Albert H. Cass Jr.  (1/15/74) - Bach and the Dance of God

Reflections by Jim Blair

Buck Cass came to Dartmouth from Essex Junction, Vermont, where he had been valedictorian of his high school class. At Dartmouth, he was active in the Ski Patrol and Alpha Theta. His roommates in our class included Nick King, David DeWilde, Bob Aiken, Pete Ambrose and Manuel Buchwald. He joined Bob and me our Sophomore year and I roomed with him in various combinations for the rest of our time at Dartmouth. He was an extremely able student, but most of the time did not let that get in the way of having a good time when that was what was needed. His loyalty to his friends who were not so gifted was intense; he had a great gift for making the rest of us feel smarter than we had any right to be.  Our last year his interest in skiing morphed into xc skiing to which he lured me, previously not a skier, and we became two of the approximately six people in Hanover not on the ski team who possessed and used XC skiis.

He was always destined to be a biology major, and was accepted as a Senior Fellow going into our last year. However, he realized that his background in basic science was, like many bio majors, rather limited so he withdrew from his Senior Fellowship program to take basic math and physics courses. They were more challenging than he had expected, but in the end helped his admission into the molecular biology  Ph. D. program at the Rockefeller Institute (now Rockefeller University) in New York City, and didn’t prevent his admission to Phi Beta Kappa and graduation cum laude.

While at Rockefeller, he married Louise Emmons, a student at Sarah Lawrence College.  He became fascinated with rock climbing and organized two expeditions to the Brooks Range in north central Alaska,  a wilderness of unclimbed peaks. His Ph. D thesis was on membrane actions at the molecular level and he received his degree in 1969. Not long after, his marriage broke up, leaving a cloud of unresolved issues which never totally dissipated. In 1970 and 1971 he held a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. While there he revived his piano playing, in remission since early high school days.  Despite the absence of serious snow in Denmark, he organized his  use of the overnight ferries between Copenhagen and Oslo so as to spend significant time on XC skis in Norway, certainly then the ultimate dream of  XC skiers.

He returned to the US in 1972 and another post-doctoral fellowship at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. During the 1972-3 academic year, after my own first marriage had ended, we shared a house in Westchester County, which served as a base for many notable joint weekend expeditions to points north. Buck left the Einstein to take a tenure track position in the Dartmouth Biology Department in Fall, 1973.  In January, 1974 he succumbed to unbearable and unimaginable depression and took his own life.

In his honor, and to celebrate his ability to maintain a scholarly life in several widely separated locales, many friends and classmates helped create the Albert Cass  Traveling Fellowship.  Since 1975 it has provided a stipend annually to a student at Dartmouth, Rockefeller, The Albert Einstein School of Medicine or the University of Copenhagen  to travel abroad for  short term research projects related to their ongoing pursuits.
He was survived by his parents and by a sister, Joan, and two brothers, David and Alan.

While I did not fully appreciate it at the time, my ongoing life with Buck and my integration into his family in Essex Junction were at the center of my experience at Dartmouth. Of course it had many other major threads but they all seemed to revolve around  Buck and his family.   We continued to be close friends until his death, and I remain on close terms with his surviving family.  On a daily basis, I think of him and regret his very untimely loss.

Richard P. Centracchio (5/13/2015) - Turner's Sketchbooks

Reflections of classmates

Tom Ackland: Richard has been one of my dearest friends for over 55 years. Many stories, many laughs, many road trips, and a friendship that I cherished dearly. My wife and I have loved being part of Richard and Noreen's lives and our shared memories will always be with us in our hearts. He will be greatly missed but always remembered.

Jim Godsman: Richard was a classmate and fraternity brother at Dartmouth and, more importantly, a good friend. Betsy and I will miss Richard and our hearts go out to Noreen..We have had a lot of good times together. The Phi's from Hanover have lost one of the world's good guys!!!

 John E. Clark (02-20-2020) - The New Systems Reader: Alternatives to a Failed Economy

John E. Clark, Jr. passed away early on February 20, 2020 at the age of 79, after an extended illness. He was born December 18, 1940 to John and Elizabeth (Sigley) Clark. John, known as “Dick” within his extended family, was an Eagle Scout, Ridgewood High Class of 1958, and a distinguished member of the Dartmouth College Class of 1962. During an undergraduate sabbatical, he found himself in Germany with Army intelligence during the Cuban Missile Crisis. After Dartmouth and armed with a Wharton M.B.A., a career in the insurance industry eventually led him back to working with his father in Ridgewood. There, he dove headfirst into his community, serving first as an EMT and eventually winning election to the Ridgewood village council.

A lifelong Republican and card-carrying member of the ACLU, he was equally comfortable praising conservative politics and decrying class injustice. Never one to slow down, in his 50s John pursued a Ph.D. in history at Princeton. Ever the student of American history, he became a leading authority on the subject of rail logistics in Grant’s Chattanooga campaign, and he spent a quarter century crafting a box of letters home from the war into a combat surgeon’s personal history of China in World War II. Stepping aside from his business career, in 2000 he began teaching high school history at Garrett Morgan Academy in Paterson, where he mentored inner-city kids while struggling against school politics.

He was always fond of the outdoors, having climbed all 48 of New Hampshire’s 4,000-footers, section-hiked the entire length of the Appalachian Trail, and dived with sharks in the Caribbean. His non-biological family, of course, was Dartmouth College. John served for many years in various roles on the Alumni Council, interviewing and mentoring prospective students, and working tirelessly for the Class of 1962. He was honored with the Dartmouth Alumni Award in 1988, and he will be sorely missed.

John is survived by his sister Sally and her husband David Sloop, of Raleigh, NC; daughter Elizabeth and her husband Ralph Fariello of Montville, NJ; son Tom and his wife Jamie of Fanwood, NJ; son Rob and partner Julia Brice of Hudson, MA; his closest nephew John Friberg of Fairlawn, NJ; as well as his grandchildren Dan, Natalie, and Caroline Fariello, and de facto grandchildren Alex and Megan Sankovich of Hebron, CT and great grandchildren Jack and Archer Sankovich. He was predeceased by his great love, Norma-Jean (Wetherbee), his older sister Barbara Friberg, and his younger brother William. 

John Walters made this eulogy at John's memorial service

It’s an honor to be here, to reflect on the legacy of John Clark.  While you will hear testimonials about John’s extraordinary commitment to his family from his sons, I’d like to set the stage by focusing on John’s contributions to his other “family”, for which he expressed so much passion and love: the Dartmouth College Class of 1962.

I joined John in the fall of 1958 as newly-scrubbed Dartmouth freshmen, clueless as to who we were or why we were there.  I had only a passing connection with John that year – in fact, I remember him only as Dick Clark, a nickname supposedly based on the popular TV Disk Jockey.  Like many classmates who struggled through our first year, John was “convinced” by our beloved Dean, Thaddeus Seymour, that the Army needed him more than Dartmouth, and he took an extended sabbatical, returning only after our Class had graduated.  As a result, he was not initially involved in our alumni activities.  But not for long.

By our 10^th Reunion in 1972, John had become very active with fundraising, alumni interviewing, club activities, etc.  He was passionate about making our Class a leader in alumni giving, so we elected him Head Agent, in charge of all our fundraising efforts.  At that time our Class had not distinguished itself in the eyes of the alumni body, but John quickly changed that perception.

One of his really clever strategies was to reach out to classmates through our 24 campus fraternities, which covered 70% of our Class.  This did not include John, by the way, who fortunately outgrew any infamous Animal House-type behavior while serving in Europe as an Army intelligence analyst.  However, his concept of focusing on fraternities, through a huge network of class agents recruited by him, was a major success, and our alumni giving rate soared above the classes around us, winning John recognition year after year.

After serving as Head Agent, John was elected Class President, and subsequently was appointed to the College Alumni Council.  During his Council tenure, he gained the respect and affection from all who served with him, based on his energy and great insight. 

As you know, John had a successful family insurance business here in Ridgewood, and throughout his career remained very active in local civic affairs - YMCA President, Rotary President, Village Council, etc.  At the same time, he had a burning curiosity which grew out of his history background at Dartmouth, especially with respect to the Civil War.  In our 25^th Reunion book, in 1987, John wrote:

“I love history more than I did as a student.  There is so much I want to learn; my intellectual interest has never been so strong.  My ability to indulge it is limited by the demands of work, family life and community involvement, but it’s there, not so patiently waiting.”

Well, his patience finally ran out, and he went on to study History at Princeton, earning a PhD in 1997.  His faculty mentor was James McPherson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Civil War historian.  Word has it that Professor McPherson gained more insight from this 56-year old graduate student - than John learned from his Professor.  Sounds like Clark!  After receiving his PhD, he sold his business and launched a new career, teaching World and American History in the Paterson schools.  Teaching became a passion for him, and I’d like to think it all started at Dartmouth.

By the way, pursuing a PhD while running a business did not keep John from another one of his passions: hiking the Appalachian Trail from Maine to Georgia, a multi-year project.  He said hiking helped him to relax and think.  Brief digression: in 1997, while living in Atlanta, Nancy and I got an unexpected call from John, who was in the area, hiking the last section of the Trail.  We picked him up, brought him home, insisted that he immediately take a hot shower, then went out for a relaxing and story-filled dinner.  Three months later he defended his dissertation and was awarded his PhD.  Looks like all that hiking and thinking paid off.  

Throughout this period, John continued his work for Dartmouth.  He was President of the Dartmouth Club of Northern NJ, and for many years served as its Enrollment Director, coordinating student interviews. 

To be interviewed - actually interrogated - by John could be a terrifying experience for 17-year old HS seniors, but John wanted to make sure they understood the high expectations Dartmouth had for its students.  He eventually got them to relax, and invariably won their hearts and minds by the end of the interview – and sold them on Dartmouth, of course.

Everyone seemed to know John, by the way.  When meeting someone who turned out to be a Dartmouth grad, he or she would ask me “What Class were you?”  When I answered “1962”, the reply quite often would be “Oh, do you know John Clark?”  He was famous! 

Another major initiative for John was his ongoing and tireless service on our Class’ Faculty Fellowship Committee, which had oversight of an annual stipend awarded to a junior faculty member, funding a semester-long sabbatical. This endowment has earned enormous respect from the College, and John played a major role on that long-standing Committee.

Saving the best for last:  Since 1954 the Dartmouth Alumni Council has bestowed its highest honor - the Dartmouth College Alumni Award – annually upon a small handful of alumni (4-5) who have demonstrated exceptional long-term service to Dartmouth, as well as local civic organizations, in addition to career accomplishments.  In 1989 John – quite fittingly - became the first member of the Class of 1962 to receive that award. 

John Clark set a very high bar for all of us.  He left a giant footprint on his Class, as well as the College he loved so much, for which we will be eternally grateful.  Thank you, Brother John, and rest in peace.

 Sandy Apgar's remembrance, also delivered at the memorial service

Greetings to all Dartmouth '62s here and to John’s many Friends: 

First, our warmest condolences and good wishes to Elizabeth and your brothers, and sincerest thanks to you and the entire Clark Family for hosting us today.

This sanctuary has great personal meaning, for I was raised on Clinton Avenue, just six streets from here, and passed by this site every day on my way to George Washington School – but I've not returned in 62 years.

I first met John in our sophomore year at Ridgewood High School before transferring to Blair for the following two years. John and I had three other “roots" beyond Ridgewood.  Fast forward to 1958 and our freshman year at Dartmouth. Because of our mutual roots, we carried the Ridgewood flag to the Big Green along with Billy Marx and Josh Rich. 

John was one of the most dedicated people I've ever met. His commitment to Dartmouth had few peers, and even in our extraordinarily loyal class, no one was more so. John held every important office the Class and College could bestow, from Class President to Head Agent to Alumni Councilor, and many other roles without titles where his enthusiasm and impact have been everlasting. He received the College's highest accolade, the Alumni Award, for his exceptional service and accomplishments.

When John was preparing to leave Dartmouth and join the Army, he asked why I had joined Army ROTC. Even then, his future interest as an historian was clear, as we shared the joy of learning in Lew Stilwell’s riveting “Battle-a-Day” course in military history.

We connected again at Princeton, circa 2001, where our son and daughter were enrolled in the same class and I was teaching a course on American Entrepreneurship at the Woodrow Wilson School under the distinguished historian, Professor Sean Wilentz, a colleague of John's mentor, Professor James McPherson. John, the scholar, helped me to identify seminal readings on leadership and private enterprise that I went on to assign.

Return to Dartmouth and our Class gift at the 20th Reunion where John helped Dan Tompkins, Gary Spiess, and me to fashion the Class of '62 Faculty Fellowship, and, especially important, the unique role we played as an alumni team in the selection of Fellows. With his uncanny knack for appropriate language and his respect for the institution’s values, John helped us navigate the administrative halls of Parkhurst and others on campus to forge, and help to lead, a pioneering process which stands today as a unique alumni testament in which John’s deep love for the institution and for our class shone brightly. 

On a closing note, John's relaxed, informed, often wry, good humor came through in myriad, often unexpected, ways. At the luncheon held at Fort McNair after my Confirmation Hearing, he inspected the centerpieces on every table, which the Army's Center for Military History had assembled from their collections of wartime memorabilia. Unbeknownst to me at the time, he detected a discrepancy among the centerpieces and exchanged one Civil War-era boot on one table for a World War One model on another, so that the objects on both tables would be true to their historical facts. And as the Toasts began, John, the arch-Reagan-Republican, raised his glass, asked everyone to bow their heads, upstaging the Army Chaplain as if he were to offer the invocation, and intoned in his rich baritone, "we offer our deepest sympathies to newly-confirmed Secretary Apgar for his willingness to serve in a Democratic Administration, and pray that he will do all he can to preserve the Republic(an)." It was a 'Saturday Night Live' moment we'll never forget!

John, we honor you and we miss you. May you Rest In Peace after a life so very well lived and a model for us all.

John Schiffman writes:

He was a wonderful person and a real son of Dartmouth. He never had a “ bad day” in his life. No matter  what was occurring John had his upbeat attitude and positive perspective. John loved and the AT ( “ Appalachian trail”) and hiked many of its trails. I will always remember meeting John , Jerry Pfeiffer( D 61) and Mark Schiffman for dinner on the AT. It was a warm spring day. Jill and I drove up to Orford to meet the three of them for dinner. All I can remember is that John was a happy hiker. it was just before a reunion, so his plan was to hike into Hanover from the north. Most of all I will miss his mentoring, guidance  and help with the Dartmouth Alumni work. His institutional memory, wisdom and advice was always very welcome and helpful. John was a good friend, I never spent enough time with him , distance was the factor. He will be missed by his family and the entire Dartmouth community.

Gary Spiess remembers:

Ive been touched many times by John’s unquenchable enthusiasm for everything. Early on, John lived in Marblehead and we shared some common interests. Once I got into a touch football game with John on the other team and he played with more enthusiasm than some intercollegiate guys I played against.  As Dan and Sandy can testify, His involvement in the ’62 Fellowship which I followed closely, was dedicated and effective, Finally on  our recent class trip down the Mississippi, We knew he was very ill, he was hospitalized en route, but then returned to be with the class at trips’ end. He simply would not be denied.As with many other classmates, I shall miss him badly.

He was one of the most dedicated members of the class, to the class. He was a close friend of mine on different levels, even though we did not know each other well at Dartmouth. Many of us knew how very sick he was, because we were with him when he was sick, but how insistent he was to be with us at the mini and even in April. He was planning to join us for 2 days in Austin prior to San Antonio!. He was a special guy and our collective loss is huge.

John and I (with Bill Marx and Josh Rich) hailed from the same New Jersey town (Ridgewood), bonded first through shared interests in military history and culture, then through his deep love of Dartmouth, later his thoughtful guidance in organizing the first 62 Fellowship Committee, and in following years, so many issues that the College, our nation, and all of us have faced. 

 For many years, John would come up to Dowd's a day early, Nancy and I along with a '64. Dan Muchinsky and his lady, Mary would all meet and have dinner at Stella's restaurant next door.  These were the years that he was with Leda, and all or us shared a passionate love for History.  We usually closed Stells'a up staying far later than we shoulda, after to long drive up.

Nancy told me to tell everyone how grateful she was for John's encouragement before she spoke on the history of Cinclare Plantation. Dan, David, et. al. I cannot tell you what a blow this announcement was to me this morning.  While still on the Vineyard, we are shortly returning to Indiana where I grew up.  This will, of course, take me much further away from my classmates and the minis.  Like John, my feelings towards all of you in the class (yes, that includes the ladies) are immense.  Medical care when needed, incredible caring, sliding down an icy hill on the golf course with Gordie McKean and his boys (the Scot in me still says it should be spelled "McEwen" … same ilk divided by the Irish Sea.  All of this is the stuff of cherished memories.

I remember calling John after his late wife passed.  I'll never forget trading books back and forth.  I'll miss the late night conversations. Having just passed 80, I'm reminded of how precious life can be. To John (I know where you are after helping literally hundreds of inner city kids find their was to a productive life), you will live in the hearts of both Nancy and I forever! God speed, and pray for us as we try to save our republic.  Franklin certainly was priescent!

We were saddened to learn of the death of our classmate, William Harold Climo, Jr., of Sun City, Hilton Head, South Carolina, on June 12, 2009, at the Hilton Head Hospital.

Although he was born in Winthrop, Massachusetts, Bill travelled extensively during his lifetime, residing in Oklahoma, North Carolina, California, Maryland, Hawaii, Virginia, and Colorado prior to moving to the Hilton Head area in 2005. After graduating from Wakefield (Massachusetts) High School, Bill attended Dartmouth, where he majored in economics, was a brother of Chi Phi fraternity, played ice hockey, was an avid skier and golfer, and for four years was actively involved in NROTC. He was also active in the Newman Club for all four years.

Following Dartmouth, Bill received a Master's degree in management systems from the University of Southern California. During his career in the military Bill served several tours of duty in Vietnam and rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Marine Corps. He is interred at Quantico National Cemetery in Triangle, Virginia. Bill is survived by his wife Tina; brothers Donald and James; children Michael, Brian, Kevin, and Katherine; stepchildren Kevin and Joe; and seven grandchildren.

Ralph E. Coccoluto (03/24/2023) -  Lee Miller, Man Ray: Fashion · Love · War

Ralph E. Coccoluto, MD, a long time resident and psychiatrist in Western Massachusetts, died peacefully at his home in Brunswick Maine on March 24, 2023. Born in Woburn on October 13, 1940, the son of the late Peter and Mary (DuRocher) Coccoluto, Ralph graduated from Dartmouth College and Boston University School of Medicine before serving his two years as psychiatrist and Captain in the US Air Force. He pursued his medical career with residencies in Philadelphia Pennsylvania and the Institute of Living in Hartford, Connecticut. Subsequently Ralph lived and practiced a long and resected career in western Massachusetts.

Wise, generous, curious, and witty, Ralph was patient and kind, cared about people, and took the time to listen without judgement. He loved life and in turn was loved by all: family, friends, and colleagues alike. He remained totally dedicated to his large and devoted family. Ralph leaves his loving wife Karen, and children: Ralph, Nicole, Cindy, Christopher, Devon, and Justin, as well as his former wife and mother of his children, Diana Day Coccoluto.

John G. Coe (12/07/2021) - Sven Jacobsen: Like Birds

John attended Stony Brook School in NY and like his father Willis Gleed Coe, attended Dartmouth College where he earned a Liberal Arts degree as a music major. John was a lifelong musician participating in musical theater, various bands, and choruses notably the River City Mixed Chorus, Omaha Nebraska which he helped found. He played piano, sang and composed original music for children’s theater, choruses, and his friend and family. His music has been a joy and inspiration to all who experienced it.

Michael W. Coffield  (03/27/07) - Kindred Spirits: Asher B. Durand and the American Landscape

We were saddened to learn of the death of our classmate, Mike Coffield on March 27, 2007.

Mike is survived by his wife of 45 years, Heath and daughters Katherine ("Kate") Aiello of Ft. Collins, CO and Heather Barefield of Chicago, IL; sisters Carolyn Barrett and Katherine ("Kitty") Courtney; brother James and three grandsons. We extend to them our heartfelt condolences. 

A prominent Chicago trial lawyer died of an apparent heart attack Tuesday while sitting at his desk in a Loop office building. Michael Coffield, 67, of Michael W. Coffield & Associates P.C., was a founding partner of Coffield & Ungaretti in 1974. He represented clients such as state Sen. Antonio Munoz and the estate of a former chairman of Hoover Vacuum Co. Mr. Coffield died at his office, at 77 W. Wacker Drive, shortly after having lunch at Erie Café with Richard Ungaretti, the co-founder of Mr. Coffield¹s firm. "We had lunch (Tuesday) and he looked like a million bucks," said Mr. Ungaretti, now a partner at Ungaretti & Harris LLP. When he received a call at 4:30 a.m. from a mutual friend who told him of Mr. Coffield's death, Mr. Ungaretti "couldn¹t believe it," he said. "He was a terrific guy, generous to a fault," Mr. Ungaretti said. "He loved to live life to the fullest."

A self-described "Kennedy liberal" who was born in Evanston in 1940, Mr. Coffield received his undergraduate degree in English from Dartmouth College in 1962 and a law degree from the University of Michigan in 1967. He was married with two daughters and three grandsons, according to LeadingLawyers.com.

Mr. Coffield joined Kirkland & Ellis LLP in 1967 but left the firm to start a practice with Mr. Ungaretti. He remained for 20 years before he launched Michael W. Coffield & Associates. In a 2002 interview with Crain's, Mr. Coffield said he'd take nearly any kind of case. "Do you want to call five different guys if you have five problems with your house? No, you'd rather call one guy. I function the same way, as a lawyer," he said in the interview. "People are comforted by the fact they can bring almost any problem they have to me and I will take care of it. I may have to recruit another lawyer for help, but I orchestrate the whole case."

Donald Kempf, a former partner at Kirkland who had known Mr. Coffield since 1965, described him as "a great lawyer and a better human being." Mr. Kempf said his three sons were very close with Mr. Coffield. Mr. Coffield died while "sending a nice message to his friends" via e-mail, Mr. Kempf said.

Edward M. Cohen (3/9/2018) - Solid State Insurrection: How the Science of Substance Made American Physics Matter

Edward M. Cohen, passed away on March 9, 2018, in San Francisco, CA, where he practiced cardiology for many years. We have no further information about him. If you have access to an obituary or other relevant details, please contact the webmaster.

Basil G. Condos (8/22/13) - Progressive Inequality:  Rich and Poor in New York, 1890-1920

Basil was born on November 1, 1940 and passed away on Thursday, August 22, 2013. He was a resident of Chevy Chase, Maryland. We have no further information on this Classmate. If you have access to an obituary or other relevant details, please contact the webmaster.

James F. Connaughton  (12/23/06) - Colored in the New Year's Light: Japanese Surimono

James F. Connaughton passed away in Lewes, Delaware on December 23, 2006. At Dartmouth, Jim majored in biology and was a brother of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Following graduation, he attended Indiana University Medical School and went on to complete his residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Pennsylvania, where he also taught as an Assistant Professor of Medicine. Jim served in the United States Navy in 1968 and 1969, including a tour at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Danang, Viet Nam. In 1976, he went into private practice in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, where he lived until his retirement.He is survived by his partner, Curtis Gillis; his two brothers, Thomas Connaughton of Alexandria, Virginia, and Stephen Connaughton of Wilmette, Illinois; and his sister, Jane Allen, of Kenilworth, Illinois.

 Frederick W. Cook (04/04/2018) - Broadway: A History of New York City in Thirteen Miles

Frederick W. Cook, 77, died peacefully at home in Cortlandt Manor, NY on April 4, 2018, surrounded by his family. Fred was an enthusiastic husband, father and grandfather, an ambitious and lauded entrepreneur, a talented and prolific gardener, and a passionate hiker and dessert-eater.

Born on December 15, 1940 in Philadelphia, PA to Althea Fellows Cook and Frederic Thomas Cook, Fred was named for his grandfather, Frederic William Cook, a superintendent of schools in Plainfield, NJ. A proud Eagle Scout raised in Syracuse, NY, Fred attended Dartmouth College on an NROTC scholarship, graduated with a love of lacrosse and many friends, and served four years as an infantry officer in the Marine Corps. In 1966 he joined Philadelphia-based Towers, Perrin, Forster & Crosby (TPF&C) a company that provided insurance, employee benefits and compensation consulting. After seven years at TPF&C and with his wife and three small children, Fred established his own firm, Frederic W. Cook & Company, with executive compensation consulting as its sole focus. By the time he retired in 2013 the firm had grown to have over 80 employees in seven offices and has advised many of the largest and most successful businesses in the world. The firm's market share of the Fortune 1000 and S&P 500 is unmatched.

From the very beginning, it was Fred's plan to create a company that would succeed him, not by selling it to a larger firm, but through recruiting people who would want to take leadership and maintain independence because they could not imagine any better place to work, would be well paid for their efforts, and because they owned and ran the firm. His passion was getting people to think about what was meaningful to them, and then developing structures and incentives to motivate them towards achieving a vision that benefited future generations. Fred was known as an innovator and an industry leader. He was a champion of women in the workforce, adopting job sharing and remote working arrangements in his company. He was an early advocate and creative mind on the topic of executive and manager stock ownership, on the belief that having "skin in the game" with investors would drive long-term performance. His contributions have been recognized with an Honorary Life Membership in the American Compensation Association (now World at Work), as a Fellow in the National Academy of Human Resources and with a World at Work Keystone Award.

In addition to his business accomplishments, Fred was a member of the Defense Department's Business Board from 2002 to 2013, and an avid Board Member of the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival from 2013 to 2018. Fred had a lifelong passion for the outdoors and physical fitness, completing many marathons without once training on a treadmill, and climbing the 46 High Peaks in New York State's Adirondack Mountains. He climbed many of those peaks multiple times, in both summer and winter. He particularly loved introducing his family and friends to the Adirondacks he loved so much, with large family reunions, college reunions, hikes to swimming holes, outdoor hot tub soaks, and trips with his granddaughters up some of those same High Peaks. In life as in business, he loved to create traditions and share his passions. Fred is survived by his beloved wife of 54 years Sara Jasper Cook, his three daughters and their spouses, Laura Booth (John), Elizabeth Mastro (Louis) and Jennifer Wright Cook (Chris Oden), three grandchildren, Julia Jasper Booth, Aimee Fellows Booth and Miranda Matoska Cook Oden, three siblings, John Cook, Darryl McLean and Sue Hoople, and a thriving extended family of cousins, nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. He will be deeply missed by his family and friends.

Peter W. Cooney  (1/28/65) - Jungles

Peter West Cooney died January 28, 1965, in Newburgh, N. Y., after a long and severe illness. He came to Dartmouth from Littleton, N.H.  by way of K.U.A. While at Dartmouth he was president of Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity and a member of Sphinx.

After spending his senior year at Tuck School, he was employed by Filene's of Boston.  In February of 1963 he entered a training program with Union Mutual Insurance Company, upon completion of which he was assigned first to their Boston office and then to one in Los Angeles. 

Peter was an avid skier and golfer and was, in fact, proficient in nearly all athletic diversions.  His enthusiasm, dynamic personality, and deep personal integrity won for him the high respect, but more importantly, the strong friendship of those who were fortunate enough to know him. 

His wife, Nancy, and son, David, are living with her parents, the Naumers, on River Rd., Newburgh.  To them, and to Peter's mother and sister, are extended our most sincere sympathies. They are not alone in their sorrow. 

Nicole Cormen (8/19/2015) - Monet, Gauguin, Van Gogh: Japanese Inspirations

Nicole S. Cormen of Lebanon, and adopted class member and wife of Tom Cormen (also adopted by our class) passed away on the morning of August 19, 2015 after a 17-month-long battle with an aggressive endometrial cancer. Nicole was born on December 2, 1956 in Glen Cove, New York to Paul and Colette Sage, who currently reside in West Lebanon. In 1978, she received an A.B. degree from Princeton University with an independent concentration in Linguistics, and she received an M.A. degree in Applied Linguistics with a TESOL concentration from San Jose State University in 1983. In 1980, she married Tom Cormen. Nicole and Tom came to the Upper Valley in 1992, moving to Lebanon a year later. Nicole became intimately involved in Lebanon civic affairs starting in 1996, serving first on the Planning Board and later on the Conservation Commission, eventually chairing each. In 2008, she was elected to the first of her four terms on the Lebanon City Council, and she served as the Council's representative to the Planning Board for six years. Her ongoing health problems forced Nicole to resign from the City Council in March 2015.

Nicole was honored with the Allen and Nan King Award for Community Service and as Lebanon Citizen of the Year.Nicole had a deep love for the natural world, and much of her public service reflected this passion. On the boards and Council, she always stood to preserve the natural beauty of Lebanon and the Upper Valley, knowing that the quality of life in the region relies on preserving our natural spaces. Nicole loved to get out into nature with her husband and her friends, whether hiking, paddling, skiing, skating, snowshoeing, or biking. She was highly knowledgeable about the plants and animals to be found around us. She is survived by her husband, Tom; her parents, Paul and Colette Sage; her sister and brother-in-law, Monique and Tony Pecora of Ashland, VA; her brother, Dan Sage of Shelton, CT; her father-in-law, Perry Cormen of Delray Beach, FL; her sister-in-law, Jane Maslin of Great Neck, NY; and several nieces and nephews. At the family's request, in lieu of flowers, please donate to the Upper Valley Land Trust in Nicole's name. 

 James K. Cowen (05/13/15)

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John Robertson Cox, A.I.A.  (11/28/13) - Nature and Culture: The Art of Joel Babb

John Robertson "Robbi" Cox , of Westtown died November 28, 2013. As an American Institute of Architects ( AIA ) member in Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey and Georgia, he enjoyed a long distinguished career first designing corporate headquarters and educational facilities, later adding specialized computer operations buildings, conversions of industrial age buildings and numerous golf club projects to his list of accomplishments.

Robbi was born in Janesville, Wisconsin, but grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio. He graduated cum laude from Dartmouth. In 1967 he earned the Master of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania, graduating with Highest Honors and received the Paul Cret AIA Medal for Design Excellence from 1962-1964. He served on many architectural review boards as well as the boards of professional organizations including Pennsylvania Society of Architects.  He was a Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow. From 1976-1984 Robbi was a Partner/Studio Director with Kling Lindquist Partnership, and later Principal/Director with Curtis, Cox, Kennerly from 1984-1992. Both firms were headquartered in Philadelphia. He then joined Moeckel Carbonell Associates as Principal/Director of Design from 1992-2002. From 2002-2009 Robbi was a principal with Blackney Hayes. He retired from Blackney Hayes in 2009 whereupon he established his consulting practice as Architect for the Masters Studio. He then had the immense good fortune to be responsible for the planning and design projects of some of America's most prestigious golf and country clubs.  Robbi was a member at the Rolling Green Golf Club. Mr. Cox earned three Excellence in Architecture Awards from AIA Philadelphia, as well as an AIA President's Medal.

Robbi cherished his family and friends, particularly his many lifelong friendships with fraternity brothers from Dartmouth. He was the spokesperson for his extended family, writing and speaking eloquently at all family milestones. Robbi was the beloved husband of Meredith (nee Neely ), loving father of Cameron and drew, devoted grandfather of Grayson and Colby, and brother of Christie Powell and Cathy Culp.

Thomas P. Cranna (10/17/69) - The Scottish World

Thomas Paulson Cranna  died suddenly and unexpectedly in Minneapolis on October 17, 1969 after a very brief illness. He had recently graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School and started to practice law in Minneapolis.
 
Tom was born in Devils Lake, N. Dak. From that time until his death he succeeded at everything he attempted, and did so with a grace, charm, and strength that complimented all who met and knew him. At Dartmouth he was the best known and most respected among us. His list of accomplishments, while in. Hanover attests to the confidence his peers had in him — captain of the hockey team, a member of Sphinx senior honorary society, secretary of Palaeopitus, vice president of Green Key, a member of the UGC Judiciary Committee, and vice president of Phi Delta Alpha.
 
Tom was commissioned in the Marines upon graduation from Dartmouth. In December of 1963 he married Bonnie Bird in Williamsville, N. Y. Before he left for Vietnam, their daughter Cathy was born. In Vietnam Tom was wounded in action while piloting a helicopter on a rescue mission, and received a medical discharge.
 
Tom and his family then moved to Minneapolis where he started law school. In his senior year he was president of the Law Review. While in law school his family was increased by two, with the birth of twin sons, Mark Thomas and Michael Thomas. After graduation Tom began to practice law in Minneapolis. Just recently he passed the bar examination and was admitted to the Minnesota Bar in absentia on the day of his death.
 
Tom Cranna exemplified the best in us all; those who knew him are grateful for this opportunity. A group of his friends and classmates have established a trust fund primarily intended to aid in the college education of the three children.

Gary L. Crellin (9/27/2019) - John Heartfield: Photography Plus Dynamite

Gary was surrounded by family and friends when he passed peacefully. During his life he touched many through his love of life, involvement with his family, his work, various musical groups, and his church. He was always ready to help with projects for friends, family, and church. Gary's life work in engineering provided many significant achievements to society. He also taught math at the high school and collegiate levels and later worked as a manager at Ace Hardware.

He was a member of Geneva Presbyterian Church for over 30 years where he served as elder, committee chairs, and in the choir. He was always involved with charitable groups such as Habitat for Humanity, the Crop Walk, and Family Promise. Gary was a source of love and strength to his whole family. He is survived by his wife of 37 years, Margaret, siix children, 17 grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, and extended family.

John S. Cushman (6/27/93) - Martin Johnson Heade: A Survey: 1840-1900

John Cushman vice president and general counsel of Target Stores, died of complications from pneumo­nia Sunday at Fairview Southdale Hospital in Edina, Minnesota.
 
In 1970 he joined the law department of Dayton Hudson Corp. and was chief counsel for Target Stores before becoming vice president in 1983. He also managed Target's public affairs activities. "John was an invaluable contributor, not only as general counsel for Target but as someone who had a great perspective on almost every area of the business," said Robert Ulrich, chairman of Target. "He had a great sense of humor. His wit was always helpful in putting situations in the proper perspective."
 
Cushman, of Bloomington, was born in Moscow, Idaho. He graduated from Dartmouth College and the University of Idaho Law School. He practiced in Idaho before becoming a special assistant attorney general in Minnesota in 1968.  He was president of the Minnesota Corporate Counsel Association and on the board of governors of the Minnesota Bar Association. He was president of the Dartmouth Alumni Club of the Northwest, co-chairman of the academic sweepstakes fund­raiser for Breck School and a United Way volunteer. He also lectured at the Michigan Institute of Continuing Legal Education.
 
"As much as anyone I have ever known, John lived his life with an unswerving commitment to his fam­ily and to providing superb legal ser­vice to his client," said Jim Hale '62, a longtime friend and colleague who is senior vice president and general counsel of Dayton Hudson.
 
Cushman is survived by his wife, Madeline; four daughters, Angela Dallman, of Sacramento, California; Kath­ryn Boyer and Nicole Cushman, both of Chicago, and Carolyn Cushman, of Bloomington, and his mother, Kathryn Cushman, of Moscow, Ida­ho. 

Charles T. Cutter (8/28/14) -  Earthart: Colours of the Earth

Charles Thomas (Tom) Cutter, 74, passed away on August, 28th at Lahey Clinic Medical Center in Burlington.

Born on July 8th, 1940 in Mexico, Missouri, he was the son of the late Lloyd Austin and Dorothy (Hinshaw) Cutter.

Tom grew up in Missouri and Massachusetts. He was a graduate of Wayland High School and received a Bachelors Degree in Business from Dartmouth College. Tom received his Master's Degree from Harvard Business School. He served in the Massachusetts Air National Guard. Tom began his career in the family business Cutter Fire Brick and semi-retired as President/Owner of Cutter Atlantic Refractories in 2013.

Tom married Lourdes Beloro in 2007 in Newport Beach, CA. Tom was a long term member of the Trinitarian Congregational Church in Wayland, MA. He was also Chapter Chairman of the Young President's Organization, was an avid reader, World War history buff and enjoyed travel and his grandchildren.

In addition to his numerous friends, Tom is survived by his loving and dedicated wife Lourdes of Charlestown, MA; his son John and children of Raleigh, NC, his son Jamie and his wife Nong and their children of Bangkok, Thailand his daughter Pimsiree and her husband Matt (Bryant) and their children of Hopkinton, NH, a step daughter Gina and her husband Mark Wheaton of Lake Minetonka Excelsior, Minnesota and their family, a step son Olly and his wife Cheryl and children of Honolulu, Hawaii, a step son Billy Beloro and his wife Mayah of Loma Linda, California and his only brother, Robert (Bob) Cutter of Winter Haven, FL.

Richard Hanna wrote of Tom's funeral:

It was a warm September morning when we left for the memorial service for Tom on September 4, 2014 in Wakefield, MA. John Walters drove from Grantham, NH to be on hand.  He met up with Paul Weinberg and Richard Hannah.  At the service, John Walters spied a well-groomed gent.  “That looks like Mike Bliss,” he said and went over to introduce himself and reconnect.  (How does Walters know so many classmates and remember their names?)  Before long, Bob Needham, from North Andover, MA, Bob Sprafkin, from Ossipee, NH, and Tom Brooks from Annisquam (Gloucester) MA joined our ranks.  Gordy and Pat McKean motored through fierce Boston traffic from their home on the Cape (Sandwich, MA) to attend.  It was a lovely service in a magnificent church that reminded some of us of a large Rollins Chapel.  No wonder, since it was designed by Romanesque architect Henry Hobson Richardson.   He did Trinity Church in Boston which in turn inspired Rollins Chapel. There were moving remembrances of Tom by a son of Tom’s first marriage to Sas and a stepson—a son of Tom’s widow Lourdes.  Both spoke beautifully. Afterwards, over a hundred family and friends gathered at a nearby country club for lunch.  It was described as a bereavement gathering but the stories about Tom’s big smile, welcoming persona and colorful escapades at the Dartmouth table weren’t tearful.  The officiating cleric came over to cheerily greet us.  “This must be the Dartmouth table,” he said. September Mourn—yes.  But it turned out to be a poignant gathering of old and new friends—gathering, reminiscing and sharing—bonded by our years together a long time ago at Dartmouth.  Not a bad sendoff for a friend and classmate, Charles Tom Cutter.

Bob Sprafkin reminisces:

Tom was a fraternity brother at TriKap. We kept in touch and saw each other periodically, mostly at homecomings, reunions, etc. His daughter and one of my sons were classmates. I became concerned when he had not responded to emails over the last year. Apparently he had been a regular at the monthly class luncheons with North Shore '62s, and they became concerned with Cutter's lack of contact. Bob Needham called Jim Varnum who contacted me. None of us could get any info. When his obit. appeared on the listserv several classmates were able to get to his funeral. I believe that he had leukemia, which took him very quickly. I chatted with Lourdes at the funeral, as well as his two sons. A sad affair. Cutter was the most loyal of our TriKap classmates, and worked at maintaining relationships. As you may know, he was very friendly with Nid Pibulsonggram, who passed away earlier in the year.

Ken Jones reminisces:

Sorry to hear about Tom's passing. We played dorm basketball together, and he was a good shot, which is documented by our winning the basketball skills competition our freshmen year. He also had an in-law relationship with one of my colleagues at Thayer School. It's a small, small world where we are connected to each other in many different ways.