Deaths

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

Waltman Walters '17 • August 5 G. Curtis Crump '23 • July 12 Edward B. Gumaer '23 • June 15 Chester W. Eaton '25 • July 27 Richard S. Nye '25 • July 27 Robert Rush Rahmanop '25 • June 24 Joseph Manuel Russakoff '27 • June 28 Henry Augustus Buchtel '28 • April 18 James McConnon '28 'June 27 Richard Lee White '28 • June 22 James McConnon '28 • June 27 Nelson S. Lehman '29 • Oct. 10, 1987 Richard Wesley Bowlen '30 • July 5 Alton Kimball Marsters '30 • July 21 Robert N. McClory '30 • July 24 Joseph Charles Placek '30 • July 3 Arthur S. Hyman '31 • June 9 Robert Edward Fendrich '32 • June 27 Jesse Russell Harper '32 • May 25 Ralph Sharmon Bush '33 • August 1 David Vahey Flynn '33 • May 20 William C. MacCarty '33 • July 12 James Prescott '34 • July 6 Kester Egger Reeve '34 • July 18 Bret Carberry '36 • January 30 Montague Allyn Roberts '36 • April 28 Robert Raymond Barry '37 • June 17 Foster Warren Brunner '37 • June 16 Charles Smith Fowler '37 • June 5 Gordon Urner Graham '37 • April 28 Donald Erwin O'Brien '37 • April 19 Arthur Garfield Sprague '37 • June 30 Seymour Ellis '38 • May 29 William Piatt Stratton '38 'June 26 Richard H. Campbell '40 • Sept. 26, '87 Francis Thomas Bartlett '42 • May 17 David Edward Skinner II '42 • August 7 Aaron Allen Hand '43 • June 22 Charles Jordan Thorn '43 • May 24 Roger Kahn Wolbarst '43 • July 7 James Matthew Andrew '45 • July 12 Robert Oliver Craig '46 • July 13 James Cornelius Peters '46 • March 21 Harris W. Powers '46 • July 22, 1980 Henry Woodworth Shute '46 • June 9 Ernest Barker Vogt '46 • February 2 Jack Marshall Jeffus '47 • July 7 David Lee Cotton '49 • June 29 Theodore F. Prime '50 • June 22 John Edward Mac Donald '50 • July 6 Richard Charles Sampson '51 • June 29 Michael Marx '54 ' June 10Edward Charlton Eppich '58 • June 5 Kendall Eugene Bailes '62 • March 28 David John Le Grand '73 • February 17Robert Allem McCullough '73 • July 11Charles E. Williams '81 • January 21 Tracy Wayne Higginbotham '82 • June 7 William Lance DeGennaro '83 • July 4 Timothy Andre Moore '85 • April 17

1923

Ed Gumaer of Sun City, Ariz., died June 15 and is survived by his widow, Marjorie, daughter Ann, and two grandchildren. He was a member of Sigma Nu at College. The following, written some years ago and found in his file in Hanover, serves as Ed's own obituary.

"After leaving Hanover, I knocked around on several jobs in Kansas City, Denver, Newark, and Asheville, N.C., until 1929 when I went to work for Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co. in Denver. I've been with them ever since. I've had assignments in El Paso and Alberquerque and returned to Denver six years ago. My job. is personnel such things as wage and salary administration, wage schedules, selection and employement, and college recruiting. I've been married for 35 years. We have one daughter, married and living in El Paso, and two granddaughters."

1925

Robert R. Rahmanop diecf June 24 at his home in Newark, Del., of arteriosclerosis, following an illness of six months. He received his M.C.S. degree from Tuck School and was employed by E. I. du Pont de Nemours, in the plastics field, sales division, until his retirement. His wife, Dorothea (Hall), predeceased him. They had no children. Interment was in the Lary Cemetery in Gorham, N.H.

1927

Eugene R. Sullivan died April 4 at the Tarpon Springs Memorial Hospital in Clearwater, Fla.

A native of Fall River, Mass., Gene prepared for Dartmouth at the Durfee High School in that city. In College, he was a member of Sigma Nu, and after graduating in 1927 he continued at the Thayer School where he received his degree in 1928.

Gene had a varied and interesting life. He began as a practicing civil engineer with Turner Construction Company in Berlin, Conn. One of that firm's customers was the Schaefer Brewing Co. of Brooklyn, N.Y., and when the selling of beer became legal, Schaefer began an intensive program of plant expansion and hired Gene for several years to oversee it. During the forties Gene served as treasurer of the Long Island Dartmouth Club and was active in the interviewing and recruiting of prospective Dartmouth students.

In 1949 he purchased the Dodge automobile agency in Bedford, Pa., which he operated for five years. However back problems which he acquired during his years with Schaefer finally convinced him to retire from active work. Always interested in boating, he cruised extensively in Cape Cod, Long Island Sound, and the inland water way to Florida, where he settled in 1965.

1928

James McConnon died June 27 at his home in Tucson, Ariz., with his wife, Cynthia. Both had been in failing health.

At Dartmouth Jim majored in chemistry, was a member of the Glee Club, earned his D in track, and joined Chi Phi. As an alumnus he served as chairman of the Job Development/Career Advisor Committee 1972-88, as Book Award Chairman 1986 87, and on the CFD Leadership Committee. Following graduation he went to work for McConnon and Company of Winona, Minn., developing the company into a major manufacturer of agricultural chemicals. He married Cynthia Murdoch in Wabasha, Minn., October 5, 1929. They are survived by a daughter, Ann Chase, and a son, Thomas J. McConnon '54.

In May 1957 Jim joined the sales staff of Waddell and Reed, the principal underwriter of United Funds. He had the responsibility of developing this business in St. Paul. After retirement in 1970 he took up residence in Tucson, Ariz., where he was very active in the Tucson Dartmouth Club. While in Minnesota he was active in community affairs, principally with the Community. Chest, as president of the Little Theater, and with the Boy Scouts, who awarded Jim the silver beaver.

1931

Lloyd Bennett Wilson Jr. died on June 21 at the Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., of pneumonia.

A native of Nebraska, Lloyd called Washington his home during college years. He majored at Tuck, and also completed his year of graduate study there. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta.

In 1935 he began his business career in the Washington area with H.L. Rust Co., a real estate firm, becoming chairman and CEO in 1975, before retiring in 1981. From 1951 through 1964 he was also associated with Griffith-Consumers Co., fuel oil and coal dealers, becoming president in 1958.

Lloyd had three years in the navy in WW II, half of them in the South Pacific, becoming executive officer of a combat aircraft service unit during the Philippines campaign, as lieutenant commander.

He was very active in community affairs, particularly in Boys and Girls Clubs and in the Boy Scouts. His wife, Mary, predeceased him, but he is survived by daughters Rosemary Jenckes and Deborah Van Atta, both of California, and by three grandchildren.

1933

David Vahey Flynn passed away suddenly of a heart attack on May 20; the previous evening he had attended a choir rehearsal at the Presbyterian Church in Pleasantville, N.Y., where he was a deacon.

David entered Dartmouth from Pelham Memorial High School, Pelham, N.Y. From an early age he was interested in music and over the years studied piano, organ, clarinet, saxaphone, and string bass.

At Dartmouth he majored in sociology, was a member of Chi Phi, and played in the marching band which he led in his senior year. He sang in the glee club and performed in several Gilbert and Sullivan productions; he also played varsity lacrosse.

After Dartmouth he joined Cunningham & Walsh advertising agency as a copywriter, but subsequently returned to Columbia to earn an M.A. in music at Teachers College.

In 1942 David was commissioned a lieutenant, j.g., at the Newport Naval Training Station and served at lighter-than-air bases at South Weymouth, Mass., and Key West. After WW II he continued in the Naval Reserve program and retired as a lieutenant commander. He returned to teaching.

In July 1987 David and his wife, Dorothy Gregg, celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary. Surviving are a son, David; two daughters, Judith F. LoBalbo and Deborah F. Anderson; a sister, Dorothy M. Flynn; and a brother, Warren G. Flynn '38.

1937

Robert R. Barry died on June 14 of cancer following a long illness. After three years at Hamilton College Bob spent two years at Tuck and joined our class. He was. a loyal member serving as class agent and attending a number of reunions. He also was with us on the '37 Rhine River trip in 1985.

He entered politics when he worked on Thomas Dewey's first campaign for district attorney in New York and became a Republican Party regular. Working his way up through the chairs, he served on the national campaign committees of GOP presidential candidates Wendell Willkie, Dewey, Eisenhower, and Nixon.

In 1958 Bob was elected as a Republican congressman from Westchester and Putnam counties in New York and served for three terms. While in the House, he was a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, and represented the United States at NATO parliamentary conferences. He was also a U.S. delegate to UNESCO.

President Ronald Reagan appointed Bob to the Peace Corp's Advisory Council. He was national president of Alpha Delta Phi International from 1984-85, had been chairman of various committees for YMCA and Boy Scouts of America, and was a member of the National Board of BSA. He is survived by his widow, Anne, and children Cynthia H. Bidwell and Henry R. Barry.

1938

Seymour Ellis died on May 25 of heart failure at his home in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. He entered Dartmouth from Culver. A political science major, he was active in the Forensic Union, a member of the varsity debating team, on the business board of the Daily D, and a brother in Sigma Nu.

After Harvard Business School, "Squee," as he was known in College—although in a 1958 questionnaire he said, "I refuse to remember my nickname" - joined the sales force of Philip Morris. In 1940 he married Helen Rockett, with classmates Tom Roberts and Al Hawkes as groomsmen.

After his discharge as a lieutenant from the navy in 1946 he rejoined Philip Morris. A year later he became their advertising manager in New York. But by the time of our 25th Reunion he was deeply involved in the restaurant business, owning "the world's largest Howard Johnson's" at 42nd and Lexington, four other restaurants in New York and Fort Lauderdale.

Squee was elected president of our class in 1974 but reluctantly gave it up after a year when stricken with crippling arthritis. In 1980, after 30 years in Stamford, Conn., he and Helen moved to California. A Red Sox fan all his life, he loved New York but hated the Yankees. Besides Helen he leaves a son John, daughters Helene and Janice '81, and two grandchildren.

William Piatt Stratton Jr. died June 25 in Bethel Island, Calif., of complications following pneumonia. Bill prepared for Dartmouth at the Hackley School in Tarrytown and at Tenafly (N.J.) High. He was a brother in Alpha Delta Phi and played tackle on our freshman team and for the varsity until he injured his knee.

After working for the Bridgeport Brass Company for a short time he went out to the West Coast in 1939 as Pacific Coast representative for the Bassick Co. which made furniture trim, automobile hardware, and casters. It was in Los Angeles that he met Jama M. Reid, a USC coed. They were married in February of 1939.

In our 25th Reunion book he reported he had been a sales manager in the aircraft and missile field, and had started his own sales and engineering concern which then merged with Western Aircraft Supply. After retiring Bill bought a classic (one of only five built) 35' Chris Craft and spent two years lovingly restoring it. That was so much fun he spent six years selling boats for a marine brokerage.

Bill is survived by Jama, sons William III, James, and Robert, daughters Susan and Nancy, and 13 grandchildren. A niece, Joan Stratton, graduated from the Dartmouth Med School in 1982.

1939

Earle Dodds Stevenson II 70, of Youngstown, Ohio, died of a heart attack in his home on April 7. Earle prepped at University High School, Chicago, where he was active in basketball and baseball. At Dartmouth he was an intramural manager and a member of Sigma Nu.

From 1941-43 Earle took post graduate work at the Illinois Institute of Technology and worked in power houses for Chicago Edison, before accepting a commission in the navy in 1943. He served throughout the war as engineer officer on the U.S.S. Varian, DE 798, which got two U-boats. Earle was in charge of the boarding and salvage party that brought in the U-805.

In 1946 he returned to Chicago and went into the steel business with Ingersoll Steel Division of Borg-Warner. In 1950 he became the assistant production manager of the Ackermann Manufacturing Co. in Wheeling, W. Va., before joining Youngstown Metal Products Co. in 1963 as sales manager. He was made a vice president in 1971, and president in 1974, in which post he remained until retiring.

He was a member of Osiris Shrine, Mahoning Valley Industrial Management Assn., National Management Assn., and the Youngstown Chamber of Commerce.

Earle is survived by his wife, Viola, whom he married in 1941, and by three children Earle III, Beth Anne, and Todd.

Daniel Huntington Webster died of Alzheimer's disease at the Meadow brook Nursing Home, Plattsburgh, N.Y. on March 22. Dan' came to Hanover from Plattsburgh High School where he was active in football and basketball. At Dartmouth he was a member of Kappa Sigma, vice president of the Ledyard Canoe Club, and a member of the Camera Club and the Hell Divers Ski Club.

Dan got his medical degree from Syracuse University in 1943, and served as a medical officer with the U.S. Army during World War II and again with the U.S. Air Force in the Korean conflict. Following his military experiences, Dan's practice was in Plattsburgh, where he retired in 1983. During retirement Dan followed his lifelong interest in canoes, and made canoe paddles in his basement. He was an avid supporter of square dancing, and belonged to several western-style square dance groups. He was also a member of the National Ski Patrol at Titus Mountain in Malone, N.Y.

Dan leaves his wife, Edna, sons David and Blakely, daughters Diane Brady and Chardi Racine, and eight grandchildren.

1940

Richard E. Glen dinning Jr. died this past June at his home in Sarasota, Fla. He was 70 years of age.

While at Dartmouth Dick was editorial chairman of The Dartmouth and an undergraduate editor of The Alumni Magazine. He was also a member of SAE.

Dick was in the U.S. Navy during WW II, leaving the service as lieutenant commander. After the war, Dick devoted full time to his writing, creating short stories, radio shows, suspense novels, books on history, and children's books.

He was a founding member of Sarasota's Friends of The Libraries, vice chairman of the County Historical Society, and a member of The Author's Guild, Mystery Writers of America, and the Society of American Historians.

He is survived by his wife, Sally, a daughter Elizabeth, and a sister.

1942

Francis Thomas Bartlett died at his home in Peterborough, N.H., on May 17 as a result of cancer.

Frank came to Hanover via Cushing Academy and his home in Winchendon, Mass. During his undergraduate years he majored in history, became a member of SAE and developed an interest in squash and skiing, which he continued for the remainder of his life. His military career began at Fort Dix on June 9,1942, where he shortly became a member of the U.S. Army Transportation Corps. This took him to Africa, Italy, and France, where he was commissioned a 2nd lieutenant.

Using his military experience he started his own shipping business, the Atlantic Reefer Line, which he later sold to the Waterman Steamship Line, becoming its executive vice president. Following his retirement some years ago, the Bartletts moved from Westchester to Peterborough, N.H., where Frank became associated with a fuel and propane company.

Throughout his life Frank maintained an active interest in his church and the local Red Cross. The class extends sympathy to his wife, Pat, and their four children.

1943

C. Carlton Coffin Jr. a retired insurance executive and longtime activist in Dartmouth affairs, died of leukemia June 22 at a Miami Beach hospital. He was 66.

A native of Nashua, N.H., Kelly graduated from Dartmouth in 1946 after more than two years as a naval aviation flight instructor during World War II.

He was an agent with the Connecticut Mutual Insurance Co., serving successively in five states, from 1946-61. He joined Aetna Life and Casualty Co. In 1961 and after several promotions was named general agent for brokerage in Miami in 1978.

As ail undergraduate at Dartmouth, he was manager of the hockey team, a member of the marching band, and a member of Green Key. He belonged to DKE.

Kelly was president of the class from 1953—58, newsletter editor from 1962-67, a member of the Alumni Council from 1970-73, president of the Dartmouth Club of Georgia from 1966-68, class agent from 1961-64, area enrollment director for five southern states for five years, and was a member of the class executive committee at the time of his death.

He leaves his wife, Ann, sons C. Tristam and David both of Atlanta, daughter Leslie Charlson of Los Angeles, two stepdaughters, and a granddaughter.

Arthur Cohen died of a heart attack on June 9 at Belevedere-Triburon, Calif. At Dartmouth Arthur was the captain of the varsity tennis team, and a member of Green Key and Pi Lambda Phi. He was a graduate of Long Island College of Medicine and received his surgical training at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, D.C.

Arthur served at various military hospitals, including Germany and Vietnam. In 1956, while he was back at Walter Reed, he was on the team that performed surgery on President Eisenhower and later on John Foster Dulles. He was chief of the department of surgery at Letterman Army Hospital when he retired from the army. After that he ran the surgical training program at St. Mary's Hospital in San Francisco and retired in 1986.

Arthur had a distinguished reputation in his field, and was also a golfer and an international fly fisherman who played the piano and painted in oils. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy, daughter Leslie, and son Robert.

Aaron Allen Hand died of cancer on June 22 in Greenwich, N.Y. Tuss entered Dartmouth from the Kent School. After , his sophomore year he transferred to Cornell to pursue his interest in agriculture.

While at Dartmouth Tuss was a member of the crew and of Phi Kappa Psi. He served in the army during World War II, returning to Greenwich to run the Hand Melon Farm. Although melons brought him fame, he also ran a large dairy, chicken, and grain operation. Tuss's Red Hand melons were world class and President Eisenhower joined many others in praising,his crop.

Tuss was a directer of Mary McClellan Hospital, on the advisory board of the Home City Savings Bank, and an early member of the Easton Tower Planning Board. He is survived by his wife, Carol, six children, and one grandson.

An interview of Tuss in DAM in 1975 sums up his philosophy: "I love the soil, and I love working it and watching it."

1944

William Houston Hinson Jr. of Leawood, Kans., died at home June 12 of bone cancer. He was recently retired after 20 years as a manufacturer's representative with W. T. Leonard & Associates in Kansas City, Mo.

Bill came to Dartmouth from Webster Groves High School on athletic and scholastic scholarships. During World War II, he served in the air force as a first lieutenant, and returned to Hanover with his wife, Mary, after the war to obtain his degree. He was a member of Sigma Chi and sang in the Glee Club at Dartmouth. He pursued his fondness for music throughout his life as a member of the local church choir.

He is survived by his wife, Mary, two children, six grandchildren, and a brother, A. T. Hinson '42.

1951

David Frederick Phillips died on April 4, the result of a stroke. He had lived in Bethesda, Md., with his wife, Marta, who survives him.

Dave, a former Foreign Service officer, had been an expert in international exchange programs as assistant director of the Howard University Office of Student Services from 1965 until his retirement in 1984. According to Ashley Hawken, a U.S. Information Agency official and fmaily friend, "Dave had a strong commitment to international understanding and has over the years helped thousands of students from Latin America and Asia."

Before joining Howard University Dave had been a USIA cultural affairs officer in Peru, Chile, and Ecuador. While serving in Peru, he had met Marta, who also worked with the USIA in the Latin America TV and films division.

At Dartmouth, Dave majored in art history and was a member of the Dartmouth Players and Cercle Francais. He spent his junior year at the Sorbonne, and was a Reynolds Scholar for graduate studies at the University of Madrid. After college, Dave enlisted in the army and served in Germany as a counter-intelligence specialist from 1953-55.

Lloyd A. Richardson died of complications during surgery on March II at the St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Pontiac, Mich. He is survived by his wife, Corinne, and a brother. Lloyd had been ill for several years, undergoing a series of operations for osteoarthritis. During an earlier confinement, Corinne had been his nurse, a relationship from which grew into love and, in 1972, marriage.

At Dartmouth, Lloyd was an English major and active in the Dartmouth Players. During his senior year, he worked as a senior fellow on an Elizabethan drama project. After College, until 1960, Lloyd was vice president of Mt. Clemens Metal Products; later, until 1968, he held the same position with Rich-Wing Corporation. These firms serve the automotive industry in Michigan. He was also secretary-treasurer of the Richardson Foundation and the Rich-Kiss Placer Mining Company.

1962

Robert E. Scott Jr. died on May 20 from an aneurysm of the aorta. Bob was raised in Scotch Plains, N.J. Following graduation, he continued to live in that state, most recently in Brielle, on the Manasquan River. He had been president of R. E. Scott Co., a mortgage banking firm founded by his father. He was also vice president for finance of K. Hovnanian Enterprises, builders and developers.

As an undergraduate Bob rowed on the lightweight crew and was a member of Alpha Delta Phi. As social .chairman he continued the tradition of organizing celebrated AD social functions to which he introduced nationally recognized rock groups. On the more serious side, he was an active member of YAF. His interest in conservative politics continued. Recently, he had been appointed as a member of the Republican Task Force.

Bob was, perhaps, remembered best in his undergraduate days as a true individualist. In those days of button-down Oxford shirts and circle pins, Bob'stood apart.

Bob is survived by his wife of 24 years, Barbara, and sons Robert, Charlie, and Steven.

EDWIN D. ROBB JR. '62