Deaths
This is a listing of deaths which have been reported to us since we prepared the previous issue. Full notices, usually written by the class secretaries, may appear in this issue or in a later one.
John G. Kemeny '22 A • Dec. 26 Franklin N. Corbin Jr. '20 • Aug. 21 Lloyd Van Vleet Young '20 • Sept. 9 Spencer F. Smith '22 • Dec. 5 Robert H. Wilder '23 • Oct. 23 William R. Cubbins Jr. '25 • Dec. 2 Lincoln K. Davis '25 • Dec. 24 John D. Hamilton '25 • Nov. 18 Clarence E. Morrison Jr. '25 • Nov. 18 Charles W. MacMillan '25 • Sept. 13 George A. Schrader Starke '26 • Oct. 1 Anthony H. Gleason '26 • Nov. 27 Horace N. Carver '28 • Oct. 31 George E. Holbrook '28 • Sept. 24 Stewart H. Jones '29 • May 30 George A. MacDonnell '29 • Sept. 12 Romaine A. Philpot '30 • Feb. 28, 1990 Warren S. Vanderbeck '30 • Nov. 10 Franklin Hardinge Jr. '31 • Oct. 26 William T. Seney '31 • July 12 Morton T. Brown '32 • Oct. 28 Boyd H. Parker '32 • Oct. 22 William H. Fobes Jr. '33 Oct. 26 Seymour D. Lewis '34 • Nov. 1 Joseph E. Fellows '35 • Dec. 7 Charles W. French '35 • Nov. 24 Hiram J. Harlor '35 • Dec. 7 Howard A. Kaiser '35 • Sept. 1 Mitchell G. Boyd '36 • Nov. 5 William S. Webster '37 • Oct. 16 Harry L. Allen '39 • Dec. 15 William F. Deal '39 • Nov. 4 George O. Mudge '39 • Nov. 15 Lester O. Terry '39 • Dec. 6 James R. Gibson '40 • Nov. 30 Harry G. Midgley Jr. '40 • Nov. 15 Donald R. Shippam '40 • Oct. 26 John W. Bates Jr. '41 • Nov. 9 Lewis I. Hart '41 • Nov. 24 Reginald W. Nelson '41 • Nov. 8 James J. Page '41 • Oct. 31 Arthur L. Spoeneman '41 • March 1992 Nathaniel H. Luttrell Jr. '42 • Oct. 26 Harold W. Lindley '43 • Nov. 22 Donald H. Taylor '43 • Nov. 29 James C. Dick '44 'June 23 Donald E. Holmes '44 • Aug. 28 Claude F. Shuchter '44 • Nov. 5 Gerald S. Yudkin '44 • Oct. 23 Albert J. Schmidt '47 • Nov. 24 John R. Widholm '47 • July 18 Vincent E. Edmunds '48 •Jan. 25, 1992 Warren T. Kent '48 • Nov. 5 Sumner M. Sollitt '49 • Nov. 4 Arthur T. Wallace '49 • Dec. 1 Henry H. Barnes '50 • Nov. 10 James H. Harms '50 • Nov. 28 Allen F. Maybee '57 • Oct. 23 William H. Lowry '59 • Nov. 18 Robert A. Peck '60 'July 27 William E. Atkinson Jr. '61 • Nov. 12 Jane-Anne Dalton '82 • Nov. 29 Joseph K. Lee '90 • Sept. 15
1925
Norton Canfield died in Miami on October 12, survived by his wife of 48 years, Francis, two children, and a brother. Norton received his M.D. from Michigan in 1929 and then taught there for several years. He taught at Yale Medical 1933-62 and had private practices in the area. He was director of the Virgin Islands Hearing and Speech Center for ten years, taught at Institute) Nacional de la Comunicacion Humana in Mexico City, and did consulting work in ear, nose and throat. He published 30 scientific articles and the book Hearing a Handbookfor Laymen, which was translated into several languages. He served in the U.S. Medical Corps in Europe 1942-46 as a colonel and senior consultant in otolaryngology.
1927
Charles Slack Huntley died in Austin, Texas, on August 28 after suffering a paralytic stroke a year earlier. Charley was born and raised on a dairy farm in Norwich, Vt., and walked across the river to high school in Hanover, N.H. He learned to playtrombone as a boy and was a member of the Dartmouth Marching Band and orchestra in college. Following graduation, Charley moved to Harlingen, Texas, to manage an uncle's citrus orchard. He married Josephine Pollard in 1931. He moved to Austin in 1942 after a hurricane destroyed the citrus orchards. He was an accountant in the Texas Department of Public Warfare in Austin for 28 years, played with the Austin Symphony Orchestra for 18 years, and organized the Austin Organic Gardener's Club, avoiding the use of toxic insecticides and fertilizers.
Survivors are his wife, Josephine, two daughters, and three grandchildren.
John Harrington Munro died August 4 in Sequim, Wash., where he had retired 14 years earlier. Jack graduated from Maiden (Mass.) High School as salutatorian. At Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and graduated magna cum laude. He earned his M.D. from Harvard in 1930 and began a family medical practice in Sunapee, N.H. There he became chief of staff at Newport Hospital and sponsored additions to the hospital. He was medical examiner for Sullivan County for 25 years.
Retiring from practice in 1974, Jackandhis wife, Gladys, moved to Sequim to be near their sons. Jack suffered from cataracts and deafness, diabetes, for which a leg was amputated, and finally generalized cancer. Besides his wife, he left two sons and one brother. He was the epitome of the family physician, beloved by his patients.
William B. Wolf Sr. died of congestive heart failure August 21 at Church Hospital in Baltimore, Md. Bill entered Dartmouth from Central High School in Washington D.C. He left after freshman year because of his father's illness and earned a law degree from George Washington University in 1927. He was associated with his father in the family law practice in Washington, D.C. He served in the Judge Advocate's General Corps of the army 1942-45 and was discharged as lieutenant colonel. His wife of 50 years, Ruth, died in 1976. Survivors are his wife, Elsa, and, from his first marriage, a son and a daughter.
1930
Stanley Zyskowski died in April. Stan was Institutional Steward of the Western Massachusetts Hospital in Westfield, Mass., a position he held from 1948 until his retirement in 1970. Stan retained membership in the American Hospital Association of Hospital Purchasing Management and enjoyed an interest in photography. In 1949 he married Rose Brackinisky, who died in 1963. He was married again in 1974 to Alice Sanoski, who died in 1974. There were no children.
1931
Tower C. Snow died at home in his sleep on September 29. Tower learned shortly before his death that he had incurable bladder cancer. Rather than opt for treatment which would have temporarily extended his life. Tower chose to live his final days actively with his family and friends. He passed away without pain and in peace.
Tower had a variety of jobs before becoming a general agent with the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co. and then moving to Connecticut Mutual, where he spent the rest of his career. During his career he and his family lived in Buffalo, New York City, Wellesley, La Jolla, Scottsdale, and Walnut Creek, Calif., where he died. Tower's wife, Mardie, died 11 months before him. The most important goal in Tower's later years was to take care of and comfort Mardie.
He is survived by his two children, Tower Jr. '69 and Sally. Tower loved and supported the College throughout his life.
1932
Max P. Heavenrich Jr. passed away on September IS in Saginaw, Mich., after an extended illness. Max majored in political science at Dartmouth and earned his master's degree at the University of Michigan. Thereafter he worked as an advisor to city governments, starting in Flint, Mich., then moving on to Superior, Wise., and Dayton, Ohio. He served in Washington at the Bureau of the Budget during WW II.
In 1946 Max returned to Saginaw as the third-generation head of Heavenrich Brothers department store. His career as a merchant did not dim his interest in public affairs. Max served on advisory committees for three Michigan governors, and as director ad chairman of the Detroit branch of the Federal Reserve Board. He was a director of the Citizen's Research Council of Michigan, the Saginaw United Chest, the Boy Scouts, a local hospital, and a state university.
He is survived by Ruth, his wife of 54 years, and three children, four grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
1933
John Levis Easthope died in Santa Monica, Calif., on March 28. He prepared at Culver Military Academy and Lake Forest Academy and was a member of Phi Gamma Delta. He transferred to Wabash College in 1932 and received a bachelor's degree there in 1934. He also studied at Harvard Business School. Jack was employed in the sales department of Owens-Illinois Glass Co. in Toledo and San Francisco and retired to Pacific Palisades in 1965. He served in the army during World War II. He is survived by his wife, Virginia, and three children.
1935
James Walter Stearns died June 6 in Brattleboro, Vt., where he made his home. Jim was very much involved in music. He served as organist and choirmaster at Centre Congregational Church in Brattleboro 1938-51 and at St. Michael's Episcopal Church in Brattleboro and later at Trinity Church in Rutland.
He was a charter member of the American Guild of Organists, Vermont Chapter, and dean of the state chapter 1949-51.
Professionally, Jim was an engineer in the Vermont Highway Department.
He was married to Eleanor Duke who predeceased him in 1972. He leaves a son, William, and a daughter, Peggy.
1936
Allan Russell Rader died in April after a long battle with heart disease. Allan was a Bronxville, N.Y., High School graduate, editor of The Dart, athlete (featherweight boxing champ, interfraternity skijumping and ski-joring champ), and a philosophy and English major. His social consciousness well honed, he went on to become a newsman at The New York Herald Tribune; ad man at McCann-Erickson, Young & Rubicam (where he was creative director), and Compton Advertising; comedy writer or director for Chico Marx, William Bendix, Steve Allen, Mary Pickford, Fanny Brice, and Eve Arden; inventor, with mathematician Fred Lewis '36, of an automatic navigation system for Douglas Aircraft; researcher in artificial intelligence; and writer on feminism, science, and the environment (sample: Guess What ICan Do, a Celebration of What It is to Be a Woman, book and musical cassette, Circumedia, 1978).
Long divorced from Jan Freedman, he leaves sons Dr. William Rader Anderson and KirkBader, daughters Lyn Rader Ayal and Jill Rader, and five grandchildren.
Frank K. Kappler
1937
Thomas J. McIntyre died August 8 in West Palm Beach, Fla. He lived in Laconia, N.H., and Tequesta, Fla. He was a Democrat who became an influential Senator from a Republican state and served two terms from 1966 to 1978.
Tom came to Dartmouth from Manlius School, majored in history, and rapidly began in college the leadership role that made his career one of the outstanding in the class. A member of Delta Tau Delta, Green Key, Palaeopitus, Council of Student Organizations, and the directorate of The Dartmouth Players, he went on to Boston University Law School in 1940. In WW II Tom served in the army in Europe, reaching the rank of major and winning the Bronze Star. He returned to Laconia to practice law, then was elected mayor from 1949 to 1951, the only elected office he held before being elected to the Senate. lie dedicated much time to community service.
Tom is survived by his wife of 51 years, the former Myrtle Clement, a daughter, Martha Gray, and a grandson.
1938
Robert Smith Campbell died August 27. He prepared for college at Erasmus Hall in Brooklyn, majored in political science, and was a brother in Alpha Sigma Phi. In 1941 he got his LL.B. from Harvard and then saw a lot of action in the Pacific as a lieutenant in the navy.
He began his professional career in Grand Coulee, Wash., serving as prosecuting attorney for Grant County and then opening his private practice in 1946. In 1951 he married Rose Krehbiel and moved to Moses Lake, Wash. He served as an administrative law judge for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Kansas City and then later in San Diego. He retired in 1985.
Smitty was secretary of the Kansas City Dartmouth Alumni Club and while in private practice was active in the Lions, Moose, Eagles, VFW, and American Legion. He enjoyed classical music and working on home projects.
He leaves Rose, two sons, and a brother, Dr. Raymond Campbell '46. J.R.S. Jr.
Russell Wright Dow died August 10. Before coming to Hanover in 1933 he went to Alaska with Bradford Washburn to help map Mt. Crillion and said, "This is where I belong." He settled there permanently in 1937. He worked as a logger, cook, gold miner, coal miner, army ski instructor, builder, mail-boat worker, truck driver,.cannery worker, photographer, and, for 30 years, as an operator of the Eklutna Power Plant, which he helped build.
In 1939 Russ married Benzie Scott who shared his love of Alaska and sense of adventure. Homesteading in 1947 in the Matanuska Valley, they built a house which has withstood flood and earthquake. Benzie died in 1989.
Russ's photos appeared in a number of publications and in several historical museums.
He is survived by his second wife, Marilyn DeVine Dow, who he married last February, and by his sister V. Lee Bradley.
1939
Angus C. Littlejohn Jr. of Locust Valley, N.Y., died July 9 of complications from emphysema. Gus came to Dartmouth from Springfield (Ill.) Junior College after graduating from Springfield High School. He did not graduate with us in '39. During WW II he went to USNR indoctrination school on the Dartmouth campus and later served in Columbia, Brazil, and France, getting his honorable discharge in November of '45 as a full lieutenant.
He returned to Brazil in 1946 to co-found Deltec Securities, which became a major Latin American business bank. He served on the boards of 16 manufacturing companies and directed the American Chamber of Commerce for Brazil. Returning to the States in 1964, he was an executive and consultant for the United Trust Company of New York, and for five years was president of the international division. He is survived by his wife, Mercedes, two sons, a daughter, and two stepchildren.
1941
Harold David Chittim passed away at his home in Cohasset, Mass., on July 28. He had an inoperable brain tumor. Dave prepared for Dartmouth at Tabor Academy and served in the war as a captain in the Army Engineers. He later retired from the Army Reserve as a lieutenant colonel. Dave worked in various executive positions in the New England Telephone Company, retiring in 1982 after 35 years of service. Dave was an active alumnus who served on the class executive committee for the past seven years. His wife, Mary survives him, as well as four children, including Kevin '69.
John Eckhoff Jr. died of lung cancer in Gainesville, Fla., on June 28. John came to Dartmouth from Rockville Centre, N.Y. He served in the navy during WW II as an Air Service pilot. He owned and operated a restaurant and cabin colony in Ossipee, N.H., and recently moved to Florida in retirement. John is survived by Ruth, his wife of 50 years, and four children.
Louis Alonzo Young died in Bryn Mawr, Penn., on July 25 after a valiant fight of several years with debilitating ailments. Lou was class president from 1940 to 1946 and was football captain of the memorable team that upset nationally ranked Cornell despite a fifth-down error by the referee. Lou served in the war as a navy lieutenant commander. He then settled down in the Philadelphia area, where he and Barbara raised four children while both maintained very active roles in Dartmouth alumni affairs. Lou was class treasurer for almost 20 years and in 1980 received an Alumni Award.
Lou spent most of his working years in charge of sales for an architectural engineering firm, Alexander Ewing Associates in Philadelphia. He is survived by Barbara, four children including Louis '70, and two brothers, H. Stewart '50 and John '47.
1943
John H. Berkley died June 27 in Stuart, Fla. John entered Dartmouth from Harrisburg Academy. He attended the University of Virginia after leaving Dartmouth. During WWII he served in the Army Air Corps. John had retired from Virginia's Department of Labor and Industry. He was a member of St. Gregory's Episcopal Church and is survived by three sons, Thomas H. Jr. and Robert W., both of Harrisburg, and John H. Jr. of Keene, N.H.; also a sister, Virginia Detweiler, and two grandchildren.
Arthur B. Bucknam Jr. of Salem, Ore., died of severe emphysema and cancer of the throat on June 18. Art and Frances had lived in San Jose, Calif., for 17 years, retiring to Salem in 1991 to be closer to their daughter Anne. An officer in the Maritime Service in World War II, Art saw duty and was discharged as a It. commander in 1946.
Entering Dartmouth from Crosby H.S. in Waterbury, Conn., he majored in economics and was a member of Theta Chi. His father also graduated from Dartmouth, class of 1910.
Art specialized in production control and belonged to the American Production and Inventory Control Society. He is survived by his wife and daughter.
1945
James Reardon Montgomery Jr. of Santa Barbara, Calif., died December 18, 1991. He entered Dartmouth from Elgin (111.) Academy and was on The Dartmouth's staff. In 1942 he entered the Navy Air Corps. He was discharged in 1945 as a lieutenant (j.g.), returning to Dartmouth. His career was in printing and publishing, and his most recent position was vice president of marketing for Day and Night Graphics Inc. in Carpenteria, Calif. He attended the class's 40th reunion.
He is survived by his widow, Barbara, two daughters, and three sons.
1947
William J. Childs of East Bridgewater, Mass., died of a sudden illness at home on September 10. He entered Dartmouth from Quincy High School and later earned a degree from the New England Conservatory of Music. He served in the Marine Corps in WW II.
He was employed as an industrial engineer for the Titleist Golf Division of Acushnet Co. until his June 1990 retirement. He was an accomplished musician and served several of the South Shore churches, including St. John's Church in East Bridgewater, as choirmaster and organist. He was also into Barbershop and Sweet Adeline singing.
His first wife, Dorothy, died in 1971, and a daughter Constance died in 1991. William is survived by his second wife, Rita.
Fred Arthur Ruoff of Longwood, Fla., died May 19 after a courageous two-year struggle with colon cancer. Fred served in the marine corps during WW II, entering Dartmouth after that service, and graduating cum laude with an English major. He also earned an M.A. degree at Rutgers. He taught school for two years, worked for the American Red Cross in Europe, and then at Travelers Insurance Co. in Hartford for five years. He then entered the field of banking as VP of Human Relations in Worcester, Mass., and remained there until his retirement to Florida and to Newfound Lake, N.H., in 1985.
Fred was very active in various Dartmouth clubs for 35 years, serving in Worcester and in Florida as enrollment officer, chairman of programs and seminars, and president. He is survived by his wife, Mary, two daughters, a son, and four grandchildren.
1950
John L. Carleton died at his home in Hendersonville, N.C., on June 26 after a recurring illness. John came to Dartmouth from Denver via Kimball Union Academy and the army. He left Dartmouth and graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism. He worked for the Chicago Tribune and a WGN Radio subsidiary, then became editor of the Wausau Insurance Company Magazine. He continued working in writing and advertising in the U.S. and France for many years. He is survived by his brothers Frank '46 and Fred '53.
1951
Frank Ulrichs Jr. died suddenly June 17 in a hospital near his lifelong home town of Norwich, N.Y. "Inky" came to Dartmouth from Norwich High School. He was a member of Chi Phi and was active in many intramural sports. Upon graduation he entered Naval Officers' School in Newport, R.I., and finished first in his class. He served five years as a lieutenant. After his discharge, Frank earned a degree from Brooklyn Law School and practiced in the New York City area for several years. He later moved back to upstate New York where he owned and operated the Binghamton Insurance Claims Agency. At the time of his death, Frank was in the real-estate business in Norwich. He was always a supporter of Norwich athletics, and the high school's stadium was built thanks to the efforts of Frank, his mother, and his brother, after whom it was named. Frank is survived by his wife, Veronica, six children, six grandchildren, and his sister Gertrude Cheatham of Las Vegas.
1986
Martin J. Rryska was killed in a car accident September 13 in Utah. Martin grew up in Palo Alto, Calif., and came to Dartmouth as an alpine skier. He later switched to Nordic and was a very active member of the ski team. He also loved the Outing Club and was a good rock and ice climber. After graduation he continued to compete in ski races all over the country and was pegged by some as an Olympic "dark horse." Martin earned a master's in engineering at Thayer. He merged his interests in skiing and engineering by developing a new kind of rollerski for use in cross-country ski training.
Martin had recently been pursuing his interests in furniture and woodworking in Aspen, Colo. He also received patents for a bicycle transmission train and mechanical crouches. Martin leaves behind many family members, including his mother and stepfather, and a plentitude of friends and acquaintances whose lives he touched. A memorial service was held at Moosilauke on October 18. Memorial contributions may be made to the Appalachian Mountain Club, 5 Joy St., Boston, MA 02108.
1990
Brian F. Hayes died of cancer August 9 at his home in Melrose, Mass. A government major, he was editor of The Dartmouth, a Big Brother, and a David's House volunteer, where he spoke with the families of children with cancer. He was a manager of the baseball team and a Rufus Choate Scholar.
Brian wrote an article about his struggle with cancer for The New York Times Magazine in March 1991. He wrote for several other newspapers including the Times, The ValleyNews, and the Manchester Union Leader.
His main aim in life was to graduate from Dartmouth. Despite setbacks that kept him away for long periods, he was only five courses short of his goal when he died.
Brian leaves his parents, G. Frederick and Shirley M. Hayes, and a sister, Cheryl A. Hayes. Memorial donations may be made to the Melrose Visiting Nurses, 50 Tremont St., Melrose, MA 02176, or the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney St., Boston, MA 02115.
