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.

Horace E. Dalrymple '20 • Dec. 31, 1994 Edward Graham Bates '22 • Oct. 18 Frederick Braidwood Laidlaw '24 • Oct. 16 Harry Means Griffith '25 • Sept. 9 Williams McLean Mitchell '26 • Sept. 26 Carl Frederick Schipper Jr. '26 • Oct. 25 John Wayne Van Orman '28 • April 17 Harold Lyman Marden '29 • Feb. 95 Stephen Avery Raube '30 • Oct. 9 Fred Andrew Tangeman '30 • May 6 James Ross Gamble '33 • Nov. 13 Alexandre A. Selivanoff '33 • Oct. 31 Leland Howard Shaw Jr. '33 • Sept. 17 Robert Fulton Korns '34 • Oct. 3 Philip Augustus Conathan '35 • Oct. 7 Carl Heinrich Funke '35 • Oct. 7 Kenneth Morse Kurson '35 • Aug. 12 Roland Jacobi Leich '35 • Oct. 30 Frank Richard Meyers '35 • Sept. 23 George Walter Dittmar '36 • Oct. 20 George Broadrup Fraser '36 • Sept. 19 Franklin Edgar Whitlock '36 • Oct. 4 David Melville Hall '37 • unknown Elmer William Leyrer Jr. '38 • Oct. 3 Kevin John Fay '39 • Oct. 5 Frederick Richmond McBrien '39 • Feb. 18 Richard Harding Shaw '39 • Sept. 7 Wilson Mabry Cornwall '41 • Oct. 4 Robert Wakefield Dickson '41 • Oct. 1 Rodney Rathbone McCathran II '42 • Oct. 15 Samuel Carey Bullock '43 • Oct. 11 Paul Emil Enz '43 • Nov. 1 Robert Henry Tenney '43 • Sept. 1 Albert Henry Faber '44 • Oct. 24 Richard Norman Tarlow '44 • Oct. 19 Carl Fred Hoffman '45 • June 28 Richard Corey Johnson '45 • Oct. 19 John Jay Kirby '45 • Oct. 8 Robert Sidney Post '45 • Sept. 20 Francis Lewis Steenken Jr. '45 • Oct. 1 John Maurice Gogle '46 • Oct. 11 William Rayner Johnson '46 • Sept. 12 Edward Francis Brophy '47 • Oct. 11 Roy Harris '47 • unknown George Chaffee Stoddard Jr. '47 • Oct. 8 Albert E. Anderson '51 • Oct. 8 Donald C. Dahl '51 • Oct. 23 Theodore B. Lewis '52 • Oct. 23 Herbert John Dahl '56 • unknown GaryTaylor Blackman '68 • Nov. 10 Marvin Tennyson Johnson '73 • Oct. 7

1927

Dudley Baldwin Bonsal died at home in Bedford, N.Y., July 22, 1995, at the age of 88. Dud prepared for college at the Horace Mann School in New York City. At Dartmouth he majored in history and was a member of Zeta Psi fraternity. His interests were in Cabin and Trail, debating and the arts.

He obtained a law degree at Harvard in 1930 and was admitted to the bar in New York in 1932. He became involved in international law and was a vigorous critic of communist justice. He was president of the association of the bar of the City of New York from 1958 to 1961. President Kennedy appointed him as a federal court judge of the southern district of New York in 1961.

Dud was honored with a dinner in New York in 1968 attended by several Dartmouth friends and colleagues. He received an award from the College at our 55th Reunion for outstanding service in the law and exceptional personal qualities.

He is survived by his wife, Lucia, daughter Lois Osier, and son Stephen. We will remember Dud as an out-standing member of our class.

James Moore Jones of Otter Rock, Ore., died October 2, 1994. Jim prepared for Dartmouth at New Trier High School in Winnetka, Ill.

His major in college was math and physics. He described himself as a loner at Dartmouth. He transferred to the University of California at Berkeley after three years in Hanover. He attended the San Francisco University in 1960-62 and Sonoma State in 1965. In 1938 Jim served in the Canadian battalion of the International Brigade in the war in Spain, about which he contributed a chapter in a book titled, Our Fight.Jim was proud of his Cherokee heritage.

He married in 1946 and was later divorced. He is survived by his son, daughter, and one grandson. His brother Ellis was a member of the class of 1928.

1929

Bernard Alfred Burnham died in Oakville, Conn., on May 31,1985. He earned his degree in ophthalmology from Tufts in 1934 and belonged to Pi Lamda Phi.

He served in the European and African theaters from 1941 to 1946 and in Korea in 1951 and 1952 and earned five battle stars, a Bronze Star, and the Croix de Guerre.

He practiced in Waterbury, Conn., and belonged to the A.M.A. and other medical associations. He was a welcome friend at several mini-reunions.

His wife, Nelly, died before him. He leaves a son Richard '71 and a daughter Betsy '84, a son-in-law Mark Stern, and a nephew Kevin McDonnell '74.

Harold Lyman Marden died in February 1995 at Punta Gorda, Fla.

J - . . - — ~ — . , - — He came to us from Proctor Academy and Woodsville, N.H., and, later, attended Keene Teach- ers College and Springfield College. He was a C.P.O. in the navy from 1942 to 1945 and worked on subma- rine construction at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.

He leaves his wife, Edith, a son, and two daughters.

1931

Charles Cecil Warne Jr. died on March 3, 1995. Coming from Yonkers High via Mercersburg, Charlie majored in English at the College. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, interfraternity council, the chess club, the DOC, El Central Espanol, and the freshman swimming and varsity fencing teams.

After graduation he began his sales career first with R. H. Macy for three years, then with the Powell Coal Co. in New Haven until 1936, when he was employed by Hubbard & Co. of Pittsburgh and Chicago, where he rose to vice president and director of sales. From 1961 to retirement in 1974 he was vice president of Rockwell International. He had been a member of several professional organizations and a director of two other Pittsburgh firms. In WWII he was a lieutenant in the navy. For the academic year of 1974-75 he was the Goodyear executive professor of business administration at Kent State.

Charlie had been active in his church, the Masons, and in many civic and sports organizations.

He is survived by his wife, Miriam, daughter Elizabeth, stepson Kirk Thompson, brother Frederick '36, and nephew Frederick Field '61. His first wife, Catherine, daughter Catherine, and son Charles predeceased him.

1932

James Butler Brown of New London, N.H., died August 18, 1995, at New London Hospital after a long illness. He came to Dartmouth from Phillips Exeter Academy, and was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. He graduated from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, and practiced his profession in Concord, holding several offices in the New Hampshire Dental Society and the Concord Hospital. He moved his practice in 1957 to New London.

He served in the army in WWII, attaining the rank of major. Jim was a hunter and breeder of hunting dogs, and thoroughly enjoyed gardening. He was predeceased by his wife of 50 years, Dorothy (Lindenmeyr) Brown, who died in 1989. He leaves three daughters, Linda B. Jackson, Sara B. Dowse, and Martha B. Richards, and five grandchildren.

Wilbur H. "Ping" Ferry died of Parkinson's disease September 30, 1995. He came from the University of Detroit High School and at Dartmouth was a member of Palaeopitus, Green Key, and varsity football. After graduating he worked in various fields, including newspapers, publicity, and public relations. In 1954 he became vice president of the Center for Democratic Institutions at Santa Barbara. From 1970 until his death he was on the board of the DJB Foundation, Scarsdale, N.Y. Here, he and his wife Carol financed through the foundation grants and personal contributions, "things that no one else would fund because they were too radical for conventional foundations."

Ping abhorred violence. He was a zealot on the subjects of nuclear disarmament, peace issues, and racial justice, but was pessimistic of reaching these goals. Sometimes his enthusiasm for causes brought him into conflict with others, but those who disagreed had to admire his honesty. He has been called iconoclastic, but he was more than that.

A paid obituary by friends in The New York Times describes him fittingly: "Muckraker, peacemaker, curmudgeon, champion of justice, kind heart.... He kept doing the right thing."

Besides his wife, survivors include three daughters, Denise LaTourelle, Robin Ferry, and Fay Christiansen; a son Lucian; two stepchildren, Katherine Andre and John Bernstein; and 10 grandchildren.

1933

Frederick Southgate Clark died on November 11,1994, in Mercy Hospital, Spring-field, Mass., after a long illness. He prepared for Dartmouth at Haverhill High School, Dean Academy, and the Arnold School. He left the College during our course and studied from 1931 to 1933 at Clark University and thereafter for two years at Pittsburgh School of Accounting.

He spent his business career with Scovill, Welling-ton & Co., a Springfield enterprise which combined accounting and engineering. He is survived by his wife, Edith, and their children, Philip, Frederick Jr., Susan, and Cynthia.

Rufus Curtis Read Jr. died on June 4, 1995. He prepared for Dartmouth at Attleboro (Mass.) High School and was a member of Sigma Nu. He left college before graduation and engaged in business in Boston as a jeweler with R. C. Read and Co. He is survived by his wife, Helen, and his son, R. Curtis III.

1934

John Herbert Poole died of cancer on August 13,1995, in Pasadena, Calif. Herb entered Dartmouth from Woodberry Forest School in Orange, Va. He majored in economics, was active in the Dartmouth Players as a student director, and served as a class agent, 1990-95. In 1943 he received his law degree from the University of Southern California.

He was active in community and educational affairs as president and director of Pasadena Settlement and the Pasadena Humane Society, and board member of the Pasadena Art Museum and the Legal Ad Society. Herb's main hobby was dry fly-fishing, which he enjoyed at his summer home and on trips to the Yellowstone Park area. He is survived by his wife, Jean, and five children, Robert, Katherine, Frank, Elizabeth, and John '79.

1935

Edmond Thompson Freeman died at his home in Waynesville, N.C., on August 15, 1995. He is survived by his wife, Bertha, and children Barbara, Susan, and Joseph. He was a class agent(1986-1989) and his fraternity was Psi Upsilon.

Hobart W. Griffin died on July 27,1994, at Aiken Regional Medical Center after a five-year bout with multiple myeloma.

Upon graduation he was employed by E.I. DuPont and made a commitment for 43 years in various locations and endeavors, culminating at the Savannah River Plant in Aiken, S.C.

His Dartmouth family included his father, Winthrop '08, brothers-in-law F. "Lenny" Bryant '35, Alan M. Bryant '37, brother Budge '44, and son Peter '66.

He had a lifelong love for the sea and matters naval. He was a life member of the Power Squadron at Savannah River and Beaufort. For many years he kept a sail-boat at Hilton Head. He had a captain's certificate and was licensed to the paying passengers on the eastern seaboard. He is survived by his wife, Frieda, sons Jon, Stephen, and Peter, sister Michelin Whipple, brother Budge, six grandchildren, two stepgrandchildren, and one great-grandchild.

Sidney James Simons died July 1, 1995, at home in Waban, Mass., after a long illness. He is survived by his wife, Estelle; five children, Harvey, Harry, Frank, Robert, and Kaura; and a brother, Samuel '38. Sid's fraternity was Pi Lambda Phi.

Dan Calvin Swander died on July 14,1995, in Cleveland; the cause of death is believed to have been complications from hip surgery.

At Dartmouth he played lacrosse, sang with the Glee Club, and was a member of the Green Key Society.

He is survived by his former spouse, Dorothy, and children Susan, Dan, and Mary.

Dan's fraternity was Phi Sigma Psi.

1936

Sidney Barr died on July 6, 1995, at his home in Encino, Calif., of kidney failure. He came to Dartmouth from Haverhill High School in Haverhill, Mass., and was a member of Pi Lambda Phi Fraternity while on campus.

Sid spent all of his working life in the shoe industry. Upon graduation from Dartmouth, he joined the family shoe business, managing the Green-Barr Shoe Manufacturing Co. in Lowell, Mass. In 1950 he became a sales representative in the Southeast region, and in 1955 he moved to the West Coast, where he ran the sales office for his family's manufacturing interests. From 1984, when the family business closed, until his death, he worked as a sale representative for various factories located in the Far East. He was a charter member of "The 210 Associates," the charitable association of the shoe industry, which was founded in 1937.

Though he rarely returned to Hanover, Sid's love for Dartmouth remained undiminished, and he was followed there by two brothers, Stanley Barr '44 and Harold Barr '46, as well as a nephew, Douglas Barr '76, and a niece, Cathy Barr Taylor '83. In addition to three family members he is survived by a sister, two daughters, a son, and a step-daughter, as well as several grandchildren.

George Edwin Cole of Hopewell, N.J., died suddenly on August 15,1995. He entered Dartmouth from New Trier Township (Ill.) High School. At the College he majored in English and was business manager of The Dart. He received his M.A. in English from the University of Chicago in 1939.

George's four-year stint in the army was surrounded by two sessions with the Opinion Research Corp. in Princeton, N.J. In 1948 he left Opinion Research to become research dierctor at Gallup and Robinson, also in Princeton. In 1953 he joined the Railway Express Agency as director, market reserach division, a position he held until his retirement in 1975.

George is survived by his wife, Alma, and son George E. Jr.

1937

Marion Cavitt Cruce died on March 18, 1995. He went to Andover Acade-my, was an economics major, and graduated from Tuck in 1938. Since WWII he worked for himself as an accountant and in the oil business.

His hobbies were soaring, amateur radio, golf, and fishing. He traveled in the United States an average of 25,000 miles each year pulling his sailplane, either to compete or "just fly." He managed to spend 125 hours a year in his glider.

Marion served his class as an agent and a member of the 50th Reunion giving committee. He is survived by his sons James '72 and Andrew, and daughter Lee Ann.

Frederic Robinson Mayo died August 13,1995, of cancer following a brain tumor operation. Fred came to Dartmouth from Phillips Exeter Academy, majored in psychology, and was a member of Beta Theta Pi and Dragon.

After serving four years in the navy in WWII, he worked in Providence, R.I., in printing and advertising. He retired in 1975 and moved to Sun City, Ariz. He married Esther in November 1937 and could celebrate wedding anniversaries in the same year as the class reunions.

A loyal member of our class, Fred served as class agent for many years. He and Esther enjoyed traveling to foreign countries and Hawaii. In our Golden Jubilee Report, Fred said, "Live life to the fullest, and be kind and thoughtful to others—The Golden Rule still applies." We extend the sympathy of the class to Esther and his daughter, Janet H. Thomson, three grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.

J. Russell Murdock died on June 19, 1995. He came to Dartmouth from the Manlius School. He majored in political science and was a member of Kappa Sigma.

He was involved for many years in welfare-related work for Essex County and retired in 1977 as deputy commissioner of the Department of Social Services of Essex County. He is survived by his wife, Nellie.

1938

Alfred Joseph McSwain died on July 23,1995, in a local nursing home in Bend, Ore. Al entered Dartmouth from Walpole (Mass.) High School. He was a Phi Bete and a graduate of Tuck School. He attended Harvard Law School for a year.

Al worked for Johns Manville Corp. for 33 years in industrial relations, personnel, and management training, retiring in 1977 and moving to Bend, Ore. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth, three sons, two daughters, two brothers, and six grandchildren.

John William Milliken died at home in Hartsdale, N.Y., on July 25,1995, after a long illness. Bill came to Dartmouth from Bowen High School in Chicago, Ill. His major was English and he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta. He received a M.A. in history from Bucknell University in 1947.

Bill served with the Army Corps of Engineers from November 1940 to February 1946 and was discharged with the rank of captain. He was research director of the business magazines division of the Simmons-Board-man Publishing Corp.

He is survived by his wife, Madeline.

Richard Baker Wilson died of cancer at his home in Hingham, Mass., on April 27,1995. Dick entered Dartmouth from Lowell (Mass.) High School, but did not graduate. He received his B.S. from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy in 1938, becoming a registered pharmacist. He spent most of his career in pharmaceutical pursuits. His dad graduated with the class of 1894. Richard is survived by his wife, Cecilia.

1940

Page Smith died August 28,1995, ofleukemia at his daughter's home in Santa Cruz, Calif. His wife, Eloise Pichard Smith, died of cancer of the kidney the day before.

Smith came to Dartmouth from Gilman Country School, Baltimore, Md. Following graduation in 1940, he served with the 10th Mountain Division in WWII, retiring as major. He received M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard. Smith then served as research associate of the Institute of Early American History and Culture at Williamsburg, Va., and was a member of the history department at UCLA before being appointed provost of Cowell College UCSC in 1964. He resigned that position in 1969 in protest against the philosophy that favors publishing over teaching. Smith wrote more than 20 books that were both praised by scholars and featured by the Book-of-the-Month Club. His biography of John Adams earned him the Bancroft Prize for historical writing. Two books, Democracy on Trial and Old Age is Another Country: A Traveler's Guide arrived in bookstores just before his death.

He is survived by two daughters, Ellen Davidson and Anne Eashey, and two sons, W. Carter Smith and Eliot Smith.

1941

Robert M. Chase Jr. died at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center on October 2,1995. Bud was born in Panama, but attended Dartmouth from Huntington School, living in Ashland, Mass. He served in the Army Air Corps as a lieutenant from 1942-46 with duty in Southwest Pacific as a meteorologist, having studied at MIT in that specialty. Bud was a quality-control manager for Uniroyal for 25 years, retiring in 1973. He was married in 1942 to Doris Hamilton, who predeceased him in 1993. They had lived in Middlebury, Conn., for most of their lives and raised a family of three sons, Robert M. III, Leonard, and Duncan, who survive them. Bud had only recently moved to Laconia, N.H., where he continued his hobbies of model making, woodworking, and train collecting.

George C. Drake died on June 30,1995, of unknown causes. George came to Dartmouth from New York Military Academy where he was active in tennis, basketball, band, and choir. His home at that time was Teaneck, N.Y. George did not graduate with the class and details of his life after Dartmouth are unknown, though he apparently lived for much of his life in New Jersey, his last address being Lincoln Park.

Wayne K. Hill died on August 25,1995, at his home in Silver Spring, Md., from prostate cancer. Wayne came to Hanover from Roosevelt High School in Washington, D.C. As an undergraduate he was a member of the Varsity Glee Club and group singing remained an important part of his adult life. During WWII Wayne served in the North Atlantic and Caribbean areas with the navy, being separated as a full lieutenant. He then attended George Washington University Law School and received his LL.B. in 1947. After clerking for two years in the District of Columbia Circuit Court, he entered private practice with a small law firm and much later retired as the senior partner.

He married Glenora Whitman in 1943 and together they raised four children, Wayne Jr. '66, Nancy Jean, Donna Marguerite, and Debra Ann, all of whom survive him. Wayne was active in many ways for 40 years with Woodside United Methodist Church in Silver Spring. He also was justly proud of having donated 161 pints of blood during his lifetime and having hiked two-thirds of the 2,100-mile Appalachian Trail.

Albert A. Hutton died after a short illness on April 24, 1995, in Plantation, Fla., where he had lived for the past 18 years. Al was raised in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and at Dartmouth was a member of Sigma Chi and Dragon.

He served in the Marine Corps from 1942-46 with combat duty in the South Pacific where, as a captain, he was awarded the Bronze Star medal and two Presidential Unit Citations. Following the war he returned to the Cleveland area and began a career as a construction contractor. In 1960 he was named president and chairman of the board of George A. Rutherford Inc., a general building contractor. He was also president and director of Enamel Products Co. His wide range of civic activities included two long tenures on the Dartmouth Alumni Committee on Enrollment and Admissions for District 123. Al was married to Jean Dickey in 1942 and they raised four children. He married a second time, but was later divorced. Both former wives survive him, as do the four children, including Michael '75.

1942

John Haldeman Garretson Jr. died on June 14, 1995. He came to Dartmouth from Phillips Exeter Academy, majored in economics, and was a member of Gamma Delta Chi. He attended Tuck School in 1943.

Following WWII, John became involved in the cranberry business, and in 1951 he and his father bought their own bog in Marshfield, Mass. At the time of our 50th Reunion he was still in business there with his son, Ruel, and son-in-law, Douglas Lowry. John is survived by his wife, Ellen, sons John and Ruel, and daughter Sarah.

1943

Kevin Barry Kenny died suddenly August 9,1995, at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital, New London, Conn.

Kevin came to Dartmouth from Weaver High School in Hartford, Conn. At Dartmouth he majored in history, was a member of DKE/Storrs House, and played lacrosse. Upon graduation he joined the naval reserve, training with our group at Notre Dame. Upon gaining his commission Kevin was assigned to the Pacific Theater, where he served for 32 months as gunnery officer on several LSTs.

After WWII he earned an LL.B. degree from the University of Connecticut Law School and began the practice of law. He served as a prosecutor for the City of Hartford and subsequently in private practice as a litigator until his retirement in 1987. Kevin also served as assistant corporation counsel for the City of Hart-ford and as clerk of the Connecticut Senate. He was also active in a number of community groups, including Hartford Neighborhood Services, the American School for the Deaf, the local D.A.V. chapter, and the Unknown Soldier Chapter 10.

Kevin's brother John J. Kenny '36, predeceased him. In 1951 Kevin married Barbara Baisley, who survives him together with their sons, Kevin '75 and J. William.

William Albert Scholl died April 1, 1995, in Community Hospital, Calif., of an abdominal aneurysm. He prepared for college at the Manlius School and at Dartmouth he majored in economics, was a member of Theta Chi, sang in the Glee Club, and skied. Upon graduation he enlisted in the naval reserve as an aviation cadet, completed flight training, and was commissioned. He served in various units in the United States and in the Pacific Theater. After WWII Bill joined the International Paper Co. and became a division sales manager. He is survived by a sister, Jean B. Shaw, to whom we offer our condolences.

1944

James Alan Lang died September 15, 1995, at his home in Los Altos, Calif., after a long battle with cancer.

Jim came to Dartmouth from Winnetka, Ill., and New Trier High School. He served as staff sergeant in the air force from 1942 to 1946, mostly in the Philippines, and received his bachelor of engineering degree from Colorado University in 1948.

An electronics engineer, he worked for Motorola Communications and Electronics and Microwave RCA on both the East and West coasts, as well as Microwave, Wescome Inc., and California Microwave. He formed his own company for parttime electronic consulting in his retirement. He was a coholder of patents in radio and telephone radio fields.

Jim was an ardent Dartmouth alumnus and bridge player. He is survived by his second wife, Joanne, and two daughters.

1945

Carl Fred Huffman of Mill Valley, Calif., died in San Rafael, Calif., of heart failure on June 28, 1995. A native of Albany, N.Y., he attended Vicential Institute before entering Dartmouth, where he was a member of the DKE Fraternity and the Aegis yearbook staff and played freshman football.

He joined the V-12 program and left for the navy, where he received a citation for distinguishing himself by meritorious action in aerial flight. After discharge, he returned to Dartmouth, majoring in economics and industrial relations and graduating with a bachelor of science degree. He also attended Stanford University School of Business.

Fred was a stockbroker with various firms, including his own, and at the time of his death was executive vice president of Waldron & Co., a brokerage firm in San Rafael, Calif. He was also a member of Kiwanis International and the Rotary Club of Sausalito, Calif.

He is survived by two sons, Mark and Seth, and a sister, Helen E. Casey.

1947

Clinton R. Holton of Portland, Me., died August 18, 1995. He was born and raised in Northfield, Mass., and graduated from Northfield High School. He came to Dartmouth with a V-12 Naval Unit, graduating in 1947.

He was employed with Consolidated Contractors and Builders, where he was senior vice president and project manager. He was responsible for many major projects that included Loring Air Force Base at Limestone, Me.; Mary Hitchcock Hospital in Hanover, N.H.; and, in Portland, the Casco Bank Building, Brighton Medical Center, Unum's General Offices, Franklin Towers, and many of the city's major parking garages.

He served as a director of the YMCA for three terms, and was a member of the Woodfords Congregational Church.

He is survived by his wife, Geraldine (Riley) Hoi ton, and their son and two daughters.

Charles Marshall a well-known, lifelong resident of Peabody, Mass., died July 19,1995, as a result of a heart attack.

After Peabody High School, he entered the navy, serving in the Pacific Theater for five years, prior to his discharge. Charles graduated from Dartmouth in 1947, and later attended Columbia University.

He was employed at General Electric Co. from 1947 to 1983, starting as a draftsman and becoming manager of the medium steam turbine and gear department. He finished his career as manager of construction and engineering for the Lynn Utilities Operation.

He was active in community affairs, serving on the building committee of the Portuguese Catholic Mission and the Peabody Retirement Board until 1994. An avid golfer, he was a lifetime and an original member of Thomson Country Club, in North Reading.

He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Agnes (De Freitas) Marshall, a son, and two daughters.

Norman Platine of Newbury, Mass., an administrator for international schools and a career educator, died August 4, 1995, at his retirement home in Palm Bay, Fla., of cancer.

He came to Dartmouth by way of Arlington (Mass.) High School and Yale University, with the Navy V-12 program. He received degrees from Dartmouth and University of Detroit.

Norman worked in both public and private schools, as coach, teacher, and principal. He was a past director of the Women's Job Corps Center, Huntington, W.V. He also served as an administrator for schools in India, Taiwan, Germany, Iran, and Zaire.

He leaves his wife, Elizabeth (Wood) Platine, and two sons and a daughter.

George Chaffee Stoddard Jr. died on October 8,1995, of cancer at Mt. Ascutney Hospital in Windosr, Vt.

"Skip" came to Dartmouth after graduating from Scarsdale (N.Y.) High School and entered the Navy V-12 unit. After attending officer's training school at Columbia University, and service in the Pacific, he returned to Dartmouth to graduate with his class.

He settled permanently in Hanover in 1949, and retired in 1985 after 35 years as personnel director of Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital. Recent winters had been spent golfing in Pinehurst, N.C.

Surviving are his wife, Ruth; son Kenneth; daughters Sally Collier, Susan Duant, and Martha Holmes; a sister; and eight grandchildren.

1948

Everett Hamilton Aspinwall Jr. noted TV and radio broadcast journalist, died of prostate cancer on July 13,1995, in Florida.

"Bing" grew up in Pawtucket, R.I., joined the navy after high school, and came to Dartmouth in 1945 from V-12 out of Wesleyan. At Dartmouth he was a Sigma Nu, in the Dartmouth Players, and majored in chemistry. He went on to North Carolina State for a master's before serving in the navy again during 1951-53 in Korea.

Bing then worked for several radio and TV stations in the East. Among other things, he wrote for Walter Cronkite and Douglas Edwards, served as ABC's Midwest bureau chief, and represented all networks as "pool" producer and correspondent in several assignments with three U.S. presidents.

He produced This Week With Bill Moyers for public television before moving to Palm Beach to own and operate station WPBR, one of the nation's first "all-talk" radio stations. In September more than 100 attended a memorial service for him organized by ABC News in Washington.

Bing is survived by his wife, Valerie, four children, and four sisters, two of whom, Joan and Helen, married George Jamison '46 and Pentti "Finn" Siiteri '48, respectively.

Bruce Edward Crowell a native of the Brockton, Mass., area, suffered a heart attack on April 7, 1995, while working on the roof of the family summer house in Plymouth, Mass., and died April 30 at his nearby home in West Bridgewater.

Bruce graduated from Brockton High in 1943. In WWII he immediately enlisted in the Marine Corps, where his three years with the nation's first line began in the V-12 at Dartmouth and ended after duty in the Pacific.

He returned to Dartmouth, married Betty Curtin prior to his senior year, and majored in English. Bruce then returned to Brockton and went to work for T.F. Crowell & Sons, the construction firm founded by his grandfather (and co-managed by Bruce and his father for many years). In addition to running the family firm he was a director of Campobello Cooperative Bank, deacon of the Chiltonville Congregational Church, and member of many other civic organizations.

He is survived by Betty, daughters Judith, Cynthia (a nurse at Dartmouth Hitchcock Memorial Hospital), and Carolyn, two grandchildren, and brother G. Robert Crowell. Dartmouth friends were John K. Conant '46, Herbert Hillman Jr. '54, Lansing McGill '47, and the late James E. Wellington '48.

Warren Thompson Kent died of cancer at Greenville, S.C., on November 5, 1992. He came to Dartmouth from Episcopal Academy and the V-12 program at Penn State, after which he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps. Tom came on campus in the spring of 1946, majoring in economics. He was a member of Sphinx and Alpha Delta Phi and served as vice president for both Palaeopitus and the Interfraternity Council.

He went into the family woolen business, which dates from 1843, from College and commuted and lived between Philadelphia and South Carolina for many years. During our 25th Reunion, he reported that he had purchased control of the southern units of Kent Manufacturing and devoted his attention to them as president and chairman He was president of the state and director of the national textile associations. His special interests were bridge, golf, and travel.

He was survived by his wife, Elaine, daughter Phyllis, and sons Warren and Mark. His brother, William '39, predeceased him.

1949

Richard Sleeper Russell of Holden, Mass., died July 24,1995, following a long bout with cancer. He left his wife of 45 years Jane, son Mark, daughter Susan, and three grandchildren. Dick, whose father Raymond was Dartmouth' 15, is also survived by his brother, Frank '51. An army verteran who served in Normandy, northern France, and the Rhineland, Dick was a Phi Delt at Dartmouth. After graduation he joined Sleeper & Hartley Corp., a manufacturer of spring-making machinery and wire-mill equipment founded by his grandfather. Dick became a vice president and co-owner, retiring in 1990.

1953

Noel "Chad" A. Day died from lung cancer on September 2, 1995, at San Francisco's Kaiser Hospital. Chad had a long and distinguished career of public service. Following graduation, Chad returned to his roots in Harlem to teach school and later became director of St. Mark's Social Center. As co-chairman of the Massachusetts Freedom Movement in 1963, he conceived the idea of Freedom Schools offering an alternative curriculum for black students. Following his relocation to San Francisco, he founded the URSA Group of companies in 1971 and, in 1979, Polaris Research and Development. Chad was involved in many volunteer activities, including serving as president of the Black Coalition on AIDS, chairman of the board of trustees of the California School of Professional Psychology, chairman of Everyday Inc. He also served on the advisory committees of California Tomorrow and the Trust for Public Lands. Perhaps the best statement of the love and respect felt for Chad was given during his memorial service: "Noel A. Day...discerned and chose to struggle with our society's toughest issues, and he did so with a boundless humanity and an infectious mirth." Chad is survived by his wife, Christine, three sons, three daughters, two sisters, and father.

1963

George C. Bonstelle Jr. died June 29, 1995, in Charleston, S.C., from injuries sustained in an automobile accident, according to his daughter, Carolyn A. Bonstelle, 15, who was a passenger in the car. Also killed in the accident was George's wife of many years, Edith M. "Mimi" von Glahn Bonstelle. The three had been en route to pick up Carolyn's sister, Anne V. Bonstelle, 12, at summer camp.

At his death George was owner of Hair Bears, a haircutting chain in the Charleston area. Earlier he owned and operated National Home Video—Westwood, a video store.

A native of Winnetka, Ill., George was a brother of Gamma Delta Chi. After graduation he served in Vietnam and was later stationed in Jacksonville, Fla., specializing in the defusing of bombs. He was club secretary of the Dartmouth Alumni Association in Florida.

The Bonstelle children are being cared for by their grandmother, Edith von Glahn.

1967

David Odle died on August 9, 1995, of a heart attack in Concord, Mass., near Lexington, where he lived before entering Dartmouth. In College Dave majored in mathematics. His brothers from the DKE house remember him for his humor, his absolute commitment to his friends, and his service as treasurer of the fraternity. He also worked as a manger for the basketball program. After graduation, an advanced degree in computer science led Dave to a position as senior engineer at Wang Labs and independent contracting work. Dave is survived by his wife, Susan, and daughters Jennifer and Alison. The class extends its sympathy to his family. He will be missed.

1968

Gary Taylor Blackman died on November 11,1995, at Miami, Fla., after along illness.

He was born June 29,1946, in Los Angeles, Calif., and moved to Hanover in 1955 when his father, Bob Blackman, became Dartmouth's head football coach. A history major, Gary was a member of the varsity football squad, participated in skiing and intramural ice hockey, and was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.

After graduating, Gary volunteered for the VISTA Program in Tennessee. In 1970 he began his career as a secondary-school coach and athletic administrator at Northfield-Mt. Hermon School, where he coached football, ice hockey, and golf and held positions as associate director of athletics and coordinator of athletics.

In 1983 he was named director of athletics and head football coach at the Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C. He held these positions for eight years. In 1993, he became director of athletics at Ransom Everglades School in Miami, the position he held at the time of his death.

Gary married Wendy Morhouse of Woodstock, Vt., in 1969. In addition to his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Melissa '94 and Stephanie; his parents; sister Julie Blackman; and mother-in-law Marion Morhouse.

1972

Peter Standish Easton died on August 13,1995, in Boston after a long illness. Pete came to Dartmouth from Indianapolis, where he graduated from Shortridge High School. At Dartmouth he was active in Alpha Delta fraternity and was a stand-out performer on the varsity lightweight crew team for three years, culminating in an invitation to the national team training camp. During those years the lightweight crew team became one of the top teams in the United States

Pete went on to receive his master's degree in engineering from Thayer in 1976, which led to an engineering career until the time of his death. He is survived by his father, Nelson, and his brother, N. Roy Easton '70. Those of us who knew him will remember his biting wit and sarcasm, and as one of the toughest competitors ever to pick up an oar.

1975

Paul Richard McLaughlin died September 25,1995, in Boston after being shot by an unknown assailant. Paul grew up in Jamaica Plain and was a graduate of Boston Latin School. At Dartmouth he was a religion major, contributing editor for the Dartmouth course guide, and president of Gamma Delta Chi. After graduation Paul attended Suffolk University Law School at night while working for the Massachusetts Senate Committee on Ways and Means, earning his law degree, cum laude, in 1981.

Most of Paul's legal career was spent as a prosecutor, first with the Middlesex County district attorney's office, later as a Massachusetts assistant attorney general, A lead prosecutor specializing in drug, weapon, and gang crimes, Paul at the time of his death was overseeing the Safe Neighborhood Initiative, a program targeting areas with high levels of violent crime and drug activity. Authorities believe his murder in a commuter parking lot in West Roxbury maybe gang related. Paul was active with the Democratic Party, the American Cancer Society, and the West Roxbury branch library.

He is survived by parents Elizabeth and Edward F. McLaughlinJr. '42; brothers Edward F. III '70, Robert '76, and Richard '78; and sister Elizabeth Ann.