1948

As mentioned previously the Class Executive Committee will have its usual fall meeting in Hanover on October 17, the weekend of the Brown football game. The meeting will be open to all members of the class and you are urged to attend. We are making reservations at the new Woodstock Inn and if you would like to stay there with the other members of the class, let me know as soon as possible as the Inn is booked up well in advance.

Congratulations to Dave Auld who was recently elected president of D. L. Auld Co. in Columbus, Ohio. The firm was founded by Dave's great-grandfather over 100 years ago, and is a subsidiary of Applied Research, Inc. They are major suppliers for the automotive, home appliance and boating industries. Dave also is president and treasurer of Bell P-A Products, a subsidiary of D. L. Auld Co. which manufactures components and complete packages for industrial and commercial sound and background systems. D. L. Auld became a wholly owned subsidiary of Applied Research in 1969 and Dave is executive vice president of Applied Research. Dave reports combined total sales of about ten million. Dave and Joyce have three sons ages 16, 14 and 3. As to news of classmates Dave reports that Wendell Griffith, his roommate at college, is vice president of Operations of D. L. Auld, and is doing a great job.

Bob Merriam will be switching from an all-male to an all-female working environment this summer when he assumes his new position as Headmaster of Stoneleigh-Burnham School in Greenfield, Mass. He has been serving as Dean of Students at Deerfield Academy. He joined the Deerfield faculty in 1948 and taught English and coached varsity soccer and hockey. The Headmaster praised Bob as "an outstanding educator whose sound counseling and keen role as Dean of Students at Deerfield will be a void difficult to" replace."

Rollin Sontag, president of American Silk Label Manufacturing Company of New York City, has been elected an associate trustee of North Shore Hospital. Rollin is Great Neck, L. I., chairman of the Hospital's $22 million expansion program. In addition to other community activities, he is associate trustee of Temple Beth-El of Great Neck and a member of the Young Presidents' Organization. Rollin and Joan and five children, ranging in age from twenty to eight, live in Great Neck.

Felicitations also to Walt Cairns of Marblehead, Mass., who has been elected president of the Dartmouth Society of Engineers. Walt is a staff member of Arthur D. Little, Inc., the research and consulting firm located in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Jack Barry was good enough to drop me a line recently bringing me up-to-date on his activities. Jack and family were at Winter Carnival this year, the first time since graduation. His son, John, is class of '70 so it Was a special occasion. Jack and Peg also have two daughters, ages seven and eleven, who are also anxious to receive a Dartmouth degree. Last fall Jack left the Westinghouse Advanced Studies Group in Boston to return to full-time teaching. He is an associate professor of Psychology at Emmanuel College in Boston. In addition. Jack lectures at Northeastern University, does consulting for Westinghouse, and is vice president of the Onion Corp. Obviously Jack has enough to keep him busy.

A new job for Ray Richard, who has become Group Vice President of Wallace-Murray Corp. Murray Corp. in New York City. He was formerly Vice President — Operations of the Cummins Engine Company of Columbus, Ind., and spent three years in London as managing director of the firm's United Kingdom operations. Be sure to let us know your new address, Ray, when you get Gloria and your three children moved from Columbus to the New York area.

Tad Comstock recently received a citation presented by the U. S. Department of Transportation. Tad heads the New Hampshire Division of the Federal Highway Administration. The award is based upon evaluation of the unit's competence, performance, and achievement. Concord, N. H., is where Tad and Bertie, three daughters and one son make their home.

A member of the class of '43 was good enough to write about Don Schuman who serves as the assistant conductor and concert master of the Plainfield Symphony Society in New Jersey. Don recently was soloist in a Beethoven opus and later conducted the Family Concert. He has studied in Switzerland and at the University of Tulsa and Columbia University. Don is Associate Professor of Music at Douglass College of Rutgers University.

This seems to be the month for '48's assuming the presidency of various organizations. Congratulations to Dave Story who was appointed president of Lower Columbia College in Longview, Wash. The college enrolls 2,500 students and is a two-year community college and a part of the state system. Prior to this Dave has served as assistant director for instruction for the State Board for Community College Education in Olympia, Wash., and received his doctor's degree from N.Y.U. in 1963. Dave and Pat have three children, two boys and a daughter, and he reports they are happily and comfortably settled in Longview.

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