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November 10, 2004 Fred C. Marsh II
Word comes from San Diego of the death on Nov. 10 of our classmate Fred C. Marsh II, member of an informal Dartmouth singing group, veteran of the Marines Corps, Naval Intelligence and the National Security Agency, and, later in life an expert in investment finance. His wife, Gayle, says Fred died of spinal cancer.
His close Dartmouth friend, JOE BATCHELDER, recalls that Fred was a member of a calypso singing group, "Seven Hungry Men" that was formed out of Topliff Hall and, in our Freshman year, performed both in Hanover and at nearby women's colleges.
"Fred and I bonded 'Freshman Week' and created an empathetic but eclective group," Joe recalls. "Seven Hungry Men" included BILL HARLOW, BILL HIBBS. GEORGE TOLFORD, JOHN FREIDE, FRED CELCE, Joe and Fred. But it did not stay together long. Bill Harlow was the first member of our class to die, on Dec. 12, 1957, in the fall of our Sophomore year.
"I have met, worked with, and have been exposed to many geniuses in my life, but I would say that Fred was one of the most savvy, articulate and intuitive amongst that group," Joe observed.
Certainly, his varied career supports the point. A San Diego Tribune obituary noted that after joining the Marines, Fred was sent to the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and then to the Institute of Languages and Linguistics in Washington, DC, to study the Arabic language and Middle Eastern affairs.
In the military, Fred was a divisional team leader for POW interrogation, later served in Naval Intelligence in the Middle East and North Africa, and was Senior Marine Instructor in the Arabic language and intelligence matters at the National Security Agency.
After the military, Fred pursued a livelihood in the financial services industry. He lectured on the industry at UCLA, UC Irvine, Stanford and Mills College and for nine years in the 1980s produced a daily television show in San Francisco named, "A Few Minutes With The Practical Economist." Fred also was a 30-year member of the US Coast Guard Auxiliary, the volunteer civilian arm of the Coast Guard.
He is survived by his wife of the last seven years, son Chapin, daughter Elizabeth Manion, three grandchildren, Cade, Cana and Cally, and five stepchildren.
A memorial service will be held for him Feb. 11, 2005 at 3:30 p.m. at the Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery at Point Loma, San Diego County.