1953–54 Volume 78 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

THE SCROLL of Phi Delta Theta for January, 1954 249
Astoria, 111. Surviving are his widow, a son, Lewis
T., Knox '51, and a brother, Ralph C, Knox '18.
LESTER JOSEPH Ross, Lombard '09, prominent business
executive, died Nov. 14, 1953, at his home in
Litchfield, Conn. Born Aug. 8, 1890, in Greenbush
Township, Warren County, 111., he had lived in
nearby Avon and attended the high school there.
In 1913, after taking up newspaper work in Waterloo,
Iowa, he became associated with the Torrington
Company, manufacturers of steel specialties,
in Torrington, Conn., and had served as its president
since 1946. He was also a director of the First
Savings and Loan Association in Torrington, the
Turner and Seymour Manufacturing Company,
and the Naugatuck Valley Industrial Council. He
was a brother of George L. Ross, Lombard '09. His
widow, the former Miss Alice Cropper, of Waterloo,
survives.
his B.A. from DePauw University and his M.A. from
the University of Illinois, and later did graduate
work at the University of Pittsburgh. A veteran
of World War I with fourteen months of overseas
service, he was a charter member of the American
Legion Post of Greencastle, Ind. He also was a
former member of the Greencastle Rotary Club, and
was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of
Grove City, a Mason, Lodge 47, of Greencastle, and
a member of IIP M.
RICHARD CLARK FLOYD, Dartmouth '10, died Sept. 15,
1953, in Peter Bent •Brigham Hospital, Boston,
Mass., after a short illness.
Brother Floyd was bom October 28, 1886, in
Brookline, Mass. He entered Dartmouth from
Brookline high school but was with 1910 for the
Freshman year only. He was a member of the
Freshman football team at Dartmouth. He was graduated
with the class of 1911 from Harvard. He was
manager of the Harvard track team in his Senior
year and the following Summer was manager of the
Harvard-Yale track group which competed in England.
He served as president of the Harvard Varsity
Club for fifteen years and had been vice-chairman
of' the overseers' committee on athletic sports.
He became associated with Bird & Son in 1911
and retired in 1946 after twelve years as vice president
and director. During the World War I he
served as a captain in the Chemical Warfare Division.
Brother Floyd was a trustee of the Dexter School
and the Park School and director of the Intercollegiate
Athletic Association. He served his community
through membership on the school committee,
chairman of the playground commission,
member of the park commission, of the advisory
committee and member of the town meeting.
The name of KENNETH D. MCDOUGALL, Duke '31,
who was killed in action, has been added to the
Roll of Honored Dead.
GERALD J. BRIDGES, DePauw '18
DR. JOHN C. MORGAN, Vermont '90, died in the
Colby Private Hospital, Colbyville, Vt., Oct. 22,
1953, after a long illness. He was 87 years old, and
had practiced medicine at Stowe, Vt., until his retirement,
after 45 years, in 1940.
Brother Morgan was educated at People's Academy,
Morrisville, Vt., the University of Vermont,
where he graduated in 1890, and received his M.D.
from Dartmouth College of Medicine in 1895. During
his lifetime. Brother Morgan was most active
in civic affairs, having held several city offices and
was village trustee and school director for many
years. He was a past master of Mystic Lodge 56,
F. & A. M., and was a charter member of Sequin
Lodge 140 of Newington, Conn. He was a member
of the Lamoille County Medical Association.
He was always an enthusiastic Phi.
GERALD J. (JACK) BRIDGES, DePauw '18, professor of
law and economics at Grove City College, died at
his home in Grove City, Pa., Nov. 3, 1953. He was 61
years old and had served the college as a professor
for 30 years.
A native of Indiana, Brother Bridges received
CoLUNS WALLER, Vanderbilt '93, life-long resident
of Morganfield, Union County, Ky., died at his
home there, Nov. 24, 1953. He was 81 years old and
had lived in Morganfield all of his life.
A graduate of Vanderbilt University, Brother
Waller was associated with the mercantile business