1942

To be absolutely honest, I should confess that I was a little miffed at Doug Starrett a few years ago when he failed to return his questionnaire for our 50th

Reunion Book, thus depriving his classmates of news of what had happened to him since the previous book in 1967. (Of course, I was equally miffed at the 99 other "non-respondents," but that's another story.)

Getting back to Doug, it can now be revealed that in his case my miffedness was probably misplaced. A news item in the September 22 Wall Street Journal notes that Douglas R. Starrett has been named chairman of the L.S. Starrett Co. (maker of precision tools, gauges, etc.), while still retaining his position as chief executive officer. So, I have to conclude that Doug was simply too busy—had his nose to the company grindstone, so to speak—and had no time for questionnaires. Since the WSJ item says that Doug is relinquishing his duties as president of the company and turning them over to his son Douglas A. Starrett, perhaps our Doug will now find time to fill us in on other aspects of his life by writing to the address at the bottom of this column.

Thanks to Bob Kirk's exercising his keen eye while he was reading the New York Times travel section, I have in hand Leo Caproni's recent letter to that publication extolling the merits of an August 7 NYT article about a beautiful resort, Salishan Lodge, which (I'm guessing) is located in Oregon. Leo took the trouble to note that the charm of the resort in question is attributable to John Storrs of Portland, Ore., who personally designed each building and placed them in such a way as to take full advantage of the view and also chose all shrubs, firs, cedars, and spruces and their placement. All of this attention to detail created this resort in harmony with nature.

Give a rouse for Bill Scott who, after a lengthy and distinguished career in medicine (ob-gyn) is retiring as vice president for medical affairs at the University of Arizona's Medical Center in Tucson. His accomplishments and awards are too numerous to list here, but I can't pass up the fact that he has delivered an estimated (and mind-boggling) 10,000 babies! It's reassuring to learn that Bill and Cary are building a home on an Arabian horse ranch where they plan to live.

As this column goes into the mail it is saddening to learn that Bert Englert died on August 9 in New London, N.H., and that Jack Kelsey died September 5 at the Bryn Mawr Terrace Nursing Home, Pennsylvania.

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