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we would greatly appreciate it if you would
let us know."
Men: Joseph Motycka
, Folly Farm
Coventry, Conn.
Edmund A. Perregaux retired in March
as executive director of Connecticut Milk
for Health, a position held since 1956. This
is not Perry's first retirement because in
1955 he retired as head of the Agricultural
Economics and Farm Management Department
of the University of Connecticut,
where his specialties were marketing and
cooperatives. From 1950-53 he worked
with the French government under the
US government's Marshall Plan as chief of
the food and agricultural division, and was
awarded the Badge of Merit by the French
for his outstanding work. Later a similar
assignment under the International Cooperation
Administration took him to Laos
where he played an important part in developing
that country's agricultural output.
His most recent honor came in April when
he was cited by the University of Connecticut
chapter of the American Dairy Science
Assn. for his contribution to the state's
dairy industry.
Another retiree is George S. Dunham
who on April 1 retired as a director and
senior vice president of Socony Mobil Oil
Co. after 38 years with the company.
Shorty, as he is better known to us, the
mob, is an authority on refinery design and
could furnish an interesting statistic if he
were to calculate the size of a lake which
could be formed by all of the gasoline made
under his direction. In 1953 he was named
director in charge of manufacturing; in
1959 he became executive vice president
of Mobil International Oil Co., with Far
East responsibilities; and the following year,
when he was named senior vice president,
he took charge of supply and transportation
for Socony Mobil.
He is also president of the board of governors
of Muhlenberg Hospital. The Dunhams
live at 935 Charlotte Rd., Plainfield,
N.J. Don't look for them there, come summer.
They have a hideout somewhere in
Maine. I think it's a town called Castine.
Investment counselor Wiley N. Caldwell
died March 24, leaving his wife Jean of
611 N. Walden Dr., Beverly Hills, Calif.
He was active in civic and church affairs.
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Men: John J. Cole
110 Mountain Grove St.
Bridgeport 5, Conn.
R. G. (Tom) Watt still lives in Hawaii.
He sends his regrets on the Reunion in
June, but reports spending considerable
time during the last two years in Peru, Argentina,
Uruguay, and Brazil. He finds a
lot of Cornellians in those parts of the
world. Sorry you will not be with us, Tom.
Willis Wing is leading a double life these
days. He spends the first three nights of the
week in New York watching over his business
as author's representative, and the
other four at home in the country at Falls
Village, Conn. His biggest worry: "Is that
pair of gloves really missing or is it in the
other place?"
Philo D. Clark retired from the Army on
March 31. His new moniker is Major Philo
D. Clark (Ret.) Now that he has shed the
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Army trappings, he and Mrs. Clark are
planning to be on hand for our 40th Reunion.
Dr. Lyman Burnham is still practicing
medicine in Englewood, N.J. All you sufferers
from arthritis and sore muscles might
take a few hints from Lymie and his wife
who do fancy ice skating twice a week most
of the year.
George Harmon Coxe has done it again
with the publication of another mystery
story, The Hidden Key. He has been doing
writing for years, but finally the accolade
of fame has reached its mark. A recent advertisement
of his new book refers to
George as "the dean of mystery writers."
After all these years of just plain George,
we willingly accede to the new moniker,
Dean George. We bow to his eminence.
Thomas A. (Tom) Brown and his wife
report some real globe trotting last summer
on a trip to Europe and the Near East. The
points covered sound like an index to an
atlas, including such places as Rome, Cairo,
Beirut, Syria, the Jordan River, Garden of
Gethsemane, Bethlehem, and the more familiar
places such as Venice, Milan, Interlaken,
Geneva, Paris, Versailles, and London.
Tom reports a very happy trip, and
your correspondent has failed to find any
other points of interest that might have
been added to this comprehensive itinerary.
The Browns are planning to be in Ithaca
in June.
A few weeks ago, the class dinner at the
Cornell Club in New York was attended by
Al Joyce, Jim Luther, John Nesbett, Bill
Speakman, Jimmy Smyth, Matty Mattison,
Bill Schreyer, Frank Stratford, Isaac Cohen,
Dave Jacobson, Mac Fleischman, Fred
Guldi, George Reilly, George Flint, Tom
Potts, Dave Merksamer, Wade Duley, John
Cole, Sol Perlman, Charlie Worthington,
Murray Johnson, Ken Fitts, Roland Maier,
Chan Liu, Buck Evans, Milton Weiss,
George Holbrook, Frank Wood, Wy Weiss,
Hy Brandman, Sam Gooen, Lou Weiner
and Charlie Brayton. All had a good time
and were completely briefed on Reunion details
by Jim Luther. Tom Stirling '25 attended
as the guest of Bill Speakman to
learn how a Reunion should really be run.
It seems only yesterday that we were
warning you that Reunion was only 18
months away. As you read this, only a few
days will be left before you begin to pack
the bag for the trek to Ithaca and our big
40th Reunion. The committee has worked
hard, and the prospects look good for everyone
to have a good time according to his
own taste. We'll look for you west of the
library tower.
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Women: Mary Snyder Foscue
7 Knolls Lane
Manhasset, N.Y.
Frances Talbot Pratt writes that since
the death of her husband in 1961 she has
made her home with a daughter in Dixon,
111., at 317 Steele Ave. Her doctor has prescribed
a quiet life and we shall miss her
at Reunion. Reading, writing, sewing occupy
her time, and her grandmother bracelet
sports 14 charms!
Olga Rockow Kahn has retired from
teaching and lives at 230 Jay St., Brooklyn
1. Her family numbers two children and a
grandchild.
We are pleased to hear from another
author in our class, Sarah Fox Adler. Her
book, Tasty Adventures in Science, by Sally
Fox, has just been published by Lantern
Press. She and her husband, Samuel M.
Adler, well-known American artist, live at
45 Christopher St., New York 14.
It has been wonderful to hear from so
many classmates. The Reunion committee
and your correspondent look forward to
seeing many of you back on the campus
very soon.
Silas W. Pickering II
1111 Park Avenue
'24Men:
New York 28, N.Y.
Correspondent Pickering, who was unable
to attend the class dinner, asked Duncan
B. Williams to make a report, which
follows:
The annual dinner of the class was held
at the new Cornell Club of New York on
Friday, April 26. This year, for the first
time, something new was added—the distaff
side of the class! The ladies, bless them,
contributed greatly to the success of this
affair which set an all-time attendance
record of 84. The gals will be a permanent
part of class dinners henceforth, rest assured.
This undertaking, of no mean proportions,
was ably handled by Chairman Fred
Brokaw and Co-chairman Helen (Nicky)
Nichols von Storch, wife of Searle '23.
Husands and wives of class members were
invited, along with single gals of '24. Chick
Norris was his usual entertaining self as
toastmaster, aided and abetted musically
by Carl Schraubstader. The door prize, a
weekend for two at the Statler Inn on the
campus, was won by Francis J. Quillinan.
Highlight of the evening was a talk by
the editor of the CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS,
John Marcham '50. He reported on the
physical changes which have taken place
on campus since our days in Ithaca and
illustrated his points with black-and-white
and colored slides—the latter made from
photographs John himself took this spring.
The list of those attending this dinner is
much too long to be included here. Needless
to say, a thoroughly good time was had by
all.
'26 BS—Helen Bull Vandervort, wife of
John '23, 215 Mitchell St., Ithaca, has been
named chairman of her city's Republican
Committee. She had been chairman of the
city committee once before, has been a
Republican committeeman for 11 years, is
a past president of the Ithaca Women's
Republican Club, and has been a delegate
to Republican state conventions. Since
1959 she has been director of the Women's
Division of the New York State Exposition
(Syracuse State Fair).
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Men: D. Harvey Krouse
Alumni Office, Day Hall
Ithaca, N.Y.
In February Harold M. Catlin was
chosen Realtor of the Month by the Greater
Springfield (Mass.) Board of Realtors.
Harold heads up the Pioneer Valley Real
Estate which he and his wife established in
1953 in Longmeadow.
At a retirement dinner given by his many
Spokane friends and fellow employees,
Brenton W. Jennings concluded an association
with the American Oil Co. begun in
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