1943

Is there life 35 years after Dartmouth? You bet your life there is! (Nobody says, "You bet your life!" any more. Is the spirit of risk and adventure gone?) Here are a few fine examples:

Phil Brooks has been elected president of the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts by the Institute's trustees. The Institute is an "autonomous professional organization" of more than 4,000 financial analysts who have received the designation of chartered financial anaylst. (That makes reasonably good logic.) Phil is a vice president and investment officer of the Central Trust Company in Cincinnati.

Dr. Jim Stewart has been elected to the board of trustees of the Rochester (New York) Academy of Medicine. President of the Academy is another Dartmouth graduate, Dr. Michael M. Finigan '54 (with or without the whiskers on his chin-a-gin).

Harry Townshend - or, more formally, Henry Hotchkiss Townshend Jr. - is the 1977 recipient of the Hamden Hall Country Day Schools Alumni Award. Harry was particularly commended for his involvement in "New Haven's civic life, his community leadership, his multiple talents and pursuits, and for his latest endeavor: The Fort Nathan Hale Restoration Projects, Inc." Harry left Dartmouth with the outbreak of our war. His career has been one of a genuine achiever with widespread interests and talents. A sampling:

President of his own company, J. T. Henry Manufacturing Co. President of the New Haven Burial Grounds. Associate instructor, outdoor recreation (fly-tying) at Yale. Police Commissioner of New Haven and twice candidate for mayor. Breeds and trains English setters, and is past president of the Field Trial Association of New England. Owns a game preserve, is an expert marksman, and has hunted in Alaska, the Yukon, and British Columbia. A recognized artist, known for his oil paintings of hunting dogs and nature scenes. An inventor who holds a number of patents, mostly for pneumatic and hydraulic power tools. And the seventh generation of his family in New Haven. There's more of Harry, but not more room to tell you of it.

We wrote a premature "30" last month to Tom Gerber's position as representative of the Alumni Council on the board of proprietors of The Dartmouth. Tom has just been elected by the Council to a second three-year term in the job.

The obituary of Rollie Higgins was carried in the October ALUMNI MAGAZINE. My own memory of him is that of a real pro, as indeed he became, in his ability and fighting spirit which I observed while on the freshman swimming squad, backstroking in the wake of JohnReps well ahead of me. A great loss.

If we didn't see the story under a UPI feature byline, we'd hesitate to use it, but here it is, presumably with the full endoresment of the subject thereof. With a Taos, N.M., byline, some brief excerpts:

"Mr. Hotsy-Tosy, the hot dog vendor in the town plaza, puts sauerkraut on the frankfurters, and that is a clue. This is Taos - enchiladas and art. Sauerkraut on hot dogs is New York City. Mr. Hotsy-Totsy is Lomax Littlejohn. Six years ago the hot dog man was a New York executive, a $35,000-a-year public relations expert, with a landscaped house, three automobiles and his own Cessna plane.

" 'Dec. 1, 1971, the most momentous day of my life. I left it all. I crossed the Hudson River. I got out,' he said."

The story goes on to relate Lomax's loss of most of his money and his being turned off by the executive scene. After a "free spirit" journey across the country, he landed in Taos. The story continues:

" 'I had a few dollars. Borrowed some more. In debt $4OO I started the cart business.' Mr. Hotsy-Totsy was born. 'I never cooked a hot dog before. But it worked. Kraut and all. Maybe I'll make $3,000 this year. I have my little apartment and a few beers a week and I'm satisifed. Out here, I'm open, vulnerable, free. This is a solo trip. I'm Mr. Hotsy-Totsy.' "

Now, class, let's see. What conclusions can we draw from all this? See you next month. Meanwhile, write me your story.

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'43's Dartmouth FreshmenFather Son or Daughter Charles Bradley John James Mullins Richard Robert Power Christine