1940
My foreign correspondents have really come through this month - brightening my heart and my son's as well (he collects stamps). Scotty Rogers did the whole Pacific bit, in the name of Parker-Hanafin business, from Japan to Australia with stops in between at exotic sounding places. I haven't heard if his European plans have jelled yet, but a trip in that direction was in the planning stage, as well. Last month I gave you a change of address for ElmerBrowne in Brussels, and a few days after the information was printed another change came through for him. After July 1 Joyce and Brownie will be found at 8 Winchester Road, Summit, N. J. This move stateside must have a good story behind it which I look forward to hearing.
After all these years it was a most welcome pleasure to hear from Jake Hannestad who has apparently lived most of his life overseas, at least the last ten years of it. His career, since his days as a Senior Fellow, has been in the field of electrical engineering and he has pursued it throughout the western part of this country, South America, Pakistan, Lebanon, Ethiopia, England, France, and the past two years in Italy. His letter came from Libya where he was for a week, and was his fourth trip to the dark continent. That's pretty good for a guy who wrote in our 25-year Book that he had been everyplace but Africa! He and Marjorie are transferring their "welcome mat" to Germany this summer although they hate to leave Rome, where Jake's love of Classics has come to a full bloom. Maybe by our 30th reunion the Hannestads will be stateside again and we can hear of their interesting life at first hand.
Jack Fitzgerald was a European traveler with his daughter, Sheila. His card came from Ireland. Don and Ruby Rainie also postcarded news from their jaunt out of the country when they flew to St. Croix to rent "Disbro," the lovely home Diz and Brownie built on a golf course there. While we were having the last pangs of a long winter the Rainies were finding hot summer days full of swimming, fishing, and touring, and nights full of steel bands, Haitian dancers, and rum swizzles. They spent some time with Bob and June Austin who live in Frederiksted nine months a year, operating a guest house and many other activities throughout the island. The lush postcards Don sent whetted my appetite for we are joining a group next February at "Disbro" and along with the Bruchs, Rogers, Cockleys, and Davenports will partake of these pleasures first hand.
The last epistle from overseas came from Colonel Joe Bird who was recently transferred to Hickam Field. Roberta and their three kids will join him in June. Since his arrival in Hawaii in March he has had a two-week duty in Vietnam and Thailand. As vice-commander of the Ist Weather Wing, Joe will be responsible for all of the weather service to the USAF and U.S. Army in the Pacific. His last visit to the Southeast Asia area was in 1965 and he noted with real pride the advances made in weather stations in that region. In many instances the facilities approximate the stateside standards. Joe, too, expects and hopes to be back for our 30th!
The last overseas item concerns John Drew Ingersoll who has come up with an APO number. Jack is a Lieutenant Colonel now located out there somewhere with the Second General Hospital.
Fred Pillsbury, who recently retired from the Superior Court bench in Massachusetts, is a new vice-president of that state's Bar Association. Also down in the Bay State, Fred Miller was recently elected vice-president and controller of the Boston Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Company. Ted joined this insurer of property and equipment of large industrial corporations in 1956 as Controller. He is currently serving as president of the Financial Executives Institute of Boston.
Bill Reid was elected a director of the Hartford Electric Light Company at its spring meeting. His main vocation is as executive vice-president of the Torrington Company and he is also on the board of governors of the Hungerford Hospital, a director of the Hartford Steam Boiler Insurance Company, and on the advisory board of the Hartford National Bank and Trust Company. Taking on yet another assignment in regional business development is Don McMahon, appointed executive director of the Colorado Olympic Commission. His employer has made him available for the next ten months while Denver is bidding to host the 1976 winter Olympic games. If he's successful, and we all hope he is, maybe he will be able to wangle a pass to the press parking lot for us.
In our nation's capital, Sumner Peterson has been appointed executive vice-president of Alfred Bell Associates, supervisor of employee benefit programs through establishing health, welfare, and pension trust funds. As well as being responsible for funds providing benefits for more than one hundred thousand individuals, Sumner will supervise all administrative and operational functions of Fund Administration, Inc., and Bell Data Processing Company. His wife, Phyllis, is one of the two female members of the American Stock Exchange whence he doubtless gets some sage advice for his fund portfolios;
Creight and Jean Holden took their family to Vail for some spring skiing and had "so much fun we should have been charged double." Creight is chairman of the board of the Michigan State Chamber of Commerce, and in addition is putting in endless hours with the Romney-for-President office. He would appreciate hearing from any classmates willing to help out in this cause.
Bachelor Jack McDonald hosted and cooked a fabulous spread for some classmates at his Manhattan pad not long ago. It was reported by Bud Hewitt that he and Louise, Hugh and Joan Dryfoos, Dick andBarbara Warner, Ray and Barbara Hotaling, and Johnny Newman enjoyed the splendid hospitality. Incidentally the Hewitts, Dryfooses, and Lakes are the only ones to sign up for the Hanover rooms I am holding for the October 14 Class reunion. How about you, and you, and you?
One morning in the middle of April I found a picture in the Times of Don Fox and the announcement of his election to the newly created position of vice-president for public relations and advertising for the Bendix Corporation. Congratulations, Don, and thanks for making that particular coffee break more fun.
Another new title is gracing Pete Shedden's door and it reads vice-president - finance, of the Bernz-O-Matic Corporation. After Tuck School Pete became a CPA and has had experience in this field in the Rochester area ever since.
Joe Dunford is one of the Class' leading experts in the film industry. He is a founder and president of Pelican Films, a leading producer of TV commercials and industrial films. Joe's love of the photographic process stems from his editorship of the Dartmouth Pictorial many years back. In recognition of his talents and service to the industry, Joe has just been elected president of the Film Producers Association where he hopes to further the proposals made by Mayor Lindsay to create more feature films production in New York City into the industrial and TV commercial fields.
Had a phone call from Sid Phillips yesterday who was in Hanover making final plans for entering his son into the Class of 1971 next September. Sid is to be on the faculty of Northeastern next year. Another classmate with a boy coming here in the fall is Bad Swenson who wrote that Kevin is to be entering our Alma Mater. I know there are to be others but I haven't gotten the full list yet.
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