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.

George M.M. Blaesi '32 • Oct. 2, 2008 Edwin Almus Holbrook Jr.'32 • Jan. 14, 2007 J. Warren Braley '33 • Sept. 21, 2008 Maxwell Field '33 • Nov. 24, 2008 Gobin John Stair '33 • Nov. 26, 2008 Emerson Day '34 • Oct. 21, 2008 Charles William Mills '34 • Oct. 22, 2008 Jack M. Rubin '35 • Nov. 22, 2008 John Harvey Shuttleworth '35 • June 4, 2008 Phil Edward Gilbert Jr. '36 • Oct. 16, 2008 John William Gore '37 • Oct. 2, 2008 Enzo Louis Bongiovanni '38 • Nov. 30, 2008 Edward W. Grace '38 • Dec. 1, 2008 George Tilden Kingsbury '38 • Nov. 27, 2008 Blaine Wright Mallory '38 • July 7, 2007 William David McFarland '38 • Sept. 16, 2008 John Samuel Stein '38 • Nov. 30, 2008 Roger George Dudis '39 • Oct. 22, 2008 Michael Ellis '39 • Oct. 2, 2008 John Francis Page '39 • Oct. 24, 2008 Herbert Heaton '40 • Nov. 30, 2008 John Jacob Stark Jr. '40 • Nov. 10, 2008 Bruce Friedlich '41 • Nov. 14, 2008 Joseph Frederick Arico Jr. '42 • Nov. 28, 2008 J. Richard Burns '42 • Nov. 5, 2008 Joseph Horace Cohen Jr. '42 • Nov. 4, 2008 Charles Robert Moore '42 • Oct. 21, 2008 Joe John Nagler '42 • Oct. 29, 2008 Kermit Wallace Cook '43 • Nov. 15, 2008 Robert Record Krumm '43 • Oct. 6, 2008 Anthony Gordon Rud '43 • Nov. 19, 2008 Murray Winthrop Thurston '43 • Nov. 25, 2008 Morton Chase Tuttle II '43 • Nov. 16, 2008 Roger Arthur Antaya '44 • Oct. 22, 2008 John Worley LaBounta '44 • Oct. 3, 2008 David Kingsnorth Patterson '44 • Oct. 26, 2008 Carlton Warren Ellms Jr. '45 • April 17, 2007 Ian MacKinnon '45 • Nov. 26, 2008 David Edward Schreiber '45 • Oct. 5, 2008 Alden H. Burnham '46 • Nov. 18, 2008 Donald Ross Elliott '46 • Nov. 9, 2008 Philip Strickland Harper Jr. '46 • Dec. 13. 2008 Walter George Koontz '46 • Nov. 29, 2008 Horace MacPhail Macartney '46 • Nov. 1, 2008 Donald Oril Smith '46 • Oct. 28, 2008 Roger Henry Dickinson '47 • Nov. 28, 2008 Ashley Hardy Gale Jr. '47 • Nov. 3, 2008 David Jackson Kadyk '48 • Oct. 26, 2008 Truman Thwing Metzel Jr. '48 • June 6, 2008 Charles Kilham Dodge Jr. '49 • Sept. 14, 2008 Herbert F. Gramstorff Jr. '49 • Oct. 22, 2008 Nestor James Sullivan '49 • Nov. 27, 2008 John Albert Densmore '50 • Oct. 1, 2008 George W. Goldthorpe '51 • Nov. 5, 2008 Drew I. Matthews '51 • Sept. 29, 2008 Paul C. Taylor '52 • Nov. 6, 2008 Warren A. Cole '53 • Oct. 27, 2008 Malcolm H. Moss '53 • Oct. 17, 2008 Paul Robert Mackey '54 • Oct. 4, 2008 Edwin Benedict Dooley Jr. '55 • June 7, 2008 Hugh Gibbs Taylor '55 • Nov. 11, 2008 James Henry Waldman '55 • Dec. 5, 2008 Samuel Edwin Fry Jr. '56 • Dec. 14, 2008 William Rodgers Neely '56 • Oct. 5, 2008 Jack Allen Charter '61 • Nov. 9, 2008 Thomas Carter Halliday '61 • Sept. 21, 2008 Jean Claude Sylvester Pollet '61 • Dec. 20, 2007 Jeffrey Stanford Reinert '62 • Oct. 20, 2008 Anthony Robert Vetrone '62 • Oct. 19, 2008 Frederick Davis Thompson '63 • Aug. 27, 2007 Thomas Jackson Barnett III '65 • Nov. 9, 2008 James Roger Hartmann '65 • Nov. 20, 2008 Edward Allen Holmes '65 • Aug. 21, 2008 Richard Alan Kaiser '66 • Nov. 17, 2008 Stephen George Posniak '66 • Dec. 16, 2008 Robert Paul Augello '71 • Nov. 25, 2008 Hans E. Hognestad '73 • Nov. 21, 2008 Christopher A. Squire Jr. '73 • July 31, 2008 Neal B.Webber '77 • Oct. 14, 2008 Milton Edward Wilson '78 • Sept. 8, 2008 Shari Beth Zimble '81 • Oct. 23, 2008 Jonathan Davenport Arms '91 • Oct. 26, 2008 George Ching Cheng '97 • Sept. 25, 2008

1934

Emerson Day, M.D., died on October 21, 2008, in Wilmette, Illinois. He leaves his wife, Gerry Scherman Day; five children by his first wife, Ruth Fairfield Day, who predeceased him; 13 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. He was born in Hanover, graduated Phi Beta Kappa, was valedictorian for his class and was the recipient of the Barrett Cup. He was a member of Casque & Gauntlet and Zeta Psi, active in the Outing Club and president of his class at the time of his death. He graduated from Haivard Medical School in 1938 and seived as flight surgeon for the ATC USAAP from 1942 to 1945. He had a brilliant career as a physician, held several leadership positions throughout his career in both New York City and Chicago, published numerous papers focusing on cancer detection and prevention, and ended his career as attending physician at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and professor of medicine at Northwestern University.

George Magrath died on September 23, 2008, in Meriden, Connecticut after a short illness. After graduating in 1934 from Dartmouth he obtained his masters and doctorate. George was superintendent of the Meriden schools for 19 years before retiring in 1974. He was always very active in the Meriden community and was a member of the Meriden Hall of Fame. He was predeceased by his wife, Miriam ("Mim"), son George Jr. and three sisters. He leaves sons Richard and Douglas and their wives, as well as one sister, eight grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.

1935

Jack Rubin of Bloomfield, Connecticut, died November 22, 2008, at home. After graduating cum laude from Dartmouth he earned a law degree from Yale Law School in 1939.Amember of the Yale Law School faculty from 1939 to 1941, he served as special assistant to the dean of the Law School. In 1946 he was appointed assistant attorney general of the State of Connecticut, eventually being promoted to senior assistant attorney general. In 1972 he retired from the state and then served for a number of years as counsel to Tarlow, Levy, and Rachlin of West Hartford, Connecticut. He was predeceased by daughter Carolyn. He is survived by his wife, Leah; daughter Sara and son-in-law David; son-in-law Bruce; sister Norma; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

1936

James Berry Bragaw died June 11, 2008, at his home in Harbor Springs, Michigan. Although Jim was not a graduate of Dartmouth, transferring to the University of Michigan at the end of his sophomore year, he maintained, in his words, "a strong loyalty to and interest in the college on the hill." At Dartmouth he was active in Jack-O-Lantern and a member of Phi Kappa Psi. He joined the same fraternity at University of Michigan and graduated in 1936 with a bachelor of arts degree. The greater part of his business career was with Borg-Warner Corp. of Detroit, a major supplier to the automobile industry. He joined Borg-Wamer in 1941 and became division manager of marketing and sales, retiring in 1981. He was predeceased by his first wife, Sylvia, and his second wife, Sally. He is survived by children Richard '62, James Jr. and Lois; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and Sallys children Larry, Louise and Harriet.

Robert Easton Button of Old Greenwich, Connecticut, passed away on August 9, 2008, with Decima, his wife of 62 years, at his side. His many activities, honors and successes at Dartmouth were prophetic of his future meaningful career in the then burgeoning field of television and satellite communications. He was with General Bradley and on General Eisenhowers special forces staff wartime as a colonel and earned two bronze stars and six battle stars. In addition to extensive experience in commercial television with NBC he worked with the U.S. Defense Office of Special Operations, became director of the Voice of America and seived as a U.S. Foreign Service officer in NATO in Paris. He served his class and Dartmouth well in so many ways. He is also survived by daughters Marilyn and Phyllis, her husband, Richard, and five grandchildren. He was predeceased by daughter Allyson and siblings John, Donald and Anne.

Phil Edward Gilbert Jr. of Ossining, New York, died on October 16, 2008. At Dartmouth he majored in English and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Psi Upsilon, Glee Club, varsity swimming and Dartmouth Union. He earned his law degree at Harvard in 1939 and was called to active duty, serving in XII Corp Headquarters of General Patron's Third Army. He was released with the rank of major and awarded the Bronze Star, the French Croix de Guerre with Silver Star and four European Campaign stars. He became a partner in the New York law firm of Gilbert Segal and Young and served on the boards of Rolls Royce Inc. and Magnesium Elektron Inc. Phil served as class agent from 1987 to 1995. He is survived by three children by his first wife, Nancy: Maryjohn '69 and Clinton; second wife Joan; her daughters Linda, Dana and Patricia; grandchildren Anna, Kevin, Ryan and Evan; and brother Richard '38, Tu'39.

1937

John W. Foley Jr. of Tappahannock, Virginia, died at home on August 5, 2008. At Dartmouth he graduated summa cum laude and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He earned a certificate in international law, politics and economics from the London School of Economics and an M.A. from Yale. He served five years in the Pacific theater and was awarded two Bronze Stars and the Distinguished Service Medal, retiring as a lieutenant colonel. Jack became a Foreign Service officer with the State Depaitment. He was the treaty technician at the signing of the Japanese Peace Treaty and the NATO Treaty and served as principal advisor to then Secretary of State William Rodgers and President Nixon on the Nigerian Civil War. He retired in 1976 as deputy assistant secretary of state for African affairs. Jack is survived by wife Janet; children John III, Jeremy, James, Jessie and Joanne; stepchildren Debra, Craig and Ronnie; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

1939

Roger George Dudis of South Hadley, Massachusetts, died October 22, 2008, at the Holyoke Medical Center. At Dartmouth "Moose" majored in chemistry, was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa and Sphinx and was center and captain of Dartmouth's basketball team, champions of the Eastern Intercollegiate League in his senior year. He graduated from Albany Medical College in 1943 and served during World War II as battalion surgeon of the 9th Armored Infantry Battalion in the European theater, achieving the rank of captain. After the war Moose was a member of the board of obstetrics and gynecology and practiced in that field in Holyoke, Massachusetts. He is survived by Priscilla, his wife of 62 years; children Roger Jr., John, Louise and Linda; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Michael Ellis died October 2, 2008, at his home in Pittsboro, North Carolina. At Dartmouth Mike majored in French and was a member of The Players and the Forensic Union. Mike was intimately involved with the theater, most prominently as stage manager and producer in New York City and regional theaters. Owner and manager of the Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope, Pennsylvania, 1954-1964, he staged 45 world or American premieres and was noted for introducing young, unknown talent. Retiring from the theater at age 60, Mike pursued another of his passions—magic. He was actively involved with his fellow magicians, serving as president of the International Brotherhood of Magicians. Mike's second wife, Mary Elizabeth, died in 1986. She and Mike had three children, two of whom predeceased him. He is survived by wife Betty Lou, son Gordon, stepsons Merrill Rose and Robert Rose, two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

James Barnes Garnett died September 9, 2008, from pneumonia in Evanston (Illinois) Hospital. At Dartmouth Jim majored in political science, was president of Phi Kappa Psi and member of the Interfraternity Council. In WW II he served in the Army Air Force as a first lieutenant. He operated the Garnett family retail business in the Chicago suburbs for 30 years, after which he successfully liquidated the business. Jim was active in Highland Park, Illinois, community affairs, serving as president of Rotary and the chamber of commerce and board member of Highland Park Hospital and First National Bank of Highland Park. He was an avid traveler, photographer, skier and bicyclist. Catherine, Jim's wife of 60 years, died just two days after Jim. They are survived by children Catherine and John '72, three grandchildren and two great-granddaughters.

John Francis Page of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, died October 24, 2008. At Dartmouth John majored in economics and was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He attended the Navy V-7 program at Northwestern University in 1942 and served as a naval officer with the Atlantic fleet during World War II. Johns business career was spent as manager of the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, office of Kidder, Peabody & Co. until his retirement in 1990. He served as chairman of the local Red Cross chapter and president of the local Rotary Club. He was president of the Dartmouth Club of Central Pennsylvania and a member of the Alumni Council (1960-63). Johns wife, Ellen, predeceased him. He is survived by children Frances, Jonathan '68, Tu'69, and Gordon, eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

1940

George Randall Stevenson died in his sleep May 13, 2008, at home in Solvang, California. "Steve" came to Dartmouth from Duluth, Minnesota, Central High School, and was a member of Delta Tau Delta, freshman hockey and varsity track. He attended the University of Minnesota Medical School before WWII. He was assigned to Princeton Naval Academy, where he was commissioned a lieutenant, j.g., in the Navy and served in the South Pacific. Steve returned to Duluth, working with his father in the Piggly Wiggly grocery stores. In 1964 he moved to California and worked in commercial real estate. Steve is survived by his wife, Ana; daughters Kathleen, Martha and Judith; stepson Page; and brother Robert '46, Tu'49. He was preceded in death by daughter Sandra and wives Maltha and Lucille.

William Howard Wriggins of Kendal at Hanover died August 29, 2008. Bom in Philadelphia, Howie graduated from Germantown Friends School and studied at the Ecole Libre de Sciences Politiques in Paris. At Dartmouth he majored in international relations and was a member of Gamma Delta Chi, Junto and International Relations Club. During WW II Howieworked for the American Friends Service Committee in Portugal, Italy, France, Egypt and Switzerland, doing work for refugees. He was the committees Geneva representative to the United Nations for the Gaza Palestine Refugee Program. A former U.S. ambassador to Sri Lanka and specialist on South Asia, Howie received his Ph.D. at Yale University and had a long career in public service and academia. He is survived by his wife, Sally, and children Diana, Christopher and Jennifer.

1941

Willard Hubbard Elsbree died August 19, 2008. He was a professor of government at Ohio University from 1952 to 1990. He attended Dartmouth, graduating magna cum laude, and Harvard, earning his Ph.D. in 1952. He joined the U.S. Navy and was sent to the Japanese Language School, after which he served as an interpreter in the Pacific area. He was considered an expert in Eastern Asian political science.

Lawrence Stewart Tennant passed away at his home at Fort Smith, Arkansas, on September 18, 2008. He attended secondary school in North Carolina and then earned a B.A. at Dartmouth, where he was active in The Players. Larry was one of the original 500 soldiers to open Camp Chaffee in 1942. It was there that he met and married Jane Daily in 1943. He was the founding vice president of the Fort Smith Little Theatre, where he acted, directed and helped in the administration for many years. Lany ended a long career in furniture manufacturing as chairman of Okla Homer Smith Furniture Manufacturing Co. He was predeceased by Jane. He is survived by children Susan, John and Thomas.

1942

John D. Corwith died July 11, 2008. He was a class officer and belonged to SAE and Dragon. "Black Jack" was veiy active after graduation in our class affairs. He was president of our class for our 50th reunion. His career was as manager of employee relations for Exxon, mostly in Central and South America. He is survived by his wife, Millie, and children Alan and Anne.

John Montagne died June 15, 2008, from complications of melanoma. After graduating John went on to earn an M.A. and a Ph.D. in geology from the University of Wyoming. During WWII John served in the 10th Mountain Division in Europe. John's career as a geologist was extensive—he taught, wrote papers and held professional offices in many geological-related organizations. He is survived by his wife, Phoebe, and sons Clifford '69 and Mathew '73.

1943

James Earl Adams died April 10, 2008, in Los Altos, California. He graduated from Auburn High School in Springfield, Massachusetts, and at Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Delta Theta. He graduated from Tuck School. In 1987 he was a class agent. His careerwas in real estate, and after retirement Jim combined his real estate background with writing and lecturing for a major real estate firm. "Nine months of creativity; three months of traveling to favorite places like Monterey, Yosemite and Europe," he said. From 1986 on he was vice chairman of the Rotary International scholarship program and tutored in elementary schools in his area. Predeceased by wife Clarissa and daughter Suzanne, Jim is survived by son Peter and four grandchildren.

Kermit Wallace Cook died November 15, 2008, in Point Charlotte, Florida. Kerm was a graduate of Thetford (Vermont) Academy and Dartmouth, where he majored in history and was a member of the French Club. He became a teacher at Thetford Academy, then a principal in various schools in New Hampshire and Vermont. In 1950 he became a school administrator in the Mahar Regional School District in Orange, Massachusetts, and then served as superintendent of schools there until his retirement in 1983. Following retirement Kerm and his wife, Phil, split their time between Punte Gorda, Florida, and Grantham, New Hampshire, and in their Airstream trailer visiting Mexico, Canada and many parts of the United States. Kerm is survived by Phil and two daughters.

David Leland Hoffman, M.D., died September 5, 2008, in Rochester, Minnesota. At Dartmouth he was a member of Bones Gate/Delta Tau Delta, Alpha Kappa Kappa and the Marching Band and was manager of freshman basketball. After graduating magna cum laude he received his medical degree from Cornell. He served in the Pacific and then he completed his residency at the Veterans Administration Hospital in White River Junction, Vermont, and became chief of internal medicine at the VA Hospital in Albany, New York. Following a Mayo Clinic assistantship he was appointed a Mayo consultant and assistant professor at the Graduate School of Medicine. He was a member of several professional organizations and a fellow of the American College of Physicians. He retired in 1986. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Beverly, four sons and seven grandchildren.

Robert R. Krumm died October 6, 2008, in Lake Wales, Florida. Bob attended Columbia High School in South Orange, New Jersey, and Newark (New Jersey) Academy before Dartmouth, where he was a member of Psi U, Green Key, Dragon and Vigilantes. He left Dartmouth junioryear to enlist in the Army, rose to major and was awarded two Bronze Stars and three Battle Stars. He returned to Dartmouth in 1946 to graduate cum laude, then attended Tuck School. Bob served as class agent, was on the class executive committee and an overseer of Dartmouth Medical School. During 35 years in investment banking he served as president of the Municipal Bond Club of N.Y.C. and the Investment Bankers Association of America. At retirement in 1981 he was president of W.A. Morton & Co., specialists in tax-exempt bonds. He was predeceased by his wife, Janet, and is survived by daughter Nancy and granddaughter Kirsten.

Anthony Gordon Rud died November 19, 2008, in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Tony graduated from Dartmouth Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude, and won honors in his philosophy major. A member of Sigma Nu, he was active in the Jack-O-Lantern and the radio station. In later years he was a class agent, as well as a leadership agent and a regional agent. As a Navy lieutenant in WWII he took part in the Normandy invasion at Omaha Beach. Later he worked at The Berkshire Eagle, starting as a reporter, then becoming an editorial writer. Later he was editor of Mart Magazine. Tony co-founded the Berkshire Learning Center with his wife and worked there after his retirement in 1980. He is survived by his wife, Marianne, two sons and two grandchildren.

Murray Winthrop Thurston died November 25, 2008, at the Maine Veterans Home. "Mike" served in the Army in WWII in North Africa, Sicily, the Philippines and Japan. Mike was president of J.A. Thurston Co., retiring in 1986. He was president of the Wood Products Manufacturers Association, a charter trustee of Gould Academy, president of Sunday River ski area, and a founder of the Bethel (Maine) Area Development Council, created to develop recreational activities, particularly skiing, in the Bethel area. He was also a selectman of the town of Bethel, spent a term as a Maine state senator and was a delegate to the 1960 Democratic convention. After retirement he was active in SCORE, volunteered with the Androscoggin Health Association and instructed in the Maine Handicapped Ski Program. He was inducted into the Maine Ski Hall of Fame in 2007. Mike is survived by his wife, Connie, their three sons and their families.

Morton Chase Tuttle II died November 16, 2008, in Concord, New Hampshire. Mort was an economics major at Dartmouth, a Theta Chi and a member of the Marching Band. He served in the South Pacific with the Air Transport Command during WWII. He and his wife, Carolyn, owned and operated Tuttle Equipment Co., which sold and serviced industrial equipment in Concord for 35 years. Carolyn, to whom Mort had been married for 61 years, died in 2007. Mort is survived by his son and two granddaughters.

1944

Donald Love Bumham, M.D., died July 27, 2008, at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland, following head trauma sustained in a fall. He graduated Dartmouth summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, was a champion miler and was a member of Palaeopitus, Green Key, the Navy V-12 program, Phi Gamma Delta and Sphinx. He served his class as president, secretaiy and treasurer. He completed medical school at Dartmouth and Cornell, then became an esteemed psychiatrist and psychoanalyst in Bethesda. In the 1960s he became the first director of research at Chestnut Lodge Hospital in Rockville, Maryland. He served as a psychiatrist at the National Institute of Mental Health until 2006. He had many relatives who attended Daitmouth, including his father, Arthur, class of 1912. He was predeceased by his first wife, Betty. He is survived by his wife of 13 years, JaJu; children Amelia, Diane and Judson; six grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.

Anthony Frothingham died July 30, 2008. He was born in London and spent most of his childhood in Europe. He moved to America during WWII and interrupted college to serve in the Navy in the Pacific theater. Tony then graduated summa cum laude from Dartmouth and attended Tuck and MIT. He traveled the world during his 34-year career at Eastman Kodak. He met his wife of 52 years, Elizabeth, while living in Paris. He participated in many charitable organizations and was fluent in five languages. Five family members were graduates of Dartmouth. He was predeceased by his wife, brother Robert Jr. and a sister-in-law. He is suivived by sons Peter and Steven, three grandchildren, brother A. Michael and a sister-in-law.

Joseph William Hatch died August 19, 2008, at the Methodist Country House in Greenville, Delaware. He graduated from Friends School in Wilmington, Delaware, and Dartmouth, where his father, Joseph, was a member of the class of 1909. Joe was a member of Phi Tau/Phi Sigma Kappa. He attended the University of Delaware as a postgraduate. During WW II he was in the Navy serving in the Pacific theater. For 32 years he worked for the DuPont Co. as a computer engineer. He was an environmentalist and conservationist, traveling as a volunteer and lookout person in Montana. He was a member of the Brandywine Hunt Club, Ardrossan Beagle Club, Sierra Club and Wilmington Trail Club. He was predeceased by his wife, Margaret. He is survived by two daughters and one son, three grandchildren and cousins David Stedman '66 and Alan Stedman Tu'71.

Donald Riker Hiltz died September 3, 2008, surrounded by his family at Hartford (Connecticut) Hospital. He attended Phillips Exeter Academy, graduated Dartmouth and received his masters at Tuck in 1946. Don was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon/ Sigma Theta Epsilon, Navy V-12 and the class reunion committee. During WW II he served in the Navy aboard LST 429 in the English Channel. He was a sales manager and president of an import business. Don was an avid volunteer for Mended Hearts Inc. He enjoyed swimming, playing the piano, gardening and his family. Dartmouth family members include granddaughter Emma Sloan '05, nephews W.A. Scully '83 and Peter Robohm '60 (deceased) and cousin D.D. Bauer '37. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Maiy, children Joan and Paul, sister Lois and six grandchildren.

John Davidson Milligan Hughes died on August 7, 2008, of natural causes. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and educated at Dormont High. He spent a postgraduate year at the Peddie School in Highstown, New Jersey, before entering Dartmouth and attended Thayer and Tuck and was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa/KCK. He was past president of the Dartmouth Club of Baltimore and active in the International Association of Printing House Craftsmen. He worked into his 80s for Harrigan Roller Co., which was sold to Bottcher America Corp., contributing his knowledge of the printing industry. His family was most important to him during his lifetime. He was predeceased by his wife, Mary Eleanor, in 1999. He is survived by children Marcia, John Jr. '70, Thomas and Stephen; 10 grandchildren; one stepgrandchild; and one great-grandchild.

John Worley LaBounta of Bloomington, Minnesota, passed away October 3, 2008. John graduated from Blake School in Hopkins, Minnesota, and Dartmouth, where he was a member of Sigma Nu. He received his M.B.A. from Tuck School in 1947. During World War II he was in the U.S. Army Air Force in a photo reconnaissance unit in Europe. He was retired from his position as vice president of National City Bank in Minneapolis. He is survived by his wife, Marilyn, sons John and Todd and granddaughter Holly.

Richard Irving Paul died on March 7, 2008. Lt. Paul graduated from Culver Military Academy in 1939, then was a postwar graduate of Dartmouth. He belonged to the Dartmouth Outing Club, Spanish Club, Jack-O-Lantern and Christian Fellowship. He earned his M.B.A. at the University of Florida and an M.Ed, at American University. During his military years he served in two combats: in Europe and Korea. He received six medals during this time. After WWII he served as a member of the Army advisory group in Brazil, Panama Canal and Dominican Republic. After returning from duty at the Pentagon he retired in 1966 and became an instructor at Culver until his final retirement. He was predeceased by his father, Willard '16. He is survived by daughters Alida and Mary and one granddaughter. He was given full military honors and interred at Arlington National Cemetery.

John Christian Roberts died at his home on June 20, 2008, in DeKalb, Illinois. He graduated from Harding High School in Marion, Ohio, and Dartmouth, where he was a member of Palaeopitus, Delta Kappa Epsilon and Sphinx. His father, Chester, was a member of the class of '11. John served in the Pacific as an officer in the Navy. He then worked for DeKalb Agricultural Association in various positions, retiring in 1986. John and family were among the original members of the local Westminster Presbyterian Church, where he served in many leadership roles. He was trustee of Kishwaukee College for 2 6 years and received many awards for his work in the community. He was predeceased by his wife, Betty, and brother Charlie. He is survived by five children, 14 grandchildren, one great- granddaughter, brother Frank, two sisters-in-law and many nieces and nephews.

1945

Robert Hamilton Dyer of Harriman, Tennessee, and formerly of Oak Ridge, died April 24, 2008. He came to Dartmouth from Richford, Vermont. While in the Army he was assigned to the Manhattan Project in Oak Ridge where throughout his future career he helped develop, design and operate the gaseous diffusion process for the enrichment of uranium isotopes. In 1980, after 35 years of plant operation and design engineering, he retired from Union Carbide and began working for the U.S. Department of Energy to assure safe system operations. In 1995 he retired from that to become a gentleman farmer. His first wife, Ruth (Cunningham), predeceased him. He is survived by his second wife of 31 years, Helen (Tilley); children Lawrence, Richard and Dean; stepsons Bob and Tom; 11 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

Carlton Warren Ellms Jr. died April 17, 2007, at West Falmouth, Massachusetts. He attended Sudbury (Massachusetts) High School and Phillips Exeter before entering Dartmouth. "Bud" was V-12 at Dartmouth and served in the Pacific aboard the DD644 during the Okinawa campaign. In 1942 he married Marilyn Stambaugh, who predeceased him in 1980. He is survived by daughter Carlyn and son Carlton III. After 18 years in the public weighing business he moved to the contract packaging area, forming Atlantic Packaging Corp., of which he became president. Upon retirement he joined his son Chip in a small Christmas tree operation to keep busy. He had been living with his son and daughter-in-law in Ballston Spa, New York, at the time of his death. Bud was interested in the outdoors and was an avid musician, playing the tenor sax as a founding member of the Suburbanaires in Sudbury. Other interests included woodworking and family gatherings.

Harland W. Huston of Chenequa, Wisconsin, died on April 6, 2008. He enlisted in the Navy V-12 program and came to Dartmouth and then MIT in 1943. He was commissioned at Columbia Midshipman's School and after WW II returned to MIT and then Harvard Business School in 1949. After two years with DuPont Co. he joined the Andrew Sturgeon Mink Ranch in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, internationally recognized for its top-quality pelts and breeding stock. In 1963 he joined Fiberesin Industries, retiring as president and part owner in 1993. He was a member of the Pewaukee, Wisconsin, village board, active in politics and named Man- of-the-Year in 1959. He was active in the Boy Scout program, a scoutmaster and a member of the International Institute for Literary Services in Milwaukee for more than 40 years. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Helen; children Margaret, Andrew and David; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Clifford Leslie Jordan died March 16, 2008, at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. He was an important member of the class, and his wife, Betty, who died five years ago, was the one who kept Cliff running. Cliff enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1942, served until 1945 as radio operator-aerial gunner, married in May 1945 and returned to earn his B.A. in English. Following two years teaching and working on public relations efforts at the Peddie School, he returned to Hanover as assistant of Dartmouth's news service, then sports information director. Starting in 1955 Cliff began 15 years' leadership of the Dartmouth Alumni Fund in tandem with Nick Sandoe '45, earning the highest participation of its alumni among the Ivy League colleges. And from the late 1940s until his death Cliff pulled nearly every assignment possible in service to his class, recognized in 2000 with an Alumni Award. He is survived by sons Brian, Richard '68 and Robert '73 and their families.

Rodney Austin Walser died at his home in Hagerstown, Maryland, on April 22, 2008. He graduated from Dartmouth and continued as a teaching fellow, receiving an M.A. in chemistry in 1948. He spent four years with Smith, Kline & French and then in April 1952 joined E.I. DuPont for 31 years in various administrative and management positions, retiring as works control superintendent from the Fall Waters, West Virginia, plant in 1983. He was a member of Fountain Head Countiy Club, an elder at Covenant Presbyterian Church, past president of SCORE and a loyal son of Dartmouth. One of Rods greatest pleasures was duplicate bridge, in which he attained the level of silver life master. He and Cindy enjoyed travel and visited all 50 states and all the presidential libraries and many foreign countries. He is survived by Cindy and daughters Karen, Lucinda and Kristen.

Wilbur Elmer Webster died March 13, 2008, from complications of heart failure at his home at Severn House in Annapolis, Maryland. He attended the Governor Dummer Academy before he came to Dartmouth. During WWII he served as a Navy lieutenant, flying a Grumman Hellcat night-fighter off the Hornet. He graduated from Dartmouth in 1947 and in a career that lasted more than 28 years rose to vice president at the firm of Peterson, Howell and Heather in Baltimore. He was an avid sailor and enjoyed bicycling, reading and fine dining. He was a member and commodore of Potapskut Sailing Association and served as a member of the race committee of the Annapolis Yacht Club. He predeceased by first wife Phyllis and second wife Nancy. Survivors include children Wilbur, Phillip, Patricia and Kimball; 10 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

1946

Robert E. Adamson of Bethlehem, Connecticut, died May 9, 2007. Following U.S. Army service in the Pacific 1943-46, he completed his A.B. at Dartmouth and graduate studies at the American Graduate School in Denmark, MacMurray College and Fairfield University. He was a school psychologist in the Waterbury, Connecticut, school system from 1951 to 1980 and served as a counselor at Robert College in Istanbul, Turkey, from 1982 to 1984. HFor a number of years he also directed Camp Layton Rose at Bantam Lake, Connecticut, a summer residential and day camp program for the handicapped,sponsored by the Waterbury Lions Club and run by the Waterbury Association for Retarded Citizens. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Dorothy; children David, Douglas and Elisabeth; son-in-law Mark; and grandsons Alexander and Matthew.

1947

Richard Andrew Anderson died in Columbus, Ohio, on August 3, 2007. He graduated from Hamden (Connecticut) High School and entered with the Navy V-12. He majored in psychology and graduated from Tuck School. He was employed for a number of years as a financial analyst by General Electric in Utica, New York. He had a winter and retirement address in Plant City, Florida. He is survived by three children.

Gerard Joseph Kirchner of Stowe, Vermont, died on September 16, 2008. He came to college in the Naval V-12 unit from St. Mary's High School in Rutherford, New Jersey. He majored in economics and participated in wrestling and JV football. After an unsuccessful business venture in New York City he moved to Stowe, where he learned the building trade and farming as well as running a ski lodge. He taught in the local high school from 1962 to 1968 and earned an M.B.S. from the University ofVermont in 1968. More recently he had served as a substitute teacher. In retirement he served on the Vermont State Board of Appraisers.

Murrell F. Murkey, a retired U.S. Marine Corps major, died on June 10, 2008, in Timonium, Maryland. He joined the class from Baltimore (Maryland) City College. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1942, participated in three amphibious landings, received a Purple Heart and was sent to college in the Marine V-12 program. He majored in sociology and participated in baseball, soccer and boxing. As an officer, he returned to wartime duty in Korea in 1950-1951. He retired in 1965 and became a general insurance agent. He was active in the Marine Corps League. He is survived by his wife and a son.

Charles Rathclement died on August 28, 2008. He lived in Kingston, Hawaii, at last report. In college he was active in the Glee Club, German Club, French Club and the Outing Club. At one point he was working in the music department of the Thomas Crane Libraiy in Quincy, Massachusetts. No information is available on surviving family members.

1948

Louis Campbell Clarke Jr. died of acute myeloid leukemia on September 7, 2008, in Portland, Maine, where he had lived since returning in 2001 from his circumnavigation of the globe in a 37-foot sailboat. Lou arrived on campus in 1944 and did a stint as a Navy corpsman before returning to campus. He was a member of ski patrol and Phi Sigma Kappa. His premed major led to Dartmouth Medical School and University of Rochester for an M.D. His postgraduate training at Johns Hopkins led to his practice as an obstetrics-gynecology specialist for 40 years, retiring in 1997. He was creative as a woodworker and writer of poetry and wrote widely on many subjects of interest. He is survived by former wife Elizabeth Ann and children Tim, Kathy, Tom and Andrew.

Howard Hoyt Hilton Jr. died of lung problems in Tampa, Florida, on August 24, 2008, a month before his and Dotties 60th wedding anniversary. He came to Dartmouth from Lake Forest Academy in 1944. He served in the Navy before returning to campus. He belonged to the DOC. Howie worked briefly in advertising for a Chicago firm before they moved to Florida and he became advertising director for a department store chain. He later started his own advertising agency and headed it until 1985, when he sold it to pursue another career as a mystery writer. His community promotions and service were legendary and he received numerous awards as a result. His father, uncle and cousin were Dartmouth alumni. He is suivived by wife Dorothy and children Howard, Rodney and Leslie. He served his profession, family and community with distinction.

John Alan McFalls died in Bellingham, Washington, on September 8, 2008. He prepped at Kimball Union Academy and joined our class as a junior after time in Navy officer training programs. On campus he was an enthusiastic Glee Clubber and returned to our 45th reunion to become a charter member of the Alumni Glee Club that year. He also participated in the photography and canoe clubs. Out of College he joined New England Life for 11 years, two of which were spent on active duty during the Korean War. Settling in Seattle in i960 he became an investment advisor and advocate of return to the gold standard. He was an iconoclast to the end, reporting in 2008 that he was doingwell on the falling stock market .John's dad was a '16 and his brother a '49. He was active in local Dartmouth activities. Surviving him are his wife of 56 years, Cynthia, and children Donna, Dean, Deborah, Diane and Douglas.

Gerald Peck died in Los Angeles on September 1, 2008. He came to Hanover in 1943 from Newton (Massachusetts) High School through the Navy V-12 program and continued his athletic excellence in football and basketball before moving on to midshipman school and commissioning. He served on a destroyer in the Pacific. Returning to campus, he was an economics major and member of Pi Lambda Phi. After graduation he moved to Los Angeles and worked for many years as a manager for a large lighting company. Gerry enjoyed travel and golf. He is survived by his wife, Elaine, and sons Lawrence and Bennett.

1949

Michael Bernkopf died July 30, 2008, in New York City. Coming to Dartmouth from Newton (Massachusetts) High School, Michael was a member of Pi Lambda Chi and a history major, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. After a brief tour in the women's retail business he decided on a career in teaching. After receiving an M.A. from Columbia in 1959 and a Ph.D. from New York University in 1965, he pursued a career at Pace University as a mathematics professor for more than 24 years. He was named a National Science Faculty Fellow in 1964. Surviving Michael are his wife, Sarah, and children David, Daniel, Donald and Ariella '06. Michael's other Dartmouth relatives include his father, Harold '20, and uncles Jonathon '27 and Max '16.

John Kent Cooley died in Athens, Greece, on August 6, 2008. At Dartmouth Cooley was a history major and was active in the Outing Club, Jack-O-Lanter,n and The Dartmouth. A journalist and author, he covered the Middle East for American newspapers and radio from 1953 until his death. As a correspondent of the ChristianScience Monitor, he became the acknowledged dean of the American Press Corps in Beirut during his tenure there from 1965 to 1975. As a scholar-reporter his profound knowledge of the Middle East made him required reading as much for Middle East heads of state as for the Monitor's readers. Cooley covered wars in seven countries of the Middle East and North Africa. He was the author of several books including Unholy Wars: Afghanistan and Americaand International Terrorism, published two years before the attack on the World Trade Center. Surviving are his second wife, Eugenia, and their children Alexander and Katherine.

Eugene Everett Masson of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, died on July 6, 2008. At Dartmouth he was a member of Kappa Epsilon. Gene served as a second lieutenant in the Army Air Corps from February 1943 to October 1945. His marriage to Mary Ann Nicholson, a Smith graduate, occurred in August 1949. His early career was as an insurance underwriter in New York City.

Howard Deighton Wellman Jr. died July 1, 2008, at the VNA Hospice of Monroe County in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Jamestown (Pennsylvania) High School and entered Dartmouth at age 16. A member of Delta Upsilon and WDCR, he majored in economics. He next served in the Army of Occupation in Germany before joining the Nestle Co., managing facilities in New Jersey, California, Ohio and Illinois. He established a new facility in Wisconsin before being promoted to vice president of warehousing and distribution at the company's headquarters in White Plains, New York. After 29 years with the Nestle Co. he joined a health care organization as an administrator before retiring in Buck Hills Falls, Pennsylvania. He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Caroline, three daughters, one son and six grandchildren.

1951

William McDowell Blaik died on September 22, 2008, in St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, of pulmonary disease. He spent his younger years in Hanover as the son of Col. Earl "Red" Blaik, legendary pre-World War II Dartmouth football coach. He graduated from Kimball Union Academy and spent two years in the U.S. Army before matriculating with our class. He majored in geology and entered the oil and gas exploration business in Oklahoma. By 1956 he formed his own company and achieved great commercial success and civic involvement. In 1967 he married Shirley Spencer and soon they had a family of two children. His firm was bought out in 1984 and he and Shirley turned ranching, an avocation, into a business. Bill is survived by Shirley, children Will and Katie and three grandchildren.

Harrington Monroe Cummings died on August 9, 2008, at home in Petoskey, Michigan. He prepared for Dartmouth at Exeter, pledged Chi Phi, rowed in the freshman crew, coached the 150-pound crew and majored in English. After obtaining his M.B.A. at Harvard he joined Gerber Foods for a 20-year career ending as vice president of corporate development. For 20 more years he served the firm as a director. He married Gay in 1959, raised four children and after Gerber, founded Cummings Farm, where he raised and sold polled Hereford cattle for the nationalmarket.Hewasinvolvedwithnumerous charities and professional organizations, and was most fond ofvolunteering in the emergency room of Northern Michigan Regional Hospital. Surviving Pete are Gay, children Andy, Sam, Elizabeth and Mimi and eight grandchildren. His father, an uncle, four cousins, one nephew and a brother all were Dartmouth alumni.

Drew Irving Matthews died on September 29, 2008, at Citrus Memorial Hospital in Inverness, Florida, of congestive heart failure. He came to Dartmouth from Morristown (New Jersey) School, pledged Sigma Nu, lettered in track and majored in architecture/math.AROTC student, Drew accepted a commission in the U.S. Marine Corps and served 21 years in Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam and numerous stateside stations. He married Vivian Olson in 1954 and by 1963 had three sons. After retirement in 1972 they chose to reside in Naperville, Illinois, while he worked for the Lutheran Church of America and for 19 years as executive director of the Naperville Development Organization. In 1993, Beverly Hills, Florida, became the final stop where they served their church and community. Drew will be interred at the Arlington National Cemetery. Drew leaves Vivian, sons Kevin, Mark and Terry and seven grandchildren.

1952

Robert W. Weinig passed away on August 10, 2008, at home in Natick, Massachusetts. He was a native of Ohio, grew up in Iowa and prepared at Vermont Academy. Following graduation from Dartmouth, where he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta, he served in the Army and returned to earn an M.B.A. from the Tuck School in 1955. He then moved to Chicago to join an investment management firm. In 1967 he moved to Weston, Massachusetts, as an officer at Eastern Enterprises, a major energy company. At Eastern he rose to be chairman and chief executive before retiring in 1991. He was an avid outdoorsman, served on several corporate boards and was a student of world history. In 1958 he met and married his wife, Virginia, who survives him in this 50th year of their marriage. He is also survived by children Katrina, Stephen and Cynthia and seven grandchildren.

1953

Edward Stephan Klima died September 25, 2008. He was one of Dartmouth's greatest scholars. A Phi Beta Kappa at Dartmouth, Ed earned a masters (1955) and Ph.D. from Harvard (1965). He and his wife, Dr. Ursala Bellugi, proved that the more than 100 sign languages in the world are languages in their own right, not just adaptations of spoken languages. For example, they proved that American Sign Language is not simply an adaptation of English. Their book The Signs ofLanguage (Harvard University Press, 1979) is a comprehensive examination of the grammar and psychology of signed language. He held prestigious research and teaching positions at the University of California at San Diego and the Salk Institute, where he and his wife made many contributions to the understanding of language and Williams syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that combines mental retardation with heightened language ability. Ed is survived by his wife and two sons.

Wayne Donahue Komara died June 18, 2008. "Cooz" prepared at Mercersburg Academy and at Dartmouth worked on the Jack-O-Lantern, played in the band, joined Zeta Psi and majored in psychology. Following graduation and a brief stopover with the S.S. Kresge Co., Cooz became a successful investment broker, practicing for 35 years in his native Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Always active in family and community affairs, Cooz devoted time to the Boy Scouts, Little League and especially Daitmouth, having held most of the offices in the Dartmouth Club of Pittsburgh, with a special emphasis on enrollment. Cooz leaves his wife, Jana; four children, including Michael '81, Th'83; and six grandchildren. He added greatly to the fabric of this class and is missed by so many of us.

Alan Kent Robinson died April 30, 2008. Kent came from St. Paul's School and was very popular at Dartmouth, where he majored in economics, was vice president of Phi Psi and a member of the Athletic Council and played freshman basketball. After graduation and four years of service in the Marine Corps as a jet fighter pilot he spent 17 years working for Associated Aviation Underwriters in N.Y.C. and L.A. In 1974, still in aviation insurance, he joined Johnson and Higgins, retiring 17 years later as senior vice president. As an athlete he frequently played golf in the America West Pro- Am golf tournament Kent is survived by his wife of 54 years, Wilma, and four children.

Edward Thornton Rockwell died May 22, 2008. Ted came from Leominster (Massachusetts) High School and at Dartmouth majored in geography, was president of DKE and a member of Sphinx and the Interfraternity Council. Following graduation and two years as a draftee in the Army he entered the family textile business. After liquidating that business he went to work to learn the plastics business, and in 1970 he started his own injection molding company, which his son runs today. With his wife of 54 years, Sheila, he raised three children who are competitive golfers, one of whom played professional baseball in the Mets organization. Ted was a natural leader.

1954

Paul R.Mackey passed away afteralong illness on October 4, 2008, in Holyoke, Massachusetts. He came to Dartmouth from Holyoke High School and Cheshire Academy. At Daitmouth Paul majored in history, was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and Sphinx and played football all four years. Receiving his commission as an Air Force second lieutenant from the Air Force ROTC program, Paul earned his pilots wings in 1956 and was assigned to the 31st Fighter- Bomber Wing, 308th Squadron, at Turner Air Force Base in Georgia. After a stint in the insurance business Paul began a long career with Heublein Inc., developing keen insights as a systems analyst. Paul's wife of 53 years, Carol, survives him with their four sons, their wives and 12 grandchildren.

1956

William Rodgers Neely died on October 5, 2008. After graduating Bill married Shirley and was employed as a sales executive for Union Carbide Corp. for 23 years. In 1992 he was awarded his paralegal certification by Southern Methodist University, retired from the corporation and became a small business owner. His substantial volunteer activity included driving for Meals on Wheels and as a Piano Independent School District bus driver for special-needs children. He is survived by his wife of 51 years, children Susan and Thomas and two sisters.

1961

William Prehn Hansen Jr. died of cancer on August 6, 2007, at his home in Connecticut less than two months after retiring from a 44-year illustrious career at JPMorgan. He retired as executive director of credit origination in the tax-exempt capital markets group at JPMorgan. After graduating from Dartmouth and serving a brief stint in the U.S. Army National Guard, Bill started his career at the predecessor company to JPMorgan, Morgan Guaranty Trust Co., in 1963. In the 1980s Bill helped JPMorgan expand its public finance business on the West Coast. He later moved back to New York but continued to deal with municipal clients on the West Coast. Bill's interests included trout fishing, tennis, traveling and spending time with his family. While at Dartmouth Bill was a psychology major and a member of Tabard/Sigma Chi. He is survived by sons Matthew, Geoffrey, Michael, William, Richard and Joseph, four grandchildren and his former wife, Nancy.

William Patrick Moormann died of cancer on December 21, 2007, in California. Pat retired from a career in international banking and relocated from the Midwest (Minneapolis and Chicago) to California in 1995. While still attending Dartmouth Pat also attended Tuck School under the 3-2 program. He graduated from the College in 1961 and from Tuck School in 1962. Pat is survived by his children Renata and Heinz and by his former wife, Elizabeth.

Ray Welch Jr. died of cancer June 24, 2007. Ray was deemed a "legend" in Boston advertising circles as an advertising copywriter and voice talent. For the past 10 years he had been living with his wife, Gail, in Bristol, Rhode Island, enjoying semi-retirement by writing books (including his memoir Copywriter, A Life ofMaking Ads and Other Mistakes') and playing golf. At Dartmouth Ray served as the editor of Jack-O-Lantern and was a member of Green Key and Gamma Delta Chi. In 1979 Ray co- founded Welch Currier Smith Inc. Although Ray's copywriting was the foundation on which he initially built his professional reputation, his legacy proved to be as much about his distinctive gravely voice and storytelling style of reading the agency's radio and TV commercials as the hundreds of regional and national awards the agency earned for writing them.

1962

Jeffrey Stanford Reinert died of lung cancer on October 20, 2008, in Salem, Massachusetts. Jeff came to Dartmouth from Elgin (Illinois) High School. A National Merit Scholar and member of Zeta Psi at Daitmouth, he continued on to Yale University, where he received a law degree in 1965. Jeff made a career as a self-employed attorney and management consultant and had lived in Salem for the last 20 years. The love of music that was manifest in his two-year undergraduate involvement in the Glee Club stayed with him throughout his life, together with his passion for reading, travel, photography and fine arts. He is survived by two daughters, three grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

Anthony Robert Vetrone died unexpectedly on October 19, 2008, at his 50th East Haven High School class reunion in Rocky Hill, Connecticut. At the time of his death Bob was a permanent resident of Hahira, Georgia, near Valdosta. Although he matriculated with the class of 1962, Bob left Dartmouth from 1960 to 1963 to serve with the U.S. Army in Europe, returning to graduate in 1965. After Dartmouth he worked in human resource management for Uniroyal and Uniroyal-Goodrich Tire Co., rising to division manager in human resources with Bridgestone/Firestone in Oklahoma City from 1988 to 1992. An athlete in the 1950s, in retirement Bob became involved in substitute teaching at Lowndes High School in Valdosta, Georgia, where he was known as "Mr. Bob," a much-loved booster of the school's athletics programs. His wife, Barbara, two daughters and sons-in-law, two stepchildren and two grandchildren survive him.

1965

Edward A. Holmes died August 21, 2008, at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth, United Kingdom, after being diagnosed with bone marrow cancer and amyloidosis-related problems. Ed joined Citibank in 1988 as the division executive responsible for the Nordic region and the specialized industry businesses centered in London. In early 1998 Ed assumed responsibility for the European markets. He became UK CCO at the end of 1998 and left Citi in April 2000. Ed came to Dartmouth from Chelmsford, Massachusetts, and also graduated from the Amos Tuck School in 1974. After college he saw service in Vietnam as a troop leader and was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for Valor. Before he joined Citibank Ed held positions as president of Christiani & Nielsen A/S and as a principal at McKinsey & Co in Chicago and Copenhagen.

1966

Richard A. Kaiser died November 17, 2008. Rich was involved with golf and the band at Dartmouth and was a member of Zeta Psi and the Jewish Life Council. Rich entered Dartmouth Medical School our senior year, graduated in 1967 and earned his medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 1969. He served in the Navy during Vietnam, rising to the rank of lieutenant commander aboard the nuclear submarine USS Will Rogers. After residency at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston he established a general and pediatric surgery practice in Montclair, New Jersey, from which he retired in 2004. Rich served as a class officer, district enrollment director and the organizer of class reunion golf tournaments, for which he devised the rules and often won. Rich is survived by Debbie, his wife of 40 years; daughter Hilary Gove '97 and her husband, Geoffrey; son David Kaiser '93 and his wife, Tracy; and grandchildren Ellery and Toby.

1968

Wayne Wadhams passed away on August 19, 2008, in Boston after a long illness. Wayne took off his senior year, graduating in 1969, in order to tour with his rock band The Fifth Estate after its hit song "Ding, Dong, the Witch is Dead" rose near the top of the charts. An English major and Film Society member, he produced and directed short films, including the award-winning Garden, an animation on Hieronymus Bosch's 15th-century painting, The Garden of Earthly Delights. Following Dartmouth Wayne moved to Boston as co- founder of Film Associates, an award-winning production company. In the mid-1970s he founded the Orson Welles Film School and Studio B Recording Studios. His own Boston Skyline label features a library of great classical recordings that Wayne re-engineered or produced. He's the author of several books about studio recording and Inside the Hits, a music lovers guide to rock history. Wayne is survived by partner, David Moran.

1973

Hans E. Hognestad of Miami, Florida, died on November 21,2008. Hans came to Dartmouth from Wilmette, Illinois, where he attended New Trier Township High School. After graduation he worked as a specialist in information technology. Hans taught Sunday school for many years at St. Philips Episcopal Church in Coral Cables, Florida, where he served also as a chalice minister and a lector. He is survived by his wife, Carmen, and daughters Marta and Ana.

Christopher Anthony Squire Jr. of San Mateo, California, died on July 31, 2008, of melanoma. "Cass" came to the College from Deerfield Academy. After Dartmouth he specialized as an engineer in business information systems architecture and data administration, working for IBM Global Business Services and later as a consultant for Prism Solutions Inc. He is survived by his wife, Sarah Louise Ellis, children Jeffrey, Catherine, Laura and Rebecca and sister Marguerite Squire '79.

1976

John Douglas Tanner passed away on February 29, 2008. John entered with outclass and attended the College for two years. He received his B.A. with honors from the University of California at Berkeley in 1986 with a major in legal studies- jurisprudence and social policy. He received his masters in industrial and labor relations from Cornell in 1989. He was living inAmherst, New York, where he had been employed by Praxair Inc. since 1992 in various human resources functions, ending up as manager of human resources and business linkage in 1997. Prior to working with Praxair he had been employed by Arco Chemical since 1989. His background included being a key component in 25 collective bargaining agreements with various unions. He is survived by his wife, Mary Sue.

1977

Neal B. Webber passed away at home in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, on October 14, 2008. He was an outstanding soccer player at Dartmouth. He was most proud of the time he spent coaching soccer throughout his life. Upon graduation Neal started his professional career at Sweet Life Foods, where he was a member of the board of directors. He went on to purchase Kittredge Equipment Co.,which he built into one of the leading restaurant equipment companies in the Northeast. Combining his philanthropic and athletic talents, Neal benefited the Jimmy Fund and Dana Farber Cancer Institute in many fundraising endeavors. An avid runner, he participated in the Pan Mass Challenge and the Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk, both as a cancer survivor. He served on the board of directors of the Jewish Community Center, the Jewish Endowment Foundation and Sinai Temple. Neal is survived by his wife, Wendy, and children Allison, Jamie, Lauren and Jacob.

1981

Shari B. Zimble passed away on October 23, 2008, after a 10-year battle with cancer. She leaves behind two children, her husband, parents, siblings and a web of loving friends. We are saddened but inspired by her energy and ideas, which were beautiful, audacious and generally irresistible, like Shari herself. Shari arrived at Dartmouth from Wellesley, Massachusetts, already committed to working for social justice. She graduated with a degree in Latin American studies and government. Even before earning her law degree from UCLA she began serving those least able to advocate for themselves in the Gullah community in South Carolina (where she met her husband, Mark). Devoted to legal services, she eventually co- founded the Center for Legal Aid Education. Shari found time to make applesauce, hike, knit, organize a community garden and care for each child, family member and friend individually in her own, intentional and energetic way.

1982

Victoria "Vikki" Evans Mcintosh died of brain cancer on July 13, 2008, at her home in Piano, Texas. Prior to her death Vikki reached out to her Dartmouth class for help, seeking medical advice in an effort to prolong her life. Born in Pasadena, California, Vikki graduated from John Muir High School in 1978 before attending the College. Active in Native Americans at Dartmouth, Vikki was extremely proud of her Native-American heritage and taught her children the Paiute/Kawaiisu words she learned as a child from her grandmother. Vikki married Kevin Mcintosh in 1999. She is survived by him and their son Robert as well as sons Justin and Steven by former husband Gary Crothers. Vikki loved to travel and spend time with friends, though her greatest joy was being a mother to her three sons.

1991

Jonathan D. Arms died unexpectedly at his home in Providence, Rhode Island, on October 26, 2008. At Dartmouth Jon graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude, majoring in psychology and economics. He was a member of Green Key, the Outing Club and Psi Upsilon. He received his M.B.A. from Stanford Business School in 1995 with a certificate in nonprofit management. Jon served as a management consultant with McKinsey & Co. in New York City, an equity analyst with Dresner RCM Capital Management in San Francisco, and a vice president and investment manager for family firm American Research and Management Co. Jon immersed himself in community and charitable organizations, including the Sippican Historical Society, the Gordon School and Friends Academy. He is survived by his children Ella and Salter; mother Margot and her husband, David; sister Robin '94 and her husband, Timothy; and former wife Heejun Hong.