Deaths

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

Sanborn, Bruce W. ’04, September 4 Holden, Clarence ’11, Prior to October Jones, Cyrus C. ’13, September 9 Murphy, George C. ’18. December 21, 1976 Huntington, J. Kenneth ’19, October 11 Bishop, William E. ’20, June 14 schinz, Walter S. ’20, September 22 Ross, Frank A. ’21, October 15 Burnham, Cecil A. ’22, October 9 Dow, Franklin H. ’22, June Barker, Raymond M. ’23, October 11 Carson, J. Nevin ’23, September 16 Johnson, Sylvester P. ’23, September 14 Haugen, Jevne ’24, September 27 Spargo, George H. ’24, September 16 Winter, Kenneth E. ’24, April 15 Kinne, Remsen M. Jr. ’28, September 19 Walker, Henry L. Jr. ’28, September 17 Cook, Lenoir H. ’29, September 20 Hubbard, John R. ’29, October 25 Hoffman, Paul B. ’30, August 4 Lilley, Oliver L. ’30, September 23 Blatz, Frank H. ’31, October 10 Howe, Howard C. ’33, August 5 O’Connell, Arthur D. ’33, September 23 Pelletier, Paul A. ’34, June Spain, Frank J. ’34, June 23 Judd, David B. ’35, July 2 Berman, Joseph ’36, September 24 Mack, William J. ’36, September 10 Morton, Richard H. ’36, October 2 Lowden, Francis V. Jr. ’37, August 29 Wentworth, Paul T. ’37, September 23 Lydecker, Abram A. ’41, June 16, 1975 Porter, Edward C. ’43, October 18 Purdy, Andrew J. ’6O, August 14

1911

Word was received in October in Hanover of the death of Clarence Holden without information as to the exact time and place and survivors.

Clarence entered Dartmouth from Portland (Maine) High School and was with our Class for the first three years, until 1910. We have no record of his activities in College. Nat Burleigh’s 15-year report in 1926 said, “Married Pauline Cox January 12,1918; address 7 Erb Tian Hotung, Peking, China; Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, Peking, China, Manager. Occasionally word leaks through from Eben in that far off land of China. He is president or some such thing of the Dart- mouth Alumni Association of China and is all the time staging Dartmouth reunions, for the benefit of himself and occasional Dartmouth wanderers.”

His own account of his life in the personal profiles in “Leven Up” told of an interesting trip to London on a cattle boat with Joe Hatch ’O9, then a summer in Maine, and five years with the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company in Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco. In 1915 he entered a training class of Stan- dard Oil Company of New Jersey (Socony) for service in the Orient, was assigned to northern China, and sailed for Shanghai in April 1916 with 14 other members of that class. Out of a class of 45, 18 got jobs in marketing, selling kerosene oil for the lamps of China. The demand for gasoline was too small to use up refinery production, and excess quantitites were towed out to sea and dumped into the ocean.

His service with Socony extended through 1928. In 1927, during the Chinese Nationalist Movement under Chang Kai-Shek, he was in Nanking when it was the only city that had not fallen. In taking Nanking, the Nationalists looted foreign property, and Clarence lost everything except his Airedale dog, which a servant hid and brought to Shanghai several days later. In 1928 he resigned from Socony and returned to Shanghai as Far Eastern manager of Stanco, Inc., a subsidiary of Stan- dard Oil Company of New Jersey, supervising the sale of specialty products through agents in territory ex- tending from Japan to India and Australia. His long personal story covered only his life in the Orient. It did not say when he returned to Maine and made his legal residence Sebasco Estates in the summer. In the winter he and his wife lived in Raleigh, N.C., where his daughters resided. We have no word about his sur- vivors.

1913

Cyrus C. Jones died September 9 at the Sarasota, Fla., Memorial Hospital. He had been in failing health since 1973. He was born in 1890 in Farmer City, 111.

At Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta; but he left the College at the end of two years to study dentistry at the University of Pennsylvania and at New York University. During World War I he served as a dental surgeon at Base Hospital 37, American Expeditionary Forces in England. Later, he practiced at King’s County Hospital in New York, Methodist Episcopal Hospital. Wyckoff Heights Hospital, Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital, Brooklyn Cancer Institute, the Police Department of New York City; he was also appointed to the New York Boxing Commission.

In 1915 he married Ester Firth, who died in 1928, and in 1931 he married Lauretta Tearle, who survives him, as does a brother, Martin Jones.

Upon retiring to Florida in 1960, Cyrus affiliated with the Dartmouth Alumni Club of Sarasota, which is evidence that he had not forgotten his Dartmouth ex- perience.

1918

Word has been received from his widow, of Olmsted Court, New Canaan, Conn., of the death of her hus- band, George C. Murphy on December 21, 1976. George entered Dartmouth in September 1914. He was with us for one and one half years and then he joined the Navy. In 1917 he was transferred to Fordham University to study medicine. George never returned to Dartmouth, nor did he pursue a career in medicine. For a number of years he was an assistant to Hiram Bingham, U.S. Senator from Connecticut. At the time of his death, he was a retired sales executive. He is sur- vived by Mrs. Murphy and two brothers, William J. of Darien and John G. of Stamford.

1920

Walter S. Schinz passed on September 22 in Skokie, 111. Had he lived a little longer, he would have reached the age of 81. Walter attended Dartmouth for less than a year, leaving college for military service in World War I. He volunteered for the U.S. Air Corps and was honorably discharged as a first lieutenant at the end of 1918.

Following the war, he married, but the marriage ended in divorce, and there were no children. His first job was with a municipal bond firm as an assistant analyst. His entire business career was in investment securities in the Chicago market area. He was with the firm of Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis as a broker for more than 25 years.

An enthusiastic Dartmouth man, he was an active member of the Dartmouth Alumni Association in Chicago.

After World War I he was an honorary commander of his wartime company, which continued its organiza- tion in the postwar period.

Walter never remarried after his first venture. He lived with his sister, Genevieve, who survives him. To her the Class extends deep sympathy for the loss of a devoted brother. We share her loss.

1923

Raymond ML Barker died suddenly on October 11, of a stroke immediately following luncheon with friends at the Union Club in Cleveland. He was in good health until his death and had just returned with Peg from an extended trip.

Ray’s love of life and all that it held for him was pre- sent in everything he did. Third generation leader of the S. Barker’s Sons Company, he knew the joy of seeing his sons carry on the family business to which he had given so much. Devoted husband and father, he shared closely with his family in their lives at home, traveling, and vacationing in Monhegan, Me. His active involve- ment in community and civic affairs in Cleveland earned him the kind of affection and respect enjoyed by few.

Ray was close to Dartmouth over the years, having held several offices in the Dartmouth Alumni Associa- tion of Cleveland, including the presidency in 1943-45. He served on the Dartmouth Alumni Council from 1950 to 1954 and as its vice president 1953-54. One of his sons followed him to Dartmouth, and Ray lived to know the joy of seeing his granddaughter Barbara Barker matriculated with the Class of 1981.

The sympathy of the Class goes to Ray’s wife Peg, his sons Bud, Jack, and Jim, and their families.

Addison L. Winship II ’42

1924

Jevne Haugan died on September 27 in LaCumbre Convalescent Hospital in Santa Barbara, Calif., following a short illness. He had previously had several strokes.

He had been active in the real estate business in San- ta Barbara since 1946, previous to which he was a cap- tain in the U.S. Army during World War 11. He was with the Class in Hanover for two years and was a member of Sigma Chi.

He is survived by his wife Madaleine, a daughter, a son, two stepsons, and nine grandchildren.

1927

George W. Provost Jr. died in his home city of Pittsburgh, Penn., on August 8, after a short illness. He came to Dartmouth from Peabody High School in that city, and while in college was secretary of the in- terfraternity council and a member of the Players, Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, and the Dragon Society.

Following his graduation from Dartmouth, George spent the depression years with General Motors Accep- tance Corporation in Pittsburgh and Chicago. Later he served as an officer of the Central Hanover Bank & Trust Company in New York City for about ten years, after which he returned to Pittsburgh as executive vice president of Doubleday-Hill Electric Company. In 1968 he sold that company and was persuaded by friends to guide the organization of The Allegheny Club, a well-known private club in the new Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh. He continued as its president until his death.

George was active in and a former president of the National Association of Electrical Distributors. He was also acitve in many civic and philanthropic organizations, at various times serving as trustee or president of the Winchester Thurston School and Magee Women’s Hospital. He was an elder and former trustee of the East Liberty Presbyterian Church and a director of the Salvation Army and of the Gordon Ter- minal Company. Among his clubs were the Duquesne Club, The Allegheny Club, The Oakmont Country Club, Syria Temple, The Pennsylvania Consistory, and The Yankanuck Club of Pittsburgh.

George was a loyal and faithful alumnus, who will be sorely missed. Only this spring, during his annual vaca- tion in Florida he helped to organize an alumni luncheon at Delray Beach. He is survived by his wife Virginia, a son, a daughter, and three sisters, as well as by three stepsons, a stepdaughter, and 16 grandchildren.

1929

Lenoir Hall Cook, dean and director of general studies at Shaw University, Raleigh, N.C., died September 20 while on leave of absence. He was born in Washington, D.C., where his parents were active in cultural events as the capital city became aware of the artistic rise of its minority population. At Dunbar High School he served as captain of the basketball and tennis teams. In college he majored in French and was a member of the Glee Club. His master’s degree was earned at Columbia University.

He devoted most of his life to teaching; he remained at Shaw University for his entire professional career, rising from assistant professor of French to chairman of the French department and chairman of foreign languages and then dean and director of general studies. In 1972 the university awarded him the honorary degree of doctor of humane letters.

Lenoir retained an active interest in sports all his life. At Shaw he found time to coach women’s basketball and to create a championship team. He was also an ex- cellent tennis player.

He was married to the late Virginia Marguerite Russell and is survived by his sister, Louise Cook Hill, to whom the Class of 1929 expresses its deep sympathy. He will live in the memory of his many students and of all who respected his dedication to his profession and his sense of modesty and unselfishness.

1930

Paul Bernard Hoffman died on August 4 in Paonia, Colo. He had been in poor health for several years. Prior to his retirement in 1964 he owned and operated a cattle ranch in Woody Creek, Colo., which he acquired in 1951. Paul had been the general sales manager of the American Brakeblok Division of the American Brake Shoe Company in Detroit prior to entering the Navy in 1942. He held the rank of lieuten- ant commodore at his retirement from service in 1945, following which he was with Ford Motor Company in Detroit as assistant to the general manager of the parts and accessories division until he took up ranching.

The class extends its sympathy to his widow Elizabeth and sons Peter ’52 and Paul.

1931

Frank Howard Blatz Sr., 67, died October 10 at Muhlenberg Hospital in Plainfield, N.J. His death was the result of a severe heart attack which was both sudden and unanticipated.

Frank came to Dartmouth from Peddie School and Plainfield High. As an undergraduate he joined Alpha Delta Phi fraternity and as a senior was honored by membership in Sphinx. He majored in political science.

He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1934 and was first associated with the law firm of Blatz & Feir- ing and later with Codington & Blatz for many years.

He was a member of the New Jersey Bar Associa- tion, the Union County Bar Association, and the Plain- field Bar Association. He served at least two terms as president of the latter. Frank was also a member of the Plainfield Recreation Commission (1945-1952) and in 1947 was chosen president of the five-member board. In 1950 he was elected vice president of the State Trust Company. The Savings and Loan League of the Plain- fields elected him president in 1954. He was a former member of the Plainfield Chamber of Commerce and served the Community Chest from 1937 to 1947. He belonged to Plainfield Lodge 885 8.P.0. Elks and both the Plainfield and Twin Brooks country clubs.

Grace K. Weed and Frank were married in 1935 and had one son Frank H. Jr. ’5B. Frank is survived by his widow and their son.

1933

Howard Calvin Howe, 66, of 104 North West Street, Waukegan, 111., died August 5 of a carcinoma of the lung.

He was born in Waukegan, prepared for Dartmouth at Waukegan Township High School, and was a lifelong resident of Waukegan.

He was a retired development engineer in the Fric- tion Materials Department of Johns-Manville Cor- poration, and he was known and esteemed by college professors all over the English-speaking world as the Elizabethan Bookseller of 508 Madison Street, Waukegan, 111., a business he conducted for 35 years. Survivors are his widow, Marjorie (Witham) Howe, and sister, Claire L. Dusch of Boston, Mass.

1935

Word has been received of the death of David Berkman Judd of myocardial infarction on July 2. Dave was born in Rochester, Minn., and came to Dart- mouth from Deerfield Academy, following his brother Edward Judd ’32. He was a member of Psi Upsilon and Dragon and majored in zoology. Continuing the family tradition, Dave studied medicine, taking an M.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1939 and an M.S. in surgery in 1943. His internship was served at the University Hospital in Portland, Ore., following which, he served as a resident in surgery at the Mayo Graduate School. He then returned to Oregon, where he entered the practice of surgery. He was honored in that community as the first diplomate of the American Board of Surgery. In 1976 he retired early to enjoy more fully life in the great Northwest. Dave married Ellen Elizabeth Prangen in 1938. She and three daughters and one son survive.

1936

William J. Mack of Worcester, Mass., died on September 10 in the Hahnemann Hospital there after a long illness. He was a retired state police captain.

Born in Haverhill, Mass., Bill attended Haverhill High, Cushing Academy, and Governor Dummer Academy prior to Dartmouth. While at Hanover Bill was a member of Alpha Delta Phi fraternity and of the varsity football and basketball teams.

Bill had a long and distinguished career with the Massachusetts State Police, interrupted in 1941 when he worked for the U.S. Secret Service. After working as a state police officer in Worchester, he served on the State Police Headquarters Traffic Bureau in Boston until 1953, when he was assigned to the FBI Academy, graduating in 1956 as captain. His last assignment was as commanding officer of Troop C, Holden Barracks. In February 1961, the day before he was to transfer to the Division of Inspections, he was stricken with a heart attack. His new assignment would have made him inspector of the western half of the state.

Bill leaves a wife Virginia, a son and two daughters.

1949

Edward V. Nicholson died unexpectedly at home on June 13. He was 49, and at that time a store manager for Lipmans (Dayton-Hudson) of Portland, Ore. Ed began his career in retailing in 1952 with the J. L. Hudson Company in Detroit. In 1962 he joined I. Magnin in San Francisco and over a period of 13 years he was store manager for their Portland, Seattle, and Chicago stores. He also served as merchandise manager for the Los Angeles division and for the Chicago store. In 1974 he left Chicago to return to the Northwest and rejoin Lipmans. He was very active in joining fashion with the arts. In this respect he was in- strumental in planning annual benefit shows for the Seattle Opera Association and other charitable organizations in Seattle. Aside from work, his greatest interest was gardening. He is survived by his wife Irene, a son, a daughter, his mother, and a sister.

Raymond M. Barker '23