1922

General Walter I. Miller, to the good fortune of '22, has accepted the task of Reunion Chairman for our Fiftieth in June 1972. Competent, experienced, congenial Ike will give this great convocation the leadership it deserves. It is hoped that Ike will also receive advice and assistance from all classmates and from his good wife Harriott. You will be hearing from our General soon.

Ike's acceptance was the headline news from April's Little Reunion. That was the thoroughly enjoyable get-together it always is. Before you see these notes SteveKenyon will have listed in the Twoter the names of all participants. Among the warmly welcomed newcomers were Johnand Bertha Fancher and Will Nicholson, our mayor emeritus of Denver. After the Saturday evening dinner the Class enjoyed an informal talk by Trustee Jack Dodd who had just left a board meeting in Hanover. In brief, Dartmouth has its problems; it is facing them realistically; it will continue to be a preeminent education- al institution.

Judge Sterry R. Waterman, U. S. Court of Appeals-Second Circuit, is retiring from that eminent bench in June. In this month, after 16 years as a federal judge, he will reach the young age of 70. The Second Circuit Court adjudicates in the states of New York, Connecticut, and Vermont. In national prestige it ranks next to the U. S. Supreme Court.

After stepping down as a full-time judge, Sterry will continue to work with the court. He will be on call for any assignments by its chief justice or the Chief Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court. He has no intention of hibernating and says "I expect to carry about 60 per cent of the load I now have."

President Eisenhower appointed Sterry a federal judge on May 13, 1953, a most memorable day for Sterry and his bride, the former Frances Chadbourne ' Knight, because it also happened to be their twenty-first wedding anniversary. And now that they recently celebrated their thirty-ninth anniversary, these tell-all notes must divulge that they met on a blind date 41 years ago.

Referring to his years on the court, '22's federal judge says "We've handled a lot of colorful stuff." That, among many other judgments of national significance, includes Sterry's far-reaching decision in 1955 on "one-man-one-vote" state legislative reapportionment.

The New York Times then described our classmate as "An Aristocratic Judge ... a huge baldish man with white hair and a serious mien... who exercised firm control with an insistence on decorum in the courtroom." Adding that he had an affable sense of humor, the big city Times was quite flabbergasted because Sterry answered his own telephone. "I almost always do, he explained in a broad New England accent. "I'm just a country boy."

Before being appointed judge, Sterry had been state's attorney for Vermont's Caledonia County (1933-37) and assistant secretary of the Vermont senate. He was also a member of the Commission to Investigate the Judicial System of Vermont (1935-37) and a member of the state Unemployment Compensation Commission (1936-46). A long-time advocate of uniformity in state laws, he was named a member of the Board of Commissioners for the Promotion of Uniformity in Legislation in 1938, and became a life member in 1958. He was likewise a member of the original committee which sponsored and promulgated the Uniform Commercial Code. He is a former president of the Vermont Bar Association which in March honored him with a testimonial dinner at the Woodstock Inn. The American Judicature Society in 1962 elected Sterry its president. He is a member of the American Law Institute, the Institute of Judicial Administration and the American Bar Association.

But classmates trust the honor most cherished by Sterry is his 1963 honorary LL.D. from Dartmouth. The citation in part reads, "Leader in its golden anniversary year of the foremost group (American Judicature Society) of the American bench and bar, devoted to promoting the efficient administration of justice, you personify what is meant by a Doctor of Laws, honoris causa."

Sterry and Frances have two sons, Robert C. '59, an attorney in Los Angeles, and Robert S., an accountant in New York. The parents have made their home in St. Johnsbury for many years and all classmates wish them health and happiness for many more years ahead.

Now, Sterry, if you wish to initiate action for libel the New York Times and the Rutland Herald are vulnerable, but the prime defendant should be a fellow Vermonter, one—and only one—Stanley P. Miner, who sent in most of these scandalous reports about you.

The Class sorrowfully joins HarveyMoses and Arthur Norton in bereavement. Cay Moses passed away during April in Tucson, Ariz., and Dorothy Norton during February in Danbury, Conn. Both ladies were loyal members of the class family and will be sadly missed.

To begin the 1971-72 academic year that will end with '22's Fiftieth Reunion in June 1972, the Class will have two sparkling weekends in the autumn of 1971. The first weekend, October 8-9, will feature flaming foliage and tie-breaking football (18-18-2) with Penn. The second weekend, October 29-30, will mark the return of the Yale varsity to Hanover after an absence of 87 years. Ike Miller is holding reservations for '22 at Howard Johnson's for a minimum of Friday and Saturday nights for either or both weekends. A call to 802-785-2012 or a note to Gen. Walter I. Miller, Thetford Center, Vt. 05075, will get you accommodations, if you shake the lead now.

Have a good summer.

Secretary, 11 Brockway Rd. Hanover, N. H. 03755

Class Agent, Hancock, N. H. 03449