Deaths

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

Harvey Burton '21 • Sept. 22 Joseph J. Schultz '21 • March 21 Norton Canfield '25 • Oct. 12 Albert J. Milans '26 • Sept. 13 Elmer W. Zimmerman '27 • July 2 Edward M. Jennings Jr. '2B • Oct.3 Lawson van Riper '28 • Sept. 30 John M. Compton '29 • July 16 Edward C. Buhler '30 • Oct. 12 Lester R. Godwin '30 • Oct. 21 Robert B. Oltman '31 • July 24 Edwin P. Home '33 • July 14 John H. Manley '33 • Oct. 18 Theodore C. Flemming '34 • Oct. 9 Joseph B. Furst '34 • Oct. 18 Paul M. Johnson '34 • Oct. 16 Morris Levine '34 • Oct. 26 William C. Mumler '35 • Oct. 5 James P. Pollock '36 • Oct. 25 Whitefoord S. Mays '38 • Oct. 13 Russell Neisloss '40 • Oct. 5 Frank W. Garran Jr. '42 • Oct. 8 Harry J. Armstrong '43 • Sept. 3 Allan M. Herrick '45 • Sept. 16 William J. Childs '47 • Sept. 10 John L. Carleton '50 • June 26 Richard P. VandenBosche '57 • May 16 Stockton G. Barnett '61 • Oct. 3 Martin L. Davis '63 • July 18 Robert B. Swett Jr. '66 • Oct. 23 Robert C. Horner '70 • Oct. 3 Douglas A. Jones '71 • Oct. 24 John W. Danforth '74 • Oct. 4

1922

Walter Edgar Sands died June 25 in Cincinnati. Doris (Graham), his wife for 64 years, also died there six days later. Walt transferred to Dartmouth after a year at Harvard. A highly talented, enthusiastic classmate, he majored in history, was a member of the Glee Club and the Dramatic Association, was on the varsity soccer squad, belonged to Alpha Delta Phi and Sphinx, and was always an active Dartmouth alumnus.

He was the fourth generation of the Sands family to work for Sands, Taylor & Wood Cos., America's oldest flour company, established in 1790. The company produces King Arthur flour. Walt worked there 48 years, bought it in 1954, retired in 1977, and remained as a director until 1986. He was also president of the National Association of Flour Distributors.

For many years he and his family lived in Lexington, Mass., where he was chairman of the Republican Town Committee and president of the Historical Society and the golf club. Later the family lived in Naples, Fla.

Walter and Doris are survived by their two Dartmouth sons, Frank '58 and Robert '59, a daughter, and ten grandchildren.

1925

Elmer J. Carswell died July 28 at his home in Garden City Beach, N.J. He had served as manager with Prudential Insurance in Newburgh, N.Y. Survivors include his wife, Helen, a stepson, a sister, three step-grandchildren and a step-great-grandchild.

Zeke, as he was known, was a very likeable fellow, filled with energy. He was a member of Delta Upsilon at Dartmouth.

William Brewster Davis died in May of a massive stroke, as reported by his wife Ruth. They were married 62 years and lived in Newcastle, Penn. Bill retired from the sales staff of Rockwell Manufacturing Co. in 1966, and he had previously worked for various manufacturing, supply firms. He was an elder of the Presbyterian Church. At Dartmouth Bill was a member of Delta Upsilon.

1928

Robert Thadeus Grey died July 9 at the South Shore Hospital in Cheshire, Conn. Bob prepared for Dartmouth at English High School in Boston. He received a master's degree in education at Boston University in 1932. He started teaching at the Shirley School for Boys in 1934 and was appointed superintendent of the school by the state board in 1954. He became special assistant to the Commissioner of Correction for the state of Connecticut in 1969. He also was a member of several correctional societies.

Bob is survived by his wife, Marie, son, Robert Jr. '57, and two daughters.

1929

John Oliver Howard Stigall died on April 23 in a Ventura, Calif., hospital. He came from Central High School of Kansas City, Mo., majored in English, graduated magna cum laude, and was Phi Beta Kappa.

He earned his J.D. at Georgetown Law School, practiced in Washington, D.C., and was associated with the Department of Justice. He earned master's degrees from Magdalen College at Oxford, U. of Missouri, and U. of Colorado, and doctorates from Colorado and Pennsylvania.

He taught at Canterbury College, the University of Colorado, Temple University, the New School of Social Research, and Hofstra University.

He leaves two sisters, Mrs. James Wright of Haddam, Conn., and Elizabeth Wittausch of Santa Barbara, Calif.

1931

James Brown Godfrey died in Concord, N.H., on July 18. Jim came to Dartmouth from Orlando High School in Florida. He majored in philosophy, was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, a Rufus Choate Scholar, and a winner of the Woodbury Law Scholarship. He was chairman of the trail committee of Cabin and Trail and a member of Tri-Kap.

With his J.D. from Harvard in 1934 he began practice in Concord with Sulloway Hollis Godfrey & Soden, becoming a partner in 1938. In 1975 he continued as of-counsel with that firm and later with Ransmeier & Spellman.

Jim was active in the community as chairman of the local Red Cross during WW II, director of Concord National Bank and of First Bancorp of New Hampshire, and trustee of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire, of the Holderness School, and of the New Hampshire Savings Bank. He was president of the Dartmouth Merrimack County Alumni Association, 25th Reunion chairman, class agent, and class bequest chairman. He maintained memberships in the Union and Harvard Clubs of Boston.

His wife, Barbara, and son James Jr. predeceased him. He is survived by his daughter Anne Feichtinger and his son Eugene.

1932

Charles Davidson Doerr of La Jolla, Calif., died on July 21. He came to Dartmouth from Blake School, Minneapolis, Minn. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and Casque and Gauntlet. He joined McKesson and Robbins in 1936 and was a lieutenant in the U.S. Naval Reserve in WW 11, serving as a gunnery officer and later a military government officer in SHAEF. After the war he rejoined McKesson and Robbins in N.Y.C., retiring in 1967 as senior vice president and treasurer. He moved to La Jolla and maintained a business consulting office. He was very active in community affairs, particularly health-related organizations such as a cancer research foundation, a children's hospital, and the San Diego blood bank. Charles is survived by his wife Virginia, a son, and a daughter.

George R. Foss of Strafford, N.H., died July 23. He married and left college in 1930, then engaged in agricultural activities and later worked as a planner and estimator at the Portsmouth, N.H., Naval Shipyard. He was an active member of the Baptist church in Strafford and a past president of the trustees of Austin Tate Academy. He was an officer of two eastern New Hampshire Granges.

George is survived by Marjorie, his wife of 62 years, and three daughters.

John Warren Moore died on September 2, having suffered a crippling stroke in 1983. Warren came to Hanover from Washington, D.C. He ran the dash at school and was a manager of the track team. He also was a member of Psi U. A New Yorker after Tuck, he was a financial whiz with the airlines North American, Eastern, American, and Pan Am, from which he retired three times. He also did a stint with Lever Brothers.

Almost totally paralyzed by his stroke, he never lost his delightful humor nor his interest in the class and Dartmouth. lie was an avid reader with a keen interest in world affairs.

His wife, Nora, four daughters, one son, and three grandchildren survive him.

William L. Spang died at his home July 17 in Bay Village, Ohio. He came to Dartmouth from Culver Military Academy and was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. He was vice president of W. Spang Baking Cos. in Cleveland until it closed in 1958, and then he became a sales representative for Archer Daniel Midland. He later served other companies as purchasing agent and inventory agent. He finally stopped working in 1990 but never formally retired. He served in the Coast Guard during WW II and was active in several Rotary Clubs. Bud is survived by his wife, Annabel, a son, a daughter, and three grandchildren.

1933

Richard Parker Goldthwait died at his summer home in Wolfeboro, N.H., on July 7, having suffered a stroke as he was taking water samples from Lake Wentworth. The son of Professor Goldthwait, he was a graduate of Hanover High and Deerfield Academy. He was a member of Zeta Psi and Phi Beta Kappa, the Glee Club, Casque and Gauntlet, Green Key, and Palaeopitus. He was an outstanding skier and a member of the Winter sports team and trips director of the Outing Club. He majored in geology.

He received his Ph.D. from Harvard and subsequently taught at Brown. In the war, he was attached to the air force material command. He thereafter became professor of geology and mineralogy at Ohio State, retiring in 1977. He was recognized as an expert on glaciers and was awarded the Congressional Antarctic Medal, the Ohio State distinguished service award, and numerous other recognitions. He served as 1933 class agent in 1990.

He is survived by his widow, Katherine, and four children.

1934

Edward August Luedke died July 17 after a heart attack, suffered while he recovered from Guillain-Barre syndrome, at his home in Sun City, Ariz. He moved there two years ago from his native Milwaukee. He came to Dartmouth from Northwestern Military & Naval Academy and was an economics major, on the varsity gym team, a member of Sigma Chi.

Ed was an executive of a leading hardware company in Milwaukee almost since graduation. He kept active in photography, fishing, bowling, and family activities. His wife, Margaret, died in October 1990, and he is survived by their sons August and William and daughter Scharlyn, and also by nephew Fred Luedke '59 and grandnephew John Luedke '90.

1935

John William Harwick died April 10 at the Rochester, Minn., Methodist Hospital. Bill was associated with the Mayo Clinic administration department and was appointed chairman of the department in 1970, serving in that role until his retirement in 1976.Hewasasecretaryand, 1971-76, vice chairman of the Mayo Clinic board of trustees.

Bill leaves his widow, Linda, three daughters, two sons, nine grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

1936

Thomas Frederic Parker died August 1 at home in New London, N.H., ending his second courageous battle with cancer. Born in Detroit, he attended schools in New Orleans and in Brookline, Mass. He was a sociology major and member of Delta Tau Delta, die Canoe Club, and the Yacht Club. He spent a summer during college as first mate on the arctic yacht Bowden.

Tom joined Remington Arms Co. after graduation and spent his entire career there. He married Jean Bullen in 1938. He was kept in ordinance work until 1944 when he joined the Naval Reserve and served as an aerial gunnery instructor. Returning to Remington, he became New England and Northeastern manager, retiring in 1973 to Vero Beach, Fla.

In 1984 he moved to New London where he was a volunteer on the ambulance squad and spent more time with his oil paints, sculpting, and golf.

Tom did not push his views, but his opinions were sought after and valued. He is survived by his wife, Jean, a son, a daughter, and two granddaughters.

1938

Stearns MacNutt died August 12. He came to Dartmouth from Philips Andover, majored in English, worked on Jacko, and was a brother in Sigma Chi. He became an underwriter for the Great American Insurance Co. in N.Y.C.

During WW II he served in the XXIII Headquarters Corps in England, France, and Germany as a major and was discharged in December of 1945.

Then he joined the Gore-Temple Co. in Boston, importers of Egyptian cotton. In 1947 he became a partner, and in 1952 firm owner and president. After their children flew the nest the MacNutts took their boat down the Intracoastal Waterway to Sarasota, and Stearns moved the business to Florida. He became district commander of the U.S. Power Squadron and cruised extensively in the Keys, on the Mississippi, and in the Bahamas.

He leaves his wife, .Marie, whom he married in 1974, a daughter, three sons, four stepchildren, 16 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren. J.R.S. Jr38

J.R.S Jr. '38

Henry Thomas McGrath died August 17 in Hilton Head, S.C. Tom was attending an organizational meeting for a new enterprise he was pioneering when he collapsed with a heart attack.

At Dartmouth he was a football player, a boxer, a brother in DKE, and went to Tuck. Upon graduation he became a salesman for IBM. A year later he and Margaret Cahill, Wellesley '39, were married. He climaxed his naval career as chief of flight training for British Royal Navy cadets. After the war he achieved an air-transport rating—the highest pilot rating and the one held by airline captains.

In 1945 Tom joined Avon Products Inc. retiring in 1973 as corporate vice president. He was an officer in various trade associations and elected to the Direct Selling Hall of Fame. He and Peg moved to Hilton Head in 1968.

Tom was vice president then president of his class from 1970 to 1978. He often flew his own plane up to Hanover for class officers meetings.

Margaret (Peg) survives him along with three daughters, a son, and four grandchildren.

J.R.S. Jr '38

Richard Frederic Niebling returned to his prep school, Phillips Exeter, in 1941 as a teacher in English. He served the school and the town for over 50 years, interrupted only for WW II service and time at Yale getting his M.A. and Ph.D. He became chairman of the department in 1964. Dick compiled an anthology, A Journey of Poems, for use in high schools.

At Dartmouth he was a member of Dragon, president of Theta Delta Chi, and graduated with highest distinction in English. Elizabeth Connell (Smith '38) and Dick were married in 1940.

Upon retirement in 1974 he worked fulltime for his community, serving as state representative, selectman, conservation commission member, and chairman of the state's Solid Waste Management Board.

In 1970 he established for Baker Library the Richard F. Niebling Class of 1938 Fund for the acquisition of books for Canadian and Northern Studies.

He died August 13 and leaves his wife, five daughters, a son, 17 grandchildren, and his brother Robert Niebling '33.

J.R.S Jr '38

1939

Joseph J. Urban, died at his home in Osterville, Mass., on July 13 after a long struggle with cancer. Joe came to Hanover from Worcester Academy as a well-rounded athlete. At Dartmouth he was a member of Sigma Chi, Sphinx, the Vigilance Committee, and was captain and catcher of the baseball team.

Following graduation he spent three years as an English teacher at Elgin Academy in Elgin, III., and had a stint as a navy lieutenant (j.g.) cryptographer with the 7th Fleet in the Pacific theater of WW II. He then settled in with the Bell Telephone System, where he spent 38 years. This included 18 moves and 24 years as a VP in three different Bell companies. He retired on Cape Cod where he gardened, swam, and studied finance.

He is survived by his wife, Harriot, sons Roger '65 and Douglas '71, and six grandchildren.

1940

William Robert Reid died of cancer at his home in Litchfield, Conn., on September 13. Bob was a native of Springfield, Mass., and entered Dartmouth from the Choate School. He joined Sigma Chi and Dragon and was known to us either as Bob or Reido. He was an expert and enthusiastic squash player and golfer. During WW II Bob was a navy lieutenant serving on a destroyer escort. His entire professional career was with the Torrington Company, a manufacturer of ball bearings. He was appointed president in 1967 and chief executive in 1974 before retiring in 1976. He is survived by his wife, the former Mary Lou Evanson, a son, and a daughter.

1944

Charles Arthur Pappas A restaurant owner and lifetime resident of Manchester, N.H., Charlie died of pneumonia July 13. He had suffered from leukemia in recent years.

He graduated from Manchester High School and attended Tilton Preparatory School. He served in the army during WW II and reached the rank of lieutenant.

For 45 years Charlie co-owned the Puritan Restaurant in Manchester, and since 1974 he co-owned the Puritan Backroom Restaurant. He was a member of St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral, where he served as chairman of two family scholarship funds. He was also active in lodge affairs.

He is survived by his wife, Mary, two sons, two daughters, and 11 grandchildren.

1947

Samuel M. Brody of Brooklyn, N.Y., died at the Sloane-Kettering Cancer Center July 29.

After navy service in WW II he graduated from Dartmouth, and then from Harvard Graduate School of Design in 1950. In 1952 he was a co-founder of the architectural firm Davis, Brody, and Associates. He left his distinctive design mark on much of the most important public housing built in New York in recent decades. Tall, notched towers clad in warm brick are easily recognized as Brody designs. He tied all his housing into city transport systems. "Housing is how you build a city," he once said. "It's what the city is about."

He was a professor at Cooper Union for 25 years and also taught at Yale. He received the Firm of the Year award from the American Institute of Architects in 1975.

Sam is suryived by two sons, David and Daniel.