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 one or a later one.

William McKinley Smith '20 • March 7 Ralph Greenleaf Baker '21 • March 3 Walter F. Boone '21 • March 19 Randall E. Spalding '21A • Feb. 17 Kenneth Ripley Lynde '22 • Feb. 10 Donald Burns Hull '24 • Nov. 26 George Everett Leyser '26 • Feb. 12 Guy Bruckner Bostwick '27 • Dec. 30 Hollis Moore Carlisle '28 • Dec. 30 Carter Albert Woods '28 • March 19 August Henry Scutte '29 • Feb. 14 Henry Sebastian Odbert '30 • March 23 Charles Cecil Warne Jr. '31 • March 3 William James Bennett '32 • March 16 Edmund Gerrish Dearborn '32 • Feb. 20 James Coleman Boldt '35 • April 8 Edgar Shuman Everhart '35 • Feb. 27 Akin Morris French '35 • March 19 Roy Flemister Coppedge '36 • March 6 Marion Cavitt Cruce '37 • March 18 A. Frank Rothschild '37 • Feb. 28 Eugene DuPont '38 • Feb. 23 Edgar Hayes Hunter '38 • March 27 Arthur W. Robbins '38 • March 10 James Barclay Allen '39 • March 5 Francis Robert Peisch '39 • Jan. 31 Warren Beb Pinney '39 • March 15, 1994 George Grant Hoag '40 • March 9 Charles Richard Warner '40 • Feb. 15 John Bowman Delaney '41 • April 4,1993 Herbert Allan Dingwall Jr. '42 • March 23 Kenneth Eugene Sorlien '43 • Feb. 12 Harry Hildreth Davidson '44 • March 12 Joseph Colin Mansfield '44 • March 25 Earl Tracy Owen '44 • March 13 Charles Francis McCord III '45 'Jan. 23 Charles Aubrey Rowan '45 • April 18 Henry Oliver Rea Jr. '46 • March 31 Raymond Joseph Lawrance '47 • Feb. 3 Donald Firth Brown '50 • Feb. 28 James T. Keegan '51 • March 25 Robert F. Haycock '52 • March 8 Robert J. Lynah '53 • Feb. 21 Morris Larned Greeley III '58 • Feb. 28 Martin Norman Glickman '59 • Nov. 25 Kenneth Hughes Jukes '65 • Feb. 26 Douglas Alexander Farmer '68 • March 10 lain James Beveridge '80 • Jan. 3

In the April issue we erroneously reported that StephenJames Holland '78 haddiedon October 27. In fact, it wasMr. Holland's classmate Stephen Robinson Hollands '78who died. Our deepest apologies go out to the family andfiends of both men and to Mr. Holland.—Ed.

1920

Horace Eaton Dalrymple died December 31 at the VA hospital in Manchester, N.H., after several years of failing health. Coming to Dartmouth from Cushing Academy, Dal was a charter member of Gamma Delta Chi. In 1917 he left to join the American Field Service in France, later transferring to the U.S. Army and rising to sergeant. He returned to the College and received his B.A. in 1921.

In 1946 Dal graduated from the Bentley School of Accounting. Aresident of Melrose, Mass., from 1932 to 1963, he followed a career in banking before retiring to Meriden, N.H., in 1963. Most recently he lived in Derry. Active in his church and the Masonic Lodge (50-year membership award in 1992), he served his class as vice president from 1984 on, was co-chair of the 50th, 55 th, and 60th reunions, and was for many years chairman of the Dartmouth Club of Melrose.

He was predeceased by his wife, Marguerite, in 1982. His survivors include his son Philip, three grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

1922

Carroll Dwight died January 18 at Faulkner Hospital. He and his family were longtime residents of Chestnut hill, Mass., and Lake Sunapee, N.H. Following Dartmouth graduation, he began his lifelong business career with the London Harness Co., a firm founded by his grandfather in 1847 in Concord, N.H. Carroll retired in 1965 as chief executive officer and remained chairman of the board until the company changed hands in 1984.

Carroll majored in English and belonged to Sigma Phi Epsilon. As an alumnus he was vice president of the Dartmouth Educational Association, which provided financial aid for students. During his more than 45 years as class treasurer '22 established two endowed scholarships and provided 355 memorial volumes to Baker Library. He served on numerous other class committees and was on the Alumni Council. In 1982 Dal was Class Treasurer of the Year, and in 1972 he received the Dartmouth Alumni Award.

Carroll is survived by his wife, Anna, whom he married in 1927, as well as their two daughters and a son, Peter '54, nine grandchildren, including Richard '88, and seven great-grandchildren.

1929

Joseph Augustine O'Leary of Okemos, Mich., died on january 26. Joe came from Lawrence (Mass.) High School and Andover Acade my. He belonged to Phi Sigma Kappa and the Round Table and majored at Tuck School. He was a lieutenant commander in the navy in World War II.

Joe earned his M.B.A. at Boston University and his C.P.A. in Illinois and worked in hotel management, which he later taught at Michigan State and Loyola Universities. He had strong conservative beliefs and wrote about them.

He leaves his wife, Marguerite, and a sister. His father Laurence '01 and late brothers William '26 and Laurence '33 attended Dartmouth.

John Fredric Sanders died of kidney failure in Maui, Hawaii, on October 3. Johnny came from Lincoln (Neb.) High School and belonged to Phi Gamma Delta and Phi Rho Sigma. He left Dartmouth and graduated from the University of Nebraska, earning his M.D. in 1934.

He was a plantation physician at Paia on Maui. He leaves his wife, Mary, son John, and daughters Kathleen and Margaret.

Alfred Mitchell Seaber died from an aneurysm on December 21 in Miami,Fla. He came to Dartmouth from Frances Parker High School in Chicago and belonged to Sigma Phi Epsilon and Cabin & Trail.

He left early and worked as a broker with Merill Lynch in Chicago, then returned to his beloved Florida, where he eventually set up his own financial-consulting firm. In WW II he served with Naval Intelligence, mostly in the far Pacific, leaving as a lieutenant commander with several decorations.

He was a founder of the Coral Reef Yacht Club and a director of SCI Systems of Huntsville, Ala. He leaves his wife, Alexina, a son, and three daughters.

Abram Adolph Washton died on December 24 at Yale New Haven Hospital. Ted came to Hanover from Bulkely School in New London, Conn., and majored in philosophy. He was a Golden Glove boxer and belonged to the Round Table. At the time he went by the name Watchinsky.

He attended Harvard Law for one year, then graduated from Columbia Law a few years later. He formed a law office in New London with Rip Vogt '30 and practiced until his death.

He was an outstanding power for 60 years in the local Democratic party and its chairman for 25 years. He was a judge in the police court for many years and enjoyed trial work.

He was in the army for one year in WW 11. He was an avid golfer and a leader in school, community, and synagogue affairs. He leaves his wife, Alice, and daughters Rose Carol Long, Harriet, and Kathe Rothstein.

1933

Roger Joseph Kafka died on December 4. He prepared for Dartmouth at James Monroe High School in New York and majored in English. His business career was in publishing and public relations in New York City. He was an editor with the Limited Editions Club and the Heritage Club from 1940 to 1950. He then became associated with Farley Manning Associates, being named a partner and vice president in 1954 and executive vice president in 1961. He started his own firm in 1971 and in 1980 became senior vice president of R.C. Auletta & Co. Inc. Roger was the co-author of Warships ofthe World (1944) and its Victory Edition in 1946. He was editor of Sea Power magazine and also authored numerous magazine articles. Theda, his wife, predeceased him. He is survived by his daughters Lenore and Judith.

Kenneth Merwin Spang died from a stroke on February 20 in Greenwich, Conn. He prepared for Dartmouth at Culver Military Academy, was a member of Phi Gamma Delta, Casque & Gaundet, and Green Key, and he majored in economics. He was president of Palaeopitus and manager of football. He received a master's degree from Columbia and attended Trinity College, Cambridge. He taught at Columbia and at Yale, where he was acting head of Timothy Dwight College.

He was president of the Foreign Bondholders Protective Council and for 19 years was with the First National City Bank (Citibank), retiring as vice president in 1976. He was a director of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and of the Atlantic Council and a member of the Washington Institute of Foreign Relations and the Bankers Association for Foreign Trade. He was an adviser to the U.S. Department on Africa, was a founding member of the African-American Chamber of Commerce, and received decorations from the Ivory Coast and Liberia. He was a trustee of Hope College in Michigan.

Ken is survived by his wife, Florence, two daughters, a son, and two stepchildren..

1934

David Alexander Mitchell died on January 30 in his home town of Natick, Mass. He had come to Dartmouth from Natick High, where he was class president. English was his major, and he was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon and a director of the Dartmouth Christian Association.

Dave was president and sales manager of A.J. Mitchell Cs., a firm handling machinery for garment and shoemaking, and he retired several years ago from Singer Corp. of New York, where he was a sales engineer. He joined the navy in Florida before WW II and saw active duty in Europe and the Mediterranean from 1940 to 1946. Post-war, he participated in Natick church and civic affairs, as well as volunteer teaching.

He had been a widower since 1986, and he is survived by his son John, daughter Marilyn, five grandchildren, a great-grandchild, and his brother John '39.

1940

Lindsley P. Baldwin died on October 23. Lin entered the College from the Grover Cleveland High School in Brooklyn. He left at the end of freshman year. He served in the American Field Service 1940-42 and as a lieutenant in the army For many years he was president of the Standard Book Sales Co. His wife and three children survive him.

Richard M. Verrill of Wayland, Mass., died on February 12 after a long struggle with lung disease. Dick was born in Bowdoinham, Maine, but grew up in Buffalo, N.Y., where he attended the Nichols Preparatory School. He was an English major and a member of the Daniel Oliver Associates and the Natural History Club. During WW II Dick served with the U.S. Army in Italy, France, and Germany and was awarded the Good Conduct Medal and a Bronze Star. After receiving an M.A. degree from Harvard in 1946, he joined the faculty of Boston University, teaching English literature for 38 years. He is survived by his wife, Alice, a son, and a daughter.

Charles R. Warner died on February 15 in Port Charlotte, Fla. Dick was born in Mnneapolis and came to Dartmouth from Bronxville, N.Y., and Phillips Exeter Academy. A member of Sigma Chi, Dick left at the end of the junior year. He worked for many years in New York City as a representative of the Spalding Knitting Mills of Georgia. In Port Charlotte he was a member of the Board of Realtors and the Economic Development Council of the Chamber of Commerce. He is survived by his wife, Barbara, a son, and a daughter.

1941

James Hyde Meissner died in Clearwater, Fla., on January 30 after a short illness. Jim was born in Jersey City, NJ., grew up in Steubenville, Ohio, and spent the balance of his life back in New Jersey. He was active in gymnastics, skiing, the band, and the Camera Club at Dartmouth. After wartime service in the Air Corps, he earned a master's degree in speech pathology and clinical psychology at the University of lowa. Jim's service-oriented career was spent in that specialized field as he worked in public schools in New Jersey, such as Roxbury and West Orange. He is survived by his wife of 46 years, Muriel, who resides at their home in Tuckerton, N.H. Also surviving are their three children, Kenneth, Patricia, and Anne.

1942

Frank E. Bixby Jr. died at his home in Wenham, Mass., on February 16. "Pete" entered Dartmouth from Rye High School, N.Y. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, played trombone in the Symphony Orchestra, the Green Collegians Jazz Band, and the Dartmouth band, and was a champion heavyweight on the wresding team.

Pete attended Cornell Medical School, where on graduation he received the highest grade in the nation on the National Board Exams in Anatomy, as well as the Samuels Prize in Ophthalmology. He served as a physician in the Naval Reserve from 1945 to 1948.

Pete practiced surgery at Beverly (Mass.) Hospital from 1951 until his retirement in 1987. He was a past president of the Massachusetts Medical Society and a fellow and governor of the American board of trustees of Beverly Hospital until 1993.

Pete is survived by his wife, Bertha; daughters Judith, Barbara, Nancy, and Pamela; and four grandchildren. "Dartmouth Undying" was played at his memorial service to reflect his love of the College.

H. Allan Dingwall Jr. died on March 23 at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. At Dartmouth Allan was a member of Casque & Gauntlet and DKE, and he was the Glee Club's president and accompanist.

In WW II he served in the European and Asiatic theaters with the navy. After the war Allan entered advertising, serving 11 years with the Ted Bates agency and then nine years as director of broadcast programming with General Foods. During the fifties he worked on many popular television shows in New York and Hollywood with such stars as Lucille Ball, Jack Lemmon, Danny Thomas, and Andy Griffith.

In 1965 Allan became associate to the director of the Hopkins Center in Hanover, responsible for fundraising. He established the Friends of the Hopkins Center and helped organize several major benefits for the center, including a formal fundraising affair for which Allan persuaded his friend Jack Benny to play his violin with the Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Mario di Bonaventura. In 1972 Allan became associate director of the Alumni Fund until his retirement in June 1985.

Allan remained very active in volunteer positions at the Hopkins Center, the Hood Museum, the Montshire Museum, and the Medical Center.

He is survived by his wife, Nancy, daughters Pamela Herring and Gail Wholey, and three grandchildren.

1943

Kenneth Eugene Sorlien died in Laconia, N.H., on February 12 after a brief struggle with pancreatic cancer. Ken prepared for Dartmouth at Mamaroneck (N.Y.) High School. He majored in psychology and was a member of the Glee Club and Chi Phi. During WW II Ken served as a lieutenant in the Naval Reserves.

For 37 years Ken worked for General Mills, primarily in sales. He went to Montreal to establish the sales force for a new Canadian division and to Toronto to aid in designing advertising for the new market. Ken retired to a lakeside home in Center Harbor,

Ken is survived by Priscilla ("Chip"), his wife of 51 years, their daughter Patricia and sons Kenneth Jr. '67 and Peter '71, Ken's brothers Parker and Richard, his sister Katherine, and four grandchildren.

1944

Harry Hildreth Davidson died of a heart attack March 12 at his home in Dallas, Texas. Harry, widely known as "The Rock," came from White Plains, N.Y., and attended Culver Military Academy. At Dartmouth he was a member of Alpha Delta Phi fraternity and an intramural boxing champion.

During the war Harry served three years in the army, including a tour in the South Pacific. He then attended Boston University Law School and practiced law in New York and Washington, D.C. He was admitted to the Texas bar in 1960 and subsequendy became involved in real estate investments. He retired in 1985.

The Rock was predeceased by his wife, Dottie, and is survived by their five sons and three grandchildren, as well as two sisters and a brother.

Earl Tracy Owen died March 13 of a rare blood disease. He was a resident of Lynchburg, Va. Earl attended Virginia Episcopal School, and at Dartmouth he was a member of the Glee Club and Casque & Gauntlet. He also won his numerals as a freshman diver.

After attending medical school at Dartmouth and University of Virginia, he served as a captain in the army, stationed in Hawaii. Returning to Lynchburg in 1954, he became a member of a three-man group in the private practice of surgery.

He was active in Dartmouth Medical School alumni affairs and served as a local alumni interviewer. He was a member of both the American Board of Surgeons and the American College of Surgery.

He is survived by his wife, Betsy, five children, including Molly '73, his brother-in-law Bruce Thomson '44, and two Dartmouth nephews, Herbert B. Thomson '75 and Robert A. Owen '75. His brother Robert '38 died a number of years ago.

1945

Robert Franklin Wilcox of Benicia, Calif., died in July 1994 of natural causes in Milwaukee, Wise. He grew up in Pelham, N.Y., and attended high school there. At Dartmouth he was a member of the Outing Club and Ledyard Canoe Club.

His education was interrupted by his service as a naval aviator with the U.S.N.R. He rose to the rank of ensign before returning to Dartmouth, where he majored in architecture and graduated with honors. He received a degree in architecture from Yale in 1951.

Bob was a member of the Wisconsin Architectural Society and an associate member of the Wisconsin chapter of the Institute of Architects. He is survived by his daughter Nancy, sons Robert and Ross, and his aunt Mrs. Truman T. Metzel ('23W).

1947

Raymond J. Lawrance of Brick Township, Fla., died February 3. Ray came to Hanover in 1944 with the V-12 NROTC program, directly from sea duty, and graduated in 1947. He served a second tour with the navy 1951-53.

He worked for 36 years with the New Jersey Bell Telephone Co. He retired as division manager in 1982. During his career with Bell Ray was quite active in community activities, serving for two years as director of the Camden County (N.J.) United Way and as a board member of the Salvation Army. He also delivered meals to seniors. He served for three years as president of the Dartmouth Club of Asbury Park.

Ray's wife, Margaret, died in 1984. He married Ann Drohan in 1986 and moved to a retirement community in Brick. He is survived by Ann, his sons Peter and Daniel, and by a stepson and stepdaughter.

1950

Elbert William Dey died from drowning near his home in Princeton, N.J., on January 21. Bill entered Dartmouth from Millburn High School in Short Hills, N.J. He was a superb athlete, earning his varsity "D" in football, basketball, and tennis. He was a member of Casque & Gauntlet and Beta Theta Pi and majored in history.

Bill had a career as an advertising executive in New York City and was director of admissions of Vermont Academy, Saxtons River, Vt. He also began his own car-wash company, which he expanded into four sites.

He is survived by a brother, Charles "Doc" Dey '52, who was dean of Dartmouth's Tucker Foundation for many years, and by his cousin Robert H. Koenig '41. Bill also leaves his wife, Roswitha, his mother, Eleanor Dey, five children, two sisters, and two stepsons.

Joseph Andrew Hendrich died in Miami, Fla., on December 3 after a brief illness. A native of Terre Haute, Ind., Joe came to Dartmouth from University High School in Shaker Heights, Ohio. He will be remembered for his four years as the Glee Club's piano accompanist in the days of Paul Zeller's direction. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta, and he majored in sociology. Joe's early career included selling for a wirecoating company and managing the Cleveland Better Business Bureau. Later he entered the financial-planning field and was national sales manger of mutual funds for American Express in San Francisco. He moved to Florida in 1980 and worked for several financial companies in estate planning, insurance, a nd annuities. He is survived by his brothers William and Robert.

1958

Morris L. Greeley III died February 28 in Naples, Fla., following a brief bout with cancer. Morris was the owner of an accounting firm bearing his name in Golden Gate, Fla. He was formerly executive vice president of McCain Manufacturing Cos. of Chicago.

At Dartmouth Morris was on the tennis and squash teams and was vice president of Zeta Psi. He was active in Dartmouth alumni affairs and was treasurer of the Dartmouth Alumni Club of Southwest Florida at the time of his death. He also served on the board of directors of the Care Club of Collier County.

Morris was a loyal friend who always maintained a positive attitude and sense of humor in spite of adversities. Survivors include his daughters Linda Johnson, Sandra Yorski, and Heather Greeley; former wife, Claire Greeley; fiancee, Marion McKinnon; brother William, and his sister Sara (wife of Jack Bailey '55).

1973

Jonathan Richardson Brown died on March 13 at his home in Woodstock, Vt. He was the assistant business-administration and engineering librarian at Dartmouth's Feldberg Library.

A native of Vermont, Jon was an economics major and a member of the Dartmouth Ski Patrol. Jon received his ML.S. from Simmons College in 1977, then joined the College's library staff and worked at Baker and Kresge libraries before moving to Feldberg.

Jon was a Woodstock Town Planning Commission member from 1977 to 1979. He was a member of the Woodstock High School Endowment Association and president of Woodstock Youth Hockey.

Jon is survived by his wife, Linda, sons Matthew and Benjamin, his mother, and two brothers, Stephen '70 and Russel. Jon's late father, Nelson, was a member of the class of 1936.

Donations may by made in Jon's memory to the Woodstock Hockey Program, P.O. Box 402, Woodstock, VT 05091, or to the Woodstock High School Endowment Association, P.O. Box 118, Woodstock, VT 05091.