1956
Though the football season was disappointing and frustrating from Dartmouth's perspective, the class can take some solace in having been able to follow the exploits of Bill Barrett's son of the same name who is the high-scoring fullback and tri-captain at Brown. Bill Sr. is a lawyer in Boston and lives in Concord.
The New York Times of October 1 reported the confirmation by the U.S. Senate of Everett Ellis Briggs as U.S. Ambassador to Panama. Ted has been with the State Department since 1956, following in the footsteps of his illustrious father. He has served in Berlin (when the wall was built), Angola, Paraguay and Colombia. More recently, he has been director of Mexican affairs and, before leaving for Panama, deputy assistant secretary for inter-American affairs in Washington. He describes his career as a "very high risk, often dangerous, somewhat underpaid, but always fascinating line of work." Congratulations and good luck, Ted!
On a recent trip to California, I had the opportunity to talk with Lee Gammill in San Francisco. Lee is general manager of New York Life there but manages to get back east for business and pleasure with some regularity. He took great pride in advising that his son Christopher was a soccer goalie. (It is incredible how many classmates have sons and daughters playing goalie around the country. Needless to say, it warms the heart of this old sieve.)
Anticipating the trip to California, a little research was undertaken. Approximately 50 of our classmates live in California. In an attempt to find out why, "The Book" was consulted. In alphabetical order we will run quickly through the list.
Paul Aichele lives and presumably works in San Francisco, but keeps quiet about it. Bill Beagle is a consultant for SRI in Menlo Park. His philosophy: "Optimistically concerned
. . . mind over matter motivation and attitude are key." Tom Bechler is district manager for Tandem Computers in Los Angeles. Bernhard Bergeson lives in Berkeley, and Bob Black is in Malibu.
Bob Bransten is president of the family coffee roasting business in San Francisco. His thoughts of two years ago are still timely: "We must be sensitive to the needs of all our citizens, not just those born to privilege. Dartmouth has changed ... I hope as much for our country." Bruce Brinkema is in real estate in Los Angeles, skis and runs, and still remembers "the aroma of burning autumn leaves" of New England.
Bob Cole is in Beverly Hills. Bill Ehrenfeld is a professor of surgery at the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco. A colleague is Neil Raskin, a neurologist and professor. The medical profession also has Vincent Felitti in La Jolla. Warren Foster lives silently in Atwater. Woody Fraser lives otherwise in Hollywood as a T.V. producer.
"The Book" provides nothing other than an address for Jim Groebe in Atherton, George Hall in Palo Alto, Houston Hall in Hillsborough, Ken Hecht in San Francisco, and Jim Hill, also in San Francisco. What's happened to you guys?
Porter Kier lives in Yorba Linda and directs the underseas warfare activities of Rockwell International. Maybe Yorba Linda is his cover name. San Francisco is the home of Tom Knott, and Irwin Libo lives in Dominguez Hills. No word from either.
JohnXiebman is a principal in the law firm of Grossman, Graven, Perry and Liebman, international trade specialists. John, like the rest of us, has "come to accept middle age . . . but this does not mean that we can't continue to strive for improvement or the conservation of values that are being challenged so dramatically by the changes in our world." Science Applications Inc. in Los Angeles employs Bob Long in the field of satellite laser survivability. Let's hear it for E.T.! Bob McCausland lives without word in Mission Viejo. Dick McClintock is a dermatologist in Ukiah, where, "when not building something, moving something, or growing something, I play tennis . . . The older I get the more fun I have." Lucky man. Bill Miles is a vice president with the Bank of California in San Francisco. Dave Mills, a pediatrician in Pacific Grove, George Neely in Alamo,, and Jim Nelson in San Rafael chose not to be quoted.
Walnut Creek is the home of Tony Newey, a psychologist. With apologies for the omission in the October column, I'm pleased to mention that Tony's daughter, Sarah Ann, received her degree in June from Dartmouth. Steven Newnham is an attorney in La Jolla specializing in estate planning. He wonders whether the mid-life crisis is "any more than a failure to deal with the natural problems everyone has from time to time."
Another bunch of quiet classmates are Tom Penchoen in Sepulveda, Gordon Poole in Berkeley, Fenwick Riley, an ophthalmologist in Healdsburg, Bob Rosebaum in Santa Monica, and Dick Rubottom in Newport Beach. You, too, can break your silence.
Woodland is the home of Kevin Ryan, a physician and part-owner of a clinic where he practices radiology and nuclear medicine. Fenwick Salter lives without communication in Richmond. Bob Taub is a physician in Los Angeles, where Ben Taylor is a vice president of Crocker Bank and Richard Terzian practices law. Fresno is the home of Richard Thorp, a neurosurgeon. Often in the news is the Los Angeles County District Attorney John Van de Kamp. Gene White lives in Berkeley. When he isn't consulting on water engineering projects he and his family apparently circle the globe in search of mountains to climb. John Williams in Los Angeles is a landscape architect for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Walter Wilcox is a psychiatrist in Monterey and perhaps speaks for all immigrant Califor- nians. "After 20 years in California I still don't speak mellow very well,.but after all these years have finally arrived at a reasonable understand- ing of quantum mechanics, just, in time for it to become obsolete." The legal fraternity claims Ai Woodruff in Fresno. And last, but by no means least, Art Zich lives in Half Moon Bay, his residence since 1975. His reason for resettling in California? It is the place for "making it all work . . . and taking a shot at what I wanted to do all along: go free-lance." Horace Greeley was right: Go west . . .
As we move into the year 1983, greetings and best wishes to all. Peace.
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