1941

This comes in at the last moment, with just time to put it at the top of a column already written: Pete Coombs died on January 23, suddenly, in Mountainside Hospital, Glen Ridge, N.J. An obituary next month.

Many of you may have received this past month the same letter that I did from Stacy Hill. It says:

"As you may know, Bud Hart resigned last fall after serving six years with great dedication and effectiveness as our 1941 Alumni Fund head agent. Because we have had difficulty in finding a replacement for Bud, and recognizing the importance of the Alumni Fund campaign to our Class and the College, I have decided to resign my position as class president and to assume the duties of head agent."

The messages from this are two: First, Stace is now the guy in charge of working on you to get up the scratch to help the College pay the bills for all the things you read about in the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. Second, the Class of '41 has no president at the moment.

How did Stace manage to resign? What do we do about this situation? Beats me. If I find out anything, I'll let you know.

"Well known Old Saybrook watercolorist Roger Epply has made his mark as a versatile artist whose work can be seen in places ranging from trade magazines to church walls and national exhibitions ... Epply is one of few artists who has made a name for himself in both commercial work and the fine arts."

Thus spoke the Old Lyme (Conn) Gazette this winter, in a feature story on Rog and his work. His specialty is portraits of boats, from tankers on down. If any of you in the Northeast quadrant ever hit the Dock 'n Dine restaurant on the Saybrook waterfront, the mural you " view was painted by Roger. So were the murals in the bank and the Congregational Church, hut the odds of your chancing upon them are slimmer.

A marginally comprehensible note from Dick Krolik reveals that he has left his post as staff director of the congressional Ad Hoc Committee on Energy, as predicted here some months ago. He is now off to work for the Census Bureau, something no one could have predicted.

New Jersey banker George Baine was scheduled to retire on May 1. Where Beano is headed, I don't know, but he'll doubtless pass the word when he gets there.

Chan Robinson's occupation is industrial development consultant for Texas Electric Service Co,. helping bring new industry into the Fort Worth area. His avocation is writing books and articles, mostly on Texas and its past. And any of you who have fiddled around with books may eat your heart out: A recent newspaper column on Chan revealed that his latest book, a biographical work, was issued in a leatherbound, signed, limited edition with slip case and a $150 price tag. It sold out. Those who waited for the second edition get a bargain. It's in half-leather and goes for only $85 a copy.

The newly-elected vice president of Bavier, Bulger and Goodyear, management consultant firm in New Haven, Conn., is Bill English. Took office in March.

A few gleanings from the address-change notices:

Freddy Maloon is back east after many a year in Lafayette, Calif. He's now at 505 Kings Rd., Yardley, Pa. 19067.

A couple of our medical buddies are on the move. Last year we reported that Dr. Frank Munsey was back stateside from Samoa with a temporary address in Marblehead; he's now relocated in Williamsburg, Va. And Dr. Dick Olmstead has left Wilmette, Ill., for Denver, Col., perhaps for a new teaching post. Dick's last sojourn out west was at the University of Oregon Medical School.

And Dick Gagne has left Holyoke, Mass., for new quarters at Schueler Rd., Provincetown, Mass. 02657.

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