1957
Now that summer has ended, vacations are over and thoughts once again turn to the gridiron and other fall activities, all ’57’s should be thinking ahead to our 15th Reunion. Mark your calendar; Friday, June 18—Sunday, June 20, 1971. Other reunioning classes are 1955 and 1956. Reunion chairman, Ben Bixby, has an active committee. The various members are: Dave Cook, treasurer; Alden Gifford, promotion; George Soutlrwick, picnic; Dan Goggin, class banquet; Bob Giordana; Art Pierce, children’s activities. I am sure all suggestions are welcome. You’ll hear much about the details soon.
Another 1957 classmate is on the national political scene. Labor Department Solicitor Larry Silberman was to be nominated in June by President Nixon to All the part of Undersecretary of Labor according to Labor Department sources. Larry received his law degree from Harvard in 1961 and practiced law in Honolulu from 1961 to 1967.
Putting an inter-racial business on its feet is an economic rather than a social venture. Therefore, Merchant Prince Corp., a greet- ing and studio card company aimed at black consumers, deliberately steered clear of funding by well-meaning social institutions, the small business administration, and leading institutions. It chose to go public by selling common stock on the open market as well as to a private group. George Kregos, former marketing man for Philip Morris cigarettes, was one of the original investors. George is taking the company along the marketing routes of giant manufacturers. It has already gotten sizable orders from such giants as Woolworth, Sears, Ward’s, Kresge, and Neisner Bros. Current retail market potential for black greeting cards is about $75 million. George says “This is about 7.5 percent of the $1 billion now being spent on all greeting cards in the U. S.” The future looks bright, George, good luck!
Phil Anderson, vice president of Infor- mation Sciences Inc. of Warwick, R. 1., a subsidiary of Industrial Bancorp, has as- sumed responsibility for the firm’s personnel placement division. Phil is a former systems engineer for 1.8.M. He is past president and past Division Director of the R. I. Chapter of the Association for Systems Management and is also active in numerous civic organizations.
In the midst of the skirt-length brouhaha on Seventh Avenue what does one in the child’s wear industry do? Bud Konheim, president of Young Sophisticates, producer of children’s wear, attributes his company’s success to the fact that, “we like to stay confused, even panicked. If we get to the point where we think we wrote the book, we’re dead.” His company, therefore, “tests out” considerable new styling ideas, taking its leaf from what it hears young people requesting. Now items are offered constantly and the concern does not follow the tradition among bigger producers in issuing regular, large lines. Some 300 styles are produced each year, spaced out at irregular intervals.
Little did New York Knickerbocker fans last spring realize that the fate of the team was in the hands of Dr. Jim Parks. Jim had to make the decision on whether or not to allow Willis Reed, captain of the pro- basketball team, to continue in playoff games. J. C. is an orthopedic surgeon and supervisor of the Emergency Room at the Roosevelt Hospital in New York.
In June, Dr. Sidney Starobin received the “Alumnus of t the Year” award at the Yeshiva Torah Dinner in Worcester, Mass. Sidney is a practicing pediatrician in Holliston, Mass., where he lives with his wife, Evelyn, and their four daughters, Amy Jean. Suzanne, and Lisa. He is also a member of the Holliston Board of Health. A Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatrics and a Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners, he is on the visiting staff, of the Framingham Union Hospital and Boston City Hospital. He is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Alpha Omega Alpha, Honor Medical Society, Mass. Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He has also authored numerous scientific articles.
Another Massachusetts doctor, Dave Re- gran, an optometrist, has opened an office in Wayland Center for visual examinations, contact lenses, and pediatric care. Having graduated with a doctorate in optometry from Massachusetts College of Optometry, Dave is a candidate for a Ph.D. in reading and visual disabilities at Boston College. He is a clinical professor in the Children’s Clinic at Mass. College of Optometry and secretary of the Mass. Society of Optometry Chil- dren’s Vision Committee. He is one of twelve national recipients of an American Optometric Foundation fellowship for study and research in the area of reading/vision disfunctions of children as related to vision.
The Board of Education of New London, Conn., has appointed Lou Bovero as guidance director of the Junior High School. In the College of Liberal Arts at the University of New Hampshire, EllsworthWheeler has been appointed assistant professor of Zoology. Prior to going to New Hampshire, he was on the faculty at Stanford University.
The Rockefeller Brothers have awarded a full-expense fellowship for one year of graduate theological study to Bruce Barra-bee. Bruce has elected to attend Union Theological Seminary in New York City. This fellowship is one of about fifty given annually in a very competitive nation-wide competition. The purpose of the program is to attract to an accredited seminary on a year’s “trial” basis outstanding students.
Last spring, Edwin Brooks was granted a Ph.D. by Stanford University. Ed is an assistant professor of history at the Univer- sity of North Carolina.
Russ Barry, CBS Radio Division execu- tive, has been named Vice President for CBS Owned AM Stations. His previous title was Vice President and General Manager of CBS Radio Spot Sales, which he will contin- ue to oversee while guiding the seven AM stations owned by CBS. His vacated spot has been taken over by Charlie Warner ’55. Russ started with CBS at station WBBM-TV in Chicago in 1960 and moved into national sales before joining the CBS Radio Division in New York.
Members of the Class who use Q-Tips or control their unruly locks with Vaseline Hair Tonic will be interest- ed to know that these two products are now in the personal charge of Joe Stevenson, who has been made a Senior Brand Manag- er for Chesebrough- Pond’s, Inc. Joe be- fore was just a plain Brand Manager. He joined the company in 1967 after being an account supervisor with the Benton & Bowles advertising agency. Joe wife Jane, and two offspring live at 56 South Manor Drive, White Plains, N. Y.
Jottings:—Mr. and Mrs. Mike King announce the birth of their second son, Charles Carter Bowie King on Bastille Day July 14, 1970. Dick Vanden Bosche is a chief estimator for McKee-Berger McMan- sueto Inc. in Boston. Gene Vance is an associate professor of English and Compara- tive Literature at the University of Montreal. Jan Wlodarkiewicz is an automated hotel bookings consultant with International Res- ervations, Ltd. in London. The Rev. RobertHoyt is the director of training. Department of AMC Missions of the AMC Lutheran Church, Columbus, Ohio. Dr. Dick Longa-baugh is a principal associate in Psychiatry and chief of Social Science Department at McLeon Hospital at the Harvard Medical School. Jim O’Brien is president of J. W. O’Brien & Son, Inc., Insurance and Real Estate in Northampton, Mass. CharlieSchneider is director of marketing for Union Carbide Eastern, Inc.
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