1962

Bill Pierce keeps a watchful eye on Dartmouth College and Hanover from across the river in Norwich, Vermont. Bill writes: "Will graduated from Dartmouth (in June). Some of you may remember him as a tiny baby at our 20th reunion. After a dismal spring up here, we had three beautiful days for the Commencement festivities. We had an interesting political race for selectboard in Hanover. Tom Hall ran unsuccessfully against two incumbents, one of them being Bill Baschnagel. If both of them had won, 1962 would have held three of the five seats, as Jay Pierson's term had not expired." But wait, there is more. An article with photo in The Valley News caught the sharp eye of past-president Charlie Giersch. The caption describes a gentleman holding a sign "Vote 'No' on Articles 8,9 and 10" as an "unidentified man." "Unidentified, heck!" said Charlie, "That's Cary Clark!"

William Shanahan, president of Colgate-Palmolive, is a third-generation Irish American, tracing his roots to Tipperary reports the Irish AmericaMagazine. "Colgate-Palmolive is the global giant behind such household brand names as Colgate, Ajax, Murphy's Oil, Palmolive and, of course, Irish Spring." Bill majored in geography. After college but before business he played pro basketball in the Philippines!

Anews release from The Counselors of Real Estate last November announced that Sandy Apgar was awarded the prestigious James Felt Creative Counseling Award for 2002. Sandy took on a gargantuan challenge, beginning in 1998 and continuing until 2001, when he was assistant secretary of the Army for installations, logistics and environment. Sandy explained: "When I took office, I found that the Army faced a crisis in family housing. My initial analysis highlighted a $6 billion backlog in maintenance and repairs, a substantial gap between housing supply and demand, poor quality standards and excess building and operating costs. The situation threatened military readiness, recruiting and retention." The citation lauds Sandy for his fivepoint innovative program that also saved Uncle Sam a bundle of money. Sandy is now a director of The Boston Consulting Group and leads the global infrastructure and real estate practice.

Dan Tompkins forwarded an article from TheNew York Times. "Rare Bosnia Success Story, Thanks to U.S. Viceroy—Brcko, Bosnia and Herzegovina June 13." The article describes the skillful work of Henry Clarke, who became Brcko's third supervisor in April 2001. Since then he has imposed law, brought in reforms, encouraged economic development and, on occasion, defied local political bosses. The writer states: "Mr. Clarke has stirred little open resentment in Brcko. The Serbian mayor, Sinisa Kisic, describes him as an 'adviser rather than one who orders.' Only when he forcibly integrated the schools did he provoke a backlash among Serbs, some of whom dubbed the decision 'Clarke's Law.' Even then, they put up no violent resistance." Dan noted that another classmate of ambassadorial rank is Day 0. Mount, who served in Iceland. David Smith added that classmate Nit Pibulsonggram was Thailand's ambassador to the UN beginning in 1988 and ambassador to the United States since 1996.

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