1952

As memories of our glorious 30th dim, we note once again the changing of the guard for the illustrious class of '52. Having read all the glowing reports of reunion, I regret not having been able to attend. And, as is usually the case, when you're not present you get elected to something. I look forward to serving the class. However, Charlie Blakemore's prose will be a hard act to follow!

Waiting in the departure lounge at O'Hare Airport for a flight to Los Angeles recently, I spied a familiar face which I had not seen in quite some time. It was Pete Burnside, Except for a slight graying at the temples, Pete looked just as he did 30 years ago. However, the ravages of time have made me less recognizable, so Pete had to do a double-take in replying to my hail. Pete, Suzette, and their daughter Beth, who is a sophomore in high school, were on the same plane as I. Quite a coincidence. Pete is teaching, coaching, and counseling at New Trier High School and during the summer operates a small resort in Wisconsin. As you will recall, Pete spent a number of years in professional baseball; he spent 10 years with the Giants, followed by stints with Detroit, Washington, and Baltimore, and also played ball in Japan for two years. Upon his return to the States, Pete studied for his master's degree at Northwestern and then began teaching. In addition to Beth, the Burnsides have two boys —Jim, age eight, and John, four years old. I'm sure Pete has already got them in training.

A recent news item concerning DickBressler, president and c.e.o. of Burlington Northern Inc., said that Dick was due for promotion to chairman. This caps a successful career path at GE, American Airlines, and ARCO. The Minneapolis-St. Paul Dartmouth Club now has a new recruit! j

Back east, Norm Log<in is senior vice presi- dent, administration and corporate planning, of the Boston Companies. His boss is Suds BiSsell '5l, who is president and c.e.o. Norm and Dusty have a daughter, Debbie, who is a sophomore at Dartmouth, and twins, Jeff and Jim, who are in high school. Occasionally crossing Norm's path are Jay Anderson, who is a partner at Price Waterhouse, neighbor John North, who is ex- ecutive vice president of New England Telephone and Telegraph, and the inimitable Jack Boyle.

As recently-appointed vice president, con- sumer products for Latin America, peripatetic Terry Malone is handling S.C. Johnson's business south of the border from Racine, Wise. Terry has been been with S.C.Johnson 25 years. With daughter Kathy just entering Colorado College, Terry and Sally have seen the last of the brood leave the nest. Kevin, who graduated from Bowdoin, is a charter pilot, and Denny is going to Northwestern Graduate School of Business after having graduated from Colorado College, Terry sees Bill Randall occasionally. Bill, as you all know, is president of the Dart- mouth Alumni Council.

Another person celebrating a quarter- century's employment with the same firm is Jackson Coleman, who has toiled for Merrill Lynch in Chicago for all that time. A sign of our times is how far the children can get from home son William, 20, is at the University of Miami in Florida and Kathleen, 23, an alumna of Smith, is in advertising in San Francisco. (Do you remember when living in the next town was far away?) It looks like Jackson and Judy have a good excuse to travel.

Another Midwesterner, Don Chambless, is vice president of the Chicago Corporation, a local investment house, where he has been for a year and a half now. Don's children Richard, Suzette, and Carolyn are all grown up and on their own, leaving Don and Gundula at home with her son Bjorn. Don manages to keep busy in his spare time by chairing the Kiwanis Chicago peanut campaign as well as serving as a director and past president of the Chicago Valen- tine Boys Club.

By the time this gets into print, Labor Day weekend will have come and gone, the class of 'B5 will have matriculated, and football weekends will be in full swing. Oh, where did the summer go?

Frederick Howard Stephens Jr. '53, general manager of Jafra International of Gillette, received a Dartmouth Alumni Award in June in recognition of his "long and continuous service" to the College. Stephens has served his class as secretary, head agent, and president. In 1972 he won the Harvey P. Hood '18 trophy as outstanding class agent and in 1978 he was named class president of the year. During his tenure as president, the class of 1953 established a reunion-giving record with a gift of $1,000,053. Stephens has also served on the executive committee of the Third Century Fund, was a member of the Alumni Council, and in 1979 and 1980 chaired the Alumni Fund.

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