1957

A welcome letter arrived recently from Bob and Althea Shirley. It seems that they recently attended the Cambridge Series" evening at the Boston Symphony and heard a fine performance which included Roerem's "Lion," Elgar's "Enigma-Variations," and Dvorak's New World Symphony."

Reports Bob: "The noteworthy feature of the evening was the superb performance of a fine young guest conductor, Erich AirWick" Kunzel, '57. This was his second appearance this year [1971] with the Boston Symphony, and to say the least he was very well received. He used no score or podium at all and conducted in a very intense active manner. At the end of the performance I overheard the Concertmaster tell the first cellist: 'That boy did well. Tell him good job!' "

Bob adds: "I am managing to keep busy with my practice, Harvard medical student chores, a bit of clinical research, my actionpacked family and some regional high school enrollment for the College."

Thanks much, Bob—good to hear about both you and Erich.

Lee T. Hirschey has been elected president and chief executive officer of Climax Manufacturing Company in Castorland, N. Y. The announcement was made by Lee's father, Charles S. Hirschey, former Climax president who now serves as chairman of the board. Lee, who has a MBA from Tuck, joined Climax in 1960 after a stint in the U. S. Army. He is a member and past president of the Board of Education of the Carthage (N. Y.) Central School District. Lee and his wife the former Mary Jane Ruderman live with their two children Charles, 11, and Sarah, 10 in Carthage.

Robert W. Holland has been appointed to the Mendham (N. J.) Board of Education. Bob is a vice president of Hornblower and Weeks-Hemphill Noyes, the New York investment banking firm. He is a former treasurer of the Township Athletic Association, a member of the committee to study the consolidation of the township and borough schools, and has served as chairman of the July 4 parade. Bob and Lucia and their three children live in Mendham.

Most of you have seen the Wah-Woo-Wah notice in last month's issue about Kent B. Crane who has been appointed Assistant Director in charge of USIA activities in the East Asia and Pacific area. Kent has spent most of the last decade dealing in foreign affairs matters. He joined the foreign service of the Department of State in 1960, and was first assigned to the U. S. Embassy in Djakarta, Indonesia. He subsequently served in Washington, D. C.; Zanzibar, Tanzania; and Accra, Ghana.

Kent resigned from the Department of State in 1967 to become Senior Research Associate for Foreign Affairs and Secretary to the Task Force on the Conduct of Foreign Relations of the Republican National Committee. He served briefly as a Special Assistant to former Senator George Murphy of California before joining the Vice President's staff in January 1969 as Assistant for Foreign Affairs.

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