1953
Hi, everybody, and welcome back to the '53 corner. Although we did not go to press the past few months, history continued to be made by the class as a whole and by many individuals in her ranks. As X crawl out from behind a sand dune, nestled in a warm cove of an August-bathed Cape Cod beach, I find indelibly written in the sands some talk of money, romance, birth, promotions, and honors. Let's look at each grain individually.
Money - Hanover reports that the College's 1958 Alumni Fund Campaign was a success with 14,361 contributors donating $455,300.91. Our class can be very proud of its part in making this record possible. We continue to serve well and to perpetuate a financially independent college. 578 members were credited with contributions of $6582 this year to win the Tribal Sweepstakes, as compared to 523 members and $6827 last year which won us the Little Green Derby title. Ted Spiegel and his agents did an outstanding job. Due to the fact 40 members of our class are being asked to contribute large sums to the Capital Gifts Program this year, and therefore were not solicited by Ted in the Alumni Fund Campaign, total dollars went down a bit, however the actual number of individual donations went up appreciably. We obtained 110% of our goal to lead all Dartmouth classes except the older classes of '97, '99, '04, '12, '16, '25, and '27. This record is quite a remarkable one for Ted and his agents in view of the high-water mark set by John Corcoran and his organization last year. Ted and the class can accept with pride the congratulations and thanks given by President Dickey and alumni officials for a job well done. Under the devoted leadership of Class Agents Charlie Fleet,John Corcoran, and Ted Spiegel, our class, during the first five years of its history, has excelled in this endeavor. A great many thanks are owed these men for having given us the organization and momentum of increasingly successful campaigns. It would appear that we should now be in the groove - as a class body and individually - to perpetuate this important phase of class activity with distinction in the future.
Romance - (marriages): Dave Florence and Michelle Mason Myers of San Marino, Calif., in Rye, N. Y., on May 31. Dr. Jack Crisp was best man with Messrs. Phil Fenton, Bob Henderson, and Ed Boyle ushering... . On June 7 in West Brooksville, Me., John Green and Janet Louise Curtis. The bride is a graduate of Mount Holyoke and attended the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Radcliffe. Since graduation, John has studied at the University of Oslo under a Fulbright, received his M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard, and now plans to be an assistant professor at the Univ. of Minnesota... .Dick Dudley took Susan Otis as his bride on June 14 in New London, N. H. Dick received his Master's degree in architecture from Harvard in 1957 and is now employed by Shepley, Bullfinch of 805t0n.... Dud Millikin and Elizabeth Philippi of Little Compton, R. 1., tied the knot recently.... Bob Stiles and Martha Macquarrie, both of Melrose, Mass., on June 39 with Dick Fleming standing by as an usher. Bob is with Arthur Andersen, accountants, in Boston and lives in Marblehead, Mass. ... Fred Miller and Betty Knickmeyer in Clayton, Mo., on May 31 with Ed Johnson and Tim Reed present at the altar. The bride, a graduate of Washington Univ., holds a Master's degree from Wellesley also. Fred is with IBM in upper New York state.... Dr. Dick Markey and Joan Hyman of Elyria, Ohio, on June 15. Joan was graduated from the Univ. of Michigan and Dick is currently interning at Mount Sinai Hospital in Cleveland. ... Dick Dosik and Diana Garber of Passaic, N. J., on June 1. The couple spent their honeymoon in Mexico City and Acapulco and now reside in Brooklyn where Dick can easily commute to his position as an economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.... Ollie Conover and Judith Allardice on June 21 in Toms River, N. J., where Ollie is associated with a real estate and insurance firm.... John R. Rogers and Doris Anderson of Rockport, Mass., were united in the historic Old South Church in Boston recently. They will live in New York City.... Blair Law and Mary Cox of Port Leyden, N. Y., on June 21. Mary graduated from the Univ. of Vermont this Spring....
Stan Jackson and Alma Chase of Plymouth, N. H., on June 21. Stan is with the ITER Corp. in Waltham, Mass., as an engineer.
Romance - (engagements): Charlie Jacobs and Sally Wilcox of Providence, R. I.; John P. Rogers and Deborah Damon Gray of Cohasset, Mass.; Jim Oberlander and Judy Roberts of Winnetka, Ill.; John Buchanan and Caroline White of New York; Ray Lawrence and Betsey Bunts of Cleveland Heights, Ohio; Jay Hague and Marilyn Greene of West Barrington, R. I.
Births - Can you top this? Twins to the Herb Borovsky's on April 25 - James Gordon and Ellen Frances. Also, a son, Peter Martin, to Tim and Joan Reed on June 27, and a son to Phil and Bobbie Parshley, Jeffrey Vaughan, on July 20. Phil is currently a second year surgical resident on the Harvard Surgical Service at Boston City Hospital.
Promotions and Honors - Dave Picker appointed executive assistant to the Vice President of United Artists, Inc.; a Ph.D. from Carnegie Institute of Technology for Andris Padegs; Aaron Epstein, a reporter for the Daytona Beach News-Journal, has won two press awards from the Associated Press Association of Florida and the American Newspaper Guild, for articles on slum conditions and parental neglect for "orphans of the dog track"; Harry Walburg graduated cum laude from the Univ. of Georgia receiving his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree and also an American Veterinary Association fellowship to study toward his Ph.D. at the Univ. of Illinois; Tom Bloomer and your secretary were awarded the Army Commendation Ribbon with Metal Pendant upon completion of a three-year tour of duty with the Army Finance Corps.
Sand-Gems - George Krall completed a three-year engineering management course with General Electric and is now at their Rutland, Vt., plant. Warren Cassidy is associated with James Cotter & Co., a general insurance agency in Lynn, Mass. Ray Luebbe has joined the research division of DuPont's photo department in New Brunswick, N. J. Red Alley is in charge of sales and advertising for the family firm of Baird Beverage Co. in South River, N. J., and also the father of a - son and 10-monthold daughter. Lefty Leavens is working as an industrial engineer for the Hood River Apple Grower's Association in Hood River, Ore., after traveling over 26,000 miles in 18 countries and 22 states last year with wife, Doris. Tom Bloomer is with IBM in Washington, D. C. John and Helen Rice are the proud parents of a new daughter, Frances Alice, to keep Stephen and Ned company. Don Smith, living in Decatur, Georgia, is traveling about 600 miles a week through the Georgia-Alabama area for Carter's underwear. Don flies home every six weeks to retain his Yankee citizenship and hopes to be present for the Yale game this fall. Art Thomas has resigned his post as Assistant U. S. Attorney for Conn, to accept a position with the New Haven law firm of Gumbart, Corbin. Tyler, and Cooper. Paul McConnell has been employed by the Univ. of California's Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory as a budget analyst. Paul holds an M.B.A. from Stanford. Dave Replogle, living in New Orleans, has been named a company sales representative for Doubleday in the Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas area. Wally Ashnault graduated from the Boston University Law School in June. Bill Johnson and Sherm Horton graduated from Harvard Law this Spring. Bill is with the law firm of Cotton. Tesreau, and Stebbins of Lebanon, N. H. He and Nancy plan to live in Hanover Center, near Etna. Sherm is in Nashua, N. H., with the former state governor's law firm of Sullivan and Gregg. I just learned that Bob Krahmer got Sherm to stand by as his best man during his marriage to Betty Jean Pease in Denver, Colo., in August. Fred Carleton is an IBM sales representative in Salem, Mass.
In June, George and Dorothea Davies were involved in a tragic auto accident on Route 128 near Belmont, Mass., which took the life of Dorothea and seriously injured George. Our heartfelt sympathy is extended to George, and also best wishes for a speedy recovery.
HEAR YE! As is our tradition, the class will hold a cocktail party at the Hotel Continental, Cambridge, after the Harvard football game on October 25. Please pass the word and plan now to join the fun.
This is the story: Byron Menides '53, vacationing in St. Tropez, France, from Teheran, sat down in Senequier's sidewalk cafe and ordered a cold beer. The resort's sensational women flowed by, and so did time; a glance at his watch proved to By that he had sat there for two full hours without touching his beer or lighting his cigar. The sights of St. Tropez, according to reporter Alan Jadison '52, thus received the ultimate tribute.
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