1933
I can think of half a dozen '33ers who have given much of themselves for Dartmouth but none more than Don D'Arcy who so deservedly was presented with the Dartmouth Alumni Award at the annual meeting of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Manchester. You will find the citation in another part of this issue. I know you all join me in saying "well done," Don, and we are all proud of you and happy for you.
Most of you read the severe criticism of Mac George Bundy of the Ford Foundation of the meager support given to educational institutions by the very people who most benefitted from them. The 1967 Alumni Fund is drawing to a close. Might it be a good time for each of us to have one last look at ourselves to see whether our gift to Dartmouth is realistic in terms of what our material success has been? Many sacrificed much to make the College what it was for us. Are we doing our part for the College of the future?
Wes Beattie met with Larry Reeves, PageWorthington, Charlie Grob, Don Lincoln,Dick Lyon, Cal Milans, John Monagan,Jim Pimper, Ros Thorstenberg, and NedLord at the Touchdown Club in Washington in April. Wes was down there on Army assignment and Larry and Page rounded the fellows up for this informal get-together. They had a fine time reminiscing and all agreed that wherever there is any concentration of '33, an occasional informal, unprogrammed meeting would be fun for any who made the slight effort to attend. I would be happy to get a list of the fellows in your particular area for anyone who would spearhead such an effort as did Larry and Page in this instance. Wes says "There wasn't a guy there whom you wouldn't recognize after 34 years out. Seriously, there was surprisingly little change in appearance and none carrying too many pounds over college weight. Ten out of eleven still had hair!"
Bill Quinn's new address is the Court House in Canton, Ohio, where he is judge in the Common Pleas Court. Manny Sprague's new address is in Washington, D. C., and this would seem to indicate a change in his business responsibilities. Please bring us up-to-date, Manny. Burt Hack is now president and treasurer of the F. W. Kendrick Co. Inc. in Plymouth, N. H. He was previously general manager according to my records. Stan Colla has been moved to the New York headquarters of Mobil Oil Corp. on special assignment. He has been for some time New England Division Manager. Colver Gordon, manager of corporate policies and procedures for Itek Corp., is the new international president of Systems and Procedures Association. He moved up from the vice presidency. Congratulations to all of these fellows on their assumption of new and important responsibilities.
Joan and Ed Foley and Dorrie andGeorge Drowne attended the most recent Dartmouth Horizons program. George is Director of Development at Mary Hitchcock and he was so impressed by the Horizons program that he is hoping to get a somewhat similar program started at the hospital. And while we are mentioning George, let me bring you a little information about him and his family. After leaving Dartmouth in 1933, he attended the New York School of Social Work and Columbia University and acquired a diploma in community organization. In succession he worked for the town of Middletown, N. Y., the American Red Cross, the U.S. Government from '42 to '46 achieving the rank of Lt. Commander in the USNR, New Hampshire Citizens Council for General Welfare, the American Heart Association, the Scarsdale, N. Y., Social Service Council, Perkin Elmer Corp., and Amos Tuck School where he was Director of Admissions and Student Personnel. As mentioned above his responsibility at Mary Hitchcock is as Director of Development in which job he is responsible for financing planned improvements and expansion. The current program is $12,500,000. He was for five years director of executive placement for the American Management Assn. and has been active in many community organizations over the years.
Dorrie and George have a son, Peter, who graduated from Dartmouth in '62 and went on to U.C.L.A. for his master's in theatre arts. Pete married Elizabeth Thayer who presented the Drownes with their first grandson in November 1964 and another grandchild may have arrived by the time you read this. Pete and his family are living in Virginia and he is with the Film Service Division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture currently directing his fourth film this for the Office of Defense.
Billy Lewis, executive vice president of Franklin National Bank, was recently elected a director. Bill Dowling celebrated his 21st anniversary with the pharmaceutical firm of Burroughs, Wellcome & Co. in Tuckahoe, N. Y. He is vice president, general counsel, and secretary treasurer.
George Theriault tells me that Muggs D'Arcy is editing a cook book for the Colonial Dames to raise money for the "Strawberry Banke" restoration at Portsmouth, N. H. He also tells me that they had a wonderful visit with the Payne Knickerbockers when in San Francisco on the trip Bob Fox told you about in the Newsletter. George and Ray have an interesting year ahead of them. Ray will again serve this summer as Dean of Women and Assistant Dean of Summer Programs in Hanover. They are winding up six years as faculty residents in one of the dorms and will move into Ray's family home in Norwich which they are remodelling and redecorating.
George has been particularly interested in colonialism in French Canada and the Comparative Studies Center is sending him to Quebec in September for further on-the-scene study of the French Canadian relationships. In January Ray and George will go to Europe on a combined study, travel, and skiing jaunt. George expects to do research at the British Museum and at the National Library in Paris on the Acadians. The winter term is his sabbatical and he is swapping teaching the spring term for a teaching assignment in the summer session of the summer of '69. They will see their daughter Marcia Chappaz, her husband Rene and grandson Alain in France. Marcia is a Hood College graduate and son, George Jr., a graduate of Middlebury and currently in the news as a sky diver. George has been Professor of Sociology and Lincoln Filene Professor of Human Relations at Dartmouth since 1936. And for ten years from 1943 to 1953 kept the Class of '33 together as combined secretary-chairman.
Have a great summer - see you all in October.
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