Deaths

(A listing of deaths of which word has been received within thepast month. Full notices may appear in this issue or a later one.)

Wilson, C. Merton '11, March 6 Hawley, James B. '14, March 7 English, Alpheus 'l5, March 4 Eigner, Israel '16, March 18 Holt, Harold W. '17, March 26 Houghton, Fred B. '17, November 15, 1977 Seacrest, Joseph W. '18, March 5 Gluek, Eugene J. '19, March Jones, Alan P. '19, February 25 Goodnow, Charles H. '20, March 21 Hurd, John '21, April 7 Kadison, Norman D. '21, December 1977 Rassieur, T. Edward '22, November 2, 1977 Wallace, Gilman '22, March 10, 1978 McCabe, James M. '23, March 15 Hartman, William B. '24, January 30 Ruth, Edward D. '27, March 1 Wyckoff, Edward H. '27, March 7 Hersam, George A. Jr. '29, March 13 Kimball, Robert M. '30, March 15 Newcomb, John R. '3O, October 29, 1977 Jablonski, Stanley M. '31, March 3 Palmer, William E. '31, March 9 Verity, James L. '31, January 16 Willson, Eugene B. '31, January 28 Keller, John B. '32, March 15 Hedges, David T. '34, March 21 Nichols, Howard C. '33, March 19, 1978 Sapiel, Alexander A. '38, December 7, 1977 Kuhn, Walter W. Jr. '41, March 16, 1978 Elston, Richard D. '45, March 6 Hoban, Charles O. Jr. '51, January Eastman, Roger G. '52, March 23 Barteaux, Frank E. '57, February 26, 1976 Fitch, Charles P. 4th '63, March 17 Baynes, Walter J. '68, March 8

Faculty

JOHN HURD '21, professor of English emeritus and secretary of his class for nearly 20 years, died at his home in Hanover on April 7 of cancer which was first detected last fall. He was 78.

Jack, whose active teaching career at Dartmouth extended from 1927 to 1964, also had a long association with the DARTMOUTH ALUMNI MAGAZINE. He joined the staff in 1946 as contributing editor, then became associate editor, and at the time of his resignation in 1976 was literary editor, in charge of the bookreview section. He wrote many feature articles and for 30 years was one of the MAGAZINE'S mainstays.

Like Samuel Johnson, the central figure in the literary period in which he specialized, Jack was a prodigious worker and a man of encyclopedic interests. He plunged into any assignment with a drive that was unnerving to associates struggling against the sin of procrastination. His enthusiasm and exhaustive research made it almost impossible for him to stay within any word limit given to him. As 1921 class secretary, he wrote a long and personal birthday letter to every classmate, year after year, and it was by arising early in the morning that he was able to accomplish that.herculean task.

Jack was equally thorough and conscientious as a teacher, and beyond his classroom" work he willingly gave many hours to individual tutoring and counseling. He was a gentle and understanding man, in whom students were able to confide, and one of them established the John Hurd Scholarship in gratitude for what his professor had meant to him in undergraduate days.

Jack was embarked upon a journalistic career with the Boston Globe, after earning an M.A. at Harvard in 1924. President Hopkins, alert to the teaching potentialities of young alumni, offered him a fellowship that would enable him to study at Oxford. There Jack took a two-year B.A. with honors in 1927 and returned to Dartmouth as English instructor that fall. Another Oxford degree, the M.A., was added in 1932. He became assistant professor in 1934 and full professor in 1945.

The years at Oxford gave Jack a taste for European travel, and after becoming a faculty member he enjoyed more than a dozen sojourns abroad, mostly in England and Germany. He was deeply read in German literature and was proficient in three other languages. His most ardent interest beyond teaching was music, especially that of the Baroque period, and he played the flute as a hobby. He was a wine expert and had one of Hanover's finest rose gardens. In earlier years he engaged strenuously in skiing, tennis, and squash.

Jack was born in 1899 in Boston and there had his pre-college schooling. As a Dartmouth undergraduate he wrote for The Dartmouth, was editor of The Bema, and was a member of The Arts, Round Robin, and Phi Sigma Kappa.

For the Class of 1921, Jack edited "The Smoker" and chaired the Memorial Book Committee, as well as serving as a secretary. For his remarkable work he was named Class Secretary of the Year in 1961. Dartmouth's tribute was expressed to him in 1968 with the Dartmouth Alumni Award.

He was married in 1926 to Eleanor Frost of Hanover, daughter of Dr. Gilman D. Frost '86. She died in 1974, and in 1975 Jack was married to Evelyn Hansen, reference librarian at Baker Library. Besides his widow, he leaves three brothers, Frederick '26, Christopher, and Richard. Michael Hurd '59 is a nephew and Richard Hurd '35 a cousin.

Jack requested that no services be held. Contributions to his memory are being made to the John Hurd Book Fund, Baker Library, Hanover, N.H.

Charles E. Widmayer '30

1905

FRANCIS ENGLISH, 99, of Sandwich, Mass., died on January 29 at the Cape Cod Nursing Home in Buzzards Bay following a short illness.

A native of Wareham, Mass., Frank prepared for Dartmouth at Tabor Academy and after graduation from the College attended Harvard University for graduate work. He received a master's degree from Columbia University Teachers College.

Frank taught school for 42 years, 34 of them as teacher of chemistry and head of the science department at Crosby High School in Waterbury, Conn.

Frank was unmarried, and his only survivors are two nieces and a nephew.

1914

JAMES BENJAMIN HAWLEY was born in 1888 in Stamford, Conn., and passed away on March 7. He came to us from Kimball Union Academy and after earning his M.A. at Dartmouth went on to receive another master's degree at Teachers College of Columbia-University.

After graduation from Columbia he taught mathematics for many years at Freeport, L.I., N.Y.; Tome School, Port Deposit, Md.; Meriden, Conn.; Summit, N.J.; Newark, N.J.; Montclair Academy, Montclair, N.J.; and Wardlaw Country Day School, Plainfield, N.J.; he retired in 1962.

Jess, as he was affectionately called, married Dorothy Caroline Rickenbacher in 1925 and they were blessed with two children and five grandchildren.

In World War I he served in the U.S. Army Infantry.

His hobbies were ornithology and horticulture. On his home grounds Jess planted a flower garden where it could be seen and enjoyed by all the passers by, and his reputation as a gardener spread far and wide. For many years he was active in nature work at the Trailside Museum in Union County, N.J., and, in recognition of his efforts, Bambergers hung his photograph in their permanent gallery of outstanding and distinguished New Jersey citizens.

The members of the Class of 1914 extend their sympathy to his survivors.

JOHN A. WARREN was born in 1892 in Wrentham, Mass., and passed away in his hometown February 9, 1978. He came to us from Wrentham High School and gradauted from Dartmouth with an A.M. degree in 1914. In 1922 he married Mary Elizabeth King, who died in 1923. He then married Marion Winifred Daniels in 1926 and, following her death, married Frances Virginia, who survives him.

John served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps, Aviation Section, in Texas during World War I after which he returned to his home town, where he was occupied in the engineering profession.

In 1945 he became the first tax assessor of the town and, while engaged there, developed a method of tax assessment which became a model for the State of Massachusetts and is now known as the Warren Method. He lectured at times at the Massachusetts Assessors Association and the Northeastern Regional Association meetings and, at the request of the International Tax Assessors Association, wrote an article on his system which was published in the International Association magazine.

Survivors, besides his wife, include two sons, a daughter, ten grandchildren, and one great grandchild.

The sympathy of all of the members of the Class of 1914 is extended to his survivors.

1915

Our classmate, ALPHEUS ENGLISH, died on March 4. He had made his home in Columbus, Ohio, for many years. He was president of the Columbus Air Conditioning Company up to the time of his retirement in 1962.

Al had served the Class faithfully for a number of years as assistant Alumni Fund agent for his area. He is survived by his wife Catherine, two children, four grandchildren, and his brother Adolph '15.

1916

ISRAEL EIGNER died March 18 after a long illness. He was one of the group of ten men who came to Dartmouth from Lynn, Mass., in 1912. All through his college years he was known by the nickname of "Ignatz," affectionately bestowed upon him by his classmates. After graduation he returned and received his M.C.S. degree from Tuck School in 1917.

During World War I he served with the army in France. Returning to civilian life, he entered Northeastern Law School and was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1926. The remainder of his active life was spent as an agent with the Internal Revenue Service. After 35 years of service, he retired to Swampscott, Mass. He was a member of Temple Beth El.

In 1924 he married Bessie Polansky, who survives him. Other survivors are three sons, including Joseph '55, a brother, three sisters, and four grandchildren.

1917

HAROLD WRIGHT HOLT, the second youngest member of our class, born in 1896, passed away on the night of March 26 after several years of operations and illness, which he overcame by sheer force of will until a bout with influenza coupled with complications caused his death.

After graduating from Arlington (Mass.) High School and Dartmouth, he entered Harvard Law School, from which he received an LL.B. degree in 1920 and an S.J.D. in 1928. For some years he was an attorney with a Boston firm but later shifted to teaching. He was a professor of law at the University of Illinois from 1928 to 1965. He became a member of the American Bar Association and was the author of many articles in legal journals. Harold was always a brilliant student, a dedicated teacher, and a fairminded lawyer with a keen interest in others. He has always been a staunch supporter of the Class of 1917 and of Dartmouth.

In 1938 Harold married Barbara Robinson, who received her degree as a registered nurse in 1917 at Peter Brigham Hospital in Boston, and they had a daughter. The sympathy of the Class goes out to the survivors. Their loss of a devoted brother, husband, and father is felt deeply by the Class and the College of this loyal son.

News just recently came about the death of FRED B. HOUGHTON November 15, 1977, in Las Vegas, Nev. Fred was with us only a year, but he kept up his interest in the Class all his life. Never married and very independent, "Finny" had a varied and interesting career. After leaving Dartmouth he went to the University of Chicago and earned a Ph.B. degree. He continued study at that university's law school and then practiced law in Illinois and California. He was admitted to the Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity.

In 1951 Fred began farming and ranching in Nevada at his own Blue Chip Ranch. He was a veteran of World War I and after service joined the American Legion. As a rancher, Fred became interested in many organizations, among them the Silver State Kennel Club, County Farm Bureau, Sheep Dog Club of America, and Elk's Lodge. At one time he was also the president of the Las Vegas Water Uses Association.

We have no knowledge of any relatives. As in many cases, the interest of this non-graduate in his class and college attests to the coherence of the class structure in the Dartmouth of our long-ago time.

1918

RICHARD LEVI COOLEY of Newtonville died on February 1. Dick prepared for Dartmouth at Fessenden School, Mitchell Military School, and Phillips Exeter. In college he was on the freshman and varsity football squads and was a member of Phi Gamma Delta.

Some time after the outbreak of World War I, Dick joined the Dartmouth unit of the American Field Service and served in France with the French army. When the United States entered the war, he returned and was in one of the first classes at M.I.T. where they trained naval aviators. He was soon sent to Akron, where he flew Goodyear blimps, and then to Pensacola, where he was commissioned and became a flight instructor.

When the war ended, he returned to Boston and joined his father in the china business. He was married to Edith Thomas in 1922 and became president of Cooley's Retail China and Glass in 1926. Dick and Edith carried on the business at 34 Newbury Street until his retirement in 1971.

Dick's principal avocations were golf, curling, and bowling. He belonged to the Wellesley Country and Curling Clubs. He was always a loyal son of Dartmouth, and many memorial gifts have been made in his memory. Dick is survived by his wife Edith and two nephews, Charles J. Thomas and Howard C. Thomas, Jr. '43.

JOSEPH W. SEACREST, 82, retired publisher and former president of The Lincoln, Neb., Journal died March 3, 1978. His career with the Journal began in 1927 and continued for almost 50 years.

Joseph entered Dartmouth with our class but was with us only one year, after which he continued his education at the University of Nebraska until he left to take part in World War I.

His management of the Journal with his late brother Fred was marked by many successes and honors, including a Pulitzer prize and various journalistic awards. His association with Dartmouth, though brief, was one in which he took great pride, and he continued his contributions to the Alumni Fund for many years.

A very recent note from his son Joseph states the following, "He loved Dartmouth, had fun there, and valued its annual giving plan."

He is survived by two sons, six grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

1919

EUGENE JOHN GLUEK died in March in Excelsior, Minn., where he had spent most of his life. He was a loyal member of the College and the Class.

During World War I he enlisted in the Navy, where he served two years. He did not return to College after the war but went into the family business, the Gluek Brewing Company, which was founded by his grandfather in 1857. At the time of his retirement in 1961 Gene was vice president and director.

He is survived by his wife Gertrude, a daughter, Mrs. M. A. Hessian, two sons, John and Robert '54, and sixteen grandchildren.

In Fort Atkinson, Wise., where he was born and lived his entire life, ALAN P. JONES died in February. He was an enthusiastic Dartmouth man and will be missed by the College and the Class.

Following service in the U.S. Naval Air Corps in World War I, Alan joined the Jones Dairy Farm, a family business, founded by his great-grandfather, and in time became president and treasurer. Since 1966 he had chaired the board.

For 32 years he served as a member of the board of the Fort Atkinson Vocational School and was president the last 27 years. In 1963 he was the first resident ever to serve on the board of the Wisconsin State Chamber of Commerce. For many years he was also a director of the First American Bank and Trust Company.

In 1924 he married Eleanor P. Bright of Philadelphia, who died in 1977. Surviving are three sons, Alan P. Jr., William B. '49, and Milo C. '52; a brother, Edward C. '24; a sister; and eleven grandchildren.

1920

In the night hours of March 21, the spirit of Charlie Goodnow took flight from this world.

After a long and debilitating illness, Charles H.Goodnow, 81, died in Santa Barbara, Calif., where he had made his home for many years since his retire- ment from active business. Following cremation, in- terment took place in the family plot in the beautiful and ago-old cemetery in Kennebunk, Me.

Born in 1896 in Kennebunk, Charlie was always proud of his "Down East" origins. He prepared for Dartmouth at Phillips Exeter Academy, where he developed an abiding interest in track athletics, an interest followed very successfully as a member of the Dartmouth varsity track team. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi and Sphinx.

During World War I he was a U.S. Naval flier stationed at Grimsby, England, and he flew many dangerous missions over the forbidding North Sea.

Not long after his graduation from Dartmouth, he married Margaret Ward, who accompanied him frequently to Hanover as the years went on. This union ushered into the world three fine children and seven grandchildren, who, with Margaret, survive.

To each and all of them, and more particularly to Margaret, the Class unites in sending sincere and understanding sympathy.

CHARLES F. MCGOUGHRAN '20

1921

Word has come to Hanover that NORMAN DEWEY KADISON, a longtime resident of White Plains and ! New York City, died last December. Further information about his death is lacking.

For most of his life he was associated with Sartorius and Smith, investors, of White Plains, and with Sartorius and Company of 39 Broadway, New York City, as a customers' representative in stocks and bonds.

Born in New York City in 1898, Kaddy prepared for college at the Horace Mann School and made a name for himself in football, basketball, and baseball. As a Dartmouth freshman he joined Sigma Nu fraternity and Dartmouth Old Guard. He left Hanover in October 1918 for Parris Island and the Marine Corps.

In Chicago in September 1926 Kaddy made newspaper headlines when he was robbed of $130,000 worth of jewels on the eleventh floor of Palmer House. He was then working as an agent for Lazarus K. Kadison, a jeweler at 1650 Broadway, New York City. Kaddy was wearing a diamond belt which the gunmen forced him to take off, and they then tied him to the bed and gagged him.

In 1933 Kaddy married Diane DuVernay of New Orleans, a graduate of Tulane, who, now a resident of California, survives him. They had no children.

1922

FREDERICK WILLIAM VOGEL, 77, retired paper manufacturer, died January 29 in Syracuse, N.Y., while away from his home in Old Saybrook, Conn.

As a Dartmouth classmate, Fritz was noted for his friendliness, his quiet humor, and his brilliant scholarship. He majored in chemistry, graduated magna cum laude, was Phi Beta Kappa and a member of Phi Epsilon Pi fraternity. After graduating, he remained at Dartmouth for two years, worked as an assistant in the chemistry department, and in 1924 received his master's degree in science.

His knowledge of chemistry and his business leadership resulted in a highly successful career. He began as a research chemist with the Brown Paper and Pulp Co., Berlin, N.H. Fifteen years later he moved to Bellows Falls, Vt., and purchased a bankrupt paper company. With another businessman he purchased a second paper company and formed the Mountain Paper Products Corporation, a sales and management organization. In 1946 the Waterproof Paper Company of Worcester, Mass., was added. Three years later with another associate, Fritz formed a company to develop a process for molded corregated material. They were the sole licensees of this process, the outgrowth of which was the Pillo-Pak Corporation of New York City. In 1951 the Ryegate (Vt.) Paper Company was added. In 1960, the various paper companies merged under the parent organization of Mountain Paper Products with Fritz as president. He retired from business in 1962. He then spent a year as a volunteer worker in the nuclear medical laboratories at Maine Medical Center in Portland.

During his years in Vermont, Fritz was active in many civic organizations. He was head of the Greater Vermont Association, president of Bellows Falls Rotary Club, and past district governor of Rotary, the first Racing Commissioner for Vermont, a trustee of Rockingham Memorial Hospital, a member of the School Planning Committee, and a director of the Bellows Falls Trust Company.

Fritz is survived by his wife Madalyn (Pratt, Wilkie), and a son, two daughters, and ten grandchildren from previous marriages.

1924

WILLIAM BROWN HARTMAN died on January 30 in Sun City, Ariz. He had been a prominent attorney in Pontiac, Mich., making his home in Bloomfield Hills.

He received his LL.B. degree from the University of Michigan in 1927. He was associated with the Pontiac law firm of Hartman, Beier, Howlett, McConnel & Googasian for 35 years until his retirement five years ago.

Bill was involved in many city functions. He was a former director of the Boy's Club and the Oakland County Draft Board, past president of the Oakland County Bar Association, Pontiac Area United Fund Foundation, and the Pontiac Kiwanis Club. He was also a member of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the Michigan State Bar Association.

He is survived by his wife Helen, two daughters, and five grandchildren.

1927

EDWARD DAVID RUTH died March 1 in the Carlmont Convalescent Hospital, Belmont, Calif., after a long illness. He had been confined to this hospital since before the death of his wife Doris in 1975. They had no children.

Born in New York City in 1906, Ed came to Dartmouth from the Barnard School for Boys. During his undergraduate days he was circulation manager of the Jack-o-Lantern, a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity, and attended Tuck School.

In 1927 Ed joined the General Motors Overseas Division and was its advertising manager in Bombay, India. Later, he served as division manager for several areas of GM's operations, and at the time of his retirement several years ago he was zone manager for its entire West Coast operations. During World War II he served as an air pilot officer on the USS LakeChamplain.

He was a former vestryman in the Episcopal Church in his hometown of San Mateo, a member of the New York University Club, and a Noble of Islam Temple of San Francisco.

Survivors include a sister.

EDWARD H. WYCKOFF, born in Alton, Ill., in 1906, died March 7 in Houston, Tex., where he lived. He entered Dartmouth from the Alton High School and later transferred from Dartmouth to Tulane University, where he graduated with a degree in chemical engineering.

Ed was an active associate member of The Lone Star Service Stations Association and at the time of his death was president of the Jet Chemical Company, Inc., in Houston. He is survived by his wife Thelma Wyckoff of Houston, two sons, David S. and John R., and a daughter Mrs. Armando Garcia.

1930

JOHN ROSS NEWCOMB died of cancer on October 29, 1977, in El Cerrito, Calif. John began his career in the insurance business with Liberty Mutual in New York. He joined Hardware Indemnity Company as eastern casualty manager in 1943. He moved to San Francisco in 1949 when he joined American International Underwriters as casualty manager of their San Francisco office. A move in 1964 took him to the insurance brokerage firm of E. V. Maynard & Company as general manager of their office.

In 1970, at 62 years of age, he graduated from San Francisco Law School, was admitted to the California Bar, and practiced for the next five years. This was the fulfillment of a lifelong dream.

The Class extends its sympathy to his widow Margaret, sons Thomas and Anthony, and brother Russell '26.

STUART FREDERICK SEIDL died suddenly December 18 in Minneapolis. Stu was head of the board of Rahr Malting Co., a firm he joined in 1940. He had been president of the Waseca Grain Company, the Minneapolis Grain Exchange, and the Malting Barley Improvement Association. He served as a director of these organizations and also as vice president and director of Sprig Corporation of Louisville, Ky. His club affiliations included the Minneapolis Club, Minikahda Club, Minneapolis Athletic Club and Interlachen Country Club. Stu had been an assistant class agent and served on the Minneapolis Committee for the Third Century Fund. He has also been secretary and president of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of the Northwest.

The class extends its sympathy to his son William and daughter Gretchen.

1931

JAMES LEE VERITY, 68, died January 16 at Delaware County Memorial Hospital, Penn., following a heart attack.

Jim came to Dartmouth from Lincoln High School, Yonkers, N.Y. As an undergraduate he was a member of Le Gercle Francais, service manager of The Dartmouth, and a psychology major.

He continued his education, receiving a master's degree in social work from the University of Chicago in 1936.

Ruth Donish and Jim were married in 1937. Their children are William, John,.and Anne.

Jim spent many years in social work, was employed by Field Enterprises' Educational Corporation for a period, and then joined the Department of Public Welfare in Philadelphia in 1967 as a social worker.

He was an active member of Drexel Hill Memorial Methodist Church, where he had taught Sunday school, conducted religious education programs, and worked with the Boy Scouts.

Jim is survived by his wife and three children.

1932

JOHN B. KELLER died on the evening of March 15 in a Toledo hospital. John appeared to be making a good recovery after a heart attack when he was again stricken and died suddenly.

John was a former meteorologist and a retired pollution control inspector in Toledo, says the record; but his life was enriched by his keen interest in modern history and the sociology of Max Weber. He was an excellent speaker, writer, and philosopher.

John came to Dartmouth from Blair Academy and participated in many activities. He was a pole-vaulter on our freshman track team, active with the Jack-o-Lantern, a member of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity and Casque and Gauntlet. He was Sachem Orator at our graduation exercises and continued his activity with the Class as newsletter editor from 1950-55, as. well as serving as an active agent for the Alumni Fund. He was well-known and a most popular member of our class.

John is survived by his wife Irene, daughter Kathryn. and son James. From Irene we received a copy of the memorial service John himself planned some three years ago. This moving document mentions the influence of our classmate Reuel Denney and John's fondness for his poetry, some of which is quoted. John also mentions his exciting years at the White House as a reader for Col. Louis Howe, who was then President Roosevelt's chief assistant. His interest in the U.S. Navy, in which he served from '42 to '45, is also mentioned as a very important part of his life. The service ends with a quotation from John Austen, a 12th century Roman priest: "And now do Thou fix our steps, O God, so that we stagger not out the uneven motions of the earth, but go steadily on our way, neither censuring our journey by the weather we meet, nor turning aside from anything that may befall us."

"John was an idealist, both as an individual and as a responsible member of society," said his Unitarian minister at the memorial service. His classmates mourn his passing and extend their sympathies to his family.

1934

Daniel Hedge '68, notified us of the death of his father, DAVID T. HEDGES on March 21. Dave was a very active underclassman in our class and as a graduate he did not stop being active. He was senior vice president of the First City Bank in Houston, Tex.

Dave worked hard as a member of the Alumni Council from 1967-71 and was a past president of the Dartmouth Club of Houston. He married Ethelyn Kuldell in 1942, and they had two sons, David Jr. and Daniel '68.

As a student, Dave was a letterman in football in '31, '32, and '33 and was a member of Alpha Delta Phi, Green Key, Paleopitus, and Sphinx. He will be missed by us all, and on behalf of the Class, I extend our deepest sympathy to his family.

1935

JOHN HARRISON BRYANT died suddenly of a heart attack in Grand Rapids, Mich., on October 5, 1977. Born in Grand Rapids, John came to Dartmouth in 1931 but completed only his freshman year. He continued his education at DePauw University, taking an A.B. degree there in 1935. He received an LL.B. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1939. Except for three years in the U.S. Army as an agent, Criminal Investigative Division, he practiced law in Grand Rapids during his entire career. John's wife Catherine and their two children survive him.

1941

WALTER W. KUHN JR. died March 16, 1978, in St. Vincent Hospital, Indianaoplis, Ind., after a long illness.

Walt had retired earlier in the month as president of the Guarantee Auto Stores, Inc., which sold toys, appliances, and television sets as well as its principal automotive-supply line through 16 stores in the Indianapolis area. He had been with the firm, founded by his father, since 1947.

A native of Indianapolis, Walt attended the Park School there and later, when that school merged with another, became a trustee and first board president of the new Park Tudor School. At Dartmouth he was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity.

He entered the Navy shortly after graduation and served as a communications officer in the Pacific with the rank of lieutenant.

Among Walt's business accomplishments was helping to found and direct the Tire & Battery Corp., a purchasing co-op designed to help smaller companies pool buying orders as a means of competing with the industry giants.

He was a director of State Life Insurance Co., Hook Drug Co., Bowes Seal-Fast Corp., and Goodwill Industries. He was a former president of the Indiana Retail Council, and a member of the Woodstock Club, the University Club, and the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce.

Walt is survived by his wife, the former Nancy Stout, a Smith alumna, and by two daughters and two sons.

1945

Funeral services for RICHARD D. ELSTON, 55, a native of Hanover, N.H., were held March 9, 1978, at the First United Methodist Church in Meriden, Conn.

Dick, who was executive vice president of Napier Co. and director of the Central Bank for Savings, died March 6 at the Meriden-Wallingford Hospital after a long illness.

He was born Feb. 22, 1923, son of Eva M. (Mackrell) Elston of Hanover, who survives, and the late Ellsworth D. Elston, who was a professor of geology at Dartmouth College.

He graduated cum laude from Dartmouth in 1946, and was active in many civic and professional organizations. During World War 11, Dick was a bomber pilot in the Pacific theater with the U.S. Army Air Corps.

Besides his mother, he also leaves his wife, Jayne Hessler Elston, a son and daughter, and a brother.

1952

The Hanover community was deeply shocked and saddened by the untimely death of ROGER GRANT EASTMAN on March 23. Roger collapsed and died while on a skiing trip at Wildcat Mountain in Pinkham Notch, N.H. Born in 1929, he was 48.

A Hanover native, Roger matriculated with the Class of 1952. He was a member of Sigma Nu and participated in the marching band. Following his sophomore year, he transferred to the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy where he received his B.S. degree in 1954. Roger returned to Hanover that year to enter his father's business, and at the time of his death he was proprietor and treasurer of Eastman s Drug Store, Inc.

He was honored by his profession as New Hampshire Pharmacist of the Year in 1963, and he was president of the New Hampshire Pharmaceutical Association during 1968-70. He was a past president of the Hanover Lions Club and an active member of the Town Republican Committee. His chief love was the Ford Sayre Ski Council program, to which he contributed generously of his time and talent.

His infectious enthusiasm for sports and Dixieland jazz and devotion to his family were paralleled by his profound affection for Hanover and Dartmouth. The visits of returning classmates were always heightened by Roger's genuine friendliness and personal interest, for even though he did not graduate from the College, his loyalty to the Class of 1952 was strong. Those of us who were privileged to know him in Hanover as a neighbor, friend, and classmate have suffered a great loss.

Roger is survived by his wife Marion, his mother, five daughters, and a sister.

Frank R. Logan '52

1957

We were saddened to learn of the death of FRANK EVERETT BARTEAUX on February 26, 1976. After graduating from Dartmouth, Frank earned his M.B.A. at Boston University. At the time of his death he was the controller of the Haarty-Mason Company of Watertown, Mass". He leaves his wife, the former Barbara Papae, and children Heidi and Elizabeth.

1963

CHARLES P. FITCH IV died Friday, March 17, at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Dallas, Tex., after a brief illness.

Charlie was a captain in the U.S. Air Force and had been assigned to the Strategic Air Command as a bomber pilot. He served 20 months in Southwest Asia during the Viet Nam war, where he flew B-52 bombers and C-120 transport planes. During his tour there, he was awarded the Air Force Medal and the Distinguished Flying Cross. Upon his return to the states, he was assigned to Carswell AFB in Fort Worth, Tex.

He is survived by his father, Charles P. Fitch '25 of Hanover, three sisters, an aunt, and his grandfather.

1974

PAUL RICHARD DAVIS died on February 10 as the result of an airplane accident in Richland, Wash.

At the College, Paul was manager of the lacrosse team as a freshman and participated in the Dartmouth Outward Bound Program during the winter term of his sophomore year. Throughout his years at the College, Paul energetically led thousands of ardent big greeners in cheers at football games and was captain of the cheerleading squad in his junior year. Paul's spirit for Dartmouth was honored by election to the Green Key Society and, in addition to his academic efforts toward an economics major, he devoted countless hours as a theater technician for productions of the Dartmouth Players.

Paul and his wife Pam took part in the Dartmouth Foreign Study Program in Bucharest, Rumania, an experience they called '"pleasurable, painful, enriching, excruciating, and memorable." After settling in Seattle that spring, where Paul was a CPA intern with Haskins & Sells, he embarked on a master's degree in business administration at the University of Washington. Upon graduation last spring, he joined the .Seattle office of Coopers & Lybrand.

Paul is survived by his wife, Pamela Davis, of 17800 Eighth Avenue, N.E., Seattle, Wash. The Class extends its deepest sympathies to Pam and to members of Paul's family.

Roger G. Eastman '52