Henry Marvin Dodge ’32

Hank died on May 28, 1989, after a period of declining health. Before he retired in 1974, he spent 42 years as a senior executive of the Libby-Owens-Ford Co. Outstand¬ing as a classmate and in later life, he made his home in Bowling Green, Ohio. We shall miss him.

Hank's passion was antique automobiles, and he be¬came an outstanding collector and restorer of them. Some of his restorations were little short of miraculous. He once spotted a pair of brass headlamps in a country gas station, but upon offering to buy them he was told that he would have to buy the entire rusty car to which they were attached. He bought the car and eight years later finished restoring a 1908 Model G Cadillac—the only one in existence. An even more difficult task was restoring a Martin Wasp, the only make of automobile ever built in Vermont. The company manufactured only five such cars before it went under. The sixth existed in a heap of parts in a barn in Vermont; fortunately, Hank had a complete set of blueprints, from which he was able to fabricate many of the missing parts. In the end, he had a unique luxury automobile. His favorite car was a 1904 one-cylinder Oldsmobile in which he completed the fa¬mous English Brigton run (52 miles) in 1973. He en¬tered his cars in many shows and won many prizes. A number of his restorations are in museums today.

Hank is survived by his widow Ruth, a son David '60, and five grandchildren. We send them our most sincere sympathy.

The Class of 1932