1961

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Vice president Mike Murphy carved a 61 into a pumpkin, lit it with a candle, and mounted it atop a picket fence surrounding the Tom Dent Cabin on the shores of the Connecticut River for a Halloween Night class dinner.

President Vic Rich presented gag awards at the dinner to Bare Corbus and Bill Shure, while Henry Eberhardt brought along the big trophy we won for being the leading non-reunion class in donations to the Alumni Fund.

All seats reportedly were filled at the packed cabin, the food—a steak and chicken barbecue—was great. And many Dartmouth sons and daughters of 1961 joined their parents at the dinner.

The night before, one of the largest class delegations in years marched in the Dartmouth Night parade.

Most of this month's news of Dartmouth Night comes courtesy of Bob and Linda Rosier, who attended all three of the major Dartmouth events this fall—Catch the Spirit of Dartmouth weekend in Boston, the big gathering at the New York Public Library, as well as Dartmouth Night.

I got filled in during a pleasant evening with the Rosiers at a restaurant on the outskirts of Chapel Hill in November.

And Vic Rich says a second class project—in addition to our highly successful 1961 Fellows Program—is in the works. As you may recall, we're working with Admissions on the idea.

In addition to those mentioned above, here's some of the others in Hanover for Dartmouth Night weekend: Bert and Pamela Rowley, Bruce Forester, David andJoan Prewitt, Joan and Ron Wybranowski,Red and Mary Lou Facher, Mike and JoseneSteinberg, Morty and Susan Lynn, Ivar andCarol Jozus, Dennis and Sally Dinan, Ronand Marjorie Boss, Bob Vincent, Bill andJudy Beck.

It sounded like a fun time on a pleasant fall weekend.

The word from the Boston gathering was less enthusiastic, although President Freedman is making a good impression, and the celebration of the Hopkins Center was good. But reportedly the evening simply went on too long, and the food was disappointing.

Again, the '61 delegation was large. Many of those listed above also were in Boston. Among those in Boston and not in Hanover were Dick Sandreuter, LarryLevy, Jeff Conn, Ford Daley.

At the reception at the New York Public Library, where Freedman again spoke, the '61 group was smaller—Jerry and JackieKaminsky, the Rosiers, the Levys, the Wybranowskis, and Vic Rich.

In other news, John Reno is the new executive vice president and chief operating officer of Dynatech Corp. in Burlington, Mass. He will be responsible for all management activities of the conglomerate, which now includes 50 operating companies. John, who joined Dynatech in 1974, had previously built Dynatech's corporate acquisition team.

Stephen Power is the new president and chief operating officer of PVA-EPVA in Wilton, Mass., a company that manufactures greeting cards and other products for fundraising organizations and retail outlets. He previously had operated his own directmarketing consulting company, and served as senior vice president of marketing for Trans National Group Services in Boston.

Steve Bosworth continues to be a celebrity in the wake of his successful term as American ambassador to the Philippines, as clippings continue to come in. The latest: an October story in Lynchburg, Va. Some quotes:

On becoming a diplomat: "I got into this because I couldn't afford law school."

On dealing with Marcos: "My first job was to try and talk Marcos into instituting some democratic reforms. He received me, listened to me very politely, and then procrastinated."

On Corazon Aquino: "She's holding it together on the basis of her personality."