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.
Richard Parkhurst '16 • May 10 Roy L. Johnson '17 • May 3, 1989 Ray A. Hinds '19 • March 31 Howard S. Webster '19 • May 14 Russell Bailey '21 • April 17 Richard F. Beyer '22 • March 4 Ralph W. Totman '22 • Oct. 27,1990 Alfred E. Bomeisler '23 • April 27 Rudolf F. Haffenreffer III '25 • April 28 John I. Gearhart '26 • April 13, 1990 Nathan K. Parker Sr. '26 • May 6 Maynard F. Amann '27 • April 10, 1990 George Cummings '27 • May 13, 1990 Roscoe E. Guyot '27 • March 6 Edward C. Reynolds '27 • Feb. 5 Robert H. Slater '27 • April 8 James F. Newton '28 • April 10 Paul A. Babcock Jr. '29 • March 30 Stephen B. Balkam '29 • March 31, 1990 William T. Henretta '29 • April 29 Ralph N. Stevens '29 • Nov. 1, 1990 Robert H. Barker '31 • May 3 Richard Fisher '31 • April 3 Alexander Christie '32 • May 9 James L. Alder '33 • 1986 Albert J. Mehler Jr. '33 • April 24 George P. Stangle '34 • June 28 Alec S. Block '35 • Feb. 3 Edward G. Dyer '35 • April 6 William S. Hawgood '35 • Nov. 18 Douglas M. Mallard '35 • Jan. 25 Emil A. Petke '35 • April 10 Arthur D. Somers '35 • Jan. 1, 1990 Charles K. Liggett '36 • March 11 John H. Costello '37 • April 14 Alexander J. Mackenzie '37 • April 28 Walter R. Porter '37 • Jan. 30 Richard R. Woods '37 • April 8 Arthur K. King '38 • April 25 Philip W. Beatman '38 • May 25, 1990 John W. Sinclair '38 • Oct. 5, 1990 John W. Scarbrough '38 • Feb. 19 Ernest H. Heydt Jr. '39 • May 17 Charles S. Stack '39 • April 4 Theodore L. Bartelmez '40 • March 27 Edmond A. Basquin '40 • April 15 Frederick Brownell Jr. '40 • May 1991 John M. Devor '4O • May 26 John S. Ward '40 • April 10 Richard J. Gagne '41 • Feb. 4, 1990 Orator F. Woodward '41 • July 8, 1990 J. Dacy Stevens '43 • Jan. 1990 John R. Englehorn '44 • May 8 Charles M. Wilder '44 • April 16 Arthur B. Jopson '45 • May 17 Robert E. Willcox '45 • March 31 William J. Nicholl Jr. '46 • March 24 William D. Fetzer '47 • April 19 William T. Griffiths '49 • April 1991 Frank D. Mott '49 • March 22 Sumner L. Plunkett '49 • Sept. 1990 Raymond W. Peppard '50 • March 17 Richard E. Lyons '51 • March 12 William D. Renner '51 • May 27 James R. Branch '52 • April 25 Edward H. Futterman '52 • March 23 John H. Mighell '52 'June 4 Howard C. Smith Jr. '52 • April 23 John D. Mackinnon '55 • April 8 John T. Sickler '55 • March 19 Richard M. Rosen '56 • April 11 James F. Perutz '61 • May 24 Charles B. Westerman '79 • May 13 David L. Wolfson '92 • May 7
1918
Edward Roland Noyes of Chatham, Mass., died February 19 after a long illness. He was a veteran of World War I, after which he returned to Dartmouth and received a master's degree from Tuck in 1921.
Edward was an executive of the United Shoe Machinery Corp. in Boston, and lived in South Natick, where he was a town moderator and a trustee of the Middlesex Savings Bank of Natick. He retired to Chatham in 1961 and developed Quitnesset on Morris Island.
He was active in the Conservation Commission, Dartmouth Alumni Association, Sigma Chi Fraternity, and Chatham Congregational Church. In addition to his wife of 37 years, Maude, he leaves a son, a step-son, a sister, a granddaughter, four step-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.
Thomas A. Sturgess died of a stroke on February 14 at his home in Atlanta. He would have been 94 on March 18. Tom was buried in Bramford, Conn., where he had spent much of his life. He resided in Atlanta for the past 18 years.
Tom was class secretary from 1918-1928. His brother, Albert Sturgess, was a Dartmouth alumnus. Tom is survived by his widow, Margaret, and five children.
1919
William S. Dick-Peddie died November 14 in Anchorage, Aka., where he had lived since 1986 to be near his son Jon.
After only a year at the College he enlisted in the air corps in World War I and did not return. During his business career he was with the lowa Pubic Service Electric Cos. and later with Standard Brands. After retirement he lived in Las Cruces, N.M. He is survived by two sons and four grandchildren.
Arthur S. Gilson professor emeritus of physiology at the Washington University School of Medicine, died on January 8 at home in University City, Mo.
A native of Portland, Maine, he graduated with the class and later received a doctorate from Harvard. He was on the faculty of Washington University from 1925 until he retired in 1965. Prior to that he had served in the army during World War I.
Among his survivors are his wife, Marion, two daughters, a son, five grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.
James E. Loudon died August 29, 1990, at a nursing home in N.J., where he had been confined for several years. While in college Red was a star basketball player. During World War I he served in the navy.
He had several business connections, the last being Cone Automotive Machine Cos., of Windsor, Vt., until his retirement in 1962.
His daughter is his only survivor.
John W. McCrillis died on February 26 in Newport, N.H., where he was born and lived most of his life. While in College he was prominent in Winter Sports and was a member of the Dartmouth Ski Hall of Fame.
John taught school for several years and then returned to Newport to join his father in the insurance business. In 1935 he became clerk of the Superior Court of New Hampshire for Sullivan County. Upon retirement from in 1966 he was made an honorary member of the New Hampshire Bar Association.
He was a member of the Masons Rotary and numerous other organizations. He was a pioneer of Alpine skiing in this country and with Otto Schniebs co-authored the book Modem Ski Technique, the first instructional ski book published in America. He was an active member of the class and held numerous class offices.
He leaves his son, John '52, a daughter, six grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
1924
Henry Blakeslee Barker died on December 24 in Holiday, Fla. After attending MIT for one year, Henry worked as an insurance agent for ten years and then graduated from the Albany Law School in 1937. Subsequendy he worked as an attorney or in a managerial capacity for several different companies. Most of his life was spent in upstate New York, where he had lived before college. He is survived by his wife, Tish.
1925
Arthur Nathan Blair died March 5 in Hardand, Maine. He obtained his law degree from Syracuse University Law School and was engaged as a trial lawyer in N.Y.C. for many years. Upon retiring, he and his wife lived for a time in Sweden before moving to Hartland in 1955. They engaged in restoring the exterior and interior of homes in Sweden, as well as in Northern New England.
He is survived by his wife, Phoebe.
Francis Arthur Leach died May 23,1986, in Chicago, Ill., of cardiac vascular disease. Prior to his retirement he was sales manager for Reliable Electric Company. His wife, Grace, died in July, 1990. He is survived by his son William B. Leach.
William Halsted Taft died January 19 in the Princeton (N.J.) Hospital. In college he was captain of the golf team and a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Casque and Gauntlet. He engaged in investment banking and brokerage in Montclair until his retirement. He was a well-known amateur golfer, was runner-up in the National Intercollegiate Golf Championship in 1925, and belonged to several golf clubs, including New Jersey State Golf Association, of which he served as president, and the Montclair Golf Club, whose championship he won four times. His wife, Janet, predeceased him. He is survived by a daughter and a son.
1926
Albert Whittemore Blair died January 6 at Bailey Retirement Center, Gainesville, Fla. Born in Montour Falls, N.Y., he graduated from Cook Academy there, and at Dartmouth he was a member of Gamma Delta Epsilon, the College Orchestra, and Canoe Club. In 1929 he married Freda Cratsley, also of Montour Falls. Both having studied at New York Institute of Photography, they owned and operated Blair Studio in Lyons, N.Y., and Newark, N.J., for 48 years. Whit was a president of New York State Photographers Society, and won awards from the Photographers Association of America. A number of pictures he took at Dartmouth reunions were used in 1926 media.
Freda died in 1979 after nearly 50 years of marriage. In 1981 Whit married Celia Slocum of Ithaca, N.Y., and they lived there until her death in 1989. He then moved to Gainesville to be near his daughter, Sandra Ohanian. She and her two daughters and his sister survive.
1927
Kern Ellis Folkers died March 30,1989. He attended Mt. Vernon (N.Y.) High School before entering Dartmouth in 1923. He was Alpha Chi Rho and on the board of the Aegis.
Kern went to Germany for two years to pursue graduate studies in chemistry at the University of Heidelberg. Upon returning to the U.S. he went to work for a law firm in Washington, D.C., while attending George Washington University Law School. He received his LL.B. degree in 1933 and practiced law in Washington until 1939 when he joined Monsanto in Everett, Mass., as division manager of patents. Kern belonged to a number of law associations and was active in local affairs and in many charitable organizations in his home town of Winchester. He was a town meeting member for 15 years.
He was predeceased by his wife, Margaret, and left a son, Donald '59, and a daughter.
Remington James Purdy died sometime during 1985 according to information received by the College. Neither the date, the cause, nor the place is known.
Rem was born in Charlotte, N.C., but prepared for college at the Horace Mann School in New York City. He was at Dartmouth for two years.
1928
William Montelle Hobson died December 20 in Salisbury, N.C. Bill prepared for Dartmouth at John Marshall High in Richmond, Va. At Dartmouth he majored in English Literature, joined Theta Delta Chi, and was on the gym team. In 1928 he was intercollegiate tumbling champion. In 1931 he graduated from the University of Virginia Law School with an LL.B. and went to work for the law firm of Davis, Polk and Wardwell in New York City. In 1940 he joined Morgan Guarantee Trust and became vice president in 1959. His specialty was trust and estate administration.
On retirement from Morgan Guarantee Trust at age 65, he and wife, Grace (his first wife, Elizabeth, died in 1966), moved to Salisbury, where he joined the Security Bank and Trust Company as a trust officer. He is survived by Grace and two sons.
1929
Arthur Joseph Bergeron died on January 31 in Ft. Worth, Fla. He came from Berlin (N.H.) High School, belonged to Lamda Chi Alpha, was president of le Cercle Francais, and majored in History.
After graduating from Harvard Law he spent his career in legal practice in Berlin, where he was mayor, city and county attorney, and active in many civic affairs. He was a lobbyist for Brown Paper Company
He leaves his wife, Florence, and two children.
Wayne Parker Bryer died on January 23 at Exeter (N.H.) Hospital. He came from Peterborough High School, belonged to Phi Kappa Sigma, majored in chemistry-zoology, was on the Aegis Board, and became a '29 class agent.
After earning his M.D. at McGill he interned in Hartford, Conn., then practiced in the Hampton, N.H., area for 45 years. He belonged to state, national, and world medical societies. A Lt. Commander in the navy in World War II, he was active in the American Legion. He had an avid interest in horticulture and the arts.
His wife, Deborah, died in 1986. He leaves a son and four daughters.
John William Laffey died on February 8 at Methodist Hospital in Houston, Tex. He came from Blair Academy, belonged to Alpha Delta Phi, Green Key, Dragon, and majored in Economics. He was an outstanding speed skater.
He left college in 1928 but returned and graduated in 1931. He belonged to Dartmouth clubs and screened applicants while in the insurance business in many cities, finally with New England Mutual Life in Boston. He was a loyal member of the Cape Cod Club.
He retired in Dennis, Mass., where he belonged to the Church of Christ, Scientist, Heritage Plantation, and Sandwich Historical Society. He leaves his wife Alice, a daughter and several grandchildren.
Carl Bernard Spaeth died February 10 in Menlo Park, Calif., after a long illness. He came from South High in Cleveland and belonged to Psi Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Sphinx, and The Arts. He was president of Paleopitus and of Green Key, and class president 1928-29.
He was on the baseball team and captain of basketball, majored in political science, and was a Rhodes Scholar.
After earning his law and jurisprudence degrees at Oxford he was a Sterling Fellow at Yale, then taught at Temple, Northwestern, and Yale, and was named dean of Stanford Law School. He made Stanford Law an outstanding national school.
He held positions with the State Department and was vice president and legal counsel of the Venezuelan Development Corp. He developed Ford Foundation programs in India, Pakistan, and Burma and was trustee of several organizations devoted to international affairs.
He leaves his wife, Sheila, a son and daughter, and two grandchildren.
1930
Winslow Story Durgin died in Auburn, Maine, on February I from complications following a heart bypass and valve operation. Born in Lewiston, Maine, Win graduated from Jordan High School, Hebron Academy, Glenn Falls Insurance School and Aetna Life and Casualty School.
He headed a major insurance sales organization in Maine. He was an active member of the YMCA, Central Maine Medical Center Board, Auburn School Committee and the Auburn Exchange Club.
At Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa. From 1931 to 1943 he was coach of skiing at Bates College, and through the '60s an official at ski meets.
He enjoyed the outdoors and often fished and hunted. He was a frequent attendant at formal and informal Dartmouth reunions and served on the Class Executive Committee.
In 1937 he married Veronica Holmes, who diedin l975.Inl976 he married Ruby Higgins Couden. He is survived by Ruby, three sons, two stepdaughters, seven grandchildren, seven step-grandchildren, and six step great grand children.
George Duffield Tunnicliff died December 11. He was in a Los Angeles retirement home and had been a long-time resident of Glendale, Calif.
After Tuck School Tunny had held various executive connections, including land development and construction accounting with Fairfield Homes Inc. in California; commercial factoring with A.A. Caesar & Cos. of N.Y.C.; a sewn products operation with Textron in Cleveland; and Affiliated Gas Equipment Inc., operating plants in five locations around the country.
In 1940 Tunny married Marjorie Morris, who died in 1986. They had three children.
Tunny was active in cross country and Cabin and Trail at the College. He had been class agent for three years.
1931
Hanford Wentworth Eldredge died February 17 at Mary Hitchcock Hospital. A member of Beta Theta Pi, Went majored in sociology and, after graduation and a term at the University of Vienna, obtained his Ph.D. from Yale in 1935.
Starting as an instructor in sociology at the College in 1935, he rose to chairman of the departments of sociology and anthropology before retiring in 1974. He had also been chairman of the international relations and city planning and urban studies program.
From 1942-1945 he served the Army Air Corps as an intelligence officer. He was first with the 8th Air Force in the U.K., then in General Eisenhower's command with a group planning tactics to mislead the enemy concerning our Normandy invasion strategy, then in the forward command post of General Bradley, and finally in the staff of the Joint Chiefs of Staff before leaving service as a major with a Bronze Star and five battle stars.
The author of several books and many articles in various publications, he traveled widely as a visiting professor, consultant, and lecturer.
He is survived by his widow, Diana, and by sons James '73 and Alan '75.
William Eldred Little died January 29. Bill came to Dartmouth from the Blair School, was a member ofTheta Delta Chi, Alpha Delta Sigma and of the Ledyard Canoe Club. His major was English, and he was circulation manager of The Jacko.
Bill's career in the family business, George Little Management Inc., was marked with success in the field of trade shows. As president of his firm he was appointed managing director of the Eastern Manufacturers and Importers Exhibit, secretary of the National Gift and Art Association, and served as president of the National Association of Exhibit Managers. His 25th year in the business was honored by a testimonial dinner given by over 600 friends and associates. The Littles were constantly traveling, in the U.S. and abroad.
Bill's family established an endowed scholarship fund at the College in honor of Bill and wife Gladys. Dartmouth meant a great deal to Bill, who visited Hanover often. An exhibition of part of his collection of ancient Chinese tomb figures appeared at the Hood Museum in 1989.
He is survived by his widow, Gladys, and by a son and a daughter.
1932
Albert Harold Childs died November 8 in Fitchburg, Mass. He came to us from Pittsfield High School and Deerfield Academy. Al was in Sigma Phi Epsilon, a member of the Interfraternity Countil, and a Thayer School major. He studied business psychology and economics at the Universities of Maine and Massachusetts.
In 1973 Al retired from General Electric, after spending much of his career there supervising plant engineering, maintenance, and construction. Both before and after retirement he was active in civic affairs. He served on numerous building committees and study groups, focusing his efforts on a medical center, a country club, schools, and his church. Al is survived by his widow, Beulah, and two daughters.
1933
Robert Stanley Fox died January 7 in Carson City, Nev. He had been in failing health for some time, and he and Babe had recently moved west to be close to their children. Foxie's work for college and class covered every possible category from class officer to local club president. Most notably, he edited the 1933 Newsletter 1958-1988. His dedication won him the 1933 Outstanding Achievement Award in 1980 and the College Class Newsletter Editor Award in 1983.
In WW II he was a combat infantryman, winning the Combat Infantryman's badge with battle stars for the Ardennes, Northern France, and Rhineland campaigns. He was a worker for the Salvation Army, Y.M.C.A., United Fund, and other civic interests. He was a Republican precinct chairman and member of the Everett Town Meeting for six years.
Foxie was public relations manager for Humble Oil Cos. for three decades. He later was director of public relations for Worcester Tech and Executive Secretary of the Boston University School of Medicine, retiring to Cape Cod in 1975.
He came to Dartmouth from Haverhill High School, was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa and majored in English. Surviving are his wife, Babe, two daughters, and five grandchildren.
William Barrett Lewis Jr. died at his home in Shushan, N.Y., on December 27. Though in failing health he attended the 1933 mini-reunion in September.
Bill prepared for Dartmouth at Bronxville High School, majored at Tuck School, obtaining an M.B.A. in 1934, a was a member of Theta Chi and the DOC. He attended the Graduate School of Banking at Rutgers. He was a major in the air force in WW II.
He served Dartmouth as class agent, class bequest chairman and a frequent admission applicant interviewer.
Bill was with Manufacturers' Trust Cos. for twenty years and then moved to Franklin National Bank, where he served as senior executive vice president and director until his retirement in 1974. He was a director in a number of corporations and a part owner of a farm supply business in Salem, N.Y.
He devoted much effort to community enterprises, acting as director of the local Red Cross chapter, Boy Scouts, Community Chest and as a trustee of the North Shore (Long Island) Hospital.
Robert Sewell Turner died from a stroke on March 19 after an active and varied life. Coming from the high school in Webster Groves, Mo., he was a member of DKE and Dragon and majored in political science. He was the son of an Ail-American Dartmouth footballer.
After college, Bob worked for the May Company and then, after a bout with pneumonia, entered Meadville Theological School to prepare for the Unitarian ministry. He served as minister at the Unitarian Church of Hinsdale, Ill., for six years. During the war he was a conscientious objector. Upon return to St. Louis, Bob entered the insurance business, in which he remained for the rest of his life. A man of boundless energy, he survived brain tumor surgery and grappled successfully with a pistol-toting hold-up man. He gave generously of himself to his family, his church, his friends and his community. He filled a wide variety of Dartmouth-oriented positions from club president to regional class agent.
In civic enterprises, his work for the Big Brother-Big Sister organization was outstanding. Bob is survived by Genevieve, his wife of almost 50 years, three children, and several grandchildren.
Charles Arthur White Jr. died suddenly at his home in Philadelphia on December 15. Chick came to Hanover from Germantown Academy, where he had been a star halfback and later served as trustee. At Dartmouth he played on the freshman football and baseball squads and concentrated in economics and English. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon.
He served nearly three and a half years in the Army Corps of Engineers, rising from private to major and specializing in liasion and public relations. He studied at the Charles Morris Price School of Advertising and made his career in the advertising business as an officer with several companies. He was greatly interested in sports and coached his son's team in Little League baseball. He was active with the Rotary Club of Philadelphia and the American Heart Association.
Surviving Chuck are his wife, Vivian, his daughter, and his son.
1934
Charles Parker Sutton died March 7 of cancer at his home in Tequesta, Fla., where he lived the past 15 years. His hometown was Pleasantville, N.Y., and he graduated from New Mexico Military In stitute. He was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa and a history major.
Chuck was with Proctor and Gamble for ten years and then joined Johns-Manville. He was active in golf and helping the fire departments in Upper Saddle River and Red Bank, N.J.
He is survived by wife Josephine, a son, two step-daughters, six grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
1935
Harry Ackerman died of pulmonary failure in a Burbank Hospital on February 3.
Harry was a veteran of the television industry and at the time of his death he was head of his own production company after an outstanding career with CBS.
He had helped to create and oversee highly successful shows such as "Gunsmoke," "The Jack Benny Show," "The Edgar Bergen Show," and many more.
Harry is survived by his widow, Elinor Donahue, and six children.
Richard E. Carpenter passed away on January 28 in Portland, Maine, leaving his wife, Brenda, and two stepsons.
Dick had a career in education after receiving his doctorate in educational administration from Columbia. He retired in 1973 from the position of Business Manager of the National Education Association in Washington, D.C. He had previously held several administrative and teaching positions.
During World War II he served in the Pacific Theatre as a lieutenant colonel in the Special Services.
Upon retirement he moved to Falmouth, Maine where he lived until his death.
At Dartmouth he earned varsity letters in football and track.
John A. Davis died on January 25 at his home in Carson City, Nev.
Jack came to Dartmouth from Newjersey. Following graduation he began his career in education at Rutland (Vt.) High School. After the war he moved to Nevada, where he resumed his teaching in the Carson City High School, and remained there until his retirement in 1973 Jack coached basketball, taught mathematics, and served as guidance counselor during his years in the Carson School District.
Jack served in the navy as a It. commander during WW II and again during the Korean Conflict.
He is survived by his wife, Dorothy, a son, a daughter, and four grandchildren.
Richard Montgomery died in a Lake Forest, Ill., hospital on March 2. He made his home in Deerfield, Ill., for nearly 40 years. He was a journalist and an advertising executive.
Dick served in World War II as a naval air intelligence officer aboard two aircraft carriers, the U.S.S. Lexington and U.S.S. Yorktown, during the Iwo Jima and Okinawa Campaigns.
He was 1935 class secretary from 1965-75 and was named Class Secretary of the Year in 1975. He served as a member of the '35 Executive Committee, trustee of the Dartmouth Club of Chicago, and as an assistant class agent. He was also active in community affairs.
He is survived by his widow, Betty, and their two sons, Warren '73 and Richard, Jr. He had two daughters by a previous marriage, eight grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
Roger Sheets died of cancer at his home in Rockford, Ill. He entered Dartmouth from Lake Forest Academy. He went into manufacturing after Dartmouth and served as vice president and sales manager of the Salem Machine Co.
In 1937 he married Nancy Nicholson. Roger's father and brother also attended Dartmouth. Roger is survived by his wife and three children.
Arthur Drysdale Somers of Reading, Mass., died suddenly of a heart attack at the Winchester Hospital January 7.
Arthur came to Dartmouth from Lynn, Mass., where he attended Lynn Classical High School. He was a sociology major and a member of the band and the symphony orchestra, as well as Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity.
During WW II Arthur served with the army in Italy and other sites in Europe, achieving the rank of chief warrant officer. He then became a manufacturers' representative.
Arthur was active in several charitable organizations, including the Minuteman Shriners Club, of which he was once presdient. He was also a member of the Colonial Craftsman, a 25-year corporation member of Fleur de Lis Camp, Fitzwilliam, N.H., and a member ber of the Church of the Good Shepherd, where he served as a past senior warden.
Arthur attended class reunions on a regular basis, the last being his 55th.
Arthur is survived by his wife of 48 years, Thelma, a daughter, his brother Philip, and two grandsons.
1937
Lansing P. Moore Jr. died of lung cancer December 24. He grew up primarily in New York City and attended Horace Mann School before entering Dartmouth.
He worked with a public relations firm in Detroit until World War II intervened, and started service as a private in the air force. On duty in the Pacific theater, he was commissioned as a lieutenant while in Australia. Discharged after 36 months, he returned to do postgraduate work at the College of Commerce of New York University. Thereafter he worked as a public relations and advertising executive in the New York area.
In 1964 he married Florence Bennett. They lived in Northport and later Centerport, Long Island, where Lansing continued his life-long devotion to Dartmouth. He was an active recruiter, a frequent visitor to Hanover, a past president of the Dartmouth Club of Long Island. With Flo, he enjoyed travel to many parts of the world.
He is survived by his wife and by two sons from a former marriage.
—Seymour F. Oschner '37
John Carl Richter Jr. of Beaufort, S.C., died on December 10 athis home. Jack came to Dartmouth from Culver Military Academy, majored in Sociology, was heavy-weight boxing champion, a was a member of Phi Delta Theta and Dragon. He received his M.D. from Harvard Medical School and interned at Presbyterian Hospital, Chicago. In World War II he served with the 737 th Tank Battalion in Europe and was awarded the Silver Star for repeatedly rescuing fellow soldiers on the battlefield, even behind enemy lines.
He partially retired from medical practice in 1981 and retired from his private practice of general surgery in 1985.
He is survived by his widow Janet, a daughter, and a son.
Kendall Stearns died on March 6 following a lung cancer operation in Exeter, N.H., where he moved last year with his wife, Kate.
A Hotchkiss graduate, Ken followed his father Malcolm 'OB to Dartmouth, belonging to Psi Upsilon and Casque and Gauntlet. He received an M.S. degree from Dartmouth Medical School in 1938 and an M.D. from P. & S., Columbia University, in 1940. After training at St. Luke's and Babies Hospitals in New York City, he served with a navy medical unit in the Marshalls during World War II.
On his return, Ken joined the Rip Van Wnkle Clinic in Hudson, N.Y., where he practiced general surgery for four decades, primarily at Columbia Memorial Hospital. He is survived by his wife, a daughter, son Peter '61, brothers Malcolm Jr. and John '49, and seven grandchildren.
Until nearly the end, Ken youthfully pursued his interests in sailing, skiing (on the Catamount Ski Patrol), and singing-as the oldest member of the Exeter glee club. He also learned to paint as a leftie after a stroke in 1988.
John Stearns '49
1939
John F. Fitzpatrick of Ashboro, N.C. died of causes unknown on December 21.
John attended the Clark School, then majored in chemistry-zoology at Dartmouth. In 1943 he was granted an M.D. from Halinemann Medical College of Philadelphia. His residency training was completed at West Jersey Hospital in Camden, N.J. He served for 24 months in the U.S. Army during World War II, took part in the Phillipine Liberation Campaign, and was honorably discharged as a captain.
John served as the assistant pathologist at the Memorial Hospital in Danville, Va., and at the VA. Hospital in Pennsylvania. He later supervised Clinical Pathology and at the same time established a complete modern pathology lab at Randolph Hospital.
Dr. Fitzpatrick was a diplomat of the American Board of Pathology in pathology, anatomy and clinical pathology. He was also a Fellow of the College of American Pathologists. He is survived by his wife, Marty.
William C. Vaughan of Niagara Falls, N.Y., died of a heart attack at home November 5. Bill came to Dartmouth from The Nichols School, from which he graduated with honors. He served on the student council, was in dramatics, and was editor of the yearbook and school newspaper.
Bill earned an M.C.S. degree from Tuck School and graduated from the University of Buffalo Law School preparatory to his life's II as an F.B.I, agent.
Bill was secretary and treasurer of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences and led weekly field trips for the museum administered by that society. He was elected a fellow of the Buffalo Ornithological Society since 1932 he was elected a fellow of the Society in 1949 and was its President for seven years.
Professionally he was legal counsel and executive committee member of the Federation of New York State Bird Clubs.
In the '50s and '6os he was a member and vice president of the Lewiston-Porter School Board. He was a member and former treasurer of the Niagara Falls Bar Association, former president of the Legal Aid Society of Niagara Falls and a periodic lecturer for the N.Y. State Bar Association.
He is survived by his wife Doris, two sons, three daughters, a stepson, and four grandchildren.
1940
Philip H. Albee died on February 24 at his home in South Easton, Mass., after a long illness. He had lived most of his life in Wollaston, Mass.
Phil entered Dartmouth from the Clark School. He was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. In 1987 he retired from his business as a manufacturer of. kitchen cabinets. He is survived by his wife, Alice, a son and a daughter.
1941
Charles Webster Carleton came to Dartmouth from Minneapolis, finished Tuck in 1942, earned a WW II commendation as a Navy lieutenant in the Pacific, worked four years in France for Pillsbury, retired in 1984 as president of South American operations for Nabisco, and moved to Naples, Fla. His retirement came to an end when prostate cancer ran its fateful course on January 4 while Chuck was with his children in New Canaan, Conn.
Chuck and Ardis married in 1951, had a son and a daughter, and divorced after many years together. An uncle and three cousins also attended Dartmouth.
William Harold Murphy died of a heart attack on December 31 during a visit with friends in Weston, Vt. "Muri" Murphy completed only his freshman year before leaving Dartmouth, but his sister, Marie, wrote in 1943 that "I find his love and loyalty to the College still great."
After navy duty in WW II, Muri went to work in advertising in New York City. Later he was a carpenter, innkeeper and salesman. He retired after ten years with the marine department of the Town of Greenwich. At Dartmouth he had been a member of the Corinthian Yacht Club, and sailing remained a lifelong interest, with most of his free time spent on the water around Block Island and Long Island.
His wife, Jane, also died in 1990, but four children survive him.
1942
William Holden Gray died January 24 in Lake Wales, Fla., after a long bout with cancer. Bill entered Dartmouth as part of the large and successful delegation from Pelham (N.Y.) Memorial High School. At Dartmouth he was a member of Beta Theta Pi and the Hell Divers Ski Club.
Bill served with the Dartmouth Unit in the Naval Air Corps as a fighter pilot in the Marshall Islands. After the war he joined his father in the insurance brokerage business and continued in this field until 1969 when he became a co-founder and general partner of the investment company of Goodnow, Gray and Cos. He retired in 1985 and made his home in Lake Wales.
Bill is survived by his wife Joan, two daughters, and a grandson.
1947
Russell P. Austin of Linwood, N.J., passed away December 5 at Shore Memorial Hospital. Russell graduated from Dartmouth in the navy V-12 program. He was the owner and operator of Austin Fabricating Company, Atlantic City. He was a volunteer for the Mental Health Association of Atlantic County, a Paul Harris Fellow member of the Atlantic City Rotary, and a Barbershopper. He is survived by his wife Virginia, and three daughters.
John F. Day of Collinsville, Conn., passed away January 19 at home. John came to Dartmouth in the V-12 program, from Brain tree, Mass. He was employed in Hartford, Conn., at G. Fox & Company for 20 years, and served 11 years with the Hartford Housing Authority as director of modernization and development. John was active in Canton, Conn., town work and politics, and served as president of the Dartmouth Club of Hartford in 1962. He is survived by his wife, Kathleen, three daughters, and four grandchildren.
Cyrus V. Helm of Houston, Texas, died October 8 of a heart attack while working out in a gym. Cyrus attended Dartmouth 1944-1946, was in the navy V-12, and after general college training in V--6, he attended Thayer School of Engineering, where he earned a Civil Engineering degree.
He also received an M.B.A. from MIT in 1958. He operated Pool Company, a subsidiary of Enserch Corporation, as president and chairman. He is survived by his wife, Glora Bee, and a son.
William Moran Word has just come of the death, in 1979, of William Moran, then of Fair Oaks, Calif. Bill entered Dartmouth from Waterbury, Conn. After several years in the U.S. Army, he taught school in New Jersey and Reno, Nev. He worked for Diamond Alkali Company, in Cleveland, Ohio, in the field of laundry sales and service. He was married to Mary Lynn Wood, who survived him.
Joseph Scandore died November 30 in Savannah, Ga. Joe was one of 187 civilians entering Dartmouth in the summer of 1943 and one of the more successful footballers. He served in Europe in the army. He lived in East Paterson, N.J., and in Quechee, Vt., and was for many years in the paper conversion industry.
He is survived by his wife, Nicole, three sons, three daughters, and ten grandchildren.
1950
Charles W. Carpenter died unexpectedly September 19 at his home in Newport, R.I. Chuck was executive vice president of Nicro Fico Nicro Corp., manufacturers of marine hardware, from 1980 to 1988. From 1974 to 1980 he was vice president and associate publisher of Cruising World Magazine. From 1950 to 1974 he was an advertising agent for Jay Walter Thompson, Batton and Barton, Durden and Osborne, and the Compton Agency.
During WW II he served with the 10th Mountain Division of the U.S. Army in Italy, where he received a Bronze Star. At Dartmouth Chuck was a member of Phi Kappa Psi, Casque and Gauntlet, Vigilantes, and the ski team. He was a sailor and was active with several yacht clubs over the years.
He is survived by a son and two grand-daughters. His wife, Lucia, predeceased him.
1951
Edward L. Glaser died December 5. At Dartmouth Ted was a Phi Beta Kappa physics major, a member of Zeta Psi fraternity, and active in radio. A senior research fellow, he was awarded the Thayer Prize for excellence in mathematics.
Blind from age eight, Ted became a wellknown expert in the field of electronic digital computers. He was employed as an electronics engineer by 1.8.M. and later by Burroughs, for whom he specialized in large-frame computer design. Ted also taught at UCLA, MIT, and Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, where he was chairman of the department of information and computing sciences. He published much in his field, held many patents for his computer designs, and was a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. He was also a consultant to the National Security Agency.
In 1976 Ted was named Computer Man of the Year by the Data Processing Association. In 1985 led and his wife, Ann (also deceased), founded Marcus Information Systems.
Ted was a trustee of The Seeing Eye Foundation of Morristown, N.J. Classmates will remember his unfailingly sunny disposition and his loyal dog Pal, who, having accompanied Ted to all his classes for four years, was awarded a Dartmouth degree at graduation.
Ted is survived by his children, Eliot and Cheryl, and his parents.
1956
Bernard A. Farbar took his own life on January 28 in Amagansett (L.I.), N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, "Buzz" attended Stuyvesant High School in N.Y. and Milford Academy in Milford, Conn., before Dartmouth. A member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, he played freshman football.
Buzz left Dartmouth after his sophomore year. He went on to be, at various times, an editor of the Saturday Evening Post, head of CBS's Book Publishing Division, and a book editor for Grosset and Dunlop. In the 19605, he produced and acted in three movies on which he and Norman Mailer collaborated: "Wild 90," "The Deer Park," and "Beyond the Law." He was writing his memoirs at the time of his death. Buzz and his wife, Carol, were divorced in 1985. He is survived by his three daughters, Lisa, Jennifer, and Anne, and his mother, Rose.
Frederick Paul Oman died February 4 in Dallas after an 11-month batde with a malignant brain tumor. He grew up in Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y., and graduated form Hastings High School. He was a philosophy/religion major at Dartmouth and was a member of Alpha Delta Phi and Dragon. He was a letter winner in squash and captain of the golf team. He loved the hunt as much as the kill.
For ten years Fred owned and ran the Investors Gallery in Dallas and was associated with May Financial Corporation. He was on the Museum Committee of the U.S. Golf Association and was a member of the Golf Collector's Society. He won club championships at both the St. Andrew's Golf Club in Hastings-on-Hudson and the Las Colinas Sports Club in Dallas. Fred won the Pacific Coast Squash Championship for age 55 and over last year.
Fred raised nearly a six-digit sum for the College through the sale of his own Dartmouth memorabilia at a silent and bidding auction in Dallas in 1986.
He is survived by his wife, Jane, son Carl '86, and a daughter.
1967
Christopher Alan Light died after hospitalization at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. Chris was both a literary and musical talent. In addition to being active at The Dartmouth and Aegis, he worked on Greensleeves and the Jack-O-Lantern. Chris performed with the band, symphony, and Barbary Coast, and he also sang with the Glee Club. After completing his M.B.A. at Boston University, Chris went on to become president of Northeast Industrial Components, where he worked for twelve years. He is survived by his wife, Kathy.
1969
Richard H. Jordan an internationally known Arctic archaeologist and Professor of Anthropology at the University of Alaska—Fairbanks, died of a heart attack at his home in Fairbanks on January 19. Alaska was Dick's birthplace and spiritual home. He graduated from high school near Scranton, Penn., and joined us after a year as an exchange student in Holland.
Dick earned his doctorate at the University of Minnesota. A pre-doctoral stint with Bill Fitzhugh '65, director of the Arctic Studies Center, was the beginning of a 20-year association with the Smithsonian. Bill notes that Dick was a "major leader in Arctic archeology."
In 1974 Dick joined the faculty at Bryn Mawr, where became chair of the anthropology department. His field work and professional travels took him to Greenland, Labrador, Russia, Japan, and Alaska.
He returned to Alaska as chair of the anthropology department in the summer of 1988. At the time of his death, he was working on the findings from his major work, an extraordinary site at Karluk Lagoon on Kodiak Island.
In addition to his wife, Colleen Lazenby, and their daughter, Dick leaves his mother,
Hoban Collins '69
1980
Michael Kevin Kealey died August 24 at Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Born in New York, N.Y., Mike grew up in Fair Lawn, N.J. He was a member of Heorot and majored in psychology and special education. Following graduation, Mike earned a master's in education at William Paterson College in New Jersey. He was a teacher at the Rumford School in Concord and also taught at the Easter Seal School in Manchester and Nashua High School.
Mike was active in various youth soccer leagues and coached both soccer and baseball at sports camps and at several schools. He was engaged to marry Penny M. Graves of Concord, N.H.
Antonio Cortez Piggee died July 17,1990, in Washington, D.C., from Karposi's Sarcoma. Tony grew up in Des Moines, lowa, and attended Dowling High School. At Dartmouth Tony majored in government and devoted much of his time to the Forensic Union. He joined Phi Sigma Si and successfully argued part of the fraternity's appeal to the Board of Overseers which prevented the College from closing Phi Si.
Tony received a J.D. from Georgetown Law School in 1983 and practiced law in Miami for several years. He then returned to Wash- ington where he was a manager for a public opinion research firm.
Dartmouth helped to give Tony aspirations far beyond the difficult environment he knew as a child. He achieved some of those aspirations before his life, like those of many of his close friends, was tragically cut short.
1982
Colette Drape died in a car accident on her way from Paris to Bordeaux on Januaiy 29. Born to American parents, Colette grew up in Brussels. Her activities at Dartmouth ranged from Green Key, Sigma Kappa, and Cobra to Moosilauke Ravine Lodge manager. Fluent in five languages, Colette balanced her European background with her major in American studies.
Colette's career in public relations in the wine industry allowed her to continue to commute literally and figuratively between France and California. She worked for Joseph Phelps and Simi wineries in California and Fortant de France, and most recently Conquest Europe in France. Besides her remarkable public achievements, Colette's private life was distinguished by a rare and magical combination of curiosity, sensitivity and vitality.
Her parents, Joan and Bob, now live in Hanover, her brother Michael lives in Chicago, and her friends live all over the world.
Sally McCoy '82
