Death

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.

Charles C. Carter '20 • Feb. 23 Clyde Reynolds Jensen '22 • Nov. 1990 Mark Whitman '23 • Aug. 19, 1991 Warren A. Cook '23 • April 1 John W. Barlow '24 • March 13 Stuart Edson Eldredge '24 'June 15 Rudolf Karrmann Haerle '24 • June 4 Abraham Kolodin '24 • April 16 Edward R. Streater '24 • April 13 Gerald Greenebaum '25 • Feb. 22 Thomas L. Floyd-Jones '26 • April 27 Garret V. Garretson '26 • Jan. 23 Malcolm H. Merrill '26 • April 18 Henry L. Bayles '27 • Feb. 6 Harry B. Cummings '27 • April 13 Ernest Everett Field '27 • Dec. 2 Donald E. Megathlin '27 ® April 13 John Lynwood Smith '27 • Aug. 31, 1991 Parker E. Noyes '2B • April 21 Andrew Wakeman '20 • Nov. 13, 1987 Robert Challiss Brandt '29 • April 18 John O. Stigall '29 April 23 Harold George Bruce '30 • April 12 Edward R. Carroll '30 • April 14 Hamilton D. South '30 • April 5 Philip J. Clisby '31 • Oct. 18 Donald B. Cruikshank '31 • March 13 Graham G. Butler '32 • May 7 John Leverett Merrill '32 • May 14 Edmund Ridgeway Blower '33 • May 24 William N. Brown '34 • Dec. 27 Irving David Johnson '34 • April 5 Robert C. King '34 • March 9 John W. Waterman '34 • Sept. 16 Frederic Axelrod '35 • April 8 Gardner Garter Cushman '35 • June 18 Ernest E. Hedler '35 • April 16 Le Roy Franklin Ruether '35 • Feb. 27 Robert Marston Morse '36 • May 19 Briant Weeks Patterson '36 • May 9 John S. Stiles '36 • March 23 John V.B. Sullivan '36 • May 18 Alan W. Bryant '37 • March 29 Wesley Ahti Wallenius '37 •June 6 John L. Williams '37 • March 28 Charles J. Mock '38 • April 16 Eugene M. Prentice Jr. '38 • March 29 William T. Troxell '38 • March 10, 1987 William P. Buckley '39 • April 6 Horace B. Ghapin '39 • Feb. 19 William I. Kent '39 • March 18 Robert C. Warner '39 • March 19 Oliver P. Webb '39 • March 22 Richard Wales Bowman '40 • May 23 Harold Q. Hillman '40 • April 13 Geddes W. Carrington '43 • April 29 Arthur Mitchell Handy '43 • May 30 John H. Shaw '43 • March 14 Edward Leo Bailey '44 • Feb. 12 George D. Cummings '44 • March 26 John M. Denison '44 • March 24 Meiyll M. Frost '44 • March 17 David Pierson '44 • May 12 James H. Drumm Jr. '45 • April 22 William D. McNeely '45 • March 28 Duncan M. Fitchet '46 • April 28 Howard M. Marjerison Jr. '46 • 1973 Wallace B. Owens '46 • May 1 David S. Mcßean '47 • April 24 James E. Fox '48 • March 17 John Baptist Lanzetta '48 • March 12 David G. Sleeper '50 • Aug. 17, 1991 Kenneth H. Little '51 • April 18 Robert J. Lyon '51 • Feb. 1 Thomas R. Ellerbe Jr. '52 • May 13 Paul R. Sullivan '54 • Dec. 21 Henry Dexter Stephenson '55 • June 7 Robert H. Castles '56 • April 12 Vertie F. Ives Jr. '58 • Jan. 31 John Raidle Capper '59 • May 7 Terrence Anthony O'Neil '61 • Nov. 28 Stephen P. Mueller '63 • April 29 Peter M. Fine '64 • July 17, 1991 Michael N. Olschan '69 • Dec. 5 Kevin M. Cunningham '70 • April 9 James C. Greer '75 • April 26 Scott W. Newton '77 • April 20 Gary A. Trouette '91 • May 23

1917

Willard Hiram Wyeth died December 16 in Concord, N.H., after a lengthy illness. Willard served in World War I, then went back to Dartmouth to graduate in 1931. He received his master's in education at Harvard and continued his graduate studies at Columbia University. Willard was head-master of Proctor Academy in Andover, N.H., and retired from teaching in Mt. Vernon, N. Y., in 1956, returning to Andover.

He was a member of the Kearsarge Lodge of Andover for over 60 years and was a trustee at the Andover library.

Surviving are his son, Willard Jr. '46, four grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. Florence, his wife of 60 years, died in 1983.

1918

William J. Montgomery died on February 27 at home. Before he retired, Bill worked for the Ernest Brown Insurance Group in New York City. He became CEO and introduced replacement value coverage for policy holders in 1932. Now standard practice in the fire insurance business, this was a revolutionary idea, for standard policies were previously limited to depreciated value coverage. For the last ten years of his career, Bill was general manager for the Bruce Dodson Organizations. Bill introduced the idea of workmen's compensation coverage to the Virginia Automobile Dealers Association. It is now sold nationally.

Bill was class reunion chairman in 1964 and class agent in 1983. He was married to Eva Borella, who died in 1972. He is survived by three daughters, Maria, Ferol, and Territa.

1919

Thornton Holman Wood died in January after a long illness. Thornton graduated from the Dartmouth Medical School and later New York University Medical School. During WW II he served in the Medical Corps with the rank of major. He

He is survived by his widow, Ardell, and two daughters.

1922

Edward Arthur Laycock died of a heart attack on January 23 at a Cape Cod nursing home. Ed graduated from Tilton Academy and served as an army balloonist trainee in WW I before entering Dartmouth. He was a member of Sigma Chi.

As a reporter in 1922 he began his 42-year career with the Boston Globe. Later, he worked on the paper's rewrite desk before becoming a supervising copy editor. In 1945 he was appointed literary editor, writing book reviews and editorials.

In retirement since 1964, he and Saima, his wife for 69 years, made made their home in Wellfleet on Cape Cod. She, a son, a daughter, nine grandchildren, and 15 great-grand- children are Ed's survivors.

1923

Ralph Herman Emerson died of heart failure onjuly 12,1991 in Abilene, Texas, after a long and gallant battle against Alzheimer's disease. He came to Dartmouth from the Tilton School in New Hampshire, was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha, and was involved with the DCAC.

He retired in 1964 after 40 years as an executive at Westinghouse Electric Corporation in Columbus, Ohio. He then worked for the State of Ohio before moving to Sarasota, Fla., and subsequently to Abilene.

Ralph was very active in Dartmouth activities, serving as an alumni fond agent for 38 years. He spent his free time playing golf, gardening, and traveling.

He leaves his wife, Lois, daughter Jane, son George '51 and five grandchildren.

1924

Frank Harold Granata died January 9 in Naples, Fla. He moved there in 1968 from his native Staten Island, N.Y., where he was the owner of Granata Trading Co., and vice president of Libea Trading Cos., import-export businesses.

At Dartmouth he was a three-year light-weight boxing champion and played soccer. He majored in economics, belonged to Alpha Delta Phi and Sphinx, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa. He received an M.B.A. from NYU. Active in alumni clubs, he interviewed applicants for the College.

He is survived by his sister Annamaria Granata.

Edward John Willi died in New York City December 27 after a long illness. Ed graduated Phi Beta Kappa and went to Harvard Law School. He lived and practiced corporate and probate law in New York City as a partner in the firm Chamberlain, Willi, Ouchterloney & Watson. He was a trustee of the Mark Twain Foundation and a director and outside counsel to the marine achitect firm Gibbs & Cox. He took pride in having helped to create the U.S.S. UnitedStates, this country's last great ocean liner.

Ed is survived by his wife, Helen, son Ed-ward Jr. '55, a daughter, grandsons Laurence Whittemore '88 and Edward Whittemore '90, and a granddaughter.

1925

Justin Bugbee died suddenly January 17. He practiced dentistry in Springfield, Vt., until he had to retire early because of eye trouble. Then he mapped his town, showing every house and street, which was very useful for the fire and police departments. He was commended.

Justin tracked 2,500 Bugbees across the country. He was a cousin of classmate Nate, had many friends, and was fond of sailing. Surviving is one sister, Eileen Dee.

1926

Gordon K. Douglass died February 12 in Albuquerque, N.M. Sandy was a native of New York City where he prepared for Dartmouth at Collegiate School. At Dartmouth he was a member of Theta Delta Chi, Ledyard Canoe Club, and the cross-country team. He was chosen by the Canadian paddling team for the 1936 Olympics but was turned down by the Olympic committee because he was not a citizen of Canada.

Sandy designed the Thistle Class sloop in 1945 and became a junior partner of Douglass & McLeod Inc. of Grand River, Ore., where he designed the Highland Class sloop in 1951. After leaving Douglass & McLeod in 1957, Sandy formed the Gordon Douglass Boat Cos. in Oakland, Md. Here he designed the Flying Scot, which is still one of the most popular one-design class sailboats.

Sandy introduced the planing hull in America and was the first to use molded plywood in boat building. He won the national championships of the Thistle class five times and the Flying Scot class seven times.

After semi-retirement in 1972, he was elected to the town council of Oakland where he chaired a citizen's committee to develop a community college for the area and served on the board of directors of the local chapter of Habitat for Humanity.

1927

Harry Blanchard Cummings died April 13 in Boca Grande, Fla., where he had lived since 1972. Gus was born in Woburn, Mass., and moved to Hanover before he entered Dartmouth in 192 3. He was an economics major and a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and the cross-country and track teams. After graduation he earned an M.B.A. from Boston University and became vice president and general manager of the metal products division of Koppers Company in Baltimore. Gus served as chairman of the Baltimore Opera, president of the board of South Baltimore Hospital, served on the Harbor Commission, was a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of Baltimore, and a board member of Goucher College. He was. a longtime treasurer of our class both in college and for many years after graduation. Survivors are his wife, Margaret, and his sons Peter '5l and Charles '57.

Donald Eaton Megathlin ofYarmouthport, Mass., died of heart failure at Cape Cod Hospital on April 13. He entered Dartmouth from Walpole, Mass. He was a member of Gamma Delta Epsilon and the gym team, sang in the Glee Club for three years, and was vice president of the Dartmouth Christian Association.

After graduation he worked for the Kendall Company of Boston for 24years as director of marketing and market research. In 1975 Don retired to Yarmouthport, Mass., where he was active in civic and choral societies. He served as deacon and Sunday School superintendent of Epiphany Church of Walpole, Mass., and was active in the First Congregational Church of Yarmouthport. Survivors are his wife, Ruth, a son, a brother, and three grandchildren.

Ted Swanson died February 11 in Litchfield, Conn. He was born in Jamestown, N.Y. He was a member of Zeta Psi, Dragon, Palaeopitus, and the Arts, of which he was president. He graduated magna cum laude and was Phi Beta Kappa.

He did editorial work for newspapers in Jamestown, Toledo, and Indianapolis, sales promotion for General Foods in New York City, and held advertising and promotional jobs at Smith Corona, Underwood Corporation, and Sonotone.

He started his own public relations firm, then later joined Standard Oil Corporation, for which he traveled extensively, retiring after 15 years to do freelance work.

Ted is survived by his wife, Dorothea, and two step-children. The family requested memorial contributions to the Alumni Fund.

1928

Alfred Evans Clarke died January 17. A 1 prepared for Dartmouth at Berlin High in Berlin, N.H. He majored in history and was a member of Cabin and Trail and Kappa Sigma. After graduation he began teaching in Berlin, and, in 1946, became an instructor of history and government at Portland Junior College. In 1950 he became director of admissions. During the war he was general director of training for the Todd Shipyards Corporation, supervising the training of employees throughout the nation. Later, he became associate director of admissions for the University of Maine, retiring in 1971.

A1 is survived by his wife, Annette, and two daughters.

John Harold Moody diedjanuary 21 at the home of his sister, Elizabeth Sanderson, in Shirley, Mass. Hal, born in East Rochester, N.H., prepared for Dartmouth at Medford High. At Dartmouth he joined Phi Sigma Kappa and won his letter at track. His speciality was the high jump, and he became the national high-jump champion in 1926. He was principal of high schools in Enfield, Woodsville, and Lebanon, N.H., and superintendent of schools in Hillsboro, N.H., Athol, and Dartmouth, Mass., for eight years before retiring in 1967.

Hal's wife, Kathryn, died in 1966. He is survived by his sons, Richard '54 and Clifford.

1930

Hugh Meade Alcorn died January 13 athis home in Suffield, Conn., where he had been a lifelong resident. At Dartmouth Meade was on the track team and a member of Palaeopitas and Green Key.

After Yale Law School Meade was admitted to the Connecticut Bar in 1933, got his doctorate from the University of Hartford, and later became a senior partner of the law firm Tyler, Cooper, and Alcorn. He was active in politics as chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1957-59, as a three-term member of the Connecticut House of Representatives, as majority leader in 1939, and as house speaker in 1941. He was a delegate to six Republican national conventions, and was a Hartford state attorney from 1942-48. He was also president of the Connecticut Bar Association, and he was 1930 class president from 1976-80.

Meade is survived by his second wife, Marcia Powell, a daughter, a brother, three grand- children, and a great-granddaughter.

David Ainsworth Latham died February 23 of heart failure. He was living in Hillsboro, N.H.

After Dartmouth Medical School, Dave went on to his internship at McGill and then to the medical staff of Lowell General Hospital. After activity in WW 11, he returned to Lowell and became the chief of surgery and later president of the medical staff, then an emeritus trustee in 1981. He was a lieutenant commander of the Medical Corp USNR.

Dave was noted for his rare collection of medical books, of which there were over 2,500 volumes besides 300 medical journals. This historic assemblage, dating from the 17th through the 20th century, Dave gave to Dartmouth in memory of his brother, Ernest, with whom he had shared his co-practice until Ernest's death in 1961.

Dave is survived by his widow, Harriet, a son, and three nephews.

1931

Charles Adams Babbitt died on February 16 at the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital. Charlie came to Dartmouth from the Holderness School and majored at Thayer, getting his C.E. in 1932. He won his letter in varsity freestyle swimming, and was a member of Alpha Chi Rho.

After the rough start of short-term jobs during the early Depression, he began his business career by selling printing equipment accessories throughout the eastern states in 1934, then joined the Norton Company in the southern states Blue Ridge territory in 1942 as an abrasives engineer. In 1951 Norton transferred him to the northern New England territory to handle the same responsibility. Following retirement in 1972, his family and he moved to Fairlee from Barre, Vt.

Charlies is survived by his widow, Cynthia, two daughters, and a son.

Otto Karl Bach died on November 18, 1990. Otto majored in art history at Dartmouth, and was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon. He designed the Winter Carnival Ball decorations in 1929.

During the thirties Otto managed to keep in the field of art by getting a job at the Milwaukee Art Museum, to get married, to start raising a son, to win a scholarship to the University of Paris, to obtain a master's degree in art from the University of Chicago, and to become head of the Grand Rapids (Mich.) Art Museum. He became director of the Denver Art Museum in 1944, holding that position until his retirement in 1974. His accomplishments for and related to the Museum brought him a citation for extraordinary service to the city of Denver in 1955. He was also an amateur painter, but "made it a rule never to hang any of my own paintings in any gallery I direct." He is survived by his son, Dirk. His wife, Cile, predeceased him.

1933

Edgar Charles Greiner died in Green Valley, Ariz., on February 4. He came to Dartmouth from Kenosha, Wise., and was a graduate of Lake Forest Academy. He was a member of Zeta Psi, played a good game of basketball, and majored in economics.

He began his business career with Commercial Credit Corporation and in 1940 moved to American Motors Corporation, where he served for 25 years as manager of production and planning.

He was an active Dartmouth alumnus and for over 30 years interviewed admission applications from the Kenosha area. He was active in community affairs, serving as head of the industrial division of the Kenosha United Fund. He and his wife, Connie, moved in 1978 to Arizona, where he kept busy acting as starter at the Canoa Hills Golf Course.

Survivors are his widow, two daughters, and a son.

Francis Huber Hoge Jr. died in New York City in 1983. He came to Dartmouth from Scarsdale (N.Y.) High School and was with the class for three years, being a member of Beta Theta Phi. He left to attend Columbia where he received his A.B. after attending the Columbia School of Business.

He was an executive with Allied Products and then joined the General Shaver division of Remington Rand, serving in various locations in the sales branch. During the war he was a member of the Chairman's Planning Committee of the War Production Board.

He is survived by his widow, Helene, and a son, Michael.

1934

William Nelson Brown died of prostate cancer December 27 in Long Boat Key, Fla. His residence was in Detroit, his hometown. Bill was an Exeter graduate, left Dartmouth after freshman year, and received his A.B. in 1934 qand M.B.A. in 1935 from the University of Michigan. He first worked as credit manager for the Carey Cos. in Cleveland, and later was with the Ford Motor Cos. in Detroit, keeping active in Boy Scouts, Rotary, golf, and sailing. This word is from his nephew, Richard Brown '63.

1936

Thomas Burns Coughlin died April 6. After attending Stratford High and the Junior College of Connecticut, Tom entered Dartmouth in 1934. After graduating in 1936 he received his L.L.B. from Yale in 1939. He was with the FBI for three years and in 1941 was instrumental in the capture of Hans Ludwig, Germany's leading espionage agent, in Spokane, Wash. In 1943, he joined the army and served in the CID until his discharge in 1946.

After his army service Tom returned to his native Stratford to practice law. In 1948 he was appointed prosecutor of the Stratford Town Court and later served as town court judge. In 1962 he became Stratford's probate judge, a position he held until his retirement 16 years later. He was always very active in community affairs. Tom is survived by his wife, Marjorie, and two children.

James Alexander Dingwall died on January 21 at Lawrence Hospital in Bronxville, N.Y., after a brief illness. Jim (Jake) played the saxophone and clarinet in the Barbary Coast orchestra, was a member of Beta, and traveled with the orchestra on various trips abroad. Music was always a great passion of his, along with tennis and golf.

After graduation from Dartmouth, he went on to receive his medical degree from Cornell Medical School in 1940. He served in the practice of surgery at New York Hospital and later devoted himself to medical research.

His career was cut short by a stroke in 1967, but he carried on a quiet and fulfilling life surrounded by his family.

Jim is survived by his wife, two daughters, and three grandchildren.

Richard W. Stowell died of congestive heart failure on December 5 in a hospital in Binghamton, N.Y. Dick came to Hanover from Deerfield Academy. At Dartmouth he was a member of Cabin and Trail, the Canoe Club, the Winter Sports Team, and Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He was a 1937 graduate of Tuck School.

Dick was employed by the N.E. Hill Bakery of Binghamton in 1937 and later became its secretary and treasurer and a director until 1962. From 1963-76 he was on the faculty of Broome Community College. He was active in community affairs, and had been a deacon, elder and trustee of the First Presbyterian Church in Binghamton.

He is survived by his wife of more than 50 years, Ruth, two sons, and two daughters.

Charles Moreau Thompson died December 13 in Albuquerque, N.M. Roe came to Hanover from the Pembroke School in Kansas City. At Dartmouth, he was a member of Zeta Psi and Dragon, and was on the swimming team. He majored in chemistry and zoology. Roe graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1940. He interned for two years at Philadelphia General Hospital and then became its chief resident in radiology. From 1944-46 he served in the Navy Medical Corps, and after discharge moved to Albuquerque, N.M., where he spent the rest of his career as a radiologist with Van Atta Laboratories.

Roe served Dartmouth as a class agent and interview chairman for many years and was a member of the Dartmouth Club of New Mexico. He is survived by his wife, Aileen, and four children.

1938

Roger Murray Baker died March 14 of cancer in Southhampton, N.Y. He joined our class from the Mt. Vernon High School. Rog was an economics major, a Sigma Chi, and played trumpet in the freshman jazz orchestra in Commons, the Band, and the Green Collegians.

Upon graduation he became a salesman for Liberty Mutual Insurance Cos. In 1941 he was commissioned an ensign, got married, shipped to Pearl Harbor, and saw destroyer action in the South Pacific. Later he became an airship pilot and retired as lieutenant commander.

Rog returned to the insurance business and climbed to the presidency at Murray, Van Der Poel and Baker. He played a notable role in the National Association of Insurance Brokers. He played his horn in the Ivy League Alumni Band, led the 16-piece Big Band East in East Hampton, and played with community bands.

Roger lost his wife last September. He is survived by two sons, two brothers, a niece, and two grandchildren.

J.R.S. Jr. '38

William Heberd James died of cancer July 7, 1989, at his home in Tulsa, Okla. He prepared for Dartmouth at the Country Day School in Kansas City, Mo. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1938 with a B.S. in geology.

Heb made his life-long career as a petroleum geologist. His work with the Westgate Greenland Oil Cos. was interrupted by the war. He was a B-24 pilot and flew 60 missions in Europe, becoming a colonel. While in the air corps he married Burleigh Wolferman of Sarah Lawrence and returned to Westgate Greenland for two more years. Heb then founded Jayhawk Oil Cos. in Tulsa. He was a director of the U.S. AAI Oil Company and a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and the Tulsa Geological Society. He is survived by his wife, a daughter, and two sons.

J.R.S.Jr. '38

Charles Jackson Mock died April 16 in La Paz, Bolivia, of heart failure caused by high altitudes, to which he was unaccustomed. He and Joan were visiting some of their many foreign student friends.

Chic came to Dartmouth from Evanston, 111. One of few '38 junior Phi Betes, he graduated with high honors from Harvard Med School and practiced surgery in Chicago. His scientific papers were widely read.

Midway through his career he and his wife, Joan, looking for a rural community with a well-equipped medical center and year-round outdoor hobbies, moved with their five children to Virginia, Minn. As their children left

for college, the Mocks kept their bedrooms filled with students from around the world. Upon retirement, Joan and Chic became medical missionaries in Uganda, where they occasionally dodged stray bullets. They became preventative-medicine specialists. After five years, they moved to Kenya, remaining for two years before returning home last year.

Bob Manegold '38

Eugene Miles Prentice died in Venice, Fla., on March 29. He entered Dartmouth from Montclair Academy. A sociology major, Miles played freshman football and was a member of Sigma Chi.

He joined the Great American Insurance Cos. in New York and in 1941 enlisted in the Army Air Corps, serving as a navigator until his discharge as a captain in 1945.

For 11 years Miles was an insurance man. In 1959 he became assistant to the president and financial officer of Vermont College, and in 1966 was named business manager of Vermont Technical College. He retired in 1981.

Miles married Ann Kiernan in 1941, and they had five sons. Ann died in 1957, and in 1972 he married Marilyn Day, who had four sons. They moved to Florida in 1982.

Miles had an adequate amount of green blood. In addition to his father 'OB, and uncle John Childs 'O9, there are sons Sheldon '72, Richard '76, and his granddaughter Gwyn Ann Prentice has joined the class of 1996.

Miles is survived by Marilyn, his sons, and 17 grandchildren.

J.R.S. Jr. '38

1939

James H. Brigden died quietly at his home in Indian Shores, Fla., after an extended bout with cancer, on February 29. He entered Dartmouth from Barringer High School in Newark, N.J. At the College he was active in Green Key and the DOC, and he was hutmaster ofMoosilauke summit camp. Jim also participated in the planning and construction of the Moosilauke Ravine Lodge.

He earned degrees at Penn State and Columbia Business Schools before joining Chase Brass & Copper, a subsidiary of Kennecott Copper in Connecticut, in 1941. Shortly after this he moved to the company's Cleveland plant that was built to support die war effort. He retired as plant manager in 1978, after 37 years with the same company.

He is survived by his wife, Margaret, with whom he celebrated SO years of marriage last January, six children, and 14 grandchildren.

Henry B. Britton of Avon, Conn., died on January 25 at the Avon Convalescent Home. Hank entered Dartmouth from the Taft School. He won his numerals on the freshman soccer and hockey teams, and a varsity "D" in soccer. He was a member of Deke and Sphinx, and he majored in economics.

Hank spent WW II in the navy 1941-45, retiring as a It. commander.

He was the president and co-owner of Britton & Stone Lumber Company in West Hartford, Conn., where he spent the better part of his business life.

He was involved in many civic and governmental activities in Farmington, Conn., where he served at least two terms on the zoning and planning commission, and was its chairman. He was a member of the First Church of Christ Congregational in Farmington. He is survived by his wife Josephine, a son, a daughter, four stepdaughters, and ten grandchildren.

Henry A. White of Chesterfield, Mo., died of a heart attack on January 5. Hank had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease for the past year.

He entered Dartmouth from Hingham High School where he starred in football, was captain of the track team and was class president. At Dartmouth Hank showed great promise on the freshman team, but a leg injury in his sophomore year put an end to his football career. He was a member of Zeta Psi and went on to Tuck School.

He served with the Air Sea Rescue Command in the navy during WW II, off Florida and in the South Pacific from Guadalcanal to the Philippines. He was discharged in 1946 as a lieutenant, senior grade. He entered the building materials business, first in the Boston/New York area, and then with Inland Steel in Chicago. In 1964 he moved to St. Louis with the Airtherm Manufacturing Cos. and was in charge of their structural steel division, retiring in 1980.

He is survived by his wife, Elaine, four children, and ten grandchildren.

1940

Harold Q. Hillman died on April 13 in Naples, Fla., after suffering two strokes in one week. Hal was born and grew up in Hanover, the son of our track coach, Harry Hillman. Before entering Dartmouth he attended both the Clark School and the Peddie School. A pilot in the Air Force during WW II, he was shot down and was a prisoner of war. After the war Hal worked for General Motors in the international branch and spent many years in Australia, Venezuela, England, and South Africa. Since 1977 he had been living in Naples. Hal was a noted skier who was named to the 1940 Olympic team. The left side of Tuckerman's Ravine was named after him. He is survived by his wife, Susan, a daughter, and a son.

1941

William H. Banford III died in Venice, Fla., on January 29. Bill came to Hanover from New Britain, Conn., and was the varsity lacrosse manager. A chemistry major, he worked for Du Pont for 39 years, principally as superintendent of manufacturing at the Niagara Falls plant. Living in Lewiston, N.Y., at the time, Bill was active in community and Catholic church affairs, as well as engaging in the outdoor pleasures of hunting fishing, and boating. He spent winters in Florida for the past 13 years, adding golf to his outdoor pastimes. He was an active member of the Sarasota Dartmouth Club, and at the time of his death he was organizing a mini-reunion of his classmates in the Florida area. Predeceased by his wife, Bernadine, he leaves two sons, William IV and Robert.

1942

Olindo William DiFabio died October 24 at his home in Osogna, Italy. "Lindy" was born in Garwood, N.J., the youngest son of Italian immigrants. At Dartmouth he played freshman hockey and was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon. He served in the navy retiring as a lieutenant. He began his 43-year career in retail merchandising with R.H. Macy and Cos. as a buyer. His job brought him to the Midwest, South Texas, and finally to Lafayette, Ind.

He married Hellen Kelly in 1947 and raised a family of ten children. After her death in 1988 he retired and traveled in Europe, where he met his second wife, Rosetta.

Lindy was a coach for the Purdue University Hockey Club and an avid fan of the game all his life. His family, classical music, and a good book were his passions. He is survived by Rosetta, his ten children, fifteen grandchildren, and a foster son.

Albert Stanley Goldman died on February 12. He was a resident of Rye, N.Y. Al came to Dartmouth from Newark Academy in Newark, N.J. At Dartmouth he was a member of Green Key, local advertising manager of The Dartmouth, and ad- vertising manager of The Pictorial. He was a member of Pi Lambda Phi and of the Interfraternity Treasurer's Council.

During WW II, Al was a naval officer, serving in the North Africa, Normandy, and Southern France campaigns. He left the service as lieutenant.

He worked for Morrison Stores Corp. (women's specialty stores), rising to president and chief executive officer. He was a trustee of Congregation Emanu-el of Westchester and president of Century Country Club.

He is survived by his wife, Patricia, two sons, three daughters, eight grandchildren, a sister, and brother Robert '46.

Orin Curtiss Witter died January 12 in West Hartford, Conn. Jack entered Dartmouth from Deerfield Academy. At Dartmouth he majored in economics and was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

He served in the Army Finance Department, in the United States and in England, during WW 11. After the war he joined Cushman Chuck Company in Hartford and was with them in cost accounting until his retirement in 1982. He served as president of the Hartford chapter of the National Association of Accountants.

He is survived by his wife, Marion, a son, and a daughter. He was predeceased by a son.

1943

John H. Shaw died on March 14. Born in Belmont, Mass., John entered Dartmouth from Central High School in Manchester, N.H. He majored in administration 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, square dancing, and sailing.

Retired, Jon lived with his wife, Corinne, in Watertown, Conn. He is survived by Corinne and a son, J. David Shaw '78.

1944

Harold Charles Cannon of Altamonta Springs, Fla., died of cancer on March IS. "Bud" came to Dartmouth from Wilbraham Academy, where he was captain of the football, hockey, and tennis teams, and he also played basketball and was a letterman in track. At Dartmouth, he lettered in football, was a star hockey player, and was a member of Zeta Psi and Dragon. After three years in the Army Air Corps, with extensive flying time in Europe, he returned to Hanover for his A.B. and Tuck School degrees.

He worked briefly for Chase National Bank in its foreign department. After earning C.L.U. and C.L.U.M. degrees, he became an insurance agent. He worked on Long Island, in Cincinnati, Kentucky, and finally Florida.

Bud is survived by his wife, Betty, two daughters, six grandchildren, and a sister.

Leonard John Kokins died January 17 in Duxbury, Mass., after years of fighting heart disease and cancer. Koke came to Dartmouth from Ashland, Mass., and Worcester Academy. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1942 and served in Europe as a first lieutenant, then graduated from Babson Institute in 1947. After brief stints with General Electric Company and the U.S. Department of Commerce, he joined Singer Sewing Machines. He worked for Singer in New Jersey and New York before being transferred to Tokyo, where he coordinated marketing management for Japan, Okinawa, and Korea.

He returned to the States in 1964, and he played a significant role in Singer's expansion program in New England. Heart problems slowed him down in 1975, but he sold real estate for Century 21 until a year ago.

Len's wife, Barbara, died in 1989, and he is survived by his sons Peter and Steven.

Warren Samuel Leopold died March 7 of kidney failure in a New York City hospital at age 70. He lived in Freeport, L.1., and had been ill for some time; but he nonetheless continued to return to Hanover for mini-reunions and other class functions.

Leo attended schools in Arizona before graduating from Exeter and entering Dartmouth. He lettered in football and was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and the Sphinx. During WW II he was a pilot in the Air Force and served in the ETO.

Leo's business career was in automobiles. He and a brother-in-law sold Nash cars for a few years, but then Leo went on his own with a Buick franchise. He founded Warren Buick near Freeport and ran that business until ill health forced him to cut back a few years ago. He supplied over 200 Buicks as the official cars of the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.

He is survived by his wife, Nancy, four children, two grandchildren, a sister, and a brother, Fredric '41.

Frank Laton Parker Jr. died suddenly on February 4 at his retirement home in Key Largo, Fla. A son said that his father choked on a piece of food.

Frank came to Dartmouth from Nashua, N.H., via New Hampton School. After three years in the U.S. Air Force and service in Europe as a first lieutenant, he entered the brewing business. He worked for Schlitz Brewing Cos. for ten years and then joined Anheuser-Busch, where he rose to become Eastern Region sales manager in 1965. He subsequently founded his own firm, Sound Distributing Corporation, based in Yonkers, N.Y., and it became ,the largest Anheuser-Busch wholesalership in New York State.

Frank was a familiar presence at class of 1944 reunions in Hanover with his Budweiser vehicles.

His wife, Barbara (sister of John Murphy '44), died in 1988. He is survived by two sons, three daughters, and five grandchildren.

Ralph Philips Pringle died of a heart attack January 29 at his home in Tulsa, Okla. Phil came to Dartmouth from Cascia Hall High School in Tulsa and Lawrenceville School. He was a star on the freshman tennis team and a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He served as an officer in the navy during WW II.

He received a law degree from the University of Texas Law School after the war, but he never practiced law. He and his two brothers went into the oil business and ran the Pringle Operating Company in Tulsa.

He is survived by his wife, Julianne, two sons, two daughters, two step-daughters, and his brother Richard '46.

1945

Gordon Crothers Sleeper Jr. of Larchmont, N.Y., and Newport, Vt., died of heart failure in Larchmont on January 18. He had a long history of heart trouble. Sleep entered Dartmouth from Scarsdale (N.Y.) Highschool. He served as a lieutenant in the Ninth U.S. Army Air Corps as an instructor and flier of P47 Thunderbolts and was a member of the Wings Club. He spent a couple years in commercial aviation and then went into the insurance business. He went from the Travelers and Frank B. Hall companies to being president of his own firm.

Sleep's many community activities included die Boy Scouts, the Larchmont Community Chorus, the fire department's Ambulance Corps and Hook and Ladder Company, and the Larchmont Traffic Commission.

He is survived by his wife Emmy-Lou, three sons, eight grandchildren, a sister, and a brother.

Edward B. Smith '45

Albert Lewis Worthen Jr. of Dunwoody, Ga., died of a heart attack on September 3. He entered Dartmouth from Cheshire Academy. In 1943 he joined the V-12 program, then entered active service in 1944. He was discharged in 1946 as a lieutenant, and returned to Dartmouth, graduating in 1947.

A 1 spent most of his career in the foundry business, beginning in New Castle, Del., transferring to the West Coast, and then returning East to Adanta. He is survived by his wife, Marion, and two children.

Edward B. Smith '45

1947

Leonard D. Hall of Goffstown and Franconia, N.H., died suddenly on October 26. Leonard entered Dartmouth from Goffstown High School and was assigned to the V-5, and then the V-12 unit. He graduated in 1947, a political science major. He worked for Shell Oil Cos. and for the family business, L.M. Hall Awning Cos., Manchester. In 1950 he was recalled for two more years of army service in Germany. Following this Leonard made a career as a teacher in elementary schools in Amherst and Goffstown, N.H. He served as principal of schools in Weare, Lancaster, Whitefield, and Plymouth. He married in 1950 and is survived by his family, wife LucyH. Hall, three daughters, a son, and a brother.

Milton J. Hofflin Jr. a resident of New York City, died November 29 following a long illness. Sonny was a civilian arrival in Hanover in July 1943. He graduated

Summa Cum Laude in 1947 after serving as an army infantryman in Europe. In his working career Sonny was associated with architectural firms involved in department-store planning. He worked with the firm of Copeland, Novack & Israel, with Charles Copeland Cos., and for a long period with Saks Fifth Avenue, where he was Adam Gimbel's assistant, coordinating and opening new stores.

Sonny was a supporter of the Metropolitan Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Boy Scouts of America.

Sonny loved skiing, which he enjoyed around the world, and was a line tennis player.

His marriage to Nancy Bookman ended in divorce. Sonny is survived by a cousin, Melville Strauss '50.

1949

David Osborne Gowles died on December 28 in Naples, Fla. David entered Dartmouth from Hanover High. His father, Ozzie Cowles, was coach of Dartmouth basketball at the time.

David served in the O.S.S. in WW II and after attending Union Theological Seminary, he went on to teach at St. Paul's School in Concord, N.H. He served as a curate at St. John's Church in Waterbury, Conn., and finally as priest at Christ Episcopal Church in Norwich, Conn. He is survived by a daughter, Ann, and his father.

1950

William D. Wallace died of cancer on December 13 in New York City. Bill entered Dartmouth from West Hartford, Conn. He graduated with honors after serving five years in the army as a first lieutenant in the Korean War. An economics major with an M.B.A. from Wharton, Bill spent his entire career in New York in the investment business, most recently with H.G. Wellington & Cos. He was active in social and community affairs and leaves his wife, Mary, his mother, son Wlliam '82, and brother James '55.

1951

Warren D. Mulloy a lifelong resident ofMedia, Penn., died January 14 after a three-year fight with leukemia. Following law school at Penn, his career moved between public, corporate, and private practice, part of it in the U.S. Attorney's office. Most recently, he was a partner in the firm Berger and Montague.

"Stretch" was a member of Sigma Chi and Green Key, played in the band, and captained the basketball team. He was always willing to help people.

Always active in civic matters, he was a school board president, township council chairman, Delaware County March of Dimes board member, and a deacon in the Presbyterian Church.

He is survived by his second wife, his father, three daughters, including Amy Kilkenny '84, a son, a step-daughter, a step-son, and two sisters.

1953

Victor M. Cannon died in his sleep November 25 from a massive heart attack. Vic came to Dartmouth from University School in Cleveland, majored in philosophy, and was a member of Phi Delta Theta. He was a voracious reader of English literature and foreign affairs and loved to discuss both.

Vic served in the U.S. army 1953-55 as a French interpreter for the commanding U.S. general in Verdun, France. He received an MA from Columbia in 195 7 and began a long career of teaching history and English literature. He taught at the Halsted School, Trinity, Harlem Prep, Brierley, Suffolk Community College, and Barach College. In 1972 he produced a documentary film, "Year of the Woman." In 1986 he produced an original play, A Place Called Heartbreak, at the Harold Clurman Theater. In 1987 Vic helped to establish the Foundation for Mental Health in Washington, D.C.

Vic is survived by his mother, Georgia, and a sister.

1954

Paul Richard Sullivan died at the Rhode Island Hospital on December 21 after a brief, intense struggle with cancer. Paul came to Dartmouth from the Portsmouth Abbey School. He majored in sociology and was a member of Sigma Chi, ICappa Phi Kappa, and the Newman Club.

After graduation and a tour in the army, he began his business career with the Ford Motor Company. He later joined his brother Joseph '49 in business. He spent the last 2 2 years in marketing with Leach and Garner, a precious metals firm in Attleboro, Mass.

Paul's camaraderie and intense loyalty will be missed by his many friends and classmates. He is survived by his wife, Gloria, a son, a daughter, his brother, and a nephew.

Jim Conrad '54, Harry Robinson '54

1955

Frank Coulter Ewing of Columbia, S.C., died November 24. Originally from Olean, N.Y., he entered Dartmouth from Kimball Union Academy. He graduated from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta. In 1960 he married Patricia Peeler of Columbia, S.C., who survives him.

1962

Paul C. Armstrong died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Applegate, Calif., on November 18. Paul was a Class VIII C-S field auditor in the Church of Scientology and had been active in the church for many years. He maintained a lifelong involvement with music, having been a member of the San Francisco band Country Joe & the Fish in the sixties. He recently performed in the Sacramento area.

Paul came to Dartmouth from Maiden, Mass., via Phillips Andover Academy. He was a member of Chi Phi and the track team, and he was an English major. Upon graduation he traveled to California where he lived and worked until his death.

He is survived by his wife, Nancy Santa Maria, and two sons.

Ford A. Daley '61

1965

Allen Huntington McCoy of Rutland, Vt., died at home on August 18, 1991, of Hodgkin's disease. At Dartmouth Allen was a member of the Outing Club and the ski patrol. He graduated from Ripon College in Wisconsin, earning a B.A. in economicsin 1965. He served in the U.S. Coast Guard and retired as a lieutenant commander. After working for Hunnewell in financial planning, he became the manager of the Marble Bank in Springfield, Vt., and most recendy was a business manager for Pringle Chevrolet in Lebanon, N.H.

Allen is survived by his mother and his brother Roger '60.

1969

David James Norden died on November 8, 1991 at his home in Hampden Sydney, Va., following a short illness. At the time of his death, Dave was the director of the Eggleston Library and Fuqua International Communications center at Hampden Sydney College, where he was also a lecturer in Russian.

After graduation, Dave did post-graduate work in Russian at Yale, and received his master's degree in library science from Long Island University.

He is survived by his parents, his wife, Gail, and a son.