1961

We're quite a class. You never know where one of us is going to turn up next. I was flipping through one of our professional newspapers, and there was the story and picture of John King assuming the chairmanship of the American Hospital Association. We did an item when he became chair-elect, but it is still worth noting when it actually happens. John is president and CEO of die Legacy Health System in his "day" job.

Another new position that we mentioned in passing in the column on 1961 athletes was Dave Blake's becoming the dean of the graduate school of management at the University of California at Irvine. According to the Los Angeles Times story on his selection, Dave was chosen to "raise the status of the program." Said Chancellor Laurel L. Wilkening "UCI's Graduate School of Management is now among the top 50 business schools in the country, and David Blake is an ideal person to lead the school to even higher levels of achievement." In his own comments, Blake said he planned to foster an international outlook. "I don't think we need to be just another me-too business school. We need to carve out our own model."

Elliot Roy Singer, clinical director and president of the medical staff at Rye Hospital Center, has been presented with a laser-engraved chair for his 25 years of "distinguished service to the hospital and the medical profession."

John White is continuing to dig into reports of UFOs, with his annual forums on the UFO experience, which are attracting hundreds each year. He brings together both researchers and people who claim to have been in contact with UFOs. The speakers discuss the latest developments. John told one newspaper, "I try to ground myself in science to the best of my ability. Science is a powerful tool for exploring reality, but scientists dismiss paranormal phenomena as inconceivable as their world is limited to the physical world."

According to die Philanthropic Digest, Bob Rundel has made a $100,000 pledge to Mississippi State University to endow a scholarship created in 1993 in memory of his father, Stan Rundel. He began supporting the scholarship in 1993 with $25,000 annual donations. He had taught physics at Mississippi State for 11 years. As you read this, time will be drawing near for the Dartmouth in Chicago reunion June 4-7. Key elements: the headquarters hotel is the Fairmont; we'll have a class visit to the Chicago Stock Exchange, hosted by exchange president Denny Engelman; an evening cruise on the Anita Dee, a 140-foot boat; buffet lunch in the Signature Room at the 95th, atop the John Hancock Building; and gourmet dinner and dancing at the Mid America Club, atop the Amoco Building next to our hotel. The Chicago planning committee has also arranged a pre-reunion dinner Thursday night at Spiaggia, and a post-reunion Sunday gospel brunch at the House of Blues. They've left lots of free time and presented lists of options. See you there!

Robert Conn, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem NC 27157-1015;

John While is continuing to diy into reports of UFOs with his annual forums on the UFO experience. ROBERT CONN '61