1942
"And I said to the man who stands at the gate of the year: 'Give me light that I may tread safely into the unknown.'" ... These words from Louise Haskin's poem are worth recalling as we move through the early stages of 1968, a year which no doubt will be fraught with uncertainties paralleling those of 1967.
The beginning of a new year is a good time to point out again that the class newsletter rather than the ALUMNI MAGAZINE is the proper medium for routine matters strictly limited to the interest of your class alone. Many news items can be treated concisely in the MAGAZINE, giving essentials to the general reader as well as your classmates, and then can be treated at greater length in the newsletter with all the details the Class might wish to have. However the MAGAZINE is the place where alumni readers can look for news about other Dartmouth friends as well as classmates and the Class as a whole.
Since our class had never adopted a member of the faculty as an honorary member of Dartmouth '42 your executive committee voted to invite Dean Myron Tribus of Thayer School to join us. ... As a member of the Class of 1942 from University of California at Berkeley Dean Tribus is already one of us chronologically. But more important we recognize that his already-deep devotion, commitment, and contribution to Dartmouth casts him as one of her distinguished sons In his letter of acceptance sent to Dick Lippman the Dean wrote, "Your letter of December 3, 1967 gives official recognition to a successful heart transplant which began seven years ago." Now the Thayer dean will have to contend locally with four other members of the Great Class of '42 who are also College officers: Messrs. Harry Bond, Allan Dingwall, Alex Fanelli, and Ad Winship. Dean Tribus, we are delighted to have you with us and are looking forward to a long and happy relationship!
Bill Burke, Yale '42, writes to say he too owes strong allegiance to Dartmouth, having transferred to Yale because of "family and financial reasons (an available scholarship) following freshman year in Hanover." Subsequently he graduated from Cornell Medical College in 1945 where Hugh Halsey, Andy Morgan, and Pete Bixby were among his classmates. "To prove Dartmouth is my first love," Bill writes, "I am very happy to say that my son, Bobby, is in the class of 1971 at Hanover." ... BillBurke is claiming the biggest family (seven children) and hopes his fourth boy, Mike, will attend Dartmouth in 1969. Sorry to disappoint you, Bill, but film producer RobertM. Campbell holds the "Big Family" title as he and Mary Elizabeth continue the raising of eleven (11) youngsters ranging in ages from three to 21 (eight boys and three girls). ... "Dad" Burke also claims he practices what he preaches ... he is an obstetrician-gynecologist! Bill enclosed a check for class dues with his letter. He also contributes annually to our Alumni Fund. How about that?
COUP FOR SUZIE: Ralph talk's wife, Suzanne, has been nominated the "Truman Capote of Chicago" by Esquire Magazine. Suzie and Ralph are called "the leading party givers in town (Chicago): those whose parties come closest to creating the sort of excitement locally that Capote's did in New York." Ralph is chairman of the board of Baxter Laboratories and Suzie is the personality girl of WTTW. She is the former Suzanne Clark, a society reporter for the Daily News. "Having a label like this pinned on me is a disaster," Suzie says. "What do I do next?" We think she is just a wee bit modest.
WEATHER OR NOT: H. Allan Dingwall Jr.'s younger daughter, as Miss Gail "Weatherwise" Windsor, is doing an evening broadcast over WDCR, Dartmouth College Radio. She claims as her "bible" for local, regional, and national weather prognostications, The Old Farmer's Almanac, published by Robb Sagendorph of Dublin, N. H. .. a plug for Allan, Gail, and the almanac.
Another Alan, Bede of New Canaan, Conn., vice president of Walston and Company Inc., has been appointed manager of the investment firm's institutional sales department. Alan spent his frosh and soph years with us at Dartmouth and graduated from Northwestern's School of Commerce with a B.A. in commerce. He attended Harvard Business School and served as a naval officer in World War II before embarking upon his career in investment banking. Margaret and Alan's youngest of four daughters are twins. He is a member of the Bond Club of New York, the Lunch Club of New York, the Wee Burn Country Club in Darien and the New Canaan Field Club.
BETTER TAX BREAK: Dave Heald, whose major hobby is putting on clam bakes for thousands of people, is "right busy these days" as senior vice president of Putnam Fund Distributors. Working from his home base in Deerfield, Ill., Dave has been conducting workshops to acquaint doctors, accountants, small store owners, and other self-employed persons with how they can get a better tax break after January 1, 1968 for their personal retirement plans. Selfemployed persons are now allowed to invest ten per cent of total net earnings, up to a maximum of $2,500 a year, in self-employed retirement plans with a total tax deduction of $2,500 for the contribution.
REUNION ANNOUNCEMENT: The next informal class reunion (voted by a majority of the 26 on the executive committee) will be held on the Princeton weekend, October 11-12. Ad Winship is already working on obtaining adequate accommodations. Bob Campbell is working on the final version of the reunion film which may even be ready for the executive committee's get-together on the May 10-11 weekend.
BIG TOWN GET-TOGETHER: Charlieand Helen Gibbons (New York City), Andyand Nancy Wood (Boston), Hugh and EmilyHalsey (Southampton, L. I.), and Sid and Dicky Bull (Philadelphia) arranged a weekend gathering in NYC recently. They attended the show, "Half Way Up the Tree," which Sid in his letter recommends- highly. Nat and Carol Sherman (Upper Montclair, N. J.) also joined the group for a few hours. Sid writes "We all had such a great time that a unanimous vote decided it would be a future annual event ... all '42's welcome!"
"THE FAR AND THE DEEP": That is the title of a book recently completed by Commander Ed Stafford, writing from Hawaii. Published by Putnam November 2, it is a story of the development of submarines as warships illustrated by a series of historically accurate adventure stories, each occurring in a more advanced sub at a later date. Ed was recalled to active naval duty a year ago as commander and historian for the Pacific fleet. He is engaged in writing a history of naval operations in Vietnam and has taken part in carrier strikes, river patrols, and cruiser bombardments of North Vietnam. He is now working on a novel with Vietnam theme and setting for publication by Putnam next fall. One son, Ted (E. P. S. Jr. '65) is now an Army lieutenant with an armored cavalry unit in Germany and another son, Bert (Robert P. Stafford), entered the College with the class of '71 this fall.
Ken Jones writes that he will be in Hanover in June for his oldest boy's graduation (Richard '68 - Phi Tau). Ken is an assistant manager with Western Electric's Baltimore works and lives in Timonium, Md. Ken and Elizabeth have three other children.
A UNIQUE WAY TO HANDLE CORPORATE GIVING: In essence the program is a simple one. Reader's Digest of Pleasantville (N. Y.) has allotted a sizable sum of money to one-third (750) of its total work force, selected according to ability to shoulder responsibility, regardless of the employee's rank or income. The Digest makes no internal announcement of who may participate, but writes to the chosen employees at their homes outlining the nature of the year's program. Included with the letters are application blanks on which the employees can list organizations to which they want to give. Each participating employee is allotted a certain sum of money he or she may donate. The first year the sums ranged from $250 to $6000. Last year they ranged from $200 to $4000 per individual because the magazine included more people in the program and also gave away more money.
As we, the members of the Great Class of '42, tool up for the 1968 Alumni Fund drive under new head agent W. John Nauss Jr. let us with firm resolve set new high levels for our individual and corporate giving as we work to advance a great institution and our "love affair" with Dartmouth College.
Secretary, 184 West Clinton Ave. Tenafly, N. J. 07670
Treasurer, 126 Peele Road, Nashua, N. H. 03060
