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.)
McAllister, Thomas S. '08, January 14 Sawyer, Ralph A. '15, December 6, 1978 Barr, Oliver J.Jr. '16, February 5 Allenberg, Jack Donald '20, February 1, 1973 Ege, Warren S. '21, January 24 Anderson, Gaylord W. '22, January 31 Bartlett, Robert L. '22, January 21 Levine, Solomon C. '23, February 24 Rahmanop, Walter B. '23, February 24 Smith, Walter B. '23, February 10 Briggs, Frank R. '26, February 2 Coyle, George J. '28, February 10 Marshall, Robert C. '28, February 19 Reece, Edward M. '28, May 16, 1978 Arthur, John R. '29, January 12 Carr, Robert K. '29, February 21 Smith, H. Dolson '29, February 13 Kendall, Kennett R. '32, January 26 Voorhis, Henry G. '32, February 20 Critchell, Robert S. '33, January 25 Dudley, H. Andrew '33, February 11 Root, Nathan N. '33, January 20 Caldwell, Samuel J. '38, March 1 Thornton, John W. '39, October 17 Diehl, Walter G. '40, January 5 Swenson, Kneeland '40, March 2 Wilson, Hudson J.Jr. '43, February 7 Jerman, LeRoy U. '46, February 11 Hart, John S. '52, February 5
Faculty
Retired Air Force Colonel JACK C. HODGSON, who inaugurated the College's Air Force ROTC program in 1953, died January 4 in Seattle,. Wash.
Born in Alabama, Hodgson grew up in San Francisco, Calif. He served on the Mexican Border in 1916 and saw service overseas as a second lieutenant in World War I. He completed flight training at Brooks and Kelly Fields in Texas and served there as a flight instructor. He became aide and adjutant to General Frank Lahm, head of the first Air Training Command. Hodgson took part in the development of the Air Force from the days of seat-of-the-pants flying in "Jennys" to the current era of supersonic all-weather flight. He served in Latin America and Cuba in the twenties, and in 1937 he went to Rome, Italy, as assistant military attach 6 for Air and was at the same time accredited to the legation in Athens. Returning to this country, he was assigned in 1941 to head Air Intelligence at the War Department.
Hodgson was'commanding officer at Cochran Field in Macon, Ga., in 1943, and in 1944-45 he became commander of U.S. Forces in Central Canada. He spent the year following in Washington, D.C., with Air Force Intelligence and then joined the Embassy in Ottawa. His service career was concluded in 1953 at Dartmouth College, where he served for a year on the faculty as professor of air. sciences and tactics.
He was a graduate of the Infantry School, Ft. Benning, Ga., and the Army Industrial College in Washington, D.C. His decorations included the Legion of Merit, Order of Military Merit from Cuba, Order of the Crown from Italy, and the Order of the British Empire.
His wife Natalie (Norwood) predeceased him. He is survived by one son and three grandchildren.
1908
Our classmate, THOMAS SAVORY MCALLISTER died peacefully in his sleep at his home in Rochester, N.Y., on January 14. He came to college from Londonderry, N.H., but spent most of his adult life in Rochester, He would have been 93 years old in May.
Tom was a civil engineer who worked for several railroads and for the last decades of his life was highway engineer of Monroe County, N.Y. Railroad consolidations and the depression interfered with his career to some extent, but he was always a loyal, hardworking person devoted to his wife and family. One of the family writes, "His single-minded love and concern for the welfare of each of his three children and their spouses and for his 11 grandchildren has had an immeasureable influence on them all."
He is survived by his wife Ethel, three children, and 11 grandchildren. The deep sympathy of the Class goes to them all.
1915
It was with a feeling of great loss that the College was notified of the death on December 6, 1978, of our classmate RALPH A. SAWYER, vice president emeritus for research at the University of Michigan. He died from complications resulting from Parkinson's Disease.
Born in 1895 in Atkinson, N.H., Ralph came to Dartmouth to take a liberal arts degree, which he did with honors, serving as valedictorian of 1915. His graduate work at the University of Chicago, interrupted by Navy service during World War I, led to a doctorate of physics in 1919. He joined the faculty at the University of Michigan the following year and became a full professor there in 1930. Over the years he filled a number of prominent positions in the administration of the University, including that of provost.
One of the country's leading physicists, Ralph served as civilian director in charge of 500 scientists working as Joint Task Force 1, the group that staged the "Crossroads" atomic bomb tests in the Marshall Islands. In 1951 he was named director of the Memorial Phoenix Project, one of the first programs to develop peaceful uses of nuclear energy.
Ralph held honorary degrees from Dartmouth and Wayne State University. He was Guggenheim Memorial Fellow in Berlin in 1926 and 1927, and he belonged to the University of Michigan Research Club and Phi Beta Kappa. He was a member of numerous professional societies and wrote many articles for scientific journals. He was also the author of Experimental Spectroscopy.
Ralph is survived by his wife Frances and two children from a previous marriage. It was with great pleasure that we welcomed him and Frances at our reunions in 1965, 1970, and 1975. We have lost a great man.
1916
OLIVER JAMES BARR JR. died February 5 in Norwood, Mass. He came to Dartmouth from Norwood High School. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity.
After graduation he worked at the Norwood Press, leaving it to join the U.S. Naval Reserve at the beginning of World War I. After discharge from the service, he returned to the printing business. He was president of Norwood Press when he retired.
He was a member of the first Congregational Church of Norwood, The American Legion, and Orient Lodge A.F.&A.M. He was President of the Norwood Trust Company, a former director of the Norwood Cooperative Bank, and a trustee of the Norwood Hospital.
He is survived by his wife Marion, two sons—Oliver J. Barr III '42 and George F. Barr '45, grandson Robert Alan Barr '73 and three other grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
1918
Suddenly on January 17, CARLTON P. FROST III died in his home while talking with his wife Anne and his grandson. He was 87 and was the third of five generations to graduate from Dartmouth.
He took a leading part in winter activities at the College, organizing the first intercollegiate ski competition, in which he led in skill and distance jumping. He was a member of Chi Phi fraternity and active in tennis.
During World War I, he was a lieutenant in the Army's Rainbow Division. He received the Purple Heart with three stars after being severely wounded. After discharge from service, he was a special student at Amos Tuck School for one year.
Carlton's entire business life was with the Western Electric Company in New York City. There he became purchasing agent and distributor for the Bell Telephone Company. He retired in 1954 as supervisor of methods and results.
From his home in Ridgewood, N.J., he was the guiding light of the Upper Ridgewood Tennis Club, becoming champion and county champion. In 1932 he built the area's first squash court, coaching men and women in league competition. Upon retirement, he directed the junior development program of the club. The Dartmouth Club of Bergen County gave him its first "Award of Merit" for his work with youth and his help in recruitment.
EDWARD J. GARVEY, USNR retired, a lifelong resident of Lakeville, Conn., died December 11, 1978, at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., following a kidney failure.
While in college, Ed was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. In 1917 he enlisted in the Navy, took pilot training at MIT and Pensacola, Fla., and became a naval aviator. He served in a seaplane squadron patrolling for enemy submarines out of Wexford, Ireland, during World War I and was awarded a Naval Cross for "exceptional meritorious and distinguished service." During the flight of the Atlantic Fleet Air Force from Philadelphia to Guantanamo, Cuba, in December 1920, Garvey, then attached to the USS Shawmut, received special commendation from the force commander.
From 1922 to 1942 Ed was active in commercial real estate in New York City. He returned to the Navy during World War II as commander, retiring in 1957. From 1946-59 he was engaged in with the federal government in War Assets.
According to a letter from his nephew, John Roche, Ed's "two proudest accomplishments in life were being a member of the Class of 1918 at Dartmouth and being a member of the Golden Eagles, a society made up of the first 1,000 commissioned U.S. Naval aviators. His informal attire almost always included a Dartmouth sweatshirt and a Golden Eagles cap."
He is survived by his wife Lillian and five stepchildren.
1920
JACK DONALD ALLENBERG died 1 February, 1973, but his passing was not registered with the College until recently. More is known about him as a young man than is known about his life as a mature man.
He entered Dartmouth in 1916 via the well-known Shattuck Military Academy. His home was in Spokane, Washington. While at Shattuck he was a tennis captain, a class basketball player, and on the football squad. He was also the athletic editor of the Shattuck Spectator. His career at Dartmouth was short-lived, however, for like many young men of his generation he entered the armed services in World War I, being discharged in December 1919 with the rank of lieutenant. He never returned to Dartmouth.
Little is known about his post-college career, except that he returned to his home in Spokane at one time and owned a half interest in a Spokane fuel company; later he had a connection with the Sign Animation Corporation, a West Coast firm. Later it was reported that he owned and operated a jewelry shop in Los Angeles. At some time he attended the University of Washington and the Colorado School of Mines. His last move carried him to Texas, where he made his home in Sherman. It is presumed he was active in the oil industry.
So far as is known he is survived by a daughter-in- law, Joyce, who lives in Sherman. To her we express our sympathy.
1921
WARREN STILSON EGE, of Washington, D.C., died January 24. He was one of the "greats" of the Class of 1921 and of Dartmouth. He is survived by his wife, Martha Knox Ege.
After finishing his studies at Dartmouth and Tuck School, he went on to Harvard Law School, where he received his law degree in 1924. His first position was as law secretary to Justice Brandeis for a year, and then he became associate and later partner in the firm of Kellogg, Morgan, Chase, Carter & Headley.
In 1940 Warren was appointed to the office of the Under Secretary of War. in 1942 he was commissioned in the U.S. Air Corps, in which he attained the rank of colonel. Then he joined the Washington Law firm of Jones, Day, Cockley & Reavis, where he remained until his retirement.
Warren's undergraduate life at both Dartmouth and Harvard was impressive, to say the least. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi, Casque and Gauntlet, and Phi Beta Kappa, and in the course of his work at law school, he was a member of the Kent Club and Lincoln's Inn, and was editor-in-chief of the HarvardLaw Review 1923-24. The Eges lived following World War II in Washington, D.C., where he was a member of the Metropolitan Club and the City Tavern Club.
For all of his life Warren Ege was destined for a life of fellowship, service, scholarship, and leadership in his work and profession. The Class of 1921 can take justified pride in having had him as a classmate.
1922
GAYLORD WEST ANDERSON, 77, Mayo professor and dean emeritus of the School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota, died January 31 in St. Paul, where he and his wife Viola lived at 2261 Folwell Street.
Andy received worldwide acknowledgment as an authority on disease prevention and control. He served on public health missions to Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Columbia, Ecuador, Chile, Egypt, Iran. India, and Korea. He was co-author of preceptive books on communicable disease control, and he wrote many articles for medical journals. He was former president of the American Public Health Association, the Association of Schools of Public Health, and the American Epidemiological Society, and he was an honorary fellow of the Royal Society of Health in England Among many honors, he received the Sedgwick Memorial Medal, the highest distinction of the American Health Association; the Albert Justus Chesley Award of the Minnesota Public Health Association; and the Legion of Merit for services in World War II. Under his brilliant academic leadership the Department of Preventive Medicine at Minnesota developed into the School of Public Health in 1944, and before his retirement in 1970 he had created an institution internationally acclaimed for excellence.
Andy received his M.D. from Harvard and was Massachusetts Deputy Commissioner of Public Health before going to Minnesota. In World War II he was Chief of the Bureau of Medical Intelligence for the U.S. Army.
Classmates always remember him for his cordiality, friendship, and brilliant scholarship. As an alumnus the welfare of Dartmouth was always in his heart.
Andy and Viola M. Dennis were married in 1929, The Class joins her, their daughter, Gail Safeer, and their three grandchildren in bereavement.
ROBERT LEARNED BARTLETT passed away January 21 at the United Methodist Church, Osterville, Cape Cod, just after the memorial service for his recently deceased wife Frances.
Bob was born in 1899 in Kyoto, Japan, where his parents were Congregationalist missionaries. He came from a distinguished Dartmouth family: his grandfather, Samuel Colcord Bartlett, Class of 1836, was president of the College, 1877-92; his father, Samuel C., was Class of 1887; two uncles were 1872 and 1882; Bob's two brothers, Gordon and Donald, were '20 and '24 respectively; and his nephew Donald Jr. was '59. As a Dartmouth student, Bob was a proficient scholar and a highly regarded classmate. He was a brother in Psi Upsilon, a member of the Ledyard Canoe Club, the Glee Club, and the choir.
He and Frances DeLoid (Smith '26) were married in 1932 and they lived in White Plains, N.Y., for 35 years. He taught science and mathematics in several schools and prior to retirement was a professor at Westchester Community College.
In World War II Bob and his two brothers served in Naval Intelligence, using the speaking knowledge of Japanese they had learned as children.
Bob and Frances moved to Osterville 11 years ago, and there he enjoyed gardening, photography, and travel. He also taught mini-courses, including the ancient Japanese art of origami (paper-folding) in the local schools.
Bob's survivors are his sister, Agnes Vernon Bartlett, M.D.; his brother Donald '20, Dartmouth professor emeritus; a nephew; and a niece.
JOHN PHILIP DEXHEIMER III died January 14 at Mary Hitchcock Hospital, Hanover. Since retirement 16 years ago from business in New Jersey, he and his wife Florence had lived on Gage Hill Road, Wakefield, N.H.
Dex was born in 1900 in Brooklyn, N.Y. He entered Dartmouth from Katonah (N.Y.) High School, where he and our Norm Crane were classmates. He was with 1922 for the first two years in Hanover, and his affability and sincerity won many friends among classmates. His interest in the College continued through the years and he always received a warm welcome at reunions.
His business career consisted of 20 years as an engineer with Westchester Lighting Company, Mr. Vernon, N.Y., and 23 years as contract administrator with Research-Cottrell, Inc., manufacturers of pollution control equipment, Bound Brook, N.J. After retirement from that company he also was vice presdent of the Wolfeboro (N.H.) Railroad Company.
Dex and Florence L. Wilkins were married in 1930 at Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. She and their daughter Nanette are his survivors.
ROGER MOORE EASTMAN, retired telephone company executive and a most loyal Dartmouth alumnus, died January 10 after a long illness. He passed away in Lancaster. Pa., where he and his wife Cynthia lived.
Rog was born in 1900 in Concord, N.H., and he entered Dartmouth from the local high school. He was a proficient student highly esteemed by classmates for his friendliness, his sincerity, and his character. He served in renowned Company I of the Student Army Training Corps, and he was on the football squad. A year after graduation, Rog received his master's degree from Tuck School.
As an alumnus he not only worked on the Alumni Fund, he made his own contribution annually without fail for 56 years. Before moving to Lancaster, he lived for 46 years in Bronxville, N.Y., where he belonged to the Dartmouth Club of Westchester and served as a leader on the Capital Gifts Campaign.
His business career was mainly 42 years with the Bell System. He began in Boston in 1923, was later transferred to the American Telephone and Telegraph Company in New York, and subsequently joined the New York Telephone Company. He worked there as statistician, marketing manager, district manager, and, for 16 years before retirement in 1965, as general directory supervisor in charge of publishing all telephone directories for New York City and Westchester County.
Following telephone retirement he became executive vice president of Pawnee Publishing Company, textbook publishers. He continued this association until 1969.
Roger and Cynthia N. Jones were married in 1932. She and their son Roger Timothy '65 are his survivors.
1923
SOLOMON CHARLES LEVINE died on February 14. He was a native of Stamford, Conn., and a graduate of its high school. In 1926 he received his LL.B. degree from Columbia University and began what was to be a very distinguished legal career. After several years with the firm of Jenks & Rogers, he became senior tax counsel for the City of New York. In 1945 he established his own practice.
Solly was a specialist in excise taxes and lectured on this subject before many distinguished bodies, including the Practicing Law Institute, the Federal Tax Forum, and the C.P.A. Association of the State of New York. He conducted cases in the federal courts from the lowest to the Supreme Court. He also served at various times as president, secretary, and vice- president of the Federal Tax Forum.
At Dartmouth Solly was an outstanding scholar and a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the Forensic Union.
Solly's wife Ruth passed away last May. He is survived by his daughter, Sandra Ross, and two grandchildren.
WALTER BOUDINOT RAHMANOP died February 24 at a Manchester, N.H., hospital. He had been troubled with emphysema for a long time. The immediate cause of death, however, was a heart attack.
A native of Hudson Falls, N.Y., Walter came to Dartmouth from Phillips Exeter Academy. After graduation he spent two years in business and then made the difficult transition to the medical profession, graduating "in 1929 from McGill University Medical School. This was followed by internship and residency at the University of Vienna. He began his medical practice in Dover, N.H., but for the past 42 years had specialized in diseases of the eye, ear, nose, and throat in Manchester, N.H. He was on the staff of Eliot Hospital there and held membership in the New Hampshire and American Medical Societies.
At Dartmouth, Walter was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa, captain of our freshman wrestling team, and a four-year member of the track squad. At McGill he captained the track team. While at Hanover, Walter became a close friend of the late Bishop Dallas. It was natural, therefore, that when he began the practice of medicine in Manchester, he should turn to the bishop's former church, Grace Episcopal, where he served devotedly for the rest of his life.
Walter's wife Martha passed away in 1969. He is survived by a daughter Wallis, a son Walter B.Jr., and a brother Robert '25.
Word comes to us from his daughter, Sandra Henry, of the death on February 10 of WALTER BRADLEE SMITH. He was a native of Brookline, Mass., and came to Dartmouth from the Gunnery School in Washington, Conn. He was a member of Sigma Chi.
The most recent item in the 1923 class scrapbook is a 1960 picture of Brad together with Ambassador to Greece Ellis O. Briggs '21 at the International Trade Exhibit in Salonika, Greece. The Golden Review describes his 14 years of service in the U.S. Navy, from which he retired in 1954 with the rank of commander. He then went to work for the U.S. Department of Commerce in the office of International Trade Promotion. This assignment took him not only to Greece but to many other foreign countries.
Brad's survivors include daughters Sandra, Gloria, and Gertrude, and a son Peter, as well as nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
1926
FRANK RODOLPHUS BRIGGS died February 2 at a nursing home in Sarasota, Fla., having lived at 320 Andros Drive in that city since moving there in 1972 from Chagrin Falls, Ohio. He was born in Earlsville, N.Y., and graduated from Earlsville Fligh School. Fie was at Dartmouth during 1922-23 and was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa. Frank entered the University of Michigan, where he joined Alpha Sigma Phi, and graduated A.B. in 1927.
Fie spent his entire business career with Penton Publishing Company, Cleveland, Ohio, as associate editor of the magazine Steel.
He was married in Cleveland in 1935 to the former Helene Eisenmann, who survives him, together with his two sisters.
FRANK VAN SANDS EISZNER died in September 1978 of cancer, according to recent advice from his widow. He was born in Louisville, Ky., grew up in Chicago, and graduated from Chicago Latin High School. He was with the Class at Dartmouth 1922-24 and was a member of Zeta Psi. Van thoroughly enjoyed his Dartmouth experience, was a well known classmate, and kept up his interest in the College in his alumni years.
He was in the automotive business for 33 years, being with Studebaker Corporation as district manager, American Motors Corporation, and then becoming an auto dealer with several companies. He was vice president and general manager of Dayton Dixie Auto Auction, Inc., when he retired in 1969.
He is survived by his wife Patricia (Follansee), two daughters - Germaine Mastrangelo and Clarane Norris, a son Donald, and a sister.
1927
MILBURN W. MURGITTROYD died October 9, 1978, in his home at Kailua-Kona on the Island of Hawaii. He was 75 years old.
Born in Helena, Mont., he attended Culver Military Academy before entering Dartmouth in the fall of 1923. He remained in Hanover during his freshman year only.
For over 27 years he was an engineer with the Boeing Company, where, during World War II and the early years of jet aircraft, he was very active in perfecting the B-17 bomber.
He is survived by his wife Muriel, one daughter, and two sons.
FRANK H. WETMORE died suddenly January 10 in his home in Marblehead, Mass., where he had resided for the last 17 years. He was 72 years of age and was born in Somerville, Mass.
At Dartmouth Frank was active in several musical organizations, playing the trumpet in the band, the symphony, and the Players orchestra.
For 38 years he worked for the Pickering Oil Company of Salem, Mass., and at the time of his retirement in 1971 was manager of its gasoline division. He was a member of the Boston Yacht Club of Marblehead and the Essex Lodge of Masons.
He is survived by his wife Lois, a son, two daughters, and six grandchildren.
1928
GEORGE J. COYLE, a prominent lawyer and former mayor of New Britain, Conn., died February 10 in New Britain General Hospital after a short illness. was 78.
George was a lifelong resident of New Britain, a graduate of New Britain High School, and at Dartmouth was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha. He graduated from Yale Law School in 1931 and started to practice law in New Britain.
He was the city's corporation counsel and was elected to two consecutive terms as mayor from 1938 to 1942. While mayor he was instrumental in founding the New Britain Memorial Hospital for chronic discases. eases. Later he served as president of the hospital for seven consecutive terms, beginning in 1972.
He is survived by his wife Alfreda, a daughter, two brothers, and a sister.
MORRIS L. JACOBS, president of Success, Inc., a printing company, died December 25 at his home, 524 Somerset Drive, Indianapolis, Ind.
Maury founded the company in 1941, after 12 years in the printing business.
He was former president of the American Jewish Committee-Indianapolis Section, and president of Jewish Family and Children's Services.
Survivors are his wife Marjorie, two sons, and a sister.
ROBERT C. MARSHALL of 141 Lincoln Ave., Rutland, Vt., died February 19 of lung cancer at the Veterans Medical Center, White River Junction. He fell last October at home and fractured his hip and shoulder. He was in the hospital for five weeks, and while he was there the doctors discovered lesions in his chest.
Bob was born in Rutland and entered Dartmouth from Rutland High School. He was a member of Theta Chi.
For many years Bob was a salesman and later manager of the W.C. Landon Wholesale Company in Rutland until he retired.
He was a veteran of World War II, having served as a lieutenant in the Navy from 1944 to 1946.
Survivors are his wife Mildred, a daughter Linda Grace, and two granddaughters.
Word has just reached us that EDWARD M. REECE, a member of the famous National Championship Eleven of 1925, died May 16, 1978, of viral pneumonia at Roosevelt Hospital in New York City. He lived at 24 Prince St., Baldwin, N.Y., and had been in the glove business in New York City since graduation.
Eddie entered Dartmouth from Peekskill, N.Y., high school, where for three years he starred in football basketball, baseball, and track. In his quiet, easygoing way, Eddie made friends easily and became well known among his classmates. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, Sphinx, and on the freshman football and basketball teams.
Alumni have not forgotten the great 1925 team which rolled up the largest score against Harvard since the series started in 1882 and achieved fame by trouncing Chicago for the national championship. At the end of his sophomore year Eddie took a year off, returning to college in September 1926. He played on the football team of 1928 and graduated in 1929.
He started his own wholesale business in 1937, the Calree Glove Company, Inc., selling mostly to department stores. His son joined the business over 20 years ago and continued it when Eddie retired a little over a year ago.
He is survived by his wife Betty, two daughters, a son, nine grandchildren, a sister, and a brother.
1929
JOHN READ ARTHUR died on January 12 in Clarinda, lowa, after a five-year bout with cancer. He came to Dartmouth from Streator High School in Illinois and in college was a member of Zeta Psi, Casque and Gauntlet, and Green Key and served as manager of basketball. On graduation he began working for the Lisle Corporation, manufacturers of automotive tools in Clarinda, and became in 1940 vice president in charge of engineering activities.
He chaired the local Red Cross chapter 1945-46 and was on the library board from 1954-66. His hobbies were traveling and horseback riding.
Read married Edith Lisle in 1929 and she survives him, together with two sons, John R. Arthur Jr. and David Lisle Arthur.
The Class extends its sympathy to the family.
Our classmate, ROBERT K. CARR, died February 21 as a result of a brain tumor which had incapacitated him for some months. He leaves his wife Olive and three sons.
Bob came to Dartmouth from Cleveland, Ohio, and after graduation went on to a distinguished career in the American academic community. He received Harvard's Ph.D. degree in political science and began teaching government at the University of Oklahoma; he returned to Dartmouth in 1937 to become a leading member of its faculty and a nationally acknowledged authority in the field of civil rights. In 1960, he was called to the presidency of Oberlin College, which he led until his retirement in 1970.
As a scholar, he published three .books: TheSupreme Court and Judicial Review (1942), FederalProtection of Civil Rights (1947), and The HouseCommittee on Un-American Activities (1952); he also co-authored four other books dealing with American democracy and civil liberties. Bob was called upon also to serve the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, the Hanover School Board, the Visiting Committee of the Department of Government at Harvard, the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and the U.S. Naval Academy. He devoted a year's service as national general secretary of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP).
Perhaps the crowning achievement of Bob's notable career was the role he played as the principal staff member of President Truman's Committee on Civil Rights in 1947. His work resulted in the Committee's historic report, "To Secure These Rights," which launched our generation's effort to bring the realities of American life into closer harmony with the fundamental ideals of the nation.
Bob genuinely enjoyed the fellowship of both class and college, and he would be pleased to be remembered, as surely he should be, as one who did Dartmouth proud.
HAROLD DOLSON SMITH died of cancer in Stuart, Fla., on February 13. He and his wife Kathleen had lived in Bethel, Vt., for several years after retirement but had planned to move to the South when ill health overtook him. Dolson did not graduate with our class but remained loyal to Dartmouth. In college he was a member of Alpha Chi Rho. He worked for the New York Telephone Company from 1928-59, except for the war years, when he was a captain in the Army Signal Corps. In 1960 he organized his own insurance firm in Flemington, N.J., retiring in 1969. He had served as a vestryman and warden of the Calvary Episcopal Church there and also was a trustee of the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey and chaired the local Red Cross chapter.
Surviving are his wife Kathleen and a sister.
1932
After a lengthy illness, ROGER BENEZET died on August 28, 1978, in Honolulu, Hawaii.
A graduate of the Manchester, N.H., high school, Roger earned varsity letters in both track and cross- country at Dartmouth, where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Following graduation, he matriculated at Yale, where he studied architecture and received his B.F.A.
Roger achieved recognition as a gifted and creative architect in Hawaii, where he was a member of the Art Academy Council as well as many other professional and civic groups.
The Class extends its deepest sympathy to his wife Edna, his children - Louis, Jeremy, and Marianne, and his brother Louis '36.
KENNET R. KENDALL died on January 12 at his winter home in Coronado Shores, Calif. Ken was successful and prominent in business in Rochester, N.H., and a civic leader there. A '28 graduate of Phillips Exeter, he entered the insurance business shortly after graduation from Dartmouth and until his retirement in 1974 was a figure of national prominence in the industry. He was former president of the First National Bank of Rochester, the Rochester Building & Loan Association, and former treasurer and president of Kendall Real Estate, Inc.
Ken was involved in many civic activities, such as the Frisbie Memorial Hospital and the Gafney Home for the Aged, and was senior warden of the First Congregational Church of Rochester.
While in college Ken was a member of Phi Delta Alpha fraternity and was advertising manager of TheDartmouth.
He leaves his wife, Mary (Neal); two sons, Kennet Jr. '61 and Robert N. '63; and a daughter Mary Lee Moore, as well as seven grandchildren. The Class extends its condolences to his family.
The death of HENRY GAULT VOORHIS was reported recently by his brother Nicholas. Hank died February 20 at the Veteran's Administration Hospital in West Haven, Conn., after a long illness. For many years he was an active member of the First Presbyterian Church of Hackensack, N.J.
Hank was born in 1909 in River Edge, Bergen County, N.J., and prepared for Dartmouth at Williston Academy. While in college, he majored in English and was a member of The Players, which he served as scenic manager. He was also a member of the Glee Club and of Sigma Nu fraternity.
After college Hank was active in the real estate business and then served three years, from 1943-45, as a technical sergeant with the 95th Infantry Division in World War II. He had a distinguished career as a soldier and was awarded a Bronze Star Medal, among other awards.
Hank had two Dartmouth brothers, the late Edward B. Voorhis '24 and Nicholas R. Voorhis '27, who survives him, together with a sister and five nieces and nephews. The Class extends its deepest sympathy to his family.
1933
ROBERT SIDERFIN CRITCHELL, 69, of 2552 North Camino Valle Verde, Tucson, Ariz., and a former resident of Winnetka, Ill., died January 25 in Tucson, where he had lived since his retirement.
Born in Los Angeles, Calif., he prepared for Dartmouth at Walkerville Collegiate Institute in Ontario, Canada. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity.
Since 1944 he has been associated with the Rockwood Company of Chicago as a member of the firm. Earlier he had served on the board of the Chicago Home for Incurables. He had also chaired the entertainment committee of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Chicago and served as its secretary, treasurer, vice president and president.
He is survived by his mother, a son Robert, and two grandchildren.
HERMAN ANDREW DUDLEY, 67, of 235 East 57th Street, New York, N.Y., died February 11 at his apartment.
Born in Hanover, N.H., he attended the former Clark School in Hanover. At Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.
After college he was employed by the National Recovery Administration in Washington, D.C. Later he moved to Chicago to become consumer sales manager for the William Wrigley Company.
In 1940 he returned to Washington, where he worked with Elmer Davis in the Office of War Information. With the outbreak of World War II, he became a line officer with the U.S. Navy.
After discharge from the Navy, he worked for the World Bank in London and Paris. Upon return to the United States he was a literary consultant for Random House and Delacorte publishing companies.
Before his death he had made arrangements for Josh Logan to appear at Hopkins Center and was also instrumental in arranging for Lillian Gish's scheduled visit to Hanover.
Survivors include three brothers and a sister.
The following comments were made by Jack Harlow at the recent funeral of NATHAN NEWTON ROOT:
"Nat Root and I were friends for many years. We went to medical school together; we were classmates. Over the years we were bound together by those invisible ties that spring up whenever people share the vital, critical, formative experiences of life. Subsequently, the effect of these experiences was augmented as we both became psychoanalysts, traveled together to international meetings, and saw each others children grow to adult status.
"From the very first meeting with Nat, one sensed about him something distinctive and persistent, a feeling of quality borne, of integrity naturally and effortlessly expressed. In all matters of value, of principle and loyalty, he was unswerving, he was unchanging. was steadfast. He epitomized in a classic way what Heinz Hartmann meant by the concept of ego strength.
"But Nat was a very serious and very responsible person. As a student, as a doctor, a colleague, and a scientist, he applied himself assiduously. He worked very hard, thought issues through carefully and was judicious and generous in his opinions. In seminars and study groups, in all situations, he was free of ostentation; his manner always gentle. He was a gentle man in the truest sense of the word."
1936
WILLIAM L. ESSEX died suddenly October 23, 1978, at his home in San Antonio, Tex. Bill passed away in his sleep. He had been feeling fine and that very morning had run some errands for his wife Liz.
Bill was born in St. Louis, Mo., in 1915, but he was reared in Peoria, Ill., and went to Peoria Central High. While at Dartmouth, Bill was a sociology major and a member of Phi Gamma Delta, Casque and Gauntlet, and the varsity swimming team. After graduation Bill worked first as an agent for the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company and then as an outside representative for Household Finance Corporation. For two years prior to joining the armed service in 1942, Bill was with the Commercial Investment Trust Company.
Bill entered the Army Medical Corps in 1942 and became a first lieutenant. In 1945 he did educational reconditioning work at Fitzsimmons General Hospital in Denver, Colo. He was with the Occupation Forces in Germany in 1947. He became senior warrant officer in 1954 and retired in 1965 as major. Bill had resided in the San Antonio area for some 20 years prior to his death. He is survived by his wife Elizabeth, whom he married in 1939, a daughter Lynn, a son William, and four grandchildren. The Class extends its deepest sympathy to Liz and the other members of the family.
1938
SAMUEL JAMES CALDWELL died at his home, 2781 Exmoor Road, Columbus, Ohio 43221, on March 1. Retired in 1975, Sam had since served as a consultant to the Franklin Federal Savings & Loan Association.
Sam prepared for Dartmouth at Bexley High School in Columbus. At Dartmouth he majored in economics and was a member of Delta Tau Delta. Following graduation he joined Panohio Mortgages, Inc., and, except for service with the U.S. Army from 1942-45, he spent his entire business life with that company, retiring as its owner and president in 1968.
In 1946 Sam married Jean Heimberger, a 1942 Ohio State graduate, and they had two daughters and a son, all now married, and four grandchildren.
Sam was a past president of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Columbus and, at the time of his death, a member of the board of trustees of both Children's Hospital of Columbus and Columbus Home for the Aged. He was a member of the Scioto Country Club and the University Club of Columbus.
In addition to his wife and children and grandchildren, Sam is survived by his mother.
1939
MELVILLE PEARCE PEET, 61, died unexpectedly on July 29, 1978. He had just returned with his wife from a pleasant cruise in Alaska.
Mel lived at 65 Ketcham Ave., Amityville, N.Y., whence he apparently commuted to his work at the New York downtown office of Aetna Life & Casulaty Company. He was a senior underwriter for the firm.
He served with the U.S. Army during World War II, from 1941 to 1945.
He was married in 1942 to Thelma M. Lillieskold, who survives him, together with their two children, Meredith and Ardith.
JOHN WILLIAM THORNTON JR. died on October 17 of cancer, at the United Hospital, Port Chester, N.Y. He was 63. John had been retired from International Printing Inc. for several years, during which time he had spent much of his energy doing volunteer work at the United Hospital. John entered Dartmouth from Williston Academy. He was a member of Alpha Delt at Dartmouth and a member of the freshman baseball team. He leaves his widow, Jean, who resides at 200 5th St., Mamaroneck, N.Y. 10543. He had met his wife in Scotland while on duty with the U.S. Navy as a harbor master at Gournock, Scotland, during World War II.
1940
KNEELAND (BUD) SWENSON died March 2 at his home at 16 Auburn St., Concord, N.H., just a couple of weeks short of his 60th birthday.
For many years, he had courageously learned to live with the pain and crippling caused by rheumatoid arthritis, which stemmed from severe wounds sustained in a Kamikaze attack during the final days of World War II.
Despite his ailments, he served until his retirement last year as president and chair of the board of the John Swenson Granite Company, founded by his grandfather in 1883, with which he had been associated as an officer and director since 1945. The family firm has now passed to his sons, Kevin C. Swenson '71, and Kurt M. Swenson.
He was a member of the N.H. chapter of the Arthritis Foundation for 30- years, serving in many capacities, from vice president to legislative liaison with Congress. He also was a director of the Bank of New Hampshire, a former member of the choir and a trustee of the South Congregational Church, a trustee of Concord Hospital, and a member of the Concord Canoe Club.
According to his son Kevin, his lifelong enjoyment of choral music began with his singing in the Dartmouth Glee Club, just as his love of canoeing and the outdoors grew from his experiences in the Dartmouth Outing Club. He was also a member of Delta Tau Delta.
Bud was part of a family tradition at Dartmouth as well as in the granite business. In addition to his son, other Dartmouth alumni relatives include his late father, John A. Swenson '09, two uncles, Omar '03 and Guy '12, and four cousins.
He also leaves his wife Marie, a daughter, a sister, and six grandchildren.
1943
HUDSON J. WILSON JR., a prominent New York City orthopedic surgeon, died on February 7. He was an attending orthopedic surgeon at St., Luke's Hospital and clinical professor of orthopedic surgery at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University.
After graduation from Dartmouth, Hudson obtained his medical degree at Cornell University Medical College in 1946 and then interned and served as a lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy Medical Corps for three years.
He was a member of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, the American Orthopedic Association, and was a fellow in the American College of Surgeons. He also was a past president of the Alumni Society of St. Luke's Hospital, a member of the National Clock and Watch Association, and enjoyed sailing and golf.
At Dartmouth, Hudson was a member of Theta Delta Chi and was on the swimming team. Born and raised in Ithaca, N.Y., he resided with his family at the time of his death in Ridgewood, N.J. He is survived by his wife Marilyn Ann, three sons, and four grandchilcren.
1946
Word has been received from Malibu, Calif., of the death of LEROY U. JERMAN JR. His death February 11 followed a year's illness with cancer of the brain. Roy came to Dartmouth from Westport (Conn.) High School. He joined Phi Sigma Kappa, serving as president of the house. After graduation from Tuck in 1949, and after serving as an Army officer during the Korean conflict, he joined the Ford Motor Company's Aeronutronic and Philco Divisions, and ten years ago became associated with Teledyne Inc., of Los Angeles, as their insurance coordinator.
He loved the New Hampshire countryside and the mountains, so his move to California heightened his interest in the Sierras, where he backpacked into the widlerness as often as possible. After cremation, his ashes were taken into the hills above Yosemite Valley.
Married 31 years to his wife Doris, his family includes two daughters and a son. The family home is at 20434 Seaboard Road, Malibu, Calif. 90265.
1947
ROBERT GALLAGHER died December 20, 1978, in Connecticut. Bob was born in the Bronx, New York, in 1926. At Dartmouth he majored in economics and was a member of SAE. He served as a.naval officer in both World War II and the Korean War and attained the rank of lieutenant, junior grade. Aside from an early stint as a salesman for the Vicks Chemical Company, Bob spent his entire career in the investment business.
At the time of his death he was senior vice president of Bache-Halsey-Stuart-Shields Inc., and a director of the Paramount Packaging Corporation. Active in community affairs, he was a director of the National Council on Alcoholism, a governor of the Tokeneke Club, and a former chairman of the Board of Education of Darien, Conn. Bob is survived by his wife Alice, five children, his mother, and a sister. His classmates extend their condolences to his family.
1952
JOHN STANDISH HART died on February 5 at Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Mass., from a blood clot following an operation. He was 50 years old.
At Dartmouth we will remember Jack as our cocky, scrappy second baseman who "could hit .270 in this league any day," as the captain of the soccer team, and a great friend to drink and laugh with. He majored in history and was a member of Alpha Delta Phi fraternity and Sphinx Senior Honor Society.
Before he came to Dartmouth, Jack served in the Army in Europe where he attained the rank of sergeant in a very short while.
After graduation he joined Connecticut General Life Insurance Company and stayed with them until his death. He was vice president of sales in the group pension operations. He was also president of three Connecticut. General subsidiaries: CG Medical Programs Inc., Arizona Health Plan Inc., and Columbia Medical Plan Inc.
At the time of his death, Jack lived in Longmeadow, Mass. He leaves his wife Sally and three sons. He was a member of First Church of Christ, Longmeadow Country Club, and active in the Dartmouth Club of Springfield.
His friends in Hartford have established a memorial fund at Dartmouth in his name. Contributions should be mailed to Cliff Jordan at the College and earmarked for the Jack Hart Memorial Fund.
Jack was a regular at class gatherings - football games, reunions, and such. We'll miss his big grin and hearty laugh.
So long, Sarge.
