1933
I would guess that more than half of our class have filled appointive or elective offices in the communities in which they have lived. Some of our classmates as you have been aware over the years have gone beyond the political activities in their towns and cities. Five of these come readily to mind. BobCoulson, after serving as mayor of Waukegan, Ill., served in the Illinois House from 1956 to 1962 when he was elected to the State Senate. Jack Manchester served in the New Hampshire House for the 1965 term and was reelected in November for the 1966 term, leading his ticket. John Monagan was reelected to his fifth consecutive term in the U.S. House of Representatives having first gone to Congress in 1958 after serving as mayor of Waterbury, Conn. Harry Osborne led his ticket in being reelected to the Union County Board of Freeholders in New Jersey. This will be his third term on the county governing body. Hank Smith was elected to his first term in the U. S. House of Representatives in 1966 and ran for reelection in November. I am going out on a limb and saying he was reelected but I really don't know this. If there are others who are now serving or who have served at levels above town or city in elective office, I would like to hear from you (or your wives if you are too modest) so I can mention it in these notes. 1933 is proud of the service its members give at all government levels.
Vin Merrill is currently president of the Boston Society of Landscape Architects and has written a most interesting article for the monthly publication of the Associated Industries of Massachusetts on the function of the landscape architect in enhancing and preserving the natural beauty when commerce and industry erect new buildings and manufacturing plants. Vin is a partner of Shurcliff & Merrill Landscape Architects. Forrie Branch was honored by the New Hampshire Association of Health for long and loyal service to New Hampshire High Schools along with ten other New Hampshire athletic coaches. And mentioning Forrie, you may have noticed that in last month's notes I said there were nine '33's in the Hanover area and proceeded to name eight! In copying my notes I somehow skipped Forrie's name — so sorry, coach. Sure hope I didn't miss anyone else. And summer residents include Nat Leonard,George Smith, and Hobie VanDuesen.
Colver Gordon, manager of corporate policies and procedures for Itek Corporation, is vice president of the Systems and Procedures Association. This is a 5500- member organization of administrative executives and specialists in systems work from the U.S. and many foreign countries. Paul Cleaves, audio-visual director for the Weymouth, Mass., public schools joined Bailey Films, Inc. of California as consultant. Marshall Newman has moved from Portland State College to the University of Washington as professor of anthropology. The change of address for Hunter Hicks from Palatine, Ill., to Hilton Head Island, S. C., is of interest. Does this mean, Hunter, that you have retired from the steel business and gone into golfing retirement? Please drop me a line and bring me up-to-date.
To wrap up the football season - ArchLade and Gobin Stair were the only '33's that I know attended the Holy Cross game. This information courtesy Arch. And the final game in Hanover, Columbia, brought out the following: Drownes, Kimballs, Manny Sprague and daughter, Ripleys, MacCarthys, Teahans, D'Arcys, Theriaults, George Smiths, Gordy Ingram, Piersons and more than likely others I did not see including the Mecks who had a number of '33's in for cocktails after the game. We had house guests for the weekend so, unfortunately, missed seeing those of you who were in attendance.
Had a wonderful letter from Jeff Davis describing their experiences in England, Ireland, Iceland, and Wales during the first two months of their trip abroad.
A few quickie sketches of classmates from the questionnaires. Day Krolik lives with his wife, Jean, and daughter, Elizabeth, in Birmingham, Mich. Their son, Day III, is a freshman at Dartmouth (and I imagine spends a little time in Birmingham, too). Day is vice president and treasurer of The Krolik Corporation in Detroit and is a member of the Michigan Retailers Assn., Detroit Assn. Credit Management, Sigma Pi Sigma and an officer of the Detroit Wholesalers Association. He is active in the Unitarian Church and in the Cranbrook Tennis Club.
Perhaps the most newsworthy member of the Class of '33 over the years has been our first secretary, John Stephen Monagan. As mentioned above John returns to Congress for the fifth time and the list of his committee assignments in the House is a long and impressive one and have been mentioned in this column from time to time so I'll not repeat them here. His political career started on the Waterbury, Conn., Board of Aldermen, thence to mayor and on to Congress. He is a member of several bar associations, fraternal groups, societies, and on the boards of the Waterbury Savings Bank, Mattatuck Historical Society. But for those of you who may have forgotten, he married Rosemary Brady in 1949 and they have two sons, Charles 16, Michael 15, and three daughters, Mary 13, Laura 9, and Susan 5.
Dr. Gerry Krosnick and his wife, Helen, live in New Haven, Conn., where Gerry practices in the field of obstetrics and gynecology (Gerry is a graduate of Jefferson Medical School). The Krosnicks' daughter Ellen is a senior at the Connecticut College for Women. Gerry, I still have a picture from the old New York Tribune taken on that cold spring day when Dartmouth students blossomed out in shorts and you were in the front row and your goose bumps were showing! I'm afraid shorts are no longer exciting in Hanover - in fact an occasional bikini has been reported on Main Street!
Let's all get ready to do our very best to make 1933 shine in the 1967 Alumni Fund campaign.
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