Deaths

(A listing of deaths of which word has been received within the past month. Full notices may appear in this issue or a later one.)

Elliott, Herford N. '05, December 7, 1975 Newcomb, Chester G. '12, April 22 Lyons, L. Vosburgh '14, March 1 Douglas, Edward B. '15, October 29, 1975 Fuller, Granville B. '16, April 16 van Zelm, Henri B. '18, April 14 Worth, Irving H. '20, March 19 Richwagen, Lester E. '23, April 10 Riddle, Hollis L. Jr. '23, March 15 Higley, Clifford W. '24, April 23 Martin, Albert L. '24, April 24 (Weaver) Paul Ford '24, April 12 Laing, Alexander K., '25, April 23 Osgood, Franklin T. '25, April 28 Bixby, George H. '26, April 10 Purinton, Francis K. '26, February 26 Weare, Harry C. '26, April 26 Heifer, Martin A. '27, April 7 Reed, C. Raymond '27, April 17 Frigard, John T. '36, April 6 Harris, Richard J. '36, April 14 Graves, Roger E. '37, March 24 Kallechey, Peter G. '37, February 2 Emerson, Chester A. Jr. '38, November 24, 1975 Arnold, Walter T. '39, April 4 Carroll, James J. '48, May 8, 1975 Harned, Samuel C. '52, April 20 Pelz, Albert N. '74, April 3

Faculty

JOHN PAGE AMSDEN '20, professor of chemistry emeritus and past president of Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, died there on April after a short stay for observation and treatment.

Born May 23, 1899 in Attleboro, Mass., John was educated in Concord, N.H., public schools. At college he was a Rufus Choate Scholar and a member of Alpha Tau Omega, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. He remained for two years as an instructor in chemistry and then earned his master's degree in 1923 and his doctoral degree in 1925, both at Columbia University, before returning to the faculty in 1925 as an instructor. He was promoted to assistant professor in 1930 and to full professor in 1936, retiring in 1965.

A specialist in analytical and physical chemistry, during his 42 years on the faculty, John successfully combined town and gown, somehow finding time for ten years as president of the hospital and to be chairman of the Hanover School Board and the Town Planning Board. He was also a member of the New Hampshire Advisory Council and vice president of the New Hampshire-Vermont Blue Cross.

His contributions to the College, too, were many, including several years' chairmanship of the Trustees' Advisory Committee on Plant Development which, among other things, produced a report leading to the construction of Hopkins Center. He had served as chairman of his department and, following his retirement, he was appointed chairman of the Advisory Committee on Student Feeding and Housing Facilities.

During World War I John served in the Ordnance Detachment, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, testing heavy artillery.

He was a member of Sigma Xi, the American Chemical Society, the Newcomen Society of North America, the New Hampshire Academy of Science, the New Hampshire State Advisory Council, and the New Hampshire Hospital Association. He wrote the textbook, Physical Chemistry for Premedical Students.

He is survived by his widow Edith (Archer) whom he married in 1926 and who survives him with their daughter Katherine. John will be much missed in Hanover and particularly at the hospital where he and Edith have over the years contributed an enormous amount of volunteer work, John acting as a consultant in Medicare matters.

Donations in his memory may be made to the John P. Amsden Fund at the hospital.

JOHN ALFRED COYLE '24 emeritus staff member of Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, Hitchcock Clinic, and Dartmouth Medical School, died on March 16 at Mary Hitchcock Hospital.

John entered college with the Class of 1923, but due to illness, he was forced to leave, returning in the fall as a member of the Class of 1924. He was a member of Chi Phi. He attended the Dartmouth Medical School in 1925 and received an M.D.C.M. from McGill University Faculty of Medicine in 1928.

He interned at Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal from 1928-9 and was a resident at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, from 1929-31. He was appointed to the staff of Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital and Hitchcock Clinic in 1931 and was named a consultant in opthalmology at the Veterans Hospital in White River Junction in 1946.

He served as instructor at the Dartmouth Medical School from 1938-39 and as assistant professor of anatomy and opthalmology from 1934 to 1954. He was named clinical professor of surgery (opthalmology) in 1954. He retired in 1966.

From 1943 to 1946 he served as a lieutenant commander and commander in the U.S. Naval Reserves. He was a member of the N.H. Medical Society, Grafton County Medical Society, and the American Medical Association.

He is survived by his widow Helen, two sons Jonathan and Peter, and a grandson.

ALEXANDER KINNAN LAING '25 died April 23 at Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital from injuries received the previous day in a bicycle accident as he was going from his home in Norwich to Hanover to work in the library, an almost daily activity.

According to police of the Town of Hartford, he was nearing the Vermont end of the Ledyard Bridge over the Connecticut River when his bicycle wheels evidently struck some loose sand, causing him to fall to the pavement. He suffered a fractured skull, fractured shoulder, and fractured ribs and was taken to the hospital by ambulance and placed in the intensive care unit.

Alex, Professor of Belles Lettres Emeritus at Dartmouth, was born August 7, 1903 in Great Neck, L.1.. N.Y., and came to college from Pelham (N.Y.) High School. While an undergraduate he was a member and secretary of The Arts, on the boards of the Round Robin, Jack-o-Lantern, Bema and Tower magazines and a member of Pi Delta Epsilon and Zeta Psi.

Dropping out before graduation, he was an editor of radio trade journals and shipped as a seaman for two years. He returned to Dartmouth as a tutorial adviser in English and the arts in 1930. He earned his degree in 1933.

In 1934-35 he was a Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow for creative writing abroad.

From 1937-50 he was assistant librarian at the college library and he also served as director of the Public Affairs Laboratory of the Great Issues Course from 1947-52. He was educational services adviser to the library from 1952-65, a lecturer in English in 1965. and was named Professor of Belles Lettres in 1966. He retired in 1968.

Alex's books range from The Cadaver of Gideon.Wyck, a mystery he "edited" in 1934 and which was a best seller, through Way for America, a philosophy of politics he wrote in 1943, to American Sail, published in 1971. He wrote three volumes of verse and several novels, his favorite being Jonathan Eagle, 1955. His latest publication was Brant Point, a collection of poems published in 1975. In addition, he was a frequent contributor to Atlantic, Harper's, The Nation, TheNew Republic, The New Yorker, and The SaturdayReview.

He was a member of the American Association of University Professors, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Author's Guild, Friends of the Earth, the Sierra Club and Zero Population Growth. He was active for years in the Hanover Consumers Cooperate Society, serving as its president in 1946 and as a direcetor from 1970. He also a staunch fighter against political oppression. He resisted, with quiet but steadfast determiniation, an attempt by the State of Hampshire to impose a loyalty oath on teachers an was a consistent gadfly against those who would createpatriotism by fiat.

Alex married Mrs. Isabel Lattimore Frost in June, 1930 Following divorce in 1934 he married Dilys Bennett, an accomplished poet, May 30, 1936. She died in 1960. They had one son David '62.

Alex married Veronica Ruzicka March 22, 1961 and she survives him as do his son who lives in Tucson, Ariz two grandchildren, and a sister Mrs. Harriet Hawes of Sacramento, Calif.

1905

HERFORD NAYLOR ELLIOTT passed away December 6, 1975 in Westford, Mass. He was born February 3, 1883 in Lowell.

Herf gained recognition in college in three activities; as a scholar he attained Phi Beta Kappa rank, he was a member of the Aegis board in junior year, and a manager of basketball in senior year.

Upon graduation he entered the family business in Lowell dealing in real estate, mortgages, and insurance. He closed the business in 1965.

For many years a bachelor, Herford traveled widely in Europe, Alaska, and the Mediterranean. In 1932 he married Priscilla Burrage who survives him at 20 Hildreth Street, Westford.

Also surviving are three nephews, John E. Leggat '45, Thomas E. Leggat '47, and Richard D. Leggat '48. Herford's two brothers were also Dartmouth men, Robert H. '02 and Richard M. '10.

1912

HENRY BAILEY STEVENS was an author, agriculturalist, educator, humanitarian, and the center of a small group of loyal Dartmouth classmates from his section of New England. He died in his home at Durham, N.H., on March 16, two weeks after he resigned as class agent.

He was born at Hooksett, N.H., on July 13, 1891. He entered the college from-Manchester (N.H.) Central High School. In college he was an honor student and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, graduating magnacum laude. He won honorable mention in French and department honors in English and was a member of Kappa Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi, and Round Robin.

From 1912 to 1916 Henry was associated with Woman's Journal and Suffrage News in Boston. Following this he had an illustrious career with the University of New Hampshire in the Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service as editor and executive secretary for 20 years. He then became assistant director of both organizations for three years, then directed the University's General Extension Service for seven years and, finally, the present Division of Continuing Education. He retired in 1956.

As editor Henry organized the U.N.H. information news service, initiated regular radio broadcasting, started a film service, and headed extension off-campus education and campus conference services sponsored by U.N.H.

The author of five books and four plays, Henry was editor of the University bulletins and publications from 1919 until 1948. His outdoor pageants and plays were a tradition at the annual U.N.H. Farmers' and Homemakers' Weeks from 1924 to 1932. For three years he was a writer at the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, N.H. He was a charter member of the American Association of Agriculture College Editors and an organizer of the N.H. Beekeepers Association. He was a delegate to the 1967 World Vegetarian Congress held in India and did graduate work in Wales. In 1949 he received the M.R. Freshel Award for the best humanitarian book, Recovery of Culture.

In 1970 the University awarded him on honorary degree.

His memberships in New Hampshire committees were many. He was also a member of Epsilon Sigma Phi, the U.N.H. Faculty Club, the board of the Millennium Guild of New York, vice president of the International Vegetarian Union, member of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, of the Farm Bureau, and a Granger. He belonged to the Community Congregational Church of Durham for 38 years, serving as a deacon, and in 1958 changed his membership to the Society of Friends.

On November 21, 1915 Henry Stevens married Agnes Ryan of Winthrop, Mass. Agnes died in 1954. Surviving are one son, a daughter, and four grandsons. A memorial service was held at the Dover (N.H.) Friends Meeting House on March 28, 1976 with the Class represented by Walter and Bertha French and Irene Drake Caputo.

1913

DONALD LAWRENCE KING (88) of Kingscroft, South Wolfeboro, N.H., died March 10 at the Huggins Memorial Hospital in Wolfeboro. He was born January 11, 1888 in Lincoln, Kan., grew up in Boston, Mass., entered Dartmouth from Boston English High School while living in Hyde Park, Mass., and graduated Phi Beta Kappa.

Don taught in St. Paul, Minn, and in 1928 received a Docteur de I'Université from the Sorbonne in Paris. On November 10, 1922 he married Christina Burns who died in 1926. Don then taught modern languages at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, and in 1939 became associate professor before going to St. Paul's School in Concord, N.H., where he headed the Languages Department. He also tutored for several summers at the Hill School Camp on Rust Pond.

On June 22, 1954 he married Lydia A. Scott of Concord, N.H.

Don was also the editor of language text books and was a loyal son of Dartmouth.

Since his retirement from St. Paul's in 1954 he had lived in South Wolfeboro and continued active at farming and keeping two rental properties in condition. He was a member of the First Christian Science Church in Wolfeboro and the New Hampshire Farm Bureau.

A memorial service was conducted in the Baker Memorial Chapel with interment in the family lot on St. Paul's campus.

He is survived by his widow, a son John, daughter Mrs. H.J. MaMastenbrock, and two stepsons.

1914

LAWRENCE VOSBURGH LYONS, M.D., passed away on March 1, in New York City after a long illness. He was 83 years old. He was born in New York City and attended the Ethical Culture School there. After graduating from Dartmouth he attended Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons where he received his doctor's degree in 1917. He interned at the N.Y.C. Hospital, Welfare Island, in 1919-1920 and the N.Y. Woman's Hospital and, for more than 35 years served as neurologist and psychiatrist at the Neurological Institute, N.Y. and the College of Physicians and Surgeons.

He was an associate in Neuroanatomy, Academy of Medicine, N.Y., and Fellow of Neurology American Board of Psychology, Diplomate N.Y. Psychiatric Institute, lecturer in Neuroanatomy and a member of the faculty, Practicing Law Institute N.Y.

In 1926 Voz, as he was familiarly called, married Romola Lyon. There were no children.

As an undergraduate at Dartmouth he teamed up with some of his classmates to give entertainments in various auditoria in the countryside about Hanover. He used to advertise himself as the Peerless Prestigitator and put on a show of sleight-of-hand tricks at which he was very proficient.

1916

GRANVILLE BENTON FULLER, one of our most loyal members, serving the Class as president 1931-1936, died on April 16.

He came to Dartmouth from Brighton (Mass.) High School. During his years at Dartmouth he served on the Aegis board, took part in the prom shows and managed the gym team. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi fraternity and Dragon. Besides his A.B. degree he earned his M.C.S. at Tuck School.

During World War I Gran spent 20 months overseas in the Ordance Department. Returning to Massachusetts he spent the next 18 years in the family lumber business. During World War II he served in the Lumber Branch of the War Production Board. Later he returned to Washington to serve with the Federal Housing Administration. In 1967 he retired and made his home in North Hampton, N.H.

In 1922 he married Ruth Hutchinson who survives him. His three sons are Granville, Howard '51, and Peter.

Services were held at the United Church of Christ at North Hampton on April 19. The Class was represented by Lea Emery, Cliff Bean, Dick Parkhurst, Duffy and Betty Lewis, Fred and Dorothea Bailey, Mary Fuller, Kay English, and Jim Coffin.

1918

THOMAS EDWARD SHIRLEY, born February 10, 1896, died on March 29 at the age of 80.

Tom was a most loyal son of Dartmouth, devoted to his family and to the service of his Class and a most congenial, compassionate and thoughtful friend, not without a goodly touch of humor. While in college he was a member of Chi Phi fraternity and was on the track squad as a cross-country runner.

Banking was his career. After serving as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army Transportation Corps in World War I, he became associated with the First National Bank of Boston, Mass., and the First Boston Corporation which he served as manager of the communications department until his retirement in the sixties.

Tom was active in business, community, social and professional organizations throughout his career. At some time he served as president of the Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Newton Community Chest, Waban Neighborhood Club, Waban Improvement Society; as director or trustee of the Waban Y.M.C.A., The Stone Institute, Waban Union Church, and Newton Savings Bank.

Many of his classmates will always remember Tom as the organizer of those famous 1918 Harvard-Dartmouth weekends at the Brae Burn Country Club which he also served as president at one time. When he moved to California in 1974 the club elected Tom an Honorary Life Member in tribute to his many contributions to its progress and activities. He will also never be forgotten by a fortunate few for his gracious hospitality at his summer place in Sagamore Beach, Mass., where he delighted in serving his cornmeal-fed, sandless steamed clams and lobsters.

He was a Mason and a member of the New Hampshire Chapter of the Society of Cincinnati as a direct descendent of the second American killed at the battle of Bunker Hill. He served his Class as chairm-ansecretary from 1958 to 1968, continuing as chairman from 1966 to 1973, 15 years of selfless service.

Tom is survived by his gracious co-host and wife Priscilla, three daughters, one son Dr. Robert L. Shirley '58, and nine grandchildren.

The Class was represented at Memorial Services held at the Union Church in Waban by Edwin Ferguson. Several other Dartmouth friends from other classes of the era also attended, paying their tribute to his widespread popularity and to the esteem in which he was held.

RICHARD P. WHITE 'l8

1922

RUSSELL GORDON PUTNEY, 75, prominent citizen of Keene, N.H., and an officer of its National Bank, passed away March 24. During the past two years he was confined most of the time to a rest home.

Russ was a native of Keene and came to Dartmouth from the high school there where he was a well-know athlete. At college he was a quarterback on the 1918 team and he was on the baseball squad. He was also manager of the band, a member of Footlights, and brother in Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

In 1923, a year after his Dartmouth graduation, he received his master's degree from Tuck School. He then went to Florida and worked for the Bank of Key Biscayne, Miami. A few years later he returned to New Hampshire and began an association of approximately 45 years with the Keene National Bank prior to his retirement four years ago.

He was treasurer of the Keene Country Club and the Cheshire County chapter of the American Red Cross He was also finance manager of the Keene America-Legion Post, and for very many years he was secretary of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Cheshire County.

At the outbreak of World War II he helped forma unit of the New Hampshire State Guard in Keene and in 1942 he entered the U.S. Army Air Force. After training in Texas and Wisconsin he was sent to the Fa- East Service Command in the Philippines where he served with distinction and received the Philippines Liberation Ribbon with Bronze Star. In 1946 he left the service as a lieutenant colonel.

Russ was also instrumental in arranging for the Trustees of Dartmouth to hold their 200th anniversary meeting at Wyman Tavern in Keene in 1970, the site of their first meeting in 1770.

He is survived by his brother Olande C., and by two nieces.

1923

MOLLIS LEE RIDDLE died peacefully in his sleep March 15 at Cuernavaca, Mexico, where he and Emma were spending the winter. He had been in poor health for many months.

Holly was born in Montreal, Quebec, but spent most of his early life in Winchester, Mass., where he graduated from high school. At Dartmouth he received his M.C.S. from Tuck School in 1924 and was a member of Zeta Psi.

After five years with a shoe manufacturing concern in Millis, Mass., Holly joined the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. in Akron, Ohio. In its foreign department the greater part of his business career, he journeyed to South America in 1932 and India, Sumatra, and China in 1936. In 1942 he was transferred to Goodyear Aircraft Corp. and in 1959 was appointed international assistant comptroller of the company. Over the years he averaged close to 70,000 miles annually of foreign travel and boasted of having made six trips around the world.

Hollis was particularly saddened by the accidental and untimely death of his youngest son Charles in 1970. This was followed shortly afterward by a serious automobile accident in 1973 which cost him the use of an eye. We saw him and Emma in the summer of 1975 and it was quite obvious at that time that he had beer, very ill.

Holly's survivors include his widow, two sons John and Parker, a daughter Leslie Jane Riddle and five grandchildren. To them all we extend our deepest sympathy in memory of a fine man and a good friend.

1924

EL WOOD TAYLOR DICKINSON died on March 21 in University Hospital in Boston, following a long illness.

Dick came to Dartmouth from the Keene, N.H., High School. While in college he was active in Players and the D.C.A. Following graduation summacum laude, he graduated from Tuck School in 1925.in 1925-6 he served as an assistant to President Hopkins. Following association with the National Shawmut Bank and Colonial Containers Corp., he served as & aide and personal secretary to John G. Winant, Governor of New Hampshire.

In 1934 he became a partner in the firm of Louis Hunter Associates, industrial consultants, financial advisors and trustees. He was also a director of sever* corporations including the New England Box Co. and Carter's Ink Co. and served as treasurer of the University Hospital and B.U. Medical Center.

Dick had many recreational interests and hobbies, including fishing, hunting, and amateur theatricals.

He is survived by his widow Eugenia, two sons Milan A. II, and Perry H., a daughter Sarah (Mrs. Richard T. Rosen), and seven grandchildren.

PAUL FORD, known to us as Paul Ford Weaver, well-known character actor, died on April 12 in Nassau Hospital in Mineola, N.Y. He had suffered a stroke in 1968 and had since been a resident of United Presbyterian Home in Syosset.

Paul came to Dartmouth from the Germantown High School in Philadelphia. The Green Book notes that he was in the senior play in high school. He was with us in Hanover for one year.

After holding a series of jobs during the Depression, he became involved in a puppet show for the Federal Theater. He then was on various radio shows in 1941.

In 1944 he came to Broadway in Decision. He also played in The Flaming Road, Command Decision, TheBrass Ring, and Teahouse of the August Moon. The last of these was the beginning of his career's upswing. He was the only member of the cast to do the comedy on stage, in the movies and on television.

He later worked in Whoop-Up, The Music Man, AThurber Carnival, Three Men on a Horse, and NeverToo Late. His performance in Never Too Late earned him a Tony Award nomination.

He was cited by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures as the best supporting actor for his role in The Comedians. His other movies include Allthe King's Men, Advise and Consent, It's a Mad, Mad,Mad, Mad World, and The Russians Are Coming.

He is survived by his widow Nell, whom he married in 1924, daughters Jean Priest and Lois Goehring and sons Donald Weaver and Paul Weaver Jr.

CLIFFORD WALTER HIGLEY JR., died on April 23, at the Glens Falls, N.Y., Hospital following a brief illness.

Kip came to Dartmouth from the Hudson Falls High School where he was active in school affairs. In college he was a member of Psi U and Dragon. He was chairman of the Junior Prom committee. He was active in class and alumni affairs and a regular attendant at class gatherings and reunions. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Hudson Falls.

He retired as executive vice president of the First National Bank of Glens Falls in 1967 and as a director in 1975. Previously he was president of the First National Bank of Hudson Falls, before the consolidation of the two banks.

He is survived by his widow Mary (Gorham) whom he married in September 1926, sons Richard '49 and John '51, a daughter Barbara, and 11 grandchildren.

ALBERT LAWRENCE (Spider) MARTIN died on April 24. He retired in 1970 as editor of the NorthAttleboro Evening Chronicle and Franklin Sentinel. He had succeeded his brother Charles as editor. He was also well known as the author of "The Roving Reporter", a daily column.

Spider came to Dartmouth from Maine Central Preparatory School. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa and played shortstop on the varsity baseball team. During his career in Attleboro he was an active supporter of civic and social affairs and organizations.

He is survived by a brother Edward E. Martin '19, a grandniece, and several great-grandnephews.

ROBERT MARSH MORGAN died March 27 in Massachusetts General Hospital after a short illness. With his death the Town of Wayland, where he had lived since the '30s, prior to moving recently to Chestnut Hill, and the City of Boston lost one of their most public-spirited citizens.

In college Bob was a member of Alpha Chi Rho. He was active in Cabin and Trail, the Canoe Club, Carnival Committee, Travel Club, and Round Table. Following graduation he attended Harvard Business School, graduating in 1927.

He began his career with the First National Bank of Boston and after six years went to the Boston Five Cent Savings Bank, where he remained until his retirement in January 1976. He was president from 1961 to 1967, when he became chairman of the board.

In his home town of Wayland, he served on many commissions and was a strong influence in promoting good government for the town. He was chairman of the Finance Committee for many years and was concerned with the problems of zoning, conservation, improving the school system and encouraging qualified persons to run for office. He was frequently called "Mr. Wayland."

Among other notable accomplishments was his chairmanship of the Government Center Commission, which was responsible for the construction of the new Boston City Hall.

He was a past president of the National Association of Mutual Savings Banks and a former governor of the executive committee of the Mortgage Bankers Association of America. He was also a former director of the New England Merchants National Bank, the Boston Municipal Research Bureau, and the Boston Old Colony Insurance Co.

He was a past president of the Greater Boston Real Estate Board and of the Appalachian Club, and the Metropolitan Mortgage Bureau, also past president of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce and a trustee of the Museum of Science, C.I. Realty Investors and C.I. Mortgage Group.

In the Eisenhower administration, Bob served on the President's Advisory Committee .on Housing.

He is survived by his widow Theone, daughter Mrs. John S. Graettinger Jr., son R. Marsh Jr. '60 and sister Mrs. Robert Strong.

1925

FRANKLIN TAYLOR OSGOOD died April 28 of a heart attack at his home in the retirement community of Rossmoor, Jamesburg, N.J. He had returned there from his. daily round of golf.

Frank was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., February 20, 1902. His high school was in Pleasantville, N.Y. In college he was on the cross-country and tennis teams all four years and captained both in his senior year when he was also president of the New England Intercollegiate Tennis Association. He was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa, Sphinx, and Green Key.

Following graduation Frank obtained a Masters' degree in Education at Teachers College at Columbia University and taught in Rochester, N.Y., Montclair, N.J., and Great Neck, N.Y., before joining the faculty and coaching staff of the William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia in 1936. He remained there until retirement in 1963 and since then he and his wife have enjoyed tennis, golf, photography, and travel, as well as a summer home on Lake Winnepesaukee, N.H.

Surviving him are his widow, the former Dorothy Milne; sons Franklin T. Jr. '52 of Malvern, Pa., and William N. of West Nyack, N.Y., daughter Mrs. Joseph Harrison III of Amherst, N.H., and seven grandchildren.

1926

Dartmouth and 1926 together record with deep sorrow the sudden death of an outstanding alumnus and classmate, GEORGE HENRY BIXBY JR., on April 10 at his Florida home, 770 N.E. 8th Drive, Harbor Island, Boca Raton.

Henry was born in Haverhill, Mass., May 23, 1905 and graduated from Haverhill High School. At Danmouth he was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, a member of the freshman cross-country team and an active well-known undergraduate. As an alumnus he served as a chairman of interview committees for prospective freshmen, was a captain in Alumni Fund and Capital Gifts campaigns, and with his wife Margaret attended many formal and informal reunions, alumni dinners, football gatherings, and other class activities. In 1954 he was chairman of the first 1926 parents-sons weekend with 45 in attendance.

He spent his entire business career in the family shoe manufacturing companies founded in Haverhill in 1874 by his father and uncle. Henry's brother Chesley T. '24, son George III '57, nephew Benjamin C. '57, and sonin-law David M. Lamb (husband of his daughter Mary) are actively engaged in the business. Henry was presi- dent and treasurer of Bixby Associates, Inc. and Bixby International Corp.; president of William E. Bixby Building Materials, Inc.; and treasurer of Donnell-Bixby Co. of Auburn, Me. He was also a director of the Haverhill National Bank, and a former vice president and treasurer of the Family Mutual Savings Bank.

He was a director of the Haverhill Chamber of Commerce and the American Automobile Ass'n,chairman of the American Lung Ass'n of Essex County, past president of the Haverhill Rotary Club, pastchairman of the Haverhill Old Ladies Home and hadheld numerous offices in the First CongregationalChurch. He also was a member of Saggeheu Lodge,AF and AM, all York and Scottish Rites and of Aleppo Temple in Boston.

Henry and Margaret Lang were married June 20,1931 in Minneapolis, Minn., and had nearly 45 years ofvery happy family life. They had a summer home inEssex, Mass., and recently their Florida residence.They were able to travel extensively in many parts ofthe world. And still as indicated above, Henry gavegenerously of his time, talents, and finances for worth-while causes involving many people - a true demonstration of the Dartmouth spirit. The church in whichhe was so active was filled for his services on April 14 - a tribute of love, esteem and admiration by his manyrelatives, friends and associates. 1926 was representedby Hub Harwood and Libby and Don Norstrand.

The Class extends its sincere sympathy to Margaret and all the family as above mentioned as well as eight grandchildren.

1927

MARTIN ALFRED HELFER, of Marcellus, N.Y, former superintendent of schools in Binghamton, died April 7 in Community General Hospital, Syracuse. He had been stricken ill the previous day.

Mart was born in Marathon, N.Y., the son of a school superintendent. He attended Marcellus High where he was on the varsity football, basketball and baseball teams, captaining the latter two teams his senior year. At Dartmouth he was a member of Zeta Psi fraternity and Kappa Phi Kappa.

Following graduation he worked for Susquehanna Silk Mills for five years, then turned to teaching. In 1937 he secured his M.S. from Syracuse University and became a school principal. From 1939 to 1947 he was superintendent of schools in Massena. Then for more than 22 years he served as superintendent of schools at Binghamton where he had an outstanding record, overseeing 650 teachers and 14,000 students in 21 schools.

Active in his professional organizations, he was a member of the board of the New York State Teachers Retirement System for 12 years and its president for seven years. He also served as president of the New York State Council of Village and City School Superintendents, and as executive secretary of Conference of Large City Boards of Education. He was a member of Rotary for 22 years.

In 1928 Martin was married to Louise Stone, an they had five sons, three of whom attended Dartmouth-Marcus '51 later did graduate work at the University of London. James '55 out for two years of military service, graduated as a Senior Fellow in '57. He later received his Ph.D. in philosophy at Princeton summacum laude. His younger brothers are Murray '5B8 Wayne, and Richard. Following the death of his wife. Mart retired in 1970. The following year he married Phebe L. English, who survives.

Martin was a loyal alumnus, working on the Alumni Fund, interviewing prospective students and serving as chairman of the Alumni Committee in his area. We are proud of his contributions and his illustrious career.

1930

BENJAMIN DORES PARISH JR. died on March 29 at Pottstown, Pa., Medical Center of lung cancer. Ben attended Dartmouth Medical School in 1930-31 and went to the University of Pennsylvania Medical School where he got his M.D. in 1933. His general medical practice was interrupted during WW II when he served as a captain in the Army Air Corps 1942-46. He was affiliated with Chestnut Hill Hospital where he was president of staff in 1961-62 and also with All Saints Hospital in Philadelphia. He held memberships in the Philadelphia College of Physicians, American Academy of General Practice, Montgomery County Medical Society, Pennsylvania State Medical Society and the American Medical Association.

He served as an assistant class agent for six years and also as an interviewer of prospective candidates for admission.

Ben's first wife Hanna (Yost) died in February 1971 He later married Dr. Mary L. Wolferth.

Following his retirement Ben was very active at an extended care and rehabilitation facility in Wyndmoor and part-time chairman of the Utilization Committee of Chestnut Hill Hospital.

To his widow Mary and sons Benjamin III '60 and Henry, the Class extends its deepest sympathy.

1935

Word has just been received of the death of NORMAN WILLIAMS RAND on July 12, 1975. While he had not recently been in good health, death came suddenly in the form of a heart attack while driving his car in Lynn, Mass.

Norm's home was in Beverly, Mass., where, until his retirement two years ago, he had been a teacher in the Beverly school system.

Norm came to Dartmouth from Salem High School and was very prominent in athletics having won numerals in freshman football and track and letters in varsity football and track. He was a member of Green Key and Phi Gamma Delta and majored in education.

Following graduation Norman taught school for about five years and then served in the Army Air Corps from 1942 to 1945. After his discharge from the service he returned to his chosen field of high school teaching in several Massachusetts communities, settling in Beverly about 1960.

Norman is survived by his widow Nathalie and a son Norman Jr. Sadly, he did not live to see a grandson who was born two months after his death.

The Class extends its belated and deepest sympathy to his family.

1936

JOHN TAUNO FRIGARD died in the operating room of the Franklin County Hospital in Greenfield, Mass., on April 6, after being struck by an automobile earlier in the evening in South Deerfield where he made his home. Tauno or John, as he preferred in later years, was born July 24, 1911 in Maynard, Mass. He had never married and is survived by a nephew Wayne Frigard, of Quincy, and a niece Mrs. John Barringer of Oakham, Mass.

He had taught in the Deerfield schools for 31 years, starting at Deerfield High School. He taught mathematics and had been chairman of the mathematics department at Frontier Regional High School. He also was a former football, baseball, and basketball coach at Frontier. He had been a member of various state and national teacher and mathematics organizations, a former member of Rotary, and a member of the Congregational Church, South Deerfield.

1937

ROGER EDWARD GRAVES died of a heart attack March 24. We are indebted to his brother Donald for partial details, as Rog never married. With no history of heart trouble it was massive, sudden, and unexpected. He had called his office that morning saying he felt ill. Finding his telephone continuously busy after repeated attempts to reach him, his office called a friend who broke into the apartment to find it was too late.

Rog came to Dartmouth from Evanston High School in Illinois. He was a Psi U, Dragon, and Tuck graduate. In 1938 he joined Bethlehem Steel and Was regional sales manager, Toledo, Ohio, division at the time of his death. During WW II he served as a nan lieutenant. He was a member of Rotary and several clubs in the Toledo area.

He served on our class executive committee and was a regular attender of fall reunion and class meetings His love for Dartmouth was well known to us all. He owned a condominium near Tampa to which he planned to retire to pursue his main hobby, golf.

Survivors include his mother Edna of Evanston brother Donald, a nephew, and a niece.

1938

CHESTER ARTHUR EMERSON JR. died November 24, 1975 in Biddeford, Me., Hospital, following a lengthy illness.

Born in Berkeley, Calif., son of a member of the Class of 1911, Chet entered Dartmouth from Kennett High School in Conway, N.H. His fraternity was Tri Delt.

For 20 years his career was with U.S. Rubber International and he lived in a number of localities in the States as well as in Caracas, Venezuela. In 1962 he and his family bought and began operation of a summer store on Drake's Island, Wells, Me., and Chet attended the Universities of New Hampshire and Maine to prepare for teaching science in the Kennebunk junior high school which he did until his retirement.

He was active in the Boy Scouts for many years and was a well-known Scout leader in New England. He was also a member of the National Ski Patrol of North Conway.

In 1940 Chet married Mary Loring, a registered nurse, who survives him in addition to four sons, Chester A. III, Richard L., and Mark C., all of Kennebunk, and William M. of Scarborough, and five grandchildren.

1940

HUNTER CLEMENS PHELAN JR., an investment counsellor with a long career in the food business died March 12 in Columbia, S. C., after a long illness. He was 58.

Hunter, who was a member of Psi Upsilon and the Dragon Society as an undergraduate, enlisted in the Marine Corps immediately after graduation in the summer of 1940, went through officer training at Camp LeJeune and was among the first Marines shipped to the Southwest Pacific. He earned a Bronze star with a gold star in lieu of a second Bronze Star, as an artilleryman in the Third Marine Amphibious Corps. Transferring to the Marine Reserve after the war, he subsequently retired from the service as a colonel.

Born in Denver, Colo., Hunter prepared for Dartmouth at Choate School and Montclair Academy. At war's end, Hunter began his career in food industry with Colonial Stores, Inc., a food chain in the south, moving through a number of management assignments in the Carolinas to become general manager of the firm's Albers Division in Cincinnati. In 1960, he moved to become vice president of the Supermarket Broadcasting System, Inc., and 12 years ago made his home in Columbia, where he established both PICO, Inc., an investment firm, and an automotive service firm.

He leaves his widow Mary (Corbett), two daughters Joy and Mary Phelan both of Columbia, and a brother R. William of Virginia Beach, Va.

1949

FOSTER ELLINGWOOD JR. died on December 21. 1975. The Class of 1949 sends its condolences to his family.

At the time of his death Foster lived at Newton Upper Falls, Mass., and worked as a group leader for Ommtec Corporation in Burlington, Mass! He was an airways operation specialist and had worked in traffic control for the Federal Aviation Agency. Previous to that, he worked for two years at the Royal Victoria Hotel in Nassau, about a year and a half for the Raytheon Manufacturing Company, and a year and a half for International Harvester Company.

He spent four years in the military service in 1942, serving in the U.S. Marine Corps. He emerged from the Marines as a major in 1952.

Jep majored in economics at Dartmouth and was a member of the Dragon Society. He attended Kimball Union Academy before entering Dartmouth. Jep leaves three children: Foster III, Teddy, and Andrew; his widow Lucille, and his parents, who live in Newton Highlands, Mass.

The Class of 1949 is very sorry to learn of the death on March 14 of JEFFERSON ROBERTS MANSFIELD JR. He died as the result of a heart attack while visiting Saratoga Springs,. N.Y. At the time of his death Buck was the treasurer of the Courier Citizen Company, of Lowell, Mass., chairman of the board of the Lowell General Hospital, director of the Union National Bank in Lowell, and a past president of the United Fund of Greater Lowell. In 1961 he was named Lowell Jaycees' Man of the Year.

He served in the Army from 1946 to 1948. He attended Dartmouth for several years and received his B.A. from Babson Institute. He is survived by his widow Jean, three sons Jon, Steven, and, Peter, and one daughter Tacie. Tacie is a student at Skidmore College and Peter is a student at Syracuse University. The family home is at 3 Hillcrest Drive, Chelmsford, Mass.

1952

SAMUEL COLWELL HARNED died on April 14 while visiting his parents in Naples, Fla.

Born in Larchmont, N.Y., he was brought up in Scarsdale where he attended the Edgemont School. At an early age he decided that Deerfield Academy was the only place to prepare for Dartmouth so he and his older brother did just that.

At Dartmouth Sam is best remembered for his active participation in the Players, where he confounded his critics by excelling in both King Lear and No Motherto Guide Her. As editor-in-chief of the "Jacko" Sam was able to extend the life of that venerable magazine with his irreverent and delicious wit. He brought a unique sense of humor and artistry to the Hanover plain and much mirth and beauty to our lives. He was also on the Undergraduate Council and a member of Casque and Gauntlet, Theta Delta Chi, and Green Key.

Upon graduation Sam joined the Army and spent the next two years in Berlin producing, writing, and directing shows in refugee camps in cooperation with the State Department. He won several theatrical awards there." When he returned to New York he studied drama with Lee Strasberg, then head of the Actors Studio.

In 1958 Sam joined Ted Bates and Co. and spent the next 13 years as a copywriter for many of that advertising agency's better known accounts, principally the Colgate Palmolive Company. He and members of his group won several industry awards for their account work.

A few years ago Sam left Bates to spend time free lancing and working on one of his hobbies - cooking. He had such a passion for cooking that he would often arrive as a house guest with the ingredients for his latest recipe tucked away in a brown bag. He would then elbow his way past you to the kitchen where he would whip up a fantastic concoction a la Craig Claiborn.

Shortly before he died he coordinated and emceed a talent show in Naples that had the local Variety calling for "encore."

Sam is survived by his mother and father, his brother Jack '50, one godchild, and three nieces and nephews to whose lives, as to all who knew him, he brought great job. The family has established the Samuel C. Harned Memorial Fund, the income from which will be credited annually to 1952's Alumni Fund gift. Contributions to this fund should be made directly to the College.

J.C.H. '5O

Prof.John Page Amsden '20

Professor Alexander Laing '25

Robert Marsh Morgan '24