1964

Incredible. For once there was more news than space. As previously reported, a Wah Hoo Wah of major proportions to Frank C. Herringer, who on April 25 was appointed chief executive officer of Transamerica Corp. This announcement follows an illustrious ten years which found Frank at the center of Transamerica's transformation from a large conglomerate without a main focus to one in which is a world leader in financial services. Frank was groomed for his position while serving as vice president for planning, mergers and acquisitions, then executive VP, and finally president and chief operating officer since 1986. Frank looks forward to making the sort of final decisions required of a CEO for the baby he helped nurture.

Following Dartmouth and Tuck, and before joining Transamerica in 1981, Frank served as a management consultant, then worked on the White House staff in personnel, and then for Urban Mass Transit until he was made head of the BART transit system in San Francisco. Frank relaxes with golf and at his house in Napa Valley. He has a son at the University of Colorado, and he and his wife are thinking about kindergarten for their litde daughter. Frank, it is nice to see someone know what he wants stick with it and succeed.

News is that Herb McCord will serve as chief executive officer of Granite Communications Limited Partnership a partnership between Granite Capital and large investment house Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.to purchase radio stations. Herb, a longtime radio executive and partner in Granite Capital, has another major challenge to face. We're behind you, Herb, and are expecting some free class air time as your acquisitions go forward.

Congratulation to Gerald B. Kolski, M.D., who was selected to be included in Who's Who in Medical Services for his work in pediatrics and allergy immunology, which he performs at Bassett hospital in Coopertown, N.Y.

More class authors: Bill McGregor, professor of public and environmental affairs at Indiana University, has recently authored a book entitled Strategic Management of HumanKnowledge, Skills and Abilities, a primer for public sector managers. Bill has served as a consultant to numerous public agencies, including the states of Maryland and Indiana, NASA, the U.S. Labor Department, and the U.N. His note announced that he and his family had just returned from a year-long sabbatical in the Netherlands, where he served as a visiting professor at Erasmas and Leiden Universities.

Professor and senior scientist PatTerenzini of Penn State University has coauthored a book entided How College AffectsStudents, synthesizing twenty years of empirical research data and studies to cover this critical subject. This book promises to be an important factor for the formulation of national educational policy for Dartmouth and other institutions.

Alfred J. Cottonjr., publisher of the Business Digest of Central Massachusetts, which focuses on small business people and issues, was selected by the U.S.S.B.A. of Massachusetts to be 1991 small business advocate of the year. In addition to being publisher of the magazine, Al has been a writer and public speaker on this topic for over 24 years. The class of 1964 continues to produce leaders in all areas of our society . . . keep the news coming.

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