1928

Secretary, Van Dyne Oil Co., Troy, Pa.

Treasurer, First National Bank, Boston 6, Mass.

Bequest Chairman,

The most intriguing item of news that has drifted our way during the summer is that Tom Middleton of Danbury, Conn., spent five days on NBC's quiz program, "Tic Tac Dough," the last week in July and ended up with $3900 and a lot of fun. Tom said "It seemed a shame with it raining money on TV that I shouldn't be out there with at least a teacup. Next winter's trip to the Leeward Islands was all planned - but now I can afford it." We'd like to know what his special field of knowledge is — on the questionnaire for the recent class directory Tom gave his occupation as "Middleton Enterprises" which could be almost anything.

Another '28er received a cash award since our last notes were written - John Turkevich was one of six chemistry professors who received awards of $1000 from the Manufacturing Chemists Association. In announcing the awards the association president said, "There are many awards for individual accomplishment in research and other fields, but we believe these awards are unusual in that they honor the highly important work of teaching itself." John is Higgins professor of chemistry at Princeton.

A Wah Hoo Wah for Class Agent Cal Billings who turned in a remarkable record in his first year on the job. With the prodding of his large corps of assistants, 28 came through with $23,439, a big dollar increase over last year - and only six classes collected more.

Cal Billings and Craig Haines have sug- gested that at the Dartmouth-Yale game on November 3, all '28ers present and able, meet between the halves outside Portal 30. If the day is good, '28ers will have an early picnic in the parking area around Gate F. Plans for the Princeton game will be announced in these columns next month.

Roy Milliken has been elected president of the Quaker States Metals Co., Lancaster, Pa. The company is active in the aluminum industry, specializing in mill supply and building products. Roy is also president of Karl Lieberknecht, Inc., Reading, Pa., machinery manufacturers.

Two more classmates have become grandfathers. Jack Phelan's daughter, Martha, who is Mrs. Douglas B. McHenry, gave birth to Jonathan Keith McHenry on May 6 at the Frankfurt, Germany, hospital.

Ed Reece's oldest daughter, Betty Lou, is married to a Williams lad named Jack Ryan and they have a baby boy, reports John Phillips. Ed Reece Jr. is a senior at Lafayette College and Priscilla is in junior high school.

Two members of the class died within four days of each other in June, Al Thompson on June 18 in Washington, D. C., and Freddie Andrews on June 25 in Ann Arbor, Mich. The clipping about A which Craig Haines sent from a Boston paper did not give the cause of death. As head of the National Science Foundation's Office of Scientific Information, Al was responsible for a program designed to ensure that any United States scientist might readily obtain items of scientific information he needed in pursuit of his research. Freddie died of a heart attack. His widow, Betty, says he had seemed to be in good health. He was suddenly taken ill at home and died in an ambulance on the way to a Madison hospital. He was assistant to the director of admissions at the University of Wisconsin. His death is the sixth in the class this year, and five of these were due to coronary attacks.

Howie Bush, vice president of the Employers Group of insurance companies, has resigned to take a similar position with the Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Co., in Springfield, Mass. His responsibilities will be primarily relating to casualty and bond operations.

Wat Dickerman has left the University of Michigan and moved to 10500 Mars Lane, Los Angeles. He is an Associate Professor at the University of California. Wat sent me a big envelope of pictures and clippings about the annual Mt. Washington D.O.C. trip which we both made in 1928. Bob Monahan '29 was the leader of the party of 14 and brought us all back without mishaps in spite of a 55-mile gale and 20-degree-below-zero weather the day we climbed Mt. Washington. Others in the party were Dick Frame, Hal Leich, J. A. Bliss, W. P. Bryer, J. Gurney, S. A. Jones, and K. E. Wilson of '29, R. M. McClory '30, R. G. Clarke, J. G. Rushton and W. Klingenberg of '31. Wat says, "Eleanor and I climbed the Headwall in 1948 and I walked down the mountain in 1954 but that's the end. I still like to be in the mountains but I no longer have to be on top of them."

Van Curll reports that thanks to our new geographical directory he phoned MattLeonard in Salt Lake City in August. Matt married a couple years ago, has a step-son 16 years old, lives at 470 South 13th Street East, and works for the brokerage firm of Dempsey Tegeler Co. Van is a manufacturers' representative in the truck and trailer equipment field, with offices in El Monte, Calif., and Seattle. We hope you will all use the class directory and that it will produce many pleasant reunions.

Hammie and Gratia Hammesfahr on June 16 announced the engagement of their daughter, Mary Lee, to Alexander J. Robertson, Williams '52, of Bronxville, N. Y. A September wedding is planned. Mary Lee attended Smith and the Sorbonne and has been working for J. M. Mathes, Inc. in New York. Her fiance is with the Continental Can Co. in Paterson, N. J.