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Dennis Dinan has resigned as editor of this magazine, effective December 31.
Dennis has been editor since September 1973.
In a telephone interview, he explained, "It's a matter of incompatibility between McLaughlin and some of his top people and me over what a magazine should be and specifically what the DARTMOUTH ALUMNI MAGAZINE should be.
"It seems to me that McLaughlin cares deeply about the 'positive image,' and that isn't my principal concern. This was explained to me in a meeting in late July and I was given a rather narrow choice of options, and I quit."
Those options included accepting a sixmonth probationary period after nine years of running the magazine or being fired.
However, the editor of this magazine is supposed to be "elected" by the Dartmouth Class Secretaries Association, and that group had reelected Dennis each year to another term as editor, including just this past May. The association is supposed to be the co-publishers of the MAGAZINE, and indeed adopts the budget. As far as I know, no one was consulted by the president in Dennis's case.
"Incompatibility between the editor and the president seems to be customary in the Ivy League, but it reached an unfortunate state at Dartmouth," said Dennis. One of the incidents McLaughlin cited was the furor following censorship of Rob Eshman's "Undergraduate Chair" piece by College Vice President Addison Winship II '42, an action that was not overturned by President McLaughlin, despite Eshman's appeal.
What's he going to do now? "I don't have a clue," said Dennis. His search for a new job he said he hopes to remain in the Upper Valley - was complicated by a severe bout with Crohn's Disease, a type of colitis that causes abscesses, which got infected. "It hurts to sit down," he said.
But Dennis described his mood as cheerful, and though he wants to stay in Hanover, "I'd go somewhere else if a nice job opened." He's been in Hanover since September 1967, when he returned as director of the Alumni College.
"What we as a staff tried to do is make the MAGAZINE readable," he said. "That was our principal goal. There's no point in putting out a magazine of any type unless it is readable. A large portion of the alumni read [the MAGAZINE] with interest and that was the most gratifying part of it, that and working with a good, capable, bright staff of wonderful people . . . "
We've got another judge in our class. Vermont Governor Richard Snelling has named Frank "Skip" Mahady to the Vermont District Court bench. He'll be assigned to home court in Middlebury.
That means he'll spend half his time in Middlebury and half on the road. Under Vermont law, district judges can hear any criminal case, Frank told the Valley News in an interview after his appointment.
Frank was chosen after an 11-member judicial selection board decided he was one of the applicants that was qualified, and submitted his name to the governor. He has been active in the state Republican party and had been a partner in the Norwich law firm of Mahady, Johnson and Dunne before donning the judicial robes. Snelling said he chose Frank because of his experience as a trial court lawyer and because of his dealings in civil and criminal court. "The breadth of Frank Mahady's experience as a trial court lawyer and his experience in dealing with both civil and criminal law in Vermont, I believe, will serve him and the people of the state well."
Among that experience was an assistant, then deputy, state attorney general. Congratulations, Frank.
Meantime, the Valley News credits Ford Daley with creation of a job bank and a partners program for Lyme teen-agers. He has been Lyme's youth counselor for five years. He is a teacher at Hanover High and the head of the Dresden Plan, an advisory program for slow or gifted teens.
Ford told the Valley News: "Kids need meaningful activities. Kids need to feel they are in control, that they are doing something with a product, going on trips, building things, becoming involved in Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and having a job. This is a transition time for kids, and often lifestyles clash."
Jay Torok has been named president and chief executive officer of Merrill Lynch Realty Associates, a unit of the real estate and insurance group of Merrill Lynch and Company Inc. He's been with the company since May 1981. Previously he was vice president for corporate development, in which role he was involved in building the national network of residential real estate brokerages to some 26 companies, and then eastern regional president in November 1981.
John King was elected chairman-elect of the Illinois Hospital Association for 1982—83 and will assume the post of chairman in 1983—84. John is executive vice president of the Oak Brook-based Evangelical Hospital Association, a group that includes Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn, Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington, and Woodlawn Hospital and Bethany Hospital in Chicago. The hospital association in Illinois is concerned with support of the state's hospitals, and in his job, John will be involved in association policy and program development.
And, in a few weeks, David Blake will be moving from Boston to Newark, N.J. He has been appointed dean of the Rutgers Graduate School of Management, according to an announcement from Rutgers President Edward J. Bloustein. He's been dean of the College of Business Administration of Northeastern University in Boston since 1980 and before that was associate dean of the Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh. Dave takes over from Horace De Podwin on January 1. The school has 1,500 students. Dave has also been professor of business administration.
Dave is recognized as an expert in international business, particularly multinational corporations. He has also been involved in studying the importance of environmental strategies and in examining public affairs management.
And imagine my surprise on a Sunday morning recently at picking up my Charlotte Observer and seeing a large color picture of Dave Birney on the cover of our TV Week, of course in his new role as Dr. Ben Samuels on St. Elsewhere, the new NBC dramatic series. Maybe some of the rest of you got to see the same thing. Hope the series is successful.
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