1954
As spring rolls in, my files are blossoming with news of the activities of the ever dynamic class of '54.
From Fort Collins, Colo, (wherever that may be), comes news of a new academic administrative plum for Paul Wisdom. Paul has been appointed to the newly-created position of vice president of public affairs at Colorado State University. Paul will be in charge of a staff of more than 60, dealing with university communications and publicity; fund-raising; corporate, foundation, and community relations; alumni relations; and other areas of institutional support. Colorado State is the second largest public institution in Colorado, Paul's home state, with a total enrollment of approximately 20,000.
Paul is going to Colorado after a truly outs tanding performance as vice president for college relations at Lafayette College in Easton, Pa., where he has served since 1981. Paul led Lafayette's record-breaking "Campaign for Lafayette," which raised $50 million, $7 million in excess of its goal.
Paul's Dartmouth background and his thereby unavoidable exposure to the Dartmouth Alumni Fund must have had some influence on his achievements, since he moved Lafayette into the select list of 20 colleges in the nation that receive gifts from more than half of their alumni.
Paul's distinguished career in academia has included positions as assistant dean of faculty at Illinois State and vice president for institutional development at Towson (Md.) State University.
Congratulations, Paul, both for your new position and for your very productive life, spent contributing to higher education. It looks like you still sink the "Big Ones."
Judge Bill Pryor was recently elevated from his position as a member of the Washington, D.C., Court of Appeals to chief judge of that court. Prior to his appointment in 1979 to the appeals court by President Carter, Bill served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Washington and was appointed in 1968 to the D.C. Court of Special Sessions, now the Superior Court, by President Johnson.
Our heartiest congratulations, Bill; you've done yourself and Dartmouth '54 proud.
Distinguished 's4s are sometimes sighted in the most out-of-the-way places. While waiting patiently one day in the Pittsburgh airport I saw Pete Ankeny casually strolling the corridors, awaiting a USAir flight to Minneapolis. We had a chance to talk, and I caught up on the doings of at least part of the Ankeny clan. Pete and Margie are welc oming some of the "kids" back to Minneapolis. Both Donald and Harriet have moved back to Minneapolis, after graduating from Dartmouth and Smith, respectively. Sally, also a Dartmouth graduate, is married and living in Marblehead. Son Phillip interned at the Bank of Boston with Ben Bowden. My apologies to Charles lost track of him in the discussion.
Pete continues to direct the fortunes of the First National Bank of Minneapolis, which he serves so ably as president.
Bob Levine continues to serve Tuck School as vice chairman of the Tuck Annual Giving Campaign. He is continuing to enjoy his change of careers from Big Eight public accountant to vice president, financial development, of U.S. Tobacco in Greenwich, Conn. Bob and Barbara's sons, Gary and Marc, are busy in other parts of the country and world, with Marc working for Trammel Crow in Austin, Tex., and Gary employed in the financial world in London.
Speaking of Tuck School those among you who graduated from Tuck in 1955 are about to be brought together in the first ever T '55 reunion. The 30th reunion of Tuck '55, a class made up primarily of Dartmouth '54s, is scheduled for the early fall in Hanover. The early list of expected attendees includes PeteBarker, Phil Christophe, Dean Hildebrandt,Pete Johnson, "Lord" Kenyon, Bob Levine,"Rough Dog" Lewis, Dave Mandlebaum,Charlie Morrison, Joe Poorman, Art Rauch, and Bob Woodberry. The rest of you Tuck U. graduates, sign up now, or I'll ask Woodberry to send his rugby team out to twist a few arms.
Not only is Dave McLaughlin traveling with the Dartmouth "road show," but he also has John Heston out preaching the company line. John was the guest speaker at the North Shore Club's annual dinner in Danvers, Mass., a few weeks ago. John showed the new admissions film Images, which he is responsible for producing.
Lyon Greenberg, the prominent Albany doctor/farmer/medical researcher, informs me that son Adam was accepted, early decision, at Dartmouth from Deerfield Academy. Adam will join brother Josh on the Hanover Plain. Daughter Elizabeth is left in Albany, too young for college but probably not too young to run Lyon's tractor or tend his roadside stand. I'm only kidding, Elizabeth, or at least I think I am.
As I come to the conclusion of this column, I am trembling from the discovery that I have used up every last bit of news and information that I have. My cupboard is bare. I can't continue traveling from airport to airport and from fund drive to fund drive to spy on unsuspecting classmates with the hope of finding just a little bit of interesting news to fill the column.
How about letting me know what you are doing? Any short note or learned dissertation on the state of the world will be appreciated.
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