1956

Spring has sprung-at least in my part of the world-and it feels great! Also great to hear from George Robison, who assures me that he was, indeed, in attendance at the Davidson game in the fall and was sorry he missed the other '56ers. He was tied up with family. George's son Dan is Davidson '91, and he joined George and Kitty and their daughter, Margaret, Dartmouth '81, and her husband, Robert, for the weekend. George says that having moved from making jeans to working with 150 attorneys and the State Bureau of Investigation as controller for the North Carolina Department of Justice has provided a most enjoyable challenge.

During the Christmas holidays I heard from Jim and Glenn Hoshal. Jim's climb up the corporate ladder has taken him to the headquarters of Dow Chemical in Midland, Mich., just southwest of Saginaw Bay. When I talked with Glenn, she said that Jim was at Lake Tahoe, presumably doing some cross-country skiing between business meetings.

Just before the Christmas holidays the Alumni Records Office sent news of the deaths of two classmates. Charles Robert Carrington, who received his M.D. degree from Cornell, worked with the Department of Pathology at the Cornell Medical College in New York, and lived in Branford, Conn., died September 25, 1985. Harold Albert "Zook" Mege, who was in purchasing and contract administration with EDS corporation in Bethesda, Md., died April 2, 1988, in Madison, Va., and was buried in Culpepper National Cemetery. All classmates join in sending sympathy to Charles's wife, Patricia and to Harold's mother, Elizabeth.

A December news release indicates that John S. Tamagni has been elected to the board of directors of the Public Securities Association. Jack is a general partner, Municipal Finance Department, Lazard Freres & Co., in New York.

Also in the news is the consecration of the Rev. R. Stewart Wood Jr., as bishop of Eastern Michigan. Stew will serve as bishop coadjutor until the retirement of the current bishop of the Episcopal Diocese. The latest Alumni Council meeting brought together Bill Grigsby, now at the University of lowa's College of Dentistry, our former Ayatollah, Doug Keare, Don Davidoff, Bob Danziger, Josh Hill, Jim Breeden, and perhaps a few I have missed.

Freddie Oman reports that he is surviving the Texas depression. "Fortunately," says he, "I jointly own a luxury condominium with Line Spaulding in the resort community of Secaucus, N.J. Who wants Nantucket when they can live near the Meadowlands?" How about that, Flint Ranney? Do you remember Secaucus?

Freddie claims to be "reasonably healthy, happy, and busy as a stockbroker and owner of a gallery specializing in sports memorabilia and antiques, as well as traditional nineteenth century American and English prints." He and his bride of 31 years "are not bored with each other and have fun working and traveling together."

On that happy note, 'til next time ...

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