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.
Irving Isadore Green '17 • 1990 Robert Morse Saywell '33 'June 18 George William Ellis '34 • Aug. 4 Edmond Thompson Freeman '35 • Aug. 15 Frederic Robinson Mayo '37 • Aug. 13 John William Milliken '38 • July 25 Converse Alvah Ghellis '39 • Aug. 15 Louis Bradford King Jr. '44 • March 13 Clarke William Marion '44 • April 15 Clinton Ralph Holton '47 • Aug. 18 John W. Burgess '51 • July 4 Laurence R. Green '51 • 1990 Carleton S. Walker '53 • Aug. 11 Richard Leon Bacon '57 • Aug. 1 William C. Ferguson '58 • March 31 Peter Standish Easton '72 • Aug. 13 Christopher G. Caldeira '84 • Jan. 31
1922
John D. Dodd died July 24 in Mountainside, N.J. Before the death of Frances, his wife for 66 years, a few years ago, they moved from their Summit, N.J., home to Manor Care at Mountainside, a home for assisted living. He was 1922 class president.
Jack's successful career of 42 years in the telephone business ended with his nine-year service as vice president of the New York Telephone Co. (1955-1964). He and his wife were members of the Bethel Presbyterian Church in South Orange, N.J.
Survivors are daughters Mrs. Nancy D. Horst and Mrs. Sally D. Holden, four grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by grandson David A. Holden '81.
1924
Harold Alfred Holmlund died June 16. Harry was one of the great leaders in our class and he is sorely missed. Starting in 1965 he served as co-chairman of our class bequest program. At our 70th Reunion he was presented an award from the Association of Class Presidents as co-bequest chairman of the year and was named co-recipient of the Ford H. Wheldon 1925 Award. Harry's citation very accurately refers to "a lifetime devoted to Dartmouth."
Harry came from Buffalo, N.Y., and spent most of his business career in Rochester, N.Y.. There he was a civic leader, serving the area hospital, the Community Fund, the Chamber of Commerce, the Red Cross, and the Better Business Bureau. Harry was married to Lucretia Owings and thereby gained three step-children, including David E. Burwell '69 and Brian Burwell '74. After Lucretia's death, Harry married Frances Sample, who also predeceased him.
1928
Donald Wilbur Solis died June 13 in Sarasota, Fla. The cause of death was not reported. Don prepared for Dartmouth at the Watertown (Mass.) High School. At Dartmouth he majored in history and joined Phi Gamma Delta. After graduation he was employed by the Texas Cos. and spent several years with them as a retail salesman in New England. He then joined Cities Service Cos. as a marketer. When he retired after 36 years with them he had advanced to manager of national accounts and government sales. During the war he served three years in the navy in Fleet Airship Wing Two and retired with the rank of commander.
Don retired in 1970 to Sarasota, Fla., where he was president of the Ivy League Club, president of the Dartmouth College Club of Sarasota, and was active in other local organizations. His wife, Elizabeth, died just a few days before Don on June 1. Survivors include a nephew, Otis H. Parker.
1932
Alfred F. McLaughlin died October 29, 1994, at Bayfield, Ontario, Canada, of heart failure. He came to Dartmouth from Winnipeg, was a member of Alpha Tau Omega, and played on both the freshman and varsity hockey teams. In 1933 he received his C.E. from Thayer School. In the 1940s he was employed by Connecticut Light and Power; later by Pratt and Whitney. For the remainder of his professional career he worked and lived in Canada, serving Western Gypsum Products Ltd., British Plasterboard, and the Province of Ontario. He retired in 1973. He was active in scouting, in his Rotary Club, and engineering associations of several provinces.
Listed as next of kin is F. McLaughlin. Three children, Dianne, Alfred, and Jeffrey, survive.
1933
Robert Morse Saywell died June 18 at his home in Barrington, R.I. tie came to Dartmouth from Pelham (N.Y.) High School, was a member of the Yacht Club, the band, the freshman and varsity Glee Clubs, and Sigma Phi Epsilon. He majored in English. Bob was the general manager of the Rhode Island Lace Works for 34 years until his retirement in 1972. He served in the navy in WW II and was a former member of the Barrington Town Council.
He is survived by Allana, his wife of 60 years, son Robert, and daughter Susan Stallings.
1935
Barker Cramton Carrick died May 5 in Syracuse, N.Y., after a brief illness. He had already made reunion reservations. Cramp came to Dartmouth from Keene, N.H., where he attended Keene High School and later was graduated from Tabor Academy. After Dartmouth he worked at Peerless and Mutual Insurance Co. before moving to Syracuse, where he was an independent insurance agent.
At Dartmouth he was active in soccer and basketball and was a member of Zeta Psi Fraternity and Dragon. After graduation he was class agent and served as president of three alumni clubs. He was an outstanding golfer and bridge player. He served as a major during the war and received a Bronze Star for meritorious service in North Africa and Italy.
Cramp married the former Virginia Packard, who survives him along with a daughter Patricia, two sons Richard and John, and five great grandchildren.
Akin Morris French died quiedy at his home in Greenwich, Conn., on March 19. He graduated from Columbia High School in South Orange, N.J., and after Dartmouth from Yale Law School.
He is survived by four children, Caroline, Jane, Tom, and Deborah. His wife, Margaret, predeceased him in 1994.
1937
Briggs Mackay Austin died of a heart attack on May 8 at his home in Missoula, Mo. At Dartmouth he was on the tennis and squash teams and was active in the Canoe Club, Cabin and Trail and Outing Club. Known as Chico, he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and graduated from Tuck School in 1939.
In World War II he served as the photographic officer aboard the U.S.S. San Jacinto. After the war he began a 36-year career with the Eastman Kodak Co., which took the family to Mississippi, California, and then to Rochester, N.Y.
While in California, and then in Rochester, he was an avid tennis and squash player, competing in numerous tournaments. After his retirement he coached tennis at the University of Montana. Chico canoed many rivers in New York and Montana, including the Hudson and the Yellowstone rivers.
He is survived by his wife, Alice, and children Dennis '72, Michael, Brian, and Ellen.
Louis A. Fucci Sr. died on May 20 at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. He attended Dartmouth for two years and graduated from Boston University Law School in 1938. During World War II Louis served with the 904th Field Artillery Battalion of the 79th Division in Europe and won the Croix de Guerre during the battle of France and received the Bronze Star.
He practiced law with his brother in the firm of Fucci and Fucci. He served on the Lebanon Regional Airport Authority. He is survived by children Louis, Paul, Bethany, Teresa, and Sharron.
Richard Parker Sawyer died on May 8 at North Falmouth, Mass. Dick came to Dartmouth from Roxbury Latin High School. He was an English major and a member of Phi Gamma Delta. In 1950 he received a M.A. from Columbia University. Dick taught English and history for 32 years in the schools of Pelham and Goshen, N.Y.
In 1971 Dick and Ruth moved to Pocasset. A longtime member of the Bourne Historical Society, he served for many years as the society's historian. Under the nom de plume A.P. Tucxet, he wrote a series of articles relating to the town's centennial year of 1984. He was tie editor of the book, From Pocasset to Cataumet. It was Dick who began the demonstrations of Native American dugout canoe-making especially for the schoolchildren visiting Aptucxet.
Dick is survived by sons Richard P. '63 and Timothy M. and daughter Prudence. His wife, Ruth, died in 1994 of Alzheimer's disease.
1940
Sherman Lothair Richards Jr. died May 29. At the time, he was living at 195 Bentham Parkway East, Snyder, N.Y. Sherm was born in Weston, W.V., and came to Dartmouth from Wyoming Seminary and graduated from Harvard Business School in 1941. At College Sherm was a member of Bones Gate/DTD. From 1941 to 1945 he was employed by Bell Aircraft Corp. and then headed manpower development and negotiated labor contracts for Columbus McKinnon Corp. in Tonawanda, N.Y., until 1982. Sherm was a member and president of the Kiwanis Club, on the board of directors of the Boys Club, the YMCA, and the Chamber of Commerce. He is survived by his wife, Alice Russell Richards; daughter Barbara Wilson; sons Sherman L. 11l and John R.; and five grandchildren.
1943
William Hunt died at home in Las Craces, N.M., on May 3 of cardiopulmonary arrest. At Dartmouth Bill was enrolled in the Navy V-12 program, a member of Alpha Delta Phi, and elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Upon graduation in 1943 he completed his medical education at the University of Minnesota Medical School. After serving in the navy from 1945 to 1948 Bill completed a residency in obstetrics/gynecology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Subsequently he practiced in Fergus Falls, Minn., and in Danville, Penn., at the Geisinger Medical Center. In 1980 he joined the staff of the New Mexico State University Health Center where he remained until his retirement in 1986.
Bill leaves his wife, Maggie, to whom he was married for 50 years, and his daughters Catherine, Deborah, Nancy, Jane, Joanne, and Jean, seven granddaughters, and one grandson.
1945
Robert Donald Oldfield, Jr. died suddenly on June 17 of heart failure in Bradenton, Fla. He attended Elyria High School. At Dartmouth he was a member of Theta Delta Chi fraternity, the Dartmouth Players, and the International Relations Club. His education was interrupted during World War II when he joined the V-12 program at Dartmouth and later served in the Pacific Theater of operations with the navy, attaining the rank of lieutenant (jg). Returning to Dartmouth, he majored in engineering sciences, receiving his B.A. in 1947, and an M.S.M.E. in 1948 from Thayer School.
Barney's first job was sales engineer for Johnson Bronze Co., New Castle, Penn. In 1951 he joined Ohio Screw Products Inc., Elyria, Ohio, as sales manager, and subsequently became president from 1965-1977. Upon selling the business he relocated to Bradenton, Fla., where he became president of his own company, Component Service Inc. Barney served as class treasurer from 1955-1965, a member of the Class Executive Committee from 1955-1975, and interviewer of prospective Dartmouth students from 1954-1970.
He is survived by his wife, Molly; son Robert D. Oldfield III '81; daughters Rebecca Oldfield Smith and Molly Oldfield Yen; and four grandchildren.
1951
Robert Joseph Goode of Indianapolis died May 2. Bob came to the College after 27 months of service in World War II and the Korean War, of which 14 were overseas. He was discharged as a first lieutenant. Before that he attended Culver Military Academy. At Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Delta Theta and Phi Beta Kappa. After getting his M.B.A. from Tuck in 1954 Bob went to work with Eli Lilly & Co., staying with that company until his retirement in 1989. He and his wife, Frances, were married while he was a student in 1952. Of their seven children, the eldest was born in Hanover in 1953.
1952
William Bartlett died at home in Concord, Calif., March 6, 1993. He was still active as assistant district attorney in nearby Martinez, where he served for 30 years. Following graduation he served for four years in the air force and became fluent in Russian. He graduated from Bolt Law School at U. C. Berkeley. He was very active in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church and was a member of several professional organizations. He is survived by his wife, Rhonda, and three sons.
Donald Chambless died in Chicago in July 1993. He graduated from a Tuck a year later and then was commissioned in the navy for three and a half years. He then spent a decade in a Chicago food company and then his own business, followed by a career in securities and investments. He was active in local, civic, and charitable affairs and received an award for fund raising for the benefit of youth in the Chicago Boys and Girls Clubs. He is survived by his wife, Gundula, two sods, and two daughters.
Thomas Henry Ford III of Philadelphia died March 4, 1992. He graduated with an education major. Tom was a law graduate of the University of Connecticut but devoted his life to teaching. His last position was director of the middle school at the Friends Select School in Philadelphia. He served in the navy during World War II.
James G. Gardner died of a heart attack in Greer, Ariz., November 13, 1993. After a stint in Japan with the Marine Corps, Jim returned to his native Arizona and chose a career in banking. He is survived by his wife, Esther, and three daughters, Linda, Elizabeth, and Lisa.
John Hubbard died in an automobile accident September 13, 1993. He came to theater more than two decades after graduation and built a remarkable career. He directed 46 productions for eight different theaters, acted in 36 different roles in theater and film, received a master's of arts in theater in 1983 and taught theater to Ohio students at Kent State and Ashtabula Arts Center, where he was theater coordinator for many years. His role as Theodore Roosevelt in The One Man Show is considered a classic. He also served in the navy mine sweeper in the Korean War. He is survived by his wife, Melicent, one son, and two daughters. The Ashtabula Star Beacon summarized John's contribution in an editorial by quoting Shakespeare, "Act well your part, there all the honor lies."
William V. Murphy died in an accident in Ohio September 16, 1993. Murph lettered in both football and hockey in college and was a member of Alpha Delta fraternity and Sphinx. After service in a fighter squadron in the Korean War, he worked for McLouth Steel Corp. in Detroit, and was a resident in nearby Birmingham, Mich. He is survived by his wife, Jane.
1978
Richard Jewell Bernier died on December 15, 1994; at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, R. I., after a long illness.
He was born June 27, 1956, in Exeter, N.H., and lived there and in Ellicott City, Md., before moving to Mattapoisett, Mass., in 1990.
At Dartmouth he did foreign study in both Russian and French. After Dartmouth he received his medical degree from Albany Medical College and completed his medical residency at the University of Maryland. He was a psychiatrist with the New Bedford Center for Human Services from 1989 to 1992 and with Fuller Memorial Hospital in Attleboro, Mass., as well as the Child and Family Service in New Bedford from 1993 until July of 1994, when he became ill.
He was a member of St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church in Marion, Mass.; the New Bedford Chamber of Commerce; and the American Psychiatric Association. He is survived by his mother, Alberta B. (Eaton) Bernier, of Seabrook, N.H., and several aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Stephen Robinson Hollands died October 27, 1994, in Minneapolis, Minn., of a melanoma. He is survived by his wife, Barbara Thompson, and their daughters, Johanna. Thompson-Hollands 10 and Elizabeth Thompson-Hollands 6. If you would like to express your condolences, their address is 370 Roslyn Place, Minneapolis, MN 55419-2547.
James C. Pramberg died on July 3 at Tulane University Hospital, New Orleans, La., from cardiac arrest following endocarditis. He was a pediatrician at Tulane University Medical Center.
Jim was born in New buryport, Mass., was graduated from Governor Dummer Academy in 1974, from Dartmouth in 1978, and from Tuiane School of Medicine in 1983, where he later was an assistant professor of pediatrics. He was also a staff physician at the Tulane/LSU AIDS Clinical Trials Unit and the Pediatric HIV Clinic at Charity Hospital, and he participated in eight clinical trials of medicines and vaccines designed to fight AIDS in women and children.
He was senior warden at St. Anna's Episcopal Church, a member of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana's Commission on HIV infection, and a board member of the March of Dimes. While at Dartmouth Jim majored in classics, volunteered for four years at Mary Hitchcock Hospital, was a member of the Nathan Smith Society and Fire and Skoal, and was active in Edgerton House, the Episcopal Student Center.
Survivors include his parents, John and Noreen Pramberg, brothers John and Jay, three nephews, and one niece.
