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.)

Byrnes, George J., '11, Oct. 23, 1971 Card, Harold S., '11, Feb. 26 O'Connor, Basil '12, Mar. 9 White, Elliott A., '12, Feb. 6 Munsey, Dean A., '13, Mar. 2 Howe, Paul '14, Feb. 10 Hovey, Otis W., '15, Feb. 11 Stout, Arthur D., '17, Dec. 13, 1971 Benesch, Charles L., '18, Feb. 22 McAllaster, John P., '20, Feb. 15 Roland, Phillips H., '20, Feb. 3 Bailey, Charles R., '21, Jan. 27 Clewell, G. Livingston, '22, Jan. 18 Powell, Donald A., '22, Feb. 7 Taylor, John D. '23, Feb. 24 Pease, Edwin B., '25, Feb. 13 Smith, James V., '25, Feb. 16 Hartman, Henry '26, Sept. 10, 1971 Beers, Lewis R., '28, Feb. 4 Foster, Robert K. '28, Mar. 5 Goodwin, A. Jerome, '28, Feb. 25 Luttrell, W. Richard, '30, Jan. 10 Pooler, Charles A., '30, Feb. 24 Hobbs, Winston E., '33, Feb. 10 Wiggins, Robert S., '34, Aug. 28, 1971 McMullen, W. Emerson, '35, Feb. 12 Snyder, George R., '37, Nov. 1, 1971 Lamson, Otis F., Jr., '39, Jan. 22 Newbert, Kendall '40, Nov. 15, 1971 Philbrook, William E., '41, Feb. 19 Cruickshank, James Jr., '43, Feb. 2 Forsythe, James C., '46, Jan. 25 McCollom, Bruce M., '62, Feb. 2 Niebuhr, Reinhold, '51hon., June 1, 1971

1910

HAROLD CASPER SCHULTE died August 2, 1971. He had been in failing health for some time in a sanitarium at Glenview, Ill. He was born at Dollar Bay, Mich., September 20, 1889. Harold joined 1910 in his junior year, having spent the first two years at Olivet College in Michigan. After graduation he studied law at the University of Michigan and received his J.D. degree in 1912. He practiced law at Houghton, Mich. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity. He married Doris C. Lutes July 2, 1914 at Saginaw, Mich. She died in February 1960. A daughter, Mrs. William A. Bennett, is the survivor.

1912

ELLIOTT ADAMS WHITE, a member of Dartmouth's English Department from 1921 to 1943, died in Hanover on February 6 after three weeks' hospitalization for multiple injuries suffered in a fall. He is survived by his son, Philip A. White '37, 333 Mill Road, Santa Barbara, Calif.; a brother, Col. Donald J. White of State Park, Pa.; a sister, Mrs. Carroll Larrabee of Annandale, Va., and six grandchildren. Mrs. White died in 1960 and a younger son, David E. White '43, died in 1967.

Born in Melrose, Mass., "Doc" White attended high school there. Following his freshman year at Dartmouth he transferred to Harvard, from which he was graduated summa cum laude in 1912. During the ensuing nine years he gained experience in teaching college English while doing graduate study at the University of Missouri 1912-16 (A.M. 1916); Northwestern U., Chicago, 1916-19; University of Michigan (Ph.D. 1920); University of Maine, 1920-21. He returned to Dartmouth as Instructor in English in 1921 and was promoted in 1923 to Assistant Professor, his rank when he withdrew from teaching in 1943.

While at Michigan he had gained not only his doctorate in literary scholarship but also election to the national honorary scientific society, Sigma Xi. It was his notable duality of professional interests and competence that qualified him as a civilian during World War I to instruct in Radiotelegraphy and Radio- telephony at the Naval Auxiliary School in Chicago, Carnegie Institute of Technology, and at Northwestern University. He had hardly joined our English faculty in 1921 when the student membership of the Dartmouth Radio Association invited him to become their Technical Adviser. He accepted the post and ultimately designed and supervised the construction of their station atop Wilder Hall. Years later, following Pearl Harbor he taught Physics to officers of the U. S. Naval Reserve training at Dartmouth. Then Professor White left the College and from 1943-45 and subsequently from 1951-53 he was an electronics designer for the Raytheon Manufacturing Co. in Waltham, Mass. While there located not far from Walden Pond, he tested and to his satisfaction verified his theories as to the exact site of the cabin of one of his worshiped heroes, Henry David Thoreau.

In 1953 he and Mrs. White went overseas once more to visit England and their favorite Channel Islands. In 1936 Professor White alone had tramped 1200 miles in England with a pack on his back, staying at youth hostels; then he continued on around the world chiefly by freighter.

A 1959 letter he wrote to his class secretary gives a glimpse of his retired years and the spirit in which he professed to live them: "Yes, I grow lazier and more negligent, passing up letters and questionnaires without shame—one of the many privileges of advanced age. No activities to report, thank goodness. Following the simple life we spend summers at our Welch Island camp on Lake Winnepesaukee, our winters here in the blessed quiet of the country three miles from the village of Norwich, Vt.—no car, no TV, but we have lots of books, a hi-fi for which we collect opera records, and my ham radio for daily conversation with old friends. Fortunate thus far in having good health, Ethel and I find that our enjoyment increases with age." He might have added that a powerful telescope he housed on his roof enabled him to indulge his well-informed interest in astronomy. And that his '36 journey to the Orient had prompted his adding to his hobbies the results of two years' study, under Professor Lattimore, of Chinese, which he still carried on. Never was Elliott bored.

In 1960 Mrs. White died, and in 1968 he left his lonely house in the Norwich hills and settled down for what proved his final years—and they were years of serene tranquility—in an apartment in the home of his longtime intimates, Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Adams of White River Junction.

He had one last surprise to spring upon his world: proof of his. being not only a literary scholar and an articulate scientist but also a poet. In 1968 Pageant Press published Sheafof Oatstraw, a collection of sixty poems by Elliott White, and in the following year 1969 a second volume, The Moon Also Rises, which contains even more. To their author's quiet pleasure both books were ably and favorably reviewed in this magazine. But when had he composed the poems? Members of his immediate family perhaps could testify. But the present writer, White's fairly close friend, just does not know, never saw one of them until between covers they all appeared at once in print. Through a long stretch back in Elliott White's years while he was studying, teaching, researching, travelling, living the full life here barely outlined, he must constantly have been setting down his thoughts and feelings about people and birds and stars and clouds and animals and ocean and trees and mountains and the world all about him—writing these poems, in short, and filing them away and not telling until "Past Ten o'the Clock" he grants: "I may be in the winter of my age—/But who complains of winter sun and snow?/There is a clearness in the wintry air;/There may be clearness in a snowy head."

EDMUND H. BOOTH '18

1914

PAUL HOWE, to whom Dartmouth was almost a lifetime religion, died at age 79 on February 10, 1972 in the local hospital at Corning, N. Y., where he lived at 30 Hanwell Court. Death was caused by complications after three heart attacks.

He was born in Cohasset, Mass., on February 3, 1893 and came to Dartmouth from Worcester Academy. He started his career as a reporter on the Springfield Union and the Boston Post before entering on an extraordinary career as salesman in such diversified fields as manufacturing, investments and life insurance.

In World War I Paul served with the U. S. Shipping Board, Merchant Marine, and was Assistant Paymaster on the USS GovernorDingley.

He married Dorothy Rhodes on June 22, 1918 and she survives him as do his daughter Julia, son Lyman, eight grandchildren, and three great grandchildren.

In college Paul was a member of Phi Delta Theta and the cross-country team. He was an active member of several Dartmouth clubs, having served as secretary of the clubs in Central New York and Syracuse, and president of the Syracuse Club in 1931-33.

1915

OTIS WADSWORTH HOVEY, 78, of RD4, Carlisle, Pa., died February 11, 1972 in the Carlisle Hospital.

He was born May 25, 1893 in Chicago, the son of the late Martha and Otis I. Hovey '85, and was a graduate of the Thayer School of Engineering.

He was a retired civil engineer, having worked for American Bridge Corp., Budd Company, and United States Steel. He was a veteran of World War I, a member and elder of the Second Presbyterian Church, and formerly was a member and deacon of the East Liberty Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh. He also was a member of Robert Burns Lodge 464, Harrisburg, the Harrisburg Consistory the Scottish Rite, and the Carlisle Kiwanis Club.

He is survived by his wife, Fanny Mitchell Hovey, and a sister. A memorial service was held at the Second Presbyterian Church with his pastor, The Rev. James J. Ferguson, officiating. Memorial contributions were in order to the Second Presbyterian Church or the Kiwanis Club's Boys and Girls Work Fund.

1918

CHARLES LISSA BENESCH, 75, died on February 22, 1972.

Charlie came to Dartmouth from Brooklyn, N. Y. The two years he was in Hanover found him active in dramatics.

In his adult life he was active as a stockbroker in New York City. From 1931 to the time of his retirement he was with Ernst and Company, a member of the Stock Exchange. He was a member of the City Athletic Club. The Society of Security Analysts, and the Milburn Country Club.

On retiring he moved to 127 Bay Point Drive, N. E., St. Petersburg, Fla., where he had a waterfront home. There he was a member of the local Power Squadron and Yacht Club.

Funeral services were conducted by Reverend Donald E. Logue at the AndersonMcQueen Funeral Home.

Charlie is survived by his widow Gertrude, whom he married in 1949.

1920

JOHN PARKS McALLASTER was born on October 31, 1897 in Manchester, N. H. He died in the Concord, N. H., Hospital February 8, 1972. His retirement home was on Penacook Rd., Contoocook, N. H., where he lived for twelve years.

John graduated from Dartmouth in 1920 and from the Thayer School of Engineering in 1921. He was well known in college for his quiet, gentle manner and his good humor. He was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa. During World War I he served in the Student Army Training Corps on campus.

After obtaining his engineering degree from the Thayer School, John joined the New York Department of Public Works at Hornell, N. Y., for four years. He then went with the Turner Construction Company on various engineering jobs, including the building of the Pitt Stadium and numerous other large construction projects in the Northeast. In 1929 he joined the Westchester County, N. Y., staff as resident engineer and served in this capacity until 1934 when he took a position with the U. S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Public Roads. Then followed various assignments to various Federal aid highway projects in Vermont, Tennessee, and Virginia until 1940 when he was transferred to the Bureau's New York Division headquarters in Albany, N. Y. Here he was engaged in the area's planning and project work until 1953 when he became district engineer for the Bureau in the New York City metropolitan area. His final assignment came in 1960 when the Bureau appointed him Chief of the New Hampshire Division until his retirement in 1964.

Devoted to a lifetime of construction professionally, John carried the spirit of construction into his private life. He served in many capacities in many communities. As a retiree he became a member and trustee of the Hopkinton, N. H., Congregational Church; auditor of the Town of Hopkinton; member of the Daniel Webster Council, B.S.A.; member of the Hopkinton Community Center; the Hopkinton Antiquarian Society; the N. H. Qood Roads Association; the N. H. Society of Professional Engineers; and a life member of the Dartmouth Society of Engineers.

He married Helen Boyd Mansur, who died in 1967. From this union was born a daughter, Mrs. Lloyd (Nancy) Humphrey, who currently resides in Mill Valley, Calif. His brother, William R. of Manchester, N. H. also survives him.

In John McAllaster Dartmouth has lost a loyal son—one who engaged in many Dartmouth activities wherever he made his home. In the Concord area he was a member of the Merrimac Valley Dartmouth Club and a frequent attendant at its luncheons. At his funeral his Class was represented by Col. Charles Crathern of Mason, Paul Richter of Concord. N. H., and Mrs. Lee Hodgkins of Contoocook.

PHILLIPS HOOD ROLAND, retired president of Thomas Roland, Inc., of Nahant, Revere, and Boston, wholesale florists, passed away on February 3, 1972 after a long illness.

"Bung," as he was affectionately known by his classmates and friends, was born in Nahant, Mass., on November 24, 1898. His parents were Thomas and Abbie Hood Roland, and through his Hood lineage he was a direct descendant of one of the oldest families in Nahant.

Phil entered Dartmouth from preparatory school in Maine. During World War I he served with the American Field Service first and later with the French and U. S. armies. While serving in the French army his whole section was cited for valor for carrying forward ammunition under heavy German fire. He returned to Dartmouth after the war and became a member of Phi Gamma Delta and the Dragon Senior Society. He completed his education at the University of Illinois in 1920 but retained his Dartmouth affiliation nevertheless.

He married Marion Bruce and they had three children. His wife pre-deceased him. He is survived by two sons, Frank and Phillips, and a daughter, Carol, as well as a sister and brother, Robert '19. His grandson is Richard L. Ranger Jr. '74. To them the Class extends its deepest sympathy.

"Bung" was widely known on the North Shore of Massachusetts, especially the NahantLynn area. He was especially well known among the florist trade and took an active part in the operation of the Boston Flower Exchange for many years.

1921

CHARLES ROGER BAILEY died unexpectedly from an aortic aneurysm on January 27, 1972 at Lighthouse Point, Fla. He was 71 years of age.

He was born August 18, 1900 in Gardner, Mass., the son of Charles H. Bailey, an 1881 graduate of the Dartmouth Medical School. His uncle was Edward Bailey '79.

Charles entered college from Gardner High School and was a member of Alpha Chi Rho. He did graduate work at M.I.T. for three years in electrical engineering, after which he joined the Minnesota Power and Light Co. From the position of Rate Engineer he progressed to Statistician, Head of Budgets and Statistics to Controller in 1963. He held this position until his retirement in 1967.

On September 5, 1924 he married Virginia Nott. They had two sons, Charles R. Jr. '49 and Robert W. who attended Clark School and graduated from M.I.T. in 1952.

Charles Sr. was active in Boy Scout work for many years. He was Cubbing Commissioner and received the Silver Beaver Award in 1948. He also was interested in community affairs, and during his 20 years of service served as a captain and later a major in the Community Chest organization. He helped in developing recreational skiing in Duluth and for a time served as president of the Ski Club there.

Besides his widow and two sons he is survived by twelve grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at the Kraeer Funeral Home in Pompano Beach, Fla., and he was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens in the same city.

1922

DONALD ADAMS POWELL, who retired in 1966 as treasurer and assistant counsel of the Union Pacific Railroad, passed away peacefully on February 7, 1972, at his residence, 200 East 66th Street, New York City.

Don was born September 17, 1900, in Fair Haven, Vt. Following graduation from high school there he was one of the original members of 1922 who entered Dartmouth in September 1918. He was known as a friendly classmate, a serious student, and a member of Lambda Chi Alpha. After Dartmouth he was granted his law degree by Boston University and he was admitted to the New York bar. For 30 years he was associated with the Manhattan law firm of Clark, Carr and Ellis. He joined Union Pacific in 1954 and for twelve years was its treasurer and assistant counsel.

Don's survivors include his widow, the former Alice Marvin; a son Blair and two grandchildren. The Class offers them its deepest sympathy.

1925

EDWIN BRADFORD PEASE died February 13, 1972. Eddie was born in Boston, Mass., and prepared for Dartmouth at Loomis School, Windsor, Conn. While at Hanover he became a member of Phi Sigma Kappa.

After trying his hand in different kinds of business activity over a period of five years after graduation he became associated with Mutual Boiler and Machinery Insurance Co. in Boston, with whom he remained until his retirement in March 1966. He had been vice president and secretary of the company for nearly twenty years prior to that time.

As a bachelor much of his spare time was devoted to club activities—mostly in the Winthrop Golf Club and Cottage Park Yacht Club of Winthrop, Mass. He was secretary-treasurer of the Amateur Boston Pin (bowling) League for thirteen years before it folded under the impact of the decadent trend of private clubs. For many years he was the supervising assistant agent for the Alumni Fund in Greater Boston. He served as reunion treasurer for the Class for many years (never having missed a single reunion) and as secretary of the Class from 1958 until 1970, when he resigned because of a heart condition.

He was an ardent skier, having spent most of his vacations and spare time on the slopes of New Hampshire, a fair golfer (13 handicap), a fair bowler (with a life-time average of 104 at candle pins), a bridge player (having devoted much of his time to duplicate tournaments) and a billiard player.

He is survived by his mother to whom the sympathy of the Class is extended.

1928

LEWIS REXFORD BEERS, our friend and fellow worker for Dartmouth, died February 4 at the Norwalk Hospital. He and Anita lived at 4 Lewis St., Norwalk, Conn. It was a blow to all of us, not only because we lost a dedicated Class Agent but because over the 47 years we knew him he was always the same warmhearted, friendly, lovable Lew.

Last spring, he was in the hospital from May 1 to July 3 for two major abdominal operations—apparently the experts were baffled by the very obscure form of cancer from which he suffered. He kept losing weight, but was his old chipper self when he and Anita attended the '28 reunion at the Norwich Inn on the Penn game weekend, and at the class executive committee meeting Lew discussed plans for his fourth year as Class Agent. He was in Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital in New York from Thanksgiving until Christmas, and then at home until two days before he died.

Lew prepared for college at Exeter, and at Dartmouth was well known as the drummer in the Barbary Coast Orchestra which was very popular at Dartmouth and many other Eastern colleges. He was a member of Sigma Chi.

At our 35th reunion Lew rounded up the original Barbary Coast with its leader, Russ Goudey '29, and they were all fantastically good. As soon as they started playing, students appeared with tape recorders and, along with '28 and '27 reunioners, crowded the '28 tent for each appearance of the band.

After graduation from Dartmouth and getting his MCS from Tuck School, Lew started with the New York Telephone Co. in New York City and worked there until 1966 when he was made a divisional sales manager for Westchester and Rockland Counties. He retired in April 1969.

In addition to his wife Anita, he is survived by a son, William '69 of Honolulu, and a daughter, Mrs. Michael (Suzanne) Sherwood of Kailua, Hawaii, and two grandchildren.

RICHARD RHODES KLINCK, president of the National Bank of New England in East Haddam, Conn., died at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, New London, on January 13 of heart failure, after only two days in the hospital. He had lived on Katherine Rd., in Old Lyme for the past 18 years.

He entered Dartmouth from Brooklyn Poly Prep Country Day School and was a member of Zeta Psi. After graduation he went with the Irving Trust Co., but left in 1945 to become treasurer of Merchants Refrigerating Co. of New York. On several occasions he served as consultant to South American governments in the field of cold storage warehousing. He was a former assistant treasurer of Merck & Co. in Railway, N. J. In 1954 he accepted the presidency of the National Bank of New England.

He leaves his widow, Kathleen; three sons, Donald '51, Richard, and Stephen; a daughter, Mrs. Louise Miller; a brother, Kent Rhodes '33, and six grandchildren.

DAVID CASS FOSTER, a resident of Mariposa. Calif., for the past 25 years, died in Fremont Hospital November 1, of pneumonia following a stroke.

A native of Berkeley, Calif., Dave was with us at Dartmouth only one year and graduated from the University of Southern California. He served in the Marines during World War II and settled in Mariposa after the war. He taught school there until his retirement last year.

He leaves his wife Jean, two daughters, a brother, and two grandchildren.

1929

TALBOT BABCOCK died on March 31, 1971. He came to Hanover from Brooklyn Friends School, and roomed off campus his freshman year at 21A School Street.

In college he played on the lacrosse team four years and was a member of Theta Chi fraternity. His major department was Tuck School, which prepared him for his postgraduate career. He was on the 1929 Aegis board, serving as advertising manager.

After graduation, Tal went to work for a Wall Street investment firm in the good old B.C. days—before the Crash. In 1931 he became a credit investigator with a smaller commercial bank and remained in the banking business, specializing in loan activities. For many years he was an officer of the Bankers Trust Company at 31 Rockefeller Plaza and became one of its vice presidents.

Tal traveled extensively for the bank, visiting its town and city banking customers, and attending regional conferences and conventions. The Clinton Trust Company was one of those customers and I had the pleasure of occasional visits from him. I remember once he tracked me down to the golf course on which I was having a frustrating afternoon because of snow patches obliterating the balls. We adjourned from the course to the house and spent a pleasant afternoon.

He married Janet Edwards on June 5, 1937 and they had three daughters, Janet Elizabeth, Margaret Fitch, and Katharine Talbot.

It is with sadness and sympathy to members of his family that we report that JOSIAH WILLIAM PRITCHARD died at Doctor's Hospital in Coral Gables, Fla., after a series of illnesses. He lived in Miami with his wife, the former Louise Barnes, for the past ten years at 14760 S. W. 83rd Place. He was chairman of his family company, the J. W. Pritchard Company, distributors of Gulf Oil and other products in Philipsburg, Pa. He had also been associated with his father in the Center Milling Company and the Passmore Hotel.

Joe's oldest son, Josiah Jr. '54, lives in Glenelyn, Ill., and is in the insurance business. His twin sons are David F. '57, who operates the family business, and John R., a social worker in Altoona, Pa.

When Joe came to Dartmouth from Mercersburg Academy he brought with him one of the largest school delegation to the Class of '29—16 classmates. Joe's interest in Mercersburg continued through the years and he was a member and vice president of the Board of Regents to which he devoted a great deal of time and effort and he received many awards and recognition for his outstanding service to the Academy.

At Dartmouth Joe became a member of Phi Delta Theta and Dragon. He was always very well liked and thoroughly enjoyed reunions, particularly our 25th.

Joe was also active in many civic and community affairs and was a former member of the Philipsburg Council and a life time member of the B.P.O.E. He was also a member of the board of governors and president of the Philipsburg Country Club and a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church.

1930

WILLIAM RICHARD LUTTRELL died January 10 in Austin Nursing Convalescent Home, Austin, Texas, after a long period of ill health. Dick was with Hearst Magazines in New York City as manager of Newsstand Subscription Sales Division prior to his retirement in 1950. Unknown to his friends and business associates, he had a deep interest in poetry and his first published work appeared in FPA's column in the New YorkTribune when he was quite young. He wrote many religious poems which were published in Holy Cross Magazine under his pseudonym, John Pilgrim.

Sympathy of the Class is extended to his widow Dorothy and daughters Jessica, Estelle and Dorothy. Mrs. Luttrell lives at 2400 Pruett St., Austin, Texas.

CHARLES ALFRED POOLER of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., died February 24 in West Palm Beach following an extended illness. He was 63.

Chick retired in 1963 as senior vice president of Benton and Bowles, New York advertising firm, with which he had been associated for 22 years.

After attending Tuck School, he was in market research with Lever Brothers until 1941, when he first went to Benton and Bowles. He was named director of research in 1942 and vice president for research in 1943. Returning to the firm after World War II "service with the Army Air Corps, he became a senior vice president and member of the board of directors in 1952. He was given responsibility for the agency's international operations in 1959.

Chick was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa, the University Club of New York, and the PGA National Golf Club. He had served as chairman of the project development committee for the Advertising Research Foundation and, in 1959, was chairman of the advertising agency section of the Greater New York Fund drive.

Chick was married in July 1938 to Helen Mustonen of Quincy, Mass., and two sons and two daughters were born of that marriage. His second marriage, in 1969, was to Patricia Salstad. Chick leaves his widow Patti, who resides at 11800 Avenue of the PGA, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.; two sons, Charles Jr. and William, two daughters, Mrs. Pamela Murphy and Miss Priscilla Pooler, all of Boca Raton; his mother; a brother and sister, and one grandchild. Funeral services were held in West Palm Beach.

1933

MYRON WILLIAM LAMPROPLOS, of 44 Longview Drive, Irwin, Pa., died suddenly at his home on November 12, 1971. In college he became a brother in Chi Phi.

"Pete" received his law degree from the University of Pittsburgh and was a partner in the law firm of Cassidy and Lamproplos. He served with the U. S. Coast Guard in World War II.

The sympathy of the Class is extended to his widow Luella, and his brothers, Milton '32 and George.

WINSTON ELLIS HOBBS, of 151 Brewster Road, Scarsdale, N. Y., died February 10, 1972. He was a member of Psi Upsilon fraternity and managed both freshman and varsity lacrosse teams. He was also a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Since graduation he had served on the Dartmouth interviewing committee and on the class executive committee. He received his law degree from George Washington University.

In World War II he served as lieutenant commander in the Navy. He served his community in many ways—village trustee, founder and director of the Westchester County United Fund, president of the Scarsdale Community Fund, and an elder of the Hitchcock Presbyterian Church. He was vice president and trust officer of the Corporation Trust Company.

The Class extends its sympathy to his widow Emily, and his children, Mrs. Dorothy Kroenlien, David '63, and Frederick.

1935

WILLIAM EMERSON McMULLEN, a vice president of Mutual of New York Insurance Company and a civic leader in Maplewood, N. J., died suddenly February 12 at his home, 463 Walton Rd, Maplewood, N. J. He would have celebrated his 59th birthday in July.

Em had been in excellent health. He and Helen attended the 1935 reunion in Hanover last June, and news of his death will come as a real shock to classmates who visited with him at that time.

Services were held February 15 at the Morrow Memorial Church in Maplewood. Al Sherwood, Marshall Frost, Ernie Draper and their wives represented the Class. Also paying their last respects were Em's many Dartmouth friends from Northern New Jersey.

Em had played an active role in his community, his church, and various civic activities, particularly those involving young people. He was an active recruiter and interviewer for Dartmouth and also served on the board of trustees of Centenary College for girls in New Jersey.

He was born in Brooklyn and entered Dartmouth from Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. At Hanover, he distinguished himself in lacrosse, serving as varsity captain his senior year. He also was vice president of Sigma Nu fraternity.

Upon graduation, Em worked his way through Brooklyn Law School, attending night classes for three years. He served a brief term in the District Attorney's office in New York prior to joining the U. S. Army in World War II and attaining the rank of First Lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers.

He began his career with Mutual of New York in the legal department, and rose progressively through the ranks. He was named second vice president of office operations in 1966, and was vice president at the time of his death.

Em is survived by his widow Helen; two daughters, Mrs. Richard Weinand and Mrs. Robert A. Jannelle; a son, David F. McMullen; and a sister. The Class extends its deepest sympathy to Helen and her children.

1936

HENRY ALEXANDER HERBRUCK died January 8, 1971 in Mentor, Ohio. He attended Dartmouth for one year, transferred to U. of Pennsylvania and then took his senior year and graduate work at Ohio State University where he received his LL.B. in June 1938. Henry was born in Canton, Ohio, June 3, 1914. In June of 1941 he married lone Harsh. They had two sons, John born in 1944 and Steven born in 1947. His wife and sons survive him.

Henry began his practice of law in Canton in 1938 but this was interrupted by his service in World War II. After the war he worked for the Climalene Co. in Canton but was recalled into the Army for the Korean war. Henry spent almost seven years in these two conflicts, serving in the office of the Judge Advocate General. He returned to his law practice but this time in Mentor, Ohio, where he was at the time of his death. Although he did not participate in Dartmouth affairs, he was active in his community and was known as a quiet, well-respected man.

1937

GEORGE RUSSELL SNYDER died November 1, 1971 of pneumonia in Norwich, Conn. We had had word from his wife Grace two years ago that in 1967 he suffered a severe stroke that rendered him all but incapacitated. They sold their farm and moved to 19 Woodland Dr., Old Saybrook. This past October George suffered two more strokes in three days with pneumonia setting in as a result, only a month after moving into a new home.

We are most appreciative of his daughter Anne, who has provided us with much of our information. From 1949 to 1961 George owned and operated Chimney Hill Farm in Amcramdale, N. Y. For a year he was a salesman for Aetna Insurance. From 1963 until he was stricken in 1967 he was an elementary school teacher in Webutuck Central School (New York).

He came to Dartmouth from Hackley School, Tarrytown, N. Y. His major was sociology and he was a member of Phi .Kappa Psi.

George leaves his widow Grace, who works for a real estate agency called "Yankee House Peddlers"; three sons, George, Roger '65, and David; David's twin sister, Anne; and one grandchild.

1939

OTIS FLOYD LAMSON JR. died January 22, 1972 following a tragic accident with a gun, and subsequent emergency surgery. Otis had entered Dartmouth with the Class of '39, and remained throughout his freshman year, subsequently transferring to the University of Washington, where he earned a degree in mechanical engineering. He lived his entire life in his native Mercer Island, just across Lake Washington from Seattle. He was the founder and president of the Lamson Products Co. in Seattle, and in 1968 was president of the National Screw Machine Products Association.

Otis came to Dartmouth from Garfield High School, and if memory serves, he was one of the better cross-country skiers on the freshman ski team. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He was also a director of the Lighthouse for the Blind and a Rotarian.

An outdoor enthusiast, Otis continued his interest in skiing throughout his life, and added to this a keen interest in sailing. He designed a craft, and with others, had it built for the Transpacific Race from the West Coast to Hawaii, in which he competed.

He is survived by his widow Carolyn and three children who are living in his home at 7204 N. Mercer, Mercer Island, Wash. 98040, Charles, Gloria and Christine; a brother, and a sister.

Those who had the good fortune to know Otis during our first year in Hanover regret the passing of our good friend.

1940

Word has been received that FRANCIS KENDALL NEWBERT of 16 Royal Crest Dr., Nashua, N. H., died of an apparent heart seizure on November 15, 1971. He had been associated with Micro Systems Corp. in Billington, Mass.

Ken was born April 25, 1918 in Weymouth, Mass., and came to Dartmouth from Phillips Exeter Academy. In college he became a member of Phi Sigma Kappa and attended Tuck School. After graduation he joined the Dennison Manufacturing Co. before being commissioned a lieutenant in the Navy. After the war he rejoined Dennison with whom he stayed until 1954.

Ken was married in 1940 which union ended in a divorce. He is survived by two daughters, Sandra Fitts and Susan Goodrich, both of Framingham Center, to whom we extend our sincerest sympathies.

1941

WILLIAM EDWIN PHILBROOK died suddenly on February 19, 1972, in Bethesda, Md. The cause of his death has not been learned. A resident of West Newton, Mass., Bill entered Dartmouth from Kimball Union Academy. He was a member of Chi Phi fraternity. After graduation he served with the U. S. Army during World War II, and following his discharge he returned to the Boston area to manage the Smith House Restaurant on Memorial Drive in Cambridge. Many of his classmates have fond memories of the cocktail parties that Bill used to arrange at his hostelry following Dartmouth-Harvard football games in the late forties. After leaving Smith House, Bill dropped from sight in 1955, and repeated efforts on the part of the Alumni Office failed to locate him, so there is nothing on the record of the last seventeen years of his career and his life.

The sincerest sympathies of the Class are extended to his mother, Mrs. Verne H. Philbrook; to his sister, Mrs. John R. Torrens; and to his two brothers, Verne and John.

1946

JAMES CAMPBELL FORSYTHE died January 25, 1972 of a heart attack in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., where he had been living since 1968. He had been taking it easy, under doctors' supervision, for two weeks after a prior "warning" attack, but an acute and fatal attack occurred on the 25th.

Jim was associated with Bell & Howell Schools after many years as an accounting supervisor and auditor in the casualty insurance field.

He had graduated from Bordentown Military Institute before coming to Dartmouth, where he was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity. He served as an officer in the Air Force during World War II and the Korean War.

Jim is survived by his widow Sarah; his children, Robert C. and Donna L. Forsythe; two stepdaughters, Virginia A. and Susan B. Hamer; his mother and a brother.

1955

ALLEN BIRD WRIGHT died in his sleep the night of January 31. He, Dottie and their family had been skiing at the Dartmouth Skiway that day. The only warning of a problem had come several years ago when Bird suffered a heart attack. He had taken very good care of himself thereafter and all of us who saw him at reunion remarked on his Excellent condition.

Bird was a native of Exeter, N. H., where he prepared for Dartmouth at Phillips Exeter Academy. Most of his adult life was spent there in distinguished service to his community as president of the Rockingham National Bank, chairman and trustee of the First Baptist Church, president of his local Dartmouth Club, and financial chairman of the Daniel Webster Council.

At Dartmouth, Bird was a member of Alpha Theta, Dragon, the Band and the Dartmouth Players. We all loved his exceptional warmth and friendliness. It was always a pleasure to be with him because he made life seem so much fun.

He was commissioned upon graduation and served two years in Germany. During this time he married Dorothy Vincent, his college sweetheart, now residing at 95 High St., Exeter. They have three children, Pamela, and twin sons, Douglas and Bradford. The Class extends its deepest sympathy to all of them.

1956

Word has been received of the death on December 8, 1971, of ROBERT EDWIN WILLEY. Bob came to Dartmouth after attending Edina High School in Minneapolis. He was a member of the freshman ski team and Alpha Delta Phi and majored in Economics. At the time of his death, he was commodity broker on the Chicago Board of Trade.

The sympathy of the Class goes to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Willey of Minneapolis; and to his two children, Dan, 14, and Christina, 9.

Elliott Adams White '12

Edwin Bradford Pease '25