Deaths

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

John Doty Dodd '22 'July 24 Howard Elton Clark '24 • June 17 John Dobson Parker '24 • July 20 Rodney Staples Starkweather '24 • June 12 Dudley Baldwin Bonsai '27 • July 22 Rolfe Marsh Harvey '27 • April 22 James Moore Jones '27 • Oct. 2, 1994 Stanton Walker Davis '30 • Aug. 8 Thomas Daniel Donovan '30 'June 25 William Lewis OBrion '30 • July 4 Warren Wright Phinney '30 • Aug. 4 Harold Glickman '31 • June 26 Theodore Sherman Johnson '31 • Aug. 7 Charles Edson Adkins '32 • Aug. 13 Francis Aloysius Foley '32 'July 17 John Douglas McCowan '32 • April 9 Frederick Southgate Clark '33 • Nov. 3, 1994 Rufus Curtis Read '33 • June 4 John Stanford Thompson '33 • May 31 John Morrill Lashar '34 • June 21 John Taylor Snite '34 • June 30 Sidney James Simons '35 'July 1 Sidney Lester Barr '36 • July 7 Alfred Charles Meyer '36 • June 3 Alfred John McSwain '38 • July 23 Robert Williams MacMillen '40 • July 4 Warren Shaw Carter '41 • June 25 Henry Abbey Childs '41 • July 25 William Fielding McCue '41 • July 20 Thomas Worthen '42 • July 21 Kevin Barry Kenny '43 • August 9 William Albert Sclioll '43 • April 1 Roger Theodore Feldman '44 "June 26 Edward Crawford Hills '44 • Aug. 10 Ralph Gordon Hinners '45 'June 26 Charles Anthony Marshall '47 • July 19 Norman William Platine '47 • Aug. 4 Harry Tremaline Wood '48 • Aug. 4 Allan R. Gschwind '52 • July 6 William Gene Gerard '55 • July 20 Stephen Lee Cohen '56 • Jan. 16 John Ronaldson Mullen '56 • June 29 William Birrell Ardiff '59 • June 29 George Chester Bonstelle '63 'June 29 David Lawrence Odle '67 • July 7 James Thomas Walter '71 • June 10 James Cook Pramberg '78 • July 3 Terence Maurice Singleton '84 'July 1

1924

Howard Dick Countryman

died of heart failure at his home in Rockford, Ill., on March 7. Dick earned his M.D. at Rush Medical Center in Chicago in 1938 and practiced internal medicine for 50 years. He was the College physician of Rockford College starting in 1939. His private practice in Rockford was interrupted by service in the Air Force from 1942 to 1945. He served as chief of staff of the Rockford Memorial Hospital.

Dick was first married to Virginia Clark who died in 1954. In 1955 he married Theodora Mollenhauer who survives. He is also survived by his daughter Denise Oliver, sons Dean and David, and stepsons David, William, and Edward Mulford.

1927

Guy Bruckner Bostwick

died in Bradenton, Fla., on December 30, 1994. He prepared for Dartmouth at the Horace Mann School in Long Island, N.Y. He was a history major and a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. After graduation he worked for the New York Telephone Company. He was a member of the Lions, Kiwanis, and Rotary clubs at various times in the Long Island area. He enjoyed playing golf throughout his life. He married Louise Thomas in 1939.

Guy was a local supporter of Dartmouth and a founding member of the Dartmouth Club of Long Island. He interviewed prospective candidates for admission to the College and served as assistant class agent for the Alumni Fund.

Rolfe M. Harvey

died April 22 in Marietta, Ga., after a long illness. He entered Dartmouth from Media, Pa. Doc was a member of Chi Phi and a chemistry major. He earned his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1931. He was chief of the radiology service at Bryn Mawr Hospital, president of the Philadelphia Radiological Society, and he served as an army surgeon with the Bryn Mawr Hospital group in France during World War II. He retired to Sarasota, Fla., where he lived almost 20 years before moving to Marietta, Ga., to be near his daughter when his health failed. Doc enjoyed golf and followed the Dartmouth athletic teams faithfully throughout his life. Survivors include his wife, Vera, son Christopher '63, daughter Barbara, eight grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.

1928

Franklin Brewster Folsom

died of a heart attack April 30 in Nassau, the Bahamas, as he disembarked from a cruise ship. "Dank" prepared for Dartmouth at Boulder (Colo.) High School. After one year he transferred to the University of Colorado where his father, a Dartmouth graduate, was a professor and football coach. His father also had coached football at Dartmouth. After graduation Dank won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford and taught at Swarthmore. He made writing his career and published more than 30 books for children, eight for adults, and numerous magazine articles. In 1936 he married Mary Letha Elting, also a writer, who collaborated with him on his books for young people. He wrote largely on American history, Native Americans, and archeology and won many awards.

Dank developed socialist views in the 1930s and often defended the former Soviet Union. Later he was a peace activist and, at 79, he was the oldest member of the Great Peace March in 1986, in which 1,500 people marched 3,225 miles from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. He is survived by his wife, a daughter, and a brother.

Frost Birnie Wilkinson

died May 20 in Orangeburg, S.C. Wilkie prepared for Dartmouth at Wilbraham Academy. He remained at Dartmouth only three years, then transferred to the Harvard Dental School. He practiced dentistry in New York City from 1934 to 1986.

Wilkie's wife, Anne, died in 1990. He is survived by his daughter Anne, son Frost B. II, two granddaughters, his nephew Robert S. Wilkinson Jr. '50, great-niece Amy E. Wilkinson '78, and great-nephew Robert M. Wilkinson '83.

Carter Albert Woods

In 1943 he became a Public Panel member, Region II, of the War Labor Board and, for the next three years, acted as arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association. He also was a member of numerous societies. He was particularly interested in American Indian society and did field work on reservations in Arizona and New Mexico.

Woodie's wife, Elleda, died in 1990, and his daughter Patricia died in 1981. He is survived by his daughter Barbara "Hillman, eight grandchildren, and one cousin, Edwin Woods '38.

1929

David Dorraan Alvord

died on August 5, 1986, in Boise, Idaho. He came from Twin Falls High School and belonged to Psi Upsilon.

He transferred to Idaho State, where he earned his letter in track. He later owned his own novelty sales business in Payette, Idaho.

He leaves his wife, Rachel, and children, Nan, David, and Betty.

Kingsbury Martin Badger

died on August 14, 1994, in South Weymouth, Mass. King was a professor, painter, and poet. He came to Dartmouth from Summit (N.J.) High School and majored in English. He was active in the Glee Club and the DOC. He earned his M.A. from Columbia and belonged to Alpha Kappa Psi (dramatics) and Alpha Kappa Alpha (philosophy) fraternities.

He taught at Muehlenberg College and Lehigh University in Pennsylvania and was a pro- fessor of English at Boston University for 27 years. He was president of the Boston Browning Society and published poetry and many articles and a textbook in his field. He was active in the headquarters of the Unitarian Church and taught painting as a hobby.

John Adam Bogar

died on September 4, 1994, in Harrisburg, Pa. He came to Dartmouth from Harrisburg Academy.

After leaving Dartmouth he worked in general contracting and was active in the National Guard. He belonged to the Grace United Methodist Church and many civic organizations and was a founder of the Harrisburg Boys Club. He was past president of the Central Pennsylvania Dartmouth Club.

He was on the Who's Who of the American Horse Show Association as a judge and steward and master of fox hounds.

He leaves his wife, Mary.

Phillip Mayher Jr.

died on April 7 at McKerley Health Care Facility in Lebanon, N.H., after a long illness. He lived in Hanover. Phil came from Chappaqua, N.Y., and Deerfield Academy. He belonged to Delta Kappa Epsilon, Green Key, the Arts, the track squad, and the Glee Club. His fine bass voice made him the class chorister and college song leader. He majored in sociology.

Phil served as a lieutenant commander in WW II. He worked for the Kendall Company in Rhode Island, New York, and St. Louis, Mo., and for the Berkshire Fine Spinning Association and Spring Mills Textiles in New York.

He leaves his wife, Alice, sons William and John, three grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

Karl Geffert Pittelkow

died on October 20, 1994, in Aiken, S.C., of complications from Alzheimer's disease. He came from Detroit University School and majored in English.

After a few years in his family contracting business he taught at several preparatory schools, then spent 18 years in advertising and later in metal goods manufacturing in Connecticut.

He retired to St. Vincent in the West Indies in 1972, then moved to Aiken. He leaves his wife, Beatrice, and one daughter.

1930

Robert McKenzie Bruce

died on December 2, 1994, after a short illness. At the time he lived in Atlanta, Ga. At Dartmouth Bob captained the fencing team in 1929 and 1930. Bob studied for a year at the Tuck School, then joined General Electric in 1933 and remained with the company for 40 years. In 1955 he was district manager of the Radio and Television Department in Detroit. In 1957 he moved to Atlanta in the same capacity, remaining there until his retirement in 1973. In the seventies he began a new career in real estate.

Bob was an assistant class agent from 1951 on and was active in the Dartmouth Club of Georgia. In 1993 Bob was awarded a pewter bowl for his 60 consecutive years of contributing to the Alumni Fund.

In 193 7 Bob married Loretta Zoeller of Pittsburgh, who survives along with their son and daughter.

Henry Sebastian Odbert

of Pensacola, Fla., died on March 23 of complications from Parkinson's disease. Hank graduated from Dartmouth summa cum laude, a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Kappa Sigma, with a letter earned on the Dartmouth gym team. After receiving a Ph.D. in psychology from Harvard in 1934, he returned to Dartmouth's Department of Psychology as an instructor. He rose to full professor and taught there until 1954. In 1940 Hank was the editor of Where, Oh Where?, the first of 1930's periodic class "autobiographies."

On leave from the College during and immediately following WW II, Hank served in various research and consultative capacities with the Department of Defense, which led in 1954 to his appointment as head of the Technical Information Division, Air Force Personnel and Training Center, Lockland Air Force Base, and subsequently as program director for psychobiology of the National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. He retired in 1975.

He is survived by his wife, Gwen, whom he married in Washington in 1948, daughter Catherine Jean Schulze, and three grandchildren.

James Walker Wiggin

died on April IS. At Dartmouth "Dean" was a member of Alpha Chi Alpha and the Arts, was president of The Players, and majored in history. He received his law degrees from Harvard, practiced from 1936 to 1971, served as speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, and in 1962 was presiding officer of the Republican State Party Convention. He was responsible for the adoption of the New Hampshire state motto, "Live Free or Die." He also assisted in establishing the Crotched Mountain Rehabilitation Center in Greenfield, N.H., and was president of the board of Cardigan Mountain School for boys in Canaan, N.H. He was Dartmouth Club president from 1957 to 1958.

Dean is survived by his wife, Mary, of Mansfield, daughter Joan W. Coffman, son James, six grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.

1931

Frank Burnett Clarkson

died on May 14 at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. Coming to Dartmouth from Worcester (Mass.) High School and Worcester Academy, "Bunce" was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and of the freshman and varsity track teams as a pole-vaulter. He majored in economics. During WW II he served in the Merchant Marine aboard a hospital ship in the Atlantic.

The Clarksons moved to West Lebanon in 1978, continuing to spend summers in Kennebunk. A great booster of Dartmouth, Bunce officiated at track meets at the College. He is survived by his widow, Eleanor, sons Roger '75 and Wayne, and five grandchildren.

Charles Wesley Dingman

died on April 10 in Worcester, Mass. Wes came to Dartmouth from Palmer (Mass.) High School. He was a member of Phi Kappa Sigma and majored in art.

Wes is survived by Nathalie, his wife of 65 years, and by sons C. Wesley II '54 and Anthony '57, five grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and nephew S. Laurence '60.

Herbert Lewis Taylor

died on April 1 in Biddeford, Maine. Lew majored in chemistry and zoology, attended Dartmouth Medical School, and obtained his M.D. from McGill in 1936. He came to Dartmouth from Berlin, N.H., and was active in the Glee Club and the Campus Quartet.

After interning at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, he practiced in Dexter for 38 years, 35 of which he served as Penobscot County medical examiner. For several Dexter families he delivered three generations of children. He was active in the Masons and Shriners, and flying, golf, and fishing were his pastimes. After retirement in 1977 he and wife Geraldine wintered in Stuart, Fla., and spent summers in Kennebunk.

Lew is survived by Geraldine, daughter Diana, a grandson, and his brothers Wesley '31, Arthur, and William.

1932

William J. Bennett Jr.

of Albany, N.Y., died March 16 after a long illness. In college he played on the baseball, basketball, and soccer teams and was a member of TriKappa fraternity. After graduation he was employed by Standard Brands, attended NYU School of Education, and in 1939 joined the Norton Company, working in Worcester, Mass., and Troy, N.Y. He retired as sales manager in 1970. He later was associated with real-estate firms in the Albany area.

He leaves his widow, Esther, and sons Thomas and John.

Donald E. Dalrymple

died of cancer on March 2 in St. Petersburg, Fla. He left Dartmouth after his sophomore year and graduated from Bendey College in 1935. He was first employed by Liberty Mutual Insurance Cos. in Boston and later with C. F. Rittenhouse & Co., a CPA firm in Boston and Manchester, N.H. In 1971 he moved to St. Petersburg and was self-employed in public accounting both there and in Boston. He was a member of the local Shell Club and the American Contract Bridge League. His wife, Elizabeth (Slade), predeceased him in 1974.

He is survived his daughters Judith D. Berman and Leslie D. Longueil, a sister, a brother, six grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

Reuel Nicholas Denney

died in Honolulu on May 1 of kidney failure after aneurysm surgery. Reuel was one of the out-standing intellectuals to come out of Dartmouth in his time. An English teacher in a Buffalo high school in 1939, he won the Yale Younger Poets Award, and Yale published his The Connecticut Valley and Other Poems. In the forties he became a contributing editor of Fortune Magazine and a professor of social sciences at the University of Chicago, where in 1957 he received a prize for excellence in teaching. With David Riesman and Nathan Glazer he co-authored The Lonely Crowd, a landmark study of twentieth-century American society which has sold more than 500,000 copies since 1950.

Other published works include his The Astonished Muse (1957) and In Praise of Adam (poems, 1965), and many contributions to prose and poetry anthologies and collections. Muse placed Reuel in the vanguard of scholars giving serious attention to popular American culture.

From 1961 to 1977 Reuel taught American studies and English at the University of Hawaii, where after retirement he continued to write, lecture, and do research. He was a popular lecturer or visiting professor at institutions in this country and abroad.

Surviving Reuel are his wife, Ruth, and his son Randall.

1933

Walter Griffith Fairfield

died in Manchester, N.H., on March 5, 1993, as a result of heart failure. He came to Dartmouth from Kimball Union Academy, where he had been a three-sport athlete. His father served for some years as the manager of the Hanover Inn.

Buster left college before graduation. He served in the 237th AAA in the Pacific during WW II and thereafter was employed by Shell Oil Cos. in Boston and Portland, Maine. He subse- quently moved to Manchester, where he operated his own service station. He is survived by his wife, Evelyn.

Nathaniel Weimar Leonard

died in Hanover, N.H., on May 8. He prepared for Dartmouth at Mt. Vernon (N.Y.) High School and was a member of Phi Kappa Psi, the Round Table, and Le Cercle Francais. His major department was French.

After graduation Nat studied at the University of Grenoble and at Columbia. He devoted his life to teaching and served at Windsor (Vt.) High School, New Hampton, and Lawrence Academy before joining the faculty of the Mcßurney School in New York City in 1941. He remained there until his retirement in 1974 as assistant headmaster. During WW II he served in the Counter Intelligence Corps, and he was one of the first Americans to enter liberated Paris.

He is survived by his wife, Sara, who with him often hosted 1933 class members at their former home in Union Village, Vt.

1934

William James Gibson

died on December 14, 1994, in Ponte Vedra, Fla. "Hoot" came to Dartmouth from Larchmont, N.Y., and nearby New Rochelle High School. He was a low hurdler on the track team and a member of Zeta Psi. He was '35 at the Dartmouth Med School and earned his M.D. from the University of Chicago in 1937. During Bill's earlier medical years he was on the staff of New Rochelle Hospital, Grasslands Hospital, and New York Eye and Ear Hospital. He opened his own office in New Rochelle in 1943, the year he also married Dorothy Redmond, and in 1954 moved his practice of ophthalmology to St. Augustine, Fla. Dorothy predeceased him, and he leaves a daughter, Russell Diane.

1936

Leonard Franklin Hoefler

died February 12 at Northeast Vermont Regional Hospital. He prepared for college at Mamaroneck (N.Y.) High, and at Dartmouth his major was economics-political science. He was a member of Tri-Kap fraternity and was on the business board of The Dartmouth.

Len received his LL.B. from Harvard Law in 1939, and in 1940 he was employed as legal counsel by Mobil Oil Corp. During WW II he served as a naval aviator with the rank of lieutenant. After the war he was associated with a legal firm until 1953 when he returned to Mobil Oil as a troubleshooter, traveling the world over until he retired to Vermont in 1973.

He is survived by his wife, Anna, and a stepdaughter, Anita Makemson.

Ferris Chester Mack

of Babylon, N.Y., died October 13, 1994. He came to Hanover from Freeport (N.Y.) High and was a member of Delta Tau Delta.

Ferris left the College in 1934 and went to work for Doubleday, at the same time pursuing his studies at New York University, where he received his B.S. in 1941. From 1943 to 1945 he served with the Seabees and was discharged with the rank of BM2/c. After the war he returned to Doubleday, where he rose to the position of senior editor.

Ferris is survived by his wife, Patricia, sons Ferris 8., Russell '73, and Bruce '79, and daughter-in-law Susan '79.

1937

Harold N. Gordon

died of a heart ailment on September 16, 1993, in Pompano Beach, Fla. He spent 48 years in the family hardware business in Lynn. He was active in Rotary, the American Ethical Union, and Marblehead Power Squadron, and he was one of the founders of the Ethical Society of Boston.

Harold is survived by his wife, Eleanor, and son Alan '71.

John Lay.ton VanNostrand

died in Sarasota on September 10, 1993. He came to Dartmouth from St. Paul's School in Garden City, N.Y., majored in economics and political science, and was a member of SAE. He served four years in the army in WW 11, two of those years in Europe.

Jack operated the Dryco Co. of Florida, manufacturer of printing ink, in Sarasota. He became a 32nd-degree Mason. He and his wife, Doris, enjoyed cruising on the gulf apd inland waters.

He is survived by his Doris, sons John Jr. and William, brother flalstead '41, and four grandchildren.

1938

Eugene DuPont

died of natural causes on February 23 in Yamassee, S.C. Gene entered Dartmouth from the Manter School in Greenville, Del., and left after his freshman year, transferring to MIT. He was self-employed as an industrialist and agriculturist and owner of the Nemours Plantation.

He is survived by his wife, Laura, a son, and five daughters.

Edgar Hayes Hunter

died of bone cancer in Raleigh, N.C., on March 27. Born in Hanover, Ted entered Dartmouth from Deerfield Academy. He was a member of Cabin & Trail, Zeta Psi, and Dragon. He was a champion skier and a member of the 1936 U.S. Olympic ski team in Germany and the PanAmerican Ski Team in the Chilean Andes.

In 1945 he opened an architectural practice in Hanover with his wife, Margaret, as partner. He taught architecture at Dartmouth 1946-66. He moved to Raleigh, N.C., in 1966 and retired in 1985.

He was founder and director of the Hanover Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Hanover planning board. He served as president of the New Hampshire and Raleigh chapters of the American Institute of Architects.

He is survived by his wife, brother Ralph '31, son Christopher, daughter Margaret, and five grandchildren.

Arthur Wheelock Robbins

died unexpectedly of heart failure in Haddonfield, N.J., on March 10. Entering Dartmouth from Tabor Academy, he was a member of Theta Delta Chi, majored in history, and was student technical director for the Players. He also served as a class agent.

Arthur received an M.S. in business and engineering administration from MIT in 1940 prior to employment with the Campbell Soup Co. He held several supervisory positions both in Camden, N.J., and Sacramento, Calif., before retiring in 1982 as director of production management.

for one and a half years on the carrier Intrepid. He was discharged in 1946 with the rank of lieutenant.

He was predeceased by his brother Donald '36 and his wife, Barbara. He is survived by his daughters Marcia and Carolyn and two grandchildren.

Eben Stoddard

died of cancer at his home in Marblehead, Mass., on May 10. Eben, a physician who specialized in gynecology and obstetrics, entered Dartmouth from Boston English High School and belonged to Sigma Nu fraternity. He graduated from the Medical School in 1939 and received a degree from the University of Chicago in 1941. He had offices in both Marblehead and Lynn and was on the medical staff of many of the area hospitals. He retired from practice in 1994.

He served three years in WW II as a medical officer in the Navy Medical Corps with the rank of lieutenant. Assigned to a PT boat in the Pacific Theater, he was awarded the Silver Star during action in the Solomon Islands.

Eben never married and is survived by his brother Warren.

1939

James Barclay Allen

of Montreal, Quebec, died suddenly of a massive stroke on March 5.

Jim came to Dartmouth from the Tilton School. He did not graduate from Dartmouth, but he made himself known as a solid defenseman on the Ivy Champion hockey team.

In the sixties Jim was manager of the Promotion and Technical Service, Miron Co. Inc. Little else is known about his activities. He is survived by his wife, Vera, daughter Valerie, son Barclay, seven grandchildren, and two brothers.

Rodger Scott Harrison

died of heart failure at his home in Chestertown, Md., on June 8. Rodger came to Dartmouth from the Horace Mann School. He was a brother in Deke, a member of C&G, Green Key, and Palaeopitus, president of the Interfraternity council, and a Senior Fellow. He was an outstanding athlete in football and basketball. He received the Barrett Cup for all-around achievement and gave the valedictory address at Commencement. He earned a master's from Columbia School of Journalism.

During WW II he was stationed in Washington, D.C., England, France, and Germany in the Army Signal Corps intelligence and rose from private to major.

He worked as a journalist with the Providence Journal and the Bangor Daily-Commercial, as executive VP of Sterling Silversmiths, went into advertising with various firms, then served at Gourmet Magazine as a special adviser to the publisher until his retirement in 1986.

Rog and Patty moved from Long Island to Chestertown, Md., where Rog enjoyed writing stories, many humorous and many related to the Civil War.

He is survived by his wife, son David, and daughter Susan.

Philip Lindhom Johnson

died in Needham, Mass., on May 4. Phil came to Hanover from the Newton schools, was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon, and went on to earn a master's degree at Tuck. During WW II he served with the 128th Service Command Unit in the army.

After the war he worked with his father at Morgan Brothers Creameries. Following the death of his father he sold ice cream directly to supermarkets for a few years. For the past 16 years he managed the Brigham's Ice Cream Store in Wellesley Hills, Mass. 2

He leaves his wife, Mary, children Anne Thompson, Margaret Aldrich, Robert, Judy Johnson, and three grandchildren.

Francis Robert Peisch

of Shelburne, Vt., died of a heart attack on January 31. Mike lived his early life in Norwich, while his father taught at the Tuck School. He came to Dartmouth via the Clark School, and, following his sophomore year, transferred to the University of Wisconsin, where he graduated in 1939. At Dartmouth Mike earned cross-country numerals.

He received his degree from Harvard Law School in 1942, then served with the Army Air Force in the southwest Pacific from September 1942 until 1946. After two years in New York Mike moved to Burlington, Vt., where he practiced law until his retirement.

In Burlington he served on a number of Republican committees and was a trustee of the University of Vermont, a bank board, and the Childrens Aids Society, to mention a few. He was also president of the Chittenden County Bar Association and served four terms in the Vermont legislature.

He is survived by his wife, Janet Kumme Peisch, and six sons including Thomas '70, Christopher '75, and Andrew '82, two daughters, 13 grandchildren, and his brother Mark '44.

Warren B. Pinney Jr.

died on March 15, 1994. He lived in Dallas, Texas. Warren came to Dartmouth from Union Banning High School in Palm Springs, Calif., and worked on the Aegis. He did not graduate from Dartmouth.

He served in the navy supply corps during WW II for four years, with two years at sea. He then entered the hotel business in Los Angeles and went on to work in oil and gas producing in Dallas. In 1957 he was president of Tiger Minerals Inc. He had a wife, Mary Jane, and two sons, George and Tim, but it is not known if they all survive him.

James J. Powers Jr.

of Barrington, N.H., died in Exeter Hospital on April 15. Jim was a graduate of St. Anselm College Prep. At the College he was a member of SAE and Dragon and majored in sociology.

A veteran of WW II, he served as a captain in the Army Medical Corps, primarily in hospitals in the European Theater.

After the war he worked in real-estate development in Houston and San Francisco. He returned to New Hampshire after retirement in 1985.

Frederic G. Worden

died of cancer June 7 at his home in Jamestown, R.I. At Dartmouth Fred was on the ski team and spent his senior year at the Dartmouth Medical School before going on to the University Of Chicago Medical School. He served in the Army Air Force during WW II.

Fred was an instructor at Johns Hopkins Medical School 1949-1952. In 1952 he was a founding member of the new UCLA Medical Center, starting as an assistant professor of psychiatry. He conducted brain research at the Cal Institute of Technology, the UCLA Brain Institute, and M.I.T., and served as a special adviser to President Lyndon B.Johnson in 1967. He was a member of the National Institutes of Mental Health Advisory Council, directed the M.I.T. research program from 1978 to 1981, and published more than 25 papers and 17 books on auditory brain function. He was a founding chairman of Common Cause in Massachusetts and served on the boards of several corporations.

Besides Kay, his wife of 51 years, he leaves three sons, two daughters, and six grandchildren.

1940

Robert Williams MacMillen

died July 4 at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center after a long struggle with melanoma. Born in Sharon, Pa., Bob came to Dartmouth from the University School, Cleveland, Ohio. Following four years of army service, he returned to Cleveland and worked for Pickands-Mather Co. In 1958 Bob returned to Dartmouth as an assistant dean and filled several positions before retiring as associate director of the Office of Continuing Education and the Conference Center. Bob served in numerous class offices, including class agent, secretary, mini-reunion chairman, and president, and he was a past Alumni Council member and club president.

He is survived by his wife, Crosbie, daughters Candace MacMillen-Achtmeyer and Mary, sons James and R. Brooks, and seven grandchildren.

Arthur Varick Mountrey

died May 29 at home on Hilton Head Island, S.C. A native of Chatham, N.H., Art came to Dartmouth from Bronxville, N.Y. He majored in economics and was a member of Phi Delta Theta. During WW II he attained the rank of lieutenant commander USNR as a deck officer in the Atlantic Fleet. He joined American Home Products Corp. in 1945. In 1951 he moved to Compton Advertising Inc. on Madison Avenue in N.Y.C. Starting as a marketing executive, he retired in 1979 as vice chairman.

In June 1941 he and Margaret Lockwood were married. She died in April 1992. He is survived by daughters Susan Varick Mountrey and Patricia M. Neely and five grandchildren.

1941

John Bowman Delaney

died of liver cancer on April 4, 1993, according to his wife, June. John came to Hanover from Mercersburg Academy and ended up transferring the University of Virginia. A lieutenant commander in the navy during WW 11, he was skipper of a gunboat in the Pacific and a subchaser in the Atlantic. John's business career was spent in the Harrisburg, Pa., area, where he served in executive positions and finally as president of the Bowman's department store. He was president of Pennsylvania Retailers Association and was active in many other civic, professional, and cultural organizations.

William Hahn

died of heart failure on May 12 in La Jolla, Calif., where he pursued a second career in real estate sales for the past 13 years. Bill attended Dartmouth for two years and was active with the Jack-O-Lantern and Delta Upsilon fraternity. He transferred to MIT, where he gained a B.S. in mechanical engineering in 1942. He had a varied career in World War II, first as a Coast Guard lieutenant, then in the army with the 7th Armored Division, and finally as a transport pilot in the Air Corps, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal for service in China.

Bill joined the family shoe-store business, Hahn Shoes, in 1948 in the Washington-Baltimore area and served in various executive positions until his retirement in 1982. He is survived by Maggie, his wife of 52 years, and daughters Patricia and Moira.

Harry Maxwell Jr.

a resident of Claremont, Calif., since 1971, died there on May 7 of a pulmonary problem. Hank played trumpet in the band and was a member of the golf team at Dartmouth, and he remained active with both avocations throughout his life. He served in the army from 1941 to '45 and claimed his greatest contributions were winning the Bermuda Open golf tourney in 1944 and marrying his WAC replacement, a union that endured for 50 years.

For 25 years after the war, Hank was personnel manager of Sun Oil Co. in Philadelphia. Then moving to California, he turned his retirement into a community-service career which was recognized in 1991 when he was selected as honored citizen of Claremont for the Independence Day parade. Hank's trumpet, written spoofs, and blithe spirit will be missed in his adopted community. He is survived by his wife, Beulah, who shared his many civic activities.

1942

Maurice Milton Helpern

died on January 2, 1995. He came to Dartmouth from Brookline (Mass.) High School and stayed only one year before transferring to Harvard.

During World War II he served in the navy and received his M.D. from the Boston University School of Medicine in 1945. He is survived by his wife, Jacqueline, daughters Heidi, Holli, and Amy, and son Joseph.

Bernard Edward Teichgraeber died May 6 in Palm Beach of complications following surgeries to repair aortal aneurysms. Bernie entered Dartmouth from Pelham Manor, N.Y., and Kimball Union Academy. He majored in economics and was a member of Phi Tau. After Pearl Harbor he enlisted in the navy and served as a lieutenant in the Mediterranean and Pacific. After the war he became a partner in the Wall Street firm of Thomson McKinnon, and later a partner and vice president at Dean Witter Reynolds, where he served until his retirement in 1982. During his career he worked at both the New York Stock Exchange and the American Stock Exchange, where he served several terms on the board of governors.

Bernie's first wife, Barbara Gehring, died in 1966. In 1968 he married Aliki Staikos, and he is survived by her and by his daughters Mary, Barbara, Susan, Gretchen '75/T '79, Leslie, and Michelle, as well as stepdaughters Anya, Christine, and Elizabeth. Also surviving are Bernie's sister Winifred, a brother, Richard, eight grandchildren, and two stepgrandchildren.

Lyman Conrad Whittaker

died on April 15 of respiratory failure. Whit entered Dartmouth from West Somerville, Mass., and Dean Academy. At Dartmouth he was a member of Tri-Kappa fraternity. Starting as a private in the army in WW II, Whit completed OCS training in Texas and was assigned as adjutant of the 140th General Hospital. He served with the 140th in England for more than a year and there met his future wife, the chief hospital dietitian, Lt. Trudy Speck.

Returning to the states, Whit was the first graduate from the Johns Hopkins Master's in Public Health program in hospital administration. He remained at Johns Hopkins for six years as assistant to the director, then moved to Maryland to serve as administrator of Anne Arundel Hospital, Annapolis, for 23 years, retiring in 1982.

Whit is survived by Trudy, sons Jeffrey and Stephen, daughters Judith and Kathleen, and ten grandchildren.

1943

Donald Lang Miller

died on April 24 in Shaughnessy Kaplan Rehabilitation Center, Salem, Mass. Don prepared for Dartmouth at New Hampton (N.H.) High School. He majored in mathematics, was a member of Phi Gamma Delta, and served on the staff of The Dartmouth. He attended Tuck School and then joined the Naval Reserve Supply Corps to serve in the American and European theaters. He then joined the First National Bank of Boston, where he was an executive for 36 years and retired as an executive vice president. He was a member of the Union Club of Boston and served as chairman of the finance committee of the Sidney Farber Cancer Institute. Living in Hamilton, Mass., he was a member of the school committee, commissioner of the Public Works Department, and served on the vestry committee of Christ Church.

Don leaves his wife, Lillian (Ann), sons John and Stephen, daughters Jan Kauffman, Barbara Ewell, and Susan Chase, brother F. Warren Miller '42, and 11 grandchildren.

1944

Roger Theodore Feldman

died June 26 at the New England Medical Center in Boston while undergoing an operation for cancer. Rog was born in Brockton, Mass., and went to school there and at Worcester Academy. He was an outstanding swimmer at Dartmouth and captain of the swimming team after the war. He was a lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force from 1942 to 1945.

After a five-year stint with United Utilities, Rog founded Veritas Co., manufacturer of indus- trial detergents, and he later expanded that into Servair Inc., which cleaned and serviced airplanes. He was president of Servair until his retirement in the early seventies.

The Feldmans maintained homes in Martha's Vineyard and Key Biscayne, and over the years Rog was active in The Cambridge School, where he was a trustee, the Dartmouth Alumni Association, B'Nai Brith, and the Shake-a-leg Foundation, which teaches sailing to paraplegics. He himself was an excellent sailor, tennis and squash player, and scuba diver. He continued to swim competitively until his late sixties.

He is survived by his wife Shirley, two daughters, and two grandchildren. His son Michael '71 died in 1975.

Raymond Frederick Heidner

died August 9, 1994, of leukemia. He lived in Houston. Fred came to Hanover form Holyoke, Mass., and Deerfield Academy. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa and served three years in the navy during WW II, including a tour in the Pacific. He received his M.B.A. from Tuck School, and after a year in Boston he moved to Texas with Exxon in its tax department. He was an Exxon tax manager when he retired in 1986.

Fred is survived by his wife, Jean, and three children.

Henry Eglinton Montgomery

died of pneumonia May 15 at the VA Hospital in White River Junction, Vt. Harry came to Dartmouth from Trinity School in New York City. In 1942 he enlisted in the Army Air Corps and was eventually assigned to the 4th Squadron, 52nd Fighter Group, stationed in Palermo, Sicily. He flew 52 missions in Spitfires and 44 in Mustangs, ranging from France to Russia.

After the war he returned to Dartmouth and graduated in 1946. He was recalled to active duty in the Korean War and flew 100 missions in Sabre Jets over North Korea.

Harry worked for many years with the Foote, Cone & Belding advertising firm, first in New York and later as copy chief of its Paris bureau. He returned to New York in the late eighties and freelanced until his retirement to Vershire, Vt., in 1993. He is survived by two sons and five grandchildren.

1945

William Gordon Berge

died of leukemia on May 29. He was born in Cleveland but grew up and attended public schools in Denver, Colo. He was on the staff of The Dartmouth, and a member of Sigma Nu fraternity and the Glee Club.

Bill enlisted in the Army Air Corps in August 1942. He received the American Theater Distinguished Unit Citation and rose to second lieutenant before his discharge in August 1946. He returned to Dartmouth to major in law and graduated in 1948. He received his LL.B. degree from the University of Denver Law School in 1950. That same year he married his wife, Nancy.

Bill practiced law in Denver as a trial lawyer and eminent-domain specialist until his retirement in 1991. He was a member of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and numerous other professional and community organizations, including service on the vestry of his Episcopal church.

Bill is survived by his wife, sons Brian, Bradford, and Stephen, sister Margaret Bolibaugh, and eight grandchildren.

Earl Freeman Flood

of Hudson, Ohio, died on March 23, 1994, of lung cancer in Fort Meyers, Fla., while spending the winter in Florida with his wife, Janice.

Earl grew up in Hudson and attended University School in Cleveland, Ohio. At Dartmouth he started on the baseball team and was a member of Sigma Chi. His education was interrupted by WW II, where he served as an air force officer and navigator in the Pacific Theater 1943-46.

After the war Earl went to work for the family business, the Cleveland Paint and Coating Association, manufacturer of protective and waterproof paints and clear finishes. He rose to be president, and in 49 years of service he always had his father or a son in the business with him.

Earl's public service included helping paint homes in low-income areas of Cleveland and Akron. He also acted as an advisor for urban renewal programs.

He is survived by his wife, daughters Ann Anthony and Patricia Davis, son Peter, six grandchildren, and a sister.

Richard Harding Simpson

died at home in Largo, Fla., on May 21 of a massive stroke. He attended Ridgewood High School in New Jersey and majored in economics at Dartmouth, where he was a member of Sigma Chi and Dragon.

In 1943 he was inducted as a naval aviation cadet, graduating from CAA-WTS School at Kimball Union Academy in Meriden, N.H. He served in the U.S. Naval Air Corps as a pilot. He returned to Dartmouth to complete his studies and went on to Tuck School, graduating with honors and an M.C.S. in 1947.

Dick joined R. H. Macy & Co., becoming an assistant buyer of boys' clothing. He met Lorraine Pimm there, and they were married in 1949. Later he entered advertising with Young & Rubicam Inc. and went on to join McCall Pattern Cos. in Toronto, becoming director of international operations in 1973 and president in 1979. He retired in 1985.

He is survived by Lorraine, their daughters Dale Ann and Carol, and a son, James.

1947

Francis James Bealey

died on May 10 in Essex, Conn. Frank attended the High School of Music and Art in New York City and entered Dartmouth in 1943 as a V-12 sailor. He served with distinction in the Pacific Theater. As an undergraduate he was editorial chairman and editor of The Dartmouth in 1948 and 1949 and an advisory editor of the Dartmouth Quarterly. He was also a member of Palaeopitus and served on the Undergraduate Council.

During his publishing career he was senior editor at Harcourt Brace, vice president of Holt, Rhinehart & Winston, and vice president of Noble and Noble. He was also proprietor of the Francis Bealey American Arts and Antique Business. He assisted in forming many distinguished public and private collections of fine arts and antique furniture.

He was a vestryman in the Episcopal church in both New York and Essex and a longtime board member and past president of the Essex Library Association. Frank was not married and left no survivors.

Robert W. Berry

of Easton, Conn., died May 30 at St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport, where he had been an attending thoracic surgeon for more than 30 years. Bob came to Hanover with the Navy V-12 in 1944. Following graduation he attended the medical school at Dartmouth and Columbia.

He practiced for more than 30 years in the Bridgeport area at various hospitals where he also served in such roles as chief of staff, chief of surgery, and chief of cardiac surgery. At St. Vincent's he became director of cardiac quality assurance after retiring from surgery.

Bob served as a flight surgeon in the navy during the Korean War. He was a founding member of the American Astronautical Society, a Dartmouth Club past president, and a member of the Easton Banjo Society. Bob also served on the selection committee for the Dartmouth Medical School's Syvertson Scholar. Three sons graduated from the College: Robert '75, Richard '79, and William '84. They survive along with Bob's wife, Jeanette, and two daughters.

1949

Lewis DeLamater Geer Sr.

died at his home in North Ft. Meyers, Fla., on April 8 under the care of Hope Hospice. He was born in Mineolla, N.Y. At Dartmouth he earned his letters in track and cross county, majored in history, and was a member of Beta Theta Pi.

An army veteran of WW II, Lewis retired to Ft. Myers in 1983 after 30 years with Amoco Oil Co. He was a founding member of the Newaygo, Mich., Jaycees, and a member of the Cape Coral Moose Lodge, Ludington Michigan Elks Lodge, and St. Lukes Episcopal Church of Ft. Myers.

He is survived by his wife, Dolores Irene, sons Lewis Jr. and John, daughters Carol and Mary Jane, four granddaughters, and a sister, Mary Fysman.

Thomas Hill Huggins

of Mooresville, N.C., succumbed on April 27 to bone cancer, from which he had suffered for almost 20 years 15 more than doctors predicted he would survive. He attended his 45th Reunion despite his illness, even walking down Tuck Drive to the river and back.

Tom served in the army for two and a half years during WW II. At the College and while earning his M.B.A. at Tuck, Tom belonged to the DOC and the Ledyard Canoe Club. After Dartmouth he worked in sales in New Hampshire. In 1970, in Charlotte, N.C., he founded Label Service Inc., which he later sold upon retirement.

Much of Tom's life was dedicated to volunteer work on behalf of peace initiatives, hunger projects, and environmental causes. He promot Ed recycling before it was popular and lobbied for trees leveled by Hurricane Hugo to go to paper mills rather than landfills.

Tom is survived by his wife, Virginia, his son Peter, daughters Elizabeth, Margaret, and Katherine, a sister, and five grandchildren.

Roger Hastings Sheldon

died at his home in Sag Harbor, N.Y., on February 26. Roger, whose father was a member of the class of 1918, came to Dartmouth from Albany Academy, having received a medical discharge after brief service in the navy. A pre-med elected to Phi Bete as a junior, Roger joined Theta Delta Chi and was on the ski team. He continued to ski throughout his life.

After Dartmouth Roger earned an M.A. in economics at Oxford. His early career affiliations included the Arthur D. Little Co. Subsequently he was assistant to the dean at Cornell University Medical College and then vice president for planning at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center in New York City. He retired in 1991 and, fulfilling a lifelong interest, became a landscape contractor on Long Island. A brother and two nieces survive.

1950

John R. Moulton

died on February 22 in Madison, Wise., after a four-year bout with prostate cancer, during which time he was active in counseling and supporting others with the disease. John taught philosophy at Dartmouth in the early seventies and at Reed College, the University of Washington, and the University of Wisconsin, the latter for 20 years until his retirement. His Dartmouth family includes brother-in-law Jack Elliott 'SO, son Jonathan '81 nephews John Elliott '75 and Glen Elliott 'BO, and his niece Susan Elliott '82. John was a Theta Delt, a member of Dragon, a philosophy major, and an avid skier. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of California at Berkeley. In the sixties John was an anti-war activist and was active with the ACLU. In addition to those mentioned, John leaves his wife, Inga Berg; three other children, Russell, Sarah, and Tanya; his sister, Ann Elliott; and his ex-wife and friend, Joyce Moulton.

1951

James T. Keegan

died on March 25 after a long illness. Jim came to Dartmouth from Bridgeport, Conn. After finishing his medical studies at the University of Maryland he spent two years as a navy doctor, achieving the rank of commander. His service included a year at sea.

After discharge he started private practice as a general surgeon in Milford, Conn. He was also team physician for Milford High School and, later, for Piatt Votech of Milford, and he served as New Haven medical examiner for 11 years.

Jim was an alumni interviewer and chairman of the book-award committee of the Bridgeport Dartmouth Club. He was a member, director, and officer of countless professional and civic organizations. An avid sailor, he was known as a compassionate healer and well-spoken conversationalist.

Surviving are Jim's wife, Joan, three children, and two grandsons.

1952

Slade W. Sibley

died of lung cancer at his home in La Jolla, Calif. He left the College in 1951 to join the Marine Corps, received a commission, and served in Korea. There he received very serious brain injuries which prevented him from working or engaging in business. He was capable of making his own way, however. In 1964 he married Muriel, and together they raised her five children. Two of his stepsons cared for him night and day during the last two months of his life. He is survived by Muriel, her children, and 12 grandchildren.

1955

Melville Tatsapaugh Jr.

of San Francisco, Calif., died on December 3, 1992, it was recently learned from his uncle, Joseph A. Parachini '35. Mel was an architect and painter and had lived in San Francisco for a number of years. He was interested in conservation and in the early sixties worked on a project to prevent the construction of a nuclear power plant at Bodega Bay, Calif., which is in an active fault zone. Mel came to Dartmouth from Hotchkiss and majored in modern art. He was active in the DOC and International Relations Club. After graduation he served in the army for two years. In addition to his uncle, he is survived by his sister, Mrs. Jean Gobillot of Flemington, N.J.

1963

Timothy Brandt

died April 5 at his home in Acton, Mass., of stomach cancer. He was a systems analyst at Wang Laboratories for 18 years.

A native of Fergus Falls, Minn., Tim was a brother of Gamma Delta Chi. He entered the computer field immediately on graduation, working at Marine Midland Grace Trust Co. of New York and Marine Midland Services Corp. for seven years and rising to supervisory analyst. In 1970 Tim joined PHI Computer Services Inc., a consulting firm, and eventually was hired by Wang, one of PHI's clients, in Lowell, Mass.

Brandt is survived by his son Andrew, his father, Rodney Brandt of Fergus Falls, Minn., brothers Jay and Dennis, and his former wife and dear friend Nancy Larkin.

1968

died March 10 at home in Madison, Conn. He entered Dartmouth from Needham (Mass.) High School, majored in chemistry, and was a member of Phoenix. During the Vietnam War Doug served in the navy as a communications officer aboard the U.S.S. Truxtun. At the time of his death he was a senior applications specialist at Olin Corp. in Cheshire, Conn.

Doug was active in his community, coaching in the Madison Youth Soccer Program and Madison Little League and having served as president of the board of trustees of the Shoreline Unitarian Universalist Society Church. He is survived by his wife, Jennifer Oakham Farmer, children Douglas III, Deborah, and Johanna Fitzgerald, brothers James II and Jeffrey, and a sister, Judith Wales. Doug was predeceased by his sister Nancy.

1973

Albert Lee Knight

died on November 13, 1990. Albert was a native of Newport News, Va., where he graduated from George Washington Carver High School. At Dartmouth he majored in history and was a fouryear member of the Admissions Department's black student applicants' committee.

After receiving a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School, Albert began his legal career. He did not maintain contact with Dartmouth after law school, and we have no information about his life after 1976. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Knight, in Newport News, Va.