Deaths
(A listing of deaths of which word has been receivedwithin the past month. Full notices may appear in thisissue or a later one.)
Balph, Rowland P. '05, March 18 Fowler, Earle B. '07, March 23 Bull, Wilbur I. '09, April 24 Stevens, Harry R. '11, April 14 Clark, Sydney A. '12, April 20 Ferris, J. Stewart '13, September 29, 1974 Ghee, Milton P. '15, March 16 Gray, Matthew R. '15, March 18 Gray, Elmer J. '17, March 6 Dunn, Allison V. '21, February 14 Pfeiffer, Edward T. '22 Gratz, William J. '23, April 11 Hayes, Roy J. '23, November 16, 1974 Jorgensen, Roswell S. '23, April 8 Schaaf, Hubert H. '23, April 20 Bardol, F. Howard '24, March 18 Arenovski, Herman J. '26, April 7 Harriman, David E. '26, April 7 Nichols, Roswell S. Jr. '27, April 19 Elliott. Richard J. '30, May 1974 Howard, Jerome W. '30, December 1974 Lent, Deane '30, April 9 McKnight, Frank B. '31, April 18 Fisher, Charles B. '32, February 1974 Thornley, Frazer Y. '34, April 8 Cushing, Frederick '35, March 8 Kirby, Edward G. Jr. '38, April 15 de Sieyes, J. Malcolm '40, April 23 Learnard, Henry H. 2nd '53, April 12 Bryant, James C. Jr. '58, April 22 Rogers, William C. Jr. '73, April 10
Faculty
Dr. HENRY A. SCHROEDER, emeritus professor of physiology at the Dartmouth Medical School, died at his winter home, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, April 20. He was 68 years old and also lived in West Brattleboro, Vt.
An expert on the effects metallic trace elements have on the human body, Dr. Schroeder had done research in the Trace Elements Laboratory of the Dartmouth Medical School from 1958, when he joined the medical faculty, until his retirement in 1971. A leading authority on hypertension, he studied the effects of trace elements on animals in his own laboratory in West Brattleboro.
Dr. Schroeder believed there was a persuasive connection between heart disease and metals, particularly lead and cadmium. He pointed out in his books and his scientific papers the dangers of lead, widespread through paint and automotive emissions. In extreme ingestion lead can poison the body by causing mental retardation and death, but Dr. Schroeder believed that some of the vague and ill-defined human ailments encountered in urban populations - the run-down feeling, nervousness, apathy and mild psychoneuroses - might be caused by milder forms of lead poisoning.
He was born in Short Hills, N.J., June 18, 1906, and graduated from Yale College in 1929. He earned his medical degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, in 1933,
Dr. Schroeder served on the staff of the Rockefeller Institute Hospital from 1937 to 1946. He was a member of the staff of Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, and of the faculty of Washington University there from 1946 to 1958.
During World War II, Dr. Schroeder served as a commander in the U.S. Navy. As a flight surgeon, he developed aviator's anti-blackout equipment for protection during high acceleration in flight.
He wrote the book. The Poisons around Us: ToxicMetals in Air, Food and Water, published in 1974 by the Indiana University Press. He also earlier wrote Hypertensive Diseases, Mechanisms of Hypertension and other books, as well as more than 100 scientific papers on trace elements.
He is survived by his widow, Janet two sons David and Henry A. Schroeder Jr., a daughter Mrs. Marius Darrow, three brothers, two sisters, and 11 grandchildren.
1905
Our classmate ROWLAND POLLOCK BALPH passed away March 18 in a Midland (Mich.) nursing home where he had been living for the past year. He was 92.
Balph, known as Toots to classmates, was born June 15, 1882 in Pittsburgh and prepared for college at Kenyon Military Academy. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta and Casque & Gauntlet.
After graduation Balph joined the Harbison-Walker Refractories Co., traveling extensively throughout the States for them in his early career, but spending most of his life as a resident of Cleveland, Ohio, where he was H-W district manager. He retired in 1947 when he was able to spend time at some of his favorite pursuits - guitar, golf, bridge, and the theatre.
In 1916 he married Effie (Stowell) who predeceased him in 1960. In 1960 Rowland moved to Midland to be with their daughter Mrs. William (Jean) Everson. She writes that "... until he entered the home he was well and even enjoyed golf until age 88 ..." and "He always spoke most fondly of Dartmouth ..." Rowland attended our 65th Reunion in 1970 when his grandson James Everson graduated with the Class of 1970.
The sympathy of 1905 goes to his daughter, two grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
1907
EARLE BLOODGOOD FOWLER, M.D., was born in Chicago on December 7, 1884. He prepared for Dartmouth at the Oak Park High School. On campus he became a member of Phi Delta Theta and Dragon and was on the Aegis board.
He went on to graduate from Chicago Rush Medical School in 1910 and was for over 50 years on the staff of Presbyterian Hospital. He specialized in diseases of the eye and served as secretary-treasurer and also as president of the Chicago Opthalmological Society. He was also an associate professor at the University of Illinois School of Medicine. He was an elder of the First Presbyterian Church of Oak Park.
E. B. served in the Medical Corps of the U.S. Army 1918-1919 with the rank of captain. On August 5, 1933 he married Barbara Blatchford, a graduate of Vassar College. Their daughter Natalie, now Mrs. L. W. Alberts, received her A.B. from Rollins College and a Masters from the University of Illinois. Earle was the grandfather of Anne and Lee and the brother of Irma (Alan) Adamson.
Earle died March 23 in Oak Park and will be greatly missed by all his friends.
1909
WILBUR IRVING BULL, D.D. died the evening of Aoril 24 in the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, Hanover. He had entered the hospital April 22 for a series of tests and everything appeared normal until his sudden death.
Wilbur was born February 3, 1888 at Carlisle, Mass., entering Dartmouth from Howe High School, Billerica, Mass. He was a member of the sophomore basketball team, a member of the Wheelock Club and Chi Tau Kappa (Sigma Alpha Epsilon) fraternity. He was graduated magna cum laude and elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He entered Hartford Theological Seminary from which he received a B.D. degree in 1912 and a S.T.M. degree in 1913. Dartmouth awarded him a Doctor of Divinity degree in 1940. In 1954, Hartford Theological Seminary designated him "Minister of the Year."
A ministry of over 40 years was spent in Maine after graduation from seminary; first at the Union Congregational Church, Ashland, Me., from 1913 to 1925 and then at the Oxford County United Parish, with headquarters at Waterford from 1925 to 1953. He retired to Etna, N.H., and served the First Congregational Church of Hanover, Hanover Center, N.H., from 1955 to 1965. He continued to serve the community but not on a fixed schedule. He was an "Honorary Minister" at the Church of Christ, Dartmouth College, and read the Scriptures at last Easter Service.
He was married to Marion L. Randall at Norwich, Conn., on September 22, 1915. She died suddenly the following January. He married Anna E. Coffin June 17, 1919 and they celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary in 1969. She died October 22, 1970. On August 1, 1971, he was married to the Rev. Eunice Bacon Shaw at Providence, R.I., whom Anna and he had known since 1928.
His interest in Dartmouth will be continued in the Anna Coffin Bull Scholarship which he established in her memory. His son Wilbur Jr. '46 and granddaughter Susan Bull '77; daughter Marion married to John Fairbanks '46 and daughter Ruth married to Kenneth Uline, Lyme, N.H. will carry on as a living memorial to him.
Wilbur had been editor of the class newsletter TheDiddings for the last 12 years and Eunice has agreed to continue the role for a time; He was Newsletter Editor of the year in 1969. Funeral services were conducted in the Church of Christ on Sunday April 24 to a full church and private committal services were held May 3, 1975 at the Hanover Center Cemetery.
1911
HARRY RUPERT STEVENS died at Hahnemann Hospital in Worcester, Mass., on April 14. He was born in Franklin, N.H., son of Andrew J. and Mary A. (Locke) Stevens, graduated from Franklin, N.H., High School, and received a bachelor of science degree from Dartmouth in 1911.
He served as a school principal in Conway, N.H., from 1911 to 1913, taught at Williston Academy in Easthampton, and then was a teacher and submaster at Murdock High School in Winchendon before going to Grafton, Mass., in 1917. He was principal of Grafton Memorial High School for 41 years before retiring.
Harry was a member of the National Education Association, the Massachusetts Principals Association, and Hope Lodge of Masons in Gardner.
He leaves his widow E. Althea (Tucker) Stevens to whom he was married more than 60 years, and a nephew.
The family suggests contributions in his memory be made to the Harry R. Stevens Scholarship Fund, care of the Grafton School Department, Grafton, Mass.
1912
It was Sunday morning, April 20, and Syd Clark was on his way to church when, in the words of one of the ministers at his memorial service, "God met him halfway." That was all. There was no last illness, in fact he was to receive a "Salute To Sydney" at a luncheon the following week to be given him by his friends in the Society of American Travel Writers. It is rarely that one in the middle 80's comes to the end of his road in the midst of the active pursuit of his vocation.
SYDNEY AYLMER CLARK was born at Auburndale, Mass., on August 18, 1890. He prepared for college at Newton (Mass.) High School. At Dartmouth appeared the first evidence of the drive which marked the rest of his life, for he sang in the college choir and glee club, played in the college orchestra, was in the cast of Oedipus Tyrannus, was a member of the Dartmouth Magazine board, was on the freshman relay team and was on the varsity squad and crosscountry team of which he was captain in his senior year. He was also a member of Gamma Delta Epsilon.
After a year of travel with his parents which resulted in a travel book on Scandinavia in which he collaborated with his father, Syd then taught at Hill School in Pottstown, Pa., and then at Country Day School in Kansas City, Mo. He then returned to Boston and entered a real estate firm. In 1928 he left this firm and the following year published his book of short stories and for the ensuing two years was a radio script writer with N. W. Ayer & Son of New York. Following this he began regular travels resulting in the publishing of his many All the Best In ..., which became his life work. Added to this he published over 200 articles in many of the leading magazines. His earliest recordings of travel impressions are diaries starting when he was 12 years old. In addition to his AllThe Best In series he was the author in the 1930's of The Fifty Dollar series for 15 countries, intended for travelers who did not have more than 50 dollars to spend.
His service in World War II included membership on the Committee on Cultural Relations with Latin America in 1943, and from 1944 to 1945 service in the Special Activities Branch of the U.S. Signal Corps in the Pentagon.
Syd was a member of the Society of American Travel Writers and of the Union Church of Waban, Mass., before taking up his home at Sagamore Beach, Mass., in 1923 where he sang tenor in the United Methodist Church. He received citations and awards from many governments of the countries covered in his travel books.
On June 24, 1916 Sydney Clark married Margaret Elliott of Newton Center, Mass. Margaret died in 1972. He is survived by one brother, Harold '09; and two children, Margery, who married Peter Jacobsen Jr. '41, and Donald '43. There are seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. A memorial service was held on Saturday, April 26 at the Swift Memorial United Methodist Church in Sagamore Beach, conducted by Rev. Thomas A. Banks of the local church and Rector J. Patrick Mauney of St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Providence, R.I., a grandson-in-law of Sydney. Dartmouth was represented by four alumni, all relatives, and by Fletcher Clark, representing' the Class of 1912. The service closed with the words "All the best, Sydney, all the best."
1913
JOHN STEWART FERRIS died from causes unknown at the age of 83 on September 29, 1974. He was born September 27, 1891 in East Orange, N.J. He entered Dartmouth from Wellesley Mass., where he attended Wellesley High School. Ferris was a member of Chi Phi and lived in the Chi Phi House his junior year. He was married May 15, 1922 in Birmingham, Ala., was divorced and never remarried. There were no children from this marriage and only a sister, Margerie F. Wetherbee of Albany, N.Y., and a brother, Horace A. Ferris of Rochester, N.Y., survive him.
Hebe as he was known to his classmates established himself in Albany, N.Y., as an insurance broker and retired at the age of 65 from active work. Two years before he joined Gideons International, the organization that places Bibles and Testaments in hotels, motels, hospitals, schools, etc. He concentrated on fund raising and spoke in over 200 churches throughout New York state and New England. He discontinued this in January 1973 and devoted his time attending to the finances of the legal organization. The sympathy of the Class goes to his family.
1915
The Springfield Union, on January 13, reported the death of RALPH NELSON CLARK on January 11, in Medical Center of Western Massachusetts. Ralph did graduate work at New York University after graduating from Dartmouth. For 27 years he served as an investment counselor for the First Bank of Springfield until his retirement in 1958.
Ralph made his home in Longmeadow. He was a 50-year member of the Hampden Lodge of Masons in Springfield. He is survived by his widow Sadie whom he married in 1923. Ralph was a loyal and generous son of Dartmouth.
On March 16 MILTON POMEROY GHEE passed away at Vallejo Convalescent Hospital in Vallejo, Calif., after a confinement of only a week. His home had been in Corte Madera, Calif. He leaves his widow Lee, a son. a daughter, and four grandchildren.
We all remember Milt for his outstanding performance as quarterback of the football team. In college he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and Casque and Gauntlet. During World War I he was a commissioned instructor pilot in the Air Force. His business career was concerned with advertising, ending up, since 1958 with his own firm, Milton F. Ghee Associates.
The sympathy of the entire Class goes out to his widow and family.
A belated report has come to us that classmate EARL FRANCIS RYAN, M.D., passed away on October 1, 1973 in Maynard, Mass. After graduating from Dartmouth, Earl received an M.D. degree from Jefferson Medical College. He was a practicing physician for many years in Maynard. During World War II he held the rank of commander in the Medical Corps of the Navy. He was a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society. We do not have the names of any surviving relatives.
1916
The death of JOHN HYDE MENSEL on April 27 brought to an end a long period of ill health which had been aggravated by a fractured hip several months ago and necessitated his entrance to a nursing home in New Haven after his last hospitalization. The funeral service was held in the First Congregational Church in Northampton, Mass., where Jake had been brought up, and our Class was represented by Howard and Mary Buffinton.
Jake is survived by his widow Anita (Dustman) and three sisters. He and Anita had lived in Woodbridge, Conn., not far from New Haven. A brother and two nephews had attended Dartmouth, in the classes of 1912 (Ernst E. Mensel), 1941 (Robert O. Mensel) and 1954 (Ernst Jerome Mensel) respectively.
A degree of Master of Engineering at Yale was awarded Jake in 1952 and he worked for the Fisk Rubber Co. in their engineering and maintenance department in 1916-1918, for the Fred T. Ley Construction Co. 1918-20, and the Thomas L. Leedom Co. of Bristol, Pa. from 1920-1931. His next eight years were spent as an independent contractor and engineer. From 1940 to 1950 he was with Day and Zimmermann, Inc., in Philadelphia and at the Yale Engineering School in 1951-53. He belonged to the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Connecticut Society of Civil Engineers and the Yale Engineering Association.
Jake came to Dartmouth from Northampton High School and Williston Seminary. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta. Jake was not an athlete, being rather frail in those days, but was one of the best-liked men in our class for his sense of humor and good nature.
Our class lost RICHARD HENRY ELLIS on April 23. He was one of our hardest working and most faithful classmates over the years. Dick was born in Lawrence, Mass., where he graduated from Lawrence High School, along with Arthur Marsden of our class, and took another year at Phillips Exeter Academy where he graduated in 1912, coming to Dartmouth that fall and received his degree at the Thayer School of Engineering in 1916.
Dick had a job as superintendent of the North Andover, Mass., Department of Public Works until he entered the U.S. Army in 1917, serving in the Meteorological Section of the Signal Corps during the Chateau Thierry campaign. He then returned to North Andover at the end of the war and resumed his former position until, in 1930, he became Water Commissioner and later Director of Public Works for the City of Newton, Mass. From 1936 to 1958 he was active as chief hydraulic engineer for the Factory Mutual Insurance System. His final years, 1958 through 1970, Dick was project engineer with Metcalf and Eddy of Boston, the well known engineering firm.
Dick's professional society memberships were a Fellow and Life Member (1964) of the American Society of Civil Engineers and a Life Member of the Boston Society of Civil Engineers. He was also a member and Past Director (1950-53) of the American Water Works Association and a recipient of the George W. Fuller Award in 1952 for his services in that field. Dick was an Honorary and Life Member and past president (1932-33) of the New England Water Works Association, a diplomate of the American Academy of Sanitary Engineers (1958), and of several other conferences and associations in the field of water utilization. He was the author of numerous articles on these subjects.
At Dartmouth Dick was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon. He is survived by his widow Violet (Appleyard) of Methuen, Mass., whom he married in 1920, and by a son Commander Richard W. Ellis, S.C. USN of Ledyard, Conn., and a daughter Mrs. Charlotte D Fowler of Northport, L.I., and four grandchildren
The Class was represented at the funeral service by Dick and Kay Parkhurst, Fred and Dorothea Bailey Kay English, May Tucker, Parker Hayden and at the burial service by Arthur and Marion Marsden.
1917
Our classmate RAYMOND NELSON ALLEN passed away in West Hartford, Conn., on March 17.
Following graduation in 1917 Slats enlisted in May 1918 as a private in the infantry. He served overseas for approximately one year with the 79th Division and participated in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. He was engaged in the export business for a short period.
In 1920 he joined the Travelers Insurance Company of Hartford in sales management. In this company he worked for 50 years, serving as an instructor in a school for training field men and as assistant superintendent of agencies. Ray was a member of the Hartford Club.
He is survived by his widow Margaret (Day); two sons, Robert D. '45 of Hamburg, N.Y., and RichardT. of Gaithersburg, Md.; a daughter, Mrs. Paul E. Peterson of West Hartford; his brother Chauncey N. '24 of Hanover, N.H., and eight grandchildren. Your secretary has expressed the sympathy of the Class to Margaret.
JOHN VALENTINE BAER died in San Mateo, Calif., on November 27, 1974. John was one of the first enlistments from our Class in World War I, joining the armed forces on December 13, 1917. He served in the Army Quartermaster Corps and was discharged December 13, 1918 with the rank of a second lieutenant.
As far as the records indicate, John became interested in the banking business and served for some time as an administrative assistant of the Bank of California in San Francisco. There he was a member of the Dartmouth Club. Doubtless because of the illness of his wife Virginia, efforts to obtain further data regarding his activities as well as details of his passing have not been available. The last news that we received came through our late Bequest Chairman Roger Stone.
ALMON W. BUSHNELL, 84, the second oldest member of the Class of 1917, passed away in Laconia, N.H., March 20.
He was born in Johnstown, Ohio, and attended Montpelier Seminary in Vermont, the University of West Virginia'and graduated from Dartmouth. He commenced his life work as a teacher, serving as principal of the Junior High School in Hanover, N.H. In 1918 he left there to become superintendent of schools in Durham, N.H., where he remained until 1920. His next employment in education was in Keene, N.H., where he was head of the Department of Education. During this period he qualified for an AM degree at Columbia University.
Bush, as he was known to members of his Class, also served as superintendent of schools in Meredith and Henniker, N.H. He had been headmaster of Johnson (Vt.) State College until his retirement in 1955.
He still remained active in educational pursuits and until recently was enrolled in extension courses in writing and music at Plymouth (N.H.) State College.
Bushwas a member of Mt. Prospect Lodge No. 69 FAAM of Ashland; Pemigewasset Chapter RAA Omega Council No. 9, RFM of Plymouth; Bektash Temple, Concord; and Mt. Hope Chapter No. 5 OES of Ashland.
Survivors include his widow Nellie (Bailey), two brothers Laverne and Marshall, a daughter Mrs. Thera Dietz, and several grandchildren, including Daniel S. '69, and great-grandchildren.
During his many years of interest in education he maintained close contact with Dartmouth and his classmates. He was a frequent attendant at our reunions and only last fall appeared in good health. Your secretary has expressed the sympathy of the Class to his widow and family.
In the passing of our classmate ELMER JAMISON GRAY, we have lost another member of 1917 who was a scholar, and devoted member of the Dartmouth family. Elmer died at his home on March 6 in Tucson, Ariz.
He was born in Abilene, Kansas, on March 15, 1894 and moved to Massachusetts with his family when he was two years old. His father John C. Gray, his two older brothers Harry M. and John H., and a nephew John Gray Jr. were all graduates of Dartmouth. He was graduated with an A.B. Degree, magna cum laude. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Nu while in college and Delta Phi in law school.
He left college in his senior year and joined the Army on April 6, 1917. He served in France 17 months, was in three major battles, received the Croix de Guerre, resigned from the Regular Army on September 10, 1919, and was commissioned a captain in the Reserve Corps. he Reserve Corps.
Elmer was graduated from Brooklyn Law School and practiced patent law until his death. He leaves his widow, Emily (Barrett) of Tucson to whom he was married in White Plains, N.Y., in 1928, one daughter Elizabeth Gray Allison and three grandchildren, all of Temple, Texas. Through your secretary the Class extends its deepest sympathy to Emily and family.
1918
FREDERICK WILLIAM CASSEBEER was born August 18, 1896 and died in the Nyack Hospital in New York March 15 after an extended illness. Fred prepared for college at the Syms and Cutler Schools of New York. He was a member of The Dartmouth board, the Second Honor Group, and the DeutscherVerein. He had many friends and was very active in the Outing Club.
After graduation Fred earned a Ph.C. degree from the College of Pharmacy of Columbia University and became an employee of H. A. Cassebeer Apothecaries and Chemists,' Madison Avenue at 75th Street. He was the fifth and last generation of his family in the pharmacy business starting in 1778 in Geinhausen, Germany. His grandfather opened the original New York store at Broome Street and Broadway. Fred became president in 1938 and continued to be active until a few years ago when the business was sold.
Fred had an early hobby of photography and his work was considered of professional quality.
He was tremendously interested in flowers and developed several outstanding varieties of gladiolas. Later he switched to iris and again developed numerous new and beautiful strains. He became a breeder of iris in 1930 and later the owner of the Cassebeer Iris Nursery. He was the recipient of many honors and awards. He was a director of the Horticultural Society of N.Y., trustee of Columbia College of Pharmacy, a director of the American Iris Society, and president of the Mens Garden Club of N.Y. He was editor of the American Iris Society Bulletin from 1940 to 1946 and a contributor of numerous horticultural articles to garden magazines. He was also appointed to several community service positions of responsibility.
Fred was secretary of 1918 from 1923 to 1933. He befriended several 'l8ers whose careers brought them to New York for varying periods of time.
He married Marcia Cowan, a graduate of New York University, in 1946. She was very active and helpful to him in his various enterprises. They had one child, John Frederick, who was a most satisfactory son and young man. He entered the College of Geneseo in western New York and soon after tragedy struck when he was run over and killed by a car driven by a drunken driver. It was only a year or so later when Marcia contracted a fatal disease which took her away within months.
Approximately five years ago Fred began to suffer from Parkinson's Disease which became very severe and disabling. He bore this affliction with great fortitude though he has had to be under the care of a housekeeper-nurse for the past several years and was somewhat immobile. In spite of this he managed to keep up his contacts with 'l8ers in various parts of the country up to a short time ago.
Fred is survived by his brother-in-law Julian Cowan of 19 Merrick Drive, Spring Valley, N.Y.
Word has been received of the death of HERMAN LEONARD SMITH March 14 at the Exeter, N.H., Hospital.
Born in Exeter April 27, 1895, he attended Phillips Exeter Academy and Dartmouth where he joined Phi Sigma Kappa and was a member of the gun team. During W.W. I he served in the Naval Reserve and managed the O.P.A. Portsmouth office during W.W. 11. He served on the New England State Fisheries Commission and served two terms as a state legislator.
He was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution and Governor of the Society of Colonial Wars in New Hampshire. He was past president of the Exeter Rotary Club.
Herm was a member of the N.H. Historical Society and past corporation president of the Exeter Historical Society. He was very active in Masonic circles and the Exeter Sportsman's Club. He was also president of the Federated Sportsman's Clubs of N.H. He was a director of the Exeter Cooperative Bank. His Dartmouth connections meant a great deal to Herm and he continued to be a loyal member of the Class.
He is survived by his widow Elizabeth (Folsom), two sons, Leonard F. II '51 of Los Gatos, Calif., and Peter A. of Exeter.
1922
EDWARD FURMAN PFEIFFER, formerly well-known commission merchant in New York City, passed away April 10 after a long illness, in Winter Park, Fla. He had lived entirely in New York before moving to Winter Park a little over a year ago.
Ted, as all classmates and his many friends knew him, was a native New Yorker, born April 22, 1900, in Brooklyn. He entered Dartmouth in September 1918 from Erasmus Hall High School, and as a freshman he roomed with his high school classmate Bill Haas. Ted was a friendly student, a proficient scholar, an Economics major, and a member of Alpha Chi Rho.
After graduating, he joined his father in the food brokerage firm of J. W. Pfeiffer and Son where he happily presided when in 1961 the company celebrated its 100th anniversary.
Ted always loved life and people, but his own experience was in many respects difficult and sorrowful. He was married to Helen Bahrenburg of New York on November 26, 1927, but after a few very happy years she died in 1932. Their only child, Jean Ann. died in very early childhood. More recently, in the past decade, Ted had suffered severely failing eyesight. Yet he faced life courageously and always cherished the memories of his happy years in Dartmouth as he maintained life-long loyalty to the College.
Ted's sister, Miss Marion J. Pfeiffer of 151 North Orlando Ave., Winter Park, Fla. survives him. In the loss of a highly esteemed classmate the Class sadly joins her in bereavement.
1923
JOHN STUART COONLEY died on March 14, 1975in Honolulu where he had been a resident since 1934. Anative of Chicago, Ill., he graduated from ChicagoLatin School and spent a year at Colgate University before coming to Dartmouth. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, Dragon Senior Society, the Players, and Green Key. After leaving Dartmouth he did graduate work at Magdalene College, Cambridge University.
Johnny started his business career with the Coonley Manufacturing Co. in Cicero, Ill. From 1923 to 1932 he was with the Winslow Boiler and Engineering Co. of Chicago where for the last five years he was vice president. He then spent a year with the Hawaiian Pineapple Co., Ltd. in their San Francisco office. In 1934 he moved to Hawaii as assistant secretary of the same organization and later became their director of public relations. For several years he managed the Honolulu office of N. W. Ayer and Son, Inc. Prior to his retirement in 1961 he was vice president of American Factors, Ltd. where he was responsible for advertising and public relations.
A June 26, 1942 letter from Johnny to Heinie Bourne describes vividly Johnny's experiences during Pearl Harbor and the months immediately following when he served as a field lieutenant in charge of the Honolulu police department's motor patrol. During his long life in the Islands he experienced their transition from "foreign country" to territory and finally to his hoped-for statehood. He was unable to be with us at class reunions but continued his interest in Dartmouth throughout his lifetime.
Johnny's survivors include his widow Catherine (Rehm), a son William, and two grandchildren. A daughter Barbara died in 1930. Our deepest sympathy is extended to them in their sorrow.
We have just learned from his daughter Karen Hayes Neimeier of the death on November 16, 1974 of her father ROY JOHN HAYES. NO other details are available.
Roy came to Dartmouth from Hutchinson Central High School in Buffalo, N.Y. He was with us during freshman and junior years and was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon. For some 36 years he represented the Hershey Chocolate Corporation in western New York State, retiring in 1964.
Roy's only known survivors are his widow Marion and his daughters Karen and Lois. The Class extends its deepest sympathy to them.
ROSWELL STEPHEN JORGENSEN died April 8 at his home, 1 Kingsley Ave., Haydenville, Mass. He was born April 6, 1896 in West Chesterfield, Mass.
Steve, as he was known in undergraduate days, had retired in 1970 as president of the Haydenville Savings Bank where the day after graduation from Dartmouth he was hired for 60 days to help do some extra typing. This led to an appointment as a teller and his ensuing steady climb to the top.
Ros has worked for the Springfield Armory doing ordnance work from 1915 to 1918 and in the latter year served in the Naval Reserve as an apprentice seaman.
He had been treasurer of the Congregational church, town assessor, a member of the Hampshire Lodge of Masons, and maintained his interest in music. He also maintained his fondness for Dartmouth to which he was a faithful contributor. A nephew, C. Neil Jorgensen, is a member of the Class of 1949.
In 1928 Ros was married to Ruth Waite ("Bobby") and they became the parents of a daughter Brenda, Mrs. Joseph D. Garrison Jr. We direct our sympathy to them. The family has suggested that contributions in his memory may be made to the Cancer Society.
HUBERT HASLUP SCHAAF passed on on April 20 in the Homestead Manor Nursing Home in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. He had been in failing health for several years.
Hube was one of eight New Rochelle men who came to Dartmouth in 1919. He was with us during freshman and sophomore years and was a member of Theta Delta Chi.
After leaving college is was first associated with the Sweeney and James advertising agency in Cleveland and later with Ernst and Ernst as an accountant. In 1936 he joined the Air Maze Corporation which his father had founded in 1925, He later became treasurer, vice president, and director of this company, retiring in 1959 when he sold it to North American Rockwell. Hube and his wife Mary traveled extensively and he became most active in his local community. He was a member of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Chagrin Falls, and the Mother Church, the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston.
Hube's survivors are his widow Mary and a daughter Barbara (Mrs. Paul E. Kortwich). The Class of 1923 extends its deepest sympathy to them.
1924
FRANK HOWARD BARDOL died on March 18 at Beverly, Mass., where he made his home with his daughter. At the time of our 45th Reunion he was a resident of Greenwich, Conn.
His business career included a company of his own. wholesaling imported and domestic jewelry, as a factory superintendent for Lapin Products, and with W. T. Grant Go.
He resided in Wilton, N.H., for many years where he was very active in community affairs. He served eight years as a selectman and four years in the New Hampshire legislature. He was also Sunday School superintendent of the Second Congregational Church in Wilton and a trustee of trust funds for the town and the church.
He was a Scoutmaster in Wilton for 11 years and devoted 27 years to Scouting. When he left Wilton to move to Connecticut, he was honored at a reception of over 400 townspeople, representing the church, the Boy Scouts, and the Grange. At that time he received a letter from President Kennedy congratulating him on his service to Scouting and to the community of Wilton. He received the Silver Beaver Award.
Previous to his coming to Dartmouth, he attended Phillips Exeter Academy and Clark School. He was member of Delta Tau Delta. He was a 32nd Degree Mason.
Funeral services were held in Wilton with an honor guard representing the Boy Scouts, the Grange, and representatives of Clinton Lodge AF & AM, who conducted Masonic services.
He is survived by a daughter Mrs. Richard W. Reiss and several grandchildren.
WILLIAM BERNARD WELCH passed away on April 30, 1975 at Massachusetts General Hospital following a long illness.
Bill came to Dartmouth from the Beverly, Mass. High School where he was president of his senior class. After graduation he attended Harvard Business School and was a graduate of Suffolk Law School. He was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha, and of the Salem, Essex County, and Massachusetts Bar Associations.
A practicing attorney in Boston and Salem for 42 years, Bill was also on the board of directors of Naumkeag Trust Co. and Salem Savings Bank, vice president of Prime Leather Finishing Co., Milwaukee, and an officer and director of many other corporations.
A commissioned lieutenant in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve, Bill's principal hobbies were yachting and fishing. He was' past commodore of the Corinthian Yacht Club in Marblehead, and a member of Boston Yacht Club. During his later years one of Bill's great joys was his annual fishing trips with Stuie Knight off the West Coast of Mexico and Baha California. In our Golden Review report Bill said: "The sea has provided me with two hobbies - sailboat racing and fishing. An hour spent looking at the ocean has always been most pleasurable for me and a day on it one of complete joy."
Bill's survivors are two sons Richard M. of Marblehead and Robert of Swampscott; two daughters Mrs. Timothy (Patricia) Davoren of Swampscott and Mrs. Joseph (Nancy) Ryan of Marblehead. All live within a mile or so of Bill's home in Marblehead. Wife Anne passed away a few years ago.
Representing the Class at his funeral were Elinor and Ivan Martin, Frederick Clark, James Broe, and Harriett Maycock.
Bill's was a familiar arid friendly face at our reunions and football weekends. He loved Dartmouth and the Class of 1923. We will miss him greatly and extend our deepest sympathy to his family.
CEDRIC WILKINSON FOSTER died on March 12 in Denver, Colo., following a long illness.
He had a distinguished career as a newspaper man, radio broadcaster, and lecturer. On February 14 he was honored by the Colorado Broadcasters Association for "a lifetime of dedication to broadcast news." At that time he told the audience that he was probably making his last address as he was suffering from leukemia. As reported by the Arizona Republic at that time, he said, "It has been my privilege to try to interpret the news as I have seen it come over the wire and gathered it personally in every state of the union and most of the cities of the world." This statement sums up his career.
Ced began his career with the Hartford Times as a police reporter and financial editor. He began his broadcasting career in 1935 with station WTHT Radio in Hartford and was manager of the station from 1937 to 1941. In 1941 he joined the Mutual Broadcasting System and was a commentator for over 25 years over that system. He was also well-known as a lecturer throughout the country.
He served as a war correspondent covering the Greek-Italian War and the Greek Communist War. He was also with the Israeli army on the Syrian border. He was decorated twice by the Greek government, also by the Netherlands.
In the Second World War, he was with the U.S. Army and Navy as a war correspondent in the Philipnines. In the course of his career he made over 50 trips across the Atlantic, went around the world three times and broadcast news reports and commentaries from nearly every major capital in the world.
In college he was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa, and was also a member of Sigma Delta Chi. He received a degree of Litt.D from Southwestern University, also a degree of LL.D. from Carthage College.
His wife Marguerite died in 1971, a few days short of their 50th wedding anniversary. He is survived by two daughters Mrs. Shirley F. Fields and Mrs. Sara Ann Carpenter and four grandchildren.
EVAN ADAMS KIBBE died unexpectedly on March 30. A former resident of Winchester where he graduated from high school, he had been a resident of Duxbury for many years.
Kib was a retired electrical engineer and spent many years with the Square D Co. He enlisted in the Tank Corps in 1918 and fought in the Argonne. In World War II, he was a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy.
His son John '46 writes of his father's love of the sea; in fact, his ashes were spread on the waters of Duxbury Harbor. He also writes of Evan's love of Dartmouth, a feeling obviously passed on to his son.
In college Evan was a member of Theta Delta Chi.
Kib was a former member of the Vestry of the Church of the Epiphany. A memorial service was held at St. John's Church in Duxbury.
He is survived by his widow Beulah whom he married in 1923, his son John, two daughters Anne and Linda, and six grandchildren.
1926
HERMAN JOHN ARENOVSKI died April 7 in Boca Raton, Fla., of an aneurysm.
John, as he was known to most of his many friends, came to Dartmouth from Falmouth, Mass. Because of family financial problems he was with us for only two years. However he had a lively and continuing interest in the College and the Class; he attended many football games, several reunions, and was a regular contributor to the Alumni Fund and the class dues campaigns. His apartment contained many Dartmouth pictures and Hanover momentos. Only a few weeks before his death, Marion and he had attended a Delray Beach mini-reunion hosted by Margaret and Ed Dooley.
John's early business experience was with Jordan Marsh in Boston and G. Fox in Hartford, Conn. He was with the U.S. Air Force from 1942 to 1945, seeing service in Italy, Corsica, and North Africa. In 1945 he joined the sales department of Fibreboard Corporation and was with them until his retirement in 1970 when the Arenovskis moved from Springfield, N.J., to Boca Raton.
On January 1, 1959 John was married to Marion H. Adams in Mount Vernon, N.H. The ceremony was performed by a member of the Class of 1917. Prior to their Springfield home, they had lived in Hartford and Natick, Mass. Besides his widow he is survived by three sisters: Mrs. George Hyde, Mrs. Sumner Schein, and Mrs. Alex Jorgenson.
The local American Legion Post conducted a memorial service on April 9 and the funeral was the following day. The Class was represented by Henri Esquerre, Bob Stopford, and Henry Bixby.
A classmate has written, "John was so spirited, had a great sense of humor and much sympatico." So very true. John was proud of his Dartmouth affiliation and the College can well be proud of him. Our sympathies go to Marion and to his sisters.
E. J. HANLON '26
1927
After a series of illnesses our classmate REYNOLDS GUYER of St. Paul, Minn., passed away March 19 while on vacation in Scottsdale, Ariz. Reyn lost his first wife Lucille Winsor in 1963 and had been happily remarried only three years to Lucille Biorn by whom he is survived as well as by a son Reynolds Jr.
At Dartmouth Reyn was a member of Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity. In business he served for many years as president of the Reynolds Guyer Agency of Design, a very successful organization specializing in the field of container, packaging, and display design, employing 14 engineers and designers and enjoying as clients many nationally-known businesses. Reyn was extremely creative and talented in this field having taken out over 125 patents and in 1971 been elected to the Packaging Hall of Fame.
Among his affiliations Reyn was a senior warden of the Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist, a member of the Minneapolis Club, St. Paul Athletic Club, White Bear Yacht Club, University Club, Gyro International, and others.
Reyn never lost a feeling and an attachment for Dartmouth to which he returned many times and to which he sent his son Reynolds Guyer Jr. who graduated in the Class of 1957. He has a host of friends here and will be much missed in this area.
STEVE OSBORN '27
JAMES EDISON PICKEN JR. of Moorestown, N.J., died April 2 of a heart attack. Great athlete, coach and teacher, he was widely known in the New York-New Jersey area for his championship teams. He was respected and loved by the many he coached and taught and by a host of friends.
Jim came to Dartmouth from Audubon, N.J., after earning 12 of a possible 16 letters in high school and after a year at Wenonah Military Academy.
For three years Jim Picken starred on the Big Green varsity teams in both basketball and baseball, and senior year he also won his letter in football. He was captain of the 1926-1927 team which brought Dartmouth its first basketball championship, winning an exciting playoff with Princeton 26-24. Jim was the only unanimous choice for the Eastern Intercollegiate All Star team that year. In college he was a member of Beta Theta Pi and Sphinx and majored in education.
Following graduation Jim went to Troy, N.Y., to teach and coach in the high school. He also played professional and semi-professional basketball and baseball.
In 1931 Jim returned home to Audubon as high school athletic director, coach and teacher, producing championship teams in football and basketball. Meanwhile, he also earned a Masters degree in administration at N.Y.U. and completed his courses toward a doctorate.
JHis success did not go unnoticed, and in 1940 Scott High in East Orange secured his services. He remained there until he retired in 1964 after one of New Jersey's most brilliant coaching careers. This was followed by three years in administration as assistant to the headmaster of Newark Academy.
During World War II Jim enlisted in the U.S. Navy where he taught V-5 units preflight training. Following the war he continued a member of the Naval Reserve, retiring with the rank of commander.
Jim was a member of the Brick Presbyterian Church where he served as deacon and elder. He also was active in officiating and in State Athletic Associations. He is survived by his widow Katherine, two daughters Patricia and Katherine, and a brother Edward '31.
PAUL GRIMAUX WOELFEL died March 23 at Portland, Ore., of a stroke. Paul came to Dartmouth from University High School, Chicago, Ill. where he was captain of the track team and was class president in his sophomore year.
At Dartmouth, he was a member of the freshman track team and won his numerals. He was also a member of Psi Upsilon. He left Dartmouth in his sophomore year and graduated from the University of Washington where he was president of the University chapter of Psi Upsilon.
For many years prior to his death he was engaged in real estate investments in Portland. During World War II he served in the Air Force and after the war he continued to serve in the Air Force Reserve and retired, for health reasons, in 1966 with the rank of lieutenant colonel.
In addition to his membership in Psi Upsilon, he was a member of the Elks Club, Fort Lewis Officers' Club, McCord Field Officers' Club and St. Mary's Cathedral Parish.
Paul was a loyal Dartmouth alumnus and participated in activities of the Dartmouth Club of Oregon and was a regular contributor to the Alumni Fund.
He is survived by his widow Susan, his sons John of Portland and Paul of Lewiston, Idaho, and his daughter Lorna Woelfel of Oakland, Calif.
Samuel H. Martin '27
1928
CLARENCE WAYNE HANNAFORD died March 2 in St. Mary's Hospital, Amsterdam, N.Y., where he had been a patient seven weeks.
He was born February 14, 1900 in Philadelphia. Hitch graduated from Dean Academy where he was captain of the football and baseball teams. He left Dartmouth at the middle of freshman year.
Hitch moved to Amsterdam in 1929, and was a semi-professional baseball player with the Sanford and Sons team. At the time of his retirement he was a surveyor-engineer with the Amsterdam city engineer's office. He was a World War II veteran, serving in the Aleutian Islands.
Survivors include a brother Raymond and a nephew Larry Hannaford of Amsterdam.
BARNETT JAY NOVA, a former New York City lawyer and executive deputy secretary of state under Gov. Averell Harriman, died March 20 in Phoenix, Ariz. He and Grace had retired to Scottsdale, Ariz., a year ago after Barney had arthritic problems.
He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., November 1, 1906, and graduated from Brooklyn Polytechnic Preparatory School. At Dartmouth he was on the lacrosse team and a member of Pi Lambda Phi. After graduation from the Columbia University Law School in 1931 he started his law practice in New York. His father was State Supreme Court Justice A.I. Nova and his father-in-law was Associate Justice of the Appellate Division H. E. Lewis.
Barney served in the Judge Advocate General's Department of the Army from 1942-45, leaving the Army as a lieutenant colonel after two years overseas in North Africa, Italy, and France.
He was active in politics, serving as a City Tax Commissioner for ten years prior to his appointment to the state office and was also active in many civic and patriotic groups.
In 1932 he married Grace Lewis who survives him with their two sons Barry '54 and James '61 and three grandchildren.
DAVID KING WILLARD of 7227 St. Augustine Rd. Jacksonville, Fla. died March 15 in Jacksonville.
Born in New York City, Dave came to Dartmouth from Mt. Vernon. He was a member of Sigma Chi.
He worked for N.J. Bell Telephone Co. for 10 years before joining Prudential Life Insurance in 1938 in Newark. His 30 years with Prudential were in the group sales and service department. He was transferred to Jacksonville in 1955 as district group service manager and retired in 1968.
Always active in Dartmouth alumni affairs, Dave was one of the founders of the Dartmouth-in-Monmouth Alumni Association. In Florida he served as an assistant class agent and belonged to the Dartmouth Club of Jacksonville. He and Jane attended our 30th and 45th Reunions.
He is survived by his widow Jane a son Dave Jr., a daughter Linda, and five grandchildren.
Word has just been received that JOHN LOVELY BURR died August 26, 1971 of a massive coronary at his home in Oostburg, Wis. Jack was born July 25, 1902 in New York City, the son of a justice of the New York Supreme Court. He came to Dartmouth from Peddie. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi and left College after one year.
He attended a '28 dinner in Chicago in 1946 at which time he was with Montgomery Ward in Chicago. Our last contact was in 1952 when he was assistant district manager for U.S. Rubber Co., living in Whitefish Bay, Wis., married and father of a 13-year-old son John. At the time of his death he was secretary of his class at Peddie.
1930
Word has been received of the death of RICHARD JAMES ELLIOTT in May 1974. Dick had been a librarian at the State University of New York in Binghamton prior to his retirement. He held a bachelor's degree in Library Science from Columbia University, received in 1940. He had been at the Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn College Library prior to going to Binghamton in 1960. He had published short stories in Locus Solus, Art andLiterature, and New Directions. He made his home in Windsor, N.Y., and had never married.
WILLIAM HENRY KELLER died on April 29 in Methuen, Mass. Bill had his own law practice in Lawrence for over 40 years. He received his law degree from Harvard in 1934. During World War II he served in the Navy from 1942-46, leaving the service with the rank of lieutenant commander.
He was a member of the Lawrence and Massachusetts Bar Associations, American Legion, Toiaac Club, and the North Cove Yacht Club. His fraternity was Delta Tau Delta. He had been on the Methuen School Committee, serving as chairman in 1952, and headed the Tenney High School Building Committee in Methuen. Bill was clerk of the corporation and a trustee of the Lawrence Savings Bank, a past president of the Family Services Association of Greater Lawrence and a member of the board of the Lawrence Salvation Army. He also served on the local Dartmouth interviewing committee.
Sympathy of the Class is extended to his widow Betty and daughters Burma and Lucinda.
JEROME WEBBER HOWARD died in December 1974 in Tucson, Ariz., where he had a winter home. Jerry joined the Wolverine Nut Company in 1934 as vice president and treasurer and became president of the company in 1946.
Located in Detroit, he was a member of the Detroit Board of Commerce, Detroit Athletic Club, Dartmouth Club of Detroit, Grosse Pointe Yacht Club, and Grosse Pointe Hunt Club.
jerry and his wife Louella enjoyed Arizona living where he could pursue his hobbies of color photography and flower growing. To his widow and daughter Judith the Class extends its sympathy.
DEANE LENT, 67, professor emeritus of mechanical engineering at M.I.T., died April 9 in West Palm Beach, Fla., where he was spending the winter.
Pete, as he was called in undergraduate days, was born May 22, 1907 in Gananoque, Ontario, and entered the College from Leominster (Mass.) High School. His post-graduate studies were at Lowell Institute and M.I.T. Following some years as an architectural and a machine draftsman, and teaching at Northeastern, he joined M.I.T. as an instructor in 1938. He became an associate professor in 1963 and a full professor in 1969. His textbooks, Machine Design and Analysis and Design of Mechanisms, have been widely adopted in this country, and the latter has been translated into Spanish, German, and Russian. He had retired in 1972 after 34 years with M.I.T.
A 30-year resident of Cohasset, Mass., since retirement Deane had designed early American furniture for Francis Hagerty's Early American Primitive Furniture in that town and had just completed the design and graphic presentation for Hagerty's new book on Early American Furniture. Deane was a teacher, craftsman, and creative designer in the best tradition. He was also an ardent sailor and loved nothing better than relaxing with his grandchildren in the Thousand Islands of the St. Lawrence.
As a friend observes, "He was always doing something, always thinking and questioning, always deeply interested in others - listening, advising, helping. He was the students' teacher and friend."
In 1936 Deane married Rachel (Cosby) who survives him as do his son Peter C. '63 and two grandchildren. To them the Class expresses its sympathy.
1931
RICHARD BOYNTON CHASE died suddenly on April 25 in Concord, N.H., at the age of 65. He was the former executive vice president of Eastern Gas & Fuel Associates of Boston.
A native of Everett, Mass., in recent years he resided in Falmouth, Mass., devoting some of his retirement years as an independent insurance broker.
Dick was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa, the Winchester and Woods Hole golf clubs, the Falmouth Rod and Gun Club, and the Dartmouth Club of Cape Cod.
He served with the U.S. Navy during World War II, saw duty in Okinawa, and was awarded the Purple Heart.
He leaves his widow Barbara (Morel), a daughter Diane M. of San Francisco, a brother Robert P. of Stuart, Fla., and a sister Mrs. Madeleine C. Oberlander of Harwich.
It was requested that any contributions should be made to the Class of 1931 Memorials at the College.
1937
DR. EDWARD WARREN SMITH died in December 1974 at his home in New York City. He was born in Canada but moved to New Rochelle when he was ten where he attended local schools, followed by four years at Pawling where he played hockey and baseball. At Dartmouth he majored in English, unique for a man planning a medical career.
He earned his medical degree at Temple University in 1941 and after internship at Grasslands Hospital he served in the Navy in the Mediterranean theatre. Postgraduate training at Manhattan Eye and Ear from 1946 to 1948 led to his certification in ophthalmology and in 1948 he opened practice in New Rochelle which he maintained for 27 years.
His hospital appointments included New Rochelle Hospital Medical Center, Manhattan Eye and Ear, and Roosevelt Hospital in New York City. In recent years his home near Lincoln Center was convenient to opera, theatres, and concerts which were great interests to him and Charlotte.
Ed is survived by his widow Charlotte (Remington); three children, Edward Jr., Jeffrey, and Charlotte Diana Crane, and two grandchildren.
The Class extends deepest sympathy to the family.
1940
JOHN MALCOLM DE SI-EYES, 56, of Washington, Conn., former president and secretary of the Class of 1940 and a retired investment banker, died April 23 at the New Milford Hospital.
Diz' youth was spent in Washington, D.C., where his father was in the French diplomatic service and he prepared for Dartmouth at St. Albans School.
He leaves his widow Audrey (Roes) whom he married in 1968, and two sons Charles J. and David C. They are children of his first wife, the former Virginia H. Solley, now Mrs. Richard H. Risley '39, of Litchfield, Conn.
Several members of the Class were at funeral services in Washington. They included Scotty Rogers, Elmer Browne, Jack Moody, Hugh Dryfoos, and Art Ostrander.
Diz, who was born in Chambéry, France, the son of a French count and a Boston mother, and who remained a French citizen until 1941, became Dartmouth's second undergraduate to enter military service in World War II.
In April of 1940, he sailed for France to answer the French government's call. He had completed his Dartmouth degree requirements by taking his comprehensives early, and on graduation day for the Class, when his diploma was awarded in absentia, he was fighting in northern France, having been commissioned a lieutenant in the ski forces.
Diz was captured, one of some 235 survivors in a regiment of 1,200, after the Vichy government capitulated. Escaping from PW camps, he reached the family estate in France, where he hid until he could flee to North Africa. From there he made his way to Lisbon and boarded a U.S.-bound liner.
Back in this country, he entered Harvard Business School and earned an M.B.A. there in 1942 while also becoming an American citizen. He then joined the American Air Force and soon returned to England with the 19th Bombardment Group. Flying as a B-17 gunner on raids into Germany and occupied Europe, he earned the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters and the Distinguished Flying Cross. In 1944, he received a field commission as a second lieutenant and was transferred to the OSS, serving again in France and other occupied nations of Europe.
Following the war, he began his business career with the Crystal Research Laboratories, but in 1946 shifted to the New York investment firm of Hemphill Noyes, becoming head of its research department. In 1957, he was named a general partner of the firm, retaining that position when the firm later merged with Hornblower & Weeks until his retirement several years ago.
As an undergraduate at Dartmouth, Diz was manager of the freshman baseball team and president of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, and later became one of the group which for many years constituted the core leadership group of the Class of '40. As class secretary from 1956-61, he developed the Indian Drum, the class newsletter in its present form, served also as class president, and was chairman of the 25th Reunion committee and co-chairman of the 30th. In recent years, he had also served on the class resource committee. He was a member of the National Committee of the Dartmouth Medical School Campaign of 1960 and also served on the executive committee of the Darien area Third Century Fund campaign in 1968-71. He had been secretary of the Dartmouth Club of Darien-Norwalk in 1967-68 and in recent years was an active member of the Dartmouth Club of Northwestern Connecticut.
A bibliophile, he gave to the College through the Friends of the Dartmouth Library several rare volumes, including four manuscript letters from his collection - two from Charles Dickens, one from John Greenleaf Whittier and one from Richard le Gallienne.
1945
LAIRD LUCAS died February 23 in Rochester, Minn. Born on August 31, 1922 the son of Ward and Frances (Prentiss) Lucas, Laird prepared for Dartmouth at Shattuck School. He left Hanover in 1942 for service with the U.S. Army, serving until 1946 in the European theatre with the rank of first lieutenant He was decorated with the Silver Star and the Purple Heart with two clusters.
At the time of his death. Laird was vice president and a member of the board of Laird Norton Co, Winona, Minnesota, and vice president of the United Building Center.
He is survived by his widow Elaine, seven children his mother,, two sisters, and a brother, to all of whom the Class extends its sincere sympathy.
1951
ROBERT L. TYLER JR., one of the Class' outstanding athletes, departed this life March 18 after an illness of seven months. Bob came to Dartmouth from Niles, Mich., to which he returned to carve out an outstanding career in both business and civic affairs
Bob was graduated from Glenbard High School where he was class president, a member of the student council and National Honor Society, captain of the football team, and also participated in basketball and track. At Dartmouth, he lettered in football and track, majored in history, and was a member of Psi Upsilon, Green Key, and Sphinx.
Bob was associated with the family business, Tyler Refrigeration, for 28 years. He started as a field sales representative and was administrative vice president when Tyler became a division of Clark Equipment Co. He was named assistant general manager of the division in 1968 and succeeded his father as general manager and division president in 1969. In 1972, he was elected a corporate vice president of Clark.
He had been president of the Commercial Refrigerator Manufacturers Association since 1967 and was active in the National Association of Food Equipment Manufacturers. He was a director of the First National Bank of Southwestern Michigan and the Niles, Mich., Holiday Inn.
Bob served on the state YMCA executive committee from 1965 to 1968, was chairman of the Greater Niles United Fund in 1958 and its president in 1959. The Greater Niles Jaycees named him "Man of the Year." He was a member of the local Elks and Masonic Lodges, Rotary Club, Shrine Club, and Chamber of Commerce.
Bob is survived by his widow, the former Jean M. Fork; three sons Todd '74, Michael, and Timothy, a daughter Tracey, and two brothers Thomas '54 and Taylor '59.
1953
We were very sad to learn that HENRY HEATH LEARNARD III died of cancer on April 12.
Son of Ted Learnard, Class of '24, Sandy prepared for Dartmouth at Deerfield Academy where he played football and captained the hockey team. At Dartmouth he continued his interest in sports, playing freshman hockey and varsity lacrosse. Additionally he was a member of Psi Upsilon, the Dragon Society, Green Key, and the Undergraduate Council.
After graduation from Dartmouth, he entered the Coast Guard. During an extended tour of duty, he served in the Pacific and then, after flight training, Aw out of Floyd Bennett Field in New York. Knowing Sandy was to know how much he enjoyed flying. In recent years Sandy was back on the Cape where his family had a summer home. He intensely devoted himself to a number of causes and was ahead of his time in focusing on conservation, wild life, and human equality. He evidenced his concern and support for these issues in his own very private, yet open way.
Late last summer, Margaret Fells, an English girl, entered Sandy's life. Their engagement and marriage took place in late fall when the first, but unmistakable, evidence of cancer was discovered.
It's tragic to see a life come to an abrupt end at the age of 43. And in Sandy's case, it is particularly distressing for, with a new bride, a life of greater fulfillment was in front of him.
The Class of 1953 extends its deepest sympathy to his widow Margaret, his parents Ted and Bea Learnard and to his sisters Barbie and Ann.
T. D. Bloomer '53
1958
JAMES COOPER BRYANT JR., 39, died April 22 in the University of Colorado Medical Center in Denver following a long illness. His home had been in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, for the past several years.
Jim was born March 4, 1936 in Canton, Ohio, and entered the College from Lincoln High School there. On campus he was an active undergraduate, majoring in Russian Civilization and a member of the Russian Club for four years, the last as president. He played freshman football and pledged Gamma Delta Chi, where he was elected president.
He went on to earn a Master of Arts degree in Economics at the University of Michigan the year following graduation. Jim attended the Foreign Service Institute School of Languages and for several years was with the U.S. Information Agency in Argentina and Italy. His last Foreign Service assignment was as press officer in the U.S. Embassy in Rome.
In 1965 Jim left the Foreign Service and joined Nelson B. Moore and Associates, Inc., Cleveland public relations firm, where he served as The Glidden account executive for more than two years. He joined the Glidden-Durkee Division of SCM Corporation in 1969 and was appointed manager of public relations in 1971, the position he held at his death.
Jim married Patricia Heckman, a Kent State graduate, in 1958 and she survives him at 530 Hemlock Road in Chagrin Falls as do their daughters Anne and Laurel and son John. Jim's parents also survive. To them all the Class offers deepest sympathy.
1970
GARY BRUCE MALONE was fatally injured March 21 in a fall while climbing a volcano on the Italian island of Stromboli off the north coast of Sicily. Gary, a doctoral candidate in geology at Dartmouth at the time of the accident, was investigating the content of escaping volcanic gases with Professor Richard Stoiber of the Dartmouth faculty.
Gary came to Dartmouth from DuQuoin, Ill., High School, where he had been valedictorian and president of his class, and a member of the football, basketball and baseball teams.
As an undergraduate, Gary played freshman football and participated in.track. He was an active member of Alpha Chi Alpha, where he is remembered as an enthusiastic intramural athlete and for his willingness to depart Hanover for destinations vaguely conceived at a moment's notice.
Gary majored in Geology at Dartmouth, and went on to earn a master of science degree in geology at Arizona State University in 1972. A classmate and colleague who worked with him on a geological survey in Guatemala in 1970 recalls him as "an excellent field geologist, observant and dedicated to his work." Gary was a member of Sigma Gamma Epsilon, the national geology fraternity, and had recently completed research on volcanic gases with Professor Stoiber in the Hawaiian Islands.
Gary is survived by his widow Andrea, who works at the Tuck School, and by his mother Mrs. Clara Malone, and a brother Jack, both of DuQuoin, Illinois.
1973
WILLIAM CURTIS ROGERS JR. of Melrose, Mass., died on April 10. Buck, as he was known to all of us, Passed on in his home town.
Buck graduated from Melrose High School in 1969 as a scholar interested in literature, English, and dramatics. He was an enthusiastic reader of the National Geographic Magazine. Undoubtedly, the combination of these traits led Buck through his undergraduate career which emphasized the study of classical archeology. He accompanied Matt Wiencke's annual term abroad in Greece during the spring of 1972. His interests in this field took him from the Hanover Plain in June of 1973 to Philadelphia where he entered the University of Pennsylvania graduate program in classical archeology. In December of 1974, he took a leave of absence from his program of studies, hoping to obtain employment in the Boston area.
I had spoken with Buck at some length over the last three months about his plans. He was very aware of the grim situation facing everyone in archeology under today's economic climate. So we both felt his wise choice was to gain expereince at a museum or similar facility while waiting out the current recession.
Buck spent his first two years at Dartmouth in Butterfield Hall, where strong friendship grew among him, myself, and several others on the second floor. The "Butterfield Karass," as this group of friends became known, will surely miss him. Buck and Larry Rand '73 won the interdormitory bridge competition in the spring of 1971 as stand-ins for my roommate and myself while we were on a geology field trip to Canada. They were unbeatable that night; lucky for the dorm I was gone.
Buck was also an active and enthusiastic member of Tabard Fraternity, where he lived his last two years at Dartmouth. The regulations of the Dartmouth Housing Office preclude painting one's room with any dark or unusual colors, but upon Buck's arrival as house manager of Tabard, he immediately renovated his third floor single to fire-engine red, his favorite color.
Zoom-Schwartz, beer pong, pins, Star Trek, Three Dog Night live at the Forum, and late night Tabard tube room movies were among Buck's favorites. His fraternity brothers and sisters will certainly miss him, especially since he had returned to the Tabard tap at least once every term since graduation.
Buck is survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. William C. Rogers, 85 East Street, Melrose, Mass., and a sister Candy, who will graduate from the University of New Hampshire upon completion of this fall semester. The Class of 1973 and Tabard Fraternity wish to extend to each member of the Rogers family their sincerest sympathy.
Buck will be missed by all of the Dartmouth family. My memories and my past experiences with "Young Buck" will never fill the void which his death has left with me.
D. Randall Spydell '73
The Rev. Wilbur Irving Bull '09
Sydney Aylmer Clark '12
Paul Grimaux Woelfel '27
J. Malcolm de Sieves '40
Robert L. Tyler Jr. '51
James Cooper Bryant Jr. '58
