Deaths

(A listing of deaths of which word has been receivedwithin the past month. Full notices may appear in thisissue or a later one.)

Keane, Coach Thomas F. Jr., October 8 Evans, Robie M. '06, September 26 Sanborn, Walter B. '07, 1973 Evans, Webster B. '08, September 25 Phelps, Kenneth A. 'l0, September 9 Fischer, Ralph.M. 'l3, July 28 Frary, Gerald S. 'l5, July 23 Perkins, John R. 'l9, April 3 Sleeper, Newman T. 'l9, October 5 Fiske, Eugene S. '20, June 29 Fitzgibbon, John H. '2l, July 6 McKay, Lewis P. '2l, June 27 Tayntor, Harold H. '22, August 17 Coller, Robert L. '23, September 15 Gordon, Norman S. '23, September 10 Calkins, Frank J. Jr. '25, August 26 Clark, Wilfred '25, October 5 Fleming, David R. '25, September 1 Nute, Paul B. '25, September 11 Robison, John G. '25, September 4 Akin, John S. '26, September 5 Porter, Carlton C. '27, June 10 Dietz, William E. '28, October 2 Hackett, Christopher J. '28, July 20 Walker, Richard W. '28, October 4 Kennedy, George E. '29, September 10 Page, George T. B. '29, July 25 Rogers, John H. '29, June 27 McDonough, Bart J. '30, July 24 Perry, Charles H. '30, July 7 Curtiss, Edgar F. '3l, August 27 Gafford, Thomas F. Jr. '3l, June 21 Guernsey, H. Sherwood '3l, October 14 Leffingwell, Dwight A. Jr. '3l, December 21, 1979 Cousens, John C. '32, October 18 Elden, Leonard L. Jr. '32, October 16 Poitras, Louis A. '33, June 23 Higgins, James F. '35, October 2 Kerwin, Daniel J. Jr. '35, September 7 Davis, Warren '36, April 8 Dodge, Richard S. '36, August 22 Marsh, George H. '36, March 16 Loughry, Robert J. '39, September 22 English, John J. '40, August 22 Hotaling, William J. '40, September 19 Krieger, Robert E. '4l, October 17 Wagner, Thomas P. '42, August 30 Williamson, Donald G. '42, October 5 Kilner, Frederic H. '45, August 23 Menefee, Edward C. '45, September 14 O'Connor, Patrick T. '46, September 12 DeYoung, Eugene E. '47, August 12 Daniels, Donald S. '50, September 18 Sharp, William L. Jr. '50, August 18 Viles, John T. '53, September 8 Torin, Guy R. '54, August 16 Schreiber, Ronald L. '55, August 12 Bahrenburg, William B. '58, September 11 Storm, William W. Jr. '60, September 21 Shepard, Alan P. '65, September 12 Reichard, Peter J. '66, September 30 Van Buskirk, Laura J. '80, September 12

Faculty

THOMAS F. KEANE JR., 79, of West Lebanon, coach of golf at Dartmouth College and professional at Hanover Country Club for 44 years, died October 8 at the Brookhaven Hospital in Patchogue, N.Y.

Keane was born in Arlington, Mass., and attended Arlington High School, coming to this area in 1922 as coach and professional at Hanover Country Club. He continued in both positions until his retirement in 1966.

At Dartmouth he coached 305 victories, 176 losses, and 5 ties. His Dartmouth team won the Eastern intercollegiate golf championship in 1941, and his 1934 team was New England champion.

In 1966 the Tom Keane Award was established to recognize the undergraduate golf champion at Dartmouth. An annual best-ball tournament in Keane's honor was inaugurated at Hanover Country Club in 1975.

Keane was a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Hartford (Vt.) Lodge of Elks, and the Professional Golfers Association.

In 1924, Keane was married to Ethel Fecteau, who died in 1972. He leaves three sons and three sisters, 22 grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren.

1906

ROBIE MASON EVANS, 96, of Medford, Ore., retired U.S. forester, died September 26.

Born in Fryeburg, Me., Robie prepared for college at Fryeburg Academy. Following graduation he taught at Kimball Union Academy before returning to studies at Yale to take an M.F. degree in 1910.

He joined the U.S. Forest Service in Portland as a forest assistant, rose to deputy supervisor, and became supervisor of the Whitman National Forest at Baker, Ore., in 1916. In 1920 he became district forest inspector and two years later moved to Washington, D.C., to become assistant district forester in management for the old District Seven. Twelve years later he became regional forester for District Seven, which then covered 25 eastern and southern states from Maine to Florida and included seven national forests.

Robie was a leader in the formation of policies and plans for managing national forest resources and developing the timber sales program. He also was instrumental in forming the Timber Salvage Administration after the devastating New England hurricane of 1938, and he administered the wartime timber production program in the eastern region.

He retired in 1949 after more than 39 years of service. He and his wife Ethelyn (Hull) traveled extensively after his retirement, and they lived in Santa Barbara, Calif., for a number of years.

He was a lifelong Mason, organizing first president of the Kiwanis Club of Baker, Ore., and member of the Cosmos Club and the National Capital Park and Planning Commission in Washington, D.C.

He is survived by his wife and a niece.

1907

The Alumni Records Office has received information that WALTER BUTLER SANBORN of St. Petersburg, Fla., died in 1973.

"Duke" prepared for College at English High School in Boston and spent one year at M.I.T. After graduation from Dartmouth he joined the Boston and Maine Railroad, with which organization he remained until his retirement in 1950.

Duke and Mary Healey were married in 1927. Mary died in 1947, and in 1952 Duke married Herma Moyer. He had no children, and no information is available as to his survivors.

1913

RALPH M. FISCHER of Paterson, N.J., died on July 28 of undisclosed causes. He was born in 1892. He prepared for College at the Paterson High School and enrolled with the Class of 1913. He specialized in chemistry, a field in which he was employed until he retired. His first position was with R. C. Buser, Inc., and from this position he transferred to the American Cyanamid Company as metropolitan sales manager, a job he held until his retirement.

He enlisted in the army in 1918. On completion of basic training, he transferred to the ambulance corps and from there to the military police, a position which he held until discharged.

In 1920 he married Edith Bumshaw, who died on January 28 of this year. There were no children.

1919

JOHN RUSSELL PERKINS JR. died in April in Wayne, Me., where he had made his .home since 1933. John was at Dartmouth for two years and then transferred to M.1.T., where he received his degree in 1920. He spent most of his business career with American Telephone and Telegraph Company.

He is survived by two sons John C., who lives in Washington, D.C., and Bruce, who lives in Sylvania, Ohio.

1920

EUGENE SMITH FISKE passed on on June 29. He was 83 years old. A long-time resident of Mount Vernon, N.Y., he lived as a retiree in Quogue on Long Island. His heart was at Cape Porpoise, Me., where he loved to vacation, and where his remains were finally scattered at sea.

Gene was not long at Dartmouth. He entered in 1916 and joined Theta Delta Chi, but when asked about his other undergraduate activities he laconically replied, "Studying." He had no time for much else, and his mind was wrestling with enlistment in World War I. In April 1917 he joined the U.S. Navy as an able-bodied seaman. When mustered out in 1919 he had risen to the rank of ensign. Service over, he returned to his home in Mt. Vernon, N.Y., and entered the real estate and insurance business, a family calling. He participated in local politics in Mt. Vernon and was appointed postmaster in 1934, which post he held until retirement in 1967. He was 1920's only career postmaster.

In 1940 he married Josephine P. Randel, a graduate of Denison University. From this union three children were born, two boys and one girl. To his wife and children and to his brother Ed 'l9 we extend great sympathy for the loss they have sustained.

Gene's life was an active one. He was a Baptist and a member of many civic organizations in Mt. Vernon including the American Legion, a Masonic order, and the Association of 'Retired Federal Employees. He was loved and respected by all.

Though with us but a few short months, Gene made a place for himself in our hearts. He was a loyal Dartmouth man.

1922

HAROLD HUTCHINS TAYNTOR, 79, career agent of the Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, died August 17 in New Britain, Conn.

Hal was a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and he entered Dartmouth from Polytechnic Preparatory School. He was a very personable classmate with many friends. He was a member of renowned Company I in the Student Army Training Corps; he ran on the crosscountry team; and he was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon. His brother, Charles E. Tayntor, was in the class 0f 1919, but he died in October 1918 during World War I in France. Hal's son, Charles E. Tayntor is in the class of 1954.

Hal was with 1922 for three years. He received his gS. degree from Franklin and Marshall in 1923 and then went to Harvard Business School.

He began his business career in 1926 with Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company. Three years later he joined Connecticut General and subsequently became district manager of the New Britain Area. He was former president of the New Britain chapter of the National Association of Life Underwriters, and he was a member of the President's Club of Connecticut General.

He and Elizabeth E. Hastings, a Radcliffe '24 graduate, were married in 1926, and the family was grievously saddened by her death a few years ago. They were members of the First Congregational Church in New Britain. Hal served as vice president of the Dartmouth Club of New Britain, together with classmate Henry T. Powers, who was president. Hal retired from business ten years ago when he and Elizabeth moved to Fort Meyers, Fla., and he regularly attended Dartmouth get-togethers in that area.

His survivors are his son, two daughters, a sister, and 12 grandchildren.

1923

ROBERT LANDRETH COLLER died on September 15 , following a brief illness. A native of Sheboygan, Wis., he graduated from Brooklyn Polytechnic High School. At Dartmouth he was a member of Beta Theta Pi, Sphinx Senior Society, and Green Key. He also played freshman baseball and was at second base on the varsity team for three years.

A modest and accomplished man with many interests, Bobby first collected classic automobiles. He later became a skilled cabinet maker and specialized in the collection and restoration of 18th-century furniture. His hobbies were sports cars and sailboats. During the last 30 years he and Lulu divided their time between London and southern France, returning for part of each year to their permanent home in Ridgsfield, Conn.

Bobby is survived by his wife Lulu. Funeral services were held at St. Stephens Church in Ridgefield on September 19th. The class was represented by Clarence and Priscilla Goss.

NORMAN SEAVER GORDON died at his home in Key Royale, Fla., on September 10,. following a brief illness.

A native of Barre, Vt., Cy graduated from the local high school. Prior to coming to college, he was in the army for two years, the last five months of which were spent in France. At Dartmouth he played on the varsity football team'for three years and was a member of Theta Chi fraternity. In later years he became an expert tennis player and spent much of his time coaching at the youth center near his Florida winter home.

Cy began his business career with the Stanley Works in New Britain, Conn. This was followed by associations with several Chicago firms, culminating with the Ditto Corporation, where he spent some 20 years. In 1964 he and Alice bought a home in Anna Maria, Fla., and went there in 1966 when he retired. A few years later they moved to Key Royale.

Cy's father was a member of the class of 1883 and his brother of 1920. His immediate survivors include his wife Alice, two sons, six daughters, and 18 grandchildren. Memorial services were held September 21 at Hilltop Presbyterian Church in Mendham, N.J.

1925

FRANK JAMES CALKINS JR. died August 26. He was bom in Kansas City, Mo., in 1904 and came to Dartmouth from Franklin High School in Seattle, Wash.

He was with us in Hanover two years and later obtained his degree from the University of Washington. Frank spent his business life in insurance and was with the Northwestern Mutual Insurance Company in Portland, Oregon, and Salt Lake City, Utah, until he retired to Wenatchee, Wash., in 1969. He had become executive vice-president.

In 1929 he married Esther M. Skrondale, and they had one son.

WILFRED CLARK died October 5 at Exeter Hospital in Exeter, N.H. He was born in 1901 in Leeds, England, and graduated from high school in Canton, Mass.

Dutch was a teacher and administrator in various secondary schools in New England. He studied at both Boston University and Brown University after graduation from Dartmouth and obtained his M.A. degree from the former in 1932. He served as principal of the Chapel Hill School in Waltham, Mass., and as headmaster of the Cardigan Mountain School in Canaan, N.H.

In retirement in Exeter he was active in senior citizen affairs and in the retired teachers organization. Dutch is survived by his wife "Patsy," the former Gladys Greer, and by two daughters.

DAVID RICHARD FLEMING died September 1 after a long illness. He was born in 1902 in North Grafton, Mass., and went to Grafton High School.

He was at Dartmouth only in our freshman year and later attended both the University of Vermont and Northeastern University, receiving from the latter his B.C.S. degree.

Dave's career was with the New England Telephone Company in the Worcester area. During World War II he served three years in the Army Air Corps and was a captain.

He is survived by his wife, the former Eva Jane Murphy of Wilmington, Del.

PAUL BILLINGS NUTB died September 11 in Littleton, N.H., after being in a nursing home for several months. He was born in that town in 1903 and went to high school there.

After graduation from college, Paul obtained his M.C.S. degree from Tuck School and went to work for the Western Telegraph Company. He remained with that organization in various executive capacities in New England until his retirement in 1969. After several years in Connecticut, he moved back to Littleton five years ago.

Paul was married in 1929 to Helen Rentsch of Ludlow, Mass., and they had two children, Barbara and Franklin.

JOHN GILBERT ROBISON died September 4 of a pulmonary embolism. He was born in Coatesville, Pa., in 1902 and went to Coatesville High School, where he was the first graduate to earn 16 varsity letters. In college he was a member of Sigma Chi and active in football and track.

Jack worked for 30 years for the Pennwalt Chemical Corporation and became general traffic manager in their Philadelphia headquarters and president of the Philadelphia Traffic Club.

In 1969 he retired to Laguna Hills, Calif., where he played tennis daily, served as president of the Pennsylvania Club, and led an active, energetic life right up to the time of his death.

Jack was devoted to Dartmouth College. He is survived by his wife, the former Jean Everett, a daughter, a son John G. Jr. '66, and five grandchildren.

1927

Correction: In the October issue, the obituary for Henry Neff Copeland '27 was inadvertently printed under the heading for the class of 1926.

1928

EARL FAIN JR., former independent oil producer in Texas and Louisiana, died July 20 in Dallas. He was born in 1907 in Ennis, Tex., and graduated from Andover.

Earl was at Dartmouth for two years and was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon. He was a loyal Dartmouth man and attended numerous regional and Hanover reunions.

In 1966 he wrote that although he still maintained a home and office in Dallas, he spent about half his time on an old plantation he had bought three years earlier in Yemassee, S.C. He enjoyed raising cattle and pine trees, shooting duck and quail, and going fishing and horseback riding.

In 1929 he married Virginia Bower, Smith '29, who died in 1947. He is survived by two sons, Earl 111 '55 and James, and by two grandchildren.

CHRISTOPHER J. HACKETT died July 20 in a New York hospital. He had gone there three weeks earlier when he fell and broke his hip while his wife Delia was walking him home from the barber. The operation was successful, but in the third week complications set in and a blood clot ended his life.

Born in New York City and a resident there all his life, he graduated from Worcester Academy. At Dartmouth Chris was well-known for his performances in productions put on by the Players. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta and Sphinx.

Most of his career was as an advertising salesman. After brief service in the army, he worked in the War Shipping Administration.

He is survived by his wife Idella (Wolfe), whom he married in 1938.

FREDERICK ALBERT TILTON died July 7 of pneumonia at the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital in Hanover.

Fred was born in Laconia, N.H., and graduated from Laconia High School and Tabor Academy. He was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon at Dartmouth. In 1930 he received his law degree from Boston University, and he practiced law in Laconia from 1930 to 1955. He served three terms in the N.H. legislature.

During World War II he enlisted in the Marine Corps and served a year. He held a commission in the Marine Reserves and was recalled to active duty during the Korean conflict, serving two years, from 1953 to 1955.

Fred moved from Laconia to Washington, D.C., when his service ended and began a 21-year career at the Department of Defense. In 1966 he was named to the industrial security review board and chaired it from 1974 until his retirement in 1978. He and Agnes moved back to Laconia in 1979.

Survivors include his wife Agnes (McEagan), two sons, a daughter, a brother, a sister, 13 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. C. Murray Sawyer '28 and Howard P. Sawyer '45 were Fred's cousins.

1931

THOMAS FRANCIS GAFFORD JR., 72, died June 21 of lung cancer.

Tom entered Dartmouth from Central High School in Oklahoma City, Okla. As an undergraduate he majored in English. He received a master's degree in social work from the University of Southern California in 1954.

Beginning in 1932, he spent three years in the insurance business and later six years in the Oklahoma Department of Public Works. He left to serve the Navy in World War II as an aerographer's mate and was discharged two years later.

Tom was employed by the Veterans Administration in San Jose, Calif., and was promoted to chief social worker in 1947. He was especially interested in working with paraplegics.

By 1957 he was working for Santa Clara County as social worker supervisor 11. He enjoyed a practice in psychiatric work in this position and retired in 1973. Edna Austin and Tom were married in 1935. They had one child, a son, Thomas Austin, born in 1945.

Tom was a former director of the Legal Aid Society for Santa Clara County and a former treasurer and vice president of the National Association of Social Workers.

His wife Edna predeceased him in 1975. He is survived by his son.

1932

Retired Coionel HENRY M. GREENLEAF of the U.S. Army Medical Corps died of a heart attack in New York City on June 26. Born in 1909 in Boston, Hank was the son of Colonel and Mrs. Henry S. Greenleaf, also of the Medical Corps.

After attending Dartmouth for three years in the class of 1932, where he was active in the D.O.C. and Ledyard Canoe Club, and was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, he was accepted at Harvard Medical School, from which he was graduated in 1935.

Hank's 21-year career in the Medical Corps included service in the Third Army in France and Germany in World War 11. He was awarded three battle stars and the Bronze Star after service as division surgeon in the Battle of the Bulge. His last active assignment was as post surgeon at the Presidio of San Francisco.

After his retirement from the Army in 1958, he graduated from the Harvard School of Public Health in 1959 and pursued a career in Public Health in Hartford, Conn., and in Newton and Brookline, Mass.

Hank is survived by his wife, the former Arline Ripley, and four children Henry Jr., Elizabeth, Rebecca, and Ann. Another son, Joseph Gales Greenleaf, was killed in action in Vietnam. Our illustrious classmate was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C., on July 2. Our class extends its sympathy to his widow and family.

1934

JOHN WARREN IDDINGS JR. died April 21 at St. Margaret Hospital, Hammond, Ind.

Jack or Johnny, as he was also called came to Dartmouth from Crown Point High School, Ind. In his freshman year he livad in Russell Sage Hall. His stay in Hanover was brief. He attended De Pauw in 1931, Indiana University in 1932, and Lewis Institute in Chicago in 1935.

His business life was devoted to banking. Affiliated early with the First State Bank of Hobart, Ind., in more recent years he was with the Griffith Branch of Gary National Bank in Indianapolis.

Jack is survived by his wife Florence and four sons. To them the class extends its deep sympathy.

1936

WARREN DAVIS, of Houston, Tex., passed away on April 8 from a lung disease. At the time of his death he was a personnel advisor for Aramco Services Company. He and Natalie had been married for 33 years.

Warren was born in Rockville Centre, N.Y., and prior to entering Dartmouth attended South Side High School. While at Hanover he was an economics major and a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and the Spanish Club. On graduating, Warren joined The Texas Company and was with this company until 1948, with time out for three years' service in the Army Signal Corps. In 1949, after a short stint with the Texas Petroleum Company, he joined Armaco, where he spent the rest of his career. He was transferred in 1974 from New York to Houston.

Survivors include Warren's wife Natalie, a daughter Nancy Stockmar, and a son Warren, Jr. The deepest sympathy of the class is extended to them.

GEORGE H. MARSH, of Park Ridge, Ill., died of lung cancer on March 16 in Resurrection Hospital. At the time of his death, George was vice president in charge of sales for Morton Mercantile Company in Chicago.

Born in Evanston, Ill., George attended Geneva High in Geneva, Ill. Although he attended Dartmouth for only one year, his affection for the College was steadfast and deep. He left Dartmouth to become a professional actor, touring the country with Walter Hampden in Cyrano and with Philip Merivale and Gladys Cooper in Shakespearian repetoire. In the mid-thirties he left the theatre and entered the advertising business as a sales representative. After being in business for himself for several years, he joined Proctor and Gamble as a salesman. Subsequently he was with Parade Publications, TV Film Sales, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Chicago. His later career was with Morton Mercantile Company, where in 1968 he was elected a vice president.

Survivors include his wife Margaret, a son Stephen, and two grandchildren. The deepest syjpathy of the class is extended to them.

1937

ROGER WILLIAM HOLLER died in Maitland, Fla., June 30. He had been an Orlando area automobile dealer since the '30s and was recently retired. He had a heart condition.

He was born in Buffalo. At college he was a Delta Tau Delta. At graduation he joined General Motors' financing division in Detroit.

The son of William E. Holler, one of General Motors' early sales executives, Rog went from Detroit to Orlando in 1938 as the Florida-Georgia district manager for the dealer financing branch. That same year he took over the Orlando Chevrolet dealership and in 1946 purchased an Oldsmobile dealership, these agencies becoming his life's work.

He sold the Oldsmobile business in 1974. In 1968 he sold Holler Chevrolet to his son, Roger Jr., who continues its operation.

Rog was a Mason, a Shriner, and an Elk, and also served as president of the Central Florida Alumni Association 1952-53.

He leaves his wife Jean, a daughter, a son, a brother, and six grandchildren.

STUART RICHARDSON died July 28 in an automobile accident in Freeport, Me., where he lived. He was driving his wife and daughter-in-law when he blacked out. The women were not badly hurt.

He was born and grew up in Hanover, the son of Professor Leon B. Richardson, whom many of us knew. He came to Dartmouth from Tabor Academy.

After graduation, Stu worked locally, then went to Portland with some office equipment businesses before serving in World War II with the Air Force. In 1953 he taught at the Cone School and as principal in Topsham, Me., for three years, eventually retiring from the Brunswick school system in 1975 as an English teacher.

Since retirement he had served as a volunteer in the Intensive Care Unit of Brunswick Regional Memorial Hospital, which work he began six years ago when his wife Ginny was there with a heart attack. He spent much time at the ICU, becoming so interested that he averaged 785 hours a year. All the while Stu was suffering with an inoperable lung cancer requiring regular trips to Portland for chemotherapy. He never complained. His interest in and dedication to the ICU work was recognized in a feature article in the Brunswick Times Record, which he as well as Dean Chamberlin (book store in Freeport) sent to us. We had planned to use it in the column.

He served in many local capacities with the church, with the library as chairman of the trustees, and as a member of the Dartmouth Club of Portland.

He leaves Ginny, a son, a daughter, and a brother.

1939

JOHN HOWARD GILLINGHAM, 63, died unexpectedly on May 9 in the Stamford Hospital, Stamford, Ct. He was a personnel executive for the Singer Company at its world headquarters in Stamford. John came to Dartmouth from the local high school in Melrose, Mass. After serving in the Army Quartermaster corps during World War II (1942-46) he worked with Chance Vought Aircraft as employment supervisor from 1946-49. In 1949 he received an MBA from Amos Tuck School. From then until 1958 he served Lockheed Aircraft Service as manager of industrial relations before joining Greer Hydraulics as director of industrial relations. It was in 1961 that hejoined the Singer Company as director of industrial relations.

About her husband, Lee Sisca Gillingham had this to say: "John's keen intelligence, intense vitality, and love of life, positive outlook, compassion for all people and their points of view, elicited hundreds of tributes to his memory from all over the world. Our family has lost a rare human being, but the gentleness of his spirit will always be with us."

John is survived by his wife of 38 years, one son (a lieutenant in the U.S. Army at Ft. Benning, Ga.), four daughters, a sister, and two Dartmouth cousins Gordon Hunter '38 and Douglas Hunter '40.

1940

WILLIAM BENEDICT REARDEN JR. suffered a fatal coronary thrombosis following hernia surgery at Bryn Mawr Hospital on June 21. With his wife Norma-Jean, he had attended reunion ten days earlier. They made their home in Villanova, Pa.

Born in Chicago, Bill came to Dartmouth from Columbia High School in South Orange, N.J., and was a member of the freshman track team and Phi Kappa Psi fraternity and earned his A.B. in economics. Following graduation, he enlisted in the Navy, attended Midshipman School at Northwestern University, and served until his discharge in 1945, leading a destroyer squadron in the Atlantic and achieving the rank of lieutenant commander.

Bill was president of the Winterthur American Reinsurance Company, which organization he joined after his early retirement in 1978. He had joined in 1945 Towers, Perrin, Forster and Crosby, Inc., a Philadelphia-based international company of reinsurance brokers and management consultants. In the 33 years with the company, Bill earned a world-wide reputation as one of the foremost authorities on reinsurance. He was elected vice president in 1954, director in 1959, executive vice president in 1965, and chairman of the board in 1972.

A former amateur auto racer, Bill became a sports car collector and a founding member of a club in Philadelphia devoted to the ownership and preservation of vintage sports cars. He was an assistant class agent, a member of the Dartmouth Club of Philadelphia, and a regular participant in class endeavors.

Besides his wife, he is survived by son William B. 3d, daughter Donna, his mother, and two stepsons. We extend sincere sympathy to his family.

1941

WILLIAM LAMBORN LEE died on May 4 at a hospital in Chester, Pa. The cause of death was not reported.

The last word we had from Bill was in the early 19705, when he had just moved into the teaching field, first as an adjunct professor of accounting at Howard Community College in Columbia, Md„ and then as a lecturer in business administration at Brandywme College, Wilmington, Del. For most of his career, he headed his own data-processing consultant firm in Amarillo, Tex. Before that he had worked several years for National Cash Register, and just before coming back East to teach served as controller for several Texas organizations.

Bill went into the Army right after graduation and served in the Counter Intelligence Corps at a number of stations in the U.S. (including the Manhattan Project) and in the C.8.1, theater. After the war he returned to Hanover, where he got his M.B.A. from Tuck School in '46.

Bill leaves his wife, the former Louise M. Elliott, who worked as a cashier at the Hanover Inn coffee shop during their Tuck School sojourn, and three sons. The eldest, Bill Jr., graduated from Dartmouth in 1969.

1942

I am sorry to report the death of WILLIAM JAMES SIMPSON of Birmingham, Mich., on February 19 at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit following openheart surgery.

Bill came to Dartmouth from Plainville, Conn., and during his college years was a member of SAE fraternity. Shortly after graduation he joined the 10th Mountain Division. As a first lieutenant, he served with distinction, primarily in the Italian Theater. Following his discharge, Bill joined the Lincoln-Mercury division of the Ford Motor Company, and his business career was devoted to product planning, marketing, and sales management.

Our good classmate is survived by his wife Valerie, three daughters, and his brother Dick '45.

1943

GENE HUBERTS DAWLEY died on June 12 in St. Paul, Minn. As reported in the April ALUMNI MAGAZINE class notes following a telephone conversation with him in St. Paul, Gene was closely involved with the Gurthrie Theatre, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and the Minnesota Dance Company.

Gene's former career was in interior architecture, and he also operated his own recording company. He had recorded an album, "Songs for Lamplight," for Capitol Records. He attended Yale in 1941-42 and served in the U.S. Coast-Guard in World War 11. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Marion Fitzpatrick, of St. Paul, Minn.

CAREY BRISLAN O'CONNOR died on May 26 in Houston, Tex. He attended Dartmouth and Oklahoma University studying petroleum engineering. His World War II service was with the A.T.C.-Meteo Service in Brazil, after which he worked as a meterologist for Pan American World Airways. From 1948 to 1953, Carey was consulting engineer for a number of U.S. petroleum and equipment companies.

Upon his return to the U.S. in 1953, he spent 12 years operating experimental programs in natural gas and gas transmission and storage.

At the time of his death, Carey was senior consultant to Dynalectron, of Washington, D.C., and director of Hydrocarbon Research Inc., of Miami. He was president-elect and member of the board of curators of Stephens College, Columbia, Mo., since 1972, and a member of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, the American Petroleum Institute, and the Society of Petroleum Engineers.

Carey is survived by his wife Ruth, three children, and one granddaughter.

1944

ANDREW S. MAC DOWELL JR. died August 24 after a year's battle with cancer.

Andy spent all of his professional life with the Eastman Kodak Company in his hometown of Rochester, N.Y. A political science major at Dartmouth, he served three years in the Army Signal Corps and then got his M.B.A. at Tuck School in 1948.

He was a Kodak trainee and then a salesman for the company in Wyoming and Washington. He returned to Rochester in 1959 and soon became involved in the Kodak sports program. No program of football, basketball, and subsequently women's basketball, came off without Andy's sure hand.

He was on a first-name basis with just about every football and basketball coach in the country Dan Divine, Bud Wilkinson, Duffy Daugherty, Digger Phelps, Ray Meyer and they all knew him at first sight.

As did we. He married late in life and leaves his widow Katherine and three young sons.

1945

FREDERICK HAMMOND KILNER, '56, chairman and publisher of the American Nurseryman Publishing Company, died last August 23 in Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center. Fred, of Winnetka, 111., had been in the publishing business for more than 32 years. He succeeded his father, the late Frederick H. Kilner, as head of the company that publishes two trade magazines, American Nurseyman and Florist'sReview.

A native of Chicago, Fred was a Navy fighter pilot in World War II. He is survived by his wife Maxine, two sons, a daughter, and a sister. His classmates extend their sympathies to all the members of his family.

DR. EDWARD CURIAL MENEFEE died September 14 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minn. He was born in Faribault, reared in Rochester, and graduated from the former Rochester High School in 1941. His father, the Rev. Guy Menefee, was rector of Rochester's Calvery Episcopal Church.

After Dartmouth, Ed graduated from the University of Minnesota Medical School in 1946 and married Linnea N. Buck on June 15 the same year. He interned in Detroit, practiced in Duluth and Two Harbors, Minn., and was then a fellow in pathology at the Mayo Clinic.

Ed served with the Army in Japan during the Korean War and completed his fellowship after military service. He and his wife moved to Albert Lea, Minn., in 1955. For the past 22 years he had been the Freeborn County coroner. He was affiliated with the Laboratory of Clinical Medicine in Sioux Falls, S.D., for the past five years and practiced at Naeve Hospital in Albert Lea.

Survivors include his wife, a son, three daughters, and a brother. His classmates extend their sympathy to his family in their time of grief.

GROVER WARDEN PENBERTHY died December 31, 1979, in Cleveland, of a heart condition following an operation. He is survived by his wife Janice, four children, and two brothers, Philip E. '44 and John M. '50.

Ward entered the service from Dartmouth, serving with the Army Air Corps' 67th Bombardment Squadron in Central Europe during the Second World War. He attained the rank of first lieutenant and received the Air Medal in 1945.

Ward graduated from the University of Michigan in 1947 and from its Law School in 1950. He was admitted to the bar the same year. He entered the Foreign Service in 1955, attaining the rank of consul general in 1971. His latest post was in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

He was a member of the American Foreign Service Association, Oregon State Bar, Association of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Bar of the U.S. Supreme Court, Bar of the U.S. Court of Military Appeals, and the State Bar of Michigan.

It is with a feeling of sorrow that we report his passing and extend our sympathies to his family.

1948

His classmates and other friends will regret the passing of ROGER TENNEY. He died of a heart attack on Good Friday, April 4, during a visit by Nancy and himself to the home of their eldest son in Hilton Head, SC.

Roger was one of the more friendly and irrepressible young '4Bs of the civilian group which initially showed on campus during World War II in July, 1944 His laughter was spontaneous, and the sense of humor behind it was contagious. (Many may still remember with nostalgic glee Roger's first time on skis on the golf links later that same year.)

Drafted in January 1945, he spent three years with the Army infantry in the Philippines where he contracted double malaria. Returning to Hanover he took his degree in 1951. After that it was the automobile business and swimming pool construction in Rockford, 111. He married lovely Nancy Dickinson in 1955, moved to Lake Geneva, Wise., in 1962, and took up the real estate investment brokerage business with a Milwaukee firm where he was happily and successfully active to the end. He and Nancy had four children, two of whom are still at home.

Roger worked hard, was popular with his associates, always enthusiastic about Dartmouth. He was thrilled that the last girl he and Bob Frank '36 interviewed has been accepted at Dartmouth and will be in Hanover this fall. His classmates send heartfelt condolences to Nancy and his family and to his parents in Rockford on the passing of a fine Dartmouth man.

His many friends of 1948 and nearby classes who had the good fortune to know him while he was among us will join his wonderful family in sadness over the passing of HARRY BEECHER LOCKWOOD JR. On Saturday afternoon, May 24, this year, Beech died of a sudden heart attack which struck while he was working in his Orinda, Calif., home, his beloved wife Cindy and their two children being helplessly nearby.

Beech, after growing up in the public schools of Schenectady, arrived with a small but famous civilian contingent of freshmen in Hanover in July of the war year 1944. Ever after he talked with nostalgic humor of that first summer semester when he was one of a noted and spirited group that lived on the fourth floor of Wheeler.

Beech spent two years in the Air Force, returned thereafter to Hanover and graduated in the Bema in 1949, obtained an M.B.A. from Cornell in 1951, and immediately joined Kaiser Aluminum with whom he fondly remained until his death 29 years later. He married lovely Lucinda Pickens in Charlotte in 1957, and the family successively lived there as well as in Pittsburgh and Orinda. They also spent a fascinating three years in Belgium where language difficulties in developing social and professional communication with the local populace were enthusiastically overcome.

Throughout his lifetime Beech was one of the better known and more thoroughly liked men in his class. Friends were legion wherever he went. Notable among these were Hank Mueller '48 and Mouse Taylor '48 (who have remarked with sadness on how well he looked at his 30th reunion in 1978), Bob Herrick '48, Bob Hill '49, Wade Elliot '50, and unnumbered others. Beech is missed. Our regrets with loving respect to Cindy, the children, and to his parents in Schenectady. "Who can forget. ..."

1949

The class has just recently been informed of the death of JAY STUART VERSFELT on Sept. 3, 1979 in Dallas, Tex. He leaves his wife Rosemary and six children.

Stu came to Dartmouth from the Manlius School, was a member of Theta Chi, and graduated from Tuck School in 1950. After graduation he spent ten years with St. Regis paper and following brief stays with Regal Industries, Halper Box Co., and Boise Cascade, in 1967 acquired ownership of Versquin, Inc., a Dallas dry cleaning operation.

The belated sympathy of the class is extended to his wife and family, whose loss must have been great.

JOHN OWENS MOORE died suddenly at his home in Texarkana, Tex., on June 29.

John came to Dartmouth from Montgomery, W.Va., and Greenbrier Military School. He was a member of S.A.E., Dragon Senior Society, and the Ledyard Canoe Club. He received his law degree from Washington and Lee.

A member of the American Bar Association, West Virginia Bar Association, and the Arkansas Bar Association, he served in the Arkansas State House of Representatives and the Arkansas State Senate. At the time of his death he was a member of the law firm of Arnold and Arnold in Texarkana.

The deepest sympathy of the class is extended to his wife Zelle, his two daughters, and two sons.

1952

DAVID ABRAHAMS died on June 28 in Hyampom, Calif., where he had his professional offices. At the time of his death, he was assistant chief of psychiatry at the University of California Psychiatric Hospital.

As an undergraduate Dave was a member of the staff of the Dartmouth Quarterly. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and AOA -honorary fraternities. He graduated from the Dartmouth Medical School, cum laude, in 1953 and went on to Harvard Medical School where he received his M.D. in 1955. While still in medical school he married Emmy Lou Phillips.

Dave practiced psychiatry and psychoanalysis in Los Angeles from 1959 until 1971 and was an instructor at the Los Angeles Institute for Psychoanalysis. From 1971 until his death he lived with his family in San Francisco. He was a member of the San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute and a fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.

Dave was an avid outdoorsman and with his wife ran a summer camp in California. Aside from this and his work, his devotion was to his wife and five children, who survive him.

1955

As reported by classmate Frank Chase, RONALD LEE SCHREIBER succumbed to cancer August 12 at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center.

A Baltimore lawyer, Ron graduated from the University of Maryland Law School in 1958 and in 1969 was named by newly elected Governor Marvin Mandel as a legislative aide. He remained active in this capacity and as a lobbyist until 1977. He was then named director of Maryland's new Health Claims Arbitration Office. A partner of several law firms during his active career, Ron was a member of the local Dartmouth alumni group and enjoyed duck hunting as one of his favorite pastimes.

At Dartmouth, Ron majored in government and was a member of Pi Lambda Phi as well as the Air Force R.O.T.C.

The class extends its sympathy to his wife Faith and his son and daughter.

1958

MILES MARTIN DONIS, novelist, screenwriter, and former advertising director of Columbia Pictures, died December 20, 1979, after being struck by a car in Hollywood, Calif.

Miles came to the College from Central High School in Scranton, Penn. He majored in English and was the editor-in-chief of Jack-O-Lantern as well as a member of the Undergraduate Council, Green Key, and The Dartmouth staff.

At the time of his death. Miles was teaching film at Columbia College in Los Angeles and working on a novel. His career after Dartmouth included a brief stint as a reporter for the Boston Globe. He then spent 16 years in the motion-picture advertising business.

He published three novels. Falling Up and The Fallof New York were followed by Cloud Eight, a story about an East Village couple who move to Provincetown, Mass., in the 1960s seeking the good life but who end up losing the thread of their marriage.

A graceful, touching eulogy was delivered at his Scranton, Penn., funeral by Anthony Piccolo '6l. The eulogy recalled Miles as a gifted storyteller who loved to watch and listen; an avid conversationalist; a professional, happiest when he was writing; a philosophic person always pondering the complexities of life and seeking control and understanding in his own terms; a man of wit and talent who brought many friends together, was loved by them and greatly missed by them in death. Miles is survived by his parents, Samuel and Mildred Donis, of Scranton, and by a brother and sister.

1966

PIETER CORNELIS VAN DEN STEENHOVEN, who had just turned 35, went down on August 8. He was piloting a single-engine airplane when it crashed into the Santa Monica Bay off the coast of Malibu, Calif.

Pieter's list of accomplishments, concerns, and service was long and continuous. At Dartmouth, he was a member of the Dartmouth Christian Union, the White Church Fellowship, and Delta Upsilon fraternity. He spent a trimester as a junior in Tennessee in exchange with a black student from Fisk University. After graduation he spent a summer as a tutor with Project Head Start before obtaining, a master's degree in city planning from the University of California at Berkeley.

Following a stint as a Navy fighter pilot, Pieter returned to his native Santa Monica where he owned and operated West Coast Bulb Company, a flower business. He became a city councilman and then mayor and during his two terms of office was able to promote many measures that bespoke his concern for the quality of life. "Meals on wheels" for senior citizens, a paramedic rescue service, low-income rental subsidies, controls on population densities, and the preservation of green space were just a few of the programs he initiated. He was active in a number of public-service organizations and with good reason was voted an Outstanding Young Man of the Year by the National Junior Chamber of Commerce.

Pieter was also an avid skier, mountain climber, flyer, scuba diver, and swimmer who swam at least a mile in the ocean each day of the year. He also loved Dartmouth and was generous with his support and his time.

A memorial service was held on August 14 at the First Presbyterian Church in Santa Monica and there was not enough room inside for all who congregated in loss and disbelief. He is survived by his mother and father, three sisters and their families, a world of friends, and an emptier mankind.

1980

LAURA JANE VAN BUSKIRK died September 12 in Brussels, Belgium, after being hit by a passing car while she was riding a bicycle. Friends from Dartmouth had stopped at her home, as had many classmates traveling abroad, and she had gone out for groceries when she was struck. "Van B." was home visiting her family after finishing a job with a bank in Grenoble, France. She was about to begin work with the European Common Market.

Born in Cleveland, she grew up in Baltimore and attended Roland Park County School. At Dartmouth, she served on the councils of both the Cabin and Trail and Winter Sports divisions of the Outing Club. Fond of Mt. Moosilauke, she worked with the Ravine Lodge crew during the summer of 1979 and also led a freshman trip. A German and French major, she worked at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid as an interpreter. She was active in the Episcopal Youth Association at Edgerton House and lived in One Occom during her senior year.

Many classmates returned to Hanover for the memorial service at Rollins Chapel, September 23, to be with the family and to show their love. Many of us will remember Van B. climbing Moosilauke in rain and snow, baking bread, dancing the Salty Dog rag, jogging in Hanover, smiling, and being a good friend.

Beth Baron '80