Deaths

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

Edward Everett Martin '19 • Jan. 15 Robert Huston Brinkerhoff'29 • Nov. 23,1998 Frank Thomas Williams '29 • Dec. 30,1998 George Edward Godfrey '30 • Dec. 3,1998 S. Henry Werner '34 • Dec. 10,1998 Donald Herbert Miller Jr. '37 • Dec. 22,1998 William Ives Dennen '38 • Jan. 10 James Augustine Feeley Jr. '39 • Dec. 6,1998 Robert Thomson Barr '41 • Dec. 5, 1998 Robert Bacon Dewey '42 • Dec. 25,1998 Albert Eugene LeMabre '43 • Jan. 2 Nolan Paul Benner Jr. '44 • Dec. 26,1998 Charles Lewis French Jr. '46 • Dec. 5,1998 Perry Emmanuel Anderson '47 • Nov. 1998 George S. Hutchins Jr. '53 • Jan. 15 Robert G. Kendall Jr. '53 • Dec. 21,1998 Rufus A. Tilden '53 • Dec. 18,1998 Lee Kenneth Foote '64 • Jan. 14

1932

Paul Chaffee Dunn died October 11,1998, at Winchester, Mass. The cause of death was not available. He came to us from the Gardner (Mass.) High School. His major was chemistry; he was a member of Alpha Chi Rho, the Chemistry Honorary Society Alpha Chi Sigma, and the Interfraternity Council; and he played freshman football and lacrosse. In 1941 he received his M.S. from MIT. He was employed by the Boston and Maine railroad for 35years, becoming superintendent of locomotive maintenance, chief mechanical officer, and assistant vice president-equipment. From 1970 to 1974 he was vice president and general manager of the Mount Washington Railway Cos., where he had started his career during school years. A longtime resident of Winchester, he served in many civic affairs, and served his class as class agent for a number of years. Surviving are his wife, Laura, son Stephen '58, daughter Cynthia, and stepchildren Steven and Lynne.

Arthur Irving Schlichter died October 1, 1998, at his home in New York City following a stroke in May from which he never recovered. He came to us from Columbia Grammar School in New York. He was on the staff of The Dartmouth Pictorial, and was a member of The Round Table and Pi Lambda Phi. After graduation he was an executive of the Joe Love Corp. of New York. During WWII he was a captain in the U.S. Army. After the war he returned to New York and became an executive of the Consolidated Food Corp. A good golfer in his youth, Art continued playing until late in life at Westchester's Metropolis Country Club and in Boca Raton, Fla. He played bridge regularly at the Harmonie Club in New York. After his wife, Terry, died in 1986, he continued these activities with their longtime friend, Gladys Luria, who saw him through his final days.

1934

Harlan Parker Banks died on November 2, 1998, at his retirement home in Exeter, N.H., after a short illness. "Beansie" came to Dartmouth from Classical High School in Lynn, Mass. In college he was a member of Alpha Theta/Theta Chi and majored in botany. For many years he assisted or coordinated alumni interviewing of prospective Dartmouth students. He began his career as a botany instructor at Dartmouth, then taught at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, at the University of Minnesota, and at Cornell in 1949, where he also served as head of the botany department. He was awarded an honorary doctor of science degree from Dartmouth in 1984, and in 1987 he was elected as one of 50 foreign members of the Linnean Society of London and received the Paleontological Society's U.S. Gold Medal, awarded to a paleobotanist for the first time since 1970. He is survived by his wife, Rosamond, and daughter Jane.

David C. Beasley of Saddle River, N.J., died on December 14, 1998. Dave attended Ridgewood (N.J.) High School but spent his final year at the Hun School. At Dartmouth he was a history ma j or and a member of the Spanish Club, varsity soccer, the Vigilance Committee, and Beta Theta Pi. Most of his business life was with his own company, as he was president of the University Society Inc., a publishing firm in Ramsey, N.J. He had been a member of the Joe Jefferson Club in Saddle River and the Areola Country Club and the Ridgewood Country Club, both located in Paramus. He is survived by his wife, Winifred, son David Jr., daughter Winifred, five grandchildren, and two great-granddaughters.

1937

Richard John MacCornack died on October 24, 1998, at Manor Care of Boulder, Colo. As he put it, he was dying of "old oddments." He was born in Keokuk, lowa, and spent his youth in Lima, Peru, where his parents were medical missionaries. He came to Dartmouth from Shattuck Military Academy. He earned an M. A. in geology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and was the first coach of the University of Colorado ski team. He retired in 1976 as president of Cascade Construction Cos. and MacCornack Development Inc. The newspaper obit read, "Dick, or RJ, as he was known by family and friends alike, was the consummate gentleman, a greater quipster, a lover of Shakespeare and poetry, a raconteur, a master horseman, a passionate pilot, an ardent adventurer, a miner, and a true mountain man." He is survived by his wife Joan, daughters Diane and Barbara, and grandsons Andrew and Brandon.

John Mine died on November 29, 1998, at Hanover (N.H.) Terrace Healthcare of lung cancer. John came to Dartmouth with the large delegation from Mercersburg Academy. He was a member of Psi U and Casque & Gauntlet and played soccer. John attended Dartmouth Medical School and graduated from Columbia University with a doctorate in medicine. He was a fellow pf the American College of Physicians. John taught at Dartmouth Medical School for 45 years and served on the curriculum and admissions committees. Active in the Hanover community, he served as a selectman for Hanover for six years. Having served as a Hanover physician for his entire career, he had legions of friends and patients. His first wife, Jean McDuff, predeceased him. His wife, Nancy, survives with children Jonathan, Jeffrey '67, Jared, Joel '70, and stepson Jules.

1938

Merrell Edwin Condit died on August 19,1998, in Cornwall (N.Y.) Hospital. He was educated in public schools in Maplewood and South Orange, N.J., and entered Dartmouth from the Peddie School in Hightstown, N.J. His major was Greek, and he belonged to Theta Chi, Glee Club, The Players, Handel Society, and Germania. Upon graduation he attended postgraduate courses at Columbia and Rutgers universities and the University of Buffalo, N.Y. He taught mathematics and sometimes Greek and Latin in several private schools in New Jersey, Michigan, and New York. In 1977 he retired as head of the mathematics department in the Brunswick School of Greenwich, Conn. Since his retirement he divided his time between Corfu, Greece, where he maintained an apartment, and Coal Hill, Ark., before moving to Blooming Grove, N.Y., for health reasons. He is survived by two brothers, a sister-in-law, and three nephews.

Charles Pomeroy Livermore a public servant in Detroit, Washington, Chicago, New York City, and Buffalo for more than 40 years, died on November 21, 1998, in Our Lady of Victoiy Hospital, Lackawanna, N.Y. He came to Hanover from Charlette High School in Rochester, N.Y. In college his major was sociology; he was a member of Theta CM, The Dartmouth news board, and the Dart; president of the American Student Union; and a member of Junta. In 1955 he attained his M.S. degree from Buffalo University. He began his professional career in Detroit at the Congress of Industrial Organizations. In 1954 he served the Eisenhower Administration as the director of the antidiscrimination section of the President's Committee on Government Contracts. In 1956 he became executive director on the New York State Commission Against Discrimination. He is survived by his wife, Sarah, three sons, two daughters, four grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter.

1939

Endicott Smith died of cancer on December 6, 1998, in Boston. Endy came to Hanover from Newton Center, Mass., where he was graduated from The Country Day School. At Dartmouth he was the secretary treasurer of the Interfraternity Treasurers Council, on the freshman and varsity golf teams, and a member of Beta and Dragon. He attended Harvard Law School, which was interrupted by WWII, where he served as lieutenant commander in the navy in South Africa and Italy. He completed his law degree at Boston University after the war and joined his father's law firm. This firm was merged with Warner-Stackpole, where he became a partner. He served as president of Boston Children Services, and a trustee of Plimouth Plantation and the Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary. He is survived by wife Jeanne, daughter Susan, son Peter '75, stepdaughter Sandra, four grandchildren, and two step-grandchildren.

1940

John Richard Klein died several years ago, we have just been informed. He came to Dartmouth from New Trier High School but left college in April 1939. He was a member of Alpha Delta and Sphinx. Dick retired in 1980 from Amway. He was a member of the city council of Rolling Hills Calif., and mayor for one year. He is survived by his wife, Mary Lou, and four children.

James Pendleton Scott died November 3, 1998, at Crouse Hospital in Manlius, N.Y. Jim came to Dartmouth from Auburn (N.Y.) High School. He graduated from Tuck, was a member of Kappa Sigma and Glee Club, and was dormitory chairman. During WWII he served in the navy, S-W Pacific Amphibious Forces 7th Fleet aboard the USSLST474. Jim was a certified public accountant and partner in Price waterhouse Coopers and a consultant and board member at Thompson & Johnson, Young & Franklin of Syracuse. Survivors include wife Marian "Miki," daughters Beth and Debbie, and sons Jeffrey and Jim.

1941

William Donald Brown died of a heart attack at his home in Darien, Conn., on December 29,1998. Don was a member of Theta Delta Chi and participated in the Glee Club and swimming at Dartmouth. He served for more than four years in the navy during WWII, attaining the rank of lieutenant commander with lengthy duty on the USS Kitty Hawk in the Pacific theater. He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Rose Marie, and their sons Jeffrey and Joshua. Don had a long career in international banking, starting in 1946 with J. Henry Schroder Banking in New York City. He left that company as a senior vice president in 1969 and assumed a similar position with Chemical Bank, where he was in charge of the bank's international affairs in Asia, particularly in Japan.

1943

Maurice Sidney Dampier died September 25, 1998, of cancer at his daughter's home in Genesee, Idaho. Born in Asheville, N.C., "Damp" grew up and attended school in St. Louis, Mo. At Dartmouth Damp was active athletically—football and track—and a member of Dragon and Psi Upsilon. After graduation he served as a first lieutenant in the marine corps during WWII. Following the war he went into marketing, with Ware Knitters and then with Catalina Sportswear, where he was a vice president. Living in San Marino, Calif., he developed a consulting business specializing in textiles and traveled extensively in the Orient, Mexico, and Europe. An avid golfer, he retired to Palm Desert in 1985. He is survived by daughters Meg, Jill, and Beth and brother Stanley. He was predeceased by two wives and son Alexander.