1941
When he mailed in his Class dues to LouYoung (as I hope all of you have done or will do in the immediate future), Col. SolLifton enclosed a note which read as follows: "Just received the Legion of Merit medal for 'outstanding research in bioastronautics.' I am now TUSLOG Surgeon, with medical responsibilities extending from Crete and Greece on the west to Pakistan on the east. Hit with the Turkish earthquake shortly after arriving in Ankara, Turkey, and was in charge of directing USAF medical aid to victims in the field. Treated 1300 people."
A letter from John Bowers to BruceFriedlich reads in part as follows: "This must be just about the most remote spot in the world as far as the Class of '41 is concerned. I can't remember having talked to one member of our Class since last year's reunion. All of which means that I can't add much to Dutch's column as far as others are concerned.
"As for me, there has been pretty much of the same. I did pick up a different title since last June, however, replacing Director - Dealership Identification Program with Director, Corporate Identity Office. Actually the new responsibility includes what I was doing before (responsibility for identification of our North American dealers) plus the rest of our increasing corporate identity activities. This covers everything from business forms and advertising to facility identification for all of the worldwide Ford companies.
"It would be nice to report that my travels have been exotic with this kind of assignment. If you call Tennessee, Toronto and Philadelphia exotic - go to it. Perhaps the new year will change the picture.
"The news that Bob Thomas will be our Alumni Fund Head Agent is most welcome. He should do a great job. Just tell him that my contribution will be spurring him on by buying ever increasing amounts of plastic from Rohm & Haas (too bad he's in the wrong division).
"Sorry there isn't more meat in this for Dutch's column - which just proves that some of us must be anti-social."
A note from Bob Thomas states that he was "clobbered" by Bruce Friedlich, DanProvost, Lou Young, and three martinis into accepting the assignment as Class Agent. Regardless of how he got the job. Bob is now hard at work with his assistant agents, and you will all be hearing from one or another of them during the next few months as the annual Alumni Fund picks up steam. Bob also reported that he had talked to Carl Krogh's wife, Mary, who reported that Carl had had a promotion. It wasn't clear from Bob's note whether Mary was uncertain of the nature of the promotion or whether Bob talked to her after the three martinis, but Bob believes that Carl is now vice president of Firth-Sterling, Inc. in Pittsburgh.
Frank Simpson reports that he and his whole family spent Christmas in the Bahamas, as a result of which he is too broke to smoke. He also said that he sees GrantHesser occasionally, and that at the time of his note he was hard at work on arrangements for the Dartmouth Glee Club appearance in Cincinnati which was scheduled for sometime in March.
Dan ("Veep") Provost sent along the following note: "I took my daughter, Ellen (10), to buy a Siamese kitten recently, and (how small can the world be?), the owner in Morristown, four miles away, was Mrs. Gordon Ide. I hadn't seen Gordon since graduation but remembered his name and face immediately. He is a chemist and technical director of the Brooklyn Paint and Varnish Company. His wife, Barbara, has her own interview program on radio station WHBI in New York City - 'The Barbara Buchanan Show' - so, naturally, I made a date for a science writer to make a guest appearance on her show to talk about (what else?) the charcoal granule filter on Lark cigarettes. Gordon is very active in the local United Campaign. He and Barbara have two very attractive children, Timothy, age 10, and Sara, age 8."
Red O'Connor writes to say that he refused the opportunity to serve as president of his civic organization (not otherwise identified) for a third term, so that he could concentrate on his duties and responsibilities as a member of the executive board of his hometown Parent-Teachers Association, and as chairman of its School and Community Relations Committee.
Tom Willers missed the Executive Committee meeting on March 1. The reason he gave was that he was going to be in Europe on that date, but, since he did not elaborate on his statement, I can't give you any further information regarding his trip.
Dick Hill also missed the March 1 meeting for the same reason that Tom gave. Dick, however, did go on to say that he would be in London and Paris with Polly visiting branches of the First National Bank of Boston in those cities. It would almost appear that "Prexy" could have come as close to getting a quorum for his Executive Committee meeting if he had called it for some central spot on the western European continent.
Lew Johnstone missed the Executive Committee meeting, too. His reply indicated that he was going to be in New York the last week in February, but couldn't squeeze an extra day for the March 1 get-together. Lew also added that he had been tapped to be the ticket chairman for the Cincinnati concert of the Dartmouth Glee Club, so it would appear that between him and FrankSimpson 1941 was well represented at the concert.
Bruce Brown checked in from San Francisco to report that he couldn't make the Executive Committee meeting but that he planned to be in New York City in late May enroute to Europe. Perhaps "Prexy" could schedule another meeting to coincide with Brace's itinerary so that we can report the attendance of a West Coast representative at one of our Executive Committee meetings this year.
Bruce also wrote that he spent New Year's Eve at Alpine Meadows, Lake Tahoe, with Don Ross, his wife Betsey, and their family at their new ski lodge. He said that they skied during the day and partied most of the night. (Naturally!) He reports that Don is well and has a wonderful family.
Pete Jacobsen missed the Executive Committee meeting, but he wasn't in Europe, he was in South America! A note from him reads as follows: "Lately I've been on the usual Caribbean and Latin America circuit for Standard Oil Co. (N. J.). I have made two trips to Buenos Aires in recent months, my first south of the equator in the Western Hemisphere. I spent a few days in Quito in December, and I opened the New Year with business in such diverse places as Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Trinidad. My second son, Kenneth, has been accepted for the Class of '71, to join David, now a sophomore, on the Hanover Plain next September. This will make three offspring out of the nest and one remaining to fill the void at home.
"I see an average of one classmate per year in these distant parts, but I can fall back on the Christmas mail. Dave Bryan, mender of limbs to the skiing world at Stowe, Vt., writes as follows of his three young men: Dave Jr., a ski instructor in the Jackson Hole country; Adrian 'Skip' (Class of '66) teaching English at Portland, Oregon, Country Day School; and Chris, a Williams freshman. Pete Scott sends a note saying that his oldest son (Class of '67, St. Lawrence University), Peter F. Jr., made him a father-in-law last August."
Stew Steffey wrote to say that he was planning to go skiing with Jim Eckels' family in mid-February. We have had no reports of any catastrophes so we can only hope that Stew and Jim had a successful skiing holiday.
I reported to you last month on LouYoung's return to Hanover for the Freshman Father-Son weekend, and the '41ers whom he saw on that trip. I neglected to report also that his son Lou and HughKenworthy's son Tom are freshman roommates in 206 Russell Sage.
Warner Bishop, who has made the society pages for the last month or so with his engagement and wedding, now makes the financial page with a recent announcement in the Wall Street Journal that he was elected a director of Intex Oil Co., a subsidiary of Bell Intercontinental Corp., which is a subsidiary of Equity Corp. The article indicated that Bish was also a member of the board of Bell Intercontinental Corp.
Incidentally, this particular column in the Journal captioned "Who's News" was dominated by Dartmouth '41ers, since the announcement of Unc Richardson's election as Executive Vice President of Eaton & Howard, which I reported in last month's notes, appeared directly below the announcement about Bish.
I regret having to bring these notes to a close with the announcement of the death of another classmate. Harry Brubaker died suddenly of a heart attack on March 6. Harry and his brother liquidated the Brubaker Paper Company late last year and he had been working since for another paper distributor, Ailing & Cory in Pittsburgh. The deepest sympathies of the Class are extended to his wife, Jane, and their small children, Stacy, age 7, and Harry, age 3.
There is only one address change for you this month as follows: Alden T. Hinson, 481 Avenue Moliere, Brussels 18, Belgium.
Don't forget the 1967 Alumni Fund Drive is under way, and after our recordbreaking 25-year gift to the College, the Class of 1941 has a proud tradition to uphold. Bob Thomas, his assistants, and the Executive Committee are hoping each of you will do his best to help us to uphold this tradition.
Secretary, P.O. Box 547 Nashua, N. H. 03060
Class Agent, 312 Parkridge Run Mountainside, N. J. 07092
