Class Note 1948
We received a lovely letter from Nancy Lazgin, who wanted to make a memorial contribution to Dartmouth and our Class in honor of her parents Herb Call and Marjorie Lieby (remarried after Herb’s 1971 death). She reflects: “Dartmouth is and will always continue to be an important part of who I am, not just because it is where I began but because it meant so much to my father and mother. They often talked about their life in the Quonset huts in Sachem Village and the friends they made there. I, along with my brother and sister, are very lucky to have been the recipients of their experience and the life after, which always included Dartmouth in some form.”
Bud Munson reports that while Barbara has been undergoing treatment for macular degeneration he has been filling in as chauffeur, reader and sous chef, where he does 5 percent of the cooking and gets great training. They collaborated on making a “superb” birthday baba au (don’t stint on it) rum. Bud’s military career was twofold as he was drafted into the Army in March 1945 during his freshman year, occupied Japan for a year, was discharged and returned to Dartmouth. While getting his M.A. at the Fletcher School of Diplomacy, he applied for a commission in the Air Force, was commissioned as an intelligence officer and recalled to active duty in 1950 when the Chinese crossed the Yalu. Fearing Kremlin involvement, the Pentagon sent Bud to Syracuse University, where he studied Russian intensively for a year. The Korean War over, he was assigned to the 7050th Air Intelligence Service in Germany, where he and Barbara recall giving a Russian language evening of skits and songs for Ukrainians who had fled to Allied Germany. Discharged in 1954, he stayed in the Air Force active reserves for many years, until four years in Kuwait preempted his active duty status. Bud says, “I have received far more benefits from the nation and military than I could ever possibly equal in return.”
—Dave Kurr, 4281 Indian Field Road, Clinton, NY 13323; (315) 853-3582; djkurr@verizon.net
