1949

Eleven '49ers have sons or daughters in the freshman class. We got some interesting replies when we asked why they decided on Dartmout, and what else was new?

Bollie Bollenbach advises: "The way my son and heir happened to choose the Big Green was about like this: A year ago last fall, we took several of the kids on a flying two day trip through the New England schools, mostly Ivy League or equivalent, plus several of the girl's schools. We happen to think that one can tell a fair amount about the school by - literally - a half hour tour around and about. Obviously, no in-depth study, but the kids and we were able to determine whether we liked the ambience and what the facilities in general looked like. My son happened to like Dartmouth and Williams far above the other schools - interestingly enough, with no coaching he indicated that Harvard, by this method of observation, was about at the bottom of the list. Dartmouth like the USA still is better than whatever the hell else is around, even with its faults. Fortunately, he was accepted, is moderately smart, a real overachiever, and really wants an education, so I guess I feel that Dartmouth will get its share with him. Otherwise life is good for Nancy and me, and as happens in some second marriages, we are good for each other and the result is highly exceptional, if there is a phrase like that!"

From Dave Raynolds we hear that: "I suppose what really made my daughter want to go to Dartmouth was knowing the certain envy it would generate on the part of her Smithie mother. Mother and daughter are both doing fine. So is son Robert ('73) just back from a year of exploration in Ethopia. I'm still with the State Department, working as a Foreign Service Inspector. We act as in-house management consultants. Work is varied, interesting, and stimulating. As a hobby I've taken up computer programming, using an APL terminal that I can carry in a suitcase. It hooks into a time-sharing system that's available countrywide, so that I can get connected by making a local phone call and then jam the phone receiver into the acoustic coupler. I suspect that this is a coming thing, and look forward to the day when the Department of State permits me to sun myself on some Tyrolean ski slope, keeping in touch by machine."

Joe Sullivan reports: "My son likes the outdoors and the North Country so Hanover has to be a fine spot for him! Have been in business for myself as a Manufacturers' Representative since 1 stopped coaching football. We cover the northeast for the firms we represent. I am so glad that Tuss McLaughry was able to come to our 25th Reunion dinner last June. I know that he enjoyed it very much and the Class was great to give him such a standing ovation. Any of us who knew Tuss are certainly going to miss him. He was a great person in every way."

Also Skip Ungar: "It is of course great that both my boys were able to get into Dartmouth, and that both wanted to go there. Naturally, the academic excellence of the College was a determining factor, plus the physical beauty made the choice an easy one for both. Paul '73 was at the College during its protest period and it was hard for us to understand the change at first. Just when we got acclimated to that, Mike '7B reports that the College is reverting to what we knew in the early fifties. C'est la vie! A few words of wisdom - if you walk down the street with a smile on your face, people will come up to you and say: What's so goddam funny?'"

Elliott Baritz is putting his Tuck School training to good use as the president of the Handy Button Machine Company in New York. His company specializes in metal stampings which are generally slowing down due to the recession, However, he reports that sales of beer can openers are booming, and as befits an expert on Hanover extracurricular activities, he has been the largest producer in the country for many years. Elliott and Margie and their four children live in Roslyn. The busy household also includes four Golden Retrievers, three cats and a litter of six Westies. Margie has a nice little business going between breeding the dogs, and working as a professional dog trainer. Elliott reports they recently had dinner with Betsy and RitchieHunt. The Hunts have been longtime residents of Brooklyn Heights, just across the East River from his Wall Street office at Johnson & Higgins, a top insurance brokerage firm.

A December letter from the president of Johnson & Higgins, insurance brokers and average adjusters in Philadelphia, announces that JerryNorris has joined the firm as vice president and manager of the employee benefit department. He has been a Johnson & Higgins vice president in New York. Firm President Edwin L. Knetzger Jr. commented that Jerry's arrival in Philadelphia" ... is a very significant event for us and will prove to be so for many of our clients and other leaders in the business community."

The sun never sets on the British Empire, just as it rarely sets on this column without another achievement by the remarkable JayUrstadt. On November 19 a dinner was held in his honor at the Americana Hotel in New York where our ex swimming captain was given the 1974 Urban Achievement Award by the Institute of Human Relations. The award was established to give public recognition to distinguished individuals who through their careers have significantly improved the quality of life in New York. Mr. Edward Sulzberger, who made the presentation noted that "there is no question about the role Mr. Urstadt has taken to enhance the beauty and residential qualities of our city." Jay was formerly the Commissioner of Housing and Community Renewal of the State of New York, and is currently the Chairman of the Battery Park City Authority which in October broke ground on a project to build a "new town in- town" on 100 acres of land created from the Hudson River off lower Manhattan at the monumental cost of $1.1 billion. He has agreed to tithe ten percent of that to the Dartmouth Alumni Fund.

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