zeta Psi and the third member of the '29 delegation to die since reunion. In college he was an English major and a member of the Press Club.

Born on July 10, 1907 in Utah where his father had gone in search of gold, Jack went to Montana after college and ran a vast farm.

Having a passion for the sea and boats he went to Tahiti on a yacht in 1949. Charmed by the country he established himself there and in 1952 married Miss Suzanne Faugerat, who survives him. He was general manager of the Grand Hotel and was director of S.P.A.L.

He was buried in Uranie Cemetery in Papeete, Tahiti. We offer to his family and friends our sincere condolences.

1931

RICHARD ROCK HARPIN of 60 Whitcomb Avenue, Hingham, Mass., died suddenly at his home on April 19. He was born March 30, 1907 in Windsor, Vt., where he attended high school.

He was New England advertising manager of Good Housekeeping. During World War II he served for five years in counterintelligence. He was a devotee of yachting and made trips to Bermuda, South America, and the Dutch West Indies.

He is survived by his widow Jane (Sclater), whom he married in 1942, and son Richard R. Jr. of Scituate, Mass.

1935

ARTHUR BERTRAM FISHER, prominent in civic and charitable activities in the Englewood, N. J. area, was stricken suddenly with a heart attack March 26, 1970, and died hours later in the Englewood hospital. He was in his 56th year.

Art had given generously of his talents in many community activities. His three greatest interests were Dartmouth, his church, and young people. He was the recipient of the Herbert Lehman Israel Award, in recognition of distinguished service to Israel and the Jewish community, and for five years had headed the Englewood Israel Bond campaign.

Among his many civic and charitable activities, he was chairman of the Community Development Committee, member of the Citizens' Advisory Committee to the Mayor, member of the Equal Opportunity Study Committee for Bergen County, and board member of the Englewood Community Chest. He had served as president of the Englewood Jewish Community Center, chairman of the United Jewish Fund, and vice president of the New Jersey Advisory Council of the American Jewish Committee.

In addition to raising three children of his own, Art and his wife, Naomi, had become deeply involved in aiding two Nigerian youths, through The Experiment in International Living, under the African Scholarship Program in American universities. Both youths had come to America to study at nearby Princeton, but soon came to regard the Fisher household as "home." To them, Art became "Dad." Obgemi Ola Omatete, who first came to live with the Fishers and who is now studying for a doctorate in Berkeley, wrote this glowing tribute to his adopted father: "My last Sunday with Dad, we stayed up until 2 a.m. arguing heatedly about the Nigerian-Bia-fran conflict and about the Arab-Israeli problems. Dad's interest in my welfare and that of my family was as keen the first day I met him to the last day we argued. Such candor as Dad's transcended the barriers: cultural, continental, national, or racial that man has created for himself. I feel enriched that I ever met Dad and was taken into his family."

Art is survived by his widow, Naomi; two daughters, Lucy and Emily; and a son, David. They make their home at 280 Oakwood Road in Englewood.

1939

ALBERT BALBONI died on March 27, 1970 after a long illness. Al came to Dartmouth from Boston where he had been graduated from Roxbury Latin School. He was a member of Theta Chi fraternity, treasurer of Germania, and a Cabin and Trailer. Al followed his four years at Hanover with the Harvard Business School, where he received a degree in 1941, directly before entering the Navy. He served extensively in the Pacific Theatre in a commissioned capacity.

A former resident of Jacksonville, Fla., he had lived the past six years in Tampa, where he was vice-president of Koger Properties, Inc., a land development company. He was listed in our 25-year book as a consultant with the Charles A. Hardwick Company, a profit research and engineering firm.

He is survived by his widow Betty of 12948 Brady Road, Jacksonville; two sons by a former marriage, Gerardo M. and Michael W., both of Jacksonville; a brother; and a sister. The Class extends its deepest sympathies to all his family.

1951

PAUL A. HODGDON departed this life on March 30, 1970, after a long illness. Paul came to Hanover from nearby Randolph Center, Vt., where in high school he was class treasurer, served on the Student Council, was editor of the school newspaper, captained the basketball team, and also played baseball. At Dartmouth, he was an education major, played freshman baseball, served on the Ski Patrol, and was a member both of Tri Kap social fraternity and Kappa Phi Kappa educational fraternity.

Following graduation, Paul served three years as an Army lieutenant. He was employed by Spaulding Fibre Co., of Rochester, N. H., at the time of his death as special projects assignment engineer. Paul was a member of the American Society of Tool and Manufacturing Engineers and the Industrial Management Club of South-eastern New Hampshire. He was a former member of the Rochester Chamber of Commerce and past president of the Spaulding Fibre Supervisors Club.

Paul is survived by his wife Joan and son Philip, who reside at School Street in Milton Mills, N. H.; and by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Hodgdon of Randolph Center, Vt.

1960

We were pained to hear of the untimely death of ALEXANDER CAMPBELL LAMPEE, on March 4, 1970 in New York City, as announced by his father. He was a native of Pennsylvania and North Carolina, but a student of the world. Alex's many poems and contributions to The Quarterly combined urbanity, a sense of the universality of man, an awe of nature, and a relish for the outdoors he loved so well. He probed below the surface of literature and human nature in search of true meanings and intents. He often challenged his colleagues to think outside themselves. He is missed.

Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Lampee, 79 Round Hill Rd., Tiburon, Calif., and his grandfather, Thomas C. Lampee '12.

George William Putnam '05