1952

One of the benefits of traveling is that as class secretary one has an excuse to contact long-lost classmates to find out what is new in their lives. I was in Phoenix recently and spoke with the following:

Ed Christie, after 24 years with Signode, latterly in Chicago, decided to pack it in and move to the sunbelt. (I'm sure this is no reflec- tion on Tom Schanck, who is c.e.o. of Signode.) Since moving to Phoenix last October, Ed has become part-proprietor of the Otto Stein Music Company, a retail musical instruments company that will rent, sell, or repair your zither or any other instrument you might be interested in. Ed says they do quite a business in electronic instruments (I hope that there is a pharmacy nearby that sells ear plugs!). I've never heard Ed sound so chipper. In his words, the satisfaction of a small business is "unreal." (Again, no reflection on you, Tom.) Ed and Sue's four children are growing up: Cathy is a senior at the University of Illinois; Beth, who was Illinois Junior Miss a few years ago (and who obviously has to look like Sue), is a junior at Colorado University; Patty is a freshman in high school; and Ted is in the sixth grade. (You'll be going to P.T.A. meetings until you're 80, Ed.)

Ole Tony Hauck, with whom I shared fraternity and N.R.O.T.C. activities while in Hanover, lives in Douglas, Ariz., with Elisabeth and son Tony, who is a sophomore at Lewis and Clark. When I asked Tony where Douglas, Ariz., was, he implied that it would have been less expensive for me to phone from Chicago. Douglas is in the southeast corner of the state, in injun territory, six miles from the Mexican border. Now, you ask, what's a nice fella like Tony doing way down there? Well, he's the chief geophysicist at Phelps Dodge, for which he has worked since 1962. He spends his time looking for ore bodies. In his spare time he takes care of three horses on his 80-acre spread. With a setup like that, Tony can look for ore bodies without ever leaving home! It was great talking to him after all these (30, can you believe) years.

Jim Gardner lives in Tempe and is senior vice president, headquarters bank group, of the Valley National Bank. Jim and Esther are grandparents (I didn't think we were old enough!), since their Linda has two children. Libby is a senior and Lisa is a junior at Arizona State University. Jim came to Dartmouth from Prescott, Ariz., so he didn't have to be sold on the virtues of the southwest like Ed Christie did Jim just moved back home.

I also phoned Fred Hecht, whose Scottsdale telephone number turned out to be his office. Fred was in Europe, so I had a pleasant chat with his answering service.

My records indicate that Bob Merritt is retired in Tucson and Gerry Zimmerman is pulling teeth in Scottsdale, but I didn't have a chance to call them on this trip (I ran out of dimes).

Back in Chicago, I had a pleasant visit with Pete Zischke, who was in from the San Fran area and who is our new leader. Pete was in town for a meeting of the Wyatt Company, of which he is a vice president. The Wyatt Com- pany consults in pension, profit sharing, and employee benefits. Pete merged his company into Wyatt in 1979. After discussing class af- fairs, I found a leaky ballpoint pen and a soggy cocktail napkin with which I recorded the following. There are six members of the Zischke family, which, besides Pete, includes Midge, Mike, Kurt, Marian, and Karen. With most of the troops out of the house, Midge is busily engaged in fund-raising and educational ac- tivities. Son Mike was Dartmouth '77 and is in his last year of law school at the U. of California at Berkeley. Kurt, who is Stanford '78, is acting in New York. Marian, a Dartmouth sophomore, recently became a cover girl, adorning the cover of the "Dartmouth General Information Bulletin" this year. (Hugh Hefner, take note!) Karen is a senior in high school. When not engaged in Dartmouth activities during his spare time, Pete plays tennis and backpacks. Pete had just spent four days with John Newey on a pack-horse trip in Yellowstone Park.

A news bulletin just came across my desk: On September 15, Alan A. Reich was awarded an honorary doctorate of laws from Gallaudet College in Washington, D.C., aiong with Senator Charles Percy of Illinois and Dr. Dillon Ripley, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. The convocation was in honor of the Inter- national Year of Disabled People. David Kearns, chairman of the U.S. Council for I.y.D.P. and president of Xerox, was the speaker. Alan was instrumental in having the United Nations designate the international year and was responsible for the creation of the U.S. Council. Congratulations, Alan.

Next week I shall be in London and Paris, and I hope to return with news of our overseas brethren.

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