Deaths

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

Frank Albert Llewellyn '14 • Sept. 2 Francis Michael Shea '25 • Aug. 8 Albert Lacy Metzger '26 • Aug. 21 Ritchie Cornelius Smith '26 • Aug. 24 Clarence Scott Taylor '26 • Aug. 13 Linwood E. Gray '28 • Mar. 15, 1988 Byron Franklin Palmer '30 • Aug. 5 Ben Warren Drew '32 • Sept.6 Olin Verner Porter '32 • Aug. 27 Myron Henry Ball '33 • Aug. 8 Alexander E. Sheldon '35 • Aug. 15 Lindley Smyth Bettison '36 • 1988 Joseph Lane Donovan '36 • Sept. 1 Oscar Goodman '36 • 1989 Albert William Chester '37 • Aug. 23 Thomas Price Jacobs '37 • Aug. 24 Howard Frederick Longley '37 • June 3 Frank Buford Sanders '37 • Aug. 1989 Albert Deßonde '4O • March 1989 Bradley Blackburn Bates '42 • Aug. 11 Walter William Friend Jr. '42 • Aug. 29 John Owen Thomas '42 • Aug. 19 Thomas Charles Ruby '46 • Mar. 15 John Gerald Flanagan '49 • July 27 John Paul McGrath '49 • May 1989 Donald Melvin Binks '51 • May 28 Charles Simmons '74 • 1989

1920

Caryl F. Holbrook known as Pat to his friends and classmates, died July 24 at home in Grantham, N.H.

Born February 12, 1897, in Keene, N.H., Pat came to Dartmouth from Mt. Hermon. He majored in French, but starred as athlete and music man, earning his D in football and track, and performing with the glee club and mandolin club. He joined Phi Kappa Sigma and was elected to Casque & Gauntlet. His U.S. Army service culminated in his second lieutenant's commission received on Armistice Day, 1918.

A brief stint with the Worcester Salt Co", was followed by a football coaching position at Amherst. From 1923 to 1936 he coached at Dartmouth, first with the freshman team and then as JV coach. During these years Pat also worked in the family business, the Holbrook Grocery Co. In 1943 he became part-owner with his two brothers.

In 1926 he married Rita Hayward, and they made their home in Hanover, where son David was born in 1931. Rita died in 1962. In 1965, the year of his retirement, he married Nancy Larsen of Belmont, Mass.

Pat's keen interest in football and his love of Dartmouth and the "granite of New Hampshire ' never waned. In later years he took up golf and cross-country skiing. He served for three years as treasurer of the Hanover Red Cross and belonged to several Boston clubs. He was a communicant of St. Thomas Church in Hanover.

Surviving are Pat's wife, Nancy, son David, brother Richard '17, two grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

1921

Robert Leopold Loeb 88, a resident of Norwich for the past two decades, died at Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital on August 17. He had fallen down a flight of stairs at his home on Willey Hill Road the previous morning, resulting in injuries that proved to be fatal.

Bob was one of the youngest men in the class of 1921, having been born in New York City on March 15, 1901. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa and was head of the Theta Chi. He received his bachelor of laws three years after graduation at Columbia University. Almost all of his career was spent on Wall Street in corporate and estate law.

He is survived by his wife, the former Rosamond Armstrong, who resides at the Brookside Nursing Home near Norwich.

1923

Philip H. Leighton died June 30 at a nursing home in Fairhope, Va. Phil spent many years as a manager for W.T. Grant and was also a manager of Reiss Brothers, and personnel manager of American National Bank. After retirement he and his wife had an antique business of their own. Phil served in WW I and was a volunteer during WW II in the Coast Guard auxiliary. He leaves his wife and several children and grandchildren.

Warren Stenson Tryon

about whom there is very little in the College records, died July 13. He had lived in Rockport, Mass., and was an emeritus professor of history at Boston University. Previously he taught at Simmons College for 19 years. He had received a master's degree and a Ph.D. from Harvard. He did considerable research on the Mayan civilization and wrote several books on the subject. He leaves his widow and two sons.

1925

Fred W. Webster died July 18 in Palm Beach, Fla. After leaving college, Fred taught school briefly, then worked in New York for Chase Brass & Copper, and then for International Flavors and Fragrances until his retirement as senior vice president in 1967. After retiring, he served as vice president of Norman Vincent Peale's Institute of Religion and Health, ministering to approximately 5,000 emotionally disabled. He was a member of various trade associations, active in numerous civic activities, and was a member of several clubs, including the Royal Palm Yacht and Golf Club in Boca Raton and the New York Athletic Club. He is survived by his wife, Mimi (Cochran) Webster, two daughters, Carol Ann Stoger and Mimi Ostrander, six grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.

1926

William Porter Fransworth died on August 1 at his home in Pompano Beach, Fla. He was born in Upper Montclair, N.J., and graduated from Montclair Academy. Bill had an active undergraduate career at Dartmouth, having transferred from Yale during sophomore year. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Round Table, The Arts, The Players, and Dragon senior society. He was on the swimming team and football squad.

Bill earned his J.D. degree at Columbia University in 1933, and then served as deputy national administrator for the NRA, WPA, and Theater Project. Then after several years in private practice he served with the Materiel Command of the Army Air Corps in World War II as a colonel. He was recalled to active duty in 1948 and became a major general, and was awarded the Legion of Merit and the Distinguished Service Medal as top auditor for the U.S. Air Force. Bill was a member of the Dartmouth Club of Ft. Lauderdale since 1963, and was a generous supporter of the Alumni Fund.

He is survived by his wife Sophie, a son by a previous marriage, four granddaughters, and a great-grandson.

Clarence Scott Taylor died August 13 of a massive stroke at Sunset Point Nursing Center, Clearwater, Fla. He was born in Hyde Park, Mass., graduated from the high school there, and at Dartmouth was a member of Theta Delta Chi, and played freshman and two years of varsity football. He earned his master of education degree at the University of Rhode Island.

Clary was first a high school teacher and administrator in Providence, R. I., and then became superintendent of the Warwick (R.I.) schools until retirement in 1965. He also taught at Rhode Island College and Northeastern University. He continued to consult on educational matters, and was active with professional organizations, universities, and school committees. He received an honorary doctor of education degree from Calvin Coolidge College.

In World War II he commanded Providence and lowa navy and marine training centers, retiring in 1947 with the rank of commander in the USNR.

Clary kept busy in civic activities trustee, Cranston General Hospital; director, Warwick Boys Club; president, Rotary Club; member, Providence Dartmouth Alumni Association.

In 1971 Clary moved to Clearwater, where he continued his community and Dartmouth activities.

Clary's wife of 61 years, Betty, and his daughter Marilyn Browder survive, along with two grandchildren.

1927

Albert Arnold Lawrence died July 8, following gall bladder surgery complicated by a stroke. Al was born in Cuba, N.Y., and graduated from Cuba High School. At Dartmouth he majored in history and graduated Phi Beta Kappa. He was a member of Alpha Chi Rho. He married Helen Moore in 1927.

Al earned a master's degree from Harvard in 1929, then taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for eight years. He joined the faculty of the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., in 1938, where he taught humanities, politics, and mathematics. He became professor and dean of the faculty and held the rank of captain in the Coast Guard. He retired in 1961 after 23 years, then served as dean of the U.S. Maritime College of Fort Schuyler, N.Y., for six years. He married Jean Seagrove in 1966 and retired to Key West, Fla., where he was president of the Art and Historical Society and past president of the Friends of Monroe County Public Library where he gave frequent readings. Al was made an emeritus professor of the Coast Guard Academy in 1988, only the second person to receive this honor. He authored a book entitled Petroleum Comes of Age about early oil explorations in Pennsylvania and New York State which was used as a college textbook.

He is survived by his wife, Jean, of Key West, two brothers, two daughters and a son, two stepdaughters and a stepson, IS grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren.

S. D. Mills '27

Russell Greenman Weston died May IS, 1988, in Seminole, Fla., according to information that first came to our attention in June 1989. He was born in Hyannis, Mass., and attended high school in Brockton before entering college. At Dartmouth he was a psychology major and belonged to Sigma Nu.

Russ spent his entire working career in the insurance business. He began with Liberty Mutual Insurance Company and later became a general insurance agent operating under the name of Weston, Preston and Associates. From 1937-1963, when he retired after 40 years in the insurance business, he was president of the Rhode Island Mutual Insurance Company. During WW II he served with the United States Coast Guard.

He is survived by his wife, Emma, and a daughter, Lon.

1928

Parker Newhall Chick died July 22 after a short illness at Mount Vernon Hospital in Cambridge, Mass. Born in Lynn, he prepared for Dartmouth at Philips Exeter Academy. At Dartmouth he majored in economics, attended Tuck School, and joined Theta Chi.

After graduation, Park joined F. S. Moseley & Co., investment brokers. In due course he became a partner and was with this firm until retirement in 1929 except for 1946—50 when he started his own company, Weather Advisors, Inc. This resulted from his absorbing interest in weather forecasting beginning in 1943 when he studied the subject at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and became an instructor there in meteorology.

Park was president of the Dartmouth Club of Cape Cod 1980-82, on the board of investment trustees for the Ben Franklin Savings Bank, chairman of the Walpole Trust Fund Commissioners, active in other community organizations, and gave lectures in meteorology. His principal residence was in Chatham, Mass., but he also had a winter residence in Naples, Fla.

Park's first wife, Kitty, the mother of his sons, died some years ago. In 1986 he married Elly Wallis, widow of Frank Wallis '25. She, his two sons, Parker Jr. and Peter, six grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren survive him.

1930

Frank Gulden Jr. died on August 2, after a brief illness. At the time he was living in Bay Shore, L.I.

Edgar Louis Herz died on July 26. At the time he was living at LaQuinta, Calif., which in recent years he made his permanent home, although he had lived in New Jersey for most of his career, active there in the insurance business.

Ed was born in 1909. He was a partner in the insurance firm, H & H Insurance Agency in Midland Park, N.J.

Ed married Eleanor Smith in 1932, who died in 1966. He then married Peggy Dilts Hudson in 1967. Ed's son, Peter Herz '59, became a partner in his father's business in that year. Ed is survived by his second wife and son, daughter Susan Burd, six grand- children, and one great-grandchild.

Byron Franklin Palmer died on August 5. He was living in West Hartford, Conn., where he had spent most of his life.

Byron was born in 1908. After finishing Dartmouth with a Tuck School year, he became affiliated with Ernst & Ernst, the accounting and management service firm of Hartford, where he remained for his entire career.

Byron married Jean Price in 1948, who survives him. There were no children.

Leon Harley Sturman died on August 2 of heart failure. His home was in Rochester, N.Y.

Lee was born in 1908. He took his law degree from Harvard in 1933 and spent his career as a law partner with various other attorneys in Rochester. He was widely known for his various roles in Jewish organizations, including his presidency of both the Jewish Community Council and Temple Beth El. Recognition of his work by the United Jewish Welfare Fund was awarded him in 1963. He was president of the local Dartmouth Club from 1963-1965 and received the Class of 1930 Award in 1976. He was a member and an honorary trustee of the Central Trust Cos. in Rochester and helped found the Rent-a-Kid program there.

Ed married Florence Silverman in 1938, who survives, together with three sons, Jon- athan '64, Emanuel '70, and Stuart.

1933

Francis Alfred Harrington died July 9 of a stroke in his hometown of Worcester, Mass.

He prepared at Deerfield Academy, majored in French, was a member of the Glee Club, and belonged to Chi Phi. After graduation, he continued his interest in Dartmouth and worked for the Alumni Fund. Many members of his family attended Dartmouth, including a son, Francis Jr. '58 and four cousins.

Both before and after his service in the navy as a lieutenant in the Pacific, Fran's entire business life was with the Paul Revere Life Insurance Company. He served in numerous capacities and was a member of the board of directors. His community interests were many and diverse. He is survived by his wife, Jacqueline, and sons Francis Jr. and James.

1934

Daniel Duncan Bordett after a long illness died June 20. He had moved to North Miami Beach, Fla., several vears ago from Florence, Italy, where he had been living for many years. He worked with an export firm in the shoe industry connected with Karl's Shoe Stores of Los Angeles where he had been assistant to the president. For a time his work was in Alicane, Spain.

Dan came to Dartmouth from Lynn, Mass., a graduate of Lynn Classical High. He left before graduation. Dan is survived by his wife, Eunice, his son Bruce '70, and his daughter Danice.

Don Andrew Davis Jr. died June 20 at his home in Newport News. He had come to Hanover from Hampton, Va., as a graduate of Hampton Institute, and was a zoology major. He did postgraduate work at the University of Indiana, then joined Mechanics & Farmers Bank in Durham, N.C., in their personnel office. In 1940 he shifted to People's Building & Loan in Hampton where he became executive secretary. He was active locally as officer in the Peninsula Cooperative Association and in St. Cyprians Episcopal Church.

1939

Frank E. Davis died on July 13 from pneumonia. He had been in a coma since October 10, 1987, as a result of head injuries suffered from a fall while out for his daily walk.

Frank, a native of Swampscott, Mass., entered Dartmouth from Hebron Academy, where he won six letters in football, basketball, and baseball. He was captain of the football team and co-captain of the baseball team. At Dartmouth Frank was a member of Red Blaik's football program, a brother in Phi Gamma Delta, and was elected to Dragon.

Frank joined Shell Oil Company in 1946 and was manager of Shell's public relations department in West Texas, New Mexico, and Houston until his retirement.

He was married to the former Ruth E. Winn of Lynn, Mass., in 1938 and they reached their 50th wedding anniversary in July, 1988. He lived in Redondo Beach, Calif., after retiring from Shell. He is survived by Ruth, daughters Joanne and Julie, son Bob, four grandchildren, and one greatgrandchild.

Richard H. Hawkins 72, of Claremont, N.H., died on July 17 at the Valley Hospital after a long illness. Rit attended Stevens High School, Claremont, and was graduated from Williston Academy where he was captain of the football team, and a member of the glee club, student council, and orchestra.

He had retired from the Claremont Paper Company where he was a chemist for many years. He later taught music in Vermont schools. He wrote and published a collection of poems called Four Seasons. He also sang tenor in the church choir.

He was married to Charlotte Hawkins, who died in April of 1989. He leaves a son, Rodney '6B, a daughter, Helen Ainsworth, and seven grandchildren.

1940

Albert DeBonde who was with Pan American World Airways throughout his business career, died of emphysema last March in a nursing home in Topton, Pa. Captain DeBonde came to the College from Tabor Academy and joined Pan Am after Dartmouth. He retired after having served as a flight instructor and cocaptain. Although his record shows that he was married in 1941, he did not stay in touch with Dartmouth and there is no information on survivors.

George C. Sheldon of Thetford Center, Vt., died on June 30 at his home, of cancer.

George came to Dartmouth from the Choate School. While at Dartmouth, he was active in Cabin & Trail and the Dartmouth Outing Club. He was also a member of the American Alpine expedition that climbed K-2 in the Himalayas.

Col. Sheldon was a career army officer, serving in Army Intelligence in Europe, Korea, and Baltimore, Md. He retired from the army in 1967 and worked in the publishing business for several years.

He is survived by his wife, Jean, sons George and John, daughter Susan Cercone, and seven grandchildren.

1942

John H. Stinson died on June 25 in Rutland, Vt., after a long illness. Jack came to Dartmouth from Phillips Andover Academy. He called Burlington, Vt., home at this time.

At Dartmouth he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. In World War II he saw service with the army in England. After the war he worked for a number of years with the Treadway Hotel group and then joined his brother in operating Stinson Motors in Rutland.

Jack is survived by his wife, Barbara, sons Peter and William, and a stepson William Muncrief.

1948

Dirk Bell Kuzmier died tragically on November 14,1987, when the plane he was piloting crashed into Vermont's Dorset Mountain, apparently the result of engine trouble.

A native of Huntington, Long Island, Dirk came to Dartmouth in July 1944. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi and his deliveiy of the Class Day Prophecy at the Old Pine with a tiny Shetland in tow will not be soon forgotten.

Dirk then earned a law degree at N.Y.U. and joined his father's Manhattan law firm in 1950. He became a leading trial attorney, particularly championing victims of personal injury and product liability. Friendly, easy-going, humorous, and irreverent, he was nevertheless a man of conviction who hated pretense, and whose common touch attracted countless friends. They remember him with great affection and extend their sympathy to his survivors: his mother Inda Bell Kuzmier, his wife, Daphne, daughters Kerrie and Darcy, and brother Robert.

Richard Astor Weaver died of cancer after a brief illness on April 9 in the Buffalo General Hospital. He was born in Buffalo and was a lifelong resident of the area. He came to Dartmouth from Mercersburg Academy in July 1944, one of five in his class to attend Dartmouth. After serving in the U.S. Navy Dick returned to Hanover and graduated in 1949. He was a member of Sigma Nu and served as its president his senior year. He spent much time skiing and hiking in the mountains. These activites were avidly pursued the rest of his life as was golf until his marriage.

Dick was an active board member of several civic and religious organizations that provide crisis assistance to persons in need. He enjoyed meeting, knowing, and helping people. His open friendliness will be missed.

He is survived by his wife, Norma, and sons Bradley and Thomas in Eden, N.Y. He also leaves his sister Martha Burke, niece Susan, and nephews Michael and Timothy Burke '78.

Lansing G. Brisbin Jr. '48 John A. Van Raalte '48

1951

Paul M. McLaughlin died at his home in Manchester, N.H., on May I after a long illness. An English major at the College, Paul earned a law degree at the University of Southern California in 1955. He stayed in California to practice law until his return in the mid-1960s to his hometown of Manchester, where he was engaged in the container business and in investments. It was at this time that Paul, who was the third person in the United States to have a successful kidney transplant, was instrumental in the passage of legislation in Massachusetts which granted an individual the right to donate his body or organs for medical purposes. Among his lifelong interests was his study of Eastern philosophy. He is survived by his wife, Ann, and his son Matthew, as well as several nieces and nephews.

1954

Marius Geldens known to us as Max, died of cancer on July 10 in the Netherlands where he resided with his wife, Margie. He was president and CEO of Continental Packaging International Inc. Max graduated from American High School in Buenos Aires and after Dartmouth earned an M.B.A. at Harvard Business School. He also attended the U.S. Army Finance School. He joined McKinsey & Company, management consultants, in 1961 and became a managing director and member of the executive committee before joining Continental in 1988.

Max and Margie had three children, Margaret, Peter, and Kathryn. Margaret graduated from Dartmouth in 1983 and Kathryn in 1988, while Peter graduated from MIT.

Kathryn informed us about her father's passing away and told us that the family plans to plant a tree on College property in his honor.

Robert Paul Pallatroni of South Dartmouth, Mass., succumbed to cancer on July 1. Bob, also known as "Pal" had been a psychology professor at South- eastern Massachusetts University for many years. After graduating from Dartmouth, he reached the rank of captain in the U.S. Air Force and then earned a master's degree in education at Bridgewater State College in 1960 and another master's and a doctorate in psychology at Boston University in 1969. Earlier, Bob had been a mathematics teacher and football coach at New Bedford High School, his hometown, and a psychologist at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Walpole. He also continued to be active in his field in local educational institutions. Bob was a member of the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Psychologists and the American Psychologists Association.

Bob is survived by Jeanne, his wife of many years, and sons Robert and Stephen.

1955

Louis Peter Cavaliere of New Haven, Conn., died at Yale-New Haven Hospital on July 10. He had been ill with pulmonary fibrosis for ten years. Lou entered Dartmouth from Hopkins Grammar School in New Haven and was a biology major. He was a member of Sigma Chi and active with Aquinas House. In 1964 Lou received a master's degree from Wesleyan University.

After graduation, Lou entered teaching and spent the rest of his active life as an educator. He first taught science in West Rutland, Vt., and from 1956 to 1983 at West Haven High School, where he served as head of the Science Department as well as an instructor in driver education. Illness forced his retirement from teaching in 198 3, but he continued as director of the driver education program.

During his career Lou served as president and treasurer of the Connecticut Driver and Traffic Safety Association, president of the Connecticut Science Education Association, and president and treasurer of the North Haven Education Association. He was also a member of the Dartmouth Club of New Haven.

Lou is survived by his wife, Beatrice, who was one of his students at West Rutland, and sons Peter, Christopher, and Dennis.

Alan Edward Congdon of Manhasset, N.Y., died from cancer on June 28. Alan prepared for Dartmouth at Lawrenceville School and was an English major. He was captain of the 1955 varsity lightweight crew and rowed in the Thames Challenge Cup at the Royal Henley Regatta in England that year. He was also a member of Sphinx and Delta Tau Delta.

Following graduation he served in the U.S. Navy from 1955 to 1957, then entered Brooklyn Law School where he received an LL.B. degree in 1960. Al served as assistant general counsel for the Long Island Rail- road from 1960-66, then entered private practice as a trial attorney. He represented a wide range of clients in civil litigation and lectured nationally on the defense of law- suits and trial advocacy. In recent years he was a partner in the firm of Congdon and Flaherty in Port Washington, N.Y.

He is survived by his wife, Patricia, whom he married in 1956, and by their five children: Katherine, Carla, James '82, Marianne, and John.

Alan Gordon Richard Cooke who was known worldwide as an authority on all things Arctic, died at the Maison Nazareth Hospice in Montreal on July 11. He grew up in Vermont and New Hampshire and entered Dartmouth from the Sunapee High School. Alan was a French major, and a senior fellow. After graduation, he did Graduate work at McGill University in Montreal and at Cambridge University in England, where he was awarded a Ph.D. in 1970.

During his lifelong pursuit of his interest in the Arctic, Alan's activities included work at the Dartmouth Stefansson Collection with Vilhjalmur Stefansson, curator of archives for the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge as well as editor of its journal Polar Record, consultant at the McGill Center for Northern Studies, and founder and director of the Hochelaga Research Institute, a not-for-profit organization for northern studies, the position he held at the time of his death. He co-authored with Clive Holland The Exploration of NorthernCanada, 500-1920: A Chronology, published in 1978. He also served as a trustee of the Bata Shoe Museum.

Alan's marriage to Jane Follett of Nor- wich in 1960 ended in divorce. Jane and their son, Stefan Cooke, survive.

1963

Jay Shumaker an authority on gastrointestinal problems, died on June 11, in Newton, Mass. A resident of nearby Wellesley, Jay had been chief of the gastrointestinal department at New- ton-Wellesley Hospital since 1972 and lectured throughout the United States. He taught gastrointestinal studies at Tufts University School of Medicine and headed a nutrition and obesity program at Newton- Wellesley in addition to his private practice.

Born in Detroit, Jay majored in philosophy at Dartmouth and served as an announcer for the DCAC in football, hockey, and basketball. He went on to graduate from the Harvard Medical School in 1966 and trained at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Jay is survived by his wife, Rickel (Saks), sons Adam '92 and Jonathan, daughter Dana, and his mother Lillian.

ERRATA. In the September issue the obituary for Robert W. Cone '50 misspelled his name as Cole and incorrecdy stated his class affiliation. We regret these errors and apologize to his family and friends.