Deaths

The following 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.

Edgar Charles Lane '22 • June p, 2000 Stephen Ellsworth Clow'31 'Aug. 6 Edward Joseph Maas '31 • June 6 Robert Courtney Mattox '32 . Sept. 18,2001 Nathan Williams Pearson '32 • June 11 William D. Van Dusen '32 • Sept. 29,2001 Albert Ernest Zinggeler'32 • July 19 David Lincoln Hatch '33 • July 2 Herbert William Jackson '34 • May 19 Douglas Leo Ley '35 • June 11 Darwin Sherwood Barrett '36 • May31 Courtney James Catron '36 • July 21 Richard James Hefler '36 • July 6 John N. Howard '36 • July30 William Andrew Lee' 36 • June 16 Robert Henry Murphy '36 • July 26 George Bruce Lemmon '38 'March 3 Daniel A. Marshall '38 • July 4 Charles Henry Glovsky '39 • July/ Lawrence Pemberton Pleasants '39 • June 15 Ward Flowers Porter '39 • April 11 William Stewart Duncan '4O 'Aug. 1 John Edward Becker'41 • Feb. 25 Robert Hart Davidson '41 • June 10 Joseph James Guidrey '41 • June 1 James Penniman Rogers '41 • June 23 Richard L.P. Moran '42 • June 22 Cyrus Cathey Brown '43 • Jan. ly Chester Francis Chase '43 • July3 Harry Kirk Denier '43 • July ly Phillip Richard Jackson '43 'April30 Alonzo WeirStedman '43 • July 23 Delbert Haff Field '44 • June James Campbell Locke '44 • July 19 Thomas Matlack Miner' 44 • June 12 Edward Albert Mortimer' 44 • July 20 Herbert Alfred Boedtker '45 • Aug. 11,2001 Thomas Charles Davidson '45 • Sept. 8,2001 Robert Osgood Hooker'45 • March c, Warren Sturtevant Quimby '45 • June 21 Monroe Watson Taylor '45 'Aprils Hamilton Turner Bailey '46 • July 29 Graham Manvel Brush '46 • May 14 John Edward Park '46 ' May 31, 1997 David Doty Whipple '46 • June 24 George David Bean '47 • July 18 Elmer Gordon Burke '47 • Oct. 15,2001 Arthur Garnsey Carr '47 • Sept.4,2001 Allan Howard Gasner'47 'Aug. 9 Gerard Majella Mauer'47 • April 14,2000 Harold Anthony Redner '47 • May 10,2001 Richard Lang Miller' 49 • June 18 Grant Harold Keeler '5O • Feb. 22 James David Vail '5O 'Aug.2 Charles D. Bagot '5l • Nov. 18,2001 Richard Kimball Hulbert '5l • July ly H. Peter Lenzlinger'sl • March y George S. Safford '5l ' Aug. ly 2001 David George Harscheid '56 • July30 Richard Edward Ruel '56 • June p Richard Earl French '57 • July 12 Philip Irl Huddleston '62 • July5,2001 Neil Jason Grossman '65 • Juney James Jonathan Lipsky'68 • July 21 Paul Gordon Vielmetti '69 • June 24 Mark Harris '70 • April 16 Guy Marchmont '70 • June 6 Harry Albert Sandstedt'89 • July 1

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Eugene French Magenau died March 7 at a residential care facility in Orange, California. He earned a degree in graphics and engineering from Dartmouth, where he served as managing editor of the Aegis. While at Dartmouth he designed a boathouse for the Ledyard Canoe Club. He then attended the five-year architectural program at MIT, and went on to start an architectural practice in Concord, New Hampshire, where he designed many residential and commercial properties for 23 years, closing in 1958. He worked for the American Institute of Architects in Washington, D.C.; as resident architect on the Niagara Power project in New York; as resident architect for the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York; as field architect for the Rhode Island Hospital in Providence; and with a Vermont firm working on La Defense in Paris. Survivors include son Roger, Tu'70; daughter Sara; brother William; sister Louise; two grandchildren; one great-grandson; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

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David Gordon Clifford of Palo Alto, died May 14. four days short of his 92 nd birthday. After graduating from Hanover High School (his father was the town's postmaster) and Dartmouth, he earned a master of science degree at Harvard and proceeded with a distinguished career in electronics, especially radar systems during WW 11, and microwave technology, retiring from Varian Associates in 1977. As an amateur radio enthusiast, he enjoyed an active life in the Sierra Nevada and Cascade mountains in Washington state with his wife, Hope (his childhood sweetheart), who shared his keen interest in classical music and high-fidelity stereo systems. He is survived by a son, a daughter, seven grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.

George F. Hetfield, attorney of Plainfield, New Jersey, died March 7 in his 94th year. Graduating from Plainfield High School then Mercersburg Academy and Rutgers Law School cum laude, he joined his family law firm with the practice of probate, trust and banking law. He followed his brother, Walter 29, as a member of the New Jersey Superior Court. He devoted much of his time to civil and cultural affairs including service on the city governing body, local hospital and many other groups. He was elected mayor of Plainfield, where he put through an improved city charter and did a well-regarded task of meeting the threats of civil disorder in the school desegregation era. As a teenager he served aboard steam ships cruising the Pacific as a waiter and able-bodied seaman. He is survived by two sons, a daughter and two grandsons.

Edward J. Maas of Littleton, Colorado, died June 6. Surviving are his wife, Elizabeth Jackson Maas, a son, a daughter, five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. He was a descendant of Thomas Tenney, who sailed the mighty Atlantic Ocean from Yorkshire, England, in 1638 in a company of 20 families to Salem, Massachusetts. Born in New York City, graduated from Palm Beach High School, Worcester Academy, Dartmouth and the study of business administration at Tuck School, he began the interesting life of a reporter for theAsbury Park Press. He was then a feature and financial writer with the NewYork Herald Tribune, staffed with the best editors in the country and then became manager of public relations for clients of J. Water Thompson Cos. and others.

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Milton Alpert died August 18 after another stroke. Milt came to college from Lakewood (New Jersey) High School. At Dartmouth he was a member of The Round Table and Ledyard Canoe Club, graduating cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. After a law degree from Columbia he worked from 1935 101943 in New York City at its charter revision commission and corporate counsels office. He held several New York state positions from 1943 101967, when he was appointed a judge in the states Court of Appeals, retiring in 1977 to Pompano Beach, Florida, and summering in Albany. Judge Alpert devoted his life to public service. In Albany he was master of the Masonic Lodge and trustee of Temple Beth Emeth. He was '32 head agent from 1987 to 1996 and then leadership coordinator until his death. He is survived by his wife of more than 60 years, Lillian, son Bruce '69, three grandsons, all Dartmouth graduates and four granddaughters.

Robert Courtney Mattox died September 18, 2001. Leaving Newtonville, Massachusetts, and Newton High School, Bob at Dartmouth was a member of Delta Tau Delta, played lacrosse and was art editor of the Dartmouth Pictorial. He retired in 1969 from his position as vice president of advertising at Liberty Mutual Insurance, moving to his summer home on the coast of Maine. There he was busy maintaining wharf, boat, yard, lawn and 10 acres of woods. In 1981 he and his wife, Evelyn, left the wilderness to settle in Falmouth Foresides, Maine, to be near the ease and culture of nearby Portland. He traveled widely to find wild animals, and at home was engaged in carving waterfowl, reading, listening to music and attending plays.

Everett Mead, who came to Dartmouth from Flossmoor, Illinois, after graduating from Thornton Township High School, died July 7. At college he was a member of Phi Delta Theta and majored in economics. He was with Commercial Credit and American Brakeshoe before becoming manager of the Cleveland office of Statistical Tabulating Corp. in 1957, living in Rocky River, Ohio. He was engaged in real estate for several years before moving to Walnut Creek, California, in 1976. In retirement he and his wife, Ruth, lived in an adult community, Rossmore, where they enjoyed golf and tennis and he jogged, played the piano and gardened. Ruth passed away in 1986, and he then moved to Grass Valley, California. He is survived by three daughters, eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Nathan Williams Pearson, died on June 11. Entering Dartmouth from Belmont (Massachusetts) High School, Nate belonged to Phi Sigma Kappa. He received an M.B.A. from Harvard and in 1972 an LL.D. from Thiel College. He was with U.S. Steel from 1937 to 1942, then joined the Navy, where he met his wife-to-be Kathleen Patricia (Pat) McMurtry. Postwar he was with Matson Navigation and Carborundum until 1948, then went to T. Mellon & Sons, which managed the Mellon family assets. He became a director of the Mellon Bank and of Gulf Oil and Alcoa, known as Mellon companies. In 1987 he was briefly the bank's CEO and helped rescue it from serious problems. He was named chairman emeritus in 1987 and was on the bank's advisory board from 1991 to 1999. Nate served on the war production board under Roosevelt and Truman and on a commission created by Vice President Johnson to oversee NASA. A longtime resident of Sewickley, Pennsylvania, he served as a director of WQED, Pittsburgh Playhouse, Pittsburgh Theological Seminar and as president of Sewickley Presbyterian Church. The Pearsons had a second home in Ledyard, Connecticut. He is survived by his wife, a son and three grandchildren.

William Douglas Van Dusen died on September 29, 2001. Bill entered Dartmouth from Northern Detroit High School. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi and Dragon Society. He farmed for many years in Metamora, Michigan, raising cattle, until his retirement in 1984. Bill was active in the community, serving as a vestry man and on the school, bank, hospital and Red Cross boards. He also worked for the American Cancer Society and still found time for tennis, golf and gardening. In 1994 he and his wife, Elizabeth, moved to Southern Pines, North Carolina where he enjoyed the golf. He is survived by his wife, four children, eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Albert Ernest Zinggeler of Venice, Florida, died July 19. Al came to Dartmouth from Mercersburg Academy in Pennsylvania. He left after his first year, when his father died, but was a loyal and active classmate. He had been the founder in 1965, the owner and president of Automation Papers Cos. until he sold his interest and retired in 1980. Then he moved to Venice but retained a second home in New Jersey. His wife, Mace, died in 1997. he is survived by his daughter, Norma.

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David Lincoln Hatch died at home in Columbia, South Carolina, on July 2. He prepared for Dartmouth at Leonia (New Jersey) High School, was a member of Cabin & Trail, Phi Gamma Delta and Casque & Gauntlet, was captain of gymnastics and majored in history and sociology. He received an M.A. and a Ph.D. in sociology from Harvard. His career was spent as a teacher, serving as professor of sociology at Kentucky, Syracuse and James Madison, finally moving to the University of South Carolina in 1957, where he became head of the department of anthropology and sociology, retiring there in 1976. He continued his career at Benedict College until 1991. He was a specialist in medieval philosophy. He was a board member of the South Carolina Commission on Aging. He was a conscientious ob- jector in WW II, leaving his studies for alternate service on a Massachusetts chicken farm. His Dartmouth family included his father, brother and seven other relatives. His wife, professor Mary Alice, predeceased him, and he is survived by son Charles, Ph.D.; daughter Mary, M.A.; daughter Faith, Ph.D.; and daughter Elizabeth, M.A.

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Herbert William Jackson died at his home in Exeter, New Hampshire, on May 19. Herb came to Dartmouth from Tabor Academy, did graduate work at Harvard and earned his Ph.D. in biology from Cornell in 1939. At college he was a member of the band, winter sports team and Kappa Sigma. His major was zoology. He was associate professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg, Virginia, from 193 9to 1951, and was a consultant with Rockefeller Foundation in Mexico from 1949 to 1950. He was chief biologist at the U.S. Public Health headquarters in Cincinnati for 22 years, retiring in 1972. During this time he published 25 technical papers. He was listed in the 1970 edition of Who's Who and was a member of the American Fisheries Society, the Water Pollution Control Federation, the New England Estuarine Research Society and the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography. He was predeceased by his wife of 49 years, Muriel, who died in 1986 and his second wife, Helen, who died in 1994. Surviving are daughter Paulina Adams, two grandchildren and one stepson.

Nicholas Peter Nanos died on February 18. Nick came to Dartmouth from Stamford (Connecticut) High School and earned his LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1937. At college he was associate editor of the 1934 Agis and a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa. He majored in English. He was connected with the war labor board and O.P.A. during the war and served his home community on the finance board and as clerk of court. His entire business life was spent as a lawyer. He is survived by his wife, Betty, and children Rina, Barbara, Anita, Richard and Nancy.

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Alfred E. Bonniwell died March 8 and was honored with a 21-gun salute at his burial in Arlington National Cemetery. A career Army officer, he retired as a full colonel with numerous decorations for heroism. He was a superb basketball player while a student at Dartmouth. He was a credit to his family, church, country and Dartmouth.

Arthur Flinner, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, died in June. He lived the better part of his life in the Baltimore, Maryland, area. He was decorated for heroism on Omaha Beach. He was an accountant with Federal Express. He put together the National Guard Artillery Museum in Pikesville, Maryland, which was dedicated in his honor. He is survived by his son, Craig. William L. Russell Jr. died March 19. He was a graduate of Red Bank (New Jersey) High, Dartmouth and Yale Law School. A Navy veteran of WW 11, he went on to practice law and be an officer of three family businesses. He always loved boats and the sea. He is survived by wife Dorothy, son William 111 '63 and grandson Christopher Collier '03. His brother, David '33, predeceased him.

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John "Jack" Godfrey died November 20,2001, in the Olean (New York) Hospital. Jack came to Dartmouth from Lawrence High School in Falmouth, graduated Phi Beta Kappa and attended Dartmouth Medical School for two years before getting his medical degree from Harvar • in 1941 and interning at the Mary Hitchcock Hospital. He served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps from 1943 to 1945 and later was an instructor at DMS and assistant chief of medicine in White River Junction, Vermont. In 1951 Jack moved to Olean, where he joined the Olean Medical Group. In 1961 he served three months in Vietnam with the volunteer physicians, returning to Olean to serve as chief of medicine from 1972 to 1977. He was also chief of staff and a trustee of the Olean General Hospital, retiring in 1985. He is survived by his wife, Jean, son Peter'68, three daughters and 13 grandchildren.

Daniel Appleton Marshall, our long-time editor of the Pace-setter, died of pneumonia on July 4 in San Antonio, Texas. He had been in an assisted living facility since his first stroke in 1999. Born in Rangoon, Burma, and reared at a home for missionaries' children in Newton Center, Massachusetts, Dan entered Dartmouth from Newton High School. He majored in sociology, belonged to Phi Delta Theta and was business manager of the Green Key. Upon graduation he went to work for Filenes' before spending five years with the U.S. Marines, retiring as a lieutenant colonel. Dan's business career found him working for Southern Steel Cos. and Sears Roebuck & Cos. in San Antonio, retiring from Gorham Silver Cos. in 1984 after 20 years of service. He established the Dartmouth book awards in San Antonio and founded the Dartmouth Club of South Texas. His wife, Ruby, predeceased him. He is survived by four children, six grandchildren and one great- grandchild.

1939

Jerome Beatty Jr., successful humorist and author of 18 books, died on July 30 in Waquoit, Massachusetts. Perhaps his most notable writing was a series of science fiction adventures in space of a character named Matthew Looney. Jerry came to Hanover from the Loomis School and at Dartmouth was a member of Sigma Chi, a contributing editor of The D and played freshman soccer. Jerry began his writing as a reporter for the Evening News in Newark, New Jersey. Four years later he joined the Army, where he was assigned to learn Chinese at Harvard before being sent to the Far Eastern theater. In 1946 he began a series of editing and writing positions with magazines, including Coronet,Pageant, Colliers (where he was cartoon editor, a job he fit beautifully) and Esquire. And he joined humorist Bennett Cerf in co-authoring the Trade Winds" column in the Saturday Review. His wife of 55 years died in 1996. He is survived by daughters Judith, Jams, Jennifer and Jane and four grandchildren.

Charles Henry Glovsky died July 7 at his home in Beverly, Massachusetts, after a lengthy illness. After his four years at Dartmouth, Hank went on to Harvard Law School, graduating in 1942. After being admitted to practice law in Massachusetts in 1942, he enlisted as a private in the Army and after more than four years of service was discharged as a captain, later becoming a major. He returned to Beverly to practice law with his father and went on to serve in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and the state senate. He was chairman of the legislative Committee on Labor and Industries and Constitutional law and vice president of the Massachusetts Crime Committee. In 1955 he was appointed by President Dwight Eisenhower as adviser to the U.S. delegation to the Inter-Governmental Committee for European Migration. Hank was instrumental in founding the North Shore Music Theatre in 1954 and presided over the founding of the Montserrat College of Art in 1970. He is survived by his wife, Natalie, sons John and Mark, four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Howard Andrew Nopper died on August 30, 2001. Howie came to Dartmouth from Scott High School in Toledo, Ohio. At Dartmouth he was a member of Chi Phi and played quarterback on the varsity football team. Following graduation he worked as a counter salesman for the Automotive Parts Corp. in Detroit, Michigan. In 1940 he joined the Navy Air Corps and served during WW II thiough October of 1945. Howie was then a salesman for the motor products department of Sun Oil Cos. in Detroit, later becoming a land representative also for Sun Oil. In i960 he moved out to La Jolla, California, where he worked as a salesman for Dee Realty. He joined Loud Developer & House Builder, and as far as we know remained in the real estate and housing business until retirement. He is survived by his wife Jean, whom he married in 1943; daughters Susan and Nancy and three grandchil

Lawrence "Pern" Pleasants Jr. died on June 15. Pem came to Dartmouth from Lower Canada College and was a Psi U and involved in hockey. Pem was a member of many clubs in the Boston area: Salem Country Club Boston Yacht Club, Tedesco Country Club and Gut and Feather Club. He was also a member of the Eastern Yacht Club, where he served on the house committee, the race Committee and the historical Committee He was a member of the Yacht Racing Union of Massachusetts Bay and active on many committees. He was awarded the Leonard Munn Fowle Trophy and Yachtsman of the Year award in 1985 as well as the Distinguished Service Yachting Award for Massachusetts Bay. He was elected to Marblehead Yacht Racing Hall of Fame in 1994, and he organized the Olympic Classes Regatta. He is survived by his wife, Beatrice, children L.P. 11l and Judith, seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Ward F. Porter Jr. died on April 11 at the Sedgewood Commons Nursing Home in Falmouth, Maine. He came to Hanover from Maiden (Massachusetts) High School. At Dartmouth he was on the Dormitory Committee and played soccer. He received a Ph.D. from Harvard following which he served in the Army from 1943 to 1946. He was stationed in Japan as part of the post-war military government. He taught at the University of West Virginia before moving to the Washington, D.C., area, where he worked supervising research and education programs in the Federal Extension Service of USDA. His final employment was at the Department of Health Education and Welfare as assistant director of research and grants in the Welfare Administration. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Jane, daughters Mara and Susan and son Daniel '76.

1940

William Stewart Duncan died August 1 at Hamlet Village in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. Bill came to Dartmouth from University School along with 16 classmates from Cleveland. He majored in economics, was managing editor of the Aegis and on the board of the Green Book. After service in WW II as a sergeant in air transport command, he joined Picklands Mather & Cos. The Duncans lived in Chicago; moved to Pepper Pike, Ohio, in 1973; to Hanover; to Boynton Beach, Florida; and then back to Ohio. Bill is survived by daughters Jane Ostergard, Nancy Duncan and Polly Duncan Collum.

1941

John Edward Becker died of natural causes at his home in Elkhart, Indiana, on February 25. Jack was predeceased by his wife, Shirley, his best friend of many years. He served in WW II as a Navy Air Force pilot. Jack and Shirley worked together in the travel trailer business, from which they retired in 1984 Jack was then president of Redford Inc., a distributor of recreational products. In their retirement years they continued to travel, six months on the road and six months at home in St. Clair, Michigan, and later in Elkhart.

Robert Hart Davidson died of congestive heart failure at his home in Rockville, Maryland, on June 10. A native Washingtonian, Bob at- tended George Washington Law School af- ter graduation from Dartmouth, but resigned to enter the Navy. He trained as a naval aviator and was a USNR lieutenant at the end of the war. Bob began his 44-year career with Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Cos. as a summer lineman during his college years. He retired in 1984 as director of public affairs and he served as economic development director of Montgomery County during the early 19705. Bob was a trustee of Suburban Hospital; a director of the Alzheimer's Association and the Montgomery, Rockville and Bethesda chambers of commerce; and president of the Bethesda Rotary Club. His wife of 41 years, Elizabeth Flather, died in 1989. Bob is survived by their sons, Robert Jr. '67 John, William and Thomas.

Joseph James Guidrey died in Silver Spring, Maryland, on June i, after failing health for the past few years. In 1941 Joe joined Coopers & Lybrand in N.Y.C. until he was called into the Navy in November of that year. He spent five years in minesweeping service in North Africa, Normandy and southern -France. After WW II service he attended New York University Graduate School of Business and then re-joined Coopers & Lybrand. Recalled to active duty for the Korean War, Joe served in the Navy Cost Inspection Service for two years. Next came 12 years of financial work with Sylvania Electric and then 18 years with Tokheim Corp. in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he became chairman and CEO, retiring to Ft. Myers, Florida, in 1981. Joe is survived by his wife of 60 years, Hilda Theurer, and their daughter, son and seven grandchildren.

James Penniman Rogers died of heart disease on June 23 at the Outer Banks Hospital in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Jim received a civil engineering degree from Thayer School in 1942. During WW II he served in the Seabees as a Navy lieutenant, including participation in the invasion of Leyte in the South Pacific. In 1948 Jim began a 40-year career in newspaper engineering, including 27 years with The Washington Post, where he was production engineer. He helped design the addition to The Post's building on L Street NW and worked on the design of the newspaper's Springfield, Virginia, plant. In their retirement years Jim and Marge enjoyed downhill skiing, snorkeling and travel, especially in the Caribbean area. They shared five children and 11 grandchildren.

1942

Horace Sheldon Maynard 111 died on August 8 in Wilmington, North Carolina, where he and his wife, Pamela, have lived since he retired in 198 6. After our graduation Bud went directly to Tuck School and Navy OCS, graduating in 1943, and was commissioned into the Supply Corps, USNR. Called to active duty immediately, he was assigned to the Philippines for more than a year. Following discharge he worked in a sporting goods manufacturing business in Brockton, Massachusetts, for five years and was then recalled to active duty in the Korean War, serving in Newport, Rhode Island. He then moved his family to Birmingham, Michigan, and began working for the Chas. A. Strelinger Cos., retiring as president. He and his first wife, Sylvia Stall, divorced in 1980 and he then married Pamela, who survives him with his sister, Mary; children Brenda, Bonnie, Susan and Robert; 11 grandchildren; three great grandchildren; stepdaughter Joie; and many nieces and nephews.

Richard P. Moran died at his home in Harwich, Massachusetts, on June 22 after a long illness. Dick was a Latin and English teacher at Quincy Point Junior High School for more than 30 years, and was its baseball coach. He retired in 1982. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa while at Dartmouth and later received a master's in classics from Boston College in 1951 and a master's in education from Boston University in 1958. He enlisted in the U.S. Army on February 3,1942, as a private, and served all through the European theater of operations with the 63rd Field Hospital as adjutant and detachment commander. He was discharged in 1946 as a captain. He then taught Latin and German at Boston English High from 1947 to 1948 and became an instructor in Latin and Greek at Boston College until 1950. He is survived by his wife, Edna; two nephews; three nieces; two grandnephews and two great-grandnephews.

1943

William Sayre Barthlomew died May 15 at his Maplewood, New Jersey, home. Bill grew up in the Montclair area, attending Montclair High prior to entering Dartmouth. A member of Phi Delta Theta, he left Dartmouth in 1941, transferring to the University of Arizona, where he graduated as an English major. Bill served in the Navy during WWII as captain of an LST in the Atlantic and Pacific. A lifelong bachelor, he traveled widely, enjoyed sculpting and painting and studied piano at Julliard. In New jersey Bill was a cofounder of Offender Aid and Restoration, a group concerned with helping prisoners make the transition out of incarceration, devoting nearly 30 years to this endeavor. He began his business career with American Express and left the travel industry as a senior officer of Fargo Travel Ltd. He is survived by brothers George and Stephen, one nephew, six nieces, six great-nieces and six greatnephews.

Cyrus Cathey Brown Jr. died January 17 of Parkinson's disease. Cy came to Dartmouth from Shanghai, China, where he had attended the American School. He left college early to join the RCAF and later came back to the U.S. Army Signal Corps after Pearl Harbor. Following ETO service, Cy was discharged as a major and returned to Dartmouth obtaining his A.B. in 1947. Following a year at Dartmouth Medical, Cy attended Harvard Medical School, graduating in 1950 with his M.D. His medical career eventually took him to Duluth, where he practiced internal medicine at the Duluth Clinic for 31 years, serving as its medical director from 1981 to 1987. A diagnosis of Parkinson's in 1985 was followed by his retirement from medical practice in 1987. He is survived by his wife, Mary Beth, eight children and four grandchildren.

Chester F. Chase died July 3 in Hyannis, Massachusetts. He was the husband of Lucille (Dunphy), and the former husband of the late Doris (Reynolds). Born in Pittsfield, New Hampshire, "Bud" graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy prior to entering Dartmouth. He left Dartmouth in 1942, entering the Army Engineering Corps. Bud served in North Africa and Italy during WW II and was discharged with the rank of captain. Following the war he worked for Sentry Insurance Cos. in Boston for more than 30 years. On retiring he moved to Dennisport, where he became active in town affairs, serving on the planning board and, until his death, as a director for Friends of Dennis Senior Citizens. Surviving besides his wife are son Robert, stepson Jere, sister Margaret, brother Francis and six grandchildren.

Phillip Richard Jackson died April 30 after a long illness. Phil grew up in Dorchester, attending Boston Latin prior to entering Dartmouth. A Thayer School major, he lettered in football and was a member of Pi Lambda Phi. Following naval service (1943-46), Phil enjoyed a distinguished business career as a leading contractor in the greater Boston area. His contributions to Dartmouth and the Thayer School are immeasurable. They include a long established undergraduate scholarship fund and serving on the board of overseers of the Thayer School, where he contributed both his talent and funding to that institution's welfare. His most visible gifts to the College are the structures built by the Jackson Construction Cos (including a rebuilt Hanover Inn), of which he was CEO. He is survived by Shirley, his wife of 56 years; daughters Susan Jackson, Sharon Jackson, Marcia Jackson and Nancy Hodin '77; and five grandchildren.

Alonzo Weir Stedman died July 23, a victim of Alzheimer's and pneumonia. "Sted" had a great love for Dartmouth and was proud to have had two sons who followed in his footsteps, David '66 and Alan, Tu'7l. Sted lived virtually his whole life in Haddonfield, New Jersey, coming to Dartmouth College from Moorestown Friends School. He did wartime research work at the Philadelphia Naval Base, where his lab partner was Isaac Asimov, and was drafted into the U.S. Navy in 1944. Sted spent his business life at Standard Tank and Seat Cos., a family enterprise of which he was president, and participated in many of the business and civic affairs of Camden. Named South Jersey's "Most Outstanding Citizen" in 1970, he led the area's United Fund Drive in 1965. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Janice (Chupp) Stedman; children, David, Alan and Janice; and seven grandchildren.

1944

James Campbell Locke, M.D. of Barneveld, New York, died July 19 at Faxton Hospital. Born in Utica, New York, he attended Utica Country Day School and the Loomis Preparatory School before receiving his B.S. from Dartmouth in 1944 and his M.D. from NYU College of Medicine in 1951. He interned in orthopedic surgery at NYU and Bellevue. He also served in the U.S. Army during WW 11. Jim practiced orthopedic surgery at Faxton, Children's Hospital and St. Lukes Memorial Center, as well as regularly conducting clinics in six New York counties. He was a fellow of the American Board of Orthopedic Surgeons and the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons and an associate clinical professor of orthopedic surgery at the Syracuse Medical School. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth; sons and daughters-in-law William and Merritt and Peter and Karen; grandchildren Madeline, William Jr. and Tyler; sisters-inlaw Alicia and Clorinda; and stepchildren Frederick and Robert.

Thomas Matlack Miner died June 12 in Shelburne, Vermont, following a long illness. Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, he attended Blair Academy before becoming a member of the class of 1944 at Dartmouth. On campus he was a Psi U and sang with the Glee Club. During WW II he served as a Navy bomb disposal and demolition officer aboard a light cruiser in the Pacific. Following the war he founded an insurance company, Thomas M. Miner Enterprises, serving as a general agent for the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Cos. He was a chartered life underwriter and for 20 years served as chairman of the Life Underwriters Training Council of Central New Jersey. An active alumnus, Tom was a class agent, a reunion chairman and an interviewer. His wife, Mary, predeceased him by three days. He is survived by daughters Tamson and Julia, sons Thomas and David and seven grandchildren.

Edward A. Mortimer Jr., eminent pediatrician, epidemiologist and public health educator, died July 20 at his home in Cleveland, Ohio. He graduated from Dartmouth in 1943 and received his medical degree at Northwestern University in 1947. He served in the Navy in the late 19405. He trained at St. Luke's Hospital in Chicago and Children's Medical Center in Boston before becoming a teaching fellow in pediatrics at Harvard University. His career included helping build the pediatrics department at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland and chairing pediatrics at the New Mexico School of Medicine at Albuquerque. Dr. Mortimer was recognized nationally for his part in discovering a number of important medical links, such as the relationship between aspirin and Reyes syndrome; unclean hands and hospital staphylococcus infections; and tight jeans and back pain in teenagers. He helped develop a new method for treating ear infections and a mail-in throat culture program to detect and prevent rheumatic fever. He is survived by his wife, Joan; three children, including Edward III '72; a brother; and four grandchildren.

1945

Thomas Charles Davidson Jr. died September 8, 2001, in Southampton (New York) Hospital after a brief illness. Because of the 9/11 tragedy, his burial in the family plot on Long Island was delayed several weeks. Tom entered the Marines in the V-12 program during WW II, went through basic training at Paris Island and served in several South Pacific campaigns. His career as a Wall Street securities analyst began with Bacon, Stevenson & Cos. after an initial period with Dun and Bradstreet in N.Y.C. He later moved to Bridgehampton, Long Island, and served with PaineWebber in nearby Southampton. He met his wife, the former Shirley Vanderveer, through a Dartmouth friend, and they were married in 1950.In addition to his wife, he leaves daughters Susan and Laura, son Thomas and five grandchildren.

Warren Sturtevent Quimby died June 21 at St. Peters Hospital in Slingerlands, New York. Warren finished Thayer School as a Marine under the V-12 program. Discharged in 1946, he went to Purdue University, got his master's in civil engineering and joined a consulting firm in N.Y.C. before attending Yale Bureau of Traffic Engineering. Following his 195:1-52 recall in the Marines, Warren resumed his job with the New York Port Authority, a 37-year career that included participation in the design team on the George Washington Bridge. Warren's first wife, Elizabeth, with whom he had five children, died in 1992, the same year he lost his oldest daughter. Remarried in 1994 to Barbara Rollhaus Quimby, who survives him, he gained three stepchildren, who survive along with sons Robert '75, Roger and Gordon; daughter Mary; and 17 grandchildren.

1947

Arthur Garnsey Carr, M.D., of Hurley, New York, died on September 4, 2001. He joined the class in the Navy and as an undergraduate was active in Foley House. No further information is available.

Ralph Russell Defonce of Trumbull, Connecticut, died of cancer on April 9. He entered the class from Poughkeepsie (New York) High School. After service in the Army in the Pacific, he returned to graduate and continued to Tuck School, where he graduated in 1949. He joined Isaacsons, a clothing store in Seymour, Connecticut, in 1963 and rose to become president and CEO of the organization. In 1979 he was elected to the Ansonia Savings Bank board of directors. He also served as a director of the Lower Naugatuck Valley Chamber of Commerce, a Griffin Hospital corporator and as a volunteer for the Valley United Way. He is survived by his wife and three children.

Gerard Majella J. Mauer of Saint Davids, Pennsylvania, died April 14,2000. He came to the College in the Navy and completed an engineering degree at Villanova University in 1949. He continued with service in the Navy from 1943 to 1946 and again from 1951 to 1952. In his professional life he was an associate with Kramer-Warner Associates in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. He was active in the Philadelphia Council of the Navy League. He is survived by his wife, Patricia, and six children.

Harold Anthony Redner of Okemos, Michigan, died on May 10, 2001. As an undergraduate he completed a degree in naval science in the R.O.T.C. program. He went on to graduate school in business administration at Syracuse University and worked variously for Montgomery Ward, Book-of-the-Month Club, Continental Can, Random House and Wyer, Dick Inc. He is survived by his wife, Cara, and two children.

H. Richard Wilking of Williamsburg, Virginia, died on May 5. He attended college in the Navy and served in the Pacific on an aircraft carrier. He returned to Indiana University and completed a B.S. in 1947 and an M.S. in business administration in 1948. He worked at the First National Bank of Chicago for 30 years, rising to the position of senior vice president. In 1977 he moved to Hanover and was employed in the trust department of the Dartmouth National Bank for 10 years. In 1995 he retired to Williamsburg, when he developed Parkinson's disease. He is survived by his wife, Almeda, two children and five grandchildren.

1950

James Vail 111 died onAugust 3 in Chicago. He and wife Peggy had been living in a retirement community in Lake Forest since just before his class's 50th reunion. Jim came to Dartmouth from Woodrow Wilson High in Chevy Chase, Maryland, having grown up in the Evanston and D.C. areas. He attended Naval Flight School during the Korean War, then he went to work for American Hospital Supply, where he spent a highly successful career in sales, public relations and management. He and Peggy and their four sons, one of them a Dartmouth man, lived in Columbus, Charlotte and the Chicago area. Jim was a generous supporter and a trustee of several church, charitable and educational institutions, including the Dartmouth Medical School. In addition to his wife, he is survived by two of his sons and five grandchildren.

Daniel C. Wing died at his home in Nashua, New Hampshire, on May 6. He was born in Honduras; raised in Lowell, Massachusetts; graduated from Lowell High School; and served in the Army Air Corps. Dan was an 'economics major and a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa. Before retiring in 1992 Dan had been a sales engineer with several electronic companies. Dan's father was Dartmouth '15 and his brother Howard was 49. Dan was divorced and is. survived by two daughters, two grandchildren, three nieces and his brother.

1951

George Safford Jr. died August 17,2001, on his farm in Richmond, Vermont, of heart disease. Born in Boston and raised in Wellesley Hills, he prepared for Dartmouth at Wellesley High School plus a postgraduate year at Phillips Andover Academy. After graduation with a major in psychology, George served in the Navy on a destroyer. He followed that with courses in dairy management at University of New Hampshire and a veterinary course in Kansas. All this prepared him in 1956 to go to Richmond as a helper on a diary farm, which he eventually purchased. Never really retiring, George managed his extensive gardens, chickens, apple orchards and Christmas trees. He was well-known and loved in Richmond for his generous gifts of Christmas trees, apples, vegetables, berries, eggs and flowers of many kinds. He is survived by a brother and sister-in-law, Nick and Martha, two nephews and a niece.

1956

Kenneth Eastman Thomas died in Atlanta, Georgia, March 29 after a long battle with a brain tumor. Following graduation from Dartmouth's Medical School and the Stanford University School of Medicine, he did an internship and residency at the University of Minnesota Medical School and a surgical residency at the West Virginia University School of Medicine. Dr. Thomas served in the Air Force from 1966 through 1969 in Libya and Vietnam, earning the Bronze Star for meritorious service. Upon returning to the states Ken established the first cardiac care unit at Atlanta's Saint Joseph's Hospital, now considered a premier facility. He helped organize and lead efforts to bring Ethiopian children to Atlanta for cardiac treatment and led a team of cardiac surgeons, nurses and others to El Salvador each year to perform cardiac procedures that were otherwise unavailable. Ken is survived by is wife, Sara, and three children.

1957

Robert William Ramsdell Jr. of Charlotte, Vermont, died of cancer on May 5, 1999. He came to Dartmouth from Shaker Heights, Ohio, thinking that he would find rural life attractive. After leaving Dartmouth he directed a riding camp and worked with the Sterling Institute of Craftsbury Common, Vermont. Bob met Debbie, his second wife, in 1990. Besides tandem bicycling from Los Angeles to Boston in 1993, they hiked and traveled here and abroad when Bob was not on duty at the Trapp Family Lodge. Soon after retiring in 1996 he was diagnosed with cancer that had spread rapidly, but he fought it successfully for 30 months. Besides Debbie and her children, Bob left his first wife, Margie, their children Linda and Bob and granddaughter Emma.

Cecil Freeman Simpson died in Palm Springs, California, on February 16, 2001. He came to Dartmouth from the Mirabeau Lamar School in Houston, Texas, and majored in romance languages. He was active in the Dartmouth Christian Union. After earning an M.A. at Middlebury College "Ceece" taught at Kent School, Bradford Junior College, in Mexico and in the California state university system. For 30 years Ceece had been a private financial investor and served on the board of directors of the San Francisco Opera. In 1991 he became a diplomat of the University of Madrid. He is survived by his life companion, Wiley Fields.

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Aivin M. Krutsch died Saturday, September 7. At his side when he passed away were his wife of 40 years, Joanna, and daughters Debbie and Robin. A Denver, Colorado, native, Al graduated from West High School before entering Dartmouth. Al will certainly be remembered for his great athletic ability, as he was captain of Dartmouth's first Ivy League championship football team. He was also an outstanding member of the Dartmouth Rugby Club, which represented the United States when they played in England. With his constant smile and infectious giggle, his humility and sensitivity to others, Al inspired all of us who had the fortune to know him. Al was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and Sphinx. After graduation Al returned to Denver and enjoyed a successful career in mortgage banking. Al is survived by his wife, daughters and grandchildren Ryan and Jessica.

1960

C. Weston Roodhouse Jr. died on July 24 in Baltimore, Maryland, of complications of lung cancer. He was one of nine members of the class from Oklahoma, where he grew up on a ranch. After Dartmouth he earned an M.B.A. from the Stanford Business School and entered on a varied business career, subject in particular to the ups and downs of the Texas economy. In recent years he worked in financial services and stock brokerages in Boise and Denver. Wes never lost what his Dartmouth roommate, Jack Nunn, called his "exuberance for the goodness in life, friendships and the natural world." His experiences made him prescient about the economy. He was positively clairvoyant about the downturn in the stock market. He is survived by daughters Ashley Parriott, Kelley Doran and Sarah Benson and six grandchildren.

1962

Thomas Wayne King of Aurora, Ohio, died on March 20.Thomas came to Dartmouth from Shaw High School in East Cleveland, Ohio, and majored in history. He played squash and ran track our freshman year and played football for three years. Thomas earned a master's of fine arts degree from Case Western Reserve in 1966 and taught government and social studies at the secondary school level most of his career. He also coached football, basketball and golf. In a reunion questionnaire in 1990 Thomas commented that Dartmouth "allowed me to see the larger picture and to think effectively." Thomas is survived by his wife of nearly 40 years, Sandra, and children Thomas and Kelly.

1963

John Christopher Buckley died February 11 at Southwestern Michigan Hospice in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He resided at Buckley Point in Gull Lake. Buckley left Dartmouth in his sophomore year for three years of Navy service, returning to graduate in 1966 with a major in economics. "John was proud of his association with Dartmouth and maintained a strong interest in literature and history throughout his life," according to his cousin, Fred Buckley. Contributions in Buckley's memory may be made to the Southwestern Michigan Hospice, 301 West Cedar, Kalamazoo, MI 49007.

Robert Neal Kendall, an insurance and investment advisor, died of cancer February 4 in York, Maine. Kendall was co-owner of Kendall Insurance, a family business in Rochester, New Hampshire, that was later sold. A graduate of Philips Exeter Academy, Kendall majored in history at Dartmouth, was active in crew and Psi Upsilon. After graduation he competed in Olympic trials with the Detroit Rowing Club. Kendall was class secretary from 1970 to 1973 and job development/career advisor from 1975 to 1983. Dartmouth relatives include his father, Kennett R. Kendall '32 (deceased); brother Kennett Jr. '61; and nephew Sheldon Hardy '88. In addition to his brother and nephew, Kendall is survived by his wife, Ann; his former wife, Lily; his sister, Lee; and children Robert and C. Rice.

1963

Paul Vieimetti died of natural causes at his home in Portland, Maine, on June 24. Paul came to Dartmouth from Norway, Michigan, and after graduation donated his time to teaching English in West Paris, Maine, to less-privileged students. He returned to his home state to attend the University of Michigan Law School and received his degree in 1973. Paul then backtracked to Maine, where he became a partner at Thompson, Willard and McNaboe in Portland. At Dartmouth Paul majored in English, was a prodigious and prolific writer and an intense student of Joyce and Hemingway. He was, for a time, a member of Tau Epsilon Phi, where he served as pledge captain. Paul was preceded in death by his wife,.Elizabeth. He is survived by his mother, a sister and two brothers.

1970

Larry Shay died May 19 of cancer, a disease that began while he was our classmate 35 years ago. Larry was a professional driver and a poet. As classmate Rick Ostberg wrote: "Confronted by his acute observations and perspective, you could either cry or laugh. Most often we laughed." For Larry's wife, Karen, his family and friends, the world will never again be as clear or as funny: