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In recognition of his outstanding humanitarian achievements, Doc O'Connor has received from the College the highest distinction that can be awarded an alumnus. The honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon him at Hanover on June 29th with the following citation:

"Basil O'Connor:

Graduate o£ Dartmouth, Class of 1912, and of the Harvard Law School; the world's outstanding leader of organized private aid to the stricken at home and abroad, you combine two qualities which this College covets for her sons—capacity for high accomplishment and concern for the right things. Effective worker and lifelong devotee in all matters pertaining to Dartmouth, your ultimate loyalty has been to human beings in need, everywhere. In token of the gratitude men feel for your works and the pride your College knows for your service in the mitigation of suffering, whether from prejudice, disaster, hunger, disease or war, I confer upon you the degree of Doctor of Laws.

JOHN SLOAN DICKEY

Dartmouth College June 29, 1946."

The only other member of the Class who has been similarly honored is Harrie Chase, Judge of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Congratulations of the entire Class go to Doc for this "well-merited distinction that has come to him.

On July 3rd Doc left for a six-weeks' trip to Europe to attend the convention at Oxford University of the League of Red Cross Societies, of which he is Chairman, and a later meeting of the International Red Cross at Geneva, Switzerland. His daughter, Sheelagh, a Senior at Vassar College, accompanied him. At the annual Father's Day Award luncheon in New York he was among the fathers reeciving recognition in varied fields of public activity, being chosen for "benevolent activities."

Bishop Brown, Director of the Research Bureau of Retail Training at the University of Pittsburgh, has been elected to honorary membership in the Eta Mu Pi fraternity, the only honorary fraternity in the field of retailing.

In a letter from Husky Demerritt he says that the Dartmouth Club of Hawaii still continues to flourish and he has been elected President to succeed himself. Three outstanding boys from Honolulu will enter Dartmouth this Fall through the Club's activities.

From Bob Stoughton's sister comes news of Bob's two daughters. Jean Stoughton has been in San Francisco, California, since October, 1943, doing social service work. The younger daughter, Elizabeth, is married to John W. Kelly who is studying at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School.

I had the privilege of a most enjoyable visit with ex-Brigadier General Connie Snow who was in New York for the day shortly after his discharge from the Army on June 30, upon completion of his assignment as a member and recorder of the War Department Clemency Board. That Board, headed by exSupreme Court Justice Roberts, reviewed nearly 30,000 war-time court-martial convictions, granting clemency in about 85% of the cases. The May 25th edition of the SaturdayEvening Post had an interesting article on the work of Connie and his associates, entitled A Hundred Thousand Years at HardLabor. Inasmuch as he has something over 100 days of terminal leave, Connie is looking forward to a well deserved rest and vacation. His daughter, Constance, graduated from Skidmore College last May and is now Assistant Head Nurse in the surgical ward of the Post Graduate Hospital, New York City.

Charlie -McCarthy's daughter, Joan, also graduated from Skidmore in the same class.

The Class suffers a distinct loss in the death of Wally Jones on May 28th from the heart ailment that had troubled him for several years. Services at the Brick Presbyterian Church, New York City, were attended by the following classmates: Alvie Garcia and Dick Remsen, who were pallbearers, Les Snow, Jim Steen, Randy Burns, Pat Lovell and Heinie Urion. Henry Viets drove down from Boston to attend the burial services at Washington, Connecticut.

Last November Henry Allen moved from Milwaukee to Minneapolis to become Sales Promotion and Publicity Manager tor the leading furniture house of Minneapolis. He succeeded in buying a house but his family had to remain in Milwaukee pending possession of the new home.

Kathleen and Isabel, twin daughters of Stuart Blythe, were among the graduates of the University o£ Nevada in June.

Among the sons of classmates who will enter the College this Fall are Walter Thomas's younger son, Teddy, and Bush Mensel's youngest boy, Jerry. With three grandchildren, two girls and a boy, acquired in the last two years Bush, however, will not be lonesome.

As Executive Director of the Independent Oil Men's Association o£ New England, Click Morrill was recently appointed a member of the National Petroleum Council by Secretary of the Interior Krug. Click says that "conolations are in order because he has managed to continue a war headache into peacetime competition." The appointment, however, is a distinct honor for Click inasmuch as that national advisory board is made up of prominent oil executives.

Dud Redfield, who saw service with the Connecticut National Guard in Mexico and subsequently served as a Lieutenant in the cavalry in France during the first World War, apparently still smells powder. In 1943 he enlisted as an infantry private in the New York National Guard and after promotions through all grades to Battalion Sergeant Major, was recently appointed a First Lieutenant.

While Hi O'Neill was in New York early in July attending the Elks Convention, I had the pleasure of lunch with him and his charming wife and daughter, Dorothy. They were on an extensive automobile trip through the East visiting relatives and friends with a family reunion at Lakewood, Connecticut, at the home of his brother, Jim O'Neill '07.

Boss Geller's son, Fred, was married to Marjorie Nance Haywood at Owego, New York, on June Ist.

We are sorry to report that Ed Mitchell has been confined to his home in Montclair, New Jersey, for several months after having suffered a stroke.

Dick Remsen's youngest son, Ted, graduated from Choate in June winning the Choate Seal Prize, the school's highest honor for the boy making the greatest contribution to his school in his senior year. He will enter Dartmouth this Fall.

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