Deaths

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

Waldo Chamberlin '27 AD, faculty, January 28 Harold L. Bond '42, faculty, February 11 George E. Dyke '15, January 15 Willard O. Nash '16, January 23 Simeon L. Gordon '18, January 1986 Homer W. Johnson '18, June 24, 1985 John J. Fornacca '19, February 1 Albert H. Googins '19, February 4 Richard E. Berlin '21, January 29 Daniel Kavanaugh '21, December 13, 1985 Joseph H. Lane '21, January 4 Edmund W. Brooks '24, December 24, 1985 Stanley L. Curtis '24, January 15 Gardner W. Howe '25, January 28 Lowell C. Wormley '27, January 18 Wendell MacEachran '28, December 28,1985 Clarence K. Fraser '30, January 11 David W. Kelley '31, January 27 Richard T. Clarke '32, January 14 Robert M. Keane '32, July 30, 1985 Dean C. Pinney Jr. '32, Date Unknown Robert E. Coulson '33, January 11 Gail M. Raphael '34, January 14 Harris P. Dawson Jr. '35, December 24, 1985 Ernst F. Kern '37, January 19 David J. Pearsall '37, January 14 Joseph P. Schaeffer '38, January 19 William C. Atwater '39, Date Unknown Ira L. Berman '42, February 17 William E. Millikin '42, February 5 Charles J. Dittmar '43, January 3 David O. Mills '44, September 1985 John S. Libbey '46, December 24, 1985 Joseph A. Reagan '46, July 1985 William Kennedy '47, November 15, 1985 George E. Thurlow '49, December 24, 1985 Mike Pejaski '50, December 18, 1985 David A. Robbins '62, February 3

1915

Notice has been received of the death on January 15 of GEORGE EDWARD DYKE.

At Dartmouth, George was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity and played hockey and football. After graduating from Tuck School in 1916, he worked for Conde Nast and then on the New York Stock Exchange. After 20 years as chairman and director of Gair Woodlands Company and president, chairman, and director of Southern Paper Board Company, he became vice chairman and director of Continental Can Company, retiring in 1964.

George served his class as president, vice president, and as class agent.

George is survived by his wife, Madeleine, sons George Jr. '44 and Gibson V. '54; daughter Emily; and several grandchildren. The class extends sincere condolences to the family.

1918

HAROLD ALBERT EASTMAN, 89, died on October 26, 1985, in a Montclair (N.J.) nursing home after a short illness.

After Dartmouth he earned his master's degree from Tuck School in 1921. His life occupation was as a partner of Niles and Niles, Certified Accountants. He was a member of the American and New York Societies of Certified Public Accountants. Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Nina, and several nieces and nephews.

In January, at the age of 88, SIMEON LEOGORDON died at his home in Brookline, Mass., after a long illness.

At Dartmouth he majored in economics and played in the orchestra. He served in the navy during World War I.

He was the president of L.S. Gordon and Sons, a Boston cut sole leather business, for more than 50 years. He was a member of the Germania Masonic Lodge, a life member of the Aleppo Temple Shrine, and a member of the Brookline Lodge of Elks and Temple Israel of Boston.

He leaves his wife, Gertrude, two daughters, a brother, four grandchildren, including Benjamin Romney '69, and two greatgrandchildren.

HOMER WESLEY JOHNSON, 89, died June 24, 1985, at Moberly, Mo., in the Regional Medical Center after a brief illness.

Homer came to Dartmouth from Shattuck Military Academy in Minnesota. He was a member of Psi Upsilon fraternity. During World War I he served as a captain in the field artillery in France.

He was a retired accountant and moved to Moberly in 1977 from Youngtown, Ariz. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church and the Veterans of World War I.

His wife, Mae Belle (Krummann), died in November 1977. He is survived by two daughters, a son, a sister, 11 grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. He was buried in Sioux City, lowa, the city of his birth.

1919

JOHN JOSEPH FORNACCA died in Milan, Italy, on February 1 after a short illness. John came to college from Epping, N.H. He served in the navy in World War I.

After the war he taught at Dartmouth for a short time. He then joined American Express and worked for them for 42 years in Rome and retired in 1961. At that time he joined W.E. Hutton International in Rome.

During his many years in Rome he was a constant help to Dartmouth visitors. He was an active member of the American Legion and commander of the American Legion in Italy from 1953 to 1955 and from 1961 to 1963. The American Legion magazine said in one of its issues, "John Fornacca has spent the better part of his life volunteering his considerable business and executive experience to help veterans."

He was decorated by the Italian government and made Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic which was the highest rank attainable in that Order. He is survived by two sons, who live in Italy, and one daughter, Mrs. Alfred Kouzel of Atlantic Beach, N.Y.

Mrs. Kouzel has attended the last two reunions of the class in her father's name and says she plans to come to our 70th.

1921

JOSEPH HILLIARD LANE, 87, died January 4 at his home in Lookout Mountain, Tenn.

After graduation in 1921, he took on the job of salesman for Tennessee Furniture Company, which shortly changed its name to Cavalier Corporation. It was with this company that Joe spent his entire business life. He served successively as sales manager, president, and chairman of the board until he retired in 1963.

Joe continued active in the business and social world: chairman of trustees, Girls Preparatory School; director, the Seeburg Corporation; director, Charleston Hosiery Mills; senior warden, Episcopal Church; and president, Family Service Agency.

His undergraduate activities included Kappa Kappa Kappa, Mandolin Club, track, and Rake and Roll.

Joe served on the Alumni Council from 1952 to 1955 and on the major gifts committee in 1967.

All of us knew that former dean Craven Laycock '96 was Joe's uncle. Many of Joe's cousins also attended Dartmouth.

The Chattanooga, Tenn., News reported that "it was a fortunate day for the company and the community, both of which he served with admirable loyalty and concern, when Joe Lane cast his lot with Cavalier." His industrial leadership was marked by an active pursuit, with company employees, of mutually beneficial goals. Differences between labor and management, he once told an interviewer, are far less important "than our dependence on each other."

Joe loved to walk for pure enjoyment a habit he acquired in Hanover. He was also a master cabinetmaker.

Joe's first wife died in the early forties. In 1948, he married Octavia Sizer, who survives him. He also leaves a son, Joseph Jr. '57, and a daughter, Caroline Bruns, a graduate of Sweet Briar, and many grandchildren.

1922

CHARLES CARROLL THROOP, 83, prominent leader in civic interests, died December 18, 1985, in Monessen, Pa. At age 16, Charlie entered Dartmouth in September 1918 from Montclair (N.J.) High School. Throughout college he was highly admired for his love of the outdoors and his leadership in the Dartmouth Outing Club, then beginning its second decade of development. Before becoming president of the DOC, Charlie was the club's secretary, and he was an officer in Cabin and Trail and the Canoe Club. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and was one of 12 in Palaeopitus. And, with distinction, he majored in math.

His major postgraduate career was in the steel industry. He was an engineer with the Koppers Company (Pittsburgh) and the Republic Steel Corporation (Youngstown, Ohio). For 30 years before retiring in 1970, he was with the Pittsburgh Steel Corporation and since 1949 was superintendent of its coke plant at Monessen.

He was very active in Monessen community affairs. He was chairman of the city's Redevelopment Authority and past president of the Chamber of Commerce. He was a board member of the public library, the Monessen District Center, and the Civic Music Association. He was an active member of the local Methodist Church, the Masonic Lodge, and the Rotary Club.

As a loyal Dartmouth alumnus, he was a long-term member of the class of 1922 executive committee and a class agent for the Alumni Fund.

Charlie and Lucille (Harrison) were married 50 years ago on April 30, 1935. She, their daughter, Carol Throop Pollak of Chicago, two sons, C. Terry Throop of Newport, R.I., and Allen H.Throop of Corvallis, Ore., and seven grandchildren are Charlie's survivors. The class joins them in bereavement.

1927

In PAUL REVERE O'CONNELL'S unexpected death from cancer on January 6 at the age of 80,. Dartmouth and the class of 1927 have both lost one of their most loyal, active, and dedicated graduates.

In college, Paul was manager of the championship gym team, captain of the golf team, and a member of the Sigma.Nu fraternity; he majored in political science. His service to the College spanned almost 60 years as a class agent, past president of the Worcester, Mass., Dartmouth Club and the General Association of Alumni. He was 1927 bequest chairman for 12 years, and for his distinguishd performance the College honored him in 1985 by naming him "Class Beauest Chairman of the Year."

After receiving his LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1930, Paul joined the Worcester law firm of Mirick and Whitcomb, today Mirick, O'Connell, DeMallie, and Lougee, and was a senior partner of that firm at the time of his death. He was a director or trustee of more than two dozen New England companies. He also found time to be involved in Worcester community affairs as president of the Chamber of Commerce and the musical association and as a director of the Players Club.

Golf was always a vital part of Paul's life. He won many honors and prizes and held numerous offices as a charter member of World Series Golf and the Bay State Seniors Association and as a member of the 200 Club and the Three Score and Ten Golfing Society, of which he was president until October 1985.

He is survived by his wife, Helen (Lee), a brother, Philip '25, a son, Paul Jr. '64, three daughters, and 10 grandchildren, including Jeffrey Jamieson '86.

HENRY THEODORE VIETOR, 79, died November 26, 1985, in Yarmouthport, Mass., after a brief hospitalization for cancer. A native of Newburyport, Mass., he prepared for Dartmouth at the high school in nearby Amesbury, Mass. In college, he was a member of the Glee Club and the Chi Phi fraternity.

Hank went to work for the Shell Oil Company immediately after his graduation, starting off as a statistical clerk in the company's St. Louis office. Moving up steadily through a series of promotions, he was soon transferred to the Boston Area where he was real estate manager for the Boston Division. He held this position until his retirement in 1968 when he was feted for 40 years of continuous service to the company and presented with a triple-studded diamond pin. During this period he lived in Newton, Mass.

Shortly after his retirement, he and his wife moved to Yarmouthport on Cape Cod where they lived a happy and relaxed social life as members of golf, tennis, bridge, and bowling clubs. He and his wife had always been interested in sports, especially skiing and skating. For a dozen years, while they lived in Newton, they belonged to the Boston Skating Club, and several of these years they skated as a couple in the Boston Garden at the club's annual extravaganza, "The Ice Chips."

Henry was predeceased in August 1985 by his wife, Mary (Stocker), and is survived by a son, Richard, a daughter, Barbara, and three grandchildren.

LOWELL CHEATHAM WORMLEY, retired Arizona surgeon, died January 18 after a brief illness. He was a popular and outstanding member of 1927.

Lowell was born November 4, 1906, in Washington, D.C., where he attended the Dunbar High School. In college he won his "D" as a member of both the rifle and lacrosse teams before graduating with honors. After a year at the Dartmouth Medical School, he continued his medical education at Howard Medical School in New York City where, in 1931, he also graduated with honors. During his residency, he was on the surgical staff of several New York City hospitals. During World War II he served in the U.S. Army with the rank of captain for more than four years as senior medical officer in charge of surgery at installations in Arizona.

In 1946 he began a very successful practice in Phoenix. A member of the American College of Surgeons, he was on the board of directors of the Arizona Medical Society and eight hospitals, including the Arizona State Hospital. Among his many honors were meritorious service awards by the Black Nurses Association and the Maricopa County Medical Association and the"Man of the Year" award by The Informant (a local paper). He was also a director or board member of many civic organizations including the Salvation Army, Campfire Girls, United Fund, Phoenix Christian Association, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Additionally he was the author of numerous articles in medical journals, a founder of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity's Phoenix chapter, and a member of the Elks and the Masons. He was a past president of the Dartmouth Club of Phoenix and served for many years as a class agent.

Survivors include his wife, Olivia (Alexander), a son, Lowell Jr., a daughter, Diane, two sisters, two nephews, and a granddaughter.

1928

WENDELL EVERETT MACEACHRAN died on December 28, 1985, at Memorial Hospital in Manitowoc, Wis. "Mac," as he was affectionately known to his many friends, had battled a series of ailments over the past few years but remained active in his many businesses to the end.

He was born and raised in Rockford, Ill. After graduation from Dartmouth, he worked in sales until he moved to Manitowoc in 1939 where he was employed by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Corporation in the building of submarines for the United States Navy. He remained in Manitowoc for the remainder of his life. He was an entrepreneur personified, having started or acquired three businesses: Romort Manufacturing Company, Oakfield, Wis., and Formrite Tube Company and Wisconsin Fittings Company, both of Two Rivers, Wis.

In addition to running his companies and holding directorships on several banks and insurance companies, he found time to be active in community affairs where he served. on the boards of Memorial Hospital and the Manitowoc/Two Rivers-area YMCA. He was cited for his role as the organizer of an animal shelter for the Manitowoc CountyHumane Society.

Politics were a special interest of his. He served as chairman of the Manitowoc County Republican Party for several years, as eighth district chairman for a 10-year period, and as a delegate to several national Republican conventions.

Mac had an abiding love for Dartmouth and was a generous donor to the many fund drives over the years.

He is survived by his wife of 44 years, Esther Norris; a son, John MacEachran, M.D., a graduate of Dartmouth Medical School; and a daughter, Jane Bell.

WlLLIOTT A. PlTZ '40

JUDSON JAY WHITEHEAD JR. died November 28, 1985, in Oakland, Calif., after a few weeks illness due to heart trouble. Jud founded his own company, the Jud Whitehead Heater Company, in Oakland in 1940 and continued to run it until his death.

Jud came from Stoneham (Mass.) High School and was a Tuck School major. After graduation he went to work in New York City for the Whitehead Metal Products Company, of which his father was founder and president, manufacturing and distributing gas water heaters nationally. After his father's death in 1939, Jud started his own company and expanded it. His work involved extensive travel throughout the country, visiting his distributors and his three factories. He enjoyed keeping in touch with his classmates and attending '28 reunions.

Surviving are his widow, Helen (Parry) Whitehead, and their son, Judson Jay Ill of Piedmont, Calif.

1931

With sorrow, we must report the death of another member of the class of 1931 who had a distinguished career in his chosen field the law. DAVID WALTON KELLEY passed away early this year at his home in Weston, Mass., after undergoing several heart problems, hospitalization, and surgery.

Dave received his law degree from Harvard in 1934 and for many years was a member of the firm of Badger, Sullivan, Kelley, and Cole, specializing in trial work.

He lived in Walpole and Milton, Mass., before settling down in Weston following his marriage in 1937 to Eileen Griffin. They had seven children, which our 25th yearbook called "our second-largest '31 family."

Dave served as a member and chairman of the board of selectmen in Walpole from 1935 to 1942. He was a fellow of the American Council of Trail Lawyers.

His wife, Eileen, an accomplished musician, survives, as do all his children and his brother, Edward F. Kelley '34 of Alexandria, Va.

1932

ROBERT MALCOLM KEANE died of cancer on July 30, 1985, at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, Calif.

Born in New York City, he entered Dartmouth in 1928, leaving before graduation because of illness in his senior year.

He was employed by the J. Lowe Corporation of New York City, food purveyors and originator of the Popsicle; he continued with that firm for several years in Cleveland, Ohio. When the company was purchased by Consolidated Foods, he remained on as sales manager in the Chicago area.

In 1966 he joined the Kepper-Nagel real estate investment firm in Lake Forest, Ill., as vice president.

In 1970 he moved with his wife, Pat, to La Jolla, Calif, where on the La Jolla Country Club grounds he pursued with great enthusiasm the great joy of his life, golf. He is survived by his wife, Patricia.

1933

ROBERT EDWARDS COULSON died on January 11 in Victory Memorial Hospital, Waukegan, Ill. The cause of death was a heart ailment. With his death, Waukegan and the state of Illinois lost an outstanding citizen. Bob was born in Gray slake, Ill., and graduated from Waukegan High School, where he was senior class president and member of the debating team. His liking for public speaking led to his choosing it as his major at Dartmouth. He joined the Forensic Union and served on the varsity debating team and on TheDartmouth board. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity and also of Dragon.

After Dartmouth, Bob received his law degree at the University of Chicago and then returned to Waukegan to practice, soon being named assistant state's attorney. World War II changed his plans. He served in the OSS in those years, assigned to the China-Burma-India theater and attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel.

Returning to civilian life, Bob served eight years as mayor of Waukegan, and then, from 1949 to 1963 was a state representative in the legislature. In 1963, he became a state senator and was the majority whip in 1973, before his retirement.

Bob worked as a substitute teacher in 12 schools in his legislative district. He also found time to be a bank vice president and trust officer, president of the Waukegan YMCA, and a director of mental health and civic agencies.

He is survived by his wife, Rose, a daughter, Barbara, and sons William '69 and John.

1936

FRANCIS GORDON SOULE JR., a retired physician and officer in the U.S. Navy,died January 2 at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, after a brief illness.

Born in Schenectady, N.Y., "Bud" came to Dartmouth from Glen Ridge (N.J.) High School, was a member of the Phi Psi fraternity, completed Dartmouth Medical School, and received his medical degree from New York University College of Medicine in 1939. He later completed postgraduate medical study at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, He was a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a member of the American Medical Association and the Massachusetts Medical Society.

For 24 years Bud served as an officer in the Navy Medical Corps, retiring as a captain. From 1960 to 1965, he served as chief of medicine at the National Naval Medical Center at Bethesda, Md.

Following retirement from the navy, Bud moved his family to Andover, Mass., and became director of medical education at the Beverly Hospital and at the Lahey Clinic in Boston. For nine years he served as medical director at Phillips Academy at Andover.

Retiring from practice Bud moved to Sandwich on Cape Cod and became active in community affairs. He served as chairman of the library building committee and the school building committee and also as a member of the town's finance committee.

Bud is survived by his wife, Elizabeth "Bettie" (Ragle), three sons, John C. of Austin, Tex., Richard M. of Sturbridge, Mass., and Robert C. of Alexandria, Va.; three grandchildren; and a niece and two nephews. His son, Richard, attended Dartmouth with the class of 1974, and his niece, Jill Eilertsen, graduated with the class of 1978. The class extends sincere sympathy to Bettie and the whole Soule family.

1937

THOMAS BRYANT AKIN JR. died in Marabella, Spain, on November 3, 1985. He was born in New Bedford and graduated from Tabor Academy in 1933. He attended Dartmouth for a year, transferring to MIT where he received a B.A. in architecture in 1939. He served in the navy, remaining in the reserves after the war. He traveled extensively and worked in Europe for General Motors Overseas Corporation. Settling in Fort Lauderdale, he had his own firm until retiring in 1982.

We regret but can understand Tom's reluctance to maintain connections with us. In 1971 he added a note on the College alumni information request saying, "I only had one wonderful year at Dartmouth and spent the next five at MIT, so it's only natural my allegiance is to MIT."

He leaves his wife, Helen Marguerite (Weaver), two daughters, and a grandson.

WILLIAM JOHN DIPLARAKOS DIPSON died December 7, 1985, in Batavia, N.Y., where he was born. Bill prepped at Exeter. At Dartmouth he majored in sociology and was a member of Zeta Psi fraternity. He attended Harvard Law School in 1938 and 1939. Then he went home into the family theater business which was extensive throughout the upper New York area.

We know little about his subsequent career except he and John Osborne were partners in the business which they expanded to 40 theaters throughout Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia. Bill served in the army from 1940 to 1945 as a master sergeant.

We'll always remember Bill as a very good-natured and spontaneous lover of life. When we had word in 1967 he had taken off considerable weight, we ran "before" and "after" photos in the Alumni Magazine.

Later Bill bought out John's interest; then not too long ago he sold out to a younger man who could not make a go of it so Bill arranged (on paper) to take it back. That is the last we know, except that he did make a few trips back to Greece looking up family roots. He would have had a ball at our 50th!

1938

ROBERT GRAHAM CHASE died June 18, 1985, in Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, Hanover, N.H. He joined our class from the Portland High School in Maine. A resident of Middle Mass his freshman year, he subsequently joined Chi Phi. His major was art history.

After graduation from Dartmouth in 1939 Bob attended the Laboratory School of Design in New York, Armour Institute in Chicago, and the Illinois Institute of Technology, also in Chicago, studying architecture. He was employed by Jan Ruhtenberg, an architect and city planner in Bernards ville, N.J.

A fine arts dealer for more than 30 years, he ran the Pumpkin Hill Art Centers in Warner, N.H., and Callabassas, Calif. His experience with the Dartmouth Players in BoyMeets Girl was repeated in Hollywood where he worked as an extra in movies starring Bette Davis, Gene Kelly, Bing Crosby, Gloria Swanson, and Katherine Hepburn.'

In addition to New Hampshire and California Bob lived for a number of years in Virginia and in London, England. His community service included helping the residents of the Glencliff Home for the Elderly and disadvantaged youngsters as prior of the Parish of St. Michael and the Angels in North Haverhill, N.H., and as a trustee of the Youth Fund of America, headquartered in Richmond, Va., and serving street youth.

His survivors include his brothers, W. Bradford Chase '36 and Richard C. Chase '40 of Portland, Maine.

GEORGE CHARLES ERHARD died April 29,1984. He entered Dartmouth from the Noble and Greenough School in Dedham, Mass. His father, Emile H. Erhard, was in the class of 1909. Chuck Bullock was his roommate our freshman year in Lord Hall, and Johnny Emerson roomed with him in Lord the following year. He was elected secretary of the Dartmouth Flying Club in the spring of 1936.

Helen Fuller Bowie married George, and they had a son, George Jr., in 1949 and a daughter, Christine, in 1952.

Nothing else is known about George other than the fact that he listed Pasadena, Calif., as his home in our 1958 directory and worked for Lockheed in their Van Nuys headquarters on missile development.

WILLIAM WATSON STUART died of a heart attack on October 22, 1985, in Hollywood, Calif., and was buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii. He was born in Peking, China, and entered Dartmouth from St. Albans School in Washington, D.C. He was an English major and a member of Alph Tau Omega. While in college he married Emily Stewart Elliott.

He was a published author, and samples of his irreverent sense of humor can be found in our 25th yearbook: "I fought the war from a filing cabinet in Schofield Barracks, thereby releasing one (1) WAC for active duty." The lure of the islands kept him there where he worked as a newspaper reporter, then daily columnist, in labor relations, as a personnel director, and then for many years for the city and county of Honolulu as information specialist. In 1948 he married Gladys Sung. He is survived by their son, James M. Stuart.

He was the author of the novel MentionMy Name in Hawaii, and his stories appeared in MR., Dude, Gent, Escapade, Galaxy Amazing, Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, ElleryQueen, Mercury, and Carolina Quarterly.

A 1971 alumni questionnaire further reflected his unusual approach to life. He listed himself as a "director of the Brian L. Casey Commune" and the nature of his profession as "superannuated hippy" and claimed, "It has been my life work." In the space provided for additional comments he stated, "I enjoy riding motor bikes." This at least was true, for he rode one from Tucson to our 40th reunion.

RICHARD HENRY TISDALE died on February 21, 1985, at his home in Cranston, R.I., after a long illness. He prepared for Dartmouth at Cohasset High School and (lushing Academy. Dick lived in Topliff our freshman year, then joined Delta Upsilon where he roomed with Harry Heyboer. A history major, he was house manager at DU, on The Dartmouth business board, and a member of the Daniel Oliver Associates. A lieutenant (j.g.) in the navy during the war, he served from 1942 to 1946 and then in the reserves.

Loraine Toolin and Dick were married in 1944 and had a daughter, Demaris, in 1946; they had a son, Bruce, in 1948, the same year that Dick got his master's degree from Boston University.

Dick devoted his life to social service work, mostly with the YMCA organizations in Boston, Charlotte, N.C., Louisville, Ky., Pittsburgh, and New York City. He was president of the YMCA Membership and Public Relations Association of the United States and Canada, on the board of the Pittsburgh Salvation Army, and vice president of the Kiwanis Club. He taught Sunday school and was an elder in his church.

He and his wife moved to Cranston after his retirement nine years ago. In the last years of his illness Loraine took care of him at home with the help of a hospital bed, electric lift chair, wheelchair, hydraulic lift, and ramp. Loraine was able to get him into their car for trips to Vermont and Maine to visit their children.

With the help of his wife he was a tireless and effective Alumni Fund class agent for many years. We missed him at our 45th reunion and now will miss him forever.

1939

ROBERT PEARSON JESSUP, M.D., 68, of Mattituck, N.Y., died of cancer on November 12, 1985.

Jess was graduated from Phillips Andover Academy where he participated in track, soccer, gymnastics, boxing, golf, and baseball. At Dartmouth he was a member and served as president of Delta Tau Delta fraternity and was a member of the interfraternity council and the scientific fraternity, Zeta Alpha Phi.

He earned a degree in medicine from the Long Island College of Medicine in 1943. He entered the Naval Medical Corps in World War II where he saw duty in the invasion on D-day and later in the Pacific against Japan. Returning from the navy he went into private practice in Bronxville, N.Y. Two years later, with a specialty in Occupational Medicine, he joined Sperry Gyroscope Company where he served as medical director. He later moved to the Grumman Aerospace Corporation as medical director from which position he retired in 1984, although he reamined as a consultant until his death.

Jess was active in the sixties as an interviewer for potential Dartmouth students in conjunction with the Long Island Dartmouth Association. He served on the Nassau County Board of Health, as well as the boards of the Nassau County Medical Society, the Long Island Council on Alcoholism, and the American Lung Association. He was a member of the American Academy of Occupational Medicine.

He is survived by his wife, Betty, four children, Robert, Nancy, Susan Jessup, and Betsy Jessup Caine, and a nephew, Peter Jessup '61.

1940

HENRY CHARLES POWER JR. died on January 6. He was 67.

Charlie entered Dartmouth from Portland (Maine) High School. He was a member of the camera club and a manager of freshman basketball. After graduation, he joined American Airlines and served with them in the Air Transport Command during World War II.

After the war he joined the Texas Company, where he was in the personnel department. From there he went to the American International Association. Charlie came to the Gramatan Travel Bureau in 1955 and remained with that company, becoming its president.

Charlie served Dartmouth and his class as a class agent, in preparing for 1940's 40th reunion, and working on the Campaign for Dartmouth and the Third Century Fund. He is survived by his wife, Jane, and a son, Robert.

1942

I am sorry to report the death of MATHEWJOSEPH BEECHER JR., which occurred on September 2, 1985, and was due to a coronary. Matt came to Hanover from Manhattan Prep, and following a busy freshman year he departed for Holy Cross where he graduated. His four-year war service saw him as an infantry unit commander with a Bronze Star with three oak-leaf clusters and a "V" for valor. Following the war Matt began a lifetime career in personnel with stops at United Parcel Services, the American Management Association, then Price Waterhouse. He created his own executive recruiting company in 1981.

The '42s who lived in Topliff in 1938 and 1939 will still remember his cheery outlook on life as well as his happy face. The class extends sympathy to his wife, Mary, and their four children.

WILLIAM EDWIN MILLIKIN of Springfield, Vt., died on February 5.

Ed came to Dartmouth from Sharon, Pa., majored in mathematics and business administration, and was a member of Zeta Psi fraternity. Following graduation he entered the navy, and at the end of the war he returned to Hanover to graduate from Tuck in 1946. A stint with Time Inc. was followed by a long association with the Fellows Gear Shaper Company of Springfield where he became a director and treasurer, responsible for all financial aspects of the company. More recently he was president and treasurer of the Reifenhauser-Van Dorn Company. In Springfield Ed was a director of the Vermont Development Credit Corporation, First National Bank, Okemo Mountain, Inc., Community Chest, Chamber of Commerce, and Associated Industries of Vermont.

The class extends sympathy to Ed's wife, Constanze, and their four children, including son Bob '70.

1943

CHARLES JULIUS DITTMAR died of a heart seizure on January 3 at his home in Williamson, N.Y. He was stricken in the evening and succumbed before an emergency ambulance unit could take him to a hospital.

Charlie came to Dartmouth from Richmond Hill, Long Island, N.Y., and entered the army within weeks after his graduation. He served first in a tank destroyer unit and later in the signal corps in the Pacific theater of operations.

He graduated from Syracuse University Law School in 1948 and practiced with a Rochester, N.Y., law firm for six years before moving to Williamson to open his own practice in 1954.

At the time of his death, Charlie had been Williamson Town Attorney for more than 20 years. He was a past president of the Wayne County Bar Association and a member of the New York Bar Association and was admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court.

He was a district governor and winner of two citations from Rotary International; a past president of the Williamson Chamber of Commerce; a 32nd-degree Mason; an elder of the First Presbyterian Church; and a county commander of an American Legion post.

He leaves his wife, Virginia; a son Charles J. Jr. of Binghamton, N.Y.; a brother, Adolph of Plattsburgh, N.Y.; and two sisters, Kathryn Haslach of New Jersey and Charlotte Murray of Candor, N.Y. Charlie had suffered a coronary occlusion nine years ago, but had recovered sufficiently to actively pursue his hobby of mountain climbing. He had climbed 46 of New York's peaks over 4,000 feet.

1945

WILLIAM SWEET FREESE died at Mary Hitchcock Hospital on December 24, 1985, from complications following a heart attack.

A lifelong resident of Pittsfield, N.H., Bill attended public schools there before entering Dartmouth. His stay in Hanover was interrupted by service with the U.S. Army's 932 nd Construction Battalion during World War II. On his return to the campus he majored in economics and was a member of the DOC and the band. Shortly after graduation he married Marian (Tinker) Adams, daughter of Sherman Adams '20.

Bill's activities were wide-ranging. In business he was involved with garment manufacturing, lumber activities, and an auto dealership, as well as other investment and real estate interests. He had a strong interest in music, and his clarinet was a vital part of the Freese Brothers Band, which played forties dance music at many area events.

He cared deeply about Pittsfield, which benefited from his interest in its people and civic affairs. And his warmth and humor made him the center of a close-knit family life. Bill was a member of the First Congregational Church, the Pittsfield Historical Society, and the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests.

He leaves his wife, Marian of Pittsfield; daughter Martha Hussey of Pittsfield; three sons, Thomas Freese of Gilmanton, Dana Freese of Durango, Colo., and Tim Freese of Gilmanton Iron Works; three brothers, a sister, and an aunt.

WILLIAM BALDWIN HEMPHILL of Webster Groves, Mo., died January 31 of lung cancer, complicated by heart trouble. He grew up in Kennett, Mo., and attended the high school there. From there he went on to Dartmouth for two years before leaving to enter the service during World War II and serving with the first division, eighth cavalry, in the South Pacific, ending up in Tokyo on VJ-Day.

After the war he returned to Kennett in 1946 and was traffic manager of the Hemphill Soy Products Company which was sold six years later. On June 23, 1948, he married Amy Lou Chailland in her hometown in Mississippi. Back in Kennett, a son, Nelson, was born in 1948 and a daughter, Julia, in 1951. A second son, Richard, was born in Hanover after Bill returned to Dartmouth in 1955 and graduated in 1956. We are sorry to report that Julia died of a stroke in September 1985.

Bill had indicated an interest in the ministry, and at classmate Fred Berthold's encouragement attended Bangor Theological Seminary and the University of Maine in Orono before returning to Dartmouth.

After graduating from Dartmouth, Bill was a sales agent for Aetna Life Insurance Company, until he took over the running of his father-in-law's cotton gin in Mississippi. In 1960 he became an accountant for Directory Distributing Associates, Inc., in St. Louis, a nationwide distributor of telephone directories. In 1964 he became an inventory management specialist with the Army Troop Support Command in St. Louis.

Our class extends its sympathy to Amy Lou for the loss of a husband, a daughter, and another member of her family, all in the space of one year; but we can rest assured that the rest of her family is sustaining her with their loving support.

JOHN STOCKTON REYNOLDS of Brussels, Belgium, died October 15, 1985. He was in Philadelphia, Pa., and attended St. Andrews School, graduating in June 1943. He attended Princeton University for two semesters before going on to Dartmouth. After graduation, he received his LL.B. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and became a member of the Philadelphia Bar Association.

In 1958 John joined the Insurance Company of North America as an underwriting trainee at their Philadelphia headquarters where he held numerous underwriting and management positions. In 1968 he was elected assistant secretary and joined INA Reinsurance Company in that capacity in 1971. He advanced to directeur general adjoint at the company's European headquarters in Brussels in 1972, where he remained until the time of his death.

1950

On April 29, 1985, ALLAN MILES CATE JR. died of unknown causes in Shrewsbury, Mass.

As one of the younger members of the class, Al matriculated directly from Needham High School. He was a fencer, played in the band, and was a member of the German Club.

After sophomore year Al took a 12,000-mile trip through all the then 48 states. The old station wagon was still able to cover the trail from New England to Florida and back for his honeymoon. As a trombonist he continued to play for the Needham Symphony and for various Dixieland groups. His horn was mellow.

Al's Dartmouth heritage included his father, Al '20, and his paternal and maternal grandfathers. He married Claire Margaret Balmforth of Needham.

RICHARD CURTIS JOHNSON died in Schroon Lake, N.Y., on July 22, 1985, evidently as the result of a heart attack. His home was in West Hartford, Conn.

Dick came to Dartmouth from Crosby High School in Waterbury, Conn. His major was economics, and he was a member of Chi Phi fraternity. In his senior year he won a Fulbright Scholarship.

In 1951 Dick entered the U.S. Army and served during the Korean War until 1953. He led a unit of military police as first lieutenant.

After the war he joined Curtis 1000, Inc., to sell business forms. In 1962 he joined Hano Business Forms, Inc., as sales manager and remained with the firm for more than 20 years. He relaxed by coaching Little League football, playing tennis year-round, and skiing.

Dick married Margaret Baker in 1951. They had four children: Sally, Richard C. Jr., David F., and Robert C.

FRANCIS VINCENT KEAR JR., a native of New York, died suddenly of unknown causes on March 7, 1983. Frank came to Dartmouth from the William H. Taft High School in the Bronx after serving as a sergeant in the Army Air Corps for two and a half years.

At Dartmouth Frank majored in government and was a member of the Forensic Union and the International Relations Club. After graduation he attended Columbia Law School. He hung out his attorney-at- law shingle in Forest Hills and practiced in courts throughout New York City.

1951

CHARLES NEEL BENSON died December 3, 1985, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Charlie came to Dartmouth from Swampscott, Mass. He did not graduate with the class; he attended MIT and served in the army for two years.

At the time of his death, he was associated with Ryerson Steel in Cincinnati as general manager of steel and aluminum distribution, a position he held since 1969. He was a member of the Maketewah Country Club and the Cincinnati Club.

Charlie is survived by his wife, Carole, his son, Grant, and his daughter, Lori.

WILLARD DEANE LESHURE JR. died on October 11, 1985, of leukemia at the Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Mass.

Bill came to Dartmouth from Longmeadow, Mass. At Dartmouth, Bill was a history major, a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity and Sphinx, and earned his "D" in soccer.

Bill received a master's degree in liberal studies from Connecticut Wesleyan University in 1958 and master's degree in education from Springfield College in 1963. After leaving the army in 1953, he taught at Suffield Academy for nine years. In 1962, he moved to the Wilbraham (Mass.) Junior High School to continue his teaching career until 1971. He then became a self-employed nurseryman and landscaper as well as a skilled carpenter and resided in Somers, Conn., until his death.

Bill is survived by his mother, Mrs. Willard D. Leshure of Somers, Conn.

1971

CHARLES SKIRM AALTO passed away on September 28, 1985, after a brief illness. Born and raised in Ridgewood, N.J., Charlie was secretary of Green Key and the editor of the Jack-O-Lantern humor magazine while at Dartmouth. He was recipient of the Hartnut Award his senior year, given to that member of Bones Gate most representative of the spirit of the fraternity. Charlie received his law degree from Columbia University in 1974 where he was a member of an honorary legal society. Initially he joined the firm of Eaton, Moore, Possum, and Lovitt and specialized in real estate law. In 1984, he joined Finley, Kumble, Wagner, at al.

From the time he left Dartmouth, Charlie made his home in New York, where his attachment to the College remained strong. He served as the first class secretary after graduation and was active in various Dartmouth Club social functions, fund-raising, and recruiting. He served for two years as president of the Old Green Rugby Club of New York and as vice president and treasurer of the Metropolitan New York Rugby Union. He will be remembered by his rugby teammates as a skillful organizer and energetic player and particularly as the author of a witty and colorful newsletter.

To those who knew him, Charlie will always be treasured for his lively sense of humor and for his good fellowship. He had a gift for creating strong and lasting relationships because he was, indeed, always there when you needed him. His intellect, integrity, loyalty, and devotion to family, friends, and College were extraordinary.

Charlie is survived by his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Toivo R. Aalto of Myrtle Beach, S.C.

JOHN S. EATON '71

1977

After a long struggle with bone cancer, KEVIN MARK CURLEY died on December 28, 1985, in Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, N.J.

Kevin came to Dartmouth from the University of Detroit High School, Detroit, Mich. As an undergraduate he was very involved in the Aquinas House, where he was a member of the executive committee. Kevin also earned varsity letters in football and track and was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity.

After obtaining his degree in mathematics from Dartmouth, Kevin attended Michigan State and Wayne State, receiving master's degrees in mathematics and urban planning. For several years he was employed by the city of Detroit and participated in the local Dartmouth Club. Kevin then moved his family to Baltimore where he worked as an actuarial assistant for USF & G.

Kevin is survived by his wife, Linda Webb Curley, and their three-year-old daughter, Christine. He is from a family with a strong Dartmouth tradition as he had four brothers who also attended: Jack '67, T '68, Denis T '68, Roger '72, and Shawn '79. Kevin is also survived by his mother and two sisters, Roberta and Juanita, and another brother, Shannon. To the members of Kevin's family, the class expresses its heartfelt sympathy.