1953

"We wear the Dartmouth green, and that's enough." Having gotten through a difficult football season, much like those we knew as undergraduates, we take some comfort in that line! Greater comfort, Old Southern style, we have found in the bevy of continuing class of 1953 activities that sustain the "reach out" spirit and bring so many of us together so often. Homecoming, with its special tribute to Don Smith, was a new high in 1953 togetherness, support, and love. The Harbour Ridge reunion in January, led by the Peerless Pair, Gus Alien and Bob Simpson, booked a greater number than participated in 1993. This continuing social saga reminds us of the observation made when we were undergraduates that "1953 may have had some problems winning ball games, some even staying in school, but the '53s were undefeated in party!" And the party has continued for 42 years. Why not?

Barry Bishop is gone. A member of the first American team to scale Mt. Everest, Barry was in an auto accident which took his life; Lila, thank the Lord, survived with minor injuries. Do you remember the pride we all felt in 1963 when Barry and his party achieved that incredible undertaking? Prior to that, Barry served as the glaciologist and climatologist on Sir Edmund Hillary's 1960-61 Himalayan exploration. Barry and Lila were en route to San Francisco, where Barry was to deliver another lecture on his fabled experiences. Barry spent a lifetime reaching for the earthly heavens and earned his fame and our devotion from it. Keep Lila in your prayers.

Dr. Ross McIntyre continues in the forefront of cancer research. He was recognized earlier in the year with the American Cancer Society's Distinguished Sex-vice Award. Ross's laudable achievements are many, not the least of them his helping bring his remarkable skiing daughter Elizabeth '87 into the world to thrill us with her silver-medal performance in the Winter Olympics. Excellence appears to be the minimum acceptable standard in the McIntyre family.

A wonderful note came in from Dr. George Howard '52, a college and lifelong friend of Pud Harrison, a fellow doctor and medical researcher. Says George of college days with Pud and die Ledyard Canoe Club, "We spent several Saturdays canoeing down the raging and turbulent waters of the White River, taking two or three good soakings in full view of the local populace...." Thanks, George, for adding to our wonderful memory book of Pud; he is gone, but that robust spirit is ever-present.

Will wonders never cease to come from our talented Tuck tycoons, this time John "Barbie"Amerman. Under John's tutelage since 1987, Mattel has recovered from an annual loss ofsl 13 million on revenues of $1 billion, to profits of $226 million in 1993 on sales of $2.7 billion. And, with the acquisition of Fisher-Price and Kransco, it looks like Barbie will have plenty of pre-school games, infant toys, frisbees, and hula hoops to keep her wending her way into the hearts of children, and the purses of their parents, for beaucoups years to come. Challenge, John: can you come up with a "Dartmouth Barbie" doll that we can sell to promote our 1953 50th Reunion Charitable Trust?

The '53 Photo of the Year appeared on the back cover of the last Alumni Magazine, with our President Malin, in full control of his golf game, exiting with son Rob from one of our gorgeous greens at Harbour Ridge. These two "lookers" appear as top models of the fashion world, magnifique. In January Bob got many inquiries as to how his golf game is progressing from the bridge of his fabled boat, Two Bits. What a talent, what versatility, what a president!

"The still North remembers them, the hill winds know their name, and the granite of New Hampshire, keeps the record of their fame."

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