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Dr. Gene Stollerman, chairman of the Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Medical Units, has been awarded the Bicentennial Medal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University for his outstanding achievements in the field of internal medicine. Chosen by the faculty of the college, Gene was singled out from among his fellow alumni to receive the medal in his field for this bicentennial year. A spokesman for the faculty described his career as "a source of great pride for all of us, an inspiring example for our students, and a touchstone of excellence for American Medicine." Gene received his medical degree from Columbia in 1944. He has been at the University of Tennessee since 1955, coming to that institution from the faculty of Northwestern University Medical School. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Omega Alpha, national honorary medical society.
Joe Loveland has been selected as one of 160 business executives and government officials to participate in the 53 rd session of the Advanced Management Program conducted by the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration. Each man is sponsored by his company or agency, in the United States or abroad, for the 13-week course beginning February 13, 1968 and ending with graduation ceremonies May 10. Over 6,000 executives have been graduated from AMP, the nation's oldest and largest resident management development program begun by Harvard Business School in 1943 as the pioneer university program of its kind. It is designed to prepare executives in, or approaching, top management positions to exercise full leadership responsibility in an age of unprecedented change and challenge. At last report Joe was general sales manager of the Electrical Products Division of Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Sales, Inc., Oakland, Calif.
A letter from John Hodel of Beckley, W. Va., written last fall to the Editor of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE has just been forwarded to your secretary. It reads in part as follows: "Maybe it's not the kind of thing that you use in a Wah Hoo Wah for —, but our small newspaper corporation here in the backwoods just got an important libel case reversed in the U. S. Supreme Court. The amount was not big, but all of our enemies near and far were getting in the act, feeling sure for some obscure reason that we were going to lose, and that they could sue and collect, too, and muzzle us. Of course the case may be re-tried, but the court held that instructions to the jury were 'clearly impermissible' in a writ of certiorari granted under date of November 6, 1967, No. 467. I am first vice-president of the corporation and presently am editor of the corporation's 'Raleigh Register'; at the time of the alleged libel, I worked for the morning paper, 'The Beckley Post-Herald' in which the editorials in litigation appeared. A jury in a nearby court awarded the plaintiff $5,000 which was considerably less than what was necessary to mount a successful defense, through our politically prejudiced local and state courts to the U. S. Supreme Court. Our local attorney was assisted in the Supreme Court proceedings by Thurman Arnold, of Arnold & Porter. If this is worth anything to you, sound off; if it isn't, file it in the usual fashion."
Ed McMillan is on the move again. The senior vice president, director and member of the executive committee of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., has returned to his old Boston haunts in charge of his firm's brokerage operations in the Hub.
A note from Lou Young carried the sad news that Hank Maxwell's wife, Isabel, had died on the day after Christmas. A portion of a letter from Hank to Lou follows: "You asked that I give you a few lines about Isabel for possible inclusion in the ALUMNI MAGAZINE or the Class Newsletter. As you know, we met in the Army and it was my good fortune that she was requisitioned to be my replacement after she had completed her training at Fort Oglethorp and graduated from the Adjutant General's School at Washington and Jefferson College. When she had mastered the elements of my job (we dragged this out as long as possible!) I was shipped overseas (to Bermuda!). On my first furlough, about a year later, we were married. It has always been a regret to me that more of my classmates could not have known Isabel. Unfortunately, we never did make a class reunion, but we certainly had a happy and lively time just hanging around home, raising a wonderful son and countless animals. More children were not to be ours, but Izzie's limitless compassion and love afforded a home for every stray or injured creature in the whole darn county. I still go to the Philadelphia Children's Zoo to visit some of our former domestic and wild animal pets which she had donated. As you know, Isabel passed away the day after Christmas and I am still adjusting to my great loneliness. A number of assorted dogs, cats, and birds keep me company, but at the same time present a problem. In fairness, I am gradually finding homes for them so that they will have the attention they need and that I can't provide them. As I told you, I want to give some time to Dartmouth now, and will be pleased to help you and the others who are recruiting and interviewing lads who want to go to Hanover." The Class extends its deepest sympathy to Hank and son, Douglas, a senior at Michigan State.
Lou also forwarded a couple of brief notes that he had received along with checks for class dues. One from Landon Martin included the following information: "My oldest daughter, Barbara, is home after graduating from Lawrence College in Appleton, Wis., a summer camp job and three months in the Caribbean with the Peace Corps. She now is going to teach art in St. Louis County. Abby is a second year student at Wyoming University in Laramie."
A second note to Lou from Dick Sawyer reported that his older son, Rick, is now at Hanover in the Class of 1971 and is convinced that he is in the best place in the world. (As if we didn't know!) He's enthusiastic about his professors, his courses, and now, of course, the skiing.
It is sad that I must report to you the passing of another classmate. Jack Orton died on last February second after a brief illness. The deepest sympathy of the Class is extended to his widow, Margaret, and their sons John and Paul.
As of mid-February, Treasurer Lou Young reported that he had received 337 dues payments for the current year. With 575 living classmates, this means that there are more than 200 of you who haven't yet remembered to send Lou your payments. And, while you are at it, to save yourself a second trip to the checkbook, why not make out your contribution to the Alumni Fund at the same time?
One new address change for you this month: Harrison Butterworth, 31 Rip Road, Hanover, N. H. 03755.
Secretary, 9 Oak Drive Bedford, N. H. 03102
Class Agent, 942 Woodcrest Rd., Abington, Pa. 19001
