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.)

Carrol A. Edson '14, October 25, 1986 Tracy C. Browne11 '15, October 15, 1984 Donald C. Davis '18, October 20, 1986 Edward F. Emerson '18, October 1,1986 Russell K. Jones '20, October 3, 1986 Sherman Adams '20, October 27, 1986 John C. Felli '20, July 13, 1986 Theodore Bliss '20, January 1, 1984 Hallam J. Clark '22, November 6, 1986 Kenneth W. Davis '24, November 4, 1986 Frederic N. Eaton '24, November 14, 1986 Daniel Pingree '24, November 10, 1986 Charles L. Bankart '25, October 30, 1986 Samuel L. Hutcheson '28, December 2, 1986 John P. McLaughlin '28, July 26, 1986 George H. Foss '29, April 4, 1986 Lawrence W. Shirley '29, October 15, 1986 Mervin G. Pallister '29, September 28, 1986 Alan G. Schumaker '30, September 22, 1986 Feodor A. Harms '31, November 6, 1986 Malcolm W. Hall '31, October 16, 1986 Charles A. McQueeny '31, September 27, 1986

1914

CARROLL ANDREW EDSON, died October 25, 1986 in Concord, N.H.

At Dartmouth Carroll majored in engineering and was active in cross-country and gliding. He earned an M. A. from the Teachers College of Columbia University. He was a captain in the army during World War I and served in the reserves. During World War II he returned to active duty as a faculty member of the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kans.

Carroll was a Boy Scout executive in Philadelphia, Pa., Chicago, Ill., and Jersey City, N.J., from 1915 to 1931. He was the cofounder of the scout honorary society, the Order of the Arrow. He was associated with the Boy Scouts throughout his life. From 1937 to his retirement in 1961 he was with the Social Security Administration as manager of the Syracuse, N.Y., office.

Carroll served Dartmouth during the Third Century Fund and as a member or his local executive committee. He was active in many civic groups, including Kiwanis, Red Cross, and the National Association o Retired Civil Employees. He was also active in the Congregational Church.

Carroll and his wife, Hazel, retired to Tucson, Ariz. After his wife's death he returned to the Northeast.

Edward J. Donovan '33, November 17,1986 Homer T. Gregory '34, November 13, 1986 Alan E. Hewitt '34, November 7, 1986 Herbert A. Steyn '34, November 18, 1986 Benjamin M. Hair '36, Spring 1983 Claude J. Clark '37, November 8, 1986 Brice H. Sheets '37, September 20, 1986 Herbert W. Rathbun '38, October 8, 1986 Fred S. Sibley '3B, July 8, 1986 Michael F. Sullivan '38, October 12, 1986 Herbert P. Christiansen '38, October 22,

1986

Harriman Jones '39, October 6, 1986 Stephen W. Graydon '40, September 5,1986 Donald G. Stuart '40, September 18, 1986 Henry T. Hillard '41, October 6, 1986 William C. Keller '42, November 14, 1986 John E. Leene '43, October 18, 1986 David J. Blair '44, May 1985 William T. Ashton '45, September 18, 1986 William V. Bowers '46, November 11, 1986 James L. Graham '48, November 14, 1986 John P. Erwin '49, October 20, 1986 Alexander C. Haskell '52, November 25,

1986

Stephen L. Weinreb '54, October 5, 1986 Ronald B. de Neuf '60, May 19, 1986 David H. Lieberman '69, November 11,

1986.

Carroll came from a long line of Dartmouth relatives, including his father, uncle, and brother, all deceased. Surviving Dartmouth relatives are his son, David H. Edson '52, cousin Lefferts P. Edson '34, and grandson James S. Edson '66. He is also survived by his daughters, Lucile Smith and Virginia Deuel, ten grandchildren, and four greatgrandchildren.

1915

Notice has been received of the death of TRACY CUSHMAN BROWNELL. "Trace" died at home in Rockville Center, N. Y., of natural causes October 15, 1984.

Tracy retired in 1952 as secretary treasurer of Kings County Lighting Company. In 1953 he did procurement survey work for the air force in Dayton, Ohio. In 1954 he was secretary of the board of appeals, Village of Rockville Center, retiring in 1962.

There are no survivors

I. COMISKEY '15

1918

DONALD CHARLES DAVIS, of Greenfield, N.H., died October 20, 1986.

Don graduated from Dartmouth in 1919. He served the College as a class agent of the Alumni Fund, and he was a member of the Dartmouth Club of Nashua, N.H.

From 1922 to 1938 Don was the tion manager for the American Mutual Liability Insurance Company. In 1938 he joined the insurance department of the H.P. Hood & Sons, Inc., dairy company.

Don is survived by his wife, Irene, whom he married in 1929; by his son, John N. Davis; his daughter, Mary Jane Schirich; and three grandchildren.

EDWARD FULLER EMERSON died October 1, 1986 at the Cape Cod Hospital.

At Dartmouth Edward was captain of the golf team and a member of Theta Delta Chi. He was a seaman first class in the U.S. Naval Reserve Force during World War I.

He left no record with the College of his career. He seems to have spent his whole life in Massachusetts. He was married to the former Beatrice Williams, who died in 1960. His second wife, Frances, predeceased him also. He left no children or other survivors.

1920

On October 27, 1986 SHERMAN ADAMS, 1920's president since 1981, died in Hanover following vascular surgery.

State and national media paid tribute to Sherm's distinguished public service: speaker of the N.H. Legislature; member of the U.S. Congress; innovative two-term governor of New Hampshire; prime mover in Dwight Eisehower's bid for the presidency, and for five years Ike's "assistant President," a model for later White House chiefs of staff. This brief space can only highlight his Dartmouth and post-political careers.

Sherm was born in Vermont in 1899 and raised in Rhode Island. All four years at Dartmouth (with six months out for Marine Corps service) he was active in the DOC (president, 1919-20), Glee Club (leader), Choir, Arts Society, Camera Club, and Christain Association. He majored in economics, joined SAE, and made Palaeopitus. His inspired leadership of rugged mountain climbs and his record-setting distance walks are legendary.

In 1923 he married Rachel White and then pursued a successful career in the lumber business in Lincoln, N.H., until he entered politics in 1940. After the Washington years, they returned to Lincoln, a small mountain mill town in economic straits. There, at age 66, he combined his love of the outdoors and skiing with his executive experience to found the Loon Mountain Recreation Corporation, which grew from a gondola, two chair lifts, and a hot dog cart to one of New England's outstanding ski and year-round resorts, a mainstay of the Lincoln area. To the end, he continued to supervise Loon Mountain and to maintain an active interest in conservation, the arts, his church, his state, and Dartmouth.

Rachel Adams died in 1979. Sherm is survived by a sister; three daughters; a son, Samuel Adams '59; 11 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and hundreds of friends.

ALICE WEYMOUTH

RUSSELL KENNEDY JONES of North Salem, N.Y., died October 3, 1986 after a brief illness. He was 89. "Rus," who played freshman football and was a member of Kappa Sigma, left college in 1917 to join the American Fields Service Ambulance Section. Transferred to the tank corps, he served in France and Germany until November 1919, attaining the rank of captain. He did not return to Dartmouth. In World War II he served as a lieutenant colonel, General Staff Corps A.U.S. from March 1944 to June 1954.

In 1922 Rus went into advertising, joining Newell Emmett Company in 1929 and retiring as vice president in 1962, with leaves of absence for military service and special assignments with the American Austin Car Company and General Electric.

A lifelong cooking enthusiast, Rus authored two Cruising Cookbooks and taught cooking classes in his home. A member of Dartmouth Clubs of New York and Westchester for over 50 years, he was active in interviewing Dartmouth applicants. He was a well-known civic leader in North Salem, where he had lived for 30 years.

Rus is survived by his wife, Alice; his daughter, Alice Taylor; eight grandchildren; and two great-granddaughters.

A.W.

1925

CHARLES LAURENCE BANKART died October 30, 1986 in Briarwood Convalescent Home in Needham, Mass., following a long siege with heart problems. He was retired president and treasurer of New England Laundries, Inc., of Boston.

Larry came to Dartmouth from Worcester Academy and was a member of Kappa Sigma. In Arlington, Mass., where he lived for many years, he was president of the Boys' Club, a member of the first conservation committee, treasurer of the town republican committee, and a trustee and former chairman of the financial aid committee at Belmont Hill School. He was long active in Boy Scouts, serving as troop committeeman, district vice chairman, chairman of the organization and extension committee, and council executive board member, finally being elected district chairman of the Musket District comprising the communities of Arlington, Stoneham, Winchester, and Woburn.

His wife, the former Louise Kirsch, died earlier last year. The Bankart family is represented by nine Dartmouth graduates, including, besides Larry, four of his uncles, three of his cousins, and his son, C. Peter Bankart, B.A. '67, Ph.D. '71.

Besides his son, Peter, of Crawfordville, Ind., he leaves sons Stephen L. of Needham, Mass., Alan J. of Concord, Mass., a daughter, Carol Bankart of Orono, Maine; a sister, Phylis Paulson of South Yarmouth, Mass.; and two grandchildren.

1926

ROBERT PAINTER CORT died September 24, 1986, of pneumonia, a complication from his having been hospitalized in June with a broken hip. Previously he was in a nursing home as a result of Parkinson's disease. He and his wife, Winifred, had made their home in Clinton, Conn., during summers and in Puerto Rico in winters. Bob was born in New York City, graduated from Brooklyn Boys' High School, and at Dartmouth was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and won his letter in lacrosse. He graduated from Tuck School in 1927.

He was a buyer at John Wanamaker Stores 1927-31, then taught at secondary schools for the next ten years. He took his M. A. degree at Columbia University in 1940 and became principal of the Trinity School in 1941. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force when World War II broke out. He set up the instrument trainer instructors' course at Bryan Field, Tex., and served as training officer in the Air Transport Command in Iran and then in Paris. Bob was discharged at war's end as captain, and in New York he continued in the training field as civilian director of the Military Sea Transportation Service until his retirement.

Bob maintained a strong interest in Dartmouth, being an Alumni Fund contributor for 53 years. He was active in civic affairs, being secretary of the Clinton Land Trust, and he directed the annual Red Cross blood bank and organized a "candy stripe" youth group at the local hospital.

His first wife, Katharine, whom he married in 1933, predeceased him, and there were no children. He is survived by his wife, Winifred, whom he married in 1982, she being a friend of both Katharine and Bob from school days.

1927

AUGUST BUSCHMANN, 80, died of cancer August 25,1986 at his summer home in East Dennis, Mass. Gus entered Dartmouth from Westfield, Mass., High School. At college he was Phi Beta Kappa and a member of the Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity.

Following earning a master's degree from Harvard University, he joined the faculty of Bates College as an instructor in German. Until his retirement as an associate professor of German studies and a member of the Association of German Teachers, Gus continued his professional association with Bates College. During his tenure he continued his studies at various universities both here and abroad. German language, literature, and music were equally emphasized in both classroom and home.

Aside from his commitment to teaching, Gus played an active role as adviser to various college groups, coaching tennis, and playing himself on faculty tennis and volleyball teams. Locally he was involved actively with music in his church and community. His 15 years of retirement were full opera in Vienna, mountain climbing in New Zealand, and many wood-splitting hours to keep his family warm in their winter home in Lewiston, Maine.

Gus is survived by his second wife, the former Elisabeth Lowe King. His first wife, Catherine Homer Sears, died in 1939. In addition to his wife, survivors include four sons, three daughters, a sister, 18 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

HOWARD JOSEPH MULLIN died August 26, 1986 in San Diego, Calif., after a long illness.

A native of Blissfield, Mich., he prepared for Dartmouth at the high school in La Grange, Ind. In college, he was editor-inchief of the Green Book, president of the Interfraternity Council, and a member o the Dragon Society and Phi Gamma Delta.

After graduation, Howie went to work as a salesman for the United States Steel Com pany at its Gary, Ind., plant. He rose rapidly to sales manager, then director of sales, and when he retired in 1967, he was vice president of sales and distribution. During this period, in 1955, he served as chairman of the U.S. delegation to the Economic Commission for the Europe Steel Committee at the United Nations in Geneva. In 1957 he was appointed executive director of the President's Citizen's Advisors on the Mutual Security.

Not content with being idle in retirement, he became interested in Northwestern University, where he took courses in accounting and business law. In 1968 he was named associate dean for administrative affairs at the University's business school, which position he held until retirement in 1971.

In 1972 he and his wife moved to San Diego so he could better enjoy his zeal for golf. There he took an active interest in civic affairs and was a member of the city's management planning council.

A devoted supporter of the College, he served as head class agent and as president of the Dartmouth Association of St. Louis. He was president of his class from 1967 to 1972 and a member of the Alumni Council from 1967 to 1968.

He leaves his wife Edna (Schofield); a daughter, Ann; two sons, William '80 and John; and ten grandchildren.

1928

RALPH ALFRED CHURCH died September 21, 1986 of heart failure at his home in Des Moines.

Ralph entered Dartmouth from Omaha Central High and had lived in Des Moines most of his life. At college he majored in sociology and was a member of Kappa Sigma.

After graduation from Harvard Law School he joined the Des Moines law firm of Henry and Henry. Ralph became affiliated on a part-time basis with the Equitable Life Insurance Company of lowa in 1939 and in 1962 was elected vice president and general counsel. In 1970 he retired at age 65 from Equitable and from his law firm, which was then dissolved. He continued the general practice of law until 1981.

Ralph married Sally Dziuba September 12,1928. They attended reunions, including his 55th; shortly after their return to Des Moines, Sally was found to have lung cancer and died eight weeks later.

He served as president of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of lowa, whose current president, George Carpenter '50, wrote: "Ralph's devotion to Dartmouth was contagious and did much to inspire Dartmouth candidates." His hobbies were hunting, fishing, and wilderness canoe camping.

Survivors include a daughter and two grandchildren.

1929

LAWRENCE WELLINGTON SHIRLEY died as he would have wished, with his boots on, while trimming bushes at his home in Goffstown, N.H. on October 15, 1986.

Coming to us from Manchester Central High School, Larry belonged to Chi Phi fraternity and majored in economics.

He started in the lumber business in Providence, R. I., and soon moved to the West Side Lumber Company in Manchester. He became owner and treasurer in 1937. He served Goffstown as a member of its school board, budget committee, industrial development committee, and he was chairman of the planning board.

He was named YMCA Layman of the Year in 1963 and was director of the board of Elliott Hospital. He was given the Staby Memorial Award for outstanding service to the Southern New Hampshire Planning Commission in 1972. In 1981 he received the Silver Beaver Award of the Boy Scouts. He was a member of the Society of Cincinnati.

He leaves his wife Mary; a son, James '64; two daughters, three grandchildren; and two sisters. A brother, Thomas '18, predeceased him. Bill Green '39 wrote a eulogy of -this real New Hampshireman that we'd all profit from reading. A postcard to 1929's secretary will bring you a copy.

1930

JOHN FRANCIS BIRMINGHAM died on June 26 of leukemia. He had been a resident of Wycoff, N.J. until his retirement, following which he had made his home in Daytona Beach, Fla., where he died.

Eric, as he was known, was born in 1908, taught chemistry at Columbia University from 1930-1935, and received his doctorate in physical chemistry from Columbia University in 1935. He worked for Havshaw Chemical and Associated Companies, the Sherwin Williams Company, and Pittsburgh Plate Glass as a research chemist and consultant. Eric's doctoral thesis, Acidity inHydrocarbon Solvents, was published by Yonkers Press in 1935. Eric was section offi- cer and national councilor of the American Chemical Society. He was a member of the DOC, Sigma Xi, Phi Lamda Upsilon, the Masons, Acadia fraternity, was connected with the American Field Service, was a chairman of the local Community Chest in Wycoff, fund-raising chairman for the locaj town government, and a member from 1955 to 1964 of his community choir. He had a variety of interests, including mountain climbing, interior decorating, mineralogy, photography, and gardening.

In 1935 Eric married Helen Lundstrom, who survives him together with his son, Eric, and a daughter, Lee Monsdale. A brother, Frederick A. Birmingham, was a member of the class of 1933 at the College.

We are sorry to report the death of FRANCIS JOSEPH LEAHY July 26, 1986 at his home in Randolph, Mass., of a heart attack following heart surgery. He is survived by his wife, Edith, five daughters, and 11 grandchildren, to all of whom we offer the sympathy of the class.

After graduating from Tuck School in 1931 Frank worked for the U.S. Rubber Company in Connecticut, but on the death of his father he returned to Randolph to take over the family business, the Randolph Coal Company. After selling this business he went to work for Chase and Sons, Inc., in Randolph, staying with them until his retirement. He was also a director of the Randolph Cooperative Bank and the former Randolph Trust Company. He served in the Massachusetts State Guard during World War II.

Frank was preceded at Dartmouth by an uncle, Dr. Thomas E. Reilly '07, and by a cousin, John C. Reilly '29. He was also a cousin of two of 1930's staunchest members, Liz Doherty and her sister, Margaret Riley. Frank was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon and the South Shore Dartmouth Club.

STANTON W. DAVIS '30

1931

MALCOLM WHIDDEN HALL died from complications following a stroke on October 16, 1986 at the Newton-Wellesley Hospital near his home in Wellesley, Mass.

Mai entered Dartmouth from Dalton High School in Hartford, Conn., his major department having been Tuck School. During his freshman year he played both hockey and baseball.

Like many of us, his career was interrupted by World War II, during which he served in the army in the Pacific, and of which he was a disabled veteran.

In 1973 Mai retired from the vice presidency of the stock transfer division of the First National Bank of Boston, which he had joined (then the Old Colony Trust) in 1942. In 1963 he had received a diploma in the field of trusts from the Stonier Graduate School of Banking of Rutgers University.

He was a member of the Badminton and Tennis Club, of the Longwood Cricket Club, and of the American Bankers Association.

Mai was one of our stanch Dartmouth boosters. He is survived by his wife, Rita, and by a first cousin, our classmate Baxter Ball. Our sympathies go to them.

Morton Atwell Klein died June 18 at the age of 77. He came to Dartmouth from Fitchburg High School in Massachusetts and majored in economics. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega.

After graduation Mort studied at Middlebury, UNH, and at Universidad de Sevilla. From 1938 to 1947 he was with the U.S. Forest Service and the Institute of Inter-American Affairs. Included in that period was a tour of studying forest reserves in Paraguay and Haiti. Then he worked with private lumber companies until 1966, when he turned to teaching Spanish in private schools in New Hampshire and New York before residing in South Windsor, Conn.

He is survived by his wife, Jean (Hopley), and their son, and by two daughters and a son from an earlier marriage to Elizabeth (McKittrick), who predeceased him. Other survivors include two sisters, a brother, and a nephew, Morton A. Shea '56.

Many of us wish that Mort had written the book he'd planned about his adventures in Paraguay and Haiti in the war years. The class extends its sympathy to Mrs. Klein and family.

Charles Alonzo McQueeny died of emphysema on September 27, 1986 in Beverly, Mass., at the Beverly Hospital.

Charlie came to Dartmouth from Beverly High School and majored in economics. In college he was a member of Delta Upsilon and of the Players.

Soon after graduation he joined the electrical contracting firm established in 1914 by his father, became its manager in 1934, and retired from it in 1968.

Charlie maintained a continuing interest in Dartmouth, being a regular contributor to the Alumni Fund. He was active in community fraternal and civic organizations, belonging to I.o.o.F., to the Lions, and to Liberty Lodge of A.F. and A.M.

He is survived by his wife, Anna, by two daughters, and by four grandchildren.

WILLIAM FRANCIS STECK died August 27 in Wickliffe, Ohio, from congestive heart failure.

Bill came to Dartmouth from Shaker Heights High School. During his Hanover years his activities included: Phi Kappa Psi, Palaeopitus, Green Key, president of the Interfraternity Council, Phi Beta Kappa, Dragon, manager of freshman basketball, Intramural Council, the Band, and Cabin and Trail. In March 1931 he was elected class president among the permanent officers.

Bill received his L.L.B. from Harvard Law School in 1934, then began the practice of law in Cleveland in a firm whose name has since been changed to Burgess, Steck, Andrews and Stickney, from which he retired in 1985 as senior partner.

After law school he resumed lending talent and energy to Dartmouth affairs as president of the Dartmouth Club of Cleveland, class agent, 1956-60; a member of the Alumni Council, 1962-66; class newsletter editor, 1965-68; a member of the class executive committee; and by interviewing applicants for admission to the College. For such distinguished service he received Dartmouth's Alumni Award in 1972.

Bill was extremely active in community affairs such as the school and planning boards of Wickliffe and the Community Chest. In the Court of Nisi Prius of Cleveland, a lawyers' organization dedicated to the pursuit of hilarity and high drama, he was an enthusiastic member, serving in each of the organization's offices. He found time to be a member of the steering committee on gifts for Smith College, the alma mater of his wife and daughters. Music and gardening helped fill his need for relaxation.

Bill is survived by his wife, Elizabeth, daughters Margaret and Suzanne, sons William L. '59 and Peter C. '64, and ten grandchildren, including Kristen Steck '88. The class has lost one of its stalwarts.

1932

WILLIAM ELWYN BRITTEN, after a prolonged period of affliction with Parkinson's disease, died September 8, 1986 at Glen Ridge, N.J.

In college Bill played freshmen football and varsity basketball. While employed in Commons he became the friend of nearly everyone in our class. His college affiliations were as a member of Phi Gamma Delta and Casque and Gauntlett.

In 1974 he retired as president of American Graded Sand Company, where he had worked for the preceding 25 years. In later life he served as a deacon of Glen Ridge Congregational Church and a volunteer of the Glen Ridge chapter of American Red Cross.

Bill had been widowed for several years by the death of his wife, Nellie. He is survived by two daughters, Linda Gieson and Elizabeth Britten; a son, William E. Jr.; a sister, Catherine B. Houts; and a brother, Stanley H. of the class of 1935.

Bill's habit of listening with understanding while another spoke and remaining reticent at the same time as to his own accomplishments endeared him to almost everyone he ever met. We who were his friends are grateful for his life.

1933

RICHARD WADSWORTH GRAVES died of pneumonia on September 4, 1986, in a hospital in Little Rock, Ark., the city of his residence. He had suffered from poor health for some time.

Dick was born in Columbus, Ohio. He prepared for Dartmouth at Deerfield Academy. In college, he was a member of Theta Chi fraternity and received his degree as a civil engineer from Thayer School in 1935.

Though he was graduated as a civil engineer, that profession was not in demand during the depression years. Dick gravitated into sales, particularly women's ready-to-wear clothing, and he remained a salesman in that field during his business career.

He was active also in his church, as a director of acolytes, with the Boy Scout troops, in his home communities, and as a volunteer fireman.

Dick is survived by his wife, Edith, and by five children, one of them his adopted stepchild.

1934

HOMER THEODORE GREGORY died of lung cancer at Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital on November 5, 1986 after a short illness. He had been a resident of Norwich, Vt., since his retirement.

Berlin, N.H., was where Ted had grown up, and he entered Dartmouth as a graduate of Tabor Academy. As a freshman he was on the business board of the Green Book. He played soccer, was a member of Zeta Psi, and was always part of the Glee Club. He was an English major, went on to Yale for his M.A., and then began a career that had several major shifts. He started in education (teaching at Vermont Academy), shifted to business (Phoenix Fire Insurance and Essex Boat Company), then back to education at the U.S. Military Academy Prep School, at Quinnipiac College, and at New Haven schools.

After another period in business he ended up teaching at Branford, Conn., where he had lived for many years. His teaching areas were English, remedial English, and economic geography. He was fond of sports, such as tennis and hiking, and had said he was so glad that through all the shifts he had stayed in new England.

Ted is survived by his wife, Betty (Hitchcock); by his five children, Theodore, Ann, Floyd, Diana, and Mark; and seven grandchildren.

ALAN EVERETT HEWITT died November 5, 1986, in New York, of a brain tumor. Alan's life was in, of, and for the theater. He was in practically every Players production during his four years at Dartmouth. Over 50 years, he appeared with such memorables as Ruth Gordon, Ethel Merman, Fredric March, Audrey Hepburn, and the Lunts, with whom he was a lifelong friend and confidant. He was in countless radio serials, on some of TV's more notable soaps, and in 17 films during his 11 years in Hollywood.

Alan was also involved with the business of show business. He was a council member of Actors Equity and on the executiveicommittee of the Actors Fund, becoming its chairman in 1981. He was an expert on theater history and the performing arts. His article for our 40th reunion yearbook spilled over with lists of performances, dates, playwrights, composers and bands, as did his account at the panel discussion at our 50th. He recorded more than 200 books for the blind.

At Dartmouth, Alan was an English major and on the editorial board of the Jack-O. He gave generously of his time and treasure to the College and served on the executive committee of the Friends of the Dartmouth Library, 1970-79. From 1942-45 he was in the Armed Forces Radio Service. He is survived by his mother and by his brother Robert (Bud) '40.

In 1949 Alan created the role of Howard Wagner in Death of a Salesman. Arthur Miller wrote him recently, "I've thought of you many times, when casting the play, especially. Yours is the image which I suppose I will always keep as Howard .... Isn't it odd, Alan, that at a certain point theatrical experiences loom more vividly in the mind than 'real' life?" A fitting epitaph for our departed classmate.

BILL SCHERMAN '34

GORDON ROCKWELL HUNTER died on September 7, 1986 in Freeport, Ill., after a four months' fight against cancer.

Freeport was Gord's hometown. At Dartmouth he was member of Phi Kappa Sigma and a political science major. After law school at the University of Illinois he returned to Freeport in 1940 and joined his father's law firm. During the war he served with army's O.S.S. in the China-India area, ending in Shanghai with the rank of technical sergeant. He returned again to Freeport to continue his law career and at the end was partner of Snow, Hunter, Whiton, and Fishburn.

Very active in community affairs, Gord was a trustee of the University of Dubuque, the First National Bank, and his church, and he had led three fund drives for the YWCA. Hunting and fishing were his lifetime interests. Gord and his wife, Jane, were at our 50th.

In addition to Jane, he is survived by his brother, David; by his three married daughters, Judy, Jerry, and Mary Lou; and by seven grandchildren.

From Washington comes word that EDWARD INGLIS, lieutenant colonel retired, died of cancer on August 17, 1986 at the National Hospital. His home was in Arlington, Va. He had retired from the army in 1962 after 20 years of service and then worked with 1.8.M. as a military systems analyst until retiring in 1978.

Tim came to Dartmouth with that outstanding Horace Mann '34 delegation of 14. He was a member of Phi Delt and majored in psychology. Our senior year he was handball singles champion. After graduation he spent a year at Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and then went to Princeton for more graduate study on a James T. Walker Fellowship. After working with Western Union and other firms he joined the army in 1941 and found his niche. His army service involved assignments in France, Germany, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Iran, North Africa, to name a few, so Tim and his family had experience adjusting to new environments.

After 1962 he became consultant for a research firm working on war games and then went with I.B.M. Tim is survived by his wife, Marjorie, and their six children: Andrea, Jonathan, Patricia, Michael, Brian, and Timothy.

1935

MEYER WILLIAM FEINGOLD passed away on September 28, 1986. Bill had suffered a massive heart attack two years ago.

He leaves his wife, Adele, and three daughters, the youngest of whom, Virginia, was one of the first eight women to spend her junior year at Dartmouth.

Bill and his wife were living in Greenwich at the time of his death but he was a complete New Yorker. He came to college from Central Park South, moved to Rye, then Scarsdale - both very short commuting trips - then much later across the state line to Greenwich.

His work was in the commodity market, where he spent most of his time as a coffee merchant. He reported on many trips to South America that his job necessitated. He enjoyed sailing on Long Island Sound and also tennis and golf.

Bill served in the navy during the war as a navigator on an attack transport, advancing to lieutenant's rank before he left in 1946.

Our thanks to Ed Reich for relaying this sad news. Adele apparently called him early in October.

Our sympathy to Adele and their daughters. It was sad to see this handsome big guy so quiet and fragile at our 50th. You knew something had happened.

Dr. JOHN FIGGIS JEWETT died October 11, 1986 at the Newton-Wellesley Hospital after a brief illness.

John's own summary, in 1965, of his work reads "Physician-Obstetrician and Gynecologist — private practice and parttime teaching at Harvard Medical School."

This is a modest summary for a brilliant career that started in 1946. After receiving his M.D. from Harvard in 1938 he served as intern and surgical resident at the Pennsylvania Hospital until 1941. He then joined the army, where he served with General Patton for three years. He married Jean Thom and completed his training at Boston Lying-in Hospital and the Free Hospital for Women. He became a teaching fellow at Harvard in gynecology, then an assistant in obstetrics, ending up as clinical professor in obstetrics and gynecology at Harvard in 1980. In between he was assistant surgeon, later senior obstetrician at city and area hospitals.

He served on many committees, both state and national, and found time to teach at city hospitals as well as at Harvard. He lectured at medical schools all over the country, from Vermont to Texas.

Writings in technical journals, written alone or with others, started in 1947 and continued until recently.

John was born in Brooklyn, attended Brooklyn Polytechnic, then went on to Boston and stayed there. That he lived "a useful life" is almost an understatement. It was a noble life in its contribution to maternal welfare.

John is survived by his wife, Jean; two sons, John F. Jewett Jr. '68 and Paul Monteith; and a daughter, Martha Kay.

John Wallace and Doug Ley represented the class at memorial services on October 15.

We regret to report the death of Dr. NATHAN LOUIS LIPPMAN of a heart attack on October 3, 1986 in Ventnor, N.J.

"Bud," as we remember him, came to college from Atlantic City. Ventnor is a suburb.

He graduated from Thomas Jefferson Medical College in 1939. His practice was in general medicine but he also served as medical director for the Hebrew Old Age Center and the Madison Retirement House, and he was on the staff of the Atlantic City Medical Center.

Bud leaves his wife, the former Florence Berkowitz (Berky); a daughter, Susan; and two sons, Ted and Sam. Ted graduated from Dartmouth in 1972. Bud's brother, Richard, also graduated from our College in 1942.

He entered the army in early 1940 and came out in 1945 as a lieutenant colonel. He was active in Jewish charities and old-age organizations. He was also a member of county, state, and national medical associations.

We send our sympathy to his wife and family. Bud was a delightful "low-key guy." Atlantic City, the medical fraternity, and the class of 1935 have also lost a valuable friend.

1936

The class was saddened this fall to learn of the death of ROBERT GIBSON CHAFFEE October 1, 1986. Bob entered Dartmouth from the Pawling School, was a senior fellow in the field of zoology, a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and president of the scientific fraternity of Zeta Alpha Phi. From Dartmouth he earned his master's at the University of Pennsylvania and his doctorate at Columbia University in 1952.

In 1936 he became a staff member of the paleontology department of the American Museum of Natural History in New York and in 1938 of the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia.

After military service with the navy in the Pacific, largely in photo interpretation and mapmaking, he returned to Hanover to become curator of geology and paleontology and in 1968 the director of the Dartmouth College Museum.

In 1974 he and his wife, Dorcas, with much help from the College and his classmates, founded the Montshire Museum, which has grown to be "a living memonal to him and his vision - the Montshire is now a vibrant, active 'more-than-a-mu- seum' for young and old."

Besides his wife, Bob leaves two sons, Jonathan K. of West Lebanon, N.H., and Daniel D. of Newton, Mass.; three daughters, Jennifer Pears of Richmond, Va., Deborah Chaffee of Montpelier, Vt., and Sara Chaffee (DMS '80) of Durham, N.C.; seven grandchildren; a sister, Frances Lewis of Curtis, Mich., and a brother, Newman K. of Alton Bay, N.H.

In recognition of Bob's great pride in the Montshire Museum's collections and his special concern for their preservation and expansion, memorial contributions may be made to the Collections Endowment Fund of the Montshire Museum of Science, 45 Lyme Road, Hanover, NH 03755

RUDOLPH RAYMOND DORSEY died September 17, 1986 in Oceanside, Calif., where he had lived since 1974. He suffered from arteriosclerosis and had lived in a convalescent home for the past six months.

Ray came to Dartmouth from the Shaker Heights (Ohio) High School, majored in English, and was a member of Alpha Sigma Phi. He went on for his master's at Columbia Graduate School of Journalism.

His entire career was spent with the Cleveland Plain Dealer, where he served as general assignment reporter, city hall reporter, political editor, editorial writer, and as editor of the newspaper's editorial pages.

He was a member of the American Society of Newspaper Editors and was active in the American Cancer Society.

After open-heart surgery in 1973, he and his wife, Bettie, moved to California, where he recovered sufficiently to enjoy a daily swim in the ocean, into which his ashes will be scattered. Bettie plans to establish the Ray Dorsey Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 4066, Oceanside, CA 92056.

Ray is also survived by a . son, Michael, of Boulder, Colo., and his mother, Marjorie Horgan of Lakewood, Ohio.

WILSON JOSEPH FERGUSON, "Fergie" to his classmates, died of cardio-respiratory arrest in Roswell, Ga., September 2, 1986. Fergie came to Dartmouth from the Smith-Cotton High School of Sedalia, Mo., and went right to work making our mealtime at Freshman Commons more enjoyable as he performed with the Commons Orchestra. He majored in chemistry-zoology, was a member of Dragon and Phi Delta Theta, and served on the Interfraternity Council.

From premed Fergie went on to Washington University Medical School in St. Louis. During World War II he was chief of surgery with an army hospital in Puerto Rico and reached the rank of major. He went on to receive a master's degree in surgery from the Mayo Clinic in 1948.

Following in the footsteps of his father, who was a prominent physician in Sedalia, Fergie then set up practice of general surgery at the Missouri Delta Community Hospital in Sikeston, Mo. In 1959 he opened the Ferguson Clinic for the practice of group medicine.

In 1972 he became medical director of the General Motors Company Hospital in Doraville, Ga. While there he ensured that the plant used "state-of-the-art" medical concepts and equipment. He also helped implement a General Motors and United Aiito Workers assistance program for employees with drug and alcohol abuse problems.

Fergie belonged to the A.M.A., the Missouri State Medical Society, the American College of Surgeons, and Missouri Medical Services. From his last post he belonged to the Medical Association of Georgia and Atlanta.

Besides his wife, Montez (Baker), he also leaves a son, Dr. W. Joseph Ferguson Jr.' 72 of South Boston, Va.; two daughters, Linda Martin of Columbia, S.C., and Judy Thorn of Roswell, Ga.; and four grandchildren; to all of whom the class extends sincere sympathy.

We have just recently learned of the death December 22, 1985 of LIVINGSTONPOLK FERRIS 11. Liv came to Dartmouth from the Northwood School in Upper Montclair, N.J. As an undergraduate Liv majored in mathematics, participated in the band, the German Club, and the winter sports team. He was also a member of Phi Delta Theta. He went on the the University of Colorado for a' master's degree in chemistry.

After serving with the quartermaster corps as a chemist, in 1952 he joined the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant of Dow Chemical in Golden, Colo. He was a member of the American Chemical Society.

Livy leaves his wife, Yvonne, a son, Livingston Polk Ferris III; two daughters, Ann Beazley and Peggy Cayton; and five grandchildren; to all of whom the class sends sincere sympathy.

FRED ALLEN WILLIAMS of Binghamton, N.Y., and Bar Harbor Island, Fla., died suddenly May 4, 1986. Al came to Dartmouth from the Middletown (N.Y.) High School, majored in economics, and was a member of Theta Chi.

From Dartmouth Al went on to the Harvard Business School and then returned to his lifetime occupation with Fair Play Caramels, Inc. At the time of his death he was chairman of the board.

He is survived by his wife, Gisela (Griess), whom he married in 1968, two sons, F. Allen Williams Jr. and Ronald B. Williams, and five grandchildren, to all of whom the class sends sincerest sympathy.

1937

JAMES HARRISON GRAY died September 19, 1986, in the New England Medical Center of a heart attack while recuperating from vascular bypass surgery on his left leg. He was born a New Englander, coming to college from Classical High School in Longmeadow, Mass. He was a Phi Sigma Kappa and graduated Phi Beta Kappa. He went on for more education at the University of Heidelberg in Germany. Jim enlisted in the army, spending time at Fort Benning, Ga., as an airborne infantry officer and seeing combat in Sicily and Europe. After the war he settled in Athens, Ga., where he built a media-based fortune.

Jim was editor and publisher of the Albany Herald. He had been mayor of Athens since 1973, and he served two terms as chairman of the Georgia Democratic Party. He ran unsuccessfully for governor in 1966 against Jimmy Carter and Lester Maddox. When Carter ran for president, Jim endorsed Gerald Ford. Jim purchased the Albany Herald in 1946, later establishing Gray Communications Systems, three TV stations, Gray Transportation Company, Gray Air Service, and Gray Distribution Service. More recently he formed the Gray Real Estate and Development Company, Inc. to raze a run-down downtown block for a modern hotel and office complex using his own money. He was an avid baseball fan. In 1984 he, with three New England business men, made an unsuccessful attempt to buy the Boston Red Sox.

Governor George Busee said, "Jim was an articulate speaker, brilliant writer, a generous man, and a strong leader. His contribution to Albany and southwest Georgia Will be felt for generations to come."

He leaves his wife, Clair; two sons, James Jr. and Geoffrey; and a daughter, Constance Greene.

1938

DONALD BUCHANAN DEPUEY died July 8, 1986, in the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit after a series of strokes. He was buried in the Lakeside Cemetary in his hometown, Port Huron, Mich.

Don prepared for college at Mercersberg Academy and attended Westminster College before coming to Dartmouth. He roomed with Art Shaw in 10 Topliff his first year and lived in 107 Topliff after that.

During the war he served with the 247 th Field Artillery Battalion in England and France as a captain and remained in the active reserve for many years.

His entire business career was spent in banking, with the Peoples Bank of Port Huron and the State Bank of Croswell. Don was a member of the First Congregational Church of Port Huron and a life member of the B.P.0.E.

He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Johnston DePuey; a daughter, Suzanne; a son, Donald S., and daughter-in-law, Sharon; and two grandchildren, Brian Stewart and Andrea Kristine.

He enjoyed his family and his home overlooking the waters of Lake Huron.

JOHN R. SCOTFORD JR. '38

FRED STANLEY SIBLEY died July 8, 1986, while vacationing in Ruidiso, N.M. Fred prepared for Dartmouth at Winthrop High School in Winthrop, Mass. He lived in room 5 Topliff Hall as a freshman, then in 407 Streeter, and at the Phi Sigma Kappa house after that. He was an economics major, on the Interfraternity Council, and president of his fraternity.

He began his career in the life insurance field when he became a manager with the Travelers Insurance Company in Hartford, Conn. During the war he served as a lieutenant senior grade on a ship which took part in the D-Day invasion of France and then saw action in the Mediterranean.

He returned to the Travelers, then joined the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company in Los Angeles, becoming superintendent of agencies. Returning to the East in 1956, he served as vice president and director of sales for the Hartford Life Insurance Company in Boston. The West called again, and Fred took a similar position with the Pioneer American Insurance Company in Fort Worth, Tex., becoming president and building its area from 12 states to 34 states. The company was sold at the time of his retirement in 1979 for 15 times its 1969 value.

Fred was past president and memoer of the board of directors of the Ridglea Country Club and a director of the Republic Bank-Ridglea.

His hobbies were reading, golf, and gardening.

He married Margaret A. Walsh of Indianapolis, Ind., in 1957. She survives him, as do his two sons, David S. and Duncan.

J.R.S. JR.

NICHAEL FRANCIS SULLIVAN died October 12, 1986, in Nashville, Tenn.

Mike entered Dartmouth from Lawrence High School in Lawrence, Mass. An English major, he was a member of Le Circle Francais, and manager of freshman hockey.

He served in the war as an artillery captain seeing action in France, Belgium, Luxemberg, Holland, and Germany. Mike was awarded the Silver Star in 1945. His citation read in part: "... for gallantry in action on February 25, 1945, at Gurzenich, Germany. When enemy aircraft dropped antipersonnel bombs on the area and lighted ammunition dumps, several of Captain Sullivan's men Were wounded. With complete disregard for personal safety, Captain Sullivan advanced into the open area and aided the injured men. Acting calmly and efficiently, he resumed his all-night firing mission, had the fire extinguished and evacuated the casualties."

When peace came Mike continued to un- selfishly help those in his charge by becom- ing a psychiatric social worker for the Veterans Administration, in which he spent his entire professional career. In 1963 he was given the Nairne Memorial Award for his outstanding professional contributions in that field. He served as president of the state chapter of the N. A.S.W. and president of the Tennessee Conference on Social Welfare! He was a national authority on dialysis patients.

A concerned citizen on civil rights issues, he worked to integrate lunchrooms in Nashville and helped organize an affiliate of the Urban League there in 1968.

His major hobby was bridge, in which he was a life master.

He is survived by his wife, Dorothy; his children, Alice, Louise, David, and Mary; five grandchildren; and two Dartmouth brothers, Richard '28 and John '36.

The class of 1938 is honored to have had Mike as a member.

J.R.S. Jr

1940

THEODORE R. ELLSWORTH died at his home in Dubuque, lowa, on September 30, 1986. He was 68. Fly the flag at half mast and sound taps an American soldier has passed away. Ted's wife, Barbara, and their five children were with him at the time and this must have comforted him.

Ted was an adventurous, outstanding companion, a loyal American, and above all a good family man who never lost his zest for life. He transferred to Dartmouth from lowa at the start of our sophomore year, joined Zeta Psi, became sports editor of the Dartmouth, and was elected to Sphinx.

Along with other friends, he joined the British army before Pearl Harbor. He saw action in North Africa with the Kings Royal Rifles. Later he transferred to the U.S. Army under George Patton. He was a rifle company commander when captured at Metz. Later, he escaped from the German prison camp and walked , out of Europe to Odessa. He was recommended for the Congressional Medal of Honor and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.

After the war, Ted returned to Dubuque, serving two terms in the lowa state legislature before devoting full time to his insurance business.

A eulogy was given by his classmate and friend, Tom Braden. Ellsworth was given a military funeral and was buried in his 1940 senior jacket. The class has lost an outstanding member, one who enriched the lives of all who knew him.

BILL BUMSTED '40

BUFORD MARINE HAYDEN died on October 11,1986 at the National Institutes of Health. He was 68.

We remember the mysterious "800 Hayden Day" from our undergraduate years, along with his many activities on campus. Those of us who attended the 45th will remember 800, looking not that much older, engaging in a bit of delightful dialogue with his grandson, William 8., who was singing with the Aires in our class tent. And I particularly remember that same grandson dedicating the Aires' singing of "Dartmouth Undying" to 800 during the Baltimore gathering prior to the Annapolis game this year.

800 went to Thayer after graduation, where he earned a master's in civil engineering. Then he entered the navy for World War II, after which he went into the Montgomery Country (Md.) planning commission. After a few years with a private land consulting firm, 800 formed his own company, Hayden and Benning, in 1963, working on the development of such projects as Rossmor Leisure World. He joined the firm of Greenhorne and O'Mara in 1973, retiring in 1980.

After his retirement, 800 applied his skills to the first home to be constructed by Habitat for Humanity. He became active in the capital area community food bank and was its treasurer from 1982 on. A memorial fund has been established in his name to be used for programs dealing with hunger and housing and church development in Montgomery County.

800 was a ruling elder at the Bradley Hill Presbyterian Church in Bethesda and a member of the National Capital Presbytery. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth; a son, Navy Captain William B. '66; two daughters, Katherine Williams and Holly Woltz; and four grandchildren.

STEPHEN WESTLAKE GRAYDON died on September 5, 1986. He was living in Thousand Oaks, Calif., at the time of his death.

Stephen Graydon worked on the DailyDartmouth and was a member of the Chi Phi fraternity and Green Key. After graduation, he went on to Tuck School, receiving his M.C.S. in 1941.

After college, Steve went into the U.S. Navy, serving from 1941 through 1943. From there he went to work for the Statler Hotel Corporation until 1948.

In 1948 Steve went to California, joining the DuPar restaurants. He continued in the restaurant and hotel business through 198 .

Stephen left no survivors.

1941

To the roll of the departed, class of 1941, a name to be added is that of HENRY THURSTON HILLARD, whose date of death was October 6, 1986.

A Long Islander for much of his life, Butch was active in the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Long Island from 1951 to 1961. As an undergraduate, Butch majored in history and was a member of Sigma Nu.

Alumni records disclose no information about Butch's career, but he was retired and living in Brooksville, Fla., at the time of his death from respiratory failure. Divorced from the former Mary Bohlin, Butch's listed next-of-kin is his daughter, Ann Lilly, of Baltimore, Md. Other daughters are Martha Hillard of Kew Gardens, N. Y., and Pamela Neale of Costa Mesa, Calif.

Butch Hillard will be remembered, as are all of his deceased classmates, by a memorial book given to the Dartmouth College Library.

1943

JOHN EDWARD LEENE died unexpectedly of a heart seizure October 18, 1986 at his home in Rochester, N.Y. He was 64.

He was vice president of a large Rochester insurance agency into which he merged his own agency, Leene-White, in 1982. He had intended to retire in April.

Ed served in the Army Air Corps during World War II and with the U.S. Air Force in Korea in 1950-1951. After World War II and after his service in Korea he worked for the J.C. Penney Company, leaving to form his own insurance agency in 1953.

He was a Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter and was president of the Rochester chapter of that organization. He also was president of the Monroe County Independent Insurance Agents.

During the 19505, Ed served successively as treasurer, vice president, and president of the Dartmouth Club of Rochester. And for ten years he was cochairman of the club's enrollment committee.

He was active in Dartmouth Alumni Fund drives and was an assistant class agent in 1986. He also attended four Alumni College sessions.

As an undergraduate Ed was a member of Gamma Delta Chi fraternity, played freshman football, sang in the Glee Club, and was a member of the freshman crew.

He leaves his wife, Norma, and two children, Richard, 28, and Martha, 26.

1944

JOHN LIPPITT BECKWITH, 65, died October 13, 1986, of a massive heart attack at his home in East Greenwich, R. I. For the past six years he had been rehabilitative services administrator at the Rhode Island Medical Center at Cranston.

Jack came to Hanover from Moses Brown Preparatory School, and at Dartmouth he was a member of Gamma Chi fraternity. He served three years in the navy during World War II and received his master's degree in hospital administration from the University of Minnesota in 1950.

Before assuming his post at the R. I. Medical Center, he was chief executive officer at Wentworth Douglas Hospital, Dover, N. H., and previously held the same position at Community Medical Center, Scranton, Pa. Earlier, he was assistant director at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, New London, Conn.

He was a member of the East Greenwich Republican Town Committee, the Planning Committee for the East Greenwich Fire District, and the Whirlaways, an East Greenwich square dance group. He was a life member of the American Hospital Association and a fellow of the American College of Hospital Administration.

Jack is survived by his wife, Nancy, four daughters, a son, four grandchildren, his mother, and a sister.

DAVID JAMES BLAIR III died in May 1985 after a long struggle with cancer. At the time of his death, he and his wife were living in Newmarket, N. H.

Dave came to Dartmouth from Medford, Mass., and he was active freshman year in track, cross-country, and golf. He left college shortly after Pearl Harbor and served five years in the U. S. Army, with several years in the Pacific theater. He got his degree after the war and embarked on a career as a teacher-coach, first in high schools in New Hampshire and Troy, N. Y., and then he became director of student activities at Hudson Valley (N. Y.) Community College, and subsequently a guidance counselor.

In 1973, he left education to found his own contracting business, first in the Troy area and then Houston, Tex. The Blairs returned to New Hampshire in 1982, when Dave's health problems began.

An avid golfer all his life, Dave was active in a variety of golf tournaments. He was also a member of Rotary, Lions Club, Junior Chamber of Commerce, Boy Scouts, and Little League. He is survived by his wife, Mary, three daughters and a son, and two grandchildren.

1945

ROBERT EDSON FARREL, of Sugar Hill, N.H., died in July 1986 of Huntington's disease.

He grew up in Guilford, Conn., and graduated from the Westminster School before going on to Dartmouth. During World War II he served four years with the United States Coast Guard.

Bob's business career involved investments, including a position in the Trust Department of the Union and New Hampshire Trust Company. He spent his winters in Miami Beach, Fla., and his summers in Franconia, N.H., before retiring to Sugar Hill, N.H. Survivors include his wife, Joan.

WILLIAM THOMPSON ASHTON of Roberts Lane, Saratoga Springs, N.Y., died on September 18, 1986, at the Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, N.Y., following a brief illness.

He graduated from Deerfield Academy and went on to Dartmouth, where he graduated in 1945. During World War II he was a U.S. Navy pilot. He was a lifelong resident of the Saratoga area and president of the Ashton Companies. . ,

Tom was a director of the Adirondack Trust Company, a member of the board of managers of the Saratoga Hospital, president of the chamber of commerce, president of Saratoga Lions Club, president of the Saratoga Polo and Golf Club, and was a driving force and first president of Saratoga Hotel Corporation.

He was a local chairman of the 1961 Skidmore College Development Fund, president of the Saratoga Bowl, district enrollment chairman for Dartmouth College, a member of the Pillar Society of Saratoga Springs, a member of the Glens Falls Country Club, and was one of the men responsible for the exclusive 24-day racing meet in Saratoga.

Tom was also commissioner of the New York State Racing Commission from 1973 to 1981, a member of the Capitol District Planning Board, and worked on the Saratoga Springs Charter Revision Committee.

Suvivors include his wife, Jane; two sons, William T. Ashton Jr. '71, of Woodside Calif., and Robert S. Ashton '73, of Waterville Valley, N.H.; one daughter, Mrs. William (Barbara) Carey, of Boxford, Mass.; one sister, Elizabeth Filmore, of Syracuse, N.Y.; six grandchildren; and several neices and nephews. Our class extends its sympathy to all members of his family.

1948

Louis NORBERT PERRY died of a heart attack December 2, 1985.

Lou graduated from St. Michael's High in Union City, N.J., in 1943. He was immediately inducted into the navy for V-12 training at Cornell over the period of July 1943 to February 1944. In March of 1944 Lou first saw Hanover on his transfer to the navy unit at Dartmouth, prior to tours of duty on LCl's and LST's in the Pacific. At the end of the war his vessel was instrumental in evacuating a wartime prison camp occupied by British civilians in China. At the time at age 20 Lou was one of the youngest officers in the U.S. Navy.

By fall of 1946 Lou was back at Dartmouth. He was active on campus, lived mostly in New Hampshire Hall, where he had many friends, was a member of the Outing Club, and majored in economics.

After Dartmouth and graduate work at N.Y.U. Lou pursued a career in finance. Among the firms he served were Irving Trust, 1.8.M., and Associates Corporation of North America. At his death he was a vice president with the Financial Corporation of America in Manhattan.

Lou's other activities were as important to him as his work. He was a wildlife conservationist and supporter of Ducks Unlimited; an official artist of the U.S. Coast Guard (he did not begin to paint until his forties); his works were exhibited at the Seaman's Institute in New York; he was an avid deep-sea fisherman; and he served his class of 1948 as Alumni Fund head agent, class agent, and treasurer.

Lou was a constructive doer throughout his life. He had been married but had no children. He is survived by three brothers.

1951

MYRON J. CONWAY JR. died of cancer at his home in Point Reyes Station, Calif., on August 1, 1985. He is survived by his wife, Harriet, and his brother, John '54.

Mike's life was something of an odyssey: at college, Mike was active in the Camera Club, the Handel Society, and the DOC. In his senior year he entered Tuck School, taking his M.B. A. in 1952; thereafter, he went to Clemson, where he studied engineering, and then to Ohio, where he worked as a ceramics research engineer in Zanesville during the late fifties. Upon developing physical illness at this time, Mike decided to rethink things and went to live in San Francisco, where he was active during the sixties with a group which made and gave away thousands of pounds of bread. Later he went to Washington University for a degree in education and returned to California to begin a teaching career.

His brother, John, reports that Mike wrote poetry most of his life. The result is The Odyssey Singer, published after his death. Perhaps Mike's own words "About the Author" for his book best describe his positive outlook in the later part of his life: Michael Conway is one of the personae of a man who lives in the west of Marin Country. He taught school in that area for about 25 years. Subject integration being one of his strong commitments, he was innovative in many areas: math, art, literature, science, social studies, multi-media, computers. He taught art to math students and math to art students and music appreciation to both.

A copy of Mike's book of poems has been sent to Baker Library.

1961

WILLIAM WALTER LEVEEN JR. was one of the few who had the guts to quit what he referred to as "the rat race" and do something because it looked like fun.

After Dartmouth, Bill went into a family business, Carleton Woolen Mills, where he sold textiles (except for his active duty in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve). In 1968 it was on to the whirlwind of business in New York first with Merrill Lynch, then with White Weld and Company.

Bill gradually realized ire wasn't happy in that world of business. He was drawn to a different world, one outdoors, one on the tugboats in New York harbor, a job that seemed at once exotic and exciting, glamourous and mundane.

As he described it in Reflections (our 25th reunion yearbook), "It took me a year to realize that there must be a better way to earn a living. Office life was becoming a bore!

"Nineteen Seventy-four arrived, and I had no doubts that I was not going to continue in the rat race much longer. Tugboats appeared each day through my office window and in them I found my salvation! I quit my job, threw away my business suits and became a deck hand on a harbor tug for Moran Towing and Transportation Company. After four years, I sat for a coast guard license and I am presently a captain and mate on a tugboat. Wealth has escaped me but happiness has not."

Unfortunately, Bill got only 12 years to enjoy that new career. He died of a heart attack on September 18, 1986.

Bill's father and namesake and his brother, Jeffrey, attended the College. His daughter Julie is a member of the class of '87.

He is survived by his wife, Michele, and daughters Julie, Lauren, and Jennifer.