1950
The countdown until Reunion continues. Only two months remain, and, when May day arrives, the time unit shifts from months to days. Set the counter at 43 to toll the time until the 12th of June.
My comments always presume you will be in Hanover with us. Yet there may be problems: younger children still in school, a conflicting graduation or a wedding day, the weighty chain of business pressures, or (worst of all) a sick bed. The problem may be the trip from Arizona or Oregon or Argentina. But remember: you have only one 25th. Reconsider the alternatives. Particularly, that trip back east you promised yourself is due. There is no reason to postpone coming.
The count is over 200 and climbing. We need you to add that special "touch of class." Glairol, Inc. moved its Philly district manager to New York to become its senior special accounts and broker sales manager. The change has forced Grant and Mary Anne Keeler to weigh the lures of the city of brotherly love and its suburbs in south Jersey against the temptations of the great white way. It is a long commute, but it may be worth the effort with roots sunk deep and two out of three progeny apparently still in high school. We might find out in June how Grant resolved the issue.
After living for so long in the North it is a new and fascinating experience for Piet and Maryvon Herrmann to live in the South, where he has recently moved to become the manager of fuel process technology in GE's nuclear fuel department in Wilmington, N.C. Piet is responsible for all engineering and research necessary to produce new and better fuel for GE's reactors. He prepared for this work by obtaining advanced degrees in physics from Dartmouth (MA, 1953) and Yale (Ph.D., 1956).
Although Piet has yet to become involved in the civic life in Wilmington, he was the 1974 winner of GE's management award for community service. In Schenectady he devoted considerable time and energy to inner city work and the United Fund. Piet, Mary, and the four children found time last summer to boat, swim, and fish on the Carolina coast. And last winter he skied with Jack Elliott. An intense work schedule and lots of traveling leaves him a bit breathless as he slowly catches up in his new environment.
Massachusetts Mutual Life has named Charlie Wilkinson underwriting secretary in the Underwriting Department as well as a senior officer of the company. He had joined the department in 1950 and was named an underwriter in 1956. A long-time resident of Longmeadow, Charlie is vice president and director of Micah, Inc.. organized 10 years ago to promote better low-moderate income housing, and is a member of the executive committee of the board, Better Homes for Springfield.
The librarian at Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold, Md., is Prof. Harry Foster. He has recently published "The Debasement of School Libraries" in the Bulletin (May 1974) of the council of basic education and "The Media Religion" in American Libraries (Oct. 1974).
Tidbits here and there: one of the new Republican members of the House Ways and Means Committee is Bill Frenzel. Since ScottOlin refuted the news, the great surgery mystery remains. After extensive efforts at analyzing the signature, my second guess is that the patient was Sam Vitt. Your turn to demur, Sam. Fellow Seabee Cal Solem has moved to Indianapolis to be executive director of the central Indiana construction program. Hank Meijer reports from Minot, N.D. that Reunion is on his schedule. Hailing from the same territory (Butte, Mont.) are Dr. Dick and Mary Ann Best. One of the visitors to Joe Stehlin's Florida/Andros Island complex was Jay Wilcox. Missed at the Penn game: Jim Martel and Wally Willett. His dissertation on The Five Roles of the College orUniversity President behind him, TomO'Connell has earned his Ph.D.
If all other mailings missed you and you are anxious to register for Reunion, write Ed Tuck at 19 Claybar Drive, West Hartford, Conn. 06117. Now Phil H. Chase and Howie Watts will be there. A budding thespian in '78 is StevePollak's son Dave. Latest registrants for Reunion: Bill Collins, Galen Jones, Al Teel,Dick Hollands, and Bob Miller.
Two scenes from Hanover. The first: outside the inn early on a Saturday morning in February, the temperature zero, the sun bright in a cloudless sky, the new snow glistening, and not a car to be seen. Beautiful and exhilarating. The second, the top of the Hop on a Friday evening after a basketball game, the room filled with an attentive audience, and the Aires holding forth with song after song until midnight.
Spring and April signal the start of the annual Alumni Fund drive. (Actually, the process is continuous the year round.) The occasion is special for the 25-year class, and the College has great expectations for the Class of 1950. To live up to these expectations Bob Kilmarx, JackHarned, and Sandy McCulloch have been working for months. Now is the time of reckoning.
A goal of $300 thousand is high, especially in this difficult business year. But Dartmouth's needs are acute. So this year it is a question not only of our share but also of more than our share. Trite as it may sound, Dartmouth was there when we needed her. She sustained us as long as we wished. Now that we are in our prime, shall we respond when she needs us. Shall we sustain her as well as we can. And will you. Will You?
The first March wind beckons for attention. Time slips by. For you the April evening shivers in a spring rain or lingers with the warm glow of sunset vying with the forsythia. The trout stream flows deep, and the forest trails call. There are other things to do. We're off. See you.
See you in June.
Secretary, 510 Hillcrest Rd. Ridgewood, N.J. 07450
Class Agent, Bedford Advisors 230 Park Ave. New York, N.Y. 10017
