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.
Elmer K. Pilsbury '19 • June 10 Robert Burgess Jr. '22 • May 22 Eric G. Malmquist '22 • June 14 John L. Norcross '22 • 1990 Ralph K. Spotts '22 • Nov. 20 A. Metcalf Morse Jr. '23 • July 19 Edward R. Owen '24 • March 1991 Arthur G. Smith '26 • July 15 Robert D. Gongdon '27 • Sept. 9, 1989 William V. Quinn '27 • March 3, 1985 Hay ward S. Houghton '28 • May 18 Christopher J. Livingston '2B • March 15 Samuel D. Magavern '28 • May 28 Horace P. Moulton '28 'June 16 Wellington F. Barto '29 • June 14 Willard L. Christman '29 • May 23 Walter L. Hetfield 111 '29 • July 26 John P. Perkins '29 • May 6 Joseph J. Ruff '29 • May 24 Jefferson H. Stearns '29 • March 4, 1990 Walter E. Wilson '29 • July 22 William E. Bragner '3O • July 31 Lee A. Ghilcote '3O 'June 19 William M. Fletcher '3O "June 29 Ernest A. Reed '3O 'June 27,1990 James Rick 111 '3l • July 25 George B. Russell '3l • June 30 Francis H. Lathrop '32 • June 4 Elmer A. Rich '32 • April 13, 1987 Albert G. Baldwin '34 • July 24 Walter W. Blood Jr. '34 • June 10 John P. Spiegel '34 • July 17 Charles L. Fleming Jr. '35 'June 10 Charles W. Ganzel '35 • May 22 Benjamin Rosenberg '35 'June 20 Walter W. Beinhart '36 • May 31 Roderick M. Ladd '36 • May 26 Addison C. Page '36 • April Frank G. Moister '37 • June 7 J. Douglas Morris '37 • July 13 Jacob H. Randolph '37 • May 31 John A. Cutler '3B • April 2, 1989 Sidney F. Birge '39 • May 19 Ernest H. Heydt Jr. '39 • May 17 John A. Allen '4O • May 23 Keith S. Benson '4O • July 6 John U. Crandell '4O • Aug. 1 Frederick Johnson '4O » Dec. 16, 1990 John G. Townsend II '4O • July 21 William D. Lewis '4l • Sept. 8, 1990 John J. O'Laughlin '4l • Feb. 26 Irving C. Paul Jr. '4l • May 24 Richard W. Tuttle '4l • March 12 Stanley R. Yarnall Jr. '4l • Jan. 17, 1990 William A. Stockdale '42 • May James M. Thompson '42 • Sept. 22, 1986 James P. Wilbee '42 • June 16 Warren A. Dale '43 • 1990 Eugene T.C. Wiley '43 • May 22 Lee Mande Jr. '44 • Sept. 14, 1990 Albert H. Porter '45 • 1989 Frank J. Healy '47 • May 21 Edward G. Ouellette '4B • July 13 Malcolm Parks '49 • June 3 John R. Burnett Jr. '5l •June 3 William E. Huey Jr. '52 • March 26James E. Loudon '53 • Aug. 29, 1990 Reed M. Baird '54 'June 9 Richard R. Butera '54 'June 1989 David B. Guthrie '54 • Jan. 9 Hilary G. Lynch '54 "June 15Ronald Wagner '54 • Oct. 28, 1990 Wilbur E. Bissell '55 "June 1990 Irwin A. Yeckes '55 • Aug. 5, 1990 Joseph R. Bittaro '56 • Dec. 24,1990 William E. Buchanan '56 • June 3 David B. Seielstad '63 • March 13David I. Templeton '63 • Feb. 21John P. Kelley '66 • June 1990 David L. Salsbury '68 • May 17
1917
Roy Luther Johnson died on May 3,1989. Roy attended Dartmouth and MIT before entering military service during World War I. After the war he joined the Randolph (Vt.) Herald and News for eight years and then operated his own commercial printing company in Randolph. In 1937 he joined the National Life Insurance Company as a purchasing agent and retired as the vicepresident. He was active in the Red Cross, served on the Montpelier School Board for 11 years, and was a past president of the Montpelier Rotary Club. He was also a trustee of the Vermont Cancer Center.
At Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa. Roy leaves his wife, three daughters, and a son.
1918
Howard Folson Gleason died on January 19 at the Emerson Hospital from unknown causes. "Howie," as he was known, was a bond broker and worked for two investment firms in Boston, Edward H. Smith & Cos. and Tucker and Anthony & Cos. Howie had the distinction of living much of his life in the house where he was born. His former wife, Ina Babbit, died in 1955. He leaves a sister, Emily Perkins. His cousin, Clifford Fuller, is a '42 graduate of Dartmouth.
1919
Ray Hinds died on March 31 at the Cardinal Cushing Hospital in Brockton, Mass., after a brief illness. Born in Keene, N.H., he lived in Milton, Mass., for over 60 years. He moved to Concord, N.H. three years ago.
After service in World War I he received an M.B A from Harvard. He spent most of his business career with Rindge Corporation of Boston. He was active in community affairs in Milton.
He is survived by his wife, Harriette, a daughter, two sons including Rayjr. '52, and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
1921
John William Embree Jr. one of the most active members of'2l, died of heart failure March 20 at Northwestern Me- morial Hospital in Evanston, 111.
Bill and his brother Hank'3O stepped into the shoes of their father who had founded one of the most successful lumber companies in Chicago, a firm that is now headed by William 111 '5O. Bill himself will be remembered not only for his leading roles in every Dartmouth musical comedy, starting with the Broadway-worthy "Oh Doctor" (by Markey 'l8 and Janssen '2l), but also as the sparkplug of every '2l reunion until the 1978 death of his wife, Alberta, after which never attended another reunion.
Bill was class president in the early '4os, Chicago club president a few years later, president of the Dartmouth Alumni Council in 1944 (the youngest man ever to hold that position), and received the coveted Alumni Award in 1963.
1924
William Alden Gardner died of kidney failure on March 3 at New York Hospital. He received his M.D. Degree from Columbia in 1928 and was engaged in private practice in New York from 1930 until his retirement. He also studied at the University of Genoa and the University of Vienna.
He was prolific writer of scholarly medical articles, and a lecturer on medical subjects, both here and abroad. He was medical director of American Field Services, a program providing scholarships for American highschool age students to study abroad and for foreign students to study in the U.S. He is survived by his second wife, Gloria, two daughters, son James '74, five grandchildren, and one great grandchild.
1926
George Harrison Allen died of cancer March 27 at his Salt Lake City home. A graduate of Lynn (Mass.) Classical High School, "Babe" excelled as tackle on the national championship 1925 football team at Dartmouth. He went on to Colorado School of Mines, Denver, earning an engineer of mines degree, and coached the freshman and later the varsity football teams.
After five years in sales of mining equipment he joined the air force, and in 1945 he was discharged as Lt. Colonel. Babe was sales engineer with Worthington Corp., Salt Lake City, until retirement in 1971.
In 1928 Babe married Laura Graham, and they had two daughters. Laura died in 1966, and four years later he married Catrina Hoffman who survives him after 21 years of marriage. Babe's daughters, step-daughter, stepson, and six grandchildren also survive.
Vacil Wilcox Bozovsky died last November at Niagara Geriatric Center, Niagara Falls, N.Y. After graduation from Dartmouth the only word ever received from him was in 1965 when he said he was a financial writer and a journalist living in the Buffalo, N.Y., area.
1927
Francis J. Bruguiere died January 8 in Alexandria, Va., after a severe stroke. Fie was born in Charlotte, N.C., and spent most of his youth in San Francisco, but he attended high school at the Florace Mann School in New York City. Fte was at Dartmouth for only three years but has always been an ardent supporter of the class and of the college.
He returned to California to commence forty successful years in the advertising and magazine business. He was managing editor of a number of trade magazines, also operated his own advertising agency and was a past president of the San Francisco Advertising Club.
After retirement in 1975, he and his wife, Kathleen, returned east to Reston, Va., where he was active in local affairs.
Kathleen died in 1989, but Francis is survived by a daughter, a son, a step-daughter, and five grandchildren.
George Warren Cummings died May 13, 1990. George was native of Ridgewood, N.J., and attended high school in Montclair, N.J. He was at Dartmouth for only two years and neither the class nor the College has heard from him in recent years. He is survived by his wife, Willian.
Roscoe Elmer Guyot died March 6 in Pasadena, Calif., after a short illness, only a few days after he reached 86. Born in Los Angeles, he went to high school in that city. At Dartmouth he was active in the Ledyard Canoe Club and a member of Chi Phi.
Ros worked for the Mobil Oil Company throughout his career. Starting out as an accountant, he took courses in accounting and taxes for several years and, when he retired in 1969, was regional tax director of the company. He was always interested in local affairs such as the town library and historical society and was also a devotee of photography. When he and his wife moved to Pasadena after retirement, he continued to take an active interest in the management of the mobile home community where he lived.
He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Jean.
Donald Adolphus Lacoss died February 24 at his home in Hilton Head Island, S.C. He was born and grew up in Etna, N.H., and entered Dartmouth from the high school in Lebanon, N.H.
After graduating he went on to further study his college major, chemistry, obtaining his master's from the University of Rochester, N.Y., in 1929 and his doctorate from Princeton University in 1933. During all of these years he was also a teaching assistant.
After teaching chemistry at Winthrop College in Florida for several years Don went to work for the Celanese Corporation in Rocky Hill, S.C., where he remained until his retirement to Hilton Head Island in 1969.
He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Louise, son Dennis '59, a daughter, and five grandchildren.
Wendell Mather Lamson died January 9 at the Rockingham County Nursing Home in Portsmouth, N.H. Born in Portsmouth, he grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y, where he attended the Erasmus High School before entering Dartmouth.
After college, Will, as he was called, returned to Brooklyn where he worked for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company until his retirement in 1965. Then he moved to Hollywood, Fla., until returning to his birth city of Portsmouth in 1981. He fought through World War II in the Pacific Theater and was seriously wounded at Ie Shima on May 18, 1945.
He was never married. Survivors include brother William '35, a sister, a niece and a nephew.
Edward Cushman Reynolds died February 5 in Omaha, Neb. A native of Omaha, he attended Phillips Exeter Academy before entering Dartmouth, where he attended only two years.
After leaving Hanover he was in the newspaper distribution business, and at one time he was division manager for the Carpenter Paper Company of Omaha. He was predeceased by his wife, Laura, and is survived by a son and a daughter.
Robert Hunter Slater died of lung cancer April 9 at a retirement home in Louisville, Ken. He entered Dartmouth from Evanston (111.) High School. He was a member of Psi Upsilon, Green Key, Casque and Gauntlet and the Barbary Coast Band.
He retired from First National Bank of Louisville, Ky., as senior vice president. Bob assisted in the Campaign for Dartmouth, worked in enrollment, was president of the local Dartmouth Club and Class Agent for Alumni Fund. His hobbies were golf and making miniature furniture.
His wife, Ann, and their son, Jay, are deceased. He is survived by Lucy, whom he married in 1979, a stepson and step daughter, and three grandchildren. Bob had a nephew, Robert, and a brother, Drennan '25, who attended Dartmouth.
Richard Elwell Stowe died February 8 in Spring Hill, Fla., after a short illness. He was born in Dayton, Ohio, where he attended high school. He went to Miami University for two years and then transferred to Dartmouth for his junior and senior years. At Dartmouth he was Sigma Chi, and he later was a president of the Dayton Alumni Association.
After graduating Dick returned to Dayton and went to work for Westinghouse Electric Company, where he remained for 38 years. At the time of his retirement in 1966 he was manager of the Dayton Westinghouse plant. He received the company's Order of Merit Award for distinguished service in managing the firm's business with the U.S. Air Force during WW 11. After retirement he and his wife moved Spring Hill, where he remained until his death.
Surviving are his wife of 63 years, Katharyne, a son, a daughter, three grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
1928
Harry Barton Harwood died February 15 in Bloomington, 111. Hap prepared for Dartmouth at Choate. At Dartmouth he joined Sigma Chi and was on the staff of the Jack-O-Lantern.
After graduation Hap was employed by the American Foundry and Furnace Company of Bloomington, where he became secretary/ treasurer. His wartime service was with the navy, and he attained the rank of lieutenant commander. His wife, Jean Soper, died in 1972. He is survived by two sons, Richard '68 and Harry.
Theodore Richard Howard died February 25 at his home in Marion, Mass. Ted prepared for Dartmouth at Walpole High. At Dartmouth he joined Sigma Alpha and attended Tuck School.
After graduation Ted was employed in the Fiber Products Division of Kendall Mills in Walpole, Mass. FDs wife, Jeanne, died in 1989. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Ann Tuller.
1929
John Westervelt Ackley died on February 13 in New York City. Jack came from the Pingry School in New Jersey and was active in the arts, the Interfiraternity Council, The Dartmouth, and majored in economics. He belonged to Phi Kappa Psi and was a class agent.
He worked in advertising and banking in New York and in Europe and became a lieutenant commander in the navy. He was purchasing agent and rental manager for Time Inc. until 1971.
He was active in the Union Club, the Society of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, the Colonial Club, and several civic activities. He leaves his wife, Katherine, son John 111 '63, and brother Alexander '3O.
Merrill Greenleaf Beede died of Parkinson's disease in Falls Church, Va., on March 10.
He came from Wellesley (Mass.) High School, belonged to Delta Upsilon, and majored in economics. He was a Captain in the Air Transport Command in WW II.
He worked for Aetna Insurance for years and had his own agency when he retired in 1976. He was president of the D.C. chapter of Certified Life Underwriters, president of the Little Theater of Alexandria, Va., and trustee of historical and other civic groups. He and his wife received a special award from the American Red Cross.
He and his wife, Katherine, gave their lovely place on Squam Lake to Dartmouth and Vassar. Katherine and a sister survive him.
Stephen Browning Waite died on February 21 in Burton, Ohio, after a short illness. Brownie came from Daytona Beach (Fla.) High School, belonged to Phi Sigma Kappa, played freshman tennis, and majored at Tuck School.
He worked for Shell Oil Company in several eastern cities, spending the last 27 years in New York. He was president of several credit and financial associations, a fellow of the National Institute of Credit, and a certified consumer credit executive. He retired in 1970 to Lake Ariel, Penn., where he consulted and conducted seminars on credit and collections.
He was active in the Episcopalian Church, belonged to the Port Washington Yacht Club, and was a member of the Society of Mayflower Descendants.
His wife Gladys died before him. He leaves two daughters, a son, and four grandchildren.
1930
Lee Alfred Chilcote died of leukemia June 18 in Cleveland. Lee gave abundantly of his time, energy, and money to the College he loved, raising millions for Dartmouth. He was awarded the Wheelock Cup.
He graduated with honors from the University School in Cleveland and was also a city wresding championship that year. He was a superb horseman and an active skier until two years ago. At Dartmouth he was a member of Psi Upsilon.
After a year at Harvard Business School, he returned home to Cleveland in 1933 to enter the family business. He transformed the Chilcote Cos. into a larger and more profitable company.
Lee and his first wife Katherine were world travelers. He has been honored for being a benefactor of the arts, education and the Presbyterian Church.
He is survived by his wife, Virginia, sons Ronald '57 and Lee Jr. '65, two daughters, a sister, a brother William '43, and sixteen grandchildren.
LL. "Pete" Callaway Jr.'3O
Charles Edward Humiston died February 22 after a long illness. He had been a resident for many years of Bernardsville, Fla., and later at a nursing home in Naples, Fla.
Charlie graduated from Columbia University School of Business with a M.A. degree, and also from Sales Management of Syracuse University in 1962. Charlie was for many years with Prudential Insurance Cos., based in Newark, N.J., and at his retirement was director of marketing research of the New York Life Insurance Cos., for whom he taught marketing research at Syracuse.
Active in alumni recruiting and interviewing, for many years he was assistant class agent and on the Class Executive Committee. Charlie ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 1974. He was active in many other civic affairs and memberships of his home town, including presidency of Community Chest of Somerset, N.J., and of the Twin Lakes Civic Association.
Charlie is survived by his wife, Helen, whom he married in 1940, a daughter, and two sons.
1931
Lloyd Francis Bowen died January 23 in North Hollywood, Calif. Bud came to Dartmouth from Milford High School in Hopedale, Mass., but left before graduating.
He is survived by his widow, Joan.
Gaylord Augustus Freeman Jr. died on March 7 in Chicago. Gale majored in English and was advertising manager of The Tower, president of Theta Delta Chi, and a member of Alpha Delta Sigma, the Round Table and the freshman glee club. He received his LL.B. from Harvard Law in 1934, and was awarded an honorary LL.D. from Dartmouth in 1962.
In 1934 he was admitted to the Illinois Bar and began his long career with the First National Bank of Chicago. He retired in 1975 as chairman and CEO, continuing as director and member of the executive committee and as honorary chairman of the parent company, First Chicago Corporation.
His advice and counsel on national and international monetary matters were frequently sought by Washington. Named Banker of the Year in 1974, he served on Presidential and Congressional industrial commissions, as a life trustee of Northwestern University, on prominent charity organizations, ana numerous other business and civic organizations. In 1975 he received the Community Service Award from the Public Relations Society of America.
He served the College as president of the Chicago Alumni Association, as assistant class agent, and on the Alumni Council.
Gale is survived by his widow Frances, a brother, William '4l, two daughters, and six grandchildren. His daughter Nancy predeceased him.
Arthur George Marx left us in October 1989. He was predeceased by brothers Charles '31 and Paul '37.
Art came to Dartmouth from Miami (Fla.) High School and majored in English. In 1934 he obtained his LL.B. from Columbia and followed this by becoming a member of the bar both in New Hampshire and New York.
From general practice in Alstead, N.H., where he soon became a selectman and a member of the school board, he went on to be director of legislative services for the New Hampshire General Court.
Art is survived by his widow, Eleanor, a daughter, and a son.
1932
Robert Leigh Harrison of Montclair, N.J., died January 14. He came to Dartmouth from Culver Military Academy and was a brother in Phi Gamma Delta and a member of the swim team. From 1942 to 1945 Bob served in the Air Forces Training Command, with the rank of lieutenant. A graduate of Tuck School, he became an account executive with J. Walter Thompson Company, retiring in 1975.
Bob's survivors are his wife Helen, two daughters, and two sons.
Benjamin Dewitt Jeffery died on March 16 at Flagstaff (Ariz.) Medical Center after an ordeal of eleven years, during which he suffered several crippling strokes. After each he fought back tenaciously, struggling to regain muscular and speech control, until a heart attack took him at the last.
Jeff was a member of Dartmouth swim team (freshman captain) and won his letter for soccer. He was a member of Psi U and Casque and Gauntlet, a chemistry major, and was active in Alpha Chi Sigma, the chemistry society.
After receiving an M.S. in ceramic engineering at Ohio State, Jeff served as director of labor relations with Champion Spark Plug. For five years he was a supervisor engineer with Hughes Aircraft.
Jeff was an elder and trustee of his Presbyterian Church, and he officiated at swim meets held at the Y.M.C.A., the University of Arizona, and various community centers. His wife, Dorothy, survives him, as do three daughters, a son, eleven grandchildren, and ten great-grandchildren.
James Biggs Moore Jr. died March 30 after a valiant ten-year battle with cancer. At Dartmouth he was a member of Beta and Sphinx and was the key member of an intercollegiate water polo team. During World War II he entered the navy and rose to the rank of lieutenant commander.
Jim had two great interests: sailing and Dartmouth. He sailed for 71 years. In his early teens he started "frostbite sailing" and never stopped, winning the Manhasset Bay championship 11 times. When he won the Hipkins Trophy in 1965, his son Steve '7O was part of his crew. He competed many times in the Bermuda races.
As an undergraduate Jim founded both the Dartmouth Corinthian Yacht Club and the Intercollegiate Yacht Racing Association. Through die years he was the Dartmouth Sailing Team's greatest supporter, donating boats, endowment, and a beautiful trophy.
He leaves his wife, Connie, and two sons. —Arthur E. Allen Jr. '52
Roger Gray Needham died of cancer in Gardner on February 28. At Dartmouth he was a psychology major and a member of Round Table, and he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
Most of Roger's career was with General Electric in Fitchburg, Mass., where he was a mechanical design engineer for the turbine division. Besides being a part-time teacher at a nearby regional technical school, he was a deacon and moderator of his church, commander and recorder of Ivanhoe Commandery No. 46, president of the Gardner Community Action Council, and director of the Chemical People Task Force. First and foremost he was a cheerful and playful family man.
Roger is survived by his wife, Anne, son Arthur '6O, two daughters, and six grandchildren.
Edwin A. Toothaker of Green Valley, Ariz., died January 24 of natural causes after a brief illness.
A native of Denver, he was a student leader and outstanding athlete at East High School, continuing to excel in these activities at Dartmouth, where he was on the football and baseball teams and a member of Psi Upsilon and Casque and Gauntlet.
He returned to Denver and soon afterwards joined Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation, retiring in 1970 as district manager and moving to Green Valley. He was a long time member of the Denver Athletic Club, and he devoted many hours to community projects, especially the Young American League.
He is survived by his wife, Alice, daughter Patricia, son Edwin '6l, seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
1935
William W. Bonner died March 23 at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center after a long illness.
Bill made his home in Torrington, Conn., after graduating from Tuck School in 1936. For fifty years he was a systems analyst for Torrington Cos., and he was serving as the firm's international administrative service officer in Europe when he retired in 1979.
Bill is survived by his widow, Charlotte, two children, and two grandchildren.
Frederick W. Raymond died April 4 in Sevierville, Term., of complications following surgery.
Fred entered Dartmouth from Oak Park (111.) High School, and following graduation he joined the Vermont Marble Cos. in Rutland, Vt. He became assistant treasurer before relocating to Knoxville, Tenn., where he was made manager of Gray Knox Marble Cos., a subsidiary of Vt. Marble Cos., from 1961-66. Until his retirement he was president of the Drive-Rite Leasing Cos. of Knoxville, Tenn. During World War II he served as a lieutenant in the navy.
Fred maintained interests in music, the outdoors, and mountain climbing.
Fred served as class agent 1960-85, head agent 1986-91 and reunion giving chairman in 1990.
He is survived by his widow, Beth, and a daughter.
Robert Glenn Young lately of Boxford, Mass., died of pneumonia on February 18. Bob entered Dartmouth from Nail High School in West Hartford, Conn. Upon graduation from Dartmouth he began his career with Traveler's Insurance Cos. in Hartford.
During World War II he served as a lieutenant in the navy, principally in the Pacific aboard the aircraft carrier Gambier Bay. As a result of action in which his ship was sunk he received the Presidential Citation.
In 1946 he joined the Stevenson and Cos. Insurance Agency in Pittsfield, Mass., and later served as president until his retirement in 1973.
Besides his wife, Ruth, he leaves two sons, a sister, a brother, and five grandchildren.
1937
Owen Donald Collins of Fairfield, Conn., died as a result of a heart attack on November 27 in Bridgeport, Conn. A graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy, "Ike" majored in English at Dartmouth, was a member of Cabin and Trail and Zeta Psi, played Freshman and Varsity Lacrosse, and was 1937 Winter Carnival Chairman.
Ike completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in 1952. His career was largely in the field of industrial relations for Farrell Corp. and, later, at Emhart Corp. until his retirement in 1979. He was a corporator of the Griffin Hospital in Derby, Conn., involved in the YMCA and his church. He is survived by his wife, Sara, son Raymond '67, two daughters, brother Raymond '33, and four grandchildren.
1938
James Augustine Cotter Jr. died November 6, 1990, in Falmouth, Mass. Jim prepared for Dartmouth at Roxbury High and won his numerals at Dartmouth in freshman soccer.
He left Dartmouth to take over the family business, James A. Cotter Cos. Engineers and Contractors for Plumbing, which he conducted until his retirement in 1969. He was past president of the Master Plumbers Association of Massachusetts, director of the Salvation Army of Massachusetts, an overseer of Aquinas House at Dartmouth, and a member of Friends of Harvard Hockey. (His son Jim played for that school.)
Jim kept in close contact with classmates in Boston and faithfully relayed news of their activities. He helped prepare obituaries for many Massachusetts classmates and was a regular contributor to the Alumni Fund and memorial gifts campaigns.
He is survived by his eight children and 16 grandchildren
JRS '38
1939
Sherman H. Brown died at his home in Naugatuck, Conn. He was a graduate of the Wooster School, where he played basketball and took part in dramatics before moving on to Hanover where he was a brother in the Sigma Chi fraternity.
Sherm participated in both World War II and the Korean War with the U.S. Army Air Corps. During the sixties he operated the Brown Lumber Company in Naugatuck. He was a former president of the Northeast Lumber Dealer's Association, a former president of the local Chamber of Commerce, and a member and past president of the Naugatuck Rotary Club. He was honored by being named a Paul Harris Fellow of Rotary.
Besides his wife, Katherine, he leaves two daughters and four grandchildren.
Ernest H. Heydt Jr. died of cancer on May 17. Ernie came to Dartmouth from William Penn Charter School. He played tennis and was a member of the Glee Club and Zeta Alpha Phi fraternity. Ernie did his graduate work at Hahneman Medical School and completed this eye surgery residency at Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia.
During WW II he earned a major's rank serving in George Pattern's famed 3rd Army. Post-war he was a solo practitioner in Jenkintown, Penn., and from 1949 until 1982 he was a staff member at Abington(Penn.) Memorial Hospital. He was appointed surgeon-in-chief of ophthalmology in 1962, a position he held until his retirement to Aspen, Colo., in 1982. He also served as a clinical instructor at Wills Eye Hospital and lecturer to the house staff at Jeanes Onocologic Hospital. A specialist in cataract surgery, Ernie was instrumental in perfecting the surgical procedure of the corneal transplant.
He is survived by his wife, Ruth, a daugh- ter, two sons, and four grandchildren.
Harry A. Kersey Jr. of Lake Cherokee, Henderson, Texas, died onjanuary 12. He is best known for his acting career in film, TVJ and approximately 15 0 roles on stage. He appeared in 14 New York productions, including A Season in the Sun and Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire. He toured the country with Streetcar, playing in over 1,000 performances.
Film credits included "Naked City," "House on 92nd Street," and "March of Time." In WW 11, during army training at Ft. Benning, Harry produced and directed G.I. dramatic productions and toured with USO camp shows in Alaska and the South Pacific.
Harry was one of the early TV actors, playing "live" in such greats as "Robert Montgomery Presents," "U.S. Steel Hour," "Celanese Theatre," and "Armstrong Circle Theatre," as well as "Captain Video" and "Space Cadets." More recently he appeared in "Gunsmoke," "All My Sons," and "Have Gun Will Travel."
Harry also spent a number of years as a journalist for United Press International and was a broadcast journalist for WOI-TV, Ames lowa, and KDB-Radio in Santa Barbara.
He is survived by his wife, Bettie, and three stepsons.
Charles S. Stack of Soquel, Calif., died suddenly of a heart attack on April 4. Charlie might be better remembered by the name Sakowich, which he bore through college years before changing it sometime after graduation.
Charlie came from Nashua, N.H. After Dartmouth he received a degree from Tuck in 1940. A C.P.A., he began his career with Haskins & Sells, after which he joined the army in 1943 as a private and emerged a captain in 1946. He served as controller for Bausch & Lomb Optical, and later in the same position with American Micro-systems Inc. He retired in 1972 and pursued his avocation as a self-termed "sports nut," following almost any and every sport with a purposeful relish. He crusaded to banish smoking in the U.S. and was optimistic as to its success.
He is survived by his wife, Helen, a son, two daughters, and three grandchildren.
1940
Theodore L. Bartelmez died on March 27 in Colma, Calif. He entered Dartmouth from the Hyde Park School in Chicago. He was a member of the fencing team and Vice Commodore of the Corinthian Yacht Club. His enthusiasm for sailing continued throughout his life.
A graduate of the Dartmouth Medical School, he received the M.D. degree from the University of Rochester in 1944. He served for ten years in the Regular Army Medical Corps. In 1952 he was stricken with polio, from which he never completely recovered. Nevertheless, he retained a positive and cheerful spirit. For 26 years he was affiliated with the Children's Hospital in San Francisco, where he was director of medical education and of employee health services.
He enjoyed woodworking and gardening. He is survived by his wife, Mildred, three children, and three grandchildren.
Charles C. Batchelder died of cancer on March 21 in Philadelphia. In recent years he had homes in St. Thomas and Philadelphia. From 1950 to 1957 he was a literary agent with his firm of Batchelder and McKee in Manhattan. He was known as a generous patron of the arts, mainly in Philadelphia.
He entered Dartmouth from Hanover High School, and he was treasurer of Sigma Nu and a member of the Interfraternity Council. Columbia University awarded him the degree of master of arts.
A direct descendent of Henry IV of England, he was knighted and enjoyed being addressed occasionally as Sir Charles. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Irenee Du Pont Jr.
Charles Willard Campbell died October 14,1990, from congestive heart failure. Born in Hawaii, Charlie graduated from the Punahoe School in Honolulu and then voyaged to his parents' native New England to enter Dartmouth. He was a member of DKE. The Hawaiian license plate on his '35 Ford was a real stand-out during January snowstorms.
After graduation he returned to Honolulu doing special duty for the FBI. Later he was associated with Pacific Bridge Company at Pearl Harbor and Douglas Aircraft. In the army he served as a top sergeant with the 24th Infantry Division in the Philippines. During this time he married Gladys Tuttle.
In 1951 he formed The Campbell Buick Company in Long Beach, Calif., and was associated with it until his death.
Charlie entertained classmates at the 25 th Reunion with his extensive Bmm movies of our campus days.
Gladys passed away in 1975. In 1980 he married Katie Hertzog Boswell. He is survived by Katie, her two sons, his four children (including Charles Jr. '69), 14 grandchildren, and a brother.
Sidney H. Phillips died March 6 at Mercy Hospital in Janesville, Wise. Sid attended tie Northwood School before enrolling at Dartmouth, where he was a member of Tri-Kap fraternity, the Glee Club, crew, and the swim team.
In WW II he served as ground control approach officer in the navy. He continued his education after the war, earning an M.S. degree from Stevens Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. from New York University. He taught as a full professor in the management department of the business school at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater for 19 years.
He is survived by his, wife, Jane, and three children.
1943
Thomas William Gerber died February 22 from prostate cancer at his home in Concord, N.H. Tom entered Dartmouth from New Milford (Conn.) High School. He was a member of Theta Chi, editor of the Dartmouth, a member of Palaeopitus, Undergraduate Council, Interdormitory Council, and Casque & Gauntlet.
Tom served in the army air force during WW II as a bomber navigator and won the Air Medal with cluster. He worked for several newspapers and in 1961 became editor of the Concord Monitor for the next 22 years. Tom served the College and his class well in many different assignments and received the Alumni Award in 1988. He was a member of many journalistic societies and again won awards in this field.
Tom was a liberal voice in a conservative state where his opinion was always respected, and as a man he was always admired.
He is survived by his wife, Electra, and two daughters.
1945
Hayward Charles Becker of Northfield, Ill., died November 9. At Dartmouth he was a member of Beta Theta Pi and the V-12 program. After successive naval assignments his final duty was as a lieutenant (JG) serving on the U.S.S. Chevalier. He returned to the Amos Tuck School of Administration, receiving an M.B.A. in 1948.
Charlie joined Harris Trust and Savings Bank, Chicago, 111., in 1951, eventually becoming senior vice president in 1975. He was a trustee of Gads Hill Settlement House and member of Glenview Club and Mid-American Club.
He is survived by his wife, Frances, a daughter, and a son.
Henry Felix Herzl of Rye, N.Y., died of cancer February 1. He was born in Vienna, Austria. After attending schools in Vienna and Montreal, he graduated from New Rochelle High School in New York before entering Dartmouth, where he was on the freshman soccer team and the ski squad. His education was interrupted when he served in the navy from April 1944 to April 1946.
Henry spent his career as a diamond dealer with Arthur Herzl Inc., becoming president in 1967. He is survived by his wife, Annelies, a son, and a daughter.
Robert Nye Loomis of Tacoma, Wash., died suddenly on January 31 while on a skiing trip in Sun Valley, Idaho. He entered Dartmouth from Phillips Exeter Academy and was a member of Zeta Psi fraternity. He was a naval officer during World War II and then returned to the Amos Tuck School of Administration, receiving anM.B.A. in 1948.
Bob joined Weyerhauser Company, Tacoma, in 1948, rising to chief financial officer in 1965 and company controller in 1967 before retiring in 1978. He enjoyed several years of tennis and skiing before taking the position of president of the Mann Russell Company for four years. During all of this time he was involved in several community services including the board of directors of the Frank Russell Trust Company, board of trustees for the Annie Wright School, and past president of the Tacoma Philharmonic and the Tacoma Tennis Club.
He is survived by his wife Jean, a brother, three sons including Andy '77, a daughter, and nine grandchildren.
Howard Leigh Mac Curdy of New York City died April 15. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, attending various schools including Roosevelt High School in Yonkers, N.Y., before entering Dartmouth. He joined the V-12 unit there in July 1943 and then left for other posts in the navy. He was discharged in 1946 with the rank of lieutenant.
Howard's career was with General Motors, including five years with the company in Ven ezuela.
George Alfred Merrill of Bishop, Calif., died suddenly on September 19, 1990.
He enlisted in the Marines in March 1943 under the D-3 program which later consolidated with the V-12 program. He was ordered to Dartmouth where he was located for 16 months, during which time he won merits in basketball, track, volleyball, and wrestling.
Red also received a B.S. from the University of Maryland in 1966 and a master's at George Washington University in 1970. He had a distinguished career with the marines, both overseas and stateside, retiring in July 1976.
He is survived by his wife, Barbara, a son, and two daughters.
1946
George G. Carr died at his home in August 1990. Born in Brooklyn, he came to Dartmouth in the Navy V-12 program and served as a navy officer until the end of WW 11. He returned and graduated in 1951 and had an interesting business experience in France and Germany until 1958. He returned to the U.S. to enter a career in food distribution, becoming vice president and general manager of J. Daren & Sons in Norwich, Conn.
George and his family returned regularly for the football games and gave continual fund support to the college. In addition to his wife, Eleanor, he leaves his mother, Elizabeth Patis Carr, two sons (including Nicholas '81) and two daughters, a sister, and three grandchildren.
1947
William Fetzer of Wilmington, Del., passed away on April 19 after an extended illness. Bill was a TuckThayer graduate (1949) after his graduation from Dartmouth. He was an IC4A Javelin Champion, Phi Beta Kappa, and a member of Casque & Gaundet at Dartmouth.
He retained his athletic prowess, winning his second Norstar silver medal skiing at Waterville Valley just last March (1991), during a trip to Hanover with his wife.
Bill served in Korea with the navy. He was a self-employed engineer and certified life insurance underwriter.
He is survived by Margaret, his wife of 40 years, three daughters, and four grandchildren.
1949
Salvador Joseph Gapecelatro died of a heart attack March 10 at St. Luke's Memorial Hospital Center.
After Dartmouth, Cap obtained his law degree from the University of Buffalo Law School and returned to his hometown of Utica to practice law. He was a partner in Capecelatro, Del Buono and Compson and was a member of the America, N.Y. State, and Trial Lawyers Associations. He was also president of the Dartmouth Club of Utica.
Cap is survived by his wife, Mary, five daughters, three sons, and eleven grandchildren.
Frederick Roderick Columbia Jr. died March 11 at Waupun Memorial Hospital in Waupun, Wise. Fred served in the Naval Research Officers Training Corps in WW II and became a claims adjustor upon discharge. He later became a new car franchise dealer and secreatary-treasurer of Waupun Auto Sales.
He leaves his wife, Yvonne, and two sons.
James Joseph Feeney died February 19 in Massachusetts of an unknown cause. Jim entered Dartmouth after service in the army during which he received a battlefield commission to Ist lieutenant in the Medical Corps. After graduation from Dartmouth Medical School he finished his schooling at Harvard Medical School in 1952.
He enjoyed a career of teaching medicine at Harvard and various positions in practice at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston.
Jim is survived by his wife, Leonara, and two sons.
William Thomas Griffiths died April 30 in Hanover, N.H., of pneumonia and complications of diabetes, from which he had suffered since childhood. Bill grew up in Cleveland. At Dartmouth he majored in economics, was a member of Phi Delt and the Glee Club, and he directed the inter-fraternity "Hums" his senior year. He went on to Case-Western Reserve Law School, and was admitted to the Ohio Bar.
For the past five years he has been co-owner of the Quechee Gin Mill Restaurant in Quechee, Vt. Previously he was a certified shopping center manager for companies in Cleveland, Long Island, Daytona Beach, and New York.
Bill continued his singing through the years. He was an original member of the Clevelandbased singing group the Sleepless Knights. Upon moving to New York in 1968 he joined the University Glee Club and also sang first tenor for a male singing group, the Off-Sounders, in Riverside. In Hanover, he and his wife were "character members" of a new choir for the UUCUV, formed in 1989.
He is survived by his wife, Beth, four daughters, his father, a sister, and five grandchildren.
1950
Robert Holden Smith died September 30, 1990, of a heart attack while sailing near his home in Annapolis, Md. Bob grew up in Short Hills, N.J., and attended Holderness School. At Dartmouth he majored in English and was a member of Delta Tau Delta.
Bob spent his career in sales and marketing management with IBM, Satellite Business Systems, and MCI Communications.
He came from an extensive Dartmouth heritage. Bob's great grandfather, Asa Dodge Smith, was president of the College 1863-77. His grandfather and father were graduates, as are four brothers, a son, and three nephews.
Bob is survived by his wife, Cheryl, four sons, a daughter, a grandson, and eight brothers and sisters.
Gotten Smith '78
1951
Alfonso Estrada Jr. died on March 3 in a car accident near his home in lorreon, Coah, Mexico. A 1 majored in business administration and received his M.C.S. from Tuck in 1952. He was a member of the D.0.C., the French Club, the Foreign Students' Club, and won his varsity letter in soccer.
In Mexico A 1 was very active in business and real estate ventures. He participated in many religious, educational, and sports activities in Torreon, as well as on a national level.
He is survived by his wife, Maria, their four children, and his brother and Dartmouth classmate Cesar.
Richard Earl Lyons died March 12 while playing raquetball at the gymnasium of DePauw University, Greencastle, Ind.
Dick entered Dartmouth from Fowlerville, Mich., majored in sociology and was a member of Theta Delta Chi. He served in several posts in the Admissions Office at DePauw, and was Admissions Liaison for the Athletic Director at the time of his death.
He is survived by his wife, Alberta.
William David Renner died at home in Portsmouth, N.H., on May 27 after a brief illness. Bill had spent thirty years in the Air Force, retiring as a full colonel in 1983. He was highly decorated for service as a pilot in the Strategic Air Command. He flew combat missions in Korea and Vietnam and also served in the U.S., U.K., and Germany. Bill's ashes were interred, with honors, at Arlington National Cemetery.
Bill came to Dartmouth from Great Neck, N.Y., and studied geology. He was a Chi Phi. After graduation, he went with the exploration department of Sinclair Oil and Gas in Oklahoma before enlisting in 1953.
Upon retirement, he and his wife Barbara purchased an historic home in Portsmouth. While working on the restoration, Bill also attended The University of New Hampshire, winning his master's degree in colonial American history, which he planned to teach. He was also an avid golfer.
In addition to his wife, Barbara, Bill is survived by a brother and a sister.
1953
Gilbert Turner Austin died of kidney cancer on August 4,1990, after a relatively short illness. Turner, who grew up and attended schools in Manhasset, Long Island, had a life-long interest in sports. While a history major and member of Sigma Nu, he earned his "D" in baseball. Most of his career was spent in life insurance, of which he became a general agent. About five years ago he temporarily retired, but boredom set in and he joined Kentucky Central Life working from the T.W. Lord Agency in Donwoody, George
Turner had a passion for golf, and he and Joyce were enchanted with island travel—especially Hawaii, Bermuda, Trinidad and Tobago. He is survived by Joyce, their two children, and two grandchildren.
Herbert R. Hartley died on January 10, 1990, from bronchial pneumonia which was complicated by arteriosclerosis. At the time of death he was living in Forest Hills, Long Island, N.Y.
After leaving Dartmouth Herb joined Kidder, Peabody & Cos. in New York City. He enjoyed a long career as a stock broker working primarily with individual clients.
Herb was married for twelve years, but had no children; his non-vocational interests were golf and tennis. He is survived by a sister.
John Michael Kingsland died in Boston after a massive heart attack on May 28, 1990. John had moved from New York after retiring as a utilities corporate finance specialist, vice president at Kidder, Peabody & Cos. John entered Dartmouth with several of his Ridgewood (N.J.) H.S. classmates; he majored in English, plied his humorous nature on the Jack-O-Lantern staff, and was a member of Alpha Theta and N.R.O.T.C.
After his Naval tour John completed his M.B.A. requirements at Tuck School in 1958 and then joined White, Weld & Cos., a N.Y. investment firm, where he stayed 20 years. John was a director of the Sealed Air Corporation and Central Hudson Gas and Electric Corporation. After retiring, he turned his energies towards his consuming interest in archeology, developed over many years of travel to numerous Mediterranean sites of antiquity. In addition, he enrolled at Harvard to study linguistics first in English and then in other foreign languages.
John left two children, Susan and Samuel, both Dartmouth graduates.
1959
Scott G. Booma died February 7 in the Shaughnessey Rehabilitation Hospital in Salem, Mass., after a lengthy illness.
Born in Salem, he was a life-long resident of Marblehead and a graduate of Hebroncademy.
At Dartmouth, Scott was a member of Phi Delta Theta and Dragon Honor Society. After graduation he joined the Marine Corps and served seven years, obtaining the rank of first lieutenant.
He worked for the salvage insurance firm of George M. Ruddy Cos. from 1973 to 1984 when he joined Stoner and Cos. of Woburn, Mass.
He leaves his wife, Moonyeen, two sons, his mother, and brother Richard '63.
