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. Please contact Alumni Records at (603) 646-2253 to report an alumnus death.

James Lyall '31 • Sept. 30, 2008 Louis Blitz Heavenrich '32 • July 6, 2008 Leonard C. Harrison '34 • Sept. 7, 2008 George Magrath '34 • Sept. 23, 2008 Gregoire Karch '35 • Aug. 28, 2008 Robert Easton Button '36 • Aug. 9, 2008 Michael Anthony Petti '37 • Sept. 4, 2008 Ewart Gladstone Walls Jr. '38 • Sept. 10, 2008 Earl Chester Ward '38 • Aug. 12, 2008 James Barnes Garnett '39 • Sept. 9, 2008 Grover Cleveland Spillers Jr. '39 • Aug. 2, 2008 John Schnell Reitzell '40 • Sept. 18, 2008 W. Howard Wriggins '40 • Aug. 29, 2008 Willard Hubbard Elsbree '41 • Aug. 19, 2008 Lawrence Stewart Tennant '41 • Sept. 18, 2008 Warren Baxter Jones '42 • Aug. 31, 2008 Merrill Freeman McLane '42 • Sept. 14, 2008 James Earl Adams '43 • April 10, 2008 Joseph Alfred Crowley '43 • Jan. 22, 2008 David Leland Hoffman '43 • Sept. 5, 2008 Joseph William Hatch '44 • Aug. 19, 2008 Donald Riker Hiltz '44 • Sept. 3, 2008 Frank Xavier McWilliams '44 • Oct. 4, 2006 William Arthur Brindley Jr. '45 • July 9, 2008 Arvis Andrew Johnson Jr. '45 • Aug. 19, 2008 John William Ormond '45 • Aug. 14, 2008 Albert Joseph Clain '46 • Sept 10, 2008 George Edward Morgan '46 • Aug. 19, 2008 William Alden Morris '46 • Sept. 16, 2008 Alan Edward Schlosser '46 • Jan. 2, 2006 Richard Andrew Anderson '47 • Aug. 3, 2007 John Walker Fondahl '47 • Sept. 13, 2008 Murrell Foard Murkey '47 • June 11, 2008 Charles Rathclement '47 • Aug. 28, 2008 Edward John Tevald '47 • Aug. 18, 2008 Charles Richman Way '47 • Sept. 28, 2008 Louis C. Clarke Jr. '48 • Sept. 7, 2008 Howard H. Hilton Jr. '48 • Aug. 28, 2008 John Alan McFalls '48 • Sept. 8, 2008 Nathaniel Chase Merrill '48 • Sept 9, 2008 Gerald Peck '48 • Sept. 1, 2008 John Kent Cooley '49 • Aug. 6, 2008 Eugene Everett Masson '49 • July 6, 2008 James Rowell Rooney II '49 • Sept. 5, 2008 Howard Dighton Wellman Jr. '49 • July 1, 2008 James Kennan Hotchkiss '50 • Aug. 21, 2008 William M. Blaik '51 • Sept. 22, 2008 Harrington M. Cummings '51 • Aug. 9, 2008 Robert E. Koski '51 • Oct. 11, 2008 Russell D. Sawyer '51 • Aug. 19, 2008 Leslie A. Viereck '51 • Aug. 31, 2008 Georg W. Sverdrup '52 • July 29, 2008 Robert Walter Weinig '52 • Aug. 10, 2008 Kisuk Cheung '53 • Oct. 2, 2008 Edward S. Klima '53 • Sept. 25, 2008 Roy Riddell Coffin Jr. '54 • Sept. 10, 2008 Henry Fredric Neuberger '55 • Sept. 23, 2008 David Douglas Stevenson Jr. '56 • Sept. 16, 2008 Hugh John Kelly '59 • Aug. 1, 2008 Thomas Edward Green '60 • July 31, 2008 David Bishop Ligon '60 • April 4, 2008 William Patrick Moormann '61 • Dec. 21, 2007 Wayne Nathan Wadhams '68 • Aug. 19, 2008 F. Matthew Stenross '71 • Sept. 4, 2008 Alan George Olson '72 • Dec. 29, 2007 Ronald Lloyd Bishop '74 • Aug. 14, 2008 John Douglas Tanner '76 • Feb. 29, 2008

1932

Louis B. Heavenrich of Huntington Woods, Michigan, died July 6. At Dartmouth he majored in economics. He was a vice president of sales in the automotive division of Gulf & Western Stamping Co. He was a member of the Detroit chapter of Phi Beta Kappa and served as class agent in 1992. He is survived by his wife, Evalyn; son Richard; daughters and sons-in-law Jill and Michael Thomson and Barbara and Donald Neuman; grandchildren Adam, Benjamin, Elizabeth, Hannah, Jeffrey, David, Andrew, Phillip, Michael, Joel and Laura; great-grandchildren Shira, Hillel, Dovid, Yael, Missy, Josh, Elie, Sarah, Allison, Jake, Rebecca, Jeremy and Isabel; and sister-in-law Ann.

1934

Leonard C. Harrison died in Hanover on September 7, 2008. His wife, Jean, predeceased him. In his years at Dartmouth Len was very active at the Dartmouth Press Club, reporting for his hometown Brooklyn Eagle newspaper and at least one New York City paper on Dartmouth sports. After graduating and spending time in sales, advertising and marketing, he spent the bulk of his career with Topps Chewing Gum in Brooklyn, the manufacturer of Bazooka Bubble Gum and baseball cards, contributing materially to the success of the company. When he and Jean retired to Hanover they both took many courses at the Institute for Lifelong Learning. They were always enthusiastic participants of all 1934 reunions and minis. Len leaves their two sons, William '66 and Andrew '72.

1939

Grover Cleveland Spillers Jr. died August 2, 2008, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the city where he was born and lived most of his life. At Dartmouth Cleve majored in history, graduated Phi Beta Kappa and was a member of Delta Tau Delta. He received his law degree at the University of Texas and was a first lieutenant in the Army 19th Tactical Air Command in WW II. Cleve began his long law career as a partner with his father. He was admired for his many longtime friends, his wide-ranging interests—especially history, literature and music—and for planting and cultivating many scarlet oaks in Tulsa. He is survived by his wife, Jane, children Robert and Leigh, three grandchildren, two great-grandsons, two stepchildren and two stepgrandsons.

1940

Robert B. Graham Jr. of East Thetford, Vermont, died June 22,2008. Bob was a member of Phi Kappa Psi and active in Glee Club, Dartmouth Outing Club, Panarchy, lacrosse and boxing. He started a lifelong communications career as a journalist with the Boston Herald, later becoming a press and publications officer of the U.S. Information Agency and finally secretary to the public relations committee of the Alumni College, retiring in 1984. He served four years during the war—and authored Withthe 20th Armored Division: From Mississippi to theSalzach—retiring as a captain. He served his class as secretary, agent and member of the reunion committee. His love of Dartmouth inspired him to write The Dartmouth Story: A NarrativeHistory of the College Buildings, People andLegends, published in 1990. He is survived by his wife, Lili, and children Andreas '80, Tu '86, Christopher '82 and Robin.

1941

Charles Frederic Stanley passed away peacefully on July 21, 2008, at Cape Regency in Centerville, Massachusetts. At Dartmouth Chuck was captain of the hockey team. He enlisted in the Navy and received a bachelor's of science at the Annapolis Academy. He served in WW II and obtained the rank of lieutenant commander as a naval fighter pilot. After the war he opened his first restaurant, Ye Olde Cape Codder, and then owned and operated the Skipper Restaurant in South Yarmouth, Massachusetts. Chuck embarked on a 35-year building career. He was an original member of the Cape Cod Amateur Hockey League and played into his 40s. His wife of 58 years, Joan, predeceased him in 1999; his oldest son, John, predeceased him in 1988. He is survived by children Mark, Brian, Nancy and Dean.

1942

John M. Olson Jr. died June 11, 2008. As an undergrad Jack was active in the Glee Club and Sigma Nu. After Dartmouth Jack went on to receive a masters degree in business management and a Ph.D. in economics. Jack lived in Arcadia, California, and is survived by his wife, Betty, and children James and Debra. David Warren died June 2, 2008. He graduated from Dartmouth with a Tuck-Thayer masters degree. Dave served in the Navy from 1942 to 1944. His business career was with the Nash Engineering Cos., and he retired in 1985 as vice president of sales. Dave also taught advanced piloting and navigation classes through the Norwalk Power Squadron. Dave is survived by his wife, Jeanette, and children Sally, Suzanne and David.

1943

James Earl Adams died April 10, 2008, in Los Altos, California. Before entering Dartmouth he graduated from Auburn High School in Springfield, Massachusetts. At Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Delta Theta and graduated from Tuck School. In 1987 he was a class agent. After retirement he combined his real estate background with writing and lecturing for a major real estate firm; enjoying nine months of creativity and three months of traveling to favorite places such as Monterey, Yosemite and Europe. He was predeceased by his wife, Clarissa, and daughter Suzanne. He is survived by his son Peter and four grandchildren.

Joseph Alfred Crowley died January 22, 2008, in Scituate, Massachusetts. Born in Boston, he graduated from the Boston Latin School, which later named him to its hall of fame for his football prowess. He set the Massachusetts record for the indoor 300-yard dash in 1936. At Dartmouth he starred in football—was on the team involved with the famous Cornell fifth down game—joined Psi U and Sphinx, majored in history and was on the track team. While playing for the Boston Yanks after college he taught math and coached at Thayer Academy. He then coached at several high schools, seeing 200 victories during 30 years. In the 1970s he was inducted into the Massachusetts High School Coaches Hall of Fame. He was praised as "a gentleman who handled himself with class." His wife, Virginia, predeceased him; he is survived by two sons, a daughter, three granddaughters and one great-granddaughter.

1944

Daniel Clark Kingston of Easton, Maryland, died June 24, 2008. Dan attended Avon Old Farms School in Connecticut before Dartmouth. The war interrupted his education and he served in two wars as a pilot. He returned from the service in late 1945 and entered the University of Buffalo, where he received his bachelors in business administration in 1947. He attended Babson College and received an M.B.A. in 1949. He was the president of Farmers Feed Co. Dan enjoyed training Labradors, photography and continuing education courses. He is survived by his wife, Barbara, children Clevenden and Kirstie and two grandchildren.

Frank Xavier McWilliams died at the Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, on October 4, 2006. After Dartmouth he graduated from Columbia University's Bard College in 1944. He went on to study traffic management and worked for Carbon Black Export Corp., a Webb corporation; Columbian Carbon Co.; and Continental Grain Co., retiring in 1985. He was president of McWilliams Transit Inc. in the 1960s, owning seagoing coal barges. Frank enjoyed classical music and trips to Tanglewood, staying at the Red Lion Inn in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. He was a member of the Lenox Club. He leaves his sister, Marie, with whom he had shared a home in Stockbridge since 1965.

1945

Odvard Millard Bergethon of Simsbury, Connecticut, died March 12, 2008, at John Dempsey Hospital. He was born in Tromso, Norway. After attending Thayer School he taught engineering at Norwich University for two years. The next 11 years were devoted to developing a miniature ball bearing. In 1962 he became sales for aerospace products for a large corporation but found he preferred smaller operations, in which he was successful. He served in the U.S. Air Force during WW II. He was a professor at Tunxis College in Farmington, Connecticut, for 20 years prior to his retirement in 1990. He was active in the Simsbury Community Band, the Geritol Swingers and the Simsbury public building committee. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Priscilla; children Stephen, Kristen, Sondre and Katrin; and six grandchildren.

Harry Lewis Roberts Jr. of Longmeadow, Massachusetts, died February 20, 2008, after being hit by a car as he was crossing a street. From the Navy V-12 program at Dartmouth, he went to Tufts University School of Medicine, which he completed in three years. He continued his active Navy duty at Terminal Island, Trippler Army Hospital in Honolulu and was twice stationed in the naval hospital in San Diego. He retired from the Navy in 1957 as a lieutenant commander. After retirement from the Navy he continued his medical practice totaling 50 years to include serving as chief of staff, Salvation Army Door of Hope, and part-time faculty UCSD School of Medicine. He was an avid tennis player, scuba diver, skier, traveler and runner. His first wife, Sarah, predeceased him in 2002. He is survived by his second wife, Mary Lee; children Harry III, Riggs and Holly; and four grandchildren.

1947

John Walker Fondahl died on September 13, 2008, in Los Altos, California. He attended McKinley Technical High School in Washington, D.C., and Worcester Polytech and served in the Marines in the Pacific where, as a sergeant, he and his lieutenant colonel father survived the battle for Iwo Jima. He then joined the class, was active in the Dartmouth Engineering Society and the DOC and earned his Thayer degree in 1948. He worked for the American Bridge Co., taught at the University of Hawaii, worked for Winston Brothers in Sacramento, California; and taught as a civil engineering professor at Stanford from 1955 to his retirement in 1990. He built a dam and powerhouse in California and served as a director of Scott Construction Co. and the Caterpillar Corp. and as president of Construction Data Systems Inc. He is survived by his wife and four daughters, including Gail '78.

Edward John Tevald of Wethersfield, Connecticut, died on August 18, 2008. He joined the class in the Naval V-12 unit and participated in swimming and diving. He listed the Spaulding Pool, Sid Hazelton and Karl Michael as the most important aspects of his time in Hanover. He served in the Navy and graduated with his class. After a short term with Aetna Insurance, his career was spent in social work. He received a master of social work degree from the University of Connecticut in 1955. He retired as chief of the division of child and family services of the State of Connecticut after 26 years of service in 1975. He enjoyed golf and attending town council meetings to support any good cause. He is survived by his wife and three daughters.

1949

Ralph Waite Burgard died of cancer June 3, 2008, at his home in Duxbury, Massachusetts. At Dartmouth he was active in The Dartmouth, the Glee Club and the Injunaires and was a member of Theta Chi. Ralphs life's work was involved with the promotion of arts programs in communities around the country. He was manager of the Rhode Island Philharmonic; director of the Arts Council of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the nations first arts council; director of the St. Paul (Minnesota) Council of Arts and Sciences; and the first director of the Arts Councils of America, now known as Americans for the Arts. Concerned about the lack of arts education in poor communities, Ralph started the A+ Schools Program, now offered to 18,000 students in 42 public schools in North Carolina. Surviving are his wife, Marjorie; children Christopher, Timothy '81 and Nadia; brother Edward; four stepchildren; and five grandchildren.

1950

James Kennan Hotchkiss died at his vacation cabin in Wisconsin on August 21, 2008, from injuries sustained in a fall. Jim was one of three Hotchkiss brothers in the class of 1950. While at the College he won his D in track and was a member of the executive committee of DOC and Chi Phi. He also earned a Phi Beta Kappa key. Three years in the Navy, three years at United Airlines and three years in night school at the University of Chicago, where he earned his M.B.A., led to 14 years at a large firm. In 1970 he founded Hotchkiss Associates, an investment advisory firm. He is survived by Nancy, his wife of 57 years, three daughters, a son, brothers Eugene and Frank and six grandchildren. In addition to his successful business, "Hotch" served on numerous nonprofit boards.

David Tillotson Jr. died on August 3, 2008, in San Antonio, Texas, following a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. While at Dartmouth he was a member of Delta Upsilon. Besides his wife of 56 years, Delight, he left four children, eight grandchildren and his sister. Following graduation he worked for the CIA, after which he joined the Air Force, where he served for 14 years, including tours in Korea, Vietnam, Japan and elsewhere. Dave once observed, "One never views the United States quite the same after living in a foreign land." The overseas experiences enhanced his love of country. Following the Air Force he earned his C.P.A. designation and joined the Internal Revenue Service, where he remained until retirement. Having been born and brought up in Nashua, New Hampshire, in 1974 he moved with his family to San Antonio, where he spent the rest of his life.

1951

Robert Elmer Koski died at home on October 11, 2008, of prostate cancer. He was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, graduated from Whitefish Bay High School in Wisconsin, majored in art-architecture, pledged Tan Epsilon Phi and lettered on the rifle team. Bob was a patient in Dick's House in the spring of 1951 and did not graduate with us. After several years of recuperation and two years in the U.S. Army he returned to Hanover in 1957 to complete his degree requirements. He married Beverly Lane in 1955, had three children by i960 and entered the hydraulic valve manufacturing industry. With a partner he founded Sun Hydraulics in 1970 in Sarasota, Florida, and built a large company with worldwide operations. His professional honors and civic interests were many and varied. He is survived by Bev; children Chris, Robert and Thomas; six grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Leslie Abrams Viereck died on August 31, 2008, at home in Fairbanks, Alaska, of numerous health issues. He was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and graduated from Dartmouth High School. At Dartmouth College he majored in botany and was a quintessential chubber. During his postgraduate work at the University of Colorado he served two years in the U.S. Army, and was married to Eleanor "Teri" Norton in 1955. In 1959 he began teaching and doing research at the University of Alaska. By 1963 he and Teri had two sons, he obtained his Ph.D. and joined the U.S. Forest Service. His tenure spanned 36 years of research in forest ecology, and earned him many honors, including an honorary degree from the University of Alaska in 1993. After retirement he continued to work with scientists at the University of Alaska and mentoring young scientists. Les is survived by Teri; children Rodney, Walter and Sharon; and six grandchildren.

1952

Georg W. Sverdrup passed away on July 29, 2008, in Oslo, Norway, after complications from a stroke. He was a native of Norway and came to Dartmouth directly from the Oslo Handelsgymnasium. He was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa. After earning his degree in economics he returned to Oslo and lived there his entire life. For the first seven years of his business career he was in the steel industry, and then joined Frydenlund Ringnes Bryggerier,the largest brewer in Norway. He served there as a senior executive until his retirement in 1993. He was an avid sailor, winning many awards and serving as a leader in the Royal Norwegian Yacht Club. He served on many boards and he was also a trustee of the Vetlesen Foundation, which provides scholarships for the medical profession. He is survived by his wife of more than 50 years, Eva Carina.

1953

Edward Fenton Boyle, S.J., died November 13, 2007. A true great of this class, he served as class vice president and twice as class president, class secretary and chaplain. As an undergraduate he was a member of Paleopitus, Casque & Gauntlet, Undergraduate Council, Green Key, Human Rights Society and Psi U and was a three-sport varsity athlete: football, squash and tennis. After Tuck, naval service and a brief business career, Ed entered the Catholic priesthood and for the last 37 years has been the heart and soul of Bostons Labor Guild, leading an organization that works to see that labor gets a fair shake. In honor of his unmatched service to the class of 1953, Dartmouth, mankind and God, an oil portrait of Father Ed was given posthumously to the Aquinas House at the time of the class '55th reunion.

Edwin Harold Fowler died February 21, 2008. Ed came to Dartmouth from Episcopal Academy in Philadelphia, majored in sociology, was an officer of Alpha Theta and freshman football manager and worked for the Aegis and the Dartmouth Christian Union. Ed then entered the Army, where he was assigned to a special nuclear weapons unit. Following office machine marketing, Ed went into insurance with Equitable, where he became top salesman in the nation as well as becoming a corporate officer, which permitted him to comfortably retire at age 58. Along the way he married Ruth Houston in 1959 and they had one son and three grandchildren. Ed retired to Sanibel Island, Florida, where he enjoyed golf, boating and supporting Dartmouth any way he could. He was a very popular classmate who is truly missed.

1954

Roy Riddell Coffin Jr. died on September 10, 2008, at home in Chevy Chase, Maryland, of esophageal cancer. At Dartmouth "Rip" majored in government; was a member of Zeta Psi, the Dartmouth Outing Club, The Players, N.R.O.T.C.; and was a diver and record- setting backstroke swimmer. After a tour of duty in the Navy and earning an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1959, Rip joined the Atomic Energy Commission as a budget analyst and held various positions there and with other government agencies. Changing careers, Rip became an ordained Episcopal minister, receiving an M.Div. in 1977 and a D.Div. in 1988. From 1978 to 1984 Rip served as an interim pastor for 10 congregations within the Episcopal diocese of Washington, Maryland and Virginia. He helped start a professional association of practitioners of interim ministry. Rip is survived by Carol, his wife of 45 years, daughters Debbie and Denise and four grandchildren. Daughter Cindy predeceased Rip.

1955

Robert William Horton died December 7, 2007, at the Danbury, Connecticut, hospital after a short illness. Bob came to Dartmouth from Mount Hermon School, living in Stratford, Connecticut, at the time. He was a history major, a member of the Glee Club for four years, on the staff of WDBS and graduated Phi Beta Kappa. Upon graduation he served two years in the Army, subsequently earning a degree in finance at the Wharton School. He assumed a position of trust officer at the Connecticut National Bank until 1980, when he joined Grolier Telemarketing in sales. Always interested in music, he served on the board of several musical organizations in the Watertown-Waterbury, Connecticut, area as well as doing charitable work for cerebral palsy and United Way. In addition to his wife of 15 years, Lorraine, he is survived by a sister, four children, a stepdaughter and a grandson. His father, Henry, was a member of the class of 1927.

1956

David Douglas Stevenson Jr. died September 16, 2008. After graduating from Dartmouth and Tuck, Doug served for three years in the Air Force in Montana, completing his duty as a navigation instructor. He and his first wife, Barbara, settled in the Minneapolis, Minnesota, area, where he began his career in the brokerage business with Paine Webber and raised daughters Casey, Laura, Kim and Peggy. A fine racquetball and squash player, he served for a year as president of the Minnesota State Squash Rackets Association. His community activities included the St. Andrews Society, Sons of the American Revolution, Quection Club, Zuhrah Shrine Big Booster, Kiwanis, Rotary, National Sojourners, Heroes of the American Revolution, Bauen Camp Director, Minneapolis Gyro Club and AA. Two years after his divorce, Doug married Lori, who, with his daughters, survives him. Classmate Jack Crowley writes, "We have lost a legend, roommate, Alpha Delta Phi brother, Sphinx and rugby captain."

1959

Hugh John Kelly, real estate broker specializing in Washington's Capitol Hill properties, died August 1, 2008, of cancer at his home there. From Devils Lake, North Dakota, Hugh entered Dartmouth with our class but graduated in 1959 from the University of Minnesota. He received a law degree from Columbia University in 1962 and worked as a Federal Trade Commission trial lawyer until 1967, when he became administrative assistant to Sen. Quentin N. Burdick (D-N.D.). Hugh became a real estate broker in 1975, later forming his own firm, Kelly Brokerage, known'for clever advertising campaigns focused on Capitol Hill offerings. He received the 2006 Capitol Hill Community Achievement Award, was a leading member of the Capitol Hill Restoration Society and served on the boards of the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop and the Capitol Hill Association of Merchants and Professionals. Survivors include his partner of 20 years, Mark Jolin, two sisters and a brother.

1961

David Kelsey Gordin passed away in Santa Barbara, California, on March 18, 2007. After graduating from Dartmouth in 1961 and Dartmouth Medical School in 1962 he finished medical school at Cornell University, graduating in 1964 with a doctor of medicine. While at Dartmouth, where he was premed for three years, David was a member of Beta Theta Pi and Dragon. After three years in the Air Force David had a long and successful career as an orthopedic surgeon, primarily in California, after which he retired. David is survived by his wife, Marianne, and their children Suzanne, David, Andrea and Stacy.

1962

Richard Charles Dils died at home in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, on July 19, 2008. Dick left Dartmouth early to enlist in the Air Force, where he studied Russian linguistics and became involved in covert operations for the CIA. After discharge from the military, he received an A.B. and M.A. from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and went on to study graduate-level Slavic language and literature at Indiana University in Bloomington. Subsequently he taught English and Russian at Deerfield Academy and later became dean of students at Stoneleigh-Burnham School in Greenfield, Massachusetts. Following his career in academe, Dick developed a passion for selling and conserving real estate that culminated in the founding of his own agency in 2003. In addition to his ex-wife, he leaves sister Sandra, a niece and her husband and three great-nieces.