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A couple of months ago I reported on Dick Jachens' return to the States. Not only was my statement that it looked like Dick had left military service and was once again a civilian erroneous, but little did I know of his reasons for being reassigned to the Pentagon. Just two days ago I received the most beautiful and the saddest letter I have ever received as class secretary. Col. Dick — he was recently promoted to Lt. Col. - wrote me a letter I will never forget. As a member of the military, Dick has been moved all over creation. Since 1958, he and his family made ten moves, five of them with all of their belongings. They returned from Japan in 1958 and settled in Arlington, Va., for an assignment at the Pentagon. In 1960 they went to Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., for a year while Dick attended Staff and Command School there. In the summer of 1961 they were transferred to Heidelberg, Germany, and a year later to Berlin for a "wonderful assignment" in a "fabulous city." Then tragedy struck Dick's family for the second time. Dick's wife, Marianne, was stricken with nephritis and evacuated from Berlin to Walter Reed Hospital last September. When this happened, Dick obtained an assignment in Washington, where he and the children set up housekeeping. Around Christmas time Marianne's condition responded to treatment and she recovered sufficiently to be allowed home for short stays with her family. Then in January complications developed and the spunky mother of three wonderful children passed away on January 28. After funeral services were conducted in Fort Meyer Chapel, where Dick and Marianne were married twenty years ago, Dick's wonderful wife was laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery, alongside their second child, who died in 1958 after a valiant eight year fight against a congenital condition. Dick's letter concludes with an extolment of his wife that would be impossible for any husband to surpass.
Dick, at this point anything that I could say to you on behalf of the Class would be both belated and inept. Nevertheless, I am certain that every one of our classmates joins with me in extending our most sincere sympathy to you and your three children.
About the same time that I mistakenly reported on Dick's departure from military service, I rendered an incomplete account of Chet Williams' itinerary as a world traveler. After returning to Texas last summer from Horn of Africa, by way of Cairo, Athens, Rome, Zurich, and Paris, stopping off for a couple of days in each spot, Chet, his wife, and their four children spent the summer trailer-hopping around Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Cape Cod. In the fall he returned to Apia, Republic of Western Samoa for his latest assignment with UNESCO in the Educational Planning Office of the Ministry of Education by way of Paris, Kuala-Lampur, Bangkok, Singapore, Sydney, and Pago for business stops. The Educational Plan that Chet is now working on pretty much by himself in Samoa is part of a socio-economic plan others in agriculture and economics will contribute to. Chet enjoys working among the Samoan people and he has imported a dinghy from Sydney so that he can spend any spare time he has exploring among the reefs.
PERSONNEL NOTES: Les Overlook is the new president and chief executive of Bohn Business Machines Inc. of New York City. He had been vice president of marketing for SCM Corp., which recently changed its name from Smith - Corona Marchant Inc. Last fall Les moved his family from Cos Cob, Conn., to nearby Greenwich. As a charter member of the newly formed Nassau-Suffolk, New York, Trial Lawyers Association, Fred Montfort of Mineola master-minded its inaugural dinner and incorporation ceremonies. Last November 18, Fred's neighbors in Glen Head, Stu and AudreyMay proudly announced the arrival of a new addition to their family, Cynthia Anne. Ed Douglas was recently appointed district sales manager of the Boston office of Scovill Manufacturing Co. of Norwood. Ed, Muriel, and their two sons live in Hingham, Mass., where Ed is vice chairman of the Republican Town Committee and active in scouting. Dr. Jerry Donohue is the new chairman of the' Department of Chemistry of the University of South California. Jerry joined the faculty of the University of South California in 1953, after teaching at Dartmouth and California Institute of Technology. In 1953 he held a Guggenheim Fellowship to Cambridge, England, and in 1959-1960, he was a National Science Foundation Senior Fellow at Zurich, Switzerland. The Professor is internationally known for his work in x-ray crystallography and determination of structures of molecules.
Lincoln Morton has been promoted to the position of finance and office services manager for the International Division of Baxter Laboratories Inc. of Morton Grove, Ill. Lincoln has been with this company for six years. His previous position was that of controller of one of its divisions, Fenwal Laboratories. He also worked for Dennison Manufacturing Company. The Mortons and their three children live in nearby Glenview. Tom Jack of Grand Rapids, Mich., is the new vice president of industrial relations of Packaging Corporations of America at its general offices in Evanston, Ill. Tom has been with Packaging Corporations and its predecessor, American Box Board Co. since his graduation from Tuck School. His prior post was that of industrial relations director of the company's central region. Last, but not least, Snuffy Smith is the new President of the College Athletic Business Managers Association. He is the first eastern college representative to be elected to this post. Snuffy is also chairman of the Accelerated Program Committee of the Eastern College Athletic Conference. It seems that we cannot keep Snuffy out of the headlines regardless of how hard we try.
Best wishes to all for a very Happy Easter. Here's hoping that Sol will favor our fair ladies with the opportunity to display their millinery.
Secretary, 84-39 126 th St. Kew Gardens 15, N.Y.
Class Agent, 191 Commonwealth Ave., Boston 16, Mass.
