Deaths

This is a list of deaths reported to us since the last issue. Full notices, usually written by the class secretaries, may appear in this or a later issue.

John L. Ames 'l6 • Nov. 24, 1996 John William Hubbell '2l • March 12 Byron Le Roy Covalt '22 • Sept. 23,1987 Carlos Albert Sanchez '23 • Feb. 7 Henry Ainsworth Blake '26 • March 14 Francis Kuang-Chiung Pan '26 • Feb. 11Nathaniel Brockett Morey '27 • Jan. 11Jonathan Barnet Rintels '27 • March 6 Laurence Augustine Kenney '28 • Feb. 27 John Phillips '2B • Jan. 29 John Sloan Minary '29 • Feb. 18 Ernest Haskell Moore '3l • Nov. 3,1996 John Henry Palmer '32 • Feb. 14 Jay Charles Whitehair '32 • Feb. 11Tristram Walker Metcalfe '33 • Feb. 7 Robert Munson Norton '33 • Feb. 26 Philip Julian Glazer '34 • Feb. 17 Charles F. Delbridge '36 'Jan. 26 Ralph Waldo Earl '36 • Feb. 19 Henry Sorrenson Woods '36 • Dec. 27, 1996 Laurence Frederick Brooks '37 • March 7 Warren Hoyt Meredith '37 • Jan. 7 Henry Wilder Pierce '37 • Jan. 28 Donald Winser Boyle '38 • Dec. 26, 1996 Robert Stephen Cheheyl '38 • Jan. 17 William Benton Ormsbee '39 • Feb. 9 Scott Dillingham '40 • Jan. 27 William John Kieckhefer '40 • Feb. 13William lUingworth Zeitung '43 • March 2 Robert Gerard Conroy '44 • March 13Charles Cutter Jack '44 • March 13Fred Howard Page '44 • Feb. 17 Fred Custer Byers '45 • Feb. 2 Roy Faldo Duke '45 • Jan. 6Charles Albert Kessler '46 • Feb. 28 Eldon R. Wallingford '46 • unknown Richard Royal Rearick '47 • March 5 Robert Alan Schroeder '47 • Feb. 27 George Peter Welch' 47 • unknown John C. Nacos '48 • Feb. 3 Foster Harmon Saville '49 • Feb. 7 Stevenson Flemer '50 • Feb. 2 Joseph B. Bullock '52 • Jan. 3 David Francis Grogan '54 • March 10 Dwight Henry Ketelhut '54 • Feb. 24 Sven Juri Kister '55 • Feb. 3 Charles Trexler Cook '56 • Jan. 28 Alexander Lothrop Evarts '56 • March 4 Michael George Monks '59 • Nov. 1995 John Finlay Mclntyre '6l • Jan. 30 Gregor Joseph Hargrett '62 • Dec. 28, 1989 Gary Herbert Plotnick '62 • Feb. 1David Preston Usher '62 • unknown Douglas Mark Urban '7l • March 9 Dwight L. Wilbur '73 • March 10Esteban Leonardo Oyenque '89 • Feb. 27 Robert William Meyeringh '93 • March 4

1929

John Sloan Minary died at his home in Charlottesville, Va., on February 18, 1997. John came from Benton Harbor (Mich.) High School. He belonged to Kappa Sigma, The Arts, and The Round Table, and majored in English. He earned his J.D. from DePaul in 1942 and studied at the University of Montpelier in France and the University of Chicago. He became a lieutenant colonel on Eisenhower's staff and received a Croix de Guerre with palm, a Bronze Star, and Order of the British Empire. William S. Paley of C.B.S., who was also on the staff, took on John as secretary and financial-adviser until John retired. Paley gave Dartmouth a conference center on Squam Lake which he named for John. John leaves his wife, Ruth, whom he married in 1974.

Millard Newell Tucker died on January 8,1997, at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He came to us from Essex (Mass.) High School, belonged to Delta Upsilon and Alpha Delta Sigma, was advertising manager of The Dartmouth and played in the band. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa and earned his M.C.S. from Tuck School. After a few years in finance with Scudder Stevens and Clarke he spent the rest of his career with Loomis, Sayles, and Co. until he retired to New Smyrna Beach in Florida. He loved the salt water and belonged to the Corinthian Yacht Club in Marblehead and the Tedesco Country Club. He was active with financial and civil groups. He leaves his wife, Marjorie (Hoyt), sons David '59 and Alan, six grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

1930

Hugh Burton Mitchell died June 10, 1996, in a nursing home in Seattle. He transferred from Dartmouth after his junior year to the University of Washington. In 1945 he was appointed to the U.S. Senate to serve out the unexpired term of the deceased Senator Wallgren, and was subsequently elected to two terms in the House. Liberty Magazine cited him as one of the "Ten Honest Politicians" in the 82nd Congress and as "an ardent New Deal Democrat who believed that government could truly help people." After politics he was president of Mitchell International Industries, a trucking firm. His wife, Kathryn, died in 1978. He is survived by children Bruce and Elizabeth and by two great-grandchildren.

1931

John Andrew Gilmore died on January 2, 1997, in the JML Care Center in Falmouth, Mass. From a background of the Brent School in Baguio, Luzon, Philippines, Belmont (Mass.) High School, and Phillips Academy, Jack came to Dartmouth to major in English. He was a member of Theta Chi and of The Round Table. After obtaining his J.D. from the University of lowa in 1934 Jack worked for a New York law firm for two years, then, starting in Washington during the New Deal in the general counsel's office and in the newly formed Social Security unit, he stayed in Treasury and the IRS for a total of 17 years. Subsequently, after returning to brief practice in New York, he joined the Kemper Group of Insurance Companies as assistant corporate counsel in its Long Grove, III., headquarters for 18 years until retirement in 1975. The Gilmores then moved to Osterville on Cape Cod. There, to go along with his gardening, he was active in many local groups. Jack is survived by wife, Mary, sons Gordon and J. Andrew, four grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

Ernest Haskell Moore died on November 3, 1996, at the Apopka Hospital near his home in Zellwood, Fla. From Classical High of Springfield, Mass., Ernie came to Dartmouth to major in economics! He was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa and of the varsity soccer team. After obtaining his M.B.A. from Harvard he went through the Depression years with several jobs ranging from banking with Irving Trust to sales in the sports apparel field, until beginning service in the military in March 1941. After a brief stint with Holeproof Hosiery Inc. he was employed by Jantzen Inc. from January 1947 to retirement in December 1975. The Moores made their home in New England until locating in Florida for the sun and golf. His five-year military service included receipt of four battle stars in the ETO, where he wound up as a captain in the G-5 Section of the headquarters of the Twelfth Army Group. Exemplary was his service to Dartmouth, and he received the Hood Trophy as the class agent who had shown outstanding leadership in the Alumni Fund campaign in 1948. His first wife, Angie pre-deceased him but he is survived by wife Genie, daughters Catherine and Roberta, sons Michael and Robert, and stepdaughters Kathy, Margaret, and Patricia.

Charles Daniel Ryder died on December 19, 1996. Charlie came to Dartmouth from Greenwich (Conn.) High School. During College days he was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha, but dropped out of school before deciding on a major. Excerpts from his own summary of his career up to 1956 were: "200 words aren't enough to describe the 12 jobs between 1930 and 1936, the arrival of three children (salary at the moment $85 per month), finally setding on the job I wanted, then the gradual pressure toward working for myself. The highlight was the formal break and the opening of my own business. Young men, learn all you can, be alert to take a chance, and don't let the desire for so-called security trap you. This country grew and is strong because of the gambling instinct of our forefathers, and can only remain strong through the same instincts in her sons." A very successful entrepreneur in business management in Hollywood, president of Kiwanis and of the Hollywood Charitable Foundation, Charlie kept up his ties with Dartmouth and pride in that association. He is survived by wife Virginia and sons Charles and Michael.

1933

Tristram Walker Metcalfe, Jr. died on February 7, 1997, at his home in Plainfield, Mass. He came to Dartmouth from Roosevelt High School in Yonkers, was a member of the Outing Club and SAE and majored in English. Tris spent his business career with Union Carbide from 1942 to his retirement in 1977. He had been division manager of salary administration and during WWII had been in charge of electrode allocations with the Manhattan Project, which produced the first atomic bomb. He was a devoted volunteer and rendered great service as president for 25 years of the Hudson River Museum, president for 10 years of the Yonkers Historical Society, and as trustee president for 10 years of the Yonkers Public Library. Tris is survived by his wife, Kathryn, daughter Susan M. LaRock, and son Tristram.

Robert Munson Norton died in Philadelphia on February 26, 1997. He came to Dartmouth from Lansdowne (Pa.) High School, sang in the Glee Club, managed freshman baseball, acted in the Carnival Show, was a member of Phi Delta Theta, and majored in economics. Bob began work for Western Union Telegraph, but spent most of his career of 35 years in the electroplating industry. He worked with Hanson Van Winkle—Munning and M & T Chemicals and at Chromium Corp. of America, where he was president when he retired in 1975. Thereafter the Nortons moved to Pinehurst, where Bob devoted himself to old cars, arts promotion, golf, and classical and barbershop group singing. He is survived by Mildred, his wife, and daughters Jeanne and Deborah.

Vincent Thomas Young died in his home in Concord, Tenn., on February 10, 1997. He came to Dartmouth from Tilton and Lawrence (Mass.) High School, was a member of ICKK and had the Medical School as his major. He graduated from McGill in 1937. He served as a commander in the Navy from 1938 to 1946 on destroyers and in naval hospitals, including Bethesda, where he was chief proctologist. He practiced privately in Lawrence, Mass., and in the Yater Clinic in Washington and subsequently moved to Knoxville in 1951, where he practiced proctology until retiring in 1981. He was the author of many articles in medical journals on his specialty. He is survived by his wife, Christine.

1934

Philip J. Glazer died at his home in Nashville, Tenn., on February 17, 1997. Phil was born in Princeton, Kent., and came to Dartmouth from Central Memphis High. He majored in political science, was a member of Alpha Delta Phi and Sphinx, and was our varsity right tackle and, in the '33 season, our football captain. He had a distinguished record in WWII with the 7th Armored Division in the European theater—a battlefield promotion to first lieutenant and a Bronze Star. After the war Phil was a sales manager and traveling salesman for a number of companies in the South and Midwest, and retired in the late 70s—as he said—"to serve as unofficial coach of the Vanderbilt football team." He married Maurine "Suzy" Potlitzer in 1962, and she survives him, as does her daughter Susan Tessier, both of whom he was devoted to. Also surviving are Phil's brother Herbert, three grandchildren, one great-grandchild, and seven nieces and nephews.

Dr. Harry Lachlan MacKinnon died December 21, 1996. He had been a resident of Naples, Fla., for 28 years, having already practiced psychiatry for 23 in Dayton, Ohio. Lach came to Dartmouth from Western Reserve Academy, was an English major and a member of Phi Sigma Kappa. He received his M.D. from the University of Cincinnati in 193 9, served as division psychiatrist for the 11th Airborne Division during WWII, was honorably discharged as a lieutenant colonel, and received the Bronze Star, among other awards. In addition to several articles on psychiatry, Lach published a book, Referral of the Psychiatrist Patient, and was active in the A.M.A., the A.P.A., the American Board of Psychiatry, and the Community Health Forum. He is survived by his wife, Mary Elizabeth "Betty", daughter Jo Rose, sons Mark A. Fleming and William T., six grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

1935

Robert Kenneth Hage died January 21, 1997, at Hanover Terrace Health- care, following a brief illness caused by a stroke. He is survived by his wife, Henrietta, and children Patricia and John. Better known as 800, he was a navy veteran of WWII, attaining the rank of lieutenant commander. He was employed by Vicks Chemical Co. from 1935 to 1942, working in sales promotion and advertising. In 1947 he joined the Dartmouth administration as executive secretary of the Hopkins Center Fundraising Committee, and became assistant director of admissions in 1948. By 1952 he had become executive secretary of the Committee on Scholarships and Loans. When a financial aid office was established in 1956 he became its first director. From 1968-1970 he was on leave of absence from Dartmouth, serving as a consultant to the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation on a program to help the United Negro College Fund colleges strengthen the administration of admissions and financial aid. Trustees at Dartmouth established the Robert K. Hage Loan Fund in honor of his many accomplishments. He was currently parttime administrator of the tuition aid program at Dartmouth. In March he would have worked continually at the College for 50 years.

William Deane Lamson died November 14, 1996, at the Montclair (N.J.) Community Hospital, cause not indicated. He is survived by his widow, Johanna, and children William Mather Lamson II and Elizabeth Lamson Pearson. Deane was a structural engineer, graduate of the Thayer School of Engineering, and was employed for 25 years by Curtis-Wright. He once stated that his recreational interest was "remembering to take pills on time."

Harry "Robby" Marchmont-Robinson died September 13, 1995, place and cause of death not indicated. Wife June predeceased him. He is survived by children Scott, Guy '70, and Hugh. Robby was formerly executive director of the Illinois Academy of Family Practice, and for about 25 years was director of Chesterfield Federal Savings & Loan. Robby served in WWII as a first lieutenant in the Medical Corp.

Allen Walter Tacy died November 11, 1996, place and cause unknown. His wife, Martha (Hopper), is deceased. He is survived by children Allen, Terry, Ann, and David. At Dartmouth his fraternity was Alpha Tau Omega, and he worked on the Aegis yearbook, and was involved in dramatics; He was self-employed as a retirement planner and also was owner/manager of Healthcare Services, a telecommunications consulting firm.

1936

Charles F. Delbridge Jr. of Grosse Point Farms, Mich., died at his home on January 26, 1997. A mathematics major at Dartmouth, he was captain of the polo team his sophomore year. He was a Tabard and Sigma Chi member. He received the J.D. degree from the University of Michigan Law School, was in private law practice until the onset of WWII, then served in the army, rising to the rank of major, in campaigns in Africa, Sicily, and Italy. He received the pre-Pearl Harbor Ribbon, four battle stars for Europe, tie Mediterranean Ribbon, and the Crown of Italy Medal. In the reserves after the war he was a lieutenant colonel. After returning to private law practice, he later became general attorney for Great Lakes Steel Corp. Subsequendy he was director and general counsel of the Central Business District of Detroit during the 1960s and then moved into commercial real estate in his own Delbridge Realty Co. Survivors include daughters Deanne, Elaine, Florence '78; son Charles; several stepchildren; a grandchild; and a sister.

Robert Guest Lewis of Phoenix, Ariz., died January 28, 1997. Coming to Dartmouth from King High School in Stamford, Conn., he was an English major, engaged in freshman football and boxing, and was a member of the Outing Club as well as Sigma Nu. In his senior year he coached freshman soccer. Two cousins and a brother-in-law also came to Dartmouth. After WWII service with the Red Cross he began his peacetime career as principal of Conant High School, Jaffrey,N.Y., from 1947 to 1951. Then he was superintendent of Cathedral of the Pines, Rindge, N.H., until 1956. He was executive secretarytreasurer of the N.H. Education Association until 1969, when he moved to Arizona. Among his many activities in New Hampshire and Arizona were service on the N.H. Fulbright Scholars Committee, N.H. Committee on Needs of Education, and the Advisory Committee on Planning and Aging of the City of Phoenix. He was also a member of the Dartmouth Club of Phoenix (secretary and vice president). He is survived by his wife, Laura; daughters Betty Sawyer, Alice Wilkinson and. Carolyn Frejek; nine grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; two stepchildren; and several stepgrandchildren.

Frank Henry Teagle Jr. of Woodstock, Vt., died January 19, 1997. A printer all his life, he came to Woodstock in 1945 after military service. There he and Edwin Rudge developed the Elm Street Press into a modern operation. Through his private foundation he helped endow the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical School chair of medical ethics. In Woodstock he was the town crier, active in Rotary (by which he was named a Paul Harris Fellow) and the Chamber of Commerce, and was the village tree warden. He was a co-founder of the Ottaquechee Health Center and was active in the peace movement as well as in health, environmental, and conservation programs. In the late 1960s he worked with others to have the iron middle bridge in Woodstock replaced by the first truly authentic wooden bridge built in Vermont or New Hampshire in the twentieth century. His efforts assisted in creation of the Ben Lane printing shop as one of the exhibits of die Vermont Shelburne Museum. Survivors are his wife, Rhoda, stepdaughter Mary French Minier, stepsons John French III '55 and Roberts W. French '56, stepgrandson John B. French '79, ten grandchildren, and ten great-grandchildren.

1938

Robert Stephen Cheheyl a lifelong resident of Lakewood, Ohio, who came to Dartmouth from the local schools, died on January 17, 1997, of complications from pneumonia. Bob belonged to Beta Theta Pi, majored in economics, and was a member of Green Key and Sphinx. He managed the freshman football team and attended Tuck for one year. He worked with several firms in a sales and marketing capacity. Much of the time was spent with the Harris Corp. and his own R.S. Cheheyl Associates dealing with printing machinery and high alloy steel products. He served three and a half years in the U.S. Navy in the South Pacific as an officer aboard the U.S. cruiser Honolulu, receiving a Purple Heart for wounds suffered. Bob was an avid rose gardener and was very active in Scouting, serving as a director of the Eagle Scout Association, Greater Cleveland Council, Boy Scouts of America. His wife of 45 years died in 1986. He is survived by daughter Sara, son Robert '67, and a granddaughter.

1939

Colonel William A. Hurley died on January 16,1997, in the New London (N.H.) Hospital after a brief illness. He entered Dartmouth from Thayer Academy. Bill retired as a colonel after 24 years of active and reserve duty in the US Air Force and the Massachusetts Air National Guard. During WWII he served in the European theater in France, England, Belgium, Holland, and Germany. His military awards include two Presidential Unit Citations, six Battle Stars, and the Belgian Foragerre. He was recalled in 1961 by the air force during the Berlin crisis. Bill spent his working life as an executive with American Mutual Insurance Companies, retiring in 1979. Shordy after retirement the Hurleys moved to Sunapee, N.H., where they lived an active life. Bill was a communicant of St. Joachim Church in Sunapee, and a member of the Lake Sunapee Yacht Club and the Newport Tennis Club. Bill is survived by his wife, Barbara Emerson Hurley.

1940

John Clifford Alexander died suddenly December 20,1996. John came to Dartmouth from Mercersburg Academy. In his sophomore year he transferred to Wooster College in Ohio, graduating with honors in 1942. After service in the Army Air Force, he graduated from Tuck in the class of '46. His business years were spent working for General Electric Co. He is survived by his wife, Amelia Alexander, and three children.

Scott Dillingham died January 27,1997, at Wyoming County Community Hospital after a short illness. Scott came to Dartmouth from Clark School, majored in political science and was awarded an M.A. (education) in 1951 from the Massachusetts State Teachers College. Scott was employed by Brookline Chamber of Commerce and S.S. Rresge Co. before joining the U.S. Army Air Force in 1942. After service he worked for Coaters Inc. and taught in New Bedford (Mass.) schools. Scott retired in 1981 from MacMillan Publishing Co. as a textbook sales representative. He is' survived by his wife, Constance Nye Dillingham, son Walter Scott Dillingham III, daughter Sara Dillingham Trippe, and four grandchildren.

William John Kieckhefer died February 13, 1997, at his home in Naples, Fla., from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Bill came to College from Milwaukee Country Day School, where he was active in football, hockey, baseball, and the band. At Dartmouth he majored in economics, was a member of Delta Tau Delta, secretary of Gerinania, and a member of the band and Hell Divers Ski Club. Bill served in the U.S. Army Armored Battalion in Europe and was awarded the Bronze Starwith two oak leaf clusters. On his return he worked for North Carolina Pulp Co. and in 1950 joined Kieckhefer Box and Lumber Co., retiring in 1983 as CEO. In 1960 he was a member of the National Committee of the Dartmouth Medical School Campaign. He is survived by his wife, Jane Vincent; children Anne Karberg, Mary Heyer, and William H. Kieckhefer; three step-children; and seven grandchildren.

1943

Bradford Dean Cole passed away at his home in Shadyside, Md. January 6, 1997, having suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Brad came to Dartmouth from Washington, D.C.'s Central High School. As a freshman he took up residence in North Fayerweather with John Conn, Fred Wallis, and Jim Wells as roommates. The four later joined Sigma Nu and remained together during their College years. At College Brad majored in political science, sang in the Glee Club, served as a fraternity officer, and worked at the Rood Club. In WWH Brad served as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army, teaching anti-aircraft gunnery. Subsequently he joined the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co., from which he retired in 1982. Brad was a past president and past secretary of the Dartmouth Club of Washington, a deacon of the Central Presbyterian Church in Washington, and served as a delegate director of the American Cancer Society. He loved sailing the Chesapeake and playing golf. His high school sweetheart, house party date, and wife of 53 years, Doris Park Cole, survives him with their son Brad Jr. and daughters Carolyn, Margaret, and Mary Beth, six grandchildren, and one greatgrandson.

William Theophilus Middlebrook died December 1,1996. Bill entered Dartmouth from the University of Minnesota High School. He was with us only a short time, having left the College after freshman year. Bill subsequently enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps and flew as a pilot with the rank of first lieutenant. After WWII he resumed studies at the University of Minnesota and pursued a career in hospital administration at Chicago and at Princeton, N.J. Bill's dad, William Sr., was a member of the class of 1912. We offer our condolences to Bill's widow, Jan, and to his children John, Anne, and William.

1947

Walter A. Blair a longtime resident of Cedar Rapids, lowa, passed away November 16,1996. He grew up in Weymouth, Mass., and joined the U.S. Marines in 1943. After various duty assignments, he was assigned to the Dartmouth Marine V-12 unit. In 1946 he married Edith MacLeod, and they lived in Hanover until graduation in 1949. Walter's work career was in the insurance field, including five years in Chicago, prior to settling in Cedar Rapids. No more recent details of his career have been available, however, he was quite active in Civitan International as an officer. He was a past president of the Linn County Civitan Club. He is survived by Edith, daughter Catherine June, and sons James and Harold.

William M. McLeer of Chestertown, Md., passed away on July 1,1995. This word has only recently been received. He joined the class in July 1943 with the Marine V-12 unit. He saw service in the Pacific theater before returning to Hanover in 1946. After graduation in 1947, with a bachelor of science degree, he joined the family business of McLeer andMcLeer Inc. as a food broker in sales. McLeer continued in the food brokerage and import business, residing in Syosset, N.Y., and eventually setding in Chestertown. McLeer was recalled to the Korean conflict for a year, rising to the rank of marine captain. Bill McLeer married Una Lee Massey in 1949 and they resided in New York City for several years. He is survived by her and their two daughters, Una Lee and Laureen.

1949

Foster Harmon Saville of Newburyport, Mass., died on February 7, 1997, leaving his wife, Lillian, sons Robert, John '73, and Michael, a sister, and five grandchildren. Harm served in the navy during WWII before attending the College. He earned a degree from Tuck in 1950 and began his business career with Standard Brands in New York. Subsequently he turned his hobby of cultivating miniature roses into a business, founding Nor' East Miniature Roses in 1971. The company became the country's largest commercial rose grower specializing in miniatures. His hybridizing efforts to add intense fragrance to his small roses were successful and increased public enthusiasm for the miniatures. He retired as chairman in 1992 but remained a parttime consultant. Harm, who was 72, had been married in 1948. His and Lillian's son Robert was born in Hanover in 1950.

1974

Thurlow Evans Tibbs died at his home on January 16,1997. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., he returned to his hometown after completing degrees in art at Dartmouth and city planning at Harvard. In 1989, he left a fulltime position that he had held for 10 years as a facilities planner with the General Services Administration to devote his energies to collecting African-American art. Beginning with several paintings left to him by his grandmother, Lillian Evans Tibbs, a famous lyric soprano, Thurlow ultimately acquired the most extensive art collection of its kind, and displayed it in the historic Washington house on Vermont Street N.W. that has been in his family since 1904.

The Evans-Tibbs Collection includes well-known works by such African-American artists as Richard Dempsey, Lois Jones, Delilah Pierce, James Porter, Alma Thomas, and James Wells. This past year much of the collection and accompanying research library was donated to the Corcoran Gallery of Art.

"Ted," as he was known to his classmates, was active as an undergraduate in Glee Club, Kappa Kappa Kappa, the Afro-American Society, Casque & Gaundet, and was a Senior Fellow whose work culminated in a final project tided "Capitol Hill: A Visual and Historical Approach." He is survived by his sister, Diane Tibbs Islam.

1989

Esteban L. Oyenque died on February 27,1997, in an automobile accident while driving to Mammoth Mountain, Calif. Este was born and raised in Akron, Ohio, where he attended Akron Firestone High School. At Dartmouth Esteban was a member of Zeta Psi fraternity, the Dartmouth Rugby Football Club, and the Green Key Society. He was a history major and continued his studies at the University of Mchigan Law School, where he received his J.D. in 1992. Este moved to San Francisco, where he was an attorney for the Environmental Protection Agency until 1996. He recendy became an associate with Zevnick, Horton, Guibard, and McGovem, L.L.P., and moved to Burlingame, Calif. He was an active member of the Dartmouth Club of Northern California and Nevada, and volunteered with the California Mock Trial Competition sponsored by the Human Rights Foundation. He is survived by his wife, Amy Meldrum. A memorial fund at Dartmouth has been established in Esteban's name.

1993

R. William "Bill" Meyeringh, II died on March 4, 1997, as a result of a gun accident. At Dartmouth Bill was a brother of Theta Delta Chi and lived in the Legion Room for a record number of terms. He ran a business while he pursued a history major and went fly-fishing all around the Upper Valley.

Upon graduation Bill returned to Miami and bought the computer company at which he had his first high school job. Last year he had 20 employees and $5 million in sales. Bill loved life, and pursued such leisuretime activities as scuba diving, spear fishing, and hunting with his black labrador, Zeke (named after the original Ezekiel T. Lodge). On Thanksgiving he would return to the College Grant for a weekend of hunting and companionship.

Bill and Jennifer "Clell" Huffman '93 were engaged to be married. He is also survived by his parents, Robert and Roberta Meyeringh, sister Jessica, and brother Roy.