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.)
McDonald, Dean Joseph L. November 18 Sprague, Harold W. '10, November 9 Van Zant, Ralph D. '10, October 13 Wanner, Harry C. '12, October 20 Barber, Earle S. '13, February 7 Bronk, William R. '13, August 3 Riford, Lloyd S. '13, November 10 Hallett, Howell K. '14, April 1 Potter, Russell H. '19, October 19 Quinn, John R. '19, October 18 Wetherby, John K. '19, September 24 Chilcott, James C. '20, November 23 Gault, Warren S. '20, October 29 Kay, Paul D. '20, November 6 McGoughran, Charles F. '20, November 16 Baldwin, Robert A. Jr. '22, October 8 Bishop, Benjamin L. '22, November 10 Fauver, King E. '22, November 17 Hutchins, Frank A. '22, November 17 Taylor, John L. '22, November 10 Freeman, C. Wendell '23, October 25 Marshall, Arthur L. '23, November 3 Martin, Ivan J. '23, October 25 Merritt, Alfred I. '23, October 16 Obermeyer, Charles B. '23, January 5, 1978 Jenkins, Arnold D. '24, November 3 Rochford, Philip '24, September 16 Moore, Charles F. Jr. '25, November 10 Redman, Herbert J. '26, November 11 Camph, Howard W. '27, March 25 Girault, Theodore A. '27, November 10 Hodsdon, Merrill '28, May 19 Moss, Robert E. '28, October 28 Kotchen, Alfred F. '29, July 25 Brown, Willard M. '30. October 21 Holbrook, Richard G. '31, October 30 Cruse, Guy A. '32., September 5 Lewis, Edmund S. Jr. '32, September 22 Ryan, Charles '32, November 4 Lamb, John F. '33, October 4 Pringle, John P. '33, July 18 Ford, Francis P. '34, November 4 Heath, Frank C. '34, November 19 Hinsman, John A. Mead '34, October 31 Bayer, Herbert '38, November 3 Birge, Kingsley H. '38, July 17 Griffin, Robert L. '38, November 7 Allen, Richard B. '44, November 1 Zetterberg, York B. '44, October 22 Akana, Raymond M. '50, July 30 Benning, Walker M. '52, October 29 Johnson, Richard C. '59, September 12 Reichard, Peter J. '66, September 30 Chudd, I. Robert '67, October 4 Cohen, Howard I. '75, August 1
1908
WEBSTER BREWER EVANS died in Santa Barbara, Calif., on September 25. He was born in 1886, so he was in his 95th year when he died.
Web was graduated from Hyde Park High School, where he prepared for Dartmouth, which he entered with the class of 1908. He was a track star in college, specializing in the mile relay and middle distance races. He was on the team for all of his four college years and was a very successful runner.
He was one of the most popular members of the class, quiet but with a typical New England sense of humor, together with great loyalty and integrity. In college he was a member of Phi Delta Theta, Turtle, and Dragon.
His first job after graduation was in the insurance field, and he remained there until his retirement in 1951, with a four-year term in the real estate business in Hollywood. When he retired he held the position of chief underwriter for the Firemans Fund Indemnity Company and had been with them for some 21 years.
On January 1, 1910, Web was married to Priscilla Alden, who predeceased him. They had two sons and three grandsons. 1908 has lost a loyal, outstanding member.
1910
RALPH D. VAN ZANT, 93, died October 13 in San Diego, Calif., after a lengthy illness.
Van was a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, who came to Dartmouth in 1906 to take a B.S. degree with a major in English. After graduation, he attended the University of Denver School of Business Administration for two years and then went into the fire insurance business in Denver. Colo. After a lengthy illness suffered in 1911, he became a salesman and office manager with a large vegetable cannery at Greeley, Colo. Later he worked for Continental Oil and for the Colorado & Southern Railroad Company, both of Denver. In 1917 he became assistant merchandise manager for Dental Specialty Company of Denver. He enlisted in 1918 and served for a year as a buyer of dental supplies and equipment for the Army, after which he resumed his old position with the Dental Specialty Company and became a stockholder. In 1923 he organized Denver Dental Depot, Inc., buying out an established business. He was president and general manager Of the company until his retirement in 1954.
Van served as secretary-treasurer of the Dartmouth Alumni of the Great Divide. He was active in his local Episcopalian church, and was a member of the Denver University Club, the City Club of the San Diego Dartmouth Alumni Association, the American Legion, and the New York City Dental Sales Executives Association. He enjoyed theater, travel, television, reading, fishing, and hunting.
Van, who never married, is survived by his sister Glenna Van Zant Wade.
1919
RUSSELL HAYWARD POTTER died in October after a long illness. He always maintained a keen interest in Dartmouth, particularly as to the football teams. He played football while he Was an undergraduate.
He served in the Mexican conflict and the French army, and later with the U.S. army during World War I, in which he was awarded three citations and attained the rank of captain.
He had been a manager for the Bell Telephone Company, a district manager for Nash Kelvinator, and a director of Air Commuting, Inc., of New York City. Prior to retirement in 1968 he was an investment banker with G. H. Walker Company in Hartford, Conn.
Besides his wife, he leaves a daughter, Sally Stevens of Gloucester, Mass., and a son, David B. Potter of Phoenix, Ariz.
NEWMAN T. SLEEPER died on October 5, after an illness of several years. He was an active member of the class and an agent for the endowment fund.
He came to college from Plaistow, N.H. After graduating from Tuck School, he was with the Plymton Press in Norwood and Proctor & Gamble in Boston before going into the investment business in Providence, R. I., with Bodell Company, which later merged with G. H. Walker & Company. He retired in 1966 and since then has made his home in Rehoboth, Mass.
He is survived by his wife.
JOHN K. WETHERBY died in Arcadia, Calif., on September 24. In recent years he had made his home in Arcadia in the wintertime. In the summertime he was in Roberts, Wise.
His entire business life was spent in the insurance business in Minneapolis, Minn., which was his native city. Jake played on the golf team while in college and kept this sport up until recent years and played in many tournaments in Minnesota and California. He was also an avid dry fly fisherman.
He is survived by his wife Mary.
1920
WARREN STETSON GAULT, born in Worcester, Mass., died quietly in his sleep in his birth town after a long illness. Warrie had an interesting, indeed, a colorful career, which started quietly after graduation in his haberdashery shop owned with Dick Southwick '20 in the small town of Amherst, Mass.
Warrie entered Dartmouth in 1916 from Worcester Academy, was a business major at the Amos Tuck School, a very active and highly respected man on campus during his college career, arid a member of K.K.K., Casque and Gauntlet, and Paleopitus, the student leadership body. In World War I he joined the Coast Artillery, where he served as a second lieutenant, and he continued to serve in the Army Reserve Corps many years thereafter.
Warrie's business connections were many. Following his haberdashery experience, he joined W. T. Grant Company in New York City, then the British Purchasing Commission in New York City, the Bermuda Base Contractors in Bermuda, and a construction outfit in Whitehorse, Canada, working up and down the Alcan Highway. This last experience led him to Alaska and eventually to Anchorage as a state cost construction auditor whose working base was Juneau.
Twice married - to Barbara Thayer in 1923 and to Mary E. Conner in 1948 - he had children only by his first marriage. Jane was born in 1924 and Webster '50 in 1928.
Warrie was active in community affairs, his church, the Masons, and the Elks. He. was Republican by choice.
To his surviving family we extend our condolences. To his sister Helen, especially, goes our admiration for her efforts to make Warrie comfortable during his declining years.
1923
IVAN JAMES MARTIN died on October 25 following a long illness.
After three years at the Manchester, N.H., high school, Ivan spent two years at what was then Springfield Y.M.C.A. College, entering Dartmouth at the beginning of sophomore year. He was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha and played on the varsity soccer team two years.
Following graduation and after two years with W. T. Grant and twelve with the Lincoln Stores, Ivan acquired control of Reid and Hughes Department Stores, which has locations in several New England cities. Here he served as president and chairman of the board until his two sons took over active management of the business.
Ivan was on the board of directors and the executive committee of the Naumkeag Trust Company, a trustee of the Salem Savings Bank, and a corporator of the Salem Five Cent Savings Bank, Salem Hospital, Proctor Academy, and the Holyoke Insurance Company. He was also a member of the board of governors of the Tedesco Country Club.
Ivan and Elinor (Stearns) Martin observed their 50th wedding anniversary in 1978. She survives him, as do his two sons, Ivan J. Jr. and Stearns '54, and five grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at St. Andrews Church in Marblehead, Mass., on October 29. The class was represented by Fred and Madeline Clark, Leon and Mary Sargent, Herb and Bea Home, Walter and Vi Friend, and Walt and Connie Dodge. Classmate Bill Welch's son Robert spoke for the Martin family.
1924
ARNOLD DIEHL JENKINS died at his home in Dedham, Mass., on November 6 following a long illness. He had also been a summer resident of Salters Point, South Dartmouth, Mass., for many years.
He was president of the Pratt Paper Company of Boston and had been associated with the paper industry since graduation.
In previous years, Arnold was active in community affairs. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi, Sphinx and Green Key when in college.
He is survived by his wife Helen, a son, Arnold Jr., a daughter, Sandra Howard, and a brother, Bradford '38.
1926
JOHN SEVERANCE AKIN died suddenly of a heart attack on September 5 in Colorado while on a tour of the Rockies with his wife Margaret. He had appeared to be in good health, but the attack took him unawares twenty miles from the nearest hospital en route to Durango for their second night out. He was born in Johnsonville, N.Y., and graduated from the Hoosick Falls, N.Y., high school, where he had been class president. At Dartmouth Jack was a member of Gamma Delta Epsilon and an active classmate with many friends in the College.
From 1927 to 1946 he was a commercial engineer with New York Telephone Company in Albany, N.Y., and then went with Fruhauf Corporation as sales engineer in the Boston area, retiring in 1967. After retirement Jack and Peg moved to Delray Beach, Fla., where Jack was president of Tropic Isle Civic Association, and they attended Florida class and college events as well as the 50th reunion in Hanover. Besides Peg he is survived by their son John, and the class extends its deep sympathy to both.
1927
CARLTON COOPER PORTER died June 10 in the Miles Memorial Hospital, Damariscotta, Me., of a heart attack. He was 75 years old. He was born in Brockton, Mass., and attended Oliver Ames High School in North Easton, Mass., and Huntington Preparatory School in Boston before entering Dartmouth. He is survived by his wife Marjory and three children.
1929
GEORGE EDWARD KENNEDY died on September 10 at his home in Sarasota, Fla., after a long illness. He was born in Middleboro, Mass., and entered Dartmouth from Middleboro High School.
He took early retirement from his position as sales manager of the Kendall Company in 1968 but continued to represent them until his normal retirement in 1971. He had worked for them in various capacities for 42 years.
At Dartmouth George was a member of the band, the Barbary Coast Orchestra, and Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity. In Sarasota he was active in the Ivy League Club and was a past President of the Dartmouth Club of Sarasota.
He leaves his wife, the former Lois Essenwein, four sons, and four grandchildren.
D. W. Solis '28
ALFRED FRANK KOTCHEN died on July 25. He was born in Hartford, Conn., and came to Dartmouth from Weaver High School there.
He received his LL.B. degree from Yale Law School in 1932 and entered practice in Hartford. He was active in politics and was Legal Aid Director for many years. At Dartmouth he was active in the band, the Players' Orchestra, and the symphony.
He leaves his wife Pearl and two sons.
1930
WILLARD MORROW BROWN JR. of Chuckatuck Station, Suffolk, Va., died on October 21.
Brownie came to Dartmouth from Upper Montclair and spent most of his postgraduate years in the insurance business and all of his career in the business of helping others. He was manager of the Louisville office of Glen Falls Insurance Company from 1955 to 1961 and later superintendent of the casualty department in Kansas City, Mo. In 1951 he attained the designation of chartered property and casualty underwriter, the highest educational achievement in that profession. After retirement. Brownie served as an executive and director of Investors Security Company of Suffolk.
In World War II he attained the rank of lieutenant commander, serving in the Navy aboard a submarine chaser in the Atlantic and later as officer in charge of the destroyer escort pre-commissioning detail in California.
He served as president of Old Dominion Area Boy Scouts Council from 1972 to 1975. Brownie was very active in the Christian Church, both in Louisville, where he chaired the missions committee for 10 years, and in Chuckatuck, where he served as deacon of Oakland Christian Church. In 1974 he received the citizen-of-the-year award from the Ruritan Club for his various civic activities.
He is survived by his wife Polly, son Bruce, and two grandchildren.
BART JAMES MCDONOUGH died at Veterans Hospital in Jamaica Plain on July 24.
A native of Woburn, Bart came to Dartmouth from Lake Forest Academy. He was an outstanding varsity football player and in his senior year was captain of the baseball team that won the Ivy League championship. With the exception of the war years, when he served as lieutenant in the Navy V-5 program, Bart devoted his life to the education of youth in Woburn and at the time of his retirement was principal of John F. Kennedy Junior High School. He was awarded the degree of Master of Education by Tufts University in 1957. Bart married Margaret Foley in 1936. She and their five children, including Robert '61, survive him.
CHARLES HARROUN PERRY died in Minneapolis on July 7.
While at Dartmouth Chuck was a member of Phi Kappa Sigma. He received his MBA from Tuck School in 1931 and for a number of years was employed by the Dayton Company. His most recent occupation had been that of a sales representative and manufacturers representative.
He married Ruth Bender in 1955, and she and their two sons survive him.
1931
EDGAR FAYETTE CURTISS died August 27 at his summer home on Block Island, R.I.
Ned entered Dartmouth from Lewis High School in Southington, Conn. As an undergraduate he joined Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, was a member of Alpha Delta Sigma, was business manager of The Pictorial, and majored in economics.
After graduation he joined his father in C. F. Curtiss florists, growing flowers for the wholesale market on land which had been in his family for over two hundred years. Ned took over as owner of Curtiss Greenhouses in 1944. By 1975, he had retired.
He served on many boards and commissions and in the Connecticut General Assembly for two terms. At the time of his death he was a director of the Southington Savings Bank, a member of the Board of Water Commissioners, and president of the South End Cemetery Association.
Charlotte Morehouse and Ned were married June 27, 1936. Their children were William C., Samuel D., and Thomas A.
Ned served Dartmouth as an assistant class agent. He was a former member of the Civil Defense Advisory Board and former trustee of the Undercliff Mental Health Center.
Besides his wife, he is survived by two sons, William and Thomas, and two sisters.
HOWARD SHERWOOD GUERNSEY, 70, died October 14 at Albany Medical Center after a heart attack.
Sher came to us from the Schoharie N.Y., high school. As an undergraduate, he joined Theta Chi fraternity, was a member of Cabin and Trail, Director of Shelters of the D.0.C., and secretary of the Dartmouth Christian Association. His major was botany.
After graduation, he spent ten years with F. A. Guernsey & Company nurseries, where he was secretary and office manager. In 1942 he joined General Electric in Schenectady as a production man in aeronautics and ordnance for the government and later worked in the steam turbine department. In the 1950s he worked on G.E.'s German V-2 missile modification program. At the time of his retirement he was in inventory control at G.E.'s plant facilities section in Schenectady.
Margaret Ranson and Sher were married in the mid-thirties. Their children are Carolyn, Camille, and H. Sherwood II '68. Margaret died in the 19605. Sher was a director of the Valley Environmental Conservation Association, a former elder on consistory of the Reformed Church, Middleburgh, N.Y., and a member and past master of Schoharie Valley Lodge #491 F. & A.M.
For 1931 he was head agent during 1964 and 1965, and served on a reunion committee. For Dartmouth he did enrollment work.
Sher was remarried to Elizabeth Pindar, who accompanied him at many Dartmouth gatherings in the past ten years.
He is survived by his wife Betty, his son, and his two daughters.
The class of 1931 was represented at the funeral by George and Anne Conklin.
1932
JOHN C. COUZHNS, justice of Westchester County Court of White Plains, N.Y., died October 18 of a heart attack at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, Mass. He was 70 years old and had lived in White Plains and Brewster, Mass.
John was a calendar judge, arraigning suspects, setting dates for their appearances, and accepting pleas. He was noted for his strict control over court procedures. He was born in Yonkers and was active at Dartmouth in the '32 Aegis and the Glee Club. John was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity and obtained his LL.B. degree from Boston University in 1936. During World War 11, he served in the Navy and was discharged as a lieutenant commander.
John is survived by his wife Mary Jane, one daughter, six sons, and two grandchildren. The class extends its sympathy to them.
LEONARD L. ELDHN JR., of Marion, Mass., died of acute leukemia on Thursday, October 16, at the age of 70.
Born in Brookline, Mass., Len spent most of his life and raised his family in Wellesley Hills before retiring in 1971.
After graduating from Dartmouth and attending Harvard Business School, Len joined a training program at the Gulf Oil Corporation and advanced to management level, retiring after more than 40 years as an advertising executive.
A member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, Len remained a loyal and interested alumnus who regrettably was unable to attend class reunions through the years because of chronic back problems.
Len is survived by his wife Beatrice Temple, a son Leonard, a daughter Juliana, and five grandchildren. The class extends its sympathy to them.
EDMUND S. LEWIS died on September 22 from A heart attack at the hospital in his hometown, Cundy's Harbor, Me. He was 70 years old and had been ill for quite some time from lung cancer.
Ed was born in Natick, Mass., and at Dartmouth majored in history. He was a member of the Py Sigma Kappa fraternity. His entire business career was in the textile field, and he had his own burlap converting and sales business just before retiring several years ago.
Ed was a very loyal member of our class, having attended all reunions and having prepared the class of 1932 directory for our 45th reunion in 1976. Ed was active in the Alumni Fund as class agent and was on the reunion committee. He was a regular attendant at the monthly luncheons of the Dartmouth Club of Maine and an enthusiastic supporter of the club. In his honor the club is dedicating this year's scholarship fund in his name and memory.
Ed is survived by his wife Ethel Groat Lewis of Cundy's Harbor, a daughter Jane Wilson of Zurich, Switzerland, and a son Edmund III of Portland. The class extends its deepest sympathy to his wife and family.
1933
Louis A. POITRAS died on June 23 in the Roseville, Calif., hospital as a result of an auto accident. His car left the road and crashed into a power line pole.
L.A. was born in 1909 on the Cheyenne River Reservation, of Sioux and Chippewa parentage. He prepared for Dartmouth, at the Haskell Institute and the Timberlake, S.D., high school, being active in all sports at both schools.
He left Dartmouth in 1930 and the following year attended Black Hills Teachers College in Spearfish, S.D. His wife Frances, whom he married in 1935, writes:
"When we were married, he was employed by the Indian Service in the realty office on the C-R Reservation. We lived in a one-room log cabin and our water was hauled from the Missouri River in a barrel!
"Followed the U.S. Army, then Los Angeles and laying out steel plate for ships. Then on to Aerojet, where he helped with the metal work for the first Titan rocket. A far cry from a librarian, his original goal in life! Louie always remembered his attending Dartmouth as a privilege, as does his nephew, Leon L. Poitras '54."
In addition to working with Aerojet General Corporation for 18 years as a metalsmith, Louis was active in the Boy Scouts, 4-H Clubs, the Garden Club, and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. He is survived by Frances, two sons, five daughters, and six grandchildren.
1935
DANIEL JOHN KERWIN JR. '35 died at home in suburban St. Louis on September 7. The keen mind, zestful spirit, and tolerant nature which made Dan a widely popular undergraduate remained characteristic of him through life.
Dan was one of four brothers who entered Dartmouth from John Burroughs School, St. Louis. In college he was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa, Green Key, and the Junto, and was manager of the Glee Club. His major subject was English.
Following graduation Dan worked in sales until entry into the Army Air Force, where he was commissioned as a meteorologist. He soon developed rheumatoid arthritis, which he battled for the rest of his life, operating always as a manufacturer's representative dealing in advertising specialties. He was also active in several service clubs and was a contract bridge enthusiast.
Dan married Peggy Woodlock in January 1941. Following her death in April 1980, his grief contributed to his decline. Dan is survived by two daughters, Peggy Andrews and Paige Stanford, one granddaughter, and two brothers, Martin '33 and Robert '43.
William J. Chapman '35
1936
RICHARD S. DODGE, a longtime resident of Honolulu, died on August 22. At the time of his death he was Honolulu city and county physician. Mayor Frank Fasi of Honolulu stated, "Throughout his medical career, Dodge was well respected. He was an enthusiastic public servant."
Born in Newport, Vt., Dick attended Bradford Academy prior to entering Dartmouth. While at Hanover he was a zoology major. He was a member of phi Gamma Delta, the Dragon Society, the Winter Sports Team, and Cabin and Trail. Dick got his medical degree at the Long Island College of Medicine, and received surgical training at Harvard Medical School, where he was a resident. In 1940 he commenced serving as a physician at Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn, N.Y. He joined the Army Medical Corps in 1942 and was in it for three and a half years as a major, serving in Cuba, Alaska, and Guam. In 1945 he returned to private life, and in 1946 he became assistant resident in orthopedic surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
In 1947 Dick moved to Hawaii, where he practiced as an orthopedic surgeon and was a devoted public servant. Dick, who earlier in his career was chief surgeon at the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children, served as medical director of the Rehabilitation Center of Hawaii. In 1957 he was a founding partner of the Kaiser Foundation Hospital. A year later, in partnership with four other doctors, he founded and put into operation in Hawaii the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, which provided medical care on an annual fixed fee basis.
Dick is survived by a brother, William '29, two sons, two daughters, and nine grandchildren. His wife, the former Eleanor Aycock, died in April.
1938
KINGSLEY H. BIRGE died July 17 of a heart attack at his summer home in Georgetown, Me. He had been a professor of sociology at Colby College since the year 1945.
The Colby trustees' minute quoted below conveys a moving expression of King's personality and his contribution.
"The death of Professor Kingsley Harlow Birge took from the Colby scene an inspired and inspiring teacher. A graduate of Dartmouth College, he accepted an invitation to join the Colby faculty after receiving his doctorate from Yale in 1945. For the next 34 years he devoted his energies and remarkable talents to this college and its students.
"Son of an internationally-known Congregational churchman and educator, Kingsley was a deeply human, thoroughly compassionate man. As a sociologist he demonstrated a broad, interdisciplinary approach to the study of culture and society. He was responsible for creating the fundamental perspective embodied in the sociology curriculum, focusing on issues which have enduring relevance to the field. For more than a decade he was chairman of the department.
"Kingsley Birge was an individual of unshakable principles. He chose very carefully the battles he wanted to fight, such as free speech and individual rights. Yet he was a gentle person who in a graceful, quiet manner was a special friend to successive generations."
The sorrow expressed by the Colby board of trustees is shared by King's Dartmouth classmates and by Dartmouth. Sympathy is extended to King's wife Jane and their daughter Darice.
HERBERT BAYER of Tyrone, Pa., passed away on November 3. Herb had experienced a number of strokes, which had debilitated him, but he had always fought back gallantly, until finally he could take it no longer.
Herb prepared for Dartmouth at Culver Military Academy, and he majored in geology. He was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, where he will always be remembered for his friendliness and affability. Herb always had an encouraging word for all and a great sense of humor.
Herb married the beautiful Jane Shreiner of Harrisburg, Pa., and after graduation took over the family wholesale grocery business in Tyrone. He was active in the business until his illness forced him out.
All his many friends offer sincerest condolences to Jane and the family.
1940
JOHN JARVIS ENGLISH died of a heart attack August 22 at his home in Bethesda, Md., at the age of 63.
Born in Washington, D.C., John graduated from the National Cathedral School for Boys, where he had been class president for four years. John graduated from Dartmouth with a major in democratic institutions, was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and its treasurer during his senior year. He was active with the D.O.C. and director of "Outdoor Evening" for Winter Carnival in 1940.
John was commissioned a second lieutenant in the cavalry, became attached to the armored forces, and was later assigned to Air Force Intelligence. He returned to civilian status having attained the rank of major.
After a brief stint in real estate, John ultimately made a career in the life insurance business in the Washington, D.C., area as agent and agency manager. At the time of his death he was president of Val Tac Company, an advertising firm headquartered in Fairfax, Md.
He leaves his wife Mary Dora, son John J. Jr. '67. two daughters, and a stepson.
WILLIAM JOHN HOTALING died September 19 in Montclair, N.J., after a battle with cancer. Bill entered Dartmouth after graduation from Toms River High School in Toms River, N.J., and completed two years toward his degree before taking leave to assist his father and brothers, including Charles E. '37, with the family business. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Hotaling News Agency, Inc., an out-of-town newsstand, the only one of its kind in New York City and the largest in the world, was established in 1905 and has been at its present location against the north wall of the old Times Building on Times Square since 1909. At the time of his death, Bill headed the company, which displayed daily papers from 300 cities at its street level stand, 600 different magazines from all over the world in a magazine shop, and a back-number and clipping bureau in the sub-cellar. The clientele is varied. Among them are the homesick, insurers, the FBI, and Broadway producers. Bill commuted daily from his Montclair home.
During World War 11, Bill served in the Medical Administration Corps, rising through the ranks from private to first lieutenant and being awarded the Bronze Star in connection with his tour overseas.
Surviving Bill are his wife Marian, whom he married in 1950, and their two children. The sincere sympathy of the class is extended to them.
1941
ROBERT EMERY KRIEGER, who was a first-string end on the Dartmouth football team for three years and kicked the field goal that won the "fifth-down game" against Cornell 40 years ago last month, died of cancer October 17 in Southdale Fairview Hospital, Minneapolis. He had been ill for several months.
A native and lifelong resident of Minneapolis, Bob came to Dartmouth from that city's West High School. At college, he majored in psychology, played varsity football and basketball, was a member of Alpha Delta Phi and Sphinx, sang with the glee club, belonged to the Undergraduate Fire Squad, and was a senior class marshal at Commencement.
During World War 11, he served as a captain in the U.S. Air Force, piloting bombers over Europe from bases in England and winning the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal.
Just before and after military service, in 194! and 1946, Bob played pro football with the Philadelphia Eagles. Then in 1948, he joined Bankers Life Insurance Co. as a sales agent in the Twin Cities area and continued in that job until his death. Along the way he made the Bankers Life Million Dollar Club, was a director of the Paper Supply Co., and also found time to be active in Dartmouth affairs as president of the Minnesota Alumni Association in the 1950s and a member of the Alumni Council in the 19605.
Bob leaves his wife, the former Gretchen Heynacher, a University of Minnesota graduate their home was in Edina as well as two daughters, a son, and four grandchildren.
1942
I am sorry to report the death of THOMAS PHILIP WAGNER, who suffered a massive heart attack on August 30 while playing golf at the Beaver Valley Country Club.
Tom entered Dartmouth from Beaver Falls High School, played freshman football and basketball, and was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon. He received an M.D. in business and engineering (Tuck-Thayer) in December of 1942 and served as an engineering officer with the Air Force in Germany and Africa until his discharge as a first lieutenant in 1946. His career in the steel business started in 1946 when he joined the Superior Drawn Steel Company of Monaca, Penn., where he became president in 1947. In 1958 Tom became president of the Standard Steel Specialty Company of Beaver Falls, Pa., and held this position at the time of his death. He was acitve in a great variety of community affairs and was a member of the Beaver Falls Trinity Presbyterian Church where he had served several terms as a trustee.
The class extends sympathy to his widow Madge, his son, and his daughter.
1958
The class was saddened to learn of the death of WILLIAM BROWN BAHRENBURG who lost a six-month battle with cancer in Honolulu, Hawaii, on September 11. His loss will be deeply felt.
Bill came to Dartmouth from the Punahou School in Hawaii. His funeral service was held in the chapel of that school, and classmate Paul Wysard reports a memorial fund is being established in Bill's name at Punahou.
A history major at Dartmouth, Bill captained the freshman swimming team and was an outstanding and consistent performer on the varsity. A brother of Alpha Delta Phi, he was also a member of Kappa Phi Kappa.
Following graduation and two years in the Army, Bill returned to Hawaii where he worked as a banker before joining Dean Witter in 1962. At the time of his death, Bill was an associate vice president of the firm. He was active in the Outrigger Canoe Club and Dartmouth affairs in the islands, including a stint as president of the Dartmouth Alumni Club of Hawaii.
Bill is survived by his wife Susan, three sons, and his mother. Until Bill's condition was diagnosed last spring, the family enjoyed a full, active, and happy life together.
Always welcoming vacationing classmates, Bill introduced many of us to his paradise. His many friends pray that he rests in His paradise forever. W. Lawrence Weltin '58
1966
PETER JOSEPH REICHARD drowned while swimming in the Indian Ocean on September 30 while on vacation.
At the time of his death, Peter was a senior associate with Coudert Brothers, an international law firm in Manhattan, involved with international corporate and banking law.
Peter came to Dartmouth from Arlington, Va., and lived in the Wigwam Dorms and Cutter Hall. He was active in the D.O.C. and the Dartmouth Christian Union-political action committee. A government major, Peter graduated summa cum laude and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
Following Dartmouth, he went on to earn a master's degree in philosophy, politics, and economics from Oxford University arid a law degree from Yale University in 1969. From 1971 to 1973 Peter worked for the Ford Foundation in Rio de Janerio, at which time he joined the Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McClay law firm in New York.
The family suggests that expressions of sympathy be in the form of contributions to the Peter Joseph Reichard Memorial Fund at the College.
1975
HOWARD IRVING COHEN died in an automobile accident, August 1, 1979; in Miami, Fla.
Howard attended Wakefield (Mass.) High School in preparation for Dartmouth, from which he was graduated magna cum laude with a psychology major. He also earned a master's degree in physiological psychology from the University of Miami, and expected to receive his doctorate from the same institution.
A life member of the United States Chess Federation, Howard belonged to the Dartmouth Chess Club and often participated in chess tournaments throughout New England. He also played in the Dartmouth Marching Band.
He is survived by three brothers, a sister, his mother and father, and a grandfather.
1978
CORY BROOKS FIFIELD died June 22 of leukemia at Mary Hitchcock Hospital. His illness was diagnosed last February, and he began undergoing treatments at that time. He put up a tremendous battle with immense courage, great fortitude, and extreme good humor.
Cory attend£d the Belmont Hill School before Dartmouth. At the College his primary interest was drama, having been a member of the Dartmouth Repertory Co. at the Hopkins Center for two summers. Most recently, he had been with the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco.
He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Fifield '46, and two sisters. Our sympathy goes to Cory's family.
