1952

One thing about these October notes. A fellow always has some news to report. It piles up over the summer. Wish it was that way every month! Yep, lots of water has gone under the bridge since last report. Scarcely know where to begin.

But let's begin with the B's and old reliable Bob Binswanger. Wouldn't seem right .to me if more than a couple of months went "by without some item from Dr. Bob. (And I don't want you to feel embarrassed by the publicity, Bins.) Bins has left the directorship of PACE, an association for the betterment of education in the Greater Cleveland area, to be assistant professor of education at Harvard. And when they moved back to the Boston area the Binswangers took with them a spankin' new baby, name of Matthew who arrived last week of May. They set up shop in Lexington, Mass., whence, Bins tells me, he will be ready to take on a lot of new responsibilities for the Class and the College.

Another new arrival last spring was that of Jeffrey Moyle Carstens, new son of Loisand Connie Carstens. Jeff breathed his first on May 1, but had to wait till now to be properly announced.

Going back to our educators for a moment, I'm informed that Garry Meyers has just returned to the faculty of Staples High School in nearby Westport, Conn. Garry, who received his master's degree from the University of Bridgeport, spent a year as town-wide teacher of the blind in Westport before going back to the English Department at Staples. Maybe you're the reason we've had such good luck getting Staples' grads into Dartmouth, Garry.

And then I'm in receipt of a letter from Dick Roraback, sports editor of the Paris edition of the New York Herald Tribune (I hope they'll continue that edition, Dick) which is done so much better than I could do it that I shall hereinafter (as the lawyers say) quote it in toto. To wit:

Have been following with amazement your account of the great Teevens-Schaffenhous-Meanix baby derby. It's a record far out of my aging reach, but there must have been a time (middle of March) when I was the oldest fad on the quad to have his first baby (Amanda jill) - and maybe the only kid on the quad to marry a Scotswoman (Dorothy Anne) in Scotland (Dunblane) - (all this before the birth, happily) —or to have his kid born in a castle (Airthrey Castle, Bridge of Allan, Scotland). Living in Paris, up to now, has not been conducive to marriage, but there comes a time.

In my eighth year as sports editor of the Trib here. No money in it, but a real gas, especially featuring Dartmouth in the headlines, while the French continue to think it's a secret weapons company. Regards, Dick.

P.S. Ah yes —had to go all the way to Hong Kong to propose (that's where Dorothy was living). Took three months (literally a Slow Boat to China), a leave of absence, and a couple of bucks, but well worth it.

Another letter which I won't quote but which was equally pithy came from DickDalbeck. Dick wanted to correct a slightly erroneous piece of information I reported last spring. I said that Dick was now a member of the SEC, naturally assuming it was the Securities and Exchange Commission, being a somewhat less than happy erstwhile investor in the future of American business. Well, Dick informs me that he is a member of the SEC but that it ain't quite the SEC I thought. It's the Sales Executive Club of New York. Dick's doing all right without having an inside on hot stock tips, though. He's a principal of A. T. Kearney & Company, Inc., a large national management consulting firm. So if you need any help in running your business you know who to call.

And if Dalbeck won't give yon a competitive bid go on over to Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Inc., where another '52 has just been named a vice president. It's Alden L. Fiertz. (You can still call him Al if you knew him before.) Al has been with the management consultants for five years, all of them in the New York office where he'll remain. Al was previously with an electronics firm, an aviation consulting firm, and was, for three years, a pilot for Pan American World Airways. Al and his wife live in Ramsey, N. J., where, I imagine, his spare time is taken up by his three kids.

Back to the educators of the Class and to cousin Paul Sanderson in particular. The squire of Suffield, Conn., where he teaches and coaches at Suffield Academy, added another string to his bow this past summer. This past summer Sandy was director of the Suffield Writer-Reader Conference which offered daily seminars in drama, short story, novel, and poetry as well as informal discussions and a series of evening lectures. He'll be so damned erudite now us common slobs won't be able to approach him.

Also in a very bookish way is MarshSmith, the owner of a chain of bookstores in the Boston area aptly named The Book-smith. Marsh just opened his sixth store, this one in Natick, Mass. He has two stores in Boston and one each in Brookline, Cambridge, and Wellesley. If you Boston guys need something to take your mind off your anxieties why not drop by one of Marsh's stores for a book. I read one once and it didn't seem to hurt me.

And I just found out there is another business in Cincinnati besides Mr. Procter and Mr. Gamble's soap, etc., etc., works. American Can Com- pany just sent DickO'Neill out there to be regional sales manager for Rigid Food Packaging. Dick, who was formerly commodity manager for Miscellaneous Food Containers, will be responsible for sales of all Rigid Food Containers in a four-state area centering around Ohio. Dick joined American Can in 1954 and I hope he's settled down in Cincinnati, or environs, with his wife and two kids by the time I make my next trip out there.

Back East again the Zayre Corporation, a discount department store chain has just named classmate Walter J. Salmon to the Board of Directors. Nothing new to Walt, however. Besides being an associate professor of business administration at Harvard he's one of the board of the Cole National Corporation, Weiss Brothers Stores, Inc., and Hannaford Brothers.

Aside from raising lots of healthy kids, ol' Gene Teevens moves around a lot. He can't help getting promoted. He hadn't been in Philadelphia a year when Pittsburgh Plate Glass made him field sales manager for the whole New England area working out of Boston. So he's back where he belongs, living outside of Beantown in Pembroke, Mass., with Mary and his brood (I won't dare say how many for fear the next mail might prove me in error).

Also in the Boston area. Bill O'Leary has been named a vice president of John C. Dowd, Inc., an, excuse the expression, ad agency. In addition to being an officer of the company, Bill will serve on the agency planning staff.

And in Windham, Mass., Dr. Carl Peterson Jr. has recently become associated with the Windham Surgical Group. After Dartmouth, Carl went to Yale Med School and did his internship at the University of North Carolina. He did his residency in Surgery at U.S.A.F. Teaching Hospital in Wichita Falls, Texas, and completed urology residency at Los Angeles County Harbor General Hospital at U.C.L.A. in Los Angeles. Carl is a member of many professional societies and his wife, the former Dorothy Potter, is a physical therapist.

In New York, Lee Higginson Company has a new vice president and national retail sales head. It's Don MacLeod. Lee Higginson is an investment house, member of the New York, American, and other principal stock exchanges throughout the country: and MacLeod is a regular member of the 7:05-P .M .-and-after-commuting-train club out of New York's Grand Central along with your scribe.

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