1951
CHARLES H. HOOD 2ND 20 Windmill Lane, Arlington 74, Mass.
After a few balmy days in early March, we underwent what might be called "Indian Winter" here in Philadelphia well after spring had officially arrived. In January, I thought I was fortunate to have some depositions in Miami, Fla. The night I arrived, the temperature dropped below freezing and half of the grapefruit crop was ruined.
The Administration in Hanover does its best to convince the undergraduates that the season known as "schlumph" exists only in the bewildered minds of alumni. They schedule spring vacation so that "schlumph" is supposed to arrive the day after the undergraduates leave and depart the day before they return. This year, I am reliably informed that "schlumph" came and went before second term exams were over.
You may rest assured that there will be no "schlumph" in Hanover when Reunion time comes in June. The climate will be more like Miami was supposed to be when I was there in January. By the way, if you were puzzled last month by the fact that some classmates got all or part of their names in capital letters, the reason is because they say they are (all caps) or may be (last name only caps) coming to Reunion. This typographical discrimination will continue not only this month but next as well.
Speaking of discrimination, as a Philadelphia lawyer, I think that I am entitled to deviate from my FIFO rule re publishing responses to my postcard news solicitation. I considered the specialty possibility. We have more classmates in space, or perhaps I should say "involved with space," since to my knowledge none has yet orbited, than you would suspect. We have enough doctors to fill more than one month's column, and enough IBM men to bury us in punch cards.
But an exception should have an equitable basis. The U.S. mails (Mike Monroney take note) seem to have sufficient difficulty in coping with a double postcard headed overseas that I spent so much time unravelling the mess that such got out late. Therefore, classmates abroad get top billing this month.
I've defined "abroad" rather liberally as any place other than the 48 continental United States. I considered putting Long Island in the extra-continental category, but finally concluded that the Triborough and Hellgate Bridges, Mr. Moses' projected span, and those which vicariously attach it to the mainland via Manhattan and Staten Islands, qualify Long Island as part of the continental United States.
Roland Swain's mailing address is Westinghouse, Sunnyvale, Calif.; but his post- card came back with an English postage stamp. He is a resident engineer in Scotland serving as Polaris liaison with the United Kingdom. His family includes wife Margaret and Kurt, 12; Karen, 9; and Mark, 2.
Across the Channel, Pete Lenzlinger reports that he's still single and working for Atkins, a group of American department stores, "running around Europe, Paris in particular." Later this year, Pete moves to Tokyo as Far Eastern Managing Director.
Continuing in the French vein, Dave McDonough is Second Secretary, Consul, and Political Officer at the American Embassy in Brazzaville, Congo (ex-French, on the West side of the river). He and wife Marcia have a brood of three: Kevin, 8; Allison, 6; and Claudia, 7 months by now. After Hanover, Dave spent some time with the Marine Corps in Korea and was with Procter & Gamble for three years before joining State in 1956, which started him in Athens.
By the time you read this, Bill Lamade may be an ex-abroad. Marsh & McLennan, insurance brokers, whose Caracas, Venezuela, office he had been managing for the past four years, were about to return him to the States to be in their International Department. Bill and wife Barbara have three children: Stephen, 6; Elizabeth, 4; and Jennifer, 1.
Returning to the Foreign Service, we find Dave Phillips and wife Marta in Quito, Ecuador. Dave is an assistant Cultural Attache concerned with Exchange of Persons and U.S. government scholarships. He says that he collects South American antiques. (Whisper that when you get to Vermont, Dave.)
Closer to home, we have reports from two classmates north of the border. Les Viereck is a research botanist with the Forestry Sciences Laboratory of the University of Alaska. (I'll probably get a nasty letter from him informing me that Alaska is part of the continental United States.) Les' family includes wife Eleanor and sons Rodney, 5, and Walter, 3.
The postmark reads Ottawa, but glacial geologist Wes Blake reports that he "will be on Baffin Island in June when you all are in Hanover!" Wes is with Geological Survey of Canada and is currently studying the glacial geology of Arctic Canada. Last summer, he spent six weeks in Great Britain and Ireland followed by another six in Sweden, where he completed his work for his Filosofie Licentiat degree in geography at the University of Stockholm. Wes and wife Ingrid have a son, Erik, about 18 months by now.
lust about the time we received his postcard, the College sent us a clipping reporting that Den PALMER, a commercial loan officer with Chase Manhattan Bank, had been promoted to vice president. Don and wife Millicent have a brood of three: Jennifer, 8; Langdon Jr., 6; and Christopher, 4. Don is also on the vestry of his church and a Boy Scout Troop committeeman.
HOWIE PHILLIPS has left the realm which I recently heard described as "outhouse" counsel (private practice) to become "inhouse" General Counsel for McCall Corporation. I had not realized that his new employer prints not only its own publications but also Reader's Digest, Newsweek, and U.S. News & World Report. Howie had been with Cahill, Gordon, etc. in New York, specializing in corporate and financial law, particularly foreign and international securities, which netted him numerous expeditions abroad. He and wife Ellen have two offspring, Jan, 3½,and Richard, 2.
Continuing with the professionals, JimCavanaugh is a general surgeon in Portsmouth, N. H. He and wife Betsy have four children: Ralph, 11; Robert, 10; Jody, 8; and Caitlin, 3.
Don SMITH (middle initial L., native Long Islander) teaches at Adelphi University in Garden City, N. Y., where he's Director of Secondary Education. Don did graduate work and taught at Columbia for three years. On the side, he interviews applicants for admission to Dartmouth. He and wife June have a brood of three: Derek, 10; Sheryl, 8; and Dana (a girl), 5.
It's just dawned on me that I've gotten to those ex-continental Long Islanders. Continuing, Frank Ulrichs is a claims supervisor with Allstate Insurance. He and wife Joan also have three children: Catherine, 7; Frank, 3; and Lynn, 1.
Doug Bachem works for R. Dixon Speas Associates as an Aviation Consultant concerned with airline traffic analysis and forecast. He and wife Virginia have two offspring, John, 5, and Terry, 1. Last year Doug was president of the Manhasset (L. I.) Chamber of Commerce; this year he's president of the Manhasset Kiwanis Club.
Thus endeth the postcards I received through February 4.
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