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.)

Chase, Frederick '05, March 16 Hill, Albert F. '10, March 20 Thomes, John B. '10, April 18 Woodsum, Samuel D. '10, March 16, 1970 Long, Frederick W. '11, March 3 Steen, James A. '12, April 12 Bacon, Lester E. '14, March 27 Flinn, Henry B. '14, Dec. 16, 1976 Mott, George E. '15, November 21, 1974 Everett, Charles K. '16, March 31 Bedford, John H. '20, March 3 Gross, F. Philip, Jr. '20, April 21 Lake, Albert C. '20, April 2 Lies, William Jr. '21, March 19 Sater, Kenneth L. '21, April 13 Steinberg, Abraham B. '22, October 27, 1976 Bloom, Alfred H. Jr. '24, March 2 Haywood, Richard M. '26, March 31 Herlihy, Thomas Jr. '26, April 14 Meyer, Vincent '26, April 14 Beale, K. Malcolm '28, May 6 Lundgren, Carl A. '28, April 20 Bryant, John W. '29, March 17 Clark, C. Richard '29, March 24 Martin, Fred S. '29, April 11 Booma, Roland '30, May 8 Brazil, Edward '30, May 3 Swift, William B. '31, April 9 Carleton, Frank N. '32, April 2 Johnson, Clifford '33, April 5 Reinherz, Arthur S. '34, March 16 Momis, Roberts L. '36, April 27 Sicher, William P. '36, January 7 Dahlfred, Vincent R. '37, April 30 Loff, George P. '37, March 21 Horan, Charles J. '40, April 8 Smith, Atwell J. '40, February 27 Smith, Richard G. '42, April 25 Rogers, Norton P. 111, '49, March 25 Wang, David R. '55, April 8 Carmichael, Francis A. III. '60, May 1, 1975 Cooke, George E. '64, December 16, 1976 Perry, Edward A. Jr. '64, April 7 Sigler, Michael R. '71, March 12 Welch, James H. '75, March 21

1905

FREDERICK CHASE died March 16, just before his 94th birthday. In a nursing home for two years, he had slowly declined in strength.

Born in Hanover, Fred was the fourth son of Frederick Chase, Class of 1860, treasurer of the College, and a grandson of Stephen Chase, class of 1832, professor of mathematics in the College. Fred's brothers included Stephen Chase '96, Theodore W. Chase '98 and Philip H. Chase '07, who survives him.

After graduation from Hanover High School, Fred spent a year at Phillips Academy, Andover, before entering Dartmouth. He was a member of DKE, Casque & Gauntlet, and Phi Beta Kappa, and was manager of football his senior year. Fred stayed on to earn an A.M. in economics, and then entered Harvard Law School, taking his LL.B. in 1909. He then joined the Boston firm of Hutchins & Wheeler, becoming a partner in 1918, and practiced corporation, probate, and tax law for 30 years, retiring in 1938.

A resident of Milton, Mass., since 1910, he served for 11 years on the Board of Public Welfare and was several times town meeting representative. In 1913 he was elected clerk of the corporation of the Milton Savings Bank, of which he was also a trustee and its president. He became a trustee of Pinkerton Academy in Derry, N.H., in the thirties and continued as trustee and trustee emeritus until his death. He was secretary and executive committee member of the Class from 1925 to 1930, and in 1929-30 was president of the Dartmouth secretaries' association. He later served for a number of years as '05 bequest chairman.

Fred had throughout his long life a sustained and deeply affectionate interest in Dartmouth and the town of Hanover. His most recent gift to the College was a collection of letters written from Washington, D.C., during the Civil War by his father to his grandmother, Sara Goodwin Chase, then a widow in Hanover. Fred wrote a fine introduction to a selection from these letters that was printed by the College.

In 1910 he married Ruth Everett Gallagher, Smith '05, who died in 1952. His younger son Robert Hill Chase '39, took time off after his junior year to crew with Richard Halliburton on his last, trans-Pacific adventure and was lost at sea with him in March 1939. He is survived by his son, Hugh C. G. Chase '36, by his daughters, Edith Chase Sayre and Mary Chase Foster and by four grandchildren.

1910

ALBERT FREDERICK HILL, retired Yale and Harvard botanist, died on March 20 at his home in Surry, Me. He was 87.

After graduation from Dartmouth, Ted went on to graduate study of botany, receiving his A.M. from Harvard in 1911 and his Ph.D. from Yale in 1921. His professional career included research, teaching, and curatorships at both universities, and he retired in 1958 as a research fellow in economic botany at the Botanical Museum of Harvard.

Ted was a faithful attender of 1910 reunions and belonged to the Dartmouth clubs of both Boston and New York. He served with the Yale unit in the Students Army Training Corps during World War I. He was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; a member of the Botanical Society of America, the Society of Plant Taxonomists, the Society for Economic Botany, Sigma Xi, the Connecticut Botanical Society, Gamma Alpha, and St. Elmo (Yale); and member and treasurer of the New England Botanical Club. Other memberships included the New England Historic Genealogical Society and the Appalachian Mountain Club. Ted published a textbook, Economic Botany (1937) and numerous articles in botanical journals.

He married Julia Hutchins Faulkner in 1934, and with her he planned to retire early to Maine. "We want to be in Surry while we both are young enough to enjoy country life," he wrote in March of 1949. It must have been a tragic disappointment for him when Julia died at the end of that same year after a five months' illness. They had had no children, and he moved alone to Surry for the last years of his life.

JOHN BIDWELL THOMES, 87, died April 18 at a Portland, Me., hospital following a long illness.

Jack, born in Portland in 1889, received his early education in Cumberland schools and at Portland High School, from which he came to Dartmouth. At college he was a member of Chi Phi fraternity.

After Dartmouth, Jack studied law at Harvard Law School 1910-11 and with the late Judge Enoch Foster from 1911-13. He went on to become a very successful insurance attorney in Portland. His law practice was interrupted by service in World War I with the Third Maine Infantry.

In 1913 he married Bertha R. Lang, who died in 1972. The couple had no children.

Jack was a champion bridge player, once the state bridge titleholder, and grew roses and collected stamps. He was a member of the Portland Club, the Collectors Club, and the American Philatelic Society.

"Still practicing law about three-quarters time," Jack wrote us in 1959, "and taking care of a garden in the country for exercise, and getting my pleasure from radio, television and hi-fi, and the roses and glads. About my only tie with the College now is the MAGAZINE and the class notes. I am very grateful for those." 1910 is the less for his passing.

SAMUEL DOW WOODSUM died March 16, 1970, at his home in Los Angeles, Cal., of cerebral thrombosis at the age of 82. Almost nothing is known by us about Sam, who for many years was on the "lost or not interested" list at Dartmouth. He was a city engineer for forty years, and was last employed by the Bureau of Public Roads in Los Angeles. In 1963 he responded briefly to an Alumni Records enquiry, saying that he was retired. His widow Frances Henson Woodsum survives him; we have no information as to whether Sam had any children or whether they survive.

1911

FREDERICK WELLER LONG passed away on March 3 in Oak Park Convalescent Hospital in Santa Barbara, Calif., following a lengthy illness, although he had made a remarkable recovery from the stroke he suffered nine years ago. He had no pain - just weakened a little more each day.

Fred joined our Class from Troy (Ohio) High School. In college he was on the freshman baseball team and was manager of the Dartmouth track team. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi and Turtle and Sphinx societies.

After graduation, he lived with his father, George Long '79, in Columbus, Ohio, where he worked with the Columbus Iron and Steel Company. In due course he took off for Arizona and soon after got a job on a ranch 60 miles from Phoenix. When in town frequently, he would always see our Spunk Troy. One summer on a trip to Colorado he met his wife-to-be Harriett Wieffenbach, '17. They were married in 1921 and went to ranching in the foothills miles from Denver. All went well until the worst drought of all time hit Colorado - no grass, no feed, ruinous cattle prices. This ended his ranching career. He was a field man in Denver for the Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation for several years and later held a highly satisfactory post with the Colorado National Bank of Denver - a big livestock bank - as manager of the land division.

In Denver, Fred was very active in the Dartmouth Club - as president twice and for 15 years as chairman of the interviewing committee. Colorado (mostly Denver) had 45 to 50 undergraduates in college at one time. During that period Bob Blackman had made a spectacular record at Denver University, and Fred played an important part in getting Blackman selected as head football coach at Dartmouth.

Fred retired from the bank in 1958, at age 70, and took on a new assignment as manager of the Diamond A (brand) Ranch at Wagon Mound, N.M. - 92,000 and 2,500 cattle. This position lasted for nearly a year until the leasing and eventual sale of the ranch, which was the principal item of the estate of Leon E. Williams '15 from whom Dartmouth received bequests totalling about $4 million.

In 1960 Fred moved to Santa Barbara, Calif., where he and Harriett lived until his death. He was a member of the Montecito Country Club and the Dartmouth Club. In addition to his widow, he is survived by two daughters, Carolyn Cotton and Nancy Long, and by two nephews.

1912

After a struggle with increasingly poor health for several years, JAMES ALFRED STEEN died on April 2 in Valley View Community Hospital, Youngstown, Ariz. He had served as chairman of the executive committee of the Class for more than ten years. Until he moved to Arizona from New Jersey in 1973, his friendly smile was always seen at the Class reunions.

Jim was born in Chicago, Ill., on May 28, 1888. He entered Dartmouth from the University High School there. In college he played on the freshman and varsity baseball teams and on the latter was on the receiving end of the 1912 battery of Gammons and Steen. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi and Dragon and one of the most popular men in the Class, which he served as cheerleader.

After graduation Jim began his career as a sales executive with Armour & Company and followed this with 17 years with American Hide & Leather Company. In the depression of 1929 he changed from the leather business to retail merchandising with Montgomery Ward, starting as a department head and rising to a managership. Finally he spent 22 years with Stromberg Time Corporation in New York and New Jersey.

During his active life he was a member of the NewYork Sales Executive Club, the Rotary Club of NewYork, Worshipful Master of a Masonic Lodge and aShriner, as well as Exalted Ruler of the Elks. InArizona he was a member of the First PresbyterianChurch of Sun City and continued his membership inthe Masons and in the Rotary Club.

Jim Steen married Carola Henning of Chicago in1924. She survives him, together with one son.

The funeral service was conducted on April 5, andDartmouth was represented by the president of thePhoenix Dartmouth Club and by Lewis C. Waterbury,president of Jim's Class.

The loss of Jim Steen is difficult for DartmouthCollege and the Class of 1912. Friendly andenthusiastic in his own quiet way, he proved himself aborn leader and generously gave to others of thosetalents which he possessed to a full measure.

1914

LESTER EDWARDS BACON was born in Worcester,Mass., on January 17, 1892, and passed on inMaplewood, N.J., on March 27.

Bake came to us from Brockton High School. While at Dartmouth he became a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, and he was active in cross country and track. He later received an M.A. degree from Columbia University in 1938. On March 14, 1923, he married Viola Cranford, who died in May 1970. In 1971 he married Beryl Hurlburt, who survives him.

He was an active Presbyterian and was engaged in the general insurance business in his home town of Maplewood, where he served on the budget committee. He was a member of the Kiwanis Club of South Grange and Maplewood, a past director, and committee chairman. He was a member also of the interviewing committee for Dartmouth.

The members of the Class extend their sympathy.

HENRY BOOTH FLINN was born August 22, 1893, in St. Albans, Vt., and passed on this past December 16 in Springfield, Vt.

He was with us in Hanover for only our freshman year, later attending the University of Vermont and Brown. On June 30, 1924, he married Constance Williams Haley, who survives him. Before retirement he was publicity manager for the Fellows Gear Shaper Company of Springfield.

Henry served from 1917 to 1919 in the Quartermaster Corps of the Army and spent a year and a half overseas.

He was a member of the Episcopal Church and of St. John's Lodge #41, Masons. He was also a past president of the Springfield Chamber of Commerce and the Springfield Community Club and had served as a trustee of the village of Springfield.

The members of the Class extend their sympathy to his survivors.

1916

CHARLES KNOX EVERETT died March 31 at his home in Massapequa L.I., N.Y. Charlie came to Dartmouth from Framingham (Mass.) High School. Throughout his four years with us he was a busy man as correspondent for newspapers in Boston, New York, and Philadelphia. He was editor-in-chief of our 1916 Aegis and a member of our junior prom committee. His fraternity was Kappa Kappa Kappa.

During World War I, he served as an officer in the Army. After the war he worked for Cluett-Peabody, Lord & Taylor, and the Cotton Textile Institute of New York.

Though Charlie never had a son, he had many nephews and grand-nephews who attended Dartmouth. In his latter years, a very big occasion for him was the family get-together the night before and the day of the Harvard-Dartmouth game, whether in Cambridge or Hanover. He was a recognized figure at such gatherings and will be greatly missed, not only by his family, but by all who knew and enjoyed his affability and humor.

He is survived by his wife Adele; two daughters, Catherine A. Everett and Constance Ware; and three grandsons.

1920

JOHN HOGE BEDFORD joined the Class in 1916, coming to Dartmouth from Jamaica High School in New York. He joined Sigma Nu fraternity befor he left college to serve in the Navy during World War I.

Following college he became interested in the lumber business in the South. There he bought and sold lumber. His clients on the sales side were for the most part small retail lumber outlets in the North and East. As he described his work, it was "self-commission buying and selling of southern pine lumber."

For many years he and his family made their home in East Orange, N.J., while his office was located in Greensboro, N.C., sort of mid-way between his sources and his sales. Meanwhile, in addition, he owned and operated a farm in Georgia, an experience he seemed to enjoy.

He married in the mid-twenties, and from the union came two children, a daughter Barbara and a son John. They and his wife Mary Brazzeal, survive him. To them the class extends deep sympathy in their bereavement.

FRANCIS PHILIP GROSS JR. entered Dartmouth in 1916 from Central High School in St. Louis, Mo., where he was an honor student. At College he continued to win scholastic honors and was one of the top men in his Class, graduating Phi Beta Kappa as a major in chemistry and economics. He was also a member of Delta Upsilon fraternity.

After Dartmouth Phil served as a chemist with the Rhode Island State Experiment Station, which whetted his appetite for the sciences, especially chemistry, so he enrolled as a graduate student at Cornell University. There he met Hilda Clark, whom he married in 1924. To them a son was born in 1928, F. Philip Gross III '50. After Cornell, Phil joined the Air Reduction Company in New York as an industrial chemist specializing in rare gases. He served as manager of the company's rare gas division. During those business years Phil and his family lived in Pleasantville, N.Y., and Phil was active in the Dartmouth Club of New York, participating in many a 1920 class dinner.

The lure of New Hampshire was strong, and upon retirement Phil built a house at Birch Acres in New London, where he and Hilda enjoyed fully the country life. Phil once more became involved in community affairs and served as chairman of the New London chapter of the American Red Cross.

For many years Phil served Dartmouth as an assistant class agent, first under the late Dick Pearson, then under Jack Mayer; he was about to serve under Nathaniel Whiteside Jr. in 1977 when death cut short his career. In 1970 he had been tapped by his classmates to serve as registrar for its 50th reunion - a service he performed with meticulous care. In 1975 he gladly undertook the task again for the 55th reunion.

One had only to work with Phil a short time to know his outstanding characteristics: good judgment, keen perception, a quiet sense of humor, fun-loving, highly dependable, serious-minded yet not heavy, highly cooperative - all the things one could wish for in a colleague. Phil was one of the best.

The Class has lost one of its finest members. To know him was to love and respect him. To Hilda and to Phil III we extend our heartfelt sympathy for the great loss they have sustained. Their loss is ours, too.

ALBERT CLARK LAKE was born in Hampstead, N.H., in 1897. He died on April 2 after a short illness.

He came to Dartmouth from Hampstead but remained with us only a short time before he enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserve in World War I. His wartime experience as a naval aviator qualified him for membership in the Golden Eagles, to which he belonged. It consists of a special naval aviator group of 200 W.W.I flyers, and eligibility requires both service as a naval aviator and, the appearance of one's number on the roster. Albert was number 746.

In World War II Albert was a lieutenant commander and commanding officer of the C.A.D.U. No. 2. This unit at Barbers Point, Oahu, consisted of 2600 men and 60 officers.

So far as we know Albert lived his entire life, except for the years he served his country, in Hampstead, N.H. He was a self-employed carpenter and contractor. He was a Republican and a Congregationalist. He was also a member of the American Legion.

In 1941 he married Grace A. Parshley in Jacksonville, Fla., and from this union two boys were born, Albert C. Lake Jr. and Bradley A. Lake. Albert's wife and the two sons survive him. To them the Class extends its sympathy in their bereavement.

1921

WILLIAM LIES JR., prominent New York and Georgia businessman, died March 19 of arteriosclerosis in the Southeast Alabama Medical Center in Dothan, Ala. His home was at 704 North Lumpkin St., Cuthbert, Ga.

Born in 1899 in Brooklyn, N.Y., he came to Dartmouth by way of Tufts College, where as a member of the SATC he was commissioned second lieutenant in 1918. In Hanover he played active roles in Sigma Alpha Epsilon, the college choir and orchestra, the dramatic association, and the rifle and soccer teams. Tuck awarded him an MCS in 1922.

Bill was owner and operator of Coleman Pines Co. of Cuthbert, a slash-pine reforestation project begun in 1936. Other activities were many and varied: a special representative of Coca-Cola, vice president of Williams Furniture Company of Freeport, N.Y., partner in Tri-William Realty Associates in Freeport, director of First National Bank and Trust Company of Freeport, owner of Farmers Bonded Warehouse in Cuthbert, member of William Gallery in Cuthbert, and president of Cuthbert Rotary Club.

In 1960 Bill accepted a state department invitation to be one of a group of goodwill ambassadors in President Eisenhower's People to People Program to visit Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, and Peru.

His hobbies were hunting, fishing, association with Georgia crackers, planting several hundred thousand pines, and overseeing the finances of the First Baptist Church.

A major interest was Tift College, which in recognition of 15 years of Bill's service on the president's council and board of trustees has named its 100-bed dormitory William Lies Hall.

Bill is survived by his wife, the former Susan Gladys Beauchamp of Coleman, Ga., whom he married in 1923; by his son. Dr. William Lies III, senior member of the Dothan Clinic; and by four grandchildren.

KENNETH LYON SATER, retired judge, died at his home, 840 North Park St., Columbus, Ohio, April 13. A victim of emphysema, he had been confined to his home for the past four years.

Born in 1899 in Columbus, he prepared for college there at the North Park School. Following his graduation from Dartmouth, where he was Chi Phi and a member of the 1921 Aegis board and of the Student Army Training Corps, in 1924 he was awarded an LL.B. at Harvard Law School.

From 1939-45 Ken served as attorney for the public utilities commission of Ohio and as PUCO special counsel until 1949. From 1958-65 he served on the court of common pleas and from 1965-70 on the municipal court of Franklin County. Earlier he was state advocate of the American Legion.

Well-known among Masonic organizations, he was also a member of the First Congregational Church.

Survivors are his wife, the former Margaret L. Wood of Columbus, whom he married in 1923, and his son John Elbert '51 of Washington, D.C.

1922

EDMUND FRANCIS LELAND JR., 78, well-known New England wool broker, died February 27 following a long illness, at his home, 11 Marble Ridge Road, North Andover, Mass.

A native of Brookline, Mass., Fran attended Noble and Greenough School and graduated from Phillips Andover before coming to Dartmouth.

A friendly, enthusiastic classmate, he was a brother in Psi Upsilon and was popular throughout the college community. Dartmouth and the Class of 1922 were very special to him, and all through life he was a loyal alumnus. It was always a pleasure to have Fran and Lucy with the Class at virtually all reunions and assemblies.

He centered his business career in Boston, where for many years he was vice president of the Adams and Leland Wool Brokerage Company. In later years, prior to his retiring in 1964, he was also president of the Andover Wool Warehouse Co.

His avocations were fishing, hunting, and golf. He was especially interested in ecology and wildlife preservations. He summered on Chappaquiddick Island and was concerned in preserving the open spaces of Martha's Vineyard, as well as those in the North Andover area.

He was a charter member of the North Andover Sportsmen's Club, and he was active in the North Andover Badminton Club and the Fly Caster's Club of Boston. He was a lifetime member of the North Andover Country Club and by his heritage he belonged to the Sons of the American Revolution.

Fran and Lucile Bradford Conant had their golden wedding anniversary three years ago last autumn. She survives him, together with their children, Edmund F. III, Susa LeFeber, Mrs. Charlotte Hamill, and eight grandchildren. Fran also left his two brothers and two sisters. Newspapers noted that memorial gifts could be directed to Dartmouth College. Fran would wish it so.

ABRAHAM BENJAMIN STEINBERG, retired New York businessman, passed away October 27, 1976, after a short illness. Abe, as all classmates knew him, was born in 1899 in Manchester, N.H. He came to Dartmouth in 1918 from Manchester High School. He is well remembered as a friendly, proficient student who was admitted to Tuck School for his senior year.

Following graduation in 1922, he went to New York City, where he began a lifetime business career. He started as an accountant with Askins Credit Clothing Stores, Inc., and was with the firm for 45 years. He became office manager and later treasurer of the company before his retirement in 1968.

Abe and Mae Goodman were married in 1929 in Brooklyn. She, their daughter Annette Friedman, and a granddaughter are his survivors.

Mrs. Steinberg writes, "I know that Dartmouth and the happy memories of his student days stayed with him throughout his life."

1924

ALFRED H. BLOOM JR. died suddenly March 2. He was president of Irving W. Rice, importers of crystal toiletries and gifts, having been associated with the firm for nearly forty years. He was with us in Hanover for two years.

He is survived by his wife Martha, a son, and a daughter.

1925

CHARLES FRANCIS O'CONNELL died July 17, 1976. Word of his death was received only this spring. His home for over 20 years was in Rye, N.H.

He was born in Cambridge, Mass., in 1904 and attended the Berkley Preparatory School in Boston. Remaining in Hanover only one semester, he received his B.S. degree from Cornell in 1927.

Okie was in the construction business and served in the Navy both in World War II and in the Korean conflict. He was married in 1945 to Edith VomBlomberg of Cambridge, Mass.

1926

RICHARD MANSFIELD HAYWOOD died March 31 at the University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville, Va. He was born in 1905 in Lynn, Mass., graduated from the Lynn Classical High School, and at Dartmouth was a member of the freshman cross-country team, the varsity track team, the Jack-O-Lantern board and Sigma Phi Epsilon. After graduation he taught for two years at Evan School, Tucson, Ariz., and then entered Johns Hopkins University, where he was Phi Beta Kappa and earned a doctorate in 1932. He taught there for 12 years and then at Hotchkiss School for seven years. In 1950 he came to New York University and was named professor of classics. In 1961 he was in Rome doing research under the Fulbright Commission for Cultural Exchange. He retired from New York University in 1973 and made his retirement home in Charlottesville, Va.

Dick was author of a number of books on the ancient world, including The Myth of Rome's Fall, AncientGreece and the Near East, Roman Africa, and AncientRome.

He is survived by his wife, the former Margaret Mowbray, two daughters, Anne and Mary Metz, a son Richard, and four grandchildren.

THOMAS HERLIHY JR., who died April 14 at Riverside Hospital, Wilmington, Del., was truly great in the Dartmouth tradition of serving his fellow men and community. Born in Wilmington in 1904, he spent 35 years of community leadership in public causes, notably as mayor and as judge of the municipal court in Wilmington, where he spent his whole life.

Tom graduated from Wilmington High School and at Dartmouth was associate editor of the 1926 Aegis, manager of debating, and a member of Delta Upsilon and the Press Club. He earned his LL.B. degree at Boston University after study at Harvard Law School.

He began his public service in 1935 as assistant city soliciter, then became deputy attorney general, and later chief attorney general. In 1945 he was elected mayor, but he served only briefly because at the governor's insistence, he resigned to become the judge of the municipal court, which office he held for 24 years, having been given only one instruction - "Clean up the court; build it up." He accomplished many reforms, including the development of a housing court to handle code enforcement problems. During his judgeship, he became attorney for the Wilmington Housing Authority, which gave him a key role in the city's urban renewal program. Both he and his wife Pearl contributed substantially to the adoption of a new city charter.

Active as undergraduate and alumnus, Tom always had a deep feeling for Dartmouth. He served the Class on its executive committee. Tom and Pearl had excellent reason to be frequent visitors in Hanover while their two sons were in college and attended many class gatherings. His sons Thomas III '57 and Jerome O. '63 both took law degrees and joined him in his law firm, Herlihy & Herlihy, after his retirement as judge in 1970.

Besides his wife and two sons, Tom is survived by a grandchild and a brother, Frederick.

VINCENT MEYER died peacefully in his sleep on April 14 at Rocky River, Cleveland, Ohio. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1903, graduated from Manual Training High School there, and at Dartmouth was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and lettered at varsity soccer. Vin was a well-known undergraduate with many friends in the College, and as an alumnus he kept up his great interest in Dartmouth, attending with his wife Jimmie many of the class reunions (including his most cherished 50th) as well as informal August get-togethers and other class functions and alumni affairs.

He spent his entire business career with the Chase Brass & Copper Company, starting as a salesman in 1926 and becoming regional sales manager by the time of his retirement in 1968. He kept busy in community affairs, in particular with the Y.M.C.A. and Kiwanis Club.

Vin married the former Jimmie Weitinger in 1932 in Denton, Texas, and she is well-known to many in the 1926 family. Besides Jimmie, survivors include his son J. Vincent, and two daughters, Martha (Mrs. J. Rodman Nall) and Louise (Mrs. Thomas Pyle), a sister, and a granddaughter.

1927

RUEL N. COLBY, former sports editor of the Concord Monitor, died May 12 at his home at Bow, N.H. He had been ill with cancer.

Ruel was born in Concord, N.H., in 1905, and attended Dartmouth College for three years; he also attended Baker University and the University of Kansas. In 1928 he joined the Monitor-Patriot as a reporter and became sports editor in 1930, a position he held until his retirement in 1968. Colby was not only a sports writer, but an athlete in his own right, having won many state tennis and badminton tournaments.

Mr. Colby was known throughout New England for his erudite column, "The Sports Galley." He was named New Hampshire sports writer of the year four times. Two years ago he received a distinguished service award from the N.H. Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association. Even in retirement, he would leave his Florida winter home on the coast to watch the Boston Red Sox in spring training at Winter Haven. He continued as sports editor emeritus, submitting occasional columns and articles, the last of which was published April 13.

He is survived by his widow Marion, a sister, and a brother.

1928

HAROLD LEES FOWLER, retired dean of the College of William and Mary, who taught history there for 40 years, died March 11 in Englewood, Fla.

He was known at Dartmouth as "Jimmy" and was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha. He earned his master's and doctorate degrees from Harvard.

Jimmy joined the William and Mary faculty in 1934 and served as head of the history department from 1959-64, when he was named dean. He was an officer in the U.S. Naval Reserve 1943-46.

In 1969, five years before his retirement, he had been honored by the college as recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Award for "significant service through his personal activities, his influence, and his leadership."

Jimmy, a widower, was married February 14 to Helen Abbott of Williamsburg, and they were on their wedding trip when he died of a heart attack. His first wife, Theodosia, died in 1974. They had no children.

In addition to his wife, Jimmy is survived by three stepchildren and six grandchildren.

CARL AXEL LUNDGREN, an Ansonia, Conn., lawyer for 44 years and former chairman of the Connecticut Unemployment Commission, died April 20 from a coronary attack.

Carl had multiple sclerosis over the past ten years, and while he fought bravely, he was apparently worn out by it. He continued the active practice of law until his death.

Carl was born in Ansonia and attended Ansonia High School. He graduated from Dartmouth, was a member of Sigma Nu, and received a law degree from Yale in 1933.

He leaves his wife Ottilie of 16 Edgewood Road, Oxford, Conn., and a brother Manfrid '29.

1929

JOHN WALDEN BRYANT died suddenly of a heart attack on March 17 at his home at 619 Perrin Drive, Spartanburg, S.C., where he lived in retirement with his wife Loria. John had heart surgery in 1971, from which he had rallied, even to getting back on the golf course.

John was born in Newton, Mass., in 1906 and came to Dartmouth from Phillips Andover Academy. All of us remember the many intercollegiate records set in swimming at the time: he was captain of the Dartmouth swimming team. He also played a lot of golf in Hanover. John was a member of Psi U and Casque and Gauntlet.

He was in the shoe business in New Hampshire prior to World War II. He used to say he made "the shoe that makes going barefoot a pleasure!" John served on the U.S.S. O'Toole, a destroyer escort in the Atlantic in W.W. II. After the war he joined Bryant Chemical Company, founded by his father. They produced chemicals for the textile and printing industries. As the textile industry moved South, John moved to Spartanburg and represented the company in the Southeast. He retired about three years ago. He was a member of the Piedmont Club, the Spartanburg Country-Club, and was a 32nd degree Mason.

He is survived by his wife Loria Choirselle Bryant, whose sister Mary Elizabeth is married to Dick Johnson of our class. Also surviving are his sons, John W. Bryant Jr., Charles M. Bryant, and Jay F. Bryant, his brother, Joseph A. Bryant Jr., a sister, Mrs. Richard Roland, and seven grandchildren.

All of us in 1929 will miss a good friend and a wonderful guy!

Ed Walsh

CHARLES RICHARD CLARK died in Gloucester, Mass., his lifelong home, on March 24 after a long illness resulting from a major stroke. He received the LL.B. degree from Harvard in 1932 and was engaged in the private practice of law in Gloucester for most of his working career. During World War II he served as a naval reserve officer on legal assignments, and from 1960 to 1965 he was the Gloucester city solicitor. He was a trustee of Addison Gilbert Hospital, a director of the Cape Ann Bank and Trust Company, and past president of the Essex County Bar Association.

Dick was a devoted Dartmouth supporter; through his efforts a grant to the Dartmouth Medical School was made by the John A. McCarthy Foundation.

He leaves his wife, Lucy D. (Bloom) Clark; a daughter, Ann Clark of Gloucester; two sons, Paul D. Clark of Gloucester and Charles R. Clark of Plainfield, Vt.; and two granddaughters. The Class of 1929 extends its sympathy to the survivors.

FREDERIC S. MARTIN died in Athens, Ga., on April 11. He came to Dartmouth from Central High School in Omaha, Neb., and majored in economics. After graduation he worked in the coal industry in Omaha, Chicago, and Quincy, Ill., and then after training at the Harvard Business School started his own business in Cleveland to produce small, close-tolerance metal castings. He then moved to Evansville, Ind., where for some years he was vice president of the Diamond Supply Company and was later associated with the Seaboard Seed Company in Geneva Ill., until his retirement a few months ago, when the family moved to Athens.

Fred is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lily Martin; a daughter, Mrs. April Hockett of Washington, D.C.; and a son, Eric Martin of Athens, to whom the Class of 1929 expressed its sympathy.

Word has been received that NORMAN FISKE SPARHAWK died in December of 1974, but no information is available as to the circumstances. The son of Sam Sparhawk '90, he prepared for college at Burlington (Vt.) High School and Exeter Academy. He did not graduate with his class. At one time he worked for the New England Stamp Company in Boston.

1930

ROLAND CLAYTON BOOMA died May 8 at Mary Allen Hospital, Marblehead, Mass., following a long illness. He was president and general manager for many years. He had recently retired as treasurer of Booma Oil in Lynn, of which he was the founder. Rollie was also treasurer and board chairman of Baker Nail Company of Framingham, Mass.

As a lifelong resident of Swampscott, he served as a town meeting member, park commissioner, and a member of the committee to study school building needs. He had a great interest in young people and was instrumental in building the hockey rink and basketball courts for the town. He was a former president of the North Shore Dartmouth Club (1942-47) and the Lynn Oxford Club, a member of the Tedesco Country Club, Wayfarers Lodge of Masons in Swampscott, and Aleppo Temple in Boston.

Rollie was class president senior year and served as a member of the executive committee 1955-60. In 1971, he received the Class of 1930 award. He was always interested in steering young men in his area to Dartmouth and brought many up to Hanover to see the College and to apply for admission.

The class is indebted to Rollie and Dot for two class picnics at their home on Lincoln House Point.

At a memorial service held in The Church of the Holy Name, the eulogy given by Fred Scribner was a moving expression of the affection and respect of all Rollie's classmates and friends. Members of the class attending were the Alcorns, Bowlens, Barbara Butler, Liz Butterworth, Chases, Harry Condon, Liz Doherty, Downeys, Flanderses, Fletchers, Bud Frenches, Godwins, Bob Jordan, Kings, Lows, McInneses, Raymonds, Jack Rich, and Whipples.

The class extends its sympathy to his widow Dorothy, son Roland Jr., daughter Lee, and brother Harold.

EDWARD ANTHONY BRAZIL died May 4 at Lakes Region General Hospital, Laconia, N.H. Since last fall Ed had been undergoing treatment for cancer at Mary Hitchcock and Laconia hospitals. He was a partner and cofounder of the Munsey & Brazil Insurance Agency in Laconia. For the past few years he has operated his own real estate appraisal business.

Ed served in W.W. II in the U.S. Air Force as executive officer at air fields in Casablanca, Tunisia, Italy, China, and Bermuda, retiring as a lieutenant colonel. His civic activities included directorships in the Laconia Peoples National Bank & Trust Company Keewaydin Shores, Inc., and Lakes Region General Hospital, where he was past chairman of the board of trustees. He was an incorporator of Laconia Savings Bank, served on the Salvation Army advisory board, was a past commander of Wilkinson Post. A. L., and a past vice commander of the department of the American Legion of New Hampshire. He was a member of the Kiwanis Club, Laconia Lodge of Elks, and past president of the Laconia Country Club.

Ed's service to the College and the Class will be greatly missed. He had been assistant class agent, member of the executive committee 1965-70, reunion chairman for the 40th and 45th and was elected second vice president at the reunion last June. In 1970, he received the Class of 1930 award. His willingness to take over the 45th reunion chairmanship on short notice and the success of this event testify to his deep dedication to 1930.

Representing the Class at the services were Meade and Marcia Alcorn, Dick and Gwen Bowlen, Ed and Liz Butterworth, Herb and Marge Chase, Ben and Emily Demers, Buck and Esther Downey, Milt and Blanche McInnes, Boof and Billie Perkins, Charlie and Ellie Raymond, John Sanders, Fred Schribner, Bill and Betty Stearns, and Charlie Widmayer.

Deepest sympathy of the Class is extended to his widow Arline and son Edward '64.

1931

WILLIAM BROWNE SWIFT, 67, died in Meridian, Miss., on April 9. Jim and Annette were enroute to visit relatives in Arizona when he was stricken by a fatal heart attack.

Jim came to Dartmouth from Morgan Park High School, Chicago. As an undergraduate, he joined Kappa Sigma, was a member of the Band, Instrumental Club, and The Players. He went on to graduate from Tuck School in 1932.

During World War II Jim served in the U.S. Army and attained the rank of lieutenant colonel in the procurement division. He was awarded the Bronze Star, was a military member of the Order of the British Empire, and earned the Legion of Commercial Merit from France. Annette and he were married in 1948.

Jim was a very active member of the Southeast Florida Dartmouth Club, a member of the Chicago Sierra Club, and of our class executive committee, and he was class head agent from 1966-68.

The funeral mass and burial were held in the Chicago area on April 13.

He is survived by his widow Annette, a son Jonathan R., a daughter Mary A., and three sisters.

1933

HAROLD L. HENCHEY, 66, of 30 Elmcrest Circle, Melrose, Mass., died March 26.

He was born in Fall River, Mass., and prepared for Dartmouth at Huntington High School, Boston, Mass.

Hal had retired after more than 30 years as New England representative for Empire Machine Tool Co.

A former chairman of the Massachusetts Red Cross blood program, he was a member of the Algonquin Club of Boston, the Newcomen Society of North America, the Society of Tool Engineers, and the Bellevue Gold Club.

He leaves his wife Marion (Perkins), a daughter Leslie Kehoe of Hingham, Mass., and a son H. Laurance of Melrose, Mass., to whom the Class extends its deepest sympathy.

CLIFFORD JOHNSON, 66, of 465 Grove Street, Needham, Mass., died April 5 of a heart attack.

Born in Boston, Mass., he prepared for Dartmouth at Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass. At Dartmouth, Cliff was a member of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity, Ledyard Canoe Club. Round Table, freshman and varsity track squads, and freshman and varsity football squads. In 1935 he received his MBA degree from the Harvard Business School and was a member of the 1933 executive committee.

He was president of the H. A. Johnson Company of Brighton, Mass., food manufacturers and distributors, for 25 years prior to his retirement.

He was a member of SCORE, a director of the Associated Industries of Massachusetts, and a member of the Needham Retired Men's Club. Wellesley Congregational Church, Wellesley Country Club, and the Wellesley Club.

He leaves his wife Sarah, a son David, two daughters, Andrea Dalphond and Sarah Cannon, and a stepdaughter, to whom the Class extends its deepest sympathy.

1936

ROBERT SAUNDERS MORRIS, prominent California attorney and a longtime member of the La Jolla Country Club, died April 27 in Pasadena. He was 61.

Born in Dallas, Texas, Bob moved with his parents to La Jolla in 1930. His father, "Tex" Morris, owned the Chevrolet Agency in La Jolla and was active in La Jolla community affairs until his death in 1953.

Bob graduated from La Jolla High in 1932 and attended Dartmouth, his father's alma mater, on a William Pierce Johnson fellowship. At Dartmouth Bob was an economics-political science major, a member of Psi U, Casque & Gauntlet, Palaeopitus and Green Key, and a varsity football manager. After graduation, he attended Boalt Hall, the University of California law school in Berkeley. He was graduated in 1939 and passed the California bar in 1940. He joined the law firm of Kenny and Cohen in Los Angeles in 1942.

During World War II, he served as lieutenant in U.S. army intelligence at the Pentagon, in England, and Germany. He was a briefing officer to General George Patton during the invasion of Germany.

After the War, he became deputy attorney general in the administration of California state attorney general Robert W. Kenny in 1945. He returned to private practice with Kenny in 1946, forming the firm of Kenny and Morris. Judge Kenny, who was the Democratic candidate for governor of California in 1946, died in La Jolla last year. Bob was active in Democratic party politics and Pasadena civic affairs. He was a past president of the Los Angeles chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union and of the Los Angeles Dartmouth Club.

He was honored by Dartmouth in 1975 for his service to the college when he was named alumni president of the year. Recently he was appointed alumni counselor for the Los Angeles area. Bob was particularly active in helping disadvantaged and scholarship applicants through the admissions process.

He is survived by his mother, Charlotte Morris; his wife Clarice; three sons, Michael, David, and William; and two grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, donations are suggested to the Dartmouth College Scholarship Fund.

WILLIAM D. SICHER of New York City died of a massive heart attack on January 7 at the Lenox Hill Hospital, with which institution he was closely associated during most of his distinguished career.

Bill grew up in New York City and attended the Lincoln School there as well as Deerfield Academy before entering Dartmouth. While at Hanover he was a chemistry-zoology major and a member of Theta Chi fraternity and Zeta Alpha Phi scientific fraternity. After completion of 7 semesters at Dartmouth (he lost one semester to illness) he entered Rush Medical College at the University of Chicago, from which he received his M.D. in 1940. On his way through medical school, Bill picked up his bachelor's degree at the University of Chicago, but he always firmly considered himself an alumnus of Dartmouth, Class of 1936. In his senior year at medical school, he was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha. From 1940-42 Bill spent his internship at Lenox Hill Hospital, and in 1941 he married Ann Bernhard. From 1942-47 he worked at the Mayo Clinic and was elected to Sigma Xi.

Bill maintained from 1947-61 a private practice as a specialist in internal medicine with a special interest in arthritis and rheumatic diseases. During this period he maintained strong ties with Lenox Hill Hospital (his "workshop") as assistant adjunct physician, adjunct-then-associate-in medicine, and assistant chief of the arthritis clinic. In 1961 he became coordinator of medical education and medical administration at Lenox Hill, a post he held until his death. His duties in this capacity prevented Bill from attending the 40th reunion of the Class last June. He maintained membership in a number of medical societies, including the A.M.A., and he was a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. Bill also was a trustee of the Ramapo-Anchorage camp for emotionally disturbed children.

Surviving Bill are his wife Ann, two sons David and Steven, two grandchildren, and his sister Jane. The Class extends its deepest sympathy to all of them.

1937

VINCENT R. DAHLFRED died May 7 of a heart attack while working in the woods near his home in Franconia, N.H.

Vin has always been listed as a member of our class, but the record says he graduated with the class of 1938, and our Aegis indicates he was not with us at graduation, so I have no further information of his activities as an undergraduate.

He came to Dartmouth from Concord, N.H., schools. He was with the Army Air Force during W.W. II, and later, at the time of our 25th reunion, he was manager of Keewadin Shores in Laconia. He was employed by the state of New Hampshire as director of planning and development, and at the time of his death was executive director of New Hampshire-Vermont Development Council.

He leaves his wife Enid; a son John of Hartsdale, N.Y.; a grandson; and a sister Greta of Portland, Me.

A note from Don Frank to Frank Robin informs that GEORGE P. LOFF died March 21. His last known address was Inglewood, Cal., and the local newspaper carried the story that he was a longtime resident of the Santa Monica and Westwood areas and that he was employed by the Southern California Gas Company He was unmarried.

George was listed by the College as "not interested," and he did not maintain contact with anyone through the years, not even George Zeiss, with whom he roomed for three of his four years.

He came to Dartmouth from Denver, majored in English, and was a member of Chi Phi.

1940

CHARLES J. HORAN, 59, for many years a district manager for Continental Baking Company in the South, died April 8 at the Manchester, N.H., home in which he had been brought up and to which he returned seven years ago.

Born in Manchester, Charles graduated from Central High School there and after graduation from Dartmouth enlisted immediately in the Army. He landed in Normandy on D-Day and participated in the invasion that liberated Europe.

Following the war he worked for a few years with Esso Standard Oil, living in Washington, D.C. He later joined the sales force of Continental Baking Company and became a district sales manager for Wonder Bread, working first out of Raleigh and then out of Richmond.

He returned to Manchester in 1970, in sales for Globemaster Tool Company, until he was forced by a rare lung illness to retire. His health had improved enough earlier in the year to permit him to undertake study for a real estate broker's certification, but the recovery was cut short by pneumonia.

He leaves his wife, the former Edythe Jordan; a son Charles Jr., who graduated last month as a dentist, and his mother, Mrs. Nellie (Osmer) Horan of Manchester.

ATWELL J. SMITH, director of industrial engineering in the firm of Giffels Associates, Inc., in Detroit, died February 2 of lung cancer. He was 58.

Although his work regularly took him to distant parts of the world, from Mexico to Moscow, Bud never left for very long his native Detroit. A resident of Birmingham, Mich., since his return from World War II service, Bud prepared for Dartmouth at Detroit Central High School, where he was on the track team. Following Dartmouth, where he continued his interest in track as manager of the freshman squad, and a brief stint with Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, he was commissioned in the U.S. Army Air Force weather service, studied meteorology at MIT, and for several months commanded the weather detachment at the Savannah, Ga., air force base.

He was demobilized as a captain in 1946 and immediately joined the Giffels firm as a designer and engineer in the 850-person industrial engineering department. Nineteen years later he was named to head it and he still directed it at the time of his death. He had prepared for advancement in his career by night study in architecture and structural engineering at Lawrence Institute of Technology.

He was a member of the National Society of Professional Engineers, the International Materials Management Society, and the Engineering Society of Detroit.

Bud was married in 1942 to the former Betty Beach, who died in 1971, also of cancer, and he was remarried to the former Margy Beronius, who survives him. He also leaves two daughters, Patricia and Elizabeth, and a son Stephen, as well as two daughters-in-law.

1941

HARRY LLOYD MERRING JR., who entered Dartmouth with the Class, has died, according to word received from his wife, Mary L. Merring, 3609 Navajo Trail, Scottsdale, Ariz. Nothing is known of Harry's career but his-wife was kind enough to write and to wish the Alumni Fund well.

1942

The Class lost one of its most dedicated class officers when RICHARD G. SMITH died suddenly on April 25, 1977. He had been newsletter editor since 1972 and the many editions that he wrote these past five years were full of class news which he presented in a casual and humorous manner that was thoroughly enjoyed by all his classmates.

Born in Mt. Vernon, N.Y., on September 19, 1920, he graduated from Pelham Memorial High School. After his graduation from Dartmouth he served in the Merchant Marine during World War II, separating as a Warrant Officer in the U.S. Naval Reserve. After the war, Dick joined Pan American World Airways, serving in many capacities in Europe and the New York area.

Returning with his family to Pelham in 1959, he was active in the Boy Scouts, the Pelham Men's Club, and Dartmouth alumni affairs. He was also an officer of the regional chapter of the American Association of Airport Executives. He retired from Pan American last summer after serving as Airport Manager of Teterboro, N.J.

In 1945 he married the former Barbara Ann Sawhill of Pelham Manor, who survives. He is also survived by his two sons, Richard B. Smith of Watertown, Mass., and Dennis G. Smith of the home address, 100 Iden Avenue, Pelham Manor, N.Y.

Dick was such a good friend to so many, it's going to be hard to get used to his not being around.

1949

The Class is very sorry to learn of the death of NORTON P. ROGERS III. He died after an extended illness on March 25, 1977 in Meriden-Wallingford Hospital in Connecticut. Nick and his wife Janet lived at 47 Carriage Drive, Cheshire, Conn. At the time of his death, he was president of the Connecticut Development Credit Corporation, a state-wide private development banking arm of the major banks and utilities in Connecticut, which provides financial assistance to firms in many fields. Nick was a government major at Dartmouth and an SAE. He graduated from Tuck School and attended Fairleigh Dickenson University where he worked toward a master's degree in economics. During World War II he served in the U.S. Army in Europe. Prior to joining the Connecticut Development Credit Corporation, he held positions as vice president of the Home National Bank and Trust Co., vice president of the Marine Midland Trust Co. of Rockland County, Pearl River, N.Y., and assistant secretary of the Peoples Trust Company of Hackensack, N.J. He was founder of the Rockland County Credit Exchange Group and was the district finance chairman for the Mattatuck Counsel, Boy Scouts of America. The members of the Class join together in extending their condolences to Janet and the four children.

1952

DONALD J. RENDALL, of 120 E. Terrace Ave., Lakewood, N.Y., died May 13 in Buffalo after a long illness. Don came to Dartmouth from Cleveland, Ohio, majored in sociology, and was . active in the Inter-Dormitory Council and SAE fraternity. After graduation he joined the Marine Corps, serving as a captain in Korea. He obtained his M.B.A. degree from the Warton Graduate Division of the University of Pennsylvania in 1956 and began his business career with the Keeler Brass Company of Grand Rapids, Mich.

Don joined the Weber-Knapp Company (a Keeler Brass Subsidiary) in 1959 and held positions as sales manager, treasurer, vice president, executive vice president, and president and general manager. He returned to Keeler Brass in 1974 as vice president of manufacturing and then moved to Jamestown, N.Y., in 1975 to become executive vice president and director of the Blackstone Corporation. A director of the Webber-Knapp Company, the Keeler Brass Company, the First National Bank, and the Jamestown Mutual Insurance Company, Don was also a past president of the Jamestown Manufacturers Association, past president and chairman of the United Fund campaign, and also served on the vestry of St. Lukes Episcopal Church.

Don was an active member of the Class and worked as an enrollment interviewer. In our reunion book he wrote, "I'm looking forward to our 25th with great enthusiasm. It is a particularly warm feeling to be Dartmouth." He is survived by his widow, the former Mary Hough, two sons, including Don Jr. '78, two daughters, and his parents.

1964

It is with sorrow that we report the death of GEORGE E. COOKE. George, a professor of mathematics at the University of Maryland, died suddenly at his home in Bethesda December 16.

George was a native of Haverford, Pa., graduated from St. Paul's School in Concord, N.H., before coming to Dartmouth, and graduated from the College Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude in 1963. He received his Ph.D. in mathematics from Princeton in 1967 and subsequently attended the Institute for Advanced Studies.

George taught for three years at the University of California at Berkeley and for four years at Cornell University where he won the Clark Award for excellence in teaching. In 1964 he joined the faculty at the University of Maryland.

George is survived by his widow Barbara, of 5002 Danbury Ct., Bethesda, Md., and by two sons.

We are sad to announce that EDWARD A. PERRY JR. passed away after a bout with cancer on April 7, 1977 at the Northampton Hospital in Massachusetts. Ed was an assistant professor of geology at the University of Massachusetts and had also taught at Yale, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, and the University of Hawaii. Ed is survived by his widow Marion and his father, Edward Perry Sr. '37.

1971

JULIAN Z. BROWN died December 13, 1976 following a prolonged illness. Zack was born in Knoxville, Tenn., spent most of his childhood in Norfolk, Va., and prepared for college at Phillips Exeter Academy, graduating in 1967. Following his graduation from Dartmouth he received a master's degree in business administration from the University of Southern California.

Zack entered the doctoral program at Harvard Business School in 1973 and had completed all his course work when he first became ill in February 1975. After nearly two months of hospitalization Zack resumed his studies but then suffered a relapse in February 1976. Although he had begun work on his dissertation, Zack was forced to take a leave of absence from Harvard for health reasons, spending ten months in and out of hospitals, valiantly fighting a rare disease for a return to health, until his death last December.

Zack's friends and family were inspired by his unyielding spirit and determination: he never lost his unmistakable sense of humor or his love of life. Zack accomplished a great deal in his 26 years and, with his distinguished academic credentials, his future would unquestionably have been an illustrious one. He is survived by his father, his step-mother, and three sisters.

Davis C. Young '70

MICHAEL R. SIGLER died of leukemia on March 12 in Omaha, Neb. Following his graduation from the College, Mike attended Creighton Law School, received his law degree in 1974, and had been in private practice since November, 1975. He was a member of the American, Iowa and Nebraska bar associations, Council Bluffs Jaycees and Sigma Nu fraternity. He is survived by his widow Marsha; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Sigler; three brothers and two sisters.

1975

We are sorry to report that JAMES H. WELCH died at his home in Loudonville, N.Y., on March 21, 1977. Jim came to Dartmouth from Shaker High School, majored in economics, was a member of Alpha Chi Alpha, and worked for a time as a firefighter for the Hanover Fire Department. He is survived by his parents. Dr. and Mrs. Howard J. Welch, of 41 Loudon Parkway, Loudonville, N.Y., and by two brothers, Michael '71 and Andrew '78. The Class extends its sympathy to Jim's family.

James A. Steen '12