1946

Finally I have been able to catch up with old roommate Charlie French in Wolfeboro, NH. Charlie still looks terrific. He recently lightened his prodigious load by selling his Lakeview Oil Company and appliance businesses, but he continues to manage other diverse interests including his Mobil gas station, the Home Ford Agency, his rent-a-car business, and real estate endeavors. Hard-working guy!

John Emery, chairman and chief executive officer of Emery Air Freight, has also assumed the title of president of his firm, to end speculation that there would be a replacement for this vacant position. The company has not been looking for a new president.

The übiquitous Ed and Molly Scheu are now on an extensive trip to China. All of the travels of this active pair certainly have helped stabilize Ed's golf handicap. Ed and Molly have continued their involvement in College affairs by sponsoring a Native American Studies symposium in Hanover last spring. This brought together a number of key speakers to deal with "American Indian Policy The Congressional Dilemma"; among the speakers were Alvin Josephy, a leading authority, author, and government consultant and former editor of the American Heritage Publishing Company.

Harvey and Dottie White were in town in June to see daughter Marion Louise graduate from Tuck School.

Walter and Mary Snickenberger now have a home in Lebanon, NH, where Mary spends summers and to which Walt commutes in the spring and fall. He returns in September for the Princeton game when sons Tom '75 and Walter Jr. (Princeton), former football adversaries, join them for a family reunion before Walt and Mary return to Dallas. Walt is vice president for all student affairs at Southern Methodist University.

It was nice to get a call from Welles Fendrich, who was in Hanover for a couple of days with daughter Ann in late August for an admissions interview.

Jim Lynch, our class president, has become president of Television Marketing Associates in New York City.

It was a treat to meet Len and Nancy Wilson in Sherborn, MA, at the wedding of children of mutual friends in early June.

Jim Heller was in Hanover in late May and is interested in details about the new "ice" skating rink surface which Jim Shute is marketing.

Sam and Judy Florman also were in Hanover in the spring when Sam received the Robert Fletcher Award from Thayer School upon his nomination by the Dartmouth Society of Engineers. Sam is vice president of Kreisler Borg Forman Construction Company and a past overseer of Thayer School. His firm specializes in the construction of government subsidized apartments, having constructed almost 10,000 units in New York City and Westchester County. Sam has published some 80 articles in professional journals and periodicals and has written three books. Sam also was recipient of the Stevens Honor Award from Stevens Institute of Technology and the Ralph Coats Roe Medal from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Don Behnken writes of his retirement from American Cyanamid Company after 24 years of service. Don has purchased a 40-foot sailboat which son Larry '83 and daughter Linda '84 used for a crewed charter business this summer in the New England area. This fall Don and Anita will take the boat to the Bahamas for the winter charter season, returning in the spring for a double-header graduation.

Jack Whitman moved to Hyannis, MA, in February but still keeps in touch with things happening in his old Wellesley haunts. He sent us a clipping about Stan Feldberg, who has recently been elected a director of American Mutual Liability Insurance Company in Wakefield, MA. Stan is chairman of the executive committee of Zayre Corporation and serves on the board of State Street Trust and Beth Israel Hospital and also as an overseer of Children's Medical Center in Boston and as a trustee of Brandeis University. Despite all these activities, Stan and Teddy still manage to spend some of the time at their second home in nearby Hartford, VT.

Bob and Mary Frances Case of Scotia, NY, write of his recent retirement from General Electric after 35 years at its Schenectady plant. Bob is busying himself with freemasonry and civic and banking pursuits and finds time for more golf, travel to their Orlando, FL, home; and visits to their five children scattered from Gunnison, CO, to the Atlanta area. Bob says he has yet to make a '46 reunion but did enjoy seeing President David McLaughlin recently in Albany.

The entire Upper Valley was shocked at the death of Duncan Hugh MacNamee on July 3 of complications following triple by-pass surgery and a heart attack. He had been associate professor of clinical psychiatry at the Dartmouth Medical School and medical director of West Central New Hampshire Community Mental Health Services. Hugh worked all his life with young people and was beloved by everyone in the Upper Valley. He was the same with all people. Without pretense or shame, always honest, sensitive, and sensible, and with great earthy humor, he won over all the young people he counseled and their families and friends as well.

Hugh is sorely missed. He was a treasure. Our heartfelt sympathies go out to Mimi and their children in this difficult time.

Best regards. Keep in touch

Hayes Hill Etna, NH 03750