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.)

McKone, Frank E. 'OB, June 23 Hinckley, George H. '09, July 29 Wilson, Lincoln S. '13, July 30 Smith, Philip W. '14, May 20 Clark, Thomas R. '17, July MacGregor, Allan B. '17, January 22, 1972 Spalding, Kenneth W. '2O, August 8 Alley, William M. '21, August 10 Benton, Frederic E. '21, June 17 Comstock, Andrew W. '23, August 13 Hartshorn, Charles H. '24, August 13 Upham, Ralph H. '26, June 21 Fossum, Niels B. '27, July 27 Provost, George W. Jr. '27, August 8 Norris, Donald K. '28, July 26 Clark, H. Archer Jr. '30, August 6 Knight, William H. '31, July 6 Phinney, William L. '31, August 5 Benson, James M. '34, June Jordan, Carroll '34, prior to August Littlefield, Lester G. '34, prior to 1973 Sparks, Will C. Jr. '35, prior to June O'Hare, Richard C. '36, September 7 Sorensen, Clark C. '36, July 18 Tucker, R. Worthington '36, August 11 Grethe, Edward W. '38, August 7 Wischmann, William J. 2nd '38, August 14 Schrage, Jack W. '39, July 29 Kreider, P. Laurence '53, May Hetfield, Walter L. 4th '56, July 14

1908

FRANK EDWARD MCKONE, born in 1885, died June 23. He was with the Class for only one year, transferring to the University of New Hampshire, from which he was graduated in 1909. Later he took graduate work at M.I.T., earning an S.M. degree there in 1917.

For a number of years. Frank taught in various colleges, but in 1948 he retired, returning to Dover, N.H., to live and continue his career as a professional engineer. In 1913 he married Bernice Stearns, who predeceased him. The couple had five children, four of whom survive.

1909

GEORGE HARRIS HINCKLEY died in a Scarborough, Me., nursing home on July 30, following a long period of inactivity due to a heart condition.

George was born in Calais, Me., in 1886. He entered Dartmouth from Calais High School. As an undergraduate, he was the winner of the Pickering historical prize. He attended Harvard Law School and received his LL.B. in 1912.

He set up a law firm with his brother in South Portland under the name of Hinckley and Hinckley and carried on the practice until his retirement in 1976.

His civic activities were many and varied: Portland city council; 16 years judge for South Portland Municipal Court; city solicitor and alderman for South Portland; 3 terms member State Legislature; chairman South Portland branch of the Red Cross; 18 years chairman South Portland Park and Recreation Commission. He had been a director of the Portland YMCA; past president, United Baptist Convention of Maine; past president, Maine Council of Mayflower Descendants; a founder of the Visiting Nursing Association of South Portland; a charter member and first president of the South Portland Lions Club; member, Maine Bar Association; and secretary, Cumberland Bar Association. He belonged to the various York Rite Masonic bodies and was one of the oldest past masters of Hiram Lodge; he was also a past patron of South Portland Eastern Star.

In 1917, George was married to Florence A. Pearson, who died in 1972.

Surviving are a daughter, Marcia Senne, and a son Harris '45, a sister, four granddaughters, and several nephews and nieces.

Funeral services were held at the Immanual Baptist Church in Portland on August 2, with interment in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, South Portland, Me.

1913

ANDREW WESTBROOK COMSTOCK, 87, died August 13 in a California hospital. He had been suffering from failing health for several years.

He was born in 1890 in Alpena, Mich., and entered Dartmouth from Alpena High School. At Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa, Dragon, and the gun team in his sophomore year, and was president of the gun club as a junior. He received a B.A. degree upon graduation.

Class records reveal that Andy was an investment broker in Chicago and was the Missouri Pacific plaintiff (1944-48) in the historic fight in the U.S. Supreme Court that saved the Missouri Pacific Railroad.

In 1919 he married Helen Jane Steinke, who died in 1959. Later he moved to Los Angeles, Cal., and continued looking after his own affairs. He attended our 50th reunion in 1963, and two years later, he married Priscilla Alden. After the death of his second wife, he lived in Clearwater, Fla., for a few years and served the Class as co-chairman of the bequest program. He spent the rest of his life in Leisure World, Laguna Hills, Cal.

Andy was a member of the Sons of American Revolution, the Masonic order, 32nd degree and Shrine, and the Congregational Church. He was the brother of Joseph Baker Comstock, '15. He is survived by two nephews and a niece.

LINCOLN SQUIRES WILSON, 86, died July 30 in a San Mateo, Caiif., nursing home where he had been a patient for several years because of failing memory. He was born in 1890 in Lyndonville, Vt„ and entered Dartmouth from Lyndon Institute. In college he joined Delta Tau Delta, was nicknamed "Squire" by many of his classmates, and was a popular member of the varsity golf team and sophomore basketball team.

Upon graduating in 1913 with an A.B. degree. Line was employed by Raymond & Whitcomb in San Francisco until 1932, meanwhile serving in the U.S. Army Infantry from August 1917 to February 1919. In 1932 he joined the French Line and was concerned with general passenger travel in San Francisco. He retired in 1956 as general passenger agent but continued active as secretary of the Pacific Coast Passenger Conference and director of the Security First National Bank of Los Angeles from 1942 to 1946.

Line was very active in alumni affairs, serving as secretary of the Dartmouth alumni association of California, as Pacific Coast alumni counselor, on the Alumni Council from 1950-1954, and as class president from 1958-1963.

In 1926 Line married Lucy Nelson, and they settled in San Mateo, Calif., and had one daughter. His memberships included Gabriel Country Club, San Gabriel, Calif., Skal Club of North America, San Francisco, Menlo Country Club, Menlo, Calif., California Golf Club of San Francisco, and the American Legion. Golf was his recreation; at the age of 80 he was good enough to match his age on the links.

He is survived by his widow, his daughter, a cousin, John Lincoln Steele Jr. '63, and three grandchildren.

The Class of 1913 has lost a distinguished and most loyal classmate and active Dartmouth alumnus, who will be greatly missed by all of us.

1914

PHILIP WILDER SMITH was born in Wellesley Hills, Mass., in 1892 and passed on in West Hartford, Conn., on May 20. He came to us from the Wellesley High School. After graduating from Dartmouth he returned to the College for a couple of years as assistant to the treasurer.

Phil spent most of his active years with various organizations on cost and statistical work.

He was secretary of the Dartmouth Club of Hartford 1924-1926 and president 1926-1928.

He married Ethel Priscilla Ruddell in 1919. She passed away on October 3, 1976.

We are not aware of blood relatives who survive him.

1916

DANIEL BROUGHTON OLSON died June 15 in Red Bank, N.J. Dan came to Dartmouth from Gloucester (Mass.) High School. After graduation he worked for the Stanley Works in New Britain, Conn. Leaving there for service in the Army during World-War I, he became a first sergeant in the ordnance department. Following war service, he became an accountant for the I. B. Kleinert Rubber Company of New York, retiring from this position in 1959.

In retirement he made a hobby of growing vegetables, and his flower garden's roses and chrysanthemums were his pride and joy.

In 1918 he married Emma Perry, who passed away in 1975. He leaves a daughter, Barbara Brenker of Wisconsin; a sister Elizabeth Olson of Connecticut; three granddaughters; and seven great-grandchildren.

1917

Through his son James we have news of the death in July of THOMAS ROBINSON CLARK in California. Tom was born in Peoria, Ill., in 1895, the son of Howard Clark '86. In 1917 he married Ellen Weart, a student at Knox College, where Tom spent his junior year.

At Dartmouth Tom was a Beta Theta Pi. He served in the corps of engineers during World War II from 1942 to late 1945, when he was discharged as major. In his later life Tom was involved in many different business ventures: The Clark Coal and Coke Company and the Caterpillar Tractor Company of Peoria, and Omaha Steel Works, where in 1951 he became vice president. Later Tom was much interested in civic work as a member of advisory boards of the civic center and parks and recreation council of Omaha. Tom was a member of the American Society of Engineers and of the Society of American Military Engineers. He belonged to the athletic club and the tennis club in Omaha.

Some years ago Tom retired to live in Belvedere, Calif. He is survived by his son Jim, to whom we extend sympathy and our very best wishes.

The death of ALLAN BARKER MACGREGOR in January of 1972 has just recently been reported to us. Although he entered Dartmouth with our class, ultimately he graduated from Harvard. In 1918 his father gave the following information about Allan: he was born in 1894 in Haverhill, Mass., was a Harvard senior at the outbreak of World War I, enlisted in a machine gun company and became a second lietuenant. In 1918 he was reported somewhere in France. Otherwise, we have no knowledge of Allan's life or of any surviving relatives.

1919

DONALD M. STUDHOLME died in Pittsburgh, N.Y., on Juiy 9. He was born there and made it his home all his life.

He left College and served in the Army during World War I. He did not return after the war, but went into a retail clothing store which had been established by his father in 1886. He took over ownership of the business in 1942 and ran it until he retired in 1970.

Don was a loyal classmate and almost always attended the fall reunions. He is survived by a son, Donald M. of Long Island, and a daughter, Mrs. George E. Yeager.

1920

FRANK B. MOREY died July 27 in the Glen Falls, N.Y., hospital after a brief illness. He was 79 years old and had lived a full and productive life.

Born in Utica, N.Y., he attended Utica Academy, from which he entered Dartmouth. At college he was well known on campus and popular among his classmates. He became a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity and the honorary Dragon senior society.

During W.W.I he attended officers training camp at Plattsburg, N.Y., and was commissioned and assigned to Camp Taylor in Kentucky. He returned to college and was able to graduate with his class.

Frank then joined the New York Telephone Com- pany, where he served as a manager in Utica, Syracuse, Amsterdam, Albany, and in Glens Falls, where he made his home and entered into retirement in 1963.

Frank's interests were many. He served as president of the Crandall Library and as chairman of the Library Trustees Foundation of New York. He was past president of the Warren County Mental Health Association, sometime secretary of the Warren County Health Board, and in 1963 was named to the municipal civil service commission. In 1964 he was elected as councilman-at-large in Glens Falls. In 1965 he was named to the city's urban renewal agency, where he worked closely with its mayor.

Among his other interests was the Glens Falls Rotary Club, where he served as sometime vice president. He was active also in the Life Member Telephone Pioneers and was a member of the Church of the Messiah.

His attachment to Dartmouth was close and abiding. He attended his class reunions as regularly as possible, and up to this year he could always be found among the post-50th reuners on the Hanover Plain. He had planned to attend in 1977, but ill health interfered. Frank's brother Nathaniel of Bloomington, Ill., is a 1927 man, and his son-in-law, David Hepworth, is in the Class of 1950.

Frank was a family man. In the twenties he married Marion Hanauer, who survives him. Three children were born to them, two daughters, and a son. To his family, their relatives, and their many friends the Class extends deep sympathy for the loss of our highly respected classmate.

KENNETH WOODMAN SPALDING joined our class from Brooklyn, N.Y. He left us on August 8 when he died quite suddenly in the Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia, N.H., at the age of eighty years.

In college Ken was both well-known and well-liked. He was a member of the Chi Phi fraternity, attended Tuck School his senior year, and graduated with a B.S. degree (then offered by the College) in 1920. He managed the production of the 1920 Aegis, was a member of the Dartmouth Scientific Society, and on the lighter side was a member of Footlights, the undergraduate theatrical group.

In 1922 he married Hildegarde Luce, who survives him. From this union three sons were born: Samuel '45, Richard, and Kenneth Jr. These sons, their wives, and twelve grandchildren also survive Ken. To all the Spalding family in their bereavement the Class extends its deepest sympathy.

The Spaldings lived for many years in Southbridge, Mass., where Ken was variously employed by the American Optical Company. He served that wellknown organization as assistant to the president. Later he became interested in Hodgson Houses in Southbridge, and at the time of his retirement in 1962 he was both president and chairman of the board of that successful home-building venture.

Ken was a dedicated member of the communities in which he resided. In Southbridge he was a director of the Harrington Memorial Hospital, past president of the Southbridge Y.M.C.A., and a past director of the Home Manufacturers Association. In Gilford, N.H., where he had retired, he was even more fully occupied as director and trustee of the Lakes Region Y.M.C.A., where he earned that organization's "Man of the Year" award. He was a director of the "Save The Mill Society," Laconia, president and director of the Gilford Historical Society, director of the Clean Waters Association, and president and director of the N.H. Humane Society, where he served with distinction, ever active and ever concerned.

A long list of other activities, church and civic, received Ken's attention while he was "retired" and even before his retirement. He continued his Masonic affiliation of more than 50 years with the Mt. Lebanon Lodge in Laconia. And in 1975 he willingly served as treasurer of the 55th reunion of the Class of 1920.

Ken's life was a full one, much dedicated to good purposes. Well done, good friend.

1921

Nine months after losing his beloved wife, WILLIAM MCKINLEY ALLEY of Wren Lane, Hanover, died August 10 at Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital.

For many years a leader in Dartmouth fundraising, he was appointed head agent of his class in 1958 and held the post for 13 years, a longer period than that of any of his classmates. During that time he won several Green Derbys and established a new College record for 50th reunion giving. His name heads the list of 50th reunion class agents on the plaque in Crosby Hall, and the Class Agents Association demonstrated its respect by electing him its representative on the Alumni Council from 1966 to 1969.

Born in 1900 in Salt Lake City, Bill in World War I enlisted in the Student Army Training Corps at Dartmouth and was transferred to Camp Hancock, Ga. Just before he was to have received his commission, the Armistice was signed. In World War II he served on Canada's national war finance committee during nine victory loan campaigns.

In his working years Bill held the positions of executive vice president and director of A. E. Ames and Company, Inc., of Toronto, which had offices at 2 Wall Street, New York.

During the years he resided in Scarsdale, he was chief of the auxiliary police department. He was also a member of the Scarsdale Golf Club, Hermitage Golf Club, Bankers Club of America, and the New York Bond Club.

His later home in Hanover became the frequent focal point of many gatherings of Dartmouth men and their wives.

Bill married in 1923 Catherine Robertson ("Teeter") of Minneapolis, who died in Hanover in 1976. He is survived by a son, Thomas R. Alley, who kindly donated his father's Hanover home and its contents to Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital to establish an endoscopy clinic in his parents' names.

DEWALT HOSMER ("PICK") ANKENY died on the eve of his 78th birthday, July 31, in the crash of a private jet in Alaska, where with friends he had been enjoying a fishing holiday. President of The Ankeny Company of Minneapolis, specializing in private investments, he resided at 692 West Ferndale Road, Wayzata.

From 1931 to 1968 he served the Hamm Brewing Company, in 1939 as vice president and treasurer, and in 1964 as chairman of the board. As a director he was associated with the Northwestern National Bank, the Lithium Corporation of America, Heublein Inc., Emporium of St. Paul, and the Retina Foundation. A four-year member of the Dartmouth varsity golf team, he kept up his prowess in the game at the Minikahda Club and the Woodhill Country Club. He was also an enthusiastic skier, in spite of the loss of an eye in a skiing accident.

Pick began his business career in Minneapolis with the B. F. Nelson Manufacturing Company, paper and roofing manufacturers, and from 1928 on he was with Piper, Jaffray, and Hopwood, investment bankers, until he joined the Hamm Brewing Company in 1931.

Commissioned in 1942 as lieutenant commander in the USNR, Pick attended the Naval War College in Newport for five months. He served on the staff of Commander Aircraft Southwest Pacific and flew patrols in Catalinas. Later he was promoted to Commanding Officer of the Naval Seaplane Base near Brisbane.

Prominent in alumni activities, Pick was president of the Northwestern Minnesota Alumni Club (1948-49), a member of The Alumni Council (1957-61), regional chairman of the Capital Gifts Campaign (1958), and a member of the major gifts committee of the Third Century Fund in the 1960'5. He and his wife were the donors of the Ankeny Auditorium in the new Murdough Center.

He is survived by his wife, the former Marie Hamm, whom he married in 1926 and by their two daughters and two sons, one of whom, DeWalt H. Jr. '54, attended Dartmouth. Three of Pick's grandchildren are currently attending Dartmouth - Donald Ankeny '78,

Sally Ankeny '81, and Katherine Anson '78. Davie McLoughlin '57, Chairman of the Dartmouth Board of Trustees, represented the College at the funeral services.

A retired public utility executive well-known in Pennsylvania, FREDERIC ELMON BENTON died June 17 at the Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, Calif., after a month-long illness. For the past three years a resident in Pasadena at 975 San Pasqual Road, he made his home formerly in Philadelphia. In that city a vice president and assistant controller of the Philadelphia Transportation Company, which he joined in 1946, he was also a director of the Broad Street Trust Company.

Born in 1900 in Derby Line, Vt., Fred attended Dartmouth from 1917 to 1919. In World War I he saw action in France with the AEF in the anti-aircraft sector. From 1923 to 1925 he served in the U.S. Coast Guard. Before World War II he had joined the Society of Friends (Quakers), and he became a conscientious objector to that war.

Following the Israeli War of Independence, when the United Nations delegated the administration of the Palestinian refugee camps to the American Friends Service Committee, he traveled extensively in the Near East, working in refugee camps on both sides of the battle lines, and in 1949 established the budget for the Palestinian camp in the Gaza Strip.

Fred married Josephine Moffett of Paris, Ill., in 1926. They were long active in humanitarian and religious work. From 1948 to 1951 they jointly directed the John Woolman Memorial House, a Quaker retreat and social service center in Mount Holly, N.J. He is survived by his wife.

1923

ARTHUR MANSFIELD EVERIT died on July 23 following a long period of illness. Just prior to his death he had spent many weeks in a nursing home.

Art was born in 1898 in New Haven, Conn., where he attended the local schools. Between high school and college he served a hitch in the Navy, which ended with the 1918 armistice. At Dartmouth he was a member of Kappa Sigma and manager of the fencing team.

A born salesman, Art began his business career in Cleveland with the Osborn Company, manufacturers of industrial brushes. This connection was broken during the depression years of 1929-32, which also included a five-months' hospital stay and a long recuperation period resulting from a broken back. In 1932 he returned to the Osborn Company, where he became Detroit district sales manager, retiring in 1963.

In the mid-thirties Art acquired his beloved fishing camp in Afton, Mich., where he found a quiet haven during the very busy and sometimes unhappy forties and fifties.

In 1961 Art and Ada Horton were married, bought an apartment in Palm Beach, Fla., and alternated happily between there and Michigan until the last few months, when travel became impossible. Art was a generous, outgoing, and kindly man. He will be greatly missed.

PAUL AIKEN HUTCHINS died June 25 at a Damariscotta, Me., hospital after a long illness. A native of North Stratford, N.H., he attended the local schools and graduated from Exeter Academy. At Dartmouth he was a member of Sigma Chi and also played on the College's freshman football squad.

AfAfter graduation Hutch worked for the Stephen Whitman Company in Philadelphia for ten years. This was followed by seven years with Shraffts in Boston. In 1940 he moved to Wiscasset, Me., and bought the Quinnan House, which he operated until 1968, when he sold it. After a winter in Vegas he decided to become ctive again in the hotel business and for several years was employed by the Florida East Coast Hotel Company.

During World War II Hutch served for five years in the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps and was discharged with the rank of captain. A 32nd Degree Mason and a 50-year member of the Evening Star Lodge of Masons, Colebrook, N.H., he was also a member of the Shrine and the American Legion.

Hutch is survived by his widow, the former May Sanborn, and by a son John C. of Littleton, Mass.

1924

P-HILIP CHAPMAN GOULD died on July 11 at a Portland,Portland, Me., hospital. He was the owner of Norman & Company& Company, a dry goods department store in Springvale, Me., where he made his home.

He was a member and trustee of the North Parish Church in Sanford and was financial secretary of the Springvale Improvement Corporation.

He is survived by his widow Esther, two sons, two daughters, four grandchildren, and one greatgrandchild.

CHARLES HENRY HARTSHORN, "Hank" to all, failed to survive extensive surgery in the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and died on Saturday, August 13. As in this case, we had been with him in his medical check-ups and sicknesses; the Alumni file reminds us that Hank missed an annual meeting of the Gardner Elks, the first miss in a series started in 1958, when he came to Hanover with pneumonia and had a serious visceral operation then.

The "40-Year Book" is only partially complete, but does point to some of Hank's enthusiasms. He was (not "all but," as the book says) a professional photographer. He accepted assignments for the Boston Transcript to conduct aerial mapping, thus combining his love of flying with photography. A note refers to 1939, when he wrote that he had worked from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. to get out some 1,280 contracted prints for our reunion-picture, and for weddings and other local events. Labors of love, mostly. "He will drive his big Cadillac anywhere to attend a Dartmouth function," as when he was president of the Worcester (Mass.) Dartmouth Club, 1943-44. He worked hard to attract an exhibit of "memorabilia" for our 50th reunion. He and Pauline were regulars at Bonnie Oaks for our fall football reunions. While interested in watching sport events, he most loved to go up into the Maine woods fishing - with his father, peers, and pals. All who ever knew Hank know that he had only one "gear" enthusiastic commitment. Music was also a strong interest.

After graduation, Hank started as a clerk in C. H. Hartshorn, Inc., makers of fine furniture in Gardner; he became treasurer and retired'in 1968. He married in 1946 Pauline Blouin, a B.U. graduate and income-tax counselor and bridge enthusiast. Two daughters born of a first marriage survive him - Pat Godfrey and Polly Mellin. Lynda Grybko and Nancy Hartshorn, of the second marriage, do also. There are also six grandchildren and a sister.

Active in community affairs, Hank served as president of the Gardner Chamber of Commerce and was a member of the Chair City Club, the Elks, the Boat Club, and the First Congregational Church, all in Gardner.

1926

RALPH HODGMAN UPHAM died June 21 in Lakeland, Fla., as a result of a stroke. He was born in 1898 in Merrimack, N.H., graduated from Milford (N.H.) High School in 1917 and from Dartmouth with our class exactly 55 years after the graduation of his great uncle, the noted geologist, Warren Upham, Class of 1871.

Uppie had been a loyal supporter of Dartmouth over the years, and he and his wife Frances were planning on the 50th reunion, but because of an earlier stroke they could not make the trip. Larry Kennison kindly sent Uppie a complete story of the event, together with all the descriptive literature.

He went with Johns-Manville Company in 1927 and was with the company's Boston office until his retirement in 1960, except for some ten years spent with other concerns. After retirement he moved to Lakeland, Fla.

Uppie had been a member for 64 years of the Amherst N.H. Congregational Church and while in the area was superintendent of the Sunday school. In Florida he was a president and trustee of the Lakewood Unitarian Fellowship. He also was a member of the Upham Family Society, which maintains the 1703 Phineas Upham House in Melrose, Mass.

He is survived by his widow, the former Frances Plott, and by cousins.

1930

HENRY ARCHER CLARK JR. died August 6 of a massive coronary attack at his home. Arch retired in 1972 from his position as vice president and chief of mortgage and real estate investments for Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company. He had been with Phoenix Mutual since 1935.

He was a former director of the Hartford Rehabilitation Center, a corporator of Hartford Hospital and a member of its building committee, an officer of the Connecticut Horticulture Society, and past president and board member of the Woodridge Association, Inc.

Arch was an avid golfer and trout fisherman and made numerous trips to the British Isles and Ireland in pursuit of these hobbies. He was a member of the Hartford Golf Club, Limestone Trout Club, and the Connecticut State Seniors Golf Association. At the 45th reunion he was elected a member of the executive committee.

The Class was represented at a memorial service by Meade Alcorn, Dick Butterfield, Herb and Marge Chase, Ote Humphrey, Carl Jenson., Warren and Gladys Phinney, and Bob and Dot Pratt.

Deepest sympathy of the class is extended to his widow Janet, son Peter, and daughter Nancy.

1931

WILLIAM HENRY KNIGHT, 71, died suddenly on July 6 at his home....

Bill came to Dartmouth from The Gunnery and Clark School. He joined Phi Kappa Psi, but did not return to the College for his senior year.

For forty years he was an executive of The Virginian Electric Company, distributors of electric supplies and equipment in Charleston, W.Va. He was a former director and assistant secretary, retiring three or four years ago.

His ancestors were a pioneer family in Kanawha Valley. Bill was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church.

Nancy Lee Warner and Bill were married in 1931. Their children are William, Nancy Lee, Martha, and Rebecca. He is survived by his widow, his four children, a sister, and his brother Harold W. '30.

WILLIAM LATHROP PHINNEY, 68, died at home in Goffstown, N.H., August 5. He had been fighting cancer for three years.

Ace came to Dartmouth from Central High School in Manchester; he joined Alpha Delta Phi and was a member of Sphinx. He won varisty letters in football and lacrosse. His major was history.

He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1934 and practiced until 1936, when he joined the FBI. In 1937 Bill returned to Manchester to form the firm of Sheehan and Phinney. In 1940, as a reserve officer, he was called to duty in the Navy.

When discharged in 1946, Ace held the rank of commander. While aboard an LST in the Mediterranean, his ship was torpedoed. His combat landing vessels participated in the North Africa, Sicily, Salerno, and Anzio invasions. He was commended several times and was executive officer aboard the destroyer USS Biscayne, which ship received the Presidential Citation. Later he was assigned to Pacific duty, was executive officer of the USS Auburn, the USS Fallon, and finally commanding officer of the latter.

Margaret Mcintosh and Ace had two daughters. He later married Eileen Henderson and acquired a son and three more daughters.

Bill resumed his law practice, and in 1949-50 he was New Hampshire attorney general, winning wide acclaim for his brilliant courtroom performance in the alleged euthanasia case against Hermann N. Sander, M.D. '30. Five years later, he was appointed general counsel to the Defense Department, a post he held for two years, after which he returned to practice with Sheehan, Phinney, Bass & Green, an association which he continued until his death.

He was a member of the Manchester, the New Hampshire and the American bar associations. Furthermore, he was a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.

Bill is survived by his widow Eileen and six children.

1933

FREDERIC MAURICE FRANK, 65, of 4119 Los Feliz Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif., died May 9 of cancer at the California Hospital.

A native of New York City, Fred prepared for Dartmouth at Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H. He was on both the freshman and varsity track squad at College.

He was one of the founding members of the Screen Writers Guild and winner of an Academy Oscar. He was associated with Cecil B. DeMille on several films and won his Oscar for producing The Greatest ShowOn Earth in 1953, for which he collaborated on best original film story with Theodore St. John and Frank Cavett. He also worked with DeMille on Samson andDelilah, Unconquered and The Ten Commandments. He also received a Christopher Award and the American Jewish Congress "Salute" (Maryland Chapter).

Surviving are his daughter Ann and his mother, Vera Frank, both of New York.

1934

JAMES MUNROE BENSON, 66, died in Needham, Mass. on June 23. Jim was born in Livingston, Ill., and grew up in West Newton, Mass. He prepared for Dartmouth at Newton High School, where he was active in extracurricular activities and president of the student body his senior year. At Dartmouth he was managing editor of the "Steeplejack," a member of the board of governors of the Junto, and a very popular member of Chi Phi.

Following graduation, Jim joined the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, where he rose to be a group area underwriter. Some ten years ago his health began to fail, as had his wife's some ten years before that, and he took early retirement. During the last years of his own declining health, he nursed her through her long and final illness. Throughout this last ordeal he continued to show the bravery, integrity, and strength of character we all so admired.

As a boy Jim enjoyed doing things with his hands. He had a printing press in his home. He owned a Model T, which ran most of the time, plus at least one other to provide the necessary spare parts. On retirement he continued this type of interest. He resumed the printing business on a home scale and continued with wood-working, which had become his favorite hobby. He designed and built fine furniture. Earlier in life he was active in community affairs through the Boy Scouts, United Fund, and various committees of his church, but he had to drop these as other demands were placed on his time and strength. He was always a loyal Dartmouth man and loyal member of our class.

Jim married in 1936 Louise Parrock, who predeceased him by a few months. He is survived by his two children, a brother, two sisters, and several grandchildren. To them the Class extends its heartfelt sympathy.

1936

CLARK C. SORENSEN of Lakewood, Ohio, died July 18 at Lakewood Hospital following liver failure which complicated a former gastrectomy.

Born in Aurora, Ill., Sory grew up in Lakewood and attended Lakewood High. While at Dartmouth he was a member of Green Key, Junto, the Glee Club, and the band. He belonged to the Beta Theta Pi fraternity and was manager of freshman football. Sory graduated cum laude and attended Tuck School. He was married to Hazel Dunn in 1936 in Hanover.

From 1937 to 1944 Sory was with B. F. Goodrich Company as an industrial engineer in Akron, as sales promotions manager in Detroit, and as personnel manager of Goodrich plants in Texas and Georgia. In 1944 he joined the Harris-Seybold Company, now Harris-Intertype Corporation, in Cleveland as director of personnel, and in 1952 he became assistant to the president. In 1956, Sory joined American Machine & Foundry Company in New York, where he was director of public and industrial relations. In 1960 he formed his own management consulting firm, additionally joining Ashton Dunn Associates, a leading executive recruitment firm. In 1963 Sory moved his firm to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., but he had to retire in 1968 because of poor health. In recent years Sory had been living with his mother in Lakewood.

Sory served on the national citizens committee for the Hoover Report during the Truman administration and was a consultant to the Wage Stabilization Board during the Korean War. He was a 32nd degree Mason, a member of the Cleveland Yachting Club and the American Management Association. He maintained a keen interest in Dartmouth, being active in the Alumni Association and belonging to the Dartmouth clubs of New York and of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and serving as a speaker at Tuck School.

Sory is survived by Hazel, a daughter, and a son. Unfortunately, a few weeks after his death, Sory's mother passed on. The deepest sympathy of the Class is extended to members of the family.

GILBERT G. SYKES of Dorset, Vt„ died July 2 of a heart attack. He was resting on a couch at his home in Dorset after a tournament golf match when the end came suddenly.

Gib entered Dartmouth from Evanston High School in the Chicago area. While at Hanover he majored in chemistry-zoology, was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity and was captain of both the freshman and varsity golf teams. In 1937 he married Ann Jay, with whom he had two sons.

After graduation Gib was associated with the Bird-Sykes Automobile Distributorship in Chicago. From 1941 to 1950 he was employed by the Pure Oil Company in Chicago and became manager of the product supply department. In 1950 he and Ann moved to Oradell, N.J., when he became President of Pittston Oil Company in New York. In 1954 he acquired Metropolitan Petroleum Company, a distributor of petroleum products, for Pittston. He became senior vice president of Metropolitan in 1970 and retired in 1976.

Throughout his active life, Gib maintained close ties with Dorset, Vt., where his forebears had preceded him and where he maintained a second home. He was a member of the Pine Valley Golf Club, the Ekwanok Country Club in Manchester, Vt., the Manchester Country Club, and the International Seniors. Gib was a former president of the Dorset Field Club and had been a member of its board of governors for many years. His golfing skill and enthusiasm never lapsed.

For 22 years he served as a class agent for the Alumni Fund. He was a founder of the Bergen County (N.J.) Dartmouth Club. He was a member of the class executive committee and was chairman of its 30th reunion committee. Last year he was a member of the 40th reunion giving committee and contributed heavily to its success by hard work and dedication to the Class.

Gib is survived by his wife, his son, and a sister. The Class has lost an outstanding member and extends its deepest sympathy to his family.

1938

EDWARD W. GRETHE died at his home in Claremont, N.H., on August 7, of an apparent heart attack.

Ed was born in Boston and prepared for Dartmouth at Newton High School and Clark School in Hanover. Following graduation from Dartmouth, where he majored in economics, he attended Harvard Business School and then joined the Bryant Grinder Company of Springfield, Vt., where he remained in various capacities for his entire business career.

In 1940 he married the former Mildred Zerba, and they had a son, Mark E., and two daughters, Mrs. Ronald Desjardins and Mrs. Bruce Baird. His widow and all three children survive him.

Ed and Mildred owned and operated the Sunapee Curiosity Shop in Sunapee Harbor, N.H. He was a member of the Order of the Elks Lodge No. 879, the Bryant Quarter Century Club, of which he had been treasurer, and the Bryant Credit Union.

ALFRED BRYANT HASTINGS JR. died November 15 of last year, according to word received only recently at the Alumni Records Office. "

AI was born and raised in Kensington, Md., and prepared for Dartmouth at Central High School there. At Dartmouth he roomed with Ev Wood and was a member of Alpha Kappa Kappa fraternity. After graduation, he attended medical school.

AI worked for the Connecticut Department of Agriculture, listing himself in Dartmouth alumni publications as a farmer and a greenhouse helper. He lived at Tumble Brook Farm, RRI, Box 44, Mansfield Center, Conn. 06250. He never married but had a number of Dartmouth connections - his father, A. B. Hastings '04; an uncle, Harold Hastings '02; and a cousin, Henry C. Hastings '39.

JOSEPH STEIN, nationally honored Waterbury, Conn., architect, died August 16 at Waterbury Hospital.

A recipient of many awards and distinctions, Joe was elected in 1969 to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects, a lifetime award bestowed for outstanding contributions to his profession. He also received the AIA and the American Library Association awards for design of the Bronson Library in Waterbury, the Connecticut Building Congress Merit Award, and a number of other architectural awards and citations. He was a past president of the Connecticut Society of Architects, a past director of the Greater Waterbury Chamber of Commerce, and a member of the Connecticut Building Congress.

A native of Waterbury, Joe majored in sociology at Dartmouth and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He married Helen Grossman in 1942, and they had two daughters and one son. He studied at the Harvard Graduate School of Design from 1939 to 1941.

Joe's resume in 1938's 25th Reunion Book is characteristically self-effacing. "1941-1945: The war ... enlisted as private... back to OCS at Ft. Belvoir ... ship torpedoed... minor injuries, enough for Purple Heart... nine months in North Africa... made first lieutenant... in on invasion of France. 1948: Established my own practice in Waterbury, Conn. Raising a family of two girls and one boy. Have designed a few schools in Waterbury, the city library, some houses, etc. A general practice."

The Waterbury American honored Joe with an editorial, the opening paragraph of which reads, "A successful architect leaves behind many lasting memorials of his talent. Throughout Waterbury there are beautiful 'monuments' attesting to the artistic genius of Joseph Stein."

WILLIAM JOHN WISCHMANN II died on August 14 in Charleston, W. Va., after a brief illness. His memorial service was held on August 17.

Bill was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1917 and prepared for Dartmouth at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Preparatory School. While in College he was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa, and he graduated with honors in history.

Having entered the service in the Army Air Force in 1941, Bill served through World War II and was discharged as a captain in 1946. He joined the Globe Industrial Sprinkler Company in New York City in 1948 and became district manager in Pittsburgh in 1955. In 1968 he became general manager of Brewer and Company, manufacturers and engineers of industrial sprinkler systems in Charleston, W. Va., where he lived at the time of his death.

He married Rita Wallace (Smith '4l) in 1942. He is survived by her and by their son, three daughters, and four grandchildren, as well as his mother. Among the survivors are also his cousin William S. Cashel Jr. '41, and his brother-in-law, Walter A. Darby Jr. '39.

Bill was a treasured member of a group of classmates who lived in Russell Sage throughout their four years in College and who have managed to stay in more or. less close touch during the many years since that time. I suspect that what comes most readily to mind now is Bill's keen wit and unfailing sense of humor. As I write I have in front of me a recent letter from Rita, his widow. "We remember him laughing," she writes, "and I prefer it that way. He loved the ludicrous things of life." He did indeed! And what better gift than laughter could one leave behind? Few can hope to be remembered as happily as Bill Wischmann.

Robert Ross '38

1939

JACK W. SCHRAGE, 60, of Rolling Meadows, Ill., died on July 29 while visiting a daughter at her home in Bellevue, Wash.

Jack was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and came to Dartmouth from Francis Parker High School in Chicago. While at Dartmouth, he was a member of Alpha Delt fraternity and played freshman and varsity football. Except for a brief tour of duty in the army in 1945-6, most of his life was spent in Kansas City with the Sherwood Chemical Company. In 1969 he was appointed vice president of marketing and sales for the AMSCO Division of Union Oil Company of California, that company having acquired Sherwood. In Kansas City, Jack was a member of the Country Club, the Congregational Church, the Carriage Club, the Blue Hills Country Club, and the Kansas City Club. In 1973 he was made president and moved to Rolling Meadows. He was an avid tennis player.

He leaves his wife, Joan Dougan Schrage, and twin daughters, Patricia Stanley of Cleveland, and Virginia Langdon of Washington.

1940

PHILIP J. MCCOY, 58, founder and president of Western Pine Supply Company, died August 9 at his home in Kentfield, Calif., after a long illness.

Phil, who was born in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, prepared for Dartmouth at Sand Point High School in Idaho and at Phillips Exeter Academy. As an undergraduate at Dartmouth, he majored in English and was executive manager of DCAC and a member of the Interfraternity Council, Green Key, and Delta Tau Delta. He played in the University Club orchestra and the marching band. Accomplished on both piano and horn, he continued an active interest in music throughout his life.

He served as lieutenant aboard a U.S. Navy minesweeper in the Pacific during World War II and, on return, founded the wholesale lumber company he headed.

He was a trustee of Phillips Exeter Academy and a past national president of its alumni association. He was a former chairman of the northern California chapter of the Young Presidents' Organization, chairman of the conference board of the Western Small Business Council, president of the Pine Tree Corporation, director and vice chairman of McPhail's of San Rafael, and a director of Johnson Oyster Company and Sunny Hills Children's Services.

He leaves his wife, the former Phoebe Ferris (Smith '41), to whom he was married in 1943, a son and four daughters, a sister, and a brother, Robert S. McCoy '37.

1943

After an illness of several months, ROLAND W. HIGGINS died in Honolulu on August 4, 1977 at the age of 57. "Rollie" entered Dartmouth in 1939 after attending public schools in Lawrence, Mass., and Tilton Academy. He enlisted in the Naval Aviation V-5 program in 1942 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps, flying F4U's in the Pacific. Returning to Dartmouth after the war, Rollie received his degree in economics in 1947. While at Dartmouth Rollie earned his freshman numerals in baseball and captained the varsity swimming squad. Many Phi Gam and 'Down the Line friends will remember the happy occasion of the birth of Hazel and Rollie's first child Cleo on Winter Carnival weekend, 1947. South Fayerweather was a favorite way station for the boys from the Phi Gam house and the Tomb. After graduation Rollie took a teaching and coaching position at Punahou School, Honolulu, Hawaii. For 12 years. he taught social studies and was director and coach of the Punahou swimming programs. His girls' teams were undefeated in league competition during this period, and his boys' teams won ten league championships. In 1960, 13 Punahou swimmers were chosen for the Prep All-America team. Rollie left Punahou to organize and run his own private swimming school but later returned to his teaching position. Although divorced in 1975, Rollie and Hazel continued to enjoy together the company of their many friends and their four children, three of whom reside in Honolulu. Rollie is survived by his mother, a brother, four children and two grandchildren to whom the Class of 1943 and his many Dartmouth friends from the Classes of 1941 to 1950 extend their sympathies.

James E. Doole Jr. '45

1944

ARTHUR D. SAUL JR., often referred to as "Mr. Arlington" for his service to that Massachusetts community, died unexpectedly in his sleep August 10.

Art was born in Boston and moved to Arlington the same year. He was the retired president of Avery and Saul, a former steel construction firm in Cambridge, and was vice president of the Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank at the time of his death.

He was a member of the Arlington Board of Selectmen for 19 years, from 1958 (except for 1964) to the present, and a town meeting member for 20 years. He served as chairman of selectmen several times, the most recent being last year. He was also a member of. the town's finance commission for seven years, and its chairman from 1954 to 1958.

Art was an Army veteran of World War II and a member of the Masonic Hiram Lodge of Arlington and the Aleppo Temple, Mystic Shrine, Boston. He had been an incorporator of Symmes Hospital in Arlington, since 1952. He was elected to the board of trustees in 1955, had been a member of the executive committee since 1970, and president of trustees and the corporation since 1973.

He was the current treasurer of the Arlington Historical Society, past president and current board member of the Arlington Boys Club, and he was a member of the Bicentennial Planning Commission. In the latter position he was the main force behind the publication of the Arlington Bicentennial History, which ironically came off the press just ten hours after he died.

Art is survived by his wife Lois, four sons, including Arthur Davis Saul III '69 and Richard D. '73, and a daughter.

1949

The Class of 1949 is sad to know that CHANDLER W. SMART died at Arlington, Mass., on June 12, 1977. We all join in expressing our condolences to his wife Claire, his son Andrew, and his daughter Susan. Chan was a salesman for the Boulton-Smart Company of Boston at the time of his death. He lived in Arlington, Mass., most of his life and was a graduate of Belmont Hill School which he attended before entering Dartmouth.

1953

PHILIP LAURENCE KREIDER, M.D., of Quakertown, Pa., died April 18, 1977.

Larry grew up in Annville, Pa., and was graduated from Annville High School. At Dartmouth Larry majored in chemistry and zoology. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta.

Larry earned his medical degree at Temple University Medical School and interned at the Harrisburg Polyclinic Hospital. He had a general medical practice in Palmyra, Pa., for ten years.

From 1970 to 1973 he served as associate director of Lehigh University's Health Service. He was appointed director of Lehigh's Health Service in September 1973 and continued in that position until he resigned in August 1976 to conduct a private family practice in Quakertown, Pa.

Larry is survived by his widow, two daughters, and a son. He is also survived by his mother, a sister, and two brothers, including A. James Kreider Jr. '52.

William M. Alley '21

DeWalt H. Ankeny '21