1944

Marsh Tenney has informed President Dickey of his desire to resign as Dean of the College Medical School so that he may concentrate on his teaching and scientific work as Professor of Physiology and Chairman of that Department at the Medical School. Marsh now has the difficult job of locating and recommending a suitable successor to assume the deanship not later than the opening of the 1962-63 academic year. Marsh's service as Dean was described by President Dickey as that of "a miracle worker who has now richly earned the right to pursue his distinguished career as a medical scientist in the School his efforts so largely created."

Ski-lodge proprietor Don Pfeifle took advantage of the off-season summer months to construct two more T-bars at his Sugarloaf Inn in Kingsfield, Me., making it one of the most complete and desirable ski resorts in the east.

After thirteen years with CBS Radio, John Callow has accepted an appointment as account executive for Storer Television Sales, Inc. in New York. His home is in Stamford. The Scarsdale High-Dartmouth irregulars, Eaton, Ostberg, and Grimm, got together last weekend for a highly successful Yale weekend. Insurance executive, Bob Colwell, has been elected president of the New Rochelle Kiwanis Club. He takes office lan. 1. Bob is also chairman of the club's annual bridge night held at Glen Island Casino for the benefit of Kiwanis youth activities.

In the two decades since we were prancing about the duckboards in Hanover, the gentlemen of the class have fanned out into many diverse and specialized fields. Take Dick Backus, for example. A top marine biologist at the Woods Hole Oeeanographic Institution, Dr. Backus has become a renowned authority on (of all things!) the shark. Dick has studied sharks, their habits and patterns, for nine years. His new book on them will be published in the spring. You may be interested to know that Massachusetts and Cape Cod bays are favorite summer retreats for white sharks, deadliest of them all. But Dick finds that these twenty-foot man-eaters are not particularly worrisome because the same waters these beasts prowl during the summer are usually filled with abundant feed in the form of school fish and other delicacies more appetizing than you might be. However, Dick does advise leaving the water quickly and inconspicuously should you note one as a companion bather. His records show the last attack was in 1936 when a young lad was eaten by a killer shark. Before that there was a reported attack in 1831, but Dick has been unable to confirm it. Nonetheless, when queried about what to do when you find yourself next to one of these brutes, Dick suggests, "Swim as quietly as possible for shore. Splashing is questionable as a safeguard; it may attract the shark. Keep praying."

After carefully considering their decision for approximately thirty seconds, Howie andAlita Pennington agreed to accept Wellington Sears Company's offer to have Howie take over as manager of their San Francisco operations. Apparently they love it out there, and particularly the swimming pool that came with the house. Howie has to hit the road quite a bit, and gets to see Buzzand Dadie Beattie on his trips to Seattle.

Jack Snobble has been commuting to Puerto Rico in the interests of the Peace Corps. The administrative assistant to the director of the Colorado Rocky Mountain School at Carbondale, Colo., was tapped to set up the camp in Santurce where 100 to 150 Peace Corps members will be trained. Among his other activities, Jack conceived of the obstacle course which you may have seen in "Life" last week in the article about post-card Margery Michelmore.

Bull Hinman stopped by the other night and told of getting together with RockyDavidson in Dallas recently. Dottie had just presented Harry with the finale to the basketball team, their fifth son. Now just to get the hockey and baseball teams organized. Of course, Harry's big interest is in football, particularly where the Dallas Texans are concerned. Dan and Pat Donahue have moved to a new home in Barrington, Ill., not too far from Bull and Barbie's new home. I understand they've got a great horse named Blue Boy who is Dan's great pride and joy when he's not traveling Route 40 to and from his gas well interests in Vernal, Utah. Lefty Bogan who lives in Glenview, Ill., likes Dan's place so much he has just farmed out his favorite German short haired hunter there. Lefty is still one of the better golfers in the area according to Bull.

John Chamberlain is head of the history department at Cornwall Academy in Great Barrington and is now in his eleventh year there as a faculty member. Dick Kanter is Assistant Manager of the Educational Information Department for Remington Rand Univac in New York. Fred Campbell is teaching at the Runkle School in Brookline, Mass., and making his home in Framingham Center. The Ed Roewers have moved to a new home in Gloucester.

Hope you all have the finest holidays ever, that your cameras are in good working order, and that you'll send me some photos of the clan around the Yule tree with which we can decorate the column.

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