Deaths

Thomas Michael Farnum '14 • unknown Nathan Zatkin '23 • May 4,1998 Richard Compton Squire '30 •Jan. 18 Wesley Ordway T aylor '31 • unknown Albert Reed Conklin '35 • Jan. 13 John Holt Dodge '35 • Dec. 18,1999 Dumont Cromwell Mills '35 'Jan. 15 Frank Mitchell Curtis '36 • Sept 20,1999 Frederic Mather Lord '36 • Feb. 5 Arthur Alphonse Ekirch '37 • Feb. 5 Morrow Peyton '38 • Feb. 10 Frank Edward Agar '40 • Apr. 1,1999 Chappell Cranmer '40 • Feb. 18 James Press Maxwell '41 • Dec. 21,1999 George Duval Schroeder '41 • Oct. 2,1995 Russell Spencer Burdge '44 • Feb. 3 Sherman Nott Dowsett '44 • Dec. 23,1999 Ralph Gannett Tyler '45 • Jan. 16 John Henry Carter '46 • Jan. 27 William Joseph Riley '46 • Feb. 15 Paul Sublett Whitescarver '46 • unknown Paul Harmon Spiers '47 • Dec. 26, 1999 Francis Emil Hummel '48 • Jan. 26 Anthony Edward Sousa'49 • 1985 Robert Bruce Swift '49 • Feb. 19 Kiiill Leonid Allen '50 • Nov. 5,1991 Bertram J. Diker '52 • unknown Donald C.Jackman '52 'June 22,1999 William Ernest McAndrew '52 • Jan. 20 Charles M. Roberts '52 • Feb. 2 Dean B. Brady '53 • Dec. 21,1999 H. John Rosenberger '53 • Jan. 13 William Milne Holton '54 • Jan. 17 Charles Dana Redman '57 • unknown Daniel Noyes Hall '58 • Feb. 15 James MJ. McCardie '82 • Sept. 26,1999

1924

Howard S. Bissell died September 9, 1999. A graduate of Shaw High School, he entered Dartmouth but transferred to Stanford, where he graduated with an A.B. in 1924. He earned a law degree from Harvard in 1927, and practiced law all his life, heading his own law firm from 1929. He married Marcia Kenyon, Purdue '23, in 1926. They resided in Shaker Heights and had two sons: Robert, who attended Swarthmore, and George '51. Nephew Peter Kenyon is a '54. Howard was primarily interested in education, was chairman of the board of trustees of Hiram College, a trustee of the Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges, trustee and board chairman of the Plymouth Church of Shaker Heights and trustee of the Cleveland Congregational Union. He maintained a family farm in Aurora, Ohio. Howard is survived by his second wife, Glenna, and his sons.

Warren Thatcher Hollis Jr. died October 21, 1999. He attended the Huntington School before entering Dartmouth. There he became a member of Alpha Chi Ro, and was a nongraduate. In 1926 he married Lucille E. Foster, and they had a son, Warren Thatcher Hollis III. For a number of years he held posts in the automobile business, with Cadillac in Boston and with General Motors in Flint, Michigan. During World War II he served with the U.S. Army Ordinance Department. Following the war he returned to positions with Chrysler in New England and in Detroit. In 1945 the Hollises moved to St. Petersburg, Fla., where he joined the Daniels Clover Specialty Co., the only firm in the world that produces four-leaf clovers commercially. At one 1924 reunion each attendant received a souvenir four-leaf clover embedded in plastic from the Daniels Co., courtesy of Warren.

Roland West Taylor died November 22, 1999. He had lived most of his life in West Hartford, Conn. He graduated with a major in English. A member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, he also joined the Dartmouth Outing Club and the Mandolin and Banjo clubs and performed gymnastics. After graduation he was active in alumni affairs as an Alumni Fund agent for 60 years, eight as '24 head agent, winning the Scarlett Award, the Wilde Award and the Howland Award. In 1929 he married Edna Craig, who survives him with their children Paul '52 and Edson, two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Roland worked in real estate and investments, the latter with Lamont, Corliss and Cos., Kidder and Peabody and Price and Lee. During the war he worked with Pratt and Whitney Aircraft as an inspector.

1933

Clifford Cready Rosser died in Cleveland, Ohio, at Hillcrest Hospital on November 20, 1999. He came to Dartmouth from Shaker Heights High School and was a member of Phi Delta Theta. He had an interesting business career. Forced in the Depression to leave Dartmouth after two years, he filled a variety of jobs as freighter deck hand, iron worker, service station attendant and bank teller and for three years, as medic in the U.S. Army. Then he and his wife, Josephine, in 1950 turned their ability to create fancy clothing, childrens' costumes and uniforms into a business called Kip-Craft, which on Kip's retirement in 1974 had 50 employees and made uniforms for more than 300 schools. Josephine predeceased him. He is survived by daughter Nancy Masterson and second wife Jean, the widow of college roommate Fritz Galbos '33.

1935

William J. Chapman died on December 2, 1999. He came to Dartmouth from Webster Groves (Mo.) High School. As an undergraduate he was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity and majored in Tuck School. Mer graduating from Tuck School he worked in New York for Price, Waterhouse & Co. During that time he made a trip to North Carolina where he met Patricia Dicks, whom he married in 1940. They had children Patricia, Barbara and William. Bill spent most of his life in St. Louis, where he became executive vice president of the First National Bank of St. Louis. Always an active person, he listed many trusteeships in his record of service, including Wellesley College, his wife's alma mater, the St. Louis Conservatory and School of the Arts and the Association of Colleges and University Boards. He had also served '35 as a class agent and in fund-raising duties during reunion years.

David L. Johnson died in Orleans, Mass., on August 28, 1999, of heart failure. As an undergraduate he majored in history and joined Sigma Nu fraternity. After graduation he went to Harvard Law School, from which he graduated in 1938. He practiced law in Cleveland all of his adult life. He married Mary "Polly" Morgan and they had children Marian, David, Jacqueline and Caroline. He was president of the Dartmouth Club of Cleveland and was active in enrollment interviewing for many years. He and Polly built a house in Chardon, Ohio, and later moved to Cape Cod, where he died.

William H. McNeal died January 2, 2000, in Venice, Fla., where he had lived for some years. He came to Dartmouth from the Brunswick School. As an undergraduate he majored in sociology, joined KKK fraternity and was advertising manager of The Dartmouth and a member of Green Key. He worked for McGraw-Hill for 37 years, where he was managing editor of several technical magazines. He served in the Army during WWII in England, France and Germany. In retirement he moved to Venice, Fla., in 1986. He married Miriam Bailey in 1941, and they had a daughter Cynthia, who survives. In Venice he was a member of Grace United Methodist Church and was active in the Venice Art Center.

Leonard J.T. Shortell died on July 12, 1999. He came to Dartmouth from Ansonia (Conn.) High School. As an undergraduate he majored in history. In 1942 he married Rose Quinn, and they had children Frederick, Lois Jean and Brian. At the time of our 50th Reunion he was a clerk for the U.S. House of Representatives. He lived in Leesburg, Va., for most of his life, where he was a member of the Lessburg Area Council and the Disabled American Veterans Association.

1938

Eric Wentworth Vaughan died on December 31, 1999, in the Plantsville (Conn.) Alzheimer Resource Center. He entered Dartmouth from Tole High School in Newport, N.H., and his major was physics. He received his physics A.M. in 1940 from the College of Arts and Sciences. He continued graduate studies at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio and did research work for the University Foundation for the War Effort until 1946. Eric was employed at Superior Electric Co. of Bristol, Conn., from 1946 to 1981, serving in various capacities in research and development. He became a vice president for research and development and corporate secretary before his retirement in 1981. He was an avid fisherman, photographer, and woodworker and a past president of the Bristol Rotary Club. His wife, Dorothy, two sons, two daughters and 11 grandchildren survive him.

Ben Ames Williams Jr. son of the writer Ben Ames Williams '10, died at his home in Jamaica Plan, Mass., on December 21, 1999, of heart failure. Born in Newton, Mass., he came to Dartmouth from Deerfield Academy, majoring in English. He was a Phi Bete, a Senior Fellow, a member of Zeta Epsilon Fraternity, Bait & Bullet, the Ledyard Canoe Club and the Fire Squad. He was also the undergraduate editor for the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine. In 1941 he joined the First National Bank of Boston, retiring as senior vice president in 1978. During the war years Ben served as an officer in the U.S. Navy supplying parts for naval aircraft. He was a director of the greater Boston chapter of the American Red Cross and a trustee of the Children's Hospital Center, the New England College Fund Inc. and the Museum of Science. He is survived by his wife, Jamie, three daughters, a sister and four grandchildren.

1939

Richard Clark Dunham has apparently died. We say apparently because the College reports three pieces of mail returned marked deceased, and our sleuthing efforts have come up empty. Dick was a Hanover boy coming to Dartmouth from the Clark School. He did not graduate with our class, and was a member of the "Dartmouth Squadron" of Navy fliers during WWII. After the war he briefly operated a small woodworking shop in South Londonderry, Vt., but then returned to Hanover to work on a Navy ionospheric research project at Thayer School. Following this project he joined the CIA. in Washington, D.C., and served this organization in Cyprus for three years and London for the same. After retirement from the agency he had a second career as purchasing agent for two northern Virginia nursing homes. He had three children, David, Diane and Caroyl. We believe he was predeceased by his wife, Dorothy.

Andrew Joseph Newman Jr. died of prostate cancer, at the Quadrangle, a retirement community in Haverford, Pa., on December 27,1999. A native of Brooklyn, "Joe" moved with his family to Philadelphia, where he was graduated from Overbrook High School. At Dartmouth he was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity and made the Phi Beta Kappa honorary society. Majoring in sociology, he continued after graduation to study at Harvard, but was forced to cut short his education because of an eye disorder. He went to work for the Boston Herald and and later worked for newspapers in Indiana and Kentucky and for the Washington Post before settling in as a reporter and financial editor for the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. He was predeceased by his wife of 47 years, Dorothy, who died in 1994. Daughter Jane, son Andrew III '75 and three grandchildren survive him.

Robert Wehmeyer died on December 22, 1999, at the Alzheimer's Pavilion at Goodall Hospital, Sanford, Maine. Bob attended school in Switzerland, where he became proficient in both German and Italian languages, before returning to Staten Island, N.Y., attending the Lincoln School. At Dartmouth he was a member of the Players, and majored in sociology before moving on to Harvard after graduation to study anthropology for two years. During WWII he registered as a conscientious objector, and from July 1942 to March 1946 served at various posts in Civilian Public Service camps. Following discharge from CPS he entered the field of life insurance. In 1972 Bee and Bob moved to Parsonsfield, Maine, where he became a real estate broker. Bob was a member of the Society of Friends and a representative to the Friends World Conference in 1991. He is survived by Bee, sons Robert and David, daughter Elise, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

1940

Robert O. Berger Jr. adopted member of '40, died January 12, 2000 at Kendal at Hanover following complications from Alzheimer's disease. Bob attended Lawrenceville (N.J.) School and graduated from Yale University in 1939. During WWII he was a B-17 navigator and was, awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for more than 200 hours of combat navigation. He joined Price Waterhouse & Cos. in 1939 and retired in 1977. As arranged by Scotty Rogers, he married Ann Porter in 1975. The wedding reception was held in Princeton so that all 1940s attending the Dartmouth-Princeton football game could join them. is survived by Ann, daughters Suzanne Berger and Lucia West, son Robert 111 and three stepchildren.

Deane McGowen died January 22, 2000, at North Country Hospital in Newport, Vt., from complications of emphysema. He came to Dartmouth from Mt. Hermon and left in February 1938. Deane served in the Army during WWII. He covered a wide range of sports for TheNew York Times. He is survived by his wife, Anita, son Richard and daughter Sharon Stoll.

1942

Charles Dickinson French died August 15, 1999. His home was Duluth, Ga. Dick was executive vice president at GBE Associates when he retired in 1984. He had received the Marketing Executive Award from the Marketing Executive Club of New York City in 1967 and spent part of his career with some of the largest advertising agencies. Dick was at Dartmouth for two years and then transferred for his last two years to the American International College, where he received his B.A. in English and history. He followed that with two years of graduate studies at the Wharton School. From 1970 to 1972 he was president of the Metropolitan N.Y. Alumni Chapter of AIC. He is survived by children Bruce, Barbara and Betsy and three grandchildren.

Laurence George Holfelder died October 29, 1999. He and his wife, Gwendolyn, had been living in his hometown, Lafayette, Ind. Larry was self-employed as a manufacturer's representative. At the time of our 50th Reunion in 1992 he wrote that the highlight of his life was a "wonderful marriage of over 48 years." They had three daughters, 12 grandchildren and two great-grand-children, all of whom lived within 350 miles of their Lafayette home. Larry is survived by Gwen, daughters Carol, Elizabeth and Linda and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

1944

Russell Spencer Burdge died February 3, 2000, in Hanover, where he had lived since retiring in 1991. Russell came to Dartmouth from Mt. Hermon School. He played lacrosse and was a member of Kappa Sigma. He left at the end of his junior year to attend the Long Island College of Medicine where, after completing his first year, he was awarded his A.B. degree from Dartmouth and went on to receive his doctor of medicine degree in 1946. Following two years of pediatric training, he set up a private practice in Hicksville, Long Island, where he remained until retirement. Russell was active in Nassau County, N.Y., state and national professional societies. He was a member of the '44 executive committee and recently served as chairman of the class's 55th Reunion. He is survived by his wife, Helena; sister Joan, son Christopher, daughters Barbara and Spencer and three grandsons.

Archibald Henry Welch died January 18, 2000, at Yale New Haven (Conn.) Hospital. Archie was born in Hartford, Conn. He attended Kingswood-Oxford School, Deerfield Academy and Dartmouth College. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi. During WWII he served as a bomber pilot with the 8th Air Force Division. In business he was president of the former Converters Corporation of Farmington, Conn. An avid golfer, he was an active member of the Pine Orchard Yacht and Country Club. Predeceased by his first wife, he is survived by his wife, Harriet, daughter Catherine, sons Henry and William, stepdaughters Helen and Frances, stepson Lewis, 12 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

1945

David Crockett Campbell died November 15, 1998, in Clarksville, Ind. Born in Paris, France, he was a managing director of Swift & Cos. in Genoa, Italy, for a number of years. Although he matriculated with the class of '45, he returned from WWII duty in the Army to graduate from the University of Texas with a bachelor of business administration degree in 1949. He is survived by his wife, Betty.

William R. McKenzie died December 5, 1999, at Akron (Ohio) General Medical Center. During WWII Bill served 3 1/2 years as a pilot in the Army Air Corps, including a long hitch in the China-Burma-India theater. He came home to graduate in 1948. Then he began a 39-year career with Goodyear Tire & Rubber Cos. During this time he carried the Goodyear flag overseas for nearly 22 years, including five in South Africa and 17 in Jamaica, retiring in 1987 as managing director of Goodyear Jamaica Ltd. Bill's Dartmouth relatives include his father, an uncle, four cousins and his brother James '51. He leaves son William and daughter Catherine.

1946

John H. Carter died January 27, 2000, at the Albany Medical Center Hospital, where he had been chairman of the medical staff, attending surgeon and clinical professor of surgery at the associated Albany Medical College. Dr. Carter was the creator, founder and former chairman of the board of the Capital District Physicians Health Plan since its establishment in 1984. He was also attending surgeon at St. Peter's Hospital, Child's Hospital, Veteran's Administration Hospital and Memorial Hospital. He also held prominent advisory positions in the New York state government by serving on two governor's commissions and on the board of social welfare. He received a B.A. from Dartmouth College in 1948 and his M.D. degree from Albany Medical College in 1952. His medical training was at Boston City Hospital, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center and the Albany Medical Center.

1947

Paul Joseph Henegan died June 21, 1997, of heart failure, in Naples, Fla. He was born in Worcester, Mass., and attended Dartmouth under the V-12 Program in 1944. He was later transferred to the V-5 Naval Aviation Program, ending up as an aviation cadet, returning to Dartmouth in September 1946. At Dartmouth he was a member of Sigma Nu and was active in the Dartmouth Society of Engineers and intramural athletics. He received a B.A. in physics and a M.S. in civil engineering from the Thayer School, graduating in 1949 and beginning a career in civil engineering in New York City. He was the manager of Office Building of Bache & Cos., designing and building new branch facilities throughout the country, until forming Henegan Construction Cos. in 1959. Paul is survived by his wife, Ann; children Paul, Maureen, Stephen, Coleen, Daniel, Michael and James; six grandchildren; and sister Grace.

1948

Leslie Thornton died on New Year's Day, 2000, at Point Pleasant, N.J. Ted was a class plank-holder from Long Island who had the distinction of having been in both the Army and Navy. A member of Theta Delta Chi, track and the DOC, he majored in chemistry and pursued that trade for 31 years with All Purpose Roll Leaf Corp. An ardent mountaineer and outdoorsman, he was an ebullient presence at our 50 th and we will miss him. He claimed membership in Mensa, climbed the Matterhorn and successfully put five kids through college. They are Michael '77, James, Richard, Sally and William, all of whom survive him.

1951

Richard T. (Blomquist) Anderson died November 10, 1999, at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. He matriculated in our freshman class as Richard Blomquist, and changed his surname to Anderson later in life. Dick attended Oakwood High School in Dayton, Ohio, and came to Dartmouth from Deerfield Academy. He left the college after freshman year, and later graduated from Ohio State University. After service in the Air Force he worked for the National Cash Register Co. and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. He was with Printing Industry of metropolitan New York before retiring and moving to Hartland Four Corners, Vt. He was predeceased by his first wife, Joyce, and later married Elinor, who survives him with a son, daughter and three step-daughters.