1941

Reunion Chairman, Bob Taft, has already reported to you on the fruits of his labors in Hanover in January. With the aid of a "snowmobile" rented from Hertz, and a pair of skis borrowed from Fletcher, and ably aided by Snuffy Smith, he was able to make his way to Etna to arrange the Saturday picnic at Keene's and to shuss around the campus to firm up the details for the Friday night cocktail party and the bon voyage milk punch party on Sunday morning. Now it behooves everyone to plan NOW to be on hand for this' gala occasion. Already about fifty classmates have indicated that they definitely will be checking into Fayerweather Hall sometime on Friday, June 16. Another 25 classmates have indicated that, barring unforeseen circumstances, they probably will be in attendance. I am sure that no one is going to get away without his wife, and many have indicated their intention to bring the "brood," so the Class tent is going to be "jumping."

Here in New York, Felix Lilenthal has made arrangements for the purchase of the habit and "surprises." Plans are being made for a pre-reunion get-together and get-acquainted cocktail party for the classes of '40 and '41 at the Dartmouth Club of New York on some Friday late in April or early in May. This get-together is being planned more for the benefit of the wives than the

"fellas," its avowed purpose being to give the opportunity for some of the wives to get acquainted prior to reunion in the event that their spouses ignore them for the two days they are in Hanover.

Late last spring Dave Nutt, a member of the Dartmouth faculty as a Research Associate in Geography, completed a three-week trip to Alaska, the purpose of which was to study the various Arctic research activities in this area. Dave's itinerary included visits to the University of Washington in Seattle, the Arctic Health Research Center and District Engineers in Anchorage, the University of Alaska and the Arctic Aero Medical Laboratory at Point Barrow.

Warner Finney's Christmas present was a promotion to the office of vice-president of the National Bank and Trust Co. of Fairfield County, Conn. Warner's banking career started in 1947 when he became associated with the commercial credit departments of the Irving Trust Company and the Industrial Bank of Commerce in New York City. He served as a securities analyst for the Greenwich Trust Co. of Greenwich, Conn., from 1953 to 1956. and later as credit manager of the American Hotel Credit Corp. in Greenwich. He assumed general commercial credit duties with the Greenwich Trust in 1957 and was promoted to assistant cashier in March 1958, becoming assistant vice-president in charge of the Central Credit Department of the National Bank in December 1959. Warner lives in Old Greenwich.

Another analyst "has recently joined forces with a new organization. Monk Larson is now an actuary with Woodward and Fondiller, Inc., a New York City firm of consulting actuaries, systems analysts and insurance accountants. Monk's concern also has offices in Dallas and Los Angeles.

Dick Darby recently resigned as senior vice-president of Smith, Hagel and Knudsen, Inc. of New York City to set up his own company, Market Development Services. Dick also recently moved his residence to Stony Brook, Long Island.

Tinner Gordon was recently elected a Trustee of Children's Memorial Hospital of Omaha, Neb.

I recently received a very nice letter from Haroldine Orr, Jack's widow, expressing her fervent desire to continue to receive DonHagen's "Dope from the Duckboards" and the ALUMNI MAGAZINE because of her feeling that no associations "could be more warm or enduring" than her Dartmouth associations. Last summer Haroldine returned to Hanover with her family. Her oldest son, Michael, has already applied for admission to Dart- mouth.

In my humble opinion no greater testimony could be given to the greatness of Dartmouth than is evidenced by the burning desire of many of the sons of alumni, particularly deceased alumni, to become members of the Dartmouth family. A son of another deceased classmate is a member of the present freshman class. He is Reed K. McKenzie, the son of Reed McKenzie. Two living classmates who have sons in the present freshman class are Pete Coombs of Caldwell, N. J., and Clinton Roenisch, who is a resident of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

The tempo of the activities of '41rs in alumni activities is forever increasing. SteveWinship was recently named president of the Dartmouth College Alumni Association of Merrimack County, New Hampshire. BobBarr was elected president of the Dartmouth Society of Engineers at its annual meeting in New York last October. Norm Locke is the newly elected president of the Dartmouth Club of Bridgeport.

Credit for the successful celebration of Dartmouth Night throughout the country last October must be shared by several of our classmates. Frank Hall engineered one of the largest turnouts of recent years for the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Long Island for this occasion. George Flather organized a splendid Dartmouth Night affair for the Dartmouth College Club of Washington, D. C. John White and Hadley Ward were active participants in the celebration sponsored by the Dartmouth Club of Maine, which sandwiched. a short business session into the festivities for the purpose of appointing John a member of the nominating committee to bring in a slate of officers for 1961.

The infamous trio of Bob Krieger, Larry Norton, and Nick Carter, commandeered all the beer on tap at the Minneapolis, Minn., celebration under the auspices of the Dartmouth Alumni Club of Minneapolis-St. Paul.

Other recipients of alumni club nominations were Austin Baker and Ed Martin, who were nominated for membership on the 1961 Executive Committee of the Charles River Dartmouth Club. Another active participant in alumni activities in Massachusetts is Bert French of Barnstable, who is a regular attendant at affairs sponsored by the Dartmouth College Club of Cape Cod.

When the 1961 bullfighting season opened in Mexico Budd Schulberg '36 and Luis Zalamea '43 were on hand. In the background, enjoying the action are Kay and Phil Brooks '42.

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