1947
Fortunately we still have many back items to catch up on, so we can plunge right into the news. The first Dartmouth '47 son in this year's freshman class, to our knowledge, is KenKelly's boy, a graduate of Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua, N. Y. We understand that his preparation in high school was excellent, and that he's taking mostly sophomore courses. Let's hear from anybody else whose son is a freshman this year at Hanover.
Paul Spiers, news manager for the New England Telephone Company, was honored recently with an award by the Public Relations Society of America for outstanding public relations programs. Paul lives with his wife Anne and their three children, Duff, 16, Suzanne, 14, and Heather, 1, at 233 Adams Street, Milton, Mass.
Still in public relations: Congratulations to George R. Turner, who has been appointed Public Relations Director for Norwich University, in Northfield, Vt. George has been a professor there, a member of the English Department since 1959, and Sports Information Director for the past two years. In addition to his new duties, he will continue to teach courses in comparative grammar and the history of the English language. He's also a language arts consultant for the Charles E. Merrill Publishing Company, and has edited and revised several texts for students at the secondary school level. He is a member of the Review Board for the Merrill Reading Skill text series.
A classmate of ours who has really made a long-distance move is Dr. Alan W. Zeller, who is now in Afghanistan for a two-year term of service with Care-Medico as chief of surgery at Avicenna Hospital in Kabul, the capital. His chief responsibility will be to teach, guide, and direct the training of Afgan doctors in a surgical residency program at the hospital. Naturally, the entire Zeller family will be with Alan in Kabul for the two-year tour of duty. Anybody passing through Afghanistan should certainly say hello to Alan, for a memorable reunion.
Word from Seymour, Conn., has it that Ralph R. DeFonce, who had become manager of Isaacson's Department Store in 1962, is now vice president and general manager in this expanding retail operation. Wade E. Barnes, Pulp Mill Project Manager for Chas. T. Main, Incorporated, of Boston, Mass., recently published a full-length feature article in "Pulp and Paper." Wade has 22 years of mechanical and process experience in the Pulp and Paper Division of Main. Sheldon J. Segal has recently been appointed vice president of the Population Council, with offices at 245 Park Avenue in New York. In his new assignment, Shelly will continue to direct the council's BioMedical Division and will take major re- sponsibility for the council's bio-medical affairs. Shelly came to the council in 1956 from the faculty of the College of Medicine of the University of lowa. He has published widely in his field and achieved international prominence in population work. He is also president of the International Society for Research in Reproduction. Recently he served on the President's Committee on Population and Family Planning. Some news of a successful career regarding GrantTinker. Tinker is quoted in industry circles as one of the brightest minds in broadcasting. He went to NBC directly from Dartmouth, headed programming for advertising agencies, packaged and produced his own shows, headed TV programming for NBC on both the west and east coasts at a period when the network was developing such concepts as "I Spy" and the two-hour World Premiere TV movies. He moved from the network to the production area as vice-president of Universal, and last month, in a surprise move, to 20th Century-Fox as head of TV programs and program development under William Self. In his new job, Tinker inherited perhaps the biggest single project for television next year: the two million dollar "David Copperfield," which is being made in England. It involves some of the greatest actors in the English-speaking world among them, Sir Laurence Olivier, Sir Ralph Richardson, Sir Michael Redgrave, Dame Edith Evans, Ron Moody, etc., etc.
John T. Gray is campaign chairman for the United Fund in Pelham, N. Y. John is a native-born Pelhamite where his father was president of the Board of Education in 1952. He is now an associate with the management consultant firm of Booz, Allen and Hamilton, where he specializes in a wide range of assignments dealing with marketing. John teaches Sunday school, and is secretary of the church's Boy Scout troop. Alfred G. Graves has joined the faculty of Utica College as an assistant professor of contracting and construction. Al was formerly with the Mohawk Valley Community College. We trust that he is enjoying his new post.
Returning from the west coast is Richard D. Stevenson. Dick is now principal of Sharon High School in Massachusetts. He had been principal of Canyon High School, Saugus, Calif., for one year. Dick's selection by the school committee was unanimous, and the result of an intensive search of 31 active candidates who were considered. The school board chairman described Dick as "a very dynamic and creative person who is fully qualified to work with the staff, the students, and the community to meet the changing needs of secondary school education in the years ahead." One of Dick's pupils will be his own daughter Leslie Ann, who will be a senior at Sharon High School.
Warren O. Hulser, who teaches mathematics at the St. Paul's School in Concord, N. H., was a lecturer at the 21st Institute for Teachers and Professors of Mathematics sponsored by the Association of Teachers of Mathematics in New England. Warren spoke on "An Introduction to Probability." He has been at St. Paul's since 1954, and in addition to his teaching duties he serves as Head of the Lower School. He is a member of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, and is active in amateur theatricals both at the school and in Concord.
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