1954
At this writing fall has thrown its colorful carpet across New England and each Saturday partisan crowds of football rooters raise their cheers for "Dear Old" in hundreds of stadiums from coast to coast. The weather turns cooler, and with it the pace of life seems to quicken. One looks ahead to a winter of endeavor and our class historians resume the tracing of our progress in columns such as this which we hope will have more meaning than mere words on a printed page.
Occasionally news is slow in reaching us but time cannot dull some notable achievements. Several months ago Rod Rockefeller was elected president, chief operating officer and chairman of the management committee of the International Basic Economy Corporation. Rod succeeded Donals E. Meads '42. Rod joined I. B. E. C. in 1962 heading up the company's housing group, which builds medium and low-cost dwellings, mostly in South America. In 1965 he took over leadership of the food group which includes supermarket chains in Argentina, Venezuela, and Peru. I. B. C.'s purpose is to institute and operate profitmaking ventures concerned with basic human needs in the economies of developing nations.
On the theory that what is worth having is worth insuring Charles E. Tayntor added a milestone to his career with an announcement by the executive committee of the 1968 Million Dollar Round Table that he had been certified a Qualifying Member. "Booge" plies protection against calamity for the Connecticut General Life Insurance Company. Protection of a different kind, however, was being attended to by Rev.David Ransom this past summer in Ashburnham, Mass. Rev. Ransom conducted the 11th Family Life Conference on the subject "Where Are We Going?" After serving in churches in Willimantic, Conn.; Avon, Ill.; and Shrewsbury, Vt., David is now associate pastor of the First Congregational Church in Stoneham where he resides with his wife Nancy and four children.
While some insure us, protect us from ourselves, feed and house us, others are concerned with holding us together. So it is comforting to learn that Lucien H. Case was named general manager of Lamson & Sessions' Northern Fastener Division. Lucien joined L & S in 1956 and served since 1960 as vice president of Industria de Parafusos Mapri S. A., Sao Paulo, Brazil, the largest producer of industrial fasteners in South America and majority owned by L. & S. Northern Fastener has plants in Chicago, Ill., and in Kent and Cleveland, Ohio, the latter being home for Lucien, his wife and four children.
Travel has gotten a lot of our classmates to interesting places. Take, for example, the case of Robert D. "(Dan)" Vock. Dan is presently in Tokyo, Japan having been appointed General Counsel of Mobil Sekiyu Kabushiki Kaisha. Prior to this spot Dan roughed it in Paris as Counsel for Mobil Mediterranean and Africa, Inc.
After such exotic places it is nice to know that some people face the challenge of progress right here in NYC. Wayne Weil and wife Shelia announced the birth of a daughter May 31, Julia Yve, who follows two-year-old Wayne Jr. in the Weil family hierarchy. Wayne is with MGM.
On the other side of the country, Los Angeles to be exact, Edwin H. "(Ted)" Novascone advises of an important career change that prevented him from coming east for reunion. Ted left Loomis, Sayles & Company after nine years, to join Lionel D. Edie & Company Investment Counselors as a vice president.
Doctor John Steel also regretted being unable to make reunion but was in transit from Louisiana to San Diego, Calif., at the time with wife and five children. John has associated with the partnership of Mollenix, Prentiss, Feeney & Howe in the practice of urologic surgery, although the group's title sounds more like a law firm or private banking business.
And while all the above goes on, the political pot bubbles over on the eve of election. This article will not appear until one month after the fact but at least one man will have benefitted no matter who wins. We mentioned Barry Nova in last month's column but it would be silly to wait four years for another election before following up. Barry was named a senior vice president of Lennen & Newell and is a man, quote N. Y. Times, "who is very active in Democratic politics." Apparently Humphrey-Muskie are pleased with results to date.
That's all for now. Send news.
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