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.

John G. Gazely • Aug. 20 Edwin Ferguson '18 Aug. 28 Herbert Q. Home '23 • Oct. 6 Ronald Briscoe '23 • Oct. 16 Howard E. McClure '23 • Aug. 19 Theodor Seuss Geisel '25 • Sept. 24 Richard G. Haydt '25 • Aug. 4 Walter P. Brockway '26 • May 10 Richard Randall '26 • Aug. 1 William B. Wolfe '26 • Oct. 3 John W. Draper '27 • Oct. 12 Frank B. Maring '28 • Sept. 17 Travers Carman Jr. '30 • Aug. 20, 1990 Richard S. Baldwin '31 • Sept. 23 Donald F. Ewing '31 • Sept. 27 Robert G. Frederick '31 • Oct. 4 Frederick Hamerstrom '31 • April 20, 1990 Edward T. Mecutchen '31 • Sept. 28 Charles B. Hinds Jr. '33 • Oct. 8 Jacob K. Edwards '34 • Oct. 4 Sewall H. Newman '34 • Aug. 23 Joseph L. Swensson '34 • Oct. 11 Donald A. Korper '35 • June 22 Joseph N. Schaeffer '36 • Oct. 16 William H. James '38 • July 7, 1989 Edgar R. Oppenheim '39 • Sept. 24 Charles K. Flint Jr. '40 • Sept. 15 Fremont P. Koch '40 • Sept. 27 Ernest E. Armstrong '43 • Oct. 2 Richard H. Bolton '46 • March 10 John H. McClelland '46 • Aug. 7 Herbert L. Shulman '48 • Aug. 8 Walter O. Wood '4B • Aug. 5 Roy S. Reynolds '51 • Oct. 10 Capen Farmer '53 • Oct. 2 Ralph B. Lash '53 • Oct. 6 Edward H. Berg '54 • Sept. 30 James W. Heckman Jr. '66 • Sept. 6 John B. Joyce III '72 • Aug. 8 Michael S. Malone '93 • Sept. 28

Faculty

John Blair Watson director of Dartmouth College films emeritus, died quietly in his sleep March 26. He was 75. There had been no indication of illness.

Blair joined the Dartmouth faculty in 1945, supervising educational, alumni, public relations was director of the Dartmouth Film Society, formed under his direction in 1949. Although a graduate of the University of New Hampshire in 1946, he was adopted by the class of 1921 in the late 19505, after which he became the class's official photographer. Thanks to his skill and dedication '21 has a film record of every reunion starting with the 5th in 1926. For the 70th Blair transferred the record from 16 mm film to video tape. He had also agreed to serve as chairman of last June's 70th Reunion, but did not live to see that date.

An avid pilot, he flew fighter-bombers in Africa and Italy in WW II and later participated in many New Hampshire air searches. Until his death he flew at least once a week.

He is survived by two sisters, three nephews, and a niece.

1921

Frederick Daniels Bornman died of natural causes in his old home town of Detroit late in 1989. He was born there on February 21, 1899. Upon graduation he joined his father in the family printing business and married Virginia Hillyer, who predeceased him. There were no children. During WW II Fritz sold the printing press and spent a large part of his time traveling around the world.

Ralph Wilfred Pendleton died August 13 at the Loveland (Colo.) Nursing Home after a lengthy and brave fight that had necessitated the amputation of both legs. 1921's 70th Reunion last June was the first class reunion he had ever missed, in spite of the fact that Ralph had only spent two years on the campus. His wife, Greta, had predeceased him by seven years.

Ralph won two gold medals for rowing in the 1920 Olympics. After that, most of his life was spent in various positions with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

He is survived by a son, two daughters, and eight grandchildren.

Victor Stewart Welch died at his home in Wilton, Conn., on March 7. Although he was a very popular member of the class, he transferred after freshman year to the Wharton School of Business at Penn and graduated with their class of 1922. Apparently "Took" knew exactly what he wanted out of life, for he married his childhood sweetheart, Jenny, and entered the oil-supply business, maintaining a New York City office at Park Avenue and 41st Street. He continued a loyal interest in Dartmouth and the class of 1921.

Alexander John Wesley died in Orlando, Fla., on January 2, 1991. He was born in Vienna, Austria. The family all of them musically talented settled in Youngstown, Ohio, where Alex met and married Isabelle Irwin, who became his musical partner for life.

In the fifties Alex and Isabelle established a family musical business in Maitland Fla. Sadly, the partnership came to an end in the winter of 1982 when Isabelle died. However, Alex continued to operate the company until almost the very day of his death.

John Crawford Woodhouse died February 17 at a hospital near his home in Kennett Square, Penn. Majoring in chemistry, he received a master's degree in 1923, then a master of science and a doctorate from Harvard in 1927.

"Few people have served this college as enrichingly as you." These are the worlds with which President McLaughlin opened his presentation of the Honorary Doctor of Science Degree to John at Commencement in 1984. The tribute continues, "Had you never returned to Hanover in the 63 years since your graduation, you would still be the sort of individual for whom the practice of awarding Honorary Degrees was instituted."

He was referring to John's years of service as a Dartmouth Trustee, during which time John was also one of the leading research scientists at DuPont. Two of his major contributions to the firm were nylon and elements of the nuclear bomb.

John and his wife, Ann, who died in 1982, were prominent members of every class gathering, as they had been during John's years on the Alumni Council and the Thayer Board of Overseers. They are survived by two prominent sons, Dr. Robert Woodhouse '51, and John, chairman of die board of trustees of Wesleyan University.

1922

Richard Frederick Beyer beloved Congregational minister and oldest 1922 classmate, died March 4 at Havenwood Nursing Home, Concord, N.H.

As a junior, Dick transferred to Dartmouth from Bangor Theological Seminary in 1920. Throughout life he was a loyal Dartmouth man, attending reunions, conducting class memorial services, and contributing to the Alumni Fund for 59 years.

Dick returned to Bangor for his B.D. degree in 1925. He served as pastor in seven parishes and in the army in World War II. He was a trustee of Bangor Seminary which in 1983 cited him as "Distinguished Alumnus of the Year." He was past president of the New England Council of Religious Education and a trustee of the New England Bible Society.

Dick "somewhat retired" in 1962 as pastor at St. Albans (Vt.) Congregational Church, but for his remaining years he continued as minister emeritus on call and served 22 churches.

Several years after the death of his first wife, Hazel Scott, Dick married Lema Collins who died in 1989. His survivors include a son, daughter, stepson, stepdaughter, five grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

Robert Burgess Jr. died May 22. Born in New Bedford, Mass., Bob came to Dartmouth from Holderness School, was a friendly classmate, an economics major, and a member of Delta Tau Delta.

His business career was in innovative textiles. He began as a sales agent for Gosnold Corp. of New York City. He next successfully established his own business as a converter of rayon fabrics. In 1950 he sold his company, joined Chicopee Mills Inc., and was CEO of its rayon department until he retired in 1955.

Bob and Bergliot were married in 1931. They were both sailing enthusiasts during their lives in New York City, Wilton and Westport, Conn., and Delray Beach, Fla. Bergliot predeceased Bob some years ago.

Eric Carl Malmquist died June 14. Rex, as we knew him, majored in economics, graduated magna cum laude and Phi Bete. An athletic enthusiast, he was on varsity football and baseball squads and belonged to Beta Theta Pi. He received a Tuck master's degree in 1924.

Following brief banking and Wall Street exposure, he went to Norwalk (Conn.) High School in 1929 to teach science and to coach football and baseball. He was principal from 193 9to 1969. Under his leadership the school won widespread approval. A teacher wrote, "he ran a very tight ship, but never begrudged you if you disagreed ... and he had a delightful sense of humor." In 1985 the city dedicated the athletic area as Malmquist Field.

He was always very proud of his association with Dartmouth and the class of 1922. That loyalty was further attested by 60 years of alumni contributions.

Helen, Eric's wife for 54 years, died November 20, 1990. Three daughters and three grandchildren are his survivors.

John Leslie Norcross formerly of West Springfield, Mass., died during 1990. Coming from an unidentified source, the report has no further details. John was at Dartmouth September-December 1918, the first trimester of freshman year. He later attended Boston University, majoring in accounting. His career was mainly in merchandising and accountancy. In 1965 he wrote, "I am sorry I cannot call myself a Dartmouth alumnus... I am still fond of Dartmouth."

Ralph Wright Totman died October 27, 1990. Totty majored in economics and education and belonged to Lambda Chi Alpha.

He taught ten years in high schools, first in Walpole, N.H., then Brookline Mass. In 1933 he won an LL.B. from Northeastern University and practiced law in N.H. He entered the Air Force in 1941 as a lieutenant and left it a colonel, having served at Maxwell Base, Montgomery, Ala., and the Alaskan Command Headquarters at Seattle, where he was judge advocate. As a consultant he was transferred in 1955 to the legal section, Dept. of Defense, Washington.

After retirement he and his wife lived in Alstead, N.H. He was elected to the state legislature and became chairman of the Cheshire County Delegation and of the House Judiciary Committee. He also served on the Republican State Platform Committee.

His wife, Mildred, predeceased Totty, and there were no children.

1924

John Reginald Wheatley died of cancer April 3 at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. A member of Sigma Phi Epsilon "Pete," as he was known in college, was the son of a Dartmouth alumnus of the class of 1879, brother of two more alumni, and is survived by a son, John C. Wheatley '56. He also left two daughters, nine grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and his wife, Alma, to whom he had been married 61 years. For a while, Pete was president of' 24.

After graduation from Dartmouth, Pete attended Harvard Law School and practiced law in Brockton, Mass. In 1944, he was elected district attorney of Plymouth County and served for four terms. His interests in the law, politics, and business were many and varied.

The Wheatleys had left their home in Abington Mass., a few years ago to live at North Hill, a retirement community in Needham, Mass.

1926

Graham Bruce Ford died August 5 of a heart attack at Bayview Nursing Home, Beaufort, S.C. For many years he had lived in Mountain Lakes, N.J., and Manhattan.

Graham was with the class for freshman year, and was a member of Zeta Psi, thereafter contributing to the Alumni Fund annually for 42 years. He continued his education elsewhere, and in 1938 it was reported that he served on the faculty of New York University. For 31 years he owned and published a weekly real-estate business newspaper in New York.

He is survived by a daughter, a son, nine grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.

Arthur Garleton Smith died July 15 in his Milwaukee, Wise., having suffered a cardiac arrest in Hanover shortly after his 65th Reunion. Art's active Dartmouth career included being guard on the All-American national championship 1925 football team, member of Phi Beta Kappa, Green Key, Casque & Gauntlet, and Alpha Delta Phi. At reunion he was voted a member of the class executive committee, and was called upon to pay tribute to classmate, teammate and captain Nate Parker who died May 6.

Art was with Archer-Daniells-Midland Co. in Milwaukee for 33 years, during which time he was a captain in the army 1942-45, stationed in Southwest Pacific. He was awarded the bronze star medal. Then he was 27 years with La Budde Feed & Grain Co., retiring in 1979. He held offices in the Milwaukee Chamber Music Society and was in Victim-Witness Service, District Attorney's Office. He is survived by Katherine, his wife of 19 years.

1927

Maynard Frank Amann of Garden City, N.Y., died April 10, 1990, of pneumonia in Freehold, N.J. Frank prepared for Dartmouth at Bryant High School, Long Island City. He withdrew before graduation. He earned his Bachelor's and M.B.A. degrees from New York University and a law degree from St. John's University. He was counsel for New York Life Insurance Company in Manhattan for 40 years and was a member of the American Bar and New York Bar Associations. He served in the U.S. Air Corps for four years, rising from lieutenant to lieutenant colonel, and received two commendations.

He is survived by his wife, Margaret, a son, and two daughters.

Robert Dinsmore Congdon died September 9, 1989 according to recent information. He was a native of Nashua, N.H., where he attended Allen Military School. He was at Dartmouth for only two years, during which time he was in Alpha Chi Rho.

Bob worked as assistant treasurer for four years at a bank in New Hampshire before going to Nantucket to join the real estate and insurance company of Coleman and Congdon started by his father. Pie carried on this business for over 40 years during which he generously devoted his time to many Nantucket organizations. The list of those of which he was either president, director, or trustee is impressive and included the Pacific National Bank, an electric utility, a cranberry company, and an airport commission. He was often referred to as the "mayor of Nantucket."

He leaves his wife of 60 years, Helen, and twin children, Richard and Catherine.

1928

Hayward Sanderson Houghton died May 18 of a stroke at the Manor Nursing Home in Wilmington, Del. Woody prepared for Dartmouth at Worcester Academy. He majored in French and joined Sigma Phi Epsilon.

After Dartmouth he studied law at Suffolk University, graduating in 1932. He then was employed by the Provident Institution for Savings in Boston and retired as vice president in 1971. In 1967 he stepped down after 13 years on the Acton Board of Appeals. He was a former president of Ironwork Farm of Acton, vice president of the Acton Historical Society, and a member of other civic groups.

Woody is survived by his wife, Marian, a son, and five grandchildren.

Christopher Jenkins Livingston died March 15 of stroke. Chris prepared for Dartmouth at Sherman (Texas) High School. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi. He did not graduate with the class but transferred to Austin College in Sherman, where he graduated in 1928 with an A.B. degree.

He worked for Texaco and its Far East subsidiary, Caltex, for 38 years, retiring in 1966. Of these, at least 20 years were served in China, Indo-China, India, Korea, Ceylon, and a year in a Japanese prison camp. After the war he served on General MacArthur's staff in the petroleum division. Returning to Caltex after this service he became assistant general manager for Caltex in Japan. He returned to the New York office in 1952 in charge of Southeast Asian affairs.

Chris is survived by his wife Lucile, a daughter, and a son.

Samuel Donald Magavern died May 28 of pneumonia at his home in Buffalo. Sam prepared for Dartmouth at Lafayette High School there. At Dartmouth he majored in sociology, joined Alpha Delta, was a member of the track team, a member of the Green Society, and president of the Christian Association.

He took a degree in law at the College of Buffalo and practiced in Buffalo for 50 years. He was appointed to the board of Social Welfare by Governor Dewey in 1947. On June 14, 1990, he received the Buffalonian of the year award from the Mayor for 50 years of service to the city in many capacities. Among others, he was first chairman of the City Arts Commission and was president of the Albert-Knox Art Gallery for 33 years.

Sam is survived by his wife, Gertrude, two sons, three daughters, 17 grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.

Horace Piatt Moulton died June 16 of cancer at his home in Cokesbury Village, Hockessin, Del. Jud prepared for Dartmouth at Burlington High School in Vermont, joined Gamma Delta Epsilon, and majored in political science.

Jud received his law degree from Harvard in 1931. He was employed as a lawyer for the New England Telephone and "Telegraph Company in Boston in 1944. In 1951 he moved to New York as a lawyer for AT&T and was named vice president and general counsel of the company in 1955, a post he held until retirement in 1972. He then became a partner in the law firm of Calwalader, Wickersham & Taft in Manhattan, where he remained until 1978. He then settled in Delaware and Delray Beach, Fla.

He was a member and director of many business clubs and organizations in Boston, New York City, and Delray Beach, and he was an ardent golfer.

Jud's first wife, Gretta, died in 1971. In 1973 he married Elizabeth, who survives him along with a son, a daughter, and five grandchildren.

James Francis Newton died April 10 at Portsmouth (N.H.) Hospital after a brief illness. Jim prepared for Dartmouth at Holyoke High in Holyoke Mass. At Dartmouth he majored in history and joined Delta Upsilon. After graduation he studied physical therapy at the Boston School of Physical Education but later joined the New England Telephone and Telegraph Go. as a real-estate negotiator. After 30 years with them he joined the firm of Palmer Russell Co., realtors of Brookline, Mass. Also, he served on the boards of several charitable organizations in Salem.

Jim is survived by his wife of 55 years, Ruth, a daughter, son, J. Chandler Newton '66, two brothers, two sisters, and several grandchildren.

James Brougham Wallace died September 3 in Summit, N.J., following a stroke. Brougham, born in Montclair. N.J., prepared for Dartmouth at Montclair High School. At Dartmouth, he was an editor of the Daily Dartmouth and joined Chi Phi. He took his senior year at Tuck School and graduated with a B.S. cum laude.

After graduation he was employed by J.P. Morgan and affiliated companies and, for many years, was vice president of Morgan Guaranty Trust Company in charge of northeastern states.

Brougham is survived by his wife, Mary Claire, and his brother, Robert '31. He had no children.

1929

Stephen Brewer Balkam died on March 31, 1990, of heart failure in Chula Vista, Calif. Steve came from Thayer Academy and Quincy Mass. He may have stayed with '29 for the shortest period, but is one of the best remembered from his many sales enterprises at Dartmouth.

A career with department stores took him from coast to coast until he settled in California with his own perfume business.

His many Dartmouth relatives included his father Gilbert '00, brother Gilbert '36, cousin Wen Barney '29, and cousin Roger '37.

He leaves his widow, Alice, a son, and a daughter.

Wellington Frank Barto died from heart failure on June 14 at a Sykesville Md., nursing home. From Central High in Washington, D.C., he joined Phi Delta Theta and the interfraternity council, and he managed the soccer team. He majored at Tuck School.

Duke served '29 as class agent, newsletter editor, and was class president of the year in 1973. He was secretary, then president of the Washington D.C. Dartmouth club, and received the Dartmouth Alumni Award in 1979.

He served his entire career in traffic operations with the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company and retired as assistant vice president. He was active in many civic affairs. He leaves his wife, Hortense and son John '52.

Wayne Parker Bryer died on January 23 at Exeter (N.H.) Hospital. From Peterborough High School, he belonged to Phi Kappa Psi, majored in chemistry and zoology, and was on the Aegis board. After two years at Dartmouth Medical School he graduated from McGill in 1934. He interned at Hartford, Conn., and Cornell Medical Institute and began practice in Hampton, N.H.

As a lieutenant commander in World War II he was specially cited by Admiral Nimitz for his work with wounded at Saipan. He belonged to the American Legion in Hampton. He had a great interest in horticulture and the arts.

His wife, Deborah, died in 1986. He leaves a son, four daughters, and four grandchildren.

Willard Leroy Christman died of heart failure on May 23 at St. Vincent Hospital in Anderson, Ind. Will came from Lakewood (Ohio) High School, belonged to the Players, and majored at Tuck School.

Fie was comptroller of Weldon Tool Co. in Anderson and later was in management at Delco-Remy division of General Motors there. He worked with H & R Block after retirement and was town clerk and treasurer of River Forest, Ind., for many years. He belonged to the First Presbyterian Church in Anderson.

He leaves his wife, Clara, son Willard and two grandsons.

Walter Levi Hetfield III died of heart disease on July 26 at his home in Scotch Plains, N.J. Walt came from Plainfield (N.J.) High School and Mercersburg Academy. He belonged to Psi Upsilon, Casque and Gauntlet, Green Key, and earned his "D" as a broad jumper. He majored in Political Science, went to Harvard Law, and received his LL.B. from Rutgers.

He practiced Taw and became chairman of the Republican party of Union County, then was deputy state tax commissioner. He was judge of the court of Common Pleas, of the Union County Court, and then of the Chancery division of the Superior Court of New Jersey. He retired after 34 years on the bench.

He was past president of the Dartmouth Club of Plainfield.

His wife, Estelle, died in May, and a son died in 1977. He leaves a daughter, a son, a brother, eight grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

John Perley Perkins died May 6 at Salem Hospital after a short illness. Cy came to us from Melrose (Mass.) High School and Huntington School and belonged to Delta Upsilon He participated in hockey and track and majored in zoology.

He retired from the insurance business, then was active in hospital administration and president of the Marblehead Improvement Association. He was an outstanding squash player with the University Club of Boston and was active in the Boston and North Shore Dartmouth clubs.

His wife, Dorothy, died in 1966. He leaves a son, a daughter, and six grandchildren.

Joseph Jefferson Ruff died on May 24 of a stroke in Pasadena, Calif. Joe came to us from Lake Forest Academy in Illinois. He belonged to Kappa Sigma, Delta Omega Gamma, Alpha Delta Sigma, El Centro Espanol, and majored in economics. He competed on the rings on the gym team and was business manager of the Dartmouth and a member of Palaeopitus.

He worked in the insurance and hardware businesses then moved to California where he ran a lamp shop.

He loved golf but gave it up after several illnesses. He leaves a son, a daughter, and six grandchildren.

Jefferson Hart Stearns died March 4, 1990, at a Jupiter, Fla., convalescent home. Jeff came from St. Paul's School in Roslyn, Long Island. He left early and was in rubber specialties and was vice president of Technical Specialties Company of Mt. Vernon, N.Y. He lived in Bellerose, N.Y., and was on its Board of Architectural Review until retiring to Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., in 1976.

He was a member of the '29 executive committee and enlivened our reunions with his ukelele and his enthusiasm for Dartmouth.

He leaves his widow Virginia, a daughter, and a son.

Ralph Nelson Stevens of West Newton, Mass., died on November 1, 1990, of heart failure at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Boston. Steve came from Middleboro (Mass.) High School and majored in French. He belonged to Kappa Phi Kappa educational fraternity.

He was retired from department store management. His wife, Arlene predeceased him.

1930

William Edward Bragner died on July 31. He had suffered a stroke years earlier, then Parkinson's disease. He was residing in Hanover, N.H.

Bill began his long education career with four years (1931-35) at Cushing Academy. Various administrative posts followed, including Windsor High School, Windsor, Vt; director of student teachers at Plymouth Teachers College, Plymouth, N.H, 1947 high school principal, 1948-51, Methuchen HS, Methuchen, N.J.; superintendent of schools in Methuchen 1951-54; then principal of Hanover High School from 1954 until retirement in 1958.

His military service called him to a basic flying school instractorship 1943-44 and military government in the 8th Army from September 1945 to October 1946 in Nagasaki, Japan, where he was a major.

Bill married Josephine Ellery in 1932, who survives him with daughter Ann and two grandchildren.

William M. Fletcher died June 29. Bill was Phi Beta Kappa and graduated from Tuck School, then joined the Carters Ink Co., where he became general sales manager, and at his retirement in 1967 was director of sales, corporate planning, and the international division. He was vice president of the National Stationery and Office Equipment Assoc.

An interest in geneology involved him in, among other associations, the Society of Colonial Wars, the Massachusetts Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America and the Sons of the Revolution, of which he was president.

Bill is survived by his widow, Patricia, a son, and a daughter.

Ernest Albert Reed died on June 27 of complications from emphysema. He was living in Lancaster, N.Y.

Frme was a manufacturers' representative during his career for various companies including Beckford Bros., in Buffalo, N.Y.; Black Co., Buffalo; and in companies in engineering and industrial heating.

In 1933 Ernie married Wilhelmina Bombara, who died on November 15, 1990. A daughter, Francesca, survives.

1931

James Rick III died July 24 in Wyomissing Perm. Jim came to Dartmouth from Reading (Penn.) High School. He was a member of the freshman and varsity cross-country and track teams, Green Key, and Delta Kappa Epsilon, His major was English. After graduation he attended Harvard Law, then Dickinson Law where he obtained his LL.B. in 1935.

He practiced law in Reading from 1935 until 1953, and for a second period from 1973 until retirement. In 1986 he was cited for 50 years in the Pennsylvania Bar Association, of which he had formerly served as secretary. In 1953 he joined Curtis, Stephens, Embry, Co., a Reading shoe manufacturer, as vice president and treasurer, remaining with them until arranging, as president and chairman of its board, its sale in 1973.

Jim was a retired commander in the Naval Reserve, having been in the ferry wing of the Naval Air Transport Service in WW II. He had served as chairman, president, secretary, member, or treasurer of many Reading area civic organization committees and boards.

Jim is survived by his widow, Virginia, a daughter, two sons, and five grandchildren.

George Benedict Russell died on June 30 in New York City. George came to Dartmouth from Crosby High in Waterbury Conn. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi, and majored in English.

While with Seligman & Co. in Wall Street, he obtained his LL.B. from NYU Law in 1937, then was with Travelers Insurance in New York. Then, with time out for military service, he was with General Foods in New "York before getting into TV and radio sales promotion in West Hartford. 1959-1962 he was mortgage and loan officer with General Development in Ft. Pierce, Fla., before returning to New York and retiring.

Going from buck private through Officer Candidate School to captain, George won the Bronze Star, the Combat Infantry Badge, and five battle stars with the 7th Armored Division in the European theater of operations, including action in the Battle of the Bulge. Fie is survived by his widow, Jean.

1932

Francis Howland Lathrop of Ellenville, N.Y., died of cardiac arrest on June 4. His distinguished career with the former Ellenville Savings Bank began in 1934 and continued for half a century. "I started as a clerk for $65 a month," he once wrote, "and was finally promoted to president at a slightly higher salary."

Fran came to us from Blair Academy. He was a brother in Delta Tau Delta. Among his many civic achievements, he was president of the Ellenville Board of Education, Red Cross drive chairman, Boy Scouts drive chairman, trustee of Veterans Memorial Hospital, and president of the Fantinekill Cemetery Association.

Survivors include his wife, Marjorie, two sons, a brother, and three granddaughters.

Elmer Augustus Rich died of cancer on April 13 at St. Joseph Medical Center in South Bend, Indiana. Bunny did not graduate with us. In 1935 he received a B.S. degree from Northwestern. His career included the position of general sales manager for Wheelabrator Corporation in the 1950s. In the 1960s he was made president of the Lake Erie Machinery Corporation in Buffalo after serving as vice president and general manager.

Bunny's wife, Eileen, survives him, as do four sons.

1933

James Louis Alder died in Fort Collins, Colo., after suffering a disabling stroke which had paralyzed him for a year and four months.

Jim prepared at New Trier High and Choate School. He played on the freshman basketball squad, majored in economics and was a member of Zeta Psi. After graduation, he studied for a year at Northwestern Law School and, beginning in 1942, served for three years in Naval Aviation as a flyer and in a variety of other assignments, taking part in the Okinawa campaign in Navy Air Sea Rescue.

His business career was spent in various phases of the building supplies industry. He was retired at the time of his death and had been enjoying golf and skiing prior to his disability. He and his wife, the former Lyndall da Ponte, were divorced. Four children and five grandchildren survive.

Philip Farnham died of a stroke in Kingsport Tenn., on April 7. Phil came to Dartmouth from Principia Academy in St. Louis. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta and majored in Political Science. After graduating from Yale Law School in 1936, he entered private practice in Rochester, N.Y., but moved to Kingsport in 1942 to join the Holston Defense subsidiary of Eastman to assist in the construction of an explosives plant.

He remained with Holston for his entire business career and rose to be assistant vice president and assistant plant manager of Tennessee Eastman, serving until his retirement in 1975.

He was director of the local hospital, community chest, and chamber of commerce, as well as secretary of the Sullivan County Republican organization. He was a member of the American Ordinance Association and a vestryman at St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Phil and Sally, his wife, celebrated their Golden Wedding in June of last year. His widow and their three daughters survive.

Albert Joseph Mehler Jr. died of cancer at Staunton (Va.) Nursing Home on April 24. A graduate of Pawling School, at Dartmouth Pete was a member of Alpha Chi Sigma and Zeta Alpha Phi and majored in chemistry.

He served as a Deacon of the Presbyterian Church, was an honorary life member of the American Chemical Society, an amateur gunsmith, a member of the N.R.A., the Augusta County Republican Committee, and the local Historical Society. In addition, he and his wife, Hilda, raised shorthorn cattle and Suffolk sheep for 34 years on their farm in New Hope, Va. Hilda, their two sons, and a granddaughter survive.

1934

Albert Clifton Baldwin died July 24 at a West Hartford retirement center after a disabling illness. He graduated from Cushing Academy and came to Dartmouth from South Orange, N.J. He was a varsity football tackle and a member of Palaeopitus, Casque & Gauntlet, Green Key, and Psi Upsilon. Sociology was his major, and he later attended Harvard Business School.

Al's business career was chiefly in construction, and he headed Baldwin Construction Co. in East Orange. During WW II he was an aeronautical engineer with Wright Aeronautical. He was on the board of Midatlantic Bank, Essex County Country Club, his church, and the YMCA. Golf was a favorite activity. Al is survived by his wife, Katharine, their three daughters, and four grandchildren.

Grosvenor Anderson Blood died August 9 in Berkeley Heights, N.J., of complications from diabetes. Grove was a native of East Orange and a graduate of Loomis School, where he was active in all music areas. He was a member of our Freshman Glee Club, the varsity soccer team, Sigma Phi Epsilon, and was an economics major. He was also the editor-in-chief of the 1934 Aegis.

Grove's chief career was in international trade as a steamship executive for Grace Line, managing offices while living in Chile, Venezuela, Brazil, Columbia, and Liberia. For ten years he was a department head for B. Altman in Short Hills, N.J. He had lived in Berkeley Heights since 1974 and was a choir member and scout leader over the years.

He is survived by his wife, Christine, a daughter, and a sister.

George Pomeroy Sayre died July 13 of cancer in Rochester, Minn., where he had lived since 1939. A native of Glen Ridge, N.J., and a graduate of Morristown High School, George was a member of Phi Gamma Delta, Germania, the Symphony Orchestra, and an active Outing Clubber. He received his M.D. and master of surgery degree from McGill in 1938, then moved to Rochester as a resident in pathology. After four years in the Army Medical Corps, ending with the rank of major, George returned to Rochester as instructor, and eventually professor, of pathology atMayo Graduate School of Medicine.

He became a specialist in neuropathology and was active in its national societies until he retired in 1975 to spend most of his time at his vacation home in Sun City, Ariz.

George is survived by one sister, Sylvia Boveraux. Four other siblings, including Ford Sayre '33, having predeceased him.

John Paul Spiegel died July 17 at his home in Cambridge, Mass. He came to Dartmouth from Kenilworth, Ill., and from Phillips Exeter. He was a zoology major and on (she board of The Junto. He gave one of the '34 graduation addresses, focusing on "Education and Social Reform."

John received his M.D. from Northwestern. He had WW II service in AAF Medical Corps and became an authority on combat fatigue and violence, authoring a nationally recognized book on that subject, Man UnderStress. He taught at U. of Chicago and Harvard, had served as president of the American Psychiatric Association, and for 14 years prior to his retirement in 1979 he was professor of social psychiatry at Brandeis University and was the director of Brandeis's Lemberg Center for the Study of Violence for five years.

George Patrick Stangle died June 24 at home in West Hartford following recent cancer surgery. He came to Dartmouth from Kingswood School, and Hartford was home area for almost all of his years. At Dartmouth he was a key member of varsity teams in three major sports: football, basketball, and baseball, and was on all those freshman teams. Jocko was an active member of Green Key, Sphinx, and was a Deke. Education was his major.

He served in Medical 30th Division during World War II.

Insurance was Jocko's primary vocation. He was a general agent for Manhattan Life and active until the end, always with time for golf. He was widowed ten years ago and is survived by son Patrick, brother Frank, and two grandchildren.

1935

Alec Stanley Block died in Carney Hospital in Boston on February 3, 1991. He made his home in Quincy Mass.

He received his LL.B. from Boston Law in 1941 and practiced law thereafter.

Stan leaves his sister, Mollie.

Charles L. Fleming Jr. died June 9. He made his home on Singer Island, Fla.

Following graduation he married Margaret Carleton and then entered the University of Illinois, from which he received his Ph.D. in organic chemistry. He began his career in the petroleum industry with Esso Research and Engineering Co., where he later became vice president for petroleum chemical research.

Charles is survived by his wife and three children.

Charles William Ganzel died in Hanover "Township, Penn., May 22. Charlie entered Dartmouth from Quincy (Mass.) High Shcool and majored in economics. He was a member of the Zeta Psi.

Upon graduation he joined the Bethlehem Steel Corp. and rose through the organization to the position of senior vice president of commercial sales and a director of the corporation.

Charlie was married to Dorothy Prouty, who is not living, and is survived by his son Charles Jr. A daughter, Susan, died in 1979.

William Shepard Hawgood of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, died on November 18, 1990. He came to Dartmouth from the University School in Cleveland. He was a member of Dragon and Sigma Nu fraternity.

During World War II he served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Naval Air Corps. Bill retired from Custom Plastic Extrusions Inc., of which he was chairman of the board.

He leaves his wife, Nora, and four children.

Donald A. Korper Sr. died June 22 at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, Conn.

Don was a personnel manager of United Aircraft Research Laboratories for over 35 years.

His wife, Martha, predeceased him, and he is survived by three sons and a daughter.

Douglas Harrison Mallard died on January 25 from complications of cardiovascular problems at a nursing home in Enfield, Conn. He had made his home in Suffield, Conn.

Doug entered Dartmouth from Enfield (Conn.) High School. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity.

He spent his years in the banking business, in which he was vice-president of the Connecticut Bank and Trust Co. of Hartford.

He leaves his wife, Dorothy, and three children.

Benjamin Rosenberg died of cancer on June 20 at his home in Boynton Beach, Fla. Ben entered Dartmouth from James Madison High School in Brooklyn, N.Y. He had excelled in athletics in high school and at Dartmouth he was a member of the varsity lacrosse team for three years.

After receiving his medical degree he served as a major in the army medical corps. Following his service he went on to have a distinguished career as an attending physician at the Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn for over 30 years.

Ben is survived by his wife, Natalie, a son, a brother, and two sisters.

Donald Waggaman died August 19, after a prolonged illness, in Vero Beach, Fla.

Before moving to Florida, Don made his home in Winchester, Mass. He retired from the Commercial Union Insurance Group after 42 years, which included several years as manager of the Pacific Coast Department.

During WW II Don served as a captain in the 9th Armored Division and was twice decorated with the Bronze Star.

Don is survived by his wife, Mary, three daughters, a son, brother Eugene '38, two sisters, and nine grandchildren.

1936

Walter W. Beinhart died of cancer on May 31, 1991 at the Hospice of Cincinnati. Beiny came to Dartmouth from the Walnut Hills School in Cincinnati, majored in political science/history, and was a member of Delta Tau Delta.

He worked for the FBI for a time, and in 1942 he became a director of labor relations for the Formica Co., a position he held for 28 years. In 1970 he became director of personnel at the University of Cincinnati and after ten years retired as director of labor relations.

During his time at Formica, Beiny belonged to numerous professional associations and was a former president of the Cincinnati Personnel Association. After retiring from U.C. he devoted much time and talent to the Cincinnati Zoo, doing volunteer work in several different areas.

He is survived by his wife, Gwen, two daughters, and three grandchildren.

Roderick Merrill Ladd of Scituate, Mass., died May 26 from a heart attack. Rod came to Dartmouth from the Niagara Falls (N.Y.) High School, majored in chemistry, and was a member of Sigma Kappa.

Rod's business life was as a manufacturer's representative in the field of plastics. He worked 18 years with with Albany International. He leaves his wife of 51 years, Elizabeth, three sons, and five grandchildren.

Frank B. Nairne Jr. died of cancer on September 6 in Cincinnati, Ohio. "Pop" came to Dartmouth from Mercersburg Academy, majored in sociology, and belonged to Psi Upsilon fraternity. He was also a member of the Dragon Society and was a star halfback on the football teams of' 34 and '35. "Pop" joined our football immortals by scoring the first touchdown in Dartmouth's first victory over Yale in 1935.

From 1936-1980 Frank was a sales engineer or sales manager with various companies providing all types of industrial products to all types of industrial manufacturers. In 1980 he became deputy clerk of courts for the Hamilton County Municipal Court, a position he held for ten or more years.

He is survived by three children of his marriage to Virginia, who died in 1967, and by his second wife, Rosemary, to whom he was married for more than 20 years.

Addison C. Page died on October 8, 1990, in Danville, Calif, after a long bout with a tumor at the base of his spine.

Ad came from Des Moines, lowa, and attended Dartmouth for two years. He then went to lowa State University where he received a degree in chemical engineering in 1937. While at Dartmouth he was a member of Tri-Kap, and at lowa State he was in Phi Delta Theta.

After graduating Ad worked in the petroleum field until 1941, when he joined the U.S. Naval Air Corps. He was a navy flight instructor in New Orleans and then flew transport aircraft in the Pacific area. He remained active in the navy reserve, and for four years taught a guided missile class at Treasure Island.

In 1947 Ad joined Bechtel a San Franciscobased engineering and construction company. His 33-year career included assignments at company headquarters and in India, Australia, Italy, Zambia, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and the U.K. He retired from Bechtel in London in February 1980, and returned to live in Danville.

Ad is survived by his wife, Madge, two daughters, and three grandsons.

1937

Herbert Levine died August 9 of complications resulting from emphysema. Herb was a lifelong New Yorker. At Dartmouth he was Phi Beta Kappa and was active with the Players and The Dartmouth.

Herb had a number of jobs as a journalist and publicist after graduation, but it was his friendship with Bert Geller '37, that led him into the shoe business in which, in partnership with wife Beth, he became nationally known. He worked for the Geller shoe company as advertising and sales manager.

In 1948 Herb and Beth founded Levine Shoes, high-style shoes which over the years were worn by many of the most glamorous women in the United States. The Levines won a Neiman-Marcus Award and two Coty American Fashion Critics Awards for their innovations. There was a retrospective of Levine shoes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1976, the year after they closed their business. Today, Levine shoes are considered valuable collectors' items.

Herb's spare-time passion was handicapping the horses, which he did with the unfailing enthusiasm that marked his approach to life in general.

Bill Leonard '37

1938

John William Sinclair died October 5 at New Hanover Memorial Hospital in Wilmington, N.C. He prepared for Dartmouth at Choate. He played freshman football, boxed, and was a member of Bait and Bullet and Sigma Chi.

He joined the Sinclair Refining Co., becoming manager of marine sales and lived in Stony Brook, L.I. He and Gene Grace were married in 1951 and lived in Glen Cove, N.Y. In 1944 he got his marine engineering license and spent WW II on oil tankers, and he again returned to sea in 1960, spending the rest of his professional career operating maritime chemical tankers in world-wide trade. In the 50th Reunion Book under Highlights, he wrote, "Participation in U.S. Merchant Marine ...birth of two sons by first wife... marriage to Gene and subsequent births of four daughters: realizing that after 73 years, every day of life is a highlight."

In 1984 John retired to Wilmington. He is survived by his wife, six children, and eight grandchildren.

J.R.S. Jr. '38

Arthur Wheat died April 21 in Manchester, N.H. Art entered our class from Manchester Central High and Peekskill Military Academy. After Dartmouth he attended St. Anselm's College and graduated from Boston's Bentley School of Accounting.

In 1949 he married Marion Rogers and they had one son. Art, or Buck, as he was also called, served as president of the New Hampshire chapter of the Bentley Alumni Association and was a member and past governor of the Sons of Colonial Wars and past president of the Sons of the American Revolution. He was also active in various Masonic orders. In the 50th Reunion Book, Buck cites among his highlights "having an understanding wife who put up with long working hours: looking forward to 50th wedding anniversary."

Marion survives him, as does his son, and three grandchildren.

J.R.S. Jr. '38

1939

Sidney F. Birge died on May 19 in St. Elizabeth Hospital, after being stricken at home in BNarnveld N.Y. Sid did not graduate with the class but participated with the freshman football team.

Sid served five years in the army during WW II, entered the air force in 1950 in time for the Korean conflict, and emerged with the rank of captain.

For a while Sid was a manufacturer's agent living in Old Forge, N.Y. In 1967, he moved to Utica and joined Duxbak Corporation, manufacturers of hunting, fishing, and outdoor clothing, as sales manager. In this capacity he was party to winning the 1970 Award of Excellence from the National Advertising Agency Network for the"most complete and integrated public relations program of the year."

He is survived by his wife Marian, a daughter, and two sons.

Robert L. Davidson of Dayton, Ohio, died of pneumonia on August 27 in Dayton, Ohio. Bob entered Dartmouth from Oakwood High School and was the circulation manager of The Dartmouth, on the staff of the Jack-O-Lantern, and was a brother of Theta Delta Chi.

He served in the navy in WW II as a flight instructor at Pensacola and as a fighter pilot in the Pacific with Carrier Air Group 92. He spent the better part of his working life in his native Dayton, with Kurz-Kasch Inc., a plastic molding company. He worked his way from assistant personnel director to vice president in 1950, and president in 1960. He retired in 1983 after serving as chairman of the board.

Davy was involved with Boy Scouts, YMCA, the Episcopal Church, and served a term as the president of the Oakwood School Board in 1963. He was a longtime editor of the '39 class newsletter, in which he had an excellent opportunity to display his cheerful humor.

He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Catherine ("Cocky"), two sons, two daughters, and eleven grandchildren.

Edgar Roy Oppenheim died of pneumonia September 24 in New Orleans, where he had resided for the past two years. He spent most of his life in Oklahoma City.

Ed joined the class of 1939 after graduating from Culver Military School and spending his freshman year at the University of Oklahoma in Norman. At Dartmouth he was a member of Pi Lambda Phi, worked on the Jack-O-Lantern, and spent his senior year at Tuck School. After graduation he went to work for the Federal Home Loan Bank in Washington, D.C.

During WW II, he served on the headquarters staff of General Eisenhower in Algiers and Europe and was awarded the Legion of Merit for distinguished service, the highest non-combat medal.

Ed returned to Oklahoma City and the firm founded by his father in 1918. He was president of Leo Oppenheim and Company 1946-80 and guided the firm to national recognition.

His long years of civic leadership in Oklahoma City involved him with work in the boards of several banking, business, educational, and philanthropic organizations.

An active alumnus, Ed was class agent and a member of the Alumni Council and the executive committee of the Third Century Fund. He was awarded the Alumni Award in 1970.

Ed was predeceased by his first wife, Barbara. Surviving are his wife, Joan, two sons, a stepson, a step-daughter, a sister, and six grandchildren.

Robert Alpert '39

Earle B. Seeley Jr. of Crozet, Va., died after a long illness on August 6. Earle entered Dartmouth from the Taft School and won his "D" as the back-up goalie to Wes Coding on the Ivy Championship hockey teams. He also played freshman soccer and golf and was on the business board of The Dartmouth and a brother in DKE.

He entered the navy in September 1940 in the V-7 program and was discharged as a lieutenant commander in November 1945, earning four letters of commendation from various task force commanders during the course of his sea duty.

Earle was briefly associated with a wholesale liquor company before switching to the sale of milk. In 1951 he joined the Borden Cos., for which he was New England sales manager until his retirement. Earle was serving as treasurer of the Cople Parish Episcopal church at the time of his death.

He is survived by his wife, Jean, a son, and four grandchildren. He was predeceased by a daughter.

1940

Edmond A. Basquin died April 15 in Tom's River, N.J. He had been a resident of Waretown N.J., since 1984.

Born in Richmond Hill, Queens, N.Y., he was a graduate of the high school there. Pete was a Navy Veteran of WW II and worked as a meteorologist during his subsequent naval career. He held a master of science degree in Aerology. Following his retirement from active duty with the navy in 1959, he moved to Minnesota where he worked for several companies in succession: G.T. Schjeldahl Honeywell, Alpana/Steeplejac, and Brown-Boveri.

At Dartmouth he was an active member of the Glee Club and of Kappa Sigma fraternity. He celebrated his 50th Reunion and simultaneously the graduation of his grand-niece Judi Cassel '90. He is survived by his three sons, including Philip '68.

Keith S. Benson died July 6 at the Cleveland Clinic Hospital where he was being treated for a heart ailment. At Dartmouth Keith played on the golf team and was a member of Theta Delta Chi. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in his junior year and graduated summa cum laude. He attended the Tuck School his senior year and then Yale Law School.

Keith postponed studying law to fight in WW II, working up to the rank of major. After the war he attained his law degree at Case Western Reserve in Cleveland. He went on to work with Pickands Mather and Co., Oglebay Norton Co., Arter and Hadden law firm, Sherman Williams Co., Society National Bank of Cleveland, Parker Hanifan Corp., and Interlake Corp.

Frederick H. Brownell Jr. died suddenly on or about May 10 in Naples, Fla., where he was a resident. Fred entered Dartmouth from the Choate School. He was a member of the Glee Club, the Rowing Club, and Sigma Nu . After his sophomore year at Dartmouth he attended NYU", where he was awarded the M.B.A. degree in 1941.

Following his service in the navy in WW II, and after several years of employment with the Irving Trust Company, he founded the American Educational Institute in Basking Ridge, N.J., over which he presided until his retirement in 1983.

He is survived by his wife, Virginia, a daughter and a son.

John U. Crandell died on August 1 at his home in Manchester, Vt. He entered the College from the Westminster School. In addition to his prowess in freshman baseball, he distinguished himself as Captain of the varsity squash team. He was a member of Psi Upsilon, Sphinx, and Palaeopitus.

During WW II he was in Military Intelligence. He spent 28 years with Time, Inc., winding up his career as advertising sales director of Life, then associate publisher of Sports Illustrated, and finally publisher of Money.

Johnny was class president for five years. He is survived by his wife, Betty, two sons, and a daughter.

Frederick G. Johnson died on December 16, 1990, in St. Augustine, Fla., where he had lived for many years after his retirement. Fred came to Dartmouth from Mt. Lebanon High School in Pittsburgh. He was a member of Gamma Delta Chi fraternity and a major in economics. Following his war service in the Medical Administrative Corps, he returned to Dartmouth, where he obtained a master's degree at the Tuck School. He worked for much of his career at the Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory of the Westinghouse Electric Corp. He is survived by his wife, Beverly, and daughter Barbara.

John G. Townsend II died on July 21 of cancer. He had lived most of his life in Georgetown, Del. He entered Dartmouth from the Staunton Military Academy, and he was very active in fraternity affairs as president of Theta Delta Chi and a member of the judiciary council of the Interfraternity Council. He was also a member of Casque and Gauntlet. Following his Army service and right up to the present he was engaged in the family business of growing and packing (freezing) vegetables in lower Delaware. He is survived by his wife, Donna, and two sons.

1941

John Maurice Devor died of a heart attack on May 26, 1991 in Bermuda where he had lived in retirement. Jack was a native of University City, Mo., and came to Hanover via Mercersbury Academy. At Dartmouth he was a member of Alpha Delta Phi, Dragon and the Ledyard Canoe Club and he went on to Thayer School, receiving a Civil Engineering degree in 1942.

He served in the navy as a lieutenant in WW II, and in 1946 he joined Union Carbide and Carbon Corp. in New York City, where he worked for many years as a purchasing agent. In retirement Jack moved from his longtime home in New Canaan, Conn., to Bermuda, where he was interested in ceramics and displayed his works in art shows. He was predeceased by his wife, Geraldine and is survived by his children J. Michael and Lisa.

Richard J. Gagne died of lung cancer at his home in Provincetown, Mass., on February 4, 1990. He was a native of Holyoke, Mass., where he spent most of his life as a respected pharmacist, teacher of public health, and chairman of the Welfare Commission. As president of the Hampden College of Pharmacy, he gave many talks of pharmacology in the central Massachusetts area.

Richard prepared for Dartmouth at Worcester Academy and later received his A.B. and M.A. degrees from the University of Ottawa.

He is survived by his wife, Ann, and a daughter.

William David Lewis died on September 8, 1990, in Newburyport Mass. Bill came to Hanover from Canajoharie N.Y., via Manlius School. During World War II he served in the army as a first lieutenant, earning a Bronze Star and four battle stars.

Bill worked in promotional advertising for most of his life and was account executive for the Leshore Calgrift Corp. of Archbald, Penn for 15 years. He later moved to South Portland, Maine, and in 1977 relocated to Seabrook N.H., where he lived until the time of his death. He is survived by his wife, Marion, and two sons.

John Jerome O'Laughlin died on February 26, 1991, in Barrington Ill., after being ill for several years with cardiovascular problems. John came to Dartmouth from Campion Prep School, stayed one year in Hanover, and then graduated from Northwestern University. He was an active, USGA-ranked amateur golfer until he suffered a stroke at age 57. John was a banker and the owner of a railroad equipment manufacturing company. He and his wife Susan divided their time between Illinois and Jupiter Island, Fla They had four children.

Irving Grehore Paul Jr. died in Seattle May 24 after more than forty years of dedicated service as a public defender in that city. "Spider," as he was known to his classmates, came to Dartmouth from Newton Centre, Mass., via Tabor Academy. In Hanover he was active in the American Student Union, the Dormitory Committee, and was also treasurer of Junto. He served for three years in the army during WW II and then completed his studies at Harvard Law School in 1948.

In 1949 Spider and his wife, Betsy, migrated to the Northwest, where he initially worked for the Justice Department's anti-trust division. Admitted to the Washington state bar in 1954, he began a private law practice that often defended indigents and street people. In 1973 he organized the Associated Counsel for the Accused, a non-profit agency which contracted with the city and county to provide legal advice to those who couldn't afford to pay for it. The agency, established with a staff of five lawyers, grew to more than 70 legal associates.

Besides his wife, he is survived by three daughters, a son, and six grandchildren. The family plans to establish a foundation in his name to assist street people.

Richard Welton Turtle passed away as a result of Alzheimer's disease on March 11 in the Masonic Hospital in Wallingford Conn., where he lived most of his life. He was a graduate of Blair Academy, went to Dartmouth for his freshman year, and later graduated from Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute. He worked as an engineer at Times Wire Company, from which he retired in 1972. Dick was an active member of the Masons, the Civil pr Patrol, a ham radio club and a camera club. He is survived by his wife, Frances.

Orator Frank Woodward of Palm Beach, Fla., died July 8, 1990, of emphysema. Woodie came to Dartmouth from Fall River, Mass., by way of Culver Military Academy. He was active in cross-country and indoor track, but did not stay to graduate. After Army service in WW II, moving up through the ranks to first lieutenant, he made a career as an investment manager.

Woodie was long active in Palm Beach charities, and he enjoyed golf, photography and travel. He is survived by his wife of 27 years, Nadya, her two children, and four children from an earlier marriage.

1942

Benjamin Reynolds Page died in his sleep August 27 at his home in Houston, Texas. Ben entered Dartmouth from Pelham (N.Y.) High School. At Dartmouth he was manager of the varsity football team and the undergraduate member of the Athletic Council. He was a member of Green Key, Palaeopitus, and Phi Kappa Psi. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa.

He served with the Navy in the South Pacific and Philippines, attended South Texas College of Law, and worked for 32 years with Amoco, first in personnel and then in property tax work.

He served on several alumni committees in Houston and was president of the Dartmouth Club of Houston.

He married Eleanor "Pat" Ashley in 1968, who survives him along with two stepsons.

Richard Ernest Rughaase died of congestive heart failure on August 4 in Pompano Beach, Fla. Dick entered Dartmouth from Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn, N.Y. At Dartmouth he was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon

He was called to active duty with the Naval Air corps before graduation in 1942 and eventually served in the Aleutians. He left the navy as a lieutenant in 1946.

After the war he worked in marketing with the California Texas Oil company in Ceylon, where he met and married Margaret Thompson. In 1950 he returned to the United States and joined Singer Sewing Machine Company in export sales, a job he'held until 1969. He then moved to Florida, and until his retirement in 1985 he was with Sears Roebuck in the retail distribution center in Fort Lauderdale.

Dick is survived by Margaret and two daughters.

James Munro Thompson died on September 22, 1986, in St. James City, Fla., after a long illness with cancer.

Jim entered Dartmouth from the Penn Charter School in Philadelphia. At Dartmouth he was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity and active in Cabin and Trail.

After three years in the Navy, serving on the same ship as classmate Frank Malavasic Jim spent three years in finance before joining the Chrysler Corporation as a district sales manager. In 1961 he went with Volkswagen in the same capacity. He was with VW for 11 years and then for five years before retiring was self-employed.

He married Maria Haines in 1950 and had two daughters.

James Powell Wilbee died June 16 in Marin County, Calif., after a long illness. Jim entered Dartmouth from Kenmore (N. Y.) High School. He was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon and the Corinthian Yacht Club and served on the Interfraternity Council.

After graduation from Dartmouth, he served in a B-26 Squadron in Europe, leaving the service with the rank of major. He then founded a manufacturers' representative firm, the James Wilbee company, in San Francisco and served as its president until he retired in 1989.

Jim served as president of the Dartmouth Outing Club of Northern California and the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Northern California. He was a member of the San Francisco Yacht Club.

He married Mary Hyslop a graduate of Oregon State University, and had two sons.

1943

Warren A. Dale died in 1990 in Houston, Texas, from unknown causes. He entered. Dartmouth from the kinkaid School, and left for the University of Texas, from which he graduated in 1942.

He was employed by the Texas Eastern Corp., and is survived by his wife, Betty, and four children.

J. Dacy Stevens died in January 1990 in Albany, N.Y. Dace entered Dartmouth from Port Chester High School and was a member of Kappa Sigma, the interfraternity council, the band, the Handel Society, and was leader of the Green Collegians.

He served in the Marine Corps and saw action in the Iwo Jima campaign. Dace was a captain at the time of his discharge and then received his L.L.B. from Fordham in 1949. He practiced law in Port Chester, N.Y., and was active in many charities and the Republican Party. He was elected to the State Senate and spent several years in Albany.

He is survived by his four children.

R. Binney Tower secretary of the class of 1943 , died on September 7 of a massive heart attack while attending a wedding on Cape Cod which coincided with his and Shirley's 45th wedding anniversary He had just toasted the bride and groom.

To Say that Binney was a prominent and popular member of his class would be to understate his lively presence. A brother of S AE, he was handsome, dapper, active...an imaginative, loyal, and frequent visitor to Hanover. He resided in Brooklyn, Conn., and West Orleans, Mass.

Binney came to Dartmouth from Vermont Academy, graduated with his 1943 class, joined the Marine Corps, returned to get a master's degree at Thayer, and married Skidmore's Shirley Williamson. They raised four daughters and a son. He retired in 1982 as sales manager of the Milton Bradley Company. He is also survived by two Dartmouth brothers, his mother, and ten grandchildren.

Eddie O'Brien '43

Eugene T.C. Wiley died May 22 from lymphoma at his home in Oradell N.J. He entered Dartmouth from Evanston(Ill.) High School and attended Tuck School. He represented Pacific Mills and later Kayser-Roth in the textile area.

Gene is survived by his wife, Elinor, son Scott '71, and daughter Sandra.

1944

Lee Mantle Jr. died sometime prior to September 1990 in Las Vegas, Nev.

Lee stayed out of touch with the College, and so little is known about him. The son of a former U.S. senator from Montana, he came to Dartmouth from Loyola High School in Los Angeles. He was a non-grad. He served with the American Field Service in North Africa and the Pacific, and after the war he received ah M.B.A. from Harvard. He was subsequently a marketing consultant in Philadelphia and other cities.

He was married but had no children, and is survived by his mother.

John Sherman O'Connor died September 3 of circulatory disease at his home in Essex, Md.

Born in norwalk Conn., "Red" came to Dartmouth from Hun School. He served in the navy 1942-46 as an aerographer and saw duty in Europe, Africa, and Asia. After the war he attended the Dartmouth Medical School and received his M.D. from John Hopkins Medical School in 1951.

He remained at John Hopkins as a neurologist, professor, and researcher until the mid-1970s, when he established a private practice. After about five years he joined die Social Security Administration as a neurologist and held that position until his retirement in 1986.

Red was an avid sailor, racing and cruising on Chesapeake Bay. He is survived by his wife of 32 years, Dr. Jean M.C. O'Connor.

David I. Templeton died of a heart attack February 21 at his home in Tequesta, Fla. Dave came to Dartmouth from Mansfield High School in Mansfield, Ohio, and was ah outstanding guard on the freshman football team. He left Hanover at the end of his freshman year and served four years as a pilot in the 8th Air Force. After the war he attended Ohio State University and was captain of its football team in 1948. He then had a tryout with die Cleveland Browns.

After two years of teaching and coaching, he began selling industrial gloves and safety equipment, and he later bought into a safety equipment company which Became Twyman-Templeton Co. Inc. He was president of that company in Ohio when he retired to Florida.

Dave's wife, Suzy, died just two weeks before he did. There were no children. He is survived by two brothers and a sister.

1945

Arthur Brinton Jopson died May 17 while visiting his son in Stowe, Vt. He came to Dartmouth from Willard School in Washington, D.C., and was a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He joined the Army Air Corps in 1942 and was discharged three years later with the rank of first lieutenant.

From 1945-1954 he worked for the late Victor C. Smith '17, father of Victor C. Smith Jr. '45, in the sales of industrial materials. His late father, Arthur B. Jopson, was in the class of' 17, and his late uncle, John M. Jopson was class of '21.

Bud became a manufacturer's representative and later formed his own company in the building and contracting business as president in 1982. In the past he was secretary of the Philadelphia Alumni Association and also interviewed prospective students for Dartmouth. Bud and his wife, Virginia, had planned to attend the 45th Reunion.

He is survived by his wife and son.

A. Hamilton Porter who was living in Harare, Zimbabwe, died sometime in 1989.

He came to Dartmouth from Zanesville Ohio, was on the debating squad freshman year, in Green Key sophomore year, and was also a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon. He went on to Harvard Law School where he earned his L.L.B. degree in 1947. Ham was a government attorney in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and retired there before moving to Harare, Zimbabwe.

1947

Frank J. Healy passed away on May 21. He had Huntington's disease for several years. Frank came to Dartmouth from Springfield, Mass., as a civilian freshman in July of 1943, and after two terms left for the army where he served in the infantry in Europe, receiving commendations and a Purple Heart. He graduated with his class after service. He worked for Monsanto Company for many years and retired due to ill health as Accounting Supervisor. He leaves a wife, Mary, and three children.

1948

Herbert L. Shulman died of cancer August 8 in Melbourne, Fla . Herb came to Dartmouth from Boston Latin School. He majored in economics received his M.B.A. from Tuck School in 1948. He was business manager of the Daily Dartmouth, advertising manager of the Aegis, and a member of Pi Lambda Phi and the Glee Club.

Herb lived most of his adult life in Johnson City, Tenn., where he was president of Tri-State Container Corporation. He was a director of two Tennessee banks, the Johnson City Power Board, and the Johnson City Medical Center Hospital. He served as the first president of Citizens for Court Modernization, State of Tennessee. He was a post chairman of Tusculom College, and a director of the Southern Regional Board, Boys Club of America.

He is survived by his wife, Marilyn, seven children, nine grandchildren, and his mother.

1949

F. Douglas Mott died at home of a brain tumor on March 22. At Dartmouth Doug was president of Alpha Delta Phi and a member of the Sphinx senior honor society.

Following college he joined the Central Intelligence Agency and served in both Cuba and Peru. He then joined Owens-Illinois and later Brockway Glass, from which he retired as an executive in 1987.

He is survived by his wife, Virginia, eight children, and his brother David '45.

Sumner Low Plunkett died in September 1990. He returned from service in WW II as a staff sargent after having spent three years in the infantry. Following graduation he became an Editor of McCall Corp., then a free-lance writer and finally a writer for Farley Manning Associates in New York.

At the time of his death he was living in Fort Meyer, Fla.

He is survived by his wife, Barbara, and sons Jeffrey and Timothy.

1952

Howard Caswell Smith died April 23 in Marblehead Mass. Before coming to Dartmouth, he attended Vermont Academy and then served in the army from 1946 to 1948. At Dartmouth, he was a member of Psi Upsilon and the Corinthian Yacht Club.

He was a former president of the National Sash & Door Jobbers Association and vice president of the Brockway-Smith Company in Andover, Mass.

He was the North Shore Dartmouth Club president from 1962-66 and 1969-70, a former vice president of the Alumni Association of Boston, and was a class agent from 1988-1991.

He leaves his wife, Diana, and five daughters.

1954

Clyde Jefferson Roach died at his home in Salem, Ore., on June 6. Following graduation from Dartmouth and three years of active military service, he served as a civilian with the Naval Investigation Service. He was regional director of the Northwest office upon his retirement in 1981.

Clyde earned a master's degree from George Washington University and was graduated from the National War College in Washington, D.C.

In 1968 he received die navy's Civilian Service Award. An accomplished writer and author, he was responsible for many naval intelligence-related works.

Upon retirement he held the position of chief investigator at the State Bar of California, retiring from this position in 1990.

He is survived by his wife, Barbara, a son, and a grandson.

Barbara Roach

Ronald Wagner died after a long illness on October 28, 1990, in the Swedish Hospital in Seattle, Wash., his home town since 1963. Ron served in the army during the Korean conflict and graduated from Dartmouth in 1956. He earned a master of architecture degree from Yale University School of Architecture in 1960 and worked for many years in Seattle with the firm of Kramer, Chin & Mayor. He was a member of die American Institute of Architects and the Construction Specification Institute.

Ron is survived by his wife, Betty Lou, and his twin brother, Donald '54.

1955

Wilbur Eugene Bissell passed away early in 1990, according to recent word. Buzz came to Dartmouth from the New Mexico Military Institute, and his family home was in Plainfield, N.H. He was an English major, a member of Chi Phi fraternity, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. army through the A.R.O.T.C. program. He went on active duty following graduation.

He leaves his wife, Mary, and a daughter.

John D. Mackinnon died in his home in Waco, Texas on April 8 after a 15-month struggle with Lou Gehrig's disease. John headed his own commercial and industrial real estate development firm. He was a graduate of the Houston Institute of Biblical Studies, was a trustee of Dallas Bible College, and was an elder and Bible teacher at Fellowship Bible Church. During his final illness he found great strength in his faith.

John, like his brother Pete '53, was a graduate of New Trier High School in Winnetka, Ill. He attended Dartmouth for only a year but his cheery personality made a lasting impression. After graduating from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, he served in the Navy then returned to Texas for work in banking and later, investment banking.

In 1967 he started his own development business in Houston, then moved to College Station, location of Texas A & M University, and participated in a real-estate boom there. In 1986 he moved to Waco.

He leaves his wife, Jane, and their two children.

Joseph Mathewson '55

John Turn Sickler of Kirkwood Mo., died suddenly on March 19 as a result of an automobile accident. John entered Dartmouth from Glen Ridge (N.J.) High School and spent one and a half years at the College. He then entered the army, after which he completed his education at Wesleyan University with a B.A. in economics in 1958.

John worked for IBM in marketing, holding the position of branch sales manager prior to his retirement in 1988. He then worked for NER Data Products. Following the death of his first wife, Evan, John remarried in 1976. He is survived by his second wife, Jean, four children, and brother Parke '51.

Irwin A. Yeckes died from cancer after a long illness on August 5,1990. A native New Yorker, Irwin came to Dartmouth from Horace Mann High School and was a history major and a member of Pi Lambda Phi fraternity.

Irwin spent most of his life living and working in New York. He leaves his wife, Carol, and a son, Scott.

1956

Joseph R. Bottaro died December 24, 1990, of lung cancer. At Dartmouth, Joe was an English major and a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa.

After serving four years in the U.S. Navy, Joe attended the Rhode Island School of Design from 1962 until 196S, planning on a career in architecture. His free-lance writing and work in print journalism, however, turned him toward the field of advertising. After working with the National Research Corp., with Polaroid in Cambridge, and with Cahners Publishing in Boston, Joe established his own advertising agency and moved its headquarters to Houston.

In 1979 Joe married Vi Thai Pham, who survives him with their son, Christopher.

Irwin Libo died September 9 after a long illness in Upland, Calif., where he made his home with his wife of 25 years, Lois.

After graduation from Dartmouth, Irwin attended the University of Oregon's Graduate School of Business. He went on to become a comptroller for various car and truck dealerships on the West Coast. At his death, Irwin was secretary/treasurer of Trans-West Ford Truck Sales, Inc., in Fontana, Calif.

In addition to his wife, Irwin is survived by his brother, Ken '59.

1961

James Frank Perutz died on May 24 at his home in New York City of complications from Karposi's Sarcoma. He was the founder, president, and co-owner with Mark Fernstrom of A. Light Idea, a manufacturers representative, and also was with JAMER Associates, a real estate concern.

Jim came to Dartmouth from Montclair High School in Upper Montclair, N.J. At Dartmouth, he was a member of Sig Ep, and a zoology major. He was on the Interdormitory Council for two years and was active in the ski patrol and the Dartmouth Outing Club.

After graduating from Dartmouth, he attended Seton Hall University Medical School. He is survived by two uncles and an aunt.

Arthur E. Tullar died August 3 of a heart attack in Bursa, Turkey. He was 51. He was in Turkey to teach math and English at the Gursoy High School in Istanbul, and had been working at a summer camp near Bursa.

A 30-year teacher of English, history, and math on the junior high and senior high school levels, he held posts in New England and California in public and private schools.

Art came to Dartmouth from Caracas, Venezuela. He was an English major, on the crew as a freshman and crew manager as a sophomore, a member of die Dartmouth Outing Club (especially its Winter Sports division), and the ledyard Canoe Club.

In recent years, he made his home in Hanover. He is survived by three children, his parents, and a brother.

1962

Thomas F. Boudreau Jr. of Dunedin, Fla., died of a heart attack while playing tennis on August 4. Tom entered Dartmouth from Keith Academy in Lowell, Mass. While at Dartmouth he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and played football. He was a math major.

He lived in Winchester, Mass., before moving to Dunedin 13 years ago. Tom was managing principal of William M. Mercer Inc. of Tampa, having joined the Boston office of Mercer Inc. in 1964.

His career spanned 25 years, including a variety of consulting and management positions in Boston and Baltimore, Md. He started Mercer's Florida operations in 1978 and, under his direction, the Tampa office developed into Florida's largest human resource consulting firm.

While in Massachusetts, he served as chairman of the board of Catholic Charities of Boston. In Florida, he was a member of the Florida Chamber of Commerce and chaired its health benefits committee. He was also a member of the Westshore Alliance.

He is survived by his wife of 17 years, Nan, and his five children.

Nan Boudreau

1963

David B. Seielstad died March 13, 1991 of a heart attack in Corte Madera, Calif., where he had been working as a computer software developer.

A native of St. Louis, David studied one term at Dartmouth and later attended the College of Marin in Kentfield, Calif., and the University of California at Santa Cruz. His early career was spent in marine biology, the highlight of which was working as a technician with the underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau. He later served as a sales representative in X-ray spectroscopy with two San Francisco Bay-area companies, Surface Science Laboratories, and Kevex.

David is survived by his mother, two brothers, and a son.

1966

William Heckman died September 6 in San Francisco after a brief illness. At Dartmouth Bill sought out professors for the intelligent dialogue in which he delighted, skied gracefully, and sang in the Glee Club.

After graduation, Bill studied for a year at the London School of Economics and then went on to Yale Law School. He first worked for the law firm of Clark Clifford, and then for Senator Birch Bayh as the chief counsel for the Constitutional Amendments Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Starting in 1975, Bill threw himself into the campaigns of Democratic candidates vying for the 1976 presidential election. During the Carter administration, Bill held positions in the White House and in the Justice Department as a deputy assistant attorney general.

At the end of the Carter years in 1981, Bill moved to California to manage the mayoral and gubernatorial campaigns of Mayor Bradley. Then, burned out by politics, he became a criminal lawyer, working for the Public Defender's office for the city and county of San Francisco.

Bill is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James W. Heckman, of Littleton, Colo., a sister, and many friends. It was Bill's wish that any contributions in his memory be made to the Yale Law School, P.O. Box 1890, New Haven, CT 06508.

Graeme Bell '66, John Oberdorfer '66

John Patrick Kelly passed away in June 1990. He had been living in Beverly Hills, Calif.

A graduate of Dover College in Dover, England, before coming to Hanover John was bom and lived in Nassau, Bahamas..At Dartmouth he was a member of the Undergraduate Council and participated in freshman rugby and sailing before leaving school.

1972

John Beatty Joyce III died August 8 in Asheville N.C.Jay came to Dartmouth from Columbus Academy in Ohio.

After Dartmouth he moved to San Francisco where he received a teaching certificate from San Francisco State. He worked at a group home for delinquent girls, then taught at both the Marin Country Day School and the Synergy School in San Francisco.

Jay was the interim director of the Rainbow Mountain School in Asheville, N.C., where he was also the academic director and a teacher. He was an artist who specialized in handmade papers and collage.

He is survived by his friend and partner Carolyn Wallace, her daughter, his parents, sisters, and several nieces and nephews.

1979

Andrea Marie Battiste Langston also known as Noni Olaniyan, was killed by her estranged husband in a tragic murder/suicide at her home in Charlotte, N.C., on September 25, 1990. She was well known in Charlotte as a dancer and choreographer who embraced African culture. She founded the He Ife Umoja Culture Bearers performing group in 1981 and worked with the Afro-American Children's Theater, Friendship Baptist Church's child development center, Spelman College, and various festivals. She also worked with the Ministry of Art and Education in St. Lucia, British West Indies, and an African dance ensemble in Philadelphia.

At Dartmouth Andrea majored in government/history and was a singer in the Gospel Choir, head of dance for the Black Underground Theater & Arts Association (BUTA), and a basketball cheerleader. Senior year she landed an internship studying Malay culture in Kuala Lumpur.

Andrea/Noni is survived by four children, a brother, two sisters, and her parents, Al and Joyce Battiste of Atlanta.

Charles B. Westerman succumbed to brain cancer May 13. He came to Dartmouth from Glendale, Wise., majored in English, in which he received two citations, and was active with The Dartmouth, WDCR, and the Church of Christ Fellowship. Freshman year he was a finalist in the Eleanor Frost Play Competition.

After Dartmouth Chuck spent four years assistant directing CYCLE, a youth ministry education program in Chicago. He entered Northern Baptist Seminary there, receiving his master's in 1986, and went on to become the pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Cheyenne, WY.

Chuck is survived by his wife, Lynn, and two sons.