1956

An idle thought: Perhaps it is a good thing Dartmouth is increasing the number of women students. At least the women are compiling winning athletic team records, appear to be as attractive as all the Farah Fawcetts of the world, and are equal or superior in grey matter. Has President Kemeny considered changing Dartmouth to an all-gal school?

Congratulations to Wally Pugh or whoever was able to get okayed the giving of a gift to those classmates whose alumni contribution is increased, reaches a certain amount, or has been consistently regular over the years. I am sure some classmates will scoff at the idea, but an appropriately inscribed glass or beer mug is at least tangible recognition of a conceivable sacrifice.

Nice to hear about the turnout at the class meeting in NYC. Some 25 classmates shared the stage with our self-appointed gadfly who now wears a "natural" that would be the envy of Julius Erving.

Recently spent a delightful half-hour with Glen French, who is prospering in every way as president of Arnar-Stone Laboratories in suburban Chicago. Glen is justifiably proud of his company, a subsidiary of American Hospital Supply, in that it ranks twentieth in sales of all subsidiaries, but sixth in profits. What's more, he is chiefly responsible for bringing a heart-disease drug to market that has gone from zero to ten million in sales. Not bad for a third-string quarterback behind Beagle and McKenna. And wouldn't you know it, Glen has a son who is first-string and shows all the signs of being better than his dad. I'll bet he has more hair than his dad too.

Well, now that Pete Shipman has done his duty with the government as executive director of the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, and has returned to Wall Street as senior v.p. of Kuhn Loeb, perhaps he can enlighten us with some of his experiences. As Clem Malin has pointed out, everyone should do it, and I heartily agree. But how does one get the nod? For some unknown reason, Jimmy Carter did not want me as his press secretary and the only other job for which I was qualified was given to Michael Blumenthal. However, let it be known that I am available for the curator's job at the Smithsonian.

Quickies. Joe Obering can be seen in living color in the March issue of Town & Country ...George Yeager has a magnificent autograph collection of robber barons and other financiers adorning his office walls ... Tony Bruscino is a building contractor in Florida ... TomRosenwald has just been elected to the board of directors of Medcom, where he is v.p. of corporate marketing of this world leader in medical education programs ... Bill Thompson is now teaching history at Bishop College in Dallas and is able to spend more time honing his fine tennis game ... Charles Morrissey has done it again with another major article in The Boston Globe. As you are probably realizing, Charles is an historian and his book, Vermont: A Bicentennial History, will be published this spring ... Recently called Ted Bremble and he was out playing platform tennis ... Called JackBillhardt and he was in the midst of interviewing prospective Dartmouth students ... called JohnParke and he was in Hawaii selling pet food and wondering why Ralston Purina corporate headquarters aren't located on Maui ... Called Jack Robinson and he was out getting ice cream cones for his kids ... called Doug Keare and, as a result, he might be thinking of impeaching me, but until then, someday, sometime, somewhere, when you are least expecting it, I might call you and say "Hi, this is Oman." I bet you can't wait.

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