1957

By the time you read this column, the Big '57 Blitz Campaign for the AF will be history. I have a great deal of confidence that we will have surpassed our objectives and shattered past records. However, for all you stragglers who didn't get with the Blitz whirlwind, there is no time like the present to make that all-important contribution.

Fred Norton recently became involved in the political scene in upstate New York. Fred was appointed as an aide to Rep. Henry Smith '33 of North Tonawanda, N. Y. Fred represents the Congressman principally in the Erie County portion of the 4th Congressional District.

According to the grapevine, Bill Uffelman has established a law practice in Wilmington, Del. Apparently Bill is still a member of the bachelor set.

Our man in Moscow, Will Brooks, has returned to the States after a year and a half stay in the U.S.S.R. While in Moscow, Will was one of 31 graduate students and young faculty members from the U.S. selected for research in the U.S.S.R. According to Will: "The Russians are showing less and less hesitance in displaying their curiosity. It is a reflection that now they have less fear of the government and do not fear retribution for their curiosity ... people are interested in communicating with us. Nevertheless there is a mutual recognition of the serious differences between our two countries. For this reason Russia will not talk politics, but the communication that evolves around other areas is stimulating and rewarding. ...The omnipresence of the government makes Moscow depressingly bureaucratic. Outside of Moscow the presence of the Soviet government is not felt. In Moscow one finds 20-foot posters of political leaders which people seem to ignore as much as we ignore TV commercials, but there are few posters or political icons anywhere else. . . . The new government seems willing to trade Marxist idealism for a more realistic ideology with Marxist overtones. They admit that capitalism is a success, for example, and are making attempts to answer consumer needs." Presently, Will is completing his doctoral program at Stanford University.

Last January, Tony Bodine and Elke Zettl were married in New Jersey. Tony's new bride is a native of Stuttgart, Germany. Tony is a vice president and manager of Bodine Lumber.

Up in the great Northwest, Fred Shanaman has been advising small to mediumsized business via his management consulting firm, Rainier Corp. of Tacoma, Wash. As a consultant, Fred advises on everything from private placements of capital to daily management procedure.

Al Taylor is stationed at the U.S. Army Hospital in Osaka, Japan. Al, who is an M.D., is serving his tour of duty as an ophthalmologist attached to the hospital.

Brevits: John Griffin is associated with the Gray Company of Japan which is located in Tokyo. Len Johnson has the title of Chief Engineer-Connector Division, Transition Electronics. Len lives in Topsfield, Mass. John Lange is a member of the staff at the International Monetary Fund in Washington, D. C. Another Washingtonian, Vie Kohl is an associate at the law firm Howrey, Simon, Baker and Murchison.

That's it 'til the Merry Month of May.

Dick Kaukas '65 (r) and his bride Gailon the day of their wedding in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, with Rod Hinkle '57.Dick and his wife are Peace Corps teachers. Rod, after gaining his Ph.D. degreeat Columbia, became Syracuse Universityoverseas representative in Tanzania. Hereturns to the University in September.

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