1954

The Dartmouth/Harvard weekend has come and gone. And although the football team was the ultimate loser, I understand everything else about the weekend was a winner. Unfortunately, I was unable to be there, but I have an eyewitness report from Shelly Woolf that attests to a terrific job done by Dave Mandelbaum and John Gillespie in arranging the '54 activities. I understand that it was quite a sight to see the '54 contingent marching in the homecoming parade Friday night. From the parade to dinner to the pre-game picnic and the post-game cocktail party I understand it was a weekend to be remembered. I'm sure Jim Love will cover the executive committee meeting and the weekend activities in greater detail in his next newsletter.

Don Berlin's picture showed up on the front page of the New York Times in an article on the famous Karen Quinlan case. Miss Quinlan is the 22-year-old coma victim, whose case attracted worldwide attention, now a patient at the Morrisview Nursing Home in Morrisview, N.J. Don, as counsel to the nursing home, is also a member of the home's ethics committee and is its official spokesman. The article in the New York Times dealt with the concept of ethics committees to determine the fate of any patient. Don's position in helping to set up the ethics committee at Morrisview and his participation in the committee has led him to recommend the creation of ethics committees in all hospitals, but not in other nursing homes because "such chronic care facilities generally do not have to face ethical dilemmas similar to Miss Quinlan's." It appears that Don is making an important contribution to medical/legal theory.

Another one of our classmates is intimately involved in nursing homes, but from certainly a different position. Lo-Yi Chan was recently heard on nationwide radio discussing the philosophy of the Hospice, an institution utilized in Europe to house terminally ill patients. Lo-Yi is involved in the design of the first Hospice proposed to be built in the United States. Listening to his discussion on news radio, it is obvious that he is involved in the philosophy, as well as the architectural design of the Hospice. Lo-Yi was heard on nationwide news radio in an interview on the philosophy and practice behind the Hospice. It was most interesting and Lo-Yi did a terrific job of explaining the concept and practice.

The New York Times recently carried an announcement of the promotion of Tom Myers to chairman of Norman, Crag, and Kummel - New York, a division of the NCK organization, a worldwide advertising operation. Tom moves up to chairman after having been president for three years and prior to that was executive vice president for three years. NCK is the creator of the White Knight campaign for Ajax and currently does the ads for such diverse products as Chanel No. 5, Cold Power, Chesterfield Cigarettes, and Lavoris. Congratulations, Tom.

That does it for now. Keep the news flying.

Secretary, Alperts, Inc. 100 Highland Ave. Seekonk, Mass. 02771

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