1932

At our last fall mini-reunion in Hanover, we were pleased to visit with many classmates whose activities have not been brought up to date in recent months. Brownie Dickinson and Whip Walser traditionally meet once a year at the bar in the Hanover Inn after the bonfire on Dartmouth Night. This tradition, now many years old, was not broken in '78. If I remember correctly, Brownie is still occupied in superspecial cloak and dagger business deals from Maine to New York City.

Sam Englander, Jim Gardner, and A 1 Gerould are all fully retired and enjoying it. Sam spends eight months at home in Hempstead, N. Y., and four months at his summer home in Lake George, N.Y. His son John '77 is studying for his MBA at the University of Virginia. Jim stays busy by keeping up the flower and vegetable gardens plus the greenhouse at his six-and-a-half-acre place in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. And A 1 finds his lifestyle in Philadelphia, Pa., "extremely elegant." He stays active by helping out in the administration of the Greene Street Friends School.

We heard from John Kingsland, who is no longer working anymore in Ho-ho-kus, N.J., and he would like to see more classmates get together when Princeton plays us on their home grounds. He wrote that he could arrange a pregame luncheon or an after-the-game minireunion. Don Marcus, also no longer working for United Brands (ex-United Fruit), is planning to hold a regional reunion around June "to permit sailing and swimming, as well as quaffing." He enjoys his lifestyle on the Cape; his home in Cataumet, Mass., is right on the water - his own beach, plenty of shell fishing, and sailing. Newman "T" Thibault keeps active part-time as a consultant for his old company, the Norton Company, in Worcester, Mass. He enjoys traveling and is enthusiastic about attending our mini-reunions. "Handy" Auten is still working full-time as an opthalmologist in his own solo practice in Claremont, N.H. He likes gardening and does some tree farming. His travels take him mostly to his cottage at Lakelands, in County Cork, Ireland, for at least two or three weeks a year. He describes his cottage as "a lovely, peaceful place with no telephone."

Dick Merrill is now semi-retired, living in Greenfield, N.H. His attendance at the Yale game and mini-reunion last fall was his first class appearance ever, and he says of his long absence, "I am the loser." He is an investment advisor and bank board head. Charlie Jenkins is active practicing law and "enjoying every day of it." He thoroughly enjoys his lifestyle with his wonderful family and plans never to retire.

We missed seeing "Sunny" Foley at our mini - he has been in attendance in previous years. Sunny is now semi-retired and living in Stamford, Conn. He does some work for Xerox as a "a pseudo paralegal" as he puts it. He still keeps in good shape by working out four times a week at the Y.

We have heard from Walt Langley, who is now a retired school teacher living in Medford, Mass. He keeps his hands (or feet) in track activities by participating as a state track official in various meets.

And Doc Milt Lieberthal is still self-employed as a medical consultant to management and marketing in the pharmaceutical industry. He lives in a highrise apartment in Cincinnatti, Ohio, and is an ardent golfer. He retired from the private practice of medicine in 1972 and is very happy with his second career. He is coauthor of a medical textbook published in January of this year. He is very hopeful of joining us at future reunions.

Tom Lott is still working as an attorney in Detroit and spending his weekends at his island home in the middle of the St. Claire River. He is able, he says, "to watch ships of all nations pass within 500 feet of us (one every 17 minutes on an average)." He still travels extensively and is building a new home in Stuart, Fla.

Ben Burch, enjoying his life year around in Hanover, reports "a call out of the blue" recently from one William T. McCall. "Wild Bill" was reporting that he and his wife Edna have been traveling throughout the country visiting children and their offspring.

If you are inclined to travel you might make a tour of attendance at the many mini-reunions that Ben Drew is organizing for our Class in '79. We hope to receive news from these minis, which will be held in south Florida (WhipWalser) February 10; southwest Florida (JoeByram); Cape and South Shore (Don Marcus); Virginia and Washington, D.C. (Leon Warner); and Connecticut (John Zimmerman).

Other classmates who have indicated a desire to hold mini-reunions in their areas (if there is sufficient interest) include Marv Chandler in Carmel, Calif., Joe Roberts in Watkins Glen, N.Y., Art Mayes in Phoenix, Ariz., and CharlieDoerr in La Jolla, Calif.

These minis should kindle the fire for our big 50th in 1982!

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