1949

Thanks to that pipe-smoking rascal from Portland, Maine, the beloved KingBall, a letter from Fuzzy Reed awaited my return from two weeks in Hanover in October. It's Robert J. Reed III, M.D., 100 Twelfth Street, Wheeling W.Va., for those who miss the effervescent lad with the fertile imagination. Who can forget that chipper, athletic, crew cut from West-by-God-Virginia? Fuzzy finished Dartmouth with the class of 1951, but is irrevocably a '49. He was in Hanover in 1984 for the first time in 33 years and loved it. He's also a fecund fellow with five children. Valerie lives in L.A. with her three children; Janis, a med school grad, is training in ophthalmology in Pittsburgh; Vanessa is with Westpac Banking Corporation in San Francisco; Robert J. Reed IV is 13 and residing in Chapel Hill, N.C,; and James Alexander is eight months old (!) and, of course with Fuzzy and wife Dora Jane in Wheeling. Fuzzy is chairman of the department of surgery at the Ohio Valley Medical Center, still "cutting up a few bodies here and there" (what a prince of a guy), and hoping to attend our 40th reunion in 1989.

While I was visiting Sam Smith in Blunt Alumni Center last October, Ort Hicks '2l pointed out to me a gorgeous watercolor on a third floor wall entitled "Street in Torrejon." Painted in 1958 in Spain, it is a gift of the artist, Peter Michael Gish, who now resides in Greenwich, Conn., with wife Margot. Son Peter is a 1984 graduate of the College.

The 1985 mini-reunion on November 12 produced a record attendance. Thanks, Bruce Crawford, for acting as secretary at the class executive committee meeting in my absence. Burt Proom was voted "a job well done" for leading us to a win in the Green Derby. Luke Sewell, advance gifts chairman, was also complimented. The Gold Pick Axe was awarded to Al Wagner (more on that in the next issue) and MikeMcGean received a presidential commendation from T. Swartz for securing a new 1949 banner of which Mike will keep custody in a vault in Hanover (the last one, a gift from Mrs. Charlie Vanderhoof, was stolen).

Rich Hunt, our treasurer, reported better cash flow than previous years, but stated that the freshman trip, which was to be 20 students, was still not funded. Because of projects, increased freshman trip expenses, along with Alumni Magazine subscription fees, there was a need to increase class dues, which are still lower than many classes'. Therefore, it was decided by the executive committee to increase dues from $20 to $25 beginning next year. Continuation in 1986 of 20 freshman trips was also approved.

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