1947

It's a cold February morning in New York and unfortunately, it's still a pretty empty mailbag. The only thing that makes me feel less badly about this is the long interesting newsletter sent out recently by Doug Birch, so that even if yours truly isn't getting the news, somebody is, and that's really all that counts.

From St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y., comes news that Frank Wuerfel has been named president of the St. Lawrence University Parents Association for 1971. Frank is vice president of sales for RJR Foods, Inc. He and his lovely wife Penny are the parents of three sons including Mark, who is a Junior at St. Lawrence, and they reside in Bernardsville, N.J.

Sherm Gleason has been elected Regional Vice President of the Home Life Insurance Company of New York. He started with Home Life in 1958 and very quickly was named assistant manager of their Management & Development Division, and for the past eight years has managed the Gleason Agency in New York City. A chartered life underwriter, he is a member of their national organization and of the General Agents and Managers Association. He and his wife Dolores live in Weston, Conn., with their three sons, Scott, Steven and Douglas.

Robert Gallagher has been elected school board chairman in Darien, Conn. Bob had already served in the school board for one year and had been chairman of the 10-year building committee as well. He lives with his wife Jeanette in Darien where they have resided since 1962 along with their three children. For the last five years, he has been a vice president of Bache & Co. in the corporate finance department. He is also a director of Superscope, Inc., Robert Bruce, Inc., Devon Apparel, Inc. and Paramount Packaging Corp., all public companies. He is also president of the Tokeneke Club.

Recent book reviews have been most favorable for Bernard Nossiter's recent publication "Soft State: A Newspaperman's Chronicle of India." Bernard has had a long, successful career in journalism, and has been associated with Fortune Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York World Telegram & Sun. He was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard in 1963 and has received many outstanding journalism awards. His recent book was based on first hand experience picked up during his tour of duty for the Washington Post in India from 1967 to 1968.

Norman Fink is continuing his lecture tours and recently was a speaker at the Federal Income Tax Symposium sponsored by the American Alumni Council in Atlanta City

Still some political news from the fall elections, and the final result that Edwin I. Miller Jr. won the race for district attorney in San Diego, Calif. We understand that it was a hard and bitter fought contest and Bob's margin of victory was 71.000 votes out of a total of approximately 378,000.

Hopefully, as you read this article, the weather will have turned and what looks like the coldest winter in years will have been over. We can only hope that with the coming of spring '47's will feel more communicative and send us some word from the many scattered locations and of the interesting and varied lives they and their families lead. Until then, regards.

Secretary, 23 Whippoorwill Rd. Chappaqua, N.Y. 10514

Treasurer, 142 Inwood Ave. Upper Montclair, N.J. 07043