1947

From the American Society of Civil Engineers comes news of a special honor for John Fondahl, professor of engineering who has had 22 years of distinguished service at Stanford University. John has received the 1977 Construction Management Award for “his contributions over a span of 20 years to advance construction management, particularly for the application of linear programming, and network analysis to construction operations.”

John is the Charles H. Leavell Professor of Civil Engineering at Stanford and is in charge of a graduate-level program in construction engineering and management. According to those knowledgeable in such things, John is perhaps best known for his research publications in the field of networking tech- niques for planning and scheduling, especially simplified non-computer methods and the development of precedence diagramming.

With all the extra duties and jobs JimShanahan has taken on over the years, it’s not surprising that he has still another. He is one of four new members of the board of trustees of the Derryfield School in New Hampshire. A partner in the firm of Haskins and Sells, Jim has served in a number of offices for various associations of accountants, the Manchester Housing Authority and Police Commission, and has been active in the United Fund and the Boys’ Club. Oh yes, he’s also director of the Merchants National Bank.

My former neighbors, Ted and Gail Clark, are enjoying life in Pinehurst, N.C., but they’re much too busy to take full advantage of the 28 golf courses nearby. Besides practicing psy- chiatry, Ted is deeply involved with Gail’s help in developing alcoholism programs throughout the state and beyond. Ted has lec- tured on the problems of alcoholism at Chapel Hill and Camp Lejeune and he and Gail have attended conferences on the subject all over the U.S.

One of the more interesting projects they’re involved in is Operation Cork. Founded by Joan Kroc, wife of Ray Kroc of Mac Donald ham- burger fame who received an honorary degree from Dartmouth, Operation Cork (Kroc spelled backwards) is directed at educating the families of alcoholics on how to cope with and help their loved ones. Ted and Gail were among only 14 experts from all over the country invited to at- tend a conference in Santa Ynez, Calif. One proposal they’re endorsing is the instituting of programs at medical schools such as Dartmouth to alert medical students to the seriousness of the problem.

As for that golf, when he does play, Ted says he’s shooting his I.Q. His 1.Q.? Friends and detractors can decide separately how well he’s doing.

Another neighbor who’s been in the news recently is Bill Clay who has done such a fine job as president of Buxton, Inc., for the last five and a half years. The company has been sold to Beatrice Foods Cos. of Chicago. Bill has stayed on as chief executive officer, ending a long association with the Gillette Cos., literally retir- ing from that company. Bill had a bypass operation last spring, but still was able to handle the busy negotiations for sale of the leather- goods firm. Three companies were bidding for the firm.

Bill’s daughter Jeannie has been looking at colleges, including Dartmouth. Bob has graduated from Babson and is living in Framingham and Gary is a pre-med student at Tufts.

Lansing Reed has provided further informa- tion about the Class of 1947 administrative in- tern as voted by the class executive committee in September. The committee voted to support an intern for a trial period of two years at an an- nual cost of $l,OOO. The College has appointed Kristin Yost of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, to be the Class of 1947 administrative intern for 1977- 78. She will be working in the office of the dean of students.

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