1943

The spirit of the thirty-fifth reunion did not expire when the event itself was concluded. As an example of the afterglow, we're delighted to quote from a letter to Reunion Chairman DonReich from Bill Milmore:

"I extend to you and your committee a hearty and deserving 'well done' for the recent grand get-together in Hanover. Also I greatly appreciate your concern and attention to my specific requests. Quarters arrangements for my handicapped wife and me on the first floor of Russell Sage close to a side entrance were excellent. In addition, unprompted and eager assistance by classmates, student monitors, and campus police made things very smooth and easy to the extent that the reunion, a most pleasantly memorable event, was the high point of our 4,500-mile excursion out of the Southland.

"When you presented me an unexpected gift at the banquet, I was tempted to hold forth to explain some of my past and present connections with the Navy, e.g., I married a girl from a Navy town, in a Navy town, and now live in a Navy town, etc. Also I wanted to offer hospitality to classmates and wives should they venture into Pensecola - but the hour was getting late.

"The fact that Dartmouth awarded Red Blaik an honorary degree at this year's commencement gave me a real boost. I learned of the award while in Hanover from my uncle, Larry Bankart '10, who was one of several alumni who persuaded Blaik to come to Hanover to coach."

So the Milmores have a welcome flag out for 1943s in Pensecola.

Still speaking of the reunion, Bill Maeck says he took pleasure in seeing classmates who had not participated in reunions for many years. Among them were Ren Grevatt, of Upper Montclair, N.J., who directs his own public relations firm. Among his major clients is the rock group, The Grateful Dead.

Another classmate Bill tells us about is Rip . . . but he can't rememberhis last name, and your Secretary's sleuthing in the records is to no avail. Anyway, says Bill,Rip has taken over and made a great uccessof the family business, growing roses - one the largest such enterprises ax the country. His firm is in the vicinity of Tuss Hand, so renowned for Hand melons (managed to get one at Balducci's this year, Tuss). Your Secretary would be much obliged if Rip would identify himself and end Maeck's and my embarrassment.

Bill Seidman, former economic assistant to President Ford, has been elected a director of the Phelps Dodge Corporation, and is also joining the company as a senior vice president. "His expertise in matters of economics, finance, accounting, and public affairs is outstanding, and we know our company will benefit greatly from his counsel in these and other matters." So says Phelps Dodge Board Chairman George Munroe who himself was formally elected a Trustee of Dartmouth College in late July after a rare, contested election to be selected for nomination for the position by the Alumni Council.

Classmates continue to take active roles in Dartmouth affairs in their communities and in Hanover. Bob Mustard is a member of the executive committee of that sometimes mysterious body known as the General Association of the Alumni. Tom Gerber just completed a threeyear term as alumni representative on the Board of Proprietors of The Dartmouth.

Active in Dartmouth Club work are: KellyCoffin, liaison officer, Atlanta; Paul Parker, job development officer, Minneapolis; Fred Geller, liaison officer, Keene; Seward MacDonald, liaison officer, Albany; John Leene, academic affairs officer, Rochester; and Bob Alesbury, public information chairman, Utica.

In enrollment work, Kelly Coffin is an area enrollment director, Bob Field is district director in Westchester and Putnam, and, prior to returning to New Hampshire, George Mason was district director in northern Nevada.

See you in Hanover for another of our famous fall mini-reunions, October 21-23. If not, drop us a note and tell us what's new.

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