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Conrad R. Bohuslav has been elected vice president of Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and the Kaiser Foundation Medical Plan; he also is manager of the Hawaii region of the medical care plan. Connie joined this organization, which does business in six states, in 1956 as a systems analyst in Northern California. He went to Hawaii five years later as assistant to the regional manager; in 1962 he became controller for the Hawaii region, a position he held until 1967 when he became regional manager. 957 Lunahelu Street, Kailua, Hawaii 96734 is the address of Connie, Shirley and their two children.
After ten years of residency in the Prairie State, Scott and Betts Olin and their two children, Eric and Dirk, left their abode in Evanston, Ill., and now are officially located on Arthur Drive, Wellington Hills, Hockessin, Del. 19707. At least that's where the latter three members of the family can be contacted; Betts advises that Scott is very much "on the go" in his new position as national sales manager of the Speakman Company, a long-established producer of plumbing fixtures and safety equipment which is located in Wilmington, Del. All four of the Olins are planning to attend reunion.
Reunion plans are continuing to develop nicely; I'll leave the specifics up to those who are charged with distributing the data, but Gerry Sarno and his committee are doing their very best to make reunion a memorable occasion for all...and as it will be only a couple months away by the time you read this column, I hope you've made the appropriate arrangements to attend. Dave Taylor of San Francisco has been making plans since last November to be in Hanover. Likewise, Dr. Cal Sia of Hawaii hopes to be present. Dave Hitchcock, who is spending a year at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, expects that for the first time his Foreign Service assignment will permit reunion attendance. But I guess we'll have to propose a toast or say a prayer (or something) for Ben Ferguson...it seems that someone didn't consult with Gerry Sarno when the 1970 "Williams School of Banking" session was scheduled, so Ben will be hitting the books there for a few days around the weekend of June 20.
Tom O'Connell, president of Berkshire Community College, has returned from a five-month sabbatical leave which was spent in Europe. We hope he'll elaborate more on it at reunion, but the O'Connell family travels took them to Ireland (where daughters Didi and Mary are still located as they enrolled in Dublin schools for an academic year), England, Scotland, Holland, Germany, Yugoslavia and Spain. Tom read and lectured extensively; the family went to lots of theatre, opera, and musical concerts; Tom's wife Annie also played the leading role in a movie made during the Cork Film Festival in Ireland. Tom reports that London still is the best place of all to attend the theatre, while Yugoslavia was the most interesting country to visit; there was great evidence of prosperity and "open friendliness." Spain proved to be the most rewarding country from the educator's professional standpoint, due to a proposed educational reform program; it's now before the Spanish "Congress" and includes a series of "mini-colleges," which will be one-year institutions very much like the community colleges in the United States.
We have been brought up-to-date on the activities of Fred Rogers, thanks to a clipping from the "Miami Herald." He's the "Misterogers" of television; it's an educational program, geared mainly to the three-to-seven-year-old audience, which has been widely acclaimed. Fred, who has a degree in music from Rollins College in Florida and also is an ordained Presbyterian minister, has been involved in educational television since his era of seminary studies in Pittsburgh. "Misterogers Neighborhood" was originated by Fred when he went with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation six years ago; two years ago the program was brought to Pittsburgh; Fred's address is 1300 Beechwood Blvd. in that city.
Philip H. Chase, director of administrative services for the Professional Products Group of Warner-Lambert Pharmaceutical Company, Morris Plains, N. J., has been elected vice chairman of the Organization Development Division of the American Society for Training and Development. ASTD is a national professional society of about 9,600 members whose duties involve the training and development of today's work force; the Organization Development Division serves members whose responsibilities include designing and implementing organizational change for their companies. Phil also is a consultant to the City of New York Human Resources Commission and to the Employee Relations Division of the National Association of
Frank Gilroy, president of the Dramatists Guild, has presented an idea for consideration by the institutions of higher education of the country for the better use of underutilized campus theatres. He suggests that playrights be invited to serve in residence for all or part of an academic year, during which they would receive a suitable salary and the use of the theatre facilities; they would be free to produce their own work, and possibly teach. If they come up with something suitable for full production, they could summon a director, cast, etc., and thereby make available to the public one or more original productions.
Karl W. Marsh of 13 Cove Terrace, Branford, Conn., is an administrative officer in the trust department of the First New Haven National Bank. Karl has been with the bank since 1964, and graduated from the School of Banking Public Relations and Marketing at Northwestern University in 1968. This year his civic duties include the chairmanship of the board of the Southern Connecticut Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. He and Sylvia have three children, Amy, Elizabeth and Philip.
Cal Solem of 8519 Indian Hills Drive, Omaha, Neb., has filed as a candidate for the 4th District state senate seat being vacated by Henry Pedersen Jr. Cal, who is assistant executive director of the Associated General Contractors, not only has been active in Republican political affairs but also is a member of the Omaha Public Schools Advisory Council for Vocational Education, and serves on the advisory board of LEAP, a government-financed organization which recruits minority group young men into construction apprentice programs in the Omaha area.
The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., has another '50 on its staff. Dr. Larry Perry has shed his army attire and now is with Mayo's anesthesiology section; his new address is 1227 6th Street, S.W., Rochester, Minn. 55901. Dr. Phil Brown of the clinic writes that he, Jinny and their two children, Louise and Charlie, will be with us for reunion.
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