1944

Seen at the Winter Carnival hockey game against Brown was Herr Professor Doktor himself, Frank "Berl" Behrle, not just up from Upper Montclair but up the road a piece from Grantham, N.H., where he and Margaret have built their retirement home. Frank's not yet ready to give up doctoring and teaching, but I'm pretty sure I detected a New Hampshire look in his eye.

Speaking of retirements, I just happened to peek at the first dozen or so '44 questionnaires returned for the new alumni directory, and darned if three out of the 12 were retired John Furfey in Weston, Mass., Vin Mitchell in Westport, Conn., and Ed Roewer in Gloucester, Mass. I've never thought of myself as the envious type, but I sure would like to be settin' on the front verandah with 'em.

Gene Callaghan has been a contracting officer for the Department of Energy since 1977, living in Potomac, Md. Isn't that one of the agencies Ronnie wants to do away with? Gene is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers, the Helicopter Association, the National Contract Management Association, and the Boy Scouts. He is also president of the Mid County Civic Association.

Retiring from one assignment to return to another will be Leonard Rieser, the College provost. But not until late 1982. Leonard announced in December his intention to step down as provost at the conclusion of the Campaign for Dartmouth fund-raising effort. He will take a sabbatical and then return to teaching in the natural sciences and science policy.

Shortly after I talked to "X" Larrabee last December, he had a letter in the New York Times. Its entirety: "In her Nov. 25 letter, Naomi Johnson quotes Sergeant Bilko as saying, 'The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet.' I yield to no one in my regard for Bilko, but here in North Carolina we credit this line to Damon Runyon."

A quarter will get you a dollar if you can name the five '44s who taught at Dartmouth in the 1943-44 period. I just happened to come across their names while looking up a faculty member in our 1944 Aegis (such as it was). From left to right they were: Stan Barr, assistant in chemistry; Roy Briggs, assistant in engineering; Sam Coombs, instructor in physics; Mac Corner, assistant in engineering; and Dick Tarlow, administrative assistant and assistant instructor at Tuck School.

Marsh Tenney, the Nathan Smith professor of physiology, is the only '44 teaching at the moment.

Always a treat to see Swampy and Blanche Marsh in Hanover, although their early March trip wasn't exactly frozen custard. It was frozen pipes - at their house in Quechee, Vt. Not chilly at all was Hawaii, where they'd been for a spot of vacation, and pictures to prove it.

Theme for this year's sixth annual Law Day - established in memory of Rog and ShirleyFeldman's son Michael - was "Civil Rights and the Law." The meeting was held in Weston, Mass.

Dick Rondeau and Bill Harrison were featured in the back of this year's D.C.A.C. hockey booklet. Each appeared in lists of Dartmouth players who scored over 100 points in their college careers and had 30-goal seasons. Rondeau is second highest all-time scorer, behind Bill Riley '46, and Harrison is sixth. Dick had two 30-goal seasons, 45 in 1942 and 31 in 1944, while Bill tucked in 38 goals in 1942.

Clint Gardner, Norwich, Vt., businessman and president of the Norwich Center, an organization involved in peace education and research, was instrumental in bringing a resolution before Town Meeting on the idea of a bilateral U.S.-U.S.S.R. nuclear weapons moratorium.

'We were privileged to get the word on a surprise party April 3 for Tom Magoon, marking his 25 years as director of the University of Maryland's Counseling Center. Friends, colleagues, assistants, interns, associates, and advisees gathered to celebrate "25 Years with Tom Magoon."

A final word: Please send the Alumni Records questionnaires back to Hanover if you haven't yet done so. You have no idea how helpful they are to me in my job of trying to keep track of you all.

That's it. Blessings.

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