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.

Myron Louis Bloom '34 ' April 12, 2007 Robert Utting Brown '34 • March 20 Dana S. Redington '34 • June 27, 2007 Boardman Veazie '34 • Feb.28 Grant Herman '35 • March 5 George Wilson Lansberry '35 • Feb. 14 Robert Eugene Lowell '35 • March 7 Fredric Sawyer O'Brien '35 • Jan. 11 John Wallace '35 • March 5 Ralph Barton Ruggles '36 • March 20 Descomb T. Stewart '36 • April25, 2007 Rowley Bialla '37 • Oct. 2, 2007 Donald McRae Chisholm '37 ' Aug. 2, 2007 Frederic A. Kennedy '37 • Dec. 26, 2005 Jacob Mosser '37 • March 28 Robert Alan Snyder '37 • Dec. 19, 2007 David F.M. Todd '37 • March 31 John Lynn Reichardt '38 • Jan. 19 Samuel Ainsworth Hird '39 • Feb.4 Erwin Lewis Lyon Jr. '39 • March 2 Richard Freeman Morgan '39 • Feb. 27 John F. Goodman Jr. '40 • Dec.23, 2007 Charles Robert Tatgenhorst '4O • Jan. 17 John Carroll Everett '41 • March 8 Harold Stuart Hicks '41 • Feb. 12 Joseph Alan Jasper '41 • Nov. 26, 2007 Charles Bancroft McLane '41 • Feb. 23 Malcolm Sutton Smith '41 • Jan. 31 Merton Carr Wilson '41 • Feb. 16 Richard Wells Deane '42 • March 6 Carter DeLaittre '42 • Feb. 14 Rumsey Ewing '42 • March 24 Russell Flagg Greer '42 • March 24 Richard Miller Lee '42 • Dec. 24, 2007 Anthony Frederick Susen '42 • March 20 Milton Lester Williams '42 • March 23 Andrew Augustine Caffrey '43 • March 23 Robert Metcalf Clark Jr. '43 • Feb. 14 Anthony Brady Farrell '43 •March 6 Joseph Anthony Maleno '44 • March 3 Robert William Rader '44 • March 25 Rudolph G. Whitten Jr. '44 • Oct. 7, 2007 Fred Bailey Clunie '45 • March 11 Clifford Leslie Jordan '45 • March 16 Harry Lewis Roberts Jr. '45 • Feb. 20 Bruce Knight Symonds '45 • March 23 Wilbur E. Webster '45 • March 13 George Adrian Fagan '46 • March 4 Judson P. Hannigan '46 • Feb. 22 Lawrence Jesse Jones Jr. '46 • Feb. 23 Albert William Martin '46 • Jan. 11 Charles Chester Vaniman Jr. '46 • March 12 Henry Michael DeAngelis '47 • June 8, 2007 George Joseph Ferrarese '47 • March 24 John M. Bobbitt '48 • Jan.s Saul Kwartin '48 • March 23 William Bright Jones '49 • Nov.3, 2007 William John McMorrow '49 • March 7 John Howard Mudie '49 • Feb. 14 Paul Hjalmar Olson '49 • Dec. 25, 2007 Donald Bemis Scully Jr. '49 • March 7 James Miller Bailey '50 • Feb. 19 George Ernest Duffy II '50 • Feb. 11 Philip Hudson See Jr. '50 • Feb. 23 Joseph Charles Stehlin Jr. '50 • Jan. 20 Thomas Burton Arnold '51 'April 3 Nelson F. Bellesheim '51 • Feb. 4 John 0. Condon '51 • March 14 John Arthur Jacobey III '51 • Jan. 18 William Robert Woolner '51 • Dec.26, 2005 Howard Gottlieb Haas '52 • Feb. 18 Karl L. Thielscher Jr. '52 • March 14 James Weidman III '52 'March23 John S. Anderson '53 • Feb. 8 Robert L. Callender '53 • April3 Edwin H. Fowler's3 • Feb.2l Stuart Jonathan Bugbee Jr. '54 • March 23 Robert William Higbee '54 • Feb. 6 Donald Walter Martin '54 • Dec.20, 2007 Richard John LeBoeuf'ss • July 21, 2006 William Shepard Wolff '55 • March 12 Marvin Lionel Bender's 6 • Feb. 19 Roger Gardner Joys '56 • Feb. 23 Alfonso Mario Escalante '57 • Jan. 7 Daniel Francis Harris III '57 • Dec. 8,2007 John Scully '57 • March 18 Charles F. Perkins '58 • Oct. 19, 2007 Ronald Louis Snow '58 • March 14 Gordon Gavin MacVean '60 • March 16 Peter Robohm '60 • Feb.28 James Edward Jumblatt '64 Jan. 26 Stephen John Heiser '67 • April 8 Ronald W. Lorensen '67 • March 29, 2007 Steven J. Goldthwait '68 • Feb. 28 Duane Theodore Bird Bear '71 • March 12 Stanley Edson Smith '81 • March 11 Joyce Jane Seko '82 • Feb. 10

1933

Martin Arno Uebel died April 16 at Millers Merry Manor in Culver, Indiana. He was a faculty member of Culver Academies from 1940 to 1977, working in summer and winter schools as a counselor, teacher of German, Latin and English as well as ROTC. He also assisted in the music department as band director and regularly played clarinet in the concerts at the academy. He served in the 2nd Armored Division in WW II and was wounded twice, receiving a Purple Heart with star. In 1945 he married Ruth Bossert, a teacher in Brookville, Indiana, who survives. Acharter member of Trinity Lutheran Church of Culver, he also belonged to the American Legion and the Marshall County Historical Society. While serving on the Council of Churches he organized the Meals on Wheels Program of Culver. He is also survived by son David and his wife, Judy; son Mark and his wife, Dawn; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

1934

Myron Louis "Mickey" Bloom died on April 12, 2007, at Seacoast Rehabilitation Center in Gloucester, Massachusetts, after a long illness. His wife, Esther, predeceased him. He leaves daughter Joan, with whom he lived previously, son Steven and several grandand great-grandchildren. He graduated from Boston Latin School in 1930 before coming to Dartmouth. He was with O'Donnell-Usen Fisheries for 50 years, retiring as executive vice president in 1988. As a result of his many innovations O'Donnell-Usen became the largest independent seafood processor in the United States. He served on many boards in Gloucester, and was a member of the chamber of commerce and the New England Fisheries Development Foundation.

Alfred James Cotton died on January 18 at the University Commons Nursing Care Center in Worcester, Massachusetts. He leaves Claire, his wife of 70 years, sons Alfred '64 and John and his wife, two grandsons, five great-grandsons, and two sisters. After graduating from Dartmouth and Thayer School of Engineering Al worked as town engineer for Athol, Massachusetts, where he and his wife were bom and raised. He also worked as regional engineer and designer for President Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration and surveyor for the National Geodetic Survey. He joined the American Steel & Wire division of U.S. Steel's Worcester Works in 1940 as an engineering manager, retiring in 1968. He served the Town of Worcester on the city council from 1968 until 1979 and in 1979 was the vice mayor. He served his town in many other capacities throughout the years. He was class agent from 1934 to 2001.

Henry Necarsulmer died at his home in Manhattan on January 31. He leaves Betty, his wife of 61 years, a daughter and two sons. He was described as "a man who combined integrity, precision and the highest personal standards with great wit and an extraordinary commitment to family and friends." After graduating in 1934 and serving in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1946, he began his distinguished career on Wall Street as an investment banker with Kuhn, Loeb & Cos. In 1977 he was an architect of the creation of Lehman Brothers, Kuhn, Loeb Inc., which was one of the earliest mergers on Wall Street. He was the principal investment banker for many well-known companies and served on multiple boards. Henry had a lifelong interest in his college and in the Jewish Childcare Association in New York City, where he served as a director.

Dana Stearns Redington died on June 27, 2007, in Dover, New Hampshire. He leaves his wife, Barbara, sons Robert '61 and Richard '64, Adv '76, daughter Katherine, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Dana had relatives who attended Dartmouth beginning in 1861 until 1941. After graduating from Pomona High School and a stint in the U.S. Forest Service, he came to Dartmouth. He was a longtime teacher and coach, beginning his career at St. Johnsbury Academy, then Kimball Union Academy, Burr and Burton Seminary and finally Cate School for Boys in California as teacher and athletic director for 17 years. He received his M.Ed, in science from the University of Mexico in i960. After leaving Cate he was registrar at Mackinac College on Mackinac Island, Minnesota, and later taught at Midland School in Los Olivos, California, retiring to Laconia, New Hampshire, in 1972. Dana officiated at the 50th Reunion Memorial Service.

Robert S. Warner died at his home in Wilton, Connecticut, on December 14, 2007. He was predeceased by Doris, his wife of 67 years, and is survived by two daughters and their spouses, two grandchildren and two great- grandchildren. He graduated from Wyoming Seminary in Kingston, Pennsylvania, in 1930 and after graduating from Dartmouth in 1934 he joined Bank of Boston (International) in New York. He was with that organization until his retirement as vice president and treasurer in 1976. Upon his retirement Bob joined Wilton Kiwanis, where he was active for several years. He was a 33rd degree Mason of the Washington chapter and a member of the Wilton Congregational Church, where he served in various capacities. He was an ardent saltwater fisherman and sailing enthusiast at the Norwalk Yacht Club, where he served as assistant treasurer.

1936

Albert Whiting Doolittle Jr. died at his home in East Derry, New Hampshire, on October 7, 2007. At Dartmouth he graduated cum laude and the next year received a degree in civil engineering from Thayer School. As an undergraduate he was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa, Ledyard Canoe Club and the winter sports team. He went with Jackson and Moreland Inc., a division of United Engineers and Constructors in Boston in 1938 and remained with them until his retirement in 1979. After working on various Jackson and Moreland engineering projects in Pennsylvania, Louisiana and Texas for five years he and his wife, Edith, whom he had married in 1940, and their family of three boys were able to settle down in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, where Al was active in community affairs. He is survived by Edith and sons Robert, Paul and David '64 and five grandchildren.

Arthur Layton Funk Jr., Ph.D., died June 17, 2007, at his home in Gainesville, Florida. He came to Dartmouth from Poly Prep School in Brooklyn, New York. At Dartmouth he majored in history and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Nu, Jack-O-Lantern and the Art Board. He received a doctorate in medieval history from the University of Chicago in 1940. During World War II he served in the Navy on convoy duty in the Atlantic. After the war Art became a professor of humanities at the University of Florida and, except for an interval with the U.S. Information Service as cultural representative in Syria, India and Madagascar, he remained there until retirement in 1983, serving as professor of history and chairman of the department of history for a number of years. He is survived by his wife, Elaine, sons Alexander and James, stepdaughters Shannon and Kelly and granddaughters and nieces.

Boyce Poston Price died on November 1, 2007, at his home in Hanover. At Dartmouth Boyce majored in English and belonged to Phi Beta Kappa, Theta Chi, Dartmouth Players and the Canoe Club. He attended Yale University School of Design until 1938 and then worked in the industrial design field until 1941, the year he married Elizabeth Williams and went into the Army. He remained for five years with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, becoming a White House Map Room staff officer. He was discharged as a major and awarded the Legion of Merit. He then worked as an editor for Time Inc. for six years and as an account executive supervisor in advertising in New York until 1965, when he set up and directed the American Wood Council in Washington, D.C. He served the College as class president, regional agent and alumni councilor. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth, children William and Marion, four grandchildren and one great-grandson.

Merrill John Teulon of Laconia, New Hampshire, died October 16,2007. At Dartmouth he majored in economics and was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa, the freshman lacrosse team and the winter sports team. After graduation he worked in manufacturingunti 1942, when he became northern New England representative in the industrial department of the Boston and Main Railroad. During his ensuing 40-year career he was industrial director of the New Hampshire Planning and Development Commission and later industrial agent for the City of Manchester, where he served with distinction until his retirement in 1981. In addition to his work for the city, for which he received three awards for excellence in industrial management, Jack was active in such organizations as the New Hampshire Association of Industrial Agents. His wife, Margery, and daughter Sandra predeceased him. He is survived by daughters Suzanne and Sherry, six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

1939

Samuel Ainsworth Hird died at Eastern Long Island Hospital, New York, on February 4. At Dartmouth Sam was a member of Gamma Delta Chi and attended Tuck School. In World War II he served in the field artillery in North Africa, Sicily, France and Germany. Sam's business career was spent with the family company founded by his grandfather, which produced worsted piece goods for menswear. A longtime resident of Ridgewood, New Jersey, he moved to Parkland, Florida, in 1998. Throughout his life he summered on Shelter Island, New York. Sam was a member of the class executive committee for many years and is remembered for his droll stories at mini-reunion dinners. He was predeceased by his first wife, Harriet, in 1982 and by his second wife, Diane, in 2004. He is survived by daughters Elizabeth and Virginia, granddaughter Maya and Diane's four children.

Erwin Lewis Lyon died March 2 in the Waterbury, Connecticut, hospital. At Dartmouth "Duke" was president of Sigma Nu, a member of the Interfraternity Council and a 1940 graduate of Tuck School. Duke and wife Julia raised their family in Woodbridge, Connecticut, where he was very active in the community. After many years working as an industrial engineering manager at the Anaconda American Brass Cos. in Ansonia, Connecticut, Duke retired with Julia to East Dennis, Massachusetts, where he was very active in the Cape Cod Dartmouth club and other volunteer activities. In 2000 Duke and Julia moved to Southbury, Connecticut, to be closer to family. Beside Julia, Duke is survived by children William, Robert, Charles and Jennifer; nine granddaughters; six greatgrandchildren; and sister Jean.

Richard Freeman Morgan, a longtime resident of Warwick, Rhode Island, died February 27. At Dartmouth Dick majored in history, was a member of Gamma Delta Chi and the Outing Club and was treasurer of the Spanish Club. In World War II he served as inspector of naval ordnance with the British Admiralty. Dick worked as a cost accountant with Textron, Crown Manufacturing and Kenney Manufacturing in Warwick. He retired in 1984 and kept busy with his garden, golfing and much volunteer work at Central Congregational Church in Providence. Dick is survived by daughter Marilyn Cranshaw, two grandsons, a great-granddaughter and sister Dorothy.

of New London,Connecticut,died December 13,2007, at Lawrence & Memorial Hospital. At Dartmouth, Hill majored in chemistry-zoology and was business manager of the 1941 Green Book. He received his medical degree from Yale Medical School and served as a medical officer at the invasion of Normandy and in the Pacific theater later in the war. Returning to New London in 1948, Hill practiced internal medicine for many years and was noted for the kind and compassionate care he gave to patients. He was active in Connecticut and New London medical organizations and in affairs of the New London Jewish community. In his later years he met with dignity several health problems, including a 20-year battle with Parkinsons disease. Hill is survived by his wife, Norma, sons Steven '68, David '71 and Robert '73, five grandchildren and sister Mildred.

1940

John Forest Goodman of Edgewater, Florida, died December 23, 2007. He received his A.B. in 1946 from Dartmouth and L.L.B. from Baylor University in 1948. "Dutch" was a member of Beta Theta Pi and the Dartmouth Outing Club. During WW II he served in the U.S. Army for five and a half years in Africa and Europe, retiring as a colonel in 1968. He was a judge advocate during the Korean and Vietnam Wars. He was predeceased by his wife, G. Vaughan, and is survived by children Cynthia, Forest and Donald. Dartmouth relatives include cousin W. Stanwood Perry '37 and brother Thomas '51.

C. Robert Tatgenhorst of Cincinnati, Ohio, died January 17 from complications of Parkinson's disease. Tag came to Dartmouth from Western Hills School. He majored in Democratic institutions and was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Glee Club and Ledyard Canoe Club. He received his bachelor's of law from the University of Cincinnati. During WW II Tag served in the Army C.I. C. for three and ahalfyears. Tag was president of the Dartmouth Club of Cincinnati, Alumni Fund leadership committee and class agent. He was assistant attorney general of Ohio and partner of Tatgenhorst and Tatgenhorst law offices. He is survived by his wife, Louise (Tommie), and sons David, John, James and Richard.

1941

John Carroll Everett died on March 8. He was a resident of Minot, Massachusetts, since retiring as executive vice president and general manager of the Wonalaricet textile fiber merchants of Atlanta, where he began in September i960. At Dartmouth John graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. During WW II he served as a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy in the South and Central Pacific on USSNicholas. Surviving are Johns wife, Margaret, and children James '66, John '68 and Janet. His former spouse, Maty, predeceased him.

Harold Stuart Hicks passed away on February 12 in Brevard, North Carolina. Stu was predeceased by two wives. He shared 51 years with Margie Hicks until her death in 1991. Stu was married to Josephine Walton for 11 years until her death on January 25. Stu is survived by children Peter, Lori and Leslie. Stu completed studies in engineering and construction at New York University Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. In WW II he served in the Navy and rose to the rank of lieutenant. He then moved to West Palm Beach, Florida, and began work as a builder and contractor. Joining Arnold Construction, he became executive vice president in 1964. He then started Bryson and Hicks General Contractors. As his success grew he formed H.S. Hicks and later formed Worth Builders, through which he built award-winning condos in Palm Beach estates.

Charles Bancroft McLane, Ph.D., died of heart failure on February 23 at the Dartmouth- Hitchcock Medical Center. He was a competitive skier and captain of the Dartmouth team. He was the first volunteer for the Army's 10th Mountain Division ski troops and served with them from 1941 to 1944. In the early 1950s he took his family to live in Moscow, where he was a cultural attache in the U.S. embassy. In 1955 he earned his doctorate in public law and government at Columbia University. After beginning his academic career at Bard College and Swarthmore College, he joined Dartmouth as a professor of Russian civilization. He retired from teaching in the late 1980s but continued a life of research and publication. He co-authored with his wife a history of the islands off the Maine coast. He was predeceased by his wife, Carol, and brothers John and Malcolm. Surviving him are sisters Elizabeth and Mary and children Kristin, Alexander, Eban, Rebecca, Jeremiah and Elizabeth.

Malcolm Sutton Smith died after a brief illness on January 31. He was born in East Orange, New Jersey, educated at Lake Forest Academy in Chicago and lived for many years in Truro, Massachusetts. He bought his first sailboat at age 15 and kept that boat all his life. During WW II Mac served in the Coast Guard as a captain patrolling for U-boats. He earned a masters in education at Boston University and worked in school administration in Arlington, Massachusetts. In 1965 he opened Small Boat Service, a rental and sailing lessons company that he operated until his death. He was predeceased by his wife, Ann Smith, and is survived by children Bartlett and Victoria.

1942

James H. Rendall Jr. died December 9, 2007. He is survived by his wife, Laura, and children and grandchildren. At Dartmouth Jim was active in the Glee Club, Alpha Delta Phi and Dragon. He was also captain of the varsity soccer team. He served our class well as class agent and as a member of our class executive committee.

Harlan Strader died July 5, 2007. As an undergraduate "Bucky" was active in freshman and JV football and Bones Gate/Delta Tau Delta. The College has no information as to his post-graduate career. His wife, Audrey, is deceased and he is survived by children Harlan, Paul and Pamela.

1943

Andrew A. Caffrey died March 23 after a short illness at Mary Immaculate Nursing Home in North Andover, Massachusetts. Born and raised in Lawrence, Massachusetts, Andy graduated from Lawrence High School and from Dartmouth in 1943. During WW II Andy served in the Pacific as a gunnery officer. He returned to Dartmouth after service and obtained his M.B.A. from Tuck in 1947. Andy went on to obtain a law degree from Boston College in 950 Apracticing attorney, Andy's other interest was the Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence. His wife, Clare McCarthy Caffrey, predeceased him, as did his brother John and sisters Helen and Sheila. He is survived by son Andrew '73 and his wife, Elise; daughter Ellen and her husband, John; and grandchildren Allison, Lexi, Julia, Jake, Andrew and Sara.

1944

Joseph Anthony Maleno Jr., formerly of Greensfield, Massachusetts, passed away March 3 in New York. He graduated from Greenfield High School before attending Dartmouth, where he was a member of Heorot/Chi Phi. After serving in the infantry in France during WWII he graduated from Notre Dame. While living in Manhasset, Long Island, he headed a division of David Crystal called Stoney Brook. He is survived by his seven children, 10 grandchildren, former wife Virginia, sisters Grace and Mary and many nieces and nephews.

Edward Bayes Price Jr., M.D., of Omaha, Nebraska, died October 11, 2007. He attended Pembroke School in Kansas City, Missouri, and then graduated from Dartmouth and Dartmouth Medical School. He was active in intramural athletics, Army V-12 and Phi Tau/Phi Sigma Kappa. He then went on to graduate from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. After an internship he spent two years in the Army Air Force and returned to the States and attended the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington, D.C., where he remained as assistant chief of genitourinary pathology for many years. Following this position he went into private practice from 1974 to 1989. He is survived by his wife, Judith Ann, children Stephen, Scott and Carol Ann and sister Katherine Rose.

Rudolph Gwinn Whitten Jr. of Saratoga Springs, New York, died October 7, 2007. He graduated from New York Military Academy and while at Dartmouth was a member of the Marching Band, Barbary Coast and Bones Gate/Delta Tau Delta. After some time in the service he was northeast regional sales manager of Dow Pharmaceuticals, Dow Chemical Cos. He is survived by his wife, Marion, children John, James and Louise and four grandchildren.

1945

Frederick Bailey Clunie died March 11 at the Cove's Edge Nursing Facility in Damariscotta, Maine. Fred grew up in Newcastle, Maine, and graduated from Lincoln Academy in Newcastle, where his father was long-time headmaster. Fred married Myra Carter Simmons in 1943 at Christ Church in Hanover. During WWII Fred served in the Marine Corps in Guam and China. He returned in 1947 and took a job as director of guidance at Houlton, Maine, where his first son and daughter were born. He gained his master's from Columbia University in psychology and later worked for Boston University before being called back into service in the Korean War from 1952-53. He retired from the Marine Corps reserves with the rank of major. In i960 Fred moved to Danvers, Massachusetts, and served as director of guidance in the Peabody school system and later in Marblehead. In 1984 he and Myra retired to the Newcastle area. In addition to his wife, Fred is survived by children Jeffrey, Richard and Barbara and six grandchildren.

John Henry Field III died November 11, 2007. He was born into a Dartmouth family in which three uncles, father John '10, a cousin, brother and son wore the Dartmouth green. Following his Tuck School graduation Jack entered a career in the textile business with his Mac Goldfine '45. After WWII service in the Army Air Force and being a POW in Germany, he began as a plant superintendent with Northfield Mills in Vermont. He also worked for Deering-Milliken and for Burlington Industries in Greensboro, North Carolina. That led to Gaston County Dying Cos., a large manufacturer of textile dyeing and finishing machinery, where he served as years as marketing manager. Retiring in Charlotte, North Carolina, he became actively involved in mentoring and tutoring inner-city children and preparing for food for a downtown homeless shelter. Jack is survived by his wife of 47 years, Blynn, children John, Robert '85 and Elizabeth and three grandchildren.

1946

George A. Fagan of Marcellus, New York, died March 4 at Van Duyn Home & Hospital. Born in Utica, New York, he lived in Marcellus since 1957. George was a self-employed contractor. After Dartmouth he attended the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. He was a member of the Tramp & Trail Club of Utica. Heis survived by his wife of 56 years, Roberta; children Shaw, Grett, Brian, Erin and Lee Ann; grandchildren Jill, Brandon, Evan, Alexandria, Julianna, Adrian, Dominic and Christian; great-grandchildren Molly and Ryan; one nephew; and two nieces.

Lawrence J. Jones Jr. of Wilmington, Delaware, died February 23 at Wilmington (Delaware) Hospital. Larry graduated from Tower Hill School in 1942 and attended Dartmouth before serving as a pharmacist's mate in the Navy at Oakland Naval Hospital in Oakland, California, during WW II. After the war he graduated with a bachelor's degree from Syracuse University in 1948, where he was president of his chapter of Zeta Psi fraternity. He had a long career as a sales representative for several large companies, including DuPont, Crown Zellerbach and St. Regis Paper, and continued working for several clients until this year. Larry proudly served for 29 years as a member of the Blue Mountain Ski Patrol in Palmerton, Pennsylvania, where he received many service awards including a national appointment and a distinguished service award.

Albert W. "Monk" Martin of Bonita Springs, Florida, died January 11 in Naples, Florida, at the Naples Community Hospital after suffering a massive stroke. He graduated from Rutland (Vermont) High School, attended the University of Vermont, then joined the Marines. In 1946 he graduated from Dartmouth and then earned his master's from the University of Vermont. He then taught in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, and Windsor, Vermont, before returning to Rutland High School to teach for 29 years and coach track and skiing. Monk was a member of the Cairo Shrine Temple and very involved with the Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl since the first game in 1954. His first wife, Lois, and second wife, Joanne, predeceased him. Survivors include children Mary and Steve, grandchildren Hannah, Hunter, Hillary, Shelby and Marissa; great-grandson Riley; stepchildren Nancy, Ted and Steve and their children; and his companion for the last seven years, Margaret.

Charles C. Vaniman Jr. of Kettering, Ohio, died March 12. After Dartmouth he earned a master's from the University of Michigan. He was also a Navy veteran of WW II. He was the president and owner of Vaniman Ford of Trotwood, Ohio. As an entrepreneur he also owned and operated Economy Leasing and Dentmasters. He was a member of Christ United Methodist Church and multiple organizations, including Trotwood Chamber of Commerce, and a supporter of the Fraze Pavilion. He was a Mason as well as a golf and skiing enthusiast, belonging to the Miami Valley Golf Club and the Dayton Ski Club. Survivors include nieces Linda and Cheryl, nephew James, three great-nephews, and companion of 33 years, Thalia Oswald.

1948

John Maxwell Bobbitt died in Mooresville, North Carolina, on January 5. Jack ran cross country and was a member of COSO, Sigma Nu and Phi Beta Kappa at Dartmouth. Continuing on to the University of Michigan Medical School for his M.D., he returned to his Huntington, West Virginia, hometown and practiced urology until 1981. During that time he served two terms in the West Virginia legislature. They moved to Virginia, where he became a staff physician for a major shipbuilder until retirement in 1992. Jack was always active in community affairs and maritime and nautical research, which led him into model boatbuilding. He took an active part in local Dartmouth club affairs. He married Jeanne in 1950, and she survives him along with daughters Mary, Martha and Sarah and their families.

1949

Einer F. Grell passed away on January 17; having been in ill health for many years. "Doc" loved the ocean off Fire Island and the Great South Bay, New York, and enjoyed swimming and fishing. Doc graduated from Concord (New Hampshire) High School as a scholar athlete. During WWII he served in the Navy as a pharmacist mate. At Dartmouth he was a history major, played baseball and was a member of DOC, Heorot and Chi Phi. After receiving a masters and a doctorate from Columbia he taught science at the high school and college level for 35 years. Doc was active in marine pollution research. He held five world fishing records and ran charter boats out of Montauk and Babylon, New York, and was a New York State senior men's horse-riding champion. He leaves wife Barbara; children Christopher, Diana, Mary, Thomas and Pete; and stepchildren Christopher, Gordon and Gregory.

William Bright Jones died peacefully on November 3, 2007, in New York City. After graduation from Lake Forest Academy in Wisconsin he attended Dartmouth, where he majored in economics, was active in Jack- O-Lantern and Panarchy and was a member of Phi Sigma Psi. Residing for many years in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, he was director of Jones Dairy Farm. Later, as a resident of New York, he was a board member of the Institute of Fine Arts and a member of the Union and Century Clubs. Surviving him are his wife, Helen; children Elizabeth, Frances and Milo; and brother Milo 52. Dartmouth relatives included his father, Alan P. '19, and uncle Edward Cole Jones '24.

Donald Bemis Scully Jr. died March 7 at the Center for Hospice Care in Cheektowaga, New York. At Dartmouth he majored in economics and was active in DOC, Casque & Gauntlet and Kappa Sigma. Don played hockey and captained the lacrosse team and scored 107 goals, a school record that stood for 30 years, and had nine assists in 38 games. He served in the Navy during the Korean War and had a successful career as manager of the Areata Graphics Printing Cos. in the Buffalo, New York, area. Don helped start the Nichols School lacrosse program in 1969 and was a volunteer coach at the Eden, New York, Central High School until late in life. He was inducted into the Nichols School Athletic Hall of Fame in 1998 and received the Class Gold Pick Axe Award in 1998. Don is survived by his wife of 55 years, Alma, and children Patricia, Kevin, Elizabeth and Susan.

1950

James M. Bailey died on February 19 in Potsdam, New York. He was a member of Sigma Nu. Having served in the Navy from 1944 through 1946, he reenlisted and served during the Korean War from 1952 to 1954. In 195 8 he married Mary Collins, who, together with their six children, survives him. Following four years with the Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. he worked as a teacher and guidance counselor at several high schools in upstate New York. In 1971 he became supervisor of immigration inspectors for the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service. He was a member of Knights of Columbus, the board of directors of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Ogdensburg, New York, the Sierra Club and the board of trustees of Wadhams Hall Seminary College and a communicant of St. Marys Church in Ogdensburg, New York. In addition to his Dartmouth degree, he earned an M.A. from Catholic University of America.

George E. Duffy II died on February II in Sun City Vistoso in Tucson, Arizona, of Parkinson's disease. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi, Casque & Gauntlet and the Dartmouth Players. After earning his M.A. from Boston University and teaching at Governor Dummer Academy for a year, he served in the Army Counterintelligence Corps in Iceland in 1953, the year in which he married Valerie Nearpass. From then through 1995 George led a varied career, including working for several advertising agencies, teaching at Hebron Academy and, in 1973, founding Duffy Darrow Advertising in Camden, Maine. The company closed for business in 1995, after which George concentrated on community projects. He served on the boards of the Camden Community Hospital, the Bay Chamber Concerts, the Maine Lung Association and the Community School (as president). George is survived by his wife, Valerie, children Jonathan and Elizabeth and siblings Cornelia and David.

Philip H. See Jr. died on February 13. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta and a 1951 graduate of Tuck. He joined the National Shawmut Bank in Boston, where he eventually rose to become senior vice president. In 1956 Phil married Kathleen "Kay" Bradley, who died in 1998. They moved to Marblehead, Massachusetts, where they raised son Philip III and daughter Alicia. Following his resignation from Shawmut in 1976, he worked for two other banking institutions in Massachusetts and wound up his active business career as a consultant to several banks, including the Bank of New Hampshire. After 25-plus years in Marblehead, the family moved to Franconia, New Hampshire, where Phil played golf, summers, and skied avidly, winters, until age 81. He is survived by his children, four grandchildren, brother Frederick, sister Betty and many nieces and nephews.

Joseph C. Stehlin Jr. died of cancer in Florida on January 20. At Dartmouth he was a member of Zeta Psi and commodore of the Corinthian Yacht Club, where he earned his D in sailing. After graduation he spent the summer of 1950 helping to build the College yacht club clubhouse on nearby Lake Mascoma, following which he spent seven years in the Air Force. In 1952 he married Harriette Walkup, who, together with their four children, survives him. Tours of duty in automotive, import and real estate businesses followed the Air Force. In 1976 Joe entered the final phase of his commercial life, international maritime shipping, by purchasing a 65-foot freighter that plied the waters of the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands, Jamaica and Venezuela. Larger vessels followed. In 1986 he moved to Jacksonville, Florida. For many years he and Harriette passed their leisure hours sailing their 41-foot sloop.

1951

Thomas Burton Arnold died on April 3 at home in Bloomington,.Minnesota, of kidney failure. Born and raised in Minneapolis, he prepared for Dartmouth at Washburn High School. Tom majored in biology and was active with DOC, wrestling team and ski patrol. After graduation from Penn Medical School he served four years in the Air Force, married and had three children. His medical training resumed at the University of Chicago and the Mayo Clinic. His private practice as an internist began in 1963, the same time he joined the faculty of the University of Minnesota. A decade after his divorce he married Deloris. A year later he closed his practice but continued on the faculty at the University until 1993. Hunting and fishing were very big in his life. Tom is survived by his wife, De, and daughters Pamela and Virginia. Son Thomas predeceased him.

Nelson Frederick Bellesheim died on February 4 at Community Medical Center Hospice Unit in Toms River, New Jersey, of a brain hemorrhage. Born and raised in Mt. Vernon, New York, he graduated from A.B. Davis High School in 1943 and spent two years in the Navy pre-flight program before joining our class in 1949. He lived in Wigwam Circle all three years with his wife, Betty, before fin- ishing the Tuck-Thayer program in 1952. His first and only employer was Otis Elevator. For 35 years he held various positions in various locations, culminating in New York City as manager of contract engineering. His volunteering was a point of pride as it included Rotary, board of education, Scouting and, most recently, as an EMT with the local First Aid Society. Nels is survived by his wife, Bet; children Nelson, Douglas, Karen, Susan and Lynn; and 15 grandchildren.

John Arthur Jacobey 111 died on January 18 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Anative of Colorado, he graduated from Denver's East High School. At Dartmouth he was a member of Sigma Nu and majored in chemistry-zoology. He graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1956 and returned to Denver to begin his medical career as a teacher and in private practice. He became an active layman in Denver's Episcopal Cathedral and served as a director on the Colorado Doctor's Ski Patrol Association. A thoracic surgeon, he thrilled his classmates by appearing in a Life magazine article in the 1960s depicting a heart-trans- plant procedure. He later moved his practice to New Jersey, continuing his involvement in the Episcopal Church in Westfield, New Jersey. He married and divorced twice and has no surviving relatives, according to freshman roommate Jerry Mitchell '51.

August Karl Muggenthaler died on April 15, 2007, of dementia. He was born in Munich, Germany, attended the Collegiate School in New York City and served in Army counterintelligence from 1944 to 1947. At Dartmouth Gus majored in history, married Iris Frampton (Wellesley '51) a week after graduation and spent the next year at Columbia earning an M.A. in diplomatic history. The following year he began a 23-year stint as a Newsweek magazine assistant editor. A move to Vermont with employment with the state and then later with the Shelburne Museum carried him through to retirement. His hobby was offshore sailing out of Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, Centre Island, New York. Gus is survived by Iris and daughter Liz.

William Robert Woolner died on December 26, 2005, of cancer in Wichita Falls, Texas. Bill was born and raised in Dedham, Massachusetts, and graduated from Noble and Greenough School. He majored in geology, pledged Zeta Psi and played freshman football. His career was in exploration geophysics, spanning four decades, 1952 to 1988, with Taylor Exploration, States Geophysical as vice president and two years as chief geophysicist with Chital Petroleum. In 1964 he married Jodie Parrish. His career continued with some consulting, which gave him time for his passion, deep-sea fishing and sailing the ocean. He was predeceased by wife Jodie in 2002 and by son Jo Paul. He is survived by children Johnny and Connie, six grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. Bill's father, William Woolner, was class of 1910.

1952

Howard G. Haas died on February 18 following an accident in his home. He was born in New York City, prepared for college at Stuyvesant High School, majored in economics at Dartmouth and was a member of Theta Delta Chi. He received an M.B.A. from Harvard in 1954. Following graduation he was in counterintelligence in the Army. He then joined NBC International in Saudi Arabia as director of finance and administration and was instrumental in the development of TV stations there. Upon his return to the United States he joined Ford Motor Cos. as a remarketing consultant. He later joined Manheim Auctions, retiring in 2001 as vice president of administration. Howard was active in several charities in Nashville, Tennessee, and was a member of Chaine des Rotisseurs and les Amis d'Escoffier of Nashville. He is survived by his wife, Rosemarie, and son Roy.

Karl Leavitt Thielscher Jr. passed away on March 14 in Oxnard, California, after a long illness. He was born in Buffalo, New York, prepared at Kimball Union Academy and graduated from Dartmouth in 1952 with a B.A. in economics. He was a member of the Chi Phi, a two-way guard on the football team and was named to the 1951 All New England team. He served in the Army as a combat engineer in Europe, where he met his wife, Antoinette ("Netti"), of Salzburg, Austria. Karl was a marketing executive in the food and beverage industries, primarily with Proctor & Gamble, H.J. Heinz and Gallo Wineries, and he was respected as a pioneer in the California wine industry. His wife, son Jeffrey David and his brother David '54 survive him. His father, Karl '17, was also a football star at Dartmouth.

James Weidman 111 passed away after a short illness on March 23 in Buffalo, New York. He was a native of Pennsylvania and prepared at East Stroudsburg High School. He graduated from Dartmouth under the Tuck program and was a member of Zeta Psi.Jim then served in the Army for three years. He retired as vice president of corporate communications of Welch Foods Inc. in Westfield, New York, in 1994. Before joining Welch's in 1971 he was employed by the Hamilton Watch Cos. in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, for 16 years, where he was corporate director of public relations. In 1994 he was appointed to fill the vacancy of supervisor for the town of Chautauqua, New York, was re-elected and served as supervisor for 10 years. He was also very active in civic affairs in his community. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Anne, two sons, a daughter and 10 grandchildren.

1954

Samuel Brown Chase Jr. died on March 17, 2007, in Belgrade, Montana, having grown up in Great Falls. Majoring in economics at Dartmouth, Sam was a member of Phi Delta Theta. After Dartmouth Sam continued his education in economics, receiving a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, in i960. His career included stints on various advisory committees to public and private bodies, as well as staff positions at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., and the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City and the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury. Sam was also director of the Maryland tax study in 1963-64 and consultant to two commissions on tax reform in Maryland. He authored a number of books and articles on financial theory, policy and practice. Sam married Martha Trippet in the summer of 1953 and is survived by her. and their children Christy, Candace, Colleen and Cathryn.

Robert O. Collins died at his home in Santa Barbara, California, on April 11 of cancer after a short illness. Bob majored in history at Dartmouth, earning a Phi Beta Kappa key and selection as a Rufus Choate Scholar. He was a member of Kappa Sigma and the Outing and Mountaineering clubs. "In a career devoted to the study of Africa's Upper Nile Valley, particularly Sudan, historian Robert O. Collins wrote books and articles that were considered required reading for scholars and students of Africa," according to Bob's obituary in The Los Angeles Times. He earned degrees from Oxford University's Balliol College and Yale University. He was fluent in Arabic. After teaching at Williams College and Columbia University Bob joined the faculty of UC Santa Barbara in 1965, and for 10 years served as dean of the graduate division. Bob is survived by children Catharine, Randolph and Robert, two brothers and five grandchildren.

Robert William Higbee of St. Petersburg, Florida, died of heart failure on February 6. Bob graduated from Lake Bluff High School, was a member of Kappa Sigma at Dartmouth and played in the band and joined the Dartmouth Christian Union and Air Force ROTC. After receiving his M.B.A. from Tuck in 1955 Bob entered flight training and graduated as a single-engine jet pilot. He became the first person to fly under Michigan's Mackinac Bridge, the western hemisphere's longest suspension bridge. After service Bob joined Armstrong Cork as a sales representative in Nebraska, Missouri and New York, rising to the No. 2 position in the consumer products division. He then became national sales manager and moved on to the position of vice president of sales and marketing and later became president of a subsidiary company. Eventually Bob started and ran an executive search firm in Rowayton, Connecticut. Children William, Annie and Thomas and four grandchildren survive.

Donald W. Martin died of heart failure on December 20, 2007, in Eureka, California. At Dartmouth, which he attended for three years before transferring to the University of New Hampshire, from which he graduated in 1955, Don majored in Spanish and was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa, the Players and the Dartmouth Outing Club. He also was on the rifle team. Don spent the major part of his career with Rockwell International as a planner and administrative analyst, retiring from the company after 33 years in 1989. His major avocational pursuits included photography and rifle history, always an avid shooter and student in the history and development of firearms. He is survived by his second wife, Rosemary; daughter Deborah; two grandsons; a stepdaughter; one stepgranddaughter; sister Carole, her husband, Ken, and their two sons.

Harry Caleb Rockefeller Jr., retired Navy captain, died in Viera, Florida, on January 10 after a brief illness. "Rocky" was an economics major, joined the NROTC at Dartmouth and was commissioned an ensign in the Navy upon graduation. His 25-year Navy career included service on submarines and in the communications field, including command tours on the USS Quillback in Key West and the naval communications station in Norfolk, Virginia. Rocky joined Western Union Space Communications, a company shuttle program, in 1979 and served as the on-site representative at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. He moved to a retirement community for military officers in Viera in 1990 after suffering a debilitating stroke. Rocky served on the vestry of his churches in Alexandria, Virginia, and Melbourne, Florida. Surviving are his wife of 37 years, Sue, a daughter, two sons, three grandsons, two great-grandchildren and brother Alan.

Marvin Lionel Bender of Carbondale, Illinois, died February 19 after a short illness. He stayed on to earn his M.A. in mathematics at Dartmouth in 1958 and then earned his Ph.D. in linguistics in 1968 from the University of Texas at Austin. In his early career he taught in the linguistics department at Stanford University and then moved to Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, where he taught in the anthropology and foreign languages departments from 1982 to 1986. Marvin was the author of numerous articles and books on Ethiopian languages. He was also the recipient of two large National Science Foundation grants to study Ethiopian languages and of a Fulbright-Hays lectureship at the University of Khartoum in Sudan. He is survived by his first wife, Rose; his second wife, Almaz; sons Douglas and Gary; stepchildren Yelias and Lily; two sisters, four grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

1957

Alfonso M. Escalante died on January 7 of pancreatic cancer at his Brandon, Mississippi home. Al applied to Dartmouth and before being accepted traveled to Hanover from Costa Rica and persuaded College officials to permit him to matriculate. He was very active in College organizations: Newman Club, DOC, Cosmopolitan Club and the Spanish Club, of which he was president. He was a brother at Phi Tau/Phi Sigma Kappa. His major (geology) was a first step in a 35-year career with the Union Oil Cos. of California as a petroleum geologist working in oceans and countries around the world. Al hosted a successful mini-reunion in his native Costa Rica and, though quite ill, attended the class' 50th reunion. He is survived by his four children and his wife, Ana.

John Scully of Buffalo, New York, died March 18. John came to Dartmouth from the Nichols School of Buffalo. At Dartmouth he pledged Gamma Delta Chi and played soccer and lacrosse. Following graduation he received his Ph.D. (Purdue University) and as a civil engineer worked in Greenland and South Dakota. He also was a professor of civil engineering at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. In 1994 he returned to Buffalo and created the John Scully Foundation Trust for college students in the Buffalo area. John loved decorating his homes at Christmas time and was a multiple-year winner in his hometown competitions.

1958

John Adrien Cote died after a period of failing health on January 28 in Manchester, New Hampshire, his hometown. He matriculated from Manchester West High School, majored in English at the College and attended Tulane Law School upon graduation. He enlisted in the Navy and completed flight training and polar-grid navigation. His flight service included duty in Iceland, Newfoundland and Scotland. After his military service John received his M.B.A. from the Whittemore School of the University of New Hampshire and worked in commercial banking and as a real estate appraiser until 1974, when he became comptroller of Energy North Inc. In 1984 he founded TCF Management Corp., which owned, developed and managed selfservice storage. His many civic activities included work and leadership positions with United Way, the American Cancer Society, the Manchester Boys' Club and the U.S. Croquet Association. Johns wife of 44 years, Sylvia, and children Jonathan, Christian and Andrea survive.

Ronald Louis Snow died March 14 after a brief illness. A native of New Hampshire, he was an outstanding athlete and debater at Laconia High School and played in the first Maple Shrine Bowl Football game in 1954. At the College Ron majored in government, was a nationally ranked debater and a member of Delta Upsilon, Newman Club, Casque & Gauntlet, the Undergraduate Council, Green Key and chairman of Palaeopitus. He attended Yale Law School, where he received the Caskie Prize for trial competition. Ron practiced law at the firm of Orr and Reno in Concord, New Hampshire, for 46 years and rose to the position of senior director and shareholder. He was a leader in numerous civic and legal groups throughout his career. Ron is survived by Mary Ellen, his wife of almost 47 years, and children Mark, Lisa '85 and Ron Jr. '87.

Mark R. Colby died unexpectedly in the emergency room at Mt. Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on January 4. Born and raised in Belmont, Massachusetts, Colby studied at Cushing Academy and attended Dartmouth for two years. He earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Massachusetts and served in the U.S. Army in Germany during the Vietnam War. Colby worked for many years as a mental health caseworker and was a father deacon of the Holy Resurrection Church in Allston, Massachusetts. He is survived by his wife, Stephani, brother Stephen and sister Nancy.

1967

William Reed Hayes Jr. died in January at his home in Hampton, New Hampshire, after a short illness. Born in Boston, "Woody" was the son of Marion and William Reed Hayes '40. He came to the College from Ridgewood, New Jersey, High School. He served in the Navy during Vietnam, then earned an M.B.A. from Tuck in 1972. Most of his 35-year career in insurance was spent in Boston at AON, an international broker, where he was senior vice president. Woody was a noted commercial casualty and risk transfer expert who advised numerous international clients. Woody loved the College, returning for all reunions. Woody had a wonderful sense of humor, enjoyed his many friends and loved life. He is survived by his wife, Anne; son William III; daughter Jennifer '98 and her husband, Evan; his mother; sisters Judith and Susan (married to Dave Sides '67); and niece Jessica.

1968

Steven Goldthwait died February 28 of myeloma. Anative of Newport, Rhode Island, Steve came from a large Dartmouth family, including father Lawrence Goldthwait '36, two uncles in the classes of '33 and '35 and a cousin in the class of '71-Steve was a geology major and very active in the Outing Club and Bait & Bullet. After serving as a pilot in the Air Force, he flew for Aloha Airlines for 12 years, and served in the Federal Aviation Administration for the past 21 years in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His passions were family, travel and the outdoors, and he is remembered for his sincere interest in other peoples lives, his dry wit and his courage. Despite his cancer Steve remained optimistic and determined, even completing a 100-mile bike ride last September. He is survived by his wife of 27 years, Merritt, and two children.

Dan Morgenroth died Februrary 27, 2006, of glioblastoma, an aggressive brain tumor. Dan was raised in Maumee, Ohio. A member of Psi Upsilon, Dan is best remembered as a member of Ham Sandwich, one of the premier campus bands. He received a master's in psychology from the University of Massachusetts, a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Chicago and an M.B.A. from University of Toledo. After his educational journey he returned to his hometown in Ohio. His professional career was in computer programming, including authoring a program called Market QA, but Dan never lost his enthusiasm for music, performing in bands on and off until his final illness. He and wife Sue also had an abiding love for the outdoors, and camped and hiked in almost all of our National Parks and National Forests. He is survived by his wife, Sue, two stepchildren and five grandchildren.

1976

Charles R. Hawker passed away on January 29. Charles was born in Kankakee, Illinois, and came to Dartmouth from Culver Military Academy. At Dartmouth he was a member of Sigma Theta Epsilon. He was the owner and president of Illinois Fabricators Inc., a business that has been in his family for 60 years. He enjoyed bird watching and upland hunting. He enjoyed spending time with family and art, music and sports. He is survived by his wife, Jacalyn Hillary Hawker, children William, Erin, Andrew and Emily, and five grandchildren.

1977

Lawrence Mark Cubas died February 10 during a recreational basketball game in Bridgewater, New Jersey. Born in Tompkinsville, Staten Island, Larry attended Curtis High School in Staten Island, New York, where he won the Warren Jacques Memorial Basketball Award, presented annually to the best player on the island. He continued his basketball career at Dartmouth, earning Ivy League Rookie of the Year honors as a sophomore. Elected Big Green captain as a junior, he led Dartmouth to its best record in two decades, beating both Cornell and Columbia with last-second shots. He began his banking career with Barclay's Bank and was a successful foreign trader and senior vice president at Brown Brothers Harriman. He coached his daughters' high school varsity teams and was head coach of the boys varsity team at two local high schools. Larry is survived by his wife of 27 years, Heather, daughters Rachel and Lauren, mother Dorothy and brother Alfonso Jr.

1981

Stanley E. Smith of Littleton, Massachusetts, died suddenly at his home on March 11. At Dartmouth Stan began developing the amateur logician character, Thomas P. Stanwick, who would eventually become the central figure in a series of "five-minute" mini-mysteries: very short, solve-it-yourself mysteries that have now been published in 10 languages. After Dartmouth Stan earned an M.B.A. from Cornell and also studied at the London School of Economics. Stan wrote as a hobby while working in municipal government and community banking in eastern Massachusetts. Only recently Stan turned to full-time freelance writing. In addition to the mystery series Stan also authored several books of financial advice. Lucy Hanna '81 recalls Stan as, "one of the kindest, most gentle men," she has ever known. "He always made time for the things he enjoyed most, putting friends at the top of that list." Stan is survived by his wife, Julie, children Jennifer and Benjamin, his parents, a brother and two sisters.

1982

Joyce Jane Seko of Spartanburg, South Carolina, died on February 10 as a result of hepatitis she contracted years ago while researching in Guatemala. A geography and Spanish major, Joyce worked after college for the Boston Redevelopment Authority. She earned a master's in education at Converse College in 1988 and a master's in regional planning at UNC-Chapel Hill in 1994. A member of the Collis Center governing board, Afro-American Society and Dartmouth Players, Joyce is remembered as having been'blessed with an outstanding smile and adventurous spirit. One classmate fondly recalls Joyce returning from an Outward Bound trip with gifts of twigs, shiny rocks and pinecones and a story to accompany each treasure. She is survived by her father, Dr. Emmanuel Seko, distinguished professor of English emeritus at the University of South Carolina Upstate, and younger brother Maurice. Her mother, Mildred, and brother Joseph predeceased her.