1952

The announcement a few months ago that this publication has put its entire history online is a reminder that your class secretaries have been posting news of this class for more than 62 years now. While it may seem self-serving, as a paid-up member of the Class Secretaries Protective Association, I decided to browse through selected issues of DAM, jot down the names of these valiant servants and read some of their postings. Fascinating to read how we progressed through these years—you will find it all there. Our first of 10 class secretaries was Bob Brace, and he set a high bar for good reading. The late Ray Buck, one of several secretaries who were committed writers independent of this responsibility, followed him. Charlie Blakemore, advertising leader and author, was next in line. Charlie actually had two bites of the apple, serv- ing split terms in the 1960s and 1970s. He was followed by the late Gene Teevens, who wrote be- tween our 15th and 20th reunions. Your current scribe had his first term following that, leading up to our 25th reunion. Marcel Durot, an excellent communicator, followed Charlie’s second term and he, in turn, was followed by Jay Anderson, a C.P.A. by trade and well known to all the class. In the decade before our 50th reunion Henry Wil- liams served two consecutive terms—unique to this class—and Dick Watt followed him. Dick, as we all know, not only is an industrialist, but also has published several books on European history. Following our 55th reunion Dave Drexler served the class well until our most recent reunion—and now, here we are. Trivia note: In Bob Brace’s first issue (October 1952) we were the tail end of 44 pages of Class Notes. Today, with this issue, we are in page three or four of some 40 pages—working our way up to No. 1! (Why fewer pages today? Because there are no photos—you know, weddings—and class entries are shorter.) Next issue we will have news of our class fall dinner in Hanover, the class lunch in New York and more.

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