1954

Should any of you be under the impression that the class mini-reunion or football games are held only on the East Coast, Joe Mesics sent me a recent note to correct that impression. Along with the note was a great picture of Mary and Joe and Doug Glasgow soaking up the San Francisco sun. Joe writes, "Believe it or not, this is a football photo, taken at the recent Dartmouth/Princeton Game which was relayed to San Francisco. The 1954 mini-reunion included two Dekes and a Dekette, Mary Mesics. If you don't recognize the Dekes, they are Doug Glasgow and I. Notice, also, Mary's '100 years of Dartmouth Football' T-shirt. We lost the game but won the party." Joe, you've got a way to go before you compete with a Gillespie mini-reunion, but keep at it.

Speaking of the Gillespie mini-reunion, John forwarded a picture of a most distinguished group of New York classmates at the December 1985 New York mini-reunion. Included in the distinguished group picture are Dick Steinberg, Pete Barker,Dave Dyche, Dick Page, Bob Adnopoz,Jerry Goldstein, John Heston, Dick Barker, Dave Mandelbaum, Lo Yi Chan,Dick Grassey, Bob Clements, Dick Davidoff, and, of course, the übiquitous JohnGillespie. I am beginning to believe that whenever Gillespie goes out to lunch, he surrounds himself with a few classmates and calls it a mini-reunion.

Ronald W. Dougherty represented Dartmouth at the investiture ceremony to install William Van Muse as president of the University of Akron in Ohio.

According to The Wall Street JournalFrank Wright has resigned his position as executive vice president for special financing at Manufacturers Hanover Corpora- tion to set up a $500-million leveraged buy-out fund with six other partners, including former New York Governor Hugh Carey; Leonard Stern, chairman of Hartz Mountain Industries; and Steven J. Kumble, a partner in the New York law firm of Finley, Kumble, Wagner, Heine, Underberg, Manley, and Casey. Frank will head the new firm, to be called Lincolnshire Management, Ltd., a newly-created Bermuda corporation that will make equity investments in acquisition and leveraged buy-out transactions. Frank has been with Manufacturers Hanover for 31 years and has been instrumental in leading it to be "lead bank on more leveraged buy-out transactions than any other bank."

Dick Barker has forwarded to me letters of gratitude from Kevin Donovan '87 and Mark Henrie '87, the Class of 1954 Intern selections for the winter and fall terms, respectively. Both of them thank the class for making possible a unique opportunity for them through the granting of the internship and its related funds. Kevin is working with Congressman Jack Kemp in Washington on a six-month internship and has been involved in projects ranging from a study of the budgetary process and research on enterprise zones to work on the foreign appropriations bill and coordination of support for commemorative bills. Mark has just completed a 10-week internship at the White House in the office of presidential personnel. Mark writes, "It was a delightful surprise to find the people running our country are sincerely concerned for the welfare of the nation more so than their own welfare and aggrandizement. Of course in the personnel office I encountered 'political considerations' and plain political patronage, but these were decidedly secondary to individual competency and ideological compatibility." The class should be pleased that it has enabled two capable Dartmouth undergraduates to become part of our governmental process and to help them along the path to becoming the leaders of tomorrow.

Speaking of helping youth, it is nice to see that Jack Donahue is being recognized by his peers for the direction he has given to a generation of student athletes on Cape Cod. Jack has been inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Massachusetts Baseball Coaches Association for his record as a coach at Nauset High School. Jack's teams have posted a 253-93 record in baseball, qualifying for the state tournament 15 times and winning seven league titles. Jack is now the Nauset athletic and physical education director. Congratulations, Jack, both for your record and for your dedication in contributing to the development of our young people.

The king of the class of '54 cowboys, Gary Rosenthal, was quoted in a recent article in The Boston Globe featuring Gary's famous product, the Stetson hat. Gary's company, Stevens Hat Manufacturing Company of St. Josephs, Mo., took over Stetson in 1983 after manufacturing the hat under license since 1971. Gary obviously recognized the value of a great name. "Stetson has always conjured up a certain mystique," he stated in the article. "It is one of the true American names in clothing and outerwear." It is very smart of Gary to maintain the Stetson name; after all, can you picture yourself walking in to a hat store asking for a "Rosenthal"? You could end up with a head full of china!

Doug Glasgow '54, left, Mary Mesics, center, and Joe Mesics '54, right, reuned in SanFrancisco for a telecast of the Dartmouth-Princeton game last fall. Joe Mesics wrote, "We lost the game but won the party."

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