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.}

Sampson, H. LeBaron, '00, Nov. 1 Ford, David E., '04, Oct. 14 Freund, Harold H., '12, Oct. 24 Fahey, Howard S., '14, Oct. 24 Dock, George, Jr., '16, Oct. 21 Davis, John W., '17, Oct. 21 Elder, William F., '18, Oct. 7 Norton, Ralph G., '18, Oct. 7 Earle, Arthur H., '20, Aug. Wilson, Floyd J. W., '21, Aug. 28 Booth, John D., '23, Oct. 3 Whitbeck, John McN., '25, Oct. 8 Weil, Robert L., '26, Sept. 23 Stevens, Robert N., '27, Oct. 20 Gilboy, A. Worden, '28, Oct. 29 Webster, Henry K. 2nd, '29, Oct. 11 Lee, Robert C., '30, Oct. 13 Hall, Lindsey M., '31, Sept. 21 Noyes, Albert K., '31, Sept. 9 McNamer, H. Carlton, '35, Oct. 8 Topkis, J. Henry, '35, July 31 King, Gene G., '39, Sept. 23 Mecklin, John M., '39, Oct. 29 Davis, Henry Jr., '42, Aug. 2 Donnelly, James C., Jr., '44, Sept. 30 Start, Donald S., '47, Oct. 13 Jacobs, Joseph H., '50, 1971 Pike, Robert C., '53, 1970

c. Ross McKenney

C. Ross McKENNEY, for 24 years woodcraft adviser to the Dartmouth Outing Club, died October 13 at his home in Hanover at the age of 81

Generations of Dartmouth men will long remember Mr. McKenney's wit and wisdom and his alter ego Jean Baptiste, the legendary North Country woodsman whose feats with axe, gun, and rod rivaled Paul Bunyan's exploits.

Ross McKenney was born in Patten, Maine, the son of a hunting and fishing guide. Leaving school at the age of 13 to cook for a party of timber surveyors, he spent 17 years with the great log drives on Maine rivers. Later he became a trapper and established a reputation as one of the best guides in the north woods. He was the first president of the Maine Guides Association.

Before coming to Dartmouth in 1937, he was for 11 years an instructor at a boys' camp in Washington, Maine. In the early '40s, he was co-manager of a woodcraft summer camp for boys at Mt. Moosilauke.

Once called "America's only college coach of outdoor survival," Mr. McKenney passed along his formidable knowledge of woodcraft to countless Dartmouth Undergraduates. He helped them make snowshoes, paddles, pack- boards, and other necessities of life in the back country. He taught them fly-casting, logrolling, and outdoor cooking and shared with them his prodigious skill with the doublebitted axe. He introduced a two-year, noncredit course for "Dartmouth New Hampshire Junior Guides" and initiated "Woodsmen's Weekend," an intercollegiate competition in woodland and camping skills.

Mr. McKenney was responsible for much of the development and maintenance of the College's outdoor facilities, from cabins near Hanover to the Dartmouth College Grant in the northeast New Hampshire wilderness. He was construction foreman and first manager of the Ravine Lodge at Mt. Moosilauke.

Both before and after his retirement in 1961, Mr. McKenney delighted uncounted black-tie banquet audiences and jeans-clad groups around a bonfire with his tales of the fabulous Jean Baptiste. For years he was a regular performer at the Boston Sportsmen's Show.

A memorial service was held on the morning of October 30 in the Bema. Participants were the Rev. Paul W. Rahmeier, College Chaplain and Acting Dean of the Tucker Foundation; Allen R. Foley '20, Professor of History Emeritus; and Laurence W. Lougee '29, who was instrumental in bringing Mr. McKenney to the College.

Mr. McKenney is survived by his widow, the former Estella Goodhue, and two sons, Rex M. McKenney of Portland, Ore., and C. Ross McKenney Jr. of Newport, R. I.

The Outing Club has established the Ross McKenney Endowment Fund, which will be used to further the kind of outdoor education he exemplified.

Otto Schniebs

OTTO EUGEN SCHNIEBS, coach of some of Dartmouth's greatest ski teams from 1931 to 1936, died of bone cancer at Saranac Lake, N. Y., on October 8, at the age of 79. He came to this country from Germany in 1927 and conducted the Alpine Ski School in the Boston area before coming to Dartmouth in 1930 as mechanician in the Department of Physiological Optics and as ski coach.

During his six years in Hanover he coached the Dartmouth ski team to six national championships and many of his skiers made the U. S. Olympic Ski Team. He moved to the Lake Placid region in 1936 to engage in the development of ski resorts, and in 1941 he returned to college coaching with St. Lawrence. He had a major role in the designing and development of New York's Whiteface Mountain ski area, where he operated a ski shop up to the time of his death.

Coach Schniebs is especially remembered for his declaration, "Skiing is not a sport but a way of life." Among many honors, he is in the USSA Ski Hall of Fame and is memoralized by Schniebs Pass at Aspen. Survivors include his wife Frida, two daughters, and five grandchildren.

1909

CARL HAWES BUTMAN died in 1970 at Haverford, Pa., according to information given by his son.

Carl was born November 17, 1884 at Chelsea, Mass. He prepared for Dartmouth at McKinley Manual Training School, Washington, D. C. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity. He was elected Art Editor of the '09 Aegis but did not return for junior year. Carl left to spend a year at Cornell and two at George Washington University, where he studied engineering.

He was an editorial assistant at the Smithsonian Institution from 1909-1917. He was a Ist Lieutenant in the Army Air Service from 1918 to 1919; director of the War Department News Bureau from 1919 to 1920; and secretary of the Federal Radio Commission from 1927 to 1930. He wrote articles for scientific magazines, served as a reporter with the Wall Street Journal and Associated Press, organized and owned Washington Radio News; served as information officer for the War Production Board from 1943 to 1945. From 1930 until his retirement, he represented broadcasters and telecasters before the Federal Communication Commission.

Carl had been a member of the National Press Club since 1914. He was a past president of the Southern Division of Delta Tau Delta and the Institute of Radio Engineers.

He was married to Marguerita Atherton Marr on October 6, 1914 at Washington, D. C. They had one son, a graduate of University of North Carolina and now professor of English literature and drama at Bryn Mawr.

1911

FREDERICK ARMOUR ALOYSIUS MCLAUGHLIN died in Ticonderoga, N. Y., on September 29. Red came to Dartmouth from Bronxville, N. Y. He and his twin brother Gene '12 had to leave college in 1910 due to the serious illness of their father.

He had a long and distinguished career in engineering—mainly construction work—during the first World War and throughout his business life. In 1916 he enlisted as a private in the sth Reserve Engineers in Pittsburgh. Then to England and on to France on a hydrographic survey for the Port of Embarkation in Brittany (now Master Engineer). Then to the fighting front in charge of surveys and layouts for advance ammunition dumps. Then attached to the French Fifth Engineers for supervision of big Bertha installations and on to the American Ist Army in the Argonne, being made 2nd Lt. while in a dugout in the Argonne. Finally to Bordeaux for embarkation, but Col. Somervell personally sent him to the Sorbonne in Paris for six months.

After the war Red went into construction work in New York City until retirement in 1960. He worked on many large buildings such as the New York Telephone Building and in tunnel work along with Jack Mac- donald '13, Thayer School '14, who was one of the most prominent and able tunnel engineers in the world. Along with Macdonald and Cudworth '01, Thayer School '02, Red made the coveted membership in "The MOles."

His widow Margery survives him at 16 Carillon Rd., Ticonderoga, N. Y., and always tells of his strong love for Dartmouth and interest in 1911, especially in his last ten retirement years. His son Fred also survive We have lost another good and loyal classmate.

1912

Cliff Sugatt died in his sleep at his home 68 Upper Hook Rd., Rhinebeck, N. Y., on August 14, 1971. He had played golf the previous day and was to have played again that day with his son.

CLIFTON HOYT SUGATT was born at Lawrence, Mass., on January 15, 1890. He prepared for college at Worcester Academy. At Danmouth he became president of the Worcester Academy Club and a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and Sphinx.

For four years following graduation he was a salesman in his father's retail men's wear business in Lawrence. The next nine years were spent as a salesman for Desmond-Howe of Portland, Maine. Following this he spent one year selling stocks and bonds for Brown Brothers of Boston, and for the next 32 years sold building materials in New York City for Atlantic Gypsum and Lime Company, Univeral Gypsum and Lime Company, and Certainteed Products Corporation. He retired in Jely 1956 at Rhinebeck. Cliff was a member of the Edgewood Club of Tivoli, N. Y., and an Episcopalian. Besides his golf, he enjoyed gardening and traveling. His last trip abroad was to Turkey and Greece in the autumn 1970.

On February 10, 1915 he married Katherine Gowing of Lawrence, who died in February 1971. He is survived by one son, a daughter, six grandchildren, and one great-grandson, A memorial service was held at the Church of the Messiah in Rhinebeck.

1914

Word of the death of HARRY MARTIN Cook on August 14, 1971 has been received from his son Donald. His death followed a heart attack while playing golf two days before, seemingly in perfect health.

Born June 30, 1891 in North Abington, Mass., Harry went on to Columbia Teachers College after graduating from Dartmouth and devoted his life to teaching. He was at the Hackley School, Tarrytown, N. Y., 1916-1943 and Trinity School, New York City, 1943 until his retirement in 1961. He also coached tennis and baseball at various times during his teaching career.

He had a genuine fondness for young people and spent many summers as a camp counselor at Camp Idlewild, Lake Winnipesaukee, and the Hackley Day Camp where was Director in the late 1940's and early 1950's. Upon retirement he tutored students and was so employed up to his death.

Harry served in the Navy during World War I and was a former member of the Consistory of the Second Reformed Church, Tarrytown, where memorial services were held. Burial was in Pittsfield, N. H., on August 18.

Harry had a zest for life which belied his 80 years, and was active with his golf. music, gardening, and tutoring up until the end. He attended his 55th reunion in June of '69 with his wife and son.

He is survived by his widow, the former Louise Sweet, whom he married in 1924, and a son Donald M. '50 of the home address, 40 McKeel AVe Tarrytown, N. Y. A second son, Dana, died in 1949.

FREDERICK PITKIN CRANSTON, one of the outstanding lawyers of our Class, died May 12, 1971 at Eventide Nursing Home in Longmont, Colo. He was 78.

Born in Denver on March 12, 1893, he was the grandson of Frederick W. Pitkin, Colorado's second Governor. He prepared for college at East Side High School in Denver, excelled in debating, and was our Commencement speaker.

world War I found him a Second Lt. in the 46th U.S. Artillery Regiment in France from October 1918 to February 1919. The war over, Fred began 50 years of law practice in Denver, in the course of which he was admitted to the Bars of Colorado and California and to the United States Courts if Appeal in the 8th, 9th and 10th districts, and to the U S. Supreme Court. He was First Assistant Attorney to the City and County of Denver and a member of the Colorado House af Representatives, 1931-1935.

Fred married Alta Kinney in 1920 and she passed away in 1944. He later married Eleanor (Holstrom) Ott, who died in 1970. Survivors include five sons, a brother and sister, and 20 grandchildren.

1916

GEORGE DOCK JR. died October 21, 1971 atthe Massachusetts General Hospital after ashort illness.

He served in World War I as an ambulancedriver with S.S.U. 2 of the American FieldService and as a pursuit pilot with theLafayette Flying Corps, Escadrille Spad 12.He was twice decorated with the Croix deGuerre for exceptional gallantry in action. Hiscareer in business included executive posts inNew York City with Doremus and Co.,Halsey Stuart and Co., Albert Frank-GuentherLaw, Inc., and Compton Advertising. He wastha author of articles in Audubon Magazine,Conservationist, Sports Afield, Harper's, Scribner's, Readers Digest, New York TimesMagazine, and Encyclopaedia Britannica.

He was. an ardent ornithologist and a recognized authority on the life of John James Audubon. His book Audubon in the AtomicAge was a Bock of the Month Club dividend in 1964. He translated from French several treatises on birds and edited the Audubon Calendar for many years, as well as TheAudubon Folio. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi, the Explorers' Club, the Salmagundi Club, the Lafayette Escadrille and Flying Corps Association, and other organizations.

His sincere affection for Dartmouth was of long standing and he enjoyed to the utmost his home during retirement in Norwich, Vt., because of its proximity to the College and the countryside of his choice. He is survived by his widow, Elizabeth Halsey Dock; his son, Donald S. Dock, M.D.; and three grandchildren. He will be sorely missed by his numerous friends here and elsewhere, for, as a neighbor said of him, "George always had a good word."

1918

WILLIAM FRANCIS ELDER, 22 Weston Rd., Marbehead, Mass., a retired engineer for the New England Telephone Company, died October 7, 1971 at a nursing home after a long illness.

Born in Cheisea and a Lynn resident most of his life, he moved to Marblehead seven years ago. He retired in I960 after 43 years with the telephone company.

He Was an Army veteran of World War I, and was a 50-year member of Post 291 American Legion of Lynn. He was also a 50year member of the Damascus Lodge of Masons, Lynn; a life member of the Telephone Pioneer Club of America, and a past president of the North Shore Chapter of the Club.

He leaves his widow, Mildred (Perkins), and two sisters. Services were held from his home and burial was in Wenham Cemetery.

1919

WILBUR BLACK KUHNS died last year. He played football on the 1919 freshman football team but did not return to college after Christmas of that year. In recent years he has lived in Arcadia, Calif.

JOHN GILES MOHLER who died on September 15 spent one year at Dartmouth. Hetransferred from Williams but did not returnafter the war. He spent most of his businesslife in Columbus, Ohio, retiring about six yearsago. He is survived by his widow, Gladys, at2525 Sunbury Rd., Columbus.

1920

CLYDE CHESTER BIDWELL, of 5315 ShadowLawn Drive, Sarasota, Fla., died at hissummer home in Woodford, Vt., on September 8, 1971. Born in Hartford, Conn., onOctober 27, 1897, he attended area schools. AtDartmouth he joined Phi Kappa Psi beforeleaving school to join the U. S. Naval Reserve(aviation) in World War I.

He entered the insurance business at anearly date and was serving the Aetna Life andCasualty Insurance Company as manager ofits Bridgeport, Conn., office when he retired in1962. He was a 32nd degree Mason and amember of Ashlar Lodge AF & AM ofBridgeport and several clubs in the Bridgeportarea.

In Sarasota he was a member of the Mission Valley Country Club, the Ivy League Club, and the Dartmouth Club which he was currently serving as vice-president.

Clyde is survived by his widow, Dagma Lundquist Bidwell; two brothers, Harold F. '17 and James L.; and a sister. Our deepest sympathy is extended to Dagma and the surviving members of his family.

Ever loyal, Clyde had an abiding interest in Dartmouth.

PHILIP HOOPER KITFIELD died September 15, 1971 in the Lynn, Mass., hospital. Son of Inez and Edward Hooper Kitfield '81, Phil was educated in the public schools of Swampscott, Mass., and entered Dartmouth in 1916, graduating in 1920 with a B.S. degree. He went on to get his civil engineering degree in 1921 from the Thayer School.

In college he was a highly respected member of his Class; a member of Beta Theta Pi; and active on campus. During World War I he served in the U. S. Army.

Phil joined the Massachusetts Department of Public Works and served that department for 31 years with great distinction. When he retired in late 1952 the Massachusetts DPW honored him with a fine testimonial dinner at the Hotel Statler. Almost immediately, the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, then newly created, sought his services as chief engineer because of his reputation as a "road builder with outstanding expert knowledge." He continued in this capacity for 18 years when he retired for the second time.

A registered professional engineer, Phil was a member also of the American Road Builders Association, the Massachusetts Highway Association, and the International Bridge, Tunnel, and Turnpike Association. He also belonged to the North Shore Old Car Club, the Veteran Motor Car Club of America, the Rolls Royce Owners Club, and the Magic Lantern Playhouse of Lynn. And probably his dearest professional association was that of Chief Engineer Emeritus of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, an honor accorded him on retirement when he also received a citation from Governor Sargent expressing the thanks of the Commonwealth for his many contributions to the State's highway program. He was a community-minded citizen who served Swampscott in many ways on committees that contributed to the welfare of that town.

He leaves his widow, Grace Wright Kimball; three married daughters—Sally, Ann, and Joyce; a sister, Mrs. Ruth Montgomery, whose late husband was a member of the Class of 1917; and twelve grandchildren. To each and all of them we offer our deepest sympathy.

ARCHIBALD LAWSON JR. was born in East Orange, .N. J., on May 12, 1897. He was educated in the Orange schools and came to Dartmouth in the fall of 1916. He joined the U. S. Naval Reserve in 1917 and served throughout World War I.

Arch had a varied career. He served the American Express Company in several of their foreign offices; he was associated with General Motors for a number of years before joining the Bankers Trust Company of New York. In 1933 he joined the Home Owners Loan Corporation and served it until he founded his own Lawson-Haley Company in 1939. In 1947 the Lawson Products Corporation was formed with Arch as its president and chief executive officer. His firm produced the Lawson De-Oiler, which Arch developed and patented. This was a non-advertised product widely used in oil tankers throughout the world.

He was not trained as an engineer but self-in the field developed in him great knowledge and he qualified as a member of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. He was an elder in the Presbyterian church which he attended.

In 1953 he moved from New Jersey to Staatsburg, N. Y., where he resided in the country with his sister, Edith Lawson Donovan, who survives him. Arch loved his country life and not infrequently when attending football games in Hanover he would drive on to a campsite he maintained in the upper Connecticut Valley to enjoy the fresh Vermont air with old friends.

Devoted to Dartmouth, Arch was ever loyal. His passing on August 23, 1971 at the Northern Dutchess Hospital, Rhinebeck, N. Y., was indeed a great loss. To his sister Edith we extend our deepest sympathy.

1923

DR. JOHN DIBBLE BOOTH died at the Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, Mass., on October 3, 1971 after an illness of several weeks. He was 69 years old.

Born in Danbury, Conn., Jack graduated from Danbury High School.

Jack was a member of the Glee Club and the College Choir during all of his undergraduate years. In 1923 he led the Glee Club when it won the Intercollegiate Glee Club contest in Carnegie Hall. He was a member of Theta Chi and Alpha Kappa Kappa medical fraternity. He completed his medical education at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1926, interned at Bellevue Hospital 1927-29, and then began his practice in Danbury. A Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, former Chief of Staff and Surgery at the Danbury Hospital, Medical Examiner for many years, Past President of the Fairfield County Medical Association and also of the State Medical Examiners Board, he received many professional honors.

In 1970 Jack retired, from his surgical practice of 41 years and he and Mary went to live in their former summer home on Vineyard Ave., West Chatham, Mass. There in the fall of the year they saw their only daughter Karen married to Joseph Hutchinson of Cincinnati, Ohio.

All of us remember Jack for his music and for the happy leadership which he brought to formal and informal singing groups.

Funeral services were held in St. James Episcopal Church in Danbury where Jack served as vestryman and senior warden for many years. The Class was represented by Clarence and Priscilla Goss, Paul and Marjorie Morgan, Babe and Florence Miner, and Fred Clark. Jack's longtime close friend Jim Hennessey was a pall bearer.

Jack's survivors include his widow, the former Mary Gaskill; their twin sons, Alan and Peter; their daughter Karen and one granddaughter. Mary writes: "There is little I can add to dear Jack's memoriam except to say he was a fine husband and father. I wish you would pass on the the Class of 1923 my sincere thanks for the flowers sent to the services and for their thoughtfulness."

1926

EDWARD KING DREIER, a resident of Silver Beach, Shelter Island, N. Y., and Long Boat Key, Sarasota, Fla., died September 18, 1971 at Eastern Long Island Hospital (Greenport, N. Y.) following a long illness, attributed to a heart ailment.

He was born in Yonkers, N. Y., in 1905. He attended Dean Academy and was graduated from Dartmouth College with our Class. He had been associated with Schenley Industries for 27 years and at the time of his retirement was president of the Brandy Distillers Corporation, a Schenley division. His home during these years was in Ridgewood, N. J.

Edward was a member of Beta Theta Pi. He belonged to the Shelter Island Yacht Club and the Gardiner's Bay Country Club, both on Shelter Island, and in Florida held memberships in the Long Boat Key Golf Club and the Sarasota Yacht Club.

Surviving are his widow, Jane; two daughters, Mary Jane and Nancy; and six grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at St. Mary's Church (Episcopal) and interment was in fr Emily F. French Memorial Cemetery, both on Shelter Island.

ROBERT LEE WEIL of 100 Woodland Drive Pleasantville, N. Y., died September 23, 1971 in the Veterans Administration Hospital in the Bronx, N. Y. He was born in New York City. October 29, 1905.

Bob was a graduate of Columbia Grammar-School and was with our Class during freshman year. He served in World War II rising to the rank of captain, and spent four years with the Army Engineers in the South Pacific. For many years he was a New York stockbroker, and most recently associated with Walston & Co.

He is survived by his widow, the former Ruth Grant whom he married June 24, 1938 and by his sons Robert Lee Jr. and Anthony, to whom 1926 sends its deepest sympathy.

1927

ROBERT NICHOLS STEVENS stands tall among his 1927 classmates and all Dartmouth men, in death as in life. He goes out from us too soon following a world-wide caree of business success intertwined with exceptional class leadership and devotion to Dartmouth College. His limited years of retirement were spent with "Peg" in their Vermont home among the hills of his north country and on the tree farm which provided the quiet lift not far from Hanover he cherished most He died on October 20, 1971.

Bob entered college from Somerville (Mass.) High School. Third base was the position he played on the baseball team, Sigma Chi his fraternity, and Green Key and Sphinx his societies.

Following graduation a cattle boat trip to Europe with college friends soon led to an overseas business career with General Motors. He progressed to management assignments in Europe and Java and, under Jap pressure, to Australia to reunite with Peg and be introduced to 10-months-old daughter Dianne. He later returned to France where he became Managing Director of General Motors France. He finally returned to New York where he was Manager of Employee Relations of GM Overseas.

He became Chairman of the Class in 1957 and was Class President of the Year in 1965. Under his leadership class meetings brought 1927 into a closer feeling of kinship and Pride in and devotion to Dartmouth. His finest hour was reached with the dedication of the new Dartmouth Pine during our 40th reunion.

To his classmates he was ever the friendly. kind, lovable Bob. His standards of excellence for the Class of 1927 and devotion to Dartmouth are there to be maintained be those of us who survive him. Peg continues to live at R.F.D. 1, Dorset, Vt.

1930

HAROLD ELWOOD ALDERMAN died M Minneapolis, Minn, on July 18 from a heart attack. originally from Springfield, Mass., Elwood had lived in Minneapolis since 1939. He left Dartmouth after freshman year and joined the O. C. Alderman Co. in Springfield as Salesman of hardware and sporting goods. at his death he was sales manager of Cameron Storage & Transfer Co., Minneapolis.

The sympathy of the Class is extended to his widow Eleanor and brother Willard S. '19. Mrs. Alderman lives at 4412 West Lake Harriet Blvd., Minneapolis.

ROBERT CARLL LEE died suddenly on October 13 at Jordan Hospital, Plymouth, Mass Bob had retired from Employers Group Insurance Co. of Boston several years ago and had been conducting his own insurance agency in his home town of Lexington, Mass.

He was active in civic affairs including scouting and church work. He was a member of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Boston and the Hancock Men's' Club of Lexington.

Sympathy of the Class is extended to his widow Geraldine, daughter Joanne, and sons Robert, Richard and Barry. Geraldine lives at 6 Hastings Road, Lexington, Mass.

1939

It is with sadness that we report the death of GENE GIOVANNI KING on September 23 in Somerset Hospital, Somerville, N. J. Gene came to Dartmouth from his home town of Bound Brook, N. J., via Lawrenceville. His fraternity was Phi Gamma Delta. He moved on from Hanover to Harvard Law School, and was admitted to the New Jersey Bar in 1947. He had served as a Forward Air Observer in the 80th Infantry Division of the Third Army in Europe where he was awarded the Silver Star in November of 1945. He was discharged from the service in December of the same year and continued his life work in law, on special duty as a defense council and trial judge advocate in the European general courts-martial.

For the past 20 years Gene lived at Burnt Mills Rd., Pluckemin, N. J., where he was a partner in the law firm of Allgair, King and Kelleher of Somerville. He was active in his community, serving as attorney for the township of Bridgewater and the Bridgewater Sewerage Authority, and was a past magistrate for the Bridgewater Municipal Court

In college many of us remember Gene as an avid skier, a pillar in the DOC, a Cabin and Trailer, and a Phi Gam.

He leaves his widow Barbara (Barnes), a daughter Priscilla, and three brothers, Victor '31, Jamie '34, and Thomas '45. Classmates who would like to remember Gene may send a gift to the Far Hills-Bedminister First Aid Squad or Somerset Hospital.

1943

CHARLES BERNARD EDISON died suddenly of a heart attack on July 3, 1971, in Aspen, Colo, where he was vacationing with his wife, Threde Saylor Edison. He had been fishing at a nearby small lake with his father-in-law and was found seemingly napping in the shade.

Charles was born in Atlanta, Ga., April 24, 1921 and moved to St. Louis in 1929. He entered Dartmouth from St. Louis Country Day School. Charles left Dartmouth before graduation to join the Army Air Corp wherein he distinguished himself as navigator of a B-24 bomber flying 25 missions in the European theatre. His decorations included the Air Medal with two clusters.

In September 1944 he was shot down over Czechoslovakia and became a prisoner of war after having been hidden for two months by a Czechoslovakian family. Charles and his wife Threde had, only a month before his death, returned from a visit to the family that had befriended him. As his wife writes: "We actually returned to the forest where he was hidden in a cave dug in the ground and photographed the cave which still exists."

Upon his release from service after World War II he joined Edison Brothers, of which his father Samuel Edison was one of the five founders. After holding several sales and store managerial posts, he returned to the company headquarters in St. Louis and became director of sales training. He subsequently was elected vice president in 1957 and a member of the board of directors in 1958. In July 1968 he was elected executive vice president, vice chairman of the board, and became head of the accessories division.

At the time of his death he was also a member of the boards of directors of the St. Louis Symphony Society, Downtown St. Louis, Inc., the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan St. Louis, and the Greater St. Louis USO. He was also a trustee of the Governmental Research Institute and of the St. Louis Council on World Affairs.

Charles was a compassionate and religious man, giving much of his time to St. Louis community affairs and to his church, Temple Emanuel, of which he was a founder and board member and where he taught Sunday School for a number of years. He remained deeply loyal to Dartmouth and returned to Hanover with Threde for the Horizons Program in May 1969.

The Class of '43 mourns the passing of one of its most loyal members and our sympathy goes not only to his widow, who resides at 26 Braeburn Drive, St. Louis, Mo. 63124, but also to his parents, Samuel B. and Sadye Edison; his sister, Natalie Freund; and his four children, Suzanne, Richard, Jill, and Nancy.

1944

JAMES CORCORAN DONNELLY died Septem- ber 30 in a Worcester, Mass. hospital after a long and unsuccessful battle against a brain tumor. He was one of two senior partners in the law firm of Ceaty, MacCarthy & Donnelly in Worcester.

Jim came to Hanover from Phillips Exeter Academy and at Dartmouth was a member of Alpha Delta Phi and Sphinx. He was editor-manager of the Green Book, advertising manager of the Aegis, and a member of the varsity crew.

During World War II he served in the U. S. Navy and reached the rank of lieutenant. He was a navigator on a landing ship that went into Omaha Beach in Normandy during the D-Day invasion of Europe on June 6, 1944.

Jim went from the Navy to Harvard Law School and received his LL.B. in 1948. After five years with the Attorney General's office and private practice in Boston, he returned to Worcester where he practiced law until the time of his death. He served as town counsel for Millbury and as county attorney for Worcester County.

By appointment of the Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court, he served in recent years on two major legal committees. He was named in 1969 to be one of three lawyers on the Chief Justice's Committee on Complaints, also known as the Judicial Ethics Committee of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. And he was one of 15 members on the Advisory Committee on Civil Procedure, a body established, in layman's terms, to cut red tape in bringing civil cases before the state's courts.

Jim was continuously active in Dartmouth affairs, both as a past president of the Dartmouth Club of Worcester and as an interviewer and recruiter of prospective Dartmouth students. He was also an avid sports fan and participant. He never missed seeing several Dartmouth football games each fall and he rarely missed a home game of the Boston Patriots. He played golf frequently and learned to ski two years ago at the age of 47.

Among his memberships and activities were: executive committee of Paul Revere Life Insurance Co.; trustee of The Memorial Hospital, Mechanics Savings Bank and Shepherd Knapp School; former director of Citizens Plan E Association; a director of the former Assumption Preparatory School; and a mem- ber of the Worcester Economic Club, Worcester Country Club, Worcester Club, Fenwick Club, First Friday Club, and Kittansitt Club of Marion.

Jim married Margery (Tommy) MacNeil in 1945 and she survives him with their five children: James C. Jr. '68, Deirdre, Ruah, John, and Barbara.

Tommy wrote the class secretary: "Dartmouth was a satisfying part of Jim's experience. The College influenced him, and I loved being a Dartmouth wife. It's a good memory to know that he gave back a lot of his gifts to his alma mater."

To Tommy and the children, the Class sends its deepest sympathy.

1947

We are saddened to report the passing of our classmate, DONALD STEWART START On October 13, 1971. Don was born May 25, 1924 in Cambridge, Mass. He lived in Wellesley, Mass., most of his life prior to moving to 1000 McBride Ave., West Paterson, N. J., in 1965. He came to Dartmouth from Wellesley High School and as an undergraduate was active in the Dartmouth Outing Club and on the Winter Carnival Committee. He received his master's degree from the Tuck School. He also served in World War II as a Navy lieutenant.

Don was data control manager of the Witco Chemical Corporation in Paramus, N. J. He is survived by his widow Marion, his mother, and three children by a former marriage: Nelson 16, Louise 15 and Debra Ann 13, who live in Wellesley, Mass. Our deepest sympa thies are extended to the family.

1959

News has just been received of the tragic passing of the REVEREND FRANCIS HENRY SPITZER on May 24, 1971. At the time of his death, he was rector of Christ Episcopal Church, South Country Rd., Bellport, Long Island, where he had served for the past five years.

Frank had a deep commitment to human rights, brotherhood and peace, advocating his beliefs not only in his pulpit but also in his actions in the community. He questioned the church's role in meeting what he felt were the problems of the times, believing that it conuld not be a sanctuary for the privileged without also being a refuge for the poor.

Frank was born in Forest Hills, N. Y., and came to Dartmouth from Kew-Forest School As an undergraduate he was active in the Dartmouth Christian Union, serving as first vice president in senior year. An English major and brother of Phi Delta Theta fraternity, he also was a member of the Redskin Ramblers band and continued his interest in music by playing trombone in a local Dixieland band which often Played a part in his church programs.

Frank is survived by his widow Barbara, three children, his mother and two brothers, to whom the Class extends its sincerest sympathy.

C. Ross McKenney

Charles Bernard Edison '43

James Corcoran Donnelly Jr. '44