1946

As usual, May 1 arrived in Hanover like a tiger (snow, etc.), but thanks to classmate Stan Waterman, our souls were duly warmed that night by a top-flite presentation with a tropical flair in Spaulding Auditorium. As many of you may know, Stan ranks as one of the world's top underwater photographers of marine life, and thanks to the Jaw.? era, his labors are now being rewarded. As would be expected, his pictures were largely of sharks, including the indoctrination of Peter Benchley to that real live un- derwater world. In addition, though, he served up a fascinating documentary on humpback whales filmed in one of their breeding grounds off the island of Maui in Hawaii. What marvelous creatures of the deep - and Stan did an incredible job of exposing us to them in their natural habitat. Most of these shots, by the way, are included in a CBS-TV documentary on whales. Corny story, but watch for it as you will enjoy the photography.

Reg Pierce reports Gordon and Jean Daisley were back in town (helping the Main St. merchants' cash flow), bringing sons Gordie '79 and Robert 'BO back for spring term, and showing daughter Dee the College. They also regaled Reg and Nancy with stories of their first packaged tourist trip to Columbia, S.A. Included were seven days and six nights, of which three were without water, at Columbia's best. The Club Cartegana. No problems about the water being off, as the guests just bathed in the swimming pool. Inspite of this and other minor inconveniences, Gordon recommends The Club Cartegana for '46s next off-campus reunion.

I had a nice letter from Jim Lynch, our hard working class agent, telling me that after 25 years with one organization, Associate Merchandising, Inc., he took the plunge by joining Mutual Buying Syndicate, Inc., as their new president and chief operating officer. The company, located in N.Y.C., was founded in 1931 and has 150 member stores with an annual volume of more than $3 billion. In spite of this big change, I might add, Jim and his class organization are off to a great start on this year's Alumni Fund effort. The most recent report shows the Class well 'ahead of last year and only a fraction out of first place in the Green Derby competition. Keep those pledges coming! Word also came out of the New York area that Kenneth Whalen was elected executive vice president of American Telephone & Telegraph Company. When last heard from, Ken was working for Michigan Bell in the Detroit area.

During the last weekend in April, class officers were in Hanover and '46 was well represented. President Jack Whitman, Treasurer Don Furber, Head Agent Jim Lynch, and Bequest Chairman Frank Ettari were all in town for a pleasant and informative series of meetings. Probably the most significant class event came out of a meeting at Bob Kimball's house late Friday night when we all agreed to a new class project of supporting the Native American Program at the College. Our first step will be to offer a S1OOO financial scholarship for the coming year to a worthy Indian student expected to matriculate next fall. We trust the Class will agree this is a project worthy of our support.

Have a great summer!

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