1955

Gene Givens has always been tall and talented and now has the opportunity to relive vicariously a successful youth (we were all in our youth in 1955) through his sons. Gene and Gwyn have two boys, the older of whom, Greg, is at Dartmouth now, in the class of' 92. Greg is 6'4" and as guard and captain of his high school varsity basketball team, led it to a championship in their home town of Pasadena, Calif. Greg and his younger brother Chad were elected as the league's co-MVP players. Chad, a 6'8" power forward, will succeed his brother as captain of the basketball team. Just to balance things off, the Givenses have twin daughters as freshmen in high school. Gene is a lawyer in private practice, working primarily in the estate planning and trust and tax areas. (Just the sort of law that's becoming closer and dearer to all of our hearts.) After graduation Gene served as navigator on the USS Ajax, a repair ship that sailed between San Diego and Japan every six months. After that it was off to Northwestern Law School, and then to the FBI and an assignment in Los Angeles. Once

West, it was never East, having started his practice in 1964. Gene has been active in the Dartmouth Club of Southern California, serving as president, and is currently on the board of directors. He has just gone off the Dartmouth Alumni Council, where he served a three-year term.

Also on the board of the Dartmouth Club of Southern California is Bob Lieder, who, having grown up in New Jersey, took over the family construction company. He sold it to move to Connecticut to successfully turn around three other contracting companies in that area. As a reward, he got to move to Pasadena to assume responsibility of the 11 western states. Which made it a short jump to become a broker of E.F. Hutton (when everybody was listening), which now gives Bob and Lucy a chance to pull up stakes and move this fall to Sun Valley, Idaho. There he will contemplate his options, including "a series of flesh pots, running booze, or sharpening skis." Underneath all that, however, comes through the more serious challenge of John Sloan Dickey to Bob (and all of us) to use the liberal arts education we received to return in some part the favor to our country and" society. The Lieders have two boys and two girls, all grown. "But we're setting the trap by building an unfinished area in the new home for the anticipated grandchildren. Of course the children aren't married yet, but we are planning for the future so we can all ski, hike, fish, play golf and tennis" (obviously a man with his act together). Bob and Gene both belong to the Twentieth Century Round Table, meeting once a week for thoughtful talk, particularly when there are about five Dartmouth men conversing with 30 from USC (sounds about even). They are going to have Skip Hance out to L.A. to have a roundtable discussion on Dartmouth from all points of view. (Sounds like Southern California is going to miss the Leiders.)

Lynmar Brock Jr., 1800 Valley Road, Newtown Square, PA 19073

55's 35th reunion JUNE 12-15, 1989