1951
It was great being able to relive some of the good times at our 25th through the medium of the "Spirit of '51" supplement. The thanks of the Class to all who made it possible.
Along with the supplement mailing you received a letter from Buck Scott. Among the items he covered was the Alumni Fund. As you all know our Class did a remarkable job last year in raising over a quarter of a million dollars. We did it without the two or three enormous individual gifts that allowed other classes to coast to records. We achieved our goal by getting more middle-range gifts than other classes. Let's keep the momentum going. When Jim Bovaird and his group of hard-working agents call on you, give as much as you can and once again we will go over the top.
The big news this month comes from CharlieBreed who will be resigning his position as director of the Alumni Fund as of the conclusion of the 1977 campaign. This summer he will be joining the New Yorkbased fund-raising management and counseling firm of Kersting, Brown & Co. as vice president to develop a program of consulting in the area of annual giving, an undertaking which seems to be unique in the country. Charlie explains his new position by stating: "In a nutshell, what I hope to accomplish is to transpose the Dartmouth experience in annual giving to those institutions which are not as successful as we have been in achieving full potential in this increasingly important area of financing. From what I can determine, there seem to be many colleges, universities and schools which fit this description. If this program succeeds, Dartmouth can take most of the credit, for our Fund has been my teacher during the last fourteen years."
Over the years Charlie has built up a close working relationship with large numbers of Alumni. All who came in contact with him appreciate what he did for Dartmouth and value him as a friend. Good luck in your new undertaking and welcome back to Dartmouth's volunteer ranks.
Another member of the Class leaving the College is Ed Lathem. Ed will retire in June of 1978 at which time he will have been an officer of the Dartmouth Library for 25 years and will have headed the library system for a full decade. Commenting on Dean Lathem's pending retirement, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Leonard Rieser said, "It is truly painful to lose a colleague in a post so vital to Dartmouth's educational function, who combines, as he does in full measure, the qualities of integrity, elegance of both mind and style, imagination, scholarship and impeccable management. Yet, I am aware that, as scholar, author, editor and compiler of remarkable achievement, he still has - to borrow a phrase from the poet Robert Frost, whom he knew and has chronicled so well and faithfully - 'many miles to go ...'."
In addition to his library activities, Ed is the editor or compiler of 25 books and separate issuances, including eight on the career and works of Robert Frost whom he first came to know as a student, with whom he developed a close friendship, and about whom he is recognized today as a major authority.
His years as librarian also saw the construction of the Kresge Physical Sciences Library, the Sherman Art Library, and the Feldberg Library, which combines the holdings in the areas of engineering and business administration. The Dana Biomedical Library was enlarged and the Paddock Music Library incorporated into the central library system in the same interval. It is anticipated that by June 30, 1978, the library system's total number of publications will have grown to 1,270,000 volumes, or by more than a quarter million since Ed became librarian. His will be a tough act to follow.
Congratulations are in order for Loye Miller who writes of big changes in his life. He has just been named Washington bureau chief for the Chicago Sun Times, heading a staff of five. In addition to heading up the office, Loye will be covering the White House and national politics. "As you know, I spent the past seven years covering national politics for the Washington bureau of the Knight Newspapers and that was a most rewarding assignment. Before that, I was with Time Magazine from late 1959 until March 1970. There I also spent most of my time covering national politics, presidential races and the like, although I was Time's Chicago bureau chief from 1965 until early 1969." Among the other good things in Loye's life, Joan and he are among the lucky parents who have a child at Dartmouth. "Lissa, a sophmore, absolutely loves it there, and is having a particular ball this term on the foreign language study program in Bourges, France. Our other child, Loye III, is a junior at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in Bethesda, Md., where we live."
So long for now!
Nicholas H. Hagoort Jr. (right), adopted member of the Class of 1953 and president ofthe Essex County, N.J., Bar Association, invited Jeffrey O'Connell '5l (left), professor oflaw at the University of Illinois, to address the association's January meeting.
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