1927

The big weekend this fall is Friday and Saturday, October 13 and 14, when 1927 will again gather at the Hotel Rogers in Lebanon for our fall reunion. The big event is the Dartmouth-Brown game, but the overriding attraction is the opportunity to get together with your classmates and unwind from the cares and tribulations of everyday life. If you have not already made plans to attend it isn't too late - just drop a line to the hotel for a room, and to Bill Cusack, 2 Lakeview Rd., Winchester, Mass., to let him know that you will be there. This will be more or less in the nature of a warm-up for the 35th in June, but if you have ever attended a fall reunion, you will know that they are well worth the effort involved.

When these notes were last written, your secretary was about to embark for the spring meeting of the Class Officers in Hanover. As usual, it was an interesting and inspiring experience, with a fine program combining with beautiful Hanover May weather to provide a very enjoyable two days. What was unusual, and very gratifying, was the fact that 1927 was represented by no less than six of our officers, the largest delegation to one of these meetings in our history. Bob Stevens, Les Battin, Shorty Oliver, Larry Scammon and Lee Greenebaum joined your secretary in this grand turnout.

I am sure that you are all aware by now of the results of the 1961 Alumni Fund campaign, which, for the first time in history, raised over a million dollars in annual giving for Dartmouth. While the college was setting new records, 1927 was setting a few records as well. We had a new high of 93% participation. This is creeping up on the 100% which we all hope to achieve, and will, if we can hold the momentum that was generated this year. We raised a total of $32,519, which was 116% of our quota, which in itself was a figure that looked impossible of achievement. One of the astounding statistics which came out of this campaign was that the number of men in our Class who contributed $1,OOO or more was just one less than the number contributing SIOO or more just twelve years ago, which is pretty conclusive proof that we are waking up to our responsibilities. Larry Scammon and his team of agents worked as no group has worked before, and while it was a team effort, and everyone did his share, we should be eternally grateful to Larry for the tremendous amount of time and energy, and particularly the well thought out planning which he devoted to his job.

Mike and Gertrude Choukas spent the late spring and most of the summer in Glyfada, Greece, a seaside suburb fifteen miles south of Athens, where Mike was studying, lecturing, and writing at the University. Between Mike's work, sightseeing, sunning on the beach a few moments from their home, and trips to such places as Crete, Constantinople, and various spots on the Aegean Sea, they spent several evenings with the Ritchie Smiths '26. They planned to return home in time to spend a couple of weeks at Nantucket before the opening of college in the fall.

Al Lawrence, who has been Dean of Academic Instruction at the U. S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., has been appointed Dean of the Faculty at the Maritime College of New York State University in New York City.

Vic Duplin, a member of the research staff of the Babcock and Wilcox Company's nuclear facilities plant in Lynchburg, Va., has been elected vice-president of the American Ceramic Society. He joined Babcock and Wilcox in 1931, as a research fellow at M.1.T., and has been at their plants in Augusta, Ga., Bayonne, N. J., Alliance, Ohio, and New York, N. Y., prior to moving to Lynchburg in 1956. He received a master of science degree from M.I.T., and, in addition to being a fellow of the American Ceramic Society, he is one of the group who founded the Basic Science Division of the Society, and was its first program chairman and first trustee. He is a member of the National Institute of Ceramic Engineers, the British Ceramic Society, American Nuclear Society, American Mineral Society, and the American Ordnance Association.

Fred Carver, headmaster at Kimball Union Academy, was awarded the degree of Doctor of Education at the commencement exercises at Norwich University.

Bob Congdon has been elected president of the Pacific National Bank of Nantucket, Mass. He has lived on Nantucket since 1932, having been active in civic affairs as a member of the town finance committee and member of the airport commission. He is a partner in the real estate and insurance firm of Congdon and Coleman.

Dr. Rolfe Harvey has been elected to a second term as president of the staff of Bryn Mawr Hospital. He is director of the department of radiology, a position he has held since 1955, and has been a member of the staff of the hospital for the past twenty years.

Don McCall, who joined International Paper Company in May of 1960, has been appointed vice president of Riordan Sales Corp., Ltd., a Canadian subsidiary responsible for marketing the dissolving and paper pulps produced by International.

Bill Auer, who has been president of the Maiden Trust Co. since 1949, was honored last May, on the occasion of his 30th anniversary with the bank. Since Bill assumed the presidency, the bank has grown physically, in deposits, and in its services to the community. In the early 50s, it was remodeled, and doubled in size. More recently, branch offices have been opened in Medford and Stoneham. Bill has been active in civic affairs, and is a corporator of the Maiden Savings Bank and a past president of the Massachusetts Banking Association.

Recent weddings of interest to the Class include those of Bill Adamson, son of Leonand Ethel Loeb, to Francoise R. Dupin, in Brunoy, France, -on March 24; of Carole Broer, daughter of Sue and Coggy Broer, to Robert R. Bishop Jr., in Perrysburg, Ohio, on June 28; and that of Robert R. Williamson II, son of Bob and Peg Williamson, to Lee M. Chamberlin, in Westwood, Mass., on July 1.

Paul Revere O'Connell became a grand- father for the first time when a son, Thomas Crawford Jamieson Ill, was born to his daughter, Mary Lee Jamieson, on May 19. Marty Heifer added his eighth grandchild, a son born to his eldest son, Sturtevant C. Heifer '51.

The 35th Reunion of the Class of 1927 will be held on Monday. Tuseday and Wednesday, June 11, 12 and 13, 1962. This may seem a long time away, but the months have a habit of sliding by a little faster all the time. Better mark the dates on your calendar now, and make plans to be there. The same committee, headed by Shorty Oliver, that did such a magnificent job at the 30th will again be in charge, so you can be confident that everything possible will be done to make it a memorable occasion. The one thing that they can't do, and that you can, is to get yourself there. You'll be sorry if you don't.

Secretary, 29150 West River Rd. Perrysburg, Ohio

Treasurer, Apt. 10C, 3908 N. Charles St. Baltimore 18, Md.