Deaths
(This is a listing of deaths of which word has beenreceived since the last time, full notices, which areusually written by the class secretary, may appear inthis issue or a later one.)
Bear, Robert M., faculty, June 10, 1982 Bouchard, Adrian N., administration, June 25 Weinz, Arthur G. '09, May 2 Hope, Carl A. 'll, May 30 Osgood, Ernest S. '12, June 22 Dunbar, Victor Y. '13, July 6 Humphries, Alfred E: '14, March 19 Lowell, Henry O. '14, May 11 Bull, Albert S. 'l5, May 24 Emery, Arthur L. '16, May 28 Leavitt, Leslie W. '16, July 2 White, John W. '17, May 15 Flower, Ludlow '18, April 7 Brotherhood, John O. '20, June 28 Russell, J. Almus '20, June 25 Hart, Richard H. '21, May 12 Miner, Reginald B. '21, May 26 Symmes, Chandler W. '21, June 30 Valentine, Andrus T. '21, January 23 Johnson, Howard C. '22, May 19, 1979 Hudson, Henry W. Jr. '23, July 4 Smith, Robert A. '23, April 8 Bubier, Kennard F. '24, July 2 Hess, Richard D. '24, April 1983 Shvetzoff, Dimitri A. '24, May 9 Antrim, Joel P. '25, May 9 Luten, Granville H. '25, June 20 Matthews, Daniel J. '25, May 27 Spring, John D. '25, April 10 Torrens, Robert W. '25, November 22, 1982 Church, Donald E. '26, May 22 Harwood, Herbert H. '26, June 6 Minuse, Thomas B. '26, May 20 Whitney, Vernon E. '27, June 25 Stone, Fred L. '28, May 1983 Humphrey, Otis M. '30, July 4 Lynch, Edward K. '30, May 23 Burrill, Roger H. '31, June 3 Cunningham, John F. Jr. '31, May 14 Glass, Hubert D. '31, April 6 Langenbach, Edward R. '31, June 22 McElroy, James F. '31, June 8 D'Arcy, Donald F. '33, July 4 McCoy, Byron O. '33, May 14 Noonan, Thomas B. '33, June 21 White, Alfred H. '33, July 1 Wilson, Howard W. '33, March 13 Mills, Clifford W. '35, May 27 Peirce, James D. Jr. '35, March 1983 England, Clifford W. '36, May 13 Prime, Wilbur H. '37, Date Unknown Young, John Jr. '37, Spring 1983 Richman, Robert B. '39, July 19 Michel, Frederick H. '40, January 16 Power, William F. '41, July 9 Thomas, Eugene B. Jr. '42, October 23, 1981 Kulawik, SigmundJ. '44, April 14 Thornton, Joseph R. '44, May 1983 Nelb, Robert G. '45, May 13 Weaver, Joseph H. Jr. '45, September 2, 1977 MacNamee, D. Hugh '46, July 3 Clark, Wallace C. '47, May 25 Marks, Barry A. '47, July 18 Brewer, John N. '49, March 1983 Sullivan, Daniel F. '49, May 30 O'Rourke, Thomas N. Jr. '56, May 27 Renn, Robert A. '57, May 16 Henander, James A. '59, June 3 Leander, John T. '59, July 18 Pullen, David J. '61, May 25 Blan, William H. Jr. '66, August 1 Gaudet, Thomas J. '81, May 30
Faculty & Administration
Word has just been received of the death of ROBERT MURRAY BEAR, a member of the Dartmouth psychology department for 37 years, on June 10, 1982, in Danville, KY, where he had made his home since retirement.
Professor Bear earned his 8.A., with Phi Beta Kappa honors, in 1922 and his M.A. in 1924 from Washington and Lee University, and he received his Ph.D. in 1930 from Ohio State University. In 1922-23 he was superintendent of schools in Centreville, MS, and from 1925 to 1929 he headed the Department of Education at Centre College in Danville.
He joined the Dartmouth faculty as an assistant professor of psychology in 1929 and was promoted to full professor in 1942; several times during his career he chaired the department. He also worked, from 1942 on, in the Office of Student Counseling, and he was supervisor of the Dartmouth Reading Clinic from its founding in 1936 till his retirement. This latter interest, in improving undergraduates' reading skills, earned Professor Bear considerable recognition. He wrote numerous articles for educational and psychological publications on techniques for effective reading; he was the author of several books, including The SocialFunctions of Education; and his pamphlet, "How to Get the Most Out of Your Textbooks," was distributed to hundreds of thousands of college students nationwide in the fifties. He also worked on developing tests designed to diagnose reading difficulties of high school and college students and was invited to conduct seminars on methods of reading improvement in Paris, France, in 1956 and 1958. He taught during summers at Columbia, the University of Idaho, the University of Delaware, and other colleges.
Upon his retirement in 1966, Professor Bear and his wife Gladys, whom he had married in 1927, moved to Danville, her hometown prior to their marriage. He had been active in community affairs in Hanover and remained so in Danville especially in the Central Kentucky Wildlife Refuge, of which he was a past president and director emeritus.
Professor Bear is survived by his wife Gladys and by one son, Robert Jr.
ADRIAN N. BOUCHARD, 72, College photographer emeritus, died on June 25 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Bedford, MA. He had suffered from Alzheimer's disease in recent years.
Born in Berlin, NH, the second oldest of nine children, he attended a French parochial school and was graduated from Berlin High School, where he excelled in hockey, football, basketball, and track. He worked briefly in a paper mill in Berlin and then served in the Army for 18 months. He returned to Berlin for a few years and during this period acquired his first interest in photography.
In 1937, Bouchard was brought to Hanover by Ford Sayre to help start a ski program. He also worked part-time as a bellhop at the Hanover Inn and continued his photography work on a free-lance basis. Shortly thereafter he accepted an offer from four College organizations DCAC, the Inn, the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, and the DOC to photograph College activities.
His work was interrupted in January 1942 by three and a half years' service with the Army, mostly in combat zones in Australia and the Philippines. He was selected for Officer Candidate School and discharged in 1945 as a first lieutenant.
Bouchard returned to Dartmouth after the war as official College photographer. He took courses at the Winona School of Photography and became a member of various professional organizations, including the University Photographers Association, which selected him as photographer of the year in 1966. He was also made an adopted member of the class of 1941 at Dartmouth. He retired in 1976. (A photo-feacure survey of his work is on page 36 in this issue.)
He was also an avid outdoorsman, enjoying hunting, fishing, camping, and skiing, and he was a 2 5-year member of the Hanover Lions Club.
Bouchard is survived by his wife, the former Norma Chapman, whom he married in Australia in 1945, and by a son, a daughter, three grandchildren, five brothers, and three sisters.
1909
ARTHUR GORDON WEINZ, an honors graduate of the College who went on to a life-long career with the Carter's Ink Company, died at the age of 95 on May 2 in Lexington, MA.
Born in Roxbury, MA, Gordon prepared for college at Roxbury Latin. After graduation, he took special chemistry courses at MIT and in 1910 began his career with Carter's, based in Cambridge, MA. He started out doing research on the development of writing inks, office adhesives, carbon paper, typewriter ribbons, and other office supplies. As the firm expanded, Gordon moved up and eventually took charge of the entire Carter's factory as technical director for research and production. He retired in 1954.
Gordon was married in 1914 to Grace Riley. They celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in 1974 in Newton, MA, where they had lived their whole married life.
Gordon's Dartmouth association meant a great deal to him. He served as head class agent for '09 from 1959 to 1964, and he was especially pleased to be able to make trips back to the campus in 1980 and 1981. His niece, Dorothy Weinz Kano, who notified the College of her uncle's passing, said, "Dartmouth College was dear to his heart throughout his life."
1912
ERNEST STAPLES OSGOOD, one of the nation's foremost Western historians, died on June 22 in Wooster (OH) Community Hospital. He was 94 .
A history major at Dartmouth, Ernest moved to Montana after graduation to teach high school history in Helena. Though born and raised in New England, he fell in love with Montana, still very much a frontier state then, and with the American West. After teaching in Helena for ten years, he went on to earn his Ph.D. in history in 1927 from the University of Wisconsin, home of America's most famous Western historian, Frederick Jackson Turner. Ernest then joined the history department at the. University of Minnesota, where he remained for 30 years. He became a celebrated teacher, directing over 30 dissertations in the history of the American West. An unusual number of his students went on to eminent careers in the field, and he himself made numerous contributions. His 1929 book, The Dayof the Cattleman, is a classic history of the Western cattle industry, and in 1953 he discovered the long-lost field notes of Captain William Clark, which he published in 1964.
After his retirement from Minnesota, Ernest taught for a year at Mills College in California and then moved to Wooster, OH. A year later, in 1959, he accepted a position as a lecturer in history at the College of Wooster; he remained a member of the faculty for ten years and became a popular figure on the Wooster campus. In 1980, Wooster awarded him an honorary doctor of letters, and he was also the recipient of many other professional honors: a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1936; the Western Writers of America Award, the Golden Spur, in 1.970; an award of meritorious achievement from the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation in 1972; and honorary life membership in the Western History Association and the Montana Historical Society.
Throughout his career, until 1979, Ernest returned each summer to be in the Montana mountains, and he had arranged to have his ashes scattered there. He is survived by his wife, Helen Kalso Osgood.
1913
VICTOR YOUNG DUNBAR, a retired accountant and auditor, died of pneumonia on July 6, in Nova Scotia, where he made his home with his son Donald '44.
Born in Manchester, NH, Vic worked for a few years after college as a salesman for a New York drug and chemical company. In March of 1918 he joined the Army, serving through 1919 as a chief storeskeeper. After the war, Vic worked in production control and management positions with various companies in New Britain, CT; Somerville and Cambridge, MA; and Staten Island, NY. Then in 1939 he joined the Office of the Auditor General as a cost accountant at the U.S. Army Supply Depot in Schenectady, NY. When World War II broke out, he became a government contracts auditor for the Air Force, continuing in this position at various locations until his retirement in 1960.
Upon retirement, Vic moved to Hanover, keeping active for a time as auditor of the Hanover Inn Motor Lodge. In Hanover, as well as in the other places he lived, Vic was active in a variety of community affairs: the church, Masons, Grotto, Eastern Star, American Legion, and various wildlife and conservation organizations. He had retired from his Hanover post in 1968 to travel and then moved to Canada.
Vic was married in 1920 to Marjorie Stuart. She died in 1958, and he is survived by his son.
1914
ALFRED ELIJAH HUMPHRIES, who had dedicated his career to teaching on the secondary level, died on March 19 at the age of 91.
At Dartmouth, Al majored in Romance languages and was active in Le Cercle Francaise and El Centro Espanol; he also played on the freshman baseball squad. After graduation, he held several positions teaching French and Spanish at preparatory schools in New Jersey and Massachusetts. He later returned to academe to earn his M.A. in education from Teachers College at Columbia University in 1925 and then spent the rest of his career at the honkers, NY, High School. He retired in 1954.
Al's interest in education also led him to devote considerable energy to a variety of community activities on behalf of youth. He was for 18 years a sponsor of the YMCA and Hi-Y, and he taught Sunday School. He was also otherwise active in his church, serving as a trustee for 17 years, and he was a long-time member of the AF&AM Pythagorean Lodge in Marion, MA.
Al was married in 1916 to Edith Sharpe. They had one son, Alfred W. Humphries, a 1940 graduate of Dartmouth who also attended Dartmouth Medical School. He survives, together with a grandson.
HENRY OSGOOD LOWELL, a retired architect and contractor, died on May 11 at his home in Sun City Center, FL. He was 90 years old. As an undergraduate,"Hen" was a member of SAE. He went on to work on various civil engineering projects until 1918 and from 1918 to 1921 worked for an industrial engineering firm in Boston. From 1921 until his retirement, he was self-employed as a designer and builder of houses and as a free-lance industrial engineer. He was also the author of articles, for various trade publications, on production control in knitting and woodworking mills.
He was an active Christian Scientist and also a member of the Masons and the Wellesley Country Club in Wellesley, MA, where he had made his home for some years.
Dartmouth was a special interest of Hen's, especially in his later years. He attended Alumni College for several years in the sixties, and he also served his class in numerous posts. He was an assistant class agent in the mid-seventies; he was class secretary from 1973 to 1979 and class treasurer from 1974 to 1979; and from 1972 until his death he was 1914 newsletter editor, for which service he was recognized as Class Newsletter Editor of the Year in 1975.
He was married to Marjorie Dunton in 1911. She died in 1963, and he was remarried in 1964 to Eleanor Shearer, who surves him, together with two sons, including Dana T. Lowell '38.
1915
ALBERT SIDNEY BULL died May 24 in Melrose-Wakefield Hospital in Massachusetts after a lengthy illness. At Dartmouth Al lettered in baseball, track, and cross country, and he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He was a veteran of World War 1 and served as chief quartermaster in the Navy.
Al was a charter member of the Retired Men s Club of Wakefield and a member of the Thomas Talbot Lodge, AF&AM, North Billerica, and of the First Parish Congregational Church.
Al is survived by one son, Robert W. '45, four grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
A memorial service was held at the First Parish Congregational Church. The class extends sincere condolences to his family.
1917
JOHN WINDSOR WHITE died on May 15 after a long struggle with a form of sclerosis. "Sam," as he was known to us, was born in 1894 in Winchendon, MA. He was graduated from Phillips Andover in 1913 and entered Dartmouth. In athletics, Sam was involved in football and baseball. At Dartmouth he was a member of Theta Delta Chi and Casque and Gauntlet.
The following material was prepared by Sam's daughter, Barbara Osborne, for use in the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. It is paraphrased herewith in appreciation of her thoughtful labor of love:
"After graduation from the College my father was on active duty in the Navy in World War I as an ensign on the USS New Hampshire., Upon discharge from the service, he was a partner in a clothing business in Massachusets from 1919 to 1931- From 1932 to 1941, when he moved to Seattle, he was involved with all phases of scheduled air transportation development in Alaska with Pan American Airways System. He remained on active reserve in the Air Force and during World War II served as assistant chief of staff and operations officer at Adak, AK, where he received a captaincy and a Bronze Star for his services.
"After WW II my father worked as the regional director of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska division of Pan American Airways until his retirement in 1957. He later received an M.B.A. from the University of Washington and taught for a few years at C. W. Post College on Long Island. He then returned to Seattle and worked as a volunteer for the Visiting Nurse Service, as a C.P.A., and for St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Medina for about 15 years."
Sam is survived by his daughter, and by three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Our sympathy is extended to this family in this great loss to them and to the class of 1917.
1918
LUDLOW FLOWER, a former realtor and benefactor of Denver, died on April 7 at the home of his son, Ludlow Flower Jr., in Glendale, CA.
He was born in 1894 in Denver, in his family home, now designated as a state cultural monument. The house was built by his father in 1892.
Ludlow came to Dartmouth from Holbrook Preparatory School. He served in the armed forces in World War I. After his war-time service, he joined his father in the real estate business. He also assisted his father in his avocation of beautifying Denver. The archway leading to City Park from York Street bears his father's name, in gratitude for his work with Mayor Robert Speer of Denver in planning and achieving the construction of Speer Boulevard.
Ludlow's wife, the former Mary Maroney of Denver, preceded him in death. In addition to his son Ludlow Jr., he is survived by two other sons, John and Larry; a daughter, Mary Virginia La May; 15 grandchildren; and six greatgrandchildren.
1923
GEORGE WILLIAM COOKE died at his home in Rumford, RI, on April 14. He had been seriously ill with cancer and a bad heart condition for the two years prior to his death. A native of Bristol, RI, and a graduate of Colt Memorial High School, George was a member of Gamma Delta Epsilon at Dartmouth and was on the varsity fencing team for four years.
For some 40 years he was employed by the Collyer Insulated Wire Company of Pawtucket, RI, where he was responsible for establishing and directing the firm's manufacturing procedures. He retired in 1968 and for the next several years he and Annie traveled extensively, alternating each year between Europe and the western United States.
George was a member of the First Congregational Church in Bristol, the Providence Engineering Society, and the Audubon Society. He was also an avid amateur photographer and former president of the Providence Camera Club.
His only immediate survivor is his wife Annie (Coggeshall).
HENRY WILLIAM HUDSONJR. died on July 4 at the Newfield Nursing Home in Plymouth, MA, following a long illness.
A native of Chicago, IL, Henry came to Dartmouth from the Nichols School. He was a 1925 graduate of Harvard Medical School. At Dartmouth he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon. A resident of Waban, MA, for 23 years, he moved to Duxbury, MA, in 1955. He maintained an office in Brookline and was on the surgical staffs of Children's Hospital, Newton-Wellesley and Mt. Auburn hospitals, and the Harvard Medical School. After retiring from active practice he became the medical director of the Loyal Protective Insurance company.
A veteran of World War 11, he entered the Naval Medical Corps in 1940. Serving in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters, he used his experiences as the basis of a book, Snag 56, which detailed his experiences as a doctor at the nearest medical facility to the Normandy Invasion in 1944.
Henry was a member of the American Board of Surgery, the Boston Surgical Society, the American College of Surgeons, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the Massachusetts Medical Society. His immediate survivors include his wife Ann (Nuss); a son, Henry W. III '55; a daughter, Jean; seven grandchildren; and one great-grkndchild.
ROBERT ADAMS SMITH died on April 8. He was a graduate of Arlington (MA) High School. At Dartmouth he was on the freshman hockey team and on the varsity team sophomore and junior years. In his senior year he served as coach of the freshman team. He was a member of Chi Phi fraternity. Following graduation he attended Harvard Business School for one year.
In his early years Bob was a partner in the firm of Bloom, South and Gurney, creators of specialty flooring. In 1955 he became southeastern district manager of Sealright Company, Fulton, NY, makers of paper containers and closures.
We have had no direct word from Bob since 1935. In 1974, however, his long-time friend and classmate Gus Meleney wrote of him: "We have visited with Bob and his wife Deborah several times in the last year. I called him for another get-together last week but they had just returned from a five-week trip to Louisiana and Bob wanted to waif until we could play some golf in more spring-like weather. He is in good shape, completely retired, and plays golf at every opportunity."
Bob's only survivor is his wife Deborah.
1925
JOEL PARKER ANTRIM died in St. Patrick's Hospital in Missoula, MT, on May 9. He was born in Freeport, IL, in 1903 and went to Freeport High School.
In college Joe was a member of Delta Tau Delta. After college he went into ranching in Montana and was active in that pursuit for 50 years. He was a former Ravalli County commissioner, having been elected in 1943. He was a board member of the county fair organization and the Stevensville school system, chairman of the State Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service, and a member of the Masonic Lodge and the Shrine in Missoula.
Joe served as chairman for the Montana enrollment committee for the college.
He is survived by his wife, the former Mary MacGregor, and one son.
CARTER IRA BENNETT died March 1. He was born in Medina, OH, and went to high school there.
His career was in the family lumber business in Medina, which he headed for many years. He was active in the Masons, president of the Kiwanis Club, an officer of the Chamber of Commerce and the County Election Board, and a trustee of the Community Hospital.
Carter is survived by his wife, the former Lucille Renz, and one son.
DANIEL JOSEPH MATTHEWS died on May 27 at his home in Rollinsford, NH. He was born in Stoneham, MA, in 1902 and was graduated from Manchester (NH) High School.
Dan was with us freshman year and later attended the University of New Hampshire. He maintained an interest in Dartmouth and was an assistant class agent for the Alumni Fund.
He was an executive in the shoe manufacturing industry and became vice president, treasurer, and director of the Woodheel LimerickRovette Corporation of Manchester. He was a director also of the Manchester Savings Bank and a consultant to the Arthur D. Little Corporation.
In World War II Dan was a specialist in the Office of Price Administration and also served in the Department of Labor. After the war he was a consultant to the U.S. State Department on special assignment in European countries under the Marshall Plan.
He is survived by his wife, the former Margaret Murphy. Lane Goss '25 represented the class at the funeral.
JOHN DENISON SPRING died April 10 in Nashua, NH, after a long illness. He was born in 1904 in Nashua and graduated from Nashua High School.
In college Jack was a member of Cabin and Train and the Canoe Club. He went on to Dartmouth Medical School and obtained his M.D. degree from McGill University. He practiced medicine in Nashua all his active life, winning the Pray and Burnham prize from the New Hampshire Medical Society in 1936 and serving as president of the senior staffs of both Memorial and St. Joseph's hospitals and of the Nashua and Hillsborough County Medical Societies.
His two sons, John and David, were Dartmouth '57 and '66, and his father, brother, three uncles, and a cousin (Lang '25) were also Dartmouth alumni. Jack and his wife, the former Ethel Benham, who survives him, were regular visitors to Hanover for reunions and other occasions.
ROBERT WARREN TORRENS died in London, Canada, on November 22, 1982. He had been in failing health for a number of years following a heart attack. He was born in Medford, MA, in 1904 and went to high school there.
In college Bob was president of Le Cercle Frangais and on the Bema board. He taught languages at Centenary College in Shreveport, LA, at Hobart College, and at Cornell University. He then became head of the Department of Romance Languages at the University of Western Ontario in 1944, remaining there until retirement. He earned his master's degree at Harvard and his Ph.D. at Cornell.
Bob belonged to many organizations in the academic field and was president of the Canadian Association of University Teachers in 196364. He was the author of various textbooks, lectures, and translations.
He is survived by his wife, the former Eleanor Graves, a son, Robert '59, and one daughter.
1926
DONALD EVANS CHURCH died on May 22 in his hometown of Whitefield, NH, after a long illness with emphysema. He was born in High Falls, NY, and grew up in Kingston, NY, graduating from Kingston High School. Don had a very active Dartmouth experience, being a member of Delta Tau Delta and the Interfraternity Council, manager of freshman baseball, and a Phi Beta Kappa graduate.
Don's 60-year career in resort hotels had its beginning in 1921 while he was still in high school. Then, during summer vacation, he answered the front desk call bell at the Moorland Hotel, Gloucester, MA. He continued there every vacation through college, giving him an interest in hotel business. His first connection was with the 1,000-room Royal Poincianna Hotel in Palm Beach. After managerial work in other famous winter resorts such as the Breakers and Whitehall in Palm Beach, he became general manager for 34 years at the Belleview Biltmore, Clearwater, FL, retiring in 1981. During summers he managed Mount View House, Whitefield, NH, for 19 years and the Oyster Harbors Club, Ostervilie, MA, for 14 years.
Don earned recognition and respect as a leader in the field of resort hotel management. He had the pleasure of hosting many 1926 classmates as well as scores of other Dartmouth alumni. His many friends in the class remember his devotion to Dartmouth, his co-sponsorship with his good friend and classmate Hub Harwood of the Florida mid-winter class reunions, his recent reminiscences in "Smoke Signals," and his unfailing support of the College in every way.
He is survived by his son Don Jr., his wife Gladys having predeceased him. At his services at the Community Baptist Church in Whitefield, where he was a trustee and a deacon, the class was represented by Tubber and Barbara Weymouth.
Dartmouth lost a truly dedicated alumnus and 1926 lost one of its most outstanding classmates in the passing of HERBERT HAWLEY HARWOOD on June 6. He died at New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston, after a brief illness. He was born in New York City, graduated from Horace Mann School there, and at Dartmouth was on the "Green Book" board, was treasurer of the Interfraternity Council, and was a member of Phi Delta Theta and Casque and Gauntlet. Hub's experience at Dartmouth imbued him with a life-long love of the College.
Besides holding the important positions of general passenger agent and passenger sales manager in Pittsburgh and Cleveland during his 35-year career with New York Central Railroad, Hub had unique experiences during World War 11. In Washington he was the railroad's liaison with the White House and accompanied on special trains Presidents Roosevelt, Truman, and Eisenhower, as well as Prime Minister Churchill. When in Boston he was executive representative of the railroad's president. He retired in 1966.
Hub's services to Dartmouth and 1926 were many. He participated in the leadership gift effort in the Campaign for Dartmouth, the 1926 Funding Associates program, and the annual Alumni Fund. For a total of 32 years he served the class as president, secretary, newsletter editor, and executive committee member. He was president of the Class President's Association, Class Secretary of the Year, Class Newsletter Editor of the Year, president of the Dartmouth Club of Washington, DC, and in 1968 was honored with the Dartmouth Alumni Award. Hub was counted by innumerable members of the Dartmouth family as a thoughtful, sincere, interested friend.
Emerson College, which he had served as trustee and treasurer, awarded him an honorary LL.D. in 1967. He was a director of the Traveler's Aid Society and a member of the Union Club of Boston, the Country Club of Brookline, the Society of the Cincinnati, and the Sons of the Revolution.
He leaves his wife Marguerite (Detwiller), a daughter, a son, and four grandsons, including Charles H. Blackmore '83.
Three classmates were ushers at his memorial service Don Norstrand, Carl Schipper, and Chuck Webster; Russ and Betty Clark, Dick and Kay Mann, Mai and Ann Merrill, and Tubber and Barbara Weymouth were also there.
THOMAS BAYLES MINUSE died on May 20 at his home in Stony Brook, NY. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he grew up in West Haven, CT, graduating from the high school there. At Dartmouth he was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha and had many friends during his active college career. As an alumnus he continued his strong interest in the College and was a generous Alumni Fund supporter.
After graduation, Cupe settled in Stony Brook, where he lived for the rest of his life. He went into the family lumber and hardware business with his grandfather and for a time operated a lumber mill and forest in Everett, WA. He was also active in local banking, having been vice president of Security National Bank of Long Island, chairman of the board of the Bank of Northern Brookhaven, and a trustee of Union Savings Bank of Patchogue. In 1940, as president of North Suffolk Management Corporation, he handled chiefly the real estate holdings of Ward Melville, the late head of Melville Shoe Corporation. Together they created the Stony Brook Community Fund to reconstruct and maintain the picturesque colonial-style business area in keeping with the Melville dream. Also, for ten years Cupe was chairman of the Suffolk County Water Authority.
In 1931 he married Elinore Dickerson; he and El also had a winter home in Florida for over 15 years until his health made it easier to stay in Stony Brook. Club memberships includEd St. George's Golf and Country Club, Old Field Club, Nissequogue Club, and Stony Brook Yacht Club.
Besides his wife he is survived by his daughter, Cynthia Ann Murphy, his son, David Bayles Minuse, seven grandchildren, one greatgrandchild, and a sister.
1930
During the summer we learned of the death on May 23 of EDWARD KENNETH LYNCH of Lebanon, NH, after an illness of three years. Red came to Hanover from the Bethlehem, NH, High School and Kimball Union Academy. He subsequently transferred to the University of New Hampshire, from which he was graduated in 1931.
Probably few of us came to know Red, but it is interesting that he came to many Dartmouth games. And even though he regularly supported the Alumni Fund, he never felt that he was a true '3O man. We believe that it was Charlie Widmayer '30 who convinced him otherwise, and got him to come to our 50th reunion, his only class event. Many will remember his excitement and warm greetings as he met his classmates there; it was apparent that the affair meant a lot to him.
He married Anita Gignac in 1942. Upon his retirement in 1968, after a lifetime working at the Veterans Administration Hospital in White River Junction, they spent their winters in Florida.
To his widow, the class extends its sympathy.
With the death of ROBERT HENRY RYAN, 78, of Montpelier, VT, on April 18, the class lost one of its lesser known members, but one who had given good service to his community, state, and nation. He succumbed to cancer after an eight-year fight, but was able to carry on his law practice till a few months before his death.
Prior to joining us in Hanover, Bob had already served as deputy Washington County clerk and deputy clerk of the Vermont Supreme Court. With this background, he was a political science major, Phi Beta Kappa, and a member of AXP; he was a serious and quiet fellow, working for his meals at one of the eating clubs. He went on to graduate in 1933 from Harvard Law School, where he was a member of Legal Aid, then returned to Montpelier to establish his own firm. He served for 15 years as city attorney, and until the end of his career represented the Von Trapp family of The Soundof Musk fame.
During the war years he served as judge advocate of the Yankee division, retiring as a lieutenant colonel. He was in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean theatres of operation and received the Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster as well as a decoration from the Czechoslovakian government.
He also served as a trustee and as president of the Capital Savings Bank and Trust Company, later becoming, upon a merger, a trustee and executive vice president of Chittenden Trust Company, largest in the state. He held directorships in the Mt. Mansfield ski resort company, Vermont Accident Insurance Company, Gas Company of Vermont, Utilgas Inc., and Central Vermont Medical Center, which he had a large part in establishing and where he passed away.
Bob had been president of both the Vermont Bar Association and the Vermont Bankers Association, he served as vice president of the American Bar Association, and he chaired the State Liquor Control Board.
At a large funeral mass, Dick and Grace Peabody represented the class, and Dick was an honorary bearer. Bob is survived by his wife Anne, whom he married in 1937, a son, a daughter, and four grandchildren, to all of whom we express our sincere sympathy.
1931
A true exemplar of the spirit of the class of 1931 and of Dartmouth was lost to us on June 3, when ROGER HOLMES BURRILL, 7.4, our class secretary, passed away on Cheabeague Island, ME, where he made his home with his wife Trudy. He had waged a valiant battle against lingering illness and had contributed one of his best class notes columns to the June issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE.
"Rog" served 13 years as our secretary in two stints, from 1965 to 1976 and from 1981 until his death. He also made the unique contribution of a collection of more than 12,000 pieces of sheet music from the 19th and early 20th centuries to Baker Library, an accession of tremendous importance and value.
He was a versatile and highly accomplished pianist, playing at the Nugget movies during our college days, as a professional after graduation, and as the star performer in our tent at all class reunions.
He spent more than 25 years of his career as a recreational specialist at the Veterans Hospital, Brockton, MA, specializing particularly in using his music as therapy for the patients and as a counselor. He retired to his beloved island home in 1974. He served as a private in the Army from 1943 to 1945 in the armored command and crossed France in combat to participate in the Rhineland campaign.
He engaged in many civic and church activities in the Brockton area and on Chebeague. He and Trudy wintered at Winter Park, FL.
He is survived by Trudy and by two stepsons and two brothers, including Carleton P. Burrill '33.
His funeral service on June 6 at Chebeague was attended by June and Ori Hobbs, Eliot Winslow, Larry Allan, and Al McLean, all of '31, and by Dean Chamberlin '26 and Dave Buxbaum '35.
On May 14, JOHN FERGUSON CUNNINGHAM JR. died of cancer in Columbus, OH, where he and his wife Betty Jane ("BJ") had made their home for many years.
After majoring in economics at Dartmouth, Jack attended Ohio State University, where he received his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering in 1935. He invented a welded gas turbine rotor that he used as the foundation for establishing his own company to produce the first marine gas turbine. This was the Midwest Air Equipment Company, which he ran from 1950 until his retirement in 1980, handling sales and equipment installation and acting as a manufacturer's representative for a variety of air-containing products.
Jack was active in a number of professional and management organizations. He headed the local chapters of both the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the Society for Advancement of Management.
Jack's outside interests included private flying, trap shooting, and hunting. He obtained his private pilot's license in 1973 and did cross-country flying regularly, although claiming to be a "chicken pilot." He received his instrument rating in 1979. He engaged in trap shooting once a week and in one year logged shooting 9,000 registered targets. His favorite hunting quarry was quail, which he shot on his own farm property. At Dartmouth, Jack was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa and very active in the Outing Club, particularly in recruiting and training new members.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by three daughters.
EDWARD OLIVER ELMER JR., 74, died on February 3 at the Saybrook (CT) Convalescent Home. He had been in ill health since suffering a heart attack in 1980.
Ed was a completely dedicated educator. After teaching in two other Connecticut schools following graduation, he joined the Hartford school system in 1936, which he served for 38 years as a music and mathematics teacher, guidance counselor, football and basketball coach, school paper advisor, and football equipment manager, among other duties. He earned his M.A. from Trinity College and also did further studies at Syracuse, Yale, Postdam Normal, the University of Connecticut, and the University of New Hampshire. He was also a sportscaster and school athletics official.
He was on active duty with the U.S. Navy during World War II and the Korean conflict and served a total of 22 years with the Navy and Naval Reserve, attaining the rank of commander.
Ed was supremely devoted to Dartmouth and was always proud of the number of students he "sent to Hanover" by reason of his school associations.
In college, Ed was a member of Zera Psi and Kappa Phi Kappa and the freshman and varsity glee clubs. He kept up his membership in various singing groups throughout his life. He retired in 1980, and he and Amber made their home in Westbrook, CT, thereafter. He is also survived by his daughter Cynthia and three grandchildren.
Ed was an active Episcopalian and was buried with full military honors in Cedar Hills Cemetery, Hartford.
HUBERT DELPHOS GLASS died on April 6 in his life-long hometown of Xenia, OH, at the age of 70. He had suffered from cancer for some time.
"Hugh" spent nearly his entire business career with the Delco Moraine Division of General Motors Corporation, based in Xenia. The division produces automotive components. Earlier, he had worked in sales for the American Book Company. At Delco, he rose to the position of sales manager, systems components, in 1959, and he retired in 1972.
Hugh was very active in community affairs, as a church leader (First Reformed Church) and in youth activities such as YMCA, Girl Scouts, and Sertoma International.
Hugh was 19 when he was graduated from Dartmouth. He had been a stalwart member of the band for four years and of the Players orchestra.
His wife Alice and three daughters survive him.
A great void was created within the ranks of our class with the passing of JAMES FRANCIS MCELROY at Fort Myers, FL, on June 8. He and his wife Donna had lived there for the past four years and Jim had been ill for some time.
"Parson Jim" will be remembered by all who have participated in the alumni affairs of the class for his distinguished church and civic careers and for his arranging and conducting of our reunion memorial programs for deceased classmates. In so doing, he made a unique and outstanding contribution to the class of 1931. Over the years, each of these services was highly personal, rich in its message and meaning, and truly memorable for all who attended.
After attending the Episcopal Theological School, he served from 1934 to 1943 as rector of two parishes in Northeast Harbor, ME, and then until 1945 as rector of St. James Church and as civilian chaplain of the U.S. Naval Air Station, both at Grosse lie, MI.
He was called to Sc. Mark's Church, Toledo, OH, in 1945 and for the next ten years was engaged in church, labor-relations, and civic work there. He arbitrated labor disputes and served on at least a dozen strike mediation panels. He was a board member of Riverside Hospital there and led a public campaign against legalized gambling.
He left Toledo to become director of the Seamen's Church Institute in Philadelphia and chaplain of the Port of Philadelphia, leaving both posts in 1973 to retire.
He is survived by his wife, LaDonna; a daughter, Helen Boise; a son James; eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and two sisters.
1933
DONALD FRANCIS D'ARCY died of cancer on July 4, in Wentworth-Douglas Hospital, Dover, NH. Surviving are his wife "Muggs" (Margaret Woodworth), three daughters, and six grandchildren.
Born in Andover, MA, Don spent most of his life in the Dover area. He graduated from Phillips Andover Academy and at Dartmouth was a member of Theta Delta Chi.
Don's business career included service as chief executive officer of the D'Arcy Company of Dover until its closing, as director of development at Bradford College, and as director and sales representative of Northeast Millwork Inc. of North Berwick, ME. His civic activities included service on the Dover City Council, as local and county Republican Party treasurer, as a major on the Staff of Governor Sherman Adams, as founder and director of the Dover Community Chest, as director of the Dover Chamber of Commerce and Red Cross, and as honorary trustee of the Wentworth-Douglass Hospital. He was particularly proud of his service, during the last five years , as a director of the New Hampshire Association for the Blind.
A Don loved Dartmouth. He served on the Alumni Council from 1959 to 1963 and re- ceived its highest award in 1967. As chairman of 1933's memorial fund effort in 1958, he produced a record for 25 th re- union classes, giving our depression-born class its first pride in achievement and a large step to its present status. Don was also a loving and caring husband, father, grandfather, friend, and human being. He and Muggs shared an indomitable spirit which kept them working and serving those who depended on them in spite of Don's failing eyesight and bouts with cancer the last few years.
Dartmouth has lost a loyal son, and all who knew him well have lost a great friend. HENRY P. SMITH 111 '33
BYRON OMAR MCCOY died of cancer in Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center on May 14. He is survived by his wife Louise, sons Roger '60 and Allen '65, and two grandchildren.
Mac was born in New London, CT, and came to Dartmouth after graduation from Westerly (RI) High School. At Dartmouth, he was a member of Alpha Sigma Phi, sang in the freshman and varsity glee clubs, and was active in the Outing Club and the Dartmouth Christian Association. He received his C.E. from Thayer in 1934.
Following graduation, Mac was a truck-trail locator in the White and the Green Mountain National Forests. He then joined a hydraulic engineering firm in Buffalo, NY, and later, in 1942, the Boston firm of Charles T. Main Inc., also hydraulic engineers. For them, during World War 11, he designed a water supply dam for the Navy in Puerto Rico and also traveled extensively in the United States, South America, and Asia on engineering projects.
lit 1957, he moved to Rutland, VT, as vice president of the Vermont Electric Company, becoming its president in 1974 and continuing on its board of directors when he retired in 1978. He and Louise continued their residency in Rutland.
It is impossible to list all of Mac's accomplishments and his services to the communities in which he lived. He was chairman of a commission to coordinate electrical connections between utilities in northeastern United States and Canada. He served the Federal Power Commission in a national power survey. He wrote articles on dams related to power development for the Encyclopedia Brittanica and professional publications. In Wellesley, MA, he chaired a committee to build its new high school. In Rutland, he was treasurer and director of the hospital and supervised the building of its major addition. Byron will be sorely missed by all who knew him and many who never did.
THOMAS BERNARD NOONAN died of a heart attack in Coaldale (PA) Hospital the night of June 21. Earlier that day he had celebrated his 71st birthday by playing tennis on the court at his home in Barnesville.
Tom was born in Mahanoy City, PA, and educated in its public schools. After graduation from Dartmouth, he worked in the Revenue Department, but left it in 1937 to enter Temple University Law School, receiving his LL.B. in 1940. He entered private practice, specializing in labor and workmen's compensation cases. His practice was interrupted during the World War II years, when he served as a captain in the U.S. Army, adjutant general's department.
Back in practice, he was general counsel for the United Mine Workers, anthracite division, at one time; he served as commissioner on the Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation Board; and, in the last few years, was a referee for that board. The law firm of Noonan & Noonan, formed with his son Tom, is located in Mahanoy City.
Tom was past president of the County Bar Association and his regional Holy Name Society, and he had only recently retired as a director of the Pennsylvania National Bank and Trust Company of Pottsville, PA. For Dartmouth, he interviewed applicants for admission and served as assistant class agent. His response on a 1965 questionnaire to the question "Love Dartmouth?" was "Intensely."
Tom is survived by his wife Helen, a son, a daughter, and by two sisters and two brothers, including Jim, also '33, who was by his side during their years at Dartmouth, and, happily, at the 50th reunion of the class.
HOWARD WILBUR WILSON died as the result of an automobile accident on Long Island, NY, on March 13. He is survived by his wife Lucille, a daughter, a son, and a brother Leslie '32.
Howie was born in Manchester, NH, and came to Dartmouth from that city's Central High School. He transferred to the University of New Hampshire in 1931 and later received his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
In 1934, Howie's first position was as a shipping clerk in National Biscuit Company's Lebanon, NH, sales office. He worked up through the ranks, becoming vice president in charge of sales in the New York headquarters of the firm by 1968. At the time of his death, he and Lucille made their home in Miller Place, Long Island.
1935
CLIFFORD WHEELER MILLS died after a long struggle with cancer on May 27 in Norwalk (CT) Hospital.
Following Dartmouth College and Dartmouth Medical School, Cliff went on to earn his M.D. at Cornell Medical School in 1938. After serving as a major and flight surgeon in World War 11, he married Lucille in 1943 and settled down to the practice of obstetrics and gynecology in Norwalk. Their beautiful home in Westport became a gathering place where many of us in 1935 much enjoyed getting together.
A founder of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Cliff compiled during his long career a very impressive record of service to the Norwalk area not only in the medical field but also in politics and a wide variety of community activities. Among the interests of Cliff and his family was and is the Norris Cotton Cancer Center at the Mary Hitchcock Hospital in Hanover.
Ciiff is survived by Lucille; by two sons, Clifford Jr. '69 and Richard '77; and by three daughters, one of whom, Letha '77, is a doctor at Mary Hitchcock Hospital.
JAMES DONALD PEIRCE died of a sudden heart attack in Indianapolis in March. Babe, as we knew him, was with us in Hanover only for our freshman year, though his support of Dartmouth continued throughout his life. Because of the economics of the time and a desire to train for the medical profession, he transferred to Butler University and then went on to Indiana University to obtain his A.B. in 1936 and M.D. in 1940. Serving first on the staff of Marion County General Hospital, Babe later joined Eli Lilly and Company as director of industrial medicine for a long and very distinguished career.
Survivors include a brother, Henry J. Peirce '34, and a son, Jeffrey.
1944
SIGMUMD JAMES KULAWIK, 64, died of a massive coronary while shoveling snow on April 14 at his home in Sioux City, IA. Ironically, he had had a complete physical two weeks earlier and had come through with a clean bill of health.
Sig came to Dartmouth from South Dakota. He won his numerals in freshman football and basketball but then left school to join the Air Force. He served for five years and then got his B.A. from Creighton University in Nebraska.
Back in Sioux City, Sig founded his own company, Brothers Paper Box, which he ran for the rest of his life. The company was his whole life, according to his wife: "It was his vocation, avocation, and hobby." His church activities, and work with the Chamber of Commerce and Knights of Columbus, all took a distant back seat to his company. He did take up golf at 60 and, natural athlete that he was, was soon driving the ball out of sight.
Sig is survived by his wife Paula and by six children five daughters and a son.
JOSEPH ROSS THORNTON, 60, died in Tulsa, OK, this past May; he suffered a heart attack while playing tennis. A native of Tulsa, Joe attended Dartmouth for only one year. He served in the Army from 1942 to 1945 and after the war received his B.A. in business administration from the University of Tulsa.
He spent his entire business career with the Thornton, Smith and Thornton Insurance Agency in Tulsa, from which he recently retired. He was a member of the Tulsa Club and Southern Hills Country Club and had been a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, the TU Quarterback Club, the United Way, and the Metropolitan Tulsa Chamber of Commerce.
Surviving are his wife Kay, a son and a daughter, a brother, and three grandchildren.
1945
ROBERT GILMAN NELB died on May 13 at the New England Medical Center in Boston after a long illness. A resident of Rye, NY, since 1977, he is survived by his wife Virginia; his mother Frances; three sons Robert G. Nelb II '71, Gary W. Nelb '74, and Jeffrey J. Nelb '7B; two daughters Joyanne Ericson and Elizabeth Nelb; a sister; and six grandchildren.
Bob was graduated from Phillips Andover Academy and from the College with an A.B. and A.M. in chemistry. He later obtained a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Rochester in 1949.
He worked for 27 years for Uniroyal Inc., where he was a director of research for the industrial products division. He retired in 1977 and later worked as a technical director with USM, Bailey division, in Seabrook, NH.
Bob was a member of the American Chemical Society and the Society of Plastic Engineers. He was also a member of the Portsmouth Country Club, a former director of the Waterbury Country Club in Connecticut, and charter president of the Tribury Rotary Club in Connecticut.
His classmates extend their sympathy to his wife Ginny and the other members of his family.
Word has just been received of the death of JOSEPH HENRY WEAVERJR. from a heart attack on September 2, 1977, in Minneapolis, MN. He was a resident of Edina, MN, at the time of his death. He is survived by his three children Cynthia, Thomas, and Joseph Henry 111, and by a brother-in-law, Herbert L. Osborne '42.
Joe entered the service in February 1943 and was a sergeant with the Air Force. After Dartmouth he went to work for Nebraska Consolidated Mills Company, starting as a retail salesman. He went to work for General Mills in 1956 as copy and packaging supervisor, was promoted to advertising manager for flour, baking mixes, and specialty products, and was creative advertising manager at the time of his death.
His classmates extend their sympathy to the members of his family.
1949
DANIEL FRANCIS SULLIVAN JR. died on May 30 at his home in Edgartown, MA, of a massive stroke. Dan attended Fordham Preparatory School in New York City and entered the Navy after graduation. He came to Dartmouth in the Navy V-12 program and graduated from the College and Tuck School. He worked for only one employer, Time Inc., taking an early retirement in 1979 from his position as credit manager after 30 years of service. A long-time lover of Martha's Vineyard, he then made Edgartown his year-round home and became active in the Duke's County Historical Society, the Sheriffs Meadow Foundation, the Edgartown Yacht Club, the Edgartown Public Library, and several other community organizations. He is survived by four sisters Katherine Schmitt, Anastasia Halligan, Julie Wheeler, and Eleanor Kane. A private interment took place in Edgartown.
1959
The class was saddened to learn of the death on June 3 of JAMES ARTHUR HENANDER, a victim of cancer. A history major as an undergraduate, Jim was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and Sphinx and lettered in varsity football. He received his doctorate in dentistry in 1965 from the University of Nebraska and had built his own practice in Louisville, CO, where he was raised. Jim is survived by his wife Phyllis and his two children Elizabeth, age 18, and Jack, 16. Jim will be remembered fondly by his Dartmouth classmates, who extend sincere sympathy to his family and close friends.
