1943

The November 1986 issue of Planning, a publication of the American Planning Association, featured a story on John Reps, one of the foremost planning historians in the nation. John retired in December after 36 years on the faculty of Cornell University. The story disclosed all sorts of things about John I hadn't known before. He's the author of five books on planning in America. The University of Nebraska gave him an honorary doctorate in 1985. In 1950 he won a Fulbright grant for graduate study in public administration, and in 1958 he was the recipient of a Guggenheim grant for research on early town plans. In 1980 the American Historical Association gave him an award for the years' best book on American history, titled Cities of the American West. And in 1984, the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning gave him its outstanding planning educator award.

John and wife Connie plan to go to China this month for a series of lectures and consultations with Chinese geographers. And John told Eddie O'Brien that he and Connie have scheduled a canal boat tour of France later this spring. When they get back, they'll settle down in Ithaca where, no doubt, John will continue with his mail-order map business, which he calls "Urban Historic Places."

Jim Adams's project to circulate a questionnaire among classmates currently is in limbo until some computer facilities can be lined up. But Jim reports he's received five responses on the proposed questionnaire that was distributed last August. That's not enough for a summary, but Jim also received a letter from HowieThomas, a foreign service officer who works for the U.S. Agency for International Development in Yemen. Howie reports that he's going to retire in May and retire to the U.S. He's been abroad 30 of the last 40 years.

We're just catching up with another string of retirements. Marshall (Jerry)Souers reports he retired last December 5 as an advertising executive in Pacific Palisades, Calf, and he and Phyliss have moved to Estes Park, Colo.

Matt Smith retired four years ago as manager of Mobil Chemical in Beaumont, Tex., and he and wife Patricia are devoting more time to hobbies and grandchilren.

Almon (Bud) Stevens has retired from the Morse Chain division of Borg Warner in Ithaca, N.Y., and writes from Dryden, N.Y., where he was mayor for six terms, that his wife, Virginia, died last March. The class sends belated condolences. Bud reports he's doing a lot of hunting.

Jack Pfeiffer has retired from a paint company in Essex, Conn., after 34 years and plans to sell real estate in the lower Connecticut River Valley.

Investment banker Bob (Red) Krumm and wife Janet are spending the winter in Florida, where Janet is recuperating from eye and hip operations. Red reports that before he left Lebanon, N.J., he had a physical checkup from family doctor BillSimonds.

Lia and Bill Glovsky spent a month in Southeast Asia late last year with particular emphasis on China. Boston lawyer Bill thinks China will be a world power in the next century.

The College's Department of Research and Records is trying to track down 14 members of 1943 for whom it lacks current addresses. Half of that number isn't on the class list. If any classmate knows of the whereabouts of any of the following, please write or call Kelly White, Department of Research and Records, Blunt Alumni Center, Hanover, NH 03755 (603) 646-2154. The state in parentheses after a name is the last known state of residence: John H. Altorfer (111); William A. BakerJr; C. Colcord Calahan (Okla.); FreemanF. Dodge; Paul M. Falck; David C.Loughlin; Frederic A. Mcßae; George D.Mitchell (N.Y.); Thomas B. Morgan Jr.;Alfred W. Newton (Mich.); Allen W.Phillips (Calif.); Robert W. Purdy (Calif.); Horace E. Rockwell; and Charles E.Rueckert (Fla.).

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