1929

The class has a fine asset in the notes you write with your dues checks. Some are grist for the newsletter and some just tease with a line or two. Dmitry Shiraeff said he's OK after a heart attack. Sawyer Kier was having laser treatments for cataracts. Rick Rimbach reported constant tours and a lot of golf back at home on Maui. John Thompson and his wife Bert are grateful for health and freedom at Hilton 'Head. Russ Goudey is starting a new career; we'll have to find out more. Irv Levitas reported no news but in a hand so clear people can probably read his prescriptions. Ed Walsh and others wrote again thanking Trunkie Brittan for all he does for us.

Maurie Mandelbaum has settled permanently in Hanover and teaches a course in the fall and spring terms. He said, "The college is getting along well, with fewer of the major troubles which plague other schools these days ..." Panos Georgopulos's daughter, Nina George, graduated Phi Bete from Connecticut College and received a state poetry award. She has an A.M. in philosophy and is now a professor at Boston College while working on her doctorate. Panos was and would be proud. Bill Magenau reported seeing Art d'Elia, complete with Hemingway beard. Bill added he was struck with how much Jack Hubbard's signature on the dues letter resembles the word "Cash."

Chris Born had a numb arm early in September, and his doctor advised him to call if it was repeated. A week later he stopped to see Howard Nichols in West Newbury and learned Howard had had a clot removed from a carotid artery. He sent Chris back to his doctor, who arranged an angiogram. They found a clot and cleaned it out. Chris and Jane took off for Seattle to see Hessie, Jim Hodson's widow first time in 22 years for a wonderful reunion. They then flew to San Francisco for a delightful dinner with Dan and Jeanne Marx in Menlo Park. Chris is now fit as a fiddle. It sure pays to visit our classmates, and we can't say enough for the joy of it.

Nick Vincent finds more and more need for doctors at state hospitals so he can ignore the official retirement rule at Columbia, S.C., where he and Joyce enjoy things very much.

The College section in December's ALUMNIMAGAZINE told of a $1 million gift by Marian Cook in memory of John Brown Cook to help support the INVENTE design center at the Thayer School of Engineering. John was an overseer of Thayer and saw to it that his successors in his Reliable Electric Company took an active part in this outstanding work.

At Mat Rock's house in Osterville we had a short chance to catch up with Ken Moran and Virginia. They shared our 50th with their son John Moran '54, who was at his 25th, and their grandson Peter, who was a sophomore. Their son Ken is a member of the class of '52!

From Maurie Mandelbaum's note and the reports I get from Professor Jeff Hart, we're encouraged about things in Hanover. Here's this month's spasm:

Now the sons of Eleazar Shave their whiskers with a laser, And their tutors are computers. All isnew, But I watch them move with prudence On the newer type of students. They still have to do as Daddy used to do.

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