1960
As the summer was drawing to a close, I decided to total up the ways I spent mine. It went as follows: 60, 40, 200, 70, 2, 600, 100½, these numbers reflecting hamburgers, franks, beers, tennis matches, Softball games, frenchfried clams, and ice cream cones respectively. As you can see, in keeping with the Dartmouth tradition, pigging out won! I hope your summer was great.
Have received news from several of our farflung '6os. From Mexico, Alan Danson sent a great photo of himself holding the Dartmouth banner at the summit of the Pico de Orizaba, the highest peak in Mexico and third highest in North America (almost 18,000 feet). His "assault" on the summit took place in midMarch, requiring crampons and ice axe. As president of the Mexico Alumni Club for this year, Alan had the banner with him since he was going directly to an alumni luncheon after the descent, and he couldn't resist hamming it up for the camera. I only wish we could print it. Alan also asked that we remind you all that you're welcome to stop by if traveling in Mexico. His address is Rafael Checa 35, Mexico 20 D.F. Tom Kirby and Mike Hollern visited with him earlier this year.
Ed Daumit writes from Kamuela, Hawaii, where he is living with his wife Catherine and sons Paul, 13, and David, 12. He has recently formed a limited partnership to design and construct condominiums known as Wela Ka Hao (in Hawaiian it means "strike while the iron is hot"). Daumit Properties Inc. was formed to buy and sell real estate for its own account and represents clients wishing to buy and sell Hawaiian property. Guy Piltz is also in the same area of Hawaii, and Bill Wachter visits often.
From Trinidad, Dave Farfan and wife Brenda write to say they sailed their 34-foot Peterson to second place in the Southern Ocean Racing Week in June in the worst conditions they had ever experienced 40-m.p.h. winds and 20-foot seas for the entire week. In August they planned to vacation in Peru and Ecuador and were looking forward to seeing Inca country.
From Lisbon, Portugal, Peter Crumbine writes to say he and his wife Bea, who have lived abroad for the past 14 years (Genoa, Rome, Manila, London, and Lisbon) will be returning to the States to live in Greenwich, Conn., where they hope to stay put for a while; they look forward to participating more fully in alumni activities. Peter will be manager of planning and coordination for Mobil's coal division. He was previously general manager for Mobil Oil Portuguesa and in his sapre time, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Portugal.
Bob Luce writes from Alaska to say that he has left the U.S. Geological Survey, where he has been for 13 years doing research in geochemistry and geology. He spent this past summer as manager of the Cripple Creek Mining and Development Corporation's Ready Bullion No. 2 gold mine outside of Fairbanks. He intends to consult in mineral exploration and processing at the end of the summer. While in Alaska, he was in touch with Bob Sanders in Anchorage and Larry Mayo in Fairbanks.
Getting back to more local news, Dick Richardson has volunteered to head a project called "Sixty Haven," which is probably familiar to all of you through his letter and request for your participation. To refresh your memories, Sixty Haven will be a directory of all alumni of the class of '60 for use by children of classmates who are attending colleges or work/study programs in various parts of the country. If you haven't already sent Dick the information requested (name, address, home and business phones, and directions to home address) try and do it soon so that the directory can be completed and distributed. Dick's address is 56 Condor Road, Sharon, Mass., 02067.
It appears that our Alumni Fund activity was pretty outstanding. Our contributions totalled $90,019, only slightly over our $90,000 goal, but we once again set a record for a class 21 years out. In addition, 71 per cent of our classmates made contributions. This is an excellent performance and everyone is to be congratulated for participating. I think special notice should be given to Bob Phillips, who headed the fund activities; this is quite an undertaking, requiring lots of time and devotion, both of which Bob gave in abundance. Credit s'hould also be given to all of his very able and zealous lieutenants, namely Marty Lower, Dudley Smith, Allen Stowe, Dick Davidson, Dick Griggs, Bob Kenerson, Neil Koreman, and Bill Langley.
Bruce Hasenkamp, who is director of government and industrial relations for the Shaklee Corporation in San Francisco, was named to the bipartisan President's Commission on White House Fellowships. The commission's purpose is to recommend to the President people to serve for a one-year period on the White House staff in the executive offices of the President and Vice President and the offices of Cabinet members.
William C. Langley Jr. was recently named senior vice president and deputy general manager of the Manufacturer's Hanover Trust Company in New York.
Look forward to hearing from all of you soon. Send your news to me at the address above.
David Birney '6l and his wife Meredith Baxter '82ad wound up a sell-out tour of the eastcoast straw hat circuit this summer with an eight-performance run at the Hopkins Center of Talley's Folly, a Pulitzer Prize-winning romantic comedy by Lanford Wilson. They arepictured here on the Talley's Folly set at the Hop.
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