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.)

Walker, Samuel Jay, faculty, August 7. Sawin, Ralph Waldo Emerson '08, presumed dead Bankart, Lawrence H. '10, September 7 Raabe, Edwin O. '10, January 18 Weston, William H. Jr. '11, August 3 Martin, Paul E. '12, November 25, 1977 Markham, David H. '15, July 13 Bobst, Frank T. '16, June 29 Bidwell, Harold F. '17, August 20 Fitch, Willis S. '17, August 9 Donohue, John B. '18, August 11 Rand, Irving H. 'lB, July 20 Dudensing, Richard '19, August Carter, Joseph E. '20, June 8 Davis, Lendall E. '20, July 21 Forbush, Zenas B. '20, May 23 Stiles, Charles N. '21, August 14 Catlin, C. Wilfred '23, August 13 Cowley, William H. '24, July 23 Tobey, Russell B. '27, July 14 Bruder, Charles F. III '28, August II Menard, David F. '28, April 9 Osborn, E. B. '28, August 13 O'Sullivan, John H. '28, July 30 Fowler, George O. '29, December 22, 1975 Wright, George H. '30, July 25, 1977 Kent, Francis W. '31, August 8 Eichler, Edwin H. '32, August 14 Naylor, James H. '35, August 11 Dailey, Frederic B. '36, July 31 Munson, William H. '36, May 20 Whitman, Stewart L. Jr. '38, July 23, 1977 Gluek, Charles '39, July 15 Hanavan, William M. '41, March 13, 1972 Carey, Frederick J. '46, July 18 Laird, Fred L. Jr. '50, August 2 Jacobs, Herbert S. '54, July 8 Shepard, L. Alan '73, August 19

Faculty

SAMUEL JAY WALKER JR., professor of English at the College, was killed August 7 in a motorcycle accident at Orestias, Greece. He was 49.

On a year's leave of absence from his teaching duties, Walker left Hanover June 1 on a round-the-world motorcycle journey. He had mapped a route that would take him across Europe, through Asia Minor, Asia, Australia, South America, and back across North America. En route, he planned to lecture at various universities.

A 1951 graduate of the College of the City of New York, he earned a master's degree in English at Columbia and in 1959 received a Ph.D. degree in Victorian literature at the University of Nottingham in England.

During his service in the U.S. Army, he taught parttime at the University of Alaska, 1953-54, and from 1954-56 he was an instructor at Tuskegee Institute. He was a lecturer at Tottenham Technical College in London during 1959-60, after which he returned to this country to accept a position as assistant professor of English at the State University College at Geneseo, N.Y., where he later became full professor. While at Geneseo, Walker was asked to teach its first black studies course and later to chair its black studies program. He was also visiting professor of English and Afro-American studies at the University of Rochester from 1970-72.

Walker came to Dartmouth from Geneseo in 1972 as visiting professor and the following year was appointed full professor of English and asked to chair Dartmouth's black studies program. He lectured extensively and published professionally in such journals as American Scholar, Black Scholar, Modern FictionStudies, and African Studies Review. In 1974 he represented the U.S. State Department in Gambia, Ivory Coast, and Senegal as visiting lecturer on black American literature.

He is survived by his parents and by a sister.

1910

LAURENCE H. BANKART, 90, of Norwich died after a short illness. He was born in Bradford, England, in 1887.

Larry came to Dartmouth from Cushing Academy, and at the College he became a member of Casque and Gauntlet and DKE fraternity. He played varsity football and was named All-American end in 1909. He later coached football for seven seasons at Colgate University and was also assistant coach at Dartmouth for two seasons.

During World War II he served as a first lieutenant, and after the war became associated with the J. B. Blood Company of Lynn, Mass., food suppliers. He served the company as first vice president and as director, retiring in 1947.

Larry was a director of two banks in Lynn, a member of the Lynn Park Commission, and on the vestry at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church there.

One of the finest tributes ever made to Larry was an editorial published in the Colgate Maroon in 1917, which spoke of his great influence on the Colgate campus: "Many a man has noted the clean life of the coach and noting, changed his own. Many a man has seen the modesty of the coach and, seeing, has taken from his own soul some measure of unmanly self-esteem. Colgate life has been higher and better throughout the last college generation because of the fineness and manliness of Laurence Bankart."

Larry's survivors include his wife Miriam (Blood), two daughters; and four grandchildren.

EDWIN O. RAABE died January 18, at the age of 89.

Ed was born in Bellows Falls, Vt., and came to the College to take a B.S. degree, for which he minored in English and economics. He also did post-graduate work at Harvard's school of business administration in the summer of 1929.

Most of his adult life was spent in New York City as a traffic employment engineer for American Telephone and Telegraph Company, for which he worked from 1910 until his retirement in 1950.

In 1938, Ed filled out a form for the College and listed as his special interests the collection of early American glass, European and Oriental poreclain, and fine prints. He also enjoyed golfing and gardening.

He and Laila Glenn Secrest were married in 1914, and they had one daughter, Laila Jean.

Of late years, Ed had pretty much been lost track of, and the last information available about him is that in 1975 he was issued a passport, which gave his address as c/o National Business Exchange, 150 Broadway, New York City.

He is survived by his daughter.

1911

WILLIAM H. (CAP) WESTON JR. passed away on August 3. He was a native of New York and joined our class from Newark Academy. In college he was a skilled skier and a charter member of the Dartmouth Outing Club, holding Badge No. 2.

He received an A.M. degree from Harvard in 1912 and a Ph.D. from Harvard in 1914. He was retired head of the Department of Biological Science of Harvard University, where he taught for forty years.

In addition to his academic work, he traveled extensively for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and pioneered studies on sugar cane diseases in the Philippines and Cuba.

He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the recipient of honorary degrees from several colleges and universities. He was also a member of the Boston Museum of Science, first president of the Mycological Society of America, and a member of the Harvard Travelers Club.

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

1912

PAUL ERSKINE MARTIN died in a Hot Springs, S.D., nursing home November 25, 1977. He had been a cattle rancher in Deadwood, S.D., for 12 years, a lawyer in Hot Springs for 12 years, a feldspar miner for six years, and with the Army Ordnance for 17 years. He retired in 1959 at the age of 70.

Paul Martin was born at Deadwood in 1889. He spent his freshman year at the University of Southern California and the next two years at Dartmouth, where he was on the sophomore and varsity debating teams, the gun team, and was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon. In the early twenties he spent one year at the University of South Dakota Law School and then passed the South Dakota bar examination.

Martin was a member of the United Methodist Church in Hot Springs and a past president of the local Chamber of Commerce. He had three marriages, the last one in 1961 to Helen McLaughlin Martin at Pasadena, Calif. Helen died in 1973.

He is survived by one son, three steptons, two sisters, and several nephews and nieces. Funeral services were held December 1 in Hot Springs, with burial in Evergreen Cemetery.

1913

JAY DE WITT RUNKLE of Cheboygan, Ohio, died in May at the Community Memorial Hospital following a long illness. He was born in 1890 in Kalida, Ohio, and he attended the Findlay High School. On graduation from Dartmouth, he taught in a Dayton high school before joining the faculty at Ohio State University. Later, he transferred to Wayne University. He soon left Wayne to accept a position as manager at B. Altman and Company in New York City. He was manager of the manufacturing division of Marshall Field and Company in Chicago, and finally retired as general manager of the Crowley-Milner Company in Detroit.

Jay was retail advisor for the European Economics Corporation and served in Europe under .the Marshall Plan. In addition, he was a member of the Detroit Economic Club, the Detroit Athletic Club, and a golf club in the same city. He was also a Knights Templar, and a member of the Methodist. Church and the Kiwanis Club.

Jay was always an asset to the many communities where he lived. He was manager of the Cheboygan Chamber of Commerce, for instance, and in Fort Lauderdale (where the family spent their winters) heorganized a forum for the discussion of timely projects and for entertainment.

Soon after graduation from Dartmouth he married Jean PerDine. After her death he married in 1948 Evelyn Brannor of Detroit,' who survives him. To the Runkles six children were born, who are responsible for 15 grandchildren, who in their turn produced five great-grandchildren.

1915

DAVID H. MARKHAM died on July 13 at the Stanford University Hospital. He had recently made his residence in nearby Mountain View. While in College David was a member of Beta Theta Pi. He is survived by his wife Martha and two children. He.was also a member of the honorary science fraternity, Alpha Chi Sigma, and frequently gave talks on astronomy and physics before service clubs and other groups.

1916

FRANK TUCKER BOBST died June 29. He came to Dartmouth from Rochester (N.H.) High School. During his college years he was on the Jack O'Lantern Board and was a member of Delta Tau Delta. Frank served the Class as treasurer 1936-37 and as president 1941-46.

During World War I he served in the AEF as a first lieutenant of infantry.

Most of his business life was with the John Hancock Life Insurance Company, which he served as agent, supervisor, and associate general agent, becoming general agent in 1938. He retired in 1959.

He was a member of the Masons A.F. and A.M., the Belmont Congregational Church, and the Boston Rotary Club, which last he served as president in 1958-59.

He is survived by his wife Helene, a daughter, a son. three grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.

1917

WILLIS STETSON FITCH died of heart failure at Sibley Memorial Hospital on August 9. Funeral services and burial took place at Arlington National Cemetery with Dartmouth, business, and government people attending.

Will was born in Medford, Mass., on June 10, 1896. He entered Dartmouth from Medford High and received his B.S. degree in 1917. Will has always given freely of time and energy in school, college, and business life. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity and Dragon Senior Society. As an alumnus, Will was president of the Dartmouth Club of Washington, D.C., for five years and a member of the Dartmouth Alumni Council for four years.

Will took part in both World Wars, as an Air Force bomber pilot in the first and as an Army Air Force staff colonel in financial affairs in the second. He wrote a book, Wings in the Night, and was knighted by King Victor Emmanuel II. Will also was decorated twice with the Legion of Merit. Between and after the wars Will served the business world as a financial expert and also worked in government advisory capacities. He was on the Board of Governors of the Army-Navy Country Club and a member of the International Club in Washington, D.C.

Will was married to Nina Demos, who survives him. The sympathy of the Class of 1917 goes out to her with a deep feeling of great loss in the death of this loyal and energetic classmate.

1918

On August 11, after a brief illness, JOHN B. DONOHUE, aged 81, died in Massachusetts General Hospital. John came to Dartmouth from Lynn Classical High School. In college he was a Phi Beta Kappa student.

After serving in the Navy in World War I, he graduated from Harvard Law School and became a noted trial lawyer. In 1943, with his late brother Joseph A. Donohue, he formed the law firm of Donohue & Donohue.

He was a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a member of the bar associations of Lynn, Boston, Essex County, and Massachusetts. He was active in Lynn in the American Legion and the Knights of Columbus.

John, a bachelor, leaves several cousins.

After a long illness, IRVING H. RAND, aged 81, died on July 20 in St. Elizabeth Hospital in Baker, Ore.

After graduating from Baker High School, Irving followed the path of his father and came to Dartmouth, where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. World War I found him serving in the 479th Aero Squadron in England.

In 1922, Irving received his degree from Harvard Law School. He returned to the Northwest, where he distinguished himself as a Baker and Portland lawyer, earning a reputation as an expert in mining law. He served several terms in the Oregon state senate and was also at various times a circuit judge pro tem.

He was active in community life, working with Catholic charities, on the board of Maryhurst College, and as a trustee of Portland Holliday Park Hospital.

He is survived by his wife Helen and by six grandchildren, to whom the secretary on behalf of the Class has sent sympathy.

1919

RICHARD DUDENSING died in August at Bronxville, N.Y., where he had made his home in recent years. Dick was a loyal member of the Class and the College and will be missed. He was always present at our reunions.

At the outset of World War I he enlisted in the Naval Aviation Corps. After the war he did not return to College but became director of the Dudensing Art Galleries in New York City, which had been established in 1881. In 1933 he became sales manager of Bellows & Company. Later and until his retirement, he was sales manager of the Interstate Fleet Corporation.

Dick played golf at the Siwanoy Country Club and curled at the St. Andrews Curling Club, as did Eddie Fiske.

He is survived by his wife Kathleen and a stepson, William G. Hutcheson Jr.

1920

JOSEPH EMERSON CARTER passed away on June 8, 1978, age 81. He and his wife made their home in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, many, many years, although Joe was employed by The B. F. Goodrich Company in Akron. At the time of his retirement, Joe served Goodrich as assistant secretary and tax counsel.

By way of transfer from an Ohio college, Joe joined 1920 in his sophomore year. He majored in business administration, excelling in accounting as a Tuck School enrollee. He attained Phi Beta Kappa rank, which entitled him to wear the coveted key of that distinguished organization of scholars. Information of his civic and social affiliations is lacking, but it can be assumed that he was a respected and effective citizen.

In December 1921 he married Margaret Haas in Meadville, Pa., who survives him. To her the Class extends its great sympathy for the loss of her helpmate. There were no children from their marriage.

Joe was a quiet, gentle person who was highly regarded and respected by his many friends and his Dartmouth classmates.

LENDALL EVANS DAVIS passed away on July 21 at the age of 80. He came to Dartmouth from his native Penacook, N.H., where his body has been interred. In his quiet, gentle way Len made friends easily, and he became well known among his classmates. At Dartmouth he was a member of Alpha Tau Omega and was on the varsity baseball squad.

In 1927 he married Nellie Marie Wales. From this union two sons were born, Lee and Harry Lendall '59.

Len was a longtime employee of the Western Electric Company, at the Hawthorne Station in Chicago, Ill. The Davises made their home in LaGrange, Ill., where Len was a member of the Masons. After the death of his wife, he moved to Flossmoor, Ill., to be with his son Harry.

For years it was a part of Len's summer routine to vacation at his ancestral home, "Summer Rest" in York Beach, Me. Writing about his father's death, his son Harry said, "The events surrounding Dad's death left little room for sadness. As he and I drove away from the house to have breakfast, the sea, the sky, the air were all in their best behavior. It seems appropriate that a man who loved Maine and York Beach for the best part of a century should be given a happy sendoff by the elements. At breakfast we discussed the annual purchase of green paint for the shutters and the grey paint for the porch floors. Then he passed away, suddenly and without pain, in the restaurant."

So ended the saga of Lendall Evans Davis, a man who exhibited great depth of feeling for his family, his friends, and his college. He worked assiduously for Dartmouth for years, and he gave to his college wholeheartedly throughout his life and even afterwards through a generous provision in his will. A fine man, a good citizen, a loyal son of Dartmouth has left our ranks.

1924

WILLIAM HAROLD COWLEY, our distinguished classmate, died at his home in Palo Alto, Calif., on July 23, after a few years of illness. He was 79.

Hal was born in Petersburg, Va. When he was young his family moved to Brooklyn, and his early education was acquired in New York City schools. He quit high school to work for three years before entering Dartmouth in the fall of 1920.

In college Hal was editor-in-chief of The Dartmouth his senior year. He had the idea for the first (and subsequently widely-copied) undergraduate committee on educational policy, which he suggested to President Hopkins. Hal was a member of Alpha Delta Phi and Sphinx.

After graduation Hal took his doctorate at the University of Chicago and then became professor of psychology at Ohio State, where he established a reputation as an authority on psychology and educational research. In 1938, at the age of 39, Hal became president of Hamilton College in New York state and served there until 1944. He then became David Jacks Professor of Higher Education at Stanford where he taught until he retired. He published over 200 articles and received honorary degrees (including Phi Beta Kappa) from Hamilton, Hobart, St. Lawrence, and Union.

He is survived by his wife Virginia (McCampbell) and by two daughters, Virginia and Ellen.

1925

CHARLESWORTH KENT NEILSEN died May 22 in Mary Hitchcock Hospital in Hanover. He was born in Hartford, Conn., in 1902 and came to Dartmouth from the Suffield School, In college he was in the mandolin club and was a member of Gamma Delta Epsilon.

Bud joined the New England Telephone Company in 1925 and spent his entire business life with that organization, becoming vice president in 1952 and secretary-treasurer in 1962. He was a member of the New England Advisory Manpower Committee and the American Society of Corporate Secretaries, and a director of the Massachusetts Safety Council. In retirement he lived at the Bald Peak Colony Club in Melvin Village, N.H. He was treasurer of the Brewster Free Academy in Wolfeboro, N.H.

Bud is survived by his wife, the former Cynthia Shaw, a son Kent '59, a daughter, and a sister.

1926

ROBERT BUNCE WILLIAMS died June 16 in his sleep at South Coast Hospital, a victim of emphysema. He was seriously ill for only a few days. He was born in 1903 in Evanston, Ill., and graduated from New Trier High School. He was preceded at Dartmouth by his great-grandfather Richard Kimball, Class of 1810, his brother, Lewis M. Williams 'lO, and his cousin, Russell H. Kimball '11.

Bob was a member of Psi Upsilon and Dragon senior society and was very active in dramatics, taking leading roles in. The Poor Nut and The Silver Box - both produced by The Players. Bob thoroughly enjoyed the Dartmouth experience, acquiring a love for the College which lasted throughout his life.

Following graduation Bob was for 16 years in legitimate theatre, both in New York and on the road. He was also in motion pictures and radio. In 1943-45 he was an actor under contract with Columbia Pictures in Hollywood, and over the years he had more than 200 credits in television and motion pictures. A well-known and capable actor. Bob did about ten pictures for his friend Cap Palmer '23 for Parthenon Pictures.

Bob was very active in alumni affairs as president and director of the Alumni Association of Southern California, and as a member of the Dartmouth Club of Orange County, in which he took many responsibilities.

The former Alva Kingsland, whom he married in 1935 predeceased him. In 1976 he married Virginia Camplin, whose introduction to Dartmouth and 1926 came at the 50th reunion. The Class extends its sincere sympathy to Virginia.

1927

EDWIN L. MARSTON died September 24, 1977, of a heart attack in San Diego, Calif.

After graduating from Dartmouth, where he was a member of Chi Phi fraternity, Ed worked for five years with the First National Bank of Boston. The remainder of his working career was spent with Pepperell Manufacturing Company, Hood Rubber Company, and finally the American Viscose Division of FMC Corporation, from which last he retired in 1970 as district manager of West Coast operations.

He is survived by his wife Marjorie.

RUSSELL B. TOBEY died July 14 in his home town of Concord, N.H., after a long illness.

Born in Dorchester, Mass., in 1903, Russ came to Dartmouth from Deerfield Academy and after two years in Hanover transferred to Middlebury College. He was a member of the Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity.

Most of his adult life was spent in the parks and recreation field and at the time of his retirement in 1970 he was Director of New Hampshire State Parks. His accomplishments in New Hampshire were extensive and widely recognized. Many honors were bestowed upon him, including an award in 1965 by the American Scenic and Historic Society and the Granite State Award by the University of New Hampshire in 1970. From 1969-73 he was director of the National Conference on State Parks.

He leaves his wife Dorothea, a son Stephen, a stepdaughter, three grandsons, and a sister.

1928

CHARLES CLARK GEARHART died suddenly July 4 while on vacation in Pennsylvania, apparently of a heart attack only eight weeks after the death of his wife. Their home had been in Boca Raton, Fla., since 1967.

Charlie attended Dartmouth only part of one semester, because of illness. In 1930 he started with the New York Life Insurance Company in New York City in the management of agencies, and 36 years later retired as director of agencies for that company, with headquarters in Washington, D.C.

He served four years in the Navy, being discharged in 1945 as a lieutenant commander.

Although his time at Dartmouth was brief, he was always a loyal alumnus and attended reunions and the Alumni College in Hanover.

He married Henrietta Tabb Jones of Richmond, Va., who died of cancer May 9. He is survived by a sister.

DAVID F. MENARD, retired research chemist, died April 9 in the Wheeling Hospital. He was a resident of 21 Ridgewood Ave., Wheeling, W. Va.

Dave entered Dartmouth from West Springfield (Mass.) High School and was a member of Alpha Tau Omega. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in organic chemistry from Penn State.

He was chief chemist for the Wheeling Stamping Company, Wheeling, W. Va., from 1942 until his retirement in 1972. Formerly he was a research chemist at Meldon Institute, Pittsburgh. He was the author of various scientific articles in the field of chemistry.

He was very active in philately, belonging to the Ohio Valley Stamp Club for 40 years and serving it as president. His other hobby was travel; he and his wife Tana traveled in every state except Hawaii and also in Europe. Always active in Dartmouth affairs, he had been looking forward to his 50th reunion and was buried in the new '28 jacket he had bought for it.

Surviving are his wife, the former Montana Faber, one daughter, two sons, and seven grandchildren.

EDWARD BARTLEY OSBORN, who chaired the board of Economics Laboratory, Inc., and who in June gave the College $1 million to endow a professorship in marketing at the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, died August 13 at his home in Bronxville, N.Y.

A native of St. Paul, Minn., Bart was a member of the Dartmouth Glee Club, the water polo team, and Phi Gamma Delta. He graduated from the Tuck School in 1929.

After graduation, he joined Economics Laboratory, founded by his father in 1924 in St. Paul, starting out as an accountant. Then he became regional sales manager of the firm's New York office. In 1931 he became national sales manager and moved to St. Paul, serving successively as Brooklyn factory manager, national production manager, and general manager. He was named president in 1950 and in 1972 was elected to chair the board of directors of the company.

The company has been a leader in the detergent and chemieal cleaning field and is represented in 50 countries.

"E. B. Osborn had an immeasurable impact on all of us who worked with him and learned from his teaching," wrote Fred T. Lanners Jr., president and chief executive officer of Economics Laboratory, Inc. "His legacy remains in the many special programs he developed for Economics Laboratory, such as his time management and executive development principles. His commitment and support of programs to employees, such as the company's alcoholism and chemical dependency program, earned him the respect and admiration of all of his associates."

He leaves his wife, the former Gloria Steele, director emeritus of Economics Laboratory, a son, Steele B. '63, a daughter, Gloria, and a brother, Stephen A. '27.

JEREMIAH P. PITTS of Riverside, Conn., died July 2 following a lingering coronary ailment.

A native of Concord, N.H., Jerry entered Dartmouth from Concord High School, After a year at the College he was appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy but failed to qualify for admission because of color blindness.

In the following years he became prominent as a buying and merchandising executive with Dominion Stores, Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, United Cigar-Whelan Stores and Lamont Corliss and Company. He was on the National Panel of Arbitrators and was president of the Retail Wine and Liquor Guild of New York, and a director of Foremost Dairies, Inc., and also of D. D. Bean & Sons Company.

In 1942 he was commissioned a major in the Army and was soon appointed chief of the Purchasing Division of the Army Exchange Service and promoted to lieutenant colonel. He was discharged in 1945.

He returned to Lamont Corliss as manager of the Ponds Tissue Division. Later the company became the Nestle Company and he was appointed national sales manager.

Jerry retired in 1956 at the age of 50 to pursue his investment activities on a full-time basis.

He is survived by his wife, the former Mary McGregor, three sons, a brother, a sister, and eight grandchildren.

HAL S. STICKNEY of 1829 Malcolm Ave., West Los Angeles, Calif., died June 15. He was a semi-retired sales representative.

Hal prepared for Dartmouth at Englewood, N.J., and was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa. He left after freshman year but kept in touch with his classmates. He was a regional sales manager for Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, which he left in 1949 to become vice president of The Hilger Company, St. Cloud, Minn. Our 1968 Class directory showed he was regional sales manager for the Resinite Division of the Borden Company and lived at the above address.

He is survived by his wife Carol and two daughters.

1929

Word has been received that GEORGE OSCAR FOWLER died of a heart attack on December 22, 1975. He came to Dartmouth from the Peddie School but did not graduate with his class. After two years at sea on a barkentine, he entered the fund-raising field and became director of projects in development at New York University. During World War II he served as chief officer and master in the merchant service on the North Atlantic, Murmansk, and Mediterranean runs. He served as president of the New York Peddie Club, chaired the Peddie Loyalty Fund, and was director of the New York Home for Homeless Boys.

PAUL EDWARD NOURIE died on May 4 in Manchester, N.H., at the age of 70. He was born in Boston and came to Dartmouth from Franklin, IN.H. At the end of the sophomore year he transferred to the Boston University Law School, where he received the LL.B. degree in 1930.

After passing the Massachusetts Bar he became a trial lawyer for the Standard Accident Insurance Company in Boston. In 1932 he moved to the legal department of the Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, and in 1936 he opened a law office in Manchester, specializing in the trial of cases and insurance law. In 1955 he became associated with J. Walker Wiggin '3O in a law firm which grew to be one of the largest in New Hampshire, now known as Wiggin & Nourie.

Paul was a member of the Manchester Bar Association and served as its president in 1945-46. He was also a member of the International Association of Insurance Counsel, the International Society of Barristers, and the Northern New England Defense Counsel Association, of which he was president in 1975-76. He was a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.

In 1941 Paul married Elinor Branch, who survives him, as do their only daughter and three grandchildren.

1930

The death of GEORGE HOWARD WRIGHT on July 25, 1977, has recently been reported. George left Dartmouth after his freshman year and attended Northwestern. His business career was spent with the Illinois Power Company. He made his home in Decatur, Ill., where he was active in church and civic affairs. The class extends its sympathy to his widow Hazel and-daughters Ann and Karen.

1931

RUSSELL MERCHANT DENNIS, 68, died March 14. He had been suffering from cancer for approximately a year.

Rut came to Dartmouth from Phillips Exeter Academy but left college in 1930. He was first employed as a postal clerk at the Manchester, Mass., post office.

Elizabeth Marshall and Rut were married in 1933.

In 1942 he enlisted in the U.S. Army and rose to the rank of first lieutenant. He was awarded the Bronze . Star for heroic action against the Japanese on Anguar Island, Palau Group.

After his discharge he returned to the Manchester post office, where he remained until retirement.

Rut was a former member of the personnel board

for Manchester and past commander of the Amaral-Bailey Post 113, American Legion. He is survived by four daughters.

JOHN RUSSELL EWING, 69, died June 1 of a heart attack in Providence Hospital, Columbia, S.C.

Jack came to Dartmouth from Mercersburg Academy. As an undergraduate he joined Theta Delta Chi fraternity, was a member of the varsity gym team, and majored in sociology.

Mary Ellen Coulter, Smith '33, and Jack were married in 1931 in his fraternity house.

in 1953 he was selected National Merchant of the Year. The following year he retired as executive vice president of A. E. Ewing Company, Olean, N.Y., and moved to Phoenix, Ariz. There he became vice president of Oil Investments, Inc. and president of Allen Land and Cattle Company.

For the past seven years, Jack was manager of Quail Run Apartments, where he resided.

He was on the board of directors of the New York State chamber of commerce and the Olean Memorial Hospital. He was a member of the Rotary Club and Forest Lake Presbyterian Church.

He is survived by his wife Mary Ellen, his brother Robert '37, and five children, including Frank C. '55.

FRANCIS WILDER KENT, 69, died August 8 after a long illness.

Pan came to Dartmouth from the Country Day School. As an undergraduate he joined Delta Tau Delta fraternity, played freshman hockey, was a member of The Instrumental Club, and majored in mathematics.

He received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 1933.

Olga H. Harris and Pan were married in 1937 and had two children - Helen H. and Daniel W. He and Olga were later divorced.

He was employed by the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company for two years, by the Federal Communications Commission for one year, by W. H. Coburn and Company for two years, and by Barker, Harris & Company, food brokers, for five years. Pan left to join Sylvania Electric Products, Inc., for three years of wartime work. He then rejoined Barker, Harris and Company, and by 1952 owned the firm.

He was post advisor of the local council of Explorer Scouts when he lived in Auburndale. He also served as an assistant class agent for Dartmouth.

In recent years he chose the Dartmouth Alumni College as his principal vacation activity, attending all but the latest sessions.

He is survived by his daughter Helen.

1932

Our classmates were saddened to learn of the death of ALBERT E. RICE on May 25. Al retired to California, in December 1975 where he took up residence in a leisure village adult community at Camarillo.

Al was an active reporter covering sports for a number of newspapers during his years at Dartmouth and was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity. After gradutaion Al went on to Columbia.University, where he received his LL.B. degree in 1936. He practiced law in New York City until 1975. In California Al was a consultant to Pension and Welfare Plans.

To his wife Virginia (Mc Creery) and their two children, Robert and Patricia, the Class extends its deepest sympathy.

1935

JAMES HENRY NAYLOR died August 11 in Hartford, Conn., where he had been a lifelong resident. He left Dartmouth after his freshman year and continued his education at the University of Vermont. In Hartford James was involved in the real estate business and also served as a board member and secretary of the Guaranty Bank & Trust Company.

He is survived by three daughters, two sisters, and eight grandchildren.

1936

WILLIAM H. MUNSON, a longtime resident of Montclair, N.J., died of cancer on May 20. His wife Jan reports that a harrowing seven months followed the discovery of the disease in a regular annual physical exam.

Bill was born in Salem, Mass., but his family moved to Montclair, where he attended Montclair Academy prior to entering Dartmouth. While in college he was a philosophy major and a member of Phi Sigma Kappa. After graduation Bill went to work for the F. W. Woolworth Company. In 1942 he married Janet Viskniskki in Boston. From 1942 to 1946 he was in the service in Africa, entering as a private and coming out as a major. After his discharge he returned to Woolworth's, where he worked for approximately 20 years.

In the mid-fifties Bill resigned and joined Owens-Illinois Glass Company in the marketing division. His office was successively in New York City, White Plains, and Stamford, Conn. In May of 1975, when Bill took early retirement, he was regional sales development manager, holding the only such position in the company.

Bill was a member of the First Congregational Church of Montclair where a memorial service was held for.him on May 23. Besides his wife Jan, Bill is survived by his daughter Virginia and two grandchildren. The deepest sympathy of the Class is extended to them.

1937

EARL MEREDITH CLEAVES died unexpectedly June 16 in the University Hospital, Boston.

He came to Dartmouth from Waltham High School and majored in sociology. Following a year at Boston University, he went into teaching math - 15 years at North Junior High School in Waltham and 15 more at Diamond Junior High School in Lexington.

"Cuke," as he was sometimes known, was a very sincere, quiet person and a very effective teacher.

He retired in 1971 to Bass River, South Yarmouth, where he had summered for 22 years. He was a member of the Dartmouth Alumni Association, the Cape Cod Chess Club, and the United States Chess Federation. We had word of Earle's death from several people, among them Gib Reynolds, who said he was so good at chess that Gib was scared to play him.

He is survived by his widow Gladys, two children, and three grandchildren. He also had a brother, Marshall '27.

WILLIAM RICHARD MILLER died May 30 in Honolulu of unknown cause.

He came to Dartmouth from Rye High School in New York. He was a Kappa Sigma Phi; participated in track, the Jack O'Lantern, Centro Espanol; and graduated from Tuck School in 1938.

At 26 he was the youngest executive in charge of engineering for Consolidated Vultee during the war. From then on he rose rapidly in management and by age 32 was vice president of a major aircraft company. For ten years he was the owner and president of Miller Associates in Southern California, a management consultant and executive placement bureau. When this was sold, he joined Litton Industries as executive vice president in charge of Royal Typewriter with nine plants world-wide. Upon retirement, Bill and his wife Patricia moved to Honolulu, a place they had cherished for many years, and indulged in their hobby by opening Antiques Pacifica in the Royal Hawaiian Hotel; The shop is still being operated by Patricia.

He leaves three children in addition to his wife.

1950

Lt. Colonel (Ret.) FRED LESLIE LAIRD JR. died of a heart attack on August 2, 1978 after a long illness. Fred was a Vermonter, a native of Montpelier.

After attending UVM briefly, he enlisted in the Army and served as a combat infantryman in the Texas Division in Europe during World War 11. He was awarded the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star for gallantry in action.

After graduation from Dartmouth Fred re-entered the service during the Korean War and was commissioned a second leiutenant in the Air Force. He subsequently served tours in Saudi Arabia, Turkey, West Germany, and Vietnam interspersed with staff and field assignments with the Air Force office of special investigation in Washington.

During his career with the Air Force, Fred attended Georgetown and the American University in Bierut. He became a specialist in Arabic language, history, and culture.

Among his many decorations were included two Bronze Stars with two oak leaf clusters, a presidential unit citation, and the Air Force's outstanding unit award. Fred retired as a It. colonel in 1971. He is survived by his wife Jean, whom he met and married in Montpelier.

1951

EMERSON CAREY III passed away in Denver, Colo., on May 27, 1978. Known to his many friends as "Duke,'1 he was well known as a member of the varsity golf team and was responsible for a number of team victories. During his school years Duke was a member of Psi Upsilon fraternity and Dragon.

After graduation Duke returned to Denver and a successful career in life insurance. In addition he continued his fine amateur golfing efforts with great success until an arm injury forced him to limit his play.

Duke was married to Joni Summerton and they had two children, Margaret and John. Joni and the family can be reached at 4335 East Third Avenue, Denver, Colo. 80220.

Respected by those who knew him, Duke combined a great sense of humor with quiet strength and humility. He will be missed by his family, friends, and associates.

Dr. TILBERT R. M. GYORGY, 49, died July 18 at his Readfield, Maine, home.

Til was born in Heidelberg, Germany. After graduation from Dartmouth and Harvard Medical School he did his surgical internship and residency at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital. He was the assistant chief of surgery at the Veteran's Administration Hospital at Togus, Maine, for the past ten years. He was a commander in the United States Naval Reserve and served two years at Jacksonville Naval Hospital.

Survivors include his widow Cynthia and sons Mark, 18, and Dean, 11.

1952

On May 5, 1978, 13 days after suffering a heart attack, RAYMOND M. BARKER died at Lakeside Hospital in his home town of Cleveland.

A week after} graduation in 1952 Bu<i went to sea on a Navy fleet tanker out of Newport, R.I. During his two years in the Navy he became a navigator operating in the Atlantic and Mediterranean.

In December of 1952 Bud married Sandra Rittinger, a graduate of Bennett Junior College, and in June of 1954 he and Sandy returned to Cleveland where Bud joined the family business, S. Barker's Sons Company. At the time of his death he was chairman of the board and treasurer.

At Dartmouth he was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity and a sociology major.

Bud's father, Raymond Sr., was Dartmouth '23, his uncle, Robert H. Barker, was Class of '31, and his youngest child, Barbara, is in the Class of '81.

From 1959 to 1962 he served as secretary of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Cleveland and became president of that group in 1963.

He maintained an active interest in sailing and navigation and was a member of the Vermillion Boat Club in Cleveland.

He was a deacon and former trustee of the Fairmont Presbyterian Church, a director of the Hermit Club, and a member of the Cleveland Skating Club. He also served as a trustee of the University School in Cleveland, from which he had matriculated to Dartmouth in 1948.

He is survived by his widow, three children, his mother, and two brothers.

Classmates were shocked to learn of his untimely death and his friends should know that a memorial fund has been established in his memory at Dartmouth.

Contributions should be sent to the Raymond M. Barker, Jr. Memorial Fund, Dartmouth College. Hanover, N.H. 03755.

1954

The Honorable Judge HERBERT S. JACOBS died suddenly in his home in Ventnor, N.J., on July 8, 1978. Herb was Atlantic County District Court Judge for 14 years.

A native of Atlantic City, Judge Jacobs was the youngest judge and the second black judge to be appointed in New Jersey. As district court judge, he presided over juvenile and domestic relations court, as well as small claims court. His work in juvenile court earned him the admiration of people throughout the county and the state. Herb was a graduate of Atlantic City High School and he earned his law degree at the New York University School of Law following his graduation from Dartmouth. He was admitted to the New Jersey bar in 1958 and was an assistant U.S. Attorney for New Jersey from 1961 until his Atlantic County appointment in 1964. Herb's distinguished career is attested to by his many colleagues who held him in such high regard.

"He was a fine judge who will be sorely missed by the judiciary and on a personal basis," said state Supreme Court Justice Richard J. Hughes, who as governor appointed Jacobs to the county beach in 1964. "1 was always very proud of that appointment. We will surely miss this man."

Herb was active outside the courtroom in confronting problems in juvenile justice as chairman of the state Committee for Juvenile Delinquents. He traveled and studied extensively in a constant effort to make the county juvenile system more fair and efficient. He also had been an instructor at judicial colleges in Denver and Reno, Nev. Herb was a distinguished jurist who brought honor to himself, his Class, and his College.

He is survived by his former wife, Ethelyn Harris Jacobs, two daughters, and four sons. The Class offers its condolences to his family.

1973

On August 19, 1978 LAURENCE ALAN SHEPARD died in a fatal automobile accident in Hanover. Alan was a National Merit Scholar from Brunswick, Maine, where he was also editor-in-chief of his school newspaper. At Dartmouth Alan was actively involved with WDCR and was elected to the Alpha Chapter of New Hampshire of Phi Beta Kappa. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William A. Shepard, RFD 1, Brunswick, Maine. Alan was a credit to the Class and will be missed by the Dartmouth community.