Tuck School

As you read this, fall will have begun to make its presence felt on the Hanover plain — the leaves have started to turn, the morning air is crisp, and another school year is underway. Students criss-cross the campus (men and women now) — the football team, having practiced through September, has played its first game — Tuck Drive is again uncluttered by construction and equipment, and the magnificent new building at the end of the Drive looks almost complete on the outside. Though many trees are missing from this familiar scene, the new building is extremely handsome and already (at least to those of us in residence) looks familiar and a part of the Tuck-Thayer complex.

Unfortunately, the inside of the building is not as complete as the outside and much work remains to be done. Our sights are set for a spring dedication — it's a risky guess as to the date. The walls of Tuck Hall are presently bulging and it would be difficult to imagine another ten students, another faculty member or even another secretary moving into the building. The completion of Murdough Center cannot come too soon for all concerned.

It's difficult to believe that the summer is over and we are underway. Nevertheless there is always an excitement about any beginning and this year was no exception. The entering class, as usual, was superior in all respects to preceeding classes — at least on the quantitative side — and we shall see how it turns out two years hence. Information on the Class — and in fact on almost all aspects of life at Tuck, will be included in the first issue of Tuck Today, due off the presses sometime in November. For this column, therefore, let us concentrate on news items of happenings within the last few months and during the summer. Some may be repeated in TuckToday but we will try to avoid duplication.

We were delighted to have alumni visitors during the summer and regret only that we are unable to list all of these loyal people. One recent visitor was Jack TaftJr. T'50, a hospital administrator in St. Charles, Ill. Jack and his family were on a camping trip in New England and his visit to Tuck was the first in many years.

Ed Gruen T'32 a former Professor of Statistics at Tuck from 1948 through 1954 and later with the Bureau of Census in Washington through 1971, stopped for a visit to welcome new Associate Dean, PaulPaganucci T'54 during his first month on the job. Ed had attended a conference in Montreal prior to visiting Tuck.

Jack Hall Jr. T'61, has been named Administrative Manager at the Non-Woven Fabrics Division of Chicopee Manufacturing Company in New Jersey. Jack joined Chicopee in 1963 as Supervisor of Research and has served in several other capacities, including Production Superintendent at a plant prior to his new position. CliffWhiteman T'51, vice president, Finance for IDS in Minneapolis has been elected a director of Title Insurance Company of Minnesota. Cliff started his career at the Guaranty Trust Company in New York and then moved out to Minneapolis with Investors Diversified Services in 1968.

Gordon King T'40 vice president of the Hanover Shoe Company, Inc. has been elected treasurer of the Direct Selling Association (DSA) in Washington, D. C. Gordon was with Knapp Brothers Shoe Company and Stetson Shoe Company before joining Hanover. Samuel GoodmanT'35 has been promoted to vice president, administration, at M & M Transportation Company. Sam joined M & M in 1936 and has been chief accountant and controller of the company for many years.

Wilbur E. Webster T'47 has been appointed manager of all vehicle services at Peterson, Howell and Heather, Inc. He has been a senior vice president of the company since 1969. Jay Johnston T'67 has been elected president of Industrial Synthetics Corporation, a firm specializing in the manufacture of Chemicals for the construction industry. Prior to his election as president, Jay was general manager of the firm. He previously served as an assistant planning officer at Harris Trust in Chicago and as a senior associate in the consulting firm of Robert H. Hayes and Associates.

Melvin Frydrych T'68 has been appointed international operations officer at Industrial National Bank of Rhode Island, Mel joined the Bank after serving in Vietnam following graduation from Tuck. Ralph Fifield Jr. T'50, is now a senior vice president at the First National Bank of Boston. Ralph went to the First followinggraduation from Tuck and has constantly moved up the ladder since that time. We see him in Hanover occasionally from his summer/winter residence in New London, N. H. John Fenno T'49 has been named Director of Purchasing at St. Clare's Hospital in Albany. John joined the hospital earlier this year after a career in purchasing with two industrial firms.

A recent Tuck alumnus, Peter ElitzerT'72, has already made a name for himself in retailing and has received excellent press to date. Having operated a specialty "store" out of a truck during his two years at Tuck—and operating from a distance a retail outlet near Albany, he has now opened another store in that same area. Huck Finn Clothes is becoming a big name in the Albany area and is destined to grow even bigger. Congratulations, Peter, on a fast start.

That does it for this column — more next month. Best regards from the hills.