1955

The arrival of the Alumni Magazine gives us all, to a greater or lesser degree, fleeting memories of a New England education surrounded by Yankee traditions, all with dramatic changes of temperature and seasons. To a greater or lesser degree we retain a bit of that, regardless of what language or with what accent we now speak. Jere Daniell and Jud Hale, by virtue of their vocations, can certainly claim title to being professional Yankees as a result of their teaching, writing, and lecturing. It's an outlook upon the world of which they are still a part, jud Hale is certainly part of the fascination as editor of Yankee and now as author of a new book, InsideNew England. As the Alumni Magazine reviewer noted, Jud's chapters deal with subjects important in New England as elsewhere, from the weather and seasons to a chapter called "Love, Sex, and Stuff." Obviously, a must read for the nostalgic.

Elliott Hersey probably knows all about what Jud has written, for he continues to live at Great Meadows Farm, New Boston, N.H. Elliott notes that he is "still retired from the cow business and running a small saw mill in my spare time between hay seasons." He also became a grandfather in October. (One is not sure whether having a granddaughter is a sequitur or non sequitur to being retired.)

But not all that is good happens in New England. Bill Anagnoson in Silver Springs, Md., recently became a full professor at Montgomery College, a multi-campus community system of 20,000. He recently remarried and took a tour of Greece and the Greek Islands with his wife and youngest son last summer. Bill, like Elliott, recently became a new grandfather.

Charlie Warner is also in education, having recently moved to Palo Alto, Calif., where he is now director of the mass communication program at Menlo College. He is finishing up his Ph.D. in mass communication management. He is obviously hedging his bets with a thriving consulting practice in broadcasting and cable. He suspects he has the youngest kids in the class Sean, two and Charles, five. (There's a good chance that those are two of the three youngest, with Larry Hagar taking top honors.)

Down in Texas, Dick Johnson has just formed his own company, Richard E. Johnson and Associates, a real estate business particularly active in the relocation of companies in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. (There's a situation that calls for both talent and courage.)

From Livingston, N.J., Carl Weisenfeld writes that he and his wife, Bobbie, had to travel to Paris in the fall to have dinner with Bernie and Pat Siskind. Carl indicated that while the Siskinds travel to Paris quite frequently, that this was the Weisenfelds' first time there. This was all arranged at the minireunion in Hanover this past October. Carl and Bobbie then went on to London and to the New Jersey State Bar Association convention. (In London? Lawyers do have that certain ability.) Carl ends by saying they had a marvelous time, which means it couldn't have been all work.

Town and Country magazine periodically lists the best (in the opinion of the editors) medical specialists in the country. RichardCooper, M.D., who practices in Buffalo, N.Y., is listed as one of the outstanding oncologists. There's no question that we as a class count many talented men of medicine.

For those who attended Tuck as part of our Dartmouth education, a reunion is planned this June for the Tuck classes of 1954," 1955, and 1956. The initial response has been very positive.

And finally, as the spring thaw arrives, there is great hope both within the class and in Hanover that the weather will have the same effect upon our contributions as upon the golf course that there will be much green in Hanover to make possible the fund goal of $12,000,000 with 70 percent participation. That's an increase of 15 percent in dollars and three percent in participation. Nice challenge! Worthwhile! Still a good college!

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