1939

It is my sad duty to report the passing of three of our number since my last. Bill Vaughan died on Novem- ber 11, Dr. John Fitzpatrick on December 21, and Dick Falck way back on March 20 of last year. We are indebted to Bill Bachman for this last belated report. (Obits in this or succeeding issue).

The Bachmans have been busy. November saw them in California visiting a son; Christmas was spent in Mexico; and just previous to this writing, they have returned from a sailing cruise on the Caribbean. At the moment they're in Lost Tree, Fla., but before May is out they'll be returning "home" to Michigan.

The smiling face of Bozo Noland appears in a newspaper clipping recounting that he has donated $500,000 to the Mariner's museum in Newport News, Va., to create a network of footpaths on the wooded grounds of the museum. The trail will be named after Bozo. This is a museum which displays some of Dick Brook's recent paintings.

Bill Tucker, who has retired as CEO of Caltex Petroleum Corporation and now resides in Sugar Hill, N.H., was elected this past fall to the board of the Littleton (N.H.) Regional Hospital. But this is not the only job that Tuck is handling. He is a founder and vice chairman of the U.S.-Asian Council for Business & Technology Inc., and a director of the Scully Signal Cos., Wilmington, Mass. He continues committee assignments in Washington, D.C., on the National Committee for Pacific Economic Corp., the U.S. Philippines Business Committee, and the International Policy Committee of the U.S. Chamber.

This fall an editorial of note appeared in The Milford Cabinet, the newspaper published by Bill Rotch '37. Rotch, who toured Germany and Scandinavia by bicycle with SamDix during undergraduate years, comments on Sam's book entitled Energy; a Critical Decision for the United States Economy, which was published in 1977. Rotch's editorial suggests that Sam's book was not well received because it carried a message that was far from pleasant, to wit: that we are not going to be able to supply the economy with the energy it wants as the flow of energy from natural sources runs out. And run out it.will. Rotch ruminates that it is just possible that if the people in government had read Sam's book 13 years ago, that this would be a better balanced world today.

Dick Durrance writes that he is still skiing, has quit movie making, and is now selling Aspen real estate. He is due for another back operation soon.

The Ward Porters were situated in their Charlotte Harbour, Fla., headquarters until returning home to Dunn-Loring, Va., in March. With three "kids" living in Portland, Maine, the Porters plan to sell their Virginia home and divide their time between Florida and Falmouth, Maine. Ward, incidentally, is one who found Joe Boldt's letter regarding The Review thoughtful and sound. He believes The Review to be a very divisive force.

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