1956

Peter "Cube" Conroy Jr. sends a reminder that next October's gathering in Hanover will feature the Cornell game. According to Cube's report, the FCF XIII festivities in New York on Super Bowl weekend were a great success. In attendance were Clem Malin, Bob Faulkner, Kirby Fowler, Roy Friedman, Al Geary, Harold Gordon, Tom Harper, John Higgs, Matt Hupfel, Doug Keare, Tom Kuhns, Leo McKenna, Ron Mullen, Ab Oakes, Wally Pugh, Flint Ranney, Dick Rosen, Tom Rosenwald, Buddy Schattman, Roger Schumacher, Skip Sisson, Howard Sodokoff, Dick Taylor, Bill Tell, Bill Webb, Ellie Weinstein, Dick Whitney, Mike Zissu, and the Cube himself. Cube's letterhead, by the way, indicates that he is "of counsel" to the Stackpole Law Office in Stowe, Vt., presumably entiding him to several ski weekends a season with Dave Stackpole. Not a bad life these lawyers live.

Word has reached us that a couple of our classmates have recently risen to new positions in their fields of endeavor. Lee M. GammillJr., CLU, who has been with the New York Life Insurance Cos. for more than thirty years and currently serves as its executive vice president, has been elected chairman of the 24-member board of the Life Insurance Marketing and Research Association (LIMRA). Lee joined New York Life in 1957 in San Francisco, was appointed a general manager in 1965, and became a senior vice president in 1986.

Charles E. Soule, who has spent his entire career with the Paul Revere Insurance Group, the country's leading disability income insurance company "I walked out of school one day," Chuck is quoted as saying, "and in here the next. I was hungry then, and I'm still hungry today." He became vice president of the Worcester, Mass., based company in 1971, senior vice president in 1980, and executive vice president in 1983. Author of a textbook on disability insurance, Chuck has set as one of his goals as president the expansion of Revere's already considerable disability insurance business.

You may recall that we were not a particularly nostalgic crowd when the March issue rolled around. The only response to a request for reminiscences, in fact, came from GlenFrench, who received my letter too late for a timely response. Thanks for the effort anyway, buddy Glen, by the way, currently serves as chairman and CEO of Applied Immune Sciences Inc.

News of two classmates has come from Dennis S. Minely, who spent a few days in Florida with Tony Bruscino, watching the Super Bowl and getting some sun. Tony wants everyone to know that he is doing well in the Sunshine State and hopes his College mail will catch up with him there.

On a sadder note, Dennis wrote of the death of Bernard A. "Buzz" Farbar on January 28. A memorial service was held in East Hampton, N.Y., on February 8, the eulogy delivered by Norman Mailer, one of Buzz's close friends. That's it 'til next time.

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