1953
Comes now the quadrennial democratic exercise and pundits, abound to dissect both candidates and electorate until print and electronic media will hold no more. Can't someone write entertainingly, evocatively, and expressively in chronicling his thoughts on being part of the Nixon generation? Why yes, and who better than Brock Brower, who has done just that for NewYork Magazine (November 6 issue) in an article entitled "Growing Up with Richard Nixon." Brock, who produces superbly crafted prose (two critically-acclaimed novels), has written a highly personal account of his non-love affair with RMN, extending over a quarter of a century. As a penetrating recapture of an articulate man's alternately enraged and bemused frustration at the enduring success of a political leader he distrusts, it's most readable and certainly vastly more entertaining than the campaign media mulch that has covered us since the New Hampshire primaries.
Full page ads in the New York Times seem to be concentrating on '53s. Last month, we noted ABC-TV's trumpeting of our own Bill Beutel, who broadcasts only "beutelful news" (Hanover editor—sic, please); this month it's Phil Beekman, who is vice president for household products at Colgate-Palmolive. The ad's message, other than giving our classmate due prominence, concerns the advertising effectiveness of a women's mass-circulation magazine. We eagerly await a follow-up, featuring both Phil and the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine (what's our cost per thousand and how many of us live in A/B counties, boss?). Phil and Nancy live in North Caldwell, N. J., with Leslie (16), Phil, Jr. (15), and Nancy, Jr. (12). Another daughter, Betsy (19) is attending Mt. Holyoke.
Mike Zarin participated in the three-month Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program this fall. Mike is Chief of the Finance Division, Law Department of The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and Acting Justice of the Village of Thomaston in Great Neck, N. Y. He and Renee and Cynthia (13) Dina (9) and Danny (7) experienced tropical storm Carrie on the Cape. Mike says that, also having been caught in Hurricane Agnes., he has a fantastic batting average for storms so far this year.
Tony Frank has moved wife Gay, daughter Tracy, and son Randy, from La Canada (near L.A.) to Tiburon (near S.F.) and now commutes via ferry rather than the freeway. Tony is president and chief executive officer of Citizens Savings & Loan, headquartered in San Francisco. Tony did some spectacular pioneering recently in converting Citizens from a mutual to a stock company, gaining lots of press comment and investment community interest in the process.
Another residential move, also within the state, involves Jim West. He and Gay and their four daughters, Amy, Karen, Julie, and Gay, have moved to Villanova from St. Davids, Pa. Jim is vice president of The West Company in Phoenixville and travels so much I don't see how he knows where he lives anyhow.
Al Davis has been elected executive secretary of the American Studies Association. Al is professor of history at Temple University, Philadelphia. He has also taught at the University of Missouri and Wayne State University. In addition to his green sheepskin, he holds degrees from the University of Rochester and the University of Wisconsin, where he received his Ph.D. in 1959. Al has held a Danforth Foundation Graduate Fellowship, American Philosophical Society Grants, and is currently a fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies. His books include The March ofAmerican Democracy; Conflict or Consensus in American History; Spearheads forReform; and Eighty Years at Hull House. Forthcoming is his latest book, AmericanHeroine: Jane Addams and the AmericanDream. Chartered in 1951, the American Studies Association has about 2,000 members, who come from many fields.
They approach American civilization from many directions but have in common the desire to see America as a whole rather than from the viewpoint of a single discipline.
While we have presidential elections every four years, reunions come only at half decade intervals, obviously making the latter more significant than the former. So Reunion Chairman Don Smith reminds us that Friday, June 15, through Sunday, June 17, are the dates to circle now. Moneybags Warren Wentworth is working out a budget within the Price Commission's guidelines and Ron Lazar has engaged several noted fashion designers to come up with 53's own distinctive uniform. Our Twentieth—not one to miss! ! More details coming.
While this is being written at Halloween, may we wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
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