1960
In the myriad of councils, clubs, associations, boards and committees spawned by Dartmouth College, few have greater potential significance than the editorial board of the Alumni Magazine. Thus, I was pleased to learn that Mort Kondracke had agreed to serve in the role of "alumnus with publishing experience" on that board. To me, his presence connotes integrity. After a couple of years as Washington bureau chief at Newsweek, Mort recently became a senior editor of The New Republic.
From his recent description of physical activities, Tom Kirby qualifies as a member of that elitist group of class fanatics. His initial comments had to do with scuba diving for the past 12 years and his dislike for poor visibility in the New York area. But then he got serious. "Platform tennis season has switched into golf, distance pool swimming is about to switch to ocean swimming and surfing, and the weight training continues to keep in good enough shape for the above and to sell enough schmatas to keep the two girls, Alexandra and Melissa, in school." Somewhere along the line he has enough time to run his fabric business, Ken Kirby Inc. Referring to a recent column concerning Wall Street, Tom commented, "With centuries of moral dilemma built into the trade, we don't have the angst of Wall Street concerning everyday business." No wonder he keeps in good condition!
Tony Roisman may have changed positions recently, but his personal and professional goals haven't changed one iota. As a founder of the Washington-based Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, Tony served as executive director for many years. During his tenure, that group of public interest lawyers demonstrated the feasibility of plaintiff's tort law as a weapon in the battle for public justice. This strategy led to the substantial monetary settlement of the toxic waste case against W.R. Grace in Woburn, Mass. Tony will continue his pursuit of future "Love Canals" from a new perspective with the private law firm of Cohen, Milstein & Hausfeld in Washington, D.C., where he has recently become of counsel.
Five years ago, Elliott Carr pulled up stakes from big banking in Boston and moved out to Cape Cod where he became president of the Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank. He bicycles to work. But banking competition was close behind, a phenomenon which forced the Cape Cod Five to expand its branch system and its computer system. In a feature article appearing in the June 1987 Cape Cod Business Journal, Elliott explains the challenges of modernizing while still keeping the human touch. With an economy tied to real estate, the Cape Cod Five has become one of the Cape's largest non-government employers. The article failed to mention whether or not Elliott used his bike to check on all the branches he built.
Sue Hollern dropped me a note to relate that Bill Gundy and Dick Chase had crossed the Great Divide in March to join Mike Hollern in skiing at Mt. Bachelor (Oregon). She claims, "These guys are in great shape (just ask them)!" In addition, Sue proudly announced that their daughter, Erica, will be attending Dartmouth, representing the fourth generation of Hollerns in Hanover. In addition, this trio solidified their plans to attend our 50th birthday party in New York City, April 30-May 1, 1988.
Since my last report, more than 35 additional classmates have indicated intent or interest in attending this gala event. That brings the total to approximately 180 who are seriously thinking about coming to the Big Apple to blow out those 50 candles. While New York isn't cheap, this party is not designed to be an episode of "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous." It is designed to celebrate our commonality: most of us will be 50 and we all are members of the class of 1960.
Events are being solidified. Foremost is a black-tie dinner dance to be held at the Boat House in Central Park on Saturday evening. Tickets for Les Miserables have been reserved for the Saturday matinee, baseball at Yankee Stadium looks like a real possibility as does a matinee performance of the New York Ballet. Hotel rooms are being reserved at both the Yale Club and an uptown Omni hotel. More details will be ironed out over the summer.
As those who attended our 25th reunion will attest, the experience of gathering together was w;ell worth the time, cost and effort. Our collective diversity offers a marvelous opportunity to share, to renew, to laugh—to be together again.
The 14th annual DSISSSBW (Dartmouth-Sugarbush Invitational Slalom, Snowshoe and Scotch Bachelor Weekend) was held in February at the Sugarbush, Vt., home of Alex von Summer '6O. Attendeeswere, left to right, front row, Bob Downey '58, Roger Zissu '60, and John Walters '62; back row,Eric Anderson '6O, Dave Harrison '60, Bill Lum '60, Donn Chickering '59, Arnie Sigler '60, DaveHiley '60, and von Summer.
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