1927
We have some very welcome news this month from several members of the class who haven't had much publicity in these columns lately, and I know that you will all be as glad as I was to have some word from them.
Jonny Rintels, living in Falls Church, Va., is a trial attorney and enforcement specialist with the National Production Authority. Jonny went into the Army in 1940, got into the Military Government branch, and ended up as a Captain in the Military Government in Germany. After the occupation was turned over to the civilian authorities, he remained with it as a civilian until July 1951, becoming, finally, Chief, Administration of Justice Division, Office of the U. S. High Commissioner for Germany, a job which carried with it membership on the Judicial Sub-Committee of the Council of the Allied High Commission.
Stew Schackne is Assistant Manager of Public Relations for the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, and is at present on an assignment with the Largo Oil and Transport Co., Ltd., of Aruba, Netherlands West Indies, an affiliate of Jersey Standard who operates the largest refinery now running in the world. During the years Stew has written a number of magazine articles, ranging from children's stories to histories of the oil industry. He expects to be back home in Bronxville early in 1953.
Vic Duplin, after leaving Dartmouth, attended M.I.T., achieving an M.S. degree in 1933, in the meantime coaching hockey. He is now living in Paris, O., doing research for the Babcock and Wilcox Co. of Alliance. Vic is a trustee of the Basic Science Division of the American Ceramic Society.
Dick Swartzbaugh attended Harvard Law School, graduating with an LL.B. degree in 1930, and is now a partner in the law firm of Schroeder, Swartzbaugh and Moor. Dick tells me that he is shocked to see how old the class looks, but in as much as I see him every little while I might report that he is aging right along with the rest of us.
Huey Gray writes from Des Moines, lowa, that since 1950 he has been managing the printing plant of the Register and Tribune Co., which owns the two Des Moines papers, the two Minneapolis newspapers, Look and Quick magazines, besides printing telephone directories, publications and the general run of other printing jobs. It sounds like a big job, and Huey says that it is a very interesting one.
Hank Hancock is principal of Colebrook Academy, Colebrook, N. H. For two years during the war, he held the position of Supervisor of Education at the Federal Correctional Institute at Danbury, Conn. Hank says that it was interesting to note that most of the Ivy League Colleges had representatives in the inmate population, though he was proud of the fact that Dartmouth was un-represented during the time that he was there.
Em Ross, living in Washington, D. C., is a Special Assistant on Economic Affairs for the State Department. His work for the government began in 1933 as Director, Research and Statistics, for the W.P.A. In 1940 he became Director, Contracts Branch, War Production Board. He was with the Harriman Mission in London in 1943, Director, Programs and Statistics Division, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers in Tokyo from 1945 to 1948, Deputy Director, Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East, in Bangkok in 1948 and 1949, and has been back in Washington since.
Ed Ripley writes from Van Nuys, Calif., catching us up on his activities of the last 25 years. Ed spent senior year on a university world cruise put on by New York University, then returned to Hanover and graduated with the Class of 1928, though he is still a loyal member of 1927. Following that he was in the oil business for three years, securities for eight, food freezing for two, then went into the concrete products business, where he still is. He is President of General Concrete Prod- ucts, Inc., of Van Nuys, and is also President of the Concrete Manufacturers' Association, and of the Industrial Association of the San Fernando Valley.
Two members of the Class have recently received promotions. Jack Sheldon has been elected to the Presidency of the E. H. Sheldon Co. of Muskegon, Mich., and Rog Bury was recently appointed as Sales Promotion Manager of International Business Machine.
Bed Williams has returned to active duty with the Marine Corps with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
New addresses: Edward D. Ruth, 661 Covington Drive, Detroit 3, Mich.; MaximilianC. Shaw, 6 Hickory Lane, Beverly, Mass.
Visitors to the Hanover Inn during November included Vic Reynolds and Al McClure.
There seemed to be a dearth of 1927 men in the crowd at the Cornell game, though I was delighted to run into Ceb Lee, Bob Long and Spence Cook. The outcome of the game was something less than delightful the best thing that I can report was that it was a beautiful day.
Word has just been received of the death of Alvin Hoenninger on November 24. I will try to obtain a more detailed report for the next issue of the MAGAZINE.
If any of you still have the questionnaire which I sent you during the fall, please fill it out and return it to me. There are a lot of you that I haven't yet heard from, and I would like to have the records complete.
Don't forget the New York Class Dinner at the Dartmouth Club on January 22. Get in touch with Ken Murray, 151 East 80th St., New York, for details if you think that you can be there. I hope that I will be. Best wishes for 1953.
Secretary, Pine Hill Farm, West River Rd„ Perrysburg, Ohio Treasurer, Box 1927, Pittsburgh 30, Pa.
