1954
It's fortunate that this column isn't looked to for earth-shaking, timely news. It is impossible to be too timely since I am writing this in the middle of September to be submitted to the College in early October for printing and putting into your hands in the middle of November. If you think that's confusing to you, just think of how it is to me. But at any rate, happy end of tennis season; happy football season; and Happy Thanksgiving!
Let's see who's doing what to whom.
Not to be outdone by his father, Nelson, RodRockefeller has also made the newspapers. Rod was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the Interracial Council for Business Opportunity, of which he is a founder. The Council encourages black enterprise. Rod is president of the International Basic Economy Corporation which encourages business enterprise primarily in South American countries. Congratulations, Rod. Let's see if your father can keep up with you!
John Pope is providing dynamic and forward-looking leadership to the North Shore Dart- mouth Club. For those of you not in the know, the North Shore is the suburban area of Boston. To quote the "DAHTMUTH," "A Proper Newsletter for the Dartmouth Alumni who reside in Greater Boston." John's club is looking ahead for an active season, which started off with a clambake in August. Welcome to the long list of '54 alumni leaders, John.
We have received an interesting bulletin from the First Seneca Bank & Trust Company in Oil City, Pennsylvania announcing the election of Bob Jeffrey as executive vice president and a director of the bank. Bob will be responsible for the bank's loan services division, its marketing division, and the administration of the bank's 28 community offices. Bob is also a director and vice president of Indian River Citrus Fruits, Inc. and the Maviro Corporation. Bob and Elinor and their two children, Bob, 10, and Lynn, 7, live at 113 Innis Street in Oil City. Congratulations, Bob. Let us know if you can find any loose money.
Did you know that we have a pioneer in our class? Well, believe it or not, in the year 1974 one of our classmates has been pioneering the exploration of one of the earth's last great frontiers - the rugged rift valley that cleaves the floor of the Atlantic almost all the way from the Arctic Ocean to Antarctica. Bill Bryan was quoted extensively by Time magazine as the spokesman for Project FAMOUS - the French-American Mid-Ocean Undersea Study. Bill was part of the group that discovered important new clues to the secrets of the continen-al drift. The discoveries took place this summer in explorations in the American submersible Alvin and its French counterparts Archimède and Cyana. Bill took part in the research study as a member of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, with whom he has been associated since earning his M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin. According to my interpretation of the Time article, Bill's group found important clues as to the mechanism causing Europe and Africa to drift away from America. According to Bill, "Like a cobblestone street, the earth's crust can be pulled apart very easily. And it is the rift valley where the fracturing is occurring." Apparently, the explorations were not without excitement, as frequent landslip along the walls of the valley were a constat threat to the three ships. However, the great wealth of information obtained during the project indicates that Bill's risks were rewarded with an important scientific success. We'd love. to hear from you, Bill, in more detail, about your fascinating experiences.
The fame of a Dartmouth family was spreawide and far by the Albany Times-Union which featured a full page write-up on Lyon and Marcia Greenberg. The purpose of the write-up want to focus on the Mount Holyoke Alumnae Club's annual Country Fair, which was to be held: the third year on the Greenberg's 45-acre country estate on the western edge of Slingerlands, only a handful of miles from Albany. As most you know, Dr. Lyon is an ear, nose, and throat specialist in Albany. But it appears that he relaxes from his strenuous practice by being a working "gentleman" farmer. The article featured a picture of Marcia preparing mountains of tomatoes to be canned which had come from the Greenberg farm. Also featured were six recipes created by Marcia, who not only loves to cook but creates her own recipes. According to the article, nothing goes to waste on the Greenberg farm. Lyon sells the excess vegetables to a local hospital kitchen. As a doctor, he's one heck of a businessman. It sounds: me as if any of you are in the Albany area an: hungry, call either our local ear, nose and throat specialist or his apparently equally-qualified: "stomach" specialist-Marcia.
That about covers it for this month. I am at the end of all my sources of news, so, boy, do need you. Won't you take a few minutes and drop me a line to the address at the top of th column. Without some incoming news, there can't be any outgoing columns. I'm waiting to hear from you!
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