1964

After long deliberation I finally decided on the format of the monthly column. It will be as follows: 1) Hall of Fame, 2) General Babbling, 3) Class Smut. I usually have a lot of material for the first two sections but I need the smut. (This is a good way for you wives to relieve your aggressions toward your husband by zinging them in print - think of it as therapy.)

I. Hall of Fame:

Dave Heroy (Dallas, Texas) received his Ph.D. in physics from T.C.U. and is now chief systems analyst at a benefits company where he is also vice president of financial affairs. Dave's wife Joanne is a former New Jersey elementary school teacher and they have a 4½ year-old daughter, Kimberly Ayn. News flash from Providence, R.I.: Scott Skinner is a leading figure in the (Ralph Nadar inspired) Vermont Chapter of the Public Interest Research Group. This is an organization comprised of professionals and students to bring about legal reform and consumer protection. Scott, (Columbia Law '69) wrote a bill, new law, that made Vermont the first state to move control of nuclear power plants from a state agency to the state legislature. Furman Stanley has been appointed manager of Industrial Indemnity Co.'s Honolulu division office. He was formerly the senior attorney (U. of San Francisco Law) at the home office in San Francisco. Larry Muroff was just elected president of the Florida association of nuclear physicians. (Anyone with a sick molecule call Larry). Brian Randall was recently promoted to branch manager of the Belleville, Ill., office of Reinholdt & Gardner, the investment firm with which he has been associated since leaving the Air Force six years ago.

And in September, Tom Seymour was appointed as director of corporate communications at Industrial National Corporation, a $2.1 billion financial services holding company. Tom had the same position for two years prior at Pepsi Co., Inc., in Purchase, N.Y. After Dartmouth Tom received an M.A. in journalism and Japanese studies from the University of Michigan, spending two years in Japan on a Ford Foundation grant, as part of his graduate studies.

Well, classmates, the above are more examples of men following the dictate of the conquering '64 who said, "I came, I saw, I came."

II. General Babbling

Gene Marshall has been in the U.S. Foreign Service ten years. His former assignments were Syria, Vietnam, Tehran, Kabul, Khorremshar (Iran). He is now the American Consul in Isfahan, Iran. (Anyone wanting a carpet, direct correspondence to Gene). Alfred Cotton is in the midst of his fourth School Committee campaign in Worcester, Mass. He won the first three, and is optimistic (what politician isn't?) since he was the leading vote getter in the primary. Still single. He travels a great deal, espousing multinational business issues and promoting an Indianapolis-type race car sponsored by his employer, Norton Company, where he is public relations manager and public affairs officer. (See next month to see if he won). Ken Sack is an assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Texas (two-year hitch) and by December will be in Boston with wife Gretchen, son Benjamin (5), and daughter Katy (2) to begin private practice of surgery. (I'd like to make an appointment now to have a tonguilectomy. That is the removal of your wife's tongue.)

Lance Keeler is back in Boston. The last I heard, Lance was at the Thunderbird School for International Business in Arizona. Now he's back - Wow! What an academic career he's had. I'll bet it won't be long until he knows everything. Lance taught me how to ski and I hope he still has the form now he had then. I want you in Sugarbush this winter, do you hear me, Count? By the way, anyone skiing in the Sugarbush Valley, Vt. this winter, please give me a yell so we can gazeldesprung together.

Chris Palmer, still good on the skis as I witnessed last winter, has become a partner in the accounting firm of Peat, Marwich and Mitchell. He works in the Boston office, and has bought a beautiful home in Weston, Mass. Hello, Suzanne! (I have to say this since I have a crush on her).

Let me interrupt my babbling with a few birth marks. On September 7, Pat andCaroline Terenzini (DeWitt, NY) announced the birth of their first child, a daughter, Eden Osier. On October 16, Fran and Marcy Hanlon had their third daughter, Jennifer. (Total: 3 daughters, 1 son).

III. Class Smut

Hop Potter (Darien, Conn.) won the men's singles event of the 2nd annual Eastern Airlines Employee's Tennis Tournament. (I later found out that in this tournament the word singles is meant literally. It is one man playing with himself (tennis) seeing how many times he could bounce a ball with his racquet in the men's room of a jumbo jet in flight.) On October 10 Dartmouth Night was held in Hanover. Dave Hewitt and Bob Bartles marched in the Torchlight Parade of alums as representatives of the Class of '64. How appropriate that two true flamers of our class should march in this torchlight parade. On October 25 in Harvard Stadium, the Class of '64 conducted its own gridiron extravaganza. The line-up and roles of the 64's were as follows: Water boy - Lance Keeler (Bar manager in Boston); Publicity Manager - S. McGinnis (in advertising); Captain - B. Bartles (by Presidential decree); Co-Captain - J. Christiansen (only one sober); Equipment Manager - B. Cahners (laundry business); Ticket Sales - C. Palmer (accountant); Oddsmaker - B. Freeman (investment analyst); Timekeeper - Ray Neff (only one with a watch); Interior line - R. Naston (biggest guy there); Monster back - M. Dancik (self-explanatory); Split end - KevinShore (lives in Nantucket); Lonesome end - J. English (also lives in Nantucket); Rover back - T. Thompson (showed up without his wife); Statistician; C. DuRei (accountant). I almost forgot M. Dancik also played the part of the football. Well that's it for this month, kids.

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