Death
This is a listing of deaths of which word has been received since the previous issue. Full notices, which are usually written by the class secretaries, may appear in this issue or in a later one.
Richard L. Holbrook '17 • Jan. 27 Howard F. Gleason '18 • Jan. 19 Harold S. Glendening '18 "June 17 William S. Dick-Peddie '19 • Nov. 14 Arthur S. Gilson '19 • Jan. 8 James E. Loudon '19 • Aug. 29 Alexander J. Wesley '21 • Jan. 2 John C. Woodhouse '21 • Feb. 17 Eaton Leith '22 • Jan. IS Carroll McPherson '23 • Oct. 20, 1989 William H. Taft '25 • Jan. 19 A. Whittemore Blair '26 • Jan. 6 Charles H. Hornburg Jr. '26 • Dec. 9 Francis J. Bruguiere '27 • Jan. 8 Wendell M. Lamson '27 • Jan. 9 Remington J. Purdy '27 • 1985 William M. Hobson '28 • Dec. 20 John W. Ackley '29 • Feb. 13 Arthur J. Bergeron '29 • Jan. 31 Wayne P. Bryer '29 • Jan. 23 Robert C. Hazard '29 'Jan. 10 John W. Laffey '29 • Feb. 8 Carl B. Spaeth '29 • Feb. 10 Henry J. Stein '29 • Dec. 26 Winslow S. Durgin '30 • Feb. 1 George D. Tunnicliff '30 • Dec. 11 Lloyd F. Bowen '31 • Jan. 23, 1990 Hanford W. Eldredge '31 • Feb. 17 William E. Little '31 • Jan. 28 Arthur G. Marx '31 • October, 1989 Albert H. Childs '32 • Nov. 8 Edwin A. Toothaker '32 • Jan. 24 Robert S. Fox '33 • Jan. 7 Charles A. White '33 • Dec. 15 Harry S. Ackerman '35 • Feb. 3 Richard E. Carpenter '35 • Jan. 28 John A. Davis '35 • Jan. 25 Monroe Greenbaum '36 • Jan. 22 Lansing P. Moore '37 • Dec. 24 Arthur Munkenbeck Jr. '37 • Nov. 16 John C. Richter Jr. '37 • Dec. 10 John D. Meachem '38 • Feb. 11 Richard M. Falck '39 • March 20, 1990 John F. Fitzpatrick '39 • Dec. 21 Philip H. Albee '40• Feb. 24 Calhoun Sterling '40 • Jan. 15 William H. Murphy '41 • Dec. 31 William H. Gray '42 • Jan. 24 Russel P. Austin '47 • Dec. 5 John F. Day '47 • Jan. 19 Cyrus V. Helm '47 • Oct. 8 William F. Moran '47 • 1979 Joseph Scandore '47 • Nov. 30 Hubert M. Blalock '48 • Feb. 8 Bernard A. McPhillips '50 • Dec. 18 Alfonso Estrada '51 • March 3, 1990 Edward L. Glaser '51 • Dec. 5 Ronald Wagner '54 • Feb. 13 Bernard A. Farbar '56 • Jan. 28 Frederick P. Oman '56 • Feb. 4 Peter B. Shoresman '56 • July 17 Scott C. Booma '59 • Feb. 7 Richard H. Jordan '69 • Jan. 19 Edward C. Sauer '74 • Jan. 15 Daniel B. Lapham '82 • Dec. 28 Peter A. McKernan '93 • Jan. 23
1918
Harold Sanford Glendening passed away on June 17. At Dartmouth Glen majored in chemistry and received the highest departmental honors in both chemistry and physics. He received his A.M. in chemistry from Columbia.
In 1924, as a Rhodes Scholar, he attended Oxford University and received his B.A. and M.A. in jurisprudence. There he met and married Alicia du Pont, niece of Pierre du Pont. It was said that Glen "danced his way into her heart."
Glen was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Delta Phi, the Inner Temple in London, and the International Order of St. Luke. He was also a private tutor in London, Paris, and Vienna.
He was a trial lawyer in New York City 1926-1954. He was with the Department of Justice in the anti-trust department from 1955 until his 1958 retirement.
He was active on the Alumni Fund as a member of the class committee and was a lifelong Republican.
Glen was divorced and is survived by a son.
1921
Everett Bailey Taylor died on March 3,1990. His wife, Dorice, predeceased in December 1987. There were no children.
Phez entered our class in his junior year and moved into Psi Upsilon, of which he had been a member during his two preceding years at Kenyon College. After Dartmouth he graduated in 1925 from Yale Law School, settling in New York City where he joined the legal department of National City Bank. There he met Dorice and they were married six years later.
The Taylors were the most widely travelled members of the class. Their last trip was to Katmandu. There they snapped a picture of Mt. Everest, of which they said, "This completes our five most important pictures of the world, they being the Taj Mahal, the Great Wall, the Kings Palace at Lassa, St. Basil's Cathedral, and now Mt. Everest." O.H.H.
1922
Richard Freeman Johnson a retired representative for several industrial manufacturing companies, died November 26. He lived in East Palatka, Fla.
Dick came to Dartmouth from Lexington (Mass.) High School. He was a prominent member of the Glee Club, the Chapel Choir, and his fraternity orchestra in Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
In business he sold industrial machine tools, accessories, and quality control appliances. He was a life member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, and in the early 1950s formed his own company, R.F. Johnson Associates. During most of his career he and his family lived in Kensington, Md. In 1978 he retired to Florida.
Dick is survived by Marian, his wife of 53 years. Their only son died 18 years ago in a drowning accident at age 17.
Eaton Leith professor emeritus of romance languages at Bowdoin College, died January 15 at his home in Brunswick, Maine.
At Dartmouth Eaton majored in modern languages, was an officer in the Le Cercle Français and a member of Tri-Kappa.
After Dartmouth he studied at the Sorbonne and Harvard. He taught French at Harvard and at Dartmouth before he began a 34-year career at Bowdoin, where he taught French, Spanish, Italian, and English. From 1952 to 1965 he was chairman of romance languages.
He served as president of the Brunswick United Fund, chairman of the local Red Cross, an officer of the Democratic Town Committee, and a lector and Sunday school teacher. Eaton's wife died in 1977. He is survived by his daughter, two grandsons, and three greatgrandchildren.
1924
George Henry Trafton died on October 19. He was a retired economist who spent most of his working career with the Social Security Administration. At the time of his retirement in 1965 he was Chief of the Economic Studies Branch. A Methodist, he was a member of Common Cause, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the American Federation of Government Employees. As an undergraduate he took final honors in sociology and became a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He did graduate work at the University of Wisconsin and taught economics for one year at Dartmouth. He married Marie Correll in 1948. She died in 1988. The Traftons had no children.
1925
George Dudley Green died December 7 in Denver, Colo. After graduation, he attended Barnes Business School. He was engaged in real estate and insurance in Denver until his retirement. He served in the army 1942-1943 and was a member in the Christ Methodist Church. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy, a stepdaughter, and two step-grandchildren.
James Gamble Rogers II died November 13 in Winter Park, Fla. In college he was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa, captain of the swimming team in 1924, and All-American in the breast stroke in 1922 and 1923. On graduation, he worked with his father in architecture, then opened a branch office of his father's firm where he worked until 1935, when he started his own firm. He designed many buildings for Rollins College in Winter Park, and other buildings in Orlando, Fla., and he was active with the Institute of Architects, State Board of Architecture, Architectural League of New York, and other organizations.
He is survived by his wife, Evelyn, two sons, a daughter, and four grandchildren.
Daniel S. Slawson died July 29 in Cuarnavaca, Mexico. Dan worked at various jobs in New York until tuberculosis incapacitated him for some time. He did some writing from time to time and travelled extensively, living in Europe, Mexico, Cuba, the West Coast, and various locations from Baha, Calif., to British Columbia, Florida, and Maine. He spent much time in the outdoors fishing and yachting. He did free lancing and wrote and edited the Inland Waterway Guide. He lived for a year on his own yacht and wrote for Yachting. His first wife, Claire Mierson, whom he married in 1934, died in 1966. They had no children. He is survived by his second wife, Tomoko Slawson, a sister, and two nieces.
1926
Charles D. Chamberlin died November 3 in Maine. Under his Freeport home was his book cellar containing out-of-print books which enabled him to be the largest contributor to the Dartmouth 1926 Memorial Book Collection of illustrated books published in New England 1769-1869.
At Dartmouth he was a member of TriKappa, the Arts, and Radio club. He earned his MA, at Columbia University in 1929 and attended Harvard Graduate School of Education.
From 1929-1942 Dean was an English instructor at Dartmouth, assistant to dean of freshmen, and director of athletic publicity. He and his wife, Enid, (who predeceased him in 1981) were active in many class events. During WWII he was in air force intelligence and was a major when retired. After the war Dean and Enid spent 11 years in West Germany, where he was connected with the U. S. State Department, U.S. Information Agency, and Veteran's Administration. He retired in 1970 with rank of consul.
He is survived by two daughters, two sons, 11 grandchildren, a great grandchild, a sister, nephew Colin Campbell '40, and nephew Donald Campbell '44.
Bennett Thompson Kent died of Alzheimer's disease October 16 in Aurora , Colo. He and wife Mercedes moved from their retirement home in Montpelier, Vt., to Littleton, Colo., to be near their son.
Ben graduated from the high school in Montpelier, and at Dartmouth was a member of Gamma Delta Epsilon and enjoyed the DOC outdoor life. His entire business career was with Aetna Casualty & Surety Cos., 19 years being in the Boston office as manager of the bond department. In Grand Rapids, Mich., Ben was president of the Western Michigan Dartmouth Alumni Association.
Besides his wife he is survived by a son, daughter, four grandchildren, and a greatgrandchild.
1927
Dimon W. Benson died Thanksgiving morning, November 22 in Pulaski, N.Y., after a brief illness. He died in the same house that he had built and lived in ever since his marriage in 1930. Born in Hastings, N.Y., he prepared for Dartmouth at Hastings Academy.
Immediately after college, Dime went to work for the Regal Paper Company founded by his father in 1911. He was later treasurer and president of the company, retiring in 1971. Beginning in 1953 he also operated the Benson Insurance Agency founded by his father-inlaw in the 19205.
Surviving him are his wife of 60 years, Rhoda, two sons, four grandchildren, one step-granddaughter, and two step-great grandchildren.
Justin Joseph Doyle died December 4 after a long illness and only a few days before his 86th birthday. A native of Rochester, N.Y., he was at Dartmouth for only his freshman year when he had to leave because of the death of his father. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Rochester in 1927, and received his LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1930.
He went to work for a law firm in Rochester which made him a partner in 1942. The firm changed its name to Nixon, Hargrave, Devans and Doyle in 1963 and was considered the leading law firm in Rochester. Justin argued several cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. In World War II Justin flew combat missions in New Guinea and the Soloman Islands as an intelligence officer with the Army Air Corp.
He leaves his wife, Jane, a son, a daughter, and four grandchildren.
Allan David Gould died in April 1989 according to information recently received by the College. He was born in New "York City and graduated with his class in 1927. He apparendy lived his entire life in Spain and has not been in touch with either the class or the College to our knowledge.
Bruce McKennan died October 31 after a brief illness, only a few days after his 85th birthday. He was born in Helena, Mont., where he attended the Helena High School. While at Dartmouth he was managing editor of the Aegis and belonged to Psi Upsilon.
He had a long and successful career in the investment business. He was an order clerk on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange for Wood Struthers Company, and in 1932 he opened the company's new office in San Francisco. After serving as a major in the air force in Europe during World War II as an executive officer of one of the first Mustang fight groups he returned to Los Angeles. There he managed a Solomon Brothers office, serving the West Coast, Hawaii, and Alaska, until his retirement in 1968. For Dartmouth he served for many years as the West Coast representative of 1926 and was particularly involved in fundraising.
His wife of almost 50 years, Phyrne, died in 1983, but he left two daughters and four grandchildren.
1929
Robert Culver Hazard died of cancer on January 10 at his home in Towson, Md. Bob came from Andover Academy and majored in sociology. He belonged to Alpha Chi Rho, was manager of freshman football, on the interfraternity council, and active in track and the Round Table.
In his business career he was president of several mortgage and construction companies. He founded the Stoneleigh Boys Baseball Teams and was a real force in promoting good sportsmanship throughout his career. After 1966 he conducted a tax service and was active in SCORE.
His wife Catherine died in 1989. He leaves a daughter, a son, and thirteen grand and great-grandchildren.
Henry Joseph Stein died December 26 at Youville Hospital. He came to us from Boston English High School, majored in sociology, belonged to Pi Lamda Phi and Alpha Delta Sigma, and was advertising manager of the Dartmouth Pictorial. He graduated from Harvard Law in 1932.
He practiced law in Boston until 1942, then was chief counsel for the Office of Price Administration in Washington. In 1946 he became a sales and public relations executive for American President Lines Ltd. in Boston.
In 1962 he resumed practice, specializing in real estate and commercial law until he retired last summer. He belonged to the Federal Bar Association, the New Century Club and many other organizations.
He leaves his wife Fay, two daughters, and five grandchildren.
1930
Milton Littlefield Patterson died of cancer on June 16. He was last residing in Rye, N.Y. After holding various positions in sales, Pat had a long career in the travel business and retired in 1981. His first position in this field was with Pan Am in 1940, in Miami, Fla., where he became traffic manager, a position he held until 1955. He then joined Airwork Atlantic Ltd., in New York. In 1961 he joined Getz Travel Agency, opening the San Francisco office of the company. Pat logged more than 500,000 air miles over a 14-year period.
Pat was president of Dartmouth Club of South Florida 1940-1954 and belonged to Dartmouth clubs in Bangkok, Northern California, and Nevada. He was on the board of directors of the Cancer Institute of Miami.
Pat's 1933 marriage to Beatrice Lloyd, by whom he had a daughter, ended in divorce in 1941. In 1942 Pat married Edith Deloriea, who died in 1983. He leaves his brother, Emery Patterson '37.
1931
Joseph Sanger Linz died last year in Dallas, Texas after a long illness. Joe had been vice president of the class, art director of The Players, and a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon. Together with classmate Rog Burrill he composed the score for "Exit Smiling," the Carnival show of our junior year.
During WWII he enlisted as a private and advanced to captain in the Army Air Corps. Joe entered the family jewelry in Dallas, retiring in 1972 to volunteer taping for the blind remedial reading instruction in the Dallas public schools. In the mid 1970s he and wife Liza gave up extensive travel in exchange for flower gardening, books, and the companionship of good friends. He had exhibited his paintings at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts.
The Dallas Times Herald profiled him as an illustrious son of Dallas for his outstanding service to the community. Liza survives him.
1932
James Henry Wakelin Jr. died of cancer on December 21 at his home in Washington, D.C. Jim was a physicist and oceanographer. During navy service in World War II he helped establish the Office of Naval Research, and in 1959 he became the first assistant secretary of the navy for research and development. In 1969 he led President Nixon's task force on oceanography, then became assistant secretary of commerce for science and technology. He was a trustee of the National Geographic Society, board chairman of the Oceanic Foundation in Honolulu, and honorary president of the Marine Technology Society. He headed U.S. delegations on oceanographic research to Copenhagen in 1960 and to Paris in 1961. Meanwhile, Jim established his own consulting firm.
A physics major at Dartmouth and a brother in Zeta Psi, Jim went on to study at Cambridge (master's) and Yale (Ph.D.). Among a number of awards, national and academic, he received the Robert Fletcher award at Thayer School in 1977. He had been a member of the Board of Overseers and chairman of the board. He was co-author of a book on high-speed computing devices.
Jim is survived by his wife, Carol, sons James III, Alan, and David '69, a stepdaughter, a stepson, and 12 grandchildren.
1934
Donald Elbert Legro died December 21 in Wolfeboro, N.H. He came to Dartmouth from Peabody (Mass.) High School and was a member of Delta Upsilon and a Tuck major. He was with Fuller Lumber Cos. in Brighton, Mass., before going to Suffolk Law School and obtaining his LL.B. in 1947.
Don set up law practice in Lexington, Mass., was active in Demolay, was a member of Town Meeting and the Town counsel until retiring in 1973. His wife, Berniece, predeceased him. He is survived by a daughter, a son, two sisters, grandchildren, including Chip Bettencourt '81, and great-grandchildren.
1935
William Blake Clark died suddenly of a heart attack on October 25 at the Exeter (N.H.), Hospital. Bill made his home in Rye, N.H., after retiring from the faculty of Phillips Exeter Academy where he had taught mathematics and coached football, hockey, and baseball. He was a member of the Exeter faculty from 1937-1976.
At Dartmouth Bill was outstanding in football and baseball, serving as captain of the latter in 1935.
Bill is survived by his wife, Helen, three sons, a daughter, and four grandchildren.
Francis Xavier O'Leary of Ramsey, N.J., died on October 5. He had been an engineer with Kaman Aircraft Co., and Pratt and Whitney Cos., both in Connecticut.
Francis served in World War II and the Korean War as an army colonel. He was also an advisor to the New Jersey National Guard.
He is survived by his wife, Nellie, four children, and seven grandchildren.
1940
Calhoun Sterling died on January IS at Falmouth Hospital in Massachusetts after suffering from a stroke. Cal lived much of his life in Greenwich, Conn. He entered Dartmouth from the Hotchkiss School and was a member of Psi Upsilon, Dragon, and the Carcajou Ski Club.
Cal was senior vice president of advertising for the J. Walter Thompson Cos. of New York City before retiring in 1974. He was a collector of art and 18th-century manuscripts.
During WW II he served as a navy fighter pilot, was shot down over the Mediterranean Sea, and received the Distinguished Flying Cross.
He is survived by two daughters.
1941
William Frederick Broer died of pneumonia October 8 in Chesire, Conn., where he had resided since moving from Toledo in 1969. That year Bill capped his research career by assuming the presidency of Property Research of New England.
At Dartmouth Bill majored in democratic institutions, joined Gamma Delta Chi, and was commodore of the Corinthian Yacht Club, co-editor of the The Dartmouth Pictorial, and editor of Dartmouth Out-O-Doors. Wartime service in the Army Air Force followed, and Bill held the rank of major when he commanded the Gaya Station in India in 1945.
Bill's marriage to Judith Jones ended in divorce; two of their three children, Bettina and Peter, survive him, and the late Carlton G. Broer '27 was his brother.
Harry Loyal Broh was known as "Pat" in Huntington, W. V, where he was born in 1919 and lived for most of 71 years until his death on October 22. At Dartmouth Pat was a member of Pi Lambda Phi and worked on Jacko as circulation manager. He served in the Army Air Force in WW 11, then went to work for Coca Cola Botding Company of Huntington, a business founded by his father, and he became the president in due course prior to retirement in 1984.
Pat made his presence felt in his home town, having been a corporate director, temple president, board member of many community organizations, and president of a trade association. His second wife, Dorothy Gold Broh, survives him together with five children, including stepsons Stanley Sclove '62 and David Sclove '67.
James Henry McLellan Jr. succumbed on September 16 to the ravages of cancer of the esophagus. A resident of Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Jim leaves his wife, Catherine, and their three children. A Bostonian by birth, he came to Dartmouth from North Quincy High, following in the footsteps of a cousin, Paul F. Poehler Jr. '30. A member of Tri-Kap, Jim was a cheerleader and the recipient of the Robert Taylor Trophy. After military service in WW II Jim had a career as sales representative and product manager with Bard-Parker Co. Inc. and its parent organization, Becton, Dickinson & Co.
Sanford Denison Palmer Jr. lost a long battle with cancer on November 6 in the Waltham-Weston Hospital of Massachusetts, his home state throughout his life. Weston High School yielded Denny to Dartmouth, and Dartmouth gave him, after graduation, to the U.S. Army Air Corps for four years of active duty followed by service in the reserve until retirement in 1979 as lieutenant colonel. During WW II he flew 35 bombing missions from England as a B-17 pilot with the 452nd Bomb Group of the 8th Air Force. His decorations include the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with four oak leaf clusters.
After the war Denny joined Kidder Peabody, but he left the company in 1948 to work for the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Co. from which he retired as a trust officer in 1981. Survivors include his wife of 48 years, Elise, and four children. Three cousins also attended Dartmouth.
1943
John Lyell Earle died November 6 after a brief illness in the Eisenhower Hospital, Rancho Mirage, Calif. He entered Dartmouth from the Westover School, was a member of the DOC, Natural History Club, Players, varsity soccer, the squash team, and Gamma Delta Chi.
John was with the AFS during WW II and served in Africa and Europe. He established his own wholesale clothing business in California and retired a few years ago.
He is survived by his wife, Georgia, and son Jeff.
1947
David W. Wilcox of Durham, N.H., died suddenly November 13. He grew up in Woburn, Mass, and served in the navy in World War II prior to graduation with his class at Dartmouth.
David retired in 1984 from New England Telephone, where he was district employment manager. He served as a volunteer for New Hampshire Career Counseling and belonged to the Great Bay Athletic Club in Newmarket and a tennis club in Tewksbury, Mass.
He and his family resided in Andover, Mass. He is survived by Phyllis, his wife of 41 years, a son, a daughter, two grandsons, his mother, and a brother.
1949
Richard Joseph Desmond died in November in Palos Verdes, Calif., of an unknown cause. Dick came to Dartmouth from Vermont Academy and was goalie of the hockey team. The years he was on the team were great ones for Dartmouth hockey, and in his senior year, when he was captain, the team won the Ivy League Championship. He also lettered in baseball, was a member of Dragon , and majored in history.
MVP on the 1950 U.S. World Cup hockey team and starting goalie on the silver medalwinning '52 Olympic team, Dick was inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in 1988.
He became a Regional Sales Manager for avondale Mills and most recently was with lonada Bay Sportswear. Last year he traveled from California to attend the Wearer of the Green Dinner in Boston.
He is survived by his wife, Meredith, and three sons.
Charles A Yardley died of pneumonia in Glover Memorial Hospital in November. Charlie was a member of the band and the Handel Society at Dartmouth and graduated Phi Beta Kappa in Math.
He joined New England Mutual Life Insurance Company at the home office in Boston and became a vice president and actuary.
He developed multiple sclerosis, which limited his mobility, but nevertheless he was active in many activities on behalf of his town, needham, Mass. He is survived by his wife, Barbara, his first wife Phyllis, four children, and six step-children.
1950
Calvin G. Bauer died November 3 of a heart attack while playing tennis. He graduated from Highland (Ill.) Park High School and served in the navy For 23 months during World War II. He received his M.B.A. from Tuck School in 1951. During his 30 years with the accounting firm of Arthur Anderson and Co. he pioneered ventures in Dallas, Chicago, and Geneva, Switzerland, retiring as a senior partner.
A lifelong Outdoorsman and sportsman, he and KakI moved to durango, Colo., where he became a great booster of the city. He was a teacher at Fort Lewis, a board member at Mercy Medical center, an officer of the Four Corners Opera Association, and a bass for the durango.
At Dartmouth he played J.V football, and was a member of Gamma upsilon. He leaves Kaki, three sons, a daughter, a brother, and four grandchildren.
1958
Stuart Karl Gord died after a lengthy illness on December 14 in Radnor, Penn. As an undergraduate Stuart was active in the DOC, The Dartmouth, Green Key, and Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
After earning his M.B A. from the Harvard Business School he began his career in corporate finance with Parke, David & Co. After working for General Mills in Minneapolis and Baxter Laboratories in Chicago, he moved to the Philadelphia area in 1977 to become financial vice president of the AVC Corp. Later he became executive vice president for ETL services. He retired in 1988.
Stuart served as a deacon and member of the board of trustees for the Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church as well as the Radnor High School Scholarship Committee.
He is survived by his wife, Barbara, and three children including Kathryn '86.
1973
Jonathan Schweitz died November 21 of complications from AIDS. John came to Dartmouth from Fairfax, Va., and studied religion and creative writing. He took time off to study at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Upon graduation Jon became director of the Dartmouth Hillel, during which time the first Hillel house with a kosher kitchen was established. He later did graduate work at the University of Wisconsin and University of New Mexico.
Jon had a variety of occupations. He ran a publishing company and designed commercial window displays in Madison, Wis.; worked as a plumber and electrician; and became a glass painter and muralist in Albuquerque, N.M. His murals still grace public buildings and private homes. Most recently, Jon operated an antique clothing store, Mommy's Dearest, in Albuquerque's Old Town district.
Jon faced death with strength and humor. Though debilitated by AIDS, he insisted on voting in person in the November election. Not ashamed of who he was nor or the disease which took his life, he hoped that others would gain the courage from his life and death.
Jon is survived by his companion, Bo Caudill, his parents, Robert and Joan Schweitz, and a sister.
Andy Krakoff'74
1982
Daniel Bosworth Lapham died December 28 of respiratory failure from pneumonia he contracted while receiving treatments for brain cancer. Dan lived in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he taught physics at the Packer Collegiate Institute for four years. Dan was developing a software program to teach the principles of physics to high school students.
Dan graduated from Dartmouth cum laude with distinction in physics and went on to earn a master's in physics from Johns Hopkins. At Dartmouth Dan played trombone in the marching band and the Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra and was also a member of the Glee Club.
Dan is survived by his parents, Byron and Joan Lapham of Greenwich, N.Y., and his brothers Tom, John, and Mike '84.
1986
Jonathan Belden Daniels died in a mountain climbing accident December 9. Ever a vigorous outdoorsman, Jon was leading a small expedition in the Tatra Mountains in Poland when an avalanche struck.
A summa cum laude graduate, Jon had a driving ambition to experience the world and change it for the better. He walked away from a promising and lucrative career on Wall Street in order to find a more personally satisfying way to contribute to the world. After a journey which brought him to many parts of the globe, including India, Thailand and Eastern Europe, he settled in Poland in order to help shape the massive changes occuring there. While there he worked with the Warsaw Task Force for Company Assistance, a joint venture between the Polish government and North American corporations which helps Polish businesses transition to private ownership and a free market environment.
1993
Peter A. McKernan a sophomore at Dartmouth, died January 23 at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center as a result of complications following cardiac arrest. He was stricken January 14 during an informal practice session of the baseball team, of which he was a member.
He was a graduate of St. Mark's School in Southborough, Mass., where he played varsity soccer and baseball. He spent a postgraduate year at Kents Hill School in Maine.
He played American Legion baseball for Veterans Memorial Post No. 205 in Augusta during the summers, 1987-1989, taught teams for the Augusta Recreation Department, and taught at the New Sport Experience Camp at Kents Hill School during the past two summers.
At Dartmouth, he had recently pledged to Beta Theta Pi fraternity.
He is survived by his mother, Judith F. Vigue, his father, Maine Governor John R. McKernan '70, his stepmother, Congresswoman Olympia J. Snowe, his stepfather, Timothy Vigue; two grandmothers, four aunts, four uncles and seven cousins.
Faculty
Bernard W. McLane associate director of Grants and Contracts and adjunct associate professor of history, died December 8 at age 42 following an accident at his home in Hanover.
McLane had worked at Dartmouth since 1988. Previously, he had been on the faculty and staff of the University of Rochester since 1980, serving as an associate professor of history and in the Grant and Contract Accounting office.
He taught Irish history at both Rochester and Dartmouth. He also authored a number of scholarly publications. He had held grants or fellowships from the American Bar Foundation, the American Philosophical Society and the Guggenheim Foundation.
He was a graduate of the Aquinas Institute in Rochester ; the State University of New York at Brockport, where he received a B.A. in history (summa cum laude); and the University of Rochester, where he received master's and doctoral degrees in history. He was a captain in a U.S. Marine Corps Reserve special unit for historians.
He is survived by his wife, Patricia, a daughter, and his father.
