1952
The sad news of John Newey's death from cancer last June just reached me from Pete Zischke. More will be found in the obituary section. To Nicole and the children go our most heartfelt condolences.
From Hong Kong came a long (overdue) letter from the finertys to bring us up to date. Peg and Ed are living in style in a flat 21 floors up in a building halfway up Victoria Peak, overlooking the harbor in the distance and the Botanical Garden and Governor's Palace just below them.
Peg has joined the Hong Kong Singers and took part in the celebration of that group's 50th anniversary with Gilbert and Sullivan's Trial by Jury. She also does work for the blind and works as a volunteer for the American Women's Association at Fenwick Pier, assisting U.S. sailors with orientation when their ships come in and they go on liberty.
Julie is a junior at the Hong Kong International School; Sue is in her junior year at New England College and is spending her first semester at the English campus of the school; and Ted is in is last year at St. Anselm's in Manchester, N.H.
Ed is marketing training instructor at the IBM Training Center on Kowloon; the education center trains students from eight countries in IBM's fastest-growing region. With the center going day and night, Ed has been busy and was looking forward to the week between Christmas and New Year's as his first holiday.
The Bob Schuldts are in the process of abandoning McLean, Va., and moving to the Chicago area, where Bob had been appointed vice president, management development, of Dart and Kraft Inc. It will be nice to have my old roomie in town. Bob has turned over his company (Executive Associates International) to daughter Karen, who has been her dad's right arm at that establishment for a little while now. As Bob told me, the travel involved in having his own consulting business was just getting to be too much for a person his age.
As reported in the class newsletter by BillMontgomery, Charlie Blakemore has published an appeal to all classmates to send him reminiscences of our Dartmouth years in preparation for our 35th reunion. (Address: Holly Lane, Rye, NY 10580.)
The front page of the December 17 NewYork Times, carried an article on the president of Argentina setting up a commission to investigate the disappearance of more than 6,000 Argentines during the reign of the recent military government. Appointed to this commission was Rabbi Marshall Meyer, the only foreigner on the panel. The article goes on to state that he was one of the few human rights activists to speak out in the bloody first years of military rule.
Peering out from page 276 of the November 7 issue of Forbes is the likeness of "tall, amiable Pitney Bowes lifer" Tom Loemker, who is a divisional president of that company. The article is about PB's entry into the electronic article surveillance market (those white plastic tags that stores attach to clothes to deter shoplifting). The article goes on to say that affable Tom guided one of PB's most successful acquisitions, Monarch Marking Systems, that grew fivefold since 1970 to become ten percent of PB's total business. It was nice seeing you again, Tom.
More news is spilling over the border from the far north about Bill Randall, who recently received "Commendations for Personal Service to the Arts" from Wisconsin Governor Anthony Earl. With no more awards left to be had, it might be a good idea to move to another city, Bill, to get a fresh start.
Cyril Gsell sent Charlie Blakemore an article from the"New York Athletic Club News" which Charlie kindly forwarded to me. It is about Jim Fowler receiving the Legion of Merit from Assistant Secretary of the Navy C. B. Cox in a special ceremony at the Pentagon. There was a nice picture of Jim getting his award, but unfortunately it is not reproducible here. Thanks, Cyril and Charlie, and congratulations, Jim.
This past Christmas I gave in to one of my Walter Mitty urges, and with the blessing of kith and kin, spent the holiday season in the Burgundy region of France at cooking school. The eves of Christmas and the New Year were spent in Paris with friends, and the time in between (including Christmas) was spent in the little village of Pailly, which is about 70 miles southeast of Paris. After a week's immersion in puff pastry, white sauces, meat pates, and the like (all washed down with great wine), I returned to Chicago only three pounds heavier, which I consider to be a great moral victory. My children insisted on proof that I did indeed attend cooking school, so last week they came over for Sunday dinner. I successfully made the eclairs from scratch on the fourth try after having found that my notes had omitted a small, but important, detail. Obviously, this makes for expensive desserts, but I passed the grade.
In closing, I have been asked by Joel Portugal '58, Alumni Fund chairman, to point out to the faithful that this year's Alumni Fund is a special occasion. It marks the fund's 70th anniversary. Last year the fund failed to meet its goal. This is the year the fund goes into eight figures by surpassing the $10 million mark. Ten percent of the college's budget comes from the Alumni Fund. Our goal this year is an overall participation of 70 percent. So, help Dick McDonough and his assistants by pledging or giving early and by increasing your gift by ten to 15 percent.
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