Deaths
(A listing of deaths of which word has been receivedwithin the past month. Full notices may appear in thisissue or a later one.)
Stowell, Frank H. '04, November 16, 1972 Gordon, Thurlow M. '06, August 14 Comey, Henry C. '10, August 16 Moseley, Harold A. '11, July 30 Ashton, Leslie O. '13, September 2 Blood, Forrest C. 14, August 5 Margeson, J. Parker '14, August 8 Towle, Ralph M. '19, July 24 Lenz, Carl K. '20, August 2 Sawyer, Charles W. '23, June 11 Noon, Leo M. '24, August 24 McCleery, James W. '25, August 20 Miner, Edwin H. '27, August 31 Wilson, John Jr. '27, August 9 Warner, H. Stewart '30, August 28 Mendell, Charles S. Jr. '31, June 18 Hack, Burt H. '33, August 30 Vass, Siffrein M. Jr. '36, August 11 Hahn, Robert W. '37, August 2 Whitcomb, Robert B. '39, August 4 Mumford, Thomas F. '39, July 19 Campbell, Robert C. '44, June 15 Burnap, Thomas K. '46, August 24 Wisotzkey, Howard M. Jr. '56, August 17 McGuire, Robert G. 3rd '58, August 16 Head, David G. '71, February 12 Henry, Robert L. '73, August 28 Speight, Harold E. B. '28hon, August 9
1906
THURLOW MARSHALL GORDON, husband of the late Pauline S. Gordon, a member of the law firm of Cahill, Gordon, and Reindell since 1920, died at the Arnold House, Stoneham, Mass., on August 14. He was 91.
He graduated from the College summa cum laude in 1906 and from Harvard cum laude in 1911. He was valedictorian of our Class, a member of Phi Delta Theta and of Phi Beta Kappa.
An active alumnus, he was president of the Dartmouth Development Council, delivered our 50-year address (judged by many to be the finest ever made) and had acted as counsel for Dartmouth in many matters. He was given the Alumni Award in 1957.
Thurlow was first admitted to the bar in Massachusetts and was employed by the firm of Fish, Richardson, Herrick, and Neave in Boston. Shortly after, he went to Washington as a special assistant to the Attorney General to work on Antitrust matters. He later joined the legal staff of the Federal Trade Commission to formulate its legal policies relative to the antitrust laws. His classmate Walter Powers writes of Thurlow's anti-trust work, "Wholly on the basis of his constant and careful analysis of the development by courts, lawyers, and teachers for the purposes provisions, and inconsistencies of that .branch of the law and for the organized objections little by little he became known not so much as a flaming torch lighting the way in darkness, as one of the most dependable lights in the darkness."
In 1917 he returned to New York to the firm of Cotton and Franklin and had remained with that firm and its successors ever since, becoming a member in January 1920.
His civic and professional affiliations were many: he was editor of the Harvard Law Review; president of Harvard Law School Association of N.Y.; president Dartmouth Lawyers Association; executive committee of the Bar Association of the City of N.Y.; member of the Mayors Defense Committee, N.Y. City, World War II; director, Mount Desert Island Hospital; director, Roscoe B. Jackson Memorial Laboratory; past president of the Pot and Kettle Club, Bar Harbor! Me.; and a 50-year member of the University Club, N Y. City.
He leaves a daughter Frances of Beacon, N.Y.; a son Thurlow Jr. of Rockville, Conn; five grandchildren; and a nephew Albert B. Gordon of Methuen Mass. They have suggested that memorial contributions be made to Dartmouth.
The College has lost a staunch supporter and loyal friend.
1910
Belated word has been received of the death September 25, 1974 of EDWARD HENRY DUSHAM, professor emeritus of zoology and entomology at Pennsylvania State College.
"Dootch," as we was known to classmates, had been with the college from 1913 until his retirement in 1951 except for a period between 1916 and 1918 while he worked for a Ph.D. at Cornell. He became head of the Pennsylvania State department of zoology and entomology in 1918.
Dootch was a member of several professional organizations, including the American Association of Economic Entomolgy, Entomology Society of America, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Science. He was also a member of the American Association of University Professors and several honor societies.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. James O. Beveridge of Pleasantville, Pa., two grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
1911
HAROLD ALDEN MOSELEY passed away on July 30 at the Hartford, Conn., hospital. "Mose" was born in Thompsonville, Conn., September 23, 1888 and entered Dartmouth from the Enfield High School. With our Class through junior year, he was a member of Gamma Delta Epsilon fraternity.
In his business career he was connected with various enterprises in the earlier years but specialized in the field of management of family estates, investments, and served as head of a local real estate concern until his retirement in the late 40's. Although the state of his health became a problem starting in the 50's, he maintained an active interest in all matters pertaining to Dartmouth and, 1911. He attended most reunions through the 55th and was always a generous contributor to the Alumni Fund. He was a member of the Calvary Presbyterian Church and is survived by his widow Bertha Bradley Moseley at 358 Hazard Avenue, Enfield, Connecticut 06082.
1912
Scotty Rogers died peacefully on June 8 in his room at the Margaret Wagner retirement home in Cleveland, Ohio.
SCOTT ARTHUR ROGERS was born at Fort Wayne, Indiana, on August 27, 1889. He prepared for college at Shaw High School in Cleveland and then entered Western Reserve University where he remained for two years. Entering Dartmouth for his junior year in the autumn of 191°. he became a member of the mandolin club of Delta Kappa Epsilon, and of Dragon.
Following graduation Scotty was employed at Damascus Brake Beam Co. of Cleveland, then with Electric Storage Battery Co. in Philadelphia, and in 1917 with United Alloy Steel Corp. in Canton, Ohio.
In World War I he was commissioned first lieutenant in the Ordnance Department on July 2, 1917 and remained in this department during his two years of service. During this period he was moved from one post to another as an inspector and finally as special assistant of the Cleveland Board, Ordnance Office, Cleveland District. He received his discharge June 11, 1917.
During the remainder of his active life Scotty was in the automobile business, at first as a general sales manager and advancing to vice president of a Chrysler distributor firm for nine counties around Cleveland and 22 around Cincinnati. In addition he became general manager of the plastics division of a Michigan company and of one of its Canadian plants. He retired on January 1, 1959.
He became president of both the Cleveland Automobile Dealers Association and the Ohio Automobile Dealers Association, having been a trustee of the latter for three years. He was a member of many clubs in Cleveland and was a Presbyterian. During his retirement he enjoyed a variety of hobbies, one in particular was composing poems for the entertainment of his family as well as himself.
On June 11, 1917 Scott Rogers married Alice Roberts of Cleveland who survives him together with three sons, the oldest being Scott Jr. '40. There are several grandchildren.
1914
WALTER LAWRENCE LYONS was born on August 9, 1890 in Jamaica Plain, Mass., and passed away on June 7 in Emerson, N.J., where he had made his home since 1920.
Affectionately known as 'Tiger' by his classmates, he came to Dartmouth from West Roxbury High School. After receiving his B.S. degree he went on to earn an M.C.S. from Tuck School.
After graduation he was employed by Hayden Stone & Co. in the investment business for 20 years and then by the National City Bank of N.Y. and later the State of New Jersey in the department of Banking and Insurance as assistant chief examiner.
He was in the United States Army, 1917 to 1919 with 14 months overseas with the Italian Expeditionary Force and later served his home community in various civic activities for many years.
In 1921 Walt married Louis Delano and the marriage was blessed with five children and, according to a letter which we received from him last year, 16 grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.
The members of the Class of 1914 extend their sympathy to Walt's survivors.
We have just learned of the passing of FORREST CLIFFORD BLOOD on August 5. Forry was born in Whitman, Mass. July 2, 1889 and later lived in Tilton, N.H., where he graduated from Tilton Seminary.
After graduating from Dartmouth in 1914 he married Marian MacIver on August 21 of that year and the marriage was blessed with four children and 11 grandchildren.
Forry embarked at once on an interesting and varied career. He taught at the Universities of Utah, Depauw, Wisconsin, and Nebraska. He also served as assistant engineer with the U.S. Bureau of Rivers and Harbors, as director of Commercial Research, and for the Milwaukee Harbor Commission. He was the author of several books relating to advertising, merchandising, and shipping, and the effects of Trading Stamps on retail trade.
The sympathy of the members of the Class of 1914 is extended to the surviving members of the family.
1917
One of the most beloved, popular, and successful members of the Class of 1917, WILLIAM CHOATE EATON, passed away in Dunedin, Fla., on May 27. Bill was born in Boston, attended the Newton High School, and like many of us following graduation, joined the Ordnance Department of the United States Army, serving in various capacities until his discharge in Cincinnati in April of 1919, with the rank of second lieutenant.
to the Boston area, his first business venture was with the Griess Pfleger Tanning Company. From there, Bill joined the staff of Standard Steel Car Manufacturing Company of Pittsburgh, Pa. A short time later, he joined the Gulf Oil Company of Pittsburgh in an official capacity where he spent most of his working career. At the time of his retirement in 1956 he was president of the Gulf Tire and Supply Corporation (a wholly owned subsidiary of Gulf Corporation). Upon his retirement, he moved to Hanover, N.H., and established the W.C. Eaton Oil Company in Lebanon. He built the business into a very successful fuel oil distributor in the area. He was also an active member of Theta Delta Chi.
Ill health forced him to retire and he had lived for a number of years with his sister, Isabelle Hulin of Dunedin. In addition to a successful business career, Bill took a great interest in the College, and also the activities of the Class of 1917. He served as its class agent 1953 to 1957, as class president from 1961 to 1967, and as president of the Western Pennsylvania Alumni Association from 1942 to 1943: The college roster discloses a long list of his Dartmouth forebears, Among them grandfather Frederick H. Choate 1836 and brothers Sargent E. and Frederick both '11 and Austin C. '23. Succeeding generations include Austin C. Jr. '62 and nephews, John B. Eaton '44 and John H. Kelsey '42.
The surviving member of his immediate family is Mrs. Marion Pinkham of Tolland, Conn. Memorial services were held in Newton, Mass. In closing, it is appropriate to note that Bill's profound interest in Dartmouth College as well as his generous nature, prompted him to provide a number of young relatives and friends with the opportunity for education at the College and Amos Tuck School. The Class of 1917 and the College have lost one of their most loyal alumni.
1918
Death came to NEIL OLCOTT SHELDON June 14 after a long, confining illness. Neil was a native of Rupert, Vt„ but prepared for college at Granville High School across the line in upper New York State.
He was a war veteran but received his degree at regular graduation exercises. He also did graduate work at Tuck School.
Neil was essentially a man of business and became associated with his father in operating a Vermont general store. In 1925 he moved to Schenectady where he had purchased a retail coal and wholesale feed dealership. Through hard work and a number of acquisitions Neil built a large and somewhat complicated organization which continued to prosper. It became known as Schenectady Agway. He and a partner also established the Shelter Supply Corporation which became a subdivision of Agway.
Neil was a member and held offices in a number of business oriented organizations. He was president and long time secretary of the Schenectady Rotary Club and treasurer of the 719th district of Rotary. Due to his active enthusiasm he was referred to as Mr. Rotary. He was also active in charitable community and social organizations. Neil was an active and interested member of 1918 and the Alumni Association and was an assistant class agent.
He is survived by his widow Lenah, a Skidmore graduate, and by two sons, F. David of Schenectady, a Cornell graduate, and Roger '49 of New York City, vice president of the Cornell University Medical Center and Hospital Complex. He is also survived by three granddaughters and one great-granddaughter.
PAUL DAVIS WOODMAN died May 8 in France where he had lived since the World War I.
Paul was born in Haverhill, Mass., July 11, 1896. His formal education was terminated May 5, 1917 when he enlisted in the French army, his military service ended April 5, 1919 but he returned to France to serve with the U.S. Reparations Commission. He was employed by Goodyear Tire for six years and then started his own tire business which he carried on for 18 years when he retired leaving his son to carry on. These details are given in a letter he wrote Tom Bryant in 1962. This letter also informs us that since 1925 he had made eight trips to the States, the last of which was a wedding trip with his second wife. His first wife died in 1960 from cancer.
When World War II started, the Air Force found him and called him back as a civilian employee. This continued for eight years, first with the Air Force and later with the Army after which he permanently retired. When the Germans occupied France Paul was interned in a camp for foreign civilians for several months.
Paul's letter and a contribution to the Alumni Fund was in answer to a letter Tom Bryant wrote on assuming the class agent responsibility in 1962.
On May 13, 1974 a short letter to Tom informed us that his family consisted of one son and three grandchildren, and two great-grandsons. There is no Woodman left in the U.S.A.
1919
KENNETH BOWEN JOHNSON died on July 7 in Sonoma, Calif., where he had lived since retirement from the Veterans Administration with which he was connected for over 30 years.
Ken entered college from Franklin, Mass., and later was followed to Hanover by his brother Malcolm of the Class of 1921. He belonged to SAE.
He is survived by his widow June Carey Johnson, whom he married in 1923 and two sons, both of whom went to the University of Texas.
RALPH MERRILL TOWLE died on July 24 in St. Paul where he had made his home for many years. He is survived by his widow Helen, and one daughter.
Since graduation from Tuck School he had been active all his business life in the accounting field, mostly in St. Paul. Pat was born in Exeter, N.H., and was preceded to Dartmouth by his father who was in the Class of 1885.
Since retirement in 1962 he had spent his summers in Park Rapids, Minn.
1920
CHARLES RUSSELL KEEP, 78, a retired insurance executive, died December 13, 1974. He and his widow Ada whom he married in 1920 and who survives him, lived for many years on Willow Cove Road, West, at Hilton Head Island, S.C.
Russ was well known and popular in college among his classmates, and fraternity brothers in Phi Kappa Psi. Along with many other classmates he enlisted in the armed services during World War I.
After the war he made New York his stamping ground and he became active in the insurance field which he made a life long career, serving many well- known insurance companies, such as Pacific Fire, Bankers and Shippers, and Jersey Insurance Company. During World War II he temporarily departed from insurance to serve in the U.S. Navy. He was comman- ding officer of the U.S. Naval Air Facility at Dinner Key, Miami, Fla.
His fondness for his College and the Hanover area is evidenced by the fact that Russ and Ada, with their young son Russ Jr. spent many a summer vacation around the area, camping out in the Dartmouth Outing Club cabin chain in Vermont and New Hampshire. They were especially fond of the Mt. Moosilauke area.
Our very deep sympathy is extended to Ada and to his son Russ Jr. who graduated from Dartmouth in 1951.
1921
MILLARD WARNER NEWCOMB died August 28 in his Bay City, Mich., home. He was born November 20, 1899 in Berea, Ohio.
A member of Delta Tau Delta at college and a graduate of Tuck School, Newc worked as a certified public accountant for Ernst and Ernst in Cleveland from 1922-25; for the Archibald M. Peisch Company in Hanover 1925-26; two firms in Barre, Vt., 1926-28, and the National Acme Co. in Cleveland for 11 years from 1929. During World War II he was associated with the U.S. War Department and later with the U.S. Maritime Commission in Washington, D.C. He then served for 17 years as a technical advisor in the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
As a member of the appellate staff of IRS in Detroit, Newc attended the College of Law there and received his LL.B. in 1951. He and wife Pearl, also a lawyer, whom he married in 1942, were both admitted to the Michigan bar in 1952 following 1921's 30th Reunion. With an accounting background Pearl practised law and specialized in estates and trusts. In 1963 after Newc retired from the government, the two formed their own law firm in Bay City. He was called there, in effect, "public defender," according to the local newspaper, because he defended "all but a few of those accused felons whose lack of means necessitates legal support at the public's expense."
He was a member of the Masons, director and treasurer of the Bay County Bar Association the American Institute of CPAs, and Bay City Country club.
To Pearl who survives him at their home at 821 N Euclid Ave. in Bay City, the Class extends its heartfelt sympathy.
1923
RANDOLPH CHANDLER DOWNES, professor emeritus of history at the University of Toiedo, died at St. Lukes Hospital, Toledo, Ohio, on July 14 following, a long illness.
A native of South Norwalk, Conn., Red was graduate of East Hartford High School. At Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. In 1924 he received his masters degree from the University of Wisconsin and his doctorate in 1929 from Ohio State University.
Red began his teaching career in 1925 at Marietta College. Two years later he was appointed to the faculty of Ohio State and in 1929 moved to the: University of Pittsburgh where he taught until 1936 During the following ten years he taught at Centenar Junior College, Hartwick College, and Smith College prior to his appointment to the University of Toledo history faculty in 1946.
A prolific but scholarly writer, Red authored many books, among them the 800-page The Rise of WarrenGamaliel Harding, considered the most scholarly and coldly factual book about the late President.
Red was a former director of the Maumee Ohio Valley Historical Society and editor of its quarterly publication and a trustee of the Martha Kinney Cooper Ohio and Library Association. In 1970 he received the Ohio Academy of History distinquished service award and in 1974 received an honorary doctor of law degree from the University of Toledo.
Survivors include his wife and devoted research assistant Marie and a son Paul of Santa Barbara, Cal.
Red was a man of great intellectual prowess, strong convictions, and outstanding academic accomplishments. To his wife and son the Class of 1923 extends its deepest sympathy.
JOSEPH E. BALDWIN died June 12 at S Luke Hospital in his native New Bedford. He had suffered from a long illness.
Joe was a graduate of New Bedford High School. At Dartmouth he was a member for three years of both the College orchestra and the Players orchestra.
A past president of the Rotary Club of Waltham, Mass., where he and Louise lived for many years, he became a member of the New Bedford Wamsutta Club when he moved to that city. A long-time summer resident of Eastville on Martha's Vineyard Island, Joe was manager of the New Bedford office of the Massachusetts Division of Unemployment Security at the time of his death.
Joe's survivors include his widow Louise, a daughter Mrs. Louise B. Leney of Seattle, Wash., a son Robert W. of Los Angeles, five grandchildren and a greatgrandson.
The Class extends to the family its deepest sympathy in their great loss.
CHARLES WILTON SAWYER died on June 11 at Lakeside Hospital of University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio. He was a graduate of Cleveland's University School. At Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Delta Theta.
Bill spent most of his business life with Thompson Products Company now T. R. W. Inc. At the time of his retirement in 1967 he was credit manager of that corporation.
Bill's survivors include his widow Marion, a son W. Todd, a daughter Maryanne Myer and four grandchildren. The Class extends them all its deepest sympathy.
1924
LEO MARTIN NOON died on August 24. He had been a resident of Maplewood, N.J. for 39 years.
Leo came to Dartmouth following service in the Marine Corps in 1917-18. He had been employed by Esso Standard Oil as a credit analyst and consultant, with service of 36 years, until his retirement 13 years ago.
He is survived by his widow Anna, two sons, Leo Jr. and Paul nd ten grandchildren.
c. JERRY SPAULDING died on August 1, following an operation for a heart condition.
Spud came to Dartmouth from Newton High School. In college he was a member of the Dartmouth board for four years, a member of Phi Kappa Psi and Green Key, and president of Pi Delta Epsilon. He was active in ass affairs throughout his college career.
Following graduation he was associated with several companies in Boston and New York concerned with advertising and public relations. In 1929 he became the advertising manager for M.J. Whittal Associates of Worcester In 1939 he purchased the Otis Carl Williams, Inc. Advertising Agency, which then became C. Jerry Spaulding, Inc. In 1963 the Firm became Spaulding and Hayward, Inc. He retired in June 1975.
He was a member of the Worcester Advertising Club and was its president in 1934, receiving the club's silver medal in 1964. He was also affiliated with the National Advertising Foundation of America and a member of the Sales Executives Club of Greater Worcester.
Spud was engaged in civic activities in many varied fields, typical of his interest in people and his interest in life. He was a director of the Worcester YMCA and the Worcester Civic Music Association, as well as an active corporator of Peoples Bank, Hahneman Hospital, and the Worcester Art Museum, as well as serving as director of the Better Business Bureau, heading the United Church Canvass and a member of the Worcester Ecumenical Church Council's Development Cormmittee for several years. He was a member of the Worcester County Republican Club, the National Fund for Medical Education, the Citizen's Plan E Committee, the Worcester Science Museum, Worcester Historical Society, Friends of the Free Public Library and the Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology.
No member of the Class of 1924 was more devoted to the Class and the College than Spud, nor did any other member have more friends in the Class. He was always ready to do whatever he was called on to do, cheerfully and willingly. He served six years as class president. His outstanding contribution to the Class was the editing and publishing of the 40-Year History. In this project he was given invaluable assistance by his wife Kay
Spud was a past president of the Dartmouth Club of Worcester a member of the Worcester Club, Tatnuck Country Club, where he was an enthusiastic golfer, the University Club, and the Bohemians.
He is survived by his widow Katherine, a son J. Lincoln '56. a daughter Sue Gulick, and seven grandchildren. A memorial service was held in Worceste on August 5, which was attended by several members of the Class.
1926
How ARD THIELMANN BUCK died May 1 at St. Therese Hospital in Waukegan, Ill. He was born in Waukegan June 30, 1903 and graduated from Waukegan High School. Howie was a member of Phi Delta Theta at Dartmouth. He continued his education graduating with a law degree from Kent Law School.
Howie spent his entire life in Waukegan with longtime employment with Johnson Motors from which he had recently retired.
Howie is survived by his widow Hope, two sons Frederick and Thomas, and a sister to whom the Class sends its sincere sympathy.
PRENTISS CARNELL JR. died June 9 at St. Peter's Hospital, Albany, N.Y., after a brief illness. He was born July 10, 1904 in Albany, came to Dartmouth from Albany Academy where he graduated cum laude. Pren was a member of Chi Phi, manager of freshman hockey, was on the 1926 freshman hockey squad and was a well known, well liked active undergraduate as well as an excellent student. He went on to Tuck School from which he graduated with a MCS degree in 1927. Pren started a Carnell family procession to Dartmouth - his brothers the late Edwin Bradley '30 and John R. III '32, as well as his son Prentiss III '56, Tuck-Thayer '57, and also his nephew Andrew N. '63.
During his entire business career Pren was associated with the family-owned Albany Business College, becoming president in 1958 following his father's death and continuing in that capacity until his retirement in 1971. The 90-year ownership continues with Prentiss III as president together with Andrew. Pren had many business, civic and social connections in Albany - among them: vice president and board member of Albany Savings Bank, a member of boards of National Commercial Bank & Trust Co., Albany Academy, Albany Institute of History and Art, former vice president and trustee of Albany Home for Children. He was a member of Rotary International for 45 years, Schuyler Meadows Country Club and Albany Country Club.
Survivors include his widow, the former Ruth Kimmey, his son, a daughter Mrs. Kimmey MacAffer, his brother, and eight grandchildren. The Class sympathizes with the family and counts its loss of another outstanding classmate.
EDWARD KING HASSETT died suddenly January 9 of an embolism at Ocean View Memorial Hospital, Myrtle Beach, S.C. He was born in Beverly, Mass., August 21, 1904, attended Beverly High School, and after graduation from Dartmouth earned his M.B.A. degree at Harvard Business School in 1929. At Dartmouth Ed was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa.
Ed's business career was entirely in the financial field starting in 1929 with the banking and foreign department of J & W Seligman & Co. in New York. During the war years he was engaged in expediting Navy contracts with Arma Corp. and Materials Coordinating Agency in New York. He then was associated with Standard & Poor's and later as senior investment consultant and portfolio review with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. from which company he retired in 1971.
Ed was an active, loyal, and enthusiastic Dartmouth man during both undergraduate and graduate years. He was busy in civic affairs, civil defense, and auxiliary police during war time, fund raising for Riverside Church in New York where he was a member, as well as work with Harry County Heart Association in Myrtle Beach, S.C. His four happy years of retirement in South Carolina provided him with swimming, tennis, and golf.
His widow, the former Thelma Bell, whom he married in 1940, continues her residence at 7509 Porcher Avenue, Myrtle Beach. Also surviving are his daughter Mary King Skarstrom of Rochester, N.Y., and three grandchildren. The Class offers its sincere sympathy to all the family.
1927
DONALD CRAMPTON BURNHAM, of Windsor, Conn., and Newfane, Vt., former chemistry professor at the Hartford branch of the University of Connecticut, died June 25 at Hartford Hospital.
Born in Hartford, he had lived in Windsor since 1915. He graduated from the Windsor High School where he was president of his class all four years. At Dartmouth he was a member of Alpha Chi Rho and Alpha Chi Sigma, majoring in chemistry. Following graduation he went on to obtain his M.S. degree at Boston College.
Since retiring from teaching, Don had engaged in real estate and insurance and spent spare time in the woodworking department of the Alvin Co. - Windsor plant, and summers in Vermont.
He was an active member of the Methodist Church, Kiwanis Club, Republican Town Commissioner, chairman of the United Fund, and finance board of the Boy Scouts.
Don leaves his widow Helen Pickering Burnham, a son Sanford A. Burnham of Ancram, N.Y., a daughter Mrs. Joanne Nolan of Quincy, Mass., and nine grandchildren.
RICHARD FLETCHER HOOD of East Falmouth, Mass., former chairman of the Waltham High School English Department, died June 2 at a nursing home in Falmouth. He had retired in 1970 after a 39-year teaching career in Waltham, his native town.
At Dartmouth, Dick was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon and Phi Beta Kappa, graduating among the top scholars in the Class. He later secured his Masters Degree at Harvard. For ten years, he was on the staff of the American Institute of Banking in Boston where he taught Effective English and Bank Letters and Reports. For ten years he was co-director of the Manter Hall Summer School in Falmouth.
In 1967 Dick authored a textbook Precis WritingPractice, an aid to reading comprehension. In 1973 he wrote Words in the News. Both of these English textbooks were published by Educators Publishing Service in Cambridge. He was active in the various state and local teachers associations and the National Council of Teachers of English.
Dick's hobbies included gardening, sports, and travel. He was an avid supporter of Dartmouth, the Red Sox, Patriots, Bruins, and Celtics and handled the mike at the Falmouth games in the Cape Cod League. He is survived by two sons the Rev. Richard E. Hood and Ernest B. Hood. His wife Helen predeceased him.
ARTHUR CLARENCE LUND, a retired assistant professor of history at the University of Baltimore, died July 6 after a short illness. Before his retirement two years ago, he had taught for 20 years, first at the Baltimore College of Commerce, and later at the University. In his earlier years, he ws professor of romance languages, but finally concentrated on history.
A native of Nashua, N.H., Art followed his work at Dartmouth by obtaining a Master's degree and Ph.D. from Columbia. Before starting his full time teaching career, he worked as an accountant and taught two evenings a week at Eastern College of Commerce. He was always active in the Dartmouth Alumni Club of Baltimore.
Art is survived by his widow, the former Alice Louise Bradley, and two sons John Bradley Lund '60 and Robert Kent Lund, USMC. Ret.
Colonel JOHN WILSON JR. (U.S.A. Ret.) died August 9 at Hope, Maine, after a long illness. One of the most colorful members of the Class, he gained fame as a short story writer, army officer, and newspaper columnist. Jack graduated from Quincy, Mass., High School. While at Dartmouth he was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha and took part in boxing events.
Between 1935 and 1955 he had short stories published under the name of "Jay Wilson" in the Saturday Evening Post, Colliers, Liberty,Cosmopolitan, This Week, and other national magazines. He also wrote a newspaper column called "Grapeshot."
Jack's military service began as a reserve lieutenant from 1935 to 1941, and then active duty until his retirement in 1958 which included Command and General Staff College at Leavenworth, with active duty taking him from lieutenant to colonel and from Normandy to Elbe, Pacific Islands and finally the Pentagon. Along the way he received the Croix de Guerre from Luxembourg, the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, French Legion of Honor, the French Croix de Guerre, five Battle Stars and three Theatre of Operations ribbons.
As head of replacement division, First Army Headquarters, Col. Wilson handled more than 400,000 battle replacements during five campaigns in World War II. As a member of the Planning Group under Ger Omar N. Bradley, he served in London in preparation for the invasion of Europe.
In 1958 Jack returned to his 150-acre Maine Tree Farm which he dubbed "The Loonery." He was past parish president of the Congregational Church of Camden, Maine, long time member of Camder Rotary, Town Planning Board, Historical Society, past president of the Community Hospital and chairman of the Bicentennial Committee. His winter hobby was "trapping snowmobiles and in summer I bite tourists and shoot out of state real estate developers on sight."
Jack was survived by his widow Sally Hay a son John (retired Navy Chief) and daughter Jacqueline Corcoran.
Lieutenant Colonel ELMER HENRY WORTH (USAF, Ret.) of Forest Hill, Md., a retired professor and counselor at Harford Community College, died June 23 at Johns Hopkins Hospital following a lingering illness. He had been named professor 'emeritus after teaching psychology at the college since his retirement from the Air Force in 1965.
A native of Melrose, Mass., Elmer was captain of the rifle team as an undergraduate. After graduation he taught French in various schools until he entered the Air Force in 1941, where he was unit commander, rising from captain to major. After World War II, he earned a Master's degree in education at Boston University.
He became chief of vocational counselling (for veterans) at the University of Massachusetts, Ft. Devens, then director of Psychological Services at Mitchell College, New London, Conn. As lieutenant colonel he was made chief of Training AFROTC at the University of Connecticut. In the 1956 Korean Conflict he was sent to Misawa, Japan, as provost marshal of the 39th Air Division. In 1960 he was recalled to the states as chief of training, USAF Officers Candidate School where he served until his retirement from the service in 1965.
Elmer's interest in marksmanship made it a lifetime hobby. He won the Air Force Distinguished Rifle and Distinguished Pistol Badges, was a member of the "2600 Club", Pistol Champion of the Far East Air Force in 1956, and second place in the All Air Force meet, and after his retirement won the Maryland State Pistol Championship.
Elmer is survived by his widow, the former Alice Lucy, two sons Phillip in the Philippine islands and Lieutenant Commander David, USCG, Camp Springs, Md., two daughters Mrs. Janice Yost, Bellevue, Wash., and Mrs. Susan Bennion of Baltimore, Md.
1929
Word has just been received that RALPH STUART PALMER died on December 25, 1974, after a long illness. He prepared for college at the Manchester, N.H., High School, where he was class valedictorian; at Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. In the autumn of 1929 he began teaching English at the Stamford, Conn., High School and continued until 1973. In 1946 he received the M.A. degree from Teachers College, Columbia.
In 1932 Stu married Cecile Frances Graf, also a teacher in the Stamford High School, who survives him. Their son Dr. R. Barton Palmer '68 took graduate work at the University of Durham, England, and at Yale; he is now an assistant professor of English at Georgia State University. The Class of 1929 expresses its sympathy to the family.
1930
HAROLD STEWART WARNER died on August 28 at his home in Hohokus, N.J. Stew was the president of the Warner Woven Label Co. in Paterson, N.J.
He joined this business following his graduation from Tuck School in 1931. In 1973 he was chosen "Small Business Man of the Year" for his home state.
He was a director of the New Jersey Bank and Trust Co. in Paterson and was a past president of the Pater-Community Chest, Passaic County United Givers Fund Greater Paterson Council of Churches, and the Hohokus Board of Education.
He served the College and Class as chairman of the interviewing committee for his area and as an assistant class agent.
Sympathy of the Class is extended to his daughters Patricia and Joan.
1933
PAUL CUNNINGHAM CLEAVES of North Weymouth, Mass., died May 9 after a long illness.
He was born in Revere, Mass., and prepared for Dartmouth at Weymouth High School. In college he was a member of the symphony orchestra and Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity.
Paul taught in Weymouth High School for 16 years and then was director of Audio-Visual Aids in the Weymouth Public Schools for ten years. He had three years of military service from 1943 to 1946 as a first lieutenant in the Army.
The sympathy of the Class is extended to his widow Barbara and to their two sons, Phillip B. '64 and Bradford S.
DR. JOHN ALEXANDER DAVIDSON, 65, a physician and surgeon in Springfield, Ohio since 1948, was stricken fatally May 11 as the result of a heart attack while sailing with his wife Mary on Kiser Lake (Ohio).
Reared in St. Albans, Vt., he graduated from St. Albans High School and prepared at Phillips Exeter Academy for Dartmouth College where he was a member of the Dragon Society and Alpha Delta Phi.
Following graduation John worked briefly for the Boston Daily Record and as a bank teller in St. Albans before receiving his medical degree from the University of Vermont in 1942.
He was a Diplomate of the American Board of Urology and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and a member of the American Urological Association, St. Teresa Church, the Rotary Club, and the Springfield Country Club.
Surviving are his widow Mary (Vannah), three sons Air Force Capt. John A. Davidson Jr. in Thailand, Robert and Thomas of Springfield (Ohio); three daughters, Mrs. Stephen McCarthy of Columbus, Ohio, Patricia, student at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Mary Beth, student at Wilmington College; a brother Alan of New Bern, N.C., and a sister Mrs. Dorothy Kenyon of Burlington, Vt. The Class extends its sympathy to them.
LEONARD RAYMOND RIENZO, 64, of Fair Lawn, N.J., died in the spring of 1974 as the result of a heart attack.
Born in New York City, he prepared for Dartmouth College at Scarsdale High School, Scarsdale, N.Y. After attending the College for two years, Leonard was associated with the Westchester Lighting Company and had military service as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army during World War II.
The Class extends sympathy to his wife, a resident of Fair Lawn, N.J.
Attorney DANIEL GOODING ROLLINS, 64, of New Seabury, Mass., died July 20 in the Beth Israel Hospital after a long illness.
He was born in Brookline, Mass., attended local schools and was graduated from Dartmouth and Harvard Law School. His fraternity was Psi Upsiton.
Danny was a Marine Corps veteran of World War II and served as town counsel of Brookline for 16 years in addition to serving as a selectman.
A former president of the Norfolk County Bar Association, he was a member of the Beth Horan Lodge of Masons, American Bar Association, Mass. Bar Association and the New Seabury Country Club.
The Class extends its sympathy to his widow Selma ox) a's° an attorney, three sons, Daniel G. Jr. of N.J., Philip A. '57 of New Seabury, and Peter C. '63 of Stillwater, Okla; three stepsons, Arthur M. Fox of San Francisco, Calif., Myron J. Fox of Sudbury, Mass., and Bernard S. Fox of Brookline. Also, a brother, Charles F. of Florida and eight grandchildren. Memorial gifts may be made to the College.
1935
CHARLES HOPKINS BROWN, 61, died at his home in Briarcliff Manor, N. Y., on July 25.
Chuck was born in Wilkinsubrg, Pa., and prepared for Dartmouth at Northwood School. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta, president of the Forensic Union, and captain of the Debating Team. After college he began a newspaper career as a free lance reporter working his way around the world.
He filed dispatches from China, where he covered the early stages of the revolution: India, where he interviewed Mahatma Gandhi: Burma, Singapore, and Palestine, where he was deported by the British for illegally interviewing Palestinian guerillas.
During World War II he was an intelligence officer on the staff of General George Patton, serving from the landings in North Africa through the campaigns of Sicily, Italy, and Germany.
In 1945 he joined Newsweek magazine and served as its bureau chief in Bonn from 1949 to 1952. He was an editor of the New York Times Magazine from 1955 to 1965, when he joined the International Executive Service Corps and became vice president, public relations.
The Class expresses its deepest sympathy to Chuck's widow Betsy, to his children Jeff and Lucy, and to his brother Lowell.
LLOYD RAWLINGS TOWNSEND, 62, died after a long illness on June 21 in Youngstown, Ohio. He came to Dartmouth from Shaw High School in Cleveland, but attended only one year before transferring to Western Reserve University from which he obtained both his A.B. and LL.B. degrees. He was also a graduate of the American Institute of Foreign Trade.
Following graduation, Lloyd followed his legal profession before World War II. During the war he served with the U.S. Air Force in Africa and Italy.
In 1945 he began a banking career, first with the Dollar Savings and Trust Company in Youngstown, Ohio. Then in 1957 he joined the Union National Bank where he became vice president and trust officer, retiring in 1973. In addition to being a widely respected authority on trust matters throughout Ohio he found time to be very active in community affairs in Youngstown.
The Class wishes to extend its sympathy to Lloyd's widow Patricia and to his daughters Tara and Hollis.
1936
After a long bout with cancer, SIFFREIN MAURY VASS JR. died on August 11 in La Jolla, Calif. Sev had been making his home in La Jolla since April, 1974 when he moved there from Mexico City upon retirement as general manager and president of Ford Motor Company of Mexico.
Previously he had been comptroller for the Ford Motor Company in Detroit and earlier had been comptroller for the Lincoln Mercury Division. Sev had joined Ford in 1946 after having served as lieutenant j.g. in the U.S. Naval Reserve during World War II.
Having vacationed in Mexico for many years before living there for seven years, Sev and Marian had actively studied the Mayan culture and archeology in Yucatan, and continued their studies after moving back to California.
Survivors include his widow, the former Marian Mann, two daughters Miss Dana Vass and Mrs. Sam Harwood, and two grandchildren. The Class extends it's deep sympathy to all of them in their loss.
1937
ROBERT WILLIAM HAHN, vice president of the Great American Insurance Company, died August 2 at his home in Stamford, Conn. He was chairman of the board of the American Institute of Marine Underwriters, a member of the Propeller Club of the Port of New York and the Marine Exchange of the San Francisco Bay Area.
Bob came to Dartmouth from Columbia High School, Orange, N.J. He was a Theta Delt, a member of Dragon Society, and a graduate of Tuck School.
Through the years we never had any direct news from Bob but followed his career through newsclippings of his promotions. We had a note from Dave Rainey in 1973 that he had stopped off on a trip to New York and had a drink with him.
He is survived by his wife, the former Nancy Weaver and seven children: Robert, Jeffery, David, and Jonathon of Stamford; Mrs. Eric Vidinghoff of Devon, Pa., Peter of Blairstown, N. J., and Timothy of Fair Haven, N. J., his mother Mrs. Jules Hahn of Chatham, N. J., his sister, Mrs. Francis Pattberg of Centerville, Mass., and one grandson.
1938
EDWARD GEORGE KIRBY died April 15 in his Jamaica, West Indies, retirement home. He was 60 years old.
Ed was born in Toledo, Ohio, and prepared for college at schools there and at the Asheville School in North Carolina. He received his BCS from Tuck in 1938, attended for a time the Graduate School of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland, and became employed with a New York advertising agency.
In World War II Ed served from 1941 to 1946 with the Army Adjutant General's department, entering as a corporal and receiving his discharge as a major, following one year of service in India.
He married Mary Foster, a Smith graduate, in 1942 and, after the war, they moved to Toledo where once again he joined an advertising agency. Later employed by a Detroit agency, he struck out in 1973 to found his own advertising firm in Birmingham, Mich. He had been a member of the Dartmouth clubs of Toledo and New York.
Surviving are his widow Mary, ("Lime Hill," P.O. Box 202, Ocho Rios, Jamaica), a daughter Christine and a son Edward G. III. Burial was in Jamaica and the family requests that any tributes be in the form of contributions to the Cancer Fund in Ocho Rios.
ROBERT FOSTER MATTESON died suddenly at his home in Center Moriches, N.Y., July 8. A coronary occlusion was the immediate cause of his passing.
Following distinguished service as a B-26 bomber pilot and squadron leader in World War II, during which he flew over 55 combat missions in northern Italy, southern France, and North Africa, and received the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, among other awards, Bob designed, developed, and promoted the 16-ft. fiberglass Cottontail racing sloop. He also was an associate in the design, building, and operation of the first U. S. commercial "over-the-stern" dragger, a steel 80-ton fishing vessel.
Captain Matteson was a member of the North American Yacht Racing Union, Gamma Delta Chi, the Moriches Yacht Club, the Eastern Long Island Retired Officers Club, the Moriches Historical Society, and the Hunterdon County Historical Society.
He is survived by his widow Julie (Fresenius), whom he married in 1945, their two daughters Kris and Robbin, and son Wallace, a grandchild; and a sister and a brother. The family would appreciate contributions in Bob's memory to the Suffolk Marine Museum, Montauk Highway, West Sayville, N. Y. 11796.
1946
Classmates and many members of the Dartmouth community will be saddened to learn of the death of DR. THOMAS KELVIN BURNAP on August 24 in the Greenwich, Conn., hospital from cancer.
After graduation with high honors Tom got his medical degree from USC and returned to Hanover first as an intern at Mary Hitchcock and then as a fellow in anesthesiology in the Medical School. After two years in the Marines in Korea he returned to the Boston area where for many years he developed a long and impressive list of associations with prominent hospitals, medical societies, and community organizations. In 1966 he moved to Dallas as chief of service at Presbyterian hospital and as a professor at the University of Texas Medical School. He returned to Boston in 1970 and then to Greenwich as chief of anesthesiology. He was a past chairman of the board of governers of the American College of Anesthetists. He was a member of AKK, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, and Tri Kap.
Tom was our first class agent and will long be remembered for his winning smile and eager willingness to serve his College, profession, and community. He is survived by his widow Arlene, three daughters, a son, and four brothers; three of whom are also Dartmouth graduates; Clement '39, John '4O, and Robert '43.
1962
The Class is saddened by the news that FRANK DAVID LENA, one of its most popular and energetic members, died on May 10.
Frank's death came suddenly following a history of back problems and a spinal fusion which was not successful. Before his death Frank had been in severe pain and was facing additional surgery.
Frank came to Dartmouth from Marblehead, Mass. where he was active in student government and headed up the school paper and yearbook. At Dartmouth Frank majored in government and was graduated Phi Beta Kappa. He was president of Sigma Nu, worked for four years on the staff of the Dartmouth, and was very active in the Interfraternity Council. Perhaps one of Frank's most devoted College interests was the Newman Club, and those at the Aquinas House remember him with deep respect.
Following graduation Frank attended Law School at Harvard and mastered his legal training with the same skill shown at Dartmouth. At the time of his death he was operating the family business in Salem, Mass., with the same leadership and effort that made him so well liked and admired.
To his widow Mary and their four young children, the Class extends its deepest sympathy. Friends and classmates who have learned of his death have started the Frank David Lena '62 Memorial Fund, the proceeds of which will be used to benefit scholars of the romance languages, one of Frank's great loves. Inquiries concerning the Fund may be directed to the College.
William Choate Eaton '17
