1946

Bob and Nancy Sandoe of Ac worth, N.H., and Mai and Susan McLane of Concord were among the participants at a beautiful wedding reception held at Reg and Nancy Pierce's on September 15. Bob has sold his consulting business and is planning to move to the Hanover area. Mai is still very active with his Concord law firm, Orr and Reno. Susan McLane is running for reelection to a second two-year term as a New Hampshire state senator, following 16 years as a state representative.

John Greisberger, president of the Monroe County (N.Y.) Bar Association, has written an important policy statement for his profession, entitled The "ideal Can Be a Reality, that was published recently in the Monroe Daily Record.

Dave and Jean Weld went into well-de-served hiding after his fantastic final 60-day push for the Alumni Fund and spent the month of August in Mantoloking on the Jersey shore, his "office away from the office."

Bill Spoor was among 50 international honorees from the fields of art, business, entertainment, government, science, and sports who received the 23rd annual Golden Plate Award from the American Academy of Achievement. This nonprofit organization is dedicated to establishing role models for youth "from America's great walks of life." Bill was selected to receive the award for his 35-year career of ever-increasing accomplishment with the Pillsbury Company. Some of the others who have been honored are Jimmy Carter, Marine Commandant General Paul X. Kelley, Franco Harris, Nobel prize winner and Stanford physics professor Robert Hofstadter, John Travolta, Ted Turner, and Brooks Robinson.

It was great to hear from Jack and Sally Carter, who were in Hanover recently for dinner at D'Artagan's, which many regard as the finest restaurant in the Upper Valley. Nick and Ellen Vorys and Bob and Jackie Hooper will be staying with the Carters at Eastman for the Harvard football game.

Gus Gillaugh and Dick Scharrer from Dayton, Ohio, will be here for the Havard game also, staying with old friends Bill and Liz Craig '44 in Etna.

Ted and Patty Fajen maintain their active involvement in the dog world and were recent finalists with their entry at the National Field Trial Championships in June at Stowe, Vt.

Bob and Pat Levinson report from New York City that they went to China via India and Nepal, at the same time as President Reagan's visit, to open an American painting show to "signify resumption of cultural relations between China and the USA." They were guests of both governments, due to Bob's position as chairman of the Brooklyn Museum. Secretary of State Schultz opened the show, and Bob reports that they were "very impressed" with the work of our ambassador and the embassy staff, all of whom spoke in Chinese.

Eugene Bronstein has just started his tenth year at Boston College, his second career. He says that "he hardly remembers the retail trade any longer" and his years with Federated Department Stores. They have just sold their home in Newtonville, Mass., and have become cliff dwellers in Brookline.

It was good news to hear from Mrs.Leroy (Do) Jerman-Menconi of Solana Beach, Calif., who would like friends to know that she was recently married in California to Harry Menconi of San Diego, who promises to love, honor," and be an enthusiastic Dartmouth supporter! In January, they had an evening with Sam and Mary Jane Nobles, friends that they had not seen since Wigwam days. Last April, they toured Saratoga Springs, N.Y., and the Skidmore campus. Do says their next trip east will provide Harry with a proper Dartmouth orientation.

Mimi MacNamee announces that the D. Hugh MacNamee Memorial Trust Fund has been established to help carry oh Hugh MacNamee's special brand of psychiatry. Interest earned on this fund will provide care to lower-income families and adolescents, who ordinarily can not afford therapy, and to sponsor lectures and workshops for local groups in New Hampshire and Vermont concerned with adolescent mental health problems. Contributions may be sent to West Central Mental Health Services, Reservoir Road, Hanover, NH 03755.

We appreciate word from Saul Nirenberg about the death of Oliver Cunningham Nelson had received a law degree from the University of Detroit following graduation from Dartmouth and practiced with the firm of Nelson, Gracey, Turner, and Turner in Detroit. He had been a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and was a letter winner in both football and lacrosse. Belatedly, I am sorry to say, may we convey our sympathies to Margaret and their five children.

Best wishes to all. Please keep in touch.

Hayes Hill Etna, N.H. 03750