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didn't look to bad (just about average in terms of percentage of class contributing, and the average contribution looked reasonable). However, I do hope that everyone will continue giving till it hurts. You see, our salaries here at Tech are awfully low! Besides, many of us have been hoping for some time that we would be given a jazzy new office.
 See Merrill Ebner rather frequently on the bus. He finished his doctorate here at M.I.T., then "gracefully" fulfilled his two-year contract with the Air Force (with a commission in sunny California). Is now a research engineer with the M.I.T. Metallurgy Lab, investigating high strength steels. . . . Norm Gardner took the big plunge and recently formed a new metalworking company here in Boston--Metalonics Corporation. The company, of which Norm is president, will center initial operations about the extrusion of high performance and clad metals in the form of rod and special shapes. Tubing is expected to be added at a later date. Further, they are seeking to meet the need for a more rapid translation of new materials and design ideas into commercial products, making them available in production lots. . . . Kenneth Fettig ('53-G) gave up the single life in mid-February, and married Virginia MacLellan. After a spin around Mont Tremblant, they returned to Dallas, Texas. . . . If you get the chance, drop by or send me a line on your whereabouts. It's springlike here in Boston. Here's hoping that it's likewise wherever you are.--Martin Wohl, Secretary, Room 1-131, M.I.T., Cambridge, Mass.

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 These notes will be brief this month. Apparently, members of the class have been trying to recover from our hard winter, and haven't found time to let us know how they survived. We hope that all of you are now able to drop us a note or a postal card, and will do so. More gossip means longer columns. . . . A letter did arrive this past month from one of our most regular correspondents, Jim Athan. Jim verifies the item we mentioned a month or two ago concerning his appointment as an Educational Counselor for Tech. He says that he, his wife Kay, and the five small Athans would certainly welcome visiting members of the class down in Tampa, Fla. He would also like to hear from some of his fellow architects. His address is 2622 Hillsboro Plaza, Tampa 3, Fla.
 A few other items have arrived from sundry sources. Bill Zoino was married to Ann Louise Westman in Brockton, Mass., on January 28. Bill and his wife are currently living in Farmington, N.M., where he is building a dam for his employers, Ebasco Engineering Services, Inc., of New York. . . . Dave Wones has been elected secretary of the Section of Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology of the American Geophysical Union. Dave works for the U.S. Geological Survey in Washington, D.C. . . . Otto Sellinger has acquired his M.D., and has returned

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to New Orleans after a stay in Louvain, Belgium. . . . George Schwenk has forsaken the academic life in Michigan for the Government Service life in Massachusetts. He is now running a Data Processing Division at Fort Devens, Mass. . . . And that's it. How about letting us know what you're doing?--Edwin G. Eigel, Jr., Secretary, 321 North Thomas Street, Arlington 3, Va.

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 Here I am taking time out from another joy-filled month of burning the midnight oil. I can not remember so many study hours even with those monstrous lab reports. . . . A short review on progress on the reunion: In March the committee met at the Faculty Club and formed subcommittees for the program, the banquet, and registration. Added to the list of committee members are Robert McGillicuddy and John Gignac. By this time you should have received all the final details. Last minute questions will be answered by return mail. Be sure to return the questionnaire now. . . . Sample of the response to our list of intended attenders is a comment from Dan Wolfson that he has decided to come see some of those "characters." Dan is with the Tishman Research Corporation in New York. 
 In a recent letter Dexter Wheeler informs us that he has become engaged to Sara May Burdett of Woburn. Dexter is a senior engineer on the Technical Staff of National Company in Malden. . . . Roger Borovoy has written that, after finishing at Harvard Law and spending six months in the Army, he and Brenda headed west. He is now a patent attorney with California Research Corporation in San Francisco and a member of the California Bar. Roger is also active in the M.I.T. Club of Northern California. . . . John Blackmer is with Space Technology labs in Los Angeles. . . . Mary Bronson has become Mrs. Pyle and now resides in Brookline. . . . Paul Brown wed Sallie Ann Johnson of Newton in February. Paul has received his doctorate from Tech and is now a research associate. . . . Capt. John Clark is with the First Weather Detachment, 11th Weather Squadron at Ladd AFB, Fairbanks, Alaska. While stationed at Almagordo John had the misfortune to live on Alaska Street and apparently was "reassigned by association." . . . Ted deWinter is working at Avco-Everett Research Lab. . . . Dr. Russell Hobbie is at the school of Physics of the University of Minnesota. . . . Harvey Levine is now a professional engineer in New Jersey, working for RCA. . . Bob Northrup is working on his doctorate in physiology at the University of Connecticut. He has been doing research on the mechanical properties of muscles. . . . Thomas Yonker has left AiResearch Manufacturing Company in Phoenix and has joined the Industrial Liaison Office at Tech. . . . Now, back to the ivory tower.--Bruce B. Bredehoft, Secretary, 1094 Center Street, Newton Center 59, Mass.; M. Philip Bryden, As-

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sistant Secretary, Apt. 207, 3521 Durocher Street, Montreal 18, P.Q., Canada.

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 Jim Pearson is currently working for his Ph.D. in Mathematics at New York University having received his M.S. in Mathematics there last October. Jim is also doing research in plasma physics at the Picatinny Arsenal in Dover, N.J. . . . Bob Nease is with Ford as a manager, Systems Integration, Lunar Systems, Aeronutronic Division. . . . Ron Enstrom, Stan Gelles and Alan Wolff, all metallurgists, are with Nuclear Metals, Inc., Concord, Mass. . . . Bob Ferran is a project engineer in the Research and Development Group at the Technology Instrument Corporation, Acton, Mass. . . . Morton Rosenstein is with Ionics, Inc., in Cambridge. . . . Last February a new firm, Metalonics Corporation, was formed by M.I.T. people with Frank Yans and Alan Donaldson as vice-presidents. Houlder Hudgins, Professor of Industrial Management at Tech, is chairman of the board. . . . Lt. Art Prentiss is stationed at Fort Belvoir. 
 I have recently seen a progress report of the 1961 Alumni Fund drive as of January 31. The Class of 1957 stands out in two respects: (1) As of that date no other class in the 1954 to 1950 group has a larger percentage of its class participating in the Alumni Fund, which is something to be proud of. (2) On the other hand only the Class of 1960 (the most recent graduates) has a lower average contribution per contributor than the Class of 1957. Contributions per man averaged 46 per cent greater for the Class of 1955 than for the Class of 1957, and 36 per cent greater for the Class of 1959 than for the Class of 1957.--Alan M. May, Secretary, 525 East 82st Street, New York 28, N.Y.; Martin R. Forsberg, Assistant Secretary, 11 Scottsfield Road, Allston 34, Mass.

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 As I write these notes each month I am struck with the tremendous vitality and diversity within our class. In the three years since graduation we have branched out in many directions--education, theology, etc. Many of us have also assumed family responsibilities. There is little doubt that the pattern of each of our lives has changed significantly in this time. The progress and activities of each person in the class is interesting and meaningful to the rest of us, since we all are at similar stages in the development of our lives and careers. Therefore, let's begin to use this space in the Technology Review to its best advantage--as a medium for the exchange of our experiences.
 Taking the elevator in the Sloan Building last week, I bumped into Mike Brose who is involved in his master's degree in the School of Industrial Management. Mike told me about the interesting thesis arrangement he has with a semi-con-

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