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.)
McKennan, Prof. Robert A. '25, October 31 Bird, Francis H. '09, November 2 Porter, Leßoy G. '15, October 24 Renfrew, Howard W. '16, October 5 Keating, John R. '19, July 19 Goulding, Lorin D. '2l, October 2 Stewart, Arthur P. '22, October 18 Blake, Edgar B. '25, November 2 Voorhis, Sheldon S. '27, October 27 Pease, Douglas M. '28, October 20 Tweedy, Robert B. '28, October 2 Weser, John A. '28, October 26 Ziskind, Abraham '28, October 11 Braverman, A. Marvin '29, October 30 D'Elia, Arthur J. '29, October 8 Waterman, Stephen '29, August 26 White, Brooks C. '29, September 10 Bowes, Frederick Jr. '30, October 29' Campbell, James B. '33, November 2 Patch, Edgar L. '33, June 1 Renshaw, Richard T. '34, June 23 Nilsson, Edwin J. '36, October 25 Barvoets, Robert R. '39, September 30 Garfield, Russell M. '41, October 29 McElin, Thomas W. '42, October 19 Younglove, Edward '43, December 19, 1980 Midgette, Marvin M. '47, November 2 Mills, H. Jefferson Jr. '47, October 11 Calder, Davis A. '50, April 1982 Maynard, Dan W. '70, November 2
Faculty
ROBERT ADDISON MCKENNAN '25, for 39 years a member'of the anthropology and sociology departments at Dartmouth, died at Mary Hitchcock Hospital on October 31 after a long illness. He was 78 years old and had retired from the Dartmouth faculty in 1969.
He did extensive archeological field work during his teaching days and after, particularly in Alaska. He was the author of numerous papers, growing out of his field research, on the Achapaskan Indian groups of central Alaska. Hss field work was a nice complement to his favorite avocations hunting and fishing. He was a fly fisherman, with an eye out for either trout or salmon, depending upon the water fished, and a woodcock hunter.
As an undergraduate, McKennan was manager of the Dartmouth varsity hockey team and that early-whetted interest stayed with him. For "more years than I can remember," he once said, he was timekeeper at all Dartmouth home varsity hockey contests, beginning with a few games in the thirties and continuing from just after World War II to well into the seventies.
"A Phi Beta Kappa, cum laude graduate of Dartmouth, he earned a Ph.D. degree at Harvard in anthropology in 1933- He joined the Dartmouth faculty in 1930 as an instructor in sociology (Dartmouth then had no separate anthropology department). He was promoted to assistant professor in 1934 and to full professor in 1938. His title was changed to professor of anthropology in 1954. He was also director of the Northern Studies Program from 1953 to 1958 and had chaired the sociology department and the social sciences division. During the summer of 1966, he was visiting professor of human ecology at the Institute of Arctic Biology, the University of Alaska. He was a fellow of the American Anthropological Association and the Arctic Institute of North America and an associate editor of Current Anthropology. McKennan was also faculty representative on the Alumni Council from 1950 to 1954 and on the Dartmouth College Athletic Council.
From 1942 to 1945, McKennan served as a colonel with the U.S. Army Air Force, including two years with the Air Transport Command in Alaska and Canada.
He was married in Hanover in 1928 to the former Catherine Laycock, who survives him, together with a brother and two nieces.
1915
LEROY GARDNER PORTER died on October 24 in Hanover, where he had lived for 66 years. Roy was not a "rah-rah" or overtly demonstrative person, but a more loyal or devoted Dartmouth alumnus could not be found.
Born in Canton, Mass., Roy came to Dartmouth from Thayer Academy. He married Irene Olivia Field in 1916, and they returned to Hanover in 1917, when Roy assumed a position in the college treasurer's office, where he was associated for 43 years, culminating his career as assistant bursar.
Upon Roy's retirement, the bursar and a longtime associate, Max Norton '19, said, "God might have known how to make a better assistant bursar than Roy Porter, but God just never did." Thousands of Dartmouth men had good reason to echo these sentiments in their contacts with Roy in the assignment of rooms and the payment of bills. His affable good gray eminence and legendary humor were a fixture there.
Roy also assisted his wife and son at the C. F. Porter Florist shop on Main Street for many years. After retiring, Roy was treasurer of the town of Hanover from 1963 to 1973. Between 1956 and 1979 he served as town auditor, assessor, treasurer, and deputy treasurer.
Roy also ran the concession stand at the old Nugget Theater for many years until the great fire. Many Dartmouth students had part-time jobs there and at the florist shop and would look him up upon their visits to Hanover after graduation.
Roy is survived by three of his children Doris Smith of Hanover, Janice Cornell of Auburn, Wash., and Patricia Barkhuff of Saugerties, N.Y. Seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren also survive. His wife Irene died in 1968, and his son Courtney passed away in September.
Roy's friendly counsel and ready wit will be sorely missed. He was a very special person.
1916
HOWARD WILLIAM RENFREW died on October 6 in Keene, N.H. Howard came to Dartmouth from the High School of Commerce in Boston. He was with us only a few years and his fraternity was Phi Kappa Psi. His service in World War I was with the French Army and in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
Until he retired to Keene in 1972 he was engaged in the jewelry and diamond business and at one time he had a store on Tremont Street in Boston. His Masonic Lodge was in Boston and he was a member of the American Legion Post in Keene. He is survived by his wife Jessie.
1918
JOHN EDWARD MCDONOUGH died on September 6 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where he had been since July 22, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery,
John came to Dartmouth from Portland, Maine, High School. While in college he earned scholastic honors and was on the varsity debating team, president of the Forensic Union, and a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. He was a veteran of World Wars I and 11. During World War I he was a second lieutenant in the infantry. In his second period of service, he attained the rank of lieutenant colonel and was posted in this country and in Europe, on the staffs of General Eisenhower and General Clay.
John received his M.A. from Dartmouth in 1921 and thereafter taught economics at Cornell and lowa. He later earned his Ph.D. from Yale in 1927 and taught there from 1929 to 1936 as assistant professor of economics. In 1936 he joined the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C., from which he retired in 1956. John had been a member of the Yale Club of New York City, the University Club of Washington, D.C., the Military Order of the World Wars, and the American Economic Association.
John never married and is survived by a nephew, John M. Meehan, and a niece, Dorothy Jordan, both of Portland. ■ ■ ■
On August 14, after a long heart illness, IVAN PROW ATTAIN died at age 87 in the hospital nursing unit at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Bay Pines, Fla.
In 1917, with 64 other Dartmouth students, he enlisted in the 301st Signal Corps, which served with the Sixth Army in France during World War I. In 1933 he received his business degree from Temple University.
He was with the Ajax Magnathermic Corporation, Trenton, N.J., as comptroller until 1965, when he retired to Treasure Island, Fla. He had previously been assistant treasurer of Ajax Metal Company of Philadelphia.
Ivan had been a trustee, a deacon, an elder, and treasurer of Prospect Street Presbyterian Church, Trenton. He was also a past president of the Central New Jersey Dartmouth Club and a member of the Dartmouth Club of Florida, and a member of the Sons of the American Revolution.
He is survived by his wife Carolyn and one sister.
1920
HAROLD GEORGE BOWER died on September 14 at Bay Village Health Center in Sarasota, Fla. Harry's one year at Dartmouth was followed by three at M.1.T., and he received his B.S. from Tech in 1920. For our 25-year class report in 1945, he modestly described himself as "an average chap with an average career and accomplishments" who remembered himself at Dartmouth as "a 110-pound half pint with a green cap and a large white button." Residing at that time in Melrose, Mass., with his "grand wife and two girls I'm proud of," he had been for the past 18 years a chemical engineer with E. B. Badger and Sons Company. Although in 1975 Harry indicated that he was not interested in receiving College mail ("to save College mailing expense"), he added: "I still have a warm spot in my heart for Dartmouth."
His wife Dorothy, to whom the class extends its sympathy, writes that he had "a wonderful retirement in Florida, played golf, went fishing, and enjoyed life." He also belonged to the Bay Village Camera Club and the prayer breakfast and Bible class, which attended in a body the memorial service held for him on September 18.
1922
WALTER AUGUST GATZERT, retired Chicago banker, died May 8 at the age of 80. His home was in Highland Park, Ill.
His first two college years were at the University of Chicago. He transferred to Dartmouth for his junior year, after which he returned to Chicago, where in 1922 he received his bachelor's degree. Throughout the years, however, remarkably, he maintained interest in Dartmouth, and his son, Robert A. Gatzert, is a '5l Dartmouth graduate.
At one stage in his business career, Walter, as treasurer and a director of Spiegel Inc., was associated with classmate Modie Spiegel in the management of the company. In later years, prior to his retirement in 1967, Walter was long-term senior vice president of Chicago's American National Bank and Trust Company.
Walter was married to the former Isabel Florsheim 53 years ago. She, their son and daughter, and seven grandchildren are his survivors.
ARTHUR PORTER STEWART, 83, prominent citizen of Durham, N.H., died on October 18 in Dover, N.H., hospital.
Art was born in Hanover and entered Dartmouth from the local high school. Well remembered by classmates, he was a friendly student and active in the Outing Club and in Bait and Bullet. He majored in economics. As an alumnus he was always interested and concerned with the welfare of the College. His brother, Elmer W. Stewart, was a Dartmouth 1920 alumnus.
After graduating Art settled in Durham, took some graduate courses at the University of New Hampshire, and managed the Franklin Theater. He later became owner and operated the theater for 34 years.
He was Durham Tax Collector for 17 years and was president of the New Hampshire Tax Collectors Association. He was town clerk for eight years and postmaster for 15 before he retired in 1972. In 1947 he was active in establishing the Durham Trust Company, of which he was a director for 30 years.
He was a member of the Congregational Church, a 32nd degree Mason, a Republican, and an officer in the Durham Historical Association.
In 1930 Art married Sadie M. Griffiths, a U.N.H. alumna who, sadly, predeceased him 11 years ago. His survivors include several nieces, nephews, and cousins.
1923
HAROLD FRANCIS BALLOU died suddenly of a heart attack in September 1982. He was a native of Providence, R.I. Unfortunately you will not find Harold's name on any of the usual 1923 class records. He joined the class late in 1919 with the intercession of President Hopkins and was not listed in the freshman greenbook. He remained at Dartmouth for two years and became a member of Sigma Nu fraternity. At the behest of his father he then transferred to Brown University, where he received his B.A. degree in 1923. This of course meant that he did not appear in our Aegis and he was not included in the "Golden Review." From a conversation with him in 1981 and one just recently with his wife Emeline, I am sure he would have preferred to remain at Dartmouth.
After graduation Harold joined his father in a large and prosperous shoe store in Providence, and he continued in the business until 1953 when the building in which it was located was torn down. Harold then opened a similar store in Barrington, R. I., which he sold when he retired in 1970.
Harold's survivors include Emeline, whom he married in 1923, two daughters, a son, 11 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
HAROLD CLARK BUELL died on July 11 at the Vero Beach, Fla., Care Center after an illness of five months. He was a native of Janesville, Wise., and a graduate of Washington, D.C., High School. At Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi and the Glee Club. He was also our freshman class cheer and song leader. At the end of freshman year he transferred to the University of Wisconsin, where he received his B-A. degree in 1924.
Between 1924 and 1945, "Bud," as we knew him, was associated with American Bank Note Company. He then joined P. R. Mallory and Company, an electronic parts manufacturer, as general sales manager. In 1952 he was elected vice president, and he retired in 1967. In 1973 he and Helene moved to Vero Beach from Indianapolis, where Harold had been active in many community affairs.
Harold was a member of the Methodist Church, the Vero Beach Country Club, and the Moorings Golf Club. He was also a director of the United Fund and the Woodstock Club.
Survivors include his wife Helene (Helwig), two sons, including Dickinson '53, and seven grandchildren.
We have just recently learned of the death last January 3 1 of GEORGE GORDON FISHER. He was a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, and a graduate of Erasmus Hall School. With us during freshman year, he then transferred to Princeton, where he received his B.S. degree in 1924.
Between 1925 and 1932, Bud was with Spencer Trask and Company, members of the New York Stock Exchange. He then entered the U.S. Government Civil Service in Washington, D.C. In World War II he was on active duty from 1942 to 1945 with the U.S. Navy. During this period he did post-graduate work at both Columbia and Harvard Business School. In 1945 he retired from the Navy with the rank of commander.
Interested for much of his life in the work of the Y.M.C.A., he was a corporator of the Springfield, Mass., Y.M.C.A. College and recipient of the "Distinguished Service Award" of the National Y.M.C.A. Health and Physical Education Assembly. He was also a member of the U.S. Olympic Committee. His clubs included.the Princeton Club of New York, Indian Harbor Yacht Club, Belle Haven Club of Greenwich, Conn., and the Army and Navy Club of Washington, D.C.
Bud's only immediate survivor is his wife Elinor (Sanders), whom he married in 1957.
1926
ROBERT EDWARD CLEARY died at his home in Mendham, N.J., on October 2 after a long illness. He was a native of Montclair, N.J., where he graduated from Montclair Academy.
Bob had been most active at Dartmouth, as manager of freshman football, a cheerleader, and a member of the varsity hockey squad, and Cabin and Trail. He was junior Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Delta Phi, Sphinx, and Green Key. As an alumnus he was class secretarychairman, he served on the class executive committee, and he was active in many College and class affairs. Bob and his wife Pense attended many reunions, football games, and other Dartmouth and class functions.
Following graduation Bob went into the financial world in New York City. He spent six years with Harris Forbes and Company and then was made a partner with Holsapple and Company, brokers. A few years later he joined Welsh Farms Inc. in New Jersey, later becoming president and chairman of the board. He was very active in the milk and ice cream industry, founding the Research Council for better overall industry quality control.
He was a director of Case Pomeroy Company, New York, served on the boards of the Holderness School in New Hampshire and Kent Place School of New Jersey, and was a member of Sommerset Hills Golf Club, Pine Valley Golf Club, and Sea View Country Club.
In 1934 he married Mildred (Pense) Welsh, who survives him as do one daughter, two sons, including Robert E. Jr. '66, and six grandchildren.
The class was represented at Bob's services by Jack and Dawsey Bickford, Snipe and Kay Esquerre, Jake and Evie Jacobus, and Jack and Dot Roberts.
ROLAND A. JACOBUS '26
1928
JOHN ALBERT WESER, former president of the Weser Piano Company of New York City, died October 26 in a hospital near his home in New Canaan, Conn. A year ago Bud was told he had cancer of the pancreas. He had been in a nursing home, and was in the hospital less than two weeks. Classmate Hammie Hammesfahr had visited him at the hospital the day before his death.
Bud was born in Mt. Vernon, N.Y., and prepared for Dartmouth at the Horace Mann School in New York City. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta. After graduation from Tuck School, he joined the company which his father founded in 1879.
Bud served for three years in Europe with the Eighth and Ninth Air Forces.
He was active in Dartmouth activities, serving \as an assistant class agent and regularly attending class reunions. In 1947 he married Ruth Stuart, who predeceased him. He is survived by a sister, Ruth Hallstead.
ABRAHAM ZISKIND died on October 11 at the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, Hollywood, Fla., of a sudden aneurysm. He and Rose had taken their three children to Egypt and Israel in June, and on September 5 they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at their daughter's home in Barrington, R.I.
Born in Lowell, Mass., Abe attended school there and entered Dartmouth from the Suffield School. After leaving college he worked in the textile machinery business, becoming vice president and treasurer of the Crescent Corporation of Fall River, Mass., which became one of the country's foremost rebuilders of mill properties and owners of extensive interests in the textile field.
Abe lived in Fall River until 1965, then in Middletown, R. I., until he retired in 1969 and moved with Rose to Hallendale, Fla. He was a trustee of Union Hospital in Fall River, a member and director of Temple Beth El in Fall River, and a trustee of Friends of Touro Synagogue in Newport, R.I.
He leaves his wife, the former Rose Scolnick, a daughter, two sons, two sisters, and two grandchildren.
1929
ARTHUR JOSEPH D'ELIA died on October 8 at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, Mass., after a long illness.
Born in Quaglietta, Italy, he came to Dartmouth from the Bulkeley School in New London, Conn. He majored in medical school and played in the band and the Symphony Orchestra.
He received his degree from Tufts University in 1933, interned at Waterbury, Conn., Hospital, and served at Norwich State Hospital. In 1938 he went into general practice at Harwichport, Mass., and was on the staff of the Cape Cod Hospital.
Art served on the admissions committee for many years and was treasurer of the original Cape Cod Dartmouth Club. The pressures of his practice kept us from seeing much of him until the last year or so. A local paper ran a beautiful eulogy' calling him "Dr. Main Street," and in closing it said, "Goodbye, Dr. D'Elia. You did what is required of us to deal justly, to show mercy, and to walk humbly. It was a privilege to be your friend."
His wife Helen (Tirrell) died in 1974. He leaves three daughters and three sons, including Michael T. '59-
EDWARD HAINES READING of Burton, Ohio, died on June 12 after a short illness. He came from the University School in Cleveland.
Ed graduated from Western Reserve University in 1930 and was awarded his LL.B. degree therein 1933. He was a lawyer with Thompson Products Inc. in Cleveland.
He leaves his wife Elizabeth and three sons.
EDWARD WILKINSON VOSSLER died in August in Wheeling, W.Va.
Moon came to Dartmouth from St. John's (Manilus) Academy and majored in history. He was a member of Zeta Psi and Green Key. For three years we did a lot of cheering for him as a basketball star.
He entered the Navy in 1942 as a lieutenant and left in 1945 as a lieutenant commander, having been selected for commander too late to be sworn in. He served at the Naval Air Station at Olathe, Kans., and at Espero Santo in the New Hebrides. His business career was in Wheeling as a wholesale hardware jobber.
'His wife Betty died in 1978 and he leaves three sons.
BROOKS CARTER WHITE died on September 10 at Providence, R.I.
He graduated from Andover Academy and majored in English history. He belonged to Kappa Kappa Kappa.
From 1929 until 1939 he was with the First National Bank of Boston. He then joined the Park National Bank of Holyoke, Mass., and became chief executive officer. From 1949 until he retired he was with the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company in Providence.
He leaves his wife Bernice (Mays), two daughters, and two sons, including B. Carter White Jr. '55.
1930
We have been advised of the death of JOHN HAMILTON COPPOCK at Avon Park, Fla., on July 27.
Jack came to Dartmouth from Council Bluffs, lowa, and was a member of Phi Gamma Delta. The early part of his business experience was in the credit industry, and he rose to be district manager of Universal Credit Company and at one time headed the Consumer Credit Commission of the Massachusetts Bankers Association. He then switched his energies to the banking industry, becoming the executive officer in turn of the First National Bank of Attle- boro, Mass., the National Mahawie Bank of Great Barrington, Mass., the Orange, Conn., National Bank, and, finally, the Hingham, Mass., Lincoln Trust Bank, from which he retired to Sebring, Fla., in 1975. It is interesting and significant that three of the banks he operated were newly-created, and his job was to get them started this apparently was his spiecialty, "assisting several problem banks, and bank analysis." As preparation for this he had attended the Graduate School of Banking at Rutgers and had participated in bank officer seminars at Harvard Business School.
Jack was a Mason and an Episcopalian, and in politics he referred to himself as"very independent." In 1943 and 1944 he served as seaman first class in the Goast Guard Reserve on beach patrol duty.
Jack married Betty Earnshaw in 1932, and they had one daughter; he also leaves "three fine granddaughters." To all of them we extend the sympathy of the class.
WILLIAM LAWSON JR. died on July 29 in El Paso, Tex. Bill had, for more than 40 years, suffered from acute bronchitis and pulmonary emphysema:. Finally, his heart wore out. A graduate of DeWitt Clinton High School, Bill came to Dartmouth from New York City. It was necessary for him to work during his college years to provide funds for his education, so he did not have time for extra-curricular activities. He was an active member of Alpha Chi Rho, rooming in the house for two years with classmate Arthur Shurts. Bill excelled in speedskating, his major recreational activity.
Following graduation he settled in Peekskill, N.Y., where he owned and operated a retail store.
In 1935, suffering from acute bronchitis, he followed his doctor's recommendations and left the East, settling in Texas.
Because he lived so far from Hanover, and any travel was limited by his health, Bill returned for only one reunion. He kept in close touch with the members of his fraternity and served Dartmouth in his area for many years as chairman of the interviewing committee. He is survived by his wife, three stepsons, and three sisters. Bill was a warm and loyal friend, a strong supporter of the class of 1930. Cheerful in adversity, he will be missed by those fraternity brothers and classmates with whom he kept in contact. The sympathy of his classmates is extended to his family.
FRED C. SCRIBNER JR. '30
1933
EDGAR LEONARD PATCH died of heart failure onjune 1 in Florida, where he had lived during his retirement. Born in Stoneham, Mass., Ed graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy. At Dartmouth, he majored in chemistry and was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity. He received his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 1935.
Ed's early start in business was as an on-the-road pharmaceutical salesman, out of Stoneham. He later formed his own firm, E. L. Patch Company. In 195 1, he moved to Chicago, Ill., as general manager of Armour Laboratories. In 1971, he was chosen to be president of Kan-Ka-Kee Chemical Company of Kankakee, Ill., and he remained in that position until he retired.
Ed is survived by two daughters from his first marriage, and by his wife Margaret. She is in a nursing home in Marseilles, Ill., recovering from a spinal injury.
ROBERT HORSTMANN SEABOLT died on September 21 at his home in Englewood, N.J., following a short illness. Bob prepared for Dartmouth at the Taft School. At Dartmouth, he was a member of Theta Chi and majored in philosophy. After graduation, he secured his LL.B. at Columbia University and also attended the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Not long after completing his education, Bob joined the law firm of Berle and Berle in New York City. Except for war-time interruption, he remained with it for the rest of his career, first as associate, then as partner, and, upon reaching retirement a few years ago, remaining "of counsel."
During the World War II years, 1943 to 1946, Bob served in the adjutant general's office, spending some time as a provost judge in Korea and leaving the service with the rank of captain.
Bob is survived by his wife Amy, a daughter, a son, and three grandchildren.
CHARLES CLASSEN SHAFER died on October 12 as a result of cancer of the lung. Always cheerful, he was determined to fight it and did so to the end.
Charlie was born in Baltimore and lived there almost his entire life. He was a lacrosse star on the Baltimore Friends School team and then on Dartmouth's varsity all three years, and he was captain of the Dartmouth team his senior year. He even helped coach lacrosse as a freshman. He was that good at the game. He majored in economics and was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity.
For many years Charlie's father, J. Fred Shafer Sr., was a wholesale food broker in Baltimore. After five years spent in investment banking, Charlie joined that firm, becoming president of it in 1946 on the retirement of his father. Through mergers and take-overs, Charlie became vice president of Foodsales Inc., retiring in 1977 but remaining as a consultant to HSH Inc., one of its divisions.
During his career, he served as president of the Baltimore Food Brokers Association and of the Baltimore Grocer's Manufacturing Representatives. He was a past president of the men's association of his church and a member of the Kiwanis Club and the Baltimore Country Club. His activities included golf and the growing of exotic orchids.
Charlie is survived by his wife Doris, a daughter, a son, five grandchildren, and a sister. His younger brother, J. Fred Shafer Jr., graduated from Dartmouth in 1937 but was stricken with leukemia shortly after graduation.
1934
RICHARD TYSON RENSHAW died on June 23 in Gatlinburg, Tenn., of lung cancer after a final illness of ten weeks. Dick had come to Dartmouth from Horace Mann School in New York City, and after Dartmouth he tried his hand as a newspaper reporter, an advertising manager, and a beer distributor before the Army Air Forces claimed his services in public relations.
After that he settled in the Baltimore area and became head of the Dixie Paper Products Company; he was also active in community affairs there. At the time of our 40th reunion his retirement address was Sarasota, and in recent years it has been Gatlinburg, where he and Mary owned and ran Home Style Laundry Business. She survives him, along with one son.
1935
Word has recently been received of the death of GEORGE STANLEY MCVICAR on December 22, 1981. Born in Toronto, Canada, George spent two years at Dartmouth before transferring to Babson Institute. After seven years on Wall Street he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and two years later the United States Air Force. Following the war he made his home in Hasbrouck Heights, N.J., and entered the air freight business. Later he worked as a recruiting specialist for aviation personnel. More recent news is unfortunately lacking.
George is survived by his wife Mary and one daughter.
1939
ROBERT RICHARD BARVOETS, 64, ofLoudonville, N.Y., died of cancer on September 30.
Bob entered Dartmouth from Cathedral Academy in Albany, N.Y., where he was active in baseball and dramatics and served as a class officer. In college he was a member of the freshman baseball and track teams and was a member of The Dartmouth business board, the Players, and Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Bob majored in chemistry at Dartmouth and after graduation went on for two further years at Carnegie Tech, where he earned a B.S. in printing. Then he joined Marine aviation, winning his wings and commission as a major following training at Pensacola, Fla., in July 1942. He spent most of World War II accumulating 250 hours of combat flying in a dive-bomber in 80 missions in the South Pacific.
In the late seventies, Bob retired as vice president and general manager of Williams Press in Albany, N.Y., where he had worked for the majority of his career. He gave of himself unsparingly to his community, having served as president of the Albany Boys Club, on the board of Memorial Hospital, as a director of the mental health association, and as a trustee of Mechanics Exchange Bank. He leaves his wife, Jane Hurley Barvoets, one son, and four daughters, the eldest of whom is married to the son of Al Gorman '39.
1940
JULIAN SLEEPER HARTWELL died suddenly on September 24 in Cohasset, Mass., where he had resided the past several years. A native of Somerville, Mass., he attended Belmont High School before entering Dartmouth. Following graduation and having majored in economics, Jack attended the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and M.I.T., and he served as a lieutenant in the Navy during World War II.
He joined the New England Telephone Company in 1946 and proceeded to climb the corporate ladder, successively becoming general manager for New Hampshire, general operations manager-southeast, and ultimately assistant vice president of personnel for the company. Jack was treasurer of the Cohasset Golf Club, was active with the local youth hockey organization and the United Way, and was a member of the Telephone Pioneers and the South Shore Dartmouth Club.
Widowed in 1963, Jack was remarried in 1968 to Mary O'Boy, who survives him, as do two sons, two daughters, and three grandchildren.
CHARLES STUART TUCK died October 23, 1981, at Tampa, Fla., Veterans Hospital from a heart ailment which had plagued him during his last years.
Charlie, a descendant of Amos and Edward Tuck a fact in which he took pride, grew up in Watertown, Mass. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa.
Charlie served in the U.S. Navy from 1942 to 1946, attaining the rank of lieutenant commander. He returned to Massachusetts and was employed by B. F. Goodrich in Watertown for nearly 25 years, residing in Lexington until he moved to Florida in 1979 on his cardiologist's advice to avoid the strain of New England winters.
Charlie enjoyed working with the youth of his community and actively participated in youth-oriented programs throughout his life as long as his health allowed.
He is survived by his wife Henri, by three daughters and three sons, and by his mother, to all of whom his classmates extend their sympathy.
1942
I regret to inform you of the death of THOMAS WELSH MCELIN on October 19 due to a heart attack.
Tom came to Dartmouth from West Aurora, Ill., High School and was a pre-med with an outstanding scholastic record. He was a member of the debating team for four years, the winner of the Barge Medal, and Phi Beta Kappa as a junior, and he gave the Class Day oration.
He went on to graduate from Dartmouth Medical School and received his medical degree from Harvard in 1944 and a master's degree in obstetrics and gynecology from the University of Minnesota in 1947.
Following an association with the Mayo Clinic until 1950, Tom joined the Evanston, Ill., Hospital, where he soon headed the department of obstetrics and gynecology. He was also a professor at the Northwestern University Medical School. He was a recent president of the American Association of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and in May of 1982 he was presented the Mayo Foundation's "Distinguished Alumnus Award" for international recognition in his field.
The class extends sympathy to Tom's wife Sylvia and their two children.
1947
Belated word has been received of the passing of ALBERT ROY COOK of Newton, N.J., in 1975. He was survived by his wife Doris.
Belated word has been received of the passing of EUGENE ELI DEYOUNG on August 12, 1980, of a sudden illness, in Wisconsin. He owned and operated DeYoung Transportation in Friesland, Wise. He transferred to Dartmouth in the Naval R.O.T.C. program in 1944 and graduated in 1946. He is survived by his wife Ruth and four children.
JOSEPH EUGEN MANGELINCKX of Reading, Mass., died of a heart attack on May 9. He attended Dartmouth College from June 1944 through June 1946 in the Naval V-12 program. At the time of his death, he was employed by H. P. Hood and Sons in the purchasing department. He is survived by his wife Ethelena and two children.
Belated word has been received of the passing of JOHN FRANCIS MASON, on August 5, 1980, in White Plains, N. Y., of a heart attack. John was an executive with Texaco at the time of his death. He was 54 years old, lived in Wilton, Conn., and is survived by his wife Ruth, and four children.
Belated word has been received of the passing of JOSEPH FRANCIS MCKEON JR. of Dover, N.H., on June 3, 1980, of a sudden illness. He was a native of Dover and practiced dentistry in Dover for 28 years, following his graduation from Dartmouth in 1947 and from Tufts Dental School. His career was distinguished by service in World War II and the Korean conflict, and by his interest in the N.H. Dental Society and the Knights of Columbus. He is survived by his wife Alice, a son, a daughter, and a stepson.
MARVIN MAY MIPGETTE, 58, passed away in Wilmington, N.C., on November 2 after a long illness. Marvin came to New Hampshire as a student in the Navy V-12 program at Dartmouth in 1944. After graduating in 1947, and following a brief period in insurance, Marvin began in 1952 as a writer for the Valley News in Lebanon, N.H., and became assistant publisher and an editor over his 29-year service with the newspaper. In 1946, he married Eleanor Bosworth, who predeceased him in 1977.
Marvin retired in 1981 and moved to Wilmington, N.C. He spent nearly all of his life in New Hampshire and Lebanon, after arriving for college. He was active in several service groups in Lebanon.
A former Valley News editor, James Wechsler '55, said of Marvin, "He was a fine man and a dedicated newspaperman." James Farley '42, who first hired Marvin in 1952 and is still a writer for the Valley News, said, "When he was hired at the paper, it was soon apparent we had a winner. He was quick at his work, unflappable under pressure he was a cheery and companionable man to work with and a fine person both on and off the working field."
He is survived by a daughter and two grandchildren.
Word has been received of the passing of HAROLD JEFFERSON MILLS JR., age 56, in West Palm Beach, Fla., on October 11. Jeff entered Dartmouth from Winnetka, Ill., in the summer of 1943- He continued at Dartmouth in the V-12 program until 1946, serving as deck officer on a fleet destroyer.
After Dartmouth, Jeff worked with Consulting Management Engineers and then was recalled to U.S. Naval Service from 1951 to 1954. He continued as a civilian consultant to the Navy through 1955". He had expertise in data processing and wrote several technical manuals. He married Evelyn Brown in 1959Jeff was chief officer of Data Processing Corporation, Washington, D.C., for many years, more recently bringing his business to West Palm Beach, when he made his home there. After a divorce, Jeff married his second wife Valerie, and continued to live in Florida. Jeff was active and interested in Dartmouth affairs, attending reunions, and' will be well remembered and sadly missed next spring by his classmates.
1951
DONAL FISHER MORSE passed away from cancer September 22. Don was formerly an officer and partner in the family rendering business in Roxbury. He resided in Sherborn, Mass.
Don graduated from Kimball Union Academy in 1944 and served in the U.S. Air Force from 1944 to 1946. At Dartmouth, Don was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, the ski squad, and the Ledyard Canoe Club. After Dartmouth, Don did graduate work at Babson College before joining James F. Morse and Company, the family rendering business. Don was a regional director and secretary of the National Renderers Association, president of the Roxbury Chamber of Commerce, and active in the Boy Scouts in Sherborn.
Don often told friends that his three great interests in life were his family, skiing, and Dartmouth, in that order. He was a lifelong skier and kept up in the sport even after he lost a leg to cancer in 1975. He relearned to ski and became active in the New England Handicapped Sportsmen's Association. His family said he taught many handicapped people how to ski and "was an inspiration both to the handicapped and others to give one's best in life and to find joy even in adversity." Don came from a Dartmouth family. His father, brother, three uncles, a cousin, and his son, Steven '81, all attended the College. Don was an active member of the class of 1951 executive committee, as well as class treasurer at the time of his death. Besides his wife Carol, Don is survived by three sons, a sister, and a brother.
1954
It was mentioned briefly in a 1980 class column that JOSEPH SPAGNA had passed away on January 24, 1979, after undergoing open-heart surgery in Riverside, Calif. There was no notice in the obituary section at that time, and that oversight is now rectified. Joe did not obtain a degree from Dartmouth, but he was an active undergraduate for two years. He played freshman football and was a member of the track team and Delta Tau Delta fraternity. At the time of his death, Joe was a psychiatric social worker with the county of Riverside. He was keenly involved in jogging and was active in Newport Beach civic affairs. He was survived by his wife Susan and their three children.
Word has reached us of the death on August 16, 19*80, of GUY ROBIN TORIN, an obstetrician-gynecologist at Union Memorial Hospital and the Greater Baltimore Medical Center. He did hot graduate from Dartmouth, leaving after two years to study violin with Arthur Grumiaux of Belgium and Berl Snenofsky at the Peabody Institute. He later graduated from Allegheny College in 1957 after taking a premedical curriculum. Before continuing j his education, he played violin with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. He finished his medical studies at the University of Liege in Belgium. Survivors include his wife Gilberte, a daughter, and two sons.
1955
MICHAEL WILLIAM FIEDLING died onjune 28 at the age of 49, of heart failure.
A bout with polio in Mike's teens left him crippled in one leg, and Mike spent the rest of his life overcoming every obstacle which his disability created. An economics major at the College, Mike was also involved in the Outing Club and served as entertainment director for Winter Carnival. His involvement with these active organizations, in spite of his handicap, is perhaps the best indication of his tenacity and drive. As a freshman, he participated in the D.O.C.'s freshman trip program, leaving early for each day's hike and finishing late so he could keep to the prescribed route.
This determined ability to meet goals in the face of great adversity was characteristic of all facets of Mike's life. In his job as a stock broker with Bacon Whipple and Company in Chicago, he steadily and persistently built a solid and successful business. His honesty and integrity were well known and respected by all who dealt with him.
Mike had great affection for his college and participated actively in the alumni interview program. Continually impressed with the caliber of students attracted to Dartmouth, he remarked in his 25th reunion book, "When I see the quality of today's applicant, I can only conclude the opportunity for Dartmouth has never appeared brighter."
He was a loving husband and father and was very proud of his wife Florence; his son, Mike '82; and his daughter, who all survive him. Among his survivors is also a nephew, Todd Young '80. The College is the poorer for the loss of so honest, so determined, and so loyal a son.
TODD YOUNG '80
1966
It is with deep sadness that I write about the sudden and untimely passing of DAVID PAUL OSBORNE JR. on August 6. He was on vacation, about to enjoy the debut of his brother at the Santa Fe Opera in Santa Fe, N.M., when his car was struck broadside by another. Dave died instantly; he was 38.
Dave came to Dartmouth from Bethesda, Md. In college he was a member of the Handel Society and the Glee Club and was active with The Dartmouth and WDCR. He is remembered by his classmates as "brilliant" and a lover of music and the arts. He was a biology major and a Dartmouth Medical School three-two student. He finished medical school at Harvard, marrying a fellow Dartmouth-Harvard medical student, Barbara Mallinckrodt. The marriage ended, however, in 1981.
After medical school Dave pursued neurosurgery and then neurology. From 1971 to 1974 he was a fellow at Harvard Medical School, working under Nobel laureate Dr. Baruj Benacerraf and making important contributions to his field. He finished his training in 1978 and joined N.Y.U. Medical School as assistant professor of neurology. In 1980 he became chief of neurology at the New York Veterans Administration Medical Center. His pursuit of neurology led him to study Alzheimer's disease and to do basic research in immunology. He had established a laboratory to study the effects of immunology on aging, and he was a consultant to the International Center for the Disabled in New York.
David will be remembered as an extraordinarily gifted person, warm, creative, articulate, an "open thinker" on the verge of a brilliant and noteworthy career. His interests encompassed music, the arts, and literature. He enjoyed opera and was a trustee of the Boston Opera and a member of the Metropolitan Opera Guild. He collected American contemporary art and had a special interest in Marcel Proust.
He is survived by his children, Elizabeth and Jonathan; his parents; a brother; and two sisters. The College, the class, and many people yet to benefit from his talents are the poorer for his passing.
The class extends its deepest sympathy to Dave's family and friends.
