1963

Persephone’s descending. Her hemline, too! Yup, in nature’s newest novel, “A Farewell To Knees,” Our Mythical Lady Of Seasonal Change fearlessly flaunts the Edsel of fall fashion. A magenta streaked midi gobbed with gold. Soon, however, only her perfume will show. That same sweet stink of Autumn leaves, I. D. cards and grass now synonymous with “higher” education. But, most importantly, she signals the anxiously awaited return of class clabber freshly penned from this quidnunc’s quill. So ’63, from sea to shining sea, it’s time again to butter your egoes with wit, rhyme and prose.

But third things first. Even with the most stalwart of efforts by Bill Bussell and his hardworking henchmen, we only managed to salvage third place in the ’7O Green Derby Quest. No matter. The Class still bestows a nother rousing round of snaps to you and yours, Russ. But wouldn’t you really rather have a Buick? An Qlds maybe?

McKinsey & Cos., International Manage- ment Consultants also thinks Our President should go to the head of the class. That’s why they’ve elected Lou Gerstner a prin- ciple in the manage- ment group. Lou con- sults sporting goods, electronics equipment and financial service industries on problems of diversification, mergers, and acquisi- tions. Lou and wife Robin presently reside in Manhattan.

My fellow Umerricans. I want to make this perfectly clear. Our “other” President has appointed Dave Dawley to the twenty- five member National Advisory Council of the Peace Corps. Previous to his appoint- ment, Dave’s been busy as a Peace Corps vol in Honduras (’63-’65), social and economic advisor to the Conservative Vice Lords, Inc., and now is president of Hydra, Inc., a Chicago-based firm engaged in the design, management and evaluation of urban programs. By the by, Dave was also selected by Esquire Mag. in Oct. ’6B as one of “Seventeen People Worth Saving.” Not a dubious achievement. More like perfect credentials for bubble gum cards.

Bob Baker s formulated the correct solution for success in the industrial chemi- cal field. To one part MBA from Indiana U., Bob titrated one part Midwest Product Manager, Can Sealing & Industrial Products, Dewey and Almy Di- vision of W. R. Grace & Cos. The result. New Sales Manager, Indus- trial Chemicals and Resins, Velsicol Chem- ical Corp., Chicago. Bravo, Bob.

Since graduation, the crowning glory for Sturges Dorrance has to be his newly acquired post at KING-TV, Seattle, Wash. Sturges, an account exec with KING was named Marketing Director for television sales, planning, research and development of new business. We all hail your high-ness, Sturge.

No wonder the Worcester, Mass., law firm of Mountain, Dearborn & Whiting thinks their new partner is pretty sharp. He is in more ways than one. Our very own, JohnSharpe complete with U. Mich, law degree. John, spouse Debby and daughter reside in Shrewsbury, Mass.

Steve Macht, Act 11, Scene I. Steve reports that he’s won his Ph.D. from Indiana U., having successfully completed his studies at LAMDA. (See Dec. ’69 column). Now he’s directing a small graduate course in acting at Smith, and has among other things “directed an improvisation of Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm’ for all the piglets at Smith.” There’ll be free tickets for all Dartmouth men in the area for the opening of his very own Shakespearean Company on Sept. 17. You can bet wife Suzanne and daughters Julie, 5 and Ari, 3 will be there opening night. A few oinks, too.

. . . and on the Eighth Day, the Vermont Conference of the United Church of Christ directors unanimously voted Brad Denny as a full-time staff member in charge of administration and finance. Hallelujah! Pres- ently Brad is administrator of Union High School District 32, Vt. He’s also been member of the Vt. House of Legislature ’69- ’7O. Northfield, Vt., is where Brad, wife and three young ’uns reside. Amen.

Ah, women! And, oh, how those wedding bells keep ringing for that old gang of ours. For Bill Whiting and Roberta Bussard, Mt. Holyoke grad, on Sept. 26. Bill’s presently with New England Telephone. And for BonPrior and Sandy Koch. Skids '65, back in February. Ron sells automotive parts and equipment as part of his family’s business not only here, but all around the globe. The Priors call Manhattan home.

Meet you on the other end of the wishbone next issue.

FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS: These six Dartmouth men were appointed U. S. Foreign Service Officers by President Nixon in July. All graduates of the 92nd Foreign Service Class, they made Dartmouth the Only college with more than one appointee and the only Ivy college represented. Their selection was made on the basis of highly competitive written and oral examinations.

Farrar, who has an M.A. from Stanford, attended the Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Study in Tokyo, and speaks Japanese and French. He has been Assistant Professor of History at Eastern Washington State College at Cheney. His wife is the former Keiko Inoue of Osaka, Japan.

Weeks, who has an M.A. from the University of Michigan, taught at Mercers- burg Academy before entering the foreign service. He speaks Spanish.

Mount received his M.A. from New York University this year, following service with the Army Security Agency. He is fluent in French and German.

Cason received an M.A. this year from the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. He speaks Spanish and Portuguese.

Blodgett before entering the foreign service was a Battalion Supply and Logistics Officer with the U. S. Army. He speaks French.

Winter received an M.A. from Columbia University this year and was General Manager at Campus Information Systems. He speaks French.

To begin their diplomatic careers, the six Dartmouth graduates will be assigned to either a U. S. Embassy or Consulate abroad or to the Department of State headquarters in Washington.

Lawrence A. Farrar ’5B

James C. Cason ’66

Charles A. Weeks ’6O

John S. Blodgett ’67

Day Mount ’62

Andrew J. Winter ’6B

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