1954
Although I try to make it a policy when writing this column not to mention a classmate's name too frequently, I'm going to have to make an exception in the case of Jim Mannion. His exploits in Vietnam outpace our monthly publication. Jim has now completed 200 combat missions and holds six Air Medals! He recently was commended for participating with other F-100 Super Sabre pilots in a close air support mission for army forces engaged in heavy jungle fighting. Despite intense anti-aircraft fire, Jim and his cohorts were able to pinpoint their bombs on entrenched North Vietnamese troops just 75 meters from the U.S. ground forces. This mission enabled our army units to advance and rout the North Vietnamese.
While Jim is still in the thick of action, other classmates have safely and successfully concluded their tours of duty in Vietnam. Air Force Major Bob McCartney has returned to Plattsburgh (N. Y.) AFB after a year of flights out of Cam Ranh Bay. Dick Deaner, a medical officer aboard the aircraft carrier "Oriskany," cruising on Yankee Station in the Gulf of Tonkin, has been re-assigned to the U.S. Naval Hospital in San Diego, Calif. Not too many miles to the north, at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Marine Corps Major Jack Godfrey awaits his turn at the action. Jack is attached to a headquarters unit of the sth Marine Division.
The Vietnamese fighting at times has resulted in disruptions on the college scene today. Fortunately our campus news is all on the bright side. From the University of lowa comes word of the appointment of Dave Snow as an associate professor of law. Dave received his LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1960 and since that time has been associated with a Cleveland law firm. At Earlham College in Richmond, Ind., Chuck Martin is serving as an assistant professor and is chairman of the geology department. Chuck previously earned his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees at the University of Wisconsin. Jack Tuck is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Georgia in Athens, Ga. When not occupied at work for his doctorate, Jack acts as an instructor in the geography department.
Our medical doctors are also active in the field of education. John Fenn was recently appointed an instructor in cardiovascular surgery at the Yale Medical School. A native New Havenite, John professionally has not strayed far from home, earning his M.D. at Yale and serving his residency at Grace-New Haven Hospital. His home is in suburban Woodbridge and is shared with wife Natalie and children Linda, 5, and Billy, 3. Dr. Mike Finigan has been named a senior instructor in medicine at the University of Rochester (N. Y.) School of Medicine where he had acquired his M.D. and served his residency.
We turn now from physical to fiscal activities. The Guaranty Bank & Trust Co. of Worcester, Mass., has announced the promotion of Doug Dodge to vice president in its loan and credit division. Previously Doug had served as assistant V.P. in the commercial loan department. After banking hours, Doug acts as vice president of the Worcester Society for Advanced Management and is a member of the American Institute of Banking, Worcester Economic Club and Foreign Trade Council. He is also a member of the Budget Committee of Community Services and a Shrewsbury town representative.
The birth announcements for this column readily attest to the fact that bankers also find time for family activity. Tom and PatSayles celebrated this past Columbus Day by an arrival of their own into the new world, son, Stephen. A vice president at the Manufacturers Hanover Trust in New York City, Tom is in charge of their Time-Life Building branch. Walt and Ellie Anderson will shortly be celebrating the first birthday of son Erik, born last December 18. Helping to blow out the candles will be Richard, 11, and David, 4. Walt is a second vice president in the loan department at the Times Square office of the Chase Manhattan Bank.
Though not a banker by trade, Dan Neiditz spends a good deal of his time in the world of finance as an officer of M. J. Neiditz & Company, Inc. in Hartford, Conn. Dan is involved in commercial real estate investment and management and naturally enough for Hartford he deals in insurance matters. Recently Dan was appointed to the board of trustees of the "7 C's" Hartford's cultural fund raising organization which helps support such activities as the symphony, repertory theater, and museum. Dan is also the head of the "4 N's" which, aside from himself, consists of wife Arlene and daughters, Jennifer, 3½, and Andrea, 1½.
Not only is there strife in Vietnam and turmoil on the campus but we are now in the midst of a revolution in men's fashions. One of the leaders of this quiet uprising is Ralph Destine, who, operating out of New York City, in a period of a few years has become one of the nation's top jewelry designers for men. Ralph's strikingly colorful enamel or gold cuff links, stud sets, necklaces, key holders, sport watches and pill boxes have opened up a whole new market. Two years ago Ralph became associated with Christian Dior and now puts out two entirely different lines of men's jewelry. The Dior line ranges in price from $15 to $50 while the Destino collection, which is twice as large, runs from $7.50 to $35. To keep up with the growing demand for his jewelry, Ralph recently opened Ralph Destino Canada Ltd. in Montreal to manufacture the Dior line.
Another quiet revolution on the domestic scene is in the field of computers. One of the standard bearers in this area is Jim Love who has been named assistant to the corporate director of 1.8.M. at its main headquarters in Armonk, N. Y. Jim has moved from Waltham, Mass., where he was a systems engineering manager with 1.8.M. and now resides in Ridgefield, Conn. One final item that you'll get a charge from, George Fletcher is president of the Seneca Battery Corp. in Buffalo, N. Y.
Season's Greetings and Happy New Year to all, whether toiling on the battlefield, the campus grounds, the field of finance or even in the quiet homefront revolutions.
Cy Muromcew '55 aboard the Albatrosslast summer when he was State Department interpreter during a fish researchproject conducted jointly with a Sovietship (in background).
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