1954
November finds many of us looking back on the memory of a pleasant summer and getting deeper each day into the tasks at which we earn our daily bread. Each of us has a different vista on life and it is just that difference that makes writing this column so interesting.
Take for example George M. KingsleyJr. who in June was reported heir apparent to the presidency of the Cleveland Life Underwriters Association. In the midst of a thriving career in the insurance field George found time to be President of the Dartmouth Club of Cleveland, district enrollment director for the College and a member of the board of trustees of the YMCA Camp. George specialized in taxation and finance at Harvard Business School and is "a firm believer that people today require and should demand the highest quality of service because of the sheer complexity in taxation and fiscal problems." A specialist in medical and dental clients George is assistant general agent of the E. Clare Weber Agency of New England Mutual Life Insurance Co. He resides in Shaker Heights with his wife Virginia. daughter Karen, and sons George Ill and David.
Another classmate embroiled in finance, but in the banking world, is Walter E. Anderson. Walt is second vice president and "captain of the blue team" in the busiest mid-town office of the Chase Manhattan Bank. I had lunch with Walt a few weeks ago during which he gave me a guided tour of the rigors of a loan officer in one of Manhattan's most demanding banking locations. His team, I'm sure, is well ahead of the field, though Walt admits that things get a bit much to keep up with every now and then. Despite it all he still finds time for active community service in his home town of Madison, N. J., where he resides with his wife Eleanor and sons Richard, David and Erik.
Another classmate fast rising in the banking community is Robert J. Perlstein who has been appointed an assistant investment officer in the investment advisory division of the Girard Trust Bank, Philadelphia, Pa. Bob did his apprenticing in investment advisory work at the Bankers Trust Company, New York, and now lives in the City of Brotherly Love with his wife Luise and son Robert.
Not all our classmates travel in the financial world, though of late their moves seem to have provided us with a lot of interesting news. To show that our experiences continue to vary word was recently received that Frederick W. Page was appointed special assistant to the vice president of domestic operations for the Schering Corporation. In his new post Fred will have the responsibility for special projects and coordination of inter-divisional programs for the pharmaceutical company. After graduation Fred served with the U. S. Army Ordnance Corps in Panama from 1954 to 1956, joining Schering in 1957. He received an M.B.A. degree from New York University in 1960, and now makes his home in West Caldwell, N. J., with his wife Miriam and three offspring.
Seeing the world from the eyes of a newspaperman is the job of Donald M. Fetherolf who was recently named to an executive position with the Valley News and Valley Green Sheet, Van Nuys, Calif. Don joined the News on graduation after serving two years with the Air Force.
An entirely different perspective on life comes from Dr. Robert O. Collins whose wife Diana seems to have as much trouble as we keeping up with Bob's doings. She hastily scrawled that Bob spent from January to April in Sudan and Uganda and then in June, still not tuckered from his globetrotting, left for ten days on a river trip through the Grand Canyon. Bob is an associate professor of history at the University of California Santa Barbara and his African trip came as a result of his being invited to read a paper at Khartoum University during an international conference on Sudan and Africa.
North of the border in Montreal, Quebec, the advertising firm of Thomas & Betts Limited announced the appointment of Robert V. Berry as vice president and a director of the company. Bob will continue to direct his firm's sales policies, but in addition will assume responsibility for corporate functions.
Several months ago the perspective of Donald Bartnicki was changed by Carole Ann Matchett when on August 10 they were married at St. Mary's Church in Manchester, Conn. Don, at one time a pilot with the Air Force, now finds his feet very much on the ground. He is employed as a buyer at Hamilton Standard.
Another '54 has entered the political scene in a big way. From New York comes word that Lawrence F. O'Brien, Democratic National Chairman, has turned over the Humphrey-for-President advertising campaign entirely to Campaign Planners of Washington and New York. Barry Nova, who heads Campaign Planners and who has been handling the ads for Citizens for Humphrey, is with Lennen & Newell, and the staff of Campaign Planners is made up of volunteers from that agency.
The new class executive committee will hold its first meeting in New Haven on November 1 prior to the Yale game, so that next issue will catch you up on what this group has been up to.
Secretary, James Talcott, Inc. 1290 Ave. of Americas New York, N. Y. 10019
Treasurer, 30 Juniper Ave., Wakefield, Mass. 01880
