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 subsequent issue.

Harold Morris Kaplan '30 • N0v.28,2006 Lester K. Billings '31 • Dec.25,2005 Arthur David Ecker '31 • Dec.5,2006 Clarence Winfield Farr '32 • June 16,2006 Herman Joseph Tasha '32 • unknown John Spencer Fish '34 • Feb. 18,2006 Arthur Hunt Willis '34 • Dec. 21,2004 Daniel Clark Cotton '35 • 0ct.31,2006 Green Cameron Duncan '35 • June 4,2004 Rupert Wellington Daniels '36 • Oct 22,2006 Joseph Allen Millimet '36 • Nov.3,2006 William Andrew Murray Jr. '36 • June 12,2006 William Thomsen Wyman '36 • July 13,2006 Raymond Clinton Dickinson '37 • Jan. 1,2006 Belden Gerald Bly Jr. '38 • Nov.3,2006 Charles Thomas Main II '38 • Nov. 10,2006 Francis Xavier Reilly Jr. '38 • Nov. 13,2006 Eugene Blair Warner'38 • June 14,2006 Stephan Boutwell Robinson Jr. '40 • Dec.2,2006 Derrill De Saussure Trenholm '40 • Nov. 12,2006 lan Alexander Brown '41 • Nov. 14,2006 William Joseph Dignam '41 • Dec.5,2006 Philip Glenden Hallam '41 • Aug. 9,2006 Gilbert De Witt Hurd '41 • 0ct.29,2006 Edward Filene Little'41 • Oct. 11,2006 Morton McGinley'41 • 0ct.31,2006 Willis John Nelson '41 • Sept. 18,2006 Frederick James Spencer '41 • Nov. 23,2006 Walter John Haley '42 • Nov.23,2006 Henry Edgar Pogue IV '42 • Dec.3,2006 Richard Henry Aishton II '43 • May 9,2005 Sigurd David Bjorkman '43 • Sept.30,2006 Frank Henry Burns '44 • Nov. 14,2006 Merlin Kearfott DuVal '44 • Dec.5,2006 Norman Loucks Simpson '44 • Nov. 12,2006 Robert Earl Williamson '44 • Sept. 8,2006 Donald D. Campbell '45 • Feb. 26,2006 Channing Ellis Harwood '45 • Oct. 18,2006 Dean Donaldson Miller'45 • Oct. 10,2006 Stanley Louis Newton '45 • Dec. 14,2006 Homer Allen Yates Jr. '45 • Sept 5,2006 John Calvert Barker' 46 • Nov. 15,2006 Gordon Walford Daisley Jr. '46 • N0v.24,2006 Luther Lindsey Leeger '46 • Oct. 28,2006 Richard T. Margeson '48 • Nov. 16,2006 Donald G. Morrison '48 • Aug. 9,2006 William Bohning Newberry '49 • Dec. 10,2006 Robert Lang Allcott '50 • Sept. 19,2006 John A.C. Hetherington '50 • Dec. 10,2006 Daniel George McCarren Jr. '50 • N0v.26,2006 Edouard Albert Petrequin II '50 • N0v.5,2006 David C. White '51 • Oct. 25,2006 Arthur H. Morse II '52 • Nov.4,2006 Karl Chapman Davis '54 • Feb. 8,2004 Jay Goodman Engel Jr. '54 • Nov. 11, 2006 Eugene Edward Scott '54 • June 15,2003 Alan Robert Fairbanks'ss • Nov.28,2006 David Auld Lowry Jr. '55 • 0ct.30,2006 Harvey Eliot Grade '57 • Aug. 1,2006 Samuel Hoyt Edson '58 • N0v.22,2006 Darius Waterhouse Darwin Jr.'61 • July 7,2006 Victor Hugo Chaltain Jr. '69 • Oct. 29,2006 Leon C. Myrianthopoulos '69 • Oct. 17, 2006 Daniel Weldon Hergott '72 • 0ct. 30,2006 Michael William Bonner'73 • June 4,2005 Robert John Schreib Jr. '83 'May 9,2006 Conrad Norman Lindahl '84 • 0ct. 30,2006 Robert John Reeves IV 'O3 • Nov. 12,2006

1931

Arthur David Ecker, M.D., Ph.D., died at his home at The Nottingham in Jamesville, New York. He was a true intellectual with a sharp wit and a penchant for making puns. He graduated summa cum laude from Dartmouth at age 18 and received his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins Medical School. His career as a neurosurgeon and neurologist spanned more than 50 years. He was the first neurosurgeon in Syracuse, founding the department of neurosurgery at the Syracuse University School of Medicine, which later became Upstate Medical University. He served as a brain surgeon with the rank of major in the Army during World War 11, where he pioneered new treatments for head injuries. He was predeceased by his wife of 68 years, Marcia, and is survived by sister Helen; his children and their spouses Sandra and husband Eugene and Jonathan and wife Rosanne; granddaughters Susan, Karen, Diana and Laura; and greatgrandchildren Nicole and Derek.

1932

James L. Miller died March 28,2006. Jim, coming to Dartmouth from Ashland, Ohio, was a member of Alpha Delta Phi and majored at Tuck. From 1932 to 1942 he was with Firestone Tire & Rubber Cos. until joining the U.S. Army Chemical Warfare Service, leaving as a captain in 1946. He was then with Mohawk Carpet Mills, becoming a vice president of sales. From 1965 he was apartner in Town & Country Properties, a real estate firm in Greenwich, Connecticut. Retiring in 1979, he moved to Hilton Head, South Carolina, and lived there until his death. He and his wife, Hattie, enjoyed outdoor activities, sports and travel. Loving golf, at Hilton Head he belonged Palmetto Dunes and Bear Creek golf clubs. Before his illness he was living in a retirement community, Tide Point, and was still driving. He is survived by his wife, three daughters and four grandchildren.

1936

Rupert Wellington Daniels died October 22,2006, at his home on Marco Island, Florida. He came to Dartmouth from Adams (Massachusetts) High School, majored in chemistry and joined Sigma Chi. After graduation from Dartmouth, where everyone knew him as "Spike," he worked with a New Jersey company taken over by American Cyanamid, eventually retiring after 47 years as director of national accounts. After retirement he continued to work as a consultant and on the board of directors of several other companies while continuing his interest in investments, golf, bridge and numismatics. He served as class agent from 1987 to 1991. He was predeceased by brothers Dixon '43, Rupert Jr. 45 and Donald 50. He is survived by his wife of more than 66 years, Louise Holmgreen Daniels; son Robert and his wife, Ginnie; daughter Dorothy; four grandchildren; a sister; and 14 nieces and nephews.

Milton Stevens Johnston died August 30,2006, in New London, New Hampshire. At Dartmouth he majored in political science and was a member of the Glee Club, Outing Club, Beta Theta Pi and Dragon. He left Dartmouth at the end of his junior year to work with Gardner Richardson Cos., until he joined the Navy during World War II. He served in the amphibious forces and was discharged in 1946 as a lieutenant commander. After the war he continued his career in sales, retiring as vice president of Diamond International Inc. in charge of sales for the New England division. On October 15,1949, while living and working in Cleveland, Milt and Marjory Bagg were married. Amongst other services, he was a Dartmouth Club secretary, class agent, a member of the class executive committee and reunion committee chair. He was predeceased by his wife in February 2006. Survivors are children Peter, Robin, Susan and Judith and three grandchildren.

Lawrence Marx Jr. of Rye Brook, New York, died on April 2,2006. At Dartmouth he majored in economics and captained the varsity tennis and squash teams. After graduation he worked as officer and director for United Merchants and Manufacturers of New York City until retirement in the late 1980s. He spent a great deal of time in social and philanthropic work serving as trustee and, often, as board chairman for such organizations as the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies and New York City's Jewish Home for the Aged. He also worked for Dartmouth in nine capital campaigns; on the Alumni Council, major gifts committee, class reunion giving committee and committee for the arts; and as co-chairman of the National Alumni Committee for the Third Century Fund. Larry has been honored with Dartmouth's Alumni Award. He was predeceased by wives Jane and Mary. He is survived by children Lynn and Lawrence 111, four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

1937

Henry Douglas Cochran died at the Quality Health Care facility in Winter Garden, Florida, on October 27,2006. He is survived by sons Henry, Malcolm and John and daughter Caroly Cochran. In his college years he was an English major and a member ofTheta Chi. His last alumni report listed his principal interest as the visual arts, particularly stained glass.

1939

William Radcliffe Carter died October 15,2006, in Madison, New Jersey. At Dartmouth Bill majored in history and was a member of the Outing Club, Delta Tau Delta and the indoor track squad. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1942. In WWII he captained a PT boat in the Navy and received a letter of commendation for the Philippine liberation campaign. In December 1945 Bill joined the law firm of Brown, Wood, Fuller, Caldwell & Ivey, became a partner in 1951 and retired in 1984. He was a director of Checker Motors Corp. and past president and director of Peter Tare Inc., an organization of former PT boat officers. Bill was a past president (1955-57) of the Dartmouth Club of Essex and Morris (New Jersey) and was a longtime member of 1939s executive 'committee. Bill is survived by his wife, Ethel, daughter Virginia, sons William and Robert, five grandchildren and sister Catherine Ackerman.

Allyn Bryson Ley died September 29, 2006, in Ithaca, New York. At Dartmouth Allyn went on to the medical school and received his medical degree from Columbia in 1942. A naval lieutenant in WWII Allyn served for 17 months as the only doctor on a destroyer in the South Pacific. After the war he did his residency at New York Hospital/Cornell Medical College and a two-year hematology fellowship at Harvard Medical School. He returned to Cornell as a faculty member and researcher at Memorial Hospital/Sloan Kettering and later served as director of ambulatory services at New York Hospital. In 1971 Allyn was recruited to Cornell's Ithaca campus to restructure and modernize the university health services. He did this so well that upon his 1987 retirement, a Cornell laboratory was dedicated in his honor. He is survived by Gordon '36; wife Barbara; six children, including sons Stuart '68, Christopher '73 and Robert '75; and six grandchildren, including Casey Ley '07.

George Laurence Miller Jr. of Radnor, Pennsylvania, died October 7,2006, at Bryn MawrTerrace, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. At Dartmouth Woody was a member of Delta Tau Delta and went on to Tuck School. In WWII he served with the activated Pennsylvania Army National Guard. After the war he worked for his family's business, Lester Pianos, in Philadelphia until the firm closed in 1963. Woody then switched to teaching history and English at Chestnut Hill Academy in Philadelphia, a boys' private school. After retirement in 1985 he enjoyed writing and research, producing histories of Deer Isle, Maine, his longtime summer home, and Skidaway Island, Georgia, where he lived for eight years after retirement. Woody is survived by his wife Jane, son George, daughter Susan Doody, two stepchildren, three grandchildren and brother Campbell '45.

1940

Morris Stanley Harwood of Naples, Florida, died September 7,2006. Mori came to Dartmouth from Classical High School in Springfield, Massachusetts, and majored in economics. He received his M.B.A. from Tuck in 1941. During WWII Mori was in the U.S. Navy for four years and returned to inactive duty as a senior lieutenant. He worked in the home office of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. for 42 years, retiring in 1983 as agency secretary. He was a member of the Dartmouth Club of Southwest Florida. He is survived by his wife, Eileen, with whom he shared 44 years of marriage.

Roger Harvey Thiele of Stuart, Florida, died of cancer July 30, 2006, at his summer home in East Hampton, New York. Rog came to Dartmouth from Scarsdale High School, attending both Dartmouth and the New York University School of Business. He was a member of Phi Delta Alpha. Rog was a Coast Guard veteran of WWII in the North Atlantic. After the war he was in the restaurant and motel business for 33 years. He frequently flew his private plane between East Hampton and Florida with his family. In addition to being a pilot, Rog was a golfer, tennis player, fisherman and yachtsman and did a great deal of bill fishing in South America, Mexico, Costa Rica and off Montauk. He is survived by his wife, Florance, and children Christopher, Deborah and Wendy. Daughter Karen died before him. Tara Burns '07 is his grandchild.

Derrill deSaussure Trenholm Jr. of Austin, Texas, died November 12, 2006. "Trenny" came to Dartmouth from Biloxi High School, majored in English and was a member of The Dartmouth and Kappa Sigma. He received an M.S. in journalism from Northwestern University. During WWII Trenny was a bombardier in the Army Air Corps serving in the North African and Italian campaigns. After several jobs as newspaper reporter and editor he returned to the USAF as a public information officer, serving in Strategic Air Command. Retired as colonel. Later Trenny was researcher/writer with the Marshall Mission to China. He is survived by daughter Ellen LaGrange and sons John deSaussure Trenholm and David Green Trenholm. He was predeceased by his wife, Louise Green Trenholm, father Derrill de Saussure Trenholm '17 and cousin Edward T.Jenkins '37.

1941

William Clark Billings, M.D., passed away in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on October 4,2 006. He attended Tabor Academy in Massachusetts before graduating from Dartmouth, where he was known as Zeke, a member of Phi Gamma Delta and Sphinx. He was married in 1943 to Margaret "Dickey" Lightner, a graduate of Wellesley College. Zeke was a lieutenant commander in the Navy from 1941 to 1946, serving as a line officer in the Pacific theater. Zeke earned a doctor of medicine degree at Columbia University in 1950. As a physician he specialized in obstetrics and gynecology, operating as a professor at the Yale University School of Medicine. Earlier he had interned at Bellevue Hospital in New York and performed his residency at Presbyterian Hospital in New York. Zeke is survived by his wife, Dickey, and their children Margaret, Richard '69, Harry, Mary, Shirley Beatrice Anne and William.

Lan Alexander Brown, M.D., died on November 11, 2006. Dr. Brown was born in Winnipeg, Man- itoba, Canada, and his family immigrated to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, when he was a child. He graduated from Central Scranton (Pennsylvania) High School and came to Dartmouth. Lan then received a medical degree from McGill University in Montreal and served in the Army Medical Corps in Europe during WWII. Dr. Brown became an associate professor in neurology at the University of Minnesota, where he earned a Ph.D. He is survived by his wife, Marian Jean Rantz, and three daughters and three sons. The family had settled in Oregon, where he opened a private practice in neurology.

Philip Glendon Hallam of Orange Park, Florida, died on August 9, 2006, after a long illness. After graduating from Dartmouth in 1941 he began a distinguished career in the Ar Force. During WWII he flew C-47S in the South Pacific and was awarded two Distinguished Flying Crosses. Colonel Hallam then earned his masters degree from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, from 1951 to 1955. He was a staff officer at the sth Air Force in Japan; group commander of the 357 th Pilot Training Group at Vance Ar Force Base; and operations staff officer at Joint Military Ad Group in Athens, Greece. His last assign- ment before retirement in 1970 was as base com- mander at Gunter Air Force Base in Montgomery, Aabama. Phil had a second career as executive secretary of the Aabama Beer and Wine Association from 1970 to 1983. He leaves his wife of 63 years, Phyllis, and their children Phil '69, Stephen '73. Molly, Thomas and William.

Wesley White Harper died on October 11,2006, at Mid State Medical Center in Meriden, Connecticut. Wes was bom in Brooklyn, New York, in 1917. He came to Dartmouth from Tilton Academy, where he excelled in football, basketball and baseball. In WWII he served as a first lieutenant in the Ist Armored Division from 1942 to 1945. After the war he returned to Cheshire, Connecticut, and joined Revere Corp. as its sales manager until his retirement in 1984. Wes was a member of St. Peters Episcopal Church and served as cemetery superintendent from 1957 to 1994. He also worked as at Gaylord Hospital from 1984 to 1986. He is survived by Jane, his wife of 64 years, and their four daughters Betsy, Sandra Jo-ann and Deborah. In the last four years of his life Wes lived with Jane in Elim Park Plaza, an assisted-living facility at Meriden.

Gilbert De Witt Hurd died in New Hartford, New York, on October 29,2006. At Dartmouth where he was active in the Canoe Club, Outing Club, Cabin & Trail and Gamma Delta Chi. In WWII he served in the Army Air Corps in England and France and then returned to the Hurd Shoe Cos., a family business in upstate New York. Gil was president and held other offices in the local Dartmouth club. He was a member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church, where he taught Sunday school, was an elder and sang in the choir. Gil was a Mason and Shriner, playing the glockenspiel in their drum and bugle corps. In 1946 he joined the Utica Curling Club and received a life membership. He served on the board of directors of the Utica Rescue Mission, Camp Dudley and Forest Hill Cemetery. Gil is survived by wife Betty and sons Peter '70, Michael, John, Douglas and Todd.

Edward Filene Little died October 11, 2006, at Bozeman Deaconess Hospital in Montana. He attended school in Boston and graduated from Dartmouth, where he earned a senior fellowship and Phi Beta Kappa. "Spiff" was a varsity skier and was active in the Dartmouth Outing Club, Cabin & Trail and Mountaineering Club. He entered the Army and served in Europe during WWII, attaining the rank of major. He earned a doctorate of philosophy in medieval and ancient history from the University of Montreal in 1948. Spiff married Nancy Ann Baylor on June 7,1947. The couple lived in New Hampshire, Ohio, and for the past 5o years, Claremont, California. They moved to Bozeman in January 2006. He is survived by his wife, Nancy; children Deborah, Eliza, Lance, Marcia '77 and Kate; brother Dr. Amos Little '39; and sister Nell Hall.

Willis John Nelson passed away on September 18, 2006.He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Valerie, and Christopher, Timothy '7l, Gregory and Candace. A lifelong resident of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Bill graduated from Central High School and Dartmouth, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in his junior year. He served as a lieutenant in the Navy aboard an attack transport in the South Pacific participating in the landings at Bougainville and Guadalcanal. After the war he became a certified public accountant, establishing his own firm and practicing public accounting in Grand Rapids for many years. From 1958 to 1968 Bill served on the East Grand Rapids city commission. He was also founder, financial advisor, treasurer and board member of Our Hope, a halfway house for female victims of alcoholism.

1942

Walter John Haley died on October 23, 2006. Walter resided in Minneapolis. He was a veteran of World War II and the Korean War as a captain in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. He was also a senior ski patrolman and a private pilot. Walter graduated from the College in 1948 and attended Tuck school but did not graduate. He joined Honeywell Inc. in Boston after spending a yearwith Lever Bros. In 1956 he moved to Syracuse, New York, as branch business manager. In 1966 he joined the corporate staff in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he was promoted to internal auditor. Walters family is heavily Dartmouth, including his father, several cousins and an uncle. He is survived by his sister, Jeanne Pelley.

Ralph Hubert Twining Jr. of Tulsa, Oklahoma, died on October 16,2006. Ralph was a staff physician who retired from the Baltimore Veterans Administration Hospital in 19 80. He was then very pleased to work in medically underserved innercity health clinics full time for eight years and six additional years part time. He was a volunteer at a free clinic for several years. He also worked in the local literacy program for two years and the local fuel fund for four years. Ralph received his medical degree at New York University in 1948. His wife, Constance, predeceased him, and his only survivor is his sister, Sybil Wanberg.

1943

Sigurd David Bjorkman died Septemberjo, 2006, in Hot Springs, Arkansas. "Sig" grew up in Kansas City, Kansas, where he attended Wyandotte High before coming to Dartmouth. In college Sig had a strong interest in music and was a member of the Barbary Coast Orchestra, playing bass. On graduating he served during WWII in the Navy as a pilot. Sig graduated from Harvard's School of Design after the war and while living in North Carolina he was personnel manager and principal double bass for the North Carolina Symphony. Later he played for the Arkansas Symphony. He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Lucia Clark Bjorkman, sons David and wife Sylvia and Jon and wife Karen; daughter Signe and husband Tom; and grandsons John and William.

Alan Frederick Grant died December 5,2005. He was living in Half Moon Bay, California, at the time of death. In college he was a member of Theta Delta Chi and the Dartmouth Outing Club. Al noted in his alumni questionnaire that one of his great memories of Dartmouth was "sitting on the floor in Baker listening to Robert Frost recite and explain his poetry." His career was as a city, county and regional planner working for the California cities and counties of Oakland Alameda, Kern, San Francisco and Walnut Creek. He retired in 1985. Al was active as an officer of the Dartmouth Outing Club of Northern California and Nevada from 1949 to 1985. He is survived by his former wife, Diane Grant, and children Cynthia Erdem, Meredith Tallas and Kenneth Grant. Dartmouth relatives included his father, Kenneth Grant '14, and uncle Frederick W.Grant' 11.

Varnum Russell Mead died December 18,2006, after suffering a fall near his home on Marthas Vineyard, Massachusetts. Born on the Fourth of July, he was an ardent patriot. Following early graduation from Dartmouth he enlisted in the Army Air Force in 1942 and on completion of basic training and Technical School at Yale, he served overseas with both the 8th and 9th Air Forces. Remaining in the Air Force Reserve he retired as a full colonel in 1980. Following WWII he entered he family business, H.A. Hovey Cos., which "Farmer" sold upon retirement in 1984. While living in Lincoln, Massachusetts, he was active in the Minutemen, an interest inspired by his ancestor, Captain Isaac Davis, the first Minuteman killed at the Old North Bridge. He marched annually in the Concord, Massachusetts, Patriots Day Parade. Long-term summer residents, he and his wife, Janice, moved to Oak Bluffs on Marthas Vineyard permanently in 1990. Active in civic affairs and a sports fan, "Farmer" is survived by his wife of 56 years, daughters Dorothy and Susan and three grandchildren.

John L. Muchemore died October 6, 2006, in Kailua, Hawaii. Born in Glens Falls, New York, he attended Dartmouth and Thayer School class of 44 and was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon. Upon completing his engineering major at Thayer he joined Ryan Aircraft in San Diego. Around 1960 he moved to Hawaii, where various engineering positions included work on the new state capitol building. In 1966 he joined the Navy Civil Engineering Corps and, while a part of the corps, worked in the Philippines, up on the Dew Line, and in Vietnam. John returned to Hawaii and worked as the officer in charge of construction for the mid-Pacific for the Navy until retirement in 1986. An avid bridge player, he competed and won many tournaments. He is survived by his wife Luom; daughters Ann, Susan, Mary and Jane; son John Jr., sister Jean, four stepsons, two stepdaughters, 23 grandchildren and eight greatgrandchildren.

1944

William Emerson Barrett died at his home in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, on September 9,2006. At Dartmouth Bill was a member of Psi Upsilon and Dragon Senior Society. While in college he was captain of the varsity squash team. During his life he played ice hockey in high school, was an avid golfer and sailor, played tennis and was an avid Red Sox fan. He had five relatives connected to Dartmouth dating back to 1880. He was a Navy carrier pilot aboard the USS Essex from 1942 to 1945. Bill worked for Remington Rand and R.R. McCoy Cos. and moved to Maine and entered the realty business in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, until his retirement in 1987. He is survived by his wife, Bernice Woodsum; daughter Elizabeth; son William; stepsons David, Steve and Gregory; stepdaughters Diane and Susan; three grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.

Freeman Brackett Hazen Jr. died July 13, 2003. "Brack" was living in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, at the time of death. He attended Rye Country Day School before entering Dartmouth. His college activities were Glee Club and tennis. He also enjoyed swimming and oil painting and dabbled in music. He interviewed prospective students in Puerto Rico for several years. While there he started up a gathering spot for friends, the Shuck Inn in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and also one in East Hampton, Vermont. He spent 1942 to 1945 in the Army in the finance department. He was a partner in Television Product Cos. in New York City. While scouting TV locations in 1969 he was in an automobile accident and lost his leg, which brought an end to his career. He had just started an advertising agency when the accident occurred. We send our belated condolences to his son Freeman III, who survives.

Richard Lawrence Hull of West Tisbury, Massachusetts, died at home on January 23, 2006. Richard joined the Army Air Corps Reserve after Pearl Harbor and remained at Dartmouth to finish his junior year. While at Dartmouth he was active with The Dartmouth and the Outing Club. In 1942 he married Barbara Tyack before leaving for his tour of duty as a flight officer. In September 1946 he returned to Dartmouth and graduated that year. He was a journalist for the Waterbury, Connecticut, Republican and the HartfordTimes. He was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for a news story on the 1953 Worcester, Massachusetts, tornado. He also joined the staff of United Aircraft in Hartford, later United Technologies and Combustion Engineering in Windsor, Connecticut. He and his wife, Bobby, moved to Martha's Vineyard and opened Hull's Antiques in West Tisbury. His wife of 63 years; children Richard, Daniel and Cecily; two grandchildren; and nieces and a nephew survive.

John Fleming McAllister died in Arvada, Colorado, on November 3, 2005. Before entering Dartmouth he attended East Denver High School. He entered Dartmouth and enlisted in the USNR V 7 program in early 1942. In 1944 he left the Hanover Plain and was commissioned ensign, USNR. While at Dartmouth he was a member of Sigma Nu. In later years he was assistant class agent for eight years. Starting in 1945 he landed in Iwo Jima, then Okinawa. In 1950 he married his longtime sweetheart Elinor Holme. He pursued planning and helping construct Vail, Colorado. He was president of Battle Mountain Kiwanis Club, Minturn school board and Eagle County school board. His other interests were fly-fishing, big game hunting, football and baseball. Belated condolences to his wife, Elinor; sons Michael, Greg and Samuel; two grandchildren; and cousin Bruce La Follette '54 DMS'SS.

Irl Walter Rose II died peacefully on September 29, 2006, in Sarasota, Florida. He graduated from Horace Mann School class of 1940. While at Dartmouth he was active in Pi Lambda Phi and the Jack-O-Lantern and participated in mens track and field/cross country. He attended Tuck School in 1945. Irl left Dartmouth in 1943 and went into the Army, was discharged in 1945. He had joined his father in the family advertising agency, left it in 1970 and entered the maternity lingerie manufacturing field. He retired as president of the company in 1992. He married Susan Baar in 1952, and she survives him along with daughters Carol, Debra and Margaret, six grandchildren and one great-grandson.

Norman Loucks Simpson died in Boston on November 12, 2006. He graduated from Dartmouth with a major in music. He was an accomplished trombonist and pianist along with enjoying sailing and solving crossword puzzles. While at Dartmouth he participated in the Barbary Coast, Handel Society, Heorot/Chi Phi, Interfraternity Council and the marching band, he also was secretary of the Dartmouth Club of Central New York and was active in recruiting. During WWII he became a member of the 313 th ASF Band. He later was assigned to another band in Italy. Norman was president of Richards of course" Outdoor Advertising in Syracuse, New York; past president of the Syracuse Rotary International; past member of the University and the Century Club and the Onondaga Golf and Country Club. His first wife, Elizabeth, predeceased him in 1994. He is survived by his wife Nancy, daughters Deborah, Anne and Elizabeth; two grandchildren; a stepson; two stepdaughters; and five stepgrandchildren.

Robert Greeley Smith of Keene, New Hampshire, died November 13,2004- He attended Kimball Union in Meriden, New Hampshire, before Dartmouth. He was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon/Sigma Theta Epsilon. His father, Deering G. Smith, was a 'l7 and son Jeffrey is a '96. During WWII he was in the European theater building Quonset huts and maintaining bridges. When he returned went back to college and met his wife. They ran a bed and breakfast at Lake Sunapee, moved on to New Jersey in various jobs and then returned to New Hampshire. He then took a job with the New Hampshire Division of Welfare. Church and related activities were very important to him along with travel and his house in Florida. He is predeceased by two of his wives, Isabel Squires and Janet Joyal. We send our belated condolences to his wife, Beverly, and children Wendy, Steven, Jeffrey and his two grandchildren.

Robert Earl Williamson died September 8,2006, in Hudson, Ohio. He graduated from University School in Ohio, Dartmouth and Tuck School, magna and summa cum laude. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and Delta Kappa Epsilon. He had many in-laws, nieces and nephews who attended Dartmouth through the years. He worked in the family business, Lakewood Lumber Cos., and when it was sold he went to Harvard Law School and graduated in 1958- He worked for a law firm and then became dean of Kent State University's College of Fine and Professional Arts and a professor of speech. He was president of the German Shepherd Dog Club and bred and showed many breeds of dogs to their championships and trained several therapy dogs. Robert is survived by his longtime friend and companion, Clifford Barr; sister Martha Williams as well as many cousins, nieces and nephews.

1945

Paul Whipple Pillsbury, Ph.D., died August 29, 2006, at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center after a long battle with cancer.From 1942 to 1946 he served in the Army's 69th Infantry Division during WWII. After the war he graduated cum laude from Dartmouth. He received his master's degree in English literature and a doctorate in linguistics from the University of Michigan. He was an instructor at Cornell University and at Westminster College in Pennsylvania for two years. He was a professor of English literature and linguistics at Eastern Michigan University for 30 years. He was a longtime leader at the Episcopal Church in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in White River Junction, Vermont, including serving as vestryman and as chairman of the search committee. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Dorothy Boltz, children Susan and Andrew and a grandson.

Nichol Main Sandoe Jr. died of cancer September 26, 2006, in Pomona (California) Memorial Hospital after a short illness. Nick grew up in Pelham Manor, New York, and attended St. Bernards School in New York City and Kent School in Connecticut. He was a longtime key member of the class of 1945. During WWII he served as a cryptographer with the Office of Strategic Services (now the CIA) in Washington and London. He then went into circulation and promotion with Scholastic Magazines. This soon developed into a career in development and community relations, first at Dartmouth and later at Claremont University Center in California. Nick spent 17 years as director of the Dartmouth Alumni Fund before retiring to Riverwoods in Exeter, New Hampshire, and finally to Pilgrim Place in Claremont, California. Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Mary, brother Robert '46 and sons Thomas, Jonathon '75 and Kent.

1946

John S. McClintock died August 29,2006. John majored in economics at Dartmouth and was a member of Phi Psi. His time at Dartmouth was interrupted by WWII. John joined the U.S. Army Air Corps and served as a second lieutenant flying B-17S stateside until the end of the war. When John returned to Dartmouth, he was married to Edith Sinclair Taylor. John's work life included working as a salesman for Superior Separator, as sales manager and later vice president of the bag machinery division at G.T. Schjeldahl and founding and operating his own miscellaneous metals business in Hopkins, Minnesota. In 1987 John and Edie moved to Marthas Vineyard, where he worked as business manager of the VineyardGazette. John remained active in his retirement, serving as class newsletter editor and working with local service organizations, including Hospice of Marthas Vineyard. He is survived by his wife, four children, including Lon '77; and nine grandchildren.

1947

Alan Noyes Bagni of Naples, Florida, died on December, 2006. He grewup in Haverhill, Massachusetts, and joined the class in the Marine V-12 Unit. He was commissioned in 1945 and served for two years. He worked as a general agent for Union Mutual Insurance Cos. of Andover, Massachusetts, and later for Massachusetts Mutual as a CLU. In retirement in Florida he trained and then worked teaching golf. He was a past president of the Haverhill Country Club and a member of the Pelican Bay Country Club in Naples. He is survived by his wife and two children.

Jerome Joseph Bedell Jr. died in Punta Gorda, Florida, on October 5,2006. He joined the class in the Marine V-12 unit from Chaminade High School in Queens Village, New York. He served in WWII and in Korea and was discharged in 1951. He was employed by Uniroyal in Naugatuck, Connecticut, and subsequently as sales manager for Fieldcrest Mills in New York City. He retired to Florida, where he and his wife became certified travel consultants and started a travel agency. They later sold the agency and retired for a second time. He is survived by three children.

Harold Edmund Clayton Jr. died on October 11, 2006, in Bradenton, Florida. He graduated from Phillips Andover and joined the class as one of a limited number of civilians in 1943. He played football and baseball, was a member of Sphinx, majored in economics and served on the class executive committee. He served in the Navy in WWII and went on to attend Tuck School. In his business life he was connected with Clayton Hosiery Mills in North Andover, Massachusetts, and became active also in banking. He was elected as chairman of the board of trustees of the University of Lowell (Massachusetts). His hobbies were tennis, skiing and sailing. He is survived by his wife, three daughters and two stepsons.

John Bishop Daniels died on April 14,2006, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He came to college in the Naval V-12 unit from Deerfield Academy. In college he majored in economics, played soccer and joined Delta Kappa Epsilon. In his business career he rose to administrative manager for Minneapolis- Honeywell and later with Sheldahl Inc. He also served as first vice president of the Minnesota World Trade Association. In retirement he served as a volunteer mathematics tutor in local schools and as a tax preparation consultant to local small businesses. His hobbies included golf, travel, sailing and photography. He is survived by three children.

Robert Thomas Mortimer died in Hinsdale, Illinois, on December 12,2006. He joined the class from Monroe Park High School in Chicago as of the small group of civilians in 1943. His college career was interrupted for two years by service in the Navy. He majored in sociology. His careerwas spent in the investment field with Blunt, Ellis and Simmons and Merrill Lynch in Oakbrook, Illinois. He served as a director of the Hinsdale Health Museum and of the Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind. He served the College long and well as class agent, head agent, executive committee member, major gift committee member, leadership agent, president of the Alumni Club of Chicago and VP of the Alumni Council and was the recipient of an Outstanding Alumnus Award in 1981. He is survived by his wife and three children, including Robert '76 and William '78.

1948

Thomas Edward Baldwin died of cancer in Bluffton, South Carolina, on December 15,2005. He came to Dartmouth from George School, was a member of Chi Phi and Dartmouth Players and an economics major. He entered the insurance business and specialized in employee benefits with Mutual of Omaha, landing in Greenwich, Connecticut, where he resided for many years before seeking warmer weather in the Carolinas. He was a member of the New York Yacht Club and was very active in U.S. Power Squadron work, teaching safety and navigation. Wife Mary Jane predeceased him and he is survived by sons Geoffrey and Christopher.Tom credited the "Great Issues" course for teaching him to look for objectivity in the media. We enjoyed him at reunions until his health prevented it.

Richard Thomas Margeson died of cancer in Los Angeles, California, on November 16,2006. A native of Boston and graduate of Huntington Preparatory School, he came to Dartmouth by way of Norwich University and the Navy. A government major, he was a member of the Glee Club and Sigma Nu. He worked for 3M and Northwestern Mutual Life for many years. He then became owner of the Gallery Restaurant in Goffstown, New Hampshire, before moving to California and working for Langers Luggage in Los Angeles. He lived in Santa Monica at the time of his death. He is survived by longtime friend David Jenkins, former wife Barbara Trainor, son Richard and daughters Gail and Beth.

1950

Robert L. Allcott, longtime advertising and public relations practitioner, died September 19, 2006, in Salisbury, Vermont. A native of Rutland, Vermont, he entered Dartmouth in 1946 after World War II Air Force duty in Iceland. A graceful skier, he earned a spot on the freshman ski team. An English literature major, he contributed to campus publications and journals. Skilled in graphics as well as words, he did advertising texts and layouts for Hanover retailers as well as the then Norwich, Vermont-based Ski magazine. He was a member of Delta Delta Delta. After graduation in 1950 he briefly worked for BBD&O advertising in New York, then returned to New England to found his own advertising and public relations business in Rutland. He was married and later divorced. Survivors include daughter Anne and two granddaughters.

W. Brooks Boyce died on December 16,2005, after a long illness. Following graduation from Tuck School in 1951 Brooks sailed for two years aboard the Navy cruiser, USS Salem. He retired from the Navy Reserve in 1971 with the rank of lieutenant commander. From 1953 until his retirement as its president, he was employed by Wisconsin Paper and Products Cos. After retirement he and wife Joan, to whom he was married in 1969 and who survives him, traveled extensively. Brooks is also survived by a daughter, Carolyn, who was born in 1977.

1951

Russell Roosevelt Gardner died on June 26,2006, at Harbor House of Lake Geneva (Wisconsin) from complications of Parkinsons disease. Born in Denver, Colorado, he was raised in Chicago, where he graduated from Morgan Park Military Academy. At Dartmouth Russ majored in history and joined SigmaAlpha Epsilon, DOC and WDBS. He and his first wife, Patricia, raised a daughter and two sons in the Chicago area while he worked for the Elgin Watch Co. and later with Bui ova. By 1976 he was in the premium and incentive industry when he started his own company, Gardner and Geldmacher. In 1980 he married Barbara Michalson and added two stepchildren to his family. Russ retired in 1996. Surviving Russ is his wife, Barbara, daughter Susan, sons Jeff and Dave, stepchildren Bill and Linda, four grandchildren and brother William '54.

John Stockton Mitchell died on April 15,2006, of cancer at home in Venice, Florida. Born in Brooklyn, New York, John grewup in New Jersey, graduating from Ridgewood High School. He was a Phi Psi, majored in history, played lacrosse and was a member of the DOC. Going to work for IBM immediately after graduation, he spent 36 years in marketing and retired as branch manager of its Birmingham, Alabama, office. During those years he co-chaired the United Way for greater Birmingham as well as serving the Junior Achievement program for many years, including one year as its president. In 1954 he married Au- drey Meyer and together they raised a son and daughter. In retirement he enjoyed golf (a 12 handicap) and spent four months a year as a tax preparer for H&R Block. Surviving John are his wife, Audrey, daughter Marji, son Jeffrey and two grandchildren.

David Cleaveland White died on October 25, 2006, of complications following an automobile accident in Knoxville, Tennessee. He was born in Moline, Illinois, and grew up in nearby Rock Island. At Dartmouth he majored in chemistry/geology, was a Sigma Nu and Phi Beta Kappa and lettered in wrestling. After Tufts Medical School in 1956 he married Sandra Shoults and spent the next two years in the Navy Medical Corps. He then earned a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Rockefeller University. An academic career in biological sciences began at the University of Kentucky, moved on to Florida State University and finally landed at the University of Tennessee/Oak Ridge National Laboratory as a distinguished scientist. His list of accomplishments, citations and awards, too lengthy for this publication, extended right up to his death. Surviving Dave are his wife, Sandy, daughter Wendy, sons Chris and Andrew and 10 grandchildren.

1952

Arthur H. Morse II died of cancer on November 4, 2006, in San Jose, California. Hal came to college from Hamden, Connecticut. At Dartmouth he was a member of Psi Upsilon, an English drama major and a hockey player. His subsequent career was remarkable in its variety. Fouryears of flying fighters in the Marine Corps were followed by a period working for a machine tool company, which somehow led to his working for, and then heading,Ski magazine in Denver, Colorado. He next went into sales for a big California tennis court builder, then became a professional stage actor and then founded a business that maintained living indoor plants in California commercial buildings. After 10 years he sold the business and moved to San Jose, where Hal and his wife, Janie, devoted themselves entirely to what he described as "the first rule in life, which is to have a good time." Hal is survived by his wife, five children and stepchildren, seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

1954

Karl Chapman Davis died February 8, 2004, in Brattleboro, Vermont, after a long battle with emphysema. Karl, a Sigma Chi and roommate of Dave Grogan, withdrew from college in his junior year and entered the Army. For the next two years Karl patrolled the East German border in the Fulda Gap area as part of an armored cavalry unit. After completing his military service Karl returned to Manchester, joined the family heating and plumbing business and served on the Bromley Mountain ski patrol. Karl married and had a son, Scott, in 1968. In 1974 Karl began working for Culligan International in Jacksonville, Florida, where he remained until returning to his beloved Vermont in 1988. Karl is survived by his son Scott, grandchildren Daniel and Luke Davis and sisters Betty Sawyer and Nancy Irons. Karl was a loving and devoted father who never missed any of his sons ball games. He is missed and remembered with love.

1955

Stephen G. Altman of New Rochelle, New York, died on July 2.5,2006. He came to Dartmouth from suburban New York and majored in sociology. He was on the staff of The Daily Dartmouth while in Hanover. Following graduation Steve received his law degree from Columbia University and then practiced law in New Rochelle, where he was president of the Bar Association. His son Jonathan '88, survives him.

Richard L. Fairley of Annapolis, Maryland, died on July 2.4,2006, after a heart attack. His wife, Charlestine, and daughters Ricki Fairley-Brown '78 and Sharon Fairley Rogers from his first marriage to Wilma King, survive him. One of his four grandchildren, Amanda Brown, is a member of the class of '07. Following Dartmouth Dick received a masters degree in education from Stanford and a doctorate from the University of Massachusetts. A very distinguished 30-year career with the U.S. Department of Education followed, with highlights including regional director of its civil rights division, where he helped develop desegregation plans for Mississippi schools and set the timetable for desegregation in 17 southern states. For more than a decade Dick directed the Title I program of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the largest compensatory education program in the nation.

David A. Lowrey Jr. of Prout's Neck, Maine, and Stuart, Florida, died on October 30, 2006. David graduated from Fountain Valley school, was a member of Alpha Delta while at Dartmouth and went on to the Air Force after graduation. After a Wall Street career he was closely involved in the activities of the Harvey School in Katonah, New York. His wife, Ellen, and three children survive.

1956

Rollin "Chub" Clarke Montelius III died August 29, 2006, in Paris, France. According to classmate John Higgs, "Chub had been in frail health for some years, and a series of heart attacks followed by complications caused his death. Following graduation and a very successful start with Clairol, Chub married Amanda (Jill) Merwin and moved to France, where he used his marketing skills to make ski movies with advertising, showing them to skiers waiting in lift lines. Jean- Claude Killy, the French gold medalist, was one of his featured skiers. A number of Dartmouth undergraduates were employed as Chubs helpers in the movie business. In later years he lived in Paris and wrote a travel letter for English-speaking people visiting France. Chub is survived by sons Rollin and Miles. Helen and I visited Chub on numerous occasions and last spring had lunch with him in Paris. We will miss such opportunities to be with a dear friend."

1958

Joseph Newman died on September 20,2006, at National Health Care of Joplin, Missouri. He was a member of Sigma Chi and majored in history, in which he received honors. In 1960 Joe received his M.B.A., with high honors, from Wharton. He took a position in the management training program at Macy's and three years later was assistant to the president. In 1963 Joe returned to Joplin to work in his family's department store. In 1975 he left retailing to pursue a career in finance. He was especially dedicated to the City of Joplin, its chamber of commerce, which he chaired, and anything to do with Joplins economic development. He was honored by the state for his many contributions, and the city named its recently completed business innovation center in his honor. His wife of 48 years, Sara; children Michael, Joseph and Leigh and their spouses; 10 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild survive.

Daniel B.V. Pierson died of an apparent heart attack on July 22,2006, at the Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, while on vacation. Dan came to the College from Episcopal Acade- my in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He majored in history, played squash all four years and captained the team as a senior. He was a member of Psi Upsilon, which he served as chapter president and as a member of the Interfraternity Council. Dan was also a member of Sphinx. After graduation he entered Temple University, receiving his J.D. in 1961. Since 1993 he had been a member of the firm of Heany & Kilcoyne. Previously he had been a partner with law firms in Philadelphia specializing in business and real estate litigation. Dan was a consummate sportsman and hunted grouse in Scotland, fished for salmon in Alaska and cultivated orchids. His daughter Jane, son Daniel, former wife Eleanor and companion Joan Jaffe survive.

1959

Samuel Sherman Adams died May 5,2006, at his home in Canterbury, New Hampshire. Sam graduated from St. Paul's School in 1955, earned his B.S. in 1959 and M.S. in 1961 from Dartmouth and Ph.D. from Harvard in 1968. Undergraduate activities included meaningful participation in virtually all Outing Club and student government organizations. An SAE, Sam was also a member of Casque & Gauntlet, Palaeopitus and president of DOC. His alumnus activities included leadership roles as club secretary, class vice president and class agent. Sam worked 24 years in mining and minerals exploration, was department head of geology and geologic engineering at the Colorado School of Mines and later a consultant. He was president of the American Geological Institute and elected to the board of earth sciences and resources of the National Academy of Sciences. Sam is survived by his wife, Nancy, and children Melinda McGregor, Katrina Moran and Jonathan Adams.

1962

Milton Clay Vaughan died o£a heart attack on August 20,2006, in Henderson, Nevada. John Clark '62 writes: "Clay was born in Iloilo, Philippines, spent his early years in a Japanese internment camp with his mother and sister and survived as a healthy child despite extreme privations. At Dartmouth Clay wrestled, played lacrosse, dropped out for Army service, returned and graduated from Dartmouth Medical and Harvard Medical schools. He practiced orthopedic surgery at Waltham (Massachusetts) Hospital for several years and later in Williston, North Dakota, where he was the only orthopedic surgeon for hundreds of miles around. He later relocated to Henderson, Nevada. Clays daughter Alison Vaughan Stevens '98 said that Clay believed an anonymous donor paid for part of his Dartmouth education. She noted that he paid for the education of dozens of North Dakota young people, adding, 'He never forgot where he came from.' He is survived by Alison, son James and daughter Lisa."

1966

George Detlef Detlefsen died November 20, 2005, in San Andreas, California, after a long struggle with multiple systems atrophy. Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, George came to Dartmouth from Waynesboro High School in Richmond, Virginia, following both grandfathers (classes 'OB and 11), an uncle (45) and his father, John '37. He was active in Army ROTC and the Outing Club. His involvement with the Colleges pioneering timesharing system led George into a long career in computer systems engineering. He earned a bachelor's and masters of engineering from the Thayer School and in 1970 he was awarded a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. George worked for General Electric, Technicron and Price Waterhouse before joining the UC Berkeley faculty in 1978 as a professor of computer science. He is survived by his wife, Pat, his father, sister Ellen and sons August '94, Shinghi and Nathanael.

1972

Daniel W. Hergott died on October 30,2006, after a long battle with pancreatic cancer, at his home in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, surrounded by family. "Hergie" played football and was a member of Beta and the Sphinx. He went on to graduate from the William Mitchell College of Law in 1976, and then to practice with the firm of Hanley, Hergott and Hunziker, and later with Dunkley and Bennett, P.A. Accompanying an incredibly successful career, Dan was passionate about his family, friends, music and sports. He is survived by his loving wife of34 years, Gail, and children Nick and Katie. A classmate best sums up Dan's courage and character: "He was fearless about the prospect of his death. He lived his life full out with no regrets, always present in the moment, always able to see the humor in every situation. We will all miss you, Hergie. Thanks for just being you."

1973

Trevor Quaid O'Neill died January 3,2007, in New York City from lung and brain cancer. Trevor came to Dartmouth from the Hotchkiss School. At the College he was a geology major, co-captain of the rugby team, a member of the Green Key Society, president of Casque & Gauntlet and social chairman of Theta Delta Chi. After Dartmouth Trevor earned a masters in environmental science and a law degree at Yale. He worked at the U.S. Department of Commerce and later in the California Governors Office on coastal management and water pollution issues. At the time of his death Trevor was a partner in the New York Citylaw firm of Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP, where he specialized in complex commercial and products liability litigation. He is survived by his wife, Ellen M. Iseman, son Alexander Trevor Iseman O'Neill, mother and three brothers.

1978

R. Stoning Morrell Jr. died of cancer on October 22, 2006. "Stoney" majored in geography and spent some time ranching in Wyoming after graduation before returning to New Hampshire to join the family business in the early 1980s. At the time of his death, he was president of the Morell Corp.- Story Land, an amusement park aimed atyounger children that features characters and attractions from nursery rhymes. He was also involved with the restoration of the Flyinghankee, a three-section, high-speed diesel-electric train that traveled more than 2.5 million miles throughout New England from 1935 to 1957. Stoney was active in the com- munity and generous to his hometown; donating money to establish a village park and buying the fire departments first ladder truck in 2004. He served as a mentor to many people in the White Mountain tourism industry and served on local and state boards. He is survived by his wife, Foley, and his children Taber and Elizabeth.

1983

Grace Martha Jepson Brescia died in her Freeport, Maine, home on October 21,2006, after a struggle with breast cancer. She worked in college development for 16 years, mostly at Bowdin College. She was an active parishioner at St. Jude's Church, where she was a member of the parish council, cochaired the holiday fair, served as a liturgist and sang in the choir. She was also an active volunteer at St .John's School, where her two children attend. A psychology major at Dartmouth, Grace ran women's track, served as an alcohol peer counselor and as an Aquinas House officer, played in the marching band, was a member of Alpha Chi Omega and worked on Aegs. She is survived by her husband, Michael, and children Dominic and Margaret.

Albert William Hastings died on August 17,2006, from injuries sustained in a car accident that also killed his oldest daughter, Samantha. He is survived by wife Trish and his younger daughter, Catherine. Friends who rowed crew, roomed at Casque & Gauntlet or struggled through engineering classes with Will recall a huge smile, dedicated and talented athlete, team player, gentle soul who kept his life in balance, was friendly to all, was willing to help anyone do anything, had no ego and was rock solid. Will received an engineering degree from Thayer and was living in Minnesota and working as an engineer with Seagate, where he won numerous awards for his leadership, at the time of his death. His interests included music (going back to his teens when he played trumpet in a rock band), cooking, skiing and scuba diving; but above all 'he was passionate about spending his time with his family.

Robert Schreib Jr. died May 9,2006, of cancer. A man who knew what he wanted early on, he dated his high school sweetheart, Lynn, throughout college and married her immediately upon graduation. Classmate Bill Balcke remembers: "The son of a New York City policeman and lifelong Levittown, Long Island, resident, from the get-go Bob always stood out in the preppy crowd most of us came from. Bob could always talk a good game, and you were never quite sure how far the wool had been pulled over your eyes. He had this endearing quality about him that is hard to describe but made him a great friend and housemate during our years at Dartmouth." He received his M.B.A. from New York University. At the time of his death, Bob was living in Shoreham, New York, and was working on a project involving software that enables companies to manage electronic devices remotely. Bob is survived by his wife, Lynn, and children Jenna, Samantha and Robert III.

1984

Andre Reginald Collier died unexpectedly on August 21,2006, in Houston Texas. He is survived by his mother, Patricia, and sister Karen. He was residing in Saint Louis, Missouri. At Dartmouth Andre was a member of Delta Psi Delta, the Parmington Foundation and Tau Epsilon.

Faculty

Donald L. Kreider of Sugar Hill, New Hampshire, died December 7,2006, at age 75. He spent his academic career on the faculty of Dartmouth, starting in i960 after a postdoctoral year teaching at MIT. At Dartmouth he taught a wide range of subjects in both mathematics and computer science and served twice as chair of the mathematics department and as vice president of the College under John Kemeny. In the 1960s he spent three summers in Africa with the Entebbe Project, working with local teachers to develop a new high school curriculum. He was a leader in calculus education reform and received one of the first grants in the Calculus Initiative launched by the National Science Foundation in 1989. He is survived by companion William White; former wife Mary Ellen; sons and daughters-in-law John and Vickie, Paul and Tawn and David and Katherine; and seven grandchildren.