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Manufacturers Hanover Trust has elected Don McCree executive vice president of its national division. You may have spotted Don in the bank's recent national magazine advertising where he was featured along with other top executives of the organization. He has been with the bank since he got out of the Navy in 1960, working in a variety of positions in the national and international divisions, including a twoyear stay as officer in charge of the London office. Don, who lives with his wife and three children in Chappaqua, N.Y., is currently serving on the class executive committee.
Another executive committee member, Jerry Manne, writes that he has been elected a trustee of the Chicago Zoological Society, a significant contributor to Chicago's cultural climate. Ever the kidder, Jerry comments that his selection leads him to believe that his "experience with the animals on East Wheelock Street was not wasted." Jerry has also been appointed to the board of the River Forest, Ill., Police Pension Fund. He is an independent commodity trader and has been a director and vice chairman of the Chicago Board of Trade.
The United States Pharmacopeial Convention has elected Dr. Martin Carter to the 1980-85 committee of revision in the area of dermatology. Marty is a professor of dermatology at the Yale School of Medicine, is a principal investigator of grants for the National Institutes of Health, and serves on the editorial boards of several medical journals. This committee revises the source book for information on drugs manufactured, prescribed, and used in the United States.
Congratulations and best wishes from the class to Art Raybin and his bride Deborah Elizabeth Wiley, who were married this summer. She is manager of industrial marketing and a director of the publishing firm John Wiley & Sons, Inc., the sixth generation of the family active in that company. Deborah is a graduate of Pine Manor Junior College, of which she is a trustee, and Boston University. Art is president of a company that acts as fundraising consultant to colleges, preparatory schools, and cultural institutions.
Bill Race has been elected assistant treasurer of the board of the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce. He is a vice president and heads a group at First National Bank of Chicago and is also the president of our local elementary school district in Northbrook, Ill. W. R. Grace & Co. has appointed Gerald G. Garbacz president of Baker & Taylor Co., the book distribution unit of Grace. He moved up from a position as vice president of W. R. Grace & Co.
Jim Spence is profiled in a recent article about his high-visibility position as executive vice president of ABC's sports division. When one considers that Jim has been with ABC Sports since 1960, the sheer longevity of his association in a turbulent business and his role in the evolution of televised sports are fascinating. The developing financial magnitude of televised sports is illustrated by the fact that ABC paid $650,000 for the 1964 Olympics in Innsbruck (CBS paid $50,000 for the 1960 summer games in Rome); in 1984 ABC will pay $300 million to televise the summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The popularity of the games as prime-time attractions can hardly be questioned after looking at those numbers. Jim designates Joe Namath, Arnold Palmer, and Mohammed Alias the most charismatic sports personalities of the era. Milestones for Jim and ABC-TV during this turbulant 20 years include "Wide World of Sports" in 1961, N.F.L. football on Monday night in 1970, and the introduction of the "Superstar" series in 1974. When we consider the challenges of deregulation, cable TV, and even the aging of Howard Cosell, there can be no doubt that Jim Spence will face plenty of creative opportunities in the years ahead.
Turning to the real world of war, geopolitics, and oil, we note Hal Bernsen's key assignment as commanding officer of the U.S.S. LaSalle, the Navy's flagship in the -Persian Gulf.
We are in trouble and need help. At the class secretaries' meeting in Hanover last spring, we learned that the clipping services employed by the College that have provided material for the ALUMNI MAGAZINE columns have been curtailed as an economy move. As a result, our information base has shrunk dramatically. Larry Weltin, our talented newsletter editor, expressed our plight in his last edition. Neither of us is getting any information directly from classmates. Please take a minute to drop me a line so this column can continue and can provide something other than news releases from the Eastern Seacoast.
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