Deaths
(A listing of deaths of which word has been receivedwithin the past month. Full notices may appear in thisissue or a later one.)
Scott, James L., faculty, February 13 Hodgman, Charles D. '05, September 10 Kent, Charles H. '10, September 13 Crisp, William E. '17, November 28, 1978 Stackpole, Arthur N. '19, September 22 Freese, Paul W. '20, December 14, 1978 Loudon, Hubbard M. '2O, September 9 Sabourin, Ferdinand H. '20, June 29 Kearns, William F. Jr. '21, September 1 Bruckner, Harry '22, August 28 Chapman, Bertrand W. '23, August 24, 1978 Roberts, Russell C. '23, August 11 Jackson, Elliott R. '26, September 7 Coulter, Francis L. '27, August 14 Howell, George E. '27, September 18 Swope, Gerard Jr. '29, September 27 Vanßuskirk, John C. '32, April Kahn, Albert E. '34, September 15 Parfitt, John W. Jr. '35, September 8 Doane, Frank H. '38, September 14 Grether, James W. '38, August 25, 1977 Brodie, William G. '42, June 23 Capps, James N. '43, August 26
Faculty
Word has just been received that James L. Scott, professor of German emeritus, died on February 13.
He was bom in 1903 in Tarentum, Pa., graduated in 1926 from Swarthmore College with an A.B. degree, and was a teaching fellow in German at the University of Wisconsin in 1926-27.
He came to the German Department at Dartmouth in 1927, remaining there for 42 years and chairing it for two periods in the forties and fifties. He joined the faculty as an instructor, became an assistant professor in 1935, and was promoted to full professor in 1939. His teaching career was interrupted during World War II, when he spent six months as an interpreter and three years working in a defense-related industry at Allegheny Ludlum Steel. He retired from the faculty in 1969 and returned to his native Tarentum. He was also active as a Mason.
1905
Charles David Hodgman, a retired physics professor and an avid rose-grower, died on September 10 at Hillcrest Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. A letter from his daughter said that "he was remarkably keen until just before his death and had been looking forward to joining us to celebrate his 98th birthday on September 22." At the time of his death, "Hodge" was the third oldest living alumnus of the College.
He came to Dartmouth from Milford, N.H., and was described in his 50th reunion book as "a quiet, intelligent, good-natured, hard-working Phi Beta Kappa student while in college."
After working for a year in the Dartmouth physics laboratory following graduation, Hodge joined the faculty of the Case Institute of Technology in Cleveland, one of the country's foremost engineering schools. During his 46-year career at the same school, he earned an M.S. and rose to the post of associate professor of physics. He also edited, from 1914 until his retirement in 1952, the Handbook of Chemistryand Physics, a widely-used reference work. His research was in color and photography, and he also published a number of articles in those fields.
After his retirement, Hodge and his wife Clara, whom he had married in 1909, returned to Milford to live. She died in 1964.
Hodge's main hobby was rose-growing, and he was a long-time member of the American Rose Society and a past vice president of the New England Rose Society. He had cultivated large rose gardens and had many color slides of his most beautiful blooms — one set of 1,000 of which he donated to the American Rose Society Center in Louisiana. He was also a member of several professional societies and had been active in the Congregational Church in both Cleveland and Milford.
He is survived by a son, a daughter, five grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
1910
Charles Herbert Kent died at the age of 92 on September 13 in a Holyoke, Mass., nursing home.
A retired industrialist and banker, he was born in England in 1887 and came to this country at the age of five. At Dartmouth, Bert majored in chemistry and was a member of Phi Gamma Delta. Following graduation, he began a long association with the paper industry, retiring in 1954 as resident manager and special eastern sales representative of Hercules Powder Company.
After his retirement, Bert embarked on a second career in banking, working until 1958 as special assistant to the president of Hadley Falls Trust Company. He was also a retired vice president, director, and member of the board of investment of the Merchant's Savings Bank.
Bert was also involved in community and College activities. He was a past president of the Holyoke Chamber of Commerce, the Holyoke Industrial Association, and the Holyoke Rotary Club; he had been a member of the board of the Connecticut River Watershed Council; and he was active as a Mason. His service to Dartmouth — including work on the Third Century Fund, as a member of the Alumni Council, as president of the Holyoke Alumni Association, and as secretary of his class — earned him a Dartmouth Alumni Award in 1977.
The local Holyoke newspaper paid tribute to this dedicated citizen after his death in an editorial which said in part: "Bert Kent was an affable, talented man who just loved to get involved. ... His contributions will be remembered."
In 1920, Bert was married to Hazel Clark, who died in 1973. He is survived by a son; a daughter; ten grandchildren, including Thomas Warren Kent '72; and two great-grandchildren.
1917
Notice has just been received of the death of WILLIAM EARL CRISP from heart failure on November 28, 1978, in Hudson, Ohio. Bill was born in 1894. He entered Dartmouth from Central High School in Akron, Ohio, where he played football and baseball and was president of the Academic Society. At college he also was on the football and baseball teams and was a member of Theta Delta Chi fraternity.
For a time, Bill was an associate in the Akron Storage Company, and he later formed the Crisp Machinery Company with two brothers. They bought and sold used machinery and did contract work. Bill also served in World War I as a sergeant in the Quartermaster Corps.
Bill was married to Jessie Johnston, a graduate nurse, in 1921; the couple had two children. Our rather late sympathy goes out to Bill's survivors. Although Bill left college before graduation, he always maintained some interest in Dartmouth' and faithfully paid his class dues. This speaks well for him and for the College.
1919
Arthur Newhall Stackpole died on September 22 in Katonah, N.Y., where he had made his home for many years. He was a retired vice president of Tamblyn and Brown Inc. and a fund-raising counselor.
During World War I he served in France and was wounded and decorated. During World War II, he was assigned to the office of the quartermaster general with the rank, of major. He was active in American Legion work.
He is survived by his wife Dorothy, a son, a daughter, two grandchildren, and one great- grandchild.
1921
William Francis Jr. died on September 1 in Medfieid, Mass. He was born in Roxbury in 1898 and entered Dartmouth from St. John's Academy. Bill was a member of the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity and for three years was a member of the varsity football squad. Following his graduation from Dartmouth, Bill had an active life working in the construction business. He retired as the vice president of Coleman Brothers Corporation, engineers and contractors. He had also served in the United States Navy during World War I.
Bill is survived by his wife Edna, two daughters, two sons, and twelve grandchildren. The sympathies of all the members of the class go to his wife and children and his many other descendants; he will be missed.
1922
Harry Bruckner, a former telephone company executive and always a devoted Dartmouth alumnus, died on August 28 at Newfleld Nursing Home in Plymouth, Mass., after a very long illness.
In college, Harry was popularly admired for the sincerity of his friendships, for his clear-headed thinking, and for his mature common sense. He was a brother in Kappa Sigma and the manager of Mrs. Rood's eating club. The class delighted in having Harry and his wife Margaret at all reunions and other class gatherings. We sadly missed her after she passed away five years ago. Harry was also a loyal contributor to the Dartmouth Alumni Fund.
In 1922, Harry began a 44-year career with the Bell System. He started as a management trainee with the New York Telephone Company and his first assignment was as an assistant traffic manager on Long Island. He later transferred to the New Jersey division, and in the traffic department at Newark he became a district manager, division manager, and general traffic supervisor. He was promoted to general commercial manager in 1957. Five years later, he was appointed the comptroller responsible for protection of the company's physical property, its assets, and its revenues. He retired in 1966.
He had chaired the Newark chapter of the American Red Cross and was vice chair of the Newark United Appeals. He was a member of the Telephone Pioneers of America, the Rock Spring Country Club, the Dartmouth Association of Essex County, and the Dartmouth Club of New York.
Harry is survived by a son, Harry Jr. '60, a daughter, and five grandchildren. The class joins them in bereavement.
Andrew Mcclary Heath, 79, nationally-known pioneer in developing tourism in New Hampshire, died on August 7 in Concord, N.H., after a brief illness.
Andy actually began his career in public relations in college as advertising manager of The Dartmouth. A highly-regarded classmate with a fine sense of humor, he was a brother in Chi Phi. After graduation, he started with Harpers Bazaar, then went with the New York Times, and later Doubleday, Doran and Company — all in Manhattan.
He returned to New Hampshire in 1936 and began a 33-year career developing tourism into the state's second largest industry. Among other activities, he edited the New Hampshire Troubador, a magazine published monthly by the state and frequently cited as an outstanding example of tourist promotion. Prior to retiring in 1969, he was director of advertising in the New Hampshire Division of Economic Development.
He chaired the research committee of the National Association of Travel Organizations and was a director of the New Hampshire division of the American Automobile Association. He was a past president of the New Hampshire State Employees Credit Union and of the New Hampshire Central Federal Credit Union, and he also served as treasurer of the New Hampshire Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.
As a loyal Dartmouth alumnus, he was for many years an active member of the 1922 class agent team on the Alumni Fund.
Andy married Helen Driscoll 51 years ago. She survives him, together with their three children — Andrew Jr., Frederick '52, and Laura, eight grandchildren, a great-grandson, and Andy's three sisters.
1923
Bertrand William Chapman died of an aneurysm at the Medical Center Hospital in Burlington, Vt., on August 24, 1978. He was a native of Springfield, Vt., and had prepared for college at the high school there. Little is known of his life since he left Dartmouth in 1921. His survivors include his wife Marcella, two daughters, and a son.
Russell Colby Roberts died of acute pulmonary edema on August 11 in Stamford, Conn. Doc prepared for college at West Haven, Conn., High School. In college, he was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha and served in his senior year as secretary of the Outing Club. In 1926 he received an LL.B. degree from Yale Law School.
A lifelong resident of Stamford, Doc served on the board of education there from 1938 to 1942 and on the board of finance from 1955 to 1963. He was a member of the Connecticut and American Bar Associations and a partner in the law firm of Curtis, Brinkerhoff and Barrett. From 1943 to 1945 he served as Red Cross field director in the Philippines. Doc was divorced and had no children. He is survived by two sisters.
1926
Elliott Ross Jackson died of emphysema on September 7 in South Easton, Mass. He was born in Springfield, Mass., attended Springfield Technical High School, and at Dartmouth was a member of Gamma Delta Epsilon and the musical clubs and played in the Players orchestra and the community orchestra. He was a violinist and in 1921 played a duet with a schoolmate on radio station WBZ in Springfield; it was perhaps one of the first musical numbers ever played on radio.
After graduation, Jack went with Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad for five years, then was with New England Telephone Company for 35 years. He retired in 1968 as a district manager. He was a past president of the Lions Club of Lowell, and in Brockton, Mass., was a member of the Rotary Club, a trustee of the United Fund, and a director of the Chamber of Commerce. He had kept up his great interest in Dartmouth as an alumnus, and the class was represented at his services by Charlie Macdonald and Don Steele.
He is survived by his wife Virginia, two daughters, and a sister.
1928
Kenneth Jackson Chase, who had owned a large truck rental business in Cambridge, Mass., from 1937 until he retired in 1964, died last February. He and his wife Mildred lived in Manchester, N.H., and spent their summers at Lake Sunapee. They had attended our 50th reunion.
Ken entered Dartmouth from Melrose, Mass., High School, and was a member of Alpha Chi Rho.
He is survived by his wife and two daughters.
John Francis Collins died on April 25 at the age of 74 at North Adams, Mass., Regional Hospital after a brief illness.
He was the retired president of the J. F. Collins Company, wholesale tobacco dealers, a business his father had founded in 1886. It is the oldest, continuing, family-operated business in North Adams and is now run by his son.
Jack attended North Adams schools and Tabor Academy. He was a member of Chi Phi.
He was an ardent golfer and had served as president of the North Adams Country Club for five terms and had also been on the city council and the school committee. He was a member of the Berkshire County Dartmouth Club and a long-time member of the Lions Club and the Elks Club.
Besides his wife Gertrude, he leaves a son, two daughters, and eight grandchildren.
Carlton Stewart Hoagland of Bernardsville, N.J., a historian and active member in Somerset County organizations, died on May 17 at Morristown, N.J., Memorial Hospital.
Stew graduated from Somerville, N.J., High School and attended Perkiomen for a year before entering Dartmouth. He was a leader in college as editor-in- chief of The Dartmouth and a member of Casque and Gauntlet, Paleopitus, the board of governors of the Arts, the Philosophical Club, and Beta Theta Pi. He majored in English composition.
After graduation, he ran the family printing and publishing business, Somerset Press Inc. in Somerville. In 1942, he left to join Interchemical Corporation, of which he became corporate advertising manager. After 26 years with Interchemical, he retired in 1968.
He then became active again in the Somerset Press, of which he was a stockholder, and worked in Somerville, doing promotion work for the newspaper organization and free-lance editing. In 1977 he was elected to chair the board of Somerset Press.
Here was a man of keen mind, integrity, sincerity, and high ideals with a complete devotion to his family and friends. He had fought a gallant struggle for several years against emphysema and remained undaunted to the end in his efforts to lead an active and full life, which fortunately was granted to him.
Stew particularly endeared himself to his classmates for the past ten years by serving untiringly as co-editor of the " '28 Campaigner."
He is survived by his wife Beatrice, a son — Carlton '57, a daughter, seven grandchildren, and a brother.
1932
Lawrence Skinner Burtis died on June 12 at the age of 70 in Green Valley, Ariz. Larry had moved to Green Valley several years ago, to benefit from its climate, from Chicago, where he had been associated with Connecticut General Life Insurance Company. Previous to that he had been a hotel auditor and a gold miner.
Larry started at Dartmouth in 1927 and should have been with the class of 1931. However, he stayed out a year to work in a gold mine at Ouray, Colo., which his father owned. During World War II Larry served in mine sweeping operations and came out" a lieutenant commander in the Naval Reserve. He was a Mason, a Shriner, and a member of Lions International and was active in the Dartmouth Alumni Club of Tucson. The class extends its sympathy to his wife Bernice (Edlund) and to his three children.
1934
Albert Eugene Kahn died on September 15 of a heart attack while driving near his home in Glen Ellen, Calif.
Few have a greater claim on the admiration of their fellows than Al. All his life he was one of 34's brightest and best. He is widely remembered as an outspoken critic of government activities during the McCarthy era.
Al came to Dartmouth from Detroit and prepared at Phillips Exeter Academy. In college he majored in English. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi and of the varsity track and boxing teams. At commencement, he was elected "class poet."
In our 25th reunion book he wrote: "On the day the bottom dropped out of the stock market, one year before I entered Dartmouth, I made this entry in my diary at prep school: 'Bought a new pair of track shoes. Strained muscle in right thigh. Otherwise nothing happened today.' "
Al's career belied that self-deprecating jocularity. From 1938 to 1941 he was executive secretary of the American Council Against Nazi Propaganda. He was editor of the Hour, a weekly newsletter about Nazi espionage in the United States, and a Congressional candidate on the Progressive ticket in the Bronx in 1948.
In 1953, he founded a publishing company to provide a rostrum for writers who had been blacklisted for alleged Communist activities. In 1955, he published False Witness by Harvey Matusow, a book credited by John Steinbeck as "the straw that broke McCarthy's back." In it, Matusow wrote that he had lied in identifying Communists.
Al Kahn described himself as a Marxist without party affiliation, "a radical in the tradition of Jack London." He wrote about a dozen books himself, many of them translated into 25 languages. Most of them were political but some not, like Days WithUlanova, a pictorial biography of Soviet ballerina Galina Ulanova.
Al married Riette Warner, a sculptor, in 1934. Besides Riette, he leaves three sons, a grandson, and two sisters. To them, the class expresses its heartfelt sympathy.
William Pulver Stowe died of cancer on August 21 in Hendersonville, N.C., where he had lived for the past five years.
Bill came to Dartmouth from Torrington, Conn., where he prepared at Torrington High School. His freshman dormitory was Woodward, where he shared quarters with Ed Marceau '34. His roommate the rest of the way was Paul Ebbitt '34. He majored in Latin (in which he enjoyed the company of only two other classmates).
After graduation from Dartmouth, Bill was a teacher and newspaper reporter before serving as an intelligence officer in the Army Air Corps (India- Burma theater). He then settled down to a long career as a writer and editor of magazines in the insurance business in Hartford. He later became sales manager of Universal Business Machines Inc. of Milwaukee, the company from which he retired when he moved to North Carolina.
To his son Jeff and daughter Holly, the class extends its deepest sympathy.
1935
John William Parfitt died on September 8 in a local hospital in Manchester, N.H. Born in Nashua, he had resided in Manchester from an early age. Jack attended Dartmouth and Bates College and graduated from Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery, from which he received the degree of D.O. in 1939. In 1940 he started his life-long practice of osteopathy in Manchester. Jack was also well-known for his civic activities and as an expert photographer. He had presented slide shows and lectures throughout the state, winning numerous awards for his work.
Jack is survived by his wife Edith, two sons, three daughters, and four grandchildren.
1936
Arnold Stuart Hatch Jr. passed away on May 23 at the Albany Medical Center College in Albany, N.Y., after a year-long battle with lung cancer. Arnie had lived most of his life in the Albany area.
Arnie was born in Albany and attended Albany High School and Milford Prep School in Connecticut before college. At Dartmouth, he was a Spanish major and a member of the Spanish Club and the Pi Lamda Phi fraternity. After graduation, he spent 15 years with Fuld and Hatch Knitting Company, with time out for four years in the service from 1942 to 1946.
In 1951, Arnie left the textile business for the stock brokerage business and joined Bache and Company, where he became associate manager of the Albany office. He spent the rest of his business career with this company and its successor companies. For the last year, he was on leave due to his illness.
Despite his worsening condition, Arnie and his wife Gloria were able to spend last February and March in Boca Raton, Fla., where Arnie enjoyed being with many friends.
Arnie's first love, after his family, was Dartmouth, and the class extends its sincere sympathy to his wife Gloria, his daughter Pat, and his two granddaughters.
Robert Archie Kittell died at his home in Wayne, N.J., after a long bout with cancer. Bob had retired from General Electric in 1965; he had always said he would retire at 50, and he succeeded.
Bob was born in Troy, N.Y.; he went to Troy Country Day School and also spent one year at the New Hampdon School before attending Dartmouth. In college, he was a history major and a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity.
After graduation, Bob underwent sales training at Montgomery Ward and in 1937 and 1938 was a salesman for Tyler Fixture Corporation of Niles, Mich. He then became sales manager for the Personal Finance Company. In 1942, he became an accountant for General Electric, where he stayed until 1965. At his retirement, he was district sales manager.
Bob was a former volunteer director of the Foundation for the Handicapped in Wayne. He also never stopped caring for Dartmouth and served as an interviewer of potential candidates for the College from the Wayne area. He is survived by his wife Dot, two daughters, and two granddaughters. The class extends its deepest sympathy to them.
Frederick Fenger Shurts died on July 24 after a long illness. Fred had learned in January 1978 that he had incurable cancer of the pancreas, but with great determination he had lived for more than a year longer than was thought possible. That year included ten months of remission, which enabled Fred and his wife Betsey to visit England, to see her family in Greece, to tour Crete, and then to drive around England in an Austin Mini.
Fred came to Dartmouth from the Bulkeley School in New London, Conn. As an undergraduate, he was a sociology major and a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and the Interfraternity Council. Upon graduation, he joined Bodell and Company, an investment firm in Hartford. During World War II, he served with General Patton in the European theater, and was the recipient of a Purple Heart. In 1946, he joined the insurance and realty firm of Arthur Shurts and Sons of New London; he was an associate of the firm until he was forced to retire in 1978 becasue of his illness.
Fred was a trustee of the Bacon and Hinkley Home and of the former Bulkeley School and was also active in community affairs in New London. He was a trustee of the Family Services Association, a former president of the Y.M.C.A. and the Lions Club, and a member of the Second Congregational Church and the Union Lodge of Masons. From 1971 to 1976, he was a member of the class executive committee.
Fred is survived by his wife Betsey, a daughter, and a brother, Arthur V. Shurts '30. The deepest sympathy of the class is extended to them.
1937
Franklin Butler died on March 27 of cancer at his home in Berwyn, Pa. He came to Hanover from Bronxville High School at age 16. In college, he was a member of the band, the Players, the Glee Club, Le Cercle Francais, and Theta Chi fraternity. He took his junior year under a foreign study program at the Sorbonne in Paris. He returned to attend Tuck School and went on to earn his law degree from the University of Michigan in 1940. He served as a Navy supply officer during the war.
Frank stayed with insurance law all his business life, moving from New York to Michigan and then to Philadelphia for the last 15 years. He was assistant legal counsel there with Reliance Insurance Company and its subsidiary, Canon Will. He was a loaned executive, in 1977, to the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce and again later to the United Fund of Philadelphia.
A wonderful letter from Frank's wife Maxine told us that Frank had retired in December 1978 full of ideas for traveling and some exciting work he had in mind, as well as of plans for finally attending reunions and football games. She related that one of his greatest thrills was having had a private dinner while in Paris with Amos Tuck, class of 1835. She and son Barry visited with Bill Storck '37 and his wife Nan this past summer in Annapolis. They had all been good friends through many years.
Frank leaves Maxine (Barabeau), two sons, and a brother Ralph '36.
1939
Joseph Paulchehan, 64, of Medford, Mass., died on August 10 after a long bout with cancer. Joe had been a regular at our reunions and had planned to come to our 40th. He was unable to make it, however, although he had responded to our correspondence shortly before his death. Joe was well-known in Boston medical circles as the head of respiratory therapy at the New England Deaconess Hospital. A native of Boston, Joe attended Boston Latin School before entering Dartmouth and received his medical degree from the Boston University School of Medicine in 1943.
Joe served in the Marines during World War II in Maui, Saipan, Tinian, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and Japan. After the war, he took up a private practice in Baltimore and three years later returned to Boston for a residency in anesthesiology. He spent 13 years on the staff of the Lahey clinic, eventually chairing the anesthesiology department. In recent years, he was associated with the Deaconess and was also on the staff of the Lahey Clinic Foundation and of the New England Baptist Hospital. He was a diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiologists, a fellow of the American College of Chest Surgery, and a member of the American Thoracic Society.
He is survived by his wife Doris, a son and a daughter, and a brother, Elmer '41.
