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.)
Hodgson, Jack C., faculty, January 4
Cragin, Arthur M. '06, February 25, 1978 Sidley, Walter A. '09, December 23, 1978 Weld, Stanley B. '12, January 26 Akerstrom, Sidney M. '13, January 13 Shongood, Charles Jr. '15, March 1978 Bean, H. Clifford '16, December 22, 1978 Leavitt, Russell H. '16, January 26 Ross, Kenneth W. '16, December 20, 1978 Streeter, Milford B. Jr. '16, October 23, 1978 Gould, Paul L. '17, December 8, 1978 Bingham, James C. '18, January 16 Frost, Carlton P. III '18, January Garvey, Edward J. '18, December 11, 1978 Howard, Russell S. '18, November 21, 1978 Williams, Robert L. '18, October 23, 1978 Greeley, Harold T. '19, October 1978 Dowling, Leo J. '20, January 14 Stanley, Gordon S. '21, January 31 White, Stanley W. '21, January 14 Dexheimer, J. Philip III '22, January 14 Eastman, Roger M. '22, January 10 Horan, Francis H. '22, December 21, 1978 Loring, Julian C. '22, December 17, 1978 Slate, Justin R. '23, December 19, 1978 Christophe, Kenneth '24, January 31 Dregge, John W. '24, February 6 Rogers, Vincent D. '24, January 26 Dodd, Charles W. '25, January 11 Innes, Walter P. Jr. '26, April 30, 1977 Kelley, Clinton H. '26, January 8 Marshall, Harold T. '26, December 31, 1978 Tagliabue, Charles R. '26, August 4, 1978 VanEiszner, Frank '26, September 1978 Fowler, Philip '27, December 16, 1978 Keenan, Avery N. '27, January 15 Murgittroyd, Milburn W. '27, October 9, 1978 Stiff, Cary P. '27, December 25, 1978 Wetmore, Frank H. '27, January 10 Countryman, Wallace E. '28, December 6, 1978 Jacobs, Morris L. '28, December 25, 1978 Rockefeller, Nelson A. '30, January 26 Weinstein, Howard '30, September 1, 1978 Krider, Paul O. '31, January 18 Patterson, John T. '31, December 13, 1978 Benezet, Roger P. '32, August 28, 1978 Atwood, William F. '33, December 20, 1978 Doehler, James H. '33, spring 1978 Winger, Robert A. '33, October 19, 1978 Hilli, Paul A. '35, December 26, 1978 Wagner, Sheldon W. '37, November 7, 1978 Peet, Melville P. '39, July 29, 1978 Higgons, Robert H. '43, December 8, 1978 Hawkins, Robert C. '44, December 10, 1978 Perry, Robert H. '45, November 9, 1978 Gallagher, Robert '47, December 20, 1978 Hall, Kenneth W. '48, June 17, 1968 Krauss, William K. '51, April 27, 1978
1906
ARTHUR M. CRAGIN died February 25, 1978.
After graduation from Dartmouth, he took his D.D.S. degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He practiced dentistry in Kingston, N.Y., for virtually 50 years, retiring in 1958.
He and Margaret Bunting were married in 1914. After her death in 1968, he made his home in Cooperstown, N.Y.
His daughter Emily writes that Dartmouth was important to him all his life: "He looked back with pleasure on the people he came to know, the activities he enjoyed, and the things he learned during his student days in Hanover. Many of his interests, begun at Dartmouth, continued throughout his life. He was an active, interested, and interesting person for over 90 years."
Arthur is survived by two daughters, Helen Wyman and Emily Cragin, three grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren "all of whom," writes his daughter, "remember him with great affection."
1912
STANLEY B. WELD of West Hartford, Connecticut, Secretary of the Class of 1912 for 17 years, died suddenly January 26, at the age of 88 .years.
Stan was born in Winchester, Mass., in 1890. He prepared for college at Winchester High School. At Dartmouth he was a member of the Cross country squad, the Jack-o-Lantern board, Kappa Sigma, the Wheelock Club, and was president of the Dartmouth Christian Association. After graduation he continued to be active in alumni affairs, serving a term as President of the Dartmouth Club of Hartford. In 1971 he was named Class Secretary of the Year.
He graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1916. During World War I he served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps. For 45 years Stan served the citizens of Hartford in the practice of his specialty, gynecology and obstetrics.
He founded and edited for 22 years the ConnecticutState Medical Journal, and a room in the State Medical Society's building in New Haven was named in his honor. He found time also to be secretary of the Hartford Medical Society and of the Hartford Coun- ty Medical Association, and member of the Council of the State Medical Society, the American Medical Association, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American College of Surgeons, and the State Journal Advertising Bureau in Chicago.
Stan served Hartford Hospital as president of the medical and surgical staff and as visiting gynecologist and obstetrician. He was also gynecologist at McCook Hospital in Hartford. He was a consultant to many hospitals in Hartford and vicinity, and served at the local Y.M.C.A. and as a trustee of the Hartford Seminary Foundation.
He wrote many editorials and medical historical articles and three books, Connecticut Physicians in theCivil War, History of Immanuel Church, and Historyof the Great Chebeague Golf Club.
In 1917 Stan married Sara Frances Felber, who died in 1964. In 1966 he married Lillian Eliza Wilcox, who survives him, together with a daughter, Barbara McGuire, two sons. Robert and David '46, nine grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.
1915
A somewhat belated report has arrived recently telling of the death in March 1978 of CHARLES SHONGOOD JR. of Bradenton, Fla. He is survived by his wife, who notified us of her husband's death. Charles was a non-graduate member of our class, and little is known about his activities after Dartmouth.
1916
HENRY CLIFFORD BEAN died December 22, 1978, at Exeter N.H. Cliff came to Dartmouth from Boston Latin School and graduated from Dartmouth magnacum laude. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity and of the senior society Dragon.
During World War I he served as a naval lieutenant j.g., and in World War II he was on the industry panel of the U.S. War Labor Board.
He spent most of his business life with William Filene's Sons Company in Boston and became their director of labor relations, retiring in 1959.
In Boston he was active in many Dartmouth activities as secretary of the Dartmouth Club of Greater Boston and member of the Dartmouth Alumni Council. In 1963 he received an Alumni Award "for distinguished service to the College and community.
For the Class of 1916 he served as secretary and president, and he also chaired its memorial fund.
Becoming a resident of Hampton, N.H., in 1937, he took an active part in the affairs of the town as member of the planning board, the board of appeals, the Marsh Reclamation Authority, and the Center Service Building Fund. He was also a director of the Massachusetts Hospital Service and of the Hampton Cooperative Bank.
He belonged to the Hampton Post American Legion and Exeter Barracks of World War I Veterans.
He is survived by a daughter.
ALEXANDER JOSEPH JARDINE died November 23, 1978, in Florida. Alex came to Dartmouth from Boston English High School and Phillips Exeter Academy. After graduation he returned and graduated from Tuck School in 1917. During World War I he served as an Ordnance Officer.
He was an ardent worker for the Class of 1916, serving as treasurer 1941-46, president 1946-51, and head agent 1951-61.
All his active life was spent in retailing - for Gilchrist of Boston, Jardine's of Brockton, and for 19 years with Sears Roebuck, first as retail store manager and then retail group manager, until his retirement in 1949.
He was a 50-year Mason of John Warren Lodge of Boston and a member of World War I Veterans.
His survivors are two daughters, seven grandchildren (including Alexander B. McGregor '68), and three great-grandchildren.
RUSSELL HALL LEAVITT died January 26 at Deland, Fla. Russ came to Dartmouth from Portsmouth (N.H.) High School. In 1916, with his brother Leslie, he traveled through war-torn Europe to teach English at the American University in Beirut.
Returning to the United States, he was first principal of Hampton (N.H.) High School, later earning his master's degree at Harvard, and for 30 years was with the New Hampshire State Department of Education, becoming Chief of the Division of Instruction. In 1958 he retired to Florida.
He was a charter member and executive secretary of the School Master's Club, President of the Audubon Society and the New England Club, all of Deland. For his work for the neighborhood center he received an award for leadership and service from the council. His church was the First United Methodist Church of Deland.
His survivors are his wife Edith, four sons, two daughters, a sister, two brothers, 20 grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
KENNETH WARD ROSS died December 20, 1978, at his home in Port Washington, N.Y. Ken came to Dartmouth from St. Stephen, New Brunswick, as a graduate of the Calais (Maine) High School. His love for the outdoors made him an active member of the Dartmouth Outing Club. He received his C.E. degree from Thayer School in 1917. During World War I he was with the 29th Engineers in France.
After the war he specialized in hydroelectric engineering, and he designed and supervised the construction of the Abititi Canyon hydroelectric plant in Canada. In 1933 he joined the Tennessee Valley Authority. After the completion of this project he went to Washington D.C., working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers until his retirement in 1965.
He was a member of the Cosmos Club of Washington D.C. and of the Masons A.F. and A.M.
He is survived by his wife Mary, a son Gordon '44, a daughter Anne, and five grandchildren.
MILFORD BARZALEEL STREETER JR. died October 23, 1978, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He came to Dartmouth from the Brooklyn Polytechnic Preparatory School.
During World War I he was commissioned as a second lieutenant. For the 20 years following the war he was in the real estate business in the Brooklyn and New York areas. In 1950 he took up work in the agriculture field in Connecticut, retiring to Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., in 1966.
His survivors are his wife Catherine, a brother and a sister.
1917
PAUL LAWRENCE GOULD died at Cranston, R.I., on December 8, 1978. Paul was born in 1893 and entered Dartmouth from the Portland Maine High School in 1910, but he left the College two years later. He was a member of Sigma Delta Chi Fraternity. In 1915 Paul re-entered and graduated with the Class of 1917. He went immediately into Officers' Training Camp and was discharged a year later as a first lieutenant of infantry. He remained in the Reserve Officers' Corps and was promoted to captain.
In 1919 Paul began his professional career as a reporter for the Waterbury, Conn., Republican and continued newspaper reporting in Springfield, Mass. His later duties took him to Providence, R.I., where he became successively reporter, copy desk worker, and finally branch manager for the Providence Journal and Evening Bulletin.
Paul was married in Boston in 1918 to Pauline Smith. The couple had two children, Nancy and Norbert, both of whom went to Bates College. Pauline passed away in 1970, several years after Paul retired in 1950 to spend the rest of his life in Cranston. Paul was a rather silent member as an alumnus', preferring privacy. Our sympathy goes out to the children.
1918
On January 16 JAMES C. BINGHAM, one of 1918's most beloved classmates, died from a heart attack at the Keene, N.H., hospital. He was 83.
It was natural for him to come to Dartmouth, for be reported he had too many Dartmouth relatives to list. In college he was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa.
He held administrative positions with H. P. Hood and Sons and The Texas Company, ending his business life in 1960 with the Boston and Maine Railroad in public relations. He then retired to his delightful lakeside home in Munsonville, N.H.
In 1964, he began to amaze classmates by sending to each each year a birthday card with a personal message. Thus did he glean items for "The Roar," the class newsletter, of which in that year he became editor During those 14 years the Class Officers Association honored him as outstanding class newsletter editor.
In true Dartmouth tradition, Jake - as he was affectionately called - gave of his talents to society wherever he lived. He was a vestryman of the Episcopal Church, and he had been a member of Kiwanis, Rotary and Burns Lodge 66 F. & A.M. He had been director of the local chamber of commerce, state vice chair of the March of Dimes, and an incorporator of Concord Hospital. He served three times in the New Hampshire House of Representatives, never missing a session. He was a former president of the Merrimack County Alumni Association and had been selectman for Nelson township.
The class expresses sincere sympathy to his wife Marian and his daughter Jane.
On December 9, 1978, EDWARD F. HEALEY died at age 84 in the Cardinal Nursing Home, South Bend, Ind., after an illness of ten months.
Ed was recruited to Dartmouth from the Springfield, Mass., high school by football coach Cavanaugh. He was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. He served in France during World War I, after which he attended, for a time, the University of Montpelier.
Then he joined the France Stone Company and became manager of quarries in Indiana and Illinois. His youthful farm days after he was married prompted him to own a farm at Niles, Mich., where he made his home.
Early he heard about the newly formed pro football league in 1920 and commuted to Rock Island, III., where he was paid $100 a game "because his Ivy League reputation added some respectability to what was far from a refined game." Playing brought him into competition with George Halas, founder of the Chicago Bears, which resulted in Halas' buying Healey for $100 to play for the Bears for the rest of the season. That pro career lasted seven seasons, but Healey made all-pro five times and in 1964 became the first Ivy League player to be enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame at Canton, Ohio. Ten years later he was inducted into the College Hall of Fame for his play for Dartmouth. Red Grange, his teammate, said, "He was as good a tackle as I ever saw.'
His associations brought him in close touch with Notre Dame where he was a part-time coach for Rockne. The Notre Dame Monogram Club made him an honorary member, as did the Notre Dame Alumni Club of St. Joseph Valley. The South Bend Chapter of the Football Hall of Fame honored him with their Distinguished American Award in 1977.
Those who "knew him will recall his devotion to his wife Lucille, whom he called Luke, and who passed on before him, and also by his high sensitivity to the feelings of others, despite his rugged football experience. He was a very gentle, thoughtful person.
RUSSELL S. HOWARD, age 83, died from emphysema at his home on November 21, 1978.
Howard was a life-long resident of Oskaloosa, lowa. He left college to be an officer in the U.S. Navy during World War I. He returned home to become a prominent banker and civic leader. In 1971 he was appointed to chair the board of Mahaska State Bank, having been vice president and president.
He was active in civic organizations and services. He was twice president of Oskaloosa Chamber of Commerce. He was a trustee of William Penn College, Oskaloosa Chamber of Commerce Realty Company, and the McQuiston Trust Fund and president of Oskaloosa Rotary Club. He had served as president of the YMCA.
He was a director of Hawkeye Lumber Company, having once been treasurer. He was an officer of the lowa Bankers Association and a member of St. Paul's Congregational United Church of Christ. He held membership in the Elks, American Legion, and the Eagles.
He is survived by his wife Eugenia, two daughters, one son, ten grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
On August 16, 1978, at the age of 84, J. DONALD SNYDER died after a long illness with emphysema.
Donald, whose home was on Staten Island, New York City, came to Dartmouth from Pawling Preparatory School. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. He left college to serve in the U.S. Navy during World War I.
On return from service he entered the lumber business founded by his father on Staten Island in 1887. In 1960 he retired as president of J. A. Snyder Lumber Company Inc.
He served as executive vice president and member of the board of directors of Richmond County Savings Bank. He was on the board of directors of Staten Island Savings and Loan, Richmond Insurance Company, and Westchester Fire Insurance Company. He was president of Staten Island Rotary Club and a 51-year member of Richmond Lodge F. and A.M.
He is survived by a sister, two sons, and four grandchildren.
On October 23, 1978, ROBERT L. WILLIAMS died at age 73.
In college he was a member of S.A.E. and C. & G. and participated in football. During World War I he was a lieutenant in field artillery.
After that service he graduated from the Medical College of lowa University. At the time of his death he was practicing in Rogers, Ark.
Class sympathy has been expressed to his wife Vera.
1920
LEO JEROME DOWLING passed away January 14 at his home at 36 Harmon Drive, Suffield, Conn., where he had moved after a busy life as a lawyer. For more than 50 years he had been a member of the firm of Dowling & Cosgrove in Hartford, Conn.
For reasons unknown, Leo's name never appeared in the 1920 "Freshman Greenbook" which was compiled in the spring of 1917. His Dartmouth career was cut short by enlistment in the U.S. Army in World War I. Afterwards, he continued his undergraduate studies at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., where he received his B.A. in 1920. He then served in a Hartford bank until he entered the Yale School of Law, where he received his LL.B. in 1925.
At Yale he was a member of the Yale Law School Association; the Yale Book and Gavel Club; and the Phi Alpha Delta law fraternity. In Hartford he was known as a civic-minded attorney serving with distinction in many areas; as a member of the Selective Service Local Board lA for many years (for which he received a Congressional Selective Service Award and Medal); as police commissioner in Hartford; as post judge advocate, Connecticut State Department of the American Legion, to name only a few.
He was a director of Presto-Hartford, Inc.; of Fowler & Hunting of Hartford; of B. E. Burrill & Associates, Inc., Hartford; and of McNie & Hopkins, Inc. of Bloomfieid. He held memberships in the Hartford City Club, the Avon Golf Club, the Hartford Elks Lodge, and the Yale and Dartmouth Clubs. He was a member of the Hartford County Bar Association and served on its public relations committee.
In October 1929 he married Mary Reidy, who survives him, together with their only daughter, Mary Susan, two granddaughters, a brother, and a sister. To all the members of his family and especially to his wife, Mary, we extend our heartfelt sympathy for the great loss they have sustained. Leo had lived a full, active, and worthwhile life for nearly 81 years.
1921
GORDON STORY STANLEY, "Red," as he was known to his classmates of 1921 and friends, died on January 31. He is survived by his wife Frances, a daughter, and two sons, Peter '52 and David '53.
Red took an active part in undergraduate activities while at Dartmouth. He went on to Tuck School, completing his work there in 1922. He was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity.
He joined the staff of the New England Telephone Company in Boston, progressing as assistant comptroller and then as assistant vice president in communications, until his retirement in 1964 after forty years of service. He was born in Dorchester, Mass., and lived in the Boston area, with a home at Daytona Beach and a summer home near Augusta, Me.
His many friends, with his family, will miss Red, who has left his mark in the annals of Dartmouth College, business activities, and especially as a member of the Class of 1921.
Word has just come in of the death of STANLEY WILLARD WHITE on January 14 after a long illness. Stan is survived by his wife Evelyn and their three children, Nancy, Carol, and Jonathan.
Stan went through Tuck School, finishing there in 1923, and had always been a prominent certified public accountant, from which profession he retired in the mid-sixties. Born in Waterbury, Conn., Stan had lived in Lexington, Mass., since he finished college. As an undergraduate he was a member of Cosmos Club and Alpha Tau Omega. He was a prominent member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and spent most of his professional life with Lybrand, Ross Brothers & Montgomery, with whom he served as manager. He was also associated, as comptroller, with the well-known firm of food manufacturers and distributors, John E. Cain Company.
As another close tie with Dartmouth College, Stan's daughter's father-in-law is Douglas Everett '26. Those of us who knew Stanley White will miss him and his congenialty and his loyalty as a man of Dartmouth. Our sympathy and best wishes go to all the members of his family.
1922
FRANCIS HARDING HORAN, distinguished New York lawyer and highly admired classmate, died December 31, 1978, in a Manhattan hospital after a brief illness. He lived at 179 East 70th Street and in Cornwall Hollow, Conn.
Frank was born in 1900 in Saxtons River, Vt. He attended Vermont Academy there and St. John's Preparatory School in Danvers, Mass. At Dartmouth he was an affable, competent, courageous leader.
He received his law degree from Harvard in 1926, and began practice with Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett in Manhattan. He next moved to Washington to become assistant to the U.S. Solicitor General. As chief of the civil division of the United States Attorney's Office he returned to New York in 1934. He returned to private practice in 1937 and subsequently became a partner in Webster, Sheffield & Horan. He joined Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company as general counsel in 1951, became vice president in 1956, and retired in 1965. Following retirement he was counsel to Webster & Sheffield.
Prominent in civic and legal affairs, he chaired the executive committee of the Bar Association of New York City, and also the American Arbitration Association. He was a member of the Mayor's Committee on the Judiciary, and a director of the Legal Aid Society of New York. He was a director of the Citizens Union, and of the Police Athletic League, and he belonged to the Century Club. He was a trustee of Vermont Academy and of Columbia University's School of Social Work.
Frank and Betty Rogers were married in 1935 in New York. She survives him, together with their two sons, John R. '59 and Anthony H. '61, their daughters Elizabeth and Honora, and six grandchildren.
JULIAN CAPEN LORING, trust officer for the State Street Bank and Trust Co., Boston, died December 17, 1978.
Jack, as classmates knew him, entered Dartmouth from the Hingham, Mass., high school. He was a member of Delta Gamma Psi. Unfortunately, because of illness in his family he left Hanover during sophomore year.
His professional career was entirely in Boston. He began with the Harris Forbes Trust Company and later affiliated with the State Street Bank and Trust Company. While there he was an evening student at Suffolk University Law School, where he received his law degree. Prior to retirement in 1962 he was also associated for many years with the Stewart law firm. He was a board member of the Hingman Institution for Savings and a trustee of the Wilder Charitable and Educational Fund, Inc., and of the Hannah Lincoln Whiting Fund.
A lifelong resident of Hingham, he was prominent in community activities. He served as the town historian, and as president of the Wilder Memorial Foundation, and he chaired the Hingham Historical Commission. He was district director of the Old Colony Council of the Boy Scouts, and he received the Silver Beaver Award.
His survivors are his wife Olive (Jacobs), two sons, and a daughter.
1923
Word comes to us from his good friend Ken Fortune of the death on December 19, 1978, of JUSTIN REYNOLDS SLATE. He had had a recent operation and died in the Van Doren Convalescent Home in Bridgeport, Conn.
Jus was a native of Holyoke and a graduate of the local high school. Following graduation he joined the Bridgeport Credit Rating Bureau, where he became a director and vice-president. For many years he lived in Darien and commuted most recently to Bridgeport, where he was credit manager of George C. Clark Company.
Jus never married and left no immediate survivors. He was a loyal and generous classmate and in his will left a substantial legacy to the College.
1924
KENNETH CHRISTOPHE, better known as "Doc, died January 31 following a long fight with cancer.
After graduation Doc spent two years at the Dartmouth Medical School, and then took his M.D. degree from Boston University School of Medicine. He was an orthopedic surgeon. He was also physician to the athletic teams of Boston University for 20 years. He was a member of many medical societies, including the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He was on the staff of Glover Memorial Hospital, Leonard Morse Hospital and University Hospital of Boston.
He was also active in community affairs in Needham, where he lived, and where he served on the Board of Health for 40 years and was a town meeting member for 50 years.
Doc had a lifelong interest in music. In college he played in the Players Orchestra and the band. He belonged to the Wellesley Symphony Orchestra, the Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra, and the Chatham and Harwich bands. He had a retirement home in Chatham and was a member of the Dartmouth Club of Cape Cod. He was a member of Epsilon Kappa Phi, a 32nd degree Mason, and a member of Aleppo Tern pie.
Doc's father was a member of the Class of 1897 and his son Philip a member of the Class of 1954.
He is survived by his wife Ethel, his son Philip, and three grandchildren.
ROGER PRESTON LITTLEFIELD died suddenly on August 20 after a coronary attack. He entered Dartmouth from Mt. Herman School and left in his junior year to attend Lowell Textile School. He retired in 1971 after many years with the United States Department of Defense.
He is survived by his wife Jean.
VINCENT DAVID ROGERS died on January 26 in Wolfeboro, N.H. He prepared for college at Brewster Academy and Phillips Academy. He also attended the University of New Hampshire before entering Dartmouth.
Following several teaching assignments, he became in 1942 headmaster at Brewster Academy, where he remained until his retirement in 1959. He was active in athletics as a student, receiving his letter in track, and later also as a coach. He was a member of the Rotary Club in Wolfeboro and a Mason. He was member of Kappa Sigma.
He is survived by two sons, Richard '46 and V. David Jr., and two daughters. Duenna DeWolf and Dianne Rogers.
DONALD MACLAREN STEVENSON died on November 30, 1978, at his home in South Lee, Mass. He had been a summer resident of South Lee since 1952 and became a permanent resident in 1964. He had previously lived in New York City and New Canaan, Conn.
He retired from the presidency and chair of the executive committee of the book publishing firm of William Morrow & Company in 1964. He joined this company in 1928.
He is survived by two daughters, Diantha and Mary.
1925
CHARLES WARD DODD died in Tryon, N.C., January 11, a victim of cancer. He was born in Evanston, III., in 1902 and prepared for college at the Asheville School in Asheville, N.C.
Chuck was a member of Alpha Delta Phi, Green Key, and Sphinx. After graduation he became a banker and in 1940 was vice president of the Upper Avenue Bank in Northbrook, III. In 1950 he moved to Charlotte, N.C., and became associated with a distributor of electrical appliances. He returned to the Chicago area in the sixties and in 1972 retired to Tryon.
He is survived by his wife, the former Frances Murray, and a daughter.
1926
In response to a recent class birthday card it was learned that WALTER PEASE INNES JR. died April 30, 1977, of a heart attack. He was born in Wichita, Kan., and made his home there all his life, having graduated from Wichita High School and Fairmont College before entering Dartmouth, where he was with the Class during 1922-23.
Walt started in the dry goods business with his father, but returned to his first love - aviation - in 1929. With his early designer friends Clyde Cessna and Lloyd Stearman, he founded Stearman Aircraft Company, of which Walt was president. Their company later became Boeing-Wichita. His wife Betty is gathering together the many pictures and stones of the early days of aviation to prepare them for publication. Besides his wife, he is survived by two sons, Walter P. Jr. and William D.
CLINTON HOMER KELLEY died January 8 at Littleton, N.H., Hospital following a prolonged period of ill health. Shortly after his birth in 1903 in Bennington, Vt., his family moved to Littleton, where he grew up, graduated from the Littleton High School, and, after graduation from Dartmouth, spent his entire life. Besides his B.S. degree, he also took an M.C.S. degree at Tuck School.
Clint had his own insurance and real estate business from 1929-73, when he sold it, continuing as an associate of the new agency. He took an active part in town affairs, serving Littleton as selectman, tax collector, member of the budget committee, and he also chaired the planning board. He was a charter and current member of the board of the Peoples Bank of Littleton.
He was a member of the Burns Lodge of Masons, was an avid collector of stamps, and in true Dartmouth tradition enjoyed the outdoors, hunting and fishing. He leaves his wife, the former Gertrude Bean, a daughter Wanda LaFollette, a son Karl, a sister, and five grandchildren.
HAROLD TURNER MARSHALL died December 31, 1978, of a heart attack while vacationing in Venice, Fla., and Dartmouth and 1926 have indeed lost a cherished son and a renowned classmate. Hal was born in Boston, graduated from Mechanic ArtsHigh School, and had a most active career at Dartmouth, being a member of Phi Sigma Kappa, Sphinx, Mathematical Society, Glee Club, and the freshman baseball team. He was quarterback on the 1925 championship football team, and he graduated cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa.
As an alumnus, Hal chaired the Class 1962-66, served on the executive committee, was a generous donor and willing worker for the Alumni Fund and capital gifts efforts, served on alumni interview committees, attended every big class reunion and many informal August reunions and other class functions.
Hal was one of 1926's scholar-athletes "who made his 'D' in business," as is so well stated in Ed Hanlon's "History of 1926." He joined The Kendall Company, Boston, after graduation, beginning as assistant sales manager and rising to serve as president and chair the board. He also was a director of Shawmut Bank of Boston. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, and Acushnet Company.
His wife for 43 years was Marion Benson, whom he married in 1929. After her death he married in 1973 Caroline McLean, who survives him. He leaves also his sons Harold Jr., Peter, David '59, his daughter Joan McLean, his sister, and 16 grandchildren.
Hal was a special person: warm, outgoing, enthusiastic, and wonderful company. He had the respect and admiration of those who knew him at Dartmouth and in later life, and they will never forget his gentle spirit.
CHARLES RAOUL TAGLIABUE died August 4, 1978, of a pulmonary embolism while on a fishing trip in Wyoming with his wife.
At the time he entered Dartmouth, he lived in Patterson, N.J., and had graduated from the high school there. Tag was with the Class during our freshman and sophomore years and was a member of Alpha Chi Rho fraternity.
In 1960 the Alumni Records Office had word that he had been in business with United Piece-Dye-Works, Los Angeles, Calif., where he lived, and that he became vice president in 1945. He was married that year to Barbara Leslie, who survives him, and it was she who told of his sudden death on their annual trip trout fishing - a hobby he greatly enjoyed next to his horses and his music.
1927
PHILIP FOWLER died unexpectedly December 16, 1978 in Tampa, Fla., shortly after arriving there with his wife Madeline to spend the winter. Memorial services were held in Exeter, N.H., where he lived in the family homestead in which he was born in 1906.
Phil came to Dartmouth from Country Day School in Newton, Mass. While in Hanover, he was active in sports and dramatics and was a member of Psi Upsilon fraternity. His father had graduated from Dartmouth in 1872 and his grandfather in 1833.
Phil received his MBA from Harvard Business School in 1929 and during his early business years was associated with several Boston men as a stock market technician and business and personnel consultant. Later, he became a consultant on and investor in oil properties. He served with the Air Force from 1943 to 1946 and also during the Korean War.
He was active in both the University and Harvard Clubs of Boston and the Abenaqui Country Club of Rye Beach, N.H. He had been an officer of the Boston Junior Executive Club and of The Boston Shakespeare Club. He was always active in Dartmouth affairs, and for many years he chaired the Boston interviewing committee as well as his class annual fall reunions in Hanover. He was particularly happy over having taken a prominent part in the colorful ceremony at his 40th reunion when the Class of 1927 gave the college a new pine tree to replace the old pine which had been reduced to a stump.
He is survived by his wife, Madeline, a brother William P. '21, and a sister.
RICHARD F. GRIFFIN died unexpectedly November 23, 1978, at his home in Santa Barbara, Calif., of a heart attack suffered during a stroll on the beach in front of his home Thanksgiving afternoon.
Born in South Portland, Me., in 1904, he attended Portland High School. At Dartmouth he belonged to Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity and attended Tuck School for one year as his elected major. After graduation, Dick returned to Portland, where he was involved in real estate and insurance until 1963, when he moved to Santa Barbara.
One of our most faithful returnees to reunions, Dick received recognition several times for having traveled the longest distance to attend. In recent years he attended almost all of the annual fall reunions in Hanover, including last year's. He generally combined the long trip east with a visit to Portland. He also traveled extensively, including a trip around the world in 1966, a year in Fuengirola, Spain, in 1971, followed in 1972 by three months on Spain's Costa del Sol and nine months in Egypt and North Africa.
Survivors include his wife Laura, two daughters, and five grandchildren.
WALTER B. LASHAR died November 28, 1978, at the age of 73 in Philadelphia, a little more than a month after he had celebrated his 50th wedding anniversary and only a few months after a lengthy hospitalization in the summer of 1978. He was born in Bridgeport, Conn., but had lived in York, Pa., for some time.
"Blondie," as he was called, was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. His entire business career of over 40 years was spent with American Chain & Cable Company, and at the time of his retirement in 1970 he was its director of research and the holder of several patents. Previously he was technical sales manager for the American Chain Division of that company, which was the out-growth of a chain manufacturing company founded by his father in 1904. His father built Hearthstone Hall, a 100-room mansion in Fairfield, which later became Bellarmine Hall of Fairfield University.
From 1946-65 Blondie was a member of the committee on winter driving hazards for the National Safety Council, and at one time he chaired the subcommittee on testing for the National Safety Council. He had been interested in philanthropic enterprises for a long time, having been a former director and president of York Welfare Council, a former president of York County Council of Social Agencies, and a board member of the United Fund. He was a member of Rotary, Rose Tree Hunting Club, and the Country Club of York and was active in affairs of the Episcopal Church, which he served as vestryman, senior warden, and head of the diocesan finance committee.
Survivors include his wife Sarah, two sons - Walter B. '53 and David '62 - two daughters, two brothers, a sister, and 15 grandchildren.
CARY P. STIFF, 72, died December 25, 1978, after a heart attack in his home in Ada, Mich. He was born in Brockton, Mass., and attended Monson Academy in Monson, Mass., and the Roxbury Latin School in Boston. After graduating from Dartmouth, where he was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, he took an M.B.A. degree at Harvard Business School.
Cary's entire business career was spent in retail merchandising. He began with Marshall Field in Chicago. Later, he moved to Grand Rapids to join Charles Trankla & Company, and in 1939 he went with Wurzburg Dry Goods, Inc. In 1946, he purchased a store in Grand Rapids and a year later another in Lowell, both under the name of Cary's, Inc. In 1971, he closed the Grand Rapids store and devoted his entire efforts to the Lowell operation.
At various times he taught high school and college courses in merchandising and office management. He was a former president of the Grand Rapids Junior Chamber of Commerce, the Lowell board of trade, and a long-time member of Rotary.
Cary was an enthusiastic amateur photographer, and his frequent trips around the U.S. and Canada resulted in thousands of pictures. He frequently presented slide shows at service clubs and other organizations. His real passion, however, was the history of railroads. He collected old timetables and every book and picture that he could find on the subject and amassed an extensive personal library. He belonged to many railfan clubs.
He is survived by his wife Helen, two sons - David P. '53, and Cary P. II '59 - two daughters, and ten grandchildren.
1928
WALLACE E. COUNTRYMAN died of cancer December 6 in his hometown of Rockford, III.
Wally graduated from Rockford High School and after two years at Dartmouth transferred to Beloit College. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta.
He lived all his life in Rockford, retiring in 1974 after 33 years as a salesman for the Rockford Wholesale Paper Company.
He is survived by his wife, the former Mary Catlin, two sons, two grandchildren, a brother H. Dick Countryman '24, and a sister.
1929
BARTLETT HICKS STOODLEY, retired professor of sociology at Wellesley College, died at his home in Westport, Me., December 8 after a long illness.
After graduation from Dartmouth, Bart received the LL.B. degree from Harvard in 1932. He practised law in Boston until 1942. During World War II he served in the Navy as a lieutenant commander aboard the U.S.S. Washington in the Pacific. On return to civilian life he did graduate work in sociology at Harvard, receiving the Ph.D. degree in 1948. He served on the Wellesley faculty until his retirement in 1973. He was the author of numerous papers and books, including The Concepts of Sigmund Freud, and had served as editor of Society and Self.
In 1954-55 he served as a Fulbright professor at the University of the Philippines, and he was also a visiting professor at Chung Chi College in Hong Kong, Queens College in Ontario, St. Mary's University in Nova Scotia, and the University of Western Ontario.
He is survived by his wife, the former Helen Stark two sons, and a brother.
1930
NELSON A. ROCKEFELLER, one of the College's most illustrious graduates, died of a heart attack January 26. He was 70.
He served as Vice President of the United .States from 1974 to 1976, appointed by President Ford to foster public confidence in government following the Watergate scandal, and was elected governor of New York State for four terms, from 1958 to 1973. Three times - in 1960, 1964, and 1968 - he challenged for the presidency, but lost the Republican nomination to more conservative candidates.
Beginning in the early 19405, he served Presidents Roosevelt, Truman, and Eisenhower in the areas of foreign affairs, international finance, and government reorganization. He also founded the International Basic Economy Corporation and the American International Association for Economic and Social Development, both focused primarily in Latin America. Besides his government service, he was active in business and banking, becoming president of Rockefeller Center just eight years after graduation from college.
Governor Rockefeller was a two-term Trustee of the College. He received an unprecedented three honorary degrees from Dartmouth, an M.A. in 1942 and doctorates in 1957 and 1969. His enthusiasm for the arts was exemplified by his work as head of the Hopkins Center building committee and the donation of many works of art to Dartmouth. Beyond his official roles, he remained close to his class and to former teachers.
In college, he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and was among the first group of Senior Fellows. He played varsity soccer and joined Psi Upsilon.
Governor Rockefeller is survived by his widow Margaretta (Happy), six children, including Rodman '54, two brothers, and a sister.
An account of his association with Dartmouth appears elsewhere in this issue.
HOWARD WEINSTEIN died on September 1, 1978, at his home in Hartford from a heart attack. Tony was a materials review engineer with Pratt & Whitney Aircraft in East Hartford. He had been with Pratt & Whitney since 1939 and held a variety of positions in their engineering department.
Following graduation Tony went to Thayer School, where he received his degree in 1931. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and a Mason.
He never married, and to his brother Harry, who survives him, the sympathy of the Class is extended.
1931
RALPH WOODWARD CHARLTON died December 17, 1978, of a heart attack in Newfoundland, N.J.
A Phi Beta Kappa chemistry major at the College, Doc went on to take both M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1937 he joined Congoleum Industries and began a 38-year career in development and research. He published, was a member of chemical societies, and served as president of the New York Society for Paint Technology.
Compulsory retirement caught up with him in 1975, but he volunteered for an elder statesman role last year and went to South Korea as consultant to a floor covering company.
He married Phyllis Kastner in 1941, and they had two children, Cynthia and Douglas ('72). Doc did dutiful stints with PTA, Red Cross, Community Chest and Cub Scouts. Just after his 20th reunion, he bought a rustic camp at Green Pond, and for all the summers after it was a second home and a gathering place for Dartmouth friends. Ten years ago the cabin was razed to make way for an impressive modern house Here Doc and Phyl retired.
During the holiday season of 1978 the family gathered at Green Pond, a grandchild was christened, there was a dance at the yacht club, and there, in the midst of family and friends, swiftly and without warning, death came to Ralph Charlton.
The quizzical smile and light banter that escaped a shy New England reserve came from a warmth and depth of feeling that belonged as well to Dartmouth. He served as alumni fund agent and was a regular at reunions and football games. "The trip to Hanover," he said once, "brought out a lot of nostalgia; I swear the campus and the countryside get more beautiful every time I go back."
W. F. Johnson '31
PAUL OSMAN KRIDER, 70, died January 18 in Aultman Hospital. He suffered rheumatoid arthritis, double pneumonia, and heart failure.
Paul came to Dartmouth from McKinley High School, Canton, Ohio. His major was Tuck School, and he joined Alpha Delta Phi. Rheumatic fever forced him to drop out our senior year, but he returned to graduate in 1932. He chose 1931 as his class.
Marylyn Sweitzer and Paul were married in 1933. Their children were Carol Lynn and Marylyn Joanne.
Paul had been in the real estate, insurance, and mortgage business in Canton. For many years he operated the Paul Krider Agency, specializing in real estate and insurance. From secretary and treasurer of The Title Mortgage Company in 1950 he rose to ownership of the company.
He was secretary of the Canton Actual Business College 1951-1954, was a member of Canton-Massillon Board of Realtors and Ohio Board of Realtors. He was a past president of both the local real estate board and the local insurance board. A 50-year member of Church of the Savior United Methodist, he also belonged to Canton Club, Congress Lake Club, and Canton Rotary Club.
He is survived by his wife and daughters.
JOHN THOMAS PATTERSON,. 68, died at home on December 13, 1978. He fought a very courageous battle against cancer.
Tom came to Dartmouth from Valley Ranch School. As an undergraduate he joined Delta Kappa Epsilon, was a member of Sphinx, and majored in English.
He was employed by International Business Machines 1932-1936 and by Haig and Patterson, Inc. 1936-1942. Tom enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1942 and was discharged as captain in 1945, earning six battle stars and a Presidential Unit Citation. He rejoined Haig and Patterson, Inc. and assumed the presidency in 1950. The firm produced films and training materials for business. In 1957 he became chairman of the board.
Virginia Rockwell and Tom were married in 1933. Their children were Gay Dwight and John Thomas, Jr.
Tom became president of Campatrick Corporation in 1949. The company was engaged in real estate management and development. He also served as a director of Gagel Realty and the Moraine Club. He had belonged to the P.T.A., worked for the Community Chest, and served on the Montgomery County Red Cross Board 1945-1949.
1975 found him holding down three directorships, those of Central Trust Company of Montgomery County, Board of Governors of Moraine Country Club, and Montgomery County Chapter of the American Red Cross.
He is survived by his wife and children.
KEITH WILLIS SHEARMAN, 70, died January 8, 1978.
He appears to have come to Dartmouth originally in the Class Of 1928 from Bordentown Military Institute. He later went to Poly Prep and returned to graduate in the Class of 1931, although he was not with us our junior year.
Keith's major department was Tuck School, and he went on to receive his M.C.S. in 1932.
He was an investment analyst and was employed by Tucker, Anthony and Company, Amott Baker & Company, Inc., and Lehman Brothers, all in New York City.
His wife predeceased him on September 17, 1977. and he left apparently no surviving relatives.
1932
STANLEY YUDICKY died December 3, 1978, following a brief illness after a coronary attack. Stan was a legendary athlete during our college years and was captain of the football team in 1931. His outstanding blocking and tackling were important factors in successful Dartmouth football seasons during 1930 and 1931. Unfortunately, a knee injury shortened a brilliant career in the fall of 1931.
Stan was born in Nashua, N.H., and attended the Nashua High School before entering Dartmouth, where he majored in Comparative Literature and was a member of the Chi Phi fraternity, Green Key, and Sphinx. He graduated from the Dartmouth Medical School and continued at Rush Medical School, graduating in 1936. Stan had a distinguished military career in World War II, serving in the 4th Auxiliary Surgical Group of the First and Third Armies in France, Germany, and Austria. He was discharged as captain in 1945.
Stan's medical career included residencies in the Newton-Wellesley Hospital and the Memorial Hospital of N.Y. City and positions as general surgeon and chief of staff at Elliot Hospital of Manchester, N.H.
He is survived by his wife Mary (Wright), a sister, and three children - Mary Ann Goodrich, Susan Hughes, and Stephen Wright Yudicky. Three grandchildren also survive him.
Stan was an active member of the Manchester, N.H., school board and is mourned by a host of relatives, friends, colleagues, and patients. Our class has lost a respected member and extends its sympathy to his wife and family.
1933
WILLIAM FRANCIS ATWOOD, 67, of 88 First Avenue, Columbus, Ohio (formerly of Bangor, Me.) died December 20, 1978, at Doctor's Hospital, Columbus.
A native of Bangor, Me., he graduated from Philips Exeter Academy. At Dartmouth he was a member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity, Jack-o-Lantern literary board, and Phi Beta Kappa.
After Dartmouth Bill worked for the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company for 15 years (1933-48) and then was self-employed in hardwood products from 1948-55. Following this, he was associated with Avis Rent-a-Car System for 12 years (1955-67) and from 1967-73 he served as senior research director, Ohio Commission on Aging.
He is survived by a brother and two sisters.
WILLIAM CHENOWETH BROWN, 66, of 2645 Lane Road, Columbus, Ohio, died December 13, 1978, at the Riverside Hospital, Columbus.
A native of Columbus, he prepared for Dartmouth at North High School. At Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity and the Aegis board. He received his MBA Degree from Ohio State University in 1935.
He was a retired employee of Borden and earlier served for a number of years with the Columbus Coated Fabrics Corporation. Service in World War II was as captain, AUS Finance (1942-1945), for which he received the Bronze Star.
He was secretary of the Dartmouth Club of Centra Ohio 1940-41 and of the Columbus Alumni Association 1939-41 and 1946-47, member of Westgate Lodge No 623 F.&A.M., Scottish Rite and Aladdin Shrine, and Riverside United Methodist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Pat (Randall) Brown; a son, Randall C.; and a sister.
1935
PAUL ALBERT HILLI died December 26, 1978, in Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Conn. Born in Boston, Paul came to Dartmouth from Huntington Preparatory School. He was active in athletics, particularly baseball, and was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa. Paul majored in physics and received his master's degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 1937. He taught for six years, first at Northeastern University and then at the University of Hartford. Paul served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Fleet Wing I in the Pacific during World War II, was awarded three stars, and wrote an important first manuscript on radar. He returned to civilian life as a sales engineer in Connecticut for the Foxboro Company. He later resumed his teaching career and, at the time of his death, was assistant professor of physics at Waterbury State Technical College.
In 1952 Paul married Elizabeth Harris and settled in West Hartford, where his community service reflected his college baseball: he served 25 years as a Little League manager.
Paul is survived by his wife Bett, one son, and three daughters.
1937
ROBERT SHELDON WAGNER died suddenly November 7,1978, of an aneurism at home in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. Janet found him sitting in a chair when she came downstairs that morning.
Shel came to Hanover from Riverdale Country School in New York, majored in sociology, was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa and the Flying Club. During World War II he served as a lieutenant commander.
Following the war he entered the wholesale butter and egg business in New York. Carl Noyes, his roommate for two years and a lifelong friend, worked with him for several years. In 1953 Shel became a trustee of Hastings-on-Hudson for a term of three years, at which time he was elected mayor. He was so loved and respected that the town re-elected him for seven consecutive terms totaling 14 years. He retired from that position in 1975 "because younger people should have a chance." During his tenure he played a major role building up the town — overseeing a new public library, a swimming pool, parking lots, and other" commercial expansion, even a small park that the grateful citizens dedicated in his name. The town also noted that his death occured on election day - ironically appropriate. The mayor and trustees declared the following seven days as R. Sheldon Wagner Memorial Week with flags at half mast.
Janet wrote that his tributes were awesome in number and saying she had married a great man. He was always loyal to and interested in the Class and the College and he thoroughly enjoyed our 40th.
He leaves Janet; two sons, Bruce '65 and Jeffrey; a daughter, Joan; and a brother, Stanley.
1938
CHARLES F. TESREAU died December 3, 1978, at Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital. Charlie had been a longtime Hanover resident and attorney.
Born in 1916 in New York City, Charlie moved with his family to Hanover when his father, a former big league pitcher, was named coach of the Dartmouth baseball team. Charlie graduated from Hanover High School in 1933 and from Worcester Academy in 1934.
At Dartmouth he played football, hockey, and baseball, and was varsity first-baseman for three years. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and Dragon Society.
Charlie took a law degree from Catholic University in Washington, D.C., in 1941. He joined the FBI and served as a special agent until 1945, when he enlisted in the Marine Corps, in which he served until the war's end.
In 1946 he joined the law firm of Cotton and Stebbins in Lebanon, N.H. He was a partner in that firm (later Cotton, Tesreau, Stebbins & Johnson) from 1946 until his death. He was Grafton County solicitor for six years, a member of the New Hampshire and the American bar associations, former president of the Grafton County Bar Association, and president of the Carter Country Club of Lebanon in 1950.
Charlie maintained an active interest in Dartmouth affairs. He was a trustee for Aquinas House, a member of the William Jewett Tucker Council, and a member of the enrollment committee for that area of New Hampshire.
He is survived by his mother, Helen E. Tesreau, and aunts and cousins.
1940
DON L. TENNEY of Fremont, Calif., 60, assistant professor of business administration at Ohlone College in Fremont, died November 4, 1978, after a long bout with lung cancer, according to word from his son Alan '64.
Don, who had been a member of Tri-Kap fraternity, the Outing Club, and the Camera Club at Dartmouth, entered the U.S. Marine Corps immediately following graduation from college.
After the war, he took an M.B.A. at Stanford in 1947 and in the same year established his own insurance and investment firm, Don L. Tenney & Associates, in Menlo Park, where he lived for many years. By 1958 he had been cited in Who's Who in theWest for his work in life insurance. He also had a simultaneous second career as an educator, teaching business administration at several California colleges.
At Ohlone College, he helped develop a weekend classes program and a dial-a-class program of courses offered over the college's radio station. He also served as recruiting coordinator of Ohlone from 1973 to 1975.
Illness forced his retirement from both teaching and business in 1976 but also led him to write the book, Why Me? about the disease he fought determinedly all the way.
He was a past director and president! of the local Dartmouth Alumni Club, a member of the Stanford Alumni Association there, and was active for many years in the Dartmouth Outing Club at Lake Mary near Truckee, Calif.
He leaves four sons, four grandchildren, a brother, and two sisters.
1943
ROBERT HUNTER HIGGONS died on December 20, 1978, after a brief illness. Only two months earlier he and his wife Helen had joined the Class in the annual fall mini-reunion in Hanover.
Bob was marketing manager of Carter Products Inc., a division of Carter-Wallace. He had been with the firm for 13 years. His previous career included service with a number of major advertising agencies as well as work as a commodity trader.
Helen and Bob shared a deep interest in sailing as members of the Larchmont Yacht Club, and he was one to take on all comers in platform tennis.
Bob left Hanover after his junior year and served in the United States Navy until December 1945 as a Lieutenant. He was a member of Chi Phi fraternity. An English major, he was managing editor of the JackO' Lantern.
In addition to his wife, whose career is with Grey Advertising in New York City, Bob leaves a son, a daughter, and three stepdaughters. John D. Goode represented the Class at the funeral.
1944
ROBERT CHARLES HAWKINS, 56, died of a heart attack December 10, 1978 in Framingham, Mass.
"Hawk" was born in Framingham and lived there all of his life. At Dartmouth he played varsity baseball and was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity. He served in the Marines in both World War II and the Korean War, and as a captain was awarded a commendation for heroic action in Korea.
He worked for the Dennison Manufacturing Company (paper converters) for 32 years, and at the time of his death was a warehouse district manager and a member of the Dennison Associates.
Hawk leaves his wife Jennie, sons R. Bradley and Andrew, and a daughter, Marsha.
1945
ROBERT H. PERRY, former professor of chemical engineering at the University of Rochester, died November 1978 in Crawley (Sussex) England. He was 54 years old. Bob was a member of the University faculty from 1964 to 1968, served for a year as acting chairman of the Department of Chemical Engineering, and as associate dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science from 1965 to 1968.
Highly regarded as a teacher, researcher, administrator, and engineer, he was editor-in-chief of the fourth and fifth editions of the Chemical Engineers'Handbook. During his career he served as chairman of the Chemical Engineering Department of the University of Oklahoma, program director for science faculties with the National Science Foundation, and research engineer for several corporations. In 1961 he assisted UNESCO in establishing a new technical university in Ankara, Turkey.
After majoring in chemistry at Dartmouth, Bob earned B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in chemical engineering from the University of Delaware and an M.S. in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
His classmates extend their sympathies to his widow Barbara and sons Geoffrey and Richard.
1953
J. PHILIP HOEFFER died in Reading, Penn., on May 27, 1977, after fighting three battles with "The Big C" (as he often called cancer).
Phil was born in West Reading, Penn., on May 20, 1931, and after graduating from West Reading High School he spent five years in Hanover earning his A.B. and M.B.A. degrees.
After graduating from Tuck School in 1954, Phil worked in the restaurant business in Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Somehwere in between he decided to work in the field for which he was educated and spent nine months with Arthur Anderson on Wall Street.
In 1958 he returned to Reading to manage the Stokesay Castle, a well-known restaurant, and a year later he purchased it. In 1969 be founded Seafood Shanty Restaurants, now a chain of eight fresh seafood restaurants in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. At the time of his death he was the firm's president and corporate manager and a 50 per cent partner. During his career he was president of the Schuylkill Valley Restaurant Association and was active in the Pennsylvania and National Restaurant Associations.
Phil was unique and will long be remembered by both those who knew him and by other victims of cancer with whom he shared his courage when he knew he was dying himself. The Class is proud of his accomplishments. He lived according, to his own values and was enjoyed, admired, and viewed with amazement by all who knew him. He is survived by his widow Nancy, a daughter by a previous marriage, and by his parents.
Nancy L. Hoeffer
James A. West '53
