1957

The following is a news item provided by the Bob Macdonald News Service. It is datelined Sheraton, Boston, late 1982, and the headline reads, "The class of 1957 takes attendance cup at 1 19th Dartmouth dinner presided over by President McLaughlin."

"At 9:00 p.m., when the official count was made, '57 had once again walked off with the attendance award. Present were Mimi and George Southwick, George and Ann Johnston, Wally and Chickie Ackley, and John and Karen Donnelley, plus bachelors for the evening Bob Macdonald and Bob Shirley. Paid, but unable to make it, were Burt and Beverly Foster. The class rose (as won) to accept the trophy, which looked like the one the Phi Gams took from the Psi U's in November 1956. As the winners posed for their pictures, the rowdy class of 1962, feeling left out, pushed to the podium to get into the picture. John Donnelley fended them off, and the picture was recorded for all the wire services. At 1:00 a.m., another attendance check was made. At that time, the announcement was given that the '57s now constituted a majority of the house!"

End of wire service article . . . Bob's information is indicative of the emergence of the class of '57 as a real Dartmouth leader. In 1982, Bob and company won the following Alumni Fund awards: the award for best all-around achievement (with Messrs. Dalton, Southwick, and Stevenson); the award for greatest dollar improvement; the Class of 1938 Award for the largest reunion total; and the Wilde Award for extraordinary achievement (with Jim Dalton). Well done! What do you have planned for this year, Bob?

Peter Dietz has just been promoted to senior vice president of the Frank Russell Company, a leader in the field of pension consulting. Peter joined Frank Russell in 1976, following 16 years in academia as a teacher at both the Northwestern Graduate School of Management and the University of Oregon's School of Business Administration. He has published a book in the field called PensionFunds: Measuring Investment Performance. Peter's duties at Frank Russell include serving as director of both research and client relations.

A less fortunate classmate was Bob Grey, who became the second '57 in recent months to be bushwacked by Congress (the other was Kent Crane.) Bob had been nominated to the key position of deputy director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. He was the personal choice of the agency's director, Eugene Rostow, who had been reported as ready to resign if the nomination were rejected. Unfortunately for both, some Senate conservatives led by Jesse Helms prevailed, and the White House decided not to attempt to seek Senate confirmation for Bob. Shortly thereafter, Rostow resigned. Bob is a member of a distinguished group of '57s at the State Department and is certain to be back in another senior position before too long.

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