1960

As usual, the Class was well represented at Class Officers Weekend in Hanover at the end of April. Seth and Kathy Strickland were in attendance along with Bill and Alice McCarter,Phil and Mary Lou Kron, Gene Kohn, and DickOssen. The class officers associations in turn paid a compliment to our Class by electing Seth president of the Class Presidents Association, your scribe president of the Class Secretaries Association, Phil the Alumni Council representative from the Head Agents Association, and Gene a member of the executive committee of the Newsletter Editors Association. The five officers were joined by John Goyette on Saturday afternoon in a preliminary planning session for our 20th reunion scheduled for June 15-17, 1979. John and Dick Ossen have promised some innovations in the program as alternatives to the traditional beer parties, but with RickLyman on the planning team you can be sure that the parties won't be forgotten.

Somehow I missed the news release announ- cing the appointment of Jake Crouthamel as Athletic Director of Syracuse University. It is hard to accept the fact that Jake and Carol are no longer in Hanover. We fully expected them to join our 1960 table at the Friday dinner on Class Officers Weekend as they had frequently done in prior years. Jake coached football at Dartmouth for 13 years, with seven years as head coach, during which he compiled a 41-18-2 record and three Ivy League titles. I hope Jake and the Class of 1919 (my father's class) won't object if I quote the following paragraph from a letter Jake wrote to Jigger Merrill, the 1919 newsletter editor, which appeared in the 1919 Smoke Signal.

"Having assumed the regal robe of just another old Dartmouth alum, I have the opportunity to become involved in a social aspect of game day that has eluded me. I refer to the tailgate parties followed by the spectator's role. Although my feeling for Dartmouth will never die, I doubt that it will be possible for me to become a spectator for several years to come. Withdrawal will take time, but I guess this is symptomatic of anyone who leaves Hanover. Fortunately for the College, most alumni find it impossible."

Jake will be more than a spectator at Syracuse. The University has been rebuilding its sports program, with particular emphasis on football and basketball, and is now promoting a new major football stadium. Jake's enormous devotion and enthusiasm for sports should bring great success in his new position.

Latest news is that Alex and Sally Summer have a new baby girl, named Hollis, born in April. The Summers are still living in Old Lyme, Conn.

Dave Sammons' new book, The MarriageOption, is noted in the April issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. Dave writes from his personal experience of two marriages and professional counseling as a Unitarian minister and examines the pitfalls of modern marriage, concluding that "the pull toward marriage, whether the first or the fourth, remains strong."

Seth Strickland's questionnaire brought forth some news from a few classmates whom we had not heard from recently. Dudley Smith is still working in the Philadelphia office of Chibb Underwriters which he joined in 1961. He is coaching in the Lawrence hockey program in which his two older sons, Clay, age 12, and Brad age ten, participate. If any of you were wondering what happened to Axel Grabowsky, he and Mary live about 1000 yards from the Smiths in Princeton, N.J.

Gail Warden is an executive vice president of American Hospital Association, enjoying his involvement in health policy issues in Washington. He lives in Olympia Fields, III., with his wife Lois and 11-year-old son Jay and daughters Janna, age nine, and Jena, age three. Gail is involved in local Dartmouth activities, is on the local hospital board, and coaches Little League baseball, football, and basketball in his spare time.

Bruce Ryan writes that he is content with the joys and frustrations of school teaching in the small community of Eagle Creek, Ore. He moved through teaching German and basic math to special education. He now rides a bike with handle bars and still wonders who wrecked the handle bars on his Raleigh when he lived in Old South Hall.

Dick Aronsohn is practicing in a five-man law firm in Hackensack, N.J., is mainly involved in litigation, and lives with his family in Wyckoff, N.J.

Pat Morris enjoys contracting work in the Kootenai National Forest. He enjoyed seeing as much snow last year as he used to see in Hanover. Pat is expecting a new addition to his family in April.

I hope you all have a great summer. You'll be hearing from me next fall.

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