1950
Summer, 1968 has drawn to a pleasant close, and with its demise your scribe once again applies his quill to the D.A.M. column! Welcome to the 1968-69 series.
First and foremost, I'm about to attend the "Freshman Luncheon" in Hartford at which Joe Medlicott's son, Alexander, will be one of 13 fellows from this area to be honored as members of the Class of 1972. Also, New York City's Bob Kelly will have a second son, Ken, join his older brother Stan on the Hanover Plain this year.
Three '50's and their wives were enrolled in Dartmouth's Alumni College for the August 11-22 session. Kingsley and MaureenJarvis, Marvin and Louise Stephens, and Gerry and Virginia Sarno were in the Hanover classrooms for the well attended event. Gerry, who is to be our 20th Reunion Chairman, recently was promoted by Bethlehem Steel Corporation to assistant manager of sales, New York.
Elsewhere on the business front, JamesL. Myers has joined Charles Pfizer & Company, Inc. of New York City as controller of the Pfizer Leeming/Pacquin Divisions. Jim formerly was manager of corporate planning for the Campbell Soup Company. The Myers clan, four children strong, have moved to 27 Deacon's Lane, Wilton, Conn. June 1 saw G. Williams Reid assume the position of general counsel of Western Publishing Company, Inc., where he also has been elected secretary of the corporation. He has moved to 5118 Park Place, Racine, Wis. 53402 from Cleveland, where he had been with SCM's Glidden Durkee Division.
Frank R. Dickinson has moved his family including wife, Joanne and their six children to 155 Randall Drive, Suffield, Conn. 06078 in connection with his promotion to vice president of sales, Moore Drop Forging Company of Springfield, Mass., which is a subsidiary of the Eastern Stainless Steel Corporation. Frank previously was manager of super alloy sales of the Eastern Mill division.
At General Foods Corporation, F. Kent Mltchel has been named director of advertising services. It appears that Kent did a fine job of filling your kids and mine up with Kool-Aid, for he has moved up the ladder from his previous job as marketing manager of GF's Kool-Aid division.
In New England academic circles, Dr. David R. Fink Jr., Dean of the University of Maine in Portland, has been selected as Provost of that institution. Dave's duties will include the long-range development, planning and community relations of UMP.
Thomas E. O'Conneli, president of Berkshire Community College, is the author of a book recently published by the University of Illinois Press entitled "Community Colleges: A President's View." Tom also is a trustee of several western Massachusetts private schools and is a consultant to Upward Bound Educational Associates, Inc., Washington, D. C.
Associate professor Matthew Cooney Jr. of Salem State College's English Department has been named to the Advisory Committee of the college's faculty senate.
In Pennsylvania, Chatham College named Eugene Hotchkiss 3rd as its executive dean. Gene had been dean of Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, Cal. for several years. The new Hotchkiss residence is 30 Woodland Road, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15232.
The Rev. Dr. Richard H. Petersen returned to Maine as Pastor of Clark Memorial Methodist Church in Portland. Dick served several years as chaplain and assistant professor of religion at Pfeiffer College in North Carolina. He, Barbara and their four children have the Portland, Me. 04103 address of 19 Pleasant Avenue.
Philemon N. Hoadley has been appointed vice president of First National City Bank, New York City. He is deputy supervisor of the bank's advertising and marketing services department. Phil, who has been with City Bank since 1950, lives at 217 Forest Road, Douglaston, Long Island, with Phyllis and their two daughters, Deborah Jean and Jennifer Ann.
Rae Embree, beloved wife of Bill Embree, passed away in August after a long and valiant battle against cancer. Our sincerest sympathies are extended to Bill and the children, who reside at 220 E. 7th Street, Hinsdale, Ill.
Jazz pianist Vinson Hill is the author of a piano method series. Vin, who studied at Juilliard, has taught music extensively, including courses at the Rockland, N. Y., Community College and Columbia University.
While in Atlanta recently, I had a fine visit with Allen B. Wrisley. Al is president and general manager of Food Merchandisers, Inc., a food brokerage firm. Home for Al, Pat and their four children is 6400 Riverside Dr., N.W., Atlanta, Ga.
The football season is upon us, and we can thank early donors to the Third Century Fund for the much needed $375,000 addition to Memorial Stadium. Several members of our class are playing significant roles in this major $51 million drive, including Major Gifts Committee members George F.Jewett Jr. of California and Norman E. McCulloch Jr. of Rhode Island, and Dallas area chairman Calvin G. Bauer. Approximately $18½ million had been raised by the end of June.
The stadium's new capacity of about 21,500 is expected to be fully utilized for the Princeton game on October 12; it also will be used for the New Hampshire, Brown, and Columbia contests this year. I hope to see many of you there, and elsewhere during the 9-game schedule, which will see Coach Blackman's forces trying to overcome favored Yale and other strong teams such as Princeton and Cornell for the top position in the Ivy League.
1950 Princeton Game Tailgating11:30 a.m. at Ledyard Canoe Club
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