1959

Warren "Butch" Priest writes from Avon, Conn., that he and his wife Clee recently saw Jim and Betsy Wooster. "They were beaming over their son, my godson, who is filling his father's track shoes in Hanover, having, as a freshman, already been a winner of at least one indoor triplejump. Jim is a very able director of public relations for Ma Bell's New England subsidiary." Warren also ran into Steve Plank who is with Northwestern Mutual Life in Norwich, Conn., where he is head agent managing his own seven-person sales force. He also hears occasionally from Skeff McAllister, "another successful insurance type, who is a large producer/independent consultant in the New York City area and who keeps me on my underwriting toes." He also notes that he occasionally runs into Bob Batson, "the former '59 hockey player par excellence whose latest claim to fame on ice is as an instructor for his two-year-old daughter. She was recently pictured on skates in the local paper. Bob is the new operations manager with Bicron, an electrical manufacturing firm in Canaan, Conn.; formerly he had been employed for a number of years with Veeder Root in North Carolina and Hartford."

Warren goes on to say, "Although I have yet to run into him in his central Massachusetts work location, I have been sharing GeorgePearse's interest in solar housing and have just returned some of his printed material which I borrowed through his brother John '6l. Any classmates with hands-on solar house experience, particularly in the more northern climes, will receive the rapt attention of both of us. At present, I am up to an alternate fuel burning system for wood or coal which causes my oil-burner man to groan as I seek to minimize the flow of greenbacks up the chimney." Thanks for taking the time for filling us in, Warren.

Hoag Rosania is practicing medicine from his North Easton, Mass., domicile. "I am keeping busy with my orthopedic practice. Pat and I took some time off last fall and had a delightful experience traveling to Rome and Greece. We did this with the Dartmouth Alumni Association the brochures have always looked so inviting and we thought we would try it. It was thoroughly enjoyable! I am remaining active in our local Dartmouth Club as an enrollment liaison officer and continue to enjoy interviewing candidates."

John Roberts reports that he has resolved "a midlife crisis" by deciding to end his career as a research biologist. "Fifteen years at a lab bench seemed like enough to me and I decided to enter the world of business. I spent a couple of years getting an M.B.A. and found the return to the classroom exhilarating, rejuvenating, and broadening. I recommend the experience highly. I am now running a small business, developing another one, serving on the board of a third, and dreaming of a fourth. I'm not making a penny, of course, but I'm having the time of my life! Meanwhile, my wife Carolyn, not to be outdone, has also returned to school and is very nearly finished with her own M.B.A. She holds down a job as a hospital administrator at the Sidney Farber Cancer Institute in Boston and hits the books the rest of the time. Our son Mark is a student at the University of Massachusetts in Boston and is living at home while he makes his way through school. We seem to be running something of a dormitory here in Natick, Mass. To further enrich the scholarly atmosphere in the family, our daughter Deanna is a freshman at the School of Textile Management and Engineering at North Carolina State University. Next year, we will find out if education pays! If anyone out there wants a biology-smart businessman to run his genetic engineering firm, I know the guy!"

Dick Watson has also made a career move. "Having taken a drastic and unconditionally satisfying step out of the insurance agency game after 20 years and into full-time service for the Lord, I am presently a six-month veteran of a seminary at Gordon-Carwell in Hamilton, Mass., where I am going for a threeyear Divinity degree with an eye on Episcopal ministry. I stopped in Hanover last fall for the University of Massachusetts scrimmage. I was impressed with the ambiance at Lou's, not to mention the congeniality of Bob Watson, proprietor, another fifty-niner who has made a midlife change."

A news release from Colgate-Palmolive Company in New York heralds the promotion of Si Ford to senior vice president. Si's present responsibilities are as executive assistant to the chairman, president, and chief executive officer, and he also serves as a member of the company's operating committee. Congratulations, Silas!

Barlow Nelson notes that he planned to be in Hartford, Conn., this past March for the 1981 World Figure Skating Championships. "I will be manager of the United States world figure skating team and hope to see some Dartmouth friends there. Incidentally, I attended Alumni College in Hanover last summer and saw classmate Will Hartfeldt and family."

Word from John Hommeyer, who now resides in Olympia. Wash., informs us that he's been in the Pacific Northwest for two and a half years. "It's one heck of an area! Currently I'm vice president of marketing at Olympia Brewing Company."

Dr. Bob Mauro resides in Honolulu where he has been director of radiology at Kapiolani Children's Medical Center for the past two years. He and his wife have three children Kim, 16, Christopher, 14, and Stephen, eight.

Larry Toal, senior vice president, national financial consumer services, at Chase Manhattan Bank in New York, was recently mentioned in the press for his part in spearheading a nationwide consumer push on behalf of the bank. Good luck, Larry. We will look forward to hearing more!

I'd welcome any news. Drop me a line today.

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