1956

ANNUAL CLASS OF '56 GET-TO-GETHER IN NEW YORK. George Yeager and Bud Schattman are beginning to make preparations for the Class cocktail party in New York. It will be Friday, April 23, at 5:30 at the Dartmouth Club in the Hotel Commodore.

Brew Blackall and Virginia DuBois were married on January 16 in New Canaan, Conn It was a memorable occasion for all of us there. Part of it, I guess was the snow that began falling in the early hours of the morning and by afternoon had turned the New England village of New Canaan into a quiet winter scene. Or maybe it was the good time we had dancing and singing Friday night, all of us really enjoying ourselves. Maybe it was just Brew and Virginia and the spirit in this world that brought them together to be united in the church in New Canaan. After the wedding was over and the reception and a few hours of sleep, I wrote down these thoughts, which are addressed to Brew's wife:

V is for victory, for the good guy you have won.

I is for'the ice and snow, which even on your wedding day were a source of laughter and fun.

R is for Russell Sage Hall at Dartmouth College, where Brew and I once lived.

G is for you and all girls, for you make man's life a joy.

I is for the island to the south where you and Brew now fly.

N is for New York, to which you have bid goodbye.

I is for myself, for I am still self-centered But I learned a lot that day about myself and about the world I've entered.

A is for agape, a Greed work, which describes what Christians mean by love.

Brew and Virginia are living at 4 Vernon Street, Apartment A-7, in Hartford.

George Rich and Janice Larsen were married in Ogden, Utah, on November 27. George is senior systems analyst with Thiokol Chemical Corporation. Janice is from Trementon, Utah; she attended Weber State College and Utah State University. George and Janice are living at 452 East 1292 North in Ogden. Alkie Voulgaris is engaged. Alkie's fiancee is Rita Hagnar Damadian of West Hartford, Conn. Rita graduated from Wellesley College. Alkie went to Tuck School after Dartmouth and then went to work for the Shawmut Bank of Boston. He has also been very active in the planning and carrying out of the Greater Boston United Fund drive and is a lieutenant in the Naval Reserve. Alkie is living at 10 Otis Place in Boston. Jack Hubbard is also with the Shawmut Bank in Boston.

Bob Rosebaum has been promoted to assistant cashier by Denver U.S. National Bank. An active member of the Dartmouth Alumni Association in Denver, the Denver Junior Chamber of Commerce, and the American Institute of Banking, Bob went to Denver in 1961 after a year's stay in Bogota, Colombia, for the First National City Bank of New York. He has been working as a loan counselor in the Denver bank's commercial loan division. He and Nancy have two children.

I ran into Bill Miles one snowy evening in Cambridge. Bill has recently taken a position with the First National Bank of Boston in the overseas division. Bill is filling the position that has been held by Dan Daniels. Dan has recently accepted the position of associate director for programming in the new Massachusetts Commonwealth Service Corps. The service corps was created last June; its purpose is "mobilizing the resources of people of all ages throughout the state in a volunteer effort to meet desperate human needs." (Boston Globe, Sun., Dec. 27, 1964) John Cort, formerly with the Peace Corps in the Philippines, directs the program. The new corps ties in with the Federal anti-poverty program, and it is like a state peace corps for local needs. Dan has also served as editor of Boston Forum magazine and as vice president of the Greater Boston Junior Chamber of Commerce. Bill Miles was with the Hanover Bank in New York before coming to Boston.

Here's a little news on a couple of '56's that we haven't heard from in a while. Matt Lorimer is with the State Department in Hamburg, Germany. Matt's address is Box 2, AMCONGEN. A.P.O. New York, N. Y. 09069. His folks are still living in Concord, N. H., on 15 Kensington Rd. RonBailey earned his M.S. degree in civil engineering in 1957 and is living at 25 Woodland Place in San Rafael, Calif.

Paul Ford was the principal speaker at the December meeting of the National Conference on Teacher Education and Professional Standards in Washington, D. C. His topic was "The Assignment and signment of the American Teacher. Starting last fall Paul has been a member of the faculty of Plattsburg State University College in Plattsburg. N. Y. Before that he was a research consultant to the Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Paul has both his master's and doctor's degrees in education from Harvard. Paul specializes in secondary school English education. Paul and Lena-May's family includes Douglas, six years old last month, and Peter, three.

Stu Klapper was at the Boston Dartmouth Alumni Dinner in January. Stu and Miriam are living at 59 Chestnut Street in Boston, where they recently moved from Savannah, Ga. Stu is with Stop & Shop, Inc., in Boston. This was the year of the Tenth Annual Groundhog Day Celebration at Roger andAnne Bensen's in Brooklyn, N. Y. The celebration took place Saturday night, January 30.

TENTH REUNION DATE IS SET FORJUNE 17-19, 1966. The Class executive committee met in New York on January 16, and there was a good turnout. (GordieLend and I were ushers in Brew's wedding and slept a little late that morning, not far away in Conn.) Bob Dumont has set the reunion dates for June 17-19, 1966. PhilLanglry, serving as head class agent, is beginning to line up his agents and scheduling for the Class for the 1965 Alumni Fund.

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