1946

I hope all of you had as good a summer as we did in Hanover this year. A little damp at times but all in all a great summer. But before launching into a new year a few comments about graduation might be appropriate. It was a good show. The usual thuridershowers at the end of Class Day but an excellent day for graduation on the lawn in front of Baker. An interesting group of honorary degree recipients and healthy number of progeny of our Class received their hard-earned sheepskins. I wish I had seen more 46ers but only crossed paths with four of them. Bud and Betty Wingate were out from Minneapolis with sons Chuck and Mark to see son Ted graduate. John and Edie McClintock were also from Minneapolis for son Lon's graduation. Gene and Gail Bokor were here to see Bruce '75 get a delayed diploma (Bruce took a stab at the pro soccer circuit). Dave and JeanWeld were in town for father Stan Weld's 65th reunion. Class of 1912 and what a great and spirited group of alums.

I feel certain that John Copenhaven holds the class record for degrees received from Dartmouth within one immediate family. John, a professor of biology at the College, sat on the platform while Eric '76 and Lisa '77 received their A.B. degrees. Last year John III '72 received his M.B.A. from Tuck and so with John's M.A. from Dartmouth that makes a total of six.

I think it is also worthy to note that late last spring one of our more influential classmates, Gene Caferio, president of Chrysler Corp., challenged the nation's top advertising executives at their annual meeting at White Sulphur Springs to use their skills to "alter the way this country is going" and to "enhance the gross national purpose." The specific problems he is interested in are finding jobs for youth and reconciling the generations. Although there may not be anything unique about those words in this day and age, I think Gene is the kind of dedicated person capable of making more than a small dent in these important issues. Wittenburg University thinks so, too, as they awarded him an honorary degree last June.

During the summer I learned that TomMcCollow was elected president of Journal Company and vice chairman of Newspapers, Inc. These are broad-based multicommunication companies with headquarters in Milwaukee. Tom and wife Yvonne live in near-by Glendale, Wise. Congratulations are also due to Bob Winstanly who is named president of the Citizens National Bank of Fairfield, Conn. Bob had been an officer of a competing bank in the area and he and his wife Jane have been longtime residents of that area.

Pleased to report that two more classmates have established permanent residency in the Hanover area. Dune and Ruth Fitchet moved from the Chicago area this summer into a newly-built home in back-country Hanover. Jack and Beth Ulrich sold their home in Redding, Conn., spent the summer on Lake Sunapee, and will be moving this fall to a lovely old house across the river in Norwich, Vt. It will be nice to have both couples permanently in the area.

I hope you all had a good summer and we look forward to seeing many of you back in Hanover this fall during football season.

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