1932

The news has been received that Gordon M. Lane has been appointed Highway Engineer in the Vermont State Highway Department, with which he has been employed since his graduation from Thayer School in 1933. Starting as a transit-man, he subsequently became chief of survey party, right-of-way engineer and latterly arterial highway engineer responsible for determining the alignment of the proposed interstate system in Vermont. From 1942 to 1945, Gordon served in the Navy, leaving with the rank of lieutenant. In his new position as highway engineer he will be in charge of all highway location, survey, and design work for the department. Gordon lives with his wife and family in Barre.

Michigan's loss was New Jersey's gain last July, when Bob Reinhardt became Assistant Treasurer of the General Motors Acceptance Corp. with offices at 1775 Broadway in New York City. Prior to this Bob had been assistant to the Treasurer of General Motors in Detroit and lived in Birmingham, Mich. I said "New Jersey's gain" because Bob and his family have moved to 95 Browning Road, Short Hills, N. J. Bob reports that in his new capacity he sees and works with John Zimmerman, who is Executive Vice President of G.M.A.C. Congratulations to Bob on his promotion and move!

Art Mayes has been appointed Vice President of Marsh & McLennan, large insurance brokers with offices in New York City. Art has been with the firm since 1953 and has been serving in the capacity of Assistant Vice President. Prior to that he spent 13 years with the" Fidelity and Casualty Co. of New York. Art and his wife live in Upper Montclair, N. J.

This seems to be the time for fellows to be promoted to vice president — we have news of another one in the person of Dick Cleaves, who has just been named V.P. and General Manager of the Cochran Continental Container Corp. The company manufactures aluminum foil containers and resulted in the merger of the Cochran Foil Co. with Continental Can Co., with which Dick previously worked as product sales manager in the metal division. Dick has had a varied and colorful career having spent from 1948 to 1951 in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan, prior to which he was connected with various Government agencies. He lives with his wife and four children in New Canaan, Conn.

A letter from Prexy Art Allen (now Class Chairman) informs us that Jim Tomlinson has agreed to be our new Class Agent. We are grateful to Jim for accepting this important post and urge you all to cooperate fully with him. Jim is Vice President of General Abrasives Corp. in Niagara Falls, N. Y., and lives with his wife and family in Lewiston, N. Y. Art reports that his son John, a Dartmouth graduate, is .in Far Eastern waters as a gunnery officer on a U.S. Navy ship (what kind, Art does not say). Daughter, Debbie, is a junior at Northwestern, having transferred from Wheaton this fall.

This is a short column only because I have no more news. The promise of one letter from each guy per year has not been fulfilled as yet, but we live in hopes. My old stand-bys for news such as Howie Sargeant and Bo Wentworth are still coming through, thank heavens, and I am looking for a few new "old stand-bys."

Secretary, . 27 Hamilton Dr., N. North Caldwell, N. J.

T reasurer, 120 Bridle Path Rd., Springfield 9, Mass.