1959

Here we are in the midst of the countdown to our gala 25th reunion, coming up soon on June 14-17. Preparations are moving along extremely well and details of all that is to happen will be mailed to you shortly. Early indications look like a record turnout don't let us down, set your plans early!

My mail has been brimming with news from classmates. Jay Herpel writes from Singapore that he is in his second year in Singapore (and fifth in Asia), where he works as managing director of Asian operations at Ameron. "If you can stand the heat and humidity, step over the pythons, and laugh at the lizard droppings on the new lampshade, Singapore is not a bad place. A bit short on culture, but a great place to buy stereo and noodles. Our boys (Jon, 14, and Arthur, ten) go to the American school, play American sports, and still speak English. Susie is gaining a following as a teacher of quilt-making and has developed a mean game of tennis. Unfortunately, I just work and travel! I know there are a couple of classmates out here but I have not seen them. Hoping to make the big 25th."

Bill Colehower is masterminding our superb Alumni Fund effort and I can report that we are well on our way towards our goal of $1,359,000. Have you made your 25th reunion commitment to the College? If not, do so today this is the year to do it big, guys!

Along with the frequent communications from Colehower, I saw that Bill attended a dinner honoring Bob Blackman last October together with a strong '59 contingent including Dave Allen, Goody Gillman, Bob Josefsberg, Jack Nason, Peter Jaffe, Bill Martin, JimBurke, Al Krutch, Mark Gates, Doug Wise,Mike Hellman, Dick Jaeger, and Tom Aley.

Ed Hobbie writes from New Jersey that he has been practicing law for the past 20 years in his hometown of Cranford. "My wife Pat (Cornell '59) taught English at the high school level for seven years before retiring to serve as mother and tutor for our three children Laura (17), Teddy (13), and Mark (eight). Laura, a high school senior, is in the college search business trying to determine where she will spend the next four years. Teddy is the athlete of this family and Mark the scientist. Pat and I serve in many local community posts and I have represented various local agencies and organizations, successfully avoiding politics, which seems to lure lawyers for some unexplainable reason. We are all looking forward to reunion Pat and I will each have a 25th and our only concern now is whether the kids will be able to survive two reunions in one month. Pat and I know we can!"

Marty Goodall is also a member of the bar, working as a sole practitioner for the past five years in the Shrewsbury, N.J., area. "I took my family up to Homecoming this fall. My daughter Michelle is only 14 but I am trying to foster an interest. I ran into several '59s at the post-game cocktail party at the Inn. We are planning to be in Hanover come June."

Marty Hauptman says that "after 20 years of marriage, I have settled into a very comfortable life in Smithtown, Long Island, about 50 miles from the Big Apple. My wife Ellen and I have three wonderful children. Our eldest and only daughter is a sophomore at Princeton; our 16-year-old son Matthew is a junior at Wilbraham Academy; and Andrew is 14 and a freshman in high school. I am the senior partner in a three-man pediatric group and serve as chairman of the pediatric department at St. John's Hospital in nearby Smithtown, N.Y. I am also on the teaching faculty of Stony Brook University Hospital. I have taken up jogging five miles a day and play tennis, but most of all I enjoy sports cars a Porsche 9285. I hope to visit Hanover this spring, as my boys are great skiers and would like to go to Dartmouth."

Larry Hurlburt is project director of the Mexican Muralists in the United States, a research project funded by the National Endowment for Humanities, a federal agency. Based in Middleton, Wis., Larry writes, "Suffice it to say that it took me somewhat longer than most to find something that interested me, but better late than never, right? Stops after Dartmouth and before Wisconsin included a brief stay at UVA Law School and longer periods in lowa City and San Francisco, where I met my wife, who convinced me to try Madison (where she took her undergraduate and graduate degrees in art). She was right it is a nice place and we have stayed ever since. A fitting irony is that when I returned to school to obtain my Ph.D. in art history at the University of Wisconsin, my thesis involved the Dartmouth murals."

And from Alaska, John Cook writes that he is now "district archeologist for the Bureau of Land Management in Fairbanks. Living in the woods in a large house started in 1973 and soon to be completed (I estimate 1990!), along with wife Elizabeth, son Benjamin Gabriel, three dogs, two cats, and lots of books!"

From San Francisco, Stuart Davis, senior vice president, international, at McCann-Erickson, writes, "Here is a brief history of my last 24 years. After Dartmouth, 1 went to Columbia Business School and received my M.B. A. in 1961. Following a short active-duty stint in the Army, where I fought the battle of Fort Sill, Oklahoma, I emerged a lieutenant of artillery. In 1962 I joined McCann-Erickson advertising as a management trainee. Twenty-two years later, I am still at McCann as senior vice president, international. During that time, my family and I have spent tours of from two to three years each in Tokyo, London, Brussels, and Mexico City. We moved to San Francisco in August 1982. My wife Leslie, whom 1 met at Winter Carnival our senior year, and I are about to celebrate our 23rd anniversary. We have two boys: Gregory, in his first year at the School of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Alabama; and Douglas, a junior in high school who is a budding computer 'hacker' I am sure he served as the inspiration for the movie War Games. Since we have been back in the U.S., I have spoken to A1 Robbins and JerrySilverberg, both eminent physicians in Boston and Palo Alto, respectively. That's it. Time has really flown by. Somehow I don't feel as old as the calendar says."

Paul Downing is still teaching English in Saugus, Mass. "I have been here 23 years now and just never got the itch to do anything else. I made it up to Hanover for 1958's 25th and got a special kick out of seeing the older boys, especially the Chi Phi's. Really looking forward to June 1984."

c/o Russell Reynolds Associates 245 Park Ave., NY 10017

TWENTY-FIFTH REUNION DARTMOUTH COLLEGE CLASS OF 1959 WE'RE'59AND DOING FINE! JUNE 14. 15.16.17.1984 HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE 03755