1955

Last year we reported that Roger Young, now a 20-year veteran of the F.B.I., was elevated to inspector in charge of their Washington, D.C., public affairs office. Hardly having settled in, Roger has now received a further promotion to the rank of assistant director, the third highest-ranking position in the F.8.1. Go get-em, Roger!

Another interesting career of one of our classmates has surfaced. Steve Wilson is now associated with the research and development office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. In his new position he will initiate and manage research on acid rain. Last year, Steve served on the National Academy panel on nuclear reactor emergency management. He will be moving with his wife Lynn and family to the Washington, D.C., area shortly.

Watching the birds that Steve hopes to protect is Dan Danneman, who is on the staff of the National Audubon Society. Dan attended Dartmouth but graduated from Columbia University in 1955. Prior to joining Audubon, Dan was senior vice president of Charles Mackall and Company, a New York real estate firm specializing in sales, consulting, and leasing.

In the field of advertising, Ed Hunter has been named western manager, Denver office, of Colle & McVoy advertising agency. Ed has been in the advertising field ever since he left Hanover, first joining his father's company which later merged with his current agency which is based in Minneapolis. He is vice chairman of the Rocky Mountain Council of the American Association of Advertising Agencies. As an avid skier, he was named the nation's outstanding ski patrolman by the National Ski Patrol System in 1968.

Don Mix has been elected vice president in personal trust at the Connecticut Bank and Trust Company, Hartford. Don has been with the bank for 23 years as a bond trader and trust analyst. He and his family live in West Hartford where Don is active in local church and Y.M.C.A. activities. Congratulations, Don.

I received an interesting letter .from BillKofoed, who was prompted to write after having seen the comments in these columns about Cyril Muromcew, who as a representative of the State Department was pictured earlier this year within the Kremlin walls. Bill recently traveled to Poland with the Society of American Travel Writers and writes, "The Poles are wonderful, hospitable people, with a deep resentment toward the Russians and their own government. In talking with tourism officials, I came to the conclusion that if the Russians intervene, there is going to be plenty of bloodshed, on both sides. The Poles seem determined to fight, which may be the reason the unions are taking the hard line." Bill has his own public relations consulting firm in North Miami, Fla.

The nation's largest employee-benefit consulting firm, New York City's William Mercer Inc., has named Tom Maurey vice president in the company's New York merchandising office. Tom joined Mercer in 1968 as regional manager in Cleveland and was later responsible for regional sales in New York. He and his wife Joan have four children and live in Fair Haven, N.J.

In the north country some early March snow saved the ski industry, but spring has finally prevailed.

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