1956

I am writing this month's column in the absence of an immediate replacement for retiring Class Secretary, Stu Sanders. Stu will be taking a well-earned rest after an especially conscientious job which included a great deal of personal correspondence beyond the writing of the column itself.

I have just gotten back from 10 days' vacation in New Hampshire and Maine which included three days in the College Grant with the Dusty Johnstones. The trip to the Grant was prompted by Tom Marvel who had mentioned that he was going there immediately after Reunion. For those not familiar with it, the Grant encompasses approximately 27,000 acres of wilderness area about 100 miles north of Lake Winnipesaukee. There are two beautiful brook trout streams on the Grant, the Dead Diamond and the Swift Diamond. Not far away, these waters empty into the Androscoggin River, portions of which are famed for salmon. There are a number of cabins in the Grant which are available to alumni by writing the Outing Club or the college forester, Bob Monahan. The particular cabin we were in had blankets, cooking utensils, running spring water, and a fine river canoe. There was also bottled gas for light and the operation of a very much appreciated refrig- erator which turned out ice cubes almost as fast as we could use them. Our five children (two Clarks and three Johnstones) were thrilled by the abundant deer, bear, and moose tracks .. . however, we saw no animals.

Touches of color on a few oaks in the north country, even then, reminded us that fall was lurking nearby. And although plans are not complete as this column goes to press, Toby Julian is working on class gettogethers for the Princeton and Harvard weekends. There will be a meeting of the executive committee at 10:00 the morning of the Princeton game in Hanover. This will be in the Hartman Rehearsal Room of Hopkins and the class is invited. Em Houck has graciously accepted appointment as our new Head Class Agent. Em hopes to tie in a business trip with the big Hanover game and should arrive in time for the pre-game meeting. Em has been a long-time fund worker and most recently, regional agent for the greater Indianapolis area. He also does recruitment work for the college and did a bang-up job in helping bring a record number of mid-westerners back to Reunion. Em says that he is most anxious to get our fund participation out of the doldrums of the mid-seventies .. . well into the eighty percent area.

Professional news of Em is that Eli Lilly, the pharmaceutical firm, has promoted him to assistant director of engineering and package development. After Dartmouth and a Tuck-Thayer course, Em joined the Company as an analyst in operations research and became assistant manager of industrial engineering methods and layout in 1964. The Houcks live in Indianapolis where Em is a member of the board of the Children's Bureau.

A recent release from Washington noted that President Johnson had promoted BobBarry to Class 5 in the Foreign Service. Bob earned a Master's from Columbia in 1960 after service in the Navy. He is presently serving in Washington as a Political Officer for the Office of Soviet Union Affairs. John and his wife, Margaret, have two children, John 3 and Peter 1.

In July, John Van de Kamp was pro- moted to chief assistant of the U. S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles. John was formerly chief of the Criminal Division, supervising the activities of the entire staff locally. Other news from Los Angeles notes that John Liebman has been appointed to the General Counsel's Staff of the Agency for International Development, Department of State. John is a partner in the firm of Caditz, Grant & Liebman of Beverly Hills. He graduated from UCLA Law School. John was able to make Reunion by tying in his trip with business in Washington and elsewhere in the East. He and his family will have moved permanently to Washington by October.

In New York, Barry Bockus has been elected an assistant vice president of Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company. JohnFlaxman has joined the William Morris Agency where he will work with writers in developing motion picture and television projects. John had served as head of the MCA-Universal Eastern Literary Department since 1964. Prior to that he was creative story consultant for the TV series "Profiles in Courage."

Everyone who knew him will be greatly saddened to hear of the death of Joe Dunston. Joe died at the University of Michigan Hospital on August 9. Joe had received his M.D. from Howard University and was engaged in research in hematology at the University of Michigan Medical School. Other details are in the "In Memoriam" column in this or a subsequent issue.

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Treasurer, 2 Read Rd„ Hanover, N. H. 03755