1936

The U.S. Olympic Diving Committee has appointed Jack Smith of Old Greenwich, Conn., as Director of the U.S. International Diving Development in preparation for the 1980 Olympics. Jack, an architect, is now a consultant to his former firm, The Eggers Group, and is continuing to serve the firm in the planning and designing of athletic facilities and office building projects. He also is president of Designed Environments, Inc., a Stamford, Conn., architectural and engineering firm. Wife Yumi says she sees less of Jack since he "retired" as a full-time partner of The Eggers Group. Jack is refining his swimming pool enclosures, done in conjunction with Bob Keeler, and has developed an easy-to-erect enclosure for your pool. I can personally testify as to its efficacy.

Apparently Bob and Carm Bullock did not leave their hearts at home in San Francisco, as they spent the major part of the past year in Seville, Spain, with occasional short trips to various parts of Spain, Portugal, and southern France, and enjoying it tremendously. They spent the Christmas holidays in, of all places, Morocco!

Word from Ipswich, Mass., is that Dan Poor has taken the big step; at the end of last July he retired from GTE Sylvania after 41 years with the company. Dan reports retirement is just great and that he is busier than ever doing what he wants to do — "Every day is Saturday and Sunday." He has been playing golf and has done a bit of hunting. Recently on a deerhunting trip to the Dartmouth Grant, he was the sole member of his group to bag a deer, a 10-pointer.

The Washington Star recently carried an interview with Dang Scherman about his latest publication, "Life Goes to War: A Picture History of World War II." Classmates will share a particular nostalgia for the contents of his book, and Dang was particularly fitted to edit it. In 1939 he became staff photographer for Life magazine, and in that capacity, and as a war correspondent, he spent four years in the British Isles, from 1941 to 1945. In the interview, Dang reports he went through every copy of Life and selected some ten thousand pictures as candidates for the book, about 750 of which wound up being used, and that it took about six months to complete the work. Dang was ably helped by the erudite editor of the class newsletter, Frank Kappler, whose contributions included introductions to the various chapters.

Another literary effort by a classmate is the book 50 Hikes in New Hampshire's WhiteMountains by Dan Doan. Published four years ago, the book has not only sold out a full printing each year since and received solid praise from many sources, but it has been the predecessor of a number of other books on hiking. However, Dan's book remains very popular, and his publisher recently republished it in paperback in a revised and updated edition. Anyone considering a visit to the White Mountains would do well to consult Dan's book.

Reports from here and there: John Holmquist, after 38 years in the lumber business, has retired and moved to Wilsonville, Ore., where his home is located on the second hole of the local golf course. Phil Gilbert, a partner in the New York law firm of Gilbert, Segall and Young, has been elected to the National Council of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla. Paul Guibord has been promoted to executive vice president-marketing for Security Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. And Gene Tamburi, recently featured in this column, has been named the recipient of the 1977 William G. Dwight Distinguished Service-to-Holyoke Award.

A note of sadness: On December 4, 1977, Bob Keegan, a longtime resident of Hudson, Ohio, died at University Hospital in Cleveland. On the day before Christmas Fred Wyman of Milton, Mass., was shot to death outside his Mattapan liquor store. Apparently robbery was the motive. Dick Holt, until fairly recently a resident of Rockville Centre, L.I., passed away on January 2 in Tequesta, Fla. And on December 27, 1977, Louie Benezet lost his charming wife Mildred after a valiant 14-month fight with metastacized cancer. The deepest sympathy of the Class is extended to the surviving spouses and families of the above.

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