1951

For most of us, Thessaloniki is a place name in our ancient history books. George Bissell was there last New Year's Day to receive the Silver Cross of the Phoenix for his generous donation of the Bissell Library of the American College of Thessaloniki. For 39 years George has been visiting Anatolia College (of which the American College is an associate school) as a member of its board of trustees. Asked why he, a non-Greek, enjoyed such a close relationship with Greece and Anatolia, he replied: "I was looking for an opportunity to make a difference. I started seeing that Hellenist values and ideas are integral to progress, peace and prosperity."

Closer to home I can report on Jim Wylie's adventures out on the left coast. Although he is a long-time resident of Aptos, California, he has purchased a small farm with a house on it a few miles north of Pasco, Washington. The farm yields potatoes, corn, alfalfa, beans, asparagus, etc., and a tenant farmer does all the work. Inspecting his rural property is made easier by piloting his own private plane. This is more evidence that not all of us retire to play golf every day.

Resuming flashbacks to 1954 Alumni Magazine Class Notes, the February issue noted Dave Wiggins was "just in from Tokyo and Manila, courtesy of the U.S. Navy. He was visiting family in the Twin Cities before leaving for Washington, D.C., where he will report to Navy Intelligence." In our 25th yearbook we noted that Dave had become a commercial-mortgage banker in Racine, Wisconsin. In the 50th yearbook we learned that he has retired from a mortgage-banking business in Milwaukee and is looking for other "challenges and opportunities." In a phone call when putting this column together I asked what those might be. His answer was: staying alive, doing a muchdownsized mortgage business with a former business partner and some travel abroad.

In that same issue (2/54) came the news that Andy Pincus and Catherine Clark married the previous summer in Hanau-am-main, Germany, while he was still in the Army. Twenty-three years later in our 25th yearbook we read that he had maintained his love for music while laboring for the Berkshire Eagle as its music critic. In the 50th yearbook he still is married to Kate, still loves, teaches and reports on music and hangs out in the Berkshires. Another marriage reported was that of Jack Skewes and Constance Boyd. "Connie went to Wheelock College and hails from Beantown and again it is good news to hear that another sier has been released from service. Jackwas a lieutenant in the Army in Korea." After a few years in the business world Jack returned to Dartmouth to work closely with four presidents in the finance and operations areas. He summed it up by saying the career was "rewarding, challenging and always faced with change, albeit controversial at times."

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