1944
I was lucky to get four-foot-two, eyes-of-blue "Whitey" Myers on the office phone in Indianapolis. The golf clubs were rattling in the background as he was preparing to leave for his newly-purchased golf-course villa on Amelia Island, just 20 miles north of Jacksonville, Fla., accompanied by wife Sally and a 3 handicap. "Just great," says Whitey, "our bedroom door opens onto the second fairway." Bob was with Circle Securities Corporation until last July when his boss hit 60 and decided to retire. "So I went back to Raffensperger, Hughes & Co.," he said, "right where I started 25 years ago and it's all nice and relaxed and easy."
Continuing that roommate ploy, Bob's was Craig MacBeth, lifelong resident of South Orange, N.J., who transplanted himself to Tucson a couple of years back. He is a physician practicing general medicine there.
If these sunny reports don't make your mouth water, listen to lan "Digger" Mac Donald's from Orlando. "I have been practicing family medicine in Orlando since 1950. I take every Thursday off and either go hunting or fishing. We have a lease on about 30,000 acres of land within 30 minutes drive. Quail hunting on horseback; deer; and the turkey hunts in spring. When hunting season is over we go to our place at Vero Beach where we have a small boat for off-shore fishing. If things were any Better, I don't think I could stand it."
Digger's roommate was William MorrisPollan whose last contact with the College was in 1945; no word of or about him since then.
Sunshine on his shoulder is also making EbBlackett happy; he was recently transferred by American Cyanamid from its West Virginia plant to Charlotte, N.C., where he is plant manager of Cyanamid Textile Chemicals. "Charlotte is a wonderful place," he says, "and we are already active in local tennis groups."
Eb's freshman roommate was Perry Craver, who is with Western Auto Stores in Laconia, N.H., and whose son Perry Jr. is a '69.
Dr. Jim McClintock, radiologist in Santa Barbara, says that he doesn't see very many Dartmouth men, either in or out of his practice. But his kids see a lot of snow. The two older ones are at school in Aspen and learning to race on the Aspen ski team; and the two younger ones are also ski- and snow-bunnies.
Jim had two roommates: Dick Lesser, who is director of personnel and industrial relations for the Valve Division of ITT-Grinnel in Elmira, N.Y.; and Bill Turpin, our State Department man in Washington currently assigned to the Office of Policy and Plans.
From Dallas and Malcolm "Mac" Morse comes word that he is back in Texas after spending 18 months in Boston helping sell a family business started by his great-grandfather. He's happy to be back home" . . watching the progress of land investments, a little oil and, oh yes, keeping up with the installment payments on the company sale." Oldest son Greg is a second lieutenant in the AF, has just completed his first jet solo, and will get his wings in 10 months. Youngest son Scott, 15, thinks only of football and playing some day for the Dallas Cowboys.
Rooming with Mac Morse freshman year was Bob O'Keefe, who is a senior vice president, marketing, with Dura Corp., which is an automotive supplier in Bloomfield, Mich.
Ophthalmologist Charlie Pierce and Eloise have a busy summer coming up: daughter Christie getting married in Worcester, Mass., where she is doing graduate work in optics; and son Stephen getting married in Ashland, Wis., where he'll just be finishing up at Northland College. The Pierces have lived in the same house in Briarcliff Manor for 21 years and Charlie's been at Mt. Kisco hospital for the same span. They broke away last year for an extended tour of Europe, both western and eastern; and they still keep a hand in and a jib up sailing on weekends. Charlie didn't have a roommate.
Another weekender in the whitecaps is. SteveFlynn, who moors his 22-foot Cape Cod cat boat not far from his Wilton, Conn., house. Three years ago Steve was promoted to NBC vice president in charge of sales services, so that all he has to worry about is keeping tabs on 70 employees and 200 stations around the country. "I do a lot of telephoning," he says. Son Steve Jr. graduated from the U. of Denver and is married and living there: stepdaughter Louise is a second year law student at Georgetown; and stepson Bart is a sophomore at Central Michigan University.
Steve roomed freshman year with SherryDowsett, the Hawaiian dolphin remembered for his churning in the Dartmouth pool and who is firmly ensconced in pineapple land selling real estate and doing investments.
Any of you who caught the Dartmouth Glee Clubs (note the "s"; we got two of 'em, one male, one female) during the spring break will have heard the dulcet tones of four '44 offspring: John Weeks' Katy '76, a first alto; Ted Close's Ellen '77, a first soprano; Lem Arnold's Barry '76, a second tenor; and Paul Jones' Dave '77, a baritone.
And if any of you subscribe to The Dartmouth, you'll notice that lots and lots of the photographs are taken by Herb Storfer's Paul '77.
All of you know, of course, that it's Alumni Fund time. As I suggested last year, be nice to
Head Agent Ezz Hale and Dartmouth - they both deserve it.
That's it. Blessings.
John Truxal '45 (l) holds the EducationMedal, for outstanding contributions toeducation, given him by John Guarrera.head of the 165,000-member Institute ofElectrical and Electronics Engineers.
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