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Notes: December 1972
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Notes: December 1972

News is so sparse this month that I'm forced to tell you of my own activities in order to fill up the necessary space. After several years of near starvation in the venture investment business in Cleveland, in the early'60s, I moved to Indianapolis to run a small business investment company from 1962 through 1968. This was a small, small business investment company and unfortunately it was getting smaller after some of the investments we made. At any rate we sold the SBIC to a group in Ft. Wayne and moved to Chicago as Assistant Treasurer of the Quaker Oats Company. Of course, immediately after leaving the SBIC, one of the investments which was acquired at $1 per share, ran up in price to $70 per share, so at least we got credit for a great investment, if not for the money. Personally I would have preferred the money. In 1969 I became Director-Business Development at Quaker, responsible for acquisitions and mergers. Ruth and I were married in 1966, and now have four beautiful children, Kate, Bart, David and Alex. Alex, born last January was known as Otto for several days, but Ruth wouldn't let him out of the hospital with that moniker. Otto Frederick Fritzsche has a certain nice Prussian ring to it, but the nickname, Off didn't ring too many bells with the spouse. Ruth calls him Alex because he has the "hands of a pianist." I call him big Al because he has the rump of a truck driver. Well, enough of the Fritzsches; we're happy and healthy in Chicago.

Ted Frembgen and wife, Penny, are healthy, but not so happy in Chicago. We interrupted Ted yesterday afternoon in the middle of a planned move to California. Ted has been with A.T. Kearney, management consultants in Chicago for the last several years and just recently accepted an offer to go with the Arthur Young Company as Manager of Management Services in their Santa Ana offices. I can't imagine Penny and the two children, Pamela and Eric, enjoying Disneyland, Lion Country Safari or hanging ten with Snoopy off Newport Beach as much as a good cold, snowy winter here in Chicago, but I guess if the job is exciting, one could learn to cope with Southern California.

We called Dick Lumpkin the other day to generate some news items and found he is in Las Vegas for a week relaxing at a telephone industry conference or seminar. Dick, Gail, and their 3-year-old daughter, Bess, live in Matoon, Ill., (sister city of the thriving metropolis of Charleston) where the Lumpkins have the only telephone game in town. I wonder if their fingers do the walking to the bank.

A summer cruise is planned with the Lumpkins and the George Dunns if George can keep his ship afloat, financially as well as literally, until next July. The Akbar which has been in the Dunn family for years, met its maker in 1968 and "sank slowly into the west" like the sun in an old Hawaiian travelog. There is some evidence that the ship had received permanent damage a few years earlier when yours truly ran over a concrete abutment adjoining the International Bridge in the St. Lawrence Seaway. After wiping away the tears of nostalgia with a check from the insurance company, George and Becky became the proud owners of Eos I. Eos is the Greek Goddess of Dawn but, like the Akbar, it was down instead of dawn, and she expired in a flaming fire while in winter storage in 1969. Now it was George's insurance man who was weeping and the Eos II, a'56s cruiser, became ship number three, with 50 percent owned by a friend of George's. The 50 percent owner recently dropped out, and the bank balance is dropping as fast as the Akbar. We understand Eos II is being used as a ferry boat service to and from Cleveland Stadium for the Cleveland Browns games and that Jack and Kathy Turben and Mike and Page Oberlin recently took their changes on such a journey. We're going to test the service next weekend and will report on the drink-worthiness of the vessel.

Ernest Pepples has left the Louisville law firm of Wyatt, Grafton & Sloss, and has joined Brown & Williamson Corporation as Assistant General Counsel and has been elected secretary of the corporation. Ernie and his wife, Martha Scott, have two daughters and a son, and are living in Louisville where Ernie is Director of the Children's Hospital Foundation and past president of the Louisville Jefferson County Health and Welfare Council.

We see Bob Bentley every now and then and still can't get used to the steel wool he is wearing on his upper lip. Bob is with A.G. Becker, a Chicago investment company, and is spending virtually all of his time in the area of institutional sales. His true love is still oil portrait painting, and I gather that it is getting to be more than just an avocation.

We ran into Vern Loucks in the airport last month and learned that he had recently visited with Steve Ackerman in California. Steve is living in Sherman Oaks and is Vice President and Treasurer of Transcon Lines,. Vern has recently been named President of Baxter-Travenol Laboratories and is living in Deerfield, Ill.

Ruth joins me in wishing you a very Merry Christmas and the hope that the New Year brings peace close to us all.

—Peter B. Fritzsche

Notes: November 1972

If Spiro Agnew had to meet a deadline he'd be a lot more tolerant of us journalistic stiffs. Even after 15 years one still succumbs to the student syndrome of waiting until the last minute to finish the essay. My den serves as a poor substitute for Linonia Brothers, but sleep still comes easy and instead of a few beers under my belt, there is too much flesh over it. Just as Macy's and Sears start pushing their Christmas wares several months before the season is upon us. YAM demands that these class notes be written two months in advance of publication so that by the time you read them the news is a bit stale.

Dick Lewis writes that he is alive and well in Columbus, O., where he has recently been promoted to Associate Professor of Medicine and appointed Director of the Division of Cardiology at Ohio State University College of Medicine.

We also received a copy of Ed Meyer's Albany Congressional Report including the highlights of the many Meyer bills which were passed by the 1972 Assembly and other legislation which he supports. Five of Ed's bills passed by the Assembly were signed into law and included an environmental improvement bond issue and a bill lowering the minimum age from 21 to 18 for public office holders in New York State.

Ruth and I stopped in to see Sandy and Marcia Clark and their four beautiful children on the way back from Reunion last summer and learned that Marcia and three other enterprising friends formed their own gourmet catering service called Phantom Cooks. Marcia couldn't figure out why they weren't making more money with all the business they were getting until they discovered that not only did they have Phantom Cooks, but they had Phantom Eaters as well. Sandy was partaking of the paté before it was going out the door to the customer. At any rate, if you live anywhere around the Darien, Conn. area you've got to sample Marcia's Quiche Lorraine.

We saw Jack and Kathy Turben on a recent visit to Cleveland and learned that Jack, Executive Vice President of Prescott, Merrill, Turben, and a group of investors recently acquired St. Lucie Jupiter Development Corporation, an exciting resort and real estate development company in Stuart, Fla. If you're looking for a good real estate investment vehicle or just a place to take early retirement Jack will be happy to accommodate you. In a recent golf match Jack took on Jack Nicklaus and played him even around 18 holes. Needless to say, Jack has become unbearable with his golf cronies since that match.

Lee Deters is bringing great gobs of wealth to investors in the Midwest since he joined Todd-Boston Company, Inc., in Louisville, Ky., several years ago. Lee reports the birth of their first son, born December 7, 1971, but in the excitement I forgot to ask him if he hung his own middle name, D'Entrecastaux, on the boy.

We spent a delightful day on the Oyster Harbor Golf Course on Cape Cod with Guy Palmer and Jack Pendergast over Labor Day weekend, but were unable to contact Lou DeLuca to make it a fearless foursome. Lou is now in Lexington, Ky., teaching at the University of Kentucky and devoting all of his spare time to the construction of the unique geodesic dome as his new abode. That bad old wolf can, huff and he can puff, but he won't be able to decide which side of the house to blow down. While having breakfast with Guy and June Palmer and Jack and Pixie Pendergast before our epic golf match, Wally Richie's father-in-law was seated at the next table and recognized June Palmer and came over to say "hello." Seems that Wally and Barbara were vacationing in Hyannis Port a few miles down the road and we were able to spend a few hours with them before they left to return to Washington, D.C., where Wally is now finishing up his military medical duties at Walter Reed Hospital.

Chicagoans Don Miller and Wayne Moeller have recently moved into new corporate surroundings. Don has joined WSHS Television Station as Director of Marketing and advertising. Don also recently spent several months actively campaigning and directing the efforts of Richard Friedman to unseat Mayor Daley. Don and his wife, Taria, were married in June 1970 and are living with their children, Tim, Caleb, Nichol, and George, in the booming New Town area of Chicago. Wayne Moeller, after a stint as Vice President of Marketing with Qonaar Corporation and the same position with Lozeir in Omaha, decided that commuting to Chicago just for the weekends with his family was above and beyond the call of duty. He has returned to Chicago permanently as Vice President of Administration of the Upper Avenue National Bank in the Hancock Center.

Who can ever forget the Herculean efforts of John P. Oberlin smashing assorted running back from Army, Princeton, and Harvard to the ground and bringing Yale its Ivy League Championship 16 years ago this fall. John who? John P. (Mike) Owseichik, that's who. Mike, Page and their children recently moved from San Francisco to Hudson, O., a suburb of Cleveland, where Mike is now Vice President of Manufacturing of the S.K. Wellman Division of Brush Beryllim. While changing jobs and towns, Mike and Page decided to change their name as well. Actually, they loved San Francisco so much they didn't want to leave, so they left Owseichik out there. I could afford to give up a few unneeded consonants in my own name. I wonder how Peter B. Frisbee would sound?

The Class of 1957 will not have a tent at this year's Princeton game for several reasons. First, it costs too much; second, we don't have the money; and third, our treasury is in the hole to the tune of about $8,300. We were thinking of putting our banner up on one of the Port-O-Jons outside the Bowl (no pun intended), but with the number of alumni that have previously shown up, even that would prove to be too large a facility. Our horrendous deficit is due to sporadic dues solicitation in the past coupled with the large annual bill of about $4,000 for the YAM subscription. We urge you to respond generously to Cale Carson's recent dues notice so we can whittle down the red ink.

—Peter B. Fritzsche

Notes: October 1972

Calvin (Bud) Trillin I'm not, but I'm afraid you're stuck with my dangling participle following an election at our 15th Reunion in June in which Peter B. Fritzsche and Cale W. Carson, Jr., were unanimously elected (after all, wouldn't you expect President Nixon to vote for himself?) to be Secretary and Treasurer respectively for the Class of 1957. I'm surprised Cale accepted this position in light of an impending Chapter XI bankruptcy proceeding staring him in the face. I wonder if the Class of 1956 would like to acquire us and take advantage of our tax loss carry forward.

Speaking of Reunion, Ruth and I went back and had a great time, despite the lack of hordes of returnees. I wouldn't want to say our 15th Reunion was sparsely attended, but when Kingman Brewster promises to say a few words and actually says only a few words, you don't exactly have standing room only. A big Bronx cheer to those who live within an hour or so of New Haven, but couldn't get out of their chairs to spend at least a day with those who came a hell of a long way to visit them. May the Yale Bulldog leave a mark on your lawn. What we lacked in quantity was made up ten-fold in terms of quality, and Howie Gillis again deserves our thanks for putting together a great Reunion. Dick Voigt, Peter Williams, and the rest of the Eli's Chosen Six brought back nostalgic memories of bleary-eyed Sunday jam sessions. Inky Clark stopped by for a few minutes, but left soon after I mentioned that his hair was beginning to look like some of his past decisions as Admissions Director. John Halpern's rapid one-liners sort of a combination Henry Youngman and Lenny Bruce, kept us all in stitches and blushing just a bit.

The best news to come out of Reunion was the results of our Alumni Fund effort. We didn't beat the 15th Reunion record of $180,000 achieved by the Class of 1956, but we did raise $136,402 against a goal of $110,000 and with the Cullman Challenge matching gift, Yale will receive $160,000. Many individuals were responsible for the success of our effort, but special thanks go to Charles Trippe, who headed up the Special Gifts Committee and his cohorts, Frank Brown, Tim Childs, John Halpern, John Herrmamm. Steve Hopkins, Ted Jones, Jerry Neary, Michael O'Hearn, Reed Rubin and Phil Weymouth.

Michael O'Hearn, campaign manager for the incoming Secretary, passed on numerous items of interest that arrived too late for his swan song as the outgoing bard. In April of this year, Mike Cooke was one of eight faculty members awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship based on "demonstrated accomplishment in the past, and strong promise for the future."

If I knew what a Professional Corporation was, I could inform you that John Resnik and David Skolnick recently joined in the formation of Winnick, Resnik, Skolnick & Auerback, a professional corporation. The only other one like that I've heard of was Joe's Body & Fender, but only Body was the pro.

News comes via the New Haven Register that Bob Barton and Judith Freund were married in New Haven in May, and are now doing the Clark Kent and Lois Lane bit in Wayne County, Mich. Bob is with the Detroit News after his stint as weekend news editor of the Register and his bride is a former staff writer for the AP in Connecticut.

John McCreary has recently been appointed manager-industrial relations of Granite City Steel. He has moved to Granite City, Ill., near St. Louis, from Portage, Ind, near Chicago. Mayor Daley, who is in need of some good relations, industrial or otherwise, was sorry to see him go.

Gordon Philpott has been elected to the Executive committee of the Faculty Council at Washington University School of Medicine.

George Doty has moved up from Director of Research at the Connecticut Bank & Trust Company to full responsibility over the Pension Trust Department. His previous job entailed improving employee benefits and he certainly did. In his new position he will be responsible for seeing that Binky Davis doesn't sell him some obsolete White, Weld inventory.

David R. Wilmerding, Jr., has been elected President and Treasurer of Mutual Assurance Company, Philadelphia-based fire insurance firm. Mutual Assurance specializes in writing "perpetual insurance," i.e. a lump sum premium for perpetual coverage. The firm has been in business since 1784 which probably explains where the idea came from. Dave is also active as a member of the Board of Directors at Drexel University, Institute for Cancer Research, the Insurance Federation of Pennsylvania, Lankenau Hospital, the Philadelphia Society to Protect Children, and still finds time for quarterly dinner meetings at his own home.

If you missed the April 30 article in the New York Times magazine by Bud Trillin, titled "School for Campaign, Managers--Report from a Sixth Grade Pro," get it. It's all about the Chamber of Commerce trying to teach, the Pol. (Trillin), whose posters and speechwriting, "Put Bide Thomas in as a sixth grade student council vice president," a few tricks of the trade. Trillin's imagination on fictional names is astounding.

A belated thanks to Sam Chauncey for a delightful cocktail hour at his house for returning alummi and also to Mike O'Hearn for five years out of his young life as our outgoing Secretary.

Next month's coming attractions include Sandy Clark and the Case of the Missing Pate', Jack Turben's Florida Folly, Lee Deters' Connubial Bliss, de Luca's Dome, Wayne Moeller's and Don Miller's Chicago Capers and the whereabouts of Mr. John P. Oberlin?

—Peter B. Fritzsche

Notes: June 1972

I thought for your sake this might be my last column, but I am told that you many have to suffer through another, which issue will cover Commencement.

Nancy and I had a delightful dinner and listening treat at the Pepper Mill Steak House in Westport, Conn. right on the Post Road (Route 1). You may not know that Dick Voigt owns such steak house and somehow has a piano tucked away in a back room--unbeknownst to the thousands who visit his restaurant weekly. After a tasty lobster and steak dinner at my kind of prices, we sneaked through the unmarked door to hear some great old-time Dixieland music. Dick, as you will recall, played the piano for the Elis Chosen Six. Pete Williams, another ECS member, was there with a soprano sax and his clarinet which was the primary instrument during his undergraduate years. The sounds were the best. We listened for four hours and then sneaked out the same unmarked door. I hope they will ask me back again.

My old friend, Dean Loucks is now the head football coach at Fordham. Besides this undertaking, Dean has a couple of summer camps (girls and boys) in the southwest corner of New Hampshire in the foothills of the White Mountains. He and Barbara live in White Plains with Glenn (13), Ginger (11) and Kathy (6). Watch our Carmen!

I received a letter from Charlie Gold announcing the birth of a daughter, Elizabeth Tracy, on February 15h. Charlie and Barbara now have two children.

Ian Henderson was good enough to call from Louisville where he is with the Kentucky Trust Company. Aside from being a great tennis player, Ian has manager to go on a safari to Africa, help found the resident professional theatre in Louisville, marry a lovely girl from Alabama, Roberta, and have three future male tennis greats. Classmates in Louisville are Ernie Pepples and Phil Newman. One of Ian's college roommates, Bill Thieme, is a surgeon in the Seattle area.

See you at Reunion.

—C. Michael O'Hearn

Notes: May 1972

If you have not already done so, please contact Howie Gillis for your 15th Reunion reservation. Howie has been lifting weights as a persuasive measure for those who are on the fence.

Two of my worthless roommates have distinguished themselves on Wall Street, Reid White has been made a partner of Shields and Company and Ned Morris has been promoted to a Senior Vice President of Pressprich and Company. Another T.D. collegemate Dave Reed left the banking fraternity last fall and is now with Booz, Allen and Hamilton.

Bob Joost was nice enough to write from Washington, where he is Assistant Counsel to the U.S. Senate subcommittee on criminal laws and procedure. The subcommittee is making a complete revision and reform of all Federal substantive criminal laws, which Bob points out is "no small task." Bob is experienced along these lines having drafted a new criminal code for Massachusetts from 1968 until it was filed in the state legislature last December. Bob also has been doing his homework on the subject of no-fault automobile insurance, which is a hot issue in the federal and state legislatures. I would guess he has fewer negligent attorney friends than he has had in the past due to his exposure of some of the true reasons attorneys are fighting no-fault insurance bills.

Lastly, having recently mailed a letter to the home of Jack Coursey asking for a contribution to this year's Yale Alumni Fund, I heard from his wife, Sharon, that Jack had died while swimming in Lake Lure, N.C. of a heart attack last July 2. They had five children, daughters, Clinta and Tara, and sons Tim, Mark and Scott. Jack was director of marketing research for Deering Milliken in Spartanburg, S.C. I knew Jack at Yale, and a finer gentleman you couldn't find. Our condolences to all those close to him, I would like to quote the first and last stanzas of a poem Beyond the Sunset, which Sharon sent to me:

"Should you go first and I remain,
to walk the road alone,
I'll live in memories garden, dear,
with happy days we've known.
"I want to know each step you take,
so I may take the same.
For someday down that lonely road,
you'll hear me call your name."

—C. Michael O'Hearn

Notes: April 1972

In alphabetical order (Gary, you know you shouldn't be first--you come after Abuza.); Gary Bellow's address for this year in Cambridge, Mass. is 26 Walker St. For those who would like to bypass Gary, also residing at the same address are his wife, Jean, and son Douglas.

Rucky Barclay has forsaken international marketing and advertising to join Acquavella Galleries in New York City as a dealer in impressionist, post-impressionist, and modern master paintings. I am sure Rucky would like to hear from any classmates who have an interest in painting.

Peter Hare has been appointed Chairman of the Philosophy Department at the State University of New York in Buffalo, where he has been teaching since 1962 and is a full professor.

I received a nice letter from Larry Kramer, who has just returned to London after a year in this country. As you may all know Larry was nominated for writing Women in Love. Although he did not win, his leading lady, Glenda Jackson, did win one for best actress. Before he left for merry old England, he wrote the screenplay for a musical version of the old movie Lost Horizon, working with Burt Bacharach, who wrote the music. The movie should make its appearance in about a year. Larry is about to embark on another screenplay for the distinguished American director, Arthur Penn, who directed Bonnie and Clyde, Little Big Man, and The Miracle Worker. The story is set in Washington, D.C. and on the Riviera. As if all this wasn't enough, Larry has just been elected to the overseers committee of the Globe Drama Center at Harvard. Not bad.

Mort Zalutsky, aside from being the father of three children, ranging from 2½ to 14, is an attorney in Portland, Ore., and in fact formed one of the first law professional corporations in the state. Prior to that, after graduating from Chicago Law school in 1960, and has been practicing law in Portland since. Somehow, Mort has found time to co-author the Oregon State Bar's continuing legal education book The Professional Corporation in Oregon and has lectured extensively in Oregon and also in such places as Minneapolis, New York, Los Angeles and
Atlanta on such subjects as professional corporations, tax shelters, and the tax-legal aspects of health care in this decade. He has also contributed articles to various publications.

Lastly I would like to urge all of you to return to New Haven for Reunion this June. I guess I take it somewhat for granted being right here in New Haven, but Yale is an exciting place. Changes have occurred and I think you would enjoy seeing them first-hand. How about giving a few classmates you haven't seen for some time a call to suggest they "meet you in New Haven, heaven?"

I would also like recommendations for someone to take on the job of Class Secretary, as my term ends in a few months. Thanks.

—C. Michael O'Hearn

Notes: March 1972

I received a lovely New Year's card from Joy and Wayne Moeller, and their four children (Pam, Jack, Jenny and Beth). I believe they live in or around Elgin, Illinois. Our other holiday card was from Shirley and Bob Neff and their four children (Bobby, Sandi, Carol and Tom). They sent along a picture of me sitting on a post somewhere in the Rockies when I was there during one college summer with Bob, John Tyson and Carl Hoffman. From the top of the Rockies in 1956, I have certainly gone downhill--a little more weight and a lot less hair.

Frank Mongillo has been in the New Haven papers lately. He has been named to the Board of Police Commissioners and has formed the law partnership of Mongillo and Insler. The partnership is in the general practice of law, but specializes in teacher negotiations, and educational law; one of their clients is the New Haven Board of Education.

Bill Hamm has joined the brokerage firm of Shuman, Agnew and Company, Inc., 650 California St., San Francisco. Ned Baldwin writes from Toronto (where he has spent the last 6 years and has an 8-year-old son Benjamin), "I've divided my time nearly equally for the past 4 years between the U.S., and Canada as partner-in-charge (John Andrews Architects) for the Port of Miami Passenger Ship terminal and George Gund Hall for Harvard's Graduate School of Design. The latter has become an epic task requiring my presence in Cambridge four days each week."

Bob Young has been living in England since 1960 when he won a scholarship to Cambridge. He was recently made head of a unit for research and teaching in the histories of biological, and medical and human sciences. Bob has written a book, Mind, Brain, and Adaptation in the 19th Century and a number of papers on evolutionary theory and ideology, along with related ones on Victorian intellectual history. He is also a fellow of King's College. Bob is married to an English girl Sheila Ernst and in spite of the fact that she is doing her Ph.D. on abortion they have two daughters and Bob's son. Until recently they have been living in a commune and are involved in various forms of radical political activities including agitation among scientific workers and Women's Lib. Nifty!

Sally and Chris Sonne are happily ensconced at 123 Avenue Malakoff, 75 Paris 16 ème with their three children, Peter, Matthew, and Nicholas. Chris, with Merrill Lynch, enjoys being close to the international capital market and Sally enjoys being close to the Bois de Boulogne and to shopping on Avenue Victor Hugo. They would be delighted to see any of their many friends who might be lucky enough to get to Paris. Their home phone number is 727-65-37 and Chris' office number is 359-23-69.

I stopped in to see Pete Williams at his company, Computer Optics. The company was founded in 1968 and produces, for the engineer whiz kids of our class, quality interactive CRT computer terminals, utilizing the most advance integrated circuit, MOS, and LSI technology. To put it more simply, they design, manufacture and market electronic systems for data communication and text-editing applications. One of their new product packages consists of a central control unit and one to 64 interactive alphanumeric video-display terminals, and it permits two-way communication over a telephone line with an IBM-360, 370 or other third-generation computers. The copy transmitted or received is up to 3,000 characters. Press a button on another machine and out comes a photo copy of what was on the screen. It was a bit too much for my simple brain, but the applications of this and other products are varied and exciting. The Williams family likes what Pete is doing so much that his wife, Marge, works there also.

—C. Michael O'Hearn

Notes: February 1972

Unable to face the holiday season, Nancy (wife, and recently promoted executive vice president of all domestic duties reporting directly to the President) and I took a week's cruise on the Queen Elizabeth to a couple of islands in the sun. On the little vessel we fortunately had a chance to spend some time with Peggy and Ruben Shapiro, who are living in West Hartford. Ruben is a cardiologist specializing in cardiac arrest which is most exciting and the responsibility of which would turn my hair gray within a few hours. He loves it, works hard, and we all should be hearing more about him and his associates in the near future.

I talked to Bill MacLaughlin in Los Angeles, where he is splitting from an existing law firm and starting one of his own. For the next year or so Bill plans to wear a name tag whenever, if ever, he comes home to his wife, two daughters, and miscellaneous dogs, cats, and horses.

Gary Bellow, who is spending a year at Harvard Law, received another award, this one for developing the clinical semester, believed to be the first full-time internship in law offered by an American law school. This innovation offers law students practice in criminal trail work in civil cases. Gary and Professor Earl Johnson, also from University of Southern California Law Center, developed special materials for classroom use in this program. The program has received the support of the Ford Foundation and Gary is currently setting up a similar program for Harvard.

With great sorrow, I advise you all of the death of Bill Martin this past November in Quincy, Mass. of cancer. Bill was President of the South Shore National Bank of Quincy. Surviving him are his wife, Gail, of 27 Summer St., Marshfield, Mass. 02050, their two sons, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William J. Martin, Sr., and his sister, Mrs. Donald W. Smith. Unfortunately for me, I did not know Bill very well at Yale, but I do know he was in Pierson, and a member of Beta. Besides being on the Dean's List, he was also a member of the Freshman Glee Club and on the Banner board. Our condolences to the family and those close to him.

—C. Michael O'Hearn

Notes: January 1972

I apologize for no news in the last issue, but there was nothing to report. Please send whatever you can, no matter how insignificant it may seem.

To put all the bad news on the table at once, the turnout at our Yale-Harvard class tent was very disappointing. My suggestion must be to discontinue this effort in the future. The Game didn't do much to lift my spirits.

At the tent I did run into a face I hadn't seen in 15 years, Ike Selin. After many degrees, a Fulbright scholarship, and stints with Rand Corp. in California, and the Department of Defense in Washington, Ike has started a consulting firm in D.C. Also prominent to the tent was Howie Gillis, our reunion chairman who was somewhat chagrined at the prospects for next June. Let's make up for the tent disaster with a good showing at our 15th.

Keeping Ike Selin company in Washington are Ray Lamontagne, ready with backyard tennis court, and John Quarles. As I understand it, John has an extremely responsible position with the Environmental Protection Agency and is both convincing and convinced that polluted water is a no-no.

Binney and Smith of New York City has announced that Tad Girdler has been named director of marketing with responsibility for sales and advertising of all products. Tad has been with the company since graduation.

Received a nice letter from Paul Rosenstein who a year ago joined the Lansdale Medical Group outside of Philadelphia. Previously he was in the sole practice of obstetrics and gynecology. Paul has saved all sorts of medical bills for him and his wife, Wanda, while producing four girls in the past eight years. How the two St. Bernard's came into being Paul doesn't say, but Wanda has flown the coop to return to nursing (at least during the day.)

John Hughes returned from Vietnam in 1968 and is in the "rural community" of Kenton, Ohio, as attending surgeon of Hardin Memorial Hospital. John is Commissioner of Health for Hardin County and the city of Kenton. Last May he published an article on "The Rural Community--A Microcosm of American Health Care Problems" in Ohio's Health. He is also a Clinical Associate in Surgery with the Medical College of Toledo. In October John was honored by fellowship in the American College of Surgeons. While in the field of medicine, let me mention that John Robinson is in charge of coronary care at University Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.

I trust you all had a nice Christmas. Best wishes for a healthy and happy 1972.

—C. Michael O'Hearn