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.
Charles Lane Goss '25 • Sept. 20 Wayne Van Orman '28 • April 17 Bernard Alfred Burnhara '29 • May 31 Adolph Post Raab '30 • July 25 Benedict Edward Hardman '31 • Sept. 28 James Butler Brown '32 • Aug. 18 Wilbur Hugh Ferry '32 • Sept. 30 Henry Perkins Smith III '33 • Oct. 1 John Herbert Poole '34 • Aug. 13 Dan Calvin Swander '35 • July 14 George Edwin Cole '36 • Aug. 15 James Arthur Pearson Jr. '36 • Sept. 3 Charles Franklin Venriek '36 • Sept. 29 Richard Baker Wilson '38 • April 27 Murray Bernard Bornstein '39 • Aug. 31 Charles Page Smith '40 • Aug. 28 Robert Lewis Zeman '40 • April 9 Robert Martin Chase Jr. '41 • Oct. 2 George Cortland Drake '41 • June 30 Wayne Kemble Hill '41 • Aug. 25 Albert Atkinson Hutton '41 • April 24 John Haldeman Garretson '42 • June 14 Donald Frederick Pfaff '42 • June 6 James Anthony Donahue Jr. '43 • Aug. 5 Raymond Gallagher '46 • Aug. 13 William Robert Goderwis '46 • March 27 Everett Hamilton Aspinwall Jr. '48 • July 13 Richard Sleeper Russell '49 • July 24 Nelson L. McElhatten '51 • Feb. 9,1994 Ernest B. Walden '52 • Aug. 28 Noel A. Day '53 • Sept. 2 Frank Albert Sauter '57 • Dec. 6,1994 Paul R. McLaughlin '75 • Sept. 25 Jean-Jacques G. Shapiro 'BO • Aug. 27 Marcus Jackson Rice '94 • Sept. 16 Philip S.F. Deloria '96 • Oct. 14
1917
Irving Isadore Green died in 1985. Gyp lived in Newton, Mass., and was involved in the moving picture industry, first as manager and part owner of Fellsway Theatre of Medford, Mass., and later with the Middlesex Amusement Corp. of Malden, Mass. Gyp enjoyed golf and stamp collecting. He was awarded the first-prize medal by the Collectors Club of New York for his article, "Honduras— Postal History to 1877 and Its First Postage Stamps of 1866," which appeared serially in the Collectors Club Philatelist from July 1965 to May 1967.
After graduating Dartmouth Gyp served in the ordnance department of the army. He was discharged as first lieutenant in 1919. He married Lilyan Hootstein in 1928 and they had two children, Laurence '51 and Constance.
1924
Howard Elton Clark died June 19 at the Carmel Convalescent Hospital. He was an eye, ear, nose, and throat specialist. His medical studies started at Dartmouth and continued at the University of Minnesota, where he also did post-graduate work in his chosen field. Except for his years as a civilian surgeon on the U.S. Army Air Force Base in Eritrea during the war, he was in private practice in Minnesota until his retirement in 1979. He was an artist and also had a deep interest in music as an organizer and singer in choral groups. He also found time to be a world traveler and visited Africa, South America, and the Far East.
His wife and traveling companion, Charlotte, predeceased him. He is survived by his son, Elton, his daughter, Priscilla, and four grandchildren.
John Dobson Parker died July 20 at his home in Farmington, Conn.
After graduating from Tuck in 1925, he spent ten years in the real estate business in Boston. He then joined the Travelers Insurance company. He served in various capacities in Boston, Albany, and Portland before joining the home office in Hartford, Conn., in 1947. At the time of his retirement in 1967 he was a second vice president and an assistant supervisor of group sales of life, accident and group sales. Jack had many Dartmouth connections. His wife, Marion, was the sister of classmate, Hobey Holbrook. His brother, Burford, as well as Marion, predeceased him. He was a class agent for many years and served the College on the Committee for the Arts from 1977 to 1983. He is survived by a son, John Jr., and a daughter, Sally.
Robert Staples Starkweather died June 12. He had been living in retirement in Vero Beach, Fla. After Dartmouth he attended the University of Chicago Medical School and obtained his M.D. in 1929. He then did graduate work at the University of Pennsylvania where he was awarded a M.Sc. (Med.) in 193 2. He did further post-graduate work in his chosen field of dermatology at the University of Paris Medical School and at the University of Vienna. He then practiced as a dermatologist in Evanston, Ill., until his retirement. His wife, Jeanne, and his children, Robert and Julia, survive him.
1928
Wayne Van Orman died April 17 of complications arising from a stroke in Walpole (Mass.). He leaves his wife, Jean (O'Gara), children Peter and Jeanne, and sister Phyllis Van Orman. His brother, Francis Van Orman, who also attended Dartmouth, predeceased him.
Wayne had a law practice for many years in New York City while living in Short Hills, N.J. Prior to that he had been an associate at DeCoppet & Doremus in New York and assistant to the president of the New York Stock Exchange.
He was active in the New York Bar Association and commodore of the Stage Harbor Yacht Club (Chatham, Mass.). During most of his retirement years he lived in Boston.
1929
Richard Loynes Danforth of Plantsville, Conn., died on May 10.
Dang came from Springfield (Mass.) High School and belonged to Sigma Chi. He majored in French and played baseball and basketball.
After a year at Boston University business school he spent 17 years in the insurance business and two years in the navy. He was later in the millwork business. In addition to other civic duties he was chairman of the selectmen of Wilbraham, Mass., and town clerk and treasurer. He was past president of the Springfield Dartmouth Club.
He leaves three sons, William L. '60, Phillip, and John.
Carl Ernest Siegesmund died of heart failure at his home in Aspen, Colo., on June 13.
Carl came ffom.Lafayette High School in Buffalo, N.Y., belonged to Kappa Kappa Kappa, and majored at Tuck School. He worked for Chase National Bank and became a business consultant with the Rockefeller Family Associates.
He served 34 months in the army and was awarded the Bronze Star and the Croix de Guerre. He was a 1929 class agent.
He leaves his wife, Olive, and a stepson, Edward.
1930
Stanton Walker Davis died August 8 after a long illness. At the time he was living in Bridgewater, Mass. Stan received an M.B.A. degree from Harvard in 193 2, and was awarded an honorary D.B.A. from Bridgewater State College in 1934 and an L.B.D. from Stonewall College. He was an honorary Phi Beta Kappa, and served on the Class Reunion Committee in 1985 and the Third Century Fund. Among other business and professional connections, he was a trustee with the Davis Educational Foundation, chairman of the board of Brockton Hospital, and former president of the Brockton Y.M.C.A. His wife was Elizabeth Kaiser. There were three children: Jane, Joan, and Peter.
Thomas Daniel Donovan died June 25. He was born on Sept. 4, 1907, and had been living in Amherst, Mass. He had taught English at the Northfield Mount Herman School in Northfield for 43 years. He had served in the army as staff sergeant of WWII for three years in the 9th Infantry Regiment of the 2nd Infantry division. Tom served in the military from December 1942 to October 1945. He won a Bronze Star and the distinguished Unit Badge. He was an Independence Foundation Master in 1963, and in 1966 won a $12,000 independence chair awarded by the Independence Foundation of Philadelphia and studied poetry at Oxford University in England. He leaves his wife of 57 years, Wilhelmina Schneider; a son, Gerald; and a sister, Denise Broyer. According to his wishes his body was donated to the Tufts University School of Medicine.
William Lewis O'Brion died July 4. At the time he had been living in South Pordand, Me. He attended Amos Tuck School of Business Administration and had been an account executive with Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn, where he had been for 40 years, until 1974. After his retirement he had been for nine years a representative of New England Business Magazine and Maine Sportsman Magazine. Bill was active in fundraising for Dartmouth and was vice president of the Dartmouth Club of Maine. He served as a member of the Class Executive Committee from 1985, as class bequest chairman from 1988-93, and Tuck School head agent from 1983. Bill married Lucile Sheldon Foote in 193 S. There were two children, daughter Barbara Gay and son William L.
Warren Wright Phinney died August 4. He retired from the Phoenix Mutual Insurance Cos. in 1972 as secretary in the real estate investment department. Warren served in the navy in the South Pacific during WWII. He was active in volunteer work in the Red Cross Bloodmobile, Hartford Easter Seal Center, the Salvation Army, Y.M.C.A., and Avery Heights and similar activities. Arren is survived by his wife of 64 years, Gladys L. Phinney; two daughters, Judith A. Stears and Deborah S. Wylie; Thomas G. Wylie; seven grandchildren; and two greatgrandchildren.
1931
Harold Glickman died June 26 at home in Newton Center, Mass. Harry came to Dartmouth from Maynard (Mass.) High School. His major was economics and he had put in a post-graduate year at Tuck.
An entrepreneur, Harry founded in 1932 The Pay and Take furniture store chain which eventually grew to more than a dozen stores in the Greater Boston area. He retired from the presidency of that firm and as its treasurer in 1973.
He had been very active in community service, having been president of Temple Emanuel Brotherhood and of the North Quincy Board of Trade, and had imparted that sense of service to his children.
Harry is survived by his widow, Ruth; by daughters Joyce and Sheryl; by sons Ernest, Carl, and Randy; and by seven grandchildren.
Theodore Sherman Johnson died at a local nursing home near his residence in Falmouth, Me., on August 7.
At the College Ted was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa, Cabin and Trail, the Outing Club Council, and was the director of trips for DOC. He majored in English and made Phi Beta Kappa. Ted had come to Dartmouth from Portland (Me.) High School.
In 1931 at Kent Hill School in Maine he began a 40-year career in education during which he obtained his Ed.M. at Boston University, and which included 25 years as assistant principal atPordand High. Interrupting this career was his military service, during which he was chief of personnel of the Northwest Service Command for the Alaska Highway, then became adjutant general and chief of military personnel at the Manhattan Project at Oak Ridge, as a major.
Ted's service in me Portland area was manifold, From his work in DOC to serving as president of the Maine Alumni Association and interviewing applicants for admission, his contribution to Dartmouth was immense.
He is survived by his widow, Bertha.
1932
Charles E. Adkins died August 13 at Utica, N.Y. He came to Dartmouth from North Syracuse High School, and was a member of the Chi Phi fraternity. He began his career at Syracuse University, where he taught English, and later moved to Mlliken and Colgate universities. He also became director of public relations at Colgate, and in 1956 was vice president of Wheaton College.
Charles became president of Briarcliff College when it was a two-year women's college and he oversaw its expansion to a fully accredited four-year school. He left the college in 1969.
During his career he was president of the Commission for Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania, director of the Institute for Education, and president of the College Research Center. He is survived by four daughters, Jameson Baxter, Allison Van Tassel, Terry Adkins, and Leslie Gunnels; six grandchildren; and a stepgrandson.
Francis (Sunny) A. Foley
died July 17 of cardiomyopathy at Stamford, Conn. He came to Dartmouth from Worcester High School and Cushing Academy.
He was on both freshman and varsity football and baseball teams and was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon. From 1932 to 1938 he was employed by the Grand Union Cos., and then by General Motors. He entered the army in 1941 and served in the African and Italian campaigns, retiring as a major. Returning to General Motors' Chevrolet division, he served until retirement in 1973. Later he was on the Salvation Army Board in Stamford.
He was predeceased by his wife, Rose McDonnell Foley, and is survived by a daughter, Rosemary Shannon, and two sons, Michael and Mark.
1933
John Stanford Thompson died May 31. He came to Dartmouth from Kingston (N.Y.) High School. He was a member of the freshman and varsity cross-country squads, the Outing Club and Theta Delta Chi. He majored in political science.
John's business career was spent in textiles, and he began with Pepperell Manufacturing Co. and subsequently served AD. Juillard & Co. as vice president and Crompton-Richmond as president until retirement in 1975. He was involved in Dartmouth activities and also acted as president of the Reed Speech Center at the Phelps Memorial Hospital in North Tarry- town, N.Y.
His first wife, Ariadne, predeceased him in 1990, and he is survived by his wife, Helen; his stepson, Peter; and his daughter, Judith.
1934
George W. Ellis died on August 4 at his home after a brief illness. A long-time resident ofMilford, Mass., and in the summer, Kennebunkport, Maine, for the past ten years, "Gee" alternated winters and summers between Naples, Florida, and Osterville, Mass.
He came to Dartmouth from Mlford High, was active with The Pictorial, and majored in economics. At his retirement, he was president, director, and board chairman of the Home National Bank of Milford. He had been a founder of the Protestant Youth Council, and a trustee of the Milford-Whitinsville Regional Hospital and of the Pine Grove Cemetery.
Besides his wife, Rosamond, he leaves two sons, G. William III and Peter; a daughter, Susan E. Bullock; a stepson, David G. Fuller; two stepdaughters, Carolyn A. Dwyer and MelissaJ. Tavilla; 18 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.
John Morrill Lashar
died June 21 in Payson, Ariz., having only recendy moved there from Sarasota, Fla. Johnny was from Fairfield, Conn., and came to Dartmouth from the Pawling School in New York state. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi, and was with the class for all four years, but for some reason did not get his degree.
He worked for severd companies during his business life: Management Forms and Systems, Remington Arms, Parade Magazine, and, most recendy, was president of Bussman Press Sales Corp. His wife, June, died only a year ago, and he is survived by a daughter, Diana Thompson; two sons, John M. Jr. and J. Jeffrey; 12 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
John Taylor Snite died June 30. Bud came to Dartmouth from DeerfieldShields High School in Highland Park, Ill. He was only with the class for one year.
He was in the navy, 1943-45, and active in his local community fund, Red Cross, and Cancer Society. He was board chairman of Imperial Credit Cos. from 1957 until his retirement in 1972, at which time he moved to La Jolla, Calif. He is survived by his wife, Katharine; a daughter, Lynn Snite Wilson; a son, Michael; and five grandchildren.
1935
Edmond Thompson Freeman died August 15 in his home in Waynesville, N.C., with his family at his side. Ed lived for more than 30 years in Geneva, 111., where he was a manufacturer's representative for Miss Pat of California, a woman s apparel company.
Ed graduated from the Horace Mann School in New York City. After Dartmouth he served in the U.S. Naval Reserve from 1942 to 1946 and achieved the rank of lieutenant commander. He was in command of a PCS patrol and escort vessel in the Pacific from 1943 to 1945.
At Dartmouth he was a member of Psi Upsilon and served as class agent for several years.
Ed is survived by his wife of 46 years, Betty Jo ("BJ"), two daughters, one son, and five grandchildren.
Sidney James Simons died after a lengthy illness at his home in Waban, Mass., on July 1. He graduated from Boston Latin High School and attended Dartmouth for two years before joining his family business, S. Simons Hardware Co. of Cambridge. He retired six years ago as treasurer. He was a past president of Temple Shalom of Newton. At Dartmouth he was a member of Pi Lambda Phi fraternity.
He is survived by his wife, Estelle, two sons, a daughter, and five grandchildren.
1938
Willard Francis McNeil died of cancer at his home in Forest, Va., on June 29, 1994.
Leaving college early, he went to work on his father s dairy farm in Wellesley, Mass. In 1941 he became associated with the Bard Parker Division of Benton Dickinson Co. of Fairfield, N.J., a manufacturer of surgical supplies, becoming director of sales in 1970 and retiring in 1978.
He entered Dartmouth from Williston Academy and while in college he played freshman football and was an AD.
He is survived by his wife, Doris, three sons, two daughters, and six grandchildren.
John Whitmore Wilhelm died June 17 at the Meridan Hillcrest Hospital in Pepper Pike, Ohio, of injuries suffered in an automobile accident. Jack was co-developer of the "torque tension testor," a device used for testing nuts and bolts that gained worldwide recognition in the automotive and construction industries. In 1944he founded Skidmore-Wil- helm Manufacturing Co., a Cleveland manufacturer of collaborating and testing equipment.
He came to Dartmouth from Cleveland Heights High School. His major was economics and he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi.
He piloted his own boat off the coast of Florida and in the Caribbean. He and his wife, Kay, were avid travelers, visiting Africa and China, among other places.
He is survived by his wife, son John, and three grandchildren.
1939
Dr. Murray B. Bornstein died suddenly August 31, while in Florida, where he had been consulting. He was professor emeritus of neurology and neuropathology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York and adjunct professor of neurology at Dartmouth Medical School.
Murray was not a good class correspondent, but we should have been aware of his enthusiasm and talent by noting the long list of accomplishments he brought to Dartmouth as a freshman out of Hall High School in Hartford, Conn. In Hanover, he participated in The Players, Glee Club, and Junto, and was a member of Pi Lambda Phi.
Murray went on to Harvard Medical School but obtained his medical degree in Geneva, Switzerland. He started his biological work at Dartmouth, and pursued the study of neurological pathology at McGill University, at Albert Einstein College, and Mount Sinai Hospital in N.Y.C. He carried out the first study that established an effective treatment for multiple sclerosis, and since moving to Norwich, Vt, in 1993 had provided the benefits of his findings to patients at Dartmouth- Hitchcock Medical Center.
His most recent of many professional honors was the receipt in 1994 of meritorious award for distinguished service by the American Association of Neuropathologists.
He leaves his wife, Selma, and five children, Joshua, Miriam, David, Judith, and Daniel.
Converse "Pete" Chellis Jr. of Summerville, S.C., died at a Charleston hospital after a courageous bout with cancer August 15.
Pete came to Dartmouth from Kimball Union Academy, where he played baseball and basketball, and was business manager of the school paper. At Dartmouth, he majored in economics and was a member of KKK fraternity.
He got his master's from Columbia Business School in '41 before entering the army, where he served as a first lieutenant in WWII.
Following the war he founded Chellis, Mtchum, Daniel & Co., certified public accountants, with offices in Charleston and Summerville. He served this company until retirement in 1980, at which time his son Converse took over the firm.
He was a member of a number of many professional accounting organizations, and of the Bethany United Methodist Church in Summerville. An avid philatelist, he was a member of the American Philatelic Society and the National Association of Precancel Collectors.
Survivors include his wife, Adurline; three sons, Converse III, Stephen, and James,; a daughter, Mary Ann Stoddard; and nine grandchildren.
1941
Warren Shaw Carter died in California of liver cancer on June 25. Nick grew up in St. Paul, Minn., and was active in skating and the Outing Club at Dartmouth. He served on a number of different ships in the Pacific area during WWII and was discharged in 1945 as a lieutenant. He setded in the San Francisco area, where he worked in advertising and the investment brokerage business. In 1957 Nick moved to the Los Angeles area, where he began a long career in the graphic arts business, first with 3M and then with Hesik Cos. His first marriage ended in divorce and he remarried in 1960. Nick was an avid golfer, loved to travel, and was very active in the Dartmouth Club of Southern California. He is survived by three daughters from his first marriage, a stepson, and his wife, Doris (Sweeney).
Henry Abbey Childs died July 25 in Lancaster, Pa., after a long illness.
Hank, a non-graduate, served in the army from 1943 to 1946 with duty in the Pacific area with an artillery unit. After the war he worked in the family business, Bon Ami Co., until 1955, when he sold his interest and purchased a large tract of land in Lancaster, Pa. For. the following 30 years he developed this land as the Rockrimmon Ridges Corp. He and his second wife, Terri, also operated a successful catering business for the last 22 years. Besides his wife, Hank is survived by two sons, two daughters, and two stepsons.
William Fielding McCue a native and long-time resident of West Virginia, died on July 20 after a long illness.
Mac came to Dartmouth from Greenbrier Military School. He served in the Air Corps in WWII, being discharged in 1946 as a lieutenant colonel. He earned a law degree in 1948 at the University of West Virginia and pursued a long career in the law in Clarksburg, W.V., principally with the firm ofWhite, McCue, and Garrett. He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Ann, and their two children.
1942
Donald Frederick Pfaff died June 6 as a result of complications from a stroke. Don came to Dartmouth from Great Neck High School in New York. He graduated in the spring of 1942 after a year at Tuck School, and went immediately into the army, where he was commissioned in the infantry and served in the ETO from November 1944 to June 1946. As commanding officer of a heavy- weapons company he saw perilous action in the Battle of the Bulge and was discharged as a captain in 1946.
After the war Don ran a successful wholesale coal business until he retired in 1983. His brother, Russ '47, notes that Don started the family's Dartmouth tradition, which includes brother Warren '51; two nephews, Bruce '76 and Fred '85; and a great-niece, Liza, recently arrived in the class of 1999.
Thomas Worthen died July 21. Tom came to Dartmouth from Kimball Union Academy. He was proud to represent, along with his brother Palmer, the sixth generation of his family to attend the College.
At Dartmouth Tom was a member of Theta Delta Chi and shared with classmate Bob Fisher the honor of directing the Theta Delt singers to a first prize in the Interfraternity Hum. Choral work remained his "most valuable avocation" for most of his life, and he was especially proud of his long association with the Mystic Glee Club and 43 years as director and singer with the male singing group, "Two By Fours."
During WWII Tom served in England and France as first pilot with the 43 8th Troop Carrier Command. After the war he worked with a paper company and at the time of our 50 th Reunion in 1992 he was vice president and part owner of the Bay Colony Paper Corp.
Tom is survived by his children, Sally MacKerron, Chris, and Julie.
1944
Edward Buffum Crawford Hills died August 10 of an aneurysm at the family's summer home in Osterville, Cape Cod.
Buff came to Hanover from Cleveland and the University School, and at Dartmouth he was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity and graduated from Tuck School. He served three years in the army during WWII, with duty in the Pacific.
After post-war careers in accounting, banking, and a creative display company, he became president of Parr Inc., a company specializing in sealants and adhesives, and he remained with Parr until his retirement in 1985. The Hills divided their retirement between Defray Beach, Fla., and Osterville. Ed came to Dartmouth as Edward B. Crawford, but adopted his stepfather's name, Hills, after his mother's remarriage.
He is survived by his wife, Fran, a daughter, three sons, and six grandchildren.
Louis Bradford King Jr. died March 13 of kidney failure in Defray Beach, Fla.
Brad came to Hanover from Newtonyille, Mass., and Newton High School. At Dartmouth he was a member of the band and Delta Tau Delta fraternity. He was a lieutenant (jg) in the navy during WWII, with duty in the Pacific.
He joined the First National Bank of Boston after the war and was transferred to the bank's Cuban offices in 1949. He had to leave Cuba in 1960 when Castro assumed power. The family returned to Boston, but Brad resigned from the bank in 1965 in order to devote himself falltime to management of investments and religious activity.
He joined the Christian Science Church and remained with the church as a healer. The Kings moved to Florida in the mid-eighties. Brad is survived by his wife, Rebecca, three children, and five grandchildren.
Clarke William Marion died April 15 of myesthenia gravis at his home in Oxford, Ohio.
Bill spent his life in the paper business, having worked for Champion Paper, Dairypak, Butler Carton Co., and the Sorg Paper Co.. He was president of Sorg until his semi-retirement a dozen years ago, when he formed his own organization, the Marion Co.
He came to Dartmouth from Hamilton, Ohio, via Lawrenceville School, where he rowed crew and was captain of the football team. He played football at Dartmouth, too, until WWII and the Navy Air Corps. He was a bomber pilot for three years, with extensive duty in the Pacific, where he earned a navy citation and three air medals. He was also a member of Psi Upsilon fraternity at Dartmouth.
In retirement, Bill raised dogs and horses and was active in wildlife causes. His first wife, Ann, predeceased him. He is survived by his second wife and two children.
1945
Ralph Gordon Hinners Jr. of St. Charles, I1., died at home of lung cancer on June 26,. He was born on November 12,1923, in Evanston, I11., and after graduating from New Trier High School, entered Dartmouth. He was a member of the Glee Club, Alpha Delta Phi fraternity, and Casque & Gauntlet. His education was interrupted by WWII when he served as a lieutenant in the army. Returning to Dartmouth, he graduated in 1948 and joined his father, the late Ralph G. Hinners '22, in the family business, Hinner Coal and Oil Co. of Chicago, I11.
He later co-founded and was executive vice president of Liquid Container Corp. in West Chicago until his retirement in 1991.
Gordy was also a significant leader in Dartmouth alumni activities. He served as class agent, on the Reunion Giving Committee, as leadership chair and leadership agent, and on the Major Gift Committee.
He is survived by his wife, Melinda (Bresee Hart); three sons, James E. Hinners, R. Gordon Hinners III, and Russell B. Hart; three daughters, Linda E Strong, Louise H. Masterfield, and Denise B. Hart; 11 grandchildren; a sister; a brother, George O. Hinners '49; and a nephew, David H. Robertson '75.
1948
Dr. Robert Larman Kirkpatrick recendy retired chief of surgery at the Meadville Hospital in western Pennsylvania, died April 16 of a sudden heart attack on a golf course in West Palm Beach, Fla.
"Boz" grew up in the Meadville area and entered Dartmouth as a civilian freshman in the small wartime class of 1948. He left for the army in early 1945, studied Japanese on a crash basis, and served as an interpreter in General MacArthur's occupation forces in Japan.
Returning to Dartmouth late in 1946, Bob majored in chemistry, pledged Theta Chi, and received his degree in the Bema from President Dickey in 1948. He went on to medical school at Temple, where he received his M.D. in 1952 before further training at several hospitals prior to his return to Meadville in 1957, where he practiced surgery and was a leading citizen for almost 40 years.
Always active, Bob participated in many community organizations and was president of the Meadville Board of Health. A competent and active skier, he also enjoyed golf and boating.
Bob is survived by his wife, Nancy (Mowry); sons Robert and Russell; sister Suzanne Henry; and elder brother Dr. David Kirkpatrickjr. '45.
John Baptist Lanzetta died March 12, 1992, of unknown causes while a resident of Watervliet, N.Y. John came to dartmouth from Massanutten Military Academy and joined our class of 1948 when about 20 of us, mosdy young civilians waiting for action by our draft boards, first met on campus in July 1944 during World War II. John soon left for service in the navy, but returned to the campus after the war in the fall of 1946. He majored in economics and was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa.
Following graduation John joined the family business, D.D. Lanzetta Marble Co. (marble, tile, and terrazzo contractors) in Albany, N.Y., where he remained his entire working career. In 1960 he wed Jane Hawthorne, but the marriage did not last.
John was an unabashed skier, and he spent much time at his second home at Stowe, Vt., where friends were always on hand to share his magnificent sense of humor and hospitality. A natural bon vivant, he spent some summers on the French Riviera. Always a loyal Dartmouth man, John was a regular attendee at '48 reunions, and at his last one in 1988 he expressed regret he was not leaving his name in stone on the campus. Among his close friends were classmates Walter Cairns, John VanRaalte, and the late Beecher Lockwood.
Sumner Marshall Sollitt died of a heart attack November 4, 1992.
Born in Evanston, I11., and reared in the Chicago suburbs, he followed his father, Sumner '23, to Dartmouth in the fall of 1946 from the navy after having been through the V-12 program at the universities of Dubuque and Oklahoma.
At Dartmouth he was an economics major, and a member of the glee club and Phi Sigma Kappa. He also graduated from Thayer School, returning to the family engineering and construction business after obtaining his engineering degree. In subsequent years he became president and chairman of Sumner Sollitt Construction Co. and its subsidiaries, and international company. This took him abroad on projects and his company received many awards for excellence. An avid yachtsman, he was a member of the Chicago Yacht Club and participated in the Chicago-Mackinac Island race regularly.
He was survived by his wife, Brenda; daughters Sandra and Elizabeth; sons Sumner, George, and David; and a brother, Arthur '55.
Harry Tremain Wood died August 4 at Ellis Hospital near his home in Niskayuna, N.Y. After Dartmouth, Harry earned his master's in physiology from Yale, and his M.D. from New York Medical College. He served his internship at Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia and was chief resident at New York Metropolitan Hospital.
Specializing in obstetrics and gynecology, he joined the medical staff of Bellevue Woman's Hospital in 1961, and served as chief of staff from 1965 until 1988. A Dartmouth model of a free man who thought for himself, he was not afraid to stand up to criticism. As chief, these qualities were regularly put to test, and he never faltered, serving Bellevue during a period of growth transformation.
For eight years, Dr. Wood was a medical commentator on radio station WGY, where he was the first doctor to discuss women's issues on a weeEy program.
He was a member of numerous professional, medical, and social organizations.
He is remembered by those who know him well for his whit, humor, and compassion. Harry was eulogized by his life-long friend Howard Westney '48.
He is survived by his wife, Doris, son Wesley, and brother Richard.
1953
Robert J. Lynah died of an aneurysm on a golf course in Fort Myers, Fla., on February 21. Bob entered Dartmouth from Lexington (Mass.) High School and following graduation went on to earn his M.B.A. from Boston University. He attended Naval Officer's Candidate School, Newport, R. I., and served in the navy, attaining the rank of lieutenant prior to his discharge in 1959. After working for the IRS for several years, Bob went into the accounting business, establishing his own CPA firm in 1969. He was a resident of Wellesley Hills, Mass., for the past 25 years. There he was a member of the Massachusetts CPA Society, the Dartmouth Alumni Asso- ciation, St. Paul's Parish, and the Nehoiden Golf Club. At Dartmouth Bob was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and the Newman Club and was a standout on the freshman hockey team. Four of Bob's cousins also attended Dartmouth. Bob is survived by his wife of 38 years, Kathy, and three daughters. His Dartmouth roommate, Warren Cassidy, expresses well the thoughts of many of his classmates: "A good and decent man is gone. (We) will miss him terribly."
Carleton Sharp Walker died suddenly of an aneurysm at tie Lawrence and Memorial Hospital, New London, Conn., on August 11. Carl came to Dartmouth from Deerfield Academy. Following graduation he served in the navy and was a veteran of the Korean War. He subsequently earned master's degrees from the University of Connecticut and from Yale. He was employed as a senior systems analyst at the Naval Underwater Systems Center in New London for 34 years, retiring in 1988. Carl was an avid sailor and was a member and past commodore of the Niantic Bay Yacht Club. At Dartmouth he was involved in the band, was a member of the sailing team, and belonged to Psi U. Carleton is survived by his mother, his wife, Loretta, and two sons.
1965
Kenneth Hughes Jukes died of brain cancer on February 26 at Cape Heritage Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Sandwich, Mass. Ken was a biology major and a member of Phi Sigma Psi while he was at Dartmouth. After graduation he continued his education in biochemistry at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles for two years. Ken then became a pilot for American Airlines before entering the army and serving in medical research during the Vietnam War. After his discharge, he returned to work at American Airlines, where he became a captain and administrator until his illness forced him to stop working in 1988.
Ken was bom in Nyack, N.Y., and was educated in New City, N.Y. He was married to Sheila E. Sylvia and they lived in West Barnstable, Mass., until his death. He is survived by his wife and three daughters, Eddiemae, Marguerite, and Yvonne; his parents; two sisters; and several nieces and nephews.
1996
Philip S.F. Deloria died October 14 in New Hampshire. He was 21. Philip was not enrolled in classes at Dartmouth at the time of his death, as he was on a leave term from the college.
Deloria was born July 20,1974, in Pierre, S.D. He was a 1992 graduate of Albuquerque High School in Albuquerque, N.M., where he won several honors as a member of the varsity football team: selection as cocaptain of the team and as a member of the All-District First Team, and honorable mention on the All- State team.
Survivors include his father, Philip S. Deloria, and a brother.
