1934

These notes were typed before Reunion, so Reunion details will flow to you through Bill Scherman and the newsletter. I know from Bill Wilson's releases that we're expecting a fine turnout of 95 '34s and total family of 180. And I can predict with safety that we gave a 55th year record gift to the Alumni Fund Bob Engelman and Stan Smoyer had us moving briskly toward target.

What I can give you are some class statistics, thanks to your wonderful response to my survey form, of which 60 percent were returned in 1984 and now, after a recent update, 87 percent are aboard.

Our three prime occupational areas were teaching and education, law practice, medical and dental, each followed by nine percent of the class. Then came manufacturing or utility management at eight percent, insurance seven percent, banking six percent, government five percent. We have just two who were farmers, two in auto sales, two in aviation, just one restaurant owner, one executive recruiter, a liquor distributor, and a clergyman.

By 1977, 40 percent of us were mostly retired, and now 75 percent are in that category, half of the remaining still working being part-time. Including full-time educators, 29 percent of us taught courses at some point with medical top of the list, and English and social studies next among the 19 categories.

We have 90 percent married now, and 20 percent have remarried. A son arrived for 75 percent, a daughter for 67 percent, and we average two and one-third children per classmate. A grandchild has arrived for 81 percent of us, with 4.4 the average for those with grandchildren. Top honors to JohnCarney with 15, Ted Germann with 14, and Bob Engelman, Hafey Arthur, and Walt Bryant with 12 each. We'll update this as necessary.

At this season for honors, one for RobertU. Brown. Bob received the Association of Business Publishers 1988 Crain Award for a distinguished editorial career. For 52 years he was with Editor and Publisher, becoming the editor in 1944 and then the president in 1958.

Fred Rath also added to his honors. State University of N.Y. at Oneonta recently presented him with a Doctor of Humane Letters, recognizing his major contributions to the preservation of our heritage. That includes his having established the National Trust for Historic Preservation and serving as its first director.

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