Deaths
(This is a listing of deaths of which word has beenreceived since the last issue. Full notices, which areusually written by the class secretary, may appear inthis issue or a later one.)
Bartlett, Hollis M. '09, August 20 Davis, Aaron W. '17, July 13 Judd, Siegel W. '18, September 2 McDonough, John E. '18, September 6 Prowattain, Ivan '18, August 14 Bower, Harold G. '20, September 14 Bradley, Tudor W. '20, September 11 Bates, Sherrill P. '22, September 2 Frederick, Harold W. '22, February 27 Gatzert, Walter A. '22, September 20 Ballou, Harold F. '23, September 1982 Buell, Harold C. '23, July 11 Fisher, George G. '23, January 1 Harwood, Lee '24, September 3 Robinson, Sanford '25, September 7 Cleary, Robert E. '26, October 2 Drury, Francis R. '26, September 20 Greene, John S. '26, September 28 Voice, Sidney P. '27, September 25 Mavon, Joseph A. '2B, June 23 Hunke, Richard E. '29, August 13 Reading, Edward H. '29, June 12 Vossler, Edward W. '29, August 1981 Coppock, John J. '30, July 27 Tetzlaff, Frederick W. '31, September 26 Zinn, Martin Jr. '31, August 26 Scott, Charles W. '32, September 8 Birmingham, Frederic A. '33, August 29 Seabolt, Robert H. '33, September 21 Shafer, Charles C. '33, October 12 Thurber, A. Edward Jr. '33, February 13 McVicar, George S. '35, December 22, 1981 Van Leuvan, Albert M. '35, July 2 Bunker, Allen B. '36, September 1982 Miller, Douglas J. Jr. '36, September 5 Robbins, Donald G. Jr. '36, October 11 Strong, Judson S. '37, May 4 Hartwell, Julian S. '40, September 24 Tuck, Charles S. '40, October 23, 1981 Hopkins, C. Louis Jr. '42, August 23, 1978 Dunn, Robert L. '43, August 28 Varney, Robert J. '43, May 19 Gault, Webster T. '50, September 22 Morse, Donal F. '51, September 23 Buhlig, Edward J. '55, February 7, 1981 Hilleary, Michael J. '71, August 27
1909
HOLLIS MANNING BARTJLETT, considered "the 'dean' of Protestant clergy" in Worcester, Mass., died on August 20 in Worcester at the age of 96.
"Bart," as he was known to his classmates, was born in Minnesota and worked his way through Dartmouth, graduating with his class in 1909. He then went on to Yale, earning a master's degree in 1911 and his divinity degree in 1912. His entire career was devoted to the ministry a field he had wanted to be in ever since he was 11 years old. His pastorates were churches in Connecticut; Cape Cod; Salem, Mass.; and Jeffersonsville, Vt. In 1926, he was called to the Lake View Congregational Church in Worcester - a position he held until his retirement in 1956. During his 30 years in Worcester, he also organized and was pastor from 1934 to 1956 of the Raymond Congregational Church. In addition, he held numerous important posts in various church associations. Upon his retirement he was granted emeritus status by his congregations, and he took up supply and interim ministry positions and served as a hospital chaplain. In 1962, he was one of ten clergy members honored for 50 years of service by the Massachusetts Congregational Conference. Bart was fond of saying that he "never met a man he didn't like," and he had a reputation for never turning down anyone in trouble and never missing a service because of illness. Even as recently as 1970, at age'84, he was serving as assistant minister in a Worcester church.
Bart also found time to be involved in Boy Scouting, holding leadership positions for 40 years and being recognized with the Silver Beaver Award. In addition, he was active in the Masons, the Grange, and 4-H.
Bart was married to the former Ada May Storrs in 1913; she died in 1959. They had three daughters and two sons, including Hollis Jr., who, with his wife, accompanied Bart to his 70th reunion in Hanover three years ago and wrote shortly afterwards that they were very "moved by the spirit of Dartmouth as exemplified by the class of '09."
1911
CLARENCE HOLDEN passed away in Raleigh, N.C., on May 27 at the age of 94.
"Eben," as he was known to his college mates, came to Dartmouth from Portland, Maine, High School. After three years in Hanover he elected to seek a more venturesome career. He went to the Pacific Coast, where he worked for the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company for five years in Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco.
In 1916, he was selected by Socony, from a group of trainees, to go to China as a sales representative purveying kerosene oil, the leading petroleum product at that time. During the early years in China, his experiences were marked by the primitive modes of transportation available and the recurrent turbulence created by governmental uprisings. His service with Socony extended through 1928, and in 1929 he became Far Eastern manager of Stanco Inc., a subsidiary of Standard Oil of New Jersey. This involved supervision of sales of a variety of products in a territory extending from Japan to India and Australia. His alliance with Stanco continued until his retirement. During this long period of service he traveled extensively, and throughout his years in remote locations he managed to maintain his Dartmouth ties through occasional attendance at organized functions or chance meetings with Dartmouthrelated travelers. During most of the forties he worked in the Stanco New York office. He retired in 1949.
After retirement, he eventually established winter residence in Raleigh, N.C., where his children lived, and spent the summer months at Sebasco Estates in Maine. During his retirement years, he frequently made winter visits to Florida, where he renewed relations with Dartmouth contemporaries vacationing there. He also was able to attend three 1911 reunions in Hanover following retirement.
He is survived by his wife Doris, a sister, two daughters, and seven grandchildren.
1916
FLETCHER REED ANDREWS died on August 30 in Cleveland. Fletch came to Dartmouth from the Hackley School of Tarrytown, N.Y.
He was active throughout his college years, serving on the 1916 junior prom committee and the board of the 1916 Aegis; he was also a member of Alpha Delta Phi fraternity and Sphinx senior society. During World War I he served in France with the 37th Division and in World War II with the Judge Advocate General's Department in Washington. After trying the chemical business he entered Case Western Reserve Law School, graduating in 1925. He later became a member of the faculty there and in 1948 was appointed dean. In 1938 he entered Yale Law School and earned his law doctorate in 1941. He was a member of the American Bar Association and had been president of the Cleveland Bar Association.
His service to Dartmouth was extensive. He was class secretary in the early forties, a member of the Alumni Council from 1935 to 1941, vice president of the Alumni Association, and president of the Dartmouth Club of Cleveland. In 1957 he received the Dartmouth Alumni Award. Fletch's address to the General Association of Alumni at 1916's 50th reunion in 1966, with its humor, perception, and nostalgia, has since been regarded as a model of what such addresses should be.
Among his many community activities were president of the Cleveland Community Chest, trustee of the first Unitarian Church, and trustee of the Cleveland Legal Aid Society.
In 1917 he married Marguerite Jeavons, who predeceased him. His survivors are a daughter, a son, seven grandchildren, and eight greatgrandchildren.
1917
AARON WISE DAVIS of New York died on July 13 of unknown causes. Apparently he spent, most of his life in New York City, for he came to Dartmouth from the Horace Mann School there. At Horace Mann he edited the yearbook and was editor of the school paper. In addition, Aaron was interested in dramatics and was manager of the second baseball team.
Although Aaron was a non-graduate, he has paid class dues and has received the ALUMNI MAGAZINE for some years, but he seemed loath to give information about himself and family. We do know that he married Helen Miller in New York City in 1919 and that they had three daughters. We also got word that in 1925 he was vice president of Davis and Cattrall Inc., manufacturers of cotton goods. In 1941, Aaron was in the same cotton business and often attended winter class dinners in New York.
Since that time no further information has been added and we have been unsuccessful in acquiring any response to our inquiries from him, his family, or his business. We do hope all understand our sympathy for the family.
1918
On September 2, SIEGEL WRIGHT JUDD died at age 87 in Sherbrooke Nursing Home, Grand Rapids, Mich.
While at Dartmouth, 'Siegel was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. An accomplished pianist, he was the college orchestra director and with lyricist and classmate Gene Markey composed student musical shows.
Siegel interrupted his studies to serve in the United States Navy during World War I as an ensign on the U.S.S. Pennsylvania. After the Armistice he completed his studies for a B.S. at Dartmouth and in 1921 received his LL.B. from the University of Michigan Law School.
After graduation he joined a Grand Rapids law firm and in 1931 with David Warner and George Norcross formed the firm Warner, Norcross and Judd, which became Grand Rapids' largest law firm. He was associated with the firm for 51 years and ended active law practice in 1974.
Siegel was a member of the President's Club of the University of Michigan, the Visitor's Committee of the law school, and the Founder's Society of the American Bar Association, and he received a 50-year practice award from the state bar association. His professional fraternity was Phi Delta Phi.
He was a member of the Peninsular Club, the University Club, Kent Country Club, the Chicago Club, the Kinney Creek Club, and the New York Metropolitan Club. He was also a founding member of the French Society of Western Michigan and the Athletic Club of Grand Rapids.
He had extensive business associations. He was a director of Old Kent Bank, AGM Industries, Wolverine World Wide Inc., and Westran Corporation.
Siegel is survived by his wife, Dorothy Leonard Judd; two daughters; and five grandchildren.
1920
TUDOR WHITON BRADLEY, 86, died in Taunton, Mass., on September 11. He was the husband of the late Jessie M. (Hunter) Bradley.
Born in Bloomfield, Conn., he spent his early life in Connecticut, and then became a resident of Taunton.
Tudor had a long record in the Massachusetts Division of Employment Security extending from its start until his retirement in 1966. He was promoted to supervisor and manager of the Brockton office in 1964 when he was named district superintendent, responsible for supervising all offices south of Quincy. When he retired he received the Golden Dome Citation.
He was a Tuck School graduate and started his career in the personnel department of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company of New Haven.
He served in World War I as a naval aviator.
He is survived by two sons, six grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conducted at the First Parish Church, Taunton. Interment was in the Unitarian Cemetery, Dighton.
1922
SHERRILL PETTIGREW BATES, 82, retired engineer of General Electric Company, died September 2 at his home in Pittsfield, Mass.
Jerry, as all classmates knew him, was born in Rutland, Vt., graduated from Pittsfield High School, enrolled at Dartmouth in September 1918, and was a member of Company A in the Student Army Training Corps. He was a popular, proficient student active in the Outing Club and the Ledyard Canoe Club, manager of the fencing team, and a member of Gamma Delta Epsilon and Kappa Phi Kappa.
After graduation he joined G.E. in Pittsfield and was in the power transformer and regulator engineering departments for most of his career, before retirement in 1965.
He was a member of the South Congregational Church of Pittsfield for 65 years and of Mystic Lodge A.F. and A.M. for over 50 years. In early retirement he worked on "Recording for the Blind" projects and in Boy Scout and Girl Scout leadership.
Throughout life Jerry maintained interest in the class and the College. He was past secretary of the Dartmouth Club of Berkshire County, an assistant class agent, and an interviewer of Dartmouth applicants. And in the 60 years since graduation he had an unbroken record of annual contributions to the Alumni Fund.
In later retirement he showed remarkable courage after amputation of both legs below the knees and deteriorating eyesight. He strenuously avoided self-pity. Six weeks before he passed away, in a letter commenting on the misfortune of another classmate, he wrote: "I really consider myself very lucky."
Jerry and Doris Dunham were married 46 years ago. She, two daughters, a son, and eight grandchildren are his survivors. The class is deeply grateful to Doris for the care and devotion she generously gave to one of our most respected classmates.
HAROLD WALDRON FREDERICK, 83, wellknown West Coast business executive, died on February 27 at his home in Spokane, Wash.
Hal was a native of Seattle, prepared for college at Princeton, N.J., Preparatory School, entered the University of Washington in September 1918, served in the student Army Training Corps there, and transferred to Dartmouth in January 1919. Though he did not complete the full course in Hanover, he was favorably remembered by classmates and especially by the 1922 Psi Upsilon delegation, of which he was a member.
He began his business career in the lumber business in Seattle and next worked for the American Radiator Company in Portland, Ore., before starting his own manufacturers' representative firm in Spokane in the late thirties. Specializing in air conditioning, ventilating, and heating, the firm developed extensively and was the regional representative for more than a dozen national companies.
He enjoyed hunting, fishing, and golf. He belonged to the Manito Golf and Country Club and the Spokane Club.
Hal and Evelyn Dimeling were married 52 years ago in Spokane. She, their daughter, and two granddaughters are his survivors.
1924
LEE HARWOOD died suddenly on September 3 in Stonington, Conn. He and his wife had rented a house in Connecticut for the summer, having lived there for many years.
Lee was involved in advertising and investment banking for several years. After leaving college he studied further at the New York Stock Exchange Institute and New York University Extension. He was a member of Psi Upsilon.
Previous to his retirement in 1977, he was senior vice-president of McRae Consolidated Oil and Gas Corporation. With the closing of their New York office in 1977, Lee retired and moved to Charleston, S.C., where his wife is a director of Historic Charleston Reproductions, part of the Historic Charleston Restoration Foundation. Lee continued as a director of the McRae Corporation.
He is survived by his wife, Alison.
LAWRENCE BRILLES WHIT died on August 22 in Grand Rapids, Mich., as the result of a massive coronary. He had lived in Connecticut for many years prior to July 1982, when he moved to Grand Rapids.
Following graduation, Larry attended Harvard Law School, and Harvard Business School. He spent his entire business career as a marketing and public relations counsel for many different organizations.
He is survived by his wife Mary, a son, and a daughter.
1925
SANFORD ROBINSON died September 7 in Winter Park, Fla., where he had made his home since 1951. He was born in Brockton, Mass., in 1903 and graduated from Hyde Park High School in Hyde Park, Mass.
Sandy was with us freshman year and was a member of Alpha Chi Rho. He later graduated from Bentley College in Waltham, Mass., and worked for the Southeastern Massachusetts Power and Electric Company. He served in the Coast Guard in World War II and then moved to Florida, where he became the first administrator of the Winter Park Memorial Hospital.
1926
FRANCIS REMINGTON DRURY died September 20 of a heart attack while fishing in Stowe, Vt. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and graduated from Wiiloughby, Ohio, High School.
While at Dartmouth, Dan won his freshman numerals in football, was a member of Theta Delta Chi, and was a very well known and liked member of the class. At the end of his junior year he left college to marry Sally Reutschler in his hometown; it was a happy marriage of 57 years. Dan later returned to college, became a member of Sphinx senior society, and graduated in June 1927, by which time he and Sally were proud parents of Francis Jr., the 1926 class baby and later valedictorian of the class of 1948.
Dan was in the construction business in Cleveland for eight years and then returned to Hanover and earned his C.E. at Thayer in 1938. He maintained a consulting engineering office in Hanover until his retirement in 1972. For two years he taught at Thayer, and from 1942 to 1944 he served in the Civil Engineer Corps of the U.S. Navy. He was a member of several professional societies, the Hanover Rotary Club, and the Lake Morey Golf Club.
Dan had a great love of Dartmouth and was very active as an alumnus. He and Sally were in close touch with College and class affairs. He had been a member of the '26 executive committee and was involved in all Hanover class functions. As recently as the annual August '26 get-together, Dan and Sally entertained the group at their West Lebanon home.
He is survived by Sally, who is so endeared to the class, and by his three sons - Francis R. Jr. '48, Andrew '51, and Herbert '52; his granddaughter Susan '79; six other grandchildren; and a brother.
The class was represented at his services by Caroline Marshall, Charlie and Helen McKenna, Emmy Merrill and Charles Dershaw, Louise Newcomb, Charlie and Mary Starrett, Les and Dot Talbot,. and Tubber and Barbara Weymouth.
JOHN SLAUGHTER GREENE died of a heart attack on September 28 at his home in Santa Barbara, Calif. He was born in Douglas, Ariz., graduated from the high school there, and at Dartmouth was a member of Alpha Tau Omega. In his senior year he was a member and secretary of the Spanish club, El Centro Espanol, and he participated in boxing, having an active, rewarding four-year college career.
After graduation he taught physical education in his hometown of Douglas. In 1930 Johnny moved to California and taught English, Spanish, and physical education at the high school in Imperial Valley. While teaching at Ventura Union Junior High School he also earned his master of science degree at the University of California. In 1938 he became a teacher of below-standard students at Santa Barbara High School, being named head counselor there in 1941. After devoting 36 years to public education, Johnny retired in 1963.
He is survived by his wife Helen and by a daughter by his first wife Emily, who predeceased him.
JOHN BRANTON WALLACE died on September 8 at Morristown, N.J., Memorial Hospital of emphysema. Born in East Orange, N.J., he graduated from the Peddie School and was a very active, exceedingly well-known undergraduate at Dartmouth. He was secretary of the class sophomore year, manager of soccer, and a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity and Sphinx senior society. In 1929 he earned his LL.B. at Rutgers Law School.
Brant had a wide variety of legal experiences -as assistant attorney general of New Jersey, counsel to the Board of Elections of Essex County, general counsel of Walter Kidde Company, and a municipal court judge for the Borough of Mendham. He was a member of the Morris County Bar Association and served four years as president of the Mendham board of education. When he retired from law practice in 1974 he was guest of honor at a testimonial dinner given by leading figures in New Jersey judicial and political circles.
Since 1922 Brant was one of the most loyal and devoted sons of Dartmouth. Five years out of college he organized the first 1926 reunion in Hanover and was elected to the top post of secretary-chairman of the class for 1931 to 1936. He edited an exceptionally fine fifth year report and also served a term on the executive committee. Brant was a president of the Dartmouth Association of Northern New Jersey. A very generous supporter of the College in every way, he truly had the Dartmouth spirit.
Brant was married to the former Thelma Snyder, who died in 1963. Their three children, five grandchildren, and one great-grandchild survive him, as well as his present wife Mildred. The class was represented at his services by Jack and Dawsey Bickford, Charlie and Adelyn Bishop, and Pense Cleary.
1927
HERBERT ALLEN HOWE, 77, died August 17 of a cerebral hemorrhage. He was a resident of Lake Worth, Fla., but his death occurred in North Attleboro, Mass,, where he was vacationing at the home of his niece.
Herb was born in New York City, where he attended the Stuyvesant High School. In college he belonged to the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and sang with the Glee Club for four years. After graduating, he worked several years for the International Telephone and Telegraph Company and was assistant to the vice president when he went to work for the New York State Division of Employment in 1938. He was director of that organization for many years, during which he became a recognized expert in personnel matters He was a consultant to many committees and organizations, including several schools and colleges. From 1944 to 1946 he served on the United States Manpower Commission and later on the board of directors of the Manchester, N.Y., County Coalition, a body organized to coordinate the private and public sector of the county. He was also active in the Episcopal church as a member of the vestry.
In 1975, a year after the death of his wife Frances, Herb retired and moved to Lake Worth, Fla. One of his close friends there has described him as being generous and charitable to a fault, knowledgeable in music, literature, and art, and nevertheless a humble and selfeffacing gentleman of the old school.
His brother, William F. '30, died several years ago. Among Herb's survivors are a nephew, William H. '66. His request for no services was honored.
1928
ALBERT THOMAS FUSONIE, a great linesman on the famous Dartmouth team which won the national championship in 1925, died May 12 after a few days in a Fort Lauderdale, Fla., hospital. He had lived in Pomano Beach for 16 years. Al died after a five-year struggle with cancer and a series of operations, after each of which he returned to his teaching and coaching tasks with energy and optimism.
He was born in Roxbury, Mass., and attended Boston Latin School. At Dartmouth he played freshman hockey and captained the freshman baseball team. He won varsity letters in football and baseball for three years, was selected for the all-Eastern football team, and received honorable mention for the all-American football team.
Al was a top student and in his senior year won a Morrill Allen Gallagher scholarship. He was a member of Psi Sigma Kappa and Sphinx, and he stayed active in class and college affairs, serving as president of the Waterbury, Conn., Dartmouth Club and as president of the class from 1938 to 1943.
After graduation, Al taught at the Taft School in Watertown, Conn., for 14 years, becoming head of the German Department and coaching football, baseball, and hockey. He was proud of his five undefeated football teams.
In 1942 he resigned to accept a position as personnel manager of the Rhode Island plants of Collins and Aikman Corporation. Seven years later he was appointed director of personnel for the entire company. His hobby was football scouting for Dartmouth.
He retired in 1966 and moved to Pompano Beach and was soon asked to teach Latin and German and coach baseball and some football at the Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale. He loved his third career - one of his baseball teams got to the state finals, and in 1979 his jayvee team had a 5-1 season.
In October 1980 Al enjoyed attending the Dartmouth football centennial banquet in Hanover and being honored along with other members of the 1925 team. His classmates Myles Lane, John Phillips, Red Fauntleroy, and Jack McAvoy were beside him.
Survivors are his wife Fay, whom he married in April 1978; three sons, including Doug '58; and seven grandchildren.
FRANCIS ATWILL JOHNSON died May 23 in Melrose-Wakefield Hospital. He had lived in Wakefield, Mass., for 40 years.
Fran came to Dartmouth from Keene, N.H., and the Mt. Hermon School. He received his B.B.A. degree from Boston University. He worked for the Shawmut Bank of Boston for 41 years, retiring in 1970. Survivors include his wife, Marjorie Louise Johnson, two daughters, four grandchildren, and a sister.
Word has been received of the death of JOSEPH ALBERT MAVON JR. on June 23 in Clear-water, Fla. Al prepared for Dartmouth at the Glens Falls, N.Y., high school and was a member of Theta Chi. He left College at the end of his junior year. The only information available about his career is that he was in the insurance business in Chicago.
Surviving are his wife, two daughters, and four grandsons.
CHARLES MURRAY SAWYER, a retired resident of Lebanon, N.H., died February 15 at Mary Hitchcock Hospital. Born in Concord, N.H., Murray spent his freshman year at Dartmouth, where he was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon. He graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 1928 and was admitted to the New Hampshire bar in 1931. From 1935 to 1947 he was clerk of the Grafton County Court, then he moved to Concord and opened his own law office.
After the death of his wife in 1964, Murray moved to Lebanon and was an attorney for the Tri-County Legal Aid Office until his retirement in 1974.
He is survived by his wife Erald, whom he married in 1973, and by a daughter, a son, two grandchildren, and two sisters.
EDWARD BAPTISTE LOCKETT, a retired reporter with Time magazine, died June 18 of smoke inhalation from a fire in his home in Rossmoor Leisure World, Silver Spring, Md. The fire was caused by smoking materials igniting a chair.
A native of Lynchburg, Va., Ed graduated from Virginia Episcopal School. At Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi, but he left college at the end of his first year. He moved to Washington, where he was a reporter for International News Service for 15 years. From 1940 to 1943 he was in charge of the London bureau for Time and the next four years he worked in Times Washington bureau. He retired from Time in 1947 and worked as a free-lance writer until the time of his death.
Survivors include his wife, Katharine (O'Donnell) Lockett, and a sister.
1929
THEODORE ROOSEVELT BROWNLEE died on September 3 in Togus, Maine, after a long illness.
Ted came to Dartmouth from Thornton Academy in Saco, Maine. He received his LL.B. degree from Boston University in 1932 and practiced law in Portland for over 35 years. During World War II he served in the Army.
He had chaired the Portland City Democratic Committee and was campaign manager for former Governor Clausen. He was past president of the Men's Club at the Cathedral Church of St. Luke and a member of many Masonic bodies, the American Legion, the Portland Dartmouth Club, the American Bar Association, and the Cumberland County Association.
He leaves his wife Helen (Fila), a daughter, a son, a brother, and a sister.
Mildred E. Hunke writes: "RICHARD EMANUEL HUNKE died August 13 of cancer in the Jersey Shore Medical Center. He was a former resident of Jersey City until moving to Spring Lake Heights two years ago.
"He retired from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in 1972. He was a graduate of Dartmouth College, class of 1929, and of the Stonier Graduate School of Banking. He served in the Pacific area during World War II and received an Asiatic Pacific Service Medal and a Philippine Liberation Ribbon.
"He was a member of the board of trustees of Christ Hospital, Jersey City. He was a past president of the University Club of Hudson County, the Lincoln Association, and the Jersey City Museum Association, and he was a member of the Spring Lake Golf Club.
"Surviving are his wife, the former Mildred Hall, a sister, and two nieces."
Dick came from West New York High School, was a member of Theta Chi, and majored in graphics engineering.
JOHN BURLESON SHERWOOD died in San Antonio, Tex., on August 6 after a long illness.
Johnny came from Central High School in Omaha, Neb., was a member of Sigma Nu, and majored at Tuck School. He spent most of his business career in the building material business and served in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1946.
His wife Lorraine writes that Dartmouth was always dear to his heart and that he looked forward to all communications from the College. The last trip they were able to make was to attend a Hanover Holiday in June 1980. She and Johnny were most grateful for that trip.
Besides his wife he leaves one son, two grandsons, and a great-grandson.
1931
FREDERICK WILLIAM TETZLAFF, age 72, of Wyncote, Pa., died September 26 in a Philadelphia hospital.
After receiving his bachelor's degree from Dartmouth in 1931 and his master's degree in business administration from Tuck School in 1932, Fred began his career with Phillips Baker Rubber Company in Providence, R.I. In 1941 he joined Rohm and Haas Company, Philadelphia. He was instrumental in the start-up and continuation of Rohm and Haas's foreign operations. At his retirement from the company in 1975 he was senior vice president and a director of the company.
At Dartmouth he was active in football and baseball. He was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity.
He is survived by his wife, the former Elizabeth Darrah; a son; a daughter; a granddaughter; a sister; and a brother.
MARTIN ZINN JR., age 70, died in Dallas, Tex., in his home, on August 26 after a long illness. Born in New York City, Marty graduated from Dartmouth in 1931 and went to Dallas as a merchandise manager for a subsidiary of Allied Stores.
In the forties he became an independent sales representative for women's fashions. For 28 years he worked as an independent manufacturing representative for Ellen Tracy before retiring in 1982. Marty was a member of the American Fashion Association and the National Association of Women's Apparel. He was a member of the Temple Emanu-El, where he served on the brotherhood board.
At Dartmouth he was a member of Pi Lambda Phi fraternity. Despite his ailing physical condition he attended the 50th reunion of the class of 1931.
He is survived by his wife Beverly, together with three sons, one daughter, and five grandchildren.
1932
CHARLES WALTER SCOTT of Short Hills, N.J., died September 8 in Overlook Hospital, Summit. He had lived in Short Hills for the past 31 years.
A native of Danville, Ill., Charles left Dartmouth before graduation. In 1952 he enrolled in the advanced management program at Harvard Business School. He was president of the Finishes Division of Interchemical Corporation in New York City and a member of the Interchemical board of directors before his retirement in 1962. He had been a member of the Baltusrol Golf Club, Springfield, N.J., for many years. Survivors include his wife Lois, three sons, a daughter, and a brother.
1933
FREDERIC ALEXANDER BIRMINGHAM died of cancer on August 29 in the Moses Taylor Hospital, Scranton, Pa. He is survived by his wife Frances and by his brother John F. Birmingham Jr. '30.
A versatile writer, Fred was sufficiently prolific and prominent to make Who's Who in the late fifties. Before coming to Dartmouth, he played varsity tennis at Trinity School in New York City and at Williston-Northampton School. At Dartmouth, he was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon.
By 1936, Fred was working on Madison Avenue for Esquire magazine and quickly rose to be its editor-in-chief. World War II found him commissioned by the Navy for service in Washington with its industrial incentive division, rising to the rank of lieutenant commander.
The sixties saw him staffing Playboy and Readers' Digest; in the seventies he refounded the Saturday Evening Post and was made editorin-chief.
The range of his books is too wide to be listed here. At the time of his death, he was working on two pieces of fiction. They will be completed by his chief collaborator at the Post and at Museum Magazine, which they founded in 1978.
FRED E. STEELE III
WILLIAM EDWARD PORTER died on May 13 from a heart attack. He had suffered diabetes and angina for many years but, except for the last six months, he and his wife Marian had enjoyed the eight years of his retirement in Florida.
Bill was born in Turners Falls, Mass., and attended its public schools. It is significant of his later career that he was president of his high school class all four years. At Dartmouth, he attended Tuck and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Major U.S. corporations were Bill's employers during his career—Johns-Manville, Carnegie-Illinois Steel, U.S. Steel, Firestone Tire. In 1961, he returned to Massachusetts as general manager of Foster Machine Company in Westfield. He remained with that company until his retirement, by that time serving as a director and trustee. Bill also served on the finance committees of his church and town.
Bill is survived by Marian, and by a daughter, a son, and three granddaughters the last born a month and a day before his death, but never greeted by him.
ADOLPH EDWARD THURBER JR. died of a heart attack on February 13. He is survived by his wife Jane, their two daughters, and a son.
Ed was born in Stokesville, Va. The family moved to Brooklyn, N.Y., in his early life. There, he attended Adelphi Academy before entering Dartmouth. In college, he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and a graduate of Tuck School. He later attended the University of Grenoble, France.
Following graduation, Ed joined his father in the Interboro Elevator Company, a manufacturer and installer of hydraulic elevators. After the early death of his father, Ed took over the presidency of that company and of the Thurber Company Inc. until his retirement a few years ago.
Ed had affiliations with many clubs and associations in New York City and Long Island. He was a director of the New England Society and of the Sheltering Arms Children's Service. He was an ardent sailor and skier. His interest in genealogy and old Germany led him to name his home "Thorland" and his yacht Thor.
1935
ALBERT MYRON VAN LEUVAN died on July 2 in Martin Memorial Hospital in Stuart, Fla. A native of Yalesville, Conn., Van served in the U.S. Navy in World War II and for 40 years before retirement was an executive with Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, mainly in Pittsburgh, Pa. He and his wife Helen, whom he married in 1939, had been residents of Stuart for the past seven years.
His survivors include Helen, one son, two sisters, and two grandsons.
1936
JOHN MATTESON SQUIERS JR. of Old Lyme, Conn., died on July 31 when his car left the road en route to a nearby hospital where his wife was seriously ill. Jack had been under dialysis treatment for 11 years and had both a heart condition and failing eyesight. It was characteristic of him to have attempted to drive alone against his doctor's advice to see his sick wife.
Jack's early education was abroad and in the Bronxville, N.Y., schools. At college he was a member of Theta Chi fraternity and Boot and Saddle. Though forced to leave in his sophomore year to assist his father in the motion picture business, Jack remained a loyal son of Dartmouth.
During World War II he attained the rank of commander in the U.S. Naval Reserves and was awarded the Navy Commendation Ribbon and the French Legion of Honor for supervising the production of Navy motion pictures. He was responsible not only for training films but also for such pictures' for the public as Fury in thePacific and To the Shores of Iwo Jima.
Following the war Jack joined Willard Pictures in New York, producing documentary, industrial, and television films. He became Willard's president in 1953. In 1970 he retired to Lyme, Conn., where he had been a long-time summer resident.
Jack's major recreation was sailing. A member of the New York and Essex, Conn., Yacht Clubs, he had owned boats ranging from a 60-foot Alden schooner to a 12-foot Blue Jay.
His only survivor was his wife, Dorothy Shepard, who, we just learned, died September 10 after a prolonged illness. There were no children.
BOYCE P. PRICE '36
1937
JUDSON SCOTT STRONG died at his home in Lake Forest, Ill., on May 4 after a long fight against cancer.
Jud was born in Springfield, Mass., and later moved to Newton, where he attended Newton High School for a year, before moving to Great Neck, Long Island, where he finished.
He spent his career in the insurance business, starting in New York and moving to Allstate Insurance in Chicago, where he established and directed the company's beauty shop malpractice program.
Always an original, an independent, he was not only a winner but had finesse as well. He enjoyed fighting the odds and beating them. A good player at tennis and golf, he also excelled at sailing. An early do-it-yourselfer, he could fix anything from engines to old houses to antique clocks.
Jud is survived by his wife Dorothy (Ell) Strong, together with two daughters, a son, and one grandson. We are grateful to Jud's long-time close friend, Sax Ziemen '35, for this obituary.
1939
HERBERT CARTER NICHOLS, 64, of Peterborough, N.H., died on August 16 after a brief illness. Herb entered college from Peterborough High School. He served in the U.S. Army from 1942 until 1946 and was a member of the Cheney-Armstrong American Legion Post.
Herb had been employed as office manager for the American Guernsey Cattle Club, a breed registry organization, from 1946 to 1965. In 1965 he joined the Bellows-Nichols Agency, a general insurance agency, until his retirement in 1979.
He was a member of the Peterborough Rotary Club, the Model A Ford Club of America, the Southwest New Hampshire Dartmouth Alumni Association, and the Amoskeag Veterans, and for many years he served as clerk of the Peterborough Planning Board and supervisor of the checklist of the registrar of voters.
At his funeral, a lovely medley of Dartmouth music was played. Bill Russell attended the funeral as a representative of the class. Also attending was the former governor of New Hampshire, Walter Peterson '47. Herb was never married but leaves a brother, Tom '40, and a number of Dartmouth cousins.
A regular attendee at football games and reunions, Herb will be missed by the Dartmouth family.
1940
Word was received recently of the death of FREDERICK BERTHOLD EWING JR. on September 17, 1981, in Naples, Fla. Born in St. Louis, Mo., Fred came to Dartmouth from Phillips Exeter Academy, won his numerals as a member of the freshman soccer team, and played intramural lacrosse. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Following graduation from Thayer School, Fred continued his education at the University of Michigan, from which he earned a B.S. degree in engineering. Subsequently he did post-graduate work at Temple University.
Following graduation from Michigan, in 1942, Fred began a career in the U.S. Navy, in which he remained until retirement 20 years later, having attained the grade of commander. While assigned to the Naval Damage Control Center in Philadelphia he was placed in charge of all deep-sea diving operations at Bikini during a scientific resurvey of ships sunk a year earlier by the atomic bomb explosions in Operation Crossroads. For his part in the survey, he made more than a dozen descents to the floor of the lagoon in the overall effort to determine, record, and analyze long-range effects of the bomb explosions.
Following his years in the Navy, Fred established himself in Darien, Conn., as a naval architect and marine engineer, providing design and consultation services for complete marine facilities. He was a member of the Merion Cricket Club and the Yokosuka Yacht Club, commodore of Nippon Ocean Racing Club and the Chesapeake Bay Yacht Racing Association, and measurer for several regional yacht clubs.
Remarried in 1969, Fred is survived by his wife Barbara, two daughters, two sons, and his brother-in-law and classmate Bob Krone. The sympathy of the class is extended to the family in its loss.
The College was notified more than two years after his death that WILLIAM CLIFTON HOLMES JR. had died February 20, 1980. Bill came to Dartmouth from Duluth, Minn., where he had been captain of the Denfield High School football team. He won his numerals for his line play at Dartmouth on the freshman team. He took his talents elsewhere following his sophomore year.
Information on Bill's life is extremely thin. He was an officer in the U.S. Army during World War II, was married, and had lived in Bellevue, Wash., and Huritsville, Ala. At the time of his death his residence was at Merritt Island, Fla.
ALFRED BYRON MANSFIELD died suddenly on July 30 in Nashua, N.H. He was born in 1917 in Hudson, N.H., where he made his home throughout his life. Manny graduated from Nashua High and the Tilton School. At Dartmouth, he was awarded his numerals for freshman football and his "D" for varsity football; he was also active with the Dartmouth Speakers Bureau and was a member of Chi Phi fraternity. An economics major, Manny received his B.A. from the College and an M.C.S. from Tuck in 1941. These studies were followed with two years of accounting at Bentley College.
During World War II, he served four years in the United States Navy, from which he retired with the rank of lieutenant commander. His service was divided between the Aleutians, the South Pacific, and, ultimately, Japan.
Immediately following military service, Manny was employed by J.F. McElwain Company as an assistant to the purchasing agent for this manufacturer of Thom McAn brand shoes. He became purchasing agent in 1958, was elected to the board of directors in 1960, became controller and secretary in 1961, and was elected a vice president in 1966. He had retired prior to his death. He served as director of the Nashua Trust Company, was a past trustee of 'Nashua Memorial Hospital, and served on the board of governors at the Nashua Country Club. He also held membership in the 20 Associates Club, was a past president of the Dartmouth Alumni Club of Nashua, and was an Alumni Fund assistant agent. He was active as a director and officer of numerous other companies, trade associations, and community organizations.
He is survived by his wife of nearly 36 years, Lucille, two daughters, a grandson, and a sister -and the home he built for his family with his own hands.
ROBERT ARTHUR WHITE died December 23, 1981, in Lake Forest, Ill., after a courageous year-long battle with cancer. Born in Chicago in 1918, "Whizzer" entered Dartmouth from Evanston High School and earned his B.A. with a major in democratic institutions. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi fraternity, Casque and Gauntlet senior society, the Vigilantes, and the class executive committee.
An athlete with exceptional abilities, Bob earned numerals as a member of the freshman football, basketball, and track teams. He was a member of the varsity basketball team during each of the three years it was Ivy League champion, from 1938 through 1940, and its standout guard and captain during his senior year. It was his cool, clever floor-play, his uncanny dribbling, the team leadership abilities of "Whiz" that registered the performance of the 1939—40 squad as one of the best in the history of the oldest basketball league in the nation. It was at the end of this season that Whizzer was named to the first all-league team. He continued to play at Great Lakes Naval Training Station on its 1941—42 basketball squad.
Whizzer enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1941, was granted a commission as an ensign in 1942, and spent the last two years of more than four in the service as executive officer aboard a destroyer in the Pacific. His last assignment was aboard the U.S.S. Williamson, having attained the rank of lieutenant.
Bob's business life centered upon contractors' equipment, and he was affiliated with Clark Equipment and the Frank G. Hough Company. At the time of his death, he was an executive with International Harvester Company in Chicago.
Bob leaves his wife of 39 years, Mary Grace, a daughter, two sons, and two grandchildren.
1942
We belatedly report the death of CHARLES LOUIS HOPKINS JR. of Chelmsford, Mass., from cancer on August 23, 1978.
Lou was a member of the Glee Club as an undergraduate, served in the Navy in World War II, and was active in the insurance field until his death.
The class extends sympathy to his wife Alice and their four sons.
JOHN JEROME TEAL JR. died of cancer at his home in Huntington Center, Vt., on August 26.
Big John left Hanover in February of his freshman year after a losing argument with the dean. He went on to graduate from Harvard and also held a master's degree in international relations from Yale. He was an educator, geographer, and ecologist who spent much of his career exploring and studying the Arctic.
John is survived by two sons and two daughters.
I regret to inform you of the death of RONALD ANDREW WESTGATE of Wausau, Wise., on August 16 in University Hospital in Minneapolis, following liver failure.
Ron entered Dartmouth from Montclair (N.J.) Academy, became a member of Sigma Nu fraternity, and was the president of that organization as a senior. June 1942 saw him in the Army, where he served in Africa, Sicily, and Italy before being honorably discharged in December of 1945. In 1946 he began his first career with Marathon Corporation, later a division of American Can, as a plant manager in Newman, Ga., and Oswego, N.Y. In 1961 Ron purchased the Wausau Oil Company, embarking on his second career, and in 1971 he began his third career as president of Marathon Press, Wausau's largest printer.
During these years, Ron also found the time to be exceedingly active in his community, as president of the Wausau Chamber of Commerce, the United Fund, the Rotary Club, the Wausau Club, the North Central Health Foundation, and the Horace Mann P.T. A., to name but a few.
Ron's family was "green" all the way, as he married Mary Schuetz, twin sister of Dunbar Schuetz '42, and he had three Dartmouth brothers-in-law. The class extends sincere sympathy to his wife, three daughters, and son Ron Jr. '77.
1943
JOSEPH KOCI JR. , Episcopal priest in charge of St. Paul's Church, Philadelphia, died on August 27 at his home in Haddonfield, N.J., after an illness of several months. His distinguished ministry included service as a curate at St. John's Church, Waterbury, Conn., and then as rector of Old St. Anne's Church, Middletown, Del., and instructor at St. Andrew's School. From 1958 to 1969 he was rector of Old St. Peter's Church, Philadelphia, and headmaster of St. Peter's School. Among his many accomplishments was the restoration of the historic buildings of Old St. Anne's and St. Peter's churches. At St. Peter's School he was responsible for a major expansion, including making the school coeducational.
Joe served in the U.S. Navy during World War II as chief radar officer on a destroyer with the rank of lieutenant. He was graduated from the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, Mass., in 1950. Joe is survived by his wife, the former Betty Jane Suttner; two sons; his mother; and a sister.
1949
BARBER CLAYTON PALMER died on August 31 of complications following surgery for an aortic aneurysm. He was 55, years old.
A native of Washington, D.C., he had a private practice in general and thoracic surgery in Annapolis, Md., where he had lived since 1959. Barber was an avid skier, duck hunter, and licensed pilot, and a member of Ducks Unlimited and the Flying Physicians. While at Dartmouth he was active in the D.O.C. and Gamma Delta Chi.
He is survived by his wife Sally; a son, Stephen '78; two daughters; and his mother. Those of us who knew him extend our deepest sympathy to the family.
LEONARD I. MATLESS '50
