1957

Last month marked the beginning of that annual three-month period when the Class of '57 can do its share for the all-important Fund. You'll be hearing about this from JoeStevenson whose loyal group of agents are now making the initial contacts. This is the year when all our past Alumni Fund records should be broken.

Leap Year appears to have had its effects on that stubborn '57 bachelor contingent thus far in '64. Among the holdouts about to change his status is Charley Sellman who is now engaged to Elaine Kelleher of Cambridge, Mass. The future bride graduated from Garland Junior College and also attended the College of St. Elizabeth.

In New York, holdout Bill Kramer has become engaged to Alicia Ann Dauck. Alicia, a native of Farmington, Conn., was a member of the class of 1959 at Connecticut College. Unless there has been a change in job status, Bill is still associated with I.B.M., where he is no doubt anxiously awaiting the introduction of the so-called "new generation of computers."

Ted Spetnagel will be listening to wedding bells in June when he will marry Judith Ann Edmondson of Westfield, N. J. The future bride is an alumna of Lasell Junior College and she also attended Fairleigh Dickinson University. Ted is presently situated in Pitts-burgh where he is associated with the metal division of Continental Can as a sales representative.

According to news from Norton, Mass., the Assistant to the Dean of Students at Wheaton College is engaged to the Director of Dramatics there. Tony Dingman, Dramatics Director at Wheaton, is joining forces in matrimony with Ellen Freedman who joined the Wheaton faculty after completing studies at Connecticut College and the University of Madrid.

Pursuing a most interesting career with the Peace Corps in Venezuela is John Seely who is a member of the first Peace Corps group teaching at a Latin American University. Officially, John is an English instructor at the University of Oriente campus, located in Ciudad Bolivar, an Orinco River port; however, his teaching experience goes far beyond his classes as he instructs classes for the public in the evening, participates in the city's English clubs and helps classes at the commercial and technical schools. According to an article in "Overseas" which John wrote:

In the evening classes we have used the classroom as an instrument for cutting across whatever class lines may exist, bringing people together from all social strata without discrimination. We have used the classroom as a medium in which to elucidate issues and expand the outlook of our students. ... Our house, conveniently located on the campus, is always open to students. At various times, it has been a center for classical record sessions, chess tournaments, heated political debates, and ebullient fiestas to which students and the public are invited.

In facing the overwhelming problems of a new university and a society in the process of transition, we found a broad and unlimited role open to us. Although our position as English teachers has limits, our classes have provided an opportunity for undertaking a more comprehensive program. We have concerned ourselves less with the number of hours we are teaching than with the impact we are having on the society, with the exchange of ideas, and possibly with the arrival of mutual understanding.

Moving ahead at the Dow Chemical Company is Blaine Miller who has been promoted to the post of production manager of the biological laboratories of the Bitman-Moore Division. Prior to this position, Blaine served as manager of the production and inventory control department of the biological labs.

In the banking world, Constantin Boden has assumed the responsibilities of Loan Officer at the Eirst National Bank of Boston. Before joining the bank in 1961, Constantin completed the M.B.A. program at the Harvard Business School. He and spouse Constance have two children.

Brevits: Wil Knipe is the assistant manager of the Sears Roebuck installation at Levittown Plaza, Willingboro, N. J. CharleyMaschal and wife have settled in Coral Gables, Fla., and being newlyweds, I'm sure they would love to hear from all visiting '57 firemen escaping from old man Winter. Charley's business headquarters are at Connecticut General Life in Miami where he functions as a senior claim representative.

Howie Abrams is a buyer at Bloomingdale Bros, in New York. John Hagearty serves as a sales representative with Group Insurance Administrators in Hartford, Conn. In the academic world, Gordon Bjork is an assistant professor of Economics at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. Cliff Olds has shifted his allegiance to the West Coast where he is an assistant professor of Art at San Diego State College in San Diego. As a member of the Charles E. Merrill Books Inc. staff, Dick Hume has the job title of Language Arts Editor.

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