1956
Back in Sept. of 1961, John Van de Kamp wrote to Wha Who Whisper, "For the past year I've been an assistant U.S. Attorney, Criminal Division, here in Los Angeles. ... I am doing trial work, the subject matter running the gamut from bank robbery to mail fraud." On November 18, John was principal speaker at the monthly luncheon of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. John is Assistant U.S. Attorney for Los Angeles and Chief of the Criminal Division. Notices of the meeting read as follows: "His talk will touch on the hotly debated issue of whether law enforcement agencies should be given greater freedom in the investigation and prosecution of crime. He will present views on approaches by lawyers and the general public to offset what is believed to be a growth in lawlessness. He brings to his subject experience in a district whose office last fiscal year led all other Federal Judicial Districts in the number of criminal cases filed and terminated." According to our records John is not married. He lives at 833 19th St., Santa Monica, Calif.
Jack Billhardt has been elected a director and vice president of a New York investment banking and brokerage firm, Smith, Barney & Co. Jack represents his firm on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Jack and his wife Pat have three sons, Richard Louis, 7, John Philip II, 6, and Greg, 2.
Roger Emerson is assistant professor of history at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario. Bill Magavern is practicing law in Buffalo, N. Y. Bill and Sue have a daughter, Mary Elizabeth, 4. IBM systems engineer: What shall we do with the jam in the 360? Salesman DustyJohnstone: Put it between two slices of bread! Cambridge, Mass. Dec. '65.
Those of us who came to know Dusty's family during college years were saddened by the news of his dad's death early in January and extend our deepest sympathy. One of Dusty's two brothers, Chip (Douglas Blake), graduated from Dartmouth in '63. Dusty and Signy have three children, Grace, 5, Hans, 4, and Stuart, 2. They bought a home in Carlisle, Mass., where Dusty and Signy have spent autumn weekends shingling and painting a new addition. I had a Christmas note from Tom Neubacher. A little over a year ago, Tom lost his wife in an auto accident. Tom continues undergoing operations on his arm as a result of the accident, but he reports that things are coming along well now. Tom and Eunice had two sons and a daughter. Tom is in his family's ceramic tile business in Mount Prospect, Ill.
Dudley Towe completed his studies at Harvard Law School and is in Oklahoma City. John and Sue Nordling are living in New Hope, Pa. Ron and Tita Mullen have a son and two daughters and are living in Rockville, Md. Joanne and Shady Lane are living in Casper, Wyo. They have two daughters; Shady is with an oil company. Mack and Ann Hicks and their two children have moved to Columbia, S. C. Joe and Kathie Obering are living in Denver. Joe is with an oil firm with an office in the Patterson Building. Tom and Marie-LouisePcncheon have one child and are living at 12 rue Rollin in Paris, where Tom is teaching. Jim Loghry is continuing his studies at the University of Arizona. Marg gave birth to a little son; Michael Andrew Loghry was born on October 25, weighing, according to Jim, 0.00353 tons! Bob Mackay is living in West Berlin. Chub Montelius is with American Cyanamid on Berdan Ave., Wayne, N. J. Chuck Maryan has moved to 46 Commerce St. in New York. Al andBea Booth are living in Athens, Ohio, at 26 Elmwood Place. They have two sons and a daughter. Phil and Mary Ann Patrick are living in Marshfield, Mass. Pat is assistant general manager of Vulplex, Inc. in North Abington. Bob French is in the English department at the University of Massachusetts. Bob and Jenni and their two sons are living in North Hadley. Satch Cook is doing research at Johns Hopkins. He has moved to N. Chester St. in Baltimore.
Fred Johnson is in the department of Slavic studies at the University of Toronto. Fred and Elaine have a daughter, 5. Boband Libby McCausland are living at 52 Berdshire Place, Hackensack, N. J. ChuckLandauer was checking out the ski conditions and social life at Stratton Mt., Vt., New Year's afternoon and eve (as was I). Chuck is an architect and lives on York Ave. in New York City.
February means something special in Dartmouth history, for it was on the cold snowy morning, Feb. 18, 1904, that report came to President Tucker and students in the chapel that Dartmouth Hall was on fire; and it was on Feb. 17, 1906 that the new Dartmouth Hall was opened for use. The alumni rose to that challenge.
Russ Brace has announced that the next class meeting will be in New York at the Commodore Hotel, April 16. Leo McKenna is sounding out prospects to fill the position of the class executive committee that will begin its term this June.
Bob Dumont convened the reunion committee in Boston, January 7. Bill Miles disclosed at the meeting tie interesting fact that Friday of reunion weekend, June 17, is Bunker Hill Day, a holiday for Boston and Suffolk County, Mass. Bill has just started a trip for the First National Bank of Boston, which will take him to the Far East and Hong Kong.
I received a letter from Captain Karl Thieme, Bill's father, in response to the Christmas card, which I sent to the families of deceased classmates. It reads as follows: "This is just a note to tell you how much Mrs. Thieme and I appreciate the Christmas and New Year's message from the Dartmouth Class of 1956. Knowing that this summer you celebrate your 10th reunion, it warmed our hearts to have you remember us. You will all be in our thoughts and we shall be with you in spirit during 1966. We were certainly proud of the 1965 Dartmouth football team. Mrs. Thieme joins me in all our very best wishes to each and every member of the class of 1956. Sincerely, Karl Thieme." This was one of several fine letters I received.
1956 Class ReunionHanover - June 17-19, 1966.
Secretary, 18 Frost St. Cambridge, Mass. 02140
2 Read Rd., Hanover, N. H. 03755 Treasurer,
