1941
Motivated by a fervent desire to generate broad class interest in class activities and alumni affairs, Lew Johnstone, our enthusiastic and energetic class chairman, has been hard at work effectuating the policies and programs unanimously endorsed by the executive committee at its November meeting. In order to broaden the membership of the executive committee, he has prevailed upon Jack Bates, Hank Gunst, Wes Hadden, and Tom Willers to become members thereof. We welcome them aboard and I am certain that their interest and enthusiasm will contribute immeasurably to our pre-Twenty-Fifth Reunion aims and objectives. Already Tom Willers has met with Bruce Friedlich and Dan Provost and offered to help out on the 25th Reunion class gift. Snuffy Smith-, W!M> was caught by Bob modore while in New York for the recent NCAA meeting, has agreed to serve with Stacy Hi!l as co-25th reunion chairman. So once again we will be assured of invaluable on-the-spot planning and coordination for this historic occasion. Stacy breathed a tremendous sigh of relief when Snuffy volun- teered his services, particularly since Stacy's added responsibilities as a newly-appointed general partner in the Chicago investment firm of Glore, Forgan & Co. will keep him hopping.
To guard against the possibility of the plans and ideas generated at the November executive committee meeting suffering the fate of being relegated to the inner recesses of the mind to collect cobwebs, Lew has called a second meeting in New York on February 24, which will undoubtedly be as well-attended as the last one. As is obvious from the snapshots scattered throughout the December issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE of the Dartmouth Club of Cincinnati Dartmouth Night gathering in Lew and Carol's scrumptious home, Lew must eat and sleep Dartmouth. I trust that no one missed the candid shot of Frank and Shirley Simpson partaking of the festivities. Frank is the treasurer of the Cincinnati Club for the current year, presently headed by GrantHesser.
Perhaps I am prejudiced but I seem to swell up with pride when I am able to inject into a monthly report a commentary on the accomplishments of my colleagues in the legal profession. This month there seems to be an abundance of news from this department. I recently received a long autobiography from Dick Cords of Long Beach, Calif. Dick is an attorney who has found other fields more lucrative. Thus he is self-employed as a management consultant on la- bor and employee relations. He finds his functions in the capacity of helping employers in their battle against the vigorous unionization campaign being waged by labor unions in all aspects of business in Southern California. Dick and Virginia have three children, a boy sandwiched in between two girls. The oldest is already a college freshman and the boy is potential defense man for the Big Green hockey team. Dick is very active in enrollment work in the Long Beach area. While he is away from home on these extracurricular activities, Virginia keeps herself occupied by continuing her advanced art courses at Long Beach State College. Ed Gage has forsaken the practice of law in New York to become associated with an Exeter, N. H., attorney, for which purpose he was recently admitted to the New Hampshire bar. Before moving from Bronxville, N. Y., to the home town of my other alma mater, Dick was assistant secretary and assistant treasurer of Allegheny Power Sys- tem, Inc. of New York City. He was active in Republican circles in Westchester County, serving as a county committeeman and being chairman of two village Republican committees. Out on Long Island Fred Montfort is a vice-president of the newly created Nassau-Suffolk Trial Lawyers Association. When on a recent business trip to Newark, N. J., I found a moment to visit Tom Jardiee's imposing suite of offices. Like Dick Cords, Tom, a highly respected attorney, is finding the labor relations field interesting and rewarding.
From back across two rivers, Santa presented Dr. Joe Hill with the wonderful and well deserved appointment of vice president for administration of the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn. At the same time the trustees of the University appointed Joe acting chief administrative officer of the Medical Center and acting dean of its College of Medicine during the absence on sick leave of the president and dean. Since 1956 Dick has been executive secretary of the Downstate Medical College and associate professor of administration. Before that he served in the capacities of assistant to the dean and assistant professor of public health and preventive medicine at the State University's Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse; associate professor of Southern Connecticut College; and instructor in public health and later lecturer in education and public health at Yale. Dick commutes from Brooklyn to Pelham Manor so as to spend as much time as possible with Jean and the two children.
In Pittsfield, Mass., Dr. George Guerrieri has joined forces with the growing medical fraternity of that fair city to construct a modern medical building away from the central business district. Highlights of this imposing structure are a sheltered entrance from the parking lot and a spacious waiting room, the centerpiece of which is a dramatic hand-carved library table made by George's late father, widely known for his hand-carved furniture. The nature of George's practice was the underlying reason for his leaving the center of town. He found it essential that patients be relieved of long trips from parking lots and tedious rides in elevators. Furthermore, George, an orthopedic and fracture surgeon, feels that his new location has a certain advantage because of its proximity to the hospital where he spends a great deal of time on emergencies. By having this hospital nearby, he feels it will result in fewer prolonged absences from his office.
Another renowned physician has departed from our ranks. Dr. William A. Meyer of Phoenix, Ariz., died of a coronary occlusion on May 10, 1963. The class extends its deepest sympathy and regrets to the members of Bill's family, as well as to BruceBrown of San Francisco, whose father passed away in November.
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