1956

Need classmates be reminded that we are once again well into the Alumni Fund season? Consider thoughtfully and respond appropriately. Avoid Klapper's Knaggers!

The Seventh Annual Fun Fantastic New York City extravaganza once again shook the Big Apple at the end of January. Social chairman extraordinaire Cube Conroy arranged and hosted the reception and dinner attended by about 70 classmates and wives: a record and a tribute to the reputation of the event and the guest speaker. President Dave McLaughlin took us on a brief and interesting "tour-de-campus," highlighting changes underway in facilities, curriculum, and quality of life. A "quiet generation" we may be, but certainly not in our questioning of the speaker.

Other events of the weekend, variously attended, included a Greenwich Village dinner arranged by Howard Sodokoff and a Sunday brunch hosted by Leo McKenna. The "longe st distance traveled" award went to LuckyShore, in from Denver. Stu Klapper, the new head agent for the class, journeyed from San Juan. Wilt Sogg joined us from Cleveland, and Flint Ranney maintained that while Nant ucket was not so far distant, his was the most difficult journey nonetheless. Other honored guests included Tom "Too Tall" Rosenwald. Minutes of the executive meeting held before the reception will be recorded in the newsletter.

Some unkind soul at the New York dinner inquired of your secretary, "Haven't you run out of birthdays yet?" If this column were dependent on news received from classmates, it would scarcely qualify for the oneliner quips found at the bottom of the pages of the New Yorker. Come on, guys, surely you have done something interesting.

Ignoring my critics, I turn again to birthdays. First, an apology; my infallible systems failed. The April list should have included Larry Armour, an editor of Barron's.. Larry will no doubt spend his birthday writing books, playing squash, photographing, or gardening. He lives in Springfield, N.J. Sorry for the oversight, Larry.

In May 1935, nine classmates arrived. Last heard of in Syracuse, where he is an attorney, Sid Devorsetz will turn 50 in May. Time magazine in New York City was the last known workplace of Dave Dolben. Ophthalmologist Richard Gutow may celebrate his birthday at the University of Michigan Medical Center; at an art dealer's, adding to his collection; opening up his retreat on Walloon Lake in northern Michigan; or in Nashville, Tenn., the last surfacing as a current address from the College. Where are you, Richard?

The largest cake imaginable will be part of the birthday celebration for Bill King in Fishkill, N.Y. Bill claims to be a professional hedonist "who may make short-term sacrifice to attain long-term objectives." Might we assume that reaching 50 is one? But which one? Short-term sacrifice or long-term objective? Up in Brockport, N.Y., where he is a professor of sociology, John Kramer laments the educational "tendency to hand-hold students and thereby prolong their childhood." Have I missed something? I thought we were raising children too fast.

Readers will have noted in recent columns mention of an unusual number of classmates who are ministers. Another is Fred Lowry, who is director of a community ministry based in Reston, Va. His birthday hope is that "we can develop a world consciousness which will transcend nationalizing and allow preparation for peace to take precedence over preparation for war." Worthy of support.

Also celebrating birthdays in May will be John Mullen in New York City and SteveWinslow in Lynnfield, Mass. Our final comment comes from Wilt Sogg, also 50 in May, whose successes have been noted in earlier columns. He faces the "continuing challenge of maintaining the pace and keeping up the same rate of progress." Progress is important, yes, but at what point in life do we adjust the pace? Apparently not at 50. Happy Birthday all.

Chris Carey '7O, left, and Chuck Winslow '57, right, climbed to the top of Japan's Mount Fuji inAugust 1984.

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