1956
Season's Greetings.
Ted and Diana Weymouth and their handsome foursome T. Clark, Michael, Jon, and Becky are in Illinois after seven years in Brussels, Rome, and Madrid. Ted has joined Marlennan, the holding company of Marsh and McLennan, international industrial insurance specialists. For those who have yet to see the Weymouth's Christmas letter we have asked Ted to write something on their return to the U. S. Attempting to synthesize European attitudes on a variety of subjects repatriated Ted writes; of U. S. politics "JFK rates with Pope John XXIII as one of the outstanding 20th century statesmen, otherwise, current U. S. politics are viewed with a businessman's eye . . . what's in it for me. Although many European countries may be westward-looking politically, they have a Belgian hound dog's sense of smell about business opportunities and markets behind the Iron Curtain."
On drugs; "There is very little difference in scope or applicability of the drug problem between the U. S. and overseas, that is overseas in the American community. Drug problems, education and inventory have 'happened' in Madrid, and are important enough to cause Bob Hill '42, U. S. Ambassador to Spain, to issue a warning to Americans living and travelling in Spain about the strict Spanish laws concerning drug traffic and usage, complete with incarceration charts and statistics." Vietnam; "other Europeans may be more sensitive but Vietnam probably seems very far away to the average Spaniard. Generalisimo Franco declared amnesty for political prisoners of the Spanish Civil War to commemorate the 30th anniversary of that war and 30 years of peace in Spain in 1969. You wouldn't believe the number of people who came out of hiding after 30 years—from caves, attics, mountain hide-aways—people of importance including priests and village mayors. Again Vietnam awakens the business and political instincts for European opportunity rather than any other response.
"Family Life is as big a part of the European way as the TGIF Martini on Madison Avenue. Not withstanding the occasional (Europeans may call it inevitable) 'sortie' from time to time, the family unit has a strong bond with a mystique which bridges generations." Theatre; "London is Mecca. One weekend Diana and I were there—three days in total—and we saw five shows and managed to sandwich in 'The Graduate' at the flicks. Theatre on the Continent is excellent but requires language fluency. Otherwise it's like trying to explain Red Barber's lingo and how to play baseball to interested Belgians all at once during World Series time." Women's Liberation; "In a nutshell, it's a man's world over there." Pollution; "A problem but not significant yet and not recognized as such. Large industrial complexes still flex too much muscle GNP-wise to warrant much concern about pollution. I'm talking about the Continent now, not the U.K. You have to wear a bell around your neck sometimes in London. They call it atmospheric inversion."
"I've seen Doug Keare, Ted Briggs and Ted Bremble to mention a few. I missed the Paris and London contingents and also Bob Mackay in West Berlin. Speaking of Bremble, I am still drying out from an evening late last spring at the Spanish Livestock and Farm Festival in Madrid when Mike Corcoran '54 and I rather rudely ditched Nancy, Sharon, Diana and Ted Bremble to make plans with a couple of townies from Oviedo for the Festival of San Fermin in Pamplona, the running of the bulls. We did finally make it up there and Mike and I were rounding the corner from the Town Square into the Calle Estafeta with six determined toros at our back when we noticed that scrawled on the wooden barriers in front of the Bar Estafeta was 'No tocar noticias; pero A. J. Bruscino dormio aqui.'"
Denver psychiatrist Bob Emde has surely established the record for babies, having studied 300 in the last nine years. Emde M.D. or M.D. Emde (say it your way) has considered why newborns smile as part of his work at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and this drew the attention of Time magazine not so long ago.
Boston banker Ben Taylor has opened a New York representative office for New England Merchants and is keeping a pad in each port; a formidable bachelor set-up.
Chester Zinn has been appointed associate counsel in the legal department at Connecticut General Life Insurance Co. in Hartford. Chet followed his undergraduate career with a stint as a naval aviator, and then went on to graduate from Yale Law School in 1963. He joined Connecticut General as an attorney in the legal department in 1967 and was named an assistant counsel a year later. He and wife Judy have one son and live at 331 Mountain Road, in West Hartford, Conn.
Keith and Mary Ladd and trio Karen, Matthew and Adam are in the Philadelphia area where Keith has been named Director of Real Estate of "The Plum Tree," a franchised operation specializing in imported giftware and decorative home accessories. A division of AAMCO Industries Inc., The Plum Tree anticipates openings in 125 regional malls throughout the country during 1971, so friend Keith will be a busy fellow. It's good to hear about corporate expansion plans that are off the shelf, too.
From Arnar-Stone Laboratories in Mt. Prospect, Ill., comes word of the promotion of Glen French to vice president for sales and marketing. Arnar-Stone is a subsidiary of American Hospital Supply Corp. with which Glen has been associated since he picked up an MBA from Tuck School in 1959. He and his wife Carolyn have three children, Deborah, Chip and Cathy, and live at 1211 Norman Lane in Deerfield, Ill.
Our reunion next June is with the classes of 1955 and 1957. Reunion Chairman, Stu Klapper, is particularly pleased that we are the middle class and knowing food-man Stu, he'll probably come up with a "Name the Sandwich" competition to whet interest. Consciousness III, maybe. Note the dates: June 18, 19 and 20. Plan to be there. It's an opportunity to learn about the Dartmouth of today along with some of your better friends and acquaintances. Moreover, some things never change; summer is still one of Hanover's best seasons.
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