1956

This year the 200th Anniversary Development Program and the traditional Alumni Fund joined forces in hopes of bringing the College's two-year Capital Gifts Campaign to a successful conclusion by the end of this month. What does all this mean — plenty.

The blueprint for the wonderful new Dartmouth includes the Hopkins Center, more classrooms and laboratories, funds to retain and recruit a top-notch faculty, a new Auditorium-Arena, new swimming pool and athletic cage, and a Baker Library addition. This roll call of improvements represents a dream, if you please, of many thousands of Dartmouth men. Like any dream, some pretty solid action must come from you and me to meet the highest of challenges ever put to us or any Dartmouth family.

Now to the news at hand. Among the new teachers around Madison, Conn., next year will be Bob French. Bob receives his A.M. degree from Yale University in June and come September will teach high school English.

Miss Pam Koehler and Belden Daniels plan to be married in July in Washington. This soon-to-be groom expects to be graduated this year from the Harvard Law School.

George Yeager joined the Federal Reserve Bank in 1957 as an assistant examiner. He now is an editorial assistant. His present duties concern the public information division of the Federal Reserve of New York.

Barbara Scheer is engaged to Ben Richardson. Ben is a student at Ohio State University School of Medicine.

Recent arrival back from serving with Uncle Sam, Kirby Fowler is a management trainee with the New York Life Insurance Co. Last month Kirby served as campaign manager for one of the local Plainfield, N.J., candidates. Our classmate has been active in grass-root politics since 1956.

John Miles married Joan Mahoney last August 2. Since then, their address has been; Lt. j.g. John Miles, 7750 Ivanhoe Road, La Jolla, Calif. John's present assignment is a Navy jet pilot.

Boodge Erwin has termed his military home in Huntsville, Ala., as the "Arm Pit of the Nation." Boodge's younger brother, Pete, heads up next year's Interfraternity Council.

Driving through Harvard Square the other day, I saw Pete Kohler carrying an impressive briefcase and supply of book-learnin'. After a leave of absence, due to illness, he's feeling fine and anxious to complete his Harvard graduate work.

Stew Wood is in his last semester at Virginia Episcopal Theological Seminary. Last summer the Woods had quite a European treat. England and Norway were the two strongest spots along the way.

Jack Billhardt and the pretty Mrs. (Pat) are expecting their second child next month. Plans are for settling in the San Francisco area as soon as Uncle's term of office runs out in May, 1960.

George Krosnowski is now in training with New Jersey Roadway Express. Later next month he's eligible for assignment to one of the 68 terminals in some 27 states.

Lt. (jg) Duane Johnstone '56 receiving his Navy wings upon completing advanced flight training at Beeville, Texas. He is now with Fighter Squadron 124 at Moffett Field, Calif.

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