Class Note 1949

Bruce Crawford, Tom Towler, and I get together frequently in Sarasota, Florida, and Joel Berson joined us twice to get away from New York’s weather. Other than that, not much current news, but the obituaries are piling up.

Allen Clarke Church died on March 2, 2019, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where he lived. Clarke spent his entire 42-year career with Procter & Gamble, working in 55 countries; his last title was VP for sales for Canada and Latin America. Clarke and his wife, Jane, were especially helpful to my late wife, Vi, on our Dartmouth trip to Ireland (9/11 time), when Bill Ballard, Punchy Thomas, Bob Baum, and Burt Proom were fellow companions. Besides Jane, Clarke leaves sons Allen ’76, Ken ’80, Tom, and Steve.

Robert Joseph Amirault died on October 8, 2019, in Dunnellon, Florida, where he lived. Bob was a pitcher on the 1948 Ivy League champion baseball team, along with the late Al Quirk, and also lettered in football and hockey. He spent his career with IBM. Bob is survived by his wife, Mary Louise, and son Alan.

Loomis Grosvenor Dana died on October 8, 2019, at his home in South Burlington, Vermont. Loo served with various civic organizations in Vermont: YMCAs, a park and recreation department, and local council on aging. He is survived by sons Gregory and Richard and daughter Christine.

Edward Hayes Grant died on November 28, 2019, at his home in Osterville, Massachusetts. Ed was president of his eponymous company, a manufacturing agent. He enjoyed year-round golf on Cape Cod. Ed is survived by his wife, Carol, son John, and daughters Leigh and Katherine.

Carl Victor Granger died on December 29, 2019, in Amherst, New York, near where he lived. Carl received his M.D. from NYU and taught at Yale, Tufts, and Brown before becoming chairman of the department of rehabilitative medicine at the University of Buffalo. He received several national honor awards for developing a uniform data system for measuring medical rehabilitation, used by Medicare, Medicaid, and internationally. As his obituary noted, Carl was the son (his father was a 1918) and grandson of black physicians. He is survived by daughter Marilyn and son Glenn.

—John Adler, 75 Silo Circle, Riverside, CT 06878; (203) 622-9069; (203) 637-3227 (fax)