Deaths
(A listing of deaths of which word has been receivedwithin the past month. Full notices may appear in thisissue or a later one.)
Lill, Harry A. '05, January 1 Bush, Arthur P. Jr. '11, February 14 Gardner, Eugene R. '11, October 8 Stiles, George H. '13, March 12 Allen, Raymond N. '17, March 8 Bushnell, Almon W. '17, March 20 Cassebeer, Frederick W. '18, March 15 Smith, Herman L. '18, March 15 Fleming, George T. '23, November 3, 1974 Yaffe, Samuel '23, March 19 Foster, Cedric W. '24, March 12 Healy, Paul F. '24, March 3 Bevins, Henry D. '25, January 26 Sparks, Allen L. '25, February 25 Taylor, F. Morgan '25, February 16 Gilbert, Carlton H. '27, March 14 Guyer, Reynolds '27, March 18 Woelfel, Paul G. '27, March 23 Nova, Barnett J. '28, March 20 Bunn, William B. '29, July 31, 1974 Exton, Richard K. '29, February 27 Gibbons, Hughes O. '30, February 21 Shanley, Paul F. '30, March 13 Chesterman, John F. '32, March 31 Clare, Daniel F. '33, October 29, 1973 Brown, Charles H. '37, 1972 Ewing, Auguste B. 3rd '39, March 14 Johnson, Richard S. '39, March 8 Naylor, Winford C. '39, March 12 Reynolds, Henry S. '42, March 14 Lucas, Laird '45, February 14 Tyler, Robert L. Jr. '51, March 18 Perry, Donald R. '55, February 1 Malone, Gary B. '70, March 21 Feldman, Michael H. '71, April 1
Faculty
SIDNEY CHANNING HAZELTON '09, retired professor of physical education, died at the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital on March 21. Sid was born in Watertown, Mass, on April 20, 1888 and came to Dartmouth from Medford (Mass.) High School. He was secretary-treasurer of the Class in '06 and baseball pitcher for the Class teams and Varsity for four years. He belonged to Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity, Dragon Junior Society, and Palaeopitus.
Teaching was his vocation and avocation. After 11 years in secondary education he returned to Dartmouth in 1920 as assistant professor of physical education and instructor in French until 1928. He was swimming coach from 1920-1939. He coached freshman baseball and football for many years. He was varsity backfield coach between 1928 and 1933. In 1944, Dartmouth awarded him an Honorary A.M. and made him a full professor. He retired from teaching in 1957.
Sid conducted the 10-day sessions of the National Aquatic School at Camp Kiwanee, South Hanson, Mass., from 1936 until into the 1960's and was present at the sessions after retiring. In 1958, a life-sized oil painting of Sid was presented to the school as he became the third member of the school's Hall of Fame. In 1937, he was awarded the highest honor of the Commodore Longfellow Society (which honors the memory of the first life saver of the United States). He was the first person in the United States to receive the society's Scroll for "his outstanding contribution to humanity in the fields of aquatics and life saving." In 1972 he received an award from the Council for National Cooperation in Aquatics in recognition of his long work in those fields.
He wrote several books on physical education and aquatics.
From 19,35 until about 1970, he was director of dimming at Storrs Pond, Hanover's recreational project.
He was director of athletics of The Shrine Maple "gar Bowl football game from 1954 to into the 1960's. This game is played in the early autumn between high school teams from New Hampshire and Vermont.
His civic duties included serving for more than 20 years as an assistant chief of the Hanover Fire Department; past president of the Hanover P.T.A.; past president of the Graduate Club; member of the Lebanon Community Band and Symphony Orchestra and the Handel Society. He held memberships in the Lions, Masonic Bodies including the Shrine, and attended the Unitarian and Congregational Churches.
He was married to Marion L. Gould on May 10, 1910 in Boston, Mass. She died in 1960. He is survived by two daughters and one son Sidney C. Jr '34.
Funeral services were held in the Church of Christ on Tuesday March 25. The Class was represented by Rev. Wilbur I. Bull.
DR. HENRY LIVINGSTON HEYL, for 29 years a member of the Medical School faculty and administration until his retirement in 1971, died March 1 at Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital.
A graduate of Hamilton College in 1928, Dr. Heyl earned his M.D. at Harvard Medical School in 1933. After internship at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore and at Children's Hospital in Boston, he became a Cushing fellow in neurosurgery at Yale and then a fellow at the Lahey Clinic in Boston. Later, he was a resident in neurosurgery at Massachusetts General. He served as neurosurgeon at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England, 1940-41 and was in military service with the U.S. Army Medical Corps, 1941-44.
Dr. Heyl became an instructor in neurosurgery in 1946 and an assistant professor in 1948. He served as an attending surgeon at Mary Hitchcock from 1942-52 and a consultant in neurological surgery at the Veterans Administration Hospital in White River Junction from 1946-53. It was in this period he was stricken with an illness that ended his surgical career and confined him to a wheelchair. Nevertheless, he continued his research, writing, and editing in the subject. From 1953-63 he was executive director of the Hitchcock Foundation and was assistant director of medical sciences at the Medical School from 1957-60. He was associate dean from 1960-65 and was promoted to associate professor of anatomy in 1962 and to full professor in 1969. From 1965-70 he was editor of the Journal of Neurosurgery.
Surviving are his widow Katharine (Agat); two sons, Nicholas and Michael, and two brothers, Hamilton and Dr. James.
Gifts in Dr. Heyl's memory may be made to the Hitchcock Foundation, Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, Hanover.
1911
EUGENE RAYMOND GARDNER passed away on October 8, 1974. He joined our Class from Cleveland, Ohio, but because of finances and his mechanical bent returned to Cleveland after freshman year in Hanover, and studied four years in Case Institute of Technology from which he graduated in 1912.
Nevertheless, Gene was a strong and loyal member of our Class, always active in class affairs, attended Reunions and at times served on the executive committee.
Immediately after graduation, he joined the Warner and Swasey Company in Cleveland and spent all 45 years of his business life with that fine and well-known company. In 1916 he was transferred to the New York office, in 1917 was made manager of the New York office and territory and in 1939 was made manager of all offices on the eastern seaboard.
In 1943 he returned to Cleveland to chairman their postwar planning committee to investigate new possible products for the company. In 1945 he set up a new textile machinery division and was made director of the company and was responsible for that division until he retired in 1956.
After retirement many outside activities kept Gene and his wife Ruth busy, including trustee of the Devereux Foundation of Devon, Pa., which operated schools and a hospital for emotionally disturbed or mentally retarded children. He was president of the board two years and vice president for four years in addition to being a trustee.
In 1957 he became active in Shadybrook House in Kirtland Hill, Ohio, a religious retreat for research and growth and understanding.
He was also on the .executive committee of the Cleveland Senior Council, an organization of retired executives with the purpose of applying their experiences in every type of business and profession to helping institutions, small business and welfare organizations, etc., without charge.
Gene often said the patience and good fellowship of 1911 classmates had always been very welcome to him who was only a freshman with them.
He is survived by his widow Ruth whose address is Judson Park Apartments, 2181 Ampleside Drive, Cleveland, Ohio 44106.
1913
GEORGE HENRY STILES, Capt. CEC-USNR Ret., died March 12 from complications arising from a bout with influenza. George had been at the Libbey Convalescent Center in Richmond, Va., for the past 16 months and had been in declining health for some time.
He was born December 18, 1891 in New Boston, N.H., and entered Dartmouth, graduating with a BS degree. On Mar. 4, 1919 he married Grace V. Brown who died in 1970. George is survived by his daughter Mrs. Caroline S. Livengood of Richmond Va., two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
He served all of his naval career as a civil engineer with the Bureau of Yard and Docks. Commissioned in 1941, he was on active duty with the bureau during WWII. George was a member of Mt. Vernon Place United Methodist Church in Washington and King David Lodge 28, F and AM, past patron of Brookland Chapter 11 OES and a member of Adoniram Council 2, Royal and Select Masters. George was a loyal and ardent ' 13er and Dartmouth man and up to the last used and treasured his 1913 cane, and his daughter says that she will treasure it also. As he had requested, he was put to rest in his Navy uniform and Masonic apron and buried beside his wife in Arlington National Cemetery. To Caroline and her family the Class sends heartfelt sympathy. Another loyal and devoted member of the Class has left us.
WARREN PROSSER SMITH of Litchfield, Conn., died in that town February 17 at the age of 84. Babe, as he was affectionately known to his classmates, was born August 17, 1890 in St. Louis, Mo.
In 1913, Warren married Helen Parish at Flushing, N.Y. She predeceased him in 1957. They had two daughters, Mrs. Thomas W. Bowers and Mrs. Joan Rath.
Babe's undergraduate memberships were Psi Upsilon and Casque and Gauntlet. He chose the financial field and went to work for Hemphill Noyes and Co. which started his lifelong career in Wall Street. In 1934 he joined Dominick and Dominick and in 1946 he left to become a general partner in Shearson Hammill & Co. In 1949 he became a member of the New York Stock Exchange and rejoined D & D, becoming a vice president.
At the time of his death he was investment counsel to the First National Bank of Litchfield. Warren was a descendent of Francis Cooke of the Plymouth Colony and was former governor of the New York Society of Mayflower Descendents. He was a member of the Knickerbocker Club, the Society of Colonial Wars, and a former member of the Down Town Association. In World War II he served as a member of the draft board in New York City. He is survived by one daughter, four grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. The Class sends sympathy to Mrs. Rathe and her family.
1915
It was with great sadness that we heard recently of the sudden death of our classmate MATTHEW ROBERT GRAY at El Cajon, Calif. Shorty was attending a meeting at the United Presbyterian Church, of which he was an active member, and took part in the meeting but before it was over he had a "heart attack, and was rushed to the hospital, but was pronounced dead upon arrival. Sincerest sympathy from the entire Class goes out to Margaret his wife, his two daughters, and ten grandchildren.
Matt's career had been as a personnel administrator with the Army until retirement in 1959. Earlier he was a high school principal and with United Telephone Co. He was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha.
Shorty and Margaret had planned to fly east this summer but the tragedy of March 18 put an abrupt end to that plan. We would be happy to have Margaret join one of our 1915 get-togethers in the future.
1919
GEORGE WILSON RAND, one of the most respected members of the Class, died on February 28 in Delray Beach, Fla., where he has made his home in recent years. As class secretary for many years, he was known and beloved by all.
A native of Hanover, he entered the College from Andover. He was a veteran of both World Wars - attaining the rank of major and was awarded a medal with three battle stars and the Purple Heart. In World War II he served in the Pacific area. He received the Philippine Liberation Ribbon with four stars, the Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon, and also a citation from General MacArthur.
Soon after graduation he and Mai Drane and Paul Clements formed a retail clothing business under the name of Drane and Rand in New York City. Later he was with Fashion Park, American Woolen and J. P. Stevens & Co. where he remained until retirement in 1960.
He is survived by his widow Marion; two nephews and one niece.
Memorial services were held in Delray Beach and Hanover. Both were largely attended including many members of the Class.
Contributions may be made to The George W. Rand Fund for Radiation Therapy at Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, Hanover, N.H. 03755.
1920
EDWIN MAXIM STERN, who was born November 11, 1896, died December 13, 1974 in the Northern Westchester Hospital, Mt. Kisco, N.Y. after a long illness, At the time of his death he was chairman of the board of Stern & Stern Textiles, a company founded by his father. Adie is survived by his wife, one son, and five grandchildren.
Edwin entered Dartmouth in 1916 but as he expressed it nearly 30 years ago "It has been a source of real regret that I did not finish with the Class of 1920 at Dartmouth." Rather he took a job which allowed him to travel extensively in South America - Brazil, Argentina, Chile, et alia. Later he returned to join his father's textile firm in a lifetime association.
While textiles and their production were his main interest, he also had an abiding interest in weekly newspapers and with his good college friend, the late Roy Rubel, he shared ownership in several New Jersey weeklies which the team of Stern and Rubel operated with considerable success and satisfaction.
During World War 11, the Stern mills produced thousands of yards of parachute cloth and at the same time Edwin also solicited funds for various Federal loans, the National War Fund, and the American Red Cross.
Adie's many Dartmouth friends and associates, and especially the Class of 1920, mourn his passing.
1921
ELWOOD HUFF FISHER died in Florida on February 25. He was 76 years old. He was born August 3, 1899 in New York City, and the family moved to Cleveland during his boyhood. He graduated from West High School there.
At Dartmouth he lived in South Mass Hall his freshman year and became a member of Beta Theta Pi. He resided at the fraternity house for the rest of his college career. His fraternity brothers in the Class, and still living were G. Harry Chamberlaine, Marshall Exnicios, Theodore Hartshorn, Daniel Ruggles Jr. and Joseph Vance. Elwood was the last surviving member of the "Cleveland sextette," a group of outstanding undergraduates which contempories will remember. He was a pole vaulter on the track team.
After graduation he became a clerk at the food chain of Fisher Foods, which was founded in 1907 by his father and an uncle. There he advanced through several positions.
He became associated with many community and educational organizations. He served as campaign chairman for the Cleveland Communiuty Fund from 1934 through 1937. He was honorary trustee of the YMCA, a trustee of the Musical Arts Assoc., and the WVIZ educational TV station. He was former chairman of the distribution committee of the Cleveland Foundation, and past president of the Union Club. He was a chairman of the Board of Fenn College and had been president of the Alumni Council for several years.
During World War II he was a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army and was awarded the Legion of Merit.
He was married to Marion Shupe on June 26, 1929. There were three children, Corinne, Marcella, and Ellwood M.
Funeral services were held at the Church of the Covenant (Presbyterian) on March 1.
1922
JOHN FRANCIS CULLEN, former Connecticut legislator, passed away February 16 at a Middlebury convalescent home. After an illness of a few months it was thought he was convalescing satisfactorily until a short time before he died.
He was a native of Naugatuck, Conn., and was prominent in football, basketball and baseball at its high school. He came to Dartmouth in September 1918 with seven other freshmen from Naugatuck, perhaps the largest delegation ever from a moderate size high school. They were enthused by an ardent Dartmouth alumnus, Charles T. McCarthy '88.
In later life Francis had great interests in his family people in general, sports, politics and travel. For many years prior to his retirement he worked with Uniroyal, Inc. and he took an active part in Connecticut politics. He was chairman of the Naugatuck Democratic committee, a town burgess, deputy judge of the local court, delegate to the state convention, and representative in the legislature. As an enthusiastic traveler he visited all the continents and went around the world three times. Just a year ago with his sister Mae, he finished his last cruise which was to the South Seas and the Orient.
He was a member of the Dartmouth Club of Northwestern Connecticut, the local lodge of Elks, the Naugatuck Historical Society, and he was a communicant of St. Francis Church.
Francis was an interested follower of Dartmouth athletic teams and frequently attended their games. He and Mae often came to Hanover for class gatherings and it was particularly pleasing to have them at the 50th Reunion as well as many other '22 enjoyable gettogethers. To Mae who survives him the Class sadly offers its deepest sympathy.
1923
NATHANIEL AUSTIN died in Carson, Calif., February 21 of congestive heart failure.
Nat was a native of Cleveland, Ohio and came to Dartmouth from the Summit, N.J., high school. He was a member of Kappa Sigma and a veteran of World War I.
Nat's widow Helen writes that - "he was a carpenter for over '25 years and retired a few years ago because one eye was blinded by a cataract. He enjoyed working with wood and made many lovely inlaid chess boards, furniture and boxes. He enjoyed reading, sports on T.V. and his young grandson Sean. His second grandson Scott he saw only in a picture as he was born while Nat was in the hospital."
Prior to taking up the trade of carpenter Nat had been a reporter on the Brooklyn Eagle and City News Association of New York, a cost accountant with U.S. Steel and a teacher.
Nat's survivors include his widow Helen, a son Jonathan of Lomita, Calif., and the two grandchildren. The Class of 1923 shares in their loss.
SAMUEL YAFFE died on March 19 in a Brockton nursing home following a long illness. He came to Dartmouth from Brockton High School and was a member of The Players, the Forensic Union, the Debating Team, and Delta Sigma Rho Society. In 1937 he received his LL.B. degree from Northeastern and practiced law in his home city for many years.
Members of Sam's family were founders of the Union Furniture Co. and he was associated with his father and brothers, George '26 and Sumner '32, in the business until he began the practice of law.
Sam was past president of the Crescent Credit Union, an office he held for 10 years, succeeding his father who was one of the founders of that institution in 1919. Previously he had served as a director for 20 years. He was at one time a United Fund trustee and was active in affairs of the YMHA, the Plymouth County Bar Association, and the Massachusetts Bar Association.
Sam's survivors include his widow Ella (Lee) Yaffe, three daughters, Janet Lee Yaffe, Dr. Linda Vaffe Buchwald, and Mrs. Lawrence Freedman, and three granddaughters. The Class of 1923 joins them all in sorrow for their great loss.
1924
ROBERT HOUGH GAGE died on January 19 in Cleveland, Ohio. He was with the Class in Hanover in 1920-21, following which he attended Kenyon College. He was on the staff of the Cleveland Plain Dealer for many years. He was married to Evelyn Gertrude in 1928; she died a year ago. He is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Thomas B. Evans of St. Louis, Missouri.
PAUL FRANCIS HEALY died March 3 at the Newton-Wellesley Hospital, at the age of 74. He was born in Boston and attended Boston Latin School. Following two years at Dartmouth, he graduated from Bentley College of Finance in 1928. He belonged to Green Key and Theta Delta Chi.
From 1947 to 1950 he was acting chief of the Real Property Division of the War Assets Administration. He was director of the public building services of the General Service Administration from 1950 until his retirement in 1970. In this post he was involved with the planning and construction of the JFK Building in Boston, as well as the overseer of newly-built postal facilities throughout New England.
He had been president of the Society of St. Paul, Newton Conference and Corpus Christi Holy Name Society. He is survived by two sons Dr. John J. and Paul F. Jr., a daughter Mrs. Ann Marie Sawyer, two brothers, and two sisters.
1925
HENRY DANA BEVINS died January 26 in St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, N.Y. He was born May 8, 1896 in Maiden, Mass., and attended Phillips Andover Academy and M.I.T. before coming to Dartmouth. In college he was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa.
Hank started his career in the marketing end of the energy business and then shifted to engineering. He was connected with Shell Oil Co., Allied Chemical (coke oven and gas plants), M. W. Kellogg Co. (oil refineries), F. L. Smith (engineering paper mills), Ford, Bacon and Davis (large power plants and nuclear destroyer), the Atomic Energy Commission on advanced test reactor project in Idaho as senior mechanical engineer, and with Burns and Roe as consulting engineer.
He was the author of two volumes of the four volume work on Safety Assessment of the Nuclear Ship'Savannah' published by the A.E.C.
Hank's wife, the former Mildred Keen an of Lansdowne, Pa., died in 1971. He is survived by two daughters Mrs. John C. Lunde and Mrs. Frank R. Bliss and five grandchildren.
DONALD SHERMAN KILBY died January 29. He was born May 23, 1903 in Troy, N.Y. and came to Dartmouth from Manual Training High School in Brooklyn.
While in college Don was a member of the varsity football squad for three years and belonged to Psi Upsilon fraternity.
During his business career he was sales manager in the New Jersey district for Frigidaire and for E. B. Latham Co.. in New York City prior to becoming president of Air Comfort, Inc. of Sarasota, Fla.
In 1957 Don joined the Department of Commerce and was concerned with producing government-sponsored, industry-supported trade fairs. Among his assignments was managing the U.S. Exhibition at the Poznan International Trade Fair in 1962 when he and Jane spent four months in Poland. He then became director of the U.S. Permanent Trade Center in London and lived in England several years.
During World War II Don was a lieutenant in the amphibious forces of the Navy, serving in the Pacific from November 1942 to January 1945.
For the past five years he had lived in Kingston, R.I., with his wife, the former Jane Allen, whom he married in Larchmont, N.Y. in 1935 and who survives him.
ALLEN LEWIS SPARKS died February 25 in Rockford Memorial Hospital, Rockford, Ill., of cancer. He was born in Anderson, Indiana, April 16, 1904 and came to college from Rockford High School.
In college Al was a member of Zeta Psi. His business career was in insurance and since 1947 he was president of Sparks, Crawford and Sparks, Inc., with which firm both his sons are associated.
He was elected an honorary trustee of Rockford Memorial Hospital last year after serving on the board of trustees for 23 years, and serving also as vice president, president and chairman in successive years. He was also a former chairman of the Rockford chapter of the American Red Cross, and a former president of the Rockford Country Club and University Club.
Al's first wife, the former Ruth A. Erfert of Freeport, Ill., died two years ago and in February of last year Al married Elizabeth B. Smith who was the widow of Stan Smith '25. Stan died in 1967. Elizabeth survives Al, as do his two sons Jared and Gordon, and four grandchildren.
FREDERICK MORGAN TAYLOR died February 16 at his home near Rochester, N.Y. He was born April 17, 1903 in Sioux City, lowa, and graduated from Sioux City High School.
After one semester at Dartmouth he transferred to Grinnell College in lowa. There he became a track star and won a gold medal in the 1924 Olympics by winning the 400 meter hurdles in a record breaking 52.6 seconds. Four years later he set a new record of 52 seconds flat which stood for six years.
1926
DAVID ELKINS HARRIMAN of Silver Street, North Wilbraham, Mass., died April 7 at his home. He was born August 16, 1905 in South Hadley Falls and lived most of his life in the Springfield and Longmeadow area. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta at Dartmouth. Three uncles attended Dartmouth: William T. Abbott '90, William L. Bunker '90, and Guy H. Abbott '02.
His business activities were with Universal Credit Company, Warren F. Hoye, Inc. and Duc-Pac Corporation of which he was assistant treasurer until his retirement. During World War II he served with the Army of the United States.
He was a member of the Wilbraham United Church, the Dartmouth Club of Springfield, and the Colony Club.
Dave was first married to Berthe Robert of Holyoke who died several years ago. He was survived by his widow Helen (Carroll) whom he married July 19, 1962 in Suffield, Conn.
The funeral was held Thursday, April 10, and a great many of the Dartmouth graduates of the Springfield area were in attendance. Oz Fitts represented the Class at the funeral. 1926 has lost yet another classmate who was very active during undergraduate years and shares the loss with Helen.
O.C.F. '26
1927
CARLTON HARRISON GILBERT of Sarasota, Fla., died March 14 at the Sarasota Memorial Hospital.
Born in Fremont, Ohio, he grew up in New Rochelle and graduated from Lawrenceville Academy where he participated in track and hockey. At Dartmouth, Gil was a member of the Chi Phi fraternity. Following graduation from Dartmouth, he took advertising courses at NYU and Merton Institute of Vocational Analysis.
In 1934 he went to work for U.S. Rubber Co. In 1954 he was chosen to take the course in advanced management at Harvard Business School. When he retired from Uniroyal, he was director of advertising.
For eight years while living in Larchmont he was a national director of Little League baseball. He was also active in Dartmouth affairs, and enjoyed boating and golf.
He leaves his widow Jean, a daughter, two sons, and three grandchildren.
FRED HOLMES THOMPSON, of Wagon Mound, N.M., passed away February 19 following surgery for a ruptured hiatal hernia. Funeral services were held in the Episcopal Church in Las Vegas and burial was in the Masonic Cemetery of that city.
Fred was born in Detroit, Mich. At Dartmouth he was a member of Cabin and Trail and the Canoe Club.
Following graduation he took courses at Detroit Business University and became associated with the Lake Shore State Bank, then with the mortgage department of Detroit Trust Co. In 1930 his health failed, and he spent the year in Saranac Lake recovering from TB.
Arriving in Wagon Mound he worked for a mercantile company, buying cattle and shipping them to market. This lead to' homesteading and raising beef cattle, eventually developing the 7,000-acre Ranch Mackinaw. From 1936 to 1946 he was also in banking and in 1959 added an insurance agency.
Fred's civic activities included four terms as a member of the New Mexico House of Representatives including one term as majority floor leader and one as minority floor leader, six years on the Wagon Mound Board of Education, of which he was chairman, four years on the board of trustees of the N.M. Boys School, two as chairman, chairman of the Regional Library Board, and member of the N.M. State Constitutional Revision Commission. He was active in several Masonic bodies, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, and the N.M. Cattle Growers Association.
In 1934 Fred married Eleanor Nichols and she, two sons, and two sisters survive him.
1928
We have just learned from a fraternity brother that ROBERT DERN DICK died November 8, 1971. In 1966 Bob moved to 508 Mountain Road, Wilbraham, Mass., where his widow Margaret still lives. His occupation at the time of death was listed as salesman.
Bob was born in Salt Lake City and attended high school there. At Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta. He was with the Class until the middle of our sophomore year.
In 1933 the class newsletter carried an item that Bob was living in Salt Lake City, married, and in the investment business, and that the Secretary of War, Mr. Dern, was his uncle. Beyond this the record is blank.
1929
RICHARD KASTOR EXTON died in Atlanta on February 27 after a long illness following a stroke several years ago. Dick was born in New York City and prepared for college at King School.
After leaving Dartmouth he pursued an active and successful career as a floor trader on the old New York Curb Exchange, where he was known as "Trader Horn." He entered the Army in 1940 and served several years in Trinidad, British West Indies. He then married a Georgia girl, Lillian Singer, and settled in Atlanta, where he served in war-time civilian positions in several Federal agencies.
With the cessation of hostilities Dick took training assignments in retail merchandising in Atlanta department stores and in 1947 opened his own store near the campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology. As he frequently said, he became the Campion's of Georgia Tech and was an enthusiastic football fan, since the Tech stadium was only 200 yards from his store.
Dick was an officer in the Veterans of Foreign Wars and a member of The Temple and the Dartmouth Club of Georgia.
He and Lillian had no children and were divorced, but she remained a loyal friend during his long years of illness. Austin Starrett represented the Class of 1929 at the funeral service. Dick is survived by an uncle, Robert N. Kastor of West Longbranch, N.J.
THOMAS EDMONDS STOKES, 68, died in New York City on February 11 after suffering a stroke one week earlier. He prepared for Dartmouth at Carlton Academy. In college he was a member of Beta Theta Pi and majored in history.
Tom received his LL.B. degree from Harvard in 1932 and began practicing law with a New York firm the same year. In 1947 he was admitted to partnership in the firm, which became Battle, Fowler, Stokes, and Kheel. He retired from practice last year but was active in the business world as chairman and president of Stokes Industries of New York and of Anderson Oil and Chemical Company of Portland, Conn.
Surviving are his widow, the former Esther Bourneuf, whom he married in 1935, and three daughters, Mrs. Jane McMillan, Mrs. Annie McAlaine, and Margaret Stokes, as well as six grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Janet Jochum. Memorial contributions may be made to Aquinas House in Hanover or to the American Cancer Society.
1930
HUGHES OLIPHANT GIBBONS died February 21 in Washington, D.C., of a heart attack. He was born in Farragut Villa, Pa., and came to Dartmouth from Bala-Cynwyd after only three years at Lower Merion High School, thus making him one of the youngest members of the Class.
An English major, following graduation Hughes studied at the University of Edinburgh, and then in 1931-32 was at the Library School of Drexel University where he received a B.S. in Library Science. During the summers of 1931 and 1932, he worked at the American Library in Paris, going to the American University in Cairo in the fall of 1932 where he remained for five years as assistant librarian and instructor in English. This was followed by a year as an assistant in the Georgetown Public Library in Washington and another year of graduate study in 1938-39, this time at Harvard, where he earned a Masters in history. For the next four years he was assistant librarian at Trinity College, Hartford. Physically unfit for military service, he returned to Washington in 1943 seeking to contribute to the war effort as a civilian. He went to work in Army intelligence, now part of the National Security Agency where he was working at the time of his death. His closest friends knew of his sensitive responsibilities only that they dealt with the Middle East. Hughes became head of his section, but several years ago voluntarily gave up that position to provide advancement for a younger associate. In 1973 he was awarded a special certificate of appreciation for his 30 years of government service.
Hughes was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Phi, Pi Gamma Nu, the American Library Association, the Masons, the Sons of the American Revolution, the Middle East Institute, and the Royal Asiatic Society.
He never married. Although not active in class affairs, he was a loyal and proud son of Dartmouth.
At services, the Class was represented by Billie and Fran Horn, his close friends over the years. The sympathy of the Class is extended to his sister, Mrs. Reginald Jenney and to her family, all of whom were close to Hughes.
F.H.H. '30
PAUL FRANCIS SHANLEY died suddenly on March 13 in Naples Fla., where he had been vacationing. Following graduation Paul joined the Gulf Oil Corp. in New York City in their training program. In 1935 he became the owner of his own Gulf Oil distributorship, the Glider Oil Company in Oswego, N.Y. He was a member of the Oswego Country Club and served on the board of directors of the Newman Foundation.
Sympathy of the Class is extended to his widow Beatrice, daughter Carol and sons Michael and Gary '72.
1931
REED MCLANE PATTERSON of 140 Pinehurst Road, Portsmouth, N.H., died in his home on January 31 after several years of heart problems. He had been employed by the New Hampshire Department of Employment Security, retiring as employment counselor after 30 years of service. He was unmarried and lived alone.
Reed was a member of the Unitarian-Universalist Church in Portsmouth and was active in its choir, forum and mens' club. He was a member of the State Employes Association, the International Association of Personnel Employment Security and State Retired Employes Association. His fraternity was Phi Delta Theta.
He was active in the Portsmouth Community Chorus and local dramatic clubs. He was secretary for many years of the Portsmouth Yacht Club. He is survived by two aunts and several nieces and nephews.
1932
Word has been received of the death of CHARLES BARNARD FISHER in Mexico City in February, 1974 at the age of 63. Carlos came to Hanover from Mexico, where his father was head of the Electric Light and Power Company of Mexico. He completed three years at Dartmouth, where he was a member of Delta Tau Delta. Subsequently he was graduated from Colorado College. After a year's course in electrical engineering at General Electric, he returned to Mexico, where he built up a successful air conditioning company. Carols was a cousin of Dr. H. Calvin Fisher '32. He is survived by his widow and a daughter. The Class extends its deep sympathy to his family.
1934
JOSEPH RICHARD POISSON, associate headmaster of the Grier School, Tyrone, Pa., passed away in Tyrone on March 8. Beside graduating from Dartmouth, he held graduate degrees from Columbia University, The University of Paris, and Middlebury College. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi and Dragon Society. He earned his letter in the band as its leader, 1933-34. He served in the Navy in World War II, saw action in the Invasion of Normandy, and was discharged with the rank of lieutenant commander.
Surviving are his widow Elizabeth (Brigham) of Tyrone; two daughters Margot Poisson of Lyme, N.H. and Susan Westcott of Woodstock, Vt., and one grand-daughter Wendy Westcott.
Funeral services were held in Princeton, N.J. Contributions may be made in his memory to Dartmouth College.
1939
AUGUSTE BERTHOLD EWING of 575 West Via Escuela, Palm Springs, Calif., died March 14.
Buck was born December 5, 1913 in St. Louis, Mo., and prepared for Dartmouth Hill School, Pottstown, Pa., and Culver Academy. Originally in the Class of '38 he took a year off to go around the world and graduated with the class of '39. He was an Alpha Delt and a member of Sphinx. He was a reserve officer as a second lieutenant and was called to active duty in 1941 with the 115th Cavalry B Troop, and served until 1946, but remained in the reserve until 1958, retiring with the rank of lieutenant colonel.
From 1946 to 1960 Buck lived in Sheridan, Wyo., and owned and operated the Sheridan Press Brick and Tile Co. From 1948 to 1950 he was police commissioner for Sheridan. From 1950 to 1952 he was a state senator for Wyoming.
In 1960 he moved to Hawaii and married his third wife, Emily Lou Leitner, started, owned, and ran the Aloha Surgical Co. In 1971 he moved to Palm Springs. He is survived by Emily Ewing, Mark T. Ewing, his only son from his first marriage, Barbara, Diana, and George, children from Emily Ewing's previous marriage, and two brothers, Nathanial and Rumsey '42.
C.McL. '38
RICHARD STODDARD JOHNSON, 57, died March 8 after a long illness.
Dick was born in Greenfield, Mass., and graduated in 1935 from Deerfield Academy where he was captain of the winter sports team his junior and senior years.
His love of winter sports and the mountains was apparent throughout his life. At Dartmouth he was a letterman on the varsity ski team of 1939. During World War II he was a member of Torga Tokel's famous patrol. The same blast that killed Tokel while taking a Nazi position in the Italian Alps seriously injured Dick.
In 1942 he married Jacqueline McGee. They have four children.
When he retired after a successful sales career in the lumber industry, the spell of the mountains called him to make Lake Placid his home for the last years of his life.
He was a member of Zeta Psi and the Dragon Senior Society. He majored in English. His roommates Ted Wolfe, Jim Powers, and Bill Bradford were at Lake Placid for the services.
Besides his widow Jackie he is survived by his sons Richard, Douglas, and Robert, his daughter Jacqueline, his father Dr. Alfred Johnson of Greenfield, two brothers, two sisters, and two grandchildren.
Our greatest sympathy goes to the Johnson family for their loss.
W.C.B. '39
WINFORD CALDWELL NAYLOR, 58, of Concord, Mass., died on March 12. Win, a native of Scarsdale, N.Y., entered Dartmouth from the Middlesex School. He served as a pilot with the Air Force in World War II where he retained the rank of captain. This set the pattern for his life's work as he spent 23 years as a pilot with Eastern Airlines before retiring. In recent years, Win was a regular at our fall reunions, and frequently regaled us with tales of his latest interests - serving as a riding instructor at various camps, and treading the thespians boards with the Volks Players of Wayland. He was a member of the Concord Hunt Club, the Old North Bridge Hounds, and was a former master of the Tower Hill Beagles of Wayland.
He leaves a son Winford C. Jr. of Stanford, Calif., a daughter Mrs. Ruth Miller of Halkirk, Scotland, and his mother, Mrs. Ruth Stimson of Magnolia, outside Concord. He was buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord.
Win was a colorful guy and will be sorely missed at our class gatherings.
JOHN HARRISON WHIPP, 57, of 19342 Frazier Dr., Cleveland, Ohio, died on February 2. Jack entered Dartmouth from Lakewood (Ohio) High School, While at college he majored in political science, and was the circulation manager of the Jack-O-Lantern. From 1941 through 1943 he worked as foreman of aircraft inspection with the Lamson & Sessions Co. Inc. after a brief stint as a sales clerk with Allied Oil Co. Inc. directly following graduation.
Jack served in World War II as a Marine Aviation Intelligence Officer, acquiring the rank of major with the USMCR. Following the war he spent 10 years with Harris-Intertype Corp, as sales manager. Since 1956 he had been associated with the Glenn H. Fuller Insurance Agency Inc., engaged in the selling of life insurance. He was a member of the Church of the Ascension-Episcopal, and a vice president and director of the Forest City Bookbinding Co. He was active in the Boy Scout movement, serving with Explorer scouts and as an assistant Scoutmaster.
He is survived by his mother, Mrs. F. H. Whipp of Cleveland, by a son David B. Whipp of Vero Beach, Fla., and by three grandchildren.
PHILIP HENRY WENTWORTH, 59, of Chatham Township, N.J., passed away December 21, 1974 at the Overlook Hospital, Summit, N.J. At the time of his death he was a program specialist for the State Department of Health for the Alcoholism Control Program.
Phil entered Dartmouth from Williston Academy, majored in economics; was a member of Zeta Psi fraternity and Sphinx; he played freshman and varsity basketball. Previous to the war, Phil worked with Stone and Webster Service Corporation in New York City as a statistician, and in the oil fields of Louisiana and Texas. In June, 1943, he was commissioned in the U.S.N.R. and served through the completion of the war as a lieutenant. He was stationed in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, at a U.S. Naval operating base and radio station as the officer in charge of communications.
Following the war, he was associated for 17 years with Prince Gardner, manufacturer of fine personal leather goods. The last seven years he served the company as executive vice president before resigning to work for the New Jersey State Department of Health.
He leaves his widow Elizabeth, a son Philip - and four daughters, and two stepsons. He was a 32nd degree Mason, a member of the Jester Honorary Organization, both in St. Louis, and president of the Alumni and Friends of Honesty House, Stirling, N.J.
The Class sends its condolences to Mrs. Wentworth who wrote warmly of Phil's courage and determination during his last six months of illness.
1940
ELLIOTT FOSTER, M.D., who had practiced medicine as a surgeon in Keene, N.H., since 1950, died on March 15 at Cheshire Hospital from a heart attack suffered less than 12 hours after he had performed an operation at the same hospital.
Don Rainie, a classmate of Elliott's at Concord, N.H., High School as well as Dartmouth, went to the memorial service held for him at the Unitarian-Universalist Church in Keene and reported that the church was packed with friends, patients and acquaintances whose presence, he wrote, "was a real testimonial to his status in the community." Others there from the class of '40 whom Don recognized were Dr. Howie Oliver, Dr. Mai Howard, and Atty. Ken Arwe, all also of Keene.
At the service, a friend and fellow skier gave what Don described as a "very warm and personalized validictory (not a eulogy), and the entire service was conducted in the atmosphere of a reverent celebration for all that Elliott stood for and contributed to his community."
Elliott was born in Waltham, Mass., Dec. 15, 1918, spent his boyhood in Concord and, after graduation from Dartmouth, went to the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons where he received his M.D. in 1943.
During the remainder of World War II, he served as a captain with the U.S. Army Medical Corps with the 306th General Hospital Unit in France. On discharge in 1946, he returned to Hanover to take his surgical residency at the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, and then served as a surgeon at the Veterans Hospital in White River Jet., Vt., prior to moving south to Keene. He also maintained property in Waterville Valley where he is to be buried and where he had been active in the Waterville Valley Athletic and Improvement Association helping young people to learn to share his love of skiing.
He was a member of the American Board of Surgeons, a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, a member of the New Hampshire Medical Society, the New England Surgical Society, a past president of the Keene Clinic and a past president of the Cheshire Hospital medical and surgical staff.
Elliott leaves his widow, the former Elizabeth Bumps of Waterville Valley; three daughters, Miss Ellen L. Foster of Keene, and Mrs. Mary F. Butler and Mrs. Jane F. Brown, both of Marlborough; a son, David H. Foster of Waterville Valley; a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Persons of Worthington, Ohic; and two brothers, John '45 of Beirut, Lebanon, and Robert of Fairfield, Conn.
1943
ROBERT WILLIAM THEDE, 53, died October 12, 1974 in Salem, Oregon, following open heart surgery.
A native of Cincinnati, he entered Dartmouth from Walnut Hills Classical High School there. On campus he became a member of Sigma Nu, Paleaopitus, and Cabin and Trail of which he was chairman senior year.
Bob served in World War II in the 104th Infantry Division with action in Normandy and Belgium and with the Army of Occupation in Germany. He received a Master of Forestry degree from Yale in 1948 and attended the University of Denver for one year following forestry work in Kentucky and Colorado. At the time of his death he was assistant Right of Way specialist for the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management. In 1968 he was named Citizen of the Year by the Salem Education Association and was named Federal Employee of the year in 1972 for his work in the community. He cared about all aspects of the community but particularly about children; he was manager of a Little League baseball team for five years and taught Sunday School, worked in Cub Scouts and Indian Guides and was active in Outdoor Education. He leaves his widow Katherine (Crocker), whom he married in 1957, two daughters Tassie, 16 and Gretchen, 12, a son Bruce, 14, and a foster child Todd Mischke, 9.
In writing to inform the College of his death, Mrs. Thede added, "Dartmouth was dear to his heart and on our last trip back east in 1972 he made a special effort for us to visit the campus so that our son might see it."
1946
WILLIAM BECKWITH BROUGHTON died in November 1974, at his home in Tokoroa, New Zealand.
Bill entered Dartmouth with our Class in the summer of 1942, entered the U.S. Army that year, and returned in 1946. After graduation he received additional degrees from the Sparling School of Deep Sea Diving in 1950 and from Denver University in 1952. For some years, Bill operated his own business, Broughton Designs, in Denver, which was engaged in contemporary cabinet making and contract painting.
Bill married Ruth Marie Ferris in 1949, and is survived by Ruth and his sons Christopher and Alexander and by his sister Kate of Harvard, Mass., to all of whom the Class extends its deep sympathy.
We are indebted to Kent Tice '47, of Bedford, Mass., for furnishing the information of Bill's untimely death. Any classmates wishing to contact Ruth may do so by writing to Kent at 97 Old Burlington Road in Bedford.
1953
ARTHUR RAYMOND THOMAS died suddenly October 24, 1974, of a heart attack while parked in his car in his driveway.
Art lived in Old Saybrook, Conn., most of his life and was one of its most active citizens. Flags were flown at half staff in his memory. He was a member of the Police Headquarters Building Committee, a member of the Old Saybrook Rotary, and a past president of the First Church of Christ, Congregational, and town counsel for the Town of Westbrook. He was an active member of the Alumni Club of Southeastern Connecticut.
He also served on the Zoning Board of Appeals in Old Saybrook, the first Charter Commission, was former chairman of the Old Saybrook Board of Police Commissioners, counsel for the Old Saybrook Planning Commission and a member of the Old Saybrook Republican Town Committee.
The Old Saybrook Police Brotherhood and the Valley Shore Jaycees both named Art as "The Man of the Year" in recent years.
Art came to Dartmouth from Old Saybrook High School. He was very active in the D.O.C. and Cabin and Trail in particular. He was in the Tuck program and then went on to Yale Law School where he received a degree in 1956. He was a Fulbright scholar and studied in London, England, for a year before establishing his law practice.
Besides his widow Catherine whom he married in 1962, he leaves his parents, a brother, L. Edward '46 and two stepchildren, Anne and Geoffrey Higgins.
1958
From his classmate Charles F. Pierce Jr., we have learned of the death last October 31 (1974) of LEE FAIRFIELD ENGLISH.
He was born August 3, 1936 in Evanston, Ill., and prepared for college in Dallas, Texas, where he was living at the time of his death. His major was English and he was chairman of the religious life commission of the Dartmouth Christian Union as well as a member of Palaeopitus, S.O.C., U.G.C., and U.G.C. J.C. Since graduation he had been a teacher and coach at St. Mark's School in Dallas, an explorer and documentary film maker, a college textbook salesman, in library work, and a part-time teacher in prisons.
A part of the tribute from his classmate: "I know little of the details of Lee's last troubled years, although I spent an evening with him in August before his death . . .
"Lee was a creative man with a joyous yet penetrating sense of humor. He made some films and wrote of his adventures. Lee had a passion for 'justice' and a deep response for those in need or who were oppressed. Towards the end of his life he was involved in and writing about prison reform. He had spent a number of years as a teacher - more because of his desire to work with young people than any interest in academic disciplines. His death is a significant loss to me. Many persons have been enriched because of Lee's life."
The Class extends its sympathy to Lee's mother. Mrs. Eleanor English, 3437 Mockingbird Lane, Dallas 75205.
1971
It is our sad task to report the death of MICHAEL HENRY FELDM AN on April 1, the result of a fall in his Washington apartment.
Mike was in his third year at Georgetown Law, where he was an editor of the Law Review and an investigator for the Public Defender Service. Pursuing his interest in criminal law, Mike had been appointed Special Assistant District Attorney in the New York State office of Special Prosecutor Maurice Nadjari.
While at Dartmouth, Mike was active in the Tucker Foundation; he served as an intern in 1970, when he spent a term teaching in Clarksdale, Miss. He graduated cum laude with distinction in government and received the Dean's Citation for Community Service.
These bare facts do little to explain the loss felt by those "of us who. knew Mike. He was a man of causes and ideals, something he demonstrated freshman year when he fought to make our class council more than an entry for one's resume . . . our class commitment to the ABC Program was but one result of Mike's urging.
His strong personal convictions never made Mike stuffy or less open to either ideas or friendship; argument ad hominem was not his style. He would have made an able and successful lawyer, but he was also a good person to have as a friend and conscience, and we will miss him.
