1956
I just finished reading an article in the Jan. 8 issue of The New Yorker about Richard Buckminster Fuller. It is interesting reading for several reasons. The article mentions Lucilla, Mr. Fuller's niece and TomMarvel's wife, who was in Maine with two of their children at the time the article was written. Tom is doing architectural and design work as a member of his own firm, Reed, Torres, Beauchamp and Marvel, in Puerto Rico, where Tom and Lucilla and their children are living. The article describes Fuller's enthusiasm over his experience with The Dartmouth Conference, the first of which was held at Dartmouth several years ago, and the fourth, in which Fuller participated, took place recently in Leningrad. Finally, the article gives attention to Fuller's account of a period of deep despair and painful transition in his life. I have just made up a list of classmates, sixty of them, concerning whom Will Sogg and I have had little or nothing to write; many of these are non-graduates. There are 64 more who have remained unmentioned for nearly four years. Some, of these, I know, have little or nothing they want to say at this time. On the other hand, The New Yorker article points out how periods of failure and retreat are often formative periods from which a new and creative person emerges.
Lon Dring gave a sermon at Pardee Auditorium at Lafayette College last November. Lon is doing graduate study at Union Seminary in Christian social ethics. I remember attending a service of Lon's at the Church of the Good Neighbor in East Harlem, where Lon served for five years. He has recently spent a summer with a civil rights group in Mississippi. Lon's address is 530 Riverside Drive, N. Y. Jack Wheatley was named a special assistant district attorney for the five-week criminal session of the Plymouth, Mass., Superior Court. Jack has served as a special assistant at previous sessions. Jack and Priscilla have two daughters, nine and three years old, and they are living in Elmwood, Mass. Jack has also been director of the Brockton Orchestral Society and musical director of the Scituate branch of the S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A., Inc.! Will Sogg has resigned from his position as a director of Rusco Industries, Inc., of Cleveland.
Howie Webber is the new director of the Western Reserve University Press. Howie takes this post after two years as editor-in-chief of the Johns Hopkins University Press and as editor-in-chief of the University of North Carolina Press before that. Quoting from a W.R.U. publication, "Combining teaching and graduate study at Lehigh University for a year after his graduation, Webber also became editor of 'Quintain,' a small poetry magazine. In U.S. Army service which followed, he wrote for and edited 'lnfantry,' an official journal published at Fort Benning, Ga. Published works by Webber include poetry written as an undergraduate ]which appeared in The Saturday Review and, more recently, short stories in The New Yorker and writing in collaboration with philosopher Susanne Langer published in 'Journal of Aesthetics.'" Howie's wife Helen was formerly an English instructor at the University of Michigan. Helen and Howie have three children and are living at 3300 Clarenden Road in Cleveland Heights. Tom Conlon has an article on estate planning in the New York monthly publication, Flitcraft Courant. Tom has a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania; he left private legal practice to become an attorney with National Life of Vermont in 1963. Tom and Miriam have one child and are living in Montpelier.
Charlie and Amanda Murray have three children and live in Farmington, Me. Charlie was recently elected to the board of directors of the Peoples National Bank in Farmington. Charlie is vice president and director of Bass Boots in Wilton and director of Burgess Shoe Stores, Wilson Lake Country Club, and the Farmington Ski Club. Charlie had a fine write-up in The Lewiston Daily Sun, Jan. 12, which was forwarded to me by Clinton Greenwood '16. who interviewed Charlie for Dartmouth. To get a good look at Josh Hill on the job with Stinehour Press, see one of the feature articles in the winter issue of Vermont Life magazine. Josh and Barbara and daughter Anna are living in Lunenburg, Vt.
The eleventh annual Groundhog Day festivities went off on schedule at 215 Adams St., Brooklyn, N. Y., home of Roger, Anne,Todd, and Brooke Bensen. Jim Forsht is studying in Paris and living at 9 Rue Campagne Premiere. Bill Thompson is senior master at Santa Fe Preparatory School in Santa Fe, N. M. Rik VanRensselaer is in construction work at "Dam Site," Lloyd Rd., in Bernardsville, N. J., where he and Margaret are living. Duke and Bridget Hust and their children have moved from Northbrook to Winnetka, Ill. Duke is in the investment business in Chicago.
Ed Leja has been doing some skiing this winter. I ran into Ed at Stratton Mountain a few weeks ago. He is practicing law and lives in Holyoke, Mass. Skip and MargueriteSisson are in the New York area; Skip has taken a position with Robert Hart Printing on Madison Avenue. Cliff and Judy Allen and their two children have moved to Rosemont, Pa. Jon and Ann Allen and son Jay have moved to Fair Haven, N. J. Joe Cotter is studying at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, Greece. "Skeets"and "Rebel" Dill have moved to Willowdale, Ontario, where Skeets has taken the interesting position of manager of the Fragrance Division of Chesebraugh-Ponds Ltd. in Markham, Ont. Paul Gingold has moved from New York to Honolulu to take a position with Investors Continental Services. George and Debbie Haliday and daughter Emily are in Charleston, S. C. George is a lieutenant commander aboard the "USS Alexander Hamilton." Herb Hamilton is living in Guatemala City. Dick and UlkerKeesey have moved to Madison, Wis. Dickand Sally Kurts are in New York, where Dick is with Seres Shipping, Inc. BruceMeyers has moved to University City, Mo. Walt and Lynett Sell have moved to New Castle, Pa. The Strausses have moved to McKinney, Texas, and that's a big move though only from New Mexico; Tom and Kay have three sons and two daughters. Dick Rubottom is minister of the First Presbyterian Church in San Pedro, Calif. Dick and Dottie have three children and moved from Pennsylvania for Dick's new position. HankHolt is in Brussels, Belgium, where he has taken a position as sales engineer for Tomington Co., of Conn. Herm and Linda Friedman are living in Savannah, Ga., where Herm has his own business.
The next class meeting is coming up on April 16, Saturday morning at 9:30 in the Commodore Hotel in New York. REUNION, JUNE 17-19.
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