Deaths
(This is a listing of deaths of which word hasbeen received since the previous issue Full notices, which are usually written by the class secretaries, may appear in this issue or a later one.)
Lawrence Lockwood '17, May 25 Leonard James Reade '17, April 10 Raymond Reeder Wain '17, April 29 Paul Herbert Gerrish '18, March 26, 1987 William Chamberlain Forbes '19, Feb. 14 Chester Freeland Caswell '19, April 19 Stuart Allan Russell '19, March 10 Dietrick John Werfelman '19, March 4 John Robert Williams '19, March 22 Wallace Wright '19, April 8 Dudley William Page '20, April 22 Howard W. Whitaker '20, March 26 Walter Roger Henshaw '21, April 10 William McCune Rex '22, February 27 George Leslie Sackett '22, March 2 Morrill Goodwin Sprague '22, May 2 Ralph Lloyd Rounseville '23, February 8 Henry Harold Brandt '24, February 1 Douglas Lefferts Clark '24, April 15 Everett Robert Curran '24, February 4 Frank Leighton Harrington '24, April 21 Ernest R Mantius '24, May 17 Richard Wedge Morin '24, May 29 Edwin Hugh Griffin '25, March 17 Earl Nicholson Matchett '25, February 12 Robert Nathan Millet Jr. '25, March 31 Oliver Alfred Westfall '25, May 10 John Howe Bickford '26, June 5 Carleton Blunt '26, May 6 Edward H. Gulbenkian '26, Dec. 23, 1987 John Hammond '26, April 30 Roland Austin Jacobus '26, May 26 Herman Jones Trefethen '26, April 20 Robert Anthony Dalrymple '27, February Eugene Robert Sullivan '27, April 4 Robert Wallace Williamson '27, March 26 John Mortimer Bell '28, April 25 John Otis Brew '28, March 19 Laflin Clifford Jones '29, May 3 John LoPinto '29, March 13 Frank Robinson Sullivan '29, March 17 Harry Lawrence Stewart '30, March 3 Richard Carl Beck '32, April 6 Fred Harland Await '33, April 14 Robert Giffen Freeman '33, March 29 John Howard Thompson '33, April 22 Kenneth Burleigh Weeman '33, February 29 Donald Charles Bunting '34, June 16, 1987 Charles Connell Goodfellow '34, March 18 Joseph Austin Slechta '34, February 9 John Julius Bell '35, January 22 Charles Willard Heckel '35, April 6 Richard Tripp Coffin '36, May 5 James Locke Lancaster '36, February 10 Jere Edward Duffy '37, February 4 Jacques Louis Francine '37, March 28 Lawrence Roy Laughlin '38, March 21 George Morris Gray '39, April 5 John Gilbert Mearrss Jr. '39, April 8 Earle Dodds Stevenson II '39, April 7 Thomas, Goodman Vent '39, March 19 Daniel Huntington Webster '39, March 22 George Schuyler Morse '41, April 24 Edwin Allan Walten Jr. '41, Nov. 2, 1985 Robert Oscar Blood Jr. '42, April 17 Charles Frederick Sturz '42, May 13 Delbert Linscott Jackson '44, May 14 Paul Lucian Livingston '44, April 23 Peter Allan Kenneth Owen '48, February 1 William H. Standen Jr. '48, March 12, 1984 Raynolds Drake '49, May 4 Edward Rigby Lawton '50, Sept. 22, 1987 Stanley Irwin Nelson '50, May 2 David Frederic Phillips '51, April 4 Lloyd Allen Richardson '51, March 11 Charles French Nevens '52, Oct. 30, 1987 William Arthur Riehl Jr. '52, October 4,1987 Richard Bruce Simpson '53, March 29 Ryland Ellis Dickinson Chase '57, April 25 James Williams O'Brien '57, Dec. 9, 1984 Richard Alfonso Angulo Jr. '77, May 17
Faculty
Professor Emeritus NORMAN K. ARNOLD, 81, died in Hanover on January 22. A graduate of Wesleyan, Professor Arnold earned a Ph.D. from Yale in 1932. He joined the Dartmouth faculty that year as an instructor in zoology, specializing in morphology and animal histology. He served the College on the steering committee for the Great Issues course, on the committee selecting senior fellows, and was long active in premedical advising for Dartmouth undergraduates. Dartmouth awarded him an honorary master's in 1942. He was twice department chairman for biological sciences, and retired in 1965. His survivors included his mother, a brother, and nieces and nephews.
KENNETH REXTON DAVIS, a longtime professor of business administration at Tuck, died November 22, 1987, in Chapel Hill, N.C. A native of Montana, Dr. Davis earned his master's and a doctorate in business at the University of Wisconsin, a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, and an honorary master's degree from Dartmouth. While he taught at a number of colleges here and abroad, he is remembered by the Dartmouth family for the 30 years he was at Tuck. During this time he conceived the Tuck Executive Program and was its director for ten years. He retired in 1983 but continued to teach at the University of North Carolina and at Duke while still managing summer conferences at Tuck.
He was the author of nine books, including college texts on marketing management and sales force management.
Dr. Davis is survived by his wife, Mary, daughter Jane Davis Coop, son John, and three grandchildren. He also leaves many friends in Hanover, where he was an elder at the Church of Christ, and an enthusiastic bridge player and golfer.
A Kenneth R. Davis Memorial Fund has been established at the Amos Tuck School, Hanover, NH 03755.
1917
LEONARD J. READE died at the Red Bank (N.J.) Convalescent Center on April 10. He was 93. Len, who graduated with honors in chemistry, was chairman and secretary of Reade Manufacturing Co., New York, until 1986. The family business originated in England in the late 1700s as Reade Brothers Co. Ltd., but in 1881 Len's mother moved the firm to the U.S. Len was himself an inventor of chemicals used in modern soldering techniques for the electronics industry.
At the time of his death Len had been 1917's class agent for many years and frequently made memorial contributions for deceased classmates. He was active in other alumni affairs and attended many reunions. Surviving are his widow, Laurene, three nephews including John Nubel '59, and a niece.
RAYMOND REEDER WALN died in Bradenton, Fla., on April 29. After serving in the army during World War I, Ray worked in department store management in lowa and Washington, D.C., where he managed Woodward & Lothrop's Pentagon branch. Ray was a member of the Dartmouth Club of Sarasota and the Ivy League Club, and found time to serve on the boards of several organizations for disabled children.
He is survived by his wife, Bernice, sons Raymond Jr. of Naples, and Nicholas of Mission Viejo, Calif., 12 grandchildren, and several great-grandchildren.
1918
Earlier this year the College learned of the death of PAUL HERBERT GERRISH on March 26, 1987, in Pasadena, Calif. As far as we know he is survived by his wife, Laura, two daughters, and a son.
Writing to classmate Tom Bryant in 1986 Gerry said, "I am sorry I have neglected writing to you and other 1918ers. I am very busy directing the Gerrish Swim and Tennis Club. I teach swimming and mathematics...
have never been sick... am too busy to continue my cross-country running."
After Dartmouth Gerry served briefly in the army, and eventually won advanced degrees at Harvard and Columbia. Throughout his long career he was devoted to teaching and to athletics and fitness. He was active in the Red Cross, the Masons, and the Presbyterian church.
HOWARD MACY PARK died in Miami, Fla., on March 3. A native of Cranford, N.J., he came to Dartmouth from The Pingry School. At the College he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi, and in his senior year managed the soccer team. Graduating early in 1918, Howie saw active service in WW I as an officer in the USNRF. After the war he earned a degree from Columbia Law School, practiced law in New York City, and in 1926 joined Standard Oil Company, now Mobil Corporation.
In 1952 Howie and Ann moved to Darien, Conn., and in 1961, following his retirement from Mobil as manager of the corporate real estate department, they moved to Miami. Both were enthusiastic sailors and spent many of their summers cruising between Florida and Long Island Sound in their boat. Ann died in 1982. A sister, Mrs. Robert S. Bigelow, survives.
1919
CHESTER FREELAND CASWELL died in Holden, Mass., on April 19. He had been in the Holden Nursing Home for several years.
Chet came to College from Worcester. While in College he was manager of the hockey team. During World War I he was a naval aviator.
His father was in the funeral business and Chet went to work with him. His father died shortly thereafter and Chet took over the business. He built a new funeral home in Worcester and also in Holden. Chet was active in many civic organizations and a past lieutenant governor of Kiwanis.
WILLIAM CHAMBERLAIN FORBES died in New Bedford, Mass., on February 14 after a long illness. Bill came to College from Manchester, N.H., and stayed three years, becoming a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Later he received degrees from M.I.T. and Lehigh University.
Most of his business career was in the textile industry. In 1940 he joined New Bedford Rayon Co., retiring in 1953 as chief chemist and director of research. His widow, Glenna, is the only survivor.
STUART ALLAN RUSSELL died of a stroke on March 10 in Delray Beach, Fla. He is survived by his wife, Jane, and by two of his three daughters.
At the College, where his brother New ton was a member of the class of '11, Stew was in DKE. He spent 18 months with the field artillery in France, winning decorations for several battles. Following graduation he joined his family's company, J. Russell & Co., industrial distributors in Holyoke, Mass. In 1920 he was married to Dorothy Ludlum, who died in 1968, several years after the Russells had retired to Hanover. In 1969 Stew was married to Jane Cody Blyth. Later they moved to Florida.
During his long career Stew was active in community service, including Boy Scouts, the Red Cross, Community Chest, Holyoke Hospital. He was at one time a trustee of Mt. Holyoke College. And he was always one of the best golfers in the class.
Jack's father was a. member of the class of 1886 and his son, John Jr., who survives, is a member of 1956. Jack was in the ambulance service abroad during World War I, then completed advanced degrees at Harvard, where his Ph.D. was awarded in 1927. He also studied abroad, at the Ecole Nationale de Chartres and the University of Paris. He joined the Dartmouth faculty in 1926 and retired in 1964 as professor emeritus. During World War II he also taught mathematics in the Navy's V-12 program on campus. A Phi Beta Kappa at Dartmouth, Jack served two terms as president of the Phi Beta Kappa chapter in Hanover. He was active in class affairs and handled many of the details for reunions at the Hanover end.
He was married to the former Adair Gee, who died in 1974. Surviving besides his son are two grandchildren. The family has suggested memorial gifts may be directed to the history department, 201 Reed Hall.
Professor WALLACE WRIGHT died on April 8 in Ames, lowa, where he had resided for many years. Wally came to college from Rochester, N.H., and graduated magna cum laude. Later he received a master's degree and a doctorate from Stanford University.
He is survived by a son, Wallace Jr. of Ames, a daughter, Katherine Garland of Portsmouth, R.I., and by a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
1920
HOWARD W. "BING" WHITAKER, 89, died on March 26 in Clearwater, Fla.
Bing entered Dartmouth from Somerville (Mass.) High School in 1916. In College, he was a letterman in track, specializing in cross-country, and a devoted member of Theta Delta Chi. Following graduation, Bing spent 12 years in the baking business in and around Boston and for a time in Youngstown, Ohio, where he was general manager of the General Baking Company. In 1932, he joined the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company as a field agent in the Boston office and remained with that company until his retirement in 1963. His last 15 years were spent as district manager of the Waltham, Mass., territory.
Upon retirement, Bing moved to North Redington Beach, Fla., where he and his wife, Jane, lived for the next 18 years. During this period, Bing became involved in local politics, serving as a member of the town planning board. He also remained vitally interested in Dartmouth matters and served as president of the St. Petersburg Dartmouth Club.
Bing is survived by Jane, to whom he had been married for 60 years, by the undersigned, by his brother Sidney, and by two grandchildren.
HOWARD WHITAKER JR. '52
1921
WALTER ROGER HENSHAW, 88, died April 10 at his home in Bradenton, Fla. Born in Suffield, Conn., Walt spent his freshman year at Colgate and joined us as a sophomore. He became the most talented member of the debating team. Determined to devote his life to teaching, he received his master's in education at Boston University.
In 1973 Mabel and Walt moved south, settling in Bradenton. In addition to Mabel the survivors are daughters Harriet and Barbara, and son Richard. There are also nine grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, and Walt's sister Mary. He is also survived by three score classmates who will never forget his eloquence at every Dartmouth gathering.
1922
RALPH VINCENT BRUCKER, a retired businessman, died from a heart condition on February 16 in a Syracuse, N.Y., hospital. He was 87.
Bruck was born in North Brookfield, Mass., and came to Dartmouth from the local high school. In college he served in the Student Army Training Corps and he was an economics major. He was a friendly classmate, and enthusiastic aspirant on the baseball squad, and a member of Cosmos Club. He received his B.S. degree in 1922 and returned the following academic year for his master's from Tuck School. Throughout life he was an appreciative alumnus.
His business career was mainly with W.T. Grant Co. where he worked for some 30 years. He began with the firm as a management student in Erie, Pa. He was subsequently manager of Grant stores in New Jersey and New York, retiring in 1961.
He and his wife, Gertrude, lived in Syracuse for the past 39 years. He was director of the Chamber of Commerce Retail Board and was an active member of the Dartmouth Club of Central New York.
Surviving are Gertrude, their son David, and several grandchildren.
WILLIAM McCUNE REX, 87, retired investment banker and loyal Dartmouth alumnus, died from a heart condition on February 27 at Delray Beach, Fla.
Bill was a native of Columbus, Ohio, and came to Dartmouth after spending freshman and sophomore years at Ohio State. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi.
His principal interests in life were his family, his work, Dartmouth College, and golf.
Bill and Jean (Greenshields) were married in 1931. They were the parents of William '57, captain of the 1956 Dartmouth football team, and Robert '63, captain of the 1963 Dartmouth golf team. Numerous grandchildren complete the family.
During this time the family lived in Rye and belonged to the Apawamis Country Club. Following his retirement, Bill and Jean moved to Delray Beach, where in 1986 he scored a hole-in-one at Gulfstream Country Club. Each summer they came north to Dorset, Vt., and enjoyed the Green Mountains.
Bill and Jean attended so many Dartmouth athletic contests and gatherings throughout the years, the class and College will not seem the same without him.
1923
THOMAS PAUL DURIVAN, 85, died at a convalescent center in Norwich, Conn., on February 29.
He was a graduate of Phillips Andover, attended Dartmouth for two years, and received his doctorate from Harvard Dental School. He practiced dentistry in New London until the early 1960s.
He was past president of the New London County Dental Society and the Connecticut Dental Society. Surviving are two sons and a daughter. In college he was a member of Beta Theta Pi.
CHARLES E. MARDEN of Franklin, N.J., died on February 1. He graduated from Dartmouth in 1923 and followed up his education at Union Theological School and at Columbia where he earned a master of arts and a doctorate. He joined the Rutgers faculty and lectured in sociology at Holy Cross. He wrote several books, notably one about Rotary. He conducted much work on venereal disease, especially in the South. Charlie leaves his wife, Fredda, and his brother Philip.
1924
HENRY HAROLD BRANDT died at Holy Cross Hospital on February 1. He lived for many years in Fort Lauderdale where he had been a real estate appraiser for 50 years. At the time of his retirement he was vice chairman of Eastern Federal Savings and Loan Association, of which he had been a director for 40 years. He left no immediate survivors.
DOUGLAS LEFFERTS CLARK died April 15 in Pensacola, Fla., after a long illness. Doug was associated with the Fred F. French real estate management company in New York City, retiring as vice president in 1959. He moved from New Jersey to Florida five years ago. He is survived by his wife, Mary, daughters Mary and Anne, and his brother Guernsey.
EVERETT ROBERT CURRAN died of cancer at his home in Haddenfield, N.J., on February 4. He is survived by three sons and one daughter. His first wife, Beatrice, died in 1967 and his second wife, Marjorie, in 1981. His son Dr. Everett R.Curran Jr. also predeceased him.
FRANK LEIGHTON HARRINGTON, who died on April 25 in Worcester, Mass., was quiet, unassuming, and painfully modest about his many achievements. He seldom would accept credit for his manifold accomplishments or for his generosity or acknowledge the dry wit with which he could puncture the pomposity of others and the sound reasoning with which he prevailed when he took a position. Much could be written about Frank's business career and involvement in community affairs. His presidency of The Paul Revere Life Insurance Company and The Massachusetts Protective Association, Inc., continued for over 20 years. Director of one bank, trustee of another, he also held high office in various national associations in the insurance industry. And there were few worthwhile causes in Worcester in which he was not active.
Dartmouth however, was his special pride and joy. Appropriately at his funeral service the organ prelude included "Dartmouth Undying" and the service concluded with "Men of Dartmouth." Frank first took office as a Trustee of the college in 1962. Re-elected to a second term in 1967, he resigned because of ill health in March of 1971, at which time he was made a Trustee Emeritus.
Frank came to Dartmouth from Phillips Exeter. He majored in the classics and graduated Phi Beta Kappa. He then earned a law degree from Harvard. His service to the College included the presidency of the Dartmouth Club of Worcester, member of the national committee for the Dartmouth Medical School, chairman of the Dartmouth Arts Council, and as Trustee chairman of the executive committee.
On his retirement Trustee chairman Lloyd Brace said, in part, "you have brought to the deliberations of this board a high degree of wisdom and fidelity combined with a unique quality of kindness and human understanding."
Frank, whose generous contributions to the College will long be remembered particularly by the Hopkins and Hood galleries and exhibition areas named after him is survived by his wife, Louise; sons Frank Jr. '50, Thomas '54, and George '61; daughter Roxanna; two sisters; 12 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
BERTRAND DENTON MANLEY of Pompano Beach, Fla., died on March 2 of cardiac arrest. Bert was a member of Theta Chi when in College. He left after two years to pursue a career in business. By 1952 he had become vice president of sales for Berkshire Hathaway Inc., a textile firm in New York. Bert's first wife, Veronica, died some years ago; he is survived by his second wife, Henrietta. There are no children.
RICHARD WEDGE MORIN, who died on May 29 in Hanover after a short illness, is remembered for his career as statesman, lawyer, and College administrator and librarian. A Minnesota native, Dick earned a law degree from Harvard in 1928. He also studied at Oxford and at the Ecole des Sciences Politiques in Paris. He was vice consul in Paris from 1929-33, then spent two years with the State Department in Washington. From 1935-42 Dick practiced law in Minnesota, but during the war returned to Washington to help establish State's Office of Public Information and Public Affairs.
In 1948 he became Dartmouth's executive officer under John Sloan Dickey, with whom he had worked in the government. He served President Dickey as executive secretary and member of the faculty steering committee of the Great Issues courseand also chaired Dartmouth College Publications. Then, in 1948, Dick became the College's 14th librarian, serving in that capacity until his retirement in 1968.
For many years Dick's avocation was art, having studied at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington and with his friend and hunting companion Paul Sample '20, then artistin-residence at Dartmouth. There have been many exhibitions of Dick's watercolors.
His first wife, Dolores, died in 1978, several months after their 50th anniversary. He is survived by his wife, Pauline, daughters Joan Stevenson, Anne Morin, and Sarah Morin, two grandsons, and a stepson. Memorial gifts may be sent to the Librarian, Baker Library.
1925
EDWIN HUGH GRIFFIN, died March 17 in a nursing home in Barrington, R.I. He had been in poor health for some time, suffering from Parkinson's disease and other ailments. Born in Medford, Mass., he came to Hanover from Winthrop (Mass.) High School. At College he was a member of Theta Chi and on the fencing team. After graduating he went into the hotel business, first with the Copley Plaza in Boston, then briefly in Florida, and finally, as assistant manager of the Hanover Inn until 1936. Subsequently he became registrar at New England College in Henniker, N.H. He was active in community service work with the Boy Scouts, Community Fund, Red Cross, and St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Concord. He was a member of the Masons and the Concord Country Club. He is survived by his widow, Rosanne, sons Edwin Jr., of Barrington, R.I., and Arthur of Lakewood, Calif., seven grandchildren, and one greatgrandchild.
ROBERT NATHAN MILLETT JR. died March 31 in the Liberty Commons Nursing Home, Chatham, Mass., following a long illness. After earning his degree at Dartmouth he received a master's degree in education at Harvard and taught in Everett, Mass., schools for 40 years before retiring in 1967 to Chatham. He is survived by his wife, Lenora (Mann) Millett of Chatham, daughters Cheryl Herman of Warwick, N.Y., and Jeanne Bell of North Easton, Mass., eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
HERBERT LE ROY RICE died September 21, 1987, of cancer in Water Mill, N.Y. He was head of his own insurance brokerage firm in New York City until his retirement, after which he spent his time in real estate investing, extensive travel around the world, and as an avid golf player, several times winning first place or runner up in Shinnecock Hills Golf Club tournaments. He was also a member of the Seminole Golf Club in Palm Beach. Herb left Dartmouth after his freshman year and attended the University of Virginia briefly before entering the insurance business. He served in the navy from 1942-46. Although he spent only one year in Hanover, he retained a deep affection for Dartmouth. He is survived by his second wife, Theresa (Ernst) Rice, and by sons Lee R. Steeley, John A. Mangin, and William L. Willard.
1926
Dartmouth lost one of its most loyal sons and 1926 one of its outstanding classmates with the death of CARLETON BLUNT on May 6 at Bethesda Hospital, Delray Beach, Fla. Born in Evanston, Ill., he graduated from Evanston Township High School. At Dartmouth Carle had a very active undergraduate career, being Phi Beta Kappa, Psi Upsilon, Green Key, manager of cross-country, and varsity swimming team on which he was New England diving champion. He took his J.D. degree at Northwestern University Law School, and in later years became a life trustee of the University.
For 35 years he was a partner in the Chicago law firm of Bell, Boyd & Lloyd. He was a director of numerous large corporations, and headed the Community Fund of Chicago. A keen horseman, Carle served on several equestrian boards. He was equally keen about golf, and as president of the Western Golf Association was responsible for founding a number of out standing golf clubs. Most notable is the Country Club of Florida, where he served as mayor of Village of Golf, Fla., which was his home. Almost single-handedly he built up the Evans Scholarship Foundation, which combined two of his major interests, golf and education. The foundation paid the college tuition of former caddies.
His love for Dartmouth was expressed in many ways member of the Alumni Council, president of the General Association of Alumni, chairman of the 1926 25th Reunion fund, Trustee Resource Council, and a major contributor to the College. The Blunt Alumni Center was named after him in recognition of his many gifts. He won the Alumni Award in 1974, and was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Laws in 1978.
He is survived by his wife, Helen Tobey Blunt; three daughters, Frances Blunt Steinwedell, Carlene Curtis Blunt, and Patricia Blunt Koldyke; seven grandchildren including James S. Steinwedell '80, Elizabeth P. Koldyke '88, and Benjamin S. Koldyke '91; four great grandchildren; a sister; and nephew John T. Blunt '58.
EDWARD HOVANESS GULBENKIAN died December 23, 1987, in West Palm Beach, Fla. He was born in New York City, graduated from Pelham High School, and was with our class during freshman year.
He was president of Gullabi Gulbenkian Company of New York, president and treasurer of Gullabi Gulbenkian Foundation, a member of the Larchmont Yacht Club, the New York Athletic Club, and the Sailfish Club of Palm Beach.
Ed is survived by his wife, Kathryn, a son, daughter, two sisters, five grandchildren, and a niece.
HERMAN JONES TREFETHEN died at his winter home Lake San Marcos, Calif., on April 20. He and his identical twin and classmate Harold (who died in 1977) were born in Wilton, Maine, and graduated from Wilton Academy. It was practically impossible to tell the two "Trefs" apart. Classmates from parts of the country other than New England were awed by their "downMaine" accent.
Herm and Harold shared membership in Gamma Delta Chi fraternity, The Arts, The Players, and the Forensic Union. Herm, however, was also service manager of TheDartmouth. While it never was proven, it was possible that they may have swapped places in classes as necessities arose.
Herm spent most of his business career with McCrory Stores Corp., New York, as a candy buyer. After retirement in 1965 he maintained a summer home in Sky top, Pa., and he and his wife, Dot, enjoyed extensive travel in both Europe and United States. He was active in alumni affairs, serving as class head agent for the Alumni Fund 1962-66.
He is survived by his wife, daughter Beverly, son Harold '63, seven grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
1927
ROBERT W. WILLIAMSON died March 26 at the Charlwell Nursing Home in Norwood, Mass., after a brief illness. He was 82.
Bob was born in Norwood and prepared for Dartmouth at Norwood High School. At Dartmouth, he belonged to Kappa Kappa Kappa and was editor-in-chief of the Aegis. He received his degree from Tuck in 1928. He served his College as assistant class agent for many years and as head agent from 1977-84.
Bob went to work as a salesman for the Boston printing firm of T.O. Metcalf, started many years ago by his grandfather. Later he became assistant treasurer, then treasurer, and from 1950-74 he was president and treasurer. He remained active in a lesser role until retiring in 1986.
Bob served as treasurer of the Graphic Arts Institute of New England, chairman of the labor relations and negotiating committee of the Art Institute, and as a trustee of the Graphic Art Trust. He was also active in local affairs a town meeting member, leader in the Boy Scout Council, and a trustee of Norwood Hospital, the Plimpton Scholarship Fund, and the First Congregational Church of Norwood. He leaves his wife, Margaret, son R. Russell, daughter Mary W. Crawley, brother John, nine grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
1928
JOHN OTIS BREW, former director of Harvard's Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethnology, died on March 19 after a brief illness.
Born in Maiden, Mass., Jo joined the Peabody Museum right after graduation. Then in 1941, he received a Ph.D. from Harvard. He was appointed director in 1948 and served until 1967. Subsequently he was a visiting professor at several campuses, including Southern Methodist University.
Throughout his career he devoted much time to the discovery, excavation, and preservation of historical sites here and abroad, from the temples of Ramesses II in Egypt to Pueblo villages in Arizona.
Jo is survived by his wife, Evelyn, sons Alan and Lindsay, and four grandchildren.
HENRY AUGUSTUS BUCHTEL died on April 18 in Green Valley, Ariz., of a second stroke. Hank came to Dartmouth from Manual Training High School in Denver. A premed major, he excelled in scholarship, was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and graduated summa cum laude. He was president of the Canoe Club and active in Cabin and Trail.
Hank graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1931, then spent four years at the Mayo Foundation, followed by a year in surgery and urology at New York Post Graduate Hospital. In 1938 he established a private practice in Denver, limited to urology, followed by four years in WW II as a major in the Medical Corps. Returning to private practice, he was chief of staff of both Mercy Hospital and Children's Hospital in Denver, but his patients came from all over Colorado and much of Nebraska and Wyoming.
An avid mountain climber, Hank climbed every mountain in Colorado over 14,000 feet (54 of them), and was the organizer of the eight-man team which made the first ascent of Mt. McKinley by the hazardous "West Buttress" approach.
In 1969, he moved his practice and family to Steamboat Springs, Colo., and in 1985 retired to Green Valley.
He is survived by his wife, Kathrina, son Henry '64, and daughters Kate and Barbara. G.A. PROSSER '28
WESLEY FREDERIC PATIENCE died suddenly on December 12, 1987, in Millville (N.J.) Hospital, from a heart attack. Born in Springfield, Mass., in 1905, he graduated from Dartmouth with the class of 1928, majoring in Tuck School. A member of Sigma Phi Epsilon, he sang with the Glee Club and earned his numerals as a sprinter on the freshman track team.
Wes served as a naval lieutenant in World War 11, and retired from the reserve with the rank of commander after 20 years of service. An Eagle Scout as a boy, he served in many capacities on governing boards of his church and in the several communities where he resided. He was a resident of Millville for 42 years, where he was the con (roller and executive officer of the Millville Manufacturing Company.
His wife, Louise, died several years ago. He is survived by his son, Wesley Jr. of Boston, and his daughter, Alice Patience of Cincinnati, and by four grandchildren.
Wes was devoted to Dartmouth and attended most reunions. Word has been received that his will contains a bequest to Dartmouth. Friends have described Wes as a "crusty New Englander with a dry sense of humor and a big heart." He will be missed.
LARRY KINNEY '28
1929
LAFLIN CLIFFORD JONES died on May 3 at Columbia Hospital in Milwaukee, Wis., of a lung disease.
Bob came from Riverside High School in Milwaukee, was active on Jack-O-Lantern,The Tower, and The Arts. He majored in English.
Starting with Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company in 1929, he became senior vice president and a member of the board. He was president of the Milwaukee. Symphony Orchestra and on the boards of Columbia Hospital, the University of Wisconsin, the Milwaukee Foundation, and the Urban League. He leaves his wife, Marjorie, son Timothy, sister Marjorie Cook, and brother Daniel.
JAMES HOWLAND LATHAM of Wethersfield, Conn., died of cancer on February 6 at a local convalescent home.
Jim came from Bulkeley School in New London. He belonged to Alpha Tau Omega and majored at Tuck School.
He worked with Travelers Insurance Company for 40 years in many parts of the country. During World War II he served in the air force in Europe and the Middle East.
He and Dorothey, celebrated their 48th anniversary in January. He leaves a daughter, two sons, and six grandchildren.
SYDNEY RUFUS MILLS died in Florida on December 21, 1987, at Evergreen Woods Nursing Home. Our information on Syd is limited. He came from Haverhill (Mass.) High School and became engineering coordinator for Dome and Margolin, Inc. of Bohemia, N.Y.
He worked on telemetry on the Mercury and Apollo programs. He served in several theaters in World War II.
He married Lois Strange in 1935.
1930
HARRY LAWRENCE STEWART JR. died on March 3 after a brief illness. He lived for many years in Santa Barbara, Calif., but lately resided in Detroit.
Born in Tyrone, Pa., after Dartmouth Heinie obtained his medical degree from Jefferson Medical University in 1934, then his M.S. from University of Michigan in obstetrics and gynecology in 1939.
Heinie first practiced in Philadelphia for two years before joining the Army Medical Corps as a captain. He served at a number of army hospitals, retiring as a lieutenant colonel in 1946. Heinie had been president of the Santa Barbara County Medical Society, a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and was a founding fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. With all this professional activity, Heinie still had time to enjoy golf, bridge, and many community responsibilities. He was a member of the Cosmopolitan Club, Channel City Club, and St. Mark Methodist Church.
In 1932 Heinie married Frances Walton, who died in 1986. He is survived by daughters Sandra Abood and Mary Anne Miller, and by sons Harry L. III and William. There are six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
1931
WILLIAM EVERETT WALKER died in his sleep on February 29 at the Bon Secours Hospital in Derry, N.H.
Bill came to Dartmouth from Lawrence (Mass.) High. He majored in English, was a member of KKK, of Sphinx, played freshman and varsity baseball, and was on the boxing team.
After Dartmouth Bill attended Harvard Business School for a year, and joined Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company as Rhode Island district manager in 1935. Like many of us, he took time out to serve in the navy during WW II, principally as a gunnery officer on a tanker in the Pacific.
Bill went on to become sales manager of the Consolidated Lobster Company in Gloucester, then, at the age of 50, started an employment agency.
Bill is survived by his widow, Edith, daughters Joanne and Jeanne, two granddaughters, and one grandson.
RALPH MARTIN WARDLE died unexpectedly at home in Marion, Mass., on February 12. He came to Dartmouth from Tabor Academy, in Marion, and in retirement taught part-time at the school, after a lifetime of teaching at the university level.
Following graduation from Dartmouth Ralph taught for two years at the Palo Verde Ranch School in Arizona, then attended Harvard, where he earned his doctorate in English literature. After 38 years of teaching at the University of Nebraska he was given its Great Teacher Award in 1974. Following retirement he taught for five years at Creighton University in Omaha, and he then returned to Tabor.
Among the many works Ralph published were biographies of Mary Wollstonecroft, Oliver Goldsmith, and William Hazlitt, and he was working on a biography of Charles Lamb when he died. In 1983 Ralph received the Distinguished Scholar Award from the Keats-Shelley Association.
1932
On February 28 BENJAMIN TINKHAM MARSHALL of Winchester, Mass., died of a massive heart attack. Ben, or "B.T." as he was known by many friends, spent his boyhood in Hanover, where his father, B.T. Marshall '98, was chaplain at Dartmouth. Ben had many pleasant memories of Dartmouth and Hanover; his home was on the spot where Russell Sage dormitory now stands. He once listed for the College some ten or more Dartmouth connections: brother Andrew '22, three uncles in '07, '05, and '01, "and others including Eleazer Wheelock on my mother's side."
Ben entered Dartmouth in 1928 and played freshman football, then transferred to Clark University.
He spent his entire career with the Gulf Oil Corporation. We first met at Gulf on a student sales training course. Our wives were Smith graduates in the class of 1933, and this furthered our relationship over the years. Ben and Connie were both active in church affairs in Winchester, where Ben was a long-time member of the church choir as well as other choral groups.
Ben is survived by his wife, a daughter Lissa, and a son Stephen, as well as eight grandchildren and one great-grandson. I shall miss Ben, as will many friends in Hanover and Winchester.
JACK MANCHESTER '33
JOHN GILBERT PRENTISS died in Vero Beach, Fla., on February 10. He came to Dartmouth from Cleveland Heights, Ohio, played freshman football, majored in economics, and was assistant business manager of Jack-O-Lantern. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta.
After two years with Picands Mather, John went into sales with Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. During this pe riod he married Dorothy Brett, sister of John Brett '32. Then in 1942 he joined B. W. Rogers Co. in Akron, Ohio, where he served in sales and distribution as a specialist in. high-pressure hydraulics. He became vice president and a director of the company.
After retirement in 1973, John moved to Florida, where he indulged his interests in fishing, boating, and woodworking. There Dot died two years later. His second wife, Eleanor, died in 1985. John was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church, Riomar Bay Yacht Club, and the Riomar Country Club. He is survived by sons Peter and J. Gregory '66, by a stepdaughter, and by two grandchildren. Gregory has written, "My father was a good man who lived, I think, a fairly happy life and died well with dignity and courage." We should all deserve such an epitaph.
1933
FRED HARLAND AWALT was struck down by an automobile and subsequently died of brain injuries on April 14 in Auburn, Me.
Fred stayed in the Middle East till WW II when he joined the Department of State and was stationed in Washington, D.C., Lima, Peru, and Jidda, Arabia. After leaving State, he continued his interests overseas, and served as consultant to oil interests in Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
In the middle 1950s, he settled in Lewiston, Me., his wife's home town, and taught mathematics at the high school. As active in Maine as he was in the Middle East, he was a director of the Central Maine Hospital, the Red Cross, and the Y.M.C.A.
Fred is survived by two sons, a daughter, and numerous progeny including two great grandchildren.
FORREST PALMER BRANCH of Hampton, N.H., died of Parkinson's disease March 17.
He prepared for Dartmouth at the Medford (Mass.) High School and was an education major. He was vice president of Kappa Phi Kappa education fraternity, a member of Phi Gamma Delta social fraternity, and Green Key. He had a distinguished career as center for the football team and won a letter for three years. Boston University granted him a master's degree, and he later studied at the University of Rochester on a Carnegie grant. During the war years, he served as a navy lieutenant in the Philippines.
Forrie started a coaching and teaching career at Middlebury College and Kimball Union Academy, before returning to Hanover in 1937. He became something of an institution locally, teaching social studies and coaching hockey and football. He produced four state championships two in football and two in hockey. He was also head mentor for the New Hampshire Shrine Bowl Team for several years. A wise counselor, he helped many Hanover youths through the turbulent adolescent years.
Upon retirement in 1976, the selectmen declared "Forrie Branch Day" and honored him with a dinner at Thompson Arena, attended by over 500 persons, including many former students. More recently the Manchester Union Leader gave him an award as "the dean of high school coaches." He is survived by his wife, Barbara, two daughters, seven grandchildren, and his brother Dexter '37.
CHARLES ROBERT COCROFT, lifetime resident of the Chicago area, died February 25 of Parkinson's disease. He is survived by his wife, Eugenia, and two sons.
He majored in chemistry, was president of the chemical fraternity, Alpha Chi Sigma, and a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He was an outdoorsman and a member of both Cabin and Trail and the Canoe Club.
After receiving a master's degree from the University of Chicago, he was an instructor at Michigan State College till 1942. He then became a research chemist for the International Mining and Chemical Company where he concentrated in the field of plant chemistry. In 1965 he formed his own company to publish a journal for abstracts of technical nature. Bob continued his interest in the outdoors, and was famous locally for his knowledge of wild flowers.
ROBERT GIFFEN FREEMAN died on March 29 in Winthrop, Mass., after a prolonged illness. He entered Dartmouth from the Winthrop High School, played freshman football, and was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa.
Bob left College before graduation to join the Hotel Corporation of America in food management service, and lived most of his life on the West Coast. He was in the submarine service in WW II and ended up in Japan. Always near salt water, his hobbies were salt water fishing and yachting.
JOHN HOWARD THOMPSON died of heart disease on April 29 at a retirement home in Concord, N.H. He is survived by his wife, Kathleen, and a stepson.
John, or "Colonel" as he was better known, spent most of his life with newspapers. He started with a paper in Portland, Maine, and later moved to the Traveler in Boston, where he was a copy editor for 31 years. After leaving there he continued his interest in news, was president of the Boston Newspaper Guild for 11 years, and vice president of a national press organization.
He was an avid reader and kept up on diverse subjects, one of which was baseball, particularly the Red Sox. He was president of the Golden Age Club of Sharon, Mass., until his health began to fail. He then moved to New Hampshire to be near his son.
KENNETH BURLEIGH WEEMAN died at his home in Cranford, N.J., on February 29 of emphysema, a condition he suffered for many years.
He prepared for Dartmouth in Pawling, N.Y., and became a prominent member of the class of '33, contributing to campus life and several sports. He majored in Spanish, joined Alpha Delta Phi, wore a Green Key, a Paleopitus hat, and was chosen for Casque & Gauntlet. He won letters in baseball as a catcher and in swimming as a diver.
He is survived by his wife, Dorothy, to whom he was married for over 50 years, by sons Kenneth Jr. and Frederick '67, and five grandchildren.
1934
DONALD CHARLES BUNTING died of cancer on June 16, 1987, in Gainesville, Fla. A native of Wrightstown, N.J., Don came to Dartmouth from Pemberton High. He was a chemistry major, a member of Theta Chi, and on the Council of Student Organizations. Senior year he was president of the new Dartmouth Flying Club.
After work with Johns-Manville as a research assistant, he joined Pan Am in Miami as a meteorologist and had wartime service in Trinidad. In 1948 he moved to Gainesville, got a master's and became professor of meteorology and physical science at University of Florida. Don was quite active in Dartmouth affairs as president of the Dartmouth Club of Miami and then enrollment director for 20 years after he moved to the Gainesville area. He is survived by his brother Everett, who lives in Gainesville. His wife, Marjorie, predeceased him.
CHARLES CONNELL GOODFELLOW JR. of Cranford, N.J., died in a Summit hospital of pneumonia on March 20 after the onset of illness while vacationing in Antigua.
Charlie came to Dartmouth from The Pingry School in Elizabeth, N.J., where he was on the football and track teams. At Hanover he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta. Charlie completed his undergraduate work at New York University and joined Citibank where he served for more than 40 years as investment counsel and vice president in the personal trust division. He had navy duty from 1944-46, ending as a lieutenant
Over the years Charlie was on the boards of several investment funds and a trustee of his church and of Pingry. He is survived by his wife, Florence, by daughter Helen Berndt, sons Charles 3rd and Geoffrey '69, and by two sisters and ten grandchildren.
JOSEPH AUSTIN SLECHTA succumbed on February 9 at his home in Charlotte, N.C., after two years with lung cancer. He had come to Hanover as a graduate of Patchogue (N.Y.) High School where his major activity was music. This interest continued during his three years at Dartmouth, and led to ten years of playing and composing with the Indianapolis Symphony.
Joe shifted to New Orleans where he was a teaching fellow at Tulane, earning an M.A. and his Ph.D. there by time of our 25th reunion. He then became a professor of French at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and continued active until recently. While he taught phonetics, literature, English, and French, symphonic music (playing, teaching, composing) was strongly in the picture. Joe is survived by his wife, Sarah, their children Stephen, Elizabeth, Carol, and John and by three grandchildren.
1935
JOHN JULIUS BELL died after a stroke on January 22 at Cooper County Hospital in Boonville, Mo. He came to College from that city, was active in the Outing Club, and joined Sigma Alpha Epsilon. After graduation he worked with his older brother in the construction business in Houston. He joined the navy in 1942 and served during the African invasion where he won the Navy Cross.
After the war the Bells moved back to Boonville and bought his family orchards. There they stayed. Retirement came in 1974 and a chance to travel, which they enjoyed until illness began in 1984.
In the interim John served as mayor, chairman of the bank, senior warden of his church, and in many other community capacities.
He is survived by his wife, the former Kate Rotan, a son in Kansas City, Mo., and a daughter in Washington, D.C.
ALEXANDER GREER died of congestive heart failure on February 6 at his home in Springfield, Vt.
because of his father's ill health. Later he worked for the National Grange Insurance Co. as a claims adjuster. In 1951 he moved to Springfield, where he was employed by the Fellows Gear Shaper Corporation.
Surviving are his wife, Pauline, two sons, and a daughter. While we did not see Alex very often, his wife tells of the soft spot he always had for the College. We send our sympathy to the family.
CHARLES WILLARD HECKEL died of advanced diabetes and pneumonia on April 8 at the Marcus Ward Homestead in Maplewood, N.J.
A Phi Beta Kappa graduate, Bill received his M.A. from Columbia in 1936, an LL.B. from Rutgers in 1940. During World War II he served in the navy as a communications officer and a legal officer in this country and in China. He joined the faculty of Rutgers Law School in Newark in 1946 and was its dean from 1963-70.
Active for many years in the United Presbyterian Church, he was elected moderator (president) at their General Assembly in 1972. This magazine featured Bill with a 1973 "Album" page.
Throughout his career he devoted much time and effort to improving the lot of the poor. In the 1960s he served as president of the Newark anti poverty agency, was deeply involved in trying to contain Newark's racial turmoil, and turned his school into a center for mediation.
After his retirement from administration at 57 he continued to teach law at Rutgers, to lecture at Princeton Theological Seminary, and to find time for the theater and the Metropolitan Opera. A bachelor, Bill is survived by his brother Maynard, in Barrington, N.H.
FRANK WILLIAM WHITE died after a heart attack on February 13 at the Jordan Hospital in Plymouth, Mass.
He came to College from Plymouth, N.H., was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa, and majored in education. Bill's career showed many interests and his own versatility. One year after graduation he was director of athletics at the New Hampton School. After serving in World War II he studied at the American University in Cairo and then worked for the Arabian American Oil Co. But teaching and coaching seem to have been his primary goalsworking in several schools in New Jersey, New Hampshire, and Maine, and being employed by Curry College in Milton, Mass., at the time of his death.
Never marrying, he apparently still wanted to have a family, so he adopted four sons.
His sister, Irene W. Sherwood, who survives, tells of his being an avid gardener and cook. To her and his four sons go our sincere sympathy.
1936
LLOYD BLAIR RAINEY JR. of Houston, Tex., died November 24, 1987. "Baron" came to Dartmouth from Beaver, Pa., and had graduated from Mercersburg Academy. After singing in the Glee Club freshman year in Hanover, his principal extracurricular activity was business manager of the 1936 Aegis. He was a member of the Theta Delta Chi. Blair joined the Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. in 1936 as a sales trainee and retired in 1980. During his long career there he served in various positions such as product manager, sales manager, and director of eastern operations for various divisions of Jones & Laughlin. Most of his activities related to various products and supplies for the oil industry, such as pipe, tubing, and containers. During his career he had lived in Sewickley, Pa., Tulsa, New York City, and Houston. After he retired from Jones & Laughlin he joined Cleveland Steel Container Corp. for a period of time.
In 1939 Blair married Barbara Hahn. They have one daughter, Leigh, and two grandchildren.
In the early 1950s he was president of the Dartmouth Association of Western Pennsylvania, and in the 1970s was vice president of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Houston. His brother David '37 graduated from Dartmouth as did two nephews, D. Cotter Rainey '63 and Arthur Rainey '65.
In recent years Blair had cancer of the throat, causing some speech difficulties, but he had overcome most of those problems. Unfortunately in 1986 he began to have further complications which forced him to cancel plans to attend our 50th Reunion.
1937
JACQUES LOUIS FRANCINE, an explorer, writer, and much-decorated veteran of World War II, died on March 28 in Portland, Maine.
Jacques, a native of Philadelphia, came to Dartmouth from the Berkshire School, majored in geology, and was a member of Zeta Psi, Dragon, Glee Club, and president of the Carcajou Ski Club.
He learned to fly while in school, and a short time later was leading flying expeditions in the far reaches of Canada on behalf of the Academy of Natural Sciences. When World War II began Jacques joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and, in 1942, transferred to the U.S. Army Air Corps.
Major Francine was one of the first pilots to bomb Japan. In 1943 his group of the 11th Air Force, from an airfield in the Aleutians, mounted an attack on the Japanese mainland. At war's end he held the rank of lieutenant colonel and his decorations included the Distinguished Flying Cross with two Oak Leaf Clusters, three Air Medals, and four battle stars.
He was an outdoor writer whose work has been published in Hudson Bay Quarterly,Sports Afield and Yachting. He helped to map unknown territory in Labrador.
Jacques operated a wilderness camp on the Mistassini River in Quebec, and worked for the Boeing Vertol Co. until he retired in 1976. He was a founding member of the Northern Quebec Guides Association and a member of the Quebec Garrison Club and the Explorers Club of New York.
In our Golden Jubilee Report he advised new students to "pick your target as early as possible... and keep shootin'" We got to know Jacques and Delores at the minireunions and extend our sympathy to Delores and their children.
1941
GEORGE SCHUYLER MORSE died on April 24 at the Mary McClellan Hospital, Cambridge, N.Y., following a long illness with cancer.
Born in Glens Falls, N.Y., in 1920, George was a graduate of Mechanicsville High School, Dartmouth College, and Albany Law School. At Dartmouth, he was a member of Sigma Nu. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and practiced law in Cambridge, N.Y., since 1948.
George was a great lover of the outdoors, particularly fishing and sailing, and he devoted a lifetime to participation in community affairs local justice of the peace, town supervisor, district attorney of Washington County, tax attorney of the county, president of the Mary McClellan Hospital, director of the Glens Falls National Bank and Trust. He was a member of the Cambridge-Salem Masonic Lodge, Calvary Commandery, Oriental Shrine, American Legion, the Cambridge United Presbyterian Church, the New York State Bar Association. George served for several decades as an interviewer for applicants to Dartmouth.
Survivors include his mother, his wife, Elizabeth, sons George, Richard, Peter, and Stephen, and 11 grandchildren. The class extends sympathy to Lib and her family.
DONALD D. HANKS '41
A recent letter from his sons, Allen and Gary, brings belated word of the death of their father EDWIN ALLEN WALTEN JR., in Maryland's Perry Point VA Hospital on November 2, 1985. The cause of death was heart failure, perhaps a result, as the letter notes, of a long struggle with the disease of alcoholism.
Little is recorded of Ed's undergraduate experiences, but his sons write that he "was most proud of Dartmouth (and) his service in the Army Air Corps during WW II." Ed entered the service in August 1941, received his commission a year later, and attained the rank of captain while serving in England as adjutant of a B-17 Flying Fortress Squadron at an Eighth Air Force Bomber Base.
After the war Ed graduated from the University of Baltimore Law School, was licensed to practice in Maryland, and became a trust officer with the First National Bank of Baltimore. His wife, Gisela, survived Ed by only seven months before succumbing to cancer. Dartmouth's alumni include two cousins of Ed's Lee Barrett '41, and Gardiner Bridge '42.
1942
We are advised of the death due to cancer of ROBERT OSCAR BLOOD JR. which occurred on April 17 at his home in Ann Arbor, Mich., surrounded by his wife, children, grandchildren, and close friends.
Bob came to Dartmouth from Concord High School in New Hampshire, where his father was the governor. Originally premed, as a senior he became immersed in the social sciences and graduated Phi Beta Kappa. He then earned a B.D. from Yale, an M.A. from Minnesota, and his Ph.D. from North Carolina.
As an undergraduate he was instrumental in founding the Dartmouth Social Service Commission, which believed in training men who will contribute to their community rather than merely reside in it.
other books during his teaching career and, with his wife, Margaret, had a joint practice as marriage counselors. They were well known for their weekend workshops in interpersonal relationships.
The class will be sorry to hear of the death of GEORGE ADLARD CLARK of Carlisle, Mass., which occurred on March 2 in the William P. Clough Extended Care Center in New London, N.H., following a long illness.
George came to Hanover from West Hartford, Conn., and during his undergraduate years was a member of DKE and Sphinx. He entered the finance department of the U.S. Army in June of '43 as a private and was honorably discharged as a captain in February of '46, after extensive duty with the Air Transport Command in India. Following a short stint in the insurance world, he joined Avondale Mills, a textile company, and prior to his long illness was vice president and northeast representative for that company.
He is survived by his wife, Weezie, and their five children, to whom we send sincere sympathy.
CHARLES FREDERICK STURZ JR. of Vero Beach, Fla., died at the Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco, N.Y., on May 13 after suffering from cancer.
Chuck arrived in Hanover via Scarsdale High School and was a member of Theta Chi. Following graduation he joined the navy and spent most of the war on destroyers in the Pacific. After the war he graduated from Tuck School and in October of 1946 joined the financial staff of General Motors. He remained there until 1960 when he left as a division vice president. That same year Chuck purchased Linden Cookies, an institutional supplier of snack foods then located in White Plains, N.Y. He retired about eight years ago and maintained homes in Woodstock, Vt., and Vero Beach.
The class extends sympathy to Chuck's wife, Alice Mae/and their three children.
1943
RELLY IRVING RAFFMAN, a musician, composer, and professor of music at Clark University, died of cancer of the pancreas March 6 at Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester, Mass. He was 66.
After graduating from Dartmouth where he was a member of the Barbary Coast, Dragon, and Chi Phi Relly received a master's in music from Columbia and later did graduate work at the University of Indiana.
He was a navy pilot during World War II, flying more than 75 combat mission from aircraft carriers in the South Pacific. His plane was shot down during one encounter and he was rescued from a liferaft by the crew of the USS Massachusetts. He was a flight instructor during the Korean conflict.
Relly played both the piano and the saxophone and had more than a dozen compositions published. He joined the Clark University faculty in 1954 and was the founder of Clark's Jazz Workshop and Jazz study program.
He was a founder of the Worcester Community Performing Arts School, the Worcester County Music Association, and the Worcester Junior Ballet. His compositions won national acclaim and were performed by the Tanglewood Chorus and the Charles Ives Center for the Performing Arts in Danbury, Conn.
He leaves his wife, Rita, daughters Diana LaPlante and Nancy Raffman, his father Joseph Raffman of North Dartmouth, Mass., and a sister, Dorothy Moss.
1944
DELBERT LINSCOTT JACKSON, 66, a Wellesley orthodontist, died May 14 at Massachusetts General Hospital. He had heart problems for the past several years.
Del came to Dartmouth from Brookline, Mass., and the Rivers School in Weston. He left College in 1943 to join the First Fighter Squadron of the Army Air Corps 413 th Fighter Group, and was eventually based in Okinawa. He was a sergeant assigned to a ground crew. After the war, he got his B.A. at Boston University and his D.M.D. at the Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. He practiced orthodontistry in Wellesley from 1955 to 1983 and also taught classes at Tufts from 1960 to 1970. He edited the Metropolitan Boston Dental Society's newsletter from 1967 to 1972.
A resident of Wellesley for 27 years before moving to Dover in 1981, Del chaired the Wellesley town drug committee in 1969, was a founder and director of both the community center in Wellesley and the West Metropolitan Multi-Service Center, served on the state drug program review board in the early 1970s, and was president of the area's mental health and retardation board in 1973-74.
He is survived by his wife, Susan, two sons, a brother and sister.
PAUL LUCIAN LIVINGSTON, 66, died on April 23 at his home in Martinez, Calif., after a courageous battle with cancer.
His internship and residency were in New Jersey, and then came graduate study in urology at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. From 1951-53 he was a captain in the U.S. Medical Corps, with service mainly in Japan.
In 1954 Paul settled in California, becoming a staff urologist at the Veterans Hospital in Long Beach. He also carried on a private practice in both Hayward and Livermore. From 1970-85 he was staff urologist at the Veterans Hospital in Livermore.
Paul, an ardent sailor and rifle enthusiast, was a member of the San Francisco Olympic Club Rifle Team, the Richmond Yacht Club, and the Yacht Racing Association of San Francisco Bay.
He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth, four children, and sister Barbara, to whom the class extends sympathy.
FRANK L. PARKER JR. '44
JAMES TILLSON, 65, died of a heart attack January 25 at his home in San Antonio, Tex. Jim came to Dartmouth from Towson, Md. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa. He enlisted in the army in 1942, served in the Pacific, and was awarded the Bronze Star. He returned to Hanover after the war and received his B.A. in 1948.
Jim worked for Singer Sewing Machine and Sperry Rand, with assignments in the West Indies, South America, and Mexico. He joined the General Electric Supply Company in 1959, and settled in San Antonio. He was in sales with GE until his retirement in 1977.
The Tillsons were involved in San Antonio community and cultural affairs and Jim was an active church vestryman. He is survived by his wife, Hazel, son James, and daughter Beverly.
1946
RICHARD WILSON died November 27, 1987, in Decatur, Ga. A native of Barre, Vt., Dick graduated from that city's Spaulding High School, Dartmouth, and the College of Law at Syracuse University. He served 29 months during WW II on active duty with the U.S. Marine Corps, including nine months as a rifle coach at the Parris Island recruit depot and a year in the V-12 unit at Dartmouth as an officer candidate. While at Dartmouth he used his rich baritone voice as a member of the Glee Club.
Dick was a former Barre alderman, a member of the Barre Chamber of Commerce, the Barre Merchants Association, and was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the Barre Jaycees. For many years he served as general sales manager of the Rock of Ages Corp., a Vermont-based granite quarrying and memorial manufacturing company. In 1975 he joined his wife Carolyn's memorial firm, Wilson Memorials, in Decatur as an officer and consultant.
In addition to Carolyn, Dick is survived by his daughters Meredith Audet, Carol Dente, Barbara Perry, and Peggy Perkerson; sons Scott, Richard, and Thomas J. Mount; sister Margaret Chaney; brother Frank Wilson Jr.; and seven grandchildren.
1948
Word has belatedly come to us of the death of WILLIAM HERBERT STANDEN JR. on March 12, 1984. Herb got his B.A. degree from Union College in 1948. He served in the U.S. Army 1951-53. Following his army service, he obtained an M.A. from Columbia in 1956. That same year he married Jane Hovey and they had three boys, William III, Bradford, and David. They settled in Exeter, N.H., where he was assistant headmaster and taught at Emerson School. He was active in alumni affairs in his area.
THOMAS MCLAUGHLIN TORMEY died at home on October 20, 1987. He came to Dartmouth with the V-12 program and spent 1943-46 in the Marine Corps. Tom attended Tuck School and settled in Syracuse, N.Y., in the life insurance business where he distinguished himself as a general agent for Guardian Life. He specialized in pension and profit sharing plans, and belonged to several insurance industry organizations.
While on campus Tom was a DKE, Casque & Gauntlet member, and played JV football. He was a class agent, president of the Dartmouth Club of Central New York, and chaired the Third Century Fund in his area.
He later moved to San Antonio, Tex., where he operated an automobile business. He is survived by his wife, Jean; his former wife, Frances Ann; four sons; a daughter; and three grandchildren.
1949
JOHN ROBERT "JACK" BARR died on February 24 in Fredricksted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, where had lived since 1963. He had been ill since November with lung and brain cancer.
Born in Pontiac, Mich., he graduated from Howell High School where he lettered in football. At Dartmouth Jack was an active undergraduate. A member of Theta Delta Chi and the Dartmouth Outing Club, Jack was elected to Green Key and became manager of the varsity football team. He served on the DCAC, the Undergraduate Council, and the Winter Carnival Committee.
Upon graduation he joined Pittsburgh Plate Glass in Columbus, Ohio, before serving in the army from 1950-52. He then spent 11 years with Pan American Airways as a sales representative, sales manager, and area manager for Iran and Afghanistan. Moving to St. Croix, he formed a partnership to operate the Persian Virgin Restaurant for several years, before initiating with the same partner a real estate business known as Sherman-Barr Realty in Fredricksted.
Jack's brother George '58 writes that Jack informally assisted several young people on St. Croix with educational and career goals. Jack was an excellent cook and enjoyed sharing his culinary talent with friends and in community events and benefits. He was a founding member of St. George Village Botanical Garden of St. Croix, where, fittingly, he was buried.
Besides his brother, Jack is survived by his mother, Blanche, nieces Jeanne and Lisa Barr, and nephews John and Larry Barr. He was one in a million, a classmate whose robust presence in our ranks will not be forgotten.
1950
LEWIS PATRICK DOLAN passed away December 7, 1987, in Newton, N.J., where he had been a lifelong resident. He served with the U.S. Navy in World War II before entering Dartmouth. He was a member of Sigma Nu, a government major, and varsity wrestler.
Pat graduated from the University of Virginia Law School in 1953 and was admitted to the New Jersey bar a year later. At the time of his death, he was senior partner in the law firm of Dolan and Dolan.
The list of his accomplishments in the community is long and impressive, including past president of the Sussex County Bar Association, member of the American Arbitration Association, director of the New Jersey Defense Association, and Committee on Unauthorized Practice of Law. Pat was also president and director of the Newton Memorial Hospital, Newton Country Club, and Newton Rotary Club. He was past commander of American Legion Post #86 and a member of Newton Lodge B.P.O.E.
We share the loss of Pat with his wife, Jo, their four children and three grandchildren, his mother, his brother William A. Dolan '53, and niece Mary K. Dolan '82.
EDWARD RIGBY LAWTON died September 22, 1987, of natural causes in his home in San Diego, Calif. Ted is survived by his sister, three sons, and four grandchildren.
fed came to Dartmouth from Youngstown, Ohio, and was a history major, member of Sigma Chi, and Dragon. He served as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean War.
Ted received an LL.B. from Case-Western Reserve Law School in 1955 and was last employed by Pacific Western Advertising. Sympathy is extended to his family and friends.
JOHN STEADMAN TRICKEY died October 3, 1987, as the result of internal bleeding, at Good Samaritan Hospital. He and Dory had resided in Deer Park, N.Y., and had two children, Lisa and John.
John was an American literature major from Wrentham, Mass., and received his M.A. from Teachers College at Columbia in 1955 and his New York State certification in guidance in 1960. At last report, he was at Memorial Junior High School in Valley Stream, Long Island.
Condolences are sent to Dorothea, Lisa, and John.
1952
On November 26, 1987, ALLAN GEMMILLBAXTER died at his home in Princeton, N.J.
For the past ten years Al had been with Merrill Lynch and was, at the time of his death, vice president in the Lawrenceville office of the brokerage firm.
Allan was born in Wilmington, Del., and came to Dartmouth from the Hill School in Pottstown, Pa.
Black Al, as he was known to his friends, was a member of Psi Upsilon and Dragon. He was also one of a number of our classmates unfortunate enough to go directly from Hanover to the Marine Corps Platoon Leaders School at Camp LeJeune and then on to Korea. Blackie emerged from that "police action" as a captain.
He was a member of the Princeton Fellowship Church and served on the board of directors of the Green Acres Country Club in Lawrenceville.
He leaves his wife, Elaine; sons Craig, Scott, and Jeffrey; and many fond memories with classmates who knew him.
CHARLES N. BLAKEMORE '52
1953
Death came unexpectedly to RICHARDBRUCE SIMPSON, M.D., on March 29 as he slept at his home in Newport Beach, Calif.
Born in Dayton, Ohio, Dick attended Dartmouth from September 1949 until June 1951. Transferring to the University of Michigan, he earned his undergraduate degree in 1952, and his medical degree in 1956—where he was first in his class.
Dick was board certified in both radiology and nuclear medicine. He headed the radiology training program at Bethesda Naval Hospital during 1964-65 and was director of nuclear medicine at Hoag Memorial Hospital Newport Beach, from 1968-86. He was also an assistant clinical professor at the University of California Irvine Medical School.
Dick was especially concerned about the fears of people who were fighting terrible illness. His many kindnesses and his concern for his patients' mental and physical suffering were legendary in the local medical community.
Always interested in Dartmouth affairs, Dick was active in the Dartmouth Club of Orange County.
WILLIAM G. LOOMIS '53
1961
ROBERT REDINGTON, who built a reputation as a leader of the Hartford, Conn., arts scene in the 1970s and 1980s, died of heart problems on January 2 at Rockville General Hospital shortly after he drove himself to the hospital.
"In addition to the Peace Train's annual Fiddle Contest, the organization brought jazz, bluegrass, and rock concerts to Hartford audiences... Redington persuaded jazz stars Chick Corea and Keith Jarrett to give benefit concerts here."
TAPCO included most of Connecticut's best known musicians, dancers, singers, and actors, and presented performances to children throughout the state.
Since 1984, Bob had created model train layouts and custom dollhouses for adults and worked for the New England Hobby Shop in Manchester.
He also was director of performing arts for the Arkansas Arts Center in Little Rock for several years.
1965
WILLIAM MCKENNAN RUST was killed in a head-on automobile accident in Or land, Maine, on January 13. Bill came to Dartmouth from Milton, Mass., and from Milton Academy. At Dartmouth Bill majored in anthropology, and spent his junior year in Germany.
After graduation he attended the Naval Officer Candidate School in Newport, and served as an officer on a minesweeper in the Vietnam War. He then moved to Cambridge, and worked for 11 years at the State Street Bank & Trust Company of Boston as a commercial lending officer and vice president.
In 1980 he left banking to become an agent for Scandinavian artists working in glass. In 1984 he moved to Cherryfield, Maine, where he continued his glass business, restored a colonial house, was active in the Gilbert & Sullivan Society, and served on the board of the Grand Auditorium of Hancock County.
Bill is survived by his parents, William and Alexandrine Rust of Colorado Springs; by his sister Alexandrine Rose and his brother-in-law William I. Rose '66 of Houghton, Mich.; and by nephews Christopher and Jason Rose.
Bill will be remembered for his irreverent sense of humor, enthusiasm, empathy, serenity, generosity, love of quality, and ability to sift the wheat from the chaff.
WILLIAM I. ROSE '66
1969
I have the sad honor of reporting the death of my son and fellow alumnus B.C.WILLIS KEMPE. By making flying his career, Willy lived his dream and gave his life in the service of his country. At the time of his death he was performing his duties as a flight lead and instructor pilot in a F16C fighter. While making a defensive turn the aircraft hit the ground near Gila Bend, Ariz., on February 20.
From high school in Alexandria, Va., Willy entered Dartmouth in 1965, became a Sigma Nu, and began his military service with the Navy ROTC. Entering the navy upon graduation, he flew as a radar intercept officer in the F4 Phantom. Based on the U.S.S. Saratoga, he served in the Mediterranean and later logged over 300 hours of combat time in Vietnam, receiving among other decorations the Distinguished Flying Cross.
He was buried in his native Orange, Va., with full military honors and a fly by by his squadron mates from Luke. Willy will be remembered by his family and a host of friends for his love of life and his acceptance of both the hardships and dangers of achieving excellence whether on the ski slopes for fun or in the sky in service to his fellow man. Survivors are his parents, his brother, also a pilot, and two nephews.
W. MARTIN KEMPE '40
1971
ROBERT ALLAN LEVENSON died on November 27, 1987. A resident of Westborough, Mass., Bob was employed by Digital Equipment Corp. as a marketing consultant. Born in Maiden, Mass., he graduated from Sharon High School in 1967, where he was captain of the varsity soccer team, an avid tennis player, treasurer of his senior class, Boy's State, a member of the National Honor Society, and winner of the Harvard Book Award.
He is survived by his wife, Janice Baxter Levenson, his parents Irving and Sophia Levenson, his brother Mark, and his sister Meryl Levenson.
1974
The class of 1974 mourns the loss of GARYELBERT GIPSON, who died in Houston of Crohn's disease on January 20.
Gary came to Dartmouth from Houston, achieved Phi Beta Kappa, and was named as one of eight Senior Fellows. Gary also was a student member of the faculty-student planning committee for the 1971 Arnil E. Dufoor Conference for Dartmouth on cultural confrontation. And he served as a student representative on the faculty-student alumni committee for equal opportunity. A history major at Dartmouth, Gary did his Senior Fellow project on "International Meanings and Functions of Garveyism." He was a member of the executive committee of the Afro-American Society, president of the Freshmen Council, and a member of both the Committee on Equal Opportunities and the Intra-Dormitory Council.
After graduation Gary received a prestigious Fulbright-Hayes Fellowship for study overseas and the Danforth Fellowship for his Ph.D. degree at Harvard.
After Harvard, Gary was employed by the United States Department of Education from 1976-1978, where he evaluated equal opportunity programs for the department. Subsequently, he was a senior account officer for Citibank in New York from 1978-1980, specializing in Africa and Middle East clients. Later he was vice president and section manager for the Middle East and Africa for Chase Manhattan Bank from 1982-1985.
Gary is survived by his mother, Mrs. Eloise Grant Gipson; his father, Theo Gipson; his grandmothers, Madge Grant and Stella Smith; brothers Gregory and Roderick; and sister Patricia Joyce Welson.
1977
RICARDO A. ANGULO JR. died of leukemia on May 17 in New York, after a brief illness. He was 32. Born in Havana, Cuba, Rick at a very early age moved to the United States with his family. He grew up in Goldens Bridge, N.Y., and graduated from John Jay Senior High School in Katonah in 1973.
A government major, Rick had a distinguished undergraduate career. He had a natural affinity for languages and spoke Spanish, Portuguese, and French in addition to English. Rick was an Aquinas House officer, a member of Kappa Sigma, Fire and Skoal Senior Society, Freshmen Crew, and was president of our junior class. He was also a member of our class executive committee.
After Dartmouth Rick earned his master's in business administration at Harvard in 1983. At HBS he took numerous courses in marketing, an area in 'which he excelled. At the time of his death Rick was vice president and director of marketing at Chemical Bank.
"Guls," as he was known to many, was an extremely popular classmate who touched everyone he knew. He leaves behind many friends who will miss his warm and gregarious nature. His influence will extend long beyond the 32 years he was with us.
Rick is survived by his parents and his brother Gerry. To his family and friends, the class of 1977 extends its deepest sympathies.
MARK A. SEIGEL '77
