1948

Class officers and the executive committee had a most successful meeting at Hanover on Saturday, September 28. The meeting was very well attended with almost everyone from the east coast present and representation from as far west as Detroit. It was decided to give a fixed amount to Baker Library from the class treasury for every past and future deceased classmate for the purchase of a book as a memorial. It seemed appropriate to establish some regular and worthwhile program to honor our classmates. We also decided to raise the class dues to $8.OO per year. This amount is in line with other classes of our period, and will provide needed funds for the Class. For a year, we have been struggling with the problem of the Class giving a subscription to the ALUMNI MAGAZINE to all members of the Class even if they have never paid their class dues. This has been an effort to stimulate interest in the Class of all the members even though their association with '48 was very limited. After much consideration, it was decided to discontinue in the future giving the ALUMNI MAGAZINE to members of the Class who do not pay their class dues and who have not indicated any interest in the Class since they left college. We were briefed on the status and plans for the 3rd Century Fund which currently has reached $20,000,000. The importance of maintaining the Alumni Fund at its present level of $2,100,000 was reemphasized and the College has taken the position that if one has to choose, he should maintain his Alumni Fund giving at the same level rather than make a larger gift to the 3rd Century Fund. Dick Barlow, who was present at our meeting and was past reunion chairman, has accepted the job again, and we know that he will do his usual superb job. Plans for the 25th were discussed and it promises to be an exceptional occasion!

We tried out the new east football stands which are just as satisfactory when the team wins as are the western ones! The team looked good and should prove "Playboy's" figures are occasionally understated.

Bill Wright, superintendent of the Greenfield, Mass., public schools, spoke recently at a workshop at the Massachusetts Association for Retarded Children convention. Bill has been in education since college having served as a teacher, business manager, high school principal and superintendent. He has done graduate work at Harvard and the University of Massachusetts and received his M.S. from Indiana University. Among his professional activities is the duty of serving as vice president of the Massachusetts Superintendent's Association. Bill and Ruth have three daughters and a son and live in Greenfield, Mass.

On October 1 Jack McKeon took over as general manager of Westinghouse's Con struction Equipment Division in Peoria, Ill. Already a vice president, Jack had been general manager of the Mining Equipment Division. Before joining Westinghouse in 1966, he was general manager of General Electric's Gear-Motor Division. No doubt Jack's new position in Peoria will necessitate a move for the McKeon family from their home in Oak Brook, Ill.

Dave Anthony was recently named to the newly created post of supervisor-personnel planning and development in the exploration-production group's planning department of Cities Service Oil Company. Dave has been with Cities Service since 1950 and he and Pat have three children and live in Tulsa, Okla.

Dr. Jake Turner recently lectured and showed a film on "Modern Advances in Cardiac Surgery" at the Midwestern Pennsylvania Heart Association annual dinner in New Castle, Pa. He interned at Boston City Hospital and did his surgical fellowship at the Mayo Clinic. Jake practiced thoracic and cardiovascular surgery at the Cleveland Clinic from 1946 to 1966. Since then, he has practiced in Youngstown, Ohio. Jake and Carolyn have five children and live in Youngstown.

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