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.}
MacLennan, Edgar A. '04 Jan.15 Wing, Samuel G. '04, Dec. 31, 1970 Musgrove, Eugene R. '05, Dec. 30, 1970 Fish, Harold D. '06, Jan. 19 Burton, John C. '07, Feb. 3 Lanphear, Amos C. '08, Dec. 28, 1970 Murphy, William H. '10, Jan. 3 Judd, Edwin B. '11, Jan. 2 Davis, Paul H. '16, Jan. 14 McCoy, Whitley P. '16, Jan. 21 Morton, Walter J. '16, Jan. 22 Saben, Maxwell B. '16, Dec. 20, 1970 Goodwin, Fred P. '17, Jan. 6 Ludlow, George H. '19, Jan. 12 Rautenberg, Ernest C. '19, Dec. 22, 1970 Hasbrook, Edward F. '20, Dec. 28, 1970 Marcy, William L. '21, Jan. 17 Cunningham, Arthur C. '24, Nov. 1968 Kirkbright, James C. '24, Jan. 12 Lyman, Donald A. '25, Jan. 27 Arnold, Malcolm C. '27, Jan. 7 Munson, Lewis S. Jr. '28, Jan. 18 Piatt, C. Spencer '28, Dec. 6, 1970 Heister, Edwin W. '29, Jan. 9 McKelvey, George McC. '29, Dec. 23, 1970 Shea, Charles A. '29, Jan. 28 Schell, Charles S. Jr. '33, Jan. 17 Cheney, John B. '34, Feb. 23, 1970 Fabricant, Milton '34, April 15, 1970 Kluge, Emile Jr. '34, Jan. 3 Kreer, G. Bowman '35, Jan. 15 Jackson, Davis '36, Feb. 1 Bell, Daniel J. '38, Dec. 20, 1970 Keniston, Allen H. '41, Feb. 1 Comfort, Harold W. Jr. '42, Dec. 24, 1970 Raubeson, Colin L. '51, June 3, 1967 Truxal, Andrew G. '35hon, Feb. 4 Robinson, John J. '38hon, Jan. 22
Administration
DAVIS JACKSON '36, former Associate Director of Admissions and Director of Dartmouth's ABC Program until forced by multiple sclerosis to retire five years ago, died February 1 at the Brookside Nursing Home in Hartford, Vt. He was 56.
Courageous in the face of his long and worsening illness, "Stoney" Jackson was a man of many talents and interests—musical, educational, and social—and it saddened his many Hanover and Dartmouth friends to have such an ebullient personality reduced to a shadow of his former self.
"Stoney" was born in Chevy Chase, Md., the son of U.S. Navy Captain and Mrs. Victor Stonewall Jackson. He entered Dartmouth from Vallejo (Calif.) High School, majored in political science, and was president of Sigma Chi. A classmate recalls that his "playing by ear on the beat-up Commons piano made me cringe for my eight years of lessons."
After graduation "Stoney" was with TVA in Tennessee and while visiting Hanover in February 1937 was asked to join the College staff as Adviser to Fraternities, which were then unde'r heavy criticism. He later became business manager of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE and an associate in the Alumni Fund office. He went to Washington in 1941 at President Hopkins' invitatior to work for him in the Office of Production Management. Enlisting in the Navy, he was sent to the Harvard Supply Corps School in June 1941 and then, after three months in Washington, was ordered to Australia. There he helped organize the first naval supply depot at Melbourne. There also he met and married a Melbourne girl, Maisie Cowper, on May 16, 1942. A son, Andrew, was born in Melbourne in September 1943. After a tour of duty in Sydney, "Stoney" returned to the U. S. for a year at the Boston Navy Yard and was in transit to ship duty when V-J Day came. He was honorably discharged with the rank of Lieutenant Commander.
He rejoined the College staff in August 1945 as Assistant to the Director of Admissions, but left in 1947 to be associated with the National Life Insurance Co. of Vermont. Recalled to Navy duty in 1951 during the Korean War, he was promoted to Commander and assigned to the Navy Supply Depot at Mechanicsburg, Pa. At the end of that war crisis, he returned to Hanover as Assistant Director of Admissions in 1953, was promoted to Associate Director in 1964, and the following year was named Director of the ABC Program. Illness forced him to retire in 1966.
"Stoney" is survived by his widow, Maisie Cowper lackson, who resides at 58 Lebanon St., Hanover; two sons-, Andrew of Peterborough, N.H„ and Christopher of San Francisco; two grandsons, the children of Andrew; and a sister, Mrs. Charles F. Garrison of Hanover.
Funeral services were held February 3 at St. Thomas Episcopal Church. Memorial contributions are being made to the Hanover Conservation Council.
Ruminating upon Dartmouth admissions criteria while bedridden, "Stoney" wrote: "I have not gone suddenly anti-intellectual. I just think that intellect without decency, genuine concern for others, and what the football coaches would call 'heart' is worthless and indeed dangerous. ... I guess what I am really trying to say can be summed up in the word goodness." This was the quality in life he valued most and which he himself tried to exemplify.
ELLEN M. JONES, 61, Curator of Dartmouth College art galleries since 1959, died February 9 at the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital in Hanover, after a short illness.
As curator, Miss Jones was responsible for the registration and care of the Dartmouth art collections numbering some 6000 works of art, excluding prints, for Dartmouth's 13 art galleries in the Hopkins Center and Carpenter Hall.
Born in Philadelphia, Miss Jones was the sister of Henry Jones of Malibu Beach, Calif., featured actor in movies, television and stage, who survives her.
A secretary for several years after graduation from high school, she enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard Women's Reserve during World War II and was commissioned an officer in 1944. After the war, she enrolled, at 37, as a freshman at Bryn Mawr, graduating cum laude as an art history major. She earned a master's degree from Bryn Mawr in 1952, and joined the Guggenheim Museum in New York City as a research assistant. A year later she moved to the Museum of Modern Art in the same capacity, during which time she frequently wrote articles on art for various publications and exhibition catalogues. Prior to coming to Dartmouth, she taught at the Mumson-Williams-Proctor Institute in Utica, N.Y., and then Florida State University in Tallahassee.
1904
LEIGH CILLEY TURNER, secretary of the Class and a leader in Dartmouth affairs in the St. Louis area for many years, died January 3, 1971, at the age of 91. Since 1966 he had served as class newsletter editor as well as secretary. He resided in Webster Groves, Mo., with his son, Robert S. Turner '33, at 217 Chestnut Ave.
The nickname "Bull" came from Leigh's prowess as a Dartmouth football player. A tackle, he shifted to fullback on the famous 1903 team and scored two touchdowns that enabled Dartmouth to defeat Harvard for the first time and spoil the Crimson's dedication of Soldiers Field in Cambridge. That year he was named to the second All- American team. He was a member of Palaeopitus, Sphinx, and Sigma Chi fra- ternity.
Leigh was born in Russ, Ohio, on February 11, 1879 and attended school there until his family moved to Oxford, Ohio, where he finished preparation and entered Miami University. He transferred to Dartmouth at the beginning of junior year. Upon graduation in 1904 he studied law at the University of Michigan and while there was an assistant football coach under "Hurry Up" Yost. Taking his law degree in 1906, he joined a firm in Syracuse, N.Y., and became the coach at Syracuse University. His 1906 team defeated both West Point and Lafayette for the first time in Syracuse football history. He was Purdue's coach in 1907, and from 1908 to 1910 was on the Eastern Board of Football Officials. In 1911 he moved to St. Louis to handle the legal work in Missouri for a New York insurance firm. In 1926 he became a general insurance broker, in business for himself, and was associated with W.H. Markham and Co. He became an expert golfer and was active in the St. Louis Athletic Club and the Westborough Country Club.
Leigh was a member of the Dartmouth Alumni Council from 1930 to 1933. He was past president of the St. Louis Dartmouth Club and served as secretary at three different times between 1914 and 1952. His enrollment efforts and enthusiasm for Dartmouth were responsible for the Han-over careers of a great many young men from Missouri.
Leigh was married September 15, 1909 to Elizabeth Sewell of Milwaukee, Wis., who is deceased. He is survived by his son Robert Sewell Turner '33, also a past president of the St. Louis Dartmouth Club, and by three grandchildren.
1905
It is my sad duty to report the passing of our classmate, EUGENE RICHARD MUSGROVE, on December 30 in the Rockingham, Vt., hospital. He had been living with his son Malcolm at Saxtons River.
Eugene was born August 20, 1879 in Bristol, N.H., and after graduating with us earned an M.A. degree from Brown in 1913. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta, and had a distinguished career as a Professor of English at Dartmouth, Worcester Academy, and Horace Mann School in New York before starting a 32-year association with Eastside English High School in Newark. He will be remembered as a consecrated teacher, poet, churchman, and citizen.
In 1909 Eugene married Eva Fling, his childhood sweetheart, in Bristol and they were the parents of two sons and a daughter. Mrs. Musgrove passed away in 1959. The Class extends its sympathy to his surviving children.
1909
DR. HENRY EDMUND MELENEY, respected nation-wide as a leader in public health, preventive medicine, and tropical diseases, died at the University of Florida Medical Center in Gainesville on December 29, 1970 of heart failure while under treatment for an embolism. Ed was born in Paterson, N.J., on September 3, 1887. He entered Dartmouth from Erasmus Hall High School, Brooklyn, N.Y. In college he was an associate editor of The Dartmouth, associate editor of the 'O9 Aegis, secretary-treasurer of the golf club, vice president of the Dartmouth Christian Association, on the college track squad, and a member of Chi Phi fraternity.
He spent the year 1910-11 as graduate secretary of the Dartmouth Christian Association and then entered the College of Physicians & Surgeons at Columbia University, graduating in 1915. He interned at Presbyterian Hospital, New York, and served there until 1917 when he entered the army serving as a Captain M.C. until 1919 when he returned there as resident pathologist. At various times he was associated with Peking (China) Union Medical College under the Rockefeller Foundation, Vanderbilt University, the Tennessee State Board of Health, New York University, and Louisiana State School of Medicine. He was assistant health officer, Alachua County Health Department, Gainesville, Fla., from 1958 to 1970.
During and since World War II he was a consultant on tropical diseases to the National Research Council, the U.S. Army, U.S. Public Health Service, and Veterans Administration.
Other activities include: President, 1936, of American Society of Tropical Medicine; president, 1942-44, American Society of Parasitologists; president, 1952, American Academy of Tropical Medicine; Fellow, American Public Health Association; member, American Medical Association, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, and American Association for the Advancement of Science. He had received citations for his work from the U.S. and China.
He also held membership in Alpha Omega Alpha honorary medical fraternity and Delta Omega honorary Public Health fraternity. He published about 160 papers and was a major contributor to textbooks on tropical medicine. He is survived by one son, Dr. William P. Meleney, Albuquerque, N.M.; a sister, two brothers, Clarence C. Meleney '13, and George L. Meleney '23, and four grandchildren.
1910
THOMAS JAMES LEONARD died December 19, 1970 in Nashua, N.H., following a long illness.
He was born in Lancaster, N.H., April 7, 1885, and prepared for college at Lancaster Academy. In college he was a member of the freshman and varsity baseball teams, and the varsity football squad. He received his law degree in 1913 at the University of Chattanooga. In the 1920's he gained the golf championship of the state. He served on the Nashua Board of Education and for a while in the late 20's was a baseball coach at Nashua High School. With his son Thomas Leonard Jr. he practiced law in Nashua. He was in simi-retirement for the past several years. He married Cecelia Cone in 1917 in Nashua, N.H. Survivors are his widow (living at 5 Stevens Street), two sons, and a daughter. His third son, Thomas Jr.' and wife were killed in an automobile accident last year. His grandson Thomas J III is a member of the Class of 1974.
WILLIAM HENRY MURPHY died Decern, ber 31, 1970 in Brighton, Mass., after a illness of several years.
He was born in Lynn, Mass., on August 1, 1888, and prepared for college at Lynn Classical High School. After college' he entered the shoe manufacturing business and was president of Murphy, Gorman and Waterhouse in Lynn. He was also associated with Jim Everett of our Class in the Wonalancet Co. of Nashua, cotton waste dealers. Bill and Jim were often seen together at Dartmouth gatherings.
He married Harriette L. Carr on October 25, 1916 in Lynn, Mass. She survives him. living at 15 Upcrest Road in Brighton. Two sons and three daughters also survive.
1911
LEO FRANCIS CAPRONI died suddenly on November 30, 1970 in St. Raphael's Hospital in Orange, Conn.
After leaving Dartmouth he worked for the Lally Column Co. and later for Bethlehem Steel Co. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi. In 1926 he started his own architecture and engineering company. Among the buildings he designed are the Detroit Steel Corp. in Hamden, United Advertising Corp., New Haven, Schick Razor Co. in Milford, Pitney Bowes Inc., and American Machine and Foundry Co. in Stamford, and the Orange Town Hall.
He was a member of the New Haven Dartmouth Club, the Connecticut Society of Professional Engineers, and the Connecticut Society of the American Institute of Architects. His son, Leo Jr. is also a graduate of Dartmouth, '42; and a second son, John D. is a graduate of Yale Architectural School. Mrs. Caproni lives at 826 Indian Hill Rd.. Orange, Conn.
EDWIN BLACK JUDD died at Hartford (Conn.) Hospital on January 2, 1971 at the age of 82. He was born in South Hadley Falls, Mass., and was a descendant of one of the original settlers of Connecticut (Thomas Judd, in 1636). He came to Dartmouth from Bellows Falls, and after graduation attended Columbia University, receiving his M.A. in school administration. His career as teacher and principal was in the old Lawrence Street School, and the Dominick F. Burns School, in Hartford, representing 45 years of service. After retirement he continued to give much time to civic and welfare organizations. He was a member of Sigma Nu.
The Hartford Courant paid tribute to him in its issue of January 7: "Mr. Good Citizen of Hartford died quietly at 82 the other day. ... It is safe to say that no one individual has ever had more influence for good in any part of the city than he did on the children of Frog Hollow and two genera- tions of their parents. As he once said of his early days on Lawrence Street, he was the 'school social worker, and often the truant officer, the nurse, and always the one who kept the school in order.' He was also by all accounts, a superb teacher."
A highly successful lawyer who had grown up in Hartford under Mr. Judd said, "We respected him, but we never feared him. He didn't stop work at 3:15 when school closed. Instead he came to our homes. helping straighten out troubles we got into. He became part of the Hollow, and his spirit permeated the teachers, parents and kids. Now looking back, I realize he was one of the big reasons most of us grew up right."
Ralph Cocks '17, who sent most of this information, also wrote: "For many years Mr. Judd traveled Sunday mornings to Wethersfield to teach a Bible Class of in mates at the State Penitentiary—this before attending regularly, with the late Mrs. Judd, the worship service at South Church.
The burial service was conducted January 6 and burial was in Spring Grove Cemetery. There were no survivors.
1912
WARREN DAY BRUNER was one of 1912's "regulars," annually contributing to the Alumni Fund and rarely missing a Class reunion. His death on November 20, 1970 at the family home in Geneva, N.Y., followed a long fight against leukemia, the real nature of which he was not aware.
Warren was born in Chicago on June 14, 1891. His preparation for college was carried out at Manual Training High School in Brooklyn, N.Y. At Dartmouth he was an honor student, graduating cum laude. This was followed by a year at Tuck School from which he received the M.C.S. degree.
Warren Bruner was an individualist with a rare endowment of self assurance and ability. He started out with the New York Telephone Company, changed to Business Training Corporation, then back to the Telephone Company until World War I when he attended the Military Stores School at Hanover. Rejected for military service, he joined the United States Bureau of Efficiency in Washington as a civilian.
In 1927 when head of the firm of Bruner & Simmons (office layout specialists) he made the layouts for the Chicago Stock Exchange and for all the large tenants of four new office buildings. This must have been the high point in his life for he was then secretary of the Kiwanis Club of Chicago, president of the local Dartmouth Alumni Association, secretary-treasurer of the Eastern College Association, and member of the Society of Industrial Engineers, the Taylor Society, Sons of American Revolution, the Collegiate Club, and the Executives Club.
In 1929 he was stricken with a partial paralysis from which he never recovered, but he retained his business and other interests. In World War II Warren served as a civilian in the Surgeon General's Office and also in the Ordnance Department in Washington where he continued for some time after the cessation of hostilities. He retired to his home in Geneva in 1964.
On July 31, 1913 he married Jane Foster of 166 N. Main St. Geneva, N.Y., who survives him together with three sons, one daughter, a sister, thirteen grandchildren, and one great grandson. His son Foster is Dartmouth 1937.
1916
From his long years of grievous affliction, death mercifully released MAXWELL BOEHM SABEN on December 20, at Washington, as he slept. The November notes reported about all that we know of Max and his colorful career in the Navy, until his Premature retirement in 1953. Let this therefore pay tribute to his gaiety and gallantry and to his equally brave widow ranees who alone survives him, at 4701 Willard Avenue, Chevy Chase, Md. 20015.
1917
RAY GERRY SAULT, director of H.K. Porter Co. in Somerville, Mass., passed away on December 16 in Lynnfield, Mass., where he lived at 4 Nottingham Rd. For some years, he had suffered ill health. His love for Dartmouth was great, and he watched the activities of the College, especially football, with keen interest. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta.
Ray was born in Rockport and lived many years in Melrose. Following his years at Dartmouth and service in World War I, he worked for Wheelock Lovejoy Co. and Congdon and Carpenter Co. for brief periods. There followed an executive position with New England Annealing and Tool Co. of South Boston until he joined the Porter Forge and Furnace Co. as its president. Active in metals research, he was a past president of the American Society of Metals and the Metals Treating Institute. He was a member of the John Abbott Masonic Lodge of Somerville.
Funeral services were held at the Centre Congregational Church in Lynnfield, at which the Class was represented by Arthur Mclntyre and Philip Evans. Ray is survived by his widow, Pearl L. (Stephens) Sault, and three grandchildren. Our sympathy goes out to them in their bereavement.
1918
EDWARD ANDREW WILDE, adopted member of the Class of 1918, died on December 17 at Cape Cod Hospital, following a heart attack.
Ed was born in New Bedford in 1894 and graduated from New York University School of Commerce Accounts and Finance. He was senior partner of J. Lee Nicholson & Co., which later was combined with Alexander Grant and Co. (certified public accountants).
In 1953 the Class elected him an adopted classmate and he has been a most generous supporter of the College.
Survivors include his widow, Ruth (Fortin) living at Tides End, East Orleans, Mass., a daughter, and a son, E. Andrews Jr. '50.
1919
GEORGE HARTWELL LUDLOW died at his home at 16 Lyman Rd., Framingham, Mass., on January 12, where he lived since his retirement in 1962 from the publishers of the World Book Encyclopedia. He leaves his widow and one daughter, Eleanor Hitchcock, who lives in Sudbury, Mass.
George left Dartmouth at the outbreak of war in 1917 and served in the Navy. After the war he attended M.I.T. and received a degree. George did not attend many of the class functions but always retained his interest in the College.
ERNEST CROSSLEY RAUTENBERG died December 22 at Sun City, Ariz., where he lived at 10033 Cumberland Dr. since retirement in 1968. He is survived by his wife, Althea, and three daughters, all of whom are married. Last August Althea and Ernie celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary.
For over forty years Ernie was with Celotex in Chicago and lived most of the time in the Chicago area. Like most of the members of the Class he served in World War I. He has attended most of the Class reunions and was back for the fiftieth. He was devoted to the College and the Class.
1920
Born February 22, 1899 in Joliet, Ill., CHARLES RUPLE CHEADLE entered Dartmouth where he was enrolled for a short period of time. During World War I he left college to enlist in the U. S. Navy. At the end of this military service he became a newspaper reporter for the Chicago American and later for the Chicago Tribune. On January 7, 1968 he died in Fayetteville, Ark. His surviving family include his widow Dona Decker Cheadle currently living at 4909 Stonington Road, Winston-Salem, N.C., 27103; two sons and a daughter.
Writing of "Chuck" Cheadle's career, the latter part of which was spent at the University of Arkansas, the SouthwestAmerican of Fort Smith, Ark., said "UA Editor Buried as He Taught Students To Write—Brief, Simple," and then went on to outline his career as a newspaperman who founded the Outboard Boating Club of America; who was described in Who's Whoin Commerce and Industry as an accomplished financial writer; who became a grower of grapes in Arkansas; but never stopped wielding his "magic pencil." Even after formal retirement from the University in 1966, this busy and versatile gentleman served in the University's Division of City Planning at his favorite occupation—editing.
EDWARD FRANCIS HASBROOK was born on May 10, 1897. He died in Green Bay, Wis., December 28, 1970 where he lived at 605 S. Van Buren St. He entered Dartmouth in the autumn of 1916 from Hinsdale, Ill. He was active on campus, played football his freshman year, became a member of D.K.E., and later, after he had returned from foreign service in World War I, became a member of Dragon Senior Society.
He enlisted early in the American Field Service as an ambulance driver attached to the French Army. Following U. S. entry into World War I, he returned home to enlist in the U.S. Naval Reserve, attending officer's training school. Commissioned an Ensign he was assigned to transport duty and further foreign service. With war service behind him, he returned to Dartmouth to get his degree.
After graduation Ed was associated with lumber companies for several years. Subsequently he joined the Mautz Paint and Varnish Company, concentrating on sales and sales management at which he was eminently successful. Green Bay became his base of operations and his home. There he married Jane Burrall. Four sons and a daughter were born of this union. His survivors are his widow, two sons, a daughter, and 12 grandchildren.
The Hasbrook association with Dartmouth goes back to an uncle, Harry Hansen '97, and includes Robert '18 and John '21.
Ed was proud of being a Dartmouth graduate. When he went to the hospital in December for therapy following a slight stroke he took the ALUMNI MAGAZINE with him. He died in the hospital. In his name a memorial fund for the Brown County Historical Park has been established.
Our deepest sympathies are extended to Ed's widow and all the members of his family.
DR. JOHN WINSLOW STICKNEY was born on August 24, 1897. He died in Bartow, Florida, on January 6, 1971.
"Shorty" graduated in 1920 and continued his medical studies at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons where he obtained his M.D. degree in 1922. From 1922 to 1924 he interned in the New York Hospital. In 1924 he entered private practice in New York City as a specialist in heart diseases. He continued private practice until 1951 when he was selected to be Chief Examiner of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, an office he held until he retired a few years ago. With his wife, Mabel Jennings Stickney, he made his retirement home at 1540 Bougainvillea Way, Bartow, Florida, 33830.
In college "Shorty" had many, many friends. His ready smile and quiet, friendly manner endeared him to all who knew him. He was a member of Alpha Kappa Kappa, the medical fraternity.
During World War I he served in the Army S.A.T.C. at Dartmouth in 1918. In World War II he was commissioned a Captain in the Medical Corps. He retired a Major with his last assignment as Chief of the Cardiovascular Service at Camp Shanks in Orangeburg, N.Y.
John is survived by his widow, his son John W. Jr., and a brother, Major-General William W. Stickeny '26. The Class extends to them deep sympathy in their bereavement.
Dedicated to his profession, Dr. John led a very useful life. The Class has lost a very loyal member, and he will be greatly missed by all who knew him.
1921
WILLIAM LAKE MARCY died January 17, 1971 at his summer home at Niagara-on-the- Lake, Ontario, Canada, after a three-week illness. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., he spent his entire life there and became one of its leading citizens.
After receiving his B.S. degree, and finishing a tour of duty as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Army, Bill entered Harvard Law School for his LL.B. degree. Then began fifty years of legal practice.
In politics he was active in the Republican party, was in the State Assembly for six years, serving on various important commissions. He was Assistant District Attorney for Erie County for four years, and for a time was chairman of the N. Y. State Unemployment Commission. He held directorships in the Buffalo Eye and Ear Clinic, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Society, the Community Chest, and the Buffalo Association for the Blind. For eight years he was chairman of the board of the Hotel Statlers Corporation. He was at one time a member of the Board of Overseers at the Hanover Inn.
He is survived by a son, William L. Marcy Jr. of Buffalo.
1923
GEORGE ENGFER HEESEN died December 24 in a Toledo, Ohio, hospital following an operation. He had been in poor health for over a year and had sold his business just a month prior to his death.
A native and life-long resident of Toledo, George came to Dartmouth from Scott High School. With us during 1919 and 1920, he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi.
George spent his entire business life with the Heesen-Hascall Jewelry Company, a firm which was founded in 1897 by his father. At the time of its sale he was president of the company.
Survivors include his widow Frances three married daughters, and six grandchildren. Frances lives at 1 Spitzer Arcade Toledo, Ohio.
1924
JAMES CALVERT KIRKBRIGHT died January 12 at his home in Eastchester, N.Y., following a heart attack.
Jim was born in 1902 in Laconia, N.H., whence he came to college where he became a member of Phi Sigma Kappa. Following graduation from Harvard Medical School in 1928 he joined St. Luke's Hospital in New York City, which was to be the center of his professional life.
As a member of the Otolaryngology Department (ear, nose, throat) he directed the Hearing and Speech Departments and was also a member of the Medical Board of that prestigious hospital. In 1967 he retired from active practice but continued as consultant-emeritus. Jim was a Diplomate of the American Board of Otolaryngology, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
In 1926 he married Beatrice Ellen Smith, who survives him, living at 2 Laurel Place in Easthampton. A son, two daughters, a sister, and two grandchildren also survive. Burial was in the family plot in Exeter, N.H.
News of the death of ARTHUR CAMERON CUNNINGHAM in November 1968 has recently been received. He has been out of contact with the College for some time and no further information is available at this time.
A Class Memorial Book in his memory will be secured.
1926
THOMAS NELSON MCWILLIAM died December 22, 1970, according to advice received in the Alumni Records Office. The Class had no word about Tom for nearly ten years, so recent information about him is unavailable.
Tom was born in New York City on July 29, 1903 and prepared for Dartmouth at Poughkeepsie (N.Y.) High School, where he was active in football and baseball. He attended Dartmouth for two years and was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity. He was associated for a number of years with Remington Rand Company. His daughter, Mrs. Pamela Nugent, survives him. To her the Class of 1926 extends sincere sympathy.
1927
Word has been received at the Alumni Records Office of the death of MALCOLM CAMPBELL ARNOLD on January 7, 1971 after a brief illness.
Mac left Dartmouth before graduation and returned to his lifelong home at Dover- Foxcroft, Maine. At the time of his death he was a retired banker and bookkeeper, a trustee of Foxcroft Academy, treasurer of the Thomson Free Library, and a member of Lodge and Council of the York Rites of Masonry.
Mac's widow, Arlene Weed Arnold, and his son, John N., survive him. To them the Class sends its sincere sympathy. Their address is Lincoln Street, Dover-Foxcroft, Me.
1928
DONALD STURTEVANT LOWE died in a New Brunswick, N.J., hospital September 14 1970. Twenty years ago he was head of the English Department at Rutgers Prep when he was forced to retire because of Parkinson's disease. For the past 17 years he has been in a nursing home.
Don was born December 15, 1903 and came to Dartmouth from Phillips Exeter. He was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha. After graduation he taught at Swampscott (Mass.) High School and at private schools in New York and Florida.
He leaves his widow Enid, who lives at 81 Bishop St., New Brunswick, N.J., and two sisters.
CARL SPENCER PLATT, who retired in 1967 as chief of the U.S. Bureau of the Budget's personnel management branch, died at his home, 3611 Dunlop St., Chevy Chase, Md., on December 6.
Spence was born in New Haven, Conn., and at Dartmouth was leader of the band, treasurer of the D.C.A., and a member of Gamma Delta Epsilon. He received a master's degree in economics from the University of Michigan. After joining the Budget Bureau in 1942 he became a branch chief in 1951 and served as chief adviser to the Budget Director on national Civil Service policy and organization.
He is survived by his widow Gladys, a son Kirkwood, his mother, a brother, and a granddaughter.
LEWIS STORMS MUNSON JR., chairman of the board of the Wilmington Trust Co., died January 18 at his home in Wilmington. He originally went to the hospital around Thanksgiving time with a recurrent problem with his throat which made it difficult to swallow. He went home before Christmas but had to go back again when he developed pneumonia. He had just been brought home from the hospital two days before he died.
"Kewp" was born in Washington and prepared for college at the Wilmington Friends School. At Dartmouth he became a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He received his master's degree in business administration at the Tuck School in 1929. He immediately went with the du Pont Company and became assistant to the director of the Foreign Relations Department. In 1940 he was sent to Buenos Aires as treasurer of du Pont's two subsidiary companies in Argentina. In 1943 he was named assistant treasurer of du Pont and brought back to Wilmington. From 1944 to 1946 he served in the Navy, coming out a Commander.
He began his banking career with Wilmington Trust in 1949, was named vice President in 1953, senior loan officer in 1958, and treasurer in 1963. He was made a director and president in 1966 and chairman and chief executive officer in June 1969.
He served his community in many ways, including the United Fund, the Children's Home and the People's Settlement. He was treasurer and director of Delaware Park, one of the more important non-profit horse tracks on the East Coast. Betty and he traveled extensively with considerable outlet for their common joy, golf.
He leaves his widow, the former Elizabeth T. Harris. His brother, Dr. Charles L. Munson '26, died in 1968.
1929
EDWIN WAYNE HEISTER died in North Broward Hospital in Pompano Beach, Fla., January 9, 1971. Ed entered Dartmouth from Ridgewood (N.J.) High School, where he played baseball, basketball and tennis. He also participated in glee club, debating and dramatics and was vice president of his class. He lived in New Hampshire Hall, and was a highly respected and popular member of the class. He majored in sociology, was a Beta Theta Pi, and Casque and Gauntlet. He was captain of the tennis team.
After graduation he went to work for Hearst newspapers in the advertising division, and divided his time between New York and Pittsburgh. He was manager of the advertising service in the latter city. On September 3, 1935 he married Betty Grimshaw, and they had one daughter, Anne.
During World War II Ed served in the Naval Reserve from October 1942 as a Lieutenant (jg) to December 1945, when he was released after three years of sea duty as a commanding officer in the Mediterranean and the Pacific.
Ed worked for Hearst Advertising Service after the war, representing newspapers from coast to coast. He was manager both in Pittsburgh and Florida before he retired in 1966.
He is survived by his daughter, four grandchildren, and two sisters. 1929 has lost a devoted and loyal classmate, and our sympathy goes out to his family as we share their loss.
DR. GEORGE MCCONNELL MCKELVEY died December 23, 1970 in Youngstown, Ohio, where he was born October 3, 1907. He prepared for college at Asheville School, where he was an honor student and captained the baseball team. "Mac" roomed in Russell Sage, was an Alpha Delt, majored in medicine, graduated in '29, and went on to Harvard Medical School. There he attained an A average, graduating second in the class of 1933.
He returned to Ohio, where he had a distinguished career. He was an intern and then resident in surgery at Lakeside Hospital, Cleveland; general surgeon and later Director of Surgery at Youngstown Hospital Association. He held membership in many medical organizations. He was Chief Surgeon for Carnegie-Illinois Steel Company for 22 years.
Mac was active in the business and social life of his city—director and vice president of G.M. McKelvey Department Store, a family concern; and director of Union National Bank, Gem Cupon Corporation, Edwin Bell Cooperage Corporation, and Youngstown Hospital Association.
He was a Shriner and 32nd degree Mason and a member of the Youngstown Country Club and Rockwood Springs Trout Club. He also was a member of Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association and an excellent pilot, owning a Cessna 182 since 1964 and spending much time with his wife in the Bahamas during the winters. His hobbies included painting, carving, and bird-hunting.
His marriage in 1933 to Anita Andrews ended in divorce. He remarried in 1962, and is survived by his second wife Lucille. Her address is 2861 Bellmar Drive, Youngstown, O. Three daughters by his first marriage survive him, as does his brother and two sisters.
1932
THOMAS EDWIN KIDDOO died in Naples, Fla., on December 22. He had moved to 2401 Gulf Shore Blvd. North in Naples from Inverness, Ill. following his retirement a year previously.
Tom was born in Wall, South Dakota on March 2, 1911 and came to Dartmouth from Chicago, having attended Morgan Park Military Academy. He majored in economics, was a member of Phi Delta Theta and Dragon, and served on the Interfraternity Council. He was graduated from Northwestern University Law School in 1935.
He practiced law with the Chicago firm of Poppenhusen, Johnston, Thompson, and Raymond until 1943. At that time he joined the business forms manufacturing firm of Uarco Inc. He became a vice president of the company in 1956 and held that position until his retirement. He served as chairman of the Employers Association of Chicago and was a director of the Beverly Bank.
Tom married June Manson in 1937. The Class offers its deep sympathy to his widow, his sons, Thomas E. Jr. '63 and William N., and his daughter, Mrs. Martha Bermingham.
1933
GEORGE DONALD MILLER JR. of Huntington, W .Va., died in Chillicothe, Ohio, after a long illness. In college he played freshman football and varsity water polo. Herb was a member of Alpha Delta Phi.
After college he worked for the First Huntington National Bank and then went into the general insurance business. During World War II he served in the U.S. Navy Reserve in Norfolk, Washington and London, and was attached to SHAEF in various places throughout Europe. He earned the rank of Lieutenant Commander and received the Bronze Star in 1945.
The sympathy of the Class is extended to his wife Helen and their two children.
1934
The College has just been informed of the death, on February 23, 1970, of JOHN BROOKS CHENEY of 6 Alden Crest Rd., Liverpool, N.Y.
Reared in Concord, N.H., John attended New Hampton School before entering Dartmouth, where he majored in sociology. He was a member of Kappa Sigma.
After some service in a Manchester (N.H.) bank, John went into wholesale hardware sales in that city, and then, in 1944, joined the Naval Reserve. He was discharged in 1946 with the rank of Lieutenant. Regrettably, our subsequent records are incomplete.
John is survived by his widow, the former Virginia Whitman, and by their only child, Susan. To them we express our deep regret at their loss and ours.
MILTON FABRICANT, M.D., of New London, Conn., died April 15, 1970. Milt had sustained an acute coronary attack in 1959, and it is believed that it was a recurrence of this ailment that brought an untimely end to his distinguished medical career.
A native of New London, Milt prepared for Dartmouth at the Bulkeley School. At Hanover, his lifelong interest in music led him to join the Symphony Orchestra and the Dartmouth Band. His academic major was zoology.
Our records are blank on the details of his medical education, but Milt must have acquired his degree, and completed his internship and residency, in near-record time. Beginning in 1941, he served for four years as a Major in the Army Medical Corps, hardly missing a single campaign in the Pacific, and then put in a further two- year tour-of-duty in Veterans Administration hospitals.
Milt was also an inveterate traveler, liking nothing better than to pack up his wife and children for a trip to a new spot of interest in the continental United States.
Milt is survived by his widow, the former Doris Shapiro, whom he married in 1942, and by their three children, Judy, David, and Richard. Of them he wrote in 1959, "I am determined to . . . devote more attention to my family, and less to my career." Those of us who knew and loved Milt Fabricant are sure that, without slighting his Hippo-cratic oath, he kept that pledge fully.
Word has reached the College from his widow, Mary, of the death on May 9, 1969; of JAMES VINCENT PRYOR of Bethel Park, Pa.
Jim prepared for Dartmouth in Pennsylvania schools and if memory serves correctly, greatly enjoyed his experiences, particularly winter sports, on the Hanover Plain. After some years with us, he completed his formal education at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (A.B.) and at Bluefield State College (B.Sc.). During World War II he served on Navy supply ships in communications.
Following his military service (and his marriage in 1941 to the former Mary- Kramer), Jim gained experience in sales and radio, and then joined the Zippo Manufacturing Co. As of 1959, he had risen to division sales manager, operating out of Bradford, Pa. His service to Dartmouth included generous support of the Alumni Fund and (in the words of the editors of the 1934 25th Anniversary book) "doing the finest of all extracurricular work—interviewing young men for admission."
Jim is survived by his widow and their four children, Kerry Anne, Susan, William, and Howard. To them all, and to his many friends within and beyond the Dartmouth fellowship, we extend our deepest sympathies.
Death came to SIDNEY STANFORD WISCH of Cleveland, Ohio, on October 25, 1970, three days after he was stricken with a heart attack.
Born and raised in Cleveland, Sid attended Glenville High School. At Dartmouth, where he majored in economics and spent his senior year in Tuck School, he was a member of The Bema.
Following graduation, Sid became an advertising man with The May Company department store in Cleveland, moved on to the retail furniture business, and then became executive vice-president of The National Key Company. "In the ensuing years," says his son-in-law, H. Richard Isaacson '64 (Tuck '65), "he became executive vice-president of the Cole National Corporation, a national retail optical and consumers products company. Sid had been with Cole 28 years at the time of his death and had been in charge of personnel and public relations.
"In addition to his business activities, Sid was extremely active in various community and charitable activities—both public and private. He served as past president of the Jewish Big Brothers Association, a member of the board of directors of Bellefaire and of the lewish Children's Bureau, and a member of the lewish Community Federation and Fairmount emple. Countless benefits accrued to the children whom he served, and it would be hard to say just how many of these youths owe their college education and new start in life to the dedication and commitment of Sidney Wisch. Perhaps that is why many of these youngsters and their families came to Sid's funeral to pay their last respects."
Sid is survived by his widow, the former Melba Agree, whom he married in 1938, their daughters, Phyllis Isaacson and Katheryn, his mother, and two sisters. To them all, our deepest sympathies on the passing of a man who summed up his life philosophy in 1959 in words that indicate his true stature: "... Never to shirk responsibility to family, friends, business associates, Temple, community'—his brother man ... to tell good stories and love children ... to be active and respected and, in his own way, leave his mark on this world he passes through."
1935
GEORGE BOWMAN KREER, one of Chicago's best-known advertising men, died very unexpectedly of a heart attack January 15, 1971, at his home, 638 Glenayre Dr., Glenview, Ill. He had been in the best of health and his sudden death came as a shock to his many friends and business associates.
"Bo" had spent virtually his entire business life in advertising. After a one-year stint as editor of Northwestern University's Alumni News, he joined J. Walter Thompson as a cub copywriter in 1936. He rose to assistant copy chief, and his campaigns for 7-Up (Fresh Up with 7-Up) were widely acclaimed. His career included an association with McCann-Erickson, Campbell- Mithum, Clinton E. Frank, Inc., and Young and Rubicam, where he was senior vice president and general manager of Y & R's Chicago office. At the time of his death he was senior vice president and chairman of the plans board at Arthur Meyerhoff Associates.
During his 35 years in advertising, Bo was regarded as one of Chicago's top creative men and was a frequent speaker at advertising and marketing conventions. A textbook which he co-authored in 1949 and revised in 1963, Advertising Copywriting, is used in some 150 colleges. He was a former president of the Chicago Advertising Club, a past governor of the Central Region of the American Association of Advertising Agencies, a member of Sigma Delta Chi, the Chicago Copywriter's Club, Glenview Club and the Chicago University Club.
Bo entered Dartmouth from North Shore Country Day School. He played freshman and varsity baseball and was a member of Phi Kappa Psi. With the financial pinch of the depression period, he transferred to Northwestern in his senior year and received his degree from North western's School of Journalism.
Dartmouth remained his first love, and he rendered valuable service to the class as Tearbag Editor in the 50's and more recently as a member of the Class Executive Committee. He also had served as a class agent.
During World War II, Bo saw service as a lieutenant in the Marines, during the Saipan and Okinawan campaigns. He resigned with the rank of captain.
Bo was married in 1936 to Jessie (Billie) Andersen. In addition to Billie, he is survived by a daughter, a son, two grandchildren; his mother, and two brothers.
WILLIAM ALLAN NORTHCUTT JR. died November 17, 1970, after falling from a 10th floor window at the Kentucky Home Life Building in Louisville. Deputy Coroner Lloyd Roemele ruled his death a suicide.
Bill had lived most of his life in Louisville, and in the past two decades had served first as a state tax agent and then as a state appraiser. He entered Dartmouth from Louisville Male High School, and while in Hanover competed in varsity track, was a member of Sigma Nu and went on to Tuck School.
He is survived by his widow, the former Lela Barham, his son, William III, and two grandchildren. The Class extends its sympathy to the family.
Belatedly, news has been received of the death of THOMAS ALEXANDER BLEDSOE in Los Angeles Veterans Hospital in December 1968. Torn spent his business life in education and publishing, and his book OrWe'll All Hang Separately came out in the spring of 1969, shortly after his death.
Tom spent only one year at Dartmouth, and went on to get his AB degree from the University of Louisville in 1936. He obtained a master's degree in English at the University of Illinois and taught there prior to entering the U.S. Navy in World War II. He saw service with the Atlantic Fleet as a communications officer.
He entered publishing immediately following the war, and served as head of the college department first of Rinehart and then Knopf publishing companies. He next became director of Beacon Press, and then took a year out as executive secretary of the Council for Basic Education in Washington, D.C. In more recent years, he was publisher of Chandler Publishing Co. and Arlington Books, Inc.
Tom had been married three times. He is survived by his widow, Bozenko Huff Bledsoe; two children by his first marriage, and five children by his second marriage.
1942
DR. PAUL JOSEPH COSTELLO died November 18, 1970 in Medford, Mass., as a result of a motor vehicle accident. His wife, Muriel, was a passenger in the car with him and sustained head injuries from which she is recovering. The tragedy of Paul's death was compounded by the fact that the collision apparently resulted because the driver of the other car was drunk.
Paul was very highly respected in his home city of Manchester, N.H., and the services on November 24 were attended by not only a large delegation of the nursing and medical professions in Manchester but many other friends.
Paul was a co-founder of the Manchester Pediatric Group Professional Association. Active in local medical affairs, he was director of the Cystic Fibrosis Clinic at the Elliot Hospital, and also director of pediatric heart operations at the hospital.
A Manchester native, he lived at 102 Bay St. He was graduated from Manchester Central High and Dartmouth College cum laude. In 1943 he was graduated from Dartmouth Medical School and completed his medical training a year later at the University of Pennsylvania. Druing World War II he served with the Navy Medical Corps.
Paul entered Dartmouth from New Hampton School (N.H.). He was a member of Theta Chi, Green Key, and Alpha Kappa Kappa.
The Class of 1942 extends its sincere sympathy to Paul's wife, the former Muriel McLane, his two sons and two daughters.
HAROLD WESLEY COMFORT JR. of 104 Ithaca Road, Ithaca, N.Y., died on December 24, 1970 as a result of an automobile accident. He is survived by a brother, Robert H. Comfort of 350 Madison Avenue, New York City. Other details are not known.
The entire membership of the Class of '42 extend their sincere sympathy to the members of Harold's family.
1953
JAY MERVIN KULAP was killed in an automobile accident on October 24, 1970, in Waycross, Ga., where he was on location completing the filming of "Okefenokee Swamp." An independent film producer, Jay had been associated with Donald A. Davis Productions in Hollywood as a partner, writer and cameraman. His most recent production was "Swamp Girl." Jay came to Dartmouth from the Haverford School, majored in English, and was an active member of Theta Delta Chi. The Class extends its deepest sympathy to his widow, Mildred, and their two daughters, who live at 5171 North Orlando, Los Angeles, and also to Jay's parents, who live in Drexel Hill, Pa., and to his sister.
1963
HAROLD JAMES FOX of 6040 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, Colo., died October 22, 1970 after a long illness at Colorado General Hospital.
Born January 5, 1942, Jim attended school in Texas before coming to Dartmouth. While an undergraduate "Foxie" was a brother of Alpha Chi Rho, and a member of the Glee Club, Jewish Life Council, D.O.C. and Rowing Club. Like so many former crew members, Jim felt dedicated to assisting the Rowing Club financially until rowing was recognized by the College as a fullfledged sport.
After Dartmouth Jim attended Harvard Medical School, graduating in 1966. During his internship and surgical residency at Colorado General, Jim met his future wife, Jane Crozier. Before finishing his residency, Jim was sent to Taklhi Air Force Base, Thailand, as a USAF Captain. He was planning to complete his residency in neurosurgery when he became ill.
Perhaps Jim's former college roommate best sums up Jim's feelings concerning the profession to which he dedicated his life: "He wanted to practice medicine from the first time that I met him and he never wavered in his pursuit of a medical education. He felt he had to "kick the help' out of disease and especially out of cancer. It is ironic that it was cancer that killed Jim."
Survivors include his widow Jane, (of 6040 E. First Ave., Denver), his parents, two sisters, a niece and nephew. Friends and classmates may contribute to the Dr. H. James Fox Scholarship Fund at the College.
1965
RICHARD EDWIN ARLT died in a hunting accident on December 15, 1970, in Great Bay, near Dover, N.H. Dick came to Dartmouth from Blackduck, Minn., where he attended high school. In high school he played football and basketball and worked at the Tomahawk Lodge nearby. At Dartmouth he was a chemistry major, a student agent for a laundry service, and a mainstay at the D.D.A. for four years. Before being graduated from Dartmouth, Dick also did extensive chemical research under the direction of the late Professor David Kearn.
Dick's appreciation of New England was shown when, upon leaving Dartmouth, he began study toward the Ph.D. degree in organic chemistry under Prof. J. John Uebel at the University of New Hampshire. Dick was nearing the completion of these studies when the tragedy occurred.
All of Dick's many friends will agree that Dick's honesty, enthusiasm, and loyalty made him a good friend. He possessed that mixture of qualities that made him, most of all, a good man.
He is survived by his father, Mr. Louis H. Arlt of Blackduck, Minn., and a brother and a sister.
Andrew G. Truxall, A.M. '35
ANDREW GEHR TRUXAL, A.M. '35, who was a member of Dartmouth's Sociology Department from 1928 to 1948 and left to become President of Hood College in Frederick, Md., died February 4 at his winter home in Naples, Fla., after a heart attack. Upon retiring from the Hood presidency in 1961, Dr. Truxal became president of newly established Anne Arundel Community College in Severna Park, Md., one of the state's twelve public two- year colleges. He retired from that position in 1968. When the new Anne Arundel campus in Arnold was dedicated in 1967, the library was named in President Truxal's honor, by petition of the student body. A memorial book fund for the library has been established at Anne Arundel to honor President Truxal.
While at Dartmouth, Professor Truxal gave courses in the sociology of the family and was department chairman for five years. He helped direct the operations of the office of the Dean of the Faculty during the illness of the late Dean E. Gordon Bill, and was also on the faculty committee which handled the cases of World War II veterans entering or returning to Dartmouth. He received Dartmouth's honorary A.M. degree upon being promoted to full professor in 1935. He was a Selectman of Hanover from 1939 to 1948, a trustee of Mary Hitchcock Hospital and also of Kimball Union Academy in nearby Menden, N.H.
Dr. Truxal leaves his widow, the former Deldee Groff of Lancaster, Pa.; a son, John G. Truxal '45 of Huntington Station, N. a daughter, Noradel, who is Mrs. Randolph Wilson of Atlanta, Ga., and five grandchildren. Funeral services were held February 6 in Coffman Chapel on the Hood College campus.
Davis Jackson '36
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