1944

Our exciting column in the November/December issue ended with a voicemail greeting for Bill Hufstader. He disposed of his Cadillac dealership in Pittsburgh in 1975 and has lived for 10 years in sunny San Diego within hailing distance of a sister. One of his kids lives in the nations capital, the other is a writer in San Francisco. In cheerful spirits, Bill does the good citizen thing by helping with Halfway House

Another splendid professional honor has come to Leonard Rieser, posthumously, sad to say, for this is one he'd have loved. The Bulletin of theAtomic Sciences has named a research fellowship for him. The citation forgot to say that he was our classmate and for many years provost of the College on the Hill, but paid him tribute as "outstanding scientist, professor of physics... champion of young people, their ideas and their efforts to build a more peaceful world." Hardly anything wrong with that.

Scooped. Although I called Bill Hirons less than a week after Election Day, he had already blabbed to Al Hormel, editor of our peachy-keen class newsletter, that he'd lost his race for the Sarasota Memorial Hospital board. You read Al's report in December. Bill forgot to tell Al that he attends numerous social functions following Marjorie around as she gathers items for her newspaper column. They visit Europe annually.

Scooped again. What with varying deadlines and lead times, Al and Dave Nutt and yours truly cope with occasional copy conflicts. See above. Al always wins, but we're on the same '44 team. There was major merrymaking in Hanover on November 8 for ceremonies at the Baker-Berry Library dedication. Eric Barradale was our official observer and the substance of his report has already appeared in Al's newsletter. A couple of highlights bear repeating. The College's thanks to the class of 1944 were noted in printed materials. John Berry was lauded to the skies, deservedly; his abundant gifts to Dartmouth and to Ohio institutions are of lasting worth. In a sweet and gentlemanly touch during banquet remarks, George F. Baker's great-grandson amiably suggested renaming Baker-Berry Berry-Baker.

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