Deaths
(A listing of deaths of which word has been receivedwithin the past month. Full notices may appear in thisissue or a later one.)
Neal, Erlon H. '06, December 29, 1979 Willis, Sumner C. '10, November 18, 1979 Hamilton, Henry M. '13, December 24, 1979 Woodman, Rodney C. '14, December 25, 1979 Comiskey, Charles W. '15, December 11, 1979 Frederiksen, Oliver J. 'l6, December 2, 1979 Frey, Ernest B. '16, December 9, 1979 Colby, Carl C. '17, December 1, 1979 Lynch, Ralph '17, January 25 Baldwin, Karl B. '19, November 1, 1979 Farrar, Holden K. '19, January 3 Potter, Waldo B. '20, January 14 Richter, Paul G. '20, November 27, 1979 Fredericks, Earl W. '22, December 4, 1979 Gordon, John W. Jr. '23, October 16, 1979 Hurley, James E. '23, December 21, 1979 Myers, John V. '23, December 15, 1979 Norstrand, Leif B. '23, December 6, 1979 Sherman, Howard F. '23, December 20, 1979 Wells, Clinton A. '23, January 9 Salter, Leon J. '24, May 22, 1979 Sly, J. Belden '24, January 4 Vincent, Allen L. '24, November 30, 1979 Vought, Sheldon B. '24, January 1 Churchill, Gordon L. '25, December 2, 1979 Edwards, Foster H. '25, January 4 Tucker, Ralph H. '25, January 28 Ravenscroft, Glenn B. '26, July 31, 1979 Browning, William H. Jr. '27, December 4, 1979 King, William C. Jr. '27, December 26, 1979 Wein, George H. '31, June 18, 1979 Andresen, Karl D. '32, November 9, 1979 Frankel, Julian '32, October 5, 1979 Hamilton, George E. '33, December 10, 1979 Wheelock, Howe G. '33, January 9 O'Brien, Edwin J. '35, November 30, 1979 Scott, Norman P. '35, November 27, 1979 Coe, Willis G. '37, January 18 Piderit, Fred W. Jr. '38, November 27, 1979 Craig, Sydney G. '40, December 18, 1979 Weil, Richard H. '40, January 3 Manley, Winthrop L. '41, December 7, 1979 Ripley, John E. '41, February 1979 Adkins, Samuel F.M. Jr. '42, December 26, 1979 Perry, William B. '42, November 15, 1979 Kenseth, Donald E. '46, December 6, 1979 Arneson, Sumner A. '49, January 2 Kingsbury, Donald W. '49, December 17, 1979 Federlein, Frederic H. '50, November 27, 1979 McKee, Richard N. '50, November 22, 1979 Coon, Robert L. '51, December 9, 1979 McCaffrey, Harry L. '51, October 13, 1979 Farrisee, Dana G. '52, July 16, 1979 Rattray, Everett T. '54, January 14 Lanahan, Richard P. '57, December 21, 1979 Martinson, George T. Jr. '58, December 12, 1979 Davis, Thomas C. Jr. '59, January 15 Fryberger, William B. Jr. '66, September 30, 1979 Hay, Gordon R. '76, December 19, 1979 Pitts, Gregory L. '76, December 22, 1979
1906
ERLON HUGH NEAL, 95, died on December 29, 1979, at a Concord, N.H., nursing home after a long illness.
Born in Farmington, Maine, he had been a resident of Rochester, N.H., for 94 years and graduated from Rochester High School in 1902. In college, he was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity, the Dragon senior society, the Glee Club, the Mandolin Club, and the student vaudeville company; he was also a fouryear member of the orchestra, of which he was student leader in his senior year.
For the first year after graduation, he attended, with classmate Jocko Griffin, a Western Electric Company shop course. After spending brief periods in the oftgage department of the Title Guarantee and Trust Company of New York, in real estate sales on Long Island, and as a teacher of English and history at Rochester High School, he began his own business as , wholesaler of lumber and boxes.
He was very active in community service in Rochester. He served on the Rochester Rationing Board during World War II and was manager of the Rochester Fair from 1922 to 1925. He had also been president of the Rochester Country Club, a member of the Rochester School Board, a director of the New Hampshire and New England Golf Associations, a warden of the Rochester Congregational Church, a member of the Rochester Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Newcomen Society, a charter member of the Rochester Kiwanis Club, and a Mason. He had also served on the local interviewing committee for applicants to Dartmouth.
In 1912, he married the former Bess Damon. He is survived by a son, two daughters, a son-in-law H. Dwight Meader '40, seven grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
1910
SUMNER CHAPIN WILLIS died at his home in Westfield, N.J., on November 18, 1979, just a few weeks before his 91 st birthday.
Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1888, he attended Dartmouth from 1906 to 1908 and was graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1911 with a B.S. degree in civil engineering.
He spent his entire career in construction engineering. He had worked on many large steam and water power-generating plants and industrial projects across the country with Stone and Webster and United Engineers and Constructors. From 1945 to 1948 he was chief of construction for the H.K. Ferguson Company of Cleveland in the building of the first peacetime atomic pile at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, N.Y. In 1950, he joined the J. G. White Engineering Corporation of New York as general superintendent located in Louisiana, and he later was resident manager in New York on the rehabilitation of the three generating plants of the New York Transit Authority. He retired in 1970.
A resident of Westfield since 1940, he was a member of the Presbyterian Church there, a life member of the Old Guard of Westfield, a licensed professional engineer of New York, and a life member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
He kept up his interest in Dartmouth, attending occasional reunions, sporting events, and Glee Club concerts. Two of his cousins were also Dartmouth alumni - A. Gordon Weinz '09 and Arthur W. Chapin 'OB. He is survived by his wife, the former Ruth Sprague, whom he married in 1914, and one son.
1913
HENRY MONTGOMERY HAMILTON died on December 24, 1979, in Great Falls, Mont. He was born in Utica, Mont., in 1890, and moved to Great Falls with his family in 1892.
He attended the local schools until transferring to Phillips Exeter, from which he graduated in 1909. That fall he entered Dartmouth, where he majored in French, and graduated with the class of 1913.
In 1917 he went to France as an ambulance driver with the American Field Service. Upon the United States' entry into World War I, he enlisted in the French Army through the Foreign Legion and served in both France and Italy.
On his return to Great Falls in 1919, he entered the service of the Commercial National Bank, of which his father was president. That same year he married Louise Taylor of Honesdale, Pa., and two years later assumed the management of a 10,000-acre sheep ranch. He remained in that post until 1946, when he returned to Great Falls and embarked on a new career at the age of 56, acquiring a real estate firm and developing it as the Hamilton Real Estate and Insurance Company.
In addition to his duties as head of a company, he found time to be active in the Congregational Church, the Toastmasters, Rotary, and the country clubs of his city. He was also a director of the Montana Flour Mills, a trustee of the local hospital, and treasurer of the Great Falls Real Estate and Insurance Board.
Henry was a loyal Dartmouth alumnus. His daughter Shirlee wrote that "Dartmouth College always held such fond memories for him," and, in spite of the distance and the infirmities of age, he made the effort to attend both the 50th and 55th reunions.
His wife and a son, John D. 48, preceded Henry to the Promised Land. He is survived by three daughters, two sisters, and four grandchildren.
The following tribute to Henry appeared in the local paper just after his death: "Henry Hamilton was a man who generated love and respect among those who knew him. He was a gentleman in every sense of the word - a man who believed in courtesy and thoughtfulness. . . . Great Falls will miss this man. Henry Hamilton left a vacuum that will be hard to fill."
1914
RODNEY CANFIELD WOODMAN, 85, of Milford, N.H., died in the Peterboro Hospital on December 25, 1979, after a long illness. He was only with us a short time and later attended Amherst Agricultural College. In 1912, he established a floral business in Milford and Peterborough, which he headed until his death.
Born in Medford, Mass., he had been a resident of Milford for 75 years and had held a wide variety of public offices there: town moderator for many years, 18-year member of the school board, charter member and early president of Milford Rotary, past master of Benevolent Masonic Lodge, and an officer of Eastern Star, IOOF, and Grange. He was also a regional director of the FTD Florists' Association.
His wife, the former Mildred Kimball, predeceased him. He is survived by two daughters, a son, seven grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. The class extends sympathy to all of these survivors.
1915
It is with an unusually strong feeling of loss that classmates have heard of the death of CHARLES WORDEN COMISKEY on December 11, 1979. During college years Charlie was a varsity football player, a back-up quarterback to Milt Ghee 'l5. He was selected by Walter Camp in 1914 for his all-American team. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi and the Sphinx senior society.
During alumni years, Charlie was one of the most active members of 1915. From 1940 to 1946, he served as vice president of the class, and since 1976, he had been the newsletter editor.
His business career was with Charles Chipman and Sons, men's hosiery, of which company he had been vice president and director. He was a member and former president of the New York Athletic Club and a member of the Dartmouth Club of New York City. He was an active supporter of Aquinas House and other Catholic charities in New York City.
He is survived by his wife Isabell.
1916
OLIVER JUL FREDERIKSEN died on December 2, 1979, in Munich, Germany. He came to Dartmouth from Little Falls, N.Y., High School. Freddy was an enthusiastic member of the Dartmouth Outing Club, serving as treasurer during his senior year. An excellent student, he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
During World War I, he served in the Army in France.
From 1921 through 1932, he was with the YMCA. He then returned to college and earned his master s degree in 1933 and his Ph.D. in 1934 at Cornell University. He taught history and language at Miami University in Ohio until 1948, when he went to Berlin as chief historical consultant of the U.S. Army in Europe. He was the author of The American Occupation of Germany 1945-1953. He became adviser to the Institute for the Study of the U.S.S.R. in 1954, retiring to make his home in Munich in 1964.
His memberships were in the American Historical Association and the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies.
His survivors are his wife Jane, a daughter, and a son. His brother Steffen was Dartmouth 1921.
ERNEST BYRON FREY died on December 9, 1979, in Hamburg, N.Y. Ernie came to Dartmouth from Lynn, Mass., Classical High School. After graduating, he went on to earn his C.E. degree at Thayer School in 1917. He was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha and Gamma Alpha fraternities.
In World War I he served as a second lieutenant in the 101 st Engineers of the 26th Division.
After working with several warehouse and cold storage companies, he went with the Winfield H. Smith Corporation in 1934 and became general manager in 1946.
He was a member of the American Legion, Y.D. Veterans Association, Fraternal Lodge #625 F&AM, and Hamburg Chapter #313 RAM.
He is survived by his wife Ruth, three daughters, and a brother, Albert W. Frey '20.
1917
The life of CARL CONVERSE COLBY came to an end, after a long bout with cancer, at the Veterans Hospital in Manchester, N.H., on December 1, 1979. This brings to the class another loss of a kindly, intelligent, and devoted classmate.
Carl was born in Concord, N.H., in 1896. He graduated from Concord High School, where he was interested in French and also played baseball and did track work.
At Dartmouth, Carl was still interested in Romance languages and played baseball, handball, and tennis. After graduation he joined the U.S. Marine Corps and saw much duty in France. He was wounded twice and received the Purple Heart and the Fourragere, given by General Petain.
After the war, Carl attended Harvard, where he earned an A.M. degree in Romance languages; he also studied at Chicago University for two years toward a Ph.D. degree, but did not continue. Instead he went into teaching at Dartmouth, Harvard, and other colleges in this country and in Canada. From 1938 to 1950, Carl taught at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, after which he retired.
Carl was active in many local organizations and in church and" civic groups. He had been a member of more than one veterans organization, on the Meredith Water Commission, and president of the Meredith Historical Society, had chaired the Congregational finance committee and the board of trustees for the Public Library, and was a charter member of the New Hampshire Poetry Society in Concord.
On October 7, 1917, Carl was married to Ruth' Clough, a graduate of Plymouth Teachers College and' an elementary school teacher. She survives Carl, along with their son and daughter and nine grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren. Our sympathy goes out to this fine family, and we wish them the best of everything.
RALPH LYNCH passed away on January 25 in Pittsburgh, Pa., after about two years of illness, succumbing to complications and pneumonia. His death came just two days after his 84th birthday. Ralph was born in Greensburg, Pa., and attended Greensburg High School, from which he entered Dartmouth. At college he was a member of Alpha Delta Phi fraternity and Sphinx senior society.
After two years in World War I, eighteen months of which were spent overseas, Ralph returned to studies in medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, from which he earned his M.D. degree in 1923. For three years he interned at Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh, at Montreal General, and at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston. Then he returned to Pittsburgh to become a leading doctor of internal medicine.
Ralph also took part in World War II, spending three years in the Pacific area organizing field and base hospitals.
Ralph was active in many ways in his medical career. He published many medical articles and was an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, a senior consultant for the Veterans Administration Hospital in Aspinwall, and a member of the staffs of Mercy Hospital, Women's Hospital, and Presbyterian Hospital.
Ralph was married to Katharine Gans in 1925 in Baltimore, Md. The couple had four sons Hugh '50, Ralph Jr. '52, Hilary '54, and David. Ralph's wife and sons survive him and well deserve the heartfelt sympathy of the class. This is another great Dartmouth family from 1917.
1919
KARL BISSELL BALDWIN died on November 1, 1979, his birthday, in Palo Alto, Calif., where he had lived for many years.
Karl came to college from Apponaug, R.I. He left to serve in the Navy in World War I. After the war he did not return to college, but went to California with the U.S. Rubber Company. In 1925 he joined the Pacific Telephone Company, of which he was an assistant vice president when he retired in 1959.
He is survived by two sons, four grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
HOLDEN KNAPP FARRAR, a long-time resident of Wilmette, Ill., died on January 3. A native of Vermont, Lefty, as we knew him, spent most of his professional career in Chicago. He started in 1921 with the Chicago branch of the Guaranty Company of New York and became manager of that office. From 1934 until his retirement in 1964, he was a partner in charge of the Chicago office of Smith Barney and Company, which later became Smith Barney, Harris Upham and Company.
In college, Lefty was a star pitcher for the freshman baseball team. He entered the service at the outbreak of the war and served in the Navy. After the war he entered Hamilton College.
He is survived by his wife, the former Myrtle Vollers; three sons, Holden K. Jr. '45, Louis V. '49, and Paul S.; and eight grandchildren.
1920
KENDRICK MARSH AMSDEN died of a heart attack in Worcester, Mass., nearly four years ago, on June 4, 1976.
He entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1916, after graduating from Brookline, Mass., High School, where he was active in track and baseball. He remained at Dartmouth only a short while, but long enough to be associated with Tri-Kap fraternity. He transferred to the Philadelphia Textile School, served in the Army in World War I, and, after being mustered out, was in the textile business for several years. Some time later he became interested in podiatry and attended Temple University, from which he received a D.S.C. degree in podiatry in 1945. He then returned to Worcester as a practicing podiatrist, becoming well-established locally and serving on the staffs of several area hospitals.
In 1935 he married Linnea Svenson, who survived him, together with a son, two sisters, and several grandchildren. To them we extend our belated condolences.
PAUL GORDON RICHTER, a staunch and everenthusiastic classmate, passed away on November 27, 1979, at Denver's Swedish Memorial Hospital.
Crippled at a tender age by polio, Paul was undeterred by his physical disability. In Boston Latin School, Dartmouth, and life in general, he tackled all tasks, assigned and voluntary, with great enthusiasm and skill.
Paul was popular and active in college as treasurer of Tri-Kap, manager of the Jack-o-Lantern, undergraduate secretary of the Dartmouth Christian Association, and a member of the Mandolin Club.
After graduating, he worked as YMCA secretary at Lafayette College and New York University for three years. After subsequent experience as a professional fund-raiser and promoter from 1924 to 1943, and then as a staff assistant for the National Association of Manufacturers, he entered a distinguished career as a life insurance underwriter for National Life of Vermont in Concord, N.H. He was a recipient of National's quality award and was listed in Who's Whoin the East.
His community service in Concord was outstanding- wherever there was a need, Paul stepped in. He raised funds for the Red Cross and the Community Chest; he chaired the Concord Church Council; and he was a Mason. His family heritage also qualified him for the Sons of the American Revolution, the New Hampshire chapter of which he had served as president and secretary; he was also a former governor of the Society of Colonial Wars of New Hampshire.
Paul also continued to serve Dartmouth, as 1920's leader in raising funds for Memorial Field, as president and secretary of the Dartmouth Club of Merrimack Valley, and in chairing his class's 40th reunion and the College's 1968-1970 capital fund drive in the Concord area.
In 1943, Paul married Lillian Page, who predeceased him. He is survived by his brother Hibbard '20; his son Alex; and his daughter Martha and son-in-law John Welborn '67, with whom Paul had made his home in Denver for several years. The class extends its deepest sympathy to them in their bereavement.
1922
EARL WEATHERSTON FREDERICKS, retired from business, died on December 4, 1979, in a hospital at Winter Park, Fla. Though previously in good health, he had suffered a heart attack while working on the lawn at his home.
Fred was born in 1898 in Buffalo and entered Dartmouth from Hutchinson Central High School there. He was a friendly, highly-esteemed classmate, a proficient scholar, and a member of Chi Phi. His younger brother, W. Carlton Fredericks '24, passed away many years ago.
Fred was the son of a doctor, William C. Fredericks, and, after graduation in 1922, he attended Buffalo Medical College, but decided that he preferred another career. He first went into the investment business for a year or two and then entered the college training program of F.W. Woolworth Company. He subsequently managed Woolworth stores in Endicott and Troy, N.Y., and New Haven, Conn. After 18 years with Woolworth, he transferred to Butler Brothers and was that company's merchandise superintendent in Baltimore. He semi-retired in the early fifties and moved to Florida, where he kept busy in real estate and insurance before complete retirement.
In the various communities where he had lived he was active in Masons, Rotary, Chamber of Commerce, and other civic associations. He was a member of the Presbyterian church and the Dartmouth Club of Central Florida.
Fred and Rhoda Thatcher, a Tufts University alumna, were married 30 years ago in New Haven, Conn. In recent years they had made many enjoyable summer visits to Hanover. Rhoda survives Fred, and the class joins her in sorrow.
1923
Word has come to us from his son Donald that JOHN WOOD GORDON JR. died on October 16, 1979. No cause of death was given.
John was a native of Belle Vernon, Pa., and a graduate of Staunton Military Academy. At Dartmouth he was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon. He was with us for two years and then transferred to the University of Pittsburgh, where he spent two years studying medicine. In 1926 he received his M.D. degree from Jefferson Medical College. During World War II he served four years in the Air Force, retiring with the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1946. He then practiced medicine in Belle Vernon and was a member of the American College of Surgeons. At the time of his death he was living in retirement in San Diego, Calif.
John is survived by two sons.
JAMES EDMUND HURLEY died on December 21, 1979, in Unterschleissheim, Germany. Cause of death is unknown.
A native of Hol yoke, Mass., Jim was a graduate of the local high school. At Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa. For many years the class lost contact with him. In 1977, however, Charlie Zimmerman '23 located him, as a result of which we learned the following highlights of Jim's life and career.
After leaving high school, Jim served a hitch in the Marine Corps. Following graduation with our class, he studied voice and opera in New York City. Stage and film opportunities being scarce, he then became a probation officer, remaining in that field until 1942, when he was commissioned in the Air Force. Attached to General Patton 's Third Army, he became a major and later worked at the reestablishment of city and town governments in France.
The Hurleys returned to the States in 1957, where they remained until 1963. Jim engaged in various businesses, and his wife worked on Broadway, in summer theater, and with several road companies. In 1963 they returned to Munich, Germany, where they established a permanent home.
Jim is survived by his wife Ursula (Ludwig), two daughters, and one son.
JOHN VOLKERT MYERS died at Collingswood, N.J., on December 15, 1979. He had been in poor health for some time but the cause of death is unknown.
A native of Camden, N.J., Jack graduated from the local high school. At Dartmouth he received his M.C.S. from Tuck School in 1924. His fraternity was Alpha Tau Omega.
Jack's business career was spent mostly in the field of property management and financing. After a short period with Karle Lithograph Company in Rochester, N.Y., he became associated with the real estate firm of Charles R. Myers and Company. After serving as vice president and treasurer for 37 years, he became president in 1962. In 1965 he retired but continued to keep busy, serving as a director of the Camden County YMCA, the Lawn Del Savings and Loan Company, and Consolidated Agencies. He was also Haddon Township, N.J., assessor for several years.
Active in the affairs of the Methodist church, Community Chest, and the Boy Scouts, Jack also served as an interviewer of applicants for admission to Dartmouth.
Jack's survivors include his wife, the former Doris Dixon, a son, and a daughter.
LEIF BEHREND NORSTRAND died at Hartford, Conn., Hospital on December 6, 1979, following a long battle with cancer. A native of New York City, he graduated from Albany, N.Y., Academy. At Dartmouth he was a member of Chi Phi, Sphinx senior society, Pi Delta Epsilon, the Arts, and The Dartmouth board. He received his M.C.S. from Tuck School in 1924.
All of Leif s business career was spent in the paper industry, first at Plattsburg, N.Y., with the Saranac Pulp and Paper Company and the Norstrand Manufacturing Company, later in East Braintree, Mass., with Specialty Converters Inc., and finally as a partner in Survey and Evaluation Services Ltd. of Stamford, Conn., a paper-related business.
Leif kept up his contacts with many of his classmates, in particular Sammy Sammis, who visited with Leif in Hartford just a few days before he died. Charlie Zimmerman represented the class at funeral services on December 10.
Leif was a loyal member of the class of 1923 and a dedicated alumnus of Dartmouth College. We shall miss him greatly.
Survivors include his wife, the former Sally Withrow, two daughters, and his brother Don, secretary of the class of 1926.
HOWARD FRANKLIN SHERMAN died at New England Deaconess Hospital in Boston on December 20, 1979. He had been ill with heart trouble for several years.
A native of Dorchester, Mass., and a graduate of Huntington School, Sherm was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa. In 1976 he wrote that he had "run the full gamut from branch banking to real estate and, last but not least, operated the Cape Cod Country Store in West Dennis for a number of years." 11l health forced his retirement from this business.
Sherm leaves his wife Ruth (Osborne), a daughter, four grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
CLINTON AYERS WELLS died on January 9 at the Hartwyck Nursing Home in Cedar Grove, N.J., where he had gone following a serious hip injury. The immediate cause of death was heart failure.
A graduate of the Schenley School in Pittsburg, Pa., Clint was on the board of Bema and was photographic editor of The Dartmouth. Following graduation, he first became an agent for Provident Mutual Life and was later associated with the Life Insurance Sales Research Bureau. He then joined the Chemical Bank of New York, from which he retired in 1964 as a trust officer.
Clint is survived by his wife, the former Marjorie Smith, a daughter, and two grandchildren.
1924
JOHN WRIGHT DREGGE died in Southbury, Conn., on January 30, 1979, as the result of a heart attack.
John was vice president of Nichols and Cox Lumber Company in Grand Rapids, Mich., from 1924 to 1952. He enlisted in the Air Force in 1942 as a captain and eventually achieved the rank of colonel, serving both in this country and overseas. He was awarded the Legion of Merit by the United States, the Royal' Order of the Yugoslav Crown, and the Gold Cross of Merit with Swords by the Polish government.
He became associated with the Civil Aeronautics Board in 1955 and was director of the Office of Community and Congressional Affairs, after serving as chief of the routes division of the CAB. He retired from the CAB in 1973 after receiving its highest award for excellent and distinguished service.
While living in Grand Rapids, John was active'in community affairs, politics, yachting, and aviation.
After leaving the CAB, he became associated with North Central Airlines as assistant to the head and was in charge of the Washington office.
As an undergraduate at Dartmouth, he was a member of the swimming team in 1923-24, the Dartmouth Players, Green Key, and Phi Delta Theta. He was also a past president of the Western Michigan Alumni Association and a member of the Dartmouth Club of Washington.
He is survived by his wife Constance and a daughter.
Word has just been received of the death of LEON JAY SALTER on May 22, 1979, following a heart attack.
He had been president of the Salter Canning Company in North Rose, N.Y., since 1940. He was also a painter under the name of Zonte as well as an art collector. His work had been widely exhibited in several national shows as well as in one-man shows. He was a membef of Sigma Phi Epsilon. He has no survivors.
JAMES BELDEN SLY died suddenly on January 4 at his home in Venice, Fla.
After graduation, he received his LL.B. degree from Harvard Law School in 1927. At the time of his retirement, he was general counsel for the American Optical Company in Southbridge, Mass., where he had made his home for 25 years. Following his retirement in 1966, the Slys moved to Venice.
He was a member of Delta Tau Delta and played on the hockey team.
He is survived by his wife Mildred and two sons.
ALLEN LEFFINGWELL VINCENT died on November 30, 1979, in Canoga Park, Calif., following a long illness. He had had a long and distinguished career as a stage and screen actor and writer, winning awards in both areas. In college he was active in the Players and was a member of Chi Phi.
SHELDON BROWN VOUGHT died on January 1 in Tuxedo, N.C., where he had made his home since 1973. He had previously lived in Greenwich, Conn, for 35 years.
Following graduation, he was engaged in the construction business in New R ochelle, was president of DeWitt Sheldon Homes, and later was associated with Johns-Manville. At the time of his retirement in 1973, he was president of the manufacturing firm of Windy Walker Inc. in Stamford, Conn. He was a member of the First Congregational Church of Hendersonville N.C.
He is survived by his wife Maxine, a son, two daughters, and eight grandchildren.
1925
GORDON LONGLEY CHURCHILL died on December 2, 1979, at the home of his stepson in Riverview, New Brunswick. The Sunday following his 76th birthday, he and his wife Claire had attended a family celebration of that event, and Gordon collapsed and died instantaneously as they were preparing to leave for their home in Sackville.
He was bom in Marlboro, Mass., in 1903 and was educated in schools there before coming to Dartmouth. His career was in stock brokerage, investment banking, and mining in the United States and Canada.
Gordon was a loyal classmate, attending many of our reunions. He had lived in Marlboro as a bachelor for many years, and in 1973, when he and Claire, a long-time friend, were married, they made their home in Sackville, New Brunswick, where she was librarian of Allison University. A memorial service was held on December 5 at the Sackville United Church.
FOSTER HAMILTON EDWARDS died on January 4 at Cape Cod Hospital after a long fight with cancer. He was born in Holstein, lowa, in 1903 and went to Central High School in Minneapolis.
In college, Eddie was on the baseball and basketball teams and a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa, Green Key, and Sphinx. From 1925 to 1929 he pitched for the Boston Braves and had the distinction of striking out Babe Ruth in the Great One's only appearance at the plate in an exhibition game with the Yankees. In 1930 Eddie was a pitcher for the Yankees.
After leaving baseball, he went to work for the great A&P Tea Company in New England and became director of personnel for the Boston division. From 1943 to 1946 he was an officer in the Army Quartermaster Corps.
In retirement Eddie lived in Orleans, Mass. His wife, the former Madeleine Stevens, survives him, as do a son, a daughter, and two grandchildren.
1926
Word was recently received that GLENN BYRON RAVENSCROFT died on July 31, 1979, of a cardiac arrest at a Cedar Rapids, lowa, hospital. A life-long resident of that city, he graduated from local schools and was with our class during freshman year. He then attended the University of Chicago from 1923 to 1926. Bill was in the investment banking business and was a member of the Cedar Rapids Country Club. He retained his interest in Dartmouth, contributing through the class Alumni Fund. He never married and is survived by a sister.
1927
WILLIAM HARRIS BROWNING JR. died on Decem- ber 4, 1979, of a heart attack in Del Ray, Fla., where he had lived in retirement for several years. He was born in Westerly, R.I., in 1904. At Dartmouth, he was on the editorial staff of the Freshman Green Book and was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.
After Dartmouth, Bill obtained his M.D. degree from Harvard Medical School, interned at Mary Hitchcock Hospital, and continued his education in obstetrics at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, 111. For many years he was chief of obstetrical service and later chief of staff at Putnam Memorial Hospital in Bennington, Vt. At the time of his retirement in 1969, he had delivered over 4,800 babies, and, following retirement, he served for four years as the first director 0f the emergency service of the hospital.
At the time of his death, he was a member of the honorary medical staff of the Putnam Memorial Hospital, the Bennington County Medical Society, the Vermont State Medical Society, and the American Medical Association. He was active in affairs of the Episcopal church, having served as vestryman and also as junior and senior warden, and he had served the College for many years as an interviewer of prospective students.
He is survived by his wife Florence, a daughter, a son William Jr. '55, and several grandchildren.
1931
GEORGE HOWARD WEIN, 70, died on June 18, 1979, after a long illness following a massive stroke.
George came to Dartmouth from Drury High School in North Adams, Mass. As an undergraduate he played clarinet in the band and majored in economics.
He received his LL.B. from ordham Law School in 1934 and then worked in a New York law office for several years before moving to Glens Falls, N.Y., in 1938. He began a law practice there in 1943 and by 1946 was a partner in the firm of Wein and Greenberg.
In 1943, he joined the U.S. Army and served with the 20th Armored Division in the European theater. He returned to his law practice in 1945.
Minna Miller Feigenbaum and George were married in 1939. They had three children.
In Glens Falls, he was president of B'nai B'rith and the Warren County T.B. and Health Association.
George retired and moved to Dover, Del. He soon became restless, passed the Delaware bar exam, and resumed the practice of law. He suffered a strode and spent the rest of his life in hospitals and nursing homes.
His wife died in 1976. George is survived hy his son and two daughters.
1932
KARL D'AUTREMONT ANDRESEN, 69, died on November 9, 1979, of unknown causes. Karl did not graduate with our class, but continued his studies at the University of Minnesota, where he received his B.S. and B.A. degrees in 1933 and his M.D. in 1936. For several years Karl was an instructor in medicine at this same university before he entered into his own practice as a physician and surgeon in Minneapolis. Karl was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity while at Dartmouth. The class extends its sympathy to his widow Elizabeth (Thompson) and his four daughters.
FRANCIS ROBERT FITZSIMONS of Kenilworth, Ill., died of lung cancer on December 8, 1977. Barney, as he was affectionately known to his classmates, practiced law with the firm of Toft and Fitzsimons of Chicago. He entered Dartmouth from Evanston, Ill., and majored in psychology. After graduation, he went to Northwestern University, where he obtained his law degree.
His last visit to Hanover was in 1948, when he also spent some time with Whit Daniels '32. It was through Whit that we heard of his death. Barney, we understand from his widow Lenore, had been a firefighting buff, and on many trips in this country as well as in foreign lands, he visited the fire departments. His great ambition, which unfortunately he did not accomplish, was to drive an old fire engine for the Fourth of July parade in his home town. Barney was a kind, gentle man with a happy and adventurous disposition. We shall miss him. The class extends its sympathy to his widow and family.
1933
GEORGE ELLIOTT HAMILTON died in a Chula Vista, Calif., hospital on December 10, 1979, after a brief illness. George was a native of New York City and prepared for Dartmouth at George Washington High School there. At Dartmouth, he was a member of Alpha Chi Rho and was active in intramural sports and in play-writing.
Following graduation, George worked briefly with Standard Oil of New Jersey, but soon became an insurance broker, specializing in marine insurance. During the course of his career, he attended graduate schools - New York University, San Diego State University, and City College of San Diego - adding to his knowledge in his vocation. He retired officially in 1974 from his position as account executive with Marsh and McLennan, world-wide insurance brokers.
The Little League and the Pony League were two of his great interests and he served as an official in both. He was a World War II veteran and maintained his membership in the 7th Regiment of the New York National Guard.
George had a deep love for Dartmouth. He was an assistant class agent for many years, active in the Third Century Campaign, and had been an officer of the Los Angeles Dartmouth Club. He is survived by his wife Marian, a daughter Ann Moynihan, and a son William J. "Woody" Hamilton '71. The sympathy of the class goes to this family in its loss of a fine man.
HOWE GROVE WHEELOCK of Larchmont, N.Y., died on January 9 after a long illness. For his entire life, except for a hiatus during World War II, Howe lived in or near Larchmont. Because of that, and his always-willing and cheerful nature, he was extremely active in working for community charities and his church. His entire business career was in newspaper advertising, from his first position with ScrippsHoward, to his last, until his illness, with Newhouse Newspapers in New York City.
Howe prepared for Dartmouth at Mamaroneck, N.Y., High School. In college, he was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa and Dragon, and he had a start on his career as advertising manager of The Dartmouth. He continued his strong support of the College after graduation by serving continually as an assistant class agent, interviewing applicants in his area, and even recruiting at his old high school.
During the interruption of the war years, from 1942 to 1946, Howe was an officer in the U.S.N.R.; he retired as a lieutenant commander, having been awarded the Bronze Star, along with other commendations.
He is survived by his wife Gretchen, a daughter Anne, and a son "Peter" (Howe G. Jr.) '71 The class expresses its heartfelt sympathy to his family.
1935
EDWIN JOSEPH O'BRIEN died of a massive heart attack on November 30, 1979, in Naples, Fla., Community Hospital. Ted had lived in Naples for the past eight years and had served as a doctor in the emergency room at that hospital. He had retired from active practice only six days before his death.
After graduating with us in 1935, Ted attended Dartmouth Medical School and received his M.D. from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University in 1938. As a flight surgeon in World War II, he spent 13 months in India. Most of his career, however, was devoted to the general practice of medicine in Plainfield, N.J., the city from which he came to Dartmouth in 1931.
Ted found time for golf and for membership in several food-and-wine-tasting organizations and served as treasurer of the Dartmouth Club of Southwest Florida.
Ted is survived by his wife Melba, two daughters, and a brother, Frank '39.
NORMAN PHILIP SCOTT died at his home in San Mateo, Calif., on November 27, 1979. Born in Lowell, Mass., he entered Dartmouth from Bridgeport, Conn, with the class of 1935 and was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. He received his A.B. degree with the class of 1936, but elected to affiliate with 1935. After graduation, Scotty worked in banking in Boston and was a member of the University Club. He later entered the paper business and moved to St. Louis, where he was secretary of the Dartmouth Club. In the early sixties, Norman moved to San Mateo and was employed by Crown Zellerbach. His wife Judith died in 1978 and the couple had no children.
1937
WILLIS GLEED COE died of a heart attack on January 18 in Memorial Hospital, Cortland, N.Y. Bill had retired five years ago to the Cortland area, where he was in partnership with a son in a dairy farm operation.
Born in New York City in 1914, Bill came to Dartmouth from Phillips Exeter. At college, where he was an English major, he was active in Sigma Chi, Green Key, the Players, and especially the band, which he served senior year as both manager and student leader. He retained throughout his life an active and concerned interest in both College and class affairs. We remember vividly the energy and devotion he expended in organizing and chairing our 25th reunion.
Bill began his business career with a trade magazine in New York City. He soon joined the U.S. Rubber Company in its tire operations and spent several years on loan to the War Production Board, scheduling national tire production during World War II. Later he joined Johnson and Johnson Corporation, where he rose to the position of vice president of operations and manufacturing in the personal products division.
Although his business connections moved Bill and his family to several different locations, he spent a major part of his career living in the Westfield, N.J., area. He was very active in civic affairs there, including as president of the Westfield school board. Since his retirement, Bill had been a supporter of the International Executive Service Corporation, and last spring he completed a three-month assignment in Athens, Greece, helping a small, local paper manufacturer improve its operations.
Bill is survived by his wife Fern (Steig); a daughter; three sons, including John '62; and seven grandchildren. The class extends its deepest sympathy to Fern and the entire family.
Alan W. Bryant '37
1938
FRED WILLIAM PIDERIT JR. died on November 27, 1979, at Mary Immaculate Hospital in Jamaica, Queens, N.Y., after a long illness. At the time of his death he was a senior vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Fred prepared for Dartmouth at Brooklyn Preparatory School. At Dartmouth he was a member of Theta Chi fraternity. He received his M.B.A. from Tuck School and in subsequent years attended Fordham Law School and the Stonier Graduate School of Banking at Rutgers University, where he also taught.
In 1941 he married the former Mary McGinty. Fred and Mary had 12 children seven daughters and five sons, including Edward P. '80 and 13 grandchildren. Fred wrote in 1938's 25th reunion yearbook: "...my favorite occupation has been raising children, and a mighty rewarding experience it has been."
1940
SYDNEY GORDON CRAIG, senior partner with Martin, Craig, Chester and Sonnenschein, succumbed to a long illness on December 18, 1979, in Winnetka at age 61.
An active leader in his class, Syd matriculated at Dartmouth from New Trier High School in Winnetka. At 1940's commencement, he gave the address to the College. As an undergraduate, he was appointed as one of three student representatives by President Hopkins to the Council on Student Organizations, which regulated policy of the many non-athletic reanizations on campus. He was also president of the Forensic Union and a member of Phi Delta Theta, and he served on the Interfraternity Council.
Syd's post-graduate law studies at Northwestern were interrupted in 1942 by World War II, in which he served for nearly four years as an intelligence officer in the European theater with the Army Air Corps. In 1951 he returned to Germany with the Air Force with the rank of major as an intelligence officer interrogating German POWs being returned from Russia. His J.D. degree was awarded in 1946, and the same year he entered the practice of law and married the former Virginia Wells.
The Dartmouth Alumni Association of Chicago benefited from Syd's abilities; he had served it in several capacities, including that of president in 1958. He was also active in the Winnetka Congregational Church; he was a deacon and had chaired the congregation. He was a member of the American Bar Association, the committee on international foreign law of the Chicago Bar Association, and Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity, and he was editor-in-chief of the Illinois Bar Association's Law Review. His civic endeavors included the positions of village attorney for Winnetka and director of the Winnetka Campsite Trust, a PTA function.
In addition to his wife, Syd leaves four children.
RICHARD HERBERT WEIL, 61, died at his Winnetka, Ill., home on January 3 of a heart attack.
"Bud" left Dartmouth following his sophomore year to pursue a business career. He served for five years as an infantry officer in France, Belgium, Holland, and Germany before his discharge as a captain, having been awarded the Bronze Star.
For several years he was associated with Spiegel's Inc., Chicago-based mail order house. Twenty-one years ago he established his own business, serving sporting goods manufacturers as their representative.
Active in the Winnetka Congregational Church, most recently he had chaired the board of deacons. Boy Scouts of America was another of his pursuits, and he had served on the executive committee of the Northeast Illinois Council, had chaired the New Trier District, and had been a scoutmaster. He had also chaired the parents' association at New Trier High School.
Widowed in 1959, Bud married Frances Larrabee in 1964. She survives him, together with a son, two daughters, and three stepchildren.
1941
WINTHROP LEONARD MANLEY died on December 7. 1979, at his home in Riverside, Calif.
Born in Sioux City, lowa, Windy attended high school there. At Dartmouth, he was a member of Phi Delta Theta, the Sailing Club, and the Rowing Club. He left college before graduation and worked for the Convair Division of General Dynamics from 1940 to 1951, with two years out to serve as a master sergeant in the Army.
After stints with Rheem Manufacturing and North American Aviation, he joined the Rich Manufacturing Company of Corona, Calif., makers of fire hydrants, gate valves, and iron castings, and became its vice president in 1965.
He leaves his wife, Anita Carey Manley, and a son, Leonard R. Manley II, namesake of Windy's father, who was Dartmouth '13.
1942
SAMUEL FRANCIS MARION ADKINS JR. of Easton, Md., died at home on December 26, 1979.
Sam came to Dartmouth from Wicomico High School in Salisbury, Md., and graduated from the college as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Following service in the special service division of the Signal Corps in both England and France, he became a reporter for the Salisbury Times and the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Sam joined the family lumber business, E.S. Adkins Company, in 1952 and at the time of his death was executive vice president of the firm. He was very active in civic and social activities on Maryland's eastern shore and had served on the boards of St. Mark's Methodist Church, the United Way, and the Memorial Hospital of Easton, to name just a few. He was also a member of the Masonic Lodge, the Talbot County Country Club, and the Chesapeake Bay Yacht Club.
Sam is survived by his wife Martha, three children, and four stepchildren, to whom the class extends its sincere sympathy.
We belatedly report the death of JOHN HANS BIEL at his home in Lake Bluff, Ill., on May 15, 1977. Billy majored in chemistry and, following graduation, earned an M.S. and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. He then started a long and distinguished career in chemistry. He joined the Aldrich Chemical Company of Milwaukee in 1947 as a senior research chemist and left that firm in 1969 as vice president and director of research and development. That same year he joined Abbott Laboratories in Chicago as vice president in charge of experimental therapy. Two weeks prior to his death, Billy had returned to Aldrich as vice president.
He was the author of numerous scientific articles on drugs relating to chronic diseases, the holder of more than 85 drug patents, a frequent lecturer at Illinois College of Medicine and Marquette University, and was named a distinguished alumnus of the University of Michigan in 1976.
Surviving are his wife Shirley, three sons, and a daughter.
WILLIAM BRADFORD PERRY died at his home in East Falmouth, Mass., on November 15, 1979, following a long illness.
Bill entered Dartmouth from New Bedford High School and during his college years was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, the Interfraternity Treasurer's Council, and the DOC. Shortly after graduation, Bill enlisted in the Army Air Corps and three-and-a-half years later saw him as a sergeant major with the 500 th bomb group on the island of Saipan. Following the war, he entered Andover Newton Theological School, from which he received his bachelor of divinity degree in 1949. Bill had served parishes in Vermont and New Hampshire, and at the time of his death he was the assistant minister of the Waquoit Congregational Church in Waquoit, Mass.
The class extends sympathy to his wife Sylvia and their five children.
1949
SUMNER ALETT ARNESON died on January 2 in Harwich, Mass., after a long and debilitating illness. He had been retired since 1960.
Sumner entered Dartmouth from Scarsdale High School and was a member of Chi Phi fraternity. After graduation he operated his own wool brokerage firm for eight years; following brief ventures in the mail order and municipal bond businesses, his physical disabilities brought about an early retirement.
He is survived by his wife Leonora, a son, and a daughter. The deepest sympathy of his classmates is extended to each of them.
The sympathy of the class is extended belatedly to the family of JESS BARNUM HAWLEY, who died on June 10, 1978, in Orlando, Fla.
Upon leaving Dartmouth, Jess established his own consulting firm in St. Charles, Ill., and subsequently relocated in Florida.
He is survived by his wife Louise.
The class was saddened to learn of the death of DONALD WILLIAM KINGSBURY. He died suddenly on December 17, 1979, at his office in Manchester, N.H. Don and his wife Eva had lived in East Manchester. At the time of his death, Don was assistant treasurer of the Public Service Company of New Hampshire. He had been associated with the company for more than 25 years. Don was an economics major at Dartmouth and had served in the army during the Korean War. All members of the class extend their condolences to Eva and their three children.
We belatedly report the death of ROBERT REINEKE on November 17, 1977, in Pawling, N.Y. Bob had devoted his life to teaching. The class extends its sympathy to his wife Cecelia and their two daughters.
1951
ROBERT LIVINGSTON COON, a professor of French and head of the Department of Modern Languages at Kansas State University in Manhattan since 1971, died on December 9, 1979.
After graduating from Dartmouth, Bob received his M.A. in 1953 and Ph.D. in 1961 from Princeton University. From 1953 to 1955, he was in the U.S. Army. Before joining the K.S.U. faculty in 1971, he taught at the University of Southern California and at Vassar College and chaired the Modern Languages Department at Sweet Briar College.
Bob was a national leader in the testing and evaluating of language students. He authored a nation-wide testing program through the College Entrance Examination Board of the Educational Testing Service in Princeton, N.J., and for almost ten years he served as chief reader (director) for ETS's Advanced Placement Examination in French. In that capacity, he analyzed testing methods, helped to revise national testing standards, and introduced new evaluative techniques. Bob was a member of the Modern Language Association, the Renaissance Society, the American Association of Teachers of French, and the American Association of University Professors.
He is survived by his wife Joan and four children.
Members of the class were saddened recently when they learned of the untimely death of THEODORE FOUCAR EBERLE on November 13, 1979. Ted was in Hanover with his wife Ann at 5 l's 25th reunion several years ago, when he enjoyed a pleasant visit with his friends and classmates. This a difficult obituary to write, as it deals with a life so full of promise during college days, but one that did not turn out according to logical expectations.
Ted was born and grew up along the banks of the Ohio River in the city of Cincinnati. He lived there for the major portion of his lifetime, excluding his years at Dartmouth, a brief stint in the Air Force, and several years in upstate New York.
"Fouc," as he was sometimes affectionately called by his Dartmouth colleagues, was a cheerful, bright, and industrious student. He graduated cum laude from Dartmouth and received his M.B.A. from the Tuck School. He was an excellent athlete one of only five varsity football players in his class to win his "D" for three consecutive years. He played both ways: as an offensive tackle who could block well and as a strong defensive lineman. He won honorable mention all-Ivy in both his junior and senior years. During his graduate year at Amos Tuck School, he served as a freshman football coach under Tuss McLaughry.
Furthermore, Ted was a member of the first Dartmouth rugby team, which played its opening game in the Bermuda College rugby tournament without the benefit of ever playing the sport before.
Ted will be remembered by those of us who knew him during our undergraduate days for his generosity and friendly manner.
Peter B. Bogardus '51
HARRY LEWIS MCCAFFREY died suddenly of a heart attack on October 13, 1979. Harry chaired the English Department at Newtown, Conn., High School at his death.
At Dartmouth, Harry was active with the newspaper and radio station, was a member of Sigma ha Epsilon, and majored in American literature. F Mowing graduation, he went to work for American telephone and Telegraph with the long lines division. interest in teaching became a career, as he taught English several public school systems, the last being Newtown. Harry received a master's degree from New York University.
Harry was a past president of the Newtown Education Association and had chaired Community Action
Newtown. In 1950 he married Elizabeth Newell, a graduate of Smith; they had a daughter and a son who survive him.
1954
EVERETT TENNANT RATTRAY died at his home in East Hampton, Long Island, on January 14. The cause of death was cancer, first discovered in 1972.
At the time of his death, Ev was editor and publisher of the East Hampton Star, "one of the liveliest and most literate weekly newspapers in the nation" according to the New York Times. As editor, he availed himself of the prerogative of writing his own obituary, which was read at his funeral and published in the Star on the day of his burial. The following borrows liberally from that text.
Ev was a 12th-generation resident of eastern Long Island and a graduate of East Hampton High School who "chose Dartmouth and never regretted it. In fact, he would find himself walking across the Hanover Plain quite often thinking how lucky he was to be in such a place and attending such a college. The feeling never left him."
After graduation, Ev spent three years in the United States Navy and a year at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. He then returned to East Hampton and the Star, which he ran for the next 20 years.
Ev was an outspoken, articulate champion of the rights of the individual. Of the many causes pressed by the Star, Ev was proudest of his early, printed opposition to the war in Vietnam. Some of these causes were "losers" but, as always, Ev had no regrets.
In 1979, he published a book, The South Fork, theLand and People of Eastern Long Island. Ev spent most of his adult life fighting the great stretches of eastern Long Island beaches in .their undeveloped state. He was a member of the Fire Island Natural Seashore Advisory Commission and a director of the East Hampton Historical Society and was instrumental in the establishment of the Town Marine Museum at Amagansett.
"He left life with a few regrets, mainly concerning his family, wife, and not living to see his children as adults, but with no particular fears that his sins, which included a fondness for martinis, smoking (he had quit
... in 1965 ... ), and possible rigidity in applying the rules of good newspapering to his own product, would make restless what he could only imagine to be a deep and endless sleep."
Ev is survived by his wife Helen, who had assumed increasing responsibility for the Star operations in recent years, three children, his sister, and his brother David '57.
Representing Dartmouth at the funeral were his borther and Peter S. Dohanos '53 as pallbearers, "and classmates Bradford P. Borden, Richard L. Buffington, and Richard M. Page.
Richard M. Page '54
1957
It was saddening to learn of the passing of RICHARD PATTERSON LANAHAN on December 21, 1979, of diabetic complications. He died in Princeton Junction, N.J., where he had made his home. Dick was active in racquet sports at Dartmouth and was a four-year member of the Newman Club as well as a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity.
The owner of Richard's, a quality footwear store, Dick was also very active in civic and Dartmouth affairs. He had served as secretary, vice president, and president of the Dartmouth Club of Central New Jersey and was especially keen on recruiting quality scholars and athletes for Dartmouth.
Dick is survived by his wife Sharon. A memorial fund in his name has been established at Dartmouth.
1959
THOMAS CAHILL DAVIS JR., 42, military editor of the Navy's Surface Warfare Magazine, died of cancer on January 15 at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. He was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery three days later.
Commander Davis had been stationed in the Washington, D.C., area since 1972, where he had previously served in the Office of the Bureau of Naval Personnel and the Pentagon. He was born in Summit, N.J., and prepared for Dartmouth at the Pingry School. In college, he was active in Cabin and Trail and the Ledyard Canoe Club.
He went on to earn a master's degree in geology from the University of Alaska in 1961 and did field research with Ohio State in the Antarctic on snow, ice, and permafrost.
In 1962, he was commissioned as an ensign upon completion of Officer Candidate School in Newport, R.I. His extensive sea duty included tours as commanding officer of the USS Stone County, the USSBulloch County, and the USS Park County. In addition to his shore duty in the Washington area, he also had served as an instructor at the Naval Academy.
As a commanding officer, he distinguished himself during action in Vietnam and was awarded the Bronze Star. He was also authorized to wear the Antarctic Expeditionary Medal and was posthumously awarded the Meritorious Service Medal.
He is survived by his wife, Marilyn Monia Davis, whom he married in 1964; his parents; two brothers; and a sister.
1966
WILLIAM BEVERLY FRYBERGER JR., a dedicated and experienced mountain climber, fell to his death early on the morning of September 30, 1979, while soloclimbing on Mount Adams in Washington State.
Bill was perhaps the most accomplished climber in the class. On June 21, 1978, he was one of six on the Seattle-Garhwal Himalaya Expedition team to reach the summit of Nanda Devi at 25,645 feet, India's highest peak. It was, according to an account of the seven-week adventure in The American Alpine Journal, only the seventh recorded ascent of the mountain.
"He loved the mountains and spent much of his time there," wrote Gregory Ball '66, a close friend and climbing partner of Bill's ever since college. So it was quite natural that, on the last weekend in September, Bill would set out alone, to climb snow-and-ice-capped Mount Adams. He apparently fell to his death on the steep, icy surface of the North Lyman Glacier.
Bill a quiet, modern, witty man, tall, lanky, and gentle was raised in Duluth, Minn., and attended the Hill School. At the College he majored in economics, was active in Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, and earned a varsity letter in swimming. Bill went on to earn an M.B.A. from Stanford Business School and, since 1970, had lived on a houseboat in Seattle, Wash., and worked for the Safeco Insurance Company.
Both Bill's father, William B. Fryberger '27, and his uncle, Herschel B. Fryberger Jr. '27, graduated from the College.
"He was like a brother to me," wrote Greg Ball. "I will miss his keen wit and sharp mind, but more than that, I will miss the joy that always accompanied being with him." Greg offered the following thought, written by Hilton Brown, to his friend, and our classmate, of nearly 20 years: The night falls dark on crag and curve Now, where the suns of noonday shone, Homes the last eagle from his foray; But there must be mountains where you have gone; Hills, to comfort you, hills to cheer; Whenever lovers of mountains go. There as here, Climb on, old friend, climb on!
