1953
Considerable attention has recently been given by the administration to the subject of Dartmouth athletics. Responding to published reports that Dartmouth was considering dropping an Ivy League schedule for selected sports, President David McLaughlin and Dean Edward Shanahan have both written, clarifying the College's position. While they deny the reported schedule changes, they do acknowledge problems and cite a requirement for funds and additions to the physical plant. There is also mention of recruiting as an element in the strategy, but nothing is said about admissions. Is the present admissions policy consistent with a goal of excellence in athletics? As a corollary, have our major teams been out-coached, outwilled, out-trained, or out-talented?
So much for the issue of the moment. We are coming to the end of the personal insights of your class officers and executive committee. As for future columns, the intent is to continue the format for other classmates. The information will be obtained through telephone calls and other encounters. Should you have suggestions, comments, or wish to add your profile, please write or call.
Leading off this column is Norm Carpenter, Minneapolis, Minn. Norm is a lawyer who specializes in corporate litigation with one of the largest firms in Minneapolis. Life's choices are always a risk, but Norm counts among his blessings the choice of the city, the vocation, and the firm that he has been associated with for 25 years. He is doing what he likes and what he is well suited for. Practicing law requires clear articulation, principally written, but also verbal. This is the very core of the activities Norm enjoys. This activity has further evolved from the profession to writing poems, short stories, and essays, some of which have been published in local literary magazines. Norm, thankful for this good fortune, has returned it in kind to the community. He has been active in his church, regent of Augsburg College, a small Lutheran college in Minneapolis, a fund-raiser for the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and chairman of a YMCA camp. Finally, he counts among his blessings his offspring. Kevin, Dartmouth '81 and a footballer, is now at the Harvard Business School. Cindy graduated from Mount Holyoke in 1983 and is working in Minneapolis. Katie is a junior at Middlebury.
President Dick "Blossom" Blum's involvement in the class is a litany of service. Class agent since graduation. Chairman of the tenth reunion, with such a distinguished record that he was given responsibility for the class newsletter, a post he held for 11 years. After the 15th reunion he was appointed secretary, holding the job until 1984 when he became our president. Along the way he served on the Alumni Council. He accomplished all this while starting his own firm, Blossom Industries. It evolved from the family firm which began in 1893. It is all related to food processing. The family firm is in packaging, and Blossom Industries is a sales company specializing in processing equipment, the kind that produces Sarah Lee cakes and frozen dinners. Spouse Edie has her own career as a vice president in the Cleveland office of a major fund-raising firm. They have among their clients private schools, colleges, and the Cleveland Art Museum. Edie and Dick have a son and two daughters. Peter is a senior at Dartmouth, looking to a career in political journalism. Anne is at the Cornell Hotel School. Jane is at the Hawken School in Gates Mills, Ohio. No profile of the Blums would_be complete without recognizing their running, skiing, and tennis and their other vigorous activities.
Rpn Lazar, Roslyn Heights, N.Y., is a partner in Schacker Realty, a commercial/industrial real estate firm on Long Island. He has been associated with the firm for ten years. Prior to this, he was a marketing vice president for the firm that produces "Fruit of the Loom" garments. The firm left the New York area for Kentucky, which prompted Ron to change careers. One may recall that Ron assumed the head agent position in 1974 and then passed it back to Dick Joslin in 1976, when the career change took place. He reclaimed the position in 1980, and held it for four years, until he became reunion giving chairman for the 30th reunion. Ron has given tremendous energy and organizational ability to the Alumni Fund. It has been reflected in the figures and in our leadership position. Certainly he has a Midas touch. This touch is strengthened by his principal avocation, sailing. He and spouse Liliane have a favorite location. It is through the Adriatic, lonian, and Aegean seas, along the coasts of Greece, Yugoslavia, and Turkey. The weather is gorgeous and the scenes magnificient, and it is full of history and mythology. At home he races at the North Shore Yacht Club in Manhasset Bay. Liliane heads the foreign language department in a Great Neck, N.Y., high school. She is a native of France and came to the U.S. when she married Ron. Their son, Glen, is Dartmouth '79 and is a graduate of Stanford Law School. Sharon is Dartmouth 'B3, a Fulbright scholar, and a teacher. Monique is in her third year at the University of Maryland.
Seen and heard: Tony Frank assisted TimeMagazine's Man of the Year, Peter Ueberroth, and the Olympic Committee by traveling to East Germany in an effort to keep that country in the summer Olympics. Paul Paganucci became a trustee of Hubbard Real Estate, a real estate investment trust.
The wedding of two Dartmouth alumni is not only a joyous event, but it's also a good excuse for asmall-scale, multi-class mini-reunion, such as that which occurred on December 30, 1983, in Phila-delphia when Megan Thomas '79 married Robert Olson '7l. Pictured, on the first row, left to right,are: Arthur Judson II '52, Hoivard Clery '53, Langdon Harris 111 '56, Charles Haldeman Jr. '7O, JohnTully '7O, Robert Peld '7O, and Robert Simpson '53; on the second row, left to right, are: James West'53, Charles Jacob Jr. '53, Robert Olson, Megan Thomas Olson, Lowell Thomas Jr. '53, Taylor Thomas'BB, and J. Jay Chandler '54.
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