1932

Seventy-four men and women of '32 (counting families) good and true convened for the mini-reunion in Hanover for Dartmouth flight and Harvard weekend October 15—16. There was a reception and dinner in the Wheelock Room of the Hanover Inn Friday night with an attendance of 59. Bill Morton introduced football great and famed attorney Myles Lane '28. President Jim and Amy Corbett led '32ers at the head of the traditional parade around the campus to Dartmouth Hall. And Gordon Lane performed once more his noted engineering feat with the campus bonfire, placing the '32 banner at the towering summit.

It was a gorgeous Hanover night with flames from the fire reflecting off the flamboyant fall foliage in all its glory. Foliage color in Vermont and New Hampshire this year came early and stayed late. The ceremony and speeches in front of Dartmouth Hall played their part in imbuing the Dartmouth team with the needed spirit to topple Harvard, just as it did when President McLaughlin '54 had his part in a similar upset under like conditions during his football days.

A feature of the '32 Saturday night dinner at the Holiday Inn, with an attendance of 74, was Art Allen's informal talk reviewing ten years of women at Dartmouth. He reported that the percentage of women is rising toward 46 per cent and will probably remain at about that level. A faculty committee is appealing for a return to a three-term academic year which, he said, would mean a $200 increase in tuition. There was much interest in many 50th reunion photographs displayed by Amy Corbett. Thanks of the class go to Dick and Emily Olmstead for managing a highly successful mini-reunion.

The mini-reunion at Williamsburg for the William and Mary game organized by Jack OBrion and Lee Warner brought 11 '32ers together and featured a reception and dinner at Hospitality House. "We just had a very nice time," Lee reported. The ever-venturesome Whip Walser arrived following some scuba diving which left him with an ear infection.

President Jim and Amy entertained a group of '32ers on September 30 at their lovely home on Lake George. Included were Howdy and Dorothy Pierpont, Whit and Dorothy Daniels, Sam and Helen Englander, Harry and Charlotte Rowe, Bo and Ginna Wentworth, and your secretary and his wife Virginia. It was one of those supremely beautiful nights on the lake, with a spectacular sunset and late summer-like temperatures. Some of the guests went their way after dinner while others remained as house guests with the Corbetts, then moved on to Hanover on Saturday for the Colgate game. Bill and Dottie Lieson joined the group on Friday.

Mike Cardozo relays word from Bob Harrison that "the summer of 1982 was not only the 50th year of our graduation but also the 50th since Jeff Jeffery and Dot Hamel were married in Syracuse, N.Y., with several of our class in attendance. Mighty few of us have been able to celebrate that golden annniversary, and I suggest that the class notes be gilded with the news and with our good wishes for continued happiness supported by good health. And next year we must observe the 50th birthday of Barbara Jeffery, the first baby born to a member of the class of '32, to many of us the 'Class Baby.' Time marches on!

Mike adds the comment that his note from Bob came from the same address in Montclair "from which we took off for the drive to the wedding in Syracuse. How many of us have not changed our home address in over a half century? Talk about roots!"

"Two home runs in one inning," is the way Charles Levesque '34 described the honors bestowed on Frank H. Westheimer, professor of chemistry at Harvard. Frank was named the recipient of the 1982 Welch Award in chemistry, presented by Houston's Robert A. Welch Foundation. The award of $150,000 and a gold medal is made to a person deemed to have made significant scientific research advancements that contribute to the betterment of mankind. Frank's field is bio-organic chemistry and research leading to a better understanding of enzyme action. Frank says it's "astonishing how many details of the way enzymes conduct their chemistry relate to ordinary life." Announcement of the Welch Award, to be presented November 15, came almost simultaneously with presentation of the Arthur C. Cope Award to Frank on September 14 by the American Chemical Society. The Cope Award consists of a gold medal and $10,000 to the award winner and $10,000 to further his research. Frank said he had been exceedingly fortunate in the quality of the collaborators he has had in his research who "do most of the work.': He has published nearly 200 scientific papers of which he thinks "about 30 made some difference in scientific research." Frank will be lecturing one more year at Harvard.

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