1958

As all avid readers of this particular portion of journalistic excellence will recall (and I'm sure the number is countless) on opening day last year we remarked that there was a relatively ample supply of invaluable information on hand after the long hot summer. This year, strangely, the drought which has plagued the Northeast has apparently infiltrated our lines of communication. If you have done anything at all lately, please don't hesitate to relay the details.

Because I consider it an issue of importance to the class as a whole, we are forced at this time to relay the contents of a somewhat distressing edict which has been handed down from ALUMNI MAGAZINE headquarters. Effective with this issue, we are not permitted to submit for publication wedding pictures unless your father or your bride's father was a Dartmouth graduate and is included in the picture. I have taken the liberty of quoting below portions of a letter concerning this subject which I have forwarded to the MAGAZINE.

"I am opposed to (this) policy. The alma mater of the bride or groom's parents is, in my opinion, of secondary importance with respect to determining the level of interest contained in a particular picture. I consider this attempt to limit the number of wedding pictures misguided and ill-advised. In addition tion to the aspect of discrimination (doubtless unintended but nevertheless present) there are a number of other reasons for discontinuing this practice. The wedding picture not only provides us the opportunity to 'see' other classmates once again, but also highlights an important day in the life of the man. Further, the Dartmouth picture, taken frequently to the strains of 'As the Backs Go Tearing By' is, in my opinion, a small but cohesive element, serving to renew the bond of the individual to the College. It is essentially this bond upon which the strength of Dartmouth is based. We must not by-pass any opportunity to strengthen it."

As a matter of policy, I will submit no wedding pictures under the present circumstances. Where the above mentioned conditions are present, pictures should be sent directly to the MAGAZINE. Should this restriction be lifted, or amended to permit publication of the picture when the bride or groom's mother attended summer school, notification will be made in these pages.

(Editor's Note: Wedding pictures are sonumerous that the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, withlimited space, has the choice of runningnone or settling upon some basis for selecting only a few. It seems to us that a doubleDartmouth connection is an unusual andnewsworthy enough basis for running a picture, and eliminates the invidious way inwhich choices would otherwise have to bemade.)

Several '58 weddings of which we have knowledge took place during the past summer. Miss Joyce I. Mac Donald of Detroit and Rev. Dale Sarles were married in June. Dale is a graduate of General Theological Seminary and is now associated with St. Barnabas Mission in Minto, Alaska. In April, Miss Pamela D. Fairhurst of Brentwood, N. Y., became the bride of DonMansfield, who is presently teaching English at Green Meadow Junior High School in Commack, N. Y. On May 28, Miss Nancy R. Krombolz and Bob Clothier exchanged nuptial vows at the Swarthmore (Pa.) Presbyterian Church. Nancy and Bob are living in Philadelphia.

On June 26, Miss Kathy Haefelin and Jerry Green were married in Peoria, Ill. Kathy and Jerry, who is now an assistant controller for J. I. Case in Racine, are living in Cudahy, Wis. Included in the wedding party were Hal Douglas, Walt Busker, DickOsgood, and Ken Prouty. On June 19, Miss Anneliese Meggl became the bride of ClayFreeman in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Clay works for the Head Ski Company. Jaffrey, N. H., was the scene of the wedding on August 7 of Miss Michaele K. Shearer and Dick Osgood. Michie and Os, who is with the First National Bank of Boston, are living in Boston. Dave Murphy and Jerry Green were ushers at the wedding. On August 9, two days later, Miss Barbara Waldman and Dr. Dan Palant were married in Newton, Mass. Dan graduated from the University of Vermont College of Medicine and completed his internship at the Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse, N. Y. Following Syracuse, Dan fulfilled his residency requirements in pediatrics at Boston City Hospital, and is now the base pediatrician at the U.S.A.F. base in Athens, Greece.

In the new arrivals category, we have but one item to report for the past summer. On June 8, Donna Karen presented herself for the first time to her parents, Priscilla and Mike Dikman.

Last spring, Charlie Dickinson obtained his Bachelor of Divinity degree from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and spent the past summer studying German at the Goethe Institute in Arolsen, Germany. During the winter, Charlie plans to continue his theological studies at Kirchliche Hochschule in West Berlin. In June, Dave Roak, who is now living in Stamford, Conn., was ordained deacon in the Episcopal Church in Hartford's Christ Church Cathedral. Dave, who attended the University of Pennsylvania and Yale Divinity School following Dartmouth, will be curate at St. John's in Stamford.

Otto Wagenbach has been appointed an assistant trust officer in the trust and investment division of First National City Bank of New York. He joined the firm after his three-year stint with the Air Force, and after completing a special training program in 1962, he was assigned to the personal trust department. He's currently attending the NYU Graduate School of Business. Home is in Maplewood, N. J., with Anne and their three children.

Capt. Dave Leibowitz was among the 400 active and inactive reserve officers of the Air Force Medical Service who attended the 36th Annual International Aerospace Medical Association convention in New York in May. Dave participated in a series of programs that revealed the latest advancements in the medical aspects of aviation and space travel. He also took part in a symposium of key Air Force medical reservists and administrators. Dave is director of in-patient services in the 62nd U.S. Air Force Dispensary, a Reserve Unit at Suffolk County AFB, N. Y.

On May 3, Mike Wygant was promoted by President Johnson to Foreign Service Officer, class 6. Mike, who completed his military obligation as a First Lieutenant in the Army, has been in the Foreign Service since 1959, and up until the past academic year was serving at the American Consulate General in Southern Rhodesia, Africa. In June, he completed a year of graduate work in African studies at Boston University and has now gone back to Africa to serve as Economic Officer at the American Embassy in Lome, Togo, West Africa. Mike and Lee have two children, Heather, age 3, and Michael, 1½.

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