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 a later one.

Raymond P. Atwood '22 • Sept. 4 Richard C. Colton '25 • April 4 Joseph F. Leavitt '25 • Aug. 8 Tyrrell H. Werner '25 • July 27 Richard D. Mann '26 • July 27 Hugh J. Moore '26 • Sept. 30, 1992 Albert Seasongood Jr. '26 • Aug. 21 Benjamin Zaeder '26 • July 21 Carroll F. Daley '27 • July 13 Frederick F. Kortlucke '27 • March 20 Richard R. Frame '28 • July 21 Franklin Moore '28 'June 30 Wallace G. Pollard '28 • Aug. 31 Frazier L. O'Leary '29 • Sept. 29, 1993 John D. Pillsbury '29 • Aug. 12 Alan Bolte '30 • Aug. 3 Paul H. Duback '30 • Aug. 10 Robert E. Hooker '30 • June 14 Richard D. Cleaves '32 • Aug. 7 Richard C. Merrill '32 • July 3 Kenneth I. Todd '32 • July 6 Donald H. Seixas '33 • July 16 Paul L. Magnuson '34 • Aug. 21 Benjamin N. Rippe '34 • Aug. 6 Robert A. Bonner '35 • Aug. 17 Hobart W. Griffin '35 • July 27 Charles W. Huston '35 "June 24 Robert E. Ulman '35 • Sept. 1, 1991 William W. Macurda '36 • Aug. 14 James E. Whipkey '36 • Feb. 5 James S. Timothy '40 • Jan. 24 Edwin H. Anderson '41 • July 17 Arnold W. Bartlett '41 • Aug. 2 J. Craighead Kuhn '42 • Aug. 29 Robert W. Shoup '42 • Aug. 15 John L. Williams '42 • June 22 Robert W. Andree '43 • Aug. 3 Douglas C. Alton '44 • Nov. 15, 1991 Richard H. Morgan '44 • Aug. 11 Wyly M. Billing '45 • June 24 Sherman J. Crough '45 • Aug. 13 Ashley M. VanDuzer '45 • Aug. 6 Lawrence O. Carpenter '46 • August John F. Vallely '46 'July 30 William R. Buettner '49 • July 25 Milton L. Diemer '50 • Aug. 23 Robert H. Williams '52 • July 5 William D. Donovan '54 • Aug. 18 Langdon W. Harris '56 • Aug. 28 Joseph A. Carter '58 • Aug. 10 Harry A. Shaw 111 '59 • Sept. 5 Gerald L. Reichwald '64 • July 30 Norman N. Jones '68 • April 7 Robert W. Parks '70 • Feb. 5 Stephen J. Kiely '72 • Aug. 26

1908

Guy G. Blodgett died June 28 in the Glenside Nursing Center in New Providence, N.J. At 109, he was the oldest Dartmouth alumnus. Born in Dummer, N.H., Guy had fond memories of working on his parents' farm there. He was a math major and member of SAE at Dartmouth and went on to a 42-year teaching career in the Boston area. From 1920 until retirement in 1950 he held the title of master in mathematics at Technical (previously Mechanic Arts) High School, a prep school connected with M.I.T.

Guy was an ardent fisherman and enjoyed doing woodworking projects for his church and the local library, of which he was a trustee. In 1911 he married Anne E. Jones, who predeceased him. Guy lived alone and drove his own car until age 102. He is survived by his daughter Catherine, sons James and Freelan, and several grandchildren.

1923

Philip C. Weinseimer Jr. of Atco, N.J., died on April 19 at home. Phil was raised in Bloomfield, N.J. and was Phi Beta Kappa and a brother in Tri-Kap at Dartmouth. He received a degree from Tuck in 1924. He joined the Joseph T. Ryerson Co. in 1925, later working with Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane and the Talon Co. In 1942 he was employed as the first American employee of the newly established North American Philips Co. Inc. in New York City. In 1948 he first introduced the Philips Norelco electric shaver to the U.S. He retired from Philips Co. in 1967 as executive vice president of the corporation and president of Norelco, the corporation's consumer products division. He had been a member of the Union League Club in New York City since the fifties.

Surviving are his wife of 63 years, Dorothy, son Philip III '58, T'59, a daughter, five grandchildren including Philip IV 'BB, T'96, and Daniel '95, and his brother John '31, T'32.

1924

Emelio A. Lanier Sr. died at his home in Atlanta, Ga., on March 15. After receiving an A.M. degree from Harvard in 1926, he stayed on in Cambridge taking additional courses and doing personal research. This work was interspersed with years as a college professor until 1951 when he was chosen as one of 35 representative American professors under a program sponsored by the Institute of International Education. Emelio stayed in Japan from 1951 through 1959 as a faculty member of various Japanese universities. After returning to the states he taught at various universities in the South and returned to Japan to teach and lecture at two summer sessions. Emelio was first married in 1929 in Norwich, Vt., to Myrtle M. Wilcox and was married a second time in July 1947 to Harumo Nishikawa, who survives him. There had been one child by his first wife. Emelio and his second wife had six children within the first eight years of their marriage. Emelio's son Felix '79 attended Dartmouth.

1925

William Boddie Bunting died May 13 in Sarasota, where he had a second home. Bill grew up in New York City and came to Dartmouth from the Peddie School. He was a brother in SAE. He studied business at Columbia and N.Y.U.

Bill worked on Wall Street before moving to Ontario in 1930 to join the Black Donald Graphite Co., of which he became vice president and general manager in 1936. During the war he worked for Defense Industries Ltd., Pickering Division, supervising shell filling. In 1945 he bought Vail's Systems Co., a failing laundry and drycleaning business in Toronto, and brought it back to prosperity. He became a Canadian citizen in 1960. Bill founded the Dartmouth College Club of Ontario and was active with the Metropolitan Toronto Board and Trade, Ontario Society for Crippled Children (director), and the Cerebral Palsy Parent Council (president).

He is survived by his wife, Kathleen, son David '63, two daughters, and his grandson Derek '89.

Richard Kimball Holden died March 24. Dick had owned and operated the Barrington Travel Co. in Barrington, R.I., for 20 years, retiring only recently. He sold the business in the seventies on condition that the owners allow him to keep working there, but when they ran into financial trouble, Dick, who was by then over 70, bought the business back and got it running again. He sold it again but continued to work there for years.

Dick got his taste for travel working for a shipping line in the thirties. During WW II he served in the navy reserves as a lieutenant commander and assistant naval attache in Caracas, Venezuela, and Archangel, U.S.S.R. After the war he worked in insurance as an agent with Columbian National Life Insurance Company in Boston, and settled down to head an agency in Providence when his daughter was born in 1947. He and a partner from the insurance company went on to open the travel agency, which he later bought out.

Dick is survived by his wife, Margaret, his daughter, son Robert '82, and his brother Philip '31.

Walter R. VomLehn died in his sleep at his home in Friday Harbor, Wash., on February 5. Walt was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and was a navy volunteer in WW I, serving as a deep-sea salvage diver. He entered Dartmouth at age 24 and always savored his role as the oldest member of the class. He received a master's in education from Columbia University.

For 20 years Walt was a classroom teacher of history, civics, and industrial arts in the New York City public-school system. For 15 additional years he served in an administrative role, in charge of supplies for the vocational high schools. He and his late wife, Helene, shared their love of teaching and young people, a calling they pursued well into their long retirement in Pearisburg, Va. Walt was an avid gardener, a world traveler, and active in international peace efforts.

He is survived by his son Dr. Walter O. VomLehn '53, a sister, three grandchildren including David '80, and one great-grandson. Walter VomLehn '53

Ellis Andrews Waring died February 9 in Fall River, Mass., his birth place. El was always a self-employed entrepreneur, running a number of businesses throughout his life including Solshine Manufacturing, Royal Worcester Polish Co., and Lords Stove Co. in Boston. Upon moving to Swansea in 1943, he operated E.A. Waring Co. in Fall River, supplier of fire-fighting equipment, Hutchinson Art Shop, Swansea Boat Yard, and E.A. Waring Enterprises, supplier of police equipment, trophies, and flags. He was an avid sailor and was active in numerous civic, charitable, and professional organizations. He was life member of the Swansea Police Association. Survivors are his wife, Ruth, a son, and a daughter.

1926

Edward J. Hanlon died April 11 in Sarasota, Fla. He and his wife, Evelyn, lived in a retirement home in Forest Lakes Village there for the past 20 years. Ed was born in Norwood, Mass., and graduated from the high school there. He earned an M.B.A. at Harvard, and in 1936 joined Calvin Bullock Ltd. in New York City.

As an alumnus Ed was author of the History of the Class of 1926, was class treasurer for two terms 1957-66, was president of the Class Treasurers Association, and in 1981 was appointed class historian. In World War II Ed became a captain in the U.S. Army Air Force in material command and served until 1946 when he resumed with Calvin Bullock. He married Evelyn Seabraugh in 1950, and they made their home in Greenwich, Conn., in 1954, living there until 1974 when Ed retired as vice president.

Ed is survived by Evelyn and by three cousins.

1927

Leslie Fawcett Kilmarx died at Providence House Nursing Home in Southbridge, Mass., April 30. He prepared for Dartmouth at the Clark School in Hanover and was an economics major and member of Phi Delta Alpha. In 1928 he married Marguerite Biscoe, who predeceased him in 1993. He obtained an advanced-management certificate from Harvard Business School in 1951, then he worked for Air Reduction Corporation and was vice president on retirement in 1970. He moved from Greenwich, Conn., to Sturbridge, Mass., where he and his wife were members of the staff of Old Sturbridge Village.

Les was a member of the Dartmouth Club of New York and a director of the Harvard Advanced Management Program Club of New York. He had no children and is survived by his brother Sumner '22 and nephew Robert '50, an emeritus trustee of the College. He was predeceased by his brother Theodore '31.

Frederick F. Kortlucke Jr. died March 20 at the home of his daughter Dr. Sheila Kortlucke in Lawrence, Kans., after a series of strokes. Fritz prepared for college at Richmond Hill (N.Y.) High School and was a Deke, captain of the gym team, a welterweight boxer, and a member of The Players, D.O.C., and Green Key. He obtained his medical degree in Edinburgh, Scotland, where he met and married Nora Ward in 1933. He took further medical courses in Heidelberg, Germany, and at Harvard.

Fritz was a Friend of Baker Library and contributed many rare books during his lifetime. He practiced obstetrics and gynecology in Kew Gardens, N.Y., and was affiliated with several hospitals in that area. He was a founding member of the Dartmouth Club of Long Island, and his interests included sailing, swimming, metal working, and gardening. He retired to a farm in New Preston, Conn., in 1981.

Fritz's wife died in December 1993. He is survived by his daughter, son Derek, four grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

Maximilian Colin Shaw died at his home in Atkinson, N.H., July 6, 1993, of heart disease. He was born in Salem, Mass., and attended the University of New Hampshire before transferring to Dartmouth. Max participated in football and track, majored in sociology, and was a Sigma Nu. After graduation he had a year of psychology at Harvard and then worked for the United Fund of Greater Boston for 23 years. He retired from the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company in 1970. Max was a history buff, sponsor of the Essex Institute in Salem, Mass., and published several articles about the battle of Gettysburg. His paternal grandfather, Colin Shaw, a member of the Tenth Massachusetts Infantry, was killed in that battle.

Max is survived by his wife of 63 years, Ruth, and a daughter.

John Lynwood Smith of Wilton, Vt.. died August 31, 1991. Lyn entered Dartmouth from Hanover High School and majored in English. He was a member of Gamma Delta Epsilon and the Dartmouth Christian Association. He attended the theological school of the University of Chicago 1927-30 and the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, Mass., 1930-32, becoming a deacon in the Episcopal Church. He was ordained a priest in 1934 in the Diocese of Vermont and served several parishes in that state. He became a Canon of the Diocese ofVermont from 1969 to 1971. He married Jacqueline Lanou in 1933. Lyn founded and directed the Shelburne (Vt.) Craft School from 1935 to 1971, when he retired. He also was involved in working with the Salvation Army. His hobbies were woodworking, fishing, and old clocks. He is survived by his wife, two sons, and a daughter.

George William St. Amant died in 1990. He came to college from Auburndale, Mass. He majored in history and was in Delta Kappa Epsilon and Dragon Senior Society. He was on the football squad his junior year and a cheerleader his senior year. After graduation, Bill was engaged in the publishing business with Field & Stream magazine in Chicago. There he was a member of the Dartmouth Club and a class agent for the Alumni Fund. After retirement Bill lived in Hillsboro Beach, Fla. He married Susan Considine in 1939, and she predeceased him. Survivors are his sons G. William III and Louis and a daughter, Jane Murray.

1928

Lawrence Littlewood Carter died April 13 in Locust Valley, N.Y., of cancer. Nick prepared for Dartmouth at the Dorchester, Mass., High School. At Dartmouth he majored in sociology, joined Delta Upsilon, and made Phi Beta Kappa. After graduation he joined the Irving Trust Company where he became a vice president, trust and agency administration, in 1967. He retired in 1971. In 1932 he was treasurer of the New York chapter of the American Institute of Banking. He was active in Locust Valley community affairs, served as president of the board education and as trustee of the public library. He served as a class agent from 1979 to 1981.

Nick's wife, Clodagh, predeceased him. He is survived by his son Thomas '63, daughter Jane, brother Gordon '42, and several grandchildren.

Kenneth Frederick Rice died March 18 in Woodbury, N.Y., of a heart attack. Ken prepared for Dartmouth at Lawrenceville, and he majored at Tuck School and was a member of the Jack-O-Lantern staff and Theta Delta Chi.

After graduation he was employed by Jacobson & Sons. He later joined Kayser Roth, where he had a successful career as credit manager. He retired in 1971. He served as a class agent 1989-1990.

Ken's wife, Aleta, died in 1993. He is survived by his son, Kenneth Jr., daughter Karen, a sister, Muriel Copeland, and five grandchildren.

Ernest Apelles Wright III died December 2 1992. Ernie prepared for Dartmouth at Phillips Exeter Academy. He majored in history, joined Kappa Kappa Kappa, was a member of Green Key and Bema, and was on the track team all four years. After graduation he joined the E.A. Wright Company, Philadelphia, printers and engravers. He was president of the company from 1945 until his retirement in 1966. He was president of the Dartmouth Club of Philadelphia 1949-50. He was director of the Henry H. Otten Manufacturing Company and the R.E.B. Murphy Company. After retirement he moved to Boca Raton, Fla., joined the Dartmouth Club of Palm Beach, and became its vice president.

Ernie is survived by his wife, Alberta, and three children.

1929

Allen Gordon Miller of Glen Head, N.Y., died of cancer on August 11,1991. Al came from Pawling High School in New York City, belonged to Phi Delta Theta, and majored in philosophy.

He received his LL.B. from Harvard in 1932 and specialized in foreign trade in New York.

He attended graduate school at N.Y.U., the Command and General Staff College, and the Air War College. He retired as a colonel, having served with the Judge Advocate department in Alaska, the Far East and Middle East, and Iceland. He belonged to the American Bar Association and the Military Order of Foreign Wars.

He leaves his daughter Julia and son Allen.

John Dixon Ristine Jr. died of emphysema in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on February 14, 1993.

Johnny came from Lake Forest Academy in Illinois. He stayed for two years, then went to work for R. R. Donnelly in Chicago.

He leaves his wife Dorothy of Fort Lauderdale.

1930

Edmund Buckle Downey died on January 22. He lived much of his life in Nashua, N.H. Buckle taught school there for many years and retired in 1966 as a junior- high principal. He earned a master's degree from Boston U., served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in WW II, and was decorated by the government of France for his service working with the French troops. He was discharged in 1943 as a captain.

At Dartmouth he majored in French, played varsity baseball, and was a member of Alpha Tau Omega.

Buckle was married for 55 years to Esther A. Connor, who survives him.

Milton Whitehead Fleischman died of a stroke January 5 in San Rafael, Calif. Milt studied law, receiving his degree in 1933 from Columbia University. He had earned a Phi Beta Kappa degree.

Milt confined his legal knowledge to tax matters through 1937. At that time he became assistant export manager for Cummins Diesel Export Corp. in New York City. In 1946 he became owner of Florschield Corp., which he continued with until 1953 when he became secretary-treasurer of Pain Specialties Inc. of San Francisco. He then served clients as an estate tax attorney.

In 1941 Milt married Edith Kohn, with whom he had three children. Edith died in 1975, and in 1976 Milt married Delia K. Patnoe, who also predeceased him. He is survived by his sons Justin and Gary and his daughter Claire.

Loren Eskew Heron died from respiratory failure December 16, 1993. He lived in Sands Point, N.Y. At Dartmouth he majored in chemistry and zoology and belonged to Phi Delt, the Glee Club, and the Players. Loren spent his career in advertising, doing media research for the zipper manufacturer Talon Inc. since 1939. He served in the military from 1942 to 1945, becoming a Lt. Commander of the USNR, aviation branch. He was chairman of the community chest and on the Village Planning Board. He was married to Mary Hitchcock Ramsay, who survives him. There were no children.

Robert Elwood Hooker died on August 14. He was living in Ganges, British Columbia. Bob had been active in hotel management, including restaurants and clubs, for his entire business career, much of it with Treadway Inns. Bob ran the Dartmouth Outing Club's Moosilauke Ravine Lodge before leaving in 1951 to study for for three years at the famous Ecole Hoteliere in Lausanne, Switzerland. Prominent in New England skiing circles, Bob served served in the army's Tenth Mountain Division and then was commissioned a second lieutenant in the ordinance department during WW II. He never married.

Alex Jonathan McFarland died on February 8 of heart disease. He was living in West Newton, Mass. Alex was class secretary from 1946 to 1955.

Alex graduated from Harvard Law in 1933 and joined Herrick, Smith, Donald, Farley & Ketchum (later Herrick & Smith) in Boston. He became partner in 1942 and retired in 1976 having served a wide variety of individual and corporate clients.

Alex was very active in Dartmouth affairs, serving as a member of the Alumni Council, president of the Hanover Inn's board of overseers, fundraiser, and club president, as well as secretary. He won the Dartmouth Alumni Award in 1966. An avid gardner, he propagated his own rose varieties.

Alex's wife, Caroline, died in 1984. Surviving are their son A. Bruce, daughter Caroline, and three grandchildren.

Frank Douglas Mitchell died on March 21. Mitch attended Dartmouth for only one year and immediately began a successful career in accounting. After holding various positions with several firms, he joined Peat, Marwick & Mitchell in 1934 as a junior public accountant. After earning his C.P.A. in 1939 he became assistant resident manager in Atlanta, Ga., in 1941. In 1945 he joined Bolton-Emerson (formerly John W. Bolton & Sons, manufacturer of pulp mill machinery) and became controller in 1955 and treasurer from 1961 to 1973, when he retired.

Mitch was a director of the United Fund of Greater Lawrence and served as chairman of the. Congressional Action Committee of the Greater Lawrence Chamber of Commerce in the sixties.

In June 1934 Mitch married Dorothy Bruce of Fitchburg, Mass. They had a son, Bruce, who died in 1970, and two daughters, Nancy and Susan.

Frank Henry Rath died at home on May 20. He was a longtime resident of Swanzey, N.H. At Dartmouth Frank was a member of Delta Tau Delta. From 1932 to 1951 he was vice president of William C. Rath and Sons, manufacturers of fine leather goods in New York City. He moved to New Hampshire in 1961, and for the past 30 years he was proprietor of Rath- Vertising, an advertising consultancy serving banks, businesses, and resorts in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. Frank married Margaret Klenke of Hempstead, N.Y., who survives along with their daughter, two sons, and seven grandchildren.

Charles E. Rauch died on March 3 of heart failure. Charlie's career was concentrated in banking, but much of his achievement involved Dartmouth and social service. After graduate work at NYU and work with Wood, Struthers & Co., investment bankers from 1930 to 1941, in 1952 he became connected with The Connecticut Savings Bank, of which he became CEO, trustee, and corporator. The bank was the fourth largest mutual savings bank in the states under his direction. He retired in 1972.

Charlie was assistant class agent, reunion chairman 1945-55, class president 1960-65, and received the Dartmouth Alumni Award in 1969. He was also president of Kiwanis International of New Haven, a member of Round Table, and affiliated with several other important state and nationwide activities. He served as an air force major during WW II.

Charlie's wife Mildred predeceased him. He is survived by his son Charles and daughter Katrina.

Richard Boord Zeigler died on February 15. At the time he lived in Vero Beach, Fla. Dick attended Northwestern School of Commerce for a year after Dartmouth. He worked with Pick Corp. until he entered the air force in 1942. He was decommissioned in 1944 as a captain. He then managed a country club and a state-park hotel in Indiana and returned as auditor of Pick Hotels in 1954, becoming vice president for the management division of the Pick chain. He ran the Canyon Inn at McCormick Creek Canyon State park in Spencer, Ind.

In 1939 Dick married Patricia Goodrich, who died in 1989.

1931

John Henry Hase died in Milwaukee on March 19, 1991. Haaz came to Dartmouth from Shorewood High in Milwaukee, majored at Tuck, and was a program manager for The Players and member of Sigma Chi.

In 1931 he joined the Milwaukee-based family firm, C.H.&E. Manufacturing Co., and worked his way to the presidency in 1960, holding that position until retirement in the late eighties. He then moved to Key Colony Beach, Fla.

Haaz was president of the Alumni Association of Wisconsin 1936-37 and secretary 1931-32. He was active in trade organizations, Rotary, the Community Chest, Boy Scouts, and for eight years as a trustee of the Village of Fox Point.

He is survived by sons David '62 and Paul. His first and second wives pre-deceased him.

George Carlson Howard died at home in Guilford, Maine, on February 18. Swede came to Dartmouth from Peddie School, majored in zoology, and was a member of Zeta Psi. Following his M.D. from Harvard he served his internship at Harvard General Hospital and residency at Central Maine Sanitorium in Fairfield before opening his office in Guilford in 1940. There he practiced until retirement in 1976, except for duty in the army air corps as flight surgeon from 1942 to 1946. He reached the rank of major.

He was a 32nd-degree Mason, a Shriner, and was active in the Kiwanis. He was a physician of the local consolidated school district for ten years and a member of the American, state, and county Medical Societies (past president of the latter). In Guilford he chaired College-applicant interviewing committee for many years.

He is survived by his son George, daughters Letty-Ann and Mary Jane, ten grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. His wife, Katherine, predeceased him.

Henry Joseph McCarthy died March 13 while visiting Tucson, Ariz. He was a radar research scientist and entrepreneur. In college Hank majored in physics, joined the Radio and Outing Clubs, played in the band, and belonged to Beta Theta Pi. After graduating he continued scientific studies at Harvard's Craft Laboratory.

For 15 years he worked with Sylvania Electric Co. In 1947 he co-founded and became president of Bomac Laboratories, Beverly, Mass., manufacturers of microwave tubes. The business prospered and employed several hundred people. In 1962 Varian Associates Inc. of Palo Alto, Cal., bought Bomac and Hank became a Varian director. He later was president of Trimac Engineering Inc. in Salem until he retired in 1970.

He was a Thayer School overseer and received the Robert Fletcher award for professional competence. He was on the Dartmouth Alumni Council and was president of his class.

His gifts to Dartmouth included an additional cabin to the Outing Club and a Thayer School academic fellowship. He also donated a chapel to Aquinas House.

Hank's survivors are Rose, his wife of 60 years, three sons, three grandsons, a great-grandson, and his sister Margaret, wife of '22 Class Secretary Len Morrissey Sr. of Hanover.

William Crosby Miller died on March 6 in Weymouth, Mass., at the Colonial Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. At Dartmouth Cubby was a member of Phi Kappa Sigma, ran cross-country, and majored at Tuck. He had come from West Manchester (N.H.) High School.

He began his business career in 1931 at Norfolk Paint & Varnish Co. in North Quincy and left as treasurer in 1955 to become vice president and general manager of Carpenter- Morton Co., paint manufacturers in Everett. He retired in the early seventies as its president. He then held positions with Pilgrim Infants' Wear Inc.

He was active in community affairs for more than four decades in Hingham, Mass. Meanwhile he served the College as job development/career advisor, public-information chairman, and class reunion committee member.

Cubby is survived by his widow, Dorothy, three sons including John '59, two daughters, two stepsons, 17 grandchildren, eight great- grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild. His first wife, Josephine, pre-deceased him.

Dwight Edwin Rand died on February 27. Coming from Salem, Mass., he majored in history at the College and was a member of Beta Theta Pi.

He was employed for many years by Lincoln Stores Inc. of Quincy, Mass., and was branch manager of stores of that firm in Waterville and Lewiston, Maine, and Concord, N.H., before retiring. He was a member of the chambers of commerce in Lewiston, Waterville, New Bedford, and Quincy, and of Rotary in Waterville. During WW II he served in the Office of Price Administration in Waterville.

Dike is survived by his widow, Annette, whom he married in 1935. They had resided in recent years in Lakeland, Fla. His brother Norman '35 pre-deceased him.

Horace Wheeler Schneider

died on May 8. Coming to Dartmouth from Pawling School, Schnitz majored in economics. He was editor-in-chief of the 1933 Green Book and a member of the Aegis staff, Phi Kappa Sigma, and Alpha Delta Sigma.

After many miscellaneous jobs including insurance sales, electric welding, clerical work, job analysis, and time study, he embarked on a career of teaching on-the-job guidance for increasing productivity and efficiency of factory tory employees. In 1953 such practice had begun to assume its present great importance to American industry. He became president of the Connecticut chapter of the American Society of Training Directors. This work was sandwiched among constant study, playing sports, and family.

Schnitz is survived by his daughter Janet Drawbridge and son Frank. His wife, Winifred, pre-deceased him.

1932

Hanford L. Auten of Cornish, N.H., died at Valley Regional Hospital in Claremont after a brief illness. At Dartmouth he was active in the Outing, Camera, and Canoe Clubs and the Dartmouth Players. He attended Dartmouth Medical School in his senior year and gained his M.D. at Northwestern in 1937. In WW II he was a flight surgeon and received the Air Medal and Purple Heart.

He practiced ophthalmology in Hanover, where he was associated with the Dartmouth Eye Institute, the Medical School, the Hitchcock Clinic, the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, and the regional VA Hospital. In 1961 he moved to Cornish and established private practice in the Claremont area. He was attending ophthalmologist at Claremont General (now Valley Regional) Hospital, and consultant to Newport and Springfield, Vt., hospitals, retiring in 1987. He was an officer of various ophthalmological societies.

His survivors include his widow, Dawn, two sons, a daughter, and one grandson.

Bainbridge C. Davis died July 16, 1993, in Kennett Square, Pa. At Dartmouth Bain was active in Boots & Saddle and Cabin & Trail, and throughout his life he continued to enjoy cross-country skiing and mountain climbing, even ascending the Swiss Alps at 80.

Bain was a U.S. Foreign Service officer, serving in Venezuela, Chile, Panama, Jamaica, and Washington. He also was an active Quaker official, and he retired from the State Department in 1962 to devote his time to the Society of Friends. He helped to strengthen the ties between Quakers in North and Latin America through the Friends World Committee. He was a board member of the American Friends Service Committee, a delegate to the World Conference of Friends on several occasions, and a member of other Quaker boards.

Besides his widow, Virginia, he is survived by a son, daughter, and five grandchildren.

Richard T. Holway of Bar Harbor, Maine, died on July 5 following a stroke. He majored in zoology at Dartmouth and received an M.A. and a Ph.D. in entomology at the University of Massachusetts. Dick's entire career from 1942 to 1972 was spent as an entomologist in the U.S. Navy Medical Service Corps, from which he retired as a captain. He was an authority on mosquitoborne diseases and their control both in WW II and Vietnam. Since leaving the navy in 1972 he lived in Bar Harbor, where he operated a gift shop in the summer, and traveled in the winter.

Dick is survived by his widow, Iva, and four daughters.

Floyd E. Leonardson of South Hero, Vt., died April 10, 1994, at his winter residence in Myrtle Beach, S.C. He was a non-graduate who spent most of his working years with insurance companies. He began in 1935 as a staff adjuster for Liberty Mutual and subsequently held home-office positions as secretary of claims for Security Insurance Group and general claims manager for Home Insurance Company. In 1968 he was appointed manager of Toensmeier Adjustment Service in New York City.

His widow Irene survives him.

Holden C. Lewis of West Chester, Pa., died March 30. He came to Dartmouth from DeerfieM Academy and was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity. He worked for Scoville Manufacturing Co., which made brass products, and retired in 1975 after working for 30 years as district manager for Philadelphia and the mid-Atlantic region. Previously he was a partner in the Clark A. Lewis Co. of Waterbury, Conn.

Lou leaves his wife, Marion, three daughters, six granddaughters, and a great-grandson.

Morrison G. Tucker died of heart failure May 4 in Oklahoma City. At college he was in DKE and became intercollegiate figure skating champion and captain of the winter sports team. Tuck started his career as a bank examiner and later joined the Federal Deposit Insurance Company. He was a lieutenant (j.g.) in the navy in WW II and from 1944 to 1947 was banking advisor to the president of the Philippines. Then in Venezuela he managed Latin American interests of the Rockefeller family.

He joined the Liberty Bank & Trust Company in Oklahoma City in 1951, and then was involved with other banks in the area. He founded American Bank Systems, a company providing forms and documents for banks.

Tuck was active in the arts and other civic organizations and was a trustee of Oklahoma City University. He was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1978.

For Dartmouth he was on the Alumni Council 1963-66 (and president for a year), club president 1957-61, and on the Campaign for Dartmouth Major Gift Committee 1991. He received the Alumni Award in 1973.

He is survived by his widow, Gladys, a son, and a daughter.

1933

Edward Rupen Janjigian died on March 22. He came to Dartmouth from Wyoming Seminary and left Hanover before graduating to study medicine at Boston University, from which he received his M.D. in 1936. He also received a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.

He served at Walter Reed General Hospital from 1940 to 1943 and with the 71st Infantry Division 3rd Army from 1943 to 1945 in the U.S., France, Germany, and Austria, gaining the ETO Ribbon with three bronze stars and rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel. After the war he practiced medicine briefly in Edinburg, Ind., and subsequently became attached to the Department of Veterans' Affairs Medical Center in Wilkes- Barre, Pa., as a neurologist and chief of psychiatric services, where he served for more then 40 years.

He was the author of a novel, Dr. Destiny, and a play, Long, Long Ago. He is survived by his daughters, Jessie Von Hippel and Hanna Janjigian Heald.

George Mellen Rideout died on July 22 at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital after a brief illness. He prepared for Dartmouth at Everett (Mass.) High School, was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa, and majored in sociology. He was awarded honorary LL.D. degrees by Hobart and William Smith colleges.

George was a longtime associate of Roger Babson, serving as admissions director at Babson College and president of Babson Reports. He was president of the Open Church Foundation, Gravity Research Foundation, and, as a founder, the Massachusetts Easter Seal Society. He was a trustee of Gordon College and Divinity School and of New England Baptist Hospital. He was a judge in the Miss America contest. A talented and inspirational speaker, he became a Christian at a Billy Graham Crusade in Boston Garden and shared his testimony at more than 400 speaking engagements.

He is survived by his wife, Eloise, two sons, and four daughters.

Horace Burnham Shaw Jr. died unexpectedly on March 17 at the Medical Center of Vermont in Burlington. He came to Dartmouth from Paxton (I11.) High School and majored in economics.

He was in the army from 1942 to 1946, serving in the E.T.O. with the 84th Infantry Division. He entered as a private and was a captain at discharge.

He joined the Burlington Savings Bank in 1933 as clerk and night janitor, and during his 58-year association with the bank he rose to the position of president. He was a graduate of the Rutgers Graduate School of Banking, president of the Vermont Bankers Association, a director of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston, commissioner and chairman of the Vermont Housing Financing Agency, and commissioner and chairman of the Vermont Educational and Health Building and Finance Agency. He was also active in church and civic organizations.

He is survived by his wife, Laurel, and sons Horace III '69 and Brian.

Chandler Montgomery Sprague died some years ago, but information about the time, place, and cause has not been available. Chan, whose last name had been changed from Hagen-Burger, came to Hanover from Brookline (Mass.) High School, was a member of Psi Upsilon, Green Key, and the Yacht Club, served as business manager of The Jack- O-Lantern, and was on the track team. His major was biography and comparative literature. He received an M.B.A. from Harvard in 1939.

He was a combat tank-corps veteran of WW II and Korea, was active in veterans' affairs, and received a Distinguished Service Award from California AMVETS. He served for a period as class agent. His business career was in financial and property management, and he operated his own business, Chandler Sprague & Associates, in San Francisco. His marriage to Peggy Capper ended in a divorce.

Robert Whitmore White died of cancer of the esophogus and cardiac arrest in Norwalk, Conn., on March 5. Bob prepared for Dartmouth at Norwalk High School and was a member of Delta Upsilon and the symphony orchestra. He was a student director for The Players and a Tuck School major. He received a M.C.S. there in 1934.

Upon graduation he was employed by the Federal Reserve Bank and Haskins & Sells, accountants, then for many years he was secretary and treasurer of A & M Karagheusian, rug merchants in New York City. More recently he was vice president and treasurer of J.M. Layton, insurance, until his retirement. He was a former treasurer of the Sixth Taxing District in Norwalk.

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

1934

Donald Webster Crowther died March 3 of cancer in Hartford. He came to Dartmouth from Central High in Providence, where he was class president. He played varsity hockey, was a member of Phi Gamma Delta, a Phi Beta, and a Tuck School major.

Don spent 40 years in Hartford with Aetna Life, where he became Group Division secretary, concentrating on employee life, health, and pension benefits. He served in WW II as a navy lieutenant in the Pacific. He was active in Hartford's Community Chest, its Congregational Church, and the Hartford Dartmouth Club, where he was a Dartmouth interviewer. His wife of 47 years, Barbara, passed away ten years ago, and he leaves his son, daughter, and four grandchildren.

Lincoln Daniels died May 16 in a nursing center near his Delray Beach, Fla., home. He came to Dartmouth as a graduate of Lincoln School in New York City and was an economics major and varsity swimmer. He got an M.A. from Columbia and began his career as a government administrator, working for the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, with emphasis on youth welfare. He worked mainly in New York state and Washington, D.C., focusing on delinquency and crime. He served in the navy during WW II. Soon after 1934 graduation he took a fascinating cruise around the world, carrying a message from President Hopkins.

Link is survived by his wife, Carla, a son, a daughter, one grandchild, and by brothers Whitman '32 and John '37.

Charles Augustine Donohue died of a heart attack March 7 at Lawrence (Mass.) General Hospital. Charlie was born and raised in Lawrence and returned there to work for many years as a chemist with the Lawrence Water Department and then as senior chemist at the filtration plant and experimental station. He was a chemistry major, active in varsity hockey and golf, and a member of Alpha Chi Rho. Charlie had navy service during WWII, and he received a civil- engineering degree from U-Mass. in 1967.

He is survived by his wife, Margaret, and by his son, daughter, stepson, and five grandchildren.

Alfred Levenson died of cancer April 7 at his home in Swampscott, Mass. That was home base most of his years. He went to nearby Chelsea High and was active there in sports and orchestra. Chelsea was where he had his law practice, chiefly criminal law, and he was with the Redevelopment Authority and Board of Rent Control.

Al was in Air Corps during WW II, including service in China, Burma, and India, and he stayed active in the reserves, retiring as a colonel. Al enjoyed skiing and gardening. At Dartmouth he played basketball and football, was a boxer, majored in sociology, and was a Rufus Choate scholar. He received law degrees from Boston University (J.D.) and Harvard Law (LL.B.).

Al is survived by his wife, Katherine, their daughter, and two grandchildren.

Robert Melvin Rodman died July 27 at a nursing home in Brighton, Mass., near his home in Newton. He came to Hanover from Dorchester, Mass., and Boston Latin. He majored in political science and was a broad-jumper on the track team. Bob got his LL.B. from Harvard in 1937, joined the law faculty of Boston College, and also practiced law in the Boston area. He was the compiler of Massachusetts Procedural Forms Annotated, an annual that over the years has become indispensable to lawyers in the Bay State. During WW II Bob was a lieutenant in the Coast Guard, later serving for many years as president of the Coast Guard Shield Club. He was active in Harvard Law alumni affairs, and also served as head of the Jewish Big Brother Association of Boston. His first wife, Lillian, died, and he is survived by his second, Doris, along with his brother Bertram '49, two sisters, two stepchildren, and many nieces and nephews including William Stern '62.

Siegfried Stern died of cancer on March 30 in New Rochelle, N.Y. He had lived in the Westchester County area most of his years. At Dartmouth he was active in Winter Sports and Cabin & Trail and Zeta Alpha Phi scientific fraternity, with zoology his major. He got his medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania and went into private practice specializing in internal medicine. He was active with the New York State Society of Internal Medicine and was a fellow of the American College of Physicians. He served in the army as a medical officer from 1941 to 1945, chiefly in Puerto Rico and the U.S.

Sig is survived by his wife, Louise, two sons, and several grandchildren.

Frank Loel Sweetser Jr. died April 29 in Westwood, Mass. He came to Dartmouth as a graduate of Poughkeepsie High and was a sociology major. He got his sociology master's degree in 1935 and Ph.D. in '41, both at Columbia, then taught at Indiana University and served as a combat intelligence officer in the navy. After the war he concentrated in urban sociology and social ecology while he taught at Boston University. He spent one year as a visiting professor at Australian National University, and during three summer terms he was a Fulbright lecturer in Helsinki and Stockholm. Frank is survived by his wife, Dorrian, and by a son, daughter, and two grandchildren.

1935

Earl Kenneth Arthurs died March 12 at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte, N.C. At Dartmouth Earl was a member of Alpha Delta, Sphinx, and the football team.

He was president of Arthurs Associates Inc., an insurance company, and was involved in civic and cultural activities such as the Dartmouth Club of Charlotte, the Piedmont Club, and the Charlotte Athletic Club, of which he served as president.

In retirement Earl's ballroom dancing expertise earned him a job as a professional host on board a cruise ship. He visited dozens of countries and kept cruise guests occupied with dancing, paddle tennis, skeet shooting, and his fine storytelling. He enjoyed active adventure and in recent years went on a 1,200- mile photographic safari in Africa and an Outward Bound survival trip on which he met and befriended feminist author Betty Friedan.

Preceded in death by his wife, he is survived by his children, David, Jane, and Nancy and their families.

Oscar J. Cahoon passed away June 4 in the Cape Cod Hospital, Hyannis, Mass., of heart failure. He lived in Harwich Port. Bud entered Dartmouth from Phillips Exeter and received his law degree from Boston University. He was a member of the Barnstable Bar Association for 55 years. He served as a state representative from 1946 to 1956 and was Barnstable County Commissioner from 1958 to 1974.

During World War II he served as a lieutenant in the navy stationed in the Southeast Pacific from 1941 to 1945.

In 1988 Bud received an honorary Juris Doctor degree from Boston University School of Law.

He is survived by his wife, Eileen, two daughters, and seven grandchildren.

George Allan Cook died of cancer on February 21. George owned and operated a golf-apparel business which he started after moving to Miami in 1962. The company, George Cook Ltd., sold clothing to golf shops, pro stores, and country clubs nationwide and abroad. He was an innovator in the field of women's golf wear. George also founded the Florida Golf Representatives Association in the sixties and taught merchandising to golf pros at PGA schools.

Born in Sanford, Maine, he graduated from the high school there and majored in economics and Tuck School at Dartmouth. He earned a bronze star serving on the European front as an army captain in WW II. He also received recognition in the army for managing to obtain white silk parachute material for soldiers' winter camouflage suits.

He leaves his wife, Lorraine, a son and daughter, a sister and stepsister, a stepbrother, and two grandchildren.

Mercer Edwin Curtis died March 19 at the Mesa Lutheran Hospital in Mesa, Ariz., where he had made his home recently.

Mercer entered Dartmouth from Philips Exeter Academy and was a member of the track team. He left the College in 1933 but continued to be a loyal supporter throughout his life. He participated in class fundraising during the sixties.

He was president of the Curtis Shoe Co. in Marlboro, Mass., for many years and later became a representative of L.B. Evans Co. before retiring in 1975. He had been living in Eastham on Cape Cod since 1959.

Mercer is survived by Marion, his wife of 61 years, four children, 13 grandchildren, and ten great-grandchildren.

Edward Joshua Henriquez died February 3 in Panama City, Panama, as a result of a stroke he suffered in 1988. Eddie was a native Panamanian and lived there his entire life except when he attended Choate and Dartmouth. He majored in economics and after graduation he did economic work for the Belgian government at its consulate in Colon, Panama" He later joined the family firm in Colon, Compania Henriquez, wholesale importers of liquor and foodstuffs. He retired as president after his stroke. He was a director of a bank and various companies.

Eddie's first wife, Vida, died in 1966. In 1980 he married Benedicta, who survives along with Edward Jr. '60 and three grandchildren, including Lizbeth '86.

Edward B. Hinman died March 23 at the Exeter, N.H., Hospital after a brief illness. He lived in Exeter but wintered in Ft. Myers, Fla.

Ed attended Harvard Business School and went to work for Canadian International Paper in Quebec. He became president of the company 1961-65 and then president of its parent, International Paper Co., in New York 1966-71. During WWII Ed served in the army in the South Pacific with the 25th Division.

Ed was a member of Sigma Chi and Sphinx. He was on the Alumni Council 1962-65 and Dartmouth Club President 1960-61. He always had a deep interest in the outdoors and was an active supporter of Ducks Unlimited and the Atlantic Salmon Foundation.

Ed was one of a long line of Hinmans who attended Dartmouth, beginning with his father, John Hinman '08, and including his brothers Howard '35, Crawford '37, and Richard '45, as well as his son George '71 and three nephews.

His wife, Helen, died in 1989. He leaves three sons, John, George, and Hugh.

Donald Henry Koehler died September 9, 1993, in a Sarasota, Fla., Hospital. He had made his home in Brandenton in recent years after moving south from the Chicago area when he retired in 1978.

Don was a member of Phi Delta Alpha and the Dragon senior society.

During World War II he served in the army before starting his career with Conde Nast Publications. He was manager of the Nast office in Chicago and a sales manager at various times for Glamour, Vogue, and Mademoiselle.

He served as a class agent during the eighties and early nineties.

Don leaves his wife, Elizabeth, three daughters and a son.

William Haynie Mann Jr. died September 24 of a heart attack. Bill made his home in Raleigh, N.C. He entered Dartmouth from Phillips Academy, which he attended for one year after Flushing, N.Y., High School. He majored in economics and was active in the band and the Barbary Coast orchestra and was a member of Theta Chi.

During World War II Bill served as an ensign in the U.S. Navy, seeing action in the Pacific.

Bill retired as vice president of Cannon Mills Inc. in 1978 after a career in the textile business. He had joined the company as a junior salesman in 1936.

Bill leaves his wife, Ruth, and two children.

Frank James Specht died May 21 in Sarasota, Fla., his winter home. He lived also in Bethesda, Md. Frank entered Dartmouth from New York Military Academy, majored in economics, and was a member of Alpha Delta. During WW II he served overseas with the 20th Army Air Forces, and he retired as a colonel from the Air Force Reserve. He commanded the 65th Air Service Group in Saipan.

Following the war he was appointed Washington representative of Scheuley Industries and served as assistant to the vice president of Scheuley Industries.

Frank is survived by his wife, Edith, two daughters, son Thomas '77, his twin brother, Ralph '35, and four grandchildren. Three nephews attended Dartmouth.

Frank Jay Wright

died of lung cancer on April 11 at his home in Hinsdale, 111. Frank was born in Billings, Mont. At Dartmouth Frank was active in soccer and lacrosse. He was a member of Alpha Delta and Dragon and later served as a class agent.

Frank graduated from Harvard Law School and practiced in the Chicago area for the rest of his life, except for during his navy service in WW II. He was associated with a number of companies, including ALD Inc., a commercial laundromat and drycleaner distributor, as treasurer, Motor Valet Industries as executive VP, secretary-treasurer, and general counsel, Clinton-Fulton Corp. as chairman of the board, and J&B Equipment Co. as secretary-VP and director. He was co-owner of North Aurora Industrial Park. He was active in various charities.

He leaves his wife, Lila, and three children including John '65. Frank's late brother John was in the class of '32.

1936

Albert Edward Gonti of Beverly, Mass., died on January 29 at Ledgewood Nursing Home after a short illness. He was a graduate of Clinton H.S. and entered Dartmouth with the class of '36 but left after his freshman year.

Al worked at the former Almy's in Salem for many years until his retirement. He and his wife, Yolanda, also operated a flower shop in Beverly, Flowers by Conti, for a dozen

years. He is survived by his wife, two daughters and six grandchildren.

Frederick Gustave Gaenslen of Milwaukee, Wise., died of cancer on December 1, 1992. He entered Dartmouth from the Milwaukee University School and transferred to Ripon College in 1934, receiving his A.B. in 1936. He earned his M.D. in 1940 from the University of Wisconsin Medical School.

After residency in orthopedic surgery Fred entered the USNR-MC in 1944. He served as co-chief consultant in orthopedic surgery at the U.S. Naval Hospital from 1945 to 1946.

Fred was very distinguished in his field. In 1960 he was one of a group to go to Jordan under MEDICO sponsorship for five weeks of medical practice and instruction in techniques of correcting bone deformities.

Fred is survived by his wife, Jeanne, two sons and two daughters. He was predeceased by a daughter, Barbara.

Henry Bertram Holmes of Glen Head, N.Y., died on December 17, 1993. A native of Douglaston, N.Y., he was a graduate of Westminster School. At the end of his freshman year at Dartmouth he transferred to Princeton, where he received his A.B. in 1936.

Harry spent his business career in sales and financial management. He had been executive VP and treasurer of the Columbia Ribbon and Carbon Cos. in Glen Cove. He was also a director emeritus of the Norstar Bank of Long Island and former mayor of Old Brookville.

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

Spencer Johnson died on May 21 in Pompton Plains, N.J. He entered Dartmouth from Needham (Mass.) H.S., and his major was economics. He was a member of the band and the Dartmouth Symphony, and of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity.

Spence joined Congoleum-Nairn in 1942 and worked there as a research chemist until 1956. In the meantime, studying nights, he earned a master's degree in chemistry from Stevens Institute of Technology. In 1956 he joined a company started by his father, Spencer Products Co., and was its president from 1961 to 1970.

Spence and his wife, Jessie, built their own house in Pompton Plains, N.J., and after retirement he taught chemistry at a local high school. He was active on the County Committee, town council, planning board, board of education, etc., and was a choir and greater consistory member of the First Reformed Church of Pompton Plains.

In addition to his wife he is survived by a daughter and a son.

Edward Francis Kendall

of Palm Beach, Fla., died May 1. He entered Dartmouth from Framingham (Mass.) H.S. and majored in sociology.

After graduation Ned worked for a furniture establishment in New Haven, Conn., for two years then moved to Palm Beach, where he joined a decorating house. During the years 1941-45 he served in the U.S.N.R. He became fighter-director officer and radar officer on the battleship U.S.S. Washington, serving in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters.

After the war Ned established his own firm, Edward F. Kendall Interiors, which he operated for many years in Palm Beach. There are no survivors.

Kenneth Lieber of San Clemente, Calif., died on January 25, 1993. He came to Hanover from South Pasadena High and spent his senior year at Thayer School. He was a member of Green Key and Zeta Psi.

From 1937 to 1945 Ken was a supervisor with the Pennsylvania Railroad, and in 1945 he went to U.S. Steel as a vice president. In 1955 he was made a VP of Cyprus Mines Corp., and before retiring became its president, and then vice chairman of the board. He was also a director of Goldsworthy Mining Pty Ltd., Marcona Mining Co., American Pipe and Construction Co., Timber Products Co., and Ameron Inc.

Ken was a member of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce and Los Angeles World Affairs Council. He served on the Dartmouth Alumni Council 1957-61 and as a Thayer School overseer 1977-83. He is survived by his wife, Virginia, daughter Louise, and son John.

Charles Kirk Liggett

died March 11,1991, at Abington (Pa.) Memorial Hospital. He was a graduate of Jenkintown H.S. At Dartmouth he majored in economics and was a member of The Players.

After graduation Kirk worked in a Philadelphia department store and then for a steel mill during the war. Following WWII he worked at Dun and Bradstreet until 1957, when he joined the Guardian Life Insurance Co. as a securities analyst. He held that position until his retirement in 1977.

In his leisure time Kirk was active in scouting and the Wyncote Players. He was a lifelong philatelist. He also had an interest in genealogy and published the Liggett Family List in 1970.

Kirk was preceded in death by his wife, Lea, and is survived by his sons Charles, Kevin, and Keith and five grandchildren.

Richard Hall Taylor of Southport, Conn., died on June 12. He entered Dartmouth from Tabor Academy and majored in chemistry. He was manager of the band and a member of Sigma Chi fraternity.

Dick settled in Connecticut and devoted all his working effort to the development of the Electroloy Company, a small concern manufacturing resistance-welding electrodes. He was president of the company for 40 years before he retired.

Dick was a board member of the Pequot Library and formerly of the Pequot Yacht Club. He also served on Fairfield's first Citizen's School Study Council and, a sailor since childhood, he was an active volunteer at the Mystic Seaport Museum Shipyard. Dick worked as an agent for the Alumni Fund for many years.

He is survived by his wife, Dora Ann ("Dodie"), three children, six grandchildren, and one great granddaughter.

Paul Louis Zens of Deming, N.M., died November 20, 1993, in a local hospital after a long illness. He came to Hanover from Germantown (Pa.) Academy, and he majored in sociology, was a member of Theta Delta Chi, and was associate editor of the Aegis.

Paul was a sales rep for the Imperial Rayon Corp. 1937-1942, then was with the War Production Board before entering the army in 1943. He served as a combat radio operator in France, Belgium, and Germany, and received a Purple Heart and Combat Infantry Badge.

Paul earned an M.A. in sociology from the University of New Hampshire in 1948, and in 1949 he joined the administration of Marlboro College in Marlboro, Vt., serving as acting president from 1954 to 1957. During this period he helped found the Council for the Advancement of Small Colleges. From 1961 to 1973 he was in the development office at the College of Santa Fe. He retired in 1973 because of ill health.

He was predeceased by his first wife, Susan, and is survived by his second wife, Eileen.

1937

Harry Vincent Bamford died in Los Gatos, Calif., in February 1993. He came to Dartmouth from La Jolla High School and was a member of the swimming team. Harry was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and graduated magna cum laude. He graduated from Tuck School in 1938 and from University of California (Berkeley) Law School in 1941. He served in the navy for four years during WW II and spent his career as a private lawyer in general practice. Harry served as a class agent for several years.

Harry is survived by his wife, Dorothy, and five children.

Charles Hilbert Bassett died April 10 while vacationing in Longboat Key, Fla. For more than 50 years he was a member of the Syracuse law firm of Hancock and Estabrook. A newspaper obituary described Chuck as "an institution in the Syracuse law fraternity."

At Dartmouth he majored in economics and political science and was a member of Beta Theta Pi. He graduated from Cornell University Law School in 1940.

In Syracuse Chuck was involved in the founding of the Corinthian Club and the Corinthium Foundation.

A devoted member of his class, Chuck regularly attended reunions and mini-reunions with wife Betty. He served as class agent, head agent, bequest chairman, and member of the executive committee.

Chuck is survived by his wife, daughter Susan, sons Thomas '67 and Robert '72, six grandchildren, and his basset hound, Oliver.

George Spiron Caldes of Hockessin, Del, died of cancer on March 8 in the Wilmington Hospital. George entered Dartmouth from Montclair (N.J.) High School and majored in economics-political science and was a member of Sigma Nu. He did graduate work in economics at Princeton University.

During WW II George served as a naval supply officer in Saipan. After the war he returned to his job as a research analyst at Opinion Research. In 1950 he joined DuPont as a public relations advisor and retired in 1979.

George was an avid sailor and was a commander of the Wilmington Power Squadron. He was also an amateur radio operator.

He is survived by his wife, Adele, a son, two daughters, and four grandchildren.

John Harrington Costello died on April 14, 1991. At Dartmouth Jack was a member of DKE, Sphinx, and the varsity hockey team. He played several seasons of professional hockey with the Boston Olympics before joining the navy, where he served four years as an officer in an anti-sub- marine squadron.

He returned to Lowell, Mass., and established an automobile dealership. Jack became editor of The Sun, which became one of the strongest evening newspapers in New England with a circulation of 58,000. In 1988 he was presented the Dr. Ao Wang award by Mrs. Frederick A. Wang, president of Wang Laboratories Inc., in recognition of his contributions to the community.

Jack is survived by his widow, Peggy, six children, and seventeen grandchildren.

Robert Meegan DeVarney died on January 7 after a long illness. He came to Dartmouth from Ansonia High School and majored in history and political science. Robert was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa.

He retired in 1968 from Carpenter Technology Corp. and became a teacher at Shelton High School in Connecticut, where he taught social studies, economics, and sociology. He also served on the Shelton board of education for 12 years and on the planning commission. In 1982 he retired from teaching.

He is survived by his widow, Lillian, two daughters, and three grandchildren.

Cortlandt Heyniger

died on November 8, 1992, from complications following a stroke. He came to Dartmouth from the Pawling School and was a member of Alpha Delta Phi.

Cort founded Alcort Inc. with Alexander Bryan in 1946 to manufacture small sailboats. He was proud of the Sunfish, a small sailboat designed and built by his firm. He said, "we put yacht racing in the hands of everybody." In World War II he served in the navy, entering as an apprentice seaman and advancing to lieutenant (j.g.).

He is survived by his wife, Jean, and children David '66, Sage, and Cortlandt.

Arthur Cady Kenyon

died on December 18, 1993, in Wolcott, N.Y. He came to Dartmouth from Loomis School, majored in English, and was a member of Sigma Nu.

He served as manager of the Rochester, N.Y, office of the Aetna Fire Insurance Company and later Connecticut General Insurance Company before retiring. His wife, Nancy, died in 1991, and he is survived by his sons Roger, Christopher, and John.

William Britton McKnight died on March 2, 1991, in New London, N.H. Bill came to Dartmouth from Evanston (Ill.) High School and majored in political science. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta and was manager of the varsity tennis team.

Bill served in the navy on the U.S.S. Lardner. He retired in 1974 as president, Holland division, of Athlone Industries Inc. He and wife Nan retired to New London. He served as our class agent.

Bill is survived by his wife, two daughters, and a son.

Norman Kaufman Pratt

died of cancer on December 15, 1993, in Bethesda, Md. Norm majored in economics at Dartmouth and did graduate work at Harvard Business School and Hoch Schule fur Politik in Berlin.

After four years in the army he served as a Foreign Service officer in the U.S. State Department for 30 years. His duty stations included Cairo, Alexandria, Tripoli, Casablanca, Damascus, Beirut, and Pretoria.

Norm is survived by his wife, Georgia, and their three children.

Richard Leeson Thirlby died of a stroke on February 16 at the Munson Medical Center in Michigan. Dick came to Dartmouth from the Shattuck Military Academy and was in Phi Delta Theta.

He took his medical training at Harvard Medical School. During WW II, with only an internship for experience, he was sent into the Guadalcanal-Tulgi battle to be the physician in a navy patrol squadron rescuing downed pilots out of the sea.

Dick returned to Traverse City in 1951 to begin a practice in urology which he kept until his retirement in 1984.

He felt proud and fortunate to be a physician. In a statement to his colleagues he said, "I ask all of you to be kind, be gentle, be understanding, and lay on the hands."

Dick leaves his wife, Lucille, a daughter, and two sons including Richard '74.

Edward David Wynot died of cancer on February 15,1991. Ed came to Dartmouth from Dover (N.H.) High School. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and graduated from Harvard Law School.

During WW II he served in the office of General Counsel, U.S. Navy, and attained the rank of commander. He was licensed to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court. He and his family lived in Candia, N.H., where he was town counsel and a member of the Candia School Board.

After the war he joined the late John L. Sullivan in his practice and the firm became known as Sullivan & Wynot.

He was past president of New Hampshire Association for the Blind and the New Hampshire Committee on Higher Education.

He is survived by his widow, Eugenia, and sons Edward '65 and Peter.

1938

Charles Francis Belcher died May 17. Fran (a.k.a. "Foochow") was born in China. He was chubber even before Dartmouth as president of the Phillips Andover Outing Club and then as a hutsman for the Appalachian Mountain Club in the early thirties. His association with the A.M.C. continued on a volunteer basis until 1956, when he got the dream job of all chubbers, director of the whole organization. He was on the boards of numerous conservation, forestry, natural resources, travel, and environmental organizations and received countless honors for his efforts. He was editor of the Mount Washington Observatory Bulletin until his death and author of many articles in Appalachia magazine and of the book Logging Railroadsof the White Mountains. He climbed all 46 of the New Hampshire peaks over 4,000 feet.

He leaves his wife, Elizabeth Steer Belcher, four sons, two daughters, 15 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

Charles Edward Blumenauer died February 16, 1994. He entered Dartmouth from Peekskill Military Academy, majored in economics, played in the band, and was a brother in Beta.

Right after College he was a reporter for the Holyoke Transcript, but by the time he married Louise "Weezie" Jordan in 1942 he had become purchasing agent for Albany Castings. He later was named vice president and general manager and then president of the company.

Chuck took up flying at 40, got his private license, and was working on his instructor rating when he suffered a stroke in 1973.

Retiring as vice president of Vitaulic Corp., he moved to Hilton Head. He not only recovered from the stroke but overcame two other serious illnesses and began a second career as a writer. In 1987 he published an article in a Canadian journal, got up to page 225 in his memoirs, and was planning a book on how to start children off playing golf. In addition to golf he enjoyed sailing his small sloop.

He leaves his wife, three daughters, and two grandchildren.

Paul Batcheller Urion died on May 24 in Columbus, N.C. Paul was a political science major and a Phi Delt. After getting his LL.B. from the University of Virginia in 1941 he volunteered for the army. He served as a judge advocate in the Air Corps in the states and Hawaii. He and Dorothy Wieboldt ("Toddy") were married in 1943.

Then he started his law firm in Rochester, N.H., and his lifetime of service to his community and the College. He was Rochester city solicitor for 25 years; a member of the Alumni Council 1967-71; Club Secretary of the Year 1968; and class president 1969-73. A "Laudemus Igitur" proclamation recognizing his "dedicated service to the amazing Class of 1938" was read at the 55th Reunion. A copy was sent to him just before he died.

He leaves his wife, two daughters, and his son Henry '69.

Roderick Randall Washburn died May 30 at Shands Hospital University of Florida in Gainesville. Rod came to Dartmouth from the Westminister School in Connecticut, majored in history, and was a member of Dragon. Rod was captain of the gym team senior year.

Following College he joined the Plainville Casting Cos., a gray-iron foundry in Plainville, Conn. After four years in the navy during WW II as a lieutenant commander on the U.S.S. Brooklyn, he returned to the foundry and rose to president, treasurer, and director. He was a director of the Connecticut Business and Industry Association and the Bristol Savings Bank, and President of the Gray Iron Research Institute. He retired to Florida in 1986.

He leaves his wife, Norma, a son, two daughters, two stepsons, nine grandchildren, and three step-grandchildren.

John Eaton Whelden

died February 5, 1993. John came to Dartmouth from Newton High. He was an English major and a brother in Phi Gamma Delta.

He became a newspaper reporter for the Springfield Union after College, then entered the army and rose from private to major at the Allied Force Headquarters (Mediterranean), where he edited an army newspaper in Casablanca. While in a cargo plane over North Africa he was reminded that it was Valentine's Day. John took out an envelope mailed January 5 marked "Do not open until February 14." He did. It was a valentine from Edith Irwin. He married her.

John returned to civilian life as chief of the news bureau at NYU College of Medicine. He became director of public relations at RPI and then director of development at Albany Medical Center from 1959 until retirement in 1977. He was associate editor of the '38 25-Year Book.

John is survived by Edie and two daughters. Another daughter predeceased him. John also leaves his brothers Robert '42 and James '46.

1940

Frederick C. Eaton Jr. died March 31 at the Bayview Center in Beaufort, S.C. Fred entered Dartmouth from Scarsdale, N.Y., High School. He was a member of Sigma Nu and an accomplished squash player.

From Dartmouth Fred entered the air force, where he served from June 1940 to January 1946, retiring as a lieutenant-colonel after completing 102 bombing missions as a B-17 pilot. On his first mission in the Pacific, his plane was so damaged that he was forced to land in Agaimbo Swamp in Papua New Guinea. After agonizing weeks in the hostile terrain and evading the Japanese, the crew all managed to reach safety. Forty years later his plane was sighted in the swamp and a group is trying to rescue it for a U.S. museum. Fred was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, Silver Star, Distinguished Service Cross, Air Medal, and the Purple Heart.

He became a pilot with American Airlines and later worked for Sears, Roebuck, where he became president of Sears of Venezuela for 17 years before retiring to Hilton Head. Survivors include his wife, Margaret, four sons, and a daughter.

Marshall J. Hollander died on April 26 of coronary complications in the University of Chicago Hospital. Marsh was born in Chicago and spent most of his life in that area. He came to Dartmouth from the University of Chicago High School, was a member of the Glee Club, and won a varsity letter in gym for his expert work on the parallel bars. In 1941 he received his M.B.A. from Tuck. From December 1941 to December 1945 he served in the navy on the President Adams, which was part of the convoy landings at New Caledonia, Bougainville, Philippines, and Iwo Jima.

After the war he was self-employed as a manufacturer's rep until he joined James Metal Products Co. (later James Systems Inc.) in the early sixties. He became president in 1970, and later on, to Marsh's great delight, when he became chairman his son William '73 also became president.

Marsh is survived by his wife, Judith, his son, and a daughter.

Robert C. Krone died on July 11 in Naples, Fla., after a long illness. Bud came to Dartmouth from Chappaqua, N.Y., and the Horace Greeley School. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi and graduated from the Tuck School. His career with McDonnell-Douglas lasted from 1941 to 1980. He held many positions there, becoming director of personnel in 1960 and a corporate vice president in 1967. Bud was an active community leader in St. Louis with particular interest in people and their problems. He is survived by his wife of more than 52 years, Mary Louise, and four children.

Charles C. Mackinney died on January 22 at Lankenau Hospital in Philadelphia, where he had been a longtime urologist and chief of the urology department from 1970 to 1980. Mac was born in Philadelphia and was a graduate of the William Penn Carter School there. At Dartmouth he was a member of Germania, the band, and the freshman tennis team. He received a medical degree from Northwestern University in 1947 and then served as captain in the Army Medical Corps at Fort Knox. He received specialty training in urology at the University of Michigan. In retirement Mac enjoyed golf, music, and stamp collecting. He is survived by his widow, Marjorie, two sons, and a daughter.

John W. Michael Jr. died of cancer on September 2, 1993, in Bethesda, Md. He was born in Chicago and entered Dartmouth from Shorewood High School in Milwaukee. John was a member of Phi Kappa Psi and left the College in his junior year. He did further study at Beloit College and received an M.A. in speech at Northwestern University after WW 11. He was discharged from the infantry as a first lieutenant in 1946, having received the Bronze Star with three oak-leaf clusters. His career was in fine creative printing, in which he won many awards. He served as president of the American Institute of Graphic Arts in Washington, D.C. John is survived by his wife, Jean.

1941

Charles Guy Bolte died on March 7 at a medical center in Augusta, Maine. As an undergraduate Chuck was a senior fellow and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He joined the Kings Royal Rifles before Pearl Harbor, was commissioned as a British lieutenant, and in October 1942 lost a leg at El Alamein in North Africa. In 1943 he was the first chairman of the liberal American Veterans Committee. Chuck attended Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar 1947-49 and for many years edited the American Oxonian, the journal of American Rhodes scholars. He served in the U.S. Mission to the United Nations from 1949 to 1952, then worked for many years as an editor and vice president of Viking Press until he was appointed in 1966 as vice president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

In 1970 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree by Dartmouth, having previously served on the Alumni Council and worked on several Trustee Planning Committee subcommittees.

Chuck and his beloved wife, Mary, also a published author, moved to Maine in 1972 to do freelance writing. Mary Bolte died there suddenly in 1980. Chuck's survivors are his children Guy, John, and Brooks Randolph, his sister Linda Whitlock, and his brother Alan '30.

Thomas Patrick Conway a resident of Mill Valley, Calif., died on July 23, 1993. Pat came to Hanover from Glenview, Ill., and was a member of the swimming team. After serving for four years in the coast guard during WW II, he did graduate work at Northwestern and later joined Brunswick- Balke-Collander Co. in Chicago. Details of his later life are unknown, but the records note that he married Lois Hussey in 1946, had a daughter Susan in 1948, and is survived only by his son Thomas.

Richard William De Cou died of pneumonia on February 23 at his retirement home in Prescott, Ariz. Dick was Phi Beta Kappa and after graduation did advanced work in chemistry at Harvard. He first worked for Hercules Powder Co. and then Thermoid Co. in New Jersey, where he had grown up. Dick became secretary-treasurer of Utility Realization Corp. in 1944 and worked in the Philadelphia area for many years, living in Crosswicks, N.J. He was married in 1941 to Virginia Lanning, who survives him along with their three children.

Frederick Vincent Maloon Jr. died on December 12, 1993, in Portland, Ore., as a result of pneumonia. Fred was a member of Sphinx and played baseball and hockey at Dartmouth, being elected captain of the hockey team in his senior year. He earned an M.B.A. at Harvard in 1943 was assistant coach of the Crimson skaters while studying there. Fred served in the navy from 1943 to 1946 with duty as a munitions-disposal officer in Africa and Puerto Rico. He spent his career in the industrial rubber-products industry as a marketing executive in New York, Boston, and Trenton, N.J., principally for Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Co. Fred is survived by his wife of 48 years, Mary Leen, who is in a nursing home, and his son Frederick III.

Harry Roberson Towle died on March 13 of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis at his home in Meridian, Idaho. He was a member of the Glee Club and Kappa Sigma at Dartmouth. Harry lived in Idaho all his life, except for the period from 1942 to 1945 when he trained as a navy pilot and then flew in the Aleutian Islands.

Upon settling in Boise in 1945 he began a career with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation that spanned 30 years, serving as an economist budget specialist and management analyst. Married in 1943 to Patty Ann Smith of Portland, Ore., who died in 1983, he is survived by their two children, Pamela Tackbury and Guy.

Throughout his life Harry was active in civic affairs. He was vice president and president of the Boise Federal Business Association and was named "Civil Servant of the Year." He was also an active supporter of the Boise Racquet and Swim Club. Harry leaves behind many friends in the area, plus his wife of his last ten happy years, Hollie Johnson.

1942

Edward Charles Newman died of lung cancer on August 10, 1993, in Anchorage, Alaska. Ted came to Dartmouth from Blair Academy, and his family was then living in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. After graduation he entered the ordnance branch of the Army Air Forces in October 1942, eventually serving as chief clerk of the 1792 nd Ordnance S & M Company in California and overseas. He was discharged in December 1945.

Ted married Nancy R. Bowers in 1949. He earned a master's degree in Library Sciences from Columbia University in 1950 and worked at the New York Public Library and the Omaha Public Library, where he became assistant director in 1959 and also served as secretary of the Dartmouth Alumni Club of the Plains. He had recently move to Anchorage to be near his daughter's family. He is survived by Nancy and their children Sarah, Anthony, and Nicholas '78.

Preston Wharton Reynolds died March 18 in St. Clare's Hospital, Schenectady, N.Y. Pres graduated from Tufts Medical School in 1945 and served in the Army Medical Corps from April 1946 to September 1947, when he was discharged with the rank of captain.

At the time of his death, Pres had operated a private practice in internal medicine since 1950 in Schenectady, where he was a member of the staffs of Ellis, Sunnyview, Bellevue, and St. Clare's Hospitals. He was formerly chief of medicine at Bellevue, Sunnyview, and St. Clare's. Pres was very active in medical missionary work with the Catholic Missions Board, serving in Africa and Haiti on several occasions.

Survivors include his wife, Dorothy, two daughters, his brother Clinton '41, and nephews Douglas '69, Donald '73 and Harris '75.

John Lee Williams suffered a fatal heart attack in San Rafael, Calif., on June 22. Jack entered Dartmouth from West Orange High School in New Jersey. He majored in history, was a member of Zeta Psi and the Marine ROTC, and attended Tuck School.

Jack was called up for active duty in January 1942 and was in the battle of Guadalcanal and many other campaigns in the Pacific, including Bougainville and New Caledonia. After beginning flight training in 1945, he was discharged as a captain and returned to Tuck for his M.B.A.

After a few years with the Prudential Insurance Company, Jack served in the Korean War and was wounded in a plane crash. He returned to work with Prudential in 1952, and in 1967 he and his family moved to San Rafael, where he enjoyed a long career with California Blue Shield, retiring in 1985.

Jack was active in many community organizations including Navy League and the Retired Officers Association.

He is survived by his wife, Beverly, three children including John Jr. '69, brother Sam '40, and three grandchildren.

1943

Glenn Ewing Behringer died of cancer at his home in Palm City, Fla., on March 10. Glenn was a member of Green Key and served a tour with DMS V-12 classmates at Portsmouth, N.H., Naval Hospital during WW II. Graduating from Harvard Medical School in 1945, he interned in surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, after which he saw added duty at Portsmouth and in the Philippines.

Completing his residency in 1948, he joined the surgical staff at Mass General. An injury to his finger resulted in his meeting and marrying the physical therapist who administered his rehabilitation Joan McBratney, Skidmore '46. He spent his entire surgical career at Mass General, specializing in diseases of the breast and intestinal tract and in burn treatment, retiring in 1990 as visiting surgeon and associate clinical professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School.

He was a trustee of the Golden Ball Tavern Trust, an archaeological museum, and enjoyed golf, boating and orchid culture. Glenn leaves his wife and three children.

Richard MacDonald Dunbar died at Portland Hospital, Yarmouth, Maine, on April 6, having suffered a massive heart attack. He served with the Army Air Corps in WW II, seeing duty in the Middle East and Africa.

Returning to Manchester, N.H., he married Marjorie Grossman. He entered the field of insurance investigation and claims management, initially with the Royal Liverpool Group, and later with Maryland Casualty/Maine Bonding, rising to the position of claims manager. A past president of Kiwanis and member of the Jaycees, Dick was president of the New Hampshire Claims Managers Council and chairman of the board of Diaconate of the First Parish Congregational Church.

Retiring in 1986, he moved to Cumberland and later Yarmouth. Dick and Margie had two children. Dick's father, Clarence '09, and uncle Victor '13 also graduated from Dartmouth.

Elmer Oilman Stevens died May 11 at Brunswick Hospital: He had retired to Phippsburg, Maine. A graduate of Exeter H.S. and Phillips Exeter Academy, Steve served on the Daily Dartmouth as managing editor and editorial chair. Following a tour in the European Theatre with the 7th Army he saw duty with the military government at Bremen.

Steve's first love was always journalism. After the war he worked as an Associated Press reporter in Worcester, then for the Worcester Telegram as reporter and editorial writer, later as copy editor and editorial writer for the Quincy Patriot Ledger: In 1962 he left journalism and became a mortgage loan officer for the Exeter (N.H.) Cooperative Bank, semi-retiring to Brattleboro in 1974 and later moving to Maine.

Class secretary from 1948 to 1953, he also did public relations work for Dartmouth during this period, serving as secretary of the Dartmouth College Public Relations Council.

Steve is survived by his daughter Elizabeth and son Robert.

1944

Robert Jack Adams died February 2 near Largo, Fla., after nearly 20 years of heart trouble. He retired from Volvo in Illinois in 1976 after a massive heart attack.

Jack attended Brookline (Mass.) High School and Culver Military Academy prior to Dartmouth, and he transferred to the Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1942. He served in the Pacific during World War II and was recalled to service during the Korean War.

Jack spent most of his life in the retail automobile business, with Studebaker, Volkswagen, and Volvo. He was an avid sports enthusiast and a fine pianist.

His wife, Louise, predeceased him a few years ago. He is survived by their eight children and 11 grandchildren.

1945

Daniel Frederick Donahue of Altamont, N.Y., died on February 1, 1993, cause unknown. He attended Albany High School. Dan enlisted in the navy in September 1942 and had Mediterranean duty on the U.S.S.Anoon, which included the invasion of Sicily and Salerno. He continued to serve in the navy, rising to the rank of lieutenant commander.

He and was married in 1946, and had one son, Daniel G., who survives him. While still in the service he was a V-12 student at Dartmouth, as well as at two other institutions near naval bases where was stationed in this country. While at Dartmouth he attended Tuck School and majored in business administration. He was discharged from the navy in May 1946.

Dan attended Indiana University from 1962 to 1963. He reapplied to Dartmouth in 1964, transferring credits from the above-mentioned institutions, which gave him enough to complete the requirement for a degree in June of that year.

Kenneth Ernest Nicholson of Springfield, Mass., died as the result of an accident while canoeing with his daughter Carol near the College Grant at the Hellgate Gorge Campsite on June 7. He was born in Springfield, Mass., and attended Classical High School there. At Dartmouth he was in Kappa Sigma.

From 1942 to 1947 he was a pilot of B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers in the 8th Air Force in Europe, recieving several decorations. He also taught primary, basic and advanced flying training at West Point. Ken returned to Dartmouth and received his B.A. degree in June of 1949, then went on to receive a D.M.D. from Tufts Dental School in 1953. He practiced dentistry in Springfield from 1954 until his retirement in 1985.

Ken was past president and treasurer of the Dartmouth Club of Springfield, an enrollment director, and a member of the Dartmouth Alumni Council with his daughter Christine '74 (the first father-daughter combination on the Council). He received a Dartmouth Alumni Award in 1984.

He married Ruth Bjork in 1945. She survives along with their three sons and two daughters.

Richard Mitchell Seybold of Convent Station, N.J., died at Morristown Memorial Hospital on May 22 after a long illness. He was born in South Bend, Ind., then moved to Convent Station. At Dartmouth he majored in political science and was in Beta Theta Pi and Sphinx. He received an LL.B. from Yale Law School in 1947.

Dick was a claim manager for the Maryland Casualty Co. 1949-55 and an assistant VP for CNA Insurance 1955-69. He then joined the law firm of Mendez & Mount in New York City. In 1959 he married Jeanne McCarty.

He was a member of the Legal Scribes, American Bar Association, and the New York and Chicago Bar Associations. He was also appointed chairman of the Products, General Liability & Consumer Law Committee of the Insurance, Negligence and Compensation Law Section of the American Bar Association.

Dick is survived by his wife, Jeanne, a son, and two grandchildren.

Adair Wayne White of Houston, Texas, died of pancreatitis and septic shock on July 6, 1992. While at Dartmouth he was an Army V-12 student and a member of Foley House. He was also in the class of 1945 at the Dartmouth Medical School.

He went on to Johns Hopkins, where he met and married Margaret Ann, an R.N., as he was finishing medical school.

Tex trained in ob-gyn at St. Joseph Hospital in Houston, and practiced in that city for 30 years. Following that, he served three and a half years as a lieutenant colonel at Carswell Air Force Base. He also saw service in WWII.

He is survived by Margaret Ann and three daughters.

1947

Edmund Paul Connolly died on May 31. He was a lifelong resident of Andover, Mass. He saw service in WW II with the navy prior to his graduation with the class in 1947. On campus he was a member of DKE.

His entire working career was with the Bolta Products Division of General Tire in Lawrence, Mass. He retired several years ago as sales manager.

His wife, Anne, died earlier, and he is survived by two daughters and two sons.

Arthur Thomas Flynn died at his home in West Yarmouth, Mass., on February 8. "Leftie" served in the navy V- 12 program prior to graduating with his class.

For 32 years he worked for Quinn Freight Line in Brockton, Mass., and in New Hampshire. In retirement he moved to Cape Cod.

He is survived by his wife, Eleanor, a son, three daughters, and seven grandchildren.

Edward Jacobs died January 8 at his vacation home in Miami Beach. He entered Dartmouth in 1945, after some service in WW II with the V-12 and V- 5 programs, and graduated with his class. He played on the tennis team.

Ed worked in retail, real estate, and the motel business. He was proudest of all of the community service he had accomplished. He served his town as police commissioner and then was elected mayor of Ellenville, N.Y., serving from 1983 to 1986. Ed was elected to the Ellenville School Board in 1993. He was much appreciated in his community for his energy and generosity.

Ed is survived by his wife, Margaret, and by two sons.

Howard L. Luckenbach died January 12 at home in Nesquehoning, Pa., where he had moved in retirement. Formerly of Pottstown, Pa., he was well known in the area as an outstanding retailer for the W.T. Grant Department Store, where he worked for most of his life.

He saw WW II service in a marine air wing prior to joining the Dartmouth V-12 program. He also served in the Korean conflict.

Lucky was an enthusiastic supporter of Dartmouth and served as an enrollment interviewer.

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

1949

Robert Patterson Woods Castle died in Chicago on January 17. Bob began his advertising career at J. Walter Thompson in New York in 1950. He progressed through the executive ranks, serving as vice chairman of Ted Bates in New York, president of Ayer/Baker in Seattle, and general manager of Ayer/Chicago. Most recently he was president of Robert Castle Associates, an executive recruitment firm in Chicago.

Bob served on a host of voluntary and elected boards throughout this adult life, including the Darien, Conn., planning and zoning board and board of education.

Bob came to Dartmouth from Oak Park (I11.) High School and majored in economics and psychology. He played tennis and was a brother in Phi Gamma Delta. Prior to starting at Dartmouth he served in the Army Air Force for two years, earning the rank of second lieutenant and the American Theater and Victory medals.

He is survived by his wife, Kate, two sons, a daughter, and two stepsons. The family has requested that any gifts be made to the Leelanau Memorial Hospital in Northport, Mich.

Robert Adolph Priester died of heart attack in Denver on January 4 and is survived by his wife, Marjorie, his son Erich, and his daughter Ann Towne '78.

Bob arrived at Dartmouth via Iowa, Wisconsin, and a tour as a flight officer in the Army Air Force. An athlete from the days when he played semi-professional basketball for $25 a game to supplement his G.I. Bill, Bob enjoyed golf, tennis, squash, and fishing. His death came shortly after he finished playing squash and entered a sauna.

For most of his career Bob was with the United Bank of Denver, where he was a senior vice president. He was active in the Boys Clubs of Denver and had been chairman of the Mile High United Way. At Dartmouth he was a member of Sigma Chi and Casque & Gauntlet.

Robert Leonard Reid

died of respiratory problems in June of 1993. Bob, who earned his LL.B. from Chicago- Kent College of Law in 1954, had been deputy director of development at the University of Illinois Foundation and at one time was associate dean of the University of Chicago's graduate school of business.

An economics major at Dartmouth and a member of Psi Upsilon, Bob is survived by his wife, JoAnne, of Chicago, and by five daughters.

John Howard Travers of East Canton, Conn., died of a heart attack in December 1991 .Jack served in the marines and later was with the State Department, but he had not been in touch with the College in recent years. His widow, Joan, survives.

William Allen White of Cherry Hill, N.J., died on April 7. Bill's career as an actuary included positions with Mutual Benefit Life, Penn Mutual, and the American Council of Life Insurance in Washington, D.C. At his death he was chief actuary of the State of New Jersey.

Bill was '49 class treasurer from 1954 to 1959 and was active in New Jersey alumni club affairs in the sixties and seventies. His father was class of 1919. Surviving are his wife, Virginia, a daughter, two sons, five grandchildren, and a sister.

1950

Robert Jordan died in May 1993 at the Spartanburg (S.C.) Regional Medical Center near his winter home in Tyron, N.C. For many years he had spent his summers in South Conway, N.H. Rob retired as a professor of art history at Washington University in St. Louis and had taught also at Hood College and Wheaton College. He was a highly successful painter of landscapes, having exhibited his works in galleries in New York City, Santa Fe, Bethesda, and St. Louis.

Bob came to Dartmouth from Upper Montclair, N.J., having graduated from Philips Andover. In World War II he was an Air Corps pilot and was a P.O.W. after being shot down and wounded in Germany. Bob majored in sociology, was a member of Psi U, and played on the varsity tennis team. He is survived by his wife, Roberta, two stepdaughters, two stepgrandchildren, and his father and stepmother.

Richard E. Kirkwood died at a local hospital in Roanoke, Va., on December 23, 1993. A graduate of Hanover High School, Dick was an English major and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. After Dartmouth he received a fellowship and attended the University of Chicago for a year. In 1963, the same year he received his master's degree in library sciences from Columbia University, he joined the library staff at Bowdoin College.

Dick retired in 1993 after 25 years as library director at Hollins College in Roanoke. He is survived by his wife, Karin, a daughter, and three sons.

Anthony Robert Terrace died of a heart attack during surgery in St. Louis in February 1993. Bob attended Lincoln High School in Jersey City and came to Dartmouth after two years of service with the army's Third Division in Europe. He was on the football team and a member of Beta Theta Pi. In 1949, he was recruited to play football for Michigan State University, where he met and married Jen Martin. They moved to Northern California where they spent 28 years building and operating private centers for early education of young children. Bob continued his education formally and informally, but always treasured his Dartmouth years.

Bob leaves his wife, three daughters, a son, 12 grandchildren, and three sisters.

1951

John Chandler Pace died December 30, 1992, in Pensacola, Fla., after a brief illness. Jack earned his M.D. from Yale and did post-graduate work at McGill University in Canada. Following a brief career in medical research for the Upjohn Company, Jack left medicine to handle family financial investments. He eventually enrolled in the Columbia University School of Finance. He traveled extensively and especially enjoyed skiing in the Swiss Alps. He is survived by his mother, Katherine, of Pensacola, and a half- brother, James.

1952

William G. Kay Jr. died February 5 of cancer. He was former executive vice president and a director of Sun Oil Company and lived in South Dartmouth, Mass. Bill was born in Philadelphia and graduated from Lawrenceville School. After Dartmouth he received a master's degree from where he was an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow. He was a lieutenant in the Coast Guard.

Prior to joining Sun Oil in 1976, Bill was president of Standard Brands Foods, group vice president of Illinois Central Industries, and vice president, marketing, of the Pepperidge Farm subsidiary of Campbell Soup Company. After leaving Sun in 1982 he established Wentworth Management Group, a management-consulting firm, of which he was president until his recent retirement. He was formerly a director of many business, civic, and cultural organizations and was a member of the board of overseers of the Dartmouth College Institute.

He is survived by his wife, Marcia Chellis Kay, two sons, a daughter, a stepdaughter, and a stepson.

1953

Robert Lindsay Jetter of Chapel Hill, N.C., died at home on March 12, 1993. Bob came to Dartmouth from William Lynch High School, Amsterdam, N.Y., and was active with the Players, the DCU, and the German Club. Following graduation he attended the University of Wyoming, receiving his M.A. in history in 1954. He also studied at the University of Munich, Germany, and at the University of Chicago.

His life was devoted to his family and to education, notably as a teacher of social studies in both junior and senior high schools in Mahopac, N.Y., where he was also school district supervisor for social studies programs. Bob was an educator for more than 30 years prior to his retirement and relocation to Chapel Hill in 1987. He was active there in community affairs, serving as president of both the Teachers Association and the Civitan Service Club.

In 1961 Bob married Marilyn Ryan, also a teacher, and she and their sons Kevin and Matthew survive him. His late father, Frank, was a member of class of 1924.

James B. Swift of Charlotte, N.C., died of cancer January 24. Jim came to Dartmouth from Grosse Pointe (Mich.) High School, majored in chemistry, and was a member of Phi Gamma Delta. His principal occupation was selling laboratory equipment until about two years ago, when he retired shortly after surgery for cancer. He fought a gallant battle during his final years. He leaves his wife, Joan, seven stepchildren, and three children from his first marriage.

James Allen West died in Jupiter, Fla., on October 20,1993, following a stroke on the previous day. Jim had a distinguished career with the West Company, a Philadelphia-area manufacturer of health-care products, and was on the board for 31 years. He also operated his own management-consulting company, West Associates, first in Valley Forge and later in Jupiter.

Jim entered Dartmouth from the Hill School in Narberth, Pa., was a member of Psi U, and got his M.B.A. at Tuck in 1954. He served two years with the army in Germany.

Jim and his company were quietly very generous to various charities and to Dartmouth, and he was a trustee of the Herman O. West Foundation administering the company's gifts. He was also a director of the Phoenixville Hospital, active in the Valley Forge Historical Society, and in 1993 became an advisor to the Dartmouth Medical School Center for the Aging.

Jim is survived by his wife, LaVerne, brothers Franklin '43 and William '50, four daughters from his first marriage, and six grandchildren.

1954

Paul Joseph Miller died of heart failure in New York City on January 18. Paul studied at Dartmouth one year and went on to earn a degree in economics at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He worked with several corporations during his 40-year business career and was with The New York Times Magazine Group when he died. Paul is survived by his wife, Elinor, three children, and four grandchildren.

Daniel Clark Murphy died suddenly from a ruptured aneurysm at Doylestown (Pa.) Hospital on March 17. Clarkwas a member of Phi Gamma Delta and Sphinx and played varsity football at Dartmouth before going on to graduate from Tuck School.

After serving in the U. S. Air Force with the rank of captain, Clark entered a successful business career. His latest job was with Cognitronics Corp. in Stamford, Conn., where he worked for 20 years and retired as vice president for marketing.

Clark is survived by his wife, Carol, a daughter, and a son.

1955

Peter Griffing Sarty died on March 7 following a four-year battle with Lou Gehrig's disease. Pete, who lived in Sherburne, Vt., developed the disease in 1990 and was forced to resign his seat in the Vermont House of Representatives during his fourth term in 1991. Over the next three years, political associates and friends sponsored projects and fund-raisers to enable him to remain at home. Shortly before his death he moved to the veterans home in Bennington.

Pete came to Dartmouth from South Dartmouth, Mass., majored in government, and was active in Gamma Delta Chi, the band, the yacht club, and R.O.T.C. From the late fifties until 1988 he ran a ski shop in Sherburne. He served as a selectman in Sherburne and as president of the Vermont Retail Association.

Pete attended most class reunions and events, even in recent years. He sang the "Lord's Prayer" at his 30th Reunion memorial service and was known for breaking into song on the floor of the House in Montpelier. He is survived by his two children, Sheridan and Shane.

1956

Carl Heath Marshall of Virginia Beach, Va., died on April 15 after a lengthy illness. Kit entered Dartmouth from New Canaan (Conn.) High School. At Dartmouth Kit captained freshman track and was a member of Phi Kappa Psi. An avid surfer and racquetball player, he was an environmental engineer with the Newport News Planning Commission. He is survived by his wife, Deborah, two daughters, and four sons.

1958

D. Martin Carter died suddenly from an aneurysm on November 7, 1993. At the time of his death he was a professor and department chair in dermatology at The New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center and professor and senior physician at the Rockefeller University, heading the Laboratory of Investigative Dermatology there. An expert in the use of drugs on a wide variety of wounds and skin diseases, he had a worldwide reputation in his field as a superb clinician. He held visiting professorships in many states and countries.

He earned his M.D. at Harvard in 1961 and his Ph.D. in developmental biology and genetics from Yale in 1971. He went on to hold a tenured professorship at the Yale School of Medicine until receiving his appointment at Rockefeller in 1981.

He enjoyed working and gardening on his family land and singing in a church choir. He took great joy in singing. At Dartmouth Martin was a member of the Glee Club, the Injunaires, Alpha Theta, and the Dartmouth Outing Club.

In addition to Jill, his wife of 32 years, he left his son Christopher '87, daughters Elizabeth '91 and Anna, and a grandson.

John Adam Graf

died on January 31 after a long struggle with lung cancer. He and his wife, Ann, were living in Bedford, N.H.

At Dartmouth John was active on the swimming and lacrosse teams and was captain of both. He was a member of Psi Upsilon and Dragon. He received his LL.B. from Boston University School of Law in 1961 and immediately began a career in law focused on business and corporate issues, particularly international law. In 1986 he received the New Hampshire Bar Association's President's Award for distinguished service.

John was a longtime director and trustee of the Manchester YMCA, co-chair of corporate gifts for the Soup Kitchen, and assisted in annual and capital campaigns for the United Way, Federated Arts, Educational TV, and New Hampshire Legal Assistance. But his heart never left Dartmouth. He served as an enrollment worker, was twice class president, twice class agent, and was on the Reunion Giving Committee for the 35th reunion. In June 1992 he received an Alumni Award for outstanding service to the college.

In addition to his wife, John is survived by three grown children.

Peter B. Hawes died on May 12, shortly after being diagnosed with cancer. He and his wife of 34 years, Ginny, were living in Carmel Valley, Calif. She and their four grown children survive him.

Peter was active in SAE, the Russian Club, and the D.O.C. at Dartmouth. He was an economics major and participated in the Athletic Council managerial program.

Peter completed the officers' basic course at the Marine Corps School and was commissioned a second lieutenant. The service introduced him to California, where he would spend all but one year of his insurance career, much of it managing the L.A. office of Alexander and Alexander. In 1977 he moved to San Francisco to join a private brokerage firm. At the time of his death he was president of Design Professionals-Insurance Company in Monterey, which specializes in covering architects and engineers.

Pete served the College as a class agent, enrollment interviewer, recruiter, and worker on the Campaign for Dartmouth.

Paul K. Robertson died suddenly in September 1993 while vacationing in Colorado. He is survived by his wife, Nancy, and two children. He lived in San Antonio, Texas.

At Dartmouth Paul majored in English and was a member of Sigma Nu, a leader of the Barbary Coast, and alto sax player with the Sultans, a progressive jazz ensemble. He continued throughout his life to play in small jazz ensembles at local clubs.

He graduated from Tuck School in 1959 and returned to California to earn an LL.B. at Stanford University Law School in 1961. He started his career as a deputy California attorney general. He later specialized in defending individual freedoms under the Bill of Rights, arguing cases before the Supreme Court. He also instituted a lawsuit against the California Franchise Tax Board that resulted in a ruling that the state could not tax dividends from a U.S. Treasury Bill money-market fund.

In recent years Paul did enrollment for the College. At the time of his death he was executive vice president, CEO, and general counsel for United States Advisors Inc. in San Antonio.

Rolf H. VonEckartsberg died in April 1993 in Pittsburgh following a long struggle with cancer. After Dartmouth Rolf earned his Ph.D. in clinical and social psychology at Harvard in 1964. He went directly to Duquesne University in Pittsburgh to take a teaching position specializing in existential and phenomenological psychiatry. He also held a private practice in psychotherapy. He translated the book Applied Science of the Soul, by the late Dartmouth professor Eugen Rosen- stock-Huessy, into English.

He is survived by his wife, Elsa, and three grown children.

William E. Walsh

died in February 1993 in Bradenton, Fla., where he and his wife, Jane, have moved several months before.

Bill graduated from the Tuck School in 1959 and went on to the Naval Officers Candidate School in Newport. He was commissioned a lieutenant and served for three years.

At Dartmouth Bill was active in the Newman Club, Phi Kappa Psi, and sailing. He graduated cum laude.

Bill and Jane settled in Narragansett, R.I., and most of his career was spent in the textile business, mainly with Fullflex Co. in Bristol and George C. Moore Co. in Westerly. At the latter he rose from treasurer to serve as president 1987-89.

Bill was a director of the Msgr. Matthew Clarke Regional School and an enrollment worker for Dartmouth in recent years.

In addition to his wife he left two sons and two daughters.

A. Harry Wirth passed away suddenly on September 14,1993, while visiting relatives in Santa Fe, N.M. He leaves behind his wife of 36 years, Irene Lawrence Wirth, and three grown children. He was living in Cromwell, Conn.

As an undergraduate Harry was active in Germania and Cercle and played on the basketball team. Following graduation he joined Pratt & Whitney Aircraft in East Hartford, Conn., as a metallurgical and chemical- process engineer. In 1971 he earned an M.B.A. from the University of Hartford. Three months before his death he had retired from Pratt & Whitney after 35 years there.

1959

J. Robert McCaughey died of lung cancer December 7, 1993. Bob (a.k.a. "Jibber") majored in sociology, belonged to Alpha Delta, and was a member of the lightweight crew. He attended the air force's Squadron Officer School at Maxwell A.F.B., Ala., graduating in 1964. Bob held the rank of lieutenant colonel at the time of his retirement from the air force, and he had traveled the world as a transport navigator flying various types of aircraft. He became an instructor for the Delaware Air National Guard. Bob lived in Philadelphia and had a home in Stone Harbor, N.J. He is survived by his father, Edward McCaughey of Ocean City, N.J., two brothers, and a sister.

William D. Pettway Jr. died suddenly on September 18, 1993, at his cabin in Walker County, Ga. Bill graduated from the Baylor School for Boys in Chattanooga before coming to Dartmouth. Surviving polio at a young age, he went on to be a tackle on the Ivy-champion varsity football squad and to be described by The New York Times as "the fastest man in the Ivy League." Bill majored in sociology and was president of SAE and a member of the D.O.C.

Bill worked with Cities Service Oil Company of Miami, Fla., then returned to Chattanooga to be named president of Pettway Oil Company, succeeding his father. He was one of the leaders in incorporating Lookout Mountain, Ga. Bill served on the board of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, the March of Dimes, and a variety of civic and charitable organizations. He was president of the Chattanooga Dartmouth Club.

Bill is survived by his wife, Susan, three sons, a granddaughter, two brothers, and a sister.

1962

Peter W. Wright who spent his professional life studying cures for cancer, died December 22, 1993, of the same disease he fought so passionately. Born in Tulsa, Okla., the son of a Broadway actor, Pete earned his M.D. from Stanford University in 1967. As a medical student he was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha and was awarded the Borden Research Prize. Pete worked at the National Cancer Institute prior to joining the faculty of the University of Washington in Seattle.

An author of 49 publications, he established a private practice in oncology in 1981 in order to devote more time to his patients. He served as principal investigator for both the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project and the Breast Cancer Prevention Trial.

In November 1992 Pete was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. During several months of remission he was able to spend precious time with his family, and he climbed Bald Mountain in Sun Valley, Idaho, just weeks prior to his death.

Pete is survived by his wife, Kathleen, five children, his parents, Bob and Lyda Wright, and two brothers. Dr. Kelly Wright

1963

John S. Rittershofer died on April 10 in Yonkers, N.Y., where he resided. He was a professor of English at Hostos Community College in N.Y.C.

John taught composition, literature, and reading in Hostos's bilingual curriculum since 1974. His teaching career began in the Far East at Papua New Guinea, where he was an education officer, and then in Kyoto, Japan, where he supervised a language school while studying Buddhism at Kyoto University.

While at Hostos John earned a Ph.D. in linquistics from Columbia University Teachers College. He was a member of the American Linguistics Association.

Born in Cincinnati, he was in the Outing and Mountaineering Clubs, and a member of Alpha Delta.

He is survived by his wife, Gloria Virtucio, a daughter, and his sister Anne Neumann. Contributions may be made to the American Juvenile Diabetes Association of Cincinnati.

Gerald Eton Varty died February 12 of a heart attack after a long illness at Stanford Hospital, Palo Alto, Calif. Gerald had been practicing law from his home in Mountain View. He was born in Oak Brook, Ill., and grew up in Menlo Park, Calif. He served as interdormitory chairman for the 1962 Winter Carnival. He was a graduate of Stanford Law School and a law partner in Howard & Varty Inc., specializing in anti-trust and trade-secret cases until his heart condition forced him to retire.

Gerald is survived by his wife, Ronnie, three children, his parents Leo and Barbara Varty of Pebble Beach, and two brothers.

Ronnie Varty has set up a college fund for the children. Contributions may be sent to her at 151 Calderon Avenue, Apt. 138, Mountain View, CA 94041.

1966

William Louis Parkerton died of cancer April 1 at his home in West Hartford, Conn. Will was senior vice president and a founding board member of Consumer Credit Counseling Services of Connecticut. He devoted his professional career to cooperative, credit union, and consumer- credit counseling activities and was wellknown for his mastery of issues relating to housing.

A native of Woodstock, Conn., Will was class president at Woodstock Academy. At Dartmouth he was in the Glee Club and a member of Tri-Kap. He served for two years with the Peace Corps in India, where he met his wife, Patricia Hostetter. He earned a master's in economic behavior at the University of Kentucky in 1970.

An avid outdoorsman and singer, Will was a member of a number of choral groups and appeared in local musicals. He also served on the North Haven Democratic Town Committee and a local zoning board and wetlands commission.

Will is survived by his wife, daughter Melissa '90, and son Jesse.

1967

Jonathan Bowen Breen died on February 8 at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston after suffering a heart attack. At Dartmouth Jon was an economics major and a member of Bones Grate. After making Phi Beta Kappa and graduating summa cum laude, Jon was named a Fulbright Scholar to Australia, where he attended the Australian National University. Jon graduated from Harvard Law School before embarking on a legal career marked by many honors. In private practice in Boston, he specialized in real-estate law. Those who knew Jon from late nights at The Dartmouth remember well his sharp wit and keen intelligence, traits which his fellow attorneys attest were central to his legal career.

Jon is survived by his wife, Ronna-Lee, daughter Melanie, and brother Scott '69.

Michael John Hollnagel died May 4. He lived in Minneapolis where, after service in the air force as a flight instructor, he made a career in the financial-services industry. Mike was known for the range of consulting skills he brought to his clients based on his broad experience with commercial banking, debt placement, and mergers and divestitures. An economics major at Dartmouth, Mike played a central role in the life of the DKE house. He was divorced and is survived by his two children, Eric and Diana.

Richard Anthony Lyczak died January 22, a victim of a senseless act of violence in Portsmouth, N.H. Dick was driving with his wife and son when he was rammed from behind by another driver who then shot him. He died ten days later. His wife and son were unharmed.

Dick served on the faculty of the University of New Hampshire in the computer science department and had recently received a National Science Foundation grant to establish a computer literacy program for secondary-school teachers. A Fulbright scholar, he spent the previous winter teaching in Thailand.

At Dartmouth Dick was active in the D.O.C. and the Glee Club and majored in psychology. He stayed on to earn a Ph.D. in psychology in 1972. He taught and helped set up a psychology department at Chinese University in Hong Kong during the seventies before returning to the states to join R.M.C. Research Corp. in Hampton, N.H. He earned a master's in computer science at UNH before joining the faculty there in 1984. Dick was known for his curiosity and friendliness. He is survived by his wife, Anne, and their three children.

John Starkweather Pendleton died November 25, 1992. Many classmates remember John's moving entry in the 25th Reunion yearbook, where he talked of coping with AIDS, against which he fought with great courage. In college John was a cheerleader and very active at the Hopkins Center, where he acted with the Players and directed memorable productions of works by William Saroyan and Brendan Behan. After graduate work in acting at Smith, John served in Vietnam in the Special Forces. An M.A. from the University of Texas in directing prepared him for a life in the theater. He began at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco and continued for over a decade in Seattle, where he was a versatile actor with many stage and screen credits.

John is survived by his mother, Doris Pendleton, and three brothers.

1970

Robert Walsh Parks died of throat cancer on February 5 in Berkeley, Calif., after a long struggle with the disease. Robert was born in Kalispell, Mont., and his great-grandfather was U.S. Senator Thomas J. Walsh. During his youth Robert's family lived in Beirut, Cairo, Leopoldville in the former Belgian Congo, Ghana, Morocco, and Mexico.

Robert left Dartmouth at the end of his sophomore year and received his B.A and M.A at the University of the Americas in Mexico City. He served in the U.S. Army, then settled permanently in the San Francisco area in 1972. At the time of his death he was employed as a senior system analyst and vice president at the Bank of America.

Robert's favorite pastimes included playing classical piano music, painting, gourmet cooking, and fishing, and he spoke French, Flemish, and Spanish fluently. He loved Montana and spent much of each summer there at Lake McDonald.

Survivors include his wife, Eleanor Tolnay, a son, his parents, James '39 and Elin Parks, and a sister.

1971

William Otis Gustafson died October 22, 1993, of AIDS. A Marcus Heiman award recipient, Otis was involved in numerous Dartmouth Players productions and appeared in him, by e.e. cummings. He was also a senior fellow. After graduate school at Indiana University, Otis pursued a career as a professional theatrical and costume designer in New York City. In recent years he resided in his home town of Mill River, Mass. He is survived by his father, Harry L. Gustafson Jr. '43.

Don Steven McGovern died September 3, 1993, after a brief illness. After graduating from Dartmouth with honors in English and the history of art, Don attended the University College of North Wales and then Harvard University. After 1975 he was a permanent resident of England, where he was a teacher, poet, and playwright. In recent years he had co-founded the Merlin International Theatre in Budapest and was involved in efforts to establish Interact, an organization that would serve as a vehicle for intercultural dialogue between artists from East and West. He is survived by his mother, Barbara Ann McGovern of Portland, and three brothers.

Paul Matthew Wychules died of complications from AIDS on March 24 at his home in Provincetown, Mass. Paul graduated from Dartmouth with honors, majoring in English and psychology. He spent the next several years developing open- classroom programs in Plainfield, N.H., while also teaching adult peer counseling and helping to establish the Vermont-New Hampshire co-counseling communities. From the mid-eighties Paul was extensively involved as an AID S activist, working with Body Positive in New York and co-founding Boston ACT-UP. He is survived by his mother, Theodora Wychules of Provincetown, his father, Paul Wychules Sr. of California, two sisters, and a brother.

1972

Aaron Wade Smith died of cancer April 3. He was a professor of sociology at Arizona State University at Tempe. Wade came to Dartmouth from Newport News, Va., and participated in one of the most vibrant and politically charged periods in the College's history as a member of the Afro-American Society. Imaginatively using the only existing computer time-sharing system for sociology students, he was involved in an educational experiment designed to increase student theoretical and methodological creativity through the use of a software package called IMPRESS, which was developed by sociologists at Dartmouth. He went on to earn a Ph.D. at the University of Chicago, specializing in survey research, and gained research experience at the National Opinion Research Center.

He taught and did research at various institutions before settling in Tempe. He was active in professional affairs of the American Sociological Association and was elected to several posts.

Wade leaves his wife, Elsie, and three sons. —Robert Sokol

1973

Michael Wayne Lattimore died August 2, 1991, of cancer. Mike came to Dartmouth as a scholarship student from Paschal High School in Fort Worth, Texas. During his freshman year Mike was cited by the physics department for his work on computer studies of particle accelerators. He was a member of the Freshman Council, Glee Club, the cheerleaders, and Alpha Delta. As a sophomore Mike transferred to the University of Texas at Austin, from which he received his B.S. in 1973. In 1977 he received an M.A. in government and a J.D. in law, also from the University of Texas.

Mike was president of his senior class in law school, earned dean's list honors, and went on to study at the Sorbonne. A senior attorney for Amoco Production Company, Mike was a member of the American Bar Association, the American Corporate Counsel Association and the Dartmouth Lawyers Association. Mike is survived by his mother, Alice Z. Grays.

1976

John Edward Burns died December 2, 1993, in Los Angeles of AIDS. A small-town boy from Illinois, John and his twin brother, Jim, were on the team that won the state basketball championship his senior year. At Dartmouth he majored in history and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He joined the Peace Corps for an extended tour in Venezuela before attending the University of Chicago Law School. His noteworthy legal career spanned service as an assistant U.S. attorney in Chicago and as a partner in a private California firm.

Ever curious, John had many interests. He was a talented pianist, and his political analyses were always thought-provoking. Keenminded, kind, open, and always caring were just a few of the descriptions often repeated by his many friends.

1977

John T. Kulik died on October 4, 1993, after a brief illness. John studied geography and environmental studies at Dartmouth and was active with the Native Americans at Dartmouth. He participated in intramural sports as a member of Heorot and the Dartmouth Outing Club.

Following graduation John worked in grocery management for a few years before returning to his home state and enrolling at Pennsylvania State for a master's degree in urban planning, which he received 1987. After a stint with an engineering firm in York, Pa., John returned to his hometown of Wellsboro, Pa., suffering from medical problems which had plagued him since before college. He was active in his church and enjoyed skiing and fly fishing.

John is survived by his parents, Paul and Marcia Kulik, his three sisters, and a brother. He is also survived by two cousins, Susan '79 and Stephen Karol '84.

1981

David Arthur Holden died from a brain tumor on April 20. His home was London, England. David grew up in Cranford, N.J., and attended high school there. He majored in English, was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa, and served in several capacities at WFRD. A foreign-study stint in London began David's love affair with that city. Senior year he was the vocalist in a campus band called The Nuisance.

A celebrated writer, David published a short-story collection, This is What HappensWhen You Don't Pay Attention, and contributed numerous reviews and articles to The Good Book Guide, The Guardian, and The Times of London. Recently he returned to the radio; his first broadcast described an encounter with a one-ton turtle laying eggs on a beach in Papua New Guinea.

Perhaps most important in the last few years of his life was his work against censorship. He was an energetic campaigner for free speech; only weeks before his death David was in Amsterdam for a free-speech conference.

He is survived by his wife, Anne.