1953
Two noteworthy December news items concerning '53s merit first attention in this article. First was the announcement that Brock Brower, presently attending Harvard Law School, was one of 32 Rhodes Scholarship recipients. Milt Kramer '54, Brock's successor as the Daily D editor, also was selected for this high honor. And away out in Alta, Utah Bill Beck was named to one of the five positions on the U. S. Alpine team which will represent this country in the FIS championships in Sweden late this winter. Another '53, Wally Ashnault, had hoped to be able to compete for the Nordic team, but previous commitments" at the fashionable Ft. Dix resort area precluded any such hopes. However, the selection of Brookie Dodge '51 and Ralph Miller '55 to the Alpine team, thereby giving Dartmouth the dominant role on this squad, serves as some consolation.
While on the subject of international sports competition, we were just informed this morning that Ens. Bill Andre USN did an outstanding job in a big pentathlon championship held recently in South America. Unfortunately, we do not have any more details at this time.
Odds and Ends
During the holiday season, Jim Cobb, AnsonMark, Dan Earnst, Ted Spiegel, and SockSenne trained to Minneapolis to join several other '53s, including Chuck Stone, Fred Carleton,Bill Johnson, and Tom Blomquist, as onlookers at the two Dartmouth hockey games in that fair city. From reports, the two defeats suffered by the Big Green did little to impair the reunion celebrations. Cobber hopes to enter the next class at Newport, Ans is helping an oil concern develop the resources of our neighbor to the north. Chuck is working as a salesman for his father, and Blom is one of our newly commissioned Marine 2nd louies. The others are all students, with Ted and Fred, our two aspiring businessmen, being outnumbered by the three prospective attorneys.
Jim Cartmell and Jim Porath took advantage of the Christmas vacation from Tuck School to catch up on the skiing season at Mont Tremblant in Canada. They mentioned that they crossed trails with Ben Potter, who is now attending McGill Medical School. Ben said that both he and Deane Hillsman find it very difficult but nonetheless enjoy their studies. Rather than exposing himself to more cold and snowy weather (which Hanover is finally getting these days) Perry Free, another Tuck Tycoon, spent his vacation in Cuba and Florida.
News from the non-Hanover academic world is heavy this month. Don Brown is busy attending to his second year medical studies at the University of Chicago, and somehow still finds time for outside research work on biochemistry. We hear that he finds the latter study so satisfying that he intends to earn his Ph.D. in it after obtaining his M.D., and to devote most of his time thereafter to research in this field. Another '53 who left Hanover after his junior year to commence his medical studies is Bob Robinson. Bob, now in his second year at the Univ. of Indiana, and his wife, Cinny, are the proud parents of a two-month-old baby boy. Two medicinemen, Mike Duffy and Dave Siegel, decided to carry on their studies here in the East. Mike is at George Washington (reportedly near the top of his class scholastically), and Dave is enrolled at Albany Medical School.
And now a quick glance at the progress of our future industrial leaders. Dick O'Connor finds himself working up in Fort Edwards, N. Y., for the General Electric Co. Dick is in their training program, concentrating on finance, we believe, and reports that he finds the work very interesting and eye-opening. Right about this moment, however, we guess that Dick is more worried about the arrival of his second child than about routine office work. A "small" competitor of G.E., Western Electric by name, has caught the interest of Clint Mason who is now associated with their training program. We don't know his present whereabouts, but we understand that he worked in N. J. for some time. And lastly there is our S. S. Kresge boy, Wayne "Cooz"Komara. We bumped into Cooz at the Princeton game. At that time he was working in Stamford, Conn., for the large chain store.
Uncle Sam
We can add four more names, Tom Dewey,Dave Berry, Dick Blum, and Howie Pitts, to the already impressive list of classmates who have received their commissions as 2nd Its. in the Marine Corps. It seems to this reporter that we must have more officers in the "gyrenes" than in any other branch of the service. Or else these boys have wonderful public relations. The above-mentioned lieutenants have returned to Quantico after a few days leave for five more months of training. And from there?
Bill Hutchinson is in training at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Aberdeen, Md., while a fellow Army cohort, Boyer Chrisman, is at Ft. Dix. We hear that Jack Hurley has also joined our grand ole Army, but we don't know in what capacity.
Down in Florida, Don Backer had just completed his first solo flight as this article was going to press. Don is a member of the U. S. Naval Cadet training program, and has a few more weeks of training before he earns his wings.
Cupid's Corner
The first wedding on the docket is that of Ens. Bernie Sudikoff to Miss Joan Zimble of Chelsea, Mass., and Colby Jr., '51. In a big, beautiful ceremony at Temple Immanuel, Dick Geiser served as best man and DonBrown and Paul Paganucci were among the ushers. Bernie, recently graduated from Newport, and his wife spent their honeymoon touring the U. S. and are now living in San Diego, where he is stationed. A second Newport ensign recently cornered was Bill Hutchens. Bill married Caryl Anne Bruns of Douglaston, L. I., presently a senior at Skidmore College. Among those '53s in attendance were ushers Jack Koerner, Mayo Johnson, ChuckReilly, and Clark Brink. The new Mr. and Mrs. are making Glencoe, Ill., their home for the next six months while Bill attends CIC School there.
On November 21 at the Post Chapel, Parris Island, S. C., a Stephens College graduate, Miss Frances McCraray of Longmeadow, Mass., became the bride of 1st Lt. Preston Doane USMC. The groom saw extensive action in Korea before returning to Quantico for officers training. He is now stationed at Parris Island. Our last nuptial item is the December 27th wedding of Elizabeth Virginia Margeson to Carlos "Pud" Harrison. The bride's home is located in New Castle, N. H. Pud is presently in his second year at the Dartmouth Medical School.
As expected, the Christmas season brought the announcement of many engagements. Thus far, we have received definite information on the surrender of the following '53s: Jack Newton to Lynn Herron of Hamburg, N. Y., and Green Mt. Jr. '54; Irwin Freedburg to Irene Lisman of Brookline, Mass.; AndyGutekunst to Joan Averill of New Haven, Conn., and Colby Jr. '53; George Krall to Marjorie Chase of Holyoke, Mass., and Univ. of Mass. '53; Bill McCarthy to Beverly Davis of Baltimore, Md., and Northwestern '54; Ed"Woody" Spurgeon to Pat Flynn of Louisville, Ky., and Colby Jr. '52.
And lastly, this year, Christmas Day had to take a back seat to December 19 for the BobSchuelkes, when Bob's wife, the former Marcia Wendt, presented him with a baby girl. The couple, now living in Hanover while Bob finishes his Tuck-Thayer studies, have decided to name the little one Jane Marion.
Well, that we fear is all the news for this month. Many thanks for the letters you have been sending to Hanover, but we are running a little short on news and would like to hear from those of you who haven't found the time to write us yet.
HIS FIRST SOLO: Donald Bacher '53, Navy Air Force cadet, completed his first flight recently at Whiting Field, Milton, Fla.
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