1948
Although these notes are written in late August, their reading will occur in October by which time the 206th academic year of Dartmouth College will have begun. Thirteen undergrad sons of '48 received their BA's at Commencement last June, and ten freshmen sons and daughters of '48 will presumably have matriculated into the Class of 1979 in September. These new legacies will mean that 65, as I count them, offspring of the Class of 1948 will have decided as of this time to become Men (or Women) of Dartmouth as their fathers before them.
In last May's notes was a list of'48 sons who were to receive their degrees in the Bema this past June. All of those listed were of the Class of '75. Unfortunately, I goofed and failed to realize that members of other classes might graduate at the same time due to vagaries of the three-term system. As they did. Thus, the following father-son combinations were ommitted, for which oversight my sincere apologies. Gordon Winkler, Richard W. '74; Barney Hoisington, Paul A. '76; and NormSaunders, Norm W. Jr. '76.
'48s will wish to congratulate their classmates whose sons put up such a good show at this past Commencement in earning their BA's. In addition, magna cum was earned by the sons of Shant Chebookjian and Hal Shea, while cumlaude honors were received by sons of CarlEvans, Phil Johnson, Jerry Zins, and Rog Zorn. High distinction in his major subject was earned by young Chebookjian, whereas distinction in their majors was notched by sons of FerdObrenski, Russ Palmer, and Bob Reynolds as well as by the offspring of the aforementioned Carl and Rog. A number of other prizes were also awarded to '48 sons including the John Ebers Prize for geology to young Norm Saunders, the Silver Medal of the Royal Society of Arts to young Gilbert Palmer, and two creative arts awards to Ferd Obrenski's son. Russ Palmer's Gilbert was also one of the ten honorary Marshals at the Bema ceremonies.
'48 fathers and sons or daughters accepted as freshmen in Hanover this year are as follows: Paul Branch, Laurie A.; Charley Herterich, Carolyn; Dr. Phil Johnson, Gregory K.; Dr. "Bo" Kirkpatrick, Russell D.; Dick Leggat, Sarah; Fred Loomis, Cynthia A.; Don Ryan, Lawrence D.; Loren Spademan, William W.;
Ron Spiers, Martha L.; and my own Susan. These entrants will be the second Dartmouth offspring for Branch, Herterich, Johnson, and Leggat. (Perhaps other '48's will join me in being thankful we didn't have to fight in our day the academic competition that faces our sons and daughters today in gaining admittance to Dartmouth — and staying there.)
Had the good fortune to be in Hanover for three days in early July. The place is still as beautiful as ever to this prejudiced reporter whose parents still live in Norwich. From a seat on the senior fence the white fronts of Dartmouth Row, contrasted against the light blue sky above and the green grass in front, interspersed with the patches of dark elm foliage roundabout, make a picture that chokes the throat now in the same way it always has for me.
Received an information bulletin from the Univ. of Washington in Seattle which pointed out that our own Hubert Blalock was among "30 scholars from the western states elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences" recently in Boston. The bulletin also mentioned that, "Dr. Blalock, professor of sociology, is a top quantitative sociologist with national recognition in the fields of methodology, statistics and race relations. His book, Toward aTheory of Minority Group Relations, has advanced the study of intergroup reactions." Membership in the AAAS, founded in 1780 by John Adams, is a great professional honor, for which a '48 tip of the hat, Hubert. I imagine that Professor George Theriault, today one of the deans of Dartmouth's Sociology Department whose interesting classes in our day you may fondly remember, has followed your career with much satisfaction.
Am indebted to our president, John Van Raalte, for the following, data on '48s he has recently seen or heard about. Bud Munson, class agent, resident of Westport, Conn., recently returned from a long stint in Europe on a consultancy assignment for Seagrams. Both his sons are presently in college, the elder in Connecticut, the younger at Stanford, having decided against his dad's alma mater. Bud's twin daughters, about 15, are both members of an interscholastic championship swimming team in their state. Brother Bob Munson, resident of Washington and an official for Uncle Sam, is a colonel in the Army Reserve. The family spent part of the past summer in the wonderful Kennebunkport, Me., area where they have a house. The elder of Bob's two sons will be in college this year, but John didn't know where.
Foxy Parker, whom the writer remembers with much affection from some of those DOC trips and mountain climbs during our day in Hanover, now resident in Pound Ridge, N.Y. has been doing much work as '48' Class Resources Committee Chairman, a job involving the search for and identification of financial resources for the College. Foxy, who works for Becton - Dickinson, commutes to the job from N.Y. to N.J., a switch. Bud Elliott, bequest chairman, spent part of this past spring in Europe with Barbara. (Sounds like half of Westport was in Europe this spring).
John, always a fount of interesting Dartmouth information, also advised he attended a Dartmouth Club of Westchester dinner in August attended by '79 freshmen from the area. Of the 60 who were accepted, 37 selected Dartmouth, of whom 20 were on hand for the dinner. Nostalgia took John's thoughts back a few years to his own acceptance. He also reported 27 graduates of Exeter this past June have become '79s at Dartmouth, the first time in history the College on the Hill has received the second largest contingent of any college from this fine school. (Harvard always is first.)
Hope you'll enjoy watching or hearing about the Big Green this fall. If they're like their predecessors they'll put on a good show, win or lose.
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