1951

Let's take a walk down West Wheelock Street to look at the Connecticut, something all of us have done many a time. But we don't have to go down the hill to look at a river, for Hanover has one at its very center; and that river is Dartmouth College.

Along the Connecticut, the appearance of the banks changes from time to time; islands appear and disappear; and every once in a while there appears a major obstacle, like Wilder Dam. So, too, with the river up the hill. The fishers of men and ideas on the banks change. A Hopkins Center appears, and an old building disappears.

But what of the river itself? I ask this because I've done a lot of interviewing of applicants for admission of late, and tomorrow three more will be here. I wonder how many '51's are doing their part in the interviewing and enrollment work that keeps the Dartmouth River going. I'm not bragging; I fell down miserably on my enrollment assignment this fall. But somehow this enrollment and interviewing work helps me to remain close to Dartmouth, for I know better the character of the river as it is today.

By the time you read this, the interviewing season will be over; and we'll be about to enter another phase of the task of keeping the Dartmouth River rolling along. In another month, you'll be hearing from Head Class Agent Dick Rogers and his cohorts about the Alumni Fund. Let's be realistic and thankful givers this year, even let it hurt a little bit. The young men who are the Dartmouth River now are counting on us.

On to the news! In January, Bill Duke married Doris Saemann-Bally in New York City. Also in January, Sam Roberts acquired his seventh $600 exemption (we're reaching that time of year, unfortunately). Sarah is Sam and Nancy's fifth child and third daughter.

The Aluminum Company of America sends news that Al LeClair has been named manager of jobber sales. Al joined ALCOA in 1953 after graduating from Tuck School. In 1955 he was named a general salesman in the New York office, and by 1957 he had moved into highway sales activities in the New York district. Al and his wife Joyce have three youngsters and have recently moved from New York to Bridgeville, Pa. Al's new post is at the home office of ALCOA in Pittsburgh. Congratulations and best wishes to all the LeClairs.

Ken Way has been appointed senior staff consultant for the American Institute for Business Research. He will be based in Boston which is the home office for this international business consulting firm. Ken was formerly New England manager for the Rogers Publishing Company. In his new position he will specialize in research con- cerning industrial marketing and sales compensation. The Ways and their two youngsters presently reside in Duxbury, Mass., and fortunately they will not have to relocate.

It is with sorrow that we note the passing of Ted Eberle's wife, Haven, of complications resulting from chicken pox and pneumonia. She was active in civic affairs in Cincinnati and in alumnae groups of College Preparatory School for Girls, Denison University, and the University of Cincinnati. In addition to Ted, she is survived by their two young sons.

Dick McFarland has been elected a VicePresident of Kalman and Company, Inc., Minneapolis securities house. One of our roving Mid-Western correspondents also reports that Dick and wife Nancy are expecting.

After two years as Assistant Foreign Editor for "Business Week" in New York, DickHalloran has moved to Japan as Bureau Chief of McGraw-Hill's Far Eastern News Bureau. For those '51's fortunate enough to get to Japan, Dick can be found with McGraw-Hill at the Horanomon Sangyo Bldg., 1 Koto-hiracho Shiba, Minatoku, Tokyo.

Moving from Far East to Down East, Dr.Jim Eldredge has been appointed a teaching fellow in orthopedic surgery at Harvard Medical School. Jim is chief resident in orthopedics at Children's Hospital Center.

Since he'll undoubtedly be too modest to report it in the Class Newsletter (besides, many might think it was a "fable"), we'll report that Al Karcher has been given an "additional responsibilities" promotion. While continuing as Assistant to the Vice-President in charge of Sales Administration, Al will now also supervise Kodak's chain store outlet program. This will take him to Europe and the Far East to set up and observe Kodak merchandising programs in Armed Forces PX's. (You'd better lock up your liquor, Halloran!)

Returning to Minneapolis, Dave Barker is now manager of the Prudential Insurance Company's research division in the North Central home office. Russ Gardner has been named Mid-Western Manager of premiumpresentation sales of Elgin National Watch Company.

Last fall Berl Bernhard, staff director of the Federal Civil Rights Commission, was out at Prof. Bob Carr's new stamping ground, Oberlin (Ohio) College. Berl addressed an all-college assembly on "New Dimensions in Public Service' as a part of Oberlin's 1961 Career Conference.

In January, poet Bob Pack and four of his Barnard students were on NBC radio's "Extra-Curricular." Lt. Steve Balogh piloted a Grumman S-2F "Tracker" on the 50,000th ground controlled approach landing at Grosse lie Naval Air Station.

From Dave Hilton and Bob Bowler, we learn that '51 social life is active in both the Chicago and Minneapolis areas. Were it true all over! After all, we did spend four of the best years of our lives together.

Oberlin College's 1961 Career Conference brought together three alumni. ClassmatesBerl Bernhard (l) and Richard Dunn (r), both of the Class of 1951 met in the officeof Oberlin's President Robert Carr '29. Bernhard, staff director of the Federal Commission on Civil Rights, was keynote speaker for the conference. He spoke on NewDimensions is Public Service." Dunn is Oberlin City Manager.

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