1941

Atip of the hat to Steve Winship and Don Stillman for their pinch-hitting as class notes scribes in the last DAM issue. Happily my incapacity was not too long or serious, but for a while I couldn't write or speak much sense and the pain in my left knee and lower back was considerable. My neighbor in Sarasota, John Kelley, knows something about leg pains, but he gamely keeps playing golf as best he can. Wife Margie is the best golfer in the family after a California specialist replaced her knee recently. In a phone call to Rome, Georgia, I learned from Bob Rock that he was "hanging in there" despite some serious medical problems. His doctors are treating him for heart problems, kidney disorders and a low red count that requires him to have a weekly shot worth $1,100. His wife died in 1991 and he has no children living in the area so he would welcome a friendly phone call at (706) 291-1956. Acall to Utah found Robb Alexander to be a life-long resident of Ogden. After Army service from 1942 to 1946 Robb worked as a sales manager of a local structural steel company. He later worked in real estate in the area. Dave McGaughey and his wife, Videen, reported from Wallingford, Connecticut, that all was well in their retirement. Dave served as a Navy medical doctor in WWII and then was ordered back to active duty from 1952 to 1959. He joined the medical department of Connecticut General Life Insurance Cos. and retired in 1983 but served as a consultant until 1986. Dave was always interested in police and fire departments beginning with volunteer work in Hanover as an undergrad with his good friend and recently de- ceased Bill Danforth. Roy Rowan now living in Greenwich, Connecticut, has been covering the world as a journalist for 50 years for Time, Life and Fortune. He recently wrote a book Solomon StarbucksStriper, which is reported to be an entertaining fa- ble about the importance of following your dreams. His first fiction effort has been preced- ed by six non-fiction books, including a history of presidential pooches that was made into a movie and aired on Discovery Channel. Gift planning chair John Everett reported that during the months of November and December of 2003 a 1941 classmate established a new charitable gift annuity with securities having a value of $49,978.66, which will eventually be forthe ben- efit of student scholarships. For more information regarding bequest provisions and life income trusts, write or call the Gift Planning Office (1-800-451-4067) or contact John at (781) 545-1504.

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