Treasurer of the Year

Willard C. Wolff '31 was named Class Treasurer of the Year at the meeting of class officers in Hanover May 5. With the honor went this citation:

The fancy nomenclature, Willard Clayton, will sound strange to the hundreds of Dartmouth men who have always known you, even in undergraduate days, as "Shep" Wolff. It is a name that has come to stand for accomplishment, responsibility, and extra effort, especially in affairs related to Dartmouth College.

After five years as 1931 's class secretary, you took on the job of class treasurer in 1965, and there you have displayed all the qualities of service and work well done that go back to the days when you were a star halfback on the football team, a leader of Palaeopitus, Chief of the Student Volunteer Fire Department, and winner of the Barrett Cup.

The financial affairs of the Class of 1931 are in outstandingly good shape, thanks to your management and the high percentage of duespayers you have consistently achieved over the past eight years. This year, however, you have outdone yourself by collecting dues from 75% of the entire class, including 81% of graduates, and this while many classes were going in the opposite direction. The hundreds of personal notes you write each year are one big reason for the results you get. One is tempted to deduce that as a gifted woodcarver you have the artist's touch and know the grain of your class.

Your non-Dartmouth career was spent almost entirely in the gas and gas appliance industry, first in your native Brooklyn, then in the Crimson precincts of Cambridge, Mass., and for six years before retirement as vice president of the Boston Gas Company. In every position, as in your job as 1931 class treasurer, you were definitely a man who was cooking on all burners.

In recognition of your unstinted service to Dartmouth College and your special achievement as 1931 's financial executive, we are honored to salute you as the 1973 Dartmouth Class Treasurer of the Year.

Secretary,