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 of a later one.)
William C. Hulbert '18, May 26, 1986 Burton R. Brown '19, May 20 Philip R. Payson '21, January 15 Edgar P. Evans '23, April 6 Ermond T. Hughes '23, February 13 Bertrand H. Hallin '24, June 8 Ross E. Pearl '25, June 10 Harold E. Stevens '25, June 13 Laurence A. Welch '25, April 29 Frank J. Gloeckner '27, April 1 Granville E. Libby '25, July 2 Harry A. Wallace '27, July 2 William G. Carr Jr. '28, June 10 Charles J. Magnagni '28, June 26 Herman R. Magnuson '29, April 25 Kenneth M. Moran '29, July 4 John Q. Eaton '3O, January 14 George W. Fredrickson '30, May 26 Malcolm P. Gallagher '30, May 29 William R. Geisinger '30, May 16 John F. Rich '30, May 20 John H. Sanders '30, June 14 George A. Scheller '30, June 9 Clifford G. Williams Jr. '30, May 20 Stiles W. Burr '31, July 8 Arnold B,. Rich '31, January 12 Arthur W. Seepe '31, June 10 Frank G. Huntress '32, May 20 Donald McPhail '32, June 16 B. Poland Cunningham '33, June 22 George P. Drowne '33, June 27 Robert J. Grow '33, June 9 William Likoff '33, July 3 Lawrence C. Reeves '33, May 29 George H. Donehue '34, June 19 Nelson A. McClary '34, May 20 Myron H. Ritter '35, March 5 Carl V. Spengeman '35, June 6 Edward L. Whytlaw '35, May 24 William A. Bruckner '36, February Robert C. Howland '36, May 18 John R. Gribbon '37, November 29, 1986 Charles A. Pingree '37, June 18 Robert H. Lansdell '38, May 8 Jerome R. Tosi '38, June 22 Philander L. Dostal '40, May 19 Robert G. Thomas '41, June 4 Russell J. Smith '44, April 6 Gordon C. Cray '45, May 18 Jerome Peacock '45, March 18 Fred W. Richardson '46, May 21 Marshall D. Rotter '46, May 3 Vincent T. Burke '47, June 9 Robert F. Tulcin '47, May 26 Vincent R. Vayo '48, December 20, 1986 Wilfred L. Batty '50, July 10 William B. Kennedy '58, January 9 Michael J. Gaffney '75, June 15
1918
WILLIAM CHESTER HULBERT died on May 26, 1986, in the United Hospital in Port Chester, N.Y.
Chet's Dartmouth education was interrupted by service in World War I; he returned to earn an M.C.S. from Tuck in 1921. He worked for the overseas division of General Motors for 27 years, traveling the world from Java to Siberia.
He served Dartmouth as a class agent, as head agent, from 1979-1987 and as class president, from 1979-1987.
His wife of 42 years, Nancy, predeceased him. A direct descendant of Eleazar Wheelock, Chet is survived by a son, Richard Hulbert '51.
1919
BURTON ROBERT BROWN died May 20, 1987.
He spent two years at Dartmouth and then earned a degree in Chemical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1921. For the next 30 years he worked for Columbia Mills in Chicago and then in Minetto, N.Y.
Burt and his wife, Evelyn, whom he married in 1928, had three children. His last known address was Trumanburg, N.Y.
1920
RUSSELL MURRAY COTNER of Sun City, Calif., died on January 19 of a ruptured aneurysm of the abdominal aorta. He was 88. His daughter Kathryn writes that he put up a tough fight "but his heart could not take the stress."
In July 1986 Russ sent what he called a "thumbnail sketch" of his career to his old Phi Gam friend and correspondent Ort Hicks '21, from which the following is excerpted: "My story is a bit prosaic. After ten years fumbling around with odd jobs, I became credit manager for the Southern Division of Fiber-board Products, Inc., in L. A. in 1929. They were the largest paper board and corrugated manufacturers on the Pacific Coast. In 1947 I was transferred to the head office in San Francisco and became general credit manager for the whole shebang. Finally retired in 1963 and moved here to Sun City. Gave up golf years ago with a bad back. Many trips to doctors with imaginary aches and pains but nothing serious. Do a lot of reading—and lots of TV. Not very exciting."
Although Russ did not return to Hanover for reunions, his daughter notes that he retained a deep interest in the College and kept a collection of books about Dartmouth and other memorabilia. Last year he sent to the College archives a card he had received as a small child from President Teddy Roosevelt.
Russ's wife died in 1976. He is survived by his daughter, to whom the class extends sympathy.
STEPHEN MANTOR GRAVES, who was known as the oldest national tennis pro, died April 28 in Roseville, Calif., after a brief illness. He was 88.
During his 42 years of service as a YMCA secretary in Cleveland, Ohio, Steve played tennis "for the fun and sport of the game," according to his daughter, Ruth Williamson. His competitive career did not begin until after his retirement in 1963, when he moved to Novato, Calif., and entered tournament tennis. By 1974 he was the number one ranking player in the 75-year and older division in the United States. In August 1975 the four courts at Novato's Pioneer Park were dedicated as the Stephen M. Graves Tennis Courts. The Rolling Hills Club in Novato annually presents the Steve Graves Award for "courtesy and sportsmanship on the court." Steve continued to play until his health began to decline two years ago.
On a 1965 questionnaire he listed under "Hobbies and Other Interests" the following: "Family vacations and camping, travel, reading good books aloud with my wife, tennis, squash, handball, paddle racquets, bowling, hiking, mountain climbing, conservation, National and State parks, photography, Sierra Club activities."
Survivors include his wife, Geraldine; two daughters; two sons; ten grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. His first wife, Jessie, died in 1977 after 53 years of marriage.
In April of this year the Office of Alumni Records received a notice from Donald C. Smith '53 that STANLEY HANKINS ROGERS had passed away in 1968. There was no explanation of the long delay in reporting the death and no further information was included.
1921
PHILIP RUSSELL PAYSON, passed away on June 24 at the home of his daughter, Audrey Payson, in North Fort Meyers, Fla. Phil transfered to MIT to study mechanical engineering. Phil went on to have a successful career with S.K.F. Industries as district manager of their Cleveland office. In spite of his short stay of only two months in Hanover, where he pledged Sigma Nu, Phil was always interested in Dartmouth and was one of our most regular supporters in the Alumni Fund. Phil is survived by two daughters, Beverly and Audrey.
1922
WILLIAM LLOYD BARNARD, retired banker and prominent citizen of Elizabeth, N.J., died May 16 in Overlook Hospital, Summit, N.J.
Barney, as we all knew him, was born in Passaic, N.J., and entered Dartmouth from Battin High School. He is well remembered as an affable classmate, a competent economics major, and a member of the JackO'Lantern board. After graduating in 1922, he returned to Tuck School and in 1923 received his master's degree in business administration.
He began his business career with Harris Forbes Company, New York City. Later, he was affiliated with the National Bank of Commerce. He next began a long association with Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company, N.Y. He started as a clerk, became an assistant treasurer, and was vice president for 20 years before his retirement in 1965.
Barney and his family were life-long residents of Elizabeth and also had a summer home at Bay Head, N.J. He was the Elizabeth police commissioner for several years in the late 1950s and the early 19605. He also served as president of the Elizabeth Board of Education in the late 19605.
He belonged to the Elizabeth Town and Country Club and was its treasurer for many years. He enjoyed membership in the Bay Head Yacht Club, and throughout his years he kept a consistently loyal spot in his heart for Dartmouth.
Barney and Dorothy L. Larson were married 49 years ago in Brooklyn. She, their two sons, Dr. W. Lloyd Jr., and Joseph II, together with six grandchildren, survive.
1924
GEORGE COLEMAN BOOTH died on December 30, 1986. He was a resident of Juno Beach, Fla., and had previously lived in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. At the time of our 40-year history he was with General Underwriters, Inc., in Detroit and had also been Commissioner of the City of Bloomfield Hills and vice president and secretary of Motor Bankers Corporation. He was a member of various clubs in the Bloomfield Hills-Detroit area. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth, two sons, and a daughter.
BERTRAND HERMAN HALLIN died of a heart attack at his home in Oak Park, Ill., on June 8.
While at Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. He had served as president of the Dartmouth Club of Chicago and attended several of our reunions.
Bert worked for several national retail companies, served in World War II, retiring as a captain in the army. In 1948 he established B.H. Hallin and Associates, Inc., a supplier of office supplies and equipment for which he continued as owner and chairman until his retirement.
He is survived by two sons, Bertrand H. Hallin Jr. and Laurence E. Hallin.
EDWARD LAMB of Maumee, Ohio, died at his home on March 23. A full class column was devoted to Ted's career within the last year. I do not wish to repeat just what was said there. A New York Times obituary provided new insights which were not covered in my column.
At his death, Ted was chairman of Great Lakes Communications. He had previously served as chairman of Seibling Rubber Company and Nevada National Bancorp.
According to the Times, "Mr. Lamb represented more than 75 unions in the 1930s and 19405. He was jailed several times for contempt of court, a circumstance that he later referred to as a 'badge of honor.' " One of the several books that Ted wrote, NoLamb for Slaughter, is a fascinating account of some of his business triumphs. A later book, The Sharing Society, urged the development of a planned economy to eliminate extremes of wealth and poverty.
A spirited advocate of international understanding, he served as a trustee of the United Nations Institute, which is part of Dartmouth's Dickey Endowment that sends students to be interns at the UN. He was also a generous supporter of the Institute. He received an honorary degree from Dartmouth in 1982.
He was extraordinarily successful as a capitalist and yet was a friend and admirer of Fidel Castro and a frequent visitor to both Cuba and the Soviet Union. He was a lover of peace for the world, a lover of strife in his own life.
Ted is survived by his wife, Prudence, to whom he was married for 56 years, a daughter, Priscilla Lamb Schwier, a son, Edward Hutchinson Lamb, and five grandchildren.
WILLIAM JOHN MCNIFF of Oxford, Ohio, died at his home on May 14 after a lengthy illness. Bill was professor emeritus of history at Miami University in Oxford. He taught there for 40 years, retiring in 1953. He was university archivist from 1972 to 1975.
A member of Phi Beta Kappa at Dartmouth, Bill received his master's degree from the University of Michigan and his doctorate from Ohio State University. He also studied at Harvard. He was the author of numerous reviews, scholarly articles and one book, Heaven on Earth: A Planned Mormon Society, published in 1940 and reprinted in 1974. He received an honorary degree from Miami in 1979. Bill was particularly known for the number of his students who not only became professional historians but had very distinguished careers of their own in that field. He was a charter member of the Ohio Academy of History, of which he was a past president, a recipient of its distinguished service award and an honorary lifetime member.
Bill is survived by his wife, Faith, a son, Paul, a daughter, {Catherine, a sister, five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
JOHN BRADFORD WILSON died January 30 after a long illness. Brad was living in San Diego at the time of his death. Prior to retirement he had lived in Cranford, N.J., and had served for a time as secretary of the Dartmouth Club of the Oranges. After a variety of other jobs, in 1955 he settled in with Bakers Trust Company, where he was an assistant treasurer and a loan officer. Brad was married in 1931 to the late Margeretta E. Derman and had two sons, J. Bradford Wilson Jr. and William H. Wilson, both of whom survive.
1925
CLIFFORD LLEWELYN FITZGERALD died April 10, in Greenwich, Conn.
Cliff married Isabel Hanway in 1924. He was in the advertising business in New York, where he became chairman of the board of the Dancer-Fitzgerald-Sample Advertising Agency, a position he held until his retirement.
He is survived by his wife, two daughters, a son, Clifford L. Jr. '52, and several grandchildren, including Clifford L. III '78.
LAURENCE ARNOLD WELCH died April 29 at Huntington Beach, Calif., after a long illness.
Larry came to Hanover from Gloucester High School, Gloucester, Mass. He was a member of Theta Chi, a reporter for the Dartmouth, and earned his M.B.A. degree at Tuck School in 1926. After college, he was employed in the investment business with the Old Colony Trust Company in Boston, then entered government service with the Treasury Department in Washington and later joined the General Services Administration until his retirement in 1969. After retiring, he settled in Huntington Beach, Calif., with his wife, Hilda (Wier), where he was a member of the Dartmouth Club of Southern California and the Dartmouth Club of Orange County, Calif., of which he was a member of the executive committee.
He is survived by his wife and a brother, Frank K. Welch '31.
1926
REGINALD WHITTLE HANSON died May 18, at the Jupiter Care Center, Tequesta, Fla., after a long illness.
He was born in Boston, Mass., graduated from Quincy (Mass.) High School, and at Dartmouth was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity and the Glee Club and was an active well-known classmate.
Reg joined the New England Telephone Company in 1926 and held executive positions during 43 years service with the company until his retirement in 1969. He was a member of the Telephone Pioneers of America, and when living in Hingham, Mass., was president and director of both the Hingham Historical Society and the Hingham Horticultural Society.
He took a very active part in the class alumni affairs, having been class agent from 1957 to 1962. He led the class in the 1962 Alumni Fund to be a top dollar class, winner of the John H. Davis trophy. Reg personally was a very generous donor to the fund and was a member of the class executive committee at the time of his death.
He is survived by his wife, Florence (whom we know as Samie), three brothers, three sisters, his brother-in-law Paul A. Babcock Jr. '29, and his two nephews, Paul A. Babcock III '66 and Ernest J. Babcock '70.
ERNEST LYMAN STEBBINS died April 30 at his home in Baltimore, Md. He was born in Oelwein, lowa, and graduated from North Des Moines High School. He transferred from Drake University to Dartmouth in 1922. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Alpha Kappa Kappa.
After Dartmouth he received his M.D. degree at University of Chicago and a master's degree in public health at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. In a career that spanned five decades, his innovative approach to public health issues led to national and international roles in the field, including that of New York City commissioner of health and advisor of the World Health Organization. He was a professor of epidemiology at Columbia University and a visiting professor in public health at universities in Britain, the Philippines, and India.
For 21 years he was a professor and dean at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. In 1965 he was given an honorary degree of doctor of medical science by the Medical College of Pennsylvania, and he had been president of two national medical associations. During his graduate years, in spite of his busy professional life, Steb maintained a strong interest in Dartmouth and the Medical School. He was active in the Medical School alumni and its fund and was a generous supporter of both.
His wife of 58 years, the former Helen Ross, predeceased him, and he is survived by two sons, Dr. Bardwell R. Stebbins '62 and Jonathon L. Stebbins.
1927
FRANK JAMES GLOECKNER died April 1 in Albany, N.Y., after a long illness. He was born in that city and attended the Albany High School before entering Dartmouth.
After graduating from college, Frank returned to Albany, where he resided for almost all his life. Until World War II, he was associated with the Gloeckner Furniture Company in Albany, and after the war he was a salesman for several local car dealers. In 1959 he became the new and used car sales manager for Capital Buick. For many years he was associated with the New York State Department of Civil Defense as assistant director. He was a charter member of the St. Teresa of Avila church.
He leaves his wife of 52 years, Frances (Scully), three sons, Frank J., Barry J., and Christopher, a daughter Katherine Taormina, three sisters and 14 grandchildren.
KENNETH OSMOND HERWIG died February 24 in his hometown of Okmulgee, Okla., at
the age of 83. Ken was at Dartmouth for two years. He later attended the University of Oklahoma College of Law, where he received his law degree in 1940.
He was a longtime instructor of the Dale Carnegie Course and is said to have given the course more times than Dale Carnegie himself. He practiced law for several Oklahoma oil and gas companies, including Shell Oil, Peters Petroleum and Viersen Drilling Company. He also taught for several years at the Oklahoma School of Accountancy and Law during the day while conducting his Dale Carnegie courses in the evening. In 1940 he served as assistant county attorney in Tulsa.
Ken was an elder in the Presbyterian Church, a member of Gideon and a Scottish Rite 32nd degree Mason.
He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Evelyn (Ingle), two daughters, Kay and Suzanne, two sisters and four grandchildren.
JOHN ROBINSON OAKES died April 9 at the Memorial Hospital in Ormond Beach, Fla., at the age of 81. He was a native of Lisbon, N.H., and prior to going to Dartmouth in 1923, he graduated from Pinkerton Academy in Derry, N.H.
After remaining at Dartmouth for two years, Jack went to work for the New Hampshire Fire Insurance Company in Manchester, N.H., and later moved to Springfield, Ill., as a secretary of the New Hampshire Fire Insurance Group in that city. He retired in 1972 and six years later moved with his wife to Ormond Beach, Fla.
Jack always retained a close affection for Dartmouth and looked back many times to his attendance at the class 50th and 55th reunions in Hanover. He was ever faithful in keeping in close touch with the class. He will be greatly missed by all of us who knew him.
During his working years, he was a longtime Boy Scout leader and was active in numerous children's groups. He belonged to the Episcopal Church, which he had served as a member of the vestry and the finance committees.
He leaves his wife of 52 years, Dorothy (Price), a brother, Kenneth, a son, John, three daughters, Ursula Morin, Mary Hommel, and Roberta Lampee. He also had 11 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
1929
WENDELL ROBINSON BARNEY of Winchester, Va., died on May 12.
Wen came from Dorchester, Mass., High School and first roomed in Fayerweather. He belonged to Phi Sigma Kappa, majored in psychology, and was active in Le CercleFrancais, cross-country, and track.
He started business with Western Union in Boston, then moved to Virginia and became an accountant, earning his C.P.A. from the University of Virginia in 1934. He became resident partner for a firm which joined Coopers & Lybrand in Winchester and belonged to the American Institute of C.P.A.'s and the Virginia Society of C.P.A.'s.
He was a first lieutenant in the Coast Artillery from 1935 to 1940 and later chairman of his county's War Finance Committee in charge of War Bond.sales. He was chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, secretary of his Rotary Club and active in Boy Scout work and the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival. He was a 1929 class agent.
His first wife, Bobby, died in 1964. In 1968 he married Mary Jane (Sneed), whom he leaves with one son and four stepsons. His father was James L. Barney 1899; his brother is Roger W. Barney '37; and he was a cousin of Steve Balkam '29.
FREDERICK RODNEY COOK JR. died of cancer on January 16 in Port St. Lucie, Fla.
Fred came from Springfield, Mass., High School and joined Alpha Tau Omega. He transferred to Norwich University and graduated in 1930.
He retired from the army as a captain in 1945 and worked in the Department of Defense Agency until 1968. He was treasurer of the St. Lucie County Republican Committee and a member of the Treasure Coast chapter of Retired Officers Association and several Masonic organizations.
He leaves his wife, Hannah.
WILLIAM PARKER HUDSON of Falls Church, Va., died on January 3.
Bill came from Paterson, N.J., High School and Blair Academy. He belonged to Theta Chi, was active in the Players, the Aegis, the Arts, and majored in English. He earned his master's degree from Yale in 1932.
His life work was teaching and textile designing. The war years brought him to Dartmouth's Naval Training School, and he retired as a lieutenant commander, but continued as a training officer once a week for years. He first designed textiles and later, floor coverings.
He married Dr. Imogene Moore, who died before him. He belonged to the New Jersey and Paterson Education Associations and the New Jersey and Paterson Art Educational Associations.
He was guardian for John A. Meyers '53.
HERMAN RAINVILLE MAGNUSON of Manchester, Mass., died on April 25.
Mag came from Phillips Exeter Academy and belonged to Sigma Chi. After two years he transferred to Massachusetts Agricultural College and majored in landscape architecture in preparation for joining his family's business. He was first employed as landscape architect, horticulturalist, and recreation director of the city of Salem.
In the navy from 1942 to 1946, he received a Purple Heart when his minesweeper had its bow blown off. He retired a lieutenant commander. He was active in many community services and was chairman of the Manchester Board of Selectmen from 1947 through 1951.
He leaves his wife, Amy (Wilson); his son, Richard; his brother, Dr. Paul '34; and a nephew, Peter, '58.
JOHN CLEVELAND MCKENNA died on November 10 at his home in Ligonier, Pa.
Cleve came to us from Boulder, Colo., where he attended Colorado State Preparatory School. He roomed in Topliff, majored in political science, and belonged to the Ledyard Canoe Club. He earned his M.B.A. at Harvard and later studied metallurgy at Carnegie Tech.
He was president of McKenna Brass and Manufacturing Club of Pittsburgh and secretary of Vasco Corporation of Latrobe. He belonged to the University Club of Pittsburgh and the Rolling Rock Club of Ligonier. He was a candidate for Congress in 1952.
He leaves his wife, Alice (Saxman), two daughters, three grandchildren, and his brother James '38.
1931
ARNOLD BRADLEE RICH died on January 12. He had come to Dartmouth from Newton Centre, Mass., via Tabor Academy. In college he was captain of our freshman track team and a member of the Glee Club and of Delta Kappa Epsilon. His father was a member of the class of '00, a cousin was in the class of '02, and his brother-in-law, Harry B. Milner, is a member of the class of 1927.
Through 1950, except for time out for service in the navy in the Pacific as a personnel officer, his career in merchandising included several supervisory and management positions. With that background he joined Norman Jaspan Associates of New York, management consultants, becoming vice president of midwest sales, an office he held until his retirement in 1972.
He is survived by his widow, Sally, and by a son, Arnold B. Rich Jr., to whom the class extends its sympathy.
ARTHUR WILLIAM SEEPE died at his home in Waynesville, N.C., on June 10.
Art came to Dartmouth from LaSalle-Peru High School in Peru, Ill., to major in business at Tuck. He was a member of Chi Phi, Palaeopitus, and Green Key. He was business manager of The Players and in his junior year became a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
After graduation Art received his master's degree from Tuck in 1932 and later did graduate work at the University of Chicago.
He had three years with Montgomery Ward in Chicago and two with General Motors in New York before beginning teaching at Colby College in 1937, becoming associate professor of business administration there before taking charge of Army Air Force pilot training records at the college in World War II. After the war he became assistant treasurer of the college, and, in 1950, treasurer, a position he held until retirement in 1972.
Community work was a significant part of Art's life, as was enjoying a summer place on nearby China Lake with his family. Not long after retirement the Seepes moved south, residing in Hendersonville several years before going to Waynesville a few years ago.
He is survived by his widow, Virginia; a son, A. William Jr.; a daughter, Virginia; and three grandchildren. To all, the class extends its sympathy in their loss.
GEORGE LOVELL TARR died on May 19 from a heart attack.
From Gloucester, Mass., High School George came to Dartmouth, where he majored in history! He was a member of Alpha Sigma Chi and Kappa Phi Kappa. Association with the latter may have spurred his interest after graduation in teaching, as he taught history, French and Latin at Mooreland Hill School in New Britain, Conn., from 1931 to 1942. After World War II he began teaching at Peekskill Military Academy in Peekskill, N.Y., becoming head- master in 1959.
From 1942 through 1945 George was with the 11th Army Air Force, becoming technical sergeant, and served in the Aleutians. We regret that we have no information on his service in that theater—the so-called 1,000 mile war—about which so little was written at the time of the savage struggle between the Japanese and Americans in probably the world's worst weather conditions for surface and air combat.
George was a widower, his wife of 31 years, Fredonia, having died in 1973. He is survived by his son, George L. Jr. and by his daughter, Deborah, to whom the class extends its sympathy.
1932
CARLOS HEARD BAKER died of cancer in Princeton, N.J., on April 18. The class has lost one of its most creative and distinguished members. At Princeton, where he taught English for 40 years, Carlos was a familiar and beloved figure, but to the outside world he was known chiefly as author, critic, and famed Hemingway biographer.
Carlos' career at Dartmouth included Green Key, Palaeopitus, manager of hockey, president of the Round Table, the Arts, the Interfraternity Council, and Casque and Gauntlet. Through the years he retained his interest in Dartmouth, wrote a lively and literate 1932 newsletter in the sixties, and returned to Hanover for our 50th reunion.
In 1957 Carlos received an honorary Doctor of Literature from Dartmouth. Carlos received his master's degree from Harvard in and in 1940 a doctorate from Princeton, where he had begun teaching in 1937. He was the Woodrow Wilson Professor of Literature and twice chairman of the English Department. Among his volumes of literary criticisms was Ernest Hemingway: A LifeStory, of which the New York Times wrote:
". . . for scholars, the book is bedrock; on it will rest all future Hemingway studies, except for the purely critical." In 1981 at the invitation of Scribners, Carlos edited ErnestHemingway: Selected Letters 1917-1961.
The diversity of Carlos' output was remarkable —not only biography meticulously researched, but critical essays, short stories, verse, several novels, even a whodunit. He wrote frequently for the New YorkTimes Book Review, The New Republic, Atlantic,
and other publications. Carlos is survived by his wife Dorothy; three children: Diane Wagner, Elizabeth B. Carter, and Brian Baker; and six grandchildren.
Edward B. Marks '32
FRANK GRANGER HUNTRESS JR. died on May 13 at his home in San Antonio, Tex. He matriculated with our class but left Dartmouth to get his degree from Tulane University. He showed no interest in the College afterwards. Frank had been a publisher of the San Antonio Express-News.
1933
GEORGE PEASLY DROWNE JR. died in Norwich, Vt., June 27 of progressive Parkinsonism
He entered Dartmouth from Tilton Academy, majored in sociology, and finished his formal education with a year at Columbia University in social studies. He joined the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity and was a member of the Dragon Senior Society. He served with the U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1946 with the rank of lieutenant commander.
A considerate and gentle man, he spent most of his life doing for others, first with the American Heart Association and the New Hampshire Citizens Council, and then personnel work for the Amos Tuck School, and last as director of development for the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, a position he held till his retirement in 1970. He served his class in many capacities: secretary for six years, class agent with special effort for major fund campaigns, and an admissions interviewer. These services were recognized by the class of '33 with an award for excellence. Of his several hobbies, wood carving was his favorite, the best known of which is a bas relief of a Dartmouth Indian. Another interest was animals in the wild seen in the fields and trees which surrounded his home on Brigham Hill.
He is survived by his second wife, Jean (Thayer), a son, Peter '61, a stepdaughter, Libby, who is also his daughter-in-law, two grandsons and a granddaughter.
ROBERT JOHN GROW of Grosse Point Woods, Mich., died June 9, 1987, of a malignant brain tumor. After preparation at Tabor Academy, financial problems during the Depression cut short his career at Dartmouth, and though he was eventually graduated from the University of Michigan, his real college affiliation was always Dartmouth. In later years, he served two terms as president of the Detroit Club and was chairman of the college glee club concerts there.
Bob had a distinguished career as a lieutenant colonel on General Eisenhower's staff in World War II. He helped plan the D-Day invasion. For these contributions, he was awarded the Bronze Star and the Legion of Merit.
After he war, he returned to his family's insurance interests and eventually became president of the firm. Not only was he well known in business circles, but he also served on many worthy community projects. His major sports interests were golf and yachting. He sailed in the Canada Cup races. He is survived by a daughter, Eleanor, of Grosse Pointe Woods.
HENRY ALLEN HAWGOOD, a lifelong resident of Cleveland, Ohio, died April 29, after a long battle against cancer. He majored in history, was a member of Sigma Nu, and was graduated cum laude with a Phi Beta Kappa key. Three years later, he earned a law degree from Harvard, and opened an office in Cleveland which specialized in estate planning and tax work for the next 50 years. Though never married, he was a "family man," enjoying the company of his mother, with whom he lived, and his brother Bill '35.
Before the war, Hank helped organize the Civil Air Patrol of the Cleveland area, and from 1942 to 1947, served as an air force administrator at the Pentagon. He was discharge with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was a champion of the underprivileged and devoted many hours to guiding the disadvantaged through the legal system at little or no financial reward, but with great respect from the community. An avid reader, his interests ranged from sports to politics and history, and his reputation as a ranconteur was well appreciated by his classmates and friends.
HENRY CRAIG SMITH, always a resident of northern New Jersey, died May 11, after a prolonged illness.
He majored in comparative literature and biography, graduated magna cum laude, and received a Phi Beta Kappa key. He was a member of Phi Kappa Sigma social fraternity.
He embarked on a teaching career at the college level, and completed his formal education with a year at Princeton studying English. He served the war years as a staff sergeant with the New Jersey National Guard. After discharge, he changed careers to become an administrative engineer, mostly in public relations for several companies doing electric and gas transmission work.
He had an abiding interest in the church, and at one time had aspirations to enter the ministry. He is survived by one son, Peter, and four grandchildren.
1934
GEORGE HENRY DONEHUE died on June 19 while vacationing at Ogunquit, Maine. His home in recent years was Nashua, N.H.
George was a native of Lowell, Mass., and a graduate of Lowell High. At Dartmouth he played in the band, and was a member of Tri Kap, and an economics major. He got an M.B.A. from Boston University and then worked as an auditor for Sears and Liberty Mutual in New York and Reconstruction Finance Corp. in Washington before serving in the Navy during World War II as a gunnery officer in the European Theater. He then worked for a while in Detroit before returning to his native Lowell with Father John's Medicine. In Lowell he was a needed board member of many organizations: Catholic charities, Boys Club, St. John's Hospital, Savings Bank, and Vesper Country Club. Golf was his favorite Sport.
George is survived by his wife of 41 years, Marion (Smith) and by his brother, Gerald.
NELSON ANDREW MCCLARY died of cancer on May 20 at his home in Constable, N.Y. He was a native of nearby Malone, in upstate New York, and grew up in a Dartmouth family. His father (class of '05), grandfather, and two uncles were alumni.
Mac graduated from Franklin Academy in Malone where he was editor of The Student. At Dartmouth he lived first at Topliff and was a member of Tri Kap. He left in 1933, working for New York Central Railroad, primarily in the shipping department, until 1949, with time out for wartime service with the army in France and Italy. He then joined General Adjustment Bureau, Inc., as an adjuster of insurance claims and continued that career until retirement in 1973. Our 25th yearbook quoted Mac as saying his job was mostly spent "translating the fine print for folks with weak glasses." Golf, fishing, and gardening were favorite hobbies.
Mac is survived by his wife, Gertrude.
ROBERT BEVERLY SMITH died suddenly of a stroke October 23, 1986, in Buenos Aires.
He was born in Kansas City and came to Dartmouth from Blair Academy, but Argentina was his family base, his father being in the import business there. He was one of four Bob Smiths in our class; he lived in North Mass, was in the band, and was a member of Alpha Chi Rho. He shifted to Clark University at the end of junior year, then to Buenos Aires with the import business and the manufacture of industrial equipment. He was ultimately involved in airplane sales and service, ending up as president of Aerobaires, S.A. There were early periods when the import business had him living up here in New Rochelle. Golf was his hobby—he shot a par at age 65.
Bob was a widower and is survived by sons Robert Michael, Richard and James, by daughters Janice and Diane, and six grandchildren. All five went to college in the states and then returned, with four of them working as third generation in the family businesses.
1935
ROBERT WILLIAM NARAMORE and his wife, Corinne, were born and spent their lives in Bridgeport, Conn., and both died on May 20 within 12 hours of each other. They had been childhood sweethearts. Nary attended Tabor Academy before coming to Dartmouth. He joined the DEKES, where he first established his reputation as a first class party man. After college he worked for his father, who owned Bridgeport Fabrics, and continued there as a salesman for many years until the plant was moved to North Carolina. Then Nary became a manufacturer's representative for a number of products and services, working until his last year.
He was a member of the "Jesters" (a funloving arm of the Shriners) and became the "Impresario" in charge of storytelling and jokes, at which he was a master, as anyone who has attended a class meeting knows. Nary loved Dartmouth and the class of 1935. He attended every College function within his reach, usually with Corinne. He contributed his time, efforts and money in many ways, including as secretary of the Bridgeport Club 1940-46; head class agent, 1947-50 and again in 1961; chairman of our 45th reunion in 1980, and for many years he was the unofficial but conscientious contact with the widows of the class. Dartmouth gave him its prestigious Alumni Award in 1972.
Corinne had not been well for several years and finally went into intensive care for more than eight weeks, being maintained by artificial means, while Nary visited her four times a day. He died of a heart attack at his son, Bob's, home the morning of May 20 and Corinne died in the hospital that afternoon. They leave four children, Donna, Bob, Nancy, and Dick, and a class that will miss them very much.
Reg Bankart '35
MYRON HERMAN RITTER died of a heart attack at the local hospital in Haverhill, Mass., on March 5.
Born in that city, "Mike" attended local schools before joining our group in 1931. At college he played freshman baseball and football, then varsity football. Mike majored in education, then got his M.A. at Harvard in that field.
He married Doris Koren, a Boston University graduate, who survives him, as do their sons, Stephen and Lyle, and daughter, Paula. Mike spent his entire career at Haverhill High School teaching social studies and coaching football.
He enjoyed golf and gardening and he and his wife spent much time travelling. We are sorry he did not have more. Our sympathies to his wife and family.
CARL VON GOEBEN SPENGEMAN died of heart failure on June 6 at home in Montclair, N.J.
"Spec" spent his business career in life insurance. He was a leader in his company until retirement in 1975. But his great enjoyment was the stage, where he shone as a singer, dancer or comedian. He was active mainly in the Montclair Operetta Club and the Montclair Dramatic Club, of which he was a life member and past president. Spec played in more than' 40 shows. His wife, Esther, did character roles or was in the chorus line, often beside him.
An up-beat happy character, Spec was a joy to know. He worked as a class agent on the reunion giving committee. Esther tells "how he loved that college" and of his real struggle to get to our 50th, at which he had a great time.
We send our sympathy to his wife and sister. The third-act curtain fell too soon.
EDWARD LOUIS WHYTLAW died of cancer at home in Northfield, Minn., on May 24.
The Reverend Whytlaw, a minister in the Methodist Church, started his career in retailing, served in the navy in World War II, then worked in insurance before graduating from the Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
After serving in the Oklahoma conference of that church he retired in 1978 and moved to Minnesota. During his early years in New York he was in touch with his college roommate, the late Ernie Draper, whose widow, Holly, helped with this summary.
At college, where he majored in psychology, he joined The Players and was a member of Theta Chi. Later he served as a class agent.
Lou is survived by his wife, Margaret, and four of six children. To them we send our sympathy.
1937
FRANK EDGAR DAVIS died March 25, in Essex, Conn., of Parkinson's disease. He joined us from Plainfield, N.J., High School. He was a Phi Kappa Psi and graduated from Tuck School.
He and Dorothy spent most of their married life in Plainfield until 1982 when they moved to Essex. He was a navy veteran of World War II. Since 1946 he spent his working life with Newsweek magazine. When we wrote of him for the column in 1976 he was a senior vice president after 29 years of holding many positions of importance.
He was a member of the board of the Audit Bureau of Circulations as well as serving on the Paper and Postage Committee of the Magazine Publishing Association. He leaves his wife, two sons, a sister, and two grandchildren.
ROBERT ROSS died May 17 in Stuart, Fla., of a heart attack. Originally from Needham, Mass., he majored in economics, was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa, sang with the freshman Glee Club, and was on the skating team. He studied business administration at Babson Institute in 1938. In 1942 he married Betsy Walworth. In 1945 Bob graduated from the U.S. Army Command and Staff School. The Rosses settled in Duxbury, Mass., after the war and Bob was a comptroller of M.B. Claff & Sons in Brockton. He later joined G.K. Hall in Boston, retiring in 1972 as treasurer.
Bob and Betsy had an immense interest in skating and were members of the Boston Skating Club for several years. Bob was also an avid golfer with a very low handicap. They moved to Guilson, Conn., where they became fast friends with the late treasurer, Fred Vogt. They owned a winter home in Stuart, Fla.
Bob was a very devoted member of the Dartmouth family as well as our class agent on the Reunion Giving Committee in the mid-1980s. When Fred Vogt became ill with cancer, Bob took over as temporary treasurer, which saved a lot of problems since they worked together as long as Fred was able. Bob will long be remembered as a quiet gentleman of vast integrity whose shock of white hair and eyebrows made him quite distinctive. The 50th reunion was to have been especially important to him because he missed his own commencement due to confinement in the infirmary with pneumonia.
He leaves Betsy, a daughter, Ellen, and son Robert.
1938
ROBERT HALL LANSDELL died June 8. Bob prepared for Dartmouth at the Irving School in Tarrytown, N.Y., and at the Pomfret School in Pomfret, Conn. He roomed in 110 Richardson Hall with Dick Anderson as a freshman, then in 407 Hitchcock with Dick after that.
He attended the University of Virginia before joining the Lansdell Company family highway contracting firm at their facility in Baltimore. He became branch manager there prior to induction into the army. Jeannette Heavey of Baltimore became his bride in 1940. He served in California, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Texas, then went to Officers Candidate School in Maryland as served in the Philippines as a first lieutenant.
Bob returned to the Lansdell Company main office in Hackensack for the balance of his business career, becoming chairman and C.E.O. in 1980. He was active in the Boy Scouts, the Boys Clubs, the 8.P.0.E., the Young Presidents Organization, as past president of the Hackensack Medical Center, and past chairman of the Delbarton School Father and Friend Group. Among his clubs were the Hackensack Golf Club, the Areola Country Club, and the Ridgewood Country Club.
Bob's wife predeceased him in 1977. He is survived by his children Robert H. Lansdell III, Mark, and Carroll, and nine grandchildren.
John R. Scotford Jr.'38
JEROME RICHARD TOSI died June 22 in Woburn, Mass., after a long illness. He was one of a number of our classmates who entered Dartmouth from Ridgewood High in Ridgewood, N.J. A sociology major and a brother in Sigma Chi, "Tose," as he was called, lent his considerable talent to almost every musical organization on campus, including the Freshman Commons Orchestra, the band, Handel Society, '79 Trumpeters, Green Collegians, Green Serenades, and the Barbary Coast. As Roy Block said, "He loved music passionately— arranging it, making it, and to the end, listening to it. In the 'Coast' he generated a jazz spirit and energy that was infectious. His trumpet idol was Roy 'Little Jazz' Eldridge, whose style became his own."
After graduation he joined the Pastene Company, a family firm in New York, but stiil played his trumpet with Len McChesney and Jim Conkling '36 in the all Dartmouth brass section of the Princetonians until he was drafted. One of '38s most decorated veterans, he led bomber groups over Europe. He was discharged as a major after being awarded the Purple Heart, Silver Star, Air Medal, eight Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Returning to the Pastene Wine and Spirits Company importers and wholesellers, he moved the operation to Boston in the mid-1950s. At the time of his death Tose was a director of the National Association of Beverage Importers of America. He had served on the finance committee of Cohasset, where he had made his home.
He leaves a daughter, Laura L. Tosi Chu, and three sons, Mark, Christopher, and Jerome R. Tosi Jr., and memories of his friendship, his music, and his bravery.
1939
HENRY HASKELL DAVENPORT III, 69, died on May 11 in Ogunquit, Maine. Although "Hack" did not graduate with the class, he was one of the more popular '39s on campus.
Hack came to Hanover from Harrisburg High School (Pa.) where he played football for three years and was a member of the swimming team and the school paper. At Dartmouth, Hack was a brother in Theta Delta Chi fraternity.
His entire life was devoted to the restaurant business. He was the founder and chairman of Davenport's Incorporated, which owns and operates Bob's Big Boy, Roy Rogers, and Ports Pancake Houses in central Pennsylvania. A longtime resident of the Harrisburg, Pa., area, Hack was a member of the Grace United Methodist Church and was active in civic affairs.
He is survived his wife Nancy, a daughter, Doris Baskin, three sons, Geoffrey W., Henry H. IV, and Stephen H., and eight grandchildren.
1940
KENNETH JAY ARWE died this past May He was 68.
Ken came to Dartmouth from Keene High School in Keene, N.H. After graduation he went on to gain his law degree at Duke Law School.
During World War II, he served in the U.S. Coast Guard, seeing duty in Italy and elsewhere.
Following the war, Ken returned to Keene, where he practiced law with his father, Henry. From 1952 until 1958 he conducted his own practice and then went into partnership, forming the law firm of Goodnow, Arwe & Ayer, which later became Goodnow, Arwe, Ayer, Prigge & Wrigley.
Ken was very active in community affairs. He was city attorney for Keene for several years, a member of the Keene planning board, a trustee and chairman of the board of the Keene Unitarian Universalist Church, chairman of the Salvation Army and past president of the Lions Club. He was a director of the Ashuelot National Bank and of the Indian Head National Bank of Keene.
He is survived by his wife, Dorothy, a son, Michael, and a daughter, Karen.
1943
GRAHAM B. CONKLIN, an industrial textile salesman for many years and later an outdoor advertising executive, died of a stroke April 25 at Valley Hospital in his hometown of Ridgewood, N.J. He was 66.
A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., he came to Dartmouth from Ridgewood High School, played on the tennis team, and belonged to Sigma Nu fraternity.
Upon graduation, Graham went immediately into the Navy, graduating from midshipman's school at Notre Dame University in 1943. He served four years as an officer aboard an ammunition supply ship in the Pacific Theatre.
He worked for more than 25 years for the Turner Halsey Company in New York, later to become Mount Vernon Mills. He retired in 1979 and joined Allied Outdoor Advertising in Hackensack, N.J., as an office manager.
He married the former Carol Fitzgerald in 1948 and they had four children: Suzanne, Carol, Graham, and David.
The Conklins were divorced in 1970. The children are in the process of establishing a Graham B. Conklin Memorial Fund at Dartmouth, at least tentatively to benefit the College's athletic programs.
RALPH STUART GIBBS, a manufacturer's representative in the computer and data communications field, died April 25 at his home in Van Nuys, Calif., after a brief illness. He was 66.
For more than 26 years Stu was the proprietor of Digital II, which specialized in the engineering and marketing of computer systems.
At Dartmouth, Stu, also known as "The Gibber," attended both Tuck School and Thayer Engineering School. He was a member of the track team as an undergraduate.
Following graduation, he worked briefly for Lockheed Aircraft as a research engineer, and later was assistant chief engineer for Tubing Seal-Cap Corporation in Los Angeles. Stu was a member of the Southern California Computer Society, the American Ordnance Association and several other professional organizations.
He was married to the former Barbara Snow in 1944. She died in 1985. They had a daughter, Janet.He is survived by his second wife, Pearl, and daughter Janet, his father, F. Donald Gibbs, and two brothers, Charles and William.
1944
RICHARD PHILIP SMITH died of cancer January 15 at his home in Saugerties, N.Y. He was 64.
Dick was president of Smith Hardware in Saugerties, a third-generation hardware business started by his grandfather almost 100 years ago. Dick was a Navy pilot for three and a half years in World War II and served in both the Atlantic and Pacific Theaters. He finished at Dartmouth after the war and immediately joined the family business.
He was a director of the Norstar Bank in Saugerties and earlier had been on the board of the Saugerties Bank and Trust Company. He was on the board of directors of the Benedictine Hospital in Kingston, N.Y., and had been a trustee at Ulster Community College. He was a Mason, an avid amateur photographer, and an active out doorsman.
He is survived by his wife, Marion, two children, Sharon and Richard, and two grandchildren.
JOHN FREDERICK TYLER, 65, an attorney with American Welding & Manufacturing Company of Warren, Ohio, died of cancer March 21 at his home in nearby Girard. He had been ill for the past year and a half.
John came to Dartmouth from Youngstown, Ohio. He was a history major and a member of Delta Upsilon fraternity. A Navy veteran, he saw service as a lieutenant in the Pacific Theater. He obtained a law degree from the University of Virginia in 1949. He spent his whole career with American Welding, retiring as secretary, legal counsel, and a company director in 1982.
At the time of his death, he was a director and an executive committee member of the Dollar Savings & Trust Company, and a trustee of the Butler Institute of American Art, the Swanston, Youngstown and Hine Foundations, and the Mahoning Valley Economic Development Corporation.
He was a past president of the Youngstown Country Club, and he belonged to the Youngstown Club, Buckeye Club of Warren, Farmington Country Club of Charlottesville, Va., and the Ocean Club of Ocean Ridge, Fla. He also belonged to the Ohio and Trumbull County bar associations.
John is survived by his wife, Jeanne Marie.
1945
ALAN LORBER BUCHSBAUM, a retired lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force, died April 20 while playing tennis at the Dunes Country Club on Sanibel Island, Fla.
A native of New York City, he attended Kimball Union Academy. While at Dartmouth he was a member of Pi Lamdba Phi.
Buck served with the 608 th Tactical Hospital during World War II. After the war he received his M. A. in 1950 from the Harvard University Graduate School of Education before being recalled by the Air Force for the Korean War. He also served in the Vietnam War. In 1959 he was presented with the Air Force Commendation Medal for meritorious service from July 1955 to July 1959 while serving as the assistant for Educational Material and Methods in the Office of the Surgeon General, U.S.A.F.
He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth, also of Sanibel, and a brother, Lee N. Buchsbaum. A military service was conducted in Sandwich, Mass., his other home.
G. CAMERON CRAY of Los Altos, Calif., died of cancer at Stanford University Hospital on May 18. He was a well-known psychiatrist for more than 30 years as a clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Stanford Medical School, as well as having his private practice in Palo Alto, Calif.
Cam was born in Rutherford, N.J., where he attended local schools. At Dartmouth he was a member of the DCAC, the Glee Club, the Canoe Club, the Outing Club, the Society of Medical Friends of Wine and Zeta Psi fraternity. He entered the service in January .1943 and became a first lieutenant and assistant registrar of the U.S. Army hospital ship Republic. In June 1945 Cam married Marjorie Olsen and finished his pre-medical school training in Hanover. He received his medical degree from State University of New York Downstate Medical Center in June 1951 and returned to California, where he interned at the Santa Clara County Hospital and received his psychiatric residency training at the Langley Porter Clinic and the Veterans Administration Hospital in Menlo Park.
Cam was a consultant for the Children's Health Clinic and served on the board of directors of the Children's Health Council and on the council's professional advisory committee. He was the first chief of the department of psychiatry at Stanford Hospital, 1958-59. He was a life fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and had been actively involved in the Northern California Psychiatric Society and the Midpeninsula Psychiatric Society.
He leaves his wife, Marjorie; a daughter, Barbara Ann Cray Molinari; a son, Richard Cameron Cray; and a sister, Elizabeth Cray Romaine. Many of us remember Cam and Marjorie at our 40th reunion with great warmth and affection. We shall miss him.
GEORGE ABINGTON DANIELS died of cancer on April 12 at his home in Stamford, Conn.
A native of New Rochelle, N.Y., he matriculated at Dartmouth in the fall of 1941. In 1942 he was sworn into the U.S. Army Air Force as an aviation cadet, entering active service in 1943. He served with the 483 rd Bomb Group of the 13th Army Air Force as a navigator. He was shot down over Yugoslavia and was one of nine U.S. airmen hidden by a couple in that country for the remainder of the war. While he was in the service he received the Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the ETO ribbon with four battle stars and the Presidential Unit Citation.
Sandy returned to Dartmouth in November 1945 and was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. After Dartmouth, he worked as a salesman for the Ingram-Richardson Manufacturing Company, whose chief product was porcelain enameling.
On November 7, 1949 he married Doris A. Fisher. He is survived by his wife and five children.
JEROME PEACOCK of Palo Alto, Calif., died on March 18. He attended Dartmouth Medical School from 1943 to 1945 and graduated from Cornell University Medical School in 1947. While at Dartmouth he was a member of Alpha Delta Phi fraternity.
Jerry served as a medical officer in the navy during the Korean War from 1950 to 1952, and was a resident at Queens Hospital in Honolulu from 1954 to 1957. He then returned to the mainland and was affiliated with the Veterans Administration Hospital in Topeka, Kan., from 1957 to 1963. Following that, he was an extern in pathology at San Jose County Hospital, Calif.
He is survived by two daughters, Nancy and Linda; a brother, John R. '44; and a nephew, John R. Jr. '68.
1946
ASHLEY WILLIAM BURNER died on March 14 at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, Mass., after a brief illness.
Bill was born in Plainfield, N.J., and educated there and at Blair Academy in Blairstown, N.J., before entering Dartmouth in the fall of 1942. At Dartmouth he majored in English, played in the marching band and in the Handel Society Orchestra, was sports editor of The Dartmouth, and was a member of Alpha Delta Phi fraternity.
After obtaining a master's degree in jour- nalism at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, Bill worked in marketing, advertising, and public relations for several companies in New York City, including the American Cyanamid Company. A member of the journalism fraternity, Sigma Delta Chi, he belonged also to the Public Relations Society of America. In 1981, Bill moved from Wilton, Conn., into retirement at Cape Cod, Mass. In recent years he served as a volunteer at the Brewster (Mass.) Public Library and a copy editor for the Cape Cod Oracle.
Bill loved Dartmouth. He served it as the head of the candidate interviewing team in New York City from 1954 to 1959, as its chairman from 1960 to 1965, and continued as a member of the interviewing team in Fairfield County, Conn., from 1969 to 1972. At the time of his death, he was a member of the Dartmouth Club of Cape Cod.
Surviving Bill are his wife, Anne, of Brewster; three daughters, Carol, Leslie, and Jane; a brother, Robert, and two grandchildren.
1952
ALEXANDER CHEVES HASKELL JR., 55, died in November 1986 from complications following an earlier stroke.
Chev came to Dartmouth from Farmington, N.H. He joined Delta Upsilon fraternity, of which he became president, and attended Tuck School for one year.
Chev spent the bulk of his career with IBM Corporation. Starting as a sales representative, he worked his way up to the sales and marketing ladder to vice president, IBM Europe/Middle East/Africa. He concluded his IBM career as a corporate director of policy development in charge of a major study plan for the 1990's.
He joined U.S. Synthetic Fuels Corporation, where he served as vice president of planning in the early 1980's. Prior to his retirement in 1983, he was a management consultant for high technology companies.
Articulate, incisive, and organized in business, Chev also cared deeply for his family, friends, public service, and Dartmouth. He leaves his wife, Elizabeth, four children, Grant, Alexa, Leigh, and David, their mother Joan, and four grandsons.
Lou Zehner '52
1953
BARTHOLOMEW THOMAS ZANELLI died suddenly in the early morning of April 21 while on a business trip in St. Louis. Bart was a partner of Stryker, Tams & Dill, a major New Jersey law firm, where he had practiced since graduating from University of Virginia Law School in 1958. At Dartmouth, Bart majored in government and was active in the Pre-Law Club. He joined Phi Kappa Psi, played in the Dartmouth Band and was a member of the Dartmouth Players and the Interdormitory and Interfraternity Councils.
Early in his law career, Bart settled in Summit, N.J., buying (as he used to say) a new house with the arrival of each child, who came to number three sons and a daughter, to all of whom he was greatly devoted. In Summit, Bart gave enormously of himself to a broad range of community affairs, serving as an officer and/or director of the Planning Board, Republican Committee, Family Service, Police Athletic League, Reeves-Reed Arboretum, Jaycees, United Way, Community Council, Art Center, Budget Review Board, and several other civic boards. He was broadly respected for his energetic commitment, balanced judgement, and responsible attitude. Bart was an avid collector and displayed notable collections of toy soldiers, model cars, antique perfume bottles, etc., in his home. One false move at a cocktail party and you risked knocking over three regiments of Scots Guards. Like some NFL stars, Bart was an accomplished needlepointer; he said it helped preserve sanity at lengthy board meetings. Well before it was fashionable, Bart took a genuine interest in women's concerns; in return, he was warmly admired and highly valued by the ladies—at his funereal it was publicly regretted that he couldn't be in the Junior League.
To his wife, Judith, his three sons, Bart, Matt, and Peter, his daughter, Beth, his mother and two brothers, the class extends its deepest sympathy.
Robert A. Malin '53
1957
We have belatedly learned of the January 1985 death of BRUCE CUTLER from a heart attack.
Bruce attended Dartmouth from 1953 to 1955 before leaving to spend three years in the army. In 1960 he graduated from Northwestern University.
At the time of his death, Bruce was living in Harrisburg, Pa., where he was a staff writer for the local paper. He is survived by a brother, Roger, and his sisters, Cynthia Witt and Judith Fellingham.
1975
MICHAEL J. GAFFNEY, son of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Gaffney of Saint Louis, passed away on June 15. Michael was a vice president and senior economist at Merrill Lynch. He is survived by his parents and by his brother, William S., his sister, Catherine E., and sister-in-law, Gwen Holt Gaffney.
Michael, a 1971 graduate of Lindbergh High School, received several citation reports for outstanding work in history while at Dartmouth. He was a member of the Dartmouth Student Forum and the Thayer Art Committee, participated in intramural sports, was a member of the Young Democrats, and participated in the Foreign Study Program in Blois, France. He graduated cum laude from Dartmouth and received a degree of distinction in economics.
