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 or a later issue.

George Champion '26 • Sept. 17 Sidney Edward Lenke '26 • Jan. 28 Charles Agne Carroll '27 • Sept. 6 Robert Samuel Kohn '30 • July 5 Albert Phillipson '30 • May 28 Edward James Foley '33 • Sept. 23 Allan Milne Gemberling '33 • Sept. 4 Gordon Homer Ladd '33 • June 1997 Martin Burrage Johnston '34 • Aug. 25 Solon Maxfield Palmer '34 • Aug. 28 Donald Bernard King '35 • Sept. 16 William Shepard Lingley '35 • Sept. 10 William McNulty '36 • Sept. 10 Leonard Wilson Harris '37 • unknown John Williams Kenney '37 • Sept. 14 Paul Irving Ossen '38 • Sept. 30 Edward Arthur Tracy '38 • Sept. 19 Irving Freiler Stein '39 • Sept. 16 Loren Johnson Vulte '39 • Sept. 18 George Gordon Walden '39 • July 16 Robert Harry Chisholm '41 • Sept. 19 John Cochran Buck '44 • Sept. 8 Frank Pinkerton Biggs '45 • Sept. 12 Roger Clifton Cantwell '45 • April 23 Donald Olney Brown '50 • Aug. 20 Robert Morrison Perry '50 • Sept. 9 Kenneth M. Moran '52 • Sept. 22 John W. Morgan '53 • Sept. 1 John Edward Winchester '62 • Aug. 23 Robert Winton Dickgiesser '69 • Sept. 18 John Cooper Nystedt '73 • Sept. 11

1934

Stanley Edward Neill died on August 11,1997, of congestive heart failure at the Woburn (Mass.) Nursing Center. Stan came to Dartmouth from Phillips Andover Academy. At College he was active with the band, goalie on the varsity hockey team, and a member of Casque & Gauntlet. He attended Harvard Business School briefly, but left to join the family wool business, E.Y. Neill and Cos. in Boston. Stan joined the navy in 1942, was stationed in Portsmouth, N.H., and Exeter, England, and returned in 1945 as a lieutenant commander. He rejoined E.Y. Neill, eventually becoming its head, and was with the company for 60 years. He was active in the business and social communities of Winchester and Boston as president of tie Grand National Curling Association and the Winchester Country Club, and as member of the Boston wool trade association, the Winchester Co-operative Bank's board of directors, the Algonquin Club of Boston, and the William Parkman Masonic Lodge of Winchester. Stan leaves his wife, the former Priscilla Chamberlin, son Stanley E. "Ted" Jr. '67, and daughter Nancy C. Johnson.

1937

Frank Albert Kaufman died on July 31,1997, at his home in Baltimore of a rare blood disease. He graduated summa cum laude and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in his junior year. In 1940 he was graduated from Harvard Law School, magna cum laude. He received an honorary doctorate from the University of Baltimore School of Law. Frank, a federal district judge in Baltimore, presided over many important cases and was a leader in the American Bar Association. He was known for his role in presiding over one of the nation's biggest courtroom struggles over school desegregation in Prince Georges County, Md. He issued an order in 1972 that busing be used to desegregate the schools, which was upheld on an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Judge Kaufman is survived by his wife of 52 years, Clementine, daughter Peggy Wolf, son Frank A. Jr., and four grandchildren.

John W. Kenney died on September 14,1997, of Alzheimer's disease. He earned a master's degree in education at the University of New Hampshire. He taught history in Berlin High School before enlisting in the navy at the outbreak of WW II. He served as an intelligence officer aboard the carrier USS Monterey. He was a tennis pro at several resorts before opening the Tamarack Tennis Camp in Easton, N.H., in 1962. He taught thousands of children about the game, but according to one former camper, "He was much more interested in helping young people grow." He created the nonprofit Tamarack Foundation to help handicapped people learn tennis. He developed several machines to help teach the game, including a vacuum cleaner-like contraption that blew air upward to suspend a ball in mid-air. He leaves daughter Joanne; sons John William Jr., David, and Michael; and nine grandchildren.

1941

Edmund John Douglass passed away on July 22, 1997, at his home in Hingham, Mass., after a long illness. At Dartmouth Jack was captain of the freshman cross country team and enjoyed canoeing. Jack served in the army from 1940-44 and as a lieutenant was an aide to the assistant division comor. He continued his undergraduate education at Tulane University, then joined Scovill Manufacturing Cos. in 1944 and worked as a sales manager in the Boston area for 37 years. Jack was active in the Boy Scouts and the Hingham Yacht Club for many years. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Muriel Lyons, and their sons Edmund John and Jeffrey Lathem.

1945

Howard Denton Brundage died at his home in Old Lyme, Conn., on May 31,1997. The cause of death was not reported. A native of New Jersey, Howie came to Dartmouth as a high school valedictorian and maintained a superlative scholastic standing throughout his Dartmouth and Tuck School career, as well as in Midshipmen Officers' School at the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. He was a summa cum laude graduate of Dartmouth, earning Phi Beta Kappa honors in his junior year. He resided for a number of years in Montclair, N.J., during which he served in leadership positions in civic and charitable organizations. His business career spanned a succession of management positions in finance, including Morgan Stanley, Hanover Bank, J. H. Whitney, The New York Herald-Tribune,]. Walter Thompson and Smith Barney. He is survived by his wife of more than 50 years, Nancy Williams Brundage; son Peter; daughters Louise Lynch Joanne Wilcox, and Geraldine Elizabeth Brundage; and six grandchildren.

Fred Custer Byers died February 2, 1997, at St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, of pulmonary fibrosis. He graduated from Dartmouth and from the School of Dentistry, University of Mssouri at Kansas City, in the same year, 1947. He was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa and of Delta Sigma Delta (dental fraternity). He served in the U.S. Navy Dental Corps in 1948-49 and again in 1952-54. He practiced dentistry until retirement in 1987. He was an active member of local and state dental associations. He taught at his dental school at various times and served the Children's Mercy Hospital of Kansas City. He interviewed Dartmouth admissions applicants and was an assistant class agent. He is survived by Joyce, his wife of 44 years, daughter Gail, and two grandsons.

John Joseph Callagy died December 5, 1996, at his home, Bethel Park, Penn., after a long illness. At Dartmouth he played football and baseball and was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and Sphinx. He graduated from Thayer School in 1948. He was an electrical engineer with Dravo Corp. in Pittsburgh. He is survived by his wife, Eleanor, daughters Susan and Patricia, and son John Jr.

William Joseph Doyle died June 1, 1996, at the New London (Conn.) Convalescent Home. He was in the navy V-12 unit at Dart- mouth and Tuck. He also attended management programs at Harvard, Colgate, and Michigan. For many years he was a U.S. government auditor stationed at General Dynamics electric boat division. He retired from the navy with the rank of lieutenant commander. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy, three sons, three daughters, seven grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. After his death, arrangements were being made for sea burial with full military honors.

Roy Faldo Duke died January 6,1997, at his home in Vero Beach, Fla., after a long illness. He served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps in Europe and was engaged in the Battle of the Bulge under General Patton. He returned to Hanover, received his A.B. in 1948, and graduated from Tuck School in 1949. Roy went first to Esso Standard Oil. He then entered upon a 25-year career with Colonial Life Insurance Cos., serving as vice president and treasurer. He later spent ten years as vice president of investments with Beneficial Corp. He served many years as a volunteer in the East Orange (N.J.) General Hospital and as president of the hospital board. He is survived by his wife of 38 years, Barbara Anne, and sons, Kerry, Roy HI, and Thomas.

Joseph J. Fater died March 23,1997, of cardiac arrest while at his winter home in Bal Harbour, Fla. Joe came to Dartmouth from NYU as a marine V-12 transplant. He was a member of the championship varsity basketball team during the 1943-44 season. He served in the marines in WW II from 1943-46 and again in Korea from 1950-55. A resident of Bronxville, N.Y., Joe was the retired executive director of the New York Metropolitan Building Contractors Association. His wife, Theresa, predeceased him. He leaves daughter Patricia Fater Parsons.

Litton Edward S. Field died July 14,1997, following a July 9 stroke, in United Hospital, St. Paul, Minn., shortly after his 75th birthday. Following WW II service, he joined T.C. Field & Cos., an insurance and surety company owned by his father in St. Paul. Still active in the business as chairman of the board up to the time of his death, he leaves son Litton E.S. Field Jr. as president. He is survived also by his wife, Nancy, and five married daughters.

Charles T. Grossberger died April 3,1996, at his home in New York City. The cause of death was not reported. An adopted member of the class of 1945, Charles came to Dartmouth as a marine V-12er. He was an active track team participant and on the Ivy League and IC4A championship relay teams. After completing his education at New York University, Charles spent an active career in police work as a detective, later retiring as president of his own security agency. Surviving are his former wife, Jean, daughter Leslie, and sons Robert and Kenneth.

Richard Borne Jones died December 31,1996, of respiratory failure, at a hospital in Altamonte Springs, Fla. Having participated in football and swimming, he entered the U.S. Army in 1942. As a corporal in the 42d Infantry Division in Europe, he earned a Bronze Star for rushing two antirank guns into position under heavy fire. Later he won a Silver Star after a three-day scouting patrol behind German lines, bringing back critical information on enemy positions and defenses before his division attacked. After the war he returned to Dartmouth and joined Alpha Delta Phi. In the 1950s he sold advertising for the New York Herald Tribune and for General Outdoor Advertising in Washington. Later he held various executive positions in Atlanta and Orlando. He is survived by wife Diana, a sister, and a brother.

1948

Robert Emmet Norton died on May 26, 1997, in Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank, N.J., the town where he lived his final 21 years. Pete enrolled at Dartmouth right out of Polytechnic Prep. He lived in Crosby at first, made friends quickly, joined DKE after his return from the Navy in 1946, majored in history, and won three "D"s in swimming. Pete met Myra on a Jersey beach when both were youngsters and they married after Dartmouth when Pete was starting in the packaging industry, which he later described as "my entire career." He became an established marketer, first with Anchor Hocking in New York, and spent his late years as director of sales in the United States and Canada for the worldwide Mexican capmaker, Zapata Industries. Myra died in 1992 and son Daniel '80 died soon after. Pete is survived by six children and by second wife Pamela.

1957

Thomas A. Ely died on May 17, 1997, in Berkeley, Calif. A native of California, Tom grew up in Marin County. At Dartmouth he majored in economics and was a member of Sigma Chi and Dragon. After serving for two years as an officer in the navy, he settled in the San Francisco Bay Area and for the last 30 years lived in Orinda, where he was an avid 49ers fan. He was a C.P.A. for 35 years and worked in accounting for Price Waterhouse and other Bay Area firms. In 1980 he opened his own C.P.A. practice in Oakland, where he was working until shortly before hisdeath.Heis survived by his father, I.J. Ely, brother Dwight, wife Lucinda, sons Christopher and Michael, and granddaughters Megan and Emma.