1948

Just before leaving for a short vacation with the family in sunny Florida, I was walking through the lobby of the Plaza Hotel here in New York and who should I bump into but Sonny Drury, here on a quick trip for Gulf Oil prior to departing for his new post in Japan. Drue will be head of all crude oil sales in the Far East. This will be his first post in the Far East after having several years' experience in sales in Europe. Drue told me that he had recently visited with Ian MacArtney, who was on his way from Venezuela to live in Kent, England. Ian is a geologist for the Standard Oil Company of Indiana and is going to attempt to find oil in the field under the North Sea for his company. I am sure that Carla and the children will find England a very enjoyable place to live.

After living in Los Angeles for a short while, Foster De Giacomo moved back to Lexington, Mass., to live. Foster joined Avco Corp. as a project engineer and I am sure he is happy to be back in the Boston area.

Public relations man Joe Bannon has shifted from vice president of Manhattan's Carl Byoir & Associates to new work at the same level with the Robert H. Devlin Co., Inc., also in Manhattan. Joe had been with Byoir for the past ten years and before that was a news reporter and editor for daily newspapers in New England and New York. In addition to his professional journalistic experience, Joe brings to his PR job the discipline gained from graduate study for a master's in literature at Columbia. He and his wife and their two children live in Princeton, N. J.

Tad Blalock also returned to his former location in Connecticut after a short sojourn to North Carolina. Tad is a professor of Sociology and taught at Yale before going to North Carolina.

I have a correction and apology to make to John Wood. In error resulting probably from a similarity of names the college informed me that Johnny had moved to Rochester, N. Y. It happens that John and I rode in on the train together the other day and he assured me he is still working for Crown Zellerbach in New York City and living in Hartsdale. Sorry, John. It must have been some other guy in another class.

I hope that things are continuing to go well for Dick and Mary Lee Herndon in Springfield, Ill. Dick is one of the busiest doctors in town specializing in internal medicine, while Mary Lee is kept busy with Kathy eight, Dick Jr. seven, and Elizabeth now almost five.

It has been a long time since I've seen or heard from our Cape Cod architect StanAlger. Last report, Stan and Alice had three daughters and a new home on the south shore of the Cape. Stan makes his office in Hyannis in case anyone is thinking of building a home up there.

Last I heard from Ken Hanlon, he was with the Army Times Publishing Co. in Boston. I certainly would like to hear how things are going with you, Ken; both in your business and family life.

Not too long ago Bud and Lulu Carroll moved into a new house in Oyster Bay, Long Island, as they found their family of five children outgrew the old house. Bud is secretary of Corroon-Carroll insurance brokers in Garden City which makes it very convenient for him.

The rough and tough world of politics has claimed Jim Nicholson of Pelham Manor, N. Y. Jim is running on the Democratic ticket for a position on the Village Board of Trustees. Jim is a lawyer and assistant secretary of the Corn Products Refining Co. He and Peggy have two children.

I certainly admire Saul Kwartin for arranging things nicely. Saul lives in a beautiful section of Stamford, Conn., and also has his law office in Stamford, thereby missing that daily commuting. He and Ruth have two children last count I received.

Now that we are once again immersed in the Alumni Fund Drive, and I'm sure all of you have been contacted by now, I want to mention a curious fact about our class. Either those who are members of the medical profession have been more successful, are more generous, or they are just more grateful and loyal to the college on a percentage basis than the rest of the class. Every year the number of large contributors in the class who are doctors is disproportionate to their numbers in the class. I certainly hope others will tend to raise their gifts this year as I am sure many of you are well on your way to success and that early retirement.

Secretary, 110 Old Farm Rd. Pleasantville, N. Y.

Class Agent, Box 158, East Aurora, N. Y.