1945

As we continue to reprise the roster of the '45 recipients of the College's prestigious Alumni Award, this month's focus is on Frank Hutchins. Hutch was the first '45 to gain this recognition, back in 1979. The citation recalled the honor of Distinguished Eagle Scout conferred on him by the Boy Scouts of America, 40 years after he earned the Eagle Scout rank. It noted his rise to chairman and CEO of Hutchins/Young & Rubicam, his leadership roles in the advertising profession and in the Rochester Chamber of Commerce, YMCA, and Community Chest.

Hutch's Dartmouth family connection derives from his grandfather, father and three uncles, and continues through two sons-in-law. (His and Jeanne's first of four daughters was born at Mary Hitchcock in 1948.) For '45 he has been bequest chairman and president. He has headed the Rochester Alumni Association and been a member of the Alumni Council.

Hutch retired from Hutchins/Y&R in 1990, but this year he and a partner bought back the Yellow Pages division, so he's again in business. He is still on the board of Rochester Institute of Technology after more than 25 years, part of the time as chairman. He has served for ten years on the board of Paul Smith's College in the Adirondacks, a two-year school of forestry and hotel management, and is now helping it become a four-year institution.

Far from being outdone by Hutch's activities, Jeanne is on the board of Colgate-Rochester Divinity School, treasurer, and head of their investment committee. Right now she is also deeply involved in the merger of the Genesee and Rochester General hospitals.

Hutch says, "Dartmouth has many fond memories for us. Most of all we treasure the scores of wonderful friends we have made, both during our college years and at our class reunions, especially the minis."

Paul S. Newman, who wrote the Dartmouth Carnival comic "Skating on Thin Ice" in the March sport special issue of this magazine, was photoed and featured in a Washington Post profile headlined "Writer Hopes to Move on to Wider Audiences and Bigger Screens." Having been recognized in the 1998 Guinness Book of World Records as the most prolific comic book writer, Paul is now in search of an agent to market four fall-length original movie scripts and three plays that he has written.

Frank Aldrich had a chance to stop and see the Mighty 8th Air Force Museum that Hank Barker has helped create. The museum is located just off I-95 outside Savannah and will be of keen interest to all of you former 8th AF crews. Frank was duly impressed. Hank, who was with the 8th in WWII and then back on active duty as a U.S. Air Force pilot in the sixties and seventies, is devoted to air force reunions most recently having attended one in Gatlinburg (Tenn.) of his B-24 crew "who flew on 'Wandering Wanda.'"

It's an easy segue from Hutch and Hank to remind you all of the '45 mini-reunion, October 16-17-18. Hutch, Paul, Frank, and Hank—hope you'll all be there. Bob Pease's June newsletter had all the details. If you've lost it or have questions, call Dick Hinman (603) 526-2415 or Howard Hoots (603) 632-7102. And call a couple of other classmates to make sure they're coming, too.

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