1956

51 Tradd Street Charleston, SC 29401

Hard to believe, as I sit here in the continuing heat and humidity of South Carolina's lowcountry, that by the time this appears the Christmas season will be upon us. It's early October, and I gather there has already been snow on the Hanover Plain. From this perspective, that's incredible!

My thanks to those who helped fill the old mailbag his month. It was nice to hear from Dick Beuschel '55, wishing me well on my elevation to this exalted position. Dick and I grew up across the street from one another in Plainfield, N.J., but have seen little of each other in recent years. Of my reunion column he writes, "You managed to pack in a lot of information on quite a few people I know, such as Leo McKenna and of course Ted Bremble [another former Plainfielder] from many years ago."

Bill Behrens was also kind enough to write about the reunion column: "Many thanks for so skillfully recreating reunion in your... article. Yes, Bob Dumont was there. I even have a picture of him with Darrel Clowes." Behrens and his ubiquitous camera seem to have been everywhere at reunion, if you'll excuse the tautology. Thanks, Bill. Now put your word processor to work and give me some real meat for the next issue.

Jack Frable (Dr. William J.) sent a letter to Doug Kreare in August with unfortunate news of the death of Dr. Charles RobertCarrington, on September 15, 1985. Jack writes that Dr. Carrington "was a very wellknown and respected pulmonary pathologist [who] had a residency in pathology with Dr. Avril Liebow at Yale Medical Center. At that time, Dr. Liebow was a world authority in pulmonary pathology and Dr. Carrington followed in his footsteps and essentially took over and carried on the work that Dr. Liebow had begun after Dr. Liebow's disability from several strokes. Dr. Carrington was frequently consulted on difficult cases in pulmonary pathology and was considered an international authority." Belatedly, his classmates send their sympathy to his wife and family.

Thanks to Paul Merriken, who sent ClemMalin a copy of a newspaper article on the career of Bob Slater, "one of a select group of top-gun stockbrokers at Robert W. Baird & Cos." Bob went to work for Kidder, Peabody & Cos., in Chicago in 1960, managed their Milwaukee branch for six years, beginning in August 1970, and moved over to Baird as first vice president in August 1979. The article notes that Bob "conducts a lot of his own research, picks his own winners, communicates with 500 to 600 clients each month through his own investment letter." Bob has created a constantly changing model portfolio of nine to 11 stocks, the value of which, between January and August this year, rose 60 percent. At the same time, the Dow was rising 38 percent and Standard & Poor's index was up 31 percent. With a track record like that, perhaps DickWhitney should consider asking Bob to manage the class's excess funds!

As the reporter put it, there is no question that Bob's "strategy works. If Slater was a mutual fund he'd be on the highest ground around."

And, with that, may I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and all the best for the holiday season and the new year.