1955

As you read this column, there will be less than two months before we all gather for the glorious 25th on June 12-15. The reunion committee is polishing up logistical details necessary to feed, house, and entertain' all returnees in first-class style.

We gleaned a little news from the last reunion committee meeting, which is fortunate, since lately it has been a tough job to fill this space with news.

Roy Nyren, who is in charge of the memorial service at reunion, informed us that he is now ranked 49th by the New England Lawn Tennis Association in the senior division (age 45 and older). One assumes that there are at least 50 people in this age grouping.

Woody Goss, who chairs the reunion program committee with Pete Buhler, reported a job change. Woody is now a senior vice president with the Union National Bank in Lowell, Mass. He serves as senior lending officer and head of the commercial banking group for Union, which is the State Street Bank's largest affiliate. Woody is filling the slot recently vacated by the president of the Union National Bank.

We received a short note from Ralph Miller indicating that he was on his way to a skiing date at Copper Mountain in Colorado, where he was going to display his championship style with Harry Lewis and his wife Tanya. Ralph currently resides in Lexington, Ky., and promised to be at the reunion.

A note from the father of Newell Stultz indicated that his son left in January with his wife and daughter for Pretoria, South Africa, where he will be visiting professor at the University of South Africa while on sabbatical from Brown University. Their son Elliot is a member of the class of '83 at Dartmouth. Unfortunately, Newell will not return from his African duties until mid-July and therefore will miss reunion.

Lyn Brock wrote that he attended Alumni College last summer with his wife and two children and stayed in Middle Fayerweather, his old digs. Like all of us, Lyn is mellowing, as he observed that the food at Thayer was excellent and that the College has "only changed for the better." He also promised to be on the scene in June.

Jim Wiggin wrote that he will be in Hanover for the reunion and also for the graduation of his son, James 111. His son Thomas will be graduating from Bucknell and his daughter Susan will be graduating from high school this year, so he will be rather busy. As we recall Jim flies his own plane, however, so he should be able to appear at all of those critical functions.

Lastly, Bob Garver, the president of the Charlestown Savings Bank (and, more importantly, he's co-chairing our reunion attendance committee), appeared in print in the Boston Globe recently. He was bemoaning the effect of disintermediation on the thrift industry and explaining the measures being taken by that industry to attract new deposits. It was a very scholarly piece.

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