1953

At the Harbour Ridge reunion it was fascinating to follow the varied paths we're all taking in the post-60 era. Emil and Lois Schnell have recently retired just south of Harbour Ridge. Emil had been with the telephone company for many years. JimCourtney came over one day from nearby Fort Myers, where he recendy reared after years with M.A. Hanna in Cleveland. As we mentioned, Captain Denny Spiedel, who ferried so many of us around at the reunion, lives on his big fishing boat in West Palm Beach but maintains a 12th-floor condo there to keep his clothes. Also in W. Palm, Bob and DorisFoster have a vacation home but still maintain their house in Little Falls, N.J. After army service Bob found the G.E. factory management training program wasn't his bag. Through friends he landed at International Flavors and Fragrances (IFF) and found he had a nose for it. He became a highly regarded inventor of perfumes for IFF and now consults for several perfume companies. He seemed to know what all the girls were (or should be) wearing.

John Dickason has the best job we've heard of. As difector of the Louise Markey Trust, his job is to give away S400 million to medical research by 1995, then turn out the lights, lock the door and retire. Ed and Ruth Fowler came over from their home on Florida's west coast. He retired several years ago from Equitable in New Jersey, at the suggestion of his doctor, and really enjoys it. (Maybe more of us need the same prescription.)

Dave and Yolande Salter came in on their own plane from Eleuthra, Bahamas, the paradise in the Caribbean where Dave retired several years ago. Now, if you want to (or have to) work, Bill and Jane Gilges have the right idea. Say you want to get your yacht moved from Florida to Maine for the summer. The Gilgeses will take it there for you at a modest charge. If you have to ask the charge, you shouldn't have the boat!

The Tom Tragers were visiting some other resorts before returning to Dubuque, lowa, where Tom practices law with about nine other lawyers and has no plans to retire. Also still at it is Dick Lowenthal, a senior VP with Corroon and Black insurance brokers in Chicago.

Fred Whittemore is continually having retirement parties, followed by even grander new positions. .The latest "retirement" party was for his stepping down as chairman of the Tuck Overseers. It was at Morgan Stanley February 6. Bob Malin, Bob Callender, PhilBeekman, John Corcoran, Bill Vitalis, and many of the staff from Tuck were there. Cal has recently been appointed chairman of the College's Real Estate Advisory Committee to counsel the Trustees on investments and the disposition of real-estate gifts.

A few days ago I went to hear BobHenderson give a talk to the entrepreneurship class at Tuck, discussing Filene's Basement and other Greylock Management deals.

Our retiring postmaster is not "licked" yet. Among other things, Tony Frank will be the chairman of Acrogen, a small biotech firm in Oakland.

Dr. Ross McIntyre will retire as director of the Norris Cotton Cancer Center at DHMC and then spend most of his time chairing the Cancer and Leukemia Group B in Lebanon, an association of 25 major medical centers which fosters cooperative cancer research and conducts patient trials of experimental drugs. He remains on the Med School staff.

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