1956

At their April meeting, the Board of Trustees elected Bob Danziger a Trustee of the College. He is understandably "tremendously excited about this very special opportunity to serve the College." Our congratulations, Bob.

Dick Gordon writes that he is completing 20 years at Penn State. Dick's special field is coal, and he has served on the Commission on Fair Market Value Policy for Federal Coal Leasing. He survived Interior Secretary James Watt and reports that "Congress has stopped screaming about coal policy."

The phases of the moon determine these things. About 50 classmates were bom in August 1934, whereas only 35 were born in each of the months of September and October. Those celebrating number 50 in August start out with Harry Bailey in New York City, Steve Barnett in Bedford, N.Y., and Bill Barrett in Concord, Mass. Representing the United States government somewhere in the world is Bob Barry, who still hopes that we may meet the "challenge of Soviet expansionism without the euphoria and fear which have alternated in our national psyche."

Bill Beagle is a consultant for SRI in Orinda, Calif., and Dick Benoit is an obstetrician in Gloucester, Mass. Another medical man is Bill Benson in Kansas City. Birthdays will also be celebrated by Phil Coyle, in Washington at last report, Jack Crowley in Seattle, Tom Davis in Saratoga Springs, and Booge Erwin in Hudson, Ohio. They, like Fred Engelbach, hope that "ultimately . . . we will see an improved quality of life." Robert K. Faulkner, a professor at Boston College, is not so sure. He is worried about the "deterioration of the liberal democratic ethos into permissiveness egalitarianism."

Canton, Ohio, will salute Dick Fawcett; Topeka, Kans., George Greenwood; and St. Paul, Minn., Roger Griffin. Houston Hall will turn 50 in Hillsborough, Calif., as will Donald Hamson in Darien, Conn., CarlHirsch in Concord, Mass., Henry Holt in Menomonee Falls, Wise., Fred Johnson at Northfield-Mt. Hermon School, and DavidKerr in New York City. Down in San Juan, Stan and Stu Klapper will celebrate one hundred years between them. Birthday celebrations for Allan Klein will be in Irvington, N.J.; for Dick Lang in Xenia, Ohio; for IrvinLibo in Dominquez Hills, Calif.; for MikeLevy in West New York, N.J.; and for DavidLosby in Dallas. Dick Marsh, celebrating in New York City, comments that he is focusing his efforts on things that matter: "Where my experience and expertise can make a real contribution is where it's at." Jack Mendelsohn, another Foreign Service Officer, was last heard of in Washington. John Miles is still flying out of New York for United. RollinMontelius will turn 50 in Voiron, France, BobMontgomery in Eaglewood, Calif., LarryMorse in Nottingham, N.H., and CharlesNorton in Grandview, N.Y.

Down in Dallas, Fred Oman says it for all of us: "I look forward to growing old as long as I have my health, my family, and friends." Tom Pencheon will turn 50 in Sepulveda, Calif., Sam Peterson in Temple, Ariz., BobPicken in Jackson Heights, N. Y., and GordonPoole in Berkeley, Calif. Aberdeen, Wash., will be the site of celebrations for cardiologist Les Reid. Other birthday doctors include Noel Sankey, a urologist in Englewood, Calif., and John Seymour, a neurological surgeon in Minneapolis. Peter Shipman will click by the half century in New York, TomRichardson in Indianapolis. Also in Indianapolis is Ken Rice who observes that good old virtues like family, motherhood, and apple pie are still a part of my life-style." BobSlater will celebrate in Milwaukee, and Tomm Shockey in Vernon, Conn.

September will be the birthday month for Willis Burget in New York, Bob Burnham in Pittsfield, N.Y., Tom Burris in Chesapeake, Va., Steve Chontos, high atop a mountain in West Dover, Vt., and Darrel Clowes at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg, Va.

Jim Cochrane will negotiate another real estate deal in Glenmoore, Pa. George Cohan was last heard from at the American School in Paris. Also in real estate is Lewis Dail in Kansas City, Mo. Ron Driscoll is in insurance in Hartford. Out in Colorado, Bill Droegemueller and Ken Fortin will celebrate birthdays. Bob Feaster will turn 50 in Hixson, Tenn., John Freiday in North Windham, Maine, and Paul Gingold in Lambertsville, N.J. Harold Gordon notes from New York, "I suppose I am going through mid-life crisis but . . . don't have much time to spend on it." Jim Groebe will celebrate in Atherton, Calif., Richard Grover, perhaps still in India, and John Gwynn in an APO box.

Mansir Hicks is "taking it a day at a time" in Waukesha, Wise. Indianapolis will be the site of Roger Hurwitz's birthday. Phil James will turn 50 in New Haven, Murray Kaplan in Charleston, S.C., Dick Leaman in Philadelphia, and Harry Nutting in Coral Springs, Fla. Down in Houston, Alan Rauch will celebrate with a royalty trust. George Records will turn 50 in Oklahoma City, Roger Schumacher in North Scituate, Mass. Don Smith will celebrate in New York, Charles Stratton in Rio de Janeiro, Richard Woodhouse in Manchester, Conn., George Yeager in Bronxville, N.Y., and Alfred de l'Etoile in Foxboro, Mass. John Wetzel manages to keep up with his responsibilities as a high school principal in Trumbull, Conn., by being with-it: "I'm still listening to old Duke Ellington records."

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