1944

In June I learned from the other Bob Miller, Bob F. Miller, of the tragic air crash that claimed his wife, Mary, his fifteen-year-old son Mark Andrew, and youngest son, six-year-old Scott, on Easter Sunday. Always an athletic, adventuresome family, the Millers had flown to Baja California, Mexico, for a scuba-diving weekend. On the way home, they split up; Bob and thirteen-year-old Kim in one plane, Mary and the two boys in a chartered Beechcraft D-18 with nine other friends. Bob and Kim got back to Tucson fine. There they waited for the rest of the family until the next day when the tragic news arrived. The accident occurred at take-off in perfect weather. It was attributed to pilot error, attitude at take-off too great and speed too slow. Bob and his two remaining sons, Michael, seventeen, and Kim continue to live in their present home in Tucson, pursuing the difficult formula of enthusiastically looking forward to life, and not backward to what might have been. Personally, and speaking for the class, I can't think of three guys I'd want the future to be better to.

We're getting to that age where we are seeing more of our classmates' sons entering Dartmouth. Both Jack Jennes and Dick Ostberg were among the proud fathers whose sons, Jack Jr. and Rick, were accepted under Early Decision for the Class of 1970. Jack's other son, Thornton, has aspirations for the Class of 1971. Jack has been with the American Bosch Arma Corporation for the past seven years, the last two years as Corporate Director of Management Development and Training. In addition, Jack has taught one night a week at Adelphi University in their MBA program. He also does executive research work for Warren King and Associates. In July Jack became associated with Levitt and Sons, the builders, as manager of development and training, with primary responsibility for developing project and regional managers. Since all of this, obviously, isn't enough to keep him occupied, he takes off a couple of weeks every year in his capacity as Air Force Major to do a little flying at Westover AFB.

Don Hinckley was named president of Emery Industries here in Cincinnati last spring. Emery is one of the country's largest manufacturers of industrial chemicals and sanitone products. There was a piece in the paper recently about Emery racking up record sales and earnings. The only thing wrong is that all of this takes up too much of his time and he has now decided to get rid of his ocean-going yacht.

We vacationed down at Hilton Head Island this summer and again enjoyed the pleasant golfing and company of Bruce andPuss Thompson. We just missed seeing Earland Betsy Owens who departed the week before.

Dan Donovan was recently elected vice president for Government Securities by the First Boston Corporation. I understand that Sperk Welch has been transferred to Milwaukee with the L. M. Berry Company. There was a piece in the New York Times about another of John Berry's executives who was named president of a new corporation called Mutual Industries which was formed to acquire and operate the Mutual Broadcasting System.

Tommy Douglas was recently appointed Director of Marketing for Imperial Eastman. Tommy is a vice president and has been general sales manager since 1964. Eastman manufactures components to connect, convey, and control hydraulic, pneumatic, and fluid flow systems. They have plants through the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

In another recent promotion, Gene Kinney was named by Zenith Radio Corporation to the new post of vice president of Special Products, to direct operations and expansion of the company's specialized electronic activities in the military, medical, hearing aid and industrial fields. Gene, as you know, is president and general manager of Zenith Hearing Aid Sales Corporation and will continue in that post. Gene has been a member of Zenith Board of Directors since 1958.

Commander Charlie McDowell is now legal staff officer with the Seventh Fleet and operating on an FPO number from San Francisco. Si Thompson is now in Switzerland heading up the Rank Xerox office in Zurich. Ran Smith is making his home in Paris, handling Weyerhaeuser interests in Western Europe.

When I was out in Frisco with Mac McLoud in July, we took a Sunday afternoon drive across the Golden Gate to Sausalito where we ran into Kirk Bassett in his fabulous Town and Country shop.

Dick Lesser has joined New Jersey's Worthington Corporation, a major producer of equipment for the control and conservation of energy. In his new post Dick is manager of salary administration. He had been a consultant for Industrial Relations Counselors Service, Inc. and before that had worked for Kennecott Copper and General Electric. Dick has an M.S. from Cornell in industrial relations. The Lessers and their three children live in Larchmont, N. Y.

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