1960

Some time ago Dick Griggs sent me a feature article on Pete Easter from the Times-Dispatch of Charlottesville, Va. Peter runs Easter Associates Inc., a management firm that caters to the service needs of trade and professional groups in Virginia such as the Virginia Association of Broadcasters and the Masonry Contractors Association of Virginia. On behalf of such clients, Pete's firm will lobby at the state capitol, publish and mail newsletters, handle correspondence, and launch membership and advertising campaigns. The company will also handle financial affairs for its clients and arrange for conferences and conventions. Pete acts as executive director for five such associations and provides administrative leadership. Although his firm is only two years old, it has increased the membership rosters of each of its five client associations by more than 50 per cent.

John Reimer has been awarded the chartered property casualty underwriter designation by the American Institute for Property and Liability Underwriters, a nonprofit educational organization which has established a program of professional education and certification for insurance industry personnel. John is a vice president in charge of the claim department at Excess and Treaty Management Corporation, the sixth largest reinsurance company in the county. John and his wife Lynne reside in Tallman, N.Y., with their four children.

Rory Mullett has been appointed the director of personnel planning for Allied Chemical with responsibility for ensuring that the long-term human resource needs of the corporation are identified and met. Rory joined Allied Chemical in 1974 as corporate manager of labor relations and became director of environmental organization development in 1976 after serving as corporate manager of personnel planning. Rory's wife Heather is antitrust counsel for Allied. Rory notes that the kids are not yet on the payroll. Kerry, age 13, wants a horse badly, and Conor, age 12, is a big jock. Rory wonders if any classmates have a low-rental-rate stall in Basking Ridge, N.J.

Sam McMurtrie has been named vice president of the corporate trust division of the First National Bank of Boston. Sam earned an M.B.A. from Columbia University in 1966 and joined the FNB in 1967 as a management trainee.

I received a news clipping with a picture of Gus Leach in hard hat addressing a crowd of 600 strong during the official opening of Thunder Bay Terminals Ltd. Gus is president of this subsidiary of Federal Industries Ltd. and a vice president of the parent company. The company, located at the western end of Lake Superior, provides a terminal for receiving and storing coal from unit trains from western Canada and loading it on lake vessels bound for eastern Canada. The terminal is expected to reach a capacity of six 105-car trains per week. Each car carries 100 tons of coal. Gus and Gail and their three daughters live in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Gus recently finished a two-year stint as president of the Winnipeg Art Gallery and for several years has been on the executive committee of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers professional football team.

I owe a word of thanks to Bill Hale '44 for sending an announcement of Wayne Given's promotion to director, personnel relations department, corporate relations at Eastman Kodak. Wayne is a committeeman on the Rochester, N.Y., area committee for the Campaign for Dartmouth.

Bob Hatch, vice president and general manager of the Big G cereal division of General Mills has been elected a group vice president with ' responsibility for specialty retailing operations. The specialty retailing group includes Eddie Bauer Inc., Lewards Creative Crafts, The Talbots, and Wallpapers To Go. Bob joined General Mills in 1963 and became a vice president in 1974. He served as executive vice president of the Gorton's seafood subsidiary and as general manager of the Golden Valley Division before heading Big G.

Bill Batt has been appointed executive vice president of First Bank and Trust Co., Indianapolis. He continues in charge of the bank's trust department, bank investment portfolio, money desk, and wire transfers.

Jack Benson, a senior vice president of State Street Bank and Trust Company, Boston, Mass., has been re-elected treasurer of The New England Council Inc. Jack joined the State Street Bank in 1969 and previously served as senior vice president of State Street Bank Realty.

Elizabeth Topham Kennan, wife of MartinBudd, was inaugurated as president of Mount Holyoke last fall. Lyon Greenberg, M.D. '54, who represented John Hopkins University in the academic procession during the inauguration ceremonies, notes that Marty and his wife appeared on spirited horses during the pre-installation ceremonies. Dartmouth was represented at the inauguration by Sandy McCulloch '50.

Nick Muller was inaugurated as the fifth president of Colby-Sawyer College in a two-day ceremony last September. The inauguration occurred nearly eight months after Nick was appointed to the position. The ceremony was attended by 300 guests including representatives from other colleges. Nick previously served in faculty and administrative positions at Dartmouth, Mt. Allison University, and the University of Vermont. In 1973 he became director of the Living and Learning Center at UVM. He belongs to many professional, governmental, and civic organizations and is a noted authority on Vermont history. Nick and Nancy have two sons, Charles, age 16, and Brook, age 13.

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