1954

The big news is DickPage's nomination by the Alumni Council to be the newest Trustee of the College, succeeding JohnSteel, who retires in June after two five-year terms. Dick has been an outstanding alumnus in both College and class activities and this is a well deserved honor.

Concerning alumni affairs, Bill Pryor writes as one of our class members on the Alumni Council that he welcomes communications from anyone who has suggestions, ideas, or comments that will help him represent us. Write to Judge William C. Pryor, District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 500 Indiana Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001.

The next most serious item comes from mini-reunion chairman John Gillespie, exhorting us to join our classmates in Hanover for two exciting hockey games on February 16-17: Dartmouth vs. R.P.I. and then U of Vermont. This weekend after Winter Carnival the ice statues should still be in good form, and, along with the skiing and skating, there is the added incentive of a Saturday noon buffet luncheon hosted by Sandy and John at their home.

In the awards department, we note that the Dartmouth Alumni Fund presented The Class of 1926 Award to Don Berlin. This annual award is merited by the class and head agent achieving special distinction through participation in the Alumni Fund campaign.

Next, we have two classmates honored for community activities. The Eastern Union County YMCA (N.J.) awarded its English Humanitarian Award to Tom Sayles. Tom accepted the award from Gov. Thomas Kean on behalf of his employees for their contributions to the Y. Up to Massachusetts, Hank Grebe, chairman of Bank of New England-North, served as chairman of the Patriot Division, United Way Campaign, covering 22 cities and towns north of Boston. Hank has served in this position three times in the past several years and is personally commited to the much needed services provided by the United Way.

Dick Leary is Brookline, Mass., town administrator and very active on the financial side of things. According to The Wakefield (Mass.) Daily Item, a publication scrutinized with a deadly eye by Dick Barker, he is deeply involved in a statewide community action and legal suit against the state regarding its deep cut in school aid funds. It is expected that about 150 communities will have signed on by the time the Supreme Judicial Court hears the case in December. No doubt they are all descended from the patriots who threw the tea into the harbor some years ago.

In the acacdemic field, Jim Conrad is in the midst of a one-year sabbatical from Nichols College, in Dudley, Mass., to pursue independent study. Jim, who is a professor of history, joined Nichols in 1957 and has been on the faculty since 1963. He is now in Providence, R.I., as a research fellow sponsored by the Rhode Island Historical Society, completing his book-length history of Almy and Brown, merchant capitalists who introduced the textile industry to Rhode Island in 1789.

Sadly, we report that Neil Hendry died in November after a long illness. Our thoughts are with his wife, Ellie. Also, we send our condolences to Joe Mesics, whose wife, Mary, passed away in October.

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