Deaths

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

Joseph Raymond Boldt Jr. '32 • April2o Henry Rauh Kingdon '32 • May 19 Frederick Lewis Jackson '33 • May 27 Charles Franklin Sornberger'36 • April22 Morris Stein '36 • April 8 Job Elmer Fuchs '38 • Marchjo W.J. Lewis Parker'38 • April 28 Samuel Chace Wakefield '38 • April 7 Harold Saul Finch '39 • Dec.22,2005 Luther Hall Barber Jr. '40 'April 24 Osborne Mills '41 • Dec.26,2005 George Elliott Thompson '41 • April 14 Arthur Espenet Carpenter Jr. '42 • May 25 Donald Elliott Clark '43 • April 8 Herbert Bailey Walten '43 • Jan. 24 Vernon Chathburton Genn '44 • April 28 Burgess Harmon Griffin '44 • Dec.20,2005 Henry Cheves Hyde '44 'May 18 Carl Frederick Koenig Jr. '44 • March 10 Joseph McDyer McDevitt '44 • April26 Robert Hartland Bessom '45 • May 9 James Myron Knowles '45 • March 10 George Napier Glass '46 • Jan. 6 Donald Rudy Miesel'46 • April 20 Cornelius Francis Callahan '47 • April 21 Townes Malcolm Harris Jr. '47 • May 29 John Francis Kevill '47 • March 20 Charles Garfield Mitchell '47 • April 12 John F. Murphy'48 •April 26 Alfred Wendell Neidle '49 • May 11 Richard Thomas Dale '50 • April 19 Winfield Scott Peters '50 • March 1 Richard L. Bennett'51 • March 25 Donald H. Jorgensen '51 • May 8 Robert M. Miller'51 • April 20 John S. Mitchell '51 • April 15 John M. Page'51 • June 28,2005 Jerry D. Kelly'52 • Jan.4,2001 H. Crawford Kay Jr. '53 • May2 Jack Levine '53 • Dec.24,2005 Griffith Mac Arthur Roberts'54 • Dec. 13,2005 John Thayer Batchelder'55 • April 7 Gerald Israel Levy '55 • July 19,2005 Philip Commack Byers'57 • April 16 David Austin Reed '58 • May l9 Samuel Sherman Adams '59 • May 5 Joseph Corcoran Dare's 9 • April 15 James Verner Graham II '60 • May 4 William Harrison King' 63 'May 9 Marian Kay Lebowitz '76 • April 28 Gwendolen Amy Leighty '78 • Nov. 6,2005 Gerald Christopher Sanders'B1 • Feb. 3,2004 Jennifer Ann Kay'86 • April 1 Christopher Lawrence Ostoj '96 • Nov. 8,2002

1928

Arthur Kneerim died January 25, six weeks after enjoying his 100th birthday celebration. He managed the Dartmouth football club his freshman year and joined Sigma Phi Epsilon. Arthur reveled in his Glee Club trips and was also an officer of the DOC. After college Arthur had a long career in New York City in advertising, primarily with Metropolitan Life Insurance Cos. During WWII he learned Chinese, trained young pilots in navigation and saw active duty as a lieutenant commander in Okinawa, Japan. After many years in New York City, Arthur retired to Stonington, Connecticut, where he was an active member of the community. Arthur edited the class newsletter for more than 25 years. Arthur had two rich and rewarding marriages: He is survived by daughter Jill from his first marriage to Margot Whittlesey and by his wife, Lee Wilcox, and their son Will.

1929

John Jacques Howald died on April 24. He belonged to Chi Phi and left us early. He was vice president of National City Bank of Columbus, Ohio, and active in his Methodist church and his Masonic lodge and shrine and a veteran of WWII. He leaves his wife, Gretchen, and daughters Monica Dothan and Penny Pusko. His first wife, Vera, died earlier.

1932

Henry Rauh Kingdon died May 19 in Winchester, Virginia, where he had been living in recent years. He graduated from Atlanta's Boys High and at Dartmouth was athletic editor of The Aegis, head cheerleader and a Tuck graduate. He was with Sears Roebuck for 13 years and then moved to Indianapolis to join Bessire & Cos., becoming president. He served as president of National Bakery Suppliers Association and of Allied Trades of Indian Bakers Association and was active in Kiwanis, community chest and juvenile aid work. Hank was a 32nd degree Mason. After retiring in 1975 he moved to St. Simons Island, Georgia, where he thoroughly enjoyed deep-sea fishing. His other avocations were hunting, golf and reading. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Ina Lou, two daughters, a daughter-in-law, four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

William Anton Lieson Jr. died June 20. After Central High School in Springfield, Massachusetts, he went to Dartmouth and Tuck. Except for service as a naval officer in WW II, his entire career was with Springfield's Union Trust Cos., later named Valley Bank and Trust, ending as CEO. He had been president of the Springfield Chamber of Commerce, of Western Maternity Hospital and of Child & Family Services. After retirement in 1973 he taught money and banking parttime at American International College and worked at Western Massachusetts Public TV station WGBY, including becoming acting general manager in the early 1980s. In 1993 he moved to a retirement facility in Amherst, where he was active in the Five College Learning In Retirement. He served the College and his class well as '32's head agent for many years. His wife, Dorothy, predeceased him. He leaves a daughter, son and three grandchildren.

1933

Robert C. Glendinning died March 16 at Life Care Center of Acton, Massachusetts, of complications following a stroke. He earned a graduate management degree from the American Institute for Foreign Trade and had a career in marketing working for the American Telephone and Telegraph Cos. and then the New York Telephone Cos., from which he retired in 1976. As a young man he was an avid tennis player. He became a lifelong golfer and skier, which he continued into his 90s. He is survived by Donna Spellick Glendinning, whom he met while serving as an Army communications officer during World War II. In addition to his wife he is survived by daughter Jean and her husband John Scanlon; son Robert Jr.; granddaughter Lisa and her husband, David Mogolov; and grandsons Robert Scanlon and Christopher Scanlon. He was predeceased by brother John and sister Elizabeth Wollison.

1934

Robert Campe Goodman died on February 8; place and cause are unknown. At college he was a member of Cabin & Trail, Dartmouth Outing Club and Pi Lambda Phi and majored in English. He was class agent from 1985 to 1988. He received a bachelor of law degree from the University of Virginia in 1937. In 1939 he joined the real estate firm Graydon Realty in Norfolk, Virginia, which later became Goodman-Segar-Hogan. Under his guidance it grew into one of the largest real estate firms in the Southeast. He retired from this firm as chairman of the board in 1974. He and his partners founded Goodman-Segar-Hogan Residential Realty and he served on its board until 1986. He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Augusta; children Robert '64, David, Tu'77, Lynn and Beverly; five grandchildren; brother Richard; and numerous 'nieces and nephews.

Richard F. Gruen, one of'34's greatest, died March 9 at Kendal in Hanover following a lengthy illness. At college he was a member of Green Key Society and Delta Kappa Epsilon, manager of varsity baseball and majored in Tuck School. He was extremely active in the class of 34's activities—ex- ecutive committee, reunion committee chair, treasurer, reunion committee, secretary and agent. From 1942 to 1945 he served in the Army Air Force in Miami Beach, the Pentagon, North Africa and Italy and rose to the rank of captain. Except for the war years, he worked as the agency secretary for Home Life Insurance Cos. in New York City, from 1934-1989. He had two fine sons, Dietrich and Bill. As their dad and coach, he would pace the sidelines during football and baseball seasons. He never missed a game and kept statistics on everyone. He "bled green."

Charles Louis Levesque died on March 28 of a heart attack at Normandy Farms Estates, a retirement community in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, where he had lived for 18 years. At college he graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, was manager of varsity fencing, a member of the Dartmouth Outing Club and majored in chemistry. He received his masters degree from Dartmouth in 1936 and his doctorate in organic chemistry from the University of Illinois in 1939. He was assistant class agent in 1989. During his 30-plus year career with Rohm and Haas, he worked in the chemical company's facilities in Bridesburg, Bristol Township and Spring House, Pennsylvania. He was responsible for several chemical process patents and helped develop propulsion fuel for anti-tank rockets. He is survived by his wife, Florence; children Patricia, Katherine and Peter; nine grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

1936

Edwin Jared Drechsel died of pneumonia March 27 in Vancouver, British Columbia. He completed the undergraduate Dartmouth and Tuck graduate programs in four instead of the usual five years. He was a member of Bones Gate/Delta Tau Delta, German Club, Glee Club Handel Society and the Canoe Club. He served Dartmouth as member of the Alumni Council, class newsletter editor, class secretary and class agent. In 1975 he was a recipient of the Alumni Award. When he became regional editor for U.S. News & World Report Inc. in San Francisco, he served as president of the Dartmouth Association of California and Nevada. He retired from the magazine in 1979 after 36 years as a reporter, foreign correspondent, bureau chief, regional editor and editorial ombudsman. He leaves his wife, Ilona, children John and Barbara by a previous marriage, Ilona's daughter Ildi, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and nephew Donald Aiken '58.

William UpMeyer Niss, class president, died March 30 in Portland, Maine. At Dartmouth he majored in economics and was a member of Zeta Psi and Dartmouth Outing Club, being president of both in 1935-1936. He was active in Cabin & Trail and a member of Green Key, Palaeopitus and Sphinx. In 1938 he earned an M.B.A. at Harvard University and a year later married Abby Sharpies. In July 1946 he started work at Bath IronWorks Corp. in Bath,Maine,where he was comptroller until 1955 and vice president and secretary until 1967, when he became a trust officer at Maine National Bank in Portland. He retired in 1975. Honors received include the Dartmouth Class of 1936 Award and the dedication of the Boy Scout headquarters, William U. Niss Service Center, in Portland. He was predeceased by Abby, second wife Hildegarde and son Robert. He is survived by daughter Sarah, five grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, a sister and several nieces and nephews.

1937

Edward Adams Perry died in the Harbor House Nursing Center in Hingham, Massachusetts, on April 20. He is survived by son David, daughter Joan Jones and four grandchildren. He prepared for Dartmouth at Tabor Academy, and in his college years was active in sailing and played hockey Heworked for the First National Bank of Boston, and later founded the Emerson Coal & Grain Cos. of Weymouth. He was a member of the South Shore Country Club and organized deep-sea fishing expeditions that originated in the outer islands of Boston harbor. He was predeceased by his wife of 61 years, Frances Handrahan Perry.

Arthur Wallace Tucker Jr., M.D., died on April 13, leaving daughters Nancy Barnes and Susan Davis. He was part of a Dartmouth family that sent two uncles, two cousins and an aunt to Hanover. Dr. Tucker was a member of Alpha Sigma Phi and Phi Beta Kappa at Dartmouth. He received his M.D. degree from Harvard Medical School in 1941.He specialized in obstetrics and gynecology, instructing in those subjects at the Harvard Medical School from 1946 to 1982. He was a specialist on the staff of several greater Boston hospitals, and continued his practice parttime after he retired in 1977 to New Castle, New Hampshire.

1939

Harold Saul Finch died December 22,2005, in Beverly Hills, California, after a long battle with Parkinsons disease. At Dartmouth "Bud" majored in sociology. During WWII he spent six years in the Navy, finishing up in 1946 as lieutenant commander, USNR. For 37 years Bud was involved in the furniture industry, both as a retailer, 1949-71, and as a manufacturers sales representative for Burlington Furniture in southern California and Arizona, 1971-86. He finished his active career in the brokerage business. Bud was divorced from his first wife in 1968 and married Marjorie Ross of New York City in 1973. He is survived by Marjorie, sons Edward and Kenneth, daughter Kim and grandchildren.

Horton Wainright died March 20 at St. Teresa Healthcare Center, Manchester, New Hampshire. At Dartmouth Hort was a member of Sigma Nu and went on to Tuck School, graduating in 1940. During WWII he was in the Army for four years. After six years in purchasing at E.I. Dupont, Hort spent 30 years with Time Inc. in New York City as a purchasing agent, retiring in 1977. He lived with his family in Cape Neddick, Maine, for a number of years before relocating to Stratham, New Hampshire, in 1991 and to Manchester in 1999. Hort was a quiet, gentle and witty man who loved and lived for his family. Predeceased by his wife, Dorothy, in 1999, Hort is survived by son Kevin, daughter Sharon and three grandchildren.

1941

Osborne Mills died in Chesterland, Ohio, of heart failure on December 26, 2005. Ossie, coming from a long line of Dartmouth grads, had a successful career in manufacturing in Cleveland, Ohio. He was predeceased by wife Margaret. He is survived by children Osborne '69, Margaret, William '72 and James '77. At Dartmouth Ossie was a member of Green Key Society and Phi Kappa Psi and active in the Glee Club and Dragon.

George Elliott Thompson died on April 14 at Redding, Connecticut. He came to Dartmouth from Vermont Academy. George was active in the Ledyard Canoe Club, Bait & Bullet as well as Beta Theta Pi. He joined the Army after graduation, became a company commander in the Tennessee division, landed on Omaha Beach and then fought with his unit to a meeting with the Russian troops at the Elbe River. George was married to Mildred in 1945 and they settled in the New York suburbs while George worked in the family business of importing Spode dinner ware. During the 1970s they sold the English company and moved to rural Peterborough, New Hampshire. George is survived by his wife and children Jean and Ann. Son Jeffrey was a casualty of Vietnam.

1942

Arthur Espenet Carpenter Jr. died of a heart attack at his home in Bolinas, California, on May 25. Art was described in an Associated Press obituary as "a self-taught woodworker whose spare but sensual furniture received national acclaim and influenced generations of master craftsmen." Son Tripp said that his father, known by his professional name, Espenet, "thought he could make something better and more beautiful" than the furniture he had seen in his life. His pieces are now in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution. He wrote and taught extensively and received numerous awards and recognitions. After our graduation Art enlisted in the Navy and served in the South Pacific as a lieutenant. He then moved to San Francisco, supporting himself on a $100 monthly GI Bill pension and turned out bowls while learning the woodworkers craft. He is survived by children Arthur III, Victoria and Jason.

William Ellis Oppenheimer of Plymouth, Minnesota, died on February 3. He had been a Tuck-Thayer major and entered the Navy following graduation. He attended postgraduate school at the U.S. Naval Academy and was assigned to the admiral's staff in the Pacific. From 1945 through January 1970 he was with Archer Daniels Midland Cos. from production trainee to plant manager to corporate risk manager. From 1970 to 1980 he was with Gamble-Skogmo Inc. as corporate risk manager, assistant corporate secretary and vice president of two subsidiaries. When the company was sold, he joined Super Valu Stores as corporate risk manager until retirement in 1986. He was married in 1942, widowed in 1950, married Wilma in 1991. He is survived by his wife, sons Kurt (and wife Sue) and Marc (and wife Dorothy), grandchildren Michael and Michelle and stepsons Michael, Mark and Erik Thompson.

James Alexander Warden died of prostate cancer on June 2 at his home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. After graduation he joined the U.S. Naval Reserve at Columbia University and spent four years in the Caribbean and South Pacific, participating in the invasion of the Philippines and Iwo Jima. He then entered trust banking at the Flat Top National Bank in Bluefield, West Virginia, and in 1950 joined the trust department of Wachovia Bank and Trust Cos. In 1955 he changed to the hospital field and spent two years training at Duke, then serving as an administrator of Shenandoah Hospital in Roanoke, Virginia, and assistant director of North Carolina Memorial Hospital before eventually changing to the brokerage business, eventually retiring in 1984 as a registered representative with Smith Barney. He is survived by children Margaret and Susan and three grandchildren. His wife, Susan, predeceased him.

1943

Donald Elliott Clark died April 8 at Maine Medical Center. His grandfather, Francis Edward Clark, founded the Christian Endeavor Society, and was minister of Williston West Church in Portland, Maine. Don attended the American High School of Paris prior to entering Dartmouth. On graduation he entered the Navy Midshipman School at Notre Dame, after which he served aboard the USS Washington in WWII. He married Dorothy Hoffman of Scran ton, Pennsylvania, and worked in advertising in Hartford, Boston and North Attleboro until retirement in 1988. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Dorothy; sister Jacqueline Clark Jacobsen; children Jonathan (and wife Paddy), Jeffrey (and wife Dianne) and Laurie (and husband Daniel); eight grandchildren; six greatgrandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.

1944

Burgess Harmon Griffin died at Stamford (Connecticut) Hospital December 20,2005, after being in ill health for about a year. He had moved up there to be near his daughter. "Budge" attended Phillips Exeter Academy. As most 1944 classmates, he entered WWII, where he served as lieutenant commander in the Naval Air Force in the Pacific theater. After the war he was with Pan Am, living in Rome and flying mainly to the Middle East. In 1951 he joined the Linde division of Union Carbide, spending most of his assignments involved with mining, steelmaking and shipbuilding. He is predeceased by his wife, Ann, daughter Catherine and sons David and Robert. Daughters Elizabeth and Anne survive him.

Carl Frederick Koenig Jr. of Harleysville, Pennsylvania, died on March 10. Carl attended Frankford High School in Philadelphia then on to Dartmouth for three years. While at Dartmouth he was a member of Gamma Epsilon/Kappa Sigma, Dartmouth Outing Club, marching band, Canoe Club and Army V-12. He left in 1943 to serve in the Army Medical Corps in the European theater, achieving the rank of sergeant. When he returned he continued his education, graduated from Dartmouth and then Villanova University, where he received a B.S. in civil engineering in 1952. He loved his job as senior sales engineer at Limitorque Corp. in Lynchburg, Virginia. Carl was a North Wales, Pennsylvania, borough councilman; president of the local PTA member of the Lynchburg Society of English and Science; and a 32nd degree Mason. His wife, Ruth, four children and six grandchildren survive him.

Joseph McDyer McDevitt died April 26 in California. Joes Dartmouth experience included being a member of the Aquinas House, Alpha Delta/Alpha Delta Phi, Navy V-5 and the memorable 1940s football team. His college education was interrupted by WWII. He served in the Marine Naval Air Corps as a pilot in the South Pacific. He spent most of his life in the bay area, where he became vice president, Singer Housing Cos.— Devco Land Development, and helped develop housing communities throughout northern California. He was a founding owner of the National Football League in Oakland in 1960. Joe was a dedicated father, had a smile for all, and his storytelling and laughter will be remembered by his many friends. He loved golf, music, film and Irish history. He was predeceased by his wife, Ann. His four children, one grandchild and one great- granddaughter survive him.

1945

Edward Wallace Bush Jr. of Noank, Connecticut, and formerly of West Hartford,died February 20. He served three years as a lieutenant in the Naval Reserve during WWII, with 18 months in the 31st Seabees on Tinian and later the Japanese island of Kyushu. He returned to Dartmouth to gain his Tuck-Thayer degree in 1947. A year later he began a career with Aetna Life and Casualty in the real estate investment department, from which he retired as vice president in 1955. Following retirement he moved from West Hartford to Noank, where he was a member and volunteer at the Mystic Seaport Museum. He was predeceased by his first wife, the former Margery Peck, in 1989. Three years later he married Mary Elizabeth Bush, who survives him along with daughters Kimberly and Barbara, son David and four grandchildren.

Robert Elliott Crawford died on December 20, 2003, according to word that has just been received from his nephew, William Manbeck '63. Other than his WWII service as a lieutenant in the Navy, no information on is available.

Samuel Ernest Cutler Jr., our valued classmate and early class officer, died March 21. He came to Dartmouth from Kimball Union Academy. During WWII he joined the Navy, was assigned to V-12 and went to Midshipman School at Plattsburg, New York. He spent three years as a lieutenant (j.g.) on an LST in the Pacific, participated in the invasions oflwo Jima and Okinawa, and returned to gain his B.A. degree in 1947. In 1949 he went to work as a history teacher at Middlesex School in Concord, Massachusetts. His career there of nearly 35 years involved teaching history and coaching football and hockey; eight years as director of development; 12 years as library director; and a myriad of civic and town activities. In 1952 Sam married Gertrude, who survives with children Michael '76, Andrew '78, Martha and Susan and 10 grandchildren.

James Myron Knowles, a longtime banker from the Bay Area, died of a stroke March 10 in the Alameda (California) Hospital. Jim was a regular attendee at the meetings of the San Francisco Alumni Club, a loyal Dartmouth supporter and class agent from 1945 to 1951. Following WWII service in the Pacific with the Navy, he graduated from Dartmouth, gained a law degree in his native state at the University of West Virginia and practiced law there for 10 years. By 1970 he had gone into banking and was serving as avice president and trust officer in an Oakland, California, bank. He was an arbitrator for the National Association of Securities Dealers and a member of AARP's California legislative committee—as he put it, one of the few Republicans in a sea of Democrats. He and his wife, Helen (who died in 1980) had four children, James III, Marian, Gregory and Robert, who died in 2003. Survivors also include two grandsons.

David Jack Kugelman died February 19 at his East Hill home in Pensacola, Florida. In the V-12 program at Dartmouth he earned his commission in 1944, and served in Pacific naval operations during WWII. He returned to graduate from Tuck School in 1947 and joined the family business in alcoholic beverage distribution in Penscola. Married the same year to the former Jane Sabel, he soon took over as president of the Standard Distributing Cos. Jack's family had founded the philanthropic Kugelman Foundation in the 1950s and he and his wife became deeply involved in community work in the Pensacola area. The foundation has given away millions over the years benefiting area colleges, hospitals, museums and children's groups such as the Girl Scouts. In 1993 he sold his business interests to devote full time to foundation work. Survivors include his wife, Jane; daughters Marsha Janet, Nancy and Jaclyn; and eight grandchildren.

1946

Arthur Naitove of Hanover, New Hampshire, a former professor at Dartmouth Medical School and surgeon at the Veterans Administration Hospital in White River Junction, Vermont, died on December 30, 2005, after a long battle with cancer. Dr. Naitove spent almost his entire career at DMS, where he was professor of surgery and physiology. He entered Dartmouth at the age of 16 and attended classes year-round until he entered Dartmouth Medical School in 1944 and graduated from Dartmouth's two-year program. He completed medical school at New York University in New York City, where he earned his M.D. degree in 1948. His medical internship was at Brooklyn Jewish Hospital, where he also spent a year as a pathology resident. He was predeceased by Connie, his wife of 48 years, companion Mary Gould- Skewes and son Benjamin. He is survived by children Matthew, Noah, Abby and Peter and eight grandchildren.

John Vincent Underhill of Berneveld, New York, died December 8,2005, after a brief illness. At Dartmouth he was a member of Psi Upsilon, Dragon and the varsity swim team. He received an M.S. from Amos Tuck School of Business and Thayer School of Engineering. He was a U.S. Navyveteran of WWII, having served as an officer with underwater demolition teams and amphibious forces in the Pacific. He was a former member of the Fort Schuyler Club and the Sadaquada Golf Club. He was vice president in charge of manufacturing at Duofold Inc. of Mohawk, New York, from 1948-68; Oneita Knitting Mills of Andrews, South Carolina; and Norwich Knitting Mills of Norwich, New York; and director of manufacturing at Champion Products of Rochester, New York. He was also one of the founders of Jetsew Inc. in Barneveld. He is survived by his wife, Suzanne, and four daughters.

1947

Robert Forrest Ashleigh died in Havertown, Pennsylvania, on January 10. He came to college in the Naval V-12 Unit from Beaver Falls High School in Pennsylvania. He majored in English and participated in soccer and boxing. In his professional life he received an M.S. degree in education from the University of Pennsylvania in 1958. He worked as a group practice administrator for the University of Pennsylvania medical group in Philadelphia and then as a realtor for Roach- Wheeler Real Estate in Haverford, Pennsylvania. He served as an assistant class agent in 1990-91. He is survived by his wife and five children.

Townes Malcolm Harris Jr., former class president and recipient of an Alumni Award, died in New London, New Hampshire, on May 29. Amember of the Naval V-12 unit, he served as treasurer of The Dartmouth and was active in the Outing Club. After a year at Tuck School he completed an A.B.A from the National Graduate Trust School. He served in the Naval Reserve from 1943-60, retiring as a lieutenant (j.g.) after service on the USSEllyson DMS-19. He was employed by the Rhode Island Hospital Trust Cos. in Providence from 1947-81, retiring as vice president in the trust department. From 1981-90 he served as vice president of the trust department of the Factory Point National Bank in Manchester, Vermont, and then moved to New London in 1996. He served as president of the Dartmouth clubs of Rhode Island and southern Vermont. He is survived by his wife, two children and three stepchildren.

John Francis Kevill died in Pittsboro, North Carolina, on March 20. He came in the Naval V-12 unit from Maiden (Massachusetts) Catholic High School, majored in history and was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon. He served in the Navy from 1944-46 and from 1951-53, retiring as a lieutenant (j.g.). In 1951 he completed an LL.B. at Boston University and was employed as an attorney by Liberty Mutual Insurance Cos. in Lynbrook, New York. On retirement he moved to Pittsboro. He is survived by his wife and two children.

1948

Robert Paul Bartley died in Christiana Hospital, Wilmington, Delaware, on March 18 after a short illness. He was at Dartmouth briefly in the V-12 program before being selected for the Naval Academy Preparatory School and moving on to the U.S. Naval Academy's class of 1952. On graduation he took a commission in the Air Force and served for 20 years as a navigator. Retiring in 1972, he became managing director for the Delaware SPCA and then, in 1975, moved on to Delaware Technical & Community College. He retired as director of the Delaware Energy Office in 1991. He continued as a volunteer at the Greater Wilmington Convention Center and Christiana Hospital. His wife, Joan Anne Leahy, and son Michael John predeceased him. He is survived by children Robert, Brian, Maureen, Bridget, Timothy, Patricia and Terrence, and their families.

Francis Lorenz Rimbach Jr. died on January 2 at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, Massachusetts, of pneumonia concurrent with leukemia. A Navy V-5 entrant to Dartmouth from Cushing Academy, he was a psychology major. Rim went into the insurance and real estate business in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, and in Florida and settled on Cape Cod in the town of Brewster in the same trade. He had interviewed applicants and helped in fund raising for the College. His father was Dartmouth '23. He was divorced and is survived by children Lisa and Jon.

1949

Leonard Wheeler Britton died March 31 at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center from complications of a stroke. Born in Hartland, Vermont, in 1924, Len graduated from Windsor High School and from the Clark School in Hanover in 1943. After matriculating at Dartmouth and his service in the Army Air Corps, he graduated in 1949 with a major in history. Len spent a lifetime in the lumber business. He was a founding partner of the Britton Lumber Cos. in Hartland and Ely, Vermont. Later he was the owner of a retail lumber and building supply company in Taftsville, Vermont. He was active in St. James Episcopal Church in Woodstock, servingon the ves try for several years. He is survived by sons John '75 and Lenny; brother Allen; and former wife Priscilla Robinson.

Joseph Simons of Carefree, Arizona, died after an extended illness October 6,2005. "Jody" lived in Newton and Weston, Massachusetts, before moving to Carefree in 1990. He was in the family leather business after graduating from college, until he joined an investment firm and decided to become a stockbroker. He joined Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith and later opened and managed the Boston office of Drexel, Burnham, Lambert, which he ran for 17 years.He loved telling jokes, playing the piano, going to the Patriots games, where he had original 50-yard-line seats, and always the Red Sox. He had come to Dartmouth from Brookline High. After his Dartmouth freshman year he joined the Army, and after his return graduated from Boston University. He was a member of Temple Israel and Belmont Country Club. He is survived by his wife, Loraine, who he married in 1953; children Paul, Robert and Amy Jane; and three grandchildren.

Winfield Scott Wilson Jr. died March 14 at his home in Tacoma, Washington. Joining the Navy in 1941, he served on a mine sweeper off the East Coast, then transferred to the Pacific submarine fleet for the rest of the way, becoming a quartermaster first class. Graduating from Dartmouth in 1949 and the Tuck School in 1950, Win spent his working career with Weyerhauser Co. in sales and management. While living in New Jersey, Win and two Princeton '49 friends gathered for the annual Dartmouth-Princeton football game for 20-some years. After moving to Tacoma Win and family enjoyed the Northwest as skiers and hikers.He is survived by his wife, Cynthia (Carpenter) Wilson, daughters Joy Oakley and Ann Allen and son Winfield. He was predeceased by son David.

1950

John Eric Kent died of cancer on April 24 at his home in Winchester, Massachusetts. For many years hewas secretary of his class.In 2002 he was named Class Secretary of the Year and in 2003 was honored by his classmates by being given the Class of 1950 Award. Following graduation from Tuck Jack worked in Cincinnati and Washington, D.C. He then settled for more than 40 years in the Boston area. Jack's career in industrial development and as a real estate consultant took him all over the United States and to more than 30 foreign nations. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Barbara, whom he married in his junior year; children Anne, Susan, Katherine, Peggy, John Jr., Peter and William and 11 grandchildren.

Henry Philippe Meijer died of a heart attack on February 6 in Tucson, Arizona. He was bom in Brooklyn and raised on the island of Java, Indonesia, where he was interned in a Japanese prison camp during WWII. After Dartmouth he earned a medical degree at the University of Cincinnati. He practiced as an Air Force physician for 20 years. His final Air Force assignment was as commander of the Minot Air Force Base Regional Hospital in Minot, North Dakota. Following his discharge he continuedi a private practice in Minot. Only recently had he moved to Tucson. Henrys lifelong passion was classical music and he often traveled widely to enjoy performances of opera and symphonies. Surviving are his wife of 55 years, Lily, and daughters Marion '77 and Kitty and sons Peter and Paul '84.

Richard A. Mullins died March 10 in Cincinnati, Ohio, apparently of Alzheimer's disease. He had graduated from Southwest High School in St. Louis, Missouri, and attended the University of Wyoming for six months in 1944. After serving in the armed forces (1944-47) he entered Dartmouth in 1947. An economics major, he was a member of Phi Delta Theta. Dick married June Burba following graduation in 1950. He and June, who survives him, had three children: Sally Ann! Paul Allan and Mark Allan. In addition he leaves six grandchildren. Dicks business career, as an accountant, was spent with the Charmin Distributing Cos. and later with Proctor & Gamble, which acquired Charmin.

1951

John Francis Brennan died April 6 of large-cell lymphoma in Mercy Hospital, Springfield, Massachusetts. He was born in South Weymouth, Massachusetts, graduated from Springfield's Cathedral High School, majored in chemistry-zo- ology, pledged Phi Gamma Delta and played JV football. John graduated from Georgetown Medical School in 1955 and served two years in the U.S. Air Force as a physician in Libya. He married Sharon Brockway at this time and they had eight children in as many years. John practiced internal medicine in Springfield for 40 years, retiring in 2000. He served for two years as president of the staff at Mercy Hospital. Predeceasing John were his wife, Sharon, and children Catherine, Margaret Mary, George and John Jr. Surviving John are his wife, Helen; children Gaiy, Paul, Richard, Brian, Gail and Sharon; and seven stepchildren. He leaves 10 grandchildren as well as 10 step-grandchildren.

Robert Millar Miller of Tucson, Arizona, died April 20, according to his brother Bob. Born in Chicago, Bob prepared for Dartmouth in that city's Harvard School for Boys, majored in government, sang in the Glee Club and was a member of the International Relations Club. After seven years of pursuing a variety of interests he enrolled at the University of Illinois in Champaign, where he studied math, education, chemistry and physics. He then moved to Tucson, where he taught math for 26 years, retiring in 1988.Travel in this country, Central America and Europe, fishing, golf, tennis and hunting were his recent pursuits.

John French Sargeant died March 12 in Glendale (California) Memorial Hospital following a massive stroke two days earlier. He was born in Manchester, New Hampshire, and prepared for Dartmouth at Phillips Academy, Exeter. He majored in psychology, was a Phi Delt and manager of the lacrosse team. His entire career was spent in the insurance industry as an agent and broker in the Los Angeles area. He was a Mason, a Girl Scout leader, past board member of the Glendale Association for the Retarded, a founding director of Verdugo Banking Cos. and past president of the Glendale Tournament of Roses committee. John is survived by his wife, Joanne; daughters Anne, Catherine, Linda and Melissa; son Wesley; stepchildren Gregory and Victoria; 12 grandchildren; and two great-grandsons. His father, Paul E. Sargeant '15, and brother Winthrop Sargeant '45 predeceased him.

1953

William C. Beutel died of a progressive neurological disorder at his home in Pinehurst, North Carolina, on March 18. Bill attended Tuck School and then spent three years in the Army before pursuing a career in broadcast journalism, first in Cleveland an 4 then joining CBS in New York City in 1960. Bill moved to ABC in 1962, initially as a reporter of national news and then as an anchor on the local channel. Bill is best known for his 31- year tenure as the anchor of WABC-TV's Eyewitness News during which he was recognized as the "king" of the local network news in N.Y.C. At Dartmouth he majored in philosophy, was a member of Phi Delta Theta, the DOC and WDCR/WFRD. Bill is survived by his wife, Adair; children from a prior marriage, Peter '77, Heather, Colby and Robin; and eight grandchildren. Bill was so highly respected by his peers and associates that ABC arranged a two-hour memorial service in his honor at Lincoln Center.

George W. Haigh died in Toledo, Ohio, on February 1. Following graduation from Dartmouth he did graduate study at Georgetown University, then served for two years in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. In 1956 George returned to Toledo, joining the DeVilbiss Cos. as export sales manager. He progressed up the management ladder, becoming president in 1972. After serving on the Toledo Trust board of directors, George joined the bank as president in 1976, retiring in 1989. George served his community of Toledo with distinction as president of the Economic Planning Council,director of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority, director of the local chapter of the American Red Cross and general chairman of the United Way. At Dartmouth George majored in history and was a member of SAE. He is survived by his wife of 51 years Joan, son Stephen, daughter Constance and three grandchildren. His father, F.Dwight Haigh '23, and brother F. Dwight Haigh Jr. '49 predeceased him.

Eugene Jaroshevich died from cancer on April 1, 2004, we recently learned. Gene was living in Claremont, New Hampshire, at the time he came to Dartmouth, having previously attended Technical University in Hanover, Germany. Following graduation from Dartmouth he attended Thayer School of Engineering, graduating with his M.S. in civil engineering in 1954. He worked as a civil engineer for the New York Transit Authority, was a translator of Polish and Russian in the courtroom and, following retirement, worked parttime as a teacher. He spoke Polish, German and Russian fluently and remained close to the Russian community in New York City. He is survived by wife Svetlana.

1954

Griffith Mac Arthur Roberts died of diabetes and a weakened heart in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts, on December 13,2005. Griff came to Dartmouth from Dartmouth High School, where he had been a prominent member of the football team. At Dartmouth he was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa and pursued a chemistry/biology major. His Army service as a corpsman made good use of his education. After a few years as a pharmaceutical salesman, Griff joined his father in the family stevedoring business in the whaling town of New Bedford and ultimately took over the management. The love story of Griff and Beverly began when she visited the docks prior to sailing to Europe to study design and met Griff casually. Three years later, when delivering a gift to a ship, she encountered him again and the match was made. Griff is survived by Beverly, four children and three grandchildren, all of whom live nearby and maintain the strong family spirit.

1955

Roelof A. Kreulen of Wilmington, North Carolina, died January 13 following a period of declining health associated with Parkinsons disease. His wife, Lilian, and children Tara, Jennifer and Brian survive him. Tony was born in Shanghai, China, came to the United States in 1946 and prepped at Andover. While at Dartmouth Tony was a DKE and a member of Cabin & Trail and the Outing Club. He had a successful career as a vice president of Johnson and Higgins.

William Sturtevant Lyon died February 9. Bill came to Dartmouth from Lake Forest Academy in suburban Chicago. He was a member of DKE and majored in English. Bill was the son of George Lyon '29. His wife, Marilyn, and sons George, William, James and Edward survive him.

John Jay Stonehill of New York City died December 15, 2005. His wife, Judith, and children Alexandra and David survive him. John came to Dartmouth from Norwalk, Connecticut. Following Dartmouth John graduated from Yale School of Architecture and was the founding partner of Stonehill and Taylor in New York City. In addition to his architectural and planning activities in the city, he was a fellow of the American Academy in Rome. During his very active undergraduate career as an art-archaeology major, he was editor-in- chief of Aegis; member of Green Key and the U.G.C. and DOC Carnival Committee; and art editor of Jack-O-Lantem.

1956

Harry R. Bieling Jr. died of pneumonia on April 7 at St. Vincent's University Hospital in Dublin, Ireland. After graduating from Dartmouth Harry received an M.A. in political science from the University of Michigan. He joined the U.S. Foreign Service and was posted in Washington, Hamburg and London. After leaving the Foreign Service he moved to Dublin, where he managed a travel agency. Writes friend Bob Barry '56: "I last saw Harry in 2000, when I was in Sarajevo with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and Harry came out to monitor the Bosnian election. His interest in politics and in the Balkans, which began with professor John Adam's classes in Hanover, was as sharp and focused as ever. Harry was a good friend and the godfather of my son John."

1957

Philip Commack Byers of Long Lake, Minnesota, died on April 16 at his home surrounded by his family. At Dartmouth he was a four-year member of the Outing Club. A class in geology began his lifelong career in the petroleum business. Phil earned his master of science in geology at the University of Kansas. He began his career with Shell Oil in 1959. Phil earned his M.B.A. from Tuck School in 1966 and started with Apache Corp., later becoming CEO of Hambro Gas and Oil and founding Byers Petroleum. Phil received a license to operate passenger-carrying vessels and was active in Voyageur National Park. He loved his cabin on Crane Lake, Minnesota. He could be found with his yellow labs, hunting and fishing. Hockey provided enjoyment, coaching young men. Missing him are his wife of 47 years, Carolyn, son John, daughter Susan and three grandsons.

1960

James Verner Graham II died May 4 at his home in North Chittenden, Vermont. He was owner of several businesses in the Rutland area. At Dartmouth he was a member of Casque & Gauntlet, the Undergraduate Council, Phi Delta Alpha and a player for four years on the Dartmouth football team. He started at right guard his senior year. Following graduation from the Tuck Business School, he served on Dartmouth's Alumni Council, was secretary and president of one of Dartmouths regional alumni clubs, a job development career advisor and an interviewer of applicants for Dartmouth admission. He worked for years in the insurance industry. He is survived by his wife, Marilyn Selbee Graham, Debbie Graham, Jill Kamedy and Scott Graham, Penny Heusmann and six grandchildren.

1962

De Witt Talmadge Beall, firm in his belief in the Hindu sect Sant Mat, died from cancer on March 31 in Sherman Oaks, California. Doug Skopp '62 writes, "DeWitt was my first roommate at Dartmouth. He was a brilliant, award-winning young poet. His book of poetry,Ravenswood, about life in his hometown of Parkersburg, West Virginia, appeared while we were still undergraduates. He was a creative, vibrant man throughout his life. I shall always cherish his inspiring friendship." DeWitt came to Dartmouth on an NROTC scholarship, majoring in English; he worked closely with Alexander and Dilys Laing and Richard Eberhart. He took time off from his studies to travel, then returned to the College and was named a senior fellow. After graduate study at Northwestern University, he directed a documentary film about Chicago gangs, Lord Thing, winning a silver prize at the Cannes Film Festival. De Witt is survived by his wife, Elina, and two children from his first marriage, Aaron and Olivia.

1963

William Harrison King, a retired engineer, died May 9 at his home in Bath, Maine, after a decade-long grueling and debilitating struggle with Parkinsons disease. Mary, his wife of 41 years, was at his side. A graduate of St. Albans School, King earned his degrees from Thayer in 1964 and Catholic University in 1972. He was a mechanical engineer at the Navy Laboratory in White Oak and Indian Head, Maryland, and served as head of its electrical design branch in the decade before he retired in 1998. "Bill was quiet, understated, generous, patient and meticulous, a man of simple needs and tastes but with high standards which he let speak for themselves," said Dave Smoyer '63. Courageous and uncomplaining during his long illness, he remained a true friend and bedrock of his family—Mary, children Bill, Catharine and Winnie and seven grandchildren. We who knew Bill were deeply privileged."

1964

William Gillies Cleland IV died at home in West Hartford, Vermont, on March 3 of cancer. After graduation he attended graduate school at Antioch in 1968. While earning a livelihood and acquiring skills as a mechanic, carpenter and truck driver, Bill met many Vermont farmers, who inspired him to become a farmer. After moving to his farm in West Hartford, Bill married Jinny Hardy in 1979 and they founded Tanyard Farm, a working family farm. They divorced in 2001. Bill strongly promoted and supported organic farming and family farms. He was part of Vermont Quality Meats, Deep Root Cooperative and the Norwich Farmers Market. He delighted in working with and teaching young people, including more than 100 farm apprentices through the years. After he became paralyzed in 2004, Bill continued Tanyard Farm with the help of an apprentice. His zest for life will be missed. He leaves behind three daughters and two sons.

Charles Dana Feustel of Fort Wayne, Indiana, died March 15 at Lutheran Hospital from complications due to diabetes. He attended Frances Slocum Elementary School, Forest Park Junior High School, Northside High School, Dartmouth College and Purdue University. He received both bachelor of science and doctor of philosophy degrees in mathematics from Dartmouth, where he was commissioned ensign in Navy ROTC. He became diabetic in 1968, and was retired from the Navy as a lieutenant (j.g.) that same year. He was employed by the Institute for Defense Analyses in Princeton, New Jersey, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI) in Blacksburg, Virginia. At VPI he rose to the rank of full professor of mathematics with a specialty in mathematical topology. He returned to Fort Wayne in 1994, after he retired from VPI. His interests were playing bridge and energetic healing. He is survived by sons Elihu and Fredrick and his former wife, Martha Jo.

Lee Gard Slocum of Amherst, New Hampshire, died from injuries sustained in an automobile accident on June 11. At the time of his passing he was serving his second term in the New Hampshire legislature as a representative from Amherst. Lee exemplified the ideals of the citizen-legislator who contributes his time and energies to significant issues and then retires from the public arena, although his premature death precluded the type of political ending he had envisioned for himself. At Dartmouth he majored in physics and was a member of the varsity wrestling team. Lee was an avid runner and had completed three marathons, including the 2001 Boston at age 58. He leaves his wife of 38 years, Jill; daughter Penny and her husband, Tim Manning; son Steven, daughterin-law Katie and grandsons Alexander and Aaron; son John; two sisters; a mother-in-law; and several nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins.

1965

Thomas W. Mitchell died April 20 at his home in Shrewsbury, Vermont, aftera 13-month battle with myelogenous leukemia. Tom was editor-in-chief of Greensleeves and graduated with a degree in philosophy. After graduation he served in the Peace Corps in Colombia from 1965 to 1968, where he met his first wife, Theresa Motyka, whom he married in 1970. Tom was extremely active in community affairs, including with the Shrewsbury Volunteer Fire Department; in disaster relief and energy and environmental conservation; as town constable for 10 years; and as Scoutmaster. He put his knowledge of Spanish language and Latin American music and culture to work with leadership of a group of Vermont teenagers to Mexico for the Hayes Foundation and served as a translator for the Cuban Medical Transport in 2005. He is survived by his wife, Ann; children Christopher, Andrew and Amanda; first wife Theresa; a sister and his mother.

1967

Brian Thomas Becker died February 28 while on business in Las Vegas. He grew up in Montana and came to the College from Billings West High School. He was a member of Tabard and the "raconteur-in-residence" at Fayerweather Hall. A history major, he earned an M.B.A. from Tuck in 1968. Brian served with the Army in Europe at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers of Europe. During his 34-year career in direct marketing services, Brian was a senior executive at firms such as Donnelly Marketing, ADVO Inc., Decision BaseResources, Claritas Corp. and Touchpoint. In 2006 he joined Fairfax, Virginiabased ExMplar as senior sales VP. Brian was a lifelong coin collector. He was a skilled fly fisherman who made annual trips to the Bighorn River in his beloved Montana. Brian loved riding his motorcycle, especially on the Harley Owners Group charity rides. Brian is survived by children Scott and Lisa, brother Eric, grandchildren Jack and Carter and companion Jo-Ann Howard.

1976

Marian "Katy" Lebowitz died April 28 of breast cancer. At Dartmouth she double majored in math and government and graduated magna cum laude. A committed feminist, she worked for the Department of State after graduation, helping to organize the first International Women's Year conference in Houston in 1977. After completing law school at the University of California, Berkeley, Katy worked for the California Abortion Rights Action League and as a tax attorney. In 1984 she moved to Philadelphia and married David Lockard '76, who is also an attorney. Freshman roommate Kim Conroy says, "Katy was an extremely insightful and kind woman with a strong albeit subtle wit. Katy's passing on is a great loss to those who knew and loved her. I would urge their friends to reach out to David in the months ahead." Katy is also survived by children Adam, Noah and Hannah.

1986

Jennifer Ann Kay of Basking Ridge, New Jersey, died April 1 after a valiant battle with renal cancer. After graduating from Ridge High School, she traveled throughout Europe, performing bassoon with the New Jersey Youth Orchestra. At Dartmouth Jennifer completed a double major in mathematics and computer science. She also participated in a Dartmouth environmental studies program in Kenya. After graduation Jennifer worked in the computer software industry for 14 years. In 2001 she decided to pursue her passion for mathematics and helping young, underprivileged women and taught high school mathematics. Last year Jennifer was accepted into a masters fellowship in teaching in Washington, D.C., with a focus on improving mathematics education for young women, but was unable to begin her studies. Jennifer is survived by her husband, Oliver, mother Donna, sister Jane and brother Joshua.