1932
Secretary, 341 West End Rd. S. Orange, N.J.
Class Agent, 95 Browning Rd., Short Hills, N.J.
Present at the Alumni Fund kick-off dinner meeting in New York were Head Class Agent Bob Reinhardt and Class President Art Allen as well as Joe Boldt, Joe Byram,Jim Moore, Max Wolff and Johnny Wolff. This year again the goal is a million dollars in unrestricted gifts, and the keynote of the campaign will be thoughtful, realistic giving. President Dickey at the dinner made very clear that in the Trustees' opinion the support which the Fund receives during this and the next few years will largely determine whether Dartmouth can continue to compete successfully with other top colleges and universities, particularly in the critical areas of scholarship and faculty compensation.
Bob Reinhardt informed us that by the first of April about forty classmates had answered the call to serve as agents. Our class goal is higher than last year's in both participation and dollars, so that Bob and his hard working agents stand in need of our wholehearted support from here on to the finish.
Bo Wentworth has been named president of all twelve companies in the America Fore Loyalty Group of Newark and New York. This large combine of insurance companies was formed three years ago when the companies in the Loyalty Group and in the America Fore Group affiliated. Bo, a Short Hills, N. J., resident, will continue to work from the offices of Firemen's Insurance Co. of Newark, parent company of the Loyalty Group.
Bo joined America Fore in 1953 in New York after many years with the American Foreign Insurance Association, including a period from 1937 to 1941 when he served in the association's Paris office. He joined Loyalty in 1958 when, as vice president of America Fore companies, he became vice president of all America Fore Loyalty Group Companies. He was elected executive vice president of Loyalty in 1958 and from there moved to his present post.
Bo is a director of all companies of America Fore Loyalty Group. He is also a director of Fidelity Union Trust Co. of Newark, the Newark Association of Commerce and Industry, the Newark YM-YWCA and the Robert Treat Boy Scout Council and is a trustee of the United Hospitals of Newark.
From the Nutmeg State comes news that Dr. Milt Lieberthal has been elected president of the Bridgeport Medical Association. In outlining the association's program for the year, Milt proposed the establishment of a panel of medical and surgical experts to consult with members of the judiciary and the legal profession as well as insurance companies, for the purpose of assessing accurately the amount of personal injury and permanent disability in negligence cases.
Milt said that the liability and amount of damages are matters for the court to decide, but the degree of injury is a medical decision. He challenged the Bar Association to join in this project, pointing out that joint committee work had already proved successful in working out a code of ethics for medical testimony, in the interests of providing juries with accurate information.
Larry Burtis has been selected Man of the Year by his associates at the Chicago branch office of Connecticut General Life Insurance Company. The award is presented annually to the agency member who has made the most outstanding contribution during the past year to his clients-, the life insurance industry and his community. Larry has qualified for the company's President's Club, top prestige group for the agency, based on excellence in service to clients and policyholders and sales performance. He and Bernice with their three children live in Palatine Ill.
Francis Doherty, currently reunion chairman of the neighboring Class of '30, very kindly took the trouble to inform your correspondent that there was a Boston alumni dinner on February 23, and present at that dinner were Russ Harper, Ed Lewis, Harry Rowe and Bob Woodman. He added that, while it was a most pleasant evening, the attendance was less than in previous years.
Bob Harrison, media buyer for ThompsonKoch, New York advertising agency, has been appointed assistant to the executive vice president of Glenbrook Laboratories Division, Sterling Drug, Inc. Bob has been media buyer for the agency for the last five years. He was previously associated with J. M. Matmes and Robert W. Orr Associates, advertising agencies. He and Helen with their four children live in Montclair, N. J.
A few notes on random encounters with roving classmates are offered by Max Wolff, who says that he and Gladys bumped into Marty Mutterperl in the middle of the street in Nassau, B. W. I., in December. They also recently had dinner with the Max Saltzmans, visiting New York for the Toy Show, and Max says he ran into Babe Weinberg recently at an industry dinner in New York.
Warren Moore, with tongue in cheek, has written pretending to have received an offer of financial assistance from your impoverished correspondent. Warren claims he needs the money to keep his two daughters in college and two other children in private high schools. His most recent encounter with classmates was when he, Hazen, Hatcher and Marks had dinner with Dieter Schoeller, our long lost 1932 German Exchange Student.
The Alumni Records Office has given us sad news of the death on February 27, 1961, of another of our classmates, Johnny Johnson, with whom we had lost touch for the past several years. Deepest sympathy of the Class goes to Mrs. Johnson and others who had been close to Johnny. A few words about Johnny's life will appear in the In Memoriam section of the MAGAZINE.
