1932

Important news from the nation's capital was the announcement that Jim Wakelin will continue as assistant secretary of the Navy for research and development. Jim, a Massachusetts Republican, was first appointed to the position by former President Eisenhower in June of 1959. He was renominated for the job by President Kennedy and the appointment was confirmed by the Senate early in January.

This assignment carries the main responsibility for the Navy Department's prodigious research and development program, budgeted in the current year at more than a billion dollars. What weapons our future Navy will have available and whether they will be a match for the naval armaments developed by the other nations of the world are problems which Jim and the people of his department must successfully solve. Apparently the new administration with faultless instinct has reached the conclusion we should have suggested all along, that a better man for the job couldn't be found.

Owing to the circumstance that 1961 marks the bicentennial of the town of Ware, Mass., we have news of Irv Mattson, not heard from in quite a spell. Appointed general chairman of the Bicentennial Committee, Irv is well known in Ware, having received his early schooling there and having returned to make his home in the town since 1942. In the ensuing years he has been active on several town committees and in various civic programs, and at one time was town moderator. He works for the Ludlow Corp. in nearby Needham Heights. The Mattsons, Irv and Polly, have a daughter, two sons and five grandchildren.

George Hahn has been elected president of the American Cancer Society, Philadelphia Division. An active board member of the Society for the past fourteen years, George has served as chairman of the Professional Education Committee and of the Medical and Scientific Committee. As you may recall, he is associate professor of ob stetrics and gynecology at Jefferson Hospital, director and chief of obstetrics and gynecology at Methodist Hospital and chief gynecologist, oncologist at American Oncologic Hospital, all of Philadelphia.

Bob Coltman, vice president of the Philadelphia National Bank, in charge of the trust division, was chairman of a recent session on "The Outlook for Business in 1961" sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia. Bob is chairman of the Chamber's Economics and Taxation Council.

Bob Buckley, a partner in the law firm of Buckley, Zopf and Sayce in Claremont, N. H., has been elected a vice president and director of the Peoples National Bank of Claremont.

A jovial note from" John Davidson in Los Angeles tells us he is president of Coast Envelope Co., with plants in that city and in San Francisco, and that the firm recently merged with Hammermill Paper Co. He and Betty have a daughter Diana, fourteen, who is at school in Switzerland, and a son' Robbie, twelve, who plays shortstop in the local Little League and is an ardent Dodger fan. The family hobbies are skiing, sailing, and dry fly fishing.

Son Robbie's latest project was operating a parking lot for visitors at the Pasadena Rose Parade. He netted a handsome profit after all expenses which included fourteen cents interest on capital funds supplied by the old man. With the younger generation displaying such business acumen, John says he is seriously considering retirement.

Jul Hobson recently bought a house in Summit, N. J., and dropped us a card saying that he and Elizabeth hope to get settled there in due course. He is still with the famous Wall St. firm of Hornblower and Weeks, and lately has been putting in all his spare time in unaccustomed winter chores around his new home.

Don Marcus telephoned, trying to round up an aggregation for a February class dinner in New York, and your correspondent managed by adroit questioning to extract the information that Don and Eleanor with son Donnie spent a vacation in Europe last summer. They visited England, the Scandinavian countries, Switzerland and France.

Just before these notes were mailed word was received from the Alumni Records Office that Bob McHose suffered a fatal heart attack on January 22, 1961, in Dauphin, Penna. The Class extends deepest sympathy to Mrs. McHose and her four sons. An In Memoriam to Bob will be printed in this or the next issue of the MAGAZINE.

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

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