Deaths
(This is a listing of deaths of which word has been received since the last issue. Full notices, which are usually written by the class secretary, may appear in this issue or a later one.)
Roach, Wallace, administration, April 21 Fuirman, Walter F. '08, March 18 Walker, Charles H. '08, April 1 Remsen, John J. '13, March 18 Estep, Arthur C. '14, April 19 Carpenter, Isaac W. Jr. '15, May 6 Harvey, Shirley W. '16, April 28 Wass, Roland S: '16, January 31 Downer, Charles P. '17, February 12 Fox, James A- '17, April 1 Nims, Robert D: '18, April 22 Loring, Robert L. '19, April 5 Wallis, Robert N. '19, April 12 Sunergren, Ralph A. '20, April 10 Camp, David M. '22, April 25 Healy, C. Lawrence '22, March 27 Meade, Parker W. '22, January 15 Baker, Harold A. '23, April 4 Cooke, George W. '23, April 14 Bennett, Carter '25, March 1 Bowden, Benjamin H. '25, March 31 Livermore, John W. '25, March 5 Spring, A. Langdon '25, April 28 Neuman, Louis E. '26, March 29 Cook, Spencer S. '27, April 29 Tucker, Robert W. Jr. '27, March 29 Clark, Robert L. '2B, May 4. Heftier, M. Ben '28, April 21 Ingram, J. Frederick '29, April 1 Terrio, Arsene C. '29, March 19 Williamson, William H. Jr. '29, February 22 Ryan, Robert H. '30, April 18 Fuller, William A. '33, April 22 King, Henry B. Jr. '33, April 23 Phinney, E. Donald '33, April 1 Watson, Walter Sr. '33, September 4, 1982 McHugh, J. Howard '34, May 7 Caffall, Lincoln E. '36, February 21 Curtis, Ernest M. '36, November i6, 1982 MacMakin, Stuart '36, April 3 May, Morton D. '36, April 13 Duffey, Thomas A. '38, April 29 Hill, Karl A. '38, May 7 Hagge, Robert S. '39, April 20 Kurr, Fred L. Jr. '39, April 1 Timbers, Robert T. '39, March 26 Fleming, Carson '42, April 4 Minick, Robinson G. '42, November 14, 1982 McNamara, James L. '43, April 29 Pritchard, John C. '43, March 22 Barbour, A. McGregor Jr. '44, February 1981 Barry, Richard W. '44, May 11, 1981 Donahoe, Thomas A. '44, February 12 Muller, Walter C. '45, December 23, 1982 Robb, James M. Jr. '45, January 11 Newcomb, Nelson O. '46, May 10 Arel, Donald F. '47, April 6 McLoud, Keith '48, June 24, 1982 Foote, John O. '50, March 2 Griffith, Robert G. '5O, February 26 Kear, Francis V. '50, March 7 Kochman, Richard S. '53, April 20 Tenca, John '54, November 13, 1982 demons, Thomas A. '56, February 9 Litchfield, John C. '6O, November 19, 1982 Hazard, Thomas N. '65, September 1979
Administration
WALTER ROACH, retired assistant director of the Dartmouth Players and an artist whose sketches of Big Green athletes were a regular feature of the College's home football programs during the late sixties and early seventies, died on April 21 at the Hanover Healthcare Terrace after a long illness. He was 88.
A resident of Etna, N.H., he was born in Lancaster, England, in 1894 and came to the United States as a teenager prior to World War I to visit an uncle living in Chicago. He liked America so much he just stayed on, ultimately becoming a naturalized citizen.
Working as a bellhop in Chicago hotels, he earned the money to go to college at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, where he received an A.B. in speech. He later obtained a master of arts degree from lowa State University in Ames.
He began his academic career as a speech teacher at the University of Kansas and later returned to the University of Wisconsin both as a member of the speech faculty and as theater administrator.
He came to Dartmouth 40 years ago, during World War 11, at the invitation of Warner Bentley, retired director of the Hopkins Center but then director of theater. He first served as Bentley's assistant, developing a theater program for officer candidates in the V-12 program. After the war, he Stayed on to become assistant director of the ' Dartmouth Players when the College's "theater" was on the second floor of Robinson Hall.
Retiring in 1963, he then began his third career as a sports cartoonist and caricaturist whose pen and ink sketches appeared frequently in publications of the Dartmouth College Athletic Council over the signature of "Wally Roach."
He leaves his wife Clare (Falkner), a former secretary in the office of two Dartmouth presidents the late Ernest Martin Hopkins and John Sloan Dickey; a son, Walter Jr.; and a daughter, Mary Roach.
1908
WALTER FERGUSON FURMAN, retired founder, director, and vice president of a pioneer firm in the stainless steel industry, died on March 18 in Lordesville, N.J., at the age of 96.
Walter, whose father had been a member of the class of 1880 at the College, came to Dartmouth from Masten Park High School in Buffalo, N.Y. He was with the class for two years, leaving college in 1906 to join the American Locomotive Company in New York. In 1914, he went into business for himself as a manufac- turer's agent, and ten years later was one of the founders of the Duraloy Company of Pitts- burgh, a pioneer producer of stainless steel. He was a director and vice president of the firm and in 1946 took charge of eastern sales for the company. A member of various technical societies, Walter was also an officer and director of the Alloy Casting Institute and the author of various technical papers published by industry magazines and delivered before professional societies. He retired from full-time activity with Duraloy in 1961 but maintained some involvement with the firm for several years thereafter.
Walter was married in 1916 to Gertrude Workman of Los Angeles, an alumna of Stanford University. They had one son.
A resident for many years of Princeton, N.J., Walter found life in a college town stimulating and enriching, especially in retirement. In 1968, he wrote with enthusiasm of Princeton's theatrical, musical, cultural, and athletic offerings. He was a member of the Princeton Historical Society and the Friends of the Princeton Library; he read extensively - espe- cially history and biography; and he took great pleasure in watching Dartmouth teams especially football and hockey when they came to Princeton. Although bound by illness to a wheelchair in his last years, Walter never lost his zest for life or his keen and literate wit. Walter also involved himself in Dartmouth affairs, serving as 1908 class secretary from 1977 until his death and attending 1908's 70th reunion five years ago.
He is survived by his son David, of Far Hills, N.J.
CHARLES HOWARD WALKER died on April 1 at the age of 96. A life-long resident of mouth, N.H., he was graduated from the high school there and worked for a year before entering Dartmouth with the class of 1908. He was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity in college. He left Dartmouth in February of 1908 upon the death of his father to assume management of C. E. Walker and Company, fuel dealers. Except for a period of World War I Army service, he spent his entire career with the family firm, taking over ownership in 1947. He was still active in the business as recently as the early seventies.
Charles was able to receive his bachelor's degree from the College in 1934, and he was one of four members of the class of 1908 who returned for their 70th reunion five years ago.
He was very active in civic affairs, serving at various times as a director of the Crotched Mountain Foundation, the First National Bank of Portsmouth, the Wentworth Home for Chronic Invalids, the New Hampshire State Y.M.C.A., and the Portsmouth Athenaeum He was also president of the Portsmouth Rotary Club; involved in various Masonic activitiesmember of Odd Fellows, Elks, the Grange, and the Portsmouth yacht and golf clubs; a of the New England Fuel Dealer Association for many years; and long-time treasurer of the Portsmouth Congregational Church.
He was married in 1921 to Marianna Scam mon, who died in 1946; they had four daughters and a son. He was remarried in 1955 to Louise Sheppard Norton, who had three children. He is survived by Louise and his children.
1913
JOHN J. REMSEN, whose service to the class of 1913 and the College was long and dedicated, died in his sleep on March 18. Although he had been in poor health in recent years, his wife Laura wrote that his condition had worsened only in the two weeks before his death. He was 90.
Jack earned his B.S. in 1913 and went on to get his C.E. from the Thayer School in 1915. He also took courses in engineering at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute and in accounting at Columbia. In Hanover, Jack was on the Aegis board, was the treasurer of the class of 1915. and was a member of Phi Kappa Psi and Gamma Alpha.
He spent his career as a civil engineer —for several years for large firms, including St. Croix Paper Company, Du Pont, and Southern Pacific Company. During World War I, he was assigned to the U.S. Railroad Administration. Then in 1927 he started consulting engineering, working for several engineering firms and for himself. He was involved with heavy construction, power, and harbor projects. He was ; lifelong member of the Thayer Society of Engineers and of several other professional societies
Jack was active in numerous community affairs in Mt. Sinai, N. Y., where he was a long time resident: president and secretary of the St. Nicholas Society of Nassau Island; secretary of the Mt. Sinai Civic Association and the MtSinai Harbor Association; trustee of the Kt. Sinai Congregational Church; a solicitor for the American Cancer Society; and a member of several conservation groups.
It was his Dartmouth affiliation to which Jack gave of himself most heavily, though He was class president from 1928 to 1933. agent from 1933 to 1948, bequest chairman from 1953 to 1958, and then memorial gifts chairman for 22 years before taking over as an agent again in recent years. He also serve assistant class agent for many years berween heading up the Alumni Fund effort, be member of 1913 reunion committees, served on the local interviewing committee for nearly 40 years. The Remsen family connection to Dartmouth was a strong one, and Jack had numerous cousins and second cousins who also "pent time on the Hanover Plain.
He was married in 1943 to the former Laura Kamm, an alumna of Cornell University, who survives him.
1914
ARTHUR CHARLES ESTEP, retired secretarytreasurer of the Whitacre-Greer Fireproofing Company, died on April 19 in Aultman Hospital, Waynesburg, Ohio, following a long illness.
Arthur left Dartmouth before graduation and went on to attend Western Reserve University and Case Institute of Technology, earning his bachelor's degree in 19,14. While in Hanover, he was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and Casque and Gauntlet.
He served in the Navy during World War I, and in 1920 joined Whitacre-Greer, a manufacturer of steel mill refractories and face building bricks. He retired 15 years ago.
He was a member of several country clubs and was active in the Episcopal Church. Arthur was married in 1915 to the former Kate Whitacre, who died in 1973. He is survived by a sister, Charlotte Miller of Cleveland, and by several nieces and nephews.
1915
ISAAC WHITE CARPENTER JR. died May 6 at Clarkson Hospital, Omaha, Neb. He had been in failing health in recent years and entered the hospital May 2. "Zeke" was former president of Carpenter Paper Company and assistant secretary of state during the Eisenhower administration.
In college, Zeke was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and Casque and Gauntlet and was manager of the basketball team. He went on to do graduate work at Harvard Business School, and he was a captain in the Army during World War I.
He grew up in the paper firm established by his father and headed the company for more tnan 20 years. During that time the firm grew into one of the largest paper distributing organizations in the country. He retired in 1961 when the company was sold. Zeke was also assistant secretary of state from 1954 to 1957, serving as comptroller for the department.
Zeke served on numerous boards and was active in civic affairs in Omaha. He was a past member of the board of directors of the Omaha -national Bank, the Omaha Chamber of Commember of the Omaha Industrial Foundation. Also, he was a member of the Creighton Uniersity board of regents, a trustee of the Episcopal Diocese of Nebraska, and a trustee of Clarkson Hospital. The cardiac care center at the hospital Was built as a memorial to his first wife, elizaberh. who died in 1964. Zeke was named the Omaha All-American Citizen in 1958 In addition, he was a former King of Aksar-ben, selected in 1958.
He is survived by his wife, Fredericka.
Funeral services were held May 9 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Omaha.
1916
SHIRLEY WILCOX HARVEY "Steve" to the class of 'l6 died on April 28 in Keene, N.H., after a short illness. HE had attended his class's 65 th reunion and boasted to the last about being one of those who helped hold the banner for the photo.
Except for a brief stint with the Ashuelot National Bank in Keene, Steve's career was as a college professor of English. He received his M.A. from Harvard in 1918 and Ph.D. from Boston University in 1936. He taught at Tufts, Williams, Harvard, Babson Institute, and Suffolk University, and for 15 years was chairman of the English Department at Wheelock College in Boston, where he also taught one of the school's most popular courses, "The Novel."
Steve was born in Somerville, Mass., in 1892. He and his twin brother, Robert, both entered Dartmouth from Concord, N.H., High School. Let it now be told that Englishmajor Steve often took Bob's lit exams, while engineering-major Bob often took Steve's math exams and no professor ever was the wiser. Bob died in 1964.
As an undergraduate, Steve wrote for and helped edit The Bema and published a book of verse, The Christmas Trail and Other Poems. In 1980, one poem from that collection, "Sestina of the New Englander," was set to music by composer Hubert Bird and had its premier performance in Keene.
In 1925 Steve married Annette Mac Knight, also a teacher, who died in 1962. After his retirement in 1958 they lived in Barnstead, N.H., but in the last few years he had settled in Keene.
He is survived by his son, David E. Harvey of Keene. Steve's "Dartmouth family" was extensive: his great-great-grandfather graduated in 1790; his father was 1886 at the Agricultural College, then in Hanover as part of Dartmouth; he and his brother were '16; nephews Robert and Alan Harvey were '41 and '49; and greatnephew Michael Harvey graduated in '69.
ROBERT W. HARVEY '41
ROLAND STUDLEY WASS died on January 31 in San Ciemente, Calif., after an accidental fall. He was born in West Somerville, Mass., in 1891 and came to Dartmouth from St. Louis, Mo. He was a member of Sigma.Chi. Most of his working life was spent as an accountant with an oil company.
He is survived by his wife Kathleen, a brother and a sister, seven grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.
1917
CHARLES PALMER DOWNER died on February 12 at the Portland, Ore., Hospital after a prolonged illness. He was buried at Willamette National Cemetery. Charles was born in Elizabeth, N.J., in 1896. He entered Dartmouth from Winchester, Mass., High School. Upon his graduation from Dartmouth he enlisted at once in the ordnance department. After the necessary period of instruction he was sent to France, where he stayed two years and became a second lieutenant in ordnance.
Upon his return to the United States he was involved in the laundry business in several places around Boston. About 33 years ago he moved to Portland, where he set up an owneroperated laundry business which he carried on until his retirement in the early seventies.
Charles was a 33rd degree Mason in Winchester, Mass., and was also involved in Rotary, Chamber of Commerce, and local and national laundryowners associations.
Charles is survived by a daughter, Ann, and his wife, Anna May Downer. Our sincere sympathy to the survivors.
JAMES ALBERT FOX, our oldest classmate, died on April 1. Jim was born in 1890 in Salem, Mass. He entered Dartmouth from Phillips Exeter Academy, where he was involved in baseball. At the College he majored in history and played baseball. Jim went on to Tuck School, but enlisted in the ordnance department in World War I before receiving a degree. He also did graduate work at Boston University, but again did not stay to finish.
After two and a half years in the U.S. Army, in which Jim rose rapidly to the rank of first lieutenant, he became associated with the Winship-Boit Knit Goods Company. He successively held the posts of sales manager, comptroller, and member of the board with the firm until he retired. He remained active as finance director in many organizations, among them the Red Cross, the Visiting Nurse Association, the school committee of Wakefield, and other charity activities. He was also chairman of the Community Fund and president of the Rotary.
In 1925 Jim was married to Mary Kelly, who died several years ago. Three children survive: James E. '48, Martha, and Mary. Martha and her father kept the family home in Wakefield. Our sympathy goes out to all members of the family. They were fortunate to have such a man for so long a time.
1918
ROBERT DAVID NIMS, age 88, died at Cheshire Hospital in Keene, N.H., on April 22. He was a graduate of Keene High School and Exeter Academy, where he prepared for Dartmouth .
He was a World War I veteran, having served overseas with the United States Ambulance Corps.
For 23 years he was an employee of the KeeneSentinel, until his retirement in 1962. He then served as a local representative of the ManchesterUnion-Leader for two years and as a bookkeeper and clerk for local businesses.
Bob was secretary of Keene's first planning board and was involved in the city government for six years. He was a member of the American Legion and the Masons. For several years he was moderator of the union school district. As a covenant member of the Keene Unitarian Church, he had served as superintendent of the Sunday school and as a trustee.
His first wife, Florence, died in 1948, and his second wife, Kathleen, died in 1971. He is survived by three sons, one sister, 12 grand- children, several great-grandchildren, and nieces and nephews.
1919
ROBERT LEE LORING died on April 5 in Pompano Beach, Fla., after surgery for a ruptured aneurysm. He had lived in Florida since his retirement.
Bob, spent two years at Dartmouth and then entered Harvard Medical School and received his degree there in 1922. During most of his medical career he practiced in Springfield, Mass., and at one time was chief of staff at Wesson Maternity Hospital. He was a member of many obstetrical and gynecological societies.
ROBERT NORCROSS WALLIS died on April 12 in Framingham, Mass., after a short illness. He was. a stalwart Dartmouth man and he will be greatly missed by the College and the class.
Nock came to College from Fitchburg, Mass., and graduated from the College and from Tuck School, He took time out to serve in World War I as a lieutenant in infantry.
In 1925 he joined the Dennison Manfuacturing Company in Framingham and was with them until his retirement in 1966. At the time of his retirement he was a director and vice president of finance.
He was extremely active in community affairs and an active participant in the First Baptist Church, particularly in the choir and the worship and arts council. Often he would attend affairs in Hanover and leave late on Saturday night in order to be at church on Sunday.
His professional affiliations included the Financial Executives Institute, of which he was national president. He was also active in the National Association of Cost Accountants.
He was a dedicated member of the class and for many years served as head class agent.
He is survived by two sons, William P. '46 of Middletown, N.J., and Samuel G. '52 of Sudbury, Mass,, together with five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
A memorial service was well attended, including by classmates N. M. Sandoe and E. E. Martin and by H. Allan Dingwall '42. A feature of the service was the reading of "The Dartmouth Man" by Professor Herman Home.
1920
RALPH ADAMS SUNF.RGREN died on April 10 in the South Shore Hospital in Braintree, Mass., after suffering a heart attack in his home. He was 84.
Ralph was born in Arlington, Mass., and was graduated from . the Arlington High School. He was a member of Kappa KappaKappa fraternity and played hockey in college
He was a retired vice president and partner of Fairfield-Ellis Insurance Company. Hewas also very active in the Masons a 32nd degree Mason, a member of Old Colony Masonic Lodge of Hingham, and a past worshipful master of Phoenix Lodge in Hanover, Mass.
Ralph leaves a son, Charles, and a daughter, Mary Ann.
1921
WALTER TRISTRAM LUNDEGREN died at the Mary A. Alley Hospital of Marblehead, Mass. on October 18, 1982, of unknown causes. Walter was born in Boston and prepared at Boston Latin School. He was a member of Sigma Chi and Dragon senior society.
After receiving his LL.B. from Suffolk Law School, he joined the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company,, where he became manager of the credit department and remained until he retired in 1965..
In Marblehead, Mass., where he lived for more than 50 years, Walter was very active in civic affairs. He served for five years on the finance committee and was chairman of the public buildings restoration committee. Walter was also a corporator, a trustee, and chairman of the investment committee of the Marblehead Savings Bank.
A veteran of World War I, he was a member of the Marblehead American Legion and also a member of the Philanthropic Lodge AF&AM of Marblehead and of the Episcopal church.
Walter is survived by his wife Mary, with whom he recently celebrated their 60th anniversary, and by four daughters, 11 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
1922
DAVID MANNING CAMP, a retired vice president of Bell Telephone Company of Canada, died on April 25 in a Halifax, Nova Scotia, hospital. He had lived in Montreal, but he passed away after a short illness while visiting his daughter in Halifax.
Dave was born in 1900 in Newport, Vt., and came to Dartmouth from the local high school In college he was a highly-esteemed, well-liked classmate, admired for his unobtrusive friendliness and his genuine integrity. He was a brother in Phi Kappa Psi, a quietly competent scholar, an economics major, and a B.A. graduate.
At the beginning of his business career, Dave was recruited by the Bell System and went to work in Philadelphia for the Bell Telephone Companv of Pennsylvania. He was in the traffic department there for a few years when death of his father in Newport, Vt., prompted a transfer from Pennsylvania to Bell of Canada. In a successful career thereafter he was consecutively in charge of traffic for the areas of Sgerbrooke, Quebec City, and Montreal He next became assistant vice president responsible for labor relations, and prior to his retirement in 1966 he was vice president of personations for the company.
Dave's brother, Edwin T. Camp, was in the Dartmouth class of 1923- For many years Dabe himself interviewed applicants from eastern Canada seeking admission to Dartmouth. He nd his wife Mary came to Hanover for many class reunions and he particularly enjoyed our 60th in June 1982. As a devoted family man, he also greatly enjoyed the time he spent with his children and grandchildren at his summer home on Lake Memphremagog.
Dave and Mary Jane Elder were married in 1927 in Beebe, Quebec. She died in 1968, and his survivors are a daughter, Marilyn Pirie; a son, Thomas; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
CLYDE LAWRENCE HEALY, 81, a retired New York Telephone Company executive, died on March 27 at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester.
Larry entered Dartmouth from South Side High School, Newark, N.J. A highly regarded, active classmate, he was in Company I of the Student Army Training Corps, on the staff of Jack-o-Lantern, a member of Keyboard and Alpha Delta Sigma, and a brother in Kappa Sigma. He was graduated with his B.A. in 1922 and got his master's in 1923 from Tuck.
A loyal Dartmouth alumnus throughout the years, his annual Alumni Fund contributions attested to his concern for the College. While living in Montclair, N.J., and after retirement in Harwich, Cape Cod, he interviewed prospective freshmen for Dartmouth. His son, Richard P. Healy, is Dartmouth 1950.
Immediately after Tuck School he began a 43-year association with the New York Telephone Company. His career was mainly in the traffic department, which has the responsibility for processing all telephone calls. He began as an engineering assistant and, consecutively, was a traffic inspector, an assistant traffic manager, a district traffic manager, and the traffic planning engineer. For the duration of World War II he worked with the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company in Washington, D.C. After his retirement in 1966 he went to Madrid for a year as a consultant to the Spanish Telephone Company.
He and his wife later moved to Harwich. He was an executive committee member of the Dartmouth Club of Cape Cod, a member of the Telephone Pioneers of America, and a trustee and treasurer of the Pilgrim Congregational Church of Harwichport. Since 1980 he and his wife had been in Shrewsbury, Mass.
Larry and Marjorie Osgood, a Wellesley alumna, were married in 1926. She, their three sons, their daughter, and 11 grandchildren are Larry s survivors.
PARKER WRIGHT MEADE, 84, well-known California realtor, died on January 15 in San Diego.
Parker came to Dartmouth from Cleveland by way of Worcester Academy. He was at the College only as a freshman, but he is well remembered. He was a member of the Dartmouth Naval Unit and of Delta Kappa Epsilon. He later attended Western Reserve University cherished the Dat=rtmouth affiation, and in 1945 he served as president of the Dartmouth Association of San Diego.
Before 1941 Parker was a prominent realtor in the Cleveland area. He and his parents then moved to San Diego, where he developed a successful real estate business in southern California.
He was listed in Who Is Who in California,Who's Who in the West, Who's Who in Commerceand Industry, and Who's Who in Yachting. He belonged to the California State Chamber of Commerce, the Cultural Activities Committee of San Diego, the San Diego Fine Arts Society, the Sierra Club, and the San Diego Yacht Club. He and his wife were also directors of the Music Merit Foundation of San Diego.
For many years, however, his greatest enthusiasm concerned plans for a world university and culture center to be located in the mountains northeast of Los Angeles. He was a prophet of world unity and he envisioned an educational institution comprising 50 students from each of 100 nations. The campus would be a combined World University and a permanent World Exhibition emphasizing the compatibility of mankind.
Parker and Anna Corrine Richter were married in 1946. She has apparently pre-deceased him and he leaves no survivors.
BENJAMIN WILD WILSON, 83, a well-known Westchester County businessman, died on March 10 after a long illness in White Plains, N.Y., where he had lived for many years.
Ben was a native of White Plains, and he came to Dartmouth in September 1918 from its high school. As a personable, affable young man, he was well and favorably known by all classmates. He majored in French, was a member of the Naval Training Corps, a brother of Beta Theta Pi, and, in senior year, a member of Dragon.
Following graduation and after a few years in a retail business, Ben began in 1927 a 39-year affiliation with the mortgage loan and real estate business in White Plains. He was successively associated with the Prudence Mortgage Company; the New York Westchester Investors; John Marbach Inc., where he was secretary and treasurer; Frederic Wright and Company as a partner; and Dorman and Wilson Inc. as vice president prior to his retirement in 1966. For many years after retirement he continued as a consultant to the firm.
Ben was vice chairman of the March of Dimes in Westchester. He belonged to the University Club of White Plains, the Memorial Club of Scarsdale, the Westchester Hills Country Club, and the Republican Party.
He was a loyal alumnus, a regular contributor to the Alumni Fund, a member of the Dartmouth Club of New York, and long-time chairman of the Westchester alumni committee that interviewed applicants to the College.
According to available records, Ben leaves no survivors, but classmates will always hold him in fond memory.
1923
HAROLD ATHERTON BAKER died in Boca Raton, Fla., on April 4 at the age of 86.
Hal entered Dartmouth with the class of 1919. In mid-course he left college to join the army, where he served as a sergeant in the field artillery. In 1920 he returned to Dartmouth and graduated with honors with our class. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta, the swimming team, and the musical clubs. For three years he spelled Bill Cunningham on the piano at the Nugget Theater.
Following graduation, Hal worked for Wanamaker's, Kresge's, A&P Stores, and several other merchandising concerns. In 1929 he received an M.B. A. from the University of Buffalo and in 1935 a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. During the next ten years he was on the faculty of Miami University in Ohio, taught at the University of Cincinnati, and served as district price executive for the O.P. A. Following World War II he spent two years in commercial management engineering before joining the faculty of john Carroll University in Cleveland. He retired from this post in 1966.
Hal's wide business experience provided the background for his authorship of Business, ItsNature and Environment. This book has sold over a million copies and is used in some 500 colleges and universities.
Hal's wife Katherine pre-deceased him. He is survived by a son, Robert W.
1925
BENJAMIN HENRY BOWDEN died March 31 in Beverly, Mass., Hospital after a brief illness. He was born in 1902 in Gloucester, Mass., and went to high school there.
Ben was a member of Theta Chi and received his M.C.S. degree from Tuck School in 1926.
He started with the Shawmut Bank in Boston. He subsequently joined the County Trust Company in Cambridge, becoming president in 1954. Ben was a trustee of the Cambridgeport Savings Bank, a director of the Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corporation, and chairman of the trustees of the School of Banking at Williams College. He was a member of the Dartmouth Alumni Association and of various clubs and an officer of the Congregational Church.
Ben is survived by his wife, the former Kathryn MacKinnon; a son Benjamin, Dartmouth '54 and Tuck '55; and three grandchildren.
JOHN WINTHROP LIVERMORE died suddenly of an acute coronary thrombosis in Mt. Dora, Fla., on March 5. He was born in Brookfield, Mass., in 1903 and came to Dartmouth from Dean Academy.
Jack was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha and was with us in college two years. His business career was with General Electric, where he was purchasing agent in various departments. Retiring in 1964, he moved to Easton, Md., and then in 1973 to Mt. Dora.
He is survived by his wife, the former Helen Dibble, one son, and two grandsons.
ARTHUR LANGDON SPRING died on April 28. He was born in 1904 in Brookline, Mass., and his home for many years had been in Hampton, N.H.
Lang was a member of Delta Tau Delta and received his M.S. degree from Harvard Engineering School in 1928. His career was in elec- trical engineering with General Electric, Cambridge Electric Light Company, Raytheon, Holtzer-Cabot, and Simplex Wire and Cable of Newington, N.H.
He is survived by his wife, the former Esther Kelley, and a son Francis '67. Jack Spring '25 of Nashua, N.H., is a cousin. Lang's father and two uncles were also Dartmouth graduates.
1926
Louis EDWARD NEUMAN died on March 29 at Day Kimball Hospital, Putnam, Conn. He was born in New York City and grew up in Yonkers, N.Y., graduating from the high school there. At Dartmouth he was a member of Delta Upsilon and was with us during freshman and sophomore years.
Lou was first in the food business, then went with Skelly Oil Company from 1932 to 1942, when he entered the U.S. Army, in which he served until 1945. He was awarded a Bronze Star while in the Aleutian campaign. He then joined Phelps Dodge Copper Products Corporation and was in sales for 30 years before retiring in 1970.
He married Margaret MacNaughton in 1960 and they made their home in Bronxville, N. Y., moving to San Diego, Calif., upon retirement, then later moving to Eastford, Conn. Lou retained an enduring interest in Dartmouth and was a generous supporter through the Alumni Fund. The class extends its sympathy to Margaret.
JOHN GORDON THOMPSON died of cancer on March 10 at his home in Coronado, Calif. Born in Chicago, he grew up in Evanston, attending the local high school for a time. But after his family moved to Washington, D.C., he graduated from Western High School there. At Dartmouth he was a member of Theta Chi, was active in the Outing Club, . and took part in many class activities.
John was with Marshall Field Company in Chicago, Higbee Company (in Cleveland, and Olds, Wortman, and King in Portland in the operating and personnel divisions until 1940, when he went into business for himself as a
consultant on operating management. He served four years, until 1946, in the U.S. Navy, in the aviation branch, attaining the rank of lieutenant commander. After that he settled in Coronado and became an industrial relations officer at the U.S. Navy Supply Center, San Diego, retiring in 1966.
One of John's hobbies was wood-working, and he had built a 36-foot sailboat. He was a member of the Dartmouth Club of San Diego for 25 years, served on interview committees, and was a generous contributor to the College through the Alumni Fund. He enjoyed his return to Hanover for the 55th reunion.
John lost his first wife in 1971. He remarried the former Iva Baker, and she, a niece, and a nephew survive him.
1929
JAMES FREDERICK INGRAM died in his sleep on April 1 at his home in Tryon, N.C. He had earlier been hospitalized for pneumonia.
Freddie came to us from Beaver Falls, Pa., High School. He belonged to Alpha Delta Phi 1 fraternity and Dragon, was manager of freshman baseball, and was graduated from Tuck School in 1930.
He worked in his family's business, the Ingram Richardson Manufacturing Company in Beaver Falls, and ran the business after the death of his father. He retired to Tryon and lived half the year at Lake Chautauqua, New York. He enjoyed life to an unusual degree and inspired that feeling in all of us who knew him.
He leaves his wife Jane (McConnell), a daughter, and two sons.
ARSENE COSTE TERRIO died on March 19 in Plymouth, Mass.
"Bud" was born in Everett, Mass., and was graduated from Everett High School before entering Dartmouth, where he remained during freshman year. An outstanding athlete at Everett High School, he continued to excel at Dartmouth. He was co-captain of the freshman football team and played hockey and basketball.
His stay at Dartmouth was brief, but he remained an active member of the class throughout his life and was a loyal and ardent supporter of the College. He was about to move to Carver from Andover, Mass., and had just before his death joined the Cape Cod Dartmouth Club.
He is survived by his wife Doris, two daughters, a son, and six grandchildren.
BOB SPARKS '29
1930
We have just learned of the death on December 26, 1982, of NORMAN RAY WATSON in Seattle; he had experienced a heart attack a month earlier and went into cardiac arrest.
Norm prepared for Dartmouth at the Holderness School, where he played football and baseball. Coming to Dartmouth', he joined Delta Tau Delta, but left college during 1928. While we believe he had not participated in alumni affairs, he retained some interest in the class, writing on one occasion: "I often think of my classmates and follow with great interest their several careers."
In World War II he attained the rank of steamfitter, first class, in Seabee construction battalions, and won a Navy commendation for service at Saipan, Samar, and Guam. With the close of the war he turned to the restaurant business and spent a major portion of the rest of his life in this field, working in many large cities, the last of which was Seattle. At the time of our 50th he reported that he had retired as a store manager.
Norm had three children from his first marriage, which ended in divorce; his second wife died shortly after their marriage. Anyone desiring to contact his family can do so through his son Peter at 241 Pennsylvania Avenue,. Mt. Vernon, N.Y. 10552.
1933
WILLIAM AVISON FULLER died of cancer on April 22 in Westfield, Mass. He had been unable to attend our 45th reunion because of a lung operation for this disease. He and his wife Virginia had planned on coming to our 50th.
Bill was born in Westfield and attended its high school and Deerfield Academy before en tering Dartmouth. In college, he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon.
He left college before graduation in order to join American Abrasive Company in West, field, to help pull it out of the Depression. He became treasurer of that company in 1934 and its president in 1952. During this career, he served also as president of two additional companies in the abrasive industry, and later, when Bendix took over American, he became head of the Bendix abrasive division until his retirement.
In addition to Virginia, Bill is survived by two daughters, Judith and Susan.
HENRY BERNARD KING JR. died on April 23 in Philadelphia, Pa., as a result of a cardiac condition. Bud had been a life-long resident of Philadelphia. Born there, he graduated from its William Penn Charter School, where he lettered in several sports and was one of those good students who does everything well.
At Dartmouth, he was a member of Beta Theta Pi, majored in English, and was on the board of governors of The Arts magazine.
Bud's first job after college was back in Philadelphia, as a salesman for E. J. Spangler and Company, envelope manufacturers. By 1938, he was assistant treasurer of the firm. In May of 1942, he joined the U.S.N.R. as a lieutenant (j.g.) and was discharged as a lieutenant commander, with letters of commendation, in late 1945. His work was entirely at the busy Philadelphia Navy Yard.
His subsequent business career was as a wholesale jeweler, first as a salesman for H. O. Hurlburt and Sons, then as a partner in the same firm, and finally, as H. B. King and Company. He remained active until his final illness.
Bud had a deep love of Dartmouth. He was an assistant class agent for many years and was secretary of the Philadelphia Alumni Association from 1940 to 1943- He is survived by a daughter from his first marriage, by his beloved wife Katharine "Kathy," and by their son and daughter. Kathy has asked that contributions in Bud's memory may be made to the Dartmouth Alumni Fund.
HENRY LEWIS LOWERRE died suddenly at his home in Manchester, Vt., on March 28 of a heart attack. He had suffered a previous coronary in late 1981 and had been a diabetic for over 40 years.
Hank, as he was known in college, was bom in Flushing, Long Island, in 1912- He prepared for Dartmouth at the Pawling School in Pawling, N.Y. At Dartmouth he was a member of Sigma Nu and majored in history.
Following graduation, Hank joined the firm of Van Strum and Towne, investment counselors, in New York City. Subsequently, he became a partner in the firms of John H. Lewis and Company and then of W. E. Burnet and Company. He retired from the latter in 1972, when he moved to Manchester.
Aside from his business career, Henry served with the War Production Board during World War II and was a Manchester visage trustee and ember of the finance committee of the Southern Vermont Art Center. For many years, he served as an assistant class agent for the Dartmouth Alumni Fund.
Henry married Bettina Garthwaite M.D. in 1950 They adopted two infant sons, in 1955 and 1957. Bettina and the sons survive him.
EDMUND DONALD PHINJSTEY died on April 1 of heart complications, while in the Geriatric Center in Fairfield, Conn. Don was born in Boston and was a graduate of the Roxbury, Mass., Latin School. It was a delight to hear him talk and to see him smile.
At Dartmouth, Don was a member of Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity and the Aegis business board. He went on to receive his C.E. degree from Thayer in 1934.
As a civil engineer, Don did a lot of traveling. He specialized in tunnel construction and road building, with much use of high explosives. He supervised the construction of one or more of the tunnels on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Pittsburgh. For three years, he and his wife Clare lived in Venezuela. She learned to speak Spanish; Don was in charge of the construction of that monumental roadway and the tunnels between Caracas and La Guaira.
It is not known whether Clare survives Don. They had three daughters. The youngest, Dona Jean, took care of his business concerns and saw to his entry in the Geriatric Center when it came time.
GEORGE WATERS JR. died on February 16 in Lakeland, Fla., following a long illness. Born in Memphis, Mich., his family soon moved to nearby Port Huron, his hometown the rest of his life. He was graduated from Port Huron High School and took a post-graduate course in the Tome School of Port Deposit, Md., before entering Dartmouth.
Following graduation, George received his I-L.B. degree from Detroit College of Law and then practiced law in Port Huron until 1942, when he was drafted into the infantry. His legal training qualified him for O.C.S. He served in India and China and was discharged as a lieutenant in 1946.
George s business career was subsequently related to the adjustment of insurance claims, as attorney for insurance companies, and then " president of the Port Huron Adjustment Company, until his retirement for health reasons in 1975. He loved the game of golf and moved to Florida in the winters so he could continue his play away from Port Huron's cold weather. At one point he was his club champion.
George is survived by Margaret, his wife of years, a daughter, and a granddaughter.
WALTER WATSON SR. died at his home on September 4, 1982, following a lengthy struggle against cancer of the lung. His wife Evelyn had also been hospitalized, which is part of the reason this report is delayed. She is now in their home again in Florida.
Walt was born in Ravenswood, Ill He attended Deerfieid, Mass., Academy before com- ing to Dartmouth. In college, he majored in economics, was a member of Beta Theta Pi, and was the manager of the intramural athletic pro gram, thus winning his "D." He met Evelyn Tandy of Hanover. They were married in Rollins Chapel in September 1938.
Walter had a varied business career, being an officer of trust companies, mutual funds firms on the New York Stock Exchange, and earlier, a sales manager for Grand'mere Knitting Company in Montreal, Canada.
In addition to Evelyn, Walter is survived by a son, Walter W. Jr. '62; two daughters, Lynn' and Meredith; four grandchildren; a sister; and a brother, William R. Watson Jr. '41.
1934
JAMES HOWARD MCHUGH died on May 7 at the home of his daughter, Barbara River in Leverett, Mass., where he had lived for the past year during a cancer illness. He had been widely known in the sports world and hailed as the original "Boston Celtic." The publicist for that basketball franchise since its birth in 1946, he chose the "Celtics" name and then helped to create Boston's love affair with the team. His capacity for hard work and his ever-present sense of humor were especially noted by his colleagues at the time he retired as publicist in 1972 and took on the job of Celtics historian while continuing many sports connections.
Howie attended Melrose schools and graduated from Worcester Academy. At Dartmouth he was a key varsity player in three sports —in football as a center, in hockey as goalie, and in baseball as catcher. He often had to explain how this led to basketball promotion, but then Howie was truly "a man for all sport seasons. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, Green Key, and Sphinx and was an education major. During World War II he served with the 26th Infantry Division, Third Army, European Theater, for two years.
He is survived by his two daughters and by five grandchildren.
1936
ALLEN BAILEY BUNKER, while on his daily, early-morning three-mile walk in Tucson. Ariz., was stricken with a massive coronary and died on May 24, 1982, before help could reach him. Born in West Chicago, Ill., in 1914, he came to Dartmouth from Northwestern Military Academy and Trinity-Pawling School, following his brother Charles '32. At Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi.
Shortly after graduation he went with Standard Oil of Indiana but changed to StandsOil of California after a four-year tour as a lieu tenant in the infantry. At the time of his retire ment in 1974 he was the marketing executein the Long Beach, Calif., region. There, he was also the director in 1972 of the NationAlliance of Businessmen, a voluntary assoeation of business people working with govern ment agencies and labor to obtain job traiw for the chronically unemployed and under era ployed. He was also an active member of 01 International for many years.
He is survived by his second wife, ran Jane Farson, whom he married in 1944. Tjhere were no children. The class extends sincere condolences.
ROBERT ELLIS INGERSOLL of Key Largo, Fla., passed away November 6, 1982, at Mariners Hospital in Tavernier after a long illness.. Bob came to Dartmouth from the Belmont, Mass., High School, participated in freshmen sports, and was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and Dragon. He went on to Dartmouth Medical School and the University of Rochester School of Medicine.
From there he launched into an energetic and successful career in orthopedic surgery, belonging to many associations in the Massachusetts and Florida areas. He wrote many papers and articles on orthopedic procedures and was a popular speaker at medical gatherings.
Bob was active in many sports, from curling when living in the Boston area to scuba diving and fishing in Florida. He was associated with the Outboard Club, was president of the Upper Keys Humane Society, and was a member of the U.S. Power Squadron 13-8 Coast Guard Auxiliary, the Masons, the Shriners, and the Jesters. For Dartmouth, Bob was a member of the national committee for the Dartmouth Medical School campaign in 1960 and was chairman of his class's 30th reunion.
"Robert was a friend to many in the Keys and will be missed, but he will live on in people's minds and hearts," said his obituary in the local Key Largo paper.
Robert is survived by his wife Mardie and a daughter, Roberta Grearson.
We are sorry to report the sudden death in Slick Rock Mountain, N.C., on September 5, 1982, of DOUGLAS JOHNSTON MILLER JR.
A native of Westchester County, N.Y., he came to Dartmouth from the Hoosic School. As an undergraduate he was a member of the business board of The Dartmouth, belonged to Delta Tau Delta, and went on to Tuck School. After a brief foray in advertising and merchandising, he joined the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company' in 1946, and through the years rose to the position of divisional sales manager of the Gulf division, serving a. wide area of Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. From his Dallas base, he served as president of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Northern Texas from April 1954 to September 1956.
During the early forties he Was commissioned by the Navy for sub-chaser duty in the Atlantic Theater. In the fall of 1944 he transferred over to the amphibious forces and saw duty in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters as boat group commander on the U.S.S. Skaigbt.
He was married in 1938. to Catherine (Cay) McKay, who died in 1967. A year later he married Ruth Stephenson Goff and moved to Tampa, Fla., where he worked for the Lykes Pasco Packing Company of Dade City until his retirement in 1978.
Doug was a great outdoor sportsman, enjoying golf and sailing as well as hunting and fishing wiht his family. In our 25th reunion book he wrote, "The great Southwest still remains a frontier of opportunity and growth, with a dyanmic economy and people of wisdom developing it. If you can't come yourselves, send your children in the years ahead."
Douglas is survived by his wife Ruth, two sons, five grandchildren, and by his brother, Cornwall Miller '39, to all of whom the class extends sincere condolences.
We recently received word of the passing on October 25, 1982, of ERWIN JOHN NILSSON in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where he had been actively engaged in aviation guidance systems for many years.
Ed came to Dartmouth from Ludlow, Mass., High School; in college he majored in economics, participated in varsity swimming, and was a member of the Theta Chi fraternity. Immediately following graduation, while working in New England, he was a member of the Civil Air Patrol on anti-submarine duty. He was commissioned in the A.A.F. in 1942, retiring with the rank of captain, and was recalled in 1950 for a short tour of duty in Japan.
In 1960, he set up the Pan Tronics Corporation, manufacturers of high frequency communications for the aviation industry. He published numerous articles for industry magazines and was a charter member of the National Pilots Association. In 1970 he served with the International Trade Development Consultants in the Fort Lauderdale area.
He is survived by his daughter, Christina Johnston of Wilmington, Del., and a granddaughter, Amy Joy Johnston, to whom the class extends sincerest sympathy.
DONALD GOODRICH ROB BINS JR. of Fairfield, Conn., died at his home suddenly on October 11, 1982. Don was a retired vice president of the Singer Sewing Machine Company, with which he had been associated since 1938; he was also a director of the Singer Company and chairman of the Singer Company (U.K.) Ltd.
Don was bom in Newton, Mass., and came to Dartmouth from Tabor Academy. In Hanover he was a history major and a member of Theta Delta Chi, Dragon, and Green Key. He was also treasurer of the Interfraternity Council and student director of the Players. Following Dartmouth he went on to graduate from the Sloan School of Management at M.I.T. in 1938.
In addition to a brilliant career with the Singer Companies, including serving as vice president of marketing operations in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, Don was also a director of the Transatlantic Fund Inc., an international mutual fund, and a director of the Bridgeport Hospital. He was also a trustee and treasurer of the Museum of Art, Science and Industry; a trustee of International College in Beirut, Lebanon; and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, the Treasurers' Club, the Pequot Yacht Club, the Fairfield Beach Club, and the Nutmeg Soaring Association.
Other members of Don's family who attended Dartmouth were his brother, Arthur '38, and two of his sons, Henry '61 and Laurence '66. Don kept an active interest in the College and served on the reunion gift committee. He is survived by his wife Anne, five children 14 grandchildren, and a number of nieces and nephews, to all of whom the class extends its deepest sympathy.
1938
KARL ALLEN HILL, dean of the Tuck School from 1957 to 1968, died on May 7 of cancerat his home in Kennebunk, Maine. He was 68 A native of Littleton, N.H., Karl was graduated with the class of 1938 and went on to earn an M.B.A. from Tuck the following year. He began his career teaching business administration at Nichols Junior College in Dudley. Mass., but following the start of World War II was recruited as a supply and priorities management specialist by General Electric for its West Lynn works. He returned to Tuck School in 1946 as an assistant professor of industrial management, was promoted to professor in 1952, and was named associate dean in 1954. He became the fourth dean of Tuck three years later.
As dean, he was instrumental in attracting an- outstanding faculty. And under his leadership, the school's student body grew from 170 to 220. Also, the proportion of M.B.A. candidates representing colleges other than Dartmouth increased from 20 to 75 percent, reflecting the school's growing national reputation during this period.
On leaving Dartmouth, Karl served for eight years as dean of the School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo., from which he retired in 1976. He was also active, both while in Hanover and later in St. Louis, on a number of professional councils and community boards. In 1968, he was awarded an honorary doctor of laws by Drury College in Springfield, Mo.
While an undergraduate, Karl wasamember of Sphinx senior honorary society and Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, and he was captain of the freshman baseball team.
Karl leaves his wife Phyllis (Mann); two sons, Allen '62 and Jack, Dartmouth '65 and Tuck '66; six grandchildren; and a brother. Richard L. Two other brothers, both now deceased, were also Dartmouth alumni George F. '36 and Robert C. '42.
Contributions in his memory may be may be made to Dartmouth College. A memorial service held in Hanover on May 12, at which Professsor. of Religion Fred Berthold officiated.
1939
ROBERT SINGLE HAGGE, 67, died of cancer at his home in Wausau, Wise., on April 20. Bob entered Dartmouth from Exeter, where a member of the track team. At Dartmouth he majored in local institutions and problems and was a member of Theta Delta Chi fraternity. Following Dartmouth, he earned an M.B.A. from Northwestern University in 1941. In 1942, he entered the U.S. Navy, serving for four and a half years; he was honorably dis- Ed as a fail lieutenant after accumulating six battle stars while serving on a minesweeper.
At the time of his death, Bob was president of the H J. Hagge Foundation Inc. and TNC; director of the Robert S. and Betsy Q. Hagge Foundation; and a director of Marathon Electric Manufacturing Corporation and Montana-Da- kota Utilities Company.
Earlier he had served as executive vice president of Wausau Insurance Companies and as a trustee of Ripon College. Self-employed for many years, Bob was active in civic and charitable organizations as well as in nature and conservation causes. He was also vitally interested in and collected items about the history of Wausau, his hometown since youth.
Bob is survived by his wife Betsy, whom he married in 1964, and by a daughter, Leigh Hagge Tuckey; three sons Robert Jr., A. Woodson, and Cyrus Y.; and three stepsons John M. Forester, Charles Q. Forester, and Richard G. Forester. He is also survived by three grandchildren and a brother, Daniel L. Hagge '42.
FRED LOUIS KURR JR. , 65, died on April 1 of causes as yet unknown to this writer. Fred entered Dartmouth from Rye, N.Y., High School, where he had been a member of the chess club and the French club and a manager of the tennis team. At Dartmouth, he was a member of The Dartmouth business board and the ski squad and a brother of Phi Sigma Kappa. After his second year at Tuck School, Fred was employed by W. T. Grant Company in New York City until February of 1942, when he enlisted in the coast artillery of the Army as a private. He was honorably discharged in 1946 with the rank of captain. Having spent a goodly portion of the war years in Puerto Rico, Fred returned there to work for a small company, C. O. Mason Inc., a manufacturer's representative and distributor of frozen foods and meats, representing such companies as Bird's Eye.and Morton. He served this company from 1946, as a vice president and as president, until 1966 when the company merged with Borden Inc. He then became a vice president of Borden's Puerto Rico division. Fred was a member of the Reserve Officers Association, the National Frozen Foods Association, the American Meat Institute, and the Caparra Country Club. He served as president of the Dartmouth Club of Puerto Rico from September 1970 until March 1974.
He is survived by Alicia Matta Veve Kurr, his wife of 38 years; a son, Fred L. Kurr III; a brother, David Kurr '49; and two nieces, Abigail Kurr '84 and Penny Kurr '78.
ROBERT THOMAS TIMBERS, 65, died suddenly on March 26 in Boca Raton, Fla. Bob had entered college from Glen Ridge, N.J., High School, where he participated for four years in football and track and his senior year in tennis. He also was a member of the student council for three years and president of his class in his freshman and senior years.
At Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity and a graduate of Tuck.
Bob had taken early retirement from I.B.M., with which he had been employed since 1939 a period interrupted only by 13 years at West Point, where he was the director of admissions and registrar at the United States Military Academy.
He and his wife had just celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary last September. They had spent the last four winters in Boca Raton West and summers at their Nantucket home. Bob was a very active man with a real zest for life. He was selling real estate in Florida and was very active in tennis and golf. The Timberses were enjoying the Christian fellowship at the Spanish River Presbyterian Church in Boca Raton.
He is survived by his wife Bette; a son Bob; daughters Beverly, Terri, Gail, and Debbie; and eight grandchildren.
1942
The class will be sorry to learn of the sudden death of ROBERT BOSTWICK CARNEYJR., a retired brigadier general in the U.S. Marine Corps, on March 9 in Arlington, Va., due to a heart attack.
Bob came to Hanover from Columbia Prep in Washington, D.C., although he and his family were then living in Coronado, Calif. He won his varsity letter for four years as a member of the swimming team, which he captained as a senior. He was also a member of Psi U and Sphinx. Bob entered the officer candidate class at the Marine Corps school in Quantico in April of 1942 and was commissioned a second lieu- tenant on June 13 (the same date and place as Chick Camp, another classmate who just recently passed away). Bob completed parachute training and jumped into Guadalcanal, New Guinea, Bougainville, and Iwo Jima. Following the war, Bob saw duty in Hawaii, Japan, Formosa, and in several capacities in the Washington area. He retired in the early seventies and then interested himself in a salmon fishing camp in Nova Scotia. Bob's Marine Corps activities kept him pretty much away from Hanover, but he had vowed to catch up and had started to by attending our reunion last June and the mini-reunion in October.
The class extends sympathy to Natalie and their two children Bob and Paralee, as well as to Bob's parents.
Notice has just been received of the death of ROBINSON GLOVER MINICK, in San Antonio, Tex., on November 14, 1982, as the result of an accident. Robin came to Dartmouth from Fishborne Military in Waynesboro, Va., and entered the service in April 1941 as a lieutenant in the infantry. He transferred to the Air Force in 1943 and spent the rest of his life in that service.
The class extends sympathy to his wife Jane and their four children.
1943
JAMES LESLIE MCNAMARA II died suddenly after a heart attack on April 29. A native of Moline, Ill., Jim came to Dartmouth from Moline High School. His four years of college were interrupted by service in the Navy during World War II, but after his discharge he returned to Hanover and went on to earn his M.S.M.E. at Thayer in 1949. In college, he was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity, the swimming team, and the Bait and Bullet division of the D.O.C.
Upon graduation he returned to Moline and worked for several years in engineering for General Motors, the Ethyl Corporation, and other firms. Then in 1956 he founded his own company, Fabri-Glass Inc., a producer of fiberglass components for transportation, agricultural, and industrial equipment.
He was a director of the First National Bank of Moline and a member of the Presbyterian Church, several country clubs, and the local Dartmouth club. In addition, he had worked for the College on the area Alumni Fund.
Jim had a wide range of interests and involved himself deeply and intensely in whatever he undertook. He was an avid outdoorsman an interest stimulated by his D.O.C. activities. He hunted ducks, quail, and pheasant. He was a master with a fly rod and fished whenever and wherever he could all over the United States and in choice spots in Canada, the Caribbean, and South America. He was an accomplished pilot, having earned his flying license just after the war and having had his own plane ever since. Jim and his wife Sarah, whom he married in 1960, also took their four children on frequent vacation adventures to Grand Cayman, on a Teton expedition on the main fork of the Salmon River, skiing in Colorado (Jim even tried hang-gliding on skis on ce.) jim was also a good sailor, and the family chartered, bareboat, in the Virgin Islands a few years ago A recent interest was vintage automobiles and he had recently bought a 1934 Pierce Silver Arrow which he was looking forward to restoring.
Jim is survived by Sarah and by their three daughters Sarah, Hallie, and Molly _ and their son, James Ill. He also leaves his mother and a stepsister.
JOHN CLAYTON PRITCHARD died on March 22 due to a sudden heart attack. As reported by his wife Ann, "He planned to sail the Atlantic Ocean this summer, the first of many unfulfilled dreams for our retirement. Unfortunately he put his own needs after those of his work and community and a strong sense of duty and responsiblity which took its toll. He died cutting brush on our property while wearing a heart monitor."
John retired last September as vice president and treasurer of the Stanley Works, New Britain, Conn. He served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy from February 1943 until June 1946. He was the son of the late Richard E. Pritchard' 14. John was president of the Dartmouth Club of Central Conn from 1961 to 1963.
John was a leader in numerous community activities, including the United Fund, YMCA. Salvation Army, and the New Britain Museum of American Art. Besides his wife, he is survived by a son, four daughters, his mother, and two sisters.
1944
Word has been received of the death of ANDREW MCGREGOR BARBOUR in February 1981 He was shot to death by an intruder in his Tulsa, Okla., condominium.
A native of Tulsa, "Mac" stayed at Dartmouth only one semester. He attended the University of Missouri and served in the Army Air Corps during World War II. He worked in his father's oil drilling business all his life- His wife and two daughters survive him.
Word has been received of the death of RiCH" ARD WESLEY BARRY on May 11, 1981- He died of cahcer.
He came to Dartmouth from Falmouth Mass. He majored in economics and was Beta Kappa.
He enlisted in the Army in World War II, attained the rank of sergeant, and served in two Burma campaigns.
Dick worked for the C.I.A. from 1947 to 1973, serving in a number of overseas posts. Heis survived by his wife Mary, who lives in lington, Va., and by three children. A son Gregory was class of 1973.
THOMAS ANDREW DONAHOE died on February 12 in a veterans hospital in Pennsylvania.
Tom was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and served a short stint in the army during World War II. He apparently had a breakdown in 1944 and entered a veterans hospital, where th remained until his death. He no known family or survivors.
1945
Word has been received of the death of WALTER CHANCE MULLER, of East Greenwich, R.I., of stomach cancer on December 23, 1982. He is survived by his wife Margaret, his sons Eugene and Frank 75, and his daughter Helen.
Walt prepared at Episcopal Academy in Merion, Pa., and in college was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity and an avid participant in intramural squash. His family wrote just after his death that he had especially enjoyed renewing friendships from his college days at 1945's 35th reunion. After two years at Dartmouth Walt entered the service, in February 1943. He eventually became a pilot in the Army Air Corps, flying B-24s with the 15th Air Force in Italy and winning the Air Medal. He was discharged in November 1945 with the rank of first lieutenant and entered North Carolina State, graduating with a bachelor of science in textile engineering in 1950.
His entire career was spent in the sale of cotton spun yarn in Philadelphia, New York City, and all of New England with an office in the Industrial Trust Building in Providence, R.I.
His classmates extend their sympathy to Peg and the children.
We are very sorry to report the death on January 11 of JAMES MILTON ROBB JR. Jim was born in Detroit, Mich., in 1923, the son of Dr. and Mrs. James Milton Robb. Jim graduated from Detroit University School in 1941 and entered Dartmouth with the class of '45 in September of 1941. Jim spent his freshman year at Dartmouth and in 1942 joined the Army Air Corps. On leaving the Air Corps as a sergeant in 1946, he entered the University of Michigan, from which he was graduated in 1949.
His business career was in the field of accounting, and he worked in the Detroit office of Ernst and Ernst for a number of years before joining the Michigan Chrome and Chemical Corporation as its accountant. He suffered a severe stroke in the early seventies and passed away after a prolonged illness. He is survived by his brother, David, and his sister, Virginia Y Robb.
THOMAS E. CANDLER '45
1946
It is with a great deal of sadness that I report the death of ROBERT EDWARD ALBRECHT at his home in Redding, Conn., on March 15, folwing a heart attack. Bob would have been 59 on April 30.
Bob grew up in Whitefish Bay, Wisc., and came to Dartmouth through the V-12 program. He was one of the outstanding athletes of our class, starring in football, baseball, and track. He was a Sigma Chi and a member of Green Key and Dragon senior society. After graduating from Dartmouth, Bob joined W. T. Grant Company's management trining gram. He became a buyer for the firm before leaving to establish his own business as a marketing consultant and manufacturer's representative. During his nearly 25 years as a representative, Bob was responsible for the successful national introduction and distribution of a number of different items.
Bob and his family lived for 12 years in Weston, Conn., before moving to Redding in 1972. He never lost his love of sports. He was a formidable competitor in tennis and paddle tennis, and while his children were growing up he became an accomplished horseman and played polo locally. He was also active in Little League, aided the Weston High School football staff, was a past president of the Weston Field Club, served as a commissioner of the Fairfield Paddle Tennis League, and was a national umpire for the U.S. Tennis Association.
Bob had a deep love and affection for Dartmouth. He worked hard for his class and at the time of his death was serving on the '46 executive committee. I was very close to Bob and loved him like a brother. If you ever needed help trying to put a balky horse on a trailer or getting someone to drive you home from the hospital after an operation-he would be the first to step forward.
Don Goss '53 eulogized Bob at a memorial service on March 19, saying, among many other things, "His chiseled mouth said he was a leader . . . and his ready smile said he was a friend."
Bob will be sorely missed by his classmates and many friends in the Dartmouth fellowship. He is survived by his wife Connie, a daughter Barbara, a son John, his mother, and a sister.
John Ulrich '46
1947
Donald Francis Arel of Northampton, Mass., succumbed to a massive coronary on April 6, while on company business. He was acting national sales manager and Northeast regional sales manager for the Arrow Hart dividion of Cooper Industries at the time of his death.
Don arrived at Dartmouth through the V-12 program, and after his discharge from the Navy as an ensign he returned to Hanover and was graduated with a degree in physics. He remained loyal to the College throughout his life, serving as an assistant class agent for 22 of his 35 post-graduation years.
Don was recruited right out of college by the Electrical Manufacturing Corporation of Arrow, Hart and Hegeman as a salesman for the firm's new Boston territory. He rose up the corporate ladder, with his only hiatus in his 35 years with the firm to again serve his country as a lieutenant in the Navy during the Korean conflict.
In 1967, Don was married to the former Mary Cramer. She wrote after his death about how much Dartmouth had meant to Don and also said: "His whole attitude and humility was wrapped up in a quote he kept on his desk-'What a man does for himself, dies with him. What he does for others lives on forever' And he had so many goals yet to be fulfilled. "
Don left Mary and a sister. He lost his only brother during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. The class extends sympathy to Don's family.
The class is saddened to learn of the death of George Edward Crosen on January 8 near his home in Wethersfield, Conn., after a late-night auto accident on January 7.
"Winkie" came to Dartmouth in July 0f 1943 and soon became widely known on the campus for his humor, love of sports, and fraternity pursuits. He was always an organizer both in college and in business. Winkie valued his Dartmouth experience and friends very highly. He served the class as a director, an attendee with Eunice at all reunions, and as a vocal prod with good ideas. He had a record of active community service, continuing his avid interest in hockey, both as a player appearing as late as his forties in Dartmouth alumni games, and as a founder and organizer of youth hockey in Wethersfield and Hartford. Winkie sold insurance to his classmates, worked in heavy construction equipment, and with Eunice operated a string of cottage rentals on Cape Cod. He owned and flew his own airplane for business and pleasure and was a proficient instrument pilot.
He and Eunice raised four boys and four girls; they became early grandparents and now number five granchildren among the family. All of them, and Winkie's mother, survive him. Winkie, we'll miss and remember you. Rest well.
1950
After a long illness, Robert Murray Devitt succumbed on July 17, 1982, in Corn. wall, N.Y.
Bob's matriculation at Dartmouth after graduation from the Newburgh, N.Y., Free Academy was delayed by a 27-month stint in the U.S. Navy. He served as an electrician's mate in the Pacific campaign at the battles of Luzon, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa.
His major in government prepared Bob for Fordham Law School. After obtaining an LL.D. in 1953, he returned to Orange County and became the chief attorney for the county's legal aid society. In this role he administered a staft of attorneys as well as performing appelate and trial work for indigent defendants. He stressed the importance of his work in an article entitled, "New York's Answer to the Problem of the Defense of the Indigent."
Bob served as village attorney for Washing tonville, his home, and as assistant districts attorney torney for Orange County. A member of Tri-Kap at Dartmouth, he later was a member of the Elk's Club. He was a past officer of the local bar association and a member of country and national associations. He served as treasurer of the local. Salvation Army and as a member of the Hudson-Delaware Council of the Boy Scounts. When the legislature for Orange County was first elected, Bob was a charter member. Classmate Frank Gilroy, a neighbor, lauded Bob's concern for others and his efforts in their behalf.
Bob and Mary Jane Stetzer, who survives him, were married in 1955. They had one son, Peter Michael.
1951
Jerome Willard Bogdan passed away on March 22 after a long bout with cancer. He resided in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Jerry was the principal and chief operating officer of B&B Electric Company in Cincinnati, Ohio, a family electrical wholesale business founded by his father. The business had expanded substantially under Jerry's stewardship.
Jerry came to Dartmouth from Walnut Hills High School in Cincinnati. At Dartmouth he majored in English and comparative literature and was a member of the varsity debate team, the Speakers Bureau, the Dartmouth Christian Union, and the French, Spanish, and International Relations clubs, as well as Pi Lambda Phi fraternity.
After Dartmouth, Jerry received his M.B. A. from Stanford Business School in 1953- He then entered the family business. Upon his father's retirement, Jerry took charge and ran the firm for 25 years. He was also head of the Cincinnati Electrical Wholesalers Association. Jerry served on the board of directors of the Community Chest allocations committee and was vice president of Adath Israel Synagogue. He was a member of the Rotary Club and active in the Jewish Welfare Fund, the. Experiment in International Living, and the Foreign Visitors Bureau. In addition, he was active in the local Dartmouth club as well as serving as a 195 1 class agent.
Besides his wife Paula, Jerry is survived by a son, Philip; two daughters, Karen and Lisa; his parents; and a brother.
1954
John Filbert Tenca died on November 13, 1982, just three weeks after abdominal cancer had been detected and diagnosed. At the time of his death he was the most popular math teacher at Stamford High School. He was also a full-time consultant to the Olin Company. John was deeply interested in puzzles of any kind as well as mathematical problem-solving. He loved a test of any description. His unique crossword puzzles and cryptograms were published by the New York Times and Simon and Schuster, and were syndicated nationally by the Herald Tribune.
John was president of the Stamford Federation of Teachers and was a member of Mensa and a past master Mason. In addition to many other interests, John had one of the largest collections of U.S. silver dollars in the country and was an avid collector of salt and pepper shakers, with a collection of over 2,000 none the same. He was also a talented pianist. John is survived by his sons William, Robert, and James; his daughter Shari; and his sister, Doria Tenca. Despite the short-term nature of John's disease, he was able to attend his son Robert's wedding, just two weeks before his death.
