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.
Hazen W. Jones '10 • Nov. 4 William E. Colbath '18 • March 15 Roy F. Bunting '22 • Nov. 19 Joseph S. Perkins '22 • Nov. 10 Elmer I. Phillips Jr. '23 • Nov. 23 Robert J. Misch '25 • Nov. 7 James G. Rogers II '25 • November Charles D. Chamberlin '26 • Nov. 3 Albert Ely Morris '26 • Sept. 5 Bruce McKennan '27 • Oct. 31 John M. Armstrong '28 • Sept. 8 J. Raymond Hyman '28 • Oct. 30 Francis D. Weeks '29 • Nov. 6 Joseph S. Linz '31 • 1990 John A. Peacock '31 • Nov. 7 William L. Wilson '31 • Oct. 22 George A. Boylston '35 • June 3 Galo P. Emerson '35 Oct. 8 William E. Minshall '35 • Oct. 15 Francis X. O'Leary '35 • Oct. 15 William B. Walrath '35 • Oct. 3 Donald D. Hotaling '36 • Oct. 10 Walter R. Malby '36 • Oct. 18 Edwin B. Pike '36 • June 26 Owen D. Collins '37 • Oct. 30 Calvin P. Eldred III '37 • Sept. 27 Carl L. Lang '37 • Nov. 18 Robert E. Pancake '37 • Oct. 20 James A. Cotter Jr. '38 • Nov. 6 William F. Broer '41 • Oct. 8 Harry L. Broh '4l • Oct. 22 S. Denison Palmer '41 • Nov. 6 John L. Earle '43 • Nov. 28 Dustin C. Lewis '43 • Sept. 30 William A. Fead '44 • Oct. 25 Thomas D. Webb '46 "Jan. 14, 1990 Harry M. Runyon '47 • Sept. 9 David W. Wilcox '47 • Nov. 13 Eric C. Swanson '48 • Oct. 28 Richard J. Desmond '49 • November Alfonso Estrada Jr. '51 •March 3 Thomas D. Hubbard '55 • July 19 James E. Crandall '61 • Aug. 18 Wm. Paul Nelson '61 • Nov. 11 John Schiessl '64 • Oct. 14 Jonathan B. Daniels '86 • Dec. 9
1920
Lawrence Edward Lovejoy of Melrose, Mass., died of pneumonia on September 16, at the age of 91.
Larry, who came to Dartmouth form Melrose High, left college at the end of his freshman year to serve 23 months in World War I. Wounded in action, he received both the Purple Heart and the Croix de Guerre.
Various cicumstances prevented his hoped- for return to Hanover. After graduation from Pace Institute and several interim jobs, he became Director of Assessments for the City of Melrose, holding that position until his retirement in 1964. He was active in the American Legion, the Massachusetts Assessors' Association, the Lions Club, the Masons, and Civilian Defense. And, in his own words, he was "a minor but consistent supporter" of Dartmouth College.
Larry is survived by his wife Elizabeth and a daughter.
1921
Allan Baum Kern an passed away quiedy on the evening of August 25 in the Autumnwood Care Center of his home town of Tiffin, Ohio.
It was from Tiffin that Allan came to Hanover in 1916, returning to Dartmouth from WWI in time to graduate with our class in 1921. In spite of his inherent modesty, he was so highly regarded by his 20,000 fellowcitizens that he was elected mayor on five separate occasions.
He is survived by a daughter, joyce Standish.
1922
Charles Wood Earle died September 23 in Hyannis, Mass. Charlie was a member of the Jack O'Lantern board, the wresding team, and Kappa Sigma. He received his master's degree from Tuck School in 1923.
He first worked with Forbes Lithograph Co., Boston, and later became president of the New England Financial Advertisers Association. In the late thirties he and his family moved to New York, where he was active in community affairs and was an elder in the Huguenot Memorial Church, Pelham Manor. For many years he was vice president of Muir Advertising Agency and public relations manager of the United Presbyterian Foundation.
About 25 years ago Charlie retired to Hyannis. Margaret, his wife for 53 years, died in 1980. Two years later he became seriously ill and suffered double amputations. He lived with his daughter Margaret, who reports that he always kept his courage and his interest in other people.
Margaret, her sister Barbara, and two grandchildren are his survivors.
1925
George Royce Cassels-Smith died September 21 in Cockesville, Md., after a brief illness. After Dartmouth he engaged in banking for a short time, then joined the tobacco brokerage firm of Gieske & Niemann in Baltimore, where he ultimately became president. During his 40 years in the tobacco industry, he served on a committee advising the U.S. Department of Agriculture. During World War II, he was a commander aboard a destroyer-escort, which made 14 round trips on the North Atlantic, and on a troop ship crossing the Pacific.
He is survived by his daughter Evelyn deGast, five grandchildren, and four great grandchildren. His wife, Evelyn, died in 1979, and his son George H. '55 died three years ago.
1926
George Conant Brockway died of a lengthy illness September 22 at his Woodstock, Vt., home. He graduated from Woodstock High School and was with our class during freshman year as a member of Alpha Tau Omega. In 1927 he graduated from Brown.
A lifetime Woodstock resident, he was town moderator for 32 years and Windsor County clerk for 45 years. He was a director of the Woodstock Inn, and of Woodstock National Bank where he was also vice president for 25 years. From 1954 to 1963 he was a trustee of Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital.
Two daughters, three grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren survive him.
Ward Albert Peterson died October 4, 1986, in Alpine, Calif. He graduated from Kemper Military Academy and was with our class for two years.
Ward received his B.A. and M.D. from Creighton University. He was in general practice in medicine, specializing in pediatrics, in Omaha and Boise. Ward served from 1942-45 as a captain in the marines.
He is survived by his wife, two sons, and a nephew, Dr. Charles A. Peterson '6l.
1927
Morton Hastings Cavis died September 22 in Bristol, N.H., where he was born in 1903 and lived his entire life, except for the four years in Hanover. He was a member of the Jack O'Lantern board and Alpha Tau Omega. Upon graduation he took over the management of the hardware store that had been in his family for four generations going back to 1810. Before his retirement in 1963 he was president of the Bristol Bank and the local Rotary Club and a member for one year of the New Hampshire House of Representatives.
Mort was an outdoor enthusiast. He loved to travel by foot in snow, wind, and rain to all regions of the country to hunt, fish and search for unusual species of birds and flowers.
He was predeceased by his wife, Myra, and leaves a son and two grandchildren.
1928
John Mix Armstrong died September 8 from complications of Parkinson's disease and cancer. Jack prepared for Dartmouth at Rockford High in Rockford, Ill. At Dartmouth he joined Sigma Alpha and the Round Table, and majored in sociology. He joined the Welch Scientific Company of Skokie, Ill., where he became manager of the Sales and Service Department. During the war he served with the Navy. He retired to Leisure Village in Fox Lake, Ill. In 1949 he was married to Gertrude Poole. She and their three children survive him.
1929
Francis Dickin Weeks died of cancer on November 6 in Highland Park, Ill. Frank came to Dartmouth from Milwaukee Country Day School and belonged to Sigma Nu and the Round Table. He majored in Physics and earned his B.S. in electrical engineering at M.I.T. in 1931.
He worked for Commonwealth Edison and General Cable, then for the Joslyn Manufacturing Company in Chicago. In World War II he worked on fire control and retired a commander.
He served on many school and hospital boards and became an outstanding photographer. His slides are with such museums as the Metropolitan and the National Gallery. He was archivist of the Chicago University Club and active with leading Chicago museums. He was an alumni interviewer for Dartmouth, and he belonged to the Adventurers Club, A.1.E.E., the Society of Colonial Wars, and the Sons of the American Revolution.
He leaves his wife, Elsie, a son, two daughters, seven grandchildren, and three great grandchildren.
1930
Horace Blaine Chrissinger died on October 1. Chris was with the U.S. Army until 1962, when he retired to join the technical staff of TRW in Redondo Beach, Calif., a diversified technology company. During army service he was on the staff and faculty at Ft. Benning, Ga., from 1951-1955, and then with the G-2, 8th U.S. Army in Korea and Japan. Chris served as the 1930 assistant class agent.
He married Edna Harbeck of Chicago in 1931. He leaves Edna, a daughter, and a son.
1931
John A. Peacock died in a fire in his suburban Chicago home on November 7. He had been a resident of Northlake, Ill., for more than 32 years.
As a child he was a student of the original Madam Montessori at her school in New York City. He was also a 1927 graduate of the St. John's/Manlius Military Academy. At Dartmouth he was a member of Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity.
During his lifetime Mr. Peacock was an executive with the Moore-Cottrell subscription agency in North Cohocton, N.Y., and with the Hansen-Bennett subscription agency in Chicago. For more than 20 years he owned and operated the North Austin currency exchange in suburban Chicago.
He was a Mason and was active in Chicago Eastern Star activities. He was also an avid history student and stamp and coin collector.
He is survived by Nadine, his wife of 36 years, a son, and three grandchildren.
William Lewis Wilson died on October 22 in Princeton, New Jersey. At Dartmouth Bill was a member of Alpha Chi Rho, of the Inter-fraternity Council, and of the news staff of The Dartmouth. He was Phi Beta Kappa and majored in English.
In the 1930's Bill was a crime reporter for Philadelphia newspapers and did post-graduate work at the University of Pennsylvania. He worked in public relations for Republic Aviation during WW II and held executive positions with Kellett Aircraft Corporation and C.I.T. Financial Corporation in New York. He retired as vice president of C.I.T. Foundation Inc., in 1975.
Residing 40 years in Princeton Township, Bill was a member of its Board of Education (president 1957-59) and of the Township Committee, and he was mayor 1964-65.
Bill served Dartmouth as head class agent, class secretary, and applicant interviewer, among other positions.
He is survived by his wife, Edna, two sons, and a brother.
1932
Daniel Nathan Gage died at Hartford (CT) Hospital on August 27. Dan came to us from Phillips Andover Academy. He was a history major, a brother in Zeta Psi, a member of the interfraternity council, and manager of the band. Immediately after graduation Dan was employed by Aetna Life and Casualty. When he retired in 1973 he was assistant manager of their fidelity and surety bond department. His career was interrupted by World War II: he was in the Navy with rank of lieutenant j.g.
The Gages spent winters in Sarasota, where Dan was an active member of the Dartmouth Club and its treasurer for three years.
He is survived by his wife, Eleanor, three daughters, nine grandchildren, and two greatgrandchildren.
1933
Harold Burling Naramore died at his home in Davidson, N.C., on October 1 after an extended illness. Burl came from Bridgeport, Conn., and Tabor Academy. He was a Deke, a member of Dragon, and served as manager of the freshman basketball team. After Dartmouth he received a M.C.S. from Tuck School and in 1940 was granted certification as a C.P.A from the University of the State of New York.
His business career was in the manufacture of textiles. He was a staff accountant with R.G. Rankin & Co., then president from 1942 and chairman from 1973 of Bridgeport Textiles, Inc., the family business. He was an active participant in a wide variety of community affairs both in Bridgeport and in North Carolina, where he moved his company in 1955. A member of the Davidson College Board of Visitors, he was awarded the college's Sullivan Award for service to the community.
Burl is survived by his widow, Janet, and four children, including Michael '65.
1934
Karl Frederick Maas died of cancer September 11 in Milwaukee, his life-long home. He came to Dartmouth as class president of Shorewood High. He was an Economics major and a member of Kappa Sigma.
Karl's business career started with Sear's in Milwaukee. Then he was a salesman for a truck company in New York, which led to work with the War Production Board in Washington and WWII duty with the Navy as a lieutenant in Georgia and Florida, working on small boats and surplus disposal. He returned to Milwaukee and joined the Heil Cos., manufacturers of industrial dehydrators. He was an active Rotarian.
Karl retired in 1976 with a winter home in Scottsdale, Ariz. He is survived by sons William and Karl Jr. His wife, Mildred, died of a heart attack ten days earlier than he.
Joseph M. Schuldenfrei died July 7 of Alzheimer's disease. He graduated from Plainfield High and lived in Plainfield, East Orange, and Warren, N.J., most of his working years. His first job after Tuck School was with Macy's in New York City. During WWII he had Army duty with an anti-aircraft unit in Panama and ended as a first lieutenant.
In 1954 Joe started his wholesale floor covering business, which he continued until retirement in 1984. His wife, Ruth, died several years ago. Joe is survived by a son, a daughter, and his brother William '31.
1937
Calvin Powell Eldred III died September 25 in Talladega, Ala., after a short battle with cancer. He came to Dartmouth from Dedham, Mass., and Governor Dummer Academy. He majored in economics and was a member of Phi Kappa Psi.
He spent his career, except for service in World War II, in Talladega with the Bemis Company, serving as manager when he retired. He served as chairman of both the Citizens Hospital Board and the Talladega Planning Board, and as a trustee of Talladega College, Alabama Independent Colleges, and the Jemison Carnegie Foundation. Cal was also a past president of the Alabama Textile Manufacturing Association and the United Way of Talladega County.
Cal attended many reunions including the 50th. He is survived by his wife, Fess, a daughter, and a son.
1938
Converse Gray Fenn died August 20 in Waterville, Maine. He prepared for college at Choate and Andover. Connie attended a couple of reunions and enjoyed them.
After Dartmouth Connie dabbled in communication and automobiles before before establishing a food enterprise which featured a special relish recipe. At the beginning of WWII he worked at the Bath Iron Works before entering the U.S. Maritime Service in 1944. An ensign, he won campaign ribbons for the Adantic, Mediterranean, and Pacific theaters.
After the war he went into politics, serving as representative to the Maine state legislature, a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1952, '56, and '60, and a lobbyist. Founder, past president, and recent treasurer of the Belgrade Regional Health Care Center, he was also director of the Pine Tree Society for Crippled Children.
He lost his first wife, Jane, in 1969. He is survived by he second wife, Virginia, and four daughters.
J.R.S. '38
William Kennedy Thomas died December 27, 1989, at the Village Green Nursing Home in Phoenix, Ariz., of a long illness. Willie joined us from St. Paul's School in Garden City, Long Island. He was basketball All-League for three years, team captain in 1938, and was on the squad which brought Dartmouth its first N.E. Intercollegiate tennis championship. An economics major, he was president of Zeta Psi and member of C&G, Paleopitous, Green Key, and the interfraternity Council.
After graduation he worked briefly in marketing for the Hearst Magazines and then for Johnson & Johnson as a salesman. Just after Pearl Harbor "Wee Willie" became an Aviation Cadet. He was as effective in the air as in the gym. A news story in the May 1944 issue of the Alumni Magazine relates that he made four crash landings in England in planes crippled by enemy fire.
After the war Willie moved to the West Coast and then Phoenix, but nothing is known of his later life. He is survived by his wife, Eleanor.
J.R.S. '38
1940
George Llewellyn Kimball a retired army lieutenant colonel, died March 15,1990, in Melbourne, Fla. Kim was a member of Chi Phi fraternity and was a tennis player, skier, and member of the DOC.
After serving in both WWII and the Korean War, he became a contracting officer in government research and development, including work with the Atomic Energy Commission. He was part of the team which devised the electrical generators for the Voyager II space craft.
Following retirement to Indialantic, Fla., in 1978 he was a volunteer in Meals on Wheels, Laubach Reading Series, Al-Anon, and with the Judge Advocates Office at Patrick Air Force Base.
He is survived by his wife, Mary, and four children.
1943
John Stanislaus Krol died September 21 at his home in Waltham, Mass., after a heart attack. John entered Dartmouth from Morristown School and was a member of Psi Upsilon and Sphinx. He was an outstanding member of the varsity football and hockey teams.
John left Dartmouth to join the Naval Air Force in 1942. After the war he joined the Waltham, Mass., school district as a teacher and coach. He was elected to the Massachusetts Hockey Hall of Fame for his coaching ability.
He had a brother, Francis Krol '57, and he is survived by his wife, Anne, and a son.
1944
Malcolm Douglas Corner died October 20 in a La Grange, Ill., nursing home. He had been in a coma for 14 months following a heart attack in July 1989.
Mac came to Dartmouth form Pittsburg. He majored in engineering and was a member of the track team and Delta Tau Delta fraternity.
He was an instructor at Thayer School 1944-45 and a contracting manager for the American Bridge Division of U.S. Steel from 1946 to 1977. He was then a manufacturers representative and president of Corner Contracting Company until the time of his illness. He was also member of a number of engineering groups and active in scouting, and he was president of the Pittsburg Dartmouth Club in 1956-57 and a member of the Chicago Dartmouth Club from 1958-1989.
Mac is survived by his wife Carolyn, eight children, a brother, James Corner '39, and three Dartmouth nephews.
William Anthony Duffy died September 22 in a New Haven, Conn., medical center where he had been a patient for a number of years.
Bill came to Dartmouth from Old Saybrook, Conn. He left college for the military in 1942 and subsequently served in four different branches of the Navy. He received his B.S. from Georgetown University after the war and then worked for a variety of companies in the New Haven area. Never married, he was an ardent golfer and traveler. He is survived by a sister.
William Alexander Fead died October 25 in his home in Westfield, N.J., after a severi year battle with cancer. He came to Dartmouth from Ferndale, Mich., but left after two years to take engineering courses at the University of Michigan, where he graduated with a degree in physics. During World War II he was in a small group of naval officers assigned to the Manhattan atomic bomb project at Los Alamos, N.M.
After the war he held management positions with Johnson and Johnson, Hudson Pulp and Paper Corporation, Shulton Inc. (makers of Old Spice), and American Cyanamid. He retired at the onset of his illness in 1983.
With the local Dartmouth Club he served as an interviewer for many years. As a continuing education officer he developed seminar topics with Alumni Affairs and staged an annual Dartmouth seminar at Princeton. In 1983 he received the Dartmouth Continuing Education Award for the "longest running, the largest, most inventive" club seminar.
He leaves his wife, Hope, four children, including Sandy Fead '70 and Kelly Fead '78 and three grandchildren.
1949
Louis Vollers Farrar died of cancer August 30 at his home,
After Dartmouth Lou worked for the Guaranty Trust Company of New York, where he was a vice president until he retired to Lyme, N.H., in 1984.
He enjoyed his farm in Lyme where he raised sheep and contributed his time to various community activities.
He is survived by his wife Alison, four children, three step children, and eleven grandchildren.
Brayton Leroy Meyer died August 17 of an unknown cause. Chink graduated magna cum laude in economics from Dartmouth and received an M.B. A. from Harvard in 1951. He worked for the Standard Oil Company until he established his own series of small businesses in East Aurora, N.Y.
He is survived by his wife, Mary, and two children.
1951
Daniel T. Rownd Jr. died on July 12 of emphysema at Firelands Hospital in Sandusky, Ohio. At the College, Dan was an economics major. He lettered on the swimming team as a diver, and was a member of Psi Upsilon and Dragon Society.
Following College, Dan married and was comptroller of the Reichart Furniture Company from 1954-60. He later joined the Security National Bank and Trust in Wheeling, W.V; and before his retirement he was employed by the Dana S. Beane Company in Laconia, N.H.
Dan is survived by his wife, Joyce, a daughter, and two sons.
1955
John Winslow Mansfield of Lancaster, Calif., died on October 6 after a short illness. John entered Dartmouth from Putnam (Conn.) High School and was a history major. He served as captain of the baseball team his senior year and was a member of Sigma Chi and Sphinx.
John served as a lieutenantin the U.S. Navy for eight years. After leaving the service he joined TWA as a pilot. Until he became ill earlier this year, John was flying TWA L-1011's on domestic flights. He leaves his wife, Judith, whom he married in 1960, three daughters, his mother, and three brothers including William H. Mansfield III '54.
1961
W. Paul Nelson died at his home November 11 after a sudden illness.
He came to Dartmouth from Coral Gables (Fla.) High School.
For the past 16 years Paul was a marketing representative for Coastal Oil New England Inc. He served as commissioner of energy for the state of New Hampshire under Governor Meldrim Thompson and was a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam Conflict.
Survivors include his wife, Anita, a daughter, and an aunt.
1962
Joseph C. Williams Jr. died of a heart attack at his home in Rumford, N.J., on May 18. J.C., or Jake as he was called after graduate school, was a member of Kappa Sigma, Dragon, and the lacrosse and rugby teams at Dartmouth. He received his master's degree in English from Antioch College and was associated with Volunteers in Service and Outward Bound. He was a former member of the Marine Corps Reserve and an avid athlete, giving skiing lessons to the blind in Aspen.
More recently, in keeping with his dislike of desk jobs, Jake became a state certified organic farmer in Rumford, and he frequently donated produce to a local soup kitchen. Jake is survived by a sister and a brother.
1975
Lee George Ander Graham died of AIDS on April 25. He was an active member of Dartmouth Lambda, an association of gay alumni, a proud gay rights activist, and a founder of the Philadelphia chapter of Front Runners, a running club for gay men and lesbians. In the seventies he was a volunteer for the New York Gay Men's Health Crisis.
A cum laude graduate, Lee was president of Dartmouth's French Club, a member of the Harold Parmingtion Foundation, and a Rufus Choate Scholar. He received an M.B.A. from Wharton and a master's in achitecture from the University of Pennsylvania. He worked in merchant banking at Citibank and in marketing at Optel Communications before he went into architecture in Philadelphia.
Lee was an avowed francophile, and his ashes were scattered on a beach in Cannes, his favorite place. He is survived by his parents and a sister.
H.K.
Facuity
Lawrence G. Hines professor of economics emeritus, died after a long illness November 24. He was 75.
A 1938 graduate of the University of Kansas, Hines earned master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Minnesota. He taught at Minnesota and served as an air intelligence specialist with the Office of Naval Intelligence. He joined the Dartmouth faculty in 1947 and became a full professor in 1953. He served as chair of the economics department and of the social sciences division. Hines was past president of the Dartmouth chapter of the American Association of University Professors. He received an honorary master's degree from Dartmouth in 1952.
Hines authored many articles and several books on economics.
He served as a consultant to various government agencies, the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, and the Sierra Club. An avid canoeist, he participated in two marathon paddles to the Arctic Ocean.
He is survived by his wife, a son, and one granddaughter. The family has requested that donations be made to the Nature Conservancy.
