1928
The most-promoted classmate in 1949 is Honie Westhaver. In the November notes we told of his appointment as district manager for the American Steel & Wire Co. in Duluth, Minn. On December 15 it was announced that he had been promoted again, and moved further west. Starting January 1 he took over as manager of operations of the Geneva Steel Co., another U. S. Steel subsidiary, at Geneva, Utah. There's no holding those Melrose (Mass.) boys down!
Howie Chapin was called to Washington recently and asked if he would help John J. McCloy's Civil Administration of Western Germany for four weeks. Be it said to the credit of General Foods Corp. that they were willing to let him go,—so he leaves January 29, by plane, of course. Bobby isn't going. Howie has been Advertising Director of General Foods for a year.
Bill Wheland has been promoted to professor at the University of Chicago, where he started as an instructor in 1937. Bill is also advisor to the editor of the EncyclopaediaBritannica on chemical subjects, and is the author of many articles in the encyclopaedia.
George Pasfield has done a marvelous job as our Memorial Fund Chairman. In the last five weeks of 1949 he collected $5500 to bring our total up to $9,300 and indications of $20,000 in additional gifts before our Twenty- Fifth! Rupe Thompson and Red Edgar have offered to help in New England, and PaulCutler will help in the Chicago area. Rupe and Red hope to arrange a class dinner in Boston soon.
George and Suzanne Pasfield and their two children were in Hanover between Christmas and New Years, but for the second year in a row were unable to ski due to the lack of snow. Rupe Thompson and family went to Stowe, Vt, for four days and found some skiing high on the mountains.
Among the guests at the Hanover Inn in December were: Red Sanborn, Hadley Cantril, Wes McSorley and Mr. and Mrs. RemKinne.
Dick atid Margaret Welch of Boston have adopted an 18-months-old girl, Mary Ellen. Jack and Gertrude Armstrong now have two sons since the arrival of Stephen a few months ago.
Dick Sullivan, chief librarian of the Lawrence (Mass.) Library, is studying at the Simmons College School of Library Science and expects to receive his master's degree in June.
Alberto Thompson, chief of the technical information branch of the Atomic Energy Commission, was the principal speaker at a recent meeting of the Northern West Virginia Section of the American Chemical Society.
Milt Hoe fie has been elected Secretary- Treasurer of the Brooklyn Surgical Society.
Henry Gere started on January 3 in a new position—with Badger Cutouts, Inc., 52-65 74th St., Maspeth, N. Y., just outside of Long Island City. He says his 20 years at Lever Bros. Cos. in Cambridge have given him the experience necessary to prove to other business firms that they, can't handle the packing and shipping of their advertising materials as efficiently and economically as a specialized company can.
Jim McConnon's daughter, Ann 19, is a student at Carleton College, her mother's alma mater.
Chris Livingston, who has been working on General McArthur's staff in the petroleum division, is now back with the company for which he has worked since 1928. His address is Caltex Oil (Japan) Ltd., Box 347 Central, Tokyo. At the outbreak of the war he was manager of The Texas Co. for Korea. He has spent 20 years in the Far East—in China, Indo China, India, Korea, Ceylon and a year in a Jap prison camp.
George and Paula Bell, who have spent almost as much time in the Far East (China) for Standard Oil, are now settled in Maplewood, N. J., and delighted to learn that they are neighbors of Walt and Ethel Simpson.
Jack Barry has left Western Electric Co. and gone back into the municipal bond business with Roosevelt & Cross, Inc., 40 Wall St., New York. This is a continuation of the firm he worked for before going with Western Electric in 1942.
Budd Maring has been hospitalized and under a doctor's care since an automobile accident on August 14.
A large number of '28ers are serving on committees all over the country interviewing applicants for admission to Dartmouth. BillMorton is Alumni Councilor in charge of Northern New York; Dick Walker is Alumni Councilor in charge of lowa and Nebraska.
Committee chairmen are: Merl Barns, JohnCronin, John Flanagan, Don Giles, Jeff Glendinning, Craig Haines, Jack Heston, JohnLyman, Aniby McLaughlin, Jack McLaughlin,Phil Orsi, George Pitts, Hazen Sturtevant, OsSkinner and Ernie Wright. Many other classmates are serving actively on committees which these men are heading up. All of these men are giving up a great deal of time and are making a very important contribution to Dartmouth.
George Emery has been appointed manager of the N. J. Bell Telephone Co. in Navesink.
The "extra" summer reunion mentioned is being worked on, and more news about it will be forthcoming soon.
Our chief Connecticut correspondent, CalBillings, forwarded two clippings from the Hartford Courant. The first announced the election of Sonny Middlebrook as chairman of the Real Estate Division of the Hartford Chamber of Commerce and a director of that organization. The other clipping was a picture of U. S. Representative John A. McGuire and Senator William Benton "enjoying a laugh" at a meeting of the Democratic State Central Committee.
Monty Wells, who captained the varsity track team when we were seniors, has maintained his interest in that sport by coaching and officiating every year since graduation. He has written an article on "New England Cross Country" to be published soon in Student Life.
Tavey Taylor has moved from Santa Rosa to San Francisco and formed the law partnership of Boyd, Taylor & Reynolds, 1303 Hobart Building. He, Louise and their two boys and a girl live in suburban Corte Madera.
Limitations of space in the last issue crowded out the caption we suggested for the "It's Later Than You Think" drawing. Anyway, we want to thank Jack Rose for it.
Secretary, Van Dyne Oil Co., Troy, Pa. Treasurer,2 Princeton PL, Montclair, N. J. Class Agent, Onondaga County Savings Bk., 101 So. Salina St., Syracuse 1, N. Y.
