1927

Quite a lot has been happening since the last edition of these class notes was written, early in May, within the Class of 1927, as well as in Washington, the Middle and Far East, and various and sundry parts of the world. By the time you read this, our second fall reunion will be history, and those of you who were unable to be there can derive some consolation from knowing that there will be another next fall. Next month, barring unforeseen difficulties, this column should carry a complete report on this glorious event.

Since I work with a much longer deadline than Les does with the "Speak," this may no longer be news by the time it reaches you. However, for the sake of posterity, and the members of other classes who aren't fortunate enough to read the Speak, it should be recorded here that 1927 finished second in our section of the "Tribal Sweepstakes" (temporary substitute for the "Green Derby") just a whisker behind 1925, the winner. Also, that for the first time in our history, we achieved a participation of over 100% - 112% to be exact. In addition to all gifts to the Capital Campaign, our gifts to the Alumni Fund totaled over $10,000, the fourth highest of any of the classes. This great performance is a fitting tribute to the enthusiasm and loyalty with which Rog Salinger imbued us all.

On May 13, Dudley B. Bonsai was elected president of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Since 1952, Dud has been in the forefront of a battle by the lawyers of the free world to expose the perversions of justice under the Communist governments; to defend freedom under the Rule of Law in those countries where it still exists, and to restore it in countries where it has been denied. This international campaign has been carried forward by lawyers, judges, and legal scholars from some 50 countries under the leadership of the International Commission of Jurists. Dud was an original member of the sixteen-man commission, and now serves as chairman of its executive committee.

After graduation from Harvard Law School in 1930, Dud became a clerk with the firm of Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt and Mosle, which specialized in international law. He became a partner in 1938, and, except for government service from 1942 till 1945, has been with them ever since. In 1942 he was appointed chief counsel of the Office of Inter-American Affairs, headed by Nelson Rockefeller '30. In 1945 he was assigned to lay the groundwork for the American Conference of War and Peace at Chapultepec, and attended the conference as a member of the American delegation.

Cliff Randall was elected president of Rotary International at the convention in Dallas early in June, and took office on July 1, to serve through June, 1959. As president, Cliff will be the chief executive officer of an organization consisting of more than 9,700 clubs and nearly a half million members in 108 countries, which will give him a little more responsibility, though perhaps not as many headaches, as he had when he was leader of the Barbary Coast Orchestra so many years ago.

Paul O'Connell has been elected a member of the finance committee of the State Mutual Life Insurance Co. of America. He has been a director of the company since 1953. Paul is the senior partner of the law firm of O'Connell, DeMallie and Lougee, in Worcester, Mass., and a member of the American, Massachusetts, and Worcester County Bar Associations, and a director of a number of companies. In July, he was elected president of the Worcester County Musical Association.

Hildreth Auer has been elected president of the Massachusetts Bankers Association. Bill is president of the Maiden Trust Company. Reyn Guyer, who a couple of years ago resigned as vice president and director Of research for the Waldorf Paper Products Co. to start his own business, the Reynolds Guyer Agency of Industrial Design, has been appointed to the Research Council of the Institute of American Poultry Industries.

Al Lawrence, who is head of the Coast Guard Academy's general studies department, has been appointed a member of the accreditation committee of the Connecticut Council of Higher Education, which is charged with the responsibility of reviewing and passing upon applications for accreditation of all institutions of higher learning in the state. During the past summer, Al accompanied the cadets on their cruise, aboard the Coast Guard Cutter "Absecon", visiting Amsterdam, Hamburg, Dublin, Lisbon, and Bermuda. A has also been elected chairman of the Humanistic-Social Division of the American Society for Engineering Education.

Francis Steegmuller, whose new translation of Flaubert's "Madame Bovary" was recently distributed by the Book-of-the-Month Club as a book dividend, has received an award of $1000 in the 1958 citations of the National Academy of Arts and Letters.

Ken Anderson, who is executive vice president of the Scientific Apparatus Makers Association, is the author of the chapter on committee organization and operation in the new book "Association Management" published by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. Ken also served as chairman of the Textbook Committee of the Institute for Industrial Management, which was responsible for the preparation of the book. It is designed primarily to be used as a textbook for teaching association management to adult groups at summer sessions held each year at Michigan State, Yale, University of Houston and Stanford.

Bill Smith, who for the past few years has been principal of the North Plainfield, N. J., High School, has been appointed principal of the high school in Weston, Mass. This move will bring Bill back home to New England.

Chuck Brewster's daughter, Deborah, was married on May 24 to Michael Rudolph Miller in James Chapel of the Union Theological Seminary in New York City.

Pat Partridge, general sales manager of the Ox Fibre Brush Company, has been elected a director.

I hope that I'll see a lot of you in Lebanon and Hanover for the Penn game.

Secretary West River Rd., M.R. 1 Perrysburg, Ohio

Treasurer, Apt. 10C, 3908 N. Charles St., Baltimore 18, Md.

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