1959
Do you remember way back to our freshman year when Janet Pilgrim, one of the first Playboy bunnies, visited the campus as the date of the lucky guy who won an essay contest entitled "I want a date with Janet Pilgrim because " Well, the College will get more publicity in "Playboy" for, according to "The Dartmouth," Carnival will be the theme of an article in a future issue. The administration's fears that such publicity might present an unfavorable image apparently have been calmed, as a spokesman said there would be no effort to suppress the article, as long as "Playboy" depicts Dartmouth in a reasonable way. Well, we will see.
George Powell's wife, Tina, wrote to tell that George has joined International Multifoods Corp. as director of Business Planning. Formerly with Geigy Chemical Co., Tina reports that he is already on location in Minneapolis while she and the kids, Pam, 10 and Mark, 6, sell their house in Westchester and tie up all the loose ends. Sounds like George planned pretty well. Thank you, Tina.
In the small world department, DickJohnson and his wife, Anne, bumped into Mr. and Mrs. Barclay Wellman while vacationing last July in Algonquin Park, Ontario. Dick is an assistant plant superintendent with Inland Steel Co. in East Chicago and Bare lives in Jamestown, N. Y., an area, I recall, which produces a whole lot of grapes. Dick mentioned that Dr. Hank Wirts has opened his obstetrics-gynecology practice in York, Pa., after settling his military thing with Uncle Sam. Hank and Linda have a girl, Eleanor, who is five years old.
Dodge boy Vince Sawyer moved last August to Lynchburg, Va., where he is the Lynchburg district manager for the Dodge Division of Chrysler. Vince's territory includes 18 dealers in southside Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley.
Tom Noonan, a member of the History Department at the University of Minnesota, just returned from a three-month stay in Russia where he did some research under a U.S.-U.S.S.R. senior faculty exchange program. Tom and his wife visited Kiev, Leningrad, and Moscow. This brings to mind a TV documentary about the attitudes of Russian students I saw recently which concluded that while they were well disciplined, these students lacked the questioning attitudes exhibited by American undergraduates. I wonder if Tom had similar observations.
Also living in Minneapolis is Will Hartfeldt who is presently an assistant attorney general, heading the local government and opinion division of that office. Dave Ward became a partner of Touche, Ross & Co., C.P.A.s, last September 1 and works in the company's Detroit office. He and his wife, Barbara, and four children, two boys and two girls, live in Pontiac. .
The only newspaper clipping received in two months - times are getting tough for your hardworking secretary - relates that Charles Steinhacker is a visiting artist at Wesleyan University which is misleading for his bag is photography, not painting. He has done extensive work in the wilderness for the National Geographic, Life, Holiday, Forbes and for books sponsored by the Sierra Club, the society dedicated to conserving the nation's natural resources. Some of his finished portfolios have dealt with national parks, the Baja Peninsula and the Canadian Maritime Provinces and he has had exhibitions in several New York City galleries, as well as the Hopkins Center. The theme of Charlie's pictures emphasizes that man's environment lies in a critical condition, a result of his progress, and its future lies in the hands of today's youth.
Moving right along, Paul Egner has opted for the Los Angeles area where he says he is working in beautiful downtown Burbank in Shell Oil Co.'s real estate department. I have it from an unimpeachable source, however, that Paul is really appearing as Grandfather Farkle. Bob Ogg has bought a house in Mississauga, Ontario, and he says he couldn't believe the ramifications involved with down payment, mortgage, etc. Welcome to the club, Bob, that's only the beginning. Don "Zip" Adams has taken up residence in Camp Hill, Pa., working in sales with Reynolds & Reynolds Co. They are expecting their fourth child soon.
Joan, my wife, and sometime ghostwriter, just translated Dr. Mike Hirsch's quick note. I interpreted his physician's scrawl to say he just started a practice in primate pediatrics, but she pointed out that Mike meant a private practice in pediatrics. Sorry, Mike, I had you delivering monkeys.
Well, that's it. Except for one item I'm holding in reserve for next month, I've reached the absolute rock bottom of printable news. So unless the mailbag is replenished before the next deadline, this column may be filled with Joan's favorite recipes. I've got my fingers crossed.
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