1941
This being the time of year that most folks begin to burn the midnight oil in order to keep the annual stipend to Uncle Sam at a minimum, it seems fitting to start with a report on a member of a profession that is currently concentrating on medical expenses and charitable contributions. Jake Gidney, the master of the 1040, has recently established a certified public accounting partnership in Reno, Nev., abandoning his seventeen-year tenure with the large accounting firm of Haskin and Sells to embark on this new undertaking. Could it be that Jake chose this location because he is a specialist on the tax aspects of alimony and support payments? Another line of endeavor almost certain to generate new business when we embark on a new income tax structure is the management consultant. Thus it is only natural that one of the nation's leading management consultant firms, Cresap, McCormick and Paget of New York City, should choose to elevate Fred Meyer of Darien, Conn., to a key position in order to alleviate the probable increased case load. Fred was recently elected a principal associate of this international firm. In addition to assuming the increased responsibilities attendant with this new position, he will continue to be associated with the firm's marketing division, headquarters in New York City. However, this new role will probably entail frequent trips to his firm's offices in Dusseldorf and Munich. Before joining his present firm Fred was an independent management consultant, specializing in the areas of marketing and corporate planning. Prior to that he was in the employ of the Aluminum Company of America as a public relations executive.
A couple of brief notes about two other New Yorkers before focussing attention on other locales - Don Knight was recently elected executive vice-president of Bulkley Dunton Pulp Co. of New York City. Brodieand Fran Bjorklund are now neighbors of Stu and Audrey May in Glen Head, L. I. It must be very reassuring to have a strong arm of the law next door.
Our authors and publishers are again sharing the limelight. One recent publication of botanist Bob Thome's entitled "Some Problems and Guiding Principles of Angiosterm Thylogeny," appeared in the September-October, 1963, issue of "The American Naturalist." Another one of his recent publications, entitled "Discovery of a Calcareous Fen Complex in Northwest lowa," appeared in a recent volume of the lowa Academy of Science. George Cruze has resigned his post as advertising director of the Burlington Vt., Free Press to become general manager of seven Chicago Northwest Side weekly newspapers. In his new post with Pioneer Publications, the publisher of these weeklies, George will also be assistant to the director of publications. During his eight years in Burlington George received high recognition for his outstanding work in the newspaper business. He was secretary of the New England Newspaper Advertising Executives Association and a charter member and former program chairman of the Lake Champlain Sales Executive Club. Chuck Boltè, author of several books, publisher of many articles and present vice-president of the Viking Press, recently addressed the annual dinner meeting of the Professional Library Commission of the Greenwich, Conn., public schools on the subject of book publishing. The classified section of a daily newspaper in a mid-western city recently carried the following: Wanted for rent - one covered wagon. The subscriber was Major General Jack Meyer. The reason being that Jack, Mary, and their six children are on the move again. Before unpacking their last suitcase for a hoped-for long stay in Omaha. Neb., Jack was transferred to Waco, Texas, to assume command of the Twelfth Air Force. Thus they are no longer neighbors of Tinner Gordon, who was recently reslected secretary of the board of trustees of the Children's Memorial Hospital in Omaha.
In nearby St. Louis, Jack Bowers, advertising manager of Ford Division of Ford Motor Co., recently handed fifty members of the Downtown Rotary Club the keys to new 1964 model cars to test drive them for one week. Another accountant and another resident of Michigan, Bill Nelson of Grand Rapids, recently represented Dartmouth as its academic delegate to the inauguration of the president of Hope College. Dan McMullen has recently joined the Miami, Fla., branch office of Manufacturer's Life Insurance Company of Toronto, Canada, as brokerage supervisor. Dan brings to this position a rich and varied background in the life insurance business dating from 1946. In 1959, when he was a general agent with Mutual Benefit Life in Portland, Me., his daughter's health required a change. So Dan moved his family to Florida. In his adopted state, he has held several general agency positions, becoming well known among the insurance fraternity.
The well has run dry! Thus I am looking forward to February 27 for several reasons, that being the new date of the class executive committee meeting. I hope to replenish the coffer for next issue with material for a full report on the matters discussed at this meeting and the reports rendered thereat. Even if I am successful in that regard I will still have two more issues to go before the summer recess. So folks, please come to my assistance by passing on to me badly needed newsbits. Finally I respectfully urge all classmates approached by Ed Lamer to act as assistant class agents for the forthcoming 1964 Alumni Fund campaign to respond to his appeal with willingness and enthusiasm
Secretary, 14 Dunhill Rd. New Hyde Park, N. Y.
Treasurer, Room 2820 525 Wm. Penn Place, Pittsburgh 30, Pa.
