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20 years, donated many valuable paintings
to Rhode Island museums, and enjoyed
drawing. He exhibited his pencil sketches
at the Redwood Library in Newport. He
also donated several important pieces of
art and art books to the Redwood Library.
Though he traveled the world, Mr. Howe
was also devoted to his home. He spent
much of his time and energy conserving
Berry Hill, the 22-acre historic landscape
and wildlife refuge in Newport’s Ocean
Drive District, where he lived for 50 years.
Mr. Howe leaves behind seven nieces
and nephews and eight great-nieces and
great-nephews as well as many friends
and colleagues all over the world.
1934
Guy Gerard Rutherfurd
a New York City
lawyer whose legal
career stretched
back to World
War II and the
post-war Nurem-
berg trials, died
peacefully on
May 27, 2012, at
the age of 96.
He was born in New York City on Sep-
tember 11, 1915, the son of Winthrop
C. Rutherfurd (Form of 1880) and Alice
Morton Rutherfurd. His mother died
when he was four, and he was raised by
his stepmother, Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd.
He was the grandson of one-time New
York Governor and American Vice Presi-
dent Levi P. Morton.
Mr. Rutherfurd, who was preceded at
SPS by several family members, including
his father and Uncle Lewis (Form of 1978)
entered the School in the fall of 1930. He
was a member of Der Deutsche Verein,
rowed for Shattuck, boxed, and played
football for Old Hundred. While at SPS, he
competed in a four-oared shell at Henley
with his brothers Winthrop, John ’28, and
Hugo ’30. He graduated from Princeton
University in 1938, where he boxed and
rowed, and went on to earn his J.D. at
the University of Virginia School of Law.
He served as a legal liaison between the
U.S. Navy and the British Isles courts as
a Naval officer during World War II. After
the war, based on his German studies at
SPS, he led the Naval intelligence review
of 85 tons of top classified German
naval records for use as evidence in the
Nuremberg trial of Admiral Karl Doenitz.
In 1938, Mr. Rutherfurd married
Georgette Whelan, older sister of Sidney
Whelan ’47. He became a managing part-
ner in the New York law firm of Morris
& McVeigh, where he practiced for more
than 50 years. He was a devoted father of
four and was very active in his commu-
nity, serving on the board of numerous
institutions, including the Bodman and
Achelis Foundations, the Manhattan Eye
& Ear Hospital, the Buckley School, the
Dime Savings Bank of N.Y., the Bronx
Zoo, the N.Y. Aquarium Wildlife Con-
servation Society, the Lenox Hill Neigh-
borhood House, and the Hackettstown
National Bank, N.J.
Mr. Rutherfurd was predeceased in
2004 by his wife of 66 years, Georgette,
and his son Morton Rutherfurd, who died
in 2000, as well as his brothers Lewis,
Winthrop, John ’28, and Hugo ’30 and
sisters Alice Peralta Ramos and Barbara
Knowles. His is survived by his children:
Guy Jr. ’58, Leith, and Alexander ’72; twelve
grandchildren, including Isabel Ruther-
furd ’07; and six great-grandchildren.
1935
Charles Pugh Dennison
whose diverse
career included
appointments at
the U.S. Naval
Academy and
the State Depart-
ment, always with
the same focus –
improving the
quality of edu-
cation here and abroad – died on Octo-
ber 27, 2011, in Princeton, N.J., after a
lifetime as a teacher, administrator, and
policymaker. He was 95.
Born on Sept. 27, 1916, to Ethan A. and
Elizabeth (Fisher) Dennison, Mr. Denni-
son was also known for his love of music,
his penchant for sports, and his many
volunteer endeavors.
He entered St. Paul’s in 1930 after a
childhood in Rye, N.Y. At school, Mr.
Dennison managed the orchestra and
participated in a variety of sports, includ-
ing football, hockey, tennis, and squash.
He was a particularly talented oarsman.
Mr. Dennison graduated cum laude,
earning the Bronze Scholarship Medal
in 1932 and 1933. His brother, Ethan ’33,
also attended St. Paul’s. In letters to
Elizabeth Dennison, administrators
remarked how much the faculty enjoyed
working with both boys.
After leaving St. Paul’s, Mr. Dennison
attended Princeton University, graduat-
ing in 1939. He taught English, Latin, and
mathematics at St. Andrew’s School in
Delaware and spent five years in the U.S.
Navy, first as a destroyer captain and
later as an instructor at the Academy.
He finished his military service with
the rank of Lieutenant Commander and
returned to St. Paul’s to teach for the
1946-47 academic year. Mr. Dennison
then continued his own schooling, earning
an MBA from Harvard and a doctorate in
education from Columbia University.
He applied these advanced degrees first
at Princeton and, later, in Washington,
D.C., where he worked for the U.S. Office
of Education and the State Department.
His focus was promoting global literacy
and monitoring Cold War-era education
issues.
After leaving the federal government,
Mr. Dennison returned to Princeton, then
worked as the regional director of higher
education for the State of New York. He
finished his career as the executive dir-
ector of the English Speaking Union of
the United States, a post from which he
retired in 1978.
He is the author of Faculty Rights and
Obligations in Eight Independent Liberal
Arts Colleges, a book published by the
Teachers College Press in 1955.
Mr. Dennison remained active in edu-
cation well into his retirement, volun-
teering in the New Jersey public schools
and serving as a trustee of Westminster
Choir College. He remained active in his
later years as well, riding his bike through
the streets of Princeton and maintaining
memberships with the Pretty Brook Ten-
nis Club and the Springdale Golf Club.
Survivors include his wife of 53 years,
Jane; daughters, Anne and Laura; a
stepson, James D. Wharton; and five
grandchildren, who were fond of the
audiotapes he often sent on their birth-
days. He was predeceased in 2007 by
his brother Ethan ’33.
DECEASED