1965
My thanks this month to treasurer Jim Scott and to Nancy Hansen, who helped explain why we get so little direct news about what's going on with you out there in alumni land. We're all straight-out busy, busy. Nancy wondered in writing about what happened to the quiet boy she used to know who would sit at a bar and drink beer. Roger Hansen, a doctor practicing orthopedic surgery, sacrificed his beer habits by getting elected as president of the South Orange-Maplewood, N.J., Board of Education.
In our conversation, Scotty and I decided that what was true for us was true for many others, namely that we've advanced beyond the initial career-testing moves and settled into more responsible time-eating positions at work. At the same time, as our tenure in home communities has lengthened, we've gradually accepted more and more roles (time traps) in these communities.
Class Agent Bill Oberlink (Arthur Young, Miami) relayed word that Frank Hermes and family have moved from Westfield to Wilton, Conn. Frank's letterhead carries the Citibank logo and in fine type the words "vice president." A Christmas newsletter from Chip Hayes and Connie via Bill spoke of tennis leagues, Harvard Business School reunions, ski trips to Tahoe and Vail, other trips to New York and Vegas for tennis, and football in Ann Arbor. On top of those activities were layers of business-related travel to Seattle, Phoenix, Salt Lake, and Honolulu in the capacity of managing director for the investment banking firm Warburg, Paribas, Becker. Operating out of Los Angeles with a staff he has doubled, Chip executes financings and mergers. Wife Connie meanwhile has changed jobs and is a contract analyst for Tandem Computers Inc. When you see them in June, ask about their home remodeling experiences.
John Purves received a nice Christmas present as 1979 closed off the decade. The board of directors of the Eastman Kodak Company elected him an assistant secretary of the company. John has been on the corporate legal staff since 1976, when he moved over after eight years with the Rochester law firm of Johnson, Reef, and Mullan. Charles Scherer informed us that he recently became a partner in the New York City law firm of Hughes, Hubbard, and Reed. A final note on our budding barristers: Weaver Gaines is now assistant general counsel and secretary of Indian Head Inc. of New York. As of December 15, Weaver has been married to the former Karen A. Gannett a Smithie '75.
When we collect in Hanover on June 13-15 for reunion, many of you will discover that the national average for divorces is consistent with our class's experience. Claude Liman asked if we print news of divorces. Memory says we have not done much along that line in the past, but we will now, as you bring it to our attention. When you draw a blank on names or faces at reunion, there is a 50/50 chance the spouse or date is someone new. Back to Claude: Not only is he divorced now, he is also separated from his compulsion with marathon running. His best was a 2:52 in Duluth in June 1978. Including Boston last year, he has been in six altogether. Now his running is back to 40 miles per week instead of 100. When Claude comes to Hanover, it will be as part of his earned sabbatical from the English Department at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Hopefully, in all our "busy-ness," we are mixing the pleasures of a good life in with the challenges." hard work, and frustrations. Charles "Stormy" Mayo came to our attention as one who is doing just this. Stormy gives illustrated lectures on whales as a followup to his work as director of the cetacean research program at the Provincetown, Cape Cod, Center for Coastal Studies. His pictures include shots of two huge right whales taken on a whale sighting tour off Provincetown. These 30-ton mammals have followed commercial whalers into being nearly extinct. Stormy has a doctoral degree from the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences in Miami.
With less than two months until reunion, there is still time to arrange to be there. Many of us will be disappointed if you don't surface. Bring your mate, offspring, at least one of your '65 roommates, hiking boots, Nikes, rowing shorts, one clean washcloth, your luge, and a flashlight.
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