1966

If your postcard to me with news for the column doesn't get included this month, please accept my apologies. Like a squirrel saving its nuts for late winter, I am holding on to my dwindling supply of news for the next issue. So take a moment and drop me a line. You'll be guaranteed results.

Exactly one year ago, Bruce McKissock reported his recent marriage and honeymoon to us to New Zealand, "doing whatever, whenever, and however." Somewhat ruefully, Bruce now reports the birth of his and Nina's first child, Casey Elizabeth, last November. How prophetic! Bruce also reported bumping into Don Schwartz on Martha's Vineyard last summer. Don is a psychologist in Chicago. He also took time to chat with Billy and Mary Ellen Bower while he was up on the Cape about Billy's spectacular success with his high school football program. All I can tell you is that Billy's devotion to his team caused him to miss the Harvard game last fall, though he was kind enough to stop by for the tail-gating. Friends first, as Billy once said.

On the publishing front, Mark Zebrowski has recently published a comprehensive study of the Decanni art of southern India in the 16th and 17th centuries. Mark got his Ph.D. at Harvard and studied at the Musee Guimet in Paris after graduation from Dartmouth and is a recognized expert in Indian art.

On the promotion front, Chuck Weil has been promoted to vice president and general manager of the marketing services division of General Mills. Chuck will have primary responsibility for marketing research and promotion services for the Betty Crocker division. After graduating from Tuck School in 1968, Chuck joined General Mills as marketing assistant and has progressed steadily since then, serving as assistant product manager, product manager, and marketing director for Betty Crocker.

And now for the treasurer's report. Paul Babcock reports we took in more than we spent last year by $654.61. However, we're going to get dinged for $2,600 for the unpaid expenses of the 1980 reunion. For those of you who didn't make it, I will attest the expense is entirely worthwhile. To offset this deficit, we have two alternatives: Next year we can increase the class dues, or 125 of you non-dues-paying class members can ante up your $15. In fact, Paul reports if everyone paid their dues, we could achieve a substantial reduction in our annual levy.

For the final note for the column, I'm happy to report that a Dartmouth eduation is not always lost in the wide, wide world. Parker Davies, who ran cross-country as an undergraduate and lives in rural splendor in Vernal, Utah, recently put his undergraduate experience to good use. It seems a local thief in Vernal shoplifted a leather coat from the"Mr. S" clothing store and was making off down the street when Parker took chase. It was no contest; Parker caught the thief from behind, and with the help of the mayor, who was also giving chase, totally immobilized the man by pantsing him! Big Green ingenuity at its best.

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