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 Hobbs, Samuel '12, October 21 Daniell, William I. '15, May 5 Supeau, Auguste F. '17, April 1 Morey, Sylvester M. '18, October 26 Stanley, Edwin W. '18, October Johnson, Wilbur B. '19, September 14 Towle, Ralph M. '19, July 24 Palmer, Alton S. '20, October 28 Conger, Daniel B. '21, March 20 Foley, Arthur C. '21, December 8, 1973 Lenci, Thomas A. '22, October 22 Morse, Winslow C. '22, February 1, 1973 Lane, Robert P. '23, April 11, 1974 Sawyer, Charles W. '23, June 11 Davidson, Gaston H. '24, February 8 Baumann, Walter R. '25, October 13 Buck, Alfred E. '25, July 11, 1973 Lawler, James F. '25, April 11, 1972 Smith, Francis C. '26, June 1972 Volkhardt, William T. '26, July 11 Christman, Carl M. '27, July 6, 1972 Freeman, W. Brownell '27, September 27 Miner, Edwin H. '27, August 31 Thompson, J. Arthur '27, January 28 Wilson, John Jr. '27, August 9 Bishop, Albert T. '2B, October 16 Warner, H. Stewart '30, August 28 Darling, Richard H. '31, October 22 Mendell, Charles S. Jr. '31, June 18 Hahn,'Robert W. '37, August 2 Stover, William H. '37, June 15 Randall, Stephen '39, April 30 Mumford, Thomas F. '39, July 19 Curtis, Oakley C. '43, September 24 Campbell, Robert C. '44, June 15 Grant, John L. '45, May 5, 1974 Head, David G. '71, February 12 Speight, Harold E. B. '28hon, August 9 Burns, Ralph A. '34hon, November 4 Unger W. Byers '35hon, November 2 Wood, J. Albert '48hon, September 24

Faculty

JAMES FRANCIS CUSICK, a member of the faculty for 30 years, died at Mary Hitchcock Hospital September 29 at the age of 77. He had retired in 1964 as professor of economics, specializing in money and banking.

Born in 1898 in Gardner, Mass., he was a 1921 graduate of Amherst and received his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1934. Before coming to Dartmouth as an instructor in 1935 he had been associated with several secondary schools and had taught for five years at his Alma Mater. At Dartmouth he was promoted to assistant professor in 1937 and to full professor in 1944.

During his time at Dartmouth, Professor Cusick was director of the Great Issues Course and was the first education director for Alumni College. He served on local and national educational bodies for many years, was for nine years a member of the Hanover School Board, and was the founder in the late 1930's of the Hanover Skating Club which has grown to be the largest in Northern New England. He was also long a member of the College Symphony Orchestra.

He was married to the former Margaret Ronzone in 1931 and she and their daughter Mrs. Jean Sphar and granddaughter Christina survive.

W. BYERS UNGER, professor of zoology for 40 years until his retirement in 1965, died November 2 at Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital. He was 77.

Born in Baltimore, Md., he was graduated summacum laude and salutatorian in 1920 from Western Maryland College, received an M.S. from Lafayette in 1922, and his Ph.D. from Yale in 1925, the year he joined the Dartmouth faculty as an instructor. He was awarded an honorary M.A. in 1935, the same year he was promoted to the rank of professor.

In addition to teaching at the College Professor Unger also taught protozoology several summers at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass., and traveled widely in the Far East to do research in invertebrate zoology.

He was the co-author of Laboratory Manual forElementary Zoology, and of numerous articles in scientific periodicals and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the American Society of Zoologists, the American Microspopical Society, the Society of Protosoologists, and the New England Academy of Science.

Professor Unger leaves his widow Katherine (Leidy) of Hanover, formerly of Westminster, Md. Memorial contributions may be made either to the Hitchcock Hospital or to the Church of Christ, Hanover.

PHILIP SCHUYLER BENJAMIN, assistant professor of American history at the College from 1966 to 1968, died October 4, at a Devon, Pa., nursing home. He was 43 years old.

Professor Benjamin was an alumnus of Haverford College, received his Masters degree in history in 1955 from the University of Michigan, his Masters in education from Harvard in 1957, and his Ph.D. from Columbia in 1966.

A very popular teacher at Dartmouth, he taught History 5 and 6, the American history introductory courses. He had taught at Monroe High School in Rochester, N.Y., before coming to Dartmouth and went from the College to teach at Temple University until last June, being for a time also director of Urban Archives there. He was the author of PhiladelphiaQuakers in the Industrial Age - 1865-1920, soon to be published.

Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Benjamin, 214 Windemere Ave., Wayne, Pa. 19087 and a sister Deborah.

1909

RALPH BYRON CLEMENT passed away in his sleep at his home in Dayton, Ohio, on August 21 after years of failing health from arteriosclerosis.

Ralph was born in Gloucester, Mass., on January 20, 1885. He came to Dartmouth by way of Chelsea (Mass.) High School. In college, he was a member of the Glee Club and one of the founders of Gamma Delta Epsilon fraternity which became Gamma Delta Chi. He was also a member of Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity.

After receiving his B.S. degree, he spent five years in minor engineering positions in the New England areas. He then went to the University of Wisconsin and received his C.E. degree in 1915. He went to Dayton, Ohio, with the Miami Conservatory District for Flood Prevention as office engineer. In 1920, he was general construction engineer for the district. In 1924, he became architect for Refiners Oil Co. In 1935, he entered private practice. In 1941, he joined Armco Steel Co. as an architect and returned to private practice in 1950. He became connected with McGraw Construction Co. of Middletown, Ohio, and retired in September 1960. He was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and American Institute of Architects.

Ralph was married to Harriet Pruden Kirkpatrick on September 20, 1916. She died February 3, 1974. He is survived by three daughters Harriet K. (Mrs. Hugh Senseman); Mary Elizabeth (Mrs. Howard Carr); and Louise Tarr (Mrs. Howard Linard). They all live in Dayton. There are seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Ralph served the Class as head agent of the Alumni Fund from 1949 to 1956 and was a loyal booster of Dartmouth and '09.

1910

Chicago newspapers reported the death of MUNROE COLE and his wife Bernice in an apparent suicide pact September 23 at the Presbyterian Home in Evanston, Ill.

Mun was with us at the College for two years, leaving to join his father's office supply firm in Chicago, and had been in semi-retirement since its merger with another business in 1926.

The Coles, who had been married for 53 years, had moved to the nursing home in 1970 and last January Munroe entered the infirmary where he was confined to a wheelchair. His wife visited him daily to take him for walks around the home's complex. They did not return at their usual time and their bodies were found in the vacant apartment of Mrs. Cole's brother-in-law, also a resident. Surviving are Munroe's son by a previous marriage, George E. Jr. '36 and a grandson and Bernice's sister and five nephews and one niece.

1911

LESTER HARTWELL GIBSON passed away on October 5 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Les joined our Class from Jamaica Plain, Mass., and Stone School. In college he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.

He was in the advertising business in Boston. Then in 1933 he became sales manager of the Bailey Company in Amesbury, Mass., manufacturers of form-metal specialties, and in 1945 started in business for himself as founder and president of Kingston-Warren Corporation in Newfields, N. H. Their principal product was the felt-lined channels that guide the windows up and down for Chevrolet automobiles.

His non-business associations included past master of Eliot Lodge AF and AM in Brookline, Mass., Engineers Club of Boston, and New York City Athletic Club, in later years he spent winters on his yacht in Florida and settled down in Fort Lauderdale. Les is survived by his wife Marion (Thome) Gibson at 811 North Rio Vista Blvd., Fort Lauderdale 33301.

1914

HOWARD SPENCER CURTIS was born in Warren Mass., December 9, 1892 and passed away in Palmer, Mass., on October 28.

Curt came to Dartmouth College from Warren High School. He served as a lieutenant during World War I and, after the war, married Helen Abbott on December 15, 1921 who, unfortunately, passed on in 1934. The marriage was blessed with a son Robert William '50 who survives him, and four grandchildren.

In 1918 Curt joined the Palmer National Bank and rose to become its president in 1961. He was also president of Palmer Industries, Inc., treasurer for 30 years of the Palmer Chapter of the American Red Cross, district treasurer for ten years of the Hampden County Society for Crippled and Handicapped, treasurer of the Hampden County T.B. Association, and trustee of the Wing Memorial Hospital.

He was also an assistant class agent and reunion treasurer of the Class.

The sympathy of all of the members of our Class is extended to his survivors.

1915

Belated notification has been received of the death of RALPH L. BURGESS on February 24, 1974. Ralph lived in Englewood, Colorado. During his business career he was vice president of the Mountain States Tel. & Tel.

Classmates will be sorry to hear of the death of JOSEPH BAKER COMSTOCK in Claremont, Calif., on October 3 from a stroke. Joe was founder and president of the Comstock Coaching School, a civil service coaching school which he directed for about 40 years until his retirement in 1970. Joe's wife Nan preceded him in death several years ago. His brother Andrew '13, two sons, and four grandchildren survive him.

I have such pleasant memories of several visits Marion and I had with Nan and Joe when we were in California. The one which stands out was the excursion on which they took us to Palm Springs and Indio ending with a delicious dinner in Santa Monica.

In college, Joe was a member of the Varsity Gun Team and of the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity.

1916

Dr. EDWIN PARKER HAYDEN, 81, dedicated surgeon for 53 years, former member of the Harvard Medical School faculty, and president of the Class, died October 12. He was stricken by a heart attack on October 9 just outside the entrance of Massachusetts General Hospital and, despite immediate and expert care, succumbed after three days. He had made his home with a cousin in Providence, R. I., since his retirement in 1973.

Parker entered Dartmouth from high school in Hartford, Conn., his birthplace, and as an undergraduate joined Psi Upsilon, Casque and Gauntlet, the Dartmouth Christian Association, and the Outing Club, serving the last as treasurer and president.

He completed his medical studies at Dartmouth Medical School and Columbia Medical School and then interned in New York at Sloane Maternity Hospital and received a surgical appointment at Presbyterian Hospital. From there in 1920 he went to the Grenfell Mission Hospital in St. Anthony, Newfoundland, and took charge during the winter sabbatical of the chief doctor. The following summer he served at Battle Harbor Hospital in Labrador. (His interest in the International and the New England Grenfell Associations continued and he was a director and president.)

Parker then returned to Boston to establish the private practice he maintained until retirement, first in obstetrics and surgery, and later in general surgery with special interest in the colon and rectum, a field in which he became internationally known. He was associated with the Harvard Medical School from 1926-1947 and was the author of a medical textbook and numerous medical journal articles. For 50 years on the surgical staff of the Massachusetts General, in later years he was a visiting and consulting surgeon there as well as at the New England Baptist, the New England Deaconess, and other Boston hospitals.

He was a member of numerous surgical and proctologic societies. And classmates may remember that he was surgeon general and deputy governor of the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendents and that some years ago he reluctantly revealed that his ancestors included Myles Standish and the half-sister of Eleazar Wheelock.

In 1928 Parker married Ruth Chivvis Robinson, Wellesley '16, who predeceased him in 1967. Surviving are their children E. Parker Jr. of Rocky Hill, N.J., and Carol E. Hayden of Boston and four grandsons. He is also survived by his sister Arline Jackson and cousin Elizabeth Selle.

Our classmate had served his college well as head class agent and, from July 1971, as class president in which capacity he revived the spirit of our dwindling numbers so successfully as to be named Class President of the Year for 1975.

Services were held October 16 at All Saints Church, Brookline, Mass. The Class was represented by Fred and Dorothea Bailey, Kay English, Gran and Ruth Fuller, Mary Fuller, Betty Lewis, Frank and Jesse Pettengill, Jack and Marjorie Welch, Dick Parkhurst, and Dea Dinsmore. Parker's grandsons (aged 12 and 17) acted as pallbearers.

1918

Our classmate SYLVESTER MARVIN MOREY died October 26 in Great Barrington, Mass., his home for the past several years.

Syl was born in Greenwich, N.Y., and spent three years at the College before he left to enlist in the Navy in the spring of 1917. He received his B.S. the following year, serving at the time on the U.S.S. San Francisco and later in the British Grand Fleet on the U.S.S. Florida, including eight months as a radio operator on a mine layer in the North Sea. He was a member of Chi Phi, Dragon, and Rake and Roll.

His early career was with a chocolate company in Pittsburgh and in 1929 he moved into copywriting and advertising in the New York area, where he was for many years the advertising manager of the Sinclair Oil Company. Subsequently he formed his own agency of Morey, Humm & Warwick, which he later merged with Geyer Advertising, Inc., serving as its chairman until his retirement in 1968. He was among the first to recognize the need for major corporations to do public service advertising in the area of conservation and did much throughout his career to promote conservation in addition to his many other advertising activities.

In 1953 Syl helped found the Myrin Institute for Adult Education and became its chairman in 1961.

Syl also, fittingly enough for a Dartmouth man, had a life-long interest in the American Indian. Under his initiative the Myrin Institute sponsored several conferences in conjunction with the Bureau of Indian Affairs which led to two books which he edited, Can theRed Man Help the White Man? and Respect for Life:The Traditional Upbringing of American IndianChildren. He was also the author of articles on the American Indian and in 1972 became a member of the College's Native American Visiting Committee. As a member of the committee, he joined the renewed commitment by the College to provide a meaningful opportunity for the education of Native American peoples. The work of this committee was a significant factor in laying the foundation for a new era in the College's history.

He was a trustee of the Rudolf Steiner Foundation, N.Y.C., a director and member of the National Outdoor Advertising Bureau, and a member of the Dartmouth and University Clubs of New York. He was also a member of the Major Gifts Committee of the Third Century Fund.

In 1923 Syl married Minetta Meyer who survives him at R.D. 2, Box 120, Great Barrington. Also surviving are his son Clayton '49, brother Laurence, and five grandchildren. The family requests memorial contributions to the Myrin Institute, Inc., 521 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10021.

1920

ERWIN THEODORE WEIS, born in Toledo, Ohio, August 14, 1898, died September 6 at Pompano Beach, Fla.

Ted entered Dartmouth in 1916 and served briefly in World War I. He was a close friend in college and in later life of the late Stanley J. Newcomer with whom he shared membership in Delta Tau Delta.

After graduation he was an active member of the Dartmouth Club of Toledo, joined his family firm of the Weis Manufacturing Company (office equipment), and became its leader and president in Monroe, Mich., retiring to Florida in 1958.

To Erwin and his wife Margaret, two daughters and a son were born, Polly, Betty (Mrs. Frank P. Wilcox Jr. '45) and the late William T. '51. Surviving him are his widow, two daughters, Ted Jr.'s widow Mignon, six grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. Margaret has said she is sure his four years at the College were the most important in her husband's life. Widely known and highly respected among his classmates, this very gentle and active man was stricken some years ago with Parkinson's disease. In retirement he settled near the seashore at Pompano Beach. There he and his family have always had a deep reverence and love for the sea. It was fitting that his ashes were distributed over the ocean beyond where Ted lived. It is also fitting that this obituary include his memorial benediction pronounced at his family service:

Out on the sand-bar/Where sea gulls hover Girded by ocean/ Blue sky for cover, Patches of sea weed/ Dark on the beaches, Green fringe of marsh-grass/ Where the sea reaches Wind-swept and wave-swept/ Sands ever shifting, Sails on the sky-line/ Peacefully drifting, Full tide and white surf/ Heavily pounding, Voice of the deep sea/ Rhythmically sounding, Here in the warm air/ Content and carefree, Far from the mad world/Linger and rest thee.

1922

FRANCIS LOUIS ZOLLER, 75, died in Florida on April 1, 1975 after a year's illness. He was with the Class for a part of freshman year and was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

For most of his business career he lived in Little Falls, N.Y. He worked for the Beech Nut Packing Co.; was general manager of the Madison County Basket Corp.; and he owned the Mid-State Package and Supply Co.

Some years ago he and his wife moved to Mt. Dora, Fla. She, their two sons, and a daughter survive him. The Class offers them its sympathy.

1923

JOHN CHARLES DURKIN died on September 24 from a heart attack in Irvington, Va.

A native of Troy, N.Y., and a graduate of Lansingburgh High School, Chuck lived in Syracuse, N.Y. for 50 years. At Dartmouth he was a member of Cosmos.

Chuck maintained residences in Gulf Stream, Fla., and Irvington, Va. He was a past director of the First Trust and Deposit Company of Syracuse, N.Y. Prior to his retirement he was chairman of the board of Transportation Consultants of Syracuse and president of many trucking and transportation companies in Ohio and New York State. A trustee of the New York State Teamsters retirement fund, he was a member of the Cavalry Club, Onondaga Country Club, Century Club and Syracuse Transportation Club, the Delta Nu Alpha Transportation fraternity, and several golf and country clubs in Irvington, Delray Beach, Boca Raton and Gulf Stream, Florida.

Survivors are Chuck's widow, the former Ida Elizabeth Dennin, two sons Frederic J. and John C. '58, both of Fayetteville, N.Y., and four grandchildren. The deepest sympathy of the Class is extended to them.

MATTHEW GRANT JONES died on September 22 in Woking Surrey, England, of pulmonary complications following a long illness.

Matt was a member of Chi Phi. After graduation he was an instructor in sociology at Dartmouth in 1923 and 1924. He then joined the New York Telephone Co. where he became directory production manager. In 1942 he was called from the telephone company to the Army Signal Corps with the rank of major, and served in Pusan, Korea, as communications advisor and later as deputy director of finance and administration with AMAG in Athens, Greece. He retired from the Army as a colonel in 1949. Then followed a few years as manager and treasurer of the George C. Keiser Foundation in Washington, D.C.

In 1954 Matt located in Paris, France, where he was associated with the American Embassy. In 1962 he and Elizabeth converted a peasant cottage in a village 40 miles from Paris to a delightful home where they lived until 1967 when Matt became disenchanted with General DeGaulle's administration and the Joneses moved to England where they were living at the time of Matt's death.

Matt's only immediate survivor is his widow Elizabeth to whom we extend our deepest sympathy.

PAYSON ANGELL JONES died suddenly on August 3 at his home in Waquoit, Mass.

A graduate of Newton High School and Berkeley School, Pay was a member of Theta Delta Chi at Dartmouth. From 1921 to 1930 he was a cotton salesman. This was followed by 14 years in the office equipment business. In 1946 he moved to his beloved Cape Cod where he established a prosperous summer resort business from which he retired in 1964.

In 1921 Pay married Priscilla Greenough who passed away in 1963. A son Lt. Allen C. has also died. Pay's survivors include his son, Payson A. Jr., two granddaughters, and three great-grandchildren.

AUGUST HOWARD ZIEGLER died of a heart attack on August 21 in East Hampton, N.Y.

A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Zieg graduated from Dean Academy and spent a year at Lehigh before transferring to Dartmouth where he was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon.

After leaving Dartmouth Zieg worked for a few years as a salesman, buyer and cost accountant. In 1929 he became associated with Travelers Insurance Co. as an adjuster and later a manager until his retirement in 1965.

Survivors are Zieg's widow, the former Loretta Beatty whom he married in 1924, a daughter Barbara Anne (Mrs. Howard A. Tarleton) and son William Joseph. Our sympathy is extended to the family in their great loss.

1924

HUGO MAURICE AHLQUIST died on August 16 in Olympia, Wash., following an active career.

After graduation Maury was associated with Pierce, Fair & Co. and E.H. Rollins, investment bankers, until 1932, when he joined the State of Washington Banking Department in charge of stocks and bonds of closed banks. In 1935, he reorganized a farm irrigation district and operated his own farm for 30 years.

He was very active in Republican politics and served as a state legislator from 1957 to 1965. He was greatly interested in the field of reclamation and development of water resources and was director of the State Department of Water Resources from 1965 to 1971. He also served as president of the Washington State Reclamation Association and as treasurer and director of the National Reclamation Association.

He was an active member of the Walla-Walla Chamber of Commerce as well as the Red Cross and United Fund drives.

In college, Maury was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha and earned his letter in soccer. He also took part in the Third Century Fund Campaign. He was a Mason, a Shriner, an Elk, and a member of the Christian Church.

He is survived by his widow Gussie and a son John.

1925

WALTER RAYMOND BAUMAN died in San Mateo, Calif., October 13. He was born in Rosallia, Wash., January 8, 1901 and came to Dartmouth from Walla Walla after graduating from the Moran School in Rollingbay.

Slim was a member of the wrestling team in college and one year was runner-up in his weight class in the Intercollegiates. He belonged to Phi Gamma Delta, Sphinx, and Green Key.

He was associated with Pacific Telephone Co. in Tacoma, Great Western Electro Chemical Co. and Blyth and Co. in San Francisco prior to joining the Bohannon Organization, land developers, in San Mateo in 1943. He became vice president and a director.

Slim was always enthusiastic in work for the College and devoted to Dartmouth, being president of the Northern California Alumni Association in the thirties. He came from California to be present at the 50th Reunion this year.

In 1935 he married Charlotte Raible who survives him, as do a daughter Louisa Suhr, two sons Frederick R. and Walter R. Jr., two sisters, and four grandchildren.

Belated news of the death of MURRAY WILDER PATTERSON on July 19, 1972 has reached us this fall. He was born in St. Paul, Minn., on September 21, 1902 and came to Dartmouth from St. Paul Central High School, remaining with the Class one year.

Pat was a member of Alpha Delta Phi. He went into the commercial printing business in St. Paul with Dawson Printing Co, which later became Dawson-Patterson Printers with Pat part owner and, since 1946, president.

He married Betty Hunt in 1928 and she survives him along with three children, James D., Betsy Sands, and Thomas H. '61 and six grandchildren.

PORTER ROBERTS died September 1 of cancer in a Portsmouth, N.H. nursing home. He was born in Concord, N.H., June 28, 1903 and went to Concord High School. After graduation there he attended the University of New Hampshire for one year and then transferred to Dartmouth.

In college Porter was a member of Alpha Tau Omega, He followed a career of civil engineering, mostly in highway construction, and was a designer, a construction engineer, and superintendent.

Porter was with the New Hampshire highway department for many years and with the firm of Wright, Pierce, Barnes and Wyman of Portsmouth. He was a member of the New Hampshire Society of Professional Engineers.

He maintained an active interest in the College, visiting Hanover often and attending class affairs and also meetings of the Seacoast Alumni Club. He was a Mason.

Porter was married 41 years to Eva Gordon, who survives him, as do a daughter Mrs. Nancy Stoll of Pelham, a sister, a brother, and two grandchildren.

GEORGE EDWARD SPRAGUE died September 22 in the Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Conn. He was born January 17, 1904 in Fitchburg, Mass. and was a graduate of Fitchburg High School.

In college George was a member of Gamma Delta Chi and following graduation went to Tuck School where he received his M.C.S. degree in 1926.

He was with the Hy-Grace Lamp division of the Sylvania Corp. prior to beginning his career with the Kendall Co., international textile manufacturing firm. There he held a variety of positions in the sales and merchandising areas in both the Walpole and New York offices and from 1968 to 1971 he headed the company's international division in London.

George lived in Dedham for 20 years and was active in town affairs, being a town meeting member and chairman of the personnel board. For several years he was a trustee of Norwood Hospital. For the last five years he lived in Old Lyme, Conn.

In 1930 he married Helen Black, who survives him, as does his son George, a member of the Massachusetts legislature from Sherborn, and a daughter, Mrs. Richard C. Marvin of Bloomfield, Conn.

1927

HORACE EDWARD BAKER, of Westfield, N.J., died suddenly at his home October 2 while preparing to leave for Hanover with Ruth for fall reunion. Although he was back at his law office and apparently recovered from the mugging and beating he received Christmas Day when he was nearly killed, no doubt these injuries contributed to his death.

Ed was one of the most loyal and enthusiastic supporters of Dartmouth in our Class. A lifelong resident of Westfield, he graduated from its high school where he played varsity basketball and baseball. At Dartmouth he played on the freshman basketball team, entered tennis competition, and was a member of the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity.

Following graduation, he attended Harvard Law School for one year and New York University Law School for two years, receiving the J. D. degree. For three years he worked with a law firm in Wall Street, two years as a trust officer with Irving Trust Co., five years as investment counsel with Young Management, then five more years in the legal department of Bristol-Myers Co. Tiring of commuting, he opened his own law office in Westfield and enjoyed a very successful practice until his death.

Active in civic affairs, Ed served on the Westfield Town Council 1938-42, New Jersey State Republican Finance Committee 1944-48, president of the Westfield Young Republican Club, 1946, Deputy Attorney General of New Jersey 1948-50, chairman of the Union County Republican Committee 1950-52, and was Westfield Town Attorney 1961-1966.

He was past president of Westfield Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, being a direct descendant of John Baker who in 1664 was the first settler in the area now known as Westfield. He was a past president of the Westfield Taxpayer Association, treasurer of the Bonnie Brae Farm for Boys, trustee of the Westfield College Men's Club, and founder and general counsel for the Westfield Historical Society. He participated in various fund raising campaigns for the United Fund, Cancer Society and YMCA.

Ed was a member of the Westfield Tennis Club, Echo Lake Country Club, and St. Paul's Episcopal Church where he served on the vestry and where his funeral services were held.

Surviving are his widow Ruth, a son Bruce, and a daughter Cynthia Stone, and five grandchildren.

The Class mourns his loss.

ROBERT HENRY FALL JR. of West Medford, Mass., passed away June 22, having suffered a massive stroke a few days before. Three weeks previous to this he had received a good report from his doctor.

Bob came to Dartmouth after graduating from Arlington, Massachusetts High School, where he excelled in basketball and baseball, was Athletic Editor of the Clarion, and class president his sophomore, junior, and senior years.

After leaving Dartmouth, Bob entered the insurance field with Employers Group in Boston and remained with them until his retirement. He is survived by his widow Doris, two daughters, and a son.

Bob answered his 40th year questionnaire by saying, "Doris and I like the simple things of life. We look forward to the New England fall when we renew acquaintance with places and friends, particularly my classmates, their wives, and children."

WINFIELD BROWNELL FREEMAN, of Weston, Mass., and Pomfret, Vt., died September 27. A native of New Jersey, Brownie attended Pawling School, then Dartmouth, and went on to Harvard Business School for his M.B.A. in 1929. At Dartmouth he was a member of Psi U fraternity.

Like many a classmate, his business training started with a couple of years at R.H. Macy's in New York, then Standard Brands for five years as merchandise manager of foods, treasurer of Balsa Wood Products, then sales of photographic items for Microfilm. During the war Brownie was government contract supervisor in electronics with Submarine Signal. After the war he began his career in investments, starting as branch manager of Richard J. Buck & Co. He continued in investments until his retirement in 1968.

His civic activities included Weston Planning Board, Weston Community Fund, and Board of Assessors. He was a member of the Weston Golf Club, Woodstock (Vt.) Golf Club, Weston Curling Club, and the Cat Rock Ski Club.

He is survived by his widow Constance (Green), sons Clayton B. '58, Peter G. '60, David C., and daughter Dorcas B.

Brownie's death was reported by Bill King who roomed with him at Pawling, at Dartmouth, and at Harvard Business School. Bill says, "I can't imagine a better person to have lived with. He had a wonderful disposition. I was best man at his wedding and he at mine. He loved his place in Vermont. He enjoyed fishing for trout, which he did very well, and as recently as midsummer we fished together. Brownie just wore out a little sooner than most of us and he did it without making a big fuss, just like he did everything else."

He was a loyal supporter of Dartmouth and the Class will miss him.

EDWIN HAROLD MINER, of Slate Hill, N.Y., died August 31. He had retired in 1969 as president of Voorhees Technical Institute, now part of the City University of New York.

Dr. Miner was United States Associate Commissioner of Education from 1947 to 1949. He served as dean and president of Orange County Community College in Middletown, New York, from 1950 to January 1, 1960, and joined Voorhees in 1961.

Ed graduated from Bellows Falls, Vt., High School and majored in Education at Dartmouth, where he was a member of the Union Club and Le Cercle Francais. He then went on to Columbia University where he received his Masters degree in 1919 and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He later did two years of postgraduate work at the University, of Pennsylvania and in 1960 received his Doctor of Education degree at Columbia.

During World War II he directed educational programs for the Army Air Forces in the Mediterranean theatre and helped develop the Army's educational program. Before the war he was Superintendent of Schools in Wellesley, Mass., for six years.

After retirement Ed enjoyed caring for his 38 acres and colonial home, wood cutting, shop, creative arts, fashion designing, books, and writing. He had served as chairman of the Planning Board for the town of Wawayanda, New York, and on the Executive Committee of the Orange County Citizens Foundation.

Surviving are his widow Clara, a son Robert, and a daughter Jean White. His brother, Robert J. Miner '20, predeceased him. His first wife Leona died in 1954.

1928

DONALD MIDDLETON MCKAY of Rochester, N.Y., died suddenly of a heart attack August 14 at his summer home in Oconomowoc, Wis.

Don was born and educated in Rochester. After two years at Dartmouth he transferred to Purdue where he received his degree in Civil Engineering. He worked all his business career in Rochester for the Pfaudler Co., which later merged with Sybron. He retired in 1971.

He is survived by his widow Anita, a daughter Jean of Rochester, a son Donald K. of Westhaven, Conn., a sister, and four grandchildren.

JOHN JOSEPH LYMAN, vice president of Security Title Insurance Co., Los Angeles, died September 8. He was a past president of the California Mortgage Bankers Association and a member of the education and public relations conmittees of the Mortgage Bankers Association of America.

John came to Dartmouth from Los Angeles High School and was a member of Theta Delta Chi. He was active in alumni activities, serving as president of the Dartmouth Club of Southern California in 1948 and in 1954 founded the club's scholarship fund which he turned over to a new director in 1971.

He ran his own travel agency in Los Angeles from 1933-41, was with Shell Oil Co. 1941-45 and then entered the mortgage banking business. In 1959 he changed to the title insurance business.

John is survived by his widow Louise, (850 5th Ave., Los Angeles), a daughter Clarinda, and four grandchildren.

FREDERICK LAWRENCE RYAN died of a heart attack March 10 at the home of his brother William J. Ryan '18 in Wilton, Conn., where he had lived since his retirement some years ago.

Larry entered Dartmouth from Lowell, Mass., high school, was a member of Psi U and sang in the Glee Club. Most of his business career was in the laboratories of several paint companies. His wife Lucy died in 1956.

He is survived by two sons Denis and Gerald, four grandchildren, and his brother.

1929

HOWARD DAVIS KRAMER, 67, died on September 8 his home in Bethesda, Md., after a long illness. He entered Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, and transferred to Dartmouth in February 1927 as a member of the Class of 1929. He then transferred to other colleges and received the A.B. degree from Miami University in 1938. In 1942 he was awarded the Ph.D. degree from the University of Iowa.

After a year as an instructor at Trinity College, Howard became a field director for the Red Cross and then joined the Office of War Information in 1944, serving in Australia, where he supervised radio broadcasts into enemy-occupied territories. He joined General Mac Arthur's headquarters and accompanied the general to Japan. After the war he supervised the U.S. Information Service in the Philippines.

From 1947 to 1954 Howard was assistant professor of history at Western Reserve University and then served as a technical information officer with the Air Force in Texas. In 1957 he came to Washington with the operations research branch of The American University and moved to the National Science Foundation in 1960, where he became Division Director for Graduate Education. He retired in 1972. Howard was a member of many professional societies and wrote numerous articles for official journals and popular magazines.

1933

JOSEPH JOHN CELANO, 64, who had been a salesman for the Bostitch Division of the Textron Corp. for 30 years, died October 20 after a long illness.

Joe was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. and prepared at Glen Cove, NY. High School for the College, where he was a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity.

A member of the Rolling Road Golf Club team, he and his son Paul won the Mid-Atlantic Father and Son Golf Championship in 1970 and the Maryland State title in 1971.

He is survived by his widow, the former Eleanor Marney, 924 Rambling Drive, Catonsville, Md.; two sons Paul and Joseph of Catonsville; a daughter Mrs. Margaret Hylton of Berhamsted, Conn; two sisters Mrs. Anna Giglio and Mrs. Marion Silk both of Brooklyn, N.Y.; two brothers Leo Celano of Brooklyn, N.Y. and Nathaniel Celano of Baldwin, N.Y., and three grandchildren. The Class extends its sympathy to them.

HENRY FRANK GUMP III, 63, died suddenly at his home, 52 River Drive, Fenelon Falls, Ontario, Canada, on June 23, 1975.

Frank was born in Everett, Pa. and prepared at Chestnut Hill Academy, Philadelphia, Pa. for Dartmouth College, where he was a member of the Sphinx Society and the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity.

He was an industrial engineer with Carnegie Illinois Steel Corp. and director of industrial relations for Trans World Airlines and Campbell Soup Company before becoming Canadian account executive for Walter V. Clarke Associates, Inc. and president of Gump Management Services, Ltd., Personnel Consultants.

The sympathy of the Class is extended to his widow Betty Whitestone; daughter Jean, (Mrs. Arthur Field of Durham, and Sharon, (Mrs. William New of Toronto); sons Peter '60 and H. Frank IV '68 of Toronto, and Robin at home; and sisters Dorothy and Judith.

1934

FRANK LESLIE BALDWIN passed away January 23. We were unaware of Frank's passing until the class dues bill was returned to Treasurer Ed Brown with a brief notation of his death. Unfortunately, we do not have any information on Frank, but the Class certainly expresses its sincere sympathy to all who were connected with him.

Services were held for ROBERT CARL PALMER, September 13 at the Wade Chapel, Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland. He died September 10 in Hillcrest Hospital.

Bob was vice president of Central National Bank and was planning to retire October 1 and move to Naples, Fla.

Born in Shaker Heights, he entered Dartmouth from high school there, and became affiliated with Phi Kappa Psi and Dragon. He joined the bank after graduation, interrupting his career to serve in the Navy in World War II. His latest assignment was in the corporate banking department as a counselor for major corporations in Cleveland.

Bob had been secretary and later president of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Cleveland. He was a trustee of Euclid General Hospital and the James F. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation.

He is survived by his widow Peg (85 Cypress Point Drive, Naples, Fla. 33940), two sons R. Carl Jr. '62 and John Hudson, and daughter Kathy Jane to all of whom 1934 extends its sympathy.

1936

The College has been advised by his brother, C. Merrill Dubay '34 of the death of JESSE KING DUBAY on January 3 in Deltona, Florida. King was only with us in Hanover until February, 1933 and little is known of his subsequent activities except that he was with the State Department for a period of time. He had been suffering from rheumatoid arthritis for some time prior to his passing. He is survived by his widow Elma and the Class extends its deep sympathy to her in her loss.

The College and the Class lost a good friend and supporter with the death of GEORGE MAURICE HAMBLETON on September 10 in Nashua, N.H. He was born in Goffstown on July 18, 1914, went to school in Nashua and, after graduating with our Class, graduated from Tuck in 1937. He spent his entire business career in partnership with his brother in the New England Bobbin and Shuttle Company, a family concern.

George was active in local politics, was an exalderman and had been clerk of the School Committee. He was a communicant in the Church of the Good Shepard where he had been a vestryman. He spent many of his leisure hours skiing, hunting, and boating with his family.

He is survived by his widow Barbara (McQuesten), a daughter Mrs. David B. Latvis of Pleasant Ridge, Mich.; four sons David Porter '60, of New Haven, Conn.; Mark Wells of Merrimack; Peter Holden of Lunenburg, Mass.; and Thomas Law of Nashua; eight grandchildren, and an aunt and uncle.

The Class, the College, and his friends will miss George and we offer our deepest sympathy to his family in their loss.

JAMES HERBERT SINTON, born September 13, 1913 in Colorado Springs, Colo, died there on July 15. We know nothing as to any family or the cause of death. At one time he was the owner of Sinton Dairy there but we have no further information.

1940

Word has been received belatedly of the death on March 11 of JAMES GRAY BUCK, research physicist and research director at Continental Can Company, Chicago. He was 57.

Jim, who had made his home in recent years at 5136 Clausen Avenue, Western Springs, Ill., wanted to be a research scientist as early as 1936 when he matriculated at Dartmouth fresh from Hanover High School.

Following his graduation summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the College, Jim went on to earn his Ph.D. in physics in 1943 from M.I.T. He stayed on there as a researcher in the Radiation Laboratory working on coating materials for cathode tubes. During that period, he also worked on loan at the Westinghouse laboratories in Bloomfield, N.J., on a special assignment in the wartime development of a high-speed, high intensity X-ray tube required for the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb.

From M.I.T., he went to the University of Notre Dame as an assistant professor of physics, but later returned to industrial science as director of research and development at the Erie Research Corporation. In 1952, Jim headed up the thermionics research group at Sylvania Electric Product's laboratories in Mineola, N.Y., and eight years later, joined the staff of Battelle Memorial Institute in Columbus, Ohio, to do research in physical electronics and solid-state physics. He subsequently was named research director for Continental Can and moved to Western Springs, where his widow Helen still lives.

At Dartmouth, Jim was active in The Players, appearing in six plays and then becoming stage manager during his junior year. He also was a member of Junto and the American Radio Relay League and was elected to Green Key. He earned a varsity letter in gymnastics and ran for the freshman cross-country team. In addition to earning highest honors, he was awarded the Francis L. Town Scientific Prize as a sophomore and later the Hazeltine Chemistry-Physics Prize, and won the Justin H. Smith Fund Scholarship in his senior year and the Cramer Fellowship for graduate study in 1940.

In addition to his widow, Jim leaves a brother Henry R. Jr. '35, of Los Angeles, and a son Brian G. '74. 1947

The many friends of BRUCE ELLERY MATHER were shocked to hear of his sudden death from an apparent heart attack on October 9 while attending a seminar in Williamsburg, Va.

One of the outstanding athletes of the Class, one of its most popular members and a former Olympic hockey player, Bruce was director of customer services training for the American Telephone Co. for the past year. A resident of New Providence, N.J., he had served in various executive capacities with New England Telephone during a 24-year span. He had been with both the commercial and traffic departments in Maine and Massachusetts and had served as general commercial supervisor in Boston.

He was a native of Springfield, Mass., and an outstanding hockey player at Belmont High School before entering Dartmouth in June of 1943. Classmates will always remember his speed and stick-handling skills as a star of the College hockey teams of that era. Following graduation in 1947, he played on the U.S. Olympic hockey team in the 1948 games at St. Moritz, Switzerland, before joining the Boston Olympics in the Quebec Senior League. In 1950 he was a member and captain of the U.S. National Hockey team in the World Championships.

He attended Boston University Law School after graduation and received his Master's in Business Administration as a Sloan Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1964.

Bruce was a former resident of Westwood, Mass., where he was chairman of the board of First Parish Church, president of the Couples Club and a member of the property and finance committee of the church. He and his wife Ginnie played leading roles in many Couples Club productions of Broadway shows. He also helped to organize a youth hockey program in Westwood and for many years coached the young boys, including his son.

At Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and the Dragon Society. He was serving on the Class of 1947 Executive Committee.

Besides his widow, the former Virginia Craig, he leaves four children, Ronald, Carol, Craig and David; two sisters, Carol Foskit and Dorcas Lavallee; and a brother, Forest L. Mather, Class of '38 at Dartmouth.

Funeral services were held at First Parish Church, Westwood. Among classmates attending were Ralph and Rosemary Warburton, Ham and Dot Chase, Frank and Ursula Webber, Paul Spiers, George Bingham and Hank DeAngelis. Robert Hooker '45 was vocal soloist.

Virginia, who was with Bruce on the Williamsburg trip when he was stricken, recalled that Bruce's life was lived "with a great deal of zest, accomplishments and love for others. He was a very generous man and made the most of his time."

1963

GERALD THEODORE RACZKA, D.D.S., died suddenly January 31 in Chicago.

Jerry came to Dartmouth from Williamsville (N.Y.) High School, where he played football and was on the track and wrestling teams.

During his years at Dartmouth, Jerry was a member of the football team for four years and wrestled on the intra-mural team. As an Art major several of his paintings appeared as football program covers. He was a member of Tabard and some of his paintings hung in that house. Jerry also designed the ice sculpture "Firebird" for Winter Carnival in 1963.

Following graduation, he did graduate work in biology and received his Masters degree from Canisius College in Buffalo. He then attended the University of Buffalo School of Dentistry and was in active practice at the time of his death.

The Class extends deepest sympathy to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Raczka, 226 Garrison Road, Williamsville, N.Y., his widow Jeannie (Brobricki), Chicago and his brother, Kenneth J. Raczka, D.D.S., Eggertsville, N.Y.

Dr. Edwin Parker Hayden '16

Bruce Ellery Mather '47