1965

This month we have news items from near and distant places, which adds credence again to the assumption that Dartmouth's sons gird the earth. Steaming westward from Pearl Harbor on the U.S.S. Cochrane, encumbered with torpedo tubes, anti-sub rockets, missile launchers, and other weapons producing bangtype noises, is Leitutenant Commander Steve Farrow with the crew of 335 plus other units of the 7th Fleet. Steve has been carrying the flag to the kingdom of Tonga and to New Caledonia.

Out on the western fringe of the continental U.S., Tom Barnett has nailed down another corner of the world for a while: Portland, Ore. In January, Tom formed a new law partnership going by the name of Herman and Smith. Meanwhile, Hugh McGee has become a member of an eastern law firm, operating in Hartford, Conn., by the name of Murtha, Collin, Richter and Pinney.

Barbara Daily writes that rather than stay in the relative cool of Westchester, N.Y., she is moving to the summer humidity and heat of Columbia, S.C., to join husband John Daily. John has been moved into Columbia to be the local IBM branch manager. Bill Webster, however, will stay in New York as he has been promoted vice president of sales at the investment firm of Blyth, Eastman Dillion, Inc.

After six years in Boston holding down the same job for S. D. Warren, I, too, have been moved into a new position. Getting out of the old job of planning and financial analysis was personally difficult because I had built so much of myself into it. But now after two months of playing the role of general manager of graphic arts products, the transition has more reality to it. What fun it is to grow in another new dimension!

Two classmates have joined the ranks of those trying to insure the continued growth of significant private educational institutions. Jack Herney is the development officer of Exeter Academy's $22.6-million Third Century Fund with responsibility for major gifts. Jack's wife Susan is associate dean of students at Exeter.

Having had his fill of wrestling alligators in the Okefenokee and counting ears at Disneyworld, Bill Oberlink has emerged from the orange groves of Florida to serve as top banana (head class agent) for the class Alumni Fund at Dartmouth. Not only should we welcome Bill to this important position within our class organization, we should also give a strong round of snaps for Jack Hosmer who is stepping down after his three years in the yoke. All involved in the funding of the Dartmouth experience would like us to commemorate this leadership change by spreading a lot of ink with our Shaeffers, BICs, Papermates, Parkers, and Pilots.

To conclude this month's version of who, what, where, and when, let's read Dick Tabor's fine example of what my mailbox could accommodate more of

"Just to prove that I have not fallen into a hole, maybe I can catch up. ...

"I graduated from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University with a Ph.D. in economics and geography in 1969-70. From there with the first child (daughter Malaika) we proceeded to a six-year stint in teaching and research at Harvard. During this period 1 worked first in development planning in south Asia and then evolved into economic and planning work in the environmental area. Before leaving Harvard I co-authored several books, the last one, LandUse and the Pipe: Planning for Sewerage, was an engineering/economic text for planners and laymen faced with decisions on expansion of sewerage systems in suburban areas. While we have had no formal requests for the movie rights, we are still hoping. . . .

"My stay at Harvard ended in 1976 and I moved on to another Cambridge institution, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where I am now manager of the utility systems program in the Energy Laboratory, and a lecturer on environmental and energy planning in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning. The work in the Energy Laboratory has evolved into directing a set of research programs in both solar energy — in particular, photovoltaics (look that one up in the dictionary) — and in electric utility management and control.

"Cambridge has been home for the Tabor family since 1970 with the exception of two short tours of duty in Bangladesh and summers in South Dartmouth, Mass. The family size is now four, with a son R. David added in 1972. Both children go to school in Cambridge and Pat teaches full time in the Cambridge schools as well. Our only significant problem is that we may shortly opt for a family computer with a detailed linear programming model of activities to keep the gymnastics, skiing, bicycling, and daddy's travel around the U.S. and beyond under some rational control.

"Despite my ghost-like behavior, I enjoy finding out what class members are doing and would encourage some equally ghostly figures to come out of the woodwork...."

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