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COME TO THE GREEN 1943-40 TH NEXT JUNE THIRTEEN FORTIETH REUNION JUNE 13-14-15-1983

Congratulations to Edward R. "Bud"Kast, who was recently elected president of the Headmasters' Association of the United States. Bud is headmaster of Germantown Academy. He has had a distinguished career in education, having served as headmaster at various schools since 1949.

William A. Coughlin achieved a notable legal achievement recently in arguing a case as attorney for Reynolds Metals before the Supreme Court of the United States. The case was Dewey v. Reynolds Metals the initial First Amendment case to be heard by the Court arising out of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

Another, of our prominent legal practitioners is Bill Glovsky, who found time to send us this report of his travels:

"I went to Dallas recently to visit with my youngest son, Chuck '75, who is living there with his wife Eileen. Chuck is the only one of my three sons who did not opt for law school. After a brief stint at the First National Bank of Boston (two years), he got his M.B.A. at Stanford and is presently a financial analyst in Eppler, Guerin and Turner in Dallas.

"While I was in Dallas I was lucky enough to spend a delightful evening with our classmate and my roommate, Chuck Arnstein, and to meet his delightful family. His wife Barbara is as lovely and charming as ever, and his three sons Richard, Robert, and Irwin are uniformly bright, personable, and well on the road to successful careers. It was a joy to see how well Chuck has recovered from his recent surgery. Chuck told me that the only other member of the class he sees occasionally is John Cook, who lives in San Antonio.

"Back in the Boston area, Phil Jackson has had hip surgery recently and from all signs he seems to be recovering remarkably. His unique sense of humor never left him, and I am sure that with a little coaxing he will be delighted to tell some of the funny stories he has concocted as a result of his hospital stay."

In his letter Bill suggested that a little persuasion from this end might persuade Chuck Arnstein to come to reunion, now well past the planning stages and raring to go. Best persuader we know of would be a re-reading of Dan O'Connor's totally eloquent letter (distributed not long ago with your reunion material) entitled "Confessions of a '43 Snob On the Occasion of Bob Pelren's Murder." If you missed it, a portion deserves repeating here. In the face of a 1942 encounter with an "old" alumnus, Dan says he determined "to give my alma mater, my old classmates, and all reunions a wide berth." After writing of his prep school and undergraduate friendship with Bob Pelren, Dan wrote with searing openness: "To this moment the writer remains an honorable man; he has never veered one inch from his stubborn course. He has never attended a reunion. He has never sought out his classmates . . . not his roommate Brad Copeland . . . not Charlie Donovan, who also went to Andover with him, not Bob Pelren. Bully for him! He has never laid eyes on the tall, dear friend from Concord whose presence permeated three of the most crucial periods in his growing life. And he never will.

"And he weeps. Oh, how he weeps!"

Are you absolutely certain there is no way for you to get to Hanover June 13—16? Chairman Eddie O'Brien is eager to hear from you even at this late date.

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