1936

We have quite a bit of news this month from classmates in the academic world. In some months the news seems to be heavy from doctors, other months it may be insurance men, and always there's news about advertising tycoons.

Professor Russ Capelle writes from his farm in Northfield, Vt„ "I believe there has been one: change in the family not reported. That is the addition of Beth, who is now over two. Joan is now 12, and Russ Jr. is 15 and a classmate of Ed Hyde's son, Doug. As you know, Ed Hyde is with Scott Pedley in the clinic. Joan leaving one of Vermont's oneroom schools for the village school this fall." Russ has been teaching American Government and International Law at Norwich University since 1954. When he received his Ph.D. from Boston University this summer he said he believed he set a class record in taking the longest time from A.M. to Ph.D. A personal friend of former Premier Pierre Pflimlin, Russ studied in France on several occasions and wrote his thesis on "The Role of the Mouvement Republicain Populaire in French Foreign Policy." "There's green in these hills all the year around," Russ writes, "and any '36ers who pass through Northfield are most welcome."

George Capelle who is with Faye, Spofford and Thorndike of Boston, civil engineers, has just sent in an address change from Milford, Conn., to 17 Heather Road, South Portland, Me.

Sandy Mertz, 18-year-old daughter of WalterMertz, has entered the freshman class at Randolph Macon College in Lynchburg, Va. Walter is assistant vice president of the Wilmington Trust Co. in Wilmington, Del. Other children in the family are Betsy, 11; Skipper, 14; and Teddy, 7. Walter's wife, the former Anne Morris of Wayne, Pa., also attended Randolph Macon College.

An honorary degree of Doctor of Jurisprudence from the Portia Law School in Boston has been awarded to Henry Mascarello

Dean Gidney (a natural, not academic dean) sent me a letter he recently received from Louis Benezet. Louis is building an outstanding record at Colorado College in Colorado Springs of which he is president. It's a private liberal arts college in an area of the country where such institutions are not assumed as they are in New England. Louis wrote, in part, as follows,

I haven't written Johnny Sawyer for the past several years, but I do try to keep up with class activities Hank Mayo came through here a couple of years ago. I see Larry Jump at his Arapahoe Ski Center once a year or so. Bill Curtis showed up at a C.C. hockey game last winter or was it the winter before. More than these I see your (Dink Gidney's) successor as Barrett Cup winner, Don McKinlay '37, fairly often at Denver gatherings.

Approximately twenty '36ers continued their education at the Harvard Business School. Some classmates, like Dick Brierley, took the advance management course. In September tember I returned for the 20th reunion of our class. Ted Whitmore was back for the occasion. Ted is director of planning and development at the Bemus Bag Co., a new position he recently accepted after twelve years with Textron in many capacities including that of assistant to the president. The reunion in beautiful weather coincided with the National Business Conference held to com- memorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Harvard Graduate School of Business. Over 2,000 alumni returned for the three-clay affair. There were classes and discussion groups led by the faculty, and key speeches by Richard Nixon, Charles Malik, Donald David, Gardner Symonds, John L. Burns, Edwin Canham, Arnold Toynbee and Dean Stanley Teele. There were also cocktail parties, dinners and dances and, as a finale, a boat ride on the Charles on Sunday afternoon for the class of '38.

Zeb White has moved to Woodbridge, Conn., with his wife, the former Marjorie Belcher of New London, Conn., and four children. Zeb is teaching at Yale.

Dick Morton sent me a clipping from the New York Times reporting that Steve Dietz, an account executive and vice president at Kenyon & Eckhardt, a large New York advertising agency, has been elected to the board of directors.

A Dartmouth Indian left the shores of Lake Minnetonka (Mound, Minn.), this summer. He was Pop Nairne with squaw Dinny, and three papooses. Pop joined the Morse Twist Drill and Machine Co. in Chicago in the sales engineering department. He writes in part, "What in the world is Freddy Kneip doing? Several years back I used to see quite a bit of Dugald Porter. Is he back in Davenport? I hope so for I'll be out that way shortly. Just a forewarning, Doug!" The Nairnes have two sons, Terry and Mike, both over six feet tall, headed for chemical engineering and one of the military academies respectively. They also have Gay, an eleven-year-old daughter who is "the apple of Pop's eye," to abuse a noble phrase.

There will be a '36 party after the Cornell game. Pete Fitzherbert writes he and Barbara are going to fly over to Cayuga's waters for this one. Bill Crangle, Dick Spencer and JimBuyoucos have arrangements, all set at the Statler Club on the Cornell campus to welcome '36ers and guests.

Philip E. Gilbert '36 is running on theDemocratic ticket for New York's 26th Congressional District in Westchester County.His Republican opponent is Edwin B. Dooley'26, the present incumbent.

Frederick E. Kneip '36 is the new directorof container sales for the Union Bag-CampPaper Corp. An executive of the companysince 1941, he has served most recently asmanager of sales and manufacturing for thecompany's box factory in Lakeland, Fla.

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