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The Class Memorial- Fund "is making an unique contribution to the Hopkins' Center this year. We have purchased four rare movie classics for the College Film Library, and they'll be used in the very popular film study course conducted by our own Maury Rapf.
The films are among the most famous ever produced by Hollywood: Charlie Chaplin's I he Great Dictator," Alfred Hitchcock's "The Lady Vanishes," Howard Hawks' "Scarface," Jean Renoir's "Grand Illusion." Each will be given a special introductory title, acknowledging this gift in memory of our deceased classmates, and thus serve as an enuring memorial.
Classmates will have a chance to see one, or more of these films, and savor a bit of nostalgia, at an upcoming reunion. Maury is planning a mini film festival either for next fall, or our big 40th in 1975. It should be something to look forward to.
Our Executive Committee did another nice thing at year-end.We formally made Peter Smith, director the Hopkins' Center, an honorary member of the Class. Those who attended last fall's reunion will recall Peter's very interesting talk at our banquet, Saturday night. With his, and our, active involvement in the Hopkins' Center program, he truly should be one of us. Welcome Aboard. Peter!
Lots of retirement news this month. WileyHubbell has left General Electric after 38 years. While they'll continue to live in Roanoke, Wiley hopes to get in lots of travel - if gasoline is available. First trip. New Orleans to visit daughter Cynthia and her husband, and then some golf at Point Clear, Ala.
From Santa Rosa, Calif., Jack Irish writes that retirement is great but he, too, is worried about gasoline, "Had hoped to make another term at Alumni College this summer, with visits to our daughters enroute. Lynn and her husband in St. Louis, and Carol, now teaching at Phillips Andover Academy. The energy situation has us somewhat skeptical."
Ray Hannoosh hung up his Air Force uniform in June, after 24 years, and is now selling real estate. They managed to get in a trip to Spain before the fuel shortage hit. Jack Knode, who retired after 35 years with Savage Arms (sporting firearms), has begun a whole new life. Recently remarried, he and his bride Ruth divide their time between Bird Key, in Sarasota, and New Canaan, Conn.
While not retired, Jim Hughes is easing up. He turned over the chief executive duties at Diamond Shamrock to his president, but continues as chairman of the board. Monroe Hattenbach, who quit the pressures of New York four years ago, is now in real estate at Coral Gables, Fla. Bill Bury, retired from IBM but working parttime in a boat business, writes: "Drove west in December to spend Christmas with my three children and ex-wife. Returned via Amtrak, but they were six hours late to Chicago and flew me home." That's a switch!
Bob Nar(r)amore - he insists it's only one "r" but I have misspelled it so many times that he had better have his birth certificate reissued - has retired not from business, but politics. He asked the mayor of Bridgeport to replace him, after ten years on the Board of Apportionment and Taxation. Nary claims his main contribution was "holding the line against inflation since I never got one cent for my services!"
Fred Mebel has an offer that may interest some of our classmates involved in education. He helped Dartmouth obtain a valuable set of Kodachrome slides of marine invertebrates and adds: "If classmates associated with other schools are interested, I may be helpful." Fred and Clare are expecting their first grandchild "momentarily." Ditto, Bucks Weil, and that's all the news he had to offer!
In the "Father's Feeling Old" (and proud) department, Bill Hands reports son Jeff is now financial vice president of Turbodyne in Minneapolis. Al Sherwood, whom we profiled a couple of months back, has accepted another civic responsibility - elected to the board of Governors of Lawrence Hospital in Westchester County.
From Onalene Waters, Joe's wife, comes news they'll travel to Russia in April. Meantime, the whole family - Jay at Cornell, Carol at Mt. Holyoke and young Doug at Wilbraham Academy - will spend spring vacation skiing at Aspen and Vail.
Ted Harbaugh was- in Chicago for the Housewares Show, and a group turned out for lunch: Frank Wright, Don Koehler, Hall Colton,Jack Egan, Herb Ostrow and yours truly. Ted's news concerned his three boys. Bryce and family are back from Taiwan, and Bryce is doing fulltime YMCA work in Southern Michigan. John is teaching English in a Brooklyn High School and has learned "first, you've got to get their interest." Ross is continuing his advanced cello studies on a fellowship at Winston-Salem, N.C.
The gang had such a splendid time, that we're planning a luncheon for the whole Chicago clan on February 11. More of that next month!
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