1936

It was a good summer, and Gloria waited until the fall equinox to put in her lethal blast - but there were surprisingly few '36ers who let it be known they came to the Cape. Blair Rainey and his wife, Barbara, came up from the heat of Houston. They nearly froze in the 50-degree weather their first week and .were nearly blown away in the last. Blair, retired from Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation, seems to be thoroughly enjoying his life of leisure and his grandchildren. We had a very pleasant lunch and visit with Blair and Barb and played a pre-reunion game of catch-up.

Bypassing Cape Cod, Bill Niss and Clay Mellor spent time this summer in Hanover attending the Alumni Computer College - they write that they have finally entered the computer age.

After feasting well at the Lobster Reunion, Paul and Cathy Lynch went back to Old Greenwich to repack for a trip to London and a 17-day tour of the high spots on the European Continent. Their traveling companions were Bill and PatHoffman.

Not to be content with sedentary retirement, Bill Gray and his wife, Jean, in 1983 traveled the length of the west coast of South America and liking that, in 1985 they covered the whole east coast. As an encore, they are looking forward to the 50th - Hanover and Spaulding alike.

In his short report on the Dartmouth '36 West Coast get-together at Court andMarj Catron's, Drex Drechsel mentioned that Rennie and Fran Ostrom do not

spend much time at home in San Rafael having already this year undertaken six little junkets of two to three weeks each to places too numerous to list - could it be that they are suspicious of the San Andreas Fault? Drex also mentioned that Court was just back from a British Columbia hunting trip where he landed a catch of salmon which was one of the piecesde-resistance at the affair.

Others present were Norb and Pic Hofman, Jack and Carolyn Arnold, Joe andRuth Carlson, and the Kadlecs.

Crossing back to the East Coast and winding up the travels saga, your secretary and wife June spent a little over three weeks in Yugoslavia, lapping up the sunshine along the Dalmatioh Coast and then spending a while in Belgrade where their son and daugher-in-law are busy with the State Department. Incidentally, they spent some time spoiling the grandchildren.

The opening volley of the 50th will be an exciting seminar put together for the occasion by Clay Mellor: The time is 2:30 p.m., Friday, June 6; the place is Hopkins Center Theater, which holds 400 plus. Clay has scouted around and found five classmates who have had successful careers in interesting fields and who are also good speakers. Professor Jere Daniell, Dartmouth College Historian, will moderate.

Participating will be Robert T. Keeler, who has been with the Cincinnati law firm of Taft, Stettinius, and Hollister since 1939 and over his years of active practice has specialized in litigation as a trial lawyer - who better can represent the field of law?

Gordon Ley, a physics major back in 1936, has spent 40 years with Westinghouse Electric in research and development engineering in the field of radar, laser, space sensors, et al. His talk on space will revolve around the miracle in space technology that made it possible to send color television images of a man walking on the moon - a true "giant step" in technology.

Dr. Willam McLaughlin, who, in addition to a brilliant career in the field of urology, served three months as visiting professor in urology at the DartmouthHitchcock Medical Center, will review changing attitudes in medicine such as the individual's right to medical care and the individual's right to compensation for poor medical outcome and a look at the future of medicine.

Our class valedictorian, Daniel H.Schwartz, has spent a full life substantially involved in public health, with his major interest in recent years being bioethics and medical malpractice. His presentation will be entitled "War and Peace."

Standing by on the bench in case there is time for politics, Joe Millimet has prepared a four-hour speech which he says can be boiled down to 20 minutes if he omits all his war stories.

Clay and the entire committee is most enthusiastic about this presentation. It will be a fine start to a great weekend, and maybe some of it will carry over to Spaulding.

Since the conclusion of the executive committee meeting in Hanover November 2, you have probably been bombarded with facts and figures for the occasion. Please return your "intention" card promptly - even if your intentions are uncertain.

The college will send out room reservation forms next April for free. If you want room accommodations elsewhere, make your reservations at once. If you need a list of possible spots, drop me or A1 Gibney a line.

But remember, OUR attendance goal is 436 - so gather up your kin and head for Hanover June 6, 7 and 8, 1986. Happy New Year and 50th to you all!

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