1961

Cartter Frierson and Ron Wybranowski are this year's 1961 Fellows, according to fellows chair Charles Buff on. Both Cartter and Ron are consultants in computers and computer applications. They'll be working with professor of economics Meredith Clement on a presentation for his finance course and with professor of mathematics Donald Kreider for his computer usage course. They'll also probably make an appearance at Tuck School during the long weekend, sometime this month or in April. (The date hadn't been determined as this was written.) In addition, the two are expected to conduct sessions with students interested in learning more about present and future applications of computers and about career opportunities.

The idea of having a Fellows program focusingon the computer field originated with Dean [Hans] Penner [former dean of the faculty]," writes Charlie. Penner "suggested that students who have gained some exposure to computers at Dartmouth would have a real interest in learning more about what can be done with that knowledge after graduation. It is a positive reflection on the depth and diversity of our class that we were able to respond with two fellows who so perfectly fit Dean Penner's prescription."

Now, says Charlie, it's time to think about 1985-86 and future years. Send him your ideas. (8 Oxford Street, Chevy Chase, MD 20815.)

Congratulations are in order for Frank"Skip" Mahady, named Vermonter of the Year by The Rutland Herald, which merited a full-color portrait of Frank on the cover of their Sunday supplement, called VermontSunday Magazine. Frank is now a district court judge and has moved from White River Junction to Middlebury, where he lives next to the Middlebury College campus. He was honored primarily for his courageous decisions in a number of difficult cases, including one that prevented the state from rounding up children of a religious sect and a second that upheld a state law permitting police roadblocks to check for people driving while intoxicated.

The article was lengthy and dug frankly into many aspects of Skip's life from Dartmouth to today. Anyway, Skip sent the piece along, and in my business, that means it must have been pretty accurate.

This has been a month for letters. TonyField writes from Sydney, Australia: "I spent many years in Paris, operated my own gallery there, and was even [Dartmouth] Club officer. The political regime there led me to leave, and I've now been here two years, operating my own art gallery (the only one in Australia specializing in European art.) Now have a show of Raoul Dufy, which is very successful and which I hope to take on to the States and Japan. I also work as an international conference interpreter and have been sent around Australia and the South Pacific on assignments this year. When I have time, I also sell French wine, Belgian beer, etc. Wife and girls are still in Paris, but hope to get them out here sometime soon. No plans to get back to H for the moment, but maybe some day." Tony's address: Art and Joy Gallery, 38 Gurner St., Paddington (Sydney) N.S.W. 2021, Australia. His phone: 02-3317378.

Duane Cox writes from Long Beach, Calif.: "After diligently maintaining 'radio silence' for 27 years, I have finally decided to take the big step and communicate with the 'outside world.'

"After leaving Dartmouth in the spring of 1960, I spent some time in the Norwegian Merchant Marines on a banana boat in Central America. I eventually worked my way back to California, where I soon realized that I really needed to complete my affairs at Dartmouth. I finally was graduated in 1964.

"After graduation, I went to work for IBM Corp, and for 15 years held various marketing and marketing management positions. In 1980, I took careful inventory of my life with the usual questions of 'What's it all about?' . . . The result of that process was that I left IBM without any real plan of what was to follow but knowing that my life was not going to be played out in a computer room.

"With my wife DeVona's support, we tried several ventures, none of which were appropriate. Eventually, we were led to the Church of Religious Science, a metaphysical teaching with its roots in antiquity. We enrolled in a three-year program at Ernest Holmes College School of Ministry and were graduated in June of 1984.

"We became the co-ministers of the Church of Religious Science of Lakewood, Calif., in July 1984. We have a growing and vibrant congregation of 120 members now and have come to realize that all the past was merely the groundwork: necessary to bring us to the current moment of satisfied self-expression. We live in Los Angeles, only a short distance from Lakewood, and would welcome visits or calls from classmates. Our home address is 4853 Bonvue Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90027, and our phone number is 213/660- 6523." Duane sent along a church bulletin with a nice photo of the Coxes.

Commercial: Alumni Fund chairman, Joel Portugal '5B, reminds us to send our pledges in early because an "early gift or pledge saves mailing costs and makes your classmates' jobs easier." The fund is seeking increases of 15 percernt, since the overall goal has climbed to $l2 million. And the class would like to match, or beat, our 80 percent participation last year.

News Notes: Doug Zipes, professor of medicine at Indiana University and senior research associate at the Krannert Institute of Cardiology at IU, is the 1984 recipient of the Texas Heart Institute Medal and Ray Fish award, for an outstanding scientific contribution in the treatment of patients with cardiovascular disease. Doug won the award in October for his work in understanding the mechanisms responsible for and in the treatment of tachyarrhythmias in children.

The Bank of New York elected G. H. Denniston Jr. as senior vice president. He'll be responsible for special projects. Denny moves over from the National Westminster Bank U.S.A., formerly known as the National Bank of North America, where he was a senior officer. Prior to that, he was at Chase Manhattan Bank. He is a U.S. Navy veteran and a graduate of the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program. Denny is, incidentally, chairman of the board of New York's Ensemble Studio Theater.

Finally, an update on the Mills Omaly fund. John Wooster reports that nearly $2,000 had been contributed as of December 18, and that was before mention of the fund in this column in the last issue of the Magazine. The facts: it will be in the form of an endowment, the income from which will be used to provide student ministerial internships approved by Edgerton House. Says John, "The Episcopal Church in Hanover meant a great deal to Mills, and his own ministry emphasized helping young people."

Contributions, made payable to St. Thomas Episcopal Church, should be sent to Henry Eberhardt, Blunt Alumni Center, Hanover, NH 03755.

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