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.

Stanley Conway '20 • Oct. 28, 1994 Robert Clark Fenn '23 • April 21 Henry Johnson Perkins '23 • April 21 Howard Dick Countryman '24 • March 7 Harry Alfred Holmlund '24 • June 16 Franklin Brewster Folsom '28 • April 30 William Gilbert Morton '28 • April 18 Donald Wilbur Solis '28 'June 13 Frost Birnie Wilkinson '28 • May 20 David Dorman Alvord '29 • Aug. 8, 1986 Richard Loynes Danforth '29 • May 10 Philip Mayher Jr. '29 • April 14 Carl Ernest Siegesmund '29 • June 13 Robert McKenzie Bruce '30 • Dec. 2 James Walker Wiggin '30 • April 15 Frank Burnett Clarkson '31 • May 14 Charles Wesley Dingman '31 • April 10 Herbert Lewis Taylor '31 • April 1 Donald Ewer Dalrymple '32 • March 2 Reuel Nicholas Denney '32 • May 1 Edgar Clark Dixon '32 • Feb. 28 Alfred F. McLaughlin '32 • Oct. 29, 1994 Walter G. Fairfield '33 • March 5, 1993 Leslie Myers Huntley '33 • Feb. 3 Nathaniel Weimar Leonard '33 • May 8 Stanley A. Abercrombie '34 • March 10 William James Gibson '34 • Dec. 14 Barker Cramton Carrick '35 • May 25 Briggs Mackay Austin '37 • May 8 Louis Alphonse Fucci Sr. '37 • May 20 Robert Richard Hamm '37 • Jan. 28 James Russell Murdock '37 'June 16 Richard Parker Sawyer '37 • May 8 William A. Shevlin '37 • Oct. 14, 1994 Willard F. McNeil '38 • June 29, 1994 Eben Stoddard '38 • May 10 John Whitmore Wilhelm '38 • June 17 Rodger Scott Harrison '39 • June 8 Philip Lindholm Johnson '39 • May 4 James J. Powers Jr. '39 • April 15 Frederic Garfield Worden '39 •June 7 Arthur Varick Mountrey '40 • May 29 Sherman Lothair Richards Jr. '40 • May 29 William Hahn '41 • May 12 Harry Maxwell '41 • May 7 Maurice Milton Helpern '42 • Jan. 2 Bernard Edward Teichgraeber '42 • May 6 Lyman Conrad Whittaker '42 • April 15 William Hunt '43 • May 3 Donald Lang Miller '43 • April 24 John William Downs Jr. '44 • March 18 Henry E. Montgomery '44 • May 15 William Gordon Berge '45 • May 29 Earl Freeman Flood '45 • March 23 Robert Donald Oldfield Jr. '45 'June 17 Richard Harding Simpson '45 • May 21 Peter Hampden Freeman '46 • April 5 John Patrick Granfield '46 • May 20 Harold Plotnick '46 • May 25 Francis James Bealey '47 • May 10 Robert William Berry '47 • May 30 Bruce E. Crowell '48 • April 30 Robert Larmar Kirkpatrick '48 • April 16 Lewis DeLamater Geer '49 • April 8 Thomas Hill HUggins '49 • April 27 Roger Hastings Sheldon '49 • Feb. 26 John Russell Moulton '50 • Feb. 22 Robert J. Goode '51 • May 2 H. Joseph McDonald '51 • Feb. 3 James R. Abbott '53 • March 28 Theodore R. Molinari '54 • Nov. 1982 Arthur Albert Bailey Jr. '56 • June 10 Albert Inskip Dickerson '56 • Feb. 11 Edward Lee Ferguson '56 • December Creighton N. Hart '56 • June 27, 1994 David Thomas Kidd '56 • Sept. 30, 1994 Eric Richards Rippel '57 • March 9 Charles F. Budd 62 • July 25, 1994 Timothy Allen Brandt '63 • April 4 Albert L. Knight '73 • Nov. 13, 1990 Albert Clayborne Watson '74 • April 14 Sarah McNight Devens '97 • July 10

1920

Richard A. Watts died July 10,1994. Dick came to Dartmouth from Adrian (Mich.) High School, played football, and was a member of Psi Upsilon and Casque & Gauntlet. Dick spent nearly his entire life in Adrian, living until recently in the family home in which he was born. Professionally, he was a successful banker in Adrian. An avid golfer, he was a founder of the Lenawee Country Club, where he was club champion a number of times. Dick continued to play golf well into his nineties.

He is survived by his son Robert and daughter Sally Dawson, nine grandchildren, and one great-grandson. Benjamin H. Watts '84

1924

Harold Austen Countryman died on January 22 in Westminster Village, West Lafayette, Ind. After starting out in the real estate business, he became a newspaper reporter, advertising manager, and editor of trade publications. He retired in 1969 and in 1970 moved to Florida, hi 1988 he became a resident of Lafayette. He was an avid painter. Harold is survived by his son Charles and daughters Julia Yanson and Karen, a brother, a sister, six grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. He was a cousin of the recently deceased H. Dick Countryman '24.

Donald Burns Hull died on November 26,1994, at his home in Warwick, N.Y. He lived most of his life in Ridgewood N.J. After graduating from Dartmouth, he attended West Virginia University, University of Paris, and Columbia University Medical School. He practiced medicine in Ridgewood before retiring to Warwick, where he lived for the last 30 years. He left his Ridgewood practice in 1942, joining the Medical Corps as a captain with die Second General Hospital Unit. After serving in several hospital units in Ireland and England, he was attached to a field hospital in Normandy in combat duty through-out the Battle of the Bulge.

Cy was a founder and president of the Ridgewood Art Institute and a past president of the Bergen County Medical Society. He is survived by his wife, Rosalie, two sons, two daughters, 11 grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.

1926

Richard Wellington Husband died on January 23 at his home in Tallahassee, Fla. A native of Hanover, Dick was on the swimming and ski teams and played in the community orchestra at Dartmouth. He belonged to Sigma Phi Epsilon.

He was professor of industrial psychology at Florida State University 1954 to 1974, an adjunct professor until 1989, and continued there as professor emeritus. During WW II he worked at U.S. Steel Corp. in Pittsburgh. He taught for the navy aboard an aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean and on the flagship of the Mideast fleet in the Persian Gulf. He was president of the Florida Psychology Association and was appointed chairman of the board of the psychologist-certification process by Gov. LeRoy Collins in 1957. He was the author of five books, including Applied Psychology,Psychology of Salesmanship, and Psychology through Literature. He was a judge and timer for track and swimming at FSU for 25 years. He was commander of the Tallahassee Power Squadron for two terms and was in the Coast Guard Auxiliary.

He is survived by his wife, Dorothy, his son Richard W. Husband Jr. '61, three grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

George Everett Leyser died in Sarasota, Fla., on February 2. He and his wife, Ibra lived at Lakehouse West in Sarasota, Fla. George graduated from Thayer School in 1927. He was a major in the U.S. Army 1942-48. He spent five years on active duty in Europe and the Pacific. At the end of the war he spent about ten years with the National Bureau of Standards and another ten years with the Chief of Engineers Office. He was a member of the Dartmouth Club of Sarasota.

George is survived by his wife and by his brother Frederic D. Leyser '32.

1928

Hollis Moore Carlisle died at home in Stonington Conn., on December 30, 1994. Hollis prepared for Dartmouth at Central High School in Springfield, Conn. After Dartmouth he was employed by Montgomery Ward & Co. until 1935, when he moved to the Carlisle Hardware Co. of Springfield. He retired from Carlisle in 1963 as treasurer. He was active in many community and civic organizations and received the award of Outstanding Citizen of Springfield in 1954. From 1942 to 1945 he served as a major in the Office of Chief of Ordnance in Washington, D.C.

Hollis's wife, Anita, and his brother Herman L. Carlisle '22 predeceased him. He is survived by his daughter Deborah and son Christopher.

John Creighton McAvoy died February 21 in East Norriton, Pa. jack prepared for Dartmouth at the Phoenixville (Pa.) High School and Wyoming Seminary Prep. He majored in sociology, and joined Delta Kappa Epsilon, Sphinx, Green Key, and Palaeopitus. He played varsity football and was on the track and golf teams and was class president his freshman and junior years. Following graduation he was elected class president for five years.

Jack worked with a bond house until the 1929 market crash, then returned to the family business, McAvoy Vitrified Brick Co. of Phoenixville. He eventually replaced his father as president. In the thirties he achieved local fame by coaching the Ursinus football team to three successive winning seasons, beating Penn in 1934. The team was known as the Men of McAvoy

Jack is survived by his son John, daughters Jeanie Patricia Sayre, and Jacqueline Halladay, a sister, four grandchildren, and a great-granddaughter. His wife, Jean, and brother Donald '35 predeceased him.

William Gilbert Morton died April 18 in Loretto Fla. His death was caused by-Alzheimer's disease. Bill prepared for Dartmouth at the Fulton, N.Y., high school. He joined Phi Sigma Kappa and majored in Tuck School, receiving an M.C.S. in 1929. He then joined the Bankers Trust Co., N.Y.C. He moved to L.F. Rothschild and Cos. in 1933 before going to the Onandaga Savings Bank, Syracuse, N.Y., where he rose to become vice president 1954-58, president 1958-73, and chairman and CEO 1973—75. Following retirement in 1979 he remained a trustee until 1981.

Bill's classmates called him "Dynamo." Over the years 1938-78 he was affiliated with 26 community or charitable institutions, from co-chairman of Community Chest and the Eisenhower for President Committee to director of the United Way. His Dartmouth activities included the Dartmouth Alumni Council 1949-52 and 1955-58, national chairman of the Alumni Fund campaign 1956-58, and class president 1962-68. He received the Dartmouth Alumni Award in 1963 and the Joshua A. Davis Class Agent Trophy in 1968.

Bill is survived by Barbara, his wife of 59 years, as well as his sons William Jr. '59 and Albert, daughter Linda, seven grandsons, two granddaughters, and a great-granddaughter.

1929

August Henry Schutte of Lexington, Mass., died on February 14. Shorty came to us from Marlboro (Mass.) High School and majored in chemistry. He belonged to Alpha Chi Sigma and earned two master's degrees from MIT.

He worked for Standard Oil of New Jersey in the Dutch East Indies and then spent 2 5 years with the Lummus Cos. He then worked for Arthur D. Little in Boston until he retired, having made many trips to Kuwait.

He had 60 U.S. and 60 foreign patents. During World War II he was responsible for vital developments in aviation gasoline and rubber.

He leaves his wife, Frances, sons Peter and Robert, two grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

1930

William Joseph Reinhart died on February 17. He was on the class executive committee. A native of Maplewood, N.J., he received his LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1933. He practiced in New York City, specializing in taxation and estate planning. Bill served in the Army Air Force from 1944 to 1946 as a first lieutenant in the advocate judge general's department. In 1938 he married Geraldine Gerrodette who died in 1975. Bill remarried to Kathryn Myers, who survives along with her two sons.

Charles Greenlief Street Jr. died on January 25. He was born in Brooklyn and had lived in Monclair, N.J., and Belle Terre, Long Island, before attending Dartmouth. He operated a concrete block plant in Holly Hill, Fla.,"for more than ten years. In later years he was self-employed in various business ventures. A lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars during World War II he served in the navy in both Europe and the Pacific, participation in seven major landings, including Anzio and Iwo Jima.

Chuck was an avid outdoorsman and held a Maine guide's license into his sixties. Chuck married Virginia Ann Lee of Daytona Beach, Fla., in 1944. She survives him along with their daughter Pamela Walton, son Charles IV, and five grandchildren.

1931

Parker Carpenter died on December 1, 1994, in Springfield, Vt. Parker came to Dartmouth from the Lancaster, N.H., high school and Phillips Exeter Academy. He majored in zoology and made Phi Beta Kappa.

Following graduation from Harvard Medical School in 193 5, he was company physician at the Jones & Lamson Machine Tool Co. in Springfield until retirement. He is survived by his widow, Evelyn.

1932

Ambrose L. Cram died in Advance, N.C., on February 14, his 84th birthday, after a long illness. He majored in political science and was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and the Outing Club. He graduated from the University of Chicago Law School in 1935, practiced law in New York City, and entered politics briefly as a candidate for the New York State Senate. He served in WW II's Pacific Theater as a major in the army and resumed his practice after the war. He was active on the New York State and National Baptist Church boards. In 1970 he became assistant to the president and professor of law and political science at Linfield College in Oregon.

Amby had a longtime association with the Chautauqua Institution and was very active in its Opera Guild and the Literary and Scientific Circle. In 1984 he moved to Advance, where he was especially proud of his service with the Alzheimer's Association. Surviving are his wife, sons Bestor and Christopher, and daughter Louise Hartman

Edmund G. Dearborn died February 20 at the Masonic Home in Charlton, Mass. He was a Greek-Latin major at the College and a member of the track and cross-country teams. After serving with several different machinery manufacturers, in 1949 he joined Draper Corp. In 1974 he retired from the Draper Division of RockWell International as manager of communications. He had lived in HOpkinton Mass., since 1950, and served there on the board of selectmen, the board of assessors, and the council on aging, and was active in the Congregational Church and Masonic organizations.

Ed's father and uncle were Dartmouth graduates, as was his late brother Benton Dearborn '33. His wife, Roana predeceased him. He leaves his sons Edmund and Douglas and four grandchildren.

Elliot B. Noyes died October 2,1994, in Durham, N.H. He was Dartmouth's head track and field coach from 1945 to 1969.

Ellie came to Dartmouth from Newburyport, Mass. A member of Tri-Kappa, a sociology major, and varsity track captain, Ellie joined the DCAC immediately following graduation as an instructor and assistant coach under Harry Hillman. After four years in the navy spent training aviation cadets, Ellie returned to Hanover to become the head track and field coach. He retired in 1972 after a three-year year stint as business manager of the DCAC. Ellie was renown for his expertise in international rules of track and field competition. A member of the U.S. Track and Field Federation Hall of Fame, he held numerous leadership positions in the

Martha Schmid Noyes, Ellie's wife of 58 years, died on November 11,1994. They are survived by daughters Barbara Noyes and Jane Noyes Bill, sons Tom '66, Jim '68, and Brock, 12 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

1933

Harold Robert Hackett died in Peterborough, N.H., on January 27. He prepared for Dartmouth at Nashua High School. He was a member of Alpha Chi Rho and he majored at Tuck School. Hal attended Boston University Law School and then, after various jobs, entered the U.S. Postal Service in 1937. He became assistant postmaster in Nashua in 1955 and served in that position until his retirement in 1973. He received local press acclaim tor his public liaison, hard work, and management skills.

His wife, Pauline, predeceased him. He is survived by his daughters Paulina Robinson, Marilyn Barry, and Carol McKinney.

Leslie Meyers Huntley died on February 3,1994. He came to Dartmouth from New Trier High School in Winnetka, III and was a member of Psi Upsilon and Casque & Gauntlet. He played varsity football, swam on the freshman swimming squad, and was a second tenor in the Glee Club.

Les had an extensive business career during which he worked for National City Bank, Lockheed Aircraft, and Pacific Polychrome Corp. in real estate and accounting activities, and, finally, for TRW Inc. as business manager from 1956 to 1976. He was an excellent singer and musician.

He is survived by his wife, Marie.

1934

Stanley Armstrong Abercrombie died in San Francisco on March 10 of lymphoma. He came to Dartmouth from Brockton, Mass. Stan studied at Harvard's Bureau of Street Traffic Research, then did postgraduate work at Penn State in driver education and received an M.A. in 1940 from NYU, where for a short time he became a teaching fellow at the Center for Safety Education.

After active service in the USNR, he served for 24 years on the National Education Association's Commission of Safety Education. He edited four annual reports of the National Conference on Safety Education, compiled the American Society of Safety Engineers' Dictionary of Terms Used in the Safety Profession, and authored or co-authored more than 30 books and articles on a variety of safety subjects, such as risk, accident investigation, and school transportation. He was honored in 1993 with induction into the Safety and Health Hall of Fame International.

Stan was a Tri-Kap a drummer and vibraphonist in the Bsarbary Coast, and was a member of the 1934 class executive committee. He is survived by his wife, Margaret, son David, and daughter Betsey.

1935

Frank L. Allen died on January 23 at his home in Montclair N.J. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth, children Richard, Henry '60, and Martha, six grandchildren, and his brother T. Garrett Allen '40.

Frank was a member of Kappa Sigma. During World War II he served in the navy with the Bureau of Ordnance. He received an engineering degree from NYU in 1954 and worked as an engineer at several companies before joining the Branson Instrument Co., which manufactured optical instruments for surveying, as regional sales manager. In the seventies he became president of Algate Instruments in Upper Montclair N.J., in which position he served until his death.

Frances H. Bartlett died November 19, 1994, in Santa Monica, Calif., of complications following gall-bladder surgery. He was a psychotherapist and author of seminal critique of Freud. He was supervising therapist at the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health, where in 1972 he was honored for 25 years of distinguished service. He had a private practice in New York City until his retirement in 1992.

His critical study of Freud and Marx was published in 193 8. He wrote many articles on psychoanalytic theory for Science and Society, Contemporary Psychoanalysis, and other publications, and he gave frequent lectures. At the time of his death he was studying the effect of society on the process of change in psychotherapy.

Francis is survived by his wife, Doris, daughters Jean, Robin, Irene, and Dorian, and six grandchildren.

James Coleman Boldt died of a stroke April 8 in Atlanta. He entered Dartmouth from Ridgewood (N.J.) High School. He was in Chi Phi and majored in sociology.

Jim married Helen Mayer in 1939. The couple raised seven children, living in Ridgewood until her death in 1981. He moved to Atlanta to be near a daughter, and in 1986 he married Nan Funk Franzman, acquiring six step-children.

He worked for a leading naval architecture firm during and after WW II before joining the Singer Company in 1951. He directed the design and production of the Singer Bowl stadium in Flushing Meadow.

"Poppa Jim" was active in community service and was editor of the Sunday crossword puzzle for the L.A. Times syndicate. He served a number of years as class secretary, and, motivated by the interest of his granddaughter on the team, he initiated the fundraising program which put Dartmouth women's volleyball on permanent varsity status.

He is survived by his wife, seven children including James '79, a sister, brothers Joseph Jr. '52 and O'Brien '39, 25 grandchildren including Jennifer M. George '86 and Caroline '97, and two great-grandchildren.

Edgar Shuman Everhart died of cancer on February 24 in Norfolk, Va., where he made his home. Edgar was a member of Phi Delta Theta and played soccer at Dartmouth.

During WW II, Ted served in the navy 1942-46 as a lieutenant commander. He spent his professional career in naval architecture and assumed the position of president of Associated Naval Architects Inc. in 1950. He was director or trustee of various civic organizations.

He married Helen Elsenhans in 1937. He leaves her and their four children.

1936

Roy Flemister Coppedge Jr. died April 5 at his home in Delray Beach, Fla. He prepared for college at Flushing High in New York. He majored in sociology and was a member of Delta Tau Delta.

After graduating from Columbia Law School in 1939, Roy joined the law firm of Breed, Abbott & Morgan. From 1941 to 1945 he served in the U.S. Army Ordnance Department, much of that time in London. After the war he returned to the law firm and became a partner. In 1953 he joined National Distillers and Chemical Corp. and went on to serve there as VP & general counsel, as president, and as a director, eventually returning to private law practice.

Roy was a former director of several organizations and had been a member of the Union League Club, Links Club, and the River Club, all of New York City.

Predeceased by his wife, Nina, he is survived by his daughter Wendy Sanford and son Roy 111.

1937

A. Frank Rothschild died of heart failure on February 28 in Highland Park, III. Frank came to Dartmouth from the Francis W. Parker School in Chicago and majored in psychology. He was a director of various family investments and businesses. He served on the Chicago executive board of the Anti-Defamation League and was a trustee of the local chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Frank served as class agent and on the reunion giving committee.

He is survived by his wife, Dorothy, daughter Holly, sons A. Frank Jr. and David, stepson Lee Strauss '69, and brother Melville '35.

Richard C. Wood died on February 19. Rich came to Dartmouth from the Roxbury School, majored in biology, and was a member of Sigma Chi. For a number of years he interviewed applicants for Dartmouth.

Rich was a manufacturer's representative in the wool business. He enjoyed golf, fishing, and tennis, made annual trips to the Mirimichi River in new Brunswick, and every two years went to Scotland to golf. He is survived by his wife, Beatrice, daughters Deborah and Barbara, and son Gregory.

1940

George G. Hoag II died on March 9 at Newport Beach (Calif.) Hospital of cardiac arrest. George came to Dartmouth from the Webb School of California. He left during his junior year and continued his education at Southwestern Law School following service in the U.S Air Force. His college dorm room was often jammed with crates of oranges sent from his family orchard in the Imperial Valley. George was a philanthropist whose family fortune came from early involvement with the J.C. Penney Cos. He was founder of the Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian and president of the George Hoag Family Foundation. George and his wife, Patricia, were ardent fishermen, pursuing their quarry all around the world. He is survived by his wife and three children.

1944

John William Downs Jr. died March 18 at his home in Middletown, N.J. Jack suffered a severe stroke last September and subsequently succumbed to pneumonia.

Jack was born in Arlington, Mass., and came to Dartmouth from Phillips Exeter Academy. He was widely known on campus for his pet goat, Chester, who readily downed cigarettes and beer at fraternity parties.

After three years in the army during World War II, Jack became an insurance agent and spent his entire career in that profession, most of it with the Continental Insurance Co. He worked in offices in California, New York, Boston, and New Jersey. He was vice president in charge of planning and control when he retired.

A tenth generation Mayflower descendent, he is survived by his wife, Nuvia sons John III, William, and Martin, and nephews William Bogasrdus '67, Roger Urban '65, and Douglas Urban '71. He was predeceased by his brother-in-law Joseph Urban '39.

James Colin Mansfield died March 25 in Bryn Mawr. Pa., of complications from diabetes. A native Philadelphian "Buck" came to Dartmouth from St. Joseph's Prep and Peddie School. He played basketball, majored in history, and was a member of Tri-Kappa and Dragon. He served with the marines during WW II and graduated from Dickinson Law School in 1948. He joined the Philadelphia law firm ofU.S. Senator Francis J. Myers, and in 1956 he became a partner in the firm Myers, McVeigh, Mansfield and O'Brien. He was a member of the state athletic commission and helped write the law governing boxing in Pennsylvania.

A former special assistant attorney general for Pennsylvania, Buck was active in the Democratic Party, running for Congress in 1954 and serving as an alternate delegate to the National Democratic Convention in 1960. He was active in a home for disabled children and a convalescent home; he was a former officer of the Philadelphia Country Club; and he was a Dartmouth Club president in 1950 and a member of the Alumni Council. He is survived by his wife, Isobel and four daughters.

1945

Charles Francis McCord III of Prairie Village, Kans ., died on January 23. He was born in Kansas City, Mo., and attended the Shattuck School there. At Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Delta Theta

He entered the armed forces in 1943 and served with the infantry in Europe until 1945. He received a Presidential Citation and Purple Heart For wounds received in Embermeniel France, in October 1944.

Charlie attended the University of Kansas and and received a B.S. in business administration at the University of Missouri in 1950. He was a salesman for Woolf Brothers in Kansas City and subsequently was with Hallmark Cards.

He is survived by his children Kathleen, Charles, and Dorothy.

Charles Aubrey Rowan Jr. of Greensboro, N.C., died at home April 18 after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer five months earlier. "Moose" had been class secretary since 1991. He was born in Wilkinsburg Pa., and attended Phillips Exeter Academy. At Dartmouth he majored in economics, was president of Phi Delta Theta and the Players, and was senior advisor to the Dartmouth Broadcasting System.

During WW II he was a cryptographer with the O.S.S. in England, where he met and married Joan Stapleton a "one striper" wren. In 1944 he returned to Dartmouth.

From February 1947 to early retirement in 1981, Moose spent his entire career with Western Electric, for 18 years of which he was a purchasing executive in Kearney, N.J., Kansas City, San Francisco, and at head-quarters in New York City.

Moose was 1945's "Man of the Year" for 1989, a constant member of the class executive committee, and was a former member the Alumni Council, newsletter editor, bequest chair, class president, head agent, and holder of various other class offices. He received the Alumni Award in 1981.

He is survived by his wife, Joan, son Paul, daughters Nancy and Elizabeth, and a grandson.

Austin Bartlett Wason of Epping, N.H., died of a heart attack on March 6. He grew up in Haverhill, Mass., attended Phillips Exeter Academy, and majored in American literature at Dartmouth. He was editor of the Jack-O-Lantern, the Pictorial, and the Aegis.

He entered the Seventh Air Force in 1942 and was a gunner and radio operator on a B-24 bomber. He received the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters. Discharged in 1945, he returned to Dartmouth with his wife, Shirley, and graduated in 1948.

Austin joined the family dairy in Haverhill, Wason-McDonald Cos., eventually becoming its president. After the dairy closed, he continued with Farmers Service of Atkinson, N.H., which later evolved into Securicom Systems (electronic security), where he served as treasurer and later president. He was president of the chamber of commerce in Haverhill and involved in many civic organizations. Austin was a member of his class executive committee since 1970, class secretary 1980-85, and a class agent.

He is survived by his wife, sons Earle, Jonathan, Grant, Scott, and Glen, eight grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

1950

Donald F. Brown Jr. died on February 2 8 in Tulsa after a lengthy battle with cancer. When he retired in 1986, Don was executive vice president and a partner of R.F. Kravis & Assoc., a well-known consulting firm in the oil and gas industry. He came to Dartmouth from Denver after graduating from Kemper Military Academy and following a stint in the U.S. Army of Occupation in Korea. He was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa and Bait & Bullet, and he majored in earth sciences and geology. After graduation, Don worked for ten years for Denverbased Sharpless Oil in oil drilling and exploration, and he joined Kravis in Tulsa in 1963. Don enjoyed fishing and hunting and was an avid golfer. For more than 20 years he was active on the board of directors and executive committee of McCalls School for Exceptional Children. Don is survived by his wife, Inge Jensen, daughter Janet and son Douglas, a grandson, and his brother Mackintosh.

1951

John A. Berggren died of cancer on January 6 in Pittsford, N.Y.John came to Dartmouth from Milton, Mass. He majored in English, but also spoke Swedish, French, and later German. He was an SAE, a member of the Forensic Union, and wrote for The Dartmouth. John earned a master's in public administration from Syracuse.

He was a U.S. Army reservist for seven years and was on active duty in Europe during the Korean War. After discharge John joined Eastman Kodak. He spent more than seven years opening new Kodak operations in Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, and Norway, then returned to headquarters in Rochester, N.Y. John retired as director of strategic planning.

Always active in Pittsford civic affairs such as American Legion and Boy Scouts, John was named the town's 1994 Citizen of the Year. The resolution hailed him as "soldier, scholar, leader, volunteer, visionary, and prudent guardian of the town's purse strings." He enjoyed skiing, square dancing, and photography.

John is survived by his wife, Erika, and children Steven and Ingrid

1952

Robert F. Haycock succumbed to cancer on March 8 in WWellesley Mass. After Korean War service in the army, Bob entered business in sales for petroleum companies. In a midcareer change, he turned to real estate development and management. He retired in 1989 from Fidelity Property. He was active with his sons in Little League and scouting, and with his church. He is survived by his wife, Judith, four sons, and two grandsons.

1953

Carlos Evans Harrison succumbed to cancer on September 5,1994, at Methodist Hospital in Rochester, Minn. Following graduation he attended Dartmouth Medical School and earned his M.D. at the Washington University School of Medicine in 1956. After serving for a year in the Navy Medical Corps, "Pud" moved to Rochester, Minn., in 1979. His specialty was cardiology, in which capacity he authored numerous scientific publications and received many awards and grants during his tenure at the Mayo Clinic.

At Dartmouth Pud was active in the DOC, Canoe Club, Aegis, and debating. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta. He continued his interest in the out-of-doors as a scout leader. He enjoyed sailing, camping, fishing, and hunting.

Pud married Elizabeth Margeson soon after graduation, and she survives along with their daughter and four sons and Pud's brother Merritt '56.

Peter Marshall King died at home in Rosemont, Pa., on December 7 after a courageous fight with liver cancer. In addition to Dartmouth, he attended NYU's School of Business and Finance, the College of William and Mary, and the University of Pennsylvania. Peter served in the Marine Corps during the Korean War receiving the Navy Cross, Silver Star, and other commendations. He was a district sales manager for Gulf Oil for a number of years prior to becoming a criminal investigator for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania until his retirement in 1986. Peter was active in the Boy Scouts for 55 years, including membership in the National Eagle Scout Association and receiving the Silver Beaver Award. He gave much of his time to a number of civic, social, and community organizations. Peter was a member on a U.S. Davis Cup Tennis Team and was also an opera and oratorio singer. He is survived by his wife, Mildred son John, and stepmother Jeanne Hanson King.

1996

Sarah McKnight Devens died July 10 at her home in Essex, Mass., of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. At Dartmouth Sarah was a psychology major with a minor in Latin American and U.S. Hispanic literature and was a member of the Phoenix women's senior society.

Sarah was an outstanding athlete on the women's varsity lacrosse, field hockey, and ice hockey teams. Last year she was co-winner of the Class of 1976 Award, recognizing the best female athlete at the College. This past spring she led women's lacrosse to the Ivy League championship and for the first time ever-to the NCAA semifinals. She was named to the NCAA Championship all-tournament team.

In field hockey last fall she helped lead the team to the ECAC Tournament championship game. In her sophomore and junior years she led in scoring and was a unanimous selection for the All-Ivy first team.

In ice hockey her freshman year, Sarah was ECAC Rookie of the Year and a member of the All-Ivy first team. The team won the Ivy League championship in her freshman and junior years.

Sarah also starred in the three sports at St. Paul's School in Concord, N.H., where she won academic honors and was a member of the Peer Alternative Support Group.

She is survived by her parents Charles Devens Jr. and Sally Willard, brothers Charles III and Samuel, four grandparents, and numerous other relatives.

Memorial contributions may be made to Dartmouth, St. Paul's School, or the Shore Country Day School in Beverly, Mass.