1953
We always know when spring is here because our mail box starts to fill up with material from the Alumni Fund. This year is no exception and once again we are in the midst of another campaign. As most of you know this is the 50th Anniversary of the Fund and hopefully will be the most successful of all. Dartmouth has the most widely envied and emulated record of alumni support in the country and the Class of 1953 stands second to none in our support of the Fund. If my memory serves me correctly, we have won every single Green Derby for our group since graduation as well as being a leader for all classes in total number of contributors and in meeting percentage objectives. It will be a challenge for us to keep up this fine tradition in 1964, but I know that our Head Class Agent, Ed Condit, is hopeful of equalling or bettering our past performance. He needs the help of every member of the Class to do this so let's not let him down.
Another sign of spring is the increasing number of engagement and marriage announcements. Our supply of eligible bachelors seems almost endless even after 11 years of hard pursuit by many assorted females. Among the latest to go is Stan Jackson who married the former Miss Susan Wyman of Wellesley Hills. Stan is an engineer at the U.S. Army Natick Laboratories where his bride was also employed. Also taking the plunge was Bob Lonsbury who was scheduled to marry Miss Louise Ida Backus this past March. Bob has recently moved from New York to St. Louis where he is associated with the Emerson Electric Manufacturing Company. Bill Hutchison was married in Montclair, N. J., to Patty Lee Phillips Rodie. They are now living in Short Hills and Bill works in Newark where he is a second vice-president of the Fidelity Union Trust Company.
A feature article from the Boston Globe tells us about one bachelor who hasn't gone yet, but must be in demand after the publicity he received. Tom Kohler has achieved quite a reputation as a gourmet cook and the article even listed some of his favorite recipes. The Beef Souffle with Rum Tomato Sauce looked great! Still another sign of spring is the cry of "fore" as the golfers dust off their clubs and start to bombard the fairways (and in my case the rough and woods) with the little white pellet. One of our better golfers, Phil Fast, is starting the season off right with a golfing vacation at pinehurst, N. C. This should serve as a warning to our Chicago area golfers - make sure Phil gives you plenty of strokes when he returns.
Spring is just another season to the politicians. Their season runs twelve months a year. Bob Douglass is still fighting the battle for Governor Rockefeller as an assistant campaign director. On the Democratic side is Bill Crotty who has announced that he will run for a Florida State Representative seat. Bill hopes to qualify in the primary election on May 5. He and his wife. Alice, have four children and are living at Ormond Beach. Bill's a partner in the law firm of Black, Cobb, Cole, and Crotty which has three offices in the Daytona Beach area. Another recently announced candidate is JohnMorgan who is running for the Rockport, Mass., School Committee. John has worked with the New England Electric System for the past six years.
In the business world, Dave Picker, a vice president of the parent United Artists Corp., has become president of United Artists Records as well. Leo Clancy is now associated with Booz, Allen and Hamilton, Inc. as a management consultant. Leo specializes in executive search so if anyone is looking for a good job you know who to see.
Bob Jetter has been named director of the counselor aide program of the Schenectady Y.M.C.A. Camp. He has been a member of the staff since 1956, serving in various capacities including that of assistant camp director. Bob is on the faculty of Mahopac High School at Carmel. Norm Carpenter saw several classmates on a recent trip to California. He writes that he saw FredCarleton in San Francisco, Barlow Goff in Sacramento, and was also able to talk to Harry Jackson in Berkeley and Urb Schreiner in Los Angeles. Norm also announces the birth of their third child, Kathryn Judd, who arrived on March 4. Norm and Mary Lou hope to visit San Francisco around the time of the Republican Convention in July.
Dartmouth (and a few others who squeezed into the photo) was really in town forSusan Eades' wedding to John Corcoran '53: (l to r, kneeling) Charlie Fleet 53,Bill Breed '52, John Kingsland '53, Jack Crisp '53, Paul Paganucci '53, Ted Spiegel'53; (second row) Sherm Horton '53, Wayne Andrus '57, Charles Clough '52, thebride's father, the bride, the groom, Fred Whittemore '53, Howie Clery '53, BillKing '53, Ed Condit '53; (third row) Dick Brace '54, Herb Brooks '45, CrawfordHinman '37, Bob Malin 53, Bob Callender '53, Fred Caswell '23, Charles Smith, BillDonaldson, Dick Morse '53; (fourth row) A. Jones York, Donald Goss '53, FredEngland '53, Richard Hall '53, James Adams '54, David Cudlip '55, and John Cave.
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