1953
From wintry Minneapolis comes news of John and Helene Bishop. John runs and operates Bishop Travel Center, which is expanding and moving to larger quarters, testifying to the proclivity of Twin City denizens to vacate the area from time to time (presumably when the cumulative snowfalls hits four feet). John and Helen travel extensively, combining business with pleasure, often going to new areas to test the surroundings and accommodations. They spent the entire last summer in Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, and Grand Cayman. John was recently elected president of the Rotary Club of Edina, a Minneapolis suburb, and is planning to attend the Rotary Convention in Australia this May. This comes close to being a busman's holiday. John and Helene have three children, Christine (13), Johnnie (10) and Caroline (3).
Frank Willard is an advisory engineer, designing and developing computer systems for Westinghouse, which he joined in 1954 after receiving his EE degree at Thayer School. Frank and Shirley live in Monroeville, Pa., with their three children, Derrick (18), Kathleen (16) and David (8). Derrick is a freshman at the University of Massachusetts.
Turner Austin sends greeting from Atlanta, where he, Joyce and their children, Pamela (12) and Steve (10), live on Cherry Tree Lane. Turner is with the Life Insurance Co. of Georgia, with major sales responsibility, and enjoying it tremendously. Turner and Joyce just got back from a vacation visit to the Bahamas, proving that Sherman probably had something in mind in his march to the sea.
Hugh Greer, a neurologist with the Santa Barbara Medical Clinic, specializes in diverting pastimes. Last year he and six other guys sailed to Hawaii, and this year he and his family will shoot the rapids at Rogue River, Oregon. Hugh and Betty Lou live in Montecito, a short hop from Santa Barbara, with their three children, Darroch (13), Sydney (10), and Sarah (7). The whole family sails and to facilitate matters, the Greers have just moved into a new house a block from the ocean.
A letter from Bay Yee in Honolulu brings news of Bob Derzon, Walt Shim,Ed Quinlan and himself. "Bob Derzon recently moved his residence from New York to San Francisco, making a Christmas vacation in Honolulu easier. Walt Shim is a successful pediatric surgeon in Honolulu. He was also successful in convincing Miss Sandra Yee that two can live as cheaply as one and a spring wedding is planned. Ed Quinlan is a radiologist in Honolulu, still enjoying being a bachelor. I am still active as a consultant. It is gratifying that the City of Honolulu is implementing the Housing Program which I drafted last year. Also pleasing is the growth of one of my clients from $1.5 million to $25 million in the last two years." Bay also enclosed a photo of the foursome, all bedecked in aloha shirts.
American Stationery Products Corp. has opened a new San Francisco regional office and appointed EarleT. (Tom) Dewey to head it. Tom joined ASPC after nine years in sales and marketing management positions at the Fiberboard Corporation. His new job gives him responsibility for the Lord Menu division, Kayco Systems, and other American Stationery companies. All the Deweys, including wife Isabel and daughters Linda, Pamela and Lisa, are avid backpackers and hikers, and are active in Sierra Club doings.
If last month's column did nothing else, it must have sent more than a few classmates scrambling for their Aegises (or is it Aegi?) to unscramble our two DonSmith items. (We have two Bill Smiths, too, but that's another story.) Anyhow, it's Don C. Smith who's still baching it and putting around the Greek Isles and it's Don W. Smith who is veep at Fairfield & Ellis. Apologies to both Dons for the confusion. How could this all happen? Well, while most of every column comes from the quill of your class scribe, some (the more literate portions) are deftly inserted later by the Hanover editors. This time we caught 'em red-handed with our Smith trick.
Marc Loost has joined the law department of Air Products and Chemicals Inc. and is moving to London to assume the post of European Counsel for this company. Marc previously did international legal work for General Motors Corporation and practiced law with a Wall Street law firm. His new address is c/o Air Products Limited, St. George's Square, New Maiden (Surrey), England.
As you've no doubt read, class officers were recently polled by mail questionnaire on their views on coeducation at Dartmouth. Here, in essence, is my response: Coeducation won't ruin Dartmouth, but it would represent a tragic waste. Dartmouth has limited physical and financial resources and, as a quality institution of higher learning with a unique blend of various factors that have proven effective in developing boys into men, it should remain a preserve for males only. What's your view?
Bob Derzon '53 on recent trip to Honoluluwas greeted by '53 residents of theisland. From left, Walt Shim, pediatricsurgeon, Bob, Ed Quinlan, radiologist,and Bay Yee, consultant.
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