1938

Reunion is over . . . and summer is over, or will be when you read this. But life is a year-round operation, as Dartmouth's academic program has become. Similarly and by the same token, summer brings no interruption to the achievements and accomplishments of members of the Amazing Class of 1938.

For instance, Robb Kelley, president of Employers Mutual Casualty Company, was elected at its annual meeting to chair the Drake University Board of Trustees as reported in the Des Moines Register. In another area of academic administration (or rather withdrawal therefrom) Dick Jones announced at the commencement exercises of State University at Cortland, N.Y., his intention to retire as president of that institution later this fall. Dick has been associated with Cortland since 1948 and has been its president for the past ten years.

In the field of business, Ham Mitchell, who chairs the executive committee of Dun & Bradstreet, has been elected a director of North American Philips Corporation, according to a release from that diversified manufacturing company. Ham was named to chair Dun & Bradstreet's executive committee in 1975. He is also a director of Charter New York Corporation, Irving Trust Company, and Union Pacific Corporation.

In politics and public service, Jerry Bly has announced that he will seek re-election to the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Jerry is currently concluding his 30th year in that body. During his many years in the legislature Jerry has devoted much of his activity to educational affairs. He has chaired the House Committee on Education, and he was the bipartisan choice to be the legislature's delegate to the White House conference on education. He is a practicing attorney and also teaches law at Saugus High School. Demonstrating unusual versatility, Jerry was the winner of a National Science Foundation award in bacteriology at the University of Colorado and has been admitted to membership in the National Society of Microbiologists.

In the realm of literary creativity, the Saturday Review carried a long article and review of the poems and essays of Bill Bronk; and, in the field of international diplomacy, John Jova (in his capacity as president of Meridian House International) presented a specially-commis-sioned high-relief sculpture of the Battle of Pensacola to the city of Pensacola. Following his retirement from the U.S. Foreign Service last year, John assumed the presidency of Meridian House, a non-profit institution in the field of international cultural relations which functions as a world affairs center in Washington, D.C.

On the level of personal communications and contacts - and they are always a pleasure - Carl and Ellie Von Pechmann reported from Oslo. There they found that, while the rain in Spain may fall mainly on the plain, it also comes down frequently in Scandinavia.

Alex and Libby Jones's cottage and surroundings in Friendship, Me., were a most attractive setting for the wedding reception of their eldest son Peter. It was a very happy occasion, and Anne and I were glad to be present.

It is good when friends and classmates stop by. Jack and Millie Lutz did just that, their daughter and husband and children having been enjoying a vacation at a nearby campground. Rob and Anne Brown did likewise. Forty-plus years is quite an interruption, but we were able happily to recollect and re-establish mutual connections from over the years. And it's always good to hear from Jim Cotter, who regretted having been unable to attend reunion.

Speaking of reunions, Bob Manegold reports a mini one at his Wisconsin home, with ChicMock, Shorty Pabst, and Jack Wilhelm. Not only that, but Bob says they all decided to make a trip to Alaska, probably next summer. What other classmates have made any plans for a feisty 41st? Bob was in this vicinity for the regular annual meeting of the board of directors of Bath Iron Works, which includes a lobster picnic.

Appearing elsewhere in this or a future issue of the MAGAZINE is the saddening account of the passing of another of our classmates, StewWhitman.

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