1951
Only two more months to go to '51's Fantastic Fifteenth Reunion. If it makes you feel any younger, it's really only our 14th; but this way we get a chance to get back to Hanover with our friends of '49 and '50. I look forward to seeing many (I wish I comld say most) of you there with your families June 17-20.
Our New York City area contingent is making plans for its third annual spring cocktail party, which will be a pre-Reunion pep rally. The date (tentative as of the time of this writing) is Friday, April 30, 5 to 8 p.m. The place: The Dartmouth Club in the Commodore Hotel. Wives and guests are invited.
By now, this year's '5l Alumni Fund campaign has been under way for over a month. Things got off to an early start under the able direction of CHARLIE HOOD and JOHN HATCH, so that we should be wound up by Reunion. Let's make our contributions such that we can hold up our heads at Reunion. Did you know that last year both '50 and '52 raised over $5,000 more than we did? Think about that when you write your check, or give serious consideration to sending in a second check if you've already contributed.
Turning to news about classmates, every item in this month's column but one is based exclusively on your responses to my postcard request for news from classmates whose names haven't appeared herein since last Reunion. If you've sent back your postcard and are wondering when the news about you will appear, please remember I'm only allowed 1200 words a month. To be fair, my general rule of thumb is to publish in order of receipt.
Since we've mentioned money, let's start with our bankers. Dune Booth has been named assistant vice president in charge of the International Department of Industrial National Bank of Rhode Island. Dune and wife Millesaint have three children: David, 11; Ann, 9; and Leslie, 7. Dune is a member and instructor of the Providence Chapter, American Institute of Banking. He has played a leading role in the local United Fund and is a member of the World Trade Club and Robert Morris Associates.
Don RIDER is an assistant vice president in commercial lending at Chase Manhattan Bank in New York. Don interviews applicants for admission to Dartmouth as well as helping wife Suzanne raise Wendy, 5, and Jeff, 3. ....
Bill HOSLER is an administrative assistant in commercial banking with the Marine Trust Co. of Western New York. He and wife Jill have a brood of two, Bill III, 6, and Eleanor, 4. Bill is a director of the Niagara Falls, N. Y., YMCA and is active in the Niagara Falls Little Theater and the Dartmouth Club of Western New York.
We've always known that we had medics coming out of our ears. John Ross is chief, section on cardiovascular diagnosis, cardiology branch, National Heart Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. He does research. He and wife Helen have three children: Sydnie, 5; John, 4; and Duncan, 3.
JOHN MARSHALL practices internal medicine in Billerica, Mass., where he is helping to get a medical building and three new specialists for the town. He and wife Eva also have a brood of three: John Ir., 8; Peter, 6; and Kate, 4.
Stan van den Noort practices neurology in Cleveland, where he is also an Instructor in Neurology at Western Reserve Medical School. He and wife June have contributed five children to the population explosion: Susanne, 10; Eric, 8; Peter, 7; Katherine, 5; and Elizabeth, 3.
Continuing down the list of medical specialties in alphabetical order, Bob SIRKIN'S field is orthopedic surgery. He is with the Grove Hill Clinic in New Britain, Conn. His family includes wife Wendy, sons Jeff, 2½ , and Jon, 1½, and another addition expected just about now.
Jack Burgess practices pediatrics in Rock Island, Ill. His children, Bill, 7, and Lisa, 5, are with their mother on the West Coast. Vince Albo practices pediatric hematology in Pittsburgh. He and wife Kathryn have three children: Michael, 9; Vince, 7; and Hettie. 4.
Dick Kahn teaches psychiatry at Boston University. He and wife Harriet have two girls: Amy, 9, and Paula, 7. Shifting gears to the legal profession, BEN SYKES is a partner in Sykes & Sykes in Norwood, Mass. His family includes wife Theresa, Bernard III, and Deborah.
After teaching at Messiah College, Grantham, Pa., and Barrington College, Barrington, R. 1., George Biggs is now working on his Ph.D. in Music Theory and Organ at Indiana University in Bloomington. He and wife Jean have two daughters, Karen, 7½, and Janet, 6.
Hank MOVER is a life member of the Million Dollar Roundtable of Life Underwriters. He peddles insurance and employee benefit plans for Hirschfeld, Stern, Moyer & Ross, in which he is a partner. He and wife Nancy have a brood of three: Wendy, 7; Sally, 4; and Todd, 1.
Bill FRASER is a general agent in Albany, N. Y., for Aetna Life. He and wife Nancy have a son, John, 7, and another due about June 1, whose arrival may louse up Bill's reunion plans. Turning to the business world, Bob Dore does management consulting and placement work with Bruce Payne & Lehmann Associates, Inc. in Hartford, Conn. He and wife Susan have two children, Robbie, IV?., and Jenifer, 2.
Engineer Don Snell does nuclear reactor core design for General Electric at its Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory in Schenectady, N. Y. Don and wife Joanne have a brood of four: Anne, 10; Nancy, 8; John, 5; and Maryann, 1. Don has been an Assistant Class Agent for eight years and teaches Methodist Sunday school.
ART WORDEN reports that he recently passed the exam for professional engineer in New York. Art does sales engineering in control systems for Johnson Service Co. in Buffalo. He and wife Ruth also have four small fry, all girls: Ruth Ann, 11; Cynthia, 10; Jennifer, 7; and Amy, 2.
Bob TYLER recently made it to Europe in his capacity as Marketing Manager for the Tyler Refrigerator Division of Clark Equipment Co. in Niles, Mich. He and wife Jean also have four: Todd, 12; Mike, 10; Tim, 7; and Tracey, 1½ . Bill Dow is a sales engineer with Alcoa in the Philadelphia area. He and wife Barbara have a brood of three: Melissa, 11; Bim, 9; and True, 7. Bill keeps a trim figure with squash and golf.
Justin Smith is sales manager and treasurer of Seymour Smith & Son, Inc., in Waterbury, Conn. His family includes wife Jean; Cheryl, 8; Carrie, 7; and Jeffrey, 4. He is vice president of the Watertown Rotary Club, and a director of the Waterbury Chamber of Commerce and of the Hawkins Company.
Bob Matthews is City Merchandising Manager, New Trucks, Newark Zone, for the Chevrolet Division of General Motors. He and wife Pat have four children: Bobbie, 10; Anne, 8; Jimmie, 5; and Tommie, 2. Al SCHMIDT is a partner of Chn. Zimmerman & Son Co., manufacturers and importers of specialty knitwear. His family includes wife Joan; Christy, 12; Jeff, 5; and Jonathan, 3.
John Southworth has been with Sears Roebuck for 14 years, says he does something different every two years, and currently has the title of "buyer." He and wife Ruth Ann live in Northbrook, Ill., and have two sons, Todd and Bill, and one of as yet undetermined sex on the way. John still plays a "little" golf, last year broke a course record with a 66.
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