Thayer School

One of the members of the Thayer School faculty who has long been contributing to professional activities and education off campus as well as on is George Taylor,, Professor of Engineering and Management. Most recently, George participated in an International Panel at the International Conference of the American Institute of Industrial Engineers held in New York City, speaking on the topic "Creative Decision-Making at the Corporate Level." The Institute has also published an article of his entitled "Analysis of Your Spending Decisions."

The Washington Post last summer carried a picture of William H. Kendall '33 receiving, on behalf of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad of which he is president, a medallion for the valuable contribution of his company in reconditioning a 107-year-old locomotive, the General, for a series of commemorative tours as part of the Civil War Centennial.

Reuben Samuels '47, who has been elected treasurer of the Dartmouth Society of Engineers, is a corporate officer and director of a New York City firm, Thomas Crimmins Contracting Company. The firm specializes in foundation construction, especially of major buildings on Manhattan Island and Reuben has primary responsibility for the protection of adjoining buildings, a truly major consideration in foundation work in built-up areas.

Reuben has also served as a foundation consultant during the past ten years. One of his projects concerned the foundation for a plant for the Truex-Traer Coal Company in Ceredo, W. Va. The president of that company was Charles N. Howard '48 who has since become president of the Thomas O'Neil Machine Company in Huntington, W. Va. I had the pleasure of renewing my acquaintance with Chuck last spring when government business took me to Huntington. He is an energetic and enthusiastic executive and takes an active role in community affairs.

A letter from Tim Paige '29 predicted the possibility of a personal visit with him at the time of the Brown game in Hanover. Unfortunately, the visit didn't develop, but from Tim's letter I can report that he has two married daughters, a third who is a senior at Wellesley, and a son in Dartmouth's sophomore class.

Holden Waterbury '47 visited Hanover briefly last summer en route from Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, to Washington. I suspect his itinerary was not worked out entirely without regard to his alma mater. In fact, he visited briefly with me and more extendedly with Professor Ed Brown. For the past several years, Holden has been attached as a structural engineer to the Headquarters Air Training Command DCS/CE at that base. He has responsibility for base engineering at some twenty locations from California to Georgia. The Waterburys and their five children reside at 131 Kentucky Avenue, New Braunfels, Texas.

Professor Taylor passed along to me some time ago a letter received from Bob Helsell '60 who is with the firm of Haskins and Sells in Seattle, Washington. Bob has received his CPA certificate and recommends the accounting field for Tuck-Thayer graduates. He writes that he has been involved in "investment analysis relating to alternative choices in acquisition of capital equipment" and is "a proponent of the discounted cash flow method of analyzing future costs and revenues," familiar terms, I am sure, to Taylor alumni!