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.)
Campbell, Carroll A., '05, Oct. 31 Kidder, Herrick F., '10, Nov. 1 Conroy, James J., '11, Nov. 7 Hatch, Edward B., '11, June 25 Patten, Bradley M., '11, Nov. 8 Lincoln, Jerome W., '12, Oct. 10 Ainsmith, Frederick C., '17, Oct. 9 Proctor, Thomas W., '18, Sept. 4 Mills, Charles 8., '20, Oct. 21 Potter, Ben H., '20, Nov. 3 Sharp, Edward L., '22, Nov. 4 Watson, Clifton E., '22, Nov. 23 Corwin, W. Sherman, '24, June 19 Morehouse, Theodore C., Jr., '24, Oct. 23 Palmer, Elton M„ '30, Nov. 16 Rhetts, Edward, '31, Nov. 15 Currier, David P., '38, Sept. 14 Bloom, Henry S., '56, Aug. 10
1900
HARRY LEBARON SAMPSON died November 1, 1971 at his home in Cambridge, Mass. He was 93 years old.
A native of Middleboro, Mass., he went on to Harvard Law School after graduating from Dartmouth and received his LL.B. in 1904. Until his retirement in 1965 he was a senior law partner in the firm of Hutchins & Wheeler, where he had been employed since 1904. Recognized as an outstanding legal scholar, he had argued many cases before the U. S. Supreme Court and the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Mr. Sampson served as the managing trustee of the Godfrey M. Hyams Trust, one of New England's largest charitable foundations. He was also president of Sarah A. Hyams Fund, Inc., and Isabel F. Hyams Fund, Inc., and was one of the founders of the Cambridge Community Services.
1904
DR. DAVID EMERSON FORD died October 14, 1971 in Washington, D. C.
After completing his studies at Dartmouth, Dr. Ford graduated cum laude from the University of Michigan School of Medicine. He practiced medicine for a number of years in Colorado, and later went as surgeon with the National Geographic Expedition to Peru in 1915. He was a Captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War I an subsequently served with medical relief teal in Siberia and in China before settling in North Carolina in 1922.
Dr. Ford married Mildred Bascom in 1925 and she passed away in 1969. He is survive by two daughters, Mrs. Edward N. Rodman and Mrs. John H. Tennent.
1905
CARROLL ALFRED CAMPBELL died October 31 1971 at a nursing home in Chester, Conn. He was 85.
A native of Ashburnham, Mass., he followed his father, Alfred H. Campbell '78, to Dartmouth and then went on to become the first Director of Public Works in Middletown Conn., when that department was in 1917. He retired from the Connecticut State Highway Department in 1952 and established an office in Middletown as a consulting engineer. He was a member of the South Congregational Church of Middletown and a Mason.
He is survived by his widow Clara, to whom he was married in 1924. His daughter also survives, as do two grandchildren.
1909
GEORGE ROSS ADAMS died in a MERMEN (Conn) Nursing Home on August 7, 1971 following nearly a year of operations and hospitalization. horn in West Newton, Mass.,
George was born in west on October 20, 1885 and came to Dartmouth from Newton High School. He was on the sophomore hockey squad and sang in the chorus of King of Ukan and If I WereDean.
After graduation, he spent two years in Seattle, Wash., in newspaper advertising. He returned to Boston as a salesman for New Haven Paper Co. In 1924 he was warehouse manager for Stone & Andrews, Inc. He spent the years 1925-1927 in Los Angeles, and then returned to New Haven as a salesman of fine papers for Whitney-Anderson Paper Co. and the Lindenmyer Paper Co. until he retired.
George belonged to the Masonic fraternity, was a past president of the Dartmouth Club of New Haven, and a past treasurer of the Dartmouth Club of Connecticut. He served 1909 as an assistant class agent for the Alumni Fund. He was faithful in attending class reunions.
He was married to Marian N. Sherman at Brockton, Mass., on September 5, 1914. She died in 1928. Of three sons born to them only John is living. Also surviving are six granddaughters and three grandsons and one sister.
1911
JAMES JOSEPH CONROY died November 7, 1971 at St. Vincent's Hospital, Worcester, Mass. of a heart attack. He was born in Gardner, Mass., September 27, 1885, and was educated in Gardner elementary schools and Holy Cross Prep. While at Dartmouth he played varsity baseball.
After graduation he was secretary to John H. Fahey, president of the International Chamber of Commerce. He was former treasurer and General Manager of the Worcester Evening Post; owner of the Conroy Motor Co.; former President of Northern Steel Co. of Boston; and treasurer and General Manager of the Arcade Malleable Iron Co. He was a director of Harrington-Richardson Arms Co.; and former director of the Bay State Savings Bank, St. Vincent's Hospital of Worcester, the Boys' Club, and the Worcester Airport Commission.
He was a member of the Knights of Malta and the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre—two of the highest honors that way be attained by Catholic laymen. He was also a member of the Worcester Country club, and a resident of 22 So. Lenox St. in that city.
He leaves his widow, Mary (Walsh) Lonroy; two sons, David and James Jr.; a daughter, and eight grandchildren.
EDWARD BURGESS HATCH, a lifelong resident of Chelsea, Vt., died June 25, 1971 at age 84 in the Veterans Administration Hospital in White River Junction. He was with our Class freshman year, following graduation from Cheslea (Vt.) and Monson (Mass.) Academies.
He was a veteran of World War I and had been with the Orange County Branch of the National White River Bank in Bethel for 44 years, serving as cashier and later as Manager until his retirement in 1964.
He was the oldest living member of George Washington Masonic Lodge 51, and a charter member and past commander of American Legion Post 61. At the time of his death he was treasurer of the American Red Cross in Chelsea, the Chelsea Fire District, Congregational Church, American Legion Post 61, and the Building Committee of the George Washington Masonic Lodge.
He is survived by one son, Willard F. of Chelsea; a daughter, Mrs. Philip A. (Jean) Farnham of South Barre, and ten grandchildren.
BRADLEY MERRILL PATTEN, Chairman Emeritus of the University of Michigan Anatomy Department, November 8, 1971 in Ann Arbor, Mich., where he lived at 2126 Highland Rd. He was the son of William Patten, the great Dartmouth Professor of Biology, and himself became a noted educator, author and lecturer. In college he was on the class hockey team and varsity football and hockey squads, a member of the debating team and the Orpheus Club.
It was while he was at Western Reserve, first as instructor in histology and embryology, then as assistant professor and associate professor from 1920 to 1934, that his interest shifted from general physiology towards embryology. In 1920 his first book TheEmbryology of the Chick appeared, followed by the Embryology of the Pig in 1927. Also his attention and research focussed increasingly on problems involving the developmental defects of the heart.
In 1934 he became Assistant Director for the Medical Sciences at the Rockefeller Foundation and later returned to teaching, this time at the University of Michigan as professor and chairman of the Department of Anatomy. His book Human Embryology reflected his convictions on the importance of embryology for the student of medicine. This book was translated into Spanish and had wide use in South American schools as well as in Spain. A Russian translation completely ignored the U. S. copyright. Many other publications included papers on developmental abnormalities of the cardiovascular and central nervous systems.
As a lecturer and traveler he gave a series of talks in over twenty colleges on various phases of embryonic heart action and at many medical centers in foreign countries and helped reorganize teaching methods in em- bryology in Argentina.
His wife Barbara (Standish) Patten, who survives him, was his constant companion in all his travels. Their hobbies were salmon fishing, the camera and bird watching—the latter included several weeks calling on the bird inhabitants of Central America. He is also survived by his daughter. Mrs. Walter E. (Elizabeth) Garrey, four grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
1911 and Dartmtitiouth have lost another from among their strongest and most loyal members. Memorial contributions may be made to the Bradley Merrill Patten Memorial Research Fund, University of Michigan.
1912
HAROLD HERMAN FREUND died at his home at 27 Lake Rd., Rye, N. Y,, on October 25, 1971. He had been in poor health for several years.
Hal was born in New York City on March 13, 1890. Following preparation at Hamilton08 (N.Y.j institute) he spent three years at Dartmouth. He then transferred to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University from which he secured his M.D. degree in 1914. Then followed three years of internship and residency at Lebanon Hospital in the Bronx which included research in the field of bacteriology. He was said to be the first to corroborate Plotz's discovery of the typhus bacillus as the etiological factor in typhus fever.
In June 1917 Hal was commissione lieutenant in the U. S. Army Medical Corps, promoted to captain in May 1918, and to major in February 1919. He embarked for France with the 328 th Infantry, 82nd Division and participated in the Aisne-Marne, St Mihiel, and Meuse-Xrgonne offensives, first as battalion, then as regimental, surgeon. He was severely wounded twice, gassed, and spent six months in the hospital. He received two purple hearts and was cited in general orders for bravery in action. When World War II broke out he attempted to enlist but was rejected because of his age.
Hal practiced medicine following his army service and for twenty years gave his services to the White Plains Hospital. His hobbies included photography, collecting coins and snuff boxes, playing golf and sailing.
On October 1, 1926, Hal married Ruth Ernull of Goldsboro, N. C., who survives him together with one sister.- A private funeral was held at the crematory, Riverside Parlor, Mt. Vernon, N. Y.
JEROME WATERS LINCOLN, formerly clerk for Tarpon Springs, Fla., died October 10, 1971 in Tarpon General Hospital. He suffered an attack of coronary thrombosis 17 years ago but was able to carry on until September of this year when he was admitted to the local hospital. An apparent satisfactory convalescence was terminated by virus pneumonia.
Abe, as he was called in college, came to Dartmouth from the high school in Taunton, Mass., where he was born October 11, 1890. He left college at the end of junior year to enter the family business of manufacturing twist drills with the Lincoln-Williams Twist Drill Co. of Taunton. During the ten years With this company he was at first traveling salesman, then secretary. During .World War I he remained at the factory which made drills for munition workers, filling in for his father who was a member of the War Industries Board in Washington.
In 1921 he moved to Ellers, Fla. At first he grew citrus fruit, then during the land boom was in the real estate business. After that he successfully dealt in sponges, studied book-keeping and accounting, and from 1936 to 1940 was an auditor with the Florida Construction Program in Tallahassee. He continued in this field during World War II with the U. S. Marine Commission in Tampa, after which for twelve years he served the City of Tampa Springs, retiring in 1959.
On June 15, 1917 Jerome Lincoln married Lillian A. Wayle of Cortland, N. Y., who survives him together with their two sons, five grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, and one brother. Funeral services were held October 12, 1971 at Vinson Memorial Chapel and burial was in Cicadia Cemetery.
1913
RANCIS STERLING HARRIS of Sweethill Road, Plaistow, N. H., died August 4, 1971. Francis was born August 10, 1886 in Cambridge, Mass. He was a member of DKE fraternity and resided in New Hubbard dorm his freshman year. He went on to Yale where he obtained his Ph.B. in 1914 and M.D. from Harvard Medical in 1918.
In March 1916 he married Edith L. Litten at Cambridge, Mass. As a physician he specialized in obstetrics and pediatrics. Francis was a member of the American Medical Association and the Harvard Medical Alumni Association. The Class extends sincere sympathy to the family.
1914
WILLIAM ALBERT GREEN JR. of South-hampton, N. Y., died July 17, 1971. He was born in Davidson, Texas, October 21, 1892. His entire business career from 1914 until retirement in 1955 was with the W. A. Green Co. department store of Dallas, as vice president and president.
Wag during World War I served fourteen months in France and as a captain commanded the First Trench Mortar Battery of the First Division participating in St. Mihiel and Argonne Forest engagements.
He is survived by his widow, Marguerite Lewis Green, whom he married June 10, 1926.
As brave a man as ever lived was CHARLES WILLIAM FRANCIS O'CONNOR of 34 Rushton Dr., Cranston, R. L, who died June 4, 1971 at age 81.
It was on December 3, 1968 that Charles wrote "I have been in the throes of multiple sclerosis for 30 years, as the result of which I'm confined to a wheelchair, not as gaudy a one as Chief Ironsides but it gets me around."
Charles was born in Worcester, Mass., January 1, 1890. An outstanding track man in Worcester Academy, he excelled on the freshman and varsity track and relay teams at Dartmouth. He was a member of DKE and Sphinx, on the Junior Prom Committee and in the Junior Prom orchestra and the college band.
With a graduate degree from the Tuck School he went into business with the Universal Winding Co. in the Providence area, serving as production manager from 1917 until retirement in 1932.
Surving besides his widow Helen Catherine Mueller, whom he married January 12, 1918 are his daughter Carol, his son Robert, and a brother.
1917
FREDERICK AINSMITH died October 9 1971, in Steuben, Me. Frederick attended Dartmouth in the Class of 1917 for the years 1915 and 1916. He entered the armed forces in 1917 and was retired at the end of service with the rank of corporal. For some years he was in the accounting business and held a responsible auditing position in the Carey Manufacturing Company. During the latter part of his career, he was a cost accountant for the government, retiring from that position in 1958. He is survived by his widow Pearle, who resides at Denver Road, Belmont, Mass,
JOHN WOOSTEE DAVIS, longtime civic leader in the Northfield, Vt. area, died at the Central Vermont Hospital on October 21, following a brief illness.
John attended Northfield schools and Worcester Academy. He was born in North-field, July 14, 1893, the son of Charles and Mary (Wooster) Davis '82. He was associated with his father in the Northfield Falls Woolen Mill and later in his law practice in Northfield.
He was a member and trustee of the United Methodist Church, Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity at Dartmouth, and the Skating Club of Boston. He maintained a skating rink for both young and old for many years. He was also a member of the New England Chapter of the Sierra Club.
He leaves his widow Alethe, three daughters, and six grandchildren. Mrs. Davis lives at 12 Highland Ave., Northfield.
Honorary bearers at the funeral services, held at the United Methodist Church in Northfield on October 23, were Alson Edgerton and Victor C. Smith of the Class of '17.
John was always a loyal alumnus, and in his passing the Class and College have lost a fine friend and generous benefactor.
1918
Funeral services for RALPH GAGE NORTON. who was stricken October 7 while presiding at a meeting in St. Stephen's Church, Middlebury, Vt., were held October 9 at the church. The Rt. Rev. Harvey D. Butterfield, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont, led the service. Burial was in Prospect Cemetery m Vergennes.
Ralph came to Dartmouth from Vergennes High School. In college he was on the freshman track team. During World War I he was in the U. S. Navy submarine service.
In 1921 he married Erika May Rock of Vergennes. They spent most of their life in the Detroit and Chicago area where Ralph was associated with Halsey, Stuart and Company. of which he became vice president. Retiring to Middlebury, Vt., in 1960, Ralph became active in community services. He was member of St. Stephen's Church, a director of the Middlebury Community House, a of the Middlebury Rotary Club ana Vergennes American Legion. He was a Past president of the board of Middlebury Inn.
Survivors include his widow, two son, a daughter, seven grandchildren, and his brother. On behalf of the Class the secretary has pressed Sympathy to the family.
THOMAS WHITE PROCTOR died November 4,1071 after a brief illness with cancer. Tom Will ever be remembered for his vigor and earthy cheerfulness.
He came to Dartmouth from Country Day School of Newton. In college he became a member of Alpha Delta Phi and his keen mind brought him election to Phi Beta Kappa at the end of his junior year. He was a lifetime member of the American Society of Engineers.
From August 1917 to July 1919 Tom was a first lieutenant in the U. S. Army Infantry ordnance, serving overseas. On graduating from M.I.T. in 1921 with a B.S. degree in engineering he was employed by various companies in dam construction and foundation and concrete work, including such as the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Sumner Tunnel in Boston where he even experienced, from underground work, the bends. He was ever one to get into the guts of a task.
From 1939 to time of his retirement in 1962, he was an engineer in the Structural Test' Department of Martin-Marietta Company of Baltimore, Md. On moving to Baltimore he commuted to work from a small farm where, until his sudden death, he enjoyed the tasks of raising a small herd of cattle and sheep and crops.
He is survived by his widow Constance and a son Benjamin. Mrs. Proctor's address is Box 37, R.F.D. 1, Darlington, Md.
1920
ARTHUR HINKLEY EARLE was born in Portland, Me., on October 19, 1896. He died on July 30, 1971 in a nursing home in Talcottville, Conn., and was buried in the family lot in the Davis Cemetery in Lisbon, Me. Survivors include two sons, Dr. A. Scott Earle of Shaker Heights, Ohio, and E. Brooks Earle of Vernon, Conn., eight grandchildren, and a brother.
Art attended Dartmouth but one year. He left to join the Transport Service of the French Army in World War I. He also served in the U. S. Army. When he returned from service in 1919 he went to M.1.T., graduating in 1921. At Dartmouth he became a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon. Later in life he joined the Free Masons.
For many years he had his own construc- tion business in Boston, being a member of the firm of E. V. Earle .& Sons. When he retired to Vero Beach, Fla., he became active in real estate. He had moved to Talcottville only recently to join his son Brooks.
His great hobby and love was bridge. He played duplicate at every opportunity. In 1963 he held the Maine individual championship. To his bereaved family the Class extends its deepest sympathy.
COLONEL CHARLES BURDICK MILLS JR. died October 2., 1971 in Hopewell Va., where he was residing with his daughter, Mrs. W. T. Davis. When he retired from the U. S. Army he was a regimental commander.
In private life Charles' was engaged in banking and finance. His first love, however, was the military and he had an unusual career, having served in four wars: the Mexican, World Wars I and II, and the Korean War. Moreover, he was the second of four Charles B. Mills—his father, his son, and grandson bearing the same name. During World War II while on assignment in Germany he developed a great interest in fine antiques. He collected many fine pieces, deluding Meissenware.
His brother, Miles M. Mills, is a member of the Class of 1923 and his nephew, Miles Jr. graduated from Dartmouth in 1950.
Charles was active on campus while in college. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. In his post-college years he kept in touch with many of his classmates.
His son Charles B. III, his daughter Martha Mills Davis, and their children survive him. To them the Class extends its deepest sympathy.
GEORGE MILLER RASSIEUR died July 15, 1971 after a lingering illness of a respiratory nature. He was a member of the law firm of Rassieur & Thyson in St. Louis, Mo., where he was born on February 22, 1898. He was educated in the St. Louis school system and came to Dartmouth in the fall of 1916. He remained at Dartmouth from 1916 through 1919 and then transferred to Washington University in St. Louis, graduating with an LL.B. degree.
George was well known while at Dart- mouth, living first in College Hall with Bill Shea. Later he moved to New Hampshire Hall with Bill and remained there during the remainder of his college career. He especially loved to hunt and fish whenever time and weather permitted. He became an above average golfer and belonged to the Bellerive Country Club in the St. Louis area. He was a member also of the Noonday, the Racquet, and the University Clubs.
He leaves two daughters, Mrs. Donald W. Mercer of Lake Forest, Ill., and Joan Rassieur of Cambridge, Mass., and two brothers, Ben and T. Edward of St. Louis, Mo., both members of the Class of 1922. The Class extends its deepest sympathy to his bereaved family.
1921
RUSSELL JARVIS GOODNOW died at his home, 4 Apple Tree Lane, Barrington, R. I., September 18, after a brief illness.
Born March 20, 1899 in Melrose, Mass., he entered Dartmouth from Brookline High School and became a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. On March 26, 1924 he was married to Marion Daly.
Living briefly in Chicago, he moved back to Rhode Island where in J. 929 he founded and became president of Machine Parts Corporation. He" was named to the Barrington Finance Committee in 1944, and for five years was the board's chairman. He served on the town school committee from 1960 to 1968. He was chosen chairman of the building committee and under his direction an addition to the town's junior high school was constructed, which was dedicated to his name.
He was also a member of the town planning board, chairman of the water committee, and a member of the budget committee. During World War II he served with the War Production Board in Washington, D. C.
He had been a director of the Narragansett Electric Co., a member of the executive commission of the Rhode Island Expenditure Council, an incorporator of the Old Stone Bank and the Rhode Island Hospital Trust Co. Last year he was named to the Rhode Island Hospital Corporation.
He is survived by his widow, a son Russell Jr., two brothers, a sister, and two grandsons.
Funeral services were held September 21 at St. John's Episcopal Church in Barrington, with burial in the Princess Hill Cemetery.
CARL HERBERT JAGELS of Hewitt, N. J., died suddenly in July 1971. He was 72 years of age.
He graduated from Summit High School before coming to Dartmouth for one semester. He became a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and transferred to Columbia University.
On September 21, 1921 he married Ida Gere of Hackensack, N. J. A second marriage took place on July 10, 1932 to Barbara Stevens Brainerd.
Carl was always connected with the fuel business, first with his father's firm, Jagels and Billis of Hoboken, N. J. Later, in 1936, he was associated with Stephens Fuel Co. in New York City where he became president of the firm. In later years he was associated with Burns Brothers, and became vice president and sales manager.
He is survived by two children, Herbert G. and Barbara M. Nims. Details of funeral services and place of interment are lacking.
FLOYD JACKSON WILLIAM WILSON died August 28, 1971 of cancer at San Antonio Community Hospital after a six-months illness.
Born in Salem, N. Y., on September 27, 1897, he entered Dartmouth from Horace Mann High School. He left after his freshman year, later earning degrees from M.I.T. in 1922 and a M.A. degree from Univ. of California in 1933.
On June 26, 1948 he was married to Grace E. Palmer.
His career was in the life sciences, starting as an instructor in that subject at Chaffey College in Alta Loma, Calif. Previously he had been a mining engineer and geologist for various mining companies including Ray Cons. Copper Co. and the Cia. Minera de Peneles of Mexico, and assistant geologist with Associated Oil Co. of San Francisco.
Survivors include his widow, a son and a daughter.
1922
EDWARD LESLIE SHARP passed away peacefully in his sleep on November 3, 1971, at the Royal Convalescent Center, Vero Beach, Fla. He had had a massive stroke due to endocarditis in early August.
Ed was born October 18, 1898, in Chicago where he spent most of his life. He prepared for college at Andover. As a student at Dartmouth he was a well-known classmate and a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon. His wife Florence says, "Ed loved Dartmouth and his happy days there."
After graduation he returned to Chicago and associated with the investment firm of Sharp, Partridge, Glass. His business career continued in the field of investments until 1953 when he retired. For many years he and his family have lived at 2106 Club Drive, Vero Beach. He had an active and happy retirement enjoying golf, bridge, stamp collecting and world traveling, including several visits to Dartmouth which he continued to love throughout his life.
Ed and Florence E. Grunau were married March 10, 1926 in Chicago. She survives him together with their son George who is Yale '57 and now a lawyer in Vero Beach, and George's two young daughters. The Class offers its deepest sympathy to them.
1924
After a long illness WILLIAM SHERMAN CORWIN died June 19, 1971 at Verona, N. J., where he and his wife Florence had resided since their marriage in 1938. They lived at 136 Hillside Ave. He participated in the organization in 1933 of a paint and varnish manufacturing business under the name of Smith-Corwin, Inc. in Irvington, N. J., and served as the company's vice president and treasurer. At the beginning of World War II he rejoined Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, remaining until 1954. In that year he became associated with the American Hardware Mutual Insurance Company at Newark. Sherm was long active in church affairs. He is survived by his widow and a son, William Sherman Corwin 3rd.
THEODORE CHICHESTER MOREHOUSE died at Overlook Hospital in Summit, N. J., on October 23, 1971 following an illness of three months. Ted was at Dartmouth for the year 1921-22 and finished his undergraduate work at the University of California. His father was Dartmouth 1901 and his son, Ted Jr. Dartmouth 1963.
A product of Stamford High School in New Jersey, Ted after his graduation at Berkeley joined the book division, of the Macmillan Company. In 1945 he became associated with Young America Films as vice president for sales. He later served three years as president of Morehouse Associates and in 1955 he joined Reader's Digest Educational Services Inc. where he remained until his retirement in 1967. Since 1960 he has resided at Mountainside, N.J.
He is survived by his wife, Patricia, three sons, a sister and three grandchildren.
1925
JOSEPH FURTADO MEDEIROS JR. died in a Memphis, Tenn., hospital September 10, 1971, about a week after suffering severe injuries in a freakish and unexplained auto accident in a parking lot. He was alone in the car, waiting for his wife, who was shopping in a nearby store, when the car apparently rolled backward and then suddenly moved forward, crashing into a brick wall. His injuries were so severe he was never able to give an account of what happened.
Joe was born in Fall River, Mass., on January 4, 1901 and came to Dartmouth from the Clark School in Hanover. He had lived in Memphis for many years and was a manufacturers' representative, operating his own company from 1951 until his retirement several years ago. He is survived by his widow Willie May, who resides at 650 Perkins Road South, Memphis, Tenn. 38117.
He was active in the Dartmouth Club of Memphis, serving as president and vicepresident. He was an elder and chairman of the board of the Christian Kingsway Church.
Colonel Max Emerson and his wife represented the Class at the funeral service.
JOHN MCNAIR WHITBECK died October 8, 1971. He had moved to Boulder, Colo., about a year ago and is survived by his widow Dorothy, who lives at 645-15 th Street in that city. Also surviving are a son John Jr., a daughter Anne, and two brothers, Philip '33 and Ernest.
Jack was born in Rochester, N. Y., January 11, 1903 and attended Culver Military Academy prior to entering Dartmouth. While in college he became a member of Alpha Delta Phi and Sphinx.
Most of his business career was spent with Blair and Company in New York City. He was a vice-president of that firm and made his home for many years in Short Hills, N. J.
1927
EMANUEL MERVIN BENSON died of cancer after a long illness on June 1. At Dartmouth, which he entered from Dwight School, he was a member of The Arts, Pleiade, The Tower board, and Delta Omicron Gamma.
Following graduation Manny took his M.A. at Columbia and for several years wrote for various periodicals and newspapers. In 1933 he became Associate Editor of The AmericanMagazine of Art and in 1935 published his John Marin, the Man and His Work. In 1936 he published his Problems of Portraiture and also became Chief, Division of Education, Philadelphia Museum of Art, a position he held until 1953 when he became Dean of the Philadelphia Museum College of Art.
In 1965 Manny and his second wife, the former Elaine Klebanoff Goff, who survives him, founded the Benson Art Gallery in Bridgehampton, Long Island. The following year he published his Six College Art Education Departments and became Director of the Summer Art Program, Southhampton College of Long Island University, a post he held until 1969 when he became Critic-in-Residence at Nassau Community College. He was widely recognized for his services in promoting the study of art and the development of art education.
Manny is survived by his widow; two children by his first wife, Jonathan M. Benson and Mrs. Leslie Okin; and four step-children, William N., Virginia, Neil, and Kimberly Goff The Class extends its deep sympathy to them all.
RICHARD MOMMERS JR. died June 4, 1971 at St. Luke's Hospital in Richmond, Va. Although he had been in poor health for several years, his death from spinal meningitis occurred suddenly.
Dick entered Dartmouth from Manual Training High School, Brooklyn, N. Y. In college he was a member of Phi Delta Theta, Bait and Bullet, and the swimming squad. After graduation he was employed by the Anchor Post Fence Co. until 1935 when he moved to the Bridgeport Brass Co. where he remained until forced to retire in 1965 for reasons of health. During his last years Dick was confined to his home, but as his widow wrote, "Because of this confinement, Dick eagerly looked forward to and avidly read his Dartmouth Alumni Magazine for news of his classmates and as a means of keeping in touch with and feeling a part of his beloved Alma Mater."
Dick is survived by his widow, Mary Lou (Kerr); a daughter by a previous marriage, Mrs. Walter Birchard of California; six granddaughters; and a brother, Theodor W. Mommers, to all of whom the Class extends its sincere sympathy.
MOSES SLOTNIK died June 18, 1971, at his home, 93 Seaver Street, Brookline, Mass., after a long illness. He left his widow Jeannie; a son, Joseph '58; two daughters, Margery and Amy; three grandchildren, and a sister.
"Meek" was a loyal and devoted alumnus of Dartmouth. He regularly attended reunions with Jeannie when he was able to do so, and he supported the Alumni Fund. After graduation from Dartmouth he attended Harvard Business School, receiving his M.B.A. degree in 1929.
Meek was president of J. Slotnik Construction Company, a firm founded by his father in 1896. He played a prominent role in the development of the Associated General Contractors in New England and was a past president. He was also a member of its national board.
He was also prominent in numerous philanthropic activities in the Boston area an was president and later honorary president of the Jewish Family and Children's Service. He was a director of the Brighton-Brookline Newton Jewish Community Center and member of the executive committee of the Beth Israel Hospital board of trustees.
With the death of Meek we have lost beloved classmate and friend. Our sympathy is extended to his widow Jeannie and his family.
1928
WINFRED MASON DOWLIN, prominent Canton, Ohio, surgeon, died at his home, Perry Rd., N.W., of a heart attack on July 8. He had been in poor health for several months.
Doc was born in North Adams, Mass., January 22, 1908. He was a cum laude graduate of Dartmouth, attended the Medical School and got his M.D. degree from Columbia University in 1931. After interning in Detroit and general practice in Claremont, N. H. (1932-33) he decided to specialize in surgery. He did graduate work at the University, of Pennsylvania and Masaryk University, diversity Brunn, Czechoslovakia, and in 1935 became a member of the surgical staff of the Aultman Hospital, Canton, Ohio. In 1939 he founded the first tumor clinic in the area and was director of it for several_years.
Among his many honors, Doc was a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a diplomate of the American Board of Surgery. He had been chief of surgery at Aultman Hospital and was chief surgeon for Republic Steel Corp. in Canton.
His chief hobbies were flying and tennis. He Piloted his own plane which he flew to Florida and Arizona. He is survived by his widow Calista, and two daughters, Mrs. Peter Voss of Canton and Miss Calista Dowlin of Torrance, Calif., a fourth-year medical student.
CHESTER MAURICE GRAY, superintendent of schools in Bristol, N. H., until his retirement in 1968, died February 20, 1971 at Franklin Hospital there following a short illness. "Moc" was a teacher and principal in local schools from 1928 until 1945 when he became superintendent.
He was born in Alton, N. H., and graduated from Alton High School. After Dartmouth he received a master's degree from the University of New Hampshire. He was a past district governor of Rotary International, past president of N. H. Superintendents Association and past president of the N. H. Rifle Association.
Moc was married in October 1928 to Evelyn Page, who died six years later. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Lois Cullen of Canaan, Vt., and two granddaughters.
GEORGE DANA KENYON died March 7, 1971 after his car went off the road in Newmarket, N. H., and stopped on a snow covered lawn. The medical referee ruled Dana's death due to a heart attack. He was returning to his home in Concord after ice fishing.
Dana was born in Bellows Falls, Vt., and after graduation taught ten years in high schools in Laconia and Bennington, N. H., and in Bellows Falls, Vt. At the time, of his death he was manager, vice president and a director of the Concord Steam Corp., serving since the company was started in 1938. He was very active in the Boy Scouts for 25 years and his leadership was recognized in 1961 by the Silver Beaver Award.
He leaves his widow Evelyn, a son Richard, a daughter Marjorie, four grandchildren, and a sister.
LAWRENCE DAVIDSON MITER died of a heart attack September 11 in Houston, Texas. He never fully recovered from the attack he had in November 1970. Ten days before his death he reentered the hospital and developed complications which were too much for him.
Larry was born in Cleveland and graduated from the Heights High School. At Dartmouth he was a member of Sigma Nu and the Interfraternity Council. He was in the hotel business in Cleveland and Michigan until enlisting in the Army in 1942. He was assigned to Military Police and sent to Cairo, where he spent 38 months as battalion sergeant major. His total Army service was 44 months. After his release, he became personnel manager of The Austin Company's Chicago office, and in 1950 was transferred to the firm's Houston office. In 1955 Larry retired and returned to Cleveland, but after three years moved back to Texas and made his home at 7618 Fairdale Lane, Houston.
He is survived by his widow Theda, whom he married August 29, 1952 in Houston, and a brother, Robert F. Miter '32 of Cleveland.
1929
ROBERT MATTHEW WALSH died September 28, 1971 at Choate Memorial Hospital in Woburn, Mass. He attended the Woburn elementary and high schools, graduating from the latter in 1923. He played football and baseball and was president of his class. He went to Lake Forest Academy in Illinois and entered college in September 1925, living in Reed Hall. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and Sphinx. Bob was a fine baseball player and captained the team his senior year.
Bob played professional and semi-pro ball after graduation in the Old Boston Twi-League and the Cape League and was it) the Detroit Tigers farm system. After three years in the minors, he gave up baseball. He went to work for Monsanto Chemical Co. in Everett in 1936 and continued with that company until he retired.
He married Eva A. Olson in 1938 and they had two children, a son Robert M. Jr. and a daughter Denise, who survive him along with seven grandchildren. Bob's older brother, "Tweet" Walsh, a famous Holy Cross ball player, predeceased him by a few months. Bob and Eva sat next to us at the Harvard game a year ago and we had an enjoyable visit with them which we will not soon forget. 1929 has lost a respected and valued member and we extend our sympathy to Eva, Bob Jr., and Denise in their loss.
JOHN JOSEPH CORT Jr. died August 7, 1971. He was born August 20, 1903 in South Bethlehem, pa, jack entered Dartmouth from Bloomfleld (N.J.) High School and lived in Reed Hall in college.
He was an engineer and received a master's degree in geology at Northwestern.
He married Miss Nancy Thomas of Flushing, N. Y., in 1930, and they lived in Hempstead, N. Y., where he was engaged in merchandising. A daughter Nancy was born January 30, 1934.
Shortly before Jack's death the Corts moved to Florida and took up their residence at 609 East Skyline Court, Springfield, Fla.
HENRY KINGMAN WEBSTER II died sudden- ly at his home, 30 Orchard Avenue, West Newton, Mass., on October 11, 1971. Born in Lawrence, Mass., he later lived in Methuen, where he went to Methuen High School. He was active in athletics there, playing football, was circulation manager of the school paper, and participated dramatics and the glee club. He entered college in September 1925, and lived at 41 East Wheelock Street.
After college he was engaged in the insurance business, serving as manager of the auto insurance division of the Brewer & Lord Insurance Co. He was interested in civic affairs, serving as a member and chairman of the Methuen School Committee, and was active also in Newton politics.
He is survived by his widow Marion (Samper), a son Henry K. III, two grandchildren, and a brother, The Class extends to Marion and Henry's family our sympathy in the loss which they and we have sustained.
1930
ELTON MAYHEW PALMER died September 17 at Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa., following a month's illness. Elton was senior project engineer with Gulf Research & Development Co., Pittsburgh, and had been with Gulf since 1951. He was a member of the American Physical Society, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Pittsburgh Physical Society, and Instrument Society of America, and was a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Elton was not married and leaves no close surviving relatives.
1931
JOHN ROBERT CHAPMAN died November 19 at Denver (Colo.) General Hospital of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound in the head. He was found wounded in his home at 3:05 a.m., after he had telephoned a relative and indicated he planned to take his own life.
He had been a partner in the insurance firm of Hackstaff and Chapman and at some time assisted in interviewing for Dartmouth.
He is survived by his widow Susan and three sons, John R., Michael M. and Daniel H., all of Denver.
Word has been received of the death of LINDSEY METCALF HALL on August 17, 1971 at Lynn House in Alexandria, Va. Lind got his M.B.A. at Harvard in 1933 and entered the selling field. During the war he was a lieutenant in the Navy. After the war he represented the Aluminum Company of America in Chicago.
He married Zenette Biehl in 1932; their daughter Judith Ann was born in 1943.
Lind was active in the Community Chest and American Red Cross, and also was active in behalf of Dartmouth in his area, His laughter and a brother survive.
ALBERT KINGSLEY NOYES died in Oneida, N.Y., suddenly on September 9. He was an executive with Oneida Ltd., the well-known sivlversmiths in upper New York state. He was a past president of the Syracuse chapter of the National Office Management Association.
During the war Al served with the Armored Force. He was an assistant fund agent for the Class over the years. Al never married. He is survived by his sister, Mrs. Harrison W. Wood.
1935
JACOB HENRY LASKIS, businessman and civic leader, died of a heart attack July 31 at his home in Hockessin, Del. He had , a previous attack last year, and was recuperating at home when the fatal attack struck.
Henry was a native of Wilmington and educated in the Wilmington public schools He attended Dartmouth for two years, and then earned his degree at the University 0f Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Finance.
He spent most of his business life in the hardware business, and was president of the Delaware Hardware Go. before it went out of business, in 1960. In 1968 he was elected vice president of the Wilmington Realty Co. He also served as vice president of the Wilmington Industrial Park, and was a sales executive for several firms doing business in the Wilmington area.
Henry had a keen interest in community affairs. He was a former associate director of the Delaware Interstate Highway Division, and other affiliations over the years included the Elks Lodge, Corinthian Lodge 20 AF&AM, Masonic Club, Del-Mar-Va Council, Boy Scouts of America, and the American Cancer Society, He was. former president of the United Cerebral Palsy Association, and honorary life member of the Delaware Association of Police and the Delaware Association of Chiefs of Police.
He is survived by his widow Jane (Jarvis), son William, daughter Linda, four grandchildren, and two sisters.
1936
RALPH VAN BOMEL MARTIN died in Middletown, N. Y., on January 9, 1970. Ralph was born in New York City on November 18, 1913. Before coming to Dartmouth he attended the Middletown (N. Y.) High School. While at Dartmouth Ralph majored in economics and was a member of Theta Chi. He was married in 1938 in Tuxedo Park, N. Y., to Virginia Bracher who survives him. They had one son, William Edward, born December 5, 1941.
Immediately after graduation, Ralph went to work for Sheffield Farms in Newark, N. J., delivering milk. He continued with Sheffield in various capacities and was General Manager of the Sheffield operations in the Bronx. Subsequently he left Sheffield and moved to Middletown where he purchased a home once owned by his parents. Little else is known of his recent activities. The sympathy of the Glass is extended to his wife and son in their loss.
1939
JOHN MARTIN MECKLIN, veteran foreign correspondent and a member of Fortunes board of editors, died October 29 at Carolton Hospital, Fairfield, Conn., of cancer following a long illness. He was 53 years old and lived in New York City.
John was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., in January 1918 but moved to Hanover the next year when his father, the late John Moffat Mecklin, became Professor of Sociology at Dartmouth. He was graduated from Deerfield Academy in 1935 and then entered Dartmouth, where he majored in English, joined Theta Delta Chi, and was a member of the Press Club.
After graduation in 1939 he became a reporter for the Springfield (Mass.) News an then for two years was war correspondent tor United Press in the Mediterranean theater thus beginning a career devoted largely to covering critical war actiOn all over the world. He joined the Chicago Sun in 1942, made five convoy crossings of the Atlantic, and reporter the landings at Sicily and the St.-Lo breakout from Normandy. While accompanying General Patton's Army through France he was captured by the Germans in 1944 and three days later. He rejoined the U. S. Forces after a week with the French underground.
After the war John was News Director for the Rome Daily American and, simultaneously, Rome correspondent for CBS. He returned to New York as a news summary writer for the Sunday New York Times and then shifted to Time as Bureau Chief in Ottawa in 1949. Starting in 1952, he worked as a writer in the New York and London offices of Time and in 1953 he traveled to the Far East where he Lame Hong Kong correspondent. As the fronts shifted toward the Indo-China war, John pursued them, into the Red River Delta and eastward to the South China Sea and westward into the remote villages of Laos.
Serving as Time's Bureau Chief in the Middle East from 1955 to 1958, he was on hand for the landing of the V. S. Marines Lebanon and had interviewed Egypt's Nasser and other heads of state for six cover stories He was as Bonn Bureau Chief in 1959, am} took a leave of absence in 1961 to become U. S. Information Chief in South Vietnam.
Switching roles from reporter to information officer, John was sometimes caught between U. S. policy and the passionate opinions of his former colleagues. He was in the thick of the skirmishes between the U. S. press, the Saigon government, and the U. S. Embassy, but emerged from the difficult tour of duty to write an account of the South Vietnamese war titled Mission in Torment, published in 1965. Ironically, his book was viewed as critical of U. S. policy in Vietnam and was banned from the U.S.I.A. library in Saigon, the very building he worked in as director of U.S.I.A. operations.
John went back to Time as San Francisco bureau chief in 1964, was assigned to Fortune as associate editor in 1966 and named to the board of editors in 1968.
John's ties with Hanover and Dartmouth remained strong throughout his life. He served on the Advisory Board of the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine from 1967 to 1970. Despite his illness and many hospitalizations, he was amazingly active and courageous and until the end hoped to be sent on reporting assignments.
He is survived by his widow, the former Shirley Karr of Washington, D.C.; two sons, John and William; a sister, Mrs. John Jenkins of Westport, Conn.; and his mother, Mrs. T. W. Gordon of Hanover. A memorial service was held in New York, November 4, at All Souls Unitarian Church. The Rev. Lawrence L. Durgin '40 of the Broadway United Church of Christ, one of John's close friends, participated in that service and also in a second memorial service held in Hanover on December 10. In Hanover, Prof. H. Wentworth Eldredge '31 read the tribute delivered in New York by Louis Banks, editorial director of Time Inc. publications.
Bradley Merrill Patten '11
John Martin Mecklin '39
