1954
Football season is over, winter is just about here, and it's a perfect time to sit in front of the fire, fill your pipe and your bowl, and think about and read about good friends.So let's do just that!
The Boston Globe recently ran a terrific twocolumn feature about Sinclair Hitchings, highlighting his contributions to the world of graphic arts accomplished in his position as Keeper of the Print Room of the Boston Public Library. According to the Globe, the collection of prints under Sinclair's supervision, protection, and creative direction "probably ranks among the top two dozen collections in the U.S. in quality and range." Among the collection highlights are "quantities of Goya and Rowlandson;" more than 3,000 Daumiers; 246 prints by Toulouse-Lautrec; and virtually compete collections of Bellows, Forain, and Fantin Latour. Adding another dimension to the library's collections, Sinclair oversaw the establishment of the Boston Pictorial Archive, which has become the largest source for Boston's pictorial history. In addition to his busy curatorship, Sinclair has been responsible for the production of six "sumptuous" books on various print collections. Sinclair summarized his feeling toward his work in these words: "The greatest source of satisfaction for me has been the contributions we've been able to make to research. In art today, if you're not in the world of learning, you're liable to find yourself in the entertainment business." From the tone of the Globe article it appears that Sinclair's stewardship has contributed to both the world of learning and the arena of public entertainment. A pretty good accomplishment for one's life work.
The Princeton Packet, obviously one of the great journals of opinion in rural New Jersey, informs us that Dr. Jay Chandler has recently been elected to membership in La Societe Internationale de Chirurgie, the oldest international surgical society and the oldest of all now-functioning medical societies. Jay is chairman of the department of surgery at the Medical Center at Princeton, where he practices with Princeton Surgical Associates.
A fall issue of Forbes magazine had an interesting article about Dartmouth Alumni Language Programs (ALPs) developed by Professor John Rassias and based on his "unorthodox" teaching method. In describing the benefits of this accelerated and intense course in foreign language conversation, Forbes cited the experience of one of our own. To quote Forbes: "There are even payoffs for business. Jerome Goldstein, a partner at Bear Stearns and a director of the American Jewish Committee, took German at ALPs in 1983 in preparation for an AJC-sponsored trip to Germany last fall. Although translators were provided for official meetings, Goldstein found that his ALPs learned German helped him establish a better rapport. 'They really appreciated my effort,' says Goldstein." Good for you, Jerry still learning even at this, your advanced age!
Dick Barker, our erstwhile and current president and past everything else, has announced that Dick Pearl has accepted the position of class bequest chairman. The fact that Dick Pearl is also a partner in First Manhattan Company leads one to believe that he is somewhat familiar with the workings of the financial world and so well qualified to offer guidance to all the members of the class who feel kindly toward the Big Green and want to give recognition to that feeling in a material way.If you are thinking of reviewing your estate planning, remember, Dick is available to advise you how best you can include Dartmouth in that planning.
George Graboys is providing the financial writers in Rhode Island with the material for article after article on the business pages of the state newspapers. George, in his position as president of the Citizens Savings Bank in Providence, is leading the bank along the path to conversion from a mutual or depositor owned bank into a stockholder owned bank. Under George's leadership the bank has grown to more than $1 billion in deposits and is recognized as one of the nation's largest, best capitalized, and best managed mutual savings banks. In an unusual move, Citizens converted to a federally chartered bank from a state chartered bank prior to submitting the conversion to its depositors. This strategy was designed to decrease the possible legal challenges since precedents for conversion of federal chartered banks are apparently more well established than those for state chartered banks. If you can follow this explanation, perhaps you can understand why George and his bank are so interesting to the financial reporters.
George Voss would like to remind everyone that all classmates may present nominations for the "54 Class Award." If you feel that one of our own deserves recognition for services to College, class, or community, collectively or singularly, please forward his name and a brief description of your reason for nominating same to George at 316 Briarly Drive, Franklin Lakes,NJ 07417.
In this nicest of all seasons, Lynn and I wish each and every one of you and yours a happy holiday season and especially a healthy and happy new year.
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