The Tribunal

Biography

H. Marshall Chadwell, Dartmouth Class of 1919, was born July 20, 1898 in Amesbury, MA. He was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha, Gamma Alpha, Alpha Chi Sigma, Sigma Psi, and the Dartmouth Outing Club. He received a B.S. in Chemistry from Dartmouth College, and received the M.S. (1921) and Ph.D. (1924) in Chemistry from Harvard University. He married Margaret (Peggy) Curtis in 1923. He was an Instructor in the Chemistry Department at Dartmouth (1919-1920) and Radcliff College (1920-1922); assistant to the Director of Harvard’s Wolcott Gibbs Memorial Laboratory (1922-1923). He joined the faculty at Tufts in 1923, and by 1939 was Chairman of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. He was a member of National Defense Research Committee during World War II (for his contributions, he received the Medal for Merit from President Truman and the Cause of Freedom award from the British); became Associate Director for Natural Sciences of the Rockefeller Foundation (1946); Deputy Director of the New York Operations office of the Atomic Energy Commission; worked for the CIA from 1950-1963, when he was retired from the organization. He was an emeritus member of the American Chemical Society, and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. His son, H. Jesse Chadwell, was Dartmouth Class of 1947. Chadwell died June 3, 1980 at 81 years of age.

John McCrillis, Dartmouth Class of 1919, was born January 11, 1897. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, Dartmouth Outing Club, the Dartmouth Ski Team and the Dartmouth Forensic Union. He received a B.S. in Physics in 1919 from the College. He married Hester Cooper in 1924. He was a teacher at Moran School (1919-1924), Deputy Clerk of New Hampshire (1925-1935), Clerk of Superior Court of New Hampshire (1935-1966), and Vice President of McCrillis & Eldredge Insurance Inc. from 1965. He was inducted into the Ski Hall of Fame in 1966 for his contributions and pioneering efforts to the sport. His father, John McCrillis, son, John Cooper McCrillis, grandson, John M. Eldredge, and son-in-law, H. Newcomb Eldredge, all graduated from Dartmouth. McCrillis died February 26, 1991 at 94 years of age.

Harold Nichols, Dartmouth Class of 1919, was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa, and at one time leader of the Dartmouth College Orchestra. He taught radio in the Dartmouth Training Detachment, U.S. Army during World War I. His business associations were with the American Woolen Company, Biddle and Smart, and the Rust Craft Publishing Company. His son, H. Foster Nichols, was Dartmouth Class of 1950. Harold Nichols died December 14, 1947.

Norman Richardson, Dartmouth Class of 1920, was born on August 12, 1898 in Laconia, New Hampshire. He was a member of Psi Upsilon fraternity, Casque & Gauntlet, and Phi Beta Kappa. His business associations were with Rufus W. Scott Company and Tubize-Chatillion Company. He served in World War I for the U.S. Navy, and as a selectman for the Town of Gilford (New Hampshire). His uncle, Carl H. Richardson, and son, Fred W. Richardson, both graduated from Dartmouth. Richardson died on August 16, 1963 at 65 years of age.

Kenneth Spalding, Dartmouth Class of 1920, was born on July 22, 1897 in Brooklyn, New York. He was a member of Chi Phi fraternity (now Chi Heorot) and attended Tuck School his senior year, graduating with a B.S. degree in 1920. He married Hildegard (Hilda) Luce in 1922. He received an AMP degree from Harvard in 1948. His son, Samuel Luce Spalding, and grandson, Philip C. Spalding, both graduated from Dartmouth. He worked as assistant to the president of the American Optical Company, and at the time of his retirement in 1962 was president and chairman of the board of Hodgson Houses in Southbridge, Massachusetts. He died August 8, 1977 at 80 years of age.

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