1953

53 Recession blues? Cheer up! Our money manager, Burt Dorsett, ends his monthly letter predicting "a bright future for Wall St." and presumably for the rest of us. He should know, with 30-plus years investing for CREF at the University of Rochester and more recently his own firm.

Too few of you responded correctly to our quiz on "Who took David Souter's place when he went to the Supreme Court?" The answer of course is Sherm Horton. In a long interview reported in the Boston Globe, Sherm said he's not the smartest guy on the Court (we knew that—Bill Johnson is), but thinks of himself as a facilitator with a lot of practical business and legal background.

The '53 Florida mini-reunion January 17-19, 1992, is gathering steam under the guidance of Gus Allen and Bob Simpson. The Simpsons just purchased a condo at Pinewood Village, a mile from Downtown Hanover, in view of Baker Library and a few doors down from the Zimmermans. You can now travel from Montreal to Miami visiting the Simpsons here, Devon, Penn., or Harbour Ridge. Had a call from Jerry Grady who plans to come to the reunion from his enchanted isle of Jumby Bay, a very short hop from Antigua, where he's managing a posh resort for another year or so. This should be a fine event and there are 16 or so classmates who will be fighting to take you in, Jerry.

Friends and colleagues honored Dr. GilShapiro at a dinner in New Bedford, Mass., in June "because of his many years of providing dedicated medical care to the . . . New Bedford community." Gil is president of the medical-dental staff of St. Luke's Hospital and also a hospital trustee. He's also active in many business and civic organizations. After Dartmouth, Gil graduated from Tufts School of Medicine. He's a member of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, New England Orthopedic Society, and Massachusetts Medical Society.

Allen Davis, professor of history at Temple University and director of the Center for Public History there, received the Paul Eberman Research Award for scholarly research. In 1987 the Fulbright Awards Council named him to the John Adams Chair in American Civilization, describing him as "the outstanding candidate in the nation." He's highly regarded for his work in American studies, for promoting women's history as an academic field, and for his books on social reform as well as his books on Philadelphia history. He's also a popular lecturer worldwide and is a frequent visiting scholar in Europe and Asia.

Among our graduating '53 legacies was Clare Corcoran, Paul Corcoran's daughter, who received an M.B.A. from Tuck. Paul transferred to Harvard after his Freshman year and runs the Harvard Coop in Cambridge.

Messrs. Paganucci and Vitalis encourage you to open an account at the new Ledyard Bank on Main St. Hanover. It will take a few more days for your checks to clear. In the lobby is a set of paintings of Mr. Ledyard and his adventures taken from Pete Bridges' well-researched article. Pete is with Shell in Houston, utilizing his extensive experience at Foggy Bottom. That experience included several terms at the Moscow embassy, so we expect he has his hands full with recent events in Russia. Pete and Mary jane's son, Andrew, is a senior at the College this fall.

Hope to see many of you this fall.

Fred Carleton, K-Ross, P.O. Box 436, Lebanon, NH 03766