1941

First, a belated report from George Clabaugh in the Windy City that he retired from private practice of internal medicine in 1988 and then allowed other doctors to practice on him. He had a coronary bypass in 1989 and prostate surgery in '9l but currently enjoys good health, playing tennis weekly. George has been in touch with Gene Adkins but has not seen him in person for a while.

From Lancaster, Pa., comes a nice letter from Charlie Hadley, that Ph.D. from MIT and retired electronics engineer at RCA. Charlie took early retirement at age 55, then, tired of keeping up a home and garden, he and Roz moved into a retirement community in 1988. They enjoy the easy living style at Willow Valley Manor along with Dick Brister '32 and Frederick "Buzz" Cassidy '42.

Dick Brister is the brother of Jack Brister, whom the class lost in WWII when he, ChuckBolte, Bill Durkee, and others joined the British infantry before the U.S. was engaged in the conflict. I remember Jack as a young idealist of unusual intelligence and writing ability when we were undergraduates.

Another classmate of great promise lost in the war was Adrian "Skip" Beck, who left Yale Law School to enlist in the marines. Then he purposely flunked a radar course at Harvard, where the corps had sent him, in order to avoid a non-combat role. Sadly, Skip was shot by a sniper on his first beach landing at Guam in 1944. This information comes from his brother Dr. Peter Beck '45, who also reminds this writer that Skip's name was omitted in an earlier listing of senior fellows. The fact is that Skip was awarded a grant by the Department of Agriculture and spent most of his senior fellowship year in Washington.

Peter requests that '41s who knew his brother write him at 43 Austin Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801. He would like to share memories of Skip, who was a rare combination of guts and brains in my estimation.

Don and Pat Stillinan made a summer visit to Hanover and the Alumni College, where they enjoyed a two-week course, "Facing Mecca," which included some Arabic language instruction. Now Pat can say "How much?" and "Too much!" at the bazaars.

John and Marjorie Reed also took this course. They rent in Hanover for two months in the summer and then return to Gainesville, Fla., wherejohn continues his golfing activity.

Another golfer is Hal Newell, who plays at the Congressional Country Club, not far from his Potomac, Md., home. Hal still keeps a law office in D.C., apparently to help finance his golf hobby. Hugh Kenworthy also chases the little white ball, especially when he goes to his Pinehurst, N.C., home. While there, he usually sees Bill Clark, the '41 golf champion (or am I wrong John Kelley?). Bill is back in shape after some heart problems.

Hugh reports that the Dartmouth turnout for Lou Young's funeral in July was heartwarming. Our class was represented by Hugh, Gus Broberg, who flew up from Palm Beach, and Bill Cashel. A sad finale for our gallant class leader.

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