1948

Former roommate DougWright of Laguna Hills, Calif., and other old friends of John Warwick I may wish to phone him at (212) 861-4777 inN.Y.C., where he's fighting a painful nerve disorder in and out of hospitals. Wife Janet takes care of him, and his advertising agency of Warwick, Baker, Fiore at 100 Ave. of the Americas is still operating. Give John a call and make him feel better.

Dick Donahue has lived in Portland, Ore., for the past five years as president and COO of Nike Inc., while working successfully to internationalize the distribution of this great footwear maker. When we spoke, Dick was two days from returning home once again to Lowell to resume his law practice in the old family firm founded by his grandfather in 1887. We talked of a few things he remembers, such as his past presidencies of both the Massachusetts Bar Association and the New England Bar Association (during which he fostered the philosophy of personal responsibility in the legal profession), and another return to Lowell he recalls with great sadness. Dick won't forget when in 1951 another young man from the Bay State, who was then running for senator, stopped by to see him in Lowell. Their friendship was immediate. Dick there after worked on each of John Kennedy's election campaigns through the ultimate successful fray with Mr. Nixon in 1960. At JFK's urging he then moved to Washington to work at his chiefs right hand on many legislative matters, including civil rights.

In November three years later, a few days before his chief left on a trip to Texas, Dick resigned and left Washington to return to his beloved Lowell. A week after the tragedy of November 22,1963, in Dallas, Dick received a letter accepting his resignation on the President's own White House stationery with the pale green inscription (all other White House stationery has a blue inscription), which his friend had signed during that final Texas trip. The letter was covered by a note to this effect from the grieving Evelyn Lincoln, who had prepared it for her boss. Dick today has these items in a special frame on the wall to remind him and any who read them of a sad, sad moment in our history and the excruciating end of a fulfilling friendship he will never forget.

President John Hatheway has made a number of new appointments to the '48 organization in order to widen it and build up to our 50th four years hence. The executive committee has been enlarged to 11 members by bringing back many old officers, including Bobo Russell, who served as president for so long. A completely new position is occupied by Bob Huke as class projects chairman. Lloyd Rrumm is giving Sam Wilkinson some relief in writing the class newsletter; Bud Elliott will carry on as bequests chairman; Bud Gedney and Bud Munson will share the mini-reunion work (the Yalegame weekend was a great result of their efforts); and Pat McAllister will chair memorial gifts as well as widow's activities.

With sadness for their families and all of us we mark the recent deaths of Bob Bastian, Allan McCurry, Paul Richrath, and Chuck Witherspoon, as well as Father Henry Mueller III, beloved son of Hank and Nancy.

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