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three sons, Richard W., a student at La Salle College, Philadelphia, John G., a midshipman at the Naval Academy, and Orrin, 3d, at home; two daughters, Mrs. Lewis C. Hollee of Abilene, Texas, and Mrs. Frank Corsino of Old Lyme; two sisters, Miss Helene Champlain of New York City and Mrs. LeRoy Chevers of Weston, Mass.; and four grandchildren. 

John Morton Gundry, Jr., Course XV, died in New York City on May 16, 1961.... Professor Edward Robinson Schwarz, Professor of Textile Technology at M.I.T. and a Fellow of the Textile Institute, died at his summer home in Ocean Park, Maine, on July 27, 1961. A graduate in Course II and a member of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Technology since 1922, he was born in Lawrence, Mass., on March 4, 1899. He made his home in Melrose, Mass. He is survived by a son, Edward H., of Lawrence, Mass., and two daughters, Mrs. Robert W. Perkins, Sr., Ypsilanti, Mich., and Mrs. Kenneth E. Cox of Ocean Park, Mass.

Happy Thanksgiving. Drop a note to your secretaries and share your good cheer with the Class. - Carole A. Clarke, Secretary, International Electric Corporation, Route 17 and Garden State Parkway, Paramus, N. J.; Edwin T. Steffian, Assistant Secretary, Larsen, Steffian, Bradley and Hibbard, 711 Boylston Street, Boston 16, Mass.

'22 
After a "long summer's nap" it is good to get back to the famous Class of '22 by reviewing the summer's activities in September for the November issue. Buffalo is still 75 degrees and sunny while our classmates in Houston are recovering from storm Carla. In June our president, Parke Appel and Madeline held their annual cocktail party on Old Farm Road in Dover with the usual hilarious and satisfying results. In attendance were Mr. and Mrs. C. Hall Baker, Mr. and Mrs. C. Yardley Chittick, Fred N. Dillon, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Warren T. Ferguson, Mr. and Mrs. Morris H. Gens, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Goodnow, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar H. Horovitz, Abbott L. Johnson, Professor and Mrs. J. H. Keenan, Mr. and Mrs. C. Randolph Myer, Fearing Pratt, E. A. Terkelson, Mr. and Mrs. Wilfrid M. Thompson, Robert Tonon, and Mr. and Mrs. Everett W. Vilett. In addition to those at the cocktail party, the following attended Alumni Day on Monday: E. H. Eacker, Whitworth Ferguson, Valentine Gahnkin, T. T. Miller, V. A. Ronkanen, William Russell, H. M. Shirey, Frank T. Westcott, Bertha S. W. Dodge, G. Dewey Godard, Leon S. Medalia.... The private and confidential report on our Class Gift to June 12 including Alumni Fund and pledges, S.C.F. pledges, and direct gifts to M.I.T., totals $430,000. This means that in less than a year the greatest effort yet must be put forth for the 40th Anniversary. Our slogan is "Let's make it a Million."... Don Carpenter gained a son from Western New York at the June marriage of his daughter Judith to John Herdeg of Gowanda. We wish them great happiness. John spent the summer gaining experience in our district attorney's office.

Oscar Horovitz was listed at the top of "Who's Who in Exhibition Photography."  Oscar is famous both for the M.I.T. film, "The Social Beaver," and "The Israeli Story," . . . L. F. Hickernell Vice-president of Engineering of the Anaconda Wire and Cable Company, received an honorary degree of doctor of engineering in June from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn at the 106th Commencement exercises.  He was elected to the Board of Directors of the Engineering Foundation in April and of the Electrical Historical Foundation last December. . . . Arnold Milliken, Vice-president and General Manager of New York State Electric and Gas Corporation, was in Buffalo in June to speak before a group of engineers. Arnold officiated at the opening of the new Dispatch Center and Operational Headquarters for the Western New York division of his company. He promises to be with us at the 40th Reunion. . . . A. Robert Tonon has told of his trip to Japan in May which started out as a few days and lasted a month. Bob is enthusiastic about Tokyo and business activity in Japan. . . . David M. Broudy has been nominated for the Board of Directors of the M.I.T Club of New York. We are all invited to the club rooms in the Biltmore Hotel. A picture in the July SCF Newsletter includes on the first Varsity crew; John C. Molinar, Horace W. McCurdy, Wilbur J. Woodruff, Clift R. Richards, a manly looking lot. . . . Herbert O. Albrecht of Springfield, Pa., has been active in a radiation survey of local sand and gravel quarries for the Bartol Research Foundation of the Franklin Institute. The interest is to concoct a special concrete using sand and gravel with "low background" radiation to allow more sensitive experiments. Bartol plays a significant role in the country in nuclear research and special research programs.

Miss Alison T. Strieder, daughter of Dr. John W. Strieder was married in August to Mr. John Mayher. The couple will live in Cambridge where John is attending Harvard Graduate School of Medicine. . . . Our sympathy is extended to the bereaved families of several members of the class: William T. Rich, Jr., of Vero Beach, Fla., formerly of Andover and former president of Milton Leather Board Company, and the Commonwealth Supply Co., died unexpectedly in June while visiting his brother in Newton. He leaves his wife, the former Elizabeth Chalfant and two sons. The class has received a memorial from James S. Chalfant of Portland. . . . Stanley D. Hartshorn of Henderson Harbor and Radnor died in July after suffering a heart attack. . . . A memorial service was held in May for Kenneth Cunningham of Irondequoit, N.Y. Ken retired in 1954 after nearly 32 years of service with Kodak, specializing in export as well as motion picture film. During World War I he was a pilot with the Signal Corps and the Royal Air Corps. . . . Captain Paul W. Hains died in June at the Lawrence Memorial Hospital, New London. He supervised the raising of ships sunk by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor and spent seven years in New London as Chief Inspector for the Electric Boat Company.

Dexter N. Shaw of Philadelphia writes that he enjoyed a reunion with Walt Saunders and Roscoe H. (Doc) Smith, '23, over lobsters in Maine in July. . . . Peter T. Lamont, Vice-President and Director of Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, has retired after 39 years of service. Much of his career was spent abroad, and he is recognized throughout the industry as an authority on petroleum marketing in Europe. As a commander in the U.S. Navy he participated in the Normandy invasion as operations officer in charge of tankers supplying gasoline and oil to the U.S. beach heads and captured ports. After the War he was involved in Europe rebuilding facilities, acquiring new properties and reorganizing staffs for Jersey. . . . General William M. Hoge announced his retirement in April as Chairman of the Board of Interlaken Iron Corporation. He will continue to serve as director and consultant. During World War II he served as an armored division commander and it was under his direction that American troops captured the Remagen Bridge. He served in four campaigns in Korea as a lieutenant general and retired as Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Army in Europe and commanding general, Central Army group, NATO. . . . Barrett Grant Hindes of San Francisco received an honorary doctor of laws degree from President M. Norvel Young of Pepperdine College in May. Mr. Hindes is the retired head of the San Francisco Bridge Company, and is well-known to all construction men as a builder and scholar. He was a captain in the navy during the last war and has been a director and member of many organizations and businesses.

The Class Reunion program is continuing. Plans are to meet on June 7 to 10, 1962, at the New Ocean House on the shore in Swampscott. Please mark your calendars. Direct information and an opportunity to make advance reservations will be mailed real soon. . . . A.F. Robertson, "The Old Prospector," writes that he is doing fine while recovering in the Massachusetts General Hospital. He continues to take pills for his leg injury. . . . The most sincere sympathy of many friends and classmates goes to George Dandrow in the loss of our friend Helen who died September 2 at the Memorial Hospital in New York City after a long illness. She was a great friend of many of us and will be missed by all. She is survived by two sons, Thomas F. Maguire of Valhalla, N.Y., C. George, Jr., a student at Purdue University, a daughter, Carol Elizabeth (Mrs. C.N. Cornish, Jr.) of Bronxville, and four grandchildren. Among new addresses are: John A. Blaker, 34 Albert Street, Auburn, Mass.; Stanley W. Boyd, Route 2, Newport, R.I.; George E. Taylor, 6288 Calle Vera Cruz, LaJolla, Calif.; and Edward L. Winslow, Sound View Road, P.O. Box 55, South Harwich, Mass.--Whitworth Ferguson, Secretary, 333 Ellicott Street Buffalo,

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