Deaths

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

Reginald G. Brummer '19 'June 6 Walter Edgar Sands '22 • June 25 Ernest Sherlock Hickok '24 • July 13 Sumner Lester Poorvu '25 • May 29 Henri Pene Esquerre '26 • May 8 Robert Thaddeus Grey '28 • July 9 Laurence Wheeler Lougee '29 • July 7 Stanley Zyskowski '30 • April 25 Harris B. Burrows III '32 'June 11 Charles Davidson Doerr '32 • June 29 Wood Robertson Foster '33 • June 28 Richard Parker Goldthwait '33 "July 7 Frederic Irwin Rinaldo '34 • June 22 Colmore Boyd Rogers '35 • April 13 Allan Russell Rader '36 . April 8 Henry Franklin Irwin Jr. '37 'June 30 David Lee Berliner '38 • June 21 Francis J. Schildgen '38 • May 1 Angus G. Littlejohn Jr. '39 • July 9 Joseph John Urban '39 • July 13 Robin Max Hartmann '40 • May 1 Bynum Ernest Hinton Jr. '42 • May 30 Milton S. Binswanger Jr. '43 "June 19 James R. Montgomery Jr. '45 • Dec.18 Carl Albert Bauer '46 "June 3 Raymond A. Cerny '47 "June 1991 William Gustav Helmbold '46 .June 5 Bernard Daniel Nossiter '47 .June 24 Robert Wallace Owens '47 • June 2 Fred Arthur Ruoff '47 • May James Ellis Wellington '48 • Nov. 23 Daniel Jay Raabin '49 • April 5 Robert Henry Tillson '49 • May 18 Bradford Richardson '50 • April 29 Alton Gould Wentworth Jr. '50 • Dec. 28 Frank Ulrichs Jr.'51 •June 17

1920

Paul Bowerman of Sierra Madre, Calif., died in January of a heart attack. An English major at Dartmouth, Paul was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon, secretary of the Arts, on the editorial board of the Bema, a contributor to the Jack-O-Lantern, and the Class Odist. He was commissioned a second lieutenant, infantry, in 1918. In 1936 he received an A.AT. degree at the University of Michigan. From 1923 to 1933 Paul was an officer in the Foreign Service, holding posts in Germany, Canada, Yugoslavia, and Greece. Later he taught at UCLA, and from 1942 to 1969 at California Institute of Technology, retiring as Professor Emeritus of Modern Languages. He was also a writer. His professional memberships included the Modern Language Association, the Philological Association

ciation of the Pacific Coast, and the American Association of University Professors. He is survived by a daughter, Helen, and grandchildren.

1921

Roland Auger died February 18 at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford, Mass., after a brief illness. He played varsity tennis at Dartmouth and received and M.C.S. from Tuck in 1922. He served in WW I, after which became prominent in New Bedford real-estate circles and was a local tennis champion. He was the sealer of weights and measures for the City of New Bedford until his retirement to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in 1965. He ran tennis clinics there and back in New Bedford during the summers.

He is survived by his wife, Loretta, and two daughters. There is also a surviving nephew, Daniel Paradis '61. Roland was reputedly the scourge of tennis on Cape Cod until the end.

Julian Gordon Shepherd died on March 18 of this year at his home in River Forest, Ill. Shep brought great skill and strength to the Dartmouth football team as center during his freshman year. Throughout the years, Shep was a generous supporter of the Alumni Fund and was always glad to have news of Dartmouth. He was a successful dentist on the North Shore of Chicago. Shep is survived by his widow, Thelma, and a son, Gordon.

1925

Gerald Greenbaum died Feb. 22. A very likeable, industrious fellow, he was with the class for two years. He became a sales executive with Consolidated Engraving, living in Scarsdale, New York. He was active with the Audubon Society and the local auxiliary police. In 1942 Jerry was a member of the New York State Guard. He is survived by his wife, Irma, and a daughter.

1926

Thomas Linton Floyd-Jones died of cardiac arrest April 27 at Woodbriar-Falmouth, Mass. He was a resident of this Cape Cod town for 24 retirement years, together with his wife, Marion, who died in 1989. Born in New York, Tom grew up in Connecticut. At Dartmouth he was a member of Psi Upsilon and was on the boards of Green Book, Jack-O-Lantern, and the Tower. He and Marion enjoyed many class events.

Tom was a life-long sailor winning many trophies. He was a former trustee of Falmouth Hospital. For over 40 years Tom was in the pharmaceutical business, and was a sales manager for American Cynamid Cos., Pearl River, N.Y. He leaves two sons, Thomas, and John, and two grandchildren.

Malcolm Hampton Merrill died April 18 at his home in Ogunquit, Maine. Fie was born and attended high school in Biddeford, Maine, and at Dartmouth was an active member of Sigma Nu, Cabin and Trail, and Ledyard Canoe Club. For 65 years Mai owned and operated Lookout Hotel and Beachmere Inn, and co-owned Ontio Motor Inn in Ogunquit. He also operated Florence Villa Hotel in Winter Haven, Fla. He was treasurer of Cliff Country Club for many years, and member of Newcomen Society, Maine Innkeepers Association, and York Harbor Reading Room. His wife, Ann, with whom Mai attended numerous 1926 alumni activities, predeceased him. He is survived by a son, two daughters, ten grandchildren, and his second wife, Virginia, whom he married January 29, 1991.

1927

Robert Wilmarth Bliss of Janesville, Wisconsin, died there March 9. He prepared for Dartmouth at Janesville High School and Lake Forest Academy and was a member of Psi Upsilon and Cabin and Trail. After graduation he worked for the Boston Globe two years before returning to Janesville, where he did radio work before entering his newspaper career with the Gazette. He rose from reporter to editor. In 1937 he became co-publisher with his brother Sidney. He retired as director and chairman in 1987.

He was a member of many press associations, a trustee of Milton College, board member of Mercy Hospital, director of Rock County Bank, charter member of Rock County Historical Society, and in 1991 was elected to the Rock County Hall of Fame. Bob was keenly interested in conservation and environmental protection.

He is survived by two daughters and a son. His wife, Carolyn, preceded him in death. There were eight grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren.

1928

Parker Elwood Noyes died April 21 of kidney failure at his home in Beverly Farms, Mass. He prepared for Dartmouth at the Salem (Mass.) High School and attended Tuck School, graduating from the latter in 1929. He served in the navy until 1946 when he retired with the rank of commander. In the war he served in the Pacific.

Parker became a CPA and was a partner in several Boston accounting firms including Coolie and Marvin, Rittenhouse, and Touche Ross. He was an avid golfer and former treasurer of Salem Country Club. He was a member of the American Institute of CPAs and of the Beverly School Committee. For 20 years he served on the finance committee of the Beverly Regional YMCA.

He is survived by his wife, Phylis, and his son Richard '68, a Thayer '69 and Tuck '72.

1929

Blyth Adams died October 6,1991, at the Medford, Ore., hospital of an intestinal hemorrhage. Blyth came from Evanston (Ill.) High School, belonged to Alpha Delta Phi, and majored in English. In April 1929 he went to work for United Fruit Company in San Francisco. From 1942 to 1946 he worked with the U.S. Treasury sury Department on Foreign Funds control and was sent to Buenos Aires. He later worked for American Trading and Export Company, then with Chicago Dental Mfg. Company. He did accounting for several automobile agencies, then for the U.S. Navy at Mare Island, Calif. He leaves his wife, Feora, and a son.

1930

Harold George Bruce died in April,a resident of Arlington, Mass., at the time. His name, originally Lohnes, was legally changed to Bruce in 1963.

Harold was in insurance with National Life of Vermont, then joined the First National Bank of Boston, where he stayed until his retirement in 1956. He was a member of the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, the Society for Preservation of New England Antiquities, and the Society of Stukely Wescott Descendants.

Harold was married to Katherine Fernald in 1941, and they had three children.

Hamilton Disston South died April 5 after a long illness. He was living at Westerlo, N.Y. He retired from the Marine Corps as Brigadier General in 1958, after 27 years of active service, wearing many decoration including the Bronze Star with "V," the Purple Heart, and medals from the governments of Brazil and Korea. He saw action in the American and Pacific theaters and participated in the assault and occupation of Saipan and Guam, winning his wings and a second lieutenant's commission in 1932. He was director of public relations for Moore McCormack Lines Inc. 1959-61, head of area development for the National Commercial Bank and Trust Cos. in Albany 1961-75, and director of the New York Sate Association of Development Agencies. He was appointed by President Nixon as Albany Metropolitan Territory chairman for the National Alliance of Business Men.

Ham was an assistant class agent for 1930 and engaged in enrollment work for the College. He is survived by his widow, Roslyn, and three children.

1931

Donald Babcock Cruikshank died March 13 in Cleveland, less than two months after he was inducted into the Canadian Figure Skating Flail of Fame.

The Depression started Don,a member of Psi Upsilon and a champion figure skater, in his business career after only two years at the College. First he was with Remington Rand, then with the Steel Equipment Cos. Ltd. in Ontario. He retired from the latter as president in 1966, continuing in public relations and consulting, then moved to Cleveland in 1974.

In 1965 Don ran unsuccessfully for federal representative from an Ontario district, and was a long-time member of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. He judged international figure skating events over the years, including those of the Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.

Don was an officer in Dartmouth clubs in Toronto and Cleveland. He is survived by his widow, Laurene, three daughters, and a son.

1932

Bert David Unobsky died February 3 in a Memphis nursing home after a long illness. On graduating from Tuck School, Bert began a lifetime career in the cotton business, living mostly in Memphis. He was co-founder of Block and Unobsky, Cotton Merchants, and at the time of his retirement was owner of the Unobsky Cotton Company. He had served as a director of both the Memphis and New York Cotton Exchanges. Bert came from Lubec, Maine, and he returned summers to the family cottage on Indian Lake in Whiting. He was devoted to the sport of salmon fishing. Bert's wife, Suzi, survives him, as do a son and a daughter.

1934

Irving David Johnson died April 5 in a North Beach, Fla., hospital. His home base was Middlebury, Conn., but winters were spent in Ft. Lauderdale. Irv came to Dartmouth from Waterbury, Conn., majored in political science, and was active in swimming and Sigma Alpha Mu. He went to Boston U.for his L.L.B.,and law practice was his career until retirement in 1977. Trips to many distant countries were always a favorite activity. His wife, Lucile, survives.

Robert Cuthbertson Smith died suddenly on November 11 at his winter residence in Green Valley, Ariz. His hometown was Buffalo, Wyo., and that was where be had his ranch and his lifelong career in livestock ranching. His brother Al was his partner. He liked fishing, boating, rodeos and watching sports when time permitted. Bob came to Dartmouth from Lake Forest Academy. He was a Tuck major and a member of Alpha Chi Rho and The Dartmouth staff. He is survived by wife Dorothy, son Alfred, two grandchildren, and his "brother.

1936

William Day Davis of Buena Vista, Colo., died December 1,1991. He had been ill for several years, suffering from radiation he was exposed to at Los Alamos, N.M., during WWII. At Dartmouth he majored in economics and was a member of the Winter Sports Team and Cabin and Trail. After graduation Bill went to Oklahoma U. and earned a degree in petroleum engineering. He later got a degree in industrial engineering from Oklahoma State. During WW II he served first in the 10th Mountain Infantry and then was transferred to work on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos. After the war he became an independent oil operator. In 1966 he sold his oil leases, and, for the next ten years, he and his wife, Hazel, owned and operated Gold Lake Camp near Ward, Colo. This was a private camp for boys and girls 9-18, and owning it fulfilled a dream of many years. In addition to his wife, Bill is survived by two daughters and two sons.

Andrew Philip Schmidt of Holyoke, Mass., died January 22 in Holyoke Hospital. Andy was born in Holyoke and before fore entering Dartmouth attended Holyoke H.S.and Northeastern Law School in Springfield. He spent senior year at Tuck. After four years in the Army Quartermaster Corps, Andy returned to an active participation in area organizations. He was a member of the Lutheran Church and a president of the Pioneer Valley Dartmouth Club. Before he retired in 1975, he was personal loan officer at Hampden Savings Bank in Springfield and belonged to the Advertising Club of Springfield and the Retail Credit Association of Springfield. He was also an avid organic gardener. Andy is survived by his wife, Lois, son Bellamy, Tuck '72, and two daughters.

Roger E. Watson was the most highly decorated '36 manin WW II. Roger came to college from Haverford, Pa., and was a Canoe Club member, a psychology major, and vice president of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He earned his M.D. from Penn in 1941. As a captain in the Army Medical Corps, Rod made one of the first landings in Normandy Beach in 1944. He was awarded the Silver Star, the Croix de Guerre, the Purple Heart, and five Battle Stars.

Roger took his residency in psychiatry, had a private practice for eight years, and finished his career in 1975 as Chief Psychiatric Advisor in the Veterans Administration. An active francophile in and around Washington, he retired in Marseille and spent his final years writing his war memoirs. He leaves his wife, Pavla, and two American daughters from a previous marriage.

1937

Edward Martin Skowrup died on January 11 in Pasadena, Calif. Ed came to Dartmouth from the Milwaukee University School. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Green Key and was advertising manager of The Dartmouth.

After Harvard Business School and three and a half years in the U.S. Navy, he worked for several brokerage firms. Since 1958 he served as chairman of Everett Harris & Co.

In Fiftieth Golden Jubilee Report, Ed said, Dartmouth influenced me tremendously and opened up new horizons about which previously I had little or no ideas."

He is survived by his wife, Marion, and three sons, Andrew '71,Craig, and Todd.

1938

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. AA1 Oil Company and a member of the American Association of Petroleum troleum Geologists and the Tulsa Geological Society.

He is survived by his wife, a daughter, and two sons.

J.R.S.Jr.'38

Robert Worthen Tabor died February 1 in Nashua, N.H. He came to Dartmouth from Concord High School. He was a chemistry-zoology major, a member of Iri-Kap, and had die unique privilege of living at Mary Hitchcock Hospital. A nighttime job there provided room and board.

Bob became an assistant store manager for W.T. Grant in N.Y.C. and then returned to Nashua to join Nashua Corp, a paper converting organization. After 19 years in various executive capacities he moved to Sanders Associates Inc., an electronics development company for whom he traveled all over Europe and the Far East as a licensing executive. He retired in 1979 as a Scientific Fellow.

Bob was a Mason, a member of the Nashua Historical Society, and a trustee of the Main Street Methodist Church. He was resident admissions interviewer for Dartmouth for a number of years. Bob's hobbies included building miniature furniture in his woodworking shop, and gardening at their summer place in Wells, Maine. He leaves his wife, Ruth, a daughter, son Gene W. Tabor '67, and four grandchildren.

1939

H.Beecher Chapin died suddenly on February 23. Beecher came to Dartmouth from Batavia (N.Y.) High School and was a member of the College Octet, the Glee Club, Gamma Delta Chi, and the medical fraternity Alpha Kappa Kappa. Beecher earned his M.D. from McGill Medical School in 1942. He interned in Philadelphia and Yonkers, N.Y., and then spent three years in the army serving in the South Pacific.

Returning to civilian life, he directed the H. Beecher Chapin Allergy Research Lab in Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital. There he developed a vaccine material against the herpes simplex virus. He retired in 1983 and moved to Warwick, Bermuda. He continued, on a reduced basis, to ply his medical speciality on the islands. In 1954 he married Deirdre Jane Frances O'Brien, whose family is entwined in the history of Ireland. They spent six months each year in that country, a few miles from Dromoland Castle, his wife's family homestead. Deirdre survives him. The couple had no children.

1940

Robin M. Hartmann passed away on May 1 due to respiratory arrest. For the past five years he had lived in Miami, Fla. Rob was born in Boston and attended Brookline High School, where he was captain of the track team. At Dartmouth he continued his hurdling successes and was elected captain of both freshman and varsity track teams. He belonged to Sphinx, Green Key, Vigilantes, and Phi Gamma Delta. In WW II he rose to command of the minesweeper U.S.S. Constant in the South Pacific. Recalled to duty after WW II he served in Korea and then as a public information director tor in Washington. Continuing in the navy for 20 years, he retired a captain. He worked in Washington, D.C., for a number of years before moving to Tarpon Springs, Fla. He is survived by a son and two daughters.

1941

Charles S.Frantz died March 7 at Exeter (N.H.) Hospital after a brief illness. Chuck came to Dartmouth from Kingston, Penn., and after flying PBY's for the navy in WW II, he returned to that area. He was a Ford dealer in Wilkes Barre and Kingston for 40 years until his retirement in 1986. Chuck served terms as president of the Wyoming Valley and the Pennsylvania Automobile Dealers Association and was active in many other civic and business organizations in the eastern Pennsylvania region. In recent years Chuck and his wife of 50 years,Mary Atherton, had moved to Newmarket on the coast of New Hampshire. He is survived by Mary and two children.

1942

Richard Woodrow Wilson died of a heart attack in Sumter, S.C.,on April 11. Dick entered Dartmouth from the Hackley School in Tarrytown, N.Y. He was living at the time in Portsmouth, N.H.At Dartmouth for three years, Dick participated in freshman football and hockey.

Dick entered the Air Force and served as a fighter pilot in WWII, the Korean Conflict, and on two tours in Vietnam. He retired as lieutenant colonel in 1970. He is survived by five children and a brother, William '43.

1943

Geddes W.Carrington died April 29.He attended Pembroke Country Day in Kansas City and graduated from Dartmouth December 1942. He married Charlotte Lysle shortly thereafter and reported for marine officer training at Quantico, Va. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for heroic achievement as communications officer in action against the Japanese in the Palau Islands, and he reached the rank of captain.

Returning to Chicago in 1945, he joined Hill Blacket Advertising Agency, then moved to the Morton Salt Cos. as advertising manager in 1947. He became VP of marketing in 1959 and in 1965 was made president of Morton Quality Products. In 1970 he became president of Buchen Advertising. After retiring in 1979 he was president of the Sanibel Harbors Association and active in conservation.

Surviving are Charlotte, two daughters, two sons, five grandchildren, and his brother Bennett W. Carrington Jr. Memorial contributions may be made to the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation, P.O. Box 839, Sanibel, FL 33957,or the charity of your choice.

1944

John Millard Denison died March 23 from prostate cancer and complications due to a stroke. He was the retired president and treasurer of the E.G. Barker Lumber Cos., in Woburn, Mass., and had lived in Hampton Falls, N.H., since 1985.

John came to Dartmouth from Lexington, Mass. Tie majored in economics and was a member of Delta Tau Delta and Dragon.

He served in the navy aircorps during World War II and was shot down by the Japanese over Okinawa. He was a highly decorated flyer and stayed in the navy reserve after the war, ultimately reaching the rank of commander.

John spent his whole life with his father's lumber business in Woburn, where he was also a Rotarian and a member of the Dartmouth Alumni Association. His father was a class of 1901, he had an uncle in 1906, and a great uncle in the class of 1895.

He is survived by his wife, Priscilla, three children, and three grandchildren.

Meryll M. Frost died of a heart attack on March 17 at his home in Columbia Falls, Maine.

A fine, 170-pound halfback for Dartmouth, Meryll left college after his sophomore year and enlisted in the Army Air Force. His plane was shot down over Italy and he was severely burned, both in the crash and trying to rescue other crew members. After 18 months of plastic surgery, he returned to Dartmouth in 1945 to quarterback that year's football team. He won a half dozen awards and national recognition for his "heroic comeback" and "courageous conduct."

In 1946, Merryl, General Jimmy Doolittle, actor Jimmy Stewart and others formed the Air Force Association to support the Army Air Force and push for the creation of a separate branch of the military. He was one of the group's original vice presidents and was on the national board of directors when he died. Merryl was also in the auto and real estate businesses in Rhode Island and Tucson. He is survived by his wife, Pauline, six children, 13 grandchildren, two step-grandchildren, and one great-grandson.

1950

Scott Charles Olin died peacefully in his sleep as a result of heart failure on February 18 at his home in Darien, Conn. He was born in White Plains, N.Y. A member of Theta Delta Chi, the freshman soccer team, the Glee Club, and NROTC, he was on the class executive committee from graduation until his death. Lie served as class secretary 1950-65 and 1986-90. He graduated from Tuck in 1951, served in the Korean War, and for the last fourteen years of his life was a sales manager for the Rawlplug Cos. in New Rochelle, N.Y. He was a member of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Fairfield County, the Camp Dudley Association of Westport, Conn., and the Deering Community Church in Deering, N.H. His wife, Elizabeth "Betts" Sherwood, died in 1974. He is survived by sons Eric '78 and Dirk '81.

1955

Richard Marsten Kidde died August 15,1990 in Londonderry,Vt. Dick left Dartmouth after two years and graduated from Washington University, where he majored in fine arts and business and later received ceived an M.B.A.in 1958. After a career with several large companies, Dick became the owner of a sporting goods company in 1966. In 1971 he became the owner and manager of the Blue Gentian Lodge in Londonderry. In 1957 Dick married June Heckmiller, who survives him along with their four children.

Jon Franklin Kropper

of Cambridge, Mass., died suddenly of a heart attack while skiing in Waterville Valley, N.H., on March 18. He attended St. George's Prep in Newport, R.I., where he was New England wrestling champion in 1951. At Dartmouth Jon was a mechanical engineering major, was active in the Outing and Wrestling Clubs and Phi Delta Theta, and played football his first two years. After graduation served in the U.S. Army Ordinance Corps.

Jon lived an exuberant and full life. He leaves his wife, Nancy, a daughter, and a son.

1958

Brian B. Rodner died December 10 in Gainsville, Fla. He was living in Lady Lake, Fla. A bachelor all his life, he spent his entire career working in TV, first as a news broadcaster and then as an executive on the business side of television news reporting, with NBC and then ABC.At Dartmouth he was active in the Players, WDBS, and Germania.

1961

Terance Anthony O'Neil died of bone cancer November 28,1991,in Jupiter Island, Fla. He worked in securities with a series of investment firms and stock brokerages In 1985 he formed his own firm, O'Neil Securities, in Jupiter.

As an undergraduate Terry was in Beta and Sphinx, played football and baseball, and was on the Undergraduate Council Judiciary Committee. He remained consistently active in alumni affairs and was a member of the Alumni Council 1976-78. For the class he was chairman of the Fifth Reunion, head agent beginning in 1977, and long-time member of the executive committee. He won the Chairman's Award for Outstanding Performance for his work as class agent during the 1979 campaign. He was secretary, president, and district enrollment director of the Dartmouth Association of the Plains in Omaha, Neb.,1963-78.

Terry was a trustee for several hospitals, officer of civic clubs, and worked for community chest. He is survived by his wife, Mary, and two children.