Deaths

This is a listing of deaths of which word has been received since we prepared die previous issue. Full notices, which are usually written by the class secretaries, may appear in this issue or in a later one.

Howard W. Alcorn '23 • August 10 Franklin O. Loveland, Jr. '24 • August 3 Kay H. Stilling '24 • Sept. 18, 1991 Henry H. Wheaton '24 • August 4 Robert C. Sweetser '25 • June 12 John H. Munro '27 • August 4 Frederick W. Andres '29 • August 4 Llewellyn Callaway Jr. '30 • August 10 James C. Dunlap '30 • June 28 James B. Godfrey '31 • July 18 William W. Grant III '31 • August 7 Monroe Karasik '31 • July 27 William C. McDonald '31 • April 19 George R. Foss '32 • July 23 William L. Spang '32 • July 17 William N. McKee '33 "June 22 James W. Stearns '35 • June 6 Thomas F. Parker '36 • August 1 Richard G. Ruby '36 • August 10 Charles B. Thompson '36 • July 13 Thomas J. Mclntyre '37 • August 9 Russell W. Dow '38 • August 10 Stearns MacNutt '38 • August 12 Henry T. McGrath '38 • August 17 Richard F. Niebling '38 • August 13 Edmund F. Wakelin '39 • June 14 Malcolm M. Howard '40 • June 19 Jon H. Berkley '43 • June 27 Jesse Allan Holton Jr. '43 • 1988 Charles A. Pappas '44 •July 31 John A. Skakle '45 • July 19 Frederick S. Eadie '46 • August 20 Herbert W. Taylor '46 'July 22 Samuel M. Brody '47 • July 29 Robert V. Rubino '48 • June 3 James H. Flanders '49 • August 24 Sanford M. Pooler '50 • June 20 Alan D. Smith '50 • Nov. 25, 1988 Robert N. Kreidler '51 • August 30 Frederick H. Starling III '55 • July 23 Sheldon A. Lippe '60 • July 29 Frank G. Mahady '61 • August 18 Michael W. Lattimore '73 • August 2 Scott L. Taylor '81 • June 28 Brian F. Hayes '90 • August 9

1919

Reginald Brummer died on June 6. A native of Lisbon, N.H., he attended high school there and also Tilton Seminary. When WW I broke out he enlisted in the navy and was commissioned an ensign.

In business life he had a number of connections, largely in the insurance business. He retired in Portland, Ore., in 1956. After that he kept busy doing historical research for six books written by Stewart Holbrook.

He is survived by Maxine, his wife of more than 65 years, and several grandchildren.

1920

Kenneth Pike Emory died at his home in Honolulu in January. A biology major at Dartmouth, Pike received an M.A. in anthropology from Harvard and a Ph.D. from Yale. Dartmouth awarded him an honorary Doctor of Science degree in 1949. A Hawaiian newspaper reported, "For much of this century, he was a leading figure in the Pacific, a scholar-pioneer who traced the origin and migration of ancient Polynesians In field work on remote islands as well as here in Hawaii. Emory spent most of his career with the Bishop Museum He was a romantic figure in many ways, having sailed with Jack London in Hawaii and taken part in legendary expeditions in French Polynesia and other island areas. But Kenneth Emory's place in history is that of a hands-on scholar who showed how archaeological digging could and should be done in the eastern Pacific Islands." Pike is survived by Marguerite, his wife of 66 years, two daughters, and a grandson.

1924

Nathaniel Dorrance Ryder of Ipswich, Mass., died at the Blueberry Hill Nursing Home on February 12. He did a lot of traveling in this country and abroad during his first three years out of college but then returned to his roots and became an officer of Middleborough Savings Bank from 1927 to 1944. He continued to work as an investment broker in Boston and then in Plymouth until he was past eighty. In addition to his business connections, Nat was an active tennis player and a very loyal Dartmouth man, serving as president of the Dartmouth Club of Southeastern Massachusetts. He is survived by his wife, Sybil, three sons including John Ryder '62, a daughter, and eight grandchildren.

1925

Sumner L. Poorvu died May 29, a resident of Brooldine, Mass. He was with the class for one year. He headed a thriving law concern and a hotel business. He is survived by his wife, May, two sons, two daughters, and four grandchildren.

William Mac Shepard died February 11 in Dayville, Conn. Outgoing and loyal, Mac was on the reunion committee in 1985, newsletter editor 1983-86, and class agent in 1987. He received hisM.D. from Columbia and had a private practice in Putnam, Conn., until the early eighties. He is survived by wife Elizabeth, his sister Barbara Howe, a step-daughter, four children, and four great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by a daughter.

1926

Henri Pene Esquerre died May 8 after a long illness in Delray Beach, Fla. Born and raised in Scarsdale, N.Y., Snipe was a well known classmate at Dartmouth and was a member of Sigma Nu, the Arts, and Pleiade. He was on the class executive committee and was class secretary 1966-1970. Snipe and his wife, Kathryn (who recently predeceased him), lived for many years in Darien, Conn., taking part in many class activities. They moved to Florida in 1964 when he retired after 32 years with Travelers Insurance Company, New York. He has no known survivors.

Garret Vandervere Garretson died January 23, 1992 at an Eldorado, III., nursing home. He grew up in New York and was at Dartmouth 1922-1924, a member of Phi Sigma Kappa. After college he worked for 15 years as a salesman, but he related that his lifestyle problems destroyed his family, causing divorce. He was able in later years to gain success in insurance business, remarry, lead in civic affairs, and become a church member. Then he determined to devote his life to religion, studied the Bible for seven years, and in 1960 became a minister in the non-sectarian Gospel Assembly Church. His wife, Irene, predeceased him. He is survived by his son Tyler, who graduated from Duke University.

1927

Henry Louis Bayles died February 8 in New York City. He was struck by a van while crossing a street and died as a result of his injuries. Hank came to Dartmouth from Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he grew up. At Dartmouth Hank majored in economics and was a charter member of the Pi Lambda Phi fraternity. He received his law degree from Harvard University in 1930 and maintained a general law practice in New York City until his death. Hank served his country as lieutenant in the U.S. Naval Reserve in the Mediterranean theater in WW 11. His interests were the Israel Cancer Fund, the YMHA and YWHA, and Temple Beth Emith in Brooklyn. In 1961 he married Ruth Rudin, who died in 1984. They had no children. He is survived by a brother, Seymour Bayles of Queens, N.Y. He had a nephew, Joel Berson, who graduated from Dartmouth in 1948.

Fem-Min Tung died January 27 at the home of his son Robert in New York City. He received his M.A. from Columbia and a J.D. from Northwestern, then studied a year each in England and Paris. He was a judge in the International Settlement in Shanghai for over 14 years, vacating the post on the eve of the Communist uprisings. He subsequently served as a legal adviser and an education officer in the Hong Kong government for more than 13 years, then taught at Cosmopolitan College in Hong Kong.

1930

Edward Robert Carroll died April 14. He was living in Marblehead, Mass. An economics major, Ed was in insurance for many years and was also involved with many business organizations. Among his positions he was director of purchases for CBS Electronics and a director of Woodman Insurance Agency, a Salem firm.

At the College Ed was on the board of the Jack-O-Lantern. He was later a director of the Salem YMCA and of the Salem chapter of the American Red Cross.

In 1938 Ed married Doris Allen, who survives with son, Edward '63, and a daughter. A brother, William '26, also survives. There are four grandchildren.

1931

Philip Jackson Clisby died October 18, 1991, at home in Orlando, Florida. After his major in Tuck and basic training in canvas manufacturing and plastics, Phil began a business career with what became the Wellington Machine Company, a Toledo manufacturer of industrial rubber-tired wheels. He retired from its presidency in 1974. He held directorships in the local Red Cross, Community Chest, and Chamber of Commerce, and he served the College in both the Alumni Fund and the capital campaign.

At college he was a member of Delta Tau Delta and Cabin and Trail, the latter undoubtedly influencing his 31-year report, "It's only a few blocks to the office, home for lunch, and plenty of time for fishing and hunting."

He is survived by his widow, Kathryn, and by two stepsons.

1932

Harris Bradbury Burrows III passed away on June 11 in La Jolla, Calif. He had been in failing health for about a year. Buzz came to Dartmouth from the University School in Cleveland, Ohio. He majored in classical languages and was a member of Alpha Delta and Dragon. Buzz and his wife, Helen, spent most of

their lives in Chappaqua, N.Y., and the Chicago, I11., area. He enjoyed a 40-year career with Nestle Chocolate Cos. He retired in 1975 and they moved to La Jolla.

During his Chappaqua years, Buzz was an avid sailor at the Shenarock Yacht Club where he was commodore for some years. He loved sailing the Long Island Sound off Rye, N.Y.

He is survived by daughters Lanni Stowe and Barbara Raber, as well as six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Graham Charles Butler died at his home in Medford, Ore., May 7. Graham came to Dartmouth from Jamesville, Wise. He was editor of the 1932 Aegis and a member of Delta Tau Delta. Dartmouth remained a very important part of his life. Both his sons graduated from Dartmouth, and the walls in his den are covered with photos and memorabilia from his time in Hanover.

Graham spent his business career with the Parker Pen Cos. in Jamesville, where he was director of sales and marketing. Before retiring in 1968, he moved to Los Angeles where he was president of Eversharp Pen Co., a subsidiary of Parker.

He took pleasure in his family, travel, and fishing. During retirement he traveled extensively throughout the world with his wife of 56 years, Jeannette.

Survivors include Jeannette, sons Gill '62, T'63) and Jeff '67, four grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.

Edward Alfred D'Ancona remembered by his classmates as a brother in Tri-Kap and an economics major, died in Naples, Fla., on December 14. Ed prepared for his career as a commercial artist by attending art school at night. He retired from Foote, Cone & Belding to become self-employed. He added portrait-painting to his commercial art and was art director for two magazines in Naples. During WW II he served as first lieutenant with the Army Engineers in the Pacific theater. Ed is survived by his wife, Greta, and three sons.

1933

Kent Rhodes born Clarence Klinck, died of cancer at his home in Manhattan on December 20. He came to Dartmouth from Polytechnic Preparatory Country Day School, was a member of Zeta Psi and Dragon, and majored in Tuck School. He served as editor and publisher of The Dartmouth Pictorial.

Kent had a brilliant career in publishing, beginning with Time Inc. where he served for nine years, becoming production manager of Fortune magazine. His principal employment was at Reader's Digest, where he spent 33 years, acting as director, executive vice president, president, and chairman of the board. He introduced extensive innovations, including international editions and computerized operations. He became a leader in industry, serving as chairman and president of the Magazine Publishers Association. He served as chairman of Reader's Digest Fund for the Blind, a trustee of the Outward Bound School, and a director of International House, the Institute for International Education, and the International Executive Service Corps. He was a member of the Presidential Commission on the Postal Service.

Kent is survived by his widow, Christina, two sons, and a daughter.

1934

Robert Colborn King died March 9 at his home in Winnetka, III. He was a political science and economics major, a member of Zeta Psi, and active in the Outing Club and Ledyard Canoe Club. He led the annual 280-mile Trip to the Sea down the Connecticut River in just four days.

Bob served in the navy during WW II in intelligence gunnery and communications, retiring as lieutenant. He returned to his longtime connection with Fred S. James & Cos. in Chicago, handling general insurance.

Bob is survived by his sister, Alice Garrison, and many nieces and nephews.

Frederick Irwin Rinaldo died June 22 from complications following a broken-hip operation. Fred came from N.Y.C. as a graduate of Columbia Preparatory School, and his major was English. He was active on The Dartmouth, The Steeplejack, Forensic Union, and especially The Players.

He started screenwriting in New York. In 1937 he married Marie Halff, and they moved to California where he wrote scenarios at MGM and Paramount. He joined Bobby Lees in writing for many Abbott and Costello movies and did the script for Universal's "Hell's A-Poppin." When films became a political problem for Fred, as the industry did for many in the McCarthy years, he shifted to a printing paper business and also taught classes in writing while continuing to live in Sherman Oaks, Calif. Fred is survived by Marie, two daughters, a son, and four grandchildren.

Elliott C. Taber Jr. lost a battle with cancer February 2 in his home community of New Bedford, Mass. Unmarried, he is survived by his brother Richard Taber '36. Elliott came to Dartmouth from Taft School in New Bedford. His military service in the air force and Air Transport Command tookhim to New Jersey, Colorado, California, Ascension Island, and Brazil. He received decorations for his service in both the American and Middle East theaters. Elliott's business career included employment with Metropolitan Life and National Cash Register Companies. At Dartmouth he participated in tennis and golf. He belonged to the National Rifle Association and the National Wildlife Federation.

John Walter Waterman died September 16 of cardiorespiratory arrest in Long Beach, Calif., where he had been working with the Long Beach Insulation Cos. Jack came to Dartmouth as a star athlete and class president of Sycamore (III.) High, and was with us two years before shifting to U. of Illinois for his B.A. He had WW II service in the air force, ending as It. colonel, and then went back to Sycamore to work at Ideal Commutation Dresser Co. before the final move to California. He is survived by his wife, Aleen.

1936

Briant Weeks Patterson died May 9 at a nursing home in Mystic, Conn., where he had lived since 1977. His death came a month after a lung operation.

After Dartmouth he attended the Wharton School of Business. He was employed by the Mergenthaler Linotype Co. of Brooklyn, N.Y., for almost 40 years. He retired in 1976 as a vice president. In Mystic he was an active member of the Friends of the Mystic Library, the Mystic Seaport Museum, and the Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center. He loved Dartmouth and was active in the Alumni Club of Southeastern Connecticut. He was on its executive committee for several years and was ticket and reservations chairman for the club's alumni seminars, a job he handled until the day before his admission into the hospital.

He is survived by a daughter and son-inlaw of Flushing, N.Y.

Clifford Watson Roe of Kenmore, N.Y., died January 27 of lung cancer. At Dartmouth he majored in economics and was a member of Theta Delta Chi. Before retiring in 1979 Cliff was employed in the Industrial Relations Department of Westinghouse Electric Cos. for 35 years. During that time he was very active in community affairs, devoting much time to organizations dealing with human relations, as well as a number of charitable groups. His community work earned him the 1975 Human Relations Award from the Buffalo Branch of the NAACP and the 1979 Brotherhood in Community Service Award from the National Conference of Christians andjews. For many years he was a regional agent for the class of '36. Cliff is survived by his wife, Doris, a son, four daughters, and eight grandchildren.

John Stephen Stiles of De Pere, Wis., died of cancer March 23 in the hospital at Green Bay. Steve came to Hanover from Lake Forest Academy and majored in economics with senior year at Tuck. He was manager of varsity lacrosse and a member of Phi Kappa Psi and Green Key. Steve spent his entire business career in Green Bay with the Morley-Murphy Co., wholesale hardware distributors. He served for many years as president and chairman. Over the years he was a director of numerous companies as well as the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance and the Green Bay Packers Inc., and he was a vice president and director of Bellini Memorial Hospital. He served Dartmouth as a candidate interviewer, class agent, and regional agent. Steve is survived by his wife, Mabel, three daughters, and four grandchildren.

1937

Alan Willard Bryant died March 29 in Carolina Meadows, N.C., from complications following heart surgeiy. Bom in Weymouth, Mass., he was a member of Sigma Chi, Palaeopitus, and Green Key and was president of the Glee Club. He was employed by Binney and Smith Company and served as chairman of the Boston Rubber Group. In 1967 he and Sherry moved to Sao Paolo, Brazil, where he became president of COPEBRAS, a petrochemical company and subsidiary of Cities Service. In 1978 they returned to North Carolina.

Dartmouth and music were important aspects of Al's life. He served four years as class secretary and as head class agent for ten years. Al and Sherry enjoyed attending class reunions, where Al would muster the Glee Club members for an impromptu sing—always a highlight of the evening. Memorials may be made to the Class of 193 7 Dartmouth Alumni Fund. His wife, Sherry, survives, as well as his daughter Elizabeth and sons Alan '62 and Timothy '65.

H. Franklin Irwin Jr. died June 30. Upon graduation he married Josephine Bond Ham. In 1941 he received a Ph.D. from Princeton. He taught briefly at the University of North Carolina then joined the army in 1943.

Frank was in the Foreign Service 1950-55, assigned to Edinburgh, Scotland, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, and San Jose, Costa Rica, as well as to the U.N. and the State Department.

In 1965 he took early retirement and went to Middlebury College as director of financial aid. Two years later he joined the Vermont State College System, serving as an English professor and dean of the faculty at Castleton, then as president of Lyndon State College. He retired in 1975.

Frank maintained close ties with Dartmouth. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth, whom he married in 1970, three children from his first marriage, five stepchildren, ten grandchildren, and one greatgrandchild. Donations may be made to St. Paul's Memorial Fund or to the Alzheimer's Association, Green Mountain Chapter, P.O. Box 1139, Montpelier, VT 05601.

1938

Clifford Gleason Chester died in 1981, we have recently learned. Cliff prepared for Dartmouth at the Chataigneraie School in Switzerland and at the Suffield School in Connecticut. An English major, he was president of Sigma Phi Epsilon and on the Interfraternity Council. In the summer of 1936, he was motoring along the French border, lost his way and drove into Spain. He was stopped by Loyalist troops and briefly held prisoner as a Fascist spy until the American ambassador vouched for him. Upon graduation he worked at International Tel & Tel, and married Jane Baxter of Denison U. before enlisting in the marines and seeing action in New Caledonia, Guadalcanal, and Guam. Then he studied at Columbia and became editor for the national Encyclopedia of American Biography. In 1955 Cliff joined Investors Diversified Services. In 1979 he and Jane retired to Silver City, N.C., where they raised show dogs and collected rare books. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, and two grandsons.

Prescott Warner Downer died February 20 at his home in Seven Lakes, N.C., after a short illness. He prepared for Dartmouth at Wauwatosa High in Wisconsin. He was active with the Jacko. Pres served in the Army Air Corps over Europe, winning six Bronze Battle Stars. He wrote many funny and revealing letters about life in wartime England. After the war he attended Pratt Institute's School of Leather and Tanning Technology and then became the purchasing agent for Brown Shoe Co. of St. Louis and later the hide buyer for Moench Tanning Co. in Gowanda, N.Y., a division of the BrowSn Shoe Co

In 1958 he married Jean Beck Amann, a widow, and adopted her three children. They had a daughter the following year. During their 32 years in western New York state, Pres helped Dartmouth as an interviewer of candidates mainly from the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation. He is survived by Jean, their children, and seven grandchildren.

1939

William P. Buckley of Needham, Mass., died April 6 after a brief illness while vacationing in Florida. Bill came to Hanover from Needham High School, participated in freshman and varsity track, and was a member of Phi Gamma Delta. The Counter Intelligence Corps in the European theater claimed him during WW 11, and he was called back by the army to serve in the Korean War from January 1951 until April 1952. Most of his career was spent with Liberty Mutual Insurance Company out of its Boston office. He retired in 1980 and enjoyed volunteer work and travel. He is survived by his wife of more than 50 years, Ruth Gilpatrick Buckley, a Needham High School classmate; also two sons and four grandchildren.

Manton C. Cotton died February 6 at St. Anthony Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla. "Bun" served in the army in WW 11. In 1955 he left his native Springfield, Mass., for the South, where he was an investment broker with Curtis-Merkel and later at Raymond James & Associates. Bun was one of the top golfers during his Dartmouth years and was a member of the varsity team. He was a brother in Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He never lost his interest in golf, playing three days a week for 37 years. He won several city tournaments and numerous club championships. He is survived by his wife of SO years, Eleanor, and by two daughters and four grandchildren.

William I. Kent of Sea Island, Georgia, died at his home on March 18. Bill entered Dartmouth from Episcopal Academy, captained the squash team, joined Theta Delta Chi, and earned an M.B.A. from Tuck in 1940. In 1942 he was in one of the first waves of U.S. Marines to land on Guadalcanal, and in 1944 he served as an adjutant at the Marine Corps School in Quantico, Va.

After the service Bill was active in the family wool business, Kent Manufacturing Co., in Clifton Heights, Pa., from 1945 until his death. He was president and CEO 1952-65 and served on the board of directors and the executive committee. In 1958 he was elected the youngest president of the National Association of Wool Manufacturers.

He was head of the Alumni Society of Episcopal Academy and chairman of its board of trustees. He also chaired the board of trustees of the Lankenau Hospital. An avid golfer, he founded the Robert T. Jones Memorial Golf Tournament at Merion. He is survived by his wife, Jane, two sons, a daughter, and nine grandchildren.

Robert C. Warner of Lorain, Ohio, died of a massive heart attack at his home on March 19. Bob came to Dartmouth from Portsmouth (N.H.) High School, and was a member of the Interdormitory Council, the canoe club, and the marching band. Following graduation he attended the Western Reserve Graduate School of Applied Sciences and subsequently headed up the first American Red Cross blood bank for Massachusetts. He worked for some time in Lorain as an agent with the Price Insurance Agency. Later he was employed at Mullinax Ford in Amherst as a rental agent before retiring in 1991. He is survived by Mary, his wife of 46 years, and also a daughter and three sons including Paul '71.

Oliver Paul Webb died on March 22 in his home in Berkeley, Calif., of the effects of vasculitis. Ollie came to Dartmouth from Lakeside Prep, Medina, Wash., and earned his M.B.A. from Tuck. He served five years with die navy, becoming a lieutenant commander. Having had a rigorous course in Russian during his navy years, he spent a year in Moscow and six months in Australia with the State Department. He then returned to his accounting career in California, first as controller of the UC-Berkeley Radiation Labs, and then, after five years, as a partner with the firm of Webb & Webb. He retired in 1981.

Ollie fought to get the federal government to establish die North Cascades National Park, where he did considerable backpacking when he wasn't roaming the wilds of Alaska, Tanzania, the Caucasus Range, or the Sierras. He was a member of the Conservation Council in the Bay Area and served on the board of the East Bay Regional Park Association. He also was an officer of the World Federalist Association.

Ollie leaves his wife, Peggy, whom he married in 1941; three children; and four grandchildren.

1940

Richard W. Bowman died at his home in Old Lyme, Conn., on May 23 of complications from the lung cancer he had fought for some years. Dick entered Dartmouth from Hempstead (N.Y.) High School. He played freshman football, majored in social science, and was a member of Kappa Sigma. After graduation he entered the navy and was discharged in 1946 as a It. commander. He then joined the advertising business. When he retired in 1980 he formed his own company in Old Lyme, where he had resided since 1978. An active member of the class, Dick served as newsletter editor some years ago and was class secretary 1985-90. He is survived by his wife , Leila, a daughter, and two sons.

Henry G. Dahl Jr. died on February 18 in Everett, Wash., after a long battle with prostate cancer. Henry was born in Fergus Falls, Minn., and attended Washington High School there. At Dartmouth he was a member of SAE and was awarded the M.C.S. degree from Tuck in 1941. During WWII he served as finance officer in the Army Air Force for four years. He worked as a banker for 36 years, first with the National Bank of Everett and then its successor Seatde First National Bank. He retired in 1980 as senior vice president. Henry was active in numerous civic and charitable organizations. He was on the board of Providence Hospital for 25 years, for two terms as president. He also founded the Puget Sound Kidney Center. He was an ardent golfer, hunter, and fisherman.

1943

Arthur M. Handy succumbed to a heart attack in Bourne, Mass., May 30. A prominent cranberry grower and a trustee of the Handy Cranberry Trust, he graduated from Bourne High School and majored in botany at Dartmouth. During WW II he was a second lieutenant in the air force.

Art was very active in local affairs, and his directorships included Ocean Spray Inc. and several cooperative banks. He was a member of the National Council of Farm Credit banks, the Bourne Water District, and Bourne Board of Health. Besides his wife, Margaret, he is survived by two sons and a daughter.

John H. Shaw died March 14. Retired, he lived with his wife, Corinne, in Watertown, Conn. She and their son J. David Shaw '78 survive. John entered Dartmouth from Manchester Central High, Manchester, N.H. He majored in administration and radio and was active in the Dartmouth Broadcasting System, the Players, Glee Club, and the College Lecture Committee. Following service in the Pacific as a radar officer in the navy, John obtained an M.B.A. at New York University. He pursued a career in merchandising, sales, and product management. Very interested in music, John served as a soloist in his church and sang bass roles with a community opera group. He also enjoyed skiing and square dancing and sailed with the Highlander Fleet at the Nyack Boat Club while residing in Ridgewood, N.J.

1944

Edward L. Bailey died of cancer February 12 at his home in Jekyll Island, Ga. Ed came to Dartmouth from Port Washington, L.I., high school. He served three years in the Army Air Force with duty as a sergeant in the Pacific. He entered advertising after the war and worked in New York, Chicago, and Toronto for such agencies as Ted Bates, Benton & Bowles, and Leo Burnett Co. He also formed his own agency, Ed Bailey Associates, for a time. Ed combined freelance writing with his advertising career and he and his wife pursued life-long interests in theater, auctions, and the arts. They lived in Canada from die mid-sixties until 1989, when they retired to their Jekyll Island summer home. Ed is survived by his wife, Nancy, and three children. His brother, William '41, was killed during WW II.

George David Cummings Jr. died March 26 at the Golden View Health Care Center in Merideth, N.H. His wife, Kathleen, predeceased him in Januaiy. George was bom in Springfield, Mass., and came to Dartmouth from schools there and the Loomis School. He was a member of Kappa Sigma. After four years in the army he received a degree in hotel management at the Ecole Hotelliere in Lausanne, Switzerland. He was a general manager of several resort hotels in the Caribbean and Puerto Rico, beginning in 1950. In the early seventies he returned to mainland U.S. as manager of the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods; he then managed the Holiday Inn in Bridgeport, Conn., and wound up his career selling real estate in North Conway, N.H. George is survived by a son and two brothers.

David Pierson died of prostate cancer May 12 in Naples, Fla. Dave came to Dartmouth from Waysata, Minn., and hockey was always an important part of his life. He lettered at Dartmouth and was subsequently active in youth hockey programs throughout the country. After three and a half years in the navy, including duty as a lieutenant in the Pacific, Dave entered the food business. He was a salesman, manager, and food broker in Minnesota, the West Coast, New York, and then back in Minnesota. The Piersons retired to Florida in 1979, and Dave was a member of the Hole-in-the-Wall Golf Club of Naples. He is survived by his wife, Adelaide, a son, a daughter, and four stepchildren including David Ferguson '76.

1946

Duncan Maclellan Fitchet died suddenly April 28. Dune was born in Boston, Mass. After Dartmouth he earned a master's degree at the University of Chicago. He served in the marines during WW II and as a reserve during the Korean conflict. Duncan began his business career at Rand McNally in the creative division, and when he retired he was division director of cartographic services at R.R. Donnelley & Sons. He continued to work on a consulting basis with Donnelley and was instrumental in the mapping of a number of national parks. Soon after his return to Hanover in 1977, he taught cartography as an adjunct professor at Dartmouth. He was a founder of the International Cartographic Association and served as an officer and director of the American Congress of Surveying and Mapping.

Dune loved Dartmouth. He served on the Alumni Council and was vice president of his class and treasurer of the Dartmouth Club of the Upper Valley. Along with wife Ruth, Duncan was an active and vital member of die Hanover community. Ruth survives him, as do a daughter, son Duncan Jr. '76, and three grandchildren.

1947

Jack C. Carlin died November 15,1991, at his home in Santa Barbara, Calif., after a two-and-a-half-year fight with cancer. He came to Dartmouth with the Navy V-12 unit. He later transferred to Holy Cross and saw service in the South Pacific. Jack received a B.S. from Purdue and a master's degree in business at the University of Denver. Later he earned a Doctor of Juris prudence degree from the School of Law at Indiana University. He worked for 25 years in marketing for Santa Barbara Research Center, a subsidiary of Hughes Aircraft, retiring in 1988. Jack is survived by Pauline, his wife of 46 years, two sons, and two grandchildren.

Raymond A. Cerny of Tappan, N.Y., succumbed to Lou Gehrig's disease in June 1991 after nearly two years of the illness. Ray entered Dartmouth in the V-12 Program, and graduated in 1947 after war service. He worked with Esso (Exxon) for 35 years.

Ray and his wife, Valma, found time each year for a football game in Hanover. He leaves his wife, a stepson, and a grandson, Gregory Solometo, who called Ray his best friend. Ray spent a lot of time with his grandson, playing, coaching baseball and soccer teams, and teaching him to golf and bowl. Gregory wrote, "Now afflicted with Lou Gehrig's disease, his fine qualities stand out: he is never negative, and only cares for those who will be left behind

I will never forget his integrity, respect for others, and his determination to die with dignity."

David S. McBean died of congestive heart failure at his home in Dummerston Center, Vt., on April 24. David entered Dartmouth through the Navy V-12 program. He served the navy as an ensign during WW II, returning to Dartmouth after the war to graduate with his class. He had a varied career with Western Electric, National Distillers Chemical Co., National Petrochemicals Corp., Vermont Securities, and Burbank & Co. He is survived by his wife, Althea, two sons, two daughters, nine grandchildren, and his brother Alan J. McBean '43.

Bernard Nossiter died June 24 of lung cancer in Manhattan. Bud was chief of the New York Times bureau of the United Nations 1979-83, after reporting for the Washington Post for 24 years. He authored several books on the relationship between economy, politics, and power, and tracing the American economy and influences upon it since FDR days.

Bud served in the army in WW II after freshman year. In his haste to get into journalism, he compressed the usual three years into two, achieving a straight 4.0 average. He received a master's degree in economics from Harvard and was at the head of his class.

In 1950 he married Jacqueline Robinson, with whom he raised four sons. Bud and Jacqueline separated in 1988, and she, their sons, and Bud's companion Eleanor Hauser survive him.

1948

Eric Casper Swanson died of leukemia October 28, 1990, in Huntington, Long Island, after a life in manufacturing, communications, and real estate. After graduating from Long Island City High School, Eric first arrived in Hanover in the Navy V-12 in March 1944 as an aviation cadet. After 16 months he left for active service and returned to Hanover in early 1947, when he married childhood sweetheart Alice Wendelin, who was then working at Tuck School. After his graduation the couple lived in Raleigh, N.Y., and Bergen County, N.J., before their move to Huntington in 1960. There Eric enjoyed a career in real estate until his death. Eric is survived by Alice, two sons, a daughter, and two granddaughters.

1950

Wesley Gould Carr III a retired manufacturer's representative, died of a heart attack on January 29 at his home in Memphis, Tenn. Wesley was a native of Mansfield, Ohio, attended Blair Academy in Blairstown, N.J., and entered Dartmouth in the summer of 1943 with the class of 1947. He remained there one month before entering the navy, then became an electronics technician on an amphibious rocket ship in the Pacific during WW 11. He returned to Dartmouth in 1946 and graduated with die class of 1950. His fraternity was Zeta Psi. He leaves his wife, Betty, a son, a daughter Susannah, a sister, a brother, and three grandchildren.

Sanford M. Pooler died of cancer June 20. Sanford graduated from Weston High School. He served in the army in Europe during WW II, then followed his father's footsteps and attended Dartmouth. He was a member of the debate team and Delta Upsilon and graduated Phi Beta Kappa. He worked for the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, then, in 1959, took his law degree from Boston University Law School, where he won the moot court competition and served as an editor of the law review.

Sanford worked as a trial attorney and in later years had a private law practice at home.

He was an active member of the First Unitarian Society in Newton, where he volunteered his legal skills on many committees, pursued his lifelong love of music in the choir, and served as an assistant treasurer. He was an avid gardener and spent many hours cultivating his beautiful flowers.

He leaves his wife, Carol, son Sanford Jr. '79, a daughter, and three brothers. Donations may be made to the First Unitarian Society or to the American Cancer Society.

1955

Henry Dexter Stephenson Jr. died at his home in Kennebunk, Maine, after a year-long illness. Hank came to Dartmouth from Swampscott, Mass. An avid hockey player, he was in Kappa Sigma and Dragon. In 1956 he received an M.B.A. from Tuck.

Hank joined Mobil Oil and then went on to a career in the fuel-oil business in a number of New England locations. An ardent golfer all his life, he made many friends on the golf course in Kennebunk.

Hank never complained of his illness and welcomed visitors from among his family and friends. He leaves his wife, Judy, a daughter, a son, two stepdaughters, a stepson, a sister, and his mother. Hank's previous marriage to Joan ended in divorce.

1963

Stephen P. Mueller died April 29 when the private plane he was piloting crashed on Sugar Loaf Mountain in Maryland. An inveterate pilot and sailor, Steve lived in Bethesda, where he retired recendy after 24 years as an executive in the international operations of Xerox Corporation.

In his last assignment Steve started a new subsidiary of Xerox in Turkey, signing $1.5 million in sales and making the company a leader against heavy competition. Previous assignments included director of the Xerox Quality Program for Canada and Latin America, and executive director of finance, administration, and systems for Brazil.

Born in Fort Wayne, Ind., Steve grew up in Rio de Janeiro, where his father worked for General Electric. He majored in economics and engineering and earned an M.B.A. in finance and production management at Tuck. After Tuck Steve joined Ford Motor International, where he helped supervise the first Ford car fully manufactured in Brazil.

1965

Harris Saxon died January 17 in Vancouver, B.C. He came to Dartmouth from Scarsdale (N.Y.) High School and was active in the Geological Society, Bait and Bullet, Beta Theta Pi, and the ski patrol. He majored in geology, graduating in 1966, then obtained a master's from Stanford in 1967. He worked as a geologist in Colorado for a year and then enrolled at Harvard Law School. He served as an assistant legal officer in the navy and then worked for law firms in San Francisco and Anchorage. In Alaska Harris was recognized as one of the finest natural-resources lawyers in the state. He was a trustee of the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation and authored several chapters of Alaska Lands and Mineral Interests. In 1988 he left Alaska to join Ivanhoe Capital Corp., a mining venture-capital firm based in Vancover. He served until his death as executive vice president of Ivanhoe.

Harris enjoyed scuba diving, downhill skiing, sailing, and hunting. He is survived by his second wife, Wendy, his mother, Rose Goldner Saxon, his brother Andrew Saxon '68, and three children from his first marriage.

1966

Joel D. Meyers died October 27, 1991, in Seattle after a two year batde with colon cancer. An international leader in the field of infectious diseases in organic transplant and AIDS patients, Joel was head of the Program on Infectious Diseases and Virology at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, which he joined in 1978, and a professor of medicine at the University of Washington since 1977. He is credited with improving survival rates of transplant patients.

At Dartmouth Joel was a Rufus Choate Scholar, a Senior Fellow, Phi Beta Kappa, and graduated Summa Cum Laude. He graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1970. While completing his residency in internal medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, he also served as an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer in the Immunization Divison of the Federal Center for Disease Control.

Joel served on the editorial boards of a number of national scientific journals and was a prolific writer, authoring and co-authoring more than 200 articles. He was also an active skier and an avid Lionel train art collector. He is survived by his wife, Barbara Thrasher Meyers. The Joel D. Meyers Infectious Disease Scholar Memorial has been established to honor his memory and work. Contributions are welcome, care of the Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1124 Columbus Street, Seatde, WA, 98104-2092.

1969

Michael N. Olschan died December 5 as a result of an aneurysm in the carotid artery. At Dartmouth Mike was an active member of Zeta Psi. Although a premed biology major, Mike entered the family business after graduation and eventually formed his own company, Retail Service Associates, distributors of non-food items to stores in New England and along the East Coast. Mike was active in the Dartmouth Club of Bridgeport. He is survived by his parents, his wife, Marjorie, and five children.

1981

Scott Lawrence Taylor died June 28 in Fairbanks, Alaska, after a longstruggle with Hodgkins Disease. Scott came to Dartmouth from Lathrop High School in Fairbanks. After receiving, a J.D. from the University of Utah he returned to Alaska to practice law and became a partner in the Fairbanks firm of Hoppner, Paskvan and Taylor, P.C.

A stellar cross-country skier, Scott was a North American junior champion and a member of Dartmouth's ski team. Though far from Hanover, Scott maintained ties to the College through alumni interviewing. He is survived by his wife, Bridget Leahy, son Collin, and his mother, father, brother, and two sisters. A scholarship fund in Scott's memory has been established to help scholar-athletes attend college. Donations may be sent to the Scott Taylor Memorial Scholarship Fund, c/o Mount McKinley Bank, P.O. Box 73880, Fairbanks, AK 99707.