1956

15 Old Hyde Road Weston, CT 06883

At the beginning of the new year classmates are reminded of our 31st reunion scheduled for June 15-17. Yes, that is Monday through Wednesday, so plan to spend the whole week in New England. Tom Rosenwald and committee are gearing up for an extravaganza to be shared with the classes of 1957 and 1958.

The Harris Bank in Chicago has elected John Kirscher a senior vice president. John is the chief investment officer of the institutional investment group in the trust department. He joined the bank in 1967 following receipt of his doctorate in philosophy from Princeton. John, his wife, Sheila, and daughters Elizabeth (a student at Vassal) and Margaret live in Wilmette, Ill. Just after commenting in the last column on Bob Barry, his picture hoisting a glass of champagne appeared in the NewYork Times. Bob was head of the U.S. delegation at the Stockholm tension reduction/advance warning on troop movements conference. Less publicity surrounds this conference than those on ICBM's, but any progress in improved relations with the Soviet Union is worth noting. Also pictured was Bob's wife, Peggy. The two of them continue their personal campaign for effective safety regulations in the commercial fishing industry, following the death of their son in a fishing boat tragedy off Alaska. Bills were introduced in Congress but they have bogged down as a result of legislative overload and special interest lobbying. It will be a long process, taxing even the most skilled of negotiators.

The A.B. Gile Insurance Agency of Hanover has been purchased by Norman"Swede" Fridlund and Gary Mayo '77. Swede has made a career in the insurance industry and will be moving to Hanover from his Washington, N.H., residence, a house constructed in 1790 and the boyhood home of Sylvanus Thayer, founder of the Thayer School at Dartmouth. Swede and his wife, Priscilla, have four children, one of whom, Alexis '84, is a Dartmouth graduate married to another Dartmouth graduate, Peter Vins '85. Swede is still flying, has graduated (?) to gliders, and is also reported to be constructing a seaplane. The Connecticut River will never be the same.

With the Swede's move back to Hanover, your secretary made a quick check of the most recent address list. Twelve classmates are listed as residents of Hanover and its environs. What brings them all back? Career? Retirement? Quiet?

Jim Breeden returned after a career in the ministry and in teaching, among other places in Tanzania and Boston, to be dean of the Tucker Foundation. After serving as a bank examiner for two decades, KenBridge decided that the Dartmouth National Bank was solvent enough for him to join it. Ken and family live in Lebanon. Ted Briggs, one of the large number of diplomats we have in the class, uses Hanover as a home base.

Down in Claremont is English professor Bob Browne, last reported to be teaching at New Hampshire College. A number of doctors have chosen Hanover for obvious reasons. Among them are Howard Green and Don MacKay, both of whom are associated with Mary Hitchcock. The class has supplied the College with its editor, Josh Hill, a Lebanon resident. Josh remains an avid outdoorsman sporting an appropriate mustache. Another Lebanon address is Arnold Levin, who was earlier reported to be commuting from Westport, Conn., to New York, where he has an importing business.

Living in Hanover but commuting to Bradford, Vt., is Howard Sandler, vice president and controller of a textile company. Ed Scovner is listed in Canaan, N.H. At last report he was still teaching and coaching in Connecticut. A little further south, in Wilmot Flats, when HankTaylor talks people listen. Hank has left the insurance business in Hanover and is associated with E.F. Hutton in Manchester. Finally, over in Windsor, Vt., is Alexander Evarts, an attorney. If memory serves, Windsor was a speed trap on old Route 5. Does anybody travel on Route 5 any more?

With a dozen or more classmates living in the Hanover area perhaps Tom Rosenwald would consider a house tour or progressive dinner as part of the reunion festivities in June. Think 30!