1942

A newspaper clipping from the Suburban Press in Wayne, Pa., sent in by BillDorrance, reports that Don Meads is now vice chairman of the Valley Forge Military Academy board. In the business world, Don is CEO of Carver Associates and is also a director of CIGNA, Quaker Oats, and Singer. Earlier in his career he served as chairman of Certainteed.

Dan Hagge sent in some clippings on the death of Dunbar Schuetz, who "died quietly in his sleep." The Boston Globe reported in March that we had also lost John Valkevich of Lynnfield, Mass. Material on both of these fellows was forwarded to Bob Kirk, who will do the obituaries for the Alumni Magazine.

Rusty Hartranft writes: "Still work at the stock and bond game, half-time, have a shop five minutes from the house where I can now do more in three hours than I used to do in eight. (We'll bet that it's a computer that makes this possible.

D.S.) Enjoy the rest of my time with my dear wife and take occasional trips here and there. Have three grandchildren, boys, the oldest of whom is a junior at RPI. Number two is a senior at Andover." Rusty also sent along some 1939 pictures of Bate Ewart, Johnny Montagne, JackHagy, and Swifty Barnes, all striding youthfully into Commons. Ah, youth, or sic transit gloria.

Your class executive committee met at Class Officers Weekend in May and exercised excellent stewardship as usual. AdWinship recorded the proceedings in lieu of your forgetful secretary, who could not locate the new locus of the meeting. The high point of Ad's written comment was "Bequest Chairman Guy Swenson was unavoidably absent, honeymooning, yet, with a younger woman whom he has taken in marriage without prior executive committee approval." Class Treasurer LeoCaproni reassured the group that the class of 1942 was still solvent. President Dick Rugen announced that the 45th reunion was in good hands with Bob Encherman in charge and Ad Winship to do gifts.

Stu Finch, who has been studying the after-effects of Hiroshima for years, missed the May meeting because of a wedding. "Next to seeing this daughter our youngest get married, I would love nothing better than to be in Hanover. Please express my regrets to all of the lucky members of our class who will be at the meeting. I might also mention that it looks very much as though Pat and I will be going to Japan for at least a year, commencing about the first of September. The probability of making a game this fall seems most unlikely.

"You can express my vote at the meeting that all new shanties built at Dartmouth be designed by an architect so that they better fit the Dartmouth decor. I also would like to see an undefeated football team this fall."

A note from Doug Duffy, whom we listed as a '44 in our last column, goes this way: "Your Alumni Magazine column (May 1986) lists my name in diminutive form and tags me class of 1944. In 1944 I was in North Africa no, southern Italy. Certainly not finishing up undergrad work in Hanover.

"As I think I wrote you earlier, I did finish up my degree (seven months in Hanover) in 1945-46. At that time, the College gave me my choice of class. I opted for my original class of 1942 and for the past 40 years have been so designated in all Dartmouth communications. Somewhere in the records, however, you must have found me listed as 1944. I'd like to know where so I can get that record corrected. One class per person is enough, and 1942 is the one."

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