1948

Quite a number of the men of 1948 make their livelihoods and contributions to their communities in the field of education. One of those who has made an outstanding contribution in this area is Herb Shulman, an accomplishment which has brought him honor and recognition from his community for a job well done. Herb and Barbara live in Johnson City, Tenn., where Herb is a successful businessman. He will probably agree, however, that his greater achievement has been as trustee and then chairman of the Board of Trustees of Tusculum College in nearby Greeneville. Herb has served on the Board of Tusculum, founded in 1794 and the 28th oldest college in America as well as the oldest west of the Alleghenies, for seven years. In respect and gratitude, the College at commencement this past spring conferred on him the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, and then in an October ceremony gave his name to the Herbert L. Shulman Human Resources Center, a beautiful structure housing the college's Division of Professional Education. The Class joins in congratulating Herb for his significant contribution to the public good.

A fellow whose name has not appeared often in these columns is Fritz McTarnahan, the only '48 resident of Arizona where Tucson is his home. Fritz left Hanover after receiving his degree in February 1950, moved west and hasn't been in New England since. In a phone conversation a few nights ago, he sounded like any western cattleman who has worked hard to earn a dime and had some laughs in doing so. He competed in* the rodeo circuit for a dozen years or so after Hanover, produced these shows for a while after that, ran cattle, and has participated in a number of other ventures including a family and the upbringing of three sons. Fritz has lost touch with his old Hanover buddies, one of whom was his longtime roommate, DaveAnthony, plus, among others, Howie Westney,Dick Barlow, Pete Norton and Emil Hudak '50 (of that unbelievably long, last second winning basket against Cornell almost 30 years ago in the old Alumni Gym when the rafters were almost blown off the roof by the noise afterward). Said he'd like to hear from them and suggested I might refer to a supposed report of his string of 15 massage parlors in mobile homes across southern Arizona as bait to get them to contact him by phone if they can't make per- sonal visits. Fritz sounded good, a little nostalgic over his days at Dartmouth, and wanted to be remembered to his old friends for a lot of shared laughs.

Another '48 who has found his niche in the Southwest is Dr. Maury Levi of Amarillo, generally known to his friends as Lev or Noel. Lev, according to wife Joan, arrived in Hanover in one of the early civilian contingents of 1944, went into V-12, and studied continuously through the undergrad years and four years at med school at Dartmouth and Harvard, obtaining his MD from the latter in 1951. In Amarillo he's a busy general surgeon on the staffs of several local hospitals. He and Joan (Wellesley '49) have three youngsters, the oldest a senior at Texas U. Lev's avocation is private flying, and this enables him to pilot friends and family over the fantastic spaces of the Southwest with minimum loss of time. According to Joan, he likes to teach various aviation subjects and has a large number of ratings including multi-engine and air transport. Joan particularly mentioned Dr. Bob Flanders, now of Indianapolis, as one of Lev's longtime '48 friends.

Another southwesterner is John "Abe"Abrahamson who also lives in Amarillo and has done so for the past 17 years. Abe is one of the class's surprising number of successful insurance men. (Some of the others in the trade are Tom Baldwin, Dick Bennett, Scane Bowler, Paul Branch, Bob Carpenter, Zeke Carroll, Earl Chambers, Tom Donnelly, George Fifield, Bob Foster, Tom Gallant, Dan Kenney, Walt Kliebe, Paul Liscord, Fred Maloney, Dick Margeson, Ed Ouellette, Russ Palmer, Ken Pinhero, Paul Richrath, Fran Rimbach, Hal Shea, Bob Sherman, Mort Smith, Bob Wieler and Norm Wilson.) Abe, casualty manager of a fire and casualty agency, likes Amarillo because of the good life there - he can play golf all year long and he's only an easy 150-mile drive from fine winter skiing in New Mexico's triangle area of Taos, Red River and Angel Fire. He's got a cabin in Wolf Creek Pass in the Colorado hills where he and his son find good trout fishing. Abe is active in YMCA work as treasurer and a member of both the board of directors and executive committee of his city's chapter. He and his lively second wife Judy were married in November, two years ago. In a recent phone conversation Abe mentioned his good time at the '48 25th, how impressed he had been over the poise of Al McAllister's daughter Susan, of the class of '76, at the reunion, and his old Wheeler roommate Tom Davis.

In a recent issue of this column Ed Satalia of U.S. Steel in Pittsburgh was mentioned. Ed may be interested to know, if he doesn't already, that Bob Mohrbacher is also with the firm, in Hobart, Ind., having recently moved from Ellwood City, Pa.

Hope many of you had an opportunity to sit in the Memorial Field stands this fall and once again see that marvelous display of Mother Nature's colors as provided by Velvet Rocks and Balch Hill. Worth remembering, no?

Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Shulman '48, witness the unveiling of a bronze plaque atTusculum College bearing Shulman's sculptured portrait and an inscription designating anew building as the Herbert L. Shulman Human Resources Center.

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