Deaths

This is a list of deaths reported to us since the previous issue. Full obituaries, usually written by the class secretaries, may appear in this or a later issue.

John Alison Ullman '28 • Nov.20,2004 Gordon Harris Derby '31 • Nov. 8,2004 Richard Mumper Cunningham '32 • Nov.7,2003 Calvin Bernard Geary'32 • Oct.3,2004. John Andrew Weissenfluh '32 • March 2,2002 Sumner Leon Rittenberg '33 • Sept.16,2004 Robert Willmarth Griffin '34 • Sept.16,2004 Benjamin Jarrold Piatt '34 • Aug. 13,2004 Walter Strickler Welch '34 • Oct. 24,2003 Jerome George Davis '35 • June 6,2004 Theodore Roosevelt Hupper '35 • Sept. 9,2004 Robert Corwin Linson '35 • June 15,2003 Herbert Harold Ostrow '35 • Oct. 24,2004 Ernest Wilfred April '37 • July 27,2004 Melvyn Adams Estey '37 'Aug.23,2004 John Whittemore Lovely '37 • Aug. 16,2004 Kenelm Winslow Herschel '38 • Oct. 18,2004 Parker Holden '38 • Oct. 1,2004 Edward Moseley Thomas Jr. '38 • March31,2004 Edward Kendall White Jr. '38 • Nov.4,2004 Rodney Olmsted Albright '39 'Aug. 30,2004 Arnold Kinney Childs '39 • June 29,2004 John Stewart Cumming Jr. '39 • Nov. 22,2004 Harry Edmondson '39 • Oct. 14,2004 Ralph Erdman Holben '39 • Nov.15,2004 Richard Stanley Marton '39 • Sept. 23,2004 John Alden Baybutt'40 • Oct.25,2004 Arthur Root'40 • Sept. 7,2004 John Francis Rourke'40 • Oct. 21,2004 Donald Bruce '41 • Nov. 25,2004 Robert Leonard Lawrence '41 • Sept. 23,2004 Edward Wright Martin '41 • July.3,2004 David Harriman Allen '42 • Nov.12,2004 Arthur William Bullock' 42 • Oct. 11,2004 William Kent Barclay' 42 • June 4,2004 Bernard Francis Curry Jr. '42 • Nov. 7,2004 Roland Reed Hummel '42 • July 9,2004 Thomas Carleton Moore '42 • Oct.26,2004 Proctor Hull Page '42 • Oct. 9,2004 Arnulf Ueland Jr. '42 • July. 15,2004 William Douglas Kipp '43 • Oct.3,2004 William Walden Wilson '43 • Nov.18,2004 Huntley Bennett'45 • Sept.20,2004 Donald Carr Campbell '45 • Sept.25,2003 Donald Sayre Fifield '45 • Nov. 7,2004 Joseph Michael Guattery'45 • Sept.30,2004 Malcolm Hoyt '45 • Sept.16,2004 Francis Parsons Wilcox Jr. '45 • Oct.2,2004 Herman Albert Lambert '46 • NOv.30,2004 David Barber McDowell '46 'April 14,2004 Richard Charles Shambroom '46 • Oct. 17,2004 George Harrison Wade '46 • Feb.3,2004 Daniel Cecil Broida'47 • Oct. 17,2004 John Mulloy Collins'47 • June 14,2004 George Freeman Spinney '47 • Oct.31,2003 Frank Richard Hill Jr. '47 • Oct. 2004 Robert Jackson Douglas '48 • Nov. 11,2004 Harold Walter Sanderson '48 • Sept. 10,2003 Kenneth William Riley'49 • Nov. 10,2004 Donald Winthrop Ayres '50 • Nov. 19,2004 Robert Benjamin Ayres '50 • Oct. 1,2004 Thomas Alan Doxsee '50 • June. 7,2004 Montague Gordon Miller'50 • Oct. 27,2004 David Archer White '50 • Nov. 23,2004 William F. Flanagan Jr. '5l • Sept 24,2004 Laurence W. Howard'51 • June 14,2004 Joseph T. Manganelli '51 • Aug.5,2004 Joseph A. Morelli '51 • Sept.26,2004 Erich S. Wisiol '5l • Nov.21,2004 Percy Crosby '52 'Aug. 12,2004 Thomas E. Nelson '53 ' Aug.2,2004 Kehnroth Schramm '54 • Sept. 24,2004 Paul Douglas Dingwell Jr. '55 'Aug. 11,2004 Mark A. Leipman '55 • Dec.21,2003 Robert Koller Leopold '55 'May 12,2004 George Thomas Brophy Jr. '56 • 0ct.27,2004 William Perry Gresh '56 • Oct. 14,2004 . Gregory Brooks Armstrong'58 • Oct.30,2004 William Joseph Prior'58 • Sept.2001 Lawrence Henry Schwartz '58 • Nov.2004 Fred Chapin Marsh II '60 • Nov. 10,2004 Marsh Wilmot Bates '61 • Sept. 21,2004 Richard Frank Dillon '62 • July 26 Charles Oxford Hegeman '62 • Dec. 13,2001 John Lee Patterson '63 • Sept.9,2004 Robert Wilson Tucker 111 '63 • Nov.4,2004 Albert Leet Hotchkin Jr. '65 • Feb. 4,2003 Gregory Stuart Ball '66 • Oct. 17,2004 Timothy Ray Barron '71 • Nov.5,2004 Jackie K. Clark '73 'May 16,2004 Nilanjan Banerjee'01 • Nov. 26,2004

1932

Calvin Bernard Geary died October 3, 2004, at South Shore Hospital in Weymouth, Massachusetts. Cal was a native of Port Gamble, Washington, but soon moved to Belmont. At age 7 he sold newspapers on the trolley and went on to caddie at the Country Country Club in Brookline. Coming from Boston English High School, at Dartmouth he belonged to Theta Delta Chi and was on the golf team. After college he first worked at the Boston Stock Exchange and then Gulf Oil, but he soon joined a Boston textile company as a wool buyer, starting his lifelong career. After Army service in WW II he became an independent wool buyer. Cal lived in Belmont until 2000, when he moved to South Weymouth. He belonged to the Belmont, Weymouth and Concord country clubs. His first wife died in 1996. He is survived by wife Barbara and two stepdaughters.

1933

Sumner Leon Rittenberg died on September 16, 2004. He prepared for Dartmouth at Boston English High School and Worcester Academy, was a member of the Round Table, served as associate business manager of the Dartmouth Pictorial and majored in Tuck School, from which he received an M.C.S. He engaged in the recreation and restaurant business in Saugus, Massachusetts, and also was a real estate broker of residential and commercial properties in Quincy. He served five years as a major in the finance department of the Army in WW II. He is survived by his wife, Charlotte, and two children.

1934

John William Knibbs III died in Imperial Beach, California, on July 20,2004. At College Bill was a member of Green Key, Casque & Gauntlet, Freshman Glee Club, the Players, varsity boxing, football and Alpha Delta Phi. He was very active in Dartmouth affairs as class treasurer, secretary, agent and president. He majored in philosophy. After graduation he worked for Guaranty Trust Cos. of New York then went into the life insurance business, working for Penn Mutual Life Insurance Cos., National Life of Vermont and as a vice president of R.P. Burroughs & Cos. He joined Barney and Barney Insurance in San Diego in 1953 and for 15 years he was co-manager of its life and group department. In 1969 he was appointed a partner of this firm. Survivors include his wife, Lila; children Carol, Linda and William; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Leon T. Lindheim, a retired bank executive who wrote "Coin-Wise" columns for The Plain Dealer for more than 30 years, died at South Pointe Hospital on July 12,2004, in Warrensville Heights, Ohio. At college he was a member of the Green Book and Boots & Saddle and majored in economics. After graduation he worked as a bank teller and was one of five employees at the Continental Bank. He watched it grow to 40 em- ployees and became vice chairman before its mergerwith Euclid National. He began his newspaper career long before he retired in 1976 as assistant to the chairman of Euclid. He began writing Sunday columns for coin collectors in the early 1960s and in the late 1960s he wrote a book, Facts and Fictions about Coins. Survivors include his wife of 66 years, I sabelle, children Robert and Jeannie, four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

1936

John Griswold Bouker died at home in Naples, Florida, on September 6,2004. He was born in Greenfield, Massachusetts, graduated from high school there and later from Deerfield Academy. At Dartmouth he majored in civil engineering and was a member of Chi Phi. After a stint as an insurance underwriter, in 1939 John entered the Marine Corps and remained for the remainder of his professional career, retiring in 1968 as a major general. His military service against Japan included the Bougainville and Okinawa campaigns, in which he won the Bronze Star, three years as professor of naval science at Cornell University, graduation from the National War College and duty with the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He was Commanding General Force Troops, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic. For Dartmouth John served as public information chair and class agent during the 1970s and 1980s. He leaves his wife, Jane, daughter Ann, son Peter, six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Alfred Chester Langlois died on August 26,2004, survived by his wife, Haldora (Betty), children Peter and Annette and six grandchildren. At Dartmouth his major was economics, his aspiration was to be a writer and his pleasures were golf, fly fishing and skiing (including ski jumping). In his life's work he managed to combine all of these by operating his own advertising and travel business in Wausau, Wisconsin, where he and Betty settled in 1946 after they both retired from the military. Their sports experiences there and in their travels (snorkeling in the Cayman Islands, etc.) provided material for writing, Als second vocation. He continued writing about those activities with a regular column published in the Wausau Daily Record Herald and in five other newspapers in the area. For Dartmouth in his later years Al served as class agent and then as regional agent.

1937

Ernest Wilfred April died in Gloucester, Massachusetts, on July 27,2004. He is survived by his wife, Dorothea, and sons Ernest and David. At Dartmouth he was a member of Beta Theta Pi. He majored in French and later earned a master's degree in education at Harvard. He was a Navy lieutenant commander in WWII and remained in the Naval Reserve until 1969. He retired in 1979 as principal of the Danvers (Massachusetts) High School. For several years he served Salem as a city councilor, school committeeman and state legislator.

Melvyn Adams Estey died on August 23,2004, leaving his wife, Anna Helen Estey, and children Melvyn and Allan Estey and Marsha Patterson. He prepared for Dartmouth at Wyoming Seminary. In college he was a member of Theta Chi and majored in history and political science. He earned a masters degree in history from Boston University in 1941. He retired in 1981 as holder of the McMillan History Chair at Culver Military Academy. During WW II he served as a colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps.

John W. Lovely died on August 16,2004. He was the retired vice president of the Bryant Grinder Corp. He spent most of his life in Vermont and retired to Hilton Head, North Carolina, in 1977. He majored in history at Dartmouth, and then earned a masters degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1939. He is survived by his wife, Shirley, and children Tom, Peter, Charles, Candace and Roderick.

1938

Allan Edwin Boerker died on January 13,2004. He came to Hanover from Kingston, New York, High School. While in college he majored in philosophy and was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon. Upon graduating he had several teaching assignments in New Hampshire, Maine and Connecticut and he was guidance director of Cheshire, Connecticut, High School from 1953 to 1972, when he retired. He was a board member of the New England Association of College Admissions Counselors. He was predeceased by his wife, Claudia, and is survived by a daughter, Elizabeth, and four grandchildren. His father was a member of the class of 1910.

Parker Holden of Simsbury, Connecticut, and Fort Myers, Florida, predeceased by his wife, Marion, died on October i, 2004. He is survived by sons David, Peter '74, Andrew and Arthur and nine grandchildren. Parker came to Hanover from Middleboro, Massachusetts, High School and was a member of Delta Tau Delta. He graduated from Tuck School. He served in WW II and the Kore- an War as a first lieutenant in counterintelligence, G-2, U.S.Army. He then worked at AMICA Insurance Cos., starting in 1948 and retiring after 30 years as vice president and superintendent of claims. He served as Sunday school superintendent and lay leader at As bury Methodist Church. Active for years in the Greater Providence YMCA, he served as a director, president and chairman of the trustees. From 1986 to 1988 he was president of the R.I. State Seniors Golf Association and was a member of the 38 Golfers.

Clarence Andrew Perkins Jr. died April 8,2003. He entered Dartmouth from Tabor Academy and majored in sociology, belonging to Zeta Psi and Dragon. After WW II he worked for J.D. Witten Gelatin as a salesman and later for himself in New York City selling gelatin from Europe in the world market. He retired in 1965, living in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and in Pocasset, Massachusetts, on the Cape. He enjoyed golf and loved sailing, once sailing his sloop to Florida. He is predeceased by his wife, Fredna.

Clinton William Pickering, D.M.D., died on September 9,2004, in Bonita Springs, Florida. He entered Dartmouth from Lynn Classical High School and left school early to get his dental degree from Tufts Dental School. He practiced dentistry in Lynn, Massachusetts, until 1984, when he moved to Conway, New Hampshire, to continue his practice. He was purchasing manager and president of the corporation for Camp Oatka' (Episcopal boys camp) for 25 years. He was a fellow in the American College of Dentists and a member of the American Dental Association. He is survived by his second wife, Edwina, children Janet, Clint Jr. and Daniel, four grandchildren and brother Donald.

1939

Arnold K. Childs, political scientist, economist and I talophile, died on June 29,2004, in Eugene, Oregon, due to cardiac illness. He was a political scientist who devoted much of his life to careers in foreign service and the United Nations. After graduation he served in the military throughout WW 11, becoming a captain in the Army. Then graduate work, getting a masters in both political science and economics from Ohio State and Harvard. He also taught at Ohio State and M.I.T. In 1949 he joined the State Department to work for the World Food Program and spent 20 years of his life overseas. He then settled in Oregon for the last 22 years of his life. He is survived by his second wife, two sons and two stepdaughters.

Ralph E. Holben died November 15, 2004, in Hanover, New Hampshire. Ralph spent many of his years right in Hanover. Born and raised in Hanover, he graduated from Dartmouth in 1939, then earned an M.A. and later a Ph.D. from Co- lumbia. After the Navy in WW II in the Pacific he joined the Foreign Service, married his wife, Gudun, whom he met in Norway, and spent 20 years as a foreign and economics adviser. He spent time in our embassies in France, Spain, England, Sweden, Ireland, Denmark and others. He re- turned to the United States in 1979. His survivors include two nieces and 10 grandnieces and nephews.

J. Howard Johnston, M.D., a longtime resident of Weathersfield, Connecticut, and the husband of lola for 58 years, died September 6,2004. Born in 1917 in Brooklyn, New York, he was a graduate of Dartmouth, Down State Medical Center of the University of New York and was a fellow at the University of Pittsburg where he received a Doctorate of Industrial Medicine. He was the medical director for Colt Industries and also maintained a private practice in toxicology and occupational medicine. He belonged to many medical associations. He was an avid golfer and a handball champion at college. Besides his wife he is survived by two sons, a daughter, six grandchildren and many nephews and nieces.

Don C. Wheaton Jr. died August 10, 2004. He served in the Marine Corps from 1941 to 1946 participating in campaigns in Guadalcanal, New Guinea, New Britain and Iwo Jima. He retired as a major. He then went into commercial banking, ending up as vice president of the Bank of New York. He took an early retirement and enjoyed a typical life of golf, fishing, gardening and participating in community affairs. He is survived by a son, two daughters and at least five grandchildren.

1940

Daniel Bloch Feldman of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, died September 21,2004, at the Hilton Head Life Care Center after a long illness. Dan came to Dartmouth from Hall High School in West Hartford, Connecticut, and was a member of Junto, Dartmouth Union and band. He graduated from Tuck in 1941. Alifelong resident of the greater Hartford area, Dan served as an executive of G. Fox & Cos., was assistant professor of marketing at the University of Hartford and appointed business manager of the Wadsworth Atheneum. He is survived by his wife, Roberta; daughter Deborah O'Malley and sons A.Joel'70 and Jonathan.

Howard Murray Oliver, M.D.,of Keene, New Hampshire, died September 12,2004, at the Cheshire Medical Center in Keene after a brief illness. Howie came to Dartmouth from Quincy High School, majored in chemistry-zoology, was a member of Heorot/Chi Phi and graduated from the Jefferson Medical College in 1944. He interned at Worcester Memorial Hospital and Waltham Hospital. He was a fellow in pathology at the former Mary Hitchcock Hospital in Hanover. He is survived by his wife, Myra, daughter Janis Manwaring, sons Stan H. and Charles B. and three grandchildren.

Arthur Root, M.D.,died September7,2004,in FailOaks, California. Art came to Dartmouth from Erasmus Hall School in New York, majored in international relations, was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Junto, International Relations Club and Forensic Union and was a senior fellow. He received his M.D. from the College of Medicine SUNY and was a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California Davis School of Medicine. He is survived by sons Jonathan '79, David and Robert.

John Francis Rourke died October 14, 2004 at home in Toluca Lake, California. Jack came to Dartmouth from Roxbury Latin School, majored in French, was a member of Phi Gamma Delta, Palaeopitus, Dragon, Green Key, Interfraternity Çouncil Jack-O-Lantem and Dartmouth Players. During WWII, he spent three years in the Office of War Information. He was president of Jack Rourke Productions. Founded in 1946, his company produced radio and television series and "specials." Jack is survived by his wife, Martha Moody Rourke; two children, Johnda and Jack.

John Adam Larigan passed away in Vero Beach, Florida, on September 11,2004. Jack was a mem ber of Sigma Alpha Epsilon at Dartmouth. He joined the Navy and served for four years in the South Atlantic and North Atlantic, being mustered out as a two-stripe lieutenant Jack spent his entire business career with St. Regis Paper Cos., from 1946 to 1983, including three years in New York City, five years in Birmingham, Alabama, and 27 years in Kansas City, where he retired as midwestern area general manager. Jack married Jean Elliot in May 1942. She survives Jack, as do children Anne, J. Scott and J. Steven Larigan.

1942

W. Kent Barclay died on June 4, 2004. He and Thalya lived in Vero Beach, Florida. Kent went into service for WWII in November 1942, being discharged in 1946 as a captain in the U.S. Air Force. He later moved to the Ford Motor Cos. in financial programming and product planning, the start of a 32-year career with the company. In 1952 he transferred into sales and was involved in sales planning, dealer planning and administration, business management and distribution. He was named market representation manager in 1962 after two years with the company's marketing staff, where he was executive assistant to the vice president of marketing. He was responsible for the appointment, administration and termination of all Ford dealers in the United States. He retired in 1981. Kent is survived by his wife, Thaiva, whom he married in 1953, and daughter Pamela.

Thomas C. Moore, M.D., died on October 26, 2004, in Palos Verdes Estates, California, where he lived for the past 38 years. Dr. Moore was a professor of surgery in the UCLA School of Medicine and chief of pediatric surgery and director of surgical research in molecular immunology at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, California, from 1968 to 1978, where he was also chief of clinical kidney transplantation surgery. Tom was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and graduated summa cum laude, with distinction in his major subject, English classics. He received his M.D. from the Harvard Medical School in 1945, Ph.D in molecular immunology from the University of Cambridge in England in 1982. He was predeceased by his first wife, Jane, and son Will. He is survived by his wife of 25 years, Mary Elizabeth; her sisters, Gwen and Karen; children from his first marriage, Jane, Edward, Edith and Thomas, and five grandchildren.

Arnulf Ueland Jr. died on July 15,2004, at Im- manuel St. Josephs Hospital in Mankato, Min- nesota, of pneumonia. Arnie was commissioned a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy during WW II and participated in the invasion of Normandy while on the UST336 at Omaha Beach. Following the war he became the owner and president of the Ueland Lumber Sales Cos. Inc., a wholesale distributor of lumber, plywood and other forest products, until his retirement in 1985. He entered politics and was mayor of North Mankato from 1969 to 1972 and Minnesota state senator from 1973 to 1980. He remained active in Republican politics and served on a number of local commissions and community organizations in Mankato including the board of directors of the Mankato Symphony Orchestra Association, and president of the Rotary Club. In addition to his wife, Rebecca, he is survived by children Christopher, Erica, Andreas and Arnulf and his grandchildren.

1943

William Douglas Kipp, D.M.D., died at his home in Norwich, Vermont, Sunday, October, 2004. On graduation Doug entered midshipmen school at Notre Dame, followed by submarine chaser training in Miami. Serving in the Pacific, he was discharged with the rank of lieutenant and numerous awards. In 1951 Doug graduated from Tufts Dental School and opened practice in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, where he practiced for 35 years. A life member of the ADA and the New Hampshire Dental Society, he was a past president of Lakes Region Dental Society. He was active in various community organizations, including First Congregational Church, American Legion Harriman- Hale Post, Patrol Craft Sailors Association, the National Rifle Association and the Boy Scouts. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Ruth (Bette), children Nancy and Jonathan and four grandchildren.

1945

Robert Sadler Aldom died of a blood disease August 18,2 004, at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. Bob graduated from Dartmouth through the Navy's V-12 program in industrial engineering at Thayer School in 1944. After service with the Seabees as a lieutenant,j.g.,in the Philippines during WW II,Bob returned to earn a joint master's degree in business and engineering from Thayer and Tuck Schools in 1947.Hewas married in 1949 to Gladys Garlisch. Bob's entire business career was at Morgan Guarantee Trust, extending from 1947 to 1983, when he retired as senior vice president of banking operations. He became a devoted class leader, serving as class agent and co-chairman of the 55th reunion, on the executive committee and as unofficial '45 host at his palatial home high on a scenic hill in North Hartland, Vermont. His wife, Gladys, predeceased him in 1999. Survivors include children Barbara, Nancy, Patricia and Stephen and seven grandchildren.

Richard Wallace Brown died June 6, 2004, in Boston Medical Center. He was a graduate of Berkshire School in Sheffield, Massachusetts, be- fore coming to Dartmouth. WW II service in- cluded 16 months in the Philippines with the U.S. Army Air Force Signal Corps. He returned to Dartmouth in 1946 and married his childhood sweetheart, the former Patricia Wilkins of Wakefield, Massachusetts. Graduating in 1947, Dick earned an M.B .A. at Tuck School in 1948. He then embarked upon a 36-year careerwith the First National Bank of Boston, retiring as first vice president in large corporate lending. An avid sailor, Dick was a member of the Manchester Yacht Club, the Fish and Game Club of Middleton and the First Congregational Church in Wakefield. He leaves his wife of 50 years, Pat, sons Jeffrey and Steven and three grandchildren.

Albert Carl Buehler Jr. died August 16,2004, of respiratory failure at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. At Dartmouth during WW II Bert enlisted in the Navy V-12 program, leading to active duty as a lieutenant, j.g., on a patrol boat in the Pacific. He returned to civilian life in 1946, graduated and joined Victor Adding Machine Cos., which had been founded by his grandfather. As Victor merged with Comptometer Corp. in 1961 to become Victor Comptometer Corp., Bert rose through the ranks to become chairman in 1971. He retired in 1977 to direct the Buehler Family Foundations philanthropic activities in the Chicago area. Northwestern University, the Field Museum, the Lincoln Park Zoo and the Chicago Botanic Garden are among the many institutions that have been recipients of foundation funds. Survivors include his wife of 50 years, Patricia, sons Albert C. III and John '84 and daughter Karen Sue.

1947

Leonard Richard Kojm, captain USN (retired), died of a stroke at home in Springfield, Virginia, on August 19, 2004. He joined the class in the Naval V-12 unit and majored in economics. He was active with the Aegis, the flying club, the international relations club, and the DOC. He received an M.S. degree in public relations from Boston University in 1956. As a naval officer, he served as a submarine captain, a submarine division commander, and as director of naval liaison to the United States Senate in Washington, D.C., retiring in 1975. He continued to work for the Department of Energy until 1984. He is survived by his wife and two children.

1948

Robert Jackson Douglas died of cancer in Houston, Texas, on November 11,2004. He came to Dartmouth in July 1944 from Shadyside Academy in suburban Pittsburgh. After a stint in the service he returned to campus to graduate in 1949 and from Tuck School in 1950. He was active in DOC, Cabin & Trail and Kappa Sigma. On leaving Hanover Bob was employed by Ketchum, MacLeod & Grove in advertising and then moved to Gulf Oil for the next 35 years, retiring as director of purchasing at the Houston headquarters. After retirement he was a volunteer with Houston Executive Service Corp. until his terminal illness. He and Virginia were married in 1948, and she survives him, as do children Deborah, Cynthia, Kathryn, Nancy, Peter and David and many grandchildren. Bob was proud of his Dartmouth degree and attributed his employment with Gulf to school ties.

Gordon Holmes Robertson died in Leland, Michigan, on September 7,2004, after 20 years of busy retirement from Ford Motor Cos. as a senior executive. He and Paula traveled throughout the world in his quality-control role for Ford and vacationed in northern Michigan, where they settled in 1984 after 34 years with Ford. He joined the Dartmouth fellowship in July 1944 and took time out for naval service before completing the Tuck-Thayer program in 1950. He was a member of the DOC and Gamma Delta Chi. An avid skier, sailor and pilot, he entered into community affairs on the Leelanau Peninsula as founder of Share Care, chairman of the Leelanau Conservancy,a Rotary member and a director of Leelanau Memorial Health Center. Although he had planned to be with us at our 55th reunion, failing health kept him at home. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Paula, and four children, Sheryl, Paul, Dean and Sally.

Harold Walter Sanderson died on September 10, 2003.He came to Dartmouth in 1943 via the Navy V-12 program from East Rutherford, New Jersey, High School. An economics major and member of Zeta Psi, Sandy had retired from the tire business in New Jersey to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, where he was active in the Lion's Club and Helping Hand of Myrtle Beach. He enjoyed golf and watching football. In excellent health, he was in the hospital having a hip replaced when he threw a blood clot that killed him. He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Geraldine, children James and Geraldine and several grandchildren.

1950

Robert B.Ayres died on October 1,2004, in East Dennis, Massachusetts, his retirement home. He was a brother of Donald '50, who died on November 19,2004. Bob graduated from Worcester Academy. At Dartmouth he majored in economics, was a member of SAE and held various positions in the Intrafraternity Council. Dartmouth activities included CFD Leadership Committee (1982) and class agent (1963-1971). Upon graduation he joined the family company, Barrett Centrifugals Inc., in Millbury, Massachusetts, where he spent a successful 40-year career, retiring as chairman in 1990. Bob was an avid golfer and active in the VNA, Worcester planning board and the United Way. Besides his brother, Dartmouth relatives were his father, Benjamin Ayres '20, and nephew Benjamin Ayres '76. Bob is survived by his wife of 54 years Jacquelyn Hoover Ayres; sons Steven, Douglas and David; and two granddaughters.

David A. White died November 23,2004, of cancer, having lived in Austin, Texas, for many years. He came to Dartmouth from Woodrow Wilson High School in Washington, D.C.,and majored in geology. His College activities included membership in Cabin & Trail as well as president of the DOC. Dave graduated magna cum laude and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He earned M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in geology from the University of Minnesota. He worked as a senior research geologist with Exxon for 32 years. During retirement hewas aconsultant in numerous countries teaching a system for assessing oil and gas potential. He later edited a nine-volume series about the American westward movement titled News of thePlains and Rockies:1803-1865. Dave leaves his wife, Hester Wolfe White, and three children as well as his brother, Robert White '42, and a nephew, Robert White Jr.'84.

William Francis Flanagan Jr. died on September 24, 2004,in Phoenix, Arizona. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut, grew up in New Britain and graduated from Pomfret Prep School in 1945. After serving in the Merchant Marines, he entered Dartmouth with the class of 1951. He majored in history, was a member of Theta Chi, president of the Newman and Arctic clubs and lettered on the squash team. After enlistment in the Army during the Korean War he received an M.B.A. from Wharton and a law degree from the University of New York School of Law. He worked for General Electric in New York City and New Orleans before becoming a consultant for Blandin Paper Cos. in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. After retirement he spent his winters in Phoenix and summers in Minnesota. He is survived by his wife,Tookie, and her seven children.

Joseph Anthony Morelli died September 26,2004, in Fairfield, Connecticut. Joewas born in Boston, raised in Medford, attended its high school and graduated from Exeter. He majored in sociology, pledged Delta Kappa Epsilon, was a member of Sphinx and lettered in football all three years. He was a lieutenant in the Army following graduation and served in Korea, receiving the Korean Service Medal with Bronze Star. He then began a 43-year career in the wine and spirits industry, beginning as a sales representative and rising to national sales manager of the Brown-Vintners division of Seagrams. He later became executive vice president of Schenley Industries and retired as president of a wine import enterprise, Evaton. Joe was preceded in death by his wife,Thelma, and is survived by daughters Anne Marie, Simone and Andrea and six grandchildren.

Erich Scharman Wisiol died on November 21, 2004, in Abbott-Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, of an embolism. Erich was born in Marshfield, Wisconsin, became an Eagle Scout, prepared for Dartmouth at the Shattuck School and was a member of Chi Phi. He graduated from Dartmouth Medical School in 1952 and Harvard in 1954. A two-year Army tour to Germany led to his marriage to Edith Kress of Frankfurt a/Main. His keen interest in surgery and neurology and several residency programs enabled him to establish a neurosurgical practice in Minneapolis where he flourished for 32 years, retiring in 1995. He was a member of numerous medical societies as well as a clinical professor of neurosurgery at the University of Minnesota. He enjoyed many sports and classical music but his real passion was his patients. He is survived by his wife, Edith, daughters Johanna and Erica and five grandchildren.

1952

Percy Crosby died on August 12,2004. His nickname, Skip, came about because his father drew a popular comic strip—"Skippy"—which featured a happy-go-lucky little boy. But there was nothing happy-go-lucky about Skip at Dartmouth. An intense scholar, he majored in geology and was a junior year Phi Beta Kappa and a magna cum laude graduate with highest distinction in his field. Going on to Harvard, Skip got a master's and a doctorate, following which he planned a teaching career. He obtained oneyear appointments as an associate professor at six successive universities, but he conceived his position to include that of whistle blower for what he described as his employers' incompetencies and malfeasances. His contracts were never renewed. In about 1975 Skip went off to live in a rural part of Colorado where he occupied himself by reading widely, listening to classical music and camping. Skip never married and is thought to be survived by a sister.

George T. Brophy Jr. died in Neenah, Wisconsin, on October 27,2004, after a prolonged illness following a liver transplant. "Broph" loved Dartmouth and donated the land in Hanover on which the rugby club practices and plays all its home matches. Tuck School, from which he had earned his M.B.A., honored him as a distinguished alumnus. He was a business dynamo, forging a significant career in the building products industry. He served the Masonite Corp. as an executive vice president and chief operating officer before becoming CEO of Morgan Prod- ucts, then CEO of AST Building Products Corp. and finally operating principal of Kohlberg & Cos. With all of that professional success, his brother-in-law reports one of Broph's happiest moments in the last year of his life was witnessing granddaughter Katy Hagy '08 matriculate at Dartmouth. He is survived by his wife, Mary Ellen; children Karen Hagy, George and Lawrence; and five grandchildren.

W. Perry Gresh business owner, community activist and philanthropist, died of complications from parathyroid cancer October 14, 2004, at Bryn Mawr Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Perry had been president and owner of Madeira Oil Cos. since 1975, and before that had been a stockholder and member of its board. His company had specialized in exploration for oil in the United States. His community involvements included The Easter Seals Society of Southeastern Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia Zoo, the Montgomery School and St. Davids Episcopal Church in Wayne, Pennsylvania. After Perry graduated from the Haverford School and Dartmouth College, he served in the Navy. Upon his discharge he joined Scott Paper Cos. as a sales representative in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. In 1961 he married Tucker. Together they enjoyed traveling all over the world. He is survived by his wife; sons Andrew and Perry and six grandchildren.

1958

Gregory Brooks Armstrong died after a long battle with cancer on October 30,2004. A resident of La Jolla, California, Greg was raised in Pasadena, California, and came to Dartmouth from South Pasadena San Marino High School. He majored in English, served on the Sophomore Orientation Committee and his dormitory committee and was a member of the Dartmouth Christian Union and Kappa Kappa Kappa. After graduation Greg entered the U.S. Army. In 1963 he married Janet Sweeney and they remained happily married for 41 years. His career was in human resources with AT&T, Container Corp. of America, Anacomp and Lason. Greg will be remembered as a proud and loving family man and a generous and loyal friend. His hobbies included golf and creative cooking. He leaves his wife, a son and daughter, their spouses and five grandchildren.

Lawrence H. Schwartz died November 11,2004, in Arlington Hospital, Arlington, Virginia, following a sudden illness. Born in the Bronx, Larry was a member of Gamma Delta Chi, majored in electrical engineering and received both a bachelor's and master's from the Thayer School. He began his career with Airborne Instruments Laboratory in sophisticated electronic equipment for military use, the field in which he remained. He started a software company in 1967 that helped build antimissile satellite receivers. The firm was acquired by Loral Electronics Systems in 1971 for whom Larry became a senior vice president. Having retired in April 2001, when the September 11 occurred Larry returned in the role of vice president for homeland security for the firm, the position he held at the time of his death. Larry's wife, Maria, and his five children survive.

1960

Fred C, Marsh II died November 10,2004, in San Diego of spinal cancer. At Dartmouth he was a member of the calypso singing group Seven Hungry Men, performing both in Hanover and at nearby women's colleges. Serving later in the U.S. Marines and as a naval intelligence officer, he headed a prisoner of war interrogation team and was stationed in the Middle East and North Africa, eventually directing an Arabic language instruction team at Fort Meade, Maryland. Leaving the military, he followed a career in the financial services industry, lectured on investment finance and for nine years produced a daily economics TV show in San Francisco. He was also a 30-year member of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, the volunteer civilian arm of the Coast Guard. He is survived by his wife, Gayle; son Chapin; daughter Elizabeth Manion; grandchildren Cade, Cana and Cally; and five stepchildren.

1965

Albert Leet Hotchkin Jr. of East 72nd Street, New York City, collapsed and died on February 4,2003. After graduating from Dartmouth and Tuck School in 1967, he had a successful career as a business consultant before starting his own string of wine businesses in the city under the corporate banner of Wine Enterprises Inc. While at Dartmouth Al majored in psychology, was an Alpha Chi Alpha, a member of the Outing Club and Judo Club, and advertising director for The DailyDartmouth our senior year. Al is survived by his wife, Deg.

1973

Jackie K. Clark died at home on May 16,2004, in Havelock, North Carolina. He was a native of Thomasville, Georgia, where he graduated as valedictorian of Douglass High School. At Dartmouth jack was a member of the Afro-American Society and the student manager at the Dartmouth Dining Association. He did foreign study in Sierra Leone and was a Tucker Foundation intern in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Following graduation Jack attended law school for one year but withdrew and entered a commissioning program in the U.S. Marine Corps. He progressed through the officer ranks from second lieutenant to lieutenant colonel, receiving numerous medals and commendations for outstanding performance of duty. Retiring after28 years of active service, Jack performed volunteer work at the Marine Corps Air Station at Cherry Point, North Carolina, and enjoyed fishing and golf. He is survived by his wife, Naomi, son Matthew and daughters Meghan and Christine.

1977

Adrienne Deere Hewitt died September 18,2004, of lung cancer in Tijuana, Mexico. While at Dartmouth, she majored in geography/environmental studies and participated in fencing, Green Key, riding team, Interfraternity Council and Phi Tau/Phi Sigma Kappa. Adrienne graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Dartmouth and earned a law degree from Georgetown University law school. She practiced law for several years in the 1980s with the Washington office of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley and McCloy. After moving to Middleburg, Virginia, in 1995, she rode Arabian horses in endurance races. She won several races, ranging in length from 25 to 100 miles. Adrienne was a director of the Rock River Trust Cos., Notre Dame Academy in Middleburg, the Old Dominion 100- Mile Endurance Ride and the Butter worth Trust, a cultural center in Moline. Survivors include her husband of 20 years, R. Carey Beer; children Alexander, Adrianna and Patrick; a sister; and a brother.

2001

Nilanjan "Nilly" Banerjee died on November 26, 2004, in Toronto, Ontario. An important member of both the classes of 2000 and 2001, Nilly was fully engaged in many aspects of Dartmouth life. A double major in computer science and economics, Nilly was also a dedicated member of the ski patrol, the Dartmouth Review, Fire & Skoal and Bones Gate. His friends will remember him as an informal liaison to the Dartmouth administration, regularly sought out by deans and other College officials to discuss events on campus. An only child, Nilly is survived by his parents, Ranjan and Nipa, his girlfriend, Monika, and his dog, Dixie Bear. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Ottawa Humane Society would be appreciated. To share your own anecdotes about Nilly, email Ram Murali '99, who is assembling TheQuotable Nilly.