1953

'53 OUT for a family affair! June 15-18. We are down to the wire. This is it. We are heading for a record-setting reunion. It is not too late to join the crowd. Send your deposit to WarrenWentworth, 30 Maple St., Wenham, Mass. 01984. Or if you misplaced it, phone him at 617/468-2521.

John Monohan has retired as chief surgeon of the Shriners' Hospital in Erie, Pa., after 12 years. He has accepted a job as associate professsor of orthopedic surgery at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester. John enjoys the chance to teach and get into some long-delayed research projects. Judy enjoys getting back to Massachusetts. Of their seven kids, their three girls are in college - Clark, Boston College, and Notre Dame. The four boys hopefully are heading to Hanover. The Monohans will be at reunion.

Bill and Alice Crotty have had a busy year. They took all of their seven kids to Italy and France. Among other sights, they saw Alice's brother Tom Blomquist in Florence. They all came home on the QE II. In March, Bill and Alice had lunch at the White House and attended a state reception hosted by the President and Mrs. Carter. All of the Crottys are coming to reunion.

Jim Penney writes that his oldest daughter Erika is now a surgical nurse at Mary Hitchcock. She graduated last year magna cum laude from the University of Vermont and then spent the year in Colorado nursing migrant farm workers. And the Penneys will be at reunion.

Bill and Caryl Hutchens are alive and well in Syracuse. They are looking forward to seeing everybody at reunion.

John Springer was written up in a Connecticut magazine in February. John is president and executive director of Hartford Hospital. They have over 4,000 employees and treat over 160,000 patients per year. John discussed in great detail the problems of high costs, patient care, and the medical responsibility for resuscitation.

In Cleveland, the NASA Lewis Research Center has been greatly involved in the space program. Stuart Fordyce is chief of the electro and chemistry branch. They have just developed a new nickel-zinc battery which weighs about 50 per cent less than the conventional automobile battery and is less than half that size. The new breakthrough has solved the problems of longevity and reliability of prior automotive batteries. The goal is for batterypowered cars to have a top speed of around 50 miles per hour and a 100-mile range between charges. General Motors is already predicting that their first electric car, powered by this battery, could be ready for market in the mid-1980s.

That's it for now. We are looking forward to seeing everybody in Hanover next month. '53OUT for a family affair.

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