1954

Only five shopping months to Reunion, and Gillespie & Co. are feverishly working towards the goal of making this the best twentieth ever! Make sure you have let him know that you are coming with bells on (or without but COMING!).

I received an interesting letter from G. DonaldMiller who recently moved from Tulsa to Flint, Mich., where he is now headmaster of The Valley School—"an independent, coed, collegepreparatory day school with 184 students in all grades .... This is the school's third year of existence and its first senior class ... no traditional grades are given ... the only independent school in Flint." Don is quite thrilled with this new assignment and describes it as being "a great adventure ... that has already destroyed many of the myths I used to hold dear (about education)." Don also tells us that his wife completed her R.N. degree in Tulsa before they left and that he earned his Master's degree at Middlebury's Breadloaf School of English during the summers. The Millers have two boys, 16 and 8, the former increasing both the odometer reading and insurance rates, and the latter happily enjoying his first northern winter. Don invites any and all to write to him about this new educational experience at 701 Church St., Flint, Mich. 48502.

Another classmate coping with the educational process is Dr. J. Thomas Murphy 3rd. Only his problem is slightly different than Don's. Tom is attending radiologist at Bryn Mawr Hospital, Bryn Mawr, Pa. and his difficulty is that last May the family's fourth daughter arrived "with one boy sandwiched in between" (and that is a literal quote so don't ask me how it was possible!). Nevertheless, Tom deplores the prospect of putting all five Murphys through college, and which of us with offspring doesn't have a similar worry?

A change of scenery also befell Clifford S.Evans Jr. who recently took up lodgings in Palos Verdes, Calif.,—"the peninsula that forms the southern end of the 'smog filled' Los Angeles Basin." Cliff, wife Mary-Anne, and three children became instant Californians and oddly enough son Stuart, aged 15, is now playing hockey year round in that sunny clime, something he was unable to do when the family lived in the much colder area of New Jersey. Cliff writes that he is now corporate real estate manager for Litton Industries, and that last spring he provided a convenient stopping off place for Edward Kidd and family who were en route from Hawaii to Rochester.

Class President Tom Kelsey has been elected a senior vice president of Chubb & Son (Insurance) Inc., New York City. Kels was with Chubb's San Francisco office until 1960, and since then has held various positions in the New York office, with promotion to national manager of the commercial property division in the fall of last year. He has been president of the Class Newsletter Editors Association, co-Class Agent, and president of the Dartmouth Club of Essex and Morris.

Page 3 of the January 8 issue of Newsweek carries a photo of Lawrence Martz and the announcement that he is taking over from Kenneth Auchincloss as National Affairs Editor. Bud joined the magazine in 1961 and had been Business Editor since 1969. He has also worked for The Wall StreetJournal and other publications, and I hope it's not unkind to note that almost exactly 20 years ago he was the newlynamed Managing Editor of "The Oldest College Newspaper in America."

A brief survey now of some other classmates ... Peter Edwards was recently elected a director of the Midland Mutual Life Insurance Co. Pete is president of Multicon Properties, Inc., real estate development firm, and is a native of Columbus, Ohio. Frank Denietolis has recently joined a new company, Northstar Steel & Aluminum of Manchester, N. H., where he is their sales representative covering the greater Boston area. Frank had previously been with Hawkbridge Steel, Maiden, Mass., where he had been employed since graduation. Stephen Fast, according to his wife Kathy, recently accepted a position with Scudder, Steven & Clark in Los Angeles, "because I suspect he wanted to play tennis all year and it was just too cold in Chicago!" Phillip Swartz apologized for sending in his class dues late this year but explained that travelling half-way round the world left a few loose ends. Phil and his wife Jan returned from a delightful three-year tour in Sasebo, Japan, acquiring a new daughter, a dog, and about 10,000 lbs. of household goods in the process. He is now stationed at the Naval Hospital in Jacksonville, Fla., and expects to remain there for at least three or four years. Griffith M. Roberts also tells of a new daughter, Pamela, who arrived on Christmas Day, 1971. That's all Griff said other than the fact that his family was healthy and prospering. And lastly, this month, word from Dr. MartinLindenauer who writes that effective July 1, 1972, he was promoted to Professor of Surgery at University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor.

Well, that's all for. now. folks. See you next month. Meanwhile, remember what the girl at the head of this column is telling you.

1955's Cy Muromcew suggests "Me and MyShadow" for this photo snapped while hewas in Moscow. His frequent trips there involved talks which led to the much publicized U. S. _ U.S.S.R. wheat sale.

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