1956
Ken Bridge comments on the pleasure of joining the Di lorios, Kimballs, and Marshes at each Harvard game, and startles with the information that next year will the 22nd time they will have attended as a group. Ken lives in Natick, Mass., and offers some thoughts on the role of the control of the nation's banks. Ken has been a National Bank Examiner covering New England from the Boston office since 1965. He sees the criticism of the regulatory agencies resulting from the recent failures of the U.S. National Bank in San Diego, Franklin National and Security National in New York as unfair: "1975 should prove to be very interesting in the economic and credit world - so my job will be one of particular national attention. It looks as if the entire banking system is changing." Ken is one of those lucky guys with instant family. He and Janice were married in 1968 and today William, Kristen, and Douglas are 13, 12, and 16 respectively.
Jack Crowley claims the economy is great in Seattle and he spends his time trying not to read eastern newspapers. Jack is an insurance broker - business and estate planning - with time left over for tennis and skiing. What happened to the hockey? Steve Brand was a welcome drop-in visitor at my San Francisco office when he was here on business for the Norton Company of Windsor, Conn. The Brands continue to live in Hartford where he and Jo are enjoying life as the parents of active teenagers.
I have a postcard from Rochester, N.Y., where one of our number neglected to sign information that indicates he is now the owner of a small building material wholesale business, Ontario Building Supply, in Rochester. Cross-country skiing is his family's choice for recreation, and for those who enjoy a mystery the last clues are that his wife's name is Linnea and that they have children Karen, 8; Carl, 7; and Tom, 4 years old. Don Smith is living in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., and working as assistant treasurer of Westvaco Corporation. The Smiths' children are Steven, 6 and Karen, 5 years old.
"Eight new nuclear plants for Iran may be good for the balance of payments but it is an environmental disaster. In all of our deals with foreign governments re nukes, the U.S. gets the job of refueling the monsters and of 'disposing' of something we really haven't figured out how to dispose of - namely the radioactive waste. The U.S. is, therefore, the nuclear garbage pile for the world. Ain't that beautiful?" And all that without having to clear his throat. For those who don't recognize the style, thems the thoughts of Bob Montgomery in Denver. And from a small coastal town on the Monterey Peninsula Dave and Jeanne Mills record 19 years of happy marriage, two teenagers and a small practice in pediatrics in Pacific Grove, California. Larry Morse of Plaistow, N.H., puts it this way: "Divorced, and remarried this August past. Still Master Teacher, Humanities, at Triton Regional High School in Byfield, Mass. Ph.D. still incomplete (the first ten years are the hardest, I'm told), but still taking courses in colloquial Chinese and Classical as well. Balding, graying, sagging, paying, but happily married, thank Heaven."
Doc Danforth is associate professor, Department of Medicine, at the University of Vermont doing research in diabetes and obesity, teaching in endocrinology and metabolism, and conducting a practice consulting on related problems. With Joan and their three children, Ken. Noel, and Peter, Elliot calls a log cabin near Mt. Mansfield their new home. He describes his lifestyle as "work, work, work - ski, fish, camp, hockey, and cut wood to stay warm." A signal from Lincoln Spaulding indicates that Ted Weymouth has taken on leadership of the Green Team. It will be good to see Ted's efforts added to the successful undertakings of EmHouck and George Records.
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