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.)
Barrett, Arnold L. '10, February 2 Knoop, John K. '14, April 1980 Weed, Frederick H. '14, December 13, 1980 Lawton, Albert D..'16, February 24 Locke, Allen W. 'l7, March 22 Myers, Howard 'l7, January 23 Daniels, Clifford L. '18, January 13 Foss, Hugh '18, November 26, 1980 Robinson, H. Langdon '18, February 1 Quinn, William A. '20, June 21, 1980 Collins, Francis D. '22, February 21, 1980 Marsh, Donald B. '22, September 23, 1980 Wilkinson, W. Beardsley '22, March 1 Sprague, Kimball D. '23, 1975 Whittinghill, Robert '23, March 16 Rider, Stewart F. '24, December 30, 1980 Barker, William G. '25, March 16 Brownell, John E. '25, February 9 Kennedy, Frank T. '25, March 9 Collins, Phillip T. '26, December 21, 1980 Mills, Seward '26, December 24, 1980 Tilton, Sumner B. '26, March 22 Stern, William '27, November 23, 1980 Stearns, Charles P. '28, July 19, 1980 Kelley, John S. '29, December 1, 1980 Marmion, William H. '29, December 4, 1980 Schuh, Wendell L. '29, February 26 Cole, Adna M. '30, August 17, 1979 Shurts, Arthur V. '3O, February 28 Wallace, Dale II '30, February 12 Crafts, Edward C. '32, December 1980 Fitch, A. Eugene '32, February 6 Short, Mark '32, March 4 Henderson, Hugh '33, December 29, 1980 Steffey, Charles D. '34, January 2 Jordan, Loring P. Jr. '35, March 9 Laudani, Edward S. '37, December 14, 1980 Marsh, Duncan B. '38, September 26, 1980 Moulton, Howard A. Jr. '3B, February 14, 1974 Rea, Howard W. '38, March 3 Davis, Charles T. '39, March 25 Meegan, John '45, January 16 Andre, William C. '46, November 28, 1980 Gerrish, George B. '47, March 8 Madlener, Frank L. '52, October 25, 1980 Stiles, Robert N. '53, March 21 Frohboese, Robert B. '65, March 1
1914
Word of the death of JOHN K. KNOOP in April of 1980 has been received at the Alumni Office. John left Hanover after his freshman year and subsequently attended Wisconsin Agricultural College.
He returned to his native home, Troy, Ohio, and was a life-long resident there, engaged in farming and cattle-raising.
In 1914 he married Dorothy Dale, also of Troy, and to them were born three sons and a daughter.
In college John was a member of Theta Delta Chi, and he was active in his home community as a Rotarian and a bank director and accepted various other responsibilities as well.
1917
With the death of Allen Winch Locke on March 22 the class of 1917 has lost a quiet man, but a very successful one. His was a Dartmouth family, since his father and an uncle were of classes in the 1880s, his brother was William '07, and Allen's son John was in the class of 1951, all graduates to be proud of.
Allen was born in Winchendon but attended schools in Rutland, Vt. After a stint in the Army in World War I, he returned to study at the Dartmouth Medical School and continued at Harvard Medical School, where he received the M.D. degree in 1921.
Allen was appointed a graduate assistant at Massachusetts General Hospital after his internship at Worcester Memorial Hospital. At the NewtonWellesley Hospital he was a member of the staff and later served as president of the staff and as chief of medicine. He held a similar position at the Glover Memorial Hospital in Needham. In spite of all these duties he remained a family physician, although he specialized in internal medicine and cardiology. Allen was a diplomat, serving on the American Board of Internal Medicine, and in 1947 he was elected a fellow of the American College of Physicians. In 1973 Dr. Locke received honors as a 50-year member of the Massachusetts Medical Society.
In 1924 Allen was married to Florence Henry, a Columbia graduate. One daughter and three sons were born of this union. It is worth noting that of the three sons John is director of public health for Brookline, David is a state senator from Wellesley, and Allen is a deputy staff secretary at the White House in Washington. There are also 13 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. A great family who deserve all the sympathy and good wishes of which we are capable. Farewell to a great '17er!
Howard Myers died in California on January 23. He entered Dartmouth from a New York City School where he played football and baseball and was manager of basketball and of the Athletic Association. He left Dartmouth after two years to pursue the study 'of law at some other institution. Howard was admitted to the New York Bar in 1921, from which time he was engaged in law activities in New York, working mostly in the field of labor relations conducted by the United States courts. Later Howard moved to California, \where he became a labor-management arbitrator in Los Angeles County. While there he became a member of the U.C.L.A. Alumni Association and of the Labor Relations Research Association. His whole life seemed to be devoted to law.
Howard was married in 1927 to Sally Kline and later to Estelle Adler, who died in 1978. Survivors are two sons, Howard Jr. and John. We extend our sympathy to them and the families.
1918
CLIFFORD L. DANIELS died in Milwaukee, Wis., on January 13 after a brief illness. He was born September 8, 1896, in Omaha, Neb.
At Dartmouth he was a member of Chi Phi fraternity and Rake and Roll. In April of 1917 he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and on September 8 of that year transferred to the U.S. Army Medical Corps. He was discharged as a hospital sergeant on May 29, 1918.
He was first employed in sales for the Aluminum Company of Pittsburgh and then in the same department for the White Motor Company in New York City. In 1930 he joined Hardware Mutual Insurance Company (now Sentry Insurance) in Stevens Point, Wis. He was an officer for 27 years and retired in 1962 as vice president and comptroller. He then moved to Deerfield Beach, Fla., where he was active in alumni events and in Rotary International and the Elks.
Survivors are his wife Adeline (Banbury), his son Clifford J. '57, his daughter Catherine Eisinger, and four grandchildren.
H. LANGDON ROBINSON died on February 1. He had been ill for some time.
In College he was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. He was a retired Army colonel, having served in both World War I and World War II. He received the Bronze Star in July of 1945 for service in the China offensive. He was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptional meritorious achievement as director of training for the Office of Strategic Services within the United States and in foreign combat theaters.
In business Lang was president and then chairman of the board of Faultless Milling Company, vice president and director of Henson Robinson Company, and director of Illinois National Bank, all of Springfield, I11.
Lang was a 32nd-degree Mason, trustee of First Presbyterian Church, and a Rotarian. He held membership in the American Legion, Retired Officers Association, Illinois Country Club, Sangamo Club, Elks Club of Springfield, I11., and the Highland Park Club of Florida.
His wife Sarah Anne predeceased him. Survivors are a daughter, Sarah Horney, a brother, Philip L. Robinson '47, and a nephew, Charles R. Beard '56.
1920
Notice of the death of WILLIAM A. QUINN, class of 1920, was received on March 31. Bill's death occurred at Long Beach, Calif., on June 21, 1980, cause unknown. S o tar as is known, he left no spouse nor children. He was a non-graduate of the College. For reasons unknown he chose not to communicate with the College.
1922
FRANCIS DANIEL COLLINS, according to a belated report, died in February 1980. He was 80 years old, a native of Naugatuck, Conn., where he lived most of his life. With seven other boys from Naugatuck High School, he came to Dartmouth in September 1918 and left at the termination of the Student Army Training Corps. If class records are accurate, he worked many years with the United States Rubber Company, where, prior to retirement, he was an industrial engineer. Unverified information suggests he never married, and his sole survivor is a sister, Louise Collins Patterson of Naugatuck.
DONALD BUCKHAM MARSH died September 23, 1980. He was 81 years old and in recent years of retirement had lived in Dennis, Mass. He entered Dartmouth in September 1918 from Berkeley Preparatory School in Boston. During freshman year he transferred to M.I.T., where he majored in naval architecture and graduated in 1922. He worked some years with Winton Engine Company of Cleveland and Bethlehem Steel Company of Boston, and from 1948-69 with Charles T. Main, Inc., Boston. He and Annis Doane were married in 1934, and she, four daughters, and two grandsons are the survivors.
HARVEY HAWLEY MOSES, 81, former vice president of Third National Bank in Springfield, Mass., died from a heart attack on February 12 in Tucson, Ariz., where he annually wintered.
Born in Ticonderoga, N.Y., Mose was a descendant of Pilgrim John Moses, a 1630 Plymouth settler, of Mary Chilton, a Mayflower girl, and of Ethan Allen, leader of the Green Mountain Boys.
In college he was a proficient, highly respected classmate, a member of the Dramatic Association, the Bema, Keyboard, and Alpha Delta Epsilon. After graduating, he attended John Marshall Law School in Chicago, and in 1925 he received his J.D. degree there.
He then began a 40-year career with the Third National Bank, starting as clerk, becoming assistant trust officer for a decade, trust officer for another decade, and vice president from 1947-65, when he retired.
He built and gave the town of Ticonderoga the Moses Ludington Hospital (named after his mother), the Emily Moses Pavilion, and the Community House. In Springfield he was treasurer of many philanthropic institutions, a trustee of Baystate Medical Center, a director of Hillcrest Corporation and of Plastic Coating Corporation, and a member of Colony Club, the University Club, and Springfield and Longmeadow Country Clubs.
He was a loyal Dartmouth man, an officer of the Springfield Alumni Association, and, together with other benefactions, he was an Alumni Fund donor for 58 consecutive years.
Mose and Catherine Hurlburt Allis were married for 41 years before her death in 1971. They lived in Longmeadow, Mass., and in recent years he has spent summers at their vacation home on Lake George, N.Y.
His survivors are his daughter, Mrs. R. Gordon Douglas, his son, C. Wicker Moses II, and three grandchildren.
C. TRUMAN REDFIELD, 81, died during July 1980 in Chicago, where his latest address was 333 North Michigan. He was a native of Omaha, and after preparing at Kemper Military School, he entered Dartmouth in September 1918 with ten other boys from Omaha. In College he was a brother in Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He left Dartmouth at the end of freshman year and went to the University of Nebraska and later to the Life Insurance School at Carnegie Tech. He began his insurance career in Sioux City, lowa, continued it in Omaha and later Chicago, where he was president of United Benefit Life Insurance Company. Class records show his marriage to Jeannette C. Harsh in June of 1921 and a year later the birth of their daughter Duone.
1923
FRANKLIN FORD DOTEN, 78, died on February 18 at Mary Hitchcock Hospital after a brief illness.
A native of Somerville, Mass., Frank prepared for college at Phillips Exeter Academy. At Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta, Pi Delta Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Casque and Gauntlet, and Palaeopitus. He also served four years on the Board of the Daily Dartmouth, was a member of Green Key, and managed the track team.
On graduation, Frank went to work for Jordon Marsh in Boston. His success in merchandising led to an association with Frigidaire, where he was ap- pointed assistant manager of New England oper- ations in 1935. World War II interrupted his business career in 1942 and he served with distinction as a colonel in the New England First Service Command for four years. In 1946 he embarked on a new career with Gillette and two years later was appointed vice president of the company and general manager of its Brazil operation. In 1960 he retired, and he and Gladys moved to Hanover. Here they soon gave generously of their time and means to the medical school, to Hitchcock Hospital, to the White Church, and to Dartmouth athletics.
1923 has lost a wise and loyal member. His activities on behalf of the College and the class were legion. We shall miss him greatly.
Frank's memorial service took place in the White Church on February 22. There Gladys and Frank's brother Everett were joined in tribute to a fine man by Chet and Barbara Bixby, Babe and Florence Miner, Rusty and Mary Sargent, Walt and Connie Dodge, Ike Phillips, and the Dotens' many Hanover friends.
We have recently received word from his widow that CHARLES RAWSON HOWARD died on January 6, 1980. No notation of the circumstances or of other survivors was provided.
Charles was a native of Ludlow, Vt., and a graduate of Black River Academy. He withdrew from Dartmouth at the end of two months and later entered Middlebury College, where he graduated with Phi Beta Kappa honors in 1924. No information regarding his business associations is available.
Robert Whittinghill died on March 16 at Lakes Region Convalescent Center in Laconia, N.H. He had been in failing health for more than a year. A native of St. Joseph, Mo., he prepared for College at the Newton, Mass., high school. At Dartmouth he was a member of the track and cross-country teams.
Following graduation from Dartmouth, Bob was employed for four years in the accounting departments of various resort hotels in Florida and New Hampshire. He then became chief accountant and statistician for General Cover Underwriters Association, New York City, where he remained until 1948. In 1949 he joined the Reinsurance Exchange, New Rochelle, N.Y., and in 1955 was appointed comptroller of Pilcer and Frank, Inc., in New York City. In 1962 he moved to Conway, N.H., where he did general public accounting work and lived in semiretirement.
During World War II Bob served in the Army. In 1943 he was married to the former Dorothea G. Gamble. This marriage ended in divorce.
Bob loved Dartmouth and the New Hampshire countryside. He served the class for many years as class agent, seldom failed to join us at reunions, and maintained over the years the many friendships made during undergraduate days. He is survived by his brother Maurice '31 and a sister, Eleanore Vaughan of Hartsville, S.C.
1924
Stewart F. Rider died on December 30, 1980, at his home in Barnet, Vt. He had been in poor health for many years.
He was associated with the Munson Steamship Lines for 40 years until his retirement, after which he moved to Vermont. At the time of his retirement, he was secretary-treasurer of the company. He served as Barnet town clerk for several years and was a member of Theta Chi.
He is survived by his wife Dorothy, two daughters, six grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
1925
William Griffith Barker died March 16 inr Cottage Hospital in Woodsville, N.H., two days after suffering a major stroke. He was born in 1902 in Ebensburg, Pa., and graduated from Culver Military Academy in Indiana before Dartmouth.
In college Bill was manager of freshman baseball and a member of Alpha Delta Phi and Green Key. He went to work for Western Electric Company and remained with this concern until retirement in 1964, at which time he was superintendent of industrial and public relations at the large Kearny, N.J., plant and lived in Summit. Since then he had lived in Piermont, N.H., enjoying hunting, fishing, and golf.
Bill's grandfather graduated from Dartmouth in 1872, his great-great-grandfather in 1811, and his great-great-great-grandfather in 1784. He is survived by three sons, William G. Jr. '54, Neill M. '56, and David M. The oldest of five grandchildren, Bill III, is carrying on the tradition as a member of the class of .1981. His wife, the former Gladys Mcintyre, died in September of 1978.
Charles Allen Bickford died unexpectedly atl Waterbury Hospital in Waterbury, Conn., on March 30. He was born in May of 1905 in Gorham, N.H., and received his pre-college education there.
Bick obtained his master's degree in forestry at the University of Idaho in 1931 and spent the next 32 years in the U.S. Forest Service in Louisiana, Florida, Mississippi, Maine, and the Philadelphia area. Retiring in 1963, he became a professor at the New York State College of Forestry in Syracuse. He also acted as a consultant, wrote numerous papers on forestry subjects, and was a member of several scientific organizations.
His wife, the former Gertrude Honeycutt of Rochelle, La., survives him, as do two sons, William H. of Rochester, N.Y., and Donald A. of Brooklyn, N.Y. There are three grandchildren. In college Bick and Harry White roomed together all four years.
JOHN EDWARD BROWNELL died February 9 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. His home was in Pittsburgh, Pa. He was born in Punxsutawney, Pa., in 1902 and attended Meadville High School and Allegheny College before entering Dartmouth.
John was on the soccer team and was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and Dragon. He became an insurance executive, working for Massachusetts Mutual for ten years and then for Manufacturers Life for more than twenty years. There he was Pittsburgh manager and a charter life underwriter. He retired in 1966.
He is survived by his wife Louise (Logan), one daughter, one son, and also by his three grandchildren.
FRANK THOMAS KENNEDY died March 9 at his home in Short Hills, N.J. He had been in the hospital for a month.
Frank was born in New York City in 1902 and entered Dartmouth from Montclair High School in Montclair, N.J. In college he was on the freshman football team and the swimming team. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and Green Key.
Frank went to work on Wall Street and was with several firms and then for 30 years with C. J. Devine and Company, where he was a partner and vice president. in 1964 this company was merged with Merrill, Lynch, and Frank became a vice president and voting stockholder, retiring in 1965, though continuing as a consultant.
He was a liberal giver to the College and to Aquinas House at Dartmouth, serving on its board of overseers. Alumni activities included a term on the Alumni Council and service in various capacities in the New York and northern New Jersey area. In 1972 he received the Dartmouth Alumni Award. He was a member of the 1925 executive committee.
During World War II Frank served in the Navy for three years and was executive officer for a night fighter squadron aboard the aircraft carriers Enterprise and Lexington. He received three decorations, including a Bronze Star Medal.
Frank was a writer and lecturer on financial matters and an official of several medical organizations and of the College of St. Elizabeth. He received papal recognition with membership in the Knights of Malta and the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre.
He is survived by his wife, the former Corinne McLennan of Durham, N.C., and by a daughter.
1926
PHILLIP TRAVERTON COLLINS died December 21, 1980, in Pasadena, Calif., according to recent advice to the Alumni Records office. He was born in Nashua, N.H., and graduated from the high school there. After receiving his A.B. degree at Dartmouth, he took his Master of Arts degree at Columbia.
Phil was a case worker for the New York State parole division in New York City and later was a lieutenant in the U.S. Army during World War II. He then was an American Red Cross civilian war relief worker in France.
He is survived only by his brother Russell, who told that Phil was associated with the Los Angeles "Dodgers" for the past 25 years, and that he had great interest in his unusually beautiful garden. Other interests were music, theatre, painting, and literature. Never having married, he was always in demand for social affairs, which he enjoyed. He maintained his interest in Dartmouth and in the Alumni Fund.
Word was recently received at the Alumni Records Office that SEWARD MILLS died December 24, 1980, at Clarksdale, Miss., where he had lived 43 years. He was born in Orange, N.J., and graduated from Columbia High School. Sew had a very active career at Dartmouth, playing on the freshman and varsity hockey teams, and the freshman football team. He was on the varsity football squad in sophomore and junior years and was head cheerleader his senior year. He was a member of Green Key, Alpha Delta Phi, and Casque & Gauntlet.
After graduation, Sew was on Wall Street, New York City, for ten years with Guaranty Trust Company, Harris Winthrop & Company, and Winthrop Mitchell & Company. In 1937 he became a partner and manager of Buford Plantations, a cotton operation in Glendora, Miss. He was also president of Drew Sales Company; president of Minter City Oil Mill, a cottonseed mill; former commissioner of the Yazoo, Mississippi, Delta Levee Board; and former director of the Delta Council.
A lover of the outdoors, Sew was an ardent golfer, fisherman, and hunter. He was a past president of the Lions Club of Glendora and a member of the Clarksdale Country Club. He is survived by his wife Frances, two sons, a daughter, and nine grandchildren.
On March 22, just ten days after attending the 1926 Clearwater annual luncheon, when he appeared to be in the best of health, Sumner Burnham Tilton died of a stroke at St. Mary's Hospital in Palm Beach, Fla.
He was born in Haverhill, Mass., attended the high school there, and at Dartmouth was a member of Delta Tau Delta. Sunny was a well-known, active, respected undergraduate with many friends in the College. He went on to take an LL.B. degree at Harvard University, and later served a term as preesident of the Harvard Law School Alumni Association of Massachusetts.
In 1929 Sunny made his home in Worcester, Mass., where he practiced as a partner in the firm of Fletcher, Tilton, and Whipple for over 50 years. After retirement he had homes in Falmouth, Mass., and Juno Beach, Fla. He was a member of the American, the Massachusetts, and the Worcester County bar associations. He was also very active in city affairs, having been a corporator in the Worcester County Institution for Savings and in Children's Friend Society, Worcester Boys Club, and the Leicester Savings Bank.
Sunny was a former trustee of Leicester Junior College and the Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology. He chaired the board and was a director of Worcester Pressed Steel Company and also served as director and officer of a number of companies in the Worcester area. He was past president of Worcester Club, Tatnuck Club, Players Club of Worcester, and University Club of Worcester. He belonged to the Woods Hole Golf Club Of Falmouth, the J.D.M. Golf Club of Palm Beach Gardens, and the Old Guard Society of Palm Beach Golfers.
He leaves his wife Margaret, a son Sumner Jr., a daughter Ann (wife of Allen D. Ward '61), two brothers, a sister, and seven grandchildren. His first wife Elizabeth died in 1969.
1927
Samuel Lyon died February 16 at the age of 75 in the Mary Alley Hospital in Marblehead, Mass., following a long and painful affliction with bone cancer. Never married, he had resided in Marblehead his entire life after college.
Prior to retirement, Sam worked for many years for the family leather business in Boston, M.C. Lyon & Company, Inc., which he owned and served as both president and treasurer.
He was a 50-year member of the Philanthropic Lodge of Masons, a life member of BPOE Lodge 1708 of Marblehead, a former member of Red Men, and a chaplain for many years of the local American Legion Post. During World War II he served in the Army Air Force.
He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Robert E. May. three nieces, and three nephews.
WILLIAM STERN died in Redono Beach, Calif., on November 23, 1980. Born in 1904 in Boston, where he attended the Boston English High School, Bill stayed only a short while at Dartmouth before transferring to Harvard, from which he graduated in 1928 with a B.S. degree.
He is believed to be survived by his wife Cathleen, a son, and a daughter.
James H. Van Loon died August 23, 1980, in the Norfolk Hospital, Norfolk, Va., at the age of 75. He had suffered from emphysema for several years.
Jim attended Dartmouth for only two years, during which he was active in the Players and as a member of Psi Kappa Psi fraternity. Even though he did not graduate with his class, he always maintained a keen interest in the college and was an assistant class agent for several years. During World War II, he served with the U.S. Army from 1942-1946. After the war he became associated with Executone Intercommunication tion Systems Company of Tidewater, Inc., and at the time of his retirement in 1972 had been president and owner of that company for 25 years.
He was a native of Glen Ridge, N.J., but had resided in Virginia Beach for several years. There he attended the Congregational Church and was a member of the Dartmouth Club of Tidewater. He leaves his wife Vivian, a daughter Gretchen, a stepson John Ryan '58, and five grandchildren. One of his granddaughters has been accepted for Dartmouth this coming fall.
1928
HARRINGTON MOORE, 76, of Stuart, Fla., formerly of Acton, Mass., died March 29.
Hank was the president of George W. Moore, Inc., of Waltham, Mass., manufacturers of set screws. He retired in 1971, leaving his son (the fourth generation) to carry on the business.
Hank graduated from the Medford, Mass., high school and Clark School. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and left College after three years. He always continued his interest in and support of the College.
He worked for the family company for 45 years before retiring to Stuart. He and Gladys often visited their summer home in Newbury, Mass. He was a member of the Aleppo Shrine Temple of Boston, the Waltham Rotary Club, the West Golf and Country Club, and the Ould Newbury Golf Club. In addition to golf, his hobbies were painting, inventing, and travel.
Survivors are his wife Gladys, a son, three daughters, 14 grandchildren, one great-grandchild, and a brother.
1929
WILLIAM HENRY MARMION, 74, died suddenly on December 4, 1980, while playing golf. He came to Dartmouth from San Gabriel, Calif. He entered the lumber business in Bellingham, Wash., and sold lumber for a while in New Jersey. He spent three years in the Air Force, serving in the Mariannas, and retired as a captain.
He became president of the Marmion Lumber Company of Azusa, Calif., was president of his Rotary Club, and was parking commissioner in Arcadia, where he lived. He was active in the Lumber Association of Southern California and the Annandale Golf Club and once described himself as a disillusioned Democrat.
He leaves his wife Lucile (Davis), two sons, and two daughters.
From Baltimore, Md., we hear, "With great sadness I am writing to inform you of the death of my husband, WENDELL LEWIS SCHUH, on February 26, 1981, after a short illness, of congestive heart failure.
"Wendell was always proud of being a Dartmouth man and was prouder when he was followed to Dartmouth by son Bob '56 and grandson Steven '82. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and Master in his senior year.
"Survivors are his wife Arlene, whom he married in 1931, a son Bob of Crofton, Md., a daughter Carolyn Carey of Chester, N.H., a sister, and seven grandchildren. Sincerely, Arlene Hall Schuh."
Henry Joseph Skelly, 74, of Dennis, Mass., died on February 25 at University Hospital in Boston after a long illness. He came to Dartmouth from Somerville High School, was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and the Round Table, and earned his law degree at Harvard.
He lived in Boston, where he had a private law practice and was an attorney for the United States Postal Service. In 1970 he retired to Dennis, on Cape Cod, where he chaired the board of appeals and was a member of the Men's Forum. His cousin, Henry Schramm Jr. '75, tells us he was much impressed by Henry's strong ties to Dartmouth, saying, "He was ruly a Big Greener. Henry will be sadly missed."
He leaves his wife Catherine (Jordan), his father, and a sister.
1930
Adna Malone Cole died in Altus, Okla., on August 17, 1979. While at Dartmouth, Tex played tackle on the freshman and varsity football teams, was a member of Green Key and Sphinx, and majored in geology. He is survived by his wife, Virginia Faulkner Cole, and a son.
ARTHUR VANDERVEER SHURTS died on February 28 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in New London, Conn. Art was a highly regarded real estate appraiser and broker doing business as Arthur H. Shurts & Sons. He was president of the First New London Savings and Loan Association, a corporator of the Savings Bank of New London, and a member of the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers. Art was active in scouting, served as president of the Pequot Council, and was a recipient of the Silver Beaver award. At Dartmouth he was a member of Alpha Chi Rho and later served as an officer of the Dartmouth Club of Eastern Connecticut. Besides his wife Mary Jane, two daughters survive him Mary-Elizabeth Kish, who had joined him in his insurance business, and Susan Ebersole. He also leaves four grandchildren.
DALE WALLACE II died of cancer on February 12 at the Hoopeston, I11., community memorial hospital. Rusty, a grandson of Dale Wallace, founder in 1871 of the Hoopeston Chronicle, was the owner and operator of the Wallace Agency, an insurance firm. He graduated from St. John's Military Academy in 1926. At Dartmouth he was a member of Zeta Psi. Later, he attended Harvard Business School, and he served in the United States Army from 1943 to 1945.
Rusty was a past director of the City National Bank and had been secretary of the North Vermillion Savings and Loan Association. At the time of his death, he was serving as secretary of the Vermillion Abstract Company and the Hoopeston Industrial Corporation Board. Surviving are his wife, Marguerite Trego Wallace, son and daughter, and four grandchildren.
1932
A. EUGENE FITCH, 70, died of emphysema in his home in Laguna Hills, Calif., on February 6. Gene came to Dartmouth from the Evanston, I11., township high school and majored in English. He was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity and was a varsity swimmer. He served in the U.S. Army in World War II and subsequently pioneered in computing. Gene's business career was in accounting, which he practiced in Laguna Hills from 1946 to 1972. Gene lost his wife, Marjorie Hair Fitch, in 1979 and is survived by two children, a son Thomas of Shorewood, Wis., and daughter Madeleine of Kalamazoo, Mich. The class extends its condolences to them.
Mark A. Short, 70, died of a heart attack at his home in Mount Dora, Fla., on March 4. Mark was born in Westfield, N.J., and came to Dartmouth from its high school. His major was English, and he was a very able and interesting writer.
For the first four years out of College, during the depression years, Mark did many odd jobs, such as construction labor, serving as an ordinary seaman (which took him to South America and Europe), teaching dramatics in a government cultural program, selling in New Orleans, and finally clerking in a naval architect's office, whence he went to work in Washington, D.C. Mark then spent 11 years with the Veterans Bureau, the Social Security Board, and the Labor Department in Baltimore and Washington, D.C. In 1946 he was invited to be part of a group attempting to devise a structure from which the United Nations could operate, and he became a member of the permanent secretariat of the United Nations when it originated in Lake Success. He retired after 25 years of service in the U.S. government, having covered important administrative assignments in both military and political missions in Greece, Palestine, Kashmir, and Mexico.
Mark became news editor of the class of 1932 in 1967, and for the next 41 years, until his death, his writings were thoroughly enjoyed by our class. Mark's writings were outstanding for their prose, reflections on life, and down-to-earth philosophy. He had an unusual human touch and sensitivity, especially to his classmates. Mark was named Class News Editor of the Year in 1973, and his writing did much to develop and unite the spirit of the class of 1932. Our class has lost a most loyal and important member.
In attendance at his funeral in Mount Dora, representing the class of 1932, were Whitman Daniels and Oscar Noyes Jr. The class extends its sympathy to his wife Anise and his brother Abram.
1933
Hugh Henderson, born in 1910 in Joliet, I11., died in his sleep on December 29, 1980.
Hugh entered Dartmouth from Joliet High School. That was in the years when Joliet had the top high school band in the country and Hugh played in that band and also in Dartmouth's.
He was a member of Chi Phi at Dartmouth, but, again, those were the depression years, when all of us could not continue our educations. Hugh left Dartmouth before graduation and found work where work was to be found. In 1937, he sought further schooling and in 1938 secured his B.S. degree from Northwestern University.
From that time on, Hugh's business interest was in finance and tax accounting. He was a member of the Chicago Tax Club. In 1970, after a series of heart attacks, Hugh ended his business career as corporate tax accountant with Bell and Howell. In 1972, he and his wife Dorothy moved to Boise" Idaho, where they could live near their daughter, her husband, and their two grandchildren. A son also survives. Despite Hugh's too early departure from Hanover, he always maintained his love of Dartmouth. The sympathy of the class of 1933 goes to Hugh's family.
1934
Charles Donald Steffey died January 2 at his home in New Smyrna Beach, Fla. The immediate cause of his death was not stated in *the notice received by the College, but it is known that he retired in 1970 because of congestive heart failure.
Charlie was born in St. Louis but moved at an early age to Dayton, Ohio, where he attended Oakwood High School. In freshman year at Dartmouth he roomed in Russell Sage with fellow Oakwood graduate, Bob Corwin. He majored in sociology and was a member of Delta Tau Delta and the business board of the Jack-O-Lantern.
His entire business life was sepnt with the W. S. Tyler Company, Cleveland, where he served as advertising manager, promoting the sale of elevator cars and equipment, screens, and screening machinery.
In 1974 Charles and his wife Margaret moved to New Port Richey, Fla. Margaret died in 1978, and Charles then moved to a condominium in New Smyrna Beach. He is survived by a son, a daughter, and six grandchildren.
1935
Loring Pierce Jordan JR. died at his home in Key Largo, Fla., on March 9. Born in Wakefield, Mass., Riv, as we knew him, came to Dartmouth from Wakefield High School, where he was valedictorian of his class and a football and basketball player. Riv was a member of Sigma Nu, city editor of The Dartmouth, a varsity football player, and an English major.
His education continued at Harvard Law School, where he earned the following degrees: LL.B. in 1938, LL.D. in 1939, and S.J.D. in 1940. In that year, he joined the Boston law firm of Rackemann, Sawyer, and Brewster, and specialized in commercial real estate tate law. He became a partner in 1956 and practiced actively until shortly before his death.
Riv served in the U.S. Navy from 1942 to 1945 as a naval intelligence officer, rising to the rank of lieutenant commander. He was awarded the Legion of Merit and a Purple Heart. A former town moderator in Wakefield, he was a member of the Boston and American bar associations and was serving as president of the Abstract Club at the time of his death.
Riv leaves his wife Janet, whom he married in 1944, one brother, Douglas '47, and one sister.
1937
EDWARD S. LAUDANI died December 14, 1980, in San Lorenzo, Calif., of a perforated ulcer. Peritonitis set in, and Ed was too weak to fight it after five weeks of hospitalization. He did not graduate, and the College has very little on him in the records.
We wrote to his wife Connie, who supplied us with all the following information. He and Connie came from Lawrence, Mass., and were married after the war in 1946. They moved to San Leandro, Calif., where they owned and ran the Eden Dry Goods Company, a family type clothing store, for 17 years. In 1963 Ed went into real estate (after selling the store) with a San Francisco firm selling land at Lake Tahoe and other divisions of recreational property.
For several years he suffered with arthritis in his hip. Following surgery in 1979 he seemed to be doing well until a bleeding ulcer sent him back into the hospital in 1980.
Connie wrote that Ed always enjoyed receiving the "Mint Bag" and the MAGAZINE and was very proud of his alma mater.
He leaves his wife, a son, a daughter, two sisters in New Hampshire, and three grandchildren.
1938
Duncan B. Marsh, M.D., died of emphysema last September 26.
A native of Rochester, Minn., Dunc attended medical school at the University of Wisconsin following graduation from Dartmouth. He was a World War II veteran of the Navy Medical Corps.
After completing his internship in Santa Barbara, he practiced in Eugene, Ore., for 20 years before moving to California, where he had practiced in Monterey and Salinas since 1964.
Dunc is survived by his wife Madeline. He also leaves three sons, Douglas and John of Everett, Wash., and Peter of Mt. Lake Terrace, Wash.; two daughters, Deborah Worthington of Seattle and Carol Rose of Morgan Hill; a sister, Esther Mayer, of Madison, Wis.; and five grandchildren.
HOWARD W. Rea died at his home in Denver, Colo., March 3.
At Dartmouth Howie earned his numerals on the freshman swimming team and was the manager of the lacrosse team.
He belonged to Green Key, Dragon, and Alpha Delta Phi. He received his law degree from Yale in 1941 and enlisted in the Navy that fall.
During the war, Howie served on a number of destroyers in the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and the Pacific for three and a half years, being promoted from apprentice seaman to midshipman to ensign to lieutenant j.g. to lieutenant s.g. He was a survivor of the Rowan (DD 405), which was sunk off Salerno, Italy, in September of 1943, with the loss of 200 officers and men. He was awarded six battle stars and a Letter of Commendation.
Having practiced law in New York City and Washington, Howie moved to Denver and joined the law firm of Davis, Graham & Stubbs, of which he became a partner. He was a member of the Denver Country Club, the University Club, the Denver Club, the Cactus Club, and the Chevy Chase Club of Washington, D.C.
Howie is survived by his wife, Priscilla Goodrich Rea, 200 High St., Denver, Colo. 80218; two sons, John D. '69, and Malcolm D.; and one daughter, Alison B.
1945
Word has been received of the death of JOHN P. MEEGAN on January 16, 1981 in Boca Raton, Fla. He is survived by his wife Janet and a son, Brian Christopher.
John was in the Navy V-12 program at Dartmouth and served in the Pacific during World War II in communications on U.S.S. L.S.T. 862 and later as executive officer. He participated in the Okinawa and Iwo Jima campaigns and in the liberation of the Philippines and China. He also commanded the U.S.S. County Russell from 1950 to 1952 during the Korean Conflict.
John was in the news reporting business and later joined the advertising agency of Batten, Barton, Durstine and Osborn, becoming an account executive in 1952. He was a member of the Saturn Club, MidDay Club, and the Cherry Hill Country Club in Buffalo, N.Y. He was also a director of the Buffalo Boy's Club, a member of the advisory board of St. Rita's Home for Retarded Children, and a member of the Western New York committee for C.A.R.E.
His classmates extend their sympathy to the members of his family.
It is with great sadness and compassion that we report the sudden and untimely death of RICHARD M. SPAULDING who died at his home in Sharon, Mass., on March 9, 1981. Dick was an active member of the class of 1945 executive committee, attending fall meetings with his wife Margot and, most recently, our class' 35th reunion June 9-11, 1980. Classmates attending his funeral in Sharon at the First Congregational Church on March 13 were Pat and Ted Smith,Ted and Barbara White, Austin and Shirley Wason,Moe Frye, and Steve Hull. Everyone was invited back to the house after the service where there was an opportunity to offer sympathy and comfort to Dick's widow Margot and their children Peter, Gabrielle, Richard Jr., and Cathryn, as well as other members of Dick's family.
Dick was in the Army during World War II in K Company, 273 rd Regiment, 69th Division of the infantry, serving in Germany with the occupation forces prior to his discharge. After the war he was a sales representative for two brick companies and in 1957 became president of Spaulding Brick Cos. Inc. His most recent position there was chairman of the board, with his brother John succeeding him as president.
Dick held several positions with the National Association of Distributors and Dealers of Structural Clay Products including secretary/treasurer in 1961-62, vice president in 1962-63, and president in 1964-65. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity, American Legion, Sharon Country Club, and the Kittanset Club, as well as chairman of the Sharon Republican Town Committee, 1952-53, and chairman of the Community Fund in 1956.
His dedication to his family, his college, and his country, and his concern for people, will be etched forever in the minds and hearts of those who knew and loved him.
1950
On December 28, 1980 F. PHILIP GROSS III (lieutenant colonel, retired) died at the Pease Air Force Base Hospital. His home at the time was in Dover, N.H.
At Dartmouth, Phil majored in history and was a member of Delta Upsilon. He participated in track as a freshman and later was intramural manager.
Phil was drafted in 1951 during the Korean conflict, completed officer candidate school as a distinguished graduate, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the artillery. In Korea he earned both a Bronze Star and an Air Medal. He continued his career at Fort Sill and in Karlsruhe before being assigned as assistant professor of military science in R.O.T.C. at Dartmouth from 1960 to 1964. For exceptionally meritorious service at Dartmouth he was awarded the first oak leaf cluster to his Army Commendation Medal, first earned during his tour of duty in Germany. In part, his citation read, "Major Gross' advanced professional knowledge and keen interest . . . played an important role in the academic development of the reserve program."
After his stint at Dartmouth, Phil was assigned to Korea and Germany for consecutive tours. After a disability discharge following a slight heart attack in 1969, Phil attended U.N.H. and received an M.E. degree. Still interested in education, he taught math in Northwood, N.H. He was also a director of the Nathaniel Hawthorne College.
Phil is survived by his wife Friedlinde and five children one son and four daughters.
In the summer of 1978, RICHARD N. MCKEE wrote a long letter detailing the reasons for leaving his law practice in New Castle, Pa., to become alumni affairs director at Mercersburg Academy. Although there was a hint of regret for leaving a job he had enjoyed, there was also an unbounded enthusiasm for under-taking a challenging new career at a school he obviously loved.
Dick moved to Mercersburg in September 1978. A little over a year later he died of cancer on November 22, 1979. His last trip to Hanover was in time to see the Holy Cross game in early October. His wife Mary noted, "He was not well then, but he just kept going."
Between Mercersburg and Dartmouth Dick had a one-year stint in the Navy. At college he played JV football, joined Beta Theta Pi, and majored in English. After graduation he tried two law schools, hating the first but loving the second, the University of Michigan, where he received his J.D. He returned home to practice civil law ("There is much to be said for a small-town law practice."), venture into Republican politics at the town and county level, and serve the Pennsylvania Bar Association in its house of delegates. Tennis and swimming became his favorite sports because the whole family could participate.
Dick is survived by his wife, Mary Eleanor; two daughters, Dana and Leslie; and two sons, Jared and Doug.
While watching a football game with friends at his home in Centerville, Del., JAMES P. MARTEL III suddenly passed away on November 15, 1980.
Jim attended the Friends School in Wilmington before entering Dartmouth. His matriculation was interrupted by 27 months in the Army with extended service in Europe; he earned a purple heart with the infantry in France. He was discharged as a tech-4.
At Dartmouth, Jim majored in sociology and was a member of Delta Tau Delta.
After graduation he worked briefly for E. I. duPont, but soon felt stifled. He joined a local insurance firm, a move that was the foundation for his career. He became affiliated with Travelers, which moved him to Haverford, Pa. Later he joined Lincoln Life and soon moved back to the Wilmington area. Then Jim and a friend formed the Brandywine Brokerage Consultants, Inc., which specializes in financial planning life insurance, mutual funds, stocks and bonds, and employee pension and benefit plans. At the time of his death, Jim was president of the firm.
Jim served as founder and president of Alexis I. duPont Youth Football and as president of the Delaware Chapter of C.L.U. He was a member of the Wilmington Dartmouth Club and an active supporter of the Y.M.C.A. and P.T.A.
We share his loss with Jim's widow, Ida May, and his four children, Victoria, Marianne, Jamie, and James.
1952
Word has been received that ALAN K. JACKSON passed away January 11 in a Geneva, Switzerland, hospital after a short illness. A memorial service was held in Geneva and a funeral service in Detroit.
Alan was truly an entrepreneur. After being discharged from the Air Force, he started his own company in Geneva and it grew into a most successful holding company of many businesses. He was a doer who approached ventures with zest and intensity and whose standards of excellence were high, as exemplified by the quality of his work as a professional photographer. A loyal son of Dartmouth, he spent his 50th birthday in Hanover last October planning to return there in the future. He leaves his wife Sissy and a son, Gregory.
1965
On Sunday March 1 Robert B. Frohboese was killed in an avalanche while on a backcountry ski tour with friends in the Wasatch Mountains near his home in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Bob's death was a great shock to his family and his many friends. He was a big, strong, muscular man who was very competent and experienced at the many outdoor activities he participated in and loved - skiing, rock-climbing, mountaineering, river-rafting, and kayaking. He was always out in front - whether on a mountain or on a river - when others were hanging back. He was out in front, safety-checking the ski slope, the day he was killed.
He had many friends from many stations in life. That he was held close and respected by so many was demonstrated at the memorial service held two days after his death. With no public announcement and less than half a day's notice, nearly 200 people attended to give condolences to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest and Hope Frohboese from Hackettstown, N.J., his brother Ernie from Texas, his widow Debbie Carlson, and his ex-wife Karil and her husband, who were Bob's closest friends.
Though Bob's huge frame, his shining bald head, and his handlebar mustache were distinctive outer features, his inner qualities will make him and the life he lived forever unforgettable. His friends used a word which you won't find in Webster's New Collegiate "Frohboesian." This word has multiple definitions, depending on context, which might be listed as: 1. Bold, daring, exciting. 2. Sumptuous, extravagant. 3. With vigor, verve, and panache.
When someone close dies, we are often tempted to glorify the memory of that life with exaggerated eulogy of the person's exceptional humanitarian qualities. Bob will most likely be remembered for the multifaceted personality that was his. He was capable of many things - some rough, some gentle, some complex, some simple. I offer the following paraphrase of a quote from author Robert A. Heinlein as my eulogy for my Frohboesian friend:
"A human being should be able to heal a wound, plan an expedition, order from a French menu, climb a mountain face, enjoy a ballet, balance accounts, roll a kayak, embolden a friend, tell a joke, laugh at a joke, laugh at himself, cooperate, act alone, sing a children's song, solve equations, throw a dog a stick, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, love heartily, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
Lew Hitchner '67
