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.)
Thwing, Albert W. '08, December 3, 1976 Brown, Walter E. '09, May 11, 1976 Farley, Leon B. '09, March 6 Foster, Goodwin L. '13, March 23 Brown, Paul H. '14, March 3 Gish, Carl K. '15, March 19 Winters, Robert C. '20, January 23 Homer, Warren S. '21, March 19 Ball, Leroy F. '22, March 9 Budnitz, Max B. '22, March 10 Leland, Edmund F., Jr. '22, February 27 Russell, Donald M. '23, February 24 Johnson, Roger D. '25, March 15 Marvel, Gordon S. '25, March 22 Heavenrich, John P. '26, February 19 Trefethen, Harold P. '26, February 27 Fowler, Harold L. '28, March 11 Townsend, Leslie M. '29, March 6 Acheson, George R., Jr. '31, February 27 Dodge, Rodney W. '31, March 8 Roberts, Charles D. '31, March 9 Henchey, arold L. '33, March 26 Loughry, J. Richard '34, February 27 Buck, Henry R., Jr. '35, January 30 Niles, Louville F. '35, March 14 Merring, Harry L., Jr. '41, March 26, 1975 Brickelmaier, George '42, February 26 Watkins, John R. '45, January 2 Simone, Joseph E., Jr. '50, April 9, 1976 Ellms, David P. '54, March 1
1908
ALBERT WARREN THWING ("Bert") was born in 1886 at Somersworth, N.H., and prepared for college at Somersworth High School. He was in college for two years only and spent most of his adult life in Canada, and he became a Canadian citizen in 1921.
Although somewhat isolated from normal Dartmouth contacts during his life, he was always very loyal to the College and was an enthisiastic participant in class reunions. He was also a member for several years of the class group which gathered every spring at Vero Beach, Fla.
Not in the best of health for the latter part of his life, he broke his hip a few days before the end, which came November 3, 1976, at St. Lambert, Quebec, Canada.
After leaving college, he worked for various firms in the United States, but then, in 1912, he went to Canada as auditor for two Canadian companies. One was the Raymond Concrete Pile Company and with this company Bert was associated for the remainder of his business career. In 1929 he was made manager, in 1937 president and co-owner. He sold out in 1954 but was retained as consultant for the remainder of his life.
Bert was a dedicated camper and fisherman and owned a camp with a private lake in the Laurentians. Here Bert and his family spent many summers.
He married Mary Pierce in 1915 and they had three children. In college he was a member of Beta Theta Pi.
1909
WALTER EDWARD BROWN died on May 11, 1976, in Bound Brook, N.J., following an extended illness, according to his executor.
Walt was born in 1887 at Brimfield, Mass., and came to Dartmouth via Hitchcock Free Academy and two years at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He received his B.S. degree in 1909 and an MCS degree from Tuck School in 1910. He was secretary to the director of Tuck School that year.
He entered the employ of the United Fruit Company in Guatemala and Honduras. He was assistant manager of the Tela Railroad Company in Tela and general manager of the Truxillo Railroad Company in Puerta Castillia, Honduras. His work consisted of transforming jungle into fully equipped operating banana plantations.
He was honored by having a Central American plant named Coccoloba Browniana by Yale School of Forestry and Smithsonian botanists.
From 1931 until his retirement in 1954 he was with Fruit Despatch Company, first in sales promotion and then as New England advertising representative. War work took his time in 1942-1944, when he was on loan to the Materials Coordinating Agency expediting materials to naval shipbuilding yards on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
Walter was married in 1927 to Lucia Christopher She predeceased him, and their only son, Walter Jr., died January 24 of this year.
LEON BAKER FARLEY, 1909 bequest chairman, died at his home, 44 Bullough Park, Newtonville, Mass., on March 6 from pneumonia following two serious operations.
"Mike" was born in 1883 in Nashua, N.H., and prepared for Dartmouth at Phillips Exeter Academy. He was one of the most popular men of the Class. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi fraternity, Turtle Junior Society, and Casque and Gauntlet Senior Society. He was one of the commencement ushers.
He was in the leather business until 1917, when he was commissioned first lieutenant QMC and he served in the A.E.F. until 1919. He returned to the leather business until 1921, when he entered the advertising field as a publisher's representative. In 1923, he became advertising manager for Warren Publications, with whom he remained until his retirement.
He was married in 1921 at Newton Centre, Mass.. to Virginia B. Parker, who died in 1973. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Stanton K. Gleason (Elizabeth) of Quechee, Vt., and Mrs. Rodney P. MacPhie (Nancy: of Kennebunk Beach, Me., and five grandchildren.
Memorial services were held at the Newton Cemetery Chapel on March 9 with private interment
1913
After many years as a distinguished educator and several years of failing health, GOODWIN LEBARON FOSTER died March 23 in Northfield, N.H. He was born in Calcutta, India, in 1891 and entered Dartmouth from Boston Latin School.
In college his classmates nicknamed him "Eric after a popular contemporary professor who was known as "Eric" Foster (Herbert Darling Foster). In 1917 Eric became an instructor in biological chemistry at the Harvard Medical School, and in 1921 received a Ph.D. degree from Harvard University.
Eric then taught at the University of California in Berkeley for a number of years before going to the College of physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University, where he did research and taught biochemistry for over 30 years. He retired in 1957 as professor emeritus. He was a member of the American Society processor Brological chemists. Upon retirement, he lived in Candia, N.H., as a gentleman farmer.
On September 5, 1918, he married Grace Evelyn Page, sister of Professor Frederick S. Page '13. They had two daughters, Mary and Dorothy.
Eric is survived by his wile; a sister, Mrs. Sybil Mullin of Los Gatos, Cal.; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Kimball of Candia, N.H., and Mrs. Kenneth Purington of Tiiton, N.H.; and several grandchildren.
1914
PAUL HARRINGTON BROWN, who was born in New York City in 1892, passed away in Santa Rosa, Cal., on March 3.
Brownie, as he was familiarly called, came to us from Salem, N.H., High School and, after graduation from Dartmouth, went into the investment business. In 1918 he served in the Signal Corps of the U.S. Army, and on December 11, 1931, he married Orpha Hendershott.
In the course of his career he was associated with several different financial organizations in Minneapolis, New York, and San Francisco, and, beginning in 1946, wrote a column in the Santa Rosa PressDemocrat entitled "Financial Roundup."
Brownie introduced the first New York Stock Exchange ticker and brought other stock information systems to Santa Rosa. He was a pioneer also in mutual fund investments, and was one of the area's best known financial analysts.
He was a loyal member of the Dartmouth Alumni and belonged to the Santa Rosa Golf and Country Club, the Kiwanis Club, the Elks Lodge No. 646, and the American Legion.
All of the members of the Class of 1914 extend their sympathy to his survivors.
RUFUS LASHER SISSON JR., who was born in Potsdam, N.Y., in 1890, passed away on March 9 in Binghamton, N.Y., while on his way home from Florida.
Rufe, as he was affectionately called, came to us from Potsdam Normal School. At Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and Sphinx senior society. He was a star athlete and in 1911-12 led the Ivy group in basketball points scored and was honored as ail-American forward. Following graduation he continued to serve the College. He served the class of 1914 also, at various times, as treasurer, vice president, assistant class agent, member of the executive committee, and chairman. Rufe planned and activated the memorial books program for the Dartmouth College Library in 1947. He had been a continuous contributor to the Alumni Fund since 1920 and he was vice president of the general association of alumni of the College in 1964.
He also performed many services for Clarkson College. In 1921 he was responsible for the first capital fund drive and in 1946, as a trustee, for the second. In 1971 he interested Thomas L. Dunber of Sarasota, Fla., in Clarkson College, which led eventually to a bequest to the college of $500,000. Rufus was a life trustee of Clarkson College from 1947-68 and an emeritus trustee from 1968 until his death. In 1972 the college awarded him an L.H.D. degree. He was a life trustee of Vermont Academy as well and a former trustee of the First Presbyterian Church of Potsdam.
Rufe was a former president of American SulfidePulp and Paper Association and a former director of American Pulp and Paper Association. He retired in '958 as president and chairman of the board of Raquette River Paper Company.
On November 2, 1916, he married Dorothy Irene Castle, who survives him, as do a daughter, two sons, 12 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
The sympathy of all of the members of the Class of 1914 is extended to his survivors.
1915
It was with great sorrow that we heard of the death of our classmate CARL GISH on March 19. Carl was one of the more prominent members of our class, serving as bequest chairman and as a member of the executive committee for many years.
Some of Carl's early business experience was with the Standard Oil Company in China. More recently he was a resident partner, Boettcher and Company, Investment Bankers, making his home in Connecticut. His son Peter M. '49, is the well-known artist who painted the portrait of Al Dickerson which hangs in the lounge of The Hanover Inn. Surviving also are a daughter Helen and four grandchildren. Another son Carl was killed in World War II.
Memberships included Phi Delta Theta, Dartmouth College Club, of New York, and the Wall Street Club.
1918
FRED WINSLOW MORSE JR. of Amherst, Mass., died January 14 in a Portland, Me., hospital after an extended illness.
Fred entered Dartmouth with the Class, and he was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa and the freshmen and varsity hockey teams. His college career was interrupted by foreign service in World War I, during which he was rated by his army associates as a true gentleman and a good soldier. He received his degree in absentia.
Some time after leaving the service, he entered and was graduated from Harvard Medical School. He taught in both Harvard Medical and Dental Schools. In 1942 he was commissioned in the U.S. Public Health Service, where he remained until his retirement in 1960.
Fred was a faithful contributor to the Alumni Fund and served as a class agent for a number of years. He is survived by a sister, Dr. Ellen H. Morse of Burlington, Vt.; two daughters, Mrs. Marjorie Mathews of New Providence, N.J., and Mrs. Allison Shipman of Brunswick, Me.; two step-sons, Robert of Granville, Ohio, and David of Boxford, Mass.
ALLAN CHARLES GOTTSCHALDT of Winter Haven, Fla., died February 16 in Phoenix, Ariz. He was visiting one of his daughters when on January 7 he fell and broke his hip. He received expert medical and hospital care; but a series of complications developed that not even Al's vitality and extraordinary fighting spirit could overcome.
In college Al was a member of Theta Delta Chi, was elected editor-in-chief of the Daily Dartmouth and was awarded a varsity "D" for his attainments in soccer. He was also active in the Dramatic Association, the Press Club, and the freshman football squad and was elected to Palaeopitus.
His college career was interrupted by service in World War I. He served in both the Navy and the Army and was discharged with the rank of captain in the cavalry (machine gun section).
As a graduate he was a member of the Alumni Council for two terms, secretary or president of alumni clubs in Atlanta (first in the South), Baltimore, Wellesley Hills, and Miami, Fla. He was secretary of the class of 1918 for a five-year term.
His business career was in advertising, and he held executive positions in nationally leading agencies in Atlanta, New York, and Boston prior to establishing his own agency, "Gottschaldt and Associates," of Hollywood, Fla.
Al's wife Rebecca predeceased him. There were three daughters - Mary Louise Pratt, who died in 1975, Helen B. Christie, and Kay W. Bigelow, and there are three grandsons.
Al has been active in the formation and promotion of the annual 1918 Pow Wow each spring. He was especially active and energetic in the very successful gathering in Stuart one year ago..
Al's family have established a memorial fund in his memory for the benefit of the College.
Allan was a man with strongly held opinions which did not always agree with those of the administration, but there has never been any question about his loyalty and devotion to Dartmouth.
1920
ROBERT CLARK WINTERS entered Dartmouth in 1916 from Ridgeway, N.J. As was the case with so many of his classmates, Bob's college career was interrupted by World War I. During his stay in Hanover he was a popular member of his class and a brother in Phi Sigma Kappa, now Phi Tau.
After college Bob was engaged in business. In 1926 he joined Bishop, McCormick, and Bishop in Brooklyn, N.Y., first as a salesman and later as manager of sales for this auto truck firm. In 1954 he switched to a similar position with Queensboro Auto Sales of Jamaica, N.Y. He retired in 1972, moving from Valley Stream, N.Y., to Leesburg, Fla. He and his wife Bernice reared two children. Their son, Robert Jr., attended Syracuse University; their daughter, Susan Love, attended Boston University.
The Winters led an active life in their retirement community, though less so after Bernice passed on in 1975. Both attended the First United Methodist Church in nearby Eustis, Fla. Bob was also a member of the executive board of Mid-Florida Lakes Village Club and an active participant in the Elks Lodge #1703 of Leesburg.
Bob was devoted to Dartmouth and returned to Hanover for many of his class reunions. He had a large family delegation present on the occasion of his 55th reunion in 1975. He will be greatly missed by his classmates and his many friends in the Dartmouth family.
The Class of 1920 extends its deep sympathy to his family in their bereavement. The family's loss is ours, too.
1921
JOHN FIELD GRAYDON, well-known in Canada a founder and president of the Toronto American Marketing Association and of the Professional Marketing Research Society, died suddenly December 10 of a heart attack at his home in Oakville, Ontario.
Jack was a long-time member of the Toronto Kiwanis Club, a past president of the Oakville Club and for 15 years a governor of the Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital. He raised funds for the Canadian Red Cross and the Winnipeg Relief Fund.
Born in 1900 in Summit, N.J., Jack prepared for college at Summit High School. At Dartmouth he played football and joined Beta Theta Pi. At the end of his first year, he left to enlist; mustered out December 1918, he went to work for the Hooten Chocolate Company of Newark, N.J. At the 1921 commencement in Hanover, Dean Laycock persuaded him to return to college, and he was graduated with the Class of 1923. though he kept his affiliations with 1921.
He joined N. W. Ayer & Son, a Philadelphia advertising agency, and in 1934 he organized the Canadian branch of the firm, from which in 1941 he resigned to join Canadian Facts, Ltd., a young marketing research service of which he became president and chairman, retiring in 1970.
Jack was married in 1932 to Olive Duncan of Dayton, Ohio, with whom he had two children. Deborah Jane (Mrs. Donald MacLeod) and Thomas lan. His other survivors are two brothers, Charles W. '25 and Stephen W. '40.
Jack's hobbies were a cottage on Georgian Bay. flower and fruit growing, and foreign travel, especially to Bermuda, where he and Olive had many friends.
A retired psychiatric social worker, WARREN STINSON HOMER of 48 Partridge Circle, Portland. Me., died suddenly March 20, skiing on the Rangeley Ski Hills in Maine. He had suffered a stroke in December, but, after hospitalization and the installation of a pacemaker, he had recovered his health enough to go skiing several times. It was a sport he had enjoyed in the Alps during the several years he lived in Europe.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1900, Warren prepared for college at the East High School there. At Dartmouth he was active in gymnastics and the Cercle Frangais. An honors student, he was graduated Phi Beta Kappa.
After earning his master's degree in social science at the University of Pennsylvania, he did further graduate work at the University of Vienna, Johns Hopkins University, the Sorbonne, and Harvard Law School.
In 1932 Warren was director of Les Origans, a boarding school for boys in Antibes, France. From 1933 to 1937 he was involved in social work at the Children's Bureau in Baltimore. In World War II he served for a year as a corporal in the U.S. Army Intelligence. From 1943 to 1945 he was employed in personnel work by General Foods Corporation. After working with Dr. Richard Brickner, who had a private practice in psychology in New York City, Warren headed for California, where he served for ten years as the psychiatric social worker in the Agnew State Hospital in San Jose. Retiring in 1967, he moved to Portland, where he joined the Alliance Française of Portland, the Appalachian Mountain Club, and the Dartmouth Mountain Club.
Warren was twice married. His first wife was French, Fanny Bonnetete, from whom he was divorced in 1933. His second was Mrs. Ruth Carstens (Ruth Vernon Newberry), to whom he was united in South Carolina in 1942. A social worker, she was director of the USO-Travelers Aid Service in Spartenburg, S.C.
Survivors are a daughter, Linda Marcellino, a stepson, Richard Carstens, a sister, Mrs. E. Grosvenor Plowman, and two nieces.
Ingham C. Baker '21 and Martha attended the funeral.
1922
LEROY FALLIS BALL, prominent Michigan businessman and civic leader, 77, died March 8 at Flint's MacLaren General Hospital. Following surgery, he had a short irreversible illness during which he was able to spend some weeks at his home, 2660 Westwood Parkway, Flint.
Roy was born in St. Louis and prepared for college at Mt. Vernon (N.Y.) High School. At Dartmouth he was a good student and an affable classmate with a legion of friends. Highly esteemed for his admirable principles, sound judgment and unobtrusive leadership, he was a brother in Psi Upsilon and a member of Casque and Gauntlet.
After graduation he began his business career with the King Cigar Co., wholesale tobacco distributors, in Flint. He later became president of the company, managing the business for over 30 years. He also formed the L.F. Ball Company, and as chairman of the board he directed the development of its subsidiaries: King Crown Gift Company, General Automatic Vending Machine Company, Woodhouse Cigar Company, Michigan Sundries, and Becker Palmer of Pontiac. He was past president of the State Trade Association and the National Association of Tobacco and Candy Distributors. Widely acclaimed for his business leadership, he was the first man named to the Tobacco Industry Hall of Fame.
He was a director and chairman of the trust committee of the Genesee Merchants Bank and Trust Co., chairman of the Flint Public Trust, and leader of the United Way Campaign. He also served as a director of the MacLaren General Hospital and the YMCA. As a Rotarian, he was a Paul Harris Fellow.
He was a trustee of the First United Presbyterian Church for 40 years. He was a member of the City Club in Flint, the University Club, Golf Club, Rainbow Club and the Elks. Yet somehow he found time to enjoy fishing and golf. He loved Dartmouth and the warm, good friends of
the Class. He was a loyal, generous alumnus. He and Dot, to the delight of '22, attended reunions regularly and returned yearly with classmates to enjoy autumn " foliage, golf and football games.
Roy and Dorothy B. Ball, Smith '25, were married 51 years ago in Mt. Vernon. She, their daughters, Barbara Bacon, Martha Geiken, and Lorna Prescott, and ten grandchildren are Roy's survivors. Les Wagner represented the Class at the services.
MAX BARNEY BUDNITZ, highly respected Western Massachusetts businessman, died March 10 at Baystate Medical Center, Springfield. He lived in that city for many years and resided at 160 Newton Road.
Bud, as all classmated knew him, was born in 1900 in Minsk, Russia. After graduating from Richards High School, Newport, N.H., he entered New York University, and, like many other 1922 classmates, he came to Dartmouth in 1919 as a sophomore. In college he was admired for the sincerity of his freindship and as an earnest, competent student. He majored in economics and took his senior year at the Tuck School of Business.
Following graduation in 1922, he began his business career with the F. L. Roberts Company, petroleum product and automotive supply jobbers, in Springfield. After relatively few years he became vice president and general manager of the company. During the early thirties he was owner and manager of the Budd Auto Products Co., New Britain, Conn. He subsequently returned to Springfield, where for 34 years he was owner and president of Roberts Automotive Supplies Co., wholesalers of auto parts and equipment. In 1970 he liquidated the business and retured.
He was a member of the Indian Orchard Lodge of Masons, Melha Temple Shrine, B'Nai Brith, and Congregation Kodimah, and he was actively interested in the Jewish Nursing Home of Western Massachusetts. He was an enthusiastic bibliophile especially for history books.
All through the years he was a loyal son of Dartmouth and he manifested his affection with commendable regularity. He belonged to the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Springfield and he had close personal ties with the College.
Bud leaves his wife Rose, son Mark '66, daughters Isabella Davidson and Deborah Miller, three brothers, a sister, seven grandchildren, and one great-grandson. Spenny and Marj Smith represented the Class at the services.
JAMES SAMUEL MAZE, widely-admired Illinois industrialist, died after a long illness on January 20 at Illinois Valley Hospital. For many years he had lived nearby at Spring Creek House, Spring Valley, Ill.
Jim was born in 1899 in Peru, Ill. He prepared for college at the local high school and entered Dartmouth in September 1918. He was a good scholar and, like so many of us, majored in economics. He was a highly esteemed classmate, admired for the sincerity of his friendship and respected for his character. In the autumn of freshman year he was a member of the Naval Unit. He was fond of music, was an excellent guitarist and a prominent member of the Musical Club. He was a member of Round Robin and the editorial boards of the 1922 Aegis and the Bema. He was a brother in Phi Kappa Psi.
After receiving his B.A., he attended the University of Chicago. He then returned to Peru and began his business career as a salesman with the W. H. Maze Co. In the late twenties he became secretary of the company. In 1948 he was vice president and general manager of the nail division. Sometime later he was also vice president and a director of the American Nickeloid Co.
A life-long member of the First Congregational Church of Peru, he was chairman of its board of trustees for 25 years and a member of the choir for 40 years. He also served for some decades as a director of People's Hospital.
As a loyal alumnus he was always interested in the welfare of Dartmouth and tangibly manifested his concern for the College. He and Sarah returned to Hanover for reunions, and it was most regrettable that his health did not permit their return in 1972 to the Class 50th.
Jim and Sarah Hyde Whitaker, an Oberlin alumna, were married 52 years ago in Granville, Ill. She, their two Oberlin alumnae daughters, Martha Preston and Fannie Loveland, Jim's brother and sister, and 11 grandchildren are the survivors.
1923
DOUGLAS COULTON MANSON died on March 12 at the Green Grove Nursing Centre in Neptune, N.J. He had been in failing health for several months.
At Dartmouth Doug was on the baseball squad and was a member of Cosmos. Both his father and grandfather were Dartmouth graduates.
Doug began his business career with the New York Evening Journal as a reporter and rewrite man. He then served various advertising agencies and later became vice president and copy chief with the firm of Benson and Bowles. He edited several trade magazines and during his later years became an inspector for the New Jersey Department of Labor.
A memorial service for Doug was held on March 18 at the Forest Presbyterian Church in Manasquam, N.J. Tom Burch, whose wife is a sister of Doug's wife Elsa, and Joe Millar represented the class.
Doug is survived by his wife, the former Elsa Kent, two daughters, and six grandchildren.
DAVID MERRILL RUSSELL passed away at a Portland, Me., hospital on February 24. A transfer from the University of Maine, he was with us during sophomore year.
Don began his business career with E. T. Burrows Co. in Providence, R. I., and was stationed later in Philadelphia, Pa. He then became senior sale executive at the Budd Manufacturing Co. in Philadelphia and Detroit, Mich., where he retired in 1966 He then returned to Falmouth Foreside in his native Maine. He was a member of the Portland Yacht Club, Count' Club, and Cumberland Club. In Detroit he held membership in the Athletic Club, Gross Point Yacht Club, and the Lochmoor Club.
Don leaves his wife, the former Helen Kilborn, a daughter, two sons, and eight grandchildren.
LEONARD FERGUSON TURNBULL died on Januanry 22 in Mt. Clemens, Mich., where he had lived for many years.
Shunt, as we knew him, received his law degree from Harvard in 1926. At Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and Sphinx, was on the track team and sang in the Glee Club.
After receiving his law degree, Shunt and his brother Robert '22 operated their own firm for several years merchandising electrical appliances and commercial refrigeration. In the late fifties he was in the real estate business, following which he became public relations agent for Kearns and Law, a firm which provided industry with consultation, research, and design in the fields of aeronautical engineering, automatic controls, and instrumentation.
Shunt's survivors include his widow Eugenie, a daughter, Mrs. John L. Shek, a son Michael, and four grandchildren.
1925
ALFRED ALLEN JARNOW died of a heart attack on February 28. He was stricken at his home in Brooklyn N.Y., and died in University Hospital. He was born in Brooklyn, October 16, 1903, and graduated from Manual Training High School in that city.
Al was a member of Pi Lambda Phi fraternity and on the Bema board and the wrestling team. He was one of the first Fine Arts majors and was a member of the D.O.C.
Following college he joined the family business of Jarnow and Co., Long Island City, manufacturers of picture frames and mirrors, serving as president from 1932 until his death.
Al was a loyal and interested alumnus and a continuous contributor to the Alumni Fund.
He is survived by his wife, the former Jeannette Abelow; a daughter, Betsy Jarmon Potter; and a son. Alfred Jr. '67.
ROGER DURGIN JOHNSON died March 15 in Richmond, Va., where he had lived for 34 years. He was born in 1903 in Boscawen, N.H., and came to Dartmouth from Ayer High School in Ayer, Mass.
In college Rog was a member of Alpha Tau Omega and the Aegis board and played baseball. He graduated from Tuck School in 1926 and went to work for the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, a Bell subsidiary. He became general staff supervisor in 1963 and retired in 1968.
Rog was active in alumni affairs, serving as both president and secretary of the Dartmouth Club of Virginia. His father was a member of the class of 1897 and a son, Rog Jr., graduated in 1951.
Both Rog and his wife participated in church and civic affairs in Richmond. He was a member and tree-time president of the First Unitarian Church of Richmond and a member of the Richmond Public Forum and the Richmond First Club. In retirement he served as a consultant with the Virginia College Building Authority.
Rog is survived by his wife, the former Margaret M. Hall of Chelmsford, Mass.; a daughter, Mrs. Nancy J. White; and two sons, Roger Johnson Jr. and David L. Johnson.
GORDON SIMIS MARVEL died March 22 at his home in Washingtonville, N.Y. He was born in 1903 at Vailsgate, N.Y., and came to college from the Stone School, Cornwall-on-Hudson.
Gordie was a member of Theta Delta Chi, and following graduation he attended the Harvard Graduate School of Design for three years. After working in New York for five years, he began an independent practice of architecture in Newburgh, N.Y., from which he retired in 1970. He designed houses, schools and other public institutions, banks, and office buildings.
Gordie interrupted his career to serve four years with the Corps of Engineers during World War II, attaining the rank of major.
He was a trustee of the Orange County Citizens Foundation and a member of the American Institute of Architects, and he served as president of the Newburgh Chamber of Commerce, chairman of the Blooming Grove planning board and a director of the Empire National Bank.
Gordie leaves his wife, the former Madelyn Jova, a son Thomas S. '56, and two daughters, Mrs. William Morris and Mrs. Richard Hull.
1926
JOHN PHILIP HEAVENRICH died February 19 at his home in Detroit, Mich. He was born in 1904 in Chicago, Ill., graduated from Northern High School and Detroit Junior College, was very well-known and active at Dartmouth, and went on to Harvard Business School before becoming associated with the family business founded in 1905, Whalings, with three men's wear stores in the Detroit area. In 1965, after his father's death, he became president of the company.
Johnny maintained a great interest in Dartmouth, returning to Hanover on many occasions, both college and class. He served on the 1926 executive committee 1941-46, and was a past president of the Dartmouth Club of Detroit. Five of his relatives are Dartmouth men: his brother-in-law, Howard A. Kaichen '20; his brother, Louis B. Heavenrich '32; two cousins, Max P. Heavenrich '32 and David J. Levy Jr. 35; and his son, John D. Heavenrich '65.
He was president of the 3,000-member Men's Wear Retailers of America in 1962-63. and in a feature article in the Detroit Free Press he was characterized at one time as "Central City's Foremost Merchant Optimist."
Besides his son he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Mary Mahle and Mrs. Martha Feferman, one sister, three brothers, and two grandchildren.
It was Johnny's desire that any contributions to his memory be made to the Class of '26 alumni fund.
HAROLD PALMER TREFETHEN died February 27 at the Milford, N.H., Nursing Home near his retirement home in Amherst, N.H., having suffered a stroke in January. Hal had a stroke some years back and waged a courageous campaign to minimize the effects of it on his normal life. Other health problems occurred which also he did not allow to get him down, and he won the admiration of his many friends who were aware of his spirit and refusal to give in.
Hal was born in Wilton, Me., in 1904, and graduated from Wilton Academy. At Dartmouth he and his twin brother Herman were known to every member of 1926 and most others in College not only because they could not be told apart, but also for their wonderful Maine accent. He was stage manager of The Players, a member of Gamma Delta Chi, The Arts and the Forensic Union. He graduated from Tuck School with an MCS degree.
He spent his entire business career with the National Shawmut Bank of Boston and was vice president and comptroller at the time of his retirement. Tref was very active in Dartmouth alumni activities and particularly class affairs, serving on many committees, including the chairmanship of the fortieth reunion committee. Several years ago he showed his deep feeling for Dartmouth by donating his extensive and valuable mineral and rock collection to the College. It is now housed in Fairchild Science Center.
Tref was in an artillery unit of the Massachusetts National Guard for many years and in World War II served with exceptional distinction in the U.S. Army in the Burma-India theatre of war as a liaison officer with the Chinese Army. He retired with the rank of brigadier general.
Prior to 1969 he lived in Waban, Mass., was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery, member and past president of the Boston Mineral Club, member of the Aleppo Temple Shrine of Boston, being a 32nd degree Mason and a past commander of a Newton lodge.
His family includes his brother Herman J. Trefethen '26, his sister Dorothy Trefethen, his nephew Harold H. Trefethen '63, and a niece.
1927
WARREN D. OLIVER, of Newton Highlands, Mass., died suddenly on March 28. He was a senior partner in the Boston law firm of Herrick & Smith. He specialized in corporate, securities, and labor law and served as counsel to the College and many of New England's most important business corporations and financial institutions.
Born and raised in Bath, Me., Shorty attended Morse High, where he was active in debate, school paper, and basketball. He was president of his class all four years and president of the student body his senior year. At Dartmouth he was a member of the Zeta Psi fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa, and the Forensic Union, and he graduated magna cum laude. Shorty played center on the College's freshman and varsity basketball teams, including the team which won Dartmouth's first Ivy League basketball championship. He received his legal training at Harvard Law School, where he graduated cum laude in 1930.
Shorty's professional career was with Herrick & Smith, except from 1932-34, when he was counsel for the Boston office of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
He is survived by his wife Bertha (DuPont); two sons, Warren Dain Oliver Jr. and Charles D. Oliver; his mother, Elnora Dain Oliver, and a brother, Wilbur C. Oliver 2nd.
Shorty Oliver was a "gentleman's gentleman" and, according to those who had the pleasure to work with him, a "lawyer's lawyer." His sudden death brings a deep sense of loss to his family and associates and to his many other friends within and beyond the Dartmouth community.
1929
LESLIE MELVIN TOWNSEND died suddenly in early March at his"home in Morris, Conn. Born in Salt Lake City, he spent his youth in lowa and came to Dartmouth from Gilmore City High School and Clark School.
After Dartmouth he was graduated from the Medical School of New York University and practised internal medicine in Roselle Park, N.J., from 1934 to 1971, when he moved to Morris. He was a member of the Union County Medical Society and the A.M.A., and a fellow of the American College of Physicians and a diplomate of the Board of Internal Medicine
The Class extends its sympathy to his widow Eleanor and family.
1931
GEORGE REITER ACHESON JR., 68, died February 27 in West Penn Hospital, Pittsburgh.
George came to Dartmouth from the Arnold School where he had played on the baseball and hockey teams As an undergraduate he joined Chi Phi and majored in economics.
He was a former director and president of the Acheson Manufacturing Company in Rankin, manufacturers of brass products. He was also vice president and director of the Roessing Bronze Company in Butler County.
George was a member of Calvary Episcopal Church and a former member of the Pittsburgh Field Club Pittsburgh Athletic Association, and the Oakmont and Longue Vue country clubs.
He is survived by his wife Gloria and his two daughters, Mrs. Zeth Harrison and Mrs. Robert White of Federal Dam, Minn., and five grandchildren.
Funeral services were held on March 2.
RODNEY WHITMORE DODGE died March 8 in Cupertino, Cal., after a long bout with lung cancer.
Rod came to Dartmouth from English High School. Allston, Mass. He joined Beta Theta Pi, played freshman football, varsity hockey, and majored in English.
From 1931 to 1943 he was employed by Jordan Marsh as a buyer and merchandiser. The next three years were spent in the Naval Supply Corps as a lieutenant both in Norfolk, Va., and at sea on AP-102 in the South Pacific and the Philippines. In 1946 Rod joined McKay Products (textiles) as field sales manager, and he stayed with them until 1952, when he became general sales manager of Hudson Hosier) Company. In 1959 he joined Steinhardter & Nordlinger, Inc. (import-export agents and brokers). Later he was in the investment, insurance field, representing Paul Revere and Cornerstone.
He had a son, Christopher, by his first wife, from whom he was divorced in 1939. In 1942 he married Alice Linnea Sandberg, and they had a daughter, Sally. Rod also had a stepdaughter, Mrs. G. Everett Hoyt Jr.
CHARLES DEWEES ROBERTS, 67, died March 9 while vacationing in Boca Raton, Fla. Death was caused by a dissecting aneurysm.
Charlie came to us from Boston Latin School, and as an undergraduate joined Zeta Psi and Cabin and Trail, and majored in zoology.
He graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1935, and two years later married Mary Bruyn.
In 1939 he began practice as an internist in the Englewood, N.J., area. A former chief of medicine at the Englewood Hospital, he was also a fellow of the American College of Physicians.
During World War II Charlie served with the Army Medical Corps as associate chief of medicine, Ninth Evacuation Hospital in North Africa, France and Germany, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel.
He also participated in community affairs, being an elder of the First Presbyterian Church and a trustee of Dwight School for Girls.
He is survived by his wife and their three daughters - Jane Johnson, Mary Schrafft, and Kate Roberts - as well as two sisters, Kay Smith and Elizabeth Burton Four grandsons also survive Charlie.
1935
Word has been received of the death of HENRY R. BUCK JR. in Los Angeles on January 30. Hank came to Dartmouth as a graduate of Hanover High School and majored in economics. He was a member of Alpha Chi Rho. Except for a three-year stint in the U.S. Army in World War 11, his career was spent in the insurance business, first with the Employers Group and then, for nearly thirty years, with the Insurance Company of North America. For much of his life he lived in Seattle, Wash., but more recently he resided in Los Angeles. Our sympathy goes out to his wife Katharine, his two daughters, and one son, who survive him.
LOUVILLE F. NILES died of cancer at his home in Hingham, Mass., on March 14. A native of Wellesley, Mass., and son of Harold Niles '07, Lou entered Dartmouth after attending Wellesley High School and Tabor Academy. His college major was English, and he was very active in extra-curricular affairs, serving as president of Theta Delta Chi, a member of Green Key and the band, and as associate editor of The Dartmouth. In 1936 Lou married Mary Loder, sister of classmate Halsey Loder Jr. Except for service in the Army Air Corps from 1944 to 1946, Lou devoted most of his business career to real estate management with Niles, Inc., which he served as president. He was president of the Greater Boston Real Estate Board for two terms, a past president of the American Institute of Real Estate Management and a director of the National Association of Realtors. Lou found time to devote to many community activities both in Hingham where he had lived since 1937 and in Greater Boston. Membership on the school committee, the town advisory board, and several special town committees testify to his interest. He was deacon and former moderator of Old Ship Church, where memorial services were conducted in his memory.
We share with his wife Mary, his three sons, two daughters, and ten grandchildren the loss of an out- standing alumnus and citizen.
1936
JOHN LEE MARSH of Tequesta, Fla., died on October 17 after a long illness. A memorial service was held at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Tequesta and burial took place at the Marsh family plot in New Milford, Conn.
John was born in Bridgeport, Conn., and prepared for Dartmouth at The Taft School and Deerfield Academy. At College John majored in economics and history and attended Tuck School for one year. He was a member of Psi Upsilon and Casque and Gauntlet. During his college years, his- home was in Southport, Conn. His father, Arthur M. Marsh, was a distinguished lawyer in Bridgeport.
He was employed after graduation by The Bridgeport Brass Company and The Okonite Company. He served in the U. S. Navy as a gunnery officer aboard cargo vessels during World War II, reaching the rank of lieutenant commander. After the war, he opened a new sales office for Okonite in Indianapolis, Ind., and was branch manager there until 1950, when he returned to the Navy and served in the Bureau of Ships for two years during the Korean War. Thereafter he was employed by National Electric Products Corporation in its Chicago office and Ansonia Wire & Cable Company of Rhode Island, where he was vice president of sales, before moving to Jupiter, Fla., in 1960. There he formed his own company, John L. Marsh & Associates, manufacturers' representatives for wire cable and related products. John served as president and treasurer until his death.
In 1937 he married Nathalie Miner Wolff in Manchester, Vt. They had two sons, John L. Marsh Jr. and Alexander M. Marsh of Boston, Mass., who survive. His wife Nathalie died in 1968. In December of that year, John married Beatrice Roberts of Greenwich, Conn., and Jupiter, Fla., who survives.
John was a well-loved member of the Class and a loyal son of Dartmouth who served for many years as a class agent. Though critically ill, he played an important role in helping the Class raise money for its 40th class reunion gift last June. He enjoyed many warm friendships with classmates and other alumni, and the Class extends its profound respect and sympathy to his widow and two sons.
1945
Word has been received that JOHN ROBERT WATKINS died on January 2 in Whitesboro, N.Y.
At Dartmouth John was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa and Green Key and ran on the cross-country and track teams. He enlisted in the Army Ski Troops in 1943. After earning degrees from Cortland State College and the University of lowa, John worked as a college instructor, a physical education teacher, a district Boy Scout executive, a public school administrator, and as a science teacher. He is survived by his widow Ethel and by five children. The Class extends its sympathy to his family.
1950
He was a true sailor. The rhythms of the oceans were in his blood, and he returned again and again to the sea. But he shall return no more, for JOSEPH E. SIMONE JR. (Cdr., USNR, ret.) collapsed and died suddenly at his home in Bridgeport, Conn., on April 9, 1976.
Joe prepared for college at Admiral Billers Academy and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. But a war intervened, and four and a half years passed as he plied the oceans on active duty with the Navy. He resigned as a lieutenant in order to travel up the Connecticut to his chosen college. Dartmouth.
Before long, however, Joe discovered that the damp of sea fogs and the smell of salt water did not reach as far as Hanover. He left us to return to active duty with the Navy. Late in his career when he was executive officer on the USS Ajax based in Sasebo, Japan, he wrote, "I live aboard ship and don't belong to any community on sfiore. Since we ply the Western Pacific, I am not able to contact any classmates. The work on board manages to fill my time."
After retiring from the Navy in 1967, Joe served on the faculty of the Maritime College of SUNY at Fort Schuyler. He spent his leisure time near the sea, either at home with his sisters or in Kennebunk, Maine, with his brother.
1954
DAVID PEARSON ELLMS of Yarmouthport, Mass., died at the Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, Mass., on March 1 after a short illness.
Dave came to Dartmouth from the Lenox (Mass.) Preparatory School and was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon and the Dartmouth Christian Union. After graduation he studied at the Edinburgh University in Scotland and graduated from the Episcopal Theological Seminary in Cambridge, Mass. He was ordained as an Episcopal priest at Christ Church of Fitchburg, Mass., where he also served. In addition, he served as priest of St. Martin's in New Bedford, St. Mary's in Barnstable, and the Church of the Epiphany in Walpole, Mass.
Dave is survived by both of his parents and by two sons.
1969
Word has been received that STEPHEN W. TUPPER has passed away. Steve was originally from St. Louis, where he returned after college. He leaves his mother and his father. The Class of '69 extends its sympathy to all of Steve's friends and relatives.
