1958

Summer promotions and honors always brighten the first column of the year. Gerald Garbacz has been promoted by W. R. Grace and Company to senior vice president and deputy grup executive of the general business group. He moved up from president of Baker and Taylor, a division, joe Carter is the new vice president, human resources, of Western Union Corporation. Joe has an M.B.A. from Cornell and previously worked in the employee relations field with Warner Lambert Company and Johnson and Johnson. Bob Mueller is now vice president and manager, business development department, of Northrup Corporation's electronics division. Bob has an M.B.A. from Tuck School and worked for 18 years with Honeywell's aerospace defense group before joining Northrup in 1981 in the business development area. Bob works in Hawthorne, CA. Also moving into the business development area is JimDougherty, who is the executive vice president, secretary, and general counsel of Supermarkets General Corporation. Jim was given responsibility for the business development area of the company, and has been elected to the board of directors of Supermarkets General, the tenth largest supermarket chain in the nation.

The first Robert McGuire Undergraduate Research Grant was recently awarded to a Dartmouth student. The award honors Mickey, who was the founding coordinator of the College's African and Afro-American Studies Program. Culver Military Academy recently honored Kenneth A. Montgomery '25 as "Man of the Year." Superintendent Ralph Manuel presented the award.

A study entitled "Home Care Delivery in Bergen County in the 19th Century" has been published by the journal of the Medical Society of New Jersey. Dr. Mike Nevins was a coauthor. Although I confess to not having read the article in its entirety, I was much impressed by the fearsome photographs of forceps and blunt hooks.

Carl McCall, state human rights commissioner of New York, was married in August to Dr. Joyce Frances Brown. The wedding was held in the Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Dr. Brown is director of testing at the Borough of Manhattan Community College and practices privately as a psychotherapist. She graduated from Marymount College and has a doctorate in psychology from New York University. Among his many accomplishments, Carl has been a New York state senator and a member of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. The class extends all good wishes for much happiness to the newly weds.

With the graduation of the Rev. Richard"Rick" Martin's son, Timothy '83, the Martin family has sent three generations through Dartmouth College. Rick's father graduated in 1931. Rick is presently the rector of St. James Episcopal Church in Amesbury, MA.

Reunion reflections: Among the prizes awarded at the class dinner were a heart operation (valve job) from Dr. Bill Yahr, won by Bruce Carlson; flour aprons donated by FrankSands, won by Andy Nichols, Frank Blatz, and Fred Hildebrandt; spice racks from DickFrisch, won by Bill Smith and John Diggs; ATC equipment from Tryg Myhren, won by Dale Sarles; a year's supply of Pepsi from Norm Sylvester, won by Mel Alperin (he certainly needs it); a New York apartment weekend from Marty Carter, won by Grafton Berger of Arizona; a smoked salmon from Harv Wilson, won by a bewildered Ron Zwart; a set of yard lights from Walt Yusen, won by Jake Jacobus; a Phoenix gourmet dinner from Grafton Berger, won by Dick Stoddart; a Vail weekend for eight from Kit Cowperthwaite, won by Otto Wagenbach; and, my favorite, admission and lunch at El Commandte Race Track in Puerto Rico from Larry Kruteck, won by Phil Ranney. Many thanks, again, to all of the classmates who contributed prizes – and may all the winners eventually collect.

Many responses are in hand from classmates who attended the reunion. Phil Ranney's was the first one received. He wrote, "I enjoyed everything from the Glee Club to the final banquet. The reunion reminded me how important Dartmouth has been in my life. The organization was excellent. My special thanks to Bill Hartley. I did not plan to come until I read 'The Graying of the Green.'

Don Voss wrote, "Canoeing on the Connecticut with my daughter was really special. I never did it 25 years ago. It was great to see all the Chi Phis. Wish we could do it again next month." The comments of Jim Fannin are interesting: "I enjoyed seeing Ron Zwart and Don Moday, old friends/roommates in College. Winning a cup for the race was a real high. I haven't ever won any hardware in six years of running! Overall, a superbly planned and run reunion. However, the residence hall out behind Tuck was the pits." (Several others expressed similar dissatisfaction with the accommodations there.) Evert Lindgren wrote: "The seminars were very good. I wish I could have attended all three. The career seminar was especially timely for me. Hoyt Goodrich could have been reading my biography." Evert did not like the meals on Saturday noon or evening but he concluded, "It felt good to be back." Mike Wygant was delighted to see his fellow Sig Eps, including Barny Barnard, Steve Dunn, Hal Feuchter, Larry Hampton, Bob Keller, Andy Nichols, Dave Reed, Bob Thompson, Don Whitham, and Glenn Wilde. "The reunion committee and the College did a magnificent job of organization and overall management in every detail. I was most impressed with President McLaughlin."

Other comments on reunion will appear in the next column. We close with Glenn Wilde, who said, "The whole 25th was an incredible job a chance to renew old friendships and reestablish roots after years of travel and relocations. In a transient society with shifting values, it is very important to renew yourself and review your roots. Dartmouth is part of me and something I am very, very proud to be a part of. Advise those who did not make, or did not make the effort – don't miss the next reunion."

Three generations of the Martin family became three generations of Dartmouth alumni in June asTimothy Martin 83, center,received bis diploma at commencement. Tim, an art major who plans to continue his studies at Oxford,is the son of the Rev. Richard Martin '58, rector of St. JamesEpiscopal Church in Amesbury, MA. And he is the son of John B. Martin Jr.'31 left who not only began'the Martin family Dartmouth succession, but also the trend to Oxford; he went 'there as a Rhodes Scholar following graduation and then on to a career in law and politics

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