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

250 THE SCROLL of Phi Delta Theta for January, 1954
of the late T. S.-M. R. Waller Company and following
that with the Mason-Dyer Company. Later
he became cashier of the old Union County Bank
and later became a member of the State Banking
Department, serving under three governors. He also
operated the Collins Waller insurance agency for
more than fifty years of continuous services and had
various interests in farming operations.
Brother Waller had been an active member of
the Methodist Church for over seventy years and
was a Mason for over fifty years. He served on the
Morganfield Board of Education for 19 years.
Always a loyal Phi, Brother Waller was a member
of the Golden Legion of 4>A9. A son, Collins,
Jr., Purdue '26, preceded him in death, and among
the survivors is a son, W. T. Waller, Kentucky '29,
and a brother, W. J. Waller, Kentucky '09.
FRANCIS A. WAGNER, Akron '25, prominent in civic
affairs at Falls Church, Va., died in Arlington Hospital,
Washington, D.C, Dec. 3, 1953. A Falls
Church resident for 17 years, where he was in the
real estate business, he had served a two-year term
as city Councilman, 1951-53, was a member and
former president of the Chamber of Commerce and
the Lions Club. Before establishing his real estate
business in 1946, Brother Wagner held important
posts in the Federal Housing Administration in
Washington, D.C. He was always an active and willing
Phi in the Washington area. Three sons survive
him: Marine Capt. William F. Wagner, Akron '45, an
Annapolis graduate now in Korea; Marine 2nd
Lieut. Richard D. Wagner, Randolph-Macon '53, stationed
at Quantico, Va., and Midshipman John E.
Wagner, a first-classman at the Naval Academy.
DR. ORANGE VAN CALHOUN, Iowa Wesleyan '26,
prominent physician and former head of city and
county medical groups, died in a hospital at
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 2, 1953, at the age of 52. For
19 years he had practiced medicine at Lincoln. He
was a member and former president of the Lincoln-
Lancaster Health Department and the Lancaster
County Medical Society and at the time of his
death he was serving as head of the Lancaster
Tuberculosis Association. In 1938 he was made a
life member of the American College of Physicians.
Brother Calhoun did graduate work at Johns
Hopkins University following his graduation from
Iowa Wesleyan in 1926. In 1932, he received his
M.D. from Western Reserve University, Cleveland,
Ohio, and interned at Lakeside Hospital there. He
was a member of N S N, S S and T A.
Prominent in civic affairs, he was a former member
of the Board of Education, member and former
director of the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce, a
Mason, a member of the Rotary Club, University
Club, Country Club, Candlelight Club and the
board of directors of the Social Welfare Society.
Brother Calhoun was a member of the Nebraska
Heart Association and had been the originator and
chairman of a clinic to explain facts of heart disease,
on which he had done considerable research.
He was a collector of rare books and a member of
the Naval Reserve, having served during World
War II as a Lieutenant Commander at the San
Diego Naval Hospital.
ALBERT MARK LYON, Dartmouth '94, died in Peru,
Vt., his birthplace, where he was visiting, Sept. 19,
1953. His home was in Newtonville, Mass.
During his years at Dartmouth, Brother Lyon was
an outstanding scholar, a track man, a member of
Casque and Gauntlet, and active in class football,
baseball and track teams. He attended Boston University
Law School where he earned his degree in
two years. Following his graduation he was associated
with the Boston firm of Kendall, Moore
and Burbank, but in 1899 he joined the firm of
Fish, Richardson, Herrick and Neave where he continued
for 29 years. In 1929 he formed a partnership
with his son, Stanley Hume Lyon. His specialties
in law were probate and corporation practice.
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Brother Lyon was a trustee of the Boston Five
Cents Savings Bank, a director of the Newton National
Bank for 24 years and had held various positions
in the governing body of Newton, serving on
the School Committee, the Planning Board and as
an alderman for three years. He was an active
member of the Darthmouth alumni and a member
of * B K.
WINSLOW ALDEN NUTTER, Dartmouth '26, Winchester,
Mass., died suddenly, Sept. 12, 1953, while participating
in a tennis tournament there. For the
past several years he had been office manager of the
C. A. Swanson & Sons Co., Cambridge, Mass., a
frozen foods concern.
EDWIN WINSHIP LOUCKS, Syracuse '08, died in Syracuse
Memorial Hospital, Syracuse, N.Y., Dec. 3,
1953. He was 69 years old and had been a real
estate agent in Syracuse for 45 years. A former president
of the Syracuse Real Estate Board, he also was
vice-president of the Oneida Savings Bank, the
Senior member of its board of trustees and a director
of the Morrisville Bank. Brother Loucks
was a member of the Liederkranz, 4>KA, Cochran
Memorial Presbyterian Church at Oneida Castle,
and a former member of the Citizens and University
Clubs.
ROY HINCHMAN, Franklin '01, died in North
Vernon, Ind., where he made his home, Nov. 9,
1953. A native of North Vernon, Brother Hinchman
attended Franklin College and in 1911 moved to
Athens, Ohio, where he was ticket agent for the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, later becoming associated
with the Bank of Athens. He returned
to North Vernon about thirty years ago and since