1959
One of the interesting aspects of grinding out this column is learning of the varied careers and wide range of interests you guys have. For example, a press release from Harvard states that Cliff Lamberg-Karlovsky has been appointed professor of anthropology and curator of Near Eastern Archaeology in the Peabody Museum. Cliff is an expert in old world archaeology and has made special use of metallurgy and ceramic analysis in tracing the history of earlier civilizations. This summer he led excavations at Tepe Yahya in southeastern Iran, and he previously has dug in Jordan, Syria, and the Upper Delaware Valley. He has taught at Harvard since 1965 and has served as assistant curator at the museum since 1966.
This past summer, Dick Watson was ap pointed production assistant of the Triangle Playhouse of Farmington, Conn., and was involved in staging six productions during the season. Dick also is a member of the Glastonbury Male Chorus and Male Quartet which he formed. Air Force Captain JackWells is an electrical engineer in the 6555 th Aerospace Test Wing at Patrick AFB, Fla. His unit recently earned the distinctive service ribbon as it was cited for exceptionally meritorious service while conducting and supporting four ballistic missile and 19 major space program launches, and successfully completing the Gemini manned space program with an unprecedented launch and safety record. This is quite an accomplishment in view of the complexity of the space program - nice going, Jack. A letter from Joel Kaswell informs us that he is now an associate of the Washington, D. C., law firm of Freedman, Levy, Kroll & Simonds, having forsaken his duties of financial vice president and general counsel of the Matrix Corporation of Los Angeles.
Ron Kabot has pulled a switch and gone to work for one of his former firm's clients. His new position is corporate controller of Kaufman and Broad, Inc. in Los Angeles. He was formerly a principal of Haskins & Sells, national certified public accounting firm, and participated in the supervision of Kaufman and Broad's audit during the past two years. In 1963 he received the John F. Forbes Gold Medal for achieving the highest grades in California's May CPA examination.
Dr. Ken Robertson has been appointed to the internal medicine staff at Keene Clinic in New Hampshire. Ken received his medical degree from Harvard in 1963 and then served a rotating internship at Hennepin County General Hospital in Minneapolis. Following residency from 1964 to 1967, Ken served as senior medical officer and practiced as an internal medicine specialist in the Navy in Seattle.
The bachelor ranks continue to dwindle as Van Collins and Miss Daisy Drews were married in Southport, Conn., this September. Van is a stockbroker with Kidder, Peabody Inc. in New York and is president of the Collins Racing Association, his own company, for which he drives Formula Fords in competition at Lime Rock, etc. Soon to join Van will be Doug Wise who wrote to pass along the "shocking" news that he has become engaged to a "blondehaired, blue-eyed lovely" otherwise known as Carolyn Saxton. Doug is an account supervisor at The Marschalk Company, Inc., working on Coca-Cola products and he indicates that the wedding will take place next February - if he doesn't get cold feet.
October 6, 1969 is a date Jim Wooster is unlikely to forget, for that was the day his wife, Betsy presented him with two more tax deductions who were eventually named Becky and Bruce. It was reliably reported that Jim's sole reaction upon the news was to scratch his head - an appropriate one at that.
Many of you have taken pity and passed some news along with this year's dues, for which Newsletter Editor Rob Brown and I are grateful. Please keep the news, and the dues, coming in. Marv Sezak reports that he and his wife, Nancy, bumped into Tom andFrancie Aley at an art auction recently, and accepted the Aleys' offer for a drink at their home in Medford, Mass., which Marv says is an art gallery in itself. Bob Filderman moved to Mobile, Ala., to become manager of E. F. Hutton and Co.'s office there, having ten account executives under his supervision. Fildy's new address is 737 Westmoreland Drive, West in Mobile. Perennial student Scott Palmer is now at Cornell where he is a candidate for a Ph.D. in government, and in his spare time pushing for departmental reforms as a member of the Government Graduate Student Association Executive Committee. Scottie's year-old son, Walter Scott Palmer, is already three feet tall, and I'll bet he's well aware of what a basketball is.
I saw a large contingent of '59's in New Haven last month enjoying the Big Green's win over Yale. Larry Toal was wearing his reunion hat he carefully preserved for the occasion and Doug Wise brought along his fiancee just to show she was real. Les Larsen left David Rockefeller's investments long enough to view the game which Dave Allen made more enjoyable with his colorful commentary. Other faces in the crowd included Messrs. Bell, Ferries, Plank, Malin, Griffin, Jaffe, Geiger, Nathan, Morton, Kalom, Cronin, Carlson, and McAllister.
The Class will be saddened to learn of Dick Peterson's death last September. His obituary appears in the In Memoriam section of this or a subsequent issue.
The New Year is not far away, a fact that makes me realize how fast another year has flown by. It seems that not so long ago we had a reunion and just before that the Jets won the superbowl - where did the time go? Oh well, there is another year coming. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, everyone.
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