1954

It is only fitting that we end the last column of the year with the report of a first! I do not recall that we have as yet any other classmates who share the same feelings as Marie and David A. Dame. Their son Douglas has been accepted as a member of the Dartmouth class of 1976 and will enter the College in September. They write: "You can't imagine how thrilled we are!" And I think that says it all. Our congratulations to the whole Dame family. (No pun intended.)

Anyone who is considering protracted or difficult litigation requiring the services of an Emile Zola Berman-type attorney will be happy to know that they need look no further than their own classmate. Grant J. Gruel, Esq. On April 13 Grant was "unanimously accepted as a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers," a highly prestigious "invitational" bar association chartered under the laws of the State of New York and limited in membership to an exclusive 500 of the leading trial attorneys of the world. I'm sure this invitation is not extended without careful consideration, and I'm doubly certain that any opponent of Grant's would be concerned having his client receive a grilling by Gruel ... or is it a Grueling by Grant?

In Stoughton, Mass., Dr. John M.Crowe recently was elected president of the medical staff of Goddard Memorial Hospital and in this post he will head the largest such staff in the hospital's history—137 doctors. A surgeon, and staff member himself since 1965, his medical team includes specialists in 22 fields of surgery and medicine. John is a graduate of the Harvard Medical School and took his internship and residency at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston. His schooling was interrupted by two years in the Air Force, and he has also taught at Harvard under two fellowships. While all this was happening he managed to live happily with a wife and five children in Canton, Mass.

Also in the State of Massachusetts the Abington National Bank has announced the election of Fred J. Carey as a director. Fred is president of a motor transportation company, an oil and heating service, and a treasurer of a truck sales and service company—all of which bear his name!

While the matter above was being concluded, back across town at the Abington Savings Bank, Herbert Bates was named auditor-comptroller. Before taking this new position, Herb learned to count money as the manager of the cash accounting department of the New England Mutual Lfe Insurance Co. in Boston. He also is able to number among his key assets a wife, two children, and a home in nearby Brockton.

Across country in Minneapolis, Minn., The First National Bank of Minneapolis was promoting DeWalt H. Ankeny Jr., to vice president and senior investment officer. Walt has been with the bank for 15 years mainly in trust and investment capacities but now it sounds like he has earned the right to "eat the whole thing."

A '54 man is teaching a government course at Dartmouth this term—for free. He is Dick Wright, of Wellesley, Mass., executive director of the New England Regional Commission, who commutes to Hanover each Wednesday to teach a seminar, "Politics of Regional Development." Word of its excellence apparently got around, because enrollment has grown from a modest four students to 19, which is pretty remarkable for a class that runs three hours, 3 to 6 o'clock. Dick, who was formerly with the AEC and NASA, joined the New England Regional Commission in 1967 and became its executive director a year later.

It always amazes me as to how varied are the talents and interests of you guys out there. For example, back this past fall, Thomas H. Morton co-authored an article appearing in the October issue of The English Journal, entitled "An Electives Program in a Small High School? It Works!" ... and, at about the same time, Rip Coffin, last reported in Philadelphia with the O.E.O., moved back to Washington, D. C., to undertake staff planning for the Labor Department's responsibilities under the welfare reform program then being considered by the Senate.

Well, I guess that will do it for the summer, and a pleasant one to you all. And ... if any of you happen to pass by a stationery store, buy a 10¢ pad and a few pencils and let us know what it was like!

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