1951
Out of enlightened self-interest, I regularly violate one of the rules of this publication, which is that class notes are not supposed to talk about money. I violate it because, if there is no money, there is no Dartmouth College and no AlumniMagazine. That leaves me with no podium, which I cling to like Linus' blanket.
As class secretary, I receive the same Alumni Fund computer printouts which class agents receive. I suspect that Head Agent Dick Dutton's reaction is like mine, flipping my lid over how well 1951 is doing so far in the Alumni Fund.
As of April 30, 1951 was 31 contributors and $8,495.65 ahead of last year, and had a commanding lead in our Green Derby competition. I sincerely hope that we are, holding up as of the time you read this column - I have seen such early leads disappear on previous occasions.
However, as I review the computer printouts, I am bugged by too many nominal contributions by classmates who I know are not exactly on the way to the poorhouse. I don't know whether they have not faced up to realistic giving in terms of Dartmouth's needs, or whether they have a mad-on about something.
If you do have a mad-on, I invite you to communicate your feelings to Dick Dutton or me. While I cannot speak for Dick, I know that I cannot guarantee a prompt reply. But I do guarantee a reply in due course - because I believe in Dartmouth today - not just in the Dartmouth of our memories.
Executives, I am led to believe, like to play golf. Classmate Bill Miller was General Chairman of the Phoenix Open in January. Shockingly, he has balded even more than I have, (See adjoining photo.) Bill is a vice president of Lionel D. Edie & Company and has been managing its Phoenix office for five years.
While in Hanover in early May, I encountered Bill Merkle, who was there to give his annual lecture in the Organization Behavior course at Tuck School. He has been director of organization and management development with N.L. Industries (ex-National Lead) in New York City for the past five years.
Bill did not receive his Tuck M.B.A. until 1959 because of an almost seven-year hiatus in France. He was in the Army Engineers Corps for two years. He then spent four years as a civilian employee of the Army training Frenchmen to take over from Army personnel the logistical support for the U.S. Forces stationed in West Germany. During this period, the French civilian employees grew from 200 to 8,000. After graduation from Tuck, Bill spent two four-year stints, the first as director of personnel for Hotel Corporation of America, and the second as organization development consultant with General Foods before joining N.L.
Bill and wife Trudy, a Swiss with a Radcliffe M.A., have three sons - Peter, 18; Patrick, 17; and Billy, 15½ and three daughters - Lee, 8; Mary, 7; and Annie, 516. In his spare time. Bill is an assistant Scoutmaster in their hometown of Greenwich, Conn., and sails his boat on Long Island Sound.
You can count on an ex-football team center to be in the middle of the action, which is where PaulStaley is. Paul moved up through the ranks of Proctor & Gamble to manager of that company's Long Beach, Calif, plant. Then he split in 1969 to join Philadelphia Quartz Company as Director-Manufacturing. A year later he was named vice president - manufacturing. Then on March 14, he was elected president and chief operating officer. The company is the leading producer in North America of sodium and potassium silicates, which are widely used in the detergent, paper, textile, chemical, and other industries.
Philadelphia Quartz manufactures other inorganic specialty chemicals and chemicals for commercial and industrial laundries. Headquartered in the allegedly sleepy town which used to be my home base, Philadelphia, Pa., the company operates 15 plants in the United States and Canada.
In addition to his Dartmouth A.B., Paul holds an LL.B., from the Harvard Law School. He served three years in the U.S. Navy "Seabees." He, wife Kit, and their four children, live in Berwyn, Pa., on the Philadelphia "Main Line," where Paul is a member of the Tredyffrin Township Planning Commission and the Board of Directors of the Upper Main Line YMCA.
Another small, struggling corporation. General Electric, has appointed Walt Schreiner as a financial analyst at its Research and Development Center. Walt holds a Tuck School M.B.A.
Following service in the Air Force as a second lieutenant, he joined GE in 1954 as a member of the financial management program in Schenectady. Walt was appointed specialist - reports and analyses in 1957 and specialist - cash estimating and forecasting in 1959.
In 1961, he was transferred to GE's Lighting Systems Business Division in Hendersonville, N.C., as a specialist - general and tax accounting. From 1965 until his present appointment, he served as a specialist - administrative systems with the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory. Walt, wife Joyce, and their son reside in Clifton Knolls, N.Y.
Bill Miller '51 donned the guru-like garb ofthe 1973 Phoenix Open Golf TournamentCommittee as the event's General Chairman.
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