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.)
James P. Poole, December 11, 1984 Harold S. Clark '09, January 18 Marvin L. Frederick '15, December 10, 1984 Eric T. Ball '18, December 23, 1984 James Jewett '19, December 27, 1984 Robert R. Farwell '20, December 3, 1984 Arthur L. Oppenheimer '21, October 18, 1975 Philip E. De Berard '23, November 11, 1984 Anthony W. Reddy '25, December 12, 1984 Arthur R. Sawers Jr. '25, December 25, 1984 William A. Thompson '25, January 15 William A. Behrens '26, October 29, 1984 Donald T. Steele '26, November 25, 1984 James E. Traquair '26, January 6 Harry N. Benson '27, December 11, 1984 James R. Burnett Jr. '27, July 7, 1984 Edmond R. Johnson '27, December 2, 1984 Nicholas R. Voorhis '27, December 11, 1984 William C. Lary '28, January 2 Harry L. Stone '28, December 12, 1984 Edmund S. Harris '29, December 2, 1984 Karl B. Michael '29, January 18 Calvin A. Soriero '29, December 2, 1984 Edward K. Walsh '29, November 12, 1984 Jack K. Alexander '30, October 21, 1984 Josiah B. Chandler '30, January 4 Nelson C. Ranney '30, January 5 Charles I. West '30, October 14, 1984 John M. Lentz Jr. '31, September 26, 1984 David E. Toomey '31, December 9, 1984 Jack R. Warwick '31, December 3, 1984 Robert B. Buckley '32, January 9 Charles N. R. McCoy '32, October 1984 John A. Wright '32, January 26 G. William Forster '33, October 21, 1984 Melvin P. Earl '34, September 21, 1984 Grant Healy '34, October 31, 1984 H. John Mellen '34, December 21, 1984 L. Coleman Judd '36, January 7 Elmer B. Thomas III '36, February 10 Robert F. Sullivan '37, September 8, 1984 William G. Clark '38, November 8, 1984 George C. Erhard '38, April 29, 1984 John L. Griffith '38, December 13, 1984 Edward E. Shumaker '38, October 31, 1984 Ulysses S. Wharton '38, January 6 Edward M. Daley '39, January 13 Roy C. Demmon '39, December 15, 1984 Orville S. Haverfield '39, December 27, 1984 Lewin G. Joel Jr. '39, January 6 Roscoe C. Giles Jr. '40, December 7, 1984 John C. Harley '40, November 28, 1984 Tyler A. Hopkins '41, September 14, 1984 William Richardson '42, November 17, 1984 Frederick W. Slack Jr. '42, January 8 Charles A. Frieman '44, April 28, 1984 Philip O. Gray '45, November 3, 1984 Frederic M. Johnson '45, September 21, 1984 Donald S. Kleckner '45, August 13, 1984 Walter J. Palmunen '48, October 21, 1984 Terence P. Fogarty '51, September 18, 1984 Charles R. Luker III '53, December 8, 1984 Jonas G. Liutkus '65, June 11, 1984 Robert A. Smith '74, October 28, 1982 Bradford H. Eaton '79, December 21, 1984 James F. McNeil '84, October 1984
Faculty
JAMES PLUMMER POOLE, professor of botany emeritus, died December 11 at the Brookside Nursing Home in White River Junction, Vt. He was 95.
He had been a member of the Dartmouth faculty for 35 years and had continued to serve the College after his retirement in 1957 as curator of the Jesup Herbarium at the Gilman Life Sciences Laboratories.
He held a B.S. degree in forestry from the University of Maine and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in botany from Harvard. During his long teaching career he taught botany at Washburn College in Topeka, Kans., at Kansas State, at the University of Wyoming, and at Harvard. He joined the Dartmouth faculty as an instructor in evolution in 1922 and became a professor of botany in 1936. He was author of many articles for scientific journals, and he reviewed scientific books. He was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the New En- gland Botanical Society and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He was also treasurer of the Church of Christ at Dartmouth from 1929 to 1935.
He is survived by his second wife, Florence; three daughters; and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
1915
MARVIN LESTER FREDERICK died at his home in Jamesburg, N.J., on December 10, 1984, after a long illness.
Marv was with General Electric as supervisor of business training from 1919 until 1945. He served in the army as a lieutenant colonel from 1942 to 1945. He was director of personnel at Peat, Marwick Mitchell, retiring in 1959.
Marv was class agent for seven years. At an alumni dinner in April 1952, he was cited as follows: "The James B. Reynolds Trophy is awarded annually to an outstanding class agent of a class more than 25 years out of college. For the 1951 campaign the Alumni Fund committee is privileged to honor a man whose record has been truly outstanding over a three-year period. This man became class agent in 1949, just after his class had achieved one of the finest records ever made by any class at any time. Under the aegis of his predecessor, this class had improved tremendously in both contributors and dollars, winning two consecutive Green Derbies and setting a new dollar record for all classes by giving $17,000 in 1948. Such a pace could be maintained only by an exceptional man. Fortunately, it was just such an alumnus who stepped into the picture at that time."
Marv had been reunion chairman and secretary of the class, and was, at his death,
president of the class. A memorial service was held at Rossmoor Community Church in Jamesburg on January 12. Paul Brundage '25, Charles Bishop '26, and Carl Rugen '33, all from Jamesburg, attended the service.
Marv is survived by his wife, Marion, a daughter, Marion, and a son, Peter C. Frederick '51. A grandniece, Jane Frederick, is class of '78.
The class extends its deepest sympathy to the family.
We have been notified of the death of the Reverend ELMER BOYNTON MERRILL, on November 7, 1984, in Columbus, Ohio. "Dick" graduated from Union Theological Seminary in 1918 and spent one year at Harvard Divinity School. He served in many ministries, including: Putnam, Conn.; Boston, Mass.; West Newton, Mass.; and the First Congregational Church, Columbus, Ohio. He was a chaplain during World War I. He received honorary doctor of divinity degrees from Dartmouth and from Marietta College.
In addition, he served in many other capacities: as interim minister, Central Church, Honolulu, Hawaii; as a lecturer in liturgies at Andover Newton Theological School; as chairman of a seminar on worship for the Congregational Christian Churches, of a commission on worship for the Federal Council of Churches, and of the Committee on War Victims and Services for Congregational Christian Churches; and as a member of the executive committee of the General Council of Congregational Christian Churches. He preached at the Seventh International Council, in St. Andrews, Scotland, in 1953 and at the General Council, in Oberlin, Ohio, in 1948; and he was preacher to some 60 colleges and preparatory schools between 1921 and 1958. He was trustee of Bradford Junior College, the Dana Hall Schools, the Northfield Schools, Oberlin College, and Wellesley College, and founder of the Neighborhood Nursery School in West Newton, Mass., and the Neighborhood Interracial Nursery School in Columbus, Ohio.
Dick was a loyal and grateful son of Dartmouth, and his career in the clergy was one of great distinction. He was class president from 1920 to 1925.
He is survived by his wife, Virginia; Boynton Merrill Jr. '50; two daughters; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. A grandson, Clark '77, married Cynthia Torroella '77.
1919
JAMES JEWETT died in West Hartford, Conn., on December 27,1984. Until his death he had been in good health.
While in college, Jim was active in the Dartmouth Outing Club. During World War I he served in the navy.
Before retiring, he was with Travelers Insurance as an underwriter for 44 years. He was a member of the Old Guard of West Hartford, the Civitan Club, and the Sons of the American Revolution.
Besides his wife, Alida (Robotham), he is survived by his son, James R. Jewett of Burlington, Conn., and two grandchildren.
1920
ROBERT REO FARWELL, 88, of Pawtucket, R.I., died December 3, 1984. Bob was an avid golfer, and within two weeks of his passing he and his wife Helen had been swimming, as they did twice weekly. Fortunately, his illness was brief.
From 1920 to 1924 Bob was a chemist for the American Cyanamid Company. From 1926 to 1961 (when he retired) he was a chemist, demonstrator, salesman, and New England manager for the organic chemical department of the E.I. Dupont Company. During World War II his work included the application of dyestuffs to textile fabrics for the various branches of the armed services.
Bob was a member of the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists, serving as treasurer for the local-chapter and on numerous committees for local and national events. He was a member of the University Club, Providence, and the Dartmouth Club of Rhode Island. He was a former trustee of Memorial Hospital, member of the Rhode Island Country Club and the Segregansett Country Club, and a navy veteran of World War II. He was recognized by all as a very devoted Dartmouth man, proof of which was manifested in the gift to him of a pewter bowl from the College, presented to all alumni who have given to the Alumni Fund for 60 consecutive years.
Besides Helen, Bob leaves two sons, Robert W. and Richard E. Farwell, and five grandchildren.
The class of 1920 extends heartfelt sympathy to Helen and to her family.
HIBBARD JOHN RICHTER of Concord, N.H., died on November 17, 1984. He and his brother, Paul, came from Dorchester, Mass., and entered the class of 1920 together. World War I interrupted Hibb's career at Dartmouth when he joined the armed forces. In the class's 25th yearbook he wrote: "I missed graduating with the class because of an inflexible rule that nine months' service was necessary for one year's credit. I had eight months and 21 days. However, I graduated in 1921." Then came three years at Harvard Law School, a degree in 1925, followed by law practice in Boston and in the U.S. Army.
On November 11, 1941, Hibb entered the Judge Advocate General's Department of the AAF with the rank of major. He served at 11 different stations until March 1, 1946, rising to the rank of colonel in December 1945. On the seventh of that month Hibb was awarded a citation signed by Hugh G. Gaffey, Major General of the U.S. Army Headquarters of the Armored School at Fort Knox, Ky., which read: "As you are soon to be discharged from the army, I wish to express my sincere appreciation for the loyal service you have rendered your country since 1941. The excellence of your service as a staff judge advocate in the United States and overseas is attested by the time-efficiency rating you received. You have discharged your duties capably, thereby contributing materially to the efficient functioning of this command. Now at this time of your separation from the service, I desire to thank you for your part in helping to maintain the high standards of the school."
Hibb is survived by his sons, Peter G. and Frederick F. Richter. He will always be remembered as a most gracious gentleman.
With the death of ALBERT KELVIN SMITH on November 15, 1984, in Cleveland Dartmouth loses one of her most loyal, generous, and distinguished sons. Kelvin came to Dartmouth in 1916 from Cleveland's East High School, follow- ing in the footsteps of his two brothers, Kent '15 and Vincent '17. Their father was Albert W. Smith, chairman of the department of chemical engineering and mining engineering at Case School of Applied Science. Much of his genius was relayed to his sons, for it was Kelvin who developed the oil additive that has become world famous as Lubrizol.
In Hanover Kelvin became a brother in Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity and four years later achieved summa cum laude and membership in Phi Beta Kappa. Always active in the affairs of the Dartmouth Club of Cleveland, he was elected to the Dartmouth Alumni Council for a three-year term in 1966, serving on its executive committee. In 1980 he received Dartmouth's doctorate of humane letters honoris causa.
Eleanor and Kelvin were leaders in almost every facet of Cleveland life. A recent endowment was the Kelvin Smith Family Chair for the music director of the Cleveland Orchestra. Many of us recall Kelvin's enjoyment in playing the violin. Other charities were the Cleveland Society for the Blind, as well as the Garden Center of Greater Cleveland. They have also been generous benefactors of Smith College, from which Eleanor graduated two years before their marriage in 1923. Their trusteeships are too numerous to recount.
A former vice president of the Ohio Manufacturers Association, Kelvin was president of Lubrizol from 1951 to 1962 and then board chairman until his retirement in 1966. At his death following a series of strokes he was honorary chairman.
In addition to Eleanor, Kelvin is survived by daughters Cara S. Stirn and Lucia S. Nash, six grandchildren, and a great-grandson. The College along with the alumni body join the class of 1920 in expressing their heartfelt sympathy.
ORTON H. HICKS '21
1922
WILMER WEBSTER ANGELL, a dedicated, compassionate physician, died October 30, 1984, at Gifford Memorial Hospital, Randolph, Vt.
Bill was a friendly, popular classmate, who came to Dartmouth from Randolph High School. An accomplished musician, he played in the College band and directed the Players orchestra. He served in Company I of the Student Army Training Corps, and he was a brother in Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. His loyalty to the College continued throughout the years.
After receiving his M.D. from Harvard in 1926, he served a residency in surgery at Thomas Dee Medical Center, Ogden, Utah. He returned to Randolph in family practice and surgery, joining his father, who was also a physician. Bill retired from family practice in 1970 and from surgery in 1972.
He was a founder of the White River Valley Clinic, Randolph, and president of the Gifford Memorial Hospital staff. In World War II he served four and a half years as a physician in the Navy Medical Corps.
Bill was past president of the Vermont Medical Society, a member of the American Medical Society, and a fellow in the American College of Surgeons. He was an initiator of the Vermont chapter of the American Cancer Society. He was also president of the Randolph Rotary Club, the American Legion, and Bethany United Church.
His Dartmouth affiliates included his late brother, Cyril N. Angell '18; Bill's son, Dr. David C. Angell '51 of Eau Clair, Wise; and a nephew, Norman R. Angell '56. Bill and Margaret K. Dickie were married
in 1926. She, their sons, David C. and Thomas A., a daughter, Nancy Dußois, nine grandchildren, and a great-granddaughter are his survivors.
1923
CHARLES PLOHN, a short-time Dartmouth scholar, died at his home in Westport, Conn., on July 22, 1984.
Charley graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. He started his career on Wall Street in 1927 in partnership with a college friend. At one point he had ten securitiesexchange seats and ten commodity-exchange seats. He invested in collections of paintings, Currier and Ives lithographs, and antique English silver and jade.
The early part of his business life centered in New York City but he spent his later years in residence in Westport, Conn. He is survived by his wife, Fay, and two daughters.
1924
HERBERT EDWARD MARKS, 82, president of the Edward B. Marks Music Corporation for more than 25 years, died October 31 of cardiac arrest at his New York residence.
A lifelong New Yorker, educated in Manhattan public schools, Herb worked for several years for the theatrical weekly Variety before entering, in 1927, the firm established by his father in 1894.
Herb was generally credited with launching the craze for Latin American music in the 19205. While in Havana on his honeymoon, he was captivated by the rhythms of Ernesto Lecuona, Moises Simons, and others, and he acquired for the Marks firm the popular songs "The Peanut Vendor" and "Mama Inez," as well as the more classical "Malaguena" and "Andalucia." He took over as president when Edward B. Marks died in 1945. He enriched a catalogue which, at the time of its sale in 1983, contained such favorites as "Ballin' the Jack," "Glow Worm," "Paper Doll," "Manhattan," "More," "Lilli Marlene," "There'll Be Some Changes Made," "Banana Boat Song," and "What a Difference a Day Made." In 1967 he obtained the rights to virtually all of the songs written by George M. Cohan, including "Yankee Doodle Dandy," "You're a Grand Old Flag," and "Harrigan."
Herb was an officer and board member of the Music Publishers Association of America and director of the National Music Publishers Association. For a decade he headed the music publishers annual March of Dimes drive. He was an early and active member of the American Gilbert and Sullivan Society.
Herb was the husband of the late Beatrice Landeck, a specialist in children's music. He was the father of Jean M. Murphy and Anthony E. Marks, step-father of Olga L. Rothschild and Philip Landeck, brother of Phyllis M. Simon and Edward B. Marks (Jr.), grandfather of nine, and great-grandfather of four.
As Herb never wavered in his loyalty to Dartmouth, the family suggests that memorial contributions may be made to the music division of the Dartmouth College Library. EDWARD B. MARKS (JR.) '32
1925
ARTHUR RITCHIE SAWERS JR. of Winnetka, I11., died December 25,1984. He entered Dartmouth from Englewood High School in Chicago and was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity, but he left us before graduating.
rrior to his retirement he was engaged in investments, ultimately serving as president of Chesley and Company in Chicago. He is survived by his wife, Bernadine, and two sons, Peter R. (Yale '55) and Timothy R. (University of Wisconsin '62).
WILLIAM ABBOT THOMPSON, 81, died January 15 at Lowell General Hospital. A lifelong resident of Lowell, Mass., he was a civic leader and retired president of Thompson Hardware. He came to Dartmouth from Lowell High School, graduated with our class in 1925, and received his M.B.A. from Tuck School. In college he was active in the Forensic Union and served on the debating team.
In addition to owning and operating the Thompson Hardware Store for many years, he was active in many civic affairs. He was a member and past president of the Dartmouth Club of Lowell, a member of the Yorick Club, an honorary member of the Vesper Country Club, and a past president, treasurer, and chairman of the board of the Lowell YMCA. He was also active in the Eliot Presbyterian Church in Lowell.
He is survived by his wife, Kathleen M. H. (Turnbull); a daughter, Cornelia Emery of Philadelphia; and a son, Stephen W. A. Thompson of Marblehead, Mass.
1926
DONALD TABOR STEELE, of Wollaston, Mass., died November 25, 1984, from complications resulting from a stroke which occurred three years ago. He was born in Springfield, Mass., where he graduated from Springfield Technical High School. After a year at Norwich University he transferred to Dartmouth, joining our class in September 1923. He was very active in college a member of Theta Chi, Kappa Phi Kappa, the Christian Association cabinet, Round Table, Forensic Union, of which he was vice president in his senior year, debating team, and fencing team. Don played the piano at the Nugget in the "silent pictures" era and gave repeat performances when he and Nancy attended 1926 reunions. He kept up his strong interest in Dartmouth through Alumni Fund giving and college and class gatherings.
After earning his M.B.A. degree in 1929 at Harvard Business School, he was in the investment business until the 19505, when he joined Haney Associates, Boston, in the field of public relations and fund-raising, serving as vice president until retirement in 1981.
Don is survived by his wife of 12 years, Nancy; by his sons by his former wife, Richard F. '64, Donald C., and David G.; and by his brother, Dr. Kenneth C. Steele '40.
1927
HARRY NEILSON BENSON died December 11, 1984, in his home in Walpole, Mass., only two months after he had celebrated his 80th birthday. He had been severely paralyzed for nearly eight years, following a series of strokes in 1976.
Harry was born in East Boston and attended the high school in Winthrop, Mass. In college, he was on the basketball team, won his "D" in lacrosse and soccer, and captained the latter during his senior year. He belonged to the Theta Chi fraternity.
Immediately after graduation he went to work as a salesman for the Kendall Company in Walpole, Mass., and remained there as a sales executive until his retirement in 1969. He had been a vestryman in the Episcopal church, was active in a number of local charities, and served regularly as a driver for the Red Cross.
As evidenced by his activities in college, Harry loved sports, and he continued to follow them eagerly all of his life. Even though physical handicaps prevented him from participating in his later years, Harry never lost his sense of humor and never evidenced his frustrations in any way.
He leaves his wife of 54 years, Betty (Russell), two sons, Bruce and Dean, and six grandchildren.
JAMES ROWE BURNETT JR. died July 7, 1984, according to information which was received only recently. He attended Dartmouth only two years, from 1923 to 1925, when he left to go to the University of Illinois, where he received his A.B. degree in 1927. While in Hanover, Jim was a member of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity.
He was born June 30, 1905, in Marshall, I11., and prepared for college at the Marshall Township High School. He is believed to have spent his entire business career, prior to retirement in 1970, in sales for the Essex International Corporation of LaGrange, I11. He leaves his wife, Marion (Simpson), two daughters, Jane (Braden) and Barbara (Pollard), and five grandchildren.
EDMUND RUNGNAR JOHNSON died Decem- ber 2, 1984, 14 days before his 80th birthday, of a heart attack in his home in Laguna Hills, Calif. He was born in Barre, Vt., and came to Dartmouth from the high school in Quincy, Mass. In college, he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
After graduating, Ed joined the faculty of Milton Academy in Milton, Mass., eventually becoming head of its science department. He received his M.A. degree from Harvard in 1935 and had been a Fulbright Scholar in Salonika, Greece. During the thirties he was a trustee of and active in the newly-formed Dartmouth Outing Club of Boston.
In 1942, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and after attending the Foreign Affairs Institute in Washington, D.C., was assigned to Pearl Harbor. After the war, he went to Japan with the Army of Occupation under General Mac Arthur, where he was in charge of reconstructing Japan's educational system. Later, he served terms as cultural attache in Greece, India, Indonesia, Turkey, the Belgian Congo, Napal, Germany, and Vietnam. In 1966, retiring with the rank of lieutenant colonel, he settled in California but spent many months of each year in foreign travel. He traversed the length and breadth of every continent, crossing the Sahara by camel, Greenland by dog sled, and Siberia by train. He had also climbed the highest mountains in many countries, including the U.S., Africa, Mexico, and Kenya. When at home, he was active in the Sierra Club.
His lifelong sympathies for the foreign born and the less fortunate led Ed to bring numerous Vietnamese and others to the U.S. and to provide scholarships for college and summer camp, as well as outdoor experiences to many inner city youths.
He is survived by a sister, Ruth (Lander), a brother, Harold, and several nieces and nephews.
NICHOLAS ROBERT VOORHIS died in the Walter Reed Army Medical Center December 11, 1984, after a long illness. He was interred in the Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors. Born 78 years ago in River Edge, N.J., he came to Dartmouth from the high school in Hackensack, N.J. After grad- uating magna cum laude and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa, he went on to Harvard Law School, where he received the LL.B. degree in 1930.
Nick practiced law in Boston from 1930 to 1942 and then began a 19-year career with the military. After several years of schooling, first at the Judge Advocate General's School in Ann Arbor, Mich., and later at the U.S. Army General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Kans., he was assigned to the 86th Infantry Division with the rank of captain and served the ensuing 15 years in the Judge Advocates Corps at various posts in Austria, France, Germany, and the Philippines. Later, he was director of Legal Affairs-Allied Military Government in the Free Territory of Trieste for four years. He was the recipient of the bronze star and two commendation medals. After the war, he was assigned in Washington, D.C., as chief of career management in the Judge Advocate's office. He helped to organize the First Law Day USA in Tokyo and later did the same in the Philippines.
In 1961, upon retirement from the army with the rank of lieutenant colonel, he worked for more than ten years for companies in Denver, Colo., and Huntsville, Ala., as contract manager. He belonged to the American and Federal Bar Associations, the Judge Advocates Association, and the National Contract Managers Association.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Virginia (Warren), and is survived by a son, Nicholas Jr., two daughters, Virginia (Butler) and Martha (Butler), a sister, and eight grandchildren
1928
LEWIS PARKHURST ESTABROOK died Novem- ber 1, 1984, of cancer, in the Concord, N.H., hospital. In the '28 class notes for January/ February we described how in September Park started arranging to sell his 180-year-old house and 100-acre farm in Pittsfield, N.H., and to auction off his household furnishings and farm equipment.
Park entered Dartmouth from Chauncy Hall, a Boston private school, and played on the Dartmouth varsity lacrosse team. He majored in math and was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon.
He worked for Stone and Webster and S.S. Kresge for a while and settled down with the Homelite Corporation, in Port Chester, N.Y., as contract manager. After 13 years of this he and his wife, Sue, bought the farm in Pittsfield and devoted their time to their farm and to raising cocker spaniels, which had been their hobby for years. They branched out into raising Aberdeen Angus cattle and were happy to be country folk. Park became chairman of the Pittsfield Budget Committee and secretary and later president of the Pittsfield Rotary Club. From 1964 to 1972 he taught math and science at the local high school.
In 1968 he started raising high-bush blueberries and also selling plants at his Blueberry Meadows Farm and Nursery to keep his farm productive. He served as president of the New Hampshire Small Fruit Growers Assocation, a group of 150 raspberry, strawberry, and blueberry growers.
I once asked Park how he happened to be named after Lewis Parkhurst, class of 1878, a former Dartmouth benefactor and Trustee. Park said his dad was the contractor in charge of building the Parkhurst administration building, and he and Mr. Parkhurst became good friends. Mr. Estabrook thought so highly of him that he named his son after him.
Park left his entire estate to Dartmouth's Class of 1928 Scholarship Fund. Park's wife, Eleanor (always known as Sue), died in 1981. He is survived by a sister and two nephews. Our class was represented at the funeral by Ed and Dora Flanders.
1929
GEORGE SESSIONS CASE JR. died on November 9, 1984, at Benjamin Rose Institute in Cleveland, Ohio, after a long illness.
Casey came to Dartmouth from University School in Cleveland. In college he belonged to Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, was manager of the tennis team, and received his M.C.S. degree from Tuck School in 1930.
Starting in his family business in 1930, he became manager of their plants in Chicago, then Birmingham, finally rising to chairman of the board of Lamson and Sessions Company. He retired in 1970, remaining a director and chairman of the executive committee.
In 1945 and 1946 he was a lieutenant in the U.S. Naval Reserve. Earlier he made parts for some critical war materials. His knowledge of the technical and management ends of the business was impressive.
A list of some of his activities gives some picture of his worthwhile career. He was a director of Union Commerce Bank of Cleveland; past president of the Citizens League of Cleveland; director of the Bank of Ohio, of Peck, Stow, and Wilcox Company, and of J. Hungerford Smith Company; past president of American Hardware Association; and director of other industry groups. He was a life director and treasurer of the Cleveland YMCA and a trustee of Fenn College and of the Jones Home for Children.
He belonged to the Union Club, Kirtland Country Club, Pepper Pike Country Club, Chagrin Valley Hunt Club, Pine Lake Trout Club, and others.
He leaves his wife, Katherine (Taylor), two daughters, and a son, Lucien '54.
EDMUND SCOFIELD HARRIS died on December 2, 1984, at Glover Memorial Hospital in Needham, Mass., after a brief illness. Eddie came to us from Boston Latin and Huntington Schools. He belonged to Psi Upsilon fraternity and played freshman baseball. He lived in Massachusetts Hall.
At the time of his retirement in 1963 he was vice president of Merchants Mutual Casualty Company in Boston. He lived in Needham for more than 50 years. He belonged to several Masonic organizations and was a charter member of the 100 Club of Massachusetts, which helps families of firemen and policemen who have died in the line of duty.
He leaves his wife, Marion (Keith), two daughters, six grandchildren, and two greatgrandchildren. He was one of four Dartmouth brothers, along with Jonathan '14, Joel '15, and George '21. He leaves a nephew, George B. Harris III '50.
MAURICE WYMAN ROLFE died of a heart attack at Lynn, Mass., on October 4, 1984.
Maury came from Swampscott, Mass., and Andover Academy. He was a member of Chi Phi fraternity, ran in and was manager of the cross-country team, and majored in history.
After college he entered the retail clothing business and was later joined by his brothers. He became president and treasurer of the Systems Company in Lynn in 1947.
He was a trustee of the Lynn Five Cent Savings Bank, a director of the ESsex Trust Company, a member of the Lynn Port Authority, and the treasurer of the Lynn Home for Elderly Persons. He belonged to Tedesco Country Club of Marblehead.
He leaves his wife, Lucille (Nettles), two sons, and a brother, Charles '34.
CALVIN ALPHONSO SORIERO died unexpectedly on December 2, 1984, at his farm in Round Top, Tex.
Cal came from Tome Preparatory School in Port Deposit, Md. He belonged to Beta Theta Pi fraternity, majored in sociology, and earned his "D" in swimming.
His daughter Susan wrote, "Following a career in insurance he raised Brangus cattle. Cal became very much a Texan, but he had fond memories of his years at Dartmouth and his New England heritage."
In his career Cal found time to finish law school at Texas University and became a member of the Texas Bar Association. He earned a flying license, was active in outdoor life, and was a serious bird watcher. He was a lieutenant in the U.S. Naval Reserve in World War II.
He and his wife, Margaret (Beverly), lived in Austin, Tex. He leaves Bev, sons Tommy and Cal Jr., daughters Peggy and Susan, a brother Tom, and six grandchildren.
EDWARD KEANE WALSH died of cancer on November 12 at Carriage Hill Nursing Home near his home in Potomac.
He came from Devitt Preparatory School in Washington, D.C. At Dartmouth, he belonged to Psi Upsilon fraternity and Dragon senior society and majored in economics. He served in the navy from 1943 to 1946 and retired as lieutenant commander.
Ed started work, as he put it, "at 7:00 a.m. on September 23, 1929, picking up 'sperled erl' cans at American Can Company's Jersey City plant." In 1939 he became sales manager in Baltimore. After his military service he worked in their New York office and lived in Chappaqua where he was the joy of many Dartmouth friends. He organized Little League baseball and was president of the Mt. Kisko Gold Club. He moved to manage the Washington, D.C., office two years before his retirement in 1973.
He leaves his wife, Elizabeth (McNally), three sons, a brother, a sister, and seven grandchildren. He had asked that memorial gifts be made to the Dartmouth Alumni Fund.
We remember Ed's wonderful Tidewater stories at reunions. The many letters we received from his friends will enrich our class notes and newsletter. Phil Mayher writes, "He had a real love and warmth for all who came in contact with him."
1931
It is with deep sorrow that we record this delayed report of the death of JACK RANDOLPH WARWICK on December 3, 1984, at his home in Bronxville, N.Y.
Jack was one of the leaders of the class throughout our college years and for many years thereafter. While in college, he held a number of college-wide memberships and offices, including the business managership of The Dartmouth. He was secretary of the class at the time of our graduation and held this office until 1936. He was also chairman of our fifth reunion and served on the executive committee until 1956.
He spent his entire business career in the advertising business, as an officer in some of the nation's largest agencies, and as a consultant to the Bankers Trust Company, the Times-Mirror, and Holiday magazine. Since 1978, he had been president of Annual Report Marketing in New York City. He had made his home in Bronxville for many years.
During World War II, Jack was civilian radio chief for the Armed Service Forces in Washington. He served the United Negro College Fund for many years as a director and volunteer director of public information. He was also an active member of the Dartmouth Club of New York.
Jack's daughter and son are survivors. His son, Douglas, wrote the College as follows: "Dad was through and through a devoted Dartmouth man, and the most tangible evidence of this is that he has directed that his last remains from cremation be laid in an inconspicuous place on the Dartmouth campus, with a brief reading from the Bible at that time."
1932
ROBERT BURNS BUCKLEY passed away on January 9 at the Valley Regional Hospital in Claremont, N.H., following a long struggle with failing health. At Dartmouth, Bob was a member of Alpha Delta Phi fraternity and the Dragon senior society and was a cheerleader. We recall him as friendly and reliable.
After college, he graduated from Harvard Law School and practiced law for a few years before joining the U.S. Army with the Judge Advocate's department, eventually retiring as major. Following the war, he began his practice of law in Claremont, N.H., where he remained for the rest of his life. During his 36 years in Claremont, his good judgement and intelligence were recognized by many civic and business interests. He was a trustee of Kimball Union Academy, bank director, president of the Sullivan County Bar Association, and vice president of the Claremont Chamber of Commerce.
Bob's close friend Dr. Handy Austen '32 wrote, in part: "Throughout the time when his health was failing, he never lost his capacity for clear, incisive thought, for uncomplaining courage, and for warm, thoughtful friendship ... he had won the affection and respect of everyone who knew him. He was a community leader in the finest sense of the word.
"At his funeral, one could hear the people talking of the way Bob had touched their lives, strengthened each person with whom he came in contact. Our class has lost a truly admirable man."
WALTER FRANKLIN ZIEGENFUSS of Del Haven Villas, N.J'., passed away on November 23, 1984, in the Burdette-Tomlin Hospital. He is survived by two daughters and four grandchildren. He was a member of the Episcopal church in Del Haven, N.J. At one time he was employed by the Minneapolis Honeywell Company.
Walter was older than most of his classmates and was 80 years old at the time of his death. His wife, Frances, passed away in 1954.
1933
GARETH WILLIAM FORSTER, of Golden Valley, Minn., died suddenly of a heart attack on October 21, 1984.
Bill came to Dartmouth from George Washington High School in New York City. He graduated with honors in political science. In 1934, he started to work for a small grain company in southeastern Massachusetts; he joined General Mills in 1936 and ended his business career in 1975 as assistant director of sales in its national sales department.
Within a year of his retirement, Bill joined SCORE, the volunteer arm of the Small Business Administration. He acquired remarkable expertise in counseling small business entrepreneurs, and, at the time of his death, was district director of SCORE, with responsibilities covering Minnesota and adjacent terri- tories. He believed small businesses were one answer to the unemployment problem. He had long been active in civic affairs in Golden Valley, and, at the time of his death, was chairman of its planning commission.
Bill is survived by his wife, Julie, their two daughters, and three grandchildren.
1934
MELVIN PITKENS EARL died on September 21, 1984, of throat cancer in Boynton Beach, Fla., which had been his residence since retirement in 1965.
Mel came to Dartmouth from Scarsdale as a graduate of Barnard School. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity and a French major. After graduation he was briefly with Standard Register. At the outset of World War II he joined the navy, leaving service as a lieutenant commander and settling in the Chicago area, where he was associated with J.L. Stifel and Sons as sales manager of their textile products.
Mel and his wife were avid golfers, and after moving to Florida, he spent many years in the American Seniors Golf Association as secretary in charge of arrangements for two large golf tournaments held annually (at the Breakers and the Belleview-Biltmore Hotels). Eunice, his devoted wife of 28 years, survives.
GRANT HEALY, retired U.S. Army colonel, died of lung cancer in a Baltimore hospital on October 31,1984. He had been living in Cockeysville, Md., after his retirement from the army and had been federal grants coordinator and in charge of emergency planning, while working with the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.
"Rip" came to Dartmouth from Webb City, Mo., High School and Exeter. He was a premed major, active in Cabin and Trail and a member of Delta Upsilon fraternity. His primary work immediately after Hanover was in Coffeyville, Kans., as a shoe buyer. He enlisted at the outset of World War II and was in Australia when commissioned a second lieutenant and assigned to the Quartermaster Corps in late 1942. He saw duty there, in New Guinea and in the Philippines, receiving a bronze star medal for his vital role as executive of a large service center at Leyte, backing up amphibious operations (from December 1944 to April 1945). He stayed with the Quartermaster Corps and retired from active service in 1966.
He had an assignment to Brazil in 1947, where he met his wife, Ilsa. She survives, along with daughters Ilsa Murray and Barbara Hamill and son Grant E.G. '75, who until recently worked for Dartmouth as associate director of Capital Giving.
HARRY JOHN MELLEN, M.D., died on December 21, 1984, after a short illness, in St. Peter's Hospital, Albany, where he was a former chief of staff.
A native of Massachusetts, Mel had come to Dartmouth from Pittsfield High School; he majored in political science while being a member of Sigma Nu fraternity and was active in the newly-founded "Germania" society. After Dartmouth he attended the University of Pennsylvania Medical School and completed his residency at the Albany Medical Center Hospital. He was captain in the army's medical corps from 1942 to 1946.
He then returned to private practice in ob- stetrics and gynecology in Albany and devoted a very full career to professional service. This included working as a clinical professor at Albany Medical College, Union University, as well as chief of staff at St. Peter's Hospital, and past president of Northern New York Obstetrics and Gynecology Society.
Mel is survived by his wife of 42 years, Kay, by their son, H. John Jr., and by three daughters, Linda, Janet, and Susan.
1935
HENRY HAZELTON ORCUTT died on October 14, 1984, in Wakefield, Mass. Born in New York City, he came to Dartmouth from Tenafly (New Jersey) High School. A member of Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity, Hank was on the varsity soccer team. He married his wife, Cynthia, in 1937, and they had two children, Cynthia and Richard. For most of his business career Hank was employed by Liberty Mutual Liability Insurance Company in Boston. He served his hometown of Wakefield, Mass., as a member of its finance committee and in other town offices. Our sympathy goes out to Cynthia and the children.
1937
SALVATORE ANTON MAGGIO died November 27, 1983, of a massive coronary occlusion in his hometown of Rochelle Park, N.J. Sal did not graduate with us, and we note that besides Dartmouth, he is listed as an alumnus of Pace University.
During the late fifties and early sixties he was employed by Thiokol Chemical Corporation, reaction motors divison, in charge of quality control, and worked on projects such as the development of the X-15 rocket engine, both for Gemini and Apollo, under NASA supervision. He later became president and owner/operator of the Joseph May Company for 40 years, retiring in 1979. This family business was started by his grandfather (May being the English translation of Maggio) and produces embroidered articles.
We are indebted to Sal's son, Roger, for answering our letter to Sal's wife, Rita, with the above information. He went on to say, "As far as we know, there were no classmates at the services as it all happened so quickly, but Dad always loved Dartmouth, cherishing his days and many friends there as well as in later years at the Dartmouth College Club. The College was always in his heart and mind, year in and year out."
PAUL FRANCIS MARX died September 6 in his home at Alstead, N.H., where he has lived since 1940.
He was born and brought up in New York City and came to Dartmouth from Clark School. At college he was on the gym team and was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.
He and his wife, Natalie, owned and operated the Marx Hardware Store in Alstead as well as an antique shop. He served his town on the planning board and had been the town clerk for several years. He had been a member of the Fall Mountain Regional School Board. In 1971 he became a real estate appraiser, land and buildings, for the state of New Hampshire, for whom he worked until his retirement. Natalie wrote that Paul had not been ill but died in his sleep quite peacefully of cardiopulmonary arrest. Their daughter, Cynthia, is presently the assistant supervisor of the blood bank at Mary Hitchcock Hospital.
He leaves Natalie and Cynthia; a sister, Frances, in Atlanta; and a brother, Arthur, of Fort Pierce, Fla.
1939
ORVILLE SAMUEL HAVERFIELD, 68, of Lumberville, Penn., died of pneumonia on December 27, 1984. "Jack" was born in Hardin, Mont., where he spent his early years, until he moved with his widowed mother to the New York area. Jack came to Hanover from Phillips Andover Academy, where he participated on the wrestling and lacrosse teams. At Dartmouth he majored in English, earned a B.A. degree, and was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.
At the start of World War II, Jack joined the Naval Air Corps, serving more than three years as a fighter pilot in the Pacific theatre. He was assigned to the carrier USS Santee and was cited for action in many battles before his discharge as a lieutenant at the end of the war.
After the war he returned to business with Intaglio Service Corporation, a rotogravure engraving company. He rose to the position of vice president in charge of packaging sales and was general manager of the offset branch. For a time he headed up the company operations in Chicago and Detroit. Jack listed skiing, golf, and ornithology as his hobbies.
He is survived by his wife of the past 20 years, Katharine (Patterson), a daughter, Deirdre Aims of Atlanta, Ga., and a granddaughter, Cameryn Aims. Although he and his wife worked and lived in New York City for a number of years, they came to the village of Lumberville in 1964, where Jack took early retirement because of his health.
LEWIN GEORGE JOEL JR., 67, Ph.D., of Clinton, Conn., died on January 6. Lew was graduated from Melrose High School, where he was president of his class for his last three years. At Dartmouth Lew played his tenor sax in the Commons orchestra during freshman year and in the Green Collegians, Barbary Coast, and Dartmouth marching band. He was a member of Chi Phi fraternity.
On vacation in Clinton, Conn., immediately after earning his degree in Hanover, he was pressed into "temporary" service at the behest of a friend in the school system who needed a substitute teacher. Lew spent the better part of his life in the same vineyard, becoming a full-time teacher and later a principal at Morgan High School. In 1949 he was named superintendent of schools for Clinton and Killingworth. Along the way, he earned his master's from Yale and in 1944 his doctorate from the University of Connecticut. He retired in 1979 with a record of having held the longest tenure of any superintendent in a Connecticut town. As a tribute to Lew the Glenwood Elementary School in Clinton was renamed the Dr. Lewin Joel School.
He was a director of the New England Savings Bank. He had been a master of Jeptha Lodge 95, AF&AM, a member of the Clinton Rotary Club, the Middlesex-Shoreline Superintendents' Association, the Connecticut Association of School Superintendents, and the American Association of School Administrators.
Lew never gave up the tenor sax, playing in various jazz bands throughout his life. He also enjoyed boating, swimming, and tennis.
He is survived by his wife of 42 years, Lorraine (Burton); his mother, Elizabeth Murphy Joel of Framingham, Mass.; two sons, Lewin G. 11l '68 of Woodbridge, Conn., and Ross J. of New York City; a daughter, Victoria Gold of Glenville, N.Y.; and one grandchild.
WALTER JACQUES TRAUTMAN JR., 66, of New Orleans, La., died of leukemia on October 22, 1984. Wally had come to Dartmouth from Phillips Exeter Academy, where he played football and basketball and ran track, sang in the glee club, and was a member of the yearbook staff. At Dartmouth he was a member of the track team and played squash. He was a member of the scientific fraternity, Zeta Alpha Phi, on the staff of The Jack-OLantern, and a brother of Psi U.
He received his medical degree from Tulane University School of Medicine in 1943, followed by nine months of internship at Wisconsin before serving in the Navy in World War II. Upon returning to New Orleans, Wally joined the Ochsner Clinic as a fellow, became a specialist in internal medicine, and opened his own practice in 1951.
He retired from medicine in 1981 and studied painting with several art teachers, becoming an accomplished artist. For the past six summers, Wally took his family to a second home in Hendersonville, N.C, but his "chronic leukemia" became "acute" this past summer, and he was forced to return to the hospital in New Orleans.
He became a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine in 1951, was an associate professor in clinical medicine at Tulane University on the staff of the Touro In firmary, a member of the Orleans Parish Medical Society, the Louisiana State Medical society, the AMA, and New York Academy of Sciences. He was a patron of the New Orleans Symphony and the Museum of Art. He was a director of Leon Godchaux Clothing Company.
He leaves his wife of 42 years, Margery (Stauss), three daughters, Katherine Steiner, Martha Culpepper, and Elizabeth Spickard, and two grandchildren, Jennifer Culpepper and Alexander Spickard.
VICTOR WHITLOCK JR., 67, of Waterford, Conn., died on October 20, 1984, after a long illness.
Vic entered Dartmouth from the St. Albans School, Washington, D.C., where he played football for four years and soccer and baseball for two. At Dartmouth he played freshman football, sang in the Glee Club, and was a member of the Ledyard Canoe Club.
After a year of employment in North Carolina, Vic joined the Canadian army early in World War II. Though classified as "physically unfit for overseas service" he played football and was a heavyweight boxer for his garrison. Following the war, after a short stint with the Glenn L. Martin aircraft plant in Baltimore, he went to New York City where he worked with two advertising agencies before setting up his own consulting firm. Eventually tiring of the traveling entailed in this endeavor, he became a mathematics teacher at Wilbraham Academy and later moved to the Williams School in New London, Conn., working in the same capacity until retirement, although he did some substitute teaching later at the Waterford High School. It was during this period of his life that Vic, enchanted by his home in Jordan Cove and by a growing family, turned poet and wrote a book entitled Short Groups of Words From Jordan Cove. His poems show his loves: of his wife, his children, and his grandchildren, of birds and flowers, and especially of Jordan Cove and of the special value of human life. In short, the book is a view from Vic's own private window on the world.
He is survived by his wife, Linda (Bolte); three daughters, Mrs. Anthony Silvestro, of North Branford, Conn., Mrs. N.M. Canter III of Falls Church, Va., and Mrs. Robert H. Frost of Essex, Conn.; and six grandchildren.
1940
HIRAM HURLBURT BELDING III of Riverside, Calif., died October 27, 1984. Hi had retired recently from his practice of general surgery, established 30 years ago in Riverside, due to recurrent coronary and pulmonary disease. He was 66.
Born in Glencoe, III., he prepared for Dartmouth at New Trier High School. He graduated from Dartmouth, after having followed a pre-med curriculum, and graduated from medical school in '41. Numerals were earned as a member of both freshman cross-country and swimming teams, and he won a letter for varsity swimming. He was a member of Psi Upsilon fraternity.
His medical education continued at Northwestern University Medical School, where he received an M.D. degree in 1943. Following two years as an operating surgeon at Camp Shelby and at Fort Benning, he became a practicing surgeon at the Mayo Clinic. As a Mayo Foundation Surgical Fellow, he was awarded an M.S. in surgery from the University of Minnesota in 1951. Later in the same year he joined the Riverside Clinic, establishing his private practice as a general surgeon.
In addition to being an associate professor of surgery at Loma Linda University, Hi was also an active member of many professional and scientific societies. In his community he served on the Riverside City Planning Commission and was elected Riverside City Councilman (1967-1971); he was twice named senior warden at All Saints Episcopal Church.
Hi's daughter, Lindsay Heaslet; four sons, Hiram IV, David, Mark, and Joel; his wife, Nancee, to whom he was remarried recently; and his brother, William '41, survive. His father, Hiram Jr., was a member of the class of 1918.
ROBERT WILLARD JORDAN died August 27, 1984, in Corsicana, Tex., after a brief bout with cancer. Bob became ill while he and his wife, Marcia, were visiting their son, James '73, and his family, who live in Windsor, Vt. The visit cut short, Bob and Marcia returned promptly to Corsicana, where the illness was diagnosed, but treatment was to no avail. Death struck swiftly.
Born in Akron, Ohio, Bob would have celebrated his 67th birthday in October. His family was residing in New York City when he graduated from Kimball Union Academy and entered Dartmouth. He attended Tuck School, was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity, and earned his numerals in freshman track.
Bob served with the antiaircraft artillery during World War II, from February 1941 until December 1945. Entering service as a private, he attained the rank of captain and saw action for two years in the Mediterranean theater of operations.
Following the years in service, Bob associated himself with the foundry business. Job progressions carried him from Cooper Bessemer Corporation at Grove Works in Corsicana to Oil City Iron Works, where he was vice president for sales and service. He was a director of the Iron Castings Society.
His wife of 42 years, Marcia, and son James '73 survive. Heartfelt condolences are extended by the class.
JOHN THOMAS NEWMAN, 66, succumbed to lung cancer on August 14, 1984, in Long Beach, Calif., where he resided with his daughter, Carolyn Lee, during the last several weeks of his life. "Noom" was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and entered Dartmouth upon graduation from Shaw High School. An economics major, he was a member of Chi Phi fraternity and of Green Key and was business manager of The Pictorial.
A graduate of the navy's V-7 program, John rose to the rank of lieutenant. He served with the amphibious forces through the campaigns in Sicily and Normandy. His final year of service was aboard the cruiser-class USSPasadena, which participated in five campaigns. He was a recipient of the Silver Star for the Sicilian campaign.
Noom's business career was within the field of advertising. At the outset he was a copywriter with the J. Walter Thompson agency and with Hewitt, Ogilvy, Benson, and Mather. Following an interlude with B.B.D. & 0., he joined McCann Erickson, where he was to spend the greatest part of his career. An account executive with the agency, his principal responsibility was for the National Biscuit account. His last employer was Bankers Trust in New York.
To his surviving family members, his former wife, Phyllis Shepard-Tambini, his daughter, Carolyn Lee, sons Christopher and Bruce Shepard Newman, and a brother and sister, the class extends its deepest sympathy.
1941
ALEXIS MARTIN TARUMIANZ of Greenville, Del., died November 7,1984, after a five-year battle against cancer.
Since the early sixties, Alex had been engaged in the design, construction, and operation of retirement-living complexes and residential nursing homes, a field in which he was recognized as a pioneer. He died in the infirmary of Stonegates, a retirement community near Wilmington, which he helped establish.
Alex was born and raised in the Wilmington area and attended the Friends School there before entering Dartmouth. In college, he was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity.
After working briefly for the Dupont Company, he joined the army and served with the U.S. War Claims Commission throughout the European theater of operations. After the war, he spent several years in the real estate business in Wilmington and then became business manager for three Delaware hospitals.
In 1963, he left that post to found Retirement Living, Inc., of which he was president and board chairman until his retirement a few years ago. Under his leadership, the company was involved in the establishment of nine retirement-living or nursing-care complexes in Delaware and one in Myrtle Beach, S.C., plus a psychiatric care center in Wilmington.
Alex had served as chairman of the Delaware State Board of Nursing Homes Administrators and as president of Brandywine College Associates.
He leaves his wife, Isabella Kruger Tarumianz, a son, a daughter, and five grandchildren.
1942
CORNELIUS JOSEPH O'DONOVAN, M.D., died in Elkhart, Ind., on July 26, 1984.
Neil came to Hanover from Warren G. Harding High School in Bridgeport, Conn. Following his Dartmouth graduation he was a student at New York College of Medicine from 1942 to 1945, when he earned his M.D. degree. A career in the military followed, with Neil resigning his commission as surgeon (lieutenant commander) in the USPHS in November 1951, when he began a medical research career that would continue throughout the rest of his life. He was senior staff physician at Upjohn Company, director of medical research at Merck, Sharp, and Dohme, vice president in charge of research and medical affairs at the Ames Division of Miles, and finally vice president, scientific affairs, at Miles Laboratories. Professional societies in which Neil was a member included the American Diabetes Association, American Medical Association, American Federation for Clinical Research, the New York Academy of Sciences, and the Royal Society of Health. Our sympathy goes to Peg and their five children.
WILLIAM ARNOLD RICHARDSON died in Greensboro, N. C., on November 17, 1984. Bill enlisted in the Marine Corps on January 8, 1942, and was discharged as a sergeant on November 27, 1945. Following a short career in construction for 20th Century-Fox, Bill moved to Greensboro and began a lifelong career with Allied Chemical Fiber Division.
What started as a hobby later became a business, as Bill and Phyllis earned a solid reputation for growing and selling orchids. The class extends sympathy to Phyllis and their two children.
WALLACE EUGENE SIGLER died on October 28, 1984, in the Connecticut Hospice, Branford, Conn.
Wally left college early and was a member of the Marine Air Corps from June 14, 1941, to October 1945, when he was discharged as a major, having been awarded the Air Medal and the Distinguished Flying Cross. He then became associated with the Southern New England Telephone Company, where he remained until his retirement in 1980.
Wally is survived by his wife, Micheline, and three children.
It is with deep regret and sorrow that I advise you of the death of JOHN CLARKE ToBIN, at his home in Moretown, Vt., on November 9, 1984, ending a brief bout with cancer.
Tobe came to Dartmouth via the Choate School, where he was instrumental in forming the ski team, and at Dartmouth he spent four years as a member of the Dartmouth varsity ski team. While in college he was a member of Psi U fraternity and Casque and Gauntlet, and directly following graduation he attended the New York Midshipman's School, where he was comissioned in December 1942. He served aboard the submarine Stingray, where he acquired three submarine combat awards. He left the navy as a lieutenant in January 1946.
Following the war Tobe spent some time as a buyer for a department store, several years as a manufacturer's representative, two years with an ad agency, and seven years with Shulton in a marketing position. About 15 years ago Tobe and Barbara moved to Vermont, where he was a frequent group winner in Eastern Senior Alpine competition. In 1981 he was the winner in his class of the National Senior Slalom Championship. His book, TheFall Line: A Skier's Journal, was widely acclaimed. Lack of snow during the Vermont summers turned him to bicycle racing, where he excelled. In his spare time Tobe was the president of Duxbury Mill of Moretown, a bottled-water company.
In our 25th yearbook Tobe wrote, "Looking back, I have no serious complaints about my college, my family, and except for Vietnam, my country." To this I think we can say "Amen-and well done."
Our deep sympathy to Barbara and the children, Caroline, Gretchen, Betsy '76, and John.
1944
CHARLES ALFRED FRIEMAN died April 28, 1984, in Riviera Beach, Fla., at the age of 61. He suffered a heart attack in a shopping mall parking lot.
Charles came to Dartmouth from Bay Shore, Long Island. He left college early; he married in 1942 and then served in the navy during World War II.
After the war he entered the construction business on Long Island, and he followed that career for 25 years. In the early seventies, the Friemarts moved to Florida. Charles referred to himself as "semi-retired," but he kept his hand in as a salesman for a homebuilding company.
He is survived by his wife, Jane, a son and a daughter, and two grandchildren.
1945
JOHN ROCKWELL GEYER died peacefully at home on November 8, 1984, after a determined fight against cancer. Three years ago he was told by the doctors that he had four months to live. John said he'd beat the illness, and indeed he did for two good years. He and his wife, Cocky, with great support from his five children, kept active with friends and their main love, sailing, on their comfortable, traditional ketch, Belle of Geary.
Born in Dayton, Ohio, John grew up in Greenwich, Conn., where he went to the Brunswick School. He entered Dartmouth from the Hill School. After graduation from Dartmouth and Tuck School in 1946, he went to work for the Martin Aircraft Company in Baltimore, where he met his wife-to-be, Carlota Herkness from Philadelphia. When they married, the Geyers moved to Greenwich, Conn., and John joined the Geyer Advertising Agency in NYC, where, as vice president, he managed the Kelvinator account. Then, with Cocky's encouragement, after 20 years in the high-powered ad world, he decided to chuck it all and pursue a lifetime desire to teach mathematics. He earned his M. A. from Columbia and then moved to Darien, Conn., where he taught math in Darien Junior High School. He found great satisfaction in his work and was able to pass on his considerable grasp of his subject ,to his students.
John leaves his wife, Cocky; three daughters, Patsy, Nancy, and Mary; two sons, Bobby and Rocky .'77. When Rocky was accepted, John was elated, and he relived his Dartmouth days with visits to Hanover, where Rocky made good marks and also excelled in kayaking and sailing.
The Geyers and Pierces have been friends for nearly 40 years, and it is an honor to have been asked to write this for John. He will be much missed by his many friends, who remember his wonderful sense of humor and splendid attitude toward life.
REG PIERCE '46
1946
FRANCIS ARTHUR BARTNICK died on May 7, 1984, after a courageous 17-month battle with lung cancer.
Frank came to Dartmouth from Wakefield, (Mass.) High School. He was a member of Chi Phi fraternity and a mathematics major.
After graduation from Dartmouth, he joined General Electric Company in Lynn, Mass. While at GE he attended Lowell Institute at MIT, where he studied mechanical engineering, graduating in 1950. In 1953, he was selected for GE's management training program, from which he graduated in 1956. Frank left GE in 1961 to join Clevite Corporation in Waltham, Mass., as manager of operating services. When Clevite was purchased by ITT in 1965, Frank and family transferred to Singer Island, Fla. He left ITT to join Cordis Corporation in Miami as manager of plant engineering and safety operations in 1972 until 1980, when he transferred to RCA in Palm Beach Gardens as manager of plant engineering.
Frank is survived by Ann, his wife of 34 years; two sons, Wayne of North Palm Beach and Jeffrey of Fort Lauderdale; a daughter, Jill of West Palm Beach; two grandchildren; and three sisters and one brother, Lawrence P.'46.
LAWRENCE P. BARTNICK '46
1948
His class joins his family in mourning the passing on July 5, 1984, of PAUL PATRICK TWOMEY in a Bronxville hospital after an illness of several months.
Paul grew up in Portland and Biddeford, Maine, and in the White Mountain town of Franconia, N.H.; he finished high school in nearby Littleton and came to Hanover in November 1943. There he joined the U.S. Navy and entered Dartmouth as an apprentice seaman and officer candidate in the V-12 program. He remained at Dartmouth until February 1945 and then went to Midshipman's School at Notre Dame until July, when he was ajvarded the rank of ensign in the USNR. Destroyer duty in the Pacific and Atlantic followed, until his return to Hanover as a civilian in early 1947.
Paul graduated in June 1948 with an Eng- lish/math major and won his M.C.S. at Tuck the following year. Bill Weir '48 was one of his good friends during this period, and both men were initially employed by the same firm, Sylvania Electric.
Paul stayed with Sylvania for ten years, worked for Raytheon for nine, and joined the Continental Group in 1968. He specialized in accounting and controller functions.
In 1951 he married Margaret M. McDonnell and was recalled to service during the Korean conflict. He served until his honorable discharge after the armistice in 1953.
Paul and Margaret had four children during their life together in Beverly, Mass., in Wellesley, and in Bronxville. At the time of his death Paul was a corporate general manager in the corporate headquarters of the Continental Group in Stamford and member of a number of professional and civic organizations, as well as the Union League Club in New York.
Paul leaves his wife, Margaret, and their four children. He was a good man whose death saddens the lives of his family and friends as well as his old comrades at Dartmouth.
1959
JON LANDSTREET COLT died November 16, 1984, at St. Joseph Hospital, Denver, Colo., after a long bout with cancer.
He was born July 21, 1938, in Richmond, Va., a great-great-great-grandson of Andrew Johnson, 17th president of the United States. While at Dartmouth, Jon was a member of the ski team. The fourth-seeded downhill runner on a U.S. Olympic ski team, he suffered a leg injury which precluded his competing. When Jon was a student, his family were residents of Hanover. As a sophomore, he and another young man from Hanover took a three-week bicycle trip to Quebec, toting with them their sleeping bags, a pup tent, and a small amount of cash in their pockets. The young men earned their reputations as survivors and, while in Canada, as ambassadors.
Jon graduated from Dartmouth in 1962; he also studied at the University of Minnesota Graduate School of Architecture. He pursued his interest in architecture as a comprehensive planner with the architectural planning firm Charles Gathers and Associates, in Denver, and his interest in skiing, as a member of the Rocky Mountain Ski Instructors Association. He served as the Adams County, Colo., comprehensive water resources director for more than seven years. He was a member of the American Society of Planning Officials. He served on the Denver Regional Council of Governments and received awards from that organization as well as from the National Association of Counties.
Jon never married. He is survived by his father, Thomas C. Colt Jr. '26, Dayton, Ohio; his mother, Martha B. Willingham Colt, Hanover, N.H.; a brother, a sister, a half-brother, two half-sisters, and a cousin, Howard Clery '53, to all of whom the class extends its sincere sympathy.
1974
DOUGLAS STORY JONES died September 24 in Indianapolis of melanoma following an extended illness. He was a partner in the law firm of Henderson, Daily, Withrow, and DeVoe, where he had practiced since graduation from the Indiana Law School at Indianapolis in 1977. Doug is survived by his wife, Mary Anne, and his daughter, Bethany, along with his parents, Clinton and Elizabeth Jones. His grandfather, the late Clinton S. Jones, was class of '22.
Doug was graduated cum laude from the College, where he was a member of the varsity crew team and Glee Club, IDC, DCS, Government Department Steering Committee, and Episcopal Student Fellowship. His gracious manner, his countenance of optimism, and his devotion to rowing will be remembered gratefully by his classmates.
Doug was a member of our class executive committee from 1974 to 1984 and was active in the Indiana club. Those of us who worked with Doug during his service as district enrollment director for Indiana will not forget the thumbnail descriptions of many applicants he provided even before our alumni interview, indicative of the special interest he took in each person. Memorials to the Dart mouth Alumni Association are requested.
THOMAS W. EGGLESTON '74
