1946
I am not sure how many classmates may have seen a copy of "Printout," a new shortform publicity release put out by the College, but it includes a refreshing policy statement by President David T. McLaughlin '54, setting the record straight after all the recent publicity about the Dartmouth athletic program.
In four concise statements, he reaffirms Dartmouth's commitment to Ivy League athletic competition and to restoration of Dartmouth's competitive posture within the League. He also restates Dartmouth's "traditional commitment to intercollegiate athletics as an important part of the liberal arts learning experience."
Bryan Battey says that he is growing to like Florida more every day. Living in Pompano Beach, he finds the music business varied and interesting and distances great. He found himself playing 11 jobs in a week: five luncheons and six dinners at Tom Norris restaurants in Tamarac and Davie. This went on for three months and "nearly wiped me out sleepwise, but falling asleep writing a deposit slip never bothered me." Now playing the accordion Fridays and Saturdays at the French Place in Pompano Beach, he urges all "snowbird" classmates to stop by and say hello.
Bryan says that Sam Florman will appreciate this final payoff of the piano they bought and shared in Streeter Hall in the summer of 1942. Speaking of Sam, he has recently written an article, published in Technology Review, the MIT alumni magazine, entitled "Will Women Engineers Make a Difference?" Sam, a civil engineer, is author also of "Engineering and the Liberal Arts," "The Existential Pleasures of Engineering," and "Blaming Technology."
Luther Leeger is a municipal court judge in North San Diego County and took a busman's holiday trip to Europe last fall with wife Joan and two daughters, including a one-week visit to London courts. Their oldest son married in 1983, and their second son tied the knot this past December.
Art Young reports the good news that son Ted has been accepted at Dartmouth on early decision for the class of '89.
Bill DeStefano recently enclosed a news questionnaire with the latest newsletter, asking among other things for classmates to give their thoughts about retirement. Not one of the respondents indicated any intention of retiring. Gimp Fromson, for example, says it is the farthest thing from his mind. He is selling insurance and developing real estate in the greater Cleveland area and possibly southeast Florida. He works out daily, plays a lot of golf, and spends the summers at Lake Chautauqua, N.Y. Gimp and Sue spend a lot of time visiting their kids, including an engineer with General Dynamics in San Diego, a daughter in the floral business in Coconut Grove, Fla., a daughter in law school, and a son who runs a nursing home which they built and own. Gimp would like a word from Wayne Frerichs at first chance.
Bob Skutch from Tiburon, Calif., keeps in touch. He is writing a third book, "slowly and unmethodically," following the success of his Journey Without Distance - The StoryBehind "A Course in Miracles." Bob says that it "is a fascinating account of how that threevolume set of books came into being. They were taken down over a seven-year period by a woman psychologist who heard a voice dictating the material to her. The books comprise a self-study course in how to change one's perceptions: 160,000 sets have been sold in over 50 countries."
John and Edie McClintock have no retirement plans either. He owns and operates a construction steel business. He also is a part of a group that has founded a nonprofit, adult day care center for incapacitated adults. "It is up and running now, and we do get good testimonials from our clients, their families, and social service agencies. It is exciting to be a part of a new and needed program to help others less fortunate than ourselves." John and Edie plan to be in Hanover for our 40th reunion and hope there will be a big turnout. They had a great visit with T. Coleman and Brian Andrews during a trip to Richmond and Williamsburg last fall.
It is with regret that we report the death of Donald Washington Behnken of Norwalk, Conn., of a heart attack on January 30, 1985, while sailing in the Bahamas. He was an alumnus of Dartmouth and Yale and received his M.B.A. from Columbia and Ph.D. from North Carolina State. He was principal statistician at the Stamford Research Labs of American Cyanamid, a fellow of the American Statistical Association, and the author of many articles in professional journals in his field. Our deepest sympathies go out to his wife, Anita, and their four children.
Our next Hanover mini-reunion is set for the Princeton game weekend on September 21. Also, a class tent is in the plan for the Harvard game in Cambridge on October 19. Hope to see a big turnout at both events. Please keep in touch.
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