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are a group of very intelligent and capable people from many countries. We have a staff relationship with 12 European companies where we have product and market planning personnel. It also involves dealings with six product development laboratories in each of which we have product planning people. Nancy and I have settled in a small but comfortable apartment near the Arc de Triomphe and are the proud owners of a Peugeot. We would certainly be delighted to hear from any of the class who are coming through town. I can be reached at the IBM World Trade Europe Corp., 3, Place de la Madeléine, Paris 8 (telephone ANJou 1990)."

Without doubt the most unusual birth announcement I have ever seen was received from Sherman and Paula Sackheim, of Mulberry Lane, New Rochelle, N.Y. It is a five-inch LP record (made of paper) bearing the label "Pink Ribbon" with the different bands on each side of the record entitled "I saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus," by Neil Sackheim; "Get Me To The Hospital On Time," by Paula Sackheim; "I Could Have Paced All Night," by Sherman Sackheim; "Whistle While You Work," by the doctors and nurses; "I Enjoy Being A Girl," by the newly born daughter, Stephanie Louise Sackheim (born April 20); "Three's Enough, Already," by the brothers Neil and Andrew Sackheim; "I'll Never Be The Same," by Paula Sackheim, the mommie; and "Going Home," by the Entire Cast. This record came in a usual record cover with a complete description of the off-Broadway presentation of the whole production entitled "Three's Enough, Already," with liner notes by Sherman P. Sackheim himself. Needless to say, Sherm, as you know, is in the public relations and advertising business and does quite a bit of work for the leading record companies.... Ken Wadleigh, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Institute, is the new Dean of Student Affairs. He succeeds Dean John T. Rule who asked to be relieved of administrative duties to return to teaching.... In July, Captain William A. Brockett, Commander of the Boston Naval Shipyard, who received his master's degree with our class, was selected for promotion to rear admiral, and may be the youngest admiral in the Navy.... Ed Lord was appointed as chief industrial engineer at Eastern Fine Paper and Pulp Division of Standard Packaging Corporation in July. He joined the Eastern Division following several years in the management consulting and industrial engineering fields. During the latter part of World War II he served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Submarine Service, Pacific Theater. Following his separation from the service, he progressed through a number of supervisory and industrial engineering positions, his most recent previous capacity having been that of senior engineer and partner in a New Jersey industrial consulting firm. 

This letter from Dumont Rush, written from Belgium in June, is another example of the worldiness of our classmates: "As a member of the class of '43, it is past time that I should write to you to at least make my presence known. For more than three years, I with my wife, Cordelia, and three daughters, have been living at Centre d'Etude de l'Energie Nucleaire in Mol, Belgium, during the construction of the 50MW engineering test reactor, BR2. I represent the Development Division of United Nuclear Corporation, formerly NDA, and in August I expect to return to our home in Chappaqua, N.Y., to assume the responsibilities of Manager of Development Engineering in our company's White Plains office. 

In July Tom Bennett of Fanwood, N.J., was promoted to the position of administrative manager of The Lummus Company's Engineering Development Center in Newark. A veteran research engineer, Tom joined Lummus in 1946 following his service as a captain in the U.S. Army Ordinance Department. Prior to this promotion he was manager of the Pilot Plant Construction Department. Tom and his wife are the parents of five children.... Wilbur B. Davenport, Jr., of the Department of Electrical Engineering at M.I.T., was appointed associate director of the Research Laboratory of Electronics at the Institute.... I have been trying to communicate with Bert Saer, and sent him a postcard to his former address in Madrid, Spain, which was returned with all kinds of foreign languages stamped on its face. However, I did receive a change of address which states that he is now at 17 Cadogan Court, Draycott Street, Chelsea, London, SW 3, England.... Stan La Valee moved to Burlington, Mass., with Technical Operations, Inc., from Los Angeles, Calif.; Jim Libby moved from Mill Valley, Calif., to 207 West Hastings, Vancouver 3, B.C., Canada; Reuel W. Curtis moved from Long Branch, N.J., to the Embassy of the United States of America, Vienna, Austria; Doug Scott moved from Portland, Maine, to 1808 Coquina Drive, Sarasota, Fla.; and, believe it or not, the above mentioned Dumont Rush, is back in New York as he said he would be in his letter, living at 59 Kipp Street, Chappaqua, N.Y.... John Gardner moved from New Jersey to 439 Benignus Street, Houston, Texas; Walt Hildebrand, Jr., from Chicago to Spooner, Wis.; Charlie Holt from Pittsburgh to 215 Forest Street, Madison, Wis.; Arthur Karnuth from Buffalo from Buffalo to Florence, S.C.; and your class secretary hasn't moved at all but still is located in West Hartford, Conn., where he would be very happy to receive letters, phone calls, telegrams, cablegrams, and any form of communication from his classmates. Please write and keep the pot boiling!-- Richard M. Feingold, Class Secretary, 10 North Main Street, West Hartford 7, Conn.; Assistant Secretaries: Christian J. Matthew, Arthur D. Little, Inc., 314 Battery Street, San Francisco, Calif.; John W. McDonough, Jr., Meisner Engineers, 300 West Washington, Chicago, Ill. 

2-'44
Here we are once more, and I hope that you all have had as pleasant a summer as we did. During the summer, I ran into a number of the fellows, and several took me up on contacting me while they were in the area. Chet Woodworth, who was in the area, indicated that he is with Monsanto Chemical in Springfield, Mass., working on R. & D. in foam products. He had run into Don Phillips who is with American Cyanamid in Wallingford, and Fred DeBell who is in consulting work with DeBell and Richardson. 

We received a very nice note from Frank Carroll in which he indicates that he is living in Park Ridge, Ill., and has a family of five children aged 2 to 13. Frank organized Decks, Inc., eight years ago, and now has offices in Chicago, Clearwater, Fla., and Davenport, Iowa. They specialize in design and construction of roof deck systems for commercial and industrial buildings. Frank goes on to say that he had had a recent visit from Mel Becker who is married and has three children and is a project engineer with Bethlehem Steel at Sparrows Point, Md. Frank and his wife Kathleen spent an enjoyable evening in Boston with Al Hart and his wife Louise. Al was a host at a real Boston fish dinner at Jimmy's Harborside. Ken Eberhard who transferred to '47 has visited the Carrolls on several occasions while on his way to Europe. Ken now resides in Forks, Wash. with his German wife and three children. Frank doesn't tell us Ken's eight-hour occupation. Since this is the first letter that Frank has written in 17 years, I certainly appreciate receiving it. Hope we hear from you again soon, Frank. 

A squib in Electronic News for May indicated that Dr. Albert B. Van Rennes had been named to the new post of director of Bendix Corp.'s European scientific and technical liaison office in Paris. My last address for Al was as vice-president of United Research, Inc. in Cambridge.... Going to the other extreme of the globe Henry Strecker has been appointed chief chemist for quality control of the Crockett Refinery of the Californian and Hawaiian Sugar Refining Corporation. Prior to moving to Hawaii, Henry had been living in San Jose, Calif.... Was at the M.I.T. Club of N.Y.C. and ran into Bob Meny who is with Socony Mobil in Manhattan. He is in the engineering department, and does some international traveling, having been most recently in Australia for five months. He married a girl from Dunfries, Scotland, the home town of Robert Burns. The family includes two boys, aged one and five. Also at the club was Al Corona, who is with the same company. Al and his wife Marilyn live on Long Island with their two girls. Al has also been traveling and was recently in Turkey for three months, and in Morocco for another three. The Moroccan tour included stays in Rabat and Casablanca. Al indicated that Long Island looked pretty good after the trips. 

I was in Chicago this week, and had a chance to call Bob Faurot who indicated that he was up to his ears in work. He said that he hadn't run into many of the '44 men recently outside of Lew Tyree, and Dave Jealous. Tried to contact both of these fellows, and they were out of town. So, I hope that they will write me and give me a rundown on their activities. 

NOVEMBER, 1961