1955

The Alumni Fund is into the home stretch. Brooks Parker and his merry band are performing yeoman service but great success needs everyone. Ace Hall, in December of last year, was elected as corporate vice president-data systems division reporting directly to the executive vice president and chief financial officer of General Dynamics Corporation. Stanley Pace, chairman and CEO of General Dynamics, said in the announcement: "This important organizational change reflects the growing significance of Data Systems Division in the company's current and future business plans and recognizes the contributions Ace has made to the success of General Dynamics." Ace has been with General Dynamics since 1977 following 19 years with Westinghouse Corporation and the U.S. Department of Transportation. Since he joined General Dynamics, he advanced to become staff vice president of corporate planning and most recently was vice president and general manager of the data systems division. In addition to all the other good things we know about Ace, he is also a recipient of the Brookings Institution Public Affairs Fellowship and received two awards from the Department of Transportation for meritorious "and outstanding achievement. (Not bad.)

Jack Porvasnik, one of our doctors and serving as associate director of the Indian Health Service of the U.S. Public Health Service, has been promoted to assistant surgeon general with the rank of rear admiral of the USPHS. Well done! (That's making admiral the hard way—no water, no ships, just talent.)

Pete Packard and his wife, Betsy, headed back up to Brunswick, Maine, July of 1988 to provide clinical services to the stress recovery program. Betsy serves as a nurse in the adolescence program at Jacksonbrook Institute in Portland. One of the advantages of living in Brunswick is having Hugh Taylor as their neighbor. (Good to be in proper company.)

The Brown football game was the scene of quite a few '55s gathering together. Don Charbonier, who lives in Charleston, R.I., and had Harry and Margie Ambrose overnight and then spent the game with RickWorrell, Colin Hunt, Web Wilde, Doug Melville, and assorted wives. As Don says: On to the Ivy championship in '89."

Amdahl Corp. has gotten good press of late for launching a whole new product line which then put IBM in the position of having to react. (Rather than the other way around.) "That's the poker game you play," according to John Lewis, now Amdahl's CEO.It must be nice to have analysts for stock market ponder: "Are they just good or are they great?" (It must give John some satisfaction in addition to watching those profits.)

But other nice things happen, too. TedChadbourne and Kitty Ahlmquist got married in December in North Saco, Maine. (That's fine.)

John and Connie Cant are entering one of those new phases with the marriage of their daughter this past fall. John has been Eresident for the last 25 years of the family business, Lancaster Knives, inc. (That's an admirable record.) The Cants have a son Scott who is currently teaching skiing in the Chilean Andes.

And finally, many thanks to Norm Fine, whose help and support has made being secretary both more enjoyable and easier. You have all made it a great experience.

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REUNION JUNE 12-15, 1989