1955

Air Force pilot Jim Waldman was promoted to major, and last summer completed the Army parachute school at Fort Benning, Ga. He writes, "In August I was transferred from the cockpit to Syracuse University, where I'm a full-time student pursuing an M.B.A. under the AFIT program." (Could that stand for Air Force Internal Turbulence?) Jim says he'll complete the degree in June, 1968, and "after that, who knows? My guess is that I'll go back to flying and operations." He recalls that last year at holiday time, "I was in Southeast Asia, so I'm having it particularly merry Christmas with Ann and the children."

Pete Branch flies again! He is now wearing the silver wings of an American Airlines flight officer, having completed training at American's flight school in Chicago. Pete served as an Air Force pilot from 1956 to 1959. He earned an M.B.A. in accounting at Wharton and worked as an auditor for American Cyanamid Company in Wayne, N. J., before returning to a flying career. Pete will make his home in the New York City area where he has been based.

Pete Kernaghan reports that he left Columbia's College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1965 and shifted, to the State University of New York at Stony Brook, Long Island, where he's an assistant professor of biology. He comments, "I enjoy teaching and research here very much, and try not to forget what it is like to be a sophomore biology major!"

Phil Kleinschmidt, entering a sly sales pitch, says he's now in Kansas City as regional sales manager for Minute Maid Co., "responsible for sales and marketing in eight states for Minute Maid, Snow Crop, Real Gold, and Hi-C fruit drinks." (Such a faithful reproduction of the entire list should encourage lots of letters to the class secretary.)

The '55 wives - bless 'em - help keep us all informed of our classmates' doings. lex Levy, writes Helen, is a partner in the Houston Corrugated Box Co., which has just built a 125,000-square-foot office, plant, and warehouse building that "competes with the Astrodome in scope." Also, says Helen, Tex "is a 'factor' in squash circles - ranked third in Texas and is 'making his move.' " Lyn Brock's wife reports that he was elected executive vice president of the Mobile Industrial Caterers Association at its 1966 convention in Chicago, and is also on the board of directors of North Eastern Hospital in Philadelphia.

Class Poet Dave Wang visited Hong Kong in August and September last year with his wife, after spending the early part of the summer "in Aspen with poets Robert Creeley and Paul Blackburn." He's now "back to full swing of Ph.D. studies at U.S.C." "The Cassia Tree," a collection of translations done by Dave and the late William Carlos Williams, was published in "New Directions #19." Also, Dave writes, he's "worked on Samoan and Hawaiian poems, which will be out in a Doubleday Anthology of Primitive and Archaic Poetry, edited by Jerome Rothenberg."

Bob Bagdasarian was made a partner in the New York law firm of Breed, Abbott & Morgan, and Dr. Ev Borghesani, back from military service, opened a practice in oral surgery in conjunction with another dentist, in Philadelphia. He lives in suburban St. Davids. Bill Contini is now practicing medicine in Binghamton, N. Y.

Al Keith writes, "after five years I finally paid Bruce Alexander the three bucks I owed him."

Al and Irrna Pianca had a baby girl, Analicia Teresa, on November 23; Al teaches Romance languages at Hobart College in Geneva, N. Y. Pete and Mary Knoke welcomed their first child, John David, last October 2; they're in Syracuse, N. Y.

Eye surgeon Len Kogan was elected president of the Maryland Academy of Ophthalmology. He's also an instructor at the University of Maryland medical school, and he organized a drive that brought polio immunization to 70 per cent of the 2 million people in the Washington, D. C., area. Len says he's now working to develop a medical center complex in suburban Montgomery County, Md.; "have 50 acres and trying to get another 100."

Dave Lowry became a general partner in the New York odd-lot firm of Carlisle & Jacquelin; he's a member of the New York Stock Exchange, and is a floor partner. Dan Anzel received his doctorate from the U.C.L.A. School of Public Health, Division of Medical and Hospital Administration. His dissertation was on "Hospital-Health Department Relationships and Their Effects." On completing his degree, Dan was asked to join the school's faculty, and he began his new job on January 1.

Gene Elsbree has been appointed advertising manager for Hills Bros. Coffee, Inc. He is responsible for advertising and packaging. Since joining Hills Bros, in 1962, Gene has participated in all phases of the company's advertising activities, serving as assistant to the director of advertising since 1964. Prior to 1959 he worked for Lane Publishing in California. He and Marcy anc their two sons make their home in Atherton, Calif.

Bob MacFadyen and his wife Mary Lou, who's a TWA stewardess, spent Christmas in Rome with the help of passes from - guess who - TWA. But the MacFadyens live in Yonkers, and Bob reports that in a recent party there, he found John Bassctte and Tom Schoonmaker "still in good voice." Roger Young confirms that he's "still FBI-ing it." He adds: "I find the work an interesting and vital challenge, but the details will just have to wait.... Maybe one of these days I'll be writing my book." Despite the veil of secrecy, Roger comments that "there is a good deal of routine, but the lively moments are unforgettable."

Carl Weisenfeld married Barbara Greenspun on September 11, in her home in Fairfield, Conn. She's a graduate of the University of Connecticut's College of Pharmacy, and is a registered pharmacist. She formerly worked at Rockefeller University and is now at the Warner-Lambert Research Institute in Morris Plains, N. J. The Weisenfelds live in nearby East Orange, and Carl specializes in estate planning with the Newark law firm of Hannoch, Weisman, Stern & Besser.

Chet and Debbie Gale, now in Rochester, N. Y., hiked to Ithaca for the Cornell game last fall, "and reunioned with Eliot Smiihs,Doug Archibalds, and Gordie Russell." Chet also reports a trip to Las Vegas in November - business, no doubt.

Jack Bailey, according to wife Sally, "is a year closer to a Ph.D. (in education, at the University of Florida) - still installs lawn irrigation systems in his spare time." New Jersey stockbroker John Levitas writes, "I'm still here despite a bad market." He adds: "Unfortunately or fortunately, I'm still single...."

Fran Perry reports that Hart, on the staff of Kent School in Kent, Conn., "lives a busy day with many titles on his door: Director of Studies and College Placement officially, Head Crew Coach and Assistant Hockey Coach athletically, volunteer Fire Department and cabin builder recreationally. In June, Hart took the Kent crew to England to row in the Henley Royal Regatta while I maintained my title of Motherat-Home, gaily gathering martyr points."

Bill and Constance Kehoe are in print together, co-authors of what one reviewer termed "a different kind of travel book," "Enjoying Ireland," published last fall by pevin-Adair. It's based on their year together in Ireland on Fulbright Scholarships. They discuss enthusiastically many aspects of Irish life from love to love of conversation, and include a guide to places and things, including bargains, restaurants, and canoe and horseback trips around the Emerald Isle. Bill now practices law in Boston, and his wife is an associate professor of English at Wheelock College, specializing in Irish literature. She's also a professional photographer, and many of her photos illustrate the book.

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