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 Lester Lambert '21 'Jan. 9 John Grosvenor Dana '22 • Jan. 28 Edmond George Hawley '24 • Dec. 6 Willard T. McLaughlin '25 • Feb. 3 Miles Tischer Hoerner '26 'Jan. 9 Merle Eugene Brush '27 • Jan. 15 Lester Redshaw Eaton '27 • Jan. 10John Edwards Zanger '2B • Sept. 19Franklin H. Middleton '29 • Tan. 17Charles Rollins Prichard Jr. '29 'Jan. 7 Burton T. Sherwood '30 'Jan. 13Edgar Steele Pitkin '31 'Jan. 9 John Thomas Morris '32 • Dec. 25 William Henry Hinkel '33 • Dec. 21William Haller Smythe '33 'Jan. 15Robert Emmett Sweeney '34 'Jan. 19Roger Gerrish Flynn '35 • Dec. 20 John Bailey Arnold '36 • Dec. 25 Harvey Joseph Sevigny '36 • Nov. 11Arne Lanner '37 • July 25 Isadore Paul Ambrose '38 'Jan. 14Arthur Edmund French '38 'Jan. 9 Walter Williams McKinnon '38 • Jan. 4 George Herbert Adams '39 • Jan. 7 Charles Robinson Swan '39 • Dec. 29 Philip K. Alexander Jr. '40 'Jan. 1990 Farris Campbell '40 'Jan. 20 James Day Crawford '43 • Dec. 26 James Averell Clark Jr. '44 • Jan. 11 Jay Stuart Haft '49 • Jan. 15 Dean Joseph Kutchera '52 • Oct. 20 Herbert Ralph Hartley '53 'Jan. 10 Richard John Collins '54 'Jan. 31 Robert Allen McShane '54 • Dec. 16 David Glasser '55 • July 17 Peter Owen Dietz '57 'Jan. 22 John Charles Durkin '58 • Dec. 30 Eric Mathieu King '66 'Jan. 30 Ocie Lee Sydnor '68 • Jan. 10 Richard James Felmeister '69 • Jan. 4 Paul Lavery McGorrian '83 • Aug. 25

Faculty

John H. Wolfenden who was New Hampshire Professor of Chemistry emeritus, died of heart failure on December 27 at a nursing home near his home in Hanover. A native of England and graduate of Balliol College, Oxford University, Professor Wolfenden held graduate degrees from Oxford and Princeton and was given an honorary doctorate of science by Dartmouth at the College's 200 th Commencement in 1969.

He taught chemistry at Dartmouth for 20 years, from 1947-67, and served as chairman of both the chemistry department and the division of sciences during his tenure. He also taught at Oberlin, Wesleyan, and the University of Rochester, and authored numerous papers on reaction rates and equilibria.

Surviving are his wife, Josephine, his daughter Susan Hinnant, his son Richard, and four grandchildren.

1916

Roger Flagg Evans who directed the country's initial Social Security registration in 1936-37, died December 22 at a nursing home in West Chester, Pa. He was 95.

Born in Worcester, Mass., at Dartmouth Rog was Phi Beta Kappa and a Rufus Choate Scholar, a member of DKE, The Arts, Paleopitus, and Casque & Guantlet, and manager of the track team. In later years he was both a head agent and class secretary, and was proud to be a donor to the Alumni Fund for 71 consecutive years.

during the twenties Rog was an executive in the silk industry, based in Shanghai. Then, in the thirties, he served in a number of anti-Depression employment programs beginning locally and regionally with the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce and culminating in detached leave to the Social Security Board. There he oversaw the registration of the first 25 million employees and set up the first hundred offices to serve them. During the forties and fifties Rog was with the Rockefeller Foundation.

A. resident of Swarthmore, Pa., since 1966, Rog is survived by his wife, Edna, his son Roger Jr. '52, his daughter Ann Coe, and grandson William Coe.

1923

John Thomas Griffin who died last November 24, worked in the service of the Town of Wellesley, Massachusetts, as a member of the Historical Society and the Wellesley Club, and as executive secretary of the board of selectman. When he retired in 1967 he was serving as town assessor. During his life he maintained an interest in Aquinas Club at Dartmouth and made the request that any donations in his name should be sent there.

With his wife, Rose Johnson, who died several years past, he had two sons, John and Robert, who survive.

George Harold Mason

a retired labor lawyer who practiced in Worcester, Mass., died on December 5, leaving his second wife, Beatrice, and sons Richard '57 and David '46.

George earned his LL.B. from Harvard, after leaving Dartmouth, cum laude, with a Phi Beta Kappa key.

A principal with the law firm of Mason, Crotty, Dunn & MacCarthy, George was a member of both the Massachusetts and American Bar Associations, and was active in civic affairs. At one time he also taught law at Northeastern University. For several years he was president of the Dartmouth Club of Worcester County. An avid golfer, in recent years George divided his time between Florida and Manhasset, N.Y.

1925

Curtis A. Abel died November 28 after a short illness at his home in Delray Beach, Fla. He came to Dartmouth from Salina, Kans., was a member of Delta Tau Delta, and was service manager for The Daily Dartmouth. After graduating, he earnedhis M.B.A. at Harvard and started work in advertising with N. W. Ayer in Philadelphia, briefly, and then with General Foods for several years until 1947 when he joined Young & Rubicam, where he remained until his retirement as vice president. His specialty was the packaging and marketing of new products.

During World War II he served in the army with the rank of lieutenant colonel in Africa, Sicily, Italy, and the Pentagon. He was a member of Dartmouth clubs in Palm Beach and Vermont, and a governor of the Dartmouth Club of Western Connecticut.

He held many class positions, from head agent, reunion committee, and vice president to president. He is survived by his wife, Marian (Felch), a daughter Barbara A. Murphy, and two grandchildren.

Duncan G. Upton died last November 20 in South Deerfield, Mass. Dune came to Dartmouth from Cushing Academy and was a member of Theta Chi. He retired after 41 years with New England Power Association in Shelburne Falls, Mass. He was active in the Boy Scouts of America, serving as a trustee of the Hampden-Franklin County Council and was also a member of the Mountain Lodge, A.F. & A.M. He is survived by a daughter, Virginia Brown, three sons, Duncan Jr., Donald, and Charles, ten grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.

1931

Ralph Osgood Nims died on November 27 at the Cheshire Medical Center in Keene, N.H. Ralph came to Dartmouth from Worcester Academy. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta, Green Key, and Phi Beta Kappa. His major was English, and he was on the staff of The Dartmouth.

After a 40-year tour of duty he retired from Canada Dry as a vice president of marketing, and was listed in Who's Who in American Business for the accomplishments in his business career.

Ralph is survived by his widow, Catherine, his daughter Ellen, and his son David.

1933

Edward Bowman Halligan died in Biddeford, Maine, on November 29, 1989, after a long illness. After graduation from Reading (Mass.) High School, he joined us in Hanover, where he majored in economics and was a member of Sigma Chi. He gained an M.B.A. at Harvard in 1935 and entered the insurance business, joining the Metropolitan Insurance Company in 1956 and there rising to the position of vice president in the group insurance division. He retired in 1976. He summered at Fortunes Rocks in Biddeford for 30 years and took up permanent residence there two years ago. He was active in alumni affairs as a student interviewer and president of the Melrose (Mass.) Alumni Club.

Ed is survived by his widow, Virginia, his son Michael, a sister Catherine Haley, and three grandchildren. Edward M. Haley '55, is a nephew and Catherine Haley Rost '81 is a great-niece.

1938

Arthur Edward Koeppel Jr. died November 30, 1989, at his home in Woodstock, Vt. He entered Dartmouth from Hackensack High and was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon.

Between Tuck and WW II he worked for the Marine Midland Trust and the Federal Reserve Bank in New York.

With the 7th Army VI Corps Finance Department he served in Morocco, Algeria, Italy, France, Germany, and Belgium. He celebrated his discharge by marrying Shirley Smith of Providence, R. 1., in 1945.

Entering the insurance business, he earned designation as a life-chartered underwriter. But it was his experience as the cubmaster for his son's scout troop which led him in 1957 to become a professional Boy Scout as a district executive. He served in New Jersey on the Watchung Area Council and the Orange Mountain Council.

Art returned to the insurance field in 1973, retiring in 1982 to Woodstock, Vt.

His nostalgic contribution to some of our class reunions will be remembered by many of us when he showed the film he had made while in College of undergraduate hi-jinks.

Art leaves his wife, Shirley, his son Arthur E. III, his daughter Cornelia Muckle, and six grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the Alumni Fund in care of Gil Tanis in Hanover.

1939

Robert R. Van Slambrouck 72, died on November 25 at his home in Bodega Bay, Calif. Bob entered Dartmouth from Port Huron (Mich.) High School where he was class president, played basketball and baseball, and was a member of the yearbook staff.

At Dartmouth Bob played freshman basketball, was the business manager of the Pictorial, a member of Green Key, and a brother of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.

Bob received a master's degree from Pennsylvania State University in marketing and advertising after graduation from Dartmouth. He worked several years in the newspaper business before returning to Penn State as an instructor from 1946-50. He then worked for the American Newspapers Publishers Association's advertising bureau before joining the Sacramento Bee as advertising manager in 1957. Eight years later he was promoted to director of marketing with the Bee's parent organization, the McClatchy Newspapers, a position he held until retirement in 1979.

After retirement Bob became a member of the faculty at California State University, Sacramento, and taught at Sonoma State University until June of 1989.

He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Katherine; daughters Susan Moore ana Barbara Flynn; sons Michael and Paul; and seven grandchildren.

Richard Varey died two days before his 73rd birthday in Sarasota, Fla., on December 7, 1989. Dick came to Dartmouth from Lawrence Academy where he made cum laude and was connected with the yearbook, the paper, the Glee Club, dramatics, and the tennis team.

In College he was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa and majored in French.

We don't know a great deal about Dick's various activities throughout life as he was not an active correspondent through class channels. He worked in the past with Daggety Chocolate Cos., Plymouth Shoe Cos., arid Sam Smith Shoe Cos., apparently while living in Laconia, N.H.

He was a member of the planning board of Laconia from 1955 to 1960, and the New Hampshire Planning & Zoning Association. He is survived by his wife, Flora, whom he married in 1941, a daughter, Deborah Cotton, a son Charles 11, and a grandchild.

Harvey F. Yorke 71, of Novato, Calif., died of cancer on December 20. On January 4 a memorial service was held at the Hamilton Field Chapel in San Francisco for the retired Air Force lientenant colonel, who was a former city councilman and vice mayor of Navato and a former aide to Governor Ronald Reagan in Sacramento and to Senator S.I. Hayakawa in Washington, D.C.

Harvey came to Dartmouth from Santa Monica High School. He left the College at the end of his sophomore year and graduated from Stanford University in 1939.

When World War II broke out, Harvey joined the Army Air Corps as a press officer and served in New Guinea and Okinawa. He was aboard the battleship Missouri during the Japanese surrender ceremonies on Tokyo Bay in September of 1945.

He leaves his wife, Jane, a former army nurse, whom he married in the Tokyo Press Club in 1946, sons Peter and Carl, a daughter Karen, and nine grandchildren.

1941

J. Allen Van Wie Jr. died November 22 at his home in Troy, N.Y. A year earlier he swam, transplanted hips and all, on the winning team in the Dartmouth Alumni vs. Varsity meet. Two of his children went to Dartmouth; two married Dartmouth spouses.

After war service as a navy pilot Allen entered his father's insurance firm, serving there until death. He spelled insurance the American way but practiced it by the British spelling—"assurance." He was always on top of the coverage a client needed, explaining it fully and clearly. When things went wrong he offered wisdom and compassion, as well as a check to meet the financial loss.

In the early fifties Allen owned a twoseater plane, claiming it was not more costly to keep than an automobile. On at least one occasion he flew a client to Hanover to watch Commencement.

His double hip transplant at Mary Hitchcock left him gimpy but game, and he remained through his lifetime assured and assuring. His wife, Mary, and son Douglas continue in the firm. Other children are Susan '77, David '79, and Nancy.

Tom Littlefield '41

Richard S. Whittier who died on December 10 after a bout with cancer, came to Dartmouth from Woodsville, N.H. After graduation, he served as a captain in the U.S. Air Force in World War 11. Since 1946 he had been a resident of Northampton, Mass.

He was regional sales manager for Sier Bath Gear Cos. of New Jersey for many years. In recent years he was an independent manufacturer's representative for several companies.

He leaves his wife, Louise (Cooney) Whittier, his son Richard '6B, and his daughter Nancy Berger.

Dick maintained a keen interest in Dartmouth and was an active supporter of the Ernest Martin Hopkins Institute. He was also a leader in the Northampton community.

John Ahlgren '41

1942

Stewart Franklin Asimus who died on December 4, came to Dartmouth from Ansonia (Conn.) High School. He was unable to participate in many activities while in College because of a muscular condition. He attended Tuck School and later took advanced courses in accounting at LaSalle University in Chicago.

Stew went to work as a receiving clerk for the Farrell Corp. in Woodbridge, Conn., in 1942 and stayed with the firm, later to be known as the Emhart Corporation, until his retirement as assistant treasurer in 1980. He moved to Florida upon retirement, living first in Fort Myers and at the time of his death in Apopka.

Stew was married to Marion Palmer who survives, along with three children, Linda Sue, Stewart Jr., and Sally Jane.

1944

Thompson Wallace Close died December 31 in Hanover, N.H., from complications following heart surgery. He was 67 and a resident of Norwich, Vt.

Tom was born in Worcester, Mass., and attended high school in Hartford, Vt. At Dartmouth he majored in business administration, was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon, and was active in the Dartmouth Outing Club. He served in the cryptography division of the U.S. Army during World War II in detached service with the U.S. Navy. He rose to staff sergeant and served in both the Mediterranean and the Pacific. Since 1948 Tom was an executive with Blaktop and Twinstate Sand & Gravel, both of West Lebanon, and he was a part owner of both companies.

He was widely known throughout the area for his work with the Boy Scouts and the youth hockey program. He was also active in other community affairs, including the Norwich Fair Committee, and was an auditor in Norwich and a past deacon of the Norwich Congregational Church.

Tom is survived by his wife, Ardis, daughters Elissa and Ellen '77, his son Stuart, his mother, and his sister Virginia, who is a Dartmouth College librarian.

1946

John M. Alden of Needham and Cataumet, Mass., died at his home of cancer on December 13.

Born in Springfield, he attended Brockton schools and graduated from the TuckThayer program at Dartmouth. He served in the Army Air Force in World War 11, working as a weather man in the Pacific.

As president since 1952 of AJden Electronics and its subsidiaries, Alfax Paper and Engineering Cos., and, more recently, Zephyr Weather Information Services, he anticipated the impact of the digital computer on communications and during the change from analog, hard-copy weather chart recorders to computer-based weather data terminals—increased his company's sales twenty fold. He held numerous patents in facsimile and imaging technology and worked with such people as Costeau on new oceanographic recording equipment and Professor Aiken at Harvard on static magnetic memories for the Mark IV computer.

John served on the racing committee of the Buzzards Yacht Club and also raced out of Cataumet on Cape Cod. He was a member of the corporation of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. His other interests included the Guild of the Opera Company of Boston and The New England Conservatory of Music.

He leaves his wife, Joan (Keller), daughters Elizabeth and Katherine, a son Peter, eight grandchildren, three sisters, and a brother.

1954

William French Daley died on December 15, apparently of a heart attack in his Cleveland Heights, Ohio, home. Bill graduated from the University School in Shaker Heights and served for three years in the U.S. Air Force after graduating from Dartmouth. After working for a number of years with W.S. Gilkey Cos., a family business, Bill became self-employed as a successful designer and marketer of business forms. He was very active in sports and community affairs, having served on the board of the Cleveland Skating Club, and was past president of the Northeastern Ohio Racquetball Association. A former Ohio squash champion, he was ranked nationally.

Bill served on the board of the Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, in Cleveland Heights, and for the last six years was president of the Knollwood Cemetery Assocation. Bill is survived by his wife, Joan; sons Robert, Bruce, and William G.; and daughter Bridgett Ann Frary.

1961

John Anthony Pfeffer III died of cancer at HCA Medical Center in Piano, Tex., on September 22. He was 50.

Skip Pfeffer came to Dartmouth as a Wheelock Scholar, after graduating from Phillipsburg (N.J.) High School. He was a member of Zeta Psi and played freshman football. After graduation from the College he entered the insurance field and was asociated with companies in Boston, Grand Rapids, and Washington before joining the American Equitable Life Insurance Cos. in Dallas, Tex., as vice president in 1981. He became a consultant for the Reinsurance Group of the Intercon Holding Cos. in 1988, a position he held until his death.

He is survived by his wife, Janice, sons John IV and Chris, daughters Wendy and Julie, his mother Magdalene Pfeffer Cicale, a brother, and a sister.