Deaths

(A listing of deaths of which word has been receivedwithin the past month. Full notices may appear in thisissue or a later month.)

Knight, Ralph F. '05, August 20 Fisher, Hart E. '09, March 11 Stanton, Malcolm '10, November 2 Whipple, Sidney B. '10, November 10 Barrows, Chester L. '14, October 24 Curtis, Howard S. '14, October 28 Marcy, Henry S. '15, October 27 Sanborn, E. Cummings '15, November 8 Smith, Leland B. '15, September 6 Ludgate, Bruce A. Jr. '17, October 25 Converse, John A. '18, November 3 Robinson, Howard S. '18, November 1 Stone, H. James '19, November 23 DeGroff, Durward S. '21, October 30 Sears, Francis W. '21 adopted, November 12 Aborn, John R. '22, November 21 Carroll, James V. '22, November 26 Hare, Sheldon T. '22, October 22 Thornton, John W. '22, October 6 Jones, Matthew G. '23, September 22 Tupper, Alton F. Jr. '24, November 25 Ferguson, Clarence W. Jr. '25, September 28 Thayer, Hamilton W. '25, December Brazil, Clarence J. '26, November 5 Maloney, Richard C. '26, November 14 Sanford, Lloyd M. '26, October 27 Low, Harold D. '27, November 17 North, William G. '27, November 26 Norton, John E. '28, August Dearth, John A. '29, November 21 Salyer, George R. '29, November 11 Findlay, Ronald W. '31, November 3 Owen, William M. '31, July 5 Celano, Joseph J. '33, October 20 Pimper, James L. '33, November 9 Turbett, Frank S. Jr. '34, November 30 Chapin, Slocum '36, November 23 Mattimore, J. Clarke '38, November 16 Meyer, Morris "Tex" '40, November 21 Nye, Loring C. '40, November 7 Meyer, John C. '41, December 2 Bellows, Lawrence W. '45, November Ruppe, Frederic G. '45, February 21 Hamilton, Kenneth L. '46, October 5 Werner, Theodore M. '54, October 21 Loeb, Alfred R. '61, December 6 Burns, Ralph A. '34hon, November 4 Ashley, Homer C. '24m, April

Faculty

RALPH ARTHUR BURNS, 78, professor emeritus of education at Dartmouth College died November 4 at the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital.

Professor Bums, an honorary member of the Class of 1934, retired from the Dartmouth faculty in 1964 after teaching for 36 years at the College. He was graduated from Bates College with Phi Beta Kappa honors in 1920 and" earned a Master's degree in education from Harvard University in 1926. He was awarded an honorary A.M. from Dartmouth and an LL.D. from Fairleigh Dickinson University, and also held honorary degrees from Northeastern University and Franklin Pierce and Emerson Colleges.

Before joining the Dartmouth faculty, Professor Burns was a high school principal in Cornish and Rockport, Me. He was also principal at the American School Foundation in Mexico City and taught at Carlton College in Minnesota.

In 1942 he enlisted in the Army Air Corps with the rank of captain and became director of the Logistics Department of the School of Applied Tactics. He later was chief of the personnel branch of the Office of Strategic Services. For his war service he was awarded the European-African Middle Eastern Medal and was discharged with the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1945.

During a four-year leave of absence after the War, he was chief education specialist for the U.S. Military Government in Occupied Germany and then directed the Exchanges Program for the U.S. High Commission in Germany, a program which brought more than 10,000 German nationals to America to study and observe democracy in action.

During the summers of 1959 and 1960 he was educational adviser for National University in Ascuncion, Paraguay, under the U.S. Department of State's American specialists grant program. In 1960 he was appointed to the governing board of the Cooperative Bureau for Teachers, a nonprofit organization providing information and assistance in teaching placement and selection. From 1964-69 he was director of evaluation for the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education, New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, Inc.

Professor Burns joined the Dartmouth faculty with the rank of instructor and was promoted to assistant professor in 1929 and to full professor in 1934. He was a member of the National Education Association, Kappa Phi Kappa and Phi Delta Kappa, national education honorary societies, and Sigma Phi Epsilon social fraternity.

He married Emroye Magwood in 1920 and she predeceased him in 1968. He is survived by two sons William A. and Robert E., one daughter Mrs. Elizabeth Walk, seven grandchildren, and two brothers G. Luther and Carroll.

FRANCIS W. SEARS, Appleton Professor of Natural Philosophy emeritus at the College, died at the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital November 12. He was 77 years old and had been a member of the physics department.

A native of Plymouth, Mass., Professor Sears graduated from M.I.R. in 1921, earned a master of science degree there in 1924, and he taught there for 30 years before coming to Dartmouth as a visiting professor in 1955. He became a permanent member of the faculty in 1958, was named Appleton Professor in 1960, and retired in 1964.

An unusually gifted teacher, researcher and an active official of professional societies, Professor Sears was best known for his enormously prolific work as the author of both elementary and advanced physics textbooks. His Principals of Physics sold in the millions of copies in many languages. For his contributions to his discipline, the American Association of Physics Teachers presented him in 1962 with the Oersted Medal for "notable contributions to the teaching of physics." His classroom techniques, plus his texts, have been credited with radically changing the teaching of physics. With the noted physicist Peter Debeye, he discovered the phenomenon known as the Debeye-Sears effect, a physical property of light, involving the interaction of sound waves and light waves in transparent material.

Professor Sears was a Fellow of the American Physical Society and was president of the American Association of Physics Teachers in 1959-60 and treasurer of that association from 1950-58. He was also a member of the Optical Society of America and the American Society for Engineering Education.

During 1945, he was chairman of the Physics Branch at the American Army University at Shirvenham, England. He also served as chairman of the physics department at Dartmouth.

Professor Sears married the former Mildred G. Cornwall at Cambridge, Mass., in 1935. She survives him, as do two sisters Miss Charlotte Sears and Miss Marian Sears, both of Plymouth, Mass.

JOHN J. O'CONNOR, 54, College Proctor for the past 11 years, died December 6 at Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital.

Although his formal title was "College Proctor," and, as such, he was in charge of the Dartmouth College campus police, he was neither proctor nor "cop" to the 11,000 students who studied at the College during his tenure. A vigorous, friendly man who enjoyed young people, he was more a friend and confidante who preferred to help students out of trouble than to punish them for it.

When it was necessary, he could be firm and he was personally unafraid of confrontations. But he favored his own brand of rough-hewn justice, based on reason and the somewhat trite, but by no means untrue notion that "you're only young once."

"It's not a disciplinary position," he said when he came to Dartmouth in 1964, explaining that he saw the College Proctor's role as essentially one of helping. "And it's not a policy-making position. I'm here to work for the Dean's Office and help both the students and the College."

The 11 years that Mr. O'Connor served as Proctor at Dartmouth spanned the period of as much student unrest, largely sparked by the unpopular Vietnam War, as any comparable period in the College's 206-year history. Through it all, John O'Connor never, in the contemporary phrase "lost his cool." His approach was never that of shoot-from-the-hip; rather, he relied instead on taking a deep breath, getting the facts and then using large infusions of good common sense, while brooking no nonsense. The students, on the whole, appreciated this.

He was, for instance, an honorary member of Psi Upsilon fraternity at Dartmouth, and that group of students was planning to honor him at a surprise ceremony this fall, only to be forestalled by his final illness.

Proctor O'Connor was born on April 14, 1921, in Lynn, Mass. He was a graduate of Jamaica Plain High School in Boston and attended the University of South Carolina. He was graduated from the United States Merchant Marine Academy at King's Point, N.Y., early in 1944 and immediately entered the U.S. Navy.

He served a total of 20 years in the Navy and held the rank of lieutenant commander on his retirement in 1964. During his last three years in the service, he was security officer at the U.S. Naval Station at Newport, R.I., and while there was detailed for the summers of 1961, 1962, and 1963 to work on security at the Kennedy Summer White House in Hyannisport.

He also served the three prior years, 1959-61 at Newport as training officer at the Fleet Training Center directing the training functions of six Naval schools with an attendance of more than 25,000 students.

He leaves his widow, the former Elizabeth N. Kemnitzer; four sons, John M., stationed in Augsberg, Germany, in the U.S. Army, Brendan J., a student at Wentworth Institute, Christopher R., a student at St. Anselm's College, and Brian J. O'Connor, 9; two daughters, Mrs. Ann Nelson of Etna, N.H., and Joan M. O'Connor of Hanover; two brothers, William of Seattle, Wash., and Thomas O'Connor of Glenbrook, Conn., and one sister, Mrs. Mary Nelson of Flushing, N.Y.

A tribute by his friend and colleague, Carroll Brewster, former Dean of the College, appears on page 5.

Contributions may be made in his memory to the American Cancer Society and the Chaplains Fund at the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital.

1909

HART ELLIS FISHER M.D. died at his home 4220 N. Paulina Street, Chicago, Ill., on March 11, 1975 after years of failing health.

Hart was born October 3, 1886 at San Antonio, Texas. He came to Dartmouth from Joliet (Ill.) High School and stayed freshman year. He was the last member of the 1909 delegation of Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. He continued his education at Hahnemann Medical College in Chicago and received his M.D. degree in 1912 specializing in surgery. He was chief surgeon to Chicago Rapid Transit Co. in 1913. In World War I, he was surgeon of the 356th Infantry 89th Division and Chief of the Surgical Staff of Hospital 38 A.E.F. France.

Returning to Chicago, he became chief surgeon of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and North Shore Railroad Co.; Chicago, South Shore and So. Bend RR Co., Chicago, Aurora and Elgin RR Co.; Chicago and Interurban RR Co. He was consulting surgeon to the Public Service Co. of Northern Illinois.

He was married to Caroline Graff in Chicago on January 3, 1911 and they had one son Edward Carol Fisher born May 28, 1918.

1910

Our classmate SIDNEY BEAUMONT WHIPPLE, author, editor, and journalist, died November 11 in Griesheim, West Germany, where he had lived since retirement this year from Stars and Stripes, United States Armed Forces daily newspaper. He was 87.

Sidney left the College after freshman year to join the Boston American as a reporter and the newspaper jobs he held after that were legion, including editorships in Syracuse, South Bend, and Denver and a stint in London before World War I. It was from this last period mostly which he drew material for the column "Stop Me If You've Heard" which he wrote for Stars and Stripes since he joined it in 1965. He had also been an editor of Judge magazine and drama critic for the New York World Telegram in the 1930's and '40s, but likely the most important period in his long career was covering the Lindbergh kidnapping for the United Press. He wrote two books from that experience, The Lindbergh Crime and The Trial of BrunoRichard Hauptman. In 1945 he covered the war in the Pacific as a successor to Ernie Pyle and remained some time in post-war Japan.

Perhaps because of his devotion to his work, Sidney had not had time to keep in touch with the College but also because of that devotion he was accorded this praise by fellow-journalist Westbrook Pegler, "... a thoroughbred newspaperman of championship class ..."

Surviving are his widow (Catherine and daughter Torri McKennan of Hubert, N.C.

1912

Mark Allen was a brave man. For the past two years he was contending with a spreading cancer and in the last few months with a failing heart. He passed away on December 3, 1975. The last year of his life was a very tough one but he seemed to dig down for some inner strength to carry him through. In fact, his last letter written in the summer said he had not been having too much fun but was expecting to recover.

MARK EDWARD ALLEN was born at Northampton, Mass., on January 8, 1889. He came to Dartmouth from the Latin High School at Somerville, Mass. During his three college years he played on the Class baseball team and sang in the choir. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi.

Mark left college in 1911 to spend two years with General Land & Investment Company in Calgary, Alberta. For the next two years he was with the lumber company of Sam Barnes '07 in Eatonville, Washington. Then at the request of his father he came east in 1915 to be associated with the former in the Allen Auto Co. at Billerica, Mass. He sold the business when his father died in 1921 and went into the wholesale and retail paper business in Boston until 1925. That was the year he packed his family in his Model T Ford and drove across the continent to settle in Seattle. Mark held many public offices: Town Clerk in Billenca for eight years; auditor and later cashier for the Washington Tax Commission; in 1951 part owner of the Burien Hardware & Electric Company from which he retired in 1958, retaining his ownership and relinquishing the presidency to his son Robert. He made the round trip east to attend Class Reunions on several occasions.

On October 3, 1913 Mark Allen married Ella Louise Slingsby of Eatonville, Wash., who predeceased him in 1966. He is survived by two sons and several grandchildren. Memorial services were held on December 15, 1975 at the Church of St. Elizabeth, Episcopal, Burien-Seahurst, Washington.

Those who saw Sam Hobbs at a recent reunion came away with the conviction that he was the picture of health. Even when he entered the hospital in San Diego early in October he is quoted as saying he was not ill, just bored. His death on October 21, 1975 was a shock to all. Sam was a loyal Dartmouth alumnus. He loved his College and was beloved by all his Classmates.

SAMUEL HOBBS was born at Pelham, N.H. on October 5, 1891. He came to Dartmouth from the Nashua (N.H.) High School. In college he was an honor student, a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Gamma Alpha and went on to Thayer School to earn his degree in civil engineering. He later became an honor member of the University of Southern California (Engineering) Chapter of Chi Epsilon.

As a civil engineer Sam spent six years with the Massachusetts Highway Commission, four years with Rowe Contracting Co. of Boston, and then for 29 years he was in Los Angeles. Sam retired in 1956 but then associated himself with an engineering office in Los Angeles, for 16 years he was secretary-treasurer in the formation, organization, and operation of the American Concrete Institute's first chapter in Southern California.

Sam held many positions in engineering societies, wrote several articles for trade journals, served on the board of trustees of the Arcadia City School District, was president of the Pasadena-San Gabriel Valley Council of Boy Scouts, and of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Southern California, and was a trustee of the Arcadia Presbyterian Church.

Sam Hobbs had received many honors. In 1963 he was elected to A.C.I.'s Board of Directors and made chairman of the Board Committee on Chapter Activities. In 1968 he was tended the A.C.I. Kennedy Award for outstanding service. In 1973 he was made an Honorary Life Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and the chapter established an annual "Sam Hobbs Service Award" in his honor. Also he was a Life Associate of Structural Engineers Association of Southern California. At the time of his death he was Class Agent for Dartmouth 1912.

On October 16, 1916 he married Marian E. Coleman of Pelham, N.H., who survives him together with a son, a daughter, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. A memorial service was held at Arcadia Presbyterian Church October 26, 1975.

1914

CHESTER LEONARD BARROWS, former chairman of the history department at Adelphi University, died October 24, 1975 in Philadelphia. He was 83.

Chet was with us for two years, leaving in 1912 because of illness and graduating from Boston University in 1916. He earned a Ph.D. at Columbia University sity in 1947, after teaching in preparatory schools and becoming an instructor at Adelphi in 1925. He became chairman of the history department in 1935.

Surviving are his widow Mildred (White) at 7811 Huron St., Philadelphia, two daughters Barbara and Louise, nine grandchildren, and a great-grandchild.

It should be of interest to classmates to note that in a class newsletter Chet wrote, in reference to his higher education, "You can understand my loyalties have been somewhat divided; but the greatest spirit was at Dartmouth."

1915

HOWARD ELLSWORTH FULLER died on December 8 in the Mercy Hospital, Miami, Florida. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery on December 17. Howie was connected with the military service in some capacity from the date of entering military service in 1917. He held the rank of brigadier general at the time of his retirement August 1, 1962.

A recital of his accomplishments and a listing of the many honors which came his way would fill several pages. His army career brought him the Legion of Merit and the Army Commendation Ribbon and Medal. He is listed in Who's Who in America.

Among other honors were: U.S. Treasury Department Award for "Meritorious Service"; Selection by the Buffalo Evening News as one of ten Outstanding Citizens of Buffalo for "Compassionate Public Service." He was awarded Life Membership in the American Legion and received the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Gold Medal Award for "Service to Veterans." On February 22, 1966 he was awarded Honor Certificate by Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge for a Public Address "An Outstanding Achievement in Bringing About a Better Understanding of the American Way of Life During 1965."

I must add that my insight into Howie's accomplishments was a personally conducted tour of the Veterans Hospital in Buffalo, of which he was the director. The efficiency of this operation was evident on all sides. It was used as a model for the administration of Veteran's Hospitals throughout the United States.

The Attleboro (Mass.) Sun Chronicle reported the death on September 6 of LELAND BAKER SMITH who attended Dartmouth in our class after graduating from Attleboro High School. He was a veteran of World War 1 and had been very active in various civic affairs. Lee was a member of the board of trustees of the Attleboro Public Library and former member of YMCA board and school committee. He had received the Silver Beaver Award for his work as a member of the Anawon Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He was a member of the Rotary Club and served as chairman of the Murray Universalist Church.

Lee is survived by his widow Mary, six children, three step-sons, and six grandchildren. Up to the time of his retirement he was president of the Apco Mossberg Company.

1917

AUGUST FRANK SUPEAU died April 1, 1975 of cancer in Mt. Vernon, N.Y.

He was born in New York City on November 19, 1893. He moved to Mount Vernon, N.Y., where he attended the local public schools. After graduating from Mount Vernon High School, he entered Dartmouth. On April 1, 1918, he entered the U.S. Army as a private and was attached to the Ordnance Department, 210th Engineers. He was promoted to acting sergeant, stationed at Camp Upton and other Army camps throughout the United States and was honorably discharged from service on December 19, 1918.

Gus married Marie Tricinelli on December 2, 1923. Their union produced three children: Alvin Auguste, Harold Anthony, and Gerald Alphonse. He has five grandchildren. Last December 2, 1974 the Supeaus celebrated their fiftieth Wedding Anniversary.

Gus organized the Sons of the American Legion Post 3 in Mount Vernon and was Post Adjutant of the same Post. He also served on many of the club's activities. He was also a member of the Forrester's of America, the Republican Club, and more recently Quartermaster of the Veterans of World War I, Barracks 3498 in Mount Vernon.

His son Alvin writes, "As a boy I can remember Dad being quite active in many of the local school and civic associations. He was employed as a Title Closer for over fifty years in Westchester County. Although by many an attorney, who knew if he was handling the closing, they could rest easy. He was the oldest Title Closer in Westchester County up until his death.

"Although small in stature, he had a heart of gold. My Dad loved people and loved helping them. People looked to him for advice and regardless of the day or hour, my Dad was there helping them. He asked for had had a home from May until November on Martha's Vineyard, Mass. Like his fraternity brother, Dick Maloney, whose death is noted in this issue, Lloyd and Dick both loved their homes on the neighboring islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nan-tucket.

Besides his widow Emily and his son Jim he is survived by his daughter Jane, now Mrs. Michael Lion, Princeton, N.J., his sister, and four grandchildren. 1926 counts its loss of yet another classmate and sends its sympathy to the family.

WILLIAM T. VOLKHARDT JR. died July 11, 1975 as recently reported by his son Robert S. Volkhardt, Berkeley Heights, N.J. Bill was born at Staten Island, N.Y., November 18, 1903 and graduated from Curtis High School, entering Dartmouth with the class of 1925. He graduated in 1927 and attended New York University Graduate School of Business Administration in 1928-1930.

At Dartmouth Bill was on the gym team three years, the track squad two years and was a member of Phi Gamma Delta. His business career was spent in sales representation and management with Scott Paper Co., Bethlehem Steel Co., St. Regis Paper Co., Hewitt-Robins, Inc. and Diehl Division of Singer Co.

He married in New York August 29, 1942 the former Louise Biggs and who died October 16, 1974. He is survived by his son Robert and his son William to whom the Class sends sincere sympathy.

CLARENCE JAMES BRAZIL died suddenly November 4, 1975 at Milford Hospital, Milford, Conn. Clarence and his wife Marjorie were visiting their daughter Mrs. Betsy Sue (Brazil) Hare in Milford, but had made their home for many years at 17 Wentworth Street, Laconia, N.H.

Brass was born in Somerville, Mass. November 13, 1905 and prepared for Dartmouth at Keene (N.H.) High School. At Dartmouth he was a member of the freshman football and track teams and the varsity gym team. He was also a member of the National Championship football team of 1925, and was listed as such in the commemorative Dartmouth-Penn game program this past fall.

Having lived in Laconia most of his life, Brazz was a very active citizen there having been a city councilman, former vice president and director of the Laconia Country Club, a past president of the N.H. Humane Society, a member of the N.H. Senior Golf Association and a former assistant football coach at Laconia High School. He was a life insurance underwriter and a member of the Millionaire Club of the Equitable Life Assurance Society.

Besides his daughter he is survived by his widow, the former Marjorie Dodge, whom he married in 1927, three grandchildren, a brother Edward A. Brazil '30, and a nephew Edward J Brazil '64. 1926 sends its deepest sympathy to Marjorie and the family.

1927

ROYAL IRVING BLANCHARD, character extra-extraordinary, of Norwich, Vermont, died October 4. He was an enthusiastic supporter of Dartmouth football teams and a full page colored portrait of Roy in his raccoon coat and medallion-covered hat graced the cover of the program for the Cornell game November 15. He had the opportunity to see it some five days before he died. It was a fitting tribute to a loyal fan.

A native of Hartford, Conn., Roy graduated from Worcester Academy before attending Dartmouth. After college he founded the Roy Toy Co. in Worcester, Mass. During World War II he was head of the Worcester County War Production Board for Smaller Plants, and then served as Navy Inspector for the Worcester County District. Married to Eleanor Brown, granddaughter of Dartmouth's President Tucker, it was natural that they moved to Norwich in 1946.

Roy's main interest was children. He was a trustee of the Norwich Nursery School. He was famous for his hand carved foot high "Blanchard Booters" which he loved to demonstrate, particularly at Harvard games. He was proud of his children and grandchildren. For ten years he headed the arthritis drive in Norwich, and worked with the old folks at the convalescent home. He was a member of Rotary and the Masons.

Funeral Services were held at the Hilltop Cemetery high above Norwich where his grave is not far from that of Paul Sample. The Dartmouth coaching staff joined friends, neighbors and classmates at the services to pay their respects.

Roy is survived by his widow Ellie, son Curtis R. of Osterville, Mass., and a daughter Saly Bean of Norwich, Conn.

HAROLD DAY LOW, 69, a former hardware store owner, died in a Fort Lauderdale hospital November 17. Hal was born in Derry, N.H., where he attended Pinkerton Academy before going to Dartmouth.

He had lived in Florida since 1947 where he worked for Sears and later operated his own hardware store until he retired in 1966.

Members of the family include his widow, Lucy Eaton Low of Fort Lauderdale; three children, Harold Day Jr. and Phillip W. of Fort Lauderdale, and Beatrice Low Gratton of Simpsonville, Md., and four grandchildren. His first wife Mary died in 1935.

WILLIAM GWYER NORTH, 69, died November 26 at the Monadnock Community Hospital in Dublin, N.H. He had been a resident of Dublin since 1941 when he joined the staff of Dublin School.

Bill was editor of our 1927 Speakeasy 1968-1970. He then succeeded Rog Bury as Class Secretary until ill health forced him to relinquish that position in 1973.

Born in Brookline, Mass., Bill came to Dartmouth by way of Newton High. In college he was a member of Theta Delta Chi fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa, Round Robin, The Players, where his creation of sets as art director drew many compliments, Tower Board, The Arts, serving as vice president his senior year, and member of the Winter Sports team.

An avid reader of history and biography, his "The Political Background of the Dartmouth College Case" was published in The New England Quarterly in 1945. We all treasure his book The Old Pine and the New which contains the remarks given at the dedication of the 1927 Pine at our 40th Reunion. And as class secretary he published the class yearbook for our 45th Reunion.

Following graduation Bill attended Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in 1927-28. Although a teacher by training and inclination, he served as a partner in Oriental Tea and Coffee Company in Boston (an inherited job) from 1936-39. In 1941 he joined the staff at Dublin School, a boys college preparatory boarding school, where he served for 30 years until his retirement. At various times he was director of studies and registrar, which included the offices of director of admissions and college guidance officer, but basically he was a much respected and distinctive teacher of English, History, and Mathematics. He was moderator of the Dublin School District 1955-66, and was chosen to give the graduation address at Dublin School in 1972. During his retirement he did public relations work for Beech Hill Farm, Inc., a rehabilitation center in Dublin.

He was a member of the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests and of the Dublin Lake Club. A bachelor, he is survived by his sister, Mrs. Frederick Hinchliffe of Cohasset, Mass.

A gentleman and a scholar, Bill North pursued a quiet, busy career, making life richer and happier for a lot of people.

1928

ALBERT THEODORE BISHOP died September 17 at his home in Kailua, Hawaii, of kidney disease.

Al came to Dartmouth from Middleport, N.Y., and was a member of Kappa Sigma. After graduation he received his masters degree from Albany State College.

He was principal of the Manchester, N.Y., high school in 1943 when he moved to Oak Ridge, Tenn., to become assistant superintendent in charge of business management and planning. The school system was launched in the fall of that year and Al participated in the planning of seven Oak Ridge school buildings. In 1951 he moved to a similar position in Minneapolis. In 1956 he became a teacher and director of adult education in Gowanda, N.Y., and built houses in the summer. Before he retired in 1972 he had built 50 homes. In Gowanda he served on the Dartmouth alumni interviewing committee.

In 1972 he and his wife moved to Kailua to live with their daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Weight. During his three years near Honolulu he enjoyed the fellowship of the Dartmouth Club of Hawaii.

He is survived by his widow Zilpha. two daughters Dorothy of Kailua and Mary Targos of Palatine, Ill., and five grandchildren.

JOHN EDWARD NORTON who was director of administration of the Consolidation Coal Co. when he retired in 1971, died August 20 of cancer at the Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Dartmouth was one of his principal interests during his life and he worked for the College in many ways, from years as an assistant class agent to the untiring president of the Western Pennsylvania Dartmouth Club. Last year he interviewed 25 applicants for Dartmouth.

A native of Pittsburgh, Ed started working for the predecessor of the Consolidation Coal Co. three weeks after graduation. By 1960 he had worked his way up to assistant to the president.

He was a former president of the Downtown Club of Pittsburgh, a director of the Western Pennsylvania Coal Operators Association and former secretary-treasurer of the Taxpayers Association.

Survivors include his widow Helen, two daughters Suzanne Switala of Pittsburgh and Joan McKelvie of Philadelphia and son John '77.

1929

GEORGE RANDALL SALYER passed away November 11, 1975, in a San Luis Obispo, California, hospital from a stroke following arterial surgery.

He was born in Yonkers, N.Y., March 3, 1907; graduated from high school in Winchester, Mass., in 1924; and attended Boston University as a commuting student for a short time before entering the College. He joined the Theta Delta Chi fraternity in 1926; was assistant manager of the Dartmouth Players in 1927; and graduated cum laude, with a major in Psychology, and winning Phi Beta Kappa.

After graduation from Dartmouth, George joined the Eastman Kodak Company in Rochester, N.Y., as a trainee and held various positions in their sales department until his retirement 38 years later in 1967.

He joined the American Cryptogram Association in 1938 and was elected editor of "The Cryptogram" in 1942. a position he held for several years.

Following retirement, he and his wife moved to San Luis Obispo, Calif. Pursuing his interests in duplicate bridge, he became director of the S.L.O. Duplicate Bridge Club and kept active with that until a few weeks before his death. He was also a member of the San Luis Obispo Elks Lodge.

He is survived and very sadly missed by his widow, Margaret, and their daughter Audrey Perkins of Downey, Calif.

1933

JAMES LAMBIE PIMPER, 64, of 7711 Savanah Drive, Bethesda, Md., died November 9, 1975 at the Georgetown University Hospital of heart failure and emphysema.

A native of Washington, D.C., Jim prepared at Western High School in Washington for Dartmouth, where he was a member of the Zeta Psi Fraternity. After graduating, he received his law degree from George Washington University Law School.

Jim worked for national maritime agencies for more than 20 years before the Maritime Administration and the Federal Maritime Board were combined into the Federal Maritime Commission. He served both of the predecessor organizations as general counsel and served as general counsel of the Commission since its creation in 1961.

He is survived by his widow Mary and his two daughters Sandra Pimper Luce and Ann Pimper Mulhali and a brother Theodore Pimper, to whom the Class extends its deepest sympathy.

1934

FRANK STEELE TURBETT, 62, died November 30 in Asheville, N.C. He had retired in 1973 from the Internal Revenue Service at which time he was the district director in Cleveland.

He was born in Bayonne, N.J., and entered the College from schools there. His career also included working as an accountant for firms in New York, New Jersey, and Los Angeles. He served from 1942 to 1946 in the U.S. Army, being discharged with the rank of captain.

He is survived by his widow Mary Ann (James), his son James Arthur, brother William W. and his sisters Mrs. Jean Dawkins and Mrs. Louise Metchan.

1936

SLOCUM CHAPIN died November 15, 1975 in Sloan Kettering Memorial Hospital, New York City. He was born May 12, 1913 in Quincy, Mass., and came to Dartmouth from the Tilton School. In 1937 he married Joan Igou who died in 1960. He subsequently married Jane Daly who survives him.

Buz was involved in radio and television from 1935 to 1965. In 1942 he joined the National Broadcasting Company and when he retired in 1965 he was vice president of network television sales for ABC. He left this career and he and his wife Jane established Adventures Unlimited, a world-wide travel agency based at Abercrombie and Fitch in New York City. They specialized in safaris and other hunting, fishing, and photographic trips all over the world.

He was a past president of the Campfire Club of America, the African Safari Club of New York, the St. Hubert Society of America, the Explorers Club, and Ducks Unlimited. He also had worked as an Alumni Fund agent in the New York area for many years.

In addition to his wife he is survived by a son John, two daughters Dr. Joanna Chapin and Michele McCormick, all of New York, his father Charles M. Chapin of Montpelier, Vt., and five grandchildren. The Class extends its deepest sympathy to all of them.

1938

JOHN CLARKE MATTIMORE, one of the most prominent and active members of our Class, died of cancer November 18 at Stamford, Conn., Hospital at the age of 59.

Born August 20, 1916 in Albany, N.Y., Matty prepared for college at John Harris High in Harrisburg, Pa. As an undergraduate, he spent a busy four years: he was president of the Interdormitory Council, secretary of Palaeopitus, business manager of The Pictorial, assistant manager of musical clubs, for four years was class treasurer, and also a member of Casque and Gauntlet, Junto, the Vigilance Committee, and Sigma Chi. He played freshman basketball and was his dormitory chairman. He was also 1938 treasurer from graduation to 1943.

He went to Tuck School following graduation and then began his long, successful career as an executive and administrator in his chosen career of advertising and promotion, with an interruption for four years of service as a lieutenant in the Navy.

In 1971 Matty became president of Selling-Areas Marketing, Inc. (SAMI), a computerized service which measures and sells grocery product movement data to manufacturers. He retired in 1972. It was founded in 1966 as a subsidiary of Time-Inc. of which he was a vice president. Before becoming SAMI's top executive, he was a marketing consultant to Time-Life Books and Time-Life Records. From 1960-65 he was associated with the public relations firm of Robert Mullen Inc., serving as its president and later as a consultant. Earlier he had been an account executive and a vice president with Kenyon and Eckhardt, advertising agency.

Listed in Who's Who in America, Matty was for many years a director of the American Muscular Dystrophy Association, and had been the national director of the Organization of Citizens for Eisenhower (1952). He was a member of the Authors Guild and the Dutch Reformed Church, and a director of the Stamford Yacht Club. With his wife he was the author of Cooking by the Clock.

Matty was married in 1946 to Jean Meyer, an Ohio State graduate, and they were the parents of two sons Patrick '72, Bryan '76, and a daughter Karen. A sister Mrs. Merton Shaver also survives him. 1938 expresses its sincere sympathy to them all.

1940

Classmates and other Dartmouth friends will be saddened to learn of the death of LORING CAMPBELL NYE in Needham, Mass., on November 7, 1975, of a cerebral hemorrhage.

Copper was born in Watertown, Mass., on March 20, 1918, and prepared for Dartmouth at Needham High School. During his college years he played JV football; he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He furthered his education in later years at the Rutgers Graduate School of Banking.

In World War II Copper served as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army medical administration.

Following the war he joined the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston where he remained until his retirement in 1970 for reasons of health. At the time of his retirement he was an assistant vice president of the bank.

Although stricken in 1955 with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, better known as "Lou Gherig's disease," Copper lived his life cheerfully and courageously despite a progressively worsening handicap. He truly served as an inspiration to his family and his friends.

Typical of that inspiration was the tribute paid to him by Joseph F. Dinneen Jr., in his column in the Boston Globe, November 16, who recalled Copper, who was a couple years ahead of Dinneen at Needham High School, as carrying "a special aura which commanded respect from one younger who would have liked to have had the same qualities."

He is survived by his widow, the former Ruth McKean, a daughter Mrs. Nancy Newton of New York City, a son Peter of Needham, a son Loring Jr., Class of 1977, a brother John W. of Needham, and a sister Mrs. Betty McKenne of Watertown, Mass.

Memorial gifts may be made to A.L.S. Foundation, Inc., 185 Madison Ave., New York, N.Y.

W.P. BUCKLEY '39

1941

General JOHN CHARLES MEYER (U.S. Air Force, Retired), the country's leading air ace in Europe during World War II and until recently Commander, Strategic Air Command, collapsed and died at his home in Marina del Rey, Calif., following a regular morning jog on December 2. Entering business after retiring in 1974, Jack was reported in excellent spirits and apparent good health by Leo Caproni '42, a friend from post-war college days, who had a visit with him in November in New York. He was 56.

A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Jack came to Dartmouth after attending New York area schools. Well-remembered by classmates as a lean, swift youth, affable but neither over-gregarious nor garrulous, he played lacrosse with quiet zeal and deliberation, and was also active in competitive swimming.

He left the College to join the Army Air Corps in 1939, following the outbreak of World War II, and was commissioned a second lieutenant and awarded his pilot's wings in 1940. In the war he first commanded the 487th Fighter Squadron, a part of the 8th Air Force. While Deputy Commander, 352d Fighter Group, he became the leading ace in Europe, with 37½ Nazi planes shot down (½ is a shared credit). He flew 200 combat missions. In the Korean War, as a Group commander, he flew 31 missions and destroyed two planes.

Jack had returned to Dartmouth after World War 11, obtaining his AB degree in 1948. He had been married to Mary Moore in 1945 and their first child, Christine, was born in Hanover. Not long after returning to Air Force active duty he was named as the Air Force Secretary's "principle point of contact with the U.S. House of Representatives," per his AF biography. Graduated from the AF War College in 1956, he then taught there and in 1962 was assigned to Strategic Air Command headquarters at Offutt AF Base, Neb., near Omaha. He was also a member of the Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff, a unit preparing data/plans for the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

After being assigned full-time to the Joint Chiefs in Washington, he became its Director of Operations in 1967. In 1969 he was appointed Vice Chief of the Air Staff and in 1972 head of the Strategic Air Command, a vast complex of heavy bombers, fighters, missiles, tankers, and bases and the second most important job in the air service. "During over three decades," the AF biography observed, "he demonstrated a rare ability to handle any facet of Air Force operational responsibilities." In 1945, he was pinned under an overturned staff car, having leg surgery and losing the left middle finger - "thank God for blood plasma, morphine and American Army nurses," he wrote in a family letter at the time.

His decorations included Distinguished Service Cross (2 Oak Leaf Clusters), Distinguished Service Medal, Silver Star (1 Oak Leaf Cluster), Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross (6 Oak Leaf Clusters), Air Medal (14 Oak Leaf Clusters) French Croix de Guerre, and Belgian Croix de Guerre. He received the National Brotherhood Award of the National Conference of Christians and Jews in 1974. At communities where he served he was active in civilian service and musical organizations.

After retirement in 1974, Jack joined R & D Associates, a defense-oriented consulting firm, as a director and executive committeeman. He settled in Marina Del Rey, reporting on his family and new life in a letter forwarding his class dues published in last month's Alumni Magazine. Always interested in the College and his classmates, he sent a good-humored note regretting he must miss the 30th Reunion in 1972 in light of his new post at SAC.

He was a member of the Wings Club, the N.Y. Athletic Club, Lotos Club, Order of Daedalians, American Legion, Atlantic Salmon Assn. and Columbia Country Club. Surviving, besides his widow and Christine, are two sons, Lt. John C. Meyer Jr., USAF, and Michael A. Meyer, a graduate engineer, and two other daughters, Margaret and Martha. The sympathy of the entire class is extended to Mary and her family.

S.W.W. '41

1943

OAKLEY CHESTER CURTIS of Yarmouth, Me., passed away on September 24, 1975 in Boston after a short illness.

He was born in Portland on May 5, 1921 and came to Dartmouth from the Hackley School in Tarrytown, N.Y. He also attended Bryant and Stratton in Boston. Curt served in the Army in Europe during World War II.

He was a realtor of commercial and industrial properties in Portland and was formerly treasurer of T. P. Beals Furniture Company, manufacturer of maple furniture, a position he assumed in 1946.

Oakley was active in civic affairs, having been a member of the Board of Selectmen of Yarmouth, Me. and was active in the First Parish Church. He had served as president of Suburban Investors and treasurer of the Sebago Forestry Corporation, was a member of the Portland Country Club, a former member of the Portland Yacht Club and a member and house-chairman of the Cumberland Club.

A fund in memory of Oakley has been established by his widow Ellen, at Tufts University School of Medicine for the purpose of benefitting students who are entering the field of medicine and are in financial need - preference being given to graduates of Dartmouth. It is entitled "The Oakley C. Curtis Memorial Loan Fund."

Oakley is survived by his widow and his children Peter and Marsha, all of Cumberland, as well as his mother Mrs. Beatrice Johnson of Portland and a brother, Edgar A. Curtis Jr. '40 of Yarmouth. Friends may write to Mrs. Curtis at Prince's Point, Yarmouth, Me.

1945

JOHN LESLIE GRANT died on May 5, 1974. After college he moved to Chicago where in 1949 he became president of the Grant Publishing Corporation, a company involved in publishing greeting cards. He was also president of the Grant Realty Corporation.

Jack subsequently sold his business and moved out to the Los Angeles area of California where he became president of the Pacific Imprinting Corporation in Van Nuys, and director of the Greeting Card Association. He is survived by his stepmother and stepbrother Gail Grant '43. Our Class extends its sympathy to his family.

1946

Dr. KENNETH LEE HAMILTON passed away in early October of an apparent heart attack in Effingham, Ill., where he had just established a private practice.

After leaving Dartmouth in 1949 Ken went on to get his medical degree at Albany Medical College in Albany, New York. He then worked in various capacities at Lenox Hill Hospital and Bellevue Hospital in New York City before moving to Hunterdon, N.J. He was associate assistant director of urology at Hunterdon Medical Center and then became assistant director in 1970. From 1960 to 1965 he was a clinical instructor in urology at New York University Medical Center. From 1972 until this year he was clinical professor of urology at the New Jersey College of Medicine in Piscataway.

Many classmates will remember the good times we had with Ken and Naomi in their Wigwam village apartment after the war. The latch string was always out for us and our dates, especially on hectic house-party weekends. Ken was a serious but fun-loving guy and will be missed by many of us.

1952

CHARLES DAVID HARRIS died September 8 in Edina, Minn. Pat had been suffering from a chronic illness along with various side effects since 1947; but in-sofar as it was humanly possible, he did not let it interfere with his day-to-day living or his relationship with his family and friends. Under these difficult conditions his courage, kindness, and good humor were truly remarkable.

Pat was a Sigma Nu at Dartmouth, and following graduation he spent most of his years on the West Coast. He was a reservations manager for American Airlines. He worked for his family-owned irrigation systems company, and he was a sales representative for the W. D. Wilson Company of South Pasadena. He belonged to the Instrument Society of America, the Southern California Metering Association, and the Dartmouth Club of Southern California. He had been a class agent since 1963.

Most recently, Pat lived with his wife Barbara, and their three daughters Carron, Susan, and Louise, at 5208 Meadow Ridge Road in Edina. He owned and operated a distributorship for a company which handled specialty pipe fittings, and the business had been doing very well.

We are certain that all those who knew Pat were deeply saddened by his passing.

1958

TYRRELL RICHARD SCHEIN was killed on August 8, 1974 in a laboratory accident in Waltham, Mass. After graduation, Terry continued his studies at Brown University from which he received a Master's degree in 1961,. Since 1961 he had been a physicist at several companies and was a member of the American Institute of Physics. While at Dartmouth, Terry participated in track. At the time of his unfortunate and tragic death, he was technical director of Lumonics Research, Ltd. headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario.

The Class joins Terry's many friends and colleagues in expressing their collective sympathy to his widow Rosemarie, his daughter Marina, and the rest of his family.

Samuel Hobbs '12

Royal Irving Blanchard '27

John Charles Meyer '41