1935
The Executive Committee of our class held a meeting at the Dartmouth Club in New York on Friday, October 31, the night before the Yale game.
There was an excellent turnout, including the following: Chairman Reg Bankart, FranChase, Ted Harbaugh, Ted Steele, Art Bamford, Ralph Specht, Bo Kreer, Sid Diamond,Doug Ley, Bob Naramore, Ed Offutt, JohnWallace, George Colton, and Mac McCarty.
Class secretary McCarty and treasurer FranChase gave routine reports on their activities, but the subjects which proved of most importance for discussion were plans for the upcoming 25th Reunion, and the class' participation in the Capital Funds and Memorial Funds campaigns.
Ralph Specht, 25th Reunion chairman, presented an initial program of events scheduled for June, 1960. Specht's plan was enthusiastically received, and he was urged by the committee to proceed with the program and enlist the talents and assistance of other members of the class in preparing for this 25th Reunion, which traditionally is a class' most important post-graduation event.
Head class agent Ted Harbaugh reported an increasingly fine participation by 35 in the Alumni Fund over recent years. He also stated that many generous contributions by our members had already begun to help swell the Capital Funds' chest. But Harbaugh, following a comprehensive presentation by Colton on all apects of the Capital Funds campaign, called the attention of the committee to the serious nature of the job which must be done the next two years to match the performance of classes on each side of '35.
During the meeting it was agreed that either a new class directory or a special 25th Reunion book (to be determined after further study) should be brought out prior to the Reunion in 1960.
YALE GAME PICNIC
The Saturday of the Yale game turned out to be a classic New England fall day, and many members of the class gathered in Parking Field "C" late in the morning for a picnic reunion before proceeding on inside the Bowl. Bob Naramore had turned up early and erected a large "'35" sign, so that our meeting place was easy to locate, and by RegBankart's count 29 members of the class, along with many wives and children, were on hand.
This pre-Yale game reunion picnic has developed into a traditional fall event, and any members of the class who get to Yale games in future years should by all means arrive early to join in these gala festivities.
ACADEMICALLY SPEAKING
Out in Lincoln, Neb., Bob Bowman recently delivered an important address, "The International Geophysical Year," to the Nebraska Academy of Sciences. Bob is acting chairman of the Geography Department at Nebraska U.
Another '35 scholar unheard from for many moons is Dr. Albert J. George, who now heads up the Romance Language Department at Syracuse University. After finishing at Hanover, Al went on to get a Master's at Brown and a Doctor's degree (in philosophy) from Columbia. He also studied at the Universite De Besacon in France. Dr. George has served as chairman of the French Section of the Fulbright National Selection Committee, as a member of the French Government's Scholarship Committee, and as a director of the European office of the Institute of International Education. Al has been at Syracuse since 1942. He is married and has three children.
Bill Mathers was named to the Board of Trustees of Barnard College. Bill is a V.P. and Secretary of Yale & Towne in New York, a director of Fritzche Bros, and of the Pine Street Fund, and also a trustee of the village of Cove Neck on Long Island.
Erskine St. Clair has been named a mathematics and physics instructor at the Union Junior College in Cranford, N. J. St. Clair previously taught mathematics at Brooklyn Poly Tech and Purdue University, was an electronics instructor in the Air Force, and for a time ran his own manufacturing business in New York City.
DETROIT CONTINGENT
While in Detroit recently your secretary stopped by the National Bank of Detroit and had a good visit with Dave Williams, who is a vice president of this large financial institution and supervisor of some of their most important investment activities. In addition, Dave has recently served as president of the Detroit Security Analysts Association.
Dave reported that Chuck Moon is a prominent lawyer with Detroit's foremost legal firm, and doubles as justice of the peace in suburban Pleasant Ridge. He said that Rem Ryder was running his own food business in Detroit, and was still a top-flight golfer; that Bill Laurie is an advertising man with the Maxon Agency: and that Tom Wilson is working at General Motors and Bill Blakeslee at Chrysler.
Allen Brash has become a top financial man at General Motors Acceptance Corp.. but he now spends more time in New York than Detroit. Bunkie Knudsen. as previously reported here, heads up one of the important divisions of General Motors.
IN THE NEWS
Bill Hands appointed Director of International Operations for American Hospital Supply Corp. Bill, with long experience in the Latin American field, will be in charge of developing new business for American Hospital Supply south of the Rio Grande.
Howie Kaiser, formerlv vice president of Burlington Hosiery Co.. has been upped to president of that concern.
Ed Neff, now press director of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States in Washington, D. C.
Neil F. Roberts recently named executive vice president of the Denver United States National Bank, biggest banking institution in the Rocky Mountain area.
Bill Harwick, an administrator at the Mayo Clinic and secretary of the Governors of that institution, elected to the board of the Northwestern National Insurance Co. of Minneapolis.
Phil Hemphill appointed assistant to the vice president in charge of marketing for Seamless Rubber Co. in New Haven.
Leonard Bryant, vice president - production for Hooker Chemical Corp. at Niagara Falls, N.Y., also made vice president of Hooker Chemicals Limited of Canada.
Since we won't be with you again until after January 1, the column wishes all members of '35, and their families, a most pleasant Holiday Season.
Picnickers at a '35 get-together before the Yale game included (l to r) Paul Rogers, Bill Fitzhugh, whose son Bill III is in the rear, Doc Mills and Bo Kreer.
Howard A. Kaiser '35 has been elected President of the Burlington Hosiery Co., New York. He had been vice president of the firm.
Secretary, 17 East 45th St. New York 17, N. Y.
Treasurer, 62 Prince St., West Newton 65, Mass.
