Obituary

Deaths

November 1994
Obituary
Deaths
November 1994

These deaths have been reported to us since we prepared the previous issue. Full notice, usually written by the class secretaries, may appear in this issue or later one.

Bradford M. Kingman '25 • Sept. 20 Robert C. Gilboy '27 • Aug. 16 Frank H. Hankins '28 • Aug. 10 Eino A. Johnson '28 • July 28 Kingsbury M. Badger '29 • Aug. 14 John A. Bogar '29 • Sept. 4 William B. Condon '29 • June 1 Walter D. Sherwood '29 • Sept. 14 Chester E. Johnson '31 • July 1 Adrian A. Walser '32 • Aug. 22 Charles L. Hall '33 •July 1 William D. May '33 • May 24 John A. Merrill '33 • Aug. 27 Henry A. Miller '53 • Aug. 16 Richard A. Rocker '33 • July 27 H. Reginald Bankart '35 • Sept. 25 Samuel C. Boggess '35 • Sept. 21 Walter Gless '35 • July 20 William P. Niemann '35 • July 31 Carl H. Amon '37 • Sept. 14 Patrick O'Sheel '37 • July 23 Herbert D. Harries '38 • Sept. 11 Harry D. Heyboer '38 • Aug. 23 Robert C. Dickgiesser '39 • Sept. 7 Earl Kochersperger '40 • May 12 John P. Kelsey '42 • Sept. 5 William D. Allison '46 • June 20 Eugene E. Bossi '46 • Aug. 29, 1993 Donald F. McNally '46 • July 11 John F. Sweeney '46 • Oct. 30, 1986 Paul F. Twohey '47 • Sept. 2 Ernest W.P. Vesey '49 • Sept. 21 Palmer B. Worthen '49 • Sept. 4 Philip H. Dunbar '50 • Sept. 12 Lester E. Bauer '52 • June 1 Carlos E. Harrison '53 • Sept. 5 Olin A. Saunders '53 • Sept. 5 John C. McElwaine '63 • Sept. 12 Gardner L. Brown '64 • Sept. 16 Theodore A. Pittiglio '66 • Sept. 29 Robert A. Snowden '6B • Aug. 16 Iran Yun '84 • Sept. 22 Adam N. Brown '97 • Sept. 27

1924

Sidney Fish died at home in White Plains, N.Y., June 14. Sid started his career with the New York Times in 1925 as a general reporter and soon became a financial writer. His work brought him into contact with most of the major industrial leaders of his time and led to a travel schedule 0f 50,000 miles a year. From 1937 to 1942 Sid worked in public relations for the Iron and Steel Institute, then joined Knight Ridder Inc. as a financial reporter for the Journal of Commerce, of which he later became associate editor. He was in demand as a guest speaker at business gatherings.

Sid was a brother of the late Robert Fish 'l8. He is survived by his wife, Anneliese, and by a daughter, two sons, and five grandchildren.

Garlyle Francis Quimby died at his home in Brewster, Mass., on April 29. He had been an invalid for two years. After leaving Dartmouth he worked at several jobs before joining his father's real-estate and insurance business. He became a partner in 1942 and sole owner in 1946. In 1952 he joined the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as a realty specialist in the Boston Office. He held this position until he retired 1974 to a home he had built in Brewster on Cape Cod.

Carl is survived by his wife, Evelyn, two sons, and three grandchildren.

1926

Kenneth David Andler died July 2 in New London, N.H. Born in Newport, N.H., he lived there all his life. Ken was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon at Dartmouth. During and after college he worked as a surveyor in Vermont and New Hampshire and then studied law in the office of his stepfather Judge Jesse M. Barton, with whom he practiced until the judge's death in 1943. Ken practiced solo for 39 years and retired in 1971.

Ken wrote books for young people, and at age 86 he published a collection of essays, WhatI Want My Grandchildren to Know About NewHampshire. In the June 1972 Yankee magazine Ken wrote about a fictional Dartmouth classmate named George Ulysses Lenson. Ken was also a well-known painter of landscapes.

Ken was a trustee of Newport Savings Bank, president and chairman of the board of the First National Bank, and served numerous charitable and town organizations. His wife Delores McGown Andler predeceased him. He is survived by his daughter Caroline "Kathie" Barbour, two grandchildren, a sister, and a brother.

1928

George Knight Sanborn died July 30 of heart failure at his home in Kennebunkport, Maine. Red prepared for Dartmouth at Phillips Andover, majored in biology, made Phi Beta Kappa, and graduated cum laude. He was a member of Zeta Psi, the ski team, the D.O.C. (vice president), the Canoe Club (president), Cabin & Trail, and Palaeopitus. After graduation he joined the faculty at Phillips Andover and, for more than 40 years, taught math and biology. He was a director of the Maine Audubon Society.

Red's many Dartmouth relatives included his grandfather George E. Cummings 1860, father Henry C. 1895, brother John W. '25, son Scott W. '62, granddaughter Pamela Lombard '90, and grandson Eagle Glassheim '92. He is survived by his wife, Francis, two daughters, four grandchildren, and a great-grandchild. His son and brother predeceased him.

1929

Frazier Lewis O'Leary died September 29, 1993, of cancer at his home in Sun City Center, Fla. Jerry camefrom Dorchester (Mass.) High School and left Dartmouth early. He was a It. commander in charge of a landing-ship group in the Pacific in WWII.

He had been personal secretary to Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James. He leaves his wife, Ruth.

1931

Leon Francis Andrews died on February 16. Coming to Dartmouth from South High in Worcester, Mass., Lee was a member of Alpha Delta Phi, Green Key, Sphinx, and the varsity track and cross-country teams. He majored in political science.

In December 1973 he retired from the Farmers Home Administration of the U.S. Department of Agriculture after 39 years there. His specialty was budgets. In WW II he had served in the 15 th Army Group in the U.K., France, and Germany, reaching the grade of technical sergeant.

Lee lived in Silver Spring, Md., until the death of his wife in 1990, then moved to Mountain View, Calif., to be near his daughter, Anne Ellis, and her family. He is survived by his daughter and two granddaughters.

1933

Eugene Kaplan died of a heart attack in Berkeley, Calif., on May 6. He prepared for Dartmouth at Richmond Hill High School, was a member of Pi Lambda Phi and the Chess Club, and majored in chemistry-zoology. He earned an M.D. from NYU in 1937 and was a captain in the Army Medical Corps 1942-45.

Gene had a special interest in pediatric hematology. He served as chief pediatrician at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, medical director at Happy Hills Hospital in Maryland, and associate professor of pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He was a member of several honorary and professional societies. In retirement he painted large, abstract canvases.

Gene is survived by his wife, Mildred, three daughters, and two sons.

Karl Martin Scheibe died in Daytona Beach, Fla., on May 19 after a long illness. He came to Dartmouth from Staunton Military Academy, was a member of Alpha Tau Omega, and majored in economics.

From 1943 until his retirement in 1974 he was primarily employed in the electronics business with Raytheon Company, where he became manager of production and inventory control. He also acted as trustee of his father's small glass business in Cambridge. Karl is survived by his wife, Mary, and a son.

1934

D. Raymond Ely died May 26 following a stroke in Holly Hill, Fla., where he retired ten years ago. He grew up in Rochester, N.Y., and was an economics major, active in Ledyard Canoe Club, and a member of Delta Upsilon. He worked as a purchasing agent for Allied Chemical and Dye in New Jersey and Celanese Corp. in Charlotte, N.C., and then was an office manager at a manufacturing firm in Charlotte. Ray's wife, Dorothy, predeceased him, and he is survived by their son Christopher, two grandsons, and his sister.

Benjamin Nathan Rippe died November 11 after a sudden heart attack on a bus in Brooklyn, where he lived all his life. He had come from Riverdale Country School, majored in French, and was Phi Beta Kappa. He earned a master's degree from Harvard in 1935 and an LL.B. from Brooklyn Law in 193 9. In his legal career he focused on clients with foreign interests. He served on the boards of several local organizations and was a second lieutenant during WW II.

Ben never married. He is survived by his nephew Stephen Weber '62, a niece, and grand-nephew Thomas Weber '88

Theodore Merseles Thompson died July 10 in a nursing home in Glens Falls, N.Y. A graduate of Lake Placid High, he had returned to the area for retirement. He was on Dartmouth's new Intercollegiate Out-board Racing team, which won a championship, and was member of Beta Theta Pi.

Psychology was Ted's major, which was useful in his career with NBC as personnel manager and head of public relations, and later running his own employment agency in Bridgeport and serving as a case worker and director of the Warren County (N.Y.) Department of Social Services. He was lieutenant in the Signal Corps during WW II and the Korean War.

Ted was widowed and is survived by three sons, Ted Jr. '66, Everett '75, and Reynolds, and by nine grandchildren.

1935

Arnold F. Sammis died after a heart operation in Mt. Holly, N.J. He had made his home in Medford, N.J. Arnold received his M.D. from the University of Rochester in 1939, and served with the navy in the Pacific Theatre during WW II. He returned to Huntington, N.J., where he practiced surgery until 1977.

Arnold is survived by his wife, Helen, two sons, and three granddaughters.

1936

William Woolson Macurda died on August 14 of a heart attack while visiting his wife, who was recuperating from spinal surgery in the nursing section of Kendal at Hanover, where they lived. Bill was president of the class of 1936 and secretary of the Rhode Island Dartmouth Club and had a long record of active participation in alumni affairs. As an undergrad he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi, Dragon, and the Jack-O- Lantern staff.

Bill was a keen sports enthusiast, active in golf, tennis, biking, and cross-country skiing. A longtime resident of Concord, N.H., Bill was a leader in both community and business organizations. He served on the Daniel Webster Council of the Boy Scouts of America and received the Silver Beaver Award. He was past president of Concord United Way, the New Hampshire Association of the Blind, Tenney Fuels (a business he owned), and the New England Fuel Institute. He was a director of the Concord National Bank for ten years.

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

1937

Halsey Graves Bullen died after a long illness on November 6,1990, at Satsuma, Fla. At Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi and majored in chem- istry-zoology. He was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Medical School and the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary.

Halsey was a fighter surgeon for the Air Corps during World War 11. In 1951 he moved to Stamford where he established his practice in ear, nose and throat. He was a fellow of American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology.

He is survived by his wife, Sally, daughter Polly, and son Halsey Jr. '66.

Stephen Roberts Cochrane died May 17. Steve was a member of Phi Psi and the Glee Club and lettered in track as a pole vaulter. He graduated from the University of Buffalo Law School in June 1941 and then went on active duty with the USMC. He joined the Fifth Marine Division as a company commander in 1944 and took part in the invasion of Iwo Jima and the occupation of Japan. After the war he practiced law in Erie County, N.Y.

Steve and Dorothy, who died in 1943, were regulars at reunions, and he was a president of the Dartmouth Club of Western New York, a member of the class executive and reunion giving committees, and a class agent. He is survived by his sons Stephen '64 and Robert '71 and daughters Kathleen and Patricia.

Rollin Linsley Kent died on July 10, 1993, in Mexico City, where he arrived in 1946 and married the boss's secretary, Belem, at General Motors. Prior to moving to Mexico he spent five years in the navy, from which he was decommissioned in 1945 as a lieutenant commander. After 11 years in Mexico as truck and bus-sales manager, he was. transferred to New York. Wishing to return to Mexico, he wangled a GM franchise for diesel engines for trucks and built up a successful business.

Roily kept his interest in sailing from his days with the Yacht Club at Dartmouth, and in 1986 he and classmate Fritz Panzing sailed in a 40-footer from Gibraltar to Runchal, Madeira, and the Virgin Islands.

Roily was secretary of the Dartmouth Club of Mexico City and a loyal class agent. Belem survives him along with their daughter Joan and son Rollin '71.

Frank Corbin Moister died of cancer on June 7, 1991, at the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital. He came to Dartmouth from the Pingry School. Corb received his medical degree from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1940. His internship at the Hitchcock Clinic was interrupted by four years in the navy, where he was senior medical officer for an LST Flotilla Group in the South Pacific.

Following his residency, he joined the Hitchcock Clinic. He was board-certified in internal medicine and was a consultant in cardiology at both the Hitchcock Hospital and the Veterans Hospital in White River. He was a professor at the Dartmouth Medical School.

He was an enthusiastic fly-fisherman and bird hunter and raised English Setters. Corb is survived by his wife, Dr. Virginia Moister, and a son.

Arthur H. Munkenbeck Jr. died on November 16,1990, in Garden City, N.Y. He came from Poly Prep, majored in history, and was a member of Zeta Psi. He attended Yale Law School and entered the army as a private in 1942. He served in the ETO as a first lieutenant as an air observer. He received the Air Medal, Purple Heart, and two battle stars. Typical of his great sense of humor, he said he was one of the lucky ones to get a "million dollar wound."

Munk retired from the John Treiber insurance agency in 198 5. His travels had taken him to the British Open at St. Andrews, Scotland, to London, Paris, and Germany.

He is survived by his widow, jane, six children, and two grandchildren.

Richard King Newman Jr. died on February 13, 1991, in Williamsburg Community Hospital. He was professor emeritus of fine arts at the College of William and Mary. A native of Newton, Mass., he majored in English at Dartmouth and received his doctorate from Yale University. His dissertation was on New England's early Gothic Revival churches. He joined the W&M faculty in 1946 and served as department chairman from 1970 to 1976. When he retired in 1979, fellow faculty members named the main lecture hall in his honor.

His wife, Ellen, died in 1982. He is survived by his daughter Mary Oles, son Richard, and his sister Betty Morey.

1939

John Randal Cathcart died on April 13 of heart failure at a nursing home in Wilmington, Del. Jack had been in the throes of Alzheimer's for some time. He had lost his wife, Ruthie, in 1987.

Jack came to Dartmouth from Roger Ludlow High School in Fairfield, Conn., majored in economics, and was secretary of the Dartmouth Corinthian Yacht Club and a brother in Sigma Chi.

He participated in the Manhattan Project from 1939 until 1945, when he joined DuPont Corp. in Richmond, Va. In 1960 he was transferred to Wilmington, where he worked in the film-processing section until his retirement in 1975. He is survived his son Dr. John R. Cathcart Jr. '72, daughters Bonnie Garcia and Susan Cathcart, and five grandchildren.

George Harrison Lugrin Jr. of Hendersonville, N.C, died on December 7, 1993. George entered Dartmouth from Valley Forge Military Academy and was a member of The Dartmouth's news board and a brother in Theta Chi. He had earlier military training and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the army in January 1941. He served in WW II with an anti-tank company. After the war George served as an airline dispatcher with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines in the sixties and in the same capacity with Iberian Airlines of Spain in the seventies, when he lived in Massapequa, N.Y. He is survived by his wife, Inez.

Philip M. Sellinger of Madison, Wise., died on April 11. Phil came to Dartmouth from Sheboygan High School, where he edited the school paper. In Hanover Phil was on the news board of the Dartmouth, a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon, and majored in economics.

He served in the air force in WW II 194246. Before the war Phil worked at Schrier Malting Co., American Can Co., and Swift & Co. Following the war he was with the family glove-manufacturing firm in Sheboygan.

The bulk of his life, however, was devoted to politics. He served Wisconsin Governor Vernon Thomas, the state Republican Party as publicity director, the Wisconsin State Chamber of Commerce, and Tommy Thompson, prior to the latter's election as governor. He also worked as a consultant and manager for various local and out-of-state political campaigns.

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

John C. Sinclair of Atdeboro, Mass., died on March 18 at the Rhode Island Hospital. Jack was a graduate of Attleboro High School and after Dartmouth went on to study at Tuck.

In 1946 he founded Sinclair Manufacturing Cos., maker of components for the electronics industry. Jack also consulted for Draper Labs at MIT in the sixties.

He was a member of Associated Industries of Massachusetts and Aliens Harbor Yacht Club on Cape Cod.

Besides his wife, Virginia, he leaves his son John L. Sinclair '83, daughter-in-law Jonna Kirschner Sinclair '84, and two sisters.

1940

Jame G. Moore died in his sleep at his home in Oceanside, Calif., on December 9, 1993, on his 75th birthday. Jim came to Dartmouth from Homer City High School in Pennsylvania and was a member of the band and Phi Sigma Kappa. He earned an LL.B. from U-Penn in 1942 and served as a captain in the army from 1942 to 1946, mostly in France and Belgium. His private law practice led him to work in Philadelphia for the American Water Works Company, where he was an executive until his retirementin 1979. He is survived by his wife, Eileen, and seven children, includingjame C. '66 and Dennis '70.

James S. Timothy died on January 24 after a long bout with leukemia. Born in West Point, N.Y., to an army family, "Pat" entered Dartmouth as a resident of Fort Leavenworth, Kans. He attended Dartmouth for just freshman year and graduated from West Point with the class of 1942. He always maintained an interest in Dartmouth. He served in WW II and Vietnam and was a brigadier general when he retired. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the Distinguished Service Medal, the French Croix de Guerre, and other decorations. In recent years he live in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. He is survived by his wife, Lavania, and a daughter.

1941

Ralph Edson Johnson passed away on June 12 in Barrington, 111., after a two-year battle with cancer. Ralph left Dartmouth early and continued at Northwestern University until he enlisted in the army in 1941. He served in Europe as an intelligence officer and was decommissioned in 1946 as a major. He joined J.W. Johnson Company, manufacturers of canvas products, of which he was president from 1962 to 1968. He then founded Chicago Tent and Textile Co. and was chairman of the board and CEO from 1975 until his retirement. Ralph was a longtime Barrington Township committeeman and a political activist for conservative and humanitarian causes. He was a life member of the board of managers of the YMCA in Chicago, a Mason, a Shriner, and an elder of the Barrington Presbyterian Church. Ralph is survived by his wife of 42 years, Sydney, and their five daughters.

Richard B. Locke Jr. died in Green Valley, Ariz., on May 17 after a long illness. Dick came from Belmont, Mass., and attended Dartmouth for two years, finishing his education at Lyndon (Vt.) Teach- ers College. He taught in various schools, including rural schools in Vermont and elementary grades in Connecticut. Dick is survived by his widow, Fumi Sakamoto, and their two children.

1942

J. Craig Kuhn died of a heart attack on August 29 at his summer cottage on Cape Rosier, (Penobscot Bay) Maine. Craig came to Dartmouth from Shady Side Academy, graduated cum laude in philosophy, and joined the navy and served as a PT boat officer in the Mediterranean and South Pacific. In 1948 he graduated from the University of Pittsburgh Law School, where he was editor of the Law Review and later taught law from 1952 to 1955.

Craig practiced law in Pittsburgh for 46 years, specializing in labor unions. He founded the law firm of Kuhn Engle and Stein more than 20 years ago and was joined in that practice by his son James C. Kuhn 111 '68.

In 1960 Craig was elected to the Pittsburgh City Council as a Democrat and served for ten years, becoming chairman of the finance committee. Craig was a founding member of the Pittsburgh Chamber of Music Society and served as an elder of the East Liberty Presbyterian Church. He is survived by his wife, Sally, a daughter, three other sons including Thomas 'BB, seven grandchildren, and one great-grandson.

1943

James Thomas Heenehan died May 19. Jim, a history major, left Dartmouth at the end of his Junior year, spent a year at Fordham, then served with the army in the Philippines, landing in Japan just after the war ended.

Jim returned to Dartmouth to graduate in 1947, then earned a law degree at Fordham in 1950 and a doctorate in 1968. Jim became a construction coordinator and built the Holiday Inn at Kissimmee, Fla.

Jim lived in New York City. He performed alumni-interviewing work and was active in fundraising for the Portsmouth Abbey School. He is survived by his sons James and John.

James Joseph Kerley of Greenbelt, Md., died March 21 of heart disease complicated by bronchial pneumonia. He earned an engineering degree at Thayer and worked for Lockheed Aircraft on the P- 38, served as a naval officer in WW II, and afterwards as technical advisor to the Italian Embassy. He became a professor of mechanical engineering at George Washington University and worked in the fifties for the Corps of Engineers. In 1959 he formed two companies, Kerley Engineering Inc. in the U.S. and Kerley International in Milan, Italy, to promote his inventions, which were sold in seven countries.

Jim's exceptional career included 30 years with NASA, and he won more than SO patents on mechanical, robotic, and medical-engineering inventions. He worked with Von Braun on the Jupiter missile, contributed significantly to the Goddard Space Flight Center program, helped plan the Hubble Space Telescope Mission, and was honored as Goddard Inventor of the Year in 1991.

Working with the University of Maryland Hospital in developing aids for the elderly and handicapped, Jim invented a page turner, a hands-free walker, and a work station for quadriplegics and other handicapped people.

He leaves his wife, Mary, two sons, and three daughters.

1944

Douglas Campbell Alton died November 15, 1991, of Alzheimer's disease and cancer at his home in Foxboro, Mass. Doug came to Hanover from Dartmouth, Mass., and Choate School, but left after his freshman year to join the navy. He served as a Yeoman first class for four years, with service in the Middle East. After the war he completed college at Colgate.

He founded his own company, D.C. Alton Inc., wholesalers of pet supplies, and lived at various times in Florida, South Carolina, and Massachusetts. He is survived by his wife, Larue, four children, and eight grandchildren.

1945

Donald Hugh Clow MacKay of Lake Bluff, 111., died at home after a long illness on June 22. He came to Dartmouth from New York City and was a member of Phi Delta Theta and The Dartmouth's newsboard. His education was interrupted when he joined the Fifth Amphibious Corps of the United States Marine Corps in 1943. He was discharged as a corporal in March 16 1946 and received his degree at Dartmouth. He worked for International Harvester before joining the S.W. Stinemetz hotel and restaurant equipment business in Washington, D.C., as a salesman in 1948.

Don is survived by his wife, Donna, whom he married in january 1959, two sons, and one grandchild. Relatives who attended Dartmouth were his father, Donald '20, two stepbrothers, and three nephews.

1948

Thomas Paul Matthews died of an extended illness in St. Joseph's Hospital, Burbank, Calif., in June 1980. He had had a successful career in electronics engineering and marketing in New England and the Golden State.

A native of Waterbury, Conn., Tom entered Yale out of high school in 1943 and transferred to Dartmouth in the Navy V-12 in 1944. After active service he returned to Hanover where he graduated in 1948. He was active in Delta Upsilon and played a fine trumpet, as he had briefly done earlier for Glenn Miller.

Tom was town planning commissioner for a time in Bethlehem, Conn., interviewed prospective freshmen candidates for Dartmouth, and over the years often got back to his beloved Flanover with wife Virginia. She and a daughter survive him.

1949

Malcolm Parks Jr. died athis home in Columbus, N.C., on june 3,1991, following an eight-month illness. He is survived by his widow, Ida, but unfortunately College and class records reveal little else about his career.

1950

David C. Bull died at his home in Palo Alto, Calif., on April 15 after a year-long battle with cancer. David grew up in Glencoe, 111., where he went to grammar school with his future wife, Mary Louise Stowers. He attended NewTrier High School and Exeter. At Dartmouth he majored in English, was Phi Beta Kappa, and was a member of the golf team, C&G, Undergraduate Council, and Phi Kappa Psi. Dave received his LL.B. from the University of Michigan and, after a stint in the army, spent 14 years practicing corporate law in Illinois and California. In 1974 he started the successful Bull Publishing Company, specializing in health, nutrition, and fitness.

He is survived by Mary Louise, two sons, and a daughter.

John E. Newby died suddenly of heart failure on April 4 in Marblehead, Mass. Following graduation from Medford (Mass.) High School, Jack spent more than two years in Italy with the U.S. Army. He earned the Bronze Star, received a battlefield commission, and was wounded in action. At Dartmouth Jack majored in economics, was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa and II Circolo Italiano, and ran on the track team. He had a highly successful career in marketing with one of Massachusetts's largest fuel-oil companies and devoted much time to civic activities—including the Newton Community Council, Marblehead Counseling Center, and two hospitals. He is survived by his wife, Joan, two daughters, and three sons.

1951

G. William Lamade died of cancer at his home in Montoursville, Pa., on March 16. Bill, a retired vice president of Marsh and McLennan, had worked in several foreign countries, including Venezuela and New Zealand, before returning to New York. He joined the insurance company after four years as a lieutenant in the air force during the Korean War.

At Dartmouth he studied zoology and belonged to Phi Sigma Psi.

Bill was actively engaged in community service and volunteer work, including service to Dartmouth. He was also a hunter and fisherman. Bill was married for more 35 years to Barbara, who survives along with their three children.

1958

Richard S. Stoddart diedjanuary 17,1993, Fla. Dick majored in international relations and was a member of Kappa Sigma, the Interfraternity and Undergraduate Councils, Green Key, and Palaeopitus, and was manager of the baseball team.

After graduation Dick served in the navy for three years and then earned a J.D. at the University of Michigan Law School. He practiced law in Cleveland for four years, then entered the world of business. In the seventies he led a successful fight to establish a countywide tax base for regional transit, which resulted in the creation of the Regional Transit Authority. In the eighties he moved to Florida and worked with an executive placement agency.

Dick was class president from 1958 until the Tenth Reunion and served as club secretary in Cleveland and a class agent 1984-88.

Divorced in 1981, he was survived by three grown children including Richard Jr. 'B5.

1959

Harry Alexander Shaw III died September 5 in Boston. Harry had been chairman and CEO of the Huffy Corporation. His family recently moved from suburban Dayton, Ohio, to Bokeelia, Fla., and a summer home in Marblehead, Mass. Harry earned an M.B.A. from Harvard and began his career with Huffy in 1969 as a sales manager.

Harry served as a director of four compa- nies and on the boards three others. He was chairman or past chair of the American Recre- ational Roundtable, the United Way of Greater Dayton, the Dayton Art Institute, and the Dayton Boy Scouts, and was a trustee of the Miami Valley Hospital, Greater Dayton Public Television, and Wilberforce University. Harry came to Dartmouth from El Paso, Texas, majored in geography, played football and lacrosse, and was a member of Psi Upsilon, the D.O.C., and the Winter Carnival Council. Harry was class secretary 1959-60 and from 1990 until his death, and he served in other class and club officer positions.

Harry is survived by his wife, Phoebe, children Harry IV '91, Austin, and Christine '94, his mother, Gladys, and three brothers.

1960

Bruce Alan Flashner died of a heart attack while jogging near his home in Highland Park, 111., on July 2 5. Having sold his national chain of 62 ambulatory medical care centers to New York Life, Bruce had just returned from a Mediterranean cruise with his wife, Joan, and four grown children.

Bruce entered Dartmouth from Brooklyn, was a member of the TEP fraternity, and graduated magna cum laude. He settled in Illinois after gaining his medical degree at North- western. Serving as a partner with the accounting firm of Arthur Young & Co., where he helped companies to form health systems, he opened his first care center on his own in 1979.

At other points in his career, Bruce served as deputy director of the Illinois Department of Public Health and as chief surgical resident at Cook County Hospital.

Samuel Hooker French died from complications of a brain tumor at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital on June 2 6 For 20 years he operated his own architectural firm, French and Crane, in the Philadelphia area, specializing in residential construction. In 1971 he designed and built his own home in the Frank Lloyd Wright tradition in Wayne, Pa.

At Dartmouth Sam was a member of Psi Upsilon, was active in the Outing Club, and played squash, which became a lifelong devotion. In 1992-93 he was the ninth-ranking player in the nation in the 50s age group. His firm designed a number of squash courts.

After Dartmouth Sam served as a lieutenant in the Army Quartermaster Corps, and then he and his wife, Mary, served in the Peace Corps in Peru. Later in life he was a trustee of the Episcopal Academy of Philadelphia and on the board of governors of the Merion Cricket Club.

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

1962

Allan Willard Bryant Jr. died of a massive heart attack on January 9 in San Jose, Calif. He had recently joined Computer Curriculum Corporation as vice president of human resources after a 28- year management career with General Electric. Allan, son of the late Alan Bryant '37 and brother of TimotTiy '65, prepared for Dartmouth at New Canaan High School, was an economics major and an ROTC officer, and was active in the DOC and as associate sports editor for The Dartmouth. After a Tuck M.B.A. Al entered the army while simultaneously attending law school. He was discharged as a captain in 1965.

A1 received numerous awards for his civic service and leadership in Arizona, North Carolina, Virginia, New Hampshire, and California.

Allan is survived by a daughter, a son, and his wife, Karen.

1963

Franklin George Koory died on June 15, 1992, of heart disease in Troy, Mich., where he lived and practiced law. A graduate of Wayne State University Law School, Frank specialized in civil litigation and criminal law since 1971. He had been an assistant prosecuting attorney in Oakland County and an assistant United States attorney.

Frank grew up in Detroit and attended Dartmouth but received his B.A. in history from Michigan State University. He served as president of the Troy Republican Club and treasurer of the Charnwood Park Homeowners Association.

Frank is survived by his wife, Colleen, a daughter, and two brothers. His son John died in 1989.

The following obituary ran under the wrongclass numerals in the last issue. We apologizefor the error.—Ed.

1967

John Edward Burns died December 2, 1993, in Los Angeles of AIDS. A small-town boy from Illinois, John, with his twin brother, Jim, was on the team that won the state basketball championship his senior year. At Dartmouth he majored in history and was elected to the 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 enjoyed political analysis. He is survived by his mother, Betty Burns, and his brother.

Daniel Arthur Sullivan died May 14, 1992, in Sandwich, Mass., of a heart attack. Dan came to Dartmouth from Keene, N.H., following his father, Edward '24, and brother Bob '61. He majored in engineering and was in Phi Gamma Delta. Dan earned his B.E. and M.S. at Thayer and taught math for three years at Hanover High.

Dan began his engineering career when he joined GE in Schenectady, N.Y., where he made innovations in gas-turbine combustion. On leave in 1975-76, he worked on his doctoral thesis at the Max Planck Institute in Germany. He received a Ph.D. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1982. In 1979 Dan joined Thomassen U.S. Inc. on Cape Cod. While there he also taught and did research at Southeastern Massachusetts University and Brown University and published more than 20 articles on fluid dynamics and other subjects. Dan developed a computer program for power and process-plant monitoring, formed his own company, and was marketing the program in Europe and the U.S. at the time of his death.

In 1968 Dan married Elizabeth Mansur. She and their three children, including Michael '90, survive him.

1968

Norman Nelson Jones III died at home in Kansas City, Mo., of esophageal and stomach cancer on April 7. The cancer was discovered after Norm had successfully recovered from brain surgery to correct a congenital blood-vessel malformation which had been causing severe headaches.

Norm worked for Worldspan in Kansas City. Prior to that he was a computer analyst with Trans World Airlines. He graduated from the Burlington, lowa, high school, majored in economics, was active in crew and intramurals, and was a member of Gamma Delta Chi. Norm was an army veteran of Vietnam.

He is survived by his wife, Helen, his parents, Norman N. Jones Jr. '41 and Mary Adelaide Jones, and three sisters.

1970

Timothy Lewis Coffin died March 6 in Auburn, Calif., 48 hours after a massive and unexpected stroke. He was raised in southern California, and at Dartmouth he studied Spanish and religion. He was a member of Gamma Delta Chi and an anti-war activist.

A conscientious objector, Tim performed two years of alternative service doing social work. He worked many years thereafter in the field of child welfare for Riverside and Placer counties. In 1988 he received a J.D. from the McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento and went on to practice criminal defense and juvenile law in Auburn until his death. He served as vice president of the Placer County Bar Association, board member of the Equinox Children's Treatment Center, and founding member of the Placer County Peer Court for first-time juvenile offenders. He had also been involved in Little League and Dartmouth candidate interviewing.

Tim was married twice, most recently to Ann Kathleen Van Wie in June 1981. In addition to Kate, Tim is survived by two step-children, his parents, a sister, and two brothers.

1978

Heather Anne Wilson died at her home in Arizona on June 10 after a long illness. Heather, a member of the Nez Perce Tribe in Idaho, was a music major and a member of the Glee Club and the Italian Club while at Dartmouth.

Heather left Dartmouth in the middle of her sophomore year due to a brain tumor and related health complications. After college she continued her musical activities in choral groups, including St. Mary's Basilica Chorale in Phoenix, Ariz.

Her ashes were interred on the Nez Perce Reservation in northern Idaho.

1980

Jay Scott Tyson died July 28 after a seven-year battle with brain cancer. He died peacefully at home in St. Paul, Minn., in the company of his wife of four years, Colleen, and his father.

Jay graduated from Minneapolis West High School. In Hanover he played a key role on defense for the 1978 Ivy League Football Championship team. Jay majored in studio arts and minored in art history. He returned to Minneapolis to begin postgraduate studies in architecture at the University of Minnesota.

After his initial treatment for the cancer, Jay became active in support groups at a local hospital. He continued to paint, sculpt, and work with mixed media. He also enjoyed camping and canoeing.

Jay is survived by his wife, his parents, and his brother and sister. Contributions to the Jay Tyson Memorial Fund may be sent to Melanie Norten, Stewardship Office, Dartmouth College, 63 S. Main St., Hanover, NH 03755-2061.