Deaths

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

Whitcomb, Rubert H., '01, Dec. 20 Cromwell, John W., Jr., '06, Dec. 16 Niles, Harold L., '07, Dec. 21 Batchelder, Paul M., '08, Aug. 5 Barnett, Joseph J., '13, Dec. 4 Libbey, Frederic A., '13, Dec. 12 Chase, Daniel, '14, Dec. 7 Drake, Wallace H., '14, Dec. 12 Bartlett, Fred H., '15, Oct. 19 Hughes, George F., '15, April 1 Kreider, George P., '16, Nov. 27 Reeder, Rudolph R., '16, Aug. 9 Peters, Charles F., '17, Nov. 23 Dodge, Leon T., '18, Nov. 26 Mills, Charles S., '19, Dec. 7 Lux, Richard C., '20, Nov. 24 Jagels, Carl H., '21, July Patterson, Robert H., '21, Dec. Hurd, Kenneth 8., '23, Nov. 26 Foster, David C., '28, Nov. 1 Maclellan, Robert L., '28, Dec. 15 Pritchard, Josiah W., '29, Oct. 4 Babcock, James 8., '30, Oct. 25 Chapman, J. Robert, '31, Nov. 19 Johnson, John R., '31, Nov. 2 Morrow, Earle L., '31, June 26 Reineman, Thorne, '36, Nov. 22 Fogarty, Joseph P., '38, Aug. 14 Trapp, Harry E., Jr., '39, Dec. 10 Gibbons, Charles A., '42, Dec. Kimball, William D., '49, Dec. 13 Kettering, Charles F., 2nd, '53, Dec. 12 Schecter, Steven L., '67, Dec. Collins, Lawrence W. 3rd, '67, M.A., Dec. 31 McCallum, James Dow '28 Hon., Dec. 30 Wilson, Charles E. '49 Hon., Jan. 2

Faculty

JAMES DOW McCALLUM, Winkley Professor of the Anglo-Saxon and English Language and Literature Emeritus, died December 30 at Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital in Hanover a few days after being stricken with a heart attack. He was 78.

He was an adopted member of the Class of 1914 and the recipient of an honorary M. A. from Dartmouth when he was promoted to full professor in 1928.

A native of Brooklyn, N. Y., Professor McCallum received an A.B. from Columbia University in 1914 and a master's degree the following year. He earned his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1921 and joined the Dartmouth faculty as Instructor of English the fall of that year. He became Assistant Professor in 1922.

Professor McCallum was named to the Winkley chair in 1960, shortly before his retirement, in recognition of his outstanding service in the Department of English, of which he was Chairman from 193,3 to 1935. He continued to teach in the Dartmouth Summer Program for several years following his retirement.

Although he had taught courses over the full historical range of English letters, from Old English to 20th Century, he was a specialist and recognized authority on Early Victorian literature. He was renowned as a lecturer, who spoke without notes and astounded his students by quoting verbatim long sections of prose and poetry from memory. In addition to his teaching at Dartmouth, he lectured at the Harvard Summer School for many years.

Professor McCallum was a colorful man of many and varied talents, of an innovative and inventive nature. He was an expert on birds, an accomplished gardener, a builder of furniture and stone walls, a binder of books. His extensive record collection was a measure of his knowledge of music. He learned Greek in his retirement years. In the '30s he was a sensational success in the part of Bunthorne in a Dartmouth Players production of Patience.

A scholar of the old school, Professor McCallum contributed significant works both for the College and in his professional field. He was the author of Eleazar Wheelock (1939), a biography of the founder of the College, and editor of Letters of Eleazar Wheelock'sIndians (1932). He was editor of several college anthologies, including the six-volume Scribner English Literature and the CollegeOmnibus, which ran into four editions and was adopted by more than 200 colleges and universities. He was also co-editor of EssaysToward Truth.

Father Edward H. MacBurney '49 of St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Hanover conducted the funeral service January 2 in Rollins Chapel, reading favorite selections from Plato and the Bible and "God's Grandeur" by Gerard Manley Hopkins. The honorary pallbearers, members of the faculty, were Harold L. Bond '42, Hewette E. Joyce Hon '28, Stearns Morse Hon '36, Benfield Pressey Hon '30, Harry T. Schultz '37, and W. Randall Waterman Hon '30. In lieu of flowers, contributions to the Dartmouth ABC Program were suggested.

Professor McCallum is survived by his widow, the former Margaret Milne Beck, 12 Downing Road, Hanover; three children, William L. McCallum '50 of Kendall Park, N. J., Anne (Mrs. Kraft Eberhard von Maltzahn) of Nova Scotia, and Alison (Mrs. Donald H. May) of Alexandria, Va.; and ten grandchildren.

1907

HAROLD LOUVILLE NILES was born in Somerville, Mass., December 31, 1884. "Bishop" prepared at Somerville Latin School. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi and was on the Commencement Committee of the Class of 1907. After graduation he was president of the Niles Co. Inc. dealing in real estate appraisals, general real estate management and brokerage. His son, Louville F. Niles '35 is treasurer of the firm and the only other stock holder.

"Bishop" was past president of Boston Apartment House Assoc., and Boston Real Estate Board. He was vice-president and director of United Stockyards Corporation owning twelve public stockyards in St. Paul, Sioux City, Fort Worth, San Francisco and other cities. He was trustee of Charlestown Savings Bank, director of Wellesley Trust Co. and member of the Governing Board Children's Hospital. He was a trustee of the Hillside School for Boys in Marlborough. For many years he was on the board of the Boston Y.M.C.A.

He has been chairman of the Board of Selectmen of Wellesley, Mass., Advisory Committee chairman, and held positions of the Planning Board and Committee for Senjor Living and town meeting member. He was a Republican, member of Unitarian Society of Wellesley Hills where he taught Sunday School, sang in the choir and served as church treasurer. He was Honorary President of the Men's Club of the Church Layman's League He was a Mason and a member of the Algonquin Club of Boston. He was vicepresident Conith Housing Foundation, charitable organization developed to provide adequate housing for the elderly in Boston. He was on the Board of the Children's Medical Center in Boston and Brookline; also chairman of the Cancer Drive in Wellesley and assistant class agent for the Dartmouth Alumni Fund.

Bishop enjoyed sailing in the summer off Cape Cod, and he and Mrs. Niles have made many trips to foreign countries. He was retired and his son has taken over the responsibility of the business. He has written articles for the real estate journal, "The Realtor."

At Wellesley, Mass., on October 7, 1911 he married Luna French. There were two children who survive,—Louville and Katherine B. (Mrs. Franklin Parker). He is also survived by his sister, 9 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren. Louville married Miss Mary Loder, the daughter of Dr. Halsey Loder, Dartmouth 1905.

A memorial service was held January 2 in the Unitarian Church, Wellesley Hills which many friends and relatives attended. The Class of 1907 has lost a very loyal member and our sincerest sympathy goes to the family. A GreatMan Has Passed On!

1908

PAUL MASON BATCHELDER, one of '80's foremost scholars, who served as Class President for one semester sophomore year and who gave the Valedictory Address at Commencement, died on August 5, 1971, at Austin, Texas, after a long progressive illness. He was born in Portsmouth, N. H., January 10, 1886 and prepared for Dartmouth at Portsmouth High School.

Paul's undergraduate record was superb. Throughout he was a Rufus Choate Scholar, had honorable mention in German, '06; in French, '07; special honors in physics, '06: Warren Prize, '08; Parker Fellowship, '09. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Paul spent one year as a graduate student and instructor of physics at Dartmouth. In 1912, he received the degree of A.M. from Princeton after three years of studying physics and mathematics.

He was a graduate student at Harvard. 1912-13 and in 1915-16, after which he received the degree of Ph.D. For two years he taught at Northwestern University. From 1916 to his retirement in 1954 he taught mathematics at the University of Texas where the courses which he taught include Einstein's Theory of Relativity. He contributed several expository and pedagogical articles to the Texas Mathematics Teachers Bulletin, of which he was editor several years, published one book, "An Introduction to Linear Difference Equations," a subject of which he was an authority.

Paul never married. He was interested in music, walking and card playing. An associate wrote that he was accustomed to walk all over Austin, until the infirmities of age compelled him to remain at home and play records.

There are no known survivors.

1913

JOSEPH JOHN BARNETT passed away in water, Fla. on December 4, 1971- Born Rochester, N.Y., September 6, 1890. He came to Bellaire (Clearwater) in 1957 from Wilmette, Ill, a Chicago suburb. After graduation he joined the Hearst Magazine and Newspaper Organization where he worked all N business life, with the exception of six years as Vice President of the Anbray, Moore and Wallace Advertising Agency in Chicago, He retired in 1956 as Western Manager of the Hearst and Associated Sunday papers Comics.

In WW1 he was a first lieutenant in the Chemical Warfare Service with fourteen months overseas service. In retirement he was active as a director of the Bellaire Civic and Property Owners Assn. and for six years Editor of the Bellaire Newsletter. He was a member of the Executives Club, the Beta-Theta Pi Alumni Club, The Dartmouth West Coast Assn., founder and past President of the Pinellas Chowder and Marching Club. He was a Catholic and member of St. Patrick's parish. Survivors include his widow, Marie, two sons, John F. and Thomas K. '51, a daughter, Mrs. William J. O'Brien, and eleven grandchildren. "Joe" was a member of Beta Theta Pi, Sphinx, and chairman of the Junior Prom Committee.

At the services in Largo, Fla. "Bill" Towler represented the class as Honorary Pallbearer. The class and Dartmouth has lost a loyal active supporter and we all send sympathy to Marie and her family.

FREDERICK ALVAH LIBBEY of 222 Marlborough St., Boston, Mass., died December 12 after a long illness. He was born March 16, 1893 in Pittsfield, N.H..

On September 30, 1916 he married Ruth S. Holt at Berlin, N.H. He was with Babson Institute as Director of the Extension Division until illness forced his retirement. Up until a couple of years ago, his wife Ruth kept him up to date on Dartmouth and Class.

Fred was completely bed-ridden for the last 35 years. It was his lot to be taken out of an active life to endure years of suffering. On this note of sadness we can only say that his classmates share the sorrow of his widow Ruth who was at his side constantly, through his illness, and his daughter Sarah.

1914

DANIEL CHASE passed away on December 7 at his home in Dennis, Mass. When he graduated, he went back to his father's home in Holliston, Mass., to write six novels and many essays and research articles. The essays were often published in the Christian Science Monitor. The most rereadable novel, "Hardy Rye," creates .the mood in New England when old men resented both the will of young men to go West and the effects on villages of the new industrialism. The essays were marked by uncommon observation of New England village life and a growing knowledge of old roads, houses, and folk ways.

In recent years Dan had been accumulating data about the 30 oldest houses in Dennis and their former occupants. He was a tireless researcher. After his service in France as a second lieutenant, Ordnance, Dan was in Washington writing military history for the Ordnance Department. He next bought the second oldest house in Dennis and lived there with his wife Jane (Shattuck) until he died. Golf and historical research filled his days.

When we are burning papers and old letters we keep Dan's letters to reread because he was a Poet. His letters delighted his correspondents with the sensory shocks and humor, and were full of what the German writer meant when wrote "The morning has gold in it's mouth."

Dan was the New England village kind of conservative. One of his best friends was the corporation-lawyer kind of conservative. They are not the same thing. But mainly he had a rich awareness and a poet's way of finding adequate words to communicate it. M.F.

WALLACE HORNE "DUCKY" DRAKE died December 12, 1971 in the Weymouth (Mass.) South Shore Hospital of which he was a founder. Services were held in the Pilgrim Congregational Church, North Weymouth. Aborn, Austin and Stiles represented the Class.

Born in Weymouth July 18, 1893, he attended Weymouth Schools and after graduating with our Class, received his M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1918. Following service in Medical Corps and internship at the Boston City Hospital, he began practice in his home town, following in footsteps of his father, Dr. William A. Drake. Among his many civic activities were: trustee of the Weymouth Library, member of the School Committee and its chairman in 1964, Charter Member of the Weymouth Rotary Club and member of the Orphan's Hope Masonic Lodge in East Weymouth.

Ducky was one of the outstanding class secretaries, his tour of duty being 1944-54, and in 1951 he was honored by election to the presidency of the Secretaries' Association. He was also an Assistant Class Agent for many years. The Class has lost a constant and devoted advocate who, with his dry humor and helpful suggestions, will be sadly missed.

His wife, Marian whom he married in June, 1919 survives him as do two sons, Robert F. and Donald P. '46 as well as five grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

The death of HOWARD SYLVESTER FAHEY, 79, on October 24 in Clearwater Community Hospital, Clearwater, Fla., was a great loss to hundreds of young people to whom Howey gave help and inspiration in his lifetime of continuing interest in baseball, athletic contests, coaching and refereeing, and the physical fitness of school children.

He was born in Medford, Mass., June 24, 1892. He came to Dartmouth from Medford High School. He played on both freshman and varsity hockey and baseball teams but left in 1912 for two years of professional baseball as an infielder with the Philadelphia Athletics of the American Baseball League.

There followed two years at Norwich University where Howey was Athletic and Physical Education Director in 1914-15. He then began a career as an engineer with the New England Telephone Co. That was to last from 1915 until retirement in 1947 with time out for military service in World War I with the 401st Telegraph Battalion, U.S.A. Signal Corps including 14 months overseas and participation in the Taul, St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives.

Retirement brought the founding and operation until 1966 of Howey's own sporting goods store, the Cape Cod Sportsman, in Hyannis.

He is survived by his wife Mary (Regan) whom he married November 24, 1917; two sons, Howard S. Jr. and Neil, and seven grandchildren.

FRANCIS POOLER, 81, for many years a resident of 88 Church St., Weston, Mass., died December 19, 1971 in Waltham (Mass.) Hospital.

Born in Boston December 11, 1890, Fran came to Dartmouth from Boston Latin School. On receiving his B.A. degree he entered upon what was to be a lifetime association with the lumber industry in the greater Boston area, as salesman and owner of his own company. He served in World War I as a first lieutenant in the U. S. Army 304th Infantry with overseas duty 18-19, later becoming Commander of the Weston American Legion Post.

He is survived by his widow Constance (Palmer) whom he married December 8, 1917; four sons, Sanford M., Francis Jr., Allan 8., John P.; two daughters, Helen C. (Mrs. Faulkner Lacey), Elizabeth (Mrs. Alfred Kelleher); 17 grandchildren and one great granddaughter.

1915

FRED HOWARD BARTLETT of 58 Davidson Rd., Worcester, Mass., died October 19, of an unexpected heart attack.

Fred was born July 28, 1892 in Cleveland, Ohio and was married October 15, 1919 to Gladys F. Arey at Worcester. He retired July 31, 1957 as foreman, Control Laboratory Electrical Cable, American Steel & Wire Division, U. S. Steel Corp.

His memberships included Morning Star Lodge, A.F. & A.M.: Gen. Charles Devens Post No. 282, American Legion; Worcester County Mechanics Ass'n; and retired Men's Club of Greendale.

The Class extends its sympathy to his widow Gladys.

1916

GEORGE PASFIELD KREIDER died at Springfield, Ill., on November 29 in a tragic accident. He was driving home after a Rotary meeting when his car was overrun by a fuel truck.

George entered Dartmouth from Tome School where he participated in sports and other activities. He and Col. H. Langdon Robinson '18 founded the Illini Motor Co. in 1922, and George continued to be active in the autombile business for almost 50 years. He served in both world wars, with the American Field Service and as 2nd lieutenant, Field Artillery, in the first, and as captain and major, Field Artillery, in the second. His memberships included the board of directors of the First National Bank, the First United Methodist Church, University Club of the University of Chicago, Sons of the American Revolution, Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, Sigma Chi, and Springfield Lodge No. 4 AF and AM, Ansar Shrine, Springfield Consistory.

He is survived by his widow Violet W. at 2424 East Lake Dr., Springfield; a son Michael Z-; a daughter, Mrs. Patricia Ann Rudolph; a brother; and three sisters. To all these the sympathy of the Class of 1916 is extended.

Besides his busy active career in business George was deeply interested in local community affairs and had an abiding interest in helping young people. His loyalty to Dartmouth was a very real part of his vigorous life.

1917

CHARLES FREDERICK PETERS, 78, passed away in Kingman, Ariz., November 23. Like many of his class, Charlie entered the service in World War I in April, 1917 and served until November 1, 1918, at which time he retired with the rank of Ensign.

Peters was one of the pioneers of automobile sales of New England, establishing and maintaining Peters' Pontiac Village on Commonwealth Ave. in Boston for many years. On retirement in 1958, he moved to Miami, Fla., where he lived happily until very, recently when he and his wife Anne moved to Kingman to be near their daughter, Beverly. It is to be noted that, since he served his country also in World War II, he was buried in the Barrancas National Cemetery, U. S. Navy Air Station, Pensacola, Fla.

He leaves his widow Anne; three sons, Douglas, Maxwell, and Eugene; and his daughter. Mrs. Peters now lives at 4042 Tarry Wood St., Memphis, Tenn. 38118.

1918

LEON TALLANT DODGE Sr., 74, died November 26 at Higgins Hospital in Alton, N.H., after a long illness.

Bud, as we knew him, came to Dartmouth from Pembroke Academy. He was active in the glee club and choir.

After serving in World War I, he returned to Alton where he was the owner and operator of the J. J. Jones and Company general store and the Jones Insurance Agency.

Bud was very active in service to his community. He was a member of the Winnepesaukee Lodge F. and A. M.; The Columbia Chapter, R. A. M. of Farmington; a holder of the 32nd degree, N. H. Consistory of Manchester; the Orient Council, R. and S. M. of Rochester; Palestine Commandery of Rochester; the Scottish Rites Bodies, Valley of Portsmouth; the Alton American Legion; and a trustee of the Alton Community Church. Also he was past patron of the Alpha Chapter, O. E. S. of Alton, a former member of the Alton School Board and for twenty years served as a selectman.

He is survived by his widow Hilma, two sons, two daughters, nine grandchildren, one sister, and nieces and nephews. Services were held at the Alton Community Church with burial in Blossom Hill Cemetery in Concord.

1919

CHARLES SHERMAN MILLS died December 7 in Huron Road Hospital, East Cleveland, O., from kidney and liver failure.

Charles came from minister-missionary New England ancestry. His great grandfather had served under the American Board as one of the first missionaries to Palestine. His grandfather, George Addison Mills, was a country minister in Limerick, Me. His father, George Sherman Mills, Class of 1890, was a well known Congregational minister in Bennington, Vt., and at the Wellington Avenue Church in Chicago. George S. Mills was also awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree by Dartmouth College in 1925.

Charles was born in Belfast, Me., April 6, 1897 but spent most of his youth jn Bennington, Vt. He entered Dartmouth from the Bennington High School. He served for a brief period in the Navy during World War I, but returned in time to graduate with his class.

His entire career was in education. Upon graduation he taught three years at Robert College in Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey He received his Master's degree from Columbia University in 1925 and after brief teaching positions in Grand Rapids, Mich, and New Haven, Conn., he settled in Cleveland Heights. Here he taught English at John Adams High School in Cleveland for 38 years. Upon his retirement in 1965, he supervised student teachers at Notre Dame College in South Euclid, O., for two years and then was a substitute teacher in the Cleveland Heights school system until ill health forced him to give up all teaching activities.

He was active in the National Retired Teacher's Association and served as a deacon for the past three years at Plymouth Church in Shaker Height.

Charles was married to Evelyn Ross in Essex, Ontario in 1926. During their long marriage they spent many summers traveling throughout the countries of the world as well as the fifty states.

He is survived by his widow, a daughter Phyllis (Mrs. D. E. Kornegay) and a son, Charles Sherman, Jr. '57.

A memorial service was held for Charles at Plymouth Church, and he was interred in the family plot in Bennington, Vt.

1920

RICHARD COURTNEY LUX passed on at the age of 75 in the Windsor Hospital, Chagin falls, Ohio, on November 24. To his widow. Elizabeth of Metcalf Rd., Willoughby, Ohio, and to his son, William, and his family we extend our sincere sympathy in their bereavement.

Born in Westhersfield, Conn., in 1896, Dick entered Dartmouth in September 1916. His stay was a short one for at the outbreak of World War I he joined the U. S. Marine Corps and later transferred to the Navy, where he served until 1919 as an Ensign. He did not return to college but entered the banking industry. Later he turned to real estate and became vice-president and manager of business properties for the A. B. Smythe Company of Cleveland. Thereafter investment banking drew his attention, and he became a partner in the investment firm of McDonald Company of Cleveland. He retired in 1966.

More than 50 years of his life were spent i" Waite Hill village near Cleveland where be was active in the service of his community, first as the clerk of the village from 1934 to 1943; as mayor from 1944-1951; and finally a coucilman, 1952-1955. He was a director of the First Federal Savings and Loan Association, a member of the Lake County Metropolitan Park Board, and a member of the Union Club of Cleveland and the Kirtland Country club.

He greatly enjoyed both tennis and golf.

BEN HURST POTTER, editor and publisher of the Rock Island (Ill.) Argus, died unexpectedly on November 3, 1971. He had had a distinguished career and was one of Rock Island's leading citizens, making his home at 55 Hawthorne Rd.

Reared in the Episcopal faith, he was a prominent member of the Trinity Episcopal Church, serving it in many capacities, notably as treasurer of the Quincy diocese an delegate to the General Convention of the Episcopal Church held in St. Louis in 1964.

He was a strong supporter of the Rock Iland Chamber of Commerce, having served that organization as director and sometime president His civic duties were many, and included the Rock Island Community Chest, the Red Cross, the Visiting Nurse Association, Rotary Club. YMCA, the Quad-City Board of \aval Officer Procurement, and the Quad-City Development Group.

At the time of his death Ben was a director of the Rock Island Bank and Trust Company and a member of the Board of Directors of Augustana College from which his son, the late Ben H. Jr, had graduated.

In addition to his newspaper activities—his paper had won many high journalistic aWards he was interested in television and radio and served as president of several companies: the Rock Island Broadcasting Company; the Rock River Cablevision Co. of Sterling; and the Paul Bunyan Broadcasting Co. of Bemidji, Minn. He also was president of the Argus-WHBF Foundation and the Telco Company, and was secretary-treasurer of the J. W. Potter Co., publishers of the RockIsland Argus.

In 1960 at the centennial commencement, Augustana College awarded him an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. He was an ardent exponent of outdoor exercise and loved to walk and to play golf. A quiet, thoughtful man, he lived quietly, worked quietly, and died quietly but he was a most effective person.

His widow, a daughter, a step-son, a stepdaughter, a sister, all of Rock Island, and three grandchildren survive him. The Class extends its deepest sympathy to them.

1921

RALPH CONOVER HAYNES 2ND is reported deceased through return of mail addressed to him prior to March 1, 1971. He was born April 17, 1899 in Brunswick, Me., the son of Capt. and Mrs. Henry W. Haynes '94M.

Leaving Hanover in January 1918 to enlist in the U. S. Army, he joined the Field Artillery, and after basic training was assigned to the American Expeditionary Force. He received a Victory Medal for participating in several major combats. His discharge was received on August 8, 1919.

Upon his return to New York City he became an insurance broker. He married Lillian B. Crowe of New York City, and had one son, Robert Conover, born March 15, 1926.

He was a Commander of Capt. Belvedere Brooks Post #450, American Legion of New York County.

There are no details available concerning his funeral, place of burial or survivors.

1922

CLIFTON EDWIN WATSON passed away November 23 in a Charlotte, N. C. hospital. His two-year illness had been very severe during the last six months.

Throughout the Dartmouth fellowship Clif was highly admired as a loyal and concerned alumnus. At the time he left us he was serving his second term on the Dartmouth Alumni council. He represented the Southern States and was a member of the Athletic and the Bequest Committees.

He Was born July 25, 1898 in Leicester, Mass. After graduation from Exeter, he served in the U.S. Marine Aviation Corps during World War I and then entered Dartmouth. As an undergraduate he was a popular and esgeemed classmate. He lettered in both football and track, and he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and Sphinx.

Following his Dartmouth graduation Clif joined the Watson-Williams Manufacturing Co., Millbury, Mass., and later became its vice president and general manager. From February 1942 through October 1945 he was chief of the Textile Supply Branch and subsequently chief of the Textile Machinery Branch of the War Production Board in Washington, D. C. In 1947 he moved to Charlotte, N. C., and became a partner in the textile machinery firm later reorganized as Watson Desmond, Inc. He was treasurer of this company for several years.

Clif was always interested in community affairs. He was active and well known in Masonic circles and was a past president of the Unitarian Church. He was a member of the Executive Club of Charlotte, the Rotary Club, the City Club, and the Myers Park Country Club. He and his wife, Madelaine, lived in recent years at 1323 Queens Road, Apt. 326, Charlotte, N. C. 28207.

Clif and Madelaine Prentice Howe were married August 5, 1922. She survives him together with their two daughters, Mrs. Marilyn W. Massey and Mrs. Lloyd T. Krumm Jr., one brother, and four grandchildren. The Class sorrowfully joins the family in deep bereavement.

1923

KENNETH BADGER HURD passed away on November 26 at a Concord, N. H., hospital. He was 74 years old. Although his final illness was comparatively brief, a couple of earlier serious operations had not left him in the best of health.

A native of Manchester, N. H., Pete came to Dartmouth from Worcester Academy following service in World War I as Chief Petty Officer of U. S. Naval Aviation.

Pete's entire business career was spent in advertising. In 1927 he joined the Hearst Corporation as vice president and publisher of "American Druggist". In 1948 he became vice president for marketing and a director of the Federal Advertising Agency. After three successful years with this organization he returned to Hearst Publications as advertising director of "Puck—The Comic Weekly," and in 1962 became advertising manager for drugs and cosmetics of the "American Weekly Magazine," the Sunday supplement of some 44 leading newspapers.

Pete's first wife Marion died in 1954 after an illness of 14 years. They had two sons Kenneth Jr. '48 and Peter K.

In 1955 Pete married the former Gunhild Tapper whom he met in Sweden. They maintained homes in New York City and in Sweden, traveled a great deal, and spent long summers at their place in New Castle, N. H. It was here that Pete became seriously ill. Devoted to his native New Hampshire, he and Gunhild came to Hanover often to—as Pete said in one of his last letters—"see a couple of football games and the fall foliage—a sight that always reminds me of my happy days in Hanover."

During our years at Dartmouth, Pete was on both the freshman and varsity football teams and a member of Sigma Chi and Green Key. His survivors include his two sons and seven grandchildren and Gunhild who writes: "I shall miss Pete terribly but will always be grateful for the many wonderful years we had together."

At Pete's funeral service in St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Concord on November 29, the class was represented by Ted and Olive Caswell and your secretary who since that time has received many words of tribute to Pete and sympathy for his family in their great loss.

1928

ARTHUR WORDEN GILBOY, owner of a book store in Rochester, N. Y., for 30 years, died October 29 in the hospital in Los Gatos, Calif., of a heart attack. Two years ago the building housing his store was torn down to make room for a big office building, so Word decided it was time to retire and he and Lorna moved to Los Gatos.

Born in Batavia, N. Y., he graduated from Auburn High School. At Dartmouth he became a member of Zeta Psi. After Dartmouth he worked for the F. A. Owen Publishing Co., Dansville, N. Y., before moving to Rochester.

Word and Lorna Holmes Gibson were married in 1945. He he was a member of Rotary and for many years sang with the Rochester Oratorio Society.

Surviving are his widow Lorna and two brothers, William O. Gilboy and Robert C. Gilboy '27, both of Hendersonville, N. C.

ROBERT LLEWELLYN MACLELLAN, a quiet giant in the Chattanooga community and in the insurance industry, died in his sleep in his New York hotel room December 15. He was attending meetings of life insurance trade associations which are held annually in New York.

Bob was chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the Provident Life and Accident Insurance Co. of Chattanooga, with which he had been associated since 1928.

In recent years he had been chairman and a board member of the Institute of Life Insurance, a board member of the Life Assurance Association of America, chairman of the Health Insurance Institute and a board member of the American Life Convention and of the Life Insurance Medical Research Fund.

Bob was born in Chattanooga November 1, 1906 and prepared for college at the McCallie School. At Dartmouth he was a member of Sigma Alpha and editor of the Dartmouth Pictorial.

Shortly after graduation he joined Provident Life and Accident and serVed as vice president from 1934 until 1952 when he succeeded his father, Robert J. Maclellan, as president. The company was founded in 1887 by his grandfather, Thomas Maclellan.

Bob was no caretaker manager, however. "It's not me, it's all the people around me" he would modestly protest when you tried to put the blame on him for one of the best records in the insurance industry. With $10.7 billion insurance in force, PL&A may be big, but it's also one of the faster growing, more profitable outfits, according to an article in Forbes Magazine on May 1, 1971. Bob had an impressive mastery of detail, rattling off reams of statistics from memory and he had an approach of his own to merchandising: better benefits, stricter screening of customers and, of course, higher premiums. The approach obviously worked because from the time he became president, his company's assets increased eightfold (to $632 million) and its insurance in force tenfold.

Bob was active in the affairs of his Dartmouth Class of 1928 as a class agent and was elected to serve on the Dartmouth Alumni Council from 1963-66.

He served in the United States Army from 1942-46 as a lieutenant colonel in charge of the insurance allotment division of the Army Finance Department. For his outstanding work in planning and supervising the insurance division, he was awarded the Legion of Merit.

In his home community he was an active leader in many civic organizations, having served as chairman of the Chattanooga Community Chest and as president of the Greater Chattanooga Fund. He served as a member of the University of Tennessee Development Council and as a former vicechairman of the Board of Trustees of the University of Chattanooga. He also served on the Board and as vice president of the McCallie School.

Bob was a deeply religious man, serving for many years as an elder of the Lookout Mountain Presbyterian Church, and was a member of the board of annuities of the Presbyterian Church.

He was awarded honorary LL.D. degrees from Maryville College in 1968 and King College in 1970.

He was a member of the Newcomen Society, the University Club of New York City, and a number of clubs in Chattanooga.

His description as a man with a tough mind but a gentle and generous heart was born out by the record of his success and service in business and his many philanthropies.

He leaves his wife, the former Kathrina Howze; a son, Robert H.; a daughter, Ann; and a brother, Hugh O. Maclellan.

Funeral services were held December 16 at the Lookout Mountain Presbyterian Church.

CHARLES ELWELL SCOTT, an assistant administrative officer of the Western Electric Co., died May 21, 1971 in Tucson, Ariz., after a long illness.

Scotty was born in Springfield, Mass., April 26, 1908 and graduated magna cum laude from Dartmouth and received his M.A. from the Tuck School. He started with Western Electric at 195 Broadway, New York, July 1, 1929, and became chief auditor in 1959' assistant controller in 1965, and assistant administrative officer in 1968. A Navy Veteran of World War II, Scotty was active in the Reserve until his retirement with the rank of Commander. His principal hobbies were stamps and coins and the Somerset Stamp Co which he started in 1937 was very successful

His home for over 35 years was in Ramsey N. J., but his widow Emily now lives at 1991 West Meclin Road, Tucson. They had no children.

Word has reached the College from his widow Jean of the death of HUGH CASSELS SMITH on March 26, 1969 of a ruptured aorta.

Hugh was born in Omaha and graduated from Omaha Central High. He left Dartmouth after one year. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi. He worked as a salesman for the Sisalkraft Co. in New York City and Chicago, and later for Kaiser Aluminum Co. He maintained an active interest in his classmates and the College but his notes gave little information about himself. In addition to his widow, who lives at 206 Bryant Ave., Glen Ellyn, Ill., we believe he is survived by a son and daughter.

1931

EARLE LEO MORROW died in Clyde, N. Y. on June 26 of a coronary attack. "Duke" had been employed as a machine designer by Parker-Hannigan of that town. He was widely known as an inventor, having devised and patented a threadless system of fastening called a Wegnut. He got this idea while helping some Cub Scouts build a bookcase.

He leaves his widow, Olive (De Wolfe) Morrow; a sister; and five children, Cynthia Knudsen of Woodstock, Vt., Elaine Kraft of San Francisco, Cal., Duke Gregory Morrow of Keene, N. H., Noel Dana Morrow, and Paula Morrow, who reside at home.

CHARLES EDWARD RHETTS, Washington lawyer and former United States Ambassador to Liberia, died in London on November 14 after a heart attack. He was 61 years old. Ed and his wife Ruth were on a three-week vacation.

Ed got his LL.B. from Harvard in 1934. During the war he served on the War Production Board in the State Department, the Office of Strategic Services and the U. S. Department of Justice. He was a lieutenant in the Navy. After the war he entered private law practice in Washington and represented John Stewart Service, a career diplomat and Chinese expert. Mr. Service had come under fire as a security risk in 1945. After 12 years of litigation he was dismissed by the late Secretary of State Dean Acheson but was reinstated following an 8-0 decision by the United States Supreme Court in 1957. Ed was Ambassador to Liberia from 1962 to 1964.

Besides his wife, the former Ruth Fisher of 2620 Foxhall Rd., Washington, D. C., he leaves two sons, John '64 and Paul, and a daughter Abigail.

1935

HARRY CARLETON "MAC" MCNAMER and his wife Loretta were found dead in their home in Winter Park, Fla., October 8, apparently asphyxiated by fumes that enter via an air conditioning unit. The bodies we discovered by their son Michael who had only recently returned from Vietnam. Mac was years old.

Mac was regional sales manager for the Surgical Supplies Division of Johnson & Johnson a company he had joined just prior to World War II. He had moved to Winter Park in 1970 from Chicago, and previously spent much of his business career on the West Coast.

Mac was born in Denver, but raised in Evanston Ill., and entered Dartmouth from Evanston ' High. After two years in Hanover, he transferred to Northwestern University where he received a bachelor of science degree. He served in the Navy during World War II, attaining the rank of lieutenant commander.

In addition to their son, Mac is survived by a sister Mrs. Ann Cento of Los Angeles, Loretta is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey I. Houck of Denver, and a brother. The Class extends its deepest sympathy to Mike in this double-tragedy.

JACOB HENRY TOPKIS, 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 of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Finance.

He spent most of his business life in the hardware business, and was president of the Delaware Hardware Co. 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 Lodbe, Corinthian Lodbe 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, dauphter Linda, four prandchildren, and two sisters.

1942

CHARLES ALPHONSE GIBBONS 3rd died December 12, 1971 in Memorial Hospital, New York City. He was 51 years old.

Chyck entered Dartmouth from Newton High School in Elmhurst, N. Y. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta. During World War II, he received specialized training in engineering and served in the Philippines, receiving his discharge as a first lieutenant in 1946.

He received an M.S. degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1948. Chuck conducted hydraulic analyses and designed surge control systems for major Public water systems, many of which are in New Jersey. He was a fellow of the American Water Works Association and Water Pollution Control Federation. He was also a member of the Dartmouth and M.I.T. Clubs of New York.

The sympathy of the Class goes out to his widow. Helen; daughter, Lorraine; and son Charles, who live at 61 Oliver St., Brooklyn.

1949

Writing sad news about one of our classmates is always difficult. It is now distressing to inform you of the death of WILLIAM DELAND KIMBALL of 83 Standley St Beverly, Mass., who died on December 13 at "the Beverly Hospital after a brief illness. Bill born in Cambridge, received his secondary schooling in Medford, Mass. He returned to work in his Bay State from Dartmouth. Bill leaves behind a large family of one son, six daughters and four grandchildren. Our deepest sympathies are extended to Bill's widow, Helen, and his children, William Jr., Lenora, Deborah, Martha, Sarah, Melissa and Jessica.

1951

JUDGE JAMES WILLIAM RABE of 2037 14th St., N.W., Winter Haven, Fla., died on September 21, after having been in ill health for almost a year. He had nonetheless continued his law practice and his court work until shortly before his death.

A native of Akron, Ohio, Bill grew up m Winter Haven and Ohio, where he attended Western Reserve Academy. There he earned letters in wrestling and tennis and was captain of the tennis team.

Bill spent only his first two undergraduate years at Dartmouth, receiving his bachelor's degree from Centre College in Danville, Ky., in 1952. He then joined the Army and served in Korea. Bill received his law degree from the University of Florida in 1957.

He returned to Winter Haven and practiced with a firm for ten years before becoming a solo practitioner in 1967. That year he was appointed Winter Haven municipal judge, having served in a similar capacity in Auburndale, Fla.

Bill was past president of the Sertoma Club of Winter Haven, a member of the Lake Region Yacht and Country Club, past president of the Winter Haven Bar Association, and a member of the First Presbyterian Church.

He is survived by his widow Sue, two daughters, and a son, to whom the Class extends its deepest sympathies.

1953

CHARLES FRANKLIN KETTERING II '53 was killed near his home outside Denver on December 12, 1971. He was struck by an automobile as he sought to retrieve his family's poodle which had been hit by another car.

Chuck was a man in whom Dartmouth took' special pride and his death removes from the family of men an individual of rare sensitivity, courage and commitment. Chuck's special brand of imaginative and pioneering philanthropy combined with intense personal involvement accomplished much among the young, only a small portion of which was generally known at the time of his death. To more fully individualize and activate his philanthropy, he formed his own Foundation, CFK Ltd., although remaining active in his family's Kettering Foundation. A representative list of his commitments includes represcottive College, which he helped found; the Black P. Stone Nation, a southside Chicago youth gang; United Scholarship Service, Inc., for American Indian youths; Pacifica Radio, a small experimental FM network; Mafundi Institute, a black cultural agency in Watts; and a youth drug program in Denver.

Chuck was a native of Cleveland and entered Dartmouth from Hinsdale (Ill.) High School where he was an outstanding athlete. In college he played varsity tennis and basketball and became a member of Alpha Delta Phi. Following a tour of duty with a U. S. Air Force fighter intercept group stationed in Iceland and completion of his degree in 1957, he returned to Dartmouth in 1958 as assistant to the director of admissions. He also served as assistant to the director of financial aid in 1960-61, leaving to become vice president of the Charles F. Kettering Foundation and assistant dean of students at the College of Arts and Sciences, University of Colorado, where he received a master's egree in 1963. Chuck was a trustee of Prescott College in Arizona, Wilberforce University in Ohio, and the Northfield and Mount Hermon Schools, as well as an honorary trustee of Knox College in Illinois. His interest in education was further exemplified by membership on the ad visory boards of the Colorado Department of Education, the Denver Research Institute, and the United Scholarship Service in Denver.

A sampling of quotations from press tribute; include: "Chuck genuinely loved people and wanted to be personally involved in their trials and tribulations." "He was very imaginative

I think you'd have to add soulful. He had the resources and time to apply to the human issues around him—and he did if "His life was a visible testament that men with talent and means have a moral imperative to enter combat with society or government when necessary to do good, retard evil, and bring human life closer to its flowering."

The Class offers its condolences to Chuck's wife, Jean Shannon Kettering, his son, Charles III, his two daughters, Susan and Linda, his mother and grandmother, and his two sisters, Jane (Mrs. Richard D. Lombard '53) and Susan (Mrs. Peter Williamson '57).

Prof. James Dow McCallum, A.M. '28

Clifton Edwin Watson '22

Charles Franklin Kettering '53

Robert Llewellyn Maclellan '28