1955
When Joe Yukica was presented to the press at the Marriott Hotel in Newton, Mass., on January 6, about 20 alumni showed up to welcome the new coach. Of this hardy band, six were from the Class of '55. They were SonnyPeters, Ron Campion, Dana Hennigar, JohnDell Isola, Pete Dromeshauser, and this writer.
After the press finished its inquisition, Joe and Seaver Peters conferred with the above- named august body in the privacy of the cocktail lounge. You can be reassured that Kraut expounded upon the virtues of the first-down pass and Dana explained the art of winning face-offs. Our Class can take much of the credit for the future success of the football program.
On a more sober note, we have just received word that a recent publication entitled TheGonococcus (436 pp., $35.00) is edited by our class expert in such matters, Dick Roberts. He is currently professor of medicine and head of the division of infectious diseases at Cornell University Medical College. The book is a collection of papers by 29 authorities which provides an up-to-date review of the action and treatment of the microbe which causes gonorrhea.
If the book makes the best-seller list we're sure the editor will be happy to autograph any classmate's copy.
We received a note from Dick Targett revealing that his oldest is through college and is a nurse in Boston and his youngest is in the third grade. In between are four other offspring.
Dick has just resigned from the Danbury, Conn., board of education after "ten long frustrating years." He adds a postscript that he still has the same wife. That's more than 20 frustrating years for her.
We received a moving letter from Bill Kofoed in which he reports that his adopted son Elliott, Class of 1973, passed away in November. He died in Meriden, N.H., after a long struggle against cancer. Elliott had been very active in clear air and water programs primarily aimed at the Seabrook nuclear installation.
Bill has set up an Elliot Kofoed Memorial Fund at Dartmouth which is a scholarship fund for needy medical students studying oncology. The fund would welcome any contributions Bill's classmates might want to earmark for that purpose.
Tom McGreevey sends word that he is doing a great deal of globe-trotting in his capacity as manager of the world petro-chemical program for SRI International.
Walt Lamb has retired from the Air Force and he and his family have returned to Wellesley, Mass., where they hope to sink some roots. He is searching for a second career (an English major with experience in filing reports in triplicate) and is also planning to get active in Dartmouth circles in the Boston area.
Jud Hale, also known as Abe Weatherwise of Old Farmer's Almanac fame, was recently honored by the College as Dartmouth Club President of the Year. He was presented with a citation and a colored photograph of Dartmouth Row. As president of the Southwest New Hampshire club during 1975-76, he twice scheduled meetings on the evenings of major snowstorms. He obviously forgot to reschedule the snowstorms.
Gene Gerard writes that he ran into CharlieHulsebosch at a Packers-Rams game last fall. They were both there as guests of the First Wisconsin National Bank. (Probably a three- martini game.)
Finally we had a brief phone call from RossEllis seeking Hennigar's telephone number. That's just another service cheerfully offered by this column. Let's hear from you guys.
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