The 1961 Alumni Awards

SIX distinguished graduates of the College received Dartmouth Alumni Awards from the Alumni Council during the commencement and reunion week. Nathaniel G. Burleigh '11 was honored at the Commencement Dinner, in the presence of classmates of 1911 who were holding their 50th reunion. The other awards — to Edward H. Kenerson '03, Nathaniel Leverone '06, Charles E. Brundage '16, Guy P. Wallick '21, and Lloyd K. Neidlinger '23 - were presented at the Alumni Council's dinner meeting on June 14.

The awards, presented by Council President Charles F. McGoughran '20, are made annually to Dartmouth men who have had distinguished careers and have demonstrated devotion to the College by loyal service to the purposes for which it stands. Each man received a small replica of the silver Wheelock Bowl and a specially printed citation. The citations were as follows:

Edward Hibbard Kenerson '03

The Kenerson family is a Dartmouth tradition. Your father, and father-in-law, graduated from the College in 1876. Your two sons, a grandson, a brother, a son-in-law, a brother-in-law, and two cousins are also Dartmouth men. Your devotion and dedication to the College, and that of your family, exemplifies the best of such a Dartmouth tradition.

Now a retired partner and director of Ginn and Co. of Boston, textbook publishers, this was your distinguished work for forty-seven years. In addition, you have served in a dozen major volunteer positions in your home town of Winchester, Massachusetts, where the Winchester Hospital has especially known the full devotion of your leadership. Four schools were built in Winchester during the period you worked on the School House Committee. You have held high offices in the Winchester Savings Bank, the American Textbook Publishers Association, and the Council of Boston Metropolitan Hospitals.

In service to Dartmouth College, "Working member of the Class of 1903" is a valid title. You have served as Secretary, Agent, Vice-President, President, and now Bequest Chairman.

It is with pride and admiration that we present to you the Dartmouth Alumni Award.

Nathaniel Leverone '06

Phi Beta Kappa and Rufus Choate graduate of the Class of 1906, your course through the years has always been steady - and the results spectacular.

Now Founder-Chairman of the Automatic Canteen Company of America, the largest firm of its kind in the world, you were the pioneer in the establishment of the modern vending machine industry into a vital and essential segment of the multi-billion-dollar field of over-all merchandising and marketing.

You have given inspiring leadership to the civic, charitable and cultural life of Chicago and the nation. No single scroll could embrace the complete list. You were the first president of the International Christian Leadership movement, long-time leader in youth movements such as Junior Achievement nd Chicago Youth Week, nine-year secretary of the Chicago Crime Commission, World War II Director of Salvage for Illinois, recent Board Chairman of the Kansas City Athletics, speaker or presiding officer for some forty years at civic, religious, business, service and social group gatherings, and guest on numerous radio programs.

Organizer of the Cheshire County Dartmouth Alumni Association, past president of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Chicago, past Vice President of the General Association of Alumni, and the Chairman of the first National Dartmouth Pow Wow in 1925, you are still a frequent lecturer at Tuck School. You have served as president, secretary and class agent of 1906, winning the Reynolds Trophy. As editor-publisher of the "Green Messenger" you were ore o£ the precursors of the present-day class news-letters.

For your many services to Dartmcuth and your achievements in all of the vared fields of service with which you have been identified, we present to you this Dartmouth Alumni Award.

Nathaniel George Burleigh '11

Dartmouth Professor Emeritus, Hanover Citizen Extraordinary, your life is deeply entwined with this College and this community.

Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Dartmouth with the class of 1911, you received a Master's degree at the Amos Tuck School the following year. After seven in business, you returned as a member of the Tuck School faculty. Beside your distinction as a teacher in the years that followed, you became a leading local figure as a member and chairman of the Hanover Precinct Commission. Among other civic posts, you have served as a trustee and treasurer of the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital.

In 1941, you were called to Washington to direct an industrial division of the War Production Board for the duration of World War II. More recently you have served as a consultant to the National Security Resources Board and the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense. For six months in 1951 and 1952, you were Dean and Professor of Industrial Management at the newy established Institute of Advanced Studies in Business Management in Turin, Italy.

You have played a major role in many Dartmouth alumni activities since graduation. As the class of 1911 celebrates their 50th reunion, they have you to thank for all the arrangements and program. Mot only have you been reunion chairman, but you are also class president and secretary. And you have been the secretary for forty years - ever since your tenth reunion in 1921. Other Dartmouth positions include he presidency of the Secretaries Association and the vice-presidency of the General Association of Alumni.

On the 50th anniversary of your graduation, Dartmouth men take pride in honoring you for service to your College, community, and nation, and present to you the Dartmouth Alumni Award.

Charles Edwin Brundage '16

Undergraduates have you to thank for the attractive modern building at the Dartmouth Skiway in nearby Lyme Center that is fast becoming the eastern college social center during the snow season. Brundage Lodge is your thoughtful gift as a fitting and lasting memorial to your son, Peter, Class of '45, who was killed on Okinawa in World War II.

A member of the Class of 1916 and its Bequest Chairman, you have been untiring in your efforts behind the College fund-raising scene and more recently for the Medical School. Through the years you have been a staunch wheelhorse in support of Tuck School and its objectives. Thus have you manifested your devotion to Dartmouth through the years. Since graduation you have wrought a distinguished career as an investment counselor. Today, as Senior Partner of Brundage, Story and Rose, of New York, you are considered a brilliant authority in your chosen field. A leader in community affairs at your home in Dover, New Jersey, trustee of banks, and active participant in numerous civic, fraternal and business societies, you exemplify the best that is Dartmouth.

For your generosity, your effort and leadership in Dartmouth activities, and your achievements in business and civic enterprises, we are delighted to present you this Dartmouth Alumni Award.

Guy Philip Wallick '21

Artist, salesman, soldier, engineer and executive ... your journeys, since leaving Hanover, have been diverse and successful.

You are an adopted member of the Class of 1921, having graduated from Tuck School in 1923. Your undergraduate days were spent at the University of Colorado. It is not unusual for a man who was not an undergraduate at Dartmouth to have an interest in the College. However, devotion such as yours is unequalled.

You have been president of the Alumni Association of Northern California, president of the Dartmouth Alumni Council, and chairman of the Committee on Alumni Relations, which in 1959 received national recognition and first prize from the American Alumni Council.

During the first World War, you were a captain in the Army in Europe. Since leaving Tuck School, you have held a series of offices with the American Telephone and Telegraph Company ... as salesman, engineer and now vice-president of the Pacific Company. You are also active in many civic and professional organizations in your home area of San Francisco. With all of this, you still find the hours to paint... you are a gifted and accomplished artist.

For distinguished achievement, and for outstanding service to the College, we are delighted to present you the Dartmouth Alumni Award.

Lloyd Kellock Neidlinger '23

Graduate of the Class of 1923, Pudge Neidlinger first gained the admiration of fellow Dartmouth men as a member of Walter Camp's All-America football team.

For a few years after graduation, alumni were troubled about your work. As hockey coach at Princeton, you were responsible for giving the Big Green many bad moments. However, once you were back in Hanover, we again began to beat Princeton.

For eighteen years, from 1933 to 1952, you served as Dean of this College with sincerity and untiring devotion. Few know the full weight of your contribution, for it is now scattered with the men you counseled, coaxed and encouraged during their four years in Hanover. You labored day and night during the hectic war years of the Navy at Dartmouth.

You were a member of the Alumni Council and Chairman of the Athletic Council. Since your resignation as Dean, you have achieved distinction as Executive Director of the United States Council of the International Chamber of Commerce.

Because of your service to this institution and its undergraduates, and your success in other fields of endeavor, we are proud to present to you the Dartmouth Alumni Award.

Mr. Kenerson shown with his son, Jack Kenerson '28, and grandson, Bob Kenerson '60.

Mr. Leverone (left) receives congratulationsfrom Council President C.F. McGoughran '20.

Professor Burleigh as he was honored during the 50-year reunion of the Class of 1911.

Mr. Brundage receiving his Alumni Award at the June 14 dinner of the Alumni Council.

Mr. Wallick (left) was cited by the Council for his celebrated Alumni Relations Report.

Former Dean "Pudge" Neidlinger holds the Wheelock Bowl presented by Mr. McGoughran.