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.

Caryl Francis Holbrook '20 "July 24 Robert Leopold Loeb '21 • Aug. 3 Warren Stenson Tryon '23 'July 13 Fred W. Webster '25 • July 18William Porter Farnsworth '26 • Aug. 1F. Lloyd Eno '27 • July 29 Parker Newhall Chick '28 'July 22 Homer Goodard Dodge '28 • July 3 Craig Bennett Haines '28 'July 12Reed Clifford Banks '29 'July 1989 Stanfield Bryant Johnson '29 'July 30 Jere Wright Annis '30 'July 13 Frank Gulden Jr. '30 • Aug. 2 Edgar Louis Herz '30 'July 26 Lwon Harley Sturman '30 • August 2 Walter Stephen Rushmore '32 • Aug. 6 Don Andrew Davis Jr. '34 • June 20 William Gordon Moody '35 • August 4 Oran Howard Waterman '35 * July 14 Frank Everett Davis '39 • July 1989 Richard Holt Hawkins '39 • July 18 Robert Gray Emerson '42 • July 26 Ralph Penn Trovillion '43 'June 1989 L. Raymond Berry '46 • July 20 John H. Fancher Jr. '52 • July 11Louis Peter Cavaliere '55 'July 10 Alan G. R. Cooke '55 • July 11David Clarence Pierson '57 • July 5 Wayne L. Christian '61 • Oct. 24, 1988 Jerome Harold Bentley III '62 • April 5 Thomas P. Alexander '67 • Dec. 1988 Duane Jonathan Gibbs '76 • July 5

1917

Parker Robert Karnan following a short illness, died in Aptos, Calif., on April 17, one day before his 96th birthday.

"Duffy," as he was known, was born in Boston. After navy service in WW I he spent 30 years of his business life in New England and Pennsylvania as a lubricating engineer for Sinclair Refining Co. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and Scottish Rite of Williamsport, Pa., and was a lifelong member of the American Legion. He was very loyal to his College and served as an interviewer of candidates when he was in his eighties. His two sons, Robert '5O and Richard '52, and a grandson Parker '90, continued the Big Green tradition.

Duffy is survived by his wife of 63 years, Eleanor, his son Richard, daughter Barbara Vaterlaus, and five grandsons.

1920

Eben Wallace of Weston, Mass., died on April 19. Eb came to Dartmouth from Rochester, N.H., joined Theta Delta Chi, and, according to all reports, was a "crack pitcher" on the baseball team.

A 1921 Tuck School graduate, Eb spent several years in the lumber business before going to Phillips Exeter Academy, where he rendered outstanding service as business manager until 1938. He resigned to take over his late brother's (Louis '10) manufacturing concern, the Standard Rivet Company of South Boston, as general manager. He served as the company's president from 1945 to his retirement.

In an early class report, Eb listed his hobby as fishing, and his memberships as Mason, Shriner, and Republican. He is survived by a son, Eben Jr., and a daughter, Marnee Gilbert. His wife, Ruth, died in 1985.

1922

Walter Irwin Miller 90, retired U.S. Air Force general and dedicated alumnus, died May 28 in Peoria, Ill.

As a World War I veteran, Ike, as classmates knew him, received degrees from the College in 1922 and from Tuck in 1923. In Peoria he had a long-term association with the Commercial National Bank. Returning to the military in 1942, he rose from air force captain to major general in 1955.

He received the Dartmouth Alumni Award in 1976.

Ike's first wife, Harriott, died some years ago. He and Jane Salzenstein of Peoria were married in 1981. He leaves her, his son Frederick '53, and two grandchildren.

1923

Arthur Ernest Gordon professor of Latin, emeritus, at the University of California at Berkeley, died May 11 in Oakland. Born in Marlboro, Mass., in 1902, he retired in 1970 after teaching at Berkeley since 1930. He had been chairman of the Department of Classics from 1953-59 and was the author of numerous studies in the field of Latin inscriptions. He received his doctorate from Johns Hopkins University after studying at the American Academy in Rome from 1923-25.

Following retirement he held teaching appointments at Ashland College and Ohio State University. Until a few months prior to death he continued to be active in scholarly research, which took him abroad on grants from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Professor Gordon is survived by his wife of 52 years, Joyce, who collaborated in his research, and by his daughter Paola.

Martin Johnson Suydam Sr. of Montclair, N.J., died May 6 in Mountainside Hospital after a short illness. He was a member of Theta Chi at Dartmouth and became a trust officer with Manufacturers Hanover Bank in New York City. He retired in 1966.

Born in Brooklyn, Martin was a 50-year resident of Montclair and a long-time member of the Montclair Heights Reformed Church. He is survived by his wife, Doris, his sons Ray and Martin Jr., his daughter Betty Pityo, eight grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.

1924

Donald Bartlett who died on April 19 at Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, was the grandson of Samuel Colcord Bartlett, president of the College from 1877-92.

Don was born in Tottori, Japan, in 1902. His father was a missionary. When Don was 12 his father became pastor of a church in Peace Dale, R.I., and Don attended public school in Rhode Island until college. At Dartmouth Don was an active member of the Glee Club and frequent soloist. He did graduate work both at Dartmouth and at Oxford University, then joined the Dartmouth faculty in 1927. He remained on the faculty—except for periods of foreign service—until he retired as professor of biography and of Japanese studies in 1967.

During World War II he served in the navy as an intelligence officer, retiring with the rank of commander. Much of his work was in interviewing Japanese prisoners. From 1958 to 1961 he was cultural attache in the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, and was cofounder of the American Studies Foundation of Japan, subsequently returning to Japan as a Fulbright scholar. In 1982 he was the guest of honor at the American Studies Foundation's 20th anniversary celebration.

Don's wife, Henrietta, died in 1974. He is survived by his son Donald Jr., of South Strafford, Vt., three grandsons, and his sister, Agnes V. Bartlett, of Norwich.

1925

Herbert Selian Talbot died May 16 in Lynnfield, Mass., of leukemia. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa, attended Dartmouth Medical School, and received his medical degree from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, then entered private practice in Newjersey. During the war, he served as major in the Canadian Army Medical Corps., then as a urologist at the McGuire V. A. Hospital and Gushing General Hospital, where he was chief ofparaplegic services, chief of urology, and director of professional services. He also served in various capacities at Harvard Medical School on spinal paraplegia. In College, he was active in Jack-O-Lantern and the Glee Club and after graduating he served the class as secretary, newsletter editor, member of the Alumni Council, and was honored with the Alumni Award in 1964. His wife, Emily, predeceased him. He is survived by his son Geoffrey, three grandsons including Alan Talbot '83, his brother Lester '26, and a nephew, Henry Talbot '80.

John Talcott Whitman died May 19 in a convalescent home in West Hartford, Conn. Johnny came to Hanover from West Hartford High School and, in College, was a member of Gamma Delta Epsilon and played in the band all four years. He graduated from Tuck School and went into advertising in his home town, where he was associated with various firms until his retirement. He was active in the First Church of Christ Congregational and was treasurer of the Connecticut Gladiolus Society, his hobbies including hybridizing of gladiolus and also photography. He is survived by his wife, Louise (Hageman) Whitman, and daughter Jean Whitman, and a niece and nephew.

1926

Arthur James Alexander died of cancer May 23 at Brockton Hospital, Brockton, Mass. He was born in Newburgh, N.Y., grew up in Brockton, and graduated from the high school there. After Dartmouth he earned his bachelor of literature at Columbia University School of Journalism in 1928.

Art spent all 60 years of his business life in mail-order marketing and advertising in the shoe and other industries. He developed mail-order strategies that were very successful. It was possible to conduct his business and until recent years still play tournament-level golf almost every afternoon at Thorny Lea Golf Club, where he held the longest running membership.

Carol Novak and Jean Dickenson, and eight grandchildren.

1927

Bradley Fuller died April 26, working on a crossword puzzle at his home in Newburyport, Mass. He was 84 and had insisted on living alone in his former home after his wife, Mariorie, died in 1971.

"The City's Greatest Public Servant" was the headline in a Newburyport paper which noted that schools had closed early and flags flown at half-mast in his honor. Another paper carried the headline "Thank You Bradley Fuller." Brad had been a member of the school committee for over 50 years. His life was dedicated to the improvement of the schools but was not limited to education; he supported the arts and sports as well. In June 1987 at a town-wide celebration, town officials, students, parents, and friends gathered to witness the unveiling of a 30-foot banner dedicating the new Bradley Fuller Athletic Field.

Brad was born in Georgetown, Mass., and attended the Hamilton High School. After Dartmouth, he worked for 40 years, until retirement in 1969, for United Shoe Machinery Company as a research and development engineer. He was a life member and former president of the Dalton Club.

Brad was a staunch supporter of Dartmouth and served several times as reunion chairman. He leaves two sons, Roger and Bradley, daughters Margaret Taranda, Barbara Page, and Lois Aragaki, a brother Robert, ten grandchildren, and six greatgrandchildren.

1928

Homer Goodard Dodge following a lengthy illness, died July 3 at Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital in Hanover. He was born in New Boston, N.H., and was a lifelong resident of the area.

After graduation Homer operated Dodge's Store, which he also owned, in New Boston. He was a leading citizen of the town and a member of various local organizations. Ed Flanders, Homer's roommate at school for three and a half years, attended his funeral. He reports that Homer was so respected and loved by the townspeople that it seemed every family in New Boston was represented at the services.

Craig Bennett Haines died July 12 of acute renal failure. He suffered a severe stroke last winter from which he seemed unable to stage more than a nominal recovery.

Craig was born in Waterbury, Vt., and prepared for Dartmouth at Exeter. At Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa and majored in economics. After graduation Craig joined the First National Bank of Boston, now known as the Bank of Boston, as a loan officer, later became a branch manager and, in 1957, was named a vice president.

Few members of the class were better known or held in higher esteem by his classmates than was Craig. He was our class treasurer from 1953-89, the one to whom we paid our class dues and the one we relied upon to see that our reunions did not run in the red. He attended every class reunion and most of the mini-reunions. He was, at various times, a class agent and an alumni interviewing committee chairman, and served two terms on the Alumni Council. His hobby was Dartmouth College in general and the class of 1928 in particular.

He was married to Eleanor Hibbard in 1931. In addition to Eleanor, he is survived by daughters Carol and Linda, and by son Craig Jr. '58.

Gerald Warner died June 20 at Sibley Memorial Hospital, Washington, D.C., of pneumonia. He had suffered from Parkinson's disease for many years. Although a native of Boothwin, Pa., Jerry prepared for Dartmouth at Northampton High in Florence, Mass. He majored in sociology at Dartmouth and joined the State Department as a foreign service officer. An assignment in the early thirties was to Tientsin, China.

Jerry served as a language officer after attending the Foreign Service Language School in Monterey, Calif., where he became fluent in Japanese. He was also a graduate of the U. S. War College in Washington, D. C. In addition to serving in China, Japan, Argentina, and Taiwan, he was consul general in Melbourne, Australia, political counselor in Bangkok, Thailand, and, for five years before retirement in 1967, civil administrator of the Ryuku Islands at Naha, Okinawa.

Following retirement he attended our reunions, both big and mini, for many years, exercising his hobby of photography. Several albums of the results are now in the archives. He served as a class agent in 1987.

Survivors include Rella Johnson Warner, his wife of 51 years, a son, three daughters, a sister, and six grandchildren.

1929

Dmitry Alexis Shiraeff died on May 23 in Ocala, Fla.

Born in 1900 in Russia, he was the youngest of several children and lived in Moscow. His parents died before the revolution, and his older brother went off to war. Dmitry must have been about 16 when he escaped to Turkey where he lived for six years before coming to the United States.

He graduated from the Gymnasium of Emperor Alexis in Moscow and was further educated in Turkey. He joined 1929 in our second year. He worked in the cafeteria, belonged to the Round Table, and majored in chemistry.

From 1929-65 he worked for General Dyestuffs Corporation, which later became GAF Corp. He was head of their analytical department when we heard from him in 1954 and was modest about his achievements.

He lived in New York City, then in Kutztown, Pa. He was married twice and both wives died before him.

Miles Carter Strickland died on May 12 in Charlotte, N.C.

Carter came to us from Carthage (N.Y.) High School and left before graduation He belonged to Beta Theta Pi.

He became president of Smith Lee Company and their affiliates in Oneida, N.Y., where he lived for many years. He was a leader in church, masonic, and civic works and was a director of Sentry Life Insurance Co. and Oneida Valley Bank. He belonged to many sporting groups.

His activities for Dartmouth were outstanding. He was 1929 class president, head agent, member of the Alumni Council, and president of the Council, and received the Alumni Award in 1965.

He leaves his wife Mildred (Molly), sons Seth '60 and Carter '62, and daughter Cynthia.

1930

Jere Wright Annis 80, died on July 13 of cancer. Jere left Dartmouth to take his A.B. from Cornell and his M.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1934. Then began a long association with Herman and Edgar Watson in internal medicine at the clinic of which he was a managing partner (except for military service in the army) until his retirement in 1983. The clinic which grew to a staff of 120 and 800 employees by 1988, is often called the "Mayo Clinic of the South."

Among many awards, Jere received two American Heart Association Distinguished Service Awards. He served as president of the Florida Heart Association and wrote many medical articles. With May Ann Ballard he authored a novel in 1963, And TheseShall See.

Jere's four children survive, together with his widow, Margaret Tinkham.

Paul Fairfield Clarke died of cancer on April 21. He was born in 1908.

Paul spent his entire career in finance, starting with Chase International Investment Corp. in 1935, continuing with Lehman Bros. Investment as a partner in 1954. In 1962 he returned to Chase as a vice president until 1970. He became a financial consultant for Elosua, S.A., serving in Madrid, Spain, until his retirement in 1988.

Paul served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He married Mildred Gundrum in 1932, from whom he was later divorced. He is survived by his son Peter, his daughter Diane Bolger, a sister Barbara Helfrich, a brother Richard, and four grandchildren.

Robert Andrews Dunlap died on January 24, of pneumonia, although he had suffered from Parkinson's disease for many years. He was living in Cincinnati.

Bob was born in 1908. For his entire career he was a stockbroker and partner in Dunlap and Dunlap of Cincinnati.

Bob married Sally Spichler in 1932, who survives him, together with two children, son Robert and daughter Cynthia Lehman. There are two grandchildren.

Benjamin Carmack Houston of Lopez, Wash., died on April 6.

Ben earned his medical degree from the College of Medicine of the University of lowa in 1934. He then practiced internal medicine, specializing in hematology. In 1979 he became health officer for San Juan County in Washington. He was also active as oncologist for the Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, in Seattle. He retired from active medical practice in 1974.

Ben is survived by his wife, Harriet, his daughter Anne Belau, and his son Henry.

Alexander Haggart Hughes who had been living in San Francisco, died of multiple health problems on May 27. Alex, born in 1908, went to the law school of the University of Chicago after Dartmouth. He then entered the surgical support business. He spent his entire business career with the Brooks Appliance Co. in Los Angeles.

Alex married Caroline Brooks in 1933, who survives, together with three sons- Alexander '56, Lawrence, and John—and a daughter, Caroline.

Burrows Morley who was a resident of Saginaw, Mich, for his entire life, died there on May 21.

Buzz, as he was known, also attended Tuck. He spent his entire career in the wholesale hardware distribution business with Morley Brothers. Besides being president of the National Hardware Association, he held directorships in a number of Saginaw organizations including the Second National Bank, Saginaw Downtown Improvement Co., the Saginaw General Hospital, Saginaw Business Center, Inc., and Morley Brothers Foundation.

Buzz also used his resources as a member of a prominent family to work for the advancement of minorities, especially with the First Ward Community Center in Saginaw. Active as a sailor, he was a past commodore of the local yacht club. He was also a member of the National Ski Patrol. He served in the U.S. Army Quartermaster Department during World War II.

Buzz married Julia Kaufliolz in 1931, who died in 1984. Surviving are sons Peter and Burrows Jr., and ten grandchildren.

Edward Overholser Jr. died on May 8. He was living at the time in Altus, Okla.

After one year at Dartmouth, Ed attended the University of Oklahoma, and the College has scant information on his career. We do know Ed distinguished himself as a tennis champion at the University of Oklahoma.

He is survived by his daughter, Maggie Overholser Russell.

1931

Edward Dietrich Gruen died onMay 7 of pneumonia at the Bethesda (Maryland) Nursing Home.

Ed came to Dartmouth from Steele High of Dayton, Ohio. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, Green Key, and Sphinx; was varsity baseball manager and secretary/treasurer of The Arts; and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. His major was Tuck.

In the depression years he was with Guaranty Trust in New York, Pneumatic Tool in Dayton, and Gulf Oil in Pittsburgh. His start in graduate study at' Duke and University of Michigan was cut short by WW II when the War Production Board put him in charge in Washington of controling output and use of many strategic materials, particularly forest products. Then came teaching statistics at the University of Cincinnati, then Tuck from 1948 to 1954. After serving with American International Development Corporation in the Far East he returned to Washington in the late fifties as chief of the Wood Products Division of the Census Bureau, Department of Commerce.

After retirement in 1973 he had numerous consulting assignments, traveling regularly to Europe with his wife, Berta, who predeceased him. He had a special interest in Switzerland where his grandfather had based the Gruen Watch Company.

Ed was our second class secretary. During Washington years he interviewed applicants for admission, set up Dartmouth conferences, received the Dartmouth Alumni Award, and was once Alumnus of the Year. He is survived by his daughter, Dr. Margery Myers, grandsons Robert, Michael, and Christopher, brother Richard '34, and nephews Dietrich and William '73.

Kenneth Elnathan Sampson died on June 20 at the Glover Memorial Hospital in Needham, Mass., after a long illness. He had been a lifetime resident of Brockton, Mass., before his wife and he recently moved to the North Hill Retirement Community in Needham.

Ken came to Dartmouth from Brockton High. He was a member of Kappa Sigma and majored in sociology. He trained as a funeral director at the New England Institute before joining the funeral home firm founded by his father and grandfather in 1903. In 1939 he inherited the business, incorporating it as proprietor in 1969 as the Sampson Funeral Home, Inc. He retired ten vears ago. During his business career he had been prominent in national and state funeral directors and morticians associations.

His contributions to community and civic service were manifold, ranging from chairman of the board of trustees of the Fuller Museum of Art to director of the Community Council. Along the way he picked up a Silver Beaver Award from the Boy Scouts; became a 32nd Degree Mason; was the incorporator and a trustee of the Brockton Savings Bank; joined Rotary and two golf clubs. He was also a member of the committee which helped form the Christ Congregational Church.

Frederic Allen Slaughter of Plymouth Place, La Grange Park. Ill., died there on June 20.

Fred came to Dartmouth from Oak Park (III.) High and majored at Thayer. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi, the Canoe Club, the freshman soccer team, and the band. He was associate editor of the Aegis.

Employment with Spiegel's, Sears Roebuck, Sanford Ink, and Booz Allen & Hamilton, was sandwiched around 39 months of service with Army Air Corps Intelligence, principally in the U.K., coordinating target assignments with the R.A.F. He then began with magnetic steel laminator producer Tempel Manufacturing, retiring in 1966 as sales manager, following which he was an associate with James Kettle Management Consultants until 1969.

Fred s work for Dartmouth includedclass secretary from 1958-60; chairman of the interviewing committee for the River Forest, III., area for many years; assistant class agent; and class executive committee. Fred served on the boards of a half-dozen prominent local organizations and was president or director of five of them including the local school district.

After raising three children, wife Ruth and Fred had 20 years of leisure living, including eight trips by freighter and a lot of other travel. Golf, tennis, writing poetry, and learning to play the piano were somehow worked into his schedule. Ruth survives, along with daughters Ann Riddle and Sally Sowersby; son George; and six grandchildren including Sarah Riddle Lilja '82.

Jesse L. Strassberger of South Norwalk, Conn., died on May 31 in Norwalk Hospital. Jesse came to Dartmouth from Norwalk High School, and was graduated with distinction in philosophy. He then received his J.D. from New York University Law School in 1935.

A life-time resident of Norwalk, he began the practice of law there in 1936. A former clerk of court before being appointed prosecutor and later judge of the city court, he held the post of corporation counsel in the terms of two of Norwalk's mayors.

He was a member and former president of the Norwalk-Wilton Bar Association, a member of Temple Beth El, of the Republican town committee, and of the Rowayton Fire Department.

He is survived by his widow, Marjorie, and by sons Peter '67 and Gerald '71.

1932

Alton Leon Black of Augusta, Maine, died after a brief illness at the Kennebec Valley Medical Center on May 28. He had been a principal in three schools in Maine and a teacher at Reading (Mass.) High School. Bill majored in French at Dartmouth. In 1963 he earned a master's in education at Boston University. He is survived by his wife, Anna Jane, his daughter Marie Anna Getchell, a sister, four grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

Milton Morton Lieberthal died on June 5 at his home in Cincinnati after a heart attack. He had moved there on his retirement in 1972 from the Bridgeport (Conn.) Hospital, where he had been head of the gastroenterology department for years. In fact, Milt came to Dartmouth from Bridgeport Central High. He took part in freshman track but is better remembered as managing editor of the Jack-O-Lantern and for his participation in the Glee Club and The Players. He also wrote one of the Winter Carnival shows.

Milt was a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and was under contract to do marketing for Merrill-Dow Pharmaceuticals when he died.

In the 19405, while a physician in Bridgeport, Milt wrote radio scripts for "The Sheriff Show," and was writing until his death.

Naomi, his wife, survives, along with sons David, Kenneth '65, and Gary, as well as five grandsons.

1933

William J. Hoffman of Westfield, N.J., died on April 19 of cancer. Bill entered Dartmouth from Phillips Academy, Andover. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta, Sphinx, and served on Green Key and the Hanover Fire Squad. He was captain of freshman football and also served as captain of varsity football. He played in the first North-South football game in Baltimore, Md.

After graduation he remained at Dartmouth for five years where he became freshman line coach and then worked under Earl "Red" Blaik.

He was business manager and vice president of Wall Chemical Corp., retiring in 1986. Prior to that he was corporate training director for the Union Camp Corp. in New York City.

He had previously served as athletic director for Montclair Academy and The Chicago Latin School.

Surviving are his wife, Jessie, his son john, and his daughter, Kyle H. Lubitz.

1934

Bertram Lewis Alley died May 10 in Melrose, Mass., from congestive heart failure after a long illness. He had lived in Melrose most of his years, but was a native of Danvers, Mass., and a graduate of Holton High.

At Dartmouth Bert was a member of Theta Chi and a Tuck School major, getting his master's there in 1935. Then he launched his accounting career with a CPA and became auditor for Boston Electric Company. He was regularly active in the Massachusetts Society of CPAs.

Bert is survived by his wife of 37 years, Elizabeth, sons John, William, and James, and daughters Catherine McDevitt and Mary Elizabeth McDonald.

Lefferts Paine Edson died May 3 after an extended illness. His home was in Southold on Long Island. He came to Hanover as graduate of Jamaica High and attended Clark School.

Buzz was member of Sigma Chi and active on the Interfraternity Council. His major was Tuck School. He began his career with Trans-Lux Theaters in New York, but pursued law study and got his LL.B. from Fordham in 1939. He then combined legal practice with operating a restaurant he owned on Long Island. He gave time to the Boy Scouts ana the local library, and always to any Dartmouth affairs.

His wife, Grace, died a year ago, and Buzz is survived by their son Lewis and four grandchildren. He hailed from a stalwart Dartmouth family—his father and grandfather, an uncle, and his late brother Andrew '31 were all graduates.

Edward Francis Kelley died June 4 at his home in Alexandria, Va He came to Dartmouth from Walpole (Mass.) High School where he had been salutorian and class president. A political science major, he earned a master's from the University of Arizona and was an instructor there before WW II brought him into government service. He went from private to major in the Army Air Force, with duty in Washington and India, and returnea to Washington with budget and management duties in the Executive Office of the President for 21 years.

Ed is survived by his wife, Dora, and by sons James and David, and nephew Christopher Kelley, Tuck '84. His brother David '31 predeceased him.

John William Lynch died May 26 from emphysema and cancer complications. A native of Brookline, Mass., he was back at his and Fran's Buzzards Bay summer home—West Palm Beach was their chief residence.

Jack came to Dartmouth from Dean Academy, was a political science major, and a member of Delta Tau Delta. He went on to Harvard Law School, graduating in 1937, and practiced law before attending the Judge Advocate School. WW II duty followed in North Africa and Italy. He stayed in the service and ultimately, in Korea, became a lieutenant colonel decorated for his service. He was in the office of the Judge Advocate General before retiring in 1962. He practiced law again and then had 11 satisfying years as chief of the Suffolk Law School library.

Jack is survived by his wife, Frances, their sons John II '68, Robert, and Maurice, and five granddaughters.

Ferdinand Ficker McAllister died May 19 in Vero Beach, Fla., after an extended period of cancer. His chief residence had been Upper Nyack, N.Y., with Vero Beach the alternative in recent years.

Mac came to Dartmouth from Central High, Springfield, Mass. He majored in chemistry/zoology and was a member of Phi Gamma Delta. He obtained his M.D. at Harvard in 1939 and during WW II was with the Army Medical Corps, serving in England and France as a chief of orthopedic service. A major connection with Columbia University began when he became attending surgeon at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital and professor of clinical surgery at Columbia's College of Physicians and Surgeons. He was responsible for important innovations in heart surgery and wrote widely on that subject.

Mac relaxed with tennis, fishing, and sailing from his Hudson River dock, and he had a unique talent in marquetry (wood inlay art). He is survived by Helen, his wife of 47 years; his daughters Ann Minton and Mary Conway '76; and his doctor son, Thomas '75 and MS '78.

1935

Edward Preble Ofifutt died of cancer on April 20 at home in Damascus, Md.

Ed prepared at Newton High School in Massachusetts, majored in zoology, and then went to Rice University for his Ph.D. in biology. He also studied at the University of Rochester. After working for the Smith, Kline and French Foundation he went to the U.S. Public Health Service in Washington for the rest of his career.

He was a generous worker for the class as assistant agent from 1936-81 and as head agent from 1950-55. In 1979 he shared the award for the largest alumni gift for a 45th year class.

Devoted to his daughters, Dr. Claire Leonard, Evelyn Purdum, and Joanne Hoyle, Ed also leaves his wife, Virginia.

1937

David C. Rainey died on May 6 at the Cleveland Clinic of heart problems. Dave came to Dartmouth from Mercersburg Academy, majored in history, was a member of the Glee Club and the 1935 Aegis Board, and was president of Theta Delta Chi and a member of the Interfraternity Council.

Dartmouth was important to Dave. His brother Blair was class of '35 and two sons graduated from Dartmouth, Cotter '63 and Art '65. Dave was a class agent, interviewed candidates for Dartmouth, and served on the class executive committee. In 1939 he joined the Tappan Company in Mansfield, Ohio, and served in many capacities, retiring in 1981 as corporate director of consumer relations. From 1944—46 he served in the navy aboard the USS Starling in the Philippines and Okinawa.

His wife, Helen, died several years ago. His second wife, Betty, survives.

1938

Ralph Edward Sethness of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., died there March 21. His roommate Dan Marshall has written: "Ralph entered Dartmouth from Evanston, Ill., where he attended the local high school and then Culver Military Academy. As was the case with many members of our class, Ralph was a Depression casualty, dropping out in the middle of his sophomore year. Subsequently he joined the navy in their flight program and took his training in the Ft. Lauderdale area where he met his wife-to-be, Barbara Robinson. After the war he settled there, entering the insurance business. As Ft. Lauderdale grew so did his business, Anderson and Sethness, Inc. He was active in civic affairs, a lay reader for the Episcopalian faith, and an avid golfer.

"Despite his short tenure, Ralph was a loyal Dartmouth man active in local Big Green affairs. We shall miss him."

Ralph won his numerals in track and was active in the D.O.C. He was president of the Dartmouth Club of the Gold Coast from its founding for five years. He lost Barbara in 1983. He is survived by their children, Dorothy, Carol, Ralph III, and Judith, and by his second wife, Inga, to whom he was married just a short time ago.

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1941

Raymond Hall Jr. came to Dartmouth from New Jersey, preparing at the Hun School together with Lou Young '41, his South Mass roommate and fraternity brother in Psi U. Ray will be remembered, among other things, for his contribution to varsity football successes as a mainman in the line. He was also a member of Sphinx. Post-Dartmouth, Ray headed southwest where he lived in Tulsa, Okla., until death came at the age of 71 on April 30. For 40 years, until his retirement in 1982, Ray was a partner in the DeSelmes, Bogart and Hall Insurance Agency.

Ray's family included his wife, Hope, and two children, Raymond III and Diana Carter. They survive him together with a sister and five grandchildren.

Leslie Charles Overlook grew up in River Forest, Ill., lived most of his working life in Greenwich, Conn., retired to Sun City, Ariz., and there he died May 22, at the age of 69. At Dartmouth, Les was a member of Phi Delta Theta and played with the Green Collegians. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II, rising in rank from private to major in a photo reconnaissance unit based in China. His business career included administration of sales and marketing for American Photocopy Equipment Co., vice presidency of marketing for Smith Corona Marchant, and the presidency of Roneo Vickers USA, a New York-based office equipment firm.

Surviving Les are his wife, Fern, and three children: Leslie Jr., Starr Nelson, and Joelle Baker, as well as a brother, four sisters, and six grandchildren.

1943

Harry Grant Gerber died on June 13 from lung cancer, at his home in Belmont, Calif.

Harry entered Dartmouth from Kimball Union Academy and was captain of the freshman football team and president of the freshman class. He was an outstanding member of the varsity football team and also played varsity hockey. He was a member of the Vigilantes, Green Key, Sphinx, and Alpha Delta Phi. He received his B.A. in 1942 and his C.E. from Thayer in 1943.

He was vice president of production for Marcona Corp., general manager of production for Rio Tinto Zinc Corp., and a consultant prior to retirement.

Harry is survived by his wife, Mary, their sons William and David, and a niece Ann.

Ralph Penn Trovillion of St. Louis, Mo., died in June of cancer.

Ralph entered Dartmouth from Culver Military Academy. He was a member of the Spanish Club, French Club, College Band, Green Collegians, Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra, and Sigma Phi Epsilon.

Ralph served as a lieutenant in the navy, then received his M.B.A. from Tuck School in 1947. He was vice president of John F. Swift Printing Co. in St. Louis.

Ralph is survived by his wife, Virginia, and sons Andy and Whit.

1944

Ralph Lauder Antonides died in March 1988, cause unknown, in Denver. Little is known about Ralph. He attended Dartmouth for only a semester or two, and he went to the University of Colorado after 1945. He served as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1942-45. He lived in Carbondale and it is believed he was an architectural designer.

Augustus Kingman Pratt died May 28 in Taunton, Mass., of pulmonary arrest incidental to pneumonia. He was 69. Gus was a retired broker representative for food and service companies.

He came to Hanover from Phillips Academy in Andover and was a member of Theta Delta Chi. He enrolled in the Navy V-12 program, was commissioned while in Hanover, and participated in the invasion of Okinawa as a marine artillery officer.

Gus was a member of the North Middleboro Congregational Church, a member and past chairman of the Middleboro Planning Board, a member and past president of the Middleboro Historical Association, and a lifetime member of the Mayflower Lodge AF&AM.

His father, Alton G. Pratt, was class of 1903, and married the daughter of Allan C. Gottschaldt 'l8.

Gus was enormously proud of the fact that his three sons were Dartmouth graduates: A. Kingman Jr. '66, Phillip '69, and Edward '76. They survive him, along with a daughter, Nancy Wolfertz. Gus's wife, Louise, died in 1975.

1945

Richard E. Welch Jr. 65, died of a stroke on June 17 in Anna Jaques Hospital, Newburyport, Mass. He was a native of Newburyport and returned there after his retirement this past spring.

Dick majored in history at Dartmouth and was a. member of Phi Sigma Kappa. He received his A.B. degree in January 1948, and in 1952 his Ph.D. in history from Harvard. Earlier he had served as a lieutenant in an army amphibious combat force in the Philippines during World War II.

He taught history at Colgate University, the Virginia Military Institute, and Lafayette College, where he spent the last 31 years of his professional life. He was involved in other projects as well, such as the management of an interdepartmental program in International Affairs, the evolution of a black studies program, and the direction of a student International Relations Club.

Dick is survived by a son, Richard 3rd; four daughters, Catherine Strauss, Christina Matthews, Elizabeth Welch, and Marfiret Welch; a brother, Josiah '51; a sister Pauline Lemmon; a niece Amy Welch '87; and four grandchildren.

1947

Robert S. Russ of Preston, Conn., died on May 5 of injuries suffered in an accident. After graduation, in 1947, he worked as director of maintenance control at the submarine base in Groton, Conn., for 35 years, until retirement. He saw service as a lieutenant in WW II. In 1948, he married Shirley Davis, who survives him, as do his mother, two sons, and Peter, and a daughter, Lisa Ellen Russ.

1951

Edward Allen Folger of Surfside, Nantucket, Mass., died on June 8 at the Veteran's Hospital in Brockton after a courageous battle with emphysema.

Following a year in the U.S. Navy, Al graduated from the Choate School in 1947, and subsequently from Dartmouth, where he majored in art. Painting remained the focus of his life; his landscapes of the New Hampshire mountains and of the moors and shoreline of Nantucket are highly prized by family and friends.

Al had close ties with Dartmouth. He grew up in Hanover, where his father, Joe Folger '21, was a professor of Romance languages for 38 years. His mother, Marion Folger, was well known for her many roles in productions of the Dartmouth Players.

He is survived by his daughters, Martha Methot and Anne Love, his mother, six grandchildren, and by his brother, David Folger '53.

1953

Frederick Fedeli Jr. suffered a cerebral hemorrhage on March 19 and died two days later. At the time of his death, Fred was president and chief executive officer of State Mutual Life Assurance Company. He had distinguished himself in his career, much as he had done throughout his life. He was an outstanding scholar-athlete in high school and at Dartmouth. Following a master's degree at Tuck, and the army, he joined State Mutual as a security analyst in 1957. Fred rose rapidly in State Mutual's investment organization to the senior executive position in 1968. He was elected president in 1980.

He further distinguished himself by being committed to a host of industry and community organizations ranging from the Life Insurance Association of Massachusetts to the United Way to the Worcester Boys Club. He was a benefactor and supporter of Assumption College and was to be honored by a doctoral degree. Fred often commented that he liked "high tides, sunrises, and my glass half full." With this eternal optimism, he bravely confronted leukemia which was discovered late in 1988. The leukemia brought about the condition that caused the fatal stroke.

Fred and first wife, Barbara, had four children—Jacqueline, Brian, Mona, and Frederick III—all of whom survive. Fred also leaves his second wife, Rosalind.

In his eulogy, close friend and classmate Byron Memoes said, "Fred's zest for life, love for family, his integrity, character, courage and consideration will live with us forever."

1973

James M. Campbell an attorney with the New York City Commission on Human Rights, died at his home in Brooklyn on May 15. Jim had joined the Commission in 1986 in the law enforcement bureau and helped to re-draft the Human Rights Law ana rules of practice. He also worked on the AIDS panels of the State Bar Association, the National Lawyers Guild, and the Greater New York Hospital Association.

After Dartmouth, Jim went on to the University of Oregon Law School where he received his law degree. He was originally from Denver, Colo., and came to Dartmouth as a National Merit Scholar from Mapleton High. Surviving are his parents and brothers David, Craig, and Bruce.

1980

Arthur H. Turner Jr. known as Rick, died September 10, 1988, while visiting his parents in Trenton, N.J.

Rick came to Dartmouth from Princeton Day School and pursued a double major in Spanish and government. He was involved in several college activities including the Government Department Steering Committee, the Class of 1980 Student Council, the Gospel Choir, the Daniel Webster Legal Society, and the Afro-American Society. He was also active in several foreign-study programs. In the spring of his senior year he was a language teaching assistant in Spain.

After graduation Rick joined Texaco and his first assignment was in Puerto Rico. Later he was transferred to Panama.

Rick then attended the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Normwestern University. At the time of his death, Rick lived in Phoenix, Ariz., where he was with the Eastman Kodak Company as a national sales account executive.

Rick's sister Karen '76 writes, "My brother had so much to offer this world but the Lord found it necessary to take him from us. In addition to his language fluency, Rick was an accomplished artist specializing in etching and sculpture. He also became a reading teacher in a local literacy program and periodically read to the blind. At his death, he had begun writing his autobiography."

1988

Omondi Alexis Obura died unexpectedly on April 30, in Kenya. An affable and outgoing person, Omondi was a member of the crew team, the rugby club, and Psi Upsilon fraternity as an undergraduate. He came to Dartmouth after schooling in Nairobi and at the Leighton Park School in England.

After his family hosted several Dartmouth students in the environmental studies foreign study program, Omondi decided to attend the College. He went on to offer alumni and fellow students a chance to glimpse his homeland, guiding safaris through Kenya's game parks.

An engineering major, Omondi had been in residence in Hanover as recently as the fall term of 1988 and needed one more term to complete his graduation requirements. Omondi is survived by his parents, Drs. Christopher and Anna Obura, his brother David, and his sister Soraya.