1961
Word has reached us that Dick Bailey was elected last November to the Board of Trustees for Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dick, with 21,235 votes, decisively defeated his opponent who received 16,006 votes. In waging his campaign around the county, Dick indicated his educational background as a college teacher (English professor at The University of Michigan) would lend a new insight to the Board of Trustees.
He contended the community college must continue to maintain its own identity, while remaining in cooperative ventures with The University of Michigan and Eastern Michigan University. Dick said he would push for more "out-reach" programs to bring the college to rural parts of Washtenaw County. He also supported the current orientation toward vocational-technical training.
Frank Stephens checks in from London with this letter: "Sorry to hear my Freshmen Hikemate McIndoe and Sophomore be-Gile-ing hall- mate Conger have fallen into such a streak of bad luck editing (i.e., no news).
"After eighteen delightful months living in Stamford, Connecticut (commuting to Exxon in New York), including two visits to Hanover, I have been transferred to London, United (?) Kingdom. I am in Esso (remember the good old days?) Europe's corporate planning department. If you want to see a frustrated geologist, take away his rocks and make him a planner.
"Actually, it is an exciting time to be in the planning activities in Europe; to see the potential for Britain to go from total dependence on imported oil to self-sufficiency in a short period of time.
"Dorothy and I, along with our two children, are living in Hampstead, just north of central London. It is a charming area, hilly and with winding streets. While waiting our furniture to arrive, we had a memorable holiday in Scotland, including the Isle of Skye. Although our accommodations are more centralized (cramped?) than in the States, we would welcome any classmates who happen to be in the area. We are looking forward to life in London and all hope to benefit from the experience."
Bob Hoagland has been elected a vice president and assistant general manager by the board of directors of Cleveland Pneumatic Company. He had been serving as assistant to the general manager since April of last year when he was transferred from the corporate office in Boston, and had held various executive positions within the corporation. Bob went on from the College to graduate from Harvard Business School's program for management development.
We were pleased to receive a nice letter from F.J. "Duck" Eicke who, like Dick Bailey, is also in academia. He writes: "We have a third Eicke in our midst. Karyn Lynne joined us in February 1973 via adoption. Jim "Roach"Roussel handled the legal side in New Orleans.
"I'm in my third year at Ole Miss, after finishing my Ed.D. at Alabama and teaching one year at Florence State in Alabama. I'm involved in teaching, consulting, and service projects with local schools, and seem to find a challenge every day. Mississippi is 50th in just about every educational category, but there are some good people around and I think what goes on in Mississippi might amaze some people. If you would like some thoughts on this, I'd be happy to reply.
"Kathy, Karyn, and I hope to get back to Dartmouth sometime soon. Our last visit was the Fifth Reunion. Hanover is just a long way from Mississippi and time is short."
Sure, Duck, we would be most interested in your insight into what really does go on in Mississippi educational circles. We imagine the contrast between where you are now and places the Class is familiar with, such as Hanover, Cambridge and New Haven, must be startling.
We got a chuckle out of a note from DavidQuinn beginning "Dear Somebody." Sounded to us a little bit like the proverbial voice crying in the wilderness or, in other words, is there anyone out there? Yes, Dave, there is a "somebody" that goes under the name of Conger (Newsletter) or McIndoe (Alumni Column), both of whom greatly appreciate all news sent in.
Dave goes on to say: "Another academic year is about half over, and there is little to say about it. The only news is that starting in the fall I'll be promoted to associate professor and will get "extra-merit" for having published a couple of articles. This year I have tenure for the first time, which is good considering how poor the job market is presently."
In a recent column, we briefly mentioned that Hilton Lee Graham was in Portugal. Since then we received this note from Lee more completely bringing us up-to-date on his activities since graduation. He writes: "Since this is the first time since leaving Hanover that I've written anything, I probably should briefly bring you up-to-date. After graduation, I spent a year at Columbia University graduate school, followed by 4 1/3 years in the Navy, leaving as a lieutenant. (I went through OCS, and served on a cruiser and then a destroyer out of San Diego.) After the Navy, I spent 18 months in Europe, mostly traveling but working as well. I entered the Foreign Service in 1969, and have since served in Vietnam as an advisor (civilian), had over two years of State Department training, including Vietnamese, Portuguese, and a six month economic/commerical course (equivalent of an economics major in college). In July I started a three-year tour as Economic/Commercial Officer at the Embassy in Lisbon. Would be glad to see any '61s coming through."
Bob Luce '60 entertains Al Emir Abdul Rahman Ben Abdul Rahman Assudeiri in histent in Saudi Arabia where Bob was researching for the U.S. Geological Survey.
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