1960
Some of us enjoy the chance to get away from the winter by taking a trip to the Caribbean, or perhaps to Mexico or Hawaii. Dr. Frank Virnelli spent two weeks in Honduras, but he wasn't soaking up the sun on tropical beaches. Frank, a plastic surgeon from Winchester, Mass., spent a working vacation with a surgical team of 16 doctors that journeyed to the 260-bed regional Hospital Occidente in Santa Rosa de Capon, Honduras, on a trip sponsored by the Medical Group Missions of the Christian Medical Society in Oak Park, Ill. Repair of cleft lips was one of the most frequent operations performed by Frank, along with correction of skin contractures. Frank did get a chance to visit the Mayan ruins at Copan after an all-day bus trip down a bumpy dirt road, and he took his only hot bath at a hot sulphur spring. Most of Frank's patients heard about the availability of the medical team through radio broadcasts, but just before his trip had ended, Frank stopped a man with a cleft lip on the street and explained what could be done for him. The next morning Frank reconstructed his lip and really gave him something to smile about.
Last October we mentioned Denny Goodman's remarkable accomplishment of running in three major marathons in less than six months. Pete Erwin passed on this bit of information. Denny noted that Peter failed to mention that he had beaten Denny in the Cleveland race and did it carrying about thirty more pounds. According to Denny, Peter is "in incredibly good shape." Perhaps Dick Ossen should schedule a marathon for reunion, and I don't mean a beer-chugging marathon. We have lots of joggers and fitness freaks in the Class.
Ray Keating, president of Keating Insurance Inc., of Claremont, N.H., was elected vice president of the Professional Insurance Agents of New England at the annual convention in Boston. Ray previously served as a director of this 4000 member association as well as a member of various committees including the New Hampshire steering committee. He is also a member of several other professional insurance associations.
Borden Powers was named chairman of the Junior Achievement 1979 fund drive for the New Haven area. He is manager in the southcentral Connecticut area for Hartford National Bank and Trust Co., is a director of the Greater New Haven YMCA, and is active with the Chamber of Commerce. Borden and Leslie live in Guilford, Conn., with their two children.
Bill Colton, president of Baxter Reynolds Personnel Consultants Inc., of Hartford, Conn., was elected president of Winding Trails Inc. Bill has a law degree from Brooklyn Law School and was formerly the personnel manager for Allstate Insurance Company, New England region.
Bob Sanders is now the mining manager for the State of Alaska. Unfortunately, the state does not cut him in on a percentage basis. The Sanders have a new son, Stefan, to join Ross McKenney Sanders, age 12, and Wendy, age 13.
Dick and Arlene Davidson and their children, Robin and Andrew, were at the Yale game last fall and watched daughter Jody, a Dartmouth freshman, play first cymbal in the marching band after eight years of piano lessons.
Gordon MacVean has been elected president and chief executive officer of International Mine Service Co., a subsidiary of National Mine Service Co. He joined the company in 1963 and was previously vice president of corporate affairs. Gordon lives in Pittsburg, Pa.
John Youle is now a political counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Montevideo, Uruguay. John notes that Mariela Maria joined the family last May, adding a Uruguayan to two Dominicans and a New Yorker. He finds Uruguay to be an interesting post, quite near his wife Ines's family in Buenos Aires. John anticipates that the State Department will catch up with him for a Washington tour around 1980, at which point he may again be able to see the campus and a little football after many years of absence.
Dr. Dudley Weider is happily practicing otolaryngology at Hitchcock Clinic and has been back in Hanover for about five years. Herb Maurer and Eric Sailer are also at Hitchcock. Dudley and Eric enjoy white-water canoeing with their sons and occasionally play for the same "old men's" hockey league. Dudley recently spent a pleasant evening with Jerry Gurst who has taught organic chemistry in Hanover for several summers. Jerry took a short European trip at the end of the summer before returning to his regular teaching position at the University of Florida in Pensacola where he resides in a new ocean-front home.
Dr. Quentin R. Regestein is feeling a bit shy about sending class notes since he never moves, changes jobs, or remarries. In addition to his other chores, he now directs a clinic at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston for problems connected with sleep (or the lack of it).
If you really want to know what our classmates are doing, be sure to come to our 20th reunion, June 15-17. There is plenty of time left to sign up.
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