1967
With the new year, thoughts go back to "carefree" undergraduate days and race forward to try to comprehend what the future will bring.
Needless to say, winter's here and it is a cold, bitter one for many '67s. The forecasted end of military deferments to graduate students means the interruption of many of our classmates' careers and lives. The adult world of increased responsibility has become a very real one for last June's college graduates.
The problems of Dartmouth - money, co-education, and isolation are also still present. To some extent, the undergraduates must take the lead in working for reforms in curriculum and in bringing the college community into greater contact with the rest of the world. But an active alumnus can also catalyze the reactions necessary to make a still better Dartmouth for their sons, and perhaps, daughters.
The world of the College is unsettled, an unpopular war continues, postal rates rise, and Fidel Castro celebrated his "ninth" as a year perhaps better forgotten save for a warm, humid, sunny, June day ended. Let us hope and strive for better years to come, years of peace and happiness.
Enough thoughts for the new year. Now on to the marriage-go-round.
Next August will mark the marriage of Harry Jaffe to Joan Liss (BU class of '68). Until then, Harry will be busy finishing his first year at the Georgetown University School of Medicine.
The '67 family has grown still larger with the birth of a son, Thomas Jay Jr., to the Tom Pyles now living in West Leb.
After graduating from the OTS at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, Tom Grove has been assigned to Reese AFB, also in Texas, for pilot training.
Bill Harshman has become engaged to Caroline Stancliff (Colby Jr., '65). The wedding will probably take place when Bill's tour of duty in Heidelberg, Germany, is over.
Engagements lead to marriages and that of Alec Nagle to the former Mary Greene was no exception. November 25 was the date of the happy event.
Dave Mangelsdorff is working toward his M.D. degree at Rutgers. Dave writes that this past summer, after he received a commission in the Naval Medical Corps Reserve, he worked on a clinical research clerkship in psychophysiology at the New London, Conn., submarine base. The result of his research was a paper that the Navy has submitted for approval to the Eastern Psychological Association. Presently, Dave is trying to start a project to study the possibility of using LSD to induce chromosomal breakage in mice.
Dartmouth "Project Asia" teachers at the Chung Chi College in Hong Kong, BillCalhoun and Phil Sunderland, report that their work is interesting and there has even been some time for travel.
Jim Rooks, stationed at the U.S. Army Security Agency in Germany, recently wrote to me of his engagement to Corry Anne virtue (Bradford Jr., '65).
Between surfing and sunning, Tony Dalrymple is working on his master's degree in oceanographic engineering at the University of Hawaii.
'67's from colleges all over the counts are biding their time while awaiting a Chance to get into an officers' training program. One of our own, Paul Mikus, is teaching school in New Bedford, Mass., until the Savy OCS has a place for him.
Still another '67 at Stanford is John Rhead who is involved in a psychology doctorate program.
Word comes from the Amarillo AFB in Texas that Airman first class Gary Atkinsis working as a computer operator.
Mickey Beard, in his second year at Tuck, has signed with the Denver Broncos. We're all looking forward to seeing him lead the Broncos to undefeated seasons like the 1965 Lambert Trophy winners he once piloted.
The sky's the limit for Bruce Munroe. He's a pilot for United Air Lines flying out of his home state of Colorado. Bob Burka is back in the U.S. doing graduate work at Harvard after a year in London.
While living on Long Island, Doug Darby is enrolled in a management trainee program for the American Express Company. Koppers Company of Baltimore is employing Bill Dix as a junior sales engineer for their metal products division. Tom Jackson is also out in the business world. He is a junior executive trainee with the Chase Manhattan Bank in NYC.
After graduation, Ron Koback returned to Rhode Island to become a teacher at the Broad Street School in Central Falls. Teaching is also the current occupation of John Magee. He's handing out the three “R's” at the Lawrenceville School in New Jersey.
Tom Kosasa, Jo Knight, and Bob Thurer are grinding away at Dartmouth Med. Another future physician is Marshall (Buzz)Land who's studying at the University of Cincinnati Medical School.
Two more "doctors to be" are Bob Baker and Cory Wansbury. Bob is at Harvard Med, Cory in LA at USC Med.
Ensign Charles Priest is assigned to the "U.S.S. Robert H. McCord," stationed at Charleston, S. C. Also with the armed forces is Curtis (Corky) Stewart. He is a lieutenant with the Air Force at the Hanscom Air Field in Bedford, Mass. Jon Feltner has completed his training as a Marine Rifle Platoon Commander at the Quantico, Va., Basic School.
While Dave Wrisley searches for the better mousetrap at the Thayer School, his wife Lee Ann is tending the family homestead in Norwich. A. B. and Hazel Willacy are living in Washington, D. C., while A. B. works toward his law degree at Howard University.
Banking is Doug Vukcevic's bag — as a credit analyst for a NYC branch of Banker's Trust.
Pete Dunlop is teaching at the Lakemont Academy in a town of the same name in New York.
California, and LA in particular, is the location of Datamatics Research corporation where Bob Mark is working as a research assistant.
Another '67 who went west was Dave Rabovsky. He is enrolled in UCLA's Institute of Molecular Biology.
A career as a member of the clergy lies ahead for Dave McMahill after he completes his studies at the Chicago Theological School.
Fred Price is employed by the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company as a group systems analyst in Brookline, Mass.
NYU Law is keeping Jim Peck busy. Ron London is working toward his law degree at the University of Michigan.
The "Bulletin" informed us recently that this March a team from the College will appear on CBS-TV's "College Bowl.” Alan Gaylord and Chauncey Loomis, professors of English, will coach our team of quizkids selected by a "quiz-down" conducted by the "Dartmouth" and WDCR. In 1960, the last time a team from the College appeared on "College Bowl," the Big Green rolled to victories over Williams, Bryn Mawr, and Rice before meeting defeat at the hands of NYU.
There are still some 600 or so ’67's who haven't written to me. The copy deadline for the last issue is May 5, so avoid the rush, get the lead out, and drop a line now.
A happy, thoughtful, active new year to all.
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