1954
I have just tossed away my first start at this column which consisted of a lengthy discussion of winter weather. Upon looking back to last February's column, I found its opening paragraph dominated by a concern with the unpleasantness of the season. This, in turn, led me to peruse the other class columns of that issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, and, as you might guess, most of them were found also to be discussing the weather. While not wanting to make sport of what seems to be the sole source of my colleagues' and my late winter inspiration, I'll bet a glance at this issue's columns will find a similar preoccupation with ice and snow. As a variant, allow me to report hot sunny days and comfortable nights here in New Delhi.
Last month, after apologizing for the brief offering, I promised a lengthy transmission when the news being forwarded from Hanover arrived. Through some remarkable vagaries of the mails, none has yet arrived (creditors have no such trouble) and the long and newsful column must again be postponed. President Kennedy said in his New Year's message: "We must not become exasperated with the failure to solve our problems overnight. We must be willing to seek the long-term solutions over the long-term period with patience and determination." If you will have patience, I will be determined.
I have heard something of Fifty-fours, and so to the brief news.
When he falls, he falls far and fast, for John Heston, once the stout defender of Class bachelorhood, announced that he and wife Betty had their second daughter, Laurie, on November 30 of last year. The Hestons have just recently purchased a house in Darien, Conn., and John reports "the advertising business keeps me going (where?)." Skip Weymouth and wife Carol are excited about their first child, four-month-old Anne. The Weymouths are living in Birmingham, Mich., and Skip has a new position with the Simmons Company, selling to hospitals and hotels. Dick and Jane Armstrong are still enjoying the pleasures of California life in sunny Palo Alto. Dick is very happy with his work at General Electric in nearby San Jose.
Dave McLaughlin and family have moved from Ohio to Belvidere, Ill., where Dave has become the chief executive of Mid-West-Pak Corporation, an affiliate of his previous employer, the Champion Paper Co. After mentioning Jack Smith's South Sea cruise a while back, it is now learned that Jack is studying law at the University of California's Hastings College of Law. Clyde Smith is working as a free lance magazine illustrator in New York City. Barry Cox is still piloting helicopters, but has moved his operations East and taken up residence in Guilford, Conn.
Pete Bullis is an architect with E. T. Steffian, in Boston, Mass., and Jack Reed has been designated a Foreign Affairs Officer, with the Office of the Secretary of Defense in the Pentagon. Murray Kirby is off in Seven Isles, Que., Canada, with the Wabash Iron Co., Ltd. Tom Corcoran has moved south from San Francisco to take a position with the investment banking firm of J. Barth and Co. in Los Angeles.
It is again time to urge that you try to attend the spring visits of representatives of the College at the local area club meetings. Besides an enjoyable evening, it is a good way to keep informed on what transpires up in Hanover. It should also make Jack Feldman's job much easier if you get some first-hand information on how they spend your money.
The wedding of Peter Bullis '54 and Patricia Cave, at Chestnut Hill, Mass., attractedover twenty alumni. Among those photographed were (l to r), kneeling, Gary Zwart'54, Chuck Schroeder '57, Ace Hall '55, Harry Robinson '54, Red Fitzsimmons '56,Mas Itabashi '54; standing, Milne Holton '54, Loyi Chan '54, Paul Paganucci '53,Jonathan Moore '54, Barry Backus '56, Peter, Dave Cook '57, Patricia, Charlie Morrison '54, Ralph Destino '54, Larry Elliott '57, Al Shapiro '57, George Morris '54,Dick Mount '55, Al Davis '52, and Bill Andres '29.
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