1956

In spring, young Dartmouth alumni's fancies turn to thoughts of love. And the Alumni Fund? Since we still consider ourselves young, are not Our hearts big enough to accommodate both? This year's goal is a whopping $10.3 million and 70 percent participation. Incredibly the dollar figure represents only ten percent of the College budget, but a very important ten percent. Give early and avoid Dick Taylor's vigilantes.

It was bound to happen sooner Or later. One of our 50th birthday boys was honored by his hometown. The Attleboro, Mass., SunChronicle devoted its entire front page on January 14 to none other than Robert R.Faulkner. Pictures and less than serious articles glorified Bob's life and career. One of the guest contributors was the class of 1956's favorite state highway patrolman, Line"Chips" Spaulding.

Bud Allen's wife Judy was nice enough to write, enclosing a picture of Bud's "Nifty Fifty" birthday celebration attended by at least nine Dartmouth types, including six from the class. Keep those cards and letters coming.

April 1934 produced a crop of 27 classmates, most of whom seem to prefer anonymity. We'll mention them anyway. High above the Palisades overlooking the Hudson River, Tom Aitken will turn 50 at the Lamont Geological Observatory. In Bethel, Vt., NormAngell will look for the first crocus. CharlesBradfield will celebrate his 50th in Barnesville, Ohio, with an exciting day at the First National Bank.

Somewhere in the world, Ted Briggs will pass 50 representing the United States as a Foreign Service officer. It is not clear whether he was referring to that event, but he had noted earlier, "I do not spend much time brooding over what I cannot influence." The last address for Steve Cohen was in Reinach, Switzerland. Two classmates will. celebrate birthdays in Rockville, Md. Frank Desmond at last word was in the compliance division of the Food and Drag Administration. LincolnDring, a minister, was a subject of an earlier column note. Back up in Vermont, SkipDickerson and his wife Mary Jane will celebrate his birthday by teaching their English classes at the University of Vermont. TimFohl will pass 50 quietly in Carlisle, Mass. Out on the West Coast in Acampo, Calif., Don Ford will turn 50. He is president of his own construction firm. Eric Jensen will celebrate his birthday in Seattle, where he is a doctor. Another doctor, Joe Gonnella, will pass the half-century at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia.

In 1980, Bob Kaiman was "very positive about the future." If you are still with the Federal Reserve in Washington, Bob, do you remain "very positive" about interest rates? Down in Columbia, S.C., Phil Langtry will turn 50. Phil left the corporate world in 1979 when he and his wife bought a glass company. As an owner-entrepreneur he applauds the country's return "to a period where individual initiative, personal freedom, and just plain 'giving a damn' still mean something." Another owner-operator, NilsLarson, will spruce up his Whip-O-Will Motel and Cottages in Bristol, N.H., on his birthday.

Again out in California, Bob McCausland will celebrate his birthday in Mission Viejo. Steve Newnham, an attorney in La Jolla, Calif., reflects: "Is the mid-life crisis any more than a failure to deal with the natural problems everyone has from time to time?" BobMongeon will pass the day in East Longmeadow, Mass. Somewhere between Cape Cod and Marblehead, Cliff Phalen, will note 50 years while. frostbiting, "a form of winter madness." Remember how cold it can be in New England in April?

In Fairfield, Conn., Ron Post, will pass the day quietly. Out in Cleveland, Joe Nook, the president of his own firm, will turn 50. BudRosenthal will celebrate his birthday on the Merritt Parkway, where he passed your secretary, hurriedly, the other day. Bud is with IBM in White Plains and lives in New Canaan, Conn.

Out in Shawnee Mission, Kans., GeorgeSherman, president of Laurel Bancshares, will take the day off and help his wife Joan at Studio Midwest Inc., her needlepoint enterprise. Peter Shoresman will pass the day quietly at the University of Illinois. The Boston legal profession will honor JonathanStrong on his birthday. In Manchester, N.H., Ted Wadleigh will receive birthday honors. Out in Edina, Minn., the vice president, general counsel, and secretary of MSI Insurance, Chet Zinn, will turn 50. He noted several years ago that the "productive members of society are truly very fortunate." It is a simple thought but a profound one.

Your secretary, too, will turn 50 in April. Respect for age was never accorded anyone in the Malin family. I expect none, not with two brothers and two sons. The latter keep me alert, however, and things are never dull. I am blessed by the love and friendship of Ann, the sons in whom we take pride and pleasure, a career of challenging and productive work, good friends, and a view of the future where concerns are balanced by confidence and hope. There is enough there for me to want to live another 50 years!

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