1953
What a super month: football, the World Series, a mailbag full of news, and a great minireunion schedule.
Unfortunately, some of the fall get-togethers will have happened by the time you get this but here's the line-up anyway. October 9 at William and Mary, there will have been a cocktail party after the game in Bruce and Inge Gilmore's suite at the Hospitality House. October 16, when Harvard comes to Dartmouth, there is a class meeting Saturday morning at the Norwich Inn, a cocktail party after the game at Put Blodgett's, and dinner at the Drake Room. October 30, the Elis come to Hanover and the cocktail party after the game is at Bill and Nancy Johnson's. And November 20 at Princeton, cocktails afterwards are at Kes and Debbe Pierson's.
Students at Alumni College this summer included Ron and Lillian Lazar, Wayne and Marilyn Keller, and Dick and Vivian Cahn. The overall theme was studying the Renaissance, but the highlight was a mini-reunion party at the Inn which included Marilyn and Paul Paganucci, Elsa and Chuck Luker, Fred and Molly Carleton, Dick Dunham, and Don Smith.
I think we can all take a bow for the effort in this year's Alumni Fund an outstanding $200,000 raised with 84 per cent participation. Special thanks for the gigantic overall drectioni go to Ron Lazar and the special efforts of Bernie Sudikoff, Chuck Luker, Tom Bloomer, Dick Joslin, and the 142 tireless agents that made it happen.
The Boston board of Fire Underwriters conferred the 1982 "Man of the Year Insurance Award" on Fred England. In accepting the award, Fred made several observations about independent insurance agencies in the coming decade. He predicted that the number of agencies would be reduced by 25 per cent; that the surviving agencies would be larger and more sophisticated; that they will stress writing all lines; that agencies will represent fewer companies; and that companies will appoint fewer agencies.
Warren Cassidy, former mayor of Lynn, Mass., and a lifelong Massachusetts resident, has become the chief lobbyist in Washington for the National Rifle Association. Its membership of 2.4 million is expanding at the rate of 44,000 a month. Warren oversees the association's 50-member full-time lobbying staff and its $3.5-million annual lobbying budget. The overall goal is to safeguard the right of all lawabiding Americans to own and use firearms for legitimate defense and recreational purposes. In Massachusetts, Warren gained state-wide prominence as the president of the Gun Owner's Action League, the alliance of sporting clubs that spearheaded the successful 1976 battle to defeat a referendum that would have banned the private possession of hand guns in the commonwealth.
Charlie Buchanan has been appointed to the board of trustees of Skidmore College. In addition to serving on the boards of directors of many business organizations throughout his career, Charlie has been active in the field of education and youth service. He currently serves on the boards of the Historical Albany Corporation, the Albany Symphony Orchestra, and Albany Medical College. In his spare time, Charlie is vice president and secretary of Albany International Corporation, a manufacturer of paper machine and industrial fabrics and industrial plastics. And while Charlie is doing all of that, Charlotte is a full-time attorney practicing in the Albany area.
Fred Stephens has been elected vice president, business relations, of the Gillette Company. He had been serving as vice president, business relations, of Gillette North America, which is the major operating unit of Gillette. In his new capacity, he will be responsible for maintaining good corporate relationships with key customers and developing new sales and sales management training resources. In addition, the consumer services function reports to him.
Chuck Luker has recently been elected president of the board of trustees of Vermont Academy.
Jack Patten has been named publisher of Aviation Week and Space Technology. This is one of the leading publications of McGraw-Hill, with whom Jack has been since 1954.
In May, in the annual Tom Dent alumni lacrosse game at Hanover, for the first time ever, a father competed against a son. At midfield for the Dartmouth team was Jim Bloomer '83, and at defense for the alumni was Tom Bloomer. And here I've been thinking that Put Blodgett was in the best shape of anyone `in the class.
Andy Sigler, who chairs the board and is chief executive officer of Champion International, received an honorary degree from Fairfield, Conn., University.
Jay Hague was recently appointed vice president, administrative services, for Pepperidge Farm in Norwalk, Conn., according to a news release that the company sent out. In his new post, Jay will be responsible for the human resources, management information systems, and corporation services departments. Jay had been corporation director of personnel and industrial relations for Kennecott Corporation before joining Pepperidge Farm.
On a personal note, I am recovering very well from my total hip replacement. I really appreciated hearing from so many of you. While my days of jogging and augering down the face of Bell are over, I am looking forward to swimming, biking, and skiing the likes of Ruthie's and the Big Burn.
I am sorry to report the deaths of two classmates, Dave Walker and Tony Hapgood. Details appear in the back of this or a subsequent issue of the MAGAZINE.
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