1928

Our class has been notable for its gifts to the College. The most visible, as far as posterity is concerned, probably is the Rupe Thomson hockey rink. But as for gifts to the world, which we are now asked to enumerate, it is necessary to look farther afield. Our distinguished scholars don't quite fill the bill.

In asking around, Jack Zellers came up with a couple of names of classmates whose work has affected most of the civilized world, for better or worse. They are Gil Swan son, who is credited with developing the frozen TV dinner, and Craw Pollock, who worked with DuPont to adapt the use of cellophane for packaging. As I grow ever more feeble, if someday I should starve to death with plenty of food in sight, it might be because I couldn't get the cellophane off my TV dinner. You can hold Craw responsible.

Jules Lemkin writes (I'm getting a flood of mail these days, about one letter every two months) that he talks frequently with Bert Stem, who is very proud of the accomplishments of his son, Lou Stern. Lou is graduate professor of marketing at the Kellogg Graduate School of Marketing at Northwestern University. He came to the Kellogg School from the Arthur D. Little management firm, has a reputation as an outstanding teacher, and has served as visiting professor at die University of California-Berkeley and at the Harvard Business School.

I regret to report the deaths of Topper Robinson on Christmas Day, Bill Rohlffs on March 3, 1993, Barney Norton on November 2, and Al McCune on October 10.

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