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.

Joseph Chalmers Ewing '26 • Sept.29,2001 Harrison Francisco Condon '30 • Sept 1,2002 Alan Thomson Bucher '31 • Jan. 23,2002 Melvin Saul Levison '31 • Dec. 15,1997 Milton Alpert '32 • Aug.21,2002 Warren Sawyer Hallamore '32 • Sept.9,2002 Ralph Ephraim Alexander '33 • Aug.5,2002 Jack Jennings '33 • March 5,2002 Dunham Kirkham '33 • July 1,2002 Jay Edward Weidenhamer '33 • July 18,2002 Arthur Joy Fischer'35 • Aug. 26,2002 Reynolds Ellsworth Moulton '35 • Sept. 6,2002 William Forest Yelverton '36 • Aug. 29,2002 Anthony Turkevich '37 • Sept. 7,2002 Tudor Alfred Wall '37 • Aug. 29,2002 Paul Hayes Feakins '38 • Sept. 8,2002 George Babin Lynch '38 • Sept.3,2002 Jerome Beatty '39 • July 30,2002 Thomas Joseph Dunford '40 • Jan. 15,2002 William Bradford Harriman '40 • March 27,2002 Bruce Goodloe Miller '40 • July 2002 Calvin Murray Austin '41 • Aug.24,2002 Jackson Wentworth Morton '41 • Sept. 11,2002 Shackelford Reeder'41 • April 30,2002 Horace Sheldon Maynard '42 • Aug. 8,2002 Edward Harry Ruffner '42 • July 27,2002 James Philip Evans '43 • Dec. 6,2001 Charles William Milmore '43 • July 8,2002 Frank Anthony Ames '44 • Oct. 6,2002 Franklin Charles Behrle '44 • Oct. 6,2002 James Stanley Carter '44 •Aug. 18,2002 Preston Kelsey Aishton '45 • June 17,2002 Frederick McAllister Davies '45 • May 6,2002 William Henry Gunther'45 • Aug. 4,2002 William Glover Porter'45 • Feb.23,2002 Edward Blatchford Smith '45 • Aug.4,2002 Henry Wilds Smith '46 • Sept.29,2002 Henry Foster Williams '47 • Aug. 9,2002 James Harris Mattoon '48 • Aug.12,2002 David Carter Packard '48 • April 16,2001 Stuart Robinson Silver '49 • Aug. 13,2002 Gerald Murray Brown '50 • Aug.19,2002 Robert L. Cohen '51 • Sept. 6,2002 Richard Sprague Danforth '54 • Aug.7,2002 Thomas Eddy Hardenbergh '55 • Aug. 16,2002 Joel Sanford Samuelson '57 • Sept. 9,2002 Alvin Merle Krutsch '59 • Sept.7,2002 Charles Weston Roodhouse '60 • July 24,2002 Mark Alan Lieberman '62 • Jan. 25,2002 Dennis Lynn Chemberlin '66 • March 12,2002 Robert Kenney Luckury '69 • March 21,2002 Edward Joseph Duszlak '74 • Aug. 19,2002

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Carroll Aylesworth Boynton died on March 28, 2002, at Monadnock Community Hospital in Peterborough, New Hampshire. He prepared for Dartmouth at the Collegiate School; was a member of The Dartmouth news board, Glee Club, Philosophical Club, Alpha Delta Phi, and majored in biography. He graduated from Columbia Law School and served under Thomas Dewey as assistant D.A. in homicide and indictment. He also served on the New York Harbor Waterfront Commission, later practicing law in Far Hills, New Jersey, and acting as Bernard sville Municipal Court magistrate. He was involved in numerous civic activities as an attorney and trustee in New Jersey; Stonington, Connecticut; and Peterborough, whither he retired. He was a member of Dartmouth Lawyers. In WW II he was a lieutenant commander engaged in counter-intelligence. He is survived by his wife, Anne, and daughters Jane, Sarah and Elizabeth.

1933

Ralph Ephraim Alexander, M.D., died on August 5, 2002. He prepared for Dartmouth at Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn, was a member of the Camera Club, managing editor of The Dartmouth Pictorial, a chemistry major and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He received his M.D. degree from Columbia P&S in 1936, served a residency at Morrisania City Hospital, was certified a specialist in radiology in 1942 and took up his practice in that field in Rochester, New York, where, except for military service, he practiced until retirement. In WW II, he served for four years as a lieutenant colonel in the AUS. He was a fellow of the American College of Radiology, a member of the American Roentgen Ray Society, for nine years president of Rochester's Achaeological Institute of America and a commodore of the International Dragon Yachts Association. His wife, June, predeceased him, and he is survived by his wife, Muriel.

Jack Jennings died on March 5,2002. He came to Dartmouth from Pelham (New York) Memorial High School and was a member of Phi Delta Theta. His career was with DuPont, serving as general plant manager of the company's Fairfield, Connecticut, plant. He was chairman of the Chemistry Industry Council of Connecticut and was active with Junior Achievement and Family Service. His recent home was in Middlebury, Vermont. He is survived by his wife, Mildred.

Dunham Kirkham, M.D., died on July 1,2002. He prepared for Dartmouth at Ridgefield (Connecticut) High School, was a member of Cabin & Trail, director of forestry and trails of the Outing Club, belonged to Theta Chi and majored in botany. He graduated from Yale Medical School in 1937. His career was largely with the government, first in service for four years in WWII in the Pacific, for a year in Korea, then in various veterans hospitals as chief of the medical service. His last service before retirement was at the New York Sunmount School for the Mentally Retarded. He was interested in gardening, forestry, birds, small boats and fishing. A Mason, VFW and Democrat (mostly), he is survived by his wife, Elsie— his prior wife, Alice, predeceased him—daughters Katharine and Margaret and son David.

Jay Edward Weidenhamer, M.D., died on July 18, 2002. He prepared for Dartmouth at Milton (Pennsylvania) High School and Culver Military Academy, played freshman baseball, was manager of the Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra and a member of Sigma Chi and majored in chemistryzoology. He received an M.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1937 and practiced medicine from 1938 to 1977. In private practice his specialty was in the field of metabolic medicine and endocrinology. During WW II he served for three years in the U.S.A.F. as a flight surgeon, rising to the rank of major, surviving six missions over Japan and winning an Air Medal. His first wife, Margaret, predeceased him, and he is survived by his wife, Virginia, daughter Mary Jane Bennett and son Jay Edward.

1937

Anthony Turkevich died in Lexington, Virginia, on September 7,2002. He was one of four brothers who graduated from Dartmouth—including John 28, Walter 29 and Nick 40—and the father of Leonid, who graduated in 1971. At the '71 commencement Tony and his brother, John, received honorary doctor of science degrees. Tony began a remarkable career in science by starring in professor Andrew Scarlett's beginner chemistry class in 1934. He was a key scientist with the Manhattan Project in World War 11, and developed the instruments that discovered what substances make up the surfaces of the moon and Mars. After Dartmouth, he earned his Ph.D. in physical chemistry at Princeton in 1940. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a professor at the University of Chicago. He is survived by his wife, Ireene, daughter Darya and son Leonid.

Tudor Alfred Wall of Santa Barbara, California, died on August 29,2002, leaving his wife, Kathleen, and three children, Kathy, Stephen and Phoebe. At Dartmouth Tudor was an English major and a member of Alpha Delta Phi. He was an editor of the Aegis. In his business life he was part-owner of a metal fabrication plant. During the 1980s he was the president of the Childrens' Hospital Foundation in his area.

1938

George Bruce Lemmon Jr. died in Springfield, Missouri, on March 3,2002. He entered Dartmouth from Springfield High School and majored in chemistry and zoology. He was a Phi Delt and a member of the Players and the Glee Club. Bruce was a self-employed physician, retiring in 1982. He served in the U.S. Navy, being discharged as a lieutenant colonel. In June 1977 he wrote: "The slower-paced allergy practice allows time for travel. I partially satisfied my Anglophilia by two trips to the British Isle last year, as well as my trip to Mexico." He was class agent for the Medical School, from which he graduated in '39, and he started and worked for years in the Little Theatre in Springfield, serving for a time as president. He also was very interested in wood carving. He is survived by his wife, Dotty, three children and five grandchildren.

1939

William Forrest Lee Jr., M.D., died of kidney failure at his home in Queensbury, New York, on January 29, 2001. Bill came to Dartmouth from Ithaca (New York) High School, was a member of Phi Delta Theta and played freshman soccer, and rowed varsity crew. He was president of the Vaktmeister Ski Club. He got his M.D. from the University of Rochester. During WW II he was a surgeon in the U.S. Naval Hospital in New York and was honorably discharged in 1955 as a commander. He was the medical director of General Foods from 1957-1974, at which time we lost track of Bills activities. He belonged to a prodigious number of medical organizations. He was predeceased by his wife, Nancy Lee, and is survived by sons William, Thomas and Peter.

1940

William Bradford Harriman died March 27,2002. Bill came to Dartmouth from Hotchkiss School, majored in national problems and was a member of Theta Delta Chi and freshman and varsityswimming. During WW II Bill was involved in petroleum exploration for Exxon, Sinclair and for Thai Chinese private enterprises in Bangkok. Bill's class file contained letters to Hugh Dryfoos, Bob MacMillen, Jack Little, Malcom de Sisyes, Scotty Rogers and Bob Austin, showing that he kept in touch with Dartmouth '40s.

1942

Edward Harry Ruffner died on July 27,2002, at St. Francis Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, after a brief illness. Bud went to work for the JCPenney Co. immediately after graduation from Tuck and a short tour of duty with the Army, and spent his entire 48-year career with the company, most of that time as manager of the store in Columbus Square Mall, one of the largest in the chain. He married his wife, Marion, who predeceased him some eight years ago. Penney assigned him to stores in six southern cities until he landed in Columbus in 1962, where he immersed himself in the community, becoming president of the Better Business Bureau of Columbus and the Columbus Square Merchants Association. He was on the board of directors of the state retail association and a founder of the Urban League of Greater Columbus. Bud is survived by sons Robert, Ted and Sam; sister Adele; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

1943

Harry Kirk Denier died of lymphoma July 17,2002, at Royal Oaks Beaumont Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. Kirk came to Dartmouth from Highland Park High School, graduated in 1943 and earned a law degree from University of Michigan Law School. After practicing law for a year, Kirk struck out on his own as a home-builder. A successful entrepreneur, he was a trustee and elder of his Bloom field Hills church and a member of the Detroit Athletic and Detroit Golf clubs. Alifelong Republican, he was associated with Senator Robert Taft as secretary during the 1944 and 1948 presidential campaigns. "He was a very private person, yet he had a phenomenal memory for people, places and events," according to his wife of 41 years, Barbara. "He was always there for family members and a great person."

1944

James S. Carter died of congestive heart failure on August 18,2002, at the Teresian House in Albany, New York. Jim was a graduate of Albany Academy, Dartmouth and Columbia Law School. During the war he served with the 94th Infantry Division, fighting in the Battle of the Bulge. Following his discharge he joined the Albany law firm of Carter and Conboy, founded by his father, where, for 48 years, he practiced civil law in New York state and U.S. district courts. Well recognized in his profession, he received many awards and positions of honor through the years. An active outdoorsman, he was also an accomplished artist. Jim was predeceased by daughter Betsey and brother John. He is survived by his wife, Nancy; daughters Ann Usher, Susan Wagoner and Carrie Hamblin; grandchildren Zachary and Abby Usher, Bradley and Alison Wagoner and Haley and Lily Hamblin; brother Peter; and several nieces and nephews.

Delbert Haff Field Sr. died June 21,2002, in his lifelong hometown, Kansas City, Missouri. Dell attended Pembroke Country Day School in Kansas City and the Lawrenceville preparatory school before joining the class of 1944 at Dartmouth, where he earned his undergraduate and civil engineering degrees. He was a member of SAE. During WW II he served in the Pacific with the U.S.Navy Seabees. On his return to Kansas City he began work at Marsh Steel Corp. However he soon entered the livestock commission business, following the tradition of his great-grandfather, George R.Barse Sr., who was one of the founders of the nationally known Kansas City Stockyards. Del became president of the National Livestock Co. in 1974. He is survived by his wife, Carol; daughters Susan, Margaret and Barbara; son Delbert Jr.; sister Phyllis; and six grandchildren.

Harold Stein died after a year-long battle with prostate cancer on March 8,2002, in Waterbury, Connecticut. As an undergrad he was a member of the DOC. During the war he served in the Pacific with the U.S. Navy Seabees. Returning home in 1946, he was married and joined the Torrington Supply Co., a distributor of plumbing, heating and industrial supplies founded by his father. Harold ended his working career as president of the company. Active in the community, he served several years as president of Temple Israel, chaired the Jewish Federated Appeal and belonged to the chamber of commerce. A family man, he enjoyed tennis and skiing. He is survived by Betty, his wife of 56 years; son Jeffrey; daughter Susan; and five grandchildren.

1945

Herbert Alfred Boedtker died August 11, 2001, the College has just learned. College records indicate WWII Army service of three years that included the Battle of the Bulge before graduating from Tuck-Thayer in 1948. Later he was called back to serve 18 months in Korea. From then on records are sketchy on details of his life beyond a 1971 questionnaire to which he responded from Caracas, Venezuela, where he was serving as president of Westinghouse de Venezuela S.A. His business career involved 25 years of continuous living and working overseas in Venezuela and Germany before returning to retirement in Vermont. He leaves his wife, Christamarie, three children and three grandchildren.

Robert Osgood Hooker, a lifelong resident of the Boston area, died March 9,2002, after a long illness. Dartmouth relatives included his father and brother, Burton '43, now deceased. His college years were interrupted by 1943-45 Army service, including nine months in the European theater, mostly in German prison camps. He returned to graduate in 1948 with a year at Thayer School, leading to a career in civil engineering. In that capacity he was involved with many concrete paving projects in the Boston area and the Massachusetts Turnpike. He retired in 1989 from the Westwood (Massachusetts) public school system following several years of custodial service. For wonderful memories of our '45 days at Dartmouth, his autobiography in our 50th reunion yearbook is "must" reading. Bob's wife,jan, survives him, as do daughters Lynn and Jane, son Richard and 12 grandchildren.

Edward Blatchford Smith, former class necrologist, died in his sleep at home August 4,2002. Born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon, he attended the American Community School there, later graduating from Vermont Academy before coming to Dartmouth. WW II service as a B-17 navigator with the 8th Air Force in England preceded his graduation from Dartmouth in 1947. A tireless worker for the class of 1945, Ted served in the past as co-chair for memorial gifts, twice reunion treasurer and interviewer of Dartmouth applicants, as well as preparing obituaries for DAM. His career at the Bank of Boston spanned nearly 35 years before retirement as a corporate insurance specialist, living most of that time in Reading, Massachusetts. Since 1996 he and his wife of 50 years, Pat, resided in the continuing care community of River Woods at Exeter, New Hampshire, where she still lives. They had no children. His sister, Elizabeth Rea, survives him.

Monroe Watson Taylor died of natural causes in Salem, Oregon, on April 12,2002. A native of New Brunswick, New Jersey, "Roe"—also known as "Jack"—served two years in the U.S. Navy before graduating from Dartmouth. His early career as a Philadelphia radio/television personality, cohosting a show with Patty Page, led to a position with an advertising agency. Initially he handled advertising and public relations for the Garden State Racing Association as well as thoroughbred racing tracks in New Jersey, Florida and California. In 1970 he joined the New Jersey state lottery as vice president. Next came an executive position with Scientific Games Inc., where he helped organize more than a dozen state-sanctioned lotteries across the nation and in Canada. Final retirement from consulting in this field in 1987 brought the decision to settle in Salem. Survivors include his wife, Dody, three daughters by a prior marriage, three step-daughters and seven grandchildren.

1949

Richard L. Miller died of cancer in July 2002 in Hospice Buffalo, New York. Dick served as a naval officer from 1943 to 1946 and was later recalled during the Korean conflict, serving from 1951 to 1953. He came to Dartmouth from Georgetown Preparatory School in Bethesda, Maryland. While at Dartmouth he participated in the Glee Club, German and French clubs and the Navy V-12. He worked for a period of time as a newspaper reporter in Buffalo and then moved into a leadership role in the redevelopment of properties in the city of Buffalo. In 1966 he was appointed commissioner of the Buffalo community-development department and vice chairman of the Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency. Dick is survived by his wife, Margo, seven children, three grandchildren and brother Robert '50.

1955

George E. Bates died March 30,1999 in Medford, Oregon, having retired as bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Utah in 1996 because of cancer. Bishop Bates was born in Binghamton, New York, and after graduating from Dartmouth he obtained his master of divinity degree from the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was ordained in the priesthood in 1959, and was consecrated bishop of Utah in 1986. He served a broad range of communities, including parishes in Ithaca, New York; Pendleton, Oregon; and Albuquerque, New Mexico. His presence was felt on many community boards, including as board chairman of St. Mark's Hospital in Utah and as a board director of Westminster College. In 1996 our class presented an award to Bishop Bates for leadership in his community, his profession and the affairs of Dartmouth. He is survived by his wife, Sue, daughter Kathryn and son Richard.

Wolfgang Stephen Thumb died in January 2001 at his home in Austria. He attended an academic gymnasium in his native country prior to matriculating at Dartmouth. He received an M.B.A. from the Tuck School in 1956 and returned to Vienna, Austria, where he was employed by several companies, becoming a director in 1985. He was a member of the Lions Club since 1973 and served as president and secretary. He is survived by his wife, Gertrude, and children Isabel, a physician; Norbert, a university professor; and Evelyn.

1956

David George Harscheid died on July 30,2002, after a long and brave battle with Parkinsons disease. Bom in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he entered Dartmouth on an NROTC scholarship and was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa. Upon graduation he enlisted in the U.S. Navy, where he served honorably for 30 years. Adevoted submariner, his tours included duty on both SSNs and SSBNs. He was commanding officer in San Diego of the USS Dixon, Ballast Point Submarine Base and of SUBTRAFAC. His decorations include Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal (two gold stars), Navy Commendation Medal (two gold stars), Meritorious Unit Commendation and Battle "E." David was an avid sailor of Hobie cats, a runner, outdoorsman and marksman. His is survived by his wife of 42 years, Diana; children, David, Devon Ann and Kristin; and two grandchildren.

Richard Edward Ruel, M.D., died June 9,2002, at his home in Livonia, Michigan, surrounded by his wife and children. He was born in Lebanon, New Hampshire, and graduated from Lebanon High School, where he was the valedictorian. He was an Eagle Scout and a member of the Order of the Arrow. At Dartmouth Dick played baseball and football and graduated cum laude. He earned his medical degree from Harvard in 1959. Dick practiced medicine at Grace Memorial Hospital in Detroit, later going into private practice and finally founding Integral Video Conferencing. He loved to sing, participating in the Farmington and Livonia Community choruses and his church choir. He was predeceased by a son, Joseph, and is survived by his parents, wife Annie, five daughters and two sons.

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Richard Earl French diedon July 12,2002, in Norwalk, Connecticut, where he had been a resident for the past 30 years. He came to Dartmouth from Auburn, New York, and was active in the Forensic Union. Religion and social interaction were guiding forces in his life. After graduation he went to McCormick Theological Seminary, receiving a bachelor of divinity, theology and counseling in 1960, and on to Harvard University, receiving a doctorate in social ethics in 1971 and a masters in personality development in 1982. He taught at Franklin and Marshall College, the University of Bridgeport and the State University of New York. Between 1980 and 1983 he also worked for an author who was doing a book on the religious right. From 1983 to 1988 he was employed as a research analyst in Bridgeport's human resources department. At the time of his death he was working as a consultant, writer and researcher. He is survived by a daughter and a son.

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William M. Sherman died of heart failure while skiing at Stowe, Vermont, on April 14,2002. After graduating from Dartmouth, from where he fell in love with the Stowe area, Bill graduated from Columbia Law School and immediately returned to his home in Stamford, Connecticut, to practice law. It was no surprise that Bill met Cherri while waiting on a lift line, and they were married in 1972 in their Warren, Vermont, home. Above all Bill was a dedicated family man, and he and Cherri raised five daughters. Despite a highly successful law practice, Bill managed to find time for everyone and was eager to help any who were in need—a very charitable human being. Bill loved to play tennis (all year), ski (Vermont or out West), play poker (Atlantic City, Las Vegas, Dartmouth friends) and return to Hanover for football games and reunions. Living an amazingly full life, Bill's funeral service was attended by more than 1,500 people. Bill is survived by his mother, a brother, wife Cherri and five daughters.

1962

Mark A. Lieberman, M.D., died in New York City of esophageal canceron January 25,2002. Mark came to Dartmouth from the Kew-Forest School in Rego Park, New York. After Dartmouth Mark graduated from Tufts Medical School in 1965 and went on to train at Lenox Hill Hospital, New York Hospital and Manhattan Eye Ear Nose and Throat Hospital. Mark became an ophthalmologist and maintained a practice in Manhattan. Mark is survived by his mother, Gladys Lieberman, who spoke of how much her son enjoyed his years at Dartmouth. To Mrs. Lieberman, family members and friends, the class extends its deepest sympathy.

1965

Neil Jason Grossman of Falmouth, Maine, died unexpectedly on June 7,2002. Neil graduated from Newton North High School and from Dartmouth with honors. He received a Rufus Choate Scholarship and a National Defense Education Act Fellowship and graduated from Harvard Business School in 1969. Neil was president of Diversified Business Communications, publisher of National Fisherman, and a sponsor of fishing and marine expositions worldwide. Through a diversified business career Neil worked for Supermarket General Corp., Old Colony Packing Co., Cahners Exposition Group and, from 1995 to 1998, as president of Remex in Mexico City, where he lived. He also taught economics at Boston College during his busy career. Neil was a member of the Trojan Club of Brookline, Tau Epsilon Phi at Dartmouth and the Cumberland Club of Portland, Maine. In addition to his wife, Karen, Neil leaves sons Adam and Gabriel, daughter Miranda, a sister and his mother.

1968

James J. Lipsky died on July 21,2002, of a brain tumor. Jim was a Phi Beta Kappa chemistry major, and undergraduate activities included WDCR, Le Cercle Francais, prison counseling and the Classics Club. Classmate John Wang remembers working with Jim in the lab of Dr. Robert Cleland, and Jims later summer undergraduate research fellowship for the National Institutes of Health, which resulted in his first of many publications in the Journal of the AmericanChemical Society, as co-author with Dr. Cleland. Jim received his medical degree from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 1972, where he was named the Henry Strong Denison Scholar. After internship and residency at Mary Imogene Basset Hospital in Cooperstown, New York, he returned to Johns Hopkins as a professor. In 1990 he became director of the clinical pharmacology unit and a professor at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, where he developed a fellowship program, taught and headed a research laboratory. He is survived by his wife, Naomi (Geller), daughter Hannah, parents Rubin and Florence, brother Aaron and sister Dorothy.

1969

Robert Luckury died March 21,2 002, at his home in Bradford, New Hampshire. He was born in Manchester, raised in Claremont and lived in Bradford for the past 22 years. At Dartmouth Bob was an engineering major and a member of Sigma Nu. He went on to Thayer School of Engineering, receiving his degree in 1972. Bob served with the U.S. Army from 1969 to 1972. He worked as a mechanical engineer for AndersonNichols & Co. and most recently for the Turner Group in Concord and Dufresne-Henry Inc. in Springfield, Vermont. He was a member of the Ski Ambassadors program at Mt. Sunapee. He loved skiing, antiquing, animals and working on house renovations and yard projects. Survivors include his wife of 21 years, Sandra (Johnson), four sisters, two brothers and many nieces and nephews. Memorial donations may be made to any humane society or animal rescue leagues or the American Cancer Society, New Hampshire division.