1942
Tragic news of the untimely death of Harold L. Peterson Jr. is sadly reported to you. Pete died early Sunday, February 24, while fighting a fire in the lovely home he had recently completed remodeling, in Sellersville, Pa. The In Memoriam section of next month's ALUMNI MAGAZINE will provide more information .about Pete's life from the time he left the College in 1940 to his passing, at the very prime of life.
It was our unequivocal pleasure to entertain my Crosby Hall roommate, Jack Roseboom, here in our home one evening last week. When I noticed the avoirdupois Jack had accumulated since our previous meeting - at the big 10th Reunion - I was somewhat concerned, but he really isn't the big eater he appears to be! Bob Schoonmaker had joined us earlier at Kodak Park for lunch. Jack was in Rochester on an assignment for Booz Allen Applied Research - an organization associated with the consulting firm of Booz Allen Hamilton, in Chicago. He joined this group about three years ago after teaching at Indiana University. Apparently this type of activity agrees with him he looks to be the successful consultant type. He mentioned handling assignments in Hawaii and London in the same week. Jack has two teenagers and a lovely wife, Dorothy. He reports seeing Neil Benton from time to time. Neil is a Booz Allen Hamilton vice president in their Cleveland Office. If the ears of some of you were burning - particularly Dave Warren, Nick Carter, Don Kerr, and John Highmark to mention a few - you now know why.
Glancing through recent changes in address, it is obvious that Russ Greer has again pulled the wool over the eyes of the Air Force and landed another lush assignment. This time it's Colorado Springs for the lieutenant colonel. Congratulations on both scores are in order. Ed McLaughlin is still getting around the Commonwealth and spoke in January before the Leo Council, Knights of Columbus at Lynn, Mass.
Carl Holekamp was recently elected to the board of trustees of Deaconess Hospital, St. Louis, Mo. Carl is president-treasurer of the Holekamp Lumber Co., Webster Groves, Mo. Word of this election was received from Carl's father-in-law, Mott Brown '17, along with the information that Carl and Barbara first met at '17's Thirtieth Reunion. Jim Ingersoll has been named United States minister to the Philippines by President Kennedy. Jim will continue as director of the American aid mission to the Philippines, a position he has held for eight months. He was previously associated with Borg-Warner Corporation where he was president of Ingersoll Products Division, Reflectal Corporation, and Ingersoll Kalamazoo (Michigan) Division. Jim and Courtney have four children. John Tiernan has accepted chairmanship of the 1963 Presque Isle United Fund Campaign. John is owner-manager of CocaCola Bottling Company plants of Presque Isle and Machias, Me. He is a Tuck School graduate and served as a Marine Corps pilot. The Tiernans have four children.
Bob Hill has moved his family from Syracuse, N.Y., to Wellesley, Mass., where he is director of the newly formed Family Service Region West which covers several towns west and southwest of Boston. Bob graduated from Boston University School of Social Work with a master's degree in 1947. He and Harriet have three children. The oldest, Constance, is a freshman at Bradford Junior College. Hank Coleman has been elected to the position of vice president of Sohio Chemical Company, Lima, Ohio. He had previously been sales manager and only recently was promoted to manager. Sohio Chemical Company makes and markets acrylonitrile and acetonitrile and is sales agent for Solar Nitrogen Chemicals, Inc. Hank has been with the company since it was formed in 1954. Gordon Brown was the subject of an interesting article some months back in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The Gordon Woodside Gallery exhibited his delightful bowls and platters and whimsical paintings. Gordon is buyer and manager of women's wear at Frederick and Nelson in Seattle. He calls his pottery and painting interest a compulsion - and apparently is an artist at both. He specializes in pottery with enamel on copper in highly decorative and rich colored designs.
Phil Brooks recently fulfilled one of the things "which has been in mind" for a long time. He became the owner of a bookstore in Washington, Conn. Phil has been a newsman, war correspondent, publisher, writer, editor, employee of the U.S. Information Agency, and diplomatic attache. It is real good to hear of Phil and it's a real pleasure to wish his Hickory Stick Bookshop well. He and Carolyn have two daughters. MiltWilliams wrote and cleared up the mystery of why he resigned as circulation manager of Fairchild Publications. He has joined Robinson Publications, Inc., publishers of Travel Weekly," as general manager. This is a business newspaper for travel agents, airline executives and others in the industry. Its good to know someone is reading the column.
Permit me to remind you that Alumni Fund time is rolling around again. The rules have been changed and it is going to be tough for '42 to repeat its long line of Green Derby victories - but let's give to the extent of our capability. We all know the worthy cause and the pressing need.
Secretary, 154 Washington Ave. Rochester 17, N.Y.
Class Agent, 135 Harbour Lane, Massapequa, N.Y.
