1963

It's that time of the year, when the summer fades, and thoughts turn to school days, football, and reunions. If you're in that groove, then I heartily recommend a trip to Hanover the weekend of October 17-19, for the Harvard homecoming weekend and one of the best class of '63 mini-reunions ever.

Chairman Bill Breetz is planning some interesting events to enhance what is already a perfect scenario: the torchlight parade Friday night, a class seating section for the big game, and sights and sounds, new and old, of Hanover. By all means, bring the family for a great change of pace and fun. You'll be hearing more about the weekend, opportunities for lodging, etc. Hope to see you there.

The mini-reunion is a tune-up for the big one, the 25th, which is scheduled for June 16-19 in 1988. That may seem a long way off, but Chairman Bruce Nichols has gotten the wheels rolling. He's busy lining up entertainment and educational programs, which will include classmate participation. Dave Boldt has begun developing a format of our class history book, for which he is serving as editor. These men can use your help, and there are some interesting assignments to get you involved in the event of the century. Contact Bruce at 899 Forest Glen Drive East, Winnetka, IL 60093, or call 312/876- 4625.

And now for the next big event of the century: the search for the camera of Mallory on Mount Everest by Tom Holzel. According to Inc. Magazine, via DaveSchaefer, Tom started his climb in August to where he thinks Mallory is, 8,100 meters up. He is searching for a Kodak camera, believed to be in the possession of the famous climber, and plans to develop the film on the spot, hoping that it survived its frozen state since 1924. More on Tom and his daring endeavor next time.

Stu Mahlin was featured in the WhartonAlumni Magazine as a leader in the trend toward hiring part-time employees, according to our latest class newsletter. Stu, who is the co-founder of Charles, Stuart & Associates, a Cincinnati consulting firm, developed the concept of "peak-time pay," which pays people what they are worth when they are needed the most. While vice president of personnel at Provident Bank in Cincinnati, Stu came up with this concept to replace greater numbers of full-time tellers with part-timers, avoid high turnover usually associated with part-timers, and improve the quality of part-time work, all without layoffs. Stu traveled throughout the country last spring and summer conducting two seminars a month on this idea.

I regret to report the death of JacquesShure after complications following heart surgery in Houston on May 18. An article by his classmate, friend, and business partner, Hank Jenckes, appears in the obituary section of this magazine.

Olin Corporation of Stamford, Conn., selected Tom Berardino, a senior vice president, to head the development of its ceramics packaging business, a major element in the company's growth plans for electronic materials and services. In his new position, Tom will also be responsible for Mesa Technology in Mountain View, Calif., an Olin subsidiary for tape automated bonding of integrated circuits. He will also continue to oversee Olin's 45 percent interest in Indy Electronics, Manteca, Calif., the largest independent contract assembler of integrated circuits in the U.S. Tom joined Olin in 1982 from an executive position with Exxon Company. He majored in engineering and science at Dartmouth and earned an M.B.A. from Columbia. He and his family live in New Canaan, Conn.

Navy Cmdr. William Judd has assumed command of the submarine USS Haddo in San Diego. He was executive officer of the submarine SS Narwhal in Charlestown, N.C. During his tour the Narwhal completed two major deploy- ments and was awarded the Battle Efficiency "E" for 1984.

Another navyman, Mike Emerson, retired last winter from the naval reserve as a captain with 21 and one-half years in submarines. He reports that he shot only one warshot torpedo in all that time and it sank an American submarine, part of a programmed test. A resident of Seattle, Mike is a director of aircraft contracts for Boeing, covering Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America.

I am happy to announce my marriage last summer to Nicole Gorelick, a teacher of French and Spanish at Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y., and a French instructor at the Alliance Francaise in Manhattan. My son Mitchell, 14, and Nicole's son, Jean-Marc, six, attended the civil ceremony, along with my friend Ivan Weissman, a Columbia man, but a great fan of Dartmouth.

In the publicity department, some of our business leaders who have been there before, again enjoyed the media spotlight. Lou Gerstner, president of American Express, was the cover story in the May 5 Adweek special report and pictured in the June 2 finance section of Business Week.Jay Reibel, founder of Preferred Health Care, Katonah, N.Y., was the cover story in the May issue of OTC Review, a financial publication. Morris Kramer of the law firm, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom was quoted in the April 14 New YorkMagazine profile of his partner, Donald Drapkin, a takeover expert. And BillMarshall was pictured in the April issue of this magazine in a report on the 25th anniversary of the Peace Corps. Bill served in Morocco.

Oliver J. Larmi '62, left, and Anne K. Wilson, his wife, right, presented greetings from Dartmouthto Dr. Harry Ausprich, center, on the occasion of his inauguration as 16th president of BloomsburgUniversity of Pennsylvania. Larmi is a professor of philosophy and Wilson is a professor of sociologyat Bloomsburg.

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