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.

William P. Fowler '21 • Jan. 11 Carlton G. VanCleve '21 • Jan. 2 Howard R. Bartlett '23 • Jan. 3 John L. Miles '23 •Jan. 13 Earl C. Daum '24 • Jan. 18 Alexander G. Haskell '24 • Nov. 30 Frank S. Haskell '24 • Dec. 14 Wales R. Holbrook '24 • March 23, 1992 Edgar A. Farnum '26 • Dec. 28 Cecil E. Heacox '26 • Nov. 28 Robert W. Page '27 • Dec. 12 William H. Marx '28 • Nov. 30 Edwin V. Deans '29 • Dec. 11 Edward S. Meyers '30 • Aug. 24 Raymond N. Olsen '30 • Jan. 4 Thomas B. Curtis '32 •Jan. 10 Samuel A. Gass '33 • Nov. 29 Carl E. Rugen '33 • Jan. 10 Robert L. Thornton '33 • Sept. 24 Charles Shaw '35 • Oct. 23 F. Byron Tomlinson '35 • Jan. 25 Edwin S. Avery '36 • Jan. 12 Robert L. Paterson '36 • Dec. 27 Warren J. Crumbine '37 • Jan. 5 Lester Garvin '37 • Dec. 16 Julian B. Leslie '37 • Jan. 11 Gordon E. Torrey '37 • Nov. 1 Robert P. Hallock '38 • Jan. 3 Gilbert H. Kruschwitz '3B • Nov. 19 Walter E. Martinson '39 • Nov. 24 Edward G. Acker '41 • Nov. 13 S. Lloyd Fishman '41 • Dec. 30 Robert L. Burnap '43 • July 3 Franklin L. Torney Jr.'43 • Dec. 14 Robert S. Hyde '44 • Dec. 29 Gordon van den Noort '44 • Nov. 27 Lawrence L. Denton '47 • Dec. 18 Richard W. Bandfield '49 • Jan. 1 John C. Pace Jr. '51 • Dec. 30 Thomas V. Kohler '53 • Sept. 18 David G. Hurlbut '55 • Dec. 10 Richard S. Stoddart '5B • Jan. 17 Mark E. Grady '6l • Dec. 24 Stephen W. Smith III '65 • Dec. 13 Edward L. Pepper Jr. '79 • Jan. 10 Staeey A. Hardwick '85 "Jan. 15 Stephen J. DeMaio '90 • Nov. 25

1924

Stuart Edson Eldredge of Springfield, Vt., died June 15 after a long illness. He was an artist whose work ranged from massive murals in various public buildings to small watercolors of Vermont scenery and was widely known and prized by many art collectors and museums, including the College's. He studied at the Art Students League and the Beaux Arts Institute of Design's Mural Atelier in New York City. He also taught art at Cooper Union and the Art Students League as well as the Hartford School of Art. After moving to Springfield some years ago he taught summer sessions there and also taught individual students.

His wife, Marion, is also an artist as are his four daughters.The family often exibited their works together.

At Dartmouth he was an English major and a member of Tri-Kap. He is survived by his wife and daughters.

Rudolf Karrmann Haerle died June 4 at his home in Marquette Manor, Indianapolis, Ind. He was the co-founder and first president of Civil War Round Table. He was presented the Sagamore of the Wabash award by Governor Bayh for his contributions to the state. He was an honorary member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, a Fellow of the Company of Military Historians, and served on a number of other clubs and boards including the Dartmouth Club of Indiana, of which he was secretary for some years. He was a collector of Civil War memorabilia.

His granddaughter, Rebecca Ann Haerle '84, writes of him, "he had a happy, healthy- life for 90 years. He was active and about until the day he died." Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth, sons Rudolf Haerle Jr. Ph.D. '53 and George, 13 grandchildren, and eight great- grandchildren.

Ernest Sherlock Hickok died July 13 at Overlook Hospital in Summit, N.J. He was a lifelong resident of Summit who started his career as a life-insurance agent and became a C.L.U. He served his community as a councilor at large and as a freeholder with the State Association of Freeholders. He also served on a variety of civic boards. In later years he became a fine arts dealer, a connois- seur, and an appraiser. His special interest was in Americana, painting, prints, and books. He donated many of the items he collected to museums. He belonged to a variety of book- seller associations and dealers. He is survived by his wife, Amy, two sons, a daughter, 15 grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren.

Abraham Kolodim died at his home in North Caldwell, N.J., on April 18,1992. He obtained his medical degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University in 1928. He special- ized in internal medicine and cardiology and had his office in Montclair, N.J., where he was director of medicine at the Mountainside Hospital. He is survived by his wife, Estelle, and by two daughters.

Edward Ruthven Streater died at home in Winona, Minn., on April 13, 1992. Ed was a lifelong lumberman at the Botsford Lumber Company in Winona. He was married toJeanM. Snyder on September 29, 1934. After his retirement the Streaters moved to Tucson. Upon Jean's deadi in 1980 Ed returned to Winona, where he remained active in church and community affairs. He is survived by his son Scott, brother Harold '38, and sister Rebecca Fuhlbruegge, all of Winona.

1928

Edward Morton Jennings died October 3 of a heart attack in Venice, Italy, while on a Mediterranean cruise. Mutt prepared for Dartmouth at Phillips Andover Academy. At Dartmouth he joined Gamma Delta Epsilon, was on the swim team, and went on to Tuck School. After graduation he was employed by the Bank of Boston where he spent his entire 43 -year career, becoming head of die bank's commercial banking division and loan review officer. "Ten years after Tuck School he graduated from the Stonier Graduate School of Banking and later served on the school faculty and board of regents. He was director or advisor of several companies in the Boston area and a number of civic organizations. He also was trustee emeritus of the Boston Symphony and its oldest one.

At the time of his death Mutt was president of 1928. He had been active in class affairs and a vice president since 1988, when he was the 60th Reunion chairman. Mutt also was an Alumni Award recipient in 1978.

His wife, Mary, died in 1988. Sons Edward III '57 and Charles '65, T'66, five grandchildren, and one great-grandson survive him.

Winfield Taylor died June 1 at his home in Somers, N.Y., after a brief illness. Win prepared at the New Trier High School in Wilmette, Ill. At Dartmouth he majored in English and joined Alpha Delta Phi. After graduation he was employed by Marshall Field &Co., McCann-Erickson Inc., and Curtis Publishing Co. before joining J. Walter Thomson, where he became vice president. Later he was a consultant for the English Ford line in the U.S.

Win's wife, Ethel, predeceased him. He is survived by a son and three daughters.

1929

John Morris Compton whom we knew as John Conlon, died July 16 at Rockingham Nursing Home in Brentwood, N.H.John came from Edgewood High School in Pittsburgh and Mercerburg Academy, be- longed to Phi Delta Theta and Dragon, and majored in sociology. He worked as a broker and in the telephone business and suffered a long series of illnesses. He changed his name to avoid confusion in his family. He never married and had no living relatives.

1930

James Cecil Dunlap died on June 28 after a long illness. Jim had been with the family firm, Walter M. Dunlap & Sons in Lancaster, Pa., since graduation. He had been chairman of its executive com- mittee, chairman of the board, and on the board of governors. He was chairman of the Lancaster Assembly, a director of the Lancaster County Farmers National Bank and of the Union Stockyard Co., and president of the Lancaster Livestock Exchange 1966-70. He had been president of the board of trustees of the YMCA, on the executive committee of the Lancaster General Hospital, and a trustee of the Wheatland Foundation as well.

Jim was manager of the Dartmouth College Fund in his senior year, was on the freshman tennis team, and a member of Green Key and Dragon Senior Society. He chaired the Dartmouth interviewing committee for applicants for about 25 years until 1960 and helped in fundraising. He attended special sessions of Harvard Business School in 1934. In 1939 he married Anne Louise Reist, who died in 1981.

Dudley Wolcott Faust died of pneumonia in April 1992. He was liv- ing in Palo Alto, Calif. Dudley joined Colum- bia Broadcasting System in 1937 as a time salesman after having worked at the Chicago Evening American. In 1954 he became CBS's radio network sales manager.

At St. Johns military school he had a distinguished athletic record.

Dudley married Frances Nichols in 1934. Their children are Lynn and Martha.

1931

Monroe Karasik died July 27. At Dartmouth Mon majored in English and was scenic director of the Play- ers. He worked his way through Brooklyn Law by selling horror and mystery stories to Street & Smith and working as a stage manager at the Roxy Theatre.

His law career included private practice, the Department of Justice, and founding the D.C. firm of Surrey, Karasik, Gould and Efron, dealing mainly with international matters. He was in the army 1943-45, the last two years as an analyst for the OSS.

He retired in 1975 and turned to helping others, particularly those in nursing homes, children needing day care, the developmentally disabled, and the retarded.

Mon served the College well in enrollment interviewing and as assistant class agent. He is survived by his widow, Joan, a daughter, and three sons.

William Haddon Marsh Jr. died on April 13,1992. Bill came to Dartmouth from West High School in Minneapolis. After his major in economics he obtained his M.C.S. from Tuck in 1932. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta.

In 1932 he began 37 years with General Mills, retiring in Atlanta as district manager, a position he had held since 1953. Then Bill formed his own financial-analysis company, WILLFLO Associates Inc., and served seven years with the Small Business Administration.

Bill served Dartmouth as a member of the Alumni Council; president, secretary, and treasurer of the Dartmouth Club of Georgia; regional agent and class agent for the Alumni Fund; and district enrollment chairman.

His other activities included Toastmasters International, food manufacturers and sales executive clubs, the Atlanta Voters Guild, and the Greater Atlanta Rose Society. He is survived by his widow, Florence, a daughter, and two sons.

1933

William Noyes McKee died from kidney failure on June 22 in Stam- ford, Conn. He prepared at Taft School, ma- jored in chemistry, and was in Sigma Nu and Alpha Chi Sigma. He received an M.A. in chemical engineering from Columbia in 193 7. He served in the army infantry from 1940 to 1946 in part with the Persian Gulf Command.

Bill worked with Shell Oil as a chemist, with W.A. Cleary Corporation as sales manager, and with the Tennessee Corporation as a research chemist. He is survived by his wife, Margaret, and two children.

1936

John Van Buren Sullivan of Larchmont, N.Y., died at home of a heart attack on May 18. He came to Dartmouth from Evanston (I11.) Township High and was a member of Psi Upsilon.

During WW II Sully was with the Army News Service and Stars and Stripes. After the war he spent his entire career in broadcasting, most of it with WNEW Radio or its parent company, Metromedia Inc. He was a member of the International Radio and Television Society and the N.Y. State Broadcasters Association. In 1965, when he was president of the Metropolitan Radio Division of Metromedia, he was honored by the Ivy Network, receiving the first Ivy Broadcaster's Award at the Network's annual convention.

John is survived by his wife, Joan, three daughters, and one son.

1937

Lem W. Bowen died of heart failure at the Dartmouth- Hitchcock Medical Center on September 7. During WW II he was a captain in the army, serving in the European Theater. Lem spent most of his business life with Burroughs Co. (now Unisys) in Detroit, where he rose to the position of treasurer. He was active in com- munity affairs.

In 1977 Lem retired to Hanover. Among many activities on behalf of Dartmouth College, he was for many years assistant director of the Dartmouth Institute and a member of the board of the Friends of Baker Library.

For his class Lem was chairman of the 45 th Reunion, acting head agent for the Alumni Fund on three separate occasions, and a class representative on the Alumni Council. He was elected a vice president of the class at the 5 5 th Reunion. Lem's wisdom, wit, and writing ability was strong glue that bound the class together. He leaves his wife of 47 years, Elizabeth, two daughters, and five grandchildren.

1940

Malcolm McKay Howard died June 19 in Iveene, N.H. Born in Leba- non, Mai was a graduate of West Lebanon High School. At the College he joined Theta Delta Chi, the Ledyard Canoe Club, and Bait and Bullet. He continued his education at the College of Medicine of the State University of New York on Long Island. Mai began gen- eral practice in Greenfield, Mass., in 1948, then served as a captain in the air force. He completed his Board of Surgery requirements in 1957 after three years at Boston City Hospital, then started his surgery practice in Keene, where he remained. He is survived by his wife, Marguerite, a daughter, and a son.

1942

John Van Etten Furth died July 16 at his home in Ruidoso, N.M. John entered Dartmouth from Highland Park High School in New Jersey and was a mem- ber of Sigma Phi Epsilon. Following gradua- he served in the marines as a pilot 1942-1946 and was discharged as a first lieutenant.

A self-employed orchid grower from 1946 to 1952, John was a ceramic engineer for the Solar Aircraft Company and Ferro Corporation from 1952 to 1960, and supervisor of the optical metallography lab for General Atomic (San Diego) until his retirement in 1967 because of berylliosis incurred on the job.

John is survived by his widow, Betsy, whom he married in 1943, and by their son, James McDonough Furth.

1945

James Harold Drumm Jr. of Manila, the Philippines, died on April 22. Born in Santa Domingo, he attended Romford School and Taft School before entering Dartmouth, where he was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity. During WW II he served in the Army Air Corps. He returned to Dartmouth to graduate in 1947.

His career was with the Ford Motor Company in various locations in Latin America. While in Venezuela, he met and married Pamela Manning, with whom he had two sons. In 1978 he received the Orden Merito Award from the president of Venezuela for his contribution to the automobile industry there.

In 1980 he retired to Cornish Flat, N.H., where Pamela died in 1989. Jim attended the class's 40th Reunion.

In May 1991 Jim was reunited in marriage with his first wife, Carlyn Truax, in San Francisco. They moved to Manila where Carlyn had lived for many years. In addition to Carlyn, Jim is survived by his sons, a granddaughter, a sister, and two stepchildren.

Roderick Norman Shepherd of Richlands, N.C., died on April 4 following a bad fall in his home. He entered Dartmouth from Boston Latin School and was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity and Dragon. Dur- ing WW II he served in the Army Air Corps and was a second lieutenant upon discharge. He returned to Dartmouth and graduated in 1947. In October of that year he was married to Elizabeth Pride and entered Boston Uni- versity School of Business Administration.

He was employed 1948-57 by Edwin L. Pride Co. in Boston, where he was a senior accountant. In 1957 he was named controller of the National Merchandising Corp. in West Roxbury, Mass., where in 1960 he became treasurer. He later worked with High Vacuum Equipment Corp. in Hingham, Mass., where he served as president prior to retirement.

Bud is survived by Betty, three daughters, two sisters, and three brothers.

John Albert Skakle formerly of Weston, Mass., died on July 19 of pneumonia and congestive heart failure fol- lowing many years of crippling rheumatoid arthritis. He entered Dartmouth from New- ton High School and Vermont Academy and was a member of Phi Sigma Phi fraternity. During WW II he served in the Army Air Corps. Jack and his wife, Nancy (who died in 1989), were responsible for compiling and publishing the 25 th Reunion Yearbook, a su- perb labor of love.

Jack spent his entire career in publishing, entering in 1947 as advertising manager for the Waltham Publishing Co., publisher of the News Tribune, a daily newspaper that had been owned by member of his family for nearly 60 years. He became publisher in 1973, upon the death of his mother. As Jack's health deteriorated it became necessary for him to retire in the late 1970s, becoming publisher emeritus. The business was sold in 1979.

Both Jack and Nancy were very active in many community activities before physical disabilities set in. They are survived by three sons, John, Thomas, and Charles.

1947

Richard Luetters died July 24 at home in Wayland, Mass., fol- lowing a lengthy illness. Rich was a civilian freshman in the summer of 1943 and served in the Army Air Corps during WW II prior to completing his studies. He also played varsity soccer on a very successful team. He earned another degree from Babson College in 1949.

Richard's field was advertising and journalism. He was employed by radio station WEEI, Boston, for ten years, and with Bill Creed Associates continuously until retirement in 1987. He co-wrote a column for Ad Week magazine.

He is survived by his wife, Barbara, a son, a daughter, and two grandchildren.

1955

Frederick Horatio Starling III passed away from cancer on August 25. Fred came to Dartmouth from the Episcopal Academy and was an economics major. He was active in the Dartmouth Outing Club and was a member and president of Phi Delta Theta. After graduation he received his LL.D. from Dickinson School of Law in 1958 and entered practice in Philadelphia with his fa- ther. Fred was an initial member of the class executive committee and was active in the Dartmouth Club of Philadelphia. In addition to his law practice, he participated in a num- ber of civic and charitable organizations in- cluding the Pennsylvania State Fish and Game Protective Association, the Central Philadel- phia YMCA, and the Optimist Club. He was an ardent outdoorsman and conservationist all his life. Fred is survived by his father, Frederick H. Starling of Clifton Heights, Pa.

1978

Foster M. Vail died December 7, 1991, in San Diego, Calif., after a brief illness. Foster came to Dartmouth with cum laude honors from Lake Forest (111.) High School. He was a philosophy major and spent the fall of 1976 on foreign study at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. He was active in the French Club and in his fraternity, Gamma Delta Chi. After graduation Foster worked as a legal assistant for Moore & Van Allen and eventually went on to study law at the University of San Diego. He was the son ofjames D. Vail III '50, the grandson of both Franklin N. Corbin Jr. '20 and James D. Vail Jr. '20, and the nephew of Franklin N. Corbin III '51. He is survived by his mother, father, and two brothers.