1952
Returning home tonight from a very fine lecture on Bertold Brecht by a visitor from the Princeton faculty, I had a moment of reflection on just how delightfully stimulating the year 1961 has shown to be to date in the Dartmouth-Hanover community. And one of the most encouraging features is that the students seem to be getting as much out of this as the faculty and townspeople.
The Hanover Symphony Orchestra concert, in which our musically talented classmate Frank Logan played the bass viol, was an unqualified success. Their program was enjoyed by an audience of townsfolk and students, some of the latter I was pleased to note were from the fraternity I serve as advisor. I had the same pleasure of seeing some of my freshman advisees (half of my '60 -'61 group) seated front and. center for the Lecture Series reading with comments by poet John Ciardi. Incidentally, Mr. Ciardi's new poem, "The nth Hour," I recommend for your special enjoyment.
Not the least of Hanover's events in the past month was the Interfraternity Play Contest, in which I had the honor to participate this year as a judge. I was one of three who selected the finalists and all the bests, actress, actor, original plays, etc. We saw four original plays by student writers, all indicating hard work, thought and concern for creativity in the theatre. A fifth original was promised but never hit the boards. I've also learned that three (if not more) full-length student plays have been submitted to the Eleanor Frost Prize Contest, plus a healthy number of one acts — an unusually large selection. Perhaps it's the girders of the new stagehouse going up within the Hopkins Center that are sending the young playwrights to the typewriters. Whatever it is, the theatre arts at Dartmouth should move into the Center with style if this trend continues.
And still on the theatre, I saw Duke MacArthur's name in the New York Times last week reporting that he was the director of a new play based on the life of Sam Houston at the Dallas Civic Theatre. Cliff Ebrahim '59 played the leading part. But now to life off the stage:
Dave Drexler is an associate in the Manhattan law firm of Aronow, Brodsky, Bohlinger, Einhor and Dann. He and Judy have two children, Lawrence and Andrew. ColeDorsey is a law partner with Dorsey and Dorsey down in Delaware, and up in Boston another barrister came into being last June when Ron Marcks gained his Harvard Law degree. He's now with Goodwin, Procter and Hoar in Boston.
Bob Thomas is a Naval officer and is stationed at Bethesda, Md., where he is a staff surgeon. Dr. Bob studied for his M.D. at Johns Hopkins. He and Adrianne have three youngsters, Susan, Robert and Glenn. Also down in Maryland you'll find Dr. Bob Freeh who's at the Baltimore City Hospital. Bob and Suzanne were married last June in St. Louis after he received his M.D. from Harvard. Suzanne's a Wellesley gal. Captain and Dr. Lloyd Fisher will be leaving the Army next August for civilian medical practice. Currently he can be found at the Walter Reed Hospital Institute of Research. He and Ruth have three children, Nancy, Gail and Francis. Lloyd's a Columbia M.D. which all goes to indicate the variety of medical school affiliations our class medics can boast.
Two classmates with McGill University (Montreal, Canada) ties are Tony Morse and Bill Mattox. Tony earned his M.S. from McGill and is now working as a petrologist with the British Newfoundland Exploration, Ltd. (Montreal). We announced his June marriage to Dorothy Forbes earlier in the year. Bob Mattox is director for the McGill sub-Arctic Research Laboratory in Schefferville, P.Q., Canada. He and Joan last appeared in our column in 1957 when they were honeymooning in Scandinavia, then off traveling in India.
Another well-traveled '52, Al Jackson, has been invited by the American Management Association to act as co-chairman of a threeday seminar in New York City on "Utilizing Scientific and Technical Personnel and Facilities Abroad." Al is well qualified for such an assignment since he'll be coming from Geneva where he owns and operates his own business, International Research Consultants, Inc. It is the only company which assists U.S. manufacturers in getting European organizations to undertake research, development and engineering programs for American manufacturers. Al founded his firm a year ago and now employs five others as staff members.
Lee Prior does his traveling south of the border down Caracas way as a sales repre-sentative for B.F. Goodrich Co. Lee received a Bachelor of Foreign Trade degree from the American Institute of Foreign Trade in 1956. Closer to home Bob Morris is in New York as an advertising account executive with Benton and Bowles. Ted and Eileen Fowler live in Westwood, Mass., and he is manager of the Pan American World Airways reservations and ticket office in Boston. Ed Fitzgerald is still with the Marine Corps. He and Margery have a son, C. Scott Fitzgerald, born in June of 1958.
One of the largest of the '52 families belongs to Gene Teevens. He and Mary have five little Teevens, the oldest being six! They are Deborah, Gene III, Scott, Shawn and Christopher. Gene is branch manager for Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. in Pittsfield, Mass. Larry Markin is vice president of Markin's Agency, Inc., general insurance sales, in Rochester, N. Y., while out in Glendale, Calif, you can find John Fellingham working in retail sales with the J. C. Penny Company.
Former Air Force and airlines pilot WhiteyDunlap is now an underwriter for Parker and Co., New York, a firm which deals in aviation insurance! Whitey and Barbara live up the Sound in Fairfield County and have one son, William. Tony Quimby also lives in Connecticut, only he's upstate in Hartford where he works in group sales for Connecticut General Life Insurance Co. He and Emily are parents of three, David, Susan and Douglas.
The Howard Markts and the Robert Jahrlings are also three-child families. Howie and Sandra are out in Cleveland where Howie is treasurer of the Electronic Periodicals, Inc., publishing house. Their youngsters are twins, John and Steven, and younger brother Tim. Bob is a senior accountant with Price Water-house, and he and Gretchen live in Ridgewood N. J., with their trio, Heidi, Bob III and Gretchen. John Fancher's also in New Jersey, Chatham, N. J., with Red Devil Tools.
U.S. Navy Lieutenant Tom Fenton was married in '59 in Fontainebleau, France to Miss Simone France Marie Lopes-Curval. But that was in January 1959. They now have a little Fenton, Arlene France. Danaand Jean Farrisee have two children, David and Elizabeth, and live in upstate New York where Dana is a management administrator with General Electric in Syracuse.
Dartmouth '52 produced hardy types. As evidence I offer that eminent Hartford banker, Walt Lashar, who journeyed to Hanover for a skiing vacation last week, and he did ski - despite the fact that it was raining. I saw him at the end of his pleasant stay — he called his sniffle "allergy" but I've my own theory.
Welcome to Connie Carstens, my new com- rade in class communications!
John Feldman, new Class Agent for 1954, isabout to begin the general campaign amonghis classmates for the 1961 Alumni Fund.
Secretary, 15 Rayton Rd., Hanover, N. H.
Class Agent, 1435 Lexington Ave., New York 28, N. Y.
