1967

My mailbox this month was full of news of awards and promotions for a number of '67s. Andy Longacre received the prestigious Richard R. Dilling Award, presented annually to an executive, engineer, or scientist who has made outstanding contributions to the field of data collection technology and its uses. Andy, who works at Welch Allen Inc., created special purpose symbologies, including Channel Code and Aztec Code, considered seminal to the development of current bar code technologies. Where would our libraries and supermarkets be without Andy? Need inspiration to get to the gym today? Consider the long reign of Charlie Hoeveler and son Charles, who have won the Father-Son Grasscourt Tennis Championship for the fifth straight year. Charles, a senior at Stanford, has now played on three NCAA championship teams. In Virginia, Steve Pond has expanded his practice, having been admitted as a registered patent agent allowed to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Board. Special congratulations are in order since only 35 percent of those taking the patent bar passed! In Massachusetts, Richard Paolino has been named the new president and CEO at Dynisco Inc., a manufacturer of technical equipment. Dynisco has recently acquired major supply firms in Europe.

I wish to end with a personal note. After these many years of DAM deadlines, this is my last column as class secretary. It has been a wonderful opportunity to get to know so many of you over the years, and I want to thank the faithful correspondents who furnished me with the comings and goings of the class so that I could share them. I have had the chance in this seat to learn just how many interesting and very special human beings there are in the class of 1967. I know that you will all continue to keep Dave Mangelsdorfif apprised of your news as he takes up the pen for us in the years ahead.

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