1939

Labor Day, the end of another summer and the deadline for the October issue all seem to tumble in together. We hope you have all had a fine summer and are glad to be back with the '39 gang for a few minutes each month. Nothing like the Love, Romance and Adventures of a bunch of guys now 13 years away from those well-remembered college days. For those of you who have contributed news and letters during the summer, our appreciation.

First off a little comment on the swell job done by Jack Vincens and his assistants on the Alumni Fund drive. You've had the details of how we made out via the Newsletter, but to all of you that got in and pitched, many thanks. The record shows the improvement. We still have too many that are not pulling their weight, and this lets down a lot of guys that made a very special effort in this campaign, but another chance will come next year.

The big news for the class this year seems to have been a well-kept secret, but the cat is out of the bag. You may not think you are old enough, but nevertheless '39 reunes next June for the big Fifteenth. The classes of '37 and '38 will be with us and the exact dates will be June 19, 20 and 21. Plans and details still have to be worked out, but you'll be kept informed. It will be a good one and you had better plan now to be there.

Moreau Brown has moved from the lovely northern New York countryside of St. Lawrence University to the heart of Manhattan to become Assistant Dean of Admissions at New York University. He will be in charge of admissions to the Liberal Arts College and the Day and Evening Engineering Schools at the University Heights campus.

For all you medics here's a news item from a New Britain (Conn.) paper that Dr. RalphWright has been certified as a diplomate o£ the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. "Doc" got his M.D. from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia and interned at Johns Hopkins until he entered the Navy. After the Navy, Ralph got his specialty training at U. of Penn until 1950 when he started the practice of obstetrics and gynecology in New Britain. Bob Hall is serving as a surgeon with the 2nd Infantry in Korea and has just been promoted to Lieutenant Colonel. Since his duty in the army started Bob has picked up a long and impressive list of decorations including the Silver Star with two oak leaf clusters, the Bronze Star with three oak leaf clusters, the Purple Heart with two oak leaf clusters, the Medical Badge with star and the Korean Service Ribbon with six campaign stars. Some record, Bob. Dr. DickStorrs and his family have a new house in Syracuse where they-now seem to be very much at home. Dick reports that Bill Winchester has moved from Rochester, Minn., to San Jose, Calif., where he will be in the private practice of medicine.

On the matrimonial slate, Jim Kelso and Miss Elise Marie Free were married in Washington on August 2. And on May 20 Pete Ordivay was married to Mrs. Gloria Kerrigan in Palm Beach, Fla. Pete is a free-lance writer and has made his home in Palm Beach for some years.

A very welcome letter from Jim Brenner, in the Deep South of Macon, Ga. Jim is busily engaged in the work of the Macon Junior Chamber of Commerce of which he is president, his Cub Scout Pack of 56 boys, and an army reserve unit that is taking two weeks of his time in August. Maybe Jim works for pay somewhere, too, but it's not mentioned. Just an incidental, I guess.

Dave Schilling's accomplishments and awards in aviation seem to grow monthly. The latest we have seen is his selection by the Air Force Association as the man who has done the most for United States air power in the past year. Dave is now commander of the Thirty-First Fighter Escort Wing.

A real pleasure to get a note from one of '39's long silent members, Dave Thurlow from Birmingham, Ala. Since the war Dave has been working for the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., selling barges and other river equipment, and is now the sales manager for the Decatur Division that handles this type of work.

Clem Burnap, Foreign Representative for Clark Bros. Cos., is now living in Milan, Italy. . . .Johnny Mechlin, journalist for Time-Life, is in London....John Parkhurst is traffic manager for Willys-Overland Motors in Toledo, and makes his home in Wauseon, O. ... Dick Weil, advertising wTith R. L. Polk Cos. in Manhattan and living out on the Island at Port Washington.. . . Harry Sinclair in the petroleum business, living in Beverly Hills, Calif.... Dr. Robert Sullivan at the Childrens Hospital in Washington.

Hank Glovsky running for re-election to the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 15th Essex District, living in Beverly where he is a lawyer... . Prof. Ev Woodman in Germany for the summer where he will take part in a U.S. State Department project on modern psychology in education, returning to his teaching at the University of Illinois in the fall.... Bob Schill has a new job with the Brooklyn Union Gas Cos. in economic planning, taking him out of the secretary's office where he has been for the past few years.

TAPPED: J. Moreau Brown '39, former Director of Admissions at St. Lawrence University, is shown being tapped for honorary membership in Kixioc, senior society. He has since been made Assistant Dean of Admissions at New York University.

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