William Edward Gatlin ’44 died on January 9 in Tampa, Florida. Bill was chief of radiology at Middlesex Memorial Hospital in Middletown, Connecticut, and later director of St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tampa until his retirement.
Alexander Lemon McPherson ’44 died on January 22. After graduating Dartmouth with a bachelor’s and a master’s in mechanical engineering, he served in the Navy. He then returned to St.
William R. Davies ’44, a retired broadcaster and fundraiser for nonprofits, died on February 9. Born and raised in Scranton, Pennsylvania, he accelerated his studies at Dartmouth in order to join the Navy in 1943.
Robert Adrian Harris ’44 died March 17 in his Venice, Florida, home. He was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, and graduated from University School in Cleveland, where he was a star running back and varsity wrestler.
John Wesley Tope Jr. ’44, M.D., died at the Cedar Hill Nursing Home in Windsor, Vermont, on August 14, 2009. He attended Dartmouth and Dartmouth Medical School, graduating in 1944.
John Gilbert Baker ’44, M.D., of New York City and Tupper Lake, New York, died July 12, 2009, at the Eddy Memorial Geriatric Center in Troy, New York. He graduated from A.B. Davis High School in Mt.
Melvin Anton Friberg ’44 of Barre, Vermont, died at the Central Vermont Medical Center on May 15, 2009, after a two-year struggle with a blood disorder. He graduated from Spaulding High School in Barre in 1940.
James Elliott Rudnick ’44 of Hillsboro, Oregon, died March 7, 2009. “Rud” graduated from Dartmouth and went on to Tuck School, graduating in 1945. Rud was a member of Sigma Nu.