1953

The wedding of Fred and Marion Whittemore on September 19 in New York City gave us an opportunity to see the most classmates since 10th reunion. We didn't count them, but there must have been thirty or forty '53's there from all over the country.

Fred Stephens was in from Minneapolis and told me that he is moving again with Gillette, this time to Chicago. It was just a few months ago that they moved him from California, but this represents another promotion and, needless to say, Fred is happy with the move. Bob Henderson was at the wedding from Chicago. He was supposed to spend the night with me, but we lost him in the crowd on Lexington Avenue after the reception. Sorry, Bob, and I trust you found a place to sleep.

We saw Jim Oberlander who came all the way from Santa Barbara, Calif. BobDouglass wanted Jim to join the group for the Wheaton College picture at the reception, but Jim claimed that was one college he hadn't attended. Bob is on loan from Governor Rockefeller to Senator Keating for the duration of the campaign.

Bob Simpson can probably claim the honor of making the longest trip of all the wedding guests. He and his wife, Anne, are on their bi-annual home leave and soon will be off to Iran where Bob has just been transferred by Chas. Pfizer. Unfortunately Anne couldn't make the wedding since she was expecting their second child. As it turned out she had a daughter, Catherine Susan, on September 25.

Dick Dunham took time off from his job with the Olympic Games to be at the wedding. He was up to his ears with last minute preparations and due to leave for Tokyo shortly after the wedding. Jim West was given enough time off from his scouting job with the Philadelphia Eagles to make the wedding and told me that he planned to scout the New York Giants at Yankee Stadium the next day. They happened to be playing in Pittsburgh, but I'm sure Jim solved this minor problem.

We saw Al Kurtz briefly but he had to leave before the Dartmouth photograph was taken We understand that he overtrained at the pre-wedding festivities. Incidentally we hope to have the photograph for the next issue. The photographer had a tough job getting so many Dartmouth men close enough together to fit in the picture.

Another '53 is making a try at politics. The golden voice of Connecticut, FrankCasalvieri, has announced his intent to enter the Democratic primary for the Board of Education Chairman in Shelton. An unconfirmed rumor has it that Frank is singing his campaign song "The Rich Maharaja of Matador" whenever he can gather a crowd around him. Also in Connecticut, but just out of Frank's voting district, is Ed Boyer. He moved from New Jersey recently to Norwalk and is making the daily commute to New York City.

From 350 Park Avenue we get the good news that Addason Luce has been elected an assistant vice, president of Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company and has been assigned to the European section of the international division. Ad joined the then Hanover Bank as an executive trainee in 1956, became an assistant manager in 1960, and an assistant secretary in 1961. He has studied at the N.Y.U. Graduate School of Business and also attended the 1960 International Banking Summer School in Noordwiik, Holland.

Fred and Holly Gieg have moved to Rye, N. Y. After playing golf with me several times, I'm sure Fred wishes he'd never moved. He was transferred by U.S. Steel and is now assistant to the vice president of sales and is located in the New York City offices. Among four teachers at New York University who have been recognized for outstanding achievement in their profession is Dr. Robert Morris. He has been named to receive the 1964 Lindback Foundation Award. Bob is an instructor in obstetrics and gynecology in the School of Medicine. The awards are made annually to four members of the faculty who have shown general excellence in teaching, intellectual ability, and have encouraged students to pursue the highest standards of scholarship.

Bob Yates was elected president of the Akron Area Business and Industrial Editors Association. He's with the Timken Roller Bearing Company in Canton, Ohio. Getting back to the doctors. Dr. C. E. (Pud)Harrison has been honored for outstanding performance in the graduate program of the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research. He received the award for outstanding clinical and academic achievement as a fellow in internal medicine. He was one of 22 award winners selected from among 625 doctors. Dr. Warren Fisher has opened an office in Northampton, Mass. Warren received his M.D. at Yale after he got out of the Navy. Dr. Sammy Franz has joined the Concord, N. H., Hospital medical staff in the specialty of orthopedic surgery.

That's all the news for this issue. If any of you have anything to report on either yourself or classmates, we'd love to hear from you.

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