1925

Lionel Mosher, long-time teacher of English at Kimball Union Academy, is planning to retire from his teaching duties next year and will assume the position of Dean of Students. Norm Smith has officially retired as president of the Osborn Manufacturing Co. in Cleveland, according to an item in a publication of Denison University, of which Norm has been a trustee since 1958. BobPike was guest speaker at the 50th Reunion of his class at Littleton H.S. (N. H.) early last June. A professor at Monmouth College, West Long Branch, N. J. and author of five books on life in New England, Bob was referred to in a press release as still remaining "Bob" to Littleton acquaintances in spite of impressive degrees from Dartmouth, University of Minnesota, Harvard, the University of Dijon and the Sorbonne, and his humorous, informal discourse, "Granite Laughter and Marble Tears," was happily anticipated.

Brad Smith will join the ranks of the retired next month. Last spring he announced his plans to retire from his position as chairman of the board of the INA Corporation. He was the first man to head the board of this Philadelphia-based holding corporation, which has 36 national and international subsidiaries including the Insurance Company of North America and Life Insurance Company of North America. He began his long career with INA in 1929 as a special agent and served as the third board chairman of the company before taking on his present responsibilities. He serves Dartmouth as an Overseer of the Tuck School.

Roland Whitney recently sold his interest in the toy manufacturing firm of Whitney Bros, in Marlborough. He was president and treasurer until the sale was consummated. He was elected to serve the new management as vice president and consultant, but planned to cease being actively connected with the firm at the end of July.

We dislike to deal with unhappy news; but we received some from Bob Myers in the course of the Alumni Fund campaign, which should be reported. In 1963 RodgeWyckoff suffered a stroke and a year later underwent brain surgery with results which left him hospitalized ever since. Other sad news is the passing of three classmates: BillBigelow in April, Line Price in May, and Woody Wilson in July.

Ken Sullivan has returned from a stay of two months in San Salvador, El Salvador, where he served La Centro Americana, S.A., an insurance firm, as a consultant, under a program sponsored by the International Executive Service Corps, a non-profit organization which arranges for retired executives to share their managerial knowhow with enterprises in the developing nations. Ken retired as secretary and treasurer of Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company.

Still another retiree is Tippy Tower, who, after spending 44 years in the insurance business, has acquired a house on Cape Cod where he expects to lead a life of leisure both summer and winter. He was planning a three-weeks' trip to California early in September to visit his youngest son who had taken a bride whom he had never seen.

1926's representation at Class Officersmeetings: (I to r) Snipe Esquerré, secretary; Tubber Weymouth, president; HubHarwood, newsletter editor; Jack Roberts, treasurer; Don Norstrand, reunionchairman.

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