1926

It seems very fitting to share with all his Dartmouth friends the citation given Courtney C. Brown by Columbia University when in May he received their honorary degree of Doctor of Letters: "Administrator, scholar, and business leader, you have given outstanding service to this university and to the whole of education. You left a swiftly rising corporate career to devote your energies to the training of the future leaders of the nation's economy. With rare acumen you melded the interests and requirements of business and academia, learning to use the strength of each to the betterment of both. In your tenure as dean during 15 crucial years you guided the graduate school of business to an enduring position of national and international prominence. Not only did you build a new home for the school, you nurtured a whole generation of business teachers and scholars. In your own research you have explored the problems of industrial management and proposed solutions well-rooted in your practical wisdom and experience. As director of many major companies and through your work in establishing the Council for Financial Aid to Education, you have encouraged corporate support for our nation's academic institutions.

"Faithful son of Columbia, your university with pleasure confers upon you the degree of doctor of letters, honoris causa." The citation was signed by university president Michael I. Sovern.

Some nine months from now is our 60th reunion, on June 9-11, 1986, so plan accordingly. Already chair Jake Jacobus has lined up 13 regional helpers and is planning a great event. Many details to follow.

Detouring through Freeport on their way to Friendship, Maine, your scribe and wife Lou saw Dean Chamberlin and his Book Cellar - a major resource for books in the 1926 memorial book collection in Baker Library. Dean has acquired the look of a canny, "Down-Mainer" oldbook buyer as portrayed by a newspaper photo of him working a Portland book fair.

Dick Major, creator of the "WahooRah" cheer, suggested yet another cheer, designed for French students and opera buffs who believe Dartmouth might honor the opera Manon Lescaut with the cheer "Lescaut Team!"

Det Harwood representing Hub, Barbara Hayward (Weymouth) representing Sid, Caroline Marshall representing Hal, Tubba Weymouth, and Don Norstrand were the New England class representatives at the May 31 Alumni Council dinner honoring the 301 recipients of the Council's Dartmouth Alumni Awards. Doug Everett could not attend due to a brief illness following his recent trip to Russia. For reasons of distance and/or conflict Carle Blunt, Nate Parker, and Ritchie Smith were not there. Among the 172 award winners no longer living are Herb Darling, A1 Louer, Tom Murdough, and Del Worthington. During the 31 years since the award program was established more awards have gone to men of 1926 than to any other class.

Travel Notes: Wad Woods was a guest last May of President Reagan at a White House Rose Garden ceremony honoring outstanding nationwide volunteers in RSVP (Retired Senior Volunteer Program). Wad gave long service in Portsmouth, N.H., to Meals on Wheels and school Great Books programs, and, as a senior tennis tournament frequent winner, took time to teach the game to local school fourth graders; Mai and Ann Merrill, returning from Tucson, Ariz., winter quarters, stopped by at North Hill, Needham, Mass., to see Don and Marge Hopkins, and then took off for three weeks in Europe; in June Don and Lou Norstrand flew to Chicago, drove to Morrison, I11., to see Don's sister, then drove to Philadelphia for Lou's grandson's graduation from Germantown Friend's School, after which on to Lou's 55th reunion at Vassar.

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