1953
After five years of faithfully and ably chronicling the many doings of the Class (and without a single libel suit), Dave Florence has passed his quill, inkpot and a ream of blank foolscap to me, together with lots of sage counsel and a spelling primer. All that will be needed and more, if the Class is to be served as well as it has been by Flo, to whom warm thanks and a hearty "well done" are extended on behalf of us all.
If Nixon makes it, give lots ot credit to John Corcoran; the mighty "Owl" has been involved for several months in GOP strategy planning and speech writing. So don't be surprised if Nixon pledges to build that boardwalk from Hanover to Montreal.
Jim Decker, after several years in Columbia (So. Carolina, not So. America), is alive and well in Los Angeles, running the regional office of Wilbur Smith Associates, internationally famous traffic consultants. Jim claims to be stemming the mass exodus to San Jose by planning bigger and better 46 lane freeways for Mayor Yorty. This should be good news for Los Angeles commuters Herb Solow, who recently has assumed overall responsibility for MGM-TV in Hollywood, and Tony Frank, president of the Titan Group, a real estate development and management company, with headquarters in New York.
Tom Bradley has been appointed director of sales training for Johnston, Lemon & Co., a Washington, D. C., brokerage firm. Previously, Tom served with International Basic Economy Corp. in Chile, introducing mutual funds, private housing projects and venture capital programs. Charley Fleet, vice president at Dominick & Dominick, NYSE member firm, has just assumed new duties as Director of Marketing.
The Class again enhanced its strong leadership position in this year's Alumni Fund campaign. We won the Green Derby (for the eighth time in the past nine years), established a new high in total gifts (over $38,000), and led all classes in number of contributors (558). More than half of '53 contributions represented increases over last year, with 235 classmates giving $50 or more. The consistent record of loyal support to the College is uniquely ours, a hallmark of our fifteen years of alumni life. JackNewton and his hard-working team of 102 class agents deserve special plaudits for again leading us to this high achievement.
Doug Perkins has succeded to the presidency of Bay Path Junior College in Longmeadow, Mass. Formerly a small business school Bay Path is now a fully accredited junior college for women with an enrollment of 500. Doug was assistant to the president for a year before assuming his present responsibilities, and earlier he was assistant treasurer at Dartmouth. 72 Concord Road in Longmeadow is where Nancy and Doug reside with Bruce and Susan.
Don Bremner, who has been planning director of Westport, Conn., for the last five years, was recently elected president of the Connecticut Federation of Planning and Zoning Agencies. Before taking charge at Westport, Don served on the planning staff at nearby Norwalk.
John Mitchell has been appointed vice president of Tufts University in charge of business affairs and related operations of the university, including budget formulation, purchasing, university store, dining services, personnel, data processing, and operation and maintenance of the physical plant. Mitch and Jean with children John, Thomas, William, and Lisa live at 15 Windemere Road in Winchester and in his spare time, Mitch shoots scratch golf.
Russ Cook has been elected vice president of Colonial Management Associates, Inc., investment advisors to the Colonial group of mutual funds of Boston.
Ed and Nancy Condit announced the joyous news of the birth of their daughter, Catherine Olivia Morrow, born July 11. Ed's previously adamant opposition to a coed Dartmouth has wilted noticeably in recent weeks.
Dick Hooke's one-man sculpture exhibition was on view during reunion at the Strauss Gallery, Hopkins Center. Dick, whose work has won him several awards and prizes, is professor of fine arts at New England College, having taught previously at Syracuse University and Boston University.
Paul Supovitz has been made director of franchising for Nathan's Famous, Inc., now operating a chain of high volume, fast service restaurants in New York, but planning to expand outside the metropolitan area. Paul was previously with Mr. Donut of America.
Prospectus reading as an indoor sport normally ranks right up there with TViewing Laurel Hardy re-runs. But of special interest to '53s is a red herring" prospectus circulating around Wall Street these days describing an upcoming stock offering by Computer Property Corporation. Among the management are Bob Callender, president, Fred Carleton, executive vice president and Byron Menides, director. George Davies is identified as a founder." The managing underwriters are referred to as LVP Inc which translates to the NYSE firm of DickLombard, Bill Vitalis, and Paul Paganucci, Bill and Pag serving also as director and board chairman respectively of Computer Property. The company leases computers and although the prospectus doesn't say so, smart lessees ask for theirs in dark green.
Fred England has been made president of the Boston chapter of Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriters, an active industry group whose collective wisdom in selecting Fred as leader is evident. Fred is exec veep of the Hastings-Tangley Agency in Boston.
Merrill Johnson, lieutenant colonel in the Army Medical Corps and chief of the radiation biology department at Walter Reed, has been awarded the Army Commendation Medal for, as the citation says, "exceptionally meritorious service in broad and unique areas of internal medicine and environmental medicine research." Merrill, wife Marie, and their sons, Dana, Carey, and Merrill Jr., live in Silver Spring.
By now, the Big Green team will have chewed up several hapless opponents and be tuning up for the Johns in Beantown. Class prexy Jack Crisp reminds us all that our traditional annual bash following the Harvard game is a must for '53's. For details, see Dick Blum's newsletter.
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