1952

124 West 60th Street, Apt. 50A New York, NY 10023

February was a big publicity month for Charlie Clough, chairman and CEO of Nashua Corporation. He was featured in an article entitled "The Game Face of Charlie Clough," centering on his role in pulling Nashua from the brink of disaster just five years ago to its current position of strength. The stern face depicted in the feature must be smiling now that Charlie has seen Nashua's strong results for 1987. A Bank of New England press release at about the same time mentioned Charlie's appointment to its board of directors and listed his other board connections with Pernichuck Water Works and Lawrence Academy.

California Senator Quentin Kopp '49 was kind enough to send me two recent newspaper articles about Jim Streng, the new chairman of the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors. According to Quentin, Jim has made a dramatic impact in less than two years as a member of that board. Described as a quietly effective leader whose politeness and soft-spoken integrity stand out, Jim has somehow been successful at carving out a planned growth position with strong stands on water, roads, storm drainage, air quality, etc. Quite a trick for a guy who makes his bread building homes!

Forbes carried a nice article last fall about Dick Bressler's leadership of Burlington Northern since he joined it in 1980. Under Dick's direction the once railroad-dominated company has pursued a course of diversification and divestiture to achieve its more balanced status today with less dependence on rail operations. As chairman and CEO of BN, Dick has been a strong spokesman for rectifying the archaic rail union work practices which make railroads' labor costs uncompetitive with the trucking industry. Look for more news soon about BN's bargaining posture with the unions as the current labor contracts expire in a few months.

Had the pleasure of the company of two '52s at separate Boston Garden events recently. Charlie Curtis arid I took in the annual Beanpot hockey finals in February, and John McDonald and I watched the Celtics romp over the Atlanta Hawks. John accompanied wife Ann to a weekend teachers convention, about 5,000 of them in Boston. It was interesting to watch the former 6' 4" Dartmouth center of the early fifties react to the size of today's pros. It was a great visit of old roommates who are now looking forward to our next meeting in couple months when Jack McNary's son John and Bill Thornton's daughter Sandy make their marriage vows in Manchester, Conn.

For years Bill Montgomery has done the reverse commute from his home in NYC to Xerox Credit Corporation's headquarters in Stamford, Conn. President Bill and Maggie decided recently to join the suburbanites and take up residence in Stamford.

It's with a bit of sadness that I dispatch this month's column to the Alumni Magazine's new address in Hanover. Sad because the new address is 4 West Wheelock Street, former site of the old Howe Library and next to the parking lot where the Deke House once stood. Never went into the library, but spent much of my Hanover life in the Deke House and can't stand the reminder that it's now a parking lot!