NEW YORK ALUMNI AWARDS
THREE of Dartmouth's outstanding graduates of the New York area - or of the entire country, for that matter - were honored by the Dartmouth Club of New York at its second annual awards dinner, held at the Club on the evening of April 24. The men cited by their fellow alumni for distinguished achievements in their chosen fields and for service to society were C.K. Woodbridge '04, a founder and present chairman of the board of Dictaphone Corporation: Basil O'Connor '12, president of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and senior partner of the New York law firm of O'Connor and Farber; and Sylvester L. Weaver Jr. '30, former president and now chairman of the board of the National Broadcasting Company.
The achievement awards were instituted by the Dartmouth Club of New York last year. Among the 150 alumni present at the 1956 dinner were the three men cited last year: Sigurd S. Larmon '14, president of Young and Rubicam, Inc.; Courtney C. Brown '26, vice president of Columbia University and Dean of the Graduate School of Business; and Dr. Emerson Day '34, chief of the Division of Preventive Medicine of the Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research.
John D. Gunther '29, president of the Dartmouth Club of New York, presided at the dinner and called upon John E. Foster '23, chairman of the awards committee, to present the citations. Each recipient responded briefly. Sidney C. Hayward '26, Secretary of the College, was present as the College's official representative and also was a speaker.
In addition to Mr. Foster, as chairman, the members of the 1956 Awards Dinner Committee were Mr. Gunther, Nichol M. Sandoe '19, Lloyd K. Neidlinger '23, Mortimer Berkowitz Jr. '37, and John R. Vincens '39.
In making the awards, Mr. Foster read the following citations:
CHARLES KINGSLEY WOODBRIDGE
A graduate of Dartmouth College in 1904, his life is a full record of successful business management, devoted support of the College, and broad participation in civic, social and business activities.
Starting in 1905 in sales, his management and administrative abilities led him through a series of positions to the Presidency of the Kelvinator Corporation in 1937 and of American Machine and Metals Company in 1930. During this period, he helped to found the Dictaphone Corporation, later becoming its President and, in 1953, Chairman of the Board.
Always interested in the College and its future, he has regularly assumed positions of responsibility in College activities, nationally and locally. He was the first President of the New York Club.
In recognition of his position of leadership in American business and in special appreciation for his active and continuing contributions toward the betterment of the College, this Award for Distinguished Achievement is presented by the Dartmouth College Club of New York.
BASIL O'CONNOR
A graduate of Dartmouth College in 1912 and Harvard Law School in 1915, he has combined a successful law career with an outstanding record of service to his fellow man. While active in many humanitarian areas, two in particular have brought him international recognition.
As President of the American National Red Cross from 1944 to 1949, he directed that organization during the period when its aid to the war-stricken eased human suffering and saved countless lives throughout the world.
As a close friend of Franklin D. Roosevelt for many years, he became deeply concerned with the cause and cure of polio. In addition to directing the Warm Springs Foundation and International Polio Congress, he has been President of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis since 1938. In this position, he sponsored development of the Salk Vaccine which promises an end to this dread disease.
In appreciation of this devotion to helping humanity, and in special recognition of his recent part in the conquest of infantile paralysis, this Award for Distinguished Achievement is presented by the Dartmouth College Club of New York.
SYLVESTER L. WEAVER JR.
Graduating from Dartmouth College in 1930, "Pat" immediately put his creative abilities to work in the advertising business. Specializing in radio, his talents at writing, production and supervision eventually brought him the important post of Advertising Manager of the American Tobacco Company in 1938, a position he held for nine years.
When television was in its infancy, he recognized its potential and devoted himself to its creative development. In 1949 he was made Vice-President in Charge of Television for the National Broadcasting Company. His forward thinking and administrative talent brought him the Presidency in 1953 and he became Chairman of the Board of Directors in 1955. In November of last year, he was honored with the special Sylvania Award for Outstanding Contribution to Creative Television Techniques.
In appreciation of the important contribution he has made to America's newest and most exciting means of communication, and in special recognition of the position he has reached in his field, this Award for Distinguished Achievement is presented by the Dartmouth Club of New York.
SHOWN IN THE PHOTO ABOVE, at the 1956 Awards Dinner ofthe Dartmouth Club of New York on April 24, are (l to r) Sidney C. Hayward '26, Secretary of the College; John E. Foster '23, chairmanof the awards committee; John D. Gunther '29, Club president; andthe three alumni honored: C.K. Woodbridge '04, Sylvester L. WeaverJr. '30 and Basil O'Connor '12.
