1955
Bud Bombard was the subject of a story in The New York Times Magazine of Sunday, September 16. The occasion was Bud's role as a crew member of "Weatherly," the U.S. 12-meter yacht which defeated the Australian challenger "Gretel" for the America's Cup. The Times described Bud, who's an insurance broker in real life, as "a small, good-looking man with blue eyes and close-cropped, sandy hair; in fact, at 5 feet 5 inches and 140 pounds, he is the smallest and lightest aboard, and, as such, the man to go aloft to unthread snarls should they develop." Said Bud: "Sailing literally transports you. I've always enjoyed the sensations more than winning a race; winning has never been as important as going to sea. And this has become truer and truer for me. Nothing is abrupt in the motion of a boat. Everything is graceful and elegant. I can equate it with dancing, in a sense. It stokes the male ego. You get, I suppose, the feeling of the hairy-chested Norseman." The Times commented: "He said these things without affectation, but rather doubtfully — as though he did not quite expect to be believed."
Bill Conrad shifted from Tatham-Laird ad agency in Chicago, where he worked on the Mr. Clean account, to J. Walter Thompson, for the greater glory of Quaker Oats. Bill and Georgia welcomed their first-born, Christopher, in June 1961. Arnie Katz married Patricia Denner of New York City last November, and this year became a partner in Lieberbaum and Co., stockbrokers, in New York. Woody Goss left the Chemical Bank New York Trust Co. to join the commercial department of The Mechanics National Bank in Worcester.
Dick Cohn was promoted to assistant treasurer at the 41st St. and Seventh Ave. branch of the Chase Manhattan Bank; he and Joan had their first child, Nancy Ellen, on June 24. Hap Sawyer moved from Lebanon High School to Winnacunnet High School in Hampton, N. H., where he's continuing to teach social studies. Ed Willi is now materials manager at the San Martin plant of General Motors Argentina, S. A., in Buenos Aires; he and Cecilia had their first, Madeleine, in New York last November before heading south of the border. Tom Carlsen, who's been working in a Chicago social service agency, is starting a two-year fellowship at the University of Chicago for a doctorate in social service administration.
Granger Associates, an electronics communications firm out in Palo Alto, Calif., has promoted JohnBallard from manager of applications engineering to director of marketing. John has been with Granger for the past two and a half years, following four years as a pilot and electronics office with the U.S. Navy. He was a specialist in electronic countermeasures (ECM) and was responsible for development, testing, and operations. In 1959 he developed a complete special purpose airborne ECM system. He and his family live in Sunnyvale, Calif.
Charlie Williams was admitted to the Connecticut bar and joined Camp, Williams and Richardson, a New Britain law firm of which his father is a member. Mike Travers left Morgan Guaranty Trust Co. and went around the corner to Goldman Sachs & Co., a large New York investment banking firm. Bill and Dorothy had their second son, Christopher, May 8. Bernie Carpenter was appointed a research fellow at Harvard Medical School. Tom Kinnamon was promoted to assistant comptroller of the Mellon National Bank and Trust Co. in Pittsburgh. Owen James became physical director of the Fitchburg, Mass., YMCA. Steve and Lynn Wilson toured 8200 miles last summer in a Volkswagen Microbus Camper, through the U. S. and Canadian Rockies to the Seattle World's Fair. They visited with Dick Morrill, in the Geography Department at the University of Washington, and Milo White, teaching high school in Ann Arbor, Mich. Steve is with the Worcester, Mass., Planning Department and is also continuing his work on a geography Ph.D. at Clark University.
Pete Thompson married Joan Jackson of Grafton, Mass., and Smith on October 8 in Grafton. Al Pianca said his vows in Spanish with Irma Alicia Bermudez, August 11 in Jalapa, Vera Cruz, Mexico. Irma graduated from the State Teachers College in Jalapa and spent last year at Rutgers University, where Al was teaching. He's now assistant professor of Spanish at Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa. Dick (Stretch) Johnson and Peggy Robison were scheduled to get together October 13 in Shreveport, but this was written too early for confirmation that the knot was tied. Peggy is a graduate of Louisiana Tech and is training director at Nieman Marcus department store in Dallas, where the Johnsons will live. Mike Gorton also planned a fall ceremony, with Phyllis Prescott of Boston, Skidmore, and Katie Gibbs. Mike is a first lieutenant at Fort Devens, Mass., and Phyllis is with Hoag and Pravendie ad agency in Boston.
Bob and Rita Stirling had their third child and first son, Robert Scott, July 12 in Stamford, Conn. Dick and Jane Hastings had a daughter, Cary, June 18 in New York. Bob and Chris Bennett had their third, a girl, Lynne, March 25. Hank andJane Maretz made it one of each with a son, Peter, May 1, in Bronxville, N. Y. Ken and Kathy Lundstrom welcomed their first, William Kenneth, May 31 at Chapel Hill, N. C. Jed and Susan Isaacs had their third son, Thomas Matthew, June 19, in Stamford, Conn. Frank and Nancy Carlton had their third, second son, Douglas Alan, June 22, in Lodi, Calif. Pete and BettyBuhler had a daughter, Brenda Ellen, August 25.
Don and Margery Aronson, now living in Maplewood, N. J., had a daughter, Helaine Carol, May 26. Tim and Rosemary Hutchinson also had a girl, "Meg," May 24; they live in Wawa, Pa. Dick and Sally Aberle had their second daughter, Leslie, May 8; Dick is with Thos. Cook and Son in Philadelphia and commutes from Berwyn, Pa.
Ernie Arnold is assistant brand manager in the retail marketing department of Scott Paper Co. in Philadelphia. Ed Barry is an assistant professor of botany at the University of North Carolina. Bob Cleveland is a Marine captain at Coronado, Calif. BillContini is at Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Conn., and Bob Darpinian practices dentistry in Teaneck, N. J. Bob Edwards is assistant chief of surgery at the U.S. Public Health Service hospital in Galveston, and Henry Fuller is at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Hugh Taylor owns Taylor's Marina at Raymond, Me., and Larry Veator is a financial analyst in the overseas division of W. R. Grace Co. in Cambridge, Mass.
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