1948
If you are in Hanover for any football games this fall, look for Homer Young and wife Libby, who every year drive up from Haverhill at least once in their motor home to see the town, any old friends they can find, and the gridiron action on Memorial Field. Homer says he usually parks his self-contained residence-on-wheels in the field next to the Ledyard Canoe Club down by the river, but he also drives it around the town when they want to get to some specific point. Homer, who runs Homer Young Associates, architectural designers, in Haverhill, hopes to see other '48s this fall in Hanover, and particularly sends his regards to his Kappa Sig roommate, John Warwick, whom he hasn't seen in many years and who runs advertising agency Warwick, Welsh and Miller Inc. at 375 Park Avenue in New York. Perhaps the Youngs and Warwicks will get together soon for a few laughs and to review old times.
Another '48 who makes his living in the world of advertising is Jim Schaefer, president of his own New York creation, DR Group Inc., which he sold several years ago to Needham Harper Worldwide, where Jim is a board member and EVP. This year the latter becomes part of a new mega-agency, Omnicon, probably the world's largest ad agency. Jim says he "used to see Phil Ruegger often when Phil served for 15 years as a highly valued member of DR's board." Jim also remembers attorney Dick Leggat with affection for the good legal work Dick has performed for Jim's group in Boston. In a recent mighty welcome letter Jim also cited his and Ellie's regular get-togethers with Bob Reynolds and Nancy at football finales at Princeton or Penn, a carryover from that memorable freshman year beginning in July 1944, when both Jim and Bob roomed on the top floor of Richardson. This was a time when many great, laughter-loaded stories came out of Richardson, Wheeler, and the old Crosby, stories which survive to this day whenever '48s can chew the fat together.
Another denizen of that top floor of Richardson back in 1944 was Colin Stewart who later ran the special slalom in the 1948 Winter Olympics at St. Moritz. Colin and the writer grew up together in Hanover and roomed together our first year before Colin left for skiing. We lost contact after that and only recently got back in touch again by phone. Colin now lives in Vail, still loves skiing and other outdoor sports, and serves as an architectural consultant, being a 1955 grad of Harvard Architectural School. Most of his professional career was spent in Denver, but Stew moved to Vail after his divorce in 1980 and can be found at the Racquet Club there. Among his good works are several homes in and around Vail. Look for Colin when you're next in or near beautiful Vail. He sees Bill Hartwig's brother, Jack '49, fairly often.
Bob Tracy reminisced a little the other night from his home in East Aurora. He remembers a weekend canoe trip to Lake Winnipesaukee back in 1944 when Dave Kendall '45 drove the navy truck and carried about 18 of us as well as a half dozen canoes plus all the steaks we could eat. He remembers that the weather was beautiful, that there were virtually no people on the lake (probably due to the war), and that we camped on a gorgeous beach on an isolated lonely island out in the middle of the lake. He thinks the island was owned by the family of BillMarshall, but the only others we could remember who were along were Doug Wade, the college naturalist, A1 Gustafson and "Murphy" Robins. The huge, beautiful lake was so quiet, clean, and peaceful that Bob is sure he'll never see anything quite like it again. He adds, however, that he has a place on Crane Lake, about 200 miles north of Toronto, where he hopes old buddies A1 McKee and Larry Pedersen can join him in September for a little fishing and enjoyment of the outdoor wilds. A note of sadness will be at hand, however, as they'll miss the fourth member of their old quartet, Lou Perry, who passed on this past December. Bob states that A1 is associated with Armstrong floor products in Lancaster, Pa., while Larry still runs his own manufacturers representation firm from his home in Scotia, N.Y., not far from Dave Jones in Schenectady or John Lanzetta near Albany.
The class can be proud that the annual Kenneth R. Young Award, sponsored by our ardent '48 supporter of Dartmouth football, was given this past year to DE Tom Ramsey '87. The prize is given to that sophomore or junior member of the varsity defense who, as determined by the coaches, made the greatest contribution to the team. A salute from Eleazar, Ken.
Don Ryan will attend his final Alumni Council meeting in Hanover in November and has enjoyed the chances to get back to the campus. He hasn't seen any '48s in the Chicago area lately, though he keeps his eyes peeled for classmates such as Bob Bastian, Truman Metzel, Ken Saunders, and others whom he used to see at local Dartmouth Club meetings.
It is your secretary's hope that '48 readers are planning to be in Hanover this fall to enjoy that marvelous season of the year at your College on the Hill. It remains a great place to be.
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