Obituary

Deaths

SEPTEMBER 1996
Obituary
Deaths
SEPTEMBER 1996

Warren Osman Turner '20 • Feb. 16 Clifford Cole Corbet '21 • April 1 Howard Patten Emerson '23 • Feb. 15, 1994 Frederick Homer Reed '23 • May 21 Philip Aron Segal '23 ♦ April 11 Robert Lucien McCollom '24 • May 18 George Kendall Smith '24 • Feb. 12 Thomas Joseph Higgins '25 • March 15 Joseph Needham Kinney '26 • Feb. 14 Richard Major '26 • May 8 John Wayland Roberts '26 • Dec. 2, 1995 George Davis Snell '26 • June 6 Emmett Willis '26 • Oct. 9,1995 James W. Wooster '26 • May 3 William Duke Chapman '27 • May 3 Wilfred Ernest Shaw '27 • Nov. 25,1995 Merrill Willey Whittemore '28 • Feb. 20 Frank Pray Foster '29 • May 24 George T.Plakias '29 • Sept. 28, 1994 Roger Gordon Granger '30 • May 23 George Veasey Parkhurst '30 • May 10 Hermann Nelson Sander '30 • April 24 Frank Rogers '31 • Feb. 23 Shirley Edward Greene '32 • May 31 Donald Stewart Simpson '32 • Jan. 9 John Swenson '32 • May 21 Weldon Amzy Brown '33 • March 30 GustavJacques Mohr '33 • April 4 Milton Robert Neaman '33 • May 2 Raymond Edward Peck '33 • March 22 John Koch Smart '33 • June 2 Douglas Harold Stanton '33 • Aug. 11, 1990 Alvin Edward Strock '33 • June 1 Edward Stickney Brown '34 • April 22 George Nason Collins '34 • May 14 Edwin WJ.Cowie '34 • May 1 William Van Orden French '34 • March 16 George Dudley Tibbits '34 • June 2 Guy Davis Briggs '35 • Nov. 24, 1995 Charles Matthew Dinneen '35 • April 13 Philip Nelson Guyol '35 • May 19 Harold C. Klein '35 • April 18 Alistair English Ritchie '35 • April 10 Robert Clarke Ervin '36 • April 24,1995 Welbourne Walker Lewis '36 • Jan. 24 Conrad A. Wickham '36 • May 1 Dean Avery Worcester '36 • Nov. 24, 1995 Amos Addis Ziegler '36 • April 17 Charles Kligerman '37 • March 30 Gilbert Richards Reynolds '37 • June 12 William Franklin Bennett '38 • April 19 Benjamin Newport Baldwin '38 • Dec. 20, 1995 Charles Carpenter Bullock '38 • April 28 Ernest Richard Bly '39 • April 24 Roy Martin Sherburne '39 • Dec. 8,1995 Richard Nelson Funkhouser '40 • June 13 Harold Cleveland McAllister '40 • April 26 Gordon Keith Wentworth '40 • March 29 Fenwick Cookson Atwill '41 • April 9 Richard Frank Blanchard '41 • May 7 William Bardett Burgard '41 • May 27 Henry John Fisk '4l • June 6 Kenneth E. Gross '4l • May 7 Albert Atkinson Hutton '41 • April 24,1995 Clayton Talmadge Koelb '41 • May 15 John Francis Lenfestey '42 • April 9 Herbert S. Morrison '42 • May 12 Edwin Forbes Self '42 • April 16 Norman Arthur Askey '43 • Feb. 14 Robert F. Fosdick '43 • May 14 Harold Sylvester Fuller '43 • May 13 George Theodore Schaefer '43 • Jan. 4 Richard Prentice Ettinger '44 • April 26Willis Melvin Patridge '44 • May 16Robert Heywood Puraell '44 • Dec. 4,1995 John William Seekins '44 • April 10Sterling Foster Black '45 • May 20Thomas G. Lantzas '45 • April 26 Harry Kamensky '46 • Oct. 17, 1994 Glenn Allen Duba '47 • Feb. 4 Arthur Charles Goodwin '47 • April 13John Grady Lee '47 • June 22, 1995 William G. Pace '48 • June 17James R. Fowler '49 • April 12Warren Gerald Norris '49 • May 18Warren Murdock Cox '50 • April 11Philip Richardson Pearson '50 • May 9 Robert Dutton Wilson '50 • June 5 Francis Melvin Walsh '51 • April 3 James Abbott Hoeven '54 • May 10 George Henry Swatek '54 • Jan. 11, 1995 Robert Lloyd Carter '55 • April 4, 1995 Edwin H. Cumings '56 • Nov. 28, 1995 Richard Severin Cox '57 • April 20 James Donald Jones '60 • August 1995 Khent Hancock Rowton '65 • Feb. 20 Michael Francis Vaccaro '67 • April 22 Bruce Ralph Karr '71 • April 11 Nicholas Alexander Pishvanov '70 • Oct. 28, 1995 Wilbert A. Anderson '83 • Feb. 7,1995 Alexis Allen Boss '93 • Dec. 14,1995

1921

Clifford Cole Corbet

of Carmel, Calif., died April 1,1996. He is survived by two sons, Burke and Barry; a brother James; six grandchildren; and two great grandchildren. Cliff was also graduated from Dartmouth's Tuck School.

1924

James Shelp Wheaton

of Largo, Fla., died on February 9,1996. He was a brother of Dr. Henry H.Wheaton '24, who predeceased him. After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from Dartmouth, he went on to do graduate work at Columbia and then taught school for four years before going to work for Bell Telephone and later AT&T. From 1942 to 1945 he was on military leave, during which period he rose from captain to lieutenant colonel and became director of personnel for the 1st Tactical Air Force on the U.S. Strategic Air Forces in Europe and the Allied Expeditionary Air Forces. After leaving military service, he went to AT&T, where his career culminated in becoming manager in 1959 of public relations responsible for college and association relations. He is survived by a son, James W. Wheaton Jr. '53, daughters Marjorie and Virginia, three step children, and his wife, Hertha.

1928

Wayne Carl Boeker

died March 21, 1996, in Kentucky of natural causes. Wayne prepared for Dartmouth at Phillips Exeter. At Dartmouth he joined Theta Chi. Later he lived in New Bedford, Mass. In 1941 he joined Table Talk Inc. of Worcester, Mass., a pie manufacturer. He became sales manager in 1952 and retired in 1968. He is survived by his wife, Florence, two daughters, and a stepson.

Paul William Cutler

died on December 10,1995, athis home inNorthbrook, Ill., of emphysema. At Dartmouth he majored in philosophy, joined Phi Gamma Delta and Pleiade, and was active in the arts, soccer, track, and tennis. He was on the Interfraternity Council. He took a law degree at Northwestern University in 1931 and practiced law in Chicago in the firm of Chapman and Cuder. He was a member of the executive committee of Friends of the Dartmouth Library. In 1956 he presented the library with the largest collection of microfilmed literature in its history, 342 reels of the Adams papers, all the papers, public and private, of Presidents John and John Quincy Adams, and Charles Francis Adams. Paul is survived by his wife, Jane, daughters Cynthia and Ruth, sons Bruce '57 and Roger, and son in law Warren L.Fellingham Jr.'56.His brother John '38 predeceased him.

Merril Willey Whittemore

died February 20,1996. Whitprepared for Dartmouth at the Newport (N.H.) High School. At Dartmouth he majored in political science and was on the winter sports team his junior and senior years. After graduation he joined the Guaranty Trust Cos.In 1948 he left them to join the Union National Bank of North Carolina. In the period 1942 to 1945 he served with the army in North Africa, Italy, Corsica, and France. In 1953 he joined the First National Bank of Duluth and was vice president and trust officer until retirement at the end of 1971. White is survived by his wife, Nancy.

1929

Frank Pray Foster M.D.

died May 24, 1996, at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center from heart failure. He came to us from Montclair, N.J., and Andover Academy. He belonged to Casque & Gaundet, Delta Omega Gamma, PsiUpsilon, and Green Key. He was captain of freshman football and majored at medical school. He graduated from McGill Medical. He had an illustrious career at Mayo Clinic and at the Lahey Clinic in Boston. He was named Distinguished Physician of the Year by the American Society of Internal Medicine. He retired to Hanover and was active at Lebanon's Alice Peck Day Hospital and was a guestinstructor at Dartmouth-Hitchcock He was class vice president and a class agent. He leaves his wife, Frances (Brooks), daughter Robin Spaulding, and son Whitney '64. His Dartmouth family includes nephews John Foster '58 and Charles Foster '44, granddaughter Whitney Spaulding '89, and grandsons Brook Spaulding '84 and Kimberly Spaulding '86.

Elmer Frank Fricek

diedonApril 12,1996. E1 came from Lakewood (Ohio) High School, majored in mathematics and belonged to the Mathematics Society. He was a member of the gym team and entertained us at the piano. He spent his career at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, distinguishing himself in the field of human resources. He retired as vice president in 1973 and was a lifetime member of the American Institute of Banking. He served on many community boards. He leaves his wife, Jean (Howald), daughter Ellen, and son Creighton '70.

George Thomas Plakias

of Feeding Hills, Mass., died of heart failure on September 28, 1994. George owned the Star Restaurant in Holyoke and served in the army in 1943 and 1945. His wife, Grace, died before him. He leaves his son Thomas John '68.

1930

Henry Hamilton Gilbert

died on December 28,1995, living in Pasadena, Calif. Hank was admitted as a general partner in the Los Angeles office of Lester, Ryons and Co., member of the New York and Pacific Coast stock exchanges. He had been a customer's man with the Pacific Co. of Los Angeles, and received his M.B.B. from Harvard Business School in 1934. He married Camila Vilas on February 18,1939, had a daughter, Nancy Waggoner.

R. Gordon Granger

died on May 23, 1996. He lived in Winter Park, Fla. He was a graduate of Thayer School of Engineering in 1931 and of the graduate school of banking at Rugers University in 1956. He had been employed by Wickwire Spencer Steel Co.in New York City and Boyce Thompson Institute in Yonkers, N.Y., for plant research before Shefield, where he was a self-employed dairy farmer from 1943 to 1946. He then worked at the American Institute for Economic Research in Great Barrington and Monument Mils in Housatonic. He joined the Barrington Bank in 1952 and served as vice president and treasurer from 1954 to 1958,retiringin 1972. He was active in many civic affairs. Gordon's first wife, the former Catherine Sarah Dodge, whom he married in 1935, died in February 1959; He leaves his wife, Elizabeth Brooks Granger of Winter Park, sister Elizabeth Norwood, three sons, four step-children, 14 grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.

George Veasey Parkhurst

died on May 10,1996. He received his LL.B. from the University of Maryland Law School in 1933, and lived in Baltimore. George served in the army from 1943 to 1946 as a captain. He married Martha L.Leich in 1947. He is survived also by daughter Emily and son John.

Herman Nelson Sander

died on May 24, 1996. He lived in Candia, N.H.He received his M.D. degree from the New York University of Medicine in 1938. He was a member of the medical unit of the National Guard as a major from 1942 to 1944. He was a cellist with the N.H. Philharmonic Orchestra from 1945 to 1960.

Herman's wife, Alice Ewett, was a registered nurse whom he married in 1940.

Arno Rudolph Vogt

died on March 8, 1996, in Hanover, N.H. He practiced law in New London, N.H., after receiving a law degree from the University of Mchigan in 1934. He was a judge, a partner in Weston & Vogt, and worked in private practice prior to moving to Hanover in 1991. He was a member of the Connecticut and New London County bar associations.

Arno is survived by his wife, Ruth Unsworth, whom he married in 1936 and by whom he had two daughters, Susan and Donna; a brother; a sister; grandchildren; and nieces and nephews. Arno was on the class executive committee and was club secretary.

Horace Coomer Weston

died on February 23,1996, in Duxbuiy, Mass. He was a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy during WWII.After Dartmouth he worked for his father at the Mayflower Worsted Co. from 1932 to 1963, becoming president of the company. He joined Plymouth Home National Bank in 1963, retiring as president

At age 22 he was elected to the Kingston School Committee, and later served that town as selectman, on the finance committee and the planning board, and as town moderator (for 25 years). Horace leaves his wife, Anne, daughters Helen Colley and Lydia Brewster, brother Col. Myles S. Weston, and six grandchildren.

1931

Robert Zahrt Blocksom

died on March 20,1996, at the Villa Vicencia Medical Facility in Laguna Hills, Calif. Bob came to Dartmouth from Elston High School in Mchigan City, Ind. He majored in economics, was a member of Kappa Sigma, and left school in the fall of 1930 to start, back home, with the family firm, Blacksom & Cos., manufacturers of high quality plastic upholstery cushion molds. After the 1952 death of his father, founder of the firm, Bob became president, holding that position until 1961, when he sold the company and moved to California. From 1966 through 1970 he served as secretary and enrollment chairman of the Dartmouth Club of Orange County. Swimming, golf, music, travel, and reading were his avocations, and he had been active as organist in the Elks and Masons. Bob is survived by his wife, Yvonne, son Robert, and daughter Barbara.

Arthur Sumner Brettlier

died on March 24, 1996, at the Braeburn Nursing Home in Whitman, Mass. Coming to Dartmouth from Brookline (Mass) High School, Brett majored in sociology, and then went on to obtain his LL.B. in 1934 from Harvard Law School. Except for service in the Army Air Corps in WW II, his career in the general practice of law continued from the middle 1930s until his retirement. Predeceased by his wife,Maxine, Brett is survived by daughter Lynne and four grandsons.

Gabriel Bromberg

died on March 16, 1996. He had been in ill health in recent years. Never married, Gabe resided in the Hartford, Conn., area for most of his life.Gabe came to Dartmouth from New Britain High, where he excelled in academics and football, being named all state his senior year. He took a second year at Tuck, received a Merrill Allen Gallagher scholarship, and was a member of Pi Lambda Phi, Sphinx, and the freshman and varsity football and track teams. He lettered three times in football, in which he was an outstanding guard. He received All American honorable mention and was drafted by the Detroit Lions. In 1932 he joined the Sanitary Latindry Cos.in Hartford and remained with that firm until retiring. He is survived by sisters Gertrude Katz and Mildred Zaiman, and by brothers Irving and David.

Benedict Edward Hardman

died at the Walker Health Center in Minneapolis on September 28,1995. Coming to Dartmouth from Lake Andes (S.D.) High School, Ben majored in English and philosophy. A musician of considerable talent, he played the bass clarinet in both the Players' orchestra and The Instrumental Club, and was leader of the College Band. He was a member of El Centro Espanol. Ben was born on the Yankton Sioux Reservation and became the fifth Indian (Ben's terminology) to graduate from the College. He obtained his master's in English in 1935 and his Ph.D.in linguistics in 1968 from the University of Minnesota. After a career in radio broadcasting and serving as news anchor in Minneapolis and Los Angeles, he taught English and communications at the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul until retirement. He was a biographer of columnist and radio personality, Cedric Adams. His wife, Murel, predeceased him.

1932

Carl John Bang

died March 2, 1996, of arteriosclerotic cardio vascular disease at his home in Ocala, Fla. He came to Dartmouth from Curtis High School in Staten Island, N.Y., was a member of Delta Upsilon, and was active in the Canoe and Outing clubs and the Interfratemity Council. He received his master's degree from Tuck School. In WW II he served as a lieutenant in the U.S.Army Corps of Engineers. In 1954, after managerial positions in several companies, he was employed by the New York Fire Department as a chemical engineer. In 1967 he transferred to the city board of water supply as a safety engineer and retired in 1975 to Ocala. He leaves his wife of 49 years, Helen C. Bang, daughter Mary Helen Levitt, sons Lt. Col. Carl J. Bang and Steven R.Bang, two sisters, and four grandchildren.

Everett Prielipp Hokanson

died February 16, 1996. He came to Dartmouth from Northwestern Military and Naval Academy, was a member of Phi Kappa Sigma and participated in the Interfraternity Council, track, Boots and Saddle, and the Glee Club. Following graduation he worked in the fields of accounting, auditing, and general management. In WW II he was a navigator and an instructor in naval patrol bombers, retiring as lieutenant commander. From 1946 to 1949 he studied industrial management at the University of Wisconsin night school, and became a quality control supervisor for Blatz Brewing Cos., then held a similar position for Cudahy Meat Packing. In 1961 he started his own business, Wire and Metal Specialties Inc., and retired in 1974. For his class he was treasurer 1972-76 and a class agent in 1973. He is survived by his wife, Ruth, and sons Everett and Paul.

Joseph Walter Langley

died in Salem, Mass., March 21, 1996. Walt came to Dartmouth from the Lowell High School. At Dartmouth he was very active in track and cross country, and became captain of both teams his senior year. He was a member of Green Key and Kappa Kappa Kappa, and majored in romance languages. Following graduation he worked in sales and managerial positions. His teaching career began in 1945 at the Dover (N.H.) High School and in 1949 he moved to the Medford (Mass.) High School. In 1950 he received his master's in education from the University of New Hampshire, and later continued studies at Harvard and Tufts.At Medford he taught English and coached the cross country and track teams until his retirement in 1972. Walt was predeceased by a daughter, Arlene L.May, and surviving him are his wife, Charlotte, and a daughter, Carol.

1933

Alva Zer Allen

died on March 5,1996, in Freeport, Me. He prepared for Dartmouth at Brookline High School, was a member of The Round Table, the Outing Club, and the Handel Society, and majored in zoology. He received a master's degree in education from Boston University and a C.L.U. from the American College of Life Underwriters. Al taught school in New England, became a principal and then a college instructor. He entered the insurance business in 1944 and was a pension specialist working for 31 years in Connecticut, Minnesota, and Ohio and thereafter acting as a consultant until his retirement in 1975. He was active in civic, social, historical, and literary organizations. His wives, Dorothy Altland, Eleanor Cate, and Helen Hoffrnan predeceased him, as did his son, Walter. He is survived by his daughter, Dr.Susan Allen St. Mary.

Weldon Amzy Brown

died in Blacksburg, Va., March 30, 1996, as the result of complications following a stroke. He came to Dartmouth from Cycle, N.C.,and Yadkinville High School. He sang in the Glee Club, was on the swimming squad, was a member of the Christian Association, and majored in history. Brownie received his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina in 1936, went on to serve as instructor in history and government at the University of Alabama, and then became professor of history and political science at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. He was the author of several books on political subjects, including Democracy, Man's Opportunity. He was predeceased by his wife, El Rita Elaine, sister ofMiller Wachs '33, and is survived by son James Edward.

John Clinton Manchester

died in Hanover on December 29, 1995, from pneumonia. He came to Dartmouth from New Hampton, was a member of Theta Delta Chi, and majored in sociology. Jack was an outstanding hockey player known for his speed and aggressiveness, and played on both the freshman and varsity teams. He held various jobs with Gulf Oil Corp. and in 1943 returned to Hanover, where he established the Manchester Service Station on South Main Street. He was a very active Hanover citizen, serving on the school board, the finance committee, and as chairman of the Union School District. For many years he organized and managed the 1933 reunions and mini reunions. He is survived by Dot, his wife of 59 years, daughters Martha and Ellen, son John, and their grandchildren, one of whom, Phoebe, has been a member of the Dartmouth hockey team.

Milton Robert Neaman

died in Lexington, Mass., on May 2,1996, after a long illness. He prepared for Dartmouth at Westinghouse High School in Pittsburgh and spent three years with the class in Hanover, transferring to Harvard in his senior year and there receiving his B.A. degree. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1936 and worked first for Welch Grape Juice Co.and then for Columbia Broadcasting System Inc., where he rose to the post of senior attorney. He served as a major in WW 11. His wife,Alice, predeceased him and he is survived by his son Robert and daughter Elizabeth.

William Theodore Okie

died on February 9, 1996. He was residing in Essex, Conn. He prepared for Dartmouth at Lawrenceville, was a member of Beta Theta Pi and Sphinx, and majored in sociology. He ran on the freshman cross country team, was business manager of the Green Book and a member of the D.Y.C. sailing team, and managed the tennis team. Ted spent his business career in advertising with J.M. Mathes, where he rose to be president. He served in the CoaSt Guard during WW 11. His public service was on the Darien (Conn.) Board of Education and he worked on the Alumni Fund. He spent retirement years in Vieques, Puerto Rico, and Beals, Maine. He is survived by his wife, Louise, daughter Louisa, and sons William Jr.and John.

Henry Perkins Smith III

class president and secretary, died on October 1,1995, in Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., of multiple myeloma. He came to Dartmouth from the Nichols School, was a member of Theta Delta Chi, and majored in economics. He graduated from Cornell Law School in 1936 and practiced law in Ithaca and North Tonawanda, his hometown. He acted as mayor of North Tonawanda and as Niagara County surrogate and family court judge. In 1964 he was elected to Congress and represented the 36th District of New York for 10 years. He was a member of the House Judiciary Committee during the Nixon impeachment hearings. He retired in 1974 and thereafter acted as chairman of the Joint Commission, United States and Canada. He is survived by Helen Belding Smith, his wife of 58 years, daughters Susan McConnell, Christiana Hays, and Lucinda Shave, and brother John Belding.

1934

Edward Stickney Brown Jr.

died on April 22, 1996, in Hanover. He was emeritus professor of engineering at Thayer School; for nine years a Hanover selectman, ending as chairman; for 40 years on the Dartmouth faculty; for 20 principal officer of the Hanover water works; and for 33, class treasurer and mini reunion chairman. Ed came to Dartmouth from New buryport (Mass.) High School, graduated Phi Beta Kappa, and earned a C.E. from Thayer in 1935 and a master of science in sanitary engineering from Harvard in 1937. He was an engineer for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and for the Boston consulting firm of Weston and Sampson before returning to Hanover in 193 7to join both Barbara Beetle in marriage and the Dartmouth faculty. Ed is survived by Barbara, son Robert, daughter Elizabeth Adams, brother Robert, five grandchildren, and two great grandchildren.

Leland Otis Hunt

died of congestive heart failure in Norwalk, Conn., on October 2,1995. Lee was 193 4's only career pastor. He came to Dartmouth from Machias (Maine) High School, and at college was a member of Alpha Sigma Phi and the French Club. He received his B.A. from Middlebury in 1935, a bachelor of divinity from Union Theological Seminary in 1939, and a master of sacred theology from Harvard Theological Seminary in 1951. Lee was pastor of South Congregational Church in Amherst, Mass., and United Congregational Church in East Providence, R.I., and served as chaplain in the U.S.Army, 1943-1946, with the rank of captain. After the war, he was pastor of Second Congregational Church in Manchester, Conn., assistant minister of St. James Episcopal Church in Danbury, Conn., and became rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Norwalkin 1956. His wife, Betty, died in 1994, and he is survived by daughters Cynthia Garrels and Elizabeth Dailinger.

Frank Richard Schueler Jr.

died on March 23,1996, in West Palm Beach, after several years in a nursing home. Dick was born in Chattanooga, moved to Chicago in childhood, and came to Dartmouth from Tabor Academy. He majored in economics and was a member of Sigma Chi. He was a sales executive all of his business life, except for army service in which, during three European campaigns, he won several medals. After Dartmouth, he worked for the Illinois Philip Carey Co. and its successor, the Asbestos Asphalt and Insulation Manufacturing Co. After retirement in 1976, Dick moved to the East Coast of South Florida, where he enjoyed his No. 1 hobby, sport fishing. He was divorced from his first wife in 1975, remarried, and lived with his family in West Palm Beach. He is survived by his wife, the former Helen Brooks, son James, and grandson Charles.

Alan Robert Tawse

died of leukemia at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center on March 7,1996.Al came to Dartmouth from Hebron Academy and was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa and the golf team. Most of his business life was as an executive in the shoe industry as general manager of Little Yankee Shoemakers, plant superintendent of Dover Shoe Co.in Somersworth, N.H., and superintendent of the Princess Shoe Cos in Keene, N.H.He worked in the computer department of the Markem Corp. until retiring at age 70, and thereafter worked parttime for several other companies to keep himself occupied. He was an ardent golfer who found lifelong pleasure in playing and promoting the game, and won many club and senior championships in New Hampshire and other New England tournaments. He is survived by his wife, Helen, sons Douglas and Robert, grandson Robert Jr., and stepson Martin Crosby.

1936

Alex Dougal Chisholm

died December 13, 1995, of Alzheimer's. He entered Dartmouth from Duluth (Minn.) Central High. He was a Tuck major and was a member of Sigma Chi. In July 1936 Doug became associated with Pickands Mather & Co., and except for service in the U.S. Navy, remained with them in various positions and locations until he retired as a division manager in 1977. Pickands Mather was in the iron ore, coal, coke, and steamship business with headquarters in Cleveland. Doug enlisted in the Naval Reserve program in the fall of 1940 and remained on active duty until October 1945, leaving the service as a lieutenant commander. Doug is survived by his wife, Sallie, son Alex '68, daughter Sallie ("Penny"), and brothers Donald and Robert '41.

Theodore W. Dearborn Jr.

of Newton (Mass.) died November 7,1995. He entered Dartmouth from Gushing Academy and in college was a music major. He was in the band, Glee Club, and Spanish Club, and was a member of Theta Delta Chi. Ted was a salesman for Remington Rand from 193638, then had an administrative position with the city of Newton. In 1941 he entered the army and served in an anti aircraft unit until he was discharged as a first lieutenant in 1945. From 1945 to 1967 he worked for F.S. Webster in Cambridge, and then for Data Corp. in Needham until his retirement. Music was a lifelong avocation for Ted, and he particularly enjoyed playing piano and organ for various service groups such as Rotary and Masons. He is survived by his wife, Sheila, daughters Deborah jane Wolf and Constance D.Kaufman, and two grandchildren.

Robert Clarke Ervin Jr.

of lowa City, died April 24, 1995. He had suffered a heart attack and a stroke. Bob was a Clark School graduate, and at Dartmouth was an engineering major and a member of Green Key and Delta Tau Delta. In 193 6 he joined Hood Rubber Co. and was with them until he joined the army in 1941. He served in the field artillery until separated in November 1945 as a captain. After the war Bob was self employed until he went to work at the Joliet Arsenal as an industrial engineer in 1950. He retired from engineering in 1972, and for a couple of years was a motel owner in Clinton, lowa. He finally retired for good in 1975 and spent his remainingyears in lowa City. Bob was predeceased by his first wife, Gladys, and by a son, John. He is survived by his second wife, Jeanne, and by son Robert 111.

Robert Loeffler Frank

died March 7, 1996, in an Asheville, N.C.,nursing home of Alzheimer's. He was a graduate of Milwaukee Country Day School, and at Dartmouth he was manager of the winter sports team and a member of Cabin and Trail and Zeta Psi.His major was chemistry. After graduation Bob attended the University of Wisconsin Graduate School, specializing in organic chemistry. He received his M.A.in 1938 and Ph.D.in 1940. He then went to the University of Illinois on a post doctoral fellowship and stayed for ten years, teaching and doing research. From 1950 to 1976 Bob held various positions with Morton Salt and predecessors. When he retired in 1976 he was vice president of research. For many years he was an interviewer for Dartmouth and assistant class agent. Bob is survived by his wife, Betty, daughters Margaret and Nancy, and two grandchildren.

Wilson Stuart Maclntire

of East Stroudsburg, Penn.,died September 16,1995, after a long illness. While at Dartmoudi Mac joined Psi U.fraternity but he had to leave college in 1934. For the next few years he worked for N.W. Ayer & Son, and then for Atlantic Refining Co. In 1939 he went to Penn State Forestry School, and in 1942 he enlisted in the navy. After being discharged in 1945 Mac went to work for Asplundh Tree Expert Co., and in 1954 he started his own tree business. The business flourished until a heart attack in 1960 necessitated his doing something less strenuous. Until his retirement he held a desk job with General Hospital of Monroe County in East Stroudsburg. Mac is survived by his wife, Christine, and eight children, Richard, Joseph, Christine, Mary, David, Thomas, Stuart, and Kevin.

James Knox Tindle

died November 10,1995, of Alzheimer's.He entered Dartmouth from Radnor High in Wayne, Perm. He majored in political science, was a member of Zeta Psi, and played varsity baseball. After college Jim worked briefly for Royal Paper Bag Co., and from 1938 to 1942 was with Jones and Laughlin Steel Co. From 1942 to 1947 he served in the navy as lieutenant commander. Subsequendy he made a career in estate management. Jim served on the Alumni Council, as director of his local Red Cross, and a term as vice president of the Dartmouth Club of Philadelphia. Survivors include his wife, Eleanor, and three children, Page, Lynne, and Randall.

Conrad A. Wickham Jr.

of Bryn Mawr, Pa., died May 6, 1996, of pulmonary fibrosis. At Dartmouth he was a member of Zeta Psi, the Glee Club, and the varsity swimming team. His major was economics-political science. Connie received his LL.B. from University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1939 and was later admitted to both Pennsylvania and New Jersey bar associations. In 1940 he was commissioned in the U.S.N.R.and was assigned to the light cruiser U.S.S. Brooklyn, involved in the invasions of North Africa, Sicily, Anzio, and Southern France. Connie retired as captain in August 1974. In the meantime he practiced law in New Jersey, and in 1954 joined the law department of Bell Telephone, retiring in 1979. He was a '36 regional agent and a member of the class executive committee. Connie is survived by his wife, Frances, son Conrad III, and daughters Katherine and Anne.

Dean Avery Worcester

of Crownsville, Md., died November 24,1995, of complications resulting from a fall. He was a graduate of Manchester (N.H.) High, and at Dartmouth was a physics major and a member of the band. After graduation Dean was an itinerant boat builder, then from 194147 he was with the National Bureau of Standards. From 1948 until he retired in 1970 he was supervisory engineer with the Army Diamond Ordnance Fuse Laboratory in Washington, D.C. Dean was very much involved in skiing, outboard boat racing, and sailing. He was a co founder of the Chesapeake Traditional Sailboat Association and was an active member of the Potomac Valley Ski Club and the Coast Guard Auxiliary. He was also a jazz enthusiast and was a member of the Potomac River Jazz Club. Survivors include stepdaughter Jackie Hall, one granddaughter, and brother Ben.

Peter Craig Wright

died September 5,1995,in Antigua, Guatemala. Pete entered college from Newark (N.J.) Academy.At Dartmouth he majored in English and was a member of Phi Delta Theta. He was also a member of Green Key, Interfraternity Council, and the Glee Club, and was manager of varsity basketball. Pete took up graduate study at Columbia and in 1960 received an M.A. in English. While teaching both English and social science at the State University of South Florida in Tampa he did research in cultural and social change in Guatemala. He became so interested in this that he and his wife, Jeanne, later moved to Antigua where he consulted on a number of literacy programs. Working under the U.S. State Department he created and administered a program to raise the level of education of the Guatemalan Indian. Pete is survived by his wife and son Craig '62.

1938

Benjamin Newport Baldwin

died of cardiac arrest in an Akron, Ohio, nursing home on December 20,1995. He came to Hanover from Heights (Ohio) High School. Ben majored in psychology, belonged to Sigma Phi Epsilon, and worked as a heeler for the Daily Dartmouth. During WW II he served with the Merchant Marines for two years. In 1948 he received an M.B.A. from Akron University and became associated with Armour and Cos. in its Cleveland office. In 1974 he moved on to the Harco Corp. of Medina, Ohio, retiring in 1982 as chief financial officer. He was president of the Akron Bridge Club and a life master of the American Contract Bridge League. He is survived by his wife, Marjorie.

William Franklin Bennett

died on April 19, 1996, in Defray Beach, Fla.,after a short illness. Bill entered Dartmouth from Commissioner High School in Quebec, and majored in economics. He spent some time in Tuck School. In 1940 he joined the Colgate Palmolive Corp., leaving in 1962 as controller to join GTE as vice president and controller. He retired in 1973 as executive vice president/manufacturing. He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Patricia; three sons, including James '75; three daughters; and 17 grandchildren.

James V. Garvey

died on March 10, 1996, of prostate cancer. Jim came to Dartmouth from Laurence (Mass.) High School, majoring in economics and belonging to Gamma Delta Chi. In 1939 he graduated cum laude from Tuck School. He went to work in IBM's marketing division in 1939 but in three years he accepted a position with Sylvania, an affiliation that was to continue for the next 40 years. Jim stayed through the merger with General Telephone in 1959 until the subsequent acquisition of his division by North American Philips in 1981. He retired from GTE that year as vice president and treasurer. The following year he retired from his position as controller of distribution and special markets division of North American Philips, moving to Biddeford Pool, Maine. He is survived by his wife, Ginnie, four daughters, one son, six grandchildren, and three great grandchildren.

Charles Solon Oliver

died'on February 16, 1996 in Cypress, Calif. Charlie came to Hanover from Templeton (Mass.) High School. His fraternity was Gamma Delta Chi. He received his medical degree from Columbia University in 1941. During WW II he saw service with the navy in the South Pacific and did research in Dublin, Ga., at the navy's rheumatic fever hospital. Upon his discharge in 1947 he moved to California and, after stints in the V.A. and San Francisco County Chest hospitals, settled as an internist with the Clinic Medical Group in Long Beach, Calif., in 1950 until his retirement in 1985. He is survived by his sister Janet, daughter Thierry, stepson Edward, and nine grandchildren.

John Appleton Rand

retired executive director of the Dartmouth Outing Club, died March 7,1996, in Havenwood Heritage Health Care Center in Concord, N.H., of Alzheimer's disease. He entered Dartmouth from Phillips Andover Academy. He was president of Gamma Delta Chi; a member of the Interfraternity Council, Cabin and Trail, and Dartmouth Outing Club; and served on the 1938 Winter Carnival Committee. During WW II John served in the 10th Mountain Infantry Division in the Aleutian Islands and northern Italy. He held various offices in the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski and the National Ski associations.John also served as assistant chief of the Hanover Fire Department. After retiring in 1979 J0hn lived in South Chatham, N.H., moving to Concord in 1991.He is survived by his wife, Sarah, daughters Susan and Robin, son John, and four grandchildren.

John Willard Stone

of Holton, Mich., died of natural causes while wintering in Fort Meyers, Fla., on February 29,1996. He came to Dartmouth from New Britain (Conn.) High School, majored in economics, and graduated from Tuck School in 1939. His entire business career was with the hardware division of Stanley Works from 1939 until his retirement in 1975. In our 50 th yearbook John listed his retirement activities as fishing and loafing. He is survived by his wife, Jean, and son John.

1939

John King Adams

of Hanover, died at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center on March 11,1996. He had returned to Hanover in 1992. He had received a degree from the University of Buffalo Law School, following which he served for five years in the navy during WW II. He was associated with the Buffalo law firm of Moot, Sprague, Marcy, and Gulick. For several years he served as clerk of the Western New York Federal District Court. A longtime resident of Buffalo, he was a member of the vestry of Trinity Episcopal Church, and was secretary of the trustees of lie diocese of Western New York. After moving to Hanover he served as vestryman of St. Barnabas Episcopal Church of Norwich and was a volunteer at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. He is survived by his wife, Dolly, daughters Mary and Susan Adams, son John, and four grandchildren.

Ernest "Muggsey" R.Bly

died on April 24,1996. According to his classmate who was at his funeral, "there was standing room only at St. Paul's Episcopal Church. This is remarkable for a transplanted Maiden (Mass.) man in his 80th year." Muggs came to Hanover from Kent's Hill School where he starred in football and track He participated in the same sports at Dartmouth. He was a member of Chi Phi fraternity. He went on to get his degree from Thayer School, before serving as a naval lieutenant in WW II, following which he joined E.I. Dupont, where he worked for 38 years in engineering and construction in New Jersey, Texas, Delaware, and Michigan. In retirement he served as a vice president for a local Whittacker Electric Cos. Muggsey gave of himself freely, serving many volunteer positions and receiving commensurate awards. He is survived by his wife, Peg, son Ernest, daughter Nancy Lotoszewski, and two grandchildren.

Richard T. Clark

of Hilton Head Island, S.C., died on November 4,1995, at the Fraser Health Center. Dick came to Dartmouth from Salem (Mass.) High School. While at Dartmouth he was a member of Chi Phi fraternity. He earned a degree from Tuck School before being employed by Monsanto Chemical Cos., where he spent his working life, before taking early retirement in 1978 as a regional vice president in New York City. During his career he was chairman of the board of the Association of Non woven Fabric Industry, as well as president of the National Account Marketing Association. Dick moved to Sea Pines, Hilton Head, S.C., for retirement, and while there served as president of the Association of Sea Pines Plantation Property Owners. He is survived by his wife, Constance, son Christopher, daughter Maria C. Smith, four grandchildren, and four greatgrandchildren. He was predeceased by daughter Linda.

Dr.Kevin John Fay

died in Santa Barbara, Calif., on October 5,1995, after a long illness. Kev came to Dartmouth from Boston Latin School, and was on the swimming and football squads and a member of The Players, Alpha Delt fraternity, Zeta Alpha Phi, and Sphinx. Kev received his medical degree from McGill University, and he also trained in residency programs at Yale, McGill, and the University of California, San Francisco. During WWII Kev served as a captain and forward combat surgeon in the 10th Armored Division under General Patton, where he was awarded a silver star, and after being wounded, a purple heart with clusters. Kev and wife Lynn, settled in Santa Barbara, Calif., where he practiced internal medicine. He is survived by his wife, daughter Sharon Roy, son Sean Carl '70, and three grandchildren. Kev's oldest son, Kevin Douglas, died in 1987.

Walter Federman

died in Los Angeles of a heart attack on May 8,1990. The Green Book indicates that Walter came to Dartmouth from Columbia Grammar, in New York City. We have little information on Walter's accomplishments and interests through life, but we do have word from his son: "While it is true that my father did not graduate with his class of 1939, he always felt that he was a close part of Dartmouth College." He is survived by his wife, Polly; children Steve, Marc (Michelle), and Jamie; and four grandchildren.

Thomas Welles Hine

died in Newington, Conn., on March 15,1996, after struggling for two years with congestive heart problems, cancer, and bad lungs. Tom came to Dartmouth from Exeter Academy, majored in sociology, and was a member of DKE fraternity. He served as a major in the Air Force Transport Command in WW II from 1941 to 1945. In 1972 he became an officer of A.C. Hine Pontiac Honda in Hartford, Conn., which was founded by his father and is the second oldest Ponriac dealership in the nation. He was a member of the First Church of Christ, Congregational, of West Hartford, and the Connecticut Old Guard.

He is survived by his wife, Joyce, son Thomas W. Jr.'68, four grandchildren, and a brother and nephew who went to Dartmouth.

Charles Parker Paul

died on February 14,1996, at Litde Company of Mary Hospital in Torrance, Calif. Parker came to Dartmouth from Queen Anne High School in Seattle. At Dartmouth he was manager of the ski team. He earned his M.B.A. in industrial management from the Harvard Business School in 1942.

Following service in the navy during WW II, Parker settled in Seattle. While hiking in the surrounding mountains, he met Anne Sofie Berge Pedersen of Bergen, Norway, and they were married in 1951. In 1952 the Pauls moved to southern California, where he served for 17 years as a corporate budget director for North American Aviation (now Rockewell International Corp.).

In 1973 he opened a management consulting firm and was commissioned by a nationally recognized authority on the subject to ghost-write a book on investing in real estate, which became a New York Times bestseller. He is survived by his wife,daughters Karin and Kristi, and granddaughter Tonya.

George R.Sims

of Gainesville, Fla.,died on November 23,1996, at the Alachua General Hospital. George matriculated with our class, but earned his B.A. degree from Denison College in Ohio, and an M.B A from Case Westem Reserve University in Cleveland. He started his business career as a sales correspondent with Johns Manville from 1940 to 1945, when he became the secretary treasurer of Chandler and Rudd Co. From 1957 until 1979 he was a marketing professor at the University of Florida College of Business Administration, Gainesville. He later served as dean of undergraduate programs. He was involved in many honorary and professional societies including Phi Delta Theta, Phi Mu Alpha, Kappa Psi, and Beta Gamma Sigma. He was also a member of Gainesville Rotary Club, Gainesville Golf and Country Club, and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. Survivors include his wife, Evelyn; daughter Virginia Sims; sons George Jr., Roger, and Jeffrey; and four grandchildren.

1940

James Roland Raymond

died January 5,1996, in Union, N.J.,after a long cardiac illness. Jim came to Dartmouth from Saratoga Springs (N.Y.) High School. He was a member of Delta Upsilon and majored in psychology. He completed his M.A.at UNH in 1965. Following graduation Jim worked for Wright Areo Corp. in Paterson, N.J., before active duty as a pilot USAAF. After a medical discharge, he was with USN Bureau of Ships and Clark Babbitt Eng. Associates. In 1946 Jim built and operated die Spinning Wheel Inn in Bethlehem, N.H., and managed four theaters. He was also counselor at the Pembrook Academy in New Hampshire and worked as a teacher and counselor in the Nashua school system for 27 years. Alice Berry, widow of Charles Berry '40, was Jim's companion for the five years prior to his death. Survivors include sons James and Richard and five grandchildren.

Gordon Keith Wentworth

died April 2,1996, at his home in Chatham, Mass. Bom in Plymouth, Mass., he came to Dartmouth from Newton (Mass.) High School. At Dartmouth he was a member of Sigma Chi and manager of the gym team. Gordie majored in economics. Following graduation he worked for the Bank of Boston until he enlisted in the army in 1941. After officer candidate school, Gordie was assigned as finance officer in Belem, Brazil. He retired as a major in 1946. He returned to the Bank of Boston and retired in 1979 as senior vice president of the general service division. While in Boston, Gordie interviewed Dartmouth prospects; was president of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Eastern Massachusetts; member of Alumni Council; and bequest chairman of the class. He is survived by his former wife, Rosalie,daughters Sarah, Edith Quilter, and Betsy.

Robert Lewis Zeman

died April 9,1995, in Canonsburg, Penn. He entered Dartmouth from Canonsburg High School and transferred to Miami, graduating in 1941. He received his law degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1943. He was a partner in the law firm of Zeman and Zeman. In 1946 he married Dora Goodwin. They had three children, Jonathan, David, and Valerie.

1941

Fen wick Cooper Atwill

died in Tuscon, Ariz., on April 9,1996. He grew up in St. Paul, Minn., where he attended St. Paul Academy, graduating as valedictorian and active in football,tennis and the Glee Club. At Dartmouth he was also a member of the Glee Club, joined Gamma Delta Chi, and served on the Interfraternity Council. Fenwick earned a degree at Tuck School in 1942 and then joined the navy, serving in a bomb disposal unit as a lieutenant. After the war he returned to St. Paul and worked for First Bank until he retired in 1984 as its executive vice president. During his long career in banking Fenwick served on several boards including the Heart Association. He died in his winter home in Arizona with his wife of 53 years, Ginny Maie Winn, at his side. Fenwick is also survived by children Mary Hurd, Martha Gawlik and Douglas.

1943

Norman Arthur Askey

died February 14,1996, of cancer in Miami, Fla. Norm entered Dartmouth from New Rochelle (N.Y.) High School. At Dartmouth he majored in economics, was a member of Phi Delta Theta and the Interfraternity Council, and played tennis. Upon graduation he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps and served as a lieutenant. After WW II Norm began a career with American Standard Inc. in Atlanta, Ga., which spanned 38 years, during much of which time he served as sales manager for the Florida area. In addition to his many business related affiliations, Norm served Dartmouth as a member of the alumni interviewing committee, as a class agent, and as a member of the Miami Dartmouth Club. He leaves his wife, Miriam, and their children Stephen '76 Th'77, Barbara, Robert, Mary,William, and james.

Robert Francis Fosdick

died following a long illness on May 14,1996, in North River, N.Y. Bob entered Dartmouth from the Roger Ludlowe High School in Bridgeport, Conn. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa and began a lifelong interest in Dartmouth football while in college. Upon graduation Bob entered the U.S. Army Air Force and became a B-25 pilot. After WW II he entered upon a career in sales and marketing, affiliated with such firms as Bridgeport Brass, Scovill Manufacturing, and Mne Safety Appliance. Having attained the position of sales and marketing manager, Bob suffered a heart attack in 1978 which dictated his retirement. Subsequendy, he joined the U.S. Postal Service, from which he retired in 1988. Bob served as a class agent from 1986 to 1988. He is survived by his wife, Jeanne, sons R. Jeffrey and W. Rand Fosdick, daughter Liza Jane Surdell, and five grandchildren.

Harold Sylvester Fuller

died May 13,1996, in a hospital in Portland, Maine. Bud prepared for Dartmouth at Kimball Union Academy. He left in 1941 to join the U.S. Army Air Force. He served in the Asiatic Pacific area throughout the war and returned to Hanover to earn his degree, graduating in 1947, and retaining his affiliation with our class. Subsequendy, Bud joined the Markem Machine Co.of Keene, N.H., where, as export manager, he traveled worldwide. After retiring, Bud and his wife, Marye Elizabeth, owned and operated the Chebeague Inn by the Sea, Chebeague Island, Maine., until 1983. They spent the next years living in the Caribbean and Hawaii before returning to Pordand in 1993. Bud leaves his wife, daughters Patricia Lee Palmer and Sara Lynn, and sonjeffrey Winston. His Dartmouth family included father Harold '12, uncle Charles '14, uncle Donald '16,and cousin Edward '54.

Almon Gerard Stevens

died February 17, 1996, at the Groton (N.Y.) Nursing Facility after a long illness. Bud prepared for Dartmouth at Suffield Academy. He majored in physics and was a member of Theta Delta Chi. Bud left the College in 1942 and served in the U.S.Army in Algeria and in Persia during WW II. Subsequently he earned a master's degree in metallurgy from Cornell University. He was associated with a number of firearms manufacturers during his business career, ultimately joining Borg Warner's Morse Chain Division in Ithaca, N.Y., and during this time served six consecutive terms as mayor of Dryden, N.Y. Bud is survived by sons Gerard, John '75, and Chapman.

1944

Richard Prentice Ettinger

died of cancer April 26,1996, at the Stanford Medical Center in Palo Alto. He was a prominent book publisher, philanthropist, sailor, and supporter of NativeAmerican causes. Dick came to Hanover from Westport, Conn., and the Pawling School, and served in the Coast Guard during WW II. He worked in every division of the family firm, Prentice Hall, until 1958, when he founded Wadsworth Publishing on the West Coast. He sold the company in 1978 and first devoted his time to sailing, with a number of boating victories on the West Coast. He then became interested in Native Americans and founded a school for Native Americans in San Ysidro, N.M., living near the school for a good part of the year. Dick was married three times and is survived by his wife, Sharon, 11 children, three stepchildren, and five grandchildren.

Oscar A.Goedecke III

died Nov. 11,1995, of congestive heart failure in Oklahoma City. Osc came to Hanover from Montclair, N.J., and at Dartmouth he played football and was a member of crew and Gamma Delta Chi fraternity. He served as a sergeant in the U.S.Army during WW II, with extensive overseas duty in Africa, Europe, and Asia. He worked in his father's textile company after the war, and in 1956 joined RCA in Texas as a salesman. He worked for RCA for 35 years, both in Texas and Oklahoma, and received several salesman awards. He was a member of the Dartmouth clubs in both Dallas and western Oklahoma, and was active in the Boy Scouts, the YMCA and local churches. He is survived by his wife, Helen, five children, and eight grandchildren.

Thomas Whittick Kunau Sr.

a retired banker, died March 6, 1996, at his residence in Reno, Nev. A native of Buffalo, Tom came to Hanover from Stamford, Conn., and the Choate School. He was a captain in the USAF during WW II and participated in the Normandy Invasion on D-Day. He was a banker all his life, and lived in Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Manila, in addition to Reno. He was retired from the Bank of America, and .was a founding member of the Hidden Valley Country Club. Tom is survived by his wife, Tina, and two children.

Willis Melvin Partridge Jr.

an insurance executive and financial advisor, died of cancer May 16,1996, in Falmouth, Mass. "The Bird" was born in Brockton and came to Hanover from Choate School. At Dartmouth he majored in economics and was a member of Psi U fraternity, Casque & Gaundet, and the varsity golf team. He served in the Army Air Corps and Signal Corps during WW II, and received a Tuck School M.B.A. in 1948. He was founder, vice president, and director of Massachusetts General Life Insurance Co., and a vice president and treasurer of the Massachusetts Co. and a founder of Mulvaney Partridge Associates, investment and financial services organizations. Bird sailed to the Arctic in 1936 with a MacMillan expedition, and he continued to sail the waters of New England for most of his life. He is survived by his wife, Jean, four children, and nine grandchildren.

Robert Heywood Purnell

a physician who lived in Pasadena, died there Dec.4, 1995, of a ruptured thoracic aneurysm. Bob came to Dartmouth from Short Hills, N.J., and Montclair Academy, and in Hanover he was a member of Green Key and the Psi Upsilon fraternity. He served two years in lie U.S. Army signal corps and then graduated from Cornell University Medical School. He practiced medicine in Denver and then Arcadia, Calif., for 35 years. In later years, he and his wife were regular attendees at Dartmouth's summer Alumni College. Bob was thrice married and is survived by wife Nancy, three children, and two grandchildren.

John William Seekins

died April 10,1996, in Londonderry, N.H., after a brief illness. He had been a resident of Londonderry for the past 17 years, having come to Dartmouth from Lowell, Mass., and Phillips Andover School. He was an engineer and vice president of the Currier Corp. in Lowell and Tewksbury, Mass., before moving to New Hampshire. He retired in 1985 and was predeceased by his wife, Dorothy, who died in 1987. Bill is survived by a son and two daughters.

1945

Robert Sidney Post Sr.

of South Euclid, Ohio, died at University Hospitals of cancer on September 20,1995. He graduated from Shaker Heights High School and then attended Dartmouth and Adelbert College of Western Reserve University. In 1947, while serving as a private in the Army Student Training Program, he graduated from the Case Western Reserve University medical school with honors. He interned at University Hospitals and was awarded a fellowship in physiology at Western Reserve. That is where he began his lifelong interest in the study and treatment of kidney disease. Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine established a distinguished visiting lectureship in his name. He is survived by his wife, Lois Ann; sons Robert S. Jr. and james F., daughters Charlotte A. Kratky and Elizabeth L. Haffy, eight grandchildren, and brother Lawrence Jewell.

1946

Richard Frank Blanchard

died on May 7,1996, when the light aircraft he was piloting developed engine trouble and crashed in Ridgefield, Conn. He and Peggy, his wife of 52 years, were flying from their home in Convent Station, N.J., to visit friends in Massachusetts. He was a veteran pilot, serving in the Army Air Corps in Central America from 1940 to 1945 and leaving active duty as a lieutenant colonel. He completed his A.B. degree at Dartmouth in 1946 and continued on at Tuck School, where he was a Rufus Choate Scholar. After working as a security analyst for Brown Brothers Harriman from 1947-52, he joined American Express and worked there in New York City until his retirement in 1981. Since 1987 he was a partner in a company that upgraded Cessna P210Ns,like Dick's own plane. Dick is survived by daughters Margaret, Anne, and Elizabeth.

1947

Glenn Allen Duba

of Highmore, S.D., died Feb. 4,1996 of heart failure. Glenn came to Dartmouth with the Navy V-12 unit. He married Martha Tindell and they lived in Hanover, and had their first child while Glenn studied. He received a B.S. degree in civil engineering from Thayer School in 1947.Following graduation Glenn worked as an engineer and as cost estimator for heavy construction firms in Dallas, Tex., and in St. Paul, Minn. His major career was with Drake Construction Cos. in Minneapolis. He worked for this firm from 1957 to 1976, in the estimating area. He is survived by Martha, from whom he became separated, their four sons, and longtime friend who shared his retirement years in South Dakota, Helen Moran.

Arthur Charles Goodwin

of Syracuse, N.Y.,died April 13, 1996,at home following a long illness. Art played basketball at Dartmouth and went on after graduation to play professional basketball with the New York Knickerbockers. Art worked for Graybar Electric Co. in Syracuse for 36 years, retiring in 1982 as manager of the Syracuse division. In WW II he served as a navigator in the U.S. Navy. Surviving are his wife, the former Marjorie Loss, three daughters, and a son.

John W.Heagy

died Feb.4, 1994. We have only just been advised of this. Jack died of cancer, in his hometown of Coraopolis, Penn. He entered Dartmouth as a V-12 sailor, and served as seaman in WW II. He also attended Indiana (Penn.) State Teachers College and received a teaching degree from that institution. He was not in touch with the College or class and little is known of his fall career. In the early 1950s he taught at Cardigan Mountain School in Canaan, N.H. He taught several years at Sewickley Academy in Pennsylvania as director of the upper school. He is survived by his wife, Lois (Porter), three daughters, and one son.

John Grady Lee

of Wainscott, N.Y., passed away June 22, 1995, in Cambridge, Mass., from cancer. John came to Dartmouth as a Marine V-12 trainee from West Newton, Mass. He majored in economics and went on to receive a degree from Harvard Business School in 1954. He married Nancy Ranck in 1963 and they had two sons, Greg and Paul, all of whom survive him. John was in marketing for several different food firms, including Columbo Yogurt, Chinese Food, and Nasoya Foods, all in the Massachusetts area. In 1973 John was president of his own firm, Chefoods Inc., in eastern' Massachusetts.

1948

Robert Lawrence Bastian

died of pulmonary fibrosis and lung complications at home in Gulf Shores, Ala., on April 5,1994. Bob grew up in Chicago, graduated from Steimetz High, and was one of 166 civilians who matriculated at Dartmouth as a nucleus of the class of 1948. He joined the navy after completing his freshman year. He was back on campus in the fall of 1946 and joined the Players and became a member of Kappa Sigma. Most of Bob's working life was spent in advertising and sales, mostly in the Chicago area where he and wife Nancy (the former Nancy Rose Zeller who he married in 1957) and son Robbie lived in Oak Park. He marketed for Louisville Slugger-maker Hillerich & Bradsby, Station WOR and WOR-TV, Waltco Products (sporting goods) and Lions International, as well as various enterprises of his own. He is survived by Nancy, son Robert L.Jr., and brother Larry.

James Edward Fox

died at Baystate Medical Center March 17, 1992. A resident of West Springfield, Mass., Jim had been a sports writer and columnist in western Massachusetts for almost 40 years. He joined the Springfield Daily News and Sunday Republican in 1966 from the Greenfield Recorder-Gazette, where he had been sports editor and associate for 15 years. Jim entered Dartmouth from Wakefield High School. After his freshman year he served two years in the army in Germany, where he was associate editor of the 60th Infantry Regiment newspaper. He majored in English at Dartmouth. Jim is survived by Mary Palumbo and Martha Fox. His father was James A.Fox '17.Jim was a small man whose many '48 friends thought very big.

Frederick Geddes Loomis

died Feb.9,1994, in Cheyenne, Wyo.,following a brief illness. He was partner since 1955 in the law firm Loomis,Lazear, Wilson, and Pickett in Cheyenne. Fred had been a vestryman, including service senior warden at St. Mark's Episcopal Church; he had chaired the trustees of the Paul Hospital and had been director of Laramie County United Way. Fred matriculated at the College in 1944 but left immediately for the navy's V-12 program. He returned in 1946, becoming a member of Tabard, Sigma Chi, and Dragon. During Class Day he delivered the address to the College. Following graduation, Fred earned an LL.B. from Harvard Law. He was on active duty as ensign in the U.S. Naval Reserve from September 1951 to January 1955. Survivors include his wife, Marilyn Till Loomis, and daughters Cynthia '79, Pam, and Nancy. Fred's father was John U. Loomis '51.

Robert Snyder Russell

longtime resident of Saugerties in the Catskills of New York, died at his home there on March 7,1996, after a year-long battle against cancer. Bob, for many years class president, arrived in Hanover out of New York Military Academy.He joined the navy in 1945 to serve almost two years. Back in Hanover he became student director/president of The Players, served on Green Key and the Undergraduate Council, joined Phi Kappa Psi and Casque & Gauntlet, majored in English, and received his A.B. in 1949. Returning to Saugerties Bob joined the family firm, married Wheaton alumna Barbara Haver in 1951, pursued a life of devoted service in numerous local area government, civic, and charitable organizations, and rose to the presidency of the local bank. He is survived by Barbara; their children Fabian LeVan, Robert S.Jr., Regan Elizabeth., and Jacquelyn Elizabeth; sister Sally Brinnier; and two grandchildren.

Franklin Rutherford Stern

died at his home in Providence on Aug. 31, 1991. He was sent to Dartmouth's V-12in mid 1943. Ayear later he left Hanover for farther training, was commissioned ensign, and saw active WW II fighting in the Pacific. Frank returned to Hanover in September 1946, and became active in the DOC, majored in geography, and graduated in 1948. In the spring of that year he participated in a famous natural history trip to Cape Hatteras. Frank did graduate work in Oslo and at Syracuse University, where he earned an M.A. for his profession of cartographer/cartologist. Frank studied and taught geography in six colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada. He worked several years for the federal Defense Mapping Agency in Providence. Frank is survived by his wife, Wendy, sons from his first marriage Richard O. and David W., and grandchildren.

1949

Thomas Farrell Dempsey

of Santa Fe, N.M, died on March 7,1996, survived, to the best of our knowledge, by a son, Thomas Jr. An English major at Dartmouth, Tom earned a graduate degree in journalism at Columbia, and also studied at Michigan's Graduate School of Business and the University of Zurich.He became a reporter with the St. Louis PostDispatch and then turned to copywriting with the Gardner Agency. Subsequently, during the 1980s, he was with Missouri's Division of Energy as state director for residential conservation and similar programs.

James Richmond Fowler Jr.

died of cancer at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York on April 12,1996. Jim, who graduated Phi Beta Kappa and went on to graduate study at Harvard and the Institutd'Etudes Politiques in Paris, had a first career with several Wall Street investment firms and subsequendy was a trade consultant focusing on the U.S.S.R. and Poland. His major had been international relations and he was a member of the French Club. Jim lived for many years at 200 East 17th St. in New York and at one time he held a private pilot's license. He never married and is survived by his brother John.

Palmer Bullard Worthen

of Marblehead, Mass.,died in September 1994. Through a regrettable oversight this notice of his passing was delayed until now. Known to his classmates and friends as Whitey, he was a partner in the Boston law firm of Rich, May, Bilodeau, and Flaherty. His law degree was from Cornell. A sailor and tennis player, Whitey was a member of the Boston Yacht Club and sang tenor with a group that performed at charity events.Whitey spent three years in the service before Dartmouth. At the College he was in the glee club and a swimmer. He joined Bones Gate and Delta Tau Delta. Dartmouth relatives included father Joseph Worthen '09,son Joseph II '72, brother Thomas '42, and several cousins. Surviving are his wife, Barbara; sons Joseph and David; daughters Page, Christine, and Jeanette; a stepson; brother Thomas; two sisters; and seven grandchildren.

1950

Warren M. Cox III

died at home in Lousiville, Ky., on April 11,1996, of cancer. He was a psychiatrist in private practice and on the faculty at the University of Kentucky School of Medicine. Warren came to Dartmouth from Evansville, Ind. He majored in premed courses, played freshman football, was on the interdormitory council, was DOC Carnival program chairman, and was a member of Theta Delta Chi. He married Barbara Sherrer in the fall of 1950 and attended New York University of Medicine, receiving his M.D. in 1954. Warren served in the Army Medical Corps at Fort Sam Houston, Tex., and began his teaching and practice in Louisville in 1961. Warren was a past chief of staff of Baptist Hospital East and Our Lady of Peace Hospital. Survivors include Barbara, children Dr. WarrenM. IV, Charles D., Thomas H., and Melinda A., and eight grandchildren.

Daniel F. Featherston Jr.

died of lung cancer on June 25, 1996, at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Dan was a prominent Boston trial attorney who specialized in criminal law. He came to Dartmouth from Deal, N.J., having graduated from Deerfield Academy. He majored in government and was a member of Beta The ta Pi. Having been in NROTC, Dan served three years as a lieutenant on a destroyer and a minesweeper off the coast of Korea. He received his J.D. from the Harvard Law School in 1956 and then practiced in Boston, first with a large law firm and then as head of his own firm. At Dartmouth, Dan was editorial chairman of The Dartmouth; president of the Interdormitory Council; a member of Palaeopitus, the Undergraduate Council, the Judiciary Committee, the New man Club, the Experimental Theater, W.D.8.5., the Vigilantes and the lacrosse team; and class secretary. He leaves daughter Andrea, sons Scott and David, former wife Rya Solveig, and companion Ann C.Lange.

Philip R. Pearson Jr.

died at his home in North Scituate, R.1., on May 9,1996. He is survived by his wife, Ellen, daughters Johanna and Karen, and three grandchildren. Phil came to Dartmouth from Walpole (Mass.) High and Noble and Greenough School, and served in the army. He majored in botany and was active in the DOC. After graduation he worked for a few years in the machine tool and floor coverings industries and then entered the University of Massachusetts for a master's degree in soil science, followed by a doctorate in plant ecology from Rutgers University. He was a professor of ecology at Temple University and retired in 1990 after 23 years on the faculty there. Phil was a member of the Ecological Society of America, the American Institute of Biological Sciences, the Rhode Island Wild Plant Society, the First Unitarian Church in Providence and Sigma Xi.

1951

Donald C. Dahl

died October 23, 1995. He came to Hanover from Grafton, N.D. Don studied political science and played in the band but left the College to join the air force. He saw combat as a first lieutenant flying jets in Korea. After his discharge, Don earned an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago, despite the fact that he did not have an undergraduate degree. His business career included employment with several defense contractors before he became president of Wolfe and Mann Man-ufacturing Cos. in Baltimore. Don and his family enjoyed skiing, camping, and travel. He is survived by his wife, Phyllis, and children Carolyn, Steven, and Susan.

Amos W. Gile

a resident of Lyme, N.H., died November 30,1995, in Hanover. Amos came to Dartmouth following three years in the navy and graduation from Kimball Union Academy. He is part of a large Dartmouth family which includes his father, uncle, brother, two brothers inlaw, and a son and daughter. After Dartmouth he worked for Standard Brands in Cape Town, South Africa, and, later, for International Silver in Connecticut before returning to Hanover, where he owned Roberts Flowers. Amos was an avid hunter, gardener, and supporter of Dartmouth sports. He is survived by his wife, Loma, son John '75, and daughters Pamela '76 and Joanne.

Francis Melvin Walsh Jr.

of East Syracuse, N.Y., died March 30, 1996, after a heart attack. He had come to the College from South Weymouth, Mass., studied economics, and was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon. During his long career with Aetna Life and Casualty he earned the CLU designation. Mel moved often for Aetna and was a member and officer of Dartmouth clubs in Hartford, southern Massachusetts, Portland (Ore.), Des Moines, and Syracuse. He was active in his church, was an avid golfer, and enjoyed dabbling in the stock market and singing in barber shop quartets. His Dartmouth family includes an uncle, two cousins, and one of his four daughters, Julie Walsh '84. He is survived by those daughters and Josephine, his wife of 40 years.

1954

Marshall Bruce Maclvor

died on March 7,1996, inMilford, N.H., from a heart attack. Bruce came to Hanover from Walpole High School in Norfolk, Mass. At Dartmouth he was a member of Theta Delt, the Dartmouth Christian Union, and Intramural Council and played varsity baseball. Bruce retired from IBM, having spent 31 years in the data processing market. He was active in class activities, serving as class agent and as a member of the class executive committee. He was also a member of the Dartmouth Club of Nashua. Bruce was a frequent attendee at Homecoming, always decked out in his'54 jacket (he assured us that it fit without alteration). He is survived by children Debra, Holly, Laurie, and Daniel.

John Allen Scoville

died on April 3,1996, as a result of a plane crash outside Dubrovnik, Croatia, while on a trade mission with U.S. Secretary of Commerce Ronald Brown. John came to Hanover from Pocatello, Idaho. At Dartmouth he was a member of D.U. and Undergraduate Council and was active in the Outing Club. After graduating from Thayer School John served in the U.S. Army and then joined Ohio Oil Cos. as a refinery engineer. In 1957 he joined Harza Engineering Co. as a consulting engineer and at the time of his death was chairman of its board. He was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the British Geotechnical Society, the International Society of Soil, Mechanical and Foundation Engineers and the U.S. Committee on Large Dams. John, who resided in Wilmette, Ill., is survived by his wife, Elizabeth, daughter Susan, and sons John James '83, and William '83.

1955

Norris William Howard

died on November 13,1995, at the Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, not far from his home in Stephentown, N.Y., of bone marrow disease. Norrie majored in English and was a popular member of Alpha Theta and NROTC. In the navy that he realized his ambition to become a pilot. Assigned to helicoptors, he flew antisubmarine patrols from the USS Leyte. As a commercial helicopter pilot after his navy service, he flew to sites in Canada located far above the Arctic Circle. Norris joined the faculty of the Darrow School in New Lebanon, N.Y., in 1961 and taught English and history there for more than IS years. In 1977 he began teaching at the Pine Cobble School in Williamstown, Mass.,where he added computer science to his repertoire. He is survived by his wife, Phyllis, and daughter Allison.

1959

Thomas J.Adriance

of Blacksburg, Va., died on Feb.15,1996. Tom came to Dartmouth from Glens Falls (N.Y.) High School. While at Dartmouth he was in the band and the French Club, and spent his junior year abroad. Tom graduated from Dartmouth magna cum laude with honors. In 1962 he was awarded a James B. Reynolds scholarship for a year of graduate study doing research in French military history at the war office in Paris and the military archives in Vincennes. At the time of his death, Tom was employed as a history professor at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, where he had previously served as head of the history department. He had also taught at Casdeton (Vt.) State College. Tom, who was unmarried, is survived by a brother John G.Adriance Jr., and several nieces and nephews.

William B.Ardiff

of Danvers, Mass., died at Massachusetts General Hospital on June 29, 1995. He came to Dartmouth from Governor Dummer Academy. Bill was a history major at Dartmouth, and later earned aJ.D. degree from Cornell Law School, and an LL.M. degree in tax law from Boston College. He was the founder of the law firm of Ardiff,Ardiff & Morse in Danvers, Mass., where he concentrated in the areas of tax law, closely held corporation law, and estate planning. Bill was a member of the board of trustees of Governor Dummer Academy and of Endicott College. He was actively involved in community service. Bill served as president of the North Shore Dartmouth Club in 1974-75. He was preceded at Dartmouth by his father, Ralph E.Ardiff Sr.'29, and by his uncle, Elmer E. Ardiff '22. Bill is survived by his wife, Susan, and brother Ralph E. Ardiff Jr.

George C. Hamersley

of Somers Point, N.J., died on September 23,1994. Born in Camden, N.J., George came to Dartmouth from the Adantic City Friends School. While at Dartmouth he majored in sociology and was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon, Aquinas House, and the Young Republicans Club. He also wrote plays and essays while at Dartmouth; among his favorite professors were Herbert West and Francis Merrill. For a time after graduation, George was affiliated with the Hamersley Manufacturing Co. Later he became assistant manager of the Flanders Hotel in Ocean City. George was a past president of the Somers Point Kiwanis Club. He kept up his interest in writing by contributing articles to an Ocean City newspaper. George enjoyed boating and maintained a membership in the Navy League; he also enjoyed traveling. He leaves no immediate survivors.

Gordon K.W.Roeder

died in Bottineau, N.D., of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Feb. 7,1996, after suffering from depression for many years. Gordon came to Dartmouth from Northfield (Vt.) High School. He left Dartmouth in the middle of his junior year, and graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a major in history. Gordon subsequendy identified English as his major field for graduate study, earning a master of arts degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1963, and a Ph.D.from the University of Oregon in 1986. During the course of his graduate education, he taught English at Valley City State College, N.D., and at a gymnasium in Germany, and then spent the rest of his teaching career at the Bottineau campus of North Dakota State University. Gordon is survived by his former wife, Susan, two sons, mother, and brother Stephen '61.

Kenneth D.Van Kleeck

of Bedford,N.H., died in a Manchester, N.H., hospital on April 3,1996. Ken came to Dartmouth from Berlin, N.H., and was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa. After graduation from Dartmouth, he earned an M.B.A. degree from the University of Mchigan in 1961. Ken had a distinguished career in corporate finance. He was senior vice president of finance and administration for Calcomp (Lockheed Corp.) in Anaheim, Calif. He also held the positions of federal systems group controller and division controller for Nashua based Sanders Associates. Ken served as a member of the boards of directors of the Greater Nashua United Way, New Hampshire Special Olympics, and SHARE. on March 23,1996, New Hampshire College presented Ken with an honorary doctorate of laws degree. Among Ken's survivors are his wife, Jeanne, daughter Stephanie, a stepdaughter, a stepgranddaughter, and two brothers. He is predeceased by son Matthew Stuart.

1963

Robert L.J.Gillispie III

a Chicago investment banker, died of lung cancer on July 5,1995, in his home in Homewood, Ill. A graduate of the Lake Forest Academy, Bob spent only two terms at Dartmouth, but maintained close ties to his class and College. At his death he was senior vice president of Chicago Corp., a firm he had joined earlier in his career. He had also worked for Northern Trust Bank and Ziegler Securities, and was a first vice president with Drexel Burnham Lambert. Bob is survived by his wife, Mary Ann; daughters {Catherine Trindl, Margaret, Elizabeth, and Virginia; son William; sisters Jean Carpenter and Diana Robinson; parents Robert and Cynthia; and three grandchildren.

1965

Stanley James Brown

died onNov.7,1995, in San Francisco after a brief illness. Stanleycame to Dartmouth from E1 Cerrito (Calif).High School. At Dartmouth he was active in the Dartmouth Film Society and Dartmouth Players. In May 1968 Stanley earned an M.A. degree from the Annenberg School of Communications at the University of Pennsylvania. He had been a Peace Corps volunteer from May 1965 through May 1967. At the time of his death, Stanley was an employee of the Environmental Protection Agency in San Francisco as an environmental specialist. Stanley is survived by his mother and sister.

Michael Joseph Nelson

died on July 6,1995, of a heart attack in Rochester, N.Y. Michael entered Dartmouth after graduating from Utica (N.Y.) Free Academy. At Dartmouth he was a member of Alpha Theta fraternity. In 1968 Michael began his legal career as a law assistant to the N.Y. Appellate Division. He served as a staff attorney for the Monroe County Legal Assistance Corp. from 1970 to 1974. During his career, he also served as confidential law clerk to State Supreme Court Justices David O. Boehm and John A. Mastrella. Mchael later joined the Monroe County district attorney's office as an assistant district attorney. Mchael is predeceased by his parents and sister.

1967

Daniel Bennett Gould

Danny took his own life on Dec.20,1995. Dan was one of our brightest and wittiest classmates; his razor-sharp sarcasm and gift for parody were displayed in his Jack O-Lantern contributions and his every day conversation. Opera was Dan's hobby. He performed nonspeaking non singing roles in St. Louis Opera performances and often planned his continuing medical education around opera performances. Dan studied at Jefferson Medical College, interned at Georgetown University General, and was a resident in internal medicine at the Mayo Clinic, Albert Einstein Medical Center, and Massachusetts General. Dan was certified also in nephrology and anesthesiology, making him certified in three medical specialties and licensed in ten states. Dan was also a member of the U.S. Army Reserve from the time of his graduation.

Dan is survived by his wife, Fran, son David, and daughter Rachel.

Michael Francis Vaecaro

died April 22,1996,near Philadelphia after a battle! with cancer. Many members of the environmental law community mourned his loss, for Mike had an enormous impact as deputy regional counsel of the Environmental Protection Agency, where he was a pioneer in the field. He oversaw the expansion of the Middle Atlantic region from a few attorneys to more than 80 working in environmental enforcement. Mike was also known for his love of all of the arts, opera in particular; he often broke out into an aria in the midst of his work. He was also an investor in theatrical productions. Mike came to Dartmouth, where he was a brother at DU, from Exeter, and graduated from Harvard Law School. He is survived by his mother and brother.

1980

Daniel Anthony Norton

passed away on Dec. 16, 1995, in Denver, Colo. Dan came to Dartmouth from New Jersey, where he graduated from Catholic High School. Following graduation he lived in West Palm Beach, Fla., then Brooklyn, settling finally in Denver. He was active in the theater. Dan was a freshman football manager and Green Key member. He was in the Dartmouth Players and the Film Society. He joined Gamma Delta Chi, serving as house manager and, later, president. He was the IFC secretary during the debate on the future of Greek organizations. Dave's fraternity brothers remember him as an active brother who enjoyed throwing parties. He setup a number of rock versus disco nights. He will be missed.

1989

Paul Brewer Gould

died March 22,1996, in Seattle,Wash., where he had made his home for the previous six years. While at Dartmouth Paul competed all four years on the lightweight crew team. He was also a saxophonist in the Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble, a devoted nature enthusiast, and a member of the Tabard. Paul excelled as a student, graduating magna cum laude and earning honors and citations for his work as an English major. Shortly after graduating from Dartmouth, Paul moved to London, where he worked for the British Academy. He later returned to the United States, completing a master's degree and beginning work toward a doctorate in English literature at the University of Washington. Before his death, a paper he had written was selected for presentation at an international conference to be held later this year in Wales. Paul had also been recently named a director of the English department's teaching assistant program.