1947

The headline was in error - it had the Rockefeller Foundation naming John Knowles - but there was nothing wrong with the story which told about a new honor for a '47.

What the clipping said was that Dr. Knowles had announced the appointment of Sheldon J.Segal as director of the Rockefeller Foundation's Population Program, effective May 1. Our classmate is senior vice president and director of the Center for Biomedical Research of The Population Council and is widely known for his role in the formulation and execution of research on human reproduction.

This new honor is the latest in a distinguished career during which he has been a consultant to several United Nations agencies including its Office of Science and Technology and the World Health Organization. Since 1973 he has been an independent investigator and corporation member of Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass.

There isn't space here to list all of Dr. Segal's accomplishments, but he has served on a presidential Committee on Population Affairs, in 1977 he lectured at research centers in The People's Republic of China, and in 1962 and 1963 he was a visiting scientist at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences. He is currently collaborating with scientists there in the study of a promising contraceptive vaccine.

In the 25th reunion yearbook, "Shelly" wrote of the need for understanding in curbing population increases. "For," he said, "understanding the problem of population growth is to realize that it must be resolved."

Another newspaper item contains good news for those of us in the eastern U.S. who don't get to see much of Frank Wuerfel. The ITT Continental Baking Co. of Rye, N.Y., has created a new position - corporate vice president-group general manager - and Frank is joining the company in that post. He has responsibility for four ITT Continental units: Morton Frozen Foods, ITT Gwaltney, Pearson Candy, and C & C Cola.

The irony in all this, of course, is that Frank is moving back to the Northeast from Houston, Tex., where he's been since 1974, just when Frank Weber has been transferred to Houston from Connecticut by Shell.

As a reminder, for those who'd like to get in touch with Frank Weber, his address is Shell Chemical Co., P.O. Box 2463, Houston, Tex. 77001.

Bud Nossiter's friends might want to look up two articles of his in the New Statesman. He's the author of "Italy, Communists and the U.S." (10 February 1978) and "Portugal's Last Chance but One" (3 March 1978).

By the time this appears in print, reunion will be less than a month away. You all know the dates for the big 30th - June 12, 13, and 14. Ham Chase and aides have done a heckuva job lining up what should be an interesting and entertaining three days. If you haven't let Ham know that you're coming back, do it now.

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