1959
The vacation is over and it’s back to school again, back to cranking out this column. In spite of the fact that the deadlines have a way of sneaking up behind me, I’m looking forward to the task, and hopefully, Newsletter Editor Chris Cundey and I can collectively concoct something stimulating enough to attract some feedback and make our efforts even more enjoyable. But enough editorializing—on to the news.
A lengthly letter from Warren Dechter reveals he left the bachelor ranks a year ago last August when he married Heide Sponheimer of Worms, Germany. A large contingent of ’59’s and their wives providing moral support included Harry and MarthaFriedrichs, Ed and Hope Ephraim, Mikeand Margie Stern, Stu and Leslie Davis,Steve and Bobbie Margolis, and another holdout Bill Sherman. Warren spent his honeymoon in Europe, partly with his mother-in-law, but since he could speak no German and she no English, they got along famously. He and his bride are living in London where he works for Grey Advertis- ing.
Paul Stein wrote to say he moved from St. Louis to St. Paul in January to become resident manager of Merrill, Lynch’s office there. Ann, his wife, and children Val (34) and Paul (14), didn’t seem to mind the first day in their new home in spite of a three- foot snow storm and temperatures of 27 below zero. Paul heard from Rod Snow that he has finally finished his medical education and was planning to move to Northern California to start his practice.
Fun City’s Mayor Lindsay recently pre- sented The City of New York Merit Award for 1969 to Sig Ginsburg, one of five individuals cited who “in the first five years of their city service have demonstrated ability, dedication and potential for leader- ship.” Sig, who entered city service in 1966 and is now assistant city administrator, originated and directs the New York City Urban Fellowship Program and his agency’s Summer Intern Program for outstanding college students. He has also conducted and directed numerous major studies in city government to increase efficiency and effec- tiveness of city services, and in his spare time is an adjunct assistant professor of Government at John Jay College. Congrat- ulations, Sig!
A fair amount of news clippings have also accumulated over the summer. HowardGreene is a consultant to schools in Weston, Conn., specializing in counselling high school students on college admission and financial aid. Previously he was admissions dean at Princeton and deputy headmaster at the Fieldstone School. Dr. Dave Trumbull is on the faculty of the School for International Training in Brattleboro, Vt., and has been appointed director of the Master of Arts in Teaching Languages program there. Prior to this assignment, Dave taught at Columbia, the University of Kabul in Afghanistan, and the Summer Institute at Ranchi Bihar, India. An associate professor of political science at New College, Brandenton, Fla., Dr. MajidTehranian is one of 18 co-authors of “Contemporary Middle Eastern Government Politics,” a college textbook to be published next spring. Majid is writing the book’s introduction as well as the section dealing with Iran. He has authored numerous articles appearing in various professional journals and after graduating from Dart- mouth, received M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard where he had both a university scholarship and Ford Foundation fellowship.
Warner Bros, has signed Bob Canton to develop the screen play for “Running,” a story about the problems of a Vietnam veteran who goes AWOL. He is very enthusiastic about the story’s potential, and looking forward to visiting California where it takes place and will be filmed. Bob is a writer-director for C & H Pictures Inc. in New York, which produced his most recent feature “Take All You Can Get,” and he is also scheduled to direct “The Man Who Was Aquarius,” an astrological comedy.
Some substantial American Airlines re- sponsibilities have been delegated to RandyMalin, who has been named Vice President for Market Planning and Development, which means he will be in charge of sched- ule development, mar- ket research and anal- ysis, and rates and fares. He has been with American Air- lines since 1961 and has successively been director of economic research, assistant to the president, director of marketing plans, and vice president for market planning.
A new management post at Inland Steel’s Indiana Harbor Works has been given to Dick Johnson, who has been named assis- tant superintendent of the No. 3 cold strip mill, about to expand with a new cold-roll- ing complex. Dick joined Inland Steel as a trainee right after graduation and has specialized in cold- strip milling. In 1967 he was named assistant superintendent of the galvanizing department.
Out Oregon way, John Hanson has assumed his duties as dean of Linfield College. John had been associate dean of students at Stanford. Guess John wanted to be a bigger fish in a smaller think tank.
Switching to the political arena, TedGude has declared his candidacy for New Hampshire’s 2nd Congressional seat, which includes Hanover. Running as a Democrat, his platform is based on three primary issues affecting the district; inflation and the economy, polarization and conflict, and the Indo China war, issues which are obviously not confined to the Hanover area, and he has called on all citizens for support. Ted is a neighbor of Dick Jaeger who lives practi- cally across the road in Canaan, N. H., and as the story goes Dick was instrumental in Ted’s settling there. A member of the Government Department at Dartmouth since 1968, Ted has taught at Northwestern University, held counselling relationships with the President’s Commission on the causes and Prevention of Violence (Eisen- hower Administration), and spent three years in the Special Operations office at American University in Washington helping analyze guerilla warfare and revolution under an Army contract. I know of no other classmates in or running for Congress, so I don’t know if Ted is the first ’59 to run. In any case, we wish him success.
The coming academic year launches Dartmouth’s third century, which begins, symbolically, under a new president who has already demonstrated wisdom, sensitivity and dedication to leadership, and convinced many of us that the college’s future is in capable hands. And the year promises to be an interesting one, what with the issue of coeducation to be debated and possibly resolved by the trustees, the general feelings about and commitment to current events by the undergraduates and the fine prospects facing the athletic teams. All of this adds up to a dynamic situation, so stay tuned.
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