Deaths
(A listing of deaths of which word has been receivedwithin the past month. Full notices may appear in thisissue or a later one.)
Page, William R. '06, April 1 Allen, Clarence E. '10, March 30 Emerson, Nathaniel A. '10, March 4 Loveland, Edward H. '10, February 19 Locke, Clyde E. '11, March 11 Don Carlos, Harlan S. 11, March 1 Whitman, Ralph E. '11, March 20 Burbank, James A. '15, March 1 Dunn, Leslie C. '15, March 19 Murdock, Philip K. '15, April 6 Stone, Benjamin '18, February 8 Gilmore, John J. '19, February 25 Johnson, Clinton C. '20, February 21 Gaffield, George D. '21, March 30 Cullen, Thomas H. Jr. '23, February 22 Davis, Frederick A. '23, March 15 Turgeon, Ford W. '23, March 13 Channin, Nathaniel '25, February 23 Maynard, Thomas L. '29, March 19 Moore, William R. '30, February 12 Barnes, Herbert A. '32, March 21 Mattson, Irving O. '32, January 20 Corcoran, Cornelius J. '33, March 25 Besse, Irvin K. '34, March 27 Mansfield, Winfred V. '34, January 2 Hopwood, Warren J. '37, March 5 Pattridge, James G. '39, July 3, 1971 Nolan, Herbert W. '43, March 18 Isaacson, Roderick T. '60, March 3 Williams, John F. Jr. '61, February 11 Sobel, David M. '68, March 1974 Guttmacher, Alan F. '70hon, March 18
Faculty
The death of PAUL STARRETT SAMPLE at Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital in Hanover on February 26 is a great loss to the arts, the college, and his host of friends. He was 77 years old, born in Louisville, Ky. He was named Artist-in-Residence by Ernest Martin Hopkins in 1938 and remained in that post on the Dartmouth Faculty until he retired in 1962.
Paul entered college with the Class of 1920 but lost a year due to his length of service in the Navy in World War I. His accomplishments in school were many and his interests varied. He played varsity football and basketball and was a heavyweight champion boxer. He brought with him to the Hanover campus a love of music which he sustained throughout his life. He and his brother Donald organized The Dartmouth College Barbary Coast Jazz Band which became famous in college circles of the times. In college Paul was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity and The Casque and Gauntlet Senior Society.
Soon after graduation Paul and his brother went to live in Saranac Lake, having both been stricken with tuberculosis. While there, he met two other people who came to influence greatly his later life. One was Miss Sylvia Howland, whom he married in 1928, and the other, Jonas Lie, a well-known artist and former president of the National Academy, who became interested in Paul's painting and encouraged him to pursue a career in art. After leaving Saranac, he immersed himself in intensive study at Art Schools in New York City and Los Angeles. In 1926 he joined the Fine Arts Faculty of the University of Southern California, where he remained until he was called to Dartmouth a dozen years later by President Ernest Martin Hopkins.
Paul Sample became nationally known as a painter in the realistic style with impressionist influences.
He painted portraits but was mainly noted for his rural landscapes with figures and water colors as well. He painted several murals, the largest being in the National Life Insurance Company of Montpelier. His works are contained in numerous public collections, including the White House, the Metropolitan Museum in New York City, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Chicago Art Institute, and in museums and university collections throughout the country.
Paul was a member of the National Academy of Design and the American Watercolor Society, He was awarded, among others, the Temple Gold Medal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Isadore Gold Medal National Academy Prize, and the first Altman Prize from the National Academy of Design.
In addition to a B.S. degree from Dartmouth in 1921, Paul received an honorary M.A. in 1936, an honorary degree of Humane Letters from Dartmouth in 1962, and a Doctor of Fine Arts degree from Nasson College in 1964.
During World War II he was designated an artist war correspondent and given special assignments. He saw active service in the Atlantic on an aircraft carrier and in the Pacific on a submarine. Paintings from this duty were published in Life Magazine and are now in the Smithsonian Institution and the Pentagon.
He was never happier than when he was tramping through the Canadian woods with his Labrador retriever, or quietly paddling the beautiful lakes, or wading a stream in pursuit of an occasional trout or salmon. His painting reflected his close ties with the natural world. He was a member and former president of the St. Bernard Fish and Game Club of Quebec Province, a member of the Lotus Club, and the Century Club and Anglers Club of New York.
Paul's other great love was music. From his college days with the Barbary Coast Band, he progressed to the flute and baroque music. He was an accomplished musician and an active member of chamber music groups.
Paul Sample is survived by his wife Sylvia, their son Timothy and his wife Janice, and two grandchildren. Sylvia's father, the former Fred Howland, Class of '87, was a Trustee of Dartmouth.
It is not too much to say that the history of Dartmouth College has been enriched by the tremendous artistic contributions of Paul Sample, and we will miss him.
JAMES C. CHILCOTT '20
1902
KENNETH LEE MORSE, the youngest man to enter with us in 1898, died February 26, in the Worcester, Mass., Memorial Hospital. Ken was born in Union Village, Vt., September 5, 1882. The family moved to Hanover, where his father joined the college maintenance staff as a carpenter. Ken made a fine record in the high school, but college seemed out of the question. President Tucker sent for him, and the admission to college followed. He graduated with Honors in Philosophy and Phi Beta Kappa rank.
He spent the next year in the small group taking the new program designed for teachers, and received the A.M. degree in 1903. During the next 15 years he taught in high schools in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, moving up to the level of principal. During the last of this period he found it necessary to supplement his income by selling insurance, and in 1918 he became a full time representative of the New England Mutual Company in Worcester. Three years later he was made general agent for central Massachusetts, and served as such until 1946 when he was made General Agent Emeritus, though he continued to sell insurance.
He married Mary Skinner on August 17, 1910. She survives, as do their two children, Richard S., and Elizabeth, (now Mrs. John Thomas). Richard, whose application for admission to the College was considered incomplete, graduated from M.I.T. in 1935, and has followed it with a very brilliant career. There are four grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.
Ken loved the outdoors, and was an enthusiastic fisherman. His indoor sport was bridge.
1906
With the death of WILLIAM RAY PAGE on April 1 at the age of 90 in Camp Hill, Pa., the ranks of 1906 were reduced to half a score. Born in Shiloh, Ohio, he prepared for Dartmouth at the local high school and at Wittenberg College. As an undergraduate, he was a member of Alpha Tau Omega and won his numeral in baseball, playing third base on the varsity for three years.
Bill's business career was with Bell Telephone for a period, as he noted in his 50-Year report, of "42 years and two months." A founder and a former president of the Dartmouth Club of Central Pennsylvania, he was its oldest living member.
His son John wrote, "Over most of this century he helped promote the College to hundreds of young men: interviewing work - enrollment work - always a joy. Just two Sundays before his death, we were together attending a local D. gathering of applicants for next fall's class!"
He was active with the Boys Club and the Boy Scouts, being the recipient of the Silver Beaver Award. He was also active in the Telephone Pioneers and at one time was president of the Leonard H. Kinnard Chapter. He belonged to Trinty Lutheran Church where he had been deacon and treasurer, and was a member of West Shore Lodge No. 681, F&AM.
Surviving are his wife Mary whom he married in 1909, two daughters, Mrs. Robert Hamer and Mrs. William Oberman; two sons, William R. Jr. '33 and John F. '39; eight grandchildren, including Jonathan R. Page '68; and 11 great-grandchildren.
1908
ROLAND EDWARD CHESLEY, president of the Class of 1908, and renowned concert manager, passed away at 3:35 p.m., February 26, 1974 at Faxton Hospital, Utica, N.Y. after three weeks illness. He answered to the name of "Pop," not only because of his age - he lacked but two months of exceeding the class average by five years - but his kindly manner and his willingness to help where needed.
Pop was born in Rochester, N.H., on July 24, 1881. When he was eight years of age, the family moved to West Lebanon, Me., where his mother occupied the home until her death in 1943. Pop graduated from Nute High School in 1900 and from Cushing Academy in 1904. In college he was prominent as a singer and pianist, a member of the Orpheus and Dartmouth Glee Club, and of Paul Felt's Singing Orchestra. At Commencement he delivered the "Address to the Old Pine." His fraternity was Phi Gamma Delta.
After graduation, Pop taught in the Rochester High School until March, 1909, when he was offered a position by Ginn and Company to represent them in Albany, N.Y., and later in Utica. After 40 years with Ginn, he retired in 1949.
But, in the meanwhile, he had advanced his plans for a concert series in Utica, featuring the best artists available. In 1932 he initiated The Great Artists Series and for 26 years assumed full responsibility. In 1958 The Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute took over with the understanding that Pop would continue to be general manager of the Great Artists Series.
One of the concerts of which he was most proud was the introduction of Marion Anderson, contralto, on February 10, 1936, the fourth year of Pop's enterprise, Some years later, this writer talked with Pop, who called it a sensation which brought Miss Anderson world recognition. Pop had reserved a room for her at the hotel, but when he introduced her to the registration desk the answer was. "No. No negroes" An altercation started, in which, said Pop, the man was going to punch him. Finally a compromise was reached. Miss Anderson was dead broke, to use the common expression, so Pop gave her all of the receipts, less a few bills that had to be paid. The incident illustrates Pop's constant efforts to provide opportunity to promising young singers.
Among his other interests, which were many, were president of the Dartmouth Club of the Mohawk Valley; chairman of the Dartmouth Interviewing Committee of the Mohawk Valley for 28 years. Of honoes received, only a few are here mentioned: The key to the city presented by Mayor Dulan; his 85th Anniversary Concert; Civic Award presented by President Case of Colgate University; a plaque from the local Order of the American Federation of Musicians; and a gala performance by Jan Peerce, Roberta Peters, and Theodor Uppman to celebrate his 90th birthday.
It has been our good fortune as secretary to work closely with Pop since his election to president, A difficult choice had boiled down to Squier or Chesley. Which could be persuaded! Then came George Squier's letter to Pop. "You have all friends and no enemies." Pop gracefully accepted both the compliment and the presidency.
The class notes in the January number of the Magazine, had pointed out the need of facing new problems as unpredictable changes come. Pop wrote us a most cordial and appreciative note about that item, Quoting from Keats, he added, "It is a thing of beauty and a joy forever." Dated January 31, his note turned out to be his farewell address.
Now he has gone. Few men have been blessed with so long a life, filled with satisfying and successful endeavor, right down to the last hour. "What sages these naught-eighters be!"
1910
CLARENCE EUGENE ALLEN, educator and naturalist, died March 30 at his Camden, Me., home He was born in Fitchburg, Mass., Februarys, 1887. At college he was a member of Chi Phi fraternity, and upon graduation became a master and then assistant headmaster at Newton, Mass., Country Day School with which he was associated for 19 years, taking some further study at Syracuse University and Cold Spring Harbor Biology Laboratory, L.I. From 1929 until retirement in 1953 he was headmaster of the Rivers Country Day School, Chestnut Hill, Mass. He then spent two years as director of promotion for the Episcopal National Cathedral in Washington. D.C.
A highly respected leader in secondary education. Bucky was justifiably prouder of the nature education he directed to thousands of summer campers during the 52 years he ran Camp Chewonki in Wiscasset, Maine He made the boys camp on the banks of the Sheepscot from a sheep ranch which he bought in 1915. Through it have passed the sons of kings, grandsons of presidents, and the famous in many walks of life, Chewonki taught ecology, conservation, and bird watching long before those pursuits became the popular ones they are now, and names connected with the camp include those of Rachel Carson and Roger Tory Peterson, a Chewonki camper whose Field Guide to the Birds is dedicated to Bucky.
He retired from directing Chewonki at the age of 80 but maintained an active interest in it. He was a founder of the Midcoast Mental Health Clinic and a director of the Knox County General hospital, Rockland. He was also a member and former officer of the Headmasters and of the Camp Directors associations, was active in selection for the College, and held memberships in the Nutall Club of Cambridge, the Camden Historical Society, the Dr. Douglas Thorn Foundation. The Chestnut Hill Church of the Redeemer and St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Camden.
Survivors include his widow Katherine, two sons by his first wife Elizabeth who d.ed in 1941, John L. and Douglas F.; seven grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. The sympathy of the Class goes out to them all.
NATHANIEL ALBERT EMERSON died March 4 at his home on the Ruddsboro Road in Etna, N.H., the town where he was born. He would have celebrated his 88th birthday on March 15.
Following graduation, Nat served as cost accountant for johnso Steel Casting Co. in New York City until 1914, and for Michigan Steel Casting Co. in Detroit until 1917, when he returned to Etna for health reasons. He operated a dairy farm in Etna from 1917 until 1950 when he retired.
He was a member of the Hanover School Board from 1923 to 1938, and director-treasurer of Northern firms Milk Cooperative. Montpelier, Vt., from 1939 to 1950.
In 1917 Nat married Etta D. Nelson of Worcester,Mass., who died in 1955. In 1959 he married MinnieMerrill of Lebanon who survives him, as do a son N.Albert of White River Junction, a grandson N. AlbertIII, and a sister, Mrs. Estelle Staebner of Baltimore.
Funeral services were held at the Cain-Ricker Funeral Home in Lebanon on March 7 with Rev. Wilbur I. Bull '09, a longtime friend, officiating, and burial was in the Etna cemetery.
LOUIS CHARLES LANGDELL died December 16, 1973 in Gresham. Ore.
Louie was born in Milford, N.H., February 16, 1888. After graduation from Dartmouth in 1910 with an A.B. degree he studied forestry at the University of Michigan in 1911 and at the University of Washington where he received a degree of B.S. in forestry in 1912. His entire career was spent in the Portland, Ore., area where he was associated with various firms until his retirement in 1964.
Louie was married in 1913 to Suzanne de La Barthe who passed away in 1964. Their daughter Marie-Louise was born August 14, 1914 and is now Mrs. Louis Melvin. She provided a congenial home for Louie in Gresham after the death of his wife.
In college Louie was a member of Sigma Alpha Ep- silon fraternity, played third base and outfield on the baseball team, and was a member of the cross-country team. He never lost interest in baseball and after retirement from business had an active career coaching Babe Ruth and Catholic Youth Organization teams where he gained the affection and respect of the boys and their parents for his insistence on high ideals of sportsmanship.
When weaknesses of age compelled him to give up coaching he greatly enjoyed associating with the young people and watching the birds and pets of his neighborhood.
In addition to his daughter and son-in-law Louie is survived by two grandsons of whom he was justly proud.
The Class of 1910 has lost another popular and loyal member.
1911
HARLON SILCOTT DON CARLOS died Friday, March 1 at the Hartford Hospital. Born in Goodland, Kan., he was a freshman and sophomore at the University of Denver, a junior and member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity at Dartmouth with our class in 1909-1910. and then received a bachelor of arts degree at Stanford University in 1911 and a law degree from the University of California in 1915.
c joined the claims department of the Travelers Insurance Companies in 1917 and served as associate chief adjuster, then manager of the claims department and finally claims department attorney in 1947 until his retirement in 1956.
He helped found the Hartford College of Insurance, was its president from 1938 to 1948, and a life trustee. He also helped conceive and organize the nation's first insurance law college in Dallas.
He was a member of the American Bar, the Connecticut Bar, and the Hartford County Bar Associations; and was also a former vice president of the International Association of Insurance Council.
He was president of the Hartford Better Business Bureau from 1948 to 1961. He was also an incorporator and director of the Hartford Dime Savings Bank, past president of the International Claim Association, and a former director of the Hartford chapter of the American Red Cross.
He worked with mystery writer Eric Stanley Gardner and Harry Steeger, former editor of Argosy magazine, on the Court of Last Resort. The men reopened and investigated court cases where it appeared an innocent person was unjustly convicted.
He leaves his widow, Mrs. Mary Waldron Don Carlos.
CLYDE EARL LOCKE passed away on March 11 at the Buffalo, N.Y., General Hospital. He joined our class from Orleans High School and St. Johnsbury Academy in Vermont. At Dartmouth he was Phi Beta Kappa, won a Thayer Prize in mathematics, and received a C.E. degree from Thayer School in 1912.
Clyde was a loyal 1911 and Dartmouth man, attending all but two 1911 reunions and took in two football games in Hanover each year and one in Ithaca with Cornell in alternate years.
His lifetime work was in engineering in the Buffalo territory - reinforced concrete buildings design and construction and structural design of aircraft - three years each with Turner Construction Co. and Pierce Arrow Motor Car Co; then 11 years with A. E. Baxter Eng. Co. in design and construction of flour mills, feed mills, grain elevators, power plants, and warehouses; five years with Greeley and Hansen in design and con- struction for City of Buffalo sewage treatment plant and intercepting sewers and the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium; and 17 years with Bell Aircraft Corp which included one year in charge of plant expansion adding one million sq. ft; and 16 years in structures group-design and analysis of aircraft - P-63, X-1, X- 2, X-14, Douglas B-66, etc.
Clyde's civic activities included: various offices in the Dartmouth Club of Western New York; Director of Erie County Chapter of Society of Professional Engineers; Elder in Central Presbyterian Church of 3000 members; member of Highland Lodge No. 835 F. & F. M. and a member of American Concrete Institute.
He had no children and is survived by his wife Madge (Shurtleff) Locke. Due to ill health they gave up their winter home in Altamonte Springs, Fla., several years ago.
HENRY BLANCHARD SEAVER passed away on February 19 at Vassar Hospital in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. He joined our class from Erasmus High School in Brooklyn, N.Y., was a member of the Psi Upsilon fraternity and on the track team all four years.
In October 1911 he purchased a fruit farm of about 100 acres in Englishtown. N.J., and farmed it himself for seven years until 1919. He then became an instructor at Rutgers Agricultural College where he taught for three years and did some field research in spraying and dusting of insecticides and fungicides.
In 1922 he joined the sales division of the then-largest agricultural spray material manufacturer in the country and was with that company and another of the same business until 1936 when the company quit the insecticide end of their business. From 1937 to 1940 he was with a concern which had a method of grinding sulphur particles to the low micron range, sulphur at that time being the chief fungicide used in fruit spraying. He was vice president in charge of sales until 1940 when he went into the sales end of the insecticide and fungicide business for himself - Seaver Insecticide Co. with his son, the late Robert Seaver.
His outside interests included: director of the Mid-Hudson Workshop for Disabled from its inception in 1948; one of the founders in 1950 of the Duchess County (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) Cerebral Palsy Clinic and a director for ten years; a member of the Kiwanis Club in Poughkeepsie; president of the Mid-Hudson Dartmouth Club 1950 to 1960; an elder of the Presbyterian Church in Poughkeepsie from 1948.
In October 1911 he married Bertha Thackery who attended Erasmus High School with him. He is survived by his wife and his daughter Mrs. Barbara Latta Seaver of Poughkeepsie, and two grandchildren.
RALPH EDWIN WHITMAN passed away on March 20 at the Newfield House, a nursing home in Plymouth, Mass., where he had been for about two years. He formerly lived in Wellesley with his son John '46 who has been active in Dartmouth and 1946 affairs and who survives him.
Dutch joined our class from Somerville Latin School, was manager of the golf team at Dartmouth and a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. He was a member of the firm of Gifford and Hodges, Commission Merchants, until 1938 and then after liquidation joined the Encyclopaedia Brittanica serving colleges, libraries, etc. where he remained until his retirement at age 70. Gifts in his memory may be made to the Dartmouth Alumni Fund.
1912
Dave Dorward will always be remembered by those who knew him best as a gracious, kindly friend, ready to be of service to others. He died very peacefully at home in Chamblee, Ga., on December 15, apparently of a heart attack.
DAVID LAWSON DORWARD was born in New York City on September 15, 1888. He prepared for college at Good Will High School, Hinckley, Me. At Dartmouth he sang in the choir, was in the cast of "Oedipus Tyrannus," arid was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon.
Immediately after graduation Dave went to the Yale Forestry School from which he received his Master of Forestry degree in 1914. The field work in that school took him into the Adirondacks and to southern Mississippi. He started working for Hollingsworth and Whitney, paper manufacturers, in July 1914 and spent the fall and winter in the spruce woods around Moosehead Lake, getting experience in logging. Except for his war service he remained with this company until 1933.
Dave served for over two years. May 30, 1917 to August 12, 1919, as a sergeant first class in Company D, 10th Engineers (Forestry). His outfit went to France in September 1917 and Dave was out on detached service in what developed into the Fuel wood Project. He had to superintend Spanish civilians and, later, Negro service battalions. He was promoted to second lieutenant and returned to the States in July 1919.
When the depression hit the paper industry Dave became a forest inspector in the CCC program, with the Soil Conservation Service, U.S. Army Engineers Lend Lease, and with the War Assets Administration. He was in charge of timberland appraisal at Camp Stewart, Ga., living for a time in Atlanta. In 1950 he took up accounting work.
In 1961 it was learned that Dave had retired but it did not mean a quiet life. He passed the examination for a real estate salesman and spent his time in a real estate broker's office as well as keeping books for a number of small businesses in Atlanta. At the same time he became interested in the invention and production of toys for emotionally disturbed children in a school in Fulton County, Ga., one of two in the State, established by his daughter in which she was a talented teacher with a Master's degree. At one of the 1912 reunions Dave thrilled classmates, wives, and widows, with an account of his daughter's and his part in this rewarding field.
He was very active in the Morningside Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, serving as elder, elder emeritus, and president and song leader of the man's bible class. He enjoyed gardening and a good game of golf.
On October 1, 1921, David Dorward married Marian Kathleen McLean of Simsbury, Conn. Dave and Marian celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on that same date in 1971 with a large reception at the church. He is survived by his widow and daughter. The funeral was held at the Morningside Church with burial in Atlanta on a hill overlooking a forest of pine trees.
Eddie Luitwieler's career as a son of Dartmouth has been an outstanding one. At first class secretary and since then for almost 30 years class agent, he made a name for himself and for the Class of 1912 by his successful efforts in securing support for the College. Eddie slipped away from us in the Waltham Hospital on February 19 after several years of increasing ill health. His last appearance in Hanover was on the event of 1912's 60th Reunion when he found real happiness in seeing so many old friends.
EDWARD BILLINGS LUITWIELER was born in Boston, Mass., on July 20, 1890. He prepared for college at Newton High School. At Dartmouth he played on the class, and for three years on the varsity, hockey teams. With his natural ability as an actor he was selected for the casts of the "King-of-U-Kan" and the "Pea Green Earl." He was a member of Phi Delta Theta and Casque and Gauntlet. After graduation he continued for one year at Tuck School from which he received his master's degree. He never lost sight of the College and its needs, taking his class to first place in the Tribal Sweepstakes and for his inspired leadership was awarded the James B. Reynolds Trophy as the Outstanding Head Agent in 1958. In December 1959 the Class of 1912 awarded him a gold watch on the back of which was inscribed-, "To Edward Billings Luitwieler, in appreciation for his loyal services to Dartmouth College and the Class of 1912." Nor was this all. At the Class Officers' weekend in May 1968 Eddie was honored by the Dartmouth Alumni Council with its highest tribute, the Dartmouth Alumni Award.
From 1913 to 1917 Eddie was employed by the Commonwealth Shoe and Leather Company of Waltham, Mass. Then in June of the latter year he entered the Ordnance Stores School at Hanover and on July 30 enlisted as a private. First, to the Watertown Arsenal, then to the Watervliet Arsenal, and finally to the Gun Division of the Ordnance Department in Washington, he rose to the rank of ordnance sergeant. He was promoted to first lieutenant on September 18, 1918, and was discharged January 2, 1919.
After the war he returned to Massachusetts and joined the American Stay Company in Maiden, a firm founded by his father, occupied with making shoe trimmings and binding, and Union lock stitch sewing machines. As well as being owner and treasurer of the firm, Eddie became president. He retired from the latter position in 1971 but continued as owner and treasurer. Eddie held patents on several of his own inventions.
He was a member of the Boston Boot and Shoe Club, the Winchester Country Club, and Rotary International. He was a trustee of the Maiden Trust Company and a corporator of the Maiden Savings Bank. He also served as treasurer of the First Congregational Church of Maiden.
On February 16, 1918 Edward B. Luitwieler married Gertrude Howes Crocker of Maiden. Gertrude died in 1972. He is survived by three daughters, 14 grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. An old friend of Eddie, the Rev. Roy L. Minich, pastor emeritus of the Maiden church, officiated at the funeral service held on February 23, 1974. The Class of 1912 was represented by Kenneth and Alyce Kimball.
A Dartmouth scholarship has been established in the name of Edward B. Luitwieler to which contributions may be made through David Eckels, 101 Crosby Hall, Hanover.
BILL MIDDLEBROOK died suddenly in a Florida hospital on February 16 of carcinoma of the lung. He had been suffering from emphysema, slowly progressing, for ten years and entered the hospital about ten days before his death.
WILLIAM THEOPHILUS MIDDLEBROOK was born in Vergennes, Vt., on April 9, 1891. He prepared for college at the local high school and at Dartmouth was an honor man and elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa. After receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree he continued in the Tuck School of Administration and Finance for his master's degree. Following graduation, from 1913 to 1920, except for the period of the war, Bill was a traveling auditor, freight agent, and special representative of the executive department for the Great Northern Railway.
In May 1917 he attended the First Reserve Officer Training Camp at Fort Snelling. Minn and was commissioned second lieutenant in the Aumy Transport Service. He served for two years at the Port of Embarkation. New York, and was promoted to first lieutenant. Discharge came in September 1919
After two years as an industrial engineer with Griffinhagen and Associates, Ltd.. Bill entered upon his lifework in the educational field, first for three years as controller of Purdue University, then comptroller and secretary of the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota, and finally vice president. Business Administration, of that University. In this latter capacity he continued until his retirement June 30, 1959.
Retirement for Bill Middlebrook meant no cessation in work or interest, but was a busy and useful one. That same autumn he visited the Orient for the U.S. Overseas Mission surveying and deciding where money could be wisely spent to help Korean and Philppean National Universities. The following winter he was in Okinawa doing the same job for the U.S. Army which built and financed the University of the Ryukus. The next year he went with the Ford Foundation and spent three winters at the University of Calcutta and, with the assistance of the administration there, had the University Act revised to a workable one. The new move was to two universities in Argentina, then to Catholic University of Chile. Returning home, he became financial advisor to the Nicollet Clinic in Minneapolis where he was occupied for six months each year until his death. November through April annually during this last period was spent in Florida.
Bill was the author of five important studies in the educational field. He had been president of the CentralAssociation of University and College BusinessOfficers, of the California-Western Conference Cost and Statistical Study, and of the Otter Creek Coal Corporation; chairman of the board of Midwest Inter-Library Corporation; chairman of the National Federation Committee of Business Officers; member of the U.S. Department of Defense Research and Development Board ad hoc Advisory Committee on Contractual Relationships with the U.S. Government of the American Society for Engineering Education and of the Engineering College Research Committeeon Contract Relations with the Federal Government.
Bill Middlebrook handled the financial affairs of the University of Minnesota with an annual budget of $63 million under four university presidents, and "gave the University the continuity it had to have to reach its present greatness, and it can be said that he has been the architect of the institution's destiny."
He was a Mason, a member of the American Legion past president of Kiwanis, as well as a member of several local and university clubs. His church was the Methodist Episcopal. He was an avid golfer and instrumental in the University acquiring land for a golf course nearby.
On September 16, 1920 Bill married Margaret Mary Bull of St. Paul, Minn., who survives him. Also surviving are two sons, two daughters, and several grandchildren. A memorial service was held in Pompano Beach, Fla., with another planned for this month in Minneapolis.
1915
JAMES ARCHER BURBANK suffered a severs heart attack at his home in Marston Mills February 27, was nished to the Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, and died there March 1, 1974 without regaining consciousness.
Jack was born January 21, 1894 in Milton, Mass, and entered Dartmouth with the Class of 1915 and after three years transferred to graduating in 1916 with a B.S. degree. After completing a special course at the U.S. Naval Academy he was appointed - ensign in the regular Navy and remained on at the Academy as an instructor in mathematics and physics until his resignation in June 1919 with the rank of lieutenant.
After leaving the service Jack made his headquarters in New York City, with interests in industrial and commercial construction, until 1934. At the time of his retirement in July 1959 he was the manager of the Engineering and Loss Control Division of The Travellers Unsurance Co. After settling on Cape Cod he became a member of the planning board for the Town of Barnstable, a member of the Wianno Golf Club, the Oysterville Men's Club, and the Cape Cod Dartmouth
He is survived by his widow Helen C., formerly ofPortland, Me., two sons. James C. of Mystic, Conn., John F. of Woodbury, Conn., and a daughter Mrs. David Bailly of Grafton. 11 grandchildren and onegreat-grandson. His funeral service was private.
1918
DR. ROBERT RAYMOND RYAN died February 16 at South Shore Hospital in Weymouth, Mass., at the age of 78.
Bob entered Dartmouth in 1914 and graduated with our class in 1918. He then entered Dartmouth Medical School and completed the two year course in 1920. He entered the third year class at Harvard Medical School and was graduated with the degree of M.D. in 1921. After several years of internship he joined the staff of South Shore Hospital and began the general practice of medicine which was to continue for 42 years. He served as a medical examiner in the 4th Norfolk medical district from 1930 until he resigned in 1966.
Boh was a member of Alpha Kappa Kappa, the american Legion, the Knights of Columbus, the Luke Medical Guild, the Lester Society, the Massachusetts Medical Society, the New England Medical Society and the A.M.A He was past president of the Norfolk South Medical Society, the Massachusetts Medical Legal Society, and the medical staff of South Shore Hospital.
His principal publication was a treatise entitled "Multiple Births - Quadruplets."
Bob derived much satisfaction from his lengthy service to the community to which he gave whole hearted devotion.
He is survived by his widow Helen; his daughter Mrs. Rita Meara; a sister Anna L. Ryan, and four grandchildren.
BENJAMIN STONE, age 77, husband of the late Ella (Berlin) Stone, died at his home, 508 Oak Street, Brockton. Mass. February 8, following a brief illness. He was born in Boston, and had been a resident of Brockton all his life.
Ben entered Dartmouth in 1914. He was a member of the college orchestra and dramatic orchestra. He ed in the U.S. Army in World War I but graduated with our class.
Ben spent most of his business life in shoe manufac- turing and at the time of his death was chairman of the board of the Footjoy Shoe Company. He was co-inventor of theof the elevator shoe.
He was a member of Temple Israel and the Brockton Y.M.H.A. He was past president and an honorary life member of the Thorny Lea Golf Club and a member of the National Shoe Travelers Association.
Ben is survived by two daughters. Norma Robinson of Pebble Beach, Calif., and Paula Riker of New York City. He is also survived by a brother, two sisters, and two grandchildren.
Ben was a loyal and active alumnus. He attended our 50th Reunion but was apparently not well enough to be present at the 55th.
1919
JOHN JAMES GILMORE died in Greenfield, Mass., where he had made his home for the past 53 years on February 25. Until his retirement in 1962 he was president of the Gilmore Insurance Agency. He was born in West Lebanon, N.H., and entered Dartmouth from high school there. He was a member of Alpha Chi Rho.
During World War I he served in the Navy. After the war he was in the automobile agency business in Brattleboro, Vt., and in Greenfield. He founded the insurance agency in 1931.
He is survived by his wife Charlotte; a son, John J. Jr. of Greenfield; three daughters, Mrs. Ann G. Bruce and Mrs. Jean G. Cook of Greenfield and Miss Mary Gilmore of Waltham; a sister Mrs. Mary Currier of Woodstock, Vt.; 12 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
LAWRENCELAWRENCE DRAKE MILLIGAN, 77, died February 5 in Sar5 IN Sasota, Fla., where he had moved 12 years ago from Napfrom Naples. His Florida residency dated from 1956 when he left New York City.
Larry was born in Montclair, Ill., and spent most of his boyhood in LaGrange, Ill., where he attended high school. At Dartmouth he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and left college, as did most of his classmates, in the spring of 1917 to enter the service. After serving with distinction in the Army Signal Corps in France for two years, he entered the advertising business in Chicago and New York City. He con- tinued this association for most of his business life with time out for service as a naval officer in charge of public relations at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station near Highland Park, Ill. For many years he sold space for the Saturday Evening Post and the Ladies Home Journal.
At the time of his death he was engaged in the real estate business in Sarasota. Despite the location of his home, Larry was always interested in Dartmouth, particularly in the local alumni associations where he will be sorely missed. He was also a member of the Ivy League of Sarasota, and "The Players."
He is survived by his wife the former Nancy Forsman, a son Lawrence D. Jr. of Cincinnati, and two grandchildren.
CORTLAND B. HORR '18
1920
CLINTON CHARLES JOHNSON died at his winter home in Palm Beach, Fla., on February 21 at the age of 76. He is survived by his wife Annabel whom he married in 1922; his daughter Mrs. Dorothy Tipper; two granddaughters and a great-grandson; and three sisiters. To his entire family the members of the Class of 1920 extend its deepest sympathy in their bereavement.
Entering Dartmouth College in 1916 from New York CitYork City, Clint left after a year to serve in the U.S. Army, 30army, 301st Field Signal Battalion, from 1917-1919. Following his discharge from the service he entered the employ of the Chemical Bank of New York and served it with distinction for 43 years, particularly in the international field. From 1938 to 1962 he headed its inter- national division and additionally held the office of executive vice president from 1955 to retirement in 1962.
Additionally he was president of the Bankers Association for Foreign Trade in 1953-1954; past director of the National Foreign Trade Council; and officer and director of several international organizations, notably of American-Netherlands and American-Norwegian origin. At his death he was serving as a director of Hoffman-LaRoche, Inc., a pharmaceutical concern in Nutley, N.J.
Foreign governments were most appreciative of Clinton Johnson's role in the field of international banking and paid him great honor. He was decorated by Norway with the Knighthood of St. Olav; by Sweden as a Knight of Vasa Orden; and by the Netherlands as Officer of Orang-Nassau.
He served his church well, too; as a board member of the American Baptist Mission Society from 1946-1969; as deacon and trustee of the Baptist Church of the Redeemer in Brooklyn from 1930-1965; and a trustee of the First Baptist Church of Montclair, N.J. from 1965 till his death.
He was a member of the University Club and the Dartmouth Alumni Association.
1921
ALDEN PARKER CHESTER passed away January 31, 1973 at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, Ind. Ike was 76 years of age.
He was born Nov. 1, 1897 in Maiden, Mass., attended the Maiden public schools.
After one year at Dartmouth he enlisted in the U.S. Army and was honorably discharged in December 1918 as a first lieutenant in the 389th Field artillery. At this point he transferred to the Indiana University School of Commerce and was graduated from there in 1921.
He was married in Everett, Mass., to Helen Rasmussen November 20, 1922. She died in 1946. Later, on October 18, 1947 he married Margaret Mcintosh Charles.
His first employment was with the Old Colony Trust Co. of Boston and later by the First National Bank of the same city. In 1925 he was appointed New England representative for the Chambers Mfg. Co. of Shelbyville, Ind., and three years later became general sales manager of that company. In quick order he was associated with the Globe American Corp. (1930) and rose to be general manager, then president and a director.
In addition to his business interests Chester was active live in civic affairs. In Maiden he was president of the city council, trustee of the Public Library, and a director of the Chamber of Commerce. In Kokomo he served as president of the Rotary Club and Kokomo's Chamber of Commerce as president.
After retiring he travelled widely in Africa, Europe, and South America.
He is survived by his second wife, one son Alden Parker Jr., two daughters Mrs. Rodney Petterson and Joanna Chester, and five grandchildren.
GEORGE DODGE GAFFIELD died March 30 at the Cottage Hospital in Woodsville, N.H. He was the son of Charles and Carrie Gaffield.
Born December 9, 1896 in Bradford, Vt., he entered Dartmouth from Bradford Academy and roomed in Sanborn Hall his freshman year. He belonged to Chi Phi fraternity.
He left college to serve in the 64th C.A.C. overseas from July 1918 to March 1919. He was a charter member of American Legion Post #20 of Bradford.
He served in the U.S. Customs Service and was later transferred to the Immigration Service with which he was affiliated for 50 years. He retired in 1963 and moved to Piermont, N.H.
He was married to Ruth Lyons of Cliff, Quebec Province.
They had one daughter (Mrs. John Grady Jr.) and a son John of Monroe, Conn. There are four grandchildren. Surviving also are four sisters.
HUGH MIDDLETON MCKAY, 74, of Mystic, Conn., and Deerfield Beach, Fla., died February 14 in Boca Raton Community Hospital where he had been a patient for two weeks.
Born in Webster, N.Y., (his father Clarence was an 1898 graduate) he entered college from East High School in Rochester. He roomed in 44 Massachusetts Hall freshman year with Frederic Benton and became a member of Alpha Delta Phi fraternity and of Casque and Gauntlet senior society: he was also a member of carnival committee sophomore year and as a senior was manager of basketball.
His business career encompassed several well-known firms: he was labor manager for Levy Brothers in Rochester from 1921 to 1926, resident manager of Canada Dry Corporation, Hudson, N.Y. for eight ensuing years, and became general manager of the firm's New York City plant in 1934. In 1942 he moved to Mystic and became assistant manager of the Electric Boat Company in Groton. He was vice president and general manager of the House of Herbs, 1951-52. From 1952 until his retirement in 1964, he was with Refined Syrups Sugars, Inc. as treasurer, and from 1960, as president.
In Rochester, Hugh was president of the Community Chest, president of the Boy Scout Council, president of the Columbia Country Club, and an elder of the Presbyterian Church. After retirement he was a consultant with SCORE. An ardent golfer, he was a member of Mason's Island Beach and Yacht Club and the Pequot Golf Club in Mystic.
As a loyal alumnus, he was indefatigable, acting as class treasurer from 1961 to 1967 and class president from 1967 through 50th Reunion in 1971. He was named Treasurer of the Year in 1967 an award he justly earned and of which he was proud.
In 1922 Hugh married Marion Joiner who died in 1958. Elizabeth Cummins, whom he married in 1961, survives him, as do his son Warren D. '49, a daughter Helen, stepdaughter Suzanne, and a brother Donald M. '28.
Private services were held in Deerfield Beach and a memorial service at a later date in Mystic. In lieu of flowers, his widow has requested that memorial gifts be made to Baker Library.
1923
It was with deep regret and emotion that I learned of the passing on February 22 of THOMAS HENRY CULLEN JR., our classmate, friend, and a close teammate of mine for four years. What better way to know a man than to have this close relationship! My only regret for myself and others is that our paths did not pass more frequently after graduation to renew old friendships and understanding.
Tim, as we knew him, was always a willing team player, cooperative, competitive with team play without any selfish motive for personal glory or honor for himself in college or in his following years. He was reserved in manner, and made no patronizing effort to gain recognition or personal fame. He still holds the foul shooting record in a season play after 50 years of competition have expired. Of course, the rules have changed.
Tim died at his home, 200 Congress Street, Brooklyn, at the age of 73. He was born July 18, 1900, and married in 1938 to the former Beatrice Millar. He is survived by his widow Beatrice, two daughters (Beatrice) Mrs. James C. Rooney, and (Dorothy Ann) Mrs. Francis J. Rooney Jr., and four grandchildren.
He attended Brooklyn Poly Prep Country Day School where he was an outstanding basketball player and continued in this capacity on freshman and varsity teams, being captain in his senior year. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi, and Casque & Gauntlet. After college he was a member of the Phi Delta Phi, Brooklyn Bar Association, The American Judicature Society and Catholic Lawyers' Guild. He was also a member of the Crescent Athletic Hamilton Club of Brooklyn whose basketball teams he coached in his earlier years. He was a communicant of the St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church.
Tim studied law in Brooklyn, (N.Y.) receiving his LL.B. in 1927 and J.S.D. in 1936. In 1928 he became a partner in the law firm of Cullen and Dykman, remaining until 1933, at that time he was appointed magistrate by Mayor John P. O'Brien to fill an unexpired term.
In 1934, Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia appointed him to a full ten-year term, and recognizing his qualifications, reappointed him again in 1944.
Tim presided at the opening of the first Night Court for Brooklyn and Queens in 1939. He was elevated to the Court of Special Sessions in 1960 and then became a Judge of the City Criminal Court.
With Republican, Democratic, and Liberal party endorsement, Tim was elected to the State Supreme Court for the Second District in 1968. He retired a few years later for reasons of health.
DR. JOSEPH A.S. MILLAR '23
FREDERICK AMASA DAVIS died of cancer at Hartford, Conn., hospital on March 15 following a long illness.
A native of Hartford and a graduate of its high school, Fred was a member of the Players and the Dramatic Club at Dartmouth. His fraternity was Kappa Kappa Kappa. After graduation he spent these years with the Norwalk, Conn. Lumber Co. and there joined Travelers Insurance Company where he spent the remainder of his business career.
Fred's first insurance assignment was in the casualty property department of Travelers. He was subsequently transferred to the real estate investment department and in 1946 became manager of the city loan division. He was appointed second vice president in 1958 and retired in 1964.
Active in business and civic affairs. Fred was vice president and director of Constitution Plaza; a for me member of the West Hartford Town Council, of the Plan and Zoning Commission, and a member of the Housing Authority. He held memberships in the Hartford Club and the Hartford Golf Club and was a communicant of the First Church of Christ Congregational. Memorial services were held at this church on March 19. The Class was represented by Bill Catlin, Howie Alcorn, and Jim Hennessy.
Fred and Bett missed few of our reunions and class get-togethers. We well remember the fine job he did as treasurer of our 40th Reunion and more importantly we remember his kindly, self-effacing service to the Class over the many years. He will be sorely missed
Fred leaves his wife Elizabeth; two daughters, Mr John M. Wood of Janesville, Wis., and Mrs. Benard F Mark Jr. of Fairport, N.Y.; and five grandchildren. To Bett and to Fred's family the Class extends its affestionate sympathy at this sad time in their lives
FORD WESLEY TURGEON, a native of Buffalo N.Y., died March 13 in the General Hospital there following a short illness. He was born in Buffalo September 5, 1900 and spent his life in that city.
Turg had a 24-year military career in the New York Guard, a state cadre which replaces National Guard Units when they are mobilized. He joined the old 7th Regiment as a private and rose to captain. He became a colonel in the Guard and was Fifth Area administrative officer in Buffalo from 1948 to 1963. From then until his retirement in 1964, Colonel Turgeon was the Guard's chemical, biological, and radiological officer in the Albany headquarters.
After ten years' service, he retired about five years ago as a State Thruway Authority supervisor Before that, he worked as a florist, an insurance agent, and for the old Bell Aircraft Company.
He had been secretary of the Dartmouth Club of Western New York from 1925 to 1928 and president from 1934 to 1935.
Turg never married and left no survivors.
ERNEST B. FREY
1924
The 40-year book has much more information in it regarding FRANCIS CHESTER BRADY who died February 1 than has his alumnus file. Cupe's war record, 1942-43, is reported in full in 1924 Went to War. He was born and grew up in Virginia where this writer saw him perhaps 15 years ago at the Richmond Dartmouth Club dinner while speaking there on the spring program. Cupe was club secretary from 1953-54, and took an active interest in local Dartmouth programs.
His career was for many years as traveling auditor with Stone and Webster Corporation, and later as director of employee services and records for the Virginia Electric and Power Company. He served in the Army from August 1942 to July 1943, and in the reserve until 1944. His memberships included those in the Knights of Columbus, St. Mary's Beneficial and Social Union, West End Catholic Men's Association, and the Downtown Club of Richmond.
Tuck School alumni will find an obituary in the spring issue of Tuck Today: Cupe earned his M.C.S. degree there in 1925.
Cupe married later than many of us. HIs wife was Madeline Sweeney whom he married in 1946, and who died in 1966. There were no children.
WILLIAN ROGER HEEGAARD who was known to us as Bill or vim, earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Minnesota in 1924, but his ties to Dartmouth have always been strong. Two sons are Dartmouth men - David '55, and Peter '58. As the class' 40-year book shows, there were five sons in all.
Vim was born on May 31, 1902 in Mandan, N.D., where his father was a lumberman. He went to the West High School in Minneapolis. In college, he was an Alpha Delta Phi member and on the DCA Cabinet, He withdrew in June of 1923 and transferred to Minnesota.
He was married three times: to Dorothy whom he married in 1625 and who died in 1959; Margaret who died in 1966; and Ruth in 1973. There were five sons: William and Roger born in 1945; John in 1930, David in 1933, and Peter in 1936. All married and Peter writes that when Vim retired in 1967 (The Peavy Company Flour Mills), "he spent his time between the Minnesota Society for Crippled Children, where he served on the Board, the United Way Missions and Allocations Committee, and visiting his five sons and daughters-in-law and 17 grandchildren." Among his many travels was a trip to Denmark to reestablish family ties with relatives from the original Heegaard family that came to the States nearly 150 years ago.
Vim suffered from both emphysema and hardening of the arteries, which "brought about a slow deterioration of his cardiac-respiratory system" but died of a heart attack while resting in the Intensive Care unit of the Northwestern Hospital. He had served his company (and predecessor firms) for 44 years, was a director of the Midland National Bank and of its executive committee; and was active in several good works. A sister, Mrs. William Neilson. also survives.
PHILIP TIEBOUT RANNEY was one of our few bachelors, and the record indicates only one brother to survive him. He was born November 8, 1901 in Cleveland and came to Dartmouth from the Lakehood High School. Beyond this, the record is completely blank. Notice of his death came from the Oak Ridge Nursing Home, in West Lake, Ohio; he had survived two stroke, was nearly blind, and in a wheel chair. His brother Robert B. Ranney lived in California.
1925
NATHANIEL SAUL CHANNIN died February 23 at LaJolla, Calif. He was born April 14, 1903 in East Windsor. Conn, and attended Rockville High School, Yale College, and Trinity College before transferring to Dartmouth.
Following graduation Chan went to Harvard Law School where he obtained his LL.B. degree in 1928. He practiced law in Chicago until moving to LaJolla and semi-retirement in 1959.
Chan was married to Eleanor Jones in San Marino, Calif., in 1940 and she survives him at 1168 Muirland Vista WAy, La Jolla, as.do two sons Donald J. and Richard J., and a daughter Janet.
1928
HORACE FRANCIS ANTHONY JR. a resident of Darlington, Md., for 45 years, died January 15 at Harford Memorial Hospitai following a short illness.
Ace prepared for college at Brookline, Mass., High School. At Dartmouth he was a member of Alpha Chi Rho.
He worked for GMAC but in 1932 developed tuberculosis and was in a sanitorium in Towson, Md., for a number of years. In 1945 he went to Texas, had a lung collapsed and was cured - after 13 years. Two years later he caught pneumonia and was in bed a year. Following this Ace started selling automobiles, a business he really enjoyed, until his final illness. Bad luck dogged his footSteps because in 1950 he was in an auto accident and his few remaining ribs were broken.
Ace was a past president of the Darlington Lions Club and a deputy district governor of Lions International. He was a member of the board of directors of Citizens Nursing Home, Havre de Grace.
He is survived by his widow Grace, and a son F. Lee Anthony; and a granddaughter.
1931
DR. WILLIAM SCHMIDLAPP CONKLIN, 63, died at his retirement home in Sotogrande, Spain, on February 23. Founder and senior partner of the Thoracic Clinic, Portland, Ore., Bill was born in Lugano, Switzerland, and as an undergraduate at Dartmouth was a member of Sigma Chi, A.K.K., and the Deutscher Studenten Verein, of which he was the first president. He studied further at the University of Goettingen in Germany, Dartmouth Medical School and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
As an intern at Los Angeles County Hospital, Bill contracted pulmonary tuberculous which led him to his pioneering career in the surgical treatment of chest diseases. Later he turned his attention to cardiovascular surgery, and was the first surgeon in the Northwest to perform several innovative operations for congenital heart disease. In addition to private practice and hospital staff work, he was Clinical Professor of both Medicine and Surgery at the University of Oregon Medical School, trained many residents in his specialty, and was made Professor Emeritus of Thoracic Surgery upon retirement.
He was the author of numerous papers and articles on thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. He was a member of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Founder Member of the Board of Thoracic Surgery and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, and a fellow of The American College of Chest Physicians (Governor for Oregon and President of the Northwest Chapter). He received innumerable high honors in his field.
As he wrote to his brother George, also of the Class of 1931, he hoped to live into his 80's and pursue his many enthusiasms which included books, music, sports, languages, travel, and particularly gardening. George commented of his brother, "It is a terrible irony that, after devoting his brilliant mind and compassionate concern for others to the surgical and medical help of the sick and suffering for so many years, he should himself, have been struck down by a devastating and virulent form of cancer. George added that Bill ". . . of all people least deserved the ordeal he had to go through. Yet in spite of it all, he maintained a supreme confidence in the Tightness of things and a special kind of courage that marks and sets apart the few great among us." He said also that Bill loved Dartmouth, particularly his associations in the Medical School.
In addition to his former wife, Elizabeth Hirsch, Bill is survived by a son Robert Conklin, Class of 1960, a daughter Carol Ochsner, and four grandchildren all of Portland, Oregon, where Bill had lived and practiced medicine for many years.
A special Fund was established two years ago in his honor by the Oregon Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association. It is called the Dr. William S. Conklin Lectureship Fund to which colleagues and friends may contribute.
1934
WINFRED VICTOR MANSFIELD died in Nashua, N.H., on January 2. He came to Dartmouth from Nashua High School, was a rugged end on the freshman football team and a member of Chi Phi, but like so many of our class, did not finish at Dartmouth because of financial difficulty. He was assistant football coach at Nashua High for a while during the later '30s and served in the U.S. Army as a lieutenant with the 643rd Tank Destroyer Battalion in the ETO.
For many years post-war Win was employed as customer service manager with Clyde Garfield Cadillac-Oldsmobile in Nashua. He is survived by his widow, the former Nathalie Labine; a brother Alfred B. '40, and a sister, all of whom have the Class' deepest sympathy.
WILLIAM H. SCHERMAN '34
1935
The Class of 1935 lost a dedicated worker with the death of THOMAS ERWIN WILSON, in Detroit, on March 3, following a long illness. Tom had been bequest chairman since the early 1960's, and had served on the executive committee of the Class Officers' Association. He had spent most of his business life with General Motors, and was in charge of the corporation's real estate activities at the time of his death.
Tom, who was the son of Charles E. Wilson, former president of General Motors and secretary of defense in the Eisenhower administration, entered Dartmouth from Birmingham (Mich.) High School and the Choate School. He won Phi Beta Kappa honors, majored in English, and was a member of Theta Delta Chi fraternity.
Following graduation, he earned his law degree at the University of Michigan in 1938 and worked for the law firm of Beaumont, Smith & Harris in Detroit. In 1942, he joined the GMC Motor Truck and Coach division as supervisor of labor relations. In succeeding years, he served variously as personnel director, production manager, general manufacturing manager, and administrative assistant to the division's general manager. In 1968, he moved to the General Motors corporate staff to head up all real estate activities.
Tom was active in many civic areas. He was secretary of the board of trustees of Beaumont Hospital, a director of the Cranbrook Foundation, and was active in planning for the Renaissance Center, the Detroit stadium project and New Detroit. He was a member of the Bloomfield Open Hunt Club, the Michigan and Detroit bar associations, and the Engineering Society of Detroit.
He is survived by his widow, Barbara (Jackson) Wilson, whom he married in 1936; two daughters, Mrs. David Collon and Mrs. Anne W. Wright; his son, Tom Jr., Class of 1966; and three grandchildren. The Class extends its deepest sympathy to Barbara and her children.
1937
JACKSON WARREN HOPWOOD C.L.U. died March 5 of a heart attack while playing squash with his sons in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, with no warnings of previous ill health. In fate's unpredictable way his father died at age 50 in much the same manner while playing with Jack.
Who of us can forget those two roommate Musketeers, Camerer and Hopwood, assaulting the bastions of Wheeler Hall our freshman year where their deviltry and friendly horseplay came close to making that dorm a legend of our time. Like the night at 20 below zero when they decided to thaw the frozen john, which created a geyser wiping out ceilings two floors below. Jack and Dave became lifelong friends at Choate and our loss was Jack's decision to leave school after freshman year although he maintained a fond interest throughout his life. For 30 years he enjoyed coaching boys in hockey, baseball, and football with many of his proteges finding their way onto Dartmouth teams, one of whom became hockey coach.
He was born in Minneapolis. After leaving school he tried the brokerage business in New York thence to Winnepeg in the brewery business for a year before becoming an officer with the Royal Canadian Navy 1941 to 1945. In 1946 he joined the Great Western Life Assurance Company later becoming a member of the million dollar club for fifteen years and vice president of Winnipeg Life Underwriters. Success came naturally to him due to his immense personal magnetism, yet for him was a stepping stone to his love of sports, coaching, and working with boys (including his own four) wherein his inspiration helped form their dedication.
He served on the executive committee of Hockey Canada and sports chairman of the Pan American games which were so successful when staged in Winnipeg. He was past president of the Squash Raquets Club as well as the St. Charles Country Club and his golf was in the low 70s.
We are indebted to his close friend there, Dr. Dwight Parkinson, who called us at 2 a.m. to impart the news and asking for Dave's number which luckily our directory provided. To quote the doctor, "Every person who came in contact with this man was the better for it, if there were more like him there would be no juvenile delinquency. The day he died he was scheduled to play for the Great Western hockey team against the team of a legal firm which would have included Fran Huck and Bobby Hull."
Jack's wife and family were an all-important as of his life and we extend deepest sympathy to use widow, Alix (Perrin) and their four wonderful sons Jack, Michael, Andrew, and Terry. He is also survised by a sister, Mrs. Claire Peppier; and his mother, Miss B. Carruthers.
1960
RODERICK TRACY ISAACSON died after a long illness on March 3 in Lemont, Ill.
Rod prepared for Dartmouth at East Denver Hug School. He was a member of Psi Upsilon Casque & Gauntlet, and earned three letters in track. Rod majored in engineering science and went on to receive at M.S. from Thayer in 1963.
Rod took further studies in his field which led to a Ph.D. from the University of Utah in 1968. He fix took a post-doctoral fellowship at the Univcrsity of Otawa in Ontario for the next two years. He became post-doctoral appointee in solid state physics research with the Argonne National Laboratory. Rod was with the Argonne, Ill., company at the time of his death. He was a member of the American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers
Rod is survived by his widow, the former Patrio Peck; and by his sons, Kevin E. and Christian W. To all of his family, the Class extends its deepest sympathy and the knowledge that we share their loss.
1965
I am deeply saddened to report to you the death of my friend and our Dartmouth '65 classmate, Dr. BARRY CHARLES GROSS, of cancer, January 10, in Miami, Fla. Barry suffered from malignant melanoma for the past three years, but it wasn't until a year ago that his illness began to really change his lifestyle.
Barry lived in Butterfield hall all four years in Hanover. He loved music and played the trombone in the Dartmouth Band as well as banjo and guitar on the sly - country and western music mostly. He was on the engineering staff of WDCR. Barry was a biology major with his heart set on becoming a doctor from the first. I can remember his worry about medical schools - and excitement at being accepted at Jeffer Medical College of Philadelphia, Class of 1969.
In Philadelphia Barry worked hard and player bridge. In the spring of his first year he fell in love with Sara Haber who was studying at the University of Wisconsin, and after an intense long-distance courtshipe they were married on August 20, 1967.
Barry and Sara lived happily in a small cheery third floor apartment in Center City, Philadelphia, where their first child, Miriam Eva, was born December 24. 1968. He graduated from Jefferson Medical College in May of 1969 and chose Maimonides Hospital Brooklyn, N.Y. for his internship. He was interested in neuro-opthalmology and became a resident in neurology at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miam. Fla. on July 1, 1970. Early in 1971 his second child Amy Maxine, was born.
During the summer of 1971 Barry first discovered his illness. He had radical surgery and all seemed well - he and Sara visited us shortly after his surgery and he refused to let it slow him down - he and Sara were planning a trip to Europe, and his future traing. But almost a year later evidence of spread appeared - and this time brain surgery was required. He underwent immunological therapy at the Memorial Hospital in New York City - but the tumor recurred and again brain surgery was performed. Barry wasn't his old self after this operation, and was ill until his death.
Barry was a kind and sentimental person - he loved his wife Sara, his children, music, flowers, art - an industrious student and conscientious physician struck down by a dread disease before he could enjoy the fruits of his labor.
CHESTER A. PHILLIPS III '65
Paul Starrett Sample '20
William Ray Page '06
Roland Edward Chesley '08
Edward Billings Luitwieler '12
Hugh Middleton McKay '21
Dr. William Schmidlapp Conklin '31
