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.

Robin Robinson '24 • March 3 Horace Malcolm Bennett '28 • Oct.20,2001 Irving Joseph Engelman '28 • March 2 Willis Bixler Mitchell '28 • Nov. 23,2001 Howard Gage Nichols '29 • Jan.24 Robert Hutchinson Chittim '30 • Feb.13 Louis Simon Goldschmidt '30 • 2001 Charles Richmond Jacobs '30 • Dec. 5,2999 Edward Brown Neff '30 • Dec.4,2001 Sylvester Laflin Weaver '30 • March 17 George Firstbrook Hetfield '31 • March 7 William James Walsh '31 • Dec.18,2001 Greydon Carlos Freeman '32 • Dec. 10,2001 Richard Gerstell '33 • Oct.8,2001 Henry Joseph Martorano '34 • Jan.2 Chapin Ruffner Leinbach '36 • Jan.5 Donald Sutherland '36 • Jan.7 Robert Allen Aylward '37 • Feb.25 Frank Miller Magel '37 • Oct.20,2001 Sidney Benjamin Cardozo '38 • Feb.17 John Godfrey '38 • Nov.20,2001 Asher Bob Lans '38 • Feb.27 Warner Moses Depuy '39 • Dec.31,2001 William Forrest Lee '39 • Jan.29,2001 Robert Hamilton Castle '40 • Nov. 25,2001 Richard Carroll Everett '40 • Feb.10 Dana Charles Chase '41 • Feb.4 Earl Hershey Cotton'41 • Oct.12,2001 Philip Howard Hall '41 • Jan. 28 Harold Esterbrook Longmaid '41 • March 27,2001 Charles Willard Hunt '42 • Feb.12 Robert James Smith '42 • Feb. 9, John Robert Taylor '42 • Oct.14,2001 Richard Robinson Morner '43 'Jan.18 Robert Fleming Blair '44 • Nov.14,2001 Herbert Bradley Campbell '44 • Jan.9 Francis Stearns Dougherty '44 • Feb.13 Bradford David Grinnell '44 • Oct.31,2001 Richard Hall Pleasants '44 • Dec.1,2001 Martin Gustav Anderholm '45 • Feb.11 Richard Glynn Blades '46 • Nov.24,2001 Robert McLean Johns '46 • Nov.30,2001 Roland Maurice Routhier '47 • Feb.7 Henry Peter Stadnik '47 • Jan.15 Charles W. Kaufman '48 • Nov.25,2001 David M. Richards '48 • Jan.30 George L. Woods '48 • March 1 Smiley Newton Chambers '50 • March7 Richard Frederick Howden '50 • Feb.28 Cornelius Anthony O'Brien '50 • Jan.31 George G. Littlehales '52 • Jan.7 Thomas H. Steck '52 • Feb.20 Samuel Robert Wells '52 • Jan.10 John Herbert Morse Richardson '53 • Jan.14 Richard Tuck Sklover '55 • Nov.15,2001 Ernst Louis Metzger '56 • Jan.2 John David Connell '58 • Feb.24 David MacGowan Morgan '58 • Jan.20 Kent Leyman Rickenbaugh '59 'March 25 Robert Neal Kendall '63 • Feb.4 Randall Miles Schulze '66 •March 1,1998 Harris Wagenseil '67 • Jan.2 Miguel Angel Cardona '74 • Feb.19 Elizabeth Anne Brakeley '81 • Feb.24 James William Christmann '86 • Nov.28,2001 Bart L. Rickenbaugh '88 • March 25 Jennifer Ellen Newton '93 • Dec.2,2001

1928

Irving Joseph Engelman, whose family name is on the original Hopkins Center Green Room, died March 2 in Columbia, Maryland. At Dartmouth he was a member of the Dartmouth Players, Pi Lambda Phi and Phi Beta Kappa. He graduated magna cum laude and went on to Harvard Law School, withdrawing to help his family during the Depression. He worked for county government during the day and at night attended what is now Rutgers Law School, graduating summa cum laude and valedictorian. Career highlights included serving as director of welfare for the State of New Jersey, serving as a consultant to the American Public Welfare Association in Washington, D.C., and then, after "retiring" at 70, becoming an actor on the D.C. regional theatrical circuit. He was predeceased by his wife of 54 years, Sylvia. He is survived by daughters Claudia and Bonnie and five grandchildren, including Max Flisi '00. Seven other Engelmans have followed his footsteps to Hanover.

1930

Robert H. Chittim died February 13 in St. Petersburg, Florida. After Dartmouth Bob went to work for Chase Brass & Copper and remained with them until his retirement. He retired to Sarasota with his late wife Virginia Elizabeth Chittim. Bob was active in Dartmouth activities, including membership in the Dartmouth Club of Sarasota and Alumni Club and serving as class necrologist. He is survived by daughter Virginia, son Thomas, sister Ruth and two grandsons.

1932

Davis G. Kirby died April 1, one week after a severe stroke in Tryon, North Carolina, where he had lived since retirement a number of years ago. He came to Dartmouth from Poly Prep School in Brooklyn, New York. At Dartmouth he was a member of SAE, the Outing Club and the Led yard Canoe Club. He remained a devoted alumnus of the College throughout his life. He had worked in Chicago at the Northern Trust Co. as a vice president until his retirement. He leaves a wife, Adelaide, three daughters and five grandchildren.

1933

Richard Gerstell died of natural causes in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, October 8,2001. He came to Dartmouth from Haverford School, was a member of Alpha Delta Phi and Bait & Bullet and majored in zoology. He earned a Ph.D. at the University of Michigan in 1942. His varied career included service as a Pennsylvania state biologist, a term as lieutenant commander in the Navy during WWII working at Los Alamos and the Bikini Atoll studying heat and radiation, and the directorship of the Armed Services Radiological Schools. In 1950 he wrote a popular book, How to Survive an Atomic Bomb. In post-war employment he served as chief of research for the former Animal Trip Co. of America in Lititz, Pennsylvania. He is survived by his wife, Vivian, and son Arnold. He was predeceased by his son Richard.

1934

Paul Francis Ebbitt died September 22,2001. He came to Dartmouth from Rogers High School in Newport, Rhode Island, and at college was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon and majored in English. He received his masters degree in education from Rhode Island College in 1935 and then started teaching English at Rogers High School, retiring in 1971. Surviving are his wife of 61 years, Thelma, daughters Karen and Paula and son Hugh.

Henry Joseph Martorano died January 2 at Branford Hospice, Connecticut. He came to Dartmouth from Ansonia High School, Connecticut, and at college majored in romance languages. He received his masters degree at Southern Connecticut State College in 1958 and his sixth-year certificate from Fairfield University. A lifelong resident of Ansonia, he served 36 years in the Ansonia school system as a teacher, assistant principal and principal of the high school, retiring in 1975. He was predeceased by his wife, Amy (Hassett), and sister Frances. Surviving are daughters Ann Davidson and Mary Ann Rossi and her husband, Frank, six grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and three nephews.

John Amos Shea, our famous Olympian, died on January 21 in Lake Placid, New York, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. "Jack" came to Dartmouth from Lake Placid High School and at college was a member of Green Key, Dragon, Psi Upsilon; captain of the winter sports team; and a political science major. While still in high school he won the North American mens speed-skating championship in 1929 and 1930. As a sophomore at Dartmouth he won gold medals in the 500- and 1,500-meter speed-skating races at the 1932 Olympic Winter Games held in his hometown of Lake Placid. Jack attended Albany Law School but money was scarce and he left law school to help support his family. Career highlights included running the family's gourmet market and serving as Lake Placid town justice, supervisor of nearby North Elba and vice chairman of the Olympic Regional Development Authority. Surviving are his wife, Elizabeth; sons Jack Jim and Michael; and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

1938

Louis Benezet died January 24. After Dartmouth he earned a masters in psychology at Reed and his doctorate in college administration at Columbia University. After several teaching assignments he became president, first, of Allegheny College in 1947, and then of Colorado College in 1955. As if that weren't enough, he then served as president of State University of New York in Albany. On campus Lou was a member of the Glee Club, the Winter Carnival Council, the Outing Club, Cabin Trail, the Interfraternity Council and SAE. Off campus, in California he served on the Governors Commission on Tax Reform and was elected chairman of the American Council on Education, the principal coordinating agency for U.S. higher education institutions. We are proud of his career accomplishments, regret his passing and extend our sympathy to his surviving family.

Matthew Marks, deputy assistant secretary of the U.S.Treasury in the Nixon administration, died May 1,2001. He was a Phi Beta Kappa as a junior, and graduated summa cum laude in 1936. He took his law degree at Columbia in 1941, and graduated from the National War College in 1956. Hewas decorated by the Kingofßelgium as an Officier de la Couronne. Marks specialized in the complex economic environment of the post-waryears, overseeing the restoration of assets seized by Nazi Germany. He also played a major role in the U.S. aid plan for Southeast Asia and oversaw the Bureau of Customs, the Secretary Service and the U.S. Coast Guard. When he retired from government service in 1974, he was awarded the Treasury's Exceptional Service Award. In private practice he specialized in international law, and was active in public affairs until his death. We extend our sympathies to his wife, son Ramon '71 and three grandchildren.

1937

Robert Allen Aylward died February 25 at a retirement home in Mitchellville, Maryland. He is survived by his wife, Margaret, and children David, Michael and Anne. He was born in Beverly, Massachusetts, and came to Dartmouth from Beverly High School. Classmates will remember Bob as an active member of the DOC. He was an intelligence officer in the Pacific theatre during WW II, a Foreign Service officer specializing in Pacific rim countries and for 14 years the executive director of the National Council for International Visitors. He majored in history at Dartmouth and maintained a lifelong interest in the worlds problems. He shared his expertise with several classmates with similar concerns.

1938

Frank Walker Cannell died January 18 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he had lived since 1951. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Mary, son Dr. Robert Cannell, daughter Rebecca Browne, five grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Frank entered Dartmouth from Phillips Exeter Academy and was an SAE, majored in English and played freshman football and hockey. He served in WWII in the 32 6th Airborne Infantry Glider Regiment. He retired after 30 years of employment with the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Education for, and working with, young people was Franks greatest priority. He was the leader of an Eagle Boy Scout troop, served as president of the local school board and was one of the founders of the Educational Opportunity Foundation for Scholarships for high school students.

Sydney Benjamin Cardozo Jr. died February 17 after a long battle with Parkinsons disease. He entered Dartmouth from Mamaroneck (New York) High School, and his major was English drama. He was a Theta Chi and its president for a year. He was also a member of the Dartmouth Players, the Green Key Society, Palaeopitus and the Interfraternity Council. He worked for both Life and Esquire magazines and was general manager of Pacific Stars & Stripes during the Korean War. He once said that a highlight of his career "was getting to know the Japanese people during my 36-year stay among them." He is survived by brothers Benjamin 37 and Richard '42.

Asher Bob Lans, class vice president and editor of The Pace Setter, died at home in New York City on February 27 of complications from a fall. Ash entered Dartmouth from DeWitt Clinton High School in New York City. His major was sociology and he was associate editor of The DailyDartmouth and a member of the freshman and varsity debating teams. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa, obtaining his M.A. from Columbia University in 1939 and his LL.B. from Yale in 1944. He became a corporate and tax lawyer, running his own office for more than 15 years. He was active in class activities, serving with the executive committee and reunion giving committee and acting as leadership class agent. Ash is survived by his wife, Peggy Clancy,and two sons and three daughters from previous marriages.

Allen Edward Shepard Jr. died February 28 in the Yale-New Haven Hospital. "Shep" came to Hanover from Adelphi Academy in Essex, Connecticut, and majored in sociology and was a member of Gamma Delta Chi. He served as an Army lieutenant in the 755th Tank Battalion in Italy and later with the Reserves in Korea. He retired in 1980 as an accountant, having practiced in New London and Old Saybrook, Connecticut. Shep was the past treasurer of the Connecticut Steamboat Dock Foundation, of which he was founder, and treasurer for many years of the Essex Public Health Visiting Nurses. Besides his wife, he is survived by two sons, eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

1939

Peter Ordway died of cancer, at his home on August 3,2001, we have just learned. While at Dartmouth his play New Mown Hay made its debut on Broadway, which led him to Hollywood as a writer for MGM Studios. He wrote for television series, among them Philco Playhouse and Play ofthe Week. During WWII he served as a Navy lieutenant commander and pilot instructor on carriers in the Pacific. After the war he wrote for several publications, including the SaturdayEvening Post and Readers Digest. His first novel was published in 1954, which was followed by 12 other novels. He formed the Delphi Foundation in Miami, Florida, for the betterment of terminally ill children. He was also a founding member of the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is survived by his wife, Elinka; children John Robin, Alexander, Lucius and John Richard; and three granddaughters.

Roger Dring Stanwood died on April 4 after a fourmonth battle following a triple bypass. A survivor of childhood polio, he came to Dartmouth from Needham High School and was a brother at Phi Gamma Delta and a member of the Glee Club. He moved to Texas after graduation and began a career in the oil and gas industry, primarily with Transco Pipeline Co., from which he retired as vice president in 1978. He served on the Dartmouth Alumni Council and assisted in recruitment. He was elected an elder of Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church and sang in the church choir. He helped organize a retired couples group of Venturers and served as president for two years. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Margaret Allison, son Robert, daughter Allison Brookings and four grandchildren.

William Ellsworth Tucker Jr. died of a massive heart attack October 19,2001. Bill came to Hanover from Bronxville High School. At Dartmouth he was a member of Dragon, Beta Theta Pi, the business board of The D and Ledyard Canoe Club. He earned a masters degree in chemical engineering from MIT, and went to work for Standard Oil of California (later Chevron), eventually becoming president for 11 years and then chairman and CEO. In 1982 he was elected director of the U.S. Business Council of the Asian Pacific Countries. After his retirement the following year he focused his attention on serving as chairman of the board of trustees of the Littleton Hospital. He was also the director of the Sugar Hill Historical Museum. He is survived by Beryl Tucker, his wife of 59 years, daughters Sandra Grierson and Pamela Tucker and two grandchildren.

1940

Thomas Joseph Dunford died January 15 in Tucson, Arizona, from complications of emphysema. Joe came to Dartmouth from Garfield High School, Mercer Island, Washington, and majored in American literature. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and ski team and editor of The Pictorial. After College he was with Transfilm Inc. and then formed Pelican in 1954 to meet the cartoon needs of the TV commercial business. The Dunfords moved to Tucson in 1973 and Joe became a real estate broker. He is survived by his wife, Catherine, and children David, Christopher, Beth and Polly.

Richard Carroll Everett died February 10. Dick came to Dartmouth from Country Day SchoolBoys Boston. He was a member of the Dartmouth Players, Glee Club, Alpha Delta Phi and Sphinx. He was one of 11 relatives attending Dartmouth. In the Navy from 1940 to 1946, he retired as a lieutenant commander and earned 12 Battle Stars and a Presidential Unit Citation. He then worked as president and board chairman of Wonalancet (textile fibers), retiring in 1986. Dick was president of the Dartmouth Club of Georgia, area enrollment director, class agent and on the Alumni Council. He is survived by his wife, Alyce, and son Richard.

Nathaniel Welshire Sample died July 16,2001, of a heart attack, after having Alzheimer's disease for seven years. Nat came to the College from Germantown Friends School and majored in English. He will be remembered for his Star Shooter" ice sculpture at the 1940 Winter Carnival. Nat was a member of Delta Tau Delta, Interfraternity Council, Winter Carnival committee and freshman and varsity soccer. After service in USNR (1942-45) he received his bachelor of science degree in architecture from the Illinois Institute of Technology and was with an architectural firm until he retired in 1983. Nat is survived by his wife, Virginia, and children.

1941

Earl Hershey Cotton died October 12,2001, at the Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, New Hampshire, after a long illness. "Dutch" was raised in Hartford, Connecticut, and was a graduate of Kingswood School in that city. He attended Tuck Business School and then served in the Navy, achieving the rank of lieutenant while aboard the destroyer USS Cowell. Dutch was a certified public accountant and last worked as vice president of finance for the Edgcomb Steel Co. in Nashua, New Hampshire. He was a former member of the board of governors of Boston Stock Exchange and also served as president of the New Hampshire chapter of the National Association of Accountants. Dutch is survived by his wife of 59 years, Caryl, and their daughter, Linda Wells, and son, Christopher.

Harold Esterbrook Longmaid died from unknown causes on March 27, 2001. Harold came to Dartmouth from Helena, Montana, where he lived for most of his adult life working in the insurance business in the Pacific Northwest. Harold was married to Barbara Boorman, a graduate of Stanford, and they had five children. Son Harold E. III is on the staff of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Memorial Hospital and Dartmouth Medical School. His wife is a first-year student at Dartmouth Medical School.

1942

Sidney Howard Bull died October 20,2001, of unknown causes. Sid and his wife, Virginia, lived in Eastham, Massachusetts. At the time of his retirement in 1981, he was training director for the eastern region for Gulf Oil Corp., following a career of 35 years with the company. He had joined the Air Force 10 days after graduation and spent 21/2 years in England. He was a staff sergeant when he designed and built a portable, field-usable, propeller governor test stand (for P-47s), which enabled U.S. planes to be flown to repair depots and placed back in service rather than abandoned. He received the Bronze Star. He was active in church affairs and Dartmouth activities and in the fifties was president of the Dartmouth Alumni Club of Melrose, Massachusetts, as well as class memorial fund chairman. He was a confirmed sailor and skier and, as he admitted, an average golfer. He was predeceased by his first wife, Mercia, and two sons. He is survived by his wife, Virginia.

Charles Willard Hunt of Atlantic, lowa, died on February 12 of heart failure. Charlie was president of Hunt Bros. Inc. until he retired in 1977 and listed himself as a retired farmer and rancher, specializing in raising corn and feeding cattle. He also had various other business interests and was very active in community affairs. He was a director of the Norwest Bank, president of the Rotary, president of the Atlantic Golf and Country Club, as well as chairman and treasurer of the Cass County Memorial Hospital. He went to Tuck School before service as a lieutenant in the Navy until 1946. He served on the Alumni Council from 1972 to 1976. He is survived by his wife, Louise, whom he married shortly after graduation in 1942; children Nicholas '75. Deborah and Fred; and five grandchildren, including Elizabeth '05.

Robert J. Smith Jr. died of natural causes February 9 in Las Vegas, Nevada,where he and Jane had moved in March 2000. Bob had previously lived and worked in his birthplace of New Britain, Connecticut, where he served as president of Smith & Kleves Inc., a wholesale distributor of machine tools and replacement bearing specialists. He was also president for several years of the New England Industrial Distributors Association. He retired to Mystic, Connecticut, in 1985. Bob was active in local community affairs and Republican politics, including service on the board of directors of the Boys Club and United Way of New Britain, chairman of the United Way fund drive, and member of the governing committee of the First Congregational Church of New Britain. He was a graduate of Tuck School in 1943 and later served as president of the Dartmouth Club of New Britain, as well assistant class agent for five years. He is survived by his wife Jane; children Betty-Jane, Nancy and Robert; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

John Robert Taylor died from heart failure October 14,2001, at home in Marblehead, Massachusetts. He was the husband of the late Mae Whalen Taylor, who died in 1995. They had been married 50 years. Following graduation he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in World War 11, remaining in the reserves until 1980, retiring as a lieutenant colonel. Bob joined his father in 1945 as a stockbroker at Taylor & Co. in Boston. After his fathers death in 1960 he worked for F.L. Putnam and Co. and Spencer Swain & Co., where he retired in 1989 as vice president. Survivors include sons Richard and David; daughters and sons-in-law Dianne and John, Deirdre and Barry and Rosemary and Frederick; and grandchildren Briana, George, Kyle and Jack. His eldest son, John, predeceased him in 1972.

Joseph Malcolm Tobin died at home in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, April 22 of causes unknown, following a distinguished career of 53 years as a psychiatrist, most of it practiced in Eau Claire. He entered the Army Specialist Corp in July 1942, and from 1942 to 1946 attended the Boston University School of Medicine, trained as a neurologist and psychiatrist. Joe moved to Eau Claire in 1962 and joined the Northwest Psychiatric Clinic as a psychiatrist, eventually becoming medical director. He had been a clinician, professor of psychiatry, and director of research institute (almost entirely in the field of psychopharmacology). After 32 years Joe retired from the Army Reserve as a colonel. He is survived by his wife, Jean; children Deidre, Jay, Sara, John, Elizabeth and Charlotte; and 10 grandchildren.

1943

John J. Murphy Jr. died September 20,2001, at the Veterans Hospital, West Haven, Connecticut. Jack grew up in Ansonia, Connecticut, and attended Ansonia High before entering Dartmouth. An economics major, he entered the Marine Corps following graduation. A highly decorated WW II veteran, he fought in the South Pacific with the 6th Marine Division. Wounded in the Guam landing, he was awarded the Purple Heart and Silver Star for bravery. He retired from the Corps as a major in 1958. Jack spent his business career with Better Packages of Shelton, Connecticut, becoming company president in 1967. After his retirement in 1975, he consulted for several major packaging companies. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Florine; children Patricia, Brian and Corine; 10 grandchildren; and one great grandchild.

1944

Francis S. Dougherty died in his hometown, Charleston, South Carolina, on February 13. At Dartmouth Fran was a member of the Glee Club that performed several times at Carnegie Hall. During the war he transferred to the U.S. Naval Academy, graduating in 1945. He then served aboard a minesweeper, which eventually brought him to Charleston. There, in 1946, he married his first wife, Julia Ravenel. Following a tour of duty during the Korean conflict, Fran returned to Charleston, where he established Dougherty Marine Products, a wholesale distributorship serving boat dealers throughout the Southeast. In 1968 Dougherty Marine was named Boat & Motor Dealers Distributor of the Year. He served as president of the National Marine Distributors Association. Fran was predeceased by his first wife. He leaves his wife, Louise; a son, two daughters, three stepsons, three stepdaughters, five grandchildren and 13 greatgrandchildren.

1945

Martin Gustav Anderholm died February 11 in Hillcrest Nursing Home, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, after a brief illness. A long-time resident of his birthplace in Gardner, Massachusetts, Martin had served on the Gardner City Council in the 1960s as well as the board of assessors in near-by Ashburnham during the 19705. He came to Dartmouth from Mercersburg (Pennsylvania) Academy and will be remembered as a three-time captain of the swimming team during his Hanover career. Martin was a veteran of 41 months of WW II service in the Army, attaining the rank of captain. He was wounded in France and awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart. He leaves his wife, Eleanor; sons Martin Jr. and Gary; daughters Leslie, Karen, Lynn, Lorraine and Donyce; 16 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.

Robert Peabody Fisher died January 22 of leukemia in White Plains, New York. A 1948 Tuck School graduate following three years of WW II service as a first lieutenant in the Army Air Corps, Bob was an ever-faithful son of Dartmouth. For decades he worked diligently on behalf of the Alumni Fund, also serving as chairman of the Tuck alumni giving campaign. His first and only career was in the family silk yarn business, George F. Fisher Inc., where he was for many years president. Creator of the marketing slogan "Only Silk is Silk," he was president of the American Silk Council and the International Silk Association. A resident of Scarsdale for 73 years, he was active in the Flitchcock Presbyterian Church. Fie leaves his wife of 48 years, Greta, as well as sons Robert Jr. '76 and James, daughters Melinda and Susan and seven grandchildren.

1947

Sydney Lishner died on May 30,2000, in New York. He was raised in Brooklyn and attended Erasmus Hall High School. Sydney was in the Navy V-12 Program at Dartmouth and was active in the Camera Club and played football. He served as a fireman, third class, in WW II. In his senior year he attended Thayer School, graduating with a degree in engineering sciences. In 1948 he earned a B.S.M.E. from Colorado State University. As a mechanical engineer he worked primarily in New York and New Jersey, except for three years in Ohio, where he worked for Babcock Wilcox on the design of boilers. In N.Y.C. he worked on coke ovens for Allied Chemical; on process furnaces for Petrochem, then for plastics companies, including Columbia Cable & Electric, for the last 30 years of his career. His primary interest was in photography. In addition to his wife, Esther, he leaves children Richard, Melissa and Anne and one grandchild.

Robert W. Osterstock died of cancer on November 4,2000, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Bob entered Dartmouth with the Marine V-12 Program and was a brother of Kappa Sigma. He served with the U.S. Ist Marine Division for five years, participating in the Solomon Islands and New Guinea Campaigns in WW 11. He graduated from Dartmouth with honors in geology in 1947 and did graduate studies in economic geology at Harvard. He had a 40-year career in geology, and was well-known and respected as a consulting economic minerals geologist, exploration manager and chief geologist for cities Service Minerals Corp; assistant general manager for Bendix Field Engineering and U.N. consultant to the Royal Thai Department of Minerals Resources. He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Bonnie, sons Jan and Tim, daughter Lisa, three grandsons and three step-grandchildren.

1948

Richard Raymond Bredenberg, who was everywhere on campus—Glee Club, Green Key, cheerleader, DOC and at Theta Chi—died October 26,2001. He joined us in July 1944 from South Park High in Angola, New York. He majored in philosophy and went on to Oberlin, completing a bachelors degree in divinity and a masters in sacred theology then received a Ph.D. from New York University in 1959 and a doctor of ministry degree from Vanderbilt University in 1973. Dick taught at Alfred University and Occidental College and then went south for a long-term relationship with Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida, where he was professor and director of teacher education of the school's leadership development program. One of his most rewarding accomplishments was setting up an educational exchange with a Japanese university. He is survived by Huldah, his wife of 52 years; daughters Ingrid and Sigrid Flor; son Eric; and three grandchildren.

Caleb C. Brown died in Worcester, Massachusetts, on January 27. He came to Dartmouth after Naval Service during WW II, having received a degree in naval engineering from Tufts in 1946. He completed his bachelor's degree in 1948 and moved on to Thayer School for a M.S.M.E. in 1949. Cal was a member of DKE. He spent a good deal of time commuting to Smith and married Nancy Joy shortly after her graduation in 1950. Eschewing a post-college selling career in machine tools, he moved into plant engineering with American Laundry Machinery and Wyman-Gordon Co., from which he retired in 1987. An Eagle Scout, he served as a Boy Scout leader and was an active outdoorsman when not pursuing a small white object on golf courses. Cal is survived by Nancy, daughter Beverly, sons Christopher and Jeremy and their families. His brother, Frederick '51, predeceased him.

John Franklin Taylor died in Tucson, Arizona, on March 21,2001. He came to Hanover from the Hill School in 1944 then was in the Army Air Corps, returning to letter in soccer, become a member of Phi Kappa Psi and major in English. Early after graduation John was active in class and alumni activities but lost interest and requested that he be dropped from mailing lists. In a 1997 inquiry he listed having been in real estate, insurance, innkeeper, sales, auto driving school, publishing, odd investments and factoring. He was retired at the time of his death. He is survived by sons David and James and brother Robert '43.

1950

Richard F. Howden, M.D. died February 8 from a heart ailment, according to word received from his son, Richard Jr. Richard is also survived by a daughter, Kathleen; his wife Joan, predeceased him. He came to Dartmouth from Episcopal Academy, then lived in Norristown, Pennsylvania. He majored in economics and was a member of Alpha Delt. After graduation he worked as a salesman for five years before deciding that medicine was his calling. He returned to college locally and then earned his M.D. from Jefferson Medical College. After several years' practive in California, he returned to Norristown, where he was in general practice until he retired.

Grant H. Keeler died in February in Haddonfield, New Jersey. He and his wife, Betty, had six children and 12 grandchildren. Grant came to Dartmouth from Upper Darby (Pennsylvania) High School and after a stint in the Navy as a medic. He was a member of Sigma Nu, was a contributor to Jack-o-Lantem and went to Tuck. Until his retirement in 1989, Grants career was in advertising, sales and marketing for several companies in the Philadelphia-New Jersey area, including the Saturday Evening Post and Clairol.

Cornelius O'Brien died January 21 at his home in Wakefield, Rhode Island. He is survived by his wife, Pauline, four children and six grandchildren. He came to Dartmouth after a stint as a corpsman in the Navy, majored in chemistry and he was a member of Bones Gate and Delta Tau Delta. His career was in the rubber industry, mostly in sales and research and development.

1951

Charles Drummond Bagot died November 18, 2001, in Owensboro, Kentucky. Born in New York City, he prepared for Dartmouth at Orange High School. In 1950 he withdrew from the College and served in the Air Force for four years. By then married to Alice Regan, he resumed his Dartmouth studies and graduated with the class of 1956. He then began a career in department store management with Mercantile Stores, retiring in 1993. Duluth, Minnesota; Mobile, Alabama; and Louisville and Owensboro, Kentucky, were the different cities in which he and his family lived. His civic interests included Rotary, the Sierra Club and St. Vincent DePaul Society. His hobbies were reading and research. Charles leaves Alice; sons Jesse, William and Allan; three grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

I. Craig Murphy died of a heart attack February 6 in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. He attended Marblehead (Massachusetts) High School and Kimball Union Academy before entering Dartmouth. A member of Phi Gamma Delta, Craig played varsity football and majored in economics. A year later he married Jean ("Gigi") Novak and began a career in data processing, first with IBM then running his own service bureau. He later was vice president of several data processing firms. In 1978 he moved to Doylestown, Pennsylvania, and eventually Horsham, Pennsylvania, working fora variety of firms before retiring in 1994. He is survived by children Craig, Brenda and Dana and four grandchildren.

1952

George G. Littlehales of Branford, Connecticut, died in January after a long battle with a rare malignant protein which attacked his kidneys. According to Elaine, Georges wife, he did well on dialysis for three years and "was game and positive right to the end." George was a native of Baltimore but was tempted to the New Haven area, after a round-the-world cruise as a Navy pilot aboard USSMidway, by Seamless Rubber Co. and Rockbestos Wire and Cable. At Dartmouth George received his degree with distinction. He belonged to Theta Chi and was active with Bait & Bullet in the outdoors. He supported the College through the Dartmouth Club of New Haven and enjoyed the monthly luncheons. Surviving him are Elaine and children Mark, Tom and Sara.

George E. Skillman, born in Lakeville, Ohio, died of cancer in Brookline, Massachusetts, in October 2001. "Skip" was a publisher of limitededition graphics in Boston. He left Dartmouth and went to McGill, then to the Air Force and finally graduated from Oberlin. He was active until mid-September, running errands and taking short hikes up Mount Misery in Lincoln, Massachusetts, but two weeks before he died went to hospice. According to his son, Brad, George had a memorial service, was cremated and then half his ashes were buried back home in Ohio and the other half in another kind of home—the White Mountains in New Hampshire.

Samuel Wells, who entered Dartmouth as a veteran of the combat in the South Pacific as an Army medic, died January 10 of heart failure. He graduated with a major in psychology and was a member of Zeta Psi. Sam was a major developer of downtown Baltimore, Maryland, office buildings as president of American Trading Real Estate Properties. He also oversaw the building of parts of Los Angeles, San Diego, Norwalk, and Rockville and Woodlawn, Maryland. Sam spent his summers at Stone Harbor, New Jersey. He is survived by his wife, Yvonne, a Smith College graduate, and sons Samuel and David.

Don G. Wilkinson died in Sarasota in January. He was from a Dartmouth family, a brother and a half-brother graduating before him. His undergraduate years were interrupted in 1950 when he was recalled into the Army to serve two years in Germany during the Korean conflict and he graduated with the class of 1954. At the Harvard Graduate School of Design, he received a masters degree in architecture and, in 1959, he moved to Sarasota. From there his family and he moved to California where he headed an architectural firm designing many new schools in the Palo Alto, San Jose area. In 1967 he returned permanently to Sarasota and designed many buildings and homes for all types of budgets. He was born in Hanover and never quite got the granite from his veins. He is survived by his son, Rafe.

1953

Stanley P. Bell died of congestive heart failure on November 27,2001, in New Bochelle, New York. Following graduation he joined Cortez F. Enloe Co., becoming vice president before leaving in 1966 to help form the medical advertising company, Bell & Bishop, located in N.Y.C. In 1972 he joined Executive Health Examiners, retiring as president in 1990. He then started his own landscape and nature photography company. Stan lived most of his life in Larchmont, New York, where he was an avid yachtsman. He won the Sears Cup in 1948 as the leading junior sailor on Long Island Sound. Stan raced many types of sailboats and crewed on the winner of the Newport-Bermuda Race in 1962. In later years, Stan enjoyed cruising with his family. At Dartmouth Stan majored in history and was a member of Chi Phi. He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Cynthia, sons Stephen '76 and Stuart '80 and six grandchildren.

John J. Monahan died, of congestive heart failure on September 29,2001, in North Hampton, New Hampshire. Following graduation he attended Dartmouth Medical School and entered Harvard Medical School in 1956. He was chairman of orthopedics at Hamot Medical Center in Erie, Pennsylvania; medical director of the McKean County Crippled Children Society in Bradford, Pennsylvania; and chief of surgery at the Erie unit of Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children. John then joined the faculty of the University of Massachusetts Medical School, where he was director of sports medicine and taught physiology and orthopedics. John retired as a lieutenant in the Naval Reserve. At Dartmouth John was a member of SAE, played football and track and was a member of Green Key. He is survived by his wife of 35 years, Judith, four sons, three daughters and six grandchildren.

Thomas Napoleon died of heart failure resulting from kidney disease in Framingham, Massachusetts, on August 1,2001. After Dartmouth and Tuck School, he became involved with the sale and installation of glass and aluminum products in construction. Later he was employed by the Office for Children of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and prior to retirement became the general manager of the Tuners Supply Cos. While still at Dartmouth, Tom was diagnosed with kidney disease. About 25 years ago he received a kidney donated from a daughter. When the kidney failed after seven years, he went on kidney dialysis until his death. Tom traveled extensively, attended class reunions and helped with telethons for the Alumni Fund. At Dartmouth Tom was a member of TEP and was the advertising manager of the Jack-o-Lantem. Tom is survived by his wife of more than 40 years, Irma, one son and two daughters.

William S. Smith of Dover, Ohio, died of complications from Alzheimer's on June20,2001. Following graduation from Dartmouth and receipt of his Army commission, Bill served in Korea as an ordnance first lieutenant, returning to the United States in 1955. He was employed for many years by the Gradall (formerly Warner and Swasey) Cos. marketing hydraulic excavators and material handlers out of New Philadelphia, Ohio. His hobbies were model trains, gardening and sailing. Bill's first wife, Ida, predeceased him in 1995. At Dartmouth Bill majored in architecture and was a member of Phi Kappa Psi. He is survived by his wife, Nathalie Palmunen, a daughter, a son, a sister and three grandchildren.

1958

John David Connell died February 24 in his home at Westport Harbor, Massachusetts. Dave matriculated from Moses Brown School but left the College and received his degree cum laude from Stonehill College. He also attended the University of Notre Dame Law School. Dave retired from Case High School in Swansea, Massachusetts, where for 30 years he had taught honors history, English and, most recently, computer applications. He was a member of the Somerset-Swansea Rotary Club and the Little Theatre, Fall River, where he served as secretary. Dave also was a commodore of the Colonial Navy of Massachusetts. The class extends deepest sympathy to Dave's wife of 39 years, Walda, their four sons, one daughter and five grandchildren.

David MacGowan Morgan died January 20 in Mount Kisco, New York, of lymphoma. Dave came from Saugus High School (Massachu-setts) and at Dartmouth played freshman basketball and two years of football and was president of Chi Phi and a member of the Interfraternity Council. In his senior year he was outdoor evening director of Winter Carnival. At the time of his death Dave worked in real estate sales at Houlihan/Lawrence in Katonah, New York. He had retired from the Torrington Co. in Farmington, Connecticut, as well as the Dale Gear & Bearing Supply Co. in Brewster, New York. For many years he served as the sole assessor of North Salem, New York, and was also chairman of the recreation commission. Dave was the son of the late Jesse Morgan '26, brother of Jesse Jr. '52 and uncle of Cheryl Morgan 78. His wife, Jean, son Douglas and daughter Katherine survive.

1959

Alan Clarence Powell died January 29 at the Sterling Manor Health Care in East Hartford, Connecticut. After graduation from Dartmouth, where he was a member of Alpha Theta and majored in Russian civilization and language, Alan joined the Army. While stationed in Germany, he married Jutta Forge and they returned to the United States. Alan spent his career in the insurance industry with Aetna and Travelers. He is survived by his mother, wife, daughter Janette, son Alan and four grandchildren.

Kent L. Rickenbaugh died March 25 in a plane crash near his home in Denver, Colorado. Also perishing in the crash was his wife of 40 years, Caroline, and their son, Bart '88. The Rickenbaughs were returning from a weekend with their two daughters in Aspen. While at Dartmouth Kent was a member of Theta Delta Chi and Dragon Senior Society. Kent was a "true Westerner," and after graduation returned with his bride to Denver, where he became involved with his family's Cadillac/Volvo dealership. Kent and Caroline were very civic-minded. They had recently endowed a chair in cardiology at Children's Hospital in memory of their daughter Selby, who had died as an infant from a heart defect. While Kent loved his downtown Denver, he would often retreat to his 1,100-acre ranch with 150 head of cattle in Gunnison. Kent is survived by his daughters Anne '87 and Katherine.

1966

Randall Miles Schulze died March 1, 1998, in Austin, Texas. Formerly of Vernon Hills, Illinois, for seven years Randall was a resident of Austin, where he was a director for the Computer Sciences Corp. At Dartmouth Randall was in Phi Tau. He was a long-standing member of the National Ski Patrol. He is survived by his wife, Pam, sons Erik and Kris and his mother, Beatrice.

1967

Harris Wagenseil died of non-Hodgkins lymphoma in January. Valedictorian of Palos Verdes High School in California, Harris majored in English at the College. He chaired the Undergraduate Council; was a member of Alpha Theta/Theta Chi, Casque & Gauntlet, Green Key, and Palaeopitus; captain of track and field; a Senior Fellow, Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude graduate and Rhodes scholar; and earned his J.D. from Harvard University (in 1972) and his M.B.A. in business management from Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business (in 1985)-In 1989 he joined Union Pacific Railroad in Omaha, Nebraska, from which he retired in 1997 as vice president of maintenance operations. Harris is survived by his wife, Susan, their five children and cousin Taylor Wagenseil '68.

1970

Michael James Molony and his wife, Maiy-Clare, died in an automobile accident in Canton, Ohio, on December 22,2001. They had moved from Arlington, Virginia, to North Canton in 1999. They had co-founded pet food supply store chain P. T. Moran in the 1980s before selling the business and retiring in 1998. Prior to this Mike had worked for the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. Mike came to Dartmouth from Orchard Park (New York) Central High School. At Dartmouth he was a psychology major and active in Jack-O-Lantern,Aegis and WDCR. He earned an M.B.A. from the Wharton School in 1986. His interests included flying, golf, skeet-shooting and performing and visual arts. He leaves no immediate survivors.

1981

Elizabeth "Libby" Myers Brakeley died February 24 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Classmates might remember Libby studying in the Tower Room, playing piano at the Hop and swimming in the river. GE Aircraft Engines, her employer of 19 years, remembers her as a coach, mentor, facilitator and award-winning senior engineer, recently completing her Six Sigma Black Belt certification. Libs family remembers her as a gentle and devoted mother, wife, daughter, sister and aunt. Her kind and knowing way with children inspired those around her to raise their own children with compassion and loving guidance. Whether hiking, running, swimming, skiing, kayaking or playing a game of backyard football, Libs enthusiasm for life always overflowed. She is survived by her husband Hap '81 and children Sam, Nate and Hank. For memorial scholarship contribution information, please see the '81 Class Notes column.