1952

Here I am a day late for the mid-January deadline for this issue with only half my notes and clippings in the file I trudged to the office. Maybe I'll remember more about the other half as I proceed. It's always nice to have something in reserve.

Phil Benton, last mentioned in Winter 1988, jumps into the column again with the late 1989 announcement of some realignments at the top of Ford in response to the early retirement of its chairman. Phil emerges as the corporate president, chief operating officer, and vice chairman. With the present glut of automobiles in the U.S., Phil will have his hands full.

Remember our bit about Alan Riegelman's travel business in New Zealand about a year ago? Well, the Sunday New York. Times travel section a couple of weeks ago contained a two-page article (nbt an ad) by a sports and travel writer who did the 21 day hiking package with Alan. Very impressive account. You retirees should put it on your travel list.

Ralph Maynard, '31 class secretary, sent me a note and clipping recently about Gene Cesari's retirement from Health East's board of directors. Gene had also retired in 1988 as president of Cedar Crest College. Both Health East and Cedar Crest are located in the Lehigh Valley, Pa., area. Gene was the founding chairman of the regional health care system and served eight years on its board. He served Cedar Crest College as president from 1979 to 1988. Gene and Judy have retired to their large farm in South Ryegate, Vt., and, from discussions at a couple of '52 get-togethers in Hanover last year, are making it a very active retirement.

No. 58 on the Broncos, Scott Curtis, made it to the Super Bowl just two years after UNH. Despite the loss, proud parents Chuck and Allison Curtis had a great weekend in New Orleans.

Had a pleasant conversation with Rog Steinharter just before the holidays. Rog and Harriet fulfilled a long-time dream to have their own pad in northern Maine by buying and building on Deer Island. It's somewhere up there about six hours north of Boston. To make that happen they sold the house in Harvard, Mass., and slipped into an apartment in Weston, an easy commute to Rog's work at The Wyatt Company in Wellesley. Their boys Mike '81 and Andy are both working in New York. When not spending their leisure time on Deer Island, the Steinharters might be found babysitting their first grandchild.

Now I remember what's in the bank for the next issue something about John Rosenwald's continued generosity to the College and Ken Roman's big job change.