Death

This is a listing of deaths which have been reported to us since we prepared the previous issue. Full notices, usually written by the class secretaries, may appear in this issue or in a later one.

Guy C. Blodgett '08 'June 28 Robert P. Burroughs '2l 'June 10 Lester F. Stevens '23 • Oct. 29, 1993 Sidney Fish '24 • June 14 Carlyle F. Quimby '24 • April 29 Dudley T. Smith '25 • May 26 Kenneth D. Andler '26 • July 2 Francis A. Ives '26 • March 13 Warren E. Murray '27 • July 2 George K. Sanborn '28 • July 30 Benjamin Cohen '30 • May 29, 1986 Leon F. Andrews '31 • Feb. 16 Richard A. Knight '31 • July 3 Hanford L. Auten '32 • July 17 Richard T. Holway '32 • July 5 George M. Rideout '33 • July 22 David R. Ely '34 • May 26 Benjamin N. Rippe '34 • Nov. 11, 1993 Robert M. Rodman '34 • July 27 Theodore M. Thopson '34 • July 10 Gordon D. Hislop '35 • July 13 Bernard R. Jankoff '35 • July 8 Arnold F. Sammis '35 • April 1 David O. Campbell '36 • June 29 Edward F. Kendall '36 • May 1 Stephen R. Cochrane '37 • May 17 Kenneth T. Hugo '39 • April 18 Robert C. Krone '40 • July 11 James G. Moore '40 • Dec. 9 Julian Armstrong '41 • April 17 Ralph E. Johnson '41 ' June 12 Richard B. Locke '41 • May 17 Edward C. Newman '42 • Aug. 10, 199. James J. Kerley '43 • March 21 Elmer G. Stevens '43 • May 11 Donald H. MacKay '45 • June 22 Marcel A. Richard '46 • June 5 Edmund P. Connolly '47 • May 31 Thomas L. Davidson '53 'June 12 Donald C. Smith '53 • June 21 George M. Salkeld '58 'June 5 Bruce A. Flashner '60 • July 25 Samuel H. French '60 • June 26 Steven W. Kimbell '62 • Nov. 15, 1992 Michael F. Martin '75 'June 5 Alec M. Donaldson '79 • May 11 Brice Dowaliby '80 • July 13 Jay S. Tyson '80 • July 28

1921

Raymond DeWitt Mallary of Bradford, Vt, died November 22,1993, after a long illness. At Dartmouth he was a member of Psi Upsilon. His activities included football and the Players. As an alumnus he served as 1921 's treasurer 1981-1986 and was president from 1986 to 1991. He also served as a class agent for the Alumni Fund for four years.

He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1924 and went to Springfield, Mass., where he became a member of the law firm of Wooden, Small, and Mallary. He was a trustee and for many years board chairman of the famous Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield. Other directorships included Massachusetts Mutual Insurance Company, Central Vermont Public Service Cos., and Vermont Power Cos.

In 1935 he bought a farm in Bradford, Vt., partly as a hobby but eventually as a highly successful business. He moved to Vermont, and in addition to running the 700-acre farm, he became a board member of several state and national cattle-breeder associations. He served as a president of the Holstein-Friesian Association of America.

1922

Lawrence Albert Waite died February 7 at a Connecticut health-care center. Before entering Dartmouth, Larry had served briefly in the army in World War I. In college he was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon and active in the Outing Club. He had a lifelong interest in the College.

Larry was commissioned a navy ensign in 1924, then served in flights from battleships Utah, Arkansas, Lexington, and Wright.

During World War II he served with the Seventh Fleet and continued as a navy aviator until his retirement as a captain in 1956. He then served in Washington as the navy member of the President's Airport Use Panel and liaison officer to the assistant secretary of defense.

More recently Larry was associated as a consultant with a large New Orleans transportation tion company.

In 1987 he moved to Branford, Conn. He was a member of the Association of Naval Aviation, the American Legion, and the National Society of Mayflower Descendants. Larry is survived by three daughters, 22 grandchildren, and 15 great-grandchildren.

1924

Weston Blake spent his last several years in a nursing home in Lexington, Mass., where he died on January 15. Wes took a year at Harvard Business School after graduation but from then on he was as tied to skiing and other outdoor activities as he had been at Dartmouth, where he was captain of the ski team and a leader in the Canoe Club and the Outing Club. He became a manufacturer's rep and an importer of ski equipment. From 1926 to 1944 he was also in the investment business with Kidder Peabody & Cos. He built the third ski-tow in the country in 1936 and at one time owned and operated two other ski tows. He lived in Weston, Mass., for many years and never missed a year of skiing until 1979. He moved to South Pomfret, Vt., and finally to Wilder, Vt., even nearer to Hanover. He and Bassy took many trips abroad, which almost always included active participation in the sports of which they were so fond.

In addition to his wife, Helen (Bassy), Wes is survived by a son, a daughter, seven grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

Franklin Montross died in the Deaconess-Rivercrest Home in Concord, Mass., on December 13. After Dartmouth he obtained his law degree from Columbia in 1927, practiced law in several White Plains law firms, and lived in various locations in Westchester County. He was president of Kensico Cemetery for 50 years. Upon his retirement he was extolled as "an outstanding leader with great management ability and devotion to his staff." Frank was also president of the Northern Westchester National Bank for 37 years and served a term as president of the Westchester County Bankers Association. During World War II he was chairman of the Westchester War Bond Drive.

Frank was secretary of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Westchester County for several years and also served as class agent. He is survived by a son, Franklin III of Boston, daughters Elizabeth Julier of Concord, Mass., and Barbara Magee of Baltimore, Md., eight grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren.

1926

David Duncan Levy died December 2 2 at King's Retirement Home in Evanston III. Dave grew up in Wilmette, III., and came to Dartmouth from New Trier High School. He left after two full years and received a B.S. in 1927 and then an M.A. in 193 5 from Northwestern University. He was in the leather business in Chicago and then joined the Postal Service in 1948 and spent the rest of his career there.

He is survived by his daughter Suzanne Olson, two grandchildren, and his nephew John R. Liebman '56.

Richard Maurice Nichols died after a long illness January 23 at North Hill, Needham, Mass. He and his wife, Ruth Killiam, moved there in 1988 after 50 years at their home in Wellesley Dick was born in Peterborough, N.H., attended the public schools there, and graduated magna cum laude at Dartmouth, where he was Phi Beta Kappa and a member of Gamma Delta Chi. Dick served on Alumni Fund committees and the executive committee and was class bequest chairman 1951-57. He and Ruth were always active in class activities, especially their most generous joint Dartmouth scholarship fund.

Dick graduated from Harvard Law in 1929 and joined Goodwin, Proctor and Hoar. He became a partner in 1937, and when he retired in 1975 the partnership had grown into one of the largest in Boston. He served on the boards of a number of businesses and was president of the Boston Museum of Science, chairman of the board of trustees of Babson College, where he received an honorary doctorate of laws, and active in other civic organizations.

He leaves his sons Andrew L. Nichols '58 and James R. Nichols '60, his sister Phyllis Munhall, four grandchildren including Stephanie '83, Jennifer '87, and Richard '89, and two great-grandchildren.

1927

Henry Walter Orth died January 13 at Friendship Village, Columbus, Ohio, after a short illness. At Dartmouth Hank was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and Dragon senior society. After graduation Hank worked for Gugler Lithographing Cos. in Chicago until 1948 when he joined H.C. Miller Cos., a family business in Milwaukee that made office supplies. He retired in 1975. He was president of the Dartmouth Club of Milwaukee 1949-1950. He received a pewter Revere bowl as a gift from the College for his more than 60 years of contributions to Dartmouth, of which he was very proud.

His wife, Mary Jane, and brother Leonard '22 predeceased him. Survivors are daughters Jane Wade of Columbus and Penelope Bareau of New York City.

Everett Winston Rodormer died December 15, 1993, in Sea Island, Ga., after a long illness. He entered Dartmouth from Chicago. He was an English major and a member of Psi Upsilon, Dragon, and the golf team. After college he returned to Chicago to join the family business, Reliable Electric Company. He married Mary Elizabeth Edwards in 1933. She was the daughter of D.W. Edwards, owner of the largest department store in Syracuse, N.Y., where they moved in 1945 when Win became president.

1928

John Bodge Kenerson died January 9 after a long illness. Jack prepared for Dartmouth at Winchester (Mass.) High School and the Lyndon Institute. At Dartmouth his major was Tuck School, where he graduated in 1929. He joined Phi Gamma Delta and Cabin & Trail. After graduation he taught at Lyndon for a year before joining Ginn & Cos. as a salesman. He later became a partner. After 36 years he retired when the company was acquired by Xerox.

Jack's father, Ned, was president of the class of'03, and Jack's ancestry included nine generations of Dartmouth connections, among them Eleazr Wheelock's sister Ruth. Jack is survived by Francis, his wife of 63 years, a daughter, two sons including Bob '60, eight grandchildren including Julia '92, two great-grandchildren, his brother David '37, and two sisters.

Lawrence Robinson died quietly in his sleep while listening to a favorite Brahms symphony on Christmas Day, a few days short of his 90th birthday. Known as "Topper," he came to Dartmouth from Brookline, Mass., via Dean Academy. Prior to matriculation, he worked for a year as a seaman to save for his college expenses. He left Dartmouth during his junior year to assist his father in a struggling family business. He remained in the business for the next 44 years,

watching it prosper and grow. After retiring in 1970. Topper lived on Cape Cod and was an active volunteer at the Cape Cod Hospital until he was 80. He was always active in Dartmouth affairs, serving as an interviewer, recruiter, and fundraiser.

1929

Paul Emile Biron of Manchester, N.H., died October 18,1993. Paul left Dartmouth early and earned his M.D. from Temple University in 1933 and his Master's in Medical Science from Penn in 1938.

A captain in the medical corps, he served as a surgeon in Burma and India. He was a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and belonged to several medical societies. He practiced for years in Manchester.

He leaves his wife, Marie.

John Weil Irving died on September 5, 1993, in Palm Harbor, Fla. Jack came from Erasmus High School in Brooklyn and was on the swimming team. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa. He worked in the department-store business until 1940 when he joined the Department of Labor in Washington. He worked for the National Labor Relations Board until he retired, except for service in the army in California during World War 11. He served the N.L.R.B. in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Syracuse, and New Orleans and was chief field examiner when he retired to St. Petersburg, Fla. His wives Augusta and Emily predeceased him. He leaves two sons, David '70 and John.

Bronson Halstead Purdy died of heart failure November 29, 1993, at Humana Hospital in Ormond Beach, Fla. Bud came from Mercersburg Academy and Mount Vernon, N.Y. He belonged to Delta Tau Delta and majored in history.

He first combined banking and insurance with being secretary of the mayor of Mt. Vernon. He sold Ansco film in New York, then Venus pencils in California. He was active in Boy Scouts, church, and civic affairs.

He leaves his wife, Rachel, and three sons.

Arthur Ryan died on September 19, 1993, in Chicago, III. Art started with the class of '28 and Graduated Ed Phi Beta Kappa in 1929. He belonged to Phi Alpha Delta, the law fraternity. He earned his J.D. from Northwestern University in 1932 and practiced law in Chicago.

He belonged to the University Club of Chicago and the Edgewater Golf Club. He leaves his wife, Jane.

1930

Radcliffe Ellis Kilbourne died December 9, 1993. At the time he was living in Conway, S.C.

Rad was in accounting for most of his business career. After Harvard Business School he was connected with Paul & Cos. of Philadelphia from 1931 to 1941, and then was a general accountant with E.I. DuPont de Nemours in Wilmington, Del., from 1949 until his retirement in 1969. He wrote many articles on investments in newspapers—Barron's, Times Annulis, and others.

Rad married Lois Peters of Philadelphia in 1931. She survives with their son Thomas.

Fred Clark Scribner died of heart failure on January 5. At the time he was living in Falmouth, Maine. He was a native of Maine and resided there for much of his life, practicing law

He started with Allen, Smith and Lancaster in Portland, then was a partner with Pierce, Atwood, Scribner, Hall and Thompson from 1961. In 1982 more than 500 luminaries of the Republican party, including Henry Kissinger, witnessed Fred receiving the GOP's third Nelson A. Rockefeller award for unique contributions to his party. Fred served as general counsel to the Republican National Committee and as undersecretary of the U.S. Treasury Department in the fifties, and he was an activist for the party over half a century. He was a member of the National Security Council 1959-61.

An honorary Phi Beta Kappa at Dartmouth, he received an honorary degree and an Alumni Award in 1971. He was class president in the sixties. Fred also held honorary degrees from the University of Maine, Colby, Bowdoin, and other schools. He was a trustee of the Cardigan Mountain School, Bradford College, and numerous organizations. He was an Eagle Scout and winner of the Scouts' Silver Beaver Award.

Fred's wife, Barbara, died just six days before him. There are three sons, Fred III, Curtis, and Charles and three grandchildren.

1931

Howard Francis Mason died at home in Wilton, N.H., on February 8. He came to Dartmouth from Wilton High and majored in education. He obtained his master's from UNH in 1939 and his doctorate from Harvard in 195 7.

Harvard School of Education in 1954 and 1955. He was a committee member of and a consultant to a host of teachers' and administrators' organizations.

In 1981 he was elected representative to the New Hampshire State Legislature, and served seven terms. During that period he had been principal care-giver to his wife before placing her in a nursing home in Peterborough. She survives him along with sons Harvey '53 and Howard, a sister, five grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

Francis Myron Pope died on December 10 in Reading, Penn. after a long illness. Frank entered Dartmouth from Swampscott (Mass.) High School and Phillips Academy and was a member of Chi Phi. After Dartmouth he attended Harvard and the Vesper George School of Art. His work contributing art to Jack-O-Lantern helped start him with The New England Newspaper Publishing Company in Boston as an editorial artist in 1931. He became assistant editorial art director of that firm until 1957, when he purchased a hearing-aid dealership in Fall River, Mass. In 1962 he took over in Reading what became the Pope Hearing Aid Company, which he operated until selling out in 1993. In Reading he was active in Rotary, Chamber of Commerce, the Moravian Church, the National Hearing Aid Society, and was a director of the Berks County Association for the Hearing Impaired.

Frank is survived by his wife, Bettina, two sons, a daughter, and his nephew John D. Pope '54. His first wife, Priscilla, and his brother Roger '20 predeceased him.

John Oberly Rogers

died on December 31 in Patten, Maine, where he had practiced law.

John came to the College from the Choate School, majored in political science, and was a member of Cabin & Trail and of Sigma Chi. He received his LL.B. from Harvard in 1934 and began practice that year in northern Maine at Caribou. He later opened an office in Houlton. Active in civic organizations, he was a member of the American Bar Association, Masons, Elks, and Lions. He was assistant attorney general of Maine from 1944 to 1945, and for 13 years he served as assistant district attorney. In 1964 he was a candidate for a seat in the House of Representatives.

He is survived by his wife, Caroline, three sons, and two granddaughters.

1932

Laurence W. Collins of Branford Conn., died from a heart attack October 27, 1993. Larry came from Littleton, N.H. and entered Dartmouth from New Hampton School. He was a member of Sigma Chi (Tabard) and was active with the band, The Dartmouth, and Jack-O-Lantern.

Forced to withdraw from college at the end of his junior year because of financial difficulties, he founded with his father the Rock Pool Club, an arts-and-crafts community in Littleton. His blacksmithing activities there lead him to the field of metallurgy, in which he spent most of his life. He worked for several hardware-manufacturing companies in Connecticut and New Jersey and for a while operated his own ornamental wrought-iron business. During WWII he worked for Fafnir Bearing of New Britain, Conn., making bearings for airplanes. He wrote many articles and edited a number of trade journals, finally retiring as editorial director of Wire Journal and vice president of its parent, Wire Association International.

Larry leaves his widow, Louise, a son and daughter, and his brother George '34.

William H. Davis of Milburn N.H., died February 6 in Morristown, N.J. After Dartmouth, where he was a member of Chi Phi and Dragon, he went on to Tuck School.

Bill was active in graphic arts for 58 years, and for 39 years worked for Pope & Gray Company of Clifton, N.J., where he was president for seven years. He served in the U.S. Navy in World War II.

He is survived by his widow, Louise, a son, two daughters, and eight grandchildren.

died of cancer in a hospice in Washington, D. C., December 8. Graduating as valedictorian at Scarsdale (N.Y.) High School at age 16, he was too young for college and worked for a year at the New York Stock Exchange. At Dartmouth he was on the Jack-O-Lantern staff.

A few years after graduation he joined the family wine-importing business. During World War II he became an administrator in the radar laboratory of M.I.T. From 1946 to 1965 he was administrator of research at the Polytechnic Institute of Boston. He then moved to Washington and joined the National Association of College and University Business Officers, where he became executive director of the Governmental Relations Committee until he retired in 1976. In retirement he was a consultant to the Department of Health and Human services and to a federal commission on paperwork.

Survivors include his wife, Margery, a daughter, a son, and two grandchildren.

1933

Atwood Levensaler died of cancer February 6 in Concord, N.H. He prepared for Dartmouth at Concord High School and left the College before graduation.

Joe worked for Pratt & Whitney in Hartford before WW II and then served in the army for three years, principally in the South Pacific. After his service he moved to Laconia, N.H., where he was treasurer of Teakwood, a U.S. Plywood subsidiary in Lakeport. He subsequently started his own public- accounting business which he pursued until his retirement. A poet, he served as a treasurer of the Poetry Society of New Hampshire and was a member of several patriotic societies.

He is survived by Polly, his wife of 53 years.

Donald Otis Lincoln died in Bethesda, Md., on February 1 after an illness of four years. He was a victim of progressive supranuclear palsy. He came to Dartmouth from East Orange High School and was a member of Phi Kappa Psi. He was a well-known debator and delivered the Class Oration at the '33 Commencement. He majored in economics.

After Harvard Law School he practiced in New York, but served in Washington with the navy's Price Adjustment Board during WWII. After the war he resumed legal practice, then in 1958 became an officer in a company serving military suppliers. He returned to the law in 1964 and retired in 1989. He was an active Roman Catholic who received honors from that church and served on many supporting committees.

He is survived by Peg, his wife of 53 years, six children, ten grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

1934

Daniel Clement Golesworthy Jr. died February 11 in Trinidad, West Indies, of congestive heart failure. He came to Dartmouth from Westfield, N.J., was a member of Phi Kappa Sigma and an active swimmer, and stayed at Dartmouth through junior year. He worked with ALCOA Steamship Cos., largely in the West Indies until 1947. Then he was a ship and cargo broker in N.Y.C. with various firms and became executive director of the Association of Ship Brokers & Agents from 1974 to '87.

His wife since 1938, Winifred, died in 1987, and Dan is survived by their two sons, a daughter, five grandchildren, and his second wife, Evelyn.

1935

Robert Clifton Carr died November 11 at his home in Colchester, Utah, after a long illness with cancer. Bob prepared for Dartmouth at Burlington (Vt.) High School, where he was valedictorian. At Dartmouth he was active in freshman and fraternity sports and was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa. He attended Tuck.

During WW II he served as a lieutenant in the navy in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters. Following the war Bob worked as sales manager for the General Ice Cream Cos. and Northeast sales manager for Federal Paper Board Cos. before becoming owner of Alarie's TV Sales and Service Cos. in Burlington, Vt. He leaves his wife, Helen, and two children.

Charles Gould Griffith of North Bennington, Vt., died of a heart attack on November 26 while visiting his son Barry '69 in North Shrewsbury, Vt. Charles came to Hanover from Burr & Burton Seminary in Manchester, Vt. He majored in art. After graduation he attended Cooper Union Art School and worked as an artist in New York.

During World War II Grif served in the 8th Air Force. While stationed in Northern Ireland he met Sheila, who became his wife of 39 years and predeceased him.

After the war Grif returned to his native Vermont, where he worked at Polygraphic Cos. in North Bennington, Vt. Following his retirement he remained active in community affairs until his death.

He is survived by his son Barry, a sister, and a granddaughter.

1936

William Brewster Towne died February 17 in Tucson, Ariz., after a second stroke. He had come to Dartmouth from Hotchkiss and majored in history and political science. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi and was managing editor of the Aegis. He received an M.B.A. from Harvard in 193 8.

Brew joined the navy in 1941 and ultimately served in the South Pacific as a lieutenant commander on the U.S.S. Jamestown, which received the Presidential Citation. He left the navy in late 1945 and joined the National Blank Book Cos. in Holyoke, Mass. In 1954 he joined Treadway Inns, of which he later became executive vice president. But he and his wife, Marge, really wanted their own place, so in 1958 they purchased the White Stallion Ranch in Tucson. This was a working ranch which they remodeled into a guest ranch and operated until they sold it in 1965. Since 1967 they have lived in Tucson National Country Club.

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

1937

Julian Buckley Leslie died on January 11, 1993, after a short illness in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Les came to Dartmouth from the Berkshire School, majored in botany, and was a member of Beta Theta Pi. He was a first lieutenant in the air force from 1942 to 1946, serving in the China-Burma-India theater.

After the war he opened the Casco Bay Trading Post in Freeport, Maine. Les is survived by his sons Michael, Peter, and Robert.

Stuart McWhood died June 2, 1993, in Springfield, III. He Prepped at Clark School and majored in botany. Stuart lived on North Park with his father, Professor of Music Leonard McWhood. A birth-defective hip caused Woof to limp, but he was an excellent skier, good tennis player, and spectacular dancer. He graduated with the class of '38.

His professional career was devoted to physical education and physical therapy. First he joined the College's Physical Education Department as an instructor in tennis, squash, and handball. In 1941 he was named the physical director of the Dorchester (Mass.) YMCA. After working in the Kabat-Kaiser Institute in California as a gymnasium therapist he joined the Memorial Medical Center in Springfield, III., in their department of physical medicine. He retired as chief of corrective therapy in 1973.

He is survived by his wife, Jean Stewart McWhood and by three children.

John R. Scotford Jr. '38

1938

John Louis Lutz Jr. died November 18, 1993. Jack entered Dartmouth from Boston Latin and majored in economics. He joined his family's food brokerage then married Mildred Brewer in 1940. She had been his date at every houseparty and Carnival. Jack joined the Army Signal Corps in 1943, was commisioned in 1944, and was stationed in various states as a contracting officer assigned to GE.

After the war he returned to John L. Lutz Cos., which he ran with his brother Allan '46 until retirement in 1984. Jack served the College and his class as secretary of the Alumni Club of Wellesley, on the reunion giving committee in 1982 and 1988, and as matching-gifts coordinator 1984—93.

He and Mildred built homes in Wellesley and on Marco Island. She died in 1985. In the 50th Reunion Book he said, "Very grateful, in view of loss of wife, for wonderful daughter, son-in-law, and two granddaughters." One of those granddaughters, Hope E. Rowan, was probably the Alumni Magazine's youngest contributor. She wrote an account of her trip to Hanover for Dartmouth Night and the Harvard game in 1987. She was 12.

J.R.S. Jr. '38

1939

Whitney Gushing died on December 27. While retrieving the morning newspaper he tripped and fell down the stairs of his second-floor Palm Beach apartment. Death was instantaneous.

Following a childhood desire he studied art on the G.I. Bill at four art schools including the Ringling School of Art in Sarasota, Fla. He settled in Palm Beach and mounted one-man shows in such places as the Carpenter Galleries, Hanover, Colby Junior College, the Wood Gallery in Montpelier, Vt., Miami Beach, and Lake Minnewaska, N.Y., among others.

He traveled widely and annually visited St. Albans, Vt., from whence he sprung. He was not married. He is survived by his sister, Mrs. John B. Crawford of Weston, Mass.

Hugh McLaren Jr. died as a result of a stroke on February 16. He had been ill since last June. Hughie came to Dartmouth from Poly Prep in Brooklyn and was a member of Theta Delta Chi. In 1940 he earned his C.E. at Thayer School, where he was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

In 1941 Hugh joined the Vermilya-Brown Construction Company. One of his first jobs was building an air base in Bermuda for the army. In 1942 he joined the coast guard, where he worked on construction throughout WW II.

He was a great hunter, fisherman, and golfer, was a past member of the Board of Governors of the Dartmouth Club of New York, trustee of his church, and active in many trade organizations. He was very active on the 1939 executive committee.

He is survived by his wife, Gertrude, whom he married during the war, two daughters, and three grandchildren.

1940

Robert C. Glunie died suddenly on December 21,1993, at Miles Memorial Hospital in Maine. Bob was born in Rumford, Maine, and attended various schools in Maine before graduating from Phillips Exeter Academy. At Dartmouth Bob was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity. During WW II he served in the Pacific area with the Army Air Force. He taught, coached track and was a headmaster in several Maine school systems after obtaining a master s degree -at the University of Maine. In 1965 his Falmouth High track team won the state championship. He is survived by his wife, Elva, a son, and three daughters.

Charles E Wilde Jr. died of cancer at his home in Wakefield, R.I., on February 7. Chuck entered Dartmouth from Wellesley High School. He was an active member of the DOC and a member of the varsity ski team. For a year after graduation he was an instructor in zoology at Dartmouth. Then he served in the U.S. Army in Africa in the Sanitary Corps until 1945. At Princeton Chuck earned an M. A. in biology in 1947 and a Ph.D. in 1949. At the University of Pennsylvania from 1949 to 1975, he was an outstanding teacher and researcher. Among his honors were fellowships in the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Guggenheim Foundation. For a time he was president of Mount Desert Biological Laboratory. He is survived by Elizabeth, his wife of 50 years, and three children.

1941

William Morris David died on December 9, 1993, in Westminster Md., as the result of a brain tumor. Bill had lost his wife Ann a few years ago after they had 42 years together. Bill was a member of the Glee Club and the soccer team at Dartmouth, and he developed a love of running that he enjoyed in more than 34 countries during his lifetime. In WWII he attended graduate courses at Harvard, MIT, Yale, and Princeton before serving in military government in Okinawa and Korea. Bill retired as a colonel after 26 years of reserve service. His life's work was in the field of education as a student dean and political science professor in several colleges in the U.S. and abroad.

Hugh Ken worthy Jr. died of a stroke on February 19 in Pinehurst, N.C. He had gamely endured the effects of an earlier stroke in February 1993. At Dartmouth Hugh was on the track team. In W W II he served as a lieutenant commander in Naval Intelligence, including two years of duty in the Pacific. He was later with the CIA and then moved on to a business career in the limestone industry based in the Philadelphia area, where he eventually formed his own company, Kenworthy Associates. Besides being a devoted worker for his Dartmouth class, Hugh was a trustee of Pierce Junior College and was on the board of Friends School in Wilmington, Del. Hugh had a passion for golf, playing all over the world, belonging to many clubs, and winning numerous club tourneys. He also excelled in squash and competed enthusiastically in that sport for many years. Hugh is survived by Mary Jane ("Miggie ), his wife of 48 years, and their five sons including Thomas '70 and Peter '77.

1943

Marshall Lowman died of cancer at his home in Elmira, N.Y., on January 13. Marshall was a marine captain in WW II, seeing action in the Guadalcanal, Bougainville, Guam, and Iwo Jima campaigns, and was involved in planning for the invasion of Japan when the war ended. Following graduate work at Cornell, he joined Elmira Rose Products Inc., a commercial rose-growing operation, serving as secretary.

He helped form and was president of the Southern Tier Dartmouth Club, was a class agent, and participated in alumni interviewing. An avid fisherman, Marshall fished all over the U.S., Canada, and throughout northern Europe He also enjoyed travel and golf. He is survived by his wife, Marge, and four children.

1946

John F. Sayers Jr. died November 4,1993, in Branford Conn., after a long illness. Born in West Haven, Conn., Jack came to Dartmouth from the Taft School. He was quarterback on the varsity football team and a top first-baseman on the varsity baseball squad, good enough to receive an offer to play pro ball for the New York Yankees. He decided to stay in college, served in the navy in WW II as a lieutenant (j.g.), and returned to Dartmouth to get his degree. He was a member of DKE and Sphinx. Jack had a very successful career in the investment field as account vice president for Paine Webber & Cos. in New Haven.Jack and his wife, Anona, made their home in Madison, Conn., as did his daughter Pam Hjerpe and grandson David. David visited his Grandpa each day, which was a great joy for Jack. A much respected member of the class of 1946, he had a lifelong interest in serving Dartmouth as a class officer. Beside his wife, daughter, and grandson, he leaves his sister Eleanor Sayers Noe of Richmond, Va.

1952

Dekkers Henri Davidson died of cancer at his home on Lake George August 29,1993. Dek was best known to many classmates for his creative and attention-getting way of dramatizing his opinions and desires. He was active in varsity lacrosse and Delta Tau Delta, and he majored in engineering.

An engineer and inventor, he had his own business, Dek Components Inc., a specialty- subcontractor for commercial swimming pools. He was deeply involved in the Thornwood, N.Y., community as chairman of the Water Commission, annual Santa Claus, Boy Scout leader, and United Fund director.

Dek came from a big Dartmouth family that includes his father, two brothers, three uncles, several cousins, two nephews, and his daughter Annie Barr '83. Dek took joy in escorting Annie down the aisle at her wedding two months before he died. He is survived by his daughter, two sons, and his wife, Louise.

1953

Stephen H. Foster died on December 18 after a brief illness at his winter home in Port Charlotte, Fla. His love of sports, the outdoors, and his ability to catch fish just about anywhere are the fond memories of those who knew him well.

A native of New Haven, Conn., Steve was a member of AD, played mean games of squash, tennis, and golf, and could always be counted on by friend and foe alike to be a worthy competitor in any outdoor activity. After leaving Hanover, Steve graduated from the Syracuse University College of Forestry, becoming a landscape architect and owner of, among other properties, the Satucket Farms on Cape Cod.

Steve is survived by his second wife, Edith, brother Jim, sons Tom '77, Bob 79, and Kent, stepdaughter Pamela, seven grandchildren. and his former wife, Nancy.

Bob Foster '79

John Chase Franklin died on September 23,1993, after an extended illness. John came to Dartmouth from Lake Forest Academy, Lake Forest, III. He was a serious student majoring in philosophy and was particularly influenced by Tom Vance, T.S.K. Scott-Craig, Henry Williams and George Schoenhut. Following graduation John spent two years in the army where he served as a clerk-typist and cook. After discharge he worked briefly as a journalist for UPI in New Orleans, then for a rural Virginia newspaper, and then moved to New York where he became a securities analyst. In the mid sixties John moved to California, eventually settling in Bolinas. He is survived by his wife of 35 years, Neshama , a son, a daughter, and his brother Riley '48.

James Roland Hefler of Norwood, Mass., died of a heart attack on May 30, 1993. Jim came to Dartmouth from St. Sabastian's in Milton and left the College during his sophomore year. He worked for most of his professional life as a salesman for several tool and die manufacturers covering most of the East Coast. Jim was an avid golfer and was active in the Wampatuck Golf Club in Canton where he served as treasurer for many years. He had played in a club tournament the very day he died. In retirement, Jim traveled extensively and pursued his hobby of gourmet cooking. Jim is survived by three brothers and two sisters, five nieces, and eight nephews.

1960

David Anthony Farfan died of a heart attack suffered on a tennis court on Tobago Island November 29, 1993. He had sailed for Trinidad in the Flying Dutchman class at the 1972 Olympics. He took over the family office-supply and computer business in Port of Spain in 1977 and last year completed the construction of a resort complex on neighboring Tobago, consisting of six plantation-style villas overlooking a pool, beachbar and tropical beach.

David came to Dartmouth from Trinidad and a British preparatory school. While at the College he played on the rugby team and belonged to Phi Gamma Delta and Sphinx. He spent his junior spring in Mexico studying Spanish. In 1961 he graduated from Tuck.

Dave's widow, Brenda, remarked, "David's forte in business was his honesty, integrity and humanity. His zest for life was infectious, and his quiet generosity touched all he dealt with."

He is also survived by his children, Charisse, Marsha and Darren.

1963

William Abbott Coates died January 16 after suffering a heart attack during a ski vacation in Vail, Colo. Bill had retired last year from Barclays Bank in San Francisco, where he was responsible for developing high-tech businesses in the Bay area.

Born in Evanston, I11, Bill played baseball and majored in Spanish at Dartmouth. He earned a master's in Latin American studies at the University of Wisconsin and an M.B.A. at Berkeley. He began his banking career at Continental Illinois Bank's international division in Chicago and eventually represented Continental Bank of Canada in London. After joining Barclays in 1985, Bill assisted in coaching and fundraising for the University of California baseball team. He also pitched at "fantasy camps" with the Oakland As and Chicago Cubs.

Maurice G. Friedman died February 7 at his home in San Francisco following a year-long struggle with brain cancer. Mick came to Hanover from Evanston, III., majored in economics, and was a member of Beta Theta Pi. After graduation and service in the army, Mick gained his M.B.A. at Northwestern. He joined the Continental Illinois Bank, whose New York office he managed until the mid-seventies. He then moved to San Francisco, where he enjoyed success as an investment banker with several firms right up until his death.

Mick's keen mind and delightfully droll wit endeared him to a vast and loyal network of friends. He is survived by his parents, Howard and Eleanor Friedman of Jupiter, Fla.

1966

Robert L. Zartler died November 4, 1993, in Rhode Island Hospital, Providence. Since 1990 Bob had run A2Z Technology Partners, his own management-consulting and computer-training company, in his hometown of Jamestown, R.I. Throughout the eighties he worked as a business and systems analyst for a number of Rhode Island manufacturing and service firms. From 1971 to 1977, he was an assistant professor of management science at the University of Rhode Island.

Bob came to Dartmouth from Highland Park (III.) High School. He was active in the Outing Club and was Winter Sports chairman his senior year. He earned an M.B.A. in 1968 from Tuck, majoring in quantitative analysis, and was awarded a Ph.D. in computer systems from Harvard Business School in 1973.

He served Dartmouth as a Regional Agent and an enrollment interviewer. Bob and Ann Shapiro were married in March 1966. She survives along with their two sons and Bob's brother Richard '62.

1978

Arvo J. Oopik died February 24 in a plane crash in Minot, N.D. A cardiologist and commissioned officer with the U.S. Public Health Service, Arvo was making a regular visit to Indian reservations when his plane went down in a snowstorm, killing all three doctors on board and the pilot. Arvo had only the previous week moved his family from Denver to Shelby, N.C., so that his daughter, Kara, who was born with a heart defect, could live at sea level.

Arvo earned his M.D. at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md., in 1982. After completing his internship and residency at the Letterman Army Medical Center in San Francisco in 1983, Arvo was named to a fellowship in cardiology at Letterman. He then became the director of the Aberdeen Area Cardiovascular Program of the Indian Health Service. His innovative and cost-effective traveling cardiology programs brought much-needed care to the Indian tribes of Nebraska and the Dakotas. A founding member of the Strong Heart Study Groups, Arvo studied the variance in heart disease among the Native American population he served.

Arvo was an active member of Sig Ep and an avid skier. He grew up in West Babylon, N.Y. He is survived by his wife, Jennifer Brown, four daughters, his father, Tonis, and his sister Ene.

1990

Barbara McBane Harper died February 27 in a kayaking accident while on an outing with friends on the Lewis River in Washington state. Barb was an economics major at Dartmouth. She was a member of the women's Varsity Crew Team, KKG, and the Student Assembly, and was involved with the Dartmouth Symphony and Freshman Trips. During senior year she interned with the Office of Residential Life.

Barbara's love for adventure and her athletic energy and ability led her to the North-west after graduation. Most recently, she worked as a trainer in Portland, Ore., for Project Adventure. There she led a variety of groups, from business people to 'at risk' youths, through intensive outdoor rope courses. In Portland Barb continued to develop her athletic talents, winning triathlons, competing in marathons, racing bicycles, and kayaking. She also volunteered her time to The Nature Conservancy, speaking to community groups on that organization's behalf.