Deaths
(A listing of deaths of which word has been received within the past month. Full notices may appear in this issue or a later one.)
Lowe, Porter W. '08, November 17 Bushway, J. Howard '10, December 5 Bauman, Ralph E. '13, April 7 Webber, Henry W. '14, December 11 Thompson, Wesley C. '17, December 10 McDonough, Hubert B. '18, December 16 Robeson, Frank K. Jr. '21, 1978 Hotchkiss, Eugene '22, November 28 March, Donald B. '22, September 23 Tobin, Donald J. '22, November 24 Herbert, Thomas G. '23, July 3 Fisher, Frederic A. '23, August 9 Blodgett, Wentworth P. '24, December 5 Eaton, Joseph W. '26, December 9 Rice, Howard C. Jr. '26, November 15 Stern, William '27, November 23 Townsend, Charles M. '27, November 23 Woelfel, George L. Jr. '27, December 4 Dietz, William E. '28, October 2 Walker, Richard W. '28, October 4 Kenison, Frank R. '29, December 14 Levy, Herbert S. '29, November 30 Loveland, James N. '29, October 2 Stevens, Claude W. '29, November 15 Burrill, Edward B. '3l, December 10 Leffingwell, Dwight A. Jr. December 21, 1979 Russell, Charles M. '3l, October 25 Henderson, Donald J. '32, December 4 Donnell, Edward F. Jr. '35, November 13 Higgins, James F. '35, October 2 Birchall, Robert '36, July 8 Olson, Theodore O. '36, December 16 Selkirk, George H. '39, July 26 Wyatt, Stanley P. Jr. '42, December 9 Little, John W. Jr. '45, December 3 Cook, Albert R. '47, 1975 Hearn, Robert K. '65, November 15
Faculty
JOSEPH LEE MCDONALD, distinguished teacher and former dean of the College at Dartmouth, died in Hanover November 18 at the age of 87.
McDonald, an adopted member of the class of 1920, was on the Dartmouth faculty for 29 years. His seven years of outstanding service as dean earned him the College's honorary doctorate of letters at the time of his retirement in 1959 after which he was lured back for a term in 1961 as acting director of the Great Issues course.
Tall, courtly, and impeccably dressed, he was a familiar figure for many years thereafter, strolling Hanover's Main Street, or observing the world from one of the Hanover Inn's front porch rockers.
Born in Coldwater, Ohio, he graduated from Indiana University and then took a master's degree from Columbia University. He taught economics at the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn., at the University of Pennsylvania, and at the University of Minnesota before coming to Dartmouth as an instructor in 1923. Promoted to assistant professor in 1924 and to professor in 1930, he also taught foreign trade at the Tuck School.
He and Edith Seibel, who predeceased him, were married in 1927.
He traveled extensively for the College during his deanship, to some 70 or 80 alumni clubs throughout the country. He traveled, too, out of personal interest, making a study of the French monetary system in 1926 in Paris and spending time also in Great Britain, Switzerland, Central and Eastern Europe, the Caribbean, and Scandinavia.
In 1931 he was a governmental delegate to the fourth Pan American Commercial Conference, and in 1937 he served as principal agricultural economist in the United States Department of Agriculture.
Dartmouth's McDonald Hall is named for Dean McDonald, as is the University of Colorado's Joseph Lee McDonald Fund for student loans, set up by an anonymous donor in 1963. McDonald served for some years as trustee of Mary Hitchcock Hospital and was a member of the Hanover Improvement Society and the Finance Committee of the Town of Hanover.
Contributions to his memory may be made to the Dartmouth College Libraries.
1910
J. HOWARD BUSHWAY died on December 5 in Westfield, Mass., at the age of 95. He lived in West Newton, Mass., from 1922 until recently, when ill health led him to a nursing home in Westfield.
Howard came to Dartmouth from Cambridge Latin School and spent only one year at the College. He also attended Stone School and Tufts Medical. From 1896 until 1950, when he formally (but only formally) retired, he was in the ice cream business. Bushway Ice Cream of Somerville, Mass., founded by his father in 1881, marketed to hotels and restaurants and specialized in distributing French ice cream in intricate moldings. Its fleet of horse-drawn wagons and trucks, all bearing Bushway's arrow insignia, was a familiar sight on Boston streets. Howard built the company into one of the largest ice cream concerns in New England, merging it in 1929 with Whiting Milk Company and then into National Dairies.
Howard also had a great interest in the emerging aviation industry, and in 1910 he founded the Howard Aeroplane Company for barnstorming and air circus performances. His 1910 Wright aircraft was the first registered airplane in New England. In 1914 he and Chauncey Redding formed a "Flying for Profit Exhibition Flying Business" and flew at fairs and carnivals all over New England and the South. They flew at the dedication of M.I.T. in Boston, and scattered tickets from the air at the opening of the movie Birthof a Nation.
Howard was active in many civic and charitable concerns, among them the Masons and the Elks, and was for many years a trustee of the Massachusetts General Hospital. He belonged to the Dartmouth Alumni Club of Boston and the American Legion (having served in World War I). He published frequently in trade magazines between 1910 and 1940, and received in 1905 a presidential medal as the first "Expert" Army rifle shooter and in 1918 a degree from the Smithsonian for his early aviation activities.
At College he lettered in track and football and afterwards became an avid golfer, winning the New England Senior Golf Association championships three times and playing frequently in local matches with famed golfers Bobby Jones and Walter Hagan.
His wife of 65 years, the former Esther L. Blomquist, predeceased him in 1976, and he is survived by a daughter, a son, three grandchildren, and four greatgrandchildren.
HAROLD W. SFRAGUE, 93, of South Easton, Mass., died November 9 in a Brockton, Mass., nursing home.
Born in Williamsport, Pa., he was resident in the Brockton area for most of his life.
After graduation, he served as clerk and later as treasurer of the Nesmith Shoe Company of Brockton from 1912 until the end of 1926, with the exception of two years, 1917-19, during which he served as ensign in the supply corps of the Navy. In 1919, he also began to work as president and treasurer for Kimball Brothers & Sprague, Inc., manufacturers of lastmaking and tack-making machinery, and it was from that position that he retired in 1959.
A prominent Mason and dedicated civic servant, Harold gave greatly of his time and energy to his church, Rotary, the YMCA, the Boy Scouts, and the Brockton Savings Bank. He belonged to and served in many capacities in the Paul Revere Lodge of Masons, Baalis Sanford Lodge, Grand Lodge, Sawtucket Royal Arch Chapter, and the Grand Royal Arch Chapter. He was an active member of the Brockton Council of Royal and Select Masters, the Bay State Consistory, the Grand Commandery of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, Boston Lafayette Lodge of Perfection, Giles Yates Council of Boston, Rose Croix of Boston, the Massachusetts Consistory, and Aleppo Temple Shrine. In 1941 he was elected a 33rd degree Mason by the Supreme Council.
He was a member also of the University Club of Brockton, Sons of the Revolution, and the Military Order of the World War.
In 1919 he married Olive Flemming, who predeceased him. They had three children, all of whom died in infancy, and his survivors are a sister-in-law and a niece.
1913
EARLE SMITH BARBER, who was a member of the class of 1913 during his freshman year only, died in Mt. Vernon, Ill., on.February 7 after a long illness. He was born in Chicago, Ill., in 1889.
He married Margaret Weart in 1911. She died 13 years later, and he then married Phyllis Rogers, who died in 1943. His third wife, Candice, whom he married in 1950, survives him. He was the father of two sons and three daughters, and they presented him with nine grandchildren.
He was a business executive in the firm of E. S. Baker & Associates, which was engaged in research and advertising. He was also employed as sales manager for the Boynton Company of Chicago, an industrial planning and research firm.
He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and the Masons (third degree). His name is listed in Who'sWho in Commerce and Industry, the Dictionary ofInternational Biography, Who's Who in Advertising,Who's Who in Chicago and Vicinity, and Who's Whoin the Midwest.
His address at the time of his death was Anaheim, Calif.
WILLIAM REA BRONK died on August 3.
A resident of Pelham, N.Y., for 50 years, Rea represented Fred Waterhouse Company, Ltd., of Singapore as a crude rubber broker for many years, working from offices at 80 Wall Street.
At Dartmouth, Rea was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and he had a long and loyal association with the College.
He belonged to the Holland Society of New York, the Pelham Country Club, and the Huguenot Yacht Club of New Rochelle, N.Y.
He and Emma Sheldon were married in 1919, and their only child, a son, was born in 1934.
Among his survivors are his son William '55, and a grandson Derek '83.
LLOYD STEPHEN RIFORD, 91, died November 10 after being struck by an automobile near his home in Auburn, N.Y.
Lloyd, who was sometimes called "Kid," graduated with the class and then went on to take advanced degrees at both the University of New Hampshire and the University of Missouri. From 1915-17 he was on the faculty of Rutgers College, and in 1917 he became production manager at Walker-Gordon Laboratory Company in Plainsboro, N.J. In 1920 he joined The Beacon Milling Company in Cayuga, N.Y., as secretary. He became vice president, president, and chairman of the company over a span of 39 years, retiring from it in 1959.
In 1936 he had become president of Auburn Guernsey Farms, Inc., distributors of Golden Guernsey milk, and when he retired from Beacon, he set up and operated Greystone Farm with a registered Guernsey herd.
Lloyd served on the boards of the Auburn Memorial Hospital, the National Bank of Auburn, Cayuga County Savings Bank, and Utica Mutual Insurance Company, and he was for 25 years a trustee of Wells College in Aurora, N.Y., becoming at one point chairman of the board. He was active in the United Fund and his local church, Rotary, and Boy Scouts. He was a director of the American Guernsey Cattle Club from 1955-65 and its president from 1963-65.
He and Florence Trimmer were married in 1917, and they had two children, Lloyd and Nancy. His wife and children survive him, together with seven grandchildren and a great-granddaughter.
1914
We have delayed information concerning the death of HOWELL KNIGHT HALLETT on April 1 in Charlotte, N.C. Mat, as he was known to us, was a victim of cancer. He entered college from Reading, Mass. He was an active, though quiet, member of the class when in Hanover. He earned his "D" in baseball and was a member of DKE, Casque & Gauntlet, and Palaeopitus.
Mat joined the Kendall Company of Boston and went to their southern mills. Over the years he rose to managerial levels and even after retirement retained several directorships in various Kendall enterprises. His involvement with the mills included residence mainly in Charlotte. He was an active member of the community, an officer in various civic organizations, and also a member of the Myers Park Presbyterian Church in Charlotte. He was officer and director in various textile organizations. Mat was, perhaps, our class member most involved in the textile industry. Unfortunately, our recollection is that he never returned for a commencement visit, so we could not discuss the state of the industry with him.
In 1918 he married Jean Lindsay, a graduate of the College for Women in Columbia, S.C. To them were born two children. Their daughter, Katherine, a graduate of Sweet Briar, is now deceased, and their son, John, a graduate of the University of North Carolina, survives. The Class extends sympathy to his survivors.
HKNRY W. WEBBHR, known to us as "Win," died in the V.A. Hospital in Brockton, Mass., on December 11.
Information on him is rather sketchy, but the record shows that he was born in Beverly, Mass., in 1890. In college he was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa and received his B.A. Degree with us in 1914.
He served in World War I in the chemical warfare service, but there is no record of his going overseas.
In either 1920 or 1921 (the accounts differ), he married Elizabeth Robertson in Sandwich and lived there for some years. There is no further mention of either his wife or children.
For his entire business life he was a manufacturer's agent working with various products mostly out of Washington. For the past several years he had resided at the V.A. Hospital in Brockton. He had visited Hanover various times.
Win was a top-flight tennis player, serving as captain in 1913-14. He continued his playing up to his final years, and along the way played with some of the world-famous top men players in international contests. He wrote two books Play Tennis for Life,Long Health, Friends and Fun and The Facts of Life,the Road to Health, Security and Happiness.
He is survived by a niece in New York State.
1916
WILLIAM FINDLEY NOBLE died December 5 in Omaha, Neb. "Will," as he was known to the class, was with us just for freshman year; then he transferred to the University of Nebraska.
Will, representing the University of Nebraska, along with our own Stirling Wilson, representing Dartmouth, were on the Ford Peace Ship on its voyage to Europe as an attempt to stop the war. During World War I, Will was a lieutenant with the U.S. Transportation Corps in France. Returning to Omaha, he made his life work with the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, becoming general agent. He retired in 1958.
His wife died in 1979. They celebrated their 60th Wedding anniversary in 1978. His survivors are his two daughters, 10 grandchildren, and three greatgrandchildren.
1919
JOHN R. QUINN died in Glen Ridge, N.J., on October 18. He had made his home in East Orange since his retirement in 1961.
After serving in World War I he went to work for the Erie Railroad at the Cleveland office and remained there all his working career.
John was a lifelong bachelor.
1920
PAUL DUCKWORTH KAY, who was born in New York City 82 years ago, passed on November 6. A long-time resident of Norwalk, Conn., he was retired district supervisor of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.
He was a 1920 graduate of the College and also a graduate of the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration there. In college he was a popular young man, engaged in many extra-curricular activities, and was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa (now Phi Tau) fraternity.
Always friendly and a diligent worker, he was eminently successful in his chosen career. He was successively manager of the Mount Vernon, N.Y., and the Port Chester, N.Y., branches of Metropolitan Life and was a certified life underwriter.
Civically minded, Paul was an avid Rotarian and past president of the Mt. Vernon, N.Y., Rotary, as well as an honorary life member of the Norwalk Rotary Club. He was ever ready to lend a helping hand to any worthwhile civic project.
He served in the Army in World War I, enlisting while still an undergraduate, and was sent to artillery school at Camp Taylor, where he was commissioned as second lieutenant. When the war ended, he returned to take his degree from Dartmouth.
He is survived by his wife Dorothy; a daughter, Priscilla Beck; two stepdaughters, Anne Buona and Sara Sumner; two sisters, Grace McPherson and Dorothy Clemence; seven grandchildren; two greatgrandchildren; and a niece.
To his bereaved family, particularly his widow, the Class of 1920 extends its heartfelt sympathy. May Paul rest in peace.
1921
The death of FRANK KERN ROBESON JR. was reported to the College by his son in November. He died two years ago as the result of a motorcycle accident. He was 79.
Us enlisted in naval aviation at the end of freshman year"and in 1922 wrote for the "War Record of Dartmouth Men" that he spent his six months of service in Cambridge, Mass.
He returned to his home in Champaign, Ill., and graduated from the University of Illinois with an A.B. degree. He then studied toward a B.S. degree at the University of Colorado. He married a fellow student there, Ethel Stengel, in 1923.
In an exchange of letters in 1959 it was recalled that he ran the post exchange in Newfoundland during World War II.
He was president of Robeson's, Inc., a department store in Champaign, up to the time of his death.
The only survivor mentioned in the recent notice is his son, Kyle Robeson, of Champaign.
1922
ROBERT ARTHUR BALDWIN JR., 80, successful businessman and prominent civic leader, died October 9 at Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Mass.
Bob came to Dartmouth from Springfield Central High School. A friendly, highly admired classmate, he ran middle distances on the track team, belonged to Phi Sigma Kappa, and volunteered in Company I of the Student Army Training Corps.
After a couple of jobs following graduation, he began a 37-year career in the insurance business. He was the founder and, throughout most of his years, president of Baldwin, Simons, and Campbell Insurance Company, from which he retired in 1963.
He was on the directorate of many companies and was president of the Springfield Chamber of Commerce. He was active in fostering the modern development of the city, serving as promoter and trustee of Springfield Industrial Park. He was finance chairman of the South Congregational Church and was eminent in Masonic circles. He belonged to Longmeadow Country Club, the Colony Club, and, as a loyal alumnus, the Dartmouth Club of Springfield.
Bob and his wife Elizabeth (McRoberts) were happily married for 47 years prior to her death some years ago. They and their children were featured in the early fifties as an exemplary New England family in a nationally syndicated series, "Life in the U.S.A." Under the heading "Real Life Success Story in U.S. Tradition," Bob was asked, "Is the American way of life a good life?" He answered, "Here in America success is measured in several ways. We evaluate health, happiness, and the ability to live together in peace equally as high as monetary wealth."
Bob and Elizabeth are survived by their son Robert, their daughter Catherine, and four grandchildren.
FRANK ASBURY HUTCHINS, 79, retired advertising executive, died November 17 at Hanover Healthcare Center following an illness of several months.
Frank came to Dartmouth from South Central High School in Worcester, Mass. On campus he was an affable, energetic, highly-esteemed classmate. He majored in mathematics and English but made time to be manager of the college band, editor of the freshman Green Book, and advertising manager of The Dartmouth. He was a brother in Phi Sigma Kappa and a member of Pi Delta Epsilon.
As Dartmouth affiliates Frank had his older brothers, Mosher S. Hutchins '17 (who passed away in 1969), and F. Irving Hutchins '20. Frank was also an uncle of Frank M. Hutchins '45, and he was the brother-in-law of Robert L. Kaiser '39, Dartmouth's director of bequest and estate planning.
Always a staunch alumnus, Frank was formerly president of the Dartmouth Club of Rochester, N.Y., and for many years he worked as a class agent and consistently supported the Alumni Fund.
After graduating, he became a member of the Hutchins Advertising Company with its main office in Rochester and branches in New York, Philadelphia, and Toronto. He was president of the company in 1951 before he retired and moved to Hanover, where he worked as an advertising consultant.
Frank and his wife Dorothy (Kaiser) were the parents of two gifted daughters: Elizabeth. Brown University '71 and the Rhode Island School of Design and Dorothy, M.I.T. '72 and Harvard Business School.
In addition to his wife and daughters, Frank is survived by his brother Irving, two sisters, and several nieces and nephews.
JOHN LEVERIDGH TAYLOR, 79, died November 10 in Hartford, Conn., after being suddenly stricken at Bradley Airport.
He was former chairman of the Edwards Company, which has four plants manufacturing electric communications products, with headquarters in Norwalk, Conn. In his 41 years with Edwards he was successively a New York salesman, Chicago district manager, regional manager, general sales manager, marketing vice president, executive vice president, president, and chairman. He was a director of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association. He retired from Edwards in 1965 and affiliated with Ysabel, Ingram & Associates of Southport, Conn.
Jack had lived in Westport, Conn., for the past 30 years. He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church in Southport. He also belonged to Wee Burn Country Club in Darien, the Country Club of Fairfield, Fairfield County Hunt Club, and the University Club of New York. He was an enthusiastic participant in athletics and had a lifelong interest in sports, especially Dartmouth football. He showed his loyalty also by working for many years as an agent on the 1922 Alumni Fund team.
Jack was born in Mt. Vernon, N.Y., and at high school there he and Roy Ball were classmates before they became fraternity brothers in Psi Upsilon at Dartmouth. As a very personable, highly regarded classmate, he was a member of Rake and Roll, the athletic managerial organization, and of Dragon senior society.
Jack's former wife, Sylvia (Grimes), passed away some years ago. He later married Margaret Kebbon, a classmate of our lately lamented Harriott Miller at the University of Wisconsin. His survivors are Margaret, a daughter Jill, a son John, a sister, and eight grandchildren.
1923
CHARLES WENDELL FREEMAN died on Saturday, October 25. A native of Washington, D.C., he was born and raised in Foggy Bottom. He came to Dartmouth from Dunbar High School, and following graduation, he received his medical degree from Howard University College of Medicine in 1926. He then interned at Freemen's Hospital and joined its staff as a specialist in dermatology-syphilology in 1927.
During the next four decades Charles became assistant professor of dermatology at Howard, did postgraduate study in Germany and Austria, and worked part-time for the District of Columbia Department of Health, while also maintaining a private practice in dermatology. His association with the D.C. Department of Health included service as director of the program for postgraduate training of physicians in venereal disease control and head of the Freedman s Hospital Syphilis Clinic. He later served as chief of the Division of Venereal Disease Control for the District of Columbia Department of Public Health from 1964 until his retirement in 1970.
Charles was a member of many scientific societies, including the National Medical Association, the Society of Investigative Dermatology, the International Society of Dermatologists, the D.C. Chapter of the Medico-Chirurgical Society (of which he was at one time president), and the Washington Dermatological Association (of which he also served as president).
A longtime resident of Washington, Charles maintained a summer home on Chesapeake Bay at Highland Beach, Md., where he served for many years as commissioner and mayor.
Survivors include his wife of 37 years, Carrie Parkus Freeman, two sons, and three grandchildren.
ARTHUR LEONARD MARSHALL died of a heart attack on November 3 while playing badminton near his home in San Diego, Calif. He was 77 years old.
A native of Toledo, Ohio, Len graduated from Scott High School. At Dartmouth he majored in economics and spent his senior year at Tuck School. He was a member of Kappa Sigma. After graduation he was in China for a year with Standard Oil. In 1931 he established a general insurance agency in Silver City, N.M., which he operated until 1960, when he retired. He continued his interest in this and other businesses, including a goldmining operation. During World War II he served as a commander in the Navy, establishing airfields in Guam and other islands in the Pacific area.
In 1929 Len was married to Katherine Gamble. They had two children, Susan, now deceased, and Sam, a career officer in the U.S. Air Force. He and Katherine were divorced in 1954, and he later married Mary Neil, who died in 1969. In 1972 he was married to the former Elizabeth W. Lindanger, who, with his son, survives him.
Len lived a full life and enjoyed every bit of it. With many business interests, he still found time for extensive travel, often carrying a backpack on land and at sea traveling by freighter, which carried him "around the world four times or so." We shall miss him.
ALFRED ILLINGWORTH MERRITT died on October 16. He was a native of Hartford, Conn., and a graduate of the local high school. Following two years at Dartmouth he received his B.S. degree from Trinity College in 1923 and then continued his studies at Harvard Business School and Western Reserve University.
In his earlier years, Al was associated with both Travelers and John Hancock insurance companies. He then served for 28 years as vice-president of the insurance brokerage firm of White, Wilson & Merritt.
A loyal Dartmouth supporter both spiritually and materially, Al established two life income trusts some years ago, which upon his death were consolidated into a permanent endowment fund for the benefit of the Dartmouth Alumni Fund.
Al's first wife Marjorie died in 1966. His second wife Beatrice died in 1977. He is survived by daughters Marjorie Detwiler, Nancy Eichstaedt, and Joan; 12 grandchildren, one of whom is Lawrence Detwiler '70; and three great-grandchildren. A memorial service was held on October 20 at the Lakewood, Ohio, Congregational church, where Al had served on the board of trustees for 22 years.
CHARLES BENJAMIN OBERMEYER JR. died of a heart attack on January 5, 1978, in San Francisco, Calif.
Chick was a native of Chicago, Ill., and a graduate of Nicholas Senn High School. At Dartmouth he was a member of Chi Phi, Sphinx, Green Key, and Rake and Roll. In 1931 he received his law degree from Chicago Kent College of Law.
We have been out of touch with Chick for many years and have only partial records of his business associations. We do know, however, that shortly after graduation he served as assistant secretary of the Illinois Brick Company and spent some years with the Franklin Realty Corporation in Chicago. After obtaining his law degree, he practiced independently in several locations and was at one time associated with the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company in Los Angeles.
Chick's only known immediate survivor is a daughter.
1924
WENTWORTH PUTNAM BLODGETT died on December 5 in Bradford, Vt., following a long illness. In the past few years he had been hospitalized many times at Mary Hitchcock Hospital.
Putty came to Dartmouth from Phillips Andover where he was active in sports. In college he was on the football squad and was a light heavy-weight boxer. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and Green Key.
He spent ten years following graduation in the investment business in Boston. He then became a dairy farmer in Bradford, Vt., where he was active in community affairs for many years.
In 1953 he retired from farming and turned the farm over to his son, since he was unable to do physical work because of a heart condition. He then became interested in collecting antiques and Americana. His collection became outstanding and is now the property of the Rockefellers in Woodstock, Vt. Put was a member of the Early American Industries Association, of which he also served on the board of directors.
He was an active member of the class and a most devoted alumnus. One of the happiest moments of his life was the one in which he saw his grandson Peter graduate from Dartmouth at the time of our fiftieth reunion.
He is survived by his wife Charlotte; two sons, Putnam Wentworth '53 and Leland; a daughter Charlotte Anne; and a brother Frederick N. (Pete) '25.
PHILIP ROCHFORD died on September 16 at his home on Little Pelican Lake, Pequot Lakes, Minn. He and his wife had operated a small family resort for 35 years in the summer and spent the winter in Phoenix, Ariz.
He is survived by his wife Louise and one son. Phillip Rochford.
1925
CHARLES FREDERICK MOORE JR. died November 10 in Cape Cod Hospital, Hyannis, Mass., following a heart attack at his home in Orleans. He was born in Beverly, Mass., in 1903 but grew up in Orleans, to which he returned upon his retirement in 1963.
Charlie came to Dartmouth from the Brookline, Mass., school, and joined Kappa Kappa Kappa. After graduation he worked as a reporter for the Boston Herald-Traveler. In 1928 he moved to Washington, where he became director of public relations first for Nation's Business and then for the Washington Post. In 1940, Charlie undertook the same job for the Boston Globe and next became executive assistant to Governor Bradford of Massachusetts. Later he served as political adviser to President Eisenhower, to Governor George Romney of Michigan, and to Governor Nelson Rockefeller '30 of New York.
In 1948 he became a partner in Earl Newsom and Company, a New York public relations firm, and handled its Ford Motor Company account until 1952, when he joined Ford, where he was vice-president in charge of public relations until he retired.
In Boston Charlie did publicity for the 1946 Red Cross and 1947 Greater Boston Community Fund drives and chaired the Wayland school committee. In Orelans his services and contributions to the community were extensive.
His activities on behalf of the College and the class of 1925 were legion. In 1966 he was honored by the Alumni Council for his distinguished accomplishments, among them his chairing of the national Alumni Fund. He ran the 40th and 50th reunions for 1925 and was chairman of the class.
Charlie leaves his wife Adeline (Nicholas), whom he married in 1928; two sons, Jonathan '54 and Benjamin '67; two daughters; and 12 grandchildren.
1926
JOSKPH WILLIAM EATON died of cancer on December 9, according to a letter from his daughter Mary Hanssler. He was born in Patterson, N.J., and grew up in Northampton, Mass., where he graduated from the local high school. At Dartmouth Joe was one of eight classmates in Thayer School, graduating with a B.S. degree in 1926 and a C.E. degree in 1927. He was a member of Alpha Chi Rho fraternity and Gamma Alpha scientific fraternity. A hardworking, active, and enthusiastic member of the class, he found time to play in the band during freshman year.
Having worked his way through college, Joe said that when he started work in 1927 with Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, he earned less than when in Hanover. He was with a number of companies, including New York Telephone Company, Vick Chemical Company, and Bullard Company, and he spent 22 years in advertising with Ted Bates & Company, from which he retired in 1974. He lived for a number of years in Port Chester, N.Y., where he was a member of the school board, was active in Democratic politics, was a member of Knights of Columbus, and was director of a Catholic youth program. For nine years he taught mathematics during evening sessions at City College of New York.
Both his wife Mary and his son Richard predeceased him during the 18 months before his death, and he is survived by his daughter.
HERBERT JAMES REDMAN died of cancer November 11 in a Braintree, Mass., nursing home. He was born in Manchester, N.H., where he attended the local high school, and at Dartmouth he was a member of Theta Chi fraternity and an active member of the class with many friends in college.
Herb took his LL.B. degree at Suffolk University in 1937, and his long business career was with insurance companies and Hertz and Avis Car Rentals in the legal field. He was a member of the Massachusetts and Norfolk County Bar Associations, St. John's Lodge of Masons, Neighborhood Club of Quincy, and the Braintree Arts Association. He was also former chairman of the Braintree Board of Appeals. Herb and his wife Fran kept up a great interest in Dartmouth alumni affairs, both in the Boston area for alumni association annual dinners and class luncheons, and in Hanover for formal and informal class reunions and football games. Herb, who served on various reunion committees, kept up an interest in painting, and he and Fran enjoyed winter travel to Hawaii, Bermuda, the Caribbean, and Florida.
Besides his wife, the .former Frances Brown, he is survived by his son, C. Dana Redman '57, a sister, and three granddaughters. The class was represented at his memorial service by Paul and Mary Newhall and Don Norstrand.
HOWARD CROSBY RICE JR:, teacher, librarian, historian, died November 15 at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital in Brattleboro, Vt., where he was born.
After graduation he did graduate study at Harvard; taught French at Loomis School; taught English in Jouy-en-Josas, France, and at the Sorbonne; was an assistant in English at the Klosterschule in Ilfeld, Germany; and obtained the degree of Docteur de FUniversite de Paris.
France Chalufour became his wife in 1934. They came to America, and Floward taught history at Phillips Andover and French at Harvard. In 1940 he had French language programs with WRUL "Radio Boston," did broadcasting work for the Office of War Information, and for two years served as director of the U.S. Information Library in Paris.
Howard was appointed to the staff of the Princeton University Library in 1948 as assistant librarian for rare books and special collections, with the rank of associate, professor. He wrote at length on historical, literary, artistic, and bibliographical subjects. His translations and historical editing dealing with Franco-American relations have won awards for excellence, three in particular: The American Campaigns of Rochambeau's Army 1780-1783 (with Anne S. K. Brown), Thomas Jefferson's Paris, and Travelsin North America in the Years 1780,1781,1782 by theMarquis de Chastellux.
In retirement Howard served the College and 1926 well by his work on the class memorial book program. He designed and edited Baker Library's 40-page publication entitled A Sampler of Illustrated BooksPublished in New England 1769-1869. He had the honor of presenting the first copy to President Kemeny at the 45th reunion of the class in June 1970. Besides his wife France, he is survived by his sisters, Eleanor R. Sampson and Marion R. Hooper.
1928
WILLIAM E. DIETZ, retired comptroller and assistant treasurer of The Rockefeller University, died October 2 after a very brief illness. He and his wife Betty lived in Katonah, N.Y., and had maintained a winter home in St. Croix, Virgin Islands, since his retirement in 1971.
Bill was born in New York City and graduated from Mt. Morris High School in that city. At Dartmouth he majored in math and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He and Betty attended many class reunions, including our 50th.
Bill worked 19 years for the New York Telephone Company, except for two years when he was on leave to serve as comptroller of the United Service Organizations. His outstanding work during the war led to his being appointed assistant treasurer and comptroller of the national board of directors of the Y.M.C.A. In 1959 he resigned and began work with The Rockefeller University.
In 1928, Bill married Elizabeth Kohl, who survives him, together with two sons, Peter O. '57 and Tom, six grandchildren, a sister, and a brother.
ROBERT E. MOSS, a Boston physician, died October 28. Bob came to Dartmouth from Roxbury Latin School, but left the College after two years and graduated from Harvard in 1928 and Boston University Medical School in 1938. He engaged in the practice of psychiatry in Boston and was an associate clinical professor at Boston University Medical Center. He is survived by a brother.
RICHARD WILLIAM WALKER, retired chairman of the board of Byron D. Reed Company, Inc., and a prominent civic leader in Omaha, Neb., died October 4 at his home there after suffering a stroke.
A native of Omaha, Dick's major department at Dartmouth was Tuck School, and hejoined Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Phi Beta Kappa. He was secretary of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of the Plains for three years and president for seven years. He was elected to the Alumni Council for two terms and served as area chairman of the Third Century Fund in 1968.
Dick started the Walker Insurance Agency, which merged with the Byron D. Reed Company, Inc., Nebraska's oldest (124 years) and largest real estate company. He became president in 1955 and chairman in 1969, holding the latter post until he retired in 1975. He had reason to be proud of the growth of his company.
He was past president of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce, United Community Services, Children's Memorial Hospital, and also a former member of the boards of the U.S. National Bank, Creighton University, St. Joseph's Hospital, and many other civic organizations.
He was a warm, witty man generous in sharing his time with both individuals and organizations. He loved golf, duck-hunting, and fishing, but his favorite hobby was entertaining family and friends at his and Melba's .summer home in Lake of the Woods, Canada, located on a five-acre island (which they owned) 14 miles by water from the nearest port of call.
Survivors include his wife Melba, son R. W. "Bill" Walker '59, daughter Jann Thomas, all of Omaha, and five grandchildren.
1929
FRANK ROWE KENISON, former chief justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court, died of an undisclosed illness at Concord Hospital on December 14.
To quote from his honorary degree citation in 1954, "You typify those downright qualities which have made the term, 'New Hampshireman,' a title of democratic/nobility. A graduate of Brewster Free Academy, Dartmouth College and Boston University's School of Law, your career as a publicminded lawyer is notable. . . . Successively you have borne the duties of Carroll County Solicitor, Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General, Associate Justice and since 1952 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Hampshire. You are a judge whose honesty of mind both pervades the business of decision and through your opinions reaches beyond to illumine for others the deep difficulties in human issues which courts must weigh but can rarely heal. In the confidence of merited honor, your Alma Mater confers on you her Doctor of Laws degree."
Frank was a member of Delta Upsilon fraternity, the American and New Hampshire Bar associations, the American Judicature Society, the American Law Institute, and was chairman of the trustees of Brewster Free Academy. He served with the U.S.N.R. from 1942-45 and- was a lieutenant commander. He was past president of the Merrimac County Dartmouth Club and a class agent.
At his retirement an editorial said, "He elevated the stature of the State Supreme Court to national prominence for the unification of the court system and for his studied indifference to political influences even while ruling on volatile partisan legislation." In 1977 his associates honored him by naming the state court building the Frank Rowe Kenison Supreme Court Building.
He leaves his wife Loretta (Landry); three children, including Thomas '63; and a brother.
HERBERT SYLVESTER LEVY died in Lancaster, Pa., on November 30 after a long illness. He was a member of Pi Lambda Phi and Phi Beta Kappa, and received his LL.B. degree from Harvard in 1932.
Toby was a noted collector of paintings by the Lancaster artist, Charles Demuth, and he published a scholarly study on him in 1965. He was a charter member of the Lancaster Symphony Association, attorney for the Summer Arts Festival, and helped to stage the Pennsylvania Dutch Jazz Festival in 1969. He received recognition as an officer and member of many civic organizations. He was an expert on public utility law, was past president of the Lancaster Bar Association, and belonged to the Pennsylvania and American bar associations.
Except for military service in World War II he lived most of his life in Lancaster, coming to Dartmouth from Lancaster High School. He is survived by his wife Mary Vollmer Levy.
JAMES NICKERSON LOVELAND, the youngest member of '29, lost a ten-month battle with lung cancer on October 2. Jim had a 42-year career with Citibank in New York and was senior credit supervisor in the personal credit department when he retired in 1974. He came to Dartmouth from the Hackensack, N.J., high school and was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.
Jim and his wife traveled extensively and, after retirement, enjoyed the leisurely pace of AARP trips to Western Canada, California, and Scandinavia, and they had a particularly wonderful Rhine trip in 1979.
His daughter, Barbara Avakian, writes, "Jim loved Dartmouth. He supported the Alumni Fund every year after graduation. He and Emily visited Hanover every few years, and not a football season passed without his cheering on the Big Green at two or three games. The 25th and 50th reunions were grand events for him. His love, loyalty, and support for Dartmouth never wavered, and he thought it a fine idea of '29ers to keep the widows of classmates in touch with the College and the class."
He is survived by his wife Emily (Ztesche), his daughter, two granddaughters, and a sister. His memorial service included the playing of "Dartmouth Undying" and the "Twilight Song."
CLAUDE WEBSTER STEVENS JR. died at his home in Kensington, Conn., on November 15. He was a graduate of New Britain High School and Dean Academy. He was assistant secretary and a corporator of the Berlin Savings Bank, where he had worked summers while at Dartmouth, and had served in all departments of the bank until he retired in 1968.
He was a well-known local artist, a painter in oil, and a collector of Currier & Ives prints. With his wife he promoted The Vermont Shop, which handled custom hand-braided wool rugs. He was a member of Mattabassett Fishing Club of Kensington.
He is survived by his wife, Marjorie (Zehner) Stevens, a daughter, a brother, and two granddaughters.
1931
RICHARD GREENE HOLBROOK, 71, died October 30 in Prescott, Ariz., after a three-year illness.
Dick came to us from Trinity School. While an undergraduate, he joined Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity, was a member of Alpha Delta Sigma and the Ledyard Canoe Club, was advertising manager of The Dartmouth, associate editor of The Jack-o-Lantern, president of the Chess Club, and a member of the cast of the 1930 Carnival Show. He majored in English.
Dick was 1931's class chairman or president from 1956-1960 and editor of 31-Year Report, our 25-year book. He was also past president of the Westchester County Dartmouth Club and past secretary of the Dartmouth Club of Phoenix.
He attended Columbia Graduate School of Business. Margaret P. Henderson and Dick were married in 1936. He worked as a copy writer and research specialist for Batten, Barton, Durstine, and Osborn, and as assistant director of research at Young and Rubicam. He was past president of the Copy Research Council and a life member of the Market Research Council, both of New York City.
Dick served his country as a captain in the U.S. Marine Corps, Air Combat Intelligence, First Marine Air Wing, in the South Pacific, 1944 to 1945.
He was a past president of the Westchester County Grand Jurors Association. He wrote and published several histories on military, college, and church subjects. He was a life member of the Society of Mayflower Descendants, New York Chapter.
Dick and Peg moved to Arizona in 1964. Here he joined Jennings and Thompson Advertising Agency in Phoenix as a creative director and director of research until his retirement in 1974. He was a member of the Phoenix Chess Club, with a national rating.
Besides his wife Margaret, he is survived by a son Peter G. '6l and a daughter Margaret.
DWIGHT AVERY LEFFINGWELL JR., 71, died December 21, 1979, in Bellevue, Wash., after a long bout with cancer. He had been living with a daughter for the last six or seven years.
He came to Dartmouth from Kentucky Military Institute. He left sometime before our junior year and went to work for Schenley Laboratories, Ky. Later he moved to Cincinnati, where he was employed by Liquid Carbonics.
Mary A. Hanna and Dwight were married in 1933. They had three children Dwight, Dolores, and Maryann. . .
With the advent of World War II, Dwight and his family moved to Buffalo, N.Y., where he worked for Bell Aviation and Scott Aviation. While living in Davenport, lowa, he was senior engineer at Bendix Aviation Corporation, Pioneer Central Division. Later he moved to Seattle, where he worked for Boeing until retirement. He came out of retirement to work for King County.
By 1975 he had again retired, but he was active in environmental work with the Puget Sound Governmental Conference.
Dwight lost his wife in 1974. He is survived by his children and two sisters.
1932
GUY A. CRUSE, 69, of New York City died September 5. Guy came to Dartmouth in 1928 from the Wakefield, Mass., high school but did not graduate with our class. After leaving Dartmouth, Guy attended the M.I.T. school of architecture, and he practiced this profession in both Boston and New York City. No information is available about his family.
DONALD J. HENDERSON, 71, died after a brief illness in the Nashua, N.H., hospital on December 4. Don was a well-known certified public accountant in the Nashua area, having established his own accounting firm in 1946. He was senior partner of Henderson and Tully Professional Association in Nashua, from which he retired in 1978. Don came to Dartmouth from Enfield High School and after graduating with our class continued his studies in Tuck School. He was secretary of the Nashua Dartmouth Alumni Association in 1950-51 and was its president the following year.
Don was a bachelor and is survived by two sisters, Doris LaMott and Kathryn Jewell, both of Enfield, and by several nieces and nephews. The class extends its sympathy to them.
CHARLES RYAN died November 4 after a long illness.
After graduating from Dartmouth, where he majored in political science, Charlie went to Harvard Law School, where he obtained his law degree in 1935. While at Harvard he became editor of the HarvardLaw Review. For many years he was associated with the law firm of Choate, Hall & Stewart of Boston and then with the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company. He retired in August-1977 from American Telephone and Telegraph, where he had been general attorney. During the years of 1941 to 1946 Charlie was in the U.S. Army, rising from private to major.
He is survived by his wife Helen; a son Bernard; and two daughters, Elizabeth and Helen. The class extends its sympathy to them.
1933
JOHN FABYAN LAMB died on October 4 in a Dallas, Tex., hospital, following his first heart attack. John was born in Saco, Me., in 1913. He entered Dartmouth from Thornton Academy in Saco.
At Dartmouth, he lived his entire four years in New Hampshire Hall. He was a history major and was active in both the Dartmouth Christian Association and in the Outing Club.
Following graduation, he joined the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company in Boston and remained with that company for his entire business career, moving about the country in the casualty underwriting department, for the last 30 years as chief underwriter in the Dallas district, and in the later years, training new employees as well.
John loved teaching and also serving the public. He was a member and chairman of committees for the State of Texas advising on general liability and workmen's compensation insurance. He was also a commissioner for Cub Scout Leader training. After retirement, he taught defensive driving in a community college in Dallas.
John is survived by his wife, Edna, whom he married in 1937, by two sons and four grandchildren, and by two sisters and a brother, Henry G. Lamb '26.
JOHN PRICE PRINGLE died on July 18 in Tulsa, Okla., from the effects of Parkinsonism, which he had fought for almost 20 years. He was born in Butler, Pa., but in his early life, his family moved to Tulsa. At the time of his death, he resided in the same home from which he had come to Dartmouth back in 1929.
At Dartmouth, Jack was a member of Beta Theta Pi, played on the varsity lacrosse team, and enjoyed his membership in the Outing Club. He maintained his interest in Dartmouth, was a member of the Dartmouth Club of Eastern Oklahoma, and was a regular contributor to the Alumni Fund.
After graduation, John entered the oil business as an independent operator in Houston and then in Midland, Tex., where he lived from 1936 to 1963. He then returned to his old home, because of his illness.
John never married. He is survived by four sisters and two brothers, both of whom were Dartmouth graduates R. Phillips Pringle '44 and Richard B. Pringle '46.
1934
FRANCIS P. FORD died November 4 after an illness of seven years, which followed a massive, debilitating stroke.
Fran came to Dartmouth from Holyoke, Mass., and Deerfield Academy. While at college he majored in chemistry. His initial chemical position was with U.S. Rubber Company, which gave him an interest in rubber chemistry, and he pursued that interest for many years. at Esso (now Exxon) Research and Engineering Company, in Linden, N.J. He made many contributions to the development of synthetic rubber, which he described in numerous articles in technical journals.
When he became ill he retired from Esso but continued to work for a while as a consultant to Columbian Carbon Company in Princeton. Eventually, however, his health deteriorated to a point where it became necessary to stop working completely.
Fran is survived by his wife Mary Frances (also an Exxon executive) and by a son and a daughter. Mary Frances wrote, "Dartmouth had been a joyful part of Fran's life. He would have been especially'pleased to know that my colleagues at Exxon have made a generous contribution in his memory."
Fran had a high sense of integrity and a dedication to social improvement. He played an active part in organizations seeking to influence social legislation. He was a frequent letters-to-the-editor contributor to the DARTMOUTH ALUMNI MAGAZINE.
The class extends its sympathy to the Ford family,
Calvin Calmon '34
FRANK C. HEATH died November 19 at his home in Shaker Heights, Ohio, having been ill with cancer since May.
Frank was one of the leading lights of our class an outstanding man who was highly respected and well-liked. He was class president from 1974 to 1979. Then, instead of relaxing into an emeritus role, he accepted the demanding job of head class agent and occupied it with distinction, bringing in the record 1980 fund, with which 1934 won the competition in its division. He had been class agent once before, in 1971. He was active in the Dartmouth Club of Cleveland, serving as president, secretary, and chairman of the club's admissions and schools committees. He was devoted, also, to community and church.
Frank came to Dartmouth from Weston High School in West Virginia. In freshman year he shared a room in North Mass with Dick Wells. He became a member of Beta Theta Pi and Green Key and was associate editor of the 1934 Aegis. He majored in economics and graduated cum laude.
He received his LL.B. from Cornell Law School in 1937 and joined the Cleveland law firm which was to become Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue. He became a partner in 1948, spedializing in administration, trial, and labor law. He was planning to retire this year.
Frank is survived by his wife Laura, whom he married in 1952, and by two daughters, three stepchildren, and seven grandchildren. He will be greatly missed.
JOHN A. MEAD HINSMAN died October 31 in Rutland, Vt., after a short illness. Jack was one of the best-known and most highly respected members of the class. His death has come as a shock to all who have learned of it.
Jack was born and grew up in Rutland. He attended Rutland High School and Manlius School, and graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy. As a freshman at Dartmouth he roomed in Middle Mass with fellow Exonian Jack Dineen.
He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, Green Key, and Casque and Gauntlet. He was manager of varsity hockey and an undergraduate member of the athletic council.
Jack majored in political science, graduated cumlaude, and went on to Yale Law School, from which he launched a distinguished legal and public affairs career, including service as a Vermont state senator and as president of the Rutland board of aldermen. In addition, he was active in many community organizations: the Rutland Chamber of Commerce, the Community Chest, and the Rutland Hospital.
In recent years Jack lived in Woodstock and was a trustee of Woodstock Village. Not surprisingly, the street he lived on was called Dartmouth Lane.
Jack is survived by his. wife, Marion Lewis Hinsman, whom he married in 1958; by a daughter and three sons from his former marriage, including John Jr. '6l and David C. '65; and by eight grandchildren, including John F. Raymond '82.
The heartfelt sympathy of Jack's classmates is extended to Marion and the other members of his family.
1935
EDWARD FITZ-RANDOLPH DONNELL JR., 66, died November 13 in Honolulu following a major operation. Fitz and his wife Mimi had lived for many years in Hawaii, where he was principal owner and managing partner of Hastings B. Pratt, Ltd., one of the island's leading distributors, representing Fuller Brush and other well-known drug and cosmetic products companies, as well as appliance manufacturers.
Fitz came to Dartmouth from Indianapolis, Ind. He was boys' and junior tennis champion of Indiana, but at Dartmouth his main extra-curricular activities were social making a host of lifelong friends. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi and Casque and Gauntlet.
Following graduation he attended Harvard Law School and then worked in New York in several advertising capacities for Benton and Bowles and the American Tobacco Company.
At war's outbreak he enlisted in the naval officer training program. His early training was in the New Orleans area, where he met his future wife, Madeieine Roach. When Fitz was assigned to Pearl Harbor, Mimi followed, and they were married there.
Fitz was a life-long devotee of Dartmouth. He was secretary of the Dartmouth Club of Hawaii and managed to get back every year or two to visit Hanover, take in a football game, attend Alumni College, or simply see his many Dartmouth friends.
We suspect that one of the things that Fitz would like remembered is that he was a super tournament bridge player a Life Master with more than 1,250 points. He was a member of the American Contract Bridge League, the Ala Moana Rotary Club, and the Adventurers Club.
The Donnells had planned to come east next spring. Mimi is thinking she might do so still, and all the many friends in the class hope so too.
Thomas H. Lane '35
JAMES FRANCIS HIGGINS died in Fort Myers, Fla., on October 2.
The son of James Higgins '01, Jim entered Dartmouth from Barre, Vt. As an undergraduate he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, Green Key, and Sphinx. After graduation he continued his medical education at Dartmouth Medical School and then earned his M.D. degree from McGill University in 1939. After interning at Boston City Hospital, Jim entered the Army in 1942 and served 47 months, 11 of them in Africa and Asia. There followed 21 years of private practice from 1946 to 1967, during which he married Dorothea in 1949. After a couple of years of industrial medicine and occupational health work, Jim joined the Nassau County Medical Center in 1971 as director of employee health services.
Jim's wife Dorothea passed away recently. He is survived by two daughters, one son, nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
1939
GEORGE H. SELKIRK died suddenly of heart failure on July 26 while living on his sailboat off Camden, Me.
George had prepared for Dartmouth at Nichols School in his hometown of Buffalo, N.Y. He was a member of Green Key while at Dartmouth and was the freshman football manager. After receiving his bachelors' degree in chemistry and zoology from Dartmouth, George went on to the University of Buffalo, where he earned his medical degree in 1943. He served his internship at the Buffalo General Hospital and his residency in pediatrics at Children's Hospital in Buffalo.
He commenced his pediatric career in 1949 and was a practicing pediatrician in the Buffalo area for 30 years before retiring in 1979. He was a former clinical associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics of the State University of New York School of Medicine and was an attending pediatrician on the medical staff of Children's Hospital from 1949 until September 1979 (and had been an honorary staff member since then). George was also director of transfusion services at Children's Hospital from 1963-67 and director of hematology at Children's from 1949-57. He and his wife Kathleen had just sold their home in East Carnova, N.Y., and had repaired to their boat off Camden with plans to take a southern trip and sail the Bahamas this winter. They had planned on making our Williamsburg weekend en route south.
He is survived by Kathleen, four daughters (Elizabeth, Andrea, Mary, and Mrs. Dennis DeSilvey), and two sons, Henry and George 111 '77.
1942
We note with deep regret the passing of DONALD GEORGE WILLIAMSON who (died of a heart attack in Skokie, Ill., on October 5, 1980.
Don came to Dartmouth from Lyons Township High School in La Grange, Ill., and as an undergraduate in college he was a member of Theta Chi fraternity, the D.0.C., Ledyard Canoe Club, and was manager of the varsity tennis team.
Following graduation* Don joined the family business as secretary of Williamson Adhesives, Inc. (a small manufacturer of highly specialized adhesives for industrial uses) where in 1948 he became president, a position he held until his death.
He belonged to numerous business organizations and was also one of those rare individuals who made the time to serve his community in such diverse roles as chairman of the board of the Marshall Square Chicago Boy's Club, district chairman of the Chicago Boy Scouts, president of the Winnetka Board of Education, and Dartmouth's enrollment chairman for the Chicago Alumni Association.
The class extends sympathy to his wife Hazel and children Barbara, Donald, Richard, and Bruce '74.
1944
RICHARD BALLENTINE ALLEN, 58, died November 1, 1980, at Mount Sinai Hospital in Hartford, Conn., of a heart attack.
Dick was a professor of physics at the University of Hartford, having taught there for the past 20 years.
He was born in Springfield, Mass., and came to Dartmouth from Classical High. He served two years in the navy as a radio technician and received his B.S. degree in 1947. He got his master's degree from Harvard in 1949 and his Ph.D. from Brown in 1955.
He taught at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Brown, and Amherst, with brief stints in industry, before joining the University of Hartford faculty in 1960.
He was a member of the American Physical Society, the American Association of Physics Teachers, Sigma Xi, and the Connecticut Fly Fisherman's Association. He was also a member of the Appalachian Mountain Club and active in scouting throughout his life.
His father, Horace E. Allen, was a member of the class of 1912.
Dick is survived by his wife Ann, also a physicist, a son Brian, and two sisters.
YORK B. ZETTERBERG, of Winchester, Mass., died of a heart attack October 22, 1980, while playing tennis, just four days after he and his wife had attended a class mini-reunion Harvard weekend in Hanover. He had played golf in Hanover with his old roommate, Rog Antaya, on the Friday before the Harvard game; his tennis partner four days later was Bill Riley '46, brother of Jack Riley '44.
"Bud" Zetterberg prepared for Dartmouth at Classical High in Worcester, Mass. He left school in 1942 to join the army, and he served in both England and France. He was wounded in July 1944 near St. Lo.
He returned to Dartmouth after the war and received his degree in 1949. He started selling wholesale plywood and lumber immediately after graduation, and in 1956 he founded his own wholesale business, selling to lumber yards throughout New England.
Bud is survived by his wife Betty and two daughters.
1959
RICHARD CLARK JOHNSON died September 12, 1980, at the Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Hospital in Chicago, Ill., having lost a battle with cancer. He is survived by his widow Anne, a son, Hunter, and a daughter, Christine. A memorial service was held on September 15 in Munster, Ind., where the Johnsons live.
Dick was a graduate of Shadyside Academy in Pittsburgh. At Dartmouth, he majored in English and was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity. He subsequently earned an M.B.A. degree from the University of Chicago. Immediately following graduation from Dartmouth, he joined Inland Steel Company where he spent his entire career, except for a two-year stint in the Army during 1960-1961. At Inland, Dick advanced to become superintendent of the blooming and slabbing mills of the Indiana Harbor Works. He was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Parish in Hammond, Ind., and active as a district enrollment director for Dartmouth.
We will remember Dick for his outgoing, happy personality, his enthusiasm for the out-of-doors, and for his enjoyment of life. He was a loyal man of Dartmouth, who will be missed. Sympathy goes out to his family from all of us who knew him.
1965
Sadly, I must report that the College has learned that JOSEPH JOHN HAYES III, 35, of Los Angeles, Calif., died on October 4, 1979, of cancer.
Born in Fall River, Mass... Jay grew up in the Philadelphia area. At Dartmouth he majored in English and participated in a number of activities, most notably The Players, where he was a member of the directorate; Newman Club; Film Society; Le Cercle Francais; and Hanover Advertising, for which he was treasurer.
Following graduation, Jay went to Indiana University, receiving his Ph.D. in 1970. He then moved to Southern California where he became assistant professor of English and comparative literature at California State College at Fullerton in September 1970. He subsequently was promoted to Associate Professor of English.
Jay is survived by his mother; his uncle, Joseph Urban '39; and two cousins, Roger Urban '65 and Douglas Urban '71.
I know members of 1965 join in expressing sympathy to his family.
We were sorry to hear that ALAN PAUL SHEPARD, 37, of Oberlin, Ohio, died in Elyria, Ohio, Memorial Hospital on September 12, 1980, after a long illness. According to letters received from his mother and from John Newman '65, he suffered a cardiac arrest in July 1979 and went into a coma from which he never regained consciousness. A memorial service was held on September 17 at First Church in Oberlin.
Born in Columbus, Ohio, Al prepared for Dartmouth at the Mercersburg Academy, Mercersburg, Pa. At college, he majored in geography and was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, where he served a term as secretary. He greatly enjoyed singing in the Glee Club for four years and was a member of the Air Force R.O.T.C. program the first three years.
Following graduation, Al did postgraduate study at Boston College Law School, receiving his J.D. Degree in 1968.
Al took his law background to Hartford, Conn., where he became an attorney for the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company, a firm he stayed with for seven years. In 1975, he returned to the Oberlin area as general counsel for Corporate Financial Consultants, Inc. of Elyria, a tax and business consulting firm.
During his professional career, Al was a chartered life underwriter and a member of the Connecticut, Lorain County, Ohio State, and American Bar Associations. He also was a loyal alumnus, participating in the activities of the Dartmouth Clubs at Harvard, of Hartford, and of Greater Cleveland.
He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Madge Worcester Shepard, of 144 Forest Street, Oberlin; and a sister.
Al's friendly enthusiasm will be missed. I know members of 1965 join in expressing sympathy to his family.
1967
I. ROBERT CHUDD died on October 4, 1980, in Philadelphia, Pa., of cancer. He died only weeks after his second child, Susan, was born, He had been an administrator with the federal Social Security Administration in Camden, N.J.
Bob came to Dartmouth from Philadelphia. He majored in English and was an active member of the Dartmouth Outing Club, serving as the ticket director for the Winter Sports Council. He was a skiing enthusiast and participated in intramural sports.
After Dartmouth, Bob embarked on a program of graduate study in English at Northwestern University but left to join the Army in 1968. From October 1968 until March 1970, he served as an Army information specialist at Fort Clayton in the Panama Canal Zone, where he was also active in community theater.
Bob resumed studies at Northwestern after his hitch with the Army, earning an M.A. in English in 1971. He also studied at the University of Kansas.
Bob interviewed candidates for Dartmouth in the South Jersey area.
The class extends its deepest sympathies to Bob's wife, the former Laura Frank, and their two children.
