1960
Only the Griggses can avoid the flu all winter, go to Puerto Rico for a vacation, and come back with the flu. A perfect time to to write this column. However, I am very low on material. Please send me news of your activities or what you hear of others.
Those of you who have news such as weddings and engagements should send the details directly to me. The people in Hanover have their hands full with admissions and alumni fund activities, and although they try to get info to me promptly the quickest way is to send it directly to me.
We do have some belated wedding news. Last August Barbara Thayer and LukeStapleton were married. Luke is a graduate of Columbia Graduate School of Business. They are living in New Haven where he is budget analyst for Yale.
Earlier in July, Dr. Bruce Booth was wed to Margaret de Wilde. The picture in the "Bridgeton, N. J., News" where the wedding took place shows that Bruce found a beautiful wife. Bruce earned his Ph.D. from Northwestern University in 1967. He is employed as a research physicist at Du Pont. Dartmouth men present at the ceremony included Harry Bruckner, Roger Bentley II, Dave Mosteller, John Stephenson, Tom Judd '61, and Dave de Wilde '63, the bride's cousin.
Bob Destino found a girl closer to Hanover. He and Barbara Black were married in St. Johnsbury, Vt., in August. In December, one of New York City's men about town, Gary Stass, was due to marry Nancy Tolman. This news is by way of an engagement announcement, therefore, the uncertainty. We are certain that, after attending Mexico City College and Trinity College in Hartford, Gary has been a successful stockbroker with Bacon, Whipple & Co. in New York.
An engagement announcement has also been received concerning Frank Killilea Jr. A Skidmore grad Katherine Knight, of Hamden, Conn., has let it be known that she and Frank will wed. He is with Metcalf and Eddy, Inc., an engineering consulting firm in Boston.
In November Bill Scher and Marjorie Margolis were married. They are living in N.Y.C. where Marjorie is a senior at New York University. Bill is involved in two businesses in New Rochelle. He is president of Wisperwill, Inc. which produces a hair preparation and a partner in the Empire Beauty Supply Co.
Had enough about weddings? I do have news of one of our remaining bachelors. The world premiere of a new motion picture took place in N.Y.C. on January 17. The movie, "The Bag . . . and How to Get It," is a comedy spoof on the old Mack Sennett cops and robbers chase movies shot on the streets of New York City. Bruce Eaken starred in the flick and helped produce it with a number of friends.
Some may not be aware of the fact that friends of the late Mike Menaker established the Michael G. Menaker Memorial Fund at Dartmouth. At the end of 1968, the fund total was in excess of $2300. The income from this permanent fund shall be perpetually applied for the purchase of books and related materials for the Dartmouth College Library. For further information contact either Roger Zissu or ArnoldSigler care of Davis, Polk at 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza, N.Y.C.
By the way, Marcie and Arnold Sigler welcomed Sally Sigler into their household eleven hours before midnight, December 31. Nice going, Marcie.
Hiroshi Ono has left the Psychology Dept. of the University of Hawaii for the Psychology Dept. of York University in Toronto, Canada. Why?
Not to be outdone, Peter Crumbine, who has been in Rome for about a year, is now with Mobil Oil Philippines in Makati, Rizal, Philippines.
In a recent column I asked Matts Myhrman for news and here it is from Matts in Los Altos Hills, Calif. "I am still single, Still bearded [or, if you will, hirsute], still without a Porsche, presently employed as a hydrogeologist by Isotopes in Palo Alto, getting involved in the infamous Mid-Penin-sula Free University, a member of the D.O.C. of Northern California and Nevada, eager to get to East Africa." Mouse has spent some time with Dr. Sim Cantril, who is a cancer specialist in San Francisco.
Another '60 M.D., Dr. Bruce Flashner, Was the central figure of a feature story in the "Chicago American" newspaper. The story leads off with "It was a mild night for this time of year - the kind of night they dread at County Hospital. On a cold or stormy night people stay inside, and tend not to shoot, stab, or beat each other so much. But when the weather is bitter they take to the streets, and some of them end up at County - victims of a West Madison street fight, a south side shooting, or similar violence. Every fourth night the lives of these people are the responsibility of a 33-year-old doctor who could be making $30,000 a year in private practice." During a recent unannounced visit, the reporter followed Bruce Flashner on his rounds through the huge hospital. The article went on to point out that Bruce works 80-100 hours a week as night surgeon at County.
He has direct responsibility for all surgical admissions which run as high as 20 a night (stabbings and gunshot wounds in the abdomen are the most common). "Why would a doctor who could be enjoying a successful private practice spend 100 hours a week at County?
" 'These people need help. You don't have to stay here very long to see their need,' he said."
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