1954
Please take a good look at the full-page ad that appears adjacent to the football ticket application forms in this month's ALUMNI MAGAZINE. It gives details about the first of the two big dinners this fall honoring President elect Dave McLaughlin. It may seem like a long time away, but the ALUMNI MAGAZINE does not publish during July and August, and the September issue is devoted to reunion activity with no regular class columns. Thus, I have only this May issue and the final June issue to get you enthused about these two dinners. The first will will be at the Sheraton Boston Hotel on Friday night, October 16, the eve of the Harvard-Dartmouth game. What a great excuse to go to Boston for the big game. The class of 1954 will have a suite reserved for pre- and post-dinner visiting at the Sheraton Boston. This will be a great honor for a fantastic classmate, and we should easily have the largest turnout of any Dartmouth class in the history of "Dartmouth Nights" in the Boston area. Plan now to be on hand for this memorable evening. Further details will follow this fall on the other "Dartmouth Night" honoring Dave in New York City on December 1. The class has reserved a suite at the Regency Hyatt Grand for class socializing.
If you plan to be in Hanover for Dave's inauguration, there will be a gathering of '54 classmates at an informal b.y.o. party at the faculty lounge in Hopkins Center starting at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 27. Set-ups and a keg will be provided. What a great excuse to come to Hanover on a balmy June evening. The faculty lounge, as you may know, has an unprecedented view of Baker Library and the Green. It should mark a very happy occasion for all '54s.
Let me quote from a letter I received from Mike Biggs: "Back in September 1950, when we were all assembled for the first time in Webster Hall at convocation, did any of us realize that one of our number would someday stand at the same podium as did John Sloan Dickey that morning so long ago? Wouldn't it be great to have a real outpouring of '54s to welcome Dave at these dinners. Whether you are a regular at such dinners or a rare attendee, please make an effort to share in our classmate's honor and challenge of being selected the 14th president of the College."
Mike has been a portfolio manager and investment counselor for Scudder, Stevens & Clark for the past 14 years in the San Francisco area and is active in a number of Bay Area professional and charitable organizations, among them the Security Analysts of San Francisco and Planned Parenthood in San Francisco and Alameda Counties where he is vice president and board member.
Mike also sent along an article from the March edition of New West about BobRafelson and how he is establishing himself now as Hollywood's most gifted and original film director after the opening this month of his potent and erotic adaptation of James M. Cain's novel, The Postman Always Rings Twice. The original movie was filmed in the forties with John Garfield and Lana Turner. The article points out that Rafelson's greatest gift has been working with actors and showing extraordinary casting intuition throughout his career. ThePostman . . . received great reviews when it recently opened in New York. Another classmate, John Cunningham also received raves for his strong role in the 12-week limited engagement of Rose, co-starring Glenda Jackson and Jessica Tandy. You can see John's performance now through June 20 at the Cort Theater in New York City.
We are delighted to report that Joe and MaryMesics miraculously escaped serious injury early in March when the compact car in which they were passengers on a main highway in Puerto Rico was hit from behind. The car flipped over, ending up in the oncoming lane, and Mary was thrown out the back window. Joe and Mary both walked away, proceeded directly to their hotel, checked out, caught the next plane, and gratefully recuperated home in Connecticut.
Larry Russell told us the good news of his promotion to general manager of the lovely Journey's End Hotel in Marietta, Ga. Larry and his wife Marie hosted the Dartmouth Aires on their spring vacation southern tour and provided a big southern-style brunch for them before they continued their journey. Country ham, red-eye gravy, and other southern good things were on the Russell menu. Larry's son Gregg is a member of the class of '85, early admissions. Congratulations. Larry reports that he chatted recently with Mike Corcoran in Houston, still working with his Executive Search company, primarily finding financial talent for the oil industry.
Bob Clark dropped me a note from West Hartford to tell me that his son, Robert Blake Clark, was also accepted early decision for the class of 'B5. Dave Sibley's son, Bruce '84, reported back to his Dad that there was no snow for his first Winter Carnival. Speaking of weather, Paul Dalton is still with Monsanto in St. Louis and admits that milder Midwest winters are appealing to him. Dick Danforth is now head of regional planning for Reno, Nev., and has the door open for any '54s in the area.
En route to St. Vincent to pick up a "bareboat" charter this February for a well-deserved ten-day sailing adventure in the Grenadine Islands, Dick and Jane Page spotted John Pope playing in the Barbados Amateur Golf Championship at Crane Beach, where John and Ginny have a winter home. George Haskins sent along a note that he has been advanced to vice president and treasurer of the Eastman Savings and Loan Association in Rochester. Mike Korjeff has been named as assistant vice president of investments within the investment organization at State Mutual Life Assurance Cos. with the headquarters group in Worcester, Mass.
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