1952
Last month I predicted that the irises and the crocuses would be blooming when you got the April issue. Well, I was wrong. It is March 22 at this writing, and people hereabouts are still going to work all bundled up with scarves, gloves, and galoshes. Last week I was in Minneapolis, and they were still ice fishing. Spring is still a fervent hope in the Midwest.
While in Minneapolis, I had the great pleasure of spending a few hours catching up with John Brower over lunch. John isn't getting older he is just getting more distinguished. Apart from the reminiscences and catching up on what '52s are where, the conversation ran into children and their careers. John and Jan's two children are doing well. Tom was just promoted to pilot from co-pilot with Northwest Airlines. In his off-duty hours, he is building a home. Marcy is married and is a practicing veterinarian. She and her husband aspire to tending their own flock of animals on a ranch out west.
John is responsible for the Ryerson plant in Minneapolis and for the sales territory which it serves. He gave me a plant tour which was most interesting to a lad whose only previous experience with steel was in razor-blade manufacturing in a previous incarnation. It was from John's office, which overlooks a lake, where I noticed the ice fishing.
Somewhat farther east, John McWilliam reported from Toledo that spring was more advanced. He peered out his office window to confirm that the ice had indeed melted and that the port was open. John is with the Toledo Port Authority which regulates not only the water traffic but also the Toledo airport. After graduation from Dartmouth, John worked for Gulf Oil by day and went to law school at night. With the beginning of the St. Lawrence Seaway; he became a staff attorney for the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority. John is now president of the authority after a succession of positions of increased responsibility over a 26-year career.
One daughter who lives in Ann Arbor has made John and Pat grandparents. Another daughter lives in Santa Barbara, while son Jack, who is a lawyer, works for a bank in Toledo.
I have always considered that part of California south of Los Angeles to be God's country; it now appears to be becoming literally so for Dan Hall. From Leucadia comes the news from Wendy Hall that Dan was recently appointed president of a large church in La Jolla which is the ministry of Terry Cole Whittaker. Ms. Whittaker is a well-known evangelist in that part of the country, and Dan handles the business side of things.
Son lan works for IBM in New York. In his spare time he has garnered a master's degree from the Juilliard School of Music and composes for string quartets and symphonies. Wendy said that lan is seriously considering going for his doctorate.
Daughter Wendy has moved from New York to Los Angeles and is the manager of .a branch of the Apple One Employment Agency. Amy, whom mother Wendy describes as a great cook, is employed at a restaurant near home as the culinary expert.
Jon Walton forwarded some news from John Lloyd. The Lloyds are now permanent residents of Eastman at Grantham near Hanover. While still having work to do on the house, they haven't been prevented from taking advantage of the opportunity to do some cross-country skiing. John and Janet spend March through July in Washington, where John continues to do consulting work for the State Department in refugee affairs.
When you receive this, the 1984 Alumni Fund drive will be in its last throes. DickMcDonough would be more than appreciative if you would make his job that much easier by making a contribution to the fund if you haven't already done so. Thanks in advance for your help.
After almost five years of correcting manuscripts of class notes and exhorting the likes of people like me to make the deadlines, observe the word-count limitations, follow the rules about state abbreviations, etc. without losing her patience or her sense of humor, Dana Grossman moves up from class notes editor to associate editor of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. Actually, Dana was promoted to this position a while back and held two jobs while the search for her successor was conducted. A successor has been found, Teri Allbright, who is not a perfect stranger to the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. Dana did a great job, and we wish her well in her new singular responsibility, and we welcome Teri aboard.
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