1952

Welcome back to another season of notes from the smiling scrivener of 10th Street. Here's all the good and bad news I've received since last May.

It could be that '52 will have a candidate in the 1980 presidential race. As reported in this column a year ago, Ed Clark ran for governor of California on the Libertarian Party ticket last year. He polled almost 400,000 votes, raised $330,000, and got his third party on the ballots. Now he is seeking the party's nomination to run for president next fall. He has but one other candidate to conquer, so Ed has at least a 50/50 chance of being the Libertarian Party candidate for President of the United States.

My apologies to Ed Baldridge, whose name I erroneously included in the "who's moved" column last spring. Apparently the computer in the records office got a little confused. Ed reports that he has not moved, but now that I've put the idea into his wife's mind they are considering it — perhaps next door.

Bill Montgomery reports that the 1979 graduating class had 28 sons and daughters of '52 in it. Bill went to graduation and saw many classmates, all presumably parents of graduates: Roger Phillips, Lou Zehner, Herb. Katz, Jesse Morgan, Jack Hoeven, Bob Holmes, Steve Parkhurst, Bob Broce, Connie Carstens, and Ross Daniels.

Bill also reports that Brud Leiter's son Jay '75 has graduated from med school — a first for '52. And also that Harry Goldsmith has become part-owner of the Franconia Inn.

In New York, Bob Jahrling has been elected to the policy board of Price Waterhouse. This is a 15-member governing body of that huge accounting firm. Bob joined the firm in 1957 and was admitted to partnership in 1967. Bob and spouse Gretchen live in Ridgewood, N.J., with their five children.

Also in New York, George Davis has been named vice president of C. R. Bard Inc., a leading manufacturer of medical and surgical products. George is also treasurer of his firm, a position he came to in 1972 after serving as controller of Thomas J. Lipton Company. George lives with his wife and three kids in Tenafly, N.J.

And while still in New Jersey, let's hear it for Jack Unkles, who was, elected to the board of trustees of the Howard Savings Bank. Jack spends most of his working time as vice president of the investment firm of Tucker, Anthony & R. L. Day Inc., but is also a director of the New Jersey Natural Gas Company and the Fabien Corporation. When there's any time left over you'll find Jack at home in Morris Township with goodness-knows-how-many (or few?) kids.

Up in Worcester, Mass., Ron Marcks has been elected vice president, general counsel, and secretary of the Norton Company. Ron joined Norton in 1974. Before that he was a partner in the law firm of Goodwin, Procter & Hoar in Boston. And before that he was in Harvard Law School.

And yet another director was elected this past year. Bill Kay joined the board of the Provident National Corporation in Philadelphia. Along with some other activities, Bill is executive vice president of Sun Company.

And at Deerfield Academy last June, one of her — and our — most illustrious sons returned to give the keynote address at that school's 180th commencement exercise. Bob Binswanger traveled from Maine and his job as vice chancellor of academic affairs at the University of Maine to spellbind the assembled students, parents, faculty, and friends. I wish I could've been there, Bins. Enlightening, I'm sure.

On a happy note, Ray Buck's daughter was due to be married in September in Storrs, Conn.

On a sad note, Lee Coulter was killed in the crash of American Airlines flight 191 last May in Chicago. You'll find the obituary in this issue or a later one.

Sorry to leave you on this note, but maybe next month ...

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