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Agustas Peterle, 93, died Friday, June 23,2010. Gus had returned to Stonington in 2008 from his longtime home in West Wardsboro, Vt. Polly McLane Lit, 92, died peacefully with family members at her side on April 30, 2010 at RiverMead Retirement Community in Peterborough, NH.
Charles Henry Rowan, of Boulder Colorado, passed away Saturday, April 18, 2009. Originaly from Fitchburh MA, he was 83. He is survived by his son, Mark Rowan, his daughter, Lori Hansen, both residing in Colorado, and three sisters. Chuck spent time in the White Mountains in the late 40s and then again in the early 50s. In September, 2005, he made it back for a last trip, traveling with Doug Hotchkiss, who lovingly took him under hand.
Arthur "Art" Harris died January 6, 2008 in Vermont. He worked at Pinkham in the late '30s and early '40s and was a life member of the AMC. Bob Trumbull (Greenleaf '44, Lakes '45) died in New Haven on September 21, 2007. Bob was a Harvard graduate ('52), salesman for Taylor Instrument Co. and, at his retirement, business manager in Yale's department of Comparative Medicine. He leaves his wife, Elizabeth, and a son, John.
Malcolm McLane, 83, died Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008, at his home at Kendal retirement community in Hanover, NH. Born Oct. 3, 1924, in Manchester, McLane served on the Concord City Council for 20 years and as mayor of Concord NH from 1970 to 1976. He ran for governor in 1972 as an independent in the general election. Inspired by his grandfather, Gov. John R. McLane, he devoted his career in public service to improving the quality of life in New Hampshire.
Sam Goodhue, of Bartlett, died peacefully in his sleep at his home on August 17, 2006. He was 84. He died early in the morning and that day the morning weather show on WMWV, which Sam always listened to, rated the day a "50 center." Sam would have gotten a kick out of that.
Bertram "Swoop" Goodwin, 93, a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army and later industrial engineer with the Post Office, died Friday, Nov. 11, 2005, at the Hunt Community in Nashua, NH. Col. Goodwin was born and lived in Marblehead, Mass., at Doaks Lane until going into the Army. He was the son of the late Frank W. Goodwin II and Mary (Doherty) Goodwin. A graduate of Northeastern University, he enlisted in the Army in 1942. He was a part of the Lakes crew in 1941. Arthur 'Skiwax' MacGregor of Concord NH died August 26, 2005 in Concord at age 93. He got his nickname from Joe Dodge when he worked at Pinkham, then Lakes and Galehead in the early 1930s. He was a graduate of Dartmouth with a masters from Yale and advanced work at Harvard. His father was Red Mac MacGregor, the huts manager who hired Joe Dodge to work at Pinkham in the late 1920s.
Ted Rooslund passed away in Connecticut in June 2005. Ted was 66. He worked at Pinkham in 1957 and owned a ship modeling business in Cromwell, CT. During his stint at Pinkham, he was a member of a five-man rescue team which successfully rescued a Mount Holoke student from Mt. Washington in November 1957. Leah Deni passed away on December 22, 2004 at the age of 25. Leah worked at Lakes in the fall of 2001. Most recently, she had been a program director at the Urban Ecology Institute in Boston. Alas, Jackson’s oldest living teenager died in October 2004.
I first knew Willie Harris some fifty years ago when we were both working for Joe Dodge at the AMC headquarters up in Pinkham Notch. Actually, I heard him before I knew him. Willie had a wooden station wagon, I think it was a 1948 Mercury, and he’d installed a loudspeaker behind the grill. The microphone was inside with the driver, and he’d offer admiring sentiments when he passed a pretty girl.
Later on, I learned that he was part of the biggest and most important operations in the history of warfare, the Normandy invasion in World War II. I said that it must have been pretty grim, and Willie said, “Yes, my unit suffered almost sixty percent casualties..." I interrupted him, I said, Oh God, that must have been terrible! Then he continued, “…and that was before we left England.”
Charles "Ted" Bauer died June 28, 2004 at 85. Ted Bauer worked at Lakes in 1940-41. After the huts, he served as a naval aviator in WWII and then moved to Texas to cofound AIM Management Group which became the seventh largest mutual fund company in the world. He maintained a summer home in Rockport and became a generous contributor to Roxbury Latin, Harvard University and the University of Houston. Thanks to Ted's lead gift to the OHA portion of the AMC Capital Campaign, the OH raised over $2,600,000. He leaves his wife Ruth, a daughter, two sons and three grandchildren.
Susan Boothman Hawkins, 53, of Lost Nation NH died quietly at home Tuesday, January 20, 2004 after a long consuming fight with multiple myeloma. Husband Chris “Hawkeye” Hawkins was at her side. She leaves a daughter, two sons, two sisters, nieces, nephews grand nephews and a wide circle of devoted friends.
Susan was a Special Member with a long and deep connection with the huts. Her paternal grandfather John Boothman Sr., built Madison and Lakes and was the founder of the Randolph Mountain Club. Sue and Honorary Member Guy Gosselin co-authored the 1998 book Among the White Hills, the Life and Times of Guy Shorey which was a detailed photographic and biographical history of her maternal grandfather’s work. Several years ago, she and Guy were the speakers at a OH winter reunion.
Bill Belcher died January 18, 2004 in Conway, NH after battling prostate cancer for several years. He was one of a family of Belchers that worked for the Huts System. His father Charles Foochow Belcher was a Madison hutman who became the AMC's first Executive Director. Older brothers Charlie and Jeff worked in the huts. He had several sisters Betsey Macmillan and Joan Browne who worked at Pinkham and a brother David. He leaves sons Keith, Bradley and Andrew and a daughter Kimberly. Florence 'Kitten' Ashbrook passed away on Sunday, December 14, 2003. She had been battling congestive heart failure and it finally got the best of her. Kitten was one of the first hutmen F. She and her husband, El Wacko (Bill Ashbrook), ran Zealand in the summer of 1942. Her brother, Stonewall diZerega worked at Lakes in the 40's, her sister, Lucy, was engaged to Ted Fuller of Lakes fame when he was killed in WW II, and son Willy worked in the huts from 1961 - 1967. Joe Dodge gave Florence the moniker 'Kitten' that stuck for the rest of her life.
Benjamin Ely cole, Jr., M.D., 83, died January 2002 at home under hospice care.
Dr. Cole was born in Bethlehem, PA. The son of Benjamin and Dorothy Cole, he married Jennifer Habian of New York City in 1944. He graduated from Taft School in 1936, Yale University in 1940 and Jefferson Medical School in 1944. He served two years with the Second Division USMC in the Pacific Theater and as a battalion surgeon during World War II. Dr. Cole lived and practiced obstetrics and gynecology from 1950-1980 in Pittsfield, MA. He served on the boards of Jacob's Pillow and Berkshire Country Day School. The Coles spent ten years in St. Thomas, USVI and retired to St. Augustine, FL in 1990. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Phoebe Cole Allen in 1977. Dr. Cole loved the mountains and enjoyed sailing and outdoor sports. He was an avid reader of American history, studied languages and was a livelong advocate of education.
Greg Prentiss passed away November 22, 2003. Greg was living in Lynn, MA. Greg worked at Lakes in 57, 58 and 59. I knew Greg as a friend neighbor in Gorham, NH. He taught at Berlin High, and I can remember being a guest speaker in his class when I was working at Pinkham. Greg loved to fish the Peabody. He worked for the USFS for many summers, heading up their Camp Dodge YCC program for several years. We hope his spirit rests easy among the White Mountains. Nancy Locke passed away November 11, 2003. Originally from Newton Mass, she worked at Pinkham in the summer of 1949 and 1950. After graduating from Wheaton in 1954, she moved to California.
Barbara Lange Dupee, formerly of Weston and Falmouth died Feb. 9, 2003 at the age of 75. She worked at Pinkham Notch in the 1940's and was the sister of OH "Shorty" Lange. Born in Malden. She was the daughter of the late George A. and Mabel (Johnson) Lange and the wife of the late Norman "Ned" E. Dupee.
Donations in Mrs. Dupee's memory may be made to the Appalachian Mountain Club. At her request, her ashes will be scattered in the White Mountains this Spring.
Priscilla Emery Bissel 84, of Apopka FL and Jackson NH, passed away on Sept. 26, 2002, after a brief illness.
Casey Hodgdon died June 15, 2002. He is survived by his wife Julia, a son, Travis, and a daughter, Trisha Ouellette. He had two brothers, both ex-hutmen, Earl and John.
Rob Ohler, 85, died February 1, 2002 at Maine Veterans Home in Augusta. He was a forestry major at the University of Maine, graduating Phi Beta Kappa in 1937 and then received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 1941. From 1934 to 1938, he worked four summers at Madison and one at Galehead. In 1988, at age 72, he hiked to Madison and participated in the centennial celebration representing hutmen of the 1930s. His medical talents were also called on when during the hike down the Valley Way, he assisted an injured hiker. He served in the Navy during WWII as a chief medical officer aboard the destroyer Orca. Following active naval service, he was assistant chief of medicine at the Veterans Administration Hospital in West Roxbury, Massachusetts. In 1950, he moved to Maine to become chief of medicine at the Togus Veterans Administration Hospital where he developed a poison control center. After the death of his first wife Priscilla Farrar Arnold who he married in 1939, he married Ernestine Dumais in 1972. He worked at Belgrade Health Center for medical Deverlopment in Augusta and later in private practice in rheumatology. Besides his medical practice, he was active as president of the Kennebec Valley Girl Scout Council, the Abanaki Outing Club and he led an annual trip to Baxter State Park where he was a member of the advisory committee. He leaves his wife Ernestine, a son, a daughter and three grandsons. Memorial contributions can be made to the American Alzheimer s Association, Maine Chapter, 163 Lancaster St., Suite 160B, Portland, ME 04101-2406 or to the University of Maine Alumni Association, PO Box 550, Orono, ME 04473-0550. Millet G. Morgan died at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center January 14, 2002. He was founder of the Radio physics Lab at Dartmouth's Thayer School of Engineering and a leading researcher in the field of ionospheric physics. He grew up in Hanover, New Hampshire and had a life-long interest in ham radios, graduating from Cornell with degrees in Physics, and a M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering in 1938 Nicknamed Skillet during his tenure in the huts, he worked at Greenleaf in 1935 and 1936, remaining an active hiker climbing mountains in the U.S. and Europe with members of his family. He was also active in the early skiing community in Hanover and while at Cornell founded and coached the Cornell ski team. Misha Kirk, father and mountaineer, died October 2, 2001 at his home in Glen, NH, from a neurological seizure. He had recently turned 50. Little could either of us have imagined, while discussing his curriculum vitae in preparation for his presentation to last year’s OH Winter Reunion, that his bio would used for his obit. A celebration of Misha’s life was held on the banks of the Saco River and the Jackson Church October 6. Misha came to the huts in the winter of 1978, to regularly climb with a friend, Eric MacAfee, who was then washing dishes at Pinkham. His involvement with the AMC would continue on and off until his death. Raised in Hawaii and Austria, he bore a lifelong passion for both medicine and mountains. His resume reflects an intimate knowledge and command of both, and includes apprentice, International School of Mountaineering, Leysin, Switzerland; Winter Survival Instructor, German DOD "Special Operations"; Green Beret Medic; Search and Rescue Coordinator, Mount McKinley; Hawaii Ironman finisher; 1986 National Park Service Employee of the Year, for a three day rescue on McKinley; many an AMC rescue (one culminating in his receiving the N.H. Governor’s Award for the rescue of climber Hugh Herr); many New England first ascents on ice; and climbs in the Himalayas and other great ranges of the world. He was also a professional athletic trainer, with dual degrees in Biology and Kinesiology. His remarkable accomplishments were all the more inspiring given his bout with cancer in the 90’s, which derailed his pursuit of an MD. After returning to New Hampshire in 1997, he worked for the AMC Education Department, and as a guide, SOLO instructor, and ski patroller. He was working towards a degree in nursing when he died. Misha was a man of straight-up opinions, delivered with compassion and a helping hand for any and all who needed one. He was a generous friend to his partner, Patrice Mutchnick and a loving father to his 2 year old daughter, Ella Jaz Mutchnick Kirk. On behalf of her, a fund has been set up in his honor, c/o Jackson Parents Support Group, Box 383, Jackson NH 03846. Submitted by Stroker Rogovin with help from Patrice Mutchnick Irving "Ike" Meredith of Sandwich, New Hampshire passed away on Oct. 20, 2001, at his home in Sandwich at the age of 80. He was born May 5, 1921, in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of the late Irving and Lois (Woodley) Meredith. He was a graduate of Kimball Union Academy in Meridian, and later attended Boston University and Tufts University, both in Boston. Ike lived in Milton, Massachusetts, and later moved to Littleton, Massachusetts, where he began an insurance career with Liberty Mutual Insurance Company as an insurance broker. He later worked for the Fred C. Church Insurance Company in Littleton for many years. Later in his career, he moved to Hillsboro, New Hampshire, and eventually retired to his home in Sandwich more than 20 years ago. During WWII, Ike served his country in the U.S. Army as a sergeant major in the 10th Mountain Division, 87th Infantry. Prior to his military duty in WWII, he worked as hut master at Galehead in 1941. Ike attended many winter and spring reunions and enjoyed driving his four-wheel drive truck to Boston, then back to Sandwich the same night even in the worst winter conditions. He also was a member of the coast guard auxiliary. He was a member and past president of the Sandwich Historical Society, a member of the Sandwich Fair Committee, the St. Andrew s Society of N.H. and Vt., and he volunteered with the N.H. Marine Patrol. He also served as past master of the Pomona Grange of Massachusetts, and was a member of the Masonic Order in Lowell, Massachusetts. He was predeceased by his first wife, Barbara (Puffer) Meredith, and later his second wife, Nancy (Lear) Meredith. He is survived by his children, Irving P. Meredith of Moultonboro, Willis C. Meredith of Methuen, Massachusetts, and Lois J. Meredith of Concord; and five grandchildren. Donations in his memory may be made to the New England Ski Museum in Franconia, or St. Margaret s Church in Conway.
Arthur was the originator of the Resuscitator which was posted at the Trading Post at Pinkham which answered the most often asked questions such as the distance to the summit of Mount Washington, elevation at Pinkham, number of porcupine noses collected for bounties and other interesting local statistics. His son Don said his father’s years in the mountains influenced his life and led to Don’s own career in ecology. Arthur worked as an engineer at Pneumatic Corporation in Quincy. Don Whitehead sent this picture of his father Arthur standing next to Joe Dodge on the front porch of the Ravine House in October 1926 just a few days after their rescue of Max Englehart. ELIZABETH BETH BELCHER died Saturday, March 3, 2001. Wife of Foochow and mother of Jeff (Zealand), Bill (Lakes), Joanie (Pinkham), Charlie (Madison) and Betsy (Pinkham) and, according to Bill, worked at Madison when Foochow was a hutman. A memorial service was held March 17 at the First Congregational Church in Melrose. LEWIS PROUTY BISSELL, 82, of Jackson, NH died December 10, 2000. Born in Medford, MA, he was a graduate of UNH where he met and later married Priscilla Emery who worked for Joe Dodge. He then received a master s degree in forestry at Yale and served in the Army Air Corps during WWII. He was employed by UNH as extension forester for the state of Maine and was instrumental in the formation of the Maine Tree Farmers Association. He was a member of the AMC, Jackson Historical Society, the Obs, White Mountain Interpretive Association, Kiwanis, UNH Alumni Association, Girl Scouts and the Tree Farm Association. He had two daughters, Nancy Rancourt of Bartlett and Susan Beechum of Orlando who was hutmaster at Pinkham 67- 68. Paul Doherty 1919-2000 Still active, he became a consultant during the construction of the Franconia Notch Parkway. Many of us remember him for his unique Limmers, perhaps the only pair that laced up to just below the knees. He and George Hamilton guided Justice William O. Douglas around the huts in the summers of ‘59 and ‘60 which was later written up by the judge in the August 1961 National Geographic article The Friendly Huts of the White Mountains. Paul’s autobiography Smoke from a Thousand Campfires covers his life in the New Hampshire woods and the personalities he met along the way including Eisenhower, Douglas, Sherm Adams and Joe Dodge.
Peter Jr. was active in the community and served on several boards; the Bartlett School Board, the Bartlett Planning Board, Board of Directors at the Gibson Center, a Deacon at the Congregational Church and with the Board of the Reverence for Life Ctr. He was also involved with the Boy Scouts, Civil Air Patrol. He is survived by his wife of 47 years Marianne, daughter Anita Collins, son Peter and wife Jeanne Limmer and son Erik Limmer, and grandchildren, Heather and Brian Collins and Trevor and Lucas Limmer, and many friends. Jim Hamilton
Charles Brownell, Madison 1941, died February 2, 1999 Bill Appell, Lakes Hutmaster 1941, died February 12, 1999. Alan M. Corindia, 52, of 24 Jenkins Lane, Sullivan, NH died August 14, 1999 at his home after a period of failing health. He was born in Winchester, Mass., Oct. 13, 1946, son of Attilio E. and Dorothy E. (Macman) Corindia, and lived in Reading, Mass. and Strafford before moving to Sullivan 21 years ago. He graduated from Reading High School in 1964 and from Boston University in 1968. He worked at Greenleaf, Lonesome and construction at Lakes. He recently retired as assistant director of maintenance and grounds for the Monadnock Regional School District where he had worked for many years. Earlier, he had worked at Agway and at Subaru of Keene, and had owned and operated A.M. Corindia, Inc. He was a member of the Sullivan Congregational Church and had been a church trustee for many years. He had been assistant to the director of the Appalachain Mountain Club in Boston and active in town affairs. He had been a Boy Scout leader, was an avid hiker and loved the ocean. Survivors include his wife of 29 years, Elizabeth (Waste) Corindia of Sullivan; a son, Daniel A. Corindia, (an OH), of Sullivan; two daughters, Jennifer M. Barnes of North Topsail Beach, N.C., and Ellen M. Kaatz of Bremerton, Wash.; his parents, of Reading; a brother, David Corindia of Stoneham, Mass.; three sisters, Betsy Fowler (an OH) of Gilford, Susan Phibrik of Owls Head, Maine, and Nancy Herbert of Boxford, Mass.; and several nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts, and uncles. The family has asked that, in lieu of flowers, contributions be made in his memory to the Sullivan Congregational Church, P.O. Box 187, Sullivan, NH 03445.
Robert "Shorty" Lange, 73, passed away at Copley Hospital in Morrisville, Vermont on April 1, 1999. Born in Stoneham, Mass., on May 1, 1925, he was the son of the late George A. and Mabel (Johnson) Lange. On May 12, 1967, he married the former Harriet "jackie" (Stock) Jordan in Hanover, NH. Mr. Lange attended Kents Hill School in Maine and spent summers working in the Appalachian Mountain Club huts. He served with the 10th Mountain Division in Italy during World War II and was a Bronze Star recipient. In 1947, he participated in the 4th ascent of Mount McKinley, Known as "Operation White Tower". He continued his education at the University of New Hampshire, graduating in 1949, and attended graduate school at the University of Washington. An engineering geologist, he was employed at the Cold Region's Research & Engineering Lab in Hanover, NH., for 25 years, retiring in 1974. Upon moving to Alaska, he began work for Alyeska on the Alaskan Pipeline. An avid outdoorsman, he enjoyed recreational rifle shooting, fishing and working on his metal lathe. He is survived by his wife of Waterbury Center, a stepdaughter, 2 stepsons and numerous step-grand-children.
Colin Miles Davidson died June 15,1997 at his home in Madison, NH. After an extraordinarily active life, he was still planning publication projects while succombing to Lou Gehrig's disease. After working in the huts in the mid '60s, he became a rock climbing instructor at the EMS climbing school in North Conway; joined the American Alpine Club's Andean Relief Expedition in May 1970 in response to the earthquake in Peru; spent several climbing seasons in Peru; became director of admissions and taught English and rock climbing at the White Mountain School in 1973; became a founder of the Mountain Rescue Service and served as its secretary for over 10 years; became a trustee of the Mt. Washington Observatory and a life trustee in 1994. His publication career included president of Turnstile Publishing in New York; assistant group publisher Crain Communications, New York; partner Sherwin Dodge Newspapers, Littleton; associate publisher, New England Business, Boston; district sales manager, Yankee Magazine, Dublin; director of marketing, Carroll Reed shops, North Conway. Civic activities included economic development boards in the Mt. Washington Valley, supporting the arts, charitable trust and a grand prix horse jumping event. His true love was farming and breeding Highland cattle at his Ward Hill farm. He became editor of The Bagpipe, a world-wide cattle journal and was subsequently inducted into the Highland Hall of Fame in 1996. His family includes a daughter, Heidi and four sons, Carter, Charles, Colin and Jacob and his fiancee Anne O'Driscoll. Services were held in Littleton and memorial donations may be made to the Mt. Washington Observatory, PO Box 2310, N. Conway, NH 03860. Harry Clay McDade, 73, of Littleton, NH died at his home October 13, 1997 after a long illness. Not a hutman, but a friend to many Greenleaf hutmen, Harry, a general surgeon, was known as the "Climbing Doctor" who was instrumental in the Cannon Mountain rescues in 1959 and organized the critical care response to the 1967 Cog Railway disastor. He was an expert in trauma, frostbite and hyperthermia and was active in international climbing expeditions, ornithology, ham radios, amateur flying, astronomy, fishing, canoeing, camping, skiing, botany, woodland management and wilderness medicine. He leaves his wife Connie, a daughter Donna Bain of Wolfeboro and a son Theodore of Worcester. Donations may be made to the Littleton Regional Hospital. Margery Lang Hamilton, 89, a special member, died October 23, 1997 in Plymouth, MA. A portrait and landscape artist, she is remembered for her Huts 100th exhibition of mountain paintings and her portrait of Joe Dodge which were hung at Pinkham the summer of 1988. She leaves a son James of Cohasset, MA and daughter June Withington of Plymouth, MA. Donations may be made to the AMC. Brian "Honcho" Earl who worked at Lonesome Lake and the construction crew in the early 70's, died Friday April 25th 1997. He recently had a liver transplant, which his body rejected. Brian was a quiet guy who didn't say much, but there was a lot going on beneath the surface. He really loved the mountains. It will be sad when Evans Notch and the Baldfaces call, knowing he will no longer be at the old schoolhouse he renovated near the Baldface Trailhead. His remains were cremated. David Allen
CC 71-73 Robert B. Williams of Winchester, MA died July 5, 1995 after a brief illness. He worked at Lonesome in '32 with Ray Falconer. He was treasurer of the OH Association for several years. He leaves his wife Elizabeth, three children, six grandchildren, his OH brother Stilly Williams and two OH nephews John Valley and Ethan Dubois. Arthur Wircher died March 23, 1996 in Orchard Park, NY. A World War II Navy officer, Art returned to a career in architecture and was active in choral and string musical groups, playing the cello in the Orchard Park Symphony Orchestra. He leaves his wife Margaret and daughters Mary, Ann and Jean. Allen Pumphouse Clark died January 23, 1997 after a year’s bout with lung cancer. He was an avid skier; mountain climber and bicyclist. He worked at Madison before WWII and at Greenleaf in '46. He leaves his wife Nancy, sons David and Thomas and two grandchildren. He would have been married 50 years this June.  Commander Robert Marvel died in San Antonio, TX February 20, 1997. He was known as Commander or Der working as Assistant Huts Manager under Bruce Sloat. Hawkeye Hawkins sent the following: Der was one of a kind smoking his unfiltered Camels. He was the end of the conservative era of hut management. I was glad to work one season with Commander in charge. Many will remember his green uniform and crusher hat. How many were met by the Der at night with his six shooters strapped by his side? There was no hanky panky when the Der was on watch. Remember when he hid in the PNC fireplace to catch croo stealing rag socks? How about his Dodge Businessman's Coupe? Memories. He was a commander in the US Navy, an avid protector of gun owners' rights and active in NH conservative politics. He leaves his wife, T. Anne Webster Marvel. Francis X. Limmer of Kearsage, NH died February 22, 1997 at the Maine Medical Center following a long illness. He was born in Vachendorff, Germany, the son of Peter and Maria Limmer and moved to Mount Washington Valley in 1951. He served in the famous 10th Mountain Division in Italy as a lieutenant and joined his father's boot making business Peter Limmer and Sons in 1946. He was an avid skier, fisherman and outdoorsman. He leaves his wife Maria, his son Karl, a daughter Elsie, two grandchildren, two great grandchildren and his brother Peter Jr. We welcome your corrections:
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Dr. Ricardo Presnell, 51, died in a Utah avalanche on Wednesday Jan. 27, 2010. Ricardo's loving wife of 21 years, Caroline Kroko, brother Craig, and his family of friends from around the world know that he was living life big and doing what he loved. Ricardo was a man who brought people together: a man of great passion, compassion and boundless love.
In lieu of gifts, the family of Ricardo Presnell asks that donations be made to a scholarship fund for University of Utah minority students studying science. It was established by Full Metal Minerals, the company where Presnell was chief geologist. Send donations to:
Doug George, 57, died Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009, at his home in Dover, while in the company of his loving and devoted family. Doug succumbed after a challenging three-year battle with cancer.
Alan Rimm-Kaufman, died from leukemia on Saturday July 18, 2009 at age 41. He is survived by his wife, and two children. Alan worked for the AMC for 4 years, at Pinkham, Galehead, Camp Dodge and Trail Crew.
Carolyn “Cary” Girod, a 31-year-old Cambridge Mass resident and math teacher at Buckingham Browne & Nichols, died July 6, 2009 from injuries after being struck by a van while riding her bicycle down State Route 105 in Washington state. Prior to teaching at Buckingham Browne and Nichols, Girod taught mathematics and environmental science for two years at the Lawrenceville School in New Jersey. She received her bachelor's degree from the University of Chicago and her master's degree from the University of New Hampshire, where she worked for the Outward Bound program. Cary worked at Lakes in 1998, 1999 and 2000.
Henry "Pete" Harris, age 79 of Needham passed away on May 3, 2009 after a life long struggle with COPD, in his home in his sleep. He was employed by the US Postal service for thirty years and retired in 1992. Mr. Harris was born and raised in Winchester, MA and was a graduate of Kimball Union High School in New Hampshire. He continued his education for two more years at Nichols Collage in Dudley, MA before enlisting in the US Army where he spent two years in the Korean Campaign and was awarded the Purple Heart. Upon discharge Mr. Harris completed his Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from Boston University. Mr. Harris worked in the private sector before joining the Postal Service in the 1960’s.
William S. Ashbrook Jr. 'El Wacko', 87, died March 31, 2009 at his retirement community in Denver. He was born in Philadelphia, PA, January 28,1922 and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University with degrees in English literature. He worked at Pinkham in 1939, Lonesome in 1940, Carter in 1941, and Zealand in 1942 with his wife Florence “Kitten” where they spent their honeymoon after being driven to the trailhead by Dick Trefry. Joe Dodge nicknamed him “El Wacko” after some antics he staged while working at Pinkham. He enlisted in the army on October 5, 1942 and joined the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment, eventually serving with the 87th Service Company. He took part in the amphibious invasion of Kiska Island in the Aleutians off the Alaskan mainland, and then returned to Camp Swift before being deployed to fight in Italy in January 1945. During combat operations in Italy, he received the Bronze Star.
Edward 'Moose' Damp was born July 21, 1921, in Pittsburgh, PA, and passed away on March 3, 2009 in Sarasota, FL. The second son of Albert and Elizabeth (O'Grady) Damp, he had two sisters and two brothers.
Dr. Herbert "Hub" Sise died peacefully on April 18, 2008 in the company of his children and his beloved care-giver. Born in Medford Mass in 1912, his mother was Eleanor Stanwood Sise and his father, Dr. Lincoln Fleetford Sise, was the Anesthesiologist for Dr. Frank Lahey, founder of the Lahey Clinic. Hub schooled at Phillips Exeter Academy, Harvard College, and Harvard Medical School. 
He married Marjory Gallison in 1940 and they were together 61 years. In 1942 he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and was stationed onboard an LST in the Pacific Theater. Upon return in 1946, he began practice in internal medicine and cardiology. He worked at the City Hospital and Mass Memorial Hospital, now the University Hospital. In 1975, he became the Chief of Medicine at the Brockton VA until retirement in 1985. 
Throughout his life, he was an outdoor enthusiast, working for Joe Dodge in the huts from 1931-1935. Skiing was his main passion, and he was a founding member of the Schussverein Ski Club in Bartlett, New Hampshire, along with his older brother Albert. He leaves his three children, five grandchildren, and two great-granddaughters.
A 1942 graduate of St. Paul's School, McLane served as an officer in the Air Force in World War II. He flew 73 missions before he was shot down in a dogfight over Luxembourg during the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944. McLane spent the remainder of the war in Stalagluft I, a prisoner of war camp run by the German air force. The Germans abandoned the camp, which was liberated by Soviet forces May 1, 1945. McLane returned to New Hampshire a decorated war hero and spent the summer of 1945 recuperating at his family's home on Newfound Lake.
Henry Bradford Washburn Jr. (June 7, 1910 - January 10, 2007) was an explorer, mountaineer, photographer, and cartographer extraordinaire. He was the director of the Boston Museum of Science from 1939-1980, and was its Honorary Director (a lifetime appointment) from 1985 until his death.
Washburn was noted for his exploits in four areas. First, he was one of the leading American mountaineers in the 1920s through the 1950s, putting up first ascents and new routes on many major Alaskan peaks (often with his wife, Barbara Washburn, one of the pioneers among female mountaineers). Second, he pioneered the use of aerial photography in the analysis of mountains and in planning mountaineering expeditions. His thousands of striking black-and-white photos, mostly of Alaskan peaks and glaciers, are known for their wealth of informative detail and their artistry. They are the reference standard for route photos of Alaskan climbs.
Third, he was responsible for some of the finest maps ever made of mountain regions; his map of Mount McKinley and his map of Mount Everest are perhaps the most notable, although his map of the Presidential Range in New Hampshire was closer to home. Fourth, and not least, his stewardship of the Boston Museum of Science made it into a first-class museum.
It is especially remarkable to note that some of these achievements - in particular the Everest map and subsequent further work on the elevation and geology of Everest - were carried out in his 70s and 80s.
Fred Stott died Friday 12/1/2006 at the Lahey Clinic in Burlington. He was 89. After retiring from a 31-year career as the secretary of Phillips Academy in Andover, Frederic A. Stott had new business cards printed. They were simple, bearing only his name, phone number, and one word: advocate. "Toward the end of his career in nonprofit development, my father hit on a word that captured what he aspired to and accomplished both professionally and personally," his son, Frederic "Sandy" of Concord wrote in remarks he prepared for his father's memorial service.
Mr. Stott, who in addition to devoting much of his lifetime to education advocacy was known for his fund-raising for politics and conservation and outdoor recreation. Born in Taylor Hall on the campus of Phillips Academy in 1917 to an English teacher and his wife, Mr. Stott was known as Phillips Academy's "native son." He graduated from the academy in 1936 and enrolled at Amherst College, from which he received a bachelor's degree in 1940.
Phil Costello, Founder and Director of Project U.S.E. lost his year and half long battle with bone cancer on December 11, 2005. Phil was 64. A former marine, Phil became a teacher at Trenton NJ high school in the 1960's, working with kids everyone else had given up on. During those early years he spend his summers helping to build Hurricane Island Outward Bound, becoming one of their first Instructors.
William Hastings, Sr., 76, of Shelburne, NH, passed away on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH. He was born in Bethel, ME, on April 20, 1929, the son of William And Ruth (Cole) Hastings, and was raised in Bethel. After graduating from Gould Academy, he joined the US Marines and served for two years. He worked for the AMC and the Mount Washington Observatory prior to his career with the NH Fish and Game Department, where he served 32 years and retired with the rank of lieutenant. He later worked as a Park Ranger at Moose Brook State Park.
"As the poet said, there are two mighty voices; one is of the sea, one of the mountains. Both of those voices spoke to Casey. The first to call him were the mountains, which he talked about seeing as a boy from the cab of his father's locomotive. He knew the mountains well before he ever set foot on them, just as he knew all the byways of the B&M's mountain division. It is on those trips that he developed a strong sense of destination and direction, and an appreciation for being in a specific place and time. He learned from his father the importance of a schedule, and the overriding concept of duty. These were all significant elements in his life, as was the enduring presence of his father's hand on the throttle.
Arthur "Whitey" Whitehead was our
oldest OH at 97. He died in Quincy,
Massachusetts July 26, 2001. He worked at
Pinkham from 1922-1927, the same year
Joe Dodge arrived and was Joe’s partner
during the early part of his career. In the
fall of 1926, he and Joe rescued the cook
from the Glen House, Max Engelhart,
who barely survived a snow storm on
Mount Washington. The details of their
life-saving saga became a chapter in
Nick Howe’s book Not Without Peril.
Peter Limmer 79, of Intervale, NH died June 15, 2000 at the Memorial Hospital after a long illness. A devoted father and husband, he was born in Vachendorf, Bavaria-Germany. The son of Peter Limmer Sr. and Maria (Buecherl) Limmer. He was predeceased by his brother Francis Limmer in 1997.Peter served with distinction, at Roosevelt Field in Amarillo TX and Maxwell Field in Cortland AL, and attained the rank of Staff Sergeant and crew chief of 6 B-29 s in the Strategetic Air Command. After his tour he joined his father in the custom footwear business in Jamaica Plains, MA. As the family came from the mountains in Germany they decided to relocate to the Mt. Washington Valley in 1950.They purchased the Harmony Acres property and continued the business.