1958

Now that your 1986 diaries are broken in, check to make sure you filled in these dates: October 3-4, 1986, Dartmouth vs. Navy at Annapolis. Rooms will be reserved at the Sheraton Hotel in Baltimore, plus a boat ride down the Chesapeake to Annapolis, breakfast, a band, and tent on site at the game. The boat will return to Baltimore that evening regardless of the outcome. October 17-18, 1986, Dartmouth vs. Harvard at Hanover. This is Dartmouth Night Weekend with bands, singing, and the bonfire. A 1958 dinner and reserved room will be announced.

One of the most productive, helpful members of our class is Manchester, N.H., attorney John Graf. John's specialties are product liability and environmental and business litigation, as well as general corporate matters. This fall one of John's clients announced a technical advance in clean-air technology that reduces sulfur dioxide emissions in power plants by 50 percent. John has represented this client, a West German corporation, for 10 years. Sharing the concern of New Engenders, John was pleased to make a contribution to the environment through the control of acid rain. We all remember John as hard-driving and energetic, but he assures me that he will survive 50 by "promising to play more tennis, work less, and have more fun."

Jim Dougherty mailed a clipping about Bob Downey that deserves sharing. Bob was named partner at Goldman, Sachs in NYC in 1977. Three years later he became manager of the municipal bond department. In 1980, Goldman Sachs ranked 50th among municipal bond underwriters. In 1985, Bob oversaw $12.8 billion of new issues in which Goldman Sachs acted as the lead underwriter, making it the nation's largest municipal bond underwriting firm. From a few people doing a couple of college issues a year, Bob's department has expanded to more than 130 professionals. While this growth occurred during a surge in municipal bond issues, the increased market share captured under Bob's direction is nothing less than phenomenal.

On Ben McAdams's letterhead are these words: "Diplomate of American Board of Orthopedic Surgery - Fellow of American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery." After years as a busy surgeon, Ben no longer performs surgery due to a visual problem. He now does medical-legal work for both plaintiffs and defendants and acts as an independent medical examiner or agreed-upon medical examiner for courts. Pledging to take time to think about things at 50, he spent a delightful do-nothing month in New England recently. All of the five McAdams children are now college graduates or in college. The McAdamses and the Joe Palermo family swap visits annually. Whenever I hear from Ben, he urges '58s to stop in San Luis Obispo, Calif., between L.A. and San Francisco.

Bruce McDonald writes that he continues to enjoy the family millwork, glass, and building materials business in Tacoma, Wash. Bruce's division distributes Andersen windows and Peachtree doors. Son Bruce is Dartmouth '88.

Some singular insights about approaching and passing 50 years of age have been received. Your contributions are again invited.

Josiah Stevenson IV '57 received the Alumni Award at the 151 st meeting of the Alumni Council in November. After earning an M.B.A. at Tuck and serving in the U.S. Air Force, he worked in advertising at Benton and Bowles and in marketing at Chesebrough-Ponds. For the last two years he has been director of development for the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He is also an avid painter and outdoorsman. He has served Dartmouth as class president and head agent; as secretary and vice president of Dartmouth clubs at home and abroad; as enrollment director; as member of the Third Century Fund executive committee; and as a member of the Alumni Council and one of its youngest presidents.

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