1933

I have been sending out questionnaires to some classmates in a try to get a broader spectrum of news and views from the far-flung (those not so near the Hanover scene). George Mundt is one of the recent responders and an obviously very happy one in his busy retirement. He was born in Berlin, Germany, and, quite naturally, majored in German at Dartmouth. After earning a Ph.D. at Cornell in 1936, he started teaching at Colgate and chaired the German Department there from 1967 until his retirement. George and Henriette have four children, seven grandchildren. Their oldest son, George Jr., is class of '60. They enjoy traveling, mostly in Europe, reading, skiing, and playing chess. They live in New Smyrna Beach, Fla., in the winter, and in Hamilton, N.Y. (their familiar haunt) in the summer. For fun, George teaches German, French, and Spanish to dedicated students, mostly retirees.

In these questionnaires I have been sending out, I promise to keep certain answers confidential. In general, on an up-to-now limited basis, our classmates are happy and busy in their retirement. Most feel they have had a successful career, as determined by their measurements (how else?), and all but one believe that their Dartmouth tour did a lot to make for that success, and for their present contentedness with their life. It may or may not surprise you that all, even now, seem to be doing some sort of volunteer work or help for others'. That's good!

Away from that — a news release from the University of Rochester, N.Y., says that Roland Stevens has now transferred his practice of industrial and occupational medicine to the university's Strong Memorial Hospital. Steve was a "pioneer in this field of medicine in the Rochester area," the release said.

Norm and Margaret Erlandson have cruised to Mexico and the Caribbean this spring. They had a good time, I think.

Tom Hall has recovered from back surgery and has returned to work in his insurance agency in Dayton, Ohio.

While Page Worthington was wintering at Hilton Head, S.C., he had lunch one day with Danton Sawyer. Dan started out with '32, but moved up to '33 (some would say "dropped back") because of illness. About three years ago, he suffered a stroke, from which he's fortunately now all recovered. Page wrote all of this to me on a bit of notepaper beautifully embellished by a pen-and-ink drawing of a Beaufort, S.C., residence. Dan had done this during his recuperation. He is an architect by profession.

I tried to get Bill Sherman on the phone at Cape May Court House, N.J. Bill was out, delivering mail for a school (that busy volunteer work again). His wife Dorothy said he was keeping very active despite a continuing battle, over a three-year period, with lymph gland problems.

John Monagan was a help in confirming for me the date of death of Larry Durgin, whose obituary appears in this or the June issue. Larry will be sorely missed by his large family and many '33 friends. John is president of the Association of Former Members of Congress. For those of you who didn't see Bob Fox's '33 newsletter, the federal building in Waterbury, Conn., is now the John S. Monagan Federal Building, in recognition of John's long and faithful service to that community as alderman, mayor, and the district's U.S. Representative for seven terms.

There is a newish book out, The New YorkTimes Selective Guide to Colleges. This book is jq great demand by the families of prospective college students. I select my quote from it with discretion. Referring to Dartmouth, it says students "partake in some of the best liberal arts schooling offered anywhere."

This brings me to the grand finale of these notes. If you haven't yet given to the Alumni Fund, leave you not dilly-dally any longer. If you are still working with a "matching gift' company, or are retired from one, get the proper form from its personnel department so that Dartmouth can apply for a gift to match yours. Every big bit helps a lot and so does a little bit.

Bless every one!

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