1932

The Princeton game in Hanover on October 14 proved an all-around happy occasion for those of the Class who made of it a mini-reunion. While the afternoon itself was gray and a touch raw, the ambiance in the stands was pleasant, and the game was that comfortable sort where the issue is never in doubt. The dinner for which Howdy Pierpont had arranged with his customary competence was well-attended and generally acclaimed a succesfou. Tom and Susan Curtis having come on from Chicago, Tom presided over the post-prandial period with the adroitness to be expected from one of the country's most distinguished former congressmen. ArtAllen gave a Report from Hanover, and Jim Moore a Report from Plandome.

One of the pleasant surprises of the occasion was having Andy and MarionCummins there from Pittsburgh, they not having been heard from for a while. Others who helped to make it a real good party were Dobbie Allen, Connie Moore, Bill and Roz Brister, Ben and Dorothy Burch, Jim and Amy Corbett, Rhoda (Mrs. John) Clark, Brownie Dickinson, Ben and Sally Drew, Bob and Olive Fendrich, Paul and June Fox, Ed Lewis, Bill and Dorothy Lieson, Don and Ellie Marcus, Ade and Terry Nitschelm, Howdy and Dorothy Pierpont, Ed and Eleanor Smith, the John Weissenfluhs, John and Jean Wolff, Max and Gladys Wolff, your correspondent and Peg. Also seen at the game were George Bladworth, Bob and Marion Buckley, Buzz and Helen Burrows, Gordon and Edith Lane, Don McPhail, Jim and Harriet Miller, Bo and Gina Wentworth.

On September 12 the United States Senate confirmed the appointment of the aforesaid T. Curtis to membership on the board of directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which was established by Congress to obtain and dispense federal and other funds for the public broadcasting network and the nation's public broadcasting stations. Six days later the board elected him its chairman. At the Senate hearing Tom had said that contrary to the opinions of many, public broadcasting is not "stuck on a plateau—I suspect it is rather on a launching pad."

Art Allen has been appointed one of the two alumni members of the Trustees' Committee on Investment Policy for the College, is helping out as business manager for a volunteer day care center in the Hanover area, is tied into half a dozen other projects and manages to get down to football practice most days.

Bill Brister told of seeing Ed Marks in Washington, home on vacation from his post as special assistant to the European Director of UNICEF. Margaret was staying in Leesburg until Ed completed the move from his office outside Paris to new headquarters at Geneva.

In September Chuck Odegaard let it be known that he would retire a year hence after 15 years as president Of the University of Washington. The announcement brought forth statements of regret and praise from every element in the college community. Said the Seattle Post-Intelligencer of Chuck's performance: "They have been 14 of the most difficult, challenging, dynamic years in the history of the university. There were times when a president of lesser character and ordinary judgment might have given it all up and walked away . . . In retrospect it can be said without qualification that they have been the 14 years in which the UW has transformed from just another good university to a great one. And Charles E. Odegaard deserves most of the credit."

Our thanks to treasurer Ev Hokanson for forwarding notes received with class dues, from which we learn: The JoeByrams are planning to leave Connecticut soon for Naples, Florida. The Bob Buckleys had regretfully to say no to the urging of Handy and Dawn Auten to join them on a trip to Ireland. And the Hokansons are grandparents. "Yes," writes Ruth, "at last a girl in the family—Jennifer Ann Hokanson, born October 12 to son Paul and Pamela at Girard, Pa. (Judge Alpert and Mrs. Alpert please note: your first lesson in grandparenthood, given us last June Reunion, now in full swing—many thanks!) As of November 1 Ev's beginning to be able to add up the dues checks again—recovery seems assured!"

Also to Ev this note from Carlos Baker: "This summer I finished a novel called TheGay Head Conspiracy to be published this spring by Charles Scribner's Sons. Classification: thriller-diller, first time I have tried that genre. Observation: the kids we get to teach at Princeton (ditto Dartmouth) are first class these days, working hard, and a pleasure to teach, even though their so-called life-styles are far from that of us oldsters."

And a late flash passed along by MarkShort, who had received from Alex Fanelli, executive assistant to President Kemeny, the text of a resolution passed by the College Trustees on October 14:

"Voted—To convey the hearty congratulations and thanks of the Trustees to the Class of 1932, its officers, members, and particularly their Alumni Fund leaders head agent Robert E. Ackerberg Jr. and Special Gifts Chairman John W. Sheldon, for contributing a record-setting total of $105,033 to the 1972 Alumni Fund through the special Class Reunion Giving Program on the oçasion od their 40th Reunion. The Class of 1932 has set a fine challenge for other classes to follow under the recently established Class Reunion Giving Program."

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