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.)

Maynard, Cloyd T. '04, August 9 Hall, Robert A. '12, July 21 Powers, Charles T. '12, August 6 Davidson, George B. '13, July 24 Cleveland, Roy C. '18, August 26, 1978 Murphy, John L. '19, August 17 Johnson, Paul A. '20, August 2 Heath, Andrew M. '22, August 7 Giffin, John H. '24, August 17 Noyes, Roger C. '24, August 18 Edgar, Robert B. '26, August 1 Peavey, Carroll W. '26, July 16 Chase, Herbert E. '30, August 22 Parmelee, Frank W. Jr. '34, August 5 Stowe, William P. '34, August 21 Kittell, Robert A. '36, August 4 Shurts, Frederick F. '36, July 24 Butler, Franklin '37, March Crehan, Joseph P. '39, August 10 Geery, William B. '39, July 21, 1976 Saunders, William B. '44, August 19 Barnum, Walter C. '47, June 23 Woodward, George H. '47, July 12 Chafee, William T. 11l '53, August 17 Low, Gilbert W. '61, July 15 Cohen, Howard I. '75, August 1

Faculty

Word reached us recently that Professor Emeritus of Belles Lettres GEORGE C. WOOD died of pneumonia on October 21, 1978, in Providence, R.I. Born in Maiden, Mass., in 1893, he graduated from Harvard in 1916 and received his Ph.D. there in 1920. That same year, he came to Dartmouth, where he stayed until his retirement in 1958. He taught in the Spanish, Italian, and Comparative Literature Departments, and, in 1945, he was named professor of belles lettres and became responsible for making Baker Library a more effective part of the academic life of the College. When the Senior Fellowship program was established in 1947, he also took on its general direction. Dartmouth had awarded him an honorary A.M. in 1934, when he became a full professor. His chief loves were Italy, which awarded him the Medaglia de Merito del Governo Italiano, Nantucket, where he owned a prized ancestral home, and Hanover.

1904

CLOYD T. MAYNARD died on August 9 in the Daytona Beach Geriatric Center in Daytona Beach, Fla., where he had resided since 1959. He had celebrated his 98th birthday on July 8 and at the time of his death was one of the oldest living alumni of the College.

Cloyd was born in Liberty, N.Y., and entered Dartmouth from what is now Hudson Falls, N.Y., High School. In college, he was a charter member of Phi Gamma Delta and played on the football squad. Although he left Dartmouth at the end of his freshman year for financial reasons, he maintained an active interest in the College and loyally supported it all his life.

Upon leaving Dartmouth, Cloyd took a three-year electrical engineering course from General Electric Company. For a year after finishing that course, he worked as station operator of the Hudson River Water Power Company and then spent 12 years as electrical engineer for the Vermont Marble Company in Proctor. He ended his professional career with 33 years as engineer in charge of the hydro-electric properties of the Rumford Falls Power and Rumford Light Companies in Maine. He retired in 1951.

Cloyd was a member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and the State of Maine Professional Engineers, and, in Rumford, was active in civic organizations, including the Red Cross, the library, the hospital, and Masons.

In 1903, he married the former Louise Swanker, who died in 1959. They had two sons, Thomas '29, who' predeceased him, and Ralph '31. He is also survived by five grandchildren, including Stephen R. Maynard '78, and three great-grandchildren.

1912

ROBERT AUSTIN HALL, for a short time a member of the class of 1912, died on July 21 in Harwich, Mass.

Bob was a lawyer in Fitchburg for many years. He retired about 25 years ago, and he and his wife, Theodora Gordon-Hall, purchased a house in Brewster, Mass.

Bob was born in Boston in 1890.

Bob's wife is the aunt of Paul Richter '20, who sent the news of Bob's death.

CHARLES THOMAS POWERS died on August 6 in the Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia, N.H., after a long illness.

He received his M.A. in business administration from Columbia University. He was the director of commercial science at American International College in Springfield, Mass., from 1926 to 1946, when he moved to Bryant College in Providence, R.I., as professor of business administration. After his retirement from teaching in 1956, he was employed as an accountant in Tilton, N.H., for 10 years, and was a local tax consultant for an additional 15 years.

In 1925, he married Florence Clough, who survives him, together with three sons and two daughters.

A memorial service was held August 8 at Tilton's Sanbornton Congregational Church, of which he had been a deacon for a number of years.

1913

GEORGE BURRETT DAVIDSON died in West Palm Beach, Fla., on July 24 after a long illness.

He was born in 1889 on Staten Island, N.Y., and prepared for college at Curtis High School. After graduating from Dartmouth and the Thayer School, he accepted employment with the Abitabi Paper Com- pany in the backwoods of Ontario.

In 1917, he enlisted in the Army and, on completion of basic training, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant and assigned to detached service. Later, he joined the 26th division overseas as a topographical of- ficer.

After the armistice, he established his own engineering firm in Palm Beach, where he worked as a construction engineer until his retirement.

In 1947, he married Hattie Weber, who survives him together with his only sister. He was active in the Masons and the Garden and Rifle Clubs of his hometown. He was a life member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

A letter from Mildred Conant contained this fitting tribute to George: "The enclosed letter came today from Hattie Davidson. I was indeed sorry to hear of George's passing. He was a very fine man."

1916

CHARLES FRANKLIN DURGIN died on July 1 in San Ramon, Calif. Chuck came to Dartmouth from the high school in Concord, N.H. All through college he was active in cross country running and track, earning his "D" and captaining the varsity cross country team in his junior year. His fraternity was Sigma Phi Ep- silon.

During World War I, he served in the U.S. Navy as lieutenant j.g. on board the George Washington. This ship brought thousands of men to Europe and back again after the war.

After the war, Chuck spent the rest of his life in banking. He worked for five years with the International Banking Corporation in Yokohama and Manila. For the next 35 years, he was with the First National Bank of Boston, retiring in 1960 as vice president of the branch in Cuba.

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

LEO JACOB ROSEN died October 4, 1978, in a nursing home.

Leo came to Dartmouth from Fosdick-Masten High School in Buffalo, N.Y. He was with us just one year and, along with many other '16ers in their freshman year, was housed in New Hampshire dormitory. After Dartmouth he went to the University of Buffalo Law School, graduating LL.B. in 1916. In 1921 he passed the bar examinations and in 1922 opened his own law office in Buffalo.

He is survived by his son Dexter, a grandson, and two granddaughters.

1918

ROY CURTIS CLEVELAND died on August 28, 1978, at the age of 83. He did not graduate from Dartmouth, but was pledged to Beta Theta Pi while he was at the College.

Before and after World War I, he was employed by Swift and Company. During the war, he served in the 130th Field Hospital of the Third Division.

Most of his career was spent in banking, land assembly, and management. He operated out of Cherry Valley, Ill., where he resided. He was past president of the Illinois Association of Fire Protection Districts, trustee treasurer of the Cherry Valley Fire Protection District, trustee of Valley Board, and a director of two banks and a coal company.

1919

JOHN LEO MURPHY died on August 17 in Baldwinville, Mass., where he was born and where he had made his home since 1938. He was a loyal member of the College and the class.

During most of his business life, he was with the Graybar Electric Company. During the years he lived in Buffalo, N.Y., he was active in Dartmouth affairs and served as both secretary and president of the Dartmouth Club of Western New York.

His funeral services were attended by a number of persons, including many younger people whom Red had helped in one way or another.

He is survived by an aunt, Mrs. Joseph P. Carney of Delray Beach, Fla., and several cousins.

1920

PAUL AARON JOHNSON died on August 2 in Payson, Ariz. He had attended the Shattuck Military School in Faribault, Minn., and entered Dartmouth College in 1916.

Paul had worked as treasurer of the Concrete Pipe Machinery Company of Sioux City, lowa, until 1974, when he retired to live in lovely Fountain Hills, Ariz., where he had built a retirement home. Prior to that, he had made his home for many years in Brainerd, Minn. During the heat of the Arizona summer, Paul sought the cooler air of the Mogollon Rim at Payson, Ariz., in the Zane Grey country. It was there that his heart Jailed him. In Payson, a memorial in his name has been Established at the Church of the Holy Nativity.

He is survived by his wife Vera, one son, William G., two brothers. Homer W.' 18 and Edwin H. '22, a sister, five grandchildren, and one great-grandson. To all his surviving family, his classmates extend their deep sympathy.

1921

THOMAS COLBURN NORCROSS, 80, died of a stroke in Wellesley, Mass., on May 12; he had been suffering from arteriosclerosis for some time.

Tom was born at home, attended Wellesley public schools and entered Dartmouth from the Volkman School. In college, he majored in economics and was a brother of Phi Delta Theta. He also served as a private in Company A, S.A.T.C., U.S. Army.

After graduation, Tom was employed by Spencer Trask Company of Boston. In 1932, he joined the William C. Norcross Company, a Boston building materials firm established by his father in 1888. He remained active there until his death. His son Bill '54 has succeeded him as president of the company.

Tom was a Wellesley town meeting member and during World War II served as a captain in the Wellesley Auxiliary Fire Department.

In 1925, he married Rachel Reed in Whitman, Mass. She survives him, together with his sons Thomas Jr., Robert, and William, three granddaughters, and two sisters.

Tom and Raky were fortunate to have been able to summer at Lake Sunapee, from where they could maintain a close relationship with the College and particularly with their dear friends in the class of 1921.

William Norcross '54

1924

JOHN HENRY GIFFIN died on August 17 at Cheshire Hospital in Keene, N.H., after a long illness. He had been a lifelong resident of Keene.

He was for many years an insurance agent for the Mutual Benefit Company. He was also a member of the United Church of Christ and a 32nd degree Mason.

He is survived by his wife Isabel, by a son, John H. Jr., by a daughter, Deborah Rogers, and by three grandchildren.

ROGER CAPEN NOYES died on August 18 at South Shore Hospital in Massachusetts. He had been in poor health for 20 years.

He was a resident of South Weymouth, Mass., but had previously lived for 30 years in Braintree, where he formerly chaired the Braintree Finance Committee. He had been employed as a salesman for the Boston branch of the California Packing and Sales Company and was a member of AH Souls Church Men's Club of Braintree.

He is survived by his wife Helen, two children, and six grandchildren. Also among the survivors is a grandniece, Deborah Ellsworth, who will enter Dartmouth this fall.

1926

HERMAN FRANK DAVIDSON died on June 10 in Sioux City, lowa, his lifetime home, after a long illness. He had graduated from Sioux City High School. At Dartmouth, Herm was a well-known, good natured, gregarious undergraduate, courtly — but with a fine sense of humor, a good talker — but with reason, gentle, and generous.

He joined the family retail business, Davidson Brothers Company, in 1926, retiring from it as merchandise manager in 1947. He then ran his own contracting business, building homes, until 1958.

In 1930, Herm married the former Margo Downing, also of Sioux City, who predeceased him in 1976. He is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Thomas (Joan) Wissing, five grandsons, and a nephew, Geoffrey E. Bolton '76.

Dartmouth and the class of 1926 lost a devoted and loyal son with the death of ROBERT BONE EDGAR at his home in Grosse Pointe, Mich., on August 1 after a long illness with lung cancer.

Bob came to Dartmouth from Central High School in Scranton, Pa. In college, he was a track star and a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, Sphinx, and Green Key.

After graduation, he joined his father, then editor of the Scranton Sun. Before moving on to the Detroit News in 1934, Bob tutored young William Scranton, later governor of Pennsylvania. In 1940, Bob founded the Grosse Pointe News, of which he was editor and publisher at the time of his death. The News was regarded as the finest suburban newspaper in the Detroit area. Bob took great.pride in his community, serving it for 39 years through coverage and support of its residents and their special interests. He was also a member of several national journalistic societies, as well as civic groups and clubs in Detroit and Grosse Pointe.

Bob's children wrote in an editorial of tribute to him: "He was "a very gentle man, gifted with a sense of humor which was all encompassing ... a man of great compassion and sympathy, sensitivity and deep feeling, his great loves including music, poetry, his family and friends, color in character, a sunset, a rainbow or ribald tale ... most of all he loved life and was grateful for every day that was his."

He is survived by his four children, including Robert G. '53, and by six grandchildren, a brother, and a sister. The class extends sincere sympathy in a loss we share with them.

Herbert H. Harwood '26

CARROLL WALLACE PEAVEY died on July 1 in Westerly, R.I. He was born in Farmington, N.H., and grew up in Dorchester, Mass., where he attended the local high school. At Dartmouth, he was a member of Delta Upsilon and played in the musical clubs.

Peave took his master of arts degree in 1934 at Columbia University after teaching in Manchester, Vt. He was headmaster at high schools in Goffstown, Lisbon, and Rochester, all in New Hampshire, and in 1946 he became principal of Stonington High School in Westerly, where he served until his retirement in 1970.

During World War II, from 1942 to 1945, he was a lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. In 1934, he served as president of the New Hampshire Headmasters Association, and he was also a member of the Masons, Lions Club, and Kiwanis Club.

He is survived by his wife Harriet, four children, and nine grandchildren.

1927

DUDLEY ANDREW NOYES died on June 8 in Pontiac, Mich., at the age of 73. He had suffered from emphysema for many years. Born in Spencer, Mass., he spent most of his youth in Somerville, Mass., where he attended Somerville High School. At Dartmouth, he was a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity.

After graduating from Dartmouth, Dud worked for over two decades for the board of education of Pontiac, Mich., and in later years devoted all his time to the Salvation Army, which he served in numerous capacities. During World War II, he served in the intelligence branch of the U.S. Navy.

He is survived by two brothers, Phillips A. '21 and Frederick W. '22, as well as by several nephews and nieces.

ROLLIN HARLOW PERSON of Lansing, Mich., died in that city on June 21 following a short hospitalization. He had been afflicted with lung cancer in 1977. The disease was believed to have been under control until another flare-up occurred in the spring of this year.

Rollin was born in 1905 and came to Dartmouth from Howe Military Academy. He was in Hanover only for his freshman year and later attended the University of Colorado and Michigan State University. Most of his business career was spent with Oldsmobile as supervisor of education and training. He was a member of the company's Quarter Century Club at the time of his retirement in 1970.

Survivors include his wife Mina, two step-daughters, and six step-grandchildren.

1930

HERBERT ERWIN CHASE died instantly on August 22 while climbing Smarts Mountain with a group of friends. He was born in Brookline. At Dartmouth, Herb was a member of Delta Tau Delta, manager of lacrosse, and a Tuck School major. He started his business career at Filene's, then joined Lever Brothers in Cambridge, where he was assistant pension and group insurance manager. Later, he served in the Boston office of the renegotiation board and concluded his business activity as financial specialist for the Small Business Administration.

In 1933, Herb and Marjorie Allen were married; they lived in Belmont until 1969, when they moved to a new home they had built on Dogford Road in Etna. This return to the Dartmouth neighborhood allowed Herb to become one of the most devoted members of 1930 in College and class affairs; among his activities were fund-raising for both Dartmouth and the Tuck School and service as job placement officer and president of the Dartmouth Club of the Upper Valley and social chair of most of 1930's recent gatherings in Hanover and Woodstock. He was a devoted track official, golfer, and outdoors buff. In all these activities, Herb had the support of Marge, who has made her own special contribution by heading up a program which has made the women of 1930 an indispensable part of our class fellowship.

A memorial service was held at the Hanover Center First Congregational Church, which Herb had served as moderator.

1934

The class has suffered a sad and shocking loss with the death of FRANK W. PARMELEE. Frank died on August 5 at the Cottage Hospital in Nantucket, Mass. Toledo, Ohio, Frank's native city, was still his home, but for many years he had maintained a summer home on Nantucket. Following the class's 45th reunion, Frank and his wife Marcia had returned to Nantucket. Frank went out to Toledo in late July for some business matters and became very sick while there. He was treated in Toledo and felt well enough to return to Nantucket, where he had a relapse and died 24 hours after entering the hospital.

It is believed that Frank was stricken with a malaria-like disease called babesiosis. It is also known as Nantucket fever because, although extremely rare, it has cropped up there more often than anywhere else in the world.

Frank came to Dartmouth from Scott High School in Toledo. He lived in South Mass freshman year with fellow Toledans Bill Daniells and Franklin "Dur" Smith. He majored in English and was advertising manager of The Dartmouth and a member of Psi Upsilon, Green Key, and Dragon.

Frank spent his entire business career with the Toledo Scale Company. He started out in domestic sales, but was transferred early to the export department. He traveled the world for Toledo Scale as vice president of foreign sales. In 1968, he became vice president of Reliance Electric Company, with which Toledo Scale had merged, and retired from that position in 1974.

Frank was with U.S. naval intelligence from 1941 to 1946, rising to the rank of lieutenant commander.

He is survived by his wife Marcia and his son Bill. To them, his classmates extend their heartfelt sympathy.

1937

ELSOM ELDRIDGE died of a heart attack on May 10 at his home in St. Louis, Mo. Born in Washington, D.C., he came to Dartmouth from Roxbury Latin School. After college — where he was president of the Dartmouth Union, on the news board of The DartMouth, and a member of the Players and the varsity track team — he graduated from the Episcopal theological School in Cambridge in 1940.

Elsom served Episcopal churches in Alaska and New Hampshire; he was vicar of St. Matthews in Fairbanks from 1940 to 1943, and rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Nashua from 1944 to 1954. In addition, he served as deputy to the general convention twice and as executive secretary of the church's province of New England and of the leadership training division of the executive council in Greenwich, Conn., for three years.

He led innovative efforts in religious education and for 21 years was a director of the Educational Center in St. Louis. This center developed curricula for interdenominational education, combining theological and psychological themes using the theories of C. G. Jung. Hundreds of Protestant congregations in the United States and Canada are participating in these programs.

Just before his death, Elsom had completed a seven- volume publication called Centerquest, a course for kindergarteners through adults, centering on life's issues and tensions.

Elsom is survived by his wife Elizabeth and by three sons — Elsom Jr., Stephen, and Mark '65.

GEORGE WASHINGTON HEUER died on November 30, 1978, of a heart attack in Philadelphia.

He prepared for Dartmouth at the Haverford School there, and he also graduated from the Tuck School. He was a Theta Chi.

Our records of him do not go beyond 1956, but we do know that he graduated from Harvard Law School and the University of Pennsylvania Law School and spent three further years studying law at Temple night school.

In 1941, he became executive and general manager of Oakland Farms, a milk dairy business, and we assume he stayed with that business through his life.

He leaves his wife Mae and four children.

FRANK GERALD PICKELL died in Cool, Calif., on October 10, 1978, several years after having had open heart surgery.

He came to Hanover from Montclair High School. He was a Phi Sigma Kappa, majored in psychology, and participated in track and swimming.

Frank entered business with F. W. Woolworth, then spent 13 years with National Oil Products and 10 years with Walter Bennett in advertising. In 1962, he formed his own agency in Radnor, Pa. He also received a certificate in advertising and selling from Pace College. In World War II, he served as a first lieutenant with the 84th mortar battalion in North Africa and Italy.

He was always interested in Christian ministry; he attended courses, edited books, and handled the promotion for a number of accounts in radio and television, including the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. He traveled extensively and was a director of several professional organizations, and he was also a deacon and a Sunday school superintendent.

He leaves his wife Alberta (Duncan) and two sons.

1939

WILLIAM BECKWITH GEERY passed away on July 21, 1976, after a six-month battle with cancer, according to a letter just received from his son. Bill had worked for the Deluxe Check Printers Company in St. Paul since 1939, except for a four-year hiatus with the armed forces during World War II. He was elected by the employees as an individual trustee of the profit sharing trust, and was appointed administrator of the trust in 1966. He had also served as publications editor since 1950. An immensely popular person in the company, Bill maintained a lifelong interest in athletics and spent much time coaching Softball teams and arranging and participating in all manner of recreational and social functions. He is survived by his wife Peggy, three daughters, and a son. Bill III '68.

1941

WILLIAM B. MCKELVEY died at his home in Youngstown, Ohio, on December 13, 1978, after a long illness.

At Dartmouth, he played junior varsity football and was a member of SAE. He served with the Air Corps in Africa, Sicily, and Italy, becoming first sergeant of a troop carrier squadron and winning a Bronze Star.

Bill was president of G. M. McKelvey Company, the third generation of his family in the department store business founded by his grandfather in 1883. He first worked there as a boy during summer vacations. After graduation and after World War II, he worked at almost every job in the store, from stock boy to merchandise manager.

Bill had been a director of the National Retail Dry Goods Association and was active in a host of community organizations and clubs — the Junior Chamber of Commerce, Community Chest, Y.M.C.A., Western Star Lodge, the Youngstown Club, and the Youngstown Country Club.

Bill leaves his wife, Sallie Turner McKelvey, five sons, three daughters, and eleven grandchildren.

HAROLD H. NEALE collapsed and died suddenly on June 14 at his home in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.

Hal, a member of Phi Kappa Psi at Dartmouth, left college after our sophomore year to work as an appren- tice machinist at Thompson Products in Cleveland and then at Denison Engineering in Columbus. From 1943 to 1945, he flew more than 100 combat missions as a P-47 pilot in the Mediterranean Theater, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross and eight air medals. He went back in service during the Korean War and served in Japan.

After World War II, he joined the family-founded insurance agency, Neale-Phypers Company, became its president in 1956, and then stepped down in 1961 to work in other departments of the business. He also did personal tax consulting and had recently been studying accounting at Case Western Reserve.

Hal was active in the First Church of Christ Scientist, a director of the Ohio Clay Company, and a member of the Union Club of Cleveland. His hobby was opera, and he had a prized collection of taped Metropolitan Opera performances.

He leaves his wife, the former Catherine Karpinec, three daughters, including Lucy, a professional musician in Germany, and four grandchildren.

1943

Word has been received of the death of JOHN MCCARTHY lion September 1, 1978, after an extended illness. John is survived by his wife Dorothy and three children. Their home is in Kirkwood, Mo.

John graduated with an A.B. degree and attended Tuck School. He was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity.

1944

NATHANIEL SPITZ of New London, Conn., died on May 31, two weeks after surgery for a brain tumor.

"Babe" was president and treasurer of the City Coal Company and New London Coal Company, family businesses started by his father. He was born in New London and after Dartmouth and maritime service, he returned to that city.

Active throughout his lifetime in community service, Babe was a member of Congregation Beth El and formerly a member of its board of directors. He was a member of the advisory board of the Hartford National Bank and Trust Company and a trustee of the Savings Bank of New London. He was also a trustee of Mitchell College, which his father founded, and a member and past president of the Friends of Mitchell.

A trustee and member of the board of managers of Lawrence Memorial Hospital, he also chaired the hospital's development and labor relations committees. He was a member and former president of the Pequot Council of Boy Scouts of Americana member of the Thames Club, New London Country Club, Southeastern Connecticut Chamber of Commerce, and Waterford Raquet Club, and a president of Family Service of Southern New London County.

Babe is survived by his wife Leah, a son Reuben, a brother, and a sister.

1947

WALTER CHARLES BARNUM of New Hartford, N.Y., died suddenly on June 23. Walter had graduated from the Utica Free Academy before coming to Dartmouth. He served with the U.S. Navy during World War II. After graduating from Dartmouth, he received his master's degree in computer sciences from the Univer- sity of Missouri. He taught for several years at Mohawk Valley Community College and served as director of central services for Oneida County. For the past seven years, he was vice president of the Bank of Utica and, in addition, taught evening courses in com- puter sciences at Herkimer County Community College. Walter is survived by his wife Caroline, two sons, three daughters, two brothers, including Robert '47, two sisters, and four grandchildren.

EMMETT GERALD JERGENSEN of Springfield, Mass., died on June 3 of a heart attack while jogging in the park. Emmett came to Dartmouth from Dayton, Ohio, and majored in sociology. At the time of his death, he was second vice president of the agency division of the Massachusetts Mutual Insurance Company. He was a member of the Springfield Bridge Club, the Dartmouth Club of Springfield, and Faith United Church and had formerly been active on the Springfield Republican Committee. He served in the Navy during World War U. Emmett had been class agent for the Alumni Fund for the Springfield area and had worked on a reunion committee. He leaves his wife Shirley, two sons, a daughter, three brothers, four sisters, and two grandchildren.

GEORGE HARTLEY WOODWARD of Brockton, Mass., died on July 12 after a long illness. George prepared for Dartmouth at Worcester Academy and graduated from Harvard Medical School after serving in the Navy during World War 11. He was a staff psychiatrist at the Brockton and Boston Veterans Administration Medical Centers and was assistant chief of the open wards section for the Boston VA Center. He also had private practices in Weymouth, Brockton, and Quincy and held teaching posts at Boston City Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston University Medical School, and Tufts University School of Medicine. He was a consultant in psychiatry at the Brockton VA Center, the Bridgewater Treatment Center, and the Family Counseling Guidance Centers in Quincy and Boston. He is survived by his wife Shirley, a daughter, three sons, his mother, and three sisters.

1949

The class was saddened to learn that JACK FLEMMING OSTERGAARD was the victim of a suicide last June in Bethel Park, Pa., following an extensive illness.

Jack came to Dartmouth from Pittsburgh, Pa., and was a member of Theta Chi and a pre-med. He obtained his M.D. degree from Cornell in 1953.

Jack married Maureen Quinn in 1969 and lived in California until her death in 1974. He is survived by his mother, a brother, two sisters, and a daughter.

The sympathy of his classmates is extended to his family.

1952

FRANCIS LEE COULTER JR. died in an airplane crash on May 25 in Chicago.

Lee was our class valedictorian, president of the undergraduate council and Green Key, and a member of Casque and Gauntlet and Paleopitus. Lee was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in our junior year and won three D's for swimming. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta.

Lee was enrolled in the N.R.O.T.C. program at Dartmouth and after graduation, served for two years as an officer on a fleet ammunition ship during the Korean War.

Lee received his LL.B. degree from Stanford in 1957 and served from then until his death with the Los Angeles law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, becoming a partner in 1965.

Lee continued his illustrious career after graduation. He was a director of the Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce, he had chaired the school board for St. Augustin-by-the-Sea Episcopal Day School, and at the time of his death he was on the board of the Voluntary Action Center and was a member of the Chancery Club and the Men's Garden Club of Los Angeles. He was also a member of the Jonathan Club and Los Angeles Country Club.

Lee was active in the Alumni Association and served as a director of the Dartmouith Alumni Association of Southern California.

In 1955, Lee married Leah Mackay, and they had three children. Lee's father, F. L. Coulter Sr., was Dartmouth class of 1927.

The class of '52, Dartmouth, and Los Angeles — all of us are the less for this loss.

1953

WILLIAM T. CHAFEE III died in a car accident near Denver on August 17.

Think back to our days in Hanover. Did it not seem as though the bitterest January day was made more temperate upon encountering Bill while trudging to class? It wasn't just his red hair, freckles, and cheering smile; behind those features was a truly warm personality. Did it not seem as though our often-uncertain cerebrations and our intellectual purpose acquired better form and substance upon talking with Bill?

It must have been so, for Bill became a shaper of cities. As an architect and urban designer, he brought warmth, form, substance, and quality to cities, which so often are cold chaos.

Bill worked in New York until 1975, mostly with architect I. M. Pei. Brock Brower wrote of his work with Bill on a concept for the United Nations University: "Bill was — meticulously as ever — working in fine line to give this bubble clean corners, due height, right measure, spatial meaning. I never felt nearer to the possibility of such an enterprise succeeding than when he helped me project it, with realism, into a distant urban future, in a possibly better world."

Bill returned to his native Denver in 1975. There, he succeeded where many had failed in creating a major downtown mall. "Chafee's vision was bulwarked by optimism, talent, and charm. He was the right man in the right time. For far, far too short a time," said a Denver Post editorial. "One of the reasons Chafee was so effective was his talent of bringing together many elements of the community. His enthusiasm was eloquent and infected all these people. His death was a profound loss to the city," editorialized the RockyMountain News. "I do believe that his legacy will make a lasting impression on the city," said John Simpson, Bill's former chief at the Regional Transportation District. Bill had become deputy executive director of R.T.D.

Bill's red hair, freckles, winning smile, incisive intellect, and enthusiasm for life never diminished one iota until his death. Our deepest sympathies are with his wife (Catherine, his four children, his brother John '55, his mother, and all of Denver.

Albert G. Melcher '53

1961

GILBERT WILLIAM LOW of Arlington, Mass., died on July 15 of injuries sustained in an automobile accident in a remote area of Mexico. Gil's wife Uta, who was with him at the time, received minor injuries in the accident.

Born in Summit, N.J., Gil graduated from Summit High School in 1957. In college, Gil was an international relations major and a member of Alpha Theta fraternity and Casque and Gauntlet. Music was a particularly important part of his Dartmouth experience, and he sang in the Glee Club and the Injunaires.

From Dartmouth, Gil went on to Magdalene College at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. He took a second bachelor's degree from Oxford in 1963 and joined Morgan Guaranty Trust Company that same year. He Served with the bank until 1971, in both New York and Paris, and had attained the rank of vice president. During this period, Gil also spent a year with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

In 1971, Gil resigned from his position at Morgan and enrolled in a doctoral program at the Sloan School of Management at M.I.T. After receiving his Ph.D. in 1977, Gil remained at the school as an assistant professor — a position that he held at the time of his death. His research interests included applying sophisticated quantitative methods to problems of management and developing a system for evaluating alternative economic policies.

Besides his wife, Gil leaves his father, George E. Low '30, his mother, and two brothers — Dana E. '54 and Calvin D.

In Gil, there was intellectual brilliance as well as a gentleness of spirit and geniality. It was this unique combination of qualities that made Gil equally suited to a career in the business world or in academia, as demonstrated in his highly successful, if equally brief, careers in banking and in research and teaching. To lose a friend is always tragic. To lose a friend at the point when he has just begun to fully realize his tremendous otential is an especially poignant tragedy. It is this sense that we who survive Gil share upon hearing of his death.

John Bryan Starr '61