1945

Our October class meeting and football (Cornell) weekend was an outstanding success with over 20 classmates, assorted wives, and a few offspring in attendance. Our intrepid class president, Frank Hutchins, was not able to chair our meeting because of trouble with the well pump at his chateau in the Adirondacks, but Spence Johnson did an admirable job of filling in. The football rally, including the alumni parade and bonfire, on Friday night drew a tremendous crowd and the stands were well filled for the game against Cornell, even though the rain on Saturday morning threatened to con- tinue into the game. Those who could make it for the weekend included Jim and Elaine An- drew, Don and Rickie Cole, Frank Edmands, Moe and Jane Frye, Steve Hull, Spence and Connie Johnson, Cliff and Betty Jordan, John Leggatt, John and Barbara McCauley, Eliot and Helen Mover, Ed and Doris Pirie, Frank and Jeanne Hutchins, John and Marylee Osborn, Moose Rowan, Stan and Mary and Donna Newton, Barney and Molly Oldfield, Ted and Pat Smith, Vic and Vesta Smith, Andy Carstensen, Ted Safford, Austin and Shirley Wason, Ted Barbara, Janie and Laura White, John and Molly White, Tom and Jane Yates, and last but not least, George Barr and his family who recently moved to Hanover because George has become director of campaign infor- mation and public relations for Dartmouth’s new major capital-gifts campaign.

The Barr family recently sold their house in Walpole and are now ensconced in a College- owned duplex at 12 Valley Road. George is also a resident of Crosby Hall and is terribly excited about his job in the campaign and about the fact that he can see countless areas in which his diversified business background may be usefully applied. He is equally enthusiastic about the College. In his own words, he says that the kids sparkle, the academics are superb, the spirit is incredible, and above all the administra- tion is totally devoted to providing the best programs and environment possible. We wish George the best of success and know that he will do a fantastic job. He is also looking forward to lots of visits from old freinds, ranging from 1942 to 1950.

Unfortunately, a number or classmates who wanted to come up for the weekend were unable to do so because of prior commitments. There’s always next year, and the following year, and the year following that, because we have the Shady Lawn Motel signed up for the next three years!

Stuart Anderson is 1977 King of Seafair, a year-round program of special activities in Seat- tle, Wash., the boating capital of the world, highlighted by a summer festival all just for fun! Stuart oversees 45 Black Angus restaurants in Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Idaho, Oregon, California, Nevada, and Arizona and owns a 2,000-acre cattle ranch in eastern Washington. He began his career in the mid-1950’s with a cocktail lounge at Seattle’s old Caledonia Hotel, and expanded it by 1960 into his first restaurant the French Quarter. He is on the advisory council of WAIF, a divi- sion of Traveller’s Aid. and on the Bicentennial World Marine Festival Compiittee. He is also a member of the board of trustees of the Washington State 4-H Foundation. Stuart owns the world-famous Groote Beer, a Dutch-built, 52-foot botterjacht sailboat.

In the political arena. Bob Lee, a former Fair- field, Conn., selectman, has been unanimously elected chairman of the Fairfield Democratic Town Committee. After Dartmouth, Bob ob- tained a master’s degree in city planning from the University of California, and has been active in the party since 1953. He is described by Democratic leaders as a man with exceptional leadership and administrative capabilities.

Back to the Hanover scene, Dr. Fletcher H.McDowell, an internationally renowned neurologist and a member of the Dartmouth Medical School Class of 1945, has returned to the school as the fourth William N. Chambers Visiting Professor. He is the Winifred Master- son Burke Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at Cornell University Medical College in New York City and the medical director of the Burke Rehabilitation Center in White Plains, N.Y. As a visiting professor, he will be involved in the daily activities and functions of the Medical School and of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. A native of Denver, he received his medical degree from Cornell in 1947 and has spent most of his medical career there, joining the faculty in 1952. Fletcher and his wife Electra have three daughters Laura, Electra and Lina.

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