Deaths

(A listing of deaths of which word has been received within thepast month. Full notices may appear in this issue or a later one.)

Ford, George D. '03, July 24 Davis, Charles E. '04, July 18 Hartmann, Max '06, August 22 Wyman, Arthur M. '08, June 24 Kinoy, Albert '13, July 14 Brackett, James H. '15, May 28 Fuller, Wyman L. '15, September 5 Sargeant, Paul E. '15, July 16 Abraham, Hyman W. '16, June 16 Eskeline, Carl J. '16, June 27 Kittredge, Wallace G. '16, June 1 Taylor, Charles J. '16, July 6 Swett, Gilbert N. '17, June 19 Tucker, Bronson C. '18. August 14 Leonhard, Ernest R. '19, August 14 Streeter, Albion C. '19, June 17 Harris, George M. '20, April 18 Fleet, Clarence C. '21, June 15 Kelly, Edgar E. '21, June 2 Reichart, Rufus '21, March 26 Taylor, James W. '21, July 4 Cummings, W. Warren '22. June 22 Smith, Earle D. '22, June 13 Johnson, William G. '22, July 19 Stearns, Stewart P. '22, July 7 Blake, Kenneth D. '23, July 1 Gates, Walter C. '23, July 21 Teagle, Brereton '23, August 20 Doe, J. Roberts '24, August 25 Bjorkman, Henry B. "25, August 9 Childs, Walter S. '25, May 21 Korten, W. Kenneth '26, July 21 Flannery, Roy L. '27, August 9 Hession, Thomas A. '27, August 18 McClure, Alfred B. '27, June 24 Knight, Daniel B. '28, April 25 Russell, Herbert E. '28, August 24 Scherp, Henry W. '28, August 16 Tindle, Frank W. '28, June 6 Ellinger, Edgar M. Jr. '29, June 10 Dunning, Harrison F. '30, August 31 Ford, Paul G. '30, August 12 Kirkpatrick, J. Harter '30, May 4 Spotts, Robert L. '31, April 30 McKenna, Robert A. '32, June 15 Bunker, Charles C. Jr. '33, August 9 Gillies, William B. Jr. '33, August 26 Fries, Jeremiah E. '34, June 29 Griffith, Harry D. '35, May 2 Mack, Rollin C. '35, June 9 Muller, Henry N. Jr. '33, August 29 McDaniel, Joseph S. '36, November 9, 1973 O'Brien, Frank J. Jr. '37, July 3 Richardson, Fred J. Jr. '39, October 5, 1972 Stevenson, William D. '39, June 4 Dickerman, Morgan P. 2nd '40, July 16 Mellor, David W. '40, August 7 Safford, Henry G. Jr. '40, June 15 Serafin, Eugene L. '42, July 13 Van Cleve, John W. '46, June 5 Landrigan, James M. '50, June 24 Halpert, Stanley J. '65, 1973 Bush, Vannevar '71 hon, July

Trustee

HARRISON FREEMAN DUNNING '30, retired chairman and chief executive of Scott Paper Company and a Trustee of the College since 1968, died August 31 at his home in Moylan, Pa.

Major newspapers, many of which carried detailed accounts of Mr. Dunning's astonishingly successful business career, made little mention of his 44 years of devoted service to Dartmouth College. In these columns should be chronicled such devotion: to the Trustees Planning Subcommittee on Tuck School, 1959; to the Alumni Council, 1966-68; to the National Executive Committee for the Third Century Fund as chairman of the Major Gifts Committee, 1967-70; to the Tuck School Board of Overseers, 1956-60; and, finally, to the sadly interrupted second term as Trustee.

As a Trustee he was a member of the Trustee's Executive Committee, head of the Trustee's Resource Committee, and chairman of the Committee on Alumni and Public Affairs. The College's relationship to its alumni was his abiding interest.

He was born August 12, 1908 in West Hartford, Conn., and entered college from high school there. As an undergraduate, he majored in economics and became a brother in Phi Delta Theta.

After selling real estate in West Hartford and working as a salesman and district manager for the Fuller Brush Company in Camden, N.J., Mr. Dunning answered a Scott want ad in The Philadelphia Inquirer and got the $35-a-week job as a salesman. Door-to-door selling was not an ideal career in the depths of the Depression, he remembered ruefully. The Inquirer quotes him on that subject: "When you rang a doorbell, you didn't know the mood of the person answering the door. If I didn't make it (the sale) in 30 seconds, I got the door slammed in my face. Nobody was looking to spend money in those days."

Following one day of consistent door slamming, a visit to a movie theater seemed a good idea, however he glimpsed across the aisle a man who looked like his boss, and Mr. Dunning decided to get back on the job.

Again the interview quotes him: "I made a call to St. Leonard's Academy and the nuns were very kind. They took five cases of a product. That was my turning point."

By 1941 he was managing a Scott paper plant; in 1955 he was made vice president in charge of manufacture, and in 1955 he was elected to the board of directors. He became president in 1962 and chairman in 1968. During his administration Scott products were expanded and diversified and at his retirement in the midst of a recession, sales had reached $755 million.

In a 1967 article, a national publication described Mr. Dunning as "a people-oriented executive ... especially concerned with motivating his employees to greater achievement and effectiveness." At that time he was chairman of the Grocery Manufacturers of America, talking to as many young peoples' groups as he could, and trying to convince them of the value of private enterprise and individual initiative. Prophetically, he said then, "There is often an assumption our affluent times will be with us whether we work at it or not. Especially among young people - there is an attitude of 'let the Government do it.' "

Mr. Dunning's directorships were many and included National Biscuit Company, Bell Telephone of Pennsylvania; Grocery Manufacturers of America; Greater Philadelphia Movement; and the National Conference Center. He was commissioner of the Delaware River Port Authority and a trustee of the Committee for Economic Development and of Pierce Junior College.

Since retirement, he had been a volunteer with the International Executive Service Corps in Brazil, Singapore, and Turkey.

He married Kathleen Mulligan of Hartford, Conn., on October 10, 1933. She survives, as do two sons, Harrison C. '60, of Davis, Calif.; Stephen N. of Cambridge, Mass.; a daughter, Kathleen Byron of London: two grandchildren, and a nephew, Edwin Johnson '67.

Funeral services were held September 4 in Chrysostom Roman Catholic Church, Wallinford, Pa., and burial was in Avon, Conn.

Attending the service from the College were President and Mrs. John G. Kemeny; Vice President and Mrs. George Colton '35; Trustee Robert Kilmarx '50; Fund chairman Norman McCulloch '50; and from the Class, John and Ellie French and Tom Peirce.

The College, his class, and the alumni body mourn. the departure of Harry Dunning.

1901

The College has received word of the death of GEORGE FRANKLIN FRENCH, the second surviving member of his class, in Boston on February 8. He was born April 27, 1879 in Ludlow, Vt., the son of George H. French, Class of 1863. Two brothers were also Dartmouth men, Warren F. 1895 and Irving J. also of '01.

George, who joined Kappa Kappa Kappa at Dartmouth, graduated Phi Beta Kappa and stayed on to earn his masters degree in languages in 1903. His first opositionwas as instructor at Plymouth, N.H., HighSchool, followed by three years as principal of the high school in North Stratford, N.H. There followed 34 years of teaching French and German at Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., where he had prepared for Dartmouth, the last seven as head of the French department.

George had done advanced study in Europe, spending 1906-07 at the University of Berlin and a year in 1924 divided between the Sorbonne and the University of Grenoble. In 1911 he was married to Anna Kramlich who predeceased him in 1952. They had no children.

He was a long-time member of New Hampshire Masonic bodies and a member of the Modern Language Association of America. On the occasion of his 90th birthday in 1969, he was surprised by some 50 friends and neighbors who visited him at his Andover home and he received greetings and calls from throughout the country.

1903

GEORGE DENHAM FORD, one of the four remaining members of the Class of 1903, died July 24 in his hometown of La Canada, Calif. He was in his 95th year but until shortly before his death had been mentally alert and actively interested in the theater, to which he devoted his life.

With his family background, the theater was a natural field for the life work of "Gink" Ford. His family tree had actors going back to Thomas Chapman, who made his debut in 1705 in the original Beggar's Opera in England. His mother was Blanche Chapman Ford, the original American prima donna in three Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. His uncle owned Ford's Theater in Washington, where Abraham Lincoln was shot, and his father was manager of the theater on that fateful night in 1865. His wife, Helen Barnett Ford, to whom he was married in 1916, was a musical comedy and operetta star, who had the lead in George Ford's 1924 Broadway production of the first full-length musical comedy by Rodgers and Hart, Dearest Enemy.

Although he appeared on the stage at the age of three months, in his mother's arms, George did not follow an actor's career. He devoted himself instead to managing, producing, and writing. Right after Dartmouth he was company manager with Viola Allen in a coast-to-coast Shakespearean tour, and then he filled a similar role for the Shubert brothers and summer stock companies in New York and Ohio. He also managed tours for Lionel Barrymore, Fritz Leiber, and [Catherine Cornell, as well as for concert stars of the Metropolitan Opera Company.

The longest period of management was devoted to the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, for which George was American manager for 19 seasons. He also had that responsibility for the American Ballet Theatre for two seasons, and for the first American appearance of the Royal Danish Ballet.

The story of George's theatrical forebears was told by him in These Were Actors, a book published in 1955. At the age of 87 he wrote a play about Lincoln, Fit for Treason, which has been given in summer stock. He wrote other dramatic pieces, among them the words and book for a collection of 14 dance stories about American heroines. In recent years he had completed the manuscript of an autobiography, A Showman'sFond Farewell, for which he was seeking a publisher. Just one year ago George presented to Dartmouth College his valuable collection of scrapbooks and other theater material about his family, his wife, and his own career.

George is survived by his wife Helen, who resides at 5147 Oakwood Ave., La Canada, Calif. A private funeral service was held in La Canada, where the Fords had made their home for most of the years since his retirement from active management in 1963.

1904

ROSCOE BRINKER SMITH, one of the fewremaining members of the Class, passed away atMinneapolis March 22, according to word received bythe College from his daughter Leslie.

Dubbed "Crack Corn" by his classmates, Roscoeonce noted that his nickname was quite appropriate,since his business career after leaving Dartmouth hadbeen in grain. In his early years he worked for theDepartment of Agriculture as a warehouse investigatorand then became manager and later owner of grainelevator in the area of Oroville, Wash. He was twoyears mayor of that city and served seven years on thecity council. His fraternal affiliation was Phi DeltaTheta and he was a member of the bishop's committeeof the Episcopal Church.

Surviving are a son Roscoe and two daughtersElizabeth and Leslie.

1907

HERBERT HAMILTON MITCHELL died June 1 in the nursing home near his residence at 230 Abbeyville Road in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Herbert was born in Chicago August 14, 1887. At Dartmouth he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon.

From 1908 to 1920 he was in newspaper work, and had been a real estate tax accountant since 1915. He was president and director of the La Grange Federal Savings and Loan Association and had been engaged in mortgage banking since 1929. He was a partner of Mitchell and O'Brien tax accountants.

Herbert was blessed with very good health for years and with a wonderful family. He enjoyed fishing, golf, and the study of American history. He was a member of the Episcopal church. In politics he was a Republican. He also served as assistant class agent for the Alumni Fund.

On June 1, 1912 at La Grange he married Gertrude L. Barnes, a graduate of Ward-Belmont College. There were three children: Hamilton B. '35; Jane L., a graduate of Northwestern; and Marshall W. '50. A resident of La Grange, Ill., for many years, Herbert was a very loyal Dartmouth man.

1908

ARTHUR MERRIAM WYMAN, one of 1908's finest, youngest, and devoted supporters of the Class and of the secretary's efforts passed away on June 24 in the Mary A. Alley Hospital, Marblehead, Mass., after a long illness.

Art was born in Lynn, Mass., May 16, 1887, and prepared for Dartmouth at Lynn Classical High School. In college he was interested in dramatics and wrote the lyrics for "If I Were Dean." His fraternity was Chi Phi. He served as class odist in senior year.

Art was employed by the Wright and Potter PrintingCompany of Boston for more than 60 years until heretired as treasurer in 1968. He was a former memberof the Swampscott School Board, a member and pastpresident of the Francis Wyman Associates, whichmaintained a family resort in Milford, N. H. He servedas president of the Graphic Arts Institute of NewEngland, and was a director of the First Federal LoanAssociation of Boston from 1917 until 1972. He was amember of Unitarian-Universal Church, Lynn, whereMemorial Services were held June 28.

Art was married in 1913 to Laura G. Case of Lynn.She survives, as does a son, Richard M. Wyman ofTopsfield; and three daughters; Mrs. H. H. (Virginia)Hazen Jr., Mrs. Wyman C. (Edith) Tupper, both ofMarblehead, Mrs. Frederick H. (Elizabeth Ann)Kaster of East Arlington, Vt.; 11 grandchildren andnine great-grandchildren. To Laura and to all the members of the family, Art's classmates offer their profound sympathy.

1913

ALBERT KINOY of Putnam Valley, N. Y. died at the Peekskill (N.Y.) Community Hospital July 14 at the age of 83. Albert was born July 30, 1891 in New York City. He graduated with a B.S. degree in education and followed a teaching career.

He married Sarah Jane Forstadt (Teachers College, Columbia University) August 20, 1918. They had two children, Arthur (Harvard) and Ernest (Columbia). From 1917 to 1919 Albert was in the service of his country. From 1913 to 1917 he was in social work and from 1920 to 1960 he taught health education in Boys' High School, Brooklyn, N. Y. He was past chairman of the high school council of the Public School Athletic League. Surviving are his widow, his two sons, four grandchildren, and a great-grandchild. The Class of 1913 shares their sorrow and sends heartfelt sympathy.

1915

A letter to Dale Barker from Mrs. Bertha Brackett dated June 4 of this year reported the death of JAMES HERBERT BRACKETT on May 28, 1973. The cause of his death was a coronary occlusion. James had been retired since 1960. Besides his wife he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Jack Newberry. He was always interested in the news of the Class as it came to him in the newsletter and Alumni Magazine.

PAUL EMERSON SARGEANT died on July 16 at his home in Candia, N. H. At Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi and Phi Beta Kappa. TheManchester Union Leader, in reporting his death, listed many of the civic activities in both Candia and Manchester with which Paul was identified. He operated his own insurance agency in Manchester for many years but found time to operate a dairy farm for 43 years and to act as a member of the Candia Board of Selectmen for 14 years and as a trustee of the Candia Congregational Church for 43 years. He was a member of several fraternal and civic associations, including the Manchester Rotary Club. A veteran of World War 1, he was administrator of rationing OPA in World War II.

Paul is survived by his widow Frances, two sons, a stepson, 11 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. Memorial gifts may be made to the Paul E. Sargeant Memorial Fund, care of Postmaster, Candia, N. H.

WYMAN ZOLLER FULLER passed away on September 3 at the John E. Andrus Memorial Home in Hastings-on-Hudson, N. Y, Wy's career was that of a professional consultant and fund raiser. He had resided for many years in Larchmont, N.Y. He was a member of the Dartmouth College Club of New York, the Milton Point Beach Club, and the Rye Country Club. He is survived by his widow Angela and a brother, Glendon '19 of Northhampton, Mass.

1916

CARL JOHN ESKELINE of 3518 Los Pinos Drive, Santa Barbara, passed away June 27.

Eskie was born May 30 in Proctor, Vt., and entered the College from schools there. While at Dartmouth he joined Kappa Sigma and earned varsity letters in both baseball and basketball.

Following graduation, our classmate joined the standard Oil Company of New York where he became a sales executive for the North China area. While in China, he was president of the America School in Tsingtao. He was with Standard Oil for 28 years.

At the start of WW II, he became a prisoner of the Japanese in Peking but was released after the first exchange of prisoners in August of 1942. He had been a resident of Santa Barbara since that year with the exception of two years with the International Training Administration in Washington, D.C. He was a member of the Channel City Club and the Northern Star of China Masonic Lodge.

Eskie married the former Lucille Shepherd in 1925 and she predeceased him in 1964. He is survived by his son Donald S. of 1515 Sutter St., San Francisco, and his daughter Judith (Mrs. Walter Hannula) of 4771 Jewell St., San Diego. There are four grandchildren.

CHARLES JOSEPH TAYLOR died suddenly of a heart attack on July 6.

He was born in Norwalk, Conn., on October 22, 1894.

In 1920 Charles entered the book publishing field with The Ronald Press Company of New York. He retired in 1958 as a senior editor.

He was descended from John Taylor of Windsor who migrated to Massachusetts Bay on the Winthrop Fleet of 1630. He was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, and the Society of Colonial Wars. A family genealogist, he made a number of published contributions to family history.

Charles is survived by his widow Claire to whom he was married in 1935, and by a son, Richard Cowell. There are two grandchildren.

Mrs. Taylor lives at 4705 Henry Hudson Parkway, Bronx, N.Y.

1917

GILBERT NICHOLS SwETT died in Sarasota, Fla., on June 19, following a long illness.

Memories of Gil go back to our early years at Dartmouth where he gave evidence of unusual ability in dramatics, an avocation which he continued at his homes in New Jersey and Florida. In addition to his curriculum duties, Gilbert joined the Dramatic Club and was later honored by appointment as student director of dramatics. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi.

Following graduation he served in the U. S. Naval Reserve Force with the rank of ensign, which called for his services overseas from 1917 to 1919. Continuing his interest in military service, he was a member of the New York National Guard, Squadron A Cavalry, from 1923 to 1926, during which time he became one of the founders of the New Jersey National Guard Unit. In view of these special interests, it is not surprising to learn that Gil served in World War II and saw active service with the U. S. Air Force, retiring in 1946 with the rank of lieutenant colonel. In addition to this activity, he acted as sales manager for such organizations as the Texas Company, Victor Talking Machine Company, and Cosmopolitan Magazine. Since he possessed an engaging personality and long experience in salesmanship, it is only natural that he formed his own proprietorship as a broker and appraiser in real estate covering Essex and nearby counties in New Jersey. Retiring in 1958, he moved to Sarasota and continued his connection with real estate as well as devoting a great deal of his time to civic, dramatic, and educational interests. It was during this period that Gil worked diligently for the College and represented the Class of 1917 as bequest chairman. His skill and devotion to this cause won him the appointment by the College, of Bequest Chairman of the Year, in May 1969. About this time, he was elected president of the Dartmouth Club of Sarasota and was a participating member of the Sarasota Players.

Gil was married in May, 1923 to Mary Dilworth, who died in 1963. A son, Gilbert Jr., of Ballston Lake, N. Y., and four grandchildren survive them. A brother, Rogert W. Swett of Seattle, Wash., also survives. In 1965 Gil married Jane Grafe who worked with him in his church and was of great support during his long illness.

We will always remember Gil for his engaging personality. He was a pleasure to be with as a friend and associate, and a devoted and loyal servant to his class and the College. To his widow Jane the Class extends its deepest sympathy.

1918

FREDERICK RUNYON COLIE died May 31 at St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, N. J. He was 79 years old and lived in Short Hills, N. J.

Fred graduated from Lawrenceville Academy in 1914 and entered Dartmouth with our class the same year. In college he was a member of Alpha Delta Phi, the Arts Club, and the Cercle Francais. He was in the U. S. Army in 1917 and 1918, was graduated from New York University School of Law, and was admitted to the New Jersey Bar in 1922. He was a member of the Court of Errors and Appeals for seven years and was a Superior Court Judge for 13 years, after which he returned to the private practice of law.

Frederick is survived by his wife, the former Rosalie Hall; a son, Frederick R. Jr., and two grandchildren.

He was a Mason, a member of the A. B. A., the New Jersey Bar Association and the Tuscarora Club of Millbrook. N. J.

JOHN MALCOLM CUNNINGHAM, 3004 East Amherst, Denver, Colo., died May 27 after a long illness. Johnny, as he was known to his classmates, attended the 1918 Florida Pow Wow in 1972. At that time he complained of severe pains in his back. His widow Kay reports that he never recovered from the difficulties encountered at that time.

Johnny was a very popular member of the Class. He had a great sense of humor and a real love for his classmates and the College. As an undergraduate he was a member of Beta Theta Pi and Casque and Gauntlet. He left college during World War I to serve in the 89th Division. After the war he returned to his home town of Denver where he became an associate general agent of National Life Insurance Company of Vermont, a company he served for 40 years. During that time he came to know well our late President Ernest Martin Hopkins. Johnny was well known, well liked, and very active both in business and other affairs in Denver. He was on the Dartmouth Alumni Council for two terms, served as president and secretary of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of the Great Divide; and was a member of the Gyro Club, the Denver Estate Planning Council, the Denver and the Colorado Associations of Life Underwriters, and the Denver Athletic Club.

He is survived by his widow Katherine; two daughters, Mrs. Betty C. Rudolph, of Denver, and Mrs. Virginia C. Stevens, Casper, Wyo.; a brother, Dr. T.D. Cunningham, Denver; a sister, Mrs. Dorothy Wood, Denver; five grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren. The Class extends deep sympathy to Kay and his family.

SYLVESTER M. MOREY '18

Much of his adult life was lived in Southern France where JOHN BROWNING HURLBUT went with the Dartmouth section of the American Field Service on May 5, 1917. Jack died January 27, the day after his 79th birthday in the Springfield, Mass., hospital. His residence at the time was East Longmeadow, Mass. He is survived by his wife Rosamond who now resides at Hill Haven, 4001 E. Genesee St., Syracuse, N.Y. 13214.

On October 1, 1917, Jack transferred to the U.S. Army Corps with which he served until April 23, 1917 During this period he served with distinction and was twice decorated with the Croix de Guerre, the second time by Gen. Petain. His classmate, Pups Colie, writes of Jack's heroism, citing his appreciation of the latter's ability to accomplish his objective.

His almost 20 years in southern France was largely centered in Cannes where he was variously manager of a private estate, with the Anglo-American Ambulance Corp. and a member of the board and secretary of Sunnybank Hospital.

His Dartmouth fraternity was Phi Sigma Kappa. He was a life member of the Yacht Club de France and had been an assistant class agent for several years for the Alumni Fund.

JAMES C. BINGHAM'18

1919

WILLIAM MURRAY HAWKINS died on August 18in Rancho Bernardo, Calif, as a result of an heart attack. He had had several attacks in recent years.

Murray came to Dartmouth in our sophomore year,transferring from Case. After graduation he worked in Cleveland for several years, went to Los Angeles in 1924, and was in the investment business until his retirement in 1961. For a time he lived in Rancho Santa Fe but moved to Rancho Bernardo last year. In recent years he had been active in flower growing and waspresident of the local branch of the American BegoniaSociety.

Surviving are his widow Carol; two sons, WilliamM. Jr. '50 and Murray B.; a daughter; and sixgrandchildren.

ALBION CLIFFORD STREETER died in Lancaster.N.H., on June 17. While he attended college for only two years, he was devotedly interested in the Collegeand the Class.

For about 15 years he was in the accounting department of the Brown Co. of Berlin, N. H. and afterwards until his retirement, he was in the accounting business for himself. In 1923 he was a member of the New Hampshire legislature.

He is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Joseph D Reilly of Millersville, Pa., and by three grandchildren.

1920

GEORGE ASA NOVECK, aged 75, died in the Mercer Hospital in Trenton, N.J., on September 22, 1972.

George was born in Bennington, Vt., in 1897. He attended the local schools and entered Dartmouth in 1916, but after WW I service he enrolled in M.I.T. where he graduated in 1922.

He was a civil engineer and bridge designer with the U.S. Bureau of Public Works until his retirement several years ago.

He was a member of the Har Sinai Temple in Trenton and the Mt. Anthony Lodge 13, F. and A.M.c Bennington, Vt,

He is survived by his widow, the former Jean Starr,? daughter, Mrs. Nanette Haberman; three grandchildren; and a brother, Abraham Noveck of Bennington, Vt.

His classmates extend their sympathy to his wife and his family.

BENJAMIN PEARSON, retired president of the Byfield Snuff Company, died at the age of 75 at his home in Byfield, Mass., on April 9.

Ben was bom in Newbury, Mass., on July 3, 1898 He entered Dartmouth in 1916 and graduated in 1920 after serving briefly in the U.S. Naval unit at College. He was well known to all his classmates and was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa.

Following graduation he entered the family busingestablished in 1804. He became its president in and served in this capacity until his retirement. In 1966 when interviewed by Newsweek this true New Englander was described as "The gaunt, strapping Pearson, leaning back in the old swivel chair in front of his roll-top desk, plays the flinty, taciturn Yankee with obvious relish." Ben was just such a man - the outdoorsman who loved to hunt and fish at his camp in Maine - independent, outspoken, and one who would not compromise principles - a rare individualist.

He led a busy life in Byfield and vicinity. He was retired chairman of the board of the First & Ocean National Bank of Newburyport; trustee of the Newburyport Five Cents Savings Bank; and honorary member of the Protection Fire Company No. 1. He was a member of the Masons; St. John's Lodge AF & AM of Newburyport; the King Cyrus Chapter RAM; past commander of the Newburyport Commandery; and member of the Aleppo Temple of Boston.

Widowed in 1950, he lived with his daughter Anne at the family home in Byfield. His son Ben Jr. succeeded his father to the company presidency and carries on the family tradition. Ben Jr., has a daughter, Mrs. Robin Ruth Lyons, and a son Ben, the tenth generation of Ben Pearsons of the Byfield area.

The Class of 1920 extends its deepest sympathy to all the members of Ben's family.

1921

CLARENCE COOPER FLEET died of leukemia on June 15 at the Greenwich (Conn.) Hospital at the age of 74.

Born on November 13, 1899, he was educated at Mattituck High School on Long Island. During his freshman year at college he roomed with George May at Wheeler Hall. Nearby were classmates Clarence Sanders, Norm Crisp, Charley Kouns, Harland Manchester, Gordon Stanley, and Howard Slayton. He was a brother in Theta Delta Chi. He participated in cross country races, earning the nickname of Speedy, and received a varsity letter in 1920.

In 1926 he was married to Evelyn Sample, a Smith College graduate. They had two children, Charles '54 and Patricia Beede (Wheaton College).

For five years after graduation Clarence was a bond salesman and later joined the Fleet Lumber Corp., becoming president in 1927. He was a director of the Southold Savings Bank from 1944-71. He was treasurer of his school district (1930-1946) and trustee of his Cutchogue Presbyterian Church for two terms. He was a Mason and a member of the American Legion.

Funeral services were held on June 17 at the Presbyterian Church followed by interment in the Cutchogue Cemetery.

Surviving are his wife, his children, his brother Henry, and four grandchildren.

JAMES WERNEKEN TAYLOR died of a heart attack in his Plymouth, Mich., home on July 4. He was born in Chicopee Falls, Mass., on January 16, 1899. Before entering Dartmouth he attended Chicopee High School and at college he roomed freshman year in Wheeler Hall with Ralph Pendleton. He was active in the Outing Club, the Glee and Mandolin Clubs, and was a member of Sigma Chi Epsilon.

He was married to Florence Fox on April 18, 1928.

In 1926 Jim went to Detroit to enter the refrigeration and air conditioning service with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation, remaining there until 1947 except for a Period in World War II when he worked for the Tank Armor Plate division of Standard Steel Spring. Before his retirement he was a real estate broker in the J.L. Hudson Realty Co. of Plymouth, Mich. He was a member of the Plymouth Rotary Club of which he was President for one term. He worshipped at the Bushnell congregational Church. Jim had been hospitalized Several times during the last two years, suffering a congenital heart condition.

He is survived by his widow Florence and a brother Roland W. '24 of West Hartford, Conn.

1922

STEWART PERSONS Stearns, former General electric financial executive and business manager of Radcliffe College, died suddenly and peacefully on July 7 at his home, Hill on Hill, Tubac, Arizona.

Stewie was born August 8, 1900 in Brattleboro, Vt., and he prepared for college at its high school. Entering Dartmouth in September 1918, he soon became well known as a competent, highly esteemed classmate. He was a quarter miler on the track team, a member of the football squad, and a brother in Phi Sigma Kappa.

Following graduation he began his business career with the Dartmouth National Bank. Two years later he associated with the General Electric Company in a career that continued for more than 25 years. He started in Schenectady and went on to Indianapolis and New York City before returning to Schenectady where he and his family lived for many years.

Retiring from General Electric in 1955. he became business manager of Radcliffe where he was in charge of all non-academic activities. For eight years he and his family lived in Cambridge and thoroughly enjoyed most cordial relationships in the Harvard community. In 1963 the family moved to Woodstock, Vt., where Stewie represented a Boston investment company. Six years later he and Louise retired to Tubac where their home always welcomed Dartmouth, friends.

Over the years Stewie and his family always had abiding affection for Dartmouth and concern for her welfare. They spent their vacations in Hanover playing tennis, fishing, and enjoying the passing scene on the campus.

Stewie and Louise Salisbury Dutcher were married August 11, 1928 in Chesterfield, N. H. He is survived by her; their son Stewart P. Jr. '54 and his wife Tina Dickey, daughter of President Emeritus John Sloan Dickey, and their children, Chrissie and Sarah; and by their daughter Susan, wife of William S. McClung '60, and their children, Will and Holly. The Stearnses always were - and still are - a distinctive Dartmouth family. The Class joins them in deepest bereavement.

1923

Word comes to us from his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Gerry Blake of West Springfield, Mass., of the death from cancer on July 1 of KENNETH DAVIDSON BLAKE. Ken's wife Emma passed away in 1971. He is survived by four sons, a daughter, and 15 grandchildren.

Ken was born in Bradford, Vt., and was a graduate of Bradford Academy. For the past 30 years he was employed by Rubin Bros, in West Springfield, Mass., as a salesman, retiring in December 1973 because of his failing health.

In 1972 Ken wrote to tell us a cataract operation and of the death of his wife of 47 years. At that time he was optimistic for the future and spoke of his continuing contact with Babe Miner who had obviously helped him through a difficult period of adjustment.

The Class extends its deepest sympathy to Ken's family.

PHILLIP JOSEPH KEIGHER died on April 24 at St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, N.J. Phil's wife Theresa predeceased him and we have been unable to contact either of his two sons.

Phil spent nearly all of his business career in the building materials industry. In 1967 he retired from the Flintkote Co. in Rutherford, N.J., where he had been a sales representative for the preceding 20 years. He had been in very poor health in recent years and out of touch with most of us.

A native of West Orange, N. J., Phil came to Dartmouth from its local high school. He was on the varsity wrestling team for three years and a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon.

In addition to his two sons, Phil is survived by five grandchildren.

EDWARD SAMUEL LAVENTALL died suddenly on May 21. He and Elizabeth had just returned from a Canadian trip and Ed had been in apparent good health up to a few moments befoire his death.

A native of Albany, N.Y., Ed was a graduate of Albany Academy. At Dartmouth he was on the staff of The Daily Dartmouth for three years, a member of the Press Club, Proof and Copy, and Pi Delta Epsilon.

Ed's first wife Ruth passed away in 1966. They had two children, Jane who is now Mrs. Sanford Feldblum, a son Edward Jr., and two grandchildren. In 1970 Ed married Mrs. Elizabeth Holzheimer, the former Elizabeth Fromm, who survives him.

Ed was the owner of G.P. Terry Association, a food brokerage firm. He was a former president of the Northeastern Food Brokers Association and a member of the National Food Brokers Association. Funeral services were held on May 24 at Temple Beth Emeth where Ed was a past president of brotherhood and served on the board of trustees and planning board.

We remember Ed best for two reasons - first, his long hours of hard work as an undergraduate on TheDartmouth and his outstanding abilities as a news editor and writer - and second, his always warm and welcome greetings at the Harvard game at class reunions. Elizabeth writes: "I'm so happy to have the pleasant memory of our 50th. We had such a great time. As I write this in Ed's den I am looking at his senior cane with all the carving and its wooden Indian head."

WALTER CRANE GATES passed away on July 21 at Franklin County Public Hospital in Greenfield, Mass., following a brief illness.

A native of Orange, Mass., Bill came to Dartmouth from the Orange High School. He was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha. Following graduation he was associated for a few years with the D. H. Brigham Co. in Springfield, Mass., the G. Fox Co. in Hartford, Conn., and W. G. Reynolds in Burlington, Vt. In 1971, after 38 years with Wilson's Department Store in Greenfield, he retired as general manager and vice president of that company. He was a director of the Greenfield Savings Bank, a Mason, past Deacon of the Second Congregational Church, and past president of the Kiwanis Club.

Bill and Catherine (Hamilton) were married in 1927. Their two sons both went to Dartmouth: H. Hamilton '50 and Richard C. '54, who died in 1973. There are six grandchildren.

Memorial services were held on July 24 in the Second Congregational Church. George and Jo Weston represented the Class.

Bill was a quiet and unassuming man, always willing to take on some demanding chore for the Class or the College. For several years he was the guiding spirit behind the 1923 fathers and sons Dartmouth dinners. We remember him best, though, for the three happy and hectic years we were together at the Mary Smalley Eating Club. We shall miss him greatly.

1924

PAUL MEAD WRIGHT entered the Yale-New Haven Hospital on May 20 for brain surgery after a crippling cerebral hemorrhage; he died June 27. His wife and son wrote me at Reunion time and thereafter.

One of the few longtime bachelors in our class, Paul married Eleanor Hill Russell Barrett in 1949; she survives him, together with a stepson, John D. Barrett, and three grandchildren. His brother, Donald Wright, lives in Larchmont, N.Y.A classmate Paul mentioned as always knowing his whereabouts was Rollie Bates. While in college, Paul was a Kappa Sigma brother.

His birthdate was May 2, 1900, and he came from Orange, Conn. After graduation, he went to the Cornell Agricultural College for a year. He was the owner of High Plains Farm, 1926-46, in Orange, N.J was an employee of Lee's Hill Farm, New Vernon N.J. where he learned animal husbandry, 1946-49; and then was owner of his own farm, 1946-64, the Hi-knoll Dairy Farm, Wallingford, Conn. His last questionnaire commented that the "change from a 7-day-a-week work pattern to complete retirement was too much" of a change and so in 1965 he worked for a nephew on excavating work. In short, he was a farmer who enjoyed that hard life. He had no children of his own.

C.N.A.

1925

WALTER SANDERSON CHILDS died May 21 at Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Conn., of a heart attack. He was born March 24, 1904 in Waterbury, Conn.

Chick attended Crosby High in Waterbury and Mercersburg Academy before entering Dartmouth. In college he was a member of Alpha Tau Omega and was on the cross-country squad and the ski team.

He spent a few years after graduation with the Turner Construction Co. in Boston and most of his business career was with Hedge and Mattheis Co. in Boston and in Connecticut.

Chick is survived by his widow, the former Margaret Jenkins of Newton, Mass.; two daughters, Betty Jane Harrington and Carole Ann; two sons, Donald Timmonds and William; a brother, Donald James Childs; and several grandchildren.

HENRY BROR BJORKMAN died August 9, 1974 of cancer at his home in New York City. He was born October 29, 1901 in Waltham, Mass. He attended Waltham schools and Dean Academy in Worcester.

In college Hank was a leader and an outstanding athlete. He played freshman football and baseball, and three years of varsity competition in both sports. He was one of the few men to captain both the Dartmouth varsity football and baseball teams, which he did in his senior year. That same year he was selected by Walter Camp as an end on his All-American first team.

Hank was a member of Palaeopitus, Green Key, Sphinx and Phi Delta Theta.

Following graduation he coached at Georgia Tech for two years and then embarked on a financial career in New York which led to partnership in Spencer Trask and Co. from which he retired several years ago. During World War II he served as an intelligence offier with the Air Force at a British base and was in the service from late 1942 to early 1945.

Hank had two great hobbies - making baseball bats and fishing. The baseball bats were turned out in a basement workshop he rented near his Manhattan home and were given to boys in orphanages, on corrective farms, and in the Police Athletic League. The ash for the bats was selected from woods in Barton, Vt. where the Bjorkmans' have a summer home and transported to New York by station wagon in loads of two or three hundred billets. He turned out 2,500 to 3,000 bats a year.

The fishing was done in many places but his favorite areas were northern Vermont and at Tourilli, the Winslow Homer trout club 60 miles north of Quebec City. Hank was a long time member of The Anglers Club of New York and a moving spirit in many of its activities. The spring and summer issue of the Clubs Bulletin this year carried as its feature a lengthy profile of Hank, with his picture on the cover.

He and his wife Elizabeth were members of the Brick Presbyterian Church in New York City, where a memorial service was held on August 12, and of the Barton Congregational Church. They were married in Barton, which was Elizabeth's home, November 24, 1928 and she survives him as does a son, Henry C. who graduated from Yale in 1956 and is an attorney in Massachusetts, and a grandson.

1926

BENNET KINGSLEY WATTS died July 9, 1973 in Orlando, Fla., but word was not received about passing until recently. He was born July 18, 1903 in Winber, Pa., and attended Winber High School and Army and Navy Preparatory School.

At Dartmouth from 1922-1925 Ben was a member of Kappa Sigma and won his letter in boxing. His business career was spent chiefly in the field of insurance; he represented Aetna Insurance Co. and in 1943 formed a partnership, Arnold & Watts, Inc., independent insurance adjusters in Miami, Fla.

An active alumnus, Ben was president for two years of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Miami, Fla. He was an elder of the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Miami and a member of the F & A M.

He married Beatrice Housholder in Winber, Pa., on April 21, 1929 and she survives him, living at their home, 6103 Beechmont Blvd., Orlando, Fla. He is also survived by his daughter, Mrs. James C. Denham of Orlando, and by a brother and two sisters. 1926 extends its belated sympathy to the family.

1927

THOMAS ANTHONY HESSION died August 18, at Sarasota, Fla., after a brief illness. He was 70 on July 25. Tom retired in 1971, and had moved to Sarasota a year ago.

Most of his business career was in the printing supply field, beginning with the Samuel Bingham Roller Company, Chicago, and managing offices for them in Kansas City, St. Louis, and then in New York. In 1948 he acquired the O.J. Maigne Company, New York, makers of printing rollers, and was its president until 1962. After this firm was discontinued, Tom moved to Chicago to serve in a management capacity for the Greenleaf Company, industrial chemicals. He later did consulting work until his retirement.

A native New Yorker, Tom came to Hanover from Stuyvesant and Regis High Schools. He was with us in Hanover for 2½ years, and was on the varsity crosscountry team. An active participant in many class and college functions, he devoted much time to the Dartmouth Club of New York, chiefly on the house committee. In Florida, he was a member of the Dartmouth Club of Sarasota.

Tom was married in 1939 to Betty Lohse, a University of California graduate, who survives, as do two daughters, Vikki, Mrs. James Harding of Virginia Beach. Va., married to an Army major, and Libby, Mrs. Rudolph Naert, Pensacola, Fla., married to a Navy ensign. There are two grandsons and a granddaughter.

ALFRED BRUCE McCLURE died June 24 in Essex Junction, Vt. He had retired April 1, 1969 from New England Tel. & Tel. Co. for which he had been superintendent of state traffic facilities. He joined the telephone company following graduation and spent his entire business career in various phases of traffic management and engineering, a great deal of it in Springfield, Mass., and the Burlington, Vt., area. In recent years he had enjoyed golf and bowling.

Al came to Dartmouth from Rockland, Mass., High School where he played football and basketball and was president of his junior class. At Dartmouth he participated in track and majored in economics. He served at various times as a class agent. He was a member of the Congregational Church, Masons, Lions and Ethan Allen Club.

In 1930 Al married Edytha G. Edgerly, who survives him, as does his daughter Joan, son Robert '64, and five grandchildren. In reporting his death Mrs. McClure said "Al loved Dartmouth and was proud of the fact that he went there." The Class extends sympathies to the family.

1928

DANIEL BROWN KNIGHT died in the Newberryport hospital on April 25. He succumbed to cancer with which he had been battling since early last fall.

Dan, born May 31, 1906, was a native of Newberryport. After a year at Dartmouth he transferred to the Tufts Engineering, Class of 1929. Over the years following his graduation he did postgraduate work at Boston University, Worcester Polytechnic, and MIT.

For much of his working career he was an engineer and surveyer for the New England Power Service Co. from which he retired in 1973. He was a registered engineer and registered surveyer.

Dan had been an active member of the North Shore Tufts Club where he had served as president and as secretary-treasurer.

In recent years he and wife Fran had enjoyed several of the Dartmouth Alumni Colleges. He was also an enthusiastic camper and had traveled across the United States with his family camping and touring and was active in the North American Family Camping Association.

Dan was a longtime worker in the First Church of Newberryport and had held many offices.

He leaves his widow Fran and two sons, Charles Hale Knight and Harvey Daniel Knight; a daughter, Nancy Lee Knight Dragon; and two grandchildren.

1930

PAUL GARRETT FORD died August 12 of congestive heart failure in Buffalo, N.Y. Pete had lived and worked in the Buffalo area since graduation and since the 1940s had been a salesman with Adam, Meldrum & Anderson in their home furnishings division. He had been looking ahead to retirement in mid-August. He had been a trustee of the Baptist Church in his home town of Kenmore.

The sympathy of the Class is extended to his widow Helen and son Garrett.

JOSEPH HARTER KIRKPATRICK died on May 4 in Elgin, Ill., following major surgery. Kirk had been president of the Kirkpatrick-Browne Insurance Agency in Elgin. He had served as a member of the Insurance Advisory Committee for the City of Elgin and had been on the board of directors of the Gail Borden Public Library. In WW II he was a lieutenant in the U.S. Naval Reserve on active duty 1944-46. He was a graduate of Beloit College in 1931.

The Class extends sympathy to his widow Elizabeth, daughters Ellen Lee, Sarah, and, Susan and son Bruce.

1932

RICHARD HYDE MANVILLE, former director of the bird and animal laboratories of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, died following a heart attack in his home in Arlington, Va., on August 4.

Born in Tuxedo Park, N.Y., in November 1910, Dick came to Hanover from Tuxedo High School. At Dartmouth he majored in zoology, was on The Pictorial, and was a member of The Arts, the Ledyard Canoe Club, and Cabin and Trail. He was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon.

After obtaining an M.A. degree from the University of California in 1935 he was successively field biologist of the Trailside Museum in Iona Island, N.Y.; ranger naturalist at Acadia National Park in Maine; and wildlife investigator with the Huron Mountain Club in Michigan. He served as a lieutenant in the Army Medical Corps from 1942 to 1946.

Dick received a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1947, and taught at Michigan State College from 1947 to 1954, working summers as a ranger in Sheneedoch National Park and a naturalist in Glacier National Park. He was appointed curator of mammals of the New York Zoological Society (the Bronx Zoo) in 1955. He joined the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service two years later, becoming chief of the laboratories in 1960. In 1971 he was named senior zoologist, and retired for reasons of health in 1972.

He was a former editor of the Journal of theAmerican Society of Mammalogists, a former vice president of that Society, a member of the Explorers Club of New York, a member of Sigma Xi scientific fraternity, and of the Cosmos Club in Washington.

Dick married Mary Louise Reidell in Boston in 1940. He is survived by his widow, a daughter Doris of New York, and a son Albert M. of Stevens Point, Wise. The Class extends its deep sympathy to his family.

ROBERT ALLEN MCKENNA, professor of law at the University of Miami from 1937 until his retirement as professor emeritus in 1967, died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Miami on June 15.

Bob was born in Crafton, Pa., in November, 1909. His family moved to Boulder, Col., in 1915, where he attended Colorado State Preparatory School. At Dartmouth Bob majored in political science, and was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He attended University of Colorado Law School, and received his LL.B. from the University of Pittsburgh Law School in 1936. He passed his bar examination in Pennsylvania in January, 1937, and began part-time teaching of contracts at the University of Miami Law School in the fall of that year. In 1941 he received his LL.M. from Duke University.

He taught criminal law, bills and notes, workmen's compensation, agency and torts, and was the author of numerous law review articles. He was a supporter of the Audubon Society and other conservation organizations. Bob's longtime close friend Fred White writes: "Bob's views tended toward the liberal, but he was extremely tolerant and had a deliciously dry, wry sense of humor. While I never had the opportunity to observe his classroom technique, I am sure he was extremely popular with his students, as he was with all who knew him at all well."

Bob married Alice Virginia Mooney in New York in 1941. He is survived by his widow, his sons John '65 and Daniel, his brothers J. Cleveland '29 of Latrobe, Pa., and James '38 of Boulder, and a sister, Mrs. Clara Browne of Denver. The Class extends its deep sympathy to his family.

1933

CHARLES CYRUS BUNKER JR. died August 9 in New Orleans, La., at the age of 62.

Born in West Chicago, Ill., he prepared for Dartmouth at Northwestern Military and Naval Academy. In college he was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity and the Glee Club.

After college he was engaged in a number of businesses, principally as a manufacturers' representative. Chuck served in the U.S.A.F. during World War II, being discharged with the rank of captain.

The sincere sympathy of the Class is extended to his brother, Allen B. Bunker '36, Chuck's only survivor.

WILLIAM BROWNE GILLIES JR., 63, died August 26 in the Allegheny (Pa.) General Hospital.

Bill was the retired executive vice president and a director of the Rust Engineering Company and its numerous subsidiaries. Before joining Rust he was with the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Co.

He was an active member of numerous civic, charitable, and business organizations, including past president of the Shadyside and Kay Boy's Clubs, chairman of several committees of the Community Chest of Allegheny County, officer of the Western Pennsylvania Safety Council, director of the Pittsburgh Association for the Improvement of the Poor. He was a board member of The Girls Service Club and vice president and trustee of the Allegheny General Hospital. A member of the Iron & Steel Institute and of several Antique Automobile Associations, for a number of years he served as an elder of the Shadyside Presbyterian Church.

At college Bill was a member of Sigma Chi. His clubs included the Duquesne Club, the Pittsburgh Golf Club, and the University Club.

He is survived by his widow, Mary Rust Gillies; a son, William B. III of Springfield, Illinois; two daughters, Nancy Lee Gillies of Charlottesville, Va.; Barbara Rust Gillies of Washington, D.C.; two grandsons, Robert Coburn and David Carlson Gillies of Springfield, Illinois.

1934

JESSE McILVAINE CARTER died on July 1 at the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor, Mich., where he had been visiting his son. The cause of death was given as cancer of the stomach, but Mac had been in poor health for many years, having left active business in 1961 because of emphysema.

Mac was one of our class' several members to get a foretaste of Hanover at Clark School. After graduation, he attended the University of Virginia Law School, worked briefly for General Motors in public relations in New York, then with Southwestern Bell in Houston. He transferred to Southern New England Telephone Company where he was a district manager in the New Haven area until illness forced his retirement.

Mac is remember as affable and popular with his classmates. An English major and a member of Phi Kappa Psi, he was also elected to Casque and Gauntlet, Dave Callaway. Year he roomed with Phil Eckels and Dave Callaway. He was married in 1938 to Elizabeth at) Sullivan, who survives him, as does a daughter, Mrs. Dprpthy Burns of Tucson, Ariz., and a son, Edwon Foaett Carter of 2800 Englave Drive, Ann Arbor, Mich. 48103,

We have received notice of the death of our classmate JEREMIAH EDWARD FRIES on June 29 in San Pedro, Calif. A memorial service was held July 2 at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church.

Jerry spent several years in Norway selling marine equipment. He married a Norwegian girl, but they were divorced. He settled in San Pedro and was a marine consultant.

Those of you who knew Jerry better than I did, will find his note to the Class on Page 77 of our beautiful reunion book and his sincere feelings toward Dartmouth and 1934 are a message for all of us to think about.

1935

Word has been received belatedly of the death of HARRY DONOVAN GRIFFITH from cancer, May 2, 1972.

Griff had spent his business career running the family piano business in Newark, N.J., with time out during World War II for duty as a special agent with the FBI. He also was a director of the 605 Broad Street Corporation, in Newark, a company specializing in real estate and office building investments.

He entered Dartmouth from East Orange (N.J.) High School, was a member of Alpha Chi Rho, and served on the business board of the Pictorial.

He is survived by his widow Eleanor (Snyder) Griffith, whom he married in June 1939 and by three sons, James, David, and Peter.

ROLLIN CHARLES MACK died suddenly of a heart attack June 9 at his home in Arcadia, Calif. He was 62.

Although a native of New England, he had spent his entire adult life in California. Following graduation, he founded his own advertising agency, Miller, Mack and Associates, in Los Angeles. In subsequent years, he added other business interests and at the time of his death also was vice president of Urethane Research, Inc., a national manufacturer of protective coating products for commercial structures.

At Dartmouth, Rollin was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and the Glee Club. He participated in both freshman football and track, and majored in English.

He is survived by a brother, Wilbur H. '32 of Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich., and a sister, Mrs. James Pool of Longmeadow, Mass.

1936

The family of JOSEPH STRASSEL MCDANIEL has advised us that he died suddenly on November 9, 1973 of a heart attack, but we have no further details. Joe came to Dartmouth from the high school in Stamford, Conn. He was born May 6 in Louisville, Ky. After college he lived and worked in various places, including Washington and Virginia, but was living in Ocean Grove, N.J. at the time of his death. He had served in the Army during World War II and had been awarded a Purple Heart. Joe had not been active in Dartmouth affairs since leaving Hanover.

He is survived by his widow Maryann, and two daughters, Susan Sarsfield of Zebulon, Ga., and Patricia of Ocean Grove. The Class extends its sympathy to his family in their loss.

1937

FRANK JAMES O'BRIEN JR. died July 3 in Jenkintown, Pa., of a massive stroke, he had been in the hospital recovering from a heart attack.

Pat grew up in Pelham Manor, N.Y., and came to Dartmouth with a large delegation from Tabor Academy. At college he majored in economics and was a member of Beta Theta Pi.

We are grateful to Carl Erdman for writing us all the information we have and we quote. "Frank, Al Jones, Dick Passmore, and I roomed together in the Beta house, Frank having roomed freshman year with Ed Temple in Gile. His father was then a vice president for Continental Can and Frank started there spending his time in the manufacturing end. At the time of our 25th Reunion he was vice president for manufacturing with National Can in Chicago. His wife Helen died of a brain tumor and because of that he terminated his position. About six years ago he married Rita who had two teenage children and he joined the Connelly Container Company where he worked too hard flying all over the country supervising manufacturing. They had a daughter who is now about five years old.

He also leaves a daughter by his first wife, Helen Mussy, of Briarcliff, N.Y."

1940

Dartmouth College lost a loyal alumnus and an ardent sports fan upon the death of MORGAN PAUL DICKERMAN, age 56. He kept the spirit of the Big Green with him to the end. Even though his health had been going downhill for over a year, Paul plugged valiantly along with his work and responsibilities until he died on the evening of July 16. He had made initial plans to attend Reunion but increasing poor health kept him from completing them. A memorial service was held in Wilson, N.C., where he resided at the time of his death and burial was in his former home of Wallingford, Conn.

Paul's fondest memories were of his days at Dartmouth and the years he served in the Navy during World War II aboard the U.S.S. Cowpens. His fraternity was Zeta Psi.

His business career started with the International Silver Company in Meriden, Conn., with ten years as a member of its sales force.

As the opportunity to help run a family newspaper presented itself, Paul moved his family to Wilson, N.C. There he became not only a foremost civiv leader in the community and successful associate publisher of TheWilson Daily Times but also a leader in his profession throughout the state. He was a director of the North Carolina Press Association at the time of his death. On the local scene he was a longterm member of the Salvation Army Board, the Wilson Chamber of Commerce, and the Wilson County Technical Institute, having served as chairman of each group. He was an initial board member and one of the organizers of the area airport authority, a Rotarian of long standing, and a devoted member of the Episcopal Church where he had served as Sunday School teacher, member of the vestry, and lay reader.

The image of the man of 1974 sounds a far cry from the guy in the red plaid shirt who would sing all night in the cellar of Old Zeta Psi and be ready to help mix the milk punch the next morning. But Paul remained to the end a mixture of fun and loyalty to whatever cause he was asked to serve.

Even though the voice is still, the spirit of Paul Dickerman and Dartmouth will remain in the small southern town of Wilson for quite awhile and helping it to do so will be his wife Margaret, son Morgan, three daughters Sally, Alice, Margaret, and two grandsons - one, a namesake of whom Paul was most proud.

HENRY GATES SAFFORD JR., a native and lifelong resident of Houston, Texas, died of a heart attack June 15 while on a visit to Connecticut.

He entered Dartmouth from Phillips Exeter Academy, was with us two years, and then transferred to Rice Institute. He served in the U.S. Coast Guard from 1942 to 1944, returning after his discharge to the Houston Light & Power Company where he was vice president of marketing at the time of his death.

Henry's civic and professional affiliations included life membership in the Houston Chamber of Commerce, member of the board of the Houston Ballet, member of the board and treasurer of Florence Crittenton Services, and member of the Houston Club and Texas Corinthian Yacht Club.

He was active in other city organizations, in several industry-related organizations, and in the Palmer Episcopal Church.

Surviving are his widow Georgia, whom he married in 1943; two daughters, Mrs. David J. Elliott and Mrs. Robert A. Stacey; his mother, Mrs. Henry G. Safford; a sister; and one grandson. His father was a member of the Class of 1903.

DAVID WILLIAMS MELLOR died August 7 in Orleans, Mass., after a long illness. He was 56.

He was born in Boston and came to Dartmouth from Natick High School and Phillips Academy. He was one of the editors of The Dartmouth from 1938 to 1939 and graduated cum laude.

Dave was a reporter for The Southbridge (Mass)News from 1944 to 1948. For a short time he was an aide to Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Arthur Collidge and following that joined the staffs of the New HavenRegister and the Providence Journal. At the time he became ill in 1965, he was with the Westport (Conn.)Town Crier.

Surviving are Dave's widow, Nina (Hobson), whom he married in 1951, and two sons Stephen, 19 and Michael, 13. To them the Class extends its sympathy.

A memorial service was held August 12.

1942

DR. EUGENE LEON SERAFIN of North Haven Conn., died on July 13. He was born in New York City on April 8, 1921, the son of Mrs. Leontina H. Serafin and the late Dr. Peter J. Serafin.

Gene graduated from St. Stanislaus Parochial School and Hillhouse High School before entering Dartmouth. During his undergraduate years he was active in the Council on Student Organizations with particular interest in the Players. Following graduation from Dartmouth and the New York University School of Medicine, Gene had some hospital training before serving as a captain in the Army Medical Corps. He was a veteran of World War II and the Korean conflict. He then attended New York University graduate school of surgery.

He practiced general surgery in the New Haven area where he was a staff member of the Hospital of St. Raphael and the Yale-New Haven Hospital. He was a member of the American Medical Association, the Connecticut State Medical Society, and the New Haven County Medical Society. Eugene is survived by his mother, a sister, Miss Florence Serafin of North Haven, and several aunts.

1946

JOHN WILLIAM VAN CLEVE died in Charlottesville, Va., on June 5, 1974.

Jack entered Dartmouth with our class in 1942, and served on active duty in the Navy from March 1943 to June 1946. He was a member of Zeta Psi Fraternity. After graduation, Jack joined Lord & Taylor, and opened his own retail store in Millburn, N.J. in 1958. After selling the store in 1968, Jack moved to Fayetteville, N.C., and then to Charlottesville, Va., where he operated as a free-lance decorator and assisted retail store operations.

Jack was married during our college days, and was subsequently divorced. He is survived by his two daughters, Kathryn, who is a graduate of Pine Manor and the University of California at Berkeley, and Jacqueline, who is a graduate of Colby Junior College and the University of Denver.

Jack was a very popular, easy-going member of the Class, whose presence made many Saturday evenings at the Zete House enjoyable. The Class extends sympathy to his daughters and to his brother Jordan '40.

1950

COL. JAMES MONTAGUE LANDRIGAN wrote his name in legends on the gridiron, on field of battle, and in diplomatic circles.

Jim, a history major and a AKE during his undergraduate days, first played football for Holy Cross and starred in the epic 55-12 defeat of Boston College in 1942. The next year he played for Dartmouth as a Marine V-12 student. By 1944 Jim was on Okinawa where he won many decorations, including a purple heart. After the World War II he played two seasons for the Baltimore Colts and served as an assistant line coach under Tuss McLaughry while an undergraduate.

Jim made the Marines his career. Immediately after graduation he went to Korea where he earned the Silver Star. In 1969 he received South Vietnam's highest award for heroism in the line of duty. He was also awarded the Legion of Merit at Camp Lejeune, his last duty station before retiring with the rank of colonel. Jim's service included nearly three years as Naval attache in Moscow.

A gallant career behind him, Jim Landrigan died at Balboa Naval Hospital in San Diego on June 24 after a lingering illness.

1969

Word has been received that ENEA ATTI died in February. Enea was born on April 9, 1947 in BadenSwitzerland. He attended Horseheads High School in Horseheads, N.Y., graduating in 1965. Enea's father Eros attended the University of Bologna and is a well-known physicist. Enea's friends in the Class of 1969 extend their sincere sympathy to Enea's parents, relatives, and friends.

Harrison Freeman Dunning '30

George Denham Ford '03

Gilbert Nichols Swett '17

Stewart Persons Stearns '22