1957

The Celebration of Service to Dartmouth in May brought recipients of the Alumni Award to Hanover for a festival dinner. 1957 was represented by Jack Hall, Hanny Mason, Tom Schwarz, and Joe Stevenson. Randy Aires and Tom Keller didn't make it to the dinner. Our other recipient was, of course, George Southwick.

Dave Cook, president-elect of the Alumni Council, was at the head table, and so was honorary classmate Jim Freedman. They and Dave Orr and Clark Griffiths and I joined the honorees for a photo-op that we trust will appear in Tom's newsletter. Celeste Cook, Happy Griffiths, Joan Hall, and Jane Stevenson were with us at the dinner.

Charlie Schneider, "after being quiet all these years," writes from Santa Barbara, Calif., where he and Jane retired: "I intend to pursue working in the local community/city college in the placement office helping students find jobs. I did that at Westchester Community College and found working with students, faculty, and local businessmen very rewarding."

Charlie is reading books that his Tuck Thayer concentration and business career didn't leave time for, and loves venturing into new areas.

The headlines tell the story about Bill Draper. "Lawyers Better Be Prompt, Ready to Go, and No Excuses; No-Nonsense Judge Raises Attorneys' Ire for His Strict Adherence to Procedure." So wrote the Los Angeles Daily Journal in a profile about Judge Draper of the San Diego Municipal Court, appointed by Governor Deukmajian in 1985 after a legal career in the Marine Corps and as a San Diego County deputy district attorney. I suppose it was NROTC at Dartmouth that molded Bill's no-nonsense attitude, but the corps might have had something to do with it.

Chuck Winslow, another of those NROTC no-excuse types, has joined the board of Triangle Imaging Group. His experience in the upper echelons of Andersen Consulting will help as Triangle, "the parent of its wholly owned subsidiaries," broadens its "horizons for growth through internal development and acquisitions." If it wasn't the navy that shaped his attitudes, could it have been basketball with Doggie Julian?

Tom Donahoe, on the basketball squad with Chick, has been elected to the board of Nicor Corp., a large gas-distribution company. He also serves as the chairman of the directors of the Chicago Botanic Garden.

Pete Searl writes that he and Mary Ellen have been living in Geneva while she has directed Smith College's junior year abroad program.

Steve Katz wrote in April that he and Lynda are "driving the Amalfi coast, Sicily, Apulia, and Tuscany, finally ending up in Rome"—in September, even as you read this note.

Chris Wren, back from interviewing opium warlords in Thailand and Myanmar (Burma), writes that he prepared for the trip by earning his "nidan," or second-degree black belt, "in an ordeal that included free-fighting an opponent 45 pounds heavier and 30 years younger."

This magazine will emphasize "now it can be told" Dartmouth stories next year. Tell me about behind-the-scenes adventures, pranks, footnotes to history tales we'll tell our grandchildren when they're old enough—before next summer.

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Randolf Aires '57, Tu'58, earns Alumni Award, p. 53

Chris Wren is back from interviewing opium warlords in Thailand and Burma. TED JENNINGS '57