1948

Lou Springsteens splendid memorial service at last June's 6oth reunion recounted 244 classmates who have left us. What follows are some thumbnail recollections. For example, there was "Bobo" Russell, early class leader and leading thespian; Fran Hummel, reunion manager extraordinaire and later marketing expert at the Stanley Works; and Dick Bredenberg (who can forget Dick's brief Indian cheerleading costume, even on the coldest football days?). Speaking of football, Norm Laird and (I think) Ed Gingrich are remembered reporting disappointedly on the first, at Fenway Park, of two wartime battles with Notre Dame. North Mass Hall was enlivened post-war by Harry Wood, later a gynecologist in Schenectady (subsequent to his sometimes jolly residency in New York), and Harrys roommate Phil Gahm, he of an almost unhittable knuckleball, except probably by Hank Mueller, southpaw star outfielder.

Was there a more admired classmate than Al McAllister, an outstanding athlete and scholar? Or such blend of good nature and outdoor skills as Ian Macartney, whose bear-slaying feat had to be unique among undergraduates of our time? Charlie Herterich s quiet assurance later stood him well as an estate attorney, sharing a place in the New York Bar with Dirk Kuzmier, who would stop for a sidewalk chat in midtown with his ever-present dog on the way to the office they shared. Speaking of bars in the Big Apple, the still-lamented Dartmouth Club on 39th Street at one time was graced almost nightly by Joe Marple, with his encyclopedic knowledge of sports cars. The bartender at that sainted watering hole, Terry Quigley, would typically greet George Michalek, dashing account executive for DeBeers diamonds, with a cheery, "What'll you have, Mr. M.?" George had been active with Pete Smith on Jacko and once helped kidnap The Daily D night editor, in reprisal for some now long- forgotten competitive libel.

Many other fondly remembered classmate names come to mind, some too recently gone to mention comfortably. Possibly they'll be input in another Class Notes trip down memory lane. An Alumni Council report will be available in Dick Dahls newsletter.

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