1932

Chuck Hall dropped us a note from Cleveland just too late to be included in the June issue. He and Lee celebrated their twentyfifth by taking a West Indies cruise on the "Empress of England." Chuck's older boy, Jerry, completed his first year in seminary at Bexley Hall and spent the summer in hospital clinical training at Fulton, Mo. Tom, the younger boy, was scheduled to attend either Denison or Bowling Green College this fall. Chuck says that he and Lee never fail to make the Cornell game at Ithaca and are looking forward to seeing some of you there the next time around.

Enclosed with Chuck's note was an interesting profile clipped from the Cleveland Plain Dealer concerning another original Clevelander, Franklyn Marks. Now living in Sherman Oaks, Calif., with his wife and two daughters, Frank is composer-arranger for Walt Disney Studios. He went with Disney five years ago after recovering from a heart attack, and his brilliant compositions and orchestrations have figured in a number of highly successful productions. Most recently he completed the score for "The Parent Trap" and is now at work on the orchestration of "Babes in Toyland."

Frank was formerly pianist-arranger for Paul Laval's Basin Street program at NBC. He also did orchestrations for Dinah Shore and Eddie Cantor. His musical career in Hollywood has included association with many name bands such' as Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Cookie Fairchild, Red Nichols and Stan Kenton.

As you must have noted in the July issue, Frank Westheimer, chairman of Harvard's Chemistry Department, was awarded an honorary doctor of science degree at the 1961 commencement exercises. Frank received a master's degree at Harvard in 1933 and a doctorate in 1935. He taught at the University of Chicago from 1936 until 1944, was research supervisor for the National Defense Research Council Explosives Research Laboratory in 1944-45, then returned to Chicago as associate professor of chemistry. He was a visiting professor at Harvard in 1953-54 and became a full-time member of the faculty in 1954.

Elmer Rich has been made president of Lake Erie Machinery Corp. of Buffalo, N. Y., manufacturer of hydraulic presses. He had been vice president and general manager of this subsidiary of Bell Intercontinental since 1959.

Jim North has been appointed corporate marketing counselor of the Birds Eye Division of General Foods. An expert in marketing, Jim has previously held vice presidencies with Foote, Cone and Belding and Market Research Corp. of America and was general manager of Western Beet Sugar Producers, Inc. He was a division marketing manager for General Foods before receiving his present appointment.

Bill Levi has been awarded a Fulbright research fellowship for a ten-month study of contemporary social philosophy in Germany. In September he and his family took leave of Washington University, Mo., where he is professor of philosophy, and headed for the University of Munich. He plans to travel extensively in Germany, studying the available literature in his field of work and discussing his findings with German professors who have undertaken similar areas of research. A major objective will be to determine the kind of philosophic response developing in Germany as a result of tensions between East and West.

Sterl Apthorp has been appointed manager of Management Development and Organization Planning for Standard Oil of Ohio. In this assignment he will provide staff service to all departments of the company in forecasting key manpower requirements, evaluating individual performance and potential, maintaining talent inventories and developing managerial and professional personnel. Sterl and Alice have four children: Susan, Nancy, Sterling Jr., and Charles. Their home is in Shaker Heights, Ohio.

Also noted in the data furnished us by the Alumni Records Office: Ed Eisenberg is head of the Maintenance Engineering Services Department of Aerojet-General Corp. in Sacramento, Calif. Bob Black is U. S. Consul in Surabaya.

By the time you read this our third fall reunion at Bonnie Oaks will probably be a matter of history, and at present your correspondent can only speculate as to the increasing popularity of this pleasant custom. Perhaps it is not too early to set our sights on the next regular reunion of our Class in 1963.

Secretary, 341 West End Rd. S. Orange, N. J.

Treasurer, Valley Bank and Trust Co., 1351 Main St. Springfield 3, Mass.