Deaths
This is a listing of deaths that 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.
Charles M. Ashton '20 • Mar. 22, 1986 Sherman F. Haight '21 • Apr. 28 Joseph R. Brown '22 • Mar. 16 Henry S. Oliver '22 'June 3 Harold E. Burnham '22 • Apr. 9 Richard C. Litchfield '22 • May 10 Thomas P. Chambers '23 • Mar. 26 George D. Goodyear '23 • Apr. 7 Cecil F. Gordon '23 • Apr. 23 Robert S. Hayes '24 • Apr. 9 Marcellus Newell Joslyn '24 • Aug. 18 Stephen Chase Jr. '25 • Apr. 25 Robert W. Pierce '25 • Mar. 22 Norman Strickland '25 • Nov 23, 1992 William F. Pitney '26 • Mar. 15 Lester Talbot '26 • June 9 Kenneth C. Ballantyne '27 • May 5 Lawrence W. Scammon '27 • May 24 Harry B. Davis '28 • May 4 Creighton C. Hart '28 • Mar. 1 Lawrence H. Martin '28 • Feb. 27 John E. Pelton '28 • Nov. 14 Steele C. Smith '28 • Mar. 28 Richard S. Burke '29 • Apr. 24 Philip E. Hoffman '29 • June 6 George D. Garrett, Jr. '30 • Oct. 9 Richard A. Parker '30 'June 3 John T. Smith '30 • May 5 Stanley R. Swanson '30 • May 26 Barney Ash '31 • Apr. 21 Frederic S. Burkhardt '31 • Mar. 7 John J. Goodwillie '31 • Mar. 28 Wilbur R. Light '31 • Sept. 10 Malcom W. Metcalf '32 • May 5 Carlton J. Ward '32 • May 26 Gerard Henry Dericks '33 • Apr. 16 Douglas B. Field '33 • Apr. 15 Harvey S. Hopkins '33 • May 18 Thomas Maskilieson '33 • Mar. 26 Flamen Ball Jr. '34 • Mar. 1993 James A. Dunn '34 • Apr. 21 Henry S. Stearns Jr. '34 • July 1992 James C. Averill '35 • Dec. 15 Ellwood F. Curtis '35 • Mar. 23 Charles L. Haussermann Jr. '35 • May 1 James S. Zieman '35 • June 9 Curtis C. Comstock '36 • May 4 Horace D. Houghton '36 • Apr. 28 Gordon S. Spencer '35 • Apr. 12 Robert S. Martin '36 • Dec. 24 Robinson Bosworth '37 • Apr. 19 Donald H. Frank '37 • Apr. 1 Thomas G. O'Brien Jr. '37 • Apr. 10 Emery W. Patterson '37 • May 1 Conant H. Barton '38 • Mar. 30 Duncan Buttrick '38 • Apr. 1 James E. Hastings '38 'June 11 Paul B. Urion '38 • May 1993 William B. Andrus '39 • Sept. 5, 1991 Robert C. English '39 • Feb. 19 John S. Haley '39 • Feb. 24 William A. Mac Donald '39 • Feb. 18 William R. Grimshaw Jr. '40 • May 12 Robert K. Joslin '40 • Apr. 11 Alfred D. Becker Jr. '41 • Dec. 10 Daniel P. McMullen '41 • Mar. 9 Edward O. Tabor '41 • Apr. 14 Philip J. Blood '42 • Feb. 1993 Arthur M. Cox '42 • Apr. 29 Carroll Henry Woods '42 • Apr. 21 Edward A. O'Brien '43 • Apr. 16 Fred E. Woodward '43 • Mar. 25 Richard M. Berlin '44 • Feb. 9 Frederick H. Brandenburg '44 • Apr. 8 Tony E. Foster '44 • Apr. 12 Henry W. Hughes '44 • Apr. 27 Richard M. Kerwin '44 • May 9 Richard E. Mayberry '44 • May 2 George E. Recke '44 • May 17 Donald M. Smith Jr. '44 • Mar. 14 George S. Springsteen '44 • Apr. 24 Peter D. Weston '44 • Jan. 13 Wilfred J. Rinkor '45 • Jan. 20 David H. Blankenhorn '46 • May 9 Duncan L. Gibson '46 • Apr. 12 John H. Kornblith '46 • July 27 Donald J. Anderson '49 • Dec. 1992 Robert H. Treat '49 • May 3 Robert Jordan '50 • May 28 John P. Mernan '51 • Jan. 7 Donald G. Neill '51 • Mar. 17, 1992 Henry S. Robinson '51 • Apr. 27 Peter A. Van Orden '51 • Feb. 1993 William H. Bartlett '52 • Mar. 6 David L. Berry '53 • May 4 Joshua T. Griffith '53 • Aug. 1992 Robert L. Jetter '53 • Mar. 1993 John D. Senne Jr. '53 • May 23 George D. Voss '54 • May 6 Carl H. Marshall '56 • Apr. 15 Frank M. Andrews '57 • Dec 23 Bruce L. Paule '57 • Mar. 24 David G. Rattray '57 • Mar. 22 Rolf H. VonEckartsberg '58 • Apr. 29 John R. Hoyne '60 • May 20 Roy F. Monson '60 • May 1 Thomas G. Troyer '60 • Mar. 13 Alvin R. Martin III '65 • Mar. 1993 Dania T. Mazpule '89 " June 5
1918
Eugene S. Clark died January 1. He was a native of Derry, N.I 1., and attended Prnkerton Academy, where he met his future wife. After graduating from Dartmouth he was in the war service overseas, being transferred for study there at the University of Paris. Returning to the U.S., he took a special course at MIT and then became employed by the state of Illinois as assistant water analyst. In 1921 he married Mary Elizabeth Cutts. The couple made their home in Springfield, Ill., where they raised three daughters. During his long tenure with the state of Illinois as a bacteriologist, he was a member of various public-health and scientific organizations. In 1973 Gene retired to the San Diego area, where he was a member of the Executive Committee of the South University City Planners and held various offices at the University City United Church. Gene is survived by his wife, three daughters, and five grandchildren, including Theodore Arnold '78.
1919
James Corliss Davis died April 19 at his home in Carlisle, Mass. His wife, Mary, died several days later. They had been married more than 68 years.
Jim entered the College from Maiden High School and was a member of the track team.
He specialized in sales promotion all his adult life. At R.H. Stearns of Boston he served as the advertising manager and as a member of the board of directors. He was also a mem- ber of the board of trustees of the New England College of Henniker, N.H.
Jim took an active interest in the College and his class, serving as class secretary for many years and also as class president.
He is survived by his son James Jr. '47, daughter Polly, and several grandchildren.
1924
Earl Charles Daum died January 18 at the Norwalk Hospital in Connecticut. His wife predeceased him and he left no children. Earl graduated from Tuck School in 192 5 and immediately went to work for General Motors, spending much of his career with overseas subsidiaries in Egypt, South Africa, India, Sweden, and Australia. He returned to New York in 1959. In 1961 he became general manager of overseas operations, and he retired in 1968 as general manager and vice president of the company.
Earl was director of the National Foreign Trade Council and the Business Council for International Understanding, a trustee of the United States Council of the International Chamber of Commerce, vice president of the American Australia Association, and member of other foreign-relations societies. Though he spent much of his time living or traveling abroad, Earl served Dartmouth as a member of the Board of Overseers of Tuck School 1963-69, class head agent 1974—1981, and a member of the Campaign for Dartmouth Major Gifts Committee in 198.1.
1925
Paul L. Hexter died of Leukemia November 11 in Ocean Pines, Md. At Dartmouth Paul was a brother in Sigma Nu. He was vice president of the Arco Company, a manufacturer of paints and varnishes in his native Cleveland, 192 7—4-9. While there he invented the paint-mixing machine later found in almost every hardware store. He was a major in the air force in WW II. A specialist in camouflage, Paul developed the paint for the air force's "Black Widow" night fighter and designed the horizontal bars for the air force aircraft insignia.
An advanced photographer and avid golfer, Paul published the books Make Your Pictures Sing and You Can Play Golf Forever. He bred thoroughbred horses until his retirement in 1987, and he and his wife, Helen, were supporters of the Hertz Foundation, which makes doctoral grants in science. Paul was one of the eight original directors of the Ernest Martin Hopkins Institute.
He is survived by his son Paul Jr. and five grandchildren. His wife died in 1986.
1926
Cecil Earle Heacox died November 28, 1992, at his home in Millbrook, N.Y. He grew up in Auburn, N.Y. At Dartmouth his fondness for DOC activities such as fishing and hunting acquired him the nickname of Duckie.
After ten years in business he took Cornell graduate courses in natural-resources management. He joined the New York State Conservation Department and became deputy commissioner, retiring after 30 years.
He became a well-known author, some of his books being The Campkat Brawn Trout, The Education of an Outdoorsman, and All about the Hunting and Natural History of Old Ruff.
He is survived by Dorothy, his wife of 53 years, also a writer and at times a co-writer with Duckie.
1927
Roger Packer Braman died January 23 at his home in Aliddletown, R.I., after a long illness with Parkinson's disease. Rog came to Dartmouth from Roger's High School in Newport, R.I., majored in economics, and was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa. He attended Harvard Business School, then joined his father's insurance agency in Newport in 1931. He later became owner and president. His community activities were with the Y.M.C.A., Redwood Library, and United Way, and he was president of Family Service of Newport. He was involved in the development of Long Wharf Mali on Newport's waterfront. He served Dartmouth as class newsletter editor 1983—1989, member of the executive committee 1987-1993, and class agent in 1989. His brother-in-law Robert J. Palmer '25 and a nephew, Julian R. Bull '82, attended Dartmouth. He is survived by his wife, Jean, a son, and two daughters.
John Frick Carey died of complications from a stroke on December 14 in Cedar Rapids, lowa. At Dartmouth John was a member of Alpha Delta Phi, a cheerleader, and a varsity swimmer. He was associated with the family business, Martin's, a clothing store of which he became president during his 40 years of sendee. He founded the Cedar Rapids Community Theatre in 1927 and worked as a volunteer and board member. He served in the navy as a procurement officer and lieutenant commander in WW II. John was an avid golfer who won top honors in local tournaments. He also enjoyed boat building.
He married Dorothy Keck Sophian in 1945. She died in 1990. Survivors are his son J. David and stepdaughter Dorothy. Another son, Michael, predeceased John.
1928
Kendall Palmer Foster died February 3 at his home in Cheshire, Conn. He had a stroke in 1991. He and his wife lived in Cheshire's Elim Park Place, a lifetime retirement community. Born in Wallingford, Conn., Ken graduated from Lyman Hall High School there. At Dartmouth he was a member of Beta Theta Pi and graduated from Tuck School in 1927.
In 1928 he joined the New Haven Savings Bank. He retired as vice president after 43 years there. In New Haven he was chairman of the board of trustees of Westville Congregational Church and president of the West End Club.
He is survived by Ruth, his wife of 52 years, and by his nephew Peter B. Foster '4B. He is predeceased by his brother Cedric '24.
Creighton Carlton Hart died March 1. C.C. prepared for Dartmouth at the Kansas City Country Day School, majored in history, and joined Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He left school to join the University World Cruise in 1926—27. From 1955 to 1958 he served on the Dartmouth Alumni Council. In 1988 he bequeathed to the College his Ferdinand Bol Portrait of a Lady. (Bol is considered the most important of Rembrandt's early followers.)
C.C. was president and treasurer of Reserve Plan Inc., a Kansas City finance company. He was a director of the U.S. Philatelic Classic Society from 1945 to 1980 and editor of the U.S. Philatelic Society publication Chronicle 1945-85. He is survived by his widow, Virginia, sons Creighton Jr. '56 and John '58, granddaughter Debora Hart Goth '80, and grandson .Mark H. Hart '85.
Hendrick Dekraft Livingston died January' 7 of heart failure. Hank prepared for Dartmouth at the Greenwich (Conn.) High School, majored in chemistry, and joined the Alpha Chi Sigma honorary society. After graduation his residence was in Worcester, N.Y., where his interest was farming. For the last 40 years of his life he was a sheep farmer.
Hank was divorced from his wife, Christene Crosby, and is survived by his daughter Sue Hickey.
Lawrence Henry Martin died February 28 in New London, N.H., after a long period of ill health. Larry prepared for Dartmouth at Wakefield (Mass.) High School and majored at Tuck School. He joined TriKappa, Casque & Gaundet, Green Key, and the Athletic Council and was manager of the football team and president of Palaeopitus.
After graduation Larry joined the National Shawmut Bank of Boston. He retired in 1972 as chairman of the board and CEO. He was a director, officer, and trustee of various civic and philanthropic organizations. Among them, he served as treasurer and trustee of Northeastern University which, in 1973, awarded him the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters. Throughout his life he kept an active interest in French, history, and Latin. At the time of his death he was a vice president of his class.
His wife, Naomi, died in 1987. He is survived by sons Lawrence Jr., Samuel, and Robert, and two grandchildren.
John Edgar Pelton died November 14,1992. The place and cause of death were not reported. He prepared for Dartmouth at Olean (N.Y.) High School, majored in chemistry, and joined Alpha Chi Rho. After graduation he became part owner of the W.H. Mandeville Company, a realestate and insurance agency.
Red is survived by his wife, Margaret, and three children. A brother, William '27, predeceased him.
Gerard Hart Sloane died January 28 at the St. Francis Hospital in Port Washington, N.Y., of heart failure. Jerry prepared for Dartmouth atTownsend Harris Hall. He majored in psychology. After graduation he became a salesman for H. Kohnstamm & Company (chemicals). Jerry is survived by his wife, Thelma.
Steele Cyril Smith died March 28 at St. Mary's Hospital in Waterbury, Conn.
Steele prepared for Dartmouth at Crosby High School in Waterbury. After Dartmoudi he joined J.E. Smith & Cos., a lumber concern. Later he became its vice president and board chairman. He also was president of the Connecticut Retail Lumberman's Association.
He served three years in the Army Air Corps during the war. He was a member of the Watertown Riding Club, Watertown Hunt, and secretary of the Aliddlebury Hunt.
Steele was a bachelor and is survived by two brothers and two sisters.
William Grey Williams died January 4 of a massive heart attack at the North Penn Hospital in Lansdale, Pa. Bill came to Dartmouth from the William Penn Charter School in Ambler, Pa., majored in history, and joined Alpha Chi Rho. After graduation he attended the National Cash Register School. Later he joined the Budd Company and became its automotive purchasing agent. During the war he served in the navy and saw more than a year of active duty in the Pacific. He attended many class reunions and minireunions and became '28 class agent in 1983.
Bill is survived by his wife, Cyrene, and three grandchildren. His son William predeceased him as did his brother James, who also attended Dartmouth.
1929
David Chalmers Mcintosh Jr. of Dover, N.H., died on December 18. Bud came from Dover High School, belonged to Lambda Chi Alpha and Phi Beta Kappa, was on the swimming team, and majored in English.
We have had no word from him since graduation. He leaves his wife Adelaide, and three children.
John Regan Meany died March 5, 1992, in Southern Pines, N.C. He came from Worcester Academy in .Massachusetts and belonged to Phi Gamma Delta.
His business career was in sales in the steel industry, beginning with Jones and Laughlin and ending at Sawhill Manufacturing Company, where he was vice president.
He leaves his wife, Alary, and a son.
Edward Wagner Merkel died January 6 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Ed came from Walnut Hills High in Cincinnati and majored in English. He belonged to Zeta Psi, Pleiad, and The Arts and was active with the Aegis and the Tower. He served as a lieutenant in the Naval Reserve.
A graduate of Harvard Law School, he became a partner with Dinsmore, Shoh, Sawyer, and Dinsmore in Cincinnati. He later became secretary and legal director of Procter & Gamble Co. He served on many business and community boards and belonged to several legal organizations.
He leaves his wife, Ellen, and two sons.
Wesley Alfred Nord died February 23 in Kent, Conn. Wes came from Jamestown (N.Y.) High, belonged to the Round Table, and majored in Tuck School.
He became an officer and director of Union-National Inc., a furniture-manufacturing business, and was active in many civic and social activities in Jamestown.
He leaves his wife, Patricia, and his son Randell '57.
1930
Alfred Kronengold died of cancer December 9. He lived in Flushing, N.Y. Al spent his entire career in life insurance. He received his LL.B. from Columbia, then was affiliated with various companies including Northwestern Mutual. He was recipient of an honorary award as company leader of Connecticut Mutual in 1970, and in 1976 became president of the Life Supervisors Association of New York City. He retired in 1977.
Al achieved Phi Beta Kappa and was on the Aegis and Round Table.
Divorced in 1958, Al married Sylvia Lippman in 1960. She survives along with their two daughters and Alfred's two daughters by his first wife.
1933
Clarence Henry Albaugh died on February 8 in Los Angeles. He prepared at East High School in Salt Lake City, was a member of Chi Phi, AKK, and Gamma Alpha. Al attended Dartmouth Medical School, received an M.D. from Harvard, and later studied at U-Penn. His field was ophthalmology, including surgery, and he practiced in Los Angeles for 40 years, retiring in 1983. He was a member of the staffs of several hospitals, of numerous U.S. and international professional societies, and taught in several medical schools. He was a member of the Campaign for Dartmouth Leadership Committee. His wife, Estelle, survives.
Carl Edward Rugen died in Monroe Village, N.J., on January 10 after a long illness which he bore with patient courage. Rugie came to Dartmouth from Plainfield (N.J.) High School. He was a member of Sigma Nu, majored in sociology, and was a member of the water polo team which won the Ivy championship. He saw combat as an infantryman during WW II in France, the Rhineland, and the Ardennes and was wounded in the Hurtgen Forest battle.
Rugie operated his own group-insurance agency in New York until retiring in 1975. He was an active worker for Dartmouth, serving as assistant class agent and as class secretary for several years. He is survived by his wife, Janet. They had no children. Rugie had
three brothers, two nieces, and a brother-in-law who were Dartmouth graduates. Robert Lee Thornton died in Dallas, Texas, of heart failure on September 24. He came to Dartmouth from the Terrill School in Dallas and left after one year to attend Southern Methodist University, where he received a B.S. He was in the air force during WW II.
He served 43 years with the Mercantile National Bank at Dallas and retired as chairman of the board. He also served as a member of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission. He was secretary and president of the Dallas Dartmouth Alumni Association. Tex's wife, Temple, predeceased him. He is survived by sons Robert III and Thomas.
1934
Albert Arnold Cory died in March 1989 after a heart attack. Al was with '34 two years and was a member of Beta Theta Pi. He returned to Illinois and graduated with a B.S. from Northwestern in 1935. He joined the Air Force Reserve in 193 9as second lieutenant serving in the Canal Zone and southern states, and ultimately saw wartime service in command of a fighter squadron in Okinawa. He received many awards, retired with the rank of colonel in 1958, and moved to Belleair, Fla. Al is survived by his wife of 47 years, Alida.
James Andrew Dunn died April 21 in Sarasota, Fla., where he retired 20 years ago. He was a graduate of Lawrence (Mass.) High School, a Thayer School major, and a member of Zeta Alpha Phi scientific society. Jim was an engineer in steel fabrication and general manager of operations for American Bridge Co. in the Pittsburgh area, and then for five years in Milan, Italy.
Jim was active in Sarasota's Power Squadron, Kiwanis, and First Presbyterian Church. He is survived by his wife, Antonette, a son, a daughter, and two grandchildren.
1935
Everett R. Dann died March 26 in Holmes Beach, Fla. Everett came to Dartmouth from Wells, Vt., and was active in Cabin & Trail and the Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra. He received his master's degree in educational library science from Columbia and spent his career as a research librarian for New York State.
Everett is survived by his wife, Charlotte, three daughters including Christine '83, two sons, and four grandchildren.
William Albert Wilks died January 13 at his home in Olney, Md., after a long illness. He leaves his widow, Dimmie, and two daughters. Bill received his M.C.S. from Tuck School in 1935 and entered the insurance business before enlisting in the navy in 1942. Following his service, he went into the wholesale paper business and later joined Hallmark Cards Inc. Bill was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon.
1936
Edwin St. John Avery of Wayland, Mass., died of a heart attack on January 12. He was a graduate of Westfield High. At Dartmouth he was a member of the band and Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He left after two years and graduated from Babson Institute.
Ed was with the Simonds Abrasive Company from 1935 until 1943, when he joined the Naval Reserves. Discharged in 1946 as a lieutenant, he joined the Waltham Grinding Wheel Co. and eventually became its president and a director. He was also a former director and chairman of the board of the Grinding Wheel Institute.
Ed is survived by his wife of 56 years, Elizabeth, a son, a daughter, and two granddaughters.
Robert Sabin Marvin of Beatrice, Neb., died unexpectedly at his home on December 24. At Dartmouth he majored in history and political science and graduated cum laude. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi.
Bob was employed at the Beatrice Daily Sun, a family-owned newspaper, from 1936 until he retired in 1975, except for his military service 1942-1945. At the time of his retirement he was editor and, with his brother, co-owner and co-publisher of the paper. He served on the board of trustees of the Centenary United Methodist Church and was actively involved in more than a dozen other organizations in Beatrice. In 1985 he was awarded the honorific title of "Admiral, Navy of the Great State of Nebraska" for his life-long devotion to his community.
He is survived by his wife, Dorothy, two sons, and two grandchildren.
1937
Lester Garvin died in Sarasota, Fla., on December 16. Les was born in Chile and came to Dartmouth from Wooster High School in Ohio. He majored in economics and took his senior year at Tuck School. He was a member of Alpha Sigma Phi and served as a class agent in the Sarasota area.
In 1960 Les joined Citibank as a trainee in the Overseas Division and spent his entire career with it. He was in Latin America for 2 5 years, with tours of duty in Chile, Argentina, and Venezuela. He returned to New York to supervise some of First National City Bank's Latin American operations.
In 1974 Les retired as chairman of the Credit Policy Committee at Citicorp in New York. Since then he and Shirley lived in Sarasota and Jefferson, Maine. She and their five children survive.
William Sayles Webster died of cancer on October 16. Bill came to Dartmouth from New Rochelle (N.Y.) High School, majored in history, and was a member of Kappa Sigma. In 1939 he graduated from Harvard Business School.
Bill served in the Air Transport Command from 1943 to 1946 and rose from private to captain. He was partner in the PlunkettWebster Lumber Co. He is survived by his wife, Mary, son Bob '67, and a daughter.
1938
Frederick Warren Baker died Februarv 27, 1993, in Hinsdale Ill. Fred came to Dartmouth from Jamaica High on Long Island. He was a member of COSO, publicity manager of the Players, a brother in Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and head cheerleader.
He joined the Brooklyn Savings Bank as a clerk a couple of weeks after graduation. In April 1941 he joined the army, where he rose from private to captain in the Ordnance Department and was awarded the American Defense, American Theater, and Victory medals and an Army Commendation Ribbon. In 1942 he married Janet Frances Cristadoro of Jamaica, L.I., and Bucknell.
He returned to banking with the Irving Trust Cos. on Wall Street. In 1958 Fred was elected a vice president. He then headed the central district of the national division in 1966 and retired in 1979. A week before he died he and Janet moved to the Chicago area to be near their son Andrew '77.
Fred leaves his wife, a daughter, two sons, six grandchildren, his brother Robert H. '41, and a sister.
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1939
Robert C. English died in Claremont, N.H.. on February 19 after a long illness. Bob grew up in Lebanon, N.H. After graduation he received a master's degree in 1949 and a Ph.D. in musicology in 1955 from Boston University.
Bob taught music at Decring (N.H.) High School until 1943, then served in the Army Air Corps until 1946. After the war he returned to teaching at Holderness School in New Hampshire until 1957. For the next 22 years he taught at Green .Mountain College, retiring in 1979.
An accomplished organist, he played in many churches throughout the Northeast. He enjoyed skiing and was skilled at golf.
He is survived by his wife, Jess, whom he married in 1983, a son, four daughters, three stepsons, a stepdaughter, and ten grandchildren.
William A. Mac Donald of South Harwich, Mass., died on February 18 after a long illness. Mac entered Dartmouth from Suffield Academy and was on the soccer and track teams. He served with the marines in the Pacific Theater during WW 11. He retired from serv ice as a major in 1958.
He worked for General Motors in Bristol, Conn., for three years before the war and returned there afterwards to work in labor relations. He retired as a personnel manager in 1975.
He is survived by his wife, Dorothy, three sons, three daughters, eight grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
1941
Kenneth Wilson Cobb died of cancer on January 6 at his home in Beach Haven, N.J., where he retired in 1988. Ken was a native of Winnetka, 111., and an army veteran of WW II, but he spent most of his life in the Washington, D.C., area. An electrical engineer, he started his own consultingengineer company there in 1960. His work included designing night lighting of the Washington A lonument and the Smithsonian Institute's casde on the Mall. He also worked on solar power projects for Disney's Epcot Center and at one time taught electrical engi- neering at the University of Maryland.
Ken was the founder and first president of Consulting Engineer's Council of Metropolitan Washington. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Lilias, a son, and a daughter.
Charles Richard Heydt died February 2 after a long and courageous struggle with cancer. He is survived by his wife, Florence, who continues to reside at their home in Blue Bell, Pa. Rick's older brother, Ernie '39, died just two years ago.
Rick attended Harvard Business School after Dartmouth, then spent six years with Dupont helping a six-man team start up a manufacturing plant in Parkersburg, W.V. He returned to his native Philadelphia area and worked in wholesale lumber, then moved to Colorado where he was employed by Martin Corp. in the Titan missile program. In 1959 Rick began a 25-year career in manufacturing and management with SKF Industries in Philadelphia. He maintained a life-long interest in tennis and golf.
Arthur Luis Spoeneman passed awav in Shaker Heights. Ohio, on .March 27, 1992, after suffering for more than 20 years with Alzheimer's disease. Art came to Hanover from Lake Forest Academy in Belleville, 111., and was active in football, baseball, The Players, Beta Theta Pi, and Dragon.
He received hisM.B.A. from Tuck School, then served three years in the navy. He was in five campaigns in the Pacific, eventually becoming commanding officer of two ships.
Art had a long career in sales management in the Cleveland'area, first with Alerrill Lynch as an account executive, and then as sales manager for Taylor and Boggis Foundry. He is survived by Zita, his wife of 44 years, three daughters, and two sons.
1942
Daniel Lamoreux Hagge died March 7 at his home in Mussent Point, Hazeihurst, Wise., after a long illness. Dan was bom in Wausau and was a descendent of one of that city's earliest pioneer families. He attended Phillips Exeter Academy. After graduating with distinction from Dartmouth he studied at Stanford University and Oregon State College, Corvallis, with the Army Special Training Program.
In WW II Dan was a combat medic and interpreter with the 70th Infantry Division in France and Germany, and later served with the U.S. Third Division Counter Intelligence Corps during the Occupation. Returning in 1946, he joined the Employers Mutual and worked in Chicago and Madison before returning to Wausau in 1952. Dan married Joellen Abbott in 1954. He was deeply devoted to Wausau and served the city as president of the Civic Music Association, member of the Board of Education, the Marathon County Guidance Center, and the Boy Scouts, PTA, and YMCA youth programs.
In addition to his wife, Dan is survived by three daughters, a son, and six grandchildren.
Nathaniel Horace Luttrell Jr. died of cancer on October 26 at his home in Bethesda, Md. Nat came to Dartmouth from the Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C. He was a member of Alpha Delt and graduated with a B.A. in physics. Shordy after graduation he joined the navy and was discharged as a chief petty officer in October 1945. He later worked as an electronics engineer in the Naval Ordnance Lab in Silver Springs. Md.
Nat is survived by his widow, Bette, and son Robert Dilev '86.
Lloyd Kelley Wehnes died of heart disease January 12 at his home in Minneapolis, Minn. Born in Michigan and raised in Excelsior, Minn., Kelley served in the marines in WW II, mostly in China, and received the Distinguished Flying Cross and two Purple Hearts. He moved to Mexico City where he taught economics and English at Mexico City College. Later he worked for Sanborns in Mexico City as a buyer and manager, and in 1954 he moved with his family back to Excelsior to work for Paine Webber as an account executive. After stints in Minneapolis, Chicago, and Philadelphia (where he remarried), he returned to Minneapolis to work for E.F. Hutton until retirement.
Kelley is survived by his mother, Marie Wehnes, a brother, James '5O, three daughters, and two sons.
1943
Fred E. Woodward of West Palm Beach, Fla., died March 25 after a brief illness. Ted came to Dartmouth with highest honors from Framingham (Mass.) High School. He was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa and the Dartmouth Outing Club. He received his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of Illinois in 1946.
He was married to the former Elizabeth Austin from 1944 until her death in 1965. They had four children and resided in Watchung, N.J.
From 1946 to 1960 he was a chemist at GAF Corporation. From 1960 to 1969 he was director of research at Nopco Chemical. Until his death, Ted was the president of S.C.F. and Surfactant Technologies, chemical research firms he founded in 1969.
He is survived by Janet, his wife of 27 years, seven children, and 15 grandchildren. Fie was an avid sailor, a lifelong tennis player, and an orchid grower.
1944
James Stewart Deakins died Febraury 15 at his home in Chestnut Hill, Pa., after 15 years with Alzheimer's disease. Born in Schenectady, N.Y., Deak came to Dartmouth from Merion (Pa.) High School. After Dartmouth he graduated from Temple University School of Medicine. During the Korean War he served as a medical officer at Valley Forge Hospital and in Korea at the 348th Hospital. He retired in 1977 as a colonel in the Army Reserves.
He was chief of orthopaedic surgery at the veterans hospital in Philadelphia from 1953 to 1959 and then established his private practice in the Chestnut Hill area. He was forced to retire in 1976 because of Alzheimer's.
Deak was a diplomat of the American Academy of Orthopaedics and a member of various medical societies, including the American College of Surgeons.
He is survived by Delia, his wife of 48 years, two children, and four grandchildren.
Robert Spencer Hyde died December 29. He lived in Manchester, Maine. Bob came to Dartmouth from Haverford High School near Philadelphia. He majored in botany, won a prestigious botany prize, was Phi Beta Kappa, and was in the Glee Club and orchestra. He won his letter in speed skating. He served three years in the army as a technician. After the war he received his master's in forestry from Yale. He was a research forester in Pennsylvania for three years, then joined the St. Regis Paper Cos. and eventually became that company's director of forestry. He lived at various times in Florida, New Jersev, New York, and Maine.
Bob's first wife died in 1961, and a second marriage ended in divorce. He is survived by two sons, David '75 and Jonathan.
Gordon van den Noort died November 27, 1992, at a Burlington, Vt., hospital. He was a neurological surgeon, and he and his wife had retired to North Hero, Vt., on Lake Champlain in 1983.
Gordie was born in Buitenzord, Java, of American parents and came to Dartmouth from Lynn English High in Lynn, Mass. He received his M.D. degree from Temple University School of Medicine in 1947 and interned at Philadelphia General Hospital. Following his residency, 21 months as a captain in the Army Medical Corps at Valley Forge Hospital, and an assistanceship, he established his own practice in Huntingdon Valley, Pa, in 1956. He was a member and officer of numerous medical and neurological societies. He was chief of the Neurological Service at Abington Memorial Hospital from 1955 to 1983.
Gordie is survived by his wife, Isabel, and two children.
1947
Lawrence L. Denton died unexpectedly on December 18 in Bridgewater, N.H. His passing was a shock to the community he served for more than a quarter century. He was president of the local bank. Among his many civic activities, Larry was a two-term president of the Bristol Chamber of Commerce, town selectman for two terms, Planning Board chairman for 23 years, director of Franklin Hospital, and a trustee and 15-year treasurer of New Hampton School. He also served the Spaulding Youth Center for a term. Larry loved ice hockey and instilled the same feeling in his four sons, Larry, Geoffrey, Andrew, and Matthew.
Larry graduated in 1947 after naval duty at sea in WW 11. In 1949 Larry completed his master's degree at Tuck and Thayer.
He is survived by Mary-Jane, his wife of 42 years, their four sons, his mother, Dorothea, his sister, and by his classmate and brother-in-law Bob Bohn.
John Robert Widholm died of kidney failure in New York City on July 18. He resided in Glastonbury, Conn.
Bob came to Dartmouth with the V-12 unit, and he served in the navy from July 1942 to February 1946. He graduated with the class in 1947 and received his degree from Tuck School in 1948.
Bob entered the field of advertising and was media buyer and supervisor of media functions for agency accounts, working in this capacity for agencies in the Long Island area and in East Hartford, Conn. Bob did not mam. He is survived by a brother, Wallace.
1953
David Laurence Berry of Sparta, N.J., died suddenly from pneumonia on May 4. Dave came to Dartmouth from College High School in Montclair, N.J., and majored in history. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi and the Undergraduate Council and was secretary of the Interdormitorv Council. During his junior year Dave married his highschool sweetheart, Suzanne Lewis. After graduation he signed on for two years with the marines and later earned a master's degree at Columbia.
Dave was to retire in June from a 37-year career as a teacher. He began at the juniorhigh level and then, in 1960, joined the faculty of Sparta High School, where he stayed until his death, teaching U.S. and modern European history.
He served the College through work for his class executive committee, enrollment, and the Alumni Fund. He was a trustee and elder of the First Presbyterian Church of Sparta.
Dave tamed a wilderness behind his home into a beautiful garden, shaped by the walls he constructed and maintained. He was also an avid golfer and reader.
He is survived by his wife, Suzanne Lewis Bern, six children, including Thomas Berry '86, and 15 grandchildren, as well as his stepmother and his brother Robert V. Berry '54.
Patricia E. Berry '81
1954
George David Voss of Mantoloking, N.J., died on May 5 following a long battle with Alzheimers disease. He grew up in Verona, N.J., and entered Dartmouth from Verona High School. George was a pole-vaulter on the track team, a member of Chi Phi and the Inter-fraternity Council, and was widely known on campus as "Gig." To know Gig was to like him.
George was an award-winning soldier in the Army Counter-intelligence Corps. Later, he was instrumental in building Automatic Data Processing from a quarter-million-dollar to a quarter-billion-dollar operation, retiring as executive vice president. He was president and a longtime board member of Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation. An award-winning head class agent, he also received the Dartmouth Class of 1954 Award for contributions to the College, society, and more.
George married Ann Biggs in 1955, and she and their five children and four grandchildren survive him. His mother and brother, Donald H. Voss '58, also survive him.
Robert V. Berry '54
Frank C. Wright passed away suddenly on December 11 in Newport News, Va., while on a business trip. After graduation from Dartmouth Frank married his Teaneck, N.J., sweetheart, Elaine Webb, who predeceased him in 1984. Frank served as a jet pilot in the air force for three years and upon his discharge joined the Hanover Bank, where he worked for 30 years. He rapidly rose from loan officer to his final position as executive vice president running Manufacturers Hanover's M&A group, the industry's largest.
Frank's second career was born when some friends and other investors formed Lincolnshire Management, a leveraged buyout company. Frank served concurrently as its president and as the president of Flight Safety International, a company in which Lincolnshire maintained an interest.
Frank is survived by his second wife, Robyne, his four children, grandchildren, and his mother. He happily gave counsel when asked, and he was always insightful.
1959
William H. Lowry died at home in Manhattan on November 18, 1992. His death was caused by complications from a severe stroke he had in 1988. Born in Indiana. Penn., Bill came to Dartmouth from Mercersburg Academy, majored in art history, and joined Alpha Theta and the Glee Club.
After graduation Bill served as an officer in the navy. He traveled widely during his military service and relished the opportunity to see the beautiful cities, art treasures, and natural wonders of the world. He joined the Fairfield-Maxwell Corporation and eventually held executive positions in London and New York. He was manager of marine insurance for the company's oil tankers at the time of his retirement.
Though completely paralyzed on the left side after his stroke, Bill learned to walk with a cane and served as a volunteer for handicapped people in the greenhouse of the Rusk Rehabilitation Center in N.Y.C. He remained active in other areas, and was elected to the Board of Deacons of the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church in Manhattan. He is survived by his brother John.
D. Martin Carta '58
1960
Gregory Rand Fellows died on October 30,1992, in Monroe, Wash., where he had resided since 1980. Greg, who grew up in Minneapolis, left Dartmouth before the class graduated. He had a career as a business consultant specializing in labor relations. He is survived by his wife, Beverly, a daughter, a son, and one grandchild.
