1929
A nice letter from Earl Liberty clarifies our previous information a bit so that we can report that he has been since 1954 head of the Centralized Purchasing Division at Clemson College (technically known as Clemson Agricultural College even though it is predominantly an engineering school, with schools of agriculture, textiles, architectural arts and sciences and carries on the public service activities of the South Carolina experiment school). Earl's four sons are, chronologically, in the following stages of education - Vernon is finishing his third year at Clemson, Stephen enters Clemson in the fall; John is one year behind; and Bill is now finishing the fifth grade (which, Earl figures, should have him at retirement age when Bill finishes college). The Libertys built their present home on Augusta Road, a few miles from the campus, in 1953, but his mail address is still P. O. Box 26, Clemson, S. C.
In the Twenty-five Year Book, Ed Fowler ends his autobiography with "Gretchen, who is thirteen, as yet has no plans for her future." She has since graduated from Rogers Hall in Lowell and attended Garland Junior College in Boston and we now have word of her marriage in February to Thomas Burnett Manter of Braintree, Mass., a graduate of the General Motors Institute at Flint, Mich., and now employed by Buick Motor Division of GM. Gretchen was given in marriage by her father and her brother, Edward - three years her senior was best man.
Karl Michael is apparently pleased with this year's swimming record and the prospects for the next couple of years with the assistance of Terry Bentley '62 who is considered the best all-around swimmer at Dartmouth since John Glover '55. In his first meet as a freshman, Bentley shattered the college record in the 100-yard butterfly, later broke his own record, and has since established new college records in the 200-yard butterfly and the 200-yard individual medley.
Bob Monahan has been appointed clerk of the newly-constituted Lebanon Regional Airport Authority by the selectmen of Hanover for a two-year term. He also heard that Noel Salomon was elected a selectman of Hampton, N. H. Hal Leich is chairman of an inter-agency committee, in Washington, which is looking into the possibility of letting Federal employees retire gradually.
John Dickey has recently announced that John Brown Cook has been named chairman of the Dartmouth Medical School's drive for ten million in capital funds. John Brown, president of Whitney Blake Company of New Haven and of the Reliable Electric Company of Chicago, will be in charge of the general solicitation phase of the drive in which five million is still being sought. John Dickey, we have also heard, has received a decoration from the Federal Republic of Germany. He was presented the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit, at ceremonies in Hanover, by Dr. Guenther C. Motz, German Consul in Boston. The award was made in recognition of John's efforts to foster understanding among nations; of his work in the U. S. State Department; his encouragement of Germania, the College's undergraduate club devoted to the study of the German language and culture; and in being host to Dr. Theodor Heuss, former president of the Federal Republic who visited the United States in 1958.
Last October, we mentioned that Ed Cod-dington, head of the history department at Lafayette College, spoke on a particular phase of the Battle of Gettysburg. We have just heard that Ed was the speaker at the final lecture of this year's series sponsored by the Susquehanna Civil War Round Table at Bucknell University - his subject was "Gettysburg - Before and After."
George Lane has been promoted from assistant treasurer to treasurer according to a recent announcement from Plastic Wire and Cable Company of Jewett City, Conn. George graduated from Hillhouse High School in New Haven before coming to Dartmouth and continuing in Tuck School. He was associated with the New Haven Savings Bank before joining the staff of Plastic Wire and Cable in 1945 as personnel manager.
Bob Drake of Wilmette, Ill., is, we hear, running as an independent candidate for delegate to the July Democratic national convention and is basing his election campaign on the rights of the independent Democratic voter to be represented by an independent delegate. Bob is quoted as saying: "At a time when controlled party politics cannot provide the leadership our nation needs to meet the challenges of world affairs, I support a presidential candidate experi- enced in world politics and independent in his thinking. That man is Chester Bowles." Bob is a practicing attorney, is secretary of the Independent Voters of Illinois, has been counsel for the National Labor Relations Board, served as a referee of the National Railroad Adjustment Board and as an arbitrator in many labor cases.
John Cornehlsen, president and organizer of Cornehlsen and Associates, a group of management psychologists working with individuals and corporations on the psychological aspects of personnel, career and management development, was the recent speaker at a Wilton (Conn.) High School PTA meeting. In conjunction with his talk, the film "The Big Question," produced in connection with the New York Life's series of publicservice advertisements containing information on careers, was shown, for the first time. John's interest in personnel psychology stems from his service in WW II when he was responsible for the technical phases of the U. S. Navy's officer selection program for which he received a citation from the Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal. John has also served on the faculties of St. Lawrence, Stanford, and New York Universities and Bennington, Tufts, and San Francisco State colleges.
Art Bergeron, attorney in Berlin, N. H., for the past 27 years, has formed a partnership with attorney Arnold P. Hanson of Berlin. Art became the mayor of Berlin at the age of thirty, two years after he started to practice law, served as county attorney for four years, and is the present City Solicitor. Arthur Jr. is now with the U. S. Army in Germany and Virginia is in her last year of college at Russell Sage.
An announcement in The New York Times of April 25 tells us that Leonard Doob, Professor of Psychology at Yale, has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for studies of the beliefs and attitudes of German-speaking minority groups. Len has been president, this year, of the parent's association at the school where your out-going (leaving the job after six years — no other meaning intended) secretary teaches. One of Len's sons has already graduated from the school, another graduates this year, and a third son has five years to go.
Mace Ingram's daughter, Marcia, a sophomore at Hanover High School, recently placed third in the biology section of this year's State Science Fair which was held on the College campus. Art Nighswander, as attorney for an estate, a portion of which helped build the Martha Prescott Auditorium in Laconia, N. H., took part in the fifth annual anniversary of the Laconia Senior Citizens' Club in the auditorium.
Dick Brown has sent us a most amusing clipping from the Detroit News of April 27 in which Carol Channing is interviewed as the current star at the local Shubert Theater in "Show Business," with lyrics, music and sketches by Charlie Gaynor. Quite apparent, from the conversation recorded, Charlie, when rehearsing for his revue, "Lend an Ear," was the first theatrical person to convince her that she was funny and that he was going to make her a star.
Tom Stokes, a practicing attorney in New York City, is also president of the Stokes Coal and Oil Company in the Bronx. The firm was founded in 1839, his grandfather joined the firm in 1855, and Tom's father and uncle, who had their own companies, joined their father at a later date. Due to his, and his staff's efforts, the economy of anthracite coal over gas and oil is being successfully sold to many apartment houses, multiple dwelling and commercial installations in the New York City boroughs of Bronx, Manhattan and Queens. He is proud, according to the article on hand, to be called an "anthracite lover" and he rates the hard coal field a stimulating business where you can make a good profit.
Word has recently been received from the College that Jim Herbert '60, son of the late Gus Herbert, has been chosen one of seven seniors to receive a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship. These fellowships from the Ford Foundation are awarded to promising students who are going into the teaching profession. Jim's field is Art.
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