1951

I know the summer is officially over when it is time to get back to the monthly column. It was a fun summer, with many trips to the North Country; only the weather could have treated us better. I do not believe there was one clear weekend the entire summer. Perhaps our luck will change for the ski season.

Our retiring head agent, Jim Bovaird, is going out like a lion. A year-end report from Jim shows that our class made a fine showing. Our participation was 62.2 per cent, equal to that of the College as a whole. As Jim says, "Since Dartmouth retained its number-one spot in the nation, that participation figure is very creditable." Our dollar figure increased $5,825 to a total of $81,544. Our class's average gift was $210. One other point should be noted — our dollar total was high enough to set a record — for a class 28 years out of Dartmouth. Jim had one postscript to add to the year: "Generally, I was gratified with the results, but I still feel some frustration in not being able to come up with a better participation record in the neighborhood of 66 to 68 per cent. We must continue to seek the answer to that problem." The job of head agent is very time-consuming and draining. We have been very fortunate in having had Jim at the helm of this effort for the last three years. He has the thanks and the gratitude of the class and the College as he goes to his well-earned retirement.

From Lancaster, Pa., comes word that the ever-active Dick Woolworth has added another chore to his already-heavy work load. Dick has been elected to the board of directors of Penn Dairies in Lancaster. He is also a trustee of both Franklin and Marshall College and the Lancaster Country Day School, and he is a director of Fulton Bank, Lancaster General Hospital, Greater Lancaster Corporation, and Windwards Travel Center. When he has a spare moment, he works at his primary business, Woodstream Corporation, of which he is president and chairs the board. I tell you, I get weary just writing about these things.

Dwight Allison has also taken on added responsibilities. He is currently president and chief executive officer of the Boston Company, and he was just elected president and chief executive of Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company, a subsidiary.

Often, when your company is swallowed up in a takeover, you find yourself merged out of a job. But sometimes you end up with a better position. Bob Rugen has found himself in this happy situation. He was vice president of personnel and employee relations with the Dic- taphone Corporation. When Pitney-Bowes took over Bob's company, they created the post of vice president of employee relations and tapped Bob for the job. Doesn't this restore your faith!

More news from the corporate front: PeterKrehbiel has been elected a vice president of Acco Industries in Bridgeport, Ct. Peter joined the company in 1964 as a patent and trademark lawyer. He is also secretary and general counsel for the company. From Philadelphia, comes word that Paul Staley, president of PQ Corporation, has been elected to the board of directors of Provident National Corporation, a bank holding company.

And here is a late development on the academic scene. Dave Emerson has been named dean of the College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters at the University of Michigan at Dear-born. Dave is currently a professor of chemistry at Michigan, where he has served on the faculty for the past 16 years. His current research interests include functional group polymers and work in organic sulfur chemistry. The next time

I see you, Dave, please explain what I just wrote!

From the University of Illinois, we have received a note from the "founder" of no-fault insurance, Jeff O'Connell. It seems he was just awarded his second Guggenheim Fellowship. He will use it during the 1979-1980 academic year to study the substitution of no-fault insurance for traditional tort liability based on fault.

That about wraps it up for now. We hope that we will have seen many of you at the class's mini-reunion on October 5 to 7. It should.be great fun.

So long for now.

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