Deaths

(A listing of deaths of which word has beenreceived within the past month. Full notices mayappear in this issue or a later one.)

Souter, Clyde D. '06, date unknown Smith, Howard V. '10, August 6 Whitcomb, Frank S. '11, June 19 Gerry, Leon O. '13, September 8 Pendleton, John D. '15, April 16 Morton, E. Searles '17, September 1 Wells, Ralph A. '17, September 16 Dutelle, William M. '18, August 25 Geran, George P. '18, September 8 Olney, Max H. '18, September 10 Van Raalte, Julius R. '18, September 27 Nichol, Theodore M. '20, October 6, 1980 Catterall, Alan D. '21, September 7 Higgins, Tracy '2l, September 15 Hellwig, Theodore A. Jr. '23, June 1981 Truesdell, Leonard W. '23, September 1 Wylie, John H. '23, June 23 Brough, Harry W. '24, May 4 Miller, Harlan W. '24, June 14 Jones, Matthew C. '25, September 1 Blanchard, Willard H. '26, September 20 House, Albert V. '27, July 28 Miller, Gordon S. '2B, August 7 Barrett, Richard F. '29, September 15 Leich, Harold H. '29, September 9 Shackford, Theodore T. '29, September 22 Allen, George F. '30, April 20 Bottome, Robert R. '30, August 1 Tragle, J. Franklin '30, September 25 Kent, Jack A. '33, August 15 Scanlon, John M. '33, September 16 Wolff, Ralph F. '33, July 1 Baird, William J. '34, September 2 Hill, Carrington W. '34, June 22 Hutchinson, C. Alan '36, August 8 Laughton, Frederick S. '37, September 22 Donovan, John M. '38, October 5 Harty, William A. Jr. '39, August 30 Walsh, David I. '39, August 30 Blanchard, William S. '41, September 8 Gibbs, Marston B. '41, September. 13 Frieman, John K. '42, September 16 Adams, Wayman Jr. '46, August 10 Aylwin, Hudson Y. II '55, September 18 Moger, Seth R. '60, September 12 Nagle, Alexander C. 11l '67, September 10

1906

CLYDE DOUGLAS SOUTER died recently in Reno, Nevada, where he had lived since 1923. The ex- act date and cause of his death are not known, but his passing was confirmed by the Nevada Bar Association, of which he had been a long time member.

Clyde earned his LL.B. from New Jersey Law School in 1911 and was engaged in the general practice of law in Newark, N.J., for 12 years. He also served as judge of the second district court of Jersey City, N.J., for five years and taught at New Jersey Law School for eight years.

Then in 1923 he moved to Nevada, where he practiced law in Reno, remaining active until well past the age of 75. He also lectured in law at the University of Nebraska.

He was a member of numerous professional, cjvic, "and charitable organizations ad in- finitum," he once noted on a College form. Included among Clyde's activities were 30-year membership in the Reno Chamber of Commerce, membership in the Elks and Masons, and involvement in Republican politics. He was also a member of the Dartmouth Club of Northern California.

in 1911, Clyde married Genevieve Dwyer; they had four children and were divorced in 1923. He subsequently married Eve-Lyn Madeley-Richardson, by whom he had two more children. It is not known how many of his family survive him.

WARNER GOODRICH WHITE died at the age of 96 on July 30.

Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1884, Warner came to Dartmouth from Buffalo Central High School. After earning his B.S. a year after most of the rest of the class, he went on to get his M.C.S. from the Tuck School in 1908. The next year he joined the New York State Highway Department and for most of his 43-year career was an engineer for the state, working on con- struction of highways, prisons, and schools. He also served for three years with the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I. Upon his retirement in 1952, he went to live on Nantucket Island until moving to Califor- nia to be near family.

He was a member of several civic groups, in- cluding the Sons of the American Revolution, the American Legion, and the Masons.

He was married in 1924 to Cecilia (Lewis), and they had one son, who, together with a granddaughter, survives Warner.

1908

JOHN HOLMES HINMAN, one of Dartmouth's most dedicated and illustrious alumni, died on May 20 in New Rochelle, N.Y., Hospital after a short illness. He was 95.

Born on a farm in North Stratford, N.H., "Rosie" attended local schools there before following his brother Burritt '04 to Dartmouth; two other brothers, Harold '10 and Hazen '14, later came to Hanover. In college, Rosie played football his freshman and sophomore years, was manager of the Glee Club and the Mandolin Club, and was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity.

Upon his graduation, he took over the family lumber business and then in 1913 went to work as a woods manager for the American Realty Company, an affiliate of International Paper Company. He rose steadily through the ranks and was elected president of Interna- tional Paper in 1943, chief executive officer in 1948, chairman of the board in 1954, and chairman emeritus in 1961. Even after his retirement from active duty in 1965, he continued as a director of the com- pany.

Under his leadership, International Paper not only doubled its land holdings to six million acres, grew to be the world's largest private for- estry organization, and became tremendously successful financially, but it also set a pattern for the industry in diversification of products, mar- kets, and manufacturing locations, it became a leader in modern forest management tech- niques, and it was a benefactor of a variety of educational efforts. "I could not have asked for a more interesting life in a more interesting in- dustry during a more interesting period," he once wrote.

"Rosie" was also a director of the Maine Cen- tral Railroad; a past president of the American Pulpwood Association and the American Forest Products Industries; a founder of the Cardigan Mountain School in Canaan, N.H.; and a member of the Evening Star Lodge, the Masons, the Knights of Pythias, and several clubs, includ- ing the Dartmouth Club. His Dartmouth ac- tivities also included service as 'OB head agent from 1969 to the present and as a member of the 1967 Major Gifts Committee. Among his many benefactions to Dartmouth were Hinman Hall dormitory and the Dartmouth Outing Club s Hinman Cabin in Lyme. His dedication to Dart- mouth was recognized in 1957, when he was granted an honorary doctor of laws and was presented with an Alumni Award. He was also the recipient of numerous other professional and personal honors.

He was married in 1911 to the former Jennie Drew. She survives him, together with four sons Howard '35, Edward '35, Crawford '37, and Richard '45; 17 grandchildren including Crawford '70, George '71, Brad '75, and Timothy '80; and 14 great-grandchildren.

1910

KENNETH ALLEN PHELPS died on September 9, 1980; he had been in poor health for some time.

After spending two years at Dartmouth, he went on to earn his B.S. and M.D. degrees from the University of Minnesota. After an intern- ship at the St. Paul, Minn., City Hospital and a residency at Johns Hopkins, he served for 18 months during World War I as a captain in the U.S. Medical Corps. Following his discharge, he began a practice as an occulist and aurist in Minneapolis, and also served as an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School. He was a member of several clubs and professional associations, and he had published a number of articles in his field.

He married the former Ora Schoffner in 1917. She predeceased him, and he is survived by a sister-in-law.

HAROLD WESLEY ROBINSON, retired Congre- gational minister and missionary to China, died on March 5 at his home in Carmel, Calif., after a long illness.

Born in 1886 in Warren, Vt., he was active at Dartmouth on the cross country team and in the Dartmouth Christian Association. After

graduation, he taught for three years in Honolulu, and then went on to earn his divinity degree at Union Theological Seminary.

In 1916, Harold married the former Mary Stambaugh, and later that same year they went to China as missionaries of the American Board of Foreign Missions. They spent a year studying the language in Peking and then settled in Paotingfu, 90 miles southwest of Peking, where they visited the nearby country villages, taught, and conducted religious services. When World War II broke out, the family, which now in- cluded three children, had to return to this coun- try. During this extended period and also during shorter furloughs in the States Harold lectured extensively throughout New England, including in the Hanover area. About 1947, they were able to return to China, where they stayed until coming back to the United States for good in 1950. He wrote several articles about his experiences in China for National Geographic magazine.

Upon his return to this country, he settled in California and served as pastor of Congrega- tional churches in Guerneville and San Mateo there before his retirement in 1963.

Harold's wife died in 1974; he is survived by two sons Harold S. '39 and James W. '42, a daughter, three sisters, ten grandchildren in- cluding Jennifer M. Robinson '74, and six great- grandchildren.

HOWARD VOTEY SMITH, a life-long Vermonter, died at the age of 93 on August 6 at Rutland, Vt., Hospital.

Born in Townshend in 1887, he prepared for Dartmouth at Kimball Union Academy. Upon his graduation from the College, he joined the Vermont Marble Company, serving in various posts, including treasurer, secretary, and vice president, over a period of 45 years until his retirement in 1955. He remained active in his retirement, however, as an accountant for the ac- counting firm of Archibald Peisch and Com- pany. He also served as an officer of the Proctor Trust Company, the Proctor Library, and the Union Church of Proctor; he was treasurer of the town of Proctor; he was a representative to the Vermont Legislature for the 1955-56 ses- sion; and he was an early and long-time mem- ber of the Green Mountain Club.

In 1915, he married the former Alice Bailey, who died in 1972. He is survived by several cousins.

1912

HOWARD BISHOP BROWN died at the age of 92 on April 2 in Sabie, South Africa, in which country he had lived since his retirement in 1953.

After his graduation from Dartmouth, Bishop went on to graduate study at Harvard. His studies were interrupted by World War I, though, and he enlisted for service in an am- bulance unit of the French Army.

After the war, he assumed positions of succes- sively increasing importance in the retail sales field and ultimately forged an international reputation in the field of department store management, store research and merchandising, and the training of college graduates for execu- tive positions in retail stores. He concluded his career with 25 years of service as director of the Research Bureau for Retail Training at the University of Pittsburgh. He was also a member of a number of civic and professional organizations.

After his retirement in 1953, Bishop and his wife, the former Ruth Wales Randall, whom he married in 1929, decided to move to South Africa for its climate and the challenge of a new experience. His wife died in 1969, and he is sur- vived by a step-daughter.

RAY WENTWORTH TOBEY died at the age of 92 on May 30 at Pine Cone Farm, the family farm on which he was born in 1888, in Fairfield, Maine.

After attending the University of Maine for a year, he transferred to Dartmouth, from which he earned his B.A. in English in 1912. He was a member of the original Dartmouth Outing Club and had attended many alumni affairs over the years, most recently his 65th reunion in 1977.

Ray gave his professional career to education, serving first as principal of the Good Will School in Hinckley, Maine, from 1913 to 1922, with a year out for service in World War I. He then taught at the Mitchell Military School in Billerica, Mass., for two years, and concluded his career with 21 years as a teacher of English, science, and geography at'the Choate School in Wallingford, Conn. In 1944-45 he took a year's leave of absence to earn a master's degree in geography at Clark University in Worcester, Mass.

In 1954 he retired and returned to the family farm in Fairfield, where he involved himself in a wide range of community and civic activities. He was an honorary member of the board of direc- tors of the Good Will Home Association, a founding member and trustee of the Fairfield Historical Society, a trustee of the Fairfield School District for two terms, a trustee and vice president of the Lawrence Library in Fairfield, and a member of the Masons, the Grange, and several other organizations.

Ray had married Edith Gardner Merriam, the widow of a former Good Will School colleague, in 1948. She died in 1975, and Ray is survived by two step-sons.

1913

LEON OLIVER GERRY, who had not kept up his interest in Dartmouth for many years, died on September 8 in Portland, Maine. He is survived by a nephew and a grand-niece.

1915

JOHN DAVID PENDLETON died at his home in Dunedin, Fla., on April 16. A memorial service was held on September 3 at the Congregational Church in Melrose, Mass.

He was born in Melrose Highland, Mass., and his first ancestor in this country, Brian Pen- dleton, born in 1599, was one of three select- men to run the first incorporated unit of govern- ment in the New World, named Watertown. Eleazar Wheelock, grandfather of the founder of Dartmouth, was also one of his ancestors. After graduation, John received a C.E. degree from Thayer School in 1917. Then in April 1917, he enlisted in the 101 st Engineers and saw action in Chateau Thiery, St. Mihiel, and Verdun.

John's wife Sally predeceased him. He is sur- vived by a daughter, three grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, a sister, and a nephew, David Chapin Pendleton '5O.

1917

ELBERT SEARLES MORTON died on September 1 at the Riverside Methodist Hospital in Colum- bus, Ohio. He had been ill for about three years with leukemia. Last August he entered the hospital and a few days later developed pneumonia, which was fatal. He suffered little pain and died peacefully in the early morning.

Searles was born in 1895 and entered Dart- mouth from East Side High School in Colum- bus, Ohio, where he spent the greater part of his life. He was interested in sports and at Dart- mouth he was manager of some sports, which made him eligible for the Rake and Roll Society. He was also a member of Beta Theta Pi, the Dragon senior society, the Order of Coif, and Phi Delta Phi. In 1918 Searles attended the Ordnance School at Dartmouth and ultimately became a second lieutenant with an aero squad- ron in France.

Upon his discharge in 1920, he went to Ohio State, where he earned an LL.B., cum laude. Afterwards he worked as a lawyer with many in- corporated companies until he formed a law firm of his own in which he worked very hard and was most successful. Searles was a member of the First Community Church in Columbus and at one time was president of the Columbus, Ohio, Alumni Association for two years.

In 1934, Searles married Eleanor Kathryn McVey, a widow with one daughter. The Mor- tons and the Mott Browns, also '17, were close friends, while they were both living in Colum- bus. Searles's only survivors are his step-daughter and a great nephew, Edward Bever '76. His wife died a few years ago. Our sympathy is extended to the survivors and friends.

RALPH ANDREW WELLS died on September 16 at Holy Cross Hospital in Montgomery County, Md.

Ralph was born in Natick, Mass., in 1893. He entered Dartmouth from Newton High School and in college was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and earned a B.S. in sociology. Very soon after graduation, Ralph enlisted in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, serv- ing with Base Hospital 44 in several camps in France. He was discharged in 1919 with the rank of sergeant, first class.

After the war, Ralph became interested in leathers, shoes, and hides. He became an expert in such matters and was also interested in the ex- port business. This led ultimately to his becom- ing a member of the United States Tariff Com- mission in Washington, D.C., from 1921 to 1956, when he retired.

In 1923 he married Genevieve Herndon, a Kentuckian who was secretary to two United States senators from Kentucky. She died a few years ago. Ralph is survived by one son, four grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren; we send them our sincere regrets at the loss of such a member of 1917. Ralph was interested in peo- ple and was a member of many clubs, including the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Washing- ton, D.C.

1918

WILLIAM MAXWELL DUTELLE died on August 26 at the age of 84 at St. John's Hospital in Springfield, Ill. Bill came to Dartmouth from Pittsford, Vt. He was active in the Christian Association and for many years was a member of the class agent team.

On graduation from the College, he had his first employment as a hull drafter with L. H. Shattuck Inc. of Portsmouth, N.H. In 1919, he joined the Illinois Highway Department as assis- tant highway engineer in charge of road con- struction in 12 countries in eastern Illinois. Dur- ing his 44 years of service with the department, he took many highway engineering courses at the University of Illinois, and he retired in 1963 as bureau chief in charge of all motor fuel tax work in Illinois. He then spent six and a half years with Homer L. Chastain and Associates and then four years with Jenkins, Merchant and Nankival as a consultant.

He was a member of the Illinois and National Societies of Engineers; he was a member of the vestry and secretary-treasurer of Christ Episcopal Church; he was on the district board of the Boy Scouts; and he was a past president of the Paris Rotary Club, a former exalted ruler of the Paris Elks Lodge, and a member of the Masonic Shrine.

Surviving are his wife Irene, together with one daughter and three grandchildren.

1920

THEODORE MICHAEL NICHOL passed away on October 6, 1980, from a cardiac infarction. He was 84 years old.

Ted was born in Constanzo, Roumania, in 1896. In 1916, he entered Dartmouth and graduated in 1920 with a B.S. degree. He enlisted in the Coast Artillery in Portsmouth, N.H., in 1917 and was sent overseas as a second lieutenant with the railroad artillery in the American Expeditionary Force.

His college activities are not recorded. In his post-college years he was employed by the Eagle Printing Ink Company of Jersey City, N.J., and later by the Vermont Marble Company. At the time of his death he was living in Cran- ford, N.J., and he is survived by his wife Louise.

1921

ALAN DEAN CATTERALL, 81, of Sarasota, Fla. died on September 7 at his home. Alan had resided in Sarasota since 1958, before which he had lived in Garden City on Long Island.

Alan came to Dartmouth from Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn, where he was promi- nent in many clubs and activities.

At Dartmouth, he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta, and after college he was an ex- ecutive for the Hearst Corporation, from which he retired in 1958 after 25 years of service. He was also a veteran of both world wars and served with the U.S. Air Force in World War 11. He was a member of the Sarabay Country Club.

Alan is survived by his wife Alice and a nephew.

TRACY HIGGINS died in a hospital near his home in Smithtown, N.Y., on September 15 after a long period of poor health due to Parkin- son's disease and cardiac ailments. He is sur- vived by his wife, Leigh McLeer Higgins, and three sons, the children of his first marriage in 1925 to Madelyn Waterman. They were divorced in 1940. There are also three grandchildren.

After graduation in 1921, Tracy received an M.B.A. from the Tuck School the following year and then entered the business established by his father about 100 years ago. Tracy was presi- dent of Higgins Ink Company Inc., manu- facturers of drawing and writing inks and adhesives, from 1929 until his retirement about 40 years later. During his direction of the com- pany's business, he made Higgins drawing ink products of international reputation.

He was a founding member of the Alumni Association of Long Island. In community af- fairs, he was president of the trustees of the Cen- tral School District of Smithtown, N.Y., during the decade when the town grew from a small country village of a few thousand people to a large suburban township of over 100,000. The school buildings and the generally excellent quality of the Smithtown school system are a monument to his active leadership of the school board during a period of almost chaotic popula- tion growth. He was also vice president and a director of the Bank of Suffolk County and one of the founders, in 1927, of Prospect National Bank of Brooklyn and for many years a director of its successor, the Lafayette National Bank of Brooklyn.

In college Tracy was a member of the editorial board of The Dartmouth and assistant editor-in-chief his senior year. His fraternity was Theta Chi. He attended all class reunions through the 55 th and was ardent in his allegiance to Dartmouth all' his life.

Robert L. Loeb '21

1923

LEONARD WINSLOW TRUESDELL died on September 1 at the Lewis Bay Convalescent Home in Hyannis, Mass.

Len was a native of West Stockbridge, Mass., and came to Dartmouth from the Rutland, Vt., high school. He was a member of Gamma Delta Epsilon.

Following an earlier association with the Still- water Worsted Mills in Harrisville, R. 1., Len spent most of his business career in the building materials and heavy construction industries. For many years he and Betty lived in Springfield, Mass., where he served as regional sales representative for the Simplex Sales Company of New Britain, Conn. It was in Springfield that the Truesdells and Florence and Babe Miner '23 became close friends.

Len and Betty (Barrett) celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1980. Betty, who is his only close survivor, writes: "He had not been well for many years. He did, however, have a measure of happiness in our retirement here, with many friends, several of them from Dart- mouth, and the Cape Cod Dartmouth Club, to which he was devoted."

JOHN HUNTER WYLIE died peacefully on June 23 at Columbia Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pa., where he had been a patient for one month.

A native of Wilkinsburg, Pa., John was a graduate of the local high school. At Dart- mouth he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi and on the track team during his junior and senior years. His entire business career was spent in the real estate- and insurance industry, and he was sole proprietor of his own business. He retired some ten years ago.

John's wife Arline wrote: "He thoroughly enjoyed his seven grandchildren, three living in Dayton, Ohio, two in Johnstown, Pa., and two in Apollo, Pa. He loved Dartmouth. We had a number of trips to New England, never missing his dear alma mater. He was proud of his 1923 class. Our three children attended colleges near Pittsburgh, though John would have been happy to have had a Dartmouth son. He was a life-long member of the. United Presbyterian Church, serving as deacon and ruling elder. He was also a 33rd degree Mason at the Masonic Lodge in Wilkinsburg and a member of the Ridgeway Park Association in Derry, Pa., where we have a summer home."

1924

HARLAN WARD MILLER died on June 4. He had lived in Rochester, N.Y., most of his life but retired to Myrtle Beach, S.C., in 1975. He later moved to Jacksonville, Fla.

Harlan was in the furniture business for many years and later the real estate business in Rochester. He was a member of Phi Sigma Kap- pa and the Rochester Ad Club. He was also a Mason and a member of the Presbyterian Church.

He is survived by his wife Dorothy, a daughter, a son, and six grandchildren.

1925

MATTHEW CARPENTER JONES JR. died on September 1 after a short illness. His home was in Babylon, N.Y.

Matt was born in 1902 in Brooklyn and graduated from the Polytechnic Preparatory Country Day School there. In college he was a member of Phi Delta Theta.

After ten years in mining and real estate, Matt shifted to banking and became vice president of the Lafayette National Bank in Brooklyn in 1949, remaining there until retirement.

He was treasurer and a trustee of the Poly- technic Day School and of the Industrial Home for the Blind, a trustee of the local Red Cross, and a former commodore of the Babylon Yacht Club.

Matt is survived by two daughters and four grandchildren.

1928

KENNETH EMERSON ROBBIE died on August 1 at his home in Chesterfield, Mo.

Ken was born in Plainfield, N.J., and attended the high school there. At Dartmouth he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, the Dartmouth Christian Association cabinet, and the Forensic Union.

He had been engaged in the packaging in- dustry in northern New Jersey since graduation. From 1943 until his retirement in 1974, he was a sales executive for Alford Cartons.

For 40 years he lived in Ridgewood and was active in church and civic affairs there, but after retirement he moved to the St. Louis area to be close to his daughter, Janet (Morey), and her family.

Ken was devoted to Dartmouth College. He is survived by his daughter, a son, six grand- children, and a brother, Norman '37.

1929

RICHARD FRANCIS BARRETT died on September 15 at Cape Cod Hospital after a long illness.

Dick came to Dartmouth from Brockton, Mass., High School and Worcester Academy. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi, Dragon, and the Round Table, was captain of the golf team, and was Sachem Orator. He graduated cum laude from Boston University Law School in 1936 after working in New York and Boston in the securities business. He had lived in Hingham, then in Cotuit.

From 1944, he was with the Boston law firm of Powers and Hall and was an outstanding tax expert. I once quoted him to a leading Washing- ton lawyer and was told, "There is no better authority on foundation law." He was a mem- ber of the American, Massachusetts, and Boston Bar Associations and was a co-founder of the Federal Tax Institute of New England. He lec- tured at tax forums and was co-author of the two-volume work, Massachusetts Taxation.

Dick kept up his golf and was for a time golf pro at Thorny Lea Club in Brockton. He belonged to the Algonquin Club of Boston, the Oyster Harbor Club of Osterville, and the Kit- tansett Club of Marion. He was a member of the Boston and Cape Cod Dartmouth Ciubs and was active on the Alumni Fund and Capital Gifts campaigns. He also chaired 1929's 25th re- union.

He leaves his wife, Mary (Wills), four daughters, a brother, and 11 grandchildren.

HAROLD HERBERT LEICH died on September 9 in Washington, D.C., of a brain tumor. Born in Evansville, Ind., at Dartmouth he was a mem- ber of Alpha Chi Rho, Phi Beta Kappa, and Cabin and Trail, and he was director of the 1929 Winter Carnival. He went on to graduate from the Tuck School and he also earned a master's degree in public administration at American University.

After a few years of trying several kinds of business and chasing outdoor adventure from the Alps to the Pacific, he joined the Civil Serv- ice Commission. He organized and was the first chief of its stan- dards division, worked on the Intergovern- ment Personnel Act, and helped organize the Environmental Protection Agency. In 1963 he received the Commissioner's Award for Distinguished Service. He retired in 1972 as chief of the policy division of the commission.

Hal was secretary of our class for several years and truly loved Dartmouth. He was happy to take his Navy indoctrination in Hanover and made good use of the countryside on weekends. He retired from the Navy as a lieutenant com- mander, having been to sea on a sub-chaser and on destroyer escort. But retired was not the word for Hal. He wrote the first canoeing guide to the Potomac and wrote a book, Shipwrecked in Cat-aract Canyon, that is coming out shortly, about a solo trip he made down theColorado River. Hal also wrote many articles for magazines and newspapers on preventing pollution in drinking water supplies and whitewater streams through alternatives to centralized sewage systems, and he wrote a regular column for Bio Cycle, of which he was an associate editor.

It always seemed to us that Hal was just back from somewhere like Finland and heading some- where else for his work with the Council of Washington Representatives on the United Nations and other environmental concerns.

His first wife died in 1971. He leaves his sec- ond wife, Marian (Nash), two sons, Harold '67 and Jeffrey '71, two brothers, and a sister.

THEODORE TYLER SHACKFORD, 75, died on September 23 from a heart attack while visiting friends in Auburn, N.Y.

Born in Maiden, Mass., Ted graduated from Maiden High in 1925. At Dartmouth he ma- jored in Tuck School his senior year. He was in the Glee Club and a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity. Ted worked in the Nugget Theater for four years.

Ted and Fran, who were married in 1933, moved to "Towledge" in Freedom, N.H., from Arlington, Mass., in 1972 after his retirement from Shawmut Bank of Boston, where he had worked more than 40 years. As manager of Shawmut Symphony Branch, he was well known to members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and to the officers, faculty, and students of Northeastern University.

While residing in Arlington, Ted became in- terested in the Boys' Club and served on its board of directors and executive committee. He was also actively interested in Junior Achieve- ment and the Boston Y.M.C.A. and devoted much time to their programs.

After retiring, Ted became treasurer of the First Christian Church of Freedom and treasurer of many local organizations. Survivors include his wife, Frances (Waugh), a sister, and one grandson. Ted's only son died in 1980.

At the funeral service, Rev. George T. David- son, in eulogizing Ted's life of service to many people, emphasized his loyalty to his alma mater and to the class of 1929.

As Ted's roommate in Wheeler Hall freshman, sophomore, and junior years, I know what a great loss '29 suffers in the passing of this friend. He truly had the "hillwinds and the granite of New Hampshire" in his veins. Our sincere sympathy is extended to his family.

Larry Lougee '29

1930

We have just learned of the death of GEORGE FRANCIS ALLEN on April 20, and regret that we lack more information on his recent activities.

After Dartmouth, Doc attended McGill Medical School, from which he received his M.D. and C.M. degrees, and he was a resident in obstetrics and gynecology at its affiliated Royal Victoria Hospital.

He served in the U.S. Navy Medical Corps from 1943 to 1946, attaining the rank of lieu- tenant commander, and then entered private practice in Hartford.

He was surgical adviser to Aetna Life and Casualty Insurance Company, a founding fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American Society of Abdominal Surgeons.

Doc retired from practice in 1967 to devote full time to his business interests in Iberian Imports Inc. of Hartford, of which he was president.

His sole survivor is his daughter, Wendy Sue Allen.

ROBERT RATHBONE BOTTOME, 73, died on August 1 in Caracas, Venezuela, where he had lived and worked since 1939.

After graduation from the Tuck School in 1931, Bob worked briefly for an advertising agency and then was enlisted by his classmate Nelson Rockefeller to sell office space at the then-under-construction Rockefeller Center. In 1939, he was sent by Nelson to Caracas, Venezuela, to be president of two development enterprises; during the summer of 1942, he was the Venezuelan representative for Nelson's office of Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs and the year after that served as U.S. alien property custodian in Washington, D.C., and Bogota, Columbia. Since then, he had occupied top posts in some of the most prestigious companies in Venezuela, including Conceca, Ceramica, and Carabobo.

Bob also did a short hitch in the Marine Corps, recording a meteoric rise from his entry as a private in February 1944 to his discharge as a captain in November 1945.

Bob's accomplishments at Dartmouth, to which he came from the Trinity School in New York, were no less impressive. He was a Deke; he was a member of Green Key, Palaeopitus, the Sphinx, Round Robin, and The Arts; and he was managing editor of The Dartmouth and editor- in-chief of Jack-o-Lantern (both these latter at the same time!). And to top it all off, he was the founder and chief (or only) stockholder of the Dartmouth Travel Bureau.

For me, rooming with Bob and Al Marsters, also '30, in the Deke house our senior year, and with Bob at the then-brand-new Tuck School after graduation, were memorable experiences. And travels with Bob, both while in college and afterwards, were most enjoyable and instructive but exhausting!

Bob is survived by his wife Margot (Boulton), whom he married in 1942, and by three sons, two daughters, a step-son, and a sister.

Bob has left behind a most enviable record of accomplishments and contributions to his college, the land of his birth, and his adopted country. Those classmates fortunate enough to have known Bob and Margot, particularly those on the unforgettable class trip to Venezuela, can vouch for both their charm, spirit, and generosity. And so, another classmate of whom we can be justly proud has passed on.

Carl W. Haffenreffer '3O

1933

JACK ALLEN KENT died on August 15 at the University of California at Los Angeles Hospital after a 13-year battle with cancer. Jack was owner and operator of the Trojan Bowl, a recreational center, and was also president of Bowling Properties of Southern California.

Jack was known to us as Jack Kanter. He came to Dartmouth from Evander Childs High School in New York City. At Dartmouth, he was a member of Sigma Alpha Mu and Phi Beta Kappa, and he went on to graduate from Tuck School in 1934.

He served as an officer in the U.S. Army for four years in World War II, and during that time he married "Penny" Weill. Two sons and a daughter were born of this marriage. They, two grandchildren, his mother, a brother, Leon Kent '35, and a sister survive him.

Jack Kent was a staunch supporter of many charitable organizations in Southern California and a loyal member of '33- He will be sorely missed.

JOHN MITCHELL SCANLON died in New England Deacbness Hospital, Andover, Mass., on September 16, following a brief illness.

"Mitch," except for his last 15 years in An- dover, was a life-long resident of Lawrence, Mass. He was born there in 1912, graduated from its high school, and returned to be the town's civil engineer after his graduation from Dartmouth. In college, he was a member of Alpha Chi Rho and served on the Interfraternity Council. He was a member of 1933 s first ex- ecutive committee and always remained closely involved with his College and class, attending reunions and Boston Alumni Association meetings. He was also a life member of Dart- mouth's Society of Engineers.

John graduated from Northeastern University School of Engineering and then, for many years, was construction manager of George Fuller Construction Company in Boston. This was followed, before retirement, with a position with Turner Construction Company.

He is survived by his wife Charline, a daughter, and two grandchildren. In acknowledgment of John's great love for Dart- mouth, Charline has asked that any memorial gifts be made to its Alumni Fund.

RALPH FULLER WOLFF died on July 1 in Essex, Conn., from a massive hemorrhage brought on by a lung fungus and emphysema. He had not been in good health for over a year.

Born in Hempstead, N.Y., in 1911, Ralph attended high school there. He played freshman hockey and left Dartmouth at the end of his freshman year. In spite of attending Dartmouth for only one year, Ralph was a loyal and enthusiastic alumnus; his son Ralph Jr. was in the class of 1965, his brother John was in the class of 1932, and his cousins Michael H. Car- dozo IV and Michael H. Cardozo V were '32 and '63, respectively.

After attending Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, Ralph joined the North-Eastern Construction Company in 1931 and left as secretary of the company in 1940 to enlist in the Coast Guard Auxiliary. When the auxiliary was made part of the regular Coast Guard, he was unable to pass the physical examination and was honorably discharged. He went to work for the Gruman Aircraft Engineering Company in early 1941 and remained there until he took early retirement in 1975.

In 1976 Ralph moved to Essex, Conn., where he was active in the Rotary Club and the Mystic Seaport Museum; he was also a trustee of the Connecticut River Foundation at Steamboat Dock and a member of St. John's Episcopal Church.

He leaves his wife Margaret, his son, a daughter, three stepchildren, a grandson, and his brother.

John B. Wolff Jr. '32

1934

One of Omaha's premier citizens and a loyal member of the class, WILLIAM JAMES BA'IRD died of cancer on September 2 at Methodist Hospital. The illness had been diagnosed just fiye weeks earlier, and he had been fully active ;as senior partner in his law firm of Baird, Holm, McEachen, Pedersen & Hamann until then.

A third-generation attorney, Bill had served as president of both the Omaha and Nebraska State Bar Associations. He received the state bar's presidential citation in 1976 and had chaired its disciplinary review board. He was also a trustee of Nebraska Children's Home Society, Nebraska Masonic Home, Presbyterian Theological Seminary, and Scottish Rite Cathedral Association, and he was a director of the Conservative Savings and Loan Association. He had also served in the Navy during World War II, on troopship escort duty in the Atlantic, ending as a lieutenant.

He came from Omaha Central High School to Dartmouth with Bill Ramsey '34, and they roomed together for three years, starting in Russell Sage and then in the Alpha Delt house. Bill majored in economics and political science and after graduation from Dartmouth went to Michigan Law School, where he got his LL.B. in 1937.

Bill is survived by his wife Grace and by a son, two daughters, and eight grandchildren. We extend them all our deepest sympathy. As Bill Ramsey said, Bill Baird was "a really neat guy the kind every community needs and Omaha will keenly miss."

1939

WILLIAM ALBERT HARTY JR., 63, of Amherst, N.Y., died on August 30. Born in Boston, Bill was raised in Buffalo, N.Y. He entered Dart- mouth from Bennet High School, where he was an honors student, a member of the literary society, an all-high tennis player, and Niagara Frontier junior tennis champion in 1934 and 1935. In the latter year he held a national tennis ranking and was named to the U.S. Junior Davis Cup tennis team. At Dartmouth, Bill was a member of the freshman and varsity tennis teams and a brother of Zeta Psi.

During World War 11, Bill served as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army in Asia and western Europe.

He had been associated since 1946 with Exolon Company, an international abrasives manufacturing firm with operations in Canada, Norway, California, and New Hampshire. He was elected a director of the company in 1954, vice president in 1957, general manager in 1968, and president in 1972.

After Dartmouth, Bill had attended the University of Chicago Business School. He was a parishioner of St. Benedict's Church and a member and former director of the Cherry Hill Country Club in Ridgeway, Ontario. He was an active supporter of the Dartmouth tennis team, Aquinas House, and the Alumni Fund.

He is survived by his wife Tekla; four sons, including Mark '73, who is secretary of his class; and a brother Phil '38. Another brother, Donald '42, died during World War II.

DAVID IGNATIUS WALSH, 65, of Rockland, Mass., died on August 30 in South Shore Hospital in Weymouth, Mass., after a long ill- ness. "Harpo," as he was known, came to Dart- mouth from Walpole High and Hebron Academy. A member of Phi Gamma Delta at Dartmouth, he was best known as a high scorer on the first line of the Ivy champion hockey team and as one of the top golfers on a very creditable college team throughout his four years.

Harpo spent his entire working career with the Gulf Oil Corporation, which he joined in 1939, and from which he had retired at the time of his death. Before moving to Rockland 22 years ago, he had been involved in sales for Gulf in Vermont, where, in his spare time, he became the 1955 state amateur golf champion. He was also a past exalted ruler of the Elks Lodge in St. Albans, Vt. In Rockland, he was three times the winner of the Marshfield Country Club golf championship and was a member of the Rockland Country Club.

Harpo was an Army veteran of World War II, having been drafted as a private in 1942 and discharged as a captain in the ordnance depart- ment after 18 months in Cairo, Egypt.

He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Katherine (Greeley), four sons, and one daughter.

1940

LAWRENCE LAZELLE DURGIN died on August 11 in Jackson, Miss., at the age of 63 from pneumonia following surgery and a long battle with lung cancer. At the time of his death, he was vice president for development at Tougaloo College and made his home in Tougaloo, Miss.

Larry, born in Newark, N.J., spent his child- hood and early youth in Japan, where his father, Russell Durgin '15, was with the Interna- tional Committee of the Y.M.C.A. He en- tered Dartmouth from the Mount Hermon School and was a member of the Dartmouth Union throughout college and its president in his senior year. He was also a member of the Glee Club and earned his numerals on the freshman swimming team. While an undergraduate, he shared a pulpit in Cornish, N.H., where, he once said himself, "I got to know the problems of the rural poor, the voiceless, the politically, economically, and spiritually deprived." This extra-curricular activity became his stepping-stone to Oberlin Graduate School of Theology, from which he earned a bachelor of divinity degree in 1944.

As pastor from 1961 to 1980 of the Broadway Church of Christ, Larry combined his ministerial calling with an activist role in urban and social issues. Among his special interests was penal reform, and he supported the effort by the United Farm Workers to get collective bargaining rights.

On learning of Larry's death, the Rev. Dr. Avery D. Ford, president of the United Church of Christ, said: "Larry Durgin was one of the most dedicated leaders of the urban church of the past quarter century. He was equally dedicated to racial equality." His church was a center for the improvement of neighborhoods of central Manhattan.

He had been a member of the board of trustees of Tougaloo College for 25 years, had served on the boards of the Northfield and Mount Hermon Schools and in many denominational and ecumenical posts, and had earned honorary doctorates from Brown Univer- sity and Oberlin College.

Larry had been married for 40 years and is survived by his wife Eunice, together with a daughter and a son.

1942

JOHN KING FRIEMAN died of a heart attack at Southside Hospital, Bay Shore, Long Island, on September 16.

Duke entered Dartmouth from Bay Shore High School and as an undergraduate was a member of Theta Chi fraternity and the Dart- mouth Players. Shortly after graduation, he entered the Navy Air Corps and became a pilot instructor for the duration, being discharged as a lieutenant (j.g.) in November of 1945.

After a short stint with the Long Island Park Commission Police, Duke became a special agent with the F.B.I., where he remained until his retirement in 1968. He had served in Detroit, Norfolk, and, for the last few years of his F.B.I, career, in the counterintelligence division in the New York office. Following his retirement, Duke became sales manager of the Brewster Shipyard in Bay Shore, where he remained until his death.

His spare time was occupied by such diverse activities as presidency of the Oakwood Cemetery, the Bay Shore Tuna Club, and the Bay berry Beach and Tennis Club and service as commodore of the Bay Shore Yacht Club and as senior warden of St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Islip, L.I.

Duke is survived by his wife Ginny, a daughter, two sons, three grandchildren, and a brother, Charles '44.

1944

WALLACE CULVER BENJAMIN, 58, died on June 3 from a heart attack. He had been in poor health for some time.

Wally worked as a comptroller for the Toro Manufacturing Company and one of its sub- sidiaries in California. In the late sixties he decided to return to the academic life, and he taught at the University of Arizona and Califor- nia State Polytechnic University. In 1974 he became a real estate appraiser. He had recently built a house on Key Allegro in Rockport, Tex., and had retired there.

He was a member of a real estate appraisers society, and his long-time hobby was collecting and finishing antiques.

At Dartmouth he was business manager of Jack-o-Lantern and a member of Zeta Psi frater- nity. After three years in the Army Air Force during World War 11, he returned to Hanover and received an M.B.A. from Tuck in 1947.

Wally married and divorced twice. He is survived by a daughter and a son.