This month we have some good news to share: Carol Allen has volunteered to be our newsletter editor. We will not have newsletters as frequently as in the past but maybe two a year. Thank you, Carol, for doing this job for us. It is very important to share the news.


Word has been received of the passing of classmates Robert Steiner, Robert Sanders and John A. MacDonald.


Robert Steiner’s obituary was quite lengthy and interesting. He is listed as an economist, businessman and World War II navigator. He graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Dartmouth, was a member of the “Dartmouth Squadron” and flew 35 missions over Germany as navigator and first lieutenant on a B-17 bomber in the 8th Army Air Force during WW II. He was awarded the Air Medal and five clusters. 


His business endeavors were many and varied. After a lecture at Harvard Business School, he was appointed senior staff economist at the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, D.C. In 1978 he authored more than 40 articles in scholarly journals on antitrust, economics, marketing and advertising. His books include Visions of Cable Vision 1972. His last article, “Management, Market and Antitrust,” will be published in the Antitrust Journal later this year.


I would like to take this opportunity to alert those of you who attend the monthly luncheons at the Norwich (Vermont) Inn of a change in date and day for February, March and April. The inn will be closed for the January luncheon. February, March and April luncheons will be on the second Thursday of each of those months, and then back to our second Tuesday as has been the custom in recent years. Please remember to stop by and join us for one of these luncheons if you are in the area.


Carol and I would like to thank all of you who have participated in the survey that we conducted recently. This is very helpful to keep us informed of your whereabouts.


—Rosalie Cutter, 14 Sterling Springs Dr., White River Junction, VT 05001; rosalie.cutter.45a@alum.dartmouth.org