1954

Sandy and I spent a delightful two days with Hugh and Phyllis Roberts at their lovely secluded summer home on the North Fork of Long Island. Hugh took us on a tour of the North Fork and included the old fishing town of Greenport and the vast farm lands that surround the Cutchoque area of Long Island. This was a real summer highlight.

Lo-Yi Chan has finally been able to take the wraps off a very big story about a project he has been involved in with the College for many months. Let me quote from his recent letter to me.

"First, I have been asked by the College to update its master plan which dates from 1960. As you can imagine, conditions in 1980 differ vastly from 1960. Dartmouth continues to drive toward excellence, but within constraints neatly outlined by Dave McLaughlin in his New York speech and printed in a recent newsletter. The College is developing a capital budget on such new issues as energy, co-education, regulation conformance, even traffic and parking. Several older issues remain: the quality of student life, the preservation of the environment, and enhancement of the character that is Dartmouth and Hanover. We hope to have a proposal to put before the trustees in February, 1981.

"Secondly, I have been working on the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for the Social Sciences, also known as Rockefeller Center. Rod Rockefeller has been leading the effort to create this third center, following the Hopkins and Fairchild Centers built ten and 20 years earlier. A new building, Rockefeller Hall, will be built north of and attached to Silsby Hall. Silsby now houses government, sociology, and portions of psychology. Rockefeller Hall will have economics and policy studies. Together, they will offer spaces for individual work in each department as well as interdisciplinary studies in areas of public policy. A program is now being hammered out and design will begin in a few weeks. A proposal should be ready for the same February trustees' meeting.

"In this project, I have worked not only with Rod but also with Dick Plummer who, as head of Buildings and Grounds, is one of the College's heros in its major efforts to cut energy costs while keeping up the plant.

"You can imagine how I feel, having a part in such important events for the College. As an architect, I often think that my next project will be the best one. This time I definitely feel that I have been training a lifetime for the tasks now at hand."

Congratulations to Lo-Yi on his efforts towards these important Dartmouth projects. In addition to being chief administration officer and senior vice president of Chubb and Son, Tom Kelsey is a member of the Common Council of Summit, N.J. He relates that he is ' also chairman of the buildings and grounds committee with responsibility over the operation of the City Hall, all the parks, and even the sewage pumping station. (Now thats fantastic news, Tom! no samples, however.)

Charlie Morrison has really been doing an outstanding job in Region I (New England) for the Campaign for Dartmouth. Since January 1, leadership gifts amounting to $284,000 can be credited to Charlie's efforts. That's 189 per cent of the objective he set to accomplish in the western suburbs of Boston.

Tommy Sayles was the recipient of the Distinguished Citizen Award given by the Watchung Area Council of Boy Scouts of America. The president of Rutgers University made the presentation and said, in part, "... in recognition of his outstanding contributions in civic and community affairs, to business leadership, and his illustrious efforts for Boy Scouting and youth." Tom is chairman and president of the Summit Bancorporation and president of the Summit and Elizabeth Trust Company. Tom has been active in scouting for most of his life. He lives in Chatham with his wife Pat and three children.

It was great to see a big article and photograph of our own adopted classmate, Frank Del Vecchio, in the Boston Globe this summer. The article related how Frank set up his balloon stand in 1932 and started a life-long love affair with Dartmouth College. A subheadline stated, "I never made much money, but I had the power to make people smile. Not many people love their jobs the way I do. Money can't buy that." Frank, incidentally, attended our 25th reunion dinner last year and is a regular contributor to class of '54 Alumni Fund.

Tom Worthen '44 (far right) directed the Two By Fours in their recent appearanceat the Library of Congress and at the Kennedy Center. The singing group includes Palmer Worthen '49, Jack Gilbert '34, Tom Ruggles '50, and Dick Miner '51.

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