1943

The class's 45th Reunion in Hanover June 13-15 set a new record for attendance. A total of 269 persons turned out for the two days of festivities, including 143 members of the class.

The previous record for a 45th Reunion class was set seven years ago by the class of 1936.

At the class meeting on Tuesday, June 14, Fred Stockwell was elected the new class president, succeeding Fred Lent, who presided at the meeting. Bud Hall was elected head agent, Hal Lindley the new class treasurer, Don Reich was named the bequest chairman, Bob Field is the new mini-reunion chairman, and Tom Gerber the class's representative on the Alumni Council. Eddie O'Brien agreed to serve another five-year term as class newsletter editor, and Binney Tower takes over as secretary.

Many classmates stayed in the new dormitories across from the gym-Andres, Zimmerman, and Morton. All are airconditioned—a thankful feature in view of the 90° temperatures.

George Munroe, elected chairman of the College's Board of Trustees in April, took over his new duties as the reunion began. It's also noteworthy that George was elected to The New York Times Company board of directors in April.

During the reunion, Howie Leavitt and Mike deSherbinin '42 organized a series of discussions, called "Topics in Common: Conversations with Classmates and Wives." The eight sessions covered topics from computers to baseball, world traveling to U.S. foreign policy. It was a new, and popular, reunion feature.

Tom Gerber put together a panel discussion on "The Press and the Presidential Election." Panelists included Eddie O'Brien, Ed Ingraham, government professor Dick Winters, deSherbinin, and former congressman Clark MacGregor '44.

Earlier, the Alumni Council gave Gerber its annual Dartmouth Alumni Award.

Rev. Jim Malley and Chaplain BradMorse conducted a memorial service for deceased members of the class on Wednesday in Rollins Chapel.

In connection with the reunion the class published a booklet of wartime anecdotes submitted by members of the class. It's titled '43 Fights and an attempt will be made to send a copy to every class member.

The class also published a new directory of class members, including the address, telephone number, and spouse name for every known '43. The directory is organized both alphabetically and geographically, and lists 32 class members whose whereabouts are unknown.

Last March, at a dinner on behalf of the U.S. Sailing Center in Miami, Walter Cronkite was supposed to be the featured speaker. But he developed a case of flu and couldn't appear. Into the breech stepped Bus Mosbacher, and $50,000 was raised for the Center. Bus is a former America's Cup skipper.

Bob Barnum was the butt of a "roast" at the 30th annual Gridiron Dinner of the Harpoon Club of Greenwich, Conn., in May. A lawyer and longtime official in Green wich, he was frivolously insulted by his peers in keeping with the purpose of the club—to "preserve a sense of humor" among Greenwich residents.

It's with much sorrow we report the death of Ralph Entwhistle April 29 in Boca Raton, and of Dr. Art Cohen in Tiburon, Calif., of a heart seizure on May 29.

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