1956

Opening up another year includes the sounds of clashing shoulder pads, the smell of wood smoke and a lot of other things that signal a renewal apart from nature's spring. A much appreciated note from Len Clark brings us up to date on the fact that the first award in the memory of DonMarriott was made at Verona High School in New Jersey. The nature of the award takes its examples from Dartmouth's "manners maketh man" and the whole idea has been enthusiastically met in the community and the school. It is saddening to be reminded of Don's death more than a year ago; but there is something of a renewal contained in the knowledge that his many friends and townspeople were inspired to create an annual memorial in the form of a presentation to a deserving high school senior.

Charles Stratton writes from Rio, having joined Brazil's largest hotel chain, that he is director of marketing and that he along with everybody else in that booming country is finding it an exciting place to be. Indication is that this is one of many, many moves in connection with 15 years or more in the airline-hotel industries and it sounds as if friend Stratton is glad to be planted in one place for a while. Charlie Honig reports in as one of the few who can be unqualified in their enjoyment of New York City where he has been active in the Adult School Board of Education as well as serving as a director of his temple. Charlie mentions seeing George Yeager at the theatre.

Bob Taft practicing law and also in New York reports on watching with amazement the growing of his children while not perceiving any change in himself at all. Daughter Leslie will be 13 in December and while Peter, 8½, thinks only of the Mets, Leslie thinks she might like to enroll at Dartmouth. Chuck Ray, in the cowboy boots, recites a list of statistics including such information as four children, two old cars, one mortgage, some debts, moderate health and same job. He adds that in Milwaukee he is avoided and this indicates he may be on his way to New York, too.

George Grant from Riderwood, Md., sells old toys, particularly miniature vehicles and dolls, under a trade name of Memorable Things, and records his 1970 divorce. Bill Buchanan confesses to having turned 40 in September and lists prospective Indians (without entering into the recent celebrated controversy) as Jim, age 18 (already enrolled in the University of Minnesota), Christy, 17; David, 13; Jensen, 12; and caboose Amy, 1½. The Buchanans still, and presumably always, hail from Appleton, Wis. Steve Farmer checks in from Princeton with a new address, promising further details. Pharis Horton writes a note to say he prefers longer letters in this column as opposed to short news items, however, he gets his two bits onto a postcard. So I guess Pharis states a preference without a follow-through contribution, although I am sure we would enjoy an up-date on the thoughts of lawyer, politician, father, responsible citizen, husband, that he is.

Frank Leavitt carries the whole idea to its logical extreme by stating a preference for short items without signing any more than his name.

At this point I am reminded that the last column of last year was longer than the space available in that issue; therefore, some items were set aside for publication at a later date. Now that the time has come, the information cannot be located having been lost during the intervening summer months. I want to apologize to those of you who took the time to inform the Class of your doings only to see nothing in print and to encourage that such information be re-submitted with a vow that it will appear forthwith. One item which I recall was Bob Picken's sad news on the death of his wife and on behalf of the class I would like to express our deep sympathy to him. Bob continues his work in the Classics Department of Queens University in New York.

Rick van Rensselleare was re-married in August to Mrs. Ann Winston Knaugh Bostford at Mount Vernon. Dick de Voto and Donna spent the "best month of their lives" on an auto tour of Mexico and its multi-layered society and history. Dick teaches geology at the Colorado School of Mines and reports being well into a six-year term on the Jefferson County Board of Education where such topics as year-round school, alternative secondary education systems, and open-living school (K-8) are under consideration. Dick shares with us the thought that the national and international political scene continues to turn one inward and that as a nation it could be hoped we had determined to reexamine our own system of values and decline to interfere in the affairs of others around the world in the future.

Word has filtered through that Glen French, back in the spring, was named president and chief executive officer of Arnar-Stone Laboratories, Inc., of Mt. Prospect, Ill. It is a subsidiary of American Hospital Supply Corporation, which he joined in 1959 as a sales representative. Since 1972 Glen had been executive vice president and chief administrative officer. He and wife Carolyn are the parents of three - Deborah, Glen, and Kathy.

Jon Robarge checked out of the Navy with four years in and joined the 3rd National Bank of Hampden County in Springfield, Mass., where he is assistant vice president in the Loan Division. Combining with that professional undertaking, hobbies include golf, bowling, gardening and an occasional beer. Jon sends his best to "brothers" Rosenwald (plural), Keare, Ford, Mackay, Beard, Driscoll, and Lewis. Our own Willard Carlton has been appointed the Leon E. Williams Professor of Banking and Financing at Tuck School. In addition to being the author of a number of books in the area of financial analysis as well as publishing in professional journals, Will has conducted seminars for AT&T in connection with his Dartmouth affiliation. The award is to encourage original work in teaching and research and certainly gives us a new prospective on our estimable class treasurer.

Marty Rosenthal and his father have made a significant gift to the College in memory of the late Marcus Heiman, principally to encourage the specific projects undertaken by undergraduates in the creative arts. Flint Ranney gets a lot of credit for keeping the Dartmouth Club of Southern California up front and has recently been promoted to manager of Reynolds Securities in Los Angeles. In his own unprepossessing way. Flint points out that Reynolds is one of the few continuing profitable brokerage firms in the country. In the same breath he allows that he is a frequent luncheon guest of John Liebman and JohnVan de Kamp. In turn a report from John Liebman indicates that he sees quite a bit of exroommate, Bob Long, in Los Angeles where John practices law and that even with quite a lot of travel he confirms seeing Flint Ranney in connection with Southern California Dartmouth affairs. Paul Keith in Columbus, Ohio, has been practicing internal medicine for nine years and he and his Colby Junior wife, the former Anna den Hartog, are enjoying life with children, Gary, 15; Dirk, 13; and Linda, 9.

Toby and Nancy Julian are well, all six of them, and Toby is vice president with the Insurance Systems of America, Inc. in Atlanta, where Toby, having switched from IBM, is big on software to the insurance industry. Finally, the nicest postcard of the year. Lee Gammell writes from San Francisco, how about lunch? I accept.

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