1941
I have just spent a good deal of time going over the very thorough instruction sheet for class secretaries and I am sure that this first column after eight years of loafing will require some pretty professional proofreading on the part of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE editors. But just to be certain that I hadn't forgotten all the rules of good reporting, I had lunch this afternoon with one of my old reporter buddies from Daily Dartmouth days, Fred Begole. I hadn't seen Biggy in 10 years and I must say that the years have treated him well. After working in Europe for American Express he's now back here living in Riverside, Conn., and commuting to New York. He proudly showed me pictures of his family including one boy and one girl. And we got to talking about Dartmouth. If it wasn't for the noise of the traffic on Cedar Street I would have sworn we were back at a booth in Gitsis' Campus Cafe deciding whether Bob Krieger was better as a halfback or as an end.
Actually the secret of having a good column every month lies in the collection of material. For the past eight years, RedO'Connor has done a fantastic job of securing facts and information on great numbers of our classmates and reporting to us every month. We're going to try to keep up to that high standard and report on activities from all parts of the country and overseas. For this month however most of the news at my disposal concerns those I have seen or heard from in the New York area. In future class notes we will broaden these horizons.
The executive committee of the class is devoting a great deal of time these days to getting our 25-year gift campaign off and running. On March 31 I attended a luncheon meeting at the University Club in New York City at the invitation of Tom Willers to discuss the campaign and some of its objectives. Those who attended were BruceFriedlich who is taking time from his busy life as president of his up-and-coming advertising agency to head up the campaign; Chuck Bolte, Felix Lilienthal, J.A. Meier, Don Brown, Jordan Gotshall, Gordon Ide, Monk Larson, Bob Lawrence, Don Stillman, Jack Ripley, and Dick Hill. We didn't get a chance to pick up a lot of personal news on these men but a few bits are worth passing along. Bob Lawrence for example heads a company producing a French bread "La Vie" and in addition is keeping his hand in the film business by producing a full-length feature film through his TV production company. When the film is finished Bob, you've got a built-in sponsor - French bread. A recent move is Don Stillman's switch from Dorothy Gray to Revlon as department store sales manager. Don Brown is a VP at the Schroder Bank and, in a recent full page newspaper advertisement for that venerable banking institution, Don was featured pictorially as one of the officers on Schroder's major policy committee. JackRipley is teaching out on Long Island in East Islip and wonders why anyone would want to journey back and forth into New York everyday. I'll dig up some news on the rest of this able group for reporting in future months. Suffice it to say that they are to be commended for their interest and activity on behalf of the class and the College. Following the meeting Tom Willers was off to South America on behalf of Hooker Chemical of which he is president. Incidentally, Tom was pleased to report that he is a grandfather. Wonder how many other granddads there are in the class? Let's hear from you.
We see Brodie and Fran Bjorklund from time to time and at the risk of being repetitious with Red O'Connor's March column I just have to say that this guy is a walking advertisement for the FBI. Brodie looks as young as he did in 1941 and keeps in shape heading up the FBI work in Nassau County, Long Island. The Bjorklunds have a star halfback in the family, and a daughter. Brodie will always be a New Englander at heart and happily reported that Charlie andBarbie Merritt came down from Massachusetts for a visit. Charlie is a government chemist on food radiation in Natick, Mass.
Bill Freeman's appointment as general manager of Chicago Bridge & Iron Company's international division was announced last month. Bill's new responsibilities will cover all activities outside the United States for the metal plate fabricating and construction firm. And that's a pile of responsibilities, for CB&I has foreign subsidiaries, two affiliated companies, and a large number of licensees. Bill, for the past three years manager of the New York sales district, has moved to the firm's executive offices in Oak Brook, Ill. He's been with CB&I for 22 years.
TWENTY-THREE YEARS AGO THISMONTH. ... Bill Clark turned in rounds of 76 and 74 in qualifying for the College Golf Championship. ... Jim Andrews was in rehearsals for his role in the Green Key presentation of "The Male Animal." ChuckWeisker won first prize of $25 in the Hanover Art Show for his landscape. ... GeorgeSexton fanned 14 Columbia batters going nine innings to win 5-3. ... George Seel scored three goals as the lacrosse team beat Springfield 15-7. ... Stacy Hill and BuzzWillis won their matches against Amherst's tennis team. ... Dick Krolik was organizing the Dartmouth Broadcasting System. ... John Kelley won the 50 and 100 yard dashes in the Fraternity Track Finals. ... JohnTwist won $100 for his one act play "Black Jack." ...
Come May 1 I'll be going to Hanover to attend the meeting of class officers and next month I hope to be able to bring you a full report on that trip and on the doings of many more classmates. The old Mouse would appreciate hearing from all of you. Just drop me a note at the address at the top of this column.
Secretary, 121 Meadbrook Rd. Garden City, L. I., N. Y.
Class Agent, 191 Commonwealth Ave., Boston 16, Mass.
