1962
Just before our 20th reunion I received a note from Jack Hatfield saying that at the last moment he was unable to attend. I had been looking forward to seeing Jack for the first time since our undergraduate days, having met him on the first day of freshman year when we were charter occupants of Little dormitory. Jack and his wife Kathryn, as well as their partner Vance Kinlaw '72, are in the general practice of law in Greensboro, N.C., with Jack specializing in criminal law and Kathryn in domestic relations. Both have been back to Hanover recently, however-Jack last fail when daughter Cindy '85 started freshman year, and Kathryn to attend Winter Carnival.
Congratulations to Jim Varnum, president of Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital and vice president of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Hanover, on his recent election as vice chairman of the New Hampshire Hospital Association, based in Concord. In addition to his administrative responsibilities at Mary Hitchcock, he is a professor of hospital administration at Dartmouth Medical Schoool. N.H.H.A. is a non-profit organization of health care institutions and professionals devoted to the delivery of quality health care services for the benefit of all New Hampshire residents. Jim has been active with the group since 1978 and chaired the Council on Planning and Progress for two years.
In a recent issue of Lacrosse magazine there was an article entitled "The Dogs of War are Loose in Texas," referring to a lacrosse team coached by Earl Bill. He is a military training superintendent, a senior master sergeant, in San Antonio who doubles as the coach, as he has done for most of his 21-year Air Force career. Having played lacrosse since he was five, he became a high school all-American at Deerfield Academy and also played when he attended Dartmouth. But when he joined the Air Force in 1959 he said goodbye to lacrosse for 14 years. Then in 1973 he co-founded a lacrosse team in San Antonio that became part of the Southwest Lacrosse Association in 1974. In 1978, after unexpectedly beating the Dallas team, Master Sgt. Bill came up with the team's name: Dogs of War. Being a history buff, he had just finished reading Forsythe's Dogs of War, a story about mercenaries in Africa. While celebrating the victory he decided that this name would be appropriate. Literally, mercenaries had come from nowhere to help defeat an adversary that was strongly disliked.
Frank Kehl was recently appointed coordinator of research and evaluation for special programs for the City University of New York. He will have primary responsibility for developing, overseeing, and evaluating research projects on City University's special programs for educationally and economically disadvantaged students. Other duties include maintaining and updating the data base on special program students, such as recording the nature and frequency of counseling services, and monitoring legislation and litigation relating to C.U.N.Y. students who receive public assistance. An anthropologist with expertise in the use of both quantitative and qualitative research methods, Frank spent four years in Hong Kong researching the urban population, housing, and migration patterns there. His research and that of others was cited in the May 1981 Hayes v. C.U.N.Y. decision, which, after lengthy litigation, found in favor of the eligibility of C.U.N.Y. students on welfare for educational financial aid. In addition to his experience in the office of student affairs and special programs, Frank taught anthropology at Brooklyn College from 1972 to 1975, and English as a second language and French at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Currently, he is also teaching a course in anthropology at Queens College.
Our class received some favorable publicity recently in a news release from the College entitled "Pioneer Gift to Dartmouth by its Class of '62 Supports Research of College's Junior Faculty." The release noted that in the belief that Dartmouth's most significant contribution to the world is outstanding teaching, the "Class of '62 Faculty Fellowship" was established with the first alumni class gift ever given Dartmouth specifically to support research. The class of' 62 last year gave Dartmouth over $500,000, eclipsing by more than $100,000 the previous record giving total for a class 20 years out from Hanover. Of that total, $62,000 has been designated as an endowment to fund the fellowship which, beginning this fall, will free each year one non-tenured junior faculty member from teaching for a term of research. President McLaughlin has praised the generosity of the class in a letter to Sandy Apgar, who was instrumental in creating the new fellowship. Hans Penner, dean of the faculty, has now formally notified the faculty of the fellowship's funding. In addition to Sandy, Professor Dan Tomkins and Gary Spiess make up a committee of '62 members that will review with Dean Penner's office candidates for the first and subsequent fellowships. Dean Penner will soon invite research proposals from junior faculty members. The names of faculty members recommended by the class of '62 committee and Dean Penner will be forwarded to the College's Committee Advisory to the President, of which President McLaughlin is a member. That committee will make the final selection each year. The idea for the faculty fellowship was born a year and a half ago when the class executive committee met to plan the 20th reunion under the leadership of Class President John Clark and Head Agent John Walters. The first fellowship recipient will be chosen and announced this fall and should appear in this column next month.
Our new class president, Josh Rich, wants to select an executive committee to act as a sounding board for '62 activities, and he feels we should to broaden the base of this committee with new members and fresh ideas. If you are interested in serving on our executive committee, please let us know.
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