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.)
McKenna, John B., faculty, April 2 Sleeper, Gordon C. Sr. '14, March 1982 Adams, Frank W. '16, November 24, 1978 Wadleigh, Paul F. '16, March 27 Lonnquest, Theodore C. '17, March 9 Richmond, Donald '17, February 22 Sanborn, Martin G. '17, March 6 Fiske, Edwin W. Jr. '19, March 4 Kunkle, John E. Jr. '19, March 16 Catterall, Alan D. '21, September 1981 Fleming, J. Millard '21, February 28 Wicker, James C. '21, March 22 Bray, John C. '22, February 24 Furey, Edward R. '23, March 9 Johnson, Henry R. Jr. '25, March 13 Wallis, Frank B. '25, March 22 Jenkins, Gordon M. '26, January 20 Mac Donald, Wallace J. '26, February 4 Gibson, Charles A. '27, March 12 Reynolds, F. Henry '28, February 1982 Drake, Robert T. '29, March 3 Neff, Frank H. Jr. '30, March 7 Hubbard, Charles C. '31, March 1982 Wolrath, William H. '31, April 11 McGuire, Robert G. Jr. '32, March 23 Durgin, Henry L. '33, March 11 Atkinson, Arthur K. Jr. '36, March 5 Bergengren, Roy F. Jr. '36, March 20 Sawyer, John A. '36, March 16 Darbee, Robert S. Jr. '41, February 24 Jackson, Jerome R. '6O, March 30 Wilbur, David E. '62, March 1982 Williams, John R. III '62, February 1
Faculty
JOHN BERNARD MCKENNA, 78, retired Dartmouth College psychiatrist and member of the Dartmouth Medical School faculty, died April 2. A memorial mass was held April 5 at Aquinas House.
Dr. McKenna became one of the nation's first full-time college psychiatrists when in 1937 he was appointed to that position at the College. He joined the Dartmouth Medical School at the same time, specializing in clinical neuroanatomy and psychiatry, as well as the medical staffs at Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital and the Hitchcock Clinic. He retired in 1968, having served in all those posts for 31 years.
He also was a consultant in psychiatry and neurology at the Veterans Administration Hospital in White River Junction from 1946 to 1968.
He was born in 1903 in Conimicut, R.I .,, and was graduated from Providence College with a B.A. in 1924 and from Harvard Medical School in 1929- He served for the following academic year as a research assistant in neuropathology at the Harvard Medical School and as an assistant at Massachusetts General Hospital. He was a neurological and neurosurgical intern at Boston City Hospital during 1930—31, and from 1931 to 1936 was a physician at McLean Hospital. He also served during those years as mental hygienist at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and as visiting neurologist at Massachusestts General's out-patient department.
Prior to joining the Dartmouth Medical School faculty, he also taught at McLean and Waltham Hospitals.
Dr. McKenna was certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in 1942 and was a life member of the American Medical Association and the American Psychiatric Association. He was also a member of the New Hampshire and Grafton County Medical Societies, the Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Diseases, and the New England and Massachusetts Psychiatric Societies.
He leaves two daughters and a sister. His wife, the former Helen V. Mulvey, died in 1969.
1914
GORDON CROTHERS SLeePER SR. , retired vice president of Frank B. Hall and Company Inc., international insurance brokerage firm, died in March at the Newport, Vt., Health Care Center, just a month short of his 90th birthday.
Born in Boston, he was a literary major at Dartmouth and was also active as an undergraduate on the board of The Dartmouth, on the Aegis, and in Sigma Nu fraternity.
He went on to serve during World War I as a first lieutenant aviator in France and upon his return to civilian life joined Frank B. Hall briefly. Then, as president of the Sleeper Radio Corporation, which he founded with a brother, he was a pioneer in radio.
During World War 11, he served as assistant to the president of Republic Aviation, during which period he also worked on the local airport commission. He returned after the war to Frank Hall in an executive capacity as an aviation specialist.
From 1923 until his retirement in 1969, he was active in a wide range of community organizations in Scarsdale, N.Y. He was also a member of the Masons, the Wings Club of New York, and Aviators Post 743.
In retirement, he moved to Newport, Vt., and operated the Dart-Well Nursery, taking great enjoyment in landscaping homes, schools, and businesses in the area. He also found time in later years to serve as 1914 class secretary, from 1967 to 1973. His daughter wrote upon her father's death: "His love of Dartmouth College marked all his years." She remarked that she felt he especially enjoyed his later years — the life in northern Vermont, the nursery work which gave his life new dimension and honed different creative skills, and the job as class secretary, over which he labored with great pleasure.
Gordon is survived by his wife, the former Martha Moller, whom he married in 1921, together with two sons Gordon C. Jr. '45 and Drew C. '52, a daughter, six grandchildren — including Gordon C. III '73, and two greatgrandchildren. The family has suggested that memorial contributions be made to Dartmouth College.
1915
ADOLPHE WILLIAM ENGLISH died February 23 at Waterbury, Conn., Hospital after a brief illness.
"Dolph" was born in 1892 in Rochester, N.H. He retired from Howland-Hughes Company as head buyer in housewares in 1961. He was a communicant of St. Francis Church of Naugatuck, Conn., a veteran of World War I, and a member of the American Legion. He served as president of the Naugatuck Valley Dartmouth Club from 1938 to 1942.
He leaves his wife Margaret; one son, A. William Jr. '41; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
The funeral was held February 26 in Naugatuck, with burial in St. James Cemetery, Naugatuck.
1916
FRANK WILLIAM ADAMS died on November 24, 1978, at Salem, Va. Frank came to Dartmouth from the New Haven, Conn., High School. Following military service in World War I, he became a lawyer and served as clerk of the municipal court of Washington, D.C., from 1925 to 1929. In 1929 he became Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Department of Justice, where he served until 1933, when he became associated with Cobb, Howard and Haynes. He left no survivors.
PAUL FITCH WADLEIGH died on March 27. He came to Dartmouth as a member of the tenman delegation from Lynn, Mass., Classical High School — the largest group all from one city entering in 1912.
At the outbreak of World War I he enlisted in the U.S. Navy, was sent to ground school at M.I.T., and was appointed U.S. Naval Aviator #4O1 in November 19 17. After serving in various capacities during the war he retired with the rank of lieutenant, j.g.
Returning to Massachusetts, he attended Boston University and was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1922. He was a partner in the law firm of Parsons & Wadleigh of Boston and Lynn, and he specialized in industrial real estate. He retired in 1962 to California.
Throughout his life, Paul had three great interests. In aviation, he was a member of the Society of Early and Pioneer Naval Aviators, also known as the Golden Eagles. In music, he was a member of three California philharmonic associations, and with his wife Margaret he at tended operas in Salzburg and Vienna for nine years. As an avocation, he was quite skillful in reverse painting on glass.
He is survived by his wife Margaret th sons, and four grandchildren.
1917
THEODORE CLAYTON LONNQUEST died on March 9. He was born in Lynn, Mass., in 189. Ted entered Dartmouth from Lynn Classical High School, where he had been assistant editor of the Gazette. At Dartmouth, Ted graduaed with a B.S. degree, magna cum laude, with honorable mention in physics and honors in graphics, as high-ranking student in his studies, and with a Phi Beta Kappa key. He was member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.
Ted enlisted in the Navy shortly after graduating from college and rose rapidly in rank. He was sent to graduate school at Annapolis and fromthere to M.I.T.,wherehe earned an M.S. degree in 1924. During World War I, he served at several naval air stations and became a naval aviator, making constant tours of duty at sea with the U.S. Navy. In World War 11, his service with the Pacific Fleet finally led to the rank of rear admiral and director of engineering in the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics. For his wartime record and expertise, Ted was honored with a great many citations, medals, and awards. Ted retired in 1956 but did not give up working in his chosen field, continuing as a. consultant in the design and development of the Navy's aviation activities. He was also involved in astronautics and was a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Ted was a member and often an officer in many professional organizations and a member of the Cosmos Club of Washington, D.C.. and of Masonic orders. Indeed, he led a most active life of devotion to his work, family, and the country.
Ted was married in 1923 to Alice Marie Born, who attended Converse College and the University of Florida. Ted is survived by his wife, a daughter, and five grandchildren; a son, Theodore Jr., preceded his father in death. Ted was buried in Arlington National Cemetery Our sympathy and best wishes go to the family from the class of 1917.
DONALD RICHMOND passed away on February 22 in his hometown, Brockton, Mass. The record of his career in the Alumni Records office is rather sparse. This is rather in tune »it Don's usual modest manner.
He came to Dartmouth from Exeter Academy, where he was in the Glee Club and in the French play. This latter interest led him to take part in dramatics at Dartmouth. In his freshman year Don was picked to take the leading role in the production of The Misleading lady. This was a very popular play which was being presented in New York at the same time. The Dartmouth Players were asked to take their production of this sparkling comedy to the New York theater for four, performances. It made a hit, and from that point on Don was the leading "lady" of nearly every play and musical for his four college years. He had a good singing voice and a natural ability for acting. Don was also a member of the Arts and Sigma Chi fraternity.
Don enlisted in the U.S. Navy in World War I and earned the rank of ensign. Apparenthis family had a business known as L. Richmond and Company in Brockton. The company dealt in paints, oils, and chemicals, and Don took part in this business all his life. In later years. Don became blind and went to a retirement' home to spend the rest of his days.
We have no record of any relatives surviving him, but he did have a cousin, Edward A. Richmond, in the class of 1912; he preceded Don in death.
On March 6, MARTIN GEORGE SANBORN died after a brief illness at his home in Andover, Mass. He was born in Keene, N.H., in 1895 but came from the Pittsfield High School to Dartmouth. In secondary school he was interested in debating. After graduation from Dartmouth, Martin attended Harvard, Columbia, and Boston University. In 1942 he received a master of education degree from Boston University.
From 1919 to 1932, Martin was submaster at Everett, Mass., High School and was principal there from 1932 to 1960, when he retired. That retirement did not mean a cessation of activity, for in his quiet but effective way, Martin entered into many duties with the Everett Draft Board, the Kiwanis Club, the Association for Children with Learning Disabilities, and other such organizations. He also was director of the Everett Cooperative Bank and kept up work as consultant to that bank until his death. Martin was a member of the Galilian Masonic Lodge.
In 1916, Martin married Gladys Edgerly in Pittsfield. N.H. She died in 1956, leaving Martin with two sons. A short time after her death, Martin moved to Andover, Mass., where he lived with his sister, Rena Hoyt. She survives him, together with seven gandchildren. Our sympathy and best wishes go to the family from the class of 1917.
1919
EDWIN WILLIAM FISKE JR. passed away in Venice, Fla., on March 4. He had been spending the winter there.
Eddie enlisted in the Navy in World War I and served until September 1919, attaining the rank of lieutenant, j.g. He had a very eventful tour of duty escorting ships across the Atlantic. His Navy experience influenced him to sign up with the Merchant Marine and he spent five years roaming the oceans of the world. He then went with Mobil Oil and was in charge of all their ships. He retired as a captain and vice president in 1959.
He was active in civic affairs, particularly in Scouting. In 1937 he took up curling and became an international celebrity in that sport. He was co-captain of the first U.S. curling team to visit Scotland in 1952. He competed in Switzerland in 1960 and again in Scotland in 1962. He was a member of St. Andrew's Golf Ciub in Ardsley-on-the-Hudson, the oldest golf club in the United States. He spent his summers in Kennebunkport, Maine, and while there was a member of the Arundel Golf Club and also the Cumberland Club in Portland, Maine.
Eddie was a very loyal and active member of the class. Each summer he and his wife Jessie entertained the class in Kennebunkport.
He is survived by his wife, the former Jessie Marianne Thorp; two daughters; a son-in-law, Duncan Barnes Jr. '57; and seven grandchildren, including Robert C. Beck, Tuck '82.
MAURICE AIKEN HALL died on February 1 in Marshfield Hills, Mass., where he was born and had always made his home. He had been ill for some time.
During World War I, Maury enlisted in the Navy and received a commission from the U.S. Naval Academy. During the war, he was on the battleship Virginia, which served as an escort ship. At the end of the war he returned to college and received his degree. He then went with Kidder Peabody in Boston and his entire business career was with them.
He served his town long and well in various ways. He was a member of the school committee for 24 years and chaired it when the town built a new high school. He also chaired the Water Department for ten years. Active in American Legion circles, he was a Civil War buff and traveled extensively in pursuing this hobby.
He was very loyal to Dartmouth. He had two sons who graduated, and when his grandson matriculated with the class of 1985 his joy knew no bounds.
He is survived by his wife, Priscilia (Rogers); two sons, Danforth A. '52 and Richard A. '53; and six grandchildren, including David S. '85.
JOHN EDWARD KUNKLE JR. died on March 16 in Greensburg, Pa. He had been ill for some time.
After studies at Mercersburg and Dartmouth, which were interrupted by a tour of duty in the U.S. Navy during World War I, he graduated from the law school of the University of Pittsburgh. He was a member of the law firm of Kunkle, Walthour & Garland of Greensburg. He was also active in civic affairs and was a director of a number of corporations.
In recent years his main interests had centered around hunting, fishing, and exploring. One year, together with a doctor friend, he spent several weeks with an Eskimo family within the Arctic circle. Another time he toured the Yukon in a helicopter. He went bear hunting in Alaska on five different occasions. John once wrote, "I have never let business interfere with pleasure."
John never married.
FAY HERMAN OSBORNE of Sunapee, N.H., and Riviera Beach, Fla., died February 13 in Palm Beach. He had been spending the winter there. He spent his summers in Sunapee, where he was born.
"Hank," as he was called, did noc complete his course at Dartmouth but transferred to M.I.T., where he received his degree in 1922. He went to work for C. H. Dexter Paper Indus tries in Windsor Locks, Conn., and was with them for 40 years, playing a major role in the development of teabag paper. He retired as a senior vice president.
His wife died several years ago and they had no children.
1921
ALAN DEAN CATTERALL, 81, died at Sarasota, Fla., in September of 1981, although the knowledge of his passing did not reach the Alumni Office until March.
Alan came to Dartmouth from Erasmus Hall in Brooklyn, following the same path taken by his brother Norman, class of'13. In college, he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta, where he roomed with classmate Ort Hicks.
His entire business career was with the Hearst magazine empire as assistant to the director of circulation, a position which covered nine publications.
During World War I, Alan became a second lieutenant in the infantry. During World War 11, he served as a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force. He was the commanding officer of the 492nd Air Service Group. He moved with our invading armies at Omaha Beach and wound up at Salzburg, Austria. He was decorated with many service ribbons and he also earned the French Croix de Guerre with Silver Gilt Star.
In a letter to our late class secretary, Jack Hurd, Alan gave Jack a full description of his life as a retired workaholic and expressed great delight at having picked Sarasota as a retirement city, where the weather was always conducive to following his favorite sport of golf.
Alan was married in 1924 to Alice Wooledge, who survives him. There were no children.
JUSTUS MILLARD FLEMING died on February 28 at his home in San Diego, Calif. Millard was born in Elkhart, Ind., in 1899- He attended public schools there and came to Dartmouth from Elkhart. In college he was a member of Chi Phi. During freshman year, "Doc" joined the Army and attended training camp at Plattsburg, N.Y. At the end of World War I, he was stationed at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn while awaiting assignment for overseas. He ret to Hanover and graduated with our class
Shortly after graduation, he married Dorothy Louise Mix of Mishawaka, Ind. He worked in the lumber industry in LaPorte, Ind.,for a few years, then he enrolled in the University of Michigan Medical School in 1925, graduating in 1929- Following internship at Blodgett Memorial Hospital in Grand Rapids, Mich., he entered practice in partnership with his father in Elkhart.
In 1942, he enlisted in the Navy with the rank of lieutenant commander, serving with the U.S. Navy Medical Corps. He was discharged in 1945 with the rank of captain.
Returning after the war to his practice in Elkhart, he served as chief of staff and chaired the building committee for the Elkhart General Hospital.
In 1955, he left Elkhart to join the Student Health Service of the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho, becoming director shorty thereafter. He retired from the university in 1965, moving to Rancho Bernardo, Calif., where he resided until his death.
Dorothy died in 1975. He is survived by a son, Peter '51; a daughter; five grandchiidren and eight great-grandchildren.
JAMES COMPTON WICKER died in Oakland Calif., on March 22 following a sudden heart attack.
Jim was a native of Hanover, the son of one of Dartmouth's most popular professors ot economics, George Ray Wicker. After graduate: Jim earned his M.B.A. at the Harvard BusingSchool in 1923. His entire business career was oriented towards the retail trade of real estate Before entering business on his own, he was. connected with W.T. Grant and Montgomery Ward. From 1943 to 1945 Jim served in the U. S. Naval Reserve with the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Returning to Oakland in 1945, Jim forme his own company. He retired from the rea estate business in 1970 but continued to manage his own properties.
In 1974 the DARTMOUTH ALUMNI MAGA ZINE published in our class notes a glowing tribute to Jim for his gift to the Howe Library of an endowment fund — the income to be used for periodicals and books. This gift was given in memory of Professor Wicker, who was prominent in the life of Hanover in earlier years. Jim maintained an active interest, as his father had before him, in politics and social reform.
In 1977 Jim gave the College a gift of sculpture called Titiopoli's Lighthouse, a work in acrylic plastic by Bruce M. Beasley, Dartmouth class of 1961.
Although Jim lived in California, he was pleased to serve as our class bequest chairman and class agent.
Jim is survived by his wife of 53 years, Sarah Morrow Wicker.
1922
JOHN CAMPBELL BRAY died on February 24 in Atlanta, where his son, John C. Jr., is in the management of the duPont Company.
Johnny was born in 1900 in Arlington Heights, Ill., and he entered Dartmouth from Pillsbury Academy. He was an affable, highlyregarded classmate, a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon, and a sergeant in the noted Company I of the Student Army Training Corps. As an alumnus he served for many years as an agent on the Alumni Fund and he was with the class at our 55th reunion.
His business career was practically all in the Chicago area. In early years he was with the Roll-A-Way Bed Corporation, later with Winthrop Mitchell and Company, and subsequently with Harris Upham and Company. And for 31 years prior to his retirement in 1970 he was a successful insurance broker.
He was a member of Masonic Blue Lodge Consistory Shrine and a trustee of the North Shore Methodist Church. He enjoyed golf, read widely, and studied the stock market intently. Johnny also made several pleasant visits to his daugher and her family in Solihull, England, and he was naturally highly pleased when his oldest grandson received a grant for three years to complete his doctorate at Cambridge. John- ny likewise enjoyed his winters in Florida and meetings with classmates in Naples and nearby.
John and Helen Fromuth were married in 1924 and they lived for many years in Skokie, Ill. Helen passed away ten years ago and he is survived by his daughter, a son, and four grandchildren.
1923
HAROLD HARVEY CONLEY died at St. Charles Hospital, Wheaton, Ill., on January 5, following a month of serious illness. He had been living previously at a retirement home.
Hip, as we knew him, was a native of Lenoir, N.C., and a graduate of Wheaton, 111., High School. He came to Dartmouth following service in the Marine Corps during World War I. He was on the freshman basketball team and a member of the Glee Club. His fraternity was Theta Delta Chi.
Following graduation, Hip joined the Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago, from which he retired as vice president in 1966. Active in politics, he later became Du Page, Ill., county finance director, a position he held for 14 years.
Hip recalled his years in the banking industry as most happy and rewarding. He also spoke often of his pleasant memories of the fall reunions 1923's midwest members held for so many years.
His brother Raymond and sister Ruth are his only immediate survivors.
HAROLD CARL MALMQUIST died of a heart attack on January 30 in a Venice, Fla., nursing home. He was a native of Wallingford, Conn., and a graduate of its high school. Before coming to Dartmouth, where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi, he served for two years in the U.S. Navy. In 1921 he transferred to Yale, where he graduated with a degree in fine arts.
After graduation from Yale, Hal worked in advertising for a few years. In 1929 he moved to Cleveland and became art director of the McCann Ericson advertising agency, which he left in 1940 to take over the Tranquillini Studio, operating it until 1955. He then organized the firm of Malmquist and Wood Inc. and served as its president until his retirement in 1966. His memberships included the Clevelnd society of Artists, Chagrin Falls Artists, Hermit, Cleveland Advertising Club, and the Venice Art Club.
While Hal made his living — and a good one it was — in the commercial advertising field, he was an artist at heart and good enough to exhibit his works many times. A great admirer of Andrew Wyeth, he painted in a realistic style, picking subjects he knew well — the outdoors, woods, animals, and birds. For many vears we cherished his personal hand-done watetcolor Christmas cards. Hal's survivors include his wife Grace, whom he married in 1929, two sons, nine grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and his brother Eric '22.
1925
FRANK BROWER WALLIS died March 22 in Cape Cod Hospital, where he had been a patient for about ten days. He was born in Beverly. Mass.. and received his early schooling there. He graduated from Dartmouth summa cam laude and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa as well as Delta Sigma Rho and Kappa Kappa Kappa. While in college, Frank was an officer of the Forensic Union and was on the debating team.
Frank went on to Harvard Law School, re- viving his LL.B. in 1928 and joining the law firm of Goodwin, Proctor and Hoar in Boston. He became a senior partner in 1936 and retired in 1968.
In World War 11, Frank was in the Army Judge Advocate's office from 1942 to 1946 and held the rank of lieutenant colonel. Subse- quently, he served as trial counsel for the U.S. at the Nuremberg Trials, presenting that por- tion of the American case dealing with the Nazi conspiracy from 1919 to 1940.
He was president of the General Alumni As- sociation in 1950 and was regularly active in College and class affairs, chairing the 1925 25th reunion, among other activities.
Frank lived for many years in Swampscott and in retirement in North Chatham, Mass. He is survived by his wife, the former Eleanor Braden.
1926
WALLACE JOSEPH MACDONALD, whose home was in Ridgefield, N.J., died on February 4. He was born in New York City and prior to entering Dartmouth lived in Grantwood, N.J. He graduated from Cliffside Park High School there and was active in baseball and basketball. Wally won his '26 numerals in freshman base- ball and was on the varsity baseball and basket- ball squads. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa and was president for a term during his senior year He served on the Interfraternity Council and was a well-known, popular classmate.
Wally went initially with W. R. Grace and Company, and in 1937 he became associated with T.W.A. Inc.; he was sales manager in the New York region upon his retirement in 1969. He was a member of Rockleigh Country Club.
After 3 years of happy marriage, Wally lost his wife Marion in 1977. He is survived by his daughter Deborah, to whom 1926 sends it sin- cerest sympathy.
1927
CHARLES ARNOLD GIBSON died on March 12 in Greenville, S.C. He was born in 1906 in North Hanover, Mass., and attended high school in nearby Rockland. At Dartmouth, he was pitcher on the baseball team for three years and a member of Theta Chi fraternity.
Charlie was a self-made man in every sense of the word. He developed an interest in manufacturing while working as a teenager in a local shoe factory. He worked his way through college waiting on tables, doing odd jobs, and working summers pitching for a semi-pro ball team on Cape Cod for $25 a week. Hard work and leadership talents eventually led him to a top position with the world's largest textile manufacturing organization.
Immediately after graduation, he began his career with the Kendall Company of Boston as a trainee at a mill in South Carolina. After steadily advancing to positions as spinning overseer, plant superintendent, and plant manager, he left Kendall in 1946 to join Ely Walker Company as president of the Calhoun Falls, S.C., Mill and as executive director of all its textile mills. When the company was acquired by Burlington Industries in 1955, he was elected president of the latter's southern chain of cotton mills, spread from the Carolinas to Texas. He retired from this position in 1970.
Throughout his life, Charlie's byline was, "A man's job can be as pleasant as a hobby," and he took as his hobby community and philanthropic activities, with special emphasis on higher education. His affiliations are far too many to list, but he was a trustee of two colleges; a director of a bank; a board member of a library, a theater, and a hospital; and a director of numerous trade and civic service organizations. He was an elder and trustee of the Presbyterian church and for many years active on an area basis with the Alumni Fund and in recruiting prospective students for Dartmouth.
He leaves his wife June, a daughter, and a son William '66.
DANIEL EDWARD JENNETTE died on December 3, 1981, in St. Raphael's Hospital, New Haven, Conn. He had lost his wife Edith only seven months earlier.
Dan was born in New Haven in 1905 and attended high school there before going to Dartmouth, where he received an A.B. degree in 1927 and a C.E. from the Thayer School of Engineering in 1928. He worked as an engineer all of his life, including a dozen years with the New Haven Water Company. Later he worked as an engineer for a number of construction companies and eventually started his own firm, the Jennette Construction Company, of which he was president. He was a member of Connecticut Society of Civil Engineers and 1 Thayer Society of Engineers and had revived several service awards from the Army Corps of Engineers.
He leaves two sons, a daughter, 15 grandduldren, and two great-grandchildren.
CHARLES LAURENCE HARDY died on February 25 in Delray Beach, Fla., after a brief illness. He was 77.
Sykes, as he was called, was born in Arlington, Mass.. ana attended Phillips Exeter Academy before entering Dartmouth. There he was a member of Green Key, Sphinx, the Arts, and Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. He was a mainstay of the varsity football and hockey teams for three years as tackle on the undefeated national championship footall team of 1925 and captain of hockey his senior year. He was one of those rare individuals who succeed at everything they try. These successes can best be summarized by the following excerpt from his Dartmouth Alumni Award citation of June 1968.
"Any teenager who can play an Oliver Twist role so convincingly that he keeps the character's name through life, especially when personally he has nothing in common with Dickens's very mean 'Sykes,' and anyone who can sell the Patent Office, the Navy, and General Electric his invention of a steam strainer basket — explain, please, how steam is strained in or through a basket — must be considered for the highest award that his college can give.
"Dartmouth awarded you the Gallagher Scholarship for excellence in leadership, scholastic attainment, and athletics, and you have spent the last 40 years confirming the wisdom of that choice.
Three days after graduation you started bending steel in Ryerson's reinforcing-bar yard and in 24 years you became president of the nation's largest steel warehousing concern. As a director of a bank, a hospital, industries, and charities, and as an active worker in community projects, you have contributed to the business and social welfare of the country.
You have been a valued servant of the College as president of the General Association of Alumni; member of the Alumni Council, the Athletic Council, and the Trustees' Planning Sub-Committee on Athletics; regional class agent for the Alumni Fund; and president of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Chicago."
Sykes is survived by his wife, Ann Doherty Hardy, a daughter, and two grandchildren.
1929
JOHN. AUBREY BALL died on February 26 in Camden, S.C., where he made his home. He retired vice president of Genesco Inc. of Nashville, Tenn.
Johnny came to Dartmouth from Montgomery Bell Academy and majored in English. He was on the Glee Club and the swimming team. He graduated from the Pensacola Naval Air Station as an ensign and served as a naval aviator on the U.S.S. Memphis until 1931- He retired as a colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve.
He was secretary and a trustee of the board of the University of Nashville, belonged to the Dartmouth Club of Nashville, and served as an alumni interviewer of prospective students for Dartmouth. He was a member of the Camden Golf and Country Club, the St. Cecilia Society, and Kappa Alpha (Southern) Fraternity.
He leaves his wife Loti (Rhett), two sons, and a daughter.
ROBERT TUCKER DRAKE died at Evanston, Ill., Hospital on March 11. He came to Dartmouth from the New Trier High School and majored in English. He was associate editor of The Dartmouth, treasurer of the Round Table, and a member of Alpha Delta Phi, Delta Omega Gamma, and the Pleiad.
After graduation Bob sold books for two years, then earned his LL.B. from Columbia Law School. He worked for the Alcohol Control Commission and the Resettlement Administration before moving to Illinois to practice law. He spent five years with the National Labor Relations Board, then moved to Moscow, Idaho, and taught law for two years at the University of Idaho before returning to practice law again in Chicago in 1949. He served for a while as secretary of the Dartmouth Club of Chicago.
He was a partner in the law firm of Foss, Schuman & Drake, and he belonged to the American Bar Association, the Skokie Country Club, the University Club of Chicago, and the Cliff Dwellers and was a director of the Wilmette State Bank. He chaired the Illinois division of the American Civil Liberties Union from 1954 to 1957, chaired the Independent Voters of Illinois from 1964 to 1966, was a director of the Americans for Democratic Action, and was an arbitrator for the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service and for the American Arbitration Association. In 1980 he was given the Roger Baldwin Award as "Civil Libertarian of the Year," the principal national award of the American Civil Liberties Union.
He enjoyed vacations in a home north of Lake Superior and in Wisconsin near Green Bay. He belonged to the Sierra Club and chaired the Committee for the Green Bay Trail. He was a deacon in the Winnetka Congreational Church.
He leaves his wife Martha (Swan), two daughters, six grandchildren, and a brother Keith '24. Another brother, Lyman 'lB, died a year ago.
1930
ANTHONY PORTER HASKELL died on March 3 in Arlington, Va., of circulatory problems compounded by a serious fall. He was 77 years old. Porter was born and raised on a diary farm near Columbia, S.C., and entered Dartmouth from the Richmond Academy in Augusta, Ga.
Classmates will remember him as business manager of The Dartmouth and as a member of Palaeopitus. He was also active in the Outing Club and was a member of Phi Kappa Sigma. Porter was one of the first of the class to be married, joining Martha Bulloch whom he met in Hanover in holy matrimony in July 1929
The Haskells came to the Washington, area in 1934, where Porter served as an economist and author of publications for several government departments, including the Bureau of Mines, the Social Security Board,and the Department of Commerce. Then in 1946 he became a real estate broker and developet, from which business he retired in 1969
Porter's main hobby was organic gardening. His 800-square-foot garden is known to have produced an abundance of gourmet vegetables year after year. He also enjoyed traveling and participated in the 1930 trip to Venezuela
Porter is survived by his wife, who is known as Patsy; a daughter; a son; six grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
A. WAYNE VAN LEER '30
1931
Word has been received of the death of WILLIAM HENRY WOLRATH in Golden, Colo., on April 11, 1981. The cause of death unknown.
After graduating in 1931, Bill attended Tuck School. He had been in the heating and air conditioning business in Lakewood, Cold He was an active Mason.
He is survived by a sister, Jane Kennedy of Omaha, Neb.
1933
HENRY LAWRENCE DURGIN died on Marc 11 in Washington, D.C., after an illness three months. Larry was born in Lewiston, Maine, and attended Jordan High School and Hebron Academy, playing on their varsity teams in five sports.
.At Dartmouth, Larry continued his involvement in athletics and played varsity football and was on the varsity track team. He also was: member of Kappa Phi Kappa, the educational fraternity, and of Phi Sigma Kappa, Sphinx and Green Key, and he served on the Interfraternity Council.
The combination of athletics and his major in education led Larry into coaching and teaching at Lewiston High School after his graduation from Dartmouth. He then accepted a position as freshman athletic coach at Bates College and also headed his own insurance agency.
World War II ended those civilian pursuit. While his wife Jean was raising their two sons. Larry spent four years in the Navy, attaining the rank of commander by 1947. Following the war, Larry spent some years farming in Tbetford, Vt., and Lyme, N.H., until he was calkback to duty with the C.1.A., where he re mained until his retirement in 1970.
At the time of his death, Larry and Jean lived in a condominium apartment in He was serving as president of the board directors of the condominium. His sons and their families live nearby. In addition to Jean and the sons, Larry is survived by seven grandchildren and his brother, Winslow Durgin '30. The sympathy of the class is extended to family in its loss.
1935
HOWARD MARSHALL FROST died in CutchoLong Island, New York, on February 27. Marsh came to Dartmouth with a large delegation from Brooklyn's Poly Prep. His major was economics and his fraternity Sigma Nu, of which he became president. He was well known as a varsity lacrosse player and member of the Junto.
Following college, Marsh earned an LL.B. degree from St. Lawrence University in 1939. His entire career was spent in the insurance business, first with American International Underwriters and later with Seaboard Surety Company, of which he was president at the time of his retirement several years ago. Marsh, whose wife Dit is no longer living, is survived by two sons, a brother, and a sister.
WILLIAM HENRY HAWLEY II died on February 26 in the New London, N.H., Hospital after a short illness. A memorial service on March 2 was attended by classmates Dick Muzzy, Don Radasch, and George Colton.
Bill was born in Baldwinville, Mass., and came to Dartmouth from Williston Academy. In college he was an English major and a member of DKE and Casque and Gauntlet. A good hockey player, he gave it up after freshman year to concentrate on his studies, although he coached prep school hockey teams for many years after graduation.
After earning an M.A. from Middlebury, Bill taught English for more than 20 years in such prestigious schools as Peddie, Williston, St. Paul's, and Mount Hermon. Finally he decided he wanted to be in law, so he left teaching and earned a degree from Western New England College. In 1966 he opened a law practice in Northfield and Greenfield, Mass. He also served as a selectman and library trustee in Northfield for more than ten years. During World War II, Bill served as a warrant officer in the 13th Army Air Force Emergency Rescue Boat Squadron and earned three medals.
He finally retired in 1979 and, with his wife Rachel, bought a home in New London, N.H., where he was living at the time of his death. "Mink," as he was known in school, was a very quiet, shy person. He had a small circle of friends in college and afterwards concentrated on his family, his teaching, and his law. So his classmates have had little or no contact with him for many years.
Besides Rachel, Bill leaves a son, a daughter, and three grandchildren.
H. REGINALD BANKART "35
Word has just recently been received of the death of JACK HERMAN RAPHAEL in February 1981. Jack, or Rafe, as we knew him, was with us for two years at Dartmouth before transferring to Columbia University. His business career included wholesale furs, paint brush bristles, and textile finishing. His marriage ended in divorce and he is survived by two sons and a daughter.
1936
ARTHUR KIMMINS ATKINSON JR. died on March 5 at the home of his daughter Lynda in Boca Raton, Fla.
Born in Denver, Colo., Art attended the Kemper Military School in Boonville, Md., prior to entering Dartmouth. While in Hanover he was an economics-political science major, editor-in-chief of the Aegis, and a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, the Sphinx, and the freshman golf team. Art was always an avid golfer, as is his wife Mary Louise, as his U.S.G.A. handicap of two some 25 years later would attest. Indeed, he was affectionately known to many friends as "Slugger." After graduation, he continued his studies at Columbia in political science/corporate finance.
In 1938, Art started working for the Connecticut General Life Insurance Company. In 1940 he joined the Navy, attaining the rank of lieutenant commander as captain of PT-189. In 1945 he left the Navy and held a series of jobs, including posts at the New York Herald Tribune and Esquire magazine. In 1950 he became a sales representative for the Lake Superior Newsprint Company in Chicago. In the mid-sixties he moved to Florida, where he became vice president and general manager of Cove Capital Corporation of North Palm Beach, a company engaged in the operation and development of financial properties. In Florida, Art also became recognized as an inventor. Among his inventions was the radio-controlled golf cart.
He is survived by his wife and three daughters, who report that "our father's pride in Dartmouth is part of our legacy. We sang Dartmouth songs until he closed his eyes." The deepest sympathy of the class is extended to Art's wife and daughters.
ROY FREDERICK BERGENGREN JR. , 67, died on March 20 at his. home in Daytona Beach, Fla.
Roy entered Dartmouth from Tabor Academy in Marion, Mass. At Dartmouth he was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.
After graduation, Roy worked for five years as a journalist for the Wisconsin State Journal in Madison, Wise. In 1941, he joined the Army Air Force, spending most of the next five years in North Africa and Europe and rising to the rank of major.
After the war, Roy and his wife Rosemary moved to Bradenton, Fla., where he wrote fiction and taught at Manatee County High School for several years. In 1948 they moved to Gainesville, Fla., where Roy earned his master's and doctorate in education at the University of Florida. He remained in teaching and administration there until 1960, rising to head of the Department of Industrial Arts. In 1960 he became president of Daytona Beach Community College, where he was to cap his professional career with 14 years in the widely-lauded building-up of a fledgling program and campus into a highly respected educational institution. In the words of his successor: "He built the college from scratch."
An avid boater and fisherman all his life Roy had no trouble entertaining himself after his retirement in 1974.
He is survived by his wife Rosemary; two sons, including David '68; a daughter; a sister; his mother, the widow of Roy Sr. '03; and three grandchildren.
DAVID BERGENGREN '68
JOHN ALDRICH SAWYER, a loyal son of Dartmouth and a long-time resident of Darien, Conn., died on March 16 after a long illness. He had been undergoing chemotherapy for lung spots discovered in a checkup last fall.
John was born in Waterbury, Conn., and attended Crosby High before entering Dartmouth. While at Hanover he was an English major and a member of the band. After graduation he went to Harvard Business School. His first solid job was with the General Foods Sales Company, in upstate New York. In 1944 he left and joined McCann-Erickson. Three years later he switched to Compton Advertising, and in 1949 he joined Harvey and Howe Inc., working on their publication What's New inHome Economics. In 1956 he went with Scholastic Magazines as a sales rep and then was advertising manager of their then-new publication, Co-ed. He remained with Scholastic Magazines for 22 years, until his retirement as business manager in 1979.
An avid collector of fine books, John was also a history enthusiast. He was a member of the Darien Historical Society and a number of other historical organizations. He was active in the Darien Senior Men's Club and was a member of the Noroton Presbyterian Church For many years he belonged to the Dartmouth Club of New York, he was a member of the class ex tive committee, and he served as class secretary from 1955 to 1961. Perhaps Fitzherbert summed our feelings up best when he recently wrote: "John was one of our real hard-working secretaries and I certainly will miss him. He was one fine fellow."
John is survived by his wife Nancy and three daughters. Our deepest sympathy goes out to all of them.
1937
ALFRED EDWARD REINMAN JR. died of a cerebral hemorrhage on January 31 in Youngstown, Ohio, where he had lived all his life At Dartmouth he was a member of Green Key, president of the Players, and a member of Theta Delta Chi.
He obtained his real estate license in 1938 later joining his father's realty business. During World War II he commanded an air raid alarm network in China that sent fighters to intercept Japanese bombers. He was also called back in the Korean War.
Al became a very important person in the field of real estate, holding many offices. He was the only one in his district to hold at M.A.I. (Member of the American InstituteReal Estate Appraisers) designation. He TO president of the International Society of Appraisers in 1974. In 1961 he was named Realtor of the Year by the Youngstown Board. He executed appraisal assignments for all forms of business concerns, corporations, banks, estateindividuals, and government agencies on all types of properties — residential, commerce, and industrial. He qualified as an expert witness in the courts. He was in partnership with his wife Yvonne.
He was a member of Omega Tau Rho, a real estate society, and Western Star Lodge 21 F&AM, a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason, and a member of Al Koran Shrine. He was president/secretary of the Dartmouth Club of Youngstown from 1957 to 1969
Yvonne sent word of Al's death to classman Tom Nast, Al's long-time good friend as a fellow ecce major and Dartmouth Player. Her note enclosed a check and a note saying, Al,l know, would wish me to make this last contribution to his beloved class of 1937."
He leaves Yvonne, a daughter, a sister, and a brother, Wilbur '44.
1939
MAURICE EDWARD COSTIN, 64, of Framingham, Mass., died on February 13 at St Mary's Hospital in Milwaukee, Wise., where he had gone for open-heart surgery.
Maury had been a staff member of the Framingham Union Hospital since 1948, serving 25 president of staff and chief of surgery and chairing the executive committee of the staff at various times over the past 35 years. He also an appointment as clinical assistant professor in surgery at Boston University Medical school.
He had been a member of the board of the Framees of the Framingham Public Library since 1968, and he also chaired that board.
Maury was born in North Walpole, N.H. He graduated from Dartmouth Medical School cum laude and went on to Harvard Medical school, where he was graduated in 1942. He was a surgical fellow at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., from 1944 to 1948. Awarded an M.Sc. degree in surgery in 1947 by the University of Minnesota, he was certified by the National Board of Medical Examiners in 1944 and by the American Board of Surgery in 1950. He was recertified in surgery in 1980.
He moved to Framingham in 1947 and began his surgical practice, which he continued until shortly before his death. He was a member of the American Medical Association, the American College of Surgeons, the New England Surgical Society, the Massachusetts Medical Society, the Boston Surgical Society, and the Middlesex West District Medical Society, which he served as president. He was also active in community health care, having served as a board member of the Greater Framingham Youth Guidance Center, president of the WestSjrough-Framingham Mental Health-Mental Retardation Area Board, a director of the Charles River Health Care Foundation, and a board member of the West Metro CouncilHealth Systems Agency IV since 1976.
Maury is survived by his wife Jeanne (Gauthier) and his five children.
WILLIAM AMBROSE MASON JR., 64, of State College, Pa., died in a hospital at West Palm Beach, Fla., on February 15. Bill had been recuperating from a previous health problem at Great Harbour Cay, an island in the Bahamas, when his condition worsened and he was transferred to West Palm Beach.
Born in Newark, N.J., Bill entered college from Newark Academy. Following graduation he entered the U.S. Navy, where he won three awards — the Air Medal, the Gold Star, and the Distinguished Flying Cross — as a PBY pilot in the Black Cat Squadron.
Bill left the Navy in 1946 as a lieutenant commander following a post-war year as a flight instructor. He joined 1.8.M. as a sales trainee and attended their courses at Endicott, N.Y. He later entered into sales work for the company, first in its New York City offices, then as a branch manager in Springfield, Mass., and finally in White Plains, N.Y. In all, Bill spent 30 years with 1.8.M., retiring in 1976.
He is survived by his wife, the former Ruth Grier Aikens, whom he married in March of 1981, and by a daughter, a son, four grandchildren, two step-daughters, and two step-sons.
1940
Word has been received belatedly of the death of HENRY BANNEN COLEMAN, who died suddenly on June 9, 1981. He came to Dartmouth from Weymouth, Mass., High School, and at Dartmouth he was Phi Beta Kappa, a French major, and a member of the French Club.
Following graduation, Henry entered Harvard Law School, from which he was graduated in early 1943- He practiced law in Boston and was associated with Nutter, McClennen & Fish in that city.
He is survived by his mother and a brother and was interred at Mt. Hope in Weymouth.
ROBERT ALLAN DRAPER died January 6 in Toledo, Ohio, after a long illness. He was born in Toledo and graduated from Scott High School in that city.
While in college, Bob was member of Delta Tau Delta and served as vice president of his chapter. He attended Dartmouth for five years, graduating from Tuck School with a master s degree. He earned his numerals in freshman baseball.
Following graduation, Bob joined Konopak, Hurst and Dalton, certified public accountants in Toledo, becoming a partner in the business, later acquired by Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Company. He became a C.P.A. in 1948 and retired in 1969. During the war years, he paid service as a U.S.N.R. lieutenant in the Supply Corps and was stationed principally in the Netherlands West Indies.
Always an active participant in any endeavor he pursued, including his favorite pastimes — golf and bridge, Bob was awarded membership in Beta Alpha Psi, honoring his role in his field. He was on the board of trustees of the American Institute of C.P.A.'s and a director and president of both the Ohio and Toledo C.P.A. Societies. He served his church as an elder, trustee, president, and treasurer. He maintained his ties with the College through a continuing membership in the Dartmouth Club of Toledo. Surviving Bob are his wife Esta, a son, and two daughters, to whom the class sends deep sympathy.
JAMES ALLEN MALANEY died suddenly at home in Ticonderoga, N.Y., on November 8, 1981. Jim, a native of Ticonderoga, came to Dartmouth from Cheshire Academy, Roxbury, Mass. In college he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and earned his numerals in freshman cross-country and track and his varsity letters in the same two sports. A political science major, Jim continued his studies after graduation at Catholic University Law School prior to service in the U.S. Army, and he was ultimately graduated from Albany Law School in 1947.
Jim progressed through the ranks during World War 11, achieving the grade of captain. Two of his more than four years' service were in the European Theater. His decorations included five campaign stars, the Bronze Arrowhead, the Bronze Star, and a Presidential Citation.
He practiced law in New Jersey and in Tonawanda, N.Y., was a major in the New York National Guard, and later taught history and coached cross-country.
Jim is survived byhis wifejoyce, a daughter, three sons, and his father.
ROBERT CHARLES NISS, incapacitated during the past eight years by the lingering effects from attacks of hepatitis, died February 12 in Milwaukee, Wise., at the Veterans AdministratiQn Medical Center.
Bob, an active member of the Dartmouth Outing Club and an ardent sport skier in college, left school at the end of 1939 to join the family-owned Niss Furniture Stores in the Milwaukee area. An officer of the company and its sale manager, he worked for the firm for 15 years before selling his interest in the business and relocating with his family near Lewiston, Idaho. He served there until 1959 as a missionary-pioneer with the Baha'i World Faith. He then returned to Milwaukee, establishing himself as a communications consultant, a profession he pursued for the rest of his life.
Skiing was the hub of Bob's interests. He had served with the 87th Mountain Infantry in the Aleutians before being returned to Colorado to instruct skiing during the remainder of his service. Once home (in the mid-forties), he established his first ski school, directed the free ski schools sponsored by the Milwaukee County park system, ran the Blizzard Ski Club which provided instruction for youths from eight to 18, and later started the Snowstar Ski Club, also for young people. He was president of a group that bought and operated the Sunburst Ski Area near Kewaskum, Wise. Bob served as president of the Metropolitan Milwaukee Ski Council for several years.
The develpment of youth evidenced itself in most activities in which Bob became involved. He had served on many boards and committees that were youth-related. He was active over a period of 15 years with Scouting, including as a scoutmaster and an executive committee member.
Bob is survived by his wife of 33 years, Shirley, together with two sons, two daughters,a sister, and two brothers, including William '36.
1941
HEDDEN VAN RENSSELAER MILLER died suddenly on December 10, 1981, in Dallas, Tex. of a massive heart attack. Hed's home was in Berwyn, Pa., but he had been spending much time m Texas since assuming the presidency of the GEC Technology Corporation of Garland, Tex., a Dallas suburb, in 1980.
Hed was born in Springfield, Mass. and entered Dartmouth from Classical High School in that city. In college he played freshman an varsity golf and was a member of Gamma Deta Chi.
After a year at Harvard Business School, Hed took time out to serve as a second lieutenant in the Army for three years and then returned to receive his M.B.A. in 1947. He worked for the FRAM Corporation from then until 1961 holding a variety of marketing and management jobs in a number of locations and evertually becoming assistant to the president. He left to become president of H. B. Egan Manufacturing Company, makers of tire-repair equipment, in Muskogee, Okla. While in th city, Hed was'a director of the Chamber Commerce and the Muskogee Industrial Foundation. GEC, his most recent company, was the communications field.
Hed is survived by his wife, the former Jear Moir, a '44 Wellesley graduate, of Berwyn. and by a daughter, three sons, and a brother.
1964
On March 2, MICHAEL STEPHEN DANCIK passed away following surgery to arrest cancer.
While at Dartmouth, Mike was a member Tabard. He went on to get his M.B.A. from Columbia and was most recently employee at City Bank in New York as vice president of the global cash management consulting group. At the time of his death, Mike was residing in New York City with Cindy, his wife of ten years, and his two-year-old son Nicholas. (Nicholas, incidentally, was named after and in honor of another '64, the late Nicholas Listorti, who several years ago also succumbed to cancer and had been one of Mike's closest and dearest friends.)
Mike will be remembered as one of the truly funny people, possessing an extremely quich wit as well as being a sincere and sensitive individual with strong loyalties to his school friends and family. He will truly be missed by all who knew him.
At Mike's funeral, his dear friend, Waynt Sloper '63, gave a eulogy. An excerpt of that eulogy is included in the '64 class notes column in this issue because it so effectively captures Mike's sparkle.
Mike possessed the power to make us all laugh at ourselves, at life, and at Mike. And when he made us laugh, we momentarily forgot our problems. He was a medicine man of humor and compassion. You did not simply have a relationship with Mike, you had experiences and adventures with him.
