1942

Ho-hum! The relentless pace of the calendar has chewed up another summer and we're settling down to pull the news of the past couple of months together in an effort to bring you up to date. During this period, Lipp has kept things rolling with his Newsletter flashes and we hope our joint coverage of the class news has been enjoyed by you as much as we have enjoyed bringing it to you.

Last spring, a film produced by Bob Campbell received a blue ribbon award in the American Film Festival held in New York City in April. The film, "The Perkins Story," was produced for the Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, Mass., and received the top award in the public relations films for non-profit institutions. The 42-minute film in color was made to tell people of the fine work being done by the Perkins School for the Blind in educating blind children and in a wide program of other activities for the blind. Perhaps you saw the shorter 27-minute version which was shown extensively on television throughout the country.

In another phase of the film industry, Matt Rapf was signed by Screen Gems to a longterm producer pact, with his first assignment production on 26 "Brothers January" halfhours starting late in July. The series, a western about twin brothers, looms as a syndication possibility for late fall. Matt was formerly associated with Screen Gems as producer of "The Web" and "Jefferson Drum" though acting for Goodson-Todman, which co-produced with Screen Gems.

The "Toledo, Ohio, Blade" lost a good man even before they had a chance to become acquainted as Mike deSherbinin resigned his position as editorial writer this summer to return to New England. Proc Page, publisher of The Suburban List in Essex Junction, Vt., is the culprit and had this to say in the July 2 issue of the weekly paper:

The publisher of this paper extends a warm welcome to Mike deSherbinin, who will soon assume his duties as Editor of the four weekly newspapers published by Bun O'Shea in Franklin County. It is particularly pleasing to me to have Mike come this close to home. He and I worked together for four years on the Daily Dartmouth when we were in college. ... It seems that the Directorate of the paper in our senior year is gravitating this way. Another member of the staff that year was Jim Farley, who preceded Mike as Managing Edi- tor of the Valley News at West Lebanon. We're delighted to have Mike become a Vermonter and wish him well in his new venture at Enosburg Falls.

The Young Presidents' Organization is an enviable circle of some 1500 members and comprises that group of individuals who have risen to the presidency of a sizable corporation while still in their "twenties" or "thirties." The average president's company employs around 300 people and does $6 million gross business each year in sales although the range in these areas is from 50 to 25,000 employees and annual revenues upwards to $200 million. One of this year's new members is Bob Grimm, president of Hobbs-Hall House, Inc. in New York City, a venture capital organization. Our congratulations to Bob on this achievement.

The resignation from the Board of Directors of E. I. duPont of Irenee duPont Sr. left a vacancy that was filled by his son Irenee duPont Jr., great-great-grandson of the Company's founder who went with duPont in 1946 as an engineer. Irenee will continue as director of the Polychemicals Department sales service laboratory and manager of technical services for plastic sales.

Since 1955 when Joe Palamountain went to Wesleyan University as an assistant professor he has produced an outstanding record which has been recognized by the University in advancing him this past spring to professor of government. In addition, he received an honorary master of arts degree from Wesleyan to add to the M.A. he had previously earned at Harvard during the eight years on that faculty prior to coming to Wesleyan. A further honor to Joe is a Social Science Research Council grant to make a study of the Federal Trade Commission next year, which he will do while living in Washington, D. C. As an author, Joe has written "Politics of Distribution," which deals with the political and economic origins of the Robinson-Patman Act, one of the major responsibilities of the FTC. His forthcoming "Government in the American Economy" written in collaboration with two others includes some treatment of the FTC and of general trade regulatory policies.

You may have noticed in the July ALUMNI MAGAZINE as well as Lipp's Newsletter of August 18, the announcement of Bob Gorman's sudden death in June. The unfortunate loss of another classmate is a source of regret to us all and I know the sympathies of the class are extended to his wife, Katharine and his four sons. Further comments on Bob's career will be found in the In Memoriam section of this or a subsequent issue.

Seen by the swimming pool at the Oaks Hotel in Ojai, Calif, are: Dr. Elmer L. Crehan '41, of Los Angeles; Dr. Joseph P. Crehan '39, of Medford, Mass.; and Ernest G. Friez Jr. '42, manager of the hotel.

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