1956
A center-fold shot it is not! But what a thrill to have the cover of the June ALUMNI MAGAZINE recapture the spirit of our glorious 25 th reunion of a year ago. For those of you who were not there, Tom Rosenwald has not grown that much. He is standing on the running board. (For those who do not know what a running board is, ask Flint Ranney, who has one on his fire engine.) It is also good to see Doug Keare following the. lead of the College in reducing the consumption of alcohol on campus. He advises it was Kool Aid. Incidentally, your secretary has written the photographers of both the May and June covers. By the time you read this I should have some information if any of you are
interested in copies. While attending the 25 th reunion of the class of 1957 at Mount Holyoke with Ann, I was given a copy of a brochure for the firm of Dumont, KiradjiefFand Moriarty. No, it is not a Sherlock Holmes Little Theater group. In fact, Moriarty is a "she." Bob Dumont and the other two have joined together to form an employment consulting firm in Boston. They specialize in banking, insurance, high technology, and health care recruiting and placement. The brochure concludes on an optimistic note: "We may be new, but we are founded on a lifetime of experience." Good luck to you, Bob!
John Parke advises that he and Rick Mainzer, class of'53, have joined forces to create a new marketing management consulting firm headquartered in Rochester. John will be president of the new firm, called PPI Consulting Inc. Marketing and sales management problems in the consumer products area will be its specialty. John has had a career with Procter and Gamble, Ralston Purina, and Bausch and Lomb in consumer and industrial marketing. Good luck to you, too, John!
Ken Wlaschin writes from London to correct the statement in the January/February column that the class had no New Year's honors from the Queen. Ken received an M.B.E. (Member of British Empire) in November from none other than Prince Charles himself. The article reporting the event speaks for itself: "Ken Wlaschin reacted with his usual aplomb when Prince Charles conferred the honor barely a glass's length away from the drinks counter of the National Film Theater as the 25th London Film Festival got underway. This amiable American, who came to London as a newspaper man 20 years ago, then went to London Weekend Television, has slowly developed the festival into a major event over the past 12 years." Ken has also written a book about movies, entitled The Bluffer's Guide to the Cinema. Well done, old chap!
Western Washington University advises that Paul Ford has been named acting vice president for academic affairs at the university for the period September 1982 through June 1983. On the faculty of Western Washington since 1970, Paul has been coordinator of teacher education programs at the school of education and chaired the Education Department from 1974 to 1976. He also practices what he preaches, having served as professor in residence with the Everett public schools as deputy to the superintendent, with responsibilites for personnel management.
John Koehring was promoted in mid-July to the post of director of the Regional Economic Development Services Offices in East Africa at the Agency for International Development. John has been with A.I.D. for 20 years and has had assignments in the Ivory Coast, Brazzaville-Congo, Cameroon, and OECD-Paris. He has also served at the U.N. in New York and in Washington, where he will continue in his new job. Responsibilities he is undertaking involve the administration and management of the specialists and technical experts who provide support services for A.I.D. missions and field offices in eastern and southern Africa.
Glen French has been appointed president of ARA's health care sector in Philadelphia. Formerly president of a division of the American Hospital Supply Corporation in Chicago, Glen will be responsible for the 262 nursing home facilities in ten states that are managed by ARA. In addition, emergency care at 250 hospitals and health services at nine prisons in four states involving 18,000 inmates will come under Glen's wing. Hospital care management is a growth industry. Glen is obviously very successful at it.
The New York Times of July 2, in an otherwise unnotable article, quoted Bob Castles, director of expatriate services for Arthur Young and Company. He commented on the new tax law as it applies to Americans living and working overseas.
For a number of us, June 13 was something special. It is one thing to graduate from Dartmouth College; it is something else to share in the experience of an offspring's Dartmouth commencement. This year provided that thrill for John Allen and daughter Barbara, Steve Brand and son Tony, Don Davidoff and son Scott, John Higgs and daughter Anne, TomMarvel and son Johnathan, and Clem Malin and son Henry. "Dartmouth Undying" indeed.
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