1958

A well-deserved and highly complimentary editorial concerning Dick Stoddart appeared in the Cleveland Plain Dealer in August. Dick has been "Man of the Year" of the Cleveland Jaycees and Cleveland Kiwanis Club and has been instrumental in the Cleveland area regional transit program. The editorial tells Dick's success story far better than I can and so I quote:

"Last month Richard S. Stoddart, president of the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, led the successful fight to establish a county-wide tax base for regional transit.

"A decade ago, somebody in the law firm of Thompson, Hine & Flory did the community a huge favor, probably unwittingly. When Cleveland Heights needed another lawyer to help beat down a highway plan which the city fathers thought would produce needless urban deterioration, the law firm supplied a young fellow from Pennsylvania. He was Stoddart and this was his opportunity.

"Educated at Dartmouth and Michigan University law school, Stoddart still was in his 20s. He joined with Professor Will Irwin, then at Western Reserve University, and William B. (Brad) Norris, an astute lawyer who served with Stoddart on the regional transit authority board, in a project which was a negative undertaking. Their goal was to prevent something from happening, which they did. But it put Stoddart, a tenacious battler, on the map.

The word got around that here was an unusual man. Stoddart moved over to Shaker Savings Association as a key vice president. He became a Cleveland Heights councilman. He served on a Cleveland Heights-Shaker Heights transportation committee. He worked with the Greater Cleveland Growth Association. People discovered he had boundless energy, an appealing straightforward approach and a mind that grasped and retained facts.

"He displayed a knack for working with almost any group and bringing people together. If he disagreed, he said so. But he was understanding. He realized not everything was going to go his way and that people honestly would oppose him.

"Finally he went to Eaton Corp., where he is now as an administrative executive, and he was instrumental in forging United Torch out of the area's floundering health and social welfare organizations. His latest challenge was putting together the regional transit package. The success of that venture thus far largely is his doing."

Larry Bill has been made vice president of the Institutional Sales Department for Drexel Burnham & Company in New York City. Larry and family live in Weston, Connecticut.

Bob Rodormer and his bride of one year live in Fayetteville, N.Y. Bob recently purchased the McAuliffe Paper Company in Syracuse which is an established maker of writing tablets, scratch pads, and the like.

In other news, Dr. Douglas Smith was presented the Journal Award of the Society of Photographic Scientists and Engineers at the recent Denver conference of the society. Dr. Smith, a research assistant with Eastman Kodak in Rochester, won the award with his paper reviewing crystal structures of interest for emulsion sensitization, described as the most outstanding scientific contribution published in the society's journal during the past year.

Bob Lindig writes that he is happily living in Roseburg, Ore., where he is employed by the Douglas National Bank. Bob has chosen country living after seven years with a major bank in the Seattle-Tacoma area. Bob is involved in establishing and running a full-fledged investment department dealing in municipals as well as U. S. Government and Federal Agencies issues. June of 1973 brought a new addition to the family, Robert II. Finally, Bob reports that the athletic teams in Roseburg are called the Roseburg Indians, which nickname has gone without objection in the area.

From Denver, Colo., word has reached us that Tryg Myhren was named vice president-marketing of American Television and Communications Corporation (ATC), one of the nation's leading operators of cable television systems.

I wish all of you and your families a healthy and prosperous New Year and a happy holiday season.

Secretary, 7405 S.W. 140th Terrace Miami, Fla. 33158

Treasurer, 201 Main St. Decatur, Ill. 62523