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.

Ambrose Patrick McLaughlin '28 • Aprilly Eugene French Magenau '30 • March 7 Ralph Tabor Maynard '31 • March 30 Arthur Richard Blais '32 • Feb.3 John Potter Eames '32 • April 24 Davis Greene Kirby '32 • April 1 James Patterson McFarland '33 • May 10 Howard Richard Schuemann '33 • Jan. 12 Robert Saul Engelman '34 • May 15 Nicholas Peter Nanos '34 • Feb. 18 William Letts Russell '35 • March 19 Dero Ames Saunders '35 • May 22 John Richard Groh '36 • May 21 Stanley Francis McCoy '36 • Aug. 2, 2001 John Robert Herman '37 • April 22 Stephen Bull Adams '38 • April 16 Frank Walker Cannell '38 • Jan. 18 Allen Edward Shepard '38 • Feb. 28 Arthur Russell Stone '38 • Oct. 23, 2000 Howard Andrew Nopper '39 • Aug.30, 200l Peter Ordway '39 • Aug.3, 2001 Roger Dring Stanwood '39 • April 4 Richard Washburn Peyser '41 • Oct. 17, 2001 John Chester Stothart '41 • Feb. 14 Howard William Halfmann '42 • April 21 Andrew Miller Wood '42 • March 26 William Sayre Batholomew '43 • May 15 John Joseph Murphy '43 • Sept. 22, 2001 Harold Stein '44 • March 8 Stephen Simmons Hull '45 • April 25 A. Willis Robertson '45 • April 20 John Lansing Bennett '46 • Feb. 14 Ralph Russell DeFonce '47 • April9 H.Richard Wilking '47 • May 15 Daniel Charles Wing '50 • May 6 Alfred Turnbull Holt'51 • April 8 Charles N. Tremblay'52 • May 1 Edwin Jack Godfrey '54 • April 12 Charles Frederick Hooper '54 • May,5 Daniel James Weintraub '54 • Nov. 7, 2001 Albert Gifford Wigglesworth '54 • Nov. 16, 2001 Walter James Hoshal '56 • March 22 Kenneth Eastman Thomas '56 • March 29 David Elliott Canfield '57 • March 26 Robert William tenBensel '58 • April 29 Thomas Wayne King' 62 • March 20 John Christopher Buckley '63 • Feb. 11 Jerry Lee Matheney'63 • Feb. 28 Laurence Marcuse Shay '70 • May 19 Dwight Gregg Brown '73 • March 13

1929

Howard Gage Nichols died January 24 in West Newbury, Massachusetts. He came from Haverhill High School and Andover Academy. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Sigma Psi and Phi Kappa Psi.He earned his M.D. at Harvard in 1933. He belonged to Massachusetts Medical Society and served as counselor in urology with several area hospitals. His writings appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine, amongothers. He retired as a major from the U.S. Army Medical Corps and was cited for his achievements. He was active in many local organizations and was an enthusiastic rider of horses on his 20-acre farm. He leaves two sons, Joel and Geoffrey.

1931

Ralph Tabor Maynard died March 30. He came to Dartmouth from Phillips Exeter Academy, majored in physics and pursued graduate studies in mechanical engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and the University of Pennsylvania. His business career was devoted principally to overseas sales of equipment from Baldwin Locomotive Works, S. Morgan Smith Cos. and Air Products and Chemical Inc., from which he retired in 1981. He was a veteran of WW 11, serving in the European theater as commanding officer of the ordnance maintenance company of Combat Command A of the 20 th Armored Division, and was awarded the Bronze Star. He served on the Lehigh County election board and registration commission from 1994 to 1998, and was a member of the recruitment committee of the Lehigh County Republican Committee. His first wife, Katherine, and second wife, Berit, predeceased him, as did his older brother, Thomas; he is survived by sons John, Stephen and Tor.

1932

Arthur Richard Blais died February 3. He came to Dartmouth from Boston English High School. In 1974 he retired from Will Ross Inc., formerly E.H. Mahady Cos., a surgical supply house where he had been equipment sales manager. For the last 28 years his primary role was husband, father, grandfather and friend of many, although he found time for reading, sailing, fishing and his home workshop. Art was a long-time resident of West Roxbury, Massachusetts, living in the same house there since 1957, with a second home in Duxbury for many years. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Gertrude, four children and 11 grandchildren.

John Potter Eames died April 24 in Westborough, Massachusetts. Jack belonged to Alpha Tau Omega and had a distinguished Dartmouth career. He was a member of the honorary chemical society Alpha Chi Sigma, of Phi Beta Kappa and graduated summa cum laude. He went on to earn a master s degree in chemical engineering at M.I.T. Jack was active in Northborough, Massachusetts, town affairs and was the longest serving member of its town meeting, chairing its land acquisition committee and serving on the rules commit- tee. In WW II with ESSO he was involved in analyzing military intelligence data on the German V 2 rocket. In 1948 he joined Stone and Webster in Boston as a process engineer, retiring in 1979. He and his wife, Margaret, then moved to Venice, Florida, but in 1997 returned to Westborough. He is survived by his wife, two sons, one daughter, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Greydon Carlos Freeman, an honorary member of the class of 1932 since 1971, died December 10, 2001. He was a resident of Hanover for many years but after retirement moved to Kennebunk, Maine, and died in Biddeford, just to the south. Grey was a graduate of Lebanon, New Hampshire, High School in 1928 and attended Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston. Since 1947 he had been the founder, owner and president of Greydon Freeman Inc., an office supplies firm in White River Junction with a branch in Hanover. He was a loyal and helpful member of the class, serving on the reunion committee 1987, 1992 and 1997 and chairing the mini-reunion committee from 1987 to 1992. His wife predeceased him; he is survived by his son, Greydon.

John Andrew Weissenfluh Jr., who won the national squash championship in his age class more than a dozen times, died March 3. He came from Barnard School and New York City. A boxer at Dartmouth, he later turned to squash and then founded the Potomac Squash Club. He received a master's degree from Gilford College in Asheville, North Carolina, olina, and a doctorate from the University of North Carolina, both in chemistry. He was a nuclear engineer with Bechtel Corp. until retiring in 1985. He then invented and patented a portable radiation shield for safety in nuclear power plants, founding and operating Radiation Attenuation Devices Cos. He still found time for gardening and his workshop at his home in Rockville, Maryland. His wife, Margaret, died in 1989. They had no children.

1933

James Patterson McFarland died May 10 in Wayzata, Minnesota. He prepared for Dartmouth at Watertown, South Dakota, High School; was a member of Green Key, the Athletic Council and Kappa Sigma; was manager of basketball; and majored in Tuck School, from which he received an M.B.A. in 1934. His was a storybook career in business. Immediately upon graduation he started with General Mills in Kansas as a grain accountant and rose through various posts to director, president, chief executive and board chairman, serving until his retirement in 1977. He was known for developing sensitive corporate response to consumers' needs and for expanding the scope of General Mills into a variety of diverse fields to the extent that its business had tripled to a $2.6 billion company when he retired and is a $6 billion company today. He served as a first lieutenant in the Army Air Corps in WW 11. He was predeceased by his wife, Shirley, and is survived by his daughter, Jill, and son, Jeffrey.

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Robert S. Engelman died May 15 at Highland Park Hospital in Illinois. He had been swimming daily until a few days before his death despite severe spinal problems. Bob came to Dartmouth from Rahway, New Jersey, High School and at college he was a member of Studenten Verbindung "Germania," played freshman football and majored in Tuck School. He was a tremendous, loyal Dartmouth enthusiast and very active in College affairs—executive committee, class agent, major gift committee, head agent, reunion giving committee, Alumni Council. Shortly after graduation he joined Spiegel Inc., worked himself up to general manager and by 1952 he was president of the company. He retired in 1970 when Beneficial Finance bought Spiegel, and he continued to be an active fundraiser for charity for the next decade. He served as director, president or chairman of 10 different organizations until spinal stenosis began to limit his ability to walk. In addition to his wife of 64 years, Mary, he is survived by four Dartmouth sons, a daughter, 18 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

1935

Dero Saunders, long-time class newsletter editor and Alumni Councilor, died May 22. He was a veteran financial writer who also edited books by Theodor Mammsen and Edward Gibbon, whose Decline and Fall of the RomanEmpire was in print for 40 years. He served in the State Department during WW 11, then joined Fortune magazine, moving to Forbes magazine in 960, where he served as executive editor and in other capacities until 1998. Dero always came through with the appropriate quote or anecdote to make a story come alive. He was predeceased by his son David. He is survived by his wife, Beatrice, son Richard, two daughters-in-law, four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

1936

Sumner Burrows died October 25, 2001. He is survived by his wife, Jane, three children and several grandchildren. At the time of his death he was CEO of Haas Brothers, a San Francisco wine and spirits distributing company that is 135 years old (EleazarWheelock, please note). Sumner graduated Phi Beta Kappa and majored in economics and political s cience, and then went through Tuck School. He served in the U.S. Navy in WW II in the Pacific. His career centered on marketing and merchandising. He held high office in the related trade associations and in San Francisco community affairs and clubs. We extend our sympathy to his family, who should know that we considered him a credit to his class and to his College.

1937

John Robert Herman died April 22 in Washington, D.C., after a long period of declining health, reports his brother, George. John is survived by his wife, Marion, and children Thomas '69, Betsy and Susan. John came from an unusually large and dedicated Dartmouth family, stretching through six relatives, including cousin Orvil Dryfoos '34 and nephew Scott Herman '80.

Frank Miller Magel died at his home in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, October 20, 2001, leaving his wife, Bette, and children Frank Magel and Christine Czarnecki. Frank was retired from the position of assistant vice president of the Book of the Month Club, and was a leader in his community and state. He was a former president of the Seidle Memorial Hospital, and former councilor of the state chamber of commerce. He was an active member of the West Shore Rotary Club. At Dartmouth he was a member of Chi Gamma Epsilon/Kappa Sigma and was active in rowing.

1938

Stephen Bull Adams, who, after receiving his M.A. from the University of Illinois in foreign affairs, taught Spanish and German at the University of Illinois, Tulane University and the University of South Carolina, died of complications from diabetes on April 16 in Columbia, South Carolina. He came to Dartmouth f rom the Hun School in Princeton, New Jersey. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta. He served in the U.S. Army during WW II with the military government in Germany. He spent two years each living in Mexico, Germany and France. He was a member of the U.S. delegation to observe the first free elections in the Dominican Republic after the overthrow of Trujillo. Bull was an automobile racing enthusiast and loved animals, having raised Old English mastiffs, rottweilers and pugs. He belonged to the Cotillon Club, Pine Tree Hunt Club and the Flamenco Club. He is survived by his second wife, Melinda, a son and two stepsons.

John "Jack" Godfrey died November 20, 2001, in the Orlean (New York) Hospital. Jack graduated Phi Beta Kappa and attended Dartmouth Medical School for two years before getting his medical degree from Harvard in 1941 and interning at the Mary Hitchcock Hospital. He served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps from 1943 until August 1945. He then completed a one-year fellowship at the Lahey Clinic in Boston. He was then an instructor at DMS and assistant chief of med- icine in White River Junction, Vermont. In 1951 Jack moved to Orlean, where he joined the Orlean Medical Group. In 1961 he served three years in Vietnam with the volunteer physicians, returning to Orlean to serve as chief of medicine from 1972 to 1977. He was also chief of staff and a trustee of the Orlean General Hospital, retiring in 1985. He is survived by his wife, Jan, son Peter '68, three daughters and 13 grandchildren.

Arthur Russell Stone died October 23, 2000. He entered Dartmouth from the Taft School, majored in history and was a member of the freshman golf team. After graduating he was the sales manager of the Spaulding Brick Cos. in Boston, Massachusetts, later forming and becoming president of the Natick, Massachusetts, D istribution Cos., retiring in 1973. He was a former president of the Sharon, Massachusetts, Golf Club. His wife, Marjorie, predeceased him and he is survived by three daughters, one son and 12 grandchildren.

Sturgis White died at home in Springfield, Vermont, February 6. He is survived by his wife of 36 years, Clemencia, and two sons. "Red" entered Dartmouth from Governor Academy and was a member of Kappa Sigma. He left the College early in 1935. He served with the U.S. Army in the European theater during WW 11. His business career was with the U.S. Postal Service railway division.

1939

John F. Jacobson died on March 12, 2000, at his home in Fernandina Beach, Florida, we recently learned. John came to Dartmouth from Andover Academy. He spent two years in Hanover before cutting out for the business world. He built a successful career as a manufacturer's representative for the Ajax X-Ray foundry in Sayre, Pennsylvania, that made precision aluminum and bronze castings. He lived a good part of his life in Saddle River, New Jersey . With retirement he moved to Sarasota, Florida, and then Fernandina Beach. He was a veteran of WW II, where he served in the Pacific with the U.S. Army in artillery. He was stationed in Hiroshima, Japan, soon after the Enola Gay's famous mission. He is survived by sons John and Ken, daughter Beverly, four grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren.

1941

Richard Washburn Peyser of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, died October 17, 2001, just a few days after celebrating his 50th marriage anniversary with wife Barbara, who survives him. Dick is also survived by their sons Richard, David and John. He attended Hackley School in Tarrytown, New York, in 1937 and after Dartmouth served as a lieutenant commander in the Navy. Dick was employed as a field representative for Prentice Hall Inc. and later joined Fabisak Realty, retiring in 1993. As a young man he played hockey with the Rye Sea Hawks.He was predeceased by his father, Harry Peyser, class of 1905, and brother Frank '32.

John Chester Stothart Jr. died February 14 in New Milford, Connecticut, after a long illness. Chet was a 1937 graduate of Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut, and the Amos Tuck School of Business. During WWII he served with distinction as a lieutenant in the Navy and saw action in the Mediterranean, North Atlantic and South Pacific. Chet was principal owner of Stothart Buick in Westport, Connecticut. For 13 years he cared for his wife, Dot, who was wheelchair-bound after a tragic spinal cord accident. After her death Chet rekindled a relationship with Vera Roberts and together they enjoyed travels in the United States and many visits to local jazz clubs. He is survived by two sons and two daughters.

1942

Dale E. Bartholomew died April 30 in Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. After college Dale enlisted in the Army Air Corps and became a B-17 pilot, flying 35 missions and honorably discharged as a first lieutenant in 1945. He then began a 37-year career with Sharon Steel Corp., where he held a variety of management positions in operations and personnel before retiring in June 1982. He was a long-time member of the First Presbyterian Church of Vienna, Ohio, where he served as Sunday school teacher, deacon, trustee and elder. He also served two terms on the Fowler Vienna School board, as president and vice president. Dale, according to his wife, Jean, was very proud of his Dartmouth years, especially serving as president of the class in our senior year and being part of varsity football. His first wife, Ellen Smith, predeceased him. He is survived by his wife, Jean; children Charlenejan and Philip; Jeans children Jim, George and Pam; 15 grandchildren; five greatgrandchildren; and sister Doris.

Howard W. Halfmann died April 21 at the Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia, New Hampshire. After graduation Howard attended Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons and New York Orthopedic Hospital. He served with the military for the U.S. Public Health Service and in 1953 moved to Laconia from New York City. He practiced orthopedic surgery until his retirement in 1988. He served as president of the Belknap County Medical Society and represented New Hampshire at the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery for five years. Howard lived on the shore of Lake Winnipesaukee and enjoyed outdoor sports, water and snow skiing, fishing and golfing until arthritis limited his activities. His wife, Eunice, died in 1988 and a brother, Walter, died previously. He is survived by children Jean, Nancy, Matthew and Andrea; brother Robert; a grandson; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Andrew M. Wood died March 26 at Newton Wellesley Hospital, near his home in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. He was an accomplished corporate lawyer who practiced in Boston for more than 40 years, following graduation from Yale Law School with an LL.B. in 1950. He joined the firm of Gaston & Snow, where he became a partner in 1955 and retired in 1991. Andy practiced law for seven more years at McDermott, Will & Emery. His specialty was securities and pub- lic utilities law, in which he was recognized as an expert. He worked as a civilian in Naval Communications during the war years in Washington, D.C., and was inducted into the Army 10 days after V-E Day, for a time assigned to 0.5.5., and then spent a year with the War Department detachment in Heidelberg. Andy and Anne (Nancy) were married in 1955. He is survived by his wife and many friends and legal colleagues.

1944

H. Bradley Campbell died January 9 at SunBridge Care and Rehabilitation for Hadley, in Amherst, Massachusetts. Born in China in 1922, he moved with his parents to the United States in 1937. Brad came to Dartmouth in 1940 from Modesto High School in California. He also attended Dartmouth Medical School prior to receiving his medical degree from the University of Southern California in 1947- He served in the U.S. Navy during WW 11. He was chief of obstetrics and gynecology at Hahnemann Hospital in Worcester for many years and was on staff at Memorial Hospital in Worcester and at Holden Hospital. He retired to Amherst in 1991. He was predeceased by his wife, Carol, in 1999. He leaves sons Bradley'70 and Stephen; daughters Paula Miles, Janet Kerr and Nancy Patterson; 13 grandchildren; and a great-grandson.

1945

Stephen Simmons Hull, a guy who breathed Dartmouth nearly every waking moment, died April 25 after leaving a meeting. Meetings were away of life with Steve, who played an intensely active community role in his town, church and work as well as a full spectrum of service to the College and his class. Steve entered the U.S. Marine Corps following his V-12 graduation in 1944-He served two hitches of active duty and remained a concerned force as a colonel in Marine Reserve activities. In 1953 he started a lifetime insurance career in Worchester, Massachusetts. With an LL.B. degree earned at NYC Law School he was able to contribute to many civic activities such as the legislative reorganization of the Department of Mental Health. Steve served Dartmouth as planned giving chair, class agent, treasurer, president, job development/career advisor and scholarship fund chair. He leaves his wife of 50 years, Jean; sons Stephen and Christopher DMS '83; and four grandchildren.

A. Willis Robertson Jr. died April 20. "Tad" was born and raised in Lexington, Virginia, the son of Senator A. Willis Robertson. His Dartmouth education was interrupted by WW II service in the U.S. Navy, from which he retired with the rank of lieutenant. He returned to Hanover to graduate in 1947. He first went to work for Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Corp. in Houston, Texas, where hewas shortly transferred to Atlanta, Georgia. When his company wanted him to return Houston, he resigned due to his love for Atlanta and entered a lifetime career as an investment banker. Tad waited until 1962 to marry his Pine Manor sweetheart, Gloria, with whom he enjoyed 2 6 years until she passed away. (They had no children.) He retired in 1997, continuing his interest in civic activities and raising bird dogs. Tad is survived by his brother, Pat Robertson, a former Republican candidate for president, two nieces and two nephews.

1946

David D. Whipple died June 24 at Fairfax Hospital, Virginia, of natural causes. Family, friends and colleagues mourn the loss of a loving husband and father, mentor and patriot, a man of honor whose sense of humor and love of life were unique. His career in the CIAs operations directorate spanned 35 years and four continents. His overseas posts included Hanoi during the French war against the Vietminh, Rangoon during the military coups against the civilian government and Bangkok during the build-up of Thailand as a U.S. support base for the Vietnam War. Following retirement from the CIA, he served as an instructor in intelligence tradecraft and was a consultant to various corporations. In 1989 he was appointed executive director of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers, where he expanded educational and media activities until his retirement in 1997. He is survived by his wife, Carolyn; children Sue, Marc, Tim '85 and Sam; and eight grandchildren.

1947

Leroy Marston Cahoon died January 6, 2001, in Norwood, Massachusetts. He was transferred to Dartmouth in the Navy V-12 program and graduated in 1946 with a B.S. in engineering and in 1947 with a B.S. in civil engineering from Thayer. While at Dartmouth he played baseball. Roy also earned an M.S. in civil engineering from Northeastern University. He was in the Naval Reserve from 1943-58 and served as an ensign on the USS Cleveland. He was originally a civil engineer with Metcalf & Eddy and then spent the next 28 years as a professor of structural design at Northeastern, retiring in 1987. He then became a principal with Engineering Services Cos. He was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the American Society for Engineering Education. In addition to his wife, D. Louise, he leaves daughters Barbara, Catherine and Martha; grandchildren Michael, Jennifer, Amy Louise and Thomas; and great-granddaughter Nina.

John Vincent Gugich died of a heart attack at his home in LaVerne, California, January 8, 2001, aged 78. He had suffered for many years from hypertension and diabetes. He was born in Chicago and came to Dartmouth from the James H. Bowen High School in Chicago. At Dartmouth he majored in psychology and was a member of Kappa Sigma. He was a member of the Glee Club and was in the Navy V-12 Program. For 20 years before his retirement he was the credit manger for Consolidated Rock Products Cos. of Los Angeles, reports his friend, Joseph March '47. John never married. He is survived by a brother, George.

Richard Renwick Hartung died on February 13, 2001, at Newport Hospital in Rhode Island. He attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. At Dartmouth he was a premed student, involved with swimming and a brother of Chi Phi. The son of Admiral Richard Hartung, he was a Navy veteran, serving in WW II and the Korean War. He was a sales and manufacturers representative for Frederick W. Post Cos. of Inglewood, New Jersey (1965-67), and Drafting Materials Inc. of Newark, New Jersey (1967-74), and sold aluminum mill products for Consolidated Aluminum Corp. (1974-82). He leaves a sister, Holly MacAuley.

1950

Smiley N. Chambers Jr. died March 7 in Indianapolis. He came to Dartmouth from the Dark School in Indianapolis. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta, an assistant sports editor on The Daily D and majored in government. Smiley did a stint in the Army during the Korean War, after which he attended the University of Michigan Law School. We worked for General Motors, the Indianapolis Star and the Indianapolis Department of Revenue. His deep interest in the environment was reflected in membership and activities in many nature and environmental organizations. Smiley is survived by several cousins.

1951

Alfred Turnbull Holt died April 8 at home in Bath, Maine, of cancer. A brother of Delta Tau Delta, Al completed the Dartmouth Medical School two-year program and went on to graduate from Cornell Medical School in 1954. While at Cornell he married Maria Glen Johnson. After a Navy tour of duty as a medical officer he worked as medical resident in anesthesiology at Maine Medical Center, staff physician at Mary Hitchcock, Princeton Hospital and Bath Memorial Hospital in Bath. In addition to his medical practice, Al enjoyed genealogy, fly fishing and being in the Maine woods. He recently received recognition for his work Bath Familiesof the Nineteenth Century. He was a member of Baths Grace Episcopal Church, once serving as its senior warden. Surviving A1, in addition to Maria, are sons Delmar, Kerchival, Timothy and Henry; daughter Molly; and six grandchildren.

1952

Charles N. Tremblay died May 1 at Prince William Hospital in Manassas, Virginia. He was born in 1930 in Lebanon, New Hampshire, where he graduated high school before matriculating at Dartmouth. Even before attending college Charlie was recognized as an outstanding athlete. At age 15 he was the youngest Class A ski jumper in the United States. At Dartmouth Charlie was captain of the ski team and a member of Zeta Psi and Casque & Gauntlet. During Army service in Germany he participated in many European ski tournaments and was a member of the U.S. Nordic team at the 1956 Winter Olympics. He returned to Dartmouth to graduate from Tuck in 1957. Charlies business career was entirely in the insurance industry. He started with the Peerless Insurance Cos. in Keene, New Hampshire. He was then transferred to Washington, D.C., where he became vice president and treasurer for Peerlesss parent firm, a large European insurer. Retiring in 1995, Charlie continued to live in Manassas until his death. He is survived by his wife, Sharlene, six children, four step-children, five grand-children and two brothers, includingjames '55.

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Ernest Louis Metzger died January 2 of a heart attack while jogging at his vacation home in Ft. Pierce, Florida. Before entering Dartmouth Lou attended Haverford School in Philadelphia and Gilman School in Baltimore. He was a fine athlete and leader; throughout his college years at Dartmouth he was captain of the track team and still holds the Dartmouth record for pole vaulting with a steel pole. He was president of Phi Delta Theta, chairman of the Interfraternity Council, chairman of the Undergraduate Council, a member of Casque & Gauntlet and Palaeopitus, and in the DCU. Following graduation Lou served in the U.S. Army, had a career with Mobil Oil in sales and became an entrepreneur, forming his own businesses, Consolidated Card Cos. and later The Card Factory. He was active in politics and a lifetime member of the YMCA, serving on its board of directors. He leaves his wife of 41 years, Ann, three children and four grandchildren.

1958

Robert William tenBensel died April 29 of complications of pneumonia; he had developed Alzheimer's disease about seven years ago. Bob matriculated from Washburn High School in Minneapolis, was a member of Delta Upsilon, a major in history and entered the Medical School in 1957. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the College and with honors from the Medical School in 1959. In 1961 he was awarded an M.D. with honors from Harvard Medical School. Bob, who was retired as a professor of pediatrics and public health, began researching child abuse in the 1960s and brought the problem into public focus. A colleague said: "He was very much a watchdog of everybody's rights on both sides of the fence," and often frustrated judges because while he would fight hard for the child, he would also fight for the rights of a parent who showed willingness to change. He was also active in drafting early legislation regarding child abuse. Survivors include his wife, Claire, four daughters and two sons.

1973

Dwight Gregg Brown died on March 13 in Riverside, California, from complications following a heart procedure. Gregg came to Hanover from Claremont (California) High School. At Dartmouth he majored in geography and economics. Gregg was an All Ivy and All New England football player. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi and Sphinx. At the time of his death Gregg was the owner of CAMASCO Inc., a Riversidebased homebuilding company named after his three children, sons Cameron and Corey and daughter Ashley. He is survived by his wife, Debra, and their three children.

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Jeremiah Michael Daly died of cancer February 9 at home in Marion, Massachusetts. Jerry came to Dartmouth from Deerfield Academy, majored in economics, was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa and lettered in golf all four years, serving as captain his junior and senior years. He qualified for the NCAA championships all four years, earned All America honors three times and was elected into the Dartmouth Sports Hall of Fame. Jerry served as class president from 1992 to 1997 and on the reunion committee in 1997. Shortly after graduation from Tuck in 1979, Jerry married Anne Logan in 1980. After graduation Jerry earned his M.B.A. from Tuck and then embarked upon a career in business which included jobs with Foot-Joy Inc., Titleist Inc. and Etonic Inc. Jerry was a devoted husband and father. He is survived by Anne and children Jeremiah '04, Sarah, Benjamin, William and Jessica.

1988

Bart Leyman Rickenbaugh died in a plane crash March 24. His father, Kent '59, and mother, Caroline also died in the crash. At Dartmouth he was a member of the Rugby Football Club and Phi Delta Alpha and majored in history. After college Ban returned to Colorado, where he worked as a cowboy for the Taylor Park Grazing Association. He was also a member of the Professional Rodeo Association and competed as a bareback rider for two seasons. Bart earned a J.D. from the University of Denver College of Law in 1994, and then became an assistant attorney general for the state of Colorado, where he was recognized as the Water Resources Attorney of the Year in 1996. Bart then entered private practice, most recently becoming a partner with Moore, O'Connell & Refling, P.C., in Bozeman, Montana. During law school he met Lisa Hollander, whom he married in 1994. He was a devoted husband and father of two children.

Faculty

John W. Finch, a successful playwright and faculty member for 38 years, died on May 18 at his home in Siasconset, Massachusetts. Finch, who was instrumental in founding Dartmouth's drama department in 1967, authored the 1947 play The Wanhope Building, which was the first Broadway production of the American National Theatre and Academy. He was also noted as the mentor of Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play wright Frank Gilroy and wrote daily crossword puzzles for The New York Times. Finch graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Wesleyan University in 1933, later earning his A.M. degree from Harvard University in 1940. He joined the Dartmouth faculty in 1939 as an English instructor, becoming a full professor in 1953. In 1968 he was named the first William R.Kenan Professor at Dartmouth, a chair he held until retiring in 1979. He is survived by his wife, Madeline, daughters Diana and Marina, son John and granddaughter Emily.