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Had a long chat with Bill Hopkins, XIII, the other evening. He is living in Darien, Conn., and works as a naval architect for Ore Navigation Corporation, a division of Bethlehem Steel. His office is located at the tip of Manhattan Island, where he can watch the ships come into New York Harbor. He is presently engaged in the design of the largest ore carrier in the world, which is to be a 50,000 deadweight ton ship. It is to be used to hauling ore from Africa and South American to U.S. ports. He advises that Darien is full of Yale and Princeton men, and that he would like to hear from other classmates in the area.... Your secretary has an apology to make. It appears I received some incorrect information on the family status of our Class Agent, Norm Sebell, II. He is happily married and his wife needled my reporter when she read the notes indicating Norm was still a bachelor. I hope that this moves some of you to drop me a note, so that the news is published correctly....See you next month--P.M. Heilman, Secretary, Reflectone Electronics, West Main Street, Stamford, Conn.

'45
The summer has come and gone since we were last together. Fran and I hope that you had an enjoyable vacation and we suspect that you were all pleased to have the little dears back in school earlier this week. Yes, it was just 19 years ago that many of us first left home to seek an education on the Charles. The education we have, and many of us probably feel it seems like more than 19 years!...Education--in fact a way of life--is the stake in the Second Century Fund. Many of your fellow classmates are playing a small part by actively aiding in the regional solicitations. We can all play a much larger part by helping to put the SCF over the top before the year ends. Let's have the Class of 1945 near the head of the list in participation.

Last May 20 at Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester was a most enjoyable day for several of us in the New York area. Hal Thorkilsen, Al Bowen, John Rudolf, Bob Weber, Chick Street and myself made a day of the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges Sprints. As reported elsewhere, Tech had crews in all six finals; although the freshmen lightweights were the only group to finish first; we all had plenty to yell about. If you will examine the names carefully you will note that your class secretary was allowed along only as a chauffeur. Hal Thorkilsen moved back to Colgate's main office in New York in January with Lois and the kids following in early June. The Thorkilsens live on Devon Road in Westport, Conn., and from what Hal said the other day the kids long for the Denver weather after these past few weeks.... Al Bowen you will recall originally was a '45'er. Al now lives in Old Greenwich and is in the family shipping business down on New York's waterfront. John Rudolf, '48, after many years in the Minneapolis area, now lives in New Jersey where he is engaged in the leather business in Newark. Bob Weber, '50, one of Tech's greatest crewman, is with Scovill Manufacturing in Waterbury, Conn. Chick Street continues successful in his Volkswagen operation in northern Rhode Island.

Speaking of Chick reminds me that Tom Hewson recently played tennis with the husband of one of Chick's "formers," the old Sweetheart of Course XIII, Ruthie Ross. Many of you will remember how Chick used to buy Jerry Patterson, Red Harrington, and me "hush" coffee with Ruthie over in the Coop between classes. You will all remember Ruthie's father, Wally, formerly director of the TCA and now executive secretary of the Student Christian Movement....Ed Stoltz reports the '45 continues to operate the M.I.T. Club of Western Pennsylvania. Ed is president, Jerry Hahn, '47, is program chairman, and Bill Humphreys manipulates from the treasurer's position. All are active in the SCF. Ed closed his letter by asking what arrangement had been made with Bob Symonette and Nassau for our 20th!... Ray McDowell called last spring to report that he is now associated with Airborne Assessories Corporation, in Hillside, N.J., after several years in Rochester, N.Y. Ray is Industrial Products Manager working on, for the moment at least, special reducers in the power field. Ray, I have lost your phone number; please give me a call.

Al Barsa, '47, reports that Ed Ferrentino is with Lily Tulip in Springfield, Mo.... Whitney M. Young Jr., dean of the Atlanta University School of Social Work, was recently named executive director of the National Urban League....Jim Hardigg, President of Hardigg Industries in South Hadley, Mass., continues to present papers at meetings of shippers and traffic people.... Russ Hamon, who was originally an ASTP meteorologist with our class and later a Course I graduate, recently joined the Agricultural Research Service at Mississippi State after several years with the Travelers Weather Service in Hartford.... Walt Kalesa became merchandising manager for General Motors Delco-Remy Division earlier this year. Walt has been with GM since graduation, spending the first few years as a recruiter in New York. 

The following classmates attended Alumni Day in Cambridge last June: Mr. and Mrs. David P. Flood, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Hart, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Maglathlin, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Nickle, Warren Miller, Jim Pickel, Jerry Quinnan, and Ted Nathanson....If Paul Heilman, '44, does not have notes this month, it is because he is actively working as one of my SCF aides! I may not be on hand either unless you folks spring some news for Springer!--C.H. Springer, Secretary, Firemen's Mutual Insurance Company, 420 Lexington Avenue, New York 17, N.Y.

'46
The reunion is over, but the memory lingers on. Jim Craig and his committee are certainly to be commended for their fine job. Almost everything was perfect. The only sour note in the whole weekend was the weather. It was typical New England weather, ranging from very bad to very good. Friday was somewhat foggy, but otherwise not too bad. We had a real wild thunderstorm Friday night and Saturday turned out to be overcast, with occasional rain, and 30 to 40-mile-an-hour wind all day. The avid golfers among us were rather disappointed Saturday, but Sunday turned out to be a next to perfect day. The weather was in the 80's and the visibility was perfect, and the lovely setting of the Snow Inn at Harwichport really showed itself to best advantage. The accommodations at the Snow Inn could not have been improved upon and the food was excellent and much more than any of us should have eaten. Over one hundred people had planned to attend the reunion, but at the last moment, for various personal reasons, the Moyers, the Wrights, the Sieberts, the Marks, the Taylors, the Wentschs, the Ritterhoffs, and the Krenkels found they could not make it. The 88 who did attend are listed below: Don Hurter, 40 Fisher Street, Norwood, Mass.; Mary and Louis Martin, Valley Road, Concord, Mass.; Mary and Bill Jackson, 910 N. 27th Street, Allentown, Pa.; Betty and Ray Brown, 3 Berkeley Road, Scarsdale, N. Y.; Ed Finigan, Walnut Street, Concord, Mass.; Pat and Frank Westcot, 38 Commonwealth Avenue, Attleboro, Mass.; Lindsay and Bob Fried, Aberdeen Farms, Staatsburg, N. Y.; John Green, 8 Tally Ho Lane, Wayland, Mass.; Sue and Rick Adler, 1109 State Street, New Orleans 18, La.; Laura and Bud Brylawski, 224 E. Capitol Street, Washington, D.C.; Ginny and Herb Oedel, 166 Upham Street, Melrose, Mass.; Connie and Bill Becker, 232 Taunton Avenue, Norton, Mass.; Virginia and Max Daggett, Jr., 6417 Waggoner Drive, Dallas 30, Texas; Marion and Bob Toperzer, 99 Pine Ridge Road, Reading, Mass., Ann and Jim Finney, Jr., River Road (N. Mianus), Cos Cob, Conn.; Maggie and Ted Henning, 24 Madison Park Gardens, Port Washington, L. I., N. Y.; Joni and Dick Krahe, Jr., 1112 Ryegate Road, Towson 4, Md.; Mildred and Ted Heuchling, 43 Holdenwood Road, Concord, Mass.; Jeanne and Herb Hansell, 1759 Union Commerce Buliding, Cleveland 14, Ohio; Peg and Don Robison, 34 Virginia Road, Manchester, Conn.; Marilyn and Bob Spoerl, 136 High Street, Exeter, N. H.; Sue and Seward Kennedy, 150 East 42 Street, New York, N. Y.; Charlotte and Bill Schield, Jr., 2723 E. Newton Avenue, Milwaukee 11, Wis.; Elsa and Roger Sonnabend, 464 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston 15, Mass.; Janet and John Maynard, 15 Cabot Street, Winchester, Mass.; Diane and Jim Craig, 4 The Valley Road, Concord, Mass.; Ann and Cliff Sibley, 36 Peacedale Road, Needham, Mass.; Jean and Stuart Edgerly, 60 Radcliffe Road, Wellesley, Mass.; Ginnie and Gene Parish, 34 Valley Road, Concord, Mass.; Gloria and George Ley, Jr., RD #1, Allison Park, Pa.; Betts and Don Shelton, 1274 Walker Avenue, Baltimore 12, Md.; Priscilla and Ned Tebbets, Jerusalem Road Drive, Cohasset, Mass.; Penni and Stan Young, 32 Amherst Drive, Hastings-on-Hudson, N. Y,; Fran and Jim Corbett,

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