1961

The class of 1961 has won another honor. During the Class Officers Weekend banquet, President Arthur Kelton unexpectedly was called to accept a plaque from the Fayerweather Cluster in honor of our continuing support. The plaque read: "The office of Residential Life would like to express its gratitude to the class of 1961 for their continued support as a cluster sponsor for the Fayerweathers." The plaque will be mounted in a prominent place in the cluster commons area. According to Jim Mckean '91, our funds were used to purchase a wide-screen TV and VCR.

Some key results from a class executive committee meeting that weekend (details forthcoming in a newsletter): • Former class vice president Alike Murphy has agreed to become class project coordinator, effective in the fall. • Our fall mini-reunion is Dartmouth Night weekend, Oct. 25-27. We will encourage attendance, by especially concentrating on classmates in New England, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, within one-day driving distance. We will encourage mini-reunions in other regions, following the policy established at our Thanksgiving meeting. • Anew class directory will be published soon, including a class list, a geographic directory, a widows list, a list of those who have died, and a "where are they now" list. • Meetings of the executive committee will occur more often to increase your opportunity to participate. These meetings will be scheduled Dartmouth Night weekend; the Friday after Thanksgiving, typically in Philadelphia or Washington; in the winter in New York, chaired by Vice President Bob Rosier; and during Class Officers Weekend. Any classmate is invited to participate in any of these meetings.

The baby derby is still on. Latest entry: Laurance W. George Jr., 9 lbs. 8 oz., Sept 20, 1990, to Larry and Helen George. Keep me posted as others of you continue to have young'uns. We'll have to come up with a Strom Thurmond plaque to pass along to each current baby derby leader.

Got a nice note from Pete Stone: "I teach architecture in a mostly white school which is part of a 'historically black' university. The school was established here IS years ago as part of a federally-mandated effort to integrate the Florida university system. It has done that, but in the eyes of the university and the alumni body, the business we are to be about is to graduate black architects. Although we have been more successful in that endeavor than most of the schools of architecture in this country, because of out unique position we are expected to do better ... I enjoy teaching here. I have a great deal of freedom to pursue my own areas of interest in teaching, writing, and architectural practice. . . .

"I am working on a book which I hope will fill a gap in the literature for architects. It covers aspects of basic chemistry and materials science pertinent to materials used in building construction, and how these materials are configured to make durable and attractive buildings. Even though I am in the bottom 10 percent of our class in income, I wouldn't give up the rewards of teaching in a university for twice the income of a job in a conventional business setting."

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