1946
To break the monotony of writing a monthly column in the same old way and same old place, I brought my notes with me on the road and am now sitting comfortably in a hotel room in the Windy City - refreshments on one side of the desk, notes on the other side, and me and my unfertile mind in the middle. Chicago hasn't been windy in the last few days, but it sure has been cold, and I call that rather unhospitable after leaving the balmy early spring of New England.
Haven't bumped into any 46's as yet, but have met old friends from the classes of '42, '44 and '45. Had a great reunion with Homer Bogart, who gave me a full report on brother Bob Bogart. Bog is still living in Toledo with Sally and their four children and obviously has a wonderful life there. He has changed his job recently and is now with Xerox in a sales capacity. What did you do, Bog, chase that skyrocketing stock?
At a Tuck School dinner recently in Boston sat opposite Dave Donahue, brother of Dallas' own Joe Donahue. Don't know what I'd do without these brothers. Joe has apparently forsaken New England for good, haying changed jobs but still remaining in Big D. Being a lousy reporter, I didn't find out what company Joe is with but I believe he's back in the law field. Also got a long report on Dick Donahue, President Kennedy's topnotch "expediter," now firmly established in Washington politics and society. Don't believe he's been pushed into a pool yet, but that must come next.
A recent visit from Beth Ulrich gave us the information that husband Jack Ulrich is studying at the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Course. Jack is an advertising executive with American Tobacco Company in New York and attendance in the above program would indicate that he is well on his way to top management. As any of you who are familiar with that course know, it is quite an honor as well as a challenge, to go through it.
Had a nice letter from George Hilton who just recently was appointed Associate Professor of Economics at UCLA. George is very happy in the teaching profession, and writes: "The knowledge industry has been booming of late; the members of the class who didn't take up college professing really don't know what they are missing." He also tells of Bob Winter, recently Assistant Professor of History at UCLA, who has shifted to Occidental College where he will be an Associate Professor.
Back on the east coast I had the pleasure of attending the Class Agents' dinner meeting in New York, and am happy to report that '46 was well represented, with the following in attendance - Frank Ettari, Ralph Smith, Jim von Rohr, Bob Owen, George Swick, Bill Schulting, and Bud Baker. This was an excellent meeting with a great speech by President Dickey and also Charley Moore '25, head of the Alumni Fund this year. All hopes and forecasts point to a banner year for '46, but this will not be possible without help from each and every one of you. I won't try to infringe on the great work our hard working fund head agent Tom Adams and his very able staff of assistant agents are doing, but I do want to say that the many, many hours of extracurricular work they are doing deserve your support!! Don't forget - they are just as busy in their daily pursuit of the buck as are all of us, yet they are willing to spend an untold amount of extra time to help their college continue its greatness. Certainly we all, and I mean each and every one of us, should be willing to spend the few short minutes required to write a check for Dartmouth. Is that asking too much? Stop to consider what Dartmouth has meant to you - then and now - and the answer is very clear. Do it now - RIGHT NOW!
Now back to reporting. A recent newspaper article in the Montclair, N. J., Times referred to a coming report on "Congestive Heart Failure" to be given by Dr. RogerLockhead at a scientific seminar in Atlantic City. Roger is a heart specialist on the staff of the Mountainside and Montclair Community Hospitals as well as being a member of the Orange Memorial Hospital cardiac unit. In this day and age he sounds like a good man to have around.
Another good man is the Rev. GeorgeRazee, rector of Trinity Church in Thomaston, Conn. We have an interesting report on George having to do with his conducting a week-long Teaching Mission in Canaan, Conn.
That does it for the mailbag. Since I started to write this column, I have returned from Chicago and have just spent a wonderful two days in Hanover at the Class Officers' Weekend. This annual affair is a great tonic to those who attend and this year was no exception. In attendance were Chairman Jack and Jean Whitman, Treasurer Frankand Pat Ettari, Agent Tom and Emilie Adams, and Jackie and I. We were all sorry that Andy and June Murtha and Gene andGail Bokor weren't able to make it.
The weekend was filled with meetings and gatherings designed to give us a clearer picture of the vast accomplishments of the past year and what to look forward to in the year ahead. I am sure that you are all familiar with the year 1962 - reports on the Leverone Field House, which incidentally is truly magnificent, Hopkins Center, for which the same adjectives apply, our championship football team, several outstanding foundation grants, etc., have all been reported in full here in the ALUMNI MAGAZINE and elsewhere. 1963 also promises to show increased greatness in all areas. In short, gentlemen, Dartmouth College is moving ahead in a manner never realized in past years. It is a wonderful thing to watch - better yet, in which to participate.
Not all of the weekend was work - much of it was sheer enjoyment, and one such occasion was a cocktail party for the classes of '45, '46, and '47. Here we met Art andConnie Naitove who live in Hanover, Art being a member of the staff at Mary Hitchcock Hospital. It was a real pleasure seeing both of them and we hope to repeat same soon.
Finally, John Copenhaver Jr. who has joined the faculty in Hanover in the Biology Dept., gave a talk to many of the returning officers regarding new academic developments, but unfortunately, I had to miss this meeting.
The Rev. Jon O'Brien, S.J., will be ordained to the priesthood on June 16 by the Most Rev. Lawrence Shehan, the Archbishop of Baltimore, at Woodstock College in Maryland. A week later he will offer his first Solemn Mass at the Church of St. Luke the Evangelist in Glenside, Pa. After Dartmouth, Jon served as a U.S. Navy officer, completed Yale Law School, was admitted to the New York Bar, and practiced law for three years before entering a Jesuit novitiate. He studied philosophy at the Jesuit seminary at Shrub Oak, N. Y., and in 1958 became a member of the faculty of Loyola College, Baltimore, where he taught political science and philosophy. He began theological studies at Woodstock College in 1960.
It was all 1947 on the conning tower of theUSS Corporal when Skipper (Lt. Com.)Steve O'Leary brought the sub to Providence and was visited by Ernie Caster (l)and Head Class Agent Townes Harris (r).
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