Deaths
(A listing of deaths of which word has been receivedwithin the past month. Full notices may appear in thisissue or a later one.)
Hoyt, George H. '07, May 12, 1975 Goodheart, Joseph A. '09, October 26, 1975 Snow, Conrad E. '12, December 21, 1975 Olsen, Victor A. '13, November 27, 1975 DeWitt, Roscoe P. '14, November 2, 1975 Simoneau, Antonio A. '15, December 12, 1975 Lindman, Edwin L. '16, November 1975 Baron, Gerald S. '20, September 15, 1975 Farnham, William H. Jr. '20, December 5, 1975 Gaffron, Carl W. '20, November 11, 1975 Luedke, Edward A. '21, December 20, 1975 Coughlin, Thomas R. '23, December 13, 1975 Flickinger, Frederick R. '23, November 24, 1975 Mills, Miles M. '23, October 20, 1975 Muehleck, Frederick A. '23, December 4, 1975 Gunthorp, Richard G. '26, December 6, 1975 Kees, Paul F. '26, November 19, 1975 Myers, George F. '26, November 9, 1975 Nathanson, Arthur L. '26, November 28, 1975 Broer, Carleton G. '27, December 22, 1975 Schackne, Stewart '27, December 12, 1975 Donnelley, Elliott '28, December 28, 1975 Nespor, Robert W. '28, November 9, 1975 Gaynor, Charles B. '29, December 17, 1975 Carnell, John R. 3rd '32, October 21, 1975 Blumenthal, John A. '33, November 19, 1975 Levin, Arthur A. '36, December 6, 1975 Hull, John W. '38, December 24, 1975 Hiebert, Joelle C. Jr. '46, December 21, 1975 Rauscher, George P. Jr. '58, March 14, 1975 Hjort, Axel M. '27hon, December 20, 1975
Faculty
Professor ERNEST R. GREENE, 43 years a faculty member, and chairman of the Romance Language Department at his retirement in 1949, died December 23 M Sherrill House in Roxbury, Mass., after a brief illness. He was 96.
Professor Greene was a native of Bangor and was graduated from Greeley Institute in Cumberland Center, Me., and Newton High School in 1897. He was a member of the Class of 1901 at Harvard and later returned there for his master's degree.
His first teaching post was at Tufts College, where he taught Spanish and French for some time before transferring to Dartmouth. After leaving the College, he taught at the Baldwin School in Bryn Mawr, Pa., for two years and for a year at Monmouth College, Monmouth, N.J.
He was married three times: to the former Maria A. Parks, Marion C. Hamblet, and Lucille Graveler, none of whom survive.
Professor Greene leaves a son E. Thomas and three daughters Marion, Eleanor, and Katherine. Funeral services were held January 11 in Rollins Chapel and burial was in Pine Knoll Cemetery.
1909
JOSEPH ALFRED GOODHEART of McDonough, N.Y., formerly of Chatham, N.J., died October 26, 1975 at the Chenango Memorial Hospital, Norwich, N.Y., where he had been a patient for a month.
Joe was born April 5, 1885 at Randolph, Vt., and entered Dartmouth from the high school in that town as a member of 1908. He played on 1908's sophomore baseball team and took part in the Junior Prom play, IfI Were Dean. He graduated with 1909 and maintained affilations with that Class. He was a member of Kappa Sigma Fraternity.
His business life was spent in the field of accounting: with Armour & Co. in Jacksonville, Fla., and New York City; cost accountant, American Steel & Wire Co., Worcester, Mass.; overseer of scheduling Winchester Arms Co., New Haven. Conn.; accountant with Westinghouse Electric Co., Elevator Division, New York and J.K. Smit's Sons of New Jersey. After retiring, he served as a school crossing guard for several years.
On October 16, 1915 he was married to Grace D. Bennett and they celebrated their 60th wedding at the hospital. She survives, as does a daughter Mrs. Virginia McGrath of McDonough, N.Y.; three grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
Memorial services were held at Clinton Center Baptist Church in Clinton Center, Pa.
1912
Connie Snow had a brilliant career to the extent that at one time he was asked to allow his name to be submitted to the President for appointment to the Supreme Court. This he refused. He died at his beautiful home in Gilmanton Iron Works, N.H., on December 21, 1975 after a brief illness.
CONRAD EDWIN SNOW was born August 6, 1889 at Haverhill, N.H. He came to college from Rochester (N.H.) High School where he was class valedictorian. At Dartmouth he was an honor student, "Rufus Choate Scholar," and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He was editor-in-chief of The Dartmouth, captain of the varsity debating team, secretary of Palaeopitus, president of the College Club, and a member of the Aegis Board, the Webster Club, Cercle Francais, Theta Delta Chi and Casque and Gauntlet. On graduation he delivered a Commencement Address. For 18 years he was secretary of his Class and at the time of his death was its president.
From Dartmouth he went to Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar where he received B.A. and M.A. degrees. He then returned to the U.S. and graduated from Harvard Law School with an LL.B. in 1917. While there he was editor of the Harvard Law Review.
Connie entered the U.S. Army in July 1917 and the following month was commissioned first lieutenant in the Ordnance Reserve Corps. The following January, after refusing a promotion to captain, he was assigned to the field artillery and in May went into the A.E.F. with the 4th Division where he was engaged in a series of offences. He received a promotion to captain, Adjutant General's Department, in March 1919 and was discharged on April 29.
At the approach of World War II Connie was commissioned, at the request of Secretary of War Patterson, lieutenant colonel in the Signal Corp. There followed one honor after another with promotion to colonel, decoration with the Legion of Merit, and finally promotion to brigadier general in April 1946. His postwar service was outstanding. Transferred to the Department of State, he served for ten years as an assistant legal advisor. As chairman of the Loyalty Security Board for six years he was at one time in London to negotiate alone a treaty with the NATO Powers, to an Advisory Board on Clemency in Germany, and finally as chairman of a similar board for Japanese War Criminals. He retired on June 30, 1956 with commendations from three Secretaries of State. Between the wars Connie practiced law for 20 years with his father in Rochester, N.H., and then in a firm headed by himself. After 16 years of government service in Washington he resumed practice in 1957 in Laconia as counsel for a law firm there. He was carried in Who's Who in America.
His services to his State and community were just as outstanding. He was for two terms in the New Hampshire House of Representatives and compiled the N.H. Annotations to the Restatement of the Law ofContracts. He was a member of local and national bar associations, a Mason, president of Kiwanis Club and of the Daniel Webster Council of Boy Scouts where he was decorated with Silver Beaver, and a member of several local and national social societies. He alone compiled the 50-Year Book of the Class of 1912. Connie was active in the Congregational Church as warden in Rochester, N.H., deacon, trustee, and moderator of Westmoreland Church in Washington, and chairman of the Prudential Committee in his home town in New Hampshire.
On October 26, 1921 Conrad Snow married Katherine A. Hartley of Natick, Mass., who survives him together with two daughters, a son, and 14 grandchildren.
Services were held at the United Church in Gilmanton Iron Works on December 23, 1975, conducted by the local pastor, Rev. William H. Marsell, and by Connie's former pastor in Washington, Rev. Philip G. Scott of Randolph, N.H. The pallbearers were eight grandsons. The Dartmouth Class of 1912 was represented by Professor Henry B. Stevens. The body was placed in Union Cemetery in Laconia.
1913
VICTOR ALBERT OLSEN, 86, died on November 27, 1975 at the hospital in Melbourne, Fla., the town where he had lived after his retirement on January 1, 1953 as an executive of General Motors Corp.
After leaving Dartmouth at the end of his sophomore year in 1911 Vic went to Detroit, Mich., and eventually obtained employment with General Motors. He must have risen rapidly in the corporation, for it is known that he was in Detroit for the last 37 years of his employment there and retired as general manager of the Transportation Division.
At Dartmouth he was a member of KKK fraternity and played baseball. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, Rotary, Detroit Golf Club, and Melbourne Country Club.
On October 9, 1919 he married Helen J. Martin, a Tufts graduate, at Barre, Vt. She died April 10, 1970. He is survived by his son Richard, of Detroit, by two grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
The sympathy of the Class has been expressed to his family.
1914
ROSCOE DEWITT was born February 18, 1894 in Dallas, Texas, and passed away on November 2, 1975.
While he was an undergraduate at Dartmouth Ros was active with student publications. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta. After graduation, Ros went on to Harvard University where he was awarded an M.A. in architecture. He served in World War I in the Coast Artillery Corps overseas with the 58th Heavy Artillery Regiment and with the 90th Division as a captain. In World War II he served in the Coast Artillery Corps, as well as in anti-aircraft, and overseas service with the Military Government as lieutenant colonel. At various times he was associated with the Dallas Art Association, the Children's Medical Center, and American Planning and Civic Association.
Dartmouth College awarded him an honory M.A. in 1937. He was a Fellow, American Institute of Architects, and a past president of the Texas Chapter and the Dallas Chapter.
In May 1943 he married Elizabeth Boyd Newcomb who survives him at 4657 Mockingbird Lane, Dallas.
Self employed, Ros was the designer of numerous hospitals, housing projects, shopping centers, schools, college buildings, office buildings, and also the Sam Rayburn Library in Bonham, Texas. He was the architect for the remodeling of the Old House of Representatives Office Building in Washington, the James Madison Memorial, and one of the two architects for the extension of the east front of the Capitol.
He was a trustee of the Dallas Historical Society, a member of the Texas Philosophical Society, Brook Hollow Golf Club, Dallas Country Club, The Royal Society of the Arts, The American Federation of the Arts, the Harvard Club of New York, and The Cosmos Club of Washington.
Besides his wife he leaves two daughters, eight grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and three sisters.
The sympathy of all of the members of the Class of 1914 is extended to his survivors.
1915
A note to Dale Barker from Elizabeth Simoneau tells of the death of her father, ANTONIO ALBERT SIMONEAU, our classmate, on December 12, 1975. Tony had been ill for nearly three years. He retired March 30, 1957 from his position as sales director, United Shoe Machinery Company, Cincinnati district. In recent years he made his home in South Carolina.
1916
EDWIN LOUIS LINDMAN died November 6 in Talahassee, Fla., at the age of 82.
He came to Dartmouth from Hyde Park High School of Boston. He was a member of the Sigma Nu Fraternity. All through his college years he was an excellent student and graduated with honors in mathmatics and was elected a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
During World War I Ed was at Camp Devens, Mass., and rose through the ranks to 2nd lieutenant in the 35th Machine Gun Battalion of the 12th Division.
He devoted his life to education, teaching at Worcester Academy, Choate School, Hill School, Blake School, Mercersburg, with the last 29 years of his teaching as Head of the Mathematics Department at Canterbury School in Connecticut. Two of his students attained national fame; John F. Kennedy and Sargent Shriver. He served as reader in mathematics on the College Entrance Examination Board from 1931 to 1938. Besides his scholastic work he coached junior varsity football, baseball and basketball.
At his retirement from Canterbury in 1958 he was given a citation of commendation for his dedicated service, the closing words were "Canterbury thanks you as hundreds of Canterbury alumni will always thank you."
Retiring to Lanark Village, Florida, he continued his teaching by helping grandchildren of his neighbors in calculus, giving lessons in shuffleboard to his fellow Legionaires and to many others, instructions in swimming and golf. Among all these folks at Lanark Village he was affectionately called "The Professor."
Serving as president of the villagers in Lanark he was instrumental in having the roads paved and the streets lighted. He was an active member of Post 82 of the American Legion and served as their historian. A regular attendant at the Community Church, he served as treasurer.
He leaves his widow Marian and two daughters by a previous marriage, Jean who is married to Dr. John H. Ryder, director of the Marine Biological Laboratory on Cape Cod, and Carolyn, who is married to Louis Asmar and lives in Danbury, Conn.
1917
Word has been received of the passing on September 21, 1975 of our well known classmate ELLIOTT BAYNE MUDGETT. In college days he was active in student affairs as well as an accomplished member of the Dartmouth basketball team. Elliott served in the U.S. Navy from April 30, 1917 until August 1919, retiring with the rank of ensign.
His business life was centered about the New York area. First, employment with the Western Electric Company, followed by the proprietorship of the System Service and Supply Company, Bookkeeping Machine Equipment, in New York City. Prior to his retirement he was a partner in Bryan Elliott Co., a display advertising firm in that city.
Mudge is survived by his widow Florence, a brother Richard of Clearwater, Fla., a daughter Doris McEwan of Baldwin, N.Y., and three grandchildren. The Class extends is deepest sympathy to the family.
1918
HOWARD SHEPARD ROBINSON of Lloyds Hill. Westfield, Mass., one of the first 1,500 men in the country to receive a flying license, died November 1 after a series of heart attacks over a period of five months.
Born in Pittsfield, he lived most of his life in Westfield and was president of the Robinson Reminder Company for 40 years.
Robby entered Dartmouth in September 1914 and continued with the Class until May 1917 when he enlisted in the Navy at Newport, R.I. After several promotions he progressed to the aviation section and received his commission as ensign (Aviation) September 6, 1918. He received his release from active duty January 6, 1919 and returned to Westfield. In April 1921 Robby married Helen Read of Portland, Me., a member of the 1923 class at Smith. After a short stay in Westfield they moved to Pittsburgh where Robby covered western Pennsylvania for Eaton, Crane and Pike. This proved to be a rather rugged assignment but was good training for his later responsibilities.
In 1929 Howard returned to Westfield and became vice president of Robinson Manufacturing Company and a partner of Robinson Reminders, leather firms founded by his father. Sometime later Robby apparently merged the two companies and he served as president of a highly successful enterprise until recently when his son Jack took over.
Robby was on the School Committee for six years and served a term as chairman. He also served on the Building and Development Committee for the town of Westfield and in other civic posts.
His principal avocations were skiing, golf, and swimming. There was a pool in his back yard overlooking the Westfield River Valley with a good view of Mount Tom in the distance. His skiing began at Dartmouth where he held the jump record for a short time.
He and Helen made frequent trips around New England and more than a few to the Western Slopes. Similarly in golf they took vacations which took them to courses in a number of foreign countries.
Robby was a devotee of the strenuous life and taught this doctrine to his three sons by entering into their athletic sports or bringing them into his.
Howard is survived by his widow Helen of Lloyds Hill, Westfield, Mass. and by three sons, William R. '43, Shepard D., '49, and John W. '56, and by eight grandchildren, including Peter B. Robinson '69.
1920
GERALD SWAN BARON was born in Boston, Mass., November 1, 1896. He left this world September 15, 1975 in Columbus, Ohio, where he had lived for many years. He entered Dartmouth in 1916 from Exeter Academy.
During World War I Gerry left college to serve in the U.S. Navy for 22 months, receiving during that period an ensign's commission. Much of his life thereafter was devoted to real estate operations in Columbus, Ohio, where he served on the Columbus Board of Realtors; the National Association of Real Estate Boards; and the National Institute of Real Estate Boards. He was also a member of the Columbus Country Club; a Masonic Lodge in Columbus; and the Brookwod Presbyterian Church in that city.
In late 1918 he married Elizabeth Born of Columbus, Ohio, who predeceased him, and to them a son Charles and a daughter Mary Elise were born. In 1950 he married Mrs. Betty McColm of Columbus, Ohio, and thereby acquired two additional children, Joyce and Joanne. Surviving him are his widow Betty, four children, seven grandchildren, and two sisters. To these survivors, the Class extends great sympathy for the great loss they have so recently sustained.
WILLIAM HORATIO FARNHAM JR., 77, passed on December 4, 1975 in a Spokane, Wash., convalescent home following a long physical illness which fortunately did not impair this fine man's mental alertness.
Bill was born in St. Paul, Minn., but at an early age he accompanied his family to settle in Spokane where Bill attended the public schools, graduating from Lewis and Clark High School. His undergraduate years were very productive. In addition to being a good student, Bill engaged in sports, especially tennis where he eventually was elected team captain. He was also a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. In college he was an economics-business administration major and in 1921, after graduation, he earned his master's degree from the Amos Tuck School.
He served in both World Wars in the U.S. Army and was a former treasurer of the American Legion, Post No. 9 in Spokane.
His business career was varied and successful. He began in the credit department of the Old National Bank of Spokane; then on to be the sales manager of the Oxy-Acetylene Company; subsequently to investment banking with a local firm and with the E.H. Rollins Company office; and finally he became the secretary-treasurer and office manager of the Morrison Brothers Seed Company which position he held for more than 20 years until he retired in 1968.
Outside of business he was exceedingly active. He served as an honorary member of the Dishman Kiwanis Club; held life membership in the American Philatelic Society while being a member also in the Inland Empire Stamp Club of Spokane; an avid gardener, he belonged to the Spokane Garden Club; and his interest in regional history was intensified by his membership in the Eastern Washington State Historical Society.
His main outside interest, however, was in his church. At an early age he joined the Episcopal Church. From 1954 to 1971, when illness forced him to retire he served as treasurer of the Episcopal Diocese of Spokane where his sister served as secretary to the Bishop.
The Farnhams, Bill and Ruth, never married but they made their home together and served their church.
Quiet, scholarly, effective, Bill was a dedicated person who never shunned the worthwhile things in life. His community and his church will miss his tireless efforts as will his Class and his College for each benefitted from his services in many ways.
To his surviving sister Ruth goes our heartfelt sympathy.
CARL WILLIAM GAFFRON passed on very suddenly at his home on Beck Road, Jefferson City, Mo., on November 11, 1975. Carl transferred to Cornell where he received his civil engineering degree in 1923 and proceeded to marry Mary C. Price, also a graduate of the University.
Carl served the Missouri State Highway Department for many years in various capacities until he retired in 1966.
His widow Mary is his only survivor and to her we extend our sympathy in her bereavement.
1921
EDWARD ALDRICH LUEDKE of 848 River Road, Fairhaven, N.J., 07701, died after a lingering illness in a nursing home December 20, 1975. His wife, the former Marion ("Molly") Murdoch Childs, Smith '30, whom he married in 1940, died in 1973. They are survived by two daughters, Mrs. Joseph C. Hunter and Mrs. Jon C. Olstad.
Born June 13, 1900 in Milwaukee, Ed prepared for college at St. John's Military Academy. After being listed in honors groups through his Dartmouth undergraduate years he was awarded a Phi Beta Kappa key. He was a member of El Centro Espanol.
As a specialist in the small arms firing school during World War I, Ed saw military service as a second lieutenant at Governor's Island, N.Y. In World War II he served as a lieutenant colonel at the Headquarters Allied Force in Algiers and Naples where he was active in planning landings in Sicily, Italy, and Southern France.
Ed's business career was varied. From 1921 to 1927 he was treasurer of the E. A. Luedke Shoe Company in Milwaukee. He then moved to Newark, N.J., to work with the Wimsett System. From 1931 to 1936 he managed the Chicago office of J.M. Huber, like Wimsett, in printing ink. Still in the same kind of business from 1936 to 1938 he was sales manager of F. H. Levey in New York City. He stayed with the Sun Chemical Corporation until 1951 as assistant to the group chairman. Nitrogen Products, Inc., persuaded him to accept the office of vice president, but shortly after he became vice president, finance, at International Breweries, and in 1955 he retired when the business was reorganized.
Keeping in touch with 1921 and the College, Ed and Molly appeared at Hanover reunions and were particularly delighted with Baker Library and Sanborn House. Ed was secretary and one of the founders of the Wisconsin alumni group in the early 1920's. During the 1950's he was a trustee of the Rumson, N.J., Country Day School and a member of the Middleton, N.J., public school board.
1922
JOHN RUSSELL ABORN, 74, widely recognized sports authority for nearly 50 years with the Providence Journal-Bulletin, died November 21, 1975 at the Oak Hill Nursing Center, Pawtucket, R.I.
Jack was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and prepared for college at Monson Academy, Monson, Mass. At Dartmouth he was highly esteemed as a friendly, proficient classmate. He was on the board of The Dartmouth, a member of Proof and Copy, and a brother in Theta Delta Chi.
Following graduation he began his writing career with the Manchester, N.H., Union-Leader before joining the Providence Journal-Bulletin in 1925. As a sports enthusiast and talented writer, he won acclaim for his reporting on baseball, golf, and hockey. With the 1934 beginning of horse racing in Rhode Island, he soon became a noted authority on "the sport of kings." One of his colleagues has described him as a "Gentleman Sports Reporter - noted for his diligence, objectivity and accuracy" and as "probably the only horse-racing writer in the world who never bet on the horses. As a writer, Jack Aborn wanted to be first, fair and right. He was."
He served for nearly 20 years as secretary-treasurer of the New England Turf Writers Association and was a charter member and past president of Words Unlimited, the Rhode Island association of sportswriters and sportscasters. He also served as vice president of the Journal Employees Credit Union.
Throughout his life Jack was loyal to his alma mater and his main hobby was perusing newspaper accounts of Dartmouth athletic contests.
Jacks' wife for 47 years, the former Helene C. Hesse of Providence, passed away a little over a year ago. He is survived by two sons John '52 of Salem, Ore., and Foster '56, Tuck '57, of Hingham, Mass. The Class joins them and Jack's six grandchildren in heartfelt sorrow.
JAMES VINCENT CARROLL, vice president and director of the Jack Conway Co., realtors on Boston's South Shore, died suddenly on November 26, 1975 in the South Shore Hospital, Weymouth, Mass.
Jim was born on November 27, 1900 in Fall River, Mass., and he came to Dartmouth from Fall River Technical High School. He was an affable classmate with a ready smile and a sincerity that won him many friends. He was an honors student and won high grades. He played as a forward on the soccer team and he was a member of Epsilon Kappa Phi. After graduation he worked for a year and then returned to Tuck School where in 1924 he received his Masters degree.
For more than 30 years he was an executive with Lincoln Stores, a retail chain with headquarters in Quincy, Mass. For eight years, including the depression, he worked as store manager in Waltham, Mass. In 1935 he became store manager in Rochester, N.Y., and two years later he was made a buyer working out of the Quincy headquarters. He later was appointed advertising manager and merchandise manager.
When Jim retired from the retail store business in 1958, he began a second career as director of training for the Conway Co. He later became general manager, vice president, and director.
He was the originator of the phrase "Conway Country" and created advertisements that won honors on four different occasions from The New York Times. His advertisements also won many New England honors.
Jim's love for Dartmouth continued throughout the years and his attendance at many reunions brought pleasure to him and to all other classmates. Jim and Naomi V. Lent were married September 16, 1928 at Weymouth, Mass. She survives him together with their two daughters, Mrs. Jack Conway of Cohasset, Mass. and Mrs. Raymond M. Meher of Cantonsville, Md. With them and Jim's 11 grandchildren the Class shares sadly in bereavement.
1923
FREDERICK RODGERS FLICKINGER died on November 24, 1975 in Toledo, (Ohio) Hospital.
A Toledo native, Fred came to Dartmouth from Scott High School. At the end of sophomore year he transferred to the University of Wisconsin where he received his A.B. degree with the Class of 1923. He was a brother in Lamioda Chi Alpha.
In 1938 Fred joined the Toledo Community Chest Staff as director of the employees division, retiring as public relations director in 1966. Previously he was on the copy staff of the former U.S. Advertising Corp.
An active naturalist, Fred served in the 1940's as president of the Toledo Naturalists Association. He had begun carving birds in wood as a boy of 15 and resumed this hobby when he retired in 1966, by which time he had completed nearly 400 specimens. He also photographed thousands of birds and contributed many articles and photos to bird life publications.
Fred's survivors include his widow Jane, a stepson Benjamin Dansard, and a brother James R. Our deepest sympathy is extended to his family.
We have received a belated report of the death on April 11, 1974 of ROBERT PLANT LANE. No other details are presently available.
A 1940 letter from Bob to Irish Flanigan tells of his leaving bond selling and stock brokering in 1932 and beginning a career of writing for financial and economic journals. He contributed articles for Barron's financial weekly, the Annalist, The FinancialWorld and Commerce, and Finance. He also acted as a statistician of the New York Stock Exchange firm of Carreau and Co. and served on the editorial staff of the Magazine of Wall St.
The most recent entry in the class scrap book reports Bob's marriage in July 1948 to the former Mildred Katchmar. No details as to his survivors are available.
MILES MOE MILLS died on October 20, 1975 at lowa Methodist Medical Center after a long illness.
A native of Sioux Rapids, lowa, Miles came to Dartmouth from the Blake School in Minneapolis, Minn. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi.
After leaving college Miles worked for the Pure Oil Co. in Minneapolis until 1933 when he moved to Des Moines and with two associates bought the Des Moines properties of that Company and formed Oils, Inc., of which Miles became president and which later merged with Skelly Oil Co. and Atlantic Richfield.
Miles was active in many civic organizations. He served as chairman of the board of the Des Moines Boys Club, president of the Chamber of Commerce and chairman of the board of United Way. He also was president of the National Oil Jobbers Council and a founder of the lowa Petroleum Committee.
During World War I Miles was an ambulance driver for the Red Cross. In World War II he was a major in the Army Air Corps and was awarded the Bronze Star.
Miles' immediate survivors include widow Marian, a daughter Mrs. William R. (Marian) Hornaday, a son Miles M. Jr. '50 and two grandchildren. The deepest sympathy of the Class is extended to them in their great loss.
1924
ALTON FOSTER TUPPER JR. died on November 26 at his home, Hid-A-Way Farm in Greenfield, N.H., following a long illness.
Tup came to Dartmouth from Worcester Academy. In 1924 he joined the real estate firm of Street & Co. in Boston. Early in his career he was an appraiser for the company who were loan correspondents for the Prudential Insurance Co. He also taught a course in appraisal at Boston University. He became president of Street & Co. in 1951 and retired in 1963.
He was always interested in gardening and outdoor activities. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and Green Key and was interested and active in class and Dartmouth affairs.
Tup is survived by his widow Louise, daughter Dr. Joan T. Fleming of Casa Grande, Arizona, and son John K. Tupper of New York City, also two grandchildren.
The Class was represented at the funeral by Fred Briscoe and Brad Hersey.
1925
CLARENCE WALTER FERGUSON JR. died September 28, 1975 in New York City, where he made his home. He was born October 30, 1902 in Troy, N.Y., and came to Dartmouth from the Clark School. With the Class only one year, Fergy was a member of the Theta Chi fraternity.
His first connection in his business career was with the Ferguson Collar Co. During World War II he was manager of the Training Within Industry division of the War Manpower Commission. After the war his time was spent in management consulting, primarily in organization, management, and marketing, until his retirement in 1965. He subsequently became a director of All Type Pamphlet Binding, Inc.
Fergy is survived by his widow Elka and three children.
HAMILTON WEBSTER THAYER died December 3, 1975 at his home in Cataumet, Mass., after a long illness. He was born in Worcester, Mass., February 19, 1902 and graduated from Worcester (Tabor) Academy.
Ham was a loyal and enthusiastic alumnus and class member. He had close Dartmouth associations, as his father was Judge Webster Thayer '80 and his brother-in-law Warren Gault '20. In college he was a member of Psi Upsilon.
Ham's business career was with the Draper Corporation of Hopedale, Mass., manufacturers of textile machinery. He became vice president in 1950 and retired in 1960. He was a director of the Hitchner Manufacturing Co. and a trustee of Tabor Academy. Following retirement he devoted a great deal of time to Tabor affairs, being both chairman of the board and treasurer at different times.
He served as president of the Milford Rotary Club, was a member, vice president and manager of the board of Milford Hospital and a director of the Milford National Bank and Trust Co.
After the death of his first wife, Elizabeth Wood Thayer, he was married to Mrs. Marjorie (Cady) Nivling. She survives him as do a son, William H. of Andover: two daughters, Mrs. Harriet Elder and Mrs. Rosamon T. Gant of Nashville; three stepchildren, Mrs. Wendy B. Silva of Falmouth, Miss Heidi Nivling of Cataumet and Peter C. Nivling of Pocasset; and 13 grandchildren.
A memorial service was held in the Hopedale Unitarian Church on December 6. There were a large number of friends present as well as Dartmouth alumni and Tabor Academy officials. The Class of 1925 was represented by Bill Jenkins and Joe Leavitt.
1926
RICHARD GEDDES GUNTHORP died December 6, 1975 at Scottsdale Arizona Hospital after a long illness. He was born September 3, 1904 in Austin, ill and was one of nine graduates of Evanston, Ill., High School who entered Dartmouth in 1922 in our Class.
Dick was an active popular undergraduate at Dartmouth who quickly became well known to us when freshmen, being a member of a musical group which entertained during meal hours in Commons. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and the Musics' Clubs.
He was a long time resident of Lake Forest, Ill and spent his entire business career in the family owned Gunthorp-Warren Printing Co., Chicago, of which he became vice chairman of the board. Through his good offices his firm printed the 1926 class song written by Del Worthington. Dick was always very active in Dartmouth alumni activities in Chicago, and in recent years, when he retired to Scottsdale, found more Dartmouth connections there.
He married the former Josephine Phillips in Evanston, Ill. on February 23, 1932 and she survives him (34 Mountain Shadow E., Scottsdale, Ariz. 85253), as does his brother John to whom the Class sends its deepest sympathy.
Word was recently received that PAUL FREDERICK KEES died November 19, 1975. His home was in St. Joseph, Mo. He was born March 19, 1903 in Newark, N.J. When he entered Dartmouth he was living in Minneapolis, Minn., having graduated from North High School there. Paul was with the Class during freshman year.
Paul was vice president of Kees-Lyons Oil Co. in St. Joseph, as well as president of Kees Building Co. He was a member of St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce, Oil Mens Club, St. Joseph Country Club, Elks Club, and Phi Kappa Psi.
On April 3, 1937 he married the former Elisabeth Ritchey in St. Joseph, and she and two daughters Olive Elisabeth and Lida survive him. 1926 extends its deep sympathy to them.
ARTHUR LINCOLN NATHANSON died suddenly November 28, 1975 in a hospital in Burlington, Vt. His home for the past two years had been in Heritage Village, Southbury, Conn. He was born in New York City February 12, 1906, attended Erasmus Hall High School in New York and was with our class 1922-1924. Tau Epsilon Phi was his fraternity. He graduated from Harvard University with AB and JD degrees.
Art was still practicing law at the time of his death, being a partner of 'Rogers, Hoge & Hills of New York. He kept a strong interest in Dartmouth, especially since his son Robert is a member of the class of 1962.
He is survived by his widow Gladys, his two sons Robert '62 and John, two grandchildren, and a brother. 1926 sends its sincere sympathy to the family.
1927
CARLETON GRIFFIN BROER of Perrysburg, Ohio, died December 21 in St. Luke's Hospital. He was one of the best known and beloved members of the Class.
Coggy served as class head agent in 1949-1952. In 1952 he was elected secretary of the Class, a post he held for ten years, building up much of our present class solidarity. He initiated the custom of sending birthday greetings to members. He was chosen president of the Class Secretaries Association and in 1960 was named Class Secretary of the Year. In 1964 he was honored with the Dartmouth Alumni Award.
He served as a member of the Alumni Council as representative of the Class Secretaries Association. As chairman of the committee on class organization, he developed and published the "Class Officers Manual." In 1972-73 he was a member of the Alumni Council Executive Committee. And as a long time member of the Class Executive Committee, he was a driving force in arranging plans for our 50th Reunion in 1977.
Following graduation, Coggy joined his father's jewelry firm in Toledo, and in 1951 became president and treasurer of The Broer-Freeman Co., positions which he held until his death. He was instrumental in the creation and writing of the "Manual of the American Gem Society," an organization which he served as national president in 1942-1943 and 1946 to 1948. He was also co-author in 1965 of "Diamond Standards Manual."
In 1968 he became the first recipient of the Robert M. Shipley award given by the American Gems Society for service to the jewelry industry and the community. He was a past director, treasurer and vice President of the Retail Jewelers of America. For 20 years he was a member of the board of governors of the Gemological Institute of America, and a past director of the Ohio Retail Jewelers Association.
Coggy's civic service included presidency of the Greater Toledo Municipal League and vice president and trustee of the Toledo Chamber of Commerce. He was both president and secretary of the Dartmouth Club of Toledo. He was a member of Downtown Rotary, the Carranor Hunt and Polo Club, and the Episcopal Church. During World War II he served as a lieutenant in the Navy 1943-1946.
At Dartmouth Coggy belonged to Phi Gamma Delta, Dragon, and The Arts. He was manager of The Players.
Surviving are his widow Susanne, daughters Mrs. Carole Bishop and Linda Broer, and son Carleton G. Broer Jr.
No one could have given more of himself to his fellowman than Coggy Broer.
STEWART RICHARD SCHACKNE died December 12, 1975, in New York City after a long and courageous fight against cancer. He was 70 years old. Until the last few months of his illness, he continued, although on a reduced scale, his activities as a public relations counsel.
Stewart took an early retirement in 1964 from Standard Oil Company (New Jersey) - now Exxon. He had joined the ompany in 1945 as assistant manager of public relations, and became manager in 1954. Previously, he had been an account executive with Earl Newsom & Company, prominent New York public relations firm, and an advisor to Jersey Standard.
After graduation from Dartmouth, Stew worked for a time in his father's real estate firm in Toledo, Ohio; then as a reporter on the Toledo News-Bee; as a company magazine editor with what was then the Under-wood-Elliott Fisher Corporation; associate editor of the American Druggist; account executive with Benjamin Sonnenberg, New York p.r. counsellor; and as publicity manager and editor for Sonotone Corporation.
In the years following World War II, Jersey Standard began the development of a public relations function on an international scale. Stew played an important role in the formation of the department, policies, and programs. He took special pride in having helped to move the company into programs in support of the arts at a time when this was unusual on the part of corporations. As one example, in the late 1950's he persuaded the management to sponsor "Play of the Week" on television, when it was about to go off the air for lack of funds. The resulting kudos encouraged the company to expand its sponsorship of quality theatrical and musical programs. The example set by Jersey Standard helped to prompt similar efforts by other corporations on the major scale which is now commonplace.
In the course of a busy career, including world-wide travel, Stew wrote many articles, and several books; a children's story, a co-authored primer on the oil business, Oil for the World, and more recently, "Designers of Order: The Story of Accounting."
Stewart was born in Toledo July 15, 1905. He attended Scott High School, then entered Yale, but transferred to Dartmouth after his freshman year. He was a member of the Zeta Psi fraternity, associate editor of the Jack O'Lantern, secretary of The Arts, a member of Round Robin, and an editor of The Tower. He majored in English Composition, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa at the end of his junior year, and graduated magna cum laude.
Stewart is survived by his widow Alice Marks Schackne, whom he married in 1961; by three grandchildren by the marriage of his son, Stewart Jr. '52, now deceased; and by a brother John R. Schackne '31.
Stewart and Alice had lived in northwest Connecticut for ten years, and several years ago built an attractive contemporary home on a hilltop in Lakeville, Conn. Stew loved the house, and he and Alice spent as much time there as they could take from Stew's activities in Manhattan. Stew had looked forward to a leisurely full retirement in the country of reading, gardening, and writing.
Stew will live in the memory of everyone who knew his humor, active intellect, and enthusiasm, his integrity and sense of justice. Always Dartmouth was close to his heart.
Ted Swanson '27
1928
The Class lost one of its most loyal members when ELLIOTT DONNELLEY, 72, vice chairman of the board of R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., the printing company, died December 29 at his vacation home in Delray Beach, Fla.
Elliott was semi-retired but flew back to Chicago frequently during the winter for a few days at the office.
He endeared himself to everyone in the Class by producing a beautifully designed and bound class directory in 1973, followed by an 11-page insert last year to bring it up-to-date, all at his expense.
Elliott was born in Chicago February 28, 1903 and came to Dartmouth from Deerfield Academy. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi. He left Dartmouth in 1925 and started as an apprentice with the Donnelley printing firm which his grandfather started in 1864.
His hobby was model railroading and in 1936 he left the printing business and started his own firm, Scale Craft & Co., which manufactured model train kits. During World War II the firm manufactured ammunition. After the war he sold the firm and rejoined the publishing company, where he was named executive vice president in 1950 and vice chairman of the board in 1953.
Railroading continued to be his principal hobby, although he greatly enjoyed golf, fishing, and hunting. He had not only a 14" gauge railroad but also 7½" gauge railroad at his home at 1050 Melody Road, Lake Forest, both a mile and a quarter long. He had four steam engines and one gasoline engine plus 15 cars on the 14" gauge and three steam engines and 10 cars on the 7½". Every Saturday was "Railroad Day" when he was in Lake Forest.
Elliott was active in civic, social, and educational organizations. He served as mayor of Lake Forest from 1954 to 1957, was a life trustee of Lake Forest College since 1942, and a trustee of Deerfield Academy.
He founded the Chicago Youth Centers, was a trustee of the South Side Boys Club and, chairman of the board of the Chicago Area Project, a youth service organization. When he retired from his.position on the project in 1970, Elliott explained his many years of civic involvement by saying, "You've got to think about people. You've got to be interested in doing things for other human beings."
He and Ann Steinwedell were married in 1928. She survives him with their four sons Thomas E. II, James R. '57, Robert G., and David E. '64 and a brother Gaylord, chairman of the executive committee of R.R. Donnelley & Sons. The Class of 1928 extends its deepest sympathy to them.
1929
JOHN ARTHUR DEARTH died November 21, 1975 in California, where he had retired after a long career of teaching in secondary schools and colleges. He obtained the M.A. degree from Clark University in 1932 and the Ph. D. degree from the University of Colorado in 1954.
After graduation from Dartmouth, Jack taught Latin at Staunton Military Academy and then served at other schools before entering the Army during World War II. He taught in the Social Science Department at Drake University from 1946 to 1949. At Perth State College, Nebraska, he was an Associate Professor of History for several years and then became Professor of History at Slippery Rock State College, Pa., from 1963 until his retirement in 1974. He was active in a number of professional organizations.
In 1936 Jack married Millicent Ellen Bush, who died in 1962. They had no children.
1931
RONALD WILLIAM FINDLAY died suddenly at his home in Concord, Mass., on November 3, 1975. Prior to his retirement in 1974 he had been vice president of Loomis, Sayles & Company, Inc. of Boston. He had been associated with this company since 1933.
He attended schools in Athol, Mass., Phillips Exeter Academy, graduating from Dartmouth in 1931 and from Harvard School of Business Administration in 1933. He was active through the years as an agent for the Alumni Fund. He enjoyed returning to Hanover; his last visit was in August 1975.
He is survived by his widow, Margorie (Quinlan) and son R. William Jr.; also by two brothers, Wallace Findlay '32 of Athol, Mass., and Dr. Robert T. Findlay of St. Petersburg, Fla.
1933
JOHN ARTHUR BLUMENTHAL, 64, of Heritage Village, Southbury, Conn., died of a heart attack on November 19, 1975 while visiting in Naples, Fla.
Jack was bom in Kansas City, Mo., and prepared at Saint Francis Xavier, New York City, for Dartmouth, where he was a member of the freshman and varsity football squads and Sigma Nu Fraternity.
Long a resident of Montclair, N.J., Jack moved to Heritage Village following his retirement on August I, 1975 after more than 40 years with Fritzsche Dodge and Olcott in New York City. For many years he was a director of Verona Trust Co. and later served on the advisory board of the Montclair National Bank and Trust Company.
He is survived by his widow Helen; two daughters, Mrs. Thomas Tallon of Manasquam, N.J. and Mrs. Alan Schmidt of Vail, Col.; a brother Frederick G. Blumenthal of Wash., D.C., and a grandson.
1936
ARTHUR ADOLF LEVIN, a partner and counsel to the law firm of Fink, Weinberger, Fredman, and Charney of New York died in Montefiore Hospital in New York on December 6, 1975 after a protracted illness.
Art was born in Elizabeth, N.J., on March 5, 1916. After graduating from Dartmouth, he went to Harvard and graduated from the Law School in 1940. In 1941 he became a lawyer for the Corps of Engineers, United States Army, and was assigned to the Manhattan Project. He was chief of the legal and contract sections of this group which produced the Atom Bomb. After the war, he worked in a New York City law firm and subsequently became a partner in his own firm. For a time he was counsel to the International Council of Shopping Centers.
In recent years he had devoted increasing efforts to various charitable, religious, and civic functions, including the United Jewish Appeal and serving as a trustee of the Jewish Community Center. At one time he was the Democratic candidate for Supervisor of Scarsdale, N.Y., where he made his home.
Art is survived by his widow Betty (Sobel), a son Theodore '68, now practicing medicine in California, a daughter Leslie, another son Andrew, and a sister Ruth Peskin. The Class extends its deepest sympathy to all of them in their loss.
1939
STEPHEN RANDALL died on April 30 of this past year. We have been unsuccessful in getting meaningful background on his life's work. Although he started with the Class of 1939 in Hanover, it is believed that he left our numbers in an early semester, and his college allegiance was elsewhere. We have sent condolences to his widow at their home at 315 Harris Ave., Needham, Mass.
1940
Word has been received of the death on November 22 of MORRIS MEYER, 57, in Tulsa, Okla.
Tex was stricken with leukemia early last year and, after treatment, a remission of the disease was achieved, permitting Tex and his wife Wanda to make a long-anticipated vacation trip to Hawaii.
A native of Sapula, Okla., he was active as an undergraduate at Dartmouth in the Players, a member of JUNTO and advertising manager of the Jack-O, gaining there an introduction to journalism which he never entirely left, although carving Out a successful career in several business enterprises. He also attended Tuck School, M.B.A. Class of 1941.
During World War II, he served in the Army in Europe, initially handling public information for the key supply ports along the Channel coast, but also later handling a command post in the Battle of the Bulge. Discharged as a major, he returned to military service during the Korean War when he earned colonel's rank.
Between his military stints, Tex started his business career as an advertising account executive with the Biow Company, handling both Phillip Morris Company and Shenley's accounts, while moonlighting at night doing news and publicity for radio station WNEW. During this period, he lived at the Dartmouth Club in New York, of which he was a member, reporting often on the comings and goings of classmates.
Moving to Tulsa and his home state several years ago, he started in advertising there, expanded to oil production with his own company, and until a year ago also operated the Tex Meyer Delicatessen. When Oklahoma made package stores legal, Tex opened the Bottle Shop next door to the delicatessen, and at the time of his death it was one of the largest liquor stores in Tulsa.
One of his most satisfying hobbies was playing Santa Claus in a TV commercial he made anew annually for a major Tulsa department store.
He leaves his widow Wanda and two sons Michael and Stuart, two sisters, and a brother H. Lewis '34, Tulsa bookstore owner and author.
1961
ALFRED ROGER LOEB died on December 6, 1975 at Memorial Hospital in New York City after a long struggle with cancer. The Class extends its deep sympathy to his widow Judith, his two daughters Jeremy and Jordan, and parents Mr. and Mrs. Richard Loeb.
Al came to Dartmouth from Bronx High School of Science in New York City. Majoring in history, he was an active member of Pi Lambda Chi, serving as vice president and rushing chairman. Al was also a member of the Pre-Law Club and on The Dartmouth staff.
After receiving an LL.B. from Yale Law School in 1964, he joined the law firm of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan. Three years later he moved over to Goldman Sachs, an international banking and brokerage house. He was an associate in their international department at the time of his death.
A close friend and fraternity brother, Victor Rich, comments: "Al will always be remembered by his fraternity brothers at Pi Lambda Phi and his classmates as an individualist who stated his mind openly and did what he thought should be done - always a leader, never a follower."
Condolences may be sent to his residence at 55 East End Avenue, New York, New York 10028.
Conrad Edwin Snow '12
Elliott Donnelley '28
