1954

There are big dealings planned for June 13 in New York. All '54s are invited to a cocktail party and dinner to celebrate the election of Dave McLaughlin as chairman of the Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College. The event will be at the Yale Club, with cocktails starting at 6:30. Every '54 from everywhere is invited. If you live in Connecticut, New York, or New Jersey, I'm sure you'd want to make a special effort to attend. Reservations can be made up to the last minute by calling Dave Mandelbaum (212) 868-4766 or George Voss (201) 891-2275. It should be a very enjoyable evening. After all, how often do you get the chance to tell the chairman of the Board of Trustees how to run the College!

The New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects has announced that Lo-Yi Chan has been elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects. Fellowship is a lifetime honor bestowed for outstanding contribution to the profession. Lo-Yi, a partner in Prentice & Chan, Ohlhausen, has been involved in projects receiving local, national and international recognition. Among those are the Henry Street Arts for Living Center, Twin Parks Housing in New York and the New Haven Hospice for the Terminally Ill, which we mentioned in the previous column. After receiving his M.Arch. from Harvard Graduate School of Design in 1959, Lo-Yi has combined a career in teaching with his practice. He has taught at Columbia University and is now a visiting lecturer at M.I.T. Congratulations, Lo-Yi, on a well-deserved honor!

Geoffrey Talbot has been elected vice president of the Medical and Dental Staff at the New England Memorial Hospital in Stoneham. After Dartmouth, Geoff completed his medical education at Tufts Medical School. In addition to his busy practice, he has been an instructor at Boston University and Harvard University Medical Schools and has been on the staff of the Stoneham New England Memorial Hospital since 1969.

Anyone in the Boston area could not have missed the Jonathan Moore publicity blitz during the first week in May. On April 30 and May 1 the Boston newspapers were full of reports of a symposium being held at The Institute of Politics at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government in celebration of the Institute's tenth anniversary. As you well know by now, Jonathan is the director of that institute. The celebration was apparently a gala event, attended by the many politicians, academicians, and journalists who have come to the institute during its first decade. In attendance as well were a large Kennedy contingent, including Jacqueline Onassis, her daughter, Caroline Kennedy. Senator Edward Kennedy, and several other Kennedy children. Jon was quoted as describing the function of the Institute of Politics as "a dynamic juncture of people, ideas and action - interpreting political events, studying process, applying combined intellectual and operational energies to existing problems and welcoming all kinds of people involved in both spontaneous communication and sustained program effort." You figure that out!

You'd think that Jon would be satisfied with having newspapers filled with his exciting goings on at the institute. But enough is never enough for Jon. Who else should follow the Nixon/Frost interview on Channel 4 in Boston - but Jonathan Moore. And who better to ask about his perception of the Nixon interview but Jonathan Moore, who served in so many positions in Washington as Elliott Richardson's chief confidant, his final position being Associate Attorney General of the United States at the time of the "Saturday Night Massacre." Its fortunate that television screens are larger nowadays - to carry both Jon's stature and his physical being.

Class Officers Weekend was held at the College on May 6 and 7. '54 was well represented by its president, Dave Mandelbaum, treasurer, Dick Barker, head class agent, Steve Mullins, and your faithful scribe, me. Dave, Dick and Eddie were accompanied by their much better halfs - Rosemary, Betty, Barbara and Marylou. It was a beautiful weekend, with Hanover weather being at its very best. We had a chance to meet and talk with a number of students and I can't help but believe that all of us will be proud to have the current student body-represent us to the world as members of the Dartmouth family.

President Kemeny in his brief address indicated that the lack of growth in the size and earnings of the Endowment Fund is a result of the performance of the stockmarket since 1966 which has put the College in a position where it must raise additional endowment funds to "maintain the quality of education." The Board of Trustees is currently planning a long-term drive to raise approximately $160 million in the next five years to build up the endowments to allow Dartmouth to maintain its position in the forefront of quality educational institutions. You'll hear much more about the fund drive as the plans are completed.

Steve Mullins is leading an impressive group of 125 assistant class agents in this year's Alumni Fund. And is he working hard! After the meeting in Hanover, he was going to New York and Cleveland before going home to Evanston. All that work to help all of us help the College! So don't forget to do your part when somebody comes knocking at your door or ringing your telephone. The Alumni Fund marches on!

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