1952
One of the best letters I've received in either of my tenures as secretary came this summer from Tom Brennan. It was a testament to the success of our 25th reunion. Tom wrote to tell how his wife Ellen had taken the women's seminar to heart and decided she neededsomething to do! So she went back to school, Indiana University, to get her master's in Spanish. Indiana University offered her an assistant instructorship. So-o-o the Brennans moved to Bloomington (location of university) and now Tom commutes to his business in Indianapolis. He does add that his appliance manufacturing business continues to prosper and "grow in direct proportion to my girth ..."
Another one of ours is into politics: Out in California Ed Clark is running for governor on the Libertarian Party ticket. Ed's best quote to date: "Traditional politicians have an unfortunate desire to regulate everything from our lifestyle to our businesses. We'd be better off if the state of California got off our backs and out of our pocketbooks." A lot to be said for that thought.
One of ours got married, too! Charlie Tremblay married Alicia Mary Heslin in Keene, N.H., on May 6. The recently-weds are at home in Keene.
The Old Sarge is still hitting better than .270 in his league, too. Our erstwhile baseball captain, Jack Hart, has been appointed vice president in charge of group pension operations at Connecticut General Life Insurance Company. And 1 take it that Jack will now be commuting to Hartford from his home in Longmeadow, Mass.
And passing from baseball to baseball, my own Wilmette Life informs me that Pete Burnside has resigned as baseball coach from New Trier West High School even though he'd had winning records for his 11 years there. Pete said it was too tough teaching at New Trier East and coaching at New Trier West. And I can imagine that. The two schools aren't known as the friendliest of rivals.
In Boston John North was elected a director of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce. John makes a living as vice president of Operations for the New England Telephone Company.
And in his residence on the other side of the country, Wey Lundquist finds himself elected chairman of the American Bar Association's section of litigation, a nationwide group of trial lawyers. Wey is a partner in the San Francisco law firm of Hiller, Ehrman, White, and McAuliffe. His group of ABA litigators numbers over 20,000.
Here in the heartland, Steve Lazarus has been elected vice president of Baxter Travenal Laboratories. He's responsible for the artificial organs division of his firm which markets a wide variety of therapeutic specialty products.
Alden Fallows has moved from Wilton, Conn., to East Sandwich, Mass., on Cape Cod. And he's joined Harrison Associates Inc., a real estate firm. His wife Marjorie is an assistant professor of sociology at the Cape Cod Community College.
At University of Connecticut in Storrs, RayBuck has been appointed acting director of development. Ray will also continue in his post as publications director at the University where he's been responsible for the development of hundreds of publications produced annually.
Not long ago I reported the election of DickBressler to the presidency of Arco Chemical Co., a unit of Atlantic Richfield. Now Dick's been elected to the board of directors of General Mills, Inc., in Minneapolis.
In Washington, Al Reich has been in the news. Alan, as you probably know, has been a paraplegic since 1962. He is now deputy assistant secretary of commerce. But he's also been working with the National Paraplegia Foundation. Now Alan is convinced that medics will, within the next five years, find the key to regenerating nerves in paraplegics; and this, he is convinced, will mean the liberation of 150,000 paraplegics from their wheelchairs. We send all our best wishes to Alan, the medics, and the foundation with our sincere hope that this breakthrough be accomplished sooner rather than later.
Two travel notes: Ceb Benisch has been instrumental in the foundation of a new network of travel agencies that has devised a way to handle business travelers and all their many changes in plans at a moment's notice. The network is called Woodside, and if you or your firm wants to know more about it, call Ceb at Don Travel in N.Y.C. where he's president.
And even though he's president, he still arranges vacation travel for classmates. He sent John Rosenwald and Patty to Egypt for a boat trip up the Nile last February. Rosey says it was one of his better trips and that if you're contemplating it, February is the best month to take it.
From The Beacon, a publication of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, we have a report of an interview with John MeWilliam, chief executive officer and general manager of the Toledo Lucas County Port Authority. The gist of John's remarks is that Toledo will continue to grow and propser as a Great Lakes shipping center.
During my summer I saw lots of old friends when my daughter got married in Riverside, Conn. Spent a great couple of nights carousing with Chet Wiley and Judy, Rog Pierce and Ann, Pete McSpadden and Barbara, ShermBaldwin and Beth, Larry Schiffenhaus and Betty, and some characters from other classes.
Oh yeah, Connie Carstens reported in the newsletter that my son Chip, who's Class of'80, won the Frost Playwright Contest last spring. What he didn't know was that the best actor award went to another son of '52. J. C. Stahl '80, son of Jay Stahl, won that award for the lead in Chip's play. So last May 18 was quite a night for '52 as well as '80.
Lastly, Bill Montgomery tells me there's a full fall of great activity planned in Hanover and other places, revolving around football, of course. So keep abreast in Brother Carstens' newsletters.
Hope to see many of you soon.
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