1946
News time again - and though the desk is not piled high with letters we have enough to start — so start we will. Especially since a prospective skiing trip to the north country was called off, because of all things - too much snow. The skiing country wasn't bad but the minor blizzard around these parts made the trip prospects a little grim. Fortunately there's plenty of winter left so the old man (Father Time in Stretch Pants - according to my girls) will be able to tempt fate again.
First bit of news concerns Don Fitzsimmons. Within the past six months we reported that Lieutenant Don was Chaplain at the Weymouth Naval Air Base in Massachusetts. Latest word is that he has been transferred from this base and is now attached to the 6th Fleet over in the Mediterranean. (Sounds like a grand move.) Don and his family are living in the Naples area, and when at sea he manages to travel "first-class" on the Admiral's Flagship. Good show!
Ken Fulton, an old near-neighbor from Andover, Mass., has moved a little closer to the big city. Ken and Carol are now living in Darien, Conn., and he is assistant to the marketing manager of General Foods Corporation. Another big (reference to importance, not girth) '46 food man is BillSpoor, vice president in charge of the export division of the Pillsbury Company in Mineapolis.
Arch Gernert was appointed casualty manager for the midwest division of the Atlantic Companies. He joined Atlantic in 1961 after considerable field and casualty underwriting experience, and worked in New York City until this move to Chicago.
Dr. Bill Schillhammer seems to take some time off from his busy schedule as specialist in internal medicine at the Mary Hitchcock Hospital in Hanover. Of course, this time off is pretty much of a "busman's holiday as the reports I have received mention speaking engagements to hospital groups in New Hampshire. The latest report was from Newport N. H., where he discussed allergies. Bill,' who has had graduate study and residencies in San Francisco, Hood, Texas, and Washington, D.C., plus a two-year stint with the Army in Alaska, has had enough moving around and has settled down in that wonderful Hanover. N.H., atmosphere.
A clipping from the Washington Post indicates that Dave Clarke has been named manager of the residential loan department of the Washington office of James W. Rouse & Company. And back up in Connecticut, the new law firm of Pelletreau and Kealey has been formed in Norwalk. The latter name belongs to Warren Kealey who attended Georgetown and University of Connecticut law schools after Dartmouth and had his own offices for some years prior to this new venture.
From law offices to college campuses is not a big step and this takes us to Dr. BillGrant at Williams College. Bill, who is an associate professor of biology, has recently been named chairman of the biology department. Prior to joining the Williams faculty he served at Yale, Gettysburg, William and Mary, and Dartmouth, in that order. Having received several grants and fellowships, and being the author of more than a dozen papers published in learned journals, plus contributions to several encyclopedias, Bill has been a busy man since graduation from Dartmouth.
I was happy to receive a report on PeterDaniel, a Dartmouth and University of Virginia man who is now treasurer of Sweet Briar. Peter actually spent more time in Virginia than up in the hills of Hanover but still holds Dartmouth in high esteem. He is very highly regarded in this exacting profession, and must enjoy his important position in such a pleasant atmosphere.
Way back at election time I reported that Stephen Weeks was running for state representative in his home town of South Harwick, Mass. It is great to report that Steve, a Republican, was duly elected and is now serving his first term in the Massachusetts legislature. A long article in the Standard-Times of New Bedford outlines Steve's political philosophy, which is conservative and follows the general line of the late Robert Taft, and more recently, Barry Goldwater. Lots of luck in your new career, Steve - Massachusetts certainly needs leadership such as yours.
Al Lupa, manager of the White River operation of Potlatch Forests at Clarendon, Ark., left this company in January to accept a position with Georgia-Pacific, one of the giants of the lumber business. He and his wife have moved to Pineville, W. Va., where he will manage a large sawmill operation for his new bosses.
Another Dartmouth man has taken on important civic duties, in Milford, Mass., where Joe Yitalini has been appointed to the finance committee. Joe, who is in a family engineering firm, had previous experience as an engineer on airfield development projects in Spain.
Well, that's about it for the mailbox. Before closing, I thought you might be interested in a few construction facts about your college. Since 1956, approximately $22 million has been put into new buildings, remodeling old buildings, and renovating still others. That's a lot of dollars! The academic plant has by far the largest share of the construction costs - about $16 million, with athletic plant next at $2.2 million, student and faculty housing, recreation and social facilities, and service improvements making up the balance. Another $6 million is in progress or planned in the near future. This enormous achievement is providing the College and its Associated Schools with facilities that not only change the appearance of the town but greatly strengthen every aspect of Dartmouth work and life.
See you next month.
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