Deaths
(This is a listing of deaths of which word hasbeen received since the last issue. Full notices, which are usually written by the classsecretaries, may appear in this issue or a laterone.)
John W. Bates '10, March 19 Frederic W. Campbell '14, Date Unknown Edward T. Doyle '16, February 24 Lester B. Badger '18, December 7, 1983 Donald L. Barr '18, March 10 George C. Mcßride '18, February 20 Donald S. Graves 'l9, February 3 Ora M. Huntoon '19, February 24 Milton Tucker '19, February 29 Henry H. Hayes '20, February 10 Carleton E. McMackin '21, February 22 Ralph .E.C. unningh.ini '2-2r lanuarv 25 ]/ Willis C.Evans '23, December 24, 19834/" Karl C. Williams '23, February 20 Richmond A. Lattimore '26, February 26 Frederick M. Auer '27, February 27 Burton L. Snow '27, August 31, 1983 Arthur G. Jacobson '29, February 27 Porter S. Kier '29, November 14, 1983 Edward L. Richardson '29, February 11 Gilman H. Lowery '30, January 28 George M. Adams Jr. '31, May 9, 1983 George M. Robins '31, February 22 Theodore Ellis '32, March 5 Peter A. Ostafin '32, January 31 Howland H. Sargeant '32, February 29 George H. Werrenrath '33, February 14 C. Sanford Parsons '35, February 25 William R. Smith '36, February 4 William C. Clay Jr. '37, January 31 Howard P. Chivers '39, March 8 Paul H. Guilfoil '39, February 3 Robert F. Williams '40, February 22 Richard W. Houghton '43, February 16 Walter J. Zebrowski '45, December 2, 1983 Robert W. Heussler '46, February 17 John R. Costello Jr. '48, February 11 lan Macartney '48, January 28 Alan R. Weissman '54, August 21, 1982 William J. Wall '58, January 1984
Faculty
WILLIAM AMBROSE CARTER '20, professor emeritus of economics, passed away in his sleep on February 11 at his home in Sun City West, Ariz., at age 85. He served in the college's economics department from 1928 to 1967, teaching and writing on money and banking, corporations, antitrust, and other public policy issues. In 1968 he was appointed to the Stephen B. Monroe Chair of Money and Banking at Kalamazoo College, where he taught for two years. In 1970-71 he returned to Dartmouth on special assignment to President Kemeny as college ombudsman. He also served several years as director of the Northern New England School of Banking.
He was born in Washington, D.C., in 1899. At the age of four he and his family moved to Sherborn, Mass., where he grew up on a farm and was graduated from Framingham High School. In 1916 he entered Dartmouth, where he was a member of the cross-country track team, Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity, and Dragon. He served as a second lieutenant in the Army during World War I, then returned to Dartmouth and the Tuck School,graduating in 1920. He earned his M.A. at the University of Missouri in 1928 and completed his doctor ate at Princeton in 1932.
During World War II he was commanding officer of the Vermont State Guard in Norwich, Vt., and later served as selectman and in other civic positions. He was secretary of the class of 1920 for 12 years, president of the Dartmouth Club of Phoenix, and a member of the Christian Science Society of Sun City West, Ariz.
He is survived by his wife, the former Laura B. Tuckerman, whom he married in 1925; a son, William Douglas '49; a daughter, Katharine Adelaide; a sister; a brother; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Friends who wish to remember him may contribute to the William A. Carter 1920 Memorial Fund, c/o David T. Eckles, 216 Blunt Alumni Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755.
W.DOUGLAS CARTER '49
1910
JOHN WESLEY BATES SR., cofounder of Reading and Bates Corporation, one of the .world's leading offshore oil and gas drilling firms and a diversified energy company, died on March 19 in Tulsa, Okla. He was 95.
Jack grew up in Somersworth, N.H. At Dartmouth he majored in economics, played ice hockey, and was a member of Theta Delta Chi. He got his start in the oil industry soon after graduation when he worked as a roustabout, tool dresser, and drilling chief in the oil fields of California. In 1914 he was named general superintendent for Roxanna Oil Company (now Shell Oil Company) in Tulsa.
After serving in the Army in World War I, Jack joined forces with G.M. Reading in 1930 to form Reading and Bates. He served for many years as company president and had most recently served as director emeritus of the corporation. He retired in the early seventies. His son, John W. Jr. '41, is R&B's chairman of the board and chief executive officer.
Jack was an alumni club president from 1929 to 1932 and a representative of the southwestern states district of the Alumni Council from 1942 to 1945.
Besides John Jr., he is survived by his wife Caroline; another son; and a daughter.
1914
FREDERIC WIER CAMPBELL, retired executive of the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, has been presumed dead. He disappeared from his home in Peterborough, N.H., on September 9, 1983, and no trace of him has been found despite a long and intensive search, according to Peterborough po- lice. He was 91.
Frederic was born in Dorchester, Mass. At Dartmouth he was a member of Theta Delta Chi. During World War I he served in France with E company, 101 st Engineers, of the famed 26th "Yankee" division. He was discharged as a first sergeant and received the Victory Medal with five combat clasps.
Frederic retired as associate actuary and officer of the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company of Boston in 1956, after 42 years with the company. An officer in the actuarial division, he was a pioneer in the use of punched cards in business, working closely with IBM in the development of the cards. He had also served as John Hancock's representative in professional insurance organizations and in a number of court actions around the country.
When he retired, he moved to Peterborough from Milton, Mass., where he had lived for more than 30 years. He had served on Milton's Warrant Committee and for many years was a member of the vestry of St. Michael's Episcopal Church there. He was active in many other local organizations, including the PTA, the Red Cross, AF&AM, and the American Legion.
His wife, the former Edith Newcomb, died several years ago. He is survived by Frederic W.Jr.'44; two daughters; six grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and a nephew, Robert N.Emde '56.
1916
EDWARD THOMPSON DOYLE died February 24 in Sea Girt, N.J., at age 88. At Dartmouth, he was a member of Casque and Gauntlet and Phi Sigma Kappa. He won his "D" in baseball and tennis. In World War I he was a captain in the Army Air Force. He attended Fordham University Law School and was a member of the New York Bar. He was also a member of the New York Stock Exchange.
As mayor or a member of the Sea Girt Borough governing body for 30 years, he was active in local affairs.
Survivors are three sons L. Kelvin Doyle, Dartmouth 1940, Alfred P. Doyle, and William T. Doyle together with nine grandchildren, including Betty Ann Doyle, Dartmouth 1978.
1918
After a long illness, at the age of 90, LESTER BEAN BADGER died on December 7,1983, in St. Frances Home, Laconia, N.H.
In college a member of Lambda Chi Alpha, Les enlisted in both World Wars. In the first he was a lieutenant in the Air Corps; and in the second he held the rank of major and was an instructor of air cadets.
His civilian life was spent in education first as a high school principal and then as a superintendent of schools. He was cited by the New Hampshire State Board of Education for exceptional service. He retired as head of the Peterborough-Jaffrey Union School District.
During summers he attained his master's degree from Teacher's College, Columbia University. He was a member of both the New England and American Associations of School Administrators, past president of the New Hampshire Association of School Administrators, and a state director of Rural Education.
In his community, Lester was a Unitarian, a Rotarian, a Scout master, treasurer of the Scout Council, and a member of the general council of the Sharon, N.H., Arts Center.
He is survived by his son, Paul R.Badger '41 of Winnisquam, N.H.
We have recently learned that JOSEPH PENN CAROLAN died on May 6, 1983, at the age of 91. He was born in Chicago, I11., in 1892 and was graduated from Oak Park High School. He entered Dartmouth with the class of 1918 and served in World War I as an officer at Base Hospital 13 in Limoges, France.
At the completion of his service, he returned to Chicago and formed an insurance agency which was known as Carolan and Graham. He also served a term on the Cook County board of county commissioners and was federal housing administrator for a six state region in the Midwest for a time. Upon his retirement in 1967, he moved to Orlando, Fla., where he resided at the time of his death.
He was married to the former Virginia Martin of Chicago; she passed away on July 8, 1983. He is survived by their son, J.Penn Carolan Jr. of Winter Park, Fla.
1919
DONALD STONE GRAVES died in Los Angeles, Calif., on February 3. Don had lived there since his retirement from Northrop Aircraft in 1962.
He came to college from Keene, N.H., and remained for one year, before transferring to MIT. He served in World War I in the Navy as an ensign. After the war he was in the retail clothing business in Boston and on the West Coast. He returned to Keene for a period of time and then returned to the West Coast in 1936 and stayed there the rest of his life.
He is survived by one daughter, Gloria Gehring of Duarte, Calif.
ORA MORSE HUNTOON passed away at his home in Williamsburg, Va., on February 24. A native of Contoocook, N.H., he left college to enter the service in World War I and returned to college after the war to complete the requirements for his degree. To quote his wife, "Dartmouth was very meaningful to him."
After graduation he worked for the National Acme Company in Windsor, Vt., and later at the home office in Cleveland, Ohio. He left Cleveland in 1924 and became associated with the New England department of Merchants Mutual Insurance of Buffalo, N.Y. He remained with that company until 1961 when he retired as a vice president.
From 1963 to 1977 he lived in Palm Springs, Calif. In 1977 he returned to the East, living briefly in New London, N.H., and then moving to Williamsburg, where he spent the remaining years of his life.
He is survived by his wife Elizabeth; a daughter, Mrs. Burton R. Lester of Fayetteville, N.Y.; and six grandsons.
MILTON TUCKER died on February 29 in Fort Myers, Fla., where he had lived since retirement. He came to college from Milton, Mass., where the Tucker family settled around 1632.
Prior to the outbreak of World War I, Milt enlisted in the Dartmouth ambulance unit and saw active service in France throughout the war.
He was in the engineering and architectural fields around Philadelphia most of his business life. During the Depression he acquired a jigsaw and made puzzles which were said to be "the most beautiful jigsaw puzzles in the United States."
In later years he began to make silhouettes cut from ebonized wood and many museums purchased his pieces. In 1955 there was an exhibit of his work at Dartmouth College, and the ALUMNI MAGAZINE ran an extensive article on his work in a 1955 issue. He has written extensively in various publications and published one book.
He is survived by his wife Jessie; a sister Marjorie of Cotuit, Mass.; and several grandchildren.
1920
HENRY HERBERT HAYES died at age 81 on February 10 in Rochester, N.Y., of natural causes. A member of Phi Kappa Psi in college, Henry wrote in our 25th .yearbook in 1945 of "recreation when there is time for it... outdoor activities such as fishing and hunting are largely replaced with pushing the lawnmower and cultivator in a garden twice as big as I wish it was. I still have time for music, doing quite a bit of orchestra and quartet work with amateur groups. I left Hanover in 1917 for service in the Naval Air Force. Around 1930, we moved to Rochester, where my wife and I both accepted teaching positions at the Harley School. For the past four years, I have been with the Bausch and Lomb Optical Company here, in the production of war materials, and I have also served as an observer in the First Fighter Command." Henry went on later to work in an aerial survey and mapping concern, retiring in 1962.
Henry was married in 1920 to Julia Richardson, who died in 1978. He is survived by two daughters, nine grandchildren, eight greatgrandchildren, and a sister. The family has requested that memorial contributions in his name be made to Dartmouth.
MARSHALL LYMAN LOMBARD, whom we knew as "Tink," died on January 23. Born in Colebrook, N. H., he was a graduate of Exeter and went on after Dartmouth to earn his business degree from the Tuck School. In college, he was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa, and he continued his interest in Dartmouth after leaving Hanover as an assistant class agent.
He spent his entire career as an executive with the Western Electric Company, from 1922 to his retirement in 1963. He was president of the New York chapter of the Telephone Pioneers, active in the Central Presby terian Church in Summit, N.J., and a Mason.
Tink and his wife Esther were married in 1923, and they moved in retirement from New Jersey to Heritage Village in Southbury, Conn. For the last several years of his life, Tink lived in Ellington, Conn., with his daughter Nancy, who survives him, together with five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
1921
The College has just recently been notified that HASTINGS HOWLAND WALKER, 82, died in Honolulu, Hawaii, in January 1981. A grandfather in 1862, a father in 1891, and a son 1953 were all graduates of Dartmouth. "Pud" himself was born in Honolulu, but when he was five his parents came back to the U.S. He came to us from Exeter. His college fraternity was Phi Delta Theta and he was also in many medical societies. In 1975, Pud had retired from the active practice of medicine but was still living in Honolulu.
Pud had been a lieutenant in the U.S. Naval Reserve since 1934, and during World War II he was kept at Honolulu in charge of enormous medical responsibilities due to American activity in the Pacific theater.
Pud spent his entire medical life at the famous tuberculosis hospital known as "Leahi" in Honolulu. Although it was a collection of small wooden buildings when he arrived after graduation from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1923, it soon grew into a modern multimillion-dollar plant with 770 beds and was ranked with the best in the 50 states.
Pud married Maude Atkisson, a graduate of the University of California, in 1925. This marriage was blessed with three children David '53, Richard, and Elizabeth.
A long story written by Pud describing his life at this tubercular hospital and his world- wide travels will appear in the "Smoker."
1922
ALBERT CLAYTON ACKER, a retired business- man, died December 2, 1983, in St. Peters- burg, Fla., where he resided. His wife Veroni- ca had passed away a few months previously.
Ack was born in 1898 in Weston, Mass., and came to Dartmouth from Methuen, Mass., High School. Classmates will remem- ber him as a friendly, unobtrusive fellow stu- dent; He served in the Student Army Train- ing Corps and majored in economics, but also liked scientific courses especially physics. He was a member of Zeta Psi.
After graduating, he worked for a few years in Boston and then went to Ohio. He had a 20-year career there, mainly in the Cleveland and Akron areas, where he be- came the regional manager with General Mo- tors Acceptance Corporation. During World War II he served in the Coast Guard. He later went into business for himself, buying and operating a hotel in Hardenville, S.C. After some successful years in the hotel business, he came north to Ossipee, N.H., and busied himself with investments. In the late fifties he moved to Florida and became president of an independent contractors association. And more recently, in semi-retirement, he en- joyed the duties of being a judge at a Florida horse race track.
He was an interested alumnus and had served as an Alumni Fund agent. He was a member of the Hanover lodge of Masons and he was a vestryman and treasurer of the Epis- copal Church in one or more communities where he had lived.
According to information received by Alumni Records, Ack left no direct survivors.
ELMER FRANCIS ARDIFF, 84, former tele- phone company executive, died on January 16. He had lived for the past 27 years in Wa- ban, Mass.
In college he was a highly esteemed class- mate noted for his friendliness and his cordial disposition. He was a proficient scholar and a member of Zeta Psi.
The Bell System recruited Ard at Hanover in the spring of 1922, and soon after receiving his A.B. he began work»with the New York Telephone Company. A short time later he transferred to the New England Telephone Company, where he began a life-long career of management responsibilities in the traffic, plant, commercial, and sales departments. His experience consisted of ten increasingly important positions in Worcester, Lowell, Springfield, and Boston. When he retired in 1964 he was assistant vice president and gen- eral operations supervisor at Boston head- quarters.
He was former chairman of the Boston United Fund and a member of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, AF&AM, the Episco- pal Parish of the Good Shepherd, and the Windsor Club in Waban. For Dartmouth he was an Alumni Fund class agent, former president of the Dartmouth Club of Lowell, and a member of the Dartmouth Club of Bos- ton. His brother, the late Ralph E. Ardiff, was Dartmouth '29, and his nephew, William B. Ardiff, is Dartmouth '59.
Elmer and Frances (Hahn) were married in 1927 in Cambridge, Mass. They were always happily present at class reunions and similar gatherings.
In addition to Frances, Elmer is survived by two daughters Nancy Boulter of Berea, Ohio, and Eleanor Ormiston of Tulsa, Okla.; a son, Ralph E.Ardiff of Worcester; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Class president Bill Bullen represented '22 at the funeral service on January 19 in the Church of the Good Shepherd.
STERRY ROBINSON WATERMAN, 82, distinguished senior judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, died on February 6 at the St. Johnsbury, Vt., hospital. Sterry was appointed to the Second Circuit in 1955 by President Eisenhower. During his 28 years on the court, Sterry authored some 600 opinions.
Sterry prepared for Dartmouth at St. Johnsbury Academy. In college he was a well known, highly-regarded classmate, a member of Company I in the Student Army Training Corps, an English major, an honors student, and a brother in Zeta Psi. His interest in Dartmouth was lifelong and it was always a pleasure to have him and his wife Frances with 1922 at many gatherings.
After attending Harvard Law and George Washington University, Sterry in 1926 was admitted to the bar in the District of Columbia and the State of Vermont. In later life he received a J.D. from Vermont Law School, where from 1974 through 1983 he served as president of the board of trustees. In addition, he had honorary LL.D.'s from Dartmouth, George Washington University and the Universities of New York and Vermont. He served as president of the American Judicature Society (comprising some 50,000 judges and lawyers), the American Academy of Judicial Education, and the Vermont Bar Association. He was a trustee of St. Johnsbury Academy and since 1973 had served as president of its board.
He belonged to the Century and Dartmouth Clubs of New York City. He was a 33rd degree Mason, a member of the Congregational Church, and past president of the St. Johnsbury Rotary and Elks Clubs.
Sterry and Frances.Chadbourne Knight, a University of Vermont '27 alumna, were maried in 1932. She, sadly, passed away in 1975. They are survived by two sons Robert of Monroe, N.Y., and Thomas '59, of San Marino, Calif., and by five grandchildren.
1923
WILLIS CALVIN EVANS died on December 24, 1983, at the age of 83. He was educated at the Grand Rapids High School before entering Dartmouth, where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta. He married early and had a son and daughter, both of whom are married. It is believed that he was a widower at the time of his death. He was employed as a furniture salesman, retiring in 1972. His favorite hobbies were fishing, especially for crab and shrimp.
LUTHER WILLIAM HUSSEY died on January 24V in Delray, Fla. Following graduation from Melrose, Mass., High School and from Dartmouth, Luther earned an M.A. from Harvard and a B.S.E.E. at Union College, where he spent six years teaching mathematics. In 1930 he became associated with Bell Laboratories and did considerable research in the field of magnetic switching, oscillation, modular systems, and diode gates. Articles in these fields were published in the Bell System technical journal. He held 18 patents on electrical devices.
He was married in, 1930 to Doris O'Brien, and they had two children. Since his retirement in 1965 they had lived in Florida.
It is with great sadness that we report the death on January 24 of TRUMAN TWINSMETZEL, an outstanding member of the class. He started his life after graduation as a shoe salesman and became president of Cutler Shoe Company and later secretary treasurer of Metropolitan Shoemakers. He retired in 1949 but had in the meantime joined the Air Force, seeing service in North Africa and Italy. He became a li- censed pilot. In 1951 he worked with the Air Force Material Command as chief of the pro- curement section in Chicago a task which earned him the award of the Legion of Merit for procurement in the Mediterranean the- ater.
His devotion to Dartmouth has been out standing. He attended all but two of the Alumni Colleges. He was twice class secretary and a "charter" bequest chairman, raising, with his co-chairman, over $32,000,000 in his first 18 years, and much more later.
Tru served on the Alumni Council from 1965 to 1968 and was honored in 1976 by a citation from the bequest and estate planning program for 25 years as chairman for our class in this vital position. In 1969 he had been honored by the Alumni Council for a "lifetime of devotion to Dartmouth College and to Society" and given the Dartmouth Alumni Award.
Truman's son, Truman Metzel Jr., was a member of the class of '48 at Dartmouth. There were two other children. He married Elnora (Bunny) Harkness in 1948. His last great effort was to return to Hanover for his 60th reunion.
THEODORE RICHARDSON MINER died sudfenly February 5 while fixing a garage door at his home in Longmeadow, Mass. Born into a Dartmouth family in 1901, "Babe" inherited and promoted the true "Spirit of Dartmouth" from his father (1889), his uncle (1891), and his two brothers, Paul (1918) and Stanley (1922).
He was graduated from New York University Medical College, and his career activities thenceforth are far too legion to compile, even in part. He began as a surgeon in Brooklyn, N.Y., and before Pearl Harbor he was commissioned in the Navy Medical Corps; he rose to captain and continued in the Reserves for over 26 years. He was executive officer and surgeon-in-chief at U.S. Naval Hospitals in Portsmouth, N.H., and the Solomons, then commander for 15 years of the Reserve Unit in Springfield, Mass., where he completed his Naval duties.
Babe was an ardent believer in ROTG and in one of his last letters he reaffirmed his faith in adequate reserve training for defense of "duty, honor, and country."
He became surgeon in charge in 1964 of the Springfield Medical Center, later developing and directing emergency and ambulance services. He was instrumental in establishing the first comprehensive ambulance law in Massachusetts. Babe was a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and president and legislative councilor to the Hamden District Medical Society.
His contributions to Dartmouth are too many to enumerate, including president of the Dartmouth Club of Springfield, the Dartmouth Club of New York, and the Dartmouth Alumni Association of New York. He was honored with an Alumni Award in 1975. Babe was also 1923 class agent and treasurer; he performed very effectively, leaving all his financial records fully up to date. He had recently been named to the Alumni Council but had attended only one meeting before his untimely demise.
Babe is survived by his wife Florence and by two children, one a graduate of Bay Path Junior College and the other of Middlebury.
PEMBERTON WHITCOMB died in a nursing home in North Falmouth, Mass., on January 22, following a long illness and disability from burns when his home on the Cape was destroyed by fire on November 22,1982.
After graduation Pem started as an auto salesman. Then he entered the financial printing business with Twentieth Century Press, first as a salesman, then in 1929 as vice president, and since 1932 as president. He sold out to Security Columbian Bank Note Company of New York and had since been called "executive vice president," which he intimated was a misnomer as he only worked a day or so a week. He and his wife Bernice had a lovely home at Cotuit, Mass., where he spent most of his time fishing, golfing, and gardening.
Pem was a member of Alpha Delta Phi, Sphinx, Green Key, the Downtown Athletic Club, the Dartmouth Club of Cape Cod, India House, Wiano Golf Club, the Country Club of Brookline, and many civic committees.
He leaves his wife Bernice and no children
Another of our classmates, KARL CEDRIC WILLIAMS, passed away February 20. Karl was born and raised in Rockford, I11., and was graduated from Rockford High School in 1919. At Dartmouth he was a member of SAE and Barbary Coast, in which he played the tuba. He worked all through college for Jim Campion and was known to everyone. He was graduated from Harvard Law School in 1926 and returned to Rockford as district attorney before opening his own office. He shortly married Mary Commons and they produced two daughters.
Karl attained in life what few are priviledged to he reached the very heights of his profession. This he did not with a narrow focus, but through a broad spectrum of interests. He believed deeply in the abstract concept of the rule of law. He regarded the practice of law as an honorable calling of the highest order and spent his life implementing these convictions.
Never forsaking local activities, he rose to the presidency of the Illinois State Bar Association. From there he attained national prominence as chairman of the National Conference of Bar Association Presidents. He also served on key committees and as treasurer of the American Bar Association. Later, he assumed the chair of the Fellows of the American Bar Association and was a director of the American Judicature Society. The culmination of his career came in 1980 when he was presented by Chief Justice Burger with the 50 year award of the American Bar Association as "a lawyer who, during more than 50 years of practice, has adhered to the highest principles and traditions of the. legal profession."
Karl's efforts were done quietly and modestly. Only after his death did his partners learn of several important posts, he had held. Probably his most outstanding characteristic was his love of people. He was equally at home with great figures and the lowliest workers.
His participation in law and community activities was almost endless. A list of his chairmanships, directorships, and fellowships would easily fill a full page of this journal. The class of '23 has lost another great and loyal member.
1925
WILLIAM WHELDEN JENKINS died on January 31 at his home in Falmouth, Mass., after a brief illness. At the time of his death he was serving as president of the class, which was typical of his long and active interest in his class and in Dartmouth.
Although born in Hyannis, Mass., he entered Dartmouth from Maiden High School. At Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity and in his senior year was elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa. After Dartmouth he went on to attend Harvard Law School, where he earned his LL.B. He commenced the practice of law with the firm of Gaston Snow in Boston. After two years with that firm, he accepted a position in the legal department of the General Electric Company in Schenectady, where he later became assistant general counsel, continuing in that position until his retirement in 1967. During his years in Schenectady he was a member of the Mohawk Club and the Schenectady County Council, and he also served as a member of the executive board of the Boy Scouts of America and as a member of the Schenectady County Bar Association.
In Falmouth he engaged in his lifelong interest in sailing ocean racing as well as cruising in his own yacht. He was a member of the Cruising Club of America, the Indian Yacht Club of Greenwich, Conn., and the Quisset Yacht Club.
He is survived by his wife, Pearl "Billee" (Hathaway) Jenkins; three sons Thornton '55 of Marblehead, Mass., Donald of Bronxville, N.Y., and William Jr. of Southwest Harbor, Maine; seven grandsons; and a granddaughter.
Services at Falmouth on February 4 were attended by several classmates: the Haffen reffers, the Gosses, the Sharps, the Larry Leavitts, Joe Leavitt, and Web Collins.
GEORGE THOMAS STEVENS JR. died on January 3 at his home in Phoenix, Ariz. At Dartmouth, Steve was a member of Psi U, Casque and Gauntlet, and Green Key. He won his letter in baseball and also was on the football squad.
After leaving college, he had numerous sales positions with General Motors Corporation, as a manufacturer's representative, as director of sales for Lifetime Products Corporation, with Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation, and in real estate enterprises in Phoenix and Scottsdale, Ariz.
He is survived by his wife Helen, a daughter Susan, and a son George.
1926
The obituary of a poet should be not an obituary but a song of praise. Praise to RICHMOND ALEXANDER LATTIMORE, who died on February 26, and to his wife, children (two sons of Dartmouth), and grandchildren for his life and works; to the seriousness of the grand responsibilities of saving the past for the present and the future; to giving decades-long efforts to translating the Greeks into our modern consciousness with grace and skill; to having found one's strength in this noble ideal; and to writing one's own poems, too his last volume of which I reviewed in the January/February Magazine.
I had sent that review to Dick in typescript in case he wanted to change anything. He replied generously not to change a word.I had not known he was ill.
My memories go back to our beginnings at Dartmouth when he was our class poet in 1926. He and I and a few others were noticed by Robert Frost in his short introduction to The Arts' 1925 anthology, only recently reprinted over a half a century later. Dick's early poems were sensuous evocations, beautifully communicated.
Decades passed. We saw the Lattimores quite often at New York meetings of the American Academy and of the Institute of Arts and Letters. Once, early, he invited me to read at Bryn Mawr. He was a charming host and I have a happy memory of this occasion.
Elsewhere you may read of everything he published, and I hope perhaps will read it all. He and Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald made the stature of translations from the Greek masterful for American scholarship. He also translated the New Testament. Richmond Lattimore's work will endure. His splendid achievement stands as a monument to the young dream of a Dartmouth student whom I have admired all my life. He had the courage and daring to give his whole mind, soul, and being to poetry, chiefly to the Greeks and also to his own poems. This is my song of praise to my young and old classmate written with love and affection in his. memory.
RICHARD EBERHART '26
1927
ERNEST DOMINIC MASSUCCO, 80, died November 4, 1983, in the Central Vermont Hospital, Berlin, Vt., near his hometown of Montpelier, after a short illness.
Ernie was born in Montpelier and attended high school there before entering the University of New Hampshire, where he remained for two years. He transferred in 1925 to Dartmouth, where he was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity and spent his senior year at the Tuck School.
After graduating from Dartmouth, he owned and operated, for a time, the Capitol Beverage Company in Montpelier. Later he became interested in the investment business, took a course at the University of Vermont which was sponsored and coordinated by the New York Stock Exchange, and in 1957 went to work for the well-known Wall Street firm of W.E.Hutton in its Montpelier office. After following this line of work for several years, he became involved in real estate and transferred his main efforts to the management of rental properties, both residential and commercial.
For four years, from 1942 to 1946, he served with the U.S. Air Force overseas in Burma, China, and India and was the proud possessor of a Bronze .Star and three Chinese decorations with the Chinese Parachute Comman do Wings. After the war, he remained in the Air Force Reserves and only recently retired with the rank of major.
Survivors are a daughter, Judy MassuccO Donahy; a sister; a brother; and several nieces and nephews.
News reached us only recently of the death of WILLIAM NEILSON in Maui, Hawaii, on August 23, 1983, at the age of 79. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., where he attended the public high school. During his two years at Dartmouth he was a member of Chi Phi fraternity.
After leaving college in 1925, Bill went to the Robertson Flying School in St. Louis, Mo., and immediately thereafter embarked on a long and successful career in aviation, mostly in Hawaii. For many years, he was manager of the Maui District Airports under the Department of Transportation of the State of Hawaii. He belonged to the American Association of Airport Executives and had delivered papers before numerous meetings of airport executives.
During World War II, from 1942 to 1946, he saw active duty with the U.S. Navy and continued in the Naval Reserves until 1966, when he retired with the rank of commander. He was the recipient of the Victory Medal for his actions in both the Asiatic and American theaters. During the Korean War he served as a consultant on air-lift operations at Johns Hopkins University and for the U.S. Navy on early air-borne warning systems. During these years, in connection with his duties, he traveled extensively in Alaska, Japan, Korea, Guam, Hawaii, Wake, and the Philippines.
Bill was extremely active in civic affairs in Maui, having served for several years as president and a director for both its Rotary Club and Chamber of Commerce. He was also active in the Episcopal church, serving for almost two decades as a vestryman, junior warden, and senior warden.
He is believed to be survived by his wife Dorothy, a son William, and a daughter, Marjorie Neilson Ross.
1929
RAYMOND CARTER HEDGER died on November 15,1983, five months after the death of his wife Dorothy.
Ray came to Dartmouth from Glen Cove, Long Island, High School. He majored in English and earned his "D" on the ski team. He belonged to Lamda Chi Alpha.
After several years in the financial field he joined the Air Force and was commissioned before the end of the war. He finished his career as vice president of Sorg Printing Company, financial printers.
He was active in community affairs and was at one time commissioner of public safety for Glen Cove. He belonged to the New York Dartmouth Club and the Alumni Association of Long Island. He leaves a son and two daughters. Ray and Dot were a happy part of many reunions at Hanover.
HENRY WILLIAM MARSHALL died at Ithaca, N.Y., on November 20, 1983, after a third heart attack.
He came from Duluth Central High in Minnesota, majored in economics, and belonged to Theta Delta Chi. He earned his M.B.A. at Harvard Business School. He served from 1942 to 1945 as a technical sergeant in the financial division of the Air Corps.
After business school Hank worked for Texaco in New Jersey, Maine, New York City, and Houston, Tex., until he retired in 1972. He leaves his wife Muriel (Miller), a daughter, and a son.
ROBERT HAYES RAMAGE died in his sleep at his home in Hopewell Junction, N.Y., on January 21.
He came from Unionville, Conn., High School and majored in psychology. He spent his career in the publishing and advertising field, and in 1954 he went into it on his own. He published several small books for commercial use. After retirement he designed and built the first solar-heated home in New York State and designed and produced challenging jigsaw puzzles.
Bob particularly appreciated rural living and took part in school board, church, planning board, fire department, and a variety of other local civic activities. His editing of the 1929 25th yearbook was an outstanding job of priceless value to the class. He also belonged to the Mid-Hudson and New York Dartmouth clubs and served 1929 as an assistant class agent.
He leaves his wife Statia, two daughters, and two sons, including John Ramage '65.
EDWARD LAWRENCE RICHARDSON died on February 11 in a Plymouth, Mass., nursing home of Alzheimer's disease after a long illness.
Ed grew up in Hanover, the son of "Cheerless" Richardson, the chemistry professor. He belonged to Lamda Chi Alpha and majored in English.
He spent his business career with the New England Telephone Company and became Massachusetts traffic superintendent after working in Maine and New Hampshire. He was fond of sailing, golf, and wood-carving. After seven moves he was happy to stay in Marblehead and take part in civic activities.
He belonged to the Dartmouth clubs of Marblehead, Mass., Sarasota, Fla., and Cape Cod, and he was at one time president of the North Shore Club. He also belonged to the Corinthian Yacht Club and the Tedesco Country Club.
He leaves his wife Constance and one son. He survived his father Leon, 1900, and his two brothers, Robert '28 and Stuart '35.
1930
We have learned only recently of the death on July 24,1983, of RICHARD WILLIAM HOWELL. Dick left Dartmouth in his junior year and was employed by the Dennison Manufacturing Company in sales and merchandising from 1929 to 1945. In 1948 he joined the Roanwell Corporation, manufacturers of communications equipment, as vice president, became its president in 1957, and remained with the firm until his retirement. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi, the Stanwich Club of Greenwich, Conn., the New York Yacht Club, and the Larchmont Yacht Club, of which he was commodore in 1970. Dick was married in 1929 to the former Eileen Park, an alumna of {Catherine Gibbs. He is survived by his wife, a son, and twin daughters, to whom the class offers its sympathy in their loss.
The class has recently learned of the death of GEORGE TYLER KEARNEY in May 1983, following some six years of declining health and two and a half years of serious illness. George attended Dartmouth only from September to Thanksgiving of our freshman year. We have had only occasional reports of him in recent years, but know that since about 1960 he and his wife were owners and operators of Anson Newton Ltd., known as "the old grey barn," a country store on Route 202 near Morristown, N.J., which specialized in gifts and casual clothing. He was a member of the Morristown Club and the Mendham Golf and Tennis Club. He is survived by his wife, the former Susan Peters (Northwestern '28), to whom the.class extends its sympathy.
1931
By the indirect route of a letter from his executor in Japan to Baker Library, concerning a bequest of books, belated word has come of the death of GEORGE MATTHEW ADAMS JR. on May 9, 1983. "Smokey Joe" had lived in Kamakurishi, Japan, for more than 20 years but had kept in close contact with class affairs, particularly through Rog Burrill. In Japan, he taught English.
Smokey Joe went into newspaper work after our graduation, as a reporter, Special correspondent, editorial writer, and editor on papers in New York, Washington, Baltimore, and Chicago.
The day after Pearl Harbor, he applied for a commission in the Navy and rose from lieutenant (j.g.) to full commander, a commission he retained on active duty and in the Naval Reserves until his death. During his 14 years of active service (including a return to duty in the Korean War) he was stationed at the Pentagon and in North Africa, the Middle East, India, Ceylon, Egypt, and Italy. After two years on Guam, with frequent travels throughout the Far East, he finished his service in Boston and went to Japan to live. Drawing on his journalistic background, most of his assignments were in the intelligence area.
His father, who did not attend Dartmouth, gave several important collections of first edi- tions to Baker Library. These were the subject of an ALUMNI MAGAZINE.article in 1944. Smokey joe also was an active collector of first editions and rare books, which have been bequeathed to Baker as well.
He is survived by his wife Reiko, whom he married in 1963, and by two daughters by a previous marriage.
ROLAND DOUGLAS CARLSON died at Community Hospital near his Williamsburg, Va., home on January 19 after a short illness. He was 75.
Known as both "Doug" and "Carl," he attended Dartmouth through our sophomore year and then was graduated from City College of New York with a degree in business administration. He regularly maintained contacts with several members of'31, particularly Ed Brummer, and continuously supported the Alumni Fund through last year.
Carl and Ed were in business together for a time in the thirties. He organized and operated the Telephone Advisory Service, which served business firms by effecting savings in their telephone costs. He also provided budget and accounting services for such organizations as Warner Brothers, Sperry Gyroscope, the Argentine Trade Corporation, and Queens College.
He moved to Williamsburg and partially retired 18 years ago. However, he continued some tax advisory work and was active in a number of community volunteer organizations, particularly the annual Heart Fund campaign.
Carl is survived by his wife, Elizabeth P. Carlson, three daughters, and 11 grandchildren.
A memorial service was conducted at the historic Burton Parish Episcopal Church.
WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER GOULD, who shared our first two years at Dartmouth and kept up his Dartmouth associations throughout the rest of his life, died at Massachusetts General Hospital on February 10 after a brief illness. He was 75.
Bill held a track scholarship at Dartmouth but, after two years, transferred to the University of Illinois, from which he was graduated in 1931. He went on to take his medical degree from Tufts University Medical School in 1935.
He had a distinguished professional career. He began at the Worcester City Hospital but later moved to Kingston, Mass., and established a private practice in 1939. From 1942 to 1945 he served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps. He then studied orthopedics at Boston City Hospital and returned to his Kingston practice as an outstanding orthopedic surgeon at Jordan Hospital, Plymouth, until his retirement in 1982.
He was the Plymouth County medical examiner for 25 years, retiring from this post only last October. He was a member of many medical associations and served as president of the Plymouth District Massachusetts Medical Society. He was an active member of both the Dartmouth and University of Illinois Alumni Associations and of many civic groups.
He was an avid fisherman as a member of the Flycasters Club of Boston and the Atlantic Salmon Association of Canada.
Bill's survivors are his wife Rachel, a daughter, a son, and two grandsons. Another son, a namesake, was killed in Vietnam.
1932
We regret to report the sudden death on January 31 of PETER ANDREW OSTAFIN in Ann Arbor, Mich., where he had resided for many years while serving as a professor, dean, and lecturer in sociology at the University of Michigan. He was the author of two important books in sociology, The Polish Peasant inTransition and Has the Residence Hall Comeof Age?
Peter's first love was Dartmouth, and his education in Hanover "the most valuable experience of his life," his wife wrote recently. "Through Professors Eric P. Kelly and William J. Rose, he became aware of his Polish roots, which he never abandoned from Dartmouth, through his doctoral dissertation, to the Copernicus Endowment at the University of Michigan, on which he had been working for a good many years as he guided it from establishment at the University of Michigan, from a grassroots appeal for funds, to, at the time of his death, a national campaign. His devotion to students at the University of Michigan and his work in residential! ty attest the servant and the teacher."
As a loyal Dartmouth alumnus, Peter served as the regional chairman of the Dartmouth alumni interviewing committee.
Peter and his wife Eleanor produced two fine daughters Marysia and Elisa Ann, an honors graduate of Dartmouth in the class of 1978.
We have lost a valued classmate, a thoughtful human being, and a contributor to his time.
1933
CALVIN HARLEY MILANS died of cancer on February 7 at Suburban Hospital in Washington, D.C. Born in that city, he lived there and in Bethesda, Md., all his life.
Cal came to Dartmouth from Washington's Central High School, where he starred as a high-jumper on the track team. He continued with that sport in college and was team captain in his freshman and senior years. He was also class president as a freshman and a member of Psi Upsilon fraternity, Green Key, and Dragon senior society.
Following college Cal earned a law degree at George Washington University and then practiced as a patent attorney, first as a partner in Milans and Milans, then in the partner ship of Hutchins and Milans for 25 years. In the last five years, he was affiliated with the firm of Jones, Tullar, and Cooper of Crystal City, Md.
During his career, he served as president of the Patent Lawyers Club and the Exchange Club, both of Washington, was the president of the board of deacons of his church in Bethesda, and was a volunteer with the Cub Scouts of America.
Cal is survived by his wife Catherine, two sons, four grandchildren, a sister, and a brother, Austin '26.
ROBERT FULTON SWANDER died unexpectedly of an apparent heart attack at St. Luke's Emergency Center in Solon, Ohio, on January 5.
Born in New York City, Bob lived for more than 60 years in the greater Cleveland area before moving to Aurora, Ohio, five years ago. He was graduated from the University School in Shaker Heights, where he was a varsity letterman in football, basketball, and baseball. At Dartmouth, he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi and Ledyard Canoe Club and attended Tuck School his senior year.
Bob worked at Cleveland's Central National Bank from 1933 to 1949. He joined the Columbian Vise and Manufacturing Company as treasurer in 1949 and was its vice president when he retired in 1972.
He was a former secretary of the Dartmouth Club and a former member of the University Club and Union Club, all of Cleveland. He was a veteran of World War II, serving as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy from 1942 to 1946. In his retirement years, he worked as a volunteer in the Meals-on Wheels program.
Bob is survived by his wife Floranell, a daughter, two stepdaughters, a stepson, ten grandchildren, and his brother.
DAN C.SWANDER JR. '35
1934
PERRY SUMMERS WOODBURY died on February 6 following a heart attack at his John's Island home in Vero Beach, Fla. He was a native of Burlington, lowa, coming to Dartmouth from the Tome School. He was a member of Sigma Nu, active in The Arts, and a philosophy major.
After Hanover, Perry vigorously pursued a business career, attending Wharton and getting an M.B.A. from NYU while working for Vick Chemical, RCA, and other firms before settling with Diamond Gardner Corporation, a lumber and pulp manufacturing concern in New York, as secretary-treasurer. Living then in Chappaqua, he headed up Dartmouth interviewing there and was a member of his church vestry. After retiring from business he put his experience on the line as a lecturer in economics at Washington College in Chestertown, Md.
Perry is survived by his wife Marjorie, together with his daughter Elizabeth, son Robert, and six grandchildren, including one grandson who followed Perry to Hanover C.E.Rowe III '83.
1935
JOSEPH DAY KNAP JR. died suddenly of a heart attack on February 1 at his home in Hastings on Hudson, N.Y.
He was born in 1913 in New York City and attended Horace Mann School before entering Dartmouth, where he was a member of Delta Tau Delta. After graduation he returned to New York and spent his business career there in advertising and related fields the last 18 years with John Blair Company before retirement in 1979. During World War II he served in the United States Navy.
Although Joe particularly loved the Dartmouth of his past, he thoroughly enjoyed attending the fall gatherings of the class and was truly looking forward to his 50th reunion.
He is survived by his wife Marjorie; his son, Joseph Day Knap III of Bay Village, Ohio; and his grandson, Andrew Joseph Knap.
1936
From Earleysville, Va., we received a report of the death of WILLIAM JAMES BOECKELL on February 28, 1983. Jim was born in Baltimore, Md., and came to Dartmouth from Boys Latin School. At Dartmouth he majored in English, played varsity lacrosse, and was a member of Alpha Delta Phi.
Most of Jim's business career was spent in the field of dentistry supplies with L.D. Caulk Company, in the area of Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. He served in the Navy during World War II, leaving the service as a lieutenant commander in 1945. He was active in Scouting, was a member of the Retired Officers Association and the Charlottesville Senior Center, and was a member of the vestry at Buck Mountain Episcopal Church in Earleysville.
He is survived by his wife, Virginia (Jones) Boeckell; two daughters, Ellen Lomax of Cape May Courthouse, N.J., and Linda Grammercy of Charlottesville, Va.; and a son, William Rawson Boeckell of York, Pa. A niece, Frances Jones, is a member of Dartmouth '84.
The Dartmouth College community as a whole and the Dartmouth class of 1936 were saddened to learn of the death on May 13, 1983, of CLIFFORD WADSWORTH ENGLAND.
Born in Maiden, Mass., he entered Dartmouth from Tilton Academy. He was a psychology major and was active in the varsity Glee Club and the German Club. His entire business career was with the Employers' Group Insurance Company (later Commercial Union Assurance Company), from which he retired in 1975 as director of research.
For years Cliff served as a trustee of the Baker's Island Resident Trust and as a director of the Baker's Island Wharf Company. He was also active with the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Boston, the Mystic Valley Dartmouth Club, the Winchester Country Club, and the Mystic Glee Club. After his retirement he moved to Straw Point, Rye, N.H.
For the College, Cliff served for 25 years as an assistant class agent, and he was also active in the Third Century Fund and other capital campaigns. In addition, he served on the class executive committee for 20 years and was class reunion treasurer for the 30th and 35th reunions and class reunion co-chairman for the 40th. At the time of his death, he was serving his second term as class treasurer. He was always present with a merry twinkle in his eye and was ever-ready to help at class gatherings, mini-reunions, or lobster fests.
He is survived by his wife, Phyllis (Crocker) England of Rye; a son, George, of Seattle, Wash.; two daughters, Marilyn Hammer of Rye and Elizabeth Roy of Concord, N.H.; and one granddaughter to all of whom the class and the College extend deepest sympathy.
1937
MORGAN ROBERT BUTLER JR. died May 3,1983, in Portland, Ore., of cancer. He came to Dartmouth from Waukesha, Wis., via St. John Military Academy. He was a Sigma Phi and active in rowing, Centro Espanol, and the Society of American Civil Engineers. He was graduated from Thayer School 1938.
Bob returned to his hometown to join the family business, the Butler Bin Company, rising to vice president in 1958 and then assuming the presidency from 1964 to 1967.
His sustaining interest was music. He was a founder and second president of the symphony board of directors in Waukesha in 1949. From 1966 to 1980 he wrote the program notes for their concerts as well as for the Fox Valley Symphony in Appleton, Wis. Bob owned a large collection of classical and jazz records and often held informal music appreciation sessions in his home.
In 1973 they moved to Portland, where he was senior engineer for the Tube Lock Products Division of the Portland Wire and Iron Works. He had looked forward for years to attending our 50th reunion, which unfortunately is not to be.
He leaves his wife Julie Ann, three sons including Harry '74, three daughters, a sister, and one grandchild.
RICHARD HAWES JOSLIN died November 13, 1983, in a nursing home in Wilmington, Del., of a stroke.
He was a member of Delta Tau Delta and participated in track and football. He was graduated from the Wharton School of Finance in 1939.
Dick then joined the Du Pont Company, for which he worked for 39 years until retiring in 1976. His main activity was export marketing in the textile fibers department. This entailed traveling abroad about four months out of each year.
He was a member of the Du Pont Country Club and a member of the vestry of Immanuel Episcopal Church.
He leaves his wife Josephine (Baley), whom he married in 1940, two sons, and a daughter.
JOHN DEMETRIOUS LATCHIS died on January 15 in Keene, N.H., of a sudden heart attack. He had been suffering from kidney failure for some time and was on dialysis at Mary Hitchcock Hospital three times a week.
He came to Dartmouth from Brattleboro, Vt., via the Clark School and majored in Greek. He was a pilot in the Air Transport Command during World War II.
John and other members of his family owned and operated movie theaters in Keene, Claremont, and Brattleboro. He was the treasurer of the Latchis Corporation, a family business.
He was a devoted son of Dartmouth and was active in our class. He took a sincere approach to everything as well as avidly supporting anything with which he was involved. At our earlier reunions John volunteered to supply all the beer and even drove it about in a truck wherever we gathered. He maintained a low profile but was an astute businessman, traveling in important circles. His workaholic life-style led to erratic eating habits, hence excess weight, which eventually contributed to his kidney problem. He loved reunions and always showed up if only to say hello.
A J J Jean wrote that he maintained his reputa- tion for providing ample refreshments by ar- riving at the dialysis unit Christmas party with a case of champagne. At our fall reunion dinner at the Inn she thought he knew it would be his swan song, as it was very important to him to be there. In his quiet way he was a very special guy.
He leaves Jean, two daughters, three sisters, and three grandchildren.
1940
A few days before his 66th birthday, on December 6, 1983, RICHARD DANA HIGGINBOTHAM died in San Jose, Calif. "Higgie" was born in Chelsea, Mass., was graduated from the Rivers School, and attended Dartmouth through the freshman year.
Following service during World War II with the Navy, he pursued a career in personal finance, affiliated at one time with the Morris Plan. He retired last year from Consumer Credit Counseling and as an administrative assistant to bankruptcy attorneys.
Higgie is survived by his wife Dorothy, two daughters, and a son.
When ROBERT FRANK WILLIAMS died at his home on February 22, the Cleveland, Ohio, area lost a valuable asset. A talented internist, Bob succumbed to a four-year bout with Alzheimer's disease. He had worn the mantle of humanitarian, teacher, administrator, molder of youth, and loving parent with uncommon modesty.
A lifetime resident of Shaker Heights and a graduate of Shaker Heights High School, Bob was a premed at Dartmouth, graduating with a chemistry-zoology major. He was secretary of the Undergraduate Scientific Society and a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. He earned his M.D. at Western Reserve University and did his internship and residency at University Hospitals, adjoining WRU in Cleveland. He served in the Medical Corps in Korea the year following his residency.
Successively, Bob was appointed physician in charge of the Medical Outpatient Department, joined the faculty of WRU Medecal School, and was named administrative assistant in charge of the OPD, assistant professor of medicine, coordinator of ambulatory clinics and associate physician in the Department of Medicine, and, finally, assistant dean of the Medical School. The progression covered a span of eight years beginning in 1949. He successfully coordinated the medical school with hospital operations.
A Boy Scout in his youth, Bob became Scoutmaster of the same troup as an adult. He chaired the health and safety committee of the Scouts and was cited in 1965 for "out standing service" and awarded the Silver Beaver, Scouting's top honor.
In 1968 a cadre of Cleveland doctors dedicated their efforts to bring quality health care to impoverished residents of the inner city. Toward the end of Bob's fourth term as president of the board of trustees of the Hough Norwood Family Health Care Centers, he was cited by the Cleveland City Council for his "exceptional humanitarian contributions to the center and the community."
His survivors are his wife Ruth ("Trudy"), two sons, two daughters, a granddaughter, and a sister. One son, Howard, is Dartmouth '73. To Bob's family, the sympathies of his class are extended.
1942
Regretfully, word has been received of the death of ROBERT HERMAN PETERSON of a massive heart attack on December 16, 1983. Bob came to Hanover from St. Paul's in Garden City, where he was then living. He belonged to Delta Kappa Epsilon and following graduation he joined the Army, attending OCS and serving a long tour in the Pacific theater. Following an honorable discharge, he entered New York University Law School and received his LL.B. in 1949. His specialty was maritime law, and to further this he joined Hill, Betts and Nash, where he became a partner in 1963. Bob was a member of the Maritime Law Association of the U.S., the New York County Lawyers Association, and the New York Bar Association. His maritime law business took him to the far corners of the world, so he was extremely well traveled. Bob is survived by his parents, his wife Evelyn, and his two children, Bob and Glenn, to whom the class extends sincere sympathy.
1943
RICHARD WEBSTER HOUGHTON died unexpectedly of a heart seizure on February 16 at his home in Littleton, Mass. He was 62.
An electronics engineer, he was supervisor of microprocessors at the General Telephone and Electronics-Sylvania Technical School.
Dick left Dartmouth in 1942 and entered Massachusetts Institute of Technology, from which he was graduated with a degree in electrical engineering in 1944.
He held executive and engineering positions with Technology Instrument Corporation of Acton, Mass., Waters Manufacturing Corporation of Wayland, Mass., and Sanders Associates of Nashua, N.H. For three years during the seventies, Dick was chairman of the science department of Pembroke Academy in Pembroke, N.H. For more than 40 years, he was a member of the Institute of Radio Engineers. He formerly was a vice president of Bowl-Mor Company of Littleton and he served on the town finance committee, the Littleton Light and Water Commission, and the Littleton Historical Society.
He also was an amateur radio operator and active in the affairs of the American Field Service.
He leaves his wife Trude and a brother, Hayward S. Houghton '28 of Acton, Mass.
1946
ROBERT WILLIAM HEUSSLER passed away suddenly on February 17 at his home in Strafford, Vt., where he had recently retired. He was raised in East Aurora, N.Y., and attended the Taft School.
Although Bob was known by most as a quiet, unassuming, intellectual man, few members of our class experienced such a vital, full, and interesting life or brought more pleasure to those fortunate to be close to him. One of the first in our class to go off to war, he joined the Dartmouth Squadron, serving as a B-17 pilot in the tough European theater and earning the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters. He returned to college in 1945 and received his B.A.in 1948.
After graduation he traveled throughout the Far East and studied for a year in China. He returned to Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs to learn Russian, among other things. Following a brief tour with the CIA, he joined his former roommate and close friend, Lowell Thomas Jr., traveling around the world to film an early 3-D color movie. He returned to academia as a Fulbright Scholar at Oxford, then earned his Ph.D. in 1961 at Princeton. He joined the Ford Foundation in 1962 and later was president of Trenton State College. In 1970 he returned to teaching as a professor of history at SUNY in Geneseo. At Oxford he had become interested in British colonial history and published many "readable" books on Africa and Malaya.
During his fascinating career he remained a dedicated and loyal son of Dartmouth. He published Interlude of the Forties, a delightful account of the Dartmouth Squadron and of so many of us who attended Dartmouth just before and after World War II.At the time of his death he was our class newsletter editor, surpassing his predecessors by a country mile with well researched and interesting lore of the class and the College.
He is survived by his mother, three brothers, and four lovely daughters. He was truly a dear man in every sense of the word who will be deeply missed by many whose lives he touched.
EDWARD M.SCHEU JR. '46
1950
On March 2, 1983, the Dartmouth community in Wilmington, Del., lost a valued member and friend when JOHN OLNEY FOOTE succumbed to cancer.
John came to Dartmouth from Mt. Morris in upstate New York after serving in the Navy as a radioman in the Asiatic Pacific theater. At Dartmouth he majored in engineering; in 1951 he received an M.S. in civil engineering from the Thayer School. He played in the band, was a member of Green Key, and was a brother at Zeta Psi.
He immediately joined the Du Pont Company and worked successively as an engineer in the pigments department, a standards engineer, and an industrial engineer in manufacturing. In 1964 John transferred to the international department as an industrial relations consultant and became an expert in international pensions and benefits.
An active member of the Dartmouth Club of Delaware, John served as secretary and, from 1960 to 1962, as president. He continued to serve the club as a member at large of the executive committee and as an active worker in enrollment and interviewing work for the College.
In 1955 John married Ellin Virginia Brown in Forest Hills, N.Y. They had three children: Marcia, Jane, and Jeffrey.
1958
JOHN PHILIP NEWELL, 47, died at his home in Greenwich, Conn., on December 14, 1983. Jack was the son of the late Herman W. Newell '20. His wife Irene and sons John P.Jr. and Mark Edward survive.
Jack entered Dartmouth after graduating from the Choate School. Following Dartmouth he returned to Greenwich and eventually established the Newell Hoppe Insurance Agency, of which he was president.
His love of Greenwich manifested itself in numerous civic activities, including as a member of the YMCA board of directors and chairman of its building fund; member of the Greenwich Special Police Force; president of the Insurance Board of Greenwich; and district chairman of Greenwich Health Association campaigns for 1966 and 1967.
A letter from his wife Irene describes his favorite pastime as running. He had competed in marathons in many cities, including Boston, New York, New Orleans, and Stockholm, Sweden.
Jack and Irene were married in 1958. In August 1983, they celebrated 25 years of marriage with a motor trip through New Hampshire. The Hanover Inn was their first stop.
Jack's dedication to physical fitness and mental toughness helped him to hold out for a long time against cancer. He faced every day with courage. Letters from many friends describe Jack as an exceptional man, kind, brave, and well loved. Our sympathy goes to Irene and his sons.
WILLIAM JAMES WALL JR. died in New York City of cancer in January 1984. Bill came to Dartmouth from Wakefield, Mass., High School. While in college he was active in dramatics and was elected president of the Dartmouth Players during his junior year. He appeared in a number of plays during his college career.
After graduation, Bill attended Yale Drama School and studied theatrical design.
