Deaths

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

Gammons, Everett W. '12, December 10, 1976 Urion, Alfred R. Jr. '13, November 10, 1976 Richmond, Allen P. '14, December 3, 1976 Tyler, Ralph G. '16, June 15, 1976 Hager, Fred A. '17, November 18, 1976 Cowan, Leo '18, June 14, 1976 Dart, Raymond H, '19, October 26, 1976 Godman, Marshall L. '19, November 24, 1976 Roosen, Coord F. '19, October 22, 1976 Ross, John '19, December 16, 1976 Turner, Russell Sage '19, December 15, 1976 Erskine, Laurie Y. '21ad, November 30, 1976 Floyd, William '21ad, November 28, 1976 Graydon, John F. '21, December 10, 1976 Wilde, Roger C. '21, December 24, 1976 Rambach, Raymond L. '22, December 19, 1976 Stevens, Rufus LaCroix '22, December 13, 1976 Thurston, Arthur N. '24, November 12, 1976 Watkins, Myron H. '24, December 12, 1976 Amidon, George H. '25, November 28, 1976 Williamson, Norris '26, January 22 Wormser, Samuel Z. '27, December 26, 1976 Ball, Herbert M. '29, November 19, 1976 Mathes, Valentine De Witt '29, December 1976 Salomon, Noel W. '29, December 14, 1976 Kimball, Merle D. '30, December 1, 1976 Safford, D. Wade '30, December 14, 1976 Morton, Roald Amundsen '34, January 16 Benton, Charles Jr. '35, November 29, 1976 Depinet, Fred E. Jr. '35, November 30, 1976 Westby, Ralph N. '35, November 5, 1976 Jerome, Raymond W. '36, February 16, 1973 Momenee, Albert W. '36, December 14, 1976 Cooke, Charles E. Jr. '37, November 24, 1976 Loring, Herbert R. '38, December 15, 1976 Hall, Frank W. '41, December 6, 1976 Eckardt, Harold J. '42, December 1, 1976 Beatty, Robert O. '45,. December 8, 1976 Hewitt, David D. '45, December 9, 1976 Kerwin, Richard E. '50, August 24, 1976

1902

JAMES FRANK DRAKE, the most prominent member of the Class, died December 10, 1976, in the Concord Hospital, where he had been taken several weeks earlier. His age would not permit him to win against a tired heart. He was born in 1880 in the house in Pittsfield, N.H., built by his grandfather Drake in 1850.

He prepared for college at Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, N.H., and entered Dartmouth in September 1898. Known to his college friends as "Duckie," he had a good but not spectacular record in college. He was a good tennis player, active in support of better facilities. After receiving the A.B. he was one of the group of first graduates of the Tuck School in June 1903.

His first position was in Springfield, Mass., as secretary of the board of trade, 1903-1909. He then became secretary of the Phelps Publishing Company and later treasurer and director, until 1918. When that company came into possession of the "wet plates" (the of Matthew Brady's Civil War photographs, it was Duckie's recognition of their worth that led to the publication in 1911 of the handsome and famous volumes of The Photographic History of the Civil War. In 1907 he was elected for five years to the city's Common Council as a Republican; the last three years he served as president. From 1909 to 1912 he was a member of the municipal building commission, which built the group considered at the time the finest civic buildings in the United States.

In 1918 he was commissioned in the U.S. Army and sent to Pittsburgh as a commanding officer. In June of 1919 he was honorably discharged as Lieutenant- Colonel, though he continued as civilian advisor until the end of the year.

Then began his long association with Gulf Oil Corporation, first as assistant to the president. Then, in 1921, he took a year's leave of absence to serve Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon in a private, confidential capacity, after which he went on to assume executive positions in three Mellon subsidiaries. In 1923 he became president of Standard Steel Car Company, and when this company and others merged with Pullman Incorporated, Duckie became a director and chairman of the board there. He resigned in 1931 to become president of Gulf Oil. In 1955, at the age of 75, he ceased to be an officer of the corporation and became its first "director emeritus." (One of his happiest associations was serving as a trustee of another Mellon interest - the National Gallery of Art, which the Mellon family endowed.)

In 1966 he returned to Pittsfield to live in the house where he was born. There, his library took much of his attention; he had time to add to his specialized stamp collection; he traced the Drake family; and he continued his encouragement of many town facilities.

His business did not preclude his concern with his college fraternity, Theta Delta Chi, his home town, or his college. One of the original members of the Alumni Council, he served on numerous alumni committees and was often consulted when no record had been kept. In 1952, on the 50th anniversary of his graduation, Dartmouth awarded him its highest honorary degree, Doctor of Laws. He was tendered the Alumni Award for Distinguished Service in 1958 and cited as "a Dartmouth son who traveled fast because he had far to go." France honored him, too: in 1949 he was made Chevalier, and in 1952 Officier in the French legion of honour.

His wife, the former Mildred Augusta Chase, whom he married in 1907, died in 1954. Of the four children, two daughters survive. There are seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

1913

ALFRED RILEY URION JR. (85) died November 10, 1976, in Rancho Mirage, Cal., after a year of considerable illness. He was born in 1891 in Chicago and was the brother of Henry K. Urion '12.

At Dartmouth for two years, 1909-1910, he was a member of Theta Delta Chi fraternity. We have no record of his subsequent education.

At the outbreak of World War I, he became a cadet in the Aviation Section School at the University of Chicago and served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army Aviation Corps throughout the war. After the war he was in the banking business in Chicago and was a broker on the Chicago Stock Exchange from 1919 to 1934 in Chicago and Los Angeles. From 1935 to 1942 A 1 devoted his time and energy to oil exploration.

His marriage in April 1920 to Rowena McDougall ended in divorce. In 1937 he married Ellen Jepson in Los Angeles; she survives him, in addition to one daughter, Mrs. Richard A. McClure of Newport Beach, Cal., three grandchildren, and three great- grandchildren. A nephew, Paul Urion '38 also, we believe, survives him.

1914

ALLEN P. RICHMOND was born in Dover, N.H., in 1892 and passed away at the Notre Dame Convalescent Home in Norwalk, Conn., on December 3, 1976.

A 1 came to us from the Dover High School and, after graduating from Dartmouth, went on to earn his C.E. degree in Thayer School.

In World War I he served in the U.S. Army Field Artillery and spent six months in France. In World War 11, he was back in service again at National Headquarters as an anti-aircraft commanding officer.

In June 1918 he married Constance Foster Noyes. The marriage ended in divorce in 1935, and Constance died in 1949. Seven months later he married Adele Marcella Ketzinger, who survives him.

Al had four children: Allen Pierce 3d, Thomas Noyes, Jonathan Young, and Marcia Ann, and five grandchildren.

An engineer in civilian life, he spent ten years in the tropics, taught at Thayer School for one year, served as assistant to the secretary of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and was Vice-president of Miller Stephenson Chemical Company.

1916

RALPH GANNETT "TUG" TYLER died in Muncie. Ind., June 15, 1976. He came to Dartmouth from Phillips Exeter. He was on the freshman football and golf teams and was captain of the freshman hockey team. He was a member of the teams that represented Dartmouth in hockey and golf, and was captain of the golf team. His fraternity was Sigma Chi, and his senior society was Casque and Gauntlet.

During World War I he served with the army in France.

After Dartmouth, he spent his life in golf, first as a pro at several clubs and later in business for himself in Muncie, where he specialized in handmade wooden clubs, which he sold throughout the country. During his business trips he always looked up his Dartmouth friends, and these visits became the next thing to reunions.

His memberships were American Legion, Sons of the American Revolution, and all the Masonic Orders through the Shrine. His church was St. Andrew's Presbyterian in Muncie.

Surviving are his wife Ruth; his children, Mrs. Howard (Lois) Van Fleet of Muncie, R. G. Tyler Jr. of Lakewood, Ohio, and L. W. Tyler of Lewiston, N.Y.; ten grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

1917

FRED A. HAGER died at Johnstown, Pa., Memorial Hospital on November 18, 1976. He was born in Johnstown in 1894. After graduating with our class, he received his doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry. This was followed by further study at Dewey School of Orthodontics.

Fred was a veteran of World War I and became a loyal member of the American Legion. He was also a member of several dental organizations and local societies in Johnstown. Fred was a Mason and a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. He is survived by his widow, Margaret (Walters) Haig, a daughter, and three grandchildren. The class sends condolences to the family.

1918

LEO COWAN died June 14 in Silver Springs, Maryland. He had been the owner and manager of the Chatham Pharmacy in Lynn, Mass. Later he resided in Florida. Although Leo appeared to be more or less out of touch with Dartmouth, he was proud of his college and continued to contribute to the Alumni Fund. He is survived by a son, David, and a daughter, Helen Cowan Galler.

FRANCIS FITCH GRISWOLD died in November in Naples, Florida. His wife, Alys, predeceased him by six months. Her college was Wellesley. "Grizzy" was 80 years of age and had resided in Naples for 25 years, during much of which he served as manager for various non-profit housing projects. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Katherine Weingard of Dunkirk, N.Y., and Mrs. Mary Gove Koehler of Torrance, California. Both daughters attended Wellesley.

1919

MARSHALL LEONARD GODMAN died November 24 in Fremont, Cal., where he had made his home in recent years. Mike saw service in both World Wars. In the first he was an artillery officer, serving overseas, and in the second he was a lieutenant colonel stationed in Washington with the Air Force.

Between wars he practiced law after attending the Ohio State Law School. Later he organized and was the controlling stockholder of Maryland Assemblies, Inc., with headquarters in Port Depost, Md.

He is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Jean Morrow of Fremont, Cal.

COORD FREDERICK ROOSEN died on October 22 in Minneapolis, where he had lived all his business life. After World War I, in which he served as an ensign, he transferred to the University of Minnesota, from which he received his degree. In 1919 he joined Wirt Wilson & Co., a general insurance agency, and ultimately became the majority stockholder.

He was active in many civic enterprises, particularly the Community Chest and the Easter Seal. His main avocation was bridge, and he played with some of the best players in the country. He frequently lectured on bridge for charity and gave away over 80,000 copies of several booklets which he wrote on bridge.

He is survived by his widow Marion and a son and a daughter, both of whom live in Minneapolis.

1920

THOMAS MINOT DUDLEY passed on at the age of 78 in Concord, N.H., his hometown, to which he returned after graduation from Dartmouth and the Harvard Medical School. He practiced medicine in Concord for 51 years before he retired in 1975.

Tom came to Dartmouth from the Concord (N.H.) High School. A quiet, unassuming lad, he soon established a reputation among his classmates as an excellent scholar. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude. He was a member of Tri-Kap and the medical fraternity, Alpha Kappa Kappa, to which he was admitted as a medical student in Dartmouth's then two-year course in medicine.

Tom learned the spirit of dedicated service at the Dartmouth Medical School under the tutelage of Doctors Gile, Frost, Bowler, et alia, and it burned brightly in him. Dr. Tom frequently made calls at the homes of patients to administer to their needs and cheer them up.

He belonged to several medical societies and at one time was president of the Merrimack County Medical Society. He was also head of the Concord Hospital staff. When he retired the New Hampshire Medical Society honored him with a citation which termed him "very thorough, very sympathetic, very understanding . . . one of the leading men of medicine in Concord." His personal dedication to his patients and his profession was outstanding throughout his 51 years of service. Tom was the first Concord physician to use the electro-cardiograph to detect heart irregularities. He was also an authority on diabetes.

An active member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, he also served as a vice president of the Merrimack County Savings Bank. He was a World War I veteran.

He leaves his widow, Dorothy Gale Dudley, three sons, six grandchildren, several nieces and a nephew. To all of them the Class of 1920 extends its deep sympathy for the loss of this fine man and dedicated practitioner.

In a crowded St. Paul's Episcopal Church, New Hampshire's Bishop Charles Hall and the Reverend David G. Hamilton, rector, officiated. Col. Hibbard Richter and Frederic "Ted" Marden represented the Class of 1920.

1921

LAURIE YORK ERSKINE, prolific author of 21 books and a co-founder of the Solebury School, a coeducational preparatory school in New Hope, Pa., died at the age of 82 on November 30, 1976, at his home in New Hope. A close friend of fellow-author Doug Storer, Laurie was an adopted member of 1921. He had taught writing at Solebury, and followed with keen interest the College's educational developments and particularly its Department of English.

He was best known for his 12 adventure yarns, Renfrew of the Mounted. The hero, Douglas Renfrew, silent, strong, and swift-thinking, in any emergency proved a crack shot, and he always lived up to the high ideals of the Royal Mounted Police, who "always get their man."

Beginning in 1937 with Renfrew of the RoyalMounted, four of the Renfrew series were made into movies with James Newill in the title role. Laurie wrote a radio series which in 1936 went on the ABC- Columbia network with the same title, and in 1953 Newill again played the title role in a television series.

Born in England, Laurie came to this country at the age of seven. He served in World War I with the Royal Flying Corps and later with the Royal Air Force. In World War 11, associated with Fighting Facts, an army publication in the Pacific theatre, he was a major.

Survivors are two. sisters, Helen E. Upham and Violet E. Ewart.

Well-known in New Hampshire business circles WILLIAM H. FLOYD of Manchester died November 28, 1976, after a long illness in a local hospital. He was 77. Born in Haverhill, Mass., he had lived in Manchester for 50 years and spent his summers at Rye Beach.

Prior to his retirement, Bill was associated with the R. P. Burroughs Co. Formerly he worked with the Charles M. Floyd Company, and had also managed the Manchester Hardware Company, and later had owned and operated the New Hampshire Hardware Stores.

He was a veteran of World War I, in which he served with the U.S. Army Air Corps. He was a member of the Brookside Congregational Church and an adopted member of the Dartmouth Class of 1921.

Bill is survived by his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth (Carpenter) Floyd; a daughter, Mrs. Elzey F. (Nancy) Burkham of St. Louis, Mo.; two sons, William H. Jr. of Norwich, Vt., and Aretas C. '61 of Hanover, Mass.; and nine grandchildren.

ROGER CONANT WILDE, 78, of Hanover, died of a heart attack December 24 at his winter home in Naples, Fla.

Associated for 31 years with Simmons Company of Chicago, he retired in 1963 as general manager of the contract division and since then had lived in Woodstock, Vt., or Hanover.

An active and loyal graduate of both the College and Tuck School, he served as both general chairman of the Dartmouth Alumni Fund (1954-55) and president (1955-56) of the Dartmouth Alumni Council.

He had also been president and treasurer of his class, chairman of the College's Bequest and Estate Planning Committee, and a recipient of the College's Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1966. He was an award-winning Alumni Fund head agent for his class and his Tuck class, and in 1975 achieved 100 percent participation in the Tuck Annual Giving campaign.

In 1922, Roger entered the furniture industry, joining the Simmons Company in 1932. During his 31 years with Simmons, he lived in Evanston, Ill. His business career was interrupted by World War II service, from which he retired as a major. He served also in World War I as an enlisted man.

Born in 1898 in Winchester, Mass., Roger prepared for Dartmouth at Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass. As an undergraduate, he captained the gym team, was circulation manager of the Jack O'Lantern (the College's humor magazine), and was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity.

In retirement, Roger served as a trustee of the Woodstock Historical Society and also the Ottauquechee Health Center in Woodstock. He was active there in the Boy Scouts and the Woodstock ABC (A Better Chance) Program. He also lectured on ferns, which he collected as a hobby, the photography of birds in flight, and fly casting. An ardent fisherman, he belonged to trout and salmon clubs in this country, Canada, and Scotland.

He moved to Hanover some two years ago to be closer to the College that he loved and served.

He leaves his widow, the former Caroline Shawhan, whom he married in 1924. Their son, Roger Conant Wilde Jr. '49, M.D., was killed in 1953 in a training flight collision while he was serving in the Naval Air Force.

1922

LAWRENCE FORRISTALL SNOW, retired mining engineer and rancher, died from heart failure October 1, 1976, in Chihuahua, Chin, Mexico, where he had lived for some 50 years.

Larry was born in 1898 in Maiden, Mass., and prepared for Dartmouth at Dummer Academy. He is well remembered by many classmates, especially the brothers in Theta Delta Chi, of which he was a member. After his sophomore year, he transferred to the Michigan College of Mines, where he received a B.S. in mining engineering.

His business career was entirely in Mexico. He , an as an engineer with the American Smelting and Refining Company in Chihuahua. Twenty years later he joined the Mexican Candelaria Company, from which he retired in 1961. He also had extensive ranching interests.

Larry and Ana Nichol were married in 1932. Sadly, she predeceased him in 1964. Throughout his life he maintained a loyal interest in Dartmouth.

RUFUS LACROIX STEVENS, 79, retired official of the Shawmut National Bank of Boston, died December 13 1976, at a St. Johnsbury, Vt., hospital. He and his wife Sydney had moved to Vermont in 1974.

Steve was born in Lynn, Mass. He graduated from Phillips Andover and in 1916 went to Amherst for his freshman year, after which he served for two years in World War 1 with the Amherst Ambulance Unit in France. He came to Dartmouth as a sophomore in 1919. He was a popular, friendly classmate and a member of Beta Theta Pi. His contributions to the Alumni Fund for 54 consecutive years attest to his Dartmouth loyalty.

After graduation, he received his master's degree from Tuck School and then worked for some years as traffic manager for an organization in Springfield, Mass. In 1928 he returned to the Boston area and began an association of more than 30 years with Shawmut National. For many years prior to his retirement in 1959, he, his wife, and their daughter lived in Lynnfield, Mass., where he was a member of the Unitarian Universalist Church, the Masonic Lodge, and the American Legion.

Steve and Sydney Johnson Betton were married in 1924 in Lynn. It was especially pleasing to have them with the Class at the Harvard game in Hanover last October. He is survived by Sydney, their daughter Mary Ann (Mrs. Thomas Chesbrough of Barnet, Vt.), and two grandsons. Judge Sterry Waterman represented the Class at the services.

1924

ARTHUR N. (SOLLY) THURSTON died November 12 of emphysema in Springfield, Ohio. A native of Rockport, Mass., he moved from there to Ohio to make his home with his daughter following the death of his wife.

He was a member of Chi Phi, Sphinx, Phi Delta Epsilon, Green Key, Palaeopitus, and Phi Beta Kappa. He was active in all class affairs in college and was captain of the baseball team. He received the Barrett Cup and was commencement class marshall.

Following graduation, he received MA degrees from Northwestern University, University of California, and Harvard. He was a teacher in Gloucester, Mass., Melrose, Mass., and Highland Park, Ill., from 1924 to 1944.

In 1945 he joined the fishing industry, first in Gloucester and later in Rockland, Me. He retired in 1965 as president and general manager of National Seafood Products in Rockland.

He was an officer of the Rockport (Mass.) National Bank and the Forty Fathoms Club and a member of St. Joachim's Church in Rockport. He was also active in PTA and other civic affairs.

He is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Anne LaGrow, with whom he lived; two sons, Arthur N. Jr. and Fred C. '66; ten grandchildren; and three great grandchildren.

MYRON H. "MIKE" WATKINS died in Winnetka, HI., on December 12, 1976. He had been in poor health for several years.

He retired in 1961 as vice president in charge of sales for the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company, having been associated with the company since 1925.

Mike was a member of DKE, Green Key, and Sphinx, and was a member of the football team. He was a member of the Winnetka Congregational Church and the Glen View Country Club.

He is survived by his widow, Louise; a son, William; a daughter, Mrs. Edith W. Steele; and ten grandchildren.

1925

GEORGE HILTON AMIDON died of a heart attack November 28, 1976. He was stricken at his home in Montpelier, Vt., and died on the way to the hospital.

He was born in 1904 in Littleton, N.H., and entered College from Wells River High School. After a year and a half he left College because of eye trouble and later attended Boston University, where he obtained his B.S. degree.

George became an auditor with the National Life Insurance Co. of Montpelier and then served the state of Vermont as auditor and in other capacities until he became state treasurer in 1949, holding that position until 1965. He then became vice president and director of the Montpelier National Bank and also of the Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance Co. George was a member and former trustee of the Bethany United Church of Christ.

He was married to the former Theresa Liddle in 1929. She survives him, as do a son, a daughter, a sister, and four brothers, as well as three grandchildren.

1927

FREDERIC EVERETT ABBOTT died suddenly at his home in Charlottesville, Va., October 6. Since his retirement in 1973 he had been serving as volunteer assistant to the Vicar of Trinity Episcopal Church.

Frenchy was born in Lynn, Mass., and attended The Clark School in Hanover before enrolling at Dartmouth, where he was a member of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. In 1924 he left college to become a poet.

Going to New York, he worked for various publishing companies and became sales manager of Crime Club mystery stories at Doubleday. In 1930 he married Frances Reyburn, daughter of the president of Lord and Taylor. During the depression he moved to Summit, N.J., learned accounting, and worked for Associated Dry Goods Corporation from 1934 to 1942. In World War II with a direct commission, he served as a Major in the U.S. Army in Panama.

After the war the Abbotts moved to Bedford, N.Y., and enrolled their children in St. Matthews Episcopal Church. They became involved in church work, he as a lay reader and assistant superintendent of the Sunday school, and she as parish secretary. In 1959, thirty-five years after dropping out of Dartmouth, he resigned as "executive vice president of a New York financial publishing firm to enter General Theological Seminary and, without having to be a college graduate, became a priest in record time.

From 1960-1963 he was deacon in charge, then vicar of St. Luke's church in Lanesboro, Mass. Next he served as assistant at St. John's (the Church of the Presidents) in Washington, D.C. In 1965 he became a rector of St. Mary's Church in the Foggy Bottom area, where he served until his retirement in 1973 when he moved to Charlottesville, Va. During retirement he enrolled as a student at the University of Virginia and at Piedmont Virginia Community College to earn credits toward the bachelor's degree he had never had time to complete.

Everett's first wife died of a heart attack in 1969. In 1971 he married Jean Chandler, whom he had met when she was the president of the women's association at St. John's. She had served as director of St. John's Orphanage and was director of daycare at Friendship House.

He is survived by his wife, Jean, three daughters — Mrs. Frederick C. Holland, Mrs. John S. Davis, Mrs. John Miller, and one son, Samuel B. Abbott.

SAMUEL Z. WORMSER, of Rye, N.Y., 1927's head class agent, died December 26th. He suffered a massive heart attack while skiing at Bromley. A partner in the N.Y. brokerage firm of Neuberger and Berman, Sam frequently spent weekends with his wife Allice at their vacation home in Dorset, Vt. Both were avid skiiers, golfers, and bridge players.

Born in Lakeville, Conn., Sam prepared for Dartmouth at Lawrence High School. At Dartmouth Sam was on the freshman cross country team and the varsity golf team. Following graduation, he took a fifth year at Tuck School for an MCS.

In 1942 Sam entered the U.S. Air Force. His overseas service included two years in India, and he was discharged as Captain in December 1945.

A loyal supporter of Dartmouth, Sam recruited and interviewed actively. He was co-chairman for Long Island for the Third Century Fund, assistant class agent for the Alumni Fund from 1950 to 1963, and head class agent since 1968. Sam had made a tremendous start heading up the campaign for the 50th reunion class gift — over half the fund was pledged when he died.

Sam also found time for civic activities, serving on the Community Chest board for 25 years. He was a past president of the executive committee for the Five Towns Family Service Association and served on the board of governors of the Inwood Country Club. His memberships included the Century, N.Y. Country, and the Dorset, Vt., Field clubs.

In 1953 Sam married Allice Renard, who survives, as do her daughter Edith, a sister, Carolyn Wayne, and a brother, Charles M. Wormser. Sam and Allice were an inspiring team and Sam's presence in our class life will be sorely missed. We extend heartfelt sympathy to his family.

1928

JOHN MAURICE AHERN died of a heart attack December 2 in a nursing home in Louisville, Ky., after several years of declining health.

Born in Kankakee, Ill., he spent most of his business career in Chicago. His college major was business, and he completed his graduate year at Tuck School in 1929. He was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha. He was interested in class affairs and attended several reunions.

Jack was a senior account executive with the A. C. Nielsen Market Research Company in Chicago from 1939 until his retirement.

His wife, Cecelia Bade Ahern, predeceased him in 1974. His survivors are a daughter, Judith Ahern Trelease of Louisville, Ky., a son, Robert J. Ahern of Winnetka, Ill., and five grandchildren.

CARLETON DAVENPORT died November 12 after emphysema had confined him to his home at 24 Harbor Ave., Marblehead, Mass., for a long time.

He was born in Maiden, Mass., graduated from the Loomis School, and attended Dartmouth for two years. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta. Monk never lost his interest in Dartmouth and kept up a close association with classmates and fraternity brothers. He particularly enjoyed the '2B fall reunions at the Norwich Inn.

Monk had been in the brokerage business in Boston since 1926, and his principal hobby was sailing.

He married Virginia Price of Swampscott in 1927. Survivors are his widow and their three children, Carleton P. '49, of Portland, Ore., Benjamin of Greenwich, Conn., and Dr. Joanna Davenport of Auburn, Ala.

1929

HERBERT MORTON BALL died suddenly on November 19, 1976, while on a business trip. At the time, Herb was a senior account executive for Georgeson Company of New York City. He had retired in 1972 from Johns-Manville Corporation, where he was secretary, vice president and general counsel.

Herb, a native of Scranton, Pa., attended Mercersburg Academy before Dartmouth and received his Batchelor of Laws degree from Harvard Law School in 1932. He practiced in Scranton, Washington, D.C., and Chicago before joining Johns-Manville in 1951.

During World War 11, Herb served with the Navy on the U.S.S. Teton in the Pacific. He was in charge of fleet security during the Japanese-American surrender ceremonies in Tokyo Bay in 1945, and he received a commendation for services at Okinawa.

Herb had been active in the Dartmouth Club of N.Y., serving as secretary and as member of the board of governors. He was a prominent member of the American Society of Corporate Secretaries, a nationwide organization of large corporations. (1929's Jack Gunther was one of the Society's original founders.) Herb held the offices of director and president of the N.Y. chapter and later of the national association.

Herb is survived by his wife, Joan Cameron Ball of Bronxville, N.Y., and by four sons, Charles, Herbert Jr., Craig, and Steven. The Class of 1929 shares with them a deep sense of loss.

Ray Heger

VALENTINE DE WITT MATHES of Dover, N.H., died in December after a sudden illness while visiting in Plymouth, Mass. He was a life-long resident of Dover and had served on its city council.

Val came to Dartmouth from Exeter Academy and later transferred to the University of New Hampshire. In his early business career, he was with the Expello Corporation, Electrolux, and the Atwood Printing Company. He then joined the lumber manufacturing firm of John R. Mathes and Sons and rose to become chairman of the board of directors. He also started his own firm to purchase lumber from timberlands. Val was a member of the Kiwanis Club and the Cochecho Country Club. He served on the vestry of St. Thomas Episcopal Church, was elected to the Provincial Council, and had served as chairman of the Laymens' Organization for the Diocese of New Hampshire.

Sympathy of the Class goes to his two sons and daughter and two grandchildren.

JAMES BOONE ROSS 11, 68, passed away suddenly in Columbus, Ohio, on September 19 following a heart attack; he had been in good health and was still serving as president of the Ross-Willoughby Company, a supplier of mine and mill goods that his father founded. He was active in many civic organizations in Columbus and was a Mason and member of the Shrine. He leaves his wife, the former Rhea Lu MacManiman; his son, James Boone Ross III; a daughter, Mrs. Richard T. Wirthman; and five grandchildren, to all of whom the Class of 1929 extends its sympathy.

NOEL WALTER SALOMON of Hampton, N.H., died on December 14 after a long illness. Born in Groveton, Solly came to Dartmouth from the Hope Street High School in Providence, R.I., and majored in economics. He was a long-time and active member of the Seacoast Area Alumni Association.

After college Solly worked some years in the accounting field in California, returning to New Hampshire in 1945. He owned the Salomon Insurance Agency, representing the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, and was also consultant to the Wheelabrator-Frye Corporation, and a director and vice president of the Hampton National Bank. He was prominant in local civic affairs, having served as select man, member of the school board, and trustee of the Exeter Hospital. He also served as a director of the Ex eter Country Club and was a member of the Hampton Lions Club.

Survivors include two sons, a daughter, and five grandchildren, to whom the Class of 1929 extends its sympathy. His wife, Olive B. (Christie) Salomon, died nine months ago.

1930

MERLE DONALD KIMBALL died at Exeter Hospital on December 1 following a heart attack. He owned and operated the C. H. Kimball Store in Danville, N.H and had been a mathematics teacher at Amesbury (Mass.) High School for the past 20 years.

Merle had been active in town affairs, serving Danville as moderator, auditor, and, for four terms, as selectman. He had been on the Timberland Regional School Board, holding the posts of finance and of board chairman.

In 1965 he conducted an educational survey on innovative programs and school buildings for the N.HBoard of Education and the Spaulding Potter Trust.

He was honored by the Class in 1967 for his contributions to his community and his dedication toeducation. He was also a member of the N.H. CrimeCommission, The Rockingham Human ServicesGroup, and The Rockingham-Strafford ManpowerAdministration.

In June Merle became the first classmate to have agrandson, Douglas Kimball '76, graduate.

Sympathy of the Class is extended to his widowJeanette, sons Merle, Leonard '56, Norman, Donald,and daughter Corrine.

DECIUS WADE SAFFORD died December 14 inCalifornia, Md., after a heart attack. Following a briefteaching stint in Newmarket, Ontario, he began hisstudy for the ministry at Union Theological Seminaryin 1932. He took the degree of Bachelor of SystematicTheology in 1936 from the General TheologicalSeminary in New York.

Wade served as rector of Christ Church in Kensington, Md., from 1937-46 and afterwards worked in several rural parishes in southern Maryland, where he was priest-in-charge of two congregations in Charles County. In 1968 he left parish work to devote his ministry to helping alcoholics. He was the co-founder and managing director of Robinson House in Alexandria, Va. Here he provided a place for rehabilitation and treatment, working with the A. A. program in the Washington area.

Wade conducted the reunion memorial service in 1970 and had planned to come to Hanover last June, but poor health precluded the trip. The class will miss this gentle man who gave much of himself and asked little in return. To his sister, Mrs. Bernice S. Pratt, the sympathy of the class is extended.

1931

RICHARD M. CUKOR, 66, died January 2 in St. Luke's Hospital, New York City.

Dick came to us from Mackenzie School. As an undergraduate he joined Theta Chi, won his letter in both freshman and varsity swimming and majored in political science.

In 1932 he joined Macy's and spent his entire business career with the store.

Margaret Gregory and Dick were married in 1938 and they had one son, born in 1947.

He saw active duty in the Navy from 1942-1945 and retired in 1971 from the Naval Reserve as a captain.

He returned as sales manager to Macy's after the war and by 1969 had risen to the position of senior vice president and director of stores. He became special assistant to the president of the New York store in 1974 and retired early in 1976. He then became New York office manager of the National Alliance of Business Men, a civic organization dedicated to finding work for people formerly considered unemployable.

He remained active in church and community work, treasurer and vestryman of the Church of the Heavenly Rest and a member of the Episcopal Diocesan Council. Dick also served as a director of the Long Island Fund and was a board member of the Family Service Association of Long Island.

1934

The Class of 1934 lost one of its outstanding members on January 10 when ROALD AMUNDSEN MORTON died in his sleep, apparently of a heart attack. at his farm in Newfane, Vt.

Roald had retired in 1966 after an enviable, selfmade career. He attracted the attention of a resourceful New York publisher. Max Geffen, shortly after graduation, and in record time became president of one of Geffen's inventions, the Blue List of Current Municipal Offerings, as well as managing partner of Geffen, Morton & Griffiths. He then acquired enough printing and publishing properties to make the company one of New York's leading commercial and financial printers. The Blue List was sold to Standard & Poor's in 1963, and Standard & Poor's in turn to McGraw-Hill about the time Rollie retired, and he became successively a substantial stockholder in each firm.

At his funeral, attended by many '34's and their wives.from the New York area, the minister used the phrase "the largeness and depth of his spirit." Roald was more giving of his time, money, and energy to Dartmouth and to our class than any of the rest of us. In addition, his feeling for people enabled us to realize our full potential, as during his presidency we reached new levels of class giving, class organization, class fellowship. He wouldn't have had it any other way, for he was competitive, unbelievably so, whether it was on the golf course, or merely throwing cards into a hat. His record of nine varsity letters at Dartmouth stood until just last year. He had utter faith in his own strength and ability, yet there must have also been a faith in a higher force. He had pronounced prejudices, and at the same time could be remarkably understan- ding of another's opinions. His efforts to avoid profanity were almost laughable. He was a fond and generous husband and companion to Dottie, a proud father to Gordie and Dick and Jim, a loyal friend to his brother Dekes and Sphinxes, indeed, to all Dartmouth men, young and old, whom he knew from Wall Street, or from fund-raising activities in his home towns of New Rochelle and Rye, or from his service on the Alumni Council and other Dartmouth activities. And that went for countless other people, high and low, whom he and Dottie had a knack of meeting in their many trips to many parts of the world.

Each of us will have his own special recollection of Roald Morton, and he will be remembered, and missed, by us all.

Bill Scherman

1935.

CHARLES BENTON JR. died on November 29 in Vero Beach, Fla., after a heart attack. Charlie prepared for Dartmouth at Albany High School. His major was business. He played freshman and varsity football and served as president of Kappa Kappa Kappa. In 1942 he began a distinguished career with International Business Machines, interrupted for three years of army service for which he was awarded a commendation ribbon. Charlie rose steadily through many positions with 1.8.M. to become president of its Federal Systems Division, doing data processing for military and federal agencies. In Washington, D.C., he was chairman of the Heart Fund Drive, a trustee of Suburban Hospital, and "a member of Congressional Country Club.

Retiring in 1968, Charlie became president of Computer Usage Company in Greenwich, Conn., and in '970 president of General Information Systems Corporation in Rockville, Md. The family moved to Vero Beach, Fla., in 1972, and there Charlie founded Coastal Development Company and served as its general manager until his death.

Charlie is survived by his wife, Laura Frances; a son. Charles III; two daughters, Martha Ellen and Barbara: a sister. Ellen Cuff; and a brother, William '42. We share with them the loss of a great alumnus and friend.

FRED E. DEPINET JR. died of a heart attack in his sleep at his home in Westminster, Mass., on November 30, 1976. Dep was born in Gardner, Mass., and prepared for Dartmouth at Gardner High School and Tabor Academy. In college his major was economics. He worked a few years in Boston before serving four years in the Army. Returning to civilian life, he served as treasurer of O. W. Siebert Company until 1958. He then worked as assistant treasurer of Heywood- Wakefield Company until his retirement in 1972. Dep was a director of the Colonial Cooperative Bank, a member of the Dartmouth Club of Worcester, and was active in church and community organizations in Gardner. In 1950 Dep married Nancy Browning, who survives him. They had no children.

THOMAS D. KRONER of Marblehead, Mass., died at the Tufts-New England Medical Center Hospital in Boston .on November 13, 1976, of a heart attack. He had been hospitalized after suffering a severe stroke in early September.

Born in Maiden, Mass., in 1914, Tom attended Maiden High School before coming to Dartmouth, where he majored in chemistry. Following his graduation from Dartmouth, Tom attended the Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology and received a Ph.D. in Biochemistry in 1940. He taught Bacteriology at Colorado State College and Louisiana State University before entering the Army during World War II. Tom served as a bacteriologist in the U.S. Army Sanitary Corps from 1942-1946, holding the rank of Captain.

Tom was a research scientist at the United Shoe Machinery Corporation in Beverly, Mass., for the major part of his professional career. He was co-author of several articles in the Journal of the AmericanChemical Society and co-holder of a U.S. patent in chromatographic process and apparatus. At the time of his death, Tom was employed by the General Gelatin Company of Winchester, Mass., where he was a laboratory director.

Tom is survived by his widow Dorothy (Fredd), a daughter Meryl, and a son Mitchell '73.

RALPH NORMAN WESTBY died Novembers, 1976, in Belmont, Mass., after a brief illness. Ralph came to Dartmouth from Phillips Exeter Academy. He was married in 1938 to Alice F. Tobin, who did not outlive him. Two married daughters, Jane and Judith, are believed to have survived him. After college, Ralph worked for 20 years as internal auditor at Filene's in Boston, and at the time of his death he was president and treasurer of Westby Company, Inc., of Belmont. He was very active in Masonry, being a 32nd-degree Mason and member of Aleppo Temple in Boston.

1938

HERBERT R. LORING died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Columbia, Mo., on December 15, 1976. He was 63 years old.

Herb moved to Hanover with his mother and sister when he was seven. As a boy he greatly admired Oberlander, Parker, Diehl, and other football greats of the 1925 Dartmouth team. His family later moved to Norwich, and he worked at Merrill's Store there for three years after graduating from Hanover High and then entered Dartmouth. He grew up skiing on the Dartmouth slopes, was National Junior Ski Jumping Champion at the age of 16, and was a member of the Dartmouth ski team as a freshman.

After graduating from Dartmouth, Herb took a B.D. degree at Chicago Theological Seminary, where he met his future wife, Moray Martin. He later received his doctorate from the Boston University School of Theology. In 1942 he was ordained, and he served as an Army Air Corps chaplain in World War 11, after which he was pastor of churches in Galesburg, Ill., Peabody, Mass., Chicago, Ill., Crete, Neb., and several small towns in Missouri.

Many of Herb's students remarked that he was a born teacher. He began teaching at Doane College in Crete, Neb., where he was professor and chaplain from 1954 to 1958. For the next ten years he taught at the Missouri School of Religion in Columbia and from 1968 until his death was Professor of History and Government at Lincoln University in Jefferson City Mo. He belonged to AAUP, the American Historic; Association, and the historical honorary Phi Alpha Theta.

In 1961 his Dartmouth associations were pleasantly renewed when his essay, "Christianity and our ticisms," won the College's Richard Fletcher Essay Prize. At the time of his death he was expanding into a book some of the ideas in that essay.

Herb returned to the Dartmouth area often to visit family and friends there. His sister, Clara Loring worked in the Registrar's Office at Dartmouth for 46 years until she retired in 1973 and moved with ha mother to Columbia.

He is survived by his wife, mother, sister, four children, and one grandchild.

1941

FRANK W. HALL, 56, president of Albert Frank- Gunether Law, a financial advertising and public relations agency in New York, died on December 6 at his home in Garden City, N.Y.

Frank, or "Mouse," as he liked to be called, tended to mask his marked talents in advertising and with the pen with an easy-going, genial manner and a theatrical flair. (Classmates will recall his humorous rendition of a Red Sox baseball game broadcast in French- Canadian dialect, which he gave once again at the 30th reunion.)

During the recent Financial crisis of New York's government, he was a leader in a program to explain to the public the special measures taken. He had been president of the New York Financial Advertising and Marketing Association.

Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Frank attended Garder City High and served in the Army Counterintelligence Corps in World War 11, including the Third Army's rush across France in 1944. He joined the Firm's advertising division in 1946 as a copywriter, became a vice president in 1953, a director in 1961, chairman of the executive committee in 1967 and president in 1970.

He had been active in class affairs as a member of the executive committee, reunion committees and as an assistant, class agent; he and Sue attended most of the reunions and otherwise were regular visitors to Hanover. Surviving besided Sue are a son, two daughters, his parents and a grandchild. The family requested that memorial contributions be made to the College or to Nassau Hospital on Long Island.

1942

HAROLD J. ECKARDT died suddenly at his home in Waccabuc, N.Y., on December 1.

Hal entered Dartmouth from the Choate School and was a German major at the College. He lettered in soccer, squash and tennis during his senior year and captained the latter sport. He was a member of Green Key, Beta Theta Pi and Casque and Gauntlet. Shortly after graduation he became an original member of the Dartmouth Flight of the Navy Air Corps. He saw extensive service as a pilot in the Mediterranean and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Following the war, he joined Max Eckardt and Sons, the world's largest manufacturer of Christmas decorations, and a few years later he became its president. He was past president of the Toy Manufacturers Association of the United States, a director of the Thor Corporation, Allied Paper Corporation and the Phillips-Eckardt Electronics Corporation. In recent years, he was president and owner of Caramoor Products Corporation, an export-import business.

Sol is survived by his widow June and three daughters, to whom the Class extends its sincere sympathy. He will long be remembered by his friends in the Class for his fellowship and keen wit.

R. C. Wilde '21

S. Z. Wormser '27

R. A. Morton '34

NATALIE NORWOOD HODGSON, who was office manager of the DARTMOUTH ALUMNI MAGAZINE from 1954 until 1962, died December 18, 1976, in Annapolis, Maryland.