1955

Those of us who watched President Reagan on the tube in late March presenting his case for more defense funds were privy to several declassified top-secret aerial views of Soviet activity in the Caribbean. One such photo showed a 10,000-foot runway being constructed on the beautiful spice island of Grenada just north of Trinidad. Evidently, what Ronald Reagan didn't realize was that anyone in Grenada can drive out to the airport site and take pictures. For instance, Harry Ambrose was recently there visiting one of Continental Grain's milling operations, and he not only checked out the site but was driven up and down this "topsecret" strip. Harry and Margie were on a Caribbean cruise and just might have more informative photos than our State Department.

Wang Laboratories, the well-known multinational office automation company, recently announced several management promotions, including the move of our own Jon Kropper to the post of executive vice president for manufacturing. He was formerly the vice president. Wang has been extremely successful, reporting a 38-per cent gain in profits last year. Incidentally, the new president of Wang is John Cunningham, who graduated from Tuck School in the sixties.

Whilst in the computer mode, SCI-COM Computer Systems, which develops and markets the Seiko Series 8600 small business desktop computer, has named Dick Wilson director of product marketing. He will be responsible for new product development and specification, competitive analysis, and pricing stategy. Dick has come up through the ranks of blue chip companies, including AT&T, Bell Laboratories, Digital Equipment, and General Electric. He lives in Middletown, N.J., with his wife Carolyn and three children.

Thanks to The Lexington Herald in Kentucky, we have some news of Ralph Miller which is interesting despite being 28 years old. According to the editorial, there are two guys presently living in Lexington who both have cruised faster than 100 m.p.h. skiing on snow, and although both set world records doing it, they have never met. One is Steve McKinney, brother of this year's World Cup women's skiing champion, Tamara McKinney. The other is Ralph, who, it is reported, skiied at 109 m.p.h. on a mountain in Chile in 1955. By doing that, Ralph set a world's record and became the first person to break the 100-m.p.h. barrier on skis. Most impressive, especially comparing the equipment he used in the fifties to the advanced technology utilized in manufacturing skiing equipment today.

Syb Ellis has a new address, having moved from the Chicago area to Boulder, Colo.

It looks like a great fall football season as far as reunions are concerned. The most important will be the weekend of October 22, traditional Dartmouth Night, when Cornell comes to town. We are putting together for that weekend the first-ever triple fall mini-reunion, for the three classes holding their joint 30th reunion the following June. Our 30th is coming up in June 1984, a year shy of the actual date, and will be held with the classes of'53 and '54. A dinner-dance and cocktail party are being planned for the fall preview, to which all our children at the College will also be invited. This will be an opportune warm-up to renew old friendships prior to the June gathering. More details will be forthcoming via the newsletter.

Sinclair Hitchings '54, shown in his domain as keeper of the prints at the Boston Public Library,spends his working hours in what he says is one of the last old, high-ceilinged print rooms thatremains in existence. Hitchings was recently on campus for a talk at the new Hood Museum, asreported in the 1954 class notes.

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