1961
I know you're expecting to find a report on our 20th reunion. Well, deadlines for this magazine are so far in advance that this is being written six weeks before reunion, and our reunion report will be in the next September issue of the Magazine.
But, through President Gerry Kaminsky and Newsletter Editor Bob Anderson, I can tell you a bit about a West Coast reunion. Thirteen '61s, plus wives and girlfriends, were present on March 20-21 at Monterey. They included organizer Bill Hutton, The Otter, Marvin Freedman, Mike Kirst, Phil Oehler, Roger Schulze, Wayne Snow, Dan Reith, Dave Birney, Andy Cohen, Tom Conger, Ray Thompson, and Bob Tunnell. The reports say it was a clear and cold weekend, and a happy reunion.
There's also another bit of news on (rather than from) Gerry Kaminski. We should all congratulate our president, for he has been named "Class President of the Year," and his citation says, among other things, "You've characterized your term as president of the class of 1961 by an extreme reluctance to allow your classmates to accept the average or to be complacent with the norm." Thanks for your leadership, Gerry.
John Schlachtenhaufen has become execu- tive vice president of Wild Heerbrugg Instru- ments -— which means he is head of United States operations for the Swiss firm. John had been vice president of retail marketing for Xe- rox, responsible for Xerox's retail stores and copier dealer program. His new company is a subsidiary of Wild Heerbrugg Ltd., a leading. Swiss manufacturer of precision optical and me- chanical instruments, electronic distance mea- suring equipment, and other devices for aerial photogrammetric mapping, surveying, and engineering.
Call Cartter Frierson a "CMC" from now on, and put that after his name when you write to him. The initials stand for Certified Manage- ment Consultant, and he was recently certified to put them after his name. He also was elected a member of the Institute of Management Coer sultants. According to the institute tion "signifies that an individual consul practitioner meets the institute's strict dards of technical competence, professional perience, and ethical conduct." The release notes that Cartter's practice includes moment and planning consultation in the processing field.
Don O'Neill may be best-in-class in the marathon. His time in Boston reportedly was 2:54. Anybody done any better than that? How's about in the half-marathon? 10K? 5k? Other sports competitions? I'd love to keep tabs of best-in-class in as many categories as possible. Take, for example, Curt Low. He's still in the Air Force and is on the Air Force ski racing team. I'd love to give you other skiers a shoot at
Max Ramenofsky has become chief of pediatric surgery at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, where he's also associate fessor of surgery and pediatrics.
Arthur Bloom, who chairs the theatcpartment at Loyola University of Chicago, been chosen as a Kellogg National Fellow. of 50 selected under the W. K. Kellogg Four dation's National Fellowship Program. H receive a three-year grant of up to $30.00 • pursue a self-designed plan of study. The prgram also includes seminars, workshops, ar consultations. Bloom, who was assistant pr fessor of speech at Washington State Univtrs ty, also is president of the Illinois Theater Ass ciation, the author of several articles theatrical entertainment, and a three-time recipient of a Loyola Mellon Grant. The 50 were chosen from among 709 applicants.
Ticket punching (intercity moves this qua: ter, as reported by the Dartmouth computer): J. Edward Kent Ahrens, from Middle: Md., to Scranton, Pa.; Jerry Hallisey, fro Merrimack, N.H., to Oakland, v,alif.; Joe Heathcote, from Leucadia, Calif., to West Sedona, Ariz.; Richard Keith, from Her:: Calif., to Niles, 111.; Ken Kroupa, from Pittsford, N.Y., to Weston, Conn.; Terry O V from Milwaukee, Wise., to Jupiter, Fla.. David O. Smith Jr., from Trumbull. C nr to Chatsworth, Calif.
Perhaps it's a good time to catch up on occupations in the class, since we're moving beyond the mid-life crisis point when many folks switch careers. Some of the careers are on borderline, so the computer may not things quite right, or we might disagree with the decision. For instance, Dave Birney is listed under the creative arts rather than in TV-movies. Also, several of our dentists (people with D.D.S. or D.M.D. after their are listed as practicing medicine rather t being ow
The computer shows that we have 88 lawyers and 81 doctors (if my hand count is correct). It shows movement of our classmates into as agement and administration, a nature we age.
For instance, nine classmates are in education administration, while 48 teach in college and 28 teach in secondary school. The record shows 31 in business management and 51 in unclassified business, plus this breakdown of other business fields: automotive, five; banking ,19; banking trust officer, three; building, five: food, nine; hospital administration, four; hotels and restaurants, two; insurance, 19; utilities, six; merchandising, 20; metals and mining. nine; investments, 23; paper and glass, ■real estate, 12; and transportation, three.
I'nder the broad heading of communications. there are 17 in advertising; ten in cre;-ivc arts; 15 in publishing and journalism; and four in radio-TV-movies.
Among the other professions, ten are in accounting, ten in architecture, five in dentistry, five in the ministry, 14 in engineering, 19 in the sciences, and six in geology.
Among those in public service are 11 in the armed services, one in elective office, 20 in ..ivernment, one in library and museum administration, and five in welfare service. Naturally, most of those armed forces people will soon be taking on new careers.
The remainder include six in aviation, one in athletics, three in the environment, four in farming, 34 currently without careers, and one already retired.
Next time: reunion report.
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Gerald Paul Kaminsky '61 was selected as the 1982 "Class President of the Year" at Class Officers' Weekend in May. He was cited for his "devotion, loyalty, and enthusiasm" and for his leadership role in increasing 196 l's dues-payers, Alumni Fund participation and totals, and newsletters, in developing a successful class project, and in planning for a chart-topping 20th reunion.
