1955
Bob Wool is now putting out a small bimonthly newspaper, "Mirador," published in both English and Spanish, to assist and chronicle the work of the Inter-American Foundation for the Arts, which Bob founded four years ago and still heads. The Foundation encourages cultural exchanges between the Americas, and its board members include Rod Rockefeller '54, playwright Edward Albee, actor Paul Newman, publisher Alfred A. Knopf, writer Gore Vidal, and Andrew Heiskell, board chairman of Time, Inc. The English-language Mirador, Bob explained in an editorial in the first issue, is made possible by a grant from the National Council on the Arts. The grant is also enabling the Foundation to translate and publish literary works, to plan a series of painting, sculpture, and architectural exhibits for showing around the U.S., and to stage a fourth annual symposium bringing together artists in various fields from the U.S. and Latin America.
Bob writes enthusiastically in a Mirador editorial: "Anyone traveling through Latin America for the first time is amazed at the amount of creative work of high quality he encounters. No one has told him about the painters of Buenos Aires or Caracas; about the theater of Chile; about the architects of Brazil; about the writers of Mexico, Peru, Argentina, Uruguay."
Dick Hogarty, assistant professor of political science at Rider College, Trenton, N. J., was named by Governor Richard Hughes to be staff director of the Governor's special task force on migrant labor. Dick is taking a leave of absence from Rider for six months for his new task. He wrote his Ph.D. thesis at Princeton on "New Jersey Farmers and Migrant Housing Rules," and he was previously an assistant to Senator Harrison Williams of New Jersey, who has sponsored several recent new laws on migrants. Dick writes, "I am not sure what the final product of the task force will be at this point, but the experience ought prove to be an exciting respite from the classroom." He adds, "the Governor actually read my study" done at Princeton.
Ace Hall, '55's leading laser expert, reports that he's been promoted to manager of advanced development and requirements, surface division, at Westinghouse Electric's Defense and Space Center in Baltimore. "Translation: head of the marketing group responsible for R&D programs in ground and shipboard electronics— 100% Government customers."
In Vietnam, Air Force Captain GlennWilson is "getting in lots of flying in the F-4C Phantom - no flak hits yet. Knock on wood for me!" And that we do, with deep gratitude for the risks he's taking on behalf of all of us. At time of writing, Glenn was making plans to join his wife for leave in Hawaii, "then back to Cam Ranh Bay to finish up. Hope to be home for the harvest."
Ed Hunter's Denver advertising agency, Ekberg, DeGrofft & Hunter, merged with two firms in Minneapolis and Waterloo, lowa, and Ed is now a vice president of the merged company, Colle & McVoy Advertising. The combined annual billing is $6.5 million, arid the firm employs 70 persons in advertising, marketing, and public relations.
Alex Clark is now with Kidder, Peabody & Co., the brokerage firm, in New York, and living in Bronxville with his wife Joan and two sons. Dr. Bill DeCesare shifted from private practice in Bethesda, Md., to the National Institutes of Health, conveniently located in Bethesda. Wil Wright became a design associate on the staff of "Architectural Record," monthly professional journal published by McGraw-Hill.
Chuck Hulsebosch reports that he and Elizabeth had their sixth child, Howard Peter, on October 25, and that on January 23 - none too late—he was promoted to treasurer of United Fruit Company. He started with the company in mid-1963 as assistant to the treasurer, then became assistant treasurer in 1965. As treasurer, his first undertaking was to "tour our Central American operation for three weeks in February, finishing up with a week in Jamaica."
The loyal wives report: Fred and NanDarche had their fourth, Gail Christine, December 5. Mrs. Tom Hardenbergh writes that he is a director of Freeman/Hardenbergh Associates, Inc., architects and urban designers, in Cambridge, Mass. She adds that they "still live in Weston, but take the waters in Gloucester, Mass., during the summer." Jim Tremblay was transferred by General Electric from Schenectady to Philadelphia, and they built a Colonial home 30 minutes out in the country, in Pennsylvania Dutch territory. Maryellen Tremblay writes that "we have a farmers' market below our hill and the Amish farmers come to shop with horse and buggy. The local people still ride to tl.e hounds around here." She adds that last spring, before they left Schenectady, she taught school in a special program under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. "Enjoyed the one-to-one relationship and feel the program is a great help to these children falling below grade level." Jim is in GE's Missile and Space division, and took the family along when he had to visit Cape Kennedy recently. Five-year-old son Chris had a fine time touring the missile areas.
Nick Fenney was promoted last year to director of marketing and sales for the Waterbury Companies, Inc., in Waterbury, Conn. The company does custom injection and compression molding of plastics. Nick previously was plant manager of Waterbury's Injection Molding division in Randolph, Vt. He and his wife Judy and their two children live in Cheshire, Conn. DanDanneman is with Wm. White Real Estate in Scarsdale, N. Y. Brace Justice, a chemistry Ph.D. with Dow Chemical in Midland, Mich., writes that he's "in tenth year of first marriage (God forbid any more) with two kids, one of each kind."
Jim Donohue was appointed an assistant district attorney in Worcester, Mass. Jim lives in Clinton, was formerly town counsel, and is chairman of the Clinton School Committee. Bob Fixter was named a general partner in the Philadelphia office of J. W. Sparks & Co.; he's in the municipal bond department.
Bob Prull, who lives in Monroe, N. J., and is president of the Maple Leaf Manufacturing Company, in Cranbury, was appointed to the State Use Industries Advisory Committee of New Jersey's Department of Institutions and Agencies. State Use Industries is part of a prison rehabilitation program, intended to provide useful activity for prisoners, and help them develop job skills they can use after prison. Bob has had a hand in a variety of businesses, and is also a deacon of the First Presbyterian Church of Jamesburg, a director of the New Brunswick-Raritan Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Jamesburg Chamber, a trustee of the Southern Middlesex Hospital Association, chairman of the Monroe Industrial Advisory Committee, and chairman of the Southern District, Middlesex Council, Boy Scouts of America.
John Elkas married Regina Ann Mrozinski in East Orange, N. J. She was originally from Wilkes-Barre, Pa., graduated from Mercy Hospital School of Nursing there, and is on the staff of the Veterans Administration Hospital in East Orange. John went through New York College of Medicine and practices pediatrics in Kearny.
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