1963

Sixty-threes are making waves on the Pacific rim. John Westwater, vice president and senior partner of Korn/Ferry International, the executive search firm, was recruited to become president of the 700-member Rotary Club of Los Angeles, one of the largest rotary clubs in the world. In taking office, John has vowed to put the L.A. club's resources to work for smaller, less self-sufficient organizations, which are sometimes overshadowed by the Boy Scouts, Salvation Army, etc. He'll also go for a ten percent increase in charitable giving over the $250,000 given last year for scholarships, anti-drug abuse, and other charities.

Up north, J. Clayton Hering has been promoted to president of Norris, Beggs & Simpson, the prominent regional real estate brokerage based in San Francisco. That he will commute to his new post from hometown Portland, Ore., doesn't faze the exmarine captain who always seems to be in perpetual motion. Clay told the San Francisco Business Times that he wants to keep his family in Portland so daughter Kricken, a star soccer player, can finish high school. Clay, who has been Northwest region manager for NB&S, has two older daughters. Wife Susan is in condominium sales with Olympia & York. Clay is credited with taking NB&S's Northwest operations from the doldrums to being one of Portland's top commercial real estate firms. Last year his office chalked up more than $106 million in transactions, second only to Coldwell Banker, according to a local survey. Clay is a civic leader in Portland and raised $700,000 to build a Vietnam memorial which attracts thousands of visitors annually.

In nearby Oakland, Rick Arendt has been named head of the private banking group of the Summit Bank. Rich apparently fulfilled his goal of "working for a smaller company" stated in the 25th Reunion book. He had been vice president with the Bank of America for 20 years and a self-styled corporate gypsy, having moved eight times in 20 years including stints on the East Coast and four foreign countries. He was also a Presidential exchange executive with the U.S. State Department. The Tuck M.B.A. has two children—Jenny, a high school student, and son Chris who attends Seattle Pacific University. Wife Jan completed graduate studies at St. Mary's College and will teach elementary education.

Bob Greenwood's 12-year-old Sun.Efgos, a Canadian theater and dance company, opened at The Scarboro in Calgary this month with the new "Mist and Mountains, Banyan and Buffalo," a comparative legends-and-myths show based on Southeast Asian stories and North American Indian legends.

I regret to report the death of Jay shumaker on June 11 following a brief illness at the Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton, Mass. Jay, who was highly regarded by his colleagues, had been chief of the gastrointestinal department at Newton-Wellesley, and a national authority and lecturer on the subject. A fall obituary will appear in a future issue.

Also lost to the class was Joey Gerchick, 16-year-old son of Mesa, Ariz., physician Bill Gerchick. Bill renamed his Apache Junction Sports Medicine Center Joey's Gym & Spa after his son, who was killed in an automobile accident.

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