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.)

George E. Paine '16, February 13Everett W. Moxon '19, February 21John A. Collom '20, April 18, 1985Arthur R. Smith '25, February 21John P. St. Clair '26, February 19Ernst J. Jeffrey '30, March 15Delcie D. Bean Jr. '31, February 22Samuel H. Englander '32, February 5Laurence H. Robinson '32, February 1Norman W. Erlandson '33, February 4Vernon W. McKaine '33, March 16Henry H. McKee '33, March 3Karl M. Dollak '35, December 20, 1986Owen Fairweather '35, March 9Colson H. Hillier '35, February 26Herbert E. Knowles '35, March 1Harrison W. Libbey '35, January 2Elmer H. Cook Jr. '36, 1986William S. Dietz '36, March 1Jack R. Hannaford '36, February 9Joseph M. Jayne '36, February 20Herbert S. French '34, February 23John W. Huck '38, March 3 James H. Todd '38, February 13Robert J. Willheim '39, February 25Ernest H. Giusti '43, February 21Royal D. Alworth Jr. '44, March 4John J. Curley '47, August 26, 1986David L. Shaffer '56, February 4Melvin Boozer '67, March 3

1916

RALPH BERTRAND MENDALL, of Middleboro, Mass., died December 21, 1986.

At Dartmouth Mendy played baseball and was a member of Sigma Nu. He left college after two years and went to work for the George E. Keith Company, manufacturers of Walk-Over shoes, in 1915. He continued with that company for 36 years, 30 of which he was a traveling salesmen. He then worked for the post office and was a teller at the Middleborough Trust Company, where he worked for 15 years before retiring at age 75.

During World War I he served in the army. He was discharged as a first lieutenant in 1918.

Mendy was an active member of the Central Methodist Church of Middleboro, was a life member of the Simeon L. Nickerson Post #64 American Legion, Masonic Lodge of Middleboro, the Scottish Rite Bodies in Albany, N.Y., and the Aleppo Shrine in Boston.

Mendy's wife, Marjorie, and two sons, Ralph Jr. and C. Trafton, predeceased him. He is survived by his daughters, Marguerite Wixon, Jeanne Kauffman, and Anita Kauffman.

GEORGE EDWARD PAINE died February 13 at his home in Hutchinson, Kans., where he had been a general practitioner for more than 50 years. He was 92.

He was born in Lakeport, N.H. At Dartmouth he studied for Thayer School but later went to the Medical School and then to Northwestern, where he got his M.D. During World War I he joined the Army Medical Corps and served at Mercy Hospital in Chicago. In 1920 he married Eleanor Weed and moved to Hutchinson, Kans. There he joined two other doctors in organizing the first group clinic in Kansas.

During his years in Hutchinson he was a director of the Hutchinson National Bank and Trust Company, the Great American Life Insurance Company, .a member of Grace Episcopal Church, the Hutchinson Masonic Lodge and the Reno Historical Society. He was a great reader and built up a library of medical and other texts.

His survivors include his widow, Frances S. Paine, whom he married in 1959 after the death of his first wife, a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth P. Dufek, two stepsons and many grandchildren.

J.D. Little '16

1919

EVERETT WARREN MOXON died on February 21 in Andover, Mass., after a long illness. He had moved to Andover several years ago to be near his daughter.

Everett came to Dartmouth from Dorchester and played baseball. During World War I he served in France with the Army Engineers. After the war he returned to college and graduated from the Tuck School.

After several years with an accounting firm he joined the Kendall Company and was with them 33 years until retirement in 1961. At that time he moved from Walpole to Falmouth.

He was a corporator and trustee of the South Weymouth Savings Bank and was active in Masonic circles.

He leaves his wife, Alice; a daughter, Dorothy Sherrerd; three grandchildren; and his cousin Nichol M. Sandoe '19. A brother, Benjamin H. Moxon '16, predeceased him.

1922

ROBERT MANSON DEWEY, son of Dr. Charles S. Dewey, Dartmouth 1881, died December 5, 1986. He had been living in Florida.

As an undergraduate Bob played the cello in the College orchestra and the dramatic association orchestra. He was a member of the Christian Union Cabinet and Theta Chi fraternity. He majored in math, received his B.S. degree in 1922 and a year later his civil engineering degree from Thayer School.

He began his fire and casualty insurance career in 1923 as a fire inspector with the New York Reciprocal Underwriters, later representing the organization in San Francisco and Philadelphia before returning to New York, where he became executive vice president. In 1955 he joined the Kemper Insurance Group in Chicago and managed the company branch in Rio de Janeiro, 1958-1961, when he returned to Chicago and was vice president before his retirement in 1966. He had also served as a director of various fire and casualty insurance companies.

He belonged to the National Fire Protection Association, the Society of Fire Prevention Engineering and the Dartmouth Society of Engineers.

While in Rio de Janeiro he was secretary of its Dartmouth Alumni Club.

Bob's wife, Lea, prior to their marriage two years ago, was the widow of '22 classmate George E. Shattuck. She; Bob's sons, Robert Jr. and Peter; daughters, Jeanne Hart and Virginia Todd; 11 grandchildren, including Robert M. Dewey III '81; and five great-grandchildren are the survivors.

CHARLES ALDEN VOSE, 86, prominent Southwestern banker, died December 10, 1986 in Oklahoma City.

Chuck, as classmates knew him, had his lifelong banking career in Oklahoma City. In the early 1920's he began with the American National Bank. He became vice president of the First National Bank and Trust Company in 1929, president in 1947 and 12 years later, chairman of the board until he retired in 1985. Our departed classmate, Kent Hayes, who was Chuck's brother-inlaw, was also a vice president of First National Bank and Trust for many years.

"The Voses were considered a dynasty in the Oklahoma world of business and finance ... the bank was long considered the state's financial Rock of Gibraltar." (NewYork Times, April 29, 1986).

Chuck's other affiliations included the presidency of Southwestern Cotton Oil Company and board memberships in Champlin Oil and Refining Company, American First Title and Trust Company, and American Mortgage and Trust ComPany.

He served the community as a director of the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce, the United Fund, and Oklahoma Industries, Inc. He was on the executive committee of the Oklahama Independent College Foundation, Inc., St. Anthony Hospital, and the University of Oklahoma Foundation.

Chuck was also a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral, Phi Delta Theta, the Masonic Lodge, Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club, and the Beacon and the Tower Clubs.

His wife, Margaret, their daughters, Virginia and Martha, and son, Charles Jr., are his survivors.

1941

LAWRENCE CAMPBELL BALES died December 25,1986 following a long illness, at Huggins Hospital in Wolfeboro, N.H. Larry attended Dartmouth for only a year and a half before serving in the then U.S. Army Air Corps for three years. Post-World War 11, he worked in the Boston area as an offset printer, finished up his undergraduate education at Fitchburg State College, and taught printing in high school.

Larry's vocational interests included sailing, skiing, and singing, the last leading to his membership in the Society for the Preservation of Barbership Quartet Singing, among other choral groups. After living for many years in Reading and Needham, Mass., Larry and his wife, the former Barbara Jasper, moved in 1983 to Center Tuftonboro, N.H. Barbara survives her husband, as do their sons, Stanley and Christopher.

The connection of Larry Bales to the class of 1941 will be memorialized by a class gift to the Dartmouth College Library.

1944

VINTON WESLEY MITCHELL JR. died of cancer December 30, 1986 at his home in Westport, Conn. He was 63 and had retired in 1980.

He came to Dartmouth from Westport. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II and received his M.S. from Tuck School after the war. Vin spent much of his life overseas. From 1948 to 1953 he was the U.S. Treasury representative in London, and from 1960 to 1962 he was the financial attache for the U.S. Treasury in Turkey. From 1963 to 1965 he held a similar post in Buenos Aires.

From 1966 to 1970 he was the assistant vice president of Manufacturers Trust Company in Argentina, and from 1970 until his retirement he was assistant vice president of Manufacturers in New York City.

He is survived by his second wife, Sylvia, a daughter, Katherine, and a brother and sister. Memorial contributions may be made to the Vin Mitchell Memorial Fund, P.O. Box 325, Westport, CT 06881

1946

CHARLES EDWARD COOPER died January 2 at age 62 in the Morristown, (N.J.) Memorial Hospital. At the time of his death, Charlie was president of the Cooper Colaui & Chemical Corporation in Bridgewater, N.J. Previously he had worked for the Allied Chemical Corporation in New York City and American Hoechst Corporation in Bridgewater.

Charlie was a member of the American Dye Manufacturers Association, the Society of Chemical Manufacturers, and the Baltusrol Golf Club. He was born in Canajoharie, N.Y., and had resided in Bridgewater for 20 years.

Charlie received his Dartmouth bachelor's degree in chemical engineering, and while a Naval V-12 student, he played second base for Coach Jeff Tesreau. He will always be highly regarded by his teammates for his athletic ability, but more importantly, we will remember Charlie for his constant enthusiasm and good humor.

Surviving are his wife, Betsy, two daughters, and two sisters.

It is a privilege with sadness to write this about good friend and classmate WILLIAMVARNER BOWERS, who died suddenly of a heart attack at his home, "Windward," in Jaffrey, N.H., November 11, 1986.

Bill grew up in Mamaroneck, N. Y., where he enjoyed sailing at Larchmont Yacht Club and the Storm Trysail Club. Following his World War II Army Air Corps service and Dartmouth graduation, he was with IBM as a sales executive for 38 years.

Bill and his wife, Carroll, moved to Jaffrey in 1977 and pursued a wonderful outdoor life in gardening, hunting, fishing, and raising dogs. His greenhouse roses were among the best in the area.

A touching, personalized service at the Jaffrey Congregational Church included this apt tribute to Bill: "His was a kindness which drew people to him in lasting friendship, especially from his days at Dartmouth, and a generosity which helped people move out into life with keen and lively interests like his own."

This reporter owes a great debt to Bill for introducing me to ocean yacht racing. A strong friendship emerged from our sailing days.

He is survived by Carroll; three daughters, Katherine Vernan, Emily Foley, and Susan Horr; three stepdaughters, Kathryn Chihi, Elizabeth Dennison, and Ann Falk; a stepson, William Whitten Jr.; a brother, Richard; and seven grandchildren.

Reg Pierce '46

1960

Dr. MARTIN LESLIE REICH died on January 5 in Morristown, N.J.

Marty entered private practice in Morristown in 1970, specializing in rheumatology after receiving his medical degree at the New Jersey School of Medicine and Dentistry. He had trained at Boston City Hospital, where he was chief medical resident. Marty was an instructor in clinical medicine at Columbia University and a consultant in rheumatology at St. Francis Hospital in Port Jervis, N.Y.

Marty was on the staff of Morristown Memorial Hospital and was a member of various medical societies, the American Rheumatism Association, and the New Jersey Rheumatism Association, which he served as president from 1976 to 1981. He was instrumental in forming the Morris County Arthritis Club and served as its medical advisor since its inception. He also served as area chairman of the medical and scientific committee of the Arthritis Foundation, New Jersey chapter, and was a member of its board of trustees.

Marty was a man who was skilled in many areas beyond his medical profession. He was a self-taught carpenter. He became proficient with computers, and also taught himself French and Italian. He was a truly gentle man who was devoted to his family. He was loved by his patients, friends, and colleagues, who turned out in large numbers for his funeral.

Marty exhibited unusual courage and optimism in battling cancer. He worked until the day before his final hospitalization and was convinced that if he could successfully withstand the disease for one more year a cure would be found.

Marty is survived by his wife, Susan, son Andrew, daughter Victoria, his parents, two brothers and a sister.

Donald M. Weitzman '60

1961

HARRY BERLIN SOLMSON III, 47, former executive vice president for Plough, Inc., and a farm properties manager in eastern Arkansas, died January 17, of an apparent heart attack at his Boca Raton, Fla., home.

In 1975, in a biography prepared for Alumni Records, he described Plough as producing proprietary medicines, toiletries and cosmetics. At that time, he was vice president for proprietaries and toiletries. His father and namesake was former president of that company and a director of Schering-Plough Corporation before his retirement.

At Dartmouth, Harry was an economics major and a member of Sigma Chi. He was on the Aegis staff during freshman year, and was active in the Dartmouth Outing Club throughout his undergraduate days.

After graduation, he was active in alumni affairs, particularly in Memphis, where he served the Dartmouth Club of Memphis as secretary from 1963 to 1966 and as president from 1966 to 1969.

He had two children, Elizabeth, born in 1965, and Ellen, born in 1967. Besides his children, Harry is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry B. Solmson of Memphis, Tenn., and two brothers, Robert M. Solmson and William S. Solmson, also of Memphis.

1974

The College recently received news of the death of ROBERT ALLAN SMITH, M.D. He died as a result of a car accident on October 28, 1982 in Old Saybrook, Conn.

A native of Hampton, I11., he recevied his B.A. degree cumlaude from Dartmouth. He had a modified major in psychology and sociology. He was a representative of the Freshman Council and participated in foreign study in psychology and language study abroad in Germany. He was a member of the Pre-Med club and participated in intramural swimming and in band. All four years at Dartmouth he worked at the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital as an orderly.

After Dartmouth he graduated from the Medical College of Virginia and was elected to Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. He was a psychiatric fellow affiliated with Yale University in New Haven, Conn., specializing in adolesceht psychiatry.

He did his medical residency at the University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago, I11. Robert was active in the American Medical Association, Dartmouth Alumni Club of Chicago, American Psychiatric Association, and Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity.

He was 30 years old and resided at 621 South Maple Avenue, Chicago, I11. He was a member of the First Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Emlee Hillard Smith, and his parents, Robert L. and Anna Smith.

A memorial fund to the University of Illinois Medical Center was established in his name.

Delayed news of the loss of this talented young man will greatly sadden his classmates. We will remember him at Dartmouth and remember his contributions to Dartmouth.