1959

We were delighted to learn that Bob Watson has recently purchased that notable Hanover landmark known as Lou's Restaurant, which many of us remember fondly as a hospitable dining spot on Main Street. Having personally greeted and congratulated Bob in his new entrepreneurial role (he was manning the cash register) while in Hanover during last June's reunion, I can attest that both Bob and Lou's look virtually unchanged. I gather that it is Bob's intention to preserve the restaurant largely as it was. Previously, Bob was living in San Francisco with his wife and two children and was working for 1.8.M. I gathered that the onset of 40 prompted him to make a complete career change, resulting in his going into business for himself. Having a strong desire to return to Hanover, he heard that Lou's might be for sale and, after some negotiation, he closed the deal. Do not miss a reminiscent return to this hub-of-Hanover-eating-and-gossip when you are next in town.

There are a number of other '59s in Hanover, including John Hanson who is dean of students; Dick Jaeger, assistant dean of admissions; and Fred Webster, assistant dean and professor of marketing at Tuck School.

Fred Webster has also been named the first E. B. Osborn professor of marketing. The academic chair is named in memory of the late E. Bartley Osborn, formerly of New York City and Bronxville, N.Y. He was president of Economics Laboratory Inc. and chaired its board for more than 25 years until his death in August last year, just after a $1,000,000 endowment gift was presented to the College to establish the Osborn professorship. In making the announcement. Dean Richard R. West stated that the Osborn chair "will signify the strategic importance of those aspects of marketing personified by Mr. Osborn in his own executive career, including the art and skill of successful salesmanship and the special role of the integrity of both products and service." Dean West also described Professor Webster as "an outstanding scholar and teacher of marketing, from its practices and procedures to the philosophy that recognizes the creative force of selling and service in market-oriented enterprises."

We have also received news of Peter Kinge, a professor at the School of Communications at Ithaca College in up-state New York. Peter recently completed an experimental course called "Soaps," taught to the communications faculty and dealing with the art of creating soap operas. An article about Peter's participation in this course comments on the enthisiastic acceptance it had during its trial period; we can only assume that in the future, Peter and his colleagues will be pulling more and more of us towards the tube at off-peak hours.

Having recently taken up an assignment myself in London, I had occasion to catch up with Howard and Giesla Mickelson. Howard is an officer at the Bank of America, specializing in the development and marketing of international corporate systems. He is extremely enthusiastic about living and working in the London environment and enjoys the proximity to family ties on the Continent and in Scandinavia. As for myself, at Russell Reynolds Associates' London office, I will be concentrating on recruiting executives to London financial institutions and to multi-national corporations in the U.K. and Europe. Of course, it is my intention to continue writing class notes for the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, co-ordinating this task through my New York office (address above).

I would greatly appreciate hearing from anyone and urge that you send me a note covering any news of yourself or of any classmates you may have recently seen. In the meantime, I will keep my own news-gathering antennae up and will do all I can to generate more of the latest of all of '59.

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