1955

Alan Murray reports on three Alpha Theta classmates. Jack Cogswell, a former selectman in Needham, Massachusetts, is heavily involved in community affairs there. Bob MacFadyen and his wife, Mary Lou, live in Barnstable, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod, where he performs with a local choral group. Og Morse and his wife, Jane, live in Redding, Connecticut, where he is closely involved with his son, H.O. Morse III ’88, in providing SAT training materials to high school teachers and students. Alan says all three are in reasonably good health and good spirits.

Ralph Sautter sent along notes he received from three classmates accompanying their dues checks! Walt Boden writes from Atlanta that he is “just chugging along down in the land of grits and honey” and that he is still working in commercial and industrial real estate.

Roger Dolliver, living in San Angelo, Texas, reports on college choices of two grandchildren and concludes that “Dartmouth doesn’t recruit west Texas,” with one picking Vanderbilt University, the other choosing the University of Texas at Austin. Ron Murphy invited Ralph to get in touch if he ever gets to Naples, Florida, noting he is rarely north of Manhattan.

Jere Daniell was quoted in a New York Times piece during the primary fight on the differences between Vermont and New Hampshire: “[The] essential difference between Vermont and New Hampshire is in their degree of commitment to state authority.” The article also quoted Robert Frost, our commencement speaker. Of New Hampshire, Frost wrote: “[She’s] one of the two best states in the Union,” adding, “Vermont’s the other.”

We note the passing of four classmates: Richard J. Hastings, M.D., Paul H. Mannes, William A. Magar and James C. Mickle, M.D. Attending Dick’s services were Marilyn and Jack Doyle, Karen and Mike Gorton, Bob Fanger and Larry Pilchman. Mary Lynn and Nick Kotz, Margot and Paul Zimmerman and Kathy and Ken Lundstrom attended Paul’s services in D.C. Tom Byrne and Jere Daniell represented our class at memorial services on campus that included Phil Mannes ’16, Paul’s grandson, with a number of his classmates.

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