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.

Haskell Cohn '22 • July 4 James D. Pope '23 • June 28 Emanuel H. Rubin '23 • May 22 James G. Young '23 • July 14 Merton G. Briggs '24 • Mar. 5 Jerrold J. Glauber '24 • July 4 Charles E. Jones '24 • May 30 Channing S. Walker '25 • Aug. 2 Richard W. Lamb '26 • June 18 Gordon R. Hope '27 • June 27 Allan R. Finlay '29• "June 15 Charles M. Harden '29 • Feb. 2 Edgar S. Vaught Jr. '29 • June 19 Edgar B. Nye '30 • May 31 Richard A. Parker '30 • June 3 Samuel B. Child '31• 'June 26 Harold H. Lane '31• 'June 27 John E. Collins '32• 'June 9 Bainbridge C. Davis '32 • July 16 Frank W. Gilbert '32 • July 6 Francis D. Logan '32 • July 25 Robert M. Estes '33 • July 19 Pierre Grace '33 • July 10 Edwin C. Knapp '33 • July 10 Mordecai Mersel '34 • 1992 Harry S. Stearns Jr. '34 • July 1992 Marcus L. Young '34 • Mar 11 John T. AuWerter '35 • June 20 Lindsey R. Brigham '36 • June 19 Harry B. Eisberg '36 • June 12 Donald D. Bauer '37 • May 1 Jonathan W. Coggeshall '37 • July 5 Albert R. Gray '37 • July 11 Cortlandt Heyniger '37 • Nov. 8, 1992 Paul A. Mccombs '37 • May 11 John T. Merrill '37 • Nov. 19, 1984 Donald F. Pease '37 • July 5 William T. Heydt '38 June 9 Scott F. Runkle '38 "June 16 Herbert M. Furlow '39 • Mar. 4 Ralph W. Reynolds '39 • July 22 Kenneth M. Weidaw '39 • Feb. 14 Robert J. Wing '39 • July 21 Charles R. Bensinger Jr. '40 • July 6 Malcom F. Scott '41 • July 2 John D. Brewster '42 • Sept. 21, 1991 Wendover Neefus Jr. '42 • July 19 James A. O'Shea '42 • July 2 Robert P. Williams '42 • July 23 Andreae W. Mosenthal '43 • July 18 Robert H. Perkins '43 • Jan. 30 Daniel F. Donahue '45 • Feb. 1 Edward G. Washburn '45 "July 19 James H. Dolan '46 • June 16 Theodore E. Fajen '46 • July 13 Edmund R. Senghas '47 "July 21 Donald E. Mose '49' July 1 Robert L. Reid '49 'June 15 Ralph W. Sleeper '49 • July 25 Murray D. Sayer '50 • June 14 James W. Alexander '55 • July 10 Timothy Paige '66 • July 25 John F. Bolger '69 • May 21 Peter F. Kolack '75 • Aug. 6 Lisabette S. Chang '93 • July 9

1922

Howard P. Almon died January 29 in Oakland, California. A popular classmate, Howie came from Montpelier (Vt.) High School and majored in economics. He was active on student publications and belonged to Sigma Phi Epsilon and Alpha Delta Sigma. He received a master's from Tuck in 1923.

In business he worked mainly in San Francisco and Los Angeles with major advertising firms, including Mccann, Erickson; Botsford, Constantine and Gardner; and Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osbornlnc. He designed campaigns for such clients as Chrysler, Revlon, and Del Monte Foods.

He retired from business in the sixties and continued living in southern California. Valeria, his wife for 48 years, died in 1972. For the past 14 years Howard lived in Oakland with his daughter, Susan (Mrs. George R. Duncan). In Oakland he was a volunteer for numerous East Bay non-profit organizations and political campaigns. He belonged to the Montclair Presbyterian Church.

Howie is survived by Susan, two grandsons, and a granddaughter.

Joseph Regan Brown died March 16 at the Franklin Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Greenfield, Mass. Brownie was a native of Barre, Vt., and a graduate of Hanover High School. He served in Company I of the Student Army Training Corps and majored in economics. He was one of seven Hanover boys in the class of 1922. As an alumnus through the years he was a loyal Dartmouth man.

After graduating, he taught for five years at Orleans (Vt.) High School. He then joined the S.S. Kresge Cos" in Scranton, Pa. He later worked for the company in New York City before moving to Greenfield where he managed the Kresge store (now K-mart) for 35 years prior to his retirement in 1962.

In Greenfield he was a founder and president of the Rotary Club, chairman of the Municipal Finance Committee, and recipient of a community-service award.

Brownie's wife, the former Lois Metzler, died in 1984. Surviving are his son Daniel, daughter Jacqueline, and several nieces and nephews.

Harold Earl Burnham died April 9 at his home in Sanibel, Fla. He was born in Portland, Maine, and joined 22 when he transferred from MIT in September 1920. He was an active member of the Outing Club, a chemistry major, and a brother in Alpha Chi Rho.

After graduating he began a lifelong career as a manufacturing industrial engineer. He was an employee and a consultant with several firms in metropolitan Boston. For many years before his retirement in the sixties he was affiliated with Anderson Nichols Co., Boston, and the family lived in Wellesley Hills.

He was a life member of the Appalachian Mountain Club and was an Eastern Amateur Ski instructor. He also belonged to the Boston Navigators Club and was a past commander of the Boston Power Squadron.

Hal is survived by his wife, Mildred, a son, a daughter, two grandchildren, and two greatgrandchildren.

1924

Robert Stevenson Hayes of Glen Ridge, N.J., died of Alzheimer's disease on April 21. He was employed by the New England Telephone Company for 38 years, during 31 of which he was in charge of personnel problems, labor relations, and public relations for the Rhode Island area. When he retired he moved to Wooster, Ohio, where he went into farming with his son-in-law. They started with hogs and then shifted to pedigreed cattle. More recently, he moved to Glen Ridge.

Bob is survived by his wife, Margaret, his son Robert '55, and one daughter.

1925

Robert Lathrop Sharp died on February 7 of heart failure at his Westwood, Mass., home. He was an emeritus professor and former chairman of the English Department at Wheaton College. Bob was born and raised in Springfield, Mass., and entered the College with a large group of Springfield classmates. He was a member of Kappa Sig and an English major.

Bob earned a master's and a Ph.D. in English from Harvard and wrote several books including From Dunne To Dryden (University of North Carolina Press, 1940), which remains a standard text.

During WWII, Bob left the Wheaton faculty to serve in the navy, from which he retired with the rank of lieutenant commander.

Bob spent his summers on the Isle of Springs, Maine, and served as president of the Island Association for many years. He remained an avid tennis player until recently.

Bob leaves his wife, Esther, and many stepchildren, step-grandchildren, nieces, and nephews (including Jack Vayda '72).

1926

Horace Smith Bush died March 6 in Chester, Conn., where he had lived since 1937. Born in Monroe, N.Y., he graduated from the high school there and from Blair Academy. At Dartmouth he was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon.

Bud had a 40-year career with Chester Savings Bank and Chester Trust Cos., starting as treasurer-secretary and rising to president and chairman of the board. He retired in 1978. Bud was very active in Chester civic affairs, and members of the community recognized his work by declaring his retirement day "Bud Bush Day."

He is survived by his wife, Shirley, a son, a daughter, six grandchildren, four greatgrandchildren, and his cousins Howard S. Bush '28 and Harold E. Rider'25. He was predeceased by two wives.

Francis Clark Campbell died March 1 in Long Beach, Calif., of heart failure. He had been battling heart disease for many years. He came to Dartmouth from Bellevue, Pa., and was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. A well known classmate, he was went by the nickname "Hump." After graduation he married Margaret Lane in Chicago. She died after 59 years of marriage. Hump was always in retail business, mostly in departmental management with Sears Roebuck Cos.

He is survived by his sons George and William and by his brother Frederick '29, with whom he was very close.

Canfield Hadlock died February 11 at Kendal at Kennett Square, Penn., having had a stroke a year ago at that health center. Born in New York, he graduated from Trinity School. At Dartmouth he was a member of Psi U, Cabin & Trail, Winter Sports Team, and College Orchestra and Band. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude. He remained at Dartmouth as an instructor of chemistry and earned a master's degree, then earned a Ph.D. in chemistry from M.I.T. In 1934 he joined du Pont de Nemours and was in five fields of research for 35 years, retiring in 1969.

Had was a member of several associations of chemical engineers and had key positions in Dartmouth capital-gifts programs as well as neighborhood organizations. He served in the army 1942-46 in the chemical service of the Corps of Engineers, both local and in Germany. He retired as a lieutenant colonel with an Army Commendation ribbon.

He is survived by Josephine, his wife of 56 years, three daughters, and his son Dr. David C. '62, DMS '64. His father was Albert E. Hadlock class of 1887. His brother Albert Jr. '24 predeceased him.

1927

John G. Andrews died May 17 in Springfield, Mass., where he has been a personnel manager for New England Telephone Company for 40 years. Jack came to Dartmouth from Wellesley High School. He was involved in band, orchestra, and symphony in college. His fraternity was Phi Sigma Kappa. He was president of the Urban League and corporator of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra. He was an organizer of the Mallett's Bay Boat Club, Lake Champlain, Vt. Jack and his wife, Nancy, were close friends of the Beirut hostage Tom Sutherland, and they were supportive of his family during their six-year ordeal. Jack served on the vestry of Saint Barnabas and All Saints Episcopal Church.

Besides his wife, Anne (Nancy), he leaves a son, a daughter, a brother, a sister, seven grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.

1929

Richard Samuel Burke died April 24 in Essex, Conn., after six years of paralysis from a stroke. Dick came from New Trier High School in Winnetka, Ill., belonged to Phi Kappa Psi, and majored in Tuck School. He was a class agent and on the '29 executive committee. He served as a navy lieutenant in WW II.

He began his business career with Sears Roebuck and continued as CEO of Roper Corporation. He lived in Wayne, Ill., and took his turn in leading many church, club, and town activities. He wintered in Bequia in the Caribbean for many years.

He leaves his wife, Mary (Cadley), and three daughters.

1930

Ellis Weed Gilbert died November 2, 1992, of natural causes. Gilly devoted his career mostly to the theater in one form or another. He had been an actor, playing minor roles in movies, musical comedies, and touring companies, and he was assistant to the stage manager for the Metropolitan Opera. While touring in the play 1776 in 1975, he had a bicycle accident which led to plastic surgery and brain surgery and resulted in deafness, which he sought to overcome by learning lip reading. Gilly never married.

Williston Canfield Rich Jr. died August 30, 1992, while undergoing surgery. His home was in St. James, N.Y., on the north shore of Long Island.

Bill's entire career was in journalism. He was a feature writer for the Minneapolis Journal and the New York Herald Tribune, an associate editor of Time, and writer of many freelance articles and some fiction for national al magazines. In 1961 he entered public relations with his own consulting firm.

Bill married Grace B. Henderson in 1945. She survives Bill along with their son and daughter.

1931

Barney Ash died April 21 at home in Stamford, Conn. Barney came to Dartmouth from Norwalk (Conn.) High School and majored in sociology. He was proprietor of the Miba Company, which was engaged in real-estate holdings in New Canaan, Conn., and he was an investigator for the Department of Social Services in Stamford.

His hobby was watching and helping his own children and the children in the neighborhood grow up.

Barney is survived by his widow, Rosalyn, two sons, and a daughter.

Frederic Smith Burkhardt died March 7 in La Mesa, Calif. Fred had resided in the San Diego area since the early thirties.

He endured eight years of the Depression working in a record store in San Diego. During WW II he served in the European Theater as an intelligence officer with the 354 th Fighter Group of the Army Air Corps, emerging as captain. He went into the furniture business before deciding upon a career in teaching and getting master's at San Diego State. He retired as principal of the Casa de Oro Elementary School in La Mesa in 1972, after which he pursued his hobbies of driving through the U.S., photography, and golf.

At the College he was a member of Chi Phi, the varsity swim team, and the freshman Glee Club. He was on the staff of The Dartmouth, and his major was architecture. Fred is survived by his widow, Violet, a daughter, a son, and four grandchildren.

John Joseph Goodwillie died March 28, at his residence in Chicago. John came to Dartmouth from the Chicago Latin School. His major was English, and he was a member of Psi Upsilon, Dragon, the boxing team, and the football team. He attended Harvard Business School, and studied for two years at the Kent College of Law.

John's business career included employment in the family firm before he was hired by the Dole Valve Company to be its sales manager. At Dole he rose to executive vice president and chief operating officer. After Dole was acquired by Eaton Manufacturing, he remained as COO until retiring in 1973.

He was very active in many trade associations, as well as in many local service organizations. He was a two-term secretary of the Chicago Dartmouth Alumni Association.

His wife, Betty, predeceased him. He is survived by his daughters Barbara, Jean, Elizabeth, and Patricia, and his son Byron. An older son, Robert, died nine days after John.

Wilbur Raymond Light died at his home on October 10, 1992. After his major at Tuck, Bill completed a year of graduate study at the London School of Economics in 1932, and another at the Sorbonne in 1933, before launching his career in the electronic-appliance business in the New York area. In 1955 he established his own business in that field, WRL Holding Corp., in which he was.still active as chairman through 1990.

Bill was a member of Pi Lambda Phi at the College. He was a regional agent for the Alumni Fund and was a regular, generous contributor to it. He was a member of the 200th Anniversary Sponsoring Committee.

He is survived by his widow, Lucille, two daughters, a stepson, and two stepdaughters including Cynthia '77.

William Herbert Schuldenfrei died March 23 at Hospice by the Sea in Boca Raton, Fla. Bill came to the College from Plainfield (N.J.) High School. He was a member of Pi Lambda Phi, the Interfraternity Council, and the varsity water polo team. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and his major was Tuck.

Macy's training course started Bill in homefurnishings and floor-coverage merchandising. He remained in that field until 1947, becoming department manager. He assumed a similar position at Bamberger's in Newark and later became vice president in charge of administration of the home-furnishings group of the National Retail Dry Goods Association.

Four years—three in Europe—in the Army Quartermaster Corps in WWII brought Bill a lieutenant colonel's silver leaf and a Bronze Star with cluster.

He was class treasurer for a term and a regional agent for the Alumni Fund. He was active in community service in Plainfield before he moved to Palm Beach in the midseventies.

Bill's wife, Lenore, died nine days after him. They are survived by their sons Robert T'67 and Stephen, and five grandchildren.

1932

Irving W. Kramer died February 14 in Palm Desert, Calif. Best remembered for his basketball prowess, Irv also played varsity lacrosse and soccer. He attended Dartmouth Medical School and received his M.D. from NYU in 1935.

His medical practice was interrupted by service in the South Pacific theater in WW II, but after the war he resumed practice in Great Neck, L.I., and at North Shore University Hospital. He became director of the Department of Family Practice and active in the American Academy of Family Practice. After his retirement in 1976 he received the Distinguished Physician's Award from his hospital.

Irv tape-recorded for the blind, assisted in cardiology research, and did other volunteer work. In later years he wintered in Bermuda Dunes, Calif., where, in addition to lots of golf and bridge, he introduced celebrities on the first tee at the Bob Hope Classic.

He was on the Board of Overseers of Dartmouth Medical School (as was his daughter Karen Hein, DMS '68, later), and secretary for the DMS class of '33 for many years.

Irv is survived by his wife, Ruth, one son, and three daughters.

Robert W. Mitchell died March 9. After Dartmouth he studied at the London School of Economics and was later a reporter for the Bennington Banner in Vermont. mont. He moved to the Rutland Herald in 1935, became editor in 1941, publisher a year later, and owner in 1947. He continued in these posts for the rest of his life.

In 1985 Bob received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree at the University of Vermont. The citation stated, "under Mitchell's leadership, the Rutland Herald has won acclaim as one of the ten best small newspapers in the United States." Bob was proud that the Rutland Herald was the oldest family newspaper in the country.

Bob served his class as secretary and in Alumni Fund drives. He was alumni representative for The Dartmouth, and he was active in Rutland-area civic and development bodies. He chaired the Rhodes scholar selection committee for Vermont.

Bob is survived by his wife, Virginia, two sons, and two daughters.

Frederick J. Orner died December 28, 1992, in Glover, Vt. He received his M.B.A. from Harvard in 1934. He had a career in railroad management, starting with the New England division of the Penn Central. In 1978 he was employed by G.O. Associates, transportation consultants.

Fred's hobbies included fishing, mountain climbing, and extensive traveling throughout the United States. His wife, Phyllis, died several years ago. A son and daughter survive him.

1933

Richard Payson Bee died February 8 of heart failure in Henderson, Nev. He prepared for Dartmouth at Morgan Park H.S. in Chicago, was a member of Theta Chi and the Ledyard Canoe Club, and majored in economics.

Dick served a stint with the navy in Panama and Louisiana and subsequently worked as an officer of Tropex Graphic Inc., an export firm in New York. The Bees then moved to Leyden, Mass., where wife Ruth conducted an interior decorating business and Dick and she became agents for the Leyden Hearth, a device to provide efficient wood burning. They moved west more recently to deal with Dick's health problems.

Ruth, with whom he traveled widely, survives, as do their children Kenyon and Susan.

Harvey S. Hopkins Jr. died May 10 at the New Hanover Regional Medical Center in North Carolina. He had moved in 1988 to Plantation Village in Wilmington, N.C., after residing for many years at Heritage Village in Southbury, Conn.

Born in Newton, N.J., Mr. Hopkins graduated from Dartmouth in 1933 and later served as a navy lieutenant in World War 11. His entire business career was spent in commercial real estate, including establishment of I.B.M.'s first real -estate department and later at the W.T. Grant Company as its real estate director. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta and, in business, the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers as well as many other real estate associations. Mr. Hopkins was a former member of the board of trustees of Heritage Village and in 1982 served as president.

Surviving are his widow, the former Louise W. Heim, and one son, Dirk W. Hopkins of Brooklyn Heights, N.Y. Harvey was preceded Ed in death by his son, Bruce W. Hopkins in November 1992.

1934

Flamen Ball Jr. died in March after a long bout with cancer. Bill, as he preferred to be called, came to Dartmouth from Hawkin School in Cleveland, where he was active in football and music. He was an English major and member of Phi Kappa Sigma.

He spent his career with New York Life Insurance Cos., first in New York City, next in Jacksonville, and then in San Francisco and Sun Citv, Ariz. He was active in fund drives and church boards. Bill is survived by his wife of 56 vears, Elfrieda, their son and daughter, and six grandchildren.

Mordecai Mersel died in 1992 and is survived by his wife, Alary. He was with '34 for three years, coming from New Utrecht High in Brooklyn. He was an economics major and played lacrosse. He got a B.A. from NYU in 1935 and for most of his life was a farmer in Milford, N.J.

Harry Sampson Stearns Jr. died in July 1992 at his home in .Minneapolis. He came to Dartmouth from St. Paul as a graduate of St. John's Military Academy. He was active in golf and boxing, a member of SAE, and a philosophy major. He received his LL.D. from the University of Minnesota and became head of a law firm in St. Paul. From 1942 to '46, he served with the coast guard in both Europe and the Pacific, finishing as a lieutenant. Harry is survived by his son James '72.

Marcus Legrand Young III died March 11 at his home in Escondido, Calif. He came to Dartmouth from Tabor Academy and was a member of Beta Theta Pi and an English major. Weiser, Idaho, was his hometown.

Marc studied at several California colleges after service as a navy lieutenant during WW II, and he got his master's degree from Long Beach State in 1954. He then shifted from the insurance business to high-school teaching as his primarv job. Hiking, fishing, and woodworking were his favorite activities. Marc is survived by his widow, Ruth, a son, and a daughter.

1935

Charles Hull Sewall died March 2 in Palm Harbor, Fla., after a long struggle with cancer.

Charles entered Dartmouth from Noble and Greenaugh School, Needham. Mass. Following graduation he worked in sales for Bird and Son Inc. of East Walpole, Mass., before entering the U.S. Navy. He served in aviation and saw action in the Pacific, for which he received several commendation medals. He retired from service as a captain.

In retirement he was president of Neighborly Savior Services and several other community service groups in Maine and Florida.

He is survived by his wife, Jean, his son William '90, two daughters, 11 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

1937

Donald D. Bauer died on May 1 in Sunriver, Ore. Don came to Dartmouth from Phillips Exeter. He was a pre-med major and was active in the DOC. He studied medicine at Dartmouth and at Mcgill, where he also studied medical genetics. He serv ed an internship at North Carolina Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem and at Duke. He served three years in the Army Medical corps stationed in France and Germany.

In 1952 he moved to Coos Bay, Ore., where he opened a private practice in radiology and set up the area's first X-Ray Technician School. He also organized the first Oregon Salmon Congress. In 1960 the Bauers moved to Klamath Falls, where he set up private practice and taught as an associate professor at Oregon Institute of Technology.

In 1970 they moved to Los Angeles. Don was one of the founders of HMO Maxicare, and he authored many medical books.

He leaves his wife, Phyllis, and family.

Clarence Bogert Jr. died on December 14, 1992, in the Hospice of Charleston, S.C., which his wife, Charlotte, helped found. Bud came to Dartmouth from Tenafly (N.J.) High School, majored in economics, and was a member of SAE. He retired in 1980 from his career as a salesman for All Purpose Roll Leaf Cos. in Paramus, N.J., makers of gold leaf designs for hard-cover books and other decorations. He and Helen then moved to Mt. Pleasant, S.C., where he enjoyed his hobbies of golf, poetry, and watercolor.

He leaves his wife, two daughters, and a son.

Donald H. Frank died in his sleep on April 1. He had been ill for several years, never fully recovering from bypass surgery. Don came to Dartmouth from Scott High School in Toledo. Ohio. As an undergraduate he began his lifelong interest in classics and rare books. He was president of Chi Phi fraternity senior year.

Just prior to WW II Don obtained a law degree from the University of Michigan. He served as a lieutenant in the army's Judge Advocates Office during the war.

After the war he was an attorney for the Union Bank in Los Angeles for several years. But his interest in the classics pre-empted the law, and he worked the rest of his adult life primarily in the Westwood Village and UCLA bookstores

Don's support for Dartmouth remained constant throughout his life. When he moved to Rossmoor Regency in Laguna Hills, Calif., last year, he shipped to Baker Library several hundred cartons of his beloved rare books.

Over the course of five decades Don managed to tour most parts of the world. His lifelong friend and constant traveling companion, Merle D. O'Dell, survives him.

Wayland Avery Jr.'39

Emery William Patterson died May 1 in Maitland, Fla., of cancer. Pat came to Dartmouth from Mercersburg Academy and majored in psychology. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi and Dragon. At Mercersburg and Dartmouth he was a star swimmer.

Pat was a commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve and served with the Gulf Sea Frontier command in Miami. After his discharge he was employed in Providence by American Airlines and later worked for 17 years as a sales manager for the National Blankbook Cos. of Chicago. He then worked for S.E. Vernon Cos. of Columbus, Ohio, retiring in 1978.

He is survived by his wife, Frances, a daughter, and a son.

Gordon Ellicott Torrey died on November 1, 1992, in the Rockport, Maine, Hospital. He left Dartmouth at the end of his sophomore year. From 1938 to 1950 he was located in the Far East, most of the time in China. India, and Japan with the California Oil Company. He returned in 1952 and was employed by States Marine Line in New York.

He is survived by his wife, Payson, and their five children.

1938

Conant Hale Barton died March 31,1993, in his home. "Coke" came to Dartmouth from Lawrence Academy and roomed with Dune Buttrick (see following obituary). He majored in English, went out for track, wrestling, boxing, and speed skating, and was a brother in Delta Tau Delta.

After graduation he joined his family's business, The Back Bay Electrotype and Engraving Cos. In 1941 Coke married Rosemary Smith of Winchester, Mass., and Skidmore.

In April 1945 near Margabotto, Italy, he entered a heavily mined field in response to cries for help from a wounded Italian civilian. He then picked up the man and safely removed him from the field. A second lieutenant then, he won the Soldier's Medal for his efforts.

He became president of Back Bay Electrotype in 1955 and retired in 1963. He leaves his wife.

J.R.S. Jr.

Duncan Buttrick died of Alzheimer's disease on April 1. He entered Dartmouth from Lawrence Academy. After college he worked for Lee Tire and Rubber and then the Sun Oil Cos. He married Charlotte "Polly" Magruder in July 1941. After Pearl Harbor Dune enlisted in the Army Air Corps. He won the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, and the Pacific Theatre Ribbon with four battle stars.

He returned to Sun Oil in 1945. He was in sales, training, and public relations. In 1951 he was recalled by the air force as a navigator. At the time he wrote that he was also "character guidance officer, voting officer, counselor on income tax returns, and squadron education officer trying to make every enlisted man a high school graduate."

He returned to Sun Oil and stayed until retirement. Dune leaves Polly, a daughter, and a son.

J.R.S. Jr.

James Elliott Hastings died June 11, 1993, just a few days before the 55th Reunion. Jim came to Dartmouth from Evanston (Ill.) Township High School, majored in history, and was a brother in Phi Delta Theta. He went to Harvard Law along with several '38 classmates.

During WW II Captain Hastings served as Battery Commander in the Army Field Artillery, seeing action with the Ninth Army in the ETO. He married Jane Wheeland, Wellesley '4l, in 1947, adopted her fiveyear-old twins, and began his law practice. He argued cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals and the Illinois Supreme Court. At the time of the 50th Reunion he was president of Chadwell, Kayser, Ruggles, McGee & Hastings. He was president of the Northbrook (Ill.) library board and school board. For a long time he was one of Gil Tanis's effective class agents.

Jim was predeceased by his wife. He is survived by her twins, Camile and Jeffrey, and their children James and Margaret. Margaret told us that her father knew he was dying and wanted to make a contribution to our Class Reunion Gift to the College. He did, and the check was dated the day before his death.

J.R.S.Jr.

Joseph John Jova died after suffering a thoracic aneurysm on March 31 in Washington, D.C. During his distinguished career with the U.S. Foreign Service John won many honors—he was a Knight of Malta, member of the Constantinian Order of St. George, Order of Aztec Eagle (Mexico), and Order of Orange-Nassau (Netherlands); and he was decorated with the Grand Cross Order Morazan (Honduras). He served in consulates and embassies in Iraq, Morocco, Portugal, and Chile, and then as ambassador to Honduras, the Organization of American States, and Mexico.

John joined United Fruit in Guatamala after Dartmouth. But classmate Fred Lecomte reported that John "got awfully tired of marimba bands after three years." He joined the navy and served as a lieutenant in the Panama Sea Frontier and European theater. He was with the Foreign Service from 1947 to 1977. John capped his career as president of Meriden House International, a nonprofit educational and cultural-exchange organization in Washington.

John and Pamela Johnson of London and St. Cedrick's College were married in 1949. In addition to his wife he leaves a daughter, two sons, four grandchildren, a brother, and a sister.

J.R.S.Jr.

Charles Wilder Moses died March 12, 1993. Charlie was a member of Chi Phi and Sphinx, and he majored in history.

After graduation Charlie became a surveyor in the New Hampshire Highway Department, then entered the army in 1941. He rose from PFC to major serving in Alaska and the Philippines. He and Rosemary Davis were married in 1942. After his discharge in 1946 he joined New England Coca-Cola as a merchandizing representative and became assistant to the regional manager in 1959. In the early sixties he was transferred to the company headquarters in Atlanta. There he remained, working in market research and purchasing until he retired in 1981. He enjoyed active participation in the Atlanta Dartmouth Club.

He leaves his wife, a daughter, three sons, and nine grandchildren.

J.R.S.Jr.

Scott Frederick Runkle died June 16,1993, while on vacation in Vezelay, France. Scott entered Dartmouth from Culver Military Academy, majored in French, was on The Dartmouth's news board, and played in the band and the symphony. He was studying at the Sorbonne in Paris before Pearl Harbor. He was a lieutenant colonel on General Bradley's staff who hit Omaha Beach with the First Infantry Division on D-Day, then was responsible for dealing with the French Resistance forces. He later was an operations officer for the OSS in Germany.

For a while after the war he was a foreign correspondent for Time magazine in Europe. Then he was director of public relations for the Economic Development Administration and began his lifelong association with Puerto Rico when he founded their Information Service in San Juan in the late fifties. He became president of Washington-International Communications and continued as consultant to the government of Puerto Rico until the end of 1992.

Scott is survived by his daughters Dr. Beatriz Runkle of Reston, Va., and Dr. Isabelle Runkle of Madrid, his sister Margaret Scales, and a grandson.

J.R.S.Jr

1939

John S. Haley died of Lou Gehrig's disease on Februaiy 24. Jack came to Dartmouth from Boston, where he attended Country Day. A Beta Theta Pi at Dartmouth, Jack played goalie on a winning fraternity-league hockey team. He left Dartmouth in the spring of 1937 and worked into the insurance business until 1942, when he joined the Coast Guard Reserve. He served at sea in the American, European-African, and Asiatic-Pacific theaters.

Jack founded and operated the Marblehead Marine Center before he settled in Miami in 1966. He was employed for 20 years by Richard Bertram & Cos., retiring as manager of the Miami office. He continued working for the company as a yacht broker until the time of his death.

He is survived by his wife, Lois, two sons, and three daughters.

1940

Allan Lloyd Feldmeier died on March 18 in Cooperstown, N.Y. He was a graduate of the Little Falls (N.Y.) High School and the Taft School. During his short stay at Dartmouth he was the light heavyweight wrestling champion. He entered the U.S. Naval Academy in 1937 and graduated with the class of 1941. He served as an aircraft-carrier pilot in the Pacific during WW II and then in Korea. Allan retired from active duty as a lieutenant colonel in 1961. He was an experimental engineer at Chicago Pneumatic, Utica, from 1966 to 1975 and was also a mathematics instructor at Mohawk Community College. He is survived by three sons and a daughter.

William R. Grimshaw Jr. died of cancer on May 12. Bill spent most of his life in Tulsa, Okla., and entered Dartmouth from Tulsa's Central High School. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity. He left Dartmouth and attended the University of Texas and the University of Tulsa, graduating from the latter in 1940. He served in the army for five years in WW II. Along with his father and brother, he worked as a builder and contractor on such projects as Tulsa Municipal Airport, Tulsa Central Library, and many others. He is survived by his wife, Maurine, a daughter, and three sons.

Robert Kingman Joslin died April 11 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center in South Carolina after a short illness. He came to Dartmouth from Cushing Academy and was a member of Sigma Nu, the Interfraternity Council, Corinthian Yacht Club, and the crew. He served in the navy as a lieutenant on the U.S.S. Crouter, Destroyer Escort #11, in the Pacific. After the war he was with the Radio Corporation of America for many years. He was active there in a number of sales and marketing jobs, such as introducing early television tubes and sales management of the semi-conductor division. He was preceded in death by his son, Lieutenant Michael Joslin '63, U.S.N.R. He is survived by his wife, Dale, his son Peter, and two grandchildren.

1941

Alfred Durry Becker passed away on December 10 of unknown causes at Guthrie Clinic in Pennsylvania. Al came to Dartmouth from Penn Yan, N.Y., and returned to that Finger Lakes region for his retirement years. After serving in WW II as a pilot, he began a career in print-advertising sales and eventually became district manager from Chemical Week, McGraw-Hill Publishing. Living in die Chicago area, he also owned and operated Chemical Business Consultants, advising chemical inventors on the sale of their processes. Al also founded the Chemical Equipment Sales Engineers Association of Chicago. His wife, Carol, predeceased him in 1988. He is survived by his sons H. Birkett '74, Stephen, and Ralph.

Richard Harding Darby died suddenly on December 31, 1992, in Sound Beach, N.Y. Dick attended Peddie School for four years and Williams College for one year before joining the class of '41 at Dartmouth. He received an M.B.A. at Tuck School in 1942. He served in the navy from 1942 to 1945, primarily as a deck and engineering officer, and was a lieutenant at the time of his discharge. Dick then began a successful career in marketing, promotion, and advertising with leading N.Y.C. agencies, eventually serving as president of his own agency in Hauppauge, N.Y., for 11 years. His campaigns won three Best of Industry awards in the Direct Marketing Association's competition. At the time of his death he had been a consultant to Suffolk Life Newspapers for five years after his retirement, and he was actively involved in preparing a seminar to help small businesses with their advertising needs. Dick was divorced and had three children. His older brother, Walter '39 predeceased him.

John Milton Mcmillin died on July 20,1991, place and cause of death unknown. Jack prepared for Dartmouth at Choate, living in Forest Hills, N.Y., at the time. He served in the navy from 1943 to 1946, primarily aboard minesweepers, and was discharged as a lieutenant (j.g.). He attended MIT in 1946 and then entered the brokerage business, first as a salesman for .Merrill Lynch in Phoenix, Ariz., and then in their Institutional Department in New York City. Jack is survived by his wife, Dorothy, whom he married in Forest Hills in 1943. and their son John. Jack's older brother Leslie '39 pre-deceased him.

Daniel P. Mcmullen died in his retirement home in Naples, Fla.. on March 9 after a battle with cancer. Dan came to Dartmouth from Florida Military Academy. His WW II sendee in the Air Corps included an assignment as a pilot instructor for four-engine aircraft. Dan's business career centered around life insurance, and he was the Pittsburgh branch manager for Manufacturer's Life Insurance Cos. of Toronto from 1962 until his retirement in 1979. In Florida he continued to pursue his lifelong zest for squash and tennis. He is survived by his wife, Jean, and two daughters.

Edward O. Tabor died on April 14 in Chelmsford. A lass. Ed was on the Dartmouth varsity golf team and won the Massachusetts State junior Golf championship in 1939, plus back-to-back Lowell city tides in 1940 and 1941. He received his medical degree at Mcgill University and served as a major in the Army .Medical Corps in the Pacific during WW' II. .After an internship in obstetrics in Lowell, Ed was a resident at Providence and Boston Lying-in hospitals. From 1970 until his retirement in 1988 he was on the staff of Lowell General Hospital. In 1972 he captured his third city golf tide in Lowell. Ed is survived by his wife, Ruth, a son, and two daughters.

1942

Philip Josiah Blood died in February following a brief illness. A graduate of Swampscott (Mass.) High School, Phil came to Dartmouth from Tabor Academy. He was active in soccer and football.

Phil served in the navy in WW II and received a commendation for meritorious service in preparation for the invasion of France.

Phil was the owner of Blood's .Markets in Swampscott and Peabody. He is survived by his sons Charles, Stephen, and Anthony, and by his brother Charles A Blood '51.

Arthur Macy Cox died in Washington, D.C., on April 29, five weeks after suffering a stroke. Born in Missoula, Mont., he was the son of Dartmouth English Professor Sidney Cox and entered Dartmouth from the Taft School.

During WW II .Art serv ed with the OSS in North Africa, Turkey, Italy, and with Tito's Partisans in Yugoslavia. He later worked in a planning group that laid out the organization of the European Recover)- Program implementing the Marshall Plan. He served on Ambassador Harriman's staff in Paris and participated in negotiations for the first EastWest trade agreements. Among Art's many accomplishments in the area of international relations was the authorship of Prospects forPeacekeeping, which discussed the use of international force to observe and implement ceasefire agreements, and Russian Roulette: TheSuperpower Game. Art served for seven years as a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and directed the Brookings project proposing alternative approaches for a negotiated settlement of the Vietnam War. He also served for eight years as secretary of the American Committee on U.S./Soviet Relations, and was co-director of a U.S./Soviet project (1985-1988) which recommended measures to end the Cold War, later adopted by Mikhail Gorbachev.

Art's marriage to Joya B. Cox ended in divorce. He is survived by his companion of 21 years, Dorothy Fall of Washington, his children (from his marriage) Stephen, Timothy, and Heather, a sister; a brother, and five grandchildren. His son Anthony died in 1992.

Carroll Henry Woods died of an aortic aneurysm on April 21 aboard a cruise ship. Carroll entered Dartmouth from Norwood (Mass.) High School and was a member of the Forensic Union and Tri-Kap. In WW II he was a torpedo-boat commander and deck officer of the light cruiser U.S.S. Oklahoma City, and saw action in many campaigns in the southwest Pacific. Following his discharge from the navy in 1946 and graduate study at George Washington University. he served with distinction for 24 years with the Department of State in Moscow, Paris. Guyana, and Brussels, and in Washington as Soviet Desk Officer.

Carroll is survived by his wife. Alary, two sons, and two daughters.

1943

Robert Harrison Perkins died of pancreatic carcinoma January 30 in Marietta. Ga. Bob (or "Perk") came to Dartmouth from Arlington (Mass.) High School. He won his numerals in cross country and was active in track and swimming during his freshman and sophmore years. He was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa.

In January 1943 he entered the army and served with the 10th Mountain Division. In 1945 he had a misadventure with a landmine in Italy that curtailed his track career. He was discharged a staff sergeant in December 1945. Later that month he and Ruth Johnson were married. She predeceased him in 1989. They had one son, David H., born October 1961. Bob had a brief but successful career as a purveyor of a gelatin dessert called Perky-Jell. Jello stopped that. He became a health and accident underwriter for several insurance companies, but primarily for Allstate in Charlotte, N.C., and Marietta, Ga. Bob was secretary of the Alumni Club of Charlotte.

He is survived by his son.

Warren J. Taylor '43

1944

Richard M. Kerwin died A lav 9 of leukemia. He was born and raised in West Chester, Penn., and received an .M.S. from the University of New Hampshire and a Ph.D. in bacteriology from Pennsylvania State University. During WW II he served as a navy photographer, landed in Japan shortly after the cease-fire, and took early on-the-scene photographs of the atomic wreckage in Hiroshima.

Dick worked for as a microbiologist for Wyeth Laboratories in West Chester from 1952 until his retirement to Hancock, N.H., in 1974, during which time he was instrumental in the development of new strains of penicillin.

In Hancock he taught at Dublin School for a number of years, and the students there nicknamed him "Doc." He served as a substitute teacher in local schools almost up to the time of his death, and he was active in the choir of Hancock's First Congregational Church and as a member of the Hancock Bell Ringers. He also organized a children's bell choir. The Hancock Ding-Dongs, which performed in the church.

He is survived by his wife. Dr. Elizabeth A. Kerwin, three children, his sister, and his mother.

Richard Edwin May berry died suddenly of a heart attack May 2. He was stricken in Cleveland while attending a granddaughter's christening. He was a community leader and pioneering executive with Xerox Corporation in Rochester, N.Y.

Dick came to Hanover from Portland, Maine, and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He graduated summa cum laude and received an M.B.A. from Tuck School after WW II service as a captain in the Army Air Corps. He joined Xerox in 1954 and held a halfdozen management positions until his retirement in 1987.

Over the years he was chairman of the endowment campaign at the George Eastman House and was vice chairman of the museum's board of directors. He had also been chairman of the board of the Rochester Friendly I lome and was on the board of the Chamber of Commerce and the Genessee Hospital. At the time of his death he was president of the Country Club of Rochester.

He is survived by his wife. Barbara, son Richard '75, two daughters, and six grandchildren.

Donald Maxwell Smith died of arrhythmia March 14 at his home in Belvedere. Calif. He collapsed after completing five sets of tennis. A native of New Jersey, Don came to Hanover from the Choate School. He served in the navy during WW II and then worked in advertising for Life and Look magazines. He subsequently switched to agency advertising and worked for a number of prestigious firms in New York and California. In 1972, he founded INTERLEASE financial corporation, and it, tennis, and travel occupied his time. His hobbies included painting and rebuilding English antiques.

He is survived by his wife. Maria, a son and a daughter.

George Stoney Springsteen died of a heart attack March 24 at his weekend home in Scientists Cliff, Md. He lived in Bethesda.

A native of New York, George majored in international affairs and served three years in the navy. He earned his master's and Ph.D. at Tuft's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and then joined the State Department. He worked for government agencies for 31 years as a specialist in international economics, ics, the director of the Foreign Service Institute, and a special assistant on economic and European affairs. After retiring he was a visiting lecturer at Princeton, and he helped edit the writings of former Deputy Secretary George W. Ball and others.

He is survived by his wife, Rosalind, his son George 'BO, a daughter, and two grandchildren.

Peter Dewitt Weston died of cancer January 13. Pete came to Dartmouth from Wilton, Conn. After three years in the army during WWII, he earned a master's degree in languages at Middlebury College. He taught briefly in schools in Virginia and North Carolina before joining the staff at Oxford Academy in Pleasantville, N.J., and he taught there and at Friend's School in Atlantic City until his retirement.

He was active in the Christ Episcopal Church and was an ardent railroad buff with an extensive collection of model trains and books on railroading.

He is survived by his wife, Virginia, a son and a grandson.

1948

Harry Lewis Shaw Jr. died of cancer February 11 in Lancaster, Calif. Harry came to Dartmouth from New Haven School and was in the Navy V-12 before serving in WW II. Harry attended the University of Connecticut's Hartford Law School and worked for the Indemnity Insurance Cos. of North America. In 1951 he joined the F.B.I, and was a special agent in Washington, D.C., Chicago, and California. He was employed by the Lockheed Corporation in 1953 and retired after 33 years of service as director of industrial relations. He was assigned to Lockheed's highly classified U-2 program.

Harry was a member of the Palmdale City Council, president of the Kiwanis and of the Supporters of the Palmdale Regional Airport, and director of the Palmdale Hospital, Board of Trade, and Chamber of Commerce.

At Dartmouth he was a member of Theta Delta Chi and an enthusiastic DOC "chubber." He was district enrollment director and an Alumni Fund class agent for many years.

He is survived by his wife, Myrna, two daughters, four grandchildren, and two sisters.

Lloyd T. Erumm Jr.'48

1949

Robert Davis Williams died of a massive heart attack in a doctor's office on February 4. Bob was born in Needham, Mass. He attended Rivers Country Day School and served several years in the army in WW II before entering Dartmouth.

His career involved medical sales, yacht brokering, and real estate in the Annapolis area. He was a prime mover in the Severn Sailing Association and taught sailing at the Annapolis Sailing Club.

His grandfather, father, and brother Chester S. Williams '41 were graduates of Dartmouth. He is survived by his Dutchborn wife, Carla, son Russell, two daughters, nine grandchildren, brother Chester, and sisters Elizabeth Ivins and Helen Southard.

1950

James S. Austin Jr. died of cancer April 12, 1992, in Pittsburgh. He graduated from Culver Military Academy and served a stint in the marines before entering Dartmouth. He majored in history and was a member of Gamma Delta Chi. Jim worked as a salesman for Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. after graduation and later was in the securities business. His father, James Shirley Austin, was class of 1924. Jim leaves a wife, Ann, and two children.

Charles W. Hamilton Jr. died on January 4. He resided in New York City. In 1987 he retired from Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital, where he had been a teacher and rehabilitation technician working with autistic children.

Charlie came to Dartmouth from Montclair (N.J.) High School. He was active in the Dartmouth Players, majored in sociology, and was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon.

After graduation he taught English at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon, for several years. Prior to going to work at Bellevue he was an actor, singer, and the business manager for the Circle in the Square Theatre in New York. Charlie is survived by a brother, Robert D., and two sisters, Irene Winner and Jean Parsons.

1951

John Paul Mernan came to Dartmouth from Buffalo, and that is where he died on January 7 after a long illness. He earned his M.D. at the State University of New York, stayed in Buffalo throughout his internship and residency, and then practiced general surgery there die rest of his life.

John is remembered by his Chi Phi roommate as a positively brilliant student for whom learning seemed effortless.

He is survived by his wife, Dr. Winnifred Mernan, and two sons.

1954

Norman Robert Bander died February 17 of unknown causes in Sarasota, Fla. He came to Dartmouth from the Carteret School in West Orange, N.J., and was very active with WDBS radio, becomingprogram director in his junior year. We know little of his activities since graduation, the most recent information being that he was a management consultant in marketing, advertising, and marketing research in the Sarasota area. Norm was single and there is no known next of kin.

Charles Wetzel Dorries Jr. died of cancer in 1986, we recently learned. He did not graduate with the class, but continued his education at the University of Michigan and went on to work with Grumman Aircraft as a mechanical engineer. He is survived by his wife, Marie, of Whitehall, Pa.

Irwin Maer Herrman died October 24,1992, in Australia, where he had lived and worked for many years. He earned a doctorate in philosophy at Oxford University and was associated with that school for a number of years. He concentrated on Middle East politics, especially the history of Zionism and its impact on the Palestine Question and Arab-Israeli conflict, and he published numerous articles and papers on the subject. As an educator in Australia, he was director of the Footscray Institute of Technology and was a key figure in negotiating the Institute's merger with the Western Institute to form Victoria University of Technology. In 1991 he was appointed the university's deputy vice chancellor for development. Irwin is survived by his wife, Helen, and three sons.

Ray Birnie Johnson Jr. died of unknown causes on December 29, 1992. At Dartmouth he played football and was in DKE. He served in the naval reserves 1954-56 and earned his M.B.A. at Harvard in 1958. He had a career in banking, and at the time of the 25th reunion he was a vice president at the First National Bank in St. Louis, Mo. Ray is survived by his wife, Roberta, and two daughters.

1955

Roy Peter Kernaghan died of cancer on December 12,1992, in Salisbury, Md. Pete was a biology professor at Salisbury State University and had a long career in the fields of genetics and cell biology at Salisbury, Bates College, and the State University of New York at Stonybrook. In addition to his teaching duties at Salisbury, Pete served as chairman of the Biological Sciences Department, director of the Division of the Allied Health Sciences, and special assistant to the vice president of academic affairs. He authored a number of articles and was a member of the Genetics Society of America, the American Genetic Association, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. After earning both a bachelor's and master's at Dartmouth, Pete received his Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut and a postdoctoral fellowship at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He is survived by his wife, Gloria.

Joseph Albert Thoma Jr. of Pittsburgh, Pa., died January 12 following a lengthy illness. Joe came to Dartmouth from the Peddie School, majored in economics, and was a member of Kappa Sigma. He is survived by his daughter Jennifer.

1959

John R. Capper died of bone cancer in May 1992 in a Seattle, Wash., hospital after a lengthy illness. He was a resident of Baltimore and had lived in Annapolis. John came to Dartmouth from Michigan, majored in philosophy, and was a member of C&G and the ski team.

John served as an officer in the navy before continuing his education at both the University of Michigan and Michigan State in the fields of forestry and natural resources.

He is described as a stalwart soul and a topnotch environmentalist who served the State of Maryland in a variety of roles, mostly dealing with natural resources. His last role was that of environmental specialist for the state highway department.

He also was a singer and actor and appeared in productions of the Annapolis Summer Theatre and the Spotlight Theatre in Baltimore.

1960

John Reardon Hoyne died of a heart attack following surgery for a stomach ulcer at the American Hospital in Paris on May 20. He had a prominent career in advertising, receiving a reported $1O million for his role in the 1986 sale of Ted Bates Advertising International, where he had served as president, to Saatchi & Saatchi. The sale price of about $500 million was described at the time as the largest amount ever paid for an advertising agency.

John came to Uartmouth from Oak ParK, Ill., went on to earn an M.B.A. in 1962 from Tuck. Thereafter he entered the advertising business with the New York firm of Benton & Bowles, and by 1964 he was an account supervisor with Ted Bates. He became the protege and close associate of one of the leading members of the advertising community, Robert E. Jacoby.

Between 1977 and 1982 John served as owner and president of a California-based chain of hardware and lumber outlets. In 1982 he returned to Ted Bates, which during his presidency had 102 offices in 46 different countries.

John is survived by his four children.

Roy Frank Monson was found dead by a neighbor on May 1 at his home in Valley Stream, N.Y. He had lived in that community since the age of three.

At Dartmouth Roy majored in history and was a member of Delta Tau Delta. After serving three years in the army in Germany, he made his career in the insurance business. For many years he was an underwriter for Royal Globe Insurance Cos. and later for the Continental Insurance Cos. Roy was also active in the United Methodist Church and was known to his friends in the class as witty and entertaining. He is survived by an aunt, Gunhild Gustafson of West Hartford, Conn.

Thomas George Troyer died of a sudden and unexpected heart attack on March 13. He grew up in Milwaukee, played football and tennis and, at Dartmouth, was a member of Sigma Chi. He spent his junior year abroad in Sweden.

A member of the Air Force ROTC at Dartmouth, he graduated into an air force career. In 1964 and 1965 Tom was a helicopter pilot with the U.S. Advisory Force in Vietnam. Later he served for ten years at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Although he retired from the Air Force Reserve as a colonel in 1991, he continued to work for the service in a private capacity. At the time of his death he was a program manager for environmental cleanup at Brooks Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.

An ardent reader who enjoyed adult classes, Tom earned an M.A. at Golden Gate University while serving at Edwards, taking most of his courses in an extension program. He is survived by his wife of four years, Nancy, a daughter, Laura Fritts, and two sons John and Timothy, by an earlier marriage.