Deaths

(This is a listing of deaths of which word hasbeen received since the last issue. Full notices,which are usually written by the class secretaries,may appear in this issue or a later one.)

Carlyle W. Sweet '17, August 1984 Max A. Norton '19, August 1 Harley M. Greenwood '22, July 27 Gorham Bliss '23, June 6 Clifford D. Crouch Jr. '23, August 22 Arthur F. Little '23, July 24 Franklin P. Rolfe '24, July 23 John W. Blair '26, August 2 George L. Cole Jr. '28, July 16 John H.D. Lawrence '28, August 1 Barret D. Stoler '28, August 15 Philip D. Dinsmore '29, August 16 Randolph R. Fawcett '30, July 11 Harold W. Knight '30, July 21 Frank E. Hodson '31, August 16 John E. Coleman '33, July 24 George E. Gates '33, July 27 Herbert N. Heston '34, August 3 Franklin J. Cornwell '35, August 15 Walter A. Stewart '36, July 28 G. Wesley La Cour '37, July 11 C. Stuart Tupper '39, March 19 Joseph E. Griffith '41, November 26, 1984 Russel V. Karlen '43, June 5 Alan Howard '44, December 1984 John H. Chivers '45, July 11 William B. Hemphill '45, January 31 Neale K. Lawson '45, August 14 Morris L. Judson '46, July 18 Allan M. Cate '50, April 29 Richard C. Johnson '50, July 22 Gordon S. Pinkham '50, July 29 William H. Duke '51, February 9 John A. Bunch Jr. '79, November 13, 1984

Faculty

JAMES ANDREWS SYKES, music professor emeritus, died on July 26 in Hyannis, Mass.

He graduated from Princeton in 1930 and earned a master's degree from the University of Rochester in 1934. After teaching at the University of Denver and at Colgate, he joined the Dartmouth faculty in 1953. He served as chairman of the music department for six years and was a Fulbright visiting professor at the Hochschule for Music in Berlin in 1954.

He retired from Dartmouth in 1973 but continued to perform, playing three concerts this spring at Hopkins Center in honor of Bach's 300 th birthday. He was a popular campus entertainer, playing for reunions and campus gatherings.

He made four foreign concert tours under the auspices of the U.S. State Department. In 1962 he was given access to an important collection in East Germany of the writings of 19th-century German composer Robert Schumann.

He was a vestryman and senior warden of St. Thomas Church and was for 20 years a trustee of the St. Gaudens Memorial in Cornish, N.H.

He is survived by his wife, the former Clara W. Hanington; a son, Henry; and two grandchildren.

1917

CARLYLE WALLACE SWEET died in August 1984 at the VA hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., of heart failure.

Carl served in the navy during World War I and was assigned to the USS Topeka. He was discharged in 1919. Little is known of his subsequent career, except that he was involved in the bleachery business in Somersworth, N.H., and later in Needham, Mass., where he was in business with his brother and another Dartmouth man. He married Elsie Bishop in 1918 and had two children. His last known address was Pittsfield, Mass.

1919

MAX ALONZO NORTON, associate treasurer of the College emeritus and one of the few remaining administrative officers of the Hopkins era, died in Hanover on August 1 at the age of 88. His 42-year career at Dartmouth, begun one year after graduation, included nearly 30 years as the College's first bursar, as well as earlier positions as assistant manager of the Dartmouth Dining Association and graduate manager of the Dartmouth College Athletic Council. He became assistant treasurer and bursar in 1944 and associate treasurer in 1956. He received the Alumni Award in 1969.

He spent 36 years as a member of the Mary Hitchcock Hospital Corporation and five years as chairman and a decade as president of its board of trustees. He had a leading role in establishing the hospital's auxiliary in 1933. He served two terms as Hanover Precinct Commissioner and was treasurer and a director of the Hanover Improvement Society, which developed the Storrs Pond recreation area; he was a director of the Hanover Waterworks and treasurer of the Church of Christ at Dartmouth.

He was a trustee of Holderness School, a member of the Republican state executive committee, and from 1941 to 1945 a major on the military staff of the governor of New Hampshire.

Max was a native of Glens Falls, N.Y. As an undergraduate he was manager of var- sity track and cross-country, manager and a member of the band, and a member of Palaeopitus, Green Key, Sphinx, and Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity. He was class secretary from 1919 to 1922 and class treasurer from 1939 to 1948.

Max's wife of 63 years, the former Helen Sawyer, survives him, along with his son, John W. '50 of Bloomingburg, N.Y.; two daughters, Mary Masland of Hanover and Ann Merrill of Concord, N.H.; eight grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

A memorial service was held in Dartmouth's Rollins Chapel on August 5. Both College and town joined in this expression of affection and of thankfulness for Max's life.

CHARLES E. WIDMAYER '30

1921

INGHAM CHAMBERLAIN BAKER, 89, died of a stroke at the Hartford Community Hospital in Portland, Maine, on June 8. "Ing" was a very active member of our class. He served as class treasurer, assistant editor of "The Smoker," and assistant class agent. In college he was a member of Theta Delta Chi. Ing was Tuck '22.

In Springfield, Mass., where he resided, Ing was an executive of G.&C. Merriam Company, publishers of Webster's Dictionary. Ing married Martha Aiken in 1925 and had five children.

He was a trustee of Suffield Academy, Suffield, Conn., and Wesson Maternity Hospital of Springfield.

In World War I, Ing was attached to the 74th division, French Army. His section was cited four times by this division, and he received the Croix de Guerre with Silver Star.

Ing served as an instructor in marketing and statistics at Northeastern University in Springfield from 1941 to 1946.

He was a deacon in the South Congregational Church of Springfield, a life member of the Reality Club, and a past commander of the American Legion.

Ing retired many years ago to Portland, Maine, where he could pursue his hobbies of reading, playing bridge, and sailing. His wife, Martha, survives him, as do four of his children, including Walton '48, and his grandchildren, including Timothy Baker '74 and Wendy Baker '77. To all of them our class extends our deepest sympathy.

1922

SHEPARD ALEXANDER NAYLOR died March 10 in Tucson, Ariz., after a long illness.

He was born August 14, 1987, in Detroit, and he came to Dartmouth from Pelham, N.Y., in September 1919, the beginning of our sophomore year. Having served for a year in France with the U.S. Army during World War I, he was somewhat older than most 1922 classmates.

After attending Pennsylvania Military College, Chester, Pa., for two years, he enlisted in the army on May 13, 1918, at Camp Upton, N.Y. Seven days later, after assignment to an infantry headquarters detachment, he was in France. He became a sergeant and was in the battles of the Somme, Verdun, Saint Mihiel, and the Meuse. For his last month in service he was assigned to Luxembourg before receiving his honorable discharge at Camp Upton on May 27, 1919.

In college Shep was an admirable, exemplary student. He graduated in June 1922 and received his M.C.S. degree from Tuck School in 1923.

A few years later he began a life career with the Armstrong Cork Company, Lancaster, Pa. His interest was primarily in accounting, and at retirement some years ago he was in charge of the company's accounting procedures.

In his family Shep had three Dartmouth graduates. An uncle, Emmett Hay Naylor, was in the class of 1909; Shep's brother, Emmett Keith Naylor, is in 1932; and a cousin, Winford Caldwell Naylor, was in 1939.

Shep and Effie Elizabeth Bauman were married October 25, 1925, in New Brunswick, N.J. She sadly predeceased him some years ago.

1924

FRANKLIN PRESCOTT ROLFE died on July 23 at a nursing home into which he had moved recently. Frank had been the subject of a full column write-up in the Alumni Magazine in May 1975. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Dartmouth, he received both his master's and doctoral degrees from Harvard. He came to college from Penacook, N.H., but from 1932 on he was connected with UCLA. He initially supervised special courses for the army and navy programs. With advancement to professorial rank, he became chairman of the department of English and in 1946 was named dean of the division of humanities, which included the departments of English, speech, philosophy, and foreign languages.

In 1960, he was appointed dean of the College of Letters and Sciences, which meant that he was responsible for the academic affairs of more than 17,000 students and a faculty of another 800. Upon Frank's retirement as dean in 1971, the name of the Humanities Building was changed to Rolfe Hall on recommendation of the students and faculty. He was also decorated by the army in recognition of his support of the ROTC program.

He retired in 1971 but continued as dean emeritus of the College of Letters and Sciences.

Frank had been president of the Western College Associates and twice served as chairman of the commission which accredits colleges in California, Hawaii, and Guam. After retirement he was called back as an advisor on faculty appointments and promotions.

Frank's wife, Katherine, predeceased him. They had no children.

The class and the College have cause to be proud of Frank's illustrious career.

1925

SAMUEL STANLEY MORRIS died December 18, 1984, in Louisville, Ky.

After leaving Dartmouth, he studied during summers at Harvard, then received his master's degree at Cornell and a doctorate in economics at the University of Southern California in Los' Angeles. He taught history, political science, and economics in various southern colleges. In 1955 he joined the faculty of Grambling College in Grambling,. La., where he was professor of economics until his retirement.

He was married in 1926 to Mamie Taylor. They had three daughters and two sons, all of whom earned degrees at various colleges and universities. He was a member of the Order of Artus, National Honorary Economic Society, American Economic Association, and American Association of University Professors.

1926

OSMER CUSHING FITTS died of Alzheimer's disease on July 8 in Brattleboro, Vt., his lifetime home. He graduated from Brattleboro High School in 1921 and from Worcester Academy in 1922. Well known and active during undergraduate years at Dartmouth, Oz went on to the Harvard Law School, taking his J.D. degree in 1929. He also held an honorary doctorate of jurisprudence from Suffolk University, Boston.

He practiced law in Vermont during his entire legal career and became a prominent lawyer in Brattleboro, both in his own office and as senior partner of the firm Fitts and Olson (in partnership with Paul N. Olson '36). Oz headed both the Vermont Bar Association and the Windham County Bar Association and served for four years in the Judge Advocate General's Department of the U.S. Army, including two years in the European theatre, retiring as a lieutenant colonel.

He was vice president of the American Bar Association and chairman of the house of delegates of the American Bar Association and vice president of its board of governors. Oz was also a director of many Vermont corporations, active in Chamber of Commerce work, and director and chairman of the executive committee of the Vermont National Bank. He was an active member of the Masons and served on the board of governors of Springfield Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children.

Oz was president of the Dartmouth Club of Brattleboro from 1939 to 1942, was an assistant class agent, and a loyal devoted son of Dartmouth, participating with his wife, Dot (Dorothy Moore, whom he married in 1930), in many class reunions, football weekends, and other activities.

He was predeceased by his brothers, Robert '15 and Stanley 'l9. He is survived by his wife, nephews, and nieces.

WESLEY DEWITT FORD died May 25 at Fairview Baptist Home, Downers Grove, III., after a long illness, having had a heart attack in 1974. He was born in Ridgewood, N.J., and graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy. At Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa and took the first year of Tuck School during his senior year.

Wes spent his entire business career with Illinois Bell Telephone Company, retiring as district commercial manager. In 1963, just prior to his retirement, he wrote Ken Weeks, then class secretary, that he had been involved with many civic activities - a usual role for anyone in a public service company. He kept in touch with classmates in his vicinity and maintained his interest in College and class affairs.

He is survived by his wife of 52 years, the former Dorothy French; by two sons, Gerald W. and John Alden (named for his Mayflower ancestor), and three grandchildren, one of whom is the first girl born into the Ford family in 87 years.

1927

LAWRENCE HOUSTON GRAY died July 3 in Hilton Head Island, S.C., after a long illness. He was 79. A native of Louisville, Ky., he prepared for Dartmouth at the high school in Evanston, III.

After spending two years in Hanover, during which he was a member of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity, Houston returned to the Chicago area where he worked for several years as a salesman for a variety of companies. These years, as well as the remainder of his business career, were devoted to newspaper and magazine publishing and commercial printing, first in Chicago and later in Nashville, Tenn. He moved from Nashville to Des Moines, lowa, in 1950 to join Commercial Printing, Inc. He became manager of the company that same year and was elected its president in 1966. He held this position until 1975, when he retired and moved permanently to Hilton Head Island.

He was the author of numerous articles in printing publications and a frequent speaker at meetings of trade and local organizations. He was a past president of Printing Industry of America and of the Executive Association of Des Moines and had served as an officer of the web offset division and the union employers section of the Printing Association of America. While in Des Moines, he was active in the Boy Scouts, Little League, Babe Ruth League, and United Community Services. He had also been a director of the lowa Children's Home Society, membership chairman of the Edmundson Art Foundation, and chairman of the capital fund drive for the Des Moines Art Center. His memberships included the Episcopal church, the Des Moines Club, and the Ad Club of Des Moines.

Besides his wife of 48 years, Hilda (Moore), he leaves two sons, Lawrence and Thomas, and six grandchildren.

1929

DONALD FERNALD JEFFERY died on June 3 at his home in New London, N.H., of a heart attack.

Jeff came from Nashua High School, belonged to Alpha Chi Rho fraternity, and majored in English. His entire business career was with Whitney Screw Corporation of Nashua, working though all the stages of the business and becoming president and a director in 1947.

He was past president of the Dartmouth Club of Nashua, director of the Bank of New Hampshire, and active in Red Cross, Community Fund, Boy Scouts, and other community affairs.

He leaves his wife, Dorothy (Stickney), a daughter, Ann, and sons Alan and Robert '57, M.S. '58.

1930

RANDOLPH RICHARD FAWCETT died on July 11, although he had survived an earlier open heart operation with a favorable prognosis in 1979.

Randy was born in 1907 in Canton, Ohio, where he lived and worked all his life following Dartmouth. A local high school graduate, he went on to graduate from Culver Military Academy before entering college and preparing for his career with a degree from Cleveland Law School in 1937. He concentrated in probate, real estate, and tax areas in the practice with his own firm in Canton until his retirement in 1970. Randy married Dorothy Eckis in 1930 and had two children.

Always a sailing enthusiast, Randy was active in this sport and associated clubs for many years. He was a member of the Atwood (Ohio) Yacht Club, Congress Lake Club, and. the Canton Club. Randy also was president and trustee of the Canton Art Institute and director of the Hulbert Lake Club in Michigan. A Republican, he was an active community leader. While in college he was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity.

Randy is survived by his wife, Dorothy, and a son, Randy Jr. '56. He had other college ties through a brother-in-law, Robert F. Miller '44, and a nephew, Kim C. Miller '75. There are six grandchildren.

Those of us who attended our 55th reunion in June missed the friendly presence of CHARLES GORDON HOXIE, who died suddenly on March 6. He had participated in every class reunion and mini-reunion in recent memory.

Gordon attended Milton High School and lived most of his years in Milton, except for summers spent on Cape Cod. At Dartmouth he majored in English literature and was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha and Kappa Phi Kappa, the professional educational fraternity.

Gordon's working life was spent in advertising, principally with Dickie-Raymond, Metromedia, and finally the DR Group, of which he was senior vice president. He retired in 1973 but continued to work part time until July 1976, though even after "full retirement" he still accepted an occasional free-lance writing project. Notable among his part-time jobs were coauthoring The 1776 Guide to Massachusetts, published by Harpers in 1975, and contributing to the Encyclopedia Americana. In 1974 he received the "Direct Marketing Man of the Year Award" from the Direct Mail Marketing Club of New England.

Gordon was so habitually modest that few of us knew the extent of his talents and the wide range of his interests. His watercolors of New England scenes sold as fast as he could paint them. His home was a museum of antique furniture and toys and electric trains. To cap the long list, he was a director of the Milton Little League, a vice president of the Milton Art Association, a member of the Milton Historical Society and the Train Collectors Association, and a lover of Dixieland jazz and garage sales. He served his college as an assistant class agent, as a solicitor for the Capital Funds Campaign, and as a member of the 1930 executive committee.

Gordon lost his wife, Elizabeth, in 1977. He is survived by two sons and two sisters, to whom the class extends its condolences in their loss. The class was represented at the funeral services by Pete Davis, Liz Doherty, Bill Fletcher, Frank Leahy, and Margaret Riley.

Our loyal classmate PHILIP JOSEPH TROY died February 4, after a long, courageous fight against cancer of the tongue. Phil, a native of Massachusetts, prepared for Dartmouth at Boston College High School, majored in economics, took his senior year at Tuck School, and was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa.

Except for his first two years out of college, Phil spent his entire career in department store management. Advancement brought transfers from New York to Grand Rapids, Kansas City, and St. Paul, where he became president and managing director of The Golden Rule, a subsidiary of Donaldson's Department Stores of Minneapolis. From there he was promoted to executive vice president of Donaldson's, from which he took early retirement in 1967.

Finding himself unsuited to inactivity, Phil became a consultant to GambleSkogmo, Inc., and remained as president and CEO of Gamble-Skogmo's TempoBuckeye Stores division until his second retirement in 1973. He was a director of the National Retail Merchants Association and the Minneapolis and St. Paul Chambers of Commerce and vice president of the Minneapolis Downtown Council. A deeply religious person, he was an active fund-raiser for the United Fund, for churches and colleges, and for Aquinas House in Hanover.

Always a loyal alumnus, Phil wrote, "I still count my experience at Dartmouth as one of the greatest things that has happened in my life." He was president of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of the Northwest in 1951. Not surprisingly, Phil was buried in a Dartmouth jacket.

Wyn, Phil's wife of 48 years, died last year. He is survived by six of his seven children, to whom the class extends its sympathy in the loss of a fine father. Peter, the youngest son, died in action in Vietnam in 1969. Phil's eldest son, Terrence, is a member of the class of 1959 at Dartmouth.

1933

EDWARD FRANCIS DRAKE died in Claremont, Calif., on June 30.

Ted was born in New York City and came to Dartmouth after attending the Lincoln School of Teachers College in that city. He remained at Dartmouth for only two years and was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity during that time.

On leaving college, Ted worked in a stock brokerage house in Wall Street. In 1939, he moved to southern California, working with Douglas Aircraft and, later, the Convair division of General Dynamics, remaining with it until his retirement. During his business career, he secured his B. A. and his M.S. from Claremont Men's College.

His wife, Frances, and their three sons survive him.

GEORGE GATES died at South Bend, Ind., on July 13 after a long battle with cancer. He was born in Coxsackie, N.Y., and was educated there through high school. He elected a premedical course at Dartmouth and was a member of Theta Chi and the medical fraternity, Alpha Kappa Kappa. Following graduation from Dartmouth College and Dartmouth Medical School, he received a doctor of medicine degree from the University of Rochester and later had postgraduate training at the Roosevelt Hospital in New York City. In 1939 he joined the South Bend Clinic in the section of internal medicine and remained there until his recent retirement, having served as president for many years.

His wartime service as a medical officer with the Third Armored Division was outstanding. It included a Normandy landing, the Battle of the Bulge, and the liberation of one of the Nazi death camps. These efforts won him the Bronze Star, a Purple Heart, and a Medal of Merit from the government of Belgium.

George's priorities were always best: love for his family, concern for his patients, and respect for fellow man. He is survived by his wife, Thais, a daughter, Linda, and two sons: Tom, Dartmouth '61, and Greg, Dartmouth '63 and Dartmouth Medical School '64. Though he specialized in cardiology, he had a large family practice. Still he found time to serve on various boards and committees, including the County Medical So- ciety, of which he was past president, the American College of Physicians, and the Indiana Heart Foundation. George was also unofficial secretary for his class in medical school. He kept track of us all and sent an informative letter each year.

George will be greatly missed by his family and friends.

JACKSON WRIGHT M.D. '33, D.M.S. '34

1934

IRVING STANLEY DIAMOND died on July 16 at Lenox Hill Hospital following a heart attack. A combination of heart and cancer problems had restricted his activity for several years to the area close to his Manhattan apartment.

Coming from New Utrecht High in Brooklyn, Irv was on The Dartmouth staff and an English and philosophy major until his senior year when he shifted to Tuck School. After graduation he joined Wings Luggage and soon developed a new product line, better cosmetic cases. Other designer-oriented products followed which led an industry trend toward more casual and colorful luggage and earned him a distinct leadership role in the industry and many awards.

A widower since 1969 when Doris died, Irv is survived by his son, Robert; a daughter, Renee, who run the Wings Luggage concern; a daughter, Barbara, now enrolled at Fordham Law School; and by two sisters and a brother.

On May 16, NETTLETON SWITZER PAYNE died of cancer at his home in Shawnee Mission, Kans. He had come to Hanover from Kansas City, Mo., and like, Frank Biggar, his roommate in Ripley, his preparation was at Pembroke School.

Net had two years at Dartmouth and was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity. Later he attended Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Finance where he received a business administration degree.

His career was largely in the shipping and receiving of grain, and he retired in 1977 as a partner of the Morrison, Gregg-Mitchell Grain Company. He was always active in community affairs, having been a member of the Kansas City board of trade and in recent years director of the YMCA fund drive and an organizer of the Kansas City council on alcoholism.

Net is survived by his wife, Mildred (Mitchell), whom he married in 1939, and by his son, Nettleton Jr., M.D., his brother, Morton, and two grandchildren.

LUKE WOODWARD WILSON died at his home in Bethesda, Md., on April 30. He had been ill with a brain tumor for more than a year.

Born in Evanston, III., Luke came to Dartmouth from Sidwell Friends School in Washington. He was active in Le Cercle Frangais, a member of Psi Upsilon fraternity, and a political science major. He worked initially as an assistant with the National Institute of Public Affairs and then as an investigator for the Senate's civil liberties subcommittee. This led to his presence at a cannery strike in California, and while there he met his future wife, who was a writer covering the same area of concern.

Luke had wartime service with the air force in Europe in information and education. Later he was active behind the scenes for various political campaigns, followed by working out of his homes on Cape Cod and Bethesda as a free-lance writer and researcher. He traveled widely.

Luke and his family made several major gifts to the communities where they lived. In Washington, the National Institute of Health was established with gifts of 92 acres and the Wilson home. On the Cape, they gave 40 acres of oceanfront and woodland to the National Seashore Park. His grandfather was founder of Woodward and Lothrop, the renowned department store in Washington, D.C. Luke is survived by his wife, Ruth (Ferguson), two sons, Michael and Derek, and a grandson.

1935

RAYMOND THOMAS HANNOOSH died at his home in Annandale, Va., on June 16 of cancer. Born in the Boston area, he graduated from Lynn Classical High School. After graduation Ray studied law at George Washington University and then served in the Coast Guard in World War II.

After the war he became a civilian employee of the air force until 1977. Following this retirement he became active in real estate investment and development companies.

He is survived by his wife, Helena; a daughter, Patricia E. Hart; a son, Michael ].; and three grandchildren.

Ray was a happy, quiet, serious fellow whom we remember as living in New Hampshire Hall many of his college years. He majored in sociology and was a member of Alpha Chi Rho fraternity.

We are grateful to Len Shortell for sending us this sad news.

Ray had signed up for reunion and many of us had been looking forward to seeing him.

The class extends sincere sympathy to his wife and family.

J. SAXTON ZIEMEN '35

STEPHEN REMSEN RYDER 111, 71, of Grosse lie, Mich., died on May 11 at Harper Hospital, Trenton, Mich. Rem became ill in Florida early in March, possibly from encephalitis. He returned to Michigan by hospital plane in early May and was showing improvement until he suffered cardiac arrest.

Ren attended St. Paul School in Garden City, N.Y. An ardent golfer, at Dartmouth he played on the golf team. Shortly after his graduation, he won the club championship at Ridgewood Country Club, Ridgewood, N.J. At Dartmouth he was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity and Dragon Senior Society.

Rem was a longtime resident of Grosse lie. In 1948 he founded the Packline Company in Southgate, Mich., which distributes packaging materials. He remained acting chairman of the board until his death. His two sons, Stephen Ryder IV and Dave Ryder, will continue the business.

Rem was a past president of the Dartmouth Club of Detroit and a past vestryman in the St. James Episcopal Church and also a past president of the Youth Center in Grosse He. He was a life member of the Grosse lie Golf and Country Club and Hidden Valley Country Club in Gaylord, Mich.

Rem married Cherry Perkins of Hillsdale, N.J., in 1939. She survives, as well as his two sons and a daughter, Lynn Ryder Osborne, and two grandchildren, Melissa and Stephen R. Ryder V.

His many friends missed his presence at our 50th reunion and express their sympathies to his family.

JOHN S. HARRISON '35

JOHN HENDERSON STEFFENS of Cleveland, Ohio, died at home on April 13 after suffering a heart attack.

At Dartmouth Jack was a member of Chi Phi fraternity, was active in the Outing Club, and lettered in gymnastics.

His business career was spent with the Standard Oil Company of Ohio for whom he acted as senior consultant in the refining field. He received a degree in business administration from Cornell in 1955.

He is survived by his wife, the former Frances Laundon, a son, John L. '63, and a daughter, Susan.

We extend our sympathy to his wife and family.

J. SAXTON ZIEMAN '35

Louis ELMER WEITZ died in his sleep on June 30 after a year of plaguing, debilitative illnesses. Literally, to his dying day, Dartmouth was near and dear to him, and any mention of his alma mater invariably lit him up. He spoke to me often about our 50th reunion and rued that his illness precluded his attendance. On my return from Hanover, he relished my accounts of the festivities and events and prodded me for details and names.

In his own unobtrusive way, Lou left some impressive and indelible tracks. He graduated from Western Reserve Law School and after doing his stint in the Air Force went on to practice law in Cleveland. For a number of years, he was justice of the peace for the city of Shaker Heights and was placed as a candidate for a seat on the municipal bench.

Lou had a special interest in children and their problems, spending much of his time and abilities helping those in need. He was a member of the board and served as ident of the Jewish Children's Bureau for many years. He was also a board member for Bellefaire, a school for disturbed children. He also held a board appointment to the Oakwood Club.

On the Dartmouth side, he was deeply involved with alumni affairs, recruiting and interviewing prospective students, and he served his time as president of the Cleveland Alumni Association.

Louis Weitz was a kind man, a perceptive man, and a gentle man. I knew him as a patient and friend, and I shall miss him on all scores.

HAROLD C. KLEIN '35

1936

SAMUEL FRENCH MORSE, 1936 class poet and professor of English at Northeastern University, died of cancer on May 13 in Massachusetts after a short illness.

Sam was born in Salem, Mass., and came to Dartmouth from Danvers High School. His literary and poetic abilities at Dartmouth earned him the honored appointment as Senior Fellow and election to Phi Beta Kappa. Upon graduation he took a master's degree at Harvard and in 1952 a Ph.D. from Boston University.

As English professor at Trinity College in Hartford, Mt. Holyoke in South Hadley, and Northeastern in Boston, he inspired his students with his scholarship and love of poetry which featured his beloved New England. His poetry was Widely published in literary magazines such as The New Yorker and Atlantic Monthly. His friendship with poet Wallace Stevens led to his appointment as literary advisor to Stevens's estate and to the editing and introduction of an edition of Stevens's unpublished poems. Sam later wrote a literary and critical biography entitled Wallace Stevens; Life as Poetry. He was awarded several poetry prizes and honors, including the Golden Rose of the New England Poetry Club in 1957 and the Ficke sonnet awards of the Poetry So- ciety of America in 1959, 1961, and 1963.

In 1966 Sam was appointed Fulbright Lecturer at Christ Church College in New Zealand, and later he served as Fulbright Professor at the University of Kobe in Japan. His interest in books led to his membership in the Grolier Club and his presidency of the Hancock Point Library Association.

Before his death Sam completed a poem for the 1936 50th yearbook, and this poem will be another lasting memorial to his special talents. The sympathy of the class is extended to his wife, Jane Crowell Morse, and to their son, Professor Samuel C. Morse of Amherst College.

1938

AUGUSTUS REYNELL SOUTHWORTH JR., of West Hartford, Conn., died on May 22 following a long illness. Gus was born in Jersey City, N.J., on

April 2, 1917, and entered Dartmouth from Englewood, N.J. At Dartmouth he was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity. After graduation he received his M.B. A. from the Harvard Business School, class of 1940. The following fall he married Barbara MacFarland of Roxbury, Conn., who survives him, as do their children, Barbara Carlson of Williamsville, Vt.; Augustus R. South- worth III '66 of Woodbury, Conn.; Truxton L. Southworth of Wilton, Conn.; Susan Pasternack of Watertown, Conn.; and nine grandchildren.

Gus began his business career with the Fidelity Union Trust Company and, except for a few years in the family automobile and farm equipment business, spent his career in banking. At the Chemical Bank of New York he rose from assistant to the controller to vice president and controller. He also served as senior vice president of the National Bank of Washington, D.C. In the field of banking, he served as vice president and director, New York chapter of the Financial Executives Institute, vice president and director, Money Marketeers of New York University, and commission chairman and director of the Bank Administration Institute. He also served as area chairman and vice chairman of the New Milford Community Chest and vice chairman, New Milford Development Council.

Dartmouth College and his Dartmouth friends were a very important part of his life. He served his class as treasurer.

He also leaves his wife, Dorothy, and their daughter, Allison, of West Hartford, Conn.

AUGUSTUS R. SOUTHWORTH III '66

1939

JOHN EDWARD KUHLKE died on May 16 at University Hospital at Stony Brook, N.Y., several days after a damaging attack of emphysema, a disease he had struggled with for many years.

I recall Jack sweating over his pre-med courses in the spring of our senior year and explaining the effort so simply and candidly that it was almost unbelievable. "I really want to help people!" he said. That's exactly what he did, all his life, first in the navy and then as a quiet and loving family doctor in the Smithtown area of Long Island. He gave up obstetrics only recently (the hands delivering that baby on the cover of Life years ago were Jack's), made house calls until the day he was stricken, and trusted his patients to pay their bills when they could. Jack may not have made it as big as the hard-nosed specialists of today, but he made it into the hearts of a thousand patients. He truly had the kindly dedication of the family doctor of yesterday, the Norman Rockwell image of the family physician we all knew as kids. I know. I saw him at work, and I saw a hundred patients come to their doctor's funeral.

Born in Brooklyn and raised in Westbury, Jack prepped at Friends Academy and went back to Long Island from Dartmouth for his Ph.D. from Long Island Hospital in 1943. He helped found the Harbor Country Day School and became the school's first president and trustee for many years. Jack was chief of family practice at St. John's Episcopal Hospital for 14 years and since 1981 had been physician adviser to the hospital's utilization review board.

He leaves his wife, Lois, three daughters by a former marriage, four stepchildren, and two grandchildren.

Jack was a loyal supporter of his college and his class throughout his life. As we remember him - gentle, noncontroversial, fun-loving - let's give a rouse for a Dartmouth man whose professional way of life will seldom, if ever, be seen again.

RICHARD L. BROOKS '39

WILLIAM WEBER JR., 68, of Watch Hill, R.I., died of cancer on June 30 in the Westerly, R.I., hospital after a brief illness. Web came to Dartmouth from Ridgewood High School, where he captained the school basketball team and played on the tennis, soccer, and golf teams. At college he majored in economics and sociology and was a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. He furthered his education at Harvard Business School, where he roomed with Bill Tomkins, and at the University of Connecticut School of Engineering.

Web served during World War II with the U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics and was discharged as a lieutenant, senior grade, in 1946. From 1947 until 1963 he was staff engineer for the Sperry Corporation and General Electric Corporation. In 1963 he joined the Veeder-Root Company of Hartford, Conn., as vice president of manufacturing! In 1971 he assumed the post of chief ad- ministrator of the Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital in St. Johnsbury, Vt., from which position he retired in 1979.

He was a trustee of the Vermont Hospital Association and a director of the Vermont Comprehensive Health Agency. His memberships included the Misquamicut Club and the Watch Hill Yacht Club, where he served on the finance committee.

He is survived by his wife, Margaret, and one son, Mark W. Weber of Greenwich, Conn.

Web had a delightful sense of humor and a warm affection for those he loved. His home in Watch Hill was a constant delight, particularly after he had retired.

1940

On April 18, RAYMOND MORRIS HELM JR. died in Deerfield Beach, Fla. According to Dick Funkhouser, "Ray had a bout with cancer in 1978, and it recurred very substantially in March 1985. Ray was my roommate for the first two years at Dartmouth, and we had been associated in business for nearly 30 years until he retired in 1981. For the ten years prior to his retirement, Ray had been my assistant as vice president of Har-Tru."

Born in the Pittsburgh suburb of Wilkinsburg, Pa., on October 5, 1918, "Redman" prepped for Dartmouth at Mercersburg Academy. At the College, Ray was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, earned numerals as a member of the freshman tennis team, and was awarded an A.B. degree in 1940 with a business administration major at Tuck School.

Ray resented terribly not having been able to serve his country directly. A perforated eardrum kept him out of the service. He did become involved as foreman in a small defense plant in South Boston. Following World War 11, Ray was purchasing agent for Rust Engineering Company and for Eastern Gas and Fuel Association prior to joining Funkhouser's tennis court surfacing company in 1956.

Surviving Ray are his wife of 40 years, Mary Jane, daughters Catherine Jo Winters and Debra J. Helm, and son Richard. To his family, the class of '40 extends its sincere expression of sympathy for their great loss.

The community of Peterborough, N.H., lost a vital member when THOMAS SYMONDSNICHOLS JR. died on April 15 following a prolonged illness and hospitalization at Hanover's Mary Hitchcock Medical Center. Born in Nashua on September 17, 1919, Tom completed secondary school at Peterborough High, majored in national problems, and was awarded an A.B. degree at Dartmouth. He received an M.B.A. degree in 1942 from Harvard Business School.

While serving in the U.S. Army in England during World War II where he was a master sergeant, Tom met Phyllis Coles, to whom he was married following service. He went to work in the John Bellows Insurance Agency in 1946. In 1950, Bellows made Tom a junior partner, and the firm's name was changed to Bellows-Nichols Agency. When Bellows retired in 1967, Tom assumed full ownership of the agency. His late brother, Herbert '39, was active in the agency until his retirement in 1980. Tom sold the agency last December and was anticipating a less hectic schedule. He became ill only a few weeks later.

In an editorial in the local newspaper, Paul Cummings '35 wrote: "Peterborough is mourning this week the passing of . . . one of our best known and respected citizens. [Tom Nichols] was a local boy who made good in a big way, as a businessman, banker, and a trusted advisor. Tom had a calm, serious manner about him which inspired confidence." He was a longtime director of the First National Bank, a seat which his father held before him. He was a trustee and treasurer of Scott-Farrar Home, former board member of Monadnock Hospital, and former president of the Rotary Club. He was active with the Cheshire County Alumni Association and a frequent and supportive attendee at football games in Hanover.

During his illness the doctors at Mary Hitchcock prescribed transfusions of fresh whole blood. Responding to the call for volunteers were the Peterborough Alumni group, spearheaded by Robert Cormack '48, and the Hanover Alumni Group.

In addition to Phyllis, Tom is survived by daughters Janet Kasameyer (wife of James '69) and Judith Fox, and four granddaughters.

1941

HYZER WILLIAM JONES JR., a leading plastic and reconstructive surgeon in the Oakland, Calif., area for nearly 30 years, died of pneumonia at the Alta Bates Hospital on March 7. His home was in Orinda, Calif.

Hy had retired from active practice in 1981 after suffering a series of heart attacks.

A native of Utica, N.Y., he was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity at Dartmouth and of the Rowing and Outing Clubs. He received his M.D. from the University of Rochester in 1944 and then served in the navy medical corps for two years. After practicing in Utica for several years, he was recalled to active duty in the navy during the Korean War, from 1952 to 1954.

Following the second navy tour, Hy and his family moved to the Oakland area, where he trained in plastic surgery and practiced until his retirement. He was, at various times, chairman of the department of surgery at Samuel Merritt Hospital and chief of the division of plastic surgery at Children's Hospital Medical Center, both in Oakland, as well as a consultant at the Livermore, Calif., VA Hospital.

He had been a member and officer of both the California Society of Plastic Surgeons and the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons.

Hy leaves his wife, Rosemary Kenneweg Jones, a graduate of the University of Rochester School of Nursing, two daughters, and a son. His brother, Theodore R. Jones, is a Dartmouth graduate, class of 1946.

1942

We have been advised of the death of FRANKLIN CORNELL GURLEY JR., which occurred on February 17.

Frank left Dartmouth in 1939 and went on to Worcester Polytechnic Institute and graduated from Kings Point Merchant Marine Academy in 1941.

He is survived by his wife, Janet, and six children.

1943

HENRY GARLICK IV died June 29 at his home in Youngstown, Ohio, after a twoyear bout with cancer. He was 64.

For more than 30. years, he was president of an asphalt and paving company in Youngstown. He retired about a year ago and had spent last winter at his home in Ocean Ridge, Fla.

At Dartmouth, Hank played football and hockey. He was a member of Psi Upsilon fraternity and Casque and Gauntlet senior society.

Hank left the College in his junior year to enlist in the navy. He won his navy air corps wings in 1943 and subsequently was a naval aviation instructor in Texas. He was discharged as a lieutenant in 1945 and returned to Dartmouth.

He leaves his wife., the former Patricia Milarr, and four children.

Dr. RUSSEL VINCENT KARLEN died of a stroke on June 5 at Bakersfield (Calif.) hospital, Where he was a member of the radiology staff.

Russ came to Dartmouth as a premedical student from White Plains, N. Y. He entered the army's specialized training program in 1943 and won his M.D. degree from New York Medical College in 1946.

He spent two years in the army medical corps as a radiologist and was discharged as a captain in 1950. He moved to Bakersfield in 1955 and established a practice there. During the 1960s he served as mayor of Bakersfield.

Russ was a diplomate of the American Board of Radiology and a member of the American College of Radiology. During his undergraduate years, he was a member of Alpha Kappa Kappa/the medical fraternity.

He leaves his wife, Lillian, and six children, three boys and three girls, ranging from age 22 to 36.

WILLIAM HENRY WIERMAN, a Denver surgeon for more than 30 years, died of a heart seizure June 29 at Presbyterian Medical Center in Denver. He was 64.

Bill graduated from Dartmouth in 1943 and attended Dartmouth Medical School, the University of Minnesota Medical School, and the University of Colorado Medical School, where he won his M.D. degree in 1945.

He served three years in the navy medical corps, then returned to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota where he specialized in surgery. He opened his surgical practice in Denver in 1954.

Bill was the author of 20 scientific papers on surgery, which were published in several surgical journals. He was certified by the American Board of Surgery and the Board of Thoracic Surgery.

He was a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the Central Surgical Association, the Southwestern Surgical Congress, and the Denver Academy of Surgery. He also was a member of the American, Colorado, and Denver medical societies.

At Dartmouth, Bill was a back on the varsity football team and a member of Psi Upsilon fraternity, Green Key, Palaeopitus, and Sphinx senior society. He also belonged to Phi Rho Sigma medical fraternity.

He was a former assistant clinical professor of surgery at the Colorado Medical Center and past president of the staff of Presbyterian Medical Center.

Two daughters predeceased him. He leaves his wife, Laura; a son, William; his mother; a brother; and two sisters.

1944

MAX NIXON EDWARDS, 63, a Washington attorney who had been assistant secretary of the interior for water quality and research in the Johnson administration, died of cancer June 22 at his home in Washington, D.C.

He was born in Wichita, Kans., and raised in Arizona. He served as a first lieutenant in the army in the Pacific in World War 11. He graduated from Dartmouth after the war and earned a law degree at the University of Arizona. At Dartmouth he let- tered in track and was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity, Palaeopitus, Green Key, and the Sphinx society. He was a member of the Dartmouth Club of Washington, the Class of 1944 executive committee, and was active in annual Alumni Fund drives.

Max practiced law in New Mexico for a number of years and was active in Democratic party politics. He supported John F. Kennedy's election in 1960, and after Kennedy's election to the presidency, he moved to Washington and joined the Interior Department. He was an assistant to the secretary, Steward L. Udall, whom he had known in law school, and legislative counsel to the department. He was named assistant secretary in 1967 and served until the end of the Johnson administration.

He subsequently was a partner in the law firm of Collier, Shannon, Rill, and Edwards and then in the firm of Corcoran, Youngman, and Rowe. For the past year, during his illness, he maintained a one-man practice. He was a member of the National Democratic Club, the University Club, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the National Golf Links of America at Southampton, N.Y.

Max's first marriage ended in divorce. Survivors include his wife, Leona Timko (Lee) Edwards of Washington, and a daughter by his first marriage.

1947

We have received word of the death of ROBERT MURRY BARNUM on June 11. He lived in Clark Mills, N.Y., at the time of his passing. He entered Dartmouth in a V-12 navy unit in 1944 and served in the American theater. He returned to Dartmouth in 1947 and lived off-campus with his twin brother, Walter Barnum '47.

He was employed by Western Electric for 25 years as an engineer and retired in 1981. He was a member of Annunciation Church in Clark Mills, the American Legion, and the Pioneers of Bell Telephone.

He is survived by his wife, Mary; a brother, Fred Barnum; two sisters, Jean Clark and Edith Kerber; a sister-in-law; and several nieces, nephews, and cousins. A brother, Roderick, and his twin brother, Walter, predeceased him.

The class of '47 is saddened to learn of the passing of ROE CODDINGTON BLACK on May 30. Roe entered Dartmouth in the civilian group in June 1943 from Bayside High in Douglaston, Long Island, N.Y. He maintained high scholastic standards, majoring in history, and was named to Phi Beta Kappa while at Dartmouth. After graduation, Roe worked as a livestock ranch manager and then assumed various positions in the magazine sector, as livestock field editor for The Corn Belt Dailies and for Farm Journal, Inc., in Pennsylvania. He married Carolyn Lapp, and Donna, Avis, and twins Thomas and Phillip followed, all attending colleges and now with families of their own.

He was a member of the Delta Upsilon fraternity at Dartmouth. Our last note from Roe was his regrets on missing our 35th class reunion in 1983 as he was in Arizona for the birth of a grandchild.

At the time of his death, he was editor of Farm Journal and resided in Philadelphia. His family survives him, and our class extends best wishes and sympathy to them.

1949

It is sad to report the death of ROY FRANKLIN LOVELL, 57, on May 17. He is survived by his wife, Marilyn, and six children: Jeffrie, Bradley, Kurt, Jacqueline Barbieri, Marshia Borghetti, and Pamela. Roy lived in Milford, Mass., and was the publisher of The Milford Daily News, which serves 16 towns. First hired as an advertising salesman in 1951 after two years in the news department of The Sanford Tribune in Maine, Roy grew with the business as advertising manager, general manager, and then publisher. He was named president of the Alta Group Newspapers in January 1983. He was also president of the Crowley Publishing Company, which publishes The EveningTimes of Little Falls, N.Y.

Roy died of natural causes linked to a heart condition. Born in Providence, R.I., he graduated from Hope High School; at Dartmouth he majored in mathematics and was a member of Zeta Psi. A director of the Milford National Bank and Trust Company, Roy also served as a trustee of the MilfordWhitinsville Regional Hospital and the Greater Milford Chamber of Commerce. He was an associate member of the executive committee of the Algonquin Boy Scout Council and a life member of the Salvation Army Advisory Board, as well as chairman of the Milford finance committee for ten years, president of the Milford Lions Club, and president of the Milford Retail Board. Roy was an active alumnus, serving from 1961 to 1969 on the Alumni Council Association and as an Alumni Fund solicitor and an enrollment interviewer. He led an exemplary life, at Dartmouth and thereafter. We extend condolences of the class of 1949 to his wife and children.

1950

On May 13 the class of 1950 lost a true friend, a source of genuine merriment on all occasions, a loyal supporter of the College, and a devoted husband and father, ROBERT MOORE BURRILL.

A native of Livermore Falls, Maine, Bob served in the Army Air Corps in World War II before coming to Hanover in the autumn of 1946. After graduation he moved to Dennisport (and then to Eastham) where, in 1955, he established his own insurance company and began a long and vigorous career among a number of Cape communities. Bob served on the Dennis and Nauset school committees and the Nauset regional school committee. He chaired the local Republican committee and was a member of the Eastham finance committee. Bob founded the Dartmouth Club of Cape Cod and served for a long time as its president and secretary. In 1967 he was named by the College as Club Secretary of the Year.

Bob is survived by his wife of 36 years, Sally, by six daughters, a son, and many grandchildren. Our classmate Jim Birney officiated at Bob's funeral services in Orleans. One of Bob's many Cape companions read a eulogy that highlighted the joy and zest of Bob's life a life constantly dedicated to the family he loved so much and the countless friends he honored with his warmth, wit, and wisdom.

This rare man brought us a sense that we were with someone very special. His devotion to his family, his generosity and unselfishness, and his untiring love for them were abundant; and no one among us could "set the table on a roar" as he did. He saw the world with great clarity and was the readiest wit among men and could make us shed our cares through laughter. Bob's narration of the films of our Dartmouth graduation and subsequent reunions ranks with the choicest piece of stand-up comedy I've ever heard. Our class and the College will forever be strengthened by the loving memories we share of someone who was with us for far too short a time.

JOE MEDLICOTT '50

1959

On May 1 RONALD DEAN FARNAN died of cancer at the Washington, D.C., Hospice at the age of 47. Ron was born in Albany, N.Y., and was raised in Hudson Falls, N.Y., and entered Dartmouth from the Mount Hermon School.

Ron earned his master's degree in electrical engineering at the Thayer School in 1960. After a two-year stint in the U.S. Army, he went to work as a systems analyst and engineer for the Westinghouse Electric Corporation in Baltimore. Some ten years later, he signed on as a systems analyst with the Institute for Law and Social Research in Washington, D.C. In 1984, he began working for the Institute for Defense Analysis in Alexandria, Va.

From 1971 to 1980, Ron's civic activities included coaching baseball and basketball for the Bowie (Md.) Boys and Girls Club and soccer for the Bowie Soccer Association.

He is survived by his wife, the former Nancy E. Camp, whom he married in New Haven in 1960. Also surviving him are a son, Mark, and three daughters, Marcy, Linda, and Diana, all of Bowie; his mother, Hazel A. Jarrett of Black Mountain, N.C.; and a sister and two brothers. To the members of Ron's family, the class expresses its heartfelt sympathy.

1977

With deepest regret we announce the untimely death of MARK LOUIS LEBOWITZ on June 27. Raised in Natick, Mass., Mark came to Dartmouth and immediately became involved in the academic community through the Glee Club and the Dartmouth Aires, serving as the latter's principal accompanist and musical arranger. He also joined Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity, the Green Key Society, and the Dartmouth Players.

After graduation Mark moved to New York, adopted the stage name "Mark Linton," and pursued his career interests in music and drama. Mark's abilities and intensity earned him lead roles in local and regional productions such as Pippin and Gemini, and the musical directorship of a major Broadway production's international touring company. His film credits include Hair, and a lead role in the 1983 film-forTV, Bella.

Mark kept in close contact with many of his Dartmouth compatriots. Mark touched so many of our lives and managed to make each of us feel like his special friend. His unique ability to inspire and nurture his friends' talents helped all of them to achieve their utmost potential.

The funeral in Natick was attended by many former Aires and those of us to whom Mark had so freely given his musical and emotional support. Mark's passing is mourned by his parents, Marshall and Charlotte Lebowitz of Natick, Mass., grandmother Magda Meyersohn, sisters Marian "Katie" '76 and Wendy, brothers-in-law David Lockard '76 and Joel Nowak, nephew Dov Lebowitz-Nowak, his closest confidante Victoria White, and many peers both in and out of the theatrical profession. My special thanks to Robert Reason '77 for helping me to put this together. MICHAEL UNGAR '78

1978

Lt. JOHN CLETUS KESNER died on June 15 of injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Oldenburg, Germany. Born on August 21, 1956, in Highland, III., John was the son of Roger and Marion Kesner.

John majored in history at Dartmouth. He was cited for outstanding performance in upper level Greek and Roman studies. John spent one term in Mainz, Germany, studying German language as part of the College's LSA program. John also spent a term at the Native American Job Care Center in Kicking Horse, Mont., as a Tucker intern. John was a member of the squash team, the tennis team, and the DOC.

Shortly after graduation, John was sworn into the navy. His first assignment was with the commissioning team for the destroyer USS Deyo. During his tour aboard the Deyo, John earned the Navy Medal of Achievement. John next attended the navy's foreign language center in Presidio of Monterey, Calif., from which he graduated with honors in German language studies. He. was then assigned to the German ship FGR Hamburg as part of the U.S. Navy personnel exchange program. John's home port was Wilhelmshaven, Germany, where he was staying at the time of his accident.

John is survived by his parents; a grandmother, Elsie Hundsdorfer; and a sister, Mrs. Sue Kesner Halvorson.

Those who knew John will remember his quiet, unassuming manner and his everpresent sense of humor. John was dedicated to his faith, his family, and his friends. He will be missed by all whose lives he has touched.

THOMAS BISHOP '78