1947

Again Frank Weber and his assistant class agents have done a fine job on the Alumni Fund drive, raising 107 per cent of our goal. After 30 years with Shell Oil, Frank retired on August 1. Knowing his zest and enthusiasm, I am sure that after a short rest, Frank will be starting a new career probably in the packaging or plastics field. Also, after 34 years with the Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company, our newsletter editor, Townes Harris Jr., has left to become head of the trust department of the Factory Point National Bank in Manchester Center, Vt.

In another career change, Grant Tinker was named president of the National Broadcasting Company. Grant began his TV career in the television department of several large advertising agencies and was with the programming department of NBC from 1961 to 1967. Grant has been president of MTM Productions, which is considered one of the best independent television studios in Hollywood. With the success he has had producing top-rated shows, both from a quality and Nielsen standpoint, Grant's talents should certainly improve NBC's television programming.

After reading some of the more recent columns devoted mainly to our classrrtates' civic and business endeavors, one of my Crosby roommates, Irwin Weinstein wrote asking for equal time for those in science. I am glad to oblige. After finishing his medical training, he taught at the University of Chicago and was a professor of medicine at UCLA. Irwin pioneered the use of diagnostic radioisotopes in hematology and began research on red-cell enzymes. Since 1960, he has been in private practice in hematology and internal medicine. He was chief of staff of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center from 1972 to 1974. Besides his private practice, Irwin has been active in national medical politics and education, testifying frequently before Congressional committees. He is a member of the Committee on Space Biology in Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and dealt with the development of appropriate biological ex periments in outer space. This year He wAs elected to the Institute of Medicine Of tHe National Academy of Sciences. His wife JudithS an expert in the field of ethnic arts and'director of the Arts Reach Program at the I'C.I.A Extension Division. They have two sons, Jin;. '28. a lawyer, and David, 26, a film writer. It sounds like Irwin has been busy since I last saw him some 30-odd years ago.

The class of 1947 has a large number of very interesting classmates in all fields of endeavor. Use this column to share your career and family achievements with the rest of your classmates and other Dartmouth alumni.

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