1959

I was pleased to receive some early spring tidings from a couple of '59ers residing overseas. Chuck Lamb sent notice of a change of address. "The Lambs have moved from 'down under' in Australia to Tokyo, Japan, where Chuck is working as a vice president at Citibank. It is a big change for us. After five years in Sydney, we now have a new assignment in Tokyo for probably three or four years. This represents a completely new lifestyle and culture, but we're looking forward to it. My wife Chris and I, together with our daughter Susan, 14, arrived on February 12, and we are staying at the Hilton due to housing being tight and our household goods being still in transit. The two boys, Scott, 17, and Robert, 12, are temporarily staying in Australia to board at their old school. In September, Scott goes back to the U.S. for university (ouch many $$$) and Bob will join us in Tokyo, where he will enter school. As for Susan, she will probably stay here one semester and then possibly return to the States to attend boarding school. Very confusing! You'll be glad to know that my first 'outside' function here in Tokyo was a Dartmouth Club dinner on February 13. I saw Chick Igaya '57 and a lot of other less familiar faces. Chick is looking quite prosperous." Many thanks, Chuck, for updating us, and good luck in your new assignment.

Some news also came in from Jim Mueller. He and his wife Sylvia and two daughters are enjoying Belgian suburban life in Vossem, a small town on the outskirts of Brussels. After graduating from Tuck, Jim joined W. R. Grace in New York and subsequently undertook assignments in London and Europe. Then, working his way to president in charge of Grace's soft drinks division in 1974, he rose to become president of Europe's largest independent canning company, which does business throughout Europe and the Middle East. Our multinational classmates seem to be on the rise we'd be interested to hear more of what you're up to, James.

Back to Stateside, we received a press release announcing that Charlie Tell, who currently resides in Columbus, Ohio, has been named to chair the Columbus region in the Campaign for Dartmouth, the College's major capital gifts fund drive. He will direct a group of volunteers soliciting leadership gifts from alumni, parents and friends as part of this five-year campaign which has a goal of $160 million. Charlie is a partner in the law firm of Baker and Hostetler and is a member of the Columbus, Ohio, and American Bar Associations. Having been very active in legal affairs, especially transportation law, he is a member of the Motor Carrier Lawyers Association, chairs the Transportation Law Institute, and occasionally lectures on transportation law. Charlie has also been involved in his community; he currently chairs the Dartmouth alumni interviewing committee (and he was past president of the Dartmouth Club of Central Ohio), and keeps his hand in other church and club affairs locally. It would certainly make Charlie's job easier if everyone would send him a large check, pronto!

Sig Ginsburg reports that he and his family moved from Garden City, N.Y., to Cincinnati about 18 months ago, following his becoming vice president, finance, and treasurer of the University of Cincinnati, a comprehensive state university with 39,000 students, a more than $250-million budget, and a $90-million endowment. His wife Judi recently became director of women's opportunities at the YWCA and is enjoying her job tremendously, according to Sig. "She is concerned with counseling women on jobs and in helping develop job opportunities for them. In addition to my work, I've been publishing quite a bit in various professional journals and in Braniff Airline's in-flight magazine. My co-authored book, Managingthe Higher Education Enterprise, will be published in May by John Wiley and Sons (watch for the movie!). At the moment, my fun things include playing racquet-ball two mornings a week at 7:00 a.m. with the president and some other officers. (Management problem: What happens if you beat your boss or, worse, hit him with a ball or racquet?) I also answer questions about work and management twice a week on the national public radio station in Cincinnati. Who knows, my program might spread through the nation and I'll become the 'Dear Abby' of management. The yen for a radio program all comes from the fact that I was turned down as a disc jockey at WDCR!"

From the West Coast, we learned that Bob Helsell has been named president of Howard S. Wright Construction Company, based in Seattle. He had formerly been executive vice president and secretary. Bob, a Seattle native, was with the Aluminum Company of America at Vancouver, Wash., prior to becoming an accountant with Haskins and Sells in Seattle, then treasurer of Cascade Natural Gas Corporation, and then president of Automix Keyboards Inc. He is a former councilor of the town of Hunts Point, a suburb of Seattle, and currently serves as trustee and treasurer of the Seattle Art Museum. Bob resides with his wife, the former Linda Mary Clark, and their four children in Hunts Point.

We're into the spring season; time to pick up a pen and drop me a note of what you're up to, at the address above.

c/o Russell Reynolds Associates 245 Park Ave., N.Y., N.Y. 10017