1943

L. William "Bill" Seidman was featured in a full-page article in the business section of The New York Times on Sunday, September 1. Bill, dean of Arizona State University's School of Business, is the Reagan administration's nominee for chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The story cited Bill as the "peacemaker" among warring factions in the federal government that are seeking louder voices in setting economic policy. Bill was interviewed at his summer home on Nantucket Island, Mass. The last time he was in Washington, Bill was chief economic adviser to President Gerald Ford.

In case you missed it in EddieO'Brien's September newsletter, class dues increased to $20 a year (up $5) a couple of months ago. Right after he announced the increase, voted by the class executive cpmmittee, class treasurer BobClark fled to Florida where he and Bunny have just bought a condominium in Sarasota. There's a pretty good '43 representation in that area, including Jim Olsen,Bob Grant, Hex Harrigan, Burrows Barstow, Tracy Breed, and, about 41 miles inland from St. Petersburg, Charlie Gray in Lakeland.

Dr. Paul "Trapper" Harvey reports from San Marino, Calif., that he returned to the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York in July to have an arthritic hip replaced. Trapper trained at the Cornell Medical School hospital and was on the staff there. He's recuperating nicely.

A 1943 memorial fund has been established in memory of Gene Roitman, who died last December in Italy. It was set up by Gene's brother, Harold '35, especially for students who participate in the music department's foreign study program.

Seldom-heard-from Gordon Carter sent a green card to Eddie O'Brien in August, reporting that he retired from UNICEF in 1979 after 32 years with that United Nations agency and now is living on the Brittany peninsula in France with wife Janine, "delving into local history and trying to have a say in environmental matters."

Add George Kimball to the '43 list of retirees. He's trying his hand at creative writing and playing tennis and golf after 20 years at California Casualty Life. George lives in Los Altos, Calif.

Larry Noble writes from West Reddington, Conn., that his neighbors down-the- river, Mary and John Jenkins, spent a month in Japan this summer.

Among other travelers were Nancy and Fritz Geller, who left their Keene, N.H., home for two months during the summer for travel and living in Holland and West Germany.

And Eddie O'Brien gave me hell for neglecting to report that I teamed with my old WW II B-17 pilot for a flight from the Chicago area to Seattle in July for a reunion of our Eighth Air Force bomb group. My former pilot, a Yalie, has a Cessna 210 Centurian, a six-passenger, single-engine aircraft. It was a great adventure.

So, while we're at it, I'll chronicle that fact that Electra and I visited Barcelona, Spain, in September to see daughter Cheryl, who teaches English at the Institute for North American Studies there.

Al Coons reports from Camp Hill, Pa., that he retired August 1, six months early, after more than 37 years with Allied Stores Corporation. Al was a vice president and director of research and development for the department store chain in Harrisburg and Reading.

Space engineer Jim Kerley has undergone bypass heart surgery - five bypasses - after suffering a heart seizure. He reports cheerfully that he's back at work on the space shuttle.

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