1962
This makes the last column for the school year and allows a three-month break before picking up the pen again.
Class officers' weekend was held in Hanover on April 30 and May 1. BobKatz, John Schiffman, and I managed to make our regular attendance. But the bright spot was the appearance of DonSamuelson who has agreed to head up the reunion next June. Don has some novel ideas for the occasion, but welcomes suggestions. More will appear on this in the newsletter and in the column next fall.
The weekend was highlighted by a Friday night speech by President Kemeny where he expressed his opinion that some form of coeducation is necessary to maintain Dartmouth's present academic position. This opinion was challenged by a resolution requesting the class officers' body to address the trustees and ask that no definite decision be made until the alumni body is sounded out concerning this issue.
Considerable discussion followed and the net result was that a special committee from the class officers was selected to examine the entire question and make a recommendation to the trustees on behalf of the class officers body.
The issue as explored over the weekend appears to have many facets. But the discussions seemed to return to one area; "Is coeducation necessary at Dartmouth and if so, shouldn't this necessity be explained and communicated to the alumni body." The feeling was that entirely too much emphasis is being placed on how to accomplish coeducation and not nearly enough on why the change is needed.
The reason given for placing importance on the "why" question was the concern that there may be a considerable decline in alumni support for the College, both financially and in personal effort if the change is made. Closer contact with the alumni body will make it possible to further examine possible alumni reaction while at the same time allow for the explanation of the reasons for the contemplated change.
It is hoped that each of you will write this special committee and express your feelings, not only as to your opinion of coeducation at Dartmouth, but also as to whether you have been sufficiently appraised of all the considerations involved in order to properly arrive at your opinion. It would be my suggestion that you communicate your thoughts to John Schiffman at Smith, Batchelder and Rugg on Lyme Road in Hanover. John has been selected to serve on this committee.
Dick Whitfield, who holds a Doctor of Engineering degree from Thayer School, has been named Director of Group Technical Planning and Development for the Materials Technology Group of Howmet Corporation in Greenwich, Conn. Dick's doctoral thesis was in the field of plasma welding and metallurgically bonded hard-surfacing. He has held a number of research and development positions in industry, including a stint with the Boeing Company where he worked on the Saturn V moon rocket program and later on the 747 Superjet. He resides in Rowayton, Conn., with his wife and two children.
One who might be classified as pro-coed is John Walters. John maintains a busy law practice to support his son and those three daughters. I would imagine Nancy has a full time occupation right there. John is now General Counsel for Mowhawk Data Sciences Corp in N.Y.C., a company that manufactures computer peripheral equipment.
Art Fritz sends on the news of his and Barbara's first child, Arthur J. Fritz III born last November. Art was ably assisted at the christening in San Francisco by godfather Brock Saxe. Another '62 keeping in touch with Art is Jack Fitzgibbon who dropped in last February while on a brief visit from his Wallingford, Conn., home.
Kent Graham is moving along so raoidlv in the banking business, he must be neglecting his golf game. He has recently been promoted to senior commercial officer, national department, of The First Pennsylvania Banking and Trust Company, with which he has been affiliated since 1965. At the same time, he is pursuing an M.B.A. degree at Drexel University. Along with some community duties, Kent is also treasurer and director of Old Philadelphia Development Corporation and a director of Penn's Landing Corporation. He and his wife Beverly have two sons, Douglas and Mark.
See you in the fall. In the meantime give John Schiffman some help and start getting in shape for the 10th. next June.
A '63 huddle at annual meeting of Association of the Great Divide at Denver in Aprilincludes (l to r) Len Waldbaum, Pete Wells, Joe Gold, and Fred Fisher.
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