Shelly Woolf, ’54 head agent, has been selected for induction into the Stephan F. Mandel ’52 Society in recognition of his extraordinary leadership as an alumni volunteer for the Dartmouth College Fund. He was inducted in April in an induction ceremony in New York City.


The Victor C. Mahler 1954 Visiting Architect Lecture was presented on March 4 at Dartmouth by professor Arthur Kudless. He is an associate professor at the California College of Arts. In 2004 he founded Matsys, a design studio, exploring the emergent relationship between architecture, engineering, biology and computation. The Victor C. Mahler 1954 Visiting Architecture Fund was created by Victor’s friends, associates and ’54 classmates.


Norman Veasey has retired from the Weil, Gotshal and Manges law firm after 10 years as a senior partner and has become special counsel to the Wilmington, Delaware, law firm of Gordon, Fournaris & Mammarella. He will be concentrating on arbitration, mediations, special master assignments, corporate law consultations, moot court assignments and mock trials. Norm served as chief justice of the Delaware Supreme Court from 1992 to 2004.


The newspapers here in New Jersey report almost daily on the problems involving the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. They frequently quote Jameson W. Doig, who is the author of Empire of the Hudson, a history of the port authority that traces the evolution from its creation in 1921 to today. Jim is professor of politics and public affairs emeritus at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton.


Classmates attending the holiday lunch in New York were Bob Adnopoz, Howie Aronson, Don Berlin, Brad Bordon, Lon Chaikin, Bruce Classon, Dick Davidoff, John Fenn, Jerry Goldstein, Rick Hartman, Tony Kane, Mitch Kramer, Dave Levine, Dave Mandelbaum, Steve Mullins, Dick Pearl, Art Rauch, Dick Steinberg and Norm Veasey. Classmates attending the Boston holiday lunch were Pete Bullis, Dick Barker, Dick Brace, Phil Cooke, Dick Gorsey, Lyon Greenberg, Bill Grover, Rick Hartman, Tom Kelsey, Dick Lewis, Dick Page, Dave Thielscher (who received the Class of 1954 Award) and Shelly Woolf.


We sadly report the passing of Clifford E. Hayes, Charles S. Dickerson, Edmund L. Kidd, Charles W. Koivun and Walter M. Dingwall.


—Don Berlin, 7 Hamilton Drive, Washington Valley, Morristown, NJ 07960-3311; (973) 267-8122; berlin1954@aol.com