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Our reunion last June returned a profit of approximately $550, on the basis of preliminary figures from Ed Larner, treasurer of the event. Calculations were delayed since one major bill was not received until after Labor Day and because a surge of late reservations caused a shortage of hats and ladies' tote bags. Campion's, our supplier for both items, searched manfully for more hats for several months, without success. Refund checks were therefore mailed to hatless classmates. Campion's did find additional bags, mailed to wives not receiving them in Hanover. The profit figure does not include $300 advanced from class funds as an initial float and later refunded.
The class meeting October 14, also reported on below, voted on motion by Dutch Cotton to place reunion profits in a special, interest-bearing savings account for use by the 35th Reunion. (The 30th grossed approximately $12,500, and biggest expenses were for meals and a cocktail party at Hopkins Center; the three student assistants, the head bartender and the young alumnus manning the piano did an elegant job and were given hefty bonuses. (Two students were alumni sons, Bob Brooks and George Middendorf, both '73.)
Several other figures of upbeat characteristics are included in the final 1972 Alumni Fund campaign report. Bob Thomas and his crew of agents, abetted vitally by Howard Wilson, his pen and several paper mills, raised our ante some 40 per cent over 1971, to $44,182 from $31,517. The average gift rose almost a resounding 70 per cent, from $B6 per classmate to $l38.
Herewith address changes: James W.Andrews, c/o Mrs. G. R. Andrews, 1317—6 th St., Albemarle, N. C. 28001; Col. Edwin H. Marks Jr., 40 East 78th St., Apt. 161 C, New York, N. Y. 10021; Richard C. Borella, 28538 Stirrup Road, Miraleste, Calif. 90732 (Dick's card from the College Alumni Records Office includes a notation that he is a vice president of the Swiss Credit Bank); Prof. William A.David, Box 325-A, RFD 2, Westminster, Md. 21157; Hedden V. Miller, 2176 Buttonwood Rd., Berwyn, Pa. 19312; Dr.Robert C. Miner, Forest Road, Hancock, N. H. 03449; Chester S. Williams, 7935 Villa Cliff Dr., Apt. 110-IV, Dallas, Texas 75228 (Chet's fine academic enterprise, a branch of Callison College, in Bangalore, India, was torpedoed by the India-Pakistan war and India's great animosity toward the U. S. which followed, obliging him to return to the States); John S. Williams, 647 North 2d St., Montrose, Colo. 81401.
A brace of promotions of note: Dr.Myron F. W. Pollack becomes Dean of the Faculty at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, which is part of the City University of New York with an enrollment of 9,500 students. He had been head of the Division of Interdisciplinary Studies, Director of the Center for Higher Education and Chairman of the Department of Higher Education at New York University. Along with publishing a novel which won a Wallace Stegner Prize while teaching earlier at Stanford, he has for some years been interested in remedial reading and published a book on it in 1963.
And Tom Willers will on January 1 become chairman and chief executive officer of Champion International Corp., stepping up from president. The firm grew from a merger of U. S. Plywood Corp. and Champion Papers; Tom joined up last February, after having been president and vice chairman of Occidental Petroleum Corp. and president of Hooker Chemical Corp. when it became a subsidiary of Occidental in 1968.
Gleanings from notes to Lou Young with class dues payments: "I'm a grandfather for the first time ... a boy born to daughter Carol and son-in-law John Czaja. . . . sorry I missed the Reunion—LloydFishman, Manchester, N. H. "We have moved to California, after 50 years in N. Y. and Connecticut. The TV business is almost all out here now, and there was not much choice. However, it has been a most salubrious change. We have bought a house overlooking the San Fernando Valley, and we are looking forward to a winter without snow and storm. My son is at Duke and my daughter at U. of North Carolina at Greensboro, so we are a twosome for the first time in 23 years"—Ira Skutch (who gives new address of 3656 Glenridge Drive, Sherman Oaks, Calif. 91403). "Everything is fine with me and hope you're the same"—Dick Pace, Pensacola.
"Can anyone else in the Class boast a daughter in the first coed class at Hanover? With seven daughters, John never dreamed of it! But to prove the strain is still strong, he's also a grandfather of three young men!"— Ann S. White (Mrs. JohnWhite), Madison, N. J. "Coach Blackman is getting his tail kicked around in the Big 10—serves him right!"— Bob Nissen, Hinsdale, Ill.
The Princeton weekend party at Dexter's Inn, Sunapee, N. H., Frank and ShirleySimpson, Innkeepers, was a jolly event, at the peak of the fall foliage season. Joining in the fun were Pres. Ed McMillan, Class Agent Bud Hart, Jordy Gotshall, Jim Morgan, Ed Acker, Jack McMillan, Felix Lilienthal, Jack Waring, Bill Hammond, Phil Hall, Bill Broer, Dutch Cotton, John White, Marston Gibbs, Dan McMullen, Brodie Bjorklund and deponent.
A tailgate/cookout given by the Simpsons before the game in Hanover also included Bill Clark, Don Stillman, Harris Richardson, Lee Trudeau, and Dick Hill (Dick and Polly's daughter transferred to Dartmouth from Middlebury this fall and a son is a freshman). Seen at the game were Johnny Everett, Dana Chase, Dick Whittier, Howie Wilson, Bill Billings, Ez Crowley, Jim Costello, Hank Frechette, Red Taft, Ray Seabury, Art Hills and Bill Blanchard. I sat in an alien part of the Harvard Stadium for that game, saw only Austie Baker—and, mercifully, did not go to New Haven.
At the class meeting October 14, Bud Hart outlined preliminary plans for the next Alumni Fund campaign; Dexter's was voted as the site for the October football game reunion in '73, which testifies to the Simpsons' grand hospitality. The career counseling project touched on before in this space has moved ahead. Messrs. McMillan and White having met with Al Cook of the college staff to go over details of this program, stressing candor about careers in various fields by knowledgeable classmates, who would come to Hanover to rap with undergraduates. Another organization meeting, including Bruce Friedlich, who originated the scheme, is set for November in Hanover. The first session with students, it is now hoped, may take place during the winter. Don't forget class dues, enclose prose, and advise us if you've a daughter or son in the Class of '76.
And, best wishes for a Merry Christmas and Happy 1973.
Dr. Richard Peebles '42 (r) was dulysworn as a member of the MassachusettsBoard of Registration by Gov. FrancisSargent. Dr. Peebles is chief of psychology for the child psychiatry unit, Massachusetts General Hospital.
Secretary, Box 108, Concord, N. H. 03301
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