1937

Those of you who remember New Hampshire as a land of powder snow and dry cold would be disappointed if you could look out now on the rain which is washing away a scant snow cover, it is carnival weekend in Hanover, and there must be some glum faces in the DOC offices in Robinson Hall.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch—or in this case, out in Chicago-Tony I urkcvich has been named the first James Franck Professor of Chemistry at the University of Chicago. The appointment climaxes a distinguished career in nuclear-physical chemistry. In 1962 he was one of five scientists who received the Atomic Energy Commission's E. O. Lawrence Memorial Award in recognition of "especially meritorious contributions to the development, use or control of atomic energy." Currently he is conducting research on the interaction of high energy particles with complex nuclei and on radioactivity induced in meteorites by cosmic rays. Tony has also designed an instrument to be used for a "soft" landing on the moon.

Bill and Mary Lou Falion have announced the engagement of their daughter Wendy to a Yale senior, Peter O'Connor. Bill Leonard, already high on the CBS ladder, has been appointed vice president and director of news programing, with responsibility for supervising such programs as 'CBS Reports," "Twentieth Century," "World War I," and special documentary and cultural programs, In Cincinnati Charlie Straus is chairman of the initial gifts division of the 1965 Jewish Welfare Fund campaign. Charlie is head of the U.S. Burke Machine Tool Co. in Cincinnati.

Patty and I were enjoying ourselves at a cocKtail party put on by ine New England weekly publishers in Boston recently, when we saw Hal Putnam nursing a drink by himself. Hal's host had become involved elsewhere, so we asked him to come in to dinner with us, and had a pleasant visit. Hal is spending most of his time in Washington now as administrative assistant to Congressman Joe Martin.

Most fascinating bit of '37 memorabilia to cross our desk in some time is a saga mailed by Bob Aylward from Taiwan, where he was transferred from Hong Kong to become second man in the Embassy Political Section. Bob also has some sort of responsibility for Tibetan refugees, and early in the year made a field trip to Nepal and India by way of Bangkok. Here are a few quotes which appear to have been written by Bob's wife, Meg:

"Back to Delhi (from Kathmandu) for more meetings and then a 1,000-mile circuit of Tibetan camps along the edge of the mountains northwest of the capital. Bob's traveling companion was Jake Jacobson, an old friend from Hong Kong, and now first secretary of our Delhi embassy.

"First to Mussoorie, then cross-country to Chandigarh, the new capital of the East Punjab ... up through the Kangra valley to Dharmsala. a former British military hill station, where the Indian government has established the Dalai Lama.

"It has snowed the night before and a jeep with chains had to take them the last mile up the mountain to the Dalai Lama's residence. Bob and Jake were ushered in and presented the traditional white scarfs. The Dalai Lama shook hands and asked them to sit down. For fifty minutes they talked about Tibetan refugees, the problems, the plans, the hopes. Speaking some English, and understanding considerably more, the Dalai Lama often nodded or interrupted before the interpreter finished. He was an impressive figure with a quick intelligence and humanity. ... At the end of the audience Bob and Jake asked him to autograph their copies of his book which he graciously did—in Tibetan." The Aylwards hope to return to the States in July.

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