1959

I am delighted that the news from '59ers continues to flow in. I've heard from 15 people over the last eight weeks, and I look forward to hearing from more. Please keep communicating!

Rob Brown wrote that he is the proud father of his first child ("some of us bloom late"), a daughter born in February 1979. Rob is president "and sometimes chief envelope-licker" of a six-person public relations firm with a "mindboggling" variety of clients. As he put it, "for fear of being sentenced to riding the New Haven railroad from Westchester each day for the rest of my life, we moved to Minneapolis 17 years ago. Since then all of my work has been in communications, as radio station semi-exec and general manager. My second marriage was to a Swedish R.N. (who's in her second also - we call ourselves retreads), and we stand in awe of Elizabeth Anne Brown, Dartmouth class of 2001."

Bill Beshore is working as regional manager, based in San Francisco, for Ameron Corporation. He heads up marketing and oversees representatives for the northwestern part of the country as far east as Omaha and Kansas City and as far north as Alaska. Ameron manufactures corrosion-resistant coatings for petrochemical, marine, and heavy industry. He men- tioned that Jay Herpel is also employed by Ameron and that their paths cross frequently. "I have enjoyed living in San Francisco for some ten years now and can keep up-to-date by simply visiting a local watering hole, Henry Africa's, where most of the bartenders are recent Dartmouth grads. I play as much golf as I can and enjoy camping and bicycling, although fishing is my real joy. Last summer I landed a 50-pound king salmon and a 70-pound halibut in Alaska."

I was delighted to catch a glimpse of Ray Becker, who was passing through London en route to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he and his family will be taking up residence. Ray has been a marketing executive with Raytheon in Burlington, Mass., and has just been assigned to a marketing/general management role with a new Raytheon technical services joint venture in Saudi Arabia. It sounds like an exciting opportunity to start up a new venture in a market where Raytheon already has a strong client base. Keep in touch, Ray.

Congratulations are in order for MikeHellman, our stalwart class Alumni Fund head for the past several years. Mike's superior performance in orchestrating our class's Alumni Fund drive last year won him the fund's citation for outstanding performance. The College shared a copy of his citation with me and it reads, "For your consistent and dedicated work as head class agent during the 1979 campaign, we are pleased to award you this citation for outstanding performance. Without your help, the continuing and increasing success of the annual Dartmouth Alumni Fund could not have been possible." Well done, Mike, and we all appredate your continuing interest in 1959's fund raising challenges.

I had a brief note of greeting from BillColehower, who lives in Warrington, Pa. We look forward to hearing more from you, Bill, particularly about your own activities and those of other 's9ers whom you run across in your travels..

I was pleased to receive word from Nick Monsour, who is a Ph.D. resident of San Bernardino, Calif. In a note penned on a season's greetings card designed by his son Peter, Nick said that "my son Peter (Nicholas Peter IV) is a 14-year-old second-semester freshman at the University of Redlands, a fine private liberal arts college in southern California. Not only is the young man academically advanced, but he's also an accomplished pianist and artist. He's majoring in interdisciplinary studies, including concentration in German and French. He thought of following his father to Dartmouth, but the distance from home was just too great for a 13-year-old high school senior. Our two other boys, Nat and Rob, are also in programs for the mentally gifted." Wouldn't it be nice if we all had challenges similar to Nick's when it came to educating our own children. Good luck, Nick!

Rennie Spaulding wrote from San Francisco that he recently received another stripe at Crocker National Bank and is now a senior vice president in charge of Crocker's national correspondent banking efforts across the country. Congratulations, Rennie, and thanks for bringing us up-to-date on your latest achievements.

From the Manchester, N.H., Union Leader came a clipping dated December 26, 1979, reporting that John Perley has been named executive vice president of the $80-million Amoskeag National Bank and Trust Company. John has headed the commercial banking division since 1974, and the bank's president commented in the article that John's new executive position "better reflects his overall responsibilities within the bank, as well as his outstanding accomplishments in managing the bank's largest division." Earlier in his career, John held a commercial lending position at Chemical Bank in New York City and then joined Amoskeag as vice president of commercial loans in 1969. He was promoted to senior vice president and head of the banking division in 1974 and was elected to the board of directors in 1976. John is a member of the New Hampshire Bankers Association and has served as president of the Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences and as director of the Downtown Manchester Association and of the New Hampshire Performing Arts Council. He is presently a director of Child and Family Services of New Hampshire and a member of the Manchester Industrial Council. Congratulations, John, on your banking prowess and your ability to cling to a New Hampshire domicile - a lot of us envy you! More next month!

Carl McCall '58, left, receives congratulations from President Jimmy Carter uponhis appointment as an ambassador to the United Nations. The former New York StateSenator assumed his post as alternate representative for political affairs earlyin January. Looking on is New York Representative Charles Rangel, from the samearea that McCall formerly represented in Harlem and on the west side of Manhattan.

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