1952

No one could be a better prepared newsletter editor than Ray Buck His entire career has been writing and editing. He worked one year for Ohio Wesleyan, ten years for Dartmouth and 24 years for the University of Connecticut. He "prepared" for all this by working for several newspapers as a student, two years of army journalism during the Korean Conflict, and two years in various editorial capacities on a daily newspaper. The first three issues of the Crier have been terrific and they get better all the time.

When Ray returned to Dartmouth, he worked at development for five years, organizing the Waldorf Astoria bash that kicked off the College's first capital gifts campaign. Then, for five more years, he became the College Editor, creating college publications and a supporting program, and writing articles and columns for the AlumniMagazine. He was class secretary in the days following graduation and was the first to write a newsletter in the Alumni Magazine when the columns were initiated. In his "spare time" he wrote several plays and, in the process, got a literary agent, which he continues to this day.

At the University of Connecticut he created the publications and communications program from scratch for this burgeoning state university. He provided leadership in public relations and opened new areas of fund raising while trying to keep his balance through the change of several presidents. He took graduate courses in theater directing and wrote an historical drama that gained national attention. It was at this time that he also became very interested in competitive swimming for young people with his daughter's entry into the school program. He had a 20-year involvement in volunteer swim coaching and founded two swim clubs.

Ray is now officially retired. He has, during the years, written three novels and, now, two more plays, mostly for his own pleasure. One play calls for a cast of 150 or more people and the other for six. So far, he has not had anything produced. But, hey, you never know!

A few years back, Ray met and married Mary, "younger and widowed," and together they have "fashioned patterns of life on the shores of Connecticut and Florida." They run a joint venture in fund raising and communications which takes Ray back to his early days at Dartmouth.

Ray has three daughters from his earlier marriage to Joan. He is proud of them and delighted with their accomplishments. Two graduated from Williams and one from URI. His eldest, Susan, is an independent art conservator in the Boston area, working on a Ph.D. Carol is in Aberdeen, Scotland, with a son and daughter. The second is an expert in fine wines and has spent considerable time on a professional level in France's wine country. The youngest, Amy, and her husband are entrepreneurs in Tampa, Fla., where she and her husband have three boys.

Ray is very happy to be the newsletter editor and, particularly, pointing toward the 50th Reunion. We are very happy that he is, too.

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