1951

I would like to start off this column by taking note of a letter the class received from HowardPhillips. Those of us who are fortunate enough to return to Hanover with some regularity would certainly second Howard's remarks. The College is alive and well in spite of reports to the contrary. The undergraduate body is an academically superior group, spirited and full of loyalty to Dartmouth. As an institution Dartmouth has changed, as well it should and must. But the heart of the College, its students and alumni, have not changed in their feelings towards Dartmouth. Do not listen to the bearers of gloom and doom - go and find out for yourselves.

Those of you who have made or are planning changes in jobs and/or lifestyle will be interested in the informative and interesting letter I received from Bill Hosier. Visiting Arizona in 1977 and loving it, the Hosiers bought a townhouse as an investment. The following year they decided that's where they wanted to live. "Eileen came out in October 1978, entered and completed Arizona Real Estate School, and now is associated with a very good valley firm. I terminated with the bank in Buffalo in May of 1979, used the next month to arrange the moving and extricate from western New York involvements, and arrived in Arizona on July 4 with my golf clubs and no job." Bill is now a corporate loan officer with United Bank in Phoenix and loves it. Son Will is a junior at Dennison University, presently on an exchange program at the University of London, while daughter Nell is a freshman at Endicott. As a final note Bill stated, "We love it out here - every day is a new experience. We miss our friends back east, but that's about all."

Back from Brussels is Bill Brooks. He had been managing director of Texaco Belgium since 1975. He has been with Texaco since graduation and his current position has him as manager of retail advertising and sales promotion for the European operations of Texaco. He and Skip bought a condominium in Norwalk, Conn., but spend all weekends in Madison, where they bought an old house near the beach. Welcome home!

Bob Crossley has been promoted to director, labor relations, at International Harvester. He was formerly manager of labor relations in the corporate human resources department. Prior to that he was manager of labor relations, manufacturing and engineering, industrial relations manager at the Farmall plant in Rock Island, Ill. Bob lives in St. Charles, Ill., with his wife and three children.

As of January 1, Jeff O'Connell had accepted an appointment to the faculty of law and the Center for Advanced Studies at the University of Virginia. According to a release from the university "the central theme of the center is the establishment of faculty of unquestioned excellence in departments which have already achieved a position of scholarly distinction. Its main purpose is to enable selected departments to attract distinguished scholars as center members and to provide support for their efforts in study, teaching, and research." Jeff will teach half-time, with the remainder of his time devoted to research.

Gil Mueller, a vascular and general surgeon, has been appointed to the board of overseers of the Medical Alumni Magazine for the Dartmouth Medical School. Gil received his M.D. from the University of Michigan and is currently a member of the medical staffs of Appleton Memorial Hospital and St. Elizabeth Hospital in Appleton, Wise.

Another member of the '51 medical contingent has reported in and brought us to date. Aaron Rausen is presently taking a sabbatical from his positions as director of pediatrics at the Beth Israel Hospital and professor of pediatrics at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York to work in the Department of Cellular Physiology and Immunology at the Rockefeller University in New York.

And last but not least, Ted Glaser has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Edinburgh. An amazing man is he!

So long for now!

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