1958

Labor Day has come and gone and summer has passed. Somewhere (although not in South Florida) leaves are turning brown, and another fall term is beginning at Hanover. Makes one a bit nostalgic.

For those who care to capture that mood, the Class "Mini-Reunion" is set for the weekend of October 17-19. The Class has reserved the entire Norwich Inn and Don McCree has set up an interesting weekend complete with cocktail parties, panel discussions, a football game, etc.

Some significant achievements have been made by 'sBs over the past few months. One of the most publicized involved Lt. Col Randall W.Austin who was the commanding officer of the U. S. Marine group who rescued the Mayaguez. Randy's wife Betty and their children are in Pearl City, Hawaii, while Randy is overseas.

Fred Lewis has opened his new law offices on North Wacker Drive in Chicago while SteveJonas recently moved to St. Louis with his wife Debra and three children. Steve is the president of Inland Shoe Co. Scott Pardee is vice president in the Foreign Department of the Federal Reserve Bank in New York and undoubtedly, has been in the middle of a great many foreign exchange crises in recent years. Scott, his wife Aida, and two children live in Manhattan.

In other banking news, the Bank of New York recently announced that John Otis was appointed vice president. John joined the Bank in 1969 and has steadily risen in positions and responsibilities. His efforts are concentrated in commercial lending. After graduating Dartmouth, John received an M.B.A. from Fairleigh Dickinson University and attended the Stonier School of Banking at Rutgers University. John is an avid tennis enthusiast and lives with his wife and three children in Basking Ridge, N.J.

Dr. Allen H. Pulsifer is on the faculty of the Chemical Engineering Department of lowa State University, Ames, lowa. Effective July 1, 1976, he has been appointed to the rank of full professor. This summer, Allen and his family spent four weeks at the University of London and then travelled through England, Scotland, and the Continent. He wound up his tour in Essen, Germany, where he will spend a year at Bergbau-Forschung G.m.b.H. investigating reactions involved in coal gasification including coal pyrolysis and the carbon-steam and carbon hydrogen reactions. To help him in this study, he has received a grant from the Hunboldt Foundation of West Germany.

I received a lengthy and interestint note from Naval Commander Ron Zwart who has been living for the past three years in Iran and is now preparing to return to the States. Ron's note is worth setting forth verbatim:

"After almost three years in Iran, my wife Rena, our 8 and 10-year-old prospective 'women of Dartmouth' and I are preparing to return to the United States to start sharing some of the problems from which we've spared recently by living abroad. We almost feel guilty about missing the network news' versions of Watergate, Vietnam, recession, inflation, urban crime and the other cheerful events which have been animating our era at home.

"Nonetheless, there seems to be a certain advantage in being blissfully behind these times, especially since we've enjoyed our tour in Tehran so thoroughly. We've been here during a particularly interesting period that has seen Iran emerge as the most dynamic and, I think, the most promising nation in the Middle East Though quadrupled oil revenues here have added to economic disruption in the West, they have induced remarkable changes and created a fascinating range of possibilities for Iran."

"As a staff officer assigned to the U. S. Military Assistance Advisory Group, I've been closely involved in the $10 billion effort to expand and modernize Iran's armed forces. Further, as the policy advisory and briefing officer for the command, I've had the unique opportunity to interpret developments in Iran for a variety of visiting U. S. military leaders, government officials, Congressmen, Senators, and journalists."

Please keep the cards and letters coming.

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