Deaths

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

Loring P. Nichols '14, September 28 Robert Frothingham '15, September 27 Denis W. Maloney '15, February 26 Lyman T. Burgess '18, September 27 Samuel R. Center '20, October 5 Stanley S. Jackson '22, October 17 Frederick W. Noyes '22, December 22, 1984 Llewellyn D. Smith '22, June 30 G. Paul Gordon '24, September 27 John I. Watson '25, August 26 Waldo W. Yarnall '25, October 9 Wilbur A. Griscom '29, October 14 George C. Sawyer '32, September 25 George D. Edwards, '33, June 6 Phelps P. Luria '35, September 24 Walter A. Pazdon '38, August 20, 1984 Edward E. Shumaker '38, October 31, 1984 Norbert P. Gillem '41, August 1985 Richard P. O'Brien '42, October 21 Kenneth Manthorne '43, November 1, 1984 William Henderson 111 '50, June 10 Severin S. Stega '50, Date Unknown Robert A. Gelotte '51, May 22, 1984 Charles M. Lyon '52, October 7 Robert A. Baumann '54, July 27 George O. South wick '57, September 29 Charles S. Aalto '71, September 28

1914

LORING PAYSON NICHOLS, 92, died in Winchester, Mass., on September 28. A native of Salem, he came to Dartmouth from Salem High School. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. He served in the United States Army as a lieutenant in World War II.

He was a vice president of the Educator Biscuit Company of Cambridge and later was purchasing agent of the Megowan-Educator Company of Lowell until his retirement in 1967.

He is survived by his wife, Marjorie E. Nichols, his son, William S. Nichols '52, of Concord, Mass., his daughter, Cynthia Mutterperl of Wenham, Mass., and seven grandchildren.

1915

ROBERT FROTHINGHAM died on September 27. He had been a resident of Osterville, Mass., since 1957. He was born in New Utrecht (Brooklyn), N.Y., on March 25, 1894, and lived in and attended schools in Westchester County.

During World War I he served with the allied joint economic warfare-blockade staff based in London, England. Later he served with the American Chamber of Commerce in London. He joined Vacuum Oil Company, now Mobil Oil, in 1926 and held executive positions successively in Belgium, France, Italy, and the United States.

During World War II he served from 1943 until 1945 as civilian oil adviser with the petroleum section of Allied Forces Headquarters in Italy, for which he was awarded the U.S. Medal of Freedom. The Italian Government had previously awarded him the Medal of Commendatore of the Order of the Crown of Italy.

Resuming his career with Mobil Oil, he became assistant general manager of the foreign trade department and chairman of the foreign trade committee before his retirement in 1956.

Robert was married in London in 1919 to Elinor Mackenzie Shiff. He is survived by their three sons, Robert III '41, Michael '43, and Anthony '44, eight grandchildren, and one great-grandchild, and by his widow, the former Katharine Hackney McGregor of Johnstown, N.Y.

1917

HENRY ALLBEE LOUDON, retired president of the former Henry A. Loudon Advertising Company of Boston, died on August 30 at the Clipper Home in Portsmouth, N.H., of a cerebral hemorrhage.

Hank majored in liberal arts at Dartmouth and was a member of the band, the orchestra, and the Glee Club. From 1918 to 1925 he was advertising manager at Jones and Lamson Machine Company in Springfield, Vt. He then joined the Lawrence Press in Boston as vice president. In 1928 he founded his own advertising agency, which he sold to associates upon his retirement in 1956. He moved to Rye Beach, N.H., in 1964.

In 1921 he married Laura "Polly" Chandler. She predeceased him as did his brother Hubbard '20. He is survived by two daughters, Jeanne Loudon and Lois Cutler; another brother, James Loudon '20; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and a niece.

1918

LYMAN TAYLOR BURGESS died September 27 at Noble Hospital in Westfield, Mass.

Born in Sioux City, lowa, he had lived in Granby, Conn., for the last 44 years. He was a member of Psi Upsilon fraternity at Dartmouth and served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps as a pilot during World War I.

He began his career as a banker with J.& W. Seligman International Banking House of Wall Street, N.Y. He became associated with the Blair Bond Company of Hartford and retired as a salesman with the Prentice Hall Company. After his retirement he attended and graduated from Western New England Law School and began his practice as a tax attorney in Springfield, Mass., 25 years ago. During the forties he was a former member and chairman of the Finance Board and the Board of Assessors for the Town of Granby. He also served as the Granby Town Prosecutor. He was a member of the First Congregational Church in Granby, the Shanon-Shattuck Post Number 182, American Legion of Granby, the Salmon Brook Historical Society of Granby, and the Rowe, Mass., Historical Society.

Lyman is survived by his wife, Kathryn, four daughters, two brothers, including Lee Burgess '25, nine grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

CHARLES CARROLL JONES, 88, died from heart failure at his home in Bradenton, Fla., on August 27. He was born in Canterbury, N.H., and graduated from Penacook High School. He graduated from Thayer School of Engineering in 1919. The Charles C. Jones Seminar Series at the Thayer School is named for him.

Immediately upon graduation, he went to work for McClintoch Marshall of Pittsburgh, Penn. During the twenties Charles was employed by various railroads. When the Depression struck, Charles was forced to return to work the family farm while searching for another engineering position. He later worked for Stone and Webster, an engineering firm, and then for the Federal Government, again working in bridge construction.

During World War II he was sent to the Canal Zone and was head engineer for the construction of the bridges across the Panama Canal. In February 1944, he was transferred to Alaska to work on the Alcan Highway.

After World War II he was assigned to the Atlanta office of what is now the Department of Transportation. He became the senior bridge engineer for five Southeastern states and Puerto Rico until his retirement in 1969.

In 1970 Charles was married and moved rom St. Augustine to Bradenton. In his retirement he became a seasoned traveler, journeying to the Far East, back to New Hampshire, and later to the Caribbean.

He is survived by his wife, Bernice, and two nephews. His late brother, Thomas R. Jones, was also a member of the class of '18.

1919

Word has just been received of the death of CHARLES FRANCIS HARNEY on February 5. Presumably he died in Montclair, N.J., where he had made his home for many years.

Charlie entered college from Lynn, Mass. He left at the outbreak of World War I and did not return after the war, but went to work in the family shoe business in Lynn. Later he was with Vick Chemical until 1946 when he founded his own business in the dental supply field.

He is survived by his wife, Marguerite, one daughter, Mrs. Robert Pedersen of North Caldwell, N.J., and several grandchildren.

1920

SAMUEL RICHARD CENTER died on October 5 at the Westwood Healthcare Center in Keene, N.H.

Sam worked for 40 years for the New England Telephone Company, primarily in Keene as cable supervisor. During World War II he was a captain in the Signal Corps.

He is survived by his wife, the former Marion Skillen, whom he married in 1924.

1922

JAMES ALEXANDER HAMILTON, 86, noted pioneer in the profession of hospital administration, died September 8, at his Duxbury, Mass., home.

Jim entered Dartmouth from the Tilton School, Tilton, N.H. He received his B.S. in 1922 and his M.C.S. from Tuck School in 1923. He was a popular, highly esteemed student, a member of the Glee Club, the choir, the baseball squad, and Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity. His interest in the College continued throughout his life.

As a post-graduate he was an instructor at Tuck School and some years later became an assistant professor of industrial management. In Hanover he also began his career in hospital administration as superintendent of the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital. Later, he was the administrator at Cleveland (Ohio) City Hospital and at New Haven (Conn.) Hospital. He also taught hospital administration at Yale and in 1940 received an honorary M. A. there.

He began the acclaimed hospital administration program at the University of Minnesota in 1946 and was its director until his retirement in 1966.

As a 30-year consultant in the health field, he organized and directed the James A. Hamilton Associates. The clientele included hospitals throughout the world, the World Health Organization, the U.S. Army, the Department of State, the Bureau of the Budget, and similar institutions.

Jim was listed in "Who's Who in Industry and Commerce," " Who's Who in America," and "Who's Who in the World." He was a former president of numerous other health-care organizations; and a trustee of Tilton School.

He is survived by three married daughters, 12 grandchildren, and seven greatgrandchildren. The class joins them in deep bereavement.

1924

Col. ROBERT ERNEST BENJAMIN died on June 29. He had been a resident of Howell, Mich., following his retirement from the army. In college, Bob had been a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and president of the Coolidge for President Club. He attended the New York University School of Business for a year and then was in the life insurance business until he entered the army in 1932.

He was a past president of the CLU Association of Hartford. During this period he also served as secretary of the Dartmouth Club of Western Massachusetts. In 1975, he reported that he had 52 years of uninterrupted participation in the Alumni Fund. It seems safe to assume that by the time of his death, this had become an even more prestigious figure.

Bob began his army career as a second lieutenant in the Army Reserve. He was then commissioned in the Regular Army and assigned as budget officer for the 18th Airborne Corps; he was a budget officer for the Bth U.S. Army in Japan and served in the Pentagon as a member of the staff of the Chief of Staff. He was awarded the Legion of Merit.

Upon retiring from the army, Bob settled in Howell, Mich., where he was involved in myriad activities ranging from raising Howell's Honeysweet Melons to owning a 3,800-foot underground facility for storage of natural gas. Bob was equally active in civic affairs in Howell as county commissioner, city treasurer, city clerk, and zoning administrator. He was also executive administrator of the Chamber of Commerce, a Rotarian, and a Knight Templar.

Bob was married to Esther Cake on February 23, 1929. She and his brother, Donald Benjamin '28, survive.

ALBERT EMERSON HADLOCK died in Huntsville, Ala., on August 18 following brain surgery.

A1 was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate. He also graduated from Columbia Law School in 1927 and then spent a year in Europe on an American/German exchange fellowship. His subsequent career was divided between private practice with various firms in New York, Boston, and Rochester, and military service. From 1942 to 1945 he was with the office of Chief of Ordnance in Detroit with the rank of lieutenant colonel. From 1946 to 1951 he was back in private practice. From 1951 until his retirement he was back with Army Ordnance as an attorney stationed in Rochester, N.Y., and subsequently in Florida and then Alabama. A1 was a Mason and a Shriner.

He is survived by his brother, Canfield Hadlock '26, and a nephew, David C. Hadlock '62.

1925

JOHN IRVING WATSON died August 26 at his home in Oxford, Pa., after a brief illness. He did not graduate with us but transferred to Randolph-Macon College and then obtained his LL.B. from the University of Virginia. He practiced law in Oxford, Pa., where he was active in bar association, civic, lodge, and church affairs. He is survived by his wife, Marion, a daughter, and a son.

WALDO WARD YARNALL died October 9 in St. Joseph's Hospital in Lowell, Mass. He was a member of our freshman football team, then transferred to the University of Vermont where he graduated in 1926. He played professional baseball with the Pirates, Phillies, and Red Sox and was athletic director at Lowell Technical Institute. He coached football, basketball, and baseball, winning induction into the American Association of College Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame in 1970. He is survived by a son, Raymond P., of LaPlata, Md.; three daughters, Jane Walker of Westford, Mass., Dorothea Schmid of Nebraska, and Virginia Balliett of Florida; 11 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

1926

WALTER AIKEN PILLSBURY died of cardiac arrest on August 22 at Parkland Medical Center in the town of his birth, Derry, N.H. After graduation from Pinkerton Academy he was with the class at Dartmouth during freshman and sophomore years. He went on to Boston University where he earned his LL.B. degree in 1927.

Walt spent his entire legal career in Derry except for one year when he practiced law in Boston. He was a member of the New Hampshire Legislature' for two terms, a member of the New Hampshire and Massachusetts bar associations, and served as district court judge in Derry for 25 years, retiring at age 70. He had been trustee of the McGregor Library of Derry, Alexander Eastman Hospital, and the former Nuffield Savings Bank. He was moderator and auditor of the town and school district of Derry. Walt served for four years in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific, retiring in 1942 as lieutenant commander.

A 50-year member and past master of St. Mark Lodge of F&AM of Derry, Walt also was past grand chancellor of New Hampshire in Knights of Pythias.

He is survived by his wife of 52 years, the former Ruth LeClaire, his son, Paul, his daughter, Susan, two grandchildren, two brothers, and his sister.

JOHN CLARK WATSON died August 29 in Juno Beach, Fla. Born in Schenectady, N.Y., Jack grew up in East Orange, N.J., and graduated from the high school there. During the freshman and sophomore years he spent at Dartmouth, he was on the freshman football squad and was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. Jack was a well known, active classmate.

He was'with General Electric Company in Schenectady for 37 years in various managerial capacities, taking early retirement in 1961. Jack's family consisted of a daughter and son by his first wife, the former Willa Green, and a stepdaughter from his marriage to the former Eleanor Heath. After Eleanor's death he married Vergie Michael in 1961, and they made their home in Jensen Beach, Fla. In summers they enjoyed traveling in many parts of the country.

Vergie, his three children, and nine grandchildren survive him.

1927

JAMES ROBERT FORGIE died of cancer on April 10 in his home in Cokesbury Village, Hockessin, Del. He was born in 1906 in Richmond Hill, N.Y., and prepared for Dartmouth at the Lawrence Preparatory School. He was at Dartmouth for only one year, during which time he was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.

Jim was engaged in the life and general insurance business in New York City from 1924 until 1954, when he went to work for John Wannamaker as service manager of its retail store in Wilmington, Del. He held this position until his retirement in 1969. After the death of his wife in 1978, he moved to the retirement community of Cokesbury Village in Hockessin, where he lived until the time of his deaths He was a member of St. Andrews Society, an organization of persons of Scottish descent.

He leaves a son, James, a daughter, Joan (Conly), three sisters, five grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.

1932

The College and the class of 1932 lost a loyal alumnus on September 23 with the death of GEORGE C. SAWYER. "Pete"died of a heart attack while working on a piece of machinery at the family farm in Ashland, Maine.

During his college years Pete was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, Bait & Bullet, and Cabin & Trail, was a snowshoe runner on the Winter Sports Team, was director and president of Ledyard Canoe Club, and in our senior year was chairman (president) of the Outing Club Council.

Pete earned his master's degree from Yale School of Forestry. In the early 1940s Pete returned to Maine to operate the homestead farm in Ashland and to manage the Dunn Timberlands, acquired by his great-grandfather when northern Maine was first being settled.

Pete was a life member of the Society of American Foresters and had served on the Ashland Town Council and Chamber of Commerce and was a director of the Wasburn Trust Company. He had been a member of the state Republican Committee and served on the Land Use Regulatory Commission of the state. He was active in the Rotary Club.

On the Boy Scout Council, he helped establish the Maine Adventure Base for the Scouts and received the- Silver Beaver Award.

Pete founded or helped fun many local civic groups including the Ashland Community Library, the Logging Museum, Fish and Game Club, and Search and Rescue Squad.

For those who were privileged to know him he will be remembered as the quiet, unassuming gentleman who made our lives richer just by being here. Pete died on the 40th anniversary of his marriage to Irene Collier Rand, who had preceded him in death by only eight months. They are survived by 11 children, 24 grandchildren, one great-grandchild, a niece, and three nephews, to whom the class extends its sympathy.

RONALD W. OLMSTEAD '32

1933

JOHN ERWIN COLEMAN died on July 24 of unknown causes. He came to Dartmouth after attending the Harvard School for Boys in Chicago, III. He was a lifelong resident of that city.

John left Dartmouth in our freshman year to become a commodities salesman and stayed in that field for the rest of his business career. He later formed his own firm, John E. Coleman, Inc., dealing on the Chicago Produce Exchange.

He is survived by one son and three daughters from his first marriage and by his wife, Sherl, and his two stepsons

WILLIAM BRUCE EARL JR. died as the result of a cerebral hemorrhage on August 12, while visiting in Cape Coral, Fla. He and his wife, Margaret, made their home in Summit, N.J.

Bruce, as he was known, was born in Leominster, Mass., and came to Dartmouth after attending Kimball Union Academy. At Dartmouth, he majored in comparative literature and was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. He worked for many years as a supervisor and executive in the Department of Labor of New York State.

In addition to Margaret, Bruce is survived by their three daughters, a son, and many grandchildren.

1935

FRANKLIN J ACRES CORNWELL died of cancer at his home in St. Louis on August 15. One of our most illustrious classmates, he was an Alumni Award recipient in 1983 and was the first director of the Trustees' committee on resources. Frank was an English major, advertising manager of the Jack-O-Lantern, and president of The Players. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity and Casque and Gauntlet.

He served as president of both the St. Louis Alumni Association and the Dartmouth Club of London. He started business with the Brown Shoe Company and served on its board of directors. In 1953 he joined the Mansanto Chemical Company as director of sales in its consumer products division. Later he became Chairman of Monsanto Ltd. in England.

His Alumni Award cited his work for the Third Century Fund and the Campaign for Dartmouth. Numerous civic leadership assignments in St. Louis as well as teaching advertising in the Washington University School of Business further brightened his career.

Frank, whose contributions to his city of St. Louis and to the College were legion in number and major in size, will be sorely missed on both scenes.

He is survived by his wife, Ruth (Schmidt), and one son, F.J. Cornwell Jr. '64 of California. The class extends it sympathy to them for their loss and its appreciation for his life of unselfish giving of himself to others and to his college.

PHELPS PAUL LURIA, M.D., died of a massive coronary on September 24 at Long Beach Memorial Hospital.

He resided in Lawrence, Long Island, and wintered in Palm Beach. Born in Ansonia, Conn., he majored in sociology and went on to the University of Western Ontario for his medical degree. He served as a first lieutenant in the Army Medical Corps. His practice was in otolaryngology and plastic surgery. A member of 10 local and national professional societies, he was successful in his field.

As an alumnus he was usually known affectionately as "Doc" because of his wry wit and self-deprecating stories.

Catherine, whom he married in 1946, always accompanied him to Hanover as frequently did their progeny William, Ann, Alex, or Deborah some of whom went to nearby prep schools or ran local businesses in Hanover.

Doc's great love was Dartmouth, his wife informs us. Joe Sholkin, who represented the class at his funeral, says, "We will miss his sense of humor, his enthusiasm, and the good times and good laughs we always had."

The class sends its sympathy to Cathy and their family. God willing and health permitting he would have been in Hanover on October 4 and 5. He was with us in our hearts.

1937

STUART NARAMORE JR. died July 12 in the Glendale Adventist Medical Center in California following a long illness.

Stu came to Dartmouth from Stratford (Conn.) High School and majored in chemistry. He returned to Stratford to teach following college. He moved to Los Angeles in 1951 and taught there for many years.

He is survived by his wife, Lucille; sons Stuart and Steven; a brother and sister; his mother; and four grandchildren. Two cousins attended Dartmouth: Robert Naramore '35 and H. Burling Naramore '33.

1938

CHARLES HARVEY BARKER, died at his home in Santa Barbara, Calif., on March 3 after an illness of several months.

Born in Boston, Mass., on June 27, 1916, Harvey entered Dartmouth in 1934 and graduated in 1938. He received his M.C.S. degree from the Amos Tuck School in 1939.

During World War II he served in the U.S. Navy, attaining the rank of lieutenant commander. For 16 years he owned and operated a Howard Johnson restaurant in Salem, Mass. He moved to Santa Barbara in 1958.

He was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and the La Cumbre Golf and Country Club of Santa Barbara.

He is survived by his wife, Virginia; a daughter, Carole B. Turner of Corralitos, Calif.; a son, Charles W. Barker of Santa Barbara; and three grandchildren.

CLIFFORD A. FALKENAU '40

GEORGE WILLIAM DANA died January 30, 1984, in St. Petersburg, Fla. His wife, Rosamond, advised A1 Boerker in late 1984 that George's heart "just stopped." George had dropped all contact with the College and all of his Dartmouth friends except for his former roommate A1.

After Dartmouth, George graduated from medical school at Cornell University. His career in medicine included Patton's Third Army, Johns Hopkins, the New England Medical Center, and the Southwestern Medical Foundation in Dallas. As an undergraduate, George's sense of humor was most evident when he did his imitation of Franklin D. Roosevelt, complete with the pince-nez. Since 1961, little or no news about him has been known, but he did retire to St. Petersburg with Rosamond, who survives him. There were five children; the youngest, born in 1950, was named Anne Hopkins Dana.

CHARLES F. HATHAWAY '38

GEORGE GASTON JOHNSTON was slain during a robbery in Brazil where he had business interests. The date of death was May 6, according to information received from his sister, Mrs. Kay Ravenel.

"Gat" graduated from Tuck School in 1939 after learning to drive my 1931 Ford. His enthusiasm for business and life was unflagging, but he had few contacts with classmates or the College in recent years. He never married, and perhaps his invention of the bathtub pillow will tell us something about his life. It seems that he developed and sold the early models, described in an article in the June 1941 AlumniMagazine as a "suave-looking, pneumatic, waterproof pillow with pressure suctions to cling easily to the back of a bathtub."

CHARLES F. HATHAWAY '38

1943

EDGAR STEWARD DRIVER, a geophysicist and expert on oil exploration, died of cancer August 20 at his home in Wexford, Pa. He was 64.

"Ted" retired in 1983 as general manager of exploration research for the Gulf Oil Corporation. Soon afterward, he and an associate formed Microsweeps, a geochemical detection company specializing in petroleum exploration and oil storage facilities.

He graduated from Dartmouth with a degree in mathematics and in 1959 earned a master's degree in mathematics from the University of Pittsburgh. At the time of his death, Ted was deputy director of researchat the Earth Sciences and Resources Institute of the University of South Carolina.

Soon after his graduation, Ted volunteered as an ambulance driver with the American Field Service and served with the 12th Army Group of the British 8th Army in the Italian campaign and the invasion of southern France. He was appointed to the Knighthood Order of the British Empire for his distinguished service in combat.

Ted, whose late father, Harry H. Driver, graduated from Dartmouth in the class of 1910, was a member of the Geological Society of America, the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, the Society for Exploration Geophysicists, and the American Society for Oceanography.

He was a sports car enthusiast and drove in Sports Car Club of America competition.

He leaves his wife, Sue, a sister, Anne D. Tourney of Wexford, and four stepchildren.

PAUL EDWARD MALLORY died at his home in Paoli, Pa., on July 4 after an 18-month bout with lung cancer. He had observed his 64th birthday only three days earlier.

Paul entered Dartmouth from Scarsdale, N.Y., but left before he graduated to enlist in the army. He served for five years during and after World War 11, then was recalled to active duty during the Korean conflict. He was discharged as a captain of artillery in 1952.

Paul worked for 27 years for the AnchorHocking (glass) Corporation. He retired several years ago to devote additional time to several family interests bowling lanes, a convenience store, and a golf glove manufacturing company.

He leaves his wife, Ethel, and three sons, Paul D., Wright, and Chris, and a brother, Blaine Mallory '38.

KENNETH JAMES MANTHORNE, a free-lance writer, died of a heart seizure at his New York City apartment on November 1, 1984.

Ken left Dartmouth in 1942 to join the U.S. Marine Corps. He sustained a gWishot wound while on guard duty at Mare Island, Calif., in 1942 in an accident that left him partially paralyzed in one leg. He was discharged in 1943.

He took some courses at the University of Miami for a year, then returned to Dartmouth in 1945, graduating in 1946.

Ken worked several years for the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency in New York as a copywriter. Subsequently, he worked for an advertising agency in London and later for British Airways.

He also was a playwright for off-Broadway theater in New York.

He leaves a brother, Robert, in Denver.

1944

ROBERT DAVIS ALLEN, 63, died of cancer September 13 at his retirement home in Tryon, N.C. "Needle," as he was called, was something of a medical miracle in that he contracted Hodgkin's disease in 1942 and became one of that disease's rare survivors. His death was caused by a different type of cancer, adenocarcinoma.

A native of Great Barrington, Mass., Needle attended Berkshire School and, after Dartmouth, the New York University Business School. He was an investment banker for most of his life, with wide-ranging interests in oil, gas, and other venture capital projects. He was associated with Paribas Corporation, the McAlmont Corporation in Minneapolis, and Albert Ehinger and Partners on Wall Street in recent years, all the while living in Haworth, N.J. He started building his "dream house" in Tryon in 1984 and had just moved in a month before his death.

He was a trustee and chairman of the board at the Berkshire School, he served on the president's council of Smith College, and he was a member of the United Church of Christ Foundation. He was also a member of the Ridgewood Country Club in Ridgewood, N.J., and the Dartmouth Club of Northern New Jersey.

At Dartmouth, he played freshman basketball and baseball, sang in the Glee Club, and was a member of Psi Upsilon fraternity and the Sphinx. He was the class of 1944 newsletter editor from 1959 to 1962.

He is survived by his wife, Jean, five children, grandchildren, and a brother, Byron Allen Jr. '53.

Word has been received of the death of Alan Howard in December 1984 in Hicksville, Long Island, N.Y. Cause of death is unknown.

Alan came to Dartmouth from Ridgewood, N.J., and remained in Hanover for a short time only. He spent most of his life with the Long Island Lighting Company and was an electric meter engineer at the time of his death. He is survived by his wife, Jane, and two children.

DONALD TILDEN SHERIDAN, chairman of a Chicago-area office leasing and real estate management firm, died September 6 in that city at the age of 63. He had been in and out of the hospital in recent months and on a respirator, with an illness related to polio, a disease which struck him in 1949. He lived a thoroughly active life for the past 35 years, both professionally and privately. He and his wife raised five children, and they traveled extensively despite Don's confinement to a wheelchair. They toured this country, including Alaska, went big-game hunting in Africa, and had no hesitation about jaunts around the world.

Don came to Dartmouth from Chicago. He was an English major; he lettered in fencing; and he was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity. He joined the air force in 1942 and served as a fighter pilot in the China-Burma Theater. After the war, he joined his father's leasing and real estate firm, L. J. Sheridan and Company, and eventually became its chairman.

He was also active in public service and was an officer in a number of national real estate organizations and local charities. He was vice president of the Chicago real estate board and president of the Building Managers Association of Chicago and of the Junior Real Estate Board of Chicago. He was an official of the National Association of Building Owners and Managers and was appointed to the Illinois Building Authority in 1966. At the time of his death, he was a member of the board of Lake Shore National Bank.

Don was president of Catholic Charities of Chicago from 1976 to 1980; he was chairman of the 1958 Cook County March of Dimes; and he was named Man of the Year by that group in 1979. He also served as president of the St. Joseph Hospital advisory board.

He is survived by his wife, Patricia, five children, nine grandchildren, and brothers and sisters.

JAMES HAROLD WOODS JR. died June 3 in Waban, Mass., just one day before his 64th birthday. He suffered a series of strokes over a six-week period, and the final one was fatal.

Hal spent his life in the family's plumbing and heating business and was president of both Woods Plumbing and Heating Company and Woods Chemical Company in Waban.

He came to Dartmouth from Newton Center, Mass. He majored in history, was a member of Gamma Delta Chi fraternity, and ran track and cross-country. He was a staff sergeant in the Army Air Force from 1943 to 1945.

He was active in his local church, where he did some teaching, and he was a member of the choir. He also sang in several local musicals. He was a health advocate and ran several miles most days. He didn't marry until 1978; his wife died of cancer six years later.

"He was a quiet, gentle man," said his sister, who survives him along with a brother, "and he loved Dartmouth very much."

1945

The College has recently learned of the death of HOWARD BURDICK JR. He was born October 2,1922, in Brooklyn, N.Y. He graduated from Poly Prep in Brooklyn; two members of his class there, Steve Hull and Howard Germain, were also members of the class of '45 at Dartmouth. While he was at Dartmouth he joined Theta Chi fraternity. His attendance at the College was interrupted while he served in World War II as a first lieutenant fighter pilot in the China-Burma-India theater.

He married Grace Anne Moore from Port Chester, N.Y., on June 6, 1954. After five years of service at the Gas Company in Greenwich, Conn., he changed to a.career in real estate and insurance sales in 1969 with the Metropolitan Company, where he was a successful insurance agent.

In 1958 a daughter, Allison Page, was born, followed by Claire Anne in 1960 and Jennifer Kate in 1963. In 1965 Howard deserted New York suburbia in favor of the Pacific Northwest, settling in Spokane, Wash. Here a fourth daughter, Elizabeth Marguerite, was born in 1966.

He became heavily involved in the steel industry and worked at Haskins Steel Corporation until his death. He waged a courageous battle against bone cancer for three and a half years, continuing to work full time throughout 78 radiation treatments. He finally lost this battle On August 20, 1981.

Howard was a sensitive, caring, loving man whose greatest joy was being married and having a family. He loved the outdoors and camping and exploring the Northwest and its natural wonders with his family.

He is lovingly remembered by all his family and friends and looked back on the Dartmouth years with fond memories. He is greatly missed.

JOHN HOUSTON CHIVERS, 64, of Boulder, Colo., died July 11 in Amarillo, Tex., from injuries suffered in an automobile accident on June 25 in Borger, Tex. He was the son of the late Professor and Mrs. Arthur H. Chivers of Hanover, N.H., and the brother of the late Howard P. Chivers '39.

John attended. Hanover High School and Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, Mass., and majored in geology at Dartmouth. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity and an outstanding member of the ski team.

John's career included work as a senior geologist both in the United States and in the jungles of South America for Stanolind Gas and Oil Company and the Gulf Oil Corporation. He was a construction superintendent on city buildings in Anchorage, Alaska, after which he returned to Colorado where he directed the draining and reactivation of the mines in Leadville.

After a stint at the Thayer School of Engineering,, John went to work for Longbrook Construction of Chicago. After a few years with Raymond Concrete Pile Corporation, he returned to Colorado to join with two partners to form a metal treatment business in Denver, for which he was traveling at the time of his death.

Survivors include his wife, Betty Hacken Chivers; two children, Dawn Chivers of Denver and Scott R. Chivers of Pine, Colo; two brothers, Roland Chivers '41 of Boulder and Warren Chivers '38 of Saxtons River, Vt.; and two grandchildren.

NEALE KNOWLES LAWSON, 61, of Kinston, N.C., died August 14 in Lenoir Memorial Hospital. He was born in Waterbury, Conn., on December 24, 1923, and moved to Torrington, Conn., where he attended high school, graduating in 1941. His stay at Dartmouth was interrupted with service in the Army Air Corps from 1942 to 1945. He was married to the former Patricia Ann Stormont, who died last February.

Neale was an insurance agent with W.A. Moore Company. He was a recipient of the Kinston Chamber of Commerce "Citizen of the Year" award for 1966 and active in the United Way fund-raising campaigns; he served on the board of deacons and the session of the First Presbyterian Church for many years. He also chaired the board of the Lenoir County chapter of the American Red Cross for six years during his tenure as a board member from 1966 to 1980.

He is survived by his two sons, Eric Lawson of Kinston and Mark Lawson of San Francisco; a sister, Mrs. Phyllis Cobden of Westport, Conn.; his mother, Mrs. Grace Knowles Lawson; and a grandson.

JOHN DAVIES REED, 61, died of lung cancer on September 22 at the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital in Hanover.

He was born in Rochester, N.Y., the son of Janet Davies and the late Edgar Reed. He graduated from The Harley School in Brighton, N.Y.

He was an accomplished skeet shooter. He also played on the freshman lacrosse team and was a member of the Outing Club and Theta Delta Chi fraternity.

After serving in the U.S. Air Force as a B-17 pilot with the 302 nd Bomber Group, he returned to Dartmouth. Following graduation John joined the family corporation of E.P. Reed and Company, in Rochester, manufacturers of Matrix shoes for women. He became an investment counselor in Rochester, N.Y., and in 1957, he relocated to the Boston area, dealing with several banks. He retired to Hanover in 1978.

John was an avid sailor and birdwatcher, traveling extensively on birding expeditions. He was interested in antique guns, decoys, and fine books on marine history and nature. He spent his summers in Corea, Maine.

He leaves his wife, Sylvia Ewell Reed; two sons, John Jr. of Martha's Vineyard, and Alan H. of Hanover; two daughters, Janet Reed Kent of Lyme, N.H. (wife of Thomas Kent '72), and Hplly Warren Reed of Hanover; four grandchildren; 12 nieces and nephews; a brother, Edgar Jr. of Honeoye Falls, N.Y.; and a cousin, Jane F. Codman of Manchester, Mass.

Those of us who attended our class's 40th reurjion last June will recall a forum where we were described as an "extended family." We recall the courage of Sylvia who told us that John had terminal cancer and would attend as many of our reunion activities as possible, and we especially recall the quiet enjoyment of John's participation in them, because the strength of our extended family is in the positive affirmation of those recollections.

EDWIN GRIFFIN STRASENBURGH JR. died of cancer on September 1 at his home in Rochester, N.Y., after a short illness.

"Griff," who joined R.D. Products in 1969 as president and chief executive officer, was instrumental in the company's expansion from a small photo identification card company to a provider of computer systems. Griff attended Monroe High School in Rochester and the Peddie School in Highstown, N.J., before entering Dartmouth. He then joined the U.S. Marine Corps and was discharged as a first lieutenant.

Griff's community involvement touched many fields. He was treasurer of the endowment fund of the First Baptist Church and had been on the executive committee of the YMCA. He had also been a trustee of the Men's Service Center. He was a director of Interleukin 11, a biotechnical research firm and a member and past secretary of the Country Club of Rochester, as well as president of the Genesee Valley Club. The Republican Party was another interest, and he had worked in various roles in it, both locally and nationally.

Griff is survived by his wife, the former Virginia Beaven; two daughters, Carol B. Strasenburgh of Dallas, Tex., and Julie Ann Strasenburgh of Rochester; his brothers, Robert J. and David M., both of the Rochester area; and numerous nieces and nephews.

A friend said, "Griff was a quiet person, despite his accomplishments, but his friends particularly delighted in his gentle but penetrating sense of humor. He was a wonderful friend and a delightful companion." Those classmates who remember Griff from many reunions and other Dartmouth homecomings will give a resounding confirmation to that description and hope it will convey some measure of comfort to Gina and the rest of his immediate family.

1946

JOHN THOMAS HANLEY, 62, of Chicago, III., died from an aneurysm on June 12 in Minneapolis, Minn. Jack came to Dartmouth as part of the Navy's V-12 program and graduated with honors in 1946. He received his master's degree in civil engineering from Thayer School in 1948. Jack was captain of the cross-country team in 1945 and 1946, and was an Ail-American in cross-country and track in 1945. He and the former Mary Carolyn Duke of Henry, III., were married in 1945.

Jack served with the navy's Civil Engineer Corps, becoming an expert in the effects of nuclear weapons. In 1958 he re- signed from the navy to work on his Ph.D. in structural engineering at the University of Illinois. He took his Ph.D. to the University of Minnesota in 1963 and in 1964 became associate head of the civil engineering department.

From 1967 to 1970 he served on an advisory committee at Oak Ridge to study and advise defenses against nuclear attack. This committee contributed to the first SALT talks.

In 1970 he began in private practice, becoming internationally known for his work in structural dynamics. Jack designed the foundations for earthquake and roadbed simulators in Italy, Japan, and several other countries. He designed the largest steel hyperbolic paraboloid structure in the world for the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport.

Jack's boyhood love for horses took him into breeding racing quarter horses: he served several terms as president of the Quarter Racing Owners of America and served as vice president of the Minnesota Quarter Horse Racing Association at the time of his death. In his final years he was active in establishing the Race Track Chaplaincy which provides a chaplain for the transient grooms and trainers.

Jack is survived by his wife, three daughters, two sons (including John Jr. '71), and six grandchildren.

JOHN T. HANLEY JR. '71

1957

The class of 1957 lost one of its most effective leaders when GEORGE ORVIN SOUTHWICK died on September 29 of Lou Gehrig's disease. George had just received the Dartmouth Alumni Award, which was presented at his home in Wenham, Mass., by a delegation of College officials, classmates, and friends.

At Dartmouth, George was a history major and member of Delta Upsilon fraternity. Major activities included the Glee Club and WDBS. Following graduation and a tour in the navy, he graduated from Tuck. Since 1965 he had been with Arthur Young and Company and was the partner on the East Coast responsible for the firm's high technology business. George was continuously involved in Dartmouth club and class activities where he held a wide range of positions including head agent and class president. One classmate described him as "the catalyst and inspiration to us all." Other activities included his church, the Federal Club, of Boston, and the Board of Overseers of the Boys Clubs of Boston and of the Beverly Hospital. He was also a member of the Wenham Planning Board and the Myopia Hunt Club. He is survived by his wife, Mimi; three children, David, George, and Martha; two stepchildren, Devereux and Sara Barker; and his brother, Richard Southwick '47.

A quote from the Dartmouth Alumni Award citation helps give a prospective of George: "Your life, not always easy, has nonetheless been a cuisinart of life's fine slices love, loyalty, generosity, service, and humility. This is not surprising, being the thoroughly splendid fellow you are."

1965

RICHARD THAYER MOSHER JR. died of injuries received in an automobile accident in Albuquerque, N.M., on August 24. Dick came to Dartmouth from Nottingham High School in N.Y., and was a brother of Sigma Phi Epsilon at the College. After receiving his degree in economics; he went on to Cornell University where he earned his M.B.A. in 1968 and a J.D. in 1969. He had lived in Albuquerque for the last 15 years and had established a private law practice there.

Dick was a spontaneous, outgoing sort of person who was described by those close to him as popular and always ready for another activity. He was also remembered by several of his classmates as "a good man who was there when you needed him."

His father, a member of the class of '33, preceded him in death. Dick is survived by his mother, Katherine, and his two sons, Jeremiah and Christopher.