Deaths

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

Blatner, William D. '05, February 10 Clement, Asher A. '09, November 30, 1979 Wolff, Herbert A. '10, February 25 Tideman, Harold F. '15, January 9 Farmer, Warren A. '18, February 10 Strout, Sewall C. '18, February 14 Southworth, F. Lyon '20, February 9 Moody, James A. '22, January 25 Peters, Paui S. '22, February 12 Miller, Charles W. '24, August 20, 1979 Whitney, Warren O. '24, February 24 Sweet, Harold C. '25, January 23 Tyson, Robert W. Jr. '28, February 18 Rose, Arthur B. H. '29, December 14, 1979 Shores, Franklin D. '29, January 28 Yeaton, George B. '29, January 21 Macintosh, James K. '30, May 31, 1978 Fraser, William S. '31, January 31 Rogers, Nickerson '31, January 4 Seder, Harold E. '31, January 23 Yaffe, Sumner '32, October 6, 1979 Burke, Edmund W. '35, November 17, 1979 Babson, Gustavus Jr. '33, February 14 Hinman, Everett E. '35, February 16 Butler, Ralph S. Jr. '36, February 14 Bennett, William E. '39, October 29, 1979 Samuel, Donald C. '41, February 20 Dunsmore, Bruce R. '45, December 29, 1979 Bowman, Harold S. '46, December 17, 1979 Kuhn, Edward Jr. '46, December 21, 1979 Donis, Miles M. '58, December 20, 1979 Balsey, Robert L. '61, January 9 Holland, Terry L. '62, January 19 Debnam, Stephen L. '68, December 16, 1979 Holcomb, John S. '68, October 23, 1979 Moore, Theophlis '72, July 18, 1978 Fuchs, Daniel G. '73, February 13

1905

William Davis Blatner, whom John Sloan Dickey once described as "an outstanding graduate . . . one of the perennial stalwarts of the College," died on February 10 at the age of 96.

Bill came to Dartmouth from Albany, N.Y. An accomplished cellist, he was a music and drama major, but took his senior year at Tuck. As an undergraduate, he directed many plays and performed with music groups on campus and in surrounding communities. He was also a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity and the Dragon senior society.

Bill moved to the Chicago area in 1910 and had made his home there ever since. After receiving his law degree from Kent College of Law in 1921, he had a successful career for more than 30 years as legal counsel to the Associated Employers of Illinois and the Associated Retail Confectioners of America. He was a pioneer in organizing and counseling trade groups and had testified often on labor practices before state and federal legislatures. He had also maintained several hundred acres of farms outside Chicago.

Bill continued his involvement with the arts throughout his life. He had played in string ensembles in Chicago and the Fox River Valley. Upon his retirement, he devoted himself to the improvement of the public library in his hometown of Geneva, Ill., founding and serving for eight years as president of the Friends of the Geneva Library. He also supported other local organizations, and he was a member of the Chicago Cliff Dwellers and the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Chicago.

Also an avid collector of rare books and art, Bill had made many donations from his collections to Baker Library and the Hopkins Center. "These two institutions," he once said, "have materially helped round out Dartmouth as one of America's outstanding institutions of both learning and culture. I am inordinately proud of my alma mater." He was also a liberal financial supporter of the College.

About 15 years ago, Bill said of his own life: "I humbly admit that 1 have been lucky. I have lived long and happily. Of the days that remain to me, I promise that none will hang heavy on my hands. Deep within me is a craving that will last me a lifetime the desire to follow knowledge like a sinking star, beyond the utmost bound of human thought."

In 1910, Bill married Besse Manchester, who died in 1956. He was remarried in 1960 to Dorothy Hinchliffe, who survives him.

1910

Herbert Alfred Wolff, an active and respected member of the class, died on February 25. He was born in New York City in 1889.

Herb prepared for Dartmouth at Phillips Exeter and graduated Phi Beta Kappa. He was active as an undergraduate in class affairs and was a member of the Webster Club. He also played on the varsity golf and tennis teams, for which he earned his "D."

After graduating from Columbia Law School in 1913, Herb spent a year with the New York law firm of Strook and Strook. In 1914 he opened his own practice and a year later was a founding partner of Greenbaum, Wolff, and Ernst. He practiced law actively until 1960 and since then had been counsel to his firm.

Herb's professional and community activities were many. He served on various bar association committees, was author of A Lawyer's Loyalties, and chaired from 1940 to 1946 the U.S. Selective Service Board of Appeals, for which he received the Congressional Selective Service Medal. He was especially interested in church work and social welfare. He had been a member of the Greater New York Committee of the National Conference of Christians and Jews and president of the New York Society for Ethical Culture. He vice chaired for ten years the New York State Board of Social Welfare and was active for 50 years in the Hudson Guild Settlement, which honored him with its Elliott Award in 1963. He was also past president of the Fairview Country Club.

Herb also served Dartmouth in many capacities, for which he received an Alumni Award in 1965. He had been president of the Bequest and Estate Planning Association, his class's bequest chair, bequest chair- of-the-year in 1964, and a member of 1910's executive committee. He had also served on several reunion committeesand on various special committees, inchiding the Alumni Advisory Committee on Coeducation.

In 1916. Herb married Daisy Kempner, who survives him,'together with a daughter Helen and four sons Alfred '38, Herbert '44, John '46, and Richard '49 He also had a grandson, Edward F. Wolff '68, who graduated from Dartmouth.

1915

Harold Francis Tideman died on January 9 in Santa Barbara, Calif. While in college he was a member of Psi Upsilon.

During his business career he was an officer and director of the Signal Electric Manufacturing Company, at which time he made his home in Kenilworth, Ill 'moving to California after his retirement from business. He is survived by his wife Catherine and two daughters.

1918

Warren Albert Farmer died at the Maiden, Mass., Hospital on February 10 after a long illness. A native of Colebrook, N.H., he was 85 years old and had lived in Stoneham, Mass., for the past 30 years.

He prepared for Dartmouth at Pinkerton Academy and was in Hanover through his junior year, when he joined the U.S. Army, serving overseas with the 14th Engineer Corps during World War I. In his business career, he was an accountant for the Stauffer Chemical Company before retiring in 1960.

He is survived by his wife Mildred (Treen), a brother, and a sister.

Sewall cushing Strout, 85, of Falmouth Foreside, Maine, died on February 14 at a local hospital after a long illness.

He came to Dartmouth from Phillips Exeter Academy and was a member of Theta Delta Chi fraternity as an undergraduate. He was always a loyal supporter of the College and had served as a class agent and on the Portland, Maine, executive committee, had co-chaired the Greater Portland area Capital Gifts Campaign 200th Anniversary Program, and had worked on the Third Century Fund.

Sewall left Dartmouth at the end of his sophomore year to study law at Boston University. He also attended the Graduate School of Banking at Rutgers University. During World War I he served as a lieutenant with the Army in France.

He was retired as senior vice president and vice chairman of the Canal National Bank. He was active in the Portland Community Chest, chairing the advance gifts committee and serving on the budget committee. He was also active on the finance committee of the YMCA, served the Temporary Home for Women and Children, was a trustee of the Portland Public Library, and was on the board of corporators of the Maine Medical Center and the Maine Savings Bank. He was a member and former president of the Portland Country Club and was active in the Congregational Church.

Sewall is survived by his wife Margaret, a son, a daughter, six grandchildren, and a great-grandchild.

1920

Waldo Butman Potter of Webster, N.Y., passed away on January 14 after a long illness.

Pete, as he was known to his classmates, entered Dartmouth from Pittsfield, N.H. In college he was popular, well-known, and respected. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Along with many classmates, he enlisted in the armed services in World War I, serving as an apprentice seaman in the U.S. Navy.

He began his business career after earning an M.C.S. from Amos Tuck School. He progressed steadily in the Eastman Kodak Company, starting as a statistical analyst in 1921 and rising to vice president and director of advertising in 1958. Ill health forced his retirement in 1964.

Pete was not only successful in business, but he was also an active Dartmouth alumnus, belonging to various area Dartmouth clubs and serving 1920 as a class agent. Professionally he was in great demand and spoke frequently for advertising organizations and wrote for the advertising press. He was cited by the American Heritage Foundation for publicity service and promotional work for the Freedom Train in 1947. And in 1955, he was presented with the highest leadership award by the Stromberg Carlson WHAM for the highest standard of leadership set for business executives.

His community activities were many; he had served the Red Cross, the Community Chest, the Chamber of Commerce, the Civic Music Association, and many more organizations. But photography was his main interest and his career. He served it with distinction. We shall miss him.

Pete is survived by his wife Wilhelmina, three children, and a sister. To his family, the class of 1920 extends its deepest sympathy.

Farber Lyon Southworth, "Southie" to his classmates and close friends, passed away on February 9 in Hanover, N.H., to which community he had retired several years ago.

A quiet, soft-spoken man, Southie lived a full life. Always interested in chemistry, Lyon was a member of the American Chemical Society and during the last ten years of his active life was assistant director and manager of chemical laboratories at Harvard University. He had had rich and varied experience in business also, with a wide range of connections, including manufacturing, banking, financial, publishing, and research in a number of vital areas.

While living in Cambridge, Mass., and working at Harvard, he became interested in computers and took some courses at M.I.T. Later, in Hanover, he used his acquired skills in compiling valuable computer records for the Mary Hitchcock Hospital and for the Army's Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory on Lyme Road. These were what might be called "post-retirement activities."

In 1920 he married Dorothy Small, sister of his classmate Lyndon Small. Dorothy and their son David survive Lyon and to them the class extends deep sympathy for the great loss they have sustained.

We shall all miss this highly-respected, lovable, gentle man.

1922

James Alfred Moody, who ten years ago retired from his real estate business in Carmel, Calif., died on January 25. He had suffered a fractured hip followed by pneumonia.

Jim was born in 1900 in Cambridge, Mass., and came to Dartmouth from Cambridge Latin School, where he and Walter Sands '22 were classmates. In college Jim was a brother in Alpha Delta Phi and a popular, highly-esteemed classmate. As an alumnus he was always keenly interested in the welfare of the College.

His business career extended over wide territory. He was in the cotton business in Dallas, then he was a rancher in Ranchos de Taos, N.M. He next returned to Boston and worked in investments with Harris Forbes Company. In 1931 he moved to Los Angeles, where he managed an investment firm. During World War II he served in the U.S. Navy. After the war he returned to California and established his real estate business in Carmel.

He and his wife Margaret were enthusiastic world-roamers. Their itineraries took them to many exotic as well as conventional destinations. They made trips to Asia, where they visited classmate Don Donavanik in Bangkok; to New Zealand; to Africa; and to South America, where they visited Machu Picchu and the Chilean Lakes. With Modie and Sis Spiegel '22 they also made an extended tour of Mexico and Central America. They had also lived in Europe for more than a year at one point.

Always energetic, Jim enjoyed mountain climbino wood chopping, and gardening, "that keeps the sweat pouring out and the health pouring in." Jim and Margaret Engelhard, a Vassar '26 alumna, had beemarried for 35 years. She survives him, and the class joins her in bereavement.

Paul Seward Peters, who was retired from business, died on February 12 at Hanover Terrace Healthcare in Hanover, N.H.

Pete, as we all knew him, was born in 1899 in West Roxbury, Mass., and entered Dartmouth from the Pawling School in Pawling, N.Y. He had man; college friends who remember him well for his affability and his sincerity. As a freshman he roomed with Howie Almon '22 in North Mass and he was a brother in Lambda Chi Alpha. He left college at the end of sophomore year, but throughout his life he was a loyal Dartmouth alumnus.

He began his business career with the Peters Manufacturing Company in Wollaston, Mass., and later in Boston he was the founder and president of the Paul Peters Company in the food brokerage business. He successfully developed the company into a leader in merchandising cheeses and other dairy products.

He loved to fish and was a former vice president of the Massachusetts Fish and Game Association. He was one of the original founders and a long-term director of Timber Owners of New England and was a trustee of the Wildlife Conservation Trust.

Pete and his family lived mainly in Melrose, Mass. He was greatly saddened in 1977 by the passing of his wife, Elizabeth Seaver Peters, a Smith alumna. Shortly afterwards he moved to Hanover, where he was happy until the decline in his health. He leaves two sons Paul '49 and Seaver '54, director of athletics at Dartmouth and six grandchildren.

1924

Warren Ohio Whitney died on February 24 in Henry Heywood Memorial Hospital in Gardner, Mass., as the result of heart trouble. He had lived in Ashburnham, Mass., for many years.

Warren was a member of the Tuck School class of 1925, after which he entered the employ of Simonds Saw and Steel Company in Fitchburg, along with classmate Stan Chittick. He then went to Gardner after several years, where he was associated with several chair companies, in marketing and advertising. He eventually became vice president of C. H. Hartshorn Inc. (of which Hank Hartshorn '24 was president).

The class was represented at the services by Stan Chittick and Pauline Hartshorn. He is survived by a son, a daughter, and two grandchildren.

1925

Harold Chester Sweet died suddenly on January 23 in Pensacola, Fla., of a heart attack. He was born in 1903 in Norton, Mass., and came to Dartmouth from Mansfield High School in Mansfield, Mass. In college he majored in mathematics, was secretary of the Mathematical Society, and was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha.

After graduation Hal undertook on-the-job training in the banking field, which led to sales of accounting equipment to banks. Then he got into the development, manufacture, and sale of line-marking equipment for safety, parking, and sports lines, and he operated his own company in this field from 1942 to 1969. His home was in Mears, Mich. In Detroit he belonged to the Dartmouth Club, the M.I.T. Club, and the Economic Club. He loved New England and was a loyal and interested Dartmouth alumnus.

Hal is survived by his wife, the former Kathryn Scribner, three sons, and three grandchildren.

Ralph Houghton Tucker died on January 28 IN Trycn, N.C., where he had lived since 1962. He was born in 1904 in Milton, Mass., and graduated from Milton High School.

In college Tuck was a member of Theta Chi and on track team. His business career was in sales management and administration, first with Lever Brothers in Cambridge, Mass., and Detroit. After 25 ears he changed to Dewey and Almy Chemical Company, which merged into W. R. Grace and Company.

While in the Boston area, Tuck and Ruth lived in Lexington, where he was active in civic affairs, serving as a selectman, on the town finance committee, on the board of appeals, on the school building committee, and as president of the Historical Society. In Lexington and later in Tryon he was a trustee and deacon in Congregational churches. In Tyron he was an American Red Cross official and chaired the Heart Fund.

For about ten years in Lexington, Tuck was on the committee for screening applicants for the College, and since 1963 he had worked as an Alumni Fund class agent. He was a loyal and interested alumnus, visiting Hanover whenever he could arrange it.

He is survived by his wife, the former Ruth Godfrey, who is a cousin of Larry Leavitt '25; a son; a daughter; a sister; and a brother Milton '19.

1927

William Clarence King Jr. of North Sutton, N.H., died on December 26, 1979, in the New London, N.H., Hospital after a long illness. He was born in 1906 in Johnson City, N.Y., where he attended the Pawling Preparatory School. At Dartmouth he belonged to the Psi Upsilon fraternity and the Dragon society.

After graduating with his class in 1927, Bill attended Harvard Business School for two years. In 1929 he joined the Felters Company of Boston, manufacturers of wool felt, retiring as a vice president in 1957. During this period he resided in Marshfield, Mass., where he was active in community affairs and chaired the school committee for several years. He also held offices in the Felt Association and at one time chaired the manufacturers group.

In 1957 Bill and his family moved to New Hampshire and for 11 years he and his wife Eleanor owned and managed the sprawling and attractive Dex- ter's Lodge, a summer and winter resort in Sunapee, until they sold it in 1967. He had lived in North Sutton for the past ten years and was a past member of the town's planning board and former deputy sheriff of Sullivan County. He was also a member of the New Hampshire Passenger Tramway Board for two years and at one time chaired the Sutton Conservation Committee.

Surviving members of the family include his wife Eleanor, a son Michael '57, a daughter Sheila, and three grandchildren.

1928

Robert Warren Tyson Jr. of Woodbury, Conn., died on February 18 at a nursing home in Waterbury after several strokes.

Bob entered Dartmouth from White Plains, N.Y., High School and left after one year to begin a successful career in the bond business in Wall Street. He was a financial consultant and had held a seat on the New York Stock Exchange. He was a member of the Wall Street Club and the Union League Club.

He leaves his wife Elizabeth (Dluhy); a daughter, Anne Lyons; twin sons Kenneth and Robert, both of whom are 1957 Dartmouth graduates; and nine grandchildren.

1929

Arthur Burnham Hatch Rose died while riding a bus in Boston on December 14, 1979. He was five days away from his 73d birthday and 15 days from his 50th wedding anniversary.

Art had worked as a civilian industrial engineer on a Navy project and as a senior industrial engineer with the Arthur Nichols Company. More recently he had served on a Harvard Business School project in Turkey and on a government contract for management and industrial training with the government of Pakistan. He and his wife Peg spent many years abroad, and he had the fondest recollection of their years spent in Turkey and Pakistan.

Notes from his memorial service at the First Church in Cambridge reported that he did not so much export a culture as assist people in setting up and running their own schools and training programs. He was described as a problem solver, one whose family ties were strong and who participated fully in supporting Red Cross drives and Dartmouth activities in the Boston area.

He was particularly proud of his son Ron '52, who earned an M.S. and an M.E. at the Thayer School, and of Ron's accomplishments in nuclear development at Westinghouse.

Art is survived by his wife Peg, his son, and four grandchildren.

John Cornehlson '29

1930

James Kenneth MacIntosh, who had been in poor health for a long time, died on May 31, 1978, in Arlington, Va. Jim was a rate engineer with Consolidated Edison of New York until 1943. and from 1944 until his retirement in 1971, he was a public utilities specialist in the General Services Administration in Washington. He is survived by his wife Katherine, two sons, a daughter, and ten grandchildren.

1931

William Scott Fraser, 71, died on January 31 at Tobey Hospital in Wareham, Mass., after a long illness.

Bill came to Dartmouth from Phillips Exeter Academy. He joined Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity and his major was Tuck School. In 1932 he went on to Tuck School, but he left before graduation.

He started his business career with G. R. Kinney in Carlisle, Pa., where he remained until 1942. That year he moved to Commonwealth Shoe and Leather Company of Whitman, Mass., manufacturers and distributors of Bostonian Shoes. From office manager and assistant treasurer, he climbed to controller, and to vice president, manufacturing; at the time of his retirement in 1972 he was general manager of the Stetson Shoe Division.

Bill had been president of the Associated Shoe Industries of Massachusetts and later chaired the Associated Shoe Industries of Southeastern Massachusetts for more than 15 years. He was also a member of the New England Shoe and Leather Association and the American Footwear Industries Association.

He is survived by his wife, the former Caroline Mish, whom he married in 1937, and by a son and three daughters.

Harold Edmund Seder, 69, died unexpectedly on January 23 while in New York City.

Hal came to Dartmouth from Classical High School in Worcester, Mass. As an undergraduate he joined Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity and was on the news staff of The Dartmouth. His major was Tuck School and he continued his studies, receiving his M.C.S. in 1932.

From 1933 to 1944 he was employed as a special agent by General Securities Corporation. From 1941 to 1946 Hal served in the U.S. Army in the infantry and medical administration, achieving the rank of first lieutenant. After his discharge he was managing director of the Moorland Hotel. In 1952 he became an independent sales representative for several textile mills. He remained active until his death.

He was vice president of the Fabric Salesmen's Association of Boston and later president of the Fabric Salesmen's Association of New England. He was also a member of B'nai B'rith and Temple Beth El.

Hal is survived by his wife, the former Estelle Halpern, whom he married in 1948, and by their three sons.

1932

Julian Frankel, 67, died on October 5, 1979, of a Live heart attack. Julian lived in Stamford, Conn., mhere he had been a partner since 1937 of the firm H. Frankel and Son Store, specializing in wearing apparel. Julian prepared for college at Stamford High School and while at Dartmouth was honored with a Phi Beta Kappa key. He is survived by his wife Sylvia and two children, a son Jay L. "59 and a daughter Diana. Our class extends its sympathy to them.

Sumner Yaffe died after a long illness on October 6 1979. in Sao Joao, Portugal. Sumner had been living in Portugal for the past several years following his retirement from the furniture business in Brockton, Mass. While in college Sumner was a member of the Pi Lambda Phi fraternity. He did not graduate with our class but continued his studies at the Bentley School of Accounting of Boston from 1933 to 1936. The class extends its sympathy to his widow Fern and his brother George Yaffe '26.

1933

Gustavus Babson Jr. died of a stroke in Mexico on February 14. Gus entered Dartmouth from Oak Park, Ill., and prepared for college at Deerfield Academy, where he was a member of the track team and active in dramatics. At Dartmouth, he majored in history, was a member of Theta Delta Chi, and was on the varsity cross country team.

After graduation, Gus entered the family business, the Babson Brothers Company, which was engaged in the manufacturing of dairy equipment. This was his major interest during his business career until his retirement as a member of the board of directors. He was also active in publishing and in an auto dealership. In World War II, from 1941 to 1945, Gus served with the U.S. Naval Reserve in the South Pacific, leaving the service with the rank of lieutenant commander.

Gus is survived by his wife Katharine, known as "Kay," and by his six children and many grandchildren, all of whom he loved very dearly. In 1966, Kay wrote an amusing report on their life in their retirement home in Mexico which appeared in the March newsletter. She said Gus was far from retired, working about six hours a day on his book, AHistory of the Mexican Revolution from 1910 to 1940. He had studied Spanish to help his research.

Even though Gus was not well these last few years, he was never happier than in his adopted Mexican home. Our sympathy goes to his family in their loss.

1934

Vincent Salvatore Muti died of cancer in Florida on March 31, 1979. Vince came to Dartmouth from Orange, N.J., where he graduated from Orange High School. In freshman year he lived in Lord Hall. His major subject was psychology.

Vince's early business years were spent in export sales. He sold first for Bethlehem Steel, then for Republic. He served as a naval officer in the waT, emerging a lieutenant. After the war he became a partner in the export firm of Charles A. Koons and later joined Mead Aviation Equipment Company as vice president. In 1952 he joined Volk Tire Corporation of Trenton, N.J., of which he became president.

Vince married Willette Fulper in 1943, and they made their home in recent years in Yardley, Pa., across the Delaware River from Trenton. Vince is survived by a sister in addition to his wife Willette. To them the class of 1934 extends its deep sympathy.

1935

Edmund Walter Burke died of natural causes at his home in Malvern, Pa., on November 17, 1979. A graduate of St. Benedict's Preparatory School in Newark, N.J., he entered Dartmouth with us in September 1931 but later left to continue his education at New York University, from which he received his B.A. in business administration in 1935. Edmund had been employed by Norcross Inc. for the past 20 years. He is survived by his wife Cora, three daughters, and eight grandchildren.

Everett Edward Hinman, known by his Dartmouth friends as Bud, died on February 16 in Mahwah, N.J., where he had moved from Suffern, N.Y., after his recent retirement.

Bud spent his entire business career with the Lederle Division of American Cyanamid, beginning with assignments in Ohio and Indiana. The only interruption was a tour of duty as a captain in the U.S. Army in the Japanese theater. Subsequent to his rejoining Lederle he was promoted to an executive position at the company's headquarters in Pearl River, N.Y.

Bud was a fine athlete, playing freshman football and varsity lacrosse at Dartmouth. He loved golf and played regularly at the Tuxedo Club as well as on annual trips south in the winter.

He loved Dartmouth, cheered its teams, and was always the loyal alumnus. He was a fine man, a great guy, and the best of friends.

He is survived by his wife, the former Louise Shedd, a daughter Susan, whose husband Richard is the son of Roald Morton '34, and two grandchildren.

Richard Hube '35

1936

Ralph Starr Butler Jr. died on February 14 after a two-year illness with cancer. Ralph came to Dartmouth via Bronxville High School and the Taft School. He was a member of Theta Chi fraternity, Boot and Saddle, and the College band.

He spent his entire business career in advertising, joining Young and Rubicam's New York office following graduation. He became an executive of Benton and Bowles in New York and opened their Toronto office, which he managed for several years. He set up a special service agency for advertisers in New York and also served as a consultant. His last position was with the Better Business Bureau of New York.

A lifelong resident of Bronxville, N.Y., he was active in community affairs. He was a member of the Bronxville Field Club, a veteran tennis player and sailor, and an imaginative artist.

He is survived by his wife Ruth (Cathcart), a son, a daughter, and two grandchildren.

Boyce P. Price '36

1939

William Eaton Bennett, 63, died of cancer on October 29, 1979, at Worcester, Mass., Memorial Hospital. He lived in Brookfield, Mass. Bill entered Dartmouth with the class of 1939, but left the Hanover scene before graduation. Not much is known about Bill by his classmates, although it is known that he worked for some time as superintendent of the Albany Castings Company Foundry in Voorheesville, N.Y. At that time he lived in Slingerlands, N.Y. He is survived by two children and a brother.

1941

John Edward Ripley, a musician in his undergraduate days and an educator throughout his career, died in February 1979 in an auto accident in New York. He lived in Massapequa Park, N.Y.

Jack taught social studies in Enfield, N.H., right after graduation and then served in Europe with Army Intelligence, where he acquired his lifelong interest in foreign languages. He stayed in Europe to study at the University of Geneva and then returned to Germany as a civilian interrogator-investigator for military intelligence.

Jack subsequently taught French and German at a number of private elementary and secondary schools in New York and New England and at the Leelanau Schools in Michigan; he wrote and produced filmstrips on U.S. history; and he worked with the educational Skills Center on Long Island. His most recent reported position was as head of foreign languages at Eastern Military Academy in Huntington, N.Y.

At Dartmouth he was a memoer of Delta Upsilon d played with the band, the Handel Society, and the Prokofieff Society. Since then he had played violin nd viola with a number of community orchestras.

He is survived by his wife, the former Joan Robbins.

1946

Harold Stewart Bowman passed away on December 17, 1979, in Santa Barbara, Calif., of heart failure and cancer. Classmates well remember Hal as a leading member of the football team, playing center and quarterback during and after World War II, and for an outstanding record at the Tuck School, where he was the recipient of the Gulf Fellowship. He was also active in student government affairs and was one of the first secretaries of our class. After leaving school Hal entered the oil and gas production business, living initially in Dallas, then in Caracas, and later returning to California. He is survived by four daughters.

We regret to report the death on December 21, 1979, of Edward Kuhn Jr. following a long illness.

After leaving the College, Ed received a master's degree from Columbia and then entered the book publishing business. During his career, he was editorin-chief and general manager of the McGraw-Hill Book Company, executive vice president of the New American Library Inc., and executive vice president and publisher of the World Publishing Company. He was also the author of two novels American Princess, which was published in 1971, and Ski Week, published in 1975.

Ed was active in local politics, Family. Service, public housing groups, foreign affairs, and numerous educational programs. He was a constructive liberal, a person of solid character possessing a strong humanitarian motivation that directed his life. All these things he cheerfully accomplished in spite of living with a series of complex and serious illnesses for over 15 years.

He is survived by his wife Marianna and three sons.

1958

George Thure Martinson. died on-December 12, 1979, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident on the Massachusetts Turnpike. At the time of his death he was division manager, pricing research, for the New England Telephone Company.

George came to Dartmouth from Marblehead High School. At Dartmouth, he played freshman baseball and was a member of the Newman Club and Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He served on the interfraternity athletic council and was athletic director of his fraternity.

George received an M.B.A. from the Amos Tuck School in 1959. He worked briefly as an assistant buyer for Filene's Department Store in Boston. In 1960 he joined the New England Telephone Company, where he held a number of positions of increasing responsibility, including an assignment with AT&T in New York City in 1969-70. He also served in the U.S. Army and for several years was a member of the Yankee Division of the Massachusetts National Guard.

Service to his college and community were an integral part of George's adult life. His Dartmouth activities included membership in the North Shore Dartmouth Club and later in the Dartmouth Club of Worcester. He was active in enrollment work and had served as an Alumni Fund agent and an agent for the Third Century Fund. He also belonged to the Tuck

Alumni Association. His civic activities included work for the Junior Chamber of Commerce, managing a team in the Marblehead Babe Ruth baseball program, and work with the community youth hockey program and his local high school association.

George leaves his wife Mary Jane (Rocket), two sons, and a daughter. The heartfelt sympathy of every classmate is extended to his family.

1961

Robert Linn Balsley died on January 9 as the result of an overwhelming strep infection in the Community Hospital in Boulder, Colo. He had been in the hospital less than 24 hours.

Bob had headed Madison Avenue West, an advertising agency, since 1973, after spending seven years as a social studies teacher at Boulder High School and getting his master's degree at the University of Colorado in 1970.

At Dartmouth, he was active in the Outing Club and twice designed the Winter Carnival poster. He majored in history. He came to Dartmouth from West Senior High School in Aurora, 111.

Bob was active in civic affairs in Boulder, where he and his wife Shari (who went to Green Mountain) had gone shortly after their 1961 marriage. He had served as president of the Golden Eagle Institutes for Continuing Education, as a trustee of the Boulder Historical Society, as a director of the Clearinghouse for Social Studies and Social Sciences and the History Education Project at Colorado Center, and as public relations head of the Boulder Valley Education Association.

He is survived by Shari, two sons, and a daughter.

1968

Stephen Laidley Debnam was killed instantly on December 16, 1979, when the helicopter he was flying crashed during lumber operations in Honduras.

He camg to Dartmouth from sunny California, bringing the sun with him, as an integral and creative member of the Dartmouth community and Kappa Sigma fraternity.

His life, in its brief span, was filled with unusual experiences, challenges, and a high sense of adventure. During his six years as a Navy helicopter pilot, his duty spanned the globe from Bermuda to the South Pole. Then on to Africa went the young entrepreneur, to set up supply sources for his own business in Oakland, Calif., selling African fabrics and artifacts! The business failed after two years and Steve returned to his love, helicopter flying, with the goal of eventually establishing his own helicopter business. His jobs over the past two years had taken him to Pacific crabbing operations; to Alaska, where he logged over 500 hours and 3,000 landings over 75,000 miles of bush, taking geochemical samplings; to Central and South America as an aerial spotter for tuna; and, finally, in his last six months, to Honduras to move logs in a dense jungle region.

From his father: "When his body was laid on the bed in the small cabin where he lived, we are told that the natives came out of the surrounding jungle, many with candles, and had their own wake for this American they had come to know." Steve's credo was: "A true measure of any man is what he leaves in the lives he touches." From his family: "Those of us whose lives Steve touched lovingly remember many things his deep and very special love for his daughter Kim, his infectious laugh, his sense of fun and silliness, his sense of adventure (how he longed to compete in the one-man luge in the winter Olympics!), his need for space and privacy, his love of music. Goodbye, Steve. God bless you, and may He keep you close to His side (if he can)."

John Stewart Holcomb died on October 23, 1979, after a long battle with bone cancer.

For the past five years Jay had eaten only fruits and leafy vegetables, a diet of innocence and paradisical clarity. It made him light, blithe, and more vulnerable than the rest of us always his choice. From our earliest days at Dartmouth, Jay was a man incapable of cruelty, or greed, or gracelessness. We studied karate together, protested the war, smoked grass off-campus apartments, had our tragic affairs and our wild times. But Jay did not devour or trample either time or people: he was a deer, a soft breeze, a gentle man.

When I first heard that he had bone cancer and had lost a leg, I was shocked, sickened; but learning tha Jay had risen again, was skiing on one leg, practicins yoga, hiking with his brother Bill in the High Sierras, I was much relieved; taking a deep breath to quell my dismay, I shared in the triumph of his recovery.

But then this fall we learned that the cancer was spreading again, and I wrote to him in California recalling the beauty of September mornings we had spent together in Vermont in those heady first years after graduating. One Sunday, as I was spending the day with my eight-year-old son, Jay phoned from Santa Barbara. Through his weak, fading voice, Jay's sweet and courageous spirit reached me clearly. wanted to ask him what was going on inside, but the words did not come out. I mumbled something like. "How are you doing," but he sensed the depth of my question. His answer was as clear as Vermont sunshine: "I'm looking forward to the next adventure," he said. I could hear him tiring afterwards, and we began to say goodbye. "Much love to you," he said, and I repeated the same words to him and walked into the living room, weeping.

Ten days later he died. And I am feeling, friends, less grief for Jay than for those of us who loved him and are still struggling with his passing. He sent me a poster once, to lift my spirits in a trying time, on which was written: "Angels fly because they take themselves lightly." I know that he flies lightly now.

Remember he whose gentle tread softly bypassed our strife And mourn this world that early lost the shining of his life.

Don Miller '68

1972

Theophlis Moore died on July 18, 1978, of gunshot wounds in Chicago. Theo was a participant in the Foundation Years program, which was designed to bring disadvantaged black students to the College to develop their leadership potential.

He majored in economics, spent a term in France in the foreign study program, and was a honors graduate. His record at the College was an example of the best in human potential.

He is survived by his mother and three children.

1973

Daniel Galos Fuchs died of a brain tumor on February 13 in Washington, D.C. With the death of Danny, the College has lost a great friend and a loyal son. Everyone who knew him during his four years at Dartmouth knows of his extraordinary wit, his warm sensitivity, and his strong intellect.

Dart was a native of the Washington, D.C., area. He attended Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda. Md. At Dartmouth, he was a popular member of Sigma Nu fraternity, and in 1973 he graduated magna cum laude from the College. Dan was also a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

In 1977, Danny received his M.D. from George Washington University, where he graduated near the top of his class. He was a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha medical society and a recipient of the Upjohn Award for outstanding scholarship.

Dan completed internships at George Washington University Hospital and the Stony Brook Medical Center in New York before going to work as an evaluator of medical education programs for the Veterans Administration.

Dan was a dynamic individual who will always be fondly remembered by his many Dartmouth friends. The Fuchs family has suggested that expressions 01 sympathy be in the form of contributions to the Dartmouth College Daniel G. Fuchs Memorial Fund as outlined in the class column.