1941

We have a sackful of sorrows, as my Irish grandmother used to say, and perhaps we should open it right at the beginning. Since last I wrote, word has come in of the death of three classmates. Dean Paterson died in May at Naalehu, Hawaii, Bill Morrow in July at Syracuse, N.Y., and Rudy Majoros in August at New York City. Obituaries will appear in this or succeeding issues.

Since we're now in the process of paying class dues, this might be an appropriate moment to remind everyone that one of the principal uses for our dues money is the purchase of memorial books for the Dartmouth library in memory of each of our deceased classmates. The library selects the book, and a specially-designed bookplate dedicates it by name to our fellow '41. Three more volumes are being added right now.

From the world of big business comes a report that Bill Cashel, who retired a while back as vice chairman of the board of AT&T, is now a vice chairman again. He's just been named to that post on the board of directors of the Campbell Soup Company, headquartered in Camden, N.J.

A note from Sue Hall says that our 25th reunion baby, Mary, was accepted by both Dartmouth and Cornell but, alas, is going to Cornell this fall. Sue also writes: "I work at Nassau Hospital with Bill Steel's sister, Dorothy. She tells me Bill is building a home at Lake Winnipesaukee. He and Millie are renting in the area while the house is being built." It would appear that Bill is either moving his Long Island insurance business to New Hampshire or else joining the retirement brigade.

A definite addition to the retired roster is Bill David, who has just stepped down as a political science professor at Western Maryland College, Westminister, Md. Bill joined the Western Maryland faculty in 1952 as an assistant professor of sociology and dean of men. He has recently been serving as chairman of the political science department and, over the years, has spent a good bit of time studying and teaching in India.

Our final item also comes from academia. The University of Pennsylvania, at the end of each academic year, passes out the Lindback Awards for Distinguished Teaching to several members of its faculty selected by their colleagues, students, and alumni. Among those honored last spring was Jerry Donohue, a professor of chemistry, who also teaches in something called general honors. Highlights from his citation: "Impact profound and far-reaching ... cuts across traditional boundaries and reveals how concepts of symmetry and esthetics underlie the atomic and molecular view of matter ... difficult material made sense ... increased his teaching load substantially to make certain students would not miss a necessary course."

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