1932

The busy-as-and-busier-than-ever retireds report in. To hand, a brochure entitled San Diego as a Health Sciences Center," published by the San Diego Chamber of Commerce and the Economic Development Corporation of San Diego County, and among the subjects covered is the Health Sciences Council—a useful agency that, says Chairman Charlie Doerr, "keeps me out of trouble." The Council assists local academic, research, and industrial groups engaged in health activities to spread the word of what they're doing, co-sponsors the annual San Diego Biomedical Symposium, and, with the University of California at S. D„ is staging a conference on Science and Technology.

Then there's Chuck Hall in Cleveland Heights, who has finished a year's incumbency as lieutenant governor of the 15th Division of Kiwanis, does one or two days driving each week for the Red Cross, puts in a day working for a travel agency to earn points for a trip abroad, and spends the week's balance working for his church. Chuck, happily, has recovered from a fall last summer in which he broke five ribs.

Alex McKenzie quit the New York commuting race November 1, immediately started getting some work done around the house, and prepared "to get increasingly busy with freelance writing and editorial work after January 1." Come late spring, Alex will be in Eaton, N. H. (Snowville 03877 is the post office, he says, but we can't believe there has been such a place right along without our knowing about it), tree pruning and weeding, blueberry farming, and house renovating. "If this be retirement, he writes, "make the most of it. I find that now I have more time to do things, I haven't enough enough money to do them! Guess that's what it's all about!''

Walt Langley has retired from teaching English at Medford, Mass., High School, but expects to stay busy officiating at track meets, and in his new post as commissioner of indoor track and cross-country for the Greater Boston League.

Don MacPhail who five years ago retired after 27 years in the civil and foreign services, and has spent four of those five as director of administration for the College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, writes: "Have found it very interesting, and it disproves the theory that you can't teach an old dog new tricks."

Don, whose three older children are in the wide, wide world, still has a boy in Exeter, a girl in seventh grade, and another in fourth. Which is a good place to insert the other Don (Baltimore)McPhail's comment in a note to Ev Hokanson; "It was good to see so many young looking 32ers at Reunion."

Ben Drew is "looking forward to active retirement (by which, as we hear it, he means a new passel of apple trees) in Vermont, 25 minutes from Hanover. Our house should be finished by spring."

Some 6,000 miles westward, Ben Cowden is hedonistically content with the Hawaiian-style living—year-round swimming and tennis, frequenting of shows, baseball and football games, fights, etc.—he has been enjoying since his retirement in July. For all that, "we still look forward to a mainland trip."

That contentedly retired Floridian, HankBarber, takes pen in hand to declare himself unreconstructedly dissident on issues of the day: "I still believe this co-ed program was railroaded through against the wishes of the majority of Dartmouth graduates. Now the Indian is removed! Wah-Hoo-Wah is a dirty word. Dartmouth sure had a lot of stupid generations."

Joe Davidson reports from L. A. a great year that has included cruising the Grenadines, fishing the North Platte in Wyoming, taking his shoes off at every shrine in the Orient, seeing son Rob do well at U. S. C. business school, being made a grandfather by daughter Diana, his business having its best year ever, Nixon winning, going skiing for Christmas, and "managing to keep the old rocking chair at bay."

Dick Clarke has been elected chairman of David W. Evans Inc. in San Francisco.

A note from Dr. Ben Burrill informs that he is practicing dermatology in Montclair, N. J., where he has many Dartmouth patients, including two classmates. Amby Cram, who when last heard from was taking off from 35 years of Wall Street law practice to become professor of law and political science and special assistant to president Gordon Bjork (Dartmouth '57) at Linfield College in McMinnville, Ore., checks in with the word that "Oregon is a great place to be."

Diligent class treasurer Ev Hokanson, who has stirred up a good bit of news-note writing in the course of collecting your dues, sends us the distressing information about Milt Burnes that came in the good letter Milt's wife Rosemary wrote him: "Thank you for your postscript on your note to say, 'We missed you!' I think this is the nicest thing that Milton has received in many years. You see, Milton is a stroke victim for the past five years (diabetes). He has been confined to home after hospital. At this moment he is watching Robert Ryan on TV, Subject: (The Flying Leathernecks.) Say, "Hi!" to Arthur Blais, Dr.George Hahn, Whip Walser, Irv Kramer, HowdyPierpont, John Sheldon, Bob Ackerberg, and of course to dear Everett. Thank you for your kind note to Milt. These little things make a 'guy' feel real good." For all of us we send Milt best wishes. His address is 1 Westford Place, Allston, Mass. 02134.

Also writing to Ev, Jim Wakelin informs that he has resigned his post as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Science and Industry, and is enjoying the "free civilian life" as president of Research Analysis Corporation, and doing some consulting work for the U. S. Navy and the Commerce Department. Peggy and he had "a fabulous three weeks" in Peru, Ecuador, and Galapagos Islands in July with the research committee of the National Geographic.

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