1931

We made it through February's avalanches, the Ides of March, April's freshets and Forsythia and into this merry month of May. The next and summit stop is our THIRTY WONDERFUL THIRTIETH Reunion on June 13, 14 and 15. A reunion is what you want it to be. Walking your luggage into the dorm next month is a re-play of the young man you were when you started out on Hanover Plain. Those you will see around you will look older but they will be the same men you sat with when Hoppy first addressed you as "men of Dartmouth," the same men who sat next to you in classes, teamed up with you on the athletic fields and matched you prank for prank on Boston, New Haven, or Montreal peerades. Dartmouth Row on a June evening will be as you have always known it. The hills are those of Wheelock, Hovey, Webster, and all the rest of us.

Heading the whodunit roster this month is Bat Austin whose gift of a magnificent new pipe organ for Rollins Chapel is a memorial to his father, a widely known pipe organ manufacturer. Bat is. a partner in an investment firm in Hartford and is secretary of Austin Organs. Still in Hartford, recent executive promotions at Connecticut Mutual Life included Cliff Walker who has been appointed to the newly created post of comptroller. Except for his service time with the Navy, Cliff has been with this same insurance company since college graduation. Both of his sons are graduates of the College, Allan in '55 and Donald in '58. Vic Rockhill has been made president and chief executive officer of the Chase International Investment Corp., the foreign financing subsidiary of the Chase Manhattan Bank. Vic's record also is continuous with this bank since graduation.

Recently named to the board of directors of the Summit Trust Co., of Summit, N. J., was John MacKechnie. After a Harvard law degree and eight years of law practice John moved over into manufacturing, where he is now firmly entrenched as president of the Eastwood-Neally Corp., in nearby Belleville. Vic King was a recent speaker before the civic and legislation department of the Woman's Club of Westfield, N. J. Vic is currently president of the Union County Bar Association, a member of the rules committee appointed by the State Supreme Court, and also serves as attorney for the Plainfield Board of Education. Son Ned is Dartmouth '59.

Resuming our "bank notes," Johnny Benson has been made a senior vice president and comptroller of the National Shawmut Bank of Boston. Johnny has been with this organization since he finished with a Tuck School degree in '32. Running back thru these last several entries of employment longevity the lesson is obvious - those who stay put are seldom kaput!

For those of you who can't wait until next month in Hanover to get these address changes at first hand, here are the latest: Comdr. Smokey Joe Adams, 156 Circle Dr., Waltham 54, Mass., Bob Frederick, 289 Grace Church St., Rye, N. Y., Doc Leffingwell, 197 Voorhees Ave., Buffalo 14, N. Y., Ed Rhetts, 2620 Foxhall Rd., Washington 7, D. C., Arnie Rich, 9 Tonetta Circle, East Norwalk, Conn., Ed Rothschild, 5630 S. Blackstone Ave., Chicago 37, Ill., Bob Zimmerman, 8021 La Jolla Scenic Dr., La Jolla, Calif.

By now each of you has received a dormitory reservation card for reunion. Many of you have sent them in but to those of you who haven't - and are wavering - I urge you to tell your respective spice that you and she have a three-day date next month in the salubrious hills of Hanover with a special group of long-time confederates. You will both be glad you did. See you then!

Secretary, 734 Keystone, River Forest, Ill.

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