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.

William Elgin Jones '24 'April 10 Charles Emmett Gibson '26 'April 1,2002 Marshall Lorimer Cleaves '27 • Jan.11 Henry Van Leer Curll '28 • Sept.4,2002 Walter Blain Naas '30 • Sept. 26,2001 Arthur Martin Olsen '30 'Aug. y 2002 Paul Francis Poehler'30 • Dec.28,2002 Robert Rudolph Rix '30 • Nov. 6,2001 Earl William Seldon '30 • Dec. 1,2000 Sylvester Laflin Weaver '30 'March 17,2002 Courtney Alfred Anderson '31 • N0v.27,2001 Donald Reynolds Crane '31 • Sept.12,2002 Joseph Gibson Byram'32 'March2 Everett Mead '32 • Julyy 2002 Arthur Dunkeld Simm '32 'Aug. 18,2002 Milton George Wheeler '32 • Feb. 2 John Cressey Yeaton '32 • July2,2001 J. Arthur Aaron '33 • Jan. 18 Gilbert Wheeler Beebe '33 'March 3 Wilson Dafydd Evans '33 • Dec.14,2001 Carl Edward Hopkins '33 • Feb. 4,2002 John Tappen Labbe '33 'April21,2001 Hinton Graves Clabaugh '34 • Nov. 13,2000 Samuel Fishman '34 • Dec. 24,2002 John Harkness Hallenbeck'34 • Jan.iy David Stewart Hawes '34 ' Aprily 2002 Edward Peck Kaiser' 34 • Nov. 20,2001 Alfred Joseph Seitner'34 • June 15,2002 Raymond Lawrence Snow '34 'April 2 William Ervin Wyne '34 • May 19,2001 Quincy Porter Beach '35 • Jan.22 Charles Henry Evans '35 'Aug. 20,2002 David Rudolph Gallagher'35 • 0ct.4,2001 Valdemar Robert Johnson '35 • Oct. 9,2002 Charles Nathan Lebeaux'35 'March 1,2001 Wilfred Robertson Ogg'35 • Feb.27 Landon Gale Rockwell '35 'March5 Leroy Altus Shattuck '35 • Dec. 25,2002 Richard Karl Allen '36 • Sept. 19,2002 Robert Dietrich Bright '36 • Sept.29,2002 Charles Conant Brooks '36 'March31 James Brock Gidney'36 • July 14,2001 Mario Augustus Guerrieri '36 ' Aug. 4,2002 Russel Smith Page '36 • 0ct.3,2002 Roberts Matthews Tyler '36 • Dec. 12,2002 Henry Fickinger Broadbent '37 • Aug. 7, 2001 Kenneth Elmer Chapman '37 • July 21,2001 Philips. Conti'37 'May 19,2001 John Henry Devlin '37 • N0v.28,2002 Charles Donald Dumont '37 'March 13 Donald Carl McKinlay '37 • Nov. 12,2002 Paul Norman Olson '37 • Feb.lo Joseph Albert Tardiff'37 'March 8 Joseph Bradley Varnum '37 'Aug. 8,2002 Everett Lloyd Boutilier'38 • Feb.10 William Nash Clarke'38 • Jan.29,2002 Ferrien S. Davis '38 • 0ct.30,2001 Patrick Henry Gorman '38 •March 12 John Bertrand Harmon '38 • Jan.20 Carl Morris Hecker'38 • Dec.4,2002 Philip Hoag Jacob '38 • Jan.7 James Coulter Jones '38 •March 14,2002 Werner A.L Schmidt'38 • 0ct.25,2002 Richardson Stoughton '38 'March2l George Alfred Wallace '38 • May 1,2001 George Henry Wheelock'38 'Aug. 19,2001 Sturgis White '38 • Feb. 2,2002 R.E. Olds Anderson '39 • Feb. 21 Robert Simmons Bailey '39 • Sept. 15,2002 Wentworth Kimball Brown '39 • Dec. 27,2002 Lawrence Cuneo Crowe '39 •Aug. 31,2001 Sidney Robert Curtis '39 • December 8,2000 Paul Wheeler Dorsey '39 • Feb. 18,2001 Robert Edward Elkins '39 • March 10 John Thomas Evans '39 • Feb. 11 William Howard Fairweather'39 • Feb.2o Malcolm Thomas Fogg '39 • Nov. 19,2002 Lawrence Edwin Gilbert '39 • N0v.14,2002 James Merwin Schofield '39 • Feb. 17 Harold Scott Taylor'39 • Dec, 25,2002 Howard Paul Akerley '40 'Aug. 19,2002 Robert Wilson Blodgett '40 • N0v.15,2000 Robert Hughson Brown '40 'April 21,2002 Lawrence Abbott Cate '40 • Nov. 24,2001 John Harold McMahon '40 • Feb.21 Francis Warren Miller'40 • Feb. 28 Frank Broad Reeves '40 •March 3 William Bradford Rowland '40 • Nov. 8,2002 Nathaniel Welshire Sample'40 • July 16,2001 Robert Hosmer Stearns '40 • Jan. 19 Robert James Dixon '41 'March 2l James Lewis Kilgour '41 • Nov. 14,2001 Richard Corbett Oughton '41 • March 15 Robert Winslow Sherwin '41 • May 5,2002 Robert Ellis Fisher '42 • Sept.22,2002 Frederick Scott Matthews '42 • Jan. 17 Ernest Keith Prouty '42 'March 14 Paul Stephen Vaitses '42 'April2 Earl F. Harris '43 • Nov. 8,2001 Daniel Field Norton '43 'May9,2001 Robert E. Williams '43 • Feb.3 George Raymond Wolfe '43 'May 7,2002 Nicholas James Daukas '44 • Feb. 25 Daniel Joseph Donovan '44 'March 26 Clark MacGregor '44 • Feb.10 Henry Leland Marshall '44 • Dec.29,2002 George Charles McElfatrick '44 • Jan. 25 William Stuart Walters' 44 • Dec. 11,2002 Frederick William Bonacker'45 • Feb.20 Spencer Dean Johnson '45 • April 1 Lee Stanley Kreindler '45 • Feb. 18 Tracy Paine Mitchell '45 • Jan.7,2002 Peter Tewksbury'45 • Feb. 20 John Nelson Washburn '45 'March 17 Robert Brace Bade '46 • Jan. 7 Thomas William Cohn '46 'March2s Stephen Joseph Hoye '46 • Feb. 1 Eugene Paul Shatlock '46 • Dec.23,2002 Leonard Muir Wilson '46 • Jan. 19 Paul Alfred Carlson '47 'March23 James Corliss Davis '47 • Jan. 12 Harry Elmer Graves '47 'March 11 Robert Sidney Shifman '47 • Jan. 8 John J. Barry '48 • Jan. 12 Ferdinand S. Obrenski '48 • Jan.20,2000 Miles W. Richardson '48 • Feb. 7 Robert Edward Grider '49 • Jan. 6 Richard Sassenberg '48 • June 22,2000 George Olivier Hinners '49 • Feb. 6 Peter Kapeluck'49 • Jan. 1$ Chester Ralph Palmer '49 • Feb. 10 Paul Bernhardt Richwagen '49 • N0v.7,2001 John Patrick English '50 'March 11 Stanton William Frederick '50 • Feb.9 Fred McFeely Rogers '50 • Feb. 27 Samuel Bradshaw Vitt '50 • Feb. 2 Robert Van Patten Waterman '50 • March 1 Roger F. Evans '52 • Jan.5 Dwight F. Ketcham '52 • Feb. 18 James F. Shepherd '52 • Nov. 23,2002 Robert W. Stockdale '52 • Sept. 7,2002 MerritE.Taylor '52 • March 21 Alden R. Sayres '53 • Dec.29,2002 Robert E. Schuelke '53 • June 23,2002 Barry Myles Levin '54 • Dec. 2,2002 Richard Charles Tweedy '54 • Oct. 2,2002 James Stanley Brakhage '55 'March9 Bruce Barton Baekey '56 • Dec. 11,2002 William Douglas Bates '57 • Sept. 11,2002 Robert Goodell Snell '57 • Aug. 16,2002 William Henry Uffelman '57 • March 28,2oo2 Edgar Victor Turner Jr. '58 • March 9 Paul Harold Boeker'60 • March29 SimeonThain Cantril '60 • March 5 James Fergus Gifford Jr. '61 • Oct. 9,2002 Francis Xavier McKeone '61 •March 19 Edward Shapiro '62 'March 4 John William King' 63 'Aug.25,2001 Roger Bernard Thomas Jr. '63 • March2o James Monroe Marx '64 'Aug.3, 2002 Frederick Stewart Meils'64 • Aug. 11,2002 Paul Eugene Sowa '65 • Feb.3 George Cornelius Cooley'68 • Feb. 11 Albert James Pfister '73 • N0v.7,2002 James Frederick Kosak '74 • Jan. 18 William F. Byrd '75 • Jan.26

1928

Henry Van Leer Curll died September 4,2002. In 1928 he earned a B.A. in English literature from Dartmouth, where he was a member and vice president of Lambda Chi Alpha. He earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 1933. During the next 20 years he held various sales management positions, including zone business manager for Chevrolet motor division of GM, and lived in New York, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania. In 1952 he founded H.V. Curll & Co. in Covina, California, and was a manufacturers' representative for truck and trailer parts until retiring in 1968. Henry joined Covenant Church (now Grace Presbyterian) in Costa Mesa, California, and later became an active member of Faith Orthodox Presbyterian Church there. He also served as president of the Small Woodlands Association for a year and was chosen Tree Farmer of the Year in 1989. Henry is survived by his wife of 66 years, Dorothy; daughters Adelaide, Jessie and Lucinda; seven grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

1929

Daniel Benjamin Luten died on January 18 in Berkeley, California. He came from Shortridge High School in Indianapolis and majored in chemistry. He belonged to Alpha Sigma Chi and Alpha Chi Sigma, the chemical fraternity. He was active in track, soccer and the Round Table. He was an instructor in chemistry at Dartmouth, then at the University of California at Berkeley, where he earned his Ph.D. in 1933. He spent two years as an advisor under General MacArthur in Japan, then was a lecturer in geography at the University of South Carolina. He spent years working for the Shell Oil Development Co. He was an officer in the California Rugby Union. His. wife, Marion, and his brother, Granville '25, died earlier. He leaves his wife, Lois, and children Thomas, Margaret and Robert.

1930

Paul Poehler died December 28,2002, at Southern Maine Medical Center after living a life most people only dream of. On June 11,1932, Paul married the love of his life, Mary Daniel. Theywere together for the next 64 years. Paul was a lieutenant in the Navy during WW II. After the war Paul returned home and earned his Ph.D. and had a long and distinguished career in education. He taught school in both Scotch Plains and East Orange, New Hampshire. There he also coached football, basketball, baseball and track. From here he moved to the administration ranks as principal and ultimately served as superintendent. He did this in Hanover and Wilton and Lexington, Massachusetts. In 1969 Paul and Mary moved to Maine. Paul taught at UNH, was superintendent in Arundel, interim superintendent in Wells and the town manager of Ogunquit. He is survived by daughter Ann.

1931

Victor Ruegger King died April 18 at home in Plainfield, New Jersey, where he had lived for 60 years. He helped found the Dartmouth sailing club and won numerous awards in sailing races at Larchmont and in Lavallette, New Jersey, with his beloved cazbont Swamp Angel.Aconsistent winner in track and field events, he held the College record into the 1950s for throwing the hammer. A '34 Harvard Law grad, he was a past trustee of the New Jersey Bar Association and past president of the Plainfield and Union County bar associations. He practiced law in Newark, Plainfield and North Plainfield until his retirement in 2000. A charter member of the Union County Ethics Committee, he sat for years on the Supreme Courts Advisory Ethics Committee. He served Dartmouth most recently as class secretary. He was predeceased by his wife, Elizabeth, and is survived by son Victor '59, granddaughter Vanessa, grandson Victor '95, daughter-in-law Hilary and many nieces, nephews and great-nephews.

1932

Milton George Wheeler of Portland, Maine, and Pembroke Pines, Florida, died February 2. He came to Dartmouth from Hebron Academy. After graduating from Harvard Law School he began his practice at Lewiston, Maine, in 1936, moving to Portland in 1946. During WW II he was enforcement attorney for the Office of Price Administration in Maine. From 1951 to 1952 he held a similar position and was acting director of the Maine Office of Price Administration. He was with the U.S. Housing and Finance Agency in New York City, 1962-1965, in charge of its legal office for New York and New England until he was named attorney advisor and rose to be director of the Small Business Administrations Maine office. He also had been a law instructor at Portland University. He is survived by a daughter, two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

1933

J. Arthur Aaron, died on January 18. He prepared for Dartmouth at Greenfield (Massachusetts) High School and majored in zoology. He graduated from Harvard Dental School in 1938 and in 1939 began in Greenfield his lifelong dental practice. He served as president of the Franklin County Dental Society in 1948-49, was director of the Greenfield Hebrew Synagogue in 1954-57, and was a member of Alpha Omega. He is predeceased by his wife, Anne, and survived by son Michael and daughters Ruth and Deborah.

Gilbert Wheeler Beebe died in Washington, D.C., on March 3. He was a member of the freshman track team, Kappa Kappa Kappa and Phi Beta Kappa; majored in sociology; and was a Rufus Choate Scholar and a Justin H. Smith Fellow. He received an M.A. from Columbia in sociology and statistics and a Ph.D. in 1942. He began his statistical career at the National Committee on Mental Health and the Milbank Memorial Fund, served as captain in the Army Medical Administrative Corps in WW II, then became medical follow-up director at the National Academy of Sciences. An expert on radiation, he had a crucial role in studies of the survivors of the atomic attacks on Japan and the accident at Chernobyl. His notable career in radiation epidemiology was honored in June 2002 by a day-long Beebe Symposium sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences and the establishment of the Gilbert Beebe Radiation Fellowship. He is survived by his wife, Ruth, and children Alfred, Beatrice, Brian and Christopher '76.

Wilson Dafydd Evans died on December 14,2001. He prepared for Dartmouth at East Denver High School, was a member of Delta Tau Delta and majored in Tuck School. His principal occupation was as sales manager with the Ainsworth organization, manufacturers of scientific instruments, and as vice president with Redman Scientific Co. He served four years in Army Medical Supply in WW II, reaching rank as a major. His wife, Katherine, predeceased him, and children Judith and David survive him.

Carl Edward Hopkins died on February 4,2002.He prepared for Dartmouth at Weston (Massachusetts) High School; played freshman football; was a member of the Deutscher Studenten Verein, Green International, band, Hanover Symphony; managed varsity soccer, majored in sociology, was named to Phi Beta Kappa; and was a Robert Treat Paine Fellow. He received an M.P. and Ph.D. from Harvard and a masters in public health from Johns Hopkins. His career was in public health as a case worker, Kaiser statistician, China mission reports officer for UNNRA, associate professor at Oregon Medical School and professor at Southern California Medical. He was a director of Maxicare Inc. He was active in the Portland Symphonic Choir. His first wife, Doris, predeceased him, and his second wife, Florence, survives him.

John Tappen Labbe died on April 21,2001. He prepared for Dartmouth at the Moran School in Portland, Oregon. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi who transferred in mid-course to the University of Oregon, where he studied in 1931 and '32. His subsequent business was that of a self-employed lumberman and logger. He also was a writer whose books, Railroads in the Woods and Logging theRedwoods, were favorably commented on. He served in the Army in WW II. He was a bachelor.

1934

John F.Anderson died on June 8,2002.John came to Dartmouth from University School in Cleveland and at College was a member of the Glee Club Jack-O-Lanten and Chi Phi. He took his senior year at Tuck and secured a job with General Electric in the depth of the Depression and so did not go back for his M.B.A. He attended Case Western Reserves graduate schools studying English literature, machine tool engineering and freeway design. His business career began with General Electric in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and later in Cleveland, where he was assistant manager of customer relations. He was then a salesman and director of A.B. Smythe Co., Cleveland's oldest and largest realtors, later founding and serving as president of John Anderson Co. Realtors, specializing in sales of high-quality residences in the Cleveland area. Surviving are his wife Judith, daughter Louise and son John.

Norman Brice Banks died March 15,2001, at a rest home in Torrance, California. "Brice" came to Dartmouth from East Orange, New Jersey, and Bloomfield High School. Brice graduated with an A.B. in English and was very involved with TheDaily Dartmouth, and is credited with coining the phrase "Chubber, the Outing Clubber" in one of the articles he wrote. After Dartmouth Brice moved to Los Angeles, married Kathryn Bishop and began working as an electrician in the Los Angeles shipyards. He then worked as an electrician for several companies on new commercial and residential properties, later holding a contractor's license and doing work on his own until retirement in 1975. He spent much of his retirement drafting a novel about an undergraduate at Dartmouth, which was autobiographical in nature. His wife predeceased him and he is survived by children Stephen '59, L. Frederic and Cheryl; nine grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

William S. Carr died on May 23,2002. At Dartmouth he was a member of the Outing Club and Sigma Phi Epsilon and majored at Tuck School, graduating from there in 1935. He became president of The Dartmouth Club of Maine in 1950, was local Alumni Fund class agent and was on the local admissions interviewing committee. He was in the U.S. Army, 1940-44, and achieved the rank of first lieutenant. When he wasn't in the Army he was regional manager in Maine for Canada Dry Ginger Ale and later for Maytag Co. In 1967 he joined the real estate department of Portland Renewal Authority as a staff appraiser of farms and coastal properties and later was a self-employed real estate broker until he retired in 1980. He was a member of the Society of Real Estate Appraisers. Surviving are his wife, Rebecca, and sons Douglas and William.

Hinton Graves Clabaugh died on November 13, 2000. "Bud" came to Dartmouth from New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois, but did not graduate. In 1943 Bud left: his job as special agent for the FBI to join up with the Intelligence Service of the Navy. He went in as an ensign and had advanced to a full lieutenant by 1945. His foreign service included a tour of duty in Pearl Harbor. After the war he went to work for Dry Ice Service in Cedar Rapids, lowa. As of 1956 he was back with the FBI as a photographer. He is survived by brother George 41.

David Stewart Hawes died on April 7,2002. At college he was an English major, a member of the Dart, freshman track, Dartmouth Christian Association and the experimental theater, where he directed and acted in plays for inter-fraternity contests. At Skowhegan High School from 1934 to 1940 he taught English and biology and coached football and track. In 1940 he received his M.A. degree from Cornell, where he majored in dramatic production, minored in speech and acted in several major productions. From 1940 to 1942 he was an instructor at Montana State College, where he taught public speaking, English and theater and directed and staged plays. He started as a private in the Army, 1942-1946, and worked his way to a captain. He was then a theater and drama professor at a number of colleges, including Stanford, Michigan State Normal College and the universities of California, Illinois and Indiana. Surviving are his wife, Betty, two sons and two daughters.

1935

Maurice Rapf, who carried on the family movie-making tradition of his father, MGM Studios producer Harry Rapf died April 15. After graduation he returned to Hollywood, worked as a screen-writer at major studios and helped found the Screenwriters Guild. His film credits include Winter Carnival and All About the Movies and he wrote Back Lot, an autobiography of growing up with the movies. Blacklisted in 1947 because of his support of the Communist Party and his union work, he settled in Norwich, Vermont, and helped establish the Dartmouth Film Society, then later worked in N.Y.C. as a writer, director and producer of more than 60 commercial and industrial films. He then reviewed films for Life and FamilyCircle magazines. Returning to Dartmouth in 1967, he began a long career as a film professor. He is predeceased by his wife, Louise, and brother Matthew; and is survived by daughters Joanne and Geraldine, son Bill and four grandchildren.

1936

Richard J. Hefler died July 6,2002. He was vice president of Kerr-McGee (natural resources) at which post he arrived after a successful climb from the Hanover Bank, DuPont, Royal Heaters, through the Navy (aircraft carrier Princeton), the American Potash and Chemical Corp. During this odyssey he found time to serve as president of the Dartmouth Club of Southern California and as member of our Alumni Council and the Dartmouth Club of Western Oklahoma. He belonged to the famed Bohemian Club of San Francisco and the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club. He graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, with a major in economics, and a later earned an M.B.A. from USC. He also dipped into law at Fordham but never took it very seriously. Dick makes his exit with applause from for a business and family job well done.

MacGregor H. Hill left us on January 10. He was living in Port St. Lucia, Florida. Mac entered Dartmouth from Exeter and majored in economics. He was a member of Chi Phi. Mac had spent his entire career, with the exception of a tour in the U.S. Army in property and casualty insurance in Weliesley, Massachusetts. In his community he was a member of the Congregational Church, the Weliesley Masonic Lodge and the Miles Grant Country Club. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, June, a son and five grandchildren.

John Noxon Howard of New Britain, Connecticut, died July 30,2002, at New Britain General Hospital. He was born in Hartford and served in the U.S. Navy in WWII. After Dartmouth he received a law degree from the University of Virginia. He was a retired senior partner at the law firm of Camp, Williams & Richardson; a member of First Church of Christ, Congregational, and the Shuttle Meadow Country Club; a past president and recipient of the Paul Harris Fellowship Medal of the New Britain-Berlin Rotary Club; and a director of Wheeler Clinic and the New Britain Boys' and Girls' Club. He was also a trustee of the New Britain Museum of American Art and a director of Goss & DeLeeuw Machine Co. and the former New Britain Bank and Trust Co. He leaves his wife, Cherry; children John, Pamela and Kathryn; sisters Audrey and Lois; four grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and several nieces and nephews.

Robert T. Keeler died of a stroke December 19, 2002. Yale Law took him after Dartmouth, and from there the prestigious law firm Taft, Stettinius & Hollister of Cincinnati, of which he was a partner. The Navy claimed him as a lieutenant during WW II. He was a member of three bar associations (legal) and three Cincinnati clubs. He ran fund drives for Yale Law School and was one of the more active fundraisers for Dartmouth. In College he majored in history. He won the Class of '26 Fellowship Award and proceeded to add Phi Beta Kappa to his record. On campus he was a member of alpha Delta Phi, Casque & Gauntlet and Green Key, as well as varsity hockey manager. Bob is survived by his wife, Margaret, one son and three daughters.

Robert Henry Murphy died July 26,2002, after a truly exceptional career. Together with his brother he ran the Wiremold Co., electrical manufacturers, for more than 60 years. He was one of the first to adapt computers to his business, and held 11 related patents. In WW II his change in carburetor design gave U.S. fighter planes a great advantage in speed over their German foes. As an industrialist he was a leader in employee relations, plant safety, union relations profit-sharing and community activity. He leaves seven children, 20 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren, many of whom graduated from Dartmouth, so his name and achievements are well carved in the granite of New Hampshire. Our sympathies to his widespread and loyal Dartmouth family.

1937

Harry Wesley Brown died on August 27,2002. At Dartmouth his fraternity was Phi Kappa Psi. He graduated from Tuck School in 1938. He worked in New York City in the apparel industry, and his last known residence was Wilmington, Delaware. In 1988 he strongly opposed the "far-right wing at Dartmouth," writing: "William F. Buckley does not represent the way most of us feel." His wife, Dorothy, predeceased him in 1995. They had a daughter, Susan.

John Henry Devlin died in Scottsdale, Arizona, on November 28,2002, leaving his wife, Helen, and children Lawrence Latta and Henry, Patricia and Margaret Devlin. After Dartmouth Jack earned an M.B.A. at Harvard Business School and an LL.B. at Northeastern University. In his business life he was active in banking, manufacturing and sales. He majored in economics at Dartmouth, was captain of the soccer team and played hockey. He was a member of the Green Key Society. He was class secretary in the 1940s and a regional agent during the 1980s.

Patrick Roche Doherty died in Flint, Michigan, on October 22,2002. He is survived by his wife, Katherine, and children Patrick and Susan. Katherine writes: "He held the College in great respect, and was especially proud that our daughter, Susan, graduated from Tuck School with high honors." He was a naval officer in World War II, and thereafter a bank trust officer. In his college years he was active on The Dartmouth and with Bones Gate and Delta Tau Delta.

Paul Norman Olson died at his home in Tucson, Arizona, on February 10. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy. Paul was an attorney who practiced in Brattleboro, Vermont, for 50 years. He received his law degree from Yale, and served in WWII under Admiral Stark, commander of the 12 th Fleet, and received special commendation for his work in preparation for the Normandy invasion. He was chairman of the Vermont Board of Bar Examiners in 1984-86, and secretary of the class of 1937 in 1966. He was an active class agent for many years. In his student days he was a member of Delta Tau Delta.

Joseph Bradley Varnum died on August 8,2002, leaving children Linda and J. Bradley. The College has him at a Hudson, New Hampshire, address, but our latest class directory locates his final home at Englewood, Florida. He earned his medical degree at Tufts in 1941. He lived in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, and was on the staffs at the Lowell General Hospital and the Soldiers Home in Chelsea, Massachusetts. At Dartmouth he was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa.

1938

Ferrien Stanford Davis died October 30,2001, in Vista, California. He came to Hanover from Lincoln High and Allen's Prep in Portland, Oregon, and at Dartmouth was a member of Theta Chi, business manager of The Aegis and business manager of DCAC News. He was a statistical control officer with the rank of captain in the Air Force during WW II. His business career found him working for Hills Brothers Coffee Inc. as special products manager; as the owner of a furniture and interior design shop in Menlo, California; as a physical distribution specialist with Hewlett Packard Co.; and finally with Pacific Enterprises developing customized and drive-in restaurants in the San Francisco Bay area. He established the first completely drive-in restaurant in 1964. He is survived by his wife, Julia, sons Allen '64 and Scott and daughters Linda and Catherine.

John Bertrand Harmon, a retired Air Force colonel and orthopedic surgeon, died of Alzheimer's in Fort Worth, Texas, January 20. He came to Dartmouth from Stony Brook Prep in Cambridge, New York, and at Hanover majored in chemistry-zoology and was a member of Chi Phi. John left college to enlist in the Army and became a 8-52 bomber pilot. At the end of the war in 1945, he returned to the Dartmouth Medical School, but received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1951. Upon retirement from the military he set up his private practice as an orthopedic surgeon in Fort Worth. Later he became director of the orthopedic residency program at the John Peter Smith Hospital, retiring in 1982. He was active with the Ridgelia Presbyterian Church and the Masons and Shriners. John is survived by his wife, Mary, twin sons, a daughter and six grandchildren.

Philip Hoag Jacob died on January 7. He entered Dartmouth from Westown Boarding School in Westchester, Pennsylvania. In college he was a member of Gamma Delta Chi, majored in art, was editor-in-chief of the Pictorial and was president of The Dartmouth Union. Little is known of his life after college except that he was director and treasurer of the Sebasco (Maine) Fisherman's Association. He is survived by a daughter and three sons. Three brothers attended Dartmouth: John '25, Edward '27 and Alfred '31.

Robert Seymour Pollack, a renowned San Francisco surgeon and professor in many parts of the world who contributed more than 50 papers and manuscripts to the local community, died of leukemia January 11. Bob majored in English, belonged to Pi Lambda Phi and was a member of Junto. He received his M.D. from Cornell Medical School. From 1948 to 1949 he served as surgeon major with the U.S. Public Health Service, and was then appointed to the faculties of the medical schools of Stanford University and the University of California, and began a private practice in general cancer surgery in San Francisco. Bob served on the board of directors for the American Cancer Society (San Francisco division) and the American College of Surgeons. He was consulting surgeon at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Oakland, California, and staff surgeon at three hospitals in San Francisco. He is survived by his wife, Phyllis, a son and three daughters.

Werner A.L. Schmidt died October 25,2002. He came to Hanover from Hackensack (New Jersey) High School, majoring in economics. Class records show that he worked for Aetna Life Insurance Co. and was assistant vice president of National Homes Acceptance Corp. in Kansas, Missouri, prior to our 10th and 15th reunions. In a note in his alumni file Werner reports in January 1939: 'At the present I am doing my conscript Army service, at which I will be occupied until October 1940. After this I'll be studying at the University of Berlin in order to qualify for a position in the German Diplomatic Corps."

Arthur Turner Soule Jr.—a Phi Bete, editor and chief of The Aegis and member of Green Key, Paleopitus and Casque & Gauntlet—died January 20 in Chestertown, Maryland, of heart failure. Art came to Dartmouth from Newton (Massachusetts) High School and Tabor Academy and at the College majored in English;was a BetaTheta Pi, serving a year as president; and gave the 'Address to the College" at our graduation exercises. He served in the Navy as a supply corps specialist in fuel handling and supply, handling government shipments of petroleum products to the European theater. Turners business career involved managerial positions in the fuel oil business from 1938 to 1987, with Esso Standard Oil Co., Patchogue Oil Terminal Co., Spuitonbush Fuel Transport Co. and finally Belcher Oil Co. of New York as president. He is survived by his second wife, Mildred, son Stephen, daughter Margaret two grandchildren and seven step-grandchildren.

1939

Sidney Robert Curtis Jr. died in Winter Haven, Florida, December 8,2000. Sid came to Dartmouth from Newtown (NewYork) High School, where he developed a lifelong love of the camera. At Dartmouth he was a member of Kappa Sigma. He made a living with his camera. We know that hewas president of the Curtis School of Photography, in Huntington, New York, after working brieflywith AGFAAnasco. He served in the Army Air Force during WW II and was discharged as a captain. He worked as assistant plant manager for Pavelle Color Film (now Technicolor) before starting his own business in 1952. Hewas predeceased by his wife and is survived by son Robert and daughters Susan, Christa, Carolyn, Constance and Catherine.

Robert Cushman died January 7 at his home in Exeter, New Hampshire. An Andover graduate, at Dartmouth he captained the swimming team, was president of Theta Delta Chi and a member of the Interfraternity Council and Casque & Gauntlet. He joined the Norton Co. in 1944, serving as president and CEO from 1971 to 1979 and transforming the century-old family abrasive business into a billion-dollar multinational corporation. He created the company's first code of ethics and continued the tradition of community involvement among Norton executives. He retired as an active employee in 1980 but continued as chairman of the board of directors until 1985. He served on the boards of the Paine Webber Group, Houghton Mifflin Co., Allmerica Financial Corp. and Instron Corp. He was an overseer of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Tuck School. He leaves his wife, Mary (Polly), daughters Mary and Louise, four grandchildren and a great-grandson.

J. Wallace Davis died of complications from a liver disease December 22,2002, in Bryn Mawr. Pennsylvania. Wally's medical career closely paralleled that of his father: Both were renowned physicians and pioneers in the development of the plastic-surgery specialty, graduated Jefferson Medical College, served in the medical corps during a world war, became a professor at their alma mater and the chief of plastic surgery at Jefferson University Hospital. At Dartmouth Wally was a member of Theta Delta Chi, the band, Glee Club and Inter-Dormitory Council. After the war he returned to his father's medical practice, also working as a plastic-surgery consultant to area hospitals. He was one of the first to advocate the importance of treating a patient's psychological as well as physical health. He retired in 1988. In addition to his wife, Gail, he is survived by son Jeff and daughter Leslie.

John T. Evans Jr. died at his home February 11. He came to Datmouth from White Plains (New York) High School and in Hanover was a member of Players, Glee Club, choir and football squad and Zeta Psi. He graduated from Drew University Theological Seminary in 41 and was ordained shortly afterward. He was one of the first chaplains to join the newly formed Air Force in 1943. He retired in 1965 after assignments through out the world, and moved to Northfield, where he served as chaplain and professor of religion at Norwich University. He earned a masters in. education from UVM in 1970 before being granted an honorary doctor of divinity degree from Norwich University. Throughout his 38 years in Vermont John served many churches in the area, some for just a Sunday service. He was predeceased by his wife of 60 years, Mary Ann, and daughter Priscilla. He is survived by children Nancy, Gwendolyn, Peter and David; 20 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Malcolm T. Fogg of Smart, Florida, died November 19,2002. Mai went to Newton (Massachusetts) High School and at Dartmouth was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon and LeCercle Francais Club. He majored in chemistry and apparendy followed this bent up throughout his working life, because we note he worked early on with the Ashland Chemical Co., manufacturers of industrial chemicals, in Worthington, Ohio. He was also the organist and choirmaster of St. Johns Episcopal Church in Worthington. He also worked later with Global Chemical Co. in Cincinnati, Ohio, before repairing to Stuart in retirement. He is survived by his wife, Barbara, and daughters Pamela and Patricia.

Walter Gresham died on April 10,2000. Walt came to Dartmouth from Pasadena (California) High School. At Dartmouth he was a member of Kappa Sigma and the Junto. He spent some time taking writing courses at UCLA, language courses at the University of Idaho and at Stanford before putting in more than three years with the Army during WW II. He also attended the Sorbonne in 1945 to sharpen his language capabilities. Following the war Walt had returned to his native Pasadena to work as a freelance writer, records indicate. As far as we know, he is not survived by any living relatives.

Robert B. Harlan died October 31,2002. Bob came to Hanover from Hyde Park High School in Chicago and at Dartmouth he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon. Bob finished up at the University of Chicago School of Business with an A.E.E. degree in 1939. He spent four years in the Navy during WW II before beginning his career in real estate, which ended in 1964 with throat cancer. Subsequently he joined a small department store chain in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. He is survived by his wife, Mary Ann Harlan, son Tom, daughter Jane and four grandchildren.

Harrison Percy Warrener died December 16,2002, in his native Cincinnati, Ohio. At Dartmouth "Hass" was a member of DART, Sigma Chi, TheD, Camera Club and the Outing Club. After Dartouth he received an M.B.A. at Xavier University, immediately after which he joined Union Central Life Insurance Co. He was the fourth generation of his family to be associated with the company. He rose from manager of the benefits division to assistant vice president in 1946. He retired from the company in 1971 and became a partner in Rust Warrener Inc., an insurance agency he founded. Hass moved to Chatham, Massachusetts, in the same year and turned a life-long hobby into a vocation designing and producing cabinets. Survivors include his wife, Helen, son Tim, daughter Susan, five step-children, 14 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Edward Waters of Bloomfiled, Connecticut, died January 10. "Buzz" came to Hanover from the Loomis School and at Dartmouth was a member of Psi U. and the freshman and varsity lacrosse teams. During WW II he served in the Marine Corps, retiring as a major and Iwo Jima survivor. He went to work for Rourke-Eno Paper Co. in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1947 and became president in 1965. He was a 33rd-degree Mason. He is survived by his wife, Jane, daughter Polly, son Murray and three grandchildren.

1940

Francis Warren Miller Jr. died February 28 at Baeverly, Massachusetts, nursing home from complications of a stroke. Mickey came to Dartmouth from New Hampton School, graduated from Tuck and was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and Phi Beta Kappa. He went to work for Aetna Life Insurance Co. as a group insurance specialist in 1941, enlisted in the Navy in 1943, attended officers' candidate school at Harvard and was assigned to the U.S.S. Shubrick. He returned to Aetna and was assigned to Concord, New Hampshire; Springfield, Massachusetts; and Hartford, Connecticut, where he retired in 1984 as general manager. He was active in Rotary, Little League and Cub Scouts and as president of the Dartmouth Club of Springfield and an avid recruiter for the Dartmouth athletic programs. He was predeceased by his wife, Jo, and survived by daughter Jonnie and sons Peter, Mark '72 and Michael.

Frank Broad Reeves Jr. died on March 3. "Tuffy" came to Dartmouth from Roxbury Latin School, majored in national problems and was a member of Phi Gamma Delta, Sphinx, Vigilantes, freshman baseball and football and varsity baseball. During WWII he was a major in field artillery and aide-de-camp to major generals D.C. Cubbison and S.L. Irwin. Tuffy was president and owner of Aerial Communications Inc. (radio and TV communications). He was predeceased by his wife, Gladys, and is survived by daughter Robyn.

Robert Walker Unangst died January 20 in Marathon Nursing Home in Marathon, Florida. Bob received a degree in chemistry-zoology. He was a member of Sigma Nu, freshman football, freshman track, varsity track ,J.V. football and varsity cross country. He received 12 medals in various track meets. Other honors earned included: M.D., New York University College of Medicine; surgical resident and lieutenant, U.S. Naval Hospital in St. Albans, New York; surgeon, VA Hospital in White River Junction, Vermont, and Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital in Hanover; diplomat, American Board of Surgery; fellow, American College of Surgeons; chief of surgery, Huntington Hospital, Huntington, New York; associate professor of clinical surgery, University Hospital SUNY at Stony Brook in New York. Phyllis and Bob were mini-reunion chairpersons for many years. Bob is survived by his wife and children Robert Jr., Anne, Margaret, Mary, Amy, Donald James and David.

1941

Hall Gerald Buzzell died on December 29,2002, in Newport, Vermont.After serving in the Navy during WW II, Buzz taught mathematics at Clark School, St. Johnsbury Academy, the University of Massachusetts at Devens and at Amherst and Norwich University. Married to Priscilla Merchant in 1943, they raised six children, who survive him.

George Kissenberth Canfield died on December 18, 2002, in Madison, Connecticut. George prepared for Dartmouth at Montclair Academy in New Jersey. At Hanover he was president of Kappa Kappa Kappa. He served in the Navy as a lieutenant during WW II and then began a career as a manufacturer's representative in New York City. After retiring in 1961 he worked in civic and volunteer causes and served as first selectman of Bridge-water, Connecticut, from 1979 to 1982. George is survived by Mitzi Spears, whom he married in 1981 after the death of Fanchon Mirepoix, his previous wife. A first marriage to Charlotte Rodman ended in divorce. George is survived by four children, three stepchildren and eight grandchildren.

Robert James Dixon died at his home in Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas, March 21. At Dartmouth Bob was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and Dragon. He began an illustrious military career of 37 years with pilot training in the Royal Canadian Air Force, then transferred to the Army Ar Corps in 1943. General-to-be Dixon flew combat missions in three wars: In WWII he was shot down in Germany and held prisoner until May 1945; flew 28 missions in the Korean War; and flew 36 missions in Vietnam, where he served as vice commander of the Seventh Air Force. In 1970 Bob was promoted to lieutenant general and became deputy chief of staff, personnel, at USAF headquarters. In 1973 he received his fourth star and served as commander of Tactical Air Command until his retirement in 1978. He received many military decorations. Bob is survived by his wife, Lamana; sons Thomas, Roland and Edward '66; and daughters Mary and Kelly '82.

James Lewis Kilgour died November 14,2001. His last known address was Wayne, Pennsylvania. Jim came to Dartmouth from Mercersburg Academy in New Jersey. He served in the Navy for five years during WW II, including assignment as a lieutenant aboard the aircraft carrier Bon HommeRichard. Jim worked as export sales manager for Armstrong Cork Co. from 1946 to 1953. He then worked from 1953 to 1961 for Hurley Manufacturing Co. as vice president for sales and marketing. He subsequently was employed by Brockway Glass Co. as national account executive until his retirement. Jim is survived by his wife, Barbara; daughters Phyllis, Barbara and Patricia; and stepson James Watt Jr.

Robert Winslow Sherwin, a career naval officer, died on May 5,2002. Bob was born in Brattleboro, Vermont; prepped at Tilton; and entered Dartmouth as a member of the class of 1940. Felled by pneumonia in his sophomore year, he returned to school as a '41. Bob was active in the Glee Club and the Outing Club. After graduation he joined the Navy, was commissioned at Cornell and went to the European theater, where he made three landings and was awarded the Bronze Star and the Silver Star. Bob went regular Navy in 1946 and for the next 25 years had two destroyer commands, three years in the Pentagon and served in the European command in Paris. He retired in Hawaii in 1968 and re-married there, moving in 1981 to Texas with his wife, Lois. She survives him along with his children, Robert Jr. '67, Barbara and Carole.

1942

Keith Prouty died on March 14 at Suburban Hospital, Washington, D.C., of complications following exploratory abdominal surgery. He was a labor organizer and union officer who retired in 1994 from the U.S. Department of Transportation after 19 years as a labor specialist in the office of the secretary of transportation. After serving in signal intelligence with the Army during WW II, he worked as a civilian on manpower and union issues with the U.S. military government in Berlin, returning to graduate studies in economics at Yale. Career highlights include working as research director for the Connecticut AFL-CIO, with the United Rubber Workers, as director of development and research at the Communications Workers of America and as administrator of wage and price controls at the Cost of Living Council for the Secretary of Labor. He served as political action chairman of the Maryland and Montgomery County NAACPs. Survivors include wife Muriel;children David, Douglas '81, Carolyn and Eleanor; a brother; and five grandchildren.

Paul Stephen Vaitses Jr. died April 2 of congestive heart failure at the Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River, Massachusetts, where he and his wife, Maxine, had their home. Paul was a former mayor of Melrose, Massachusetts, and then worked to bring the battleship USS Massachusetts to Fall River. Following our graduation he went directly into Columbia University's U.S. Navy Midshipmen School, was commissioned ensign and served aboard the USS Massachusetts in the Atlantic and Pacific operations during World War II. He won the Bronze Star Medal in Okinawa in 1945, and retired from the Naval Reserve as a lieutenant commander in 1956. His political career included serving as Melrose alderman and then two terms as mayor. He then took the job of executive director of the USS Massachusetts Memorial Committee, serving until retirement in 1990. In addition to his wife, survivors include son Paul, brother Allan and two grandchildren.

1943

Earl F. Harris died November 11,2001, at home in Greenfield, Massachusetts. Born in Orange, Massachusetts, he graduated from Orange High School, attended Dartmouth, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Babson Institute, Lowell Textile Institute and the University of West Virginia. Earl served in the Army from 1943 to 1946, with overseas service in the China-Burma-India theater. He joined the Rodney Hunt Co. in 1946, becoming its president in 1966 and retired as its chairman in 1995. An active community leader, he served on the boards of the American Management Association, Young Presidents Association, Franklin Medical Center, Athol Memorial Hospital and Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Massachusetts. Hobbies included sailing, ship models, maritime history and fine arts. Survivors include wife Dorothy, son Channing, daughter Anne, brother Edward, a granddaughter and former wife Glenys.

Eugene Edward McCarthy died January 10 in Encinitas, California. Gene came to Dartmouth from White Plains High, New York. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa in December '42 with high honors. A Phi Kappa Psi, Gene wrote for The Daily Dartmouth, was a speed skating team member and an avid golfer. Gene saw active duty as a naval officer (lieutenant, senior grade, on discharge) in the Pacific from 1943 to 1945. He returned to Tuck School and received his M.B.A. in 1947. After five years in sales with the Fyr-Fyter Co. he joined E.C. McCarthy Inc. as vice president of sales, becoming president in 1959. On its sale in 1963, he served as vice president of marketing for National Price Service for 16 years, retiring in 1980 to California. Predeceased by his wife, Margaret, he is survived by his sister,joan; sons, Michael, Terrence and Daniel; daughters Susan and Laura; and 10 grandchildren.

Robert William Straub died November 27,2002, after a three-year battle with Alzheimer's disease. Bob grew up in Los Altos, California, where he attended Mountain View High prior to entering Dartmouth. He served in the Army during WW II, returned to Hanover to finish Tuck and then moved to Oregon with his wife, Pat, in 1947. He quickly began a political career that would see a state dominated by the timber industry make way for high-tech investment. As governor (1975-79) he rechanneled freeway money into mass transit in what would become the start of Portlands light rail system. Earlier in his career, as state treasurer, Bob invested public retirement funds in the stock market, reaping significant financial benefits to state workers. He leaves Pat, his wife of 59 years, five children, 16 grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren.

Robert Edward Williams died February 3 in a Fort Myers, Florida, hospital. A native of New York City, Bob came to Dartmouth as a graduate of Stuyvesant High School. A psychology major and member of Delta Tau Delta, he lettered in track and was captain of the cross-country team. During WWII he was a captain in the Army Air Corps, serving on Iwo Jima. Bob received an M.B.A. from N.Y.U. in 1951, following which he devoted his life work to the life insurance business with Prudential Insurance and later United of Omaha. He was a member of the National Association of Life Underwriters, a CLU and served on several national committees. He retired in 1985 and moved to Fort Myers, staying active in volunteer work. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Charlotte, four children and spouses, a sister and nine grandchildren.

George Raymond Wolfe died May 7,2002. At the time of death Ray and his wife were living in Naples, Florida, where he had been active in the real estate business prior to retirement in 1991. Ray came to Dartmouth from Huntington (West Virginia) High School. A fine athlete, his exploits on the football field are particularly well remembered by classmates. A Thayer School major, Ray was an ensign in the Navy during WW II. After a stint as a high school teacher and coach, he went to work for Ralston Purina. His subsequent business career included a number of years with Peavey and Conagra, where he was vice president and general manager, and finally real estate. Describing himself as a West Virginia "hillbilly," Ray is survived by Ruth, his wife of 60 years, and children Michael, Sally and David.

1944

Nicholas J. Daukas, M.D., of Middletown, Connecticut, and Watch Hill, Rhode Island, died at his home February 25. After Dartmouth Nick went on to receive his M.D. at N.Y.U. Medical School in 1947. He served his residency in ophthalmology at New York Eye and Ear Hospital. He served in the Army during WWII and the Korean conflict. Never married, the love of sports played a large part in Nicks life. He was an Ail-American football player in college and All-Pro tackle for the Brooklyn Dodgers while in medical school. He had been an assistant professor at Yale Medical School and was on the surgical staff at Middlesex Hospital. He had practiced in Middletown since 1956. He is survived by brothers Louis '49, Paul '49, John and Charles; sisters Ann and Alice; and 19 nieces and nephews.

1945

Frederick William Bonacker Jr. died February 20. Originally from Newton Highlands, Massachusetts, Fred came to Dartmouth via Deerfield Academy, gaining his bachelors in September 1946. During WW II he served two years in the Navy and attained the rank of lieutenant, j.g. First employed at DuPont, he took graduate studies at M.I.T. and later worked for Fleetwood Chemical Co. and Hooker Electrochemical Co. as a technical sales representative. His last known address was in Niagrara Falls, New York.

Lee Stanley Kreindler died of a cerebral hemorrhage at New York University Hospital on February 18. The nations foremost practitioner of air disaster law, he played leading roles in the lawsuits after the crash of TWA Flight 800 off the coast of Long Island, the 1988 bombing of Pan American Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, and scores of others during the past 50 years. His firm Kreindler & Kreindler also represented victims of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. At Dartmouth he was a member of the debate team before serving three years in the Army during WW II. He returned to graduate in 1947. In 1949 he gained his law degree at the Harvard Law School and was admitted to the New York Bar. He joined his fathers law firm in 1950 and was married in 1952. He is survived by his wife, Ruth, son James '77, daughter Laurie and seven grandchildren.

Richard Francis Lewis died of heart problems December 26,2002, at the V.A. Hospice in Palo Alto, California. The son of a Dartmouth father (class of 1897), Dick's early years were spent on a ranch near Bozeman, Montana, before coming to Hanover. His Dartmouth education was interrupted by WWII service as an officer in the Navy Supply Corps. He returned to graduate in 1947, then moved to the West Coast. Called back into active service during the Korean conflict, he was stationed for two years at the Navy supply depot in Oakland, where he met his wife at a Sunday afternoon tea dance. After they were married in 1953, Dick made his career in the insurance and financial business, specializing in employee stock ownership plans until his retirement in 1986. He is survived by his wife, Esther, a son, two daughters and four grandchildren.

Tracy Paine Mitchell died January 7,2002.After his first year at Dartmouth, he spent three WW II years in the Army Air Force as a combat-cargo pilot in the China-Burma-India theater. He returned to the family hardware business in Ashtabula, Ohio, where he served as president until closing out the business in 1968.Trace pursued his career in Ohio with several firms in retail and wholesale hardware activity and in the savings and loan field. Moving to North Carolina in early 1980s, he continued in the hardware business, later becoming a realtor before retiring in 1994. He was married first in 1948 to Alison, with whom he had children Mary, Tracy Jr. and Craig. Also surviving are his wife of the last 14 years, Maxine, and three grandchildren.

Warren Bryant Smith died March 3,2002, in Bellows Falls, Vermont, after along illness. He completed his first two years at Dartmouth before entering the Navy Air Corps. He served three and one half years in WW II as a lieutenant, j.g., and was married in 1946 to the former Joan Hargraves in Alhambra, California, soon after her release from the WAVES. "Smitty" returned to Hanover to graduate in 1949. After a brief stint in auto sales in his hometown of Bellows Falls, his early business career was with Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. as an underwriter. In 1962 he moved to Washington, D.C., where he served in management levels with the U.S. Census Bureau until his retirement in 1981. He then returned to Bellows Falls. In addition to his wife of 55 years, he is survived by daughter Linda and son Mark.

1947

James Corliss Davis of Carlisle, Massachusetts, died at home January 12. He graduated and then received a degree in engineering from Thayer School in 1948. As an undergraduate he was active in the Dartmouth Players. He taught at Piedmont College in Georgia and for the Air Force in Mississippi, and then moved to Massachusetts, where he worked as an engineer and inventor for the Raytheon Corp. He served two terms as a selectman in Carlisle and as a member of the conservation restriction advisory committee. He was an active supporter of the civil rights movement. He leaves his wife, a son and two daughters.

Robert Sidney Shifman died January 8 in West Orange, New Jersey. He joined the class as a civilian from Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey. After service in the Navy V-12 program he returned to graduate with a degree in economics. In his professional life he rose to become president of Shifman Brothers, manufacturers of home furnishings. He served as a board member of the Newark Beth Israel Hospital, as president of the Jewish Vocational Service of Essex County and a's president of the Childrens' Aid and Adoption Society. He leaves a son, a daughter and seven grandchildren.

1948

John Joseph Barry Jr. died in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico January 12. Jack came to join the Dartmouth Marine V-12 unit from Iwo Jima. He prepped at Boston Latin School and was a member of the Glee Club and Phi Kappa Psi. A psychology major, he continued in that field, earning M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Boston University. He taught in several Boston colleges and, since 1972, had been in private practice as a consulting psychologist. He was a member of several professional groups and worked in stress management with many law enforcement agencies. Jack and Peg are parents of the first '48 offspring, John III '70, who was bom in 1948 when they lived in Wigwam Circle. He is also survived by daughters Alice and Nikki and five grandchildren.

1949

Robert Edward Grider died in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in January. Bob was born in Manchester, New Hampshire, and served in the Army Air Force in 1944-45 prior to coming to Dartmouth. He was a member of Delta Upsilon. Alter graduation he went into retailing with the W.T. Grant Co. and the A. C. Neilsen Co. He is survived by his wife Nell.

George Oliver Hinners died of cancer in Evanston, Illinois, in February. He was a music major, sang in the Glee Club, belonged to the Dartmouth Players and was a member of Alpha Delta Phi. After graduation he served in the Army as a first sergeant teaching Russian and German. He sang professionally and also worked at producing TV shows in the Chicago area. He then studied banking at Northwestern and Cornell and became a banking officer in Chicago for 30 years.He is survived by children Gregory and Catherine.

Peter Kapeluck of Clemson, South Carolina, died in early January. Peter was member of the Marine V-12 unit, serving in the Marine Corps from 1942-46. He was a member of the Armed Forces honor guard for President Franklin Roosevelt's cortege. After graduating from Dartmouth he studied at American University, receiving an MA. in economics. He worked for the Secret Service, the CIA and the U.S. Tariff Commission. He was also one of the hosts who accompanied Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev's 1959 tour of the United States. He is survived by his wife, Bette Jean; sons Peter, Tim and Mark; and daughter Deborah.

Chester Ralph Palmer died on February 10 of this year. Chet was a native of Thetford, Vermont, and graduated from Hanover High School. Prior to coming to Dartmouth he served during WW II in the Army. At Dartmouth he majored in history and English and later earned his M.A. in history from the University of Illinois. Chet was a longtime public accountant, owning his own business in Lebanon for more than 35 years. He sang with the Upper Valley Glee Club and the First Congregational Church of Thetford. He is survived by son Craig and daughter Pamela.

Paul Bernhardt Richwagen died in Decatur, Georgia, in November 2002. Paul was born in Boston and served as a platoon sergeant in the Marine Corps from 1944-45. After leaving Dartmouth he earned a B.S. in education from Boston University. His career then focused on teaching, holding positions as athletic director, science teacher and director of the Beenadeewin Camp for Girls on Lake Fairlee. He is survived by son Jeffrey.

1950

John P. English died March 11 of cancer. Although he graduated with the class of '49, he became affiliated with our class.Jack graduated from Stoneham (Massachusetts) High School and served in the European theater for two years. At Dartmouth he majored in languages, was a member of Theta Chi and a featured pianist with the Barbary Coast. After graduation he attended the Berklee School of Music in Boston, where he played with the Louis Prima Band and then went on to New York, where he played all the big clubs. In Los Angeles, where he lived for 37 years, he worked as a rehearsal pianist for many stars, including Joni James Judy Garland and Anita O'Day. He was married to Virginia Carmichael and they had children Moria and John, who survive him. Niece Linda Beane Freeley is a member of the class of '84.

Stanton W. Frederick Jr. died February 9 of colon cancer, which he had battled for 14 years. Tony came to Dartmouth from Broadway High School in Seattle, Washington. He was a member of Theta Delt and majored in mathematics. After graduation he began a career in investment services with Merrill Lynch in N.Y.C., moving on to Tucson for a brief period before returning to Seattle, where he joined E.I. duPont before going on to Harris, Greer and Frederick, where he became president. Tony and his wife, Barbara, had four children and were very active in church, political and social affairs. He is survived by his wife, three daughters, a son and grandchildren.

Fred McFeely Rogers died February 27 of stomach cancer. He was Mr. Rogers of television fame, beloved by our children and grandchildren. Fred was with us only in our freshman year, transferring to Rollins College in Florida to study music. He was married to Sara Joanne Rogers, and they were the parents of sons James and John. At Dartmouth's 2002 Commencement exercises Fred delivered the main address and received an honorary degree (doctor of humane letters). Mark Tourtelotte, his roommate in Massachusetts Hall, was quoted in the '50 news letter as saying: "He was a warm, bright, talented, thoughtful, shy and kind man in 1946, and he remained that way throughout the rest of his life."

Robert V.P. Waterman died March 1 following a bicycle accident near his winter home in Naples, Florida. Born in Bettendorf, lowa, Bob came to Dartmouth via Lake Forest Academy and the Navy. He majored in government, graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude and went on to graduate from Harvard Law School. He joined Lane & Waterman in Davenport, lowa, when that firm had eight lawyers. When Bob recently "pseudo-retired" as managing partner, the firm had 42 lawyers. Family, the law, and community played major roles in his life. Then there was golf, music and Dartmouth. Bob is survived by Catherine (Kitty), his wife of 50 years; children Catherine '76, Robert Jr., Thomas '81, Elisabeth '82, James and Julia; and 12 grandchildren. Dartmouth family included father C.D. Waterman Sr. '13 and brothers C.D.Waterman '45 and Lamed 43, who predeceased him.

Samuel Vitt died February 2 in Newark, Ohio. He came to Dartmouth from Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey. An English major, he was managing editor of the Jack-O-Lantem and a member of Green Key, Vigilantes and SAE. Sam was a participant on the swimming, tennis and squash teams and was in the NROTC program. After graduation he served two years in the Navy. He had an illustrious career in advertising in New York City, in 1969 founding his own firm, which became a Fortune 500 company. His civic activities included the Republican Party and the New Rochelle Hospital Medical Center. Sam was predeceased by his wife, Marie, and is survived by their two sons and a daughter.

1952

Roger F. Evans Jr. died January 5. His last known residence was Woodside in Queens, New York. Rog came to Dartmouth from Vermont Academy and Scarsdale, New York. He left after his sophomore year and subsequendy attended several other universities, all without graduating. Rog suffered from epilepsy. He did not maintain contact with Dartmouth or his classmates. He had a succession of occupations but spent most of his career as a civilian supply clerk at the U.S. Naval Base in Brooklyn, New York. At his death, Roger left his seconday school alma mater—Vermont Academy—$550,000, the largest single gift ever received by the school.Rog did not marry. James F. Shepherd died in Denver, Colorado, November 23,2002. He came to Dartmouth from that city and returned there to attend law school and the University of Denver. Jim commenced his career as a tax attorney in Chicago and later moved to Casper, Wyoming. During the 19 60 presidential election he served as chairman of the Citizens for Kennedy in Wyoming. After President Kennedy's election Jim went to Washington as a special assistant to Attorney General Robert Kennedy. He spent most of the next two decades as a trial attorney in the tax division of the Department of Justice. Jim then retired and returned to Denver in 1993. Twice married and divorced, Jim is survived by children John, Stephen, Deborah and Carolyn;10 grandchildren; and one great grandchild.

Robert W. Stockdale died of kidney failure September 7,2002. He lived in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Bob came to Dartmouth from Quincy, Massachusetts. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa and majored in psychology. Immediately upon graduation Bob was hired by Western Electric Co. as an engineer (he had spent two years as a Navy electronics technician before coming to Dartmouth). In the course of rising to the position of engineering manager, Western Electric moved Bob and his family to New Jersey Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, New York City and eventually to St. Louis. After retiring in 1984 Bob and Margaret moved to Arkansas, where they thoroughly enjoyed living on the shore of a lake in the Ozark Mountains. As Bob described it, their home was very much in the country, which suited him fine. Bob leaves Margaret and children David, Robert, Betty and Timothy.

1954

Donovan Lee Kvalnes died July 27, 2002, at his home in Landenberg, Pennsylvania. Lee entered Dartmouth from Penns Grove (New Jersey) Regional High School and majored in chemistry, was manager of the freshman ski team, an active member of the Dartmouth Outing Club and a member of Germania. Lee received a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of Minnesota. He retired in 1992 after a 36-year career at Dupont in technical services, assisting customers with problems in new products. An avid scuba diver, Lee was the former owner of First State Sports, a member of the Explorers Club and a member the National Association of Underwater Instructors, which inducted him into their Hall of Honor. He is survived by his wife, Florence, and brothers Kim '59 and Robert.

Philip Edmund Pendleton died in November 2002 in Winter Park, Florida. He entered Dartmouth from Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey. Phil was a member of Theta Delta Chi. He was an economics major, a varsity swimmer and active at W.D.B.O., the Dartmouth Air Society and the Vigilantes. Phil's career was in the cigarette business, retiring as CEO of the Cigaret Vending Co. in Florida. He served as president of the Florida Tobacco and Candy Dealers, president of the Florida Symphony associate board, president of the Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra and president of the Dartmouth Club of Central Florida. He is survived by his wife, Evelyn (Evie), and daughters Debbie, Curtsy and Ellen.

1955

James Stanley Brakhage died March 9 in Victoria, British Columbia, of cancer. He dropped out of Dartmouth in his freshman year to make films—and indeed he did. For four decades Stan shocked and delighted his viewers by painting or scratching on film, superimposing or juxtaposing images or shooting with the lens detached from the camera. The accolades are imposing. The Christian Science Monitor said Brakhage "strides across the cinema scene like a colossus." His work is in the permanent collection at the Museum of Modern Art along with D.W. Griffith, Charlie Chaplain and Orson Welles. Newsweek described some of his films as "staggeringly brilliant" but all are "resoundingly unprofitable." Jim spent 11 years at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he earned three doctorates. He retired as a distinguished professor of film studies from the University of Colorado in September 2002.

Wilson Edward Wright died of heart failure January 5,2002. He entered Dartmouth after graduating from Walnut Hills High School in Cincinnati, Ohio. He majored in English but spent a majority of his undergraduate days in the arts, especially prints and graphics. He was a member of Alpha Theta, Green Key and DOC and was an assistant executive manager in the DCAC. Upon graduation he was the first recipient of the Allen McDonald Award for interest in English and painting. Will followed this path, receiving a bachelor of fine arts degree from Yale in 1962 and a Fulbright Scholarship to study and lecture in fine arts at the Universida Catolica in Santiago, Chile. At the time of his death he was serving as a counselor for mental health at Fountain House in N.Y.C.

1956

Bruce B. Baekey, a resident of Fairfield, Connecticut, for the past 34, years died on December 11, 2002, at his home. After finishing his elementary and high school education at Pingry School in New Jersey, Bruce earned his A.B. degree at Dartmouth. During his undergraduate days he was active in the Glee Club and Sigma Nu. He continued his education doing graduate work at New York University in 1958 and 59. His professional life took him from sales with the F.W. Dodge Corp. in New York to Cincinnati and eventually back to New Jersey as sales manager for the McGraw-Hill Corp. Throughout his career he remained active in his communities, whether with the United Fund, YMCA, local Dartmouth clubs or his local church. His wife, Dorothy; sons Geoffrey, Gregory and Andrew; sister Brenda; and five grandchildren survive Bruce.

1957

William Henry Uffelman Jr. of Wilmington, Delaware, died March 28,2002. Bill came to Dartmouth from Tower Hill School in Wilmington, majored in English and was a brother in Delta Tau Delta. After graduation he entered the Navy Flight School in Pensacola, Florida, and then flew in the Atlantic and European areas until 1961. He went to the University of Virginia Law School, graduating in 1964. Bill's career was in the private practice of law in Wilmington, specializing in the corporate and real estate areas. He is survived by son Charles and grandson Charles Jr.

1958

Edgar V. Turner Jr. died March 9 at Norwalk (Connecticut) Hospital. Ed came to the College from White Plains (New York) High School. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi and the Dragon Senior Honorary Society. A long-time resident of New Canaan, Connecticut, he served as president of the Dartmouth Club of Fairfield County. At the time of his death he was chairman emeritus of Turner and Harrison Inc., a major heating and air conditioning contractor based in White Plains. He began there in 1961 and quickly expanded the firm from a small local operation into a regional business. He was active in his community in youth athletics and taught Sunday school for many years. His wife of 47 years, Rose Marie, three sons, a daughter and 11 grandchildren survive.

1960

Paul H. Boeker died March 29 in San Diego of a brain tumor. He was a distinguished diplomat, serving as U.S. ambassador to Bolivia in 1977-80 and as ambassador to Jordan in 1984-87, where he brokered many meetings between the Jordanians and Israelis. In 27 years with the State Department he also was a speech writer for former Secretary Henry Kissinger and headed the Foreign Service Institute training diplomats. Later Paul was president of the Institute of the Americas, where for 14 years he worked to improve ties between the United States and Latin America. At Dartmouth he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude. He is survived by his wife, Peggy; children Michelle, Kent and Madison; and two grandchildren. "Being U.S. ambassador in a troubled part of the world is about the best job I know," he wrote in our class book Musings in 1985.

Simeon T, Cantril died March 5 in Eugene, Oregon, of a heart attack. His medical career was in radiation oncology. He was a former director of the cancer centers program for the National Cancer Institute. Son of a member of the class of 1929, he came to Hanover from Washington state, and belonged to Chi Phi. Graduating from Harvard Medical School, he worked as a doctor for two years on the Navajo reservation in Arizona. He had more than 30 years of clinical practice at hospitals in California and Montana, where he moved in 1993. He also served as director of the non-profit West Coast Cancer Foundation. He opened the Corner Gait Ranch, an equine boarding and training facility in Belgrade, Montana, in 1995. He is survived by wife Cynthia; children Alison, Sarah, Kevin and Jonathan; and four grandchildren.

1962

John William Heiss died February 2 of pancreatic cancer in San Mateo, California, surrounded by his family. John came to Dartmouth from Racine, Wisconsin. At Dartmouth John majored in English and was a member of Sigma Nu Delta. He served in the Army in Vietnam. He earned an M.B.A. from the Wharton School in 1969 and later became founding partner of the San Francisco management consulting firm Hughes, Heiss & Associates. John was a world traveler, an avid tennis player and a voracious reader. John is survived by his wife of 37 years, Susan, and daughters Kathryn and Janet.

Edward Shapiro died March 4 at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. Ed, a graduate of Pennsylvania State University, was an officially adopted member of the class of 1962. He was a resident of Hanover since the 1980s, and a well-known figure in Hanover and a frequent sampler of Dartmouth classes in classics, music, Spanish and Chinese. He earned a Ph.D. in chemistry from Purdue University and was a mathematician and businessman by vocation. Ed is survived by his wife, Antoinette, and sons Louis and Robert.

1968

George Cooley of Albany, New York, died February 11 after a 10-year battle with prostate cancer. A native of Cohoes, New York, George was a history major and active in the four-year NROTC program. After graduation he served six years in the Navy as a division officer aboard a destroyer and as advisor to a Vietnamese Navy river division. He was awarded the Bronze Star and the Vietnamese Cross for gallantry. After his service, he attended Albany Law School, graduating in 1977. Most recently, for nearly 20 years, he served as house counsel for Utica National Insurance Co. In addition to his passionate interest in the law, George was an avid gardener, incorporating many elements of Eastern religion into his own garden, and was an amateur birdwatcher. He traveled to Ireland several times, feeling a special love for the country, its people, its literature and its beer. He is survived by his former wife, Maureen (Kelly), and daughters Martha, Bridget and Mary.

1973

Albert James Pfister died November 7,2002, in Washington, D.C. A native of Westfield, New Jersey, Al prepared for Dartmouth at the Cranwell School in Lenox, Massachusetts. He majored in biology, was a production director at WDCR and president of Gamma Delta Chi. He earned an M.S. in human genetics at Rutgers and an M.D. at the Medical University of South Carolina. At the time of his death Al was an internationally recognized cardiothoracic surgeon at Washington Hospital in the District of Columbia. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth, four children, his parents, two sisters and his brother David '77.

1982

William Walker Shields died January 31. Bill came to Dartmouth from Plant High School in Tampa, Florida. He was on the varsity baseball team and was a member of Kappa Sigma. His friends at Dartmouth described him as a serious student who seemed to be constantly happy. After Dartmouth Bill earned a law degree from the Florida Law School at the University of Florida. He practiced construction law in the Tampa area. He is survived by wife Deke, sons Billy IV and lan, parents Beth and Bill, sister Kathy and brother Doug.