Tuck School

THE Tuck School's two-tent show seems to be rolling along merrily. Our French management trainees are an outstanding group of young men and they have fallen into the swing of things quickly. As we mentioned in our last edition, this group had the advantage of a two-week orientation period in Syracuse where, with the assistance of Bill Morton T'29, a good program of plant visits and class work was conducted by Dr. Paul Atkins.

Our regular classes, having a total enrollment of over 170 men, are in full swing. We are very proud of both classes. Not only are they good students but they are outstanding football players having recently won the College Intramural Competition under the inspiring leadership of Jim Meyers.

The work of the Tuck School has benefited by the contributions of a number of unusually fine outside speakers. Harold Dunlap, Work Simplification Director of H. P. Hood & Sons, spoke in the Management class on December 4 on "Problems in Work Simplification."

George S. Case T'30, President of the Lamson & Sessions Company of Cleveland, Ohio, spoke to our classes in Financial Management on November 31.

Walter H. Wheeler, President of the Pit-ney-Bowes Company, spoke to classes in Management and Production on December 8.

Dr. Lillian M. Gilbreth (who insists that they are still cheaper by the dozen) addressed the Management classes also on Friday, December 8. Mrs. Gilbreth is The Gilbreth, Inc., the famous management and industrial engineers.

Our colleagues here at the School have just informed us that there was one aspect of the student enrollment this year which we had failed to report and in which you would be interested. For the first time in years the first-year class includes three members of the varsity football squad—Johnny Clayton, Ted Eberle and Pete Bogardus. We had often heard (without believing) that a man could not come to the Tuck School and play football at the same time. We are very happy to report that all three are doing very well in their work here.

Professors Frey and Duncombe were scheduled this year in the Great Issues course. Professor Frey spoke on the subject "Is the Consumer the Forgotten Man?" Professor Duncombe spoke on "Settling the Labor Dispute."

Prof. Karl Hill, who has been ill for the past year and in Dick's House for the past four months, is now very markedly improved.

We have received a great many interesting letters from alumni. We note below news with respect to a few of you and will try to catch up on the others next month.

Sam West T'47 has just been appointed Assistant Sales Manager, Defense Contracts, for the Tyler Fixture Corporation.

Orton H. Hicks Jr. T'50 has joined the Marketing Research Department of Compton Incorporated.

Earl Daum T'2s and Helen were late October visitors to Hanover. Earl is probably our most traveled alumnus, with several years each in Egypt, Sweden, India and Australia. At present he is Assistant Managing Director of General Motors' Holdens Limited at Melbourne.

Jack J. Margolin T'33 was appointed Merchandising Manager at Halliburton's, Oklahoma City.

Prof. John Harriman, formerly of Tuck, resigned his Deanship at the School of Business at Syracuse University in September. After a short period on the White House staff with Averill Harriman, he went to London as Deputy Chief of the E.C.A. administration there, under William Batt.

Letters from Willard Bollenbach Jr. T'50 tell us of his work with the Edward E. Johnson Company of St. Paul.

By the time these notes are in print, the new year will have started. To all of you we send our very best wishes for 1951.

K. A. HILL