1965
At our 10th Reunion this June new class officers and committeemen were (s) elected as listed below. You should note that Rick Mahoney after many fine years of preparing material for this column has bailed out leaving it in my trepid hands. Thanks, Rick, for your good service on keeping us all in reasonable contact Between official and unofficial reunions. To the Class this change will mean perhaps nothing more than a shift of writing desk from the ivycovered halls of Exeter Academy to a 30th floor office overlooking Boston Harbor environs. The news we publish of you and our other classmates is the prime factor, and notes from you and your wives are the prime source of material. You can call or write to me or another class officer or even to the Office of Alumni Records.
During the Alumni Fund Drive several of you inserted messages with your pledges and gifts. Steve Shaul writes that he has been practicing rheumatology in Yakima, Wash., for the past year. Richard and Shirley Reese are back in Rochester, N.Y., with their two children while he is working on a fellowship dealing with infectious disease. Richard Foster brought us up to date with the fact that he has been practicing law by himself in Memphis, Tenn., since December of 1973. During the summer of 1973 he travelled throughout India and Nepal. Michael Nelson reports that he is now an assistant district attorney (where?) and that DonHart has bought a farm in Brazil and is living there with wife and kids. Leslie Pratt is now safely out of the Navy and Cornell Law and splitting his time between two sons, his wife Diane, and the law firm of Paterson, Gibson, Noble and Brownell of Montpelier, Vt. Those of you who have seen JAWS can appreciate the fact that Bob Komives has been living on Martha's Vineyard for two years and since June has been planning director of the Dukes County Economic Development and Planning Commission.
Gregg Hannah's picture showed up in the publication Commercial West since he had recently been promoted to trust investment officer with Northwestern National Bank of Minneapolis. A Dartmouth College News Services release carried the following item: ... "John S. McGeachie will assume the position of director of computing services (to include both the data processing and Kiewit computation centers.) John McGeachie, who has been director of data processing since 1971, was a member of the class of 1965 at Dartmouth and one of the original group of student assistants who worked with Professors Kemeny and Kurtz in the development of the Dartmouth Time Sharing System. Mr. McGeachie made significant original contributions as a co-architect of the DTSS executive programs. Prior to returning to Dartmouth in 1969, Mr. McGeachie consulted on a wide range of projects in industry, including work on IBM, GE, XDS, DEC and Univac systems. He recently was graduated from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration with 'highest distinction,' an honor rarely awarded. The significance of the academic award is magnified when it is noted that Mr. McGeachie acquired his MBA while working full time for the College as director of Data Processing."
From my office on the 30th floor I was able to look down last May and see two Soviet destroyers tied up at the Commonwealth Pier in Boston. The city hosted the crews of these ships in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of VE Day. Ken McGruther writes that at the same time he and the crew of the cruiser USS Leahy were being warmly received in Leningrad. This ceremonious but also personally moving experience marked the first visit by a U.S. Navy ship to the Soviet Union in over 30 years. In his calls at various Mediterranean ports Ken and the USS Leahy have entertained Liz Taylor and Princess Grace. Next year Ken takes a sabbatical from the Navy to do some more thinking-and-writing along the lines of his Colbert Essay Prize winning article on "The Role of Perception in Naval Diplomacy."
In an earlier column we learned that JimRamsey was running for county attorney of Anderson County, Tenn. During Reunion we learned that he won the election! This may be the first political campaign won by a class member.
1965 Executive Committee: president, Stephen L. Waterhouse; secretary, Richard J. Avery; treasurer, James P. Scott; newsletter, Robert S. McConnaughey; members at large: Carl H. Amon, Theodore L. Bracken, J. Gary Bucher, Thomas Campbell, Peter G. Frederick, Robert L. Hartford, John W. Hosmer, Derek T. Knudsen, Kenneth R. McGruther, Roger H. Rines, Rex H. Roberts, Sidney F. Stein, David R. Weber, Allen W. Zern.
Secretary, 22 Surry Drive Cohasset, Mass. 02025
Treasurer, 45 Ethan Allen Dr. Acton, Mass. 01720
