MINUTES
MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
OF THE CLASS OF 1952
September 23, 2005
Hanover, NH
The Executive Committee met in Rockefeller at 2:00 PM on
September 23, 2005. Present were Messrs McSpadden (Chair), Mandel, Logan, Watt,
Fisher.
As the first order of business the Committee heard from two
of the students to whom the Class awarded sponsorship stipends to support
internships. (Note: The Class provides $2,000 annually to two students selected
for internships by the Rockefeller Foundation and also by the Tucker
Foundation. This award by the Class is intended to provide funds enabling
students to accept unpaid ten week internships at various locations selected by
the faculty/staff of the above organizations. The total number of internship
stipends awarded by the Class is four per year at total cost of $8,000).
The two interns who reported on their experiences were Tara
Seethaler '06 and Jason Hartwig '06. Tara worked in a U. S, Representitive's
office in Washington and regarded it as a wonderful experience. She intends to
work in government after graduation and said that our $2,000 paid her rent in
Washington. Although she worked evenings as a hostess in a restaurant, she said
that she could not have accepted her internship without our financial support
and was most grateful.
Jason, a history major, worked for the National Park Service
at Gettysburg, PA where he developed several exhibits for the forthcoming new
Battle of Gettysburg Museum. He, too, believed that his experience was
meaningful and that he could not have
accepted the internship without our support. He expressed his warmest thanks.
Incidentally, he is a member of the Army ROTC at Dartmouth (one of only four
students) and will be commissioned upon graduation.
Pete McSpadden reported that internship sponsors such as
ourselves were being requested to increase their support to $3,000 per student.
This will mean a cost to the Class of $12,000 per annum and support at that
level was approved unanimously.
Roger Pierce, Treasurer, presented his report which
established that Class Dues are being paid by 387 classmates and/or widows.
This represents 67% of living classmates which is the highest percentage of
dues payers of any class except for the reuning Class of '54. The Class has a
bank cash balance of $12,063. For the forthcoming year, and into the future,
the College is supporting the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine financially at a level
which will now result in our Class saving approximately $10 per subscription
(Note; each Dartmouth class pays for its own classmates' subscriptions) which
will net out to about $5,500 annually. In view of this windfall and the fact
that the Class is already financially sound, the Committee decided not to
increase the Class dues level.
The Committee
recieved a message of greeting from Alan Reich who is now back at his home from
a five month hospital stay following a prolonged period of recovery from
pneumonia. The Committee went on record as returning Alan's greeting with
heartfelt thanks for his recovery.
Pete McSpadden reviewed the Class activities for
the year 2005 and advised that at least ten well-attended mini-reunions,
luncheons, etc have been or will be held during the year. This is significant.
For next year a major class event centering about a visit to Philadelphia is
being planned for April 27-30.
The Class's 55th
Reunion to be held in 2007 was discussed at length. A suggestion has been made
that the Runion should be held in the Fall of 2007 rather than in the Spring.
Consideration will be given to this although the Committee was generally in
favor of the traditional June time frame. Pete McSpadden advised that he will
soon be announcing the name of our Reunion Chairman for the 55th.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:35 PM.
Dick Watt, Secretary
P.S. Bill Mongomery
and Roger Pierce were also present at this meeting.