1965

Men of Dartmouth, it is time for another road trip. We had a great 25th Reunion way back in 1990, but now our 30th Reunion is only ten months away, so start making plans to be on the road again. You will be hearing much more about the reunion as you receive your class newsletter and special bulletins from Jim Griffiths, the reunion chairman. This column will do its best to keep you informed. We will be "On the Road Again" to Hanover for the 30th Reunion the long weekend of June 15-18, 1995. You can warm up for that weekend by coming to the mini-reunion in a few weeks, October 14—15.

Also look for more information about the reunion yearbook "supplement." Those of you who did not get your biographies into the 25 th Yearbook will have another opportunity. Do not miss it again, especially Joel Eiserman, Chip Hayes, Eric Knox, JackMcLean, Rex Roberts, and the others who "promised" to write last time.

Stu Deane has a double-duty career, teaching special-needs students during the day, then working as a journalist for the latter part of the day. Stu teaches English and history, writes lesson plans for 30 special-needs students, and uses his television news report at school as the icing on the cake.

Buried in my avalanche of papers is a report from one of the "Wilton Seven" mountain-climbers. Bill Webster was one of the seven Wilton men who climbed Mount Kilimanjaro earlier this year. Bill says, "this was definitely one of the best experiences of my life, and I highly recommend everyone to do it at least once—or should I say only once."

While we are on the subject of climbing, we see that Penn Siegel has moved up to the office of president and chief operating officer of Potlatch Corporation, a diversified forest-products company. Penn joined Potlatch in 1979 as manager of strategic planning, after working for eight years with Drexel, Burnham, Lambert as a vice president and senior analyst. At Potlatch he moved up to vice president of finance in 1983 and held several other positions as he climbed the ladder of the company's wood and pulpbased operations.

Richard Furniss has risen to higher office for American Savings Bank in New Britain, Conn. He started in 1973 as director of personnel and has climbed to vice president and secretary of that department.

Wes Townsend may get a chance to climb Mt. Fuji now that he is off to Japan. Wes, a manufacturing engineer with AT&T Bell Laboratories in Princeton, N.J., is one of 30 U.S. engineers chosen to spend a year working in Japan to gain hands-on experience with Japanese manufacturing practices. The engineers are part of a first-ever technology transfer program known as the U.S.-Japan Manufacturing Technology Fellowship Program. Wes says, "I'm ready for anything, and I know there are tons of possibilities." Wes holds 11 patents, including one for touch-sensitive CRT screens, and he has written around 30 professional articles as an expert in his several fields.

At Class Officers Weekend, the College presented us, the class of 1965, with a Special Recognition Award for our pursuit of excellence. Look for details in the upcoming class newsletter.

It is wonderful that I am loaded with information from and about classmates. Look here next month for the latest adventures of KenMcGruther, Bill Oberlink, Eric Engstrom,Bob Ziemian, Terry Guiney, CharlieThompson, Art Jean, Phil Edgerton, JohnDaily, Dewitt Jones, John Flanagan, and others. I love to have so much news to pass on. What are you doing? Climb a mountain or two—then write.

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