1920
My cry for help in the Winter issue elicited two most helpful suggestions for this issue on "Dartmouth's Gifts to the World." Ever faithful Sig Sigler named Kenneth "Pike" Emory of South Pacific fame, whose long career (he was active up to his death at 94) with Honolulu's Bishop Museum has been summed up thus: "For much of this century he was a leading figure in the Pacific, a scholar-pioneer who traced the origin and migration of ancient Polynesians through field work on remote islands as well as in Hawaii The career of 'Kemeti,' as he was known to die islanders, spanned the history of 20th-century Hawaii.... He gave substance to what before was myth and scientific mysteries, and we are all richer for his work When Dartmouth gave him an honorary degree in 1949, he was cited as 'one of the world's foremost authorities on the peoples and cultures of the southern archipelagos.' A quarter of a century later National Geographic hailed him as 'the dean of Polynesian archaeologists.' ... After Pearl Harbor he set up a survival program for the armed forces. His instruction in living off the land and sea earned him a commendation for 'exceptional and meritorious service' and the gratitude of more than 150,000 men who took the course."
I am grateful to Patricia Andretta Butler for this tribute to her father, Salvador "Sal" Andretta. "His legal career was topped by his appointment as assistant attorney general in the United States Department of Justice. In that position he was responsible for the entire fiscal and administrative operations of the department in Washington and throughout the country. He held his position, central to the operation and activity in the department, for 20 years from 1945 to 1965, when he died in office. Little of everyday operational consequence happened that did not receive his approval or disapproval. Sal's memory was honored with the dedication of the Salvador A. Andretta Conference Room. His portrait, funded by the seven Attorneys General under whom he served, hangs in the room today."
1920 has had many sons who could have been chosen, but these two were choices of the 1920 family. We thank them!
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