1913

On Sunday, January 15, at the annual Albany B'nai B'rith Convenant Breakfast of Gideon Lodge in the Sheraton Ten Eyck Hotel ballroom the award of the 1956 covenant shield was made to Dr. Milton Aronowitz for his outstanding service to the community. Milt is recognized as an expert on industrial medicine and surgery and has a wide reputation as an orthopedist. His interest in youngsters was responsible for his early participation in the Albany Jewish Community Center program. He served as president of the Center twelve years and has been a director eighteen years. Milt directed two most successful Jewish Welfare Fund campaigns, and has been active in Albany County Red Cross and Albany Community Chest, serving as special gifts committee chairman for the latter in 1955. He is a member of the staffs of Albany Hospital, Albany Medical College and the School of Nursing. In World War I he was a medical officer and served at the New York City Water Supply Depot and at Delaware College. He became regimental surgeon of Albany's 10th Regiment of the National Guard and was a colonel with the New York Guard in World War 2. Under the heading "A Deserved Honor," the Knickerbocker News spoke editorially:

So much is being said these days about juvenile delinquency that youngsters who aren't delinquents may begin to wonder what's wrong with them.

Thus one hesitates to write _ about the matter further. Yet it comes to mind in association with the 1956 Covenant award made Sunday by the Albany B'nai B'rith to Dr. Milton Aronowitz.

Friends say that Dr. Aronowitz when assigned as an Army medical officer to Delaware College took so much interest in football and sports generally that the college wanted him to stay on as a civilian athletic director. He naturally preferred to remain in his field: medicine.

Yet his interest in all kinds of athletics has remained keen. He sees in them a healthy outlet for zestful teen-agers. As a leader in the city's Jewish community he has done many good works, not the least of which has been his concern with a challenging program of athletics for youths. The B'nai B'rith was wise in honoring him.

We feel that juvenile delinquency will be curbed, if at all, less by talk and by laws than by people, people like Dr. Aronowitz who like children and want to do something for them.

William H. Mason of 5 Lewis Road, Winchester, Mass., retired from Swift & Company after 42 years in the sales end of the business in Chicago and Eastern territories. For the past ten years he has been in New England with headquarters in Boston. No "adjustment" has been made yet but he will take a vacation trip first.

Parker Trowbridge's daughter Nancy was married on October 15 to Junius O. Beebe II of Wakefield, a graduate of Harvard '46.

Those of you who have read Harry Semmes'Portrait of Patton realize that you are also getting a wonderful picture of Harry's experiences and life in World Wars I and II and can read now of the tales we had hoped to have when he spoke to us in Hanover at our reunion dinners.

Both Dave and John Conant were at home in Hanover with Bob and Mildred Conant for the Christmas holidays. Bob, Harry French and Fred Page are sharpening up their cribbage to take on Bill Terry when he lands in and about Hanover to beard them in their lair.

General and Edna Willson have gone to their permanent Florida address, 112 Gleason St., Delray Beach, and hope to return to New England for their son Robert's graduation in June.... General saw Ted Davis just before he left and Ted had returned from a thorough checkup at the hospital. All is right with his heart.

Van and Vi Vander Pyl left Seattle on February 9 for a four months' 30,000-mile trip with a projected itinerary of the Philippines, Hong Kong and Macao, maybe Japan, Singapore and vicinity, South Africa and South America. There will be six to eight couples and a number of singles. Johnnie and Bea Johnson of 1915 will be along — all SOB's. The Vans ran across Johnnie three years ago and traveled with him to Australia from the Orient. They have lists of Dartmouth men to hunt up along the route. Bon Voyage.

Bill Terry '13, Class Agent, relaxes and storesup energy for the 1956 Fund campaign.

Secretary, Box 2057, Boston 6, Mass.

Treasurer, Hanover, N.H.

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