1956

Some classmates have been making headlines, or at least some news. The Boston Sunday Globe had almost a half page devoted to a story entitled "Anatomy of a Classic Syndication," a blow-by-blow description of a real estate venture headed by our own Robert Danziger.

Then a copyrighted story by the Chicago Tribune, appearing in many papers throughout the country, entitled "The Amityville Horror," gives mention to the lawyer handling the many problems of the owners of the famous haunted house on Long Island. The lawyer? None other than Michael Zissu, our classy class ambulance chaser.

Then in the New York Post appeared the scuttlebutt of what's going on at NBC between super-genius Fred Silverman (not a classmate) and super (the Post called him feisty) producer Woody Fraser (classmate). It appears that after a number of incredible success storeis, i.e. "The Mike Douglas Show," "Good Morning America," etc., Woody has had a problem with his talk show "America Alive" and old Freddybaby and Woody are having their disagreements. That's okay, Woody, your ratings are high with your classmates.

Then the Berlin Reporter reported HowardWebber as the new publisher of Open Court Publishing Company. Howard has held several publishing management positions in the past, as well as having served on the editorial board of the Folger Library in Washington, D.C. In addition, Howard is an advisor to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, has written for the New Yorker and is listed in Who's Who inAmerica.

And finally, from the Stamford Advocate, we learn that Andrew Sigler has been named chairman of the board of Champion International Corp.

But let's go to the mailbag. You remember way back when, in order to boost news for this column, I promised to give five dollars to the Alumni Fund for every letter received during a two-month period ending yesterday. Well, not counting the 74 complaint letters on previous columns, the letter from our class president telling me to "get on the stick," six obscene letters (one of which I keep under my pillow), and a fruit cake from Elliott Weinstein, I received and will honor as legitimate efforts to help this column two and a half letters. I can only give Jack Crowley half-letter credit as he wrote, "Dear Pig. Here's my letter and I thank you in advance for your $5.00 additional Alumni Fund contribution." Jack, I'm sorry, but that is only worth $2.50.

One five-dollar letter was written by BobLong. For those who might not know or remember, Bob is with Hughes Aircraft as a senior project engineer. He writes, "In my new position I will be responsible for projects that the division I am in (technology support division) performs for the space and communications group at Hughes. These projects help fulfill the electronic components and materials needs for the scientific (NASA) and military spacecraft built by that group. One of the programs I am involved with is the Galileo Probe, which will travel to Jupiter in 1982-1984. It will carry scientific instruments into the atmosphere of Jupiter and land on its surface, very much like the Pioneer-Venus probes, also built by Hughes, that are about to fulfill their mission." Bob also reports of his family, which in- cludes a working wife and three children, and mentions occasional get-togethers with the JohnLiebmans. Thank you Bob, and save me a seat. I need a lift.

The other appreciated letter comes from LenNeely. And this letter is worth $7.50 because it is a first since graduation: "I continue to be surprised at the shortness of our column in the Alumni Mag as compared to the amount of personal news in the WWW. I must admit that it gives me some trouble. But then I never write to either one!

"You know, I have never thought much about the traditions which surround our alma mater. But the picture on the front of the November issue of the Alumni Mag somehow rang a bell in me. 1 found myself singing 'Men of Dartmouth ... the loyal sons who love her...'Now don't get me wrong, I voted in favor of women at the Big Green. But what did they do to all those men oriented songs we had to learn prior to arriving in Hanover in September 1952? And which we sang for Glee Club, etc? If I am showing my level of participation over the last 20-plus years, I plead guilty. In fact, my new year's resolve is to change all that.

"I am now working as a data processing systems analyst for Kaiser Electronics in Palo Alto, Calif. This is a return to a firm with which 1 consulted as an analyst ten or 12 years ago. We have a small department and have the ability and reputation of giving our 'customers' fast turnaround and not being tied up in company red tape. This is a nice posture after many years of working for large companies where the reverse was the rule - more often than not.

"I almost never read quips for former residents of Lord and Streeter. Where are they now - Dave Rubin, Don MacKay, Al Welty, Mott Shockey, Bob Becker, Steve Osman, Russ Brace? (Hal Gordon just surfaced in WWW.) Join the ranks of the writers, you guys. "Hey! Don't forget this costs you $5.00 - but that's not the reason I chose to write."

No, Len. I know. My wife knows. My hairdresser knows. And President Kemeny knows.

And finally our foreign scholar, Amaning K."Sark" Sarkodie, writes in part: "Since Christmas is approaching, I would like to send this simple letter to you expressing my sincere thankfulness to the '56 Class. My interaction with some of the members like Mr. Chuck Soule and Mr. Keare has played no small part in my stay in the U.S. I also hope to have a nice stay for the rest of my years at Dartmouth."

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