1962
Spring is the time of regeneration, and regeneration for Dartmouth means the annual Alumni Fund campaign. The money which each of us contributes does not go into some monolithic bank account, neatly tucked away somewhere in Switzerland. Almost all of it .goes directly into the yearly operating budget of the College. The College needs this money to continue its traditions of excellence in undergraduate education. No more is asked of any of us than that we give what we are capable of giving. Contributions are simply one outward manifestation of our continuing relationship to an institution, but they are an important manifestation. If you have not already sent your check in, please do it today.
Apparently it didn't take Paul Tsongas too long to assume the stature of the successful Yale Law student. Back from his Peace Corps stint in Ethiopia, Paul was seen recently at a Peace Conference in Washington, D. C., carrying a few extra pounds with him. Also present was Bob Savage who is teaching at the Cardozo School in D. C.
The perennial student, Gordy Williamson, has come through with another of those letters which would certainly suffer from any rewording. Following are some verbatim excerpts:
"The most important item is that DonSamuelson is engaged to one of the more beautiful girls in captivity in the person of Nancy Dell'Aringa, of Lincolnwood, Ill. Don is currently a first year student at U. of Chicago Law School.
"Steve Lasch has left Hanover. Yes, after 6½ years on the Plain the ole Lightnin' has departed for Stanford to pursue yet greater intellectual accomplishments. In his latter days in Hanover he was affectionately known as 'the Dean' by the undergraduates; and it was rumored that if he stayed one more year they were going to re-name North Wigwam, Lasch Hall.
"Lou Setti returned in body but not in spirit from his Peace Corps assignment in Thailand. He has already had his fill of civilization (Walk-Don't Walk signs at intersections especially bother him) and spends most of his time answering fan mail from Thailand."
Gordy is finishing his first year at Harvard Law, and all defamation suits can be addressed to him there.
Congratulations to embryonic lawyer Mike Slive on receiving an E. Barrett Prettyman Fellowship in Trial Advocacy. The Fellowships, intended to represent each federal judicial district, are made available through a Ford Foundation gift to Georgetown University. Leading to the LL.M. degree and a certificate of proficiency in trial advocacy, the work includes intensive studies in combination with actual representation of indigent clients in the courts of the District of Columbia.
Also, congratulations to Joe Kolupke on earning his M.A. at the University of lowa this past January.
A surprise came from India in the form of a letter from Dave Park:
"After two years of pursuing excellence at Harvard Law, I have fallen by the wayside in respite with a Rotary Fellowship in my cramped hand. This lovely largesse has brought me to Mother India where I have been grilling for nine months, acquiring iron bowels and watching my fingers fall off (I suspect it's leprosy, but it might just be carelessness).
"Always one to be true to my school, I'm a Calcutta University Tiger-man now, though the U. is closed because of the late riots. Nothing daunted, I've added another string to the old bow after years of ostensible learning and am now trying my hand at some local teaching. It's a great racket; I don't know why I wasted so many years learning when it's so much easier to teach instead. (By-the-by; next year is back to HLS and LL.B.-dom.)
"... Actually I'm about ready to take my aching body out of here - giving myself no more than a month now - then off through the mid-East; (having come out through the Pacific) and eventually to Europe and then back to the womb. I haven't checked, but I may be the first person to have gone all the way around the world. Advise me on this." Are there any other '62s in this category?
Another foreign traveler is Dick Maynard who has been studying at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, since January, and will remain there until December. His work is concentrated in the departments of sociology, anthropology, and economics. Dick notes that, despite his (our?) rapidly-approaching old age, he still can't help but noticing how beautiful the women of Sao Paulo are. Dick's address: c/o Consulado Americano, Rua Padre Joao Manuel, 20, Sao Paulo, S. P., Brazil.
The Los Angeles Times brings news that Jim Murar has been named controller of Rancho California, a new 135-square-mile development in Riverside County, Calif. Formerly an audit staff accountant at Price Waterhouse & Co., Los Angeles, Jim will be responsible for all fiscal matters relating to the operation and development of the ranch.
A letter from Dave deWilde, down at UVA Law School, brings news of Dartmouth doings in the Southland. At a recent cocktail party (they sure do have a lot of them down there) Dave silently watched while Mike Slive, John Walters, and Bill King '63 (history major King, not engineering science King) pulled a Dartmouth snow job on Dave's date. John and wife Nancy, along with son Mike, will be heading for Westchester County after graduation. After the bar exams, John will be working for Beemman & Bogue, a Wall St. firm on Hanover Square. Bill Hayes and wife Judy will be moving also to NYC where Bill will be with the Internal Revenue Service while also going for his LL.M. at Columbia, in, I presume, their very fine graduate tax program.
Doing well at Boston College Law School is Bill McDonald (three years and no letters, Bill) who is not only on law review but also got himself elected president of the senior class.
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