1944

Those moving vans are on the road again, or in the case of some of those overseas types, maybe it's C-130 cargo jets. Anyway, Syd Bowers, a geologist with the Arabian American Oil Company, has been transferred from the hot sands of Saudi Arabia back to Oklahoma, and then dispatched further to Denver, where he promptly ran into sub-zero temperatures in December. His itinerary sounds slightly gypsyish in that he says he will be working in different offices around the country.

Cy Thompson has traded schnitzels for beef and kidney pud in a move from Zurich to London. Rank Xerox upped him to regional director for the Nordic and Benelux countries. "It is a job situation," he writes, "which I find most attractive. Further, we are very glad to be back in London. Older son Chris is also here and Noel may be, too, after his June graduation from Dartmouth."

Heading south from New York City to Puerto Rico is Brock Hazen, newly-married and newly-occupied as a realtor. He sells apartments, houses, and commercial property and the Hazens themselves live in a splendid house just a block from the ocean. "We practically live outdoors year round, with a large patio complete with hi-fi and a small swimming pool. I almost got into the obit column three years ago via a car accident, but I'm glad I didn't: I find I like Puerto Rico a lot more than dirty New York."

Dr. Frank Ebaugh "finally made it to California" from Hanover after stops along the way at Boston and Salt Lake City. He left Hanover in 1964 to become med school dean at Boston University and then held the same position at the University of Utah. He re-married in June 1971 and then went all the way west this past July to become chief of staff of the Palo Alto VA Hospital and associate dean of the Stanford University medical school.

Book publisher president Bob Laidlaw only moved around the corner, from LaGrange to Oak Brook, Ill. He writes: "Same job, same wife, same children each, along with me, a few years older and more independent, so a change in living. Have given up worrying about lawn maintenance, snow removal, storm windows, etc. for the somewhat more confining life of a condominium apartment." And talk about daddy's footsteps: Bob got his law degree in 1950; now his son is a practicing attorney, married and living in Chicago; and the oldest daughter is a first year law student at the University of North Carolina. A second daughter is a sophomore at Skidmore.

That Ralph Bogan is a tough man to keep up with ... he keeps moving up and around and about. His latest move will choke you up because it brings him back together again with his old roomie and buddy Dan Donahue. Ralph left W. E. Hutton, Inc. (investments) in January to become chairman of the board of Atlanta-LaSalle Corp. (investments) and that's the company which Dan heads as president. Thus, we have Ralph and Dan reunited again 25 years after they started out together working for Greyhound. How s that for sentiment. Among other things, Atlanta-LaSalle owns the Atlanta Braves. Tickets on the third base line, anyone?

Atlanta Braves: what about the Minnesota Vikings? What, indeed, for that's where ShermPinkham is, not so much as a quarterback or linebacker but as the assistant director of public relations. His home address is Bloomington, Minn., the Vikings' letterhead reads Edina. In a capsule autobiography, Sherm says that he was called back into the Korean War in 1951 as a captain in the Marines. He was married and had three children, divorced and married again. "My oldest girl Kim was graduated from college; my son Jeff is a junior in college and elected cocaptain of the swim team; and youngest daughter Dana is a senior in high school. My PR job with the Vikings gets me around the country often and I run into classmates once in a while." Seats on the fifty, anyone?

Colorado College in Colorado Springs has its head screwed on right: it has just had the good sense to appoint Ric Bradley as dean of the college, effective July 1. Ric has been at Colorado since 1966, as a professor of physics and chairman of the physics department. He is well-known beyond the campus, too, as a one-man gang fighting for conservation. Incidentally, Ric is one of seven brothers, five of whom have earned doctorates. How's that for a record!

Howie Pennington is gleeful these days, having changed life-style and jobs, from clothing to food. He writes from Lafayette, Calif: "After 25 years of the New York and San Francisco commuting syndrome and years of traveling, I decided to leave Pepperell textiles and go local in Lafayette. The commute is a back-breaker—four minutes on my skateboard. It is a refreshing life-and-work style change. We are well & happy & busy as owners - managers - employers - buyers - sellers - appraisers - appeasers of THE LAFAYETTE NATURAL FOODS."

He says further that Maryann and Don Pfeifle stopped off this fall for an evening ashore from their Florida to Vancouver cruise ship; and that stockbroker Aril Sanders was looking hale and hearty when he, Howie, ran into him at a local laundromat.

Penn Frost, in Hanover for the Princeton encounter and a rendezvous with Carleton P. V' 74, making noises about retirement, to Hanover of all places, "in 1978 or 1979." Beating him to it, or at least partially, is Bruce Thomson, who has taken early retirement down Lynchburg way, after 26 years with Continental Can, thus giving him "more time for family interests, investments, etc."

Ran into physician Jack Wheeler on Main St., wrapped up like Admiral Peary and ready for a turn on the local slopes. Also in and out of Hanover has been Bob Smith, Keene welfare official, who is on a local committee building a Lutheran Church here. Bob's daughter Wendy has been accepted for Peace Corps work in Korea.

Speaking of offspring and chips-ofif-the-block. Bob Wiley's son Chris '74 has been named a Senior Fellow for the 1973-74 academic year. A biology major, Chris' senior project will be on "Factors Determining Lung Growth."

Finally, how about this as a sign of the times: Dick Ranger's son Rick '74 is a Tucker intern winter term, teaching school in a Chicago ghetto. And he has been invited back to Winter Carnival by a Dartmouth coed! It's interesting to speculate on bygone Carnivals and to wonder who picks up the tabs in this new situation.

That's it. Blessings.

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