1954
We were delighted to see that the Boston Globe honored Jack Donahue as coach-of-the-year. Jack has perennially been producing great soccer teams at Nauset Regional High School down on Cape Cod. For eight years his teams have made it to the state finals, and this year his soccer team took all the state honors. A side note: Nauset's winning baseball team last spring kept Jack from attending the 25th reunion, since his baseball team was also involved in state playoffs the weekend of the big party.
Dave Metz is working closely with Jack Patton's ('53) Magazine Development Group at McGraw-Hill Publishing Company. Dave reported that he has lost his first son to the South. Son Harry is off to the University of Georgia in Athens, Ga. However, with two more teenagers at home, Dave says there is a constant demand for beer at the Metz household. Dave's wife Betsy has joined the labor force as an editor and writer at the Institute of Socio-Economic Study in Purchase, Ny. This non-profit organization is helping the government find better ways to run the welfare department of this country.
Sandy and I visited with Bob and Barbara Levine during the holidays. Both have just completed a massive job rebuilding and restoring a big old Greenwich home, which is now a real show place. The Levines are very proud to have both sons at Dartmouth. Marc, a senior, just completed a successful year as publisher of TheDartmouth. His parents wondered how he could publish the paper while spending so much time at Wellesley, courting his fiancee.
We enjoyed holiday cocktails with Hugh and Phyllis Roberts at their nifty condominium in Tarrytown. Phyllis gave up teaching in the Ossining school system and has become a regular commuter to New York, where she is working at the Trade Center with National Life of Vermont. Hugh informed me that Barry Nova is introducing a new product line of snuff for the U.S. Tobacco Company up in Cos Cob. Barry is senior vice president of marketing and sales.
Joe and Mary Mesics spent New Year's Eve in Hanover, taking in a portion of the new Aul d Lang Syne, S.R.O. hockey classic hosted by Dartmouth during the Xmas holiday. After dropping off daughter Gretta '82 for the new winter term, Joe watched the U.S. Air Force Academy team vs; Maine, and then a tough Dartmouth team took on Vermont. Seaver Peters '54 was on hand to award appropriate retirement gifts to "Hutch" Hutchinson, resplendent in white tuxedo atop his famous ice-cleaning vehicle, marking the end of ten years of service to the D.C.A.C. Joe and Mary spent a few sentimental moments at Deke Park as they welcomed in the new year. The town of Hanover has even installed a comfortable park bench at the location of the former Deke House so one can sit and watch the passing Hanover scene at any hour. Joe reports that Joe Yukica did a fantastic job in building a stronger, more confident quarterback in Jeff Kemp '81 this fall.
Brief news and notes: Paul Mackey and Tom Maurey '55 were spotted on the Morfar golf course this fall. Mackey, you will remember, was awarded the longest drive at' the 25th reunion golf outing.
We were saddened to learn that Everett T. Rattray, publisher of the East Hampton, L.I., Star, died of cancer at his home on January 14. A detailed obituary will appear in this or the next issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE.
Seen in the national media: A very distinguished shot of Philadelphia's giant I.U. International's operating head and president, Jack Christy, in the December 24 issue of Forbes magazine. In the January 28 issue of Fortune, there was a handsome photograph and informative article about the reorganization of Rod Rockefeller's International Basic Economic Corporation in South America. In the beautiful people department, we spotted Frank Weiser and Ralph Destino in the company of lovely Elizabeth Taylor Warner (Mrs. John Warner) here in New York at the Floating Hospital's annual dinner-dance at Roseland in early December. Elizabeth Taylor was the recipient of the Cartier Award for all her charitable endeavors. Ralph naturally made the presentation, and Frank Weiser was responsible for the entire gala as a member of the board of the Floating Hospital. And just before press time, we learned in a brief note in the New York Times that Marsh and McLennan Inc. has named Bob Clements president of its executive committee.
An interesting note came from my regional correspondent and confidant, Fred Alpert: "You can imagine my shock Sunday morning when I turned on my television set, looking for the friendly face of Fred Flintstone, only to find he had been replaced by Jonathan Moore. Channel 5 in Boston featured an interview with Jon on a Sunday morning interview show. The interview related to an analysis of 'The Politics of Presidential Primaries.' Apparently Jon's organization, the Institute of Politics at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, has put out a book on the subject, and Jon was discussing the book and the lowa primaries. I turned on the program just at the end, so I can't give you much detail except that the interviewer said that Jon would be back on in the future to analyze the New Hampshire primary."
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