1950
February spent herself in a fury of cold and storm, leaving with a whimper to ease the transition into March. Although the ravages of the winter of '77 remain abounding, the worst has passed. A calm instead of a furious March promises delight in the gentling of spring.
With the return of the robin arrives as assuredly the summons from the North Country. Your personal message from Joel Leavitt, aka head agent, is probably lying alone and forlorn on your desk (or wherever it is that you stash that pile of things to be attended to tomorrow). But why wait?
While you are thinking about the Fund, remember: the Class of 1950 has.no laurels to rest upon this year. Dartmouth needs both our participation and a meaningful gift. So let your thinking be serious. And generous.
The former director of the corporate insurance programs for Commercial Union Assurance Companies, Art Waterson, has been promoted to assistant vice president of their reinsurance department. In this capacity Art's responsibilities include both his old programs and CU's treaties, pools, and associations. Prior to joining CU in 1964, he gained insurance experience with the Massachusetts rating bureau. Since joining CU, he has progressed through the underwriting analysis and international risks departments as well as serving as assistant manager in the Northern Pacific region. Look 'Or Art and his wife around Dover, Mass.
After a variety of jobs in printing, publishing, and education, Dave Grinnell has accepted a position as director of financial development for the Detroit Country Day School. Among the myriad hats associated with the job is one labeled Alumni Fund. Two non-business events dominate Dave's perception of the last decade. As a human relations commissioner in Plainfield, N.J., he was part of the team that cooled the riot of 1967 and, over the next three years, helped to build interracial trust and cooperation. In 1970 as a trustee of the Hartridge School in Plainfield, Dave chaired the development committee that produced vital alumni corporate, and foundation support during a critical three-year period in the school's history. Dave and Barbara will resettle near Birmingham, Mich., while their two children will attend school in the East.
The Reader's Digest Association combined youth and experience in naming its chief financial wizard, Bill Cross, to its board of directors. Bill joined the Digest in 1961 after stints with W.R. Grace and Time, Inc. With appropriate stops along the way he became v.p. and treasurer in 1973. Among his many business and civic assignments Bill is a member of the advisory board of the Bank of New York (northern Westchester area) and a trustee of Kent School. Bill and Judy live in Somers, N.Y., with two daughters and a son.
Cal Sia has been in the news again. First, he was elected president of the 50th state's medical association. Second, as past chairman of the Hawaii chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Cal accepted the Wyeth Award for outstanding achievement by a small chapter. Its significant contribution in 1975 was the development of demonstration centers with the help of a $1 million federal grant to offer a multidisciplinary approach to identify and prevent potential child abuse and neglect. The range of Cal's work in pediatrics is indeed extensive.
An early January editorial in the New York Times discussed one of the legacies of Rachel Carson: the banning of DDT. George Woodwell, head of the ecosystems center at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass., considers the banning as one of the most significant events in recent (biological) history. George noted, "It was an extraordinary step for a technological society like ours to take. We are now at the point where there's a real glimmer of hope that we can handle substances like this in the future."
Tidbits here and there: after training him in the foreign environment of New Mexico, the Bank of America has posted Steve Mahoney to London. Ed Hunt Jr. '77 of Chadds Ford, Pa., (his dad was a '51) was awarded the NormanGrant Clark Soccer Award for the 1976 season. Ed was a co-captain in the first winning soccer season since 1564. Perhaps preferring the quiet of the mountains near Bennington, Peter Hill has deserted the D.C. area. Stay on the run to keep up with- Cul Modisette, whose latest ventures include the Pine Mt. Ski Touring Center and the Lewis & Clark Company, which specializes in canoe and mountain equipment.
Where, oh where, are: Max Welborn, last seen at Miami of Ohio; or Charles Parr, who deserted Wyoming for Illinois; or Bob Fowle, who long ago chose the balmy shores of Bermuda.
With March nigh the accumulated snows begin to fade; the storms turn to rain; the winds turn south and warm. Spring will come. The winter drifts into fable and myth. Fare thee well as the days lengthen and the land turns green.
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