Class Note 1948
Issue
March-April 2023
No new news to report, but I regret we have recently lost two class members.
Henry H. Woodward Jr. died October 31, 2022, of complications from Covid. Hank was commissioned in 1945. He was called back for Korea and finally released as a lieutenant. At Dartmouth he was a premed major and stayed on campus for an M.A. in geology. He joined the U.S. Geological Survey and became the geologist for the State of Maine Development Commission in 1950. He earned a geology Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1955. He moved to Beloit College, where he soon advanced to chairman of the geology department, a position he held from 1957 to 1987. Hank and his wife, Helen, had two children and three grandchildren. He remembered good times at Dartmouth, including intramural hockey and baseball, skiing, and some hunting. He said that Dartmouth made possible many of the good things that made up his life. He was supportive of the College, and I had several pleasant conversations with him during recent years.
Edward C. Curtis died October 1, 2022. Ed joined the class in 1944 and subsequently went into the Navy. Returning to campus, he became a member of Gamma Delta Chi, the band, Barbary Coast, and the Handel Society and majored in music. Following graduation he got into the consumer finance business and made it his career. He and his wife, Henrietta, had three children and four grandchildren. They moved to Florida in 1957 and remained there the rest of his life. He enjoyed golf and fishing.
Hope you all had happy holidays. While we miss our home in Clinton, New York, living outside of New York City we see much more of the family, which is a convenience to them and nice for all of us. We gather in July at Joyce’s family house in Ocean City, New Jersey, where we rent a couple of condos and average about 17 for dinner during a week or so. It has gotten to be a tradition and it’s nice the family wants to be together.
—Dave Kurr, 603 Mountain Ave., Apt. 331, New Providence, NJ 07974; (781) 801-6716; djkurr@verizon.net
Henry H. Woodward Jr. died October 31, 2022, of complications from Covid. Hank was commissioned in 1945. He was called back for Korea and finally released as a lieutenant. At Dartmouth he was a premed major and stayed on campus for an M.A. in geology. He joined the U.S. Geological Survey and became the geologist for the State of Maine Development Commission in 1950. He earned a geology Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1955. He moved to Beloit College, where he soon advanced to chairman of the geology department, a position he held from 1957 to 1987. Hank and his wife, Helen, had two children and three grandchildren. He remembered good times at Dartmouth, including intramural hockey and baseball, skiing, and some hunting. He said that Dartmouth made possible many of the good things that made up his life. He was supportive of the College, and I had several pleasant conversations with him during recent years.
Edward C. Curtis died October 1, 2022. Ed joined the class in 1944 and subsequently went into the Navy. Returning to campus, he became a member of Gamma Delta Chi, the band, Barbary Coast, and the Handel Society and majored in music. Following graduation he got into the consumer finance business and made it his career. He and his wife, Henrietta, had three children and four grandchildren. They moved to Florida in 1957 and remained there the rest of his life. He enjoyed golf and fishing.
Hope you all had happy holidays. While we miss our home in Clinton, New York, living outside of New York City we see much more of the family, which is a convenience to them and nice for all of us. We gather in July at Joyce’s family house in Ocean City, New Jersey, where we rent a couple of condos and average about 17 for dinner during a week or so. It has gotten to be a tradition and it’s nice the family wants to be together.
—Dave Kurr, 603 Mountain Ave., Apt. 331, New Providence, NJ 07974; (781) 801-6716; djkurr@verizon.net