1949
A record crowd of '49ers, wives and children got together in Hanover for our Fall Reunion on October 11-13. Among the new faces were Chris Bugge, Ray Drake, Mark Feer, Bob Goetz, Bob Kurland, Quent Kopp, Burt Proom, Bob Smith. Russ Wolfertz, and Bill Yates. Chris did a gelandesprung from Norway to steal the long distance prize out of the hands of Big Quent from San Francisco. Veterans from past fall weekends included Bob Alden, King Ball, Ray Bankert, Elliott Baritz, Bob Baum, Brud Becker, Paul Bjorklund, Bill Chapman, B.B. Crawford, Paul Erwin, Bob Hill, Ort Hicks, Bud Hughes, Ritchie Hunt, Sam Kilner, Bill Perkins, Al Quirk, Ray Rasenberger, Luke Soule, Tom Swartz, Punchy Thomas, Jack Tull, Tiger Turino, Skip Ungar, Al Wagner and a few we missed. The newest '49er, President Emeritus John Sloan Dickey, joined us for cocktails.
Friday night at the Faculty Lounge in Hopkins Center was a great vantage point to watch a Dartmouth Night like those we remember from the old days. Dartmouth band, speech by President Kemeny, football rally with Jake Crouthamel, big bonfire, enthusiastic crowd. For the first time in the history of our fall reunions, the Friday night crowd polished off the keg of beer.
The Saturday morning class business meeting preceded a noon cocktail party hosted by Mike and Lois McGean, followed by lunch and a downhill walk to Memorial Stadium for the Princeton game. Saturday night our assembled dignitaries managed to drown out memories of the football score with refreshments and dinner in the Hanover Inn. Bob Kurland gave an interesting talk after dinner on freedom in the academic world, followed by Quent Kopp on Bart problems in San Francisco. A highlight of the evening was the honor paid to two classmates with the Gold Pick Axe Awards to Mark Feer and Al Quirk. Mark's citation appears below, and Al's will be in the next issue.
1949 Gold Pick Axe Award
"Claimed by both Switzerland and the United States, you are hereby acclaimed by your classmates. Your natural migration from the Alps to the White Mountains and the plains of Hanover was our gain. While an undergraduate you first sought to unite the world as a campus leader of the World Federalists. You also sought to change the decor of Harvard Stadium, for which we almost lost you as a classmate. A distinguished academic career at Dartmouth in- cluded the History Prize, Phi Beta Kappa, and a Diploma with highest distinction. You also received a Doctorate from the Fletcher School of International Law and Diplomacy, and a Fullbright Scholarship.
"You began your investment business career with the First Boston Corporation rapidly rising to vice-president. You next became a Deputy Secretary for Financial Policy in the Department of Commerce. You have also served as a director and vice chairman of the Private Investment Corporation of Asia. Today as a general partner of Kuhn Loeb & Company, you have become one of the most successful American international investment bankers. In addition to a business career that has brought you great distinction, you and your late wife, Helene, have enlisted your considerable skills locally and nationally through service in the Association for Retarded Children. We honor you for your many achievements and profound humanity, and are proud to say, "Mark Feer was a Classraate of ours at Dartmouth."
Jay Evans, assistant director of Admissions at Dartmouth since 1962, paddled down the Connecticut River to become the director of Reoreation and Athletics at Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass. One of the best events at our th Reunion back in June was his showing of award winning film "Wild Water." Over the years Jay has earned a reputation as a nationally known leader in kayaking and canoeing, with many trophies, including the 1967 National Senior Kayak Championship. He coached the United States Kayak team in several inter- national matches including the 1972 Olympics.
Jay was active on the Hanover scene as a faculty adviser to the Ledyard Canoe Club which he brought into a position of national prominence, and as chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Dartmouth Outing Club. Son Eric '73 had also had quite a record in white water and was a member of the U.S. Olympic Team in 1972.
Bob Zeiser sent us a remarkable story and pictures from the Providence Journal, which explains why Harry Ewing missed the 25th Reunion. Back in June, Harry was on a short hop from Block Island to Wrentham, Mass., when "as I approached Runway 15 I made a left turn that was too steep for the plane's speed and caused the engine to stall." Fortunately for his family and the Alumni Fund, the thick woods cushioned the crash and he survived unscratched as the plane came to a one-of-a-kind vertical landing, with the nose on the ground and the tail pointing at the sun. Not fazed by his first air- plane accident in 30 years, Harry lived up to the name of the model he was flying, a Beechcraft Debonnaire. As the Journal reported "Lady Luck was his co-pilot. Ewing emerged from the woods west of North Central States Airport just minutes after the crash - his bow tie on straight and his white shirt looking fresh and only a little smudged." But do you think he might have caught a little ribbing the next day in his office at the Pratt & Whitney Division of United Aircraft in Hartford?
Pleased to hear that Burgess Standley has been appointed assistant dean at the School of the Worcester Art Museum. Previously, he had been a planning consultant to universities, colleges, and secondary schools including MIT, Harvard, Bennington, Hunter, Regis, Sarah Lawrence, Simmons, and Wellesley. Under a Ford Foundation program he also worked with several black colleges: Tuskegee, Fisk, Lane, Le Moyne, Paine, and Stillman. Mike and Caroline live with their four children at 75 Elm Street in Medfield, Mass., where in his spare time, he is the chairman of the Medfield Planning Board.
John Kent Cooley has an address that sounds like a James Bond novel. The Hotel St. George, Beirut, Lebanon. Our old buddy represents the Christian Science Monitor in the Middle East. One morning in August his day was brightened when he opened the mail and found he had been given the Robert Frost Award for Excellence in Writing during our June Reunion. To quote from the letter he wrote back to Class President Thomas: "I had not received the AlumniMagazine on the Class Reunion as yet and was therefore tremendously and agreeably surprised by your letter of August 15. I am excited and also grateful. I think you were with me on one of Frost's seminars. One day he discussed the antithesis between poetry and politics which was bothering some of us. He said you have to write about what comes naturally and not have regrets. I have some regrets still about not following literature but the journalism trade and writing about politics has not proved to be too bad a line after all. I imagine you feel the same way about law. I would like nothing better than to get back for the October reunion at Hanover, especially since I missed June. Right now, chances don't look good. I'm taking leave for a month now, and my wife Vania and I are planning to spend the first two weeks of it on a tour in the Soviet Union and the second two in Greece."
Under miscellaneous intelligence, notices were mailed out for class dues of $10 instead of the correct figure of $15. If you're in a good mood when it arrives, send Sam the whole $15 to gladden his spirits.
It's a long time to next summer, but anyone interested in an excellent canoe camp for boys up in Canada should write Keewaydin Camp, Hanover, N. H. Our number one son is going for the third time and is enthusiastic. Run by Howie Chivers '39.
'50s Gordie Pinkham (1) and John Cravermodel distinctive pre-Harvard game hats.
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