1953

If you are going to be in or near Hanover over graduation weekend, please try to make the class cocktail party at the Hanover Inn on saurday, June 11. Bring your family and friends. Proud '53 parents expected to be there include. John Alger, Jack Avril, Tom Bloomer, Charlie Buchanan, Al Collins, Dick Conn, Marty De-Gennaro, Dave Donovan, Freddie Hitt, Mayo Johnson, Hans Krahmer, George Krall, Pierce Law, Ray Lawrence, Ron Lazar, Dick Lena, Jack Levine, Ed Okun, John Rogers, Schonfeld, and Pete Spaulding.

Don and Lillian Goss have joined the ranks of grandparents. Their daughter, Diane Farrell, and granddaughter, Hillary Anne, are doing fine. The apple doesn't fall too far from the tree: Diane interrupted a promising career at J. Walter Thompson and can't wait to get back. By the way, Don is fully recovered from his by-pass surgery and is back in full swing at McCaffrey and McCall.

We've learned that Jack Thim's son is in a coma and desperately fighting for his life. I'm sure that Jack would appreciate hearing from you (Box 332, Bolton, Mass. 01740).

The Freddie Hitt dynasty continues in the D.C.A.C. Toby Hitt '83 was named most valuable player on the squash team. Daughter Robin '86 was one of the stars of the super women's hockey team.

Late March found our whole family skiing in Taos, N.M. What a great surprise to run into Dave and Peggy Cost and their sons Dave '84 and Charlie, who will be a freshman at Williams. At Taos everybody spends each morning in ski school learning to ski better. The four parents wound up in the same class. Our instructor was super and really got us cruising through the 60 inches of powder that fell during the week. Dave and I agreed that we've come a long way since the golf course rope tow. Dave and Peggy live in Wayzata, Minn.; he is a branch manager for Northwestern National Bank of Minneapolis.

Bernie Sudikoff convened the first meeting of the reunion committee in mid-April. While the 30th is still a year away —June 11—14, 1984 - it is not too early to start making your plans to attend.

Bob Simpson took his wife Anne on a month-long business trip to the Orient. You will recall the newsletter's report of an earlier trip. Once again, the highlight was Bangkok. Ed Rose arranged a dinner along with Prasong and Lek Sukhum and other members of the Dartmouth community there. Ed teaches English at a major university and continues to work with refugees from Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia: Prasong is the director and manager of the Thai Oil Refinery Company and is president of the local Dartmouth Club. His son Pravit is a freshman.

Chad Day, the president of Polaris Research and Development, has been elected to chair the board of trustees of the Wright Institute, an independent graduate school in Berkeley, Calif. It was founded in 1968 and emphasizes a multidisciplinary approach to research and clinical practice, leading to a Ph.D. in psychology.

Al and Nan Collins are busy planning the mini-reunion August 12—14 on Nantucket Island. Make your transportation reservations now; details will be coming shortly.

That's it for this month.

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