1949

No sooner does your scrivener hear from the pride of Parma Heights, Nelson E. Abrahamsen Jr., 0.D., and receive a summons to confer on his January trip to San Francisco, than our hero falls prey to a strange malady which his classmates are undoubtedly encountering, namely, prostate trouble. As a result, Nellie and I were unable to join forces. Nellie describes the subsequent surgery for a "grossly enlarged prostate," which until his San Francisco trip was "only insidiously symptomatic." Even an English major can appreciate the creative use of the word "insidiously." Despite surgical complications which put Nellie in intensive care, he has been rejuvenated and is practicing the optician's profession full time again. All those who want firsthand reports should address him at 17520 Madison Avenue, Lakewood, OH 44107.

Paul Woodberry, who continues to be a source of good tidings about classmates, sent me the April 13, 1984, squib from The WallStreet Journal about Dick Hanselman. Dick, who has been president and chief executive officer of Genesco Inc. of Nashville, Tenn., which is a manufacturer and retailer of men's apparel, was elected to the additional post of chairman of the board of directors. Dick was brought from the Beatrice Foods Company in 1980, joining Genesco as president and then becoming chief executive officer in 1981. During his glittering career, he was also with the RCA Sales Corporation in the consumers electronics division for approximately 13 years.

One of Sigma Nu's greatest intramural performers, out of Nott Terrace High School (or was it Mt. Pleasant?) in Schenectady, N.Y., Winslow Taylor, is an important member of our growing class contingent in southern California. For the past four years, Win has been residing in Torrance with his wife Madeline. He is a manufacturers' representative for a group of carpet manufacturers and specializes in selling to commerical firms. His even more specialized expertness is with hotel corporations, including the Hilton Hotel chain, the Sheraton Hotels, and Amfac. Maintaining a couple of offices in the Los Angeles area, Win is justly proud of his son, Winslow Taylor Jr., who owns his own mortgage company and is presently the largest residential mortgage broker in the South Bay area of southern Cal. Having recently overcome health problems, Win is of firm limb, sound body, and characteristic effervescence. You can find him at 213/540-9691.

By the time you read this modest effort, who knows what mutations will have occurred with respect to the College nickname. Here is one strong vote against "Timberwolves." If a misguided sense of recititude still precludes "Indians," leave it "The Big Green." What do you think?

J. Michael McGean '49 received a special citation from the College at the Boston "Wearers of the Green" dinner. In 1949, as the ice dancing team of Waring and McGean, he and his wife Lois '84 helped "give birth to their sport as a World and Olympic event," winning the U.S. National and then the first World Championship in ice dancing. Throughout his career at Dartmouth, McGean has never lost track of his love for skating. "You and Lois 'are' The Skating Club at Dartmouth," said the citation. "Thanks to you both, hundreds of our sons and daughters, students, faculty and other friends have learned to skate as beautifully as possible according to 'The McGean Method.'

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