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August  2007
www.alum.dartmouth.org/classes/54/
PGBarker54@aol.com                    (203) 661-7611 

             WE HAD A TERRIFIC YEAR!

From President JAY DAVIS:

           "At the close of the College's fiscal year - June 30th - two reports are produced by each class:  the results of their Dartmouth College Fund (DCF) campaign and their Class Activity Report (CAR). These reports indicate the vitality of a class and, in both categories; I believe we've had an outstanding year.

           "For post-50th reunion classes, the primary objective is to keep all forms of communication and 'connectivity' in high gear. In preparing this year's CAR, I was able to report more mini-reunions this year versus last year (9 vs. 8), our usual five lengthy, very readable newsletters, averaging ten pages and mentioning some 75 Classmates in each issue, one of the most 'hit' websites among all class websites and Class Notes in the Alumni Magazine that kept us and our friends in surrounding classes informed of our activities.

           "Two new Mini reunions this year were special for their geographic locations: Seattle/Vancouver for the Northwest Mini and New Orleans for our fabulous 75th Birthday party. Our overseas travel group rested this year, but will once again hit the high seas next year. And, of course, there were the usual heavily attended Northeast get-togethers.

           "Additionally, and very importantly, we continued our four Special Projects involving the Dickey Center, Rockefeller Center, Tucker Foundation and the Athletic Sponsorship Program.

           "Our DCF goal this year was $260,000. Our final number was $331,525, a Class record for a non-reunion year! And we nailed the targeted 75% participation, another Class record for a non-reunion year. Every contributor was  crucial and many  of you dug more deeply to get us over the top.       

           "To all Class Officers and volunteers who made these outstanding reports possible, congratulations! Here's to an equally good year ending in June of 2008!

            All best, and be well."
                                                                                    Jay

                        Since the events and accomplishments reported in Jay's letter are generally the basis for newsletter hyperbole, I thought that I would expand on two of the items he mentioned: The 75th Birthday Party and the current state of our special Class projects.

Seventy-five Years Old!

            The birthday report from organizer STEVE MULLINS belies my third-hand comments in a previous newsletter:

           "The opening reception was held in lovely weather outside the pool at the Bourbon Orleans Hotel in the heart of the French Quarter. The following morning, a three-hour tour of the City by bus was a real eye-opener, as we not only visited the familiar sights, but saw close-up the devastation of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. The three-hour afternoon visit to the D-Day/World War II Museum was not nearly long enough to take in the vast array of exhibits on the seminal event of our lives. The jazz cruise on the Steamboat Natchez that evening was relaxing and a chance to  continue our conversations of the day. Saturday morning, our bayou and swamp tour was fascinating. I estimate that we saw at least a dozen alligators. Our 75th Birthday banquet that evening was splendid in a private room overlooking Jackson Square, complete with birthday cake and a half hour of ditties by our own MEAD METCALF. A sumptuous Sunday Breakfast at Brennan's completed the reunion. Through the entire weekend, when there was time to spare, we wandered the French Quarter Festival, Hurricanes in hand, stopping to listen to a jazz band playing at every corner. Everyone who attended indicated that they had had a marvelous time.

           "Specific memories: HUGH NOLIN getting lost in the D-Day Museum and our search for him after it closed; at Pat O'Brien's, after the Jazz Cruise, sipping Hurricanes, CAROL COFFIN and DANA LOW being whisked from their seats by a young couple to dance with them; DOROTHY GOLDSTEIN excitedly throwing marshmallows to the alligators during the swamp tour; jazz fan WALT ANDERSON wandering the streets at all hours to soak up as much jazz as possible; MEAD METCALF claiming that he was nervous performing at the birthday banquet because he could 'see the audience'".

            After penning the above, STEVE took off for France and England on"Toby Jug business." He's like a shark - has to keep moving to keep things interesting.

Class Projects - Better Every Year!          

From a simple response to requests for support of student internships years ago, the Class has refined its participation in these worthy pursuits and lately, has gained impressive momentum. For the year ended this June 30, we contributed the following amounts to four projects:

                    For the coming year, the committee has been expanded from PETER KENYON and DICK TROWBRIDGE to include Ambassador JON MOORE, Dr. DAN McCARTHY  and Class leader JAY DAVIS.  This august group has unanimously agreed to class up our efforts with two declarative changes:

            1. Increase the Rockefeller Center support from a financial contribution to their Civic Skills Training program to direct support of a Rockefeller
                International intern, and

            2. All international interns are to be named each year for a deceased Classmate, with the name of each internship changing each year.

            These upgrades and the suggested names have been circulated to the Class Executive Committee and have received rave reviews. The interns will be :

    When you receive the Class dues notice from ALEC GRAY, refer back in your memory to the above and consider not only the benefit to the selected undergraduates, but also the impact these young people will have on the future.  Think deeply about increasing your portion of the Class support beyond what is recommended. By increasing our Rockefeller Center contribution by $1000, we can now name the internship.

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            In 1917, three friends founded the Trinity Bag & Paper Company and headquartered it in an 1892 New York City building. The trio muddled along for  a half-century, turning out paper bags and sacks.  Then, in 1957, a mustered-out Army lieutenant named JOHN FREUND appeared on the scene.  Doing it the right way, John learned the business from the ground up, warehouse-loading rail cars and trucks with his Tuck MBA in his back pocket.  The company gathered momentum and, after moving its headquarters to Fifth Avenue in New York City, proceeded to open plants, then close them for larger ones over the next decades in  New Jersey, Florida, Illinois, Texas, Arkansas and Virginia. In 1975, the company was sold to Rockefeller Center, Inc. In 1976, John, who was the son-in-law of a founder's son-in-law, was named President and Chief Executive Officer (putting him in his early 40s).  Trinity added plastic containers to its product lines, then, in 1983, John, with Goldman Sachs and a few other investors, bought back the company from Rock Center (the Tuck MBA paid off). Over the next years to the present, all manner of plants were built (including locations in China) and the company was sold to Stone Container. Once again, John jumped in with financial acumen and bought out the plastics operations. Modern technology brought with it things like"10-color U. V. printing", etc. Peter Freund '98 joined Trinity in 1998, the fourth generation in the company. John completed 50 years with Trinity this year as the company turned 90. A nice anniversary touch was a tote bag for the 90th fashioned after the Gillespie-designed bag for our 25th, which I'm sure many of us still use.  A truly gratifying story of a half-century of success in a highly competitive business.  As Chairman and CEO and living in the neighborhood of the company's headquarters in Armonk, NY, John has the enviable situation of never having to stop!

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            A most spirited Greencard from TED HARTSHORN in Batesville, Indiana:"This is a rare message! Life is a tad slow in conservative, rural, southern Indiana. GINNY and I take a big trip occasionally to escape! Also, do some wintering in the sunny climes of Tucson, Arizona. Recently ran the Indy 500 Half Marathon, ably assisted by a very kind lady guide runner who helped me with my severe eyesight problems. Wondering how I finished in the '75 and blind' category. A big 'Hi' to MIKE PAPANTONES and a message; Rumor has it that the beaches of Acapulco are ready for a return visit!" The card warranted a phone call, so I rung Ted up. There were 35,000 runners in the half marathon - a daunting competition even with perfect sight. Turns out that his lady helper was his prep nurse for his last eye surgery. She and Ted both held ends of a tether, giving him a sense of direction and pace. Ted's glaucoma is genetically inherited and his diagnosis was made when he was only 30. 32 surgeries later, the man is not ready to slow down.

            While passing through Las Vegas, BILL PIERCE dropped in on HUGH and PHYLLIS ROBERTS for a short visit. This is a landmark in the history of the Class of 1954! A Classmate actually exercised the option to"drop by if you're in the neighborhood!" Hugh claims that Bill has credible evidence that, while at Boston Latin School and applying for scholarships, he calculated the cost of his first year at Dartmouth to be $1,700 (all inclusive.) Prior to Bill's visit, Dr. JAY and FLEUR CHANDLER  stopped in on the Roberts and were given the high-priced tour - Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.  Over dinner, discussion of the diverse aspects of the 53 post-graduation years for the two couples stretched well into the evening.

                                                                                                                                        Courtesy :J. Chandler
Fleur and Jay Chandler and Phyllis and Hugh Roberts at Red Rock Canyon

            At a recent acting gig with 300 other extras (the new Indiana Jones flick), a young actress told me that she considered herself a"Luddite" for not having or using a computer.  I attempted to describe JOE MESICS and his exact same words, but lost her in the multi-decade gap between our ages. Joe sent me a 3x5 card titled"Why Joe Does Not Own A PC". It contains the following: 1. Trade quality for speed, 2. Like TV, becomes addictive, 3. Promotes"dumbing down", 4. Isolates people, 5. Damages children, 6. Looks ugly, 7. Manipulates people, 8. Reduces productivity, 9. Are rude, 10. Becomes landfill. Rebuttals?

            In his 1979 submission to"Reflections", Dr. TOM"TQ" KONG wrote:"In the last year, I have been writing a book about my family. Both my parents died within the last three years  and they left documentation of our family dating back to 1878 when they first came to California. This summer, we were in Hawaii and I was able to trace the small house where my father, Walter - Class of '29, was born. Tracing our family background has opened a new field of interest. History has now taken on a personal meaning and I am enjoying it very much." Many of us '54s are amateur genealogists and take pride in tracing our heritages, but we are content to merely make charts and lists of names, dates, places and relationships. TQ took it to the nth degree and, after 20 years of work, produced an historical biographical novel, finishing it shortly before his death from acute leukemia in 1999. PATTIE picked up the ball and, working with Tom's editor, plowed through the frustrating tasks involved in finally bringing the book into published form."Tian Ming: Destiny" came into being earlier this year and it is a fascinating read.  Here are a few paragraphs from the press release:"This epic historical novel is based on actual events and real people. Many of the characters are patterned after the Chinese American members of the author's own family who contributed to the development of California and the West.

             "After author Tom Kong's mother died in 1977, he discovered the diaries of his great grandfather, Ah Quin. Born in China on December 5, 1848, Ah Quin arrived in California in 1868 and spent his first six years in San Francisco's Chinatown. Moving to Santa Barbara in 1873, he later signed on as a cook for a coal-mining company in Alaska and that same year (1877), began his first diary. Ah Quin continued his diaries for the next 25 years, writing at length about his business experiences and his personal life. Unknown to anyone in the family, Kong's mother had kept these written records in a brown grocery bag in the back of her bedroom closet for decades.

           "It was rare for a Chinese immigrant of the 19th century to keep a diary. Even more remarkable was the fact that he wrote all of his diaries in English. As a child, he was taught English at an American missionary school in Canton before he came to  America. Ah Quin later became a successful entrepreneur and a community leader in San Diego. Because of his bilingual ability, he was frequently involved in arbitration negotiations between the Chinese and the white establishment.

           "Fascinated by the riveting narrative and historical significance of the diaries, Tom Kong interviewed aunts and uncles and began to get a clear picture of the trials, struggles and triumphs of the new Americans. Along with his extensive research into the history of the people and events of the era, the author has woven these stories into a spellbinding saga of four generations of Chinese Americans from the mid 1800s to the second half of the 20th century."

            Personally, after reading the first few chapters, I put  "Tian Ming: Destiny" at the top of my summer reading list. TQ poured his imagination and his gift for writing into an intriguing story that is made even more intriguing when you consider that fact that a '54 did it! In the latter parts of the book. Tom's character (Allan) matriculates at his father's school, Dartmouth, and joins the Chi Phi fraternity. We may  not remember the level of prejudice that existed back then, but they come to the fore. TQ's best friend, DICK TROWBRIDGE  shows up as Dick Outerbridge ("Ott") and the descriptions of that time of our lives are right on.  I'll stop here only to suggest that you read this phenomenal piece of work.  The book, some 536 pages, can be obtained through Pattie Kong-Slater at YuTingPublishing@roadrunner.com or ordered by mail at YuTingPublishing, PO Box 5207, Ventura, CA 93005-5207. The cover price is $28.00. Pattie's telephone number is (805) 644-4016.

                                                            TQ - from the book jacket    

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The trustee election is over - Mr. Smith Goes to Hanover

            I don't know 'bout you, but ..................

            Rather than hash over the myriad opinions, pronouncements and factoids which have inundated our various means for receiving communications, I thought that I would proffer a few personal notes.

             When I chaired the Alumni Trustee Nominating Committee of the Alumni Council in 1989-1990, we nominated the last single candidate for an open seat - DICK PAGE. The year before, the second petition candidate in the college's history, Wid Washburn '48, lost in a head-to-head contest with Bob Danziger '56 for Danziger's second 5-year term. After Dick's election, it was determined that the process should be changed to require three Council nominees for each open seat. My superb 10-person committee was unanimous in opposing this change, but other forces were at work. It then became my lot to develop and implement the current"approval" voting system. Now, in retrospect, as in the well-known case of Doctor Frankenstein, I can declare that my creation is flawed! Only 28% of total alumni voted. Stephen Smith received 9984 votes - 15% of the alumni and 30% of the total votes cast. The Alumni Council should return to the single candidate system and have one-to-one contests as was won by petition candidate JOHN STEEL when he made history!

            The Board of Trustees has formed a Governance Committee for the purpose of studying the broader questions of Board size, composition and method of selection. They have requested comments from all alumni and you may chime in at http://www.dartmouth.edu/governancefeedback. You will be hearing more about this effort directly, so if you have things you want to get off your chest or which  you feel could be helpful, send comments.

            Meanwhile, a couple of thousand bright, motivated young people are still learning about Economics, English, History, Mathematics, Philosophy, etc. and thoroughly enjoying the experience in a beautiful place.

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Speaking of Dartmouth, here are some recent variegated one-liners:

            -the first triplets ever at Dartmouth (three young women) graduated

            -an anonymous donor put up $500,000 for the SEAVER PETERS study lounge in the new Floren Varsity
                         house

            -Dartmouth feted the computing history-making student"sysprogs" - undergraduates who built the
                         Dartmouth time-sharing system under the tutelage of Professors Kemeny and Kurtz ..."go invent it!"

            -the Class of 2007 had an 80% participation rate in the senior class gift

            -the Dartmouth Cords (male a cappella group known for wearing  corduroys) sang the national anthem at
                         Fenway Park

            -the college's championship ski teams visited the White House and got to  kick it around with Dubya

            -Secretary of the Treasury Hank Paulson '68, speaking at graduation:"Go make a difference! And have a
                          lot of fun along the way!"

            -Willie Mays was given an honorary degree

            -former Surgeon General Dr."Chick" Koop '37 testified, as did others, that there were political pressures
                         exerted upon him relative to public pronouncements (which he ignored).

            -Dartmouth President Jim Wright has been named a"New Englander of the Year" by the New England
                         Council, recognizing his leadership in higher education and his educational counseling for the U.S.
                         veterans  returning from service in Iraq and Afghanistan

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Greencards:

            -from TOM TYLER:"Became Florida residents in January, but maintain a  summer home near Notre Dame campus in Granger, Indiana. All is well except for typical old age health problems. Still skiing with JAY DAVIS and the '54 crew."

            -JIM BOWERS writes:"My wife, JYTTE and I have been doing some writing since our retirement as members of the Bear Lodge Writers. She specializes in memoirs, I in short fiction. Further information on published writing is on www.bearlodgewriters.com. We also provide camping areas for motorcyclists attending the Sturgis Rally in August."

            -after the 75th birthday party in New Orleans, BOB  and PATTY OSMOND"headed west and, while at Indian Wells, hooked up with TED and SANDI NOVASCONE and STU and SANDY ROTH. Had dinner together at Arnold Palmer's restaurant in La Quinta. A wonderful time!"

            A multiple Gillespie Award was composed and presented, along with the framed photo of the '54 flag, to RON DOUGHERTY, ALEC GRAY, and BILL and DOT GARLAND:

GILLESPIE AWARD     

RON, ALEC, BILL and DOT, THE CLASS OF 1954 THRIVES ON HAVING A GOOD TIME IN THE COMPANY OF EACH OTHER. WHEN THE PARTICULAR GOOD TIME REVOLVES AROUND GOLF AND TENNIS, BLENDED WITH ENTICING SOCIAL ACTIVITIES, THE COMPLEXITY OF MEETING THE CLASS'S"FUN" STANDARDS INCREASES MEASURABLY. YOU FOUR MET THE CHALLENGE SUPERBLY IN TAMPA IN APRIL 2007 AND RAISED THE BAR FOR NEXT YEAR.

            RON, YOUR EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND IN SPORTS MANAGEMENT ND YOUR FINELY HONED SKILLS IN DEALING WITH DEMANDING ATHLETES LED TO GOLFING EXPERIENCES ACCLAIMED BY ALL. YOU CAPPED IT NICELY WITH YOUR INTIMATE NFL CONTACTS FOR INSIDE LOOKS AT TRAINING FACILITIES AND EVEN A RESTAURANT.

            ALEC, DEVELOPING JUST THE RIGHT FORMAT FOR THE AGES AND SKILLS OF THE TENNIS PLAYERS PRODUCED LIVELY COMPETITION AND PRIDE AMONG BOTH THE WINNERS AND THE LOSERS.

            BILL and DOT, YOUR FLORIDIAN HOME BASE AND YOUR FINE JUDGMENTS RELATIVE TO DINING AND SCHMOOZING MADE THE NON-ATHLETIC PORTIONS OF THE EVENT PERFECT ENHANCEMENTS TO A '54 GATHERING WHICH WILL LINGER LONG IN MEMORY.       

            A GRATEFUL CLASS OF 1954 PRESENTS EACH OF YOU WITH A GILLESPIE AWARD!

Future Gatherings           

For your datebooks:

             -Homecoming weekend is October 19-21, the Columbia game

               -Class meeting at 2:30 on Friday, followed by cocktails/nibbles at Thayer and the Dartmouth Night
                             parade

               -Saturday lunch at Rock Center with complimentary Bloodies

               -Game at 12:30

               -Cocktails/dinner in the Hanover Inn

               -$75 a head covers the lunch and dinner and open bars at two events
                            details and sign-up forms will be in the mail

               -Lots going on campus:

                        -9 am huddle with Coach Buddy Teevens on Dartmouth football

                        -10 am chalk talk in 105 Dartmouth Hall on"Love in 18th Century France as Seen through Literary
                                      Masterpieces" presented by the always entertaining Professor John Rassias

            -Boston Holiday Luncheon - December 5 at Weston Golf Club

            -New York Holiday Luncheon - December 6 at Yale Club

            -New York Yale Club monthly luncheons restart on September 6 and following first Thursdays of the month

            -our 55th reunion is scheduled for June 15-17, 2009

                QUESTION: Would you be interested in a post-reunion gathering at a"driving distance"
                            resort in New Hampshire/Vermont, ala the similar event at the 50th? Let us know by
                            Greencard.

            This year's MILTON SIMS KRAMER GROUP AWARD was presented to the Gay Straight Alliance. $1,500 will be credited to the group's account to help defray organizational expenses. The core mission of the Alliance is to:
            -Serve as a bridge between the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and straight communities at the College.

 -Provide a constructive forum where members of the community express themselves without binding claim to
              sexual or affectational orientation.

            -Work together in order to increase understanding and acceptance of gay, lesbian, bisexual and
                          transgender individuals in society.

Jocks

            -DALT DULAC  is in training for next year's International Cross-Country Championships.

            -SUELLA STEEL won her first National Grass Court age 65 singles championship at the Germantown Cricket Club, Philadelphia, then followed it with the doubles championship.

            -Listed after Senator Ted Kennedy's racing yacht in the May Figawi sailing race was"Tumbleweed - GEORGE SHAW, Denver CO".

            -Editor PETE BARKER has been winning a lot of gold at Masters track meets this summer, due primarily to minimal competition. How many 74-year-old shotputters do you know?

More Greencards:

            -from DAVE DYCHE:"With all due respect to my Classmates on the field, another voice on the 'Kazmeier Affair'. I, too, was a DCAC heeler on the sidelines at the '51 Princeton game and was standing close to where it happened, The Dartmouth tackler was Don Myers '52 who knocked  Kazmier off the field. Princeton fans claimed he hit him after he crossed  the sideline, but not true! Myers tackled him and forced him off the                   field." Editor's note - knowing that Kazmier's backfield buddy, Dick  Pivorotto, lived a few blocks from me in Greenwich, CT, I left a message for him on his answering machine. When his wife called back and told  me that Mr. Pivorotto had passed away, I decided that it was time to put this  event from our college history to bed. So endeth the saga.

            -WES DINGMAN writes:"My wife and I were among the unlucky 1500+ people on the 'Sea Diamond' Greek cruise ship when it struck rocks and sank in the Aegean Sea April 6th (but not as unlucky as a Frenchman and his daughter who were lost, as was everyone's luggage.) The accident was             without explanation, occurring as it did at 4:00 pm on a sunny day in calm seas with the shallow rocks along the shore clearly visible (and way off the normal channel).

            -A University of California citation:"The 2007 Constantine Panunzio Distinguished Emeriti Award honoring emeriti professors in the UC system has been awarded to ROBERT O. COLLINS, professor emeritus of history at UC Santa Barbara, A recognized world authority on Africa and, in particular, the Sudan and the Nile River, not only to the scholarly world of historians, but also to governments near and abroad, to national            and international news media, and to the cultural milieu of film and television. Since he retired in 1994, Dr. Collins has published 15 books, diverse in subject, immaculate in scholarship and elegant in style', position papers for the Department of State, the National Security  Council and the Central Intelligence Agency where he is a frequent consultant and adviser on Sudan affairs, terrorism and the crisis in Darfur  and historical consultant for the Oscar-winning film, The English Patient, in 1996, the History Channel's, Dr. Livingstone, I Presume,  the BBC four-part series, The Peoples of the Nile, which appears in IMAX theaters. Professor of History Patricia Cline Cohen, who nominated him for that honor, says,'When we all dream of retiring, Professor Collins is the model many of us would wish to follow. In reality, hardly any of us will be able to pull it off. Bob does, with grace, good cheer and a justified    sense that his scholarship matters'".

            -From RALPH DESTINO:"After retiring from Cartier two years ago and after operating a consultancy business for 18 months, I have recently 'un-retired' to become Chairman/CEO of the Gemological Institute of American (G.I.A.). GIA, a public-benefit 501(c)3 corporation, has four parts: it is, first of all, an educational institution (13,000 gemology students annually in ten countries around the world); secondly, it is a diamond grading lab (700 graders viewing more than one million diamonds a year); thirdly, it is the world's most significant gemologic research center (sharing and publishing its findings for the benefit of the entire gem industry); and finally, it is a maker/distributor of gemologic instruments (microscopes, for example). GIA, which invented the '4 C's' grading system for diamonds many years ago, recently celebrated its 75th anniversary and its certificates have long been considered the 'gold standard' in diamond grading everywhere in the world. Few consumers would purchase a diamond today without a GIA report accompanying the stone. Our headquarters are in Carlsbad, CA and I find myself crisscrossing the country between our New York offices and Carlsbad. The job has led me to travel to such diamond centers as Botswana, South Africa, Tel Aviv, Mumbai, Antwerp, Amsterdam and, soon, China. Bottom line - my 'retirement' didn't last very long."

            CHARLIE MORRISON ran into SABE and KAREN ABELL at a Harbour Ridge luncheon featuring Jim Wright."He seems to be enjoying his foray into the world of politics in Vero Beach where he's a City Councilor and Vice Mayor."

            BOB JEFFREY in Florida:"This week, station HGTV features made-over old buildings and the first segment is son Bob and the loft apartments the family did in Saint Pete. If you look closely, you'll catch all of us. Also, what appears to be a rat scurrying across the floor is Bob's faithful dog Frannie. If you watch it, you'll see how we have been spending our time."

            DAN McCARTHY is over-busy:"Returned last night from a week's conference in Vienna at the University of Vienna - 95% European attendees, which is what I enjoy the most. Before that, a three-day conference in New York at Baruch and a two-day Northeastern/Wharton conference at NU in Boston. Delivered papers at all three venues. Russia is a hot topic at the moment. Off to Orlando Saturday with my entire family for a week .... should be fun."     

                                                             IN MEMORIAM
                                               COLBURN MARTIN ADDISON

            Cobe left us on May 30, succumbing to both lung cancer and a stroke.  He had had a comfortable remission after chemo and radiation therapy which happily  allowed him and SYBIL some opportunity to pursue their favorite hobby, traveling, and which compelled him to declare  Buenos Aires as the best place he had ever visited.

            A native of Bexley, Ohio (where he met Sybil in the second grade), Cobe's arrival on campus was livened by being assigned to Hitchcock Hall where fifteen '54s lived on the fourth floor and represented a full range of the spirit which which would underlay our great Class.  His contributions to wit and wisdom of the group are semi-legendary.  As an active member of Psi U, he was dubbed"Shadow" by JIM ADAMS and it stuck. He carried his History major into the Air Force where he served as a navigator and mustered out with the rank of captain.  At some point in this time, he re-hooked up with Sybil and the vibes from second grade led them into marriage and a life filled with love. With a JD from the University of Michigan, a return to Bexley (suburb of Columbus) and partnership in a local law firm set the pattern for his professional life. The family stayed close to home and their son and three daughters brought forth five grandchildren, including triplets. Cobe retired in 1989 and he and Sybil traveled the world, tasting a variety of cultures and experiences.

            At Dartmouth, Cobe worked with FENN SHRADER as the business manager of The Aegis and managed to get a fine photo of himself into the book, sitting businesslike at his desk. As an alumnus , he served on our CFD Leadership Committee in 1982, as a Class Agent and a member of the Class Executive Committee. He and Sybil attended our big reunions and at the 50th, he delighted in recounting the following story passed on by NED JARRETT:"He was preening himself in front of his mirror in preparation for his Green Key date (Sybil) and he reached into his top drawer only to find the dead crow I had placed there. Then came screams, followed by 'G. D. you, Bosley - get that thing out of here!' Obviously, I was hanging around to enjoy the anticipated response. Wonderful! He remembered every bit of it at our 50th."

            Since I would imagine that most of us would prefer great stories about the old days to soften the sadness, let me pass on the following from Jim Adams:"A journey I took in the summer of 1952 with Cobe and BILL MAYBERRY may have been the most memorable trip of my life. In early  June, we boarded a Dutch freighter in Montreal and, ten days later, docked in Le Havre, France. After consuming enough vin ordinaire in Paris to dim our eyesight, we took a train to Rotterdam and at an auto auction, purchased a 1939 Nash with a rumble seat and top speed of 45 mph. This car, 'The Grey Continental', took us to Pamplona where we ran before the bulls and acquired no lasting scars. On the French Riviera, we experienced lasting joy in viewing our first 'bikinis'. It was hard to leave, but we made our way from Northern to Southern Italy, eating only pizza to conserve funds. On the Island of Capri, we managed to get in the same exclusive pool with King Farouk, his comic books and six lovely companions.  It was truly a wonderful trip and a better traveling companion than Shadow Addison could not be found, due to his off beat take on life and dry sense of humor."

            Memorial contributions may be made in Cobe's name to the Columbus Museum of Art, 480 East Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215.

            A memorial book will be placed in Baker Library in Cobe's name.  Many thanks to the large number of Classmates who contributed to this remembrance.

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                                                                                                                                                Courtesy:  J. Moran
Patriarch John Crowe proudly presides over   
three generations of Dartmouth Graduates:
Andy '85, Laura '08, John '54, Jeff '78, Katherine '10, Bob, '81