1960

Here's hoping you all had a warm and happy holiday season and that the New Year finds us in high spirits and looking forward to great things.

Before getting into the latest news, I'd like to remind you all about the upcoming "Week in Hanover," February 26-March 2, on "Genetic Engineering and the Future of Politics. " This special week for the '60 class members is under the auspices of Professor Roger Masters. Professors, students, and members of the class of '60 will be working together in classroom and seminar settings in addition to watching multi-media presentations. Representatives from the departments of government, biology, anthropology, and philosophy will be involved. Tuition for the week is $125 per person and a special rate of $57 per night has been arranged at the Hanover Inn. There will be time left for skiing, socializing, and even a concert at the Hopkins Center, although this will be a relatively rigorous academic experience. If you have not already signed up and have an interest, contact the chairman of the project, Bob Brusic, at 16 LeGrand Road, North Haven, CT 06473. Or, as time will be short by the time you get to read this, you can also obtain information or make arrangements by calling Liz in Gene Kohn's office at 800/343-8202.

The past year ended on a sad note with the passing of one of our loyal and devoted classmates, Peter Ralph. Dartmouth meant a lot to Peter and he will be very much missed by all.

Walter Sosnowski writes from Dallas, Tex., that he has had a good year, in which he started his own industrial real estate business with quite good results. His eldest son, Walter III, entered Stanford as a freshman. Walter took a long business/vacation trip which included backpacking in Yosemite, a visit to Carmel, San Francisco, and Lake Tahoe, and a nine-day canoe trip with great fishing in Minnesota and Canada.

John Youle is still in Quito, Ecuador, where he is the deputy chief of the American Embassy. His eldest son, John Patrick, is a freshman at Dartmouth, while John Patrick's four younger sisters are all studying with varying degrees of enthusiasm in Quito to follow in his footsteps.

Tom Alaimo of Southport, Conn., resigned (in December of 1982) from his position at Uniroyal, where he had been president of the $450-million engineered products group, with the hope of doing something he'd wanted to do for some time own his own business. He completed a leveraged buy-out on July 21, 1983, of Gare Inc., a manufacturer and marketer of ceramic hobby products with worldwide sales, located in Haverhill, Mass. He is presently commuting from Southport, where the family lives, for the four-day, 40-hour week and has an apartment in Hampton, N.H., about ten minutes from the plant. The business has $63 million of sales and 60 employees and is much smaller than anything he has run in a long time, but, says Tom, "I'm learning that small is beautiful."

Bill Batt wrote from Indianapolis to say he has had a busy and good year with business. His daughter Susie in fourth grade and son Bobby in first are busy, too, with piano, voice, and all the other normal activities.

Bill Danforth, in Ventura, Calif., is involved in some data processing consulting for the city of Ventura and is planning on expanding to some other areas. He's also doing some traveling and is looking forward to the 25th reunion.

Roger Stephenson of West Hartford, Conn., sent in the following rundown of some of the '60s in his area: Roger Hanlon is still with the law firm of Day, Berny and Howard in Hartford; Peter Weider is managing money at Advest in Hartford; PeterSchwartz, president of the Alumni Council, is a leading asbestos expert with Gordon, Muir and Foley in Hartford; Rick Lyman is with CIGNA in Bloomfield, Conn.; Bob Colton is chairman of the board of education in Farmington; Joel Alvord is still president of Connecticut National Bank.

A note of special thanks to Phil Kron of Chatham, N.J., for sending in all of the above notes for this issue.

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