HENRY S. KINGMAN

1894-1968

The Club has sustained a great loss in the death of Henry Kingman who died on December 12 at the age of 74 following recent surgery. His wife the former Josephine Woodward, predeceased him in August. Kingman was a leading banker in Minneapolis, a former president of the National Association of Mutual Savings Banks and honorary chairman of the Farmers & Mechanics Savings Bank of Minneapolis, of which he was president 1937-57, then becoming board chairman. He was a graduate of Amherst, class of 1915, and a lifetime trustee of the college. He had been a trustee of the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, N. Y., and a director of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, as well as of General Mills. During World War I he served in the French artillery and was awarded the Croix de Guerre.

He joined the American Alpine Club in 1931 and was active on its Finance Committee. He was also a member of the Alpine Club of Canada (1930) and the Alpine Club (London). He was an expert skier and had climbed extensively in Canada as well as, to a lesser extent, in the Alps. In 1929, from Maligne lake, he made the second ascents of Mounts Unwin and Charlton. He accompanied the present writer in 1933 when with Conrad Kain as guide we made first ascents of Peyto, Trapper, Mistaya and Barbette, completing our tour with the long glacier traverse across the watershed from Peyto lake to Yoho valley. He was again with me in 1934 when we visited the Freshfield group and Bush pass, a season of bad weather when our only successes were first ascents of Garth and Valenciennes. In 1941 we went with Erling Strom to the Assiniboine area, and later made an abortive attempt to reach the main watershed south of Howse Peak, using Bow lake as a base and canoe through the Waterfowl lakes. He was a delightful companion with great sense of humor, and one was fortunate to be in his company.

J. Monroe Thorington