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 in a later one.
Hildreth M. Allison '19 • July 20 Donald M. Lovejoy '19 • July 23 Richard Lee Strout '19 • Aug. 29 Webster Garst '22 • Nov. 1, 1989 George S. Anderson '24 • July 16Julian Cecil Goddard '24 "June 28 Norman F. Maclean '24 • Aug. 2 Hildreth Auer '27 'June 29 William Montgomery '27 • Aug. 25Herbert R. Sensenig '28 • Aug. 26 Alfred A. Cooley '29 • Aug. 8 Allison Almon Gould '31 June John E. Hines '31 • 1980 Willard L. Peschko '31 • July 8 Craig Thorn '31 • Aug. 4 Robert H. Burkart '34 • March 21Mac Gillivray Collins '34 • July 12 Stanley H. Britten '35 • June 22 Frederick M. Ingersoll Jr. '37 • July 6Robert J. Woodruff Jr. '37 • Aug. 14 William Thomas '38 • Dec. 27, 1989 David H. Slattery '41 • Aug. 25 Theodore Wachs Jr. '41 • July 24 Desmond C. O'Neill '45 • Apr. 30 Henry D. Persons '50 • July 30 William B. Peavey '51 • Aug. 4 Simon A. Grolnick '52 • Aug. 12Bernard E. Segal '55 • Aug. 20 John C. Le Moal '75 • Aug. 3
1915
Winthrop Dale Barker the last surviving member of the class of 1915, passed away on September 6 at Bear Hill Nursing Home in Stoneham, Mass.
At Dartmouth he was a member of SAE. Following graduation he served in World War I as a first lieutenant with the 301st Field Artillery. His career was in sales and in the development of well water supply systems. He was a member of the first A.M.P. class at Harvard Business School in 1943.
Dale served the College as class secretary, newsletter editor, class president, and, at the time of his death, bequest chairman. He attended every class reunion up to his 70th.
In his hometown of Arlington, Mass., he was active in various civic and charitable organizations. He spent summer months in West Dennis on Cape Cod for nearly 90 years.
His wife, Bess, predeceased him in 1973. He is survived by his son Richard '54, three grandsons, including John '9l, and four great- grandchildren. "
Richard Barker '54
1916
Dan Leslie Lindsley died on April 26. Before his retirement in 1958 he worked for West coast Wood Preserving Cos. At Dartmouth he was a member of Kappa Sigma and Phi Beta Kappa. He graduated magna cum laude and received a degree in civil engineering from Thayer in 1917. He was president of a Los Angeles alumni club during WW 11.
His wife, Ruth, predeceased him in 1982. He is survived by two sons.
1919
Donald Lovejoy died in August. He was in an automobile accident last year and never fully recovered. Don left college at the outbreak of World War I and enlisted in the navy. When he left the navy he was a lieutenant.
Most of his life was spent in the securities business. He had been a member of the New York stock exchange since 1932. In recent years he lived in Delray Beach, Fla., in the winter and Greenwich, Conn., in the summer. He seldom missed a reunion. He is survived by his wife and several children.
1920
Nathaniel Henry Whiteside Jr. 1920's long-time head agent, died in a Hinsdale, Ill., nursing home on July 14. He had been in ill helath for some time.
Born in Chicago, Nate returned there to make his career after graduation. He had been a member of Phi Kappa Psi. He was with the American BankNote Company from 1920 to 1945, and then the Northern Bank Note Company. He purchased Northern in 1958 and made it the leading securities printer in the municipal bond market.
He was a volunteer at Hinsdale Hospital and a member of Grace Episcopal Church.
1922
Oscar Raymond Rice Jr. died from a heart attack July 9 in Aptos, Calif. Oscar entered Dartmouth from Newton (Mass.) High School. He served in Company I of the Student Army Training Corps, was an honors student in economics, and played on the golf team. He was associate editor of The Daily Dartmouth and publicity manager for the Dartmouth Players and Musical Clubs. He belonged to Theta Delta Chi.
Joining R.H. Stearns in 1923, he became a director in 1942 and retired from merchandise management in 1961. He married Beatrice Wilson in 1925, lived in Needham, Mass., for many years, and then in East Thetford, Vt., for 20 years. The Rices moved to California to be near their daughters.
Beatrice, their two daughters, his sister and two grandchildren are the survivors.
Modie Joseph Spiegel former chairman and CEO of Spiegel Inc. National Catalog Co., died June 23 at Weiss Memorial Hospital, Chicago. Modie was a benefactor of the college and president of the Chicago Dartmouth Alumni Association.
From 1934 until he retired in 1970, Modie was an executive at the nationally known Chicago catalog company. For many years he was also president of the Mail Order Association of America. He was a teacher and benefactor of the Unity School of Christianity, a board member of the Chicago Medical School, and recipient of an honorary degree from Grinnell College.
1924
George Smith Anderson of Santa Barbara, Calif., died after a brief illness on July 26. At the time of his retirement in 1966 Andy was President of the First National Bank in Elkhart, Ind.. and was a director or trustee of numerous civic organizations. After the death of his first wife, Elizabeth, Andy married Rebecca Johnson in 1977. Andy was our class treasurer from 1949 to 1954.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by a son, a daughter, nine grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
Julian Cecil Goddard died in Sarasota, Fla., on June 28. He had suffered a stroke in January 1989 and was hospitalized periodically during the final year of his life. Prior to retiring to Florida Slats had been vice president, secretary and a director of True Temper Corporation in Cleveland.
In addition to his widow, Faye, he is survived by three children.
1925
Sydney H. Batchelder died of cancer July 17 in Keene. Syd retired early due to health problems, but only after having produced on his farm the largest and most potent digitalis plants on record. In retirement he cared for an evergreen plantation which he had planted 20 years earlier. He held various town offices, including town clerk and justice of the peace, and served briefly as governor's secretary. He was active in the Masons and Odd Fellows for many years, serving in various offices.
Miriam, his wife, died in 1934, and his son, Sydney III '52, died in 1977. He is survived by his daughter, Lorraine Lawrence.
Francis E. Van Orman died July 8 in Short Hills, N.J. After Dartmouth Frank earned an L.L.B. at N.Y. University and became a member of the American, New York and New Jersey Bar Associations. He spent his life with various insurance companies, finally as Vice President of the Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. He served in many capacities in connection with the Newark Museum, Newark Welfare Foundation, Commerce and Industry Association, N.Y. Safety Counsel, and United Appeals. He was also a member of Essex Club, Baltusrol Golf Club, and Christ Church (Episcopal) in Short Hills.
He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth, a son, and two grandchildren.
1926
Norman Rhoades Clarke died of emphysema June 16 in St. Petersburg, Fla. He grew up in White Plains, N.Y. At Dartmouth he majored in sociology and was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
In 1941 Norm earned an M.B.A. at Teacher's College, Columbia University. He started business owning an insurance agency, but then was in social work administration until retirement in 1974. For 15 years he was director of Neighborhood House in Albany, N.Y., after which he moved to Connecticut to administer housing for the elderly. He was chairman of United Fund for two years, a member of the Kiwanis Club, and of the Middle Haddam (Conn.) Historic District Committee.
Norm and his wife, Dorothy, enjoyed Dartmouth reunions and were supporters of the Alumni Fund. They enjoyed 60 years of marriage. Besides his wife he is survived by a son and a granddaughter.
Roland Grosvenor Eaton Jr. died July 15 in Charlottesville, Va. He came to Dartmouth from Dean Academy, Franklin, Mass. A member of Beta Theta Pi, he was with the class until Thanksgiving, 1923. After a year of travel he entered Cornell's School of Hotel Management, graduating in 1928. Until 1948 Rollie held executive positions in hotels and hotel associations in various southern states. He then became business manager of Rochester (N.Y.) General Hospital, and then administrator of Samaritan Hospital in Troy. He retired to Charlottesville in 1966.
In World War II Rollie served as lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy. He was a life fellow of the American College of Hospital Administrators and member of the Sons of the American Revolution and the Founders and Patriots of America.
His first wife, Virginia, predeceased him. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth, and five children by his first marriage.
1929
Arthur Caldwell Buffington of Edina, Minn., died on July 19. Art came from Blake Preparatory School in Springfield, Ill., belonged to Kappa Sigma, and majored in psychology. He received his M.B.A. from Harvard in 1931. He enlisted as a private in the army in 1942, served as a captain and company commander in New Guinea, and as a fiscal officer at the New York Port of Embarkation, retiring as a major in 1945. He was vice president of the First National Bank of Minneapolis, and was officer and director of several Minneapolis civic organizations. He was also involved in Dartmouth and Harvard Business School alumni activities.
His first and second wives, Dorothy and Juliet, and son Robert '58 died before him. He leaves a son, John '54.
Harold Seller Hirsch died of cancer at his Portland, Oregon home on July 4. Hal belonged to Pi Lambda Phi and majored in Sociology. He was active in swimming, water polo, and Boot and Saddle, and edited the 1931 Green Book.
He was on the 1929 executive committee, a class agent, and was on the major gift committee for the Campaign for Dartmouth. An alumni councilman, he received Dartmouth's Alumni award in 1972. He was an outstanding leader of Continuing Education in the Northwest, originator of the White Stag line of athletic clothing, and was elected to the National Ski Hall of Fame. He served on a selective service board in World World II and with the Quartermaster General's office.
Who's Who in America lists his outstanding activities in civic, artistic, and industrial fields, and his trusteeships of many schools and colleges. The Portland Alumni Club named their annual book award in his honor.
He leaves his wife, Elizabeth, two daughters, and two sons.
Robert Simpson Lyle died on July 27 in a Dallas nursing home after a long illness.
Bob came from Englewood (N.J.) High School and Mercersburg Academy, belonged to Sigma Chi, Green Key, and Sphinx. He majored in English and was outstanding in football and track.
Bob served in the navy and retired a It. commander in 1947. He received his master's degree in education from Cornell. Who's Whoin America lists his many services in education. He served as teacher, athletic coach, and head master in many of our outstanding schools and was president of several associations of headmasters. He was active in the Dallas Monthly Meeting of Friends. His students adored him and looked to him for advice.
He leaves his wife Caorlyn, a son, a daughter, and three grandchildren.
Rich Richardson Rimbach of Kihei Maui, Hawaii, died on July 16. Rich came to us from Nashua (N.H.) High School and belonged to Zeta Psi. His varied career moved through insurance, work with General Electric and U.S. Rubber, hiring people for Bechtel Corporation for work in Arabia and Central America, and selling Fuller brushes. With such courage and drive he was able to retire in Maui and travel extensively.
He leaves his widow Irma and a son.
1930
Elton LeGrande Hendrick died in July at his home in Brunswick, Maine. Elt did not finish college. He had a career in accounting, principally with Eaton, Yale, and Towne Inc. of Stamford, Conn., where he worked for 40 years. Retired in 1970, he served as an accounting consultant and was cofounder of Evmar, a property management corporation in Brunswick.
Elt was active in church affairs, acting for many years as deacon of the First Congregational Church of Norwalk and as treasurer of Hope Church in Wilton and the Main Street Baptist Church in Brunswick.
In 1936 Elt married Mary Roberts, who survives him together with a son, a daughter, and five grandchildren.
Walter Houston Lillard Jr. died of a heart attack July 14 at his sister's summer home in Marblehead. It was his 82nd birthday. His own home was in Sharon, Mass. Pete was in insurance most of his career, first with New England Mutual Life in Boston, then with Fessenden & Sykes Agency in Lexington.
A Tabor graduate, at the College he was a member of Paleopitus, Green Key and Casque and Gauntlet. He taught at Tabor and served in the Navy during World War II. He served as chairman of the Sharon School Committee during the 1950s and was on the '30 Executive Committee 1985-1990.
In 1937 Pete married Marcia Wonson, who died in 1986. He is survived by a son, Walter Lillard III '64, four daughters, three sisters, and 10 grandchildren.
1931
Walter Lewis Farley Jr. died on July 27 at his home in Los Angeles. Hailing from Rochester, N.Y., Bill cast his lot with Eastman Kodak after Dartmouth. He moved to the West Coast in 1936, and retired in 1970 from the position of sales manager of Kodak's motion picture division, a position he had assumed in 1965. He was an associate member of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, and of the American Society of Cinematographers.
Active in community service, Bill was in charge of the Pony and Little Leagues, president of the Beach Club, and a board member of the Hathaway Home for Disadvantaged Children. Bill was an effective regional agent and assistant class agent for the Alumni Fund, and in 1969 he was secretary of the Dartmouth Club of Southern California.
He is survived by his widow, Louise, two daughters, and a son.
Arthur Solomon Hyman died on June 8, 1988. He had been a long time resident of Menlo Park, California.
Art, although born in England, came to Dartmouth from the San Francisco area, left after his junior year, and graduated with his B.A. from Stanford in 1932.
In the Bay Area he was a realtor, an appraiser, and a manager of several large office buildings, including those of Loew's Theatres. He had a distinguished career in the navy during WWII, retiring from service as a lieutenant commander in 1946.
Art kept his interest in Dartmouth throughout his life. He is survived by his widow, Ann, a daughter, and two sons.
1933
Gay Edward Milius Jr. died on June 7 at his home in Virginia Beach, Va. He had been suffering from cancer but was characteristically spunky until his death. Throughout his life Gay had dedicated much frenetic energy to the Jack-O-Lantern, the navy, his law practice, and his avocation as a ham radio operator.
With a Fordham J.D., he practiced law in New York, then served in the navy where he was a legal officer stationed in Norfolk, Va., from 1959-68. He then returned to private law and had his own firm until retirement. He was an officer in the Federal Bar Association, the Retired Officers' Association and the American Radio-Relay League.
Gay is survived by his wife, Martha, two daughters, and two sons.
1934
Robert Howard Burkart died March 21 in Blue Springs, Mo., where he had recently moved to be near his son Joseph. He came to Dartmouth from Central High in Washington, D.C., and was with us two years before returning to the District to get his B.S. from Georgetown and his J.D. from George Washington U. He was a member of Psi Upsilon.
Until 1964 he was a special agent for the FBI, which gave him a distinguished service award. He then entered the investment banking field, retiring in 1980. Bob was widowed and is survived by his son, three daughters and four grandchildren.
Mac Gillivray Collins died suddenly on July 12 at his home in Sarasota, Fla. Mac came from Omaha, Neb., was a member of SAE, Green Key, and Paleopitus, and was active in The Players and the Aegis staff. Economics was his major and he got an M.B.A. from Harvard in 1936.
His career was primarily in transportation marketing. He began with several N.Y. advertising agencies, then joined N.Y. Central as advertising manager in charge of concessions at Grand Central Station. His home base for much of the time was Chappaqua, N.Y. In retirement he was a moving force in the civic life of his adopted city, Sarasota.
Mac is survived by his wife of 53 years, Mary, a son, a daughter, and four grandchildren.
1937
Dana Serr Prescott died on July 3 of a heart attack in Palo Alto, Calif. Dana was our head agent. The day he died he called the Alumni Fund office twice checking on donors and also made an announcement that we would exceed the Alumni Fund goal.
Dana came to Dartmouth from Pelham Memorial High School, majored in political science and played football, track and tennis. He helped revive the sport of rowing at Dartmouth and was on the varisty crew team. He also was on the Jack-O-Lantern board and in the DOC.
Dana earned an M.B.A. at Harvard Business and an M.S. in international relations at George Washington University. He joined the army in 1941 and made it his career, advancing to the rank of colonel. He found time to join the executive board of the Stanford Area Council and was also chairman of the Palo AIto YMCA.
A resolution adopted at the September 15 class meeting stated that his loyalty and leadership earned him the respect and admiration of his peers.
Dana came from a long Dartmouth lineage: father '10, brother Baxter '39, and sons Dana '69, Daniel '71, and William '82. He is survived by his wife, Lynn, his four sons, and his brother.
1938
Roger Francis Buffinton died of heart failure May 24 at his home in Tucson, Ariz. Buffmajored in Political Science and Economics at Dartmouth and was on the freshman track team.
After graduation he joined the United Shoe Machinery Corp. in Boston. He entered the Amy in 1942, and in 1945 he was shipped to the Philippines, Okinawa, and Japan.
After service, Roger remained with United for over 40 years. In 1979 he and Eva Noonan were married and moved to Tucson. He was a volunteer at the Tucson Association for the Blind and enjoyed photography, golf, and making jigsaw puzzles and personalized greeting cards from photos. He contributed regularly to the alumni fund.
Roger is survived by his wife, two daughters, a grandchild, and a brother.
John Butler Jameson Jr. died May 24 in Houston, Texas. He came to Dartmouth from Deerfield Academy. Jamie was on the freshman track team and on The Dartmouth's staff, and was a geology major.
He did seismographic work in Texas for a year, then started in the oil lease and royalty business for himself. In 1940 he married Helen Bolton. Joining the Navy in 1942, he served in the Aleutians and retired as a commander after 20 years in the Naval Reserve.
After WW II he moved to Houston to carry on his oil lease and royalty business and helped start an oil and gas well equipment business. Jamie conducted a 16,000 acre reforesting project and also farmed a 300 acre spread.
As befits an old salt, he enjoyed sailing on Galveston Bay and crewing for friends in the Gulf of Mexico and the Bahamas.
He leaves his wife, Helen, two children, two step-children, a sister and a brother.
1939
Harold S. Robinson died of cancer in Mendocino, Calif., on June 2. He came to Dartmouth from the North China American School in Peiping. At Dartmouth Robie was in Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Kappa Kappa, and Zeta Alpha Psi.
He graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1942 and after a year's internship entered the navy and served in WW II. It was his destroyer that took the Japanese surrender party from the shore to the U.S.S. Missouri.
He returned to Hanover for a medical residency before settling in at Walnut Creek, Calif., to practice internal medicine. There he was a founder of John Muir Hospital and served as its president and chief of medicine. He later started a practice in Mendocino.
He is survived by two daughters, including Jennifer '74, and a son.
1946
Robert F. Case died after a long illness on June 13 at his home. A native of Troy, Pa., Bob Graduated from Troy High School, Phillips Exeter Academy, Dartmouth, and R.P.I.'s management development program. Joining GE in 1949, he became general manager of the company's utilities operation in Schenectady, N.Y., in 1971. He retired in 1982.
A decorated Army combat infantryman during WWII, he later served in the national guard, retiring a lieutenant colonel in 1964.
Bob was very active in local community affairs and received a national award for community service in 1975 from the GE Elfun Society. He was an active alumnus.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Frances, and five children.
1947
John A. Kinnaird died May 18. He was a resident of Netcong, N.J. John served in the U.S. Navy, WW II, and was decorated for service in the Pacific. He returned to Dartmouth, graduating in 1947, and from Tuck School in 1948.
For many years he was with B. Altmann & Co. as a buyer and sales manager in the commercial carpet division. He was also a director of the American Savings & Loan Association in New York City.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Ann, and by three children.
1949
Shepard Douglas Robinson died in Barrington, Ill., of cancer on March 17. Shep entered Dartmouth in 1946 after three years with the U.S. Navy Seabees. At Dartmouth he majored in geology with minors in English and cartography. He graduated with honors. His father, two brothers and a nephew were all graduates of Dartmouth.
Following graduation Shep joined the Morning Herald in Uniontown, Pa., as a police reporter, and went on to hold various reporting, editorial, and production jobs. He was the editor of several city papers, and held executive posts at the Barrington Press. He published a newsletter and wrote several books on the subject of manufacturing housing.
He is survived by his wife, Louise, and three daughters.
1969
Gifford T. Foley was doing barrel rolls at an air show on July 1 when his plane plunged into the Niagara River before an audience of several thousand. He was about to become a top aide at HUD.
Back at Dartmouth, he rejoined the football team and played a highly destructive tackle on the famous Lambert Trophy team of 1970. Then there was Harvard Business School, marriage, and rapid success in business. He was a strong conservative.
As Yeats wrote of an Irish airman shot down over France, "Soldier, scholar, horseman, he,/ ...What made us dream that he could comb grey hair?"
Jeffrey Hart '51
