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.
Allan Taylor Stover '53 • Feb. 10 Samuel Brown Chase Jr. '54 • March 17,2007 Harry Caleb Rockefeller Jr. '54 • Jan. 10 David Halberstam '55 'April23,2007 Donald James Page '55 • Feb.4 Arlan Yates Cady '57 • Jan. 23 John Adrien Cote '58 • Jan.25 Robert Angus French '58 • June 18,2007 Robert Friend III '58 • Dec.18,2007 David Leonard Gosnell '60 • Dec. 20,2007 Robert Joseph McDonough '61 • Jan. 14 Mark Ralph Colby '63 • Jan.4 William R. Hayes Jr. '67 • Jan. 30 Dan Evan Morgenroth '68 • Feb. 27,2006 Martin Townsend Kinsey '71 • Feb. 1 William Cronin Trier Jr. '71 • Sept. 21,2007 Badrhn Manj Ubushin '74 • Dec.27,2007 Michael K. Sandoe '75 • Jan. 13 Charles Robert Hawker '76 • Jan. 29 Lawrence M. Cubas '77 • Feb. 10 Steven Alonzo Henry '78 • Jan. 14 Judith Jane Gambrill '81 • Dec. 27,2007 Beth Ann McElreath '85 • Dec.24,2007 Walter Bernard McCray '29 • Jan. 26 John Martin Richardson '32 • Jan. 12 Alfred James Cotton '34 • Jan. 18 George R. Klinefelter'34 • Dec. 20,2007 Henry Necarsulmer'34 • Jan. 31 Eugene John Orsenigo Jr. '34 • Dec. 22,2007 Robert Stanley Warner '34 • Dec. 14,2007 Monroe Lloyd Hattenbach '35 • Dec.31,2007 Leon Albert Marantz '35 • Feb. 4 Arthur Ivar Appleton '36 • Jan. 15 Walter Day Mertz '36 • Jan.3 Firman Edward Bear Jr. '38 • Nov. 25,2007 David John Bradley '38 • Jan. 7 Edward Parker Heath '38 • Dec. 20,2007 Richard Arthur Nelson '38 • Nov. 9,2007 Joseph King Van Denburg '38 • Jan. 10 Hilliard Spitz '39 • Dec. 13,2007 Robert Langdon Brooks Jr. '40 • Dec. 30,2007 William Davis Hutchinson '40 • Jan.27 Gerrit Sager Collier '41 • July 14,2007 Elmer Leo Crehan '41 • Dec. 20,2007 Arthur Fredric Leopold '41 • Jan. 1 David Clark Nutt '41 • Jan. 10 Henry Hancock Palmer '41 • Dec. 22,2007 Robert Daniel Buckalew '42 • Dec. 20,2007 Harry Loring Edgcomb '42 • Dec. 3,2007 Trumbull Huntington '42 • Feb.3 William Herman Koester Jr. '42 • Dec. 17,2007 Irving Albert Newcomer Jr. '42 • Jan. 11 Howard Earl Geer Jr. '43 • Feb. 8 Richard Mortimer Glover' 43 • Jan.26 Harry Albert Lockwood '43 • Jan. 17 John Stagg Robinson '43 • Dec. 10,2007 Norman Burnham Smith '43 • Feb.5 Walter W. Acher '44 • Dec. 21,2007 John Edward Mock '44 • Dec.22,2007 Edward Bayes Price Jr. '44 • Oct. 11,2007 Charles Franklin Curtis II '45 • Dec. 22,2007 Herbert Joseph Sandberg '45 • July 23,2007 Richard Gordon Tracy '45 • Jan. 6 Stephen Patrick Kenny '46 • Jan.31,2006 Malcolm McLane '46 • Feb. 2 Donald Brewster Wales '46 'April 2,2007 John Lincoln Cain '47 • Jan. 7 Peter H. Page '48 • Dec. 5,2007 James Henry Dean Jr. '49 • Feb. 2 Einar Francis Grell '49 • Jan. 17 Irl Houston Marshall Jr. '49 • Dec.20,2007 Marshall Charles Doolittle II '50 Jan. 21 James Claiborne Wilkes Jr. '50 • Oct. 8,2007 Russell C. Dilks '51 • Jan.22 Cornelius T. McMahon '52 • Aug. 10,2007 Howard K. Clery '53 • Jan. 1 Lewis E. Darby '53 • Feb. 10 Frederick R. Harrell Sr. '53 • Feb.5
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George Randolph "Randy" Klinefelter died at the Maple Farm Health Center in Akron, Pennsylvania, on December 20,2007. He was a devoted family man and a loyal member of the class. Until physical problems arose he and his wife, Isobel, attended all of our mini-reunions and despite being in a wheelchair attended our 70 th reunion with his entire family. Randy served in the Army during 1943-44 and later had his own insurance company in Ephrata, Pennsylvania. Among other pursuits he was a trustee of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation of Annapolis, Maryland. In 1988 he donated his Port Isobel Island to the foundation. At that time it was reported that the island was "an ecological jewel of the Chesapeake Bay." He leaves Isobel and sons Michael '64 and Peter '71. He was predeceased by son Tim in 1983.
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Robert Langdon Brooks Jr. of Miramar Beach, Florida, died December 30,2007. Bob came to Dartmouth from the Blake School in Hopkins, Minnesota, and was a member of Beta Theta Pi and Dragon and played ice hockey. During WWII he was a bombardier-navigator instructor of B25S and B245, retiring as a first lieutenant. Bob owned and operated the Building Blocks Inc., Crystal Shopping Center, Minneapolis, for many years. He was predeceased by his wife, Leslie, and is survived by children Marcia, Katherine and Henry '68.
William Davis Hutchinson died peacefully January 27 in his home at Whitney Glen, Westport, Connecticut. Hutch came to Dartmouth from James Monroe High School in the Bronx, New York, where he was the No. 1 football great in 50 years of interscholastic competition. He continued this athleticism at Dartmouth as an All-American in 1937 and 1939. Hutch majored in national problems and was a member of Psi Upsilon and Casque & Gauntlet. His involvement with Dartmouth football never diminished and he assisted with the punters well into his 70s. Bill played pro football with the New York Giants before enlisting in the U.S. Navy, where he commanded a PT boat in the Pacific theater during WWII. He had a lifelong career in magazine publishing, advertising and sales. He was predeceased by his wife, Mary, and is survived by daughters Maryann and Patricia.
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David Caverly Chamberlain passed away in New Haven, Connecticut, on December 5,2007. Dave was magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa at Dartmouth. He did graduate work at Tuck Business School until enlisting in the Navy, where he served in Naval intelligence in the North African campaign and the Pacific theater. He married Priscilla Estabrook, his wife of 65 years. Besides his wife he is survived by children David, Martha, Bruce, Thomas and Chamberlain. He resided with his family in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, for 45 years. During that time he served as president of Bridgewater Cooperative Bank and was heavily involved for more than 40 years at the West Bridgewater Baptist Church. Dave was employed by the Providence Washington Insurance Cos. and became a principal at the Bridgewater Insurance Agency of Estabrook and Chamberlain. Dave was a sportsman, excelling as a New England Junior Champion in tennis and as an ice hockey goalie and avid sailor.
William Glennon Clark died on December 6, 2007, from complications of pneumonia. Bill was born in Ridgewood, New Jersey, and at Dartmouth captained the golf team and earned All America honors in golf. During WWII Bill served Army Air Corps and following his discharge moved to Orford, New Hampshire, where he owned and ran E.K. Farms until 1974. He and his wife, Cary, moved to Southern Pines, North Carolina, where they lived in a golf course home until 2005. Cary predeceased Bill and their seven surviving children: Glen, Jane, Keith, Karen, Greg, Brian and Debra.
Gerrit Sager Collier passed away on July 14, 2007. He and his wife, Carly, had lived in Hanover on Lyme Road after Gerrit s retirement in insurance work. He became vice president in charge of international activities for the Reinsurance Corp. of New York. Prior to his association with Reinsurance Corp. Gerrit spent several years with United Aircraft Corp. as a field service representative assigned to the Army Air Force, first in the United States and then in India, Burma and Japan. Gerrit leaves behind Carly and son John '72, who teaches at Thayer School of Engineering.
Elmer Leo Crehan, M.D., passed away on December 20,2007. He attended Dartmouth Medical School, Boston University School of Medicine and then served in the U.S. Navy as a lieutenant. Elmer completed his medical residency at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota and then moved in 1950 to Los Angeles, where he established a private pediatric practice. Elmer had affiliations with various hospitals in Los Angeles and was a pediatrics professor at Children's Hospital until his retirement in 1992. Elmer is survived by his wife, Mary, and daughter Patti Baxter.
Frederic Leopold, a prominent entertainment lawyer and former mayor of Beverly Hills, California, died on January 1. Leopold was founder of the law firm of Leopold, Petrich and Smith. He was past president of the Los Angeles Copyright Society, which honored him with a lifetime achievement award. Active in politics, he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1968. He served as a lieutenant in the Navy during WWII, attending bomb disposal school and assigned to the USSBoston. He was a law review graduate of Columbia University Law School and was also a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Dartmouth, where he was captain of the squash team and played on the tennis team. Fred is survived by his wife, Joan; sister Muriel; children Georgena, Dorian, Frederic and Theresa; and stepson Michael.
David Clark Nutt of Etna, New Hampshire, died on January 10. From 1935 to 1940 he accompanied captain Bob Bartlett to Greenland on the schooner Morrissey, serving as a curator for Smithsonian Museum. In 1941 he graduated from Dartmouth, where he was active in the Outing Club. During the war years "Beany" spent four years with the Navy Hydrographic Surveys as executive and then commanding officer of the USS Sumner(AGS-5) in its Pacific operations. In 1948 he acquired a schooner and refit it for Arctic oceanographic research in Labrador and Greenland. He served on the Dartmouth faculty as research associate in geography. Beany was chairman of the Arctic Institute of North America. He served for six years in the N.H. Legislature, nine years as a Hanover selectman, six years as chairman and finally as assessor until 1989. He is survived by Mary Louise and children Mary, Margaret, Patricia '73, Sally, David Jr. and Bill '78.
Henry Hancock Palmer passed away on December 22, 2007, at the Rowan Regional Medical Center in North Carolina. After graduating from Dartmouth Hank worked in Philadelphia for Rohm and Haas as a research chemist. Married in 1942 to Luise "Petey" Culpepper, he worked for General Mills in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where Petey was treated for and cured of TB in 1946. The family moved to the milder climate of south Virginia and Salisbury, North Carolina. Hank was offered the position of executive director of the Salisbury-Rowan County Chamber of Commerce in 1959. He brought in 27 new industries and 2,200 additional jobs to the area. Hank and Petey were active in community and civic affairs, including theater arts. Petey and their daughters Judith Hicks, Janet Larkin and Joan Palmer survive him.
William M. Stephenson passed away on December 5,2007, in the Los Angeles area. "B.K." was a longtime resident of California. He attended Dartmouth for two years and then joined the Army in 1942, serving as a supply officer in the European theater. He participated in D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge and then returned to Pasadena, California, where he married Patricia Hill in 1950. They had son Robert and later were divorced. B.K. was active in the real estate business for 40 years, selling houses in San Marino and Pasadena. He is survived by a brother, James.
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Robert Daniel "Buck" Buckalew died December 20, 2007. He is survived by son Bruce '67 and daughter Bonnie. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and Dragon. During WWII Buck was a lieutenant in the Coast Guard and took part in the Sicily and African landing campaigns. His business career was spent in sales and marketing in the cosmetics industry. Buck was co-founder and president of the World of Beauty Club and retired in 1980.
Harry L. Edgcomb died December 3, 2007. He is survived by his wife, Phyllis, and daughters Sandra and Virginia. In WWII he was a Navy flight instructor in the United States. He joined the Edgcomb Steel and Aluminum Corp. in 1946 and became president in 1955. At Dartmouth Harry was active in the Glee Club, Interfraternity Council, Tabard/Sigma Chi and Dragon.
Trumbull "Trum" Huntington died February 3. He attended Dartmouth for two years and was active in the Glee Club, Cabin & Trail and Theta Delta Chi. He was in the Air Force in WWII as lead navigator for the squadron. During the years 1953 to 1976 Trum lived in Middletown, Connecticut, and established Huntington's Book Stores. After moving to Orleans, Massachusetts, he started the publishing company Parnassus Imprints, specializing in books about Cape Cod. He also served as president of the American Booksellers Association. His wife, Carol, died in 2000. He is survived by daughters Emily, Mary and Constance. Ward S. Jenkins, M.D., died october 31, 2007. He is survived by sons Stephen '68 and Wallace. He was active in the Glee Club and Foley House. Ward started medical school at DMS in 1941, completed in M.D. at Yale and joined the Army Medical Corps. In 1948 he moved to Salem, New York, and was in general practice for eight years. He moved to Boston, studied allergy at Lahey Clinic, joined the Toledo Clinic in 1958 and practiced allergy there until his retirement.
William Herman Koester died December 12,2007. He is survived by his nephew Richard. His undergrad activities were in SAE and Dragon. In WWII he served in the Navy as a lieutenant aboard the USS Wasp. After the war he moved to New York and became an actor on stage and in television. In the 1950s Bill moved to Baltimore and became sales director of his family's commercial bakery. He was also a big game hunter and donated his collection of animal heads to the DOC.
Irving A. Newcomer Jr. died January 11. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth, and children Jeffrey '71 and Barbara. Irv served in the Coast Guard in WWII. He then joined Monsanto Corp. as a chemical engineer and retired in 1981. During his Florida retirement Irv was active in several yacht clubs. He later moved back to Nashua, New Hampshire.
Arthur James "Jim" Omara died November 7, 2007. He is survived by wife Lois and sons Thomas, Michael, Marc, Dennis and Brian. His undergrad activities included Green Key, Heorot/Chi Phi and Sphinx. He received his masters in engineering from Thayer School. He was also captain of the swim team. He served with the Seabees in the South Pacific during WWII. In 1950 he cofounded the engineering firm Greenhorne and O'Mara. Jim became sole chief executive in 1965. During the years he also held several positions on the class executive committee.
Frank Havelock White died October 28,2007. He is survived by his wife Joan, and children Frank and Sally. At Dartmouth he was active in the Marching Band and Heorot/Chi Phi. During WWII Frank served as a line officer on a Navy destroyer in the Pacific. He retired as a vice president of Cosco and moved to Atlanta, Georgia, in 1975 and became active in civic and community affairs.
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Robert Metcalf Clark Jr. died February 14 at Genesis-Keene Center. "Popular Bob," as he was known to classmates, was a lifelong Keene, New Hampshire, resident and came to Dartmouth as an honors student of Keene High School and Tabor Academy. At college Bob was class treasurer and president of his fraternity. During WWII he served in the 9th Air Force. In 1947 he graduated from Boston University, where he studied insurance law. Bob was active in Keene civic and philanthropic affairs all his life, serving as mayor, chairman of numerous boards and commissions and named Man of the Year in 1975. In 1989, as a trustee of Franklin Pierce College, he was recipient of Keene State Colleges Granite State Award. He is survived by his wife, Bernice "Bunny," son Peter and daughter-in-law Judith, daughter Mary, five grandchildren and nephews.
Joseph Alfred Crowley died January 22 of heart failure in Cardigan Nursing Home, Scituate, Massachusetts. Raised in Allston, Massachusetts, Joe graduated from Boston Latin School prior to entering Dartmouth. A superb athlete, Joe was aparticipant in the famous fifth down Cornell game. Following graduation Joe pursued a teaching and coaching career, starting with Thayer Academy, Reading High School and a 22-year tenure at South Boston High. His 200th victory came as coach of Archbishop Williams High School in 1981. Described as a very demanding coach, Joe was inducted into the Massachusetts High School Football Coaches Hall of Fame in the mid-1970s. His wife of many years, Virginia (Young), died four years ago. He is survived by children Francis, Kevin and Sheila, three granddaughters and a great-granddaughter.
Howard "Pete" Geer died February 8. He acquired the nickname Pete at an early age, as his mother never liked the name Howard. Following graduation in December 1942 Pete enlisted in the Navy, went through officer candidate school and served in the Pacific on a submarine, helped rescue 40 American women and children, and survived an enemy attack sitting on the sea bottom for hours. Pete returned to Dartmouth and obtained a Tuck- Thayer business and engineering degree. He established his own business, Hego Die & Stamping and lived in Darien, Connecticut. Married to Julia Bartlett in 1950, they raised three children. In 1972 he bought a farm in Fairlee, Vermont, which gave Pete great satisfaction as he loved working the fields, practicing his engineering skills, making wine and maple sugaring. Following his wife's death Pete and his partner, Elsa Luker, traveled widely. He is survived by brother Charlie, children Judith and Bart and his partner.
Richard Mortimer Glover, M.D., died January 26 in Newton, Kansas. A family physician for 40 years in his hometown, Dick came to Dartmouth as a graduate of Newton High School. A non-graduate, he graduated from Colorado College in 1943 as a biology major. A member of the U.S. Army field artillery from 1943 to 1946, he attended Denver University and received a master of physiology degree in 1947. In 1953 Dr. Glover received his M.D. from the University of Kansas School of Medicine and was the third generation of his family to serve Newton as a physician, until retirement in 1996. An avid hunter and fisherman who loved the outdoors, Dick was a member of Beta Theta Pi, Nu Sigma Nu, the Kansas Foundation for Medical Care, the American Medical Association and local civic organizations. He is survived by his
wife of 63 years, Betty, three daughters, 14 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Harry Albert Lockwood died January 17 in Monroe, Michigan, where he was born and attended high school before entering Dartmouth. Following graduation in December 1942 Harry served in the Marine Corps in the Pacific, participating in the campaigns at Bougainville, Emirau, Guam and Okinawa. Harry received his law degree from Michigan before returning to active duty at the time of the Korean War (1950-1952). Discharged with the rank of captain, he practiced law for 40 years in Monroe, where he was active in civic affairs and chaired many charitable organizations. Under Gov. George Romney he chaired the Michigan Teacher Tenure Commission for five years. His recreational activities were varied and included ice boating, gardening, travel and walking. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Norma, son Douglas, three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Norman Burnham Smith died February 5. Born in Denver, he graduated from Colorado College; Dartmouth College, where he pursued a Tuck- Thayer major but did not graduate; and Denver University Law School. He practiced law in Denver for more than 50 years, was an avid tennis player and sports fan, and was a lifelong member of the Denver Athletic Club. During WWII he served as a naval supply officer from 1944 to 1946, retiring with the rank of lieutenant, j.g. Norm was preceded in death by his wife, Barbara, brother Montgomery and friend Miriam Carson. He is survived by his daughter Kathy, grandson Brian, son-in-law Steve, nephews Rodney and Loren and many cherished friends.
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Walter Warren Acher of Peterborough, New Hampshire, died December 21, 2007, following a brief illness, at the Langdon Place in Keene, New Hampshire. He attended Scarsdale (New York) High School and was a graduate of Dartmouth, where he enlisted in the Navy V-12 program and attended Thayer School. After graduation he was a lieutenant, junior grade, with a naval construction battalion in the South Pacific. After his discharge he was an industrial engineer at Allied Chemical and Dye Corp. Jones Manvilie Corp. in New York and Porter Hayden Cos. in New Jersey. Walt was predeceased by his wife, Ruth Louise Fowler, whom he married in 1948. He is survived by children Helen, June, Lisa, Carol and James; six grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter.
Michael Allan Costa of South Portland, Maine, passed away October 29,2007. He grew up in Yonkers, New York, and attended Gorton High School, where he was a member of the National Honor Society. While on campus Mike was a member of Zeta Psi, Dartmouth Players, Dartmouth Outing Club, Interfraternity Council, Judiciary Council and Dragon. He served in the 94th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army during WW II, receiving battlefield commission to second lieutenant. Upon returning home he co-owned and operated Costa Brothers Food Wholesalers. He moved to Bangor, Maine, and managed Doug's Shop and Save Store, Hannaford Brothers and Sweet Life in Connecticut. He also worked as a commercial realtor for Peterson Realty and Sun Properties in Portland. Mike was predeceased by his wife, Patricia Jane Toohy, whom he married in 1948. He is survived by two sisters; children Jane, Michael III, Robert and David; and three children.
Alfred Jason Densmore Jr. died November 6, 2007, following a long illness. "Ja" excelled in skiing and was a member of the DOC and Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He entered the Army Air Corp Cadet program in 1942 and graduated one year later as a second lieutenant. He flew many missions over Germany and was promoted to captain, flying as head command pilot. He received the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with Four Oak Leaf Clusters. Under his leadership his group was awarded a presidential citation for its contribution to an April 7, 1945, attack in Kaltenkirchen, Germany. Upon his return to civilian life in 1946 he joined the family business as president of Densmore Brick Cos. in Lebanon, New Hampshire, and Essex Junction, Vermont. He founded the Burning Log, a retail store and woodstove distributor. He was coach of the Dartmouth Nordic ski team. He is survived by his wife, Martha, children Priscilla and Jason and three grandchildren.
Jay Herbert Downing died November 14, 2007, at The Cedars, Portland, Maine. Jay graduated from Littleton High School and attended Kimball Union Academy in Meriden, New Hampshire. He attended Dartmouth for one year before enlisting in the air training course, eventually commissioned as a lieutenant in the Army Air Force. He was shot down behind enemy lines in Italy while piloting his P-38 and successfully evaded capture by living in mountainous caves with other service men for almost eight months. He rejoined the forces when the allies invaded Italy. Jay received a certificate of valor, Awards of Air Medal and an Award of Purple Heart. Following discharge he returned to Littleton, New Hampshire, and became proprietor of his fathers Ford dealership. He later became a motor vehicle supervisor for New England Telephone Cos. Jayis survived by his wife, Mary, children Mary Ann and Thomas, two grandsons, two step-grandchildren and two stepgreat-grandchildren.
H. Wiley Hitchcock, Ph.D., died December 8,2007, of prostate cancer in Manhattan. Wiley received his bachelors degree at Dartmouth and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. While at Dartmouth he belonged to Alpha Delta/Alpha Delta Phi and Casque & Gauntlet, played hockey and served as president of the Glee Club. He began his teaching career, studying music with Nadia Boulanger in Paris, later relocating to Hunter College then Brooklyn College. He retired from the City University of New York as a distinguished professor and continued to teach in the 1990s at Yale, Columbia and New York University. Wiley was a leading scholar of American music and founding director of the Institute for Studies in American Music at Brooklyn College. He was editor and author of many works and studies of baroque music. He is survived by his wife of 42 years, Janet, children Susan and two grandchildren.
Carroll Leonard Holman died November 26,2007, at Gifford Medical Center in Randolph, Vermont. He graduated from Randolph, Vermont, High School and then attended Dartmouth for two years. He worked in various mills until he became a building trades teacher at Randolph Area Vocational Center, retiring in 1985. He enjoyed studying genealogy and woodworking, which led him to build his own home and furniture. Carroll kept active in the Red Cross Blood Bank, Randolph Historical Society and Rotary Club. He was predeceased by his wife, Arlene, whom he married in 1942; son Craig; three brothers; and his sister. He is survived by daughters Cheryl, Delora, Diane, Laraine and Maureen; 13 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
Richard George Lesser died at home of cancer on July 31,2007. He attended Johnstown, New York, High School and at Dartmouth was house manager, vice president and president of Sigma Phi Epsilon/Sigma Theta Epsilon and member of intramural athletics and the Dartmouth Outing Club. He was an assistant class agent and an applicant interviewer. He received a masters in science from Cornell University and studied at Lehigh in engineering and Rutgers in electrical engineering. Dick was an Army combat engineer, spending months in France, Germany and Austria. He worked with many companies in the field of industrial relations and personal policy development, retiring in 1984 as commissioner of social services in Fulton County, New York. He is survived by his wife, Jessie, whom he married in 1947; children Rosemary, Sue and James; and three grandchildren.
John Edward Mock, M.D., died on December 22, 2007. He attended Evanstown Township, Pennsylvania, High School. He received his B.A. from Dartmouth and his M.D. from Northwestern University Medical School. While at Dartmouth he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Glee Club. He had several siblings and siblings-in-law, now deceased, who were in the classes of '34 and '38. He was in the Navy V-12 Medical Corps. John was a practicing psychiatrist from 1952 to 2003. During this time he was chief of psychiatry services at Philadelphia General Hospital, professor of the department of psychiatry at Thomas Jefferson University and other positions in the Philadelphia area. He was a lifetime fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, The Philadelphia Psychiatric Society and the Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society. He is survived by his sister, Marjorie.
Ernest Frederic Rice died November 30,2007, at his home in Sarasota, Florida, of Parkinsons disease. Ernie was a member of Sigma Nu, Palaeopitus and Dartmouth Outing Club and attended Tuck School. Other activities included service as class agent, club president and vice president, regional agent and member of the reunion giving committee and class executive committee. Ernie was a captain in the U.S. Army, serving during WWII in the Philippines. He was recalled during the Korean War, then stationed in Alaska. He became a major broker and chairman and member of the executive committee of Blunt Ellis and Loewi. He was chairman of the board of governors of the National Association of Securities Dealers. He retired in 1982. He was very active in charitable organizations in the Sarasota area. He was predeceased by his high school sweetheart, Babette, whom he married in 1944. He is survived by children Kathy and John, four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
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John D. Condit of St. Augustine, Florida, died June 1,2007 at Flagler Hospital. He was a longtime resident of Evanston, Illinois, prior to moving to St. Augustine. He was a prisoner of war inWWII and was wounded, earning him the Purple Heart. He graduated from Dartmouth and received a masters degree from Columbia University. He had worked as a sales and marketing executive for Bell & Howell Cos., director of marketing for the Fiber Box Association and executive director for the International Home Furnishings Representatives Association. He was an avid viola player and was part of the St. Augustine Community Orchestra for 10 years and the Evanston Symphony Orchestra for 25 years. He also was an avid piano player. Survivors include companion Barbara Minckley; daughters Michaela, Liz and Katherine; stepsons Eric and Gregg; sister Elizabeth; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Judson Hannigan of Kittery Point, Maine, died at home February 22. Jud attended Phillips Exeter Academy for one year and entered Dartmouth in 1942. He enlisted in the Marine Corps during WWII and earned a field commission during the battle at Iwo Jima. He returned to Dartmouth after the war, captained the football team in 1947 and graduated in 1948. Jud spent his entire 42 year business career in the paper industry, starting in the International Paper Cos. mill in Corinth, New York, and holding executive positions with International Paper, Continental Group and Champion International. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Grace; daughter Kathryn and her husband, William; son Michael and his wife, Betty Joe; son Timothy and his wife, Mary; son Patrick and his wife, Albina; son Francis and his wife, Debra; son Daniel and his wife, Bonnie; half-sister Noreen; 23 grandchildren; one great- grandchild; and several nieces and nephews.
Robert Young Kimball died on November 20, 2007, of heart failure in Tucson, Arizona, where he had resided since 2005. During WWII "Kim" served in the Dartmouth Naval Squadron of the U.S. Naval Air Corps. At college he majored in economics, was a member of Green Key, Phi Gamma Delta and Sphinx and after graduation went to Tuck School for an M.B.A. For the next 15 years he worked for the B.F. Goodrich Cos. in the Boston area then returned to Hanover to serve Dartmouth for 25 years in a number of capacities, including stints as special assistant to President John S. Dickey, assistant dean at Tuck and director of conferences. Bob served the class faithfully in many roles, including years as vice president, and he and wife Jackie were the unofficial '46 hosts at many reunions and mini-reunions. He is survived by Jackie, his wife of 60 years, daughters Holly, Susan, Patty and Sandy and eight grand- children.
Malcolm McLane died peacefully February 2 at his home at Kendal in Hanover. McLane served on the Concord City Council for 20 years and as mayor of Concord from 1970 to 1976. Through his career in public service Malcolm advocated for fair and just taxation, support for public education, protecting the environment and preserving reproductive choice for women. Inspired by his grandfather, Gov. John R. McLane, Malcolm devoted his career to improving the quality of life in New Hampshire. He was predeceased by his wife of 58 years, Susan. He leaves daughter Robin and her daughter Marion; daughter Debbie, her husband, Peter, and their daughters Sasha, Ashley, Maile and Laurel; daughter Ann '78, her husband, Brad, and their sons Zach '11 and Travis; son Donald, his wife, Lois, and their children Karissa, Abi, and Erik; and son Alan, his wife, Alice, and their daughters Laura and Carrie; siblings Lilla, Mary and Charles; and many nieces and nephews.
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John Lincoln Cain, M.D., died in Wakefield, Rhode Island, on January 7. He joined the class as one of the few civilians from Lebanon, New Hampshire, High School in 1943. He played in the band and was active in WDBS and the Corinthian Yacht Club. He graduated from Dartmouth Medical School in 1949 and completed his M.D. at the University of Pennsylvania in 1951. After internship and residency in radiology at Mary Hitch- cock Memorial Hospital he spent three years in radiology in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, and in 1959 became head of radiology at Waltham (Massachusetts) Hospital. He moved to Rhode Island, where he practiced and taught at Brown University Medical School and Rhode Island Hospital. He was a fellow in the American College of Radiology. He is survived by his five children.
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Peter Holmes Page died on December 5,2007, after an extended Alzheimer's affliction, although he did make our 55th reunion in a wheelchair. He had been at the Masonic Center in Wallingford, Connecticut. He came to Dartmouth from New Haven, Connecticut, via Deerfield Academy. He majored in economics and was a member of Sigma Nu. After graduation he returned to southern Connecticut and was involved in industrial supply, wholesale hardware, automated warehousing and real estate sales. His brother Fred was a '44 and niece Pauline Cole '76 was a pioneer among alumnae. Marian Coward, his wife of 52 years, survives him. They had five children: Fred, Catherine, Tracy, Douglas and Susan.
Robert Charles Sebilian died of a heart problem in August 2005. He came to Dartmouth in November 1944 in the V-12 as a battle-tested U.S. Marine of the South Pacific. One year earlier he had landed in the first wave of Marines in the Solomon Islands, where he engaged in a personal combat action that saved his unit and earned him the Silver Star Medal. Robert had a lifelong love for the Marines, which he joined in May 1941. At Dartmouth he earned his A.B. in June 1947, majoring in political science and joining Chi Phi. Robert received his commission after graduation, studied Russian at Middlebury, and immediately returned to active duty. He was in China most of the next three years, served in the Korean War. After 22 years of active service Robert in 1968 retired as a major. He was buried with his wife in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors.
1949
Lemuel H. "Bert" Howe of Boothbay, Maine, died on November 12,2007, alter several years of battling cancer. Bert was in the Navy V-12 program at Dartmouth, active in the Dartmouth Outing Club and majored in physics. He was a successful sales engineer, a math and science teacher and a lifelong builder, farmer, woodsman and naturalist. He built two homes in which he lived, one on the Damariscotta River and later a second home in Pleasant Cove, Boothbay. He enjoyed conversing with his passengers from the Portland, Maine, Airport in his ground transportation business, Boothbay Stage Line. His many pleasures included hiking, sea kayaking and carving stylized birds, for which he was well-known. In addition to his wife of 54 years, Jean, he is survived by children Benjamin, James, Brian and Jocelyn and their spouses; six grandchildren; a great-grandson; and sister Catherine.
Irl Houston Marshall Jr. died December 20,2007. At Dartmouth Irl was a chemistry major and member of Zeta Psi. After college he was employed by Duraclean International, a professional cleaning services company. He became president and CEO in 1980. He also joined Montgomery Ward's headquarters in Chicago in 1961 for a 16-year stint, during which he earned an M.B. A. at the University of Chicago. Irl was involved in franchising for more than 33 years and was a founder of the International Franchise Association, drafter of its original code of ethics, served in leadership positions and was presented to its hall of fame in 1986. Married in 1949 to Barbara Favill, a Sweet Briar graduate, Irl fathered children Alice, Irl, Barbara and Susan 'BO. Northbrook, Illinois, was their home during his career and Carefree, Arizona, was a second home in the later years. Irl served his college and his class in several capacities and was ourvice president at his death. He and Barbara attended the mini reunion in September.
1950
Marshall C. "Duke" Doolittle died unexpectedly on January 21 in Vero Beach, Florida. He served in the U.S.Navy during World War 11. Duke was a member of Zeta Psi. Following graduation he worked at Duplicate Forms Cos. in Mentor, Ohio, for five years before finding his niche in the investment securities business. At the time of his 25th reunion he was vice president and branch manager of Murch and Cos. in Ohio, later moving to A.G. Edwards, from which he retired. He was president of Rotary and Gyro International, on the board of St. John's Home and a senior warden and choir member of St. Johns Episcopal Church. He was a member of Madison Country Club in Madison, Ohio, and the Indian River Club in Vero Beach. He is survived by his wife, Faye. His memory was honored during a reception at the Indian River Club attended by several Dartmouth classmates and a host of his golfer friends.
Robert Hartshorn died on June 17,2007. At Danmouth Bob was a member of Phi Kappa Psi and the Interfraternity Council. Following graduation he flew fighters for the U.S. Air Force. In 195 9 he married Mary Davis, who bore him three daughters. After a stint with the National Archives in 1964 he enrolled in the Northrop Institute of Technology and graduated with a B.S.E.E. in 1967. Next came a career with the Naval Air Test Center at Patuxent River, Maryland, where he received commendations for his work with electronic equipment on F-14 and F-18 fighters. Bob retired in 1992 to his six-acre farm in Hollywood, Maryland, where, in his own words, he cared for" three horses, six dogs, two cats and four abandoned chickens." He is survived by his wife, Mary, and daughters Susannah Lynch, Sarah Brown and Mary Beardall.
James C. Wilkes Jr. died on October 8, 2007, in Alexandria, Virginia. Prior to entering Dartmouth Jim served in the U.S. Navy from August 1945 until July 1946. At the College he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and the Dartmouth Outing Club. Following graduation he attended George Washington University, earning his doctor of laws degree in 1954, after which he engaged in the general practice of law. He was a member of the Barristers Club, the American Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association and the D.C. Bar Association. He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Alice B. Wilkes, eight children and 13 grandchildren.
1951
Arthur R. Gustavson died on September 26,2007, of pancreatic cancer in the Heart of the Rockies Hospital in Salida, Colorado. Born in Queens, New York, and raised in Malverne, Long Island, he spent only one year with our class before enrolling at the U.S. Naval Academy, where he graduated in 1952 as a supply officer. Three years later he married Carol Anderson and together they raised two sons and a daughter. He served 27 years on several different ships, with shore duty in Naples, Italy, and Rio de Janeiro. After retirement as a captain he worked as a defense contractoruntil 1999. He and Carol then moved to Buena Vista, Colorado, where he was active in his church and volunteer work in prison ministry. He is survived by Carol, sons Kurt and Paul, daughter Kathy and seven grandchildren.
Jack Caldwell Lotz died on November 28, 2007, of prostate cancer at home. He was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts, and moved to Connecticut, where he graduated from Lewis High School in Southington. At Dartmouth he pledged SAE, joined the International Relations Club and rowed crew for two years, lettering his sophomore year. His junior year was spent in Paris, and he attended Tuck School his senior year. He completed his active Navy duty after graduation, staying in the reserves until 1976, when he retired with the rank of captain. His professional career began in 1955 in Jacksonville, Florida, with Prudential Life Insurance Cos. In 1959 he married Ellen Little and spent 32 years with Carolina Casualty Insurance Cos., ultimately becoming a director and treasurer. He was an elder in a local Presbyterian church. Surviving Jack are Ellen, son John, daughter Elizabeth and two grandsons.
1952
Cornelius T. "Neil" McMahon passed away, following a long illness, on August 10, 2007, in Knoxville, Tennessee. He was a native of Vermont, prepared at Peoples Academy and served in the U.S. Navy for three years. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Dartmouth with an honors degree in English literature, was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa and was active in several college organizations. Neil had a lifelong commitment to literature, writing and education. He first tried advertising in New York and then returned to Vermont to get a masters degree at the Breadloaf School at Middlebury. His teaching career began at Kimball Union Academy in 1958, moved to the Hill School in Pennsylvania, St. Marks School in Texas and settled at the Webb School in Knoxville, where he taught English for more than 25 years before retiring in 1989. Neil, who never married, remained in Knoxville in retirement.
1955
Richard Kenneth Drake died October 27,2007, in Auburn, New York. Bom in Syracuse, Dick attended Nottingham High School prior to attending Dartmouth. He was a member of the freshman basketball team, varsity golf and Phi Gamma Delta. After his Air Force ROTC he entered the service and flew Floos stationed in Japan. From 1960 to 1962 Dick attended Wharton School of Business, receiving an M.B.A. After several years of sales and product management he started his own company. At the time of his death he and his second wife, Rita, owned and operated a motel in Skaneateles, New York. He is survived by Rita; children Kenneth, Douglas and Arica; stepchildren Barbara and Diane; and 10 grandchildren.
Robert Lawrence Morse, M.D., died in Andover, Massachusetts, on December 6,2007. Born in Salem, Massachusetts, he attended Governor Dummer Academy before entering Dartmouth. Bob was a member of Tri-Kap and the Outing Club, where he became the ski team manager. A premed, he subsequently obtained his doctor of medicine degree from Harvard in 1958 after two years at Dartmouth Medical School. In 1957 he married Mary O'Hara, who became a dermatologist, and with her had children Nathan, Peter and Daniel. She predeceased Bob in 1995. After residency he spent two years in the Navy and returned to become a cardiologist, specializing in nuclear cardiology. From 1975 until retirement he worked at Maine Medical Center in Portland, where he resided. Alifelong sailor, Bob and his family spent a year in 1974 on a sailing trip from Labrador to the Caribbean.
1957
Arlan Yates Cady of Springwater, New York, died January 23. "Lan" came to Dartmouth from East Greenwich, Rhode Island, and at Dartmouth was active in Green Key Society, the Marching Band, Gamma Delta Chi and Casque & Gauntlet. He served 21 years in the U.S. Naval Reserve as a lieutenant commander, worked at Eastman Kodak from 1959 to 1991 and retired as director of advertising. He then co-founded a retail and wholesale antiques and gift business, Canadice Farm Antiques, and an advertising firm, Canadice Communications, of which he was president. In his 25th reunion yearbook Lan reported restoring a Victorian railroad station that he had moved to a property next to his house. Lan was also very active in numerous civic and cultural organizations in the Rochester, New York, area. He is survived by his life partner, Tim Fergerson.
1960
David L. Gosnell died December 21, 2007, of a heart attack. He had a long career in advertising, copywriting and account managing for various firms in the St. Louis, Missouri, area, and doing television and radio commercials. He came to Dartmouth from Affton, Missouri, and majored in English. After graduation he served with the U.S. Army Security Agency in California, Turkey and Germany, often acting as a translator of Russian. He was fascinated by the Internet and was a devoted member of Alcoholics Anonymous and a Republican. His Dartmouth roommate, Richard Strehle, paid tribute to him as "having a very sharp wit and being especially good conversational company." He is survived by his former wife and friend, Judy, daughters Miriam and Jennifer and 2-year-old granddaughter Maggie.
1962
Philip Gerhard Dahl of Naches, Washington, died October 3, 2007, following a long challenge with bladder cancer. Born in Seattle, Washington, Phil grew up in the Northwest. He attended Dartmouth for only one year on a ski scholarship and was an active member of the ski team. Friend and classmate Jerry Elfendahl reports, 'After his freshman year Phil returned to Seattle and worked with his father on the construction of Pacific Raceways, the Northwests premier motor sports and auto racing facility in Kent, Washington." Later he earned degrees in English from the University of Washington. Most of his life he was self-employed in Naches. In addition to skiing and mountain climbing, Jerry adds, "Phil loved hiking, river drift boat steelhead fishing, tinkering on all things mechanical, listening to jazz, bowling and reading." His wife, Nilda, preceded him in death. Two sons, a stepdaughter, and three grandchildren survive him.
Thomas Boardman McGovem, M.D., of Binghamton, New York, died at home on October 12. Abiology major at Dartmouth, Tom went on to the University of Missouri College of Medicine. After serving as a flight surgeon in the U.S. Air Force he moved to Binghamton, where he and his wife, Jane, adopted and raised four children and where, for more than 30 years, he practiced pediatric medicine. At the time of his 25 th reunion Tom wrote, "I have been kept busy not only by my practice but as an instructor to medical students of the clinical campus of Upstate Medical Center" in Syracuse, New York. Tom also served as president of the departments of pediatrics at Lourdes Hospital and Binghamton General. His commitment to children was further manifest in volunteer time he contributed to the Handicapped Children's Association. Toms wife predeceased him in 1999. He leaves two sons and two daughters.
1967
Christian Walter Fueloep-Miller of Burlingame, California, died November 2, 2005. He came to the College from Hanover High School. Chris graduated as an anthropology major who participated in tennis, Handel Society and Glee Club. He was a nursing assistant at the VA hospital in Palo Alto (1968-69), scanner at the Stanford linear accelerator center in Menlo Park (1969-73) and then worked at the main library of Stanford University (1973-74). He was active in the California Bach Society.
1968
Jeff Freirich died on October 14,2007, after a two- year struggle with pancreatic cancer. At Dartmouth he was an economics major and a member of the Omicron Delta Epsilon honor society in economics. He was active all four years in the Sailing Club and the Yacht Club. He received his M.B.A. from Columbia in 1971 and served with the New York National Guard, in an airborne unit, during these years. He joined the family meat products business, founded by his grandfather in the 1920s, eventually becoming president and owner. In 1985 Jeff relocated the business and family from New York to North Carolina, where he became active in the community as a leader and philanthropist. He served on the boards of Salisbury Academy, Waterworks Art Gallery and Temple Israel. He is survived by his wife, Digna; three children and two stepchildren and their spouses; his father; and three siblings and their spouses.
1974
Badrhn M. "Bud" Ubushin died on December 27, 2007. He came to Dartmouth from North Haledon, New Jersey, having been born in Paterson, New Jersey. Most recently he lived in Short Hills, New Jersey. He had been employed for 27 years as an assistant deputy public advocate for the Division of Rate Council of the State of New Jersey in Newark. At Dartmouth he was an English major and a member of Theta Delta Chi. Bud was also a graduate of the Rashi Gemil-Ling Temple of Howell, New Jersey. He is survived by his wife, Lyubov, daughter Naya, parents Manj and Nadia, sister Maya and nieces Kemma and Kira.
1981
Judith Jane Gambriil Brewer died on December 27, 2007. Judy came to Dartmouth from the Taipei American School in Taiwan. She majored in engineering sciences. "She was such a fun-loving individual and had so many friends," recalls Judys freshman roommate Susan Hess Wray '81. "Classmates were always stopping by our room to visit with Judy. She was a great friend and listener." After Dartmouth Judy worked as a financial analyst with IBM before pursuing an M.B.A. at the University of Chicago. She is survived by her husband, Tom, and children Simon and Jeremy.
1985
Barbara Codding Rivard, along with 7-year-old daughter Olivia, was killed on October 3,2007, in San Luis Obispo, California. Barbara came to Dartmouth from Fox Lane High School in Bedford, New York, and majored in history. She later received her M.B.A. from New York University and worked as an investment banker in New York City before moving to California, where she married and started a family. Dartmouth instilled a love for learning in Barbara that never left her. She was a voracious reader and her passions included travel, politics, dance and the I Love Lucy show. Barbara planned annual girls' weekends for her close-knit group of Dartmouth friends, all of whom miss her dearly. Barbara is survived by her parents, Judy and Richard, sister Amanda, brother Richard Jr. and children Madeleine, 5, and Jack, 4.