1958

This month's column finds Jane and me trying vainly to get organized with the building of a house. Decisions are many and difficult (and expensive) with new frustrations every day. I'm sure those of you who have already gone through this can sympathize.

We attended the Third Century Fund dinner here last month and were very impressed with the effort being made and the results to date. Much more has to be done to satisfy the needs of the College so I hope many of you will have a chance to work on this important cause. We enjoyed a fine dinner with Skip and Charlotte Harrington. Skip is studying for his degree in aeronautical engineering at Boston University. They have one boy and another child on the way.

Hoyt Goodrich has been promoted to senior securities analyst, bond investment department at Aetna Life and Casualty in Hartford. Hoyt has been with Aetna since 1961 and has served as a securities analyst for the past two years.

Rev. Robert E. Fosse was instituted as rector of Epiphany Church in Flagstaff, Ariz. Previously he had served as curate of St. Matthews Parish, Evanston, Ill., and rector of the Church of the Transfiguration in Palos Park, Ill.

Dr. A. Bruce Carlson was named associate professor of electrical engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N. Y. Bruce, in the division of systems engineering, has been on the Rensselaer faculty since 1963. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Stanford. Under a grant from the Ford Foundation he spent the 1967-68 academic year at the Bell Telephone Labs in Holmdel, N. J.

Dick Osgood has been named financial vice president of Boston's Paine Furniture Company. He was formerly with the First National Bank of Boston. Dick will be joining another '5B, Dave Murphy who is executive vice president of Paine's. Dick and Michaele and their daughter Alexandra make their home in Beverly, Mass. . . wonder if they have special discounts at Paine's for Dartmouth classmates.

One of the most exciting stories comes to us about Leon R. Sinclair Jr. who was awarded the Medal of Valor by the Department of the Interior at Washington, D. C. Pete spent two years with our class and two years in the Army. He graduated from the University of Wyoming with his master's degree and is presently teaching English on a fellowship at the University of Washington in Seattle from which he hopes to receive his Ph.D. next year. Pete has been climbing for 14 years, having climbed the south face of Mt. McKinley several years ago. He has been with Park Service in the Grand Tetons for eight years. The citation signed by Stuart S. Udall, Secretary of the Interior, states: "for courageous action involving a high degree of personal risk under conditions of extreme severity and hazard. During Aug. 22-24, 1967, Mr. Sinclair, Park Ranger, assisted in the rescue and evacuation of Lorraine Hough and Gaylord K. Campbell who were stranded on a narrow ledge on the North Face of Grand Teton peak. Mr. Campbell had been seriously injured by fragments from a falling boulder which shattered as it hit a ledge above him. Mr. Sinclair and the other members of the rescue party reached the stranded climbers on the afternoon of Aug. 22. Mr. Campbell's severe injuries required an unprecedented stretcher evacuation down the precipitous North Face of the mountain, one of the longest, most difficult, and dangerous mountaineering routes in the United States. Using ropes, the men inched their way down the headlong drop, balancing the stretcher as it was lowered nearly 2,000 feet by steel cable. Progress was seriously hampered by constantly falling rocks and the difficulty of finding adequate belay and lowering points. The rescue team spent the night of Aug. 23 lashed to the precipice, weary, out of food, whipped by freezing winds and endangered by falling rocks. On Aug. 24 the fatigued group faced further hazards in the final stages of the rescue when extended free rappels had to be executed to reach the base of the wall. For courageous action which saved the lives of two people, the Department of the Interior confers upon Mr. Sinclair its Valor Award."

Pete is married to the former Connie Poulsen of Jackson, Wyo. They have two children, Melanie and Kirk. Connie was employed by the Park Service for many years. Pete and his family moved to Jackson for the summer to manage the Mountain Guide Service for his fellow climber, Barry Corbett. Barry was seriously injured in a helicopter crash in Colorado this spring while making a promotional film. The Class extends its sincere hopes to him for a speedy recovery. Those of you who may want to do so personally may write to Barry at Box 671, Jackson, Wyo. 83001.

That's the news for this month. Hope to hear from some of you soon.

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