1940

The Class of'40 was again well-represented at Dartmouth's 207 th commencement last spring, with eight sons and daughters among the 1,000-plus degree recipients.

From the Class of 1977 were Wayne W. Ballantyne, Robert A. Dance, Steve B. Freeman, Margaret S. (Landsman) Winer, Constance B. Milender (Al Rosenthal's stepdaughter), Richard B. Pinderhughes, and Susan A. Willetts. And from the Class of 1971 was Jack Moody's son, John, who returned to graduate this spring and who is now on his way to medical school.

The Class of '40 is also represented by at least 13 sons and daughters in the current undergraduate ranks. Since the matriculation of the Class of '81 is still a week away as of this writing, it is impossible to list them, but I did meet on the trail during the freshman trip (your secretary was making his first one 41 years late) one of them - Polly Duncan, the youngest of Bill and Lois Duncan's three daughters.

I want to add here that there's nothing soft about this generation of Dartmouth men and women, if what I experienced in the 28 miles of trail climbing between Cannon and Moosilauke is any criteria. A total of more than 700 men and women in the class of 1,050 took advantage of the freshman trip this year and experienced a kind of bonding, a beginning in the Dartmouth fellowship, that was wonderful to see and to participate in. And not one of the trips is a cake walk.

Another '40 progeny heading for medical school is the younger daughter of Lamie and Ursula Kerins, Susan, who just was graduated from Smith, intent, it would seem, on matching her brother's record. At least Lamie - who returned with his wife from England (where he is a director of British Aluminum representing Reynolds Metals) to see Susan graduated - reports that his eldest, Craig '67, is now a surgeon in Pittsburgh. Lamie, who seems to be do- ing lots of things right, also notes that his is "one of the few British companies setting profit records."

According to a new clipping from the Portland, Me., Express, Ed "Curt" Curtis has been promoted to vice president of the trust division of the Maine National Bank, which he joined in 1969. A busy man, Curt is treasurer of the Maine Conference of the United Church of Christ, a trustee of the Maine Eye & Ear Infirmary, corporator of the Maine Medical Center, and a past president of the board of trustees of the North Yarmouth Academy.

Another receiving a promotion is ScottyRogers, who has been elected chief executive officer of Medusa Corporation, adding to his authority as president of the Cleveland firm which he joined a year ago.

From Connecticut comes word that Bill ReidJr., who retired last year as chairman of the board of Torrington Company, has been elected a trustee of the White Memorial Foundation in Litchfield. Bill remains a director of Torrington Company, as well as holding directorships in several other firms.

And from Springfield, Mass., the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company reports that "Mori" Harwood has been advanced to agency secretary in the agency division of that company. Mori has been with Mass Mutual since 1941, with time out for World War II service in the Navy.

An announcement arrived on the desk last month with the intelligence that Bob Raclin, our "wheat king" from Chicago, was married in July to Mrs. Oliver Cromwell Carmichael in Niles, Mich., so that congratulations and best wishes are in order to them.

Apropos of guy-gal matters, five classmates participated in this year's Alumni College on the intriguing subject: "Men and Women: What's the Difference?" From all appearances, they had a great time debating that difference that most of us celebrate, echoing the phrase, "Long live that difference." They are Howard and BevZagor, Al and Mary Gutman, Al and CarolThorpe, Chud and Babs Bensinger, and StetWhitcher, who now comes close to holding the record for attendance at the most Alumni College sessions. Because he finds the College a "stimulating way to spend a vacation," he has participated in 12 of the past 14 sessions. Dartmouth, incidentally, was the first to recognize that its alumni wanted such an opportunity and the Dartmouth Alumni College is the oldest in what has now become a national phenomenon.

Responding to the call of the north country and the green that brought them here in the first instance, the Zagors have acquired a second home in neighboring Norwich, Vt., from which he commutes to New York for his consulting business as necessary, while the Gutmans have found their second home in South Royalton.

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