1934
We wax more and more enthusiastic as we watch Harry B. Gilmore operate as Class Agent. He was coming out of shock at the last class dinner at the Dartmouth Club in New York. Yet you would have thought he was as healthy and normal as blueberry pie as he addressed the following noisy slap-happy group: Dick Houck, Bill Craig, Willy Leveen, Bob Kolbe, Jeff Jackson, Walt Blood, Clyde Seney, Les Reeve, George Copp, Marty Dwyer, Bill Scherman, Sey Lewis, Harry McCann, Len Harrison, Bob W. Smith, Dick Gruen and Hank Werner. Although he was unable to remain for dinner, Al Kahn sauntered in and greeted all and sundry. This was the first time that all and sundry had seen him since graduation. So we fired a lot of questions and learned that he is living near by on Glengary Road, Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y. As addenda, this was a good turnout, but Dinner Chairman Dick Gruen hopes to do even better on April 18, 1956. That will be the last get-together in New York so all of the big citizenry and exurbanites are urged to circle the date on the calendar and put in an appearance. These affairs have been most entertaining and you are bound to meet at least two men whose first and last names you can clearly remember.
More important news was made on the night of January 17 at the Blackstone Hotel in Chicago. The Windy City gang (this comes from just having read the biography of our favorite comedian, Joe E. Lewis) under the master-minding of Bob Engelman and his lieutenant, Tom Hicks, met for cocktails and dinner. Lots of laughs and a fine representation. Running counter clockwise around the table: Tom Beers, who graduated from varsity basketball manager to sales manager of R.R. Donnelley & Sons, is raising his sons, Tom Jr. and Richard, to be basketball players, and the girls, Sue and Nancy, are learning to play, too. Bob Wildman is running his own manufacturing business and lives at 3026 Carroll Ave. in Chicago. Jack Fogarty is vice president of the advertising agency Ross Roy, Inc., and in addition to Jonna and Abigail has a son Robert '58. Charlie Faulkner is with Spiegel, Inc. and according to the president of the company is "doing an outstanding job on electronic engineering." Oscar Cohn came up from Bloomington to attend. He is a partner and general manager of a real estate business and as he told us at reunion, still single. The inimitable George Cogswell, with American Telephone and Telegraph, we hear from here is more serious these days. Say it isn't so, George. Ed Hilton, who has just been made a partner in his law firm, engaged in conversation with Danny Schuyler who is not only a lawyer but a pedagogue (if you think that's good you should see his thesis) at Northwestern. Also present were Warren Schinid, who when last heard from was assistant manager of the cylinder control department of Linde Air Products Company, and Tom Hicks, handsome and dapper as ever, an entrepreneur of the first order, who has his fingers in many pies as vice president and treasurer of Ferrell-Hicks. Boardman Veazie whose wife graduated from Northwestern (but never had any courses with Danny Schuyler) was present as a commodity analyst for Swift & Co. Now you know why the Blackstone served such a good meal for three dollars.
There were also several out-of-towners who deserve special commendation. Bill Emerson came up from St. Louis just for the dinner. He had arranged a business trip for the occasion. His job with Monsanto Chemical is to hand out monies to institutions of higher learning for scholarship purposes. HarrySteams came down from St. Paul where he practices law with Stearns & Stearns. And there was Joe Lehmann, a professional psychiatric social worker in Wilmette, Ill. Finally, JimWendell, who took advantage of the opportunity to discuss the Memorial Fund, a subject very dear to his heart and one which gives the rest of us many sleepless nights wondering where we are going to get the money to make Jim happy.
At the last moment the following fellows who had intended to lie present were called out of town, got involved in business deals, or had to stay home to do the children's homework: Mel Gunst who has just joined the Gruen Watch Company as sales representative for the Great Lakes area; and Jack Laidlaw who is president of Laid law Bros., publishers of educational books. Art Mxiebius, in Chicago for the furniture show along with Buzz Hartman, was unable to attend lor the same reason. Buzz runs Leath & Company and in addition to everything else has five frolicking children, Martha Jayne, Kathleen, John, Barbara and Bruce. Bud Snite of the Imperial Credit Company whose wife Mary also attended Northwestern couldn't make it. Seems that a lot of you gals must have followed the Big Green Teams even when Otto Graham was cavorting on the field. Laury Herman was most anxious to come but called out of town by his employer, the Wax Paper Institute. Also missed was Ed Moore, president of E.R. Moore Co. and manufacturer of girls athletic apparel and as a side-line academic caps and gowns. There must be a moral somewhere in that business. Ralph Brabbee, my old side kick, reported in that everything was going well at Kimberly-Clark hut he just could not leave them for the evening.
Last, but not least, another soccer pal of ours, Dick Schueler, was the life of the party - after a suitable number of Martinis. He runs an air-conditioning business in Evanston. Thanks a million for all the news, Mr. Engelman, and here's a fervent wish that you'll make this dinner an annual custom.
The mail-box contains a letter from Al Seitner. I had written him that I contemplated a trip to Florida in March. His cordial invitation to visit him in Jacksonville was promptly received. He is divisional merchandise manager of Cohen Brothers and he has been living in the land of the sun since 1937, along with Foxy and their three children, Monroe, Allen and Barbara. He writes that he sees I.M. Sulzbacher frequently, who also lives in Jackronville. Susie was in New York City on business and brought Hazel with him. I arranged to get theatre tickets for them and spoke to them on the telephone. He also mentioned that DickHouck shows up on rare occasions. Is there any place he doesn't? Another fellow that gets around is Bud Yallalee. I have these postcards from him:
(1) "Just finishing a month in Chattanooga. Saw a lot of the hospitable Houcks who have really added something to Southern hospitality. As for their home, on Lookout Mountain - lookout or you're in trouble. (2) Took advantage of Bill and NormaGilmore's champagne party and square dances. Wanna go back to Lookout Mountain for a rest. (3) Bumped into the wife of Grace Moore's brother in Chattanooga. She once' attended a Winter Carnival with Johnnie Lashar and had-a quote wonderful time unquote."
It seems like only yesterday we were offering congratulations to Henry Necarsulmer on the birth of his son, Peter, and now we read that Henry was admitted to general partnership in the investment banking firm of kuhn Loeb & Co. A very serious picture of our manis is attached to the newspaper articles. Congratulations, too, to Robert R. Goecke who has just been elected comptroller of the Bank of the Southwest, the new name of the Second National Bank of Houston. Bob completed three years of graduate study at Western Reserve University and his banking experience dates back to 1934 when he was a teller with the Central National Bank of Cleveland. After a tour of duty with National Cash Register Company he was employed by the Second National as assistant to the comptroller.
From another section of the country comes word that John J. Dineen Jr. was elected vice president of the Community Savings Bank of Lawrence, Mass. Jack, a graduate of Boston University Law School, spends most of his time as president, treasurer and general manager of the Hampton Casino Associates in Hampton Beach, N.H.
From time to time I have complained because none of us ever saw Oscar Ruebhausen, although he has his office just around the corner. Now comes word from the Association of the Bar of the City of New York that he has been named chairman of the Committee on Atomic Energy. A very plausible reason for his non-appearance but we hope that in the future he can spare a lew moments with us. That about wraps up the proceedings for this month.
Bob Rounsavall '35 (1), building a new $500,000 warehouse in Louisville, talks over the sitepurchase with John Tilford (c), president o£ the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, and theroad's vice president, John Dent.
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