Leonard E. Morrissey Sr. '22 • Oct. 30,1998 Robert Mathew Hodgdon '26 • Oct. 17,1998 Edward Worthington Walters '26 • Oct. 13,1998 Ernest Theordore Seligjr. '27 • Nov. 23,1998 Arthur Bernard Nightingale '28 • Oct. 24,1998 Harris Hyde Huston '29 • Oct. 14,1998 John Franklin Thompson '29 • Nov. 30,1998 Arthur Bamberger Behal '30 • March 12,1998 Arthur Patrick O'Brien '30 • unavailable Glenn W. Poorman '30, Th' 33 • Oct. 21,1998 Paul Chaffee Dunn '32 • Nov. 11,1998 Robert Dover Fisher '32 • Oct. 1,1997 Douglas William Alden '33 • Nov. 15,1998 William Edwin Hitchcock Jr. '33 • Dec. 12,1998 Robert Henry Mitchell '33 • Oct. 11,1998 Harlan Parker Banks '34 • Nov. 22,1998 Walter Monroe Bryant '34 • Oct. 9,1998 Frederick Pinckney Kayser '35 • Aug. 23,1998 Lewis Seager Peck '35 • Nov. 1,1997 Harold Oliver Stanton '35 • Sept. 11,1998 Joseph Savage Cunningham '36 • Sept. 20,1998 William L. McLaughlin '36 • Nov. 11, 1998 Roger Gavitt Metcalf '36 "June 3,1998 Carlton Edmund Nichols '37 • Oct. 4,1998 Merrell Edwin Condit '38 • Aug. 19, 1998 Charles Pomeroy Livermore '38 • Nov. 21,1998 Robert Thomas Haslam Jr. '39 • Oct. 5,1998 Endicott Smith '39 • Dec. 6,1998 John Richard Klein '40 • unavailable Harvey Kent LeSure Jr. '42 • Dec. 6, 1998 Thomas Temple Keeler '43 • Dec. 8,1998 Alan Johnston McBean '43 • Dec. 27,1998 Chandler Lamberton Stevens '43 • Oct. 14,1998 Robert Carpenter Colwell Jr. '44 • Aug. 17,1998 Richard Allan Davis '44 • Dec. 5,1998 Raymond Louis Hensler '44 • Nov. 10,1998 Richard Farrington Howe '44 • 1996 Leonard Moos Rieser '44 • Dec. 15, 1998 George Fisher Barr '45 • Dec. 26,1998 Thomas Francis Darcy jr. '46 • Sept. 3,1997 Palmer Wilson Townsend '47 • Oct. 26,1998 Thomas Cruttendon Bright Jr. '49 • Oct. 7,1998 Robert Colby Emerson '49 • July 12, 1994 E. Robert Larigan '51 • unavailable Howard Kenneth Read '51 • Oct. 28,1998 Benjamin N. Branch '53 'July 13, 1998 Julian Roy Klein '55 • Dec. 8,1998 Richard Le Roy Wilson '55 • Oct: 14,1998 David Stewart Hull '60 • Dec. 5,1998 William George Lutz '62 • Oct. 27,1998 Dana Allen Watts '70 • April 20,1998 Robert James Branham '74 • Oct. 29,1998 John G. Dockum '75 • Dec. 25,1998
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Richard Hunt Perry died October 19,1998 at Concord Hospital. He came to Dartmouth from Charleston (N.H.) High School and resided there until 1988, when he moved to New London. He was a justice at Charlestown Municipal Court for 35 years, a proprietor of IGA in Charlestown, a cashier of Connecticut River National Bank, and proprietor of the Richard Perry Insurance Agency. He was organist at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Charlestown for more than 40 years, was a member of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Charlestown, and was a member and past master of Faithful Lodge No. 12, F&AM, in Charlestown. His first wife, Marion, predeceased him in 1978. He is survived by his second wife, Anne, son Richard, two granddaughters, a stepdaughter, two stepsons, ten step-grandchildren, and seven step-great-grandchildren.
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Arthur Bernard Nightingale died October 24, 1998. Art prepared for Dartmouth at Manchester (N.H.) High School. At Dartmouth he majored in chemistry and joined the Instrumental Club. He went on to study medicine at the Jefferson Medical School in Philadelphia and was practicing in Hyde Park, Long Island, N.Y., when he took a commission as a first lieutenant in the Army Medical Corps Reserve. He graduated from medical school in 1932. He was called to active duty in 1941. After his army service he returned to medical practice in Long Island. He retired in December 1966 after 30 years. He then moved to Marco Island, Fla. He is survived by his wife, Freda.
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Thomas Edward Hayes died on May 25, 1998, at Boca Raton (Fla.) Hospital. He came from Peabody, (Mass.) High School, belonged to Delta Tau Delta, was on the debating team, and majored at Tuck School. He was president of Hamblet and Hayes Co. in Salem, belonged to country clubs and the Corinthian Yacht Club of Marblehead, and was commodore of the Royal Palm Yacht Club of Boca Raton. He leaves his wife, Mary (Dineen), daughters Joan Collins and Janet Walsh, and six grandchildren.
Morris Lamprey Heath died on April 17,1994. He came from Mechanic Arts High School in St. Paul, Minn., and belonged to Phi Gamma Delta and the Dragon. He majored in English and was the outstanding goalie on our hockey team. He earned his LL.B. from Brooklyn Law School. He worked with the Chase Manhattan Bank, then in New York City's law department. From 1943 until 1946 he was in the Judge Advocate Corps. He retired from the Army Reserve in 1963 as a lieutenant colonel. His wife, Bernice, died before him.
William Clark Hood Jr. died on March 1,1998, in La Habra, Calif. He came from Uniontown, Penn., Culver Academy, and the Clark School and belonged to Psi Upsilon and the Dragon. He left us to become an instructor at Culver and spent much of his career in the Air Force, retiring as a colonel. He spent time in New Guinea and the South Pacific. He leaves his wife, Marjorie; sons William III, Thomas, and Jon; and brother Richard '30.
Harris Hyde Huston of Arlington, Va., died from a heart attack on October 14, 1998, at Pentagon City Hospital. He came from Morraine Park High School in Dayton, Ohio, belonged to Chi Phi, and majored in history. He ran cross country and was a member of our National Mile Championship relay team. After receiving his law degree from the University of Dayton, he practiced with a Dayton firm and was an F.8.1, special agentuntil 1946. He then became director of surveys and investigations for the House Staff Appropriations Committee. He was director of training for the air force's office of special investigations, then deputy administrator of security and consular affairs for the Department of State. He became American consul general to the Netherlands dependencies. He was a member of Harvard Associates, Belle Haven Country Club, and the National Aviation Club. He leaves his wife Hazel (Rollins), son Robert, daughter Linda Cartaxo, and three grandchildren.
Robert Sharp Jones died from heart failure on June 16,1998,in Pinehurst, N.C. He came from Glendale (Ohio) High School and majored at Tuck School. He worked on the business end of The Dartmouth and belonged to Theta Delta Chi. He was a class agent and did interviewing for the College. He worked with Dobeckmun Packaging Co. in Cleveland; Midland, Mich.; and Pittsburgh, and its successor, Dow Chemical. He was president of the National Flexible Packaging Association. He leaves his wife, Marion (Moser), and son Stephen.
George Barnum Redding died on June 30, 1998, at Bedford, Mass. He came from Bedford High School and the Clark School and majored in history. He was active in track and cross country and belonged to Alpha Chi Rho, Gamma Delta Chi, and the Outing Club. He attended Harvard and Boston University law schools and was on the staff of N.H. Senator Styles Bridges. He was 1929 secretary, held many other jobs for the College, and received the Alumni Award in 1967. He enlisted in the navy, serving in the Atlantic and Pacific, and retired a lieutenant. He held major offices in church and community in Winchester, Mass., and practiced law until he was 90 as a partner in Weston, Patric, Willard, and Redding in Boston. His wife, Loretta (Clarke), died before him.
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Merrill B. Hayes died of heart failure on September 23, 1998, in Annapolis, Md. After graduation he studied at Temple University Medical School, graduating in 1934. Merrill then obtained a master's degree from Temple in 1939. During WWII he served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps. Upon being discharged, he practiced in Chester, Penn., until his retirement in 1974. He is survived by his wife, Margaret, two children, two grandsons, and one great-grandson.
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Henry Almond died on August 3,1998, at Red Bank, N.J. He received his M.D. from Penn in 1934, and then had a stretch in the Medical Corps of the U.S. Navy from mid1942 until reverting to inactive duty in the 3rd Naval District as a lieutenant commander in February 1946. In that period he was attached to the 4th Marine Division, and gained battle stars from campaigns in the Marshall Islands, Saipan,Tinian, and low Jima, receiving a Bronze Star and being part of the unit which received a unit citation from the secretary of the navy and a presidential citation—a record of outstanding service. After WWII Henry practiced medicine in Berlin, N.H., until he joined Metropolitan Life Insurance Cos. in New York, becoming assistant medical director in 1951 while residing in New Shrewsbury, N.J. Along the way he picked up an LL.D. at Fordham. He is survived by his widow, Liane, and by two daughters.
1932
Robert Dover Fisher died October 1,1997. The cause and place of death are not available. He came to Dartmouth from the East Orange (N.J.) High School. Bob was a member of The Players, the band, the Barberry Coast, and Sigma Phi Epsilon. After graduation and Thayer School he joined Consolidated Edison of New York. In WWII he was a lieutenant commander and prior to discharge he received a letter of commendation from the secretary of navy for his service in the office of industrial relations. After the war he moved to San Francisco and joined the California Packing Corp. and subsequently became affiliated with the Del Monte Corp. and remained there until retirement. He is survived by his wife, Mary, and daughters Elizabeth, Anne, and Katherine.
1933
David Hinman Gruger died in Mt. Vernon, Wash., on September 25, 1998. He had come to Dartmouth from Franklin High School in Seattle and did not remain in Hanover to graduate with the class. He had been a station manager for United Airlines and was known as an avid gardener of rhododendrons. He is survived by his wife, Lila, first wife Myra having predeceased him, and children Kathleen, David, and Curtis.
Thomas Taylor Hale died on August 8,1998. He came to Dartmouth by transfer from the University of Oklahoma, was a member of Phi Kappa Psi, majored in Tuck School, and went on to receive an M.B.A. from Tuck in 1934. He went to work for Cargill Inc. in the grain business a few days out of Tuck and remained with that company until his retirement in 1975. He worked in various divisions of the company, ending up as executive director of the Cargill Foundation. He had a part in Cargill's first major move to a field other than grain. He is survived by his wife, Alice, and sons James, valedictorian of the class of 1962, and Gordon.
William Edwin Hitchcock Jr. died December 12, 1998, at his home in Naples, Fla. He prepared for Dartmouth at Tabor Academy, was captain of soccer and a member of the lacrosse team, a member ofDeltaTau Delta, and majored in economics. Bill spenthis business career as a manufacturer, first at Bethlehem Steel in Baltimore and then for 43 years at the Adantic Wire Cos., whose president and CEO he was for many years. He served as a director of the Branford Trust Co., a board member of Hopkins School and Tabor Academy, a trustee of the Blackstone Library, and worked actively in support of various Dartmouth programs. He is suwived by his wife, Janet, daughters Anne and Elizabeth, and sons William and David.
Robert Henry Mitchell died at his home in Waban, Mass., on October 11,1998. He prepared for Dartmouth at Central Falls (R.I.) High School, was a member of the business board of The Dartmouth, and majored in sociology. He received an M.A. from Brown in 1942 and as a public school administrator was chairman of the counseling department of Newton High School from 1949 to his retirement in 1973. He was a member of the World Affairs Council of Boston and president of the Newton Council of Churches. He was predeceased by wife Jean, and is survived by daughters Ellen and Valerie and son Allan.
Samuel Sidney Stoneman died of cancer in Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Boston on October 17, 1998. He prepared for Dartmouth at Noble and Greenough School, played freshman football and varsity hockey and golf, was a member of Pi Lambda Phi, and majored in economics. One of the leaders and quietly supportive members of our class and a generous mainstay of Dartmouth causes, Sid graduated from Harvard Law School and, in a highly successful business career, became president of Bretton Woods Co., vice chairman of General Cinema Corp., a director of Shawmut Bank, and director of Harcourt General publishing company. Long active in Boston community affairs, he was a member of numerous directive bodies, including chairman of the board of directors of Beth Israel Hospital, and a trustee of the Boston Symphony and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Children's Hospital Medical Center. He served also as national vice president of the American Jewish Congress and was widely regarded for his judgment, graciousness, and ethical behavior. He was awarded the Dartmouth Alumni Award in 1972. He leaves his wife, Miriam, and daughters Jane Stein and Elizabeth Deknetel.
1934
Benton Blair died September 3, 1998, after a rather long illness. "Ben" came to Dartmouth from the Taft School and for two years attended college, where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He received an LL.B. law degree from Soudieastern University and worked for the patent law firms O'Boyle and Blair in Washington, D.C., and Blair and Black in New York City from 1934 to 1951. He then joined the American Optical Co. as price coordinator. He then served the Town of Woodstock, Conn., as its judge for 16 years. Ben's hobby was buying old homes—several hundred years old—and putting them in first-rate condition. His wife, Jane, predeceased him. Surviving are daughters Brenda and Susan and son John.
Walter Monroe Bryant died on October 9,1998, at the CMC Hospice Unit in Scranton, Pa. He came to Dartmouth from Boston Latin School and at college was a member of the Interfraternity Council, Theta Delta Chi fraternity, freshman football, manager of varsity lacrosse, and an English major. In 1936 he graduated from the Stockbridge School of Agriculture at the University of Massachusetts and became a farmer. In 1958 he joined Agrimark, a cooperative milk marketing company, and retired in 1978 as manager of communications and economics. He was a member of Otter Creek Soil Conservation District, 4H Club leader, trustee of his church, lister of the Town of Shoreham, director of the Mddlebury (Vt.) National Farm Loan Association, and manager of the National Morgan Horse Show. He had a life-long love for family history, old houses, Robert Frost's poetry, jazz, and Morgan horses. He is survived by his wife, Theresa; daughters Anne Casey, Emily Rancier, and Carol Bryan; sons Stephen and Walter; sister Annette Emerson; 12 grandchildren; one great-granddaughter.
Richard Walter Hardt died on August 2,1997. Dick came to Dartmouth from the Haverford (Pa.) School and was active with Green Key, Freshman Glee Club, The Players, and The Ledyard Canoe Club. He majored in economics and was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. He was also secretary of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Philadelphia 1939-40. After graduation he worked for Philco in Philadelphia, then as property manager and salesman of real estate as purchasing agent for Whitman's Chocolate Co. He was in the navy in WWII from 1941 to 1953. In 1947 he returned to his old rank of lieutenant commander to administer the training program of the supply corps component of the Naval Reserves for the 4th Naval District. He was released from the Naval Reserves in 1953. After the war he worked for Trylon Inc. in Elverson, Pa., and in 1967 became purchasing agent for Magnetic Metals Co. in Camden, N.J., an electrical steel laminator. His wife predeceased him in 1976. He leaves sons Richard and David.
1935
Saul Richard Deitel died of leukemia in Tucson, Ariz., on September 10, 1998. Saul and his late wife, Rose, moved to Tucson on their honeymoon in 1943. He was president of White House Department Store 1943-1980. Formerly of Winthrop, Mass., Saul was active in the Dartmouth Club of Tucson and the Optimist Club and as a founding member of Temple Emanu-El. In 1995 he received a commendation from the mayor of Tucson for his work 1979-1989 with the Tucson Development Corp. Saul earned his way through college waiting on tables and as a traveling clothing salesman in the summer and was on the track team. He learned the clothing trade as a leather- and cloth-cutter in Boston when in high school. This led to manufacturing women's coats and running an apparel showroom in New York. Saul was afflicted with asthma, which kept him out of WWII and caused him to relocate in Arizona. Survivors include daughter Paula Park and sister Cynthia Burstein.
Richard Daggett Muzzy died September 26, 1998, at Dionne Common in Brunswick, Maine, after along illness. Dick came to Dartmouth from Deerfield Academy. He majored in chemistry, played trombone in the band and cello in the Handel Society, and graduated summa cum laude and with a membership in Phi Beta Kappa. He joined Kappa Kapj a Kappa and went on to graduate work at Tuck. He was president of the Daggett Chocolate Co., moving on to New England Confectionary Co. and then to Howard Johnson, where he was director of candy and condiment manufacturing. During his career he served as president of New England Confectioners Association and vice president of the National Confectioners Association. In 1949 he married Polly Wilber, who survives him. He is also survived by children Richard Jr., Ellen Farnham, and Martha Nilsen and sister Carolyn Muzzy.
Howard Brainard Rowe of Nashua, N.H., died August 25,1998, of cancer. He was living at the Hunt Community in Nashua, where he and his late wife, Doris, moved in retirement 12 years ago. Doris died in 1997. Howie's career was with the Nashua Corp., where he began in 1941 in the standards department, then became personnel manager, and in 1957 was promoted to office manager. Howie came to Dartmouth from Norwood, Mass., via Kimball Union Academy. He majored in economics and was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity. He leaves son David and two grandchildren.
1936
Robert H. Brenner died September 5, 1998, in Raleigh, N.C., after a prolonged illness. Bob graduated with a B.A. in economics, and went on to receive his M.B.A from Harvard Business School. He worked briefly with the Arthur Anderson Co. prior to enlisting in the army and serving as a captain in the army air corps during WWII. He also served in the air force during the Korean War and retired as lieutenant colonel in the air force reserve. Following his military service he joined IBM, where he worked in the financial planning area until his retirement in 1984. In college Bob was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He is survived by son James, daughters Gail Ann Brenner and Susan Peters, and three grandchildren. His wife predeceased him.
Vincent Ellis Wentworth died May 25,1998, in Phoenix, Ariz. Vin came to Dartmouth from Newton (Mass.) High School. Early in his life his love of music led to his singing in church choirs and later with the Dartmouth Glee Club. In 1938 he married Elizabeth "Gib" Campbell, and they had four children, two of whom predeceased him. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi and enjoyed golf in Hanover, an interest he maintained all his life, playing with an enviable low handicap. After graduation Vin bought a Lincoln-Mercury agency in Newton arid continued with it for several years. During WWII he worked for the Farrington Manufacturing Co., which did warmaterial work but whose basic effort was developing the "charge plate" and was instrumental in work leading to credit cards. His last job in Phoenix was with American Express in the credit card division. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth, daughters Diana Woodberry and Dr. Lee Wentworth, brother Nathan "Bo" '32, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
1937
Robinson Emery Keyes died on July 15,1998, at the Rutland (Vt) Regional Medical Center. He came to Dartmouth from Deerfield Academy and graduated from Cornell School of Law in 1941. He practiced law in Rutland for nearly 50 years with Fenton, Wing and Morse and Ryan, Smith and Carbine. At Dartmouth he was a member of S.A.E. His wife, Dorothy, died in 1991. He is survived by sons Lawrence '63 and Alan and daughter Carolyn Hignite.
William H. Lyons died in February 1998 in Portugal. Bill came to Dartmouth from St. Paul Academy in St. Paul, Minn. He majored in English and was a member of Beta Theta Pi and Dragon. Bill joined Pan American in 1942. In 1970 he joined Boyden Associates, an executive search firm, and lived in London as V.P. for Boyden. Bill married Catusha in 1953. His son and daughter, by a previous marriage to Maruja, live in the Washington area.
John Milne died at Hanover (N.H.) Terrace Healthcare on November 29, 1998. He came to Dartmouth from Mercersburg Academy and earned a Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1940. A much-loved specialist in internal medicine, Dr. Milne practiced at the Hitchcock Clinic for nearly SO years and served on Dartmoudr Medical School's faculty for much of that time. He had been a selectman in Hanover and was active in the Hanover Improvement Society. He was also an avid outdoorsman and was instrumental in developing campground facilities at Storrs Pond in Hanover. His first wife, Jean McDuff, predeceased him, and he later married Nancy Fisk, who survives him, along with sons Jonathan Jeffrey, Jared, and Joel; stepson Jules; and 12 grandchildren.
Carlton Edmund Nichols died on October 4, 1998, in Gardner, Mass. He came to Dartmouth from Worcester Academy, majored in economics, and was a member of Phi Kappa Psi. Starting in 1937 he was the fourth generation of Nichols to lead Nichols & Stone Co., a furniture-maker known as "The Home of Windsor Chairs." He was president from 1956 to 1978, and chairman of the board until he retired in 1987. A veteran of WWII, he served with the army air forces. Carlton served as a trustee of First Congregational Church, the Stone Fund, and Heywood Hospital and was a member of the Hope Lodge of Mason and the Monadnock Council, BSA. He is survived by his wife, Harriet, son Carlton Jr., and daughter Barbara.
George Albert Skinner died on June 6,1998, in Fernandina Beach, Fla. George came from Concord High School, majored in economics, was brother of Theta Chi, and played in the Dartmouth band. In 1941 he was inducted in the army as a private and was detached in March 1946 as a lieutenant colonel. In October 1945 he received the Bronze Star for meritorious achievement at Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea, in connection with military operations against the enemy. George was director of business research for New England Tel. & Tel. and was a member of the American Statistical and American Economic Associations as well as the National Association of Business Economists. After retiring he and his wife, Ethel, made five trips to Third-World countries and two trips to Taiwan and Cape Verde and spent nine months in Jordan as a member of the Executive Service Corps of New York. Ethel died in 1997. He is survived by sons, David, Raymond, and James.
Gordon James Wise ofHartsdale, N.Y., died on August 31,1998. He came to Dartmouth from Brooklyn Friends School and majored in history. In 1941 he received a bachelor's in architecture from Columbia University. He was awarded the Boring Medal of Columbia University's School of Architecture, given annually for excellence in design. In Pound Ridge, N.Y., he served on the architectural review board and as chairman of the planning board. He is survived by his wife, Barbara, and children Janet, Margaret, Diana, Andrea, Evelyn, and Laura-Jean.
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Everett Kohn Arnold
died of undisclosed causes in New Rochelle, N.Y., on September 24, 1998. During his business career he spent time with Wright Aeronautical Corp. as an industrial engineer; as economic director of the Airport Operations Council, a founder of All American Airways; and as a vice president and secretary of Allegheny Airlines from 1946 through 1959, when he was appointed special assistant in the FAA in charge of all airline operations at Washington National and Dulles International airports. He entered Dartmouth from Horace Mann High School. His major was economics, and he served on the board of the Green Book. In 1942 he enlisted in the Army Air Force and served 3 1/2 years with the Air Transport Command. He graduated from Tuck School and earned an MA. in 1949 and a Ph.D. in 1950, both from Georgetown University. While in Hanover he was known as Everett Arnold Kohn. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy, and sons Anderson and Peter '86.
Calvin Ray Troutner who came to Dartmouth from Radnor (Pa.) High School and was a member of Zeta Psi fraternity and attended Tuck School, died September 2,1998, in the Episcopal Church Home in Rochester, N.Y., of Alzheimer's. Ray went to work for Eastman Kodak shortly after graduating as a sales trainee in Rochester. After this initial assignment, he worked in many sales supervisory positions in Ohio, New York, and Pennsylvania, retiring in 1978 as national sales manager for the morion pictures and audio-visual markets division. Ray was the recipient of the Apollo Achievement Award for his part in the success of the manual lunar landing of Apollo 11. He served three years with the U.S. Army Air Force, flying from India to China and back. He was predeceased by his first wife, Marge, and is survived by his wife, Jean, daughter Ellen, and two grandchildren.
1939
Robert Thomas Haslam jr. of Sun City, Hilton Head, S.C., died on October 5,1998, at his residence. Bob was a graduate of the Pingry School in New Jersey. A member of SAE fraternity at Dartmouth, he was on the dormitory committee and was chairman of intramural athletics. He attended MlT's Sloan School of Management before serving in the Pacific in WWII as a navy lieutenant. He worked for 39 years for Esso Standard Oil Co. and Exxon. He was chairman and Oilman of the Year of the Maine Petroleum Association; deacon of the Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor, Maine, where he spent most of his working life; was chairman of the planning board and a member of the comprehensive planning committee of Boothbay; president of the Boothbay Region Performing
Arts Council; a member of the Boothbay Garden Club; and president of the Exxon Downeaster. Surviving are his wife, Janeth Player Haslam; sons Robert HI and Douglas; daughters Judith Butcher and Sheila Williams; six grandchildren; and two greatgrandchildren.
James Campbell Kelso Jr. of Hamden, Conn., died of cancer on July 25, 1998. Jim came to Dartmouth from Wakefield (Mass) High School. In Hanover he was the manager of the freshman ski team, a member of the DOC, on the winter sports council, and a brother in the Gamma Delta Chi fraternity. An economics major, he went on to graduate from Tuck School in 1940. In WWII he served in Burma and India with the army air force. He had earned the rank of major by the time he left the service in 1946. During his service he was decorated by the Chinese government with the "Breast Order of Yun Hui." According to our 2 sth yearbook, he was president ofJ.C. Kelso Cos. management consultants, but he retired from the Kelso Insurance Agency, where we believe he spent most of his working life. He is survived by his wife, Elise, and son James.
1940
Chester Ridlon Berry died October 16, 1998, at home in South Orleans, Mass., after several serious bouts with cancer. Chet came to Dartmouth from Boston Latin School. He majored in physics and was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa, Phi Beta Kappa, and Dartmouth Scientific Society. He received his M.A. at Dartmouth and his doctorate in experimental physics from Cornell University. Chet worked on the Atom Bomb Project for Tennessee Eastman Corp. as a scientist. After WWII he joined Eastman Kodak Research Labs and worked on crystal structures that led to the development of fastspeed photographic films. He was a fellow of the American Physical Society, the Royal Photographic Society, and the Society of Photographic Scientists and Engineers. Chet was active in the class as secretary and class agent and in various positions in local Dartmouth clubs. He is survived by his wife, Ruth, son Charles '68, and daughters Linda and Lillian.
Theodore Montgomery Boorum died September 3, 1998, after a lengthy illness. He came to the College from Worcester Academy, majored in sociology, and was a member of Sigma Chi. During WWn he served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps in hospitals in Iceland and England. He was vice president and general manager of Goodell Co., manufacturers of cutlery and painters' tools. He is survived by his wife, Marie, son Peter, daughter Karen Ryan, and stepson William Whiles.
Walter Powers Goodrich died in August 1998. He came to Dartmouth from Worcester Academy. Following graduation he attended Tuck. Walt was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa, freshman soccer, and lacrosse. During WWII he was in the U.S. Maritime Service. He was a class agent for over ten years. In 1984 he retired as merchandise manager, Regal Shoe Shops, a division of Brown Group Inc. He is survived by three children—Mary, David, and Jane. Walt wrote in the 50th Reunion book, "In com- mencement week four Phi Sigs, Chet Berry, Ken Newbert, Ted Mller, and I, had a great time. Ted Miller was the only one who didn't marry his date."
1941
M.C. Dinajati Suriyong died on September 17, 1998, at his home in Bangkok, Thailand, after a long illness. Dinny, a popular figure on campus, served in the U.S. Army Infantry for a short time during WWII. He was married in Bangkokin 1947 to Supakam, who survives him along with sons Varothai '73 and Tintewan. Din was sales manager for Coca-Cola Bottling Co. in Bangkok and then in 1962 joined Mobil Oil of Thailand Ltd. In 1964 he became managing director of that company. A member of the Rotary Club and several sports clubs, Dinny enjoyed golf, water skiing, sailing, and swimming
Lionel Lemire Trudeau died at his home in Standish, Maine, on October4,1998, as a result of heart failure, which followed a stroke more than five years ago. Lee was captain of the cross country team and a member of Psi Upsilon at Dartmouth. He served with the army in Burma during WWII and then began a career in advertising in New York City. In 1959 Lee joined the Street and Finney agency as account supervisor and was appointed vice president in 1960 and senior vice president in 1962. In the following year he became executive vice president with responsibility for all Colgate-Palmolive brands in the agency. Lee abandoned the advertising business in 1967 and moved to Maine, where he owned and operated the Beeches Lodge in East Sebago. He is survived by his wife, Nancy, three daughters, and a son.
1942
Hugh Halsey II an obstetrician and gynecologist, died on September 21, 1998, of cancer. He lived in Southampton, N.Y., and was the founder of Hamptons Gynecology & Obstetrics P.C. After Dartmouth he went to Cornell University Medical College, graduating with his M.D. in 1945. He served with the U.S. Army Medical Corps in Osaka, Japan, as a Ist lieutenant and captain the following three years, returning to complete his residency in his specialties from 1948 to 1953 at New York Lying-In Hospital. He then joined the staff of Southampton Hospital, where he became chief of obstetrics and gynecology in 1959.He established his own practice in 1962, which grew into a six-person group by 1992. He was a member of the Southampton Yacht Club, the Bullhead Yacht Club, and the Peconic Sailing Association. He also studied history and was interested in genealogy. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Emily; son John '74; daughters Sarah, Lyllis, and Louise; sister Carol Sherman; brother James '50; six grandchildren; and cousin William '40.
1943
Jack Rudolph Pfeiffer died September 17,1998, in Old Saybrook, Conn., of prostate cancer. Jack came to Dartmouth from River Edge, N.J., where he attended Hackensack High School. ATuck School major, he left college in December 1942 to enter the Marine Corps. He was honorably discharged as a first lieutenant in December of 1945 and, after a brief stint with Shell Oil, spent the balance of his business career with General Coatings Technologies Inc. in various sales positions. In retirement Jack remained active selling real estate in the lower Connecticut River Valley. A widower, he is survived by sons John, Jeffrey, and Eric '80 and three grandchildren.
Chandler Lamberton Stevens died October 14, 1998, at Cape Cod Hospital Extended Care Community Pavilion in Hyannis, Mass., after an extended illness. He came to Dartmouth from the Choate School. He left Dartmouth in 1942, enlisting in the Marine Corps, where he served as a bomber pilot in the South Pacific during WWII. Following service, Chan worked as a sales representative for Gulf Oil until his retirement in 1978. He moved to Cape Cod in 1979 and was active in Cape Cod Dartmouth Club affairs, a past president of the Mid-Cape Men's Club, a member of the Cummaquid Golf Club, and a former deacon and trustee of the West Parish Club of West Barnstable. He enjoyed golf, tennis, bowling, and classical music. He is survived by wife Amy (Howard), son Peter, daughter Julia, stepdaughter Ellen, brother Elbridge, eight grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
1944
Richard Allan Davis died December 5, 1998, in Pocasset, Mass., after suffering from Parkinson's disease for a number of years. He was a retired treasurer and business administrator. Dick came to Hanover from Arlington, Mass., and was an education major and member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. He spent three in the U.S. Army quartermaster corps, where he reached the rank of staff sergeant. After a M.A. from Tuck School in 1947 he worked for Peat, Marwick Mitchell as a CPA for ten years, followed by a decade with the Aberthaw Construction Co. He then went to work for the town of Needham as the business administrator and assistant superintendent for the school system. He later became treasurer for the R. W. Holmes Realty Co. of Natick. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy, four children, including Roy '73 and Mark '76, and eight grandchildren.
Raymond Louis Hensler a retired paper industry sales executive, died of cancer November 10, 1998, at his home in Kilmarnock, Va. Ray came to Hanover from Spring Lake, N.J., and Blair Academy, and at Dartmouth he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He left college in the summer of 1942 to enlist in the Coast Guard. He was discharged in late 1945 and returned to Hanover to finish his degree. He soon joined the Whiting Plover Paper Cos., which was later acquired byNekoosa Edwards Paper Cos. He remained with Nekoosa for the rest of his working life, with assignments in New Jersey, Wisconsin, and Virginia. Ray retired in 1986 to the western shore of Chesapeake Bay, but returned to Virginia with his wife several years ago. He is survived by his wife, Jeanne, three children, and five grandchildren.
Karl Rowley Musser died of pancreatic cancer September 30, 1998, at his home in Hanover. He came to Hanover from Peterborough, N.H., via Exter Academy, and at Dartmouth was a member of Green Key, the DOC, and Theta Chi fraternity. He was a captain in the U.S. Army Air Force during WWII, serving as a cryptographer in both England and Germany. After Tuck School and a semester at Oxford University in England, he was an actuarial consultant specializing in pension and employee benefits with R.P. Burroughs Cos. in Manchester and Boston; principal in charge at Peat, Marwick, Mitchell in Boston; benefits administrator at Boston Edison; and finally consulting actuary at Smith, Batchelder and Rugg in Hanover, where he retired in 1984. "Moose" sang with the North Country Chordsmen and the University Chorus in Hanover and was active in the Dartmouth Club of the Upper Valley. He is survived by wife Betty, two daughters, and two grandchildren.
Leonard Moos Rieser an internationally known physicist who was a professor and administrator at Dartmouth for most of his life, died of cancer December 15,1998, in Hanover. Anative of Chicago, Leonard transferred from Dartmouth to the University of Chicago during WWII to focus his interest in physics, and the army assigned him to the Manhattan Project, which led to the creation of the atomic bomb. He was at Los Alamos, where he witnessed the first atomic explosion and he subsequently crusaded against atomic bomb arsenals. After a Ph.D. at Stanford University, he returned to Dartmouth in 1952 as an instructor in physics, and until his retirement in 1992 he was chairman of the physics department, deputy provost for the sciences, and alternately provost and dean of the College. At Dartmouth he was appointed the first chairman of the Montgomery Endowmentin 1977, Sherman Fairchild Professor of the Sciences in 1981, and was founding director of the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding in 1984. Beyond Hanover he was president and chairman of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and chairman of the Bulletin ofthe Atomic Scientists. He lived in Norwich, Vt., and assisted in the development of the Montshire Museum of Science there, serving on its board of trustees and as museum president. He is survived by his wife Rosemary, four children, including Timothy '76, and three grandchildren.
1945
David Dutton Joslyn died August 8, 1998, of undisclosed causes, at Central Vermont Hospital in Berlin. After WWII service in the U.S. Air Force as a technical sergeant, "Deacon" returned to Dartmouth to graduate in 1947. He was a member of Green Key and played in the band. He later earned a master's degree in history from the University of Kentucky. He married the former Irene Archbold Hensvoldin 1967. Over a span of 30 years David taught U.S. history in high schools ranging from Woodstock and Bradford, Vt., to Monroe, Ohio, and finally for 21 years in San Diego, Calif. Returning to Vermont in 1980, he pursued a second career as a resource librarian for the Vermont Department of Education until his second retirement in 1991. His final home was a converted one-room schoolhouse on Worcester Mountain, Vt. His wife died in 1996. Survivors include stepsons Erik, Andrew, and Christopher and brother Malcolm.
Robert Greeley Lee died October 1,1998, at his home in Southport, Conn., after a long illness. Following graduation at Dartmouth, a year at Tuck School, and four years of navy service during WWII, Bob earned a master's degree in public administration at the University of California at Berkeley. Returning to Connecticut in 1948, he worked for ten years in his family's furniture business. In 1958 he became a stockbroker. During the next 40 years he rose to general partner of White, Weld & Co. and later vice president of Tucker Anthony. Bob's successful business career was paralleled by a lifetime of service to his community and to Dartmouth. For 20 years he was a board member of Bridgeport's Discovery Museum, including seven years as chairman. He also served as Fairfield selectman and chairman of the Democratic town committee, where his financial expertise contributed to the town's high bond rating. He served Dartmouth as class agent, a member of the reunion giving committee, and chairman of the scholarship fund. Lee is survived by jean, his wife of 52 years, sons James and Peter, daughter Barbara Monahan, and six grandchildren.
Alexander Seymour Madenski died August 5, 1998, at his home in Hadley, Mass. A graduate of Vermont Academy, Madenski attended Dartmouth for a year before entering the army in WWII. He served in the counter-intelligence service for nearly four years on active duty. Following his discharge he was employed in the same activity in Italy by the U.S. War Department. Class records indicate that, while not graduating from Dartmouth, Madenski also attended Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania. He later became a vice president of the Amherst Savings Bank and served as treasurer of the Hadley Water Department, as well as selectman for four years. He leaves his wife, Joanne, sons John and Joseph, daughter Alexis Johnson, five grandchildren, and a great-grandchild.
Valentine Schuler III died August 30, 1998, of a heart attack at the Florida Hospital in Orlando. As a student at Dartmouth, Val went to Tuck School and enlisted in the Navy V-12 program. He served as a WWII line officer in command of his ship in the Pacific theater. In 1956, following several years designing and selling packages primarily for the military and the electronics industry, Val formed his own company in Orlando. After selling that company to a larger competitor in the early 1980s, he returned to the same business and established Schuler Packaging Co. in 1985. Val never retired, and the firm is now run by three of his children—Valentina, Joan, and Valentine IV—who survive him with their sisters Christina and Juliet. Val served Dartmouth as aclub officer and in enrollment, as class agent, and in the leadership committee for the 1982 Campaign for Dartmouth. His wife, Joan, predeceased him.
Richard Hood Southwick died August 28, 1998, after a heart attack while swimming near his home in Alton Bay, N.H. At Dartmouth Dick was manager of the highly successful 1943 football team and a member of Sphinx Society and Delta Kappa Epsilon. During WWII he enlisted in the Navy V-12 program, attended midshipmen school at Columbia, and served as an officer aboard a destroyer escort for nearly two years in both Atlantic and Pacific theaters. He returned to Tuck School and received his master's degree in 1947. In 1948 Dick married the former Louise "Weezie" Pope, whose father and brother—like Dick's father, brother, and uncle—were Dartmouth graduates. His business career included 20 years in the family sportswear business and 21 years in banking. He was president of Bay Bank & Trust Co. for 13 years prior to his retirement. Family survivors include his wife, sons Richard and William, daughters Lydia Williams and June LeClerc, and six grandchildren.
1947
Arthur Sterner Wade Jr. of Little Silver, N.J., died on March 28,1998. Arthur came to Hanover with the navy V-12 in November 1943 and left in June 1944. While at Dartmouth, he was active in Cabin & Trail. He then attended RPI from July 1944 to June 1946, still in the navy, obtaining a B.S. in electrical engineering in 1947. He worked for New Jersey Bell from 1947 to 1983, retiring as a project engineer. In addition to his wife, Carol, he leaves children Douglas, Christopher, and Barbara and two grandchildren.
1948
Eugene William Rohloff died in his native Chicago, Ill., on May 28, 1998, of unknown causes. He enlisted in the navy V-12 program at the University of Chicago in 1943 and was commissioned an ensign in October 1944. For the next 15 months he served aboard an LST and was then assigned to duty at the Bureau of Naval Personnel in Washington, D.C., and promoted to lieutenant (jg) before his separation in July 1946. He apparently came to Dartmouth in 1946 and lived off campus, graduating in 1948. Following college he joined Carson Pirie Scott & Co, a major department store in Chicago, and became advertising manager. From there he moved across the street to Maurice L. Rothschild, a popular men's store, where he was advertising and sales promotion manager. So far as we know, he never married.
Daniel Zetkin Schuman died of pancreatic cancer at home in Metuchen, N.J., on August 28, 1998. He entered the navy V-12 program at Yale from Hall High School in West Hartford, Conn., in July 1943, transferring to Dartmouth V-12 in 1944. After being commissioned an ensign in April 1945 he served in the fleet until his release in June 1946. Returning to Hanover that fall, Dan became a member of the band, Glee Club, orchestra, and Handel Society. He was a music major. After Dartmouth he obtained B.M.E. and M.M. degrees from the University of Tulsa and an M.A professional diploma and Ed.D. from the Teachers College of Columbia University. His whole later life was in playing, teaching, and conducting music. He taught in public schools at Tulsa and Hasbrouck Heights, N.J., and at University of Tulsa, Northwestern State College of Louisiana, and Rutgers University, from which he retired in 1985. Dan played his last concert on July 25. He is survived by his wife, Nancy, son Alan, and three grandchildren.
1949
Thomas Cruttenden Bright Jr. of Franklin, Mich., died on October 7, 1998, of lung cancer. He had retired ten years earlier as sales administrator of Alloy Metals, having spent many years in the metals field. Tom was a math major at the College, a Beta, and a member of Dragon. Before Dartmouth Tom served with distinction in the army, fighting in Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge and earning a Purple Heart. In 1994 he attended the ceremonies marking the 50th anniversary of D-Day. Tom was active in community affairs, including the Franklin Historical Society. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth, daughters Leslie and Dorothy, three grandchildren, and twin brother Randall '49.
Stergios Spanos who had majored in engineering sciences at the College and earned an M.S. from Thayer in 1950, died on July 29,1998. He was living in Manchester, N.H., but we have little information about Sterg's career other than that he retired as a civil engineer with the Los Angeles County Road Department in 1982. He had come to Dartmouth after Manchester Central High and four years with the U.S. Army's Specialized Training Program.
1950
Charles Bruce Belknap died from heart disease on July 17,1997, in Waco, Texas. He came to Dartmouth from Toledo, Ohio, after serving in the navy. He was a member of Bones Gate and Delta Tau Delta. After graduating from Ohio Wesleyan, Bruce had a career in purchasing with Owens-Illinois Glass. He was a member of the Rotary Club and served on the board of United Way and the Salvation Army. In Waco he was best known as "Uncle Bunny," the writer and teller of stories to children. He is survived by his wife, Gloria, brother Steven '45, a sister, six children, 11 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
1951
Albert Henry Mori Jr. class leader and sage of the Upper Valley, died of cancer November 12,1998, at his home near Hanover. Al came to Dartmouth from high school in Garden City, N.Y. Although one of the few "non-jocks" in the Deke house, he was an enjoyable sports nut then, and evermore. He was a member of Casque & Gauntlet and majored at Tuck. After graduation he married Dorothy Wyman, a nurse at Mary Hitchcock Hospital, and served in the U.S. Army's Counterintelligence Corps during the Korean War. His career as an investment adviser in New York City included stints with Bessemer Trust and William S. Paley & Cos., capped by a dozen years with Rockefeller Family & Associates. He retired in 1984, moved with Dotty to a home on scenic Blueberry Hill overlooking Etna. He served Dartmouth as Alumni Fund telethon chairman, head class agent, reunion co-chair, and class president. He is survived by Dorothy, son Stephen, daughters Nina and Ruth, and five grandchildren.
Howard Kenneth Read died October 28,1998, at Hanover Terrace Healthcare near his home in Hanover, after a long struggle with Alzheimer's. Howard entered Dartmouth after high school in Waltham, Mass. A biology major, he embraced the DOC with a passion and was an inveterate Grabber and enthusiastic environmentalist for life. He did graduate work in hospital administration at the University ofMinnesota, taught in the U. of Pittsburgh school of public health, and headed Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Bedford, Mass. In 1967 he directed the merging of two major hospitals in Plattsburgh, N.Y., and became head of the new facility, Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital. Failing health caused him to step down in 1978, but he and wife Peggy managed a memorable year of motor camping and sailing across the country. They ultimately settled back near Orange, N.H., in a rustic home on the fringe of Mt Cardigan, and moved down to Hanover a year before his death. Howard is survived by Peggy, daughters Elizabeth and Susan, stepsons Robert and Thomas, and two grandchildren.
1952
Arnold Stephen Cowperthwaite died on August 12,1998, of complications following heart surgery. A member of a pioneer Colorado family, Steve came to Dartmouth from East Denver High School. He majored in economics and was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. After attending Harvard Business School he served with the U.S. Army, then returned to Denver, where he joined Cowperthwaite & Co., a familyowned commercial real estate firm founded by his father. As a senior member of the firm he was involved in real estate brokerage, leasing, management, and development and provided mortgage banking services to clients throughout the Rocky Mountain region. Steve remained active in the real estate business until his death. He was a dedicated member of the Denver Rotary Club, Denver Board of Realtors, University Club, and Church of the Ascension. Active in local alumni affairs, he inspired brothers Charles "Kit" '58 and Jim '61 to attend Dartmouth. They survive him, as do his wife, Lucia, sons Kevin and Tom, and his mother.
Paul E. Richter who died in Castle Rock, Colo., July 23, 1998, went from a career in the navy as a pilot to a job with United Airlines as a captain. At Dartmouth he was a psychology major and joined Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He was also a chief engineer at WDBS. He is survived by his wife, Sonja, and son Paul.
Richard M. Roraback died in Los Angeles on August 22, 1998, after a long battle with throat cancer. For the past 25 years he was a reporter for The Los Angeles Times. Earlier he worked as a reporter for the Paris edition of The New York Herald Tribune. He was a popular writer, producing special interest stories such as the series in which h.e retraced the steps of Stanley in his search for Livingstone in the wilds of Africa. At Dartmouth Dick was an education major and a varsity cheerleader. He was in NROTC and served aboard a transport ship. After the navy he worked with a humanitarian rescue venture and he was jailed in Hungary by the Communists for attempting to facilitate the liberation of refugees. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy, son Richard, and daughter Amanda.
Phil Trowbridge who died of cancer February 26, 1998, lived to satisfy a long-held ambition to retire to his parents' home at Stone Harbor, N.J. He retired from NYNEX in 1988. His undergraduate career was interrupted by a Korean War stint as a navigator in the U.S. Air Force. He finished college in 1956 and Tuck in 1957. He and his wife, Judy, had four children. Their son and Phil's namesake died in his teenage years. Phil is survived by his wife and three daughters, including Susan, who followed her father in a career in the air force.
John Gilbert Upton died August 5, 1998, at his home in Kennebunkport, Maine, after a long illness. Gil graduated cum laude in English and served with the marines from 1952 to 1954. He then graduated from Boston University Law as head of the Law Review and was admitted to practice in New Hampshire, where he joined the Concord firm founded by his father. Following in the family footsteps, Gil served on the Concord City Council and was elected a representative in the New Hampshire legislature in the 19605. He had a distinguished trial and appellate career and in 1995 was named Merrimack County Lawyer of the Year. He was responsible for several reforms in welfare and court organization laws. In 1988 he received a liver transplant and continued an active life, culminating his legal career in arguing before the U.S. Supreme Court. After retirement he wrote, TheDevil and George Burroughs, a book about an ancestor who was convicted of witchcraft in 1692. He is survived by wife Penelope, four daughters, and a son.
1953
Amor Balfour Brehman died of cancer at his home in Berwyn, Penn., on March 6,1998. After entering Dartmouth, "Bally" went on to the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated from the Wharton School and School of Law. He later joined his father's law firm, Gilfillan, Gilpin & Brehman, where he practiced law for 15 years. For most of the 20 years preceding his death, he owned and operated Hardee's restaurants in Chester and Newark, Del. Bally was active in his community as a member of the Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, theMerion Cricket Club, and the Philadelphia Country Club. He served as a board member of Surrey Services for Seniors and was honored by the Emergency Aid of Pennsylvania Foundation, which cited him as a "hardworking and caring visionary. "Perhaps the greatest tribute to Bally was from his doctor, who described him as a "very nearly perfect human being. " He is survived by his wife, Carol, a son, and two granddaughters.
A. Douglas Brown died of cancer on October 19, 1997, at his home in Pasadena, Md. Following graduation Doug served in the army for two years, following which he earned a master's degree in journalism from Columbia. He joined thestaff of the Baltinmore Evening Sun in 1957 (latermerged with The Sun), working there as a sportswriter for almost 40 years. He covered everything from table tennis to the World Series, earning accolades from not only his editors but from club officials. Doug was named Maryland Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association in 1967 and was inducted into the Maryland Swimming Hall of Fame in 1995. At Dartmouth Doug was a member of Chi Phi, a diver on the swimming team, and four-year staff member of The Dartmouth. Doug is survived by his wife, Nancy, five children, three stepdaughters, and 12 grandchildren.
Frank J. Casalvieri died suddenly of the effects of colon cancer in Derby, Conn., on September 2, 1998. After graduation from Ansonia (Conn.) High School, Frank served a two-year tour in the army before entering Dartmouth, where he majored in English and was a member of Psi U and the Dragon Senior Society. He directed the Psi U "hummers" to first place in 1952 with his rich solo of "Summertime." Following graduation Frank joined the sponge products division of B.F. Goodrich, rising to the position of personnel director. In 1976 Ca became personnel director of the Bridgeport Metal Goods Mfg. Co., retiring from his position as V.P. of human resources in 1995. He served as chairman of the Shelton Board of Education, chairman of the Naugatuck Valley Chamber of Commerce board, co-founder and chairman of the Lower Nagatack Valley Alcoholism Service Center. Ca is survived by his wife, Mary, two daughters, one son, a brother, a sister and three grandchildren.
William M. Craven died on June 6,1998 in Greenfield, Mass., following a lengthy battle with lymphoma cancer. Bill came to Dartmouth from an 18-month tour in the U.S. Army including time with the 386 th Army Band. Following graduation from Dartmouth, he attended the Columbia Graduate School of Business, receiving his M.S. in 1954. After graduate school Bill joined the Worthington Corp. in Holyoke as a sales representative. Later he joined theNew York Telephone Co. in Watertown, N.Y., and then returned to Sunderland, Mass., becoming vice president of institutional sales for Paine Webber in Springfield. He was a member of the South Deerfield Rotary Club and the American Marketing Association. At Dartmouth Bill was a member of Zeta Psi and attended Tuck for one year. Bill is survived by Barbara, his wife of 41 years, a sister, and two brothers.
Thomas L. Hartshorn died at his home in Rhinebeck, N.Y., on March 31,1998. Following graduation Tom served for two years with the army. In 1955 he took over operation of the Rhinebeck Chevrolet dealership, which his father had founded in 1926, and continued as its president until his death. During WWII armaments for the war were manufactured in the garage. Tom married Sue Pierce in 1962 in her hometown of Baltimore, and later they became the owner of different "ski houses" in Vermont, where he and his family enjoyed skiing in winter and boating in the summer. In Rhinebeck he was a member of the chamber of commerce and the Poughkeepsie Tennis Club. At Dartmouth Tom was a history major, participated in speed skating and crew, and was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity. He is survived by his wife, a daughter, and a son.
James L. Howard succumbed to colon cancer on June 2,1998. Following Dartmouth Jim served a two-year tour in the army, returning to Jacksonville to serve as office manager of Howard Feed Mils, a company founded by his father in 1918. After 20 years at the firm, which included the position of secretary-treasurer of the parent company and presidency of an affiliate company, Howard Transports Corp., Jim left to pursue his interest in real estate. His real estate business included serving as facilities real estate officer for the Duval County school board for 18 years. Jim was active in a number of community activities and organizations including the Jacksonville Exchange Club, Ponte Vedra Country Club, Florida Yacht Club, Ye Mystic Revelers, and the William Barnett Masonic Lodge. At Dartmouth Jim was a member of Kappa Sigma, on the staff of the Aegis, and attended Tuck for one year. He was very active in his local Dartmouth Club, serving as secretary and president Jim served the class as an agent in 1995. Jim is survived by his wife of 41 years, Carol, three daughters, seven grandchildren, a sister, and brother Laurence '51.
Russell S. Howard Jr. died at his home in Oskaloosa, Iowa, on December 28, 1997. Following Dartmouth Russell served with the army stationed in Korea and Japan. He entered the banking business in 1955, becoming president in 1969 of the Mahaska State Bank, which was founded by his grandfather in 1883 and subseq uendy managed by his father. He also served as chairman of the Fund for Economic Research in the early 1980s and as vice president for the American Banking Association from 1987 to 1989. Russell was involved in many charitable and civic organizations, including YMCA chamber of commerce, and Rotary. He received the Jaycee Distinguished Service Award and the United Community Service Award for Outstanding Service in 1967. At Dartmouth Russell was a member of Zeta Psi and later did enrollment work for the admissions office. Survivors include his wife, Lee, two sons, a daughter, a stepdaughter, stepson, a sister, and eight grandchildren.
1957
William H. Newman III died of a heart attack on October 26, 1997, in Scranton, Pa. He came to Dartmouth from Clarks Summ't-Abington High School, belonged to Beta Theta Pi and Sphinx, rowed, played rugby, sang, majored in zoology, married Audrey Salkeld, earned an M.D., and returned to Clarks Summit, where he followed his grandfather and father in the family practice of medicine. Bill was called to serve in the U.S. Navy, becoming football-team doctor at Annapolis in 1968. While there he also became a blue-water sailor. Later Bill qualified as a pilot of multi-engine planes, flying some adventurous charter and light-aircraft flights and becoming a flight examiner for the FAA. He was a fly fisherman, a four-handicap golfer, and, beginning at age 60, a racecar driver. He had skied Tuckerman's not long before his death, had taken up running, and had gotten into long-distance bicycle riding. Bill is survived by his wife, Audrey, a daughter, three sons (including jeffrey'82), and two grandchildren.
1959
C. Daniel Johnson of Webster, N.Y., died on March 5,1998. While at Dartmouth Dan was active at WDCR and in the Dartmouth Outing Club, the Dartmouth Society of Engineers, and Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He was employed his entire career with Eastman Kodak Co., having retired as a senior industrial engineer in 1991. Dan was a long-time member of the Dartmouth Club of Rochester and served on the board of trustees of the West Henrietta, N.Y., Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, the former Sandra Peterson, and daughters Danette and Katherine '85.
1960
Harry Bruckner died on October 2,1998, in a Rhode Island hospital of a heart attack. He had lived in Narragansett, R. I., for the past 13 years, where he operated a metal finishing plant that dealt with General Electric and other big producers. He came to Dartmouth from West Orange, N.J., and as a student was a member and a pledgemaster at Alpha Theta fraternity. He was an English major and an avid skier. In the early 1980s, when he lived in Massachusetts, he was secretary of Dartmouth's South Shore Club. He is survived by his wife of 33 years, Virginia, and children Hank and Melissa.
1963
Joseph W. Frenzel a retired navy commander who flew nearly 100 mission in Vietnam, died October 28,1998, at his home in New Philadelphia, Ohio. The cause was a reaction to low blood-sugar levels. Frenzel spent only one year at Dartmouth before transferring to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, where he graduated 29th in a class of 928. He spent 20 years as a naval aviator, amassing over 3,000 hours of flight time and almost 700 carrier landings on single-seat, single-engine attack jet aircraft. Frenzel is survived by his parents, Joseph and Frances, daughter Sara, sons joseph and jere, sisters Dolores and Bonnie, brother John, and grandson Joseph.
1973
Richard Cullen Crain Jr. died September 3, 1998, at home in Storrs Manfield, Conn. Rich came to Hanover from Pittsford, N.Y., where he was a Bausch and Lomb scholar at Pittsford Mendon High School. At Dartmouth he was a chemistry major and a member of both the cross-country and track teams. Rich earned a Ph.D. in 1979 at the University of Rochester and in 1980 was appointed professor of biochemistty at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Conn. He was recognized internationally for his research on phospholipid biosynthesis in plants and animals, and circadian rhythms. Rich is survived by his wife, Elizabeth, sons R. Cullen and jason, mother Louise, two brothers, and two sisters.
1978
Rick Sunshine died on October 5,1998, in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., after a bout with brain cancer. Rick was born on August 26, 1956, and grew up in Tequesta, Florida. At Dartmouth he participated in an innovative, interdisciplinary math and social science major under Professor Joel Levine. Rick's thesis developed ideas that he used in his professional life, in which he was a Peerless investment advisor. Rick was a member of Zeta Psi fraternity and a passionate member of the Outing Club, serving as president of Bait & Bullet and being very active in Cabin & Trail. In August 1977 he led a team of DOC anglers that helped a five-college American contingent beat five Canadian colleges in the Canada-U.S.A. University Fishing Match, held on Atlantic fishing grounds off Cape St. Mary, Nova Scotia. The Americans boated 5,325 pounds of cod, pollack, and mackerel, as compared with 4,916 pounds for the Canadians. He is survived by his wife, Susan Foley, her daughter, Regen, and his parents, William and Nancy Sunshine.
Faculty
John Newell Kidder professor of physics, died November 21,1998, at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. He began teaching at Dartmouth in 1962 and has been an active member of the faculty for 36 years. An expert in the field of color and vision science, he served as chair of the physics and astronomy department from 1983 to 1990. He taught beginning, intermediate, and advanced courses in physics and was active in interdisciplinary work, teaching courses in color and vision for humanities majors, a course in vision science, and introductory courses in physics for honors students. A 1954 graduate of the California Institute of Technology, he earned his Ph.D. from Duke University in 1960 and then spent two years at Yale as an Air Force Postdoctoral Research Associate before coming to Dartmouth in 1962. He was an avid fan and supporter of Dartmouth athletics and loved to play ice hockey. He is survived by his wife, Joan, sons John Jr. and James, daughter Sarah, brother George, sister Josephine, one granddaughter, one grandson, and many nieces and nephews.